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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-03
GBRArANY's ITEMIzED BILL.

London, Dec. 2.-The demands made by
Germany upon China are the discovery
and conviction of the murderers OF mis-
sionaries Mics and Henle, the punishment
of implicated officials, including the gov
ernors OF the province of shan Tung; the
reconstruction of the missionary build
ings, the payment OF an indemnity of
10000 taels to the relatives Of the VIC
tins; the payment OF heavy indemnity
to cover the expense of the German naval
expedition and the maintenance of Ger
man force at Kaio Chau Bay; railroad
monopoly of Shan Tung province and the
occupation of Kiao Chau Bay as Ger
man commercial station.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-03
THE PRESIDENTS
MOTHER VERY ILL
STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS Al An
EARLY HOUR YESTERDAY.
Death Oniy a Question Of Short Tine-Ae-
EinIey nasteus to the Bedside Of
his Venerable Mother.

Carton, Ohio. Dec. 2.-(special to the
Astorian)-A an early hour this morning
Mrs. Nancy Allison Mckinley. venerable
mother Of the president. vas stricken
with paralysis and her death IS believed
to be only a question Of short time.
Not since Mrs Mckinley was stricken
down has there been a favorable feature
in her condition.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-03
GERMANY AND HAYTI.

Berlin, Dec. At is announced that
only the small German cruiser GER, with
a crew of 265 men, will be ordered to
Port au Prince. Hayti. in order to sup
port the demands off Germasy for her
indemnity to Herr LeudeTs for his alleged
false imprisonment by Haytian authori-
ties. The vessel will only demonstrate
II the pending negotiations with the Hay
tan minister at Berlin should fail.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-03

and Offering the use Of all the means
In their power 10 induce their countrymen
to lay down their arms and accept what
practically amounts 10 entire liberty
The chief question IS the uncertainty
"a TO the action Of the United States. The
relations between the two countries was
never more satisfactory but there are not
lacking pesslmists who declare that ehis
state OF affairs is only momentary.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-03
PRESIDENT GOES TO CANTON.

Washington, Dec. 2.-President McKin-
ley left the city at 7:3O tonight to hasten
to the bedside of his sick mother at Can
ton, where he will arrive tomorrow.
With him went Judge Day. The presi-
dent had made hurried arrangements for
his departure and du1ng the afternoon
disposed OF large volume of business
awaiting his attention. The presidents
stay in Canton will depend upon the con-
dition in which he finds his mother.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-03
PETITION OPPOSING MKBNNA.

Portland. Or, Dec. "A petition 10
President Mckinley signed by two fed
eral court judges OF thls district, two of
the four state circuit court judges OF this
county, and a large number Of prominent
attorneys, protesting against the appoint
ment of Attorney General McKenna to
the supreme bench. has been circulated
here The petition says; "The concen-
sus OF opinion has been and Is that he is
not either by natural gifts, acquired
learning or decision OF character qualified
for any judicial place OF Importance,
much less for the highest place in the
land.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-03
WILL DO NOTHING.
Chairman Walker Says There IS No Show
for Currency Reform

Chicago. Dec. "A WASHINGTON special
says:
Representative Walker. of Massahu-
sets, chairman of the house COMMITTEES
on banking and currency. was asked after
a visit with the president, what he
islatloD. Mr.. Walker Is at the hend oil
the committe which will have the matter
in charge, and considerable significance
is to be attached TO his reply. He said:
From my experience as chairman Of
the banking and currency committee
should say that congress will do nothing
on the currency question"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-03
Is IT CASE OF POISONING?
An Illinois Town Disrupted over pr.
Rices Case

Sandovdl, H., Dec. 2-This little town
Is In the throcs OF a sensation that threat
ems to disrupt the community. The man
who causes all this Is Or. George Rice.
a prominent physician Of Marion county,
Mrs. Rice died last August ana long
continued rumors eliminated today in
the exhumatlon OF the body At the insti-
cation Of the metropolitan Insurance Co.
of New York, In which she was insured
in her husbands favor for S2OOM. she
was the sister OF his first wife who died
eight years ago. DIR. Rice is medical ex-
aniner for the Metropolitan company
here. The company sent its agents to
investigate the death and ordered the
body exhumed. Dr. Rice was greauy op.
posed, but finally consented and the body
was exhumed and portions Of the internal
organs taken out and sent to st, Louis
for examination. The Metropolitan COM
pany's agents make the claim that ar
senic has been discovered
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-03
PREPARING FOR SPRING.

Vancouver, B. c., Dec. 2.-Captain
Troup. superintendent Of the Canadian
Pacific steamers in Kootenay waters, has
gose to Montreal to arrange for the con-
struction Of a fleet Of light draught stern
wheel steamers to be put on the stickeen
river in the spring to connect with four
couver.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-03
BURNED TO DEATH.

North Yakima. Wash. Dec. 2-The resi-
dence u state Senator Lesh. few miles
from this city. was totally destroyed by
nre last night Nfrs. Leshs one-year-old
child perishei In the flames and the childs
nurse had very narrow escape.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-03
MESSAGE COMPLETED.

Washington. Dec. 2.-President McKtn-
ley has completed his message and today
listened to Applications for office from a
number OF senator's and representatives
in behalf OF their constituents, anxious
that their names shall be sent to congress
soon after It convenes
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-03
A RANCHER SUICIDES.

North Yakima, Wash, Dec. al. A.
Rollins. an aged raneher living near
Tampdco, tuenty miles from this city,
committed suicide last night by hanging
himself. He is thought to have been
mentally unbalanced.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-03
TO AID KoNDIKERs.

Spokane. Dec. 2-The Spokane chamber
Of commerce viii ofrer the war depart
ment several carloads OF provisions for
the RIondike sufferers to be sent over the
inland route from shis city.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-03
RECIPROCITY TREATY.

Washington, Dec. 2.-Peru Is the first OF
the South American countries to open
with the United States for
tho reciprocity treaty under the provis-
ions Of the Dingloy law.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-03

PARK, also report having Eeen Indians and
aays they aro evidently Killing game. ~
they heard a great dgai OF shooting.
The oasis., 1897-06-19
New Lead Shelter For Sale.

One sixty ton stack. lead shelter. built by
 latest Improvements, with boot blower. lJ pacity for two stacks, whole outfit entirely naw meyer beer in use. In sonora, all duties paid, will be sold very
 cheapiy, aud delivered a. tho line ol tbs skuaEN EeAyeS, 4zgig ts gAaQ salsss@lsesss
The oasis., 1897-06-19
WHY wk m,ss ronElcs TRADE.

At the commercial conference in
 the city Of Philadelphia, which is at-
 tended by delegates from all parts of
 America, on Monday a delegate from
 Mexico said that the reason Her Ma jesty's United Kingdom controls so
 much of the trade of the various countries is because she subsidized steamship lines and sends her emIssa- ries or traders to remote parts of the world, and says: "I want to buy what you have to sell, and want to sell you something. am asking you to take it home in my own ship"
 Continuing, MT. Robertson said. "The products or Central and South American States will never be brought here until you provide some way to transport that which you wish to SC I, and provide some way 10 bring back that which your neighbors through the south have to sell They want to buy from you. and they want to in. terchange their products"
 The foregoing fact has been set forth time and again by the republican press of the United States; but so great cry has been made against subsidies" and 'subventions" that it Is almost impossible to do anything.
 
 Several times the republican party has subsidized, American steamship line to foreign ports; but as soon as a 1epocratic postmaster general and got to work the subsidy a2s0'uoat~ss Cepesed, tho st0ales
The oasis., 1897-06-19
line withdrawn and a growing trade

line withdrawn and growing trade killed.
 What our public men sohould dc Is to read Adam Smith and John Stuart NH less and observe more what Britain's practical statesmen are doing 10 spread her commerce.
 In the same conference another dela gate from Mexico pointed out the very fact for Mexican trade goirg, to Europe inst cad of the United States ti which TIE OASIS some time ago called attention. viz: that EurOpenis merchants give eight and nine mouths time on commercial pay. mept~, while American houses want spot cash Or sixty days. No wonder we cannot get i;ite tiie markets or the wurld.' f p,sE :.
The oasis., 1897-06-19

THE president has appointed Henry J. Cleveland to be agent for the Pima Iudlans. Mfr. Cleveland resides on the edge of the reservation, Is personally known and liked by many of the tribe, speaks the language, and is in every way qualified and. coppHsapt He aaxaS Sgsks 8 sugdea sssE%
The oasis., 1897-06-19

TIE laundry work being done in the California courts for the families of deceased California minionaires calls to mind the oft repeated assertion that the bay metropolis needs but q roof over 1t to make it one colossal house of prostituLI0n.p
The oasis., 1897-06-19

record as party men are really partisan for the purpose Uf more easily sccir- Ing pap fur their own lips A public service properly performed fur the go0d of all will have no one sided bid- ders in 10. They are as dangerous in the legislative and executive branch- es of the government they are on tue bench. RI PasO Tribune.
 Why not do away with partlsanship entirely as they do in Russia? In that country there are never any can didates standing fnr popular support upon their records as party men. Instead the dear people have above them and over themthe autocrat who puniShes with knout and Siberia those who advocate opposition to the imper!a! pulley,
 Or partisanship might be ellmina- ted by establishing crown and her editary legislature with tine popular branch of the lawmaking power so constituted that only capital can be represented, as in the case with Great Britain. The terrible evils of partisanship are there greatly over come. W EE
 Again pdrtisanship could be elIni- mated by adopting the plan in vogue In the rcnublics of South America, where only one ticket Is ever circu- lated and those electors who will not cordially and enthusiastically support that are not allowed to go to tie poils. All those governments. are free from the evils of which we com plain. Their people have never cx- perienced partIsanship except that which arises with guns in it's hands and shoots it's way Into office, ascend ing to power over the corpses of those who will retire from the public teal only when called to fill 8 grave.
 Thefact is that this fad of non par tisanship causes even emlnently sen sible people to sometimes seem silly. A free government can never eSlsi save by and through partisanship. 1t is only through the play of parties and discussion of public policies which that provokes that tho people can receive the self education neces- sary 10 sell government. Itis very easy matter to point out the faults of party governments and to propose remedies therefor; but it is not until the only possible formsOfgovernment beside are broughtto mlDd and care fully considered that one discerns that with all theIr slortcom ngs governments by party have the few est faults and the most excellencles. In airing their fads the faddists for get facts.
The oasis., 1897-06-19

THE Fargo Argus quotes the asscr- tion that love Is a disease and advises tue afflicted to visit Dakota and be cured in ninety days, wbereat Chi cago paper inquiries cant 1t be done hv maIl?r tAa
The oasis., 1897-06-19

THE Hearue StandardsAdyocate says; "Ifa newspaper is not run to criticise the acts of public servants, advocate reforms and publish news, etc, then we do not see any need of newspapers. Ia
The oasis., 1897-06-19

Populists should study the railway problem iu Canada where the govern ment owns and controls one-tenth of the railway mileage and annually sinks H cool half million h it's management
The oasis., 1897-06-19
WHY NOT TAKE rnE WHOLE 9nrSc.

The CbicagO Record contend, for a Don-partisan Judiciary. and t1at is right says the Dallas News. Blt why stop with q nOn-partisan judciary2 Why not have nOn-partisan hnisla. lures and executives as well? X par tlsan is, in the pature of things unfit to do most kinds of public seryite fair ly ard wisely. What fools VIC have made of ourselves in this great coup- try in turning our public service over to hot-headed, narrow minded yictims and opponents of prejudice ani pas sion and greed. The worst of it al, is Lna1 a IDalor7tY ot tue candih' who sVSSo 1gT bsBA0 asezs
The oasis., 1897-06-19

THE Bertram trexasD News says: We are for populism strught, from alfalfa to omega" Hey Ibe.-lChf. csro Times Herald.
The oasis., 1897-06-19

IF "NATRINoSY is a lOtteryv why do the postal authorities permit news papers with matrimonial adtertise- ments to circulate in the mails?
The oasis., 1897-06-19

1.-THE inventor of bullet proof cloth really desires to benefit mankind he will devote his attention to produc- tion of wear proof cloth; and the kids would be delighted with spank. ing proof fabric.
The oasis., 1897-06-19

An Omaha paper asks: Can 4 pol itIcian be Christian?" or course he cap. Simply observe how politicians, like Christians. "love one another"
The oasis., 1897-06-19
SHAMEFt L.

the bitter. malignant and outrageous personal fight made upon the candI- dacy of Hon. NJ. H. McCord for the governorship of the territory. It has seemed as though no depth were so deep that his epponents would not descend thereto in their efforts to defeat the n0minat on and condrma- tion of the gentleman. When Col McCord made gallant fight for a Mckinley delegation to the St. Louis convention from Arizona and went to the national gathering of the party st the head .nf snch 3 delegation, foi- lowing 0p that brilliipt coup with a successful alignment of the party in the territory with the national plat- form, he became at once the logical Mckinley candidate for governor of the territory. Immediately thQse who wanted someone else an turned their attention to viIifyfng and traducug tho character of the gentleman, whom they saw had earned and was entitled 10 tha. recognition. To hear aud read what they have said and printed about him would lead the casual observer to believe Mfr. McCurd crim
 inal of the deepest dye, who should be in the penltentiary. e
 Everything which could possibly be charged against the candidate wa> spread before the pnesideatF with the alleged proofs. Everything presented was carefully examined by the presi. dent and his advisers. After the most. critical examination of tn, alleged proofs, the president found they were worlhless, and le sent NIT. McCord's nomination.. to. the senate. In due course Of affairs the nomina. tiOn was referred to the senate com mittee on territories, and the dirty. malignant fight was earned befur, that body. Wednesday the com. mittee reported the pomInatIpu t. the senate, and even there the out. rageous opposition continued. New evidence had been manufactured and a demand made for a chance to pre- sent 1t. So the senate referred the matter back to the committee on territories with instructions to in- vestigate the charges, sending for persons and papers. That will neces- sarily carry the matter over several months. aud leave Ml control Groyei Cleveland's Lin. horn governor and the crowd of harpies by which he is snr- rounded unless President McKinley should remove him peremptorily as soon as Secretary Akers qualities, making the latter gentleman acting governor. God grant'that the natter work that way.
 There can be but one conclusion and one only--drawn from a fght sn dirty, so malignant and so persistent, and that is that Governor M.Cord's induction into office would be Allowed by an exposure of official malftasance which would be damaging t some people In Phoenix. The old crowd who have controlled matters ihere- building public structures, et.-are not so intensely patriotic and public spirited that they would oppose so strenously the selection of a c,rrupt official on account of hIs corruption. l "There is no use in their putting on q pious air;swe sp know them. g,It is the exposure of their own laches which they fear.
The oasis., 1897-06-19

PRINcETsN is going to make Grover Cleveland an L. L. D. Why shouldn't the college confer its degree accurate ly and dub him ''quack doctor of iaws?" a# a
The oasis., 1897-06-19

THfs is the season for items about large watermelons, peaches, plilms, etc-s.' Trot out your premium fruit.
The oasis., 1897-06-19
OFFICIAL paesR OF sooALns. ARIZONA.
Saturday, June io, 1897.

How long, Oh, Lord. How long be- fore Arizona will be rid Of Growers tin horn governor.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-09-16
RICHER THAN KLONDIKE.

According to Reports From the Yaqui
Indian Reservation.
Kansas City. Sept. IA special to
the Journal from Sedalia, Mo-, says:
J. w. Corkins, Sedalia capitalist, and
Leo Cloud, an expert mining engineer
of Cincinnati, representatives of St.
Louis and Cincinnati syndicate, will
leave tomorrow for the west coast of
Mexico to practically verify the value
of gold placer and quartz mines which
have recently been secured by the syn
dictate. Messrs. Corkins and Cloud
will 60 direct to Hermosillo, and from
there to the gold fields in the new Ell
dorado located in the Yaqui Indian
country, which has just been opened to
entry to white men. This part of Mex
leo has been explored but little by the
whites, but, if reports of the syndi-
Gates prospectors are true, the inland
mountain ranges along the west coast
of Mexico are richer even than those Of
the Klondike. The placer mines are
said to be marvelously rich in scale
and nugget gold, while the quartz rock
in the upper lodges contain veins of
free-milling ore which assays from $50
to $500 per ton. The syndicate sue
ceeded in keeping the discovery Sc
cret while securing it's patents and con-
cessions, and, if the reports are sub
stantially correct, the syndicate Will be
able to turn the tide of fortune hunters
from the gold fields of Alaska to the
EldoradO of Mexico.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-09-16
CAPSlZED AND SUNK.
Wreck of the Schooner Agnes o. Grace,
With Four Big Guns.


With Four Big Guns.
Savannah, Ga. Sept. 8.-The three
masted schooner Agnes o. Grace, of
Bangor, Me-, capsized and sunk this
morning 81 miles east of Tybee. Her
crew came ashore and landed at War
saw island.
The schooner sailed from New York
August 20, with cargo of salt for Sa-
vannah and four 16 ton guns for the
Tybee Notifications. All down the
coast she was driven by a fierce north
easter, and on Saturday night she came
off Tybee laboring heavily in the gale.
An effort was made to bring her to and
save her being driven further south, but
when she brought to, the wind began
to toss the vessel, and the big guns,
which formed part of her deck load,
drifted loose from their lashings and
took possession of the deck. The crew
was driven into the rigging, and the
iron monsters plunged about as the
vessel heaved in the sea, making every
effort to recapture them almost certain
death. About s o'clock in the morning
an unusually heavy swell tossed all
four guns into the port scuppers, and
the vessel heeled under the immense
weight, tried to right, but staggered
as the green water broke fiercely in
over the bulwarks. She capsized and
sank
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-09-16
HORSES FOR ARMY USE.
Practical Test Of Those From the Range
Has Demonstrated Their Value.

Practical TEST OF xnOSe TUn sAAO AsoAB o
Has Demonstrated Their Value.
Chicago. Sept. 8.-"No horses in the
world except the range horses OF our
Western states are fit for military pur-
poses, and I think the trip just fin
ished by my cowboy friends proves my
assertion"
The foregoing remark was made by
DIR. William A. Bruett, special commits
sioner of the bureau of animal industry
of the department of agriculture. He
was at his home in this city, and with
him were two stalwart, sunburned
young men, William and Bert Gabriel.
"These young men," continued Mr..
Bruett, shave just demonstrated that
the bronchos and range horses OF our
plains can cover distance of 400
miles in 80 days and subsist on grass
and water along the route, without
grain. and, more important still, from
a military point of view, without being
shod. l can say without fear of con-
tradiction that no other horses in the
world could have made the trip under
the circumstances.
1.-THE route, beginning at Sheridan,
Wyo., and ending at Galena, this state,
covered all kinds of country, turf, sand,
rock, clay and mud. When they en-
tered the last 100 miles the horses were
in as good condition in every way as
when they started from Wyoming, but
from Dubuque to Waterloo, Ia, the
road along the Mississippi was either
over jagged rocks or through deep mud.
''The heels and frogs of the horses
feet were SO badly bruised that, al
though they could have completed the
distance to Chicago, I telegraphed the
men to let the noble little animals stop
at Galena. Had the horses been shod
at Sioux City, as telegraphed, know
ing the roads over which they would
have to travel to Chicago, they would
have reached here in frst-class condi-
ton on Saturday. The telegram failed
to reach the men and they brought the
horses through under my original in
structiOns.
GAS a test of the endurance of the
Western horse, am sure the depart
ment of agriculture will be more than
satisfied with the result, as it demon
strates that the animal is all that has
been claimed. AS I said before, no
other horses in the world could have
made such trip under such conditions.
1 believe it will change the opinions of
foreign governments, who have felt
that our range horses were too light for
military purposes.
SIT is fact not known, as l said be-
fore, that the range horse has in his
veins the blood of the thoroughbred and
the standard bred Percheron, Clydes-
dale, Hambletonian and other famous
strains. Stations of these classes have
been sent to the ranches, and the result
is an increase in the size and quality Of
the horse. Range horses, as they are
called in distinction from brOnchos,
range in weight from $50 to 1,150
pounds. The bronchos, which are of
Spanish origin and have no improved
blood in them, weigh from $50 to 900
pounds.
eve believe the performance of the
two horses which have just come from
Wyoming will influence the German
and English army agents and exporters
for domestic purposes to try our West
ern horses"