Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-30
TDLECRAPHIC DISPATCHES.
Associated Press Report and
Digeyts Of aII Important
News Of To-Ilag.
MISCELLANY.


coast., at least from the extreme
north, including Montana, and as
far south as Tehachapi and to some
extent ia Southern California. The
center is located by the weather
bureau as ia Northern Washington.
In San Francisco the velocity Of the
wind was but twenty-five miles an
hour yesterday morning. What II
was at The Heads the bureau could
not report, because the Point Reyes
wire is also down. At Sacramento
the wind velocity was twenty-eight
miles. at Red Bluff forty miles, al
Carson thirty-two miles, at Whine
mucca and WaIIa Walla forty.four,
Helena, thirty-four miles an hour
The rain fell ia monotonous driz-
zle all day, for fourteen hours pre-
ceding 7 O'Clock in the morning
the local fall was l.16 inches, and
for twelve hours succeeding, up to s
O'Clock in the evening. LOG, making
storm total in this city 2.22 inches,
a remarkably heavy fall.
Reports to the Southern Pacific
headquarters, show that the storm
has been general in Northern Cali
fornia and Oregon, and while the
damage has been considerable, no
trains have been detained on
Shasta division. The snowfall was
heavy and accompanied by
wind, and in some localities by snow.
In the SislSiyou mountains the snow
is deeper than ever before at this
season Of the year, reaching depth
Of eighteen and twenty feet in many
Of the cuts along the Shasta route.
Between Colestein and Steiman In
this division, snow plows are keep
ing the track clear with considerable
difficulty. For twelve hours before
o'clock yesterday afternoon, the
telegraph wires were down, on the
other side of Red Bluff, but at that
hour communication was estab-
nshed, and the track north reported
as clear.
At God Run itsnowed furiously
for nine hours preceding a. M.
AT Blue Canyon, twelve inches Of
snow fell during the night, and al
ia. m. they had two feet of snow
on the ground. Emigrant Gap had
the same snow fall and the depth
on the ground, and at Cisco, with a
snowfall of twelve inches, has -four
and half feet of snow on the
ground, outside the railway station
there Is nine feet of snow. 1t GOV.
ers the ground at Cascade. -Four
and a half feet was on the ground
at Summit, with fall OF foot
more during Monday night.
NO WAR NEWS.
WAsHINGToN Dec. 80. There is
= death Of war news ut the depart
ment today. Secretary Elkins arri.
we'd here this morning, but will not
undertake the discharge of his
duties as secretary Of war just yet.
ABOUT CARPENTER AGAIN.
PORTLAND, Dec. 30.--It will be
remembered that on the 9th Of
November young Q, w. Carpenter,
an employe Of the A. p, Hotaling
company, left this city. He forged
check purportlng to bear the sigma
ture Of Isaac Kaufman for S344l,
and had II cashed by the bank OF
British Columbia. Great sympathy
was felt at the time for Miss Smell,
to whom he was engaged to be mar
rled on the first Of this month.
In the light Of later developments
1t seems that she is subject for con.
graduation, rather than condolences,
at the sudden disappearance OF her
gay Lothario. Joe Day, who just
returned from California, after maxi
ing the fortunate and unexpected |
arrest Of Lee Doc, the Chinese muir
derer, has learned another cl~pter
Of this mans career.
IL seems that Carpenter was very
much Ia love with girl In Oakland
and had obtained her father's reluc-
tant consent TO wedding on tho
2sth ult. His prospective father-in-
law had heard OF his shady dealings
ia Los Angeles few years ago, but
his daughter loved Carpenter and
that oyercame his scruples for The
nonce, but he was uneasy. Tie
young man was 10 have been mar.
ried on Saturday. The detectives
Ia San Franciaco were Rotifled 70
look out for him aud We're shadow
ing the house 10 wait for him 10
come 70 be married on Saturday al
5 O'Clock.
Ats o'clock his iiancee received a
note from Carpenter, saying THAI he
had seen 10 the papers dispatch
from Portland that the whole busl-
mess Of his forgery was out, aud thai
he was going 70 leave for parts un-
known.
The arrangements for the weddlng
were honR fae, as be had purchased
All the clothes he wanted and The
ofascnf for hle prosneetlee hqllle.