The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1895-01-04
SATURDAY

a ccto TRAGEDY. - Saturday night
shortly after midnight. Mr. T Coifey, our
harness maker, heard some one al the front
Of his dwelling house and place Of business.
acting as though the- were trying to get
In. In short time the party trying TO
get in. went to ths back end Ct The house
and attempted 10 effect an entrance. Mr.
Cohsy then got up and arming himself
with revolver. wen. 10 ascertain what the
trouble sss- His hrst impu'se Was to fire
through the door al tho would-bs house
breaker, bat upon second thought ocnclud-
ed that be might be q drunken man that
did not know ~hat he was about coIey
then called out who is there" two or
threw open the door He found 4 man
standing there and whom be Immediately
attacked with chair striking blow that
at 6rst looked as though be had given the
intruder 6hal qniesus The nlarxnai WAS
then summoned and the drunken man lfor
snch be proved 10 bel taken 10 the Gala
booss- The blow With tie chair cut quite
> cash in the top Of his bead. and be could
give no account Of himself till the following
morning. when he 90 explained matters,
that at the ins.igztion of the recorder.
Aarzhal Dilley gave him his liberty HIS
name we usdsrstood was Eyzns.-Prez.
SOME FIergEs-From the report ot th
railruad commissioners Of Oregon NC learn
that the average ton mileage OF rad IL the
Uuited States i 5si .2S2. ana The average
rate per ton ps~ mile. s93 oents: on tiss
Oregon Railway l. Navigation Company's
line IN 1898 the ton mileage per mile Of
road vas 2ss.. As. less than one-hzlf the
average for the United States, and the rate
per ton per uiie, 1855 cznts. On tie
southern PaciScs lines IN Oregon the tan
mileage per nsise al road for 1884 was g.
81. aboCt one~sgxth the volume Of the Ore
gon Railway 4 Navigation Company, and
the rate per ton per mile. $40 cents. The
difference be;Scen the Oregon Railway &
Navigation Company e rate and that Of she
Southern Pacific l. zcxoanfesi for On the
ground that she volume ot tr.Asc Of the
former Is mnch larger. a. above sci forth,
and much uf Il throngn U1sinexs, >aad the
average haul per ton Is - miles. Eniie tie
average haul Of tie latter is bat 50 miles.
4 LARGE AUDIENCE heard Mrs Peaks
last Eight q; tie L P church. She spoke
II her usual plain ou:xpokan xay that
holis The attention and nzkes us-n think
Her subject wzs The wise and foolish -
The world has mary men VITO knowing
nothing they think tsey know /; all Shut
yo0r ears 10 wicked men, O. like Aoter
yo1 ~iii be led 10 destruction. Il Is = good
thing 10 have the coarzee q ones eonyic-
ton lIss 20 the convictions are night. But
the sinner is blind and can't s-e Alright
The man who can zee the wonders Of the
universe and szy there is no Go1 Is Ger
tzinly fool. lie. the wise walk with the
wise. Ii you would have chara=tsr that
will Stand build il upon the rock. To
morrow night Mrs feake will cIoss The
marked s1cress for Eve weeks Her subject
vail be ''A lesson IN proat and loss =
Dk IEkSLL AND Ma HxDE.-Rich ard E
French and company in Dr Iekyll and Mr.
hyde viii appear here Friday, Jan llth.
Il has never failed 10 attract large houses
wherever played. with an excellent CON-
pzny sich as Mr. French has in his support
II cannot fail 10 secure the appreciation and
liberal patronage Of tt,e theatre gosrs In
Albany. To thusse who haze read Robert
Louis S;eTeasons w0rs. from which the
play Is .ake0. the Interpretation will have
unusual interest T4e cast Is strong ard
the calcium light effects AM Scenery is in
artistic harmony vita the requirements o;
tie drama Aside from the heart interest
in the play. there is q s;rCng oonedy
element running through it, tia. Is pleas
ant TO see and hear.
WHERE ARE TuEY,-rvo weeks ago to-
morrow Richard Bowen and Jas Randall!
left Engene in q small boat for Portland.
They are the gentleman who had a propo-
sition before the beard Of trade recently 10
assist them in getting a boat to run on the
upper Willamette Arrangements had
been made by them 10 secure the lease Of
boat and they ~ent down the river TO take
charge Mr. Bowen wrS;e to his wife sev-
erai times and in the last letter stated they
were going down the river to get the boat.
The last letter was written Dec -. and as
nothing has been heard sinoe. their families
here are rather uneasy about them .-Eu-
gene Guard.
A Poor ExcHAseE.-The tramp tele-
graph operator who stole Geo G Bingham's
overcoat, yesterday. was brought to Albany
| before justice He waved examination,
and was held under $3.50 bonds to await
the action Of the grand jury He gave the
name Of w NJ Maxwell and claimed to be a
resident Of Dallas. Texas. If SO there has
been an exchange for Saunders, so Texas is
worse of than Oregon, and the penitentiaTy
will soon have as many Texas vsgabonds as
usual, though not as bad ones. Maxwell,
though claimed before the theft that
he was from Denver. Colorado. so there is
no telling where he is from or what his
name is.
| An HONEST MAS.-1wenty-two years
ago Y z Briggs. Of Corvallis, had a claim
of Sis against tee estate of Mr. Hough.
ton of which III \ Hastings was executor.
Hastings soon after wen. to Boston not be
ing able to pay the debts and Nj Briggs
had almost forgotten his claim when lasi
Wednesday lie received a check for S22f
frsm Hastings, who stated that he was not
legally bound to pay the debt, but sent the
principal with interest computed at pei
cent, the legal rate in Massachusetts,, and
trusted the settlement would be satisfactory
HKcK WHEELER 0uT.-Amoag Gov
ernor Pensoysr's recent pardons is said to
be Heck Wheeler. sent mp from Crool
county for murder He was seen the other
day in Polk Co. Mr. Wheeler has relative,
near here and formerly resided in Benton
county. Under the present system it is
impossible to tell who is pardoned excep
by outside means, and the Salem papers
though rustlers mies some of them.
| A CHASaE.-Beginning next Monda,
an important change win take place il
the running of trains between Alban,
and Detroit, Albany being made thl
headquarters at night instead of Detroi
as now. The train win leave Albany a
:45 A. NJ, arriving at Detroit at II :15
| and leaving at 12:l5. 1t will arrive a
Albany ut 8 80 p. M.
J Saturday aud Sunday, rain or snow,
cooler, river at 3 p m I7.s and falling.
| The bess roast cotiee IN the..city at Coma
cfsyer