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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-25
THE CORBLTT CASE
IN THE SENATE
Spooner Makes a Favorable Impress
sion In Favor Of the Claimant.
A BUSY DAY IN THE HOUSE
Preparing for Emergencies 10 Appropriation
Bill-Afssaal Machinery 10 Be rut 10
Order Naval Cadets Appointed.

Washington. Feb. Zl.-The feature OF
the senate's session today vas the speech
Of spooner. Of Wisconsin. on the right OF
Henry ". corbett TO q seat In the senate
from oregon under appointment Of the
governor. spooner made a constitutional
argument In favor OF seating Corbett. ana
had not concluded when the senate ad-
iourned.
An effort was made to obtain the con
sideratlon Of the Alaskan homestead and
railway right Of way BIN. but on pre-
llmlnary technicallty II went over.
spooner said that the primary power to
hil seats In the senate from any state was
In the legislature Of the state. but in the
reading Of the constitution It ought TO be
remembered that this very matter was
one of dispute In the constitutional con-
veniion. He pointed out that the consti-
tuition provided that each state should be
the peer OF every other state, not in p0pu-
latlon. not In area but IN the number OF
votes In the senate While this constltu-
ton could be amended by the action OF
two-thirds OF the states. Il is provided
that no state could be deprived Of repre-
sentation In the senate without its con-
sent II was the purpose undoubtedly OF
the trainers Of the constitution In placing
in the governor the power 10 make a tenn
porary appointment to safeguard the
rights and interests OF the state so that
every state at all times might have fun
and complete representation In the senate
An effective point was made by spooner
when he cited the credentials OF John
Walker. OF Virginia who was appointed
to the senate on March 81. l7sO. by the gov.
ernor OF Virginia. This case was the first
gubcrnatorlal appointment made TO the
senate under the constitution. Spooner
said. and was precisely similar to that
now under consideration. as Walkers
Credentials showed that the legislature
ot Virginia had the opportunity to nil the
vacancy then existing and had failed to do
so. The senate accepted Walkers ere
dentials and seated him. Can 1t reason
ably be held" exclaimed spooner, "that
the distinguished men then sitting in the
senate knew less Of constitutional law
than we know now"
Just before the conclusion OF spooner's
remarks Bacon. OF Georgia, inquired
whether under all circumstances in cases
OF anticipatory vacancies, the senator
from Wisconsin (Spooner held that the
governor had the right to make the APP
pointment irrespective OF the inaetion snG
the inability for any reason for the legis.
lature to elect
Spooner replied that Bacon had cor
ieetly stated his position.
Bacon then cited the hypothetical case
OF a legislature being influenced by the
corrupt use Of money not to elect in order |
that the governor might make the ap-
polntment, and asked Spooner II he would |
seat the appointee OF the governor,
Certainly" replied Spooner, unless II
could be clearly shown to the senate thar
the appointee was himself implicated in |
the conspiracy and in the corrupt use OF
money"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-25
NEW CANAL RoNps.
Plans to Float the St. clair and Erie Ca
nal Proposition.


nal Proposition.
Montreal. Feb. 2L-A proposal 10 guar-
antee the bonds OF the ST. Clair and Erie
chip canal is being considered by the do
minion government. A deputatlon OF Iep-
resentatiye men from the companies in
terestcd accompanied by the several
members Of parliament presented a peti-
tion that the petition OF the St. Clair ana
Erie Canal Company asking Tor a guar
an'ee OF , per cent interest for % years
on an issue Of $1,000 bonds be granted.
The more important Of the points touched
upon by the delegates were the shorten
Ing Of the distance between lake st. Clair
and lake Erie by - miles. which would
decrease the sailing distance and thus in
crease the number CT trips in season.
the avoidance of the ianscrs and DELAYS
of the Detroit river route, the iessening
~ The cost OF transports between Fort
William and lake Erie and locally the
making efectual of drainage Of very
large area OF fertile land now only imrer.
tectly drained at a great cost and the
bringing OF a market equal to that Of
large city to The very doors OF the farmers
and gardeners. 1t was also shown that
the government will not be called upon
TO pay any of the interest guaranteed as
the company wouli proyi',e for 1t during
the construction ana after that the tolls
on less thon one-third OF the tonnage
passing through Detroit river would ray
interest on the bonds and all expenses OF
operation.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-25
BUSY DAY IN THE HOUSE.

Washington. Feb, si-The house devoted
itself strictly to business today and dis
posed OF 50 additional pages of the sundry
civil appropriation bill.
The fact that the government is prepar-
ing for contingencies was recognized in
the house today when Chairman Cannon,
who has been laboring to keep down ap-
preparations, accepted without word OF
protest the amendment to increase the APP
preparation to care for the unused ma
chlnery in the Springfield arsenal Gill
lette explained that the necessity for us
ing this machinery might occur at any
time.
The resolutions which were objected to
a few weeks ago for the appointment OF
two extra naval cadets to positions in the
engineer corps of the navy were also
made, One of them will fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Lieutenant Mer-
ritt, of the Maine.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-25
BRANDING SEALS.

New York, Feb. 2l.-The Electrical Re-
view viii publish today the first authentic
account of branding fur seals by electrici-
ty to prevent the destruction of the fe-
male seals, The article is written by Ell
mer Il, Farmer of Stanford University,
who accompanied by the United States
fur seal commission to the Pribyloff ISL
ands last August when the experiment
was tried, The electrical apparatus con-
sists of small dynamo operated by q
gasoline engine and branding oautery
similar to that used by physicians. The
young female seals were marked by draw
ing the hot platinum cautery across the
back which resulted in destroying the
fur so that even the seal were afterward
killed the commercial value of the fur
would be destroyed, It is nrobable that
the experiments will be carried further
by means of improved electrical appara-
tus.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-25
SPANISH FLEEr For HAVANA.

SPANISH FLEET FOR HAVANA
New York February ?t-A dispatch to
the World from Madrid says;
The queen invited to lunch with the
royal family Captain Villamio, COM
monder OF the Spanish squadron about to
start for Cuba. He had called to take
leave of the queen After luncheon the
queen talked long time with the COM
mondcr, nQulring into all the details OF
the contemplated cruise, Villamla after
wards went to the ministry of marine TO
take leave of General Bermajo with
whom he had long interview. The
squadron viii be composed of three tor.
pcdo destroyers, the Pluton, tho Terror
and the Furore, and the torpedo vessels
RNyo Allcor and ozor These craft wilt
be accompanied by the steamer city o,
CadiE, conveying coal and provisions. The
vessels viii stop at the Canary islands
and also at Porto Rico before reaching
Cuba.
II Is officially announced that there is
no hurry for their Joining the cruisers
oquendo and Viscaya at Havana.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-25
UNITED STATES
READY FOR WAR
Preparations Being Made With Great
Activity by All Departments.
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY SPEAKS
Mar 40, Inevitable Bat We Nu,l BE rsuGy
for Deyslopnsn,s Spanish Fleet on
The Nay to havana
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY SPEAKS

chicago. February 2i-Tho Tribune this
morning prints The following spcciar
from Washington.
= DO not propose 10 DO anything at ait
10 accelerate whr with Spain. Up 20 the
present do not think war IL either nceen-
sary or Inevitable would be lax In my
duty however, n iid not prepare for
tho future The situation is grave ana the
policy NJ tho administration will be De.
trrmIned almost entirely by tho course o.
events from time 10 time. There IL no
urccrsily of alarming the people. but con.
grcs- must be- ready 90 nsalst the ad-
mlnis,ral!on without making too many
inquiries as 10 the course of current
events"
To "a senator who called upon him yes.
tcrday IN order 10 ask some serious qucs.
uons 40 10 the policy of the adminls,ra-
tion. President Mckinley with the utmost
frnnknost uttered the above words. There
ls no doub, u the fac, that the govern.
men, " the United States Ii actually pre-.
pairing for war with Spain. II IS not nee
rssary that war will follow. but the ac-
tlyiW ~ too unmistakablc 10 BE- con-
cealtd The president and his cabinet
unite In the belief s,ill. In spite OF an
evidence TO the contrary. that the ex-
plosion Of the Maine was AN unfortunate
accident but they recognize the fact
that the contrary may prove true a. at
mos, any hour. ana that n it n shown
even intcrcntlally that Spain had "a hand
IN the catastrophe. there will be- but one
,hlng to do. and that will be 10 seize the
island u Cuba by force of arms. Al no
time since the war OF the rebellion has
the military branch OF the government
been 20 active as II IL today.
l, IL signlncan, fact that within the
last two days there has been a remark.
able change OF opinion In the navy de.
partmcnt In regard to the explosion OF the
Maine when the first news arrived here
last week experts at the department were
nearly divided as between accident ana
design, but today after studying the late
reports and especially photographs sent
from Havana, nine out OF ten OF the ON.
GERS Of the department express the belle,
that the Maine was anchored over a sub
marine mine, Tho only difference OF opln-
ion seems to be as to whether the mine
was exploded by Spanish officers acting
under orders, or by some enthusiast. The
latter opinion Is generally held. but It is
said that this does not lessen In any de-
gree the responsibility Of Spain for the
horrible catastrophe.
II the Spanish officers allowed the war
shin to bc moorcd TO buoy which at
tached TO u submarine mine, they thereby
became responsible for the result,
whether the mino was exploded by oit-
cial orders or not.
The placing OF the Maine in an exposed
place In the harbor, II Il was done at ALL
was done by Spanish officers, and Il the
mine was exploded by anybody at all they
were directly responsible and will be SO
held by President McKinlcy's adminIstra-
ton.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-25
MCCORMICK CANNOT SERVE.

Cincinnati, February 24.-E. o. McCor-
mick, passenger traffic manager Of the
Big Four railway, has telegraphed to New
York to Commissioner Farmer of the
Trunk Line Passenger association that
pressing duties would render it impossi-
bic for him to serve on the conference
committee, to which he was appointed by
Commissioner Farmer, to enieavor to get
the Canadian Pacific to call OFF its rate
war
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-25
ANOTHER BATTLE
WITH INSURGENTS
Spanish Major RiYas Killed and Pour
Officers and Is Men Wounded.
CuBANs DON'T WANT WAR
rfsIsf See reass BetNetn United States
and spaia-Ear Jast khIt Spain Would
Like TO See Caban, Can Nov kie.

Havana. Via Key West Feb. 2i.-At an
important meeting Of the central com
mlJ,cc OF auionoTnists. Senior Gown. soc-
rctnry Of the interior. proposed an amend
mcnt increasing the committee from 70 to
o. The l5 new members will be taken
from cmigrants TO the United States ana
insurgents OF prominence who agree TO
support autonomy
u II regarded an surprising that Span
ish resident supported the plan. The com
miticc also nominated delegates FOR the
election next month It Is believed that
the radicals viii carry the election.
General Pnndo after leaving Havana
spent several days at Puerto del Padro.
province of Santiago de- Cuba He sent
,missarlcs TO the lnsurgent leader capote
10 negotiate a surrender. It is clalmed
that be has no, been able to and capote
and that consequently he went on 10 the
city Of Santiago de Cuba. Manzanlllo ana
Santa Cruz. where he arrived last Tues
day. With battalion Of soldiers he took
the steamer for NJ nzanlllo 20 commence
operations In the neld. A battalion under
Major Rlvas left Candelar.a on Monday
10 rcconnoiter the insurgents. When the
troops reached the heights they were at.
tackled by a large insurgent force under
General Maria Rodriguez and leader Per-
leo DIaz and surrounded. A hot fight en-
sued. Major Rlvas was killed by hots In
the mouth and heart. The Spanish coll
umn rctrcated. It's casualties In addition
To the loss OF Major Rivas. were four
officers and Is men wounded. The lnsurg-
cut loss was small
The stories published In tho Spanish
newspapers that the United States naval
officers at Havana are talking TOO much
are unfounded II would be impossible to
and more discretion than is shown by all
from captain TO cadet Even the men
wounded or unwounded, are careful OF
what they say, les, an indiscretlon in
talk should lead To serious action.
Captain slgsbrcs private letters have
been recovered, His gold medal from con-
grcss and the diplomatic order OF the Req
Eagle given him by Emperor William /.
OF Germany, for hts inventions OF deep
sea apparatus, have not been found.
As an illustration OF the want prevailing
In the immediate suburbs OF Havana II is
said that during the last six weeks go
patients have died OF privation at the
iunatic asylum at MaEerra. In that pc
riod the autonomist mayor OF Havana
has given the asylum only $1,000. The
former mayor gave it 5000 a month with
far fewer deaths,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-25
STOP BUYING COTTON,

Houston, Tex Feb 2L,--It Is reported
from Brenham that the agents of Nc
Fadden Brothers, of Philadelphia, one OF
the worlds great cotton firms, has been
instructed to stop buying cotton, The
same notification is said to have boen
sent to all their hundred or more agents
In Texas, Inquiries are said to have
brought the answer that It was because
of the Cuban complications, This has
caused considerable furry among the
local cotton men.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-25
THE CHINESE LOAN.

London, Feb, A--The Times announces
this morning that the Chinese loan will
issue at price about QO The security
will Include the unpledged balance of the
customs revenue and a portion of the
likin.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-25
EXTENDING TELEGRAPH LINES.

ST, Johns, N. f. Feb. a. One of the
chief features Of the railway deals in this
country Is the extension of the telegraph
system along the west coast of the straits
of Belle Isle and thence north along Lab
rador, provided agreements can be effect
ed whereby the Canadian government will
subsldlze the service.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-25
CHINESE LOAN UNDERWATER,

London, Feb. 2l.--Half the Chinese loan,
amounting to sS,OOO,OOO CsiO,OOO,OOW was un-
derwrltten this afternoon The issue
price is 90 and the interest from the loan
is 4h per cent.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-25
SPANISH KILLED BY MAcHETEs.

STNNISI NILLLU bl MANtEI IES,
Havana, via Key West, Feb, 2i.-On Sat
urday last party Of about 10 guerlllas
left the fort on n farm near Aguacate,
about 40 miles from this city, to dine AT
a neighboring place, During the absence
of the guerillas a detachment of about 10
insurgents occupied the fort and when
the garrison returned from dinner the in
surgents fell upon them with machetes
and killed 25 of the 40 guerllas.
The remaining 10 members of the gov
ornment force succeeded in escaping.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-25
KLoNDrKERs AROUND THE HORN.

KLoNDIKERs AROUND THE HORN.
San Francisco Feb. 9L-A party of gold
seekers bound for the lllondike has just
arrived from Gloucester, Mass, on the
small schooner Hattie /. Phillips The
voyage was made in l29 lays. She made
a stop of five days at Sandy Point. A
very heavy storm was encountered in the
gulf stream and she was hove to for 81
hours, Six stops were made N the straits
of Magellan. The men, who are nearly
all artisans or fishermen, will sell their
vessel here and so north by steamer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-02-10
MURDERED IN r4sIR STORE.

Mercer. No, Feb. 5.-Peter Kindred.
blacksmith. shot J. A. Alley and A. A.
Alley. Jr.. two merchants, This afternoon.
The trouble arose over = Judgment held
by them agains, Kindred. Kindred had
been drinking. and entered the store in a
fighting mood. lie made insulting re-
marks aud was ordered out. He went,
and A. a. Alley followed him. Alley
turned back at the door. Kindred. in
stead Of going out. turned and shot j. A.
Alley, who was in the back Of the store.
Kindred then hot A. A. Alley in the
back. Alley turned, and Kindred shot
him again. hitting Linn in the neck,
breaking it and killing him Instantly. J..
A. Alley is in a critical condition and is
not expected to live. Kindred wGs ar
rested and placed 10 jail in Princeton, TO
which he was followed by as angry mob.
Sentiment is strong against him and
lJ nching is threatened.
The j. A. Alley referred TO above is
either John Alley, who conducted a gen
eral store 10 Beaver from 1886 to 1889, or
his brother, Joseph. The A. A. Alley is
either Johns son Abiiah, or "Bige," as
he was Familiarity known. or Andrew
Alley. another of the Alley brothers.
Andrew A. Alley conducted a clothing
store in Grseusburg. Kansas. in 1891.
John and 'Bige" Alley are wei! and
favorably known to all old time Bea-
v%erites.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-02-10
Interesting and Important.

Fer the next 60 days l will sell
dry goods, boots. shoes, hats. CABS.
clothing, furaiture. carpets, drugs and
fancy goods, in fact everything IN stock,
at a sweeping reduction in price, and
many articles will be sold at half their
former prices. Now that all may have
the benefit OF from 10 to 25 per cent dis
count, ! have adopted the cash system,
asd l. must pay cash. have a large
and complete stock ia all lines. Como
early, as ibis stock won't last long at the
prices | am now making. | mean just
what say when | tell you that goods
have never before and probably never
will again be sold at such low prices,
either east or west. If you have an old
account you must settle il at once. l
need money and must have it.
Respectfully,
j. II. LINLEY.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-02-10
20 Jan, wa

An exchange tells how an Omaha
merchant hit on what he thought would
be a good advertisement the other day.
He took q large lump of coal and dipped
il in gold sizing ard lsbelled IL "a nugget
from Klondyke; value, 5000" Ne was
greatly surprised the next morning to
find his large plate glass window smash
ed and his gilded lump Of csal gone. 1t
cost him 800 10 replace the glass, and he
is of the opinion that a ten dollar sdver-
tisement in q newspaper would have
done him more good. and he would be
$50 in cash ahead.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-02-10

The colored preacher said: Il hab
found it necessary oil count oh de had
times and de gineral deficiency oh de
circulatin mejum in dis charch TO induce
nah new otlcrmatic colleckshun box.
It's fixed dat a quarter or a harf dollah
will fall on CT cushion widout noise; a
nickel will ring a hell distinctly heard
by de congregsshur, and a suspendah
button, NAH fellah mawtals, will fab orr
a pistil. So you will gum yo'self ac-
cordingly. De colleckshun will now
proceed while | lines out a hymn."-X.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-02-10
Notice to Creditors.

In the matter of the Estate Of J. C. Becker,
late of the Township OF Benton, County II
Beaver, Territory OF Oklahoma, deceased
All persons having claims against said j. c.
Becker, deceased, are required to exhibit the
same, with the necessary vouchers, to The I'M
designed, duly appointed and qualified Ad-
ministrator, or tot. c. Williamson, her agent,
at his Office in the villaNe of Beaver, in the
County Of Beaver and Territory OF Oklahs ma,
and that six months aner the first pub icati.n
of this notice has been limited by order of the
Probate & urt of said Beaver county, as the
time tor creditors of said deceased TO exhibit
and present their claims against said estate.
Dated this 9th day OF January, A. ID. 1895.
ANGIE BECKER, ADMINISTRATIVE
First pub. Jan. -, ls9s-w4
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-02-10
The Forestry Division of The Depart,

The Forestry Division of The Departs
ment of Agriculture at Washington is
buying large quantities of trees of varie-
ties particularly adapted TO planting in
the west, and sending them to the Agri,
cultural Experiment stations of the west
Within the past year or two tie Departs
ment has bought nearly half a million
trees from the Evergreen Nurseries, of
Evergreen. Wis, for this purpose. This
Company is making a specially of cater
ing TO thea needs Of western tree planters,
and carries a stock best adapted for the
west. They have an advertisement in
this paser. and u readers are requested
TO send for their catalogue and price list,
whics will be furnished free.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-02-10

Guthrie has n Sandow In the person Of
n boy named Ferrier. lie can lift a horse
without any tfuubls.- Wichita Beacon.
That is nothing strange. The writer
has known many men in this city who
could easily carry about several ponies.
without staggering under TIE load
PoRca Courier.
Pshaw, that's nothing. There ere sew
eral Henncssey boys who carry = pair OF
horses" in their pocket just for smuse-
ment.-HenDessey Kicker.
We woRder at you fellows Dragging
about your strong men. Here in Beaver
the average sport pays no atteution 10
as srall a thing as a horse. It's a CON
mon thing for one of them to carry of a
couple of schooners aid a good sized jag
on top of them. II you have any resI
strong men. trot them out.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-02-10

Kansas Brseze: Lysaader. your poem.
"An Ode to the Jack Rabbit" may be
original, but it strikes US as a base imi>
tation of Longfellow, and. in addition,
We will say frankly that we believe il is
stolen. However. we will give you the
benefit Of the doubt. and use the opening
stanZa as q sample:
"He killed the noble jackass rabbit,
With the skin he made him mittens;
Made them with the fur. side inside,
Made them with the skin side outside;
He. TO get the warm side inside.
Put the inside skin side outside;
He, 10 get the cold side outside,
Put the warm side, fur side, inside,
That's why he put the fur side inside,
Why he put the skin side outside.
Why he turned them inside outside"
Your second selection is clearly stolen.
though We are not positive as to the real
author. However. TO snow what q fakir
you are, ws run the first few lines:
"oh, the pup. the beautiful pup,
Drinking his milk from an old tin cup;
G~amboling round, SO friskee and free.
First gnawing a bone then biting a flea,
Jumping.
Running,
After a pony;
Beautiful pup, you will soon be belong"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-02-10
Republican Township Meeting.

A meeting of the Republican voters of
Beaver township is hereby called to meet
il the court house at Beaver on Satur-
day, February 10, 1898. at 2 o'clock p. m,
for the purpose of electing a committee
man. and to transact any other business
that may properly com before the
meeting. j. r. SENcENIcH,
Committeeman.