The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1894-09-20
AsIx Fire


year was sIe 600.
AEfx Fire
SHANGHAI, Sept. IA great confa-
CATION Is reported 70 have occurred at
Chung King August %. About 30 per-
sons are known 10 have persisted. and il
is probable that the list OF dead viii
prove much heavier. The property loss
i estimated at 10000, ,OO0 taeIs. Two
thousand buildings were destroyed; in
ciuding three temples
Notwithstanding Hard Times.
NEW YoRK, Sept. IS.-The Milwaukee
& Ss. Paul Railway Company directors
have declared the regular semi-annRal
dividend of 81 per cent on the pre-
feTTed and ? per cent on the common
stock.
The G. L. Z Eleefioa.
PrTTsBVRG, Sept. I3.-The battle Tor
hoaoFs for the coming year Is over
among the old boys Of the Grand Army,
and the winning ticket Is:
Colonel Thomas g. L2wler, OF Rock
ford, Ill, commAnder-in-chief; Major 4.
P. Birchtield, Of this city, senior VICE
Comrade :. o. Weeks, OF
Marion, o., was unanimously elected
surgeon-generzi; Chaplain 7. H Hag-
ger1y, Of S. Louis, was unanimously
elected haplain-in-ehief, his only oppo-
neut, Comrads SouthArt, Withdrawing
before ballot was taken.
Ratser Sensational
LEXINGTON, Sept. I3.-At Fort Spring.
in this county today, Colonel Brickin-
ridge made one OF the most sensational
speeches OF the campaign, denouncing
the newspapers as being edited by liars
and slznderers Tonight he gave out an
interview, N which he quoted afKdzvits
that W c. Owens was : gambler IN Chi
c4Zo last year. and intended to stay
there. He also prints an affidavit show
ing that Mr.. Owens, IN company with q
woman, Was put cut Of Louisville
hotel.
Very TaeeE1ain-
SHANGHAI, Sept 1S.-Rumors have
reached here that . battle was fought
between Chinese and japanese near
kaIr Che1g, Corca, about September ..
Native newspapers of September 10 say
the light lasted two days and was still
undecided when the news Was forwarded
the native press. Chinese papers Of
September - announce that General
Ieh, Chinese commander, reports having
gained q victory over the japanese. Ii
IS supposed here, however, that the
Chinese have me, with reverse at Ping
Yang.
Rank eFEastana DsvtdeAS-
LONDON, Sept. I2.-The governors OF
the hank Of England. st the half-yesriy
meeting today, declared dividend OF 1
per cent. The reason for the reduction
Is decrease Of profits, said to be due to
the unprecedented increase in the re-
serve and the low value of money.
Since February Is one result of the Bar
ing liquidation has been 3 reduction of
81 ,075 600, making the liability 60, ,4Si,-I
aSo, and the debt due the bank -, ,40o,-
600.
Ne Mere Reanfies.
WASHINGTON, Sept. le.-Secretary
Carlisle authorized the official announce
ment today that he would not pay any
sugar bounty earned, but unpaid, when
the new tariff bill went into effect, Au-
gust ~. The secretary's refusal to pay
the sugar bounty claims is well based
upon the clause of the new tariff bill re-
pealing the sugar bounty provisions of
the Mckinley law.
Rarried AZ PrIasvtlie.
PRrNEvrLE, Or, Sept. S.-At IL o'clock
tonight the corpse of 'sTilr' Glaze. pro-
prietor Of Glaze opera hall, at this place,
reached here, having been brought from
Burns, where he was shot and instantly
killed on last Wednesday night BY a man
named Bud" Howard.
Jnst As Was Expected.
WASHINGTON, Sept. ls.-Democratic
politicians in this city are neither cast
down nor perturbed in consequence of
the news from Maine. They saw it
amounts to the same thing as Fikial
capturing the South Sea islands. A sem
ator summed up the whole situation as
ii appeared to him as follows:
''lt is Just as senseless for the repub-
hcans to sing hallelujhas over their sue
cess in Maine rs it is for the democrats
to hug themselves to death in ecstasy OF
JOY over their victory in Arkansas. The
one state always goes republican, the
other democratic"
Train wreck.
CHARLESTON, No., Sept. 1.-Two men
were killed and score injured, half of
them fatally, in cyclone today, during
which train was blown from the track.
1t was O'Clock today when the west
bound express on the Iron Mountain
road was struck by cyclone, and the re-
suit was one of the most serious wrecks
ever known ON the system. Several
were killed.
Deiph's Wires.
McMINSyuLE, Or, Sept. l2.-There
viii be mass meeting OF the citizens of
this city and vicinity at the opera house
here Friday evening, on the occasion of
the visit of Senator j n Dolph, and in
the interest of the improvement of the
Yamhill river of all-the-year-rOund nav
igation.
sanger Champiea.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Sept. 12.-The
second days races OF the Springfield BIZ
cycle tournament were very successful |
and the attendance was good. Sanger
won all the big races he entered in, ex- /
cept the handicap, in which he was third.
and broke the unpaced record for mile. /
making the distance in 2:07 Is.