The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-11-05

hasSpkY 81 II ~ kfaNGl 01GAFIcu on TIE I'M
cago, Milwaukee & 81 Paul K 4 Thursday
of last week. A brakeman Of A freight traif
failed to close q switch. A fast passenger
train was thrown from the track and eleven
Tor twelve passengers In one coach were
burned to death or killed outright The
conductor of the freight train went insane.
| The Portland World makes the serious
charge against Capt I.anning, Of The Red
Crown FIGURING Mills. that while In Port.
land during the Mechanics fair hc kissed
the premium baby.
Twenty nine u 3 Ms earned lcss than
" each last year.
Columbus, Ca, has 4 population oi 74,sfs.
/ A CliInaman In Pennsylvania was recent.
" made X. Of +. In Oregon he could
come as near being made Governor.
Albany Il booming sure enough. She
has three brass bands organized already and
brass enough left for several more.~-lsugcnc
Ass1sfer At last accounts II was thought
the writer ok the above would recover. Poor
Eugene, u isn't getting quite ~ much atten.
tion a. Albany, aye, there's the rub.
| The three cities with the beet prospects In
the Inland Empiie are generally considered
% be Spokane Falls, Pendleton and Baker
City.
The iish Interest at Yaqulna Bay Il grad.
nally Increasing. a Newport paper puts Il
At $4,000 for the past year.
a fatal accident happened last week In q
pccullar manner on the Columbia, about five
mllea from - Helens. a Portland paper
gives the following account Of II Henry
Hawkins and young man Of hts own age,
/ from Portland, were out shooting ducks.
Ia Gaak Asteta
kins and his companion crOuched down on
Me ground. with the understanding that they
were 70 shoot simultaneously. Both snapped
their guns. Hawkln's went off and thinking
his companions gun had exploded, he rose.
The other gun, fnuxxIe loader. had hung
fire, however, but just as Hawkins WA RS.
| Ing Il discharged lse load and Hawkins re.
ceived the full charge Ia the head. his brains
being blown out. Ills companion, whose
name could not be learned, became so ex
cited after reporting the accident that be
could hardly tell where II occurred. but he
finally managed 10 locate things and Hawk.
ms body was found.
Sunday morning freight train on tho o
IRAN K X, near Aikall. struck boulder.
throwing the engine and fifteen cars from
the track. > Silva.shc fiFeman,w was crushed
20 death. I 7 Burke, the brakeman. was
badly scalded. had . leg broken and died q
lew hours after the accident. The engineer
was badly though not fatally injured. This
was very much such an accident as that on
the Oregon Pacific.
A very peculiar accident happened recent.
/ ly, near Belgrade, Montana. the following
account oi which Il given by Helena paper.
In the forenoon. - q freight train was run.
ming along, young man named Jones,
mounted on lively horse, began running =
race with the locomotive. He had not gone
FAR when the horse, either from fright OF
innate cuaacdncsa, began baicking most oh.
stinateiy and becoming uncomfortable either
Iiumped or fell backward between the nov.
Ing cars. Young Jones was cut almost In
two across the hips hls legs were cut ana
broken and his akulI crushed. The young
man was nephew Of James Kennedy, :
well known and wealthy ranchman anc
stock grower. living near Belgrade. II i
said 10 have been frequent occurrence iol
horsefnen 10 race with trains near that point
the ground being level and open ard ihs
amusement > popular one.
/ A Boston man recently said Il dom
care " your paper prints million copies !
day. What / want b q newspaper which
goes among the purchasing classes. want
! 4 respectable paper -grogslop circulatior
does not send me customers Tor my goods.
Were he In Albany he would rush 20 ths
DKaocRAT Office. for Il peculiarly reaches !
purchasing people.
In q raid by tire Governor Of Sonora
Mexico. last week. on body Of men win
had killed the Governors eoualn, fifteen mei
met their death.
n a proiect = on foot TO run telegraph
line across the Pacific 10 Australia.
The President haA Issued his shankegivinl
Eproclamatisn for Thursday. November y
j According 10 Seattle paper that city
livery distinguished. It enjoys number G
fnarked distinctions. aIs II tho only town i
the Territory with an electric light system
and Seattle has two eystefns. Gas i sol
! here a. lower rate than any other town ]
!. Oregon, Washington or Btitieh Columbia
This II tie only town on the Pacific slop
with three telegraph systems and Offices
c No other town In the Territory has stres
4 car line, and no other town has an electri
), fire alarm system. There are more news
: papers here, more telephone subscriber
! more schools, more beautiful women, moi
professional men. more industries and meT
: commerce than In any other two towns
2 Washington Territory. Seattle i also ii
extreme northwestern terminus Of the rail
road system OF the United States"
Baker City's latest murder case invoivs
lprominent persons. George II Israel,a Law
yer, shot E ID Cohen, capitalist II
latter was trying 70 forcclose a snortgaa
!. against Fahey. Tor whom Israel appeares
/. A quarrel resulted, revolver snapped an
Isreai Is pleading self defense.
II A little boy entered Walla Walla grs
y Gerry store and said TO the proprietor.
y wish you would give me an empty barrel
! -four, as | wish to make hen coop for n
! bull pup"
The water pipe party beat the steam e
gine party last Monday at Ashland.
Al rainbow party In East Portland I
Gently Mr. VIII Webber took the prize
henning an apron the poorest.
A correspondent Of Salem paper clair
that there IL more lawlessness and Il
! breaking IN that city than In any city of
like population and parallel location wnl
e he ever saw. The only ordinance enforce
ie he says. IL the COW ordinance. All cit
re have this said about them sometime.
A. Mrs A r Stewards will was opened Nc
ss day. Judge Hilton and Charles Clinch !
y the lions share. Several relatives get SIN
st IegacIes Of $ro,ooo to $4,000 year, a
ID her servants were cut off with the snh
d pittance Of $4,000
Sl8,ooS. 50 were put into the pool box
the Waiia WaIla fair That Is about
sire Of most fairs nowadays. Mere gan
f1ing affairs.
Sc Cecil Beebe, the Portland embezxlcr,
Z Gently arrested In Mexico, pleaded guilty
ps A correspondent who saw wheel
by lchair being run in Albany, suggests 4
"a 1.-THE wheels be changed so the naylgati
n. rims will be on the inside.
u. The other day an Amlty farmer w
into town with load Of wheat, remarki
that he was either going TO find out
cause OF the low price Of wheat, or 50
one would get athrnshed" That day tn
men had their heads in slings and the N
'eu ghal had first.ciass lob.