The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1900-01-12
The Situation.

fAn&NWs
.nroWs no further light upon tba Hum @
situation. The exact position at a o,,m war
anu Oypnergat is not yet clear but ~
any case these little engagements are m ~
small Importance. "fe oi
IL 10 fully expected that next woo,, all,
sue d heaVy battle on the Tugela river
Getting Mad.
nEfLlN, Jan. 4.-The imperial mai,
steamer General has been detained a, ~
nueh, :4t, ana occupied by British troons
',i Win tne object of searching her carop popH
.wnich is to be disch arged The cos; coaso;
10 Th Tmpeu lfhe German East African line
Inc seizure of the General bas nnnaiI ,ine'
Viao.y aggravated the situation hera n.'-a
tensifed. si"ho Is In"
A PrinsvilIe Tragedy.
,,rH rhiSHEViLLE, Jan. A tragedy oc-
TuJ; Tuineu near mere among circle of Pinta
Jn, inulahs, tbat has SO far resulted in the
ueasn VI one Indian, one squaw and She
propaoiy iatal injury of fanother'man and
~ Cwo women Firewater is at the bottom
o vi ane trouble. Matthew Wewa did The
ga IA'u' ION with Winchester rifle. wbicb
ls turned upon himself, with fata
e,ieet, eiifo . after shooting his brother. his
vile and two other squaws. Lib
In the Senate.
TASHlNGToN, Jan. Amy attemnt tn
hgure out majority in the senofo ~ ~
pass any kin. olbimetallic amondrn2 "
SHOWS that it all the silver denncrot1
should vote for it, there would ha b',t ss
wnile II Carter, Shoup, Clark Pritohoo3 o9
ana warren should also VOC fom ~
amendment aa similar to Ethat offered hr,
Hnandier .l yesterday, there would st;lt be
'nfee votes lacking for majority.
To Help Ethe Beers.
9CTIE, Mont, Jan. f4.-Two bundred
hnuo nu Say men nave signed an agreement
mere ii 70 go to South Africa and serve in
one Doef army. They are Irish-Amar;A
Iaus, bau ana IL Prench Americans. Only men
dea"e5; Je.me5n ~ ana 4o and without any fone
ueR,eihaing IL; ig on them were enlisted. Tbav
" Mn leaVe as soon as an agent of az
Iran hransyaai government, now on his wao
here, arrives. Lis way
"A Daring Escape.
=. HooFD LAAGER, Ladysmifh Ion
PIX horsemen made dash from IoJ,-
smith few nights ago, and. tbouoh hauy- nls
SUED, they escaped. 1t is believed ~
party included Colonel gChodes bro.ha tne
Oh Cecil Rhodes, and DR.. jameson 0'"er
Oh, Ye-.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 1.-Senaror Ham,
aeclared today that, although he hoa
peen urged to stand for the narno naa. mau
clhalrmanship of the next renn hlican
tlonal Fal convention, he would NOT do so Ia
There are other men," he said 9nho o
are more ambitious than /, and wbo waI1
se ;,e enat honor more than 4 do. I viii
Against the Boa. Railway
=, WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.--The renort 90
GENERA, Wilson against the boat railwau
az Inc Dalles was sent to- congress to-.
gay. Ia Is fully as strong as predicted
LII TN The dispatches two weeks ago.
Inc senators do not expected to have
an oregon man appointed sergeant-ats
a. a. ns neo u rn !ne senate, nor do they expect
70 see O!ltrey or Turner, who now occu
py prominent places in the senate. dis
turbed. uiS-
Some Shooting. .
KIMBERLEY, Dec. 26.-The Beers last
night evinced considerable interest % in
Hhe y fremier mine, using their search.
lienis. Ihls morning they activeIv
shelied the fort. The Roval artiilerv rc.
plled. Our shells were well placed ana
dropped amid the enemy's guns,
Big Loss of Life
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. latest re-
ports from Achalkaled, in the govern.
nent OF Tiais, show that 600 lives wera
ost during the earthquakes which visit.
ID tnat district Monday.
The Boer War.
LONDON, Jan. 4.-The Associated Prass
earns from an authoritative source that
JoIonel Pitcher's occupation of Douglas
> regarded as merely the first steL of
Ieneral Methuen's carefully matured
'lans to outfiank the Beers.
The report of the Boer attack unon
1oiteno Is not yet confirmed. Appar-
ntly General French holds nothing
,ithln hve miles of Colesburg Junction.
lis request for reinforcements disneIs
ny present hope that he will be able to
liver. "Nse
Brisk Fight.
NAAuwPooRT, Cape Colony, Jan. l.
here was brisk fighting todav in The
ills around Colesburg. The Boers stnho
ornly resisted the British at everv noint
ut gradually retreated. The British
eld the extreme position to the sonth
nd east, overlooking the town. Hills
round Col, sburg are numerous. not in
Inges, but in groups, making it verv
tticult to hunt the Beers out, Sixteen
ounded have arrived at Arundel.