The Document, Which Was
Awaited With Unusual In-
terest, Read at the Re
assembling of
Congress.
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.
the Ratification of the
Peace Treaty.
LARGER ARMY AND NAVY URGED.
The President Heviews Our War With
Navy-The Government of the Phillp-
pines is Left to
sessions Until Legislation Has Been
Carried Through-It is Suggested That
Free Government-The Increase of the
Regular Army isa Recommended
Favored—Legisiation in Currency and
Naval Matters Is Recommended.
Wasmixarox, D. C. (8peecial).~
McKinley's second annual messages, a doen-
the practical ruin of the Islana ay in sight,
but how far distant no one could venture
to conjecture,
Destruction of the Maine,
* At this juncture, on the 16th day of "ah
ruary last, ocourred the destruetion of the
battleship Maine while rightfully lying in
the harbor of Havana on a mission of ine
ternational courtesy and good will—a en
tastrophe, the suspicious nature and hor
ror af which stirred the nation’s heart pro-
foundly, It is a striking evidencs of the
poise and sturdy good senses distinguish.
ing our national character that this shook-
ing blow, falling upon n genarons people,
already deeply tonahed by preceding events
fn Cuba, did not mova them to an instant,
desperato resolve to tolornta the existence
of a condition of danger and disorder at our
doors that made possible such a deed, by
whomsoever wrought, Yet the instinet of
justices prevailed, and the nation anxiously
awaited the result of the searching
tigation st ones set on foot, The finding
that the origin of the explosion was exter.
and only halted,
the responsibility of its authorship.
Preparations For War,
All these things earried convieoticn to the
before the finding
So strong was this belief that ft
the Congress to receive immediate answer
to the duty of making instant provision
able emergency of war, and the remark-
almost unique, spectacle was pre-
sented of a unanimous vote of both ho
RAR
IRAK,
vach and every purpose connested there-
with, “to be expended at the discret!
the President.”
various attempts to bring about a penceful
his sincere endeavors to
Hea then re-
matter in the
outcome of
lates how he placed the
hands of Congress,
Congress Takes Quick Action,
The response of the Congress, he con.
earnest dalibera.
tion, during which the almost unanimous
int save as to the expedien of
coupling the pre
oy
ent of that isl
of yf 42 to 335 in the
House of
OL
by a vole
the
April,
1311to6 In Represe
tiv
t
fon
muniecated tothe Span
who immediate
They were given
h Minister at Wash
nded
his
passports,
session of the Filty-fifth Congress:
To the Senate and House of Representa-
tives:
Notwithstanding the added burdens ren-
dered necessary by the war, our people re-
$i
ti
yn of the French Ambassad
-Hungarian Minister.
rsotusiy with the notie
ns to the Spanish Minister,
enabled to General Stewart
Woodford, the American Minister at Mad-
rid, who was to communicate it to the
ipanish Government. Before!
Minister of State notified
Sim
ut
res
the Spanish
aim that, ug
ereasing deg
ad. Manufacture las
agricultural pursaifs have yielded abun-
dant returns, labor in all flelds of in-
dustry better rewarded, revem
Jegisiation assed by the
Congress has reased the
ury receipts to the amount
by fits authors, the finances of
Government bave been
administered and its credit advanced to
is
present
Treas.
fra
in
the
maintained at the world’s highest
dard, Military service under a comm
flag and fora righteons cause has strength.
ened the national spirit and served to
cement more closely than ever the fraternal
bonds between every section of
States to other powers, always appropri-
ate, is this year of primary importanes,
view of the momentous fsages which b
arisen, demanding in one instance the
mates determination by arms ¢
far-reaching consequences which will re.
quire the earnest attention of the Congress,
vo
Spanish Misrule in Cuba.
In my last annual message very full con-
sideration was given to the question of the
duty of the Government of the United
States toward Spain and the Cuban insur.
rection as being by far the most important
problem with which we were then called
upon to deal. The considerations then ad-
vanced, and the exposition of the viewa
therein expressed, disclosed my sense of
the extreme gravity of the situation. Set.
ting aside, as logieally unfounded or prac-
tically inadmissible, the recognition of the
independence of Cuba, neutral intervention
to end the war by imposing a rational com
promise between the contestants, interven
tion in favor of one or the other party, and
forcible annexation of the island, I con-
eluded it was honestly due to our friendly
relations with Spain that she should be
given a reasonable chances to realize her ox-
pectations of reform, to which she had be-
coma irrevocably committed. Within a few
weeks previously she had announced com-
prehensive plans, which it was confidently
asserted would be effleacious to remedy the
evils so deeply affecting our own country,
#80 injurious to the true interests of the
mother conntry as well as to thoss of Caba,
and so repugnant to the universal senti-
ment of humanity.
The ensuing month brought iHttie sign of
real progress toward the pacification of
Cuba, The autonomous administrations
set up in the capital and some of the prin.
eipal cities appeared not to gain the favor
of the inhabitants nor to be able to extend
their influence to the large extent of ter.
ritory held by the insurgents, while the
military arm, obviously unable to cope with
the still netive rebellion, continued many
of the most objectionable and offensive
policies of the Government that had pre-
eedad it. No tangible relief was afforded
the vast numbers of unhappy recon
eontrados, despite the reiterated profes.
sions made (in that regard and the amount
“appropriated by Spain to that end. The
profferad expedisnt of zones of euitivation
proved illusory; Indeed, no l8ss practical
nor mors delusiye promises of sucsor conld
well have Leon tendersd to the exhausted
and destitute people, stripped of what
made life and home dear and herded in a
strange region among unsympathetio
strangers hardly less necessitous than
themselves,
By the end of December the mortalit
among them had frightfully inereased,
Conservative estimates from Spanish
sources placed the deaths among these dis.
tressed people at over forty per cent. from
the time General Weyler's deaeres of recon.
oentration was enforced, With the sequi-
esconce of the Spanish authorities, a schemas
was adopted for relief by eharitabls contri-
butions raised in this country and distrib.
uted, under the direction of the Consul.
and the several Consuls, by noble
and earnest individual effort through the
agencies of the American Red
Cross. Thousands of lives were thus saved,
but many thousands more were inacces-
sible to such forme of als
The war continued on the old footing
without comprehensive plan, developing
only the same spasmodie encounters, bar.
ron of strategie result, that had marked the
Sudkse of the aasitar ten yadzs Sebaiiion ds
Il as the present Insurrection its
‘start, N. vo
ment, regarding the act as “equivalant to
an evident declaration of war
in Washingt to
draw, thereby breaking off
lations between ti
with.
9
diplos
two countries
and
their respective representatives, General
Woodford thereupon demanded his pass.
ports and quitted Madrid the sams day.
The President reviews the preparations
a beginning of hostilities. Spain
initiated the war, a blockade of the
’
was jasuned, The
38 Governments were notified of the
existance of war, in order that t
trality might be assured, TI
the initial call for 125,000 tro ps was instant
and complete, and a second eall for 75,000
tional voluntesrs was issued,
navy : , showing its son-
: whan war 18 declarnl, as wel
ployed to protect the Atlant
and the cities iyin
sir neu
1 res] figs tO
as
vh was offleared and
manned by the naval militia of the several
States,
The work of
it
sotrical
the Signal Corps is referred
being of an important charaoler.
connections of all coast fortif.
woll as isle.
phonie and telagraphic [acilities
Santiago and Porto Rio
Fieli
fla. A cable ship was placed
waters, which rendered
was invaluable to
ducting the
service
the Executive
operations the
and navy, The expenditure of
£50 000,000 defense fund is dwelt
It helped the Government to strengthen
the defenses of the country and to make
that
of
the
ular loan
hold the country’s honor,
The President states that it is not
within the province of the message to nar.
rate the history of the extraordinary war
with Spain, and mentions the first engage
ment, which took place April 27, when a
detachment
off Cuba shelled the harbor fort and de
molished several new works which were
being constructed at Matanzas.
gage continues as follows:
Dewey's Glorious Victory at Manila,
The next engagement was destined to
mark a memorable epoch im maritime war-
fare. The Pacific fleet, under Commodore
George Dewey, had lain for some weeks at
Hong Kong. Upon the colonial proclama-
tion of neutrality being issned and the cus.
tomary twenty-four hours’ notices being
glven, it repaired to Mirs Bay, near Hong
Kong, whence it proceeded to the Philip-
pine Islands under te.egraphed orders to
capture or destroy the formidable Spanish
fleet then assembled, at Maniia, At day-
break on the 1st of Janay the American force
sntered Manila EBay, and after a fow hours’
engagement effected a total destruction of
the Spanish fleet, eonsisting of ten war.
ships and a transport, besides capturing
the naval station and forts at Cavite, thus
annihilating the Spanish naval power in
the Pacifle Ocean and completely eontrol-
ling the bay of Manila, with the ability to
take the city at will. Not a life was lost on
our ships, the wounded only numbering
seven, while not a vessel was materially fu.
jured. For this gallant achisvement the
Congress, upon my recommendation, fitly
bestowed upon the actors preferment and
substantial reward,
The effect of this remarkable victory
upon the spirit of our people and upon the
fortunes of ths war was instant, A prestige
of invineibllity thereby attached to our
arms, which continu throughout the
Acuggle. Reinforeaments were hurried to
Manila, under the command of Major-Gen-
aral Merritt, and firmly established within
sight of the capital, which lay helpless be
fors our \ hg
On the 7th day of May the Government
was advised officially of the vistory of
Manila, and at once inquired of the com-
mander of our fleet w troops would be
required. The inform received
on the 15th day of a
it vod
group, The insurgents meanwhile had re.
sumed the active hostilities suspended b
the nucomploted truce of December, 1807,
Their forces invested Manila from the north.
ern and eastern sides, but wers constrained
by Admiral Dewey and General Merritt
from attempting ano assault, It was fitting
vhnt whatever was to be donein the way of
decisive operations in that quarter should
bo aecomplished by the strong arm of the
United States alone, Obeying the stern
precept of war which enjoins the overcom-
ing of the adversary and the extinction of
his power wherever assaliable as the speedy
aud sure means to win a peace, divided
vietory was not permissible, for no parti.
tion of tho rights and responsibilities at.
tending the enforcement of a just and ad-
vantageous peacs could be thought of,
The message continuss with a review of
the entire land and naval operations, Hae
does not treat them at length, but refers
the publie to the departmental reports for
Hastates that with the destruc
tion of Cervera’s fleet Spain's efforts on the
of the document by relating how the last
spoons of the war was enacted at Manila,
the place where it started. He closed his
raferonces to military and naval matters
by a tribute to the fighters.
Praise For All Oar Fighters,
It is fitting that I should bear testimony
to the patriotism and devotion of
luarge portion of our army which, although
eager to be ordered to the post of greatest
exposure, fortunately was not required
outstde of the United States. They did
their whole duty, and like thelr comrades
the nation. In like manner, the officers
and men of the army and of the navy who
remained in thelr departments and stations
whose ro.
letod {ts labors, and the results of its ex.
austive Inquiry into the proper route, the
feasibility and the cost of construetion of
an interossanis canal by an Nicaraguan
route will be laid before you, In the per-
formance of its task the commission re.
esived all the possible courtesy and assist.
ance from the Governments of Nicaragua
and Costa Blea, which thus testified their
appreciation of the importance of giving a
speady and practioal outcome to the great
project that nas for so many years en-
grossed the attention of the respective
countries,
As the scope of the recent inquiry em-
braced the whole subject, with the aim of
making plans and surveys fora canal by
the most convenient route, it necessarily
included a review of the results of previous
under its existing soncessions from Nica
ragus and Costa Rica, so that to this extent
those grants necessarily bold as essential
6 part in the deliberations and conclusions
of the Canal Commission as they have held
and must of need hold in the disenssion of
the matter by the Congress, Under these
circumstances, and in view of overtures
made to the Governments of Nicaragua
and Costa Riea by other parties for n new
cans! consassion, predicated on the as-
sumed approaching lapse of the contracts
States, I have not hesitated to
considerations of expedi-
ency and international polley as between
the several Governments Interested in the
construction and control of an intercceanic
h
4] Are en-
It is
services were indispensable here,
vision for thelr suitable recognition,
In tracing these events we are constantly
reminded of our obligations to the Div
Master for His watchful eare cver us and
makes reverent acknowledgment and of-
fors humble prayers for the continuance of
His favor.
Spain Sues For Peace.
Spain, having realized that she had Jost,
the President #tates, now sued
peace,
details of the negotations which ended in
ment of the military commissions to
iico and
peace of
the
ontinuing, he says:
the adjacent islands and
mmission, ©
Pence Commission's Work.
Pursuant to the fifth article of the proto.
eol, I appointed William RE. Day, lately
of Btate: Cushman K.
William P. Frye and George Gray, Senators
{tha United States, and
to bea the Peacs Commissioners on the part
of the United States, Proceeding in due
Commissionars
the part
appointed on of Spain,
progress,
so ttat I trust to ba able to a
definite treaty of
with a review of the steps leading to its
80 iny
n
Government of New Possessions,
I do not disc
{ the new possessions
which willcome to us as a resull of the war
with Spain Such discussion will be ap-
propriate after the treaty of peace shall
In the meantime, and 1
herwise, |
duty to continue the military G
which have axisted {
and give to the peo
property and encouragement under as just
and bensficient rule
a in fegp
Independence Alone For Cuba.
As soon as we ars in possession of
and have pacified the Island, it will be nec.
ary y give ald and direction to its
ie to form & government for them
This should be undertaken at the
ecariiest moment consistent with salaly and
assured success, It is important that our
relations with this people shall be of the
it friendly character and our commer
{ relations close and reciproeal. It
should be our duty to assist in every prop-
p the waste piances of the
eas ti
r yr *
3 i .
a
er way to build u
island, encourage the industry of the peo.
pie, and assist them to form a government
realizing the best aspirations of the Caban
spanish rule must be repisced by a
ype.
areated by the peopie of Cuba, eapable of
performing all international obligations,
industry
and prosperity, and promote peacs and
among ali of the isbabitants,
whatever may have been their relations in
the past, Neither revenge nor passion
should have a place in the new Govern-
ment. Until there is a compl tran
quillity in the island and a stables Govern.
ment inaugurated military occupation will
tot
ol ole
Friendly Relations With All Nations,
With the one exception of the rupture
OT
tunity to pass financially upon the whole
matter during the present session without
preju
existing conditions.
Nevertheless, it appears that the Gov.
ernment of Nicaragua, as one of its
sovereign acts before merging its
in those of the newly
powers
concession to another association, to be-
come effective on the expiration
It does not
nde or what routes is
proposed under this contingent grant; so
that an examination of the feasibility of {ts
plans is necessarily not embraced in
on.
ney of some
ant
{ssl
in
eciroumstances suggest the urg
definite action by the Cougress this
utilized and the linking of ths Atlantic and
Pacific oceans b
to be realized, That the coanstraetion
highway sno sre than
i that intimate
vation between
of
wm
to
intercon uni
ve expansion of in
uence and « ymeroce {no the Pacifle,
that our astional policy now ¢
tively than ever calls for its cor
{iove: ars propositions
¥ i
oti our
ore im
this
whi shi, I
nt
and wisely act upon.
Open Door in Chinas.
forant spectator of the extraordinary svents
dent remarks, whereby portions of its mari-
¥
10
5
powers; but t
$
n
3
built up io those regions may not be preja.
ants, has obviated the nead
ing an actor in t
among nations
Janda «
wiih the farther
soane,
Our posit)
nui
lirect trade
friendly treatment in this
sues that necessarily arise in the complex
relations of sovereign States adjusted or
bonorable solution by amicable agreement,
The President dwells at some length on
the long unsettied boundary disputs be.
tween the Argentine Hepublie and Chile,
and expresses pleasure that his efforts to
induce them to resort to arbitration have
He also refers to the
on the cables of American corporations in
the transmission between Duenos Ayres
and the cities of Uruguay, Brazil and the
Atlantio cities of South America may be
freed from an almost prohibitory diserimin-
He favors an international agree.
connecting cables,
Then taking up home toples he says:
Austria and the Lattimer Strike.
On the 10th day of September, 1807, a
confliot took place at Lattimer, Penn., be.
tween a body of striking miners and the
Sheriff of Luzerne County and his depu-
ties, in which twenty-two miners ware
killed and forty-four wounded, of whom
ten of the killed and twelve of the wound.
ed, were Austrian and Hangarian subjects,
The deplorable event naturally aroused
the solicitude o! the Austro-Hungarian
Government. which, on the assumption
that the killing and wounding involved the
unjustifiable misuse of authority, claimed
reparation for the sufferers. Apart
from the searching investigation and
peremptory action of the authorities
of Pennsylvania, the Federal Executive
took appropriate steps to learn the merits
of the easo, in order to be ina position to
meet the urgent complaint of a friendly
wer, The Sheriff and his deputies, hav.
ng been indicted for murder, were tried
and soquitted after protracted Jrocesdings
and the hearing of hundreds of witnesses,
on the ground that the killlog was in the
line of their ofMeial duty to uphold law and
preserve public order in the State, A rep
resentative of the Department of Justice
attended the trial and reported ita course
fully. With all the facts in its possession,
this Government ex to reach a har-
monious understanding on the subjeat with
that of Austria-Hu , notwithstanding
the renewed claim of the Intter after learn.
ing the result of the trial ‘for indemnity for
ita, injured subjects,
fter an extended reference to the year's
evants in Central Amerion, the
following
quarter by
fstant §
of our Government. Warships have
stationed at Tien -Tsin for more ready
servation of the disorders which
vaded evan the Chinese capital, so as t
t 1 neand arise, wi
a guard of marines has been sant to Peki
to afford the Minister the same measures o
sritative protection as the represania-
tives of other nations have been constrained
to employ.
The message states that the
rapture between Italy and Col
jouger in an acute slate, than
on our part,
Paris Exposition in 1900,
Thers is now every prospect, continues
§
have in-
te
(
.
shou ja
std By i
auin
diplomatie
ks to efforts
to be held held In Paris in 1900, will bs on
a scale commensurate with the advanced
position held by our products and industries
in the world's ehiel martes, By a provision
fn the Sundry Civili Appropriation
act of Jaly 1, 1898, a sum not to exceed
$§650000 was allotted for the
ganization of a commission to eare
for the proper preparation and la-
stallation of American exhibits, I ap
pointed Mr. Ferdinand W. Peck, of Chi-
cago, Commissioner-General, Mr. Peck's
revort will be laid before you. In my
judgment its recommendations will eall
or -
regards an inorsase ol the appropriation
to at least #1,000000 in all, so that not
up by the best possible exhibits in every
olass. but the preparation aud instaliation
artistic and inventive production, and thus
the disadvantage with
which we start as compared with other
countries whose appropriations are on a
more generous soale, and whoss prepara.
tions are in a state of much greater for-
wardness than our own.
The document next refers to our trade
agreemeuts with the European nations and
the efforts that are being made to remove
the embargoes on our produots, and then
devotes a paragraph to our relations with
Great Britain:
England's Cordiality.
Our relations with Great Britain have
continued on the most friendly fooling.
Assenting to our roquest, the protection of
Americans and their interests in Spanish
jurisdiction was assured by the diplomatio
and consular representatives of Great
Britain, who fulfilled their delicate and ar-
duous trust with tact and seal, sliciting
high commendation. 1 may be allowed to
make fitting allusion to the instance of
Mr. Ramsden, Her Majosty’s Consul at San.
tiago de Cuba, whose untimely death after
distinguished service and untiring efforts
during the sioge of that city was sincerely
lamented.
Mention is then made of the consent of
the Canadian Government to allow four
United States revenne cutters to pass from
the great lakes to the Atiantia Coast by
way of the Canadian canals and the Bt.
Lawrsnos iver. It will give the Presi.
dent-much pleasure in communicating to
fn a favorable conclusion of the
pending negotiations with Great Britain in
respect to the Dominion of Canada,
Hawall,
The annexation of Hawall is referred to,
Pursuant to the tari of the oliit Jesclu.
tion adopted by ngress Ju , 1898,
accepting the offered eomion and
incorporating the ceded Jerritory
into the Union, the Presiden
“‘dirosted that the elvil, judicial and mill
tary powers theretotire szoreinsd the
oflicers 0 wall
continue to be exetulsed b those officers
‘rhe report of ths Commission, whish Is
now completed and will be laid before Cone
groes at an early date. The differsnee be.
tween Hawai! and Japan. arising out of
alleged mistreatment of Japanese immi-
grants, was amicably adjusted by the pay-
ment of a reasonable indemnity to the
Government of Japan,
The message then states the action of
the Mexican Government in giving notice
on January 24, 1808 (to take effect & year
from that date), of the termination of the
Extradition Convention of December 11,
1861, agreed to by the Governments of the
United States and Canada, In connection
therewith the President asks for an amend.
ment of the existing extradition statute,
The suggestion is then made that Con.
gross anthorize a conferences of represent.
atives of the United States and Mexico to
zone, it being provocative of smuggling
into this country along an extensive and
thinly guardad land border,
The Government of Pera has given no.
ties of its intention to abrogate the treaty
commeres und navigation
concluded with this country, August 81,
ART,
{6 discuss the general reduction
vast military establishments of the world
is referred to, His Majesty was at ones in-
formed of the sympathy of our Govern-
ment and of the readiness of the United
States to take part in the conference, It
American sealing
Russian erulsers in Bering Bea ars being
pressed to a settlement,
Venezuelan Boundary Arbitration.
The arbitral tribanal appolated
the treaty of February 2, 1897, between
the boundary line betwean
the sole
Paris
ne
at duri the present month,
He also ss
of the last year
waste of war we desire, in common with
civilized nations, to reduce to
point the damage
time of war by peaceable trade and com-
an anti-privatesring conferencs,
Nautional Finances.
On of national
the subjeot
hea says the
sources of the Treasury in
increased confid
pose and power of the G
tain the present stan
viished more firmiy t
fonai eredit at home
’
marked svidencs of
connection with
ver:
ard, and ?
HAN ever
and al
his is tound
og the Treasury.’
lent renews his
1887,
in the io-
recommenda.
as follows: That
vy of t United Btates notes are
od for redemption in god,
all be kept and set apart and «
out in exchange for gold
obvious duty. If the holder of the United
the gold and it
Goverament
The Presi
of December,
f tha
such
nly
on
rots
Kos
the he should 1
note without paying goi
sange for it. The reason
the more apparent when
{asues an
for the redemptio
on-interest
pay ths
nand and { i
all fn
{nterest-bea
provide gold
ten
rely it sho
n det for gold. II
WAY, (Ley may
turn again, to be followed by another bond
fssue 10 redeem them
debt to redeem
axoept £
ot her re
another
a non-interesi.
1 out
terest
On the Helssue of Greenbacks,
This was the
in-
recommendation made in
3
sure to a greater degree the safely of t
present stendard, and better prot
eurrency from the whi
jncted from a disturbance in the general
suiness sonditions of the coun
pressnt conditi
i 2 wa wt
Ju immens,
frsgtiMag
Juslil
[reasury
mort
angers 10 oh it is
the
ymmended
B the n of tt
i & portion of the
isgisiation
under whicl
gr should bs placed in a
rec
id holdin
which gresnbacks should be re-
desmed upon presentation, but when once
d not thereafter be paid out
It is not
relating to our cur-
required; on the contrary,
wand for it.
id.
rency is not
there is an obvious dex
Trade With Our New Islands,
The annexation Hawali and the
changed relations of the United States to
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines resait.
ing from the war compel the prompt adog
tion of a maritimes policy by the United
States, Thereshould be established regu-
lar and frequent steamship communication,
encouraged by the United States, under
acquired
furnished its colonies, at
an aanuai cost of about two millions of
dollars, steamship lines communicating
with a portion of the world’s market as
woil as with trade centres ol! the Lome
Government. The United State will
not undertake to do this, It {socurduty
to furnish (he ple of Hawall with
facilities, under national control, for their
export and import trade, t wiil be eon-
of
Spain
peo
legislation which shall bs prompt, durable
and liberal, The part which American
formed in the war with Spain demonstrates
that this service, farnishing both pickets
and the second line of defense, is & na-
tional necessity, and shonld be encouraged
in every constitutional way.
The President renews his recommenda
tion that suitabls appropriation be made to
provide for a commission of experts to be
appointed to investigate the cause and
prevention of yellow fever.
A Larger Army Wanted.
An increase of the army is urged, the
President deslaring that there can be no
question that at this time, and probably
for some time in the futures, 100,000 men
will bo none too many to meet the neoessi-
ties of the situation.
Then follow paragraphs relating to the
Union Pacifle Railway, a new building for
accommodations provided forthe Supemg
Court in the Capitol, the postal service of
the country and its labors daring the
war, as well as the postofiices which were
established in Caba, Porto Rico aad the
Philippines,
The President approves the recommen
dations of the Searstary of the Navy rela.
tive to the increases of the Navy and also
urges that the grades of Admisal and Vioe-
Admiral be temporarily revived, to be filled
oy ofioers who have specially distinguished
themselvus in the war with Spain.
The message then refers briefly to the
twelfth census, the fnorease in the pension
roll, the condition of the public canals, the
operations of the Department of Agrioul-
ture, the Pil Indian outbreak and the
ax ments with sugar beets,
o message, continuing, says that ia
the year 1000 will oceur the centennial an-
niversary of the founding of the city of
Washington for the permanent capital of
the Government of the United States. The
President asks an appropriation for asuita-
ble national cel on of the
Alisa Labor Law, -
In conclusion the m says: a
Allen Contract Labor i ORIG by ex-
perience to need some amendment. A
measure providing yg Juctastion for
Poin “hour law or the
The pring) ot thittation
id thews subjects to the careful at-
departmental
Sa
THE KEYSTONE STATE,
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News Gleaned from
Various Parts.
Latest
THE FINAL RETURNS.
County Commissioners of Franklin County
Hufuse Fay for Tramps Arrested
Northampton County Will Erect Memors
in! Shafi The Nusses Convicted of Bet~
ting Montgomery Opers House Afire.
to
The final returps of the vote for the Btate
ticket In November have just been received
the last to get in, and then not officially,
tary. The delay was caused chiefly by rea
son of waiting for the soldier vote and even
besn received from Mania,
The vote for Congress and the State Ben.
ate has not yet been computed, as & number
of counties have yet to be heard from, the
According to the returns the vote on the
Blate ticket was as follows: Governor,
Bone, 476,206; Jenks, 808,300; Swallow,
132,931; Barues, 4275; Lieutenant Governor,
Goblin, 505,283; Bowden, 258,281; Nicholas,
66,950, Beecretary of Interual Affairs, Latta,
514,609; Delancey, 548,900; Dickson, 058.428,
Judge, W. W, Porter, 526,-
Tricketts, 412 584;
#76. Congressmen-
85.7
. D. Porter, 517,036
Bower, 348 504; Vall, 53
Iams, 350,218; Weller, 857,481; Garber, 45,600,
Congressman Grow leads the entire list
candidates in the number of votes re
The Tramp Nulsance.
Frankiin county
they would not pay any more
r the arrest
The expense
to the county jail in
the past few years has been enormous, The
tramps made it a practice of spending the
tire winter ia jail, Last year the county
; attempted putting them to
» juli yard breaking stone, but
iis proved a failure, What the result of
ners’ action will is only
If the town is overrun with
ich It is likely to be, public ine
dignation may cause the commissioners to
rescind their action,
The Commissioners of
decided that
and commitment of vagrames,
f
of tramps comiml
tad
nmileq
ommissic be
pjecture,
Bie, Wo
Py
Monument to Herole Dead
rihampton
meetin
East
ory of the sc
ig took steps toward the
oof a monument to the
ilers and sailors of North
county who sacrificed thelr lives in
It was unssimons.
ded to advertise for bids to ascertain
bat a monument such as is
desired. Designs and specifications can be
{ the county commission-
)ecember 16, at 11 o'clock,
as yet been selected for the moda.
it will probably be erected in
3 Centre Square,
men
ampton
thelr country’s service,
ly deci
the pre
Jt ie cost of
al
ers until Friday, 1
No site ©
seen at the oMoe o
Gullty of Arson.
three be at Willlams.
y in the case against Henry and
, father and son, charged with
ndered a verdict of gulity on each
five indictments, The defendants
were charged with setting fire to the Mont.
gomery Opera House on the night of July 7,
and also with entering into a conspiracy to
burn the buliding.
ut "ry
ut ure,
¥ifty Deer Killed In Fike
The deer season which just ¢
County.
losed in Pike
successful one, nearly
50 having killed, Andrew Forbes, of
Philadelphia, asd William J. Garvin, shot a
large buck, weighing nearly 200 pounds st
Porter's Lake. Barney Provost, of Phila
jeiphis, has to his credit two fine deer,
Among those who were successful in killing
deer this year in Pike County were C. P.
Howard Brick sod Bod Quick, El
and Jooas Shaffer, Louis Besfe
apd William Morrison, of Lackawaxen
bean
Killed by a Cave-in.
Thomas Lawson, aged 85, was buried
vating at Shaw & Esrey's quarry, Chester,
just after Daniel
Witmore had left the quarry with a load of
gravel, Upon bis return a haif-bour inter,
he saw Lawson's coat asd the eaved bank,
nd suspecting that an accident had bap
out of nice feet
dug of)
earth,
Acensed of Stealing from a Boarder,
“pig Joe Siravinski, who lived nineteen
days in the mines at Janesville, before being
flooded, was taken to the county jail at
Wilkes-Barre, charged with the theft of
money, said to bave been taken by him from
tho pockets of a boarder at his house, Sloce
his rescue from the mines, ‘Big Joe" bas
been conducting a saloon in Hazleton,
Noted Decorator Dead.
With the death of Cari Friedrich Wilhelm
Wollmuth, there passed away one of the
Valley, In the different churches and
shapels of all denominations in the Bethele
Sems and vicinity, in the Asasdemy of Musie,
Allentown; the Fountala Hill Opera House,
and finest residences of the Bahichems, he
bas left examples of Lis ability,
General Store Burned. :
A fire at Hummels whar!, three miles
north of Selin's Grove, damaged the bulid
ing owned by B. O, Kessler, of this place,
and occupied by Mr, John J. Foye, as a
general store. About #3000 worth of goods
were also destroyed,
Died from Gunshot Wound!
Benjamin Pike, a young one-armed man,
died at the Chester Hospital, Pike was out
guaning with John Hannum, at Boothwya,
and In attempting (0 get out of a wa ;
shoot a rabbit, secidently shot
New Telephone Company.
A telephone eompany somposed of cap
ftaltsts of western Penbeyivania, ls
a Com i An the
Telephone pany.
timore, 1s at the head of the project,
Citizens’ Telephone Company, of
and Lawrenos Counties, will be
and the lines will be extended to Mead