rArifrK-soF iiojiiuitB
The New Orleoni Tiuiei-Dtmocrat has
been analyzing the census figures on ho mi.
cide in the various states of the Union and
says that the census rcpoiti do not pretend
t. say how many homicides there tic in th
United Strict a year, which would perhaps
be a diftizult matttr to determine; but it is
ob'.e to give the statistics of the men con
fined In for .this crime. These number
7.386, or omitting doubles, 6,968 men ami
393 wemen; and as to color, 4,425 ate white
2,839 negroes, 94 Chinese, 1 Japanese unj
92 Indians.
This showing is not favorable fur ''the
colored brother." While contributing bare-e
y 1 f per cent of the population, tie furnishes
7 per cent of the mu-derers. Nor can this
he charged, as men like Mr. Cable do, to the
prejudice of Southern whites against the
nigroefc' for there is relatively more of the
latter in jail in the North than in the
South, In the North Central Division
New England and the Middle states nearly
I per cent of the local negro population, or 4
per cent of the adult male Leg roes are con
victi, while the pt-oportioa exceeds five per
cent In New York and New Jersey and
throughout the Western division on the
Pacific coast .
Bui as to the homicide statistics. Tht
figures for the South are:
White homicides x36
Negro homicides 2.31 1
Considering how greatly the whites out
number the negroes, this is lot a creditable
exhibit for the latter. The census does not
give the race of the victims, but from the6e
figures it is quite evident that the proposition
can be laid down that more white people are
killed .by negroes than vice versa.
1 he census statistics go into the question of
parentage, nittvd and foreign, but it does not
seem to prove anything here, either that the
natives or the forelgneia hive a particular
tendency toward homicide; but it doca show
that there has been a great increase in crime,
parti :u,arly murder, In the last decide. We
had 4,6j8 homicides In iSSj, and 7,351 In
1S90, thsy having grown from 92 pei 1,000!
000 in the formsr to 117 p:r 1,000,000 in the
latter year, an increase of 27. 1 7 per cent.
Ths hum; of murder is in the far West.
Arkona leads with murderers In the propor
tion ol 906 to each million; Nevada is second
with 896; California th!rd with 345. In ali
the states murder is mors common than ten
years ago.
The only itates that can show any improve
mentthat is any redu:thn of crime are
RtioJe Island, Delaware, M iryland, Virginia,
Missouri, Wisconsin, Co'orado, South Da
kota, Wyoming and Washington,
Th ! census develops some unpleasant
truthi. A large majority of the murderers
are eJmateJ persons. The illiterate con
stitute only 13 per cent in th: Kast and only
12 per cent in the West. In the South the
illiterate are more num. trout because of the
negroes; but the proportion of negro mur
derer 3 who can read and write appears to be
gre iter than the average for the non ctlmi
nab,
Nor can it be charged that whuky
ts the cause of must of the trouble. Of the
mirdcrerg i,2Sj are total abstainers and
1,267 drunkard 1. We dj not know the
to'al of these two elements in th: popula
tion but it wou'd seem that the total ab
stainer mikts a worse shotting than "his
awful example,"
Ajain the attempt to trace murder to cer
U'n physical conditions l.as not proved very
satisfactory, An overwhelming majority, or
6,149 murderers, were in perfect . health,
mrnUl anj physical, when they committed
the crlmt; 600 were in pcor health, 2S3 in
sane, 263erippled and the mind might have
also Leen affie'ed and 52 blind, deaf, mule
or idio'.L.
A point, however, which may prove
something is that 10 large a proportion
four-firths had no trade, and that one-filth
we c i He a-ul out of employment fat the time
th?y commUted the crime lor which they arc
suffering imprisonment. Illness and lack
Ol employment, therefore, would seem to
have an even worse influence than Illiteracy
or diunkrnness.
Ai-iorJIng to IVU'fiatc Cuhie ot Uuh
llic old iliviinn o( Mormon nml Gentile
has been superseded in I'tih hy an ellgn
mcnt of the people in republican, ami
democrat, on national principle!. "Like
all new converts," says Mr Calne, "theV
have moro enthusiasm and zeal to the
iquarc inch than you can find In an)' itate.
Indeed, the fight developed so much
bitterness and dissension that entire com
munities were divided, and we almost had
to anpc .1 to the people to desist, NVc Inve
all the modom improvement!," added Mr
Came, laughing, "even to a registration
list that Is filled i:h the nan.es of persons
who are d.;a-J or gone away, but who are
voted regularly at every election.
l. Senator Inalli ho was so bailly
slum of his political plumes by the populiit
uprising in Kansas said In Philadelphia the
other d.iy:
"The republican party Is now without
leadtis and without hope, and muit start
anew and huill itself up, It give no evidence
in the past campaign that there was a single
politician in ill ranks who understood the
pure business vf moitern politics not one
McKlnlcy liasceascd to be a Xapolean. lie
is witliour p'umes. laurels or r lace In the
ranks ol his party." Mr Ing.ill, was to have
lectuic'l at West Chester las, night, hut
Oalyhfy tickets were soul and the lecture
Wis declared ufl,
It wjuM be highly proper tor President
Cleveland to touch the electric btrtm tl
will fctari the machinery of the world's
fair. The policy of th; democratic admin
istration will be to put uk In touch with all
the worlJ.
There is much loose newspaper ta;k
about certain disttngulshe 1 dcnociats
fighting Mr Cleveland's administration
Isn't It about tlme'that biting a file should
go out of fashion as a diversion?
Sheridan Shook and KiUfnl J Gilmorc, of
New York City, have signified their Intention
of leaving the repub'icans and gWing their
allegiance to lammany hall, lor year
both staunch republicans, Shook In particu
lar, stood high in the council of that party.
AT REDUCED PRICES.
Some nt t'oht, Hume Helnw. All Cried.
Grrully Uriluerfl Price.
Foshay & Mason
Are
Belling at
Reduced prices,
Some goods
At cost
And below.
Foshay & Mason
Have the largest and beet stock of
HOLIDAY GOODS to be found
anywhere in the valley. A glance shows
mat. look a second time. More vet.
Twenty-one different kinds of family
Bibles, thirty-six different kinds of
teacliers' Bibles take your choice. The
largest and finest assortment of tierfum
eries in theva'loy; nothing nicer for a
present. Sachet powders, juvenile books
without end, lor 6 cents upwards. Hill
Mne of poets, l'rescott's works, etc.
Dickens lower tlnn ever, and already
low. Handkerchief boxes, dressing and
toilet cases, writing desks, shaving sets,
work boxes, many kinds of playing cards,
alphabet blocks, numerous games, in fact
anything to be secured in this country.
Special discount to S. S. teachers buying
in quantities. An early call means a
good choice, but the stock is big, and
there will be plenty for the crowds at
any time.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Mr. and Mrs. II. O. Richardson
of Slloam, N. Y.
Husband and Wife
Both Cured by Hood's
barsaparilla
Catarrh, Kidney Complaint, Heart
Failure, Liver Troubles.
" I think It my duty to voluntarily tell what
Hood's Sarsariarilla lias done for myself and
wile. Last spring my wife, was In a very bad
way with kidney complaint; felt
Miserable All the Time
and could hardly get around the house. Bha
began to take Hood's Sarsaparilla, and in one
week sho was improving. When she had
taken but throe bottles of llnod's Sarsanarilla
she was rami ot that dreadful disease. As
tor nic, I was troubled with catarrh. Heart
failure and Liver Complaint. Suffered so in
tensely that
I Could Not Sleep
at night, nor get any rest through the day. As
soon as I lay down, my heart would beat so
hard that I would have to get up. I had very
severe pains in (ho smnll of hit brick and
noises in my head like a flork of blnck
birds all singing at onee. Ho you see I was
hard up. I also experienced benefit from
Hood's Sarsaparllla wiihiu n week after I
began taking It. I have Improved rapidly and
can now sleep better than 1 have for a year,
can eat and not bloat as 1 used to. SVo pralso
Hood's Sarsaparilla
for wo think there Is no medicine like it," IIrx
by C. and Mary K. Uichaiidson, Siloam,
Madison County, N. Y.
HOODS TILLS cure llrer tilt, c.nstipatlou,
feLUouiDOti, Jaundice, lick koadaco, iudlgctloo.
GOODNESS
Q For tho r.tillicis ol co.is'ii ' i r.' q
Tutt'S Pi Has,
Q If rIvi-h . Tutl pit ii .n- to mi-
tiiitincrllull hr 1- ii-iM tuitiin tip a
TIHY LIVER PILL
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OTt'TVS 1 IKY LIVER rillS gk
.xliiiiMiiii th.. I.nr.l, r..i ili...i..l ' IB'
M TKR A HOrSK. or Albrtiv.
I 9 beginning with Jan u:, ls,
noiejris. For fariteu!nri,
r'i'rin J- It.n Jen h, A II i ny,
Star Biikerj
CarSr ii I titslii rtn I 'trl Nt
COHRAD NEVER, P33PR!EfOR.
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lrletl ('ruiin,
TublKTO,
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In Uct vcrtn,,.f thtl I kc: in ifciier
vwicly Rii.l ,'iry t.tri', Iltk')usl
ALL KINDS O?
v Ml fir. . - JS
VSm,vuttM3A
KNCVC'LOPADlAi; anil Glimpses of the
World ccupons taken at V F Head's.
i liavo rtitj lr;i tt-.ek cl ladies nr.
deruvar tv-T iKihq iu toAu. Ho :ur srul
sin whit YV r' Itesd can do f r yt'i Lefore
plao og cur order.
Guaranteed to euro Dillons Attackaanl
Coustiputiou, uituitl Hue Iktuis.
One Kma!! Ililo llean everv niirht foralheV ' 1 get low p-i
eekoioijso Torpid J.iver. 2ie. per bottla 1
FOETMILLEE &
In dei-lakers - nil( .:. i:mbaluier..
E KtE" contanlljr on hand a full
c-lhrs. Alto burial robes and suits, in broadcloth, satin. cash nuer;r
which wi.l be sold at
Tlie f.oueKt I.lvlug I'rolits.
EMBALMING!9"'1 ,l,e rrc,rcrcare of the cv.-d a rilli,,.v.
xlra ( targe fur Hearse or Krivleesi
ALBANY, - - MASONIC
CARPET DEPARTMENT.
WH.I, KTO('KEI WJTII THE IIOM 1ST
MATTINGS, OIL
DRAPERIES!
OF THIS SEASON'S
PEIGES UNEQDALED fN THIS MARKET
Samuel E. Young
Chicago's
Population.
There is probably no city of importance in the world that can show
Such rapid and wonderful growth as Chicago since its destruction by
fire. To-day its population is about 1,200,000. Mr. Peter Van Schaack,
one of the leading merchants of that city said in conversation, that a
large number of his personal friends, as well as scores of representative
men throughout the Northwest with whom he had conversed upon the
subject, had found St. Jacobs Oil a pain-curing and healing remedy of
the most extraordinary efficacy. It is the Great Remedy for Rheuma
tism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Backache, Bruises, Burns, Swellings etc.
(A copy of the " Official Portfolio of the World's Columbian Exposition," beautifully
illustrated, in water color effects, will be sent to any address upon receipt of see in postage
stamps by Tub Charlks A. Vocslsr Co., Baltimore, Md.)
ADMINISTRATRIX SALE.
Covhty CturtoJ the State cf Oce?o,
C uniy 0 Linn:
Ja the mat' or of the e tate cf Alfrel Leioy
Kec!t deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TI.Ar
the undersigned administratrix by
virtue of an order of the county court of
Litin county, Oreg n, made nd entered of
record in f.iiJ ccu.t on the 10;h day of Uc
tidier, 1SI2, in the alu.ve en'itltd eitate, I
will s-ll ot public auction at the court bouM
door of the county cur& house in A'b.tnv.
.inn county, Ori'gnn.to the high 'fc and hett
i-iililcr, for "each in hand, at the hour of one
iO o'clock p ni, on the 7th day ef January,
IM'.I, all the tiht, title and iotertstof the
a d Alfred l.eroy Reel, deceased , in and to
he following de-chbed real property, owned
by him at the lime of his death, t wit: Lt
nui:ber(d live (.") and six (( ) in block num
ber four (4.) in the town cf Lebanon.io Ucn
county, OrKon.
Uatcd this 2 iddav of Oeccmbor, ISO-?,
SARAH E MILLS,
Admin, of est. Alfred L Reel, dte'd.
Oeo W WiitfiHT, Ait'y for Admr.
Poultry, Hides and Furs.
Highest cash price paid for turkevt,
i;ecf, ducks and chickens, at otWct of 1
3;u-obi, Strancy A Moore's old stable, 4H
slicct, Albany,
Also hides and furs of all kinds bought
tor cash.
DALRYMPLE& NEWPORT Managers
C1lctlont a srerlalty rrcanlless ot hIm. rorrr
ilrnta in all III vallry townn: UFUCK uer
L fc. K.am to itre, toster llltKki
MUSIC HATH CHARMS.
You can truly say, there Is no place Hk
home, happy home, if you posses one
those ciOi.int and swett toned pianos,
Mrs Mytrmis, 115 First street. The
lonj,, ; evening i jtt the time to enjo
hem.
TANIKn. A Mrl at onee to do cot
T T ernl i.ruvwork Vi at tuo cilice
vr iesKiflU'0 1 1 IT U AIHt)tl.
Cash Grocery Store Alln liro". a
now In their new quarters in the Brink Mock
t the corner of Ferry and Second S 'ret
and wi'.h cheap rentf.a fmillexfenterrvnunt
nenerallv, ami a lirst cuss ston; uij.,
are prepared to cive their rus'o-ners the best
linriralns to lie obtained in th' ci'V. for cas'i.
Cash counts with them, and the public want-
inrr the best ffnoit am! pmilu e to be se
cured in the city should call on them, where
no fe r-ftr pooar
line cf mttailc, cloth and vr i! rrsktts an
TEMPLE, - - OREGON
CLOTHS.
, CURTAINS!
LINOLEUMS,
NOVELTIES AND
vP. J. SMILEY,
f ob I'nntiufj,
1ST. ST., ALBANY.
Letter Heads, Cards,
Jbiiivelopes, Posters,
and everything,
Mail orders have prompt attention
Remember thit v hen in need.
Nothing Is nicer (or your centlcmen
rrlend than a box of Julius Joseph's genu
ine Havana cigars in fancy Christmas
boxes. Me also ha genuine meerschaum
md briar pipes, fine cigar holders, and a
complete assortment of smokers articles.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
OTICK IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
1.1 the annual stockholders n eetiDg of
me riniurj a .Murcnsma lnsuranee
Company, of AT any, Oregon, will be
held at t be company's office In ths city
of ibany. Oreton. on Wrlnrslav. Jan
4tL; 1W3, at the uo'ir of 2 o'clock p m of
"iu unj, nrr uiv purpuwui e eciiDjr nine
directors of said company to serve one
year, auil to transact such other business
as may regularly come before said Ditet
ing. y oruer ot the t'rtsUltnt.
Haled Not 2Mb, lS.
JOB ftnSMAS,
Secretary nrjd Manager,
A BARGAIN
IRriT AMD VKOFTAIIt.C FAf M for Sal
rotmlMlriE of -U ai res or Itasc.fiand
0110 mile nnh of Albany Lam well liu
prored. ror pirtieula! inxuire of
W II WAFJiKB
mm
FOR A
Pll
te mmi R79i ut'SA R9 S
E liavc tlio 'avpest and moft attractive clock of
DRY COODS, NOTIONS FANCY
COODS, ETC., ever shown in Albany.
00DS;euitable(foHOLIDAY trade.
w
E, 'have reduced the pries on a great many lines,
Call and sen what we can do for you. We want
your trade.
GENTSJor Butterick's patlernsand Warners eorsete.
w
E also carry a full line of Henderson's Red school
house shoe, the best child shoe in the worl .
OURS for I usiness,
W. F. READ &C0.
Albany, -:- t:- -:- Oregon
DON'T - YOH
- THAT
Will & Stark
Have the largest and best stock ot SILVERWARE.
WATCHES, CHAINS, RINGS, DIA
MONDS, GOLD PENS and general novelties in
Jewelry, in the valley ? Everybody says so. For a
Holiday Present
Call on them. Their
their goorij please you.
H. EWERT
LEADS
Holiday
in the jewelry line, having on Kand a complete and
elegant stock of
Gold and Silver
Leading" Kinds, Diamonds, Gold
Headed Canes, Gold and Silver
Headed Umbrellas, a fine stockof
Silver Ware and
too numerous to
PUMPS ! PUMPS ! PUMPS!
We are general agents for
and Lift Pomps, also the Rumsey Foice and Li t Pumps.
We guarantee these pumps to give perfect satisfaction or
no sale. We also guarantee them superior to any other
pump in the market,
pump do not fail to call and
stock before purchasing.'
We also carry the largest stock of Farm Implements
and Vehicle to be found in the valley, Give us a call.
MITCHELL, LEWIS & STAVEH COl
23T amlElu-vvortli st, Albany, Or
KNOW
-
prices will satisfy and
IK-
Goods
Watches of the
many novetes
mention.
the celebrated Myers Force