The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-05-19
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY,
sx rELEeRAPn To DATE

A speeial of MAY 11th to the Evening
Ledger from Jaeksonport, Ark. on White
river. saws: The town is three feet under
water anI river still rising.
Reports from Northern Wisconsin on
the 18th state that heavy snow storm is
prevailing and several inches have fallen.
A slight snow storm occurred at Milwau
kee.
Information has been received in Lon
don of terrible explosion of ire-damp
in the Pluto mine, town of Bochum,
Westphalia, IS dead bodies are recovered
already.
Michael Davitt telegraphs that he fears
q sacrifice viii be demanded to satisfy
the vengeance of Irish landlordisnl, and
has private information he himself will
be the one selected.
VIM. Brockway and Charles Smith
have been indicted for stealing from the
treasury department the plates, dies. &e. +,
from which were printed spurious bonds
and thrown by them upon the market.
Early on the morning of the 18th four
to six inches of snow fell at Washington.
Iowa, greatly damaging fruit. Owing to
late heavy rains. corn planting Is much
retarded, and there is q prospect for a
short crop.
Among the latest bits of Washington
gossip is a story that Secretary Freling-
huysen will succeed Minister Lowell at
the court of st. James, and he be him
self succeeded as secretary of state by
ex-senator Conkling.
The New York assembly has passed a
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emigrants brought across the Atlantic by
steamship companies which decline TO
pay commission of % cents per head.
become law.
Business failures reported to New York
from various parts of the country during
the week ending May 18th were distribu-
ted as follows: Eastern states. II;
western, 20; southern, SO; middle. 10;
Pacific coast and territories, 3; New York
City End Brooklyn, ..
Exclusive of S6O0, 600 which the river
and harbor bill appropriates to carry out
the plans OF the Mississippi river COM
mission, for which purpose the senate has
already passed bill apprnpriating So,
900 900, the aggregate amount appropri-
ated by the bill viii be about SO, 900.
900.
It q suit, involving 1S9. 900 acres of
land in Iowa, between St. Paul & Sioux
City and the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul roads, Judge Love has decided that
the track will be divided equally between
the contestants. and has appointed COM
missioner to make = partition.
Specials to the Times from Erie, Penn.
says that the internal revenue collector
has unearthed an illicit still at Union
City on the farm of Ezra aud Richard
Steward. The officers had searched the
place thoroughly without success, when
the owners confessed and disclosed the
machinery.
The World saws J. and W. Seligman
i Co. have been advised By cable that
Gen. Ignatieff intended presenting to the
ezar on the 10th bill to confscate all
property 0f Jews in Russia. The sender
of the telegram urged that the American
government be begged to use its good
Offices to prevent the signing of the de-
cree.
Inspector Gardner In his report to the
Indian bureau from Rosebud Indian
agency, Dakota, says that at a council
held there many of the Brule Sioux sur
rendered their arms to the number of
200 pieces. The surrender was yolun-
tary, the Indians requesting that the
arms be sold and proceeds applied TO
benefit the tribe. Indian Agent Lewellyn
of the Mescalero agency positively denies
the report that Indians are leaving his
reservation to go on the war path.
Iordsburg dispatch of the 11th says
Col. Forsyth states In an interview that
he had had a conversation with daugh.
ter of Chief Loco, who informed him Il
Indians had been killed In the fight al
STEMS peak with Forsyth. The latter
had only claimed two killed FORSYTH
states that but 30 or 40 bucks are believed
to have escaped with Loco from the en-.
counter with Garcia. He inclined to the
belief that Garcia would not retain the
80 prisoners he had captured, bnt thai
they would be duly passed into the happy
hunting grounds.
A Washington, D. G. dispatch of ths
18th says: The river and harbor appro
prition bill has been completed by thG
house committee on commerce and vii
probably be reported to the house to
morrow. Appropriations proposed foI
the Pacific coast regions are as follows
Improving Humboldt hsrbor and bay, Cal. 3 1000
Improving harbor at Oakland. ....-........ 2u0,00
Wilnington 1900
Improving entrance to Coos bay hArbor, Or. 5000
Improving Ysquins Bay, OF...........-..... COCO
Chehalis river, W. T...................... T. 5000
Petaluma creek. .......................-.... 500
Improvement Of rivers Of California. 250.O0
Improving San Joaquin river, Csl........... 1000
Constructing canal around the Cascades Of
the CoIu nb1a river, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 265,O0
Improving upper Columbfs river, 0r..-..... 600
Lower Willamette snd Columbia rivers. Or. 1890
Upper Willamette river, Or................. 500
Lswer Clearwater river, Idaho .............. 800
CowlitZ river, W. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100
Sksgit, StiIlaquamish and other rivers in
Washington territory. 1000
Mouth Of CoquilIe. or....................... 1000
bors generaiIy. :. ...e.s ' ... 1900
For expenses of board of engineers to
anime mouth Of Columbia river, ,Or....... 7.5C
The secretary of war is also authorizes
TO expend money appropriated by th
act of March 3, 1879, for construction c
q harbor of refuge at Port Oxford on th
Pacific coast, if in his opinion it b
deemed judicious to do 50.
Reports from all portions of Illinois t
the department of agriculture to May Is
indicate an improvements in the coRditio
of winter wheat in all sections of th
state, and are made by prominent farm
ers who have the best means for deter
mining the condition of the GROWN
crop. Wheat on drained land is niue
above the average, and has seldom prom