THE MESSAGE.
President McKinley's Annual
Communication to Congress.
CURRENCY REFORM IS URGED.
Advises Against the Recognition of
Cuba as a Belligerent.
The Financial
Great Length—Thinks the Secretary of
Question Discussed at
the Treasury Should Be Empowered to
Issue Bonds at a Lower Interest, and
That Treasury Notes Redeemed in Gold
Should Be Relssued Only on Payment
Should
to
of Gold—Says Spain
More Time in Which
Have
Pacify Cuba
Arguments For Hawalian Annexa-
tion—Japan's Fears Allayed—The Bi-
metallic Abroad—The Mes-
sage Also Deals With the
cific Sale,
lief For the
Indian Question, Arbitration and Civil
Service
Mission
Union Pa-
the Nicaragua Canal, He-
Alaska Gold Hunters,
Reform «— Economy Urged.
Wasmixaron, D. C. (Special).—The mes-
sage of President MoKinley was received
by the Fifty-ffth Congress shortly after
the first regular gessi
Monday.
It is one of the I
Congress, and deals at length with the
currency problem, our relations to Spain
and Cuba; theannexation of Hawall, and
many other topics of government and pol-
fey.
na opened at noon,
Briefly, it points out the erying necessity
of currency reform, indorses
Gage’s plan, maintains that United States
out again except for gold, and that the
Treasury-reserve danger should be st pped.
No intervention in Cuba is
taken by the President until Spain has had
a chance to try SBagasta’s polley.
Hawall should be
possible, and Congress should study oug
detalls of administration of the islands.
Our relations with Japan are friendly.
and bimetalllo negotiations with European
Btates are progressing,
The Government may become a railroad
owner by bidding In the Kansas Pacific,
The message is, in part, as follows
To the Senate and House of Representa
tives:
It gives me pleasure to extend greeting
to the Fifty-fifth Congress, assembled ir
with masy of whose Senators and Repre-
senatives I have been associated in the
legislative service, Their mesting occurs
under felicitous condit
cere congratulations 1 ealling for
rateful acknowledgement to
rovidence, which bas so signally blessed
and prospered a nation, Peace
and good will all the
of the earth
matter of genuine
growing feeling of fraternal
unification of all sections of our
try, the incompleteness of which
long delayed realization of the
blessings of the Union. The
triotism is universal and is aver increasing
in fervor. The public questions which now
most engross us are lifted far above either
partisanship, prejudies «
differences. They effect
common country alike and permit of no
division on ancient lines. Questions of
foreign policy, of revenue, the soundness
of the currenoy, the invidlability of national
our
a benefloent
us Aas
with
continue unbroken A
satisfaction fs the
eoun-
highest
service, appeal to the individual
science of every earnest citizen, to what-
ever party he belongs or in whatever gec-
tion of the country he may reside.
closed during July last, enacted important
legislation, and while its full effect has not
yet been realized, what it has already ac-
complished assures us of its timeliness and
wisdom. To test its permanent value fur.
ther time will be required, and the people,
satisfied with its operation and iszalts thus
far, are in no mind to withhold from it a
fair trial,
Currency Revision.
Tariff legislation having been settled by
the extra session of Congress, the question
next pressing for consideration is that of
the currency. he work of putting our
finances upon a sound basis, difficult as it
may seem, will appear easier when we re.
call the financial operations of the Govern-
ment since 1866,
With the great resources of the Govern-
ment and with the honorable example of
the past before us, we ought not to hesitate
to enter upon a currency revision which
will make our demand ‘obligations less
onerous to the Government and relfeve our
financial laws from ambiguity and doubt.
There are many plans proposed as a rem-
edy for the evil. Befors we ean find the
iris remedy we must appreciate the real
evil,
The evil of the present system fa found
in the great cost to the Government of
maintaining the parity of our different
forms of money; that is, keeping all of
them at par with gold. We surely esnnot
be longer heedless of the burden this im-
poses upon the ple, even under fairly
prosperous conditions, while the past four
years have demonstrated that it is not only
an expensive eharge upon the Government,
but a dangerous menace to the national
credit,
It is manifest that we must devise some
pan to proteet the Government against
nd issues for repeated redemptions. We
must either curtail the: opportunity for
speculation, made by the multiplied
redemptions of our demand obli ations, or
increase the gold reserve for their redemp-
tion. We have £800,000,000 of currency
which the Government by solemn enaet-
ment has undertaken to keep at par with
gold. Nobody is obliged to redesm in
gold but the Government. The banks
are not required to redeem in gold.
The Government is obliged to oD
equal with gold all fts outstanding
surrency and coin obligations, while its re-
eeipts are not requ to be paid in gold.
are paid in every kind of money but
ole. and the only means by which the
ernment can with certainty get gold fs
by borrowing. It can get it in no other
way when it most ne The Govern-
ment, without sny fl Bg ravende, is
to maintain gold redemption, whish
t has steadily and faithfully done, and
which, under the authorizy now given, it
will continue to do. 4
penses of the Government. At such times
the Government has no other why to sup.
ply its defloit and maintain redemption but
hrough the increase of its bonded debt, ns
during the administration of my predecessor
when $262,815,400 of 4! per cent. bonds
were issued and sold and the proceeds used
to pay the expenses of the Government,
With our revenues equal to our expenses
there would be no defleit requiring the {s-
suance of bonds, But {f the gold reserve
falls below $100,000,000, how will it be re-
plenished except by selling mora bonds?
Is there any other way practicable under
existing law?
The serious question then fs, shall we
continue the polioy that has Leen pursuad
in the past —that is, when the gold reserve
reaches the point of danger, issue more
bonds and supply the needed gold—or shall
we provide other means to prevent these
recurring drains upon the gold reserve? If
no further legislation is had and the pollioy
of selling bonds {8 to be continued, then
Congress should give the Secretary of the
Treasury authority to sell bonds af long or
short periods, bearing a less rate of inter-
est than is now authorized by law.
The Endless Chain.
I earnestly recommend, as soon ag the
receipts of the Government are quite suffl-
olent to pay all the expenses of the Gov-
ernment, that when any of the United
States notes are presented for redemption
in gold, and are redeemed in gold, such
notes shall be kept and set apart,
and omy paid out In exchange
for gold. This is an obvious duty.
It the holder of the United States
note prefers the gold, and gets it from the
Government, he should not receive back
from the Government a United States note
without paving gold in exchange for it,
that the
required for exchanges and export.
responsibility is alone
ernment without any of the usual
necessary banking powers to help ftself
The banks do not feel the strain of gold
redemption. The whole strain rests upon
the Government, and the size
reserve in the Treasury has come to
with or without reason, the signal
ger or of security, This ought
stopped,
The Becretary « e¢ Treasury
lined a plan in great detail for the i
of removing the threatened recurrence o
a depleted gold reserve,
ia
sf th
i
tegarding Cuba,
The most important problem with which
this Government {s now called upon to deal
pertaining to its foreign relations concerns
its duty toward Spain and the Caban insur-
rection. The story of Cuba for many vears
has been one of unrest. For no enduring
period since the enfranchisem of the
| continental possessions of Spain the
Western Continent has the m of
Cuba or the policy of Spain toward Cubs
not caused concern to the United States.
The prospect from time to time that the
weakness of Spain's hold upon the island
and the political vielssitudes and embar
i
#nt
in
servi cd E84
CONIC
i
‘1
| tal power called forth,
1860, various emphatio
poliey of the United States to permit n
disturbance of Cuba's econnsetion
between
1823
pur-
dence or acquisition by us through
chase; nor has
this declared policy since upon
the Government
The present
there been a
insurrection broke
February, 1895. It {8 not my pur
this time to recall its remarkable {nerease
or to characterize its tenacious resi '
against enormous f
against it by Spain. The
efforts to subd it carried destructior
every quarter of the fsland, devel
wide proportions, and defying the
forts of Spain for its suppress
The civilized code f
been disregarded,
fards than by
sonditions
| and the Ameri
| apprehension
part of ou
'
f Resair
i Spain
the Oped
revolt and the
$
q pir
y less so by the 8;
The ex
this Governo
» with the
ubana
i
r peopis ) prof
Wo have
see the Cubans i
tunes
FOSPOrous ar
enjoying that measure of sell-con
| is the inaliena
Good Offices Refused,
ia }
i
” wv
uy
The offer ma my
April, 1896, tendering the friendly «
| this Government, fafled, Any fat
| on our part was not accepted n brief
answer read: The
pacify Cuba unless it begins with the
al submission of the rebels to the
country. The erusl poliey of cond
waa initiated February 16, 1896. The §
{ ductive districts controlled by the Spanish
armies were depopulated. The agricuitar
{ al inhabitants were herded in and
predee
re is no effectual
and-their dwellings destroyed
the" late Cabinet of
necessary measure of
| of cutting off supplies from the Insurgents
| It has utterly failed as a war measure,
was not civilized warfare, It was exterm
ation.
! Against this abuse of the rights of war 1
Spain justified
i
§ be
» enter the firm and earnest prot
{ this Government.
The instructions given to our ne
ister to Spain before his departure
post directed him to impress upor
out ©
States to lend its aid toward the ending of
the war in Cuba by reaching a peacefal
and lasting result, just and
alike to Spain and the Cuban people,
with large interests in Caba, we could
required to walt only a reasonable time
for the mother country to establish its
suthority and restore peace and
within the borders of the island: that we
could not contemplate an indefinite period
for the accomplishment of this result,
Spain's Reply.
The reply to our note was received on the
234 day of October. It is In the direction
of a better unde . It appreciates
the friendly purposesf this Government.
It admits that oar country is deeply affect.
ed by the war in Cuba, and that its desire
for peace is just. It declares that the
present Spanish Government is bound by
every consideration to a change of policy
that should satisfy the United States and
olfy Cuba within a reasonable time, To
his end Spain has decided to put Into
effect the political reforms heretofore ad.
voeated by the present Premier, without
halting for any consideration in the path
which in its judgment leads to pease,
Inthe absence of a declaration of the
measures that this Government proposes
to take in carrying out its Jrofar of good
offices, it suggests that Spain be left free
to sonduet military operations and grant
olitieal reforms, while the United States,
or its part, shall enforce its neutral obli-
ations and cut off the assistance which, it
s asserted the insurgents receive from this
country.
Discussion of the question of the inter.
national duties and responsibilities of the
United States, as Spain understands them,
is presented, with the apparent disposition
to charge us with failure in this regard,
This charge is without any basis in fact.
It could not have been made if 8 bad
been cognizant of the constant efforts this
Government has made, at the cost of mil.
Hons and by the amployiient of the admin.
istrative machin of the nation at com-
mand, to perform its full duty.
Cuban Belligerency,
Of the untried measures, there remain
only recognition of the |
ition of the
i A ts RA rio
unmindful that the two houses of Congress
in the spring of 1896 expressed the opinion,
by concurrent resolution, that a condition
of publioc War existed, requiring or Justity-
ing the recognition of a state of bolliger-
ency in Cabn,
In the presence of these significant ex.
pressions of the sentiment of the legisla-
tive branch, it behooves the Executive to
soberiy consider the conditions under
which so important a measure must needs
rest for justification. It is to bejsericusly
considered whether the Cuban insurrection
passes beyond dispute the attributes of
Htatehood, which alone can demand the
recognition of belligeroncy in its favor.
Results of Recognition,
Turning to the practical aspects of a
recognition of belligerency and viewing its
inconveniences and positive dangers, still
further pertinent considerations appear,
The act of recognition usually takes the
form of a solemn proclamation of neutral-
ity, which recites the de facto condition of
helligerency as its motive, It announces a
domestic law of neutrality in the declaring
State, It assumes the International oblf-
gations of a neutral in the presence
of a publie state of war, It
warns all oitizens and others with-
in the jurisdiction of the proclaimant that
they violate these rigorous obligations at
their own peril and eannot expect to be
shielded from the consequences, The right
of visit and search on the seas and seizure
of vessels and cargoes ag contraband of war
and good prizes under Admiralty law must,
under international law be admitted as a
legitimate consequence of a proclamation
of belligerenecy,
The enforcement of this enlarged and on-
erous eode of neutrality would only be {n-
fluantial within our own jurisdiction by
land and sea, and applicable by our own
Instrumentalities. It could fmpart to the
United Btates no jurisdiction between
Spain and the (nsurgents, It would give
the United States no right of intervention
to enforee the conduct of the strife within
authority of Spain, accord
of war.
ing to the international code
Hecogunition Unwise,
‘or these reasons, I regard the recog
{ the belligerency of the Cul
now unwise and there
Bhould that
as a measure of right and
ative will take it.
tar
gtap
}
l
ost ar mas and earn-
. But should such a steg
when it is apparent that a
ge has supervened in the pol-
fey of Bpain toward Cuba?
Under the new military com
broad clemene proffered.
¥ al - w } én ’ ¢
have already be et on foot to
fv
est considerat!
be now taken,
hopeful «
luetive industries,
Spain to Have More Time.
It is he and to our
friendly with al iat she
! Oo reals
he has recalled the
brutal orders inflamed
nestly due to Spal
reintd
given are
ize her expeotat
na
should be
ander w
1the civilized
Khe + horrible o
ritakent
+ who de
of the
protection
in their law.
168 just releassed the
heretofors santenosd
the
warid,
f concentration
sire to ir flelda
assurest
isd Gover:
Kho |
ners
§
b
wel
and
ta
arrest
{
oxi
1 fn
When that
determined in t
and duty. It w
ing or hesitancy
tion iis Government owes
woplie have confided to it
wh
n of their interests and hone
ts
!
Hawallan Annexation,
message dated t
I laid
that day b
ii i
:
inl he 16th day
before the Re
¥ the pleniy
States and of
having for its purpose
f the Hawallan Islands
ins nate
t
i atlenti.
the United
of Hawnil
rporation
publio
3 i ~
the ined
under its sovereignty. The Benate having
removed the injunction of secrecy, although
the treaty is still pending before that body,
may be properly referred to in
this message, because the necessary action
i is required to determine by
details of the entual
f { annexation be ae
som plished, as I believe it should.
While constantly disavowing fr
early period any aggressive
sorption in regard to t
’ 1
the subject
ey
m avery
juarters of a century
vital interest of the United States in the in-
lependent life of the islands and their in-
try. At the same time it has been repeated.
ly asserted that in no event oc
tity of Hawaiian Statehood by the
passage of the islands under the domina-
tion or influence of another power than the
United States. Under these circumstances
the logie of events required that annexs-
herotofore offerad but declined,
should in the ripeness of time come ghout
as the natural result of the strengthening
ties that bind us to those islands, and be
realized by the free will of the Hawalian
State. That treaty was unanimously rati-
fied, without amendment, by the Benate
and President of tha Republic of Hawaii on
the 10th of September last, and only awaits
the favorable action of the American Senate
to effect the complete absorption of the
islands into the domain of the United
States,
Cogan
Japan and Hawaii,
The questions which have arisen between
Japan and Hawaii by reason of the treat.
ment of Japanese laborers emigrating to
the islands under the Hawalian-Japanese
convention are in a satisfactory stage of
settlement by negotiation.
Niearagna Canal,
A subject of large importance to our
country and inereasing appreciation on
the part of the people is the completion of
the great highway of trade between the
Atlante and Pacific, known as the Nicar-
agua Canal. Its utility and value to
American commerce is universally ad-
mitted. The commission appointed under
date of July M4 last “to continue the
surveys and examinations authorized by
the act approved March 2, 1895” in rd
to “the proper route, feasibility and cost
of construction of the Nicaragus' Oanal,
with a view of making complete plans for
the entire work of construction ol sueh
canal,” is now employed in the undertak-
ing.
: Bimetallic Envoys,
Under the provisions of the aet of Con-
gress, approved March 8, 1897, for the pro-
motion Pan international ‘agreement re.
Spesting bimetalliam, I appointed on the
14th day of Apel, 1897, the Hon. Edward O,
Woleott, of lorado, the Hon. Adlai E.
Stevenson, of Illinois, and the Hon. Charles
J. Paine, of M as special en-
voys to represent the Uni States. They
have been Siligons th their afforts to secure
|
tries are pending and in ecntemplation,
They believe that the doubts which have
been raised in certain quarters regpeotin
the possibility of maintaining the stability |
of the parity between the metals and kin«
dred questions may yet be solved by further
negotiations,
For Reciprocity.
In order to execute as early as possible
the provisions of the third and fourth see-
tions of the Revenue act, approved July 24,
1897, I appointed the Hon. John A. Kasson, |
of Iowa, a Bpecial Commissioner Plenipo- |
tentiary to undertake the requisite negotin- |
tions with forelgu ccuntries desiring to
avail themselves of these provisions, The
negotiations are now proceeding with sev-
eral Governments, both European and
American,
About the Senls,
The efforts which had been made during
the two previpus years by my predecessor
to securs better protection to the fur seald
in the North Pacifle Ocean and Bering Sea’ |
were renewed at an early date by this ad- |
|
ministration, and have been pursued with
earnestness, Upon my invitation the Gov« |
ernments of Japan and Russia sent dels.
gates to Washington, and an international
conference wus held,
The Government of Great Britain didnot
866 proper to be represented at this confer.
ence, but subsequently sent to Washington
as delegates the export Commissioners of
Great Britain and Canada, who had during
the past two years visited the Pribylovy Isl-
ands, and who met in conference similar
Commissioners on the part of the United
States, The result of this conference was
an agresment on important facts connestad
with the condition of the seal herd, hereto.
fore in dispute, which should place beyond
controversy the duty of the Governments
concerned to adopt fmeasures without
Iny for the preservation and restoration of
the herd.
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Far Arbitration.
International arbitration
mitiad from the list o ;
ir consideration,
served to strengthen
this ny inaugural
address, The best sentiment of the
question e
civil
pattloe.
wit
5 withi-
Needs of the Navy.
The Bre at inoresse
has taken pl
fled by the
fense, and has reo
BOW 1
, Bhouid, :
nereasad fac
with the in
sols, It is an
that there
on the Pacific const caps
largest ships, and only on¢
coast, and that the
#lx or seven vir and,
therefore, incapal nediate
stops should be ker rovide three or
four doe {th tiantie
ast,
PERN
sking our
y Atlantio
Intter the last
months beer
LE
and
auth
rigs
Alaskan Government,
The Territ
mt and
ry
early
ur fellow
fled, every offort at any cost sh
3 relief
THE Dawes Commission.
March 3, 1803,
int
tin-
Kn-
shes
Yor ations 16,
ȴ section if
he Presid
rn |
! the ast of
: :
mimi
ns with the Cherokees, ©
, Muscogee (or Creek)
ations, commonly §
ad tribes in this Indian Territory.
The provision in the Indian appropria-
fon act, approved June 10, 1865 makes it
he duty of the commission to investigates
1d determine the rights of applicants for
irenship in the five civilized tribes, and
y make complete consas r of the eiti-
vens of sald tribes, The e is at
present engaged in this
Vii
aon ssion
work
Yellow Fever Scourge.
The recent w
a number of cities and towns throughout
has resulted in much disturb.
of commerce and demonstrated the
f amendments to our
uarantine laws as will make the regula.
tions of the national quarantine authorities
paramount.
Union Pacific Sale.
The Union Pacifie Railway, main line, was
gold under the decrees of the Ugited States
of Nebraska on No-
vember 1 and 2 of this year, The amount
due the Government consisted of the prin.
sipal of the subsidy bonds, $27,236,512, and
the accrued interest thereon, $31,211.711.75,
making the total indebtedness B5H8 448. .
283.75 The bid at the sale covered the
first mortgage lien and the entire mortgage
claim of the Government, principal and
interest,
The sale of the subsidized portion of the
Kansas Pacific line, upon which the Gov.
ernment holds a second mortgage lien, has
been postponed at the instance of the Gov.
ernment to December 16, 1897. By the de-
eros of the court the upset price on the
sale of the Kansas Pacific will yield to the
Govergment the sum of $2,500,000 over all
prevalence of yell fever in
the Bouth
anos
such
In so important a matter as the Govern-
road property, 1 feel constrained to lay be-
fore Congress these facts for its considera-
tion before the consummation of the sale,
It is clear to my mind that the Government
should not permit the property to be sold
interest. But whether the Government,
rather than acoept less than its claim,
should become a bidder, and thereby the
owner of the property, I submit to the Con-
gress for action,
Civil Serviee,
During the past few months the Civil
Service has been placed upon a still fipmer
basis of business methods and personal
merit. While the right of our veteran sol.
diers to reinstatement in deserving cases
has been asserted, dismissals for merely
political reasons have been carefull
guarded net, the examination for ad-
mittance to the service enlarged, and at
the same time rendered less technical and
more practical; and a distinot advance bas
been made by giving s hearing before dis-
missal upon all eases where Incompetency
is charged or demand made for ths removal
of officials in any of the departments,
Economy Urged,
The estimates of the ex
Government by the
will, I am sure, have yor yy ser
While the Congress may find it
THE KEYSTONE STARE
News Gleaned fr
Various Parts.
Latest
PROSPERITYSMILE
Busy Hom of Industry Heard in
Behuylkill Valley Clergyman Whe
lobbed HSeores Pittsburg Pollce—M
Pardes Prevented Linemen
Ing Trees
from Bpo
Letter to Fishermen,
A party of linemen met an unexpested ol
#tacls in Miss Edith Pardee when they a
mpted to mutilate soms fine shade trees §
front of the Pardes residence on West Bros
Bireet, Hazleton, These trees are especial
dear to the Pardes family because they werd
Home of the branches were in the way of
and the men began to ¢
ul them,
out to them from a second-story window to
top. They refused to do next
moment the bad made the re-
looking into the barrel
by Miss
40, but the
ilneman who
""Btop cutting those trees at once,” said
or you'll get burt I”
"Ob, certainly,” re 1 the
from t
ust accounts no
plle
iis perch In u hurry
further atl
bad been attem
President E
1's Prot
jeestor
lineman
wi
spoliation of
trees
Harris, of the Bhad Fis!
tive Association of Baleuw
unties has issued the [
ne lates
Lime is pear at
ir f
band
when w
nirale « rees aud 1
"yf
i pin
I Where they will
t
ico was stripped
pey in it, while je
7 3, :
of $300 was st
There ls n
BY
riand Cot
barn
il germ
war
was saved
it Is
It wa
il was
iaily, by
the trains is sc
fien compelled to wait
an engine
the
reasnd coal the severity
*
he weaihe JR
ng of
Bs OF
5 necessitated the shorten
trains and the
Rev, C. H. Fitzwilliam, whose nine
was
preaching at the Fifth
Baptist Church, Pittsburg, retali
hurliaog a withering denunciation at
ve department from his pulpit
The mini
A vonae
i
ain 8 aut Ri
singiec oul Super
endent
i de
poi
tics made
H»
re needed and deel
inciation said that more
a
eines
Mt pol
the t insffective
A well-known lawyer
bean told on differant
lees deparimes
i parimes
slates that he
oeasions that
the jurors in the Wilson and Farrell man
case, has sald, since the men have beer
victed of murder in tha first degree and sen.
tenced to hang st Altoona, t
wanted to see a hanging asd did
hat he always
not believe
Distriet Aftoracy Hamp
tated an investigation and 1
made the remarks altri
him, the sonvicted murderers will
edly get a new trial,
ond
if it is prove
$4 fey
the juror
A JAVANESE HINT.
Minister Mositl Says There May Be Ser.
fous Trouble Over Hawai!
Mr. Hoshi, the Japanese ministag to the
United States has arrived in Ban Fragelsec
on the steamer City of Pekin, He was ac
companied by his secretary only. The two
left immediately for Washinton, after ao
Inspeotion of the warship now building for
the Japanese government.
“Japan is empbatically opposed to the
annexation of Hawsli by the United States
Minister Hosbi said. “There may be serious
trouble if the United States takes the islands
without provision being made for caring for
our interests,
“Japan domss not want the Hawalian Is.
lands annexed, notwithstanding telegrams
purporting to come from my country, We
have claims against Hawall which must be
respected by the United States, We have 2
treaty with Hawall respecting the importa
tion of laborers and of the products necessary
for their maintenance, Hawali violated that
treaty by deporting some laborers, and again
violated it when the Hawallan governmen
imposed a special tax on importations which
we sent to the isiande,
"We will insist that cur claims against the
islands be respected. I have my instrue-
tions as to what course to pursue in the
event that the islands are aanexed, but of
sourse 1 will refrain from disclosing thom.
“The reports of sirained relations between
Secretary Sherman and myself or any of the
officials in Washington,” Mr. Hoabi contin.
ued are untrue. The most amionble feeling
existe among us. The report that I was re-
called was nino untrue, for I went to
on leave of absence and also to get instruc.
tions regarding my action during the
winter.
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BILLS
BENATE AND HOUNE
Mr. Hale's Monrures for Dry Docks and
Additional War Craft,
A flood of bilis and joint resolutions bave
been introduced lu the Bente, Mr, Morrill,
the venerable Bepstor from Vermont, hav
pg the distineticn of jutroducing the first,
providing for the “gliding of the statue of
Liberty on the dome of the Capitol.” Among
the bllis introduced, the greater number of
which were pension bills, was one by Bens
or Quay, of Pennsylvania, for the relief of
the children of a soldier of the revo
Henator MeBride in laced a Will author.
izing the Dyea-Kiondyke Transportation
Company to locate and construct a line of
transportation from Dyea to Lake Bennett,
the line to consist of rallways, serial tram-
ways, or wagon roads as the company may
leom proper. The Wil grants 100 feet on
euch glde of the proposed road as right of
way; also a bill granting « simflar right of
Way to the Bkaguny and Lake Beunett Tram-
way Company,
ation,
from Bkaguay over the White
Pass to the boundary Une of northwest ter-
ritory, on the Bkuguay trail,
iotroduced a bill amend-
banking laws, Benstor
A postal savings bank
wn Chicago
Beuator Nelson
ng the
Mason to
national
establish
This is
escord's bill,
ystem Kn as Lhe
he
SrBon
urt
uestion the juris
r Hale
WES
y
hoenats
ta xk
EEA OIeD
arriage in pen-
"EBLASH ON ICY RAILS,
Killed in a Trolley Line Col-
Hislon in Detroit,
afternoon result
were instantly killed
{+s 3 i - ¢ .
injured, ten of them
nt is ae
ui Hepdr of t
1
i
i ¥
said that
yet
oft
the respon.
be Detr
ang
or has not fixed,
each
and
The
und
Ot.
been
bedule a car leaves
4. " rit oy 4 every hour,
he road
The one Ix
pwssoed
Accord
©“
thred sidings along
behind time,
fori Detroit had an
» r atf{ the switch two miles from
Pontiac, he drew apparently being igno-
rant of @he f4ct that another southbound
Car was ppraaching them less than two
miles ot, iaithough it is claimed that
they shop known it from orders sent
from Bir The weather was foggy
and the rigils sifippery from the sleet which
had been fallin
The collision fame neara gravel pit, about
midway b@twesd Pontiac and Birmingham,
at the foct] of twio steep grades, down which
the fated @shed at full speed. The im-
pact was t@rrificy The cars were driven half
h other and crashed to pisces.
nfeng Savage was in the motor.
ie dperating the outbound car.
wege ~ut off and his dead body
ily mangled.
McBiugb, who stood behind
wig escaped a similar fate,
idently the only passen-
horthbound ear appromch.
the vestibule door, and
Whitehead were stirug-
out of the door when
were killed, Kelly's
were jammad out of the
w Sud hie neck was broken,
ras cut open, and his
dis
John Kelly
ger who sa
ing.
he and Moforma
Last Februpry th
more and Ohfo Ral
receivers of the Balti
oad Company decided
in forder to reduce to =
minimum theichancfes of an accident. One
conductor under thig plan is given entire
oninfe of the train, while
to §he tickets and the com-
, The experiment
the travel to and
fort of the bb 1
ved successful dy
the ina tio
ley, but during the p
it has been th
fts adoption
ber éth to No
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