The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-26
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Aaska today with corps OF engineers
1t is the purpose Of the government tC
construct 2,400 miles of telegraph lin,
III Alaska and complete the militar,
road. He returns this year with in
creased responsibility. The road he
says will be completed during the season
from its present terminus, eighty mile
inland to Tana, about two thirds of the
distance to the Yukon. The telegraph
line will be built from Port Vades alons
the road to Fort Egbert and thence
down the Yukon to st. Michael's.
Among other northern improvements
he says a large government wharf al
Valdes has been decided upon. An
eastern syndicate headed by Henry
Willard is now having surveys made
along the general course of the military
road with view TO building line. In
May a company of troops will follow.
Antonio Ferraro, the Italian murderer
awaiting death at Sing Sing will 90 tc
the electric chair this week, the supreme
court having refused a new trial
Although the decision was made in
January, Ferraro was not made aware Of
his fate until ten days ago. This was
done to prevent worry.
The coming Of Admiral and Mrs.
Dewey has aroused even greater i'm
terest than usual in the Philopatrian
ball which will be held at the Academy
of music Philadelphia The most elabo.
rate preparations haye been made. The
floral decorations are lavish and mag.
nificent so that the ball room represents
a scene of tropical grandeur.
Chairman John McLaren, of the citi-
zens, educational commission Of 100 has
called a mass meeting to be held mt Cen
tral music hail Chicago. Needed re.
forms for Chicago's public school system
Will be considered. The commission is
composed of taxpayers, parents and
teachers, and was organized by the
Civic federation to study the public
school system with view of recon-
mending to the proper authorities the
legislative and the administrative re-
forms deemed desirable. Among those
who will address the gathering are the
following Charles w. Elliot, president
OF Harvard university; Benjamin Ide
Wheeler, president Of Cal, University
VIM. Maxwell, superintendent OF schools,
New York City; Nicholas Murray But
Ter, professor Of philosophy and educa-
ton at the Columbia University.
The delegates 10 the National Editorial
Association arrived at New Orleans for
their fifteenth annual meeting during
'Mardi Gras week. Reports indicate that
the meeting will be one OF the largest in
the history Of the association. Action
will probably be taken to get congress 10
repeal the tariff on wood pulp and all
materials entering into the manufacture
of white print paper,
Upon the request of Major Oscar +.
Long, quartermaster L. $. Volunteers,
depot quartcrmaster in San Francisco q
board uf survey met in his office, to ex-
anime into, report upon and fix the re-
sponsibility for an alleged deficiency Of
clothing and equippage shipped by Major
Long to the quar;ermaster at Manila,
p. l., and for deficiency and damage of
quartermaster's stores required at the
depot in this city from various posts.
Maude Come, the famous female
lecturer and modern Joan Of Arc who
has been travelling in Ireland and is now
making tour in this country in the in
terest of the Beers, will lecture at Gin
cinnati tonight,
The Monongahela tin plate works and
the Star tin plate works, both owned by
the American tin plate company, which
have been closed two months, resumed
operations today. The two employ 1000
workmen.
An extra dividend of 20 per cent was
declared by the Home Stake mining
company today.
The United States supreme court,
which adjourned February 9th until to-
day, took up the Chattanooga" inter-
state commerce case. A motion will be
passed upon today in the case OF the
State of Illinois VS.. The Illinois Central
Railway, on the question Of the occu-
pancy of the made land along the lake
front. An effort is being made to get
the case before the United States
supreme court.
At New York, February 27th, Sousa,
Gilmore, Paderewski and all the orches-
trail stars, condensed into one, will no
doubt be oyershadowed by the playing
OF the big banjo orchestra OF 100 pieces,
at the concert 90 be given under the
management Of James IL. Phipps at
Chickering'hall this evening. The fact
that the banjo has been considered a
limited instrument by many has been
the cause OF securing the services
of Fred. Steuyer. lie is a positive VIZ
tuoso, who manages to get music out OF
its strings, and who can interpret the
exalted spirit of the classic masters in a
way that is astonishing. In the hands
of Miss Heinline the banjo assumes an
unsupported importance. She executes
Farmers scales, chords, thirds and
mass OF intricate music.
Beauty Ii mood Deep.