The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-06-27
TELEGRAPHIC.
Specials to The AstOrian.

WASHINGTON, June 26.-The recent
reclassifcation made by commission
er of internal revenue Mason and ap-
proved by secretary Window, of the
salaries of collectors, deputies, ETC., in
the revenue service, will not affect the
districts of the Pacific coast. A re-
duction of $4,000 was effected, based
on estimated receipts and the needs
of the service for the next fiscal year,
but the districts of California and
Oregon were untouched.
FORAKER RE-NoMINATED.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 26.-Gov.
Foraker was renominated for govern
or on the second ballot in the Repub-
lican state convention this afternoon.
A DANGEROUS RESERVOIR IN INDIANA.
FoRT WAYNE, Ind, June 26.-The
recent terrible disaster in the Cone
maugh valley has directed public at
tention to the evidently dangerous
situation of affairs at Rome City,
Noble county, Ind. At this point,
thirty miles north of Fort
Wayne, on the Grand Rapids and
Indiana railroad, there is a great body
of water, covering a territory of sew
eral'square miles and of considerable
depth. This is a reservoir, or arti-
fetal lake, that was damned up many
years ago to serve as a feeder for
canal that was never conpleted. The
canal has long since ceased to exist in
that part of the country, and its bed
is used as a wagon road for several
miles. The large body of water re-
mains there, however. A branch of
the Elkhart river receives its supply
from that reservoir, and after union
with other branches passes through
South Bend, Elkhart and other large
cities of northern Indiana. At South
Bend are the Studerbaker Wagon
Works, the Oliver Chilled Plow
Works, and all along the stream are
manufacturing interests of great mag
nitude. The volume of water in the
Rome City lakes is larger by far than
that which was released by the break
ing of the South Forks dam. The
height of the lake above the branch
of the Elkbart river, which takes its
beginning from the flow of water
over the comb of the dam, is about 20
feet.
Rome City Is summer resort, the
place of annual meeting of the West
ern Chautauqua association, and is
the best paying passenger station be-
tween Fort Wayne and Grand Rapids.
The railway company owns all the
valuable privileges, and is the princi-
pal party at interest in keeping up the
old dam that is the only barrier from
an overflow that would rival the
Johnstown disaster in extent. In or
der to show that the apprehensions of
the citizens of Elkhart and South
Bend are well grounded it may be
stated that this same dam broke many
years ago, and such was the food that
radical changes were made in the to-
biography of the country that are Wis
ible to this day. Every spring come
reports that the floods have weakened
this dam, and that the great body of
water is liable to break its barrier and
come down upon the lower lands.
These reports, like similar reports at
Johnstown, have been unheeded, and
although the dam has not yet given
away, feeling Of security takes the
place of fear, and when the break
comes it will be found that of prepa-
rations there will be none along the
populous Elkhart valley. Thecounty
commissioners of Noble county have
been petitioned to have careful ex-
animation made of the condition of
the dam, and many citizens favor its
demolition and the gradual letting out
of the great sheet of water which
threaten life and property to such an
alarming extent.
INTERESTING PORTLAND NOTES.
PORTLAND, June 26.-This morning
w. W. Parker, of Astoria applied to
the county court for letters of admins
tratiOn upon the estate of his late
brother, G. w. Parker, of East Port
land, who died ON the steamer COl,tn,-
biG en- route for this city several days
ago. The estate is valued at $4,000,
and goes to the two children of de
ceased, Mrs. Chase, of Corvallis and +.
l.. Parker of Astoria.
In the criminal court this morning
Frank Jarvis, bad man from Rooster
Rock, went to trial on an Indictment
charging him with criminal inter
course with his daughter by his first
wife, Mrs. Josephine Ross, about q
years of age. The trial was not con-
cluded to-day.
In the United States circuit court
this morning P. F. Brady and COM
pany were given a verdict against
Searle and Dean for 859 dollars and
81 cents. 1t way alleged that on Oc-
tober the 18th, of last year the plain
tiffs were given a contract by Searle
and Dean to do a large amount of ex-
cavating on the Oregon Pacific rail-
road. Before the expiration of the
contract they were refused the privi-
lege of continuing. They had furn-
ished merchandise and provisions to
the value of S949.19 to defendants.
For this bill they were allowed the
amount above stated by the jury.
The steamer G. W. ShaUer went
down the river this morning on her
first trip. She is to go as far as the
Klatskanine, and then up that river as
far as it can be navigated. She takes
the old run of the Maalzanillo which
has been hauled off and is now tied up
at her dock. This boat will be used on
the lower rivers to tow barges in car
rying lumber to this city. The
ShaUer is not a fast boat. but she is
strong.