Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-08

UaTlIl ItlOIul anu tOi % S''e'' tN
honest administration Of the gov.
ernment.
Sun: This result is triumph
for the conservative forces in the
Democratic party and kick at
mugwumps. 1t makes brighter the
prospects of electing Democriic
president.
THE STORM.
PORTLAND, Dec. S.-The wind
blew forty miles an hour from II III.
to- | O'clock yesterday. The hour
before 1t blew thirty miles per hour
and at 2 o'clock was blowing at
thirty miles per hour, according to
Observer Paglle.
The Western Unions wires be-
tween San Francisco aud Portland
are down and have been up and
down several times during the day.
They fell first early yesterday mo N
ing. This company's wires to The
Dalles and Astoria are also down,
but communication is being carried
on by use of other wires to the
Sound, and in other roundabout
ways. In the city the wires are all
right, and 50 far no poles have
fallen.
The Postal Telegraph company is
in worse condition. Their wire to
San Francisco has been down al
different times, but it Is put up a.
fast.
The telephone wires between here
and Salem are In bad state Yes
terday morning they fell just above
Candy, and since are down between
Cauby and Portland.
SPOKANE, Wash. Dee. 8,-A thick
snowstorm, accompanied by u heavy
gale, struck Spokane yesterday
morning and continued until dark.
The drifting, binding snow soon
covered the tracks of the Spokane
street railway, and having no snow
plow, the cars on this line were soon
block AIDED. Attempts were made
all day to clear the track, but with
out avail. Five or six of the ears
were fastened together and would
buck ut the drift, but would make
little headway. Superintendent
Bush said: "rhis storm has taken
us n little by surprise. The com
pany ordered snowplow some
weeks ago. 1t was to have been
shipped November /, hut the ship
ment was delayed, aud / am In
formed It is blocked east of here.
When II arrives we will have no
further difficulty" The traffic ON
the Ross Park and Ledgerwood lines
was not seriously interfered with.
Both lines were able 10 maintain
their schedule time, The storm,
from al reports, seems general
throughout the country. At Fort
Sherman a heavy snowfall and high
wind. arS reported, and In the
Palouse country continuance of
the storm for twenty-four hours will
probably cause traffic generally to
be suspended, as the drifts are
already very deep and snow falling
rapidly. In the mountains east of
here the snowfall has been very
heavy aud westbound Northern
Pacific trains are delayed in reach.
ing Spokane, The worst Of the
storm is probably over here, as the
snow has ceased falling aud chl-
nook wind ia now blowing,
OLYMPIA, Dee, S, The storm
which commenced here Sunday
evening WAS the severest eX.
perieaced here In two years. The
wind reached a velocity Of twenty
eight miles an hour, Seldom has
such n wind prevailed here since the
establishment Of the signal station
at this poin,, though speed OF
forty-einht miles per hour was at
tanned In August, 1852. Telegnphie
communication was Interrupted by
the storm. Weather Obse Yer omey
reports great harometrlc variations
over w stern Washington.
RAIN AND SNOW.
SAN FRANciscn, Dee. S. - The
weather bureau says the rain and
snow In California have extended
into the Sacramento valley and con-
tinue IN the al per part OF the val
10y. Snow Is falling throughout
Northeastern Nevada aud Northern
Utah, whore fr,m one 90 thre
inches have falen In the last "a
hours.