The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1895-07-05


the struggling horses. saved the party from
being dragged TO death or hurled into the
gorge below Only one person was badly
nurt.
Wonderful - hnSsa.
ToKoNTo, Jnly Five thousand peo-
pie saw the triangular match race on the
Toronto Ferry Company's Bew heard tack
this afternoon between John :. Johnson,
Walter Sanger and Harry Tyler. The
mitch was for purse Of si500 best two in
three heats. and resulted in one ofthe nard.
est struggles ever witnessed on any track.
The riders were paced by Weining and
O'Conner in the srs, heat. and finished a
few inches apart in l:59is:. making the
fastest mile ever ridden in competition.
Johnson was first by less than Elz inches
over Sanger. ~ilh Tyler . hAli-wheels
Ieagth behind. The second hea, iesulted
IN tine same WAY.
sheriff Did u
CosvALLlK, Or. July l.-AlI day yes
terday Second street in Corvallis appeared
10 he less active than for years. All this
was tEe rssUl; of notice given By Sheriff
Osburn L. the sAloon-keepers that they must
obey the llw REGARDING Sunday closing
Both front end tack Doors og saloons were
c.1sed. and the prourielors were ont with
their families enIoying a Jag Of rest with
other business ulen. une prominent sa.
loon man remarked iha: be was heartily
glad al al opportunity 10 enjoy Sunday
Hanged at sssiasrL
HELENA. Mont. Iuiy CLAY Pugh
xas hanged al BoaIder. 30 miles from Hel-
ena. to,1ay. for the murder of Chaunoey
". West, conductor OF the Montana
Union railway. The tragedy occurred near
Baitc. on Oc,otes 5. last Pugh vas steal
ing a r1de on We>t's train. and wes; nut
him Of As the conductor swung around
20 signal The engineer 10 20 ahead. Fugh
SHOT liE1 tw.ce in the bsck. Pagh was
tried in lsisr.on lo4ntys Ga ch-nge ct
venue, and convicted April IL
essd >ixa
CHICAGO. IaIy l.-Ths increase OF 10
per osut IN wages recently Announced by
the Illinois Steel Company sent into esee;
to-day. nyer TO0o uien will be benefited by
the chaagz The advance wes made al
tue Soaih Chicago xosls, tie J orth Chi
cago rolling nils and the plants ai Mil
<ankee and jolia. Al CLASSES ot employees
ars ileladsd in tia advance. with the ex-
c@piion II ,aaaage Iasn. shq s9Et on
sliding scale
Eser6roeatra.
SING SING, July with two electric
currents. consuming no: over q inmate,
lfr. BlielArs.a vas put 10 death in Sing
Sing PRISON todaT. ,as; before nooa- Like
all tue Others who hare pr.csdena him, be
went 10 death calmly. and did not say
word in The death chamber. Ihe only APP
pe1rAnoe % fright or weakness was the
iaet that he closed his eyes when be enter
cd. and did not o,sss th1a again. Two
contacts Sere n4Ade.
VIII he Appealed.
sIs Francisco. July IL D. Ne
hi1sick, special cdqnsel for the govern
nlent in the suit 10 recover 5 .uQ, coo
from the stanford estate. SAYS the case will
al once be appealed 10 the United States
court VI appeals. aud from there TO the
United States supreme court II sueEsslry.
lie says The litigation will not ahect the
Stanford university. no N l..e9 what the
outcome may he.
Bidnt LIke ~.
OREGON CITY, June 20 A numl~r Of
The Siie;4 acomers haze turned their backs
on that promised land md returned tu their
abandoned claims or gone IN search OF
some undiscovered country. Three fami-
iles from the MosSow, Idaho. region, re-
iurnas1 through Oregon City yesterday, af-
ter ha.irs inspected the r,sserFaiiou and
found IT not 10 De wha; .h-y wanted.
They are how bound for the province of
Alberta. Canada, about which thsy seem
to know as little as they did aboat the
siletz reservation. Other passed through
town tod5v on their way back TO their
ldahe yanphsa.
Killed by q skyrseket,
ST. LOUIS. June 30.--John Allison. ths
y-year-oid son of George Allison, a cooper
living nj No 1910 Arsenal street, was in
stan,ly killed this evening by the explosion
OF huge rocket that fell in front Of him.
which he picked up. BERTHE Moberly. an
it.ycar old companion. was BADLY wound
ed. kobert Bland, private watehman.
who iiie1 the rocket is under arrest. and
will pruh2bly be prosecuted for man
A GasoIIne steve Did 81.
CHICAGO, June 30.-A gasoline stow"
exploded TO-DAY in the home Of Charles
Brown. l34l Wellington avenue, causing
the death of Miss Agnes Brown, aged 10, |
and the fatal injuring of her mother. Mrs.
Mary Brown, aud her brother, Arthur
Brown. hen the explosion occurred Miss |
Brown was filing the reservoir OF the |
stove with gasoline. She f9iled to shut of
the flame ani the vapor igpited, causing |
the gasoline in the can, as we'll as that ~ !
the reservoir, TO explode
Dry Day.
NEW YogE, June 3O.-SiDce the inau-
guration OF Mayor Strong it has been al
most impossible in many sections Of the
city TO procure liquor on Sunday. The
climax OF dfy Sunday WIS reached today, |
however The police. Saturday night, |
throughout the city. warned the saloon |
men that not even "side doors" would be
today. Many OF the liquor deal
ers were frightened and made no attempts |
to open their doors. Those who were dar-
ing enough TO offend the excise laws by |
selling liquors were generally arrested
without delay
A shocking AseldeaJ.
HErpsgR, June 30.-News reached !
here yesterday of u shocking and peculiar
accident ut the Millory sawmill, on Rock
creek. J. l.. Beymer, of Eight Mile was
with friend near the table On
y hich the slab.saw operates. Forgetting
where lie was. lie sat down on the saw and
vas nearly cut in two. At last accounts
he was resting cay, and the attending
physicinn thinks he ~ill recover.
Some Figures,
WAsnfNaTog, June :0.-The treasury
deficit for the fiscal year just closed will be
found by the debt statement to be approxi.
mately s43, ,250, COO. This. added to last
years deficit, of nearly $40 900, 600, makes
the excess OF expenditures over receipts
since June 80, is93, about Sll3, ,250, ,0s0,
The total receipts of the government this
fiscal year. exclusive of postal revenues,
amount to nearly 1918, 900 900 and the ex-
renlitures 1856, ,250. 900, OF which pensoins