The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-09-19

Aeht"sfatis sontnatioas
HARTFORD. conu,. Sept t6.--The demo
cratic state convention To- day nominated I.szon
y Morey for governor.
Demartttr Convention,
HELENA, Mont, Sept. is.--rhe demoerai-
&c state convention here TO day was the mos,
enthusiastic ever held IN tho state. \ foil
representation OF delegates wss psescn,. lien
7 L Collins. Of Grea, Falls. presided. There
was only one candidate for congress. Hon "
W Dixon, ol Butte. The eonyenlioa WAS
thoroughly un,.ed on this choice AM when his
acceptance vas received the scene following
was slmosi beyond description. Dslcgsits
fose iToH their seats and Yelled fof fully twenty
minutes, Speeches were made BY lion " 4
Clark md Martin Msginnis. the democratic
senators elected last winter.
ACsanlergeit nesisisa.
SAN FRAsctsco. Sept. IS.-Uuiied States
Commissioner Sawyer to day decided ia the
case Of Jehn ] Blown. changed with sweating
$40 gold pieces. that aades the United States
statutes he could not be convicted, This state
provides foF punishmru, Of persons maiilaiing
of tightening coin. bot no, for punishment d
persons having such coin In their possession, OF
passing Il. bfosas method Was 10 place $40
gold pieces IN an electric bath and by fap!d
chemical sciion eaifArt about twenty grains ol
gold fiom each coin. The coins we're sol mutt.
lated end their hga,ncss could only lie detect
cd by experts. UnGeT this decision any one
can pass sweaiea coins without fear oi prosteu ..
ton.
Records nFekca.
PRoRiA, H. Sept, iS.-Smi,h and Murphy
Of the New York Athletic Club. broke the
worlds amateur mile tandem reeotd this after
noon. The record was s;5J. They made tho
Lalfin 1913 is. and the mils IN 3;27. The
worlds i've mile amateur record was brokeb
by Rich and the same club. The English
teeotd was 3.57 AS. 1897. Rich made IT
in ~. IS. The one mile worlds record
was broken by WinAle, The record was s.sS4
on solid tire, and 20 As on pneumatic tire
WinGie nssde !, in a;2stf on said tire. Bcrio
broke the safety worlds TeeeId ios mile,
England'E solid tite record was 2:s4 is and
Americas Two seconds lowe, The pneumatic
reeoId was 7:524 and Beiio smashed them all
doing the distance IN 2;5o,
IN oregon Pioneer brnh,
SALEh. Sept. IS.--W b Culver. who was
stricken with paralysis Monday .as,, died at
his home, six miles east Of Salem, yesterday
afternoon. lie was aged 81 and came West
from Ohio in 1859. lie wasin the legislature
in 1886.
A Horrible sight.
New YORK, Sept. IS The crowd Of people
who aliended the play a, the Park ,heater to-
night were treated 10 horrible spectacle when
leaYing. fineman Koop had gone up pole
in front Of the theatcr to fix an electric light,
and in some way received the deadly current
lie lay limp across the wires, while the awful
sizzie Of electricity burning the iiesh could be
heard below. lie was removed as soon as
possible aud taken TO the hospital, where lie
died,
seme Floods.
wArERrowS, NY, Sept. I3.-Rsin. which
has fallen in torrents almost continually 70
five days past, has swollen every stream in the
section TO a spring freshet height and to-day
the effects are seriously felt hercabouts by the
almost complete tying up Of The Rome, Water
town & Ogdensburg railroad and its branches,
destruction Of mills and other damage to man
ufae,uring and farm property.
SAN AnToNlo, Tex, Sept. "a twenty
four foot rise struck the lower part Of the river
last night. As il came without warning, many
Mexicans living in the bottom lands were carried
OIL in the torrent and drowned.
The Fr!ce Increasing,
DALLAS, Or, Sept. Is.-JC Kirkpairicks
hop crop this year will exceed 10000 pounds.
Hops are selling at 40 cents in Dallas, Growers
believe that the maximum price will be at
IS cents. he good yield and price will fresh.
en- up business very mach. There Is scarcity
OF pickers in the country yards and work for
ali who apply.
Colfax Packing nousc burned.
CoLFAx, Wash, Sept. I4.-The Colfas
packing house was again destroyed by fire last
night. The loss is estimated at 81 s 900; insur-
ance, $4,000. A limp explosion is attributed
as the cause.
MRS David Terr, Is Suit,
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. I4.-The superior
court has refused TO grant motion to dismiss
he suit Of Mrs David S Terry against ! c |
Franks, The suit was for $4,000 damages, |
which Mrs Terry declared she sust lined al The |
hands ofFranks when he, o.iing rs United |
States marshal, arrested her in January, 1850.
Il was at the time Judge Fields decision in re
gard 10 the Sharon case and the alleged mar
riage contract - as delivered
Fire Opals
Moscow, Idaho, Sept I4.-This city is
greatly excited over the discovery OF opa. de-
D9sits four miles northwest OF town. James
Alien, a scientific jewcler Of Moscow, while /
hunting, discovered stones thrown out of a
lewly dus well on The farm OF William Leas-
are a momentary glance, 10 his educated
5 e, satisfied bin that they were valuable. A /
! orough test by the blow pipe and acid proved
lie stones 10 be rue milky and Ere opal. The
country is taken up all around by miners claims.
Two companies are formed and immediate
will take place. The stones are in
he pocket Of an old porous lava formation,
rhe only FIRE opal on this continent, EXCEPT
hese. is in Mexiso. There is no question as
o the genuineness Of the opal, Developments
this week,
WHERE TO GET THEM-When wanting