Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-13

OTTAWA, Ontairo, Oct. l3. Prof
James Macoun Of the Canadian
0eUiiEicaf Survey, who accompanied
the British Commissioners to Beh
rings Sea, writing to the Govern
ment officials here, says the com
missioners were ustounded to note
the plentifnluess ofthe spalr, having
been led by the United States reports
TO suppose that the seals were al
most exterminated. At ST. Paul't
Island alone fully half million
seals were in sight. Mr.. Macoun
implies that the commissioners will
suggest The settling apart for all
time to come half a dozen places
in Behring's Sea exclusively for
seal-breeding purposes, and that
then there will be no danger of ex-
termination.
Several female seals were killed
during the suckling season by tho
commissioner and there stomacbs
were found 10 contain nothing but
q little ses-waed and some pebbles.
This is an important point and one
on which the commissioners hav,
received specialinstrnctions. During
the last conference at Washington
Secretary Blaine held that the mos
serious reason for stringent restric-
tions on the taking Of seals la the
Behring's Sea was that the mOtnel
seals which, during the sucking
season, swan fifty miles every day
to the feeding grounds, would bt
taken in great numbers aud th,
young seals which they left on tht
shores of the island would perish
unless the mother seals were pro
tected. He said that the race OF
seals would thus soon be exterminat
ed. Sir Charles Tupper argued
against this, that, as matter eroftact,
the mother seals never left theiI
young in the sucking season, which
only lasted twelve days, during
which time the mother took no food
at all. Secretary Blaine ridiculed
this idea as unheard of in natural
history, but Sir Charles pointed oui
that the seal, as a alternating ami
NAL, had store of fat on which il
could well subsist for long time.
The report that the stomachs of the
mother seals were found empty
bears out Sir Charles Tupper's
statement.
GREATEST OIL WELL.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Oct. 13,-The
Greenlee and Forrest well on the
Melvy farm at Mcdonald is the
wonder of the world. 1t Is now
doing 600 barrels in an hour, or IA
400 barrels per day. 1t is the great
est oil producer the world has ever
known. The owners ordered the |
drillers to remove the tools from the
well. At that time it was doing
400 barrels an hour. Great difficulty |
was encountered in removing the
tools on account of the immense
flow of oil and the work had TO be
abandoned, the production increas-
ing to 600 barrels an hour.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Oct. Ia
At 2 o'clock this afternoon the cage
men at the shaft on the tunnel lost
control of the cage and IL fell to the
bottom of the shaft, killing three
colored men aud fatally injurlng
two white men. The cage tenders
were In danger Of being lynched by
the tunnel men and they are locked
up in the police station for safety.
ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY.
NEW YORK, Oct. l3 Henry San-
ford, OF Bridgeport, Conn, was this
afternoon appointed president of the
Adams Express Company. Fred
erlck Lovejoy, Of this city was APP
pointed vice president.
LowEBED HER RECORD.
STOCKTON, Cal, Oct. l3.-Sunol
today lowered her record one-half
second. She made a mile In 2:l0.
THE EASTERN STORM.
NEW YORK., Oct. l3.--Chlef among
Atlantic steamers toput intoport this
morning, was the Guion line steam
er ALASKA, she was overdue sixteen
hours, Her trip was u very stormy
one, and there was considerable suf-
fering among the cabin aud steerage
passengers, from sea-sickness. The
steamers Polynesia and Slavonia ar
rived also this morning. Both ex-
perienced severe storms There IL
now several liners overdue, but prob
ably they will reach port all right.
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