Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-11-23

from individual losses.
Berlin. Nov. l7.-Thc Government
has issncd Il ministerial ,rcre" com
handinG I'll the ticrmau railway COM
rarios to discontinue the practice Of
Transporting t!'';grait' ui'e,s fnil rates
for persons AMI haSta are paid.
Hitherto the railway companies have
carried cnli%ranjs from III" interior tc
the "cab"ard ut very low rates, and
baggage free, thus encouraging emf
grafton. The decree is arbi;rlry, and
ohstructs emigration ly increasing the
difficulties of reaching TIE scaboard.
CHIcaGc, Nov. 1S.--A Washington
special says positive denial is given, by
those who at least have right TO the
confidence of the Admins. ration, to
the r,lmors that the President intends
to recommend in his annual message,
now III preparation. dc revival of tho
project for the annexation of San
Domingo. or that he intends to recon-
mend Il policy looking to the acquisi-
ton of Cuba. The message will be-
delivered to Congress two weeks from
tomorrow, and any doubts on there
particulars will, of course, be removed;
but aside from that, 1t is learned that
the annexation party in san Domingo,
and the companies operating the Ancri-
can railway and financial ana other
interests, are now all opposed to u
revival of the annexation project. A
concerted effort is being made to de-
vclop internal improvements there by
building railroad. ctc.
Paris, Nov. 1S.-ThicrS contributed
Il thousand francs for the relief of the
sufferers of Boston,
TonoNTo, Nov. iS.-Thc gauge of the
Grand Trunk Railway between Sarnca
and Fort Erie, II distance of 2O0 miles,
was changed yesterday from five feet
six inches to four feet eight and half
inches.
Nrw York, Nov. 1S.-Along the line
of the Hudson river terrible disease
has broken ont among poultry chickens
dying by hundreds. Geese, ducks and
chickens in the market show signs of
the maladv. The disease appears to
assume the form Of destructive
pestilencc among domestic fowls.
Dropsy, the new horse disease, has
made its appearance i'll I'll the city car
stables, and fifty per cent OF the horses
attacked are said to die. The horses
affected are mainly these worked while
s,i!feting from the epizootic. Stable
hnI ,' .i e> t , :''''''''"' ''' 'n.s
,,oor;nir r viz ''''' '''''' ''''' "''' VIZ up
DAN FRANCISCO, Nov. LIT is re-
pore" 'ii,'' 'he Leh',hafrehulhg Qua
,aoao heiuS are near the itih"afy Inc
I''"e1'' toi"."n"' "E"h!'t'% ana Van.
N =, ih'tfcS' Is 'ei' an""t inc
"ii'Sed di''h"nd "lH'uVeilr% IN An
iona. oh'y ic" specimen. from that
S'n -, arc III POSSESSION a. if"au"eH.
mere were "c'c;i'|' "'"'hs Ill TINS
GU, curing me week
A'",HlA' N'tP.' -'"'' NetnFns
| a. az III Gov .M':Lt> H"'"ll Towns.
y % t'' > ..'"I'' ~ 81 t''' -,
-'NNh>; .''n' nov -, :nc cp'%oo,lc
=, HPio"'''rH S,o"'E III 'hiS ci'E' Inc
s.'let i''iio''"S "'''"tc" incur cars
.n''iH more us "pieca ,,, measure
,.a ,'I =, " ".''' ~ o,.''Se l !,r
,,: !" i"''",I 81 '''''''eH' Ire
'''S'''NI y p'i'tN.'' |" nave ''eh brought
~ r.. i''I''"h, " tit'l@%c'i", watch came
- i i."''l an ''i''E''" 'I,'H'r,
NiA' 'NHA''' No'' 20 mere nave
','eh i!o'f'I one i''f'i'd dea'hS IRON
.ro ~ ,,.o h,r,;n, '''''' ;,,' va L ha,.
nImnst c,t,rly i;,,n,',,,,I f,,nn, ''t .ho
strce,s >''''''1 >'''''' '''''' WV
M,r,,,oo,. Va. 10 uo.,.v,,
and Car;1ln nf tha ,j,..;D'm rnn .':,m
Cn,,r,;ss;an a,,; , ' ,'a '"''''.'
connan;oI IT,, Sana. G;u;ao' .', a. ~.
Of tLe Cnn,,;,s;nn Thnv ;, ';t"', NY
fullest ;n~n.t;cat;n, af ,hn ' fro,t t;'u
d;a;c,,t;ns fr",n in'o,;n,, -" y. " n1, VI.
frnm Mey;non., .nI thn a' ' "'.,, "w'a 80
t;xoI da4n,m;not;nn 20 ~ ~ v.,,,,'
nno ,'' -, ,'' .I'o ~ ~. ne who're
full and impartial report to Their Gov
crnmcnt. Seucr Gal;rIo. the other