The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-04-25
cnnnnrrn sulrlnr. .--W q 1iIlrndley who

razor. business feNtfhch HIe klftH ~
the cause. He leaves family at Wash
ington, Indiana. The writer met Brad
lev daily while In this city. He was q
strong, healthy looking mama lawyer ?,
profession, Nothing In hia outward con-
duct ever indicated anything OF this ma
ture.
The Orcuonian gives the following YER
sion OF the affair which Mr. Beardsley
who returned 10 Albany last evening,
pronounces substantially correct Brad
ley came 10 Oregon from Worthington,
Ind, In December last and soon secured
employment with Il q Beardsley, the Al
bany real estate dealer, for whom he
worked until the lst Of March. lie came
to Portland about ten days ago and took
a room at the new hotel. Beardsley came
down from Alhany'ruesday and had a talk
with him. Bradley appeared 10 be IN q
despondent frame OF mind, as some OF his
business prospects did not materialixe
according 10 calculations. Mr. neardHley
cheered him up M much as possible, and
made an appointment 70 meet him the
next morning. bradley retired al 10
O'Clock and Mr. Beardsley, according to
promise, put In an appearance at the ho-
tel Yesterday morning nj the hour agreed
upon. Bradley, however, failed 10 ap-
pear, and Beardsley after waiting = rea-
sonable time inquired for the number OF
his room. Having been given the mum
her he went 10 the room and raped at
the door There was no response. Get.
ting A chair to stand ON Beardsley looked
through the transom and then saw the
cause az his friends failure to keep the
appointment. Bradley lay upon the floor
dead. A deep cash was cut across his
throat and IN his right hand he still re-
tanned the death grasp ON bloody razor.
As his face was newly shaved and the
shaving outfit ON the bureau, Bradley
must have been seized with the impulse
| 10 nut an end To his existence Just ~ lac
had finished his task. II was probably
one OF those suicidal manias that are de-
veloped on the spur ol the moment by
favorable circumstances and until then
an unthought of opportunity.
Iris with pleasure the Astorian learns
that first assistant postmaster general
| Clarkson IL coming out here TO take notes
ON the way the post Office service IL ad,
| ministered ON the Pacific coast. He vii
| find much 10 suggest and improve and
considerable 10 condemn. Clarkson Il
an old newspaper man, and knows the
needs OF newspapers and their trouble
when the postal service IL held back BY
cast iron rules formulated by officials al
the national capitol who have no concep
tion OF the needs Of the day,or the de
mands VI progress. Historian.
Clarkson will fix the matter up so that
Oregon papers win reach subscribers
ahead Of time. That Is Just lise Clark
son. Mr. w + Mcpherson, the real estate
man, OF this city, IL former employe Of
the assistant +. NJ. G.. and we shall look
for him 10 intercede for Albany, 10 as "a
secure facilities by which our subscribers
will never be missed, whether the paper
Is sent or not, and as well 10 organize q
system for keeping carriers oi daily pa
pers from missing subscribers, twisting
papers too much and throwing them in
the mud and rain. Clarkson IL the boy
who can doit.
81 PnY man here with family and
without means looking for job, but a
man with plenty Of money can sit under
porch and enjoy the climate. The
Pacific coast il like Florida, where they
live on sick Yankees and fish. Every
thing IL high here but fish,
This item appears In 81 Paul paper,
and was evolved from somebody stopping
in this country. The DEAocaAr pities
the poor man anywhere without means;
but he stands as good chance here AZ
anywhere II he has rustic; often lacking.
The trouble il, a great many who come
here imagine tEat they viii be met At
the depot with offers of work and have
$40 pieces slung In their faces in advance
- "a
Everything is MT high here. Meat and
| -four, the staples, are cheaper than IN
the East, and the difference generally,
though some, i not very marked. II i
curious kind Of man who can't gei
along in the Willamette valley, and he
deserves TO be blown around by cyclones,
TmErR ExPKRIKScE. Considerable has
been said in Albany about Eugene City
having a man in Portland who heads
immigrants to that city. The following
from the Register viii give the poc.ica
side OF IL:
Turned Traitor--It IL said the man
Boyd, Of Portland, who recently raised .
subscription Of about $50 among oul
citizens 10 have him use his influence
| In sending immigrants here, has turnec
traitor aud worked against the town IN
stead of for Il. Naturally enough hil
services are wanted no longer and hll
salary has stopped.
liz Was IssANE,-Jesse Titus, mine
by occupation, was yesterday committed
TO the insane asylum for treatment. Th
patient Is fifty-six years old and Imagine
that bis friends are trying to poison him
This Il his second attack. lie comes frvu
jacksonville, Oregon, and was brought b.
Iudge Day and Luy. Titus Is an Odl
Fellow aud has been cared for during !
long series Of years by the charitable ben
eft OF that order. Thirteen years ago h
was paralyzed and when he was take
from his room 10 be brought 10 the asyluf
was the first time he had been outside th
yard since his Illness. His affection rs
suited from having bank cave on hlf
while mining. Statesman. Titus receiy
ed $40 week beneficiary from the Lodge
receiving about 10000 ln all
PROBABLY PREMEnuATEp.-Mr VIM
Bradley, who committed suicide in Por
land, made many friends In Albany
his few months residence here, and h
death is certainly matter Of regret. The
will be glad 10 know that his body WI
well taken care Of being embalmed Viii
awaiting orders from his family, an
everything being done that was possib
under the circumstances. 1t now appea
that he had contemplated the rash q
for several weeks, What originally LEI
to it is not known, as his past life Is n
familiar to any one here.
A PROMINENT DEmocRAr.--W.
Dunphy, recentlo of Aurora, Ill, was
. this city few days ago with Mr. IL
both of the Union Pacific. The Dem
9 cRAr neglected 20 mention At the III
THAT Dunphy Is qnitc a notorious Dem
[. crat and politician in Illinois. He wal
delegate 20 the national convention u
!. nominated Cleveland, and has attend
:. every state convention In Illionois
twelve years. He Is only young N
: now, though.
81 A Busy BLocK.-The block oppoa
: the Russ House has become busy pla
a II now has hotel and boarding house
- blacksmith shop, junk shop, q
restaurant, barber shop, a general
pair shop, a rustling real estate office
cigar factory, and cigar and confecti
ary store IL being opened.
SMELLS STRONG. Reports from "
renton received yesterday are still m
favorable than on the previous day,
the Indications of supply of natural