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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1895)
ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. TODAY'S WEATHER, 4 Forecast for Oregon tni Wishlngton, ff train, warmer, gales on coast. K Q Th ASTORtAN has the larfrc.it LOCAL t. jj circulation) the largest GF.KiRAL c!rcu?a- 1 tlon, and the largest TOTAL circulation f ' all papers published In Astoria, N Ivw W v yCTi t!j EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLIV. ASTOMA, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1895. NO. 287. Xmas Presents! (iwXlt4.'JMs coats in the war at $i 50, $3, $3.50, $4 or $5 Silk Handkerchiefs, Neckwear, Suspenders, Fur Top and other Gloves, and all kinds of Furnishing Goods, Hats, Boots, Shoes, Umbrellas, etc. 1. U OSGOOD, The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher. S06 and 608 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA. OR. The Finest and Host Complete Line of Holiday In At Prices to Suit the Times.' Griffin & Reed's City Book Store. THREE LOTS. In a desirable location, 2 blocks from High School. A BARGAIN. CHOICE LOTS IN HILLS FIRST ADDITION. On the new Pipe Line Boulevard f rwt the place for a cheap home. A Block IN ALDER 13 ROOK. STREET OAR LINE will be extended this summer to within 5 minutes walk of this property Will sell at decided ACREAGE. In 5 or 10 no re trsors insiJe the nty limit, also adjoining Flavel. GEORGE HILL. -471 KondSt., Occident Block, HILL'S REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. New Lines o We havfl receive! an immense new stock of good dur ing the past week. :md will guarantee our- prices t I e at least 2' per -eiit lower than a iy o'.hi-r s ore n this city. OREGON TRADING CO., 6oo Commercial Street. Real Estate (Den, Barkers and Business men Of rKtOJia Cene ally fl POINTER ! '- Call Isrta the Aterl office so get ample capie of our icga lar CeaiBieixial niitloo. Q It Means Money n in Your Pocket. Hcxrrmrzxzi One of my Meu's Suits in the war at $5 $7 50 or $10. A wool Mackintosh in the war t 5. $6.50 or $10. A wool Overcoat for men in the war, prices at $7.50, $10 or Boys' wool Suits in the cloth ing war at $1.50, $2.50, $3.50 or $4. Boys' Mackintoshes and Over Goods the City bargain. Neckties I Suspenders! Silk Handkerchiefs! Hosiery ! Underwear 1 Hats! Clothing ! Umbrellas ! Blankets, Etc., Etc. The Rescrt 473 ('ommrrciai street, is tha nlsw where the biisiowmHD and the laboring 1 Cleveland was made, and second, that he nan go for what is called "BK.ST "N ! was hypnotized by Olney, who. In turn, THE COAST." or a nice eool drink of was hypnotized by Lodge. But we con th nuli.kv.A.4 n 1..: 1 .. .hat it u nnlv an election address. i hHfery kind nwd. to order "nd n flaunt tr i.,n t, !!.. 1 j Q".t S TjX&J? rwd u-r ifcwtoD t.ulcwl rVans served every i'uer afternoon inn a" eiorme. Grosbauer St Brach bT0RIA PUBltIC ItlBW! KRD Kix.ll Flilg TO ALL Or-n everv dav from 3 o'clock to 6 :3n nd : -o S&t'p. m 'nrB-rriptiun rates $3 prr annnm. Sawthwsat car. Ekmotk mm4 Daaa Ms. r4 4 A blOflliS dUQ r r r KLAN QUESTION Congress Passes War Measures in Both Houses. WHAT THE OTHER NATIONS SAY France in Sympathy With Cleveland-Germany Says We Have Our Hands Full. Special to the Astorian: Washington, Dec. 18. The house today unanimously passed a bill empowering the president to appoint a commission 10 con sider the Venezuelan boundary question, and appropriating (100,000 to defray the expenses of the commission. TO INCREASE THE MILITARY FORCE Washington, Dec. 18. Senator Chandler today Introduced a bill "To strengthen the military armament." It directs the president to strengthen the military (ores of the United States by adding 1,0.0,000 In fantry rifles, 1,000 guns for field artillery, and not exceeding 6,000 heavy guns for fortiflcatlors. The sum of Jl.OOJ.OOO is made Immediately available for this pur pose. GERMANY SPEAKS Bejjln, Dec. 18. A representative of the Associated Press had an Interview on the subject of President Cleveland's meseage on the Venezuelan question with a high governmental official. He said: "Europe has never acquiesced In the Monroe doctrine. President Cleveland's threatened Interference In the quarrel be tween two other nations Is not seriously Interpreted here. The threats will show England the dancers of Isolation." Count Von Kanltz., the Agrarian leader, and author of the famous grain monop oly scheme, remarked: "The United States seems to be spoiling for a fight: she might get her hands full." Hejr Richter,.the People's Party leader, says: "I suppose It Is an election t ick of President Cleveland. But it Is doubt, ful if England will back down." THE PARIS PAPERS. Paris, Dec. 18. La Patrie, referring to President Cleveland's message, remarks: "The United States will obtain complete satisfaction by a vigorous attitude. Great Britain is only strong with the weak. She is prudent with those who are de termined to defend the dignity of their country. The affair will be a great lesson to all nations." La Llberte says: "The controversy Is proceeding between two peoples of the same ethnological origin, and who are accustomed to big words, but whose cold passion does not go so far as the litting of blood affairs. It Is a false alarm and will certainly be arranged." The Journal des Debats says: "We can not Imagine an election maneuver In Buch a grave question. It Is probable, and much to be hoped for, that the good sense of the statesmen at Washington and Lon don will prevent the dispute from being envenomed to the extent of an open rup ture, in spite of the exicted tone of the newspapers of both countries." The Temps says: "The fratricidal struggle between Great Britain and the great republic of the new world would seem a crime against hu manity and civilization." FEELING IN ENGLAND. London, Dec. 18. The' officials of the British foreign office declined any op nion on the Venezuelan question and tho same attitude of reserve was maintained at the United States embassy here. Ambassador Bayard arrived at the embassy at an ear ly hour, looking worried. He declined to see anyone, saying that the matter was much too grave to discuss. The Westminster Gazette remarks The fact is that the present situation is the result of an unfortunate comblnat on: on one Bid 3 a foreign secretary who was once a Saturday reviewer, and who could not avoid the temptation of scoring in an argument, ami on the other side a president who could not resist the temp tation of sccrtng In an e'.ec.oral campa gn but the mass of the people of both coun tries remark the possibility of war on any such Issue with blank Incredu lty." The Evening News says: "The e'ectlon dodge does not give us a moment's un easiness." The St. James Gazette heads Its a-ticle on the Venezuelan development, "War or Wire Pulling," and says: "P e Went Cleveland's language In the mouth of an Eurovtnn diplomat would mean Instant mobilization of armies. It Is rather too late to say 'hands off' to an empire which includes not only British Guiana and Ja maica, but Canada. We are all anx ous to give the American government an op portunity of forcing It." The St James Gazette then discusses the theory that the matter Is "merely an election dodge," and quotes an ed'torial of the New York World on the subject. The Pall Mall Gazette, Astor's paper, ridicules the whole matter, saying: "It flashed across us at first that President nd we adv,M P"8ldent clf,vnd Kt0 appeal to the country Immedlate'y, be-1 fiV? the American, have time to study! .u. - m,t fer thst the Monroe doctrine. But we fear that even now It Is too late, for the World has already given the word 'Bugaboo, alas; bugaboo.' " The Evening Standard observes that "It seems Impossible for any public man to Issus a document In those offensive terms," then recalls the Backvitle-West incident and says: "It Is a fresh at tempt for the Irish vote and tef reg Of large towns." The OloN. fit. James Oaiete and othr rap-rs publish comparisons of th British and United States navies. The 0'ob, for Inp'unn. savs: "Of America's twenty-six It.ik',! vttint Ort Bria n's n tly four. many are oIm, and of torpedo gurtvats. Great Britain hss thfrty-three and the United States one." Continuing the Globe states that of torpedo destroy-1 These t 4 I Jd61(6LS 5uirements but as substantial gifts as well, and something - r TO mmmPflil rhomcmrflc? tn ers Great Britain has forty-two and the United States not one. Great Britain is also to have ninety-six torpedo boats to two American torpedo boats. Besides, the Globe points out, Great Britain has already thirteen ships In her North Amer ican squadron, five on the southeast coast of America and six on the Pacific coast. A dispatch to the Press Association from Liverpool says that the message of the president will thoroughly disorganize, the American railroad market of the s.ock exchange. PROF. WOLSEY ON THE SITUATION, New Haven, Deo. 18. Prof. Theodore B. Wolsey, who holds the chair of Interna tional law in the Yale law college, speak' ing today of the president's message on the Venezuelan dispute, said: "The president has been Ill-advised. When he says the dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela is dangerous to our national safety, he says that which every body knows to be ridiculous. The prest- dent emphasizes unduly a single phrase of the Monroe doctrine, without taking Into account the special circumstances which the Monroe doctrine was Intended to meet. In the whole matter the Mon roe doctrine should be kept out of s'ght as Inapplicable, and the question Bhould be argued on the grounds of national policy. The president finds his offer of arbitration declined: he now announces himself as a mediator, but a mediator known in international law must be ac cepted by both parties, who are free to reject his decision. In this case neither party made the president mediator, and he announces his Intention to enforce his decision. He Is therefore not a mediator, but dictator." Prof. Wolsey said he regarded Eng land's refusal of arbitration a a mistake. Referring to the message of the president he said: "The president has gone gun ning without taking out a gun license." PENNOYER ON THE MESSAGE. Portland, Or., Dec. 18. Speaking of tho president's message ex-Governor Pennoy er today said: "The president, after having acted very materially, by the adoption of the British single gold standard policy. In thorough subjugation of the United States to Great Britain. Is now extremely opposed to the absorption by that government of any portion of Venezuela. It Is the old fall ing of watching the spigot and neglecting the bunghoie. It Is to be hoped that congress will see to It that the commis sion to be appointed shall not be entirely left to the president, as we want no more obsequious Blounts than necessary. The senate should appoint one, the house one, ana the president one." WHALE AND "STEAMER Large School Caught Asleep on the Water. One Struck and Blood Flies-Others Escape Steamship Was Not in Any Way Injured. A New York paper has the following interesting account of a collision between a steamer and a whale: The German Bhlp Amrum, bound for this port, ran into a school of whales on December 8, and killed one. The others escaped. The Iron vessel Is at anchor oft Stableton, Staten Island, and Is uninjur ed. Mate Schlalkler, of the Amrum, said last night: "It was on last Sunday that the big fishes were sighted. The star board watch had gone below, and all the officers were at dinner. Suddenly an excited seaman ran aft and shouted, There s land ahead! "I had just finished making the entries in the log, and knew that we were far off the Florida coast, and was also aware that there was no-land near us. How ever, I grabbed a glass and hurried on deck. Dead ah;ad was a flotilla of sierm whales, although at first glance I was R'most inclined to take the sailor's word that land was ahead. "They lay lazily on the surface of the water, and seemed to be asleep. I think I saw one spout, but such a little spurt went forth that I am sure It was me chantcal. Before I could give the order to reverse the engines we smashed Into one of the monsters. There was a spurt of blood, which covered the side of 'he ship from the forward rigging to tl bridge, and then the whale disappeared The vessel trembled for a moment, as though she had scraped bottom, and then pushed on. All hands felt the shook, and ran on deck just In time to see the great flukes of the whale whirl In the air for a second as It went down. "The disaster seemed to wake the whole school, and they Immediately sped off to windward, spouting as they went. That night we kept all hands on deck washing the blood from the port rail, but we dl.ln't see another whale." From the mate's description the whales were undoubtedly sperm, and would have been a harvest for one of the New Bed ford whaleshlps. The Amrum was then In latitude 31 41 degrees north, longitude 47 43 degrees west, which Is far off the Florida coast, flhe had had bad weather from the time of leaving Progreso, from whence she, was bound to New York. On one occasion a big sea boarded her and caught a seaman who was working aft, carrying him across deck, and In juring him badly. He only esoap"d being osrried overhnnrd by the efforts of his shipmate. This was the night be'ore the sighting of the whales, when th w'nd moderated and left only a heavy swell. I 1 ne Amrum ia a iw-ion vessel, ziv ieei long, ana oniy j reel neam. me nas a very sharp prow to her high, pointed bow, THE MARKETS. Liverpool, Dec U. Wheat, spot, firm; demand, poor; No. t red winter, 6a 2d; No. 2 red irptng. stocks exhausted: No. 1 hard Manitoba. Bs 2d: No. 1 California, Ss d- Hops, unchanged. Portland, Dec. U Wheat Valley, M" Z&i,: Walla Walla, tOc. It Is said Mark Twain is to receive $11. no for ten lecture to be delivered In Londoa are articles that quirements, but as substantial gil to commend themseves to parents. Senator Hill Introduces Bill to Bepeal Disabilities Law. EX-CONFEDfcRATES TO SERVE In Army-Resolution Calling for Correspondence Regarding: Boundary Question. Washington, Dec. 18.-Senator Hill today offered a resolution to repeal the law Imposing disabilities on Confederate sol diers, but no action was taken. In presenting the bill for the repeal of the law imposing disabilities on those who served In the war of the rebellion, Hill spoke briefly. The main purpose, he said, wan to wipe out the 'eature of the statute which prevented the ex-Confederates from serving in the United States navy and army. "It Is most opportune at the present moment," said Hill, "that these men from the South cooperate with those of the North In giving the count-y any military or nnval defense that may be require 1." He spoke of the measure as aVatrlotlj one, tending to obliterate the animosities of the war long ago closed. In conclusion Hill asked that the rules be suspended and the bill put on Its Immediate passage. Piatt, of Connecticut, suggested that It was rather a novel proceedure to ask the senate to pass a measure of this charac ter before the senators had considered the subject. i HIM consented to let the bill go on the table for the present. On motion of Davis, the senate agreed to the resolution catling on the president for Information and all correspondence relative to the establishment by Great' Britain of postofflces and post routes In the United States territory of Alaska; also as to any British occupation, mili tary or civil, of that territory; also t& spcctlng any attempt by Great Britain or Canada to assert any claim to terrl tory of the United States In Alaska. An other significant resolution was offered by Galllnger, authorizing the secretary of war to contract for the purchase of an improved counterpoise battery. The reso lutlon went to the committee on military affairs. FREIGHT RATES NOT RAISED. Upon Restoration of Passenger Rates from 'Frisco. San Francisco, Dec. 18. The restoration by the Southern Pacific of parsenger rate. between San Francisco and Portland will have no effect upon freight rates. The railroad company Is still In the pos'tlon of having to haul empty cars to Oregon to bring the products of that region to this market, or would be in that position were it not for the cut In northbound rates and so long as this condition ob tains It Is argued that the company might as well get loads at the low rate as to draw cars with nothing at all In them, Despite the restorlatlon of railroad pas. senger rates the rallrcad must continue to meet the competition on freight by sea, and at this kind of trade the steamers have a decided advantage at normal rates COAL MINERS STRIKE. Dallas, Dec. 18. --All tho coal miners In the Indian territory went on a strike today. These mines employ more than 5,000 men and all are Idle. A coal famine is almost Inevitable In Texas. THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. Fairly Satisfactory Condition of Affairs. The Bankers' Monthly says In Its cur rent Issue: "The business outlook Is still Indefinite. There is in the situation a good deal that is satisfactory, but there is also much that is uncertain. The currency question we still have with us, and the prospect for Its settlement by the piesent congress 1b not good. The president has done his part and he has done It well; h.s mes sage Is a clear, straightforward statement of his convictions, and, In the main, the flnanclal world will agree with his conclu sions. He asks for the retirement of the greenbacks and the treasury notes. It is not Improbable that a majority of the members of congress agiee that Such an action would be a solution of our pres ent financial difficulties. It Is to be la mented that politics, rather than states manship, will play such an Important part In the discussion of so Important a question. Neither party Is likely t have the courage to advocate definite and radi cal legislation on the eve of a presidential campaign. The chances are that there will be a long discussion and little action of real Importance. The large volume of business aoes not show much change. The edge Is off the boom In the Iron trade, but there Is noth ing like a collapse there. Prices In some directions are a shade lower, but the output Is still large, and In the main. Is being well absorbed. Hank clearings mane a .fairly good comparison with last year, and Indicate a really large volume 01 business. The number of commercial falf ures has Increased somewhat, but there Is nothing serious to bo found on that score. There is a good deal of complaint about bad collections. The farmers of the West are thoroughly dissatisfied with the pres ent range of prices for farm produce, and, wherever it Is possible, they are withhold' Ing their crops from market. B' cause of that we are getting but little effect of the great corn crop. The railroads are. as a rule, showing material increase In earnings. The reports are Irregular, how ever, and some of the roads in the south and southwest are making a bad record. We seem likely to close the year with moderately active businus, but with still a rood deal of uncertainty that has mark ed the situation for months. There Is th possibility that. In addition to some of tr. uncertainties In our own field, there may come a disturbance from abroad. A Eu ropean war seems an improbanln thing, l.tit It Is, nv-r I lilhf .-noufch within the ane-e of possibility to merit some thought d to throw some element of uncertain ty Into the outlook. If an extraordinary den snd for (old should develop, and the are not only suited to Christmas re- nnfantc! WH government's reserve be reduced to a point where some action would have to be taken to replenish it, we might expect "some depression from that situation. Tak en altogether, we can define the present condition of business as moderately sat isfactory, with an outlook in which there is rather mora than the usual degrees ot uncertainty." PHILADELPHIA'S STRIKE. No Settlement Made With the Street Car Men. . Philadelphia, Dec. 18. The great street car strike Is still on. At every principal point In the city detachments of armed police were concentrated and scattered I along the more frequented thoroughfares. I Following an nrrir from DlrAotn ttltla. ' any gathering consisting of more than nvo people, was instantly aispersea. Throughout the day spcsmodlo attempts to keep several of the lines In operation were made, but In every instance the crawling cars bore more policemen than passengers. CLEVELAND CONGRATULATED. Washington, Deo. 18. President Cleve' land had many callers today from sen' ators and representatives who came to congratulate him on the attitude he had assumed. The telegrams which began to pour In yesterday, commending his course were supplemented today by many let ters. Secretary Olney had his share of callers. Although there Is no where suggestion of any abatement of our claims, and Indeed it Is generally recog nlzed that the president has left no ave nue for retreat. It Is still confidently be Ueved here that the difficulty can, and will be settled peaceably. This belief Is based upon the expectation that Great Britain will re-establish diplomatlo rela Hons with Venezuela. KILLED IN A MINE. Union, Or., Dee. 18. A fatal accident occurred In the Bradley mines at Sanger, twenty-nve miles east of this city, this morning A. L. Megalove was Instantly killed. He had put in a shot a short time before, loosening up a large quantity of ore and rock In the slope, and was re. moving the ore at the lower end when a rock suddenly slid upon him, Instantly crushing out his life and so comnlotely Imbedding him that the debris had to be picked away before the body could be re moved. A remarkable discovery was made while digging a well recently near Eugene Junction. At the depth of 170 feet a ce dar tree was found. The grain of the wood and knots are still plainly visible. HE WANTS TO Dffi So Says Montgomery, Convicted of Murder in First Degree. Defense Could Not Establish Flea of Insanity and the Prisoner Says Did Not Expect It. Albany, Or., Deo. 18. The Jury In the trial of Lloyd Montgomery, for the mur der of his father and mother and Daniel McKercher after being out an hour and forty-five minutes, tonight letumed a v.r- dlct of murder in the first degree. The evidence today for the Btate was most convincing. Two members of the grand Jury testified that the prisoner ap peared before that body during thtlr in vestigation of the case and voluntarily confessed having committed the muider. The counsel for the defense did not at tempt to prove the Innocence of the de fendant, but tried to establibh the fact that he committed the murder in the heat of passion, without premeditation, and that he was mentally unaccountable. Three physicians testified to his sanity. Two of them thought his recent attack was an epileptic, fit, but that the effect was only temporary, and he was sane when the murder was committed and Is so now. The other physician believed the defendant was only feigning Insanity. A physician from Brownsville who was Montgomery's family doctor, testified tl-a two weeks before the murder he had treated Lloyd for an attack resembling an eplleptla fit, but it was a slight attack and he thought at that time it was caus ed by acute Indigestion, produced by over eating. At all other times he had appear- d perfectly sane. About three hours were consumed In the argument of the case by the attorneys. The court then delivered his charge to the Jury and they retired for deliberation, and an hour and three quarters later they returned the verdict. The prisoner ap peared unmoved when the verdict was read. The court fixed 11.30 tomorrow as the time for pronouncing the death sen' tence. The prisoner stated to the sheriff that the verdict was what he expected and desired. He said he wanted to die. and also told the sheriff that when the sentence is pronounced hewlll, if per mltted, make a clean breast of It. and will tell all about the murder. County School Superintendent Shelley was in the city this morning, and having lust been notified that the State Teach' ers' Association will convene on January 1, expressed himself as undecided regard ing the holding of a Teachers' Institute at The Dalles on the 30th of the present month, as announced a few days since. It Is to be hoped that Superintendent Shelley will not allow the state associa tion to Interfere with the state institute here. Mountaineer. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report A M A H A M nrrf 11 Introduced to His Fellow Sen ators by J. H. Mitchell. MAGNIFICENT, BANQUET GIVEN Washington Society Event-Much Good Humor and Comrade ship Prt)Talled. Yesterday's Oregonian contains the fol lowing special telegram from its corres pondent at Washington, D. C: The dinner which Senator Mitchell gave to his colleague, Senator McBrlde, was one of the most enjoyable occasions of the kind that has ever taken place in Wash ington. The senators and others who were present ars still talking about it, r.nd Senator Mitchell was Congratulated by those who attended upon the success cf his dinner, while Senator McBrlde was congratulated upon being so auspiciously Introduced to his future fellow senators. Besides being is magnificent spread upon a beautiful tablp, the assembled company was In the vein to enjoy everything, and each contributed his share to the p'eos ure of the evening. Senator Mitchell paid a glowing tribute to Senator McBrlde, and detailed his career since he had known him, which covered a period of twenty five years. Senator McBrlde in response, said that he could hirdly express his pleasure at meeting his fellow senators, end remarked that he was under some embarrassment on account of the too generous praise which Senator Mitchell had bestowed urj- on him. While detailing the political career of Senator McBrlde, Senator Mitchell told about the successful run he had made for secretary of state, and a!stmcntloned the faot that Mr. Hermann had also been elected by a large majority. This brought up Mr. Hermann at the conclusion of McBride's remarks. Mr. Hermann began by endorsing everything Mitchell had said of MoBrlde, and then he wont on to ex press hlB great plenffprev and was expatiat ing upon the Joy h folt when the news was flashed over the wire that McBrida had been elected. At this point, some ot the members began to roar with laughter, some of them declaring that Hermann had been lying awake nights with his ear close to the ground expecting that hs would be called to the place himself. This rather broke up tho representative's speech. From that time on until the close of the dinner, the mirth and Jest went from senator to representative and back. Sen ator Burrows, paying his comlpiments to Senator McBrlde, said that he conprratu. lated him upon having such an introduc tion to the senators. He had accomplished something that night that would not oo our again during his term of six years, for never again would he have an audi ence of so many senators who would listen to his speeches, but when ho here after talked to the senate It would be to tmpty benches. This was one of the ap preciated Jokes, for nearly every senator present had talked when no one on tarth was listening. Senator Wilson spoke for Washington, and made one of his vigorous speeches about the great Northwest and the pion eers of that country who had made it famous. He spoke of the attempt that Is being made in Alaska by England to ge the best part of the territory, and said that if the policy was pursued, which gave England all the Northwest territory, we would probably lose that strip of land. There was a great deal of patriotic talk Indulged In. There were speeches made which showed that the senators and rep resentatives present were willing to have this country stand up for its rights and force England to respect our rights. Ev erybody agreed that the dinner was un surpassed, and that nothing could have made the occasion a more happy one. CZARINA NURSES HER OWN BABY. New York Times Cable. The czarina has undertaken a responsi bility unknown In the history of czarinas. Against the advice of physicians and the zar Bhe Is nursing little Princess Ulga herself. Before the dootors had Anally concluded that, after all, the nursing would not Injure her majesty's health so much as the shock of absolute refusal to accede to a loving mother's request, the peasant women advertised for had bo un to arrive. They were as numerous and each was as certain of the superior ity of her qualifications as the applicants for the position of a prize beauty in a circus parade. For centuries the sons and daughters of the czars up to teething time have had their sustenance from peasant women. "A woman who had not been the mother of fewer than two and more than four children, dark complex loned preferred," was the message that flew from vllage to village and there aroso 'aintly in the heart of every qualified woman hopes that fame and rubles might be hers by making blood and bone fcr a rlncess. All the women of Rus!a are delighted that their czarina Is to do the old-fashioned maternal duty heraelf-all except the candidates. It almost makes up for the fact that Olga was not a boy. Andrew Kershaw, the doctor, at the Grand Roonde Indian agency, has been appointed superintendent of the 01 in ml Ronde Indian boarding school and aneci&l disbursing officer. The bonds required are IIO.OOO, and have been furnished. This relieves Agent Ilrentano from office.