si A riTlBLISDEH FOR TBI IIXUIMTIOJ OP DE10CR1TIR FBIICIPLKI. M TO 1111 111 H0111T L1TIR0 BT THIIaliT OF OD1 MOW EUGENE, 01U SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13 1897. NO 40 tit ft Lull A 111. II o a Crest, the Topmost Peak, Is 14,528 feet Above the Sea Figures That Cost the Life of Edgar McClure, Scientist. or POINT ON MOUNT lUINICfl- ricT. .. 870 1,880 2.850 5,932 .tonvlH""" """ rfihin'sR-neh... Kigmlft spring.- ,...ma Limp CpNo C.mp 12,700 5 Side Crater 14,275 Cmbia Crest 14,528 Tbf altitude, determined by tbe lamented Edgar McClure, are tt.A .f.tiH.rfl riwnrit fif hilrtitii nn Kfmi.it n.l.ilu. wlrtoeuoure - - .......... ' 1.1. n .. rA n f . f . FT1 a f 1 . n . 1 .4 ilia . 1 1 .V, n 1 1 ,. lnn Icultrly "it" ............. '""i v'-iuiu- ("rnt, nfthese localities It Is Interesting to note that Camp No Cmp, I , h i. (t tli summit of Gibraltar Rock, waa given lu name by Prof F ... . It k.il kun l'.a,..fll.. Ul. kf'lUft !nor IO Ilia hujv tv utv. votu wicu vaujt ui iiiv oiain. 7 Luteins following article from Uk) Post-Intelligencer, one or BortenterprUlDg papers on iu 4 the moat tragic Incidents In t science waa tle aeaiu oi Edgar McClure, who loat Ills k Mount Rainier July Z7, ioi. . iL. .l..lai -B Vnjiog, at e on, uw u.r turj Id tbe Unlveralty of Oregon, KiKDil lMe, Inallnoia ana amoi- wen essentially scieuunc. la ioDlotiil, he was a member of a. Kiumw, whose purposes in ine oficleotlflft exploration have ler.l Uioilc Interest and a cumulative L to the geography of the Norlh- Jl Tbe particular expedition with U Professor McClure was asst- when he met bis untimely hkft Portland with the distinct It! Professor McAllster's statement, was not only hallowed by scientific sswicib Hon, but was prepared f r its high mission more lovingly and arduously than a favorite racer would re groomed for the course. Twice had it looked upon the beauties of tbe Columbia river fro n the summit of Mount Hood, and on three other lo'ty peaks it bad served Its slleut but efficient ministry to the cause of scleuce. Ou on- ol these, Mount Adams, the altitude de termined with this Instrument was ac cepted by tbe United States govern ment, yet a new tube was tilled lor It. Professor McClure himself preparing tbe mercury by distillation, and seeing to It that the vacuum was exception ally perfect. That the barometer was most carefuly handled at the time ol observation will fully appear from tbe record below. It was suspended by a ling and allowed to baug until It had assumed the temperature of the sur rounding air before being read. Not only this, but all tbe subsidiary phe nomena which could have tbe slightest bearing on the result were laboriously determined. Concurrent observations were made at all salient sum undlng -tatlons, while for a week before the date of actual observation Pro fessor McClure himself had made numerous observations both ol pressure and of temperature at various sub-stations In the vlelnity of Mount Rainier, and his collaborateur has secured simultaneous observations from Beattle and Portland Uniting as he did the fervor of the pioneer ex ploier with the' accuracy of the laboratory chemist, Professor McClure was peculiarly fitted to obtain a result whL'li bids fair to become historic barometer, a Cut of which appears herewith, will appeal Dowerfully to every lover of science. If, as has been suggested, a raonumeu. hers of the expedition, was tbe Imme diate cause of his death. He carried It In a double case, a wooden ons which his own hands had constructed, and outside of this a strong bather tube. From this Utter stout thougs enabled him to strap the Instrument on his back, much aa a pioneer bunUmsn would wear bla trusty rifle. While standing on the perilous ledge whence he took the fatal plunge, he turned to sound warning to his companions whom he was leading in a search for the loi t pathway down the inounlalu. "Dou't come down here; It is loo sleep," lie called, turning so us to make bis voice more audible. These were his last words. He vanished In the night and the abyss. It Is likely that the tube, Hire aud a half feet In length, caught as he turned and helped to hurl him from his precarious footing. figured out the extreme height o Rainier at 14.519 feet. '1 he value of Professor McClure'. de termination will be heightened rather than lessened by the peculiar difficulty and rareness of sclentiflo work In an unexplored ten Itory and from a base which has uot all the appurtenances aud advantages of the older sclentiflo stations of the East and of Europe. In this respect his work is like that of Agassi ami of Audubon. Not unlik those great master was he In his Intense a1 d lofty devotion to science. Not unl.ke them he wrought with rigid accuracy where others had worked slmojl st random. Not unlike them he aroused among Lis friends aud students tbe conviction that he was a born high priest of nature, whose chief mission In the woild was to re veal ber secrets to ruauk'nd. -He died as be alwaya llvcd-o. tin rooun- ae.Mr.erHM.. ibid lop. I dimllna it waa evident thai Eiissna and 1 n transmitting Ills results to Horace Ro.eUlirif wtre um)er an ares ot relative- McClure, brother of the deceased y low barometric pressure on the '.'7 III, .UniLi. Pn.f.or McAIIter brine to representing atmo.pticrlo conditions I ,11.1 v..all la SI.. Brtoln.t Mount KsUuler i ii . i.. .... n..A .I.. proper ciuso m muur ui iu, , ..,. , ,,..., ii.l n.. Is as creditable to bis scholarly culture observations at both these pistes, using from Seattle and 1'ortlan 1. tbe following as it Is to his unselfish and detoted ouly tboso at Seattle Portland, l-'oii -miudus are obtained: mnrn siviirato tliun I It in una of Prof. McClure'.. At any rule, the outstand ing error Is now ton small lo Jiullfy lb Inuard of any future attempts. Alllluili- or Kith Nl Krom the ibrv;itlon niuile by Prof. McClure bile en route to tliia siiinuili. together wlib sluiulianroiis records friendship. Herbert L. Uri'ck. 1 ApiPIJPS) - Tks Lais ESiar BlcClnre. 'rst. K. II. AeAllstsr. Mofruaklnir the ascent of Mount pr, recording such geographical I topographical observations as lit te feasible. As a member of "NHion, Professor McClure was W id charge of the elevation de 1ajeQt and set before himself a fht more distinct and definite JiVlx: to ascertain by the most "i methods and with the most ""My graduated instruments the P height of the famous and fiful tnountalu. How well he ac fPHbed this purpose will best ap r 10 the subjolued letter from pwajor E II McAllster. his friend P colleague, who with Infinite care f Vmpathetlo seal has worked out Mta, which would otherwise have ""ndeclpherable not otly to the Nl public, but to the average "lr Ai ho himself said when lie "P'Hed his arduous task: "I have "everything possible to wring tbe !lh from the observations. In my iwent they should becooie historic Mount of the nrobabllitv of their " accuracy." rthe accomnllhman. of Ihla olilpct . . - w uttor McClure broucbt all the F'W retOUrW f sa ilna miHiim atiH v a i ijjj vuuuio miu t ' "I'tiuui j v u U K. uinuuuuv) fiaPUni Were i.ia wlth lhG re.t car. To htm thr fuinilmpnt aP.r, . . f u UOt Bn rtmnh as aAiaMinnl or v as) jrv S u vw Irllimnh at ai iilifnPir tfT ll sb a v ivvui j sws f nr- The very instrument on K ,,e. niet relied for accurate de , ""'"aiious, as will be seen from Cattle Shipments. CNTboniUson ahlmvxl fmm Ed. Saturday evening to Chicago 060 a of cattle. Wallace Chamberlain a Cd Stiles went along to car for - raner a viail Willi ins par- ' In rin... It. m i i-i. . 1 1 turn : "t vuaiuuenaiu win i a & L"d Mr Stiles will also return ahrM r.. .... . . ... Like his own high-strung Irarae, the delicate Instrument was shattered; but neither of the twain went away from the world without leavlhg an imper ishable record. It Is Interesting to note the close cor respondence of his Independent obser villous with those made by others. The height of themountalu had been measured many times before be essayed to measure It. Borne observers bad measured It by irianguianou, uu others, notably Msjor E 8 Ingraham, of Seattle, had given Ita altitude from the readings or ruercurlsl barometers. Major Ingraham gave the height at 14,624 feet. It will be noticed that the riiilt obtained by Professor McClure was lust four feet greater, a remarkable coincidence at that vaBt altitude ana among conditions of hardships, ex Canbr and Walls Walla. Tbs strategic position of Ibeie four points will be snun at once by a gtanre at tbe accompany ing map. The method followed in making the reduction was, In brief, to iluiluce from the observatloasat tbe four bate stations surrounding the mountain His actual atmospheric conditions prevailing In the Immediate region of tae mountain. More specifically, tbe procos consisted in determining the atmospheric pressure and temperature al an Imaginary sea level vertically under tbe mountain. wblob level I shall iiibseojicntly call tbe "mean base." Jo Ibis I was crsaily asaiatcil by a careful study of tbe daily weather charts Issued tiy ins government, air. rague having kindly lososd me hliolllclal tile for July. I thus practically had at my disposal observations from sll the Im portant points on the Coast, botn before and after the principal observation. Wltb due regard to tbo position sod di rection of tbs liohais, and giving proper weight to tbe observations al each ol the four base stations, 1 finally deduced 30.1:10 inches at tbe value of the pressure at tbe mean base which best satisfied all the data. It ought to be said, per haps, that this result does not depend upon my judgment to any appreciable extent, Din was legitimately worneu out from tbe ootervaiions ana isonaric lines. In determining the mssn temperature Letter of Trat amission. University of Oregon, Eugene, Or., Oct. 13. 197. Mr Horace McClure Dear 81 r: I herewith transmit to you for pub lication my report upon the observe tlou of y ur late brother, Professor Edgar McClure, relative to the altitude of Mount Raluier, the data having beeu referred to me fot reduction and computation by yourself and by the offlcl ala of tbe Masama club. It is but just to myself to say that the long delay la the appearance ol this report has been caused b unavold able difficulties In the collection of sub sidiary data; In particular, the com oarlson sheet showing tbe Instru mental error of Professor MoClure's barometer, could not be found until the 0th of this mouth, when It was discovered araobg some effects left by him In Portlsnd. A further delsy bss been occasioned In obtaining a few other Important data. A report ap- Droxlmately correct could have been 0l tDA ,ir column extending from the tlmaairo. but I felt It was! meso bat to tbe summit ot the moun ....... .t r Prfn.nM- Mo. tain, tbe obiervstlons mads by Prof uu.iu McClure during tbe prevlout week lo Clure's reputation for extreme accuracy hf vlclDly were g0 aum.ro,,, and woll that no report whatever should be auo- um0d as to leave far lets than tbe usual llshed until I was able to atate a result smount ot uncertainty. Making due a!- . it i. vnnnhu Imliiv tha I lowauce for the modnrate elevations ol for which I could vo'icbas uems; me ,..., ,h.,a ,,..,,. .nw very best tbat tne ooservauous w cea,iy that the temperature about the capable of affording. I mountain at that time followed that of n. ti..nb nl mnwriisfl are aueiBeame very ciuneiy, aou wm iiio nui iUVUmw - , . . " , , .,.. JH.nB j. II.AII11UUI1 uiuoicut liuill lllfliui ivnifliiu Ulll ueparieu uuibuij iivitt iftu iud uci Feet above sea level. S70 .... , a.iw ft,fi;ij U.7is 1 1,275 offered up his life virtually a sacrifice to the cause of popular and practical science, and In as lofty a sense aa ever dignified a Roman arena he was a maityrto tbe cause of truth. To use the mttchless figure employed by Ityron In describing the death of Henry Kirk White, who died a victim to bis own passionate devotion to literary art. be v.-aa like the struck eagle whose own feather "winged the shaft that quivered in hia heart." Just In baru ony with this thought came countless expressions of sympa thy and condoler.ee to tbe members of Professor McCIure's family when tbe sad newa of his death went abroad. One of tbe most touching, and, to my mind, one of the most typical of all these came from an obscure man in an obscun corner of Kentucky. He was w 0 f w " j I u J If to Mr B 8 Pague, Oregon weather bureau, far uumerous of Wala w11, ,nd the ow temperature I trio pubiithml; courtesies and for hia efficient aid In of Fori Canby. Allowing proper weight I Wi'3, Prof. Mct'l i..iiiii rrft to these iacn, ine ootervaiions ai me Very respectfully, E H McAlistbr, Professor of Applied Mathematics. Tha Beaalt. Vnr iim tipnnt of those not Intsrcttsd In tbe sclentiflo details of this report, It mn ha .luted at once that ihe summit nr Unnni linlnlrr. aocordlnir to I'rofet tor McCIure's observation!, is 14,628 feet above tea level. Tbe altitudes of vari ous sub-stations occupied en route will i,. fn.in.i further on. An account of tbe data, with description ot tbe methods in reduction and compulation It Riven, lo Indicate tbe degree ot reli ance to be placed upon tbe resuu Tha Principal OIeraUoi Tha nrlnntnal obterVStlon to wblcb this report refers was made by Piof. Kd ki.-rinra. of tha University of Ore- Ion, on tbe summit of Mount Rainier, Washington, July 27, 18U7, at 4 :30 p. in., Pacltlo standard time, 'ine ootervauoo n.i.i. nf a readins- of Green's ttandard mercurial barometer, No. 1012, together with readings of attached and detached eU SO IO DBUK limit I " .u..."..., -v... - 0 a , J wa k! i ; t (mwtui I o ' Q R I to ON. 1 lit. p ... NIV- Kulonvllle Keruahsu's ranch I.onmlre springs Mazaimi ramp Ca:np'No-l'amp Soul li titlu Crater Kulnlcr. 'I bo data In these cases were not suf ficient to mil in it an elaborate worklug out of the n 1 1 it n Ic, so that the figures given sre to La regarded a rather close approximation, except in the case of Ma.anm enmp, the altitude of wb'jb rests upon fsur ottnervalluus and It cor rcpouillngly rcllaliln. I'rof. Mrt'lnra'a llnrvnieler. Prof. MoClure's barome ter had a nolablo bUtory its motintuliieerlng. To quoin the professor's own words: "It bas twicn looked upon the beauties of the Colum bia river from the summit of Mount Hood. It was the first barometer taken to tbe top of Mount Hood, and gave tlio true elevation, II. li feet. In place of 17,000 or 1S.0U0 fiH-t piovioinly claimed. Th batoim'trlc liieasiiremeut of Mt. Hood was madn In August, lsil", by a government party uu der llm direction of Lieut. K. 8. Williamson. The teu ond barouietrlo measure ment of Mt. Hood was made wltb tbe tame Instrument In August. 170, by Prof. George 11. Collier." la August, 1SD1, the ba rometer was carried by Prof. .McClure lotbe sum mit of Diamond Peak; lo August, ItiUi, by the writer, lo the summit of the middle peak of tbe Three Sisters, in Oregon, giving an alti tude of 10,080 feet, not bltb- In .In IV. tire took I wltb tbe Mar.amas to Mount At'atns, sad In July, 18!7, to tbn summit of Mount Halnier. A new lube was filled a rut inserted about two years ago, Prof. McClure prepar ing tbe mercury by distilla tion and the writer boiling It In tbs tube. The vacuum wat exceptionally perlcrl.' Tbe comparison sheet pre viously mentioned showed tbat tho Instrument on the occasion of Its last trip read .005 Inches above standard, t'ooeliialou. In thus comnlotlnir tbe labors of Prof. McClure, f 6 with whom I was so long -i3 and to Intimately associat ed, I feel a very uiolAiicho-Th nrafcea ly satisfaction. For bis BtsrotaeUr. sake. 1 have spared no pains In collecting all the useful data tbat could be obtalued, to make tbe re sult rnliablo to the last degree posslblo lu such a cuso. I leave tbat result as a sulllcient guarantee of tbo accuracy ot tbo whole work from beginning to end. ft 3 mt lhaa Inn. WB allowed to to bang . it,. Lincoln Park, Cblcag. m I ha lt nrtlntnn U bad atsumed the temperatur o ... "-j-A . (nnoB" inuiuKBitt :r . n.j-.K- .. nn.....in, ftnrldedad-l . t. rhtn.on- tha .iiv was clear at tne lime; mu iusi in............., ,.. t uu m mi iui; m.-, tne SKy was oiear iu i , i over anv other that could bel. j . . , m.,.. tbe place oi o"--", .nniTa.l in th nrohtem In band : ctpeo- oescriutu u.Uw..., tbe mountain, is oos.gu.icu . v. JJif"" ,t',uralll cf u.iog the Iso- trated book, or 00 pages, now oeins; The barometric reading, corrected for barto cbarts with jrreal freedom and I el- distributed by the Chlcsgo, Mllwau- Instrumental error Hi temperature, was feotlvenest, thereby Incresslng be rell- ke( & Ht r,u, 1slw,y company. It S lnc?e.rK ability of tbe retult to a marked extent. , o lhe flneilt h,IMfflnf p,olure, 20 degrees Fabrenbelt. The canapauiioa. 0f one of Creation's most charming nbaldlary Observations. I ,rh. .,ilw,i,nn tn.it.. thera remained I nlunoa nf retort for citizens of the Concurrent observations were made at I Ior the final calculation tbe following I Ureat Repuhlio. Everyone who baa w :80 a. m. ana nouny uur.og u data : ,,, lh n,rk -nt annreolate tbaBmllKlo wdfor thowwho have Uaromstrlo pressure at not It will be a reveiauon oi wnas mean bate 80.130 Inches u tQ Kea ,Q Chicago. It can only JSA beprocuredby enclosing twentrnv. In i making tbe calculation I used tbe (26) cenU In coin or postage stamp, amplified form ot Laplace's formula ,0 u HealTord, general passenger given lo the recent publication of tbe , 41 01J tj0on. Rulldidg, Chlca- '...lsl...Kl.H L.tlSitllnn with t n A Afins s 1 ouiuui"Uiu luntuuiivu) " - Hants there adopted. Perhaps for tbe geneisl reader It may be important to remark tbat tbla formula, besides tbe barometrlo presaures, contains correc tions for the temperature of tho air col umn; for latitude, and for tbe variation of gravity wltb altitude in Its effect on the we ehi oi me mercury iu im w go, III. Th Initial Lectckb. Today's Salem Btutesman: A couple of bun dled ladles and gentlemen were thoroughly well eutertalued last night by Prof Frederick S Dunn, at the omater: for tne average nuimimy u m. 0hBpt or wiuameite uuitoih air; and tor tbe varlaUon of gra'it; . neJ the wnter lecture-course ot 1'5L'"ud,nJ,?,,"!b.B,,:.' the Classical Club, by some excellent UI LUQ air at UIOU iu noui.1 llller as Views tf.m -- a.hl-l". be reared to mark tbe spot where the young scientist gave up hi life, no fitter design could be adopted than a stone shaft bearing on Its face a has relief of the historic Instrument which he bore on his bsck with sacred cate. It la entirely probable that this barometer, coupled with his unselfish tsollcitude for tbe safety of other mem- f'nRHitcT.-A word to business nun: A transient advertiser cornea along and sweeps hundreds of dollsrs ojt of the town for -calendar" or "business . iiifl." What does he leave uau - 0- -- for It? Boraethiog that Is soon ht.li. Whv not pay tbat money newspaper that gives employmen to twenty families and spends every d l Ur it makes right In the city? Tbe Georgia legislature has passed a taw making football an unlawful game. Prior to .nil uncertainty AicLiure s rcoiu, of Rainier baa Professor ii.t t,iD..uremeut been made by George F Hyde, of the United States geological survey, .u ion Ha tiursued the method of not a great nian himself, as the world counts greatness, this man In Ken tucky ; but be knew a great man when hesawblm. He had known Edgar McClure; and when he heard the cir cumstances of his death, he sut down and wrote a brief note. One wnienre . . i i , . . .r,H lull lllff SB I IS HMO "'"O"'" . . Hfilk In It isum uMPtllV f.l Wlllltl r Of Elllr sjajijiic; tvu .--..-..--- I me at Elleusburg, In the sea level guage at Tscoma, rub to a A.P.well. Oct 8. 1807, of typboldj: fever, Rosa, the 7yr daua-hter ofJ M a"d Mary Martin. Thegfune,.l will be held at I o'clock Wednesday anernou, i terment using cemetery. place at tbe Howe Dally Guard, Novembers. Bear Killed. Bud Djury, yester day afternoon killed near Jasper, a 300 Sund I black bear. He brought I , to E igene this forenoon and so d It for tl2 to L A Itosteln, who will ship It to Victoria, B C. was this: "Edgar McClure ak Died. At Florence, Oregon, Nov 2 187, Daniel Hill, aged 19 years, oldest sou of J B Hill. The funeral took place Wedntsday at tbe Odd Fellow' cemetery In Glenada. Daniel was a bright noble boy and bad many friends who mourn his untimely death. Mrs Hill Is a sister of Mrs L 8 Rowland of Eugene. Born. lu Eugene, Oregon, Nov 7, 1807. to tbe wife of Oulnn bulllvan, a 10 pound son. noon by the regular observers at Seattle. Portland, Fort Canby, Ibe Unlversllyjof Oregon st Eugene, Itoseburg, sud one observation at Walla Walla at S p. m. la addition to these, during tbe week precedlug the 27th Prof. McClure mads numerous observstions botbol pressnre snd temperature st various ttib-ttsllout it tbe vM'inltv ol Aiouni naioier, ana 'iinultsosous obervstlons are furnished J otn Seattle aud Portland. Tbe Dalle T-M: Tbe horse can nery at Llonton la furnishing a mar ket for a considerable number of cayuse from Eastern Oregon and Washington, and will In time relieve tbe rangea of a large number of useless stock. Today a consignment of 16 catloada were ahlpped away from Tbe Dalles to Llonton. They were a lot of whlte-eved. worthless ponies from the Warm Spring reservation, which tbe . . iirpLA th. un.iih.nni.n .hl. hut afterward read ns from tne ureea cuiuoujr, u. verified tbe result by a numerical solu- frogs of Aristophanes." The transla tion of the formula the altitude being, b tbi acoomputied scholar pre- re,.,e.,?:veheg,na,D df hi. auditor. Intsc, . the In- It should be noted st sn evidence of herent humor of the classic snd as an the great cars and foresight with which euterUlnmant It set a splendid pace Proistor McClure planned bit work and d th f,;low. it was .-.. mtiiiin nin fnet with that ob- cause for congratulation In tins lie talned by the United Htates Geological ulljai oflerlng to the public Survey In 1805, using, ss we msy sup- ; ",,. pose, the most refined methods oftrl- Won't Go Back. - Jacksonville angulation tbe latter estimate being ximes: "Jeus Nelson, who left Jack- 14,610 feet. In connection wltb so ,e two years ago for Cook'i In- great an altitude, nine feet Isanlnslg- DV!, l J,."a" .tv He was nlficanl quantity, and tbe close corre- let, Alaska, returned recently, "e wm spondence In lb results of tbe two 0ne of the two thousand people wbo methods of measurement Is truly re- went nt0 that section In 1805, and be msrkable. I am not Inclined to regard k , flattering terma of It; laatjsttjsssr Kis.'- -"-sr Having a full knowledge of all the to the froiten north at all. Mrw eas svallable data, I am perhaps better pre- tbat very ,ew 0f tbe many who have nsred than anyone elte to pass Judgment a1bl. i.B.a been repaid for upon the re.uft .et forth; and while i - . . lbgt ,here ml wnnll ha rollv to irive a numerical - i iu -i m.ta of iha nrobablo error. I feel jutll- fled In saying tbat no single bsrometrlo' determination Is ever likely to prove and tbat there Is much exaggeration In the repoita that come from there." Indians bad do use for hence they turned them off for "beef." McMinnvllle Telephone Register Nov 4: Tbe barn and content Includ ing five horse and on cow, belonging to Cbaa Oatman, three mllee south of Ibl city, wa destroyed by fire earl" Sunday morning. Tbe fire was dis covered at 2 o'clock but It was too lar gone to aave the stock or any of th contents. Tbe fire Is considered ln cendlaiy. It la a bad loss. Mr Oat man was severely buined durlug Ids effort to release tbe stock. Salem Journal: Miss Gertrude Hlrsch entertained a party of young people at "heart." Thursday evening In honor of Miss Rosalie Friendly, of Eugeue. The year U54 wa an eventful oue r.ie Oregon. In It there were born In Oregon Col Robert A. Miller, U S Ben ator Geo W McBride, Judge R 8 Bean, Judg Tsylor, aid ex-State Pil.iter Frank C Baker.