Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-16

gress upon the Nicaragua canal
project aud very fluently he de
scribed the political Importance of
the canal and the advantages to
accrue from the retention of its
management and control i'm Ameri
can hands.
RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Members
of the house committee on rivers
and harbors say it is safe to assume
that the river and harbor bill will be
considerably less than that of the
last congress, and no new improve
ments will be recommended unless
of exceptional merit. Friends Of
the plan to afford relief to the great
wheat growing region of the North
west by the construction of canal
or ship railway around the dalles Of
the Columbia, and thus afford water
transportation to the Pacific ocean,
have abandoned these more costly
hrojects, and will endeavor to have
less expensive work of improve
ment authorized by congress. Rep
resentative Hermann yesterday in
troduced bill having this in view.
1t approprlates $4l4,OOO for con-
struction of a portage railway
around the dalles. The ship railway
project involves an appropriation of
~, 100000, and that for canal and |
locks, $500, 600 Hermann said |
the plan proposed would give tenn
porary relief, and the works con
structed could be utilized whenever
~ ship railway or canal was approved
by congress.
WALTER WOOD DEAD.
HoosICK FALLS, Jan. 16.-Walter
Wood, the well known inventor and |
manufacturer of harvesting ma
chimes, is dead.
BIG FIRE IN NEW YORK.
New YORK, Jan. 16.-E. Nj. Van
Tassel's big grain elevator and ware
house together with the old stables
of the Knickerbocke ice company
burned this morning, involving a
loss of S200,0O0. 1t is known that
two workmen perished in the flames.
Henry Korpp, carpenter, was burned
to death on the fourth floor. John
Kinsley, also carpenter, is missing
and supposed to have been burned.
There were several narrow and
thrilling escapes. Van Tassell's
warehouse, elevator and new ma
chinery cost about $3.50, 200, insur-
auce only $4,000. In the elevator
there was $4,000 bushels of oats,
10000 bags wheat, bran and fiaxseed
on hand,
HAS ACCEPTED.
New YORK, Jan. 16.--A Wash
lngton special says Charles II.
Aldrich, member of the law firm
# Aldrich, Payne and Washburn of
Chicago, who was appointed to sue,
,eed VIM. H Taft as solicitor gen.
eral Of the United States, has ac-
cepted the appointment.
DIR. GRAVES.
DENVER, Jan. 16.- DR.. Graves
has applied to the governor for
'eprieve for sixty days. He denies
hat he is guilty and ayers that it
will require at least thirty days to
prepare the transcript Of his case for
his appeal to the supreme court.
THE MEXICAN BORDER.
MONTEREY, Mex, Jan. l6.-Gen-
'ral Rayes' latest advices from Mier
are that everything on the frontage
5 quiet. Nothing would better
please the Mexican government !
han for the United States authori- :
les TO allow the insurgents TO cross z
'ver to this side, 50 that they could a
'e annihilated. In the meantime
he authorities are watching the {
Interior closely aud are ready 10 I
promptly suppress any outbreak y
which might occur. General Raves :,
onteuds that the Chihuahua affair p
mounts 10 nothing. IL is the opin- a
ln here that Dlaz is willing for the 7
svoluuonists to proceed, so that he
an find out exactly who Is putting A
p the money aud who is the real
cad. The terrible poverty natu- a.
.lly causes uaeaslness, Starving y
len are willing to fight for their ci
read, aud unless the wants OF the 4
sople are relieved they could easily o.
, converted into an army, aud pl
lis Is what causes anxiety. Pink y,
ton men are al work ferreting out y
Ie leaders, end woman has been =
und TO fascinale Cara II she can y,
al him. 81
CANNoT CATCH GARKA. ~
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jau. l6.- Va
ilitrFy department fiicials here ~
2 in receipt Of information giving pll
tails OF the scouting u troops ~
ainst Cara. A number NJ old
mps were found between Los
clos aud IN Psno, aud Others ia
rts Of Encinal county. They