The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-27

Another hosning pigeon reached Puy-
aaiup fssm the Post-intelligencer mount
/ ain climbers Yesterday afternoon al /
o'clock. and brought the news that Ma
tor lngraham and his followers had
, reached the highest possible pasnt AMI
had discovered for a certainty that tho
tremendous changes noted in the con-
tour of Mount Rainier had been caused
chiefly by avalanches. The new peak
Is now definitely iocSasei. and IT'S first
formation accounted for by the agency
of the wind. The explorers had desesn.-
ed from the So0o-foot elevation attained
on Christmas day and had gone into
camp at the foot of carbon glacier. frosu
which point the tirst bulletin was sent
out. The fifth bulletin is as follows. an
der date OF Camp Mountain View. De-
ceTnber 20:
While crossing winthrop glacier yes
terlay Major Iagraham nlAssa = critical
examination OF Blaine glacier by way
OF which the ascent "a the smnlasis was
IL have been made. aud found that the
ice and SNOW were ~ broken up that
an attempt To climb up would have
proven disastrous. Consequently the
srnanit was not attempted. The cxpe-
dltion has been an entire success. IT has
demonstrated that. while the mountain
has been both steaming and smoking.
the change has been due principally To
tremendous avalaaches and not 10 an
eruption. The new peak observed from
Seattle Is of Columbia crest. ard WAS
formed by spiral winds carrying the
snow ana whipping II into the shape of
a conc The party Will be home Fri
day
The pigeon that carried the message
is known by its band as v. $50. 1t was
accompanied by another pigeon wearing
a leg band n. la.aas. bearing pefsonal
message to Mrs. s j. Russell OF this
city, whose son is one Of the explorers.
The birds came in good condition and
fully demonstrated the usefulness and
reliability of hosnsng pigeons. particn-
iariy for expeditions of this SORT. All
six OF the birds liberated by the pslrtv
80 far have arrived. ard I'VE OF them
have delivered their messages in splen-
did Shape. The sixth pigeon came -
with his tail feathers gene and wEthesit
the message, and evidently had had n
hard tussie with a hawk or an owl. Ths
party has one bird left. which doubtless
Will be liberated today and announce
the details OF the departure from tho
foot OF the glacier.
The predictions FOR today Indicate
clear and cold weaaher. 30 that no sionbt
rapid progress Will be made in getting
away from the higher slopes ut ths
mountain. This fact is nrost favorable.
the more SO because the probabilities
are that the good weather win not last
more than aweive hours longer.
From the top of the courthouse yes
terday II. Il. Holmes made critical
examination of Mount Rainier. using
for that purpose u powerful binncuiar
owned by II. Clay t.ycraoie. In addition
10 the changes previously reported. Nr.
IIoanies is convinced that some agency.
Lnost probably the wind. has changed
the western part OF Columbia crest inso
2 perpendicular wall undoubtedly hum
drcds of feet in height. A few days ago
IL appeared as the western slope OF .
graceful dome Toward the west. the
new peak, now known as the Hay
stalk stood out more prominently thait
at any time since the changes were firs-s
noticed. while the space intervening hn-
tween IL and Columbia crest had snft-
ened from angular lines into syrnrnetri-
cal and attractive curves. Apparently
the wind has been cutting tu on soma
parts OF The peak and transferring ths
snow TO Others. THESE changes were
also remarked by Harry G. 6:trdon. ~
the clerks office. who made "A searching
scrutiny with the telescope.
Tacurna, Ds-c. .s--espex1al--A number
of people at the wharf here took i0ok
today at Meant Rainisr through Nc
CaIfe & Hamilton = telescope. II was re-
ported by sssrfie of them that they rUsfTd
see what appeared - he the pcst-Iniss-
ligencer mountain climbing party. half
way np tire side of the 1siountafn on ths
north side Fred G rinmzner. Fred w.
Heath and Walter AZ Boswcrth. all u
whofs have beesa 10 sfse top Of tns
Trrpurtain one or nlos. times. examined
The summit this afternoon fhrosagsi sir.
pkssnnser's telescope. They report no
smoke arising. ard no notfceabie
changes in the mountain. as observed
from Seattle. Mr.. PisiznSuer also says
he inspected che mountain yesterday
afternoon with his tesesconc. with the
same res1lt as tfday.
c. e. Talbot was asked to-day how ne
accounted for the smoke seen hy the
Po9t-fnselilgeneer mountain climbing
party He said:
tk - ifSss3Seatkss ~ Gf@fsffbsf tfs@ fE4sN0
changes I'm fs1uHfals fnEzsa. ana how or
why they come and go. Sometimes they
are thinner than sui5ke. tsss experienced
mountain climbers are seldom fHfsied
b. this appearanee. The thin Dnssts go
up one side af che mountain and DOWN
the other. and ~ times appear 20 be .
sort - frcSst. They are followed by
STOW stnryns"
His attention WIS called 20 the fact
shas M eaow storm followed tfe report
of erraEe arising from the mountain.
buf he asiH ciasTnsd that there tsouIi he
SO srss,ke GA tie snotsiataff as present
without people IN sfse surrounding ceua-
try seeius x. afY. Pfaasnp~r gives 4his
explanation Of the ti.sa OF light wnich
a Pors TownsetsI rsis1hsssr recently re-
ported. q
rAt that fifse tho eraiser afuntsrey
WAS prscttcfng Eiti her electric search
lights when the slsafs of light rested
On q eieatd. - euasi b. plainly seea as
poFs Tpsnz1E1d. ard that refiecAsou =
what tbs sssoSI minister saw .