The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-11-16


Secretary Mcpherson of the republican
congressional campaign committee this
| afternoon: ~ cannot imagine what baai,
| there Is for the claim made in New York
that the democrats will retain control oi
the house. All inforformation obtain
able this morning Justifies me In expressing
the.opinion that the next house will consist
OF I75 republicans and iss democrats.
Bold Robbery.
DowSiEviLLE, Cal, Nav. s.-The down
stage was held up to-day at Ditch hill by a
masked highwayman. Just as the stage ar.
rived at the top OF the hill, the robber ap.
peared in the road with gun drawn on
the stagedriyer, whom he ordered to throw
the mail bags and express box off the stage
After throwing them off, he was ordered
to drive on. The express box, containing
bullion and coin amounting to about S2soo
was found rified OF its contents. The mail
bags were not found. A posse Is on the
track of the robbcr.
The Worlds Reason.
New YORK, Nov THE WorM further
says editorially, referring to the result:
"The cheif reason for this disaster Is the
the main issue. Eleven months were not
time enough In which to enlighten the mass
OF thinking voters, educated for full gen.
Grafton in the belief that taxes promote pros
per.ty, and that tariff regulates wages,
Approaching the enormous power Of resist
anee In this inertia OF ignorance, the World.
questioned last June whether the president
had not. In precipitating this issue so near
to the beginning of an active campaign,
done the right thing at the wrong time.
We commend his courage, but doupted his
3iscretioe.
A Terrible Disaster.
KANSAS CiIy, Nov. 9. "A Jo1,1ial special
from Pttsburg, Kansas, says: The most
dreadful disaster In the history OF Kansas
occurred ats O'Clock this evening. When
the men were preparing TO leave off their
work at shaft No. 2, at Frontenac, a suburb
of Pittsburg, terrible explosion was heard
that shook the earth for a great distance
and completely shattered the shaft. On
investigation 1t was found that i6o men
were IN the mine at the time Of the explo-
sion, being TI2 feet below the surface. II
is almost certain thai all are dead. At this
writing the only two exceptions two men
who we're in the car coming up, and being
near the top of the shaft, managed to es.
cape.
Snow Storm.
ATcHIsoS, Lon, Nov. o-'fhe most phe.
nomenal sno wstorm that ever occurred in
Northern Kansas began this morning. and
has continued furiously all day. Trains are
all delayed. and telegraph wires are pros.
trated in all directions. with the exception
of one line TO Kansa- ny. In Atchison
over 200 telephone lines are broken and SC
tangled up with electric light wires thai
the electric light works have been suspend
ed to prevent accidents. The showstorm ID
the heaviest that has occurred at any season
of the year since 1873. The extent of the
damage cannot be ascertained, owing to the
suspension of telegraphic communication.
A Battle.
CAIRO, Nov. 9 Seventy thousand fol
lowers of the mahdi attacked the town o
Wadai, west of Darfoor. The garrison re-
pulsed the assailants and killed 5000, but ths
mahdi's forces attacked and captured the
town. The sultana of Wadai has fled te
Chair.
Horrible.
LONDON, Nov. o.-The murder fiend add.
another to his list of victims. AT II O'Clock
this morninfi the body of woman cut in
two pieces was discovered in house or
Dorset street Spitsfelds. The police are
endeavoring to track the murderer with
bloodhounds.