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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1902.
UPPER COLUMBIA
529 Miles of Navigation by
Clearing The Dalles.
GREAT WEALTH OF THE VALLEY
Hew Transportation Rates "Wo Hid Be
Affected b- an Open River Re
ports and Recommendations of
United. States Engineers.
Between the mouth of the Columbia
River and Priest Rapids, an obstruction
In the stream northwestward of North
Takima, Wash., there are SS4 miles of
navigable water. From the mouth of the
Snake to Wild Goose Rapids, near Asotin,
"Wash., Is another stretch of 145 miles of
navigable water. Small steamers go a
few miles further up the Snake In favor
able seasons, and it is possible to navigate
the Clearwater for a distance of about 30
miles above Lewiston, Idaho, where that
river Joins the Snake, but steamboatlng
there is not deemed ordinarily practicable,
-on account of the swift current. Above
Priest Rapids, in the State of Washing
ton, small steamers ply on the Columbia
for short stretches. But there are 529
miles of channel in the Columbia and
Snake Rivers navigable a part of the year
lor steamers drawing 3 feet or more of
water. The only obstruction to continuous
navigation for that entire distance is in
the Columbia between The Dalles and
Celilo. These distances are given in re
ports of United States Engineers, and
may, therefore, be relied upon as entirely
within bounds
The Columbia is navigable for ocean
going vessels from the Pacific Ocean to
the mouth of the Willamette. Vessels
,drawing 23 feet of water ascend the Co
lumbia to a point 2& miles below Van
couver, where there is a bar that had
v originally but nine feet of water over It.
An Improvement project is now under
way contemplating a depth of 20 feet on
that bar. From that point steamers of
eight feet draft may ascend the river to
The Dalles, passing through the canal at
the Cascade. At the dalles, a short dis
tance above the City of The Dalles, the
great obstruction Is met, the removal of
which is the subject of much discussion
throughout the Columbia Valley.
The first official examination of this
stretch of turbulent water with a view
to Government improvement was made by
Major Michler, In 1874, when a report fa
vorable to improvement was made. The
next examination was made by Major
Powell, in 1879, when improvement of
channel and a short canal was recom
mended at a total cost of $10,517,343 7L The
estimate was so high that Congress or
dered further investigation, and the boat
railway scheme, to cost 52.SG0.250 35, was
recommended In 1SSS, and in 1892, after re
consideration, again recommended. But
rivermen raised many objections to hav
ing their craft taken out of the -water
and transported by rail over a track with
both vertical and horizontal curves, and
the result was that Congress, in June, 1900,
authorized a survey of the Columbia Riv
er between the foot of the dalles rapids
and the head of Celilo Falls, "with a view
to the construction of a canal and locks
to overcome the obstructions of naviga
tion." In accordance with this authoriza
tion, n little more than a year ago, Cap
tain Harts, United States Engineers, made
a Mecial SUrvev and rpnort nn thnt pniirsn
0t tne Columbia, detaillnsr the conditions
FfalKd There, and submitting a plan for Im-
?K?KSpaent, together with estimates of the
1 t of the proposed Improvement and of
Jpt commerce to be served by it. In his
.ceprt Captain Harts, after a particular
statement of the nature and extent of the
-obstructions to be overcome, says:
Outline of Xctv Project.
Briefly stated, the proposed project for Im
provement now submitted provides for aban
doning the previous boat-railway project and
for substituting the following: First, the con
struction of a canal about 3000 feet long, tilth
two lift locks of about 24 feet lift each, ex
tending across the peninsula on the Washing
ton shore In tho vicinity of Celilo Falls; sec
ond, the removal of the worst-obstructing
rocks at and below Ten-Mile Rapids, and the
opening of a relief channel along the lines of
the existing high-water channel on the Wash
ington shore, immediately north of and par
allel to Ten-Mile Rapids; third, the construc
tion of a canal about 9000 feet long around
Five-Mile Rapids, having two locks (one of 33
feet lift and one to be used as a guard lock
for use during high stages), this canal to be
along the Oregon ahore, its lower end opening
Immediately below Big Eddy and its upper
end to be Immediately above the head of Five-
Mile Rapids, utilizing for this canal, as far as
practicable, the more northerly of the two
natural nigh-water canals or channels, ihlch
now parallel on the south the greater portion
of Five-Mile Rapids; fourth, the construction
of a submerged dam or weir immediately below
the head of the Five-Mile Rapids, which will
raise the present level of the low-water sur
face approximately 20 feet, thus drowning out
the rapids between this dam and Celilo Falls,
and reducing the currents In the river between
the canal around Five-Mile Rapids and that
around Celilo Falls, especially at low stages,
by increasing the area of the cross section of
discharge and diminishing the surface slope;
fifth, the removal of the worst-obstructing
rocks at Three-Mlle Rapids.
The proposed canals are designed to be C3
feet wide. The locks are to be 54x300 feet,
with a clear depth of seven feet of water over
'the miter sills.
It is estimated that this project for canals
may be completed within five years after ac
quiring rights-of-way, if funds are made avail
able as fast as required by the needs of the
"work, or if contracts for total work or large
portions of it are permitted. No difficulties of
construction are contemplated other than those
usually encountered in any work of this mag
nitude. After a long statement of details, the follow
ing summary of cost is submitted:
Celilo Falls canal and locks $ 1,212,034
Improvement of Ten-Mile Rapids.... 407,550
Five-Mile Rapids, canal, locks and .
submerged dam 2,147,333
Improvement of Three-Mlle Rapids... 152.448
Land and right-of-way 60.000
Total $3,069,371
A table is submitted, making the following
showing for the several geographical sections
constituting the Inland Empire:
ton. Or., is said to be awaiting transportation
facilities.
Comparative FrelRht Rates.,
Present freight rates on wheat from Lewis
ton and the Palouse districts to Portland, Ta
coma or Seattle are reported to be 21 cents
per cental, or 124 cents per busbpU the dis
tance being, roughly, 350 miles. The rate to
Portland from Walla Walla and Pendleton,
roughly, about 200 miles, are 104 cents per
bushel and 17fi cents per cental; from The
Dalles to Portland, 88 miles (between which
two points there is water as well as rail trans
portation), they arc 4& cents per bushel and
H cents per cental. These rates amount to
about 5 cents per bushel per 100 miles, except
from Lewiston, where the rate Is about 4 cents
per bushel.
On the Mississippi River the rate on wheat
in sacks from St. Louis In 1899 was 10 cents
per 100 pounds for the entire distance (about
700 miles), or a little less than 1 cent a bushel
per 100 miles. JThe average rail rate for the
same distance over the Illinois Central Rail
road was .695 of a cent per ton per mile, or
3.475 cents, per 100 pounds per 100 miles, more
than double the water rate.
In 1874, Major Michler said, regarding the
improvement at the dalles: "The Importance
of the proposed Improvement cannot be over
estimated." Major Powell reported in 16S2 that
"in volume and commercial value the Columbia
is second only to the Mississippi." The. Board
of Engineers in 1890 stated that it did "not
deem it necessary to present statistics or ar
guments to demonstrate the importance of the
Improvement of the Columbia River." "It is
my opinion," says Major Harts, in this re
port, "this work is one of public Importance,
and one that is a worthy undertaking for the
United States."
As to whether the present is the most ad
visable time to undertake a work, of this mag
nitude, attention is invited to the reports of
two boards of engineers, both of which advo
cated the construction, equipment and opera
tion by the United States of a portage road
to transfer freight aromd the obstructions be
tween The Dalles and Celilo free of cost to
the shippers. This road, as proposed, was to
be only a temporary expedient to obtain prompt
relief for the interior producers, and was to
be followed by the more permanent improve
ment when necessary to accommodate the traf
fic The conditions that existed at the date of
these reports of the boards have changed only
in the direction of making their recommenda
tions more worthy of consideration. Such port
age road could probably be completed at a
little more than one-tenth the cost of the pro
posed canals, and within less than half of
the time, as the right-of-way is now nearly
all secured, the acquisition of title to only a
email portion awaiting further action of Con
gress. .
Work Above Celilo Falls.
Between Celilo and the mouth of the
Snake there has never been even a sur
vey of the Columbia: but steamers op
erated there, as well as on the Snake
River up to Rlparla, in the early days,
and they can do as well now. It Is not
easy navigation, but It is practicable,
and it is possible at moderate expense
to remove rocks from the channel and
otherwise Improve navigation very ma
terially there. In his annual report for
1901, Captain Langfltt, of the Corps of
Engineers, spoke as follows of the work
above Celilo:
Both the Columbia and Snake Rivers be
tween Celilo and Asotin are more or less ob
structed by rock and gravel bars, which cause
rapids, the ruling depth' over some of which at
low water is from two to three feet, while
some (particularly in the 07 miles of the
Snake between Its mouth and Rlparla, Wash.)
are Impassable at extreme low-water stages.
These bars, together with the narrow and
crooked channel at many places, render navi
gation by light-draft steamboats between Celilo
and Asotin more or less difficult at some points
and dangerous at others.
The Snake River has been surveyed through
out the 140 miles between its mouth and
Lewiston. but a continuous survey of the Co
lumbia between Celilo and the mouth of Snake
River has never been authorized or made.
From 1872 to 18S2 the work of removing ob
structions was carried on with the view of
obtaining a low-water channel depth of about
54 feet In the Columbia between Celilo
and the mouth of Snake River, and a low
water channel depth of about 44 feet
in the Snake between Its mouth and
Lewiston. Owing to the construction of rail
roads along and adjacent to both streams, and
the difficulties of navigating the Snake below
Rlparla and some portions of the Columbia be
tween Celilo and the mouth of the Snake,
steamboats abandoned the streams between
Celilo and Rlparla for purposes of regular nav
igation about 1882. J
Since thtn work of Improvement has been
confined to tho 78 miles of the Snake River
between Rlparla and Asotin, although Lewiston
is at present the head of regular navigation on
Snake River.
The maximum draft that could be carried
at mean low water during the fiscal year end
ing June 30, l'.)01. over the shoalest point in
Snake River between Rlparla and Lewiston
(the limits of regular navigation) was about'
44 feet.
The principal commerce of the Upper Co
lumbia and Snake River country is wheat. At
present the wheat of the Snake River country
Is taken to Rlparla by steamboats, at which
place it is transferred to cars and transported
by rail to Portland, Or., where it la placed
aboard ocean vessels for export to Europe and
Asia. It Is not expected the commerce handled
on the rivers between Celilo and Asotin will
materially Increase until some feasible plan Is
adopted by Congress for passing steamboats
around the obstructions In the 12 miles of the
Columbia River between The Dalles and Celilo,
and thus give, during a portion of each year
at least, an all-water route of transportation
from Asotin to the Pacific Ocean, a distance of
about 4CS miles.
N. P. STOCK RETIRED
FOUR-FIFTHS OF THE PREFERRED
CANCELED IX XEW YORK.
More May Have Been Redeemed
Abroad Remainder Expected to
Come In Promptly.
NEW YORK, Jan. L The office of the
Northern Pacific Railway Company was
kept open today for the receipt and re
demption of the preferred stock of the
company. .Upward of 550.000,000 of the en
tire $75,000,000 of that Issue were received,
paid and canceled.
Under the terms of the company's notice
all outstanding shares of the whole Issue
of preferred stock became actually re
tired at midnight tonight and ceased to
exist as stock, and all holders of certifi
cates for preferred stock have been noti
fied that on presentation of the same at
tlje company's office they will receive pay
ment in cash to the par amount of each
certificate. The stock redeemed abroad is
not Included In the $60,000,000 controlled
at the New York office, and, considering
that today was a holiday, with banks
and banking offices closed, it is thought
the balance of the funds provided for this
payment will not long remain unclaimed
in the company's vault.
POWER WILL APPEAL.
Will Take Northern Pacific Case Up
nt Once.
MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. L The attorneys
of Peter Power declare that their client
will appeal from the. decision of Judge
Lochren. dissolving tho injunction against
the retirement of Northern Pacific pre
ferred stock, to the United States Court
of Appeals at St. Louis. George A.
Lambs, Power's principal attorney, says
this can be done in a very short time,
not more than six or seven days. Mr.
Power declares with great emphasis that
he brought the suit in collusion with the
merger interests.
Risked Millions for Love's Sake.
NEW YORK, Jan. L Fanny Rayne Mc
Comb has risked the loss of millions for
love's sake and has Just married Lewis
Herzog. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Dr. Henry Vandyke at the Brick
Presbyterian Church, this city. In the
presence of a few of the young people's
friends.
The bride Is the daughter of the mil
lionaire, James J. McComb, who died on
March 31 last, at Dobbs Ferry. Mr. Mc
Comb objected to Mr. Herzog as a pros
pective son-in-law, and a few days before
his death he added a codicil to his will
which has deferred the wedding until the
present. Mr. McCbmb's fortune was esti
mated at the time of his death at upward
of $20,000,000. By the provisions of his will,
which had been in existence for years, his
daughter, Fanny, would have received
upward of $4,000,000. By the codicil it was
provided that If she were married to Mr.
Herzog she should be cut off with an In
come of $15,000 a year during her life,
$300,000 to go on her death to each of her
children absolutely.
Soon after her father's death Miss Mc
Comb, through her attorney, W. W. Mc
Farlane. brought suit against the Title
Guaranty & Trust Company, executors of
her father's will, seeking to have the
courts declare the new codicil void. The
Increased Wnfres for Trainmen.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. JL The Press
tomorrow will say:
"An Increase of from 4 to 12 per cent In
the wages of about 45,000 trainmen will be
announced soon by the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, to take effect January L
It will aiply to all the trainmen on the
lines owned or operated by the company.
The clerical force Is not Included in the
plan. For months the officials of the com
pany have been working on a plan, as
they term It, for an adjustment of wages.
While the officers of the company say
the change is only an adjustment, it Is,
.nevertheless, an increase, in most cases
from 4 to 12 per cenL The Pennsylvania
Railroad employs on its system cast of
Pittsburg and Erie about 90,000 men, of
which number fully one-half are used in
the running of trains."
BnrlfnKton's Great Falls Branch.
ST. PAUL. Jan. L It Is stated on re
liable authority that the Burlington will
begin -work on Its Billings & Great
Falls branch, to connect with the Great,
Northern, January 10. Work will In all
probability be started at throe points,
Billings, Merino and Stanford, and as
soon as the grading is completed at these
points, the entire force of workmen will
be transferred to Great Falls, where con
siderable work must be done before a
suitable entrance to that city can be
gained. The Burlington, it Is stated, will
push work on this branch, and hopes to
have It completed by the end of the year.
Governor Shaiv Starts East.
DBS MOINES, la., Jan. L Governor
Leslie M. Shaw, the coming Secretary of
the United States Treasury, departed for
Washington this evening. He will spend
tomorrow at Chicago, tand will arrive at
Washington Friday night. He will remain
there two days, and will return to Des
Moines In time for the Grant Club ban
quet, January 9. Governor-elect Cummins
called on Governor Shaw today and ex
tended New Year's greetings, incidentally
listening to Governor Shaw's message to
the Legislature, which will convene Jan
uary 13.
More Money for the San Pedro Road.
SALT LAKE, Jan. L The board of di
rectors of the San Pedro, Los Angeles &
Salt Lake Railroad Company has Just
called upon the members of the company
for an additional $1,000,000 to push the
work of construction on the line that Is
to run from this city to the Coast. This
money is to be paid at once, and makes
$5,000,000 already put up by the promoters.
It is said to be the only case in tho his
tory of this country where this amount
of money has been paid for such work
without the issuing of bonds.
Surveying? Route for Alaskan Road.
SEATTLE, Jan. 1. A party of survey
ors, headed by H. T. Harper, Is now In
Alaska surveying a route for a railroad
from Pyramid Harbor to the Rainy Hol
low district, which is said to be one
great mineral deposit. Harper will not
state for whom the survey is being made,
but the Impression prevails that It Is for
Vancouver and Victoria capitalists, with
Americans heavily interested.
To Break Another Merger.
, JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 1. Attorney
General McClurg- Is contemplating the In
stitution of proceedings to break the
merger of the Southern and Mobile &
Ohio Railways. It is very likely that the
proceedings will bo begun within 10 days.
In Peace Prepare.
London Express.
The recent revelation of German animos
ity toward Britain and the frenzied ac
tivity of the Germans in pushing the con
struction of their new navy are an ad
vertlsement'to Great Britain to remember
that the command of the sea is not a
copyright, a patent or a monopoly, but is
the result of painstaking preparation in
time of peace. There are, moreover, other
facts which should prepare the country
for a renewal of the agitation for drastic
naval reform. When the war Is over and
the army as an army is disbanded the mo
ment will arrive when every citizen will
thank God for the navy, because months
and even years will elapse before the
...i v, Lewiston.
Acres tillable 2200 000
Acres cultivated 375000
Wheat 5.450!o(K)
Oats ..., 1.120,000
Barley 1,120.000
Flax 284.000
Cattle and horses, number 19,000
Sheep and hops, number 55,730
Fruit, carloads 400
Wool, pounds 1,500.000
Hides, pounds 580.000
Hay. tons 45,000
Pr cent of Increase in Ave years
ending with 1000
Grain 1,000
Livestock 100
Fruit 500
Wool and bides 100
Total estimated value, 1000
Including barley. Includlng oats.
" " Walla " "The Estimated
Palouse. Big Bend. lr1,1 Yakima Pendleton. Dalles. Total. Value.
1.105.000 2,500.000 724.400 800,000 j 210.000 1.100.000 0.C30.400
C50.000 bOO.OOO 5!3.400 75.DS7 g50 000 021.S50 3.00C.237
6,000.000 4.000.000 S.G'"." 500.000 5,400 000 M.750.000 34.707.000 $17.3S3.500
300.000 1.000.000 'Ora. OO.OOO 100000 00.000 M.sai.ooo 1 021 200
400.000 1.000.000 0G3.000 340.000 400.000 4.803.000 1.021.200
"""lO.lOO 20,000 0.000 7.500 ""0200 6.000 83,'SOO l,H77.'S0O
8.500 130.000 C5.000 30.100 m 000 121.000 521.330 1.563.090
500 2S0 750 739 -50 500 3.C09 1,203.150
C00.000 1.000.000 1.350,000 1.500,000 3,347.000 7.500.000 16.707.000 1.679.700
125.000 500.000 200.000 300.000 300.OOO 400,000 2.405,000 n60.750
50,000 05,000 40.000 51.000 70,000 40.000 3C7.000 2.202,000
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PORTLAND, OREGON
$23,330,000
In addition to the foregoing, says Captain
Harts, there ls said to be much valuable tim
ber in the Clearwater River Valley. The white
pine now standing in this valley la estimated
by the Lewiston Commercial Club at 2.700,000,
000 feet, lumber measure, and ls said to cover
570,000 acres. In the Grand Ronde Valley, in
Eastern Oregon, there ls likewise said to be
250,000 acres of yellow pine standing, amount
ing to 2,500,000.000 feet, lumber measure, of
merchantable lumber. The gold and copper
mines in Idaho and Eastern "Washington and
Oregon are said to be valuable and productive,
the gold belt of Eastern Oregon alone produc
ing $2,225,000 in 1809, and the Coeur d'Alene
district of Shoshone County, Idaho, having the
largest lead-allver mines In the United States.
The development of the valuable copper mines
In the Seven Devils district, along the Snake
Hlvr, between Lewiston, Idahoc and Hunting-
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courts refused to consider the question
prior to the marriage of Miss McComb.
Utah's Mineral Output.
SALT LAKE, Jan. 1. The total valu
ation of Utah's mineral output for 1901,
according to the Tribune, was $19,070,737,
divided as follows:
Gold $3,945,303
Silver 6,945.922
Copper 4.227,551
Lead 3,951,960
The Increase in the total mineral out
put in 1901 over the previous year amount
ed to n,6SS,305.
The mileage of street railways in New York
City has Increased from 132 in 1804 to 1142
miles In 1901. The total of passengers In the
former year- was only 50,830.173, against the
enormous total of 1,124,432,660 for last year.
Lawton was engaged, fell, today, while J
being taken from the walls of the Art In- I
stltute, where the painting has been on
exhibition. A large hole was torn in tho
canvas. Verestchagen said he thought It
would be Impossible to repair the dam
age. The painting was valued at $10,000.
JUMPED TH TRACK.
Paiuengcr TthIti Wrecked, Killing
Two and Injuring: IT Persona.
PITTSBURG, Jan. 1. As a result of a
through passenger train on the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad Jumping the track to
day, two men are dead and 17 injured, five
of whom, are considered seriously hurt.
Through tho courtesy of General Super
intendent YV. R. Woodford, of the Pitts
burg division, tho following official list
of dead and injured Is given. The dead:
JOHN COLLINS, Connellsvllle, Pa., en
gineer. McCUNE, ConnellesVHle, fireman.
The Injured: J. D. Partella, mall clerk,
Washington, D. C, seriously; William
Avery, engineer, seriously; G. W. Ryan,
Baltimore, seriously; E. A. Young, mall
clerk, seriously; R. R. Souser, Napier,
Pa,, seriously; Charles Henry, Philadel
phia, slightly; C. B. Smith, Allegheny,
Pa., slightly: J. S. Matthews, Cheyenne,
Wyo., slightly; J. R. Waters, Hutton
vllle, W. Va.. slightly; M. R. McKlnley,
Rock Island. Ills., slightly; H. A. Hall,
Gainesville, W. Va., slightly; P. J. Lasey,
Chicago, badly bruised; Frank W. Bren
ner, , head cut: S. J. Jones. Summit,
Md., slightly: E J. Lehman, Washing
ton, D. C. slightly; J. A. Barton. Chica
go, slightly; I. N. Hay, Meyersdale, Pa.,
slightly.
The "injured were all taken to Meyers
dale for treatment as quickly as tHe re
lief train from Cumberland could get
them there. The train left here at 8:40
this morning, bound for New York. It
was a full vestlbuled train. In going
down the steep grade, one and a half
miles west of Glencoe, the engine, from
some cause as yet unknown or explained.
Jumped the track at the curve and the
entire train piled on top of It. Probably
the only thing that prevented an appalling
death list was the fact that the heavy
vestibule cars did not break up in going
over the embankment.
The work of rescue had to be begun
quickly, because the gas tanks in the cars
exploded and set Are to the wreckage.
The flames spread rapidly and in a short
time the entire train was burned. The
engine was completely demolished and
the two dead men. when taken from the
debris, were horribly mangled. Collins
was one of the oldest engineers on the
road. General Superintendent Woodford
says he has been unable as yet to ascer
tain the cause of the accident.
army reformers can provide us with a
new army, even of moderate extent, ready
to go anywhere and do anything.
Marconi Royally Entertained.
OTTAWA, Ont., Jan. .L SIgnor Mar
coni Is being royally entertained In this
city. He was among the callers on the
Governor-General, Lord Minto, this morn
ing. This afternoon, he was the guest of
Mgr. Falconl, the papal delegate, and this
evening. Dr. Borden, Minister of Militia,
was the host at a dinner given in his
honor.
ValHRble Painting: Ruined.
CHICAGO, Jan. L "The Battle of Za
pote Bridge," the painting by "Verestchag
a of the last contest In which General
A DISASTROUS COLLISION.
Two Persons Lost Their Lives and a
Valuable Horse Was Killed.
KEITHVILLE, La., Jan. L Two lives
were lost, one person was seriously In
jured and the racehorse George Arnold,
for which $20,000 had been refused, was
killed in a disastrous collision between a
Texas Pacific fast freight train and a
Houston, East & West Texas freight train
on the siding at this place at 4 o'clock this
morning. The dead are:
W. J. DANIELS, Houston, Tex., fire
man. JAMES KANE, stable attendant.
Twelve cars of the Houston train were
burned to the trucks. W. J. Daniels was
either crushed or burned to death under
the wreckage. Bob Edwards, another fire
man, sustained injuries by Jumping from
his cab. The engineer of the Houston
train, who Is said to have been Newt
Denton, disappeared Immediately after
the accident. One car contained four
racehorses belonging to J. W. Fuller, of
Wills Point. Tex., which were en route
from the Winter meeting at New Orleans.
George Arnold won the Christmas handi
cap, the premier stake at New Orleans.
The horse was insured for $5000. Three
other horses. in the car Queen Esther,
Kate Ayre and Free State escaped to the
woods.
Xarrovr Escape of Seventy Persons.
DULUTH, Minn., Jan. L An explosion
of a boiler In the basement of the Sacred
Heart Institute here last night resulted
In several thousand dollars' damage to
the building, while 70 persons, who were
within at the time, narrowly escaped be
ing killed or Injured. Devotions were in
progress In the chapel, and Bishop James
McGollck was just pronouncing the bene
diction, when the explosion occurred.
Fragments of the boiler came up through
the floor, and every window In the entire
structure was shattered. The woodwork
took Are above the boiler-room, but the
prompt arrival of the department pre
vented any casualties.
Head Severed From His Body.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Jan. 1. At
Bridge No. SI. 70 miles west of Albu
querque, Fireman Henry Schopper, of the
west-bound California limited, was In
stantly killed. As the train approached
the bridge at full' speed Schopper leaned
far out to make an observation on the en
gine. His head struck an iron girder and
was severed from the body. Schopper
leaves a wife.
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Telejrraphic Brevities.
William J. Work, night clerk at the St. Paul
Postofllce. was arrested on the charge of steal
ing money from letters.
Five persons were seriously Injured, one fa
tally. In a collision between a carriage and an
electric car in Chicago.
Todd, Burns & Co.'s big dry goods ware
house, at Dublin was damaged by flro to
the amount of 130.000.
The Independent "Wilson & McCally tobacco
plant, at Hamilton, O., has been sold to the
Continental Tobacco Company.
"William Jessop & Sons,- of Sheffield, have
placed contracts for the erection of three new
steel works at Washington, Pa,
Dr. Charles Harbordt, one of the most widely
known chemists and metallurgists in Mexico, ls
dead. He wa& a native of Belleville, 111.
Alonzo Castle Monson, a retired New Tork
lawyer. Is dead, aged 80. He went to San
Francisco In 1849, and was a member of tho
vlgllanco committee.
Orlando Lester, tho aegro on trial at Oxford,
Miss., charged with being an accomplice in
tho murder of the two Montgomerys, waa found
guilty of murder In the first degree.
The condition of Mrs. Ida Gilbert Dennis, the
Washington dressmaker, who was mysteriously
assaulted three weeks ago, is very, critical.
Her death may occur at any moment.
A special term of court has been ordered In
Greenville, Miss., to try Ashley Cocke. Tom
Louderdale. Will Blackburn and Will Phlpps.
charged with the murder of (J. M. Wray, on a
Mississippi Valley train.
Weavers of the Atlantic Cotton Mills, at Law
rence, Mass., voted to reject the compromise
offer of an advance of 6 cents a cut and to
continue the strike until the demand for an
advance of 10 cents ls granted.
Xondon Bank Statement.
LONDON, Jan. 1. The annual clearing
house statement showa that the clear
ances In 1901 reached the unprecedented
total of 9,561,169,000. an increase of 600,
999,000 over 1900, and 410,900,000 over 1S99,
hitherto the record year.
The Stock Exchange settlings days' to
tals for the year aggregated 1,5S2.624.000,
being 243.053,000 over 1900 and 38,329,000
over 1S99, the previous record.
Cholera Raping in Java.
SEATTLE, Jan. 2. Colonel E F. Hand,
who arrived here yesterday from Java,
states that cholera Is raging more se
verely there than ever before, this year.
The death record in the City" of Saura
baya during the month of November, he
states, was over 7000. Colonel Hand ls
returning from a mining expedition to
Celebes Islands, where, he said, gold
abounds In great quantity.
Geologists in Session.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 1. At the sec-
ond day's session of the annual meeting
of the Geological Society of America
many Interesting papers were read, among
them, being the following: "Geology of the
Snake River Plains, of Idaho," by I. C.
Russell, of Ann Arbor, Mich., and two
papers by Bailey Willis, of Washington.
D. C, on "Structure of the Front Range
Northern Rocky -Mountains, Montana,"
and "Physiography of the Northern.
Rocky Mountains."
Editor Killed n. Highwayman.
CHICAGO. Jan. 1. Eugene Hector, for
merly financial editor of a Chicago news
paper, shot and killed an alleged high
wayman tonight. The man killed Is sup
posed to be a Bostonian named Donovan.
The dead man was shot through the right
eye.
Negro Day at Charleston Fair.
CHARLESTON, S. C, Jan. 1. This
was Negro day at the exposition. The
colored people held appropriate exercises
In celebration of emancipation day and
delivered their building to the exposition
authorities.
Senator Berrj- Is Better.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 1. Reports
from Bentonvllle today state that United
States Senator James H. Berry's condi
tion has Improved materially, and that he
expects to leave to morrow for Washington.
Hot McKInley's Doctrine.
Boston Herald.
It was the doctrine of the late President
McKlnley, enunciated and Insisted upon
with urgent emphasis on several occa
sions, that In all our relations with the
Philippines we must remember that the
prime motive of our conduct is the bene
fit of their people, not ot our people. It
is a benevolent assimilation that we in
tend. HJs Instruction to the Taft Com
mission was earnest In this regard, and
he many times repeated In public utter
ances this keynote. of our policy, that our
motive is not selfish, but sincerely altru
istic It seems to us that the action of
the House in passing the bill Imposing
the DIngley tariff on imports from these
islands Is hardly consistent with the late
President's Idea of our duty toward tho
Islanders. The speeches In its behalf do
not read as If they were keyed to thr
note of benevolence to them. We are of
the opinion that any one reading them
dispassionately must feel that they aro
Inspired by a purpose to serve the Inter
est of our people at home, rather than
the Interests and prosperity of the Filipinos.
Why We Leave Home.
Roseburg Review.
This is a very hard season for Oregon's
prominent citizens. The moment one
leaves his hamlet for recreation else
where in' the state, the rumors begin to fly
concerning his candidacy for Governor
ship or some other official plum, and his
tour le chiefly and naturally a continual
round of denials.
"Yes. slje has a passion for animals." "Dogs
or husbands?" Life.
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