The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1895-02-15
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SALEN. Feb Nv. A. Baker, ccnyics-
ed and sentenced 10 the penitentiary from
Washington oO1nty November -, 1875.
tor bigamy. committed suicide AZ an esriy
ho1r this morning by hanging He Sc
cared a pieSe Of rope. and, during the
1igtt, tied Ii 10 waste pipe that extended
through his sell, and. making a moose in
the other end, slipped il oger his neck.
This was done by standing on the sink Ia
the corner Of his cell. and stepping OF. he
was left suspended within three inches Q:
the a-sar.
Wiped Sut
LONDON, FEB. IA cAblSgram iron
Wei Hai-Wei. dated Fedrua-. ). SAYS:
The Chinese feet has practically erased
TO exist The iroaclad Chen Yuen and her
sister snip. the Ting foea. have been sunk
and the other vessels Of the Chimes feet
are within the grasp of the japanese feet
opened ne on the Liu hung forts, which
replied vigorously. The boubardment be-
came terrific and resulted as stated.
Very Geld
ST. PAC-, MIN, Feb. 6.-Most dis
ootLaging weather reports come from the
West and Northwest tonight TIE mer-
cnry has been dropping 2 deg. an hour
since 3o'clcck this afternoon, and at 10
clock tonight tie temperature varies from
10 deg. below here to 50 below at Qu'Ap-
pelle, Northwest Territory. Ii is excess
lively trigid all the wag west to MissonIa,
Mont. The wind reaches the proportions
OF blizzard at most points in the Dakosss
and western Minnesota. Pierre. 5. D.. re-
ports wind 50 great that people were iriy-
en- from the streets. A. Redheld. s. u
dispatch says it showed till noon, when =
oomile wind sprang up and drifsei the
snow badly. All the Red6eld business
houses have closed.
Anew Senator.
WAsHISGroS, Feb. 6 tie democratie
majority in the senate was eliminated
when Clarence d. Clark, the new senator
from wyoming, was sworn in to fill the
vacancy which has existed for two wears.
dis credentials had previously been pre-
sented. Clark Is another of the Young men
who have recently come into the senate.
that body.
had AZ Chicago.
CHICAGO, Feb. 6.-Snow has fallen
steadily and drifted all day, with the mer-
curry near zero. Therailway mail service
is demoralized. All the trains arriving
tonight were from one to six hours late.
Most of tie trains sent out tonight were
double headed. The officials report the
tracks getting in more blockaded condi'
tion every hour. in spite Of large shoyeling
gangs and numerous snowpiows, A worse
storm is predicted for tomorrow
The queen ahicased.
SAN FRANcrscc, Feb. 6.-The steamer
Australia, which arrived today from Hon.
olulu, brought advices, under date of Jan.
80, as follows:
Quiet has been substantially restored in
Honolulu, and business resumed. Military
operations ended on the 10th, after nine
dams of actiYity. Ali leading rebels have
been captured and are in prison. A mill
tary commission Is at present trying them.
On the 18th inst. John s. Walker, Major
Seward and @. I. Gulick were arrested
for completely in the purchase and landing
of arms for the rebels.
An Ashland Robbery
asHLASpp Or.s reo' o.-lhfee tough
tourists" robbed Chinatown in Ashland
last night in bold style. but only succeeded
in securing about SO for their trouble
The leader went into one store and asked
for some tea, but discovered about 20 Chi
nese there. He then went into another
store short distance away and found only
four men there. Calling two confederatss
inside. they locked the door and went
through the money drawer and afterward
searched the Chinese, one of whom had $50
behind the counter. An old man was
knocked down and the men escaped.