The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-10-20
NEWS 0F,THE WEEK.
Cleaned From the Telegraph.
Thursday, Dot. la.

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ture is Republican by small MAORI.
ty.
The Creek Indians in Arkansas
threaten to revolt, and bloody times
are feared by the settlers there.
The Governor Of Missouri has
called out the Militia in Dunklin and
Stoddard counties to preserve the
peace.
A great deal Of suffering occurred
among the people of Chicago on Mon
day night who were obliged to camp
out on the prairie on the northern ex.
tremes of the city, and quite a mum
ber of deaths resulted in consequence
of the exposure, fright and fatigue en-
dured.
Thousands of the homeless arc
leaving Chicago for other places.
The Illinois Governor has called
the Legislature together in behalf o.
burnt Chicago.
The citizens Of st. Louis have con
tributed 100000 to the relief Of Chi
cago. Cincinnati pledges $3.50, 900
and New York will give $4,000, 900
Chicago inccdiarics are being sho,
when taken. The Mayor has placed
the complete police authority of the
city in the hands of Lieutenant Gen.
eral Sheridan, with unlimited powers
The city authorities have established
a morgue on Chicago Avenue for the
reception of dead bodies. Sixty were
deposited therein. The body Of DIR
Max Meyers was found burned to
death near his office. on Clark street
also Sullivan, the banker.
Chicago il to be rebuilt as fast az
means can be procured.
The New England Insurance Co.
lost 1000, and have suspended.
Subscriptions in Washington City
for the Chicago sufferers will proba.
ply reach s150,000; those of Boston
reach $3.50. 900, and Philadelphia s1,.
000, 700, Louisville $4,000.
Prairie and wood fires are raging
along the railway between New AL
bany and Lafayette, Indiana, which
have swept away miles upon miles oi
fences, grain and not few houses
barns and COW pens. Towns along
the north end of the road have been
compelled to turn out all the inhabi-
tants to fight the fire.
News from st. Clair and Huron
counties in Ohio is of the most dis.
tressing character. All that portion
of the State east Of Saginaw and north
to point 30 miles above Port Huron
have been completely swept by fire.
A number of lives have been lost -
The villages of Forestville, White
Rock, South Beach and Huron City
are entirely destroyed. Rock Falls
and Fort Hope are partially burned.
Nothing has yet been heard from Port
Austin or Port Crescent, but il is
hardly possible that they have escaped.
Sunday. October Is.
The Mayor of Chicago has issued a
strong appeal to the county at large
in behalf of the sufferers and desti.
tute.
A romor prevails. and is by some
believed, that Henry Uhlman, the
banker. was murdered instead of be.
ing sufiocated by the fire. His body
was found near his banking house,
which he had evidently just left with
his money and his valuables in bis
arms.
The Democrats of New York are
organizing n lively compaign for the
election next month.
The President has again proclaimed
against the South Carolina Ku-Klux
ordering them to disperse within FIVE
days and give up their arms to the
authorities.
Grant and wife have gone to Bos
ton.
Nearly all of the European cities
have responded with munificent aid
for the Chicago sufferers.
1t said that yesterday the Fcniar
General O'Neil with force of mer
humber not stately crossed the Dor.
der at Pembina, seized the Canadian
Custom Honse and the post of the
Hudson Bay Co. They were after
wards attacked by United State.
troops and dispersed, O'Neil being
captured. It is reported that larger
party has crossed at st. Joe. The
people OF Manitoba are generally ex
cited, and every able.bodied man j,
under arms.
Monday. October Ie.
It rained in Chicago Yesterday
which was grateful relief to its
stricken inhabitants. A dispatch
from that vicinity says that the eighty
dead bodies lying in the Morgue, the
two long columns Of names of missing
in this mornings papers, the churches
and school houses crowded with hall
clothed women and children, are ter
rible reminders of the great calamity
whose whole horror no words can de.
scribe. The bodies in the Morgue
were mostly found on the north side
and it is certain they were only Q
small portion of the number caught in
the flames and consumed. The vaul,
of the Custom House was opened to-
day. It contained one million in
gold and two millions in greenbacks
The gold was melted into an almost
solid mass and in the shape of bullion
The greenbacks were entirely con
sumed. They belonged to the gov.
ernment and no loss is incurred.
Tuesday, October II.
Nearly 100000 people are living ir
tents.
Many insurance companies are
"gone up"
Chicago was visited by a furious
gale last night. 1t carried much
alarm to the citizens; especially to
those residing in the vicinity of the
late fire. Fire brands were blown