The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-12-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned From the telegraph
Friday. Dec. g.

The Missouri Radical Convention
will meet in jefferson City OH Febru-
AIRY 22d.
The regular Republicans Of New
York have repudiated the Greeley
wing.
Chicago had distillery explosion
yesterday. killing one man and
frightfully injuring two others.
An unknown woman froze to death
in M out house in Chicago yesterday.
Prince Alexis sent five hundred
copies of each leading New York
newspaper, of the day after his re-
ception, TO his pa.
CONGRESSIONAL.
In the House bill was introduced
to revise and amend the postofiice
law.
That part of the Presidents Mes
sage recommending the union of the
telegraph and postoffice department
was referred TO q special committee.
The following nominations, among
others, were sent to the Senate to-
day: Collectors of Customs, Fred.
Drew, for the District of Puget
Sound; Geo. A. Edes, for Alaska
Willard Warner. for Mobile; and
Chester A. Archer, for New York
Assessors of Internal Revenue, Jas.
Coly for Utah. and VIM. l.. Warn
ing for New Mexico. Collectors of
Internal Revenue, A. King for Neva-
da. L. w. Bennett. of Indiana,
Governor of Idaho; Marsh Ged-
dings, of Pennsylvania, Commission
er of Agriculture; Geo. Bancroft, OF
New York, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ger
man Empire. Consuls, S. G.. Grif-
fin, of Kentucky, at Copenhagen,
and w. +. Lint, of Missouri, at Chin
Kiang.
Stevenson, of Ohio, offered reso-
luton by the Ku Klux Committee,
to-day, to extend the time in which
the habeas corpus may be suspended
and to make every Ku Klux and ev-
cry member of any other reasonable
conspiracy responsible, civilly and
criminally,, for the acts of his fellow
memb bers.
Saturday. Dec 8.
at the municipal elections in Spain
the Radicals have been everywhere
successful.
A desperate riot occurred at a po-
litical meeting in Reading, England,
yesterday, in which many were hurt.
It is believed that the Prince of
Wales is dying. The Queen and all
the royal household are at his bed
side.
F. A. Mardon, Chief of the Divis-
ion of U. S. Accounts, has been ar
rested at Washington for stealing
$12 900 of the peoples money.
City Treasurer Marcus, of Phiia-
delphia; Ia Radical) has been found
guilty on five counts in the indict-
ments charging him with misappro-
priating $500, 900.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Senator Sumner is preparing for an
active fight to abolish the Internal
Revenue Commissionership. He will
be sustained by many leading Sena-
tors.
The following is list of Chairmen
of Committees elected by the Senate
to-day: On Elections, Sumner; For
eign Relations, Cameron Finance,
Sherman; Appropriations, Cole;L
Commerce, Chandler; Manufactures,
Hamlin; Agriculture, Morton; Mill
tary Affairs, Wilson; Naval Affairs,
Cragin; Judiciary, Trumbull; Post
Offices, Ramsey; Public Lands, Pome-
roy; Private Land Claims, Davis, of
Kentucky; Indian Affairs, Harlan; =
Pensions, Edmunds; Claims, Howe;
District of Columbia, Patterson
Patents, Ferry, of Connecticut; Pub
lie Buildings, Morrill,, of Vermont;
Surveys, Nye; Pacific Railroads,
Stewart.
Sunday Dec. 10.
The telegraph operators of Eng
land are on strike.
Canada Legislature is in session.
450 canal boats are frozen in on
the Hudson river and Erie canal. It
is thought a few of them only will be
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