The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-09-30


efierson; attorney general, John 7 Da-
'ies, OF Oneida.
The CemmlaStsaerA Did Il
PARIS. Sept. 27.-While the reception /
accorded the United States peace COM
mission here is all that could he desired
i must be admitted that the general at
does not incline toward the
Ii is the general impression here that
The American commissioners have in
structions 20 provide for the retention OF
Manila and the island OF Luzon.
The Canal 4
NEW YoRE Sept. 27.-The preliminary
survey of the NicArauga canal has been
and the engineers have re
turned 10 this country and are going To
TO make their report to the
canal commissioners. The engineers ar
rived here today on the Aslas line steam
cr Altai. The engineers said that the
plan OF tie proposed canal Is n complete
one, and that their reports ~ill SHOW
that the cut can Oe made quickly aud
cheapy.
kIIeheacr Did &C
LoNDoS, sept. 2S.-The Cairo cores
ponden, OF the Daily Mail SAYS:
MAJOR Marchand has admitted in corr
VersAlion that the arrival oi General
Kitchener saved him from auuihilation
by the derEsshcs.
RSs-cNen The MAn
SAEAr00A. Sept. 25,-There is hardly
an impartial observer here tonight who
does not believe that the ticket 20 he
nominated by the republican state eon-
venllon 10 Dc held tomorrow will he
headed by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,
for governor and Timothy l.. Woodruff
for lieutenant governor
ChaunCy VI ucpcw. who Is 10 name
Mr.. Roosevelt, arrived here ihis after
noon, and = positive that his candidate
/ has an almost clear field.
on Fss ManUa
NEe YoRx, sept. e5.-A dispatch TO
the Herald from Washington SAYS:
/ Instructions giYeu by the navy depart
uleEi 10 Captain Barker. commanding
iise hattie ship Oregon and senior officer
/ oi the squadron which is under orders
10 proceed 10 Manila, require him Ia
sAll during the present week 30 Homo
lula.
Reports received 81 the navy depart
rncnt announce that The Oregon IS rcAiy :
ior the voyage, aud the loNa w..l l.r 81
condition 10 sail tomorrow.
AHsrher TsGas Fer srryra.
PASS, sept. @3.-A, 3 meeting o.
the cabinet th5s morning. all the minis
ieTs belng present. decision was taken
in iavo- o! 4 revision Of the trial ot ex.
captain brcytus, and the documents in
- -. "a.
sation. Crowds Of people outside III,
ministry OF the interior. where the cab
inei council MAS held, loudly cheere.
the Minister
Hands oa
| LoNDox. Sept. e6.-A special 10 he
G.ob~ from Hong Kong SAWS il Is leAruez
from Trustworthy Filipino sourcs
; that France has promised TO Es-cosuiEs
! the Filipino republic. Il is added tina
, negotiations on the snblrc are proceed
Ing a. Manila, where there are ihrcr
= Frrt Gu wsrships.
An oatarto Greene
SE. CATHERINEs, uat. sept. Is 4
cyclone struck Merriton, 10 miles from
this city. with terrible violence this aiie
noon, killing three persons aud IN jurini
many
The dead are:
; Clara O'NeAl employed in the I.inoolr
paper mills; Mrs John Buckley an,
: Frank No9au.
BIx sfrtke.
MEDFoEB, Or, sept. l6.-The greatest
mining excitement ever known in South
. ern Oregon has beca caused by a ricl
strike Just made in the Siskiyoa noun
iains, one mile from the Jackson county
line. on what is knogn as Sterlings butt.
William Angle ami Jordan Brown ar,
. the lucky discoveries. They came q
Mediord last night with - pounds o.
/ gold dust which they deposited in tn,
Jackson County bank.
An ohIs Cyclone
CoLrNBIA. o. Sept. GA special {,
the Dispatch from Lima says:
A terrific cyclone struck this city thi
afternoon, tearing off the upper story o
the high school building, and wreckin.
half dozen private residences. Sevefa
persons we're hurt.
EIcvattou Of Cuba.
| WAsHrNGroN, Sept. 2I.-The Spaniari.
have stated they could not begin tht
evac aation of Cuba until the LIST OF Nov.
iember, ard that it could not be complel
ell before February 2Sth next. In view
OF the alarming state Of The Cubans, " he
are suffering from hunger, and their in
ability TO obtain work, the president de-
cided that he could not assent to the con
sumption Of SO much time. Therefore
he caused the commission TO be instruct
ed to demand that the evacuation by the
spanish begin not later than October Is,
and that II be completed by December
3lss next.
A Hattie shIp saved.
PLAYA DEL. ESTE, Sept. 21.-The wreck
ing company engaged under Lieutenant
Hobson in the work of saving wrecked
| Spanish warships has succeeded in float
my the cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa
The cruiser after being got atioat was
| taken in tow by the Potomac, and con-
veyed by the cruiser New York the scor-
piOu and the Alvarando, proceeded TO
Guantanamo bay, where she arrived
last night.
wIn They Whltewash
WAsHrxGrox, Sept. 25.-The commits
sion appointed by president Mckinley to
investigate the administration of the war
department in relation to its conduct OF
1
its labors formally tomorrow. The com-
mission Effected an organization vester-
day by eecting General Grenville NJ
Dodge, president; Richard Weightman,
secretary and Major Stephen G Mills,
OF the regular army, recorder.
Last OF an Army
SuAKIM, Sept. 25.-The only organized
remant OF the khalifa's army was de-
feated, and it's last stronghold, Gedarif,
captured Sept %, after three hours
hard fight. when an Egyptian force mum
bering 1900, under command OF Colonel
Paasons, routed 5000 dervishes, of whom
800 were killed. Three Egyptian officers
were wounded and 81 Egyptian soldiers
killed and 80 wounded.
DANGEROUS Place
SEATTLE, Sept. 25.-Parties who ar
rived here tonight from Alaska report a
hold-up and III rider on the Dalton trail,
fl traiser, and L l. Toltner, both of Sc.
attic, were held up by two men near
Haines' Mission and robbed OF $4,000 in
gold. The body of Ike Martin was found
near the scene with bullet hole through
tha haad He had haau rahhed of 91n00