The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-05-30

her oil them, but no opposiiun WINS f0v Hoped,
Il now only remains Tor the Oregon senators
to see that no cut Is made IN the senate. and
MI nolrh's position on the commerce commits
tee viii enable him to Keep In the bin beyond
doubt, Few states have Jared is well MS Ore
eon, and compared to population, Oregon Is
Far ahead Of all others In the bill. The river
aud harbor bill viii probably pass the house
to morrow.
some census IteturBs.
WASHINGTON, Map s7.--The census Office
to-day made public the first results Of the elev-
enlh census In relation 10 state and local finan.
ee. II consists Of the preliminary report OF the
Indebtedness of aSoo counties in the United
States. Reports show the principal Of state
debts at the present lime. SssS, ,67o.oI7, Of
this Si94,oS4, 400 is bonded, and s33,7ss,6Io
floating, This shows net decrease in the
total debt during The last Ter years of ss4,-
4S9,4Si bonded debt. having been decreased |
hy Sea,oSi,sA9, aud floating debt increased |
by s9,bs5,764.
The q.
PORTLAND. May ~ Tho Union raeihe I
will begin immediately The construction Il It's |
biaurh line 20 Puget Sound. II will run via, |
All IS now 'cndy with the exception Of q few |
minor details for terminal iaeities al Seattle. |
Work will be pushed TO completion as las,
as men aud money will do IL.
For Boomer.
TACOMA, May ~. Much excitement has
been created here by the private information
from Washington heoomin, public that the
sena,e had rejected rort Otchafd as the site
for The navy yard, and point beyond the mar.
rows nCar Tacoma selected instead. This site
can easily he fortified 40 thai the entrance by
an enemy vessel would he utterly impossible.
and is the most practicable aud secluded point
on the sound.
California Fiaaafs.
SAN FRASclsco. Nay s7,-A Chronicle
Fresno says; he San Joaquin and King river.
are higher than eyet before. About Elkaorn
| many Thousands Of acres are inundated. A
/ large area near Reediy is also flooded. Several
/ hundred acres Of the finest wheat land Of the
/ Laguua dc rache grant are under water, and
wha, promised 10 be splendid yield TO the
I acre viii no, pay for the harvesting Below
llamp,onvie the san Joaquin has broken i,s
banks and hundreds Of acres arc covered with
water.
on Its IaA; Lezs,
NEW York, May a7.-If indications are
eouniej TOT anything. baseball, as a profession
has gone to join rollcf skating. For sorae
time past the old time craze has been slowly
| slipping into :nnoeuous desuelude, bu, this
evenings carefully obtained figures would app
patenily leave iitile doubt that The great lad
o' iads IN Ameuca is no~ a thing Of the past.
4 steamer Laas,
PORTLAND. May s6-Genefal Fseigh,
Agent Campbell. ol the unioa Pacific, has &c
eeivel letter from Mr. Upton, one u The
p'omolers OF the Portland Japan steamship
line, lc ,ks effect that the steamer Cashrar,
which was TO have started for Portland May
40 Was lost IN iyphoou, and that the Fam
Tesla, the other steamer ol the line il undergo
ing repairs in Japan.
Owing TO This unfortunate accident can
not tell deHniteiy vhen the hskl steamer wiil
star, said Mf Campbel yesterday. ''Ilow-
ever, Portland Is 10 have a Inc Of steamship.
TO japan, and The iifs, steamer viii start a.
soon as The NECESSARY arrangements arc made :
/ aBiE Tirr.
I NORM YAKIMA, Wash MAY i6.-At S.5o
O'Clock last evening Ire broke in a frame
TresiauFsni 90 Yakima avenue. owned by S
Harris, and within twenty minutes dozen
wooden buildings wefc IN flames, The hte
department VAS promptly on hand. throwing
three streams, but for time il seemed uscles.
to struggle, and II Mas the grncral opinion tha.
The town would share the sane fate as Seattle,
ElIenSbuTgh and Spokane Falls. The fire viii
Ill
The buildings consumed we're al wooden
structures, and covered ono Of the most vala
able business quarters in the city. The hfe
extended geo ieet north on Font street and
the same distance cast On Yakima avenue, con
!. suming dozen building all told. The total
, loss was about 500 600.
Traia wEeeker.
! CHEnAtLs, May 26.-Two Intellectual at
T tempis we're made las, night 10 sreck both the
} north and south trains, The passenger from,
} Tacoma firSi ran into and di,ehed hand car
Then after drawing out Of the depot Il wal
stopped by fish plate between the switch and
the track
Fred Young, night clerk Of the Chehalis
house, discovered another fish plate In a y
switch, JUS. before the Portland passenger drew
Chehalis local standing on the slIeuaek and
probably wrecked both.
About one mile beyond the depot /, also
, struck the same handcar, that had been ditch
cd few hours previous. /, is supposed TO bs
the work oftramps
ATamIae.
VIENNA, May IS Terrible distress prevail,
in Galicia owing TO failure Of las, years,
crops. There Is famine Of food, both foi
man and beast. and the governor Of the pro
vince has appealed 10 the authorities here foi
: a special grant Of 10. .ooo, 900 forms for the
purnosc Of purchasing supplies for the starving
people, More than 100, 900 horses have per-
ished during the last week Tor want Of food
In The little district Of Nisho alone ever 2sos
have died. On meadow just outside III,
town Of Dumbrewa thsre are lying the bodiei
Of 400 horses which have starved 10 dea.d.
AMY Earthquake.
CLoyERsDALE,N Y.,May 2S-At7 ? o'cloel
; this morning this city was visited by severe
( shock Of earthquake, large buildings wer,
shaken, the people were thrown out Of chair
and out Of bed and glass was shattered, Th,
earthquake was preceded BY loud rumblin,
sound, at the same moment the fire alarm bell
, rang out and waen the city turned ou, the ex.
element Icing intense.
4 AThief Captared.
. ARLINGTON, May 25.-Ed Bilderback, aget
iS, who had been working for l. o Ralslon
stole revolver, gold watch and other jewelr,
and disapp, nred. He was arrested Saturda,
at Umatilia.
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