The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-10-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned From the Telegraph.
Friday. Oct. 20.

Grant is visiting "away down in
Maine" and attended ball at Ban
gor yesterday evening, at which col
lection was taken up.
Slavery is abolished in Brazil.
The final ratification by France, OF
the treaty with Germany, has been
dispatched to Berlin. BY the terms
of the treaty, the six Departments to
be evacuated by the Germans, are de-
clared mutual territory in military
point of view, until stipulated pay.
ments of the indemnity are compile
ted. During that time these Depart.
ments must not be occupied by French
troops, and should France not fulfill
her financial obligations, they will be
re-occupied by Germans.
Prince Frederick William and the
Princess Victoria contributed SOC
thalcrs for the relief of Chicago.
A London correspondent writes
that an alliance is effected with GER
tain members Of the Peerage aDd rep
resentatives OF the working classes
with the object to overthrow the
present Government. The Commune
principle prevails. The same writer
hinted Mt the condition of the Queen
she may die at any moment.
Saturday. Oct. 81.
The court martial for the trial oi
Communists sentenced 0l and acquit-
ted 1900.
There is still great famine and pes.
thence in Persia.
$4,000 was stolen from New Or
leans bank yesterday.
A wagon load of torpedoes cxplo-
ded in New Orleans yesterday, kill
ing one man, wounding others and de-
molishing two houses.
Augusta, Ga, had severe earth.
quake shock yesterday.
A steamer exploded near Detroh
the other day, drowning lS persons,
several of whom were women.
The Chicago Tribune gives the fol.
lowing estimate of the loss sustained
by the late fire: The total area oi
the city is stated TO be over $4,000
acres, including the annexed territory
west Of Western avenue, and the to-
tai number of buildings before the
fire was about 10000. On the south
side the fire destroyed nearly every.
thing in lst and 2nd wards and por-
tion of the y. w. corner of the Bird.
Its southern limit on Michigan Ave.
nue. was Congress street, on Clark,
Harrison and Wells streets, point
below Polk. The area of the burnt
district is $50 acres. There were de-
stroyod 5000 buildings, including 100
stores, 20 hotels and 90 manufactur-
ing establishments. 21,G00 persons
were turned out of homes, the great
est number of whom lived in the Ind
ward, west of State street, where
they were closely packed. Residents
in the ist ward generally lived in ho-
tells or furnished rooms, except where
many poor families were congregated.
On the north side, 1900 acres were
burned out of $500 acres in that di.
vision, leaving intact small portion
on kenZie street, near the river, and
several houses north of Division and
west of Orchard street, including
some Of the better settled districts up
Ciaybourne Avenue. The total mum.
Der of buildings destroyed was TO-.
600, including 100 manufactures -
about 10000 persons were deprived
OF homes and are sojourping on the
west side, or have left the city. Gu,
of population of 77,0O0 only
1000 have houses which they can
claim as their own, and there are not
over GOO houses standing, for the dis
trict burned over embraced most oi
the settled area of the north division
While the amount of ground burned
over in the west division was moi
great-not over 100 acres-and while
much of that was occupied by lumber
yards. the people who did live there
were closely packed together. BE
tween 1000 aud 1000 people dwell
there. The value of houses destroyed
was comparatively light, being nearl,
all frame buildings.
Boston gives S666 900 to the Chi
cago and Wisconsin sufferers.
Sunday. October 22.
Cameron, Missouri, was nearly all
destroyed by fire last night. Loss
$500
Col. L. w. Grosvenor. well-knowr
and popular citizen of Chicago, wa.
shot dead in that city by policeman
last night.
it is reported here that an immense
district of woodland in Campbell
county, Ky, is on fire. The flame,
are spreading with fearful rapidity.-
There is much excitement at Alexan
dria, which is threatened. Alexan
dria is thirteen miles from Newport
New York gives s2,000,0OO to Chi
cago.
Total loss Of insurance companie,
by the Chicago fire, s57 100000.
Snow in Illinois yesterday.
A man was found guilty of murder
in the first degree at Newark, n. j.
yesterday.
Frank p. Blair spoke at Montgom
cry Ala, last night. He advocated
the nomination of President by tn,
Democratic party, or Republicans
opposed to the Ku Klux and militar,
laws, and in favor of universal amnes
ty. He said he was no friend of tn,
New Departure, though he believed
in the patriotism and purity of tn,
motives of those who had chosen tina
path. lie believed that the New De
parture failed to bring such election
this summer and fall, and gave as {
reason their confessed inability to car
ry the elections Oh their own princi
plies. He deplored the belief tha
Grant would be renominated, and be
lieved some Of the most able men o
the Republican party would leave !,