The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-01-14

that Hanna will never have 20 votes on
joint ballot and that they have gained two
soses slnce the legislature adjourned over
till Monday.
Prospect Of sssIiemens
CHIc4 GO. Jan Ga Tribune spe>iai /
from Washington rays: i
Spain is considering a formal request 10 /
the United states TO use lite good Offices to /
stop the lighting iu Cuba. lntimations 1
, hare been received al the stale DEPART /
Tens that the S2gassa 0oTermeat has /
become convinced that the only war TO /
save Cuba Is TO accept the often prossrei 1
good offces Of the Uni.ed States.
Ea.sia AnxIsu.
LONDON. Jan According {, A spe-
ciAl dispatch from Shanghai. Russia is
endeavoring to ootsia terms similar to
GermAny's for the occupation Of Port
Arthur ard the kiao Tang peninsula from
point considerably rorta Of Ia Lien
Wan Il Is helisyed that the attitude of
Engiand and japan Eill fr1strz;s her de
signs.
serious saIoea Es~
NELsoN, Hssh., Jan. 6.-Word comes
from Eureka OF shooting sffIay there
New Years morning. which resulted in
three Dea being seriously wounded The
shooting occurred in a blind pig saloon
/. run by man named EeuSou The cause
OF the tro1ble was = disagreement oveT
game OF cards between Henry Godfnet-
son and Charley Bennett, in which the
former claimed that he vas bearg ehszsei.
/ The Coed sea.c IAu
wAsHISGToxs Ian. 6.-The friends
and enu1tes Of the ciFil service Law II
changed broadsides 10 the house today.
TIE heaEiss, guns on eash side wsre
brought into action Grosyeuor and John
son each mad exhaustive speeches. and
keps ;Eelr respective sides ID q constant
tuFore. The interest in the debate was
mo- b more evident than yesterday.
The.tes Burned
San Francisco. Jan. 6.-roe CoIunl ia
theassr. on Powell street. near Market
the smallest but the mos, popaIar Of the
three play houses controlled Ia tins cIty by
PIi@dlander. Go,tl0h 4 90 Was gustei br
Ere this evening. The d launsa raass~!
about SI2.ou0 damage TO Iae in,erio-
walls. oeilin2s and tGs.ssare
Isha Fsx sf Astoria
ASTORIA. Or, Ian Tine Dezs Of
the appointment; by the president Of John
Eek to be collector Of Customs at Astoria
As@5 1~Ea sAE AA GA8NNErAktNl
IN the city today. The MisehelI and anti
Corbett faction ot the republican party
ara greatly elsted and rejoicing o yer the
victory of their candidate, their festivi-
ties tonight being prolonged aud hiIari-
Gus The friends Of The defeated candi-
dsies seem disposed 10 make tie best Of
the situation.
Probably Murdered
TACOMA, Jan. 5.-Un September is last
John Horn left SAu Francisco for Taeoms
with letter Of credit for SaS, 900, issued
by San Francisco bank, since which
time nothing has been heard of him
Horn was 4 returned kIoudiker, and
Ieste, today from relatives in Edon, la,
sr1gests that possibly he has been mur
dered The police in San Francisco and
the Sonnd cities have been unable to learn
anything Of him.
Al Cslamsus, o.
CoLUMBus, o.. Jan.-Both branches |
of ths legislature have adjourned until |
Monday, but both sides OF ths senatorial |
contest remain in conference daily and |
nightly at the Neil house and the Great /
Northera hotel, respectively. The sns-
pense and secret work will continue until /
| next tuesday, when the two branches of /
the Legislature vote separately for senator.
FremInent man Dead
SALEM, Or, Jan. SIS g Adams died at
his home in this city shortly after 10
O'Clock tonight, at the age of 7S, after an
illness Of only few days, His death was
caused by the grip aud a complication of
other ailments Mr.. Adams was a man of
strong intellect, an advance thinker, and
possessed scholarly attainments. His life
was devoted largely to historical research.
He was author of chronological chart,
and lecturer and writer of more than or
dinary AGILITY.
Tongue Buls -
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Rspresentative
Tongue has introduced the following bills:
A bill authorizing the commencement
OF legal proceedings by TIE United States
government to condemn and purchase the
canal and locks at Oregon City and open
the to the use of the pablic; bill to
establish fe saving station at the mouth
of Hllamook bay. and q bill TO establish
an assay Office at Portland.
starving Cubzhs
KEY WEsr, Fla. Jan. 5.-El Diario de
Ia Marina, the Havana reformist paper
editorially states that ove- 5Q0,0 people
have died in Cuba of hunger, most ofihem
being women and children.
The oencentrados are still Starving and
there is need OF active work to relieve the
suffering.