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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27
.."..MONDAY ).
SWEET HOME TRAGEDY.
J. =. Hahn Stabbed Albert Weddle
Perhaps Fatally.

A tragedy was enacted at Sweet Home
Inst Saturday evening that may result In
n murder trial for Linn county. The nc
count received here Of the affair Ia that
J. +. Hahn and Albert Wcddlc were dis
putting about q " account which Hahn
was trying 10 mako Wcddlc take out VI
his account from Hahn on account OF .
bill ri q. brother oil Weddle, when hot
words followed and Hahn drawing his
knife attacked Wcddle In q savage man-
nor slashing his face and then bis abdo.
men 40 severely that the entraila came
out. Wcddlc was powerless 10 resist
IIahn's onslaught. IIc ia.said 10 bdInto a
critical condition and Dr. Lambere9n
said lao wonid not live. Hahn 10 on his
way 10 Albany 10 give himself up 70 the
sheriff. Ilo Ia merchant at Sweet
Home and 10 we'll known in the city.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27
OakvllIe.

james Morgan and Milton Millh lien
Te.uraed iiom the east last Tuesday eve.
ming. We tried to interview Jim as he
was returning but he was too hungry and
glad 10 get back 10 q land or red apples
aud fat chickens aEd he kne that the
fatied calt was awaiting him at HE fath-
sr's. And nov the ''llais club" will
meet.
Mr.. Dillev will represent ne 10 the cir
cult court this week.
Department No. 2, Of the 0akville
school commences this week. Miss Idel.
10 Mcbride 10 teacher.
Mr.. Dan Whyte has put up lrespass
notices all over his farm but some hunt
ers have no respect for notices nor the
properly ol others. Last Saturday while
MIR. w. was away from home some one
thot one Of his calves with shot gun
Mr.. Whyle isa gentleman and has no
enemies that he knows OF bu. II be can
tind out the psrpctra;or OF this crime he
will make him pay dearly for It.
The mnch needed sidewalk will he
laid next Saturday. IL viii connect the
new bridge with Smiths store.
The change Of time on the S. p. ie no
good Tor this part OF the world as IL
makes tho weekly DENocRAT one day
later.
The rainfall Of last week bas wet the
earth defp enough for the farmers TO
plow aud now II we can get few weeks
oi nice weather large crop Of grain will
be soyn.
LiTrLR RosE Bun,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27

Several Hundred Dollars Secured
from the Vault by Industrious
Burglars

When tho vault Of tho Post olIice, at
this city, was opened yesterday morning
IL was observed at once that there had
been burglary OF considerable impor-
lance, hole In tho floor OF the vault,
tools, etc, testiiying 10 the fact. Be-
tween 1900 and s400 In cash some regis
tered packages, whose value Ia not fully
learned, some jowelry belonging 10 Mr..
TInln's family, consisting OF rings, Ma
sonic charm, etc, and few other things
were gone. On tho floor were some
chisels, sledge and other hammers, q
brace and biz and few other tools, soy
eral Of them bearing tho mark of q Il.
Anderson, the blacksmith, where they
had been left after the job had been com.
pleted. II was seen that tho burglars
had gone under the buildings at Miss
Balls, tore through brick wall ard then
gone 10 work on the brick foundation oi
the vault. The tools were stolen from
tho shop OF Mr., And erson, on Saturday
night October II, and the job probably
began right afterwards from clrcumstan.
Gee now remembered. Shortly after that
time Mr.. PTochnow, who las shop jnsl
httuh VI hAg HRHh gAAAA anu WU0 HiNNHh 81
the rear oi II about 5 o'clock In the
morning heard noise ~ II some onG
was striking something with hammer
Tho next day he notified parties inter
cstcd. Mr.. Van winkle In the post oilic'
also remembers hearing u noisc as II thu
floor was settling probably from th'
brick wall being torn through. A Sigh
investigation was made, but II wa
thought that there was nothing scrioui
and the matter was dropped. Thes'
thipga indicate that two or three mel
were a week getting into tho vault.
Tho Job Was n akiliful one. Alter dig
cling through the brick easement III
men cut perfectly round hole abou
two feet In diameter through the hal
inch steel bottom doing scientific job
showing considerable experience.
OF the amount taken about 400 be
ionged 10 Dir. Train personally, the re
maipdcr 10 the government.
Mr.. Clement, the Inspector, was not
fed and Immediately came 20 Alban
With q government detective, who bay
The matter in charge, and II IL 10
hoped wIll DO able TO got tho right paI
ties.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27
SUMMONS

In THE CIRCUIT C5uRT OF THE STATE OR
OREGON FOR LINN COUNTY.
Department No.2.
Thomas Allison, plaintiff. VS.. John B
Hall and Grace Hall. bis wife, defendants.
To John B Hall and Grace Hall, the
abovs nam.d defendants.
IN THE NAME Of rHE STATE OF
Oregon. you are herbT notified and required
tc be and ap. ear in the above entitled
court in said suit, and answer the com
plaint OF the above named plaintiff In said
cause now on file therein, on or before the
l7th day of November, 1899, and you are
hereby further notified that if you fail to
appear and answer said complaint as
aforesaid, for want therefore, the plaintiff
will take decree against you for tie re-
lief prayed for in said camplaint, towit:
For decree Of said court foreclosiug the
mortgage described in said ccH nlaint
herein, and forever barring you ira ach
of you and all persons claiming by, 'Lr. ugh
or under you or either of you, tr said
Simpson Peal son, since the date o. said
mortgage described il said eomplaint, of
all right. title, Interest or equity of lc-
demption in ar 10 the said premises de-
scribed in said comp aint ard mortgage
7
scIibed as fellows, towit:
The North half OF the Southeast quarter.
Southeast quarter Of Southeast quarter of
Section seventeen, and the Northeast QUAR-
ter of The Northeast quarter of Section
twenty in Township 10. south of Range 6
East of the Willamette Meridian, contain
ing l60 acres Of land according to the gov
ernment survey thereof; and directing that
said lands bs sold by the sheriff Of Linn
county. Oregon, aud tie proceeds thereof
applied, irst to the payment Of the costs
and charges OF makiLg such sac and the
costs ana disbursements OF said suit, sec
oDd. to the payment of $50 90 as reas-
enable attorneys Zee for ins itutinR said
suit; third, to the aymenT 10 said plain
tlff of the sum of 100000 in q. s.. GOLD
coin. together with interest thereon in like
gold coin at the rate of ten per cent per
annum from the 10th dav OF March, 1896,
until paid, and for a juds mtnt against
you and each Of ,ou for the costs and dis
bursemeDts herein and for euch other ana
further relief as may be m Ell to equity.
This summons is served upon you by
publication for six consecutive weeks prior
to the 18th day of November, 1899, in the
STATES RIGHTs DEMooRATa weekly news
paper of general circulation throughout
said county and State, printed and pub
lished at the city of Albany in Linn coun-
ty, Oregon, by oreer of Hon Gto D Barton,
County Judge of Linn County, Oregon,
which order bears date Get. 2ud. 1899.
md that the said Hon Geo D Barton,
indRe of said county. in said order for tie
publication Of said summons upon you has
p esc.io the 18th day Of November,
1899, as the time on or before which YOU
shall appear and answer aid complaint in
said SUIT
The date Of the first ublicalion of this
summ ms in said new sparer is 0ctoter
9Th, 1899.
w. R. BnYuu,
AttHnty for Plaintiff.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27

Judge Burnett covsncd circuit court at
. o'clock promptly this morning with
twenty cares before him. He run
through the docket the first time In
twelve minutes, heard q demurrer, set !
o'clock for the trial Of Mcinert agt Kober
and adjourned until ! o'clock, all In
twenty-five minutes time, breaking the
Linn county record. The following bug
mess was disposed Of:
II Bryant agt q l. Beach, recovery
money. Continued.
Mrs u kirkpatrick agt II Barnes ct al,
recovery money; attachment. Judg-
rnent against II Barnes and wife. Com
tinued ~ TO others.
y FEEDER agt w Il lJlain, rec money, at
tachment. Judgment by default.
l. jacob agt w Il BlaiD, rec money.
attachment Judgment by default.
The case oi Oregon agt Robert Foren
will be dismissed on account III the death
oi the defendant by railroad accident
In Eastern Oregon.
The two remaining cases agt the Farm.
crs and Merchants lns. Go. were reported
about settled. and II 10 probable the
docket will be rid Of these cases for the
first time In many years.
The damage suits against +. u. Morris
and bondsmen viii be tried alter the
Meinert ease, end the criminal cases
against bin will not be be tried until
next term
Otherwise there IL no business In sight
without the district attorney files some
information
W. II. Warner and A. B. woodin were
appointed bailifis.
No grand jury was called, the district
attorney under the new law attending X
the business.
| Alter the empanelling u the jury II
the Meincrt case the remainder oil th'
jury were dismissed for the term. aite
being In court less then half an hour.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27

Miss Bessie Burkhart has gone to
Pomeroy, Wash., where che will spend
several months on visit with an uncle
and aunt and other relatives.
Rev. Parker, Mines Martin, Woodin
and Urham and Miss Reiner went to
Eugene today to attend the etate con-
vention OF Congregational churches.
Mrs. E. F. Sox went to Portland yes
terday to JOIN Mr.. Sox, who had just arr
rived from his eastern trips and they
will visit awhile before returning to Al
bany.
Licenses have been issued for the mar
riage OF Edward E. Trask and Sarah
Maud White, Ira Mccormick and Alice
Richards, Walter Grove and Martha Jane
Compton. -
Mr. and Mrs. Geisendorffer, father
and mother OF DIR. ]. A. Geisendorffer,
who have spent week in the city, re-
turned this morning to their home in
Albany-The Dalles T. III.
Mrs. McFeron, of Brownsville. Mrs.
Hartford, OF Missouri and Mrs. Plummer
OF Pomeroy, Wash, are in the city the
guests OF their son and brother J. A.
McFeron.
j.. Burton, OF Jordan, was in the
city today. Mr.. Burton is raising An
CORA goats, and lie getting good start in
the business. The demand for these
goats is steady and reliable
c. W. Richardson, of Jordan, was in
the city this morning OH his way 10 ear
Quincy, ILL.,, on q visit to his aged
mother, whom he left forty.six years
ago, when he c. ossed the plains loT Ore.
gon, and whom he has not seen since
Agent rronk has terrific time out al
tie depot saving anything to eat when
contributed to his support by admirinp
friends, Everything that Is set down
for only moment disappears the next
Last week it was four fne Chinese
pheaeants. This week a fine ham oI
yehison skipped rapidly and but for a
friend also remembered he would have
bean vpnisonless. A special Watchu an
is needed.
Nick Galloway, at one time line man
in Oregon for the Western Union tele.
graph company, is now in Missouri, ne II
Galloway, having gone there several
months ago to take charge OF his rsr-
ents' farm. The ''old iolks" are now
too far along in Years to do active wors
on the farm and have turned the place
over to Mex, who will manage it in
future. Recently, Nick received come
Mcngolian pheasants from Elmer Ho'
singer, Of the Western Union flee 10
this city, and he proposes to breId this
kind Of game bird 10 quite an ext-nt
Nick is well-known in Salem and the
cities OF w westeIn Oregon, and his friends
wish him all Of the success possible in
his new home.-Statesmec, Ditto in
Albany
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27

". +. Brock. the oTeaonian man is in
the city.
Q. u. Montague returned today from a
trip 10 Vancouver.
Mr. Bussard, OF Oregon City. has been
In the city ON q visit with his brother OF
che Farmers sheds.
Mrs. Cooper Turner went 10 Portland
yesterday morning called there oy the
serious illness OF a nephew.
Miss Clara Sternbsrg left yesterday on
years walt and tour OF the castern
states. Most OF the time will bc spent
with relatives.
Willis T.. McElroy, q former Corvallis
young man, . son oi Prof. McElToy. IL n
musical composer In Chicago, and OBJ
saining some distinction.
A h Seal. formerly Of Albany has quit
black send mining on the coast, At which
he anticipated fortune, and has return
ed 10 the gTipsaek business. He 10 tfav.
cling iors Ban Francisco baking powder.
julius l.. Haas, Of San Francisco, CAL.
aud his cousins, the Misses Fannie aud
Lillian Brcnncr, OF Albany, Or, are
registered at the Hotel Imperial, ,--0re.
gonian.
9. q. Rawlings, who has been purser
on one Of the o. II. Il N. steamers for
several months, has returned 10 Albany
and will have charge OF the Company's
Albany business during the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II. Barber returned
yesterday noon IRON a several months
visit in the east, mostly spent In Michig-
m. where MIR. BARRIERS mother resides,
now feeble old lady. They were In
Iowa awhile.
Rev. w. Il. Copeland went 20 Albany
today, where he occupies the Unitarian
church Sunday mornings. He has taken
that deserted and abandoned chapel oil
the Liberal faith and 10 gradually filling
II with the lost sheep Of Israel from the
highways and byways, who as rule are
intelligent sheep. Journal.
Il. l.. Thompson, for a mum ber oI
years special agent OF the North British
4 Mercantile Insurance Company, has
associated himself with J. L. Hartman
and II. l.. Powers, under the flrm name
OF Hartman Thompson & Powers, as res-
ident agents for tho North British MeF.
cantie inauance Company, Ia connection
with euretv bonde, real estate and loans
Office 3. Chamber OF Commerce Ore.
gonian-
A Portland paper Gays that Ex- Gov
ernor Lord has been appointed minister
10 the Argentine Republic. He will
probably accept this commission. Ore
gon thus gets another plum. Governor
Lord will all the position Ne we'll as any
one. =. BY the way caa reader OF the
Democrat name q single man who haI
bsen q minister to Argentine. II lie one
way to be banished.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27

From the Salem Journal.

From the Salem Journal.
The new Oregon express that takes
the place Of the Rosoburg local has been
from half hour 10 an hour late reach-
ing Salem from Portland every day.
This ls explained by tile railroad people
herc an due 10 the heavy local traffic be-
tween here and por land, and the large
number oi freight trains. Some ot the
engine crews say tha engines are not
heavy enough 10 niako time and burn
wood. Tho loss ot time falls on the rail
road 40 well as on the passengers and
persons employed who walt on the train
at salem. The orcgoa Express that
goes north seems 10 to on time oitener.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27

S. S. CONVENTION.

The 18th Annual State $. s.. Conyen.
tion will be held In Albany beginning
Thursday afternoon at ! 80 O'CLOCK and
lasting until Saturday noon. Thensy
sessions will be held In the Presbterian
church, the Thursday night In the M. +.
church and the Friday night session In
the U. r. church. Following is the pro-
gram, morning sessions beginning at o
o'clock, afternoon at / 80 and evening
sessions at 1906
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
Devotion exercises, Rev. A. J. sturte.
want.
Opening Of Convention by 2fesIdsn:
w. II. Lee.
Address Of Welcome, Rev. J. B.
Holmes.
Response, Mrs. NJ. 9 X. Edwards.
Presidents Address, President W. II.
Lee.
Reports oi County Associations, dis.
cuteion.
Report OF Executive Committee. Rev
O. W. Cue, d. ID.
Report Of Treasurer, /. II. Amoa.
Report OF Secretary, A A. Morse.
Sunday School Tidings, Managers;
discussion. Business.
THURSDAY EVENING.
Devotional E6 .rcises, Rev. NJ. C. Wire
Address -"Sunday School Work in
Mountains and Valley" Rev. X. A.
kowley.
"WbAt Interest has the Sunday
Schools in Missions?" Rev. W. s. Gil
bert.
appointment Of committees.
FRIDAY MoRsIYd.
Devotional Exercises, Rev. II. L. Reed.
Departments Reports-Primary, Mre,
Martha l.. Bardon; normal, Rev. G. O
Polling; nome; houee to house, Rev. s
A. starr.
Address--"Primary and Kindergarter
Work." Mrs. Martha l.. Bardon; dis
cuseions.
, Address-"Normal Department, !" Mrs
o. VI. Higgins; discussions.
Address-"Home Department" Prof
. u. A. Gregory. Business.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
( Devotional Exercises, Rev.C. K Stew
ensou.
Address" TO Secure stuiy Q
: Lese'n by Scholar" A. F, flegel; dis
g cuseion.
d Addrees-"How TO Get Parents int
. the School, Samuel Roome; discussion
Address-"Are ths international ih
Best?" and "The Bible We Leafiet. ." Rev
= j. i. Ghormley; discussion.
a Rally Day." E. G. Bronaugh.
"Why Should We Have State Sunca
School Association?" Mrs. NJ. 4. X
l. Edwards; discussion.
d state Association aud Chautauqua,
/. L. IL. Amos; discussion. Business.
FRIDAY EVENING.
J, devotional Exercises, Rev. ]. A. Lon
~ bottom.
i Temperance Reedipg Matter, Rev.
w. GTannis.
= Temperance in the Sunday School
!, kev. IL. Ferguson; discussion.
le SATURDAY MORNING.
ds Devotional Exercises, Rev. W. J. Fe
as ton.
I'd what Constitutes q Successful SUI
ut day School7" j. q. Malone, diacussio
M Discussion Day. 7. 8. Mcdaniel; di
he cussion. Business. Adjournment.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27
School Libraries.
FROM Oregon Teachers Monthly.

From Oregon Teachers Monthly.
Superintendent Mcdonald, OF Linn
county, IL doing great work for his
county In the way OF school libraries
lie has adopted plan, which his earn.
estness and enthusiasm will successiulIy
carry out, 10 provide libraries for twenty
or more districts. The plan IL this /:
Each district subscrlbos t25 which Ia TO
bc used for the purchase Of books and. II
twenty districts enter the association,
they will expend $500 for their libraries.
They will provide q cases each oi which
| will hold about 20 volumes. Twenty
cases will he sent out, one 10 each dis.
trict, and one will remain at the super.
intcndents Office and when district
has nnIshcd its case OF books It brings Il
10 the Office and exchanges II for the on'
there. Alter the sscvnd case has beer
read, Il is likewise returned aud another
taken In iia place. In this way each o
the twenty distFicts geta TO use $50
woFtli OF books while only investing
twenty-five dollars. This plan for CIR
culating library is In successful opera
tion In many OF tho Eastern states an,
II Ia with much patiefaction that we 10
it taken up In Oregon.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27
nOIICf OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

UIICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN The III dersigned Administrator of
the estate Of Of Gova s Stayton. deceased,
mas filed in Il county court Of Linn coun-
ty. Oregon his fnal account in said estate,
and that MoEd ", Nov. 6. 1893, at 10 q.
m :, has been set by said court as the tims
for hearing objections to said report, and
Tor he setti, ment thereof.
IIENRY LYoNs. Adm'r.
]. WHITNEY Airy A1mr.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27

SMALL Pox At LYONs. Word IL
brought to stayton, says the Mail, by a
resident Of the Upper santiam that two
cases Of smallpox are under quarantine
nj Lyons, q village nine miles east OF
here. A newcomer named Farmer and
young msn Ia the Able household are
the reported victims. Farmer came 70
Lyons about ten days ago, being Ill when
no arrived. The upper country 10 much
alarmed aud physicians arc doing land
office business In oeulating timId people
with vaccine matter. Whole families
are coming into Stayton from that yici'
nifty for vaccination, aa preventive
against possIble spread OF the disease,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27

Col. Eddy, the impsrialistic editor OF
the Forest Grove Times sets down on
the republican form OF government iu
the following manner: "rhe result will
be the political death OF two republics
the Transvaal and the Free State but
the unfolding of another chapter OF the
mighty plan for the salvation of the ma
tions. +"
Two.tramps were arrested at Eugene
on suspicion of being the me-. who as
saulted Hiram Shook at Comstock.
They were taken before Shook who
failed to identify them.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27

The last heard from Sweet Home, AL
bert Weddle, the man stabbed by ]. p.
Hahn, was yet alive with prospects
againsi him. d.. Lam5erson arrived
from there this afternoon at 2:l5 O'Clock
and reports Weddle alive, but with no
chances Uf recovery. His temperature
was l05lS. Hahn accompanied him to
Lebanon and stated that he would give
himself up AMI appear before justice
there.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27

At the X OF p. meeting tonight there
will be work IN the third bank. All mem.
bers are requested TO be. present. BY or
der OF the @. G.
The Monthly School Journal, publish.
ed at Salem by George W, and Charles
IL. Jones is out for October. II contains
about sixty pages and is a well gotten up
journal, full OF valuable matter for teach
ers. One OF the articles is School Man.
agement by Prof. w. j. Crawford OF the
Salem schools, formerly OF the Albany
schools.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27

Everybody's Magazine just received
gives pictures OF several college pres
idents. among others that Of President
Hawley OF Willamette University. Be-
low it are the words, attendance 4,5OO."
Isn'n tn. tnirty or forty times too
much
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27

Cornelius, a Montana cattle buyer, to-
day shipped 600 head OF cattle from AL
bany gathered up through the valley.
Lee Brown, the stayton mill man, has
been in the cityI
Miss Clara Blain has returned from a
visit with friends at Lebanon and Soda
vile.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27

After disposing Of some minor matters
ths court this morning took up the cases
OF Linn county against P G Morris,
brought against him and bis bGndsmen
on account of sh 1rtage of about 50, 800
in his accounts for the four yesrs he was
treasurer OF Linn county. The attorney
for the defendant asked that the prose
cution Of the Gaze be discontinued on the
ground that the court was not convened
Ia the place designatee by law, which
was promptly overruled, as was also a
molten 10 try the case for the second
term fret. The trial of the first case was
begun with large array of record books
on the counter, with Watson and Whit.
ney for the county and Hewitt & Sox for
the defendants.
John Meinert agt Kober, recovery
personal property.
Jury trial, verdict for the plaintiff.
Damages.
Sugar Pine Co agt ] B Gibbeard, re-
covery money. Dismissed.
w II Condra ct al agt Eliz Lewis, re-
covery money; attachment. Dismissed.
DA Terhune agt John Tweedie, rec oI
none; attachment. Continued.
TN Zoosmsn agt F L Refs, recovery
Of money; attachment. Settled.
Thos Monteith agt Nettie Monteith,
to retax costs. Taken under advisement.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27
Death of J. r. Hyde.

J.f. Hyde, u prominent citizen Of
Lebafton. died this MOI ming after n
lingering illness. lie Was member Of
the q A II, AOU W, Maccabcca aud
one OF two other societies.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-27

Tie puulc will learn with great regret
and apprehension Al Of work being stopped
on the Long Tom on account OF the re-
cent high water. We will watch anxious
ly for the water 10 lower.