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V -4 :' a "AX JO CENTS A WEEK.. ALBANY, OREGON, WiflUN JSBRUAlt 18 1891 VOL. VI NO. 68 V . ' - . . -'it' ill i "v i i ill irin w ri. i-u9rfttjLx! i th i ii i ii hi 71 HT iC-iLsry (III YJyJJSJ 1CX ESAY, f REMOVAL rr ie I by Hive remwd their entire stock of furnitnre into their elegant new quarter in the ne Baltimore brick. Thy have added a magnif ic:it lias of n.iwest patterns iti bal-rwo ami parlor sets nod all kinds of ri:io furniture, and w ill have on1) of the (iixo.it furniture establish ments ia the city. Their prices will ba fo-nd very reasonable. A fine lin" "f i:.trpu bought before the raise will be solJ at low figures. EfTCM and see tluiii in their nw store. L T. It HOCK & . YD GL Searles. N. B. I will continue to sell my dry goods at cost until they are all gone. FIRST STREET. ALBANY. OREGON. W. F. READ, Ildprte for Furnishing Goods We have in Stock now the Land DLIYGOOD., NOTIONS, FANC5T GOODS AND FURNISHING GOODS Every shown in Albany. We know that we can please you Commencing December 1st We will Mark Our cloikrt at e-st. Come while the assortment is good. Thia is really the greatest drive ever offered in Albany. On account of the warm foil we find we are overstocked in Gent's Heavy Underwear and f jr the next tuirty days shall give extra bargains. We can and will save you money. Call and get prices. A pleasure to show good. RESPECTFULLY, W. F. READ. lire Co. E, Proprietors Leader in popular prices in POOLS & SHOES and Gents FURNISHING GOODS. Sole agency for the Ludlow Fine Shoe. the Best as well ai Assortment of POWDER Absolutely Pure. This povrder never vanes. A m arve Toiii-i ty .strength and wholesomene bs more leouoraic.d thia the ordinar Iflud, and cannot be sold in competi tion with multitude of low tent, ehon weight alum ct phosphate powders1 Sold only In cms, Kotal, Baki7 'ow. her Co . W- Vnl) t.. N. If Lrwi8 VI, .Tohnkos it Co., AgenU, Portland. Orueon, TIib CelBbratsd FrenDh C U R E AFHRDDITiKE' Warranted to cure piSa AFTER tlie'ueneratlve urgatui o( either aex whether arUinir (mm the excewdMe iu)v ol stimulants, tobacco or opium, or thr n;h J outhful iiuuV retion, ove r indulgence, etc, mich aslowof t.vn Power, Wakefu'uess, Beurins; Down a'ruiiithd tf'.ck, Seminal Wc aknegg, llye- J erU, Nor'ou' ', r ration, Nocturnal Omis ! iom, Lsuiorrh oe Dizzineax, Weak Memory, L'ws ol f oner and Immten v wnu n it no. lectetl oiten lead to jireuiatme old age and iiiranlty. Price 91 a bjx; 0 boxes fer S5.0C. .Sent ov mail on receiot of once. A WUITFEX tl tK4l;K Is (riven with every ii order received, to refund tne monev it a Prmianriit cure is notenetei We have thousands of teatiiuonialK from old and young:, of both sexes, who have beon permanently cared by the use nf Apbroditint Circnlar free. Address? rn; apiiiio hidk mc ro. Weitera Branch, box, 27. Portland, Oregon. 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Blaim, K. F. Oui. E. W. LiNODO Cashier. FOSHAY & MASON Wholesale and Retail Druggists Bookseilers ALBA v1 OBKGON CW. AYERS, ARCHITECT AND SUPER . intendant. Otfiai over First National bankjbuilding-, Albany, Or. Work solicited from all parts f the county MONEY TO LOAN-HOME CAPITAL ON food real estate security. For particu lars enquire of Geo. liumphrey. CE WINN, AGENT FOR THE LEAD iog fire, life and accident insurance com panies. HORSES FOR SALK-Oneforrel horse, 0 years old, weight 1400; one irray home, 8 years old, weight lino; also a wagon.hack, harness, etc. Will sell for cash or exchange for other property. R. A. FRY, or m.ine tcfundad F-berJoldi AT THE CAPITAL The House Refuses t Adjourn Sine Die Friday Might. A NUMBER OF BILLS PASSED The Honee Will Not Cononr in the Amendments to tbe Portland Con solidation Bill- Salem, Feb. 17. The senate morning session was opened with' out irayer. House bills, second reading: By McCoy, regarding salaries of judge and treasurer of Sherman county, and its boundaries, amend ments offered and adopted ; third reading and passed. By Welch, pilotage on Columbia and Willamette rivers ; third read ing and failed. By Holmes, promoting drainage for agricultural and sanitary pur poses : third reading : passed. By Henry, road in Linn county, $5001), on Calapooia river; to third reading. By Haley, senate bill to punish minors over lti years of age who fraudulently obtain liquor; re ported back by judiciary commit tee and passed. By Miller, to prevent discrimin ation in freight rates in Oregon ; "sixty" struck out and "forty" inserted; third reading ; to corpo rations. The vote by which Welch's pilotage Dill was defeated was re considered. The bill passed, 21 to 6. Adjourned. SENATE AFTERNOON SESSION. Dodson's senate bill to regulate the practice of pharmacy and the sale of poisons in Oregon; read third time and passed. Miller's house bill to increase the powers of the railroad com missioner; taken up and the sen ate amendments read; amend ments lost 14 to 4 ; bill made a special order for 7 :33. The motion to commit the sen ate amendments to the Portland consolidation bill, after discussion, was lost. The hous then con curred in all the amendments ex cept that for a city hall commis sion by a vote of 43 to 15. Tbe latter amendment was then lost by a vote of 25 to 34. Keed's bill to protect salmon against saw-dust; passed. The report of the joint cowniit tee of Oregon and Washington on portage roads was read and re ferred to the committee on rail ways and transportations. Minto's bill to regulate freigkt rates on the O. K. & N. line from Huntington to Portland: passed. EVENING SESSION. Miller's house bill for increasing the powers and delining the duties of the railroad commissioners be ing the special order was taken up. The bill failed to pass 14 to 14. Veatch's bill to abolish the rail road commission was re-considered ; bill passed 1G to 12. Weatherford moved that the committee on railroads report Veatch's bill to regulate the trans portation of freights by railroad corporations ; carried and rot de a special order for Wednesday. Sinclair's bill to limit the hours of lalor to eight hours a day wai taken up and passed. The senate resolution bill by Eakin, regarding the per diem of the officers of the senate, was adopted with amendments. The chief clerk, first and second assistants and rea Jing clerk get $10 per day ; pages $4 and mailing clerks $G. Adjourned. IIOl'SE MORNING SESSION. Third reading of house bills was resumed. Baker's bill to prevent male an imals from running at learge in the Willamette valley ; passed. McUali a bill increasing tbe powers of tbe state horticultural commission ; passed. The bouse refused to concur in the senate joint resolution to ad journ sine die at 12 o'clock on fnday night. Haley's $400,000 portage road bi'l, the special order, was made a special order for 10 o'clock a. it. V ednesday, in order to hear the reports of the committees. Mulkey s bill regulating sal" aries of stock in3pectors; passed. Kalian's bill reoealine tne mort gage tax law ; laid on the table. btory 8 bill against adulterated milk; passed. McCraken'8 bill amending tne game law; passed. Amendments to Portland con solidation bill came in a motion to commit to the Multnomah delega tion; being discussed when the house adjourned at noon. lhe reason tne liouce postponed the consideration of Haley's port age road bill a day was that the report ol tne joint committee oi ii ' ... i : i , . i ttuiiigiun auu irreguu una vet been made. The house mem bers demanded a report before action ia taken. Tbe truth is that the full report would not favor tbe passage of the bill, but the house .will not get a full report. The re port will be that Oregon and Washington cannot jointly build the road, but that this does not prevent Oregon from building it. EVENING SESSION. Story's bill for a state mining state mineralogist ; pasneu. Final rowing of senate bills : Croeno'jfebill for $25,000 for buildings Jot the state agricultural college at vonrauis ; passed . SHEkklAN'S FUNERAL.. 1' Tb Curttn Will B One of tha Most Infioalns; Ever Witnessed. NewvYohk, Feb. 17. Generals Howard, Butterneld and blocuni in charge of the funeral of General Sherman issued orders outlining the arrangements of the funeral procession, etc. The cortege will be an imposing one, comprising regular' Uoops. sailors, marines and national guardsmen, beside the president and cabinet, visiting governors-various mili ary socie ties.; etc; The casket will be draJir&i caisson. Tbe pall bearers" will be " TMajoK "General Schofield, Major General Howard, Rear Admiral Braine and Greer, Prof. Kendrick, General Joseph tu. Johnston. Maior Generals blocum Sickles, Dodge, Corse, Swane and Woodford, lhe column win ne commanded by Major General Howard. The confederate camp of this citv to-dav passed resolu tions of respect, and named a com mitted to attenl the lunerai. an public offices and buildings will be shut on funeral day. It Was a Forgery. Washington. Feb. 17. An eve nine paper prints a letter from -Secretary Rlaine ieferring to telegram attributed to him and said to have been read at a cele bration at Fairhavt-n, .Vashingt -n Saturday. He says he never be fore heard of the celebration and the alleged telegram was neither writte n nor sent by him THE DAY IN CONGRESS THE TWO PER CENT, LOANS ON LAND BILL WANING. Last of the Appropriation BUI General Deficiency Reported to the House. Washington, Feb. 17. The diplomatic and consular appropri ation bill passed the senate to-day. In the house to-day an amend ment to the Indian appropriation bill was agreed to, appropriating $940,000 to carry out the agree ment with the Urow Indians in Montana. Under instructions from the committee on finance, Senator Morrill, chairman of that com mittee reported adversely to tl e lenate. Stanford s bill "to provide the government with means suffi cient to supply the national want for a sound circulating medium," involving loans on land at two per cent intereet. Tbe report com pares the measure to the Argen tine republic and colonial country scheme, both of which, say the committee, resulted in shame and disaster. The last of the appropriation bill general deficiency was report ed to tbe house this afternoon. It carries a total of $36,574,308. A large part of this is $28,678,332 for pensions. IMPORTANT POINT OF LAW. There Is No Such Tribunal as County Commissioner Couit. Pobti.and, Feb. 17. An import ant point of law, which will be of interest to counties contemplating the building of county bridges, was decided by Judge l)eady in the case of the Pacific Bridge Company vs Clackamas county. The court held that tbe mention of the "board of county commissioners" in Section 4, 141, of the compila tion of 1887, relating to the con tracts for the building of county bridges ia null and void, because there is no such ti ibunal known to the constitution of the laws of Or egon as a board of county commis sioners, and the legislature might as well have said "the board of missions." A Bif Sale of Horse Flesh. BuffaIjO, Feb. 17. The biggest sale of trotting horse-flesh recorded in many a day took place yester day in this city, whereby General Rufus L. Howard sold the entire stock of his farm, including the celebrated stallion Wilkie Colling, by George Wilkes, valued at $25, 000, and ninety otaer brood mares, stallions and youngsters, to W. J. White of Cleveland. General Howard is now 73 years old, and in ill-health, which accounts for his willingness to part with his stock at any price. Mr. White is the owner of the stallion Russia, out of Nutwood, and is now build ing palatial stables and a half-mile track on his hundred acre farm, known as the Two Minute farm, eight miles out of Cleveland. The negotiations for the sale were car ried on by wire last Saturday, and yesterday Mr. White came here, looked over the outfit, drew his check, and said: "Send them to me when my stables are finished." Heavy Fall of Snow. Bozeman, Mont., Feb. 17. Snow is still falling. It is thirty inches deep. Uld-timers say that it is the heaviest fall in fifteen years. Smith Challenges Mitchell, London, Feb. 17. Jem Smith has posted 50 and issued a chal lenge to Charley Mitchell for 500 a side. 1 bureau j HOMELESSHUNDREDS Devastating Floods Throughou the East PEOPLE DRIVEN FROM HOME. Great Destruction and Damage 1 Propertj-Tb Waters Still Bl:ing M re Danger Apprehended, Massillon, Ohio, Feb. 17. Streams south of this city are badly swollen by the heavy rains duiing the past three davs. All the dwellings in the lower part of this city are surrounded by water. Wheeling, W. Va., Feb. 17. The greatest flood iu many years ia expacted..lierejM frornT In the 75th round the fighting an sections oi tne state indicate unusually heavy rains,and streams are rising rapidly. Greensbiby, Penn.. Feb. 17. The streams continue to rise, and people living on the low lands are making preparations to move out at any moment. The Loyal Hanna at West Latrobe, is half a mile wide and much of the town is submerged. Tbe second and third stories of buildings along the creek are hooded, rne same condition of attain prevails at Laramie, Irwin, Manor, Pennsyl vania, Harrison City, Crabtree and other places. Bridges, fern-en, ha i stacks, etc., in every direction have been carried away. r reepokt, r-nn., reo.iy. nam lias i en falling steaiily tor th I .at forty h urs, and h town and surrounding country is flooded. Huntington, Penn. Feb. 17. Rain has fallen here in torrents for 36 hourx and the Juanita river is a mile wid-. The citizens of Portstown and Smi:hfield have b en coin pel Id to vacate their homes and many bridges have Oeen 6wept away. The loss is very heavy. At McKeesport the iron works and mills are sub merged. Many families a: e being compelled to aoandon their lioiuer Pittsblhg, Feb. 17. At 11 o'clock this morning both rivers stood twenty -s.x feet, and vti rising at the rate of seven inches per hour. All morning families have been moving from houses at Liower Allegheny. Travel on the Pittsburg & Western road in this city has been stopped, while many mills along the river have been forced to close. Reports from the head-waters show steady rains, with rivers all rising and lower towns flooded. Bridges are being carried away in every direction, and the loss is great. Joii.vsTow.v, Pa,, Feb. 17. The water receded some during the night, but is again within six inches of the highest point yester day. All Cambria and the lower part of the city from the Windsor hotel is under water. Helena, Ark., Feb. 17. A con tinuedrise in the river at this place has caused considerable anxiety along the levee. I'lrrsBUBu, eb. 17. The pre sent unexpected flood bids fair to rival that of '84. The river hat risen all day and is still going up to-night. Allegheny City has eu.- fered the most. Several streets are under water. Great apprehen sion is felt there as two natural gas explosions to-night have en dangered life and ruined property. It is feared others may follow as tbe meters and pipes are several ieet under water and cannot be reached. Mills along the river have shut down because of flooded fires and thousands of men are die. On the Pittsburg side the cellars and houses on loff ground are being flooded and people are beginning to move ont. Any fur ther rise will do great damage, as the high water limit has been passed. Reports from the head waters of the Mononghela and Allegheny rivers show high water and general distress. At Johns town the dreadful btonv creek and Conemaugh rivers stood at their highest point all day. The heavy stone bridge caused the water to back up into town, a greater por tion of which ia from four to six feet under water. Eveiy house in Cambria City is deserted and a swift stream flows through the Btreets. Late to-night the rivers at those points began to fall rapid ly, but people will not attempt to return to their houses until it is assured the flood is over. Schnectady, N. Y.. Feb. 17. There is a gorge in the Mohawk river near here, and the river is rsing ten inches per hour to night. FEATHERWEIGHT BATTLE. It Took SeTenty-Is Rounds to De cide Which Was the Beat Han. Minneapolis, Feb. 17. Feather weights Danny Needham. of Cali fornia, and Tom Ryan, of Chicago, fought to-night at the rooms of the Twin City Athletic club for a purse of $1000. Needham fought with a plaster on his hands. The first round ended in Need- ham's faver, after a sham inter change of blows. In the fifth Kyan poked his left into Need ham's left eye. partly closinr it. and thereafter persistently tiitd to disable the other one, his tactics being evidently to blind Nperfham. Tbe latter was guarded, however, anu aept piaymg ior Kyan 's wind. In the 27th round Ryan rushed right and left, petti nir in thioo good blows and driving Needham against the rope. in am JNeedhan forced the fighting, and in a clinch Ryan tr:ed to throw him. Needham re ceived a right hand smash which swelled his upper lip. In the 34th Ryan opened with an awful right bander, which sent Needham to the ropes. The latter began to use his right freely and there was some fierce lighting. Many blows were exchanged with out visible results, each taking turns in rushing tbe other until the 52d round, when Ryan rushed JNeedbam to the ropes without effect and narrowly escaped knockout blow, getting two good smashes in the neck. Up to this time sporting men pronounced tbe fittbt one of the most scientific ever seen. At the end of the 60th round, the referee announced he understood the fight was to be to a finish and that he wonld make the men fight. I was nox arnxTast ai amTfastimd Ktarr scored me nrst Diooa. In the 76th round Ryan knocked -eectam down repeatedly and only the call of time saved him from being knocked out. He was car ried to his corner in a dazed con dition. Before time was called again his seconds threw np tbe sponge. A 10,000 Fire. Colton. Wash.. Feb. 17. The house of Ferguson and Barnett was burned this morning, loss $10,000, insurance $8,000 heavv coit of snow probably savet hf entire towo from desructi n The Resubmisslonists Defeated. Bismarck. S. D., Fe'i. 17.In he senate to d v th re-ubmissio. was reconsidered and deteate.i The capitol removal was also le feated, and both questions settled for two years, if not for ever A FATAL ACCIDENT. A SWITCHMAN CRUSHED BY A TRAIN, Supposition that He Slipped While Crossing the Track -Both Legs Were Cut OS at the Hips. Portland. Feb. 17. Emmett Robbs, a switchman in the Albina yards, met with an accident thit morning, at 4 :30 o'clock, which resulted in his death, lie was engaged in coupling cars, and .hav ing made a coupling, the engineer proceeded in the usual way, when he realized that 6ome of the cars were of! the track. Getting off his engine and going to the end of the train, he found the unfortunate man underneath the car, which had passed over him, cutting otl both legs near the hips. No per son saw how the accident occurred and it is su prosed that he slipped while crossing the track in fiont of the moving tram, or that he fell off the breakbeatn, as it is quite customary for switchmen to ride n such cases making up a train lhe injured man was sent to a Portland hospital, but died short ly after being brought in. He leaves a wife and one child. RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Three Men Killed and a Number Badly Injured. Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 17. Sunday a mixed passenger and freight train on the Chester & Lenoir narrow-gauge railroad jumped jhe track on a trestle two miles south of Newton. 1 he killed were : J. Hoag, fireman, Cheeter, S. C. H. M. Morrow, Cleveland coun ty, N. C. W. W. Koss, Chester. The seriously injured were: Frank Coulter, Catawa, N. C ; C. C. Dunlap, conductor, Chester; M. Johnson. Gastonia, N. C. ; Rev. J. M. Little, Dallas, N. C. The dead and wounded have been moved to Newton. Many of the parties are well known in Chailotte, and some have relatives living in this city. ROTINO HOSTILE8. They Kill a Man, 8ealp Him and then Cut His Head Off. Dubuque, Iowa. Feb. 17. The remains of Anthony Dewster, once a resident of this county, arrived at his former home yesterday. A few years ag he removed ith his family to the vicinity of Pine Kidge, Bo ith Dakota. About a week ago he was killed by the Indians, scalped and his head severed from the body. It is re ported three of his children were scalped and his wife, and hired man escaped. The murderers were a small band of roving hoe tiles. Work on the BuildlofS Retarded. Chicago, Feb. 17. An idle mob numbering about 2000 persons, was again in possession of Jackson park to-day and making threats against the Italian laborers incase they should attempt to resume work. The contractors, however. decided not to do anything more until a plan of protection is defi nitely settled. A Bliciard In Minnesota. St. Paul, Minn.. Feb. 13k Ad vices from the Northern part of Minnesota and North Dakota state that a heavy snow fall occurred in those states last night and to day. Rochester, Minnesota, reports the worst blizzard of the season raging. EASTERN NEWS A Steamer Wrecked and a Num ber of Lives Lost. HURDEROL'9 LUNATIC'S WORK. Admiral Porter's Fniaral oi of the Largeit aid H oat Imposing Eyar , 8ea ia Washington. Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 17. The steamer Sherlock struck Kentuck pier of the Chesapeake & Ohio bridge, going down the . river to night on a trip to New Orleans. She had on board SO passengers, and about 50 or 60 of the boat's crew. The boat went to pieces a Lfloatedulawja. taJfUtt Btreet. where she sank; Tb cbinRd- ed down the river and at River side some of the crew got ashore in a Ekiff. Some were rescued at Fifth street. A boatman succeed ed in taking off six women and seven men, by following the Boat ing ve?ad as she went down the river. He saw some of the crew swimming ashore, two on a raft and thinks he saw many struggling in the water. When the steamer reached the Fifth street wharf the hull sank, leaving the passengers in the cabin afloat. Here some of th people managed to get ashore. A hariMjr sWu er was sent after ti.e tio .ting cabin and caught it e.eral uj.M below Cincinnati. As many people as were leit were taken hastily aboard and brought ck. .vi m. McLean, of Pittsburg, was instantly killeu oy falling ireight, when the boat struck the bridge. It is known definitely that Mrs. MLean, of Pittsburg, and her cran i daughter, Maigery Brown, were the only ones of twenty-one registered pass-engers lost. Of nine unregistered passengers whether all is safe is not sure. ' Some of the crew may also be lost. GOT A GERMAN WIFE. One of Buffalo Bill's .Indians 'ith a Prise. Re- turns V New York, Feb. 17. Among the ariivals on tbe Scandia yester day was one of Buffalo Bill's In dians, who returned with a German wife. Matee JSashi, or btandiag Bear, met his wife when he was with tbe Wild West show in Vienna. Her name was Louisa Rienick : he was a widow with a young child, and was living with tier fattier and mother, bunding Bear is an Ogailala Sioux and be longed to Sitting Bull's camp, and is a tine specimen of his race. His wife, aged 24, is a typical German, plump, blonde, and not bad-look ing, fc lie has learned tbe bionx language, and so has her child. Mrs. Standing Bear's parents have accompanied her to this country, and will rem'ain if the father can ;et employment. ADMIRAL PORTER'S FUNERAL. The Last Sad Rite Took Place in Washing-ton. Washington, Feb. 17. With military and all the ceremony due his rank, the body of tbe late David D. Porter, admiral of the navy, was this afternoon laid to rest in Arlington. Not since th burial of Sheridan has Washing ton witnessed as imposing a fun eral, every branch of the military and naval service being represent-" ed. The Grand Army of the Re public and Sons of the American Revolution occupied a prominent iare in the long procession. All executive departments . were closed, and everywhere through out the city flags were displayed at hall-mast. AN ESCAPED LUNATIC. Ue Deliberately Shoots Fellow Passenger and the Condaoter. Little Rock. Feb. 17. A terri ble tragedy occurred in a Pullman car on Iron mountain on thesonth bound train to-day. Just as the rain was pulling oat from Paid- knob, Isador Meyer, a New York travelling; man. was shot and killed by a man sitting across the aisle. Conductor Leech palled the bell to stop the train when tbe man tamed and shot Lee.h through the head, killing him. lhe Passengers ove powered tne murderer, who proved to be John W. Breator, of Vincemes, Indi ana, an insane nan who had escaped. The California Legislators). Sachamento. Feb. 17. Governor Markham to-day signed a bill of fering $2,500 reward for the con- vic'ion of the Napa murderers. The state senate to-day . passed bills making fortune telling a mis demeanor, and making train wrecking a capital offense or im prisonment for life. Portland Wheat Market. Portland. Or., Feb. 17. Wheat there is a light business doing at steady prices; r?ceJpts are Tery light from both sections ; quoU al ev H.25 (d i ; walla Walla, $1.15 $1.16. A Republican Mayor Elected. Philadelphia, Feb. 17. Edwin Stuart, republican, was elected mayor to-day over Ladner, demo crat, by an estimated majority of 40,000.