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7 THE ARGUS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER G, 189S. THE MESSAGE IN DETAIL. FOLF.OVlA.'(i isivcn a n McKinley tt inrfs more ctculcl transniinsion the d.tv of its delivery was rn.iJiled 1 hronli Hie d;ty report of" t.'ionsaiKl-wonl re tent or the s;ilitnt features pronijith- tin; day of the reading 01 me icuineni in t-t'ii-ri j lie more believed, prove of timely interest: rCo'tivltlsst.inlinft the aJ 1c 1 burdens rc-( f sti.'iry ty the war our i iie re joice in a very ha.', i.-facliry ami hleaili Jy inc re-apins tle-sree of jtrtsjK'i ity evi denced lv the larjrest volume f busi ness cwr rwurdftl. Manufacture h.ts bec-n in xluf ti vo, agricultural pursuits Jsave y M-tl"J abuneia-it returns. Ialr i.i the fieMsof industry is belt r rewarde-el, revenue- if-gislaticm liaised by the pres ent curercsii has increased the- treas ury's rft-i.ts tie the amount estimated by Its authors, the ti names f the K v rriment have hi en put c-erFSfuliy admin 1t!ed a 'id its fre,:it advanred to the Jiist rar.k, while its turnn'y h:is li--n rnuirttuiin d at the world s highest rtandard. Military verviee und.-r a ci.iiiim.n ttai; and for a right-mi cms.; bits Mrentheni the national t-riirit and served to feiiiei.t more i!o.!y than f-vi r the fraternal Imnd l-tri-n every rettion of the country. A review of the; relation of the I'nited States to other jovers. always uj'fn.riatc. is this year of rrirnary impoi tane in view of the mom Muud Uouts which have arisen, fleiaandim; in one insianc- the ultimate djt?rrnin.ition by aims and involving far-reachirn? or . -iu ne es which will require the aiiiKt attention of the cnnsrresK. Ir. try last annual iinvvac; Very !uii confide r:f ion was siw:i t the tpn :-tio.i of the- el'ity of the ; rnaier.l "f the 1'nite.i Stat-s tnwitid Spinn and t r." Cuban i;.yjrr- timi as l.r-.ni; by far the liioM impoi lit i ! . 1 1 : m villi v. hub vvf re then all' d lij.mi to ib-al. Tin t onsid i .i t i-n. thin advanced, ar.d the Xpositiori of the I' ivs the rem ex preuyed. .lifelcseil my Ner.se -f the cx In n:r Kiavity of thi- Hi t u,:t inn. Scttin-.; aside a- I'.eiiiiliy unfouioo'l rr lira -tieai'y iriadtnixsib! the ice cmriitinr. of the "uban in.- ui iz' ii as b.Iiiin rents, the i eco;.. nit ion of Hie indijn ii'l, n. of Cuba rieiitial I r t iv-ntl- n to tel the war i-y ie:j ci.-iiii; a r.ilimial c.iiiii.:niye lie;( ' i the i'inn -l;iiil.-, interv ntb.n in f.iv. r "f ii: or t!:- other party, an I forcible i:ri'-at:oa of the inland. 1 c-ori-clu'!- l It was lion s' ly ib:e t our f rien I ly tela! mi" vlih 'i.in that s-lc : iloul 1 b .iv-ii ;t r-a.- ii.ali i' hi:r ' e t r. alize ht i- :: tat:oi a of reform to which th-j ha I beeoire In vo al ;.v t 'mmitted. Vit:i;n a f v w k:. ( r.-v ioii !y she had arnoiir '-ed c ninr. hi n -i t r!ars y'i IfU it was oiHcbntly : !el v be tlii at to i. :p dy the vils k.i .plv affetiiii'j oar own oi:nlr, o injuriom to the tti.e i:.t-r :-ts i:f the mother i .uctry as v. ell as to tli i?e of Cuba, and m leriimam to the un vrrxal fer.ti:ci.t t.f h'lmai itw The n-sinrr-: month I r uibt ! ttl - isn of real T"Kroa tnuard fat i!ien t it m of Cuba. Tin. autor.oTiioiia .idmir.!.-trat:iin ft tin I in the r l ,'. and ."erne of the pri f.e.pa 1 ! t-lliis iirije.irid not to fai.it tie- favor of the i,;haliitnnt imr t Ix? a'! to f J-tt-i.d their intbiepce t tl.e lare i xt-n! if teiritory heb: by tin- ir.;'.iri;eiit.--. vliile tb.e military aim. nl vimisly un able to ! witn tie- : till in 'iw re. licllioii. continued many i f the mot tbjec: lona lib- and offensive iin of the fo iri'ii:int that had ore; ct!i d it. No tangible ie;i f as afforded thf vast iiutnix i.i of unli. u py ret uno ntraihM cte Ite the rcitetali-1 jirof. ysions ma.il..' in that ri-Kii'l uml th- amount apjiro I)riateI ly Sal: that end. DLSTKICTIIIN ! TIIK MAIM: Convlnrpil tlx- Ml Thoughtf ul That w Olftti Hni Nc-mt Mt Hand, The proffered cxix dit nt cf zones tf cultivation pr cd Illusory; inilet-d, no loss practifal nor more delusive irom isea of stn t t.r 'otild well have been ten dered t the exhausted and destitute people, stripped tif all that made life anil hme ili ar and lu rried In a straniie rcplon anions unsympathetic stranmrs hardly less necessitous t hail t hen:?-! s. Jiy the end of I'ecember the mortality iiinuni; them had frightfully int rcased. Conservative cstimati s from Spanish Fourccs plitod the tleaths ainont; these distressed people at over ) per tent, from the time ilencral WVylcr's !e ree of rK'iiiKi'ntratiiin was enforced. With the acriuieseii. c of the Spanish authori ties a p'hi'fiif was adopted for relief by charitable contributions raised in this country, arl distributed tinder the di rection of ih'- consul general ami the several consuls and by noble and earn est individual effort thromrh the or ganized accncics of Ih" American lied Cross. Thousands of lives w re thus navet!. but many thousands n. r.' were inncct ssihle to such fm ins of aid. The war tontiiaa d on the ..id feot Inc. without omprehensive plan, d vel- opinc only the same spasasodic :i. oun ters liarren of stratci- rcsuit that hail marked the ourse if the t-ailicr ten gears' ibe!Iioii as well as the present insurcn tion from its start. .No alter native save exhaustion of cither inm hatant. and therewithal the practi.-al ruin of the island, lay in sieht. hut how far distant no one toulJ venture to ci.n Jecture. At this Jiireture. on the l.'th of Feb ruary last, oicurred the destruction ef the battleship .Maine while rightfully lyinsr in the harbor of Havana on a mission rt international courtesy and good will r. catastrophe the suspicious nature and horror of which stined the nation's hecit profoundly. It is a strik ing evident e of the tioise and sturdy pood sense disiinKUishint; our r.ati r.a! charntt-r that this sh.ck;r.K blow, fal' Jnjr upon a cenerous people already deeply touched by preceding events in Cul.a. !:d not rr.ove them to an instant, defiperate resolve to tolerate no lontrer the oiistt r.te of a condition of danger and disrt!er at our dotirs that made possible such a deed, by whomsoever vvrouaht. Yet th instinct of Justice prevailed and the nation anxiousiy awaited the rmult of the searching in vestigation st or.ce set on foot. The finding of the naval board of in quiry establ shed that the origin of the splosicn w s external by a submarine mine, nr.d only halted through lack cf positive testimony to fix the n s onsl bilitvof its authorship. All the things .rt'.'il conviction to the most thought ful pven b?fere the finding cf the nav al court that a crisis in our rotations with Sivain and towerd Cuba was at hand. St i strong was this relief that it needed but a brief executive suggestion to the corsress t receive immediate ansaer to the duty of making instant provision for the possible and perhaps tipevoilv probable emergency f war. ar.d the i -matkable -almost uuiijue Slet3cle wft presented ot a unanimous vute of ho thymuses on the yth f itanh appropriating Jr.C.ti'Wo -fer the na tional defense and tor v''n B,,I every purposes cor.net ted ther.ith. to be ex pended at the discretion of the presl oent." ; That this act of provision came none tio soon was disclosed when the tppli caua oT tte fund waa undertakvn- review of the nicssiiire of President than was iKjssible to tiresviit throuirh teleirriiphir veslerdav. 'ovci-tlieIc;.- 'J'nr. Ah;i the A:iso i;tti d Press to tniliiish : complete inline will, however, it i fnr fel ts wi-v !". tit ally unc't fi tin- ti ur n.-i vv r.e.de.l large provi.-ion for in- rfased ammnniii in and f upt.lies. and even nnrnherts tn ope with any euodt n atta k fn.r.i the ravy of Spain huh cnni.ri.-il modern e-seis of the high (Ft lic of continental perf- tion. Our army aiso ri-nuired i-nli?-nient of men nnd munitfori. Th- details of the hur ried f.repari'.t ion tor the dreaded ion tingfney is told in the reports of the secretaries of war ar.d of the navy, and need not l. repeated heie. It is sum cient to s;y that the outbreak of the war. when it did come, found our na tion pi t unjC"partit to meet the con- liir t. fYhe president th n r.'-founta th visit t.f the foreign ambassadors to him to j. had for peace; the att.mpt to obtain :t six-iim.'-lhs' aioiistiie In Cuba; the iradeiiuate le-putisi- fiom Spain. math-::: ick ki:hi.i nt cu.nguks. Which i:il v i:epnnd-! u ith a Deiaand on the Spatii-ti 0v-rniu-at. tTrit ved and disappr, Intd at this liar ren outc'inr.e t f lr.y sincere endeavors to reach i: pralhnble r.olu'.i'm, I fr-'.t it niy duty to remit the whole cjuestion to the congre.-. The response of the ct r:giss. sifter tiib" days of earnest del ib ration, dining which the ahii' nanimi u.t s, ri'imer t of ytnir body was :!evelo cd mi every jo:nt save as to the : xp ii-tii v of coup.ing th- t roposed action with a f rni:'! recognition of ! ! public of Cuba as tl.e true and law ful governnn nt of that Island a proposl tion whi'ii failed of adol tion the cor- ;;r-.-s. after n-rif. rt iM', toi th- l'.th of Apri'. ).y a vote of 4- to :;: in th" seii.it.- aid :ll to ; i!i t::" house ef r.'pr"sent i- tivs. ji.tssel tin- i e n 'oia 1 lie join t reso hit ion. i'.-li lai ieg : J-'ii -t. T.n.t th-' II op e of th Is'ptei of Cuba :-r. ;::'! of light ought ;o be fil e and ir.o. pi e.b vt. S nd. That i' i the cutv of the 1'nile.l States ! bona!'.': and the gov ernment o! the l'n;t'd States do herd v deii ard. th gov "rr.mert Spain at on e n '.iiaiaisli Its auth.irity ar.ti go vi rn.i' iil .r the island of Cuba nr-d wilhiiraw its land and naval fortes from Ciii.i Cubin waters. "Third. Tent the t.r -fi. lent t.f th- T'nited tSet-s be. an 7 lie hereby is t'.i Ictted :;i i! leiiritiw ered to use tiey-nt ire land and naval loic s of the "I'nited Stati s .1 I rli in! the aclii 'l serv ice of fiii- I'riit.d -stat's the militia of l!ie si i v r.i ! stav r. l sin h extent us may be m-ie-saiy to tarty the:; - res lu'iolis iliTo IVi i 1. l-'oir.th. That tli" I'nited Stat hen bv tliv laitr.s nnv disposil ion or m- tii'tion to i-x- ro-e sovereignty, juris ilbtion "r control mi-r said island ex- t ept for the ji ti i a. at imi thereof, and as.-'its its ib t-rmii.at ion when that is at r-oii lish-d to cave the government arid contiel of the is'and to Us p 'p!P. ' Thi;-- resolution was :''iT"Vi! by th xeiuiie on tl.e next day. Apr' I - A i i,tv was :'. t enc" c ii'imunicati d to the Spanish mir.isKr a: thi capital, wh forthwith a nr oii:ict d that his contmt:- arie in Washington had thereby be. come impossible, ami asked fn;- his p 'f S ports, v. bi' l, x. . re piven him. II - there upon withdrew from Washington, leav ing the protet t ion :f Spanish interests fn the t'l.ited Statfs to the French ambassador and the Aust ro-1 1 u: garian minister. Sim'iHnneoiis'y with its cotn mimiialior. to the Spanish minister, (letteial U ocdforil. the American minis ter a'. Madrid, was telegraphed con firmation of the text of the joint reso lution ar.d di''-ctod to nmnuitiiit it to th government of Spain. STATK OF W.IK IS DUI.AUI II. Spain i:retiks Oir iltimtic Nrgutiation anil the 1 Igtit I On. After the institution feat bed tltneral Woodford on tin- mornir.g of April "1, but before he could present it. the Spanish imnister of state notified him that upon th-- president's approval of the Joint icsolulion the Madrid g ivern mont. regarding the act as "equivalent to an evident declaration of war." had rib 'is minister in Washington to withdiaw. thereby breaking off diplo matic relations between' the two tonn trles and t asir.g all official t ommuni tatiori between tlirir res pet live repre sentatives, ten-ral Wooi'.ford there upon ibman led his passports and quit ted Madrid the same day. " n April .2 I proclaimed a lb ckade if the northern coast of Cuba. I'.v my messHce of April ." the congress was ir.for'i.ed. of the situation and I recommended foin.al declaration of the existence of a state t.f war between the t'nited Slates and Spain. The congrt ss at t nriMncI v voted on the same day the act ai proved April 2T. 1. declaring the existence of sut h war. from and in cluding the Mst day of April, and rc-cn-:.i teti the provision t.f the resolution of April 20. thret ting the president to use ail the armed furct s of the ration to carry that act into eftttt. I President Mi Kinley then announced to foreign nations the state of affairs ar.d they ail responded with neutarality proclamations, which w re fully en forced. He then retounts the mobiliza tion of the I'nited Slates military and naval forces, giving their strength, etc., precautions against att.uk on our sa ceast. including the war loan author ized by congress: tells of the progress of the war and gives a brief account i f il from beginning to end. all cf which Is familiar to :iewspaier readers, and gives the following statement of the war casualties: Army crhcers killed. 2': enlisted men killed. .".7: total. -V ; cifllcers wounded. 113; t nlisted nu n wounded. 1.4'i4: total. l.'TT. Navy Killed. 17: wounded. 7: died as result of wound. 1: invalided from service. 6; total. S-l.l . tJ w It is fitting that I should hear testi mony to the ratriotisrn and devotion of that large portion if our army which, although eager to be ordered to the pot of greatest exposure. loriurau :y viia not re.itiired outside of the l'r.i:-1 States. They did their whi le duty, and! like their comrade at tne tront r.ave earned the gratitude of the nation. In l;ce manner the officers ar.d men cf the army and of the navy who remained In their r.erartmcnts and stations of the ravy. ptrf'-rmmg most important duties connected with the war. and whose re-! quests for assignment m the field and nt sea was compelled to refuse because their services was in. lis; crsa hie here, are entitled to the highest commenda tion. " SrAIX OIVKS I P TICK sTRle.C.LE. Her ItcTere on Land and Sa Urine Her to Tfriuv The anmhilattcn of Admiral Cervera'i f.eet. followed by the capitulation ol Santiago, hsv.tj brought to the Span-J th gove; iirr.f r.t a realising sen.ro of the hof lessni-ss of contir.uiii'r a flruer e now Lrf-ctmirg who.ly unequal it macie overtures of peace through the French ambassador, who with the ccstr.t cf his government had acted as the frierdjy representative- if Spai.i.-h interests dur ing th- war. eja thvr JC.h of Juiy M. ("ambon i r . s"nt"l a f ommunieatbn-. :gned by th - Iuke i f Alieojovar. tho sp::ni-!i min:ster of stat . irviting ths? I'ritetl Staler to s;ite the terms upc:i v hit h it wiui.i lir.'; ;o make .c.iee. i n July L'O ty communication iddress.il t-- tii- Ifk ef Almctiivar "rd l-.Hn.l"il o M. Caml-m. the terms of this gi verrnunt v re announced, fiili rfaiitiaiiy as in the ii.it ("l aft-rwards t in t d. On Ang. 1". the Spanish reply, date 1 Aug. 7. was handed hy M. Canibon t i the sicrt tnry of st ite. It arc pfffl un ."ozii'Uioi.a'ly th" terms linposeti as to Cuba. I'orto l;i;o and an island of the I.adrores group, nut appeared to seek to introdme inadmlssib.e reservation in regari to our tlemand as to the I'hiiipi inf-s. Conctiviig that discussion on this point could -either b3 practica ble 1 directed thi.t in order to avoid misunili rs::and;rg the matter should be forthwith closed by proposing the em I.oeliment in a forma! protocol of the terms in which th- negotiations for peace were to 1 ur It rtaken. Tne vr.pje? and int xpiicit suggestions of the Span i: h n.te couid not be' a- i epted. the em!y r piy bi i::g" to pivst-nt as a virtual ulti matum a draft of protocol embodying tin; proe ire terms tendered to Spain in our not" of Jalv ::n. with added stipula tions of detail a;; to the appointment e.f commissioners to arrange lor the evac uation of ihe Spanish Antilles. n Aug. Yl. M. Carr.bon anr lunrei his ret ei t of full powers to sign the pro tocol ro sj' mitted. Accord ingly. e n the afte rnoon of Aii. t2, M. Canilxjn. as tho plenipotentiary c f the I'nited Slates, signed a jiroiec I. I The protocol a:- heretofore printed Is here introduced in substance. Its sig nature resulted in the suspension of hostilities a: d en Aug. is the muster out of liie.i.nii min w as ordere d. Ctr. I- r. 1. p'l.li;-, had be en mustered out. The a pre ir.lir.i nt of evacuation com-miv.-ions for Cul.a and l'..rto Kico and t f the pea e cammis ion row silling ct I'aris is hctc recounted. J WKKilllV Wlsfl'ssiOX IHI liltr.Kl). I'ulurc ftiursein Npw Territory s.lit-lTed t'liliaTo Ite Iliilt-peiitlelit. The negotialions have made hopeful progress. far that I trust scon to be able to i;iy a delitiitlve treaty of peace before the s- r;-.te. with a review of the ste( s leadir;T to its signature. I do r.ot difem-B nt t!;i; time th government or the future of the new possessions which will ! me to us as ihe r; sult of the war with Spain. Such discussion will be appropriate- after the treaty if peace shall be ratified. In the- me antime and until th" congress has legislated other wise, it w ill be my duty to continue the militc.ry gov'-rnmei.ts which have c x- i?tet since tail- inclination and govern- r.ient of the peop! Security in life and property and em nurage-iiit tit under a, ju-t and br.oiicia I rr.b'. As sen n n:; we nio in possessit n of Cuba and hn . e r,ac!". d Hi,- islands it ill I e ne-tessary to .-e ;,id and direc tion to jieoide to form a government for themselves. This should be under taken nt the earliest moment consist ent wilh s in ty and assured success. It Important that our relations with these pcopu shall be of the most friend ly character, and our commercial r-d ion. lose and reciprocal, it should be ur duty to assist in ev ery prope r way to build up the waste places of the isl and, encourrf-! the industry of the peo ple, and assist them to form n govern ment which si. ail be free and independ entthus lea'izing the be st aspirations of th" Cuban people. Spanish rule must be replaced by a just, benevolent and humane govern ment ereated by the pi o pie of Cuba, capable of performing ail international obligations and which shall encourage thrift, industry and prosperity and pro mote peace and good will among all of the ir habi; ants, whatever may have- b'-en their relations in the past. Neithff revenge nor assion should have apiace in the new government. I'rtil there is compfetn tranquillity in tne isiami ami a stahl" governme nt, inaugurated mili tary occupation will be ecntinued. With the exception of the rupture with Spain, the intercouise of the I'nit ed Statt s with th" great family of na tions has 1 een marked w ith cordiality and the close of the' e-ventful year find.- st of the issues that necessarily arise in the- complex relations ot sovereign states and honorable solution by amica ble agree me nt. fllere follows the usual gist of infor mation regai ibng our foreign relations. status of disputes with foreign nations to personal rights of citizens, etc., in- culding the c laims of Austria for her suljects who wen- killed or wounded in the I-i 1 1 ur.r r II a.) labor conflict, which is expected to be satisfactorily settled. He also relates the various lit tle civil wars in I.ate- America and the formation of the I "ruled Slate s of Cen tral America ai d iis recent collapse. - (MXAI. ACKOi TIIK ISTIIMI S. iclinite Action 1'reft! oy Congress at Once-t-hliieMi Open Dour, The Nicaragua canal commission un der Ihe chairmai.ship of Hear Admiral John Walker, appointed July L'4, lv97, under the authority of a provision in the sundry civil act of June 4 of that vear. tin nearly completed Its la- iors. ar.d the results of its exhaustive inquiry into the proper route, the feasi bility, and the cost or com-tructlon of aa inte. -oc er.nit canal by a Nicaraguan route will lie laid before you. In vi-.w cf c.vertures ma ie to the gov ernments of Nicaragua an I Costa liica by other parties for a new canal cor- ssi n prr-.Jicalci! on in - assumed ap- proaihirs lapse of the contracts of the Maritime Canal company wttn those states I have not nesitatei to express my conviction that considerations of expediency and international tollcy as between the several governments in terested in the construction and control f an inter-in eanic canal by this route require the ma.ir.terance or the status puo until the canal commission shall have reported and the I nited States congress sha'l have had the opp. rtunity to pass Pnaliy upon the whoie matter during th rresert s -.-sion. N'evertr. '.. .-s it appears that the gov ernment of Nicaragua, ns one of its last ve reign acts before merairg its pow ers in th ?e ef the newly formed United States of Contra! America has granted an optional concessien to another as sociation, to I wire effective on the ex tinction of the present grant. All these circumstances suggest the urgercy of some definite ac tion by the congress at this session of the labors of the I ast i:r. to ie utilized and th link ing of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by a rra"tital w ate: ay is to l e real ized. That the construi t'l-n of such a mari time highway is now mote than ever indispensat.'e to that intimate anj rady ir.tT-c 'mmurication between our ealern and western seahoarjs demand ed by the annexation of the Hawaiian islands and the pr-ispeetive expansion of our influence and commerce to Pa cific and thiit our rational policy now more imperatively than ever calls for It control by this government, are r.roporlS'i.irs which I U-tibt no: the con press will duly appreciate nui wisely a.ct ui-on. Ther I nlted States has r.ot hoen an irc'ifferent sertattr of the extraor dinary events transpiring in the Chi r.ese empire, whereby portions of its maritime provinces are passing ur.u::r the corttcil of various Kurcpean iow er3: but thf prosj e.t that the vast com merce which the energy of our citizens end the ncc?fsity of our staple produr tions lor Chinese- ures has Imi.t ui in those regions may rot be prejudio through and oxMusive treatment oy the new nccunar.ts ha obviat l tho reed of our country becoming u:i actor in the scene. Hut he is closelv watching ut treat ment of American citizens 6 China. The president refers to negotiations with Frame and le:many fe r the rjlief tif ot;r trac"e with thos counlries ar.d expresses the hojie of their success. FKIEXOSHIP OF (iREAT ItRITAIX. president Hopes ftr the Success of Hie A n gits-American Coiuiiaiion. Our relations w ith Great Britain have continued on the most friendly footing. Asse r.tir.g to our reque st, the protection of Americans and their interests in Spanish jurisdiction was assumed by the diplomatic ar.d consular represen tatives of tJre-at llritain. who fulfilled tluir cielici'te- and arduous trust with tact and ze;. e lit iting high ceimmeinia tioii. I may bo allowed to make fitting allus.ien to the instance of Mr. Itams- elen. lur majesty's consul at Santiago de e"uba. whose untimely death aftci distinguished service and untiring ef fort during the siege of that city was pincerely lamented. In the eariv I art of April last. pt:T fuant to a request made at the instance of the secretary of state by the British ambassador ot this capital, the Cana dian government granted fat ililies for the passage of four I'nited States feve nue cutlers from the 7reat Lakes to the Atlantic- roast l y way of the Cana dian canal and the tt. Lawrence river. Tne vesse-ls had reached Lake Ontario ar.d w.-re tin re awaiting the opening of navigation when war was declared be tween tlm I'nited States and Spain. Her majesty's government thereupon, by a coni'MVinieation of the latter part if April, stated that the permission granted before the outbreak e.f hostil ities would rot be withdrawn provided the I'nited Si ite s government gave as suranc e that the vessels in question would proceed direct to a I'nited Slates port without engaging in any hostile operation. This government promptly agreed to the stipulated cendition, it being umh-rstood that the vessels would not be prohibited from rc:-d:-ting any hostile altac i. It will give me special satisfaction if I shall be? authorized to communicate to you :i favorable conclusion of the I endiKg negotiations with elrcat F.rit ain in respect to the Tominion of Can ada. It ia the earnest wish of this gov ernment to t emove all sources of disc ord and irritation in our relations with the neighboring Dominion. The trade be tween the two countries is constantly int rcasitig and it is ip-.portant to both countries tl'V all reasonable facilities should be gr.-y.iteei for its development. The annexation of Hawaii is here mentioned and the facts related as they are well known to the reading public, it being rial, d that theCulloni commission will lay befcre congress a plan for the government of the- islands, without stating the plan. ItLiAt III.S TIIK NATIONAL FINANCES. Country's Income nml Outgo and Ceirrency 1't-i Head of I'upcilatioii. The secretary of the treasury reports that the receipts of the government from all source:- during the lis; a! year ended Ju:ie.::ii. ls;is. ir.cluding $-N4,7iil.-2:5 received from sale of Pacific rail roacis. amounted to J-Hl.o.Ciil.Sil.'i. and its expenditure s to $U::.a6S.ns2. There was collected from customs $14'.I."7.ri.flCi and from interna! revenue $17il.!nm,t)ll. our clutial li imports amounted to $ S'J4.73r. 4i'J. a de c rease of i$ 15C.GIM) over the pre ceding year: and importations free of duty amcunteu to $JJ1.414.17j. a de crease from the preceding year of $30,-"ilM.Mj-.. Internal revenue? receipts ex ceeeled those of the pret-eding year by JiM.ilL'.fifiS. The total tax collected on distilKd spirits was SfO.iHii.H.iir, on man ufactured tobacco S.'lG,iol',,'J. and on fermented liquors $3.ril5,4Jl. We ex ported merchandise during the year amounting to $1.2ol.4l2.2U0. an increase of SIMM! from the preceding year. Il is estimated upon tlie basis t f pres ent revenue laws that the receipts of tlie government for th- year ending June r.l. 1K:!:, will be- J"i77.S74.tij7 and its exiii-:;i:i!ures Jtis!'.s;4 017, resulting in a ..'liieiency of $il-'.i'i)0,eio. on the 1st ot lucrmlcr. lSl'S. there was hrU! in the treasury g..M coin amounting to $1:1S 4!1."47. g. 11 bullion amounting to JlU-i.-f.'li'.lfa. silver buiii.ir. amounting to $:;.- :;..". !:. ami other forms ot money amounting t' $4.iI.!:G:f.!.Sl. n the same date the amount of money of ail kinds in circulation, or not ine-lurlcd in treas ury holding.-, wa.s S:l.s::t.S7:t...u1. an lr.-irc-ase for the yea- of $lt;i.79.yi;6. Ksti lnnting our p ipulati-m at 75.104.0H0 at the time mrnii- re-d the per capita cir culation was $Jj.ny. On the same date th re was in the treasury gtid bullion amounting to Ji:;.5'-2.54.. The provisions made for stre-ngtherr'ng the resources of the treasury in c- irnection with the war has given increased confidence in the pur pose and power of the government to maintain the present standard, and has established more firmly than ever the national credit at home and abroad. A marked evidence cf this is found in the inflow of gold to the treasury. Its net gold holdings on Nov. 1. lstiS, were J2:;:S5.10. as c.mpared with $153,573.1 17 i s Nov. 1. isi'7. and an increase ef r.et cash of J.'i7.7.''.f..ltjJ on Nov. 1, 1S7. to S.;0a.i:3S.275 on Nov. 1. lUv Tlie pivie-nt ratio e.f net treasury gold to outstand ing government liabilities, 'including Tnie-d States treasury notes of lS'.-0. silver certificates, currency certificate's, standard silver dollars and fractional silver coin. Nov. 1. lys. was 5.35 per cert., as c-ompareel with 16.96 per cent. Nov. 1. 1'J7. LEGISLATION HE RECOMMENDS. Notes Redeemed in Oulel should De t changed A gain Only for CiobL I renew so much of recommendation of December. 1M7, as follows: "That when any of the I'nited States notes are presented for redemption In geid, and are redeemed in gold, such note s shall be kept end set apart and only paid out in exchange for This is an obvious duty. If the holder e-f the Vnited States r.ote prefers the gold and gets it from tne government he should not receive back from the government a I'nited States note without paying gold in exchange for it. The reason for this is made all the more apparent when the gove-rnment issues an interest-bearing debt to provide gold for the redemption of I'nited States notes a non-intcrest-bearing debt. Surely it should not pay them out again ex- tpt on demand fend for gold. If they I are put ouc m any otner way they may return again to be followed by another bond Issue to redeem them another interest-bearing debt to redeem a non-Interest-bearing debt." This recommendation was made in the beUet that such provision of law Ifhaneed relations of the United States would insure to a greater degree tbejte Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip- eafe'y cf the present standard and bet ter protet t our currency from -the? dan gers to which it is subjected from a dis till bance-1 in the general business con ditions of the country. in my Judgment the present contrition of ihe treasury amply justifies the im mediate enactment of the legislation recnmmi. t-. d one year ago. under which a portion of the gold holJinga should he placed in a trust fund from which greenbacks should be redeemed upon presentation. I ut when rnce re deemed should r.ot thereafter be iiid out except for gold. It is net to be inferred that other legislation relating to our currency is not re ei'iire d ; on the contrary, there is i:n obvious demand for it. The im Jiortance ef adequate provision which will insure to our future a money standard related as our money standard row is to that of our commercial rivals is ge nerr.Ily recognized. Tle companion propositiem that our domestic paper curr t.cv . hr.M he kept safe and yet be ?o related to the needs cf our industries and inte-rr.Pl commerce cs to he ade filiate and responsive to such needs is a proposition scarcely less important The subject in ai! its parts in commend. ed to the who consideration of the con- grers. i aviiks rN-::i:.K of ti:k army t hink 100.01U) Men Not : Man Too Many --Pension Affair. I'nder 'he ret of tongiess approved Aptil "rt. l'.e. uJihorizing: the prcsid rt "in lis liic-r tion. upon a dei hi rat ion i war bv 'riur-ss, or a declaration lifr congress ' that war e-xisls," 1 directed she increase of the regular army to tli maximum of GJ.OeHi. authorized in said net. There t.re now in the regjlar array r7.'-52 oliicers and men. In said act it w;is provided "that at the end of any war in winch the I rated t-it.ites may be come invo lved the army shall be re duced to a peafe basis by the transfe; i l the same urmy of lh service, or ah soi l tion !y promotian, or hom-rume ci.-e harge utieU-r silt h regu'ations as the secretary of war may establish, of i Uo . rnumerai y commiss'oned eiifieera ! nd the honorable diseharge or transfer of supernumerary enlisted men: and nothing cer-taiiicd in this act shall he t-or.r.trued as authorising the permanent increase of the commiss.ont d or en listed force i r the regular army bo yovid that now- provided by the law in fort e prior to the passage of this act, e?;cept as to the increase of twt-nty-tive maj. r provided for in section 1 hereof. Ihe importance of legislation for the permanent Increase of the army i therefore manifest. and the recom mendption cf the secretary of war for that purpose lias mv unqualified ap proval. There can be no question that at this time, and probably far sometime in the future. 1UU.U00 men will be none too many to meet the necessities of the situation. At all events, whether that number shall be reejiiired permanently or rot. the ro-.ver should I e given to the president to enlist that force if in his diicretiun it shoul' be r.e-esnnry. r.nd he further discretion should be given h'm to recruit within the above limit fiom the inhabi ants of the islands with the government of which we are .rairgo.i. It is mv purport to muster out the er.tire volunteer anry as s m as th congress snail provaie lor tne increase of the regul ir e snhli -dmient. This w ill be only an ac t of justice and will Jia much appreciated by the brave men who left their homes and employ meats to help the country in its emergency. There were in the pension rolls on June 1S-'S. Ve.:. 711 names, an increase of neaily ltf.Cco over the number on th rolls or the rime day of the pricedinjr ar. The amount appropriated by the act of Pec. 22. 1'.'). for the pa.vmeiit of pensions for the fiscal year ISJj was J140 Oi O.f.cO. i::ght million seventy thou sand e'ght hundred anJ seventy-two e.o.iais and forty-six tents was appro printed by the act of March 31. IS.tS, to cover deikie-ncips in army pensions nrd repayments in the sum of $12.u2n.il:i. making n total of $14S.iiv2.fiS2. it avaiia- le for the payment of pensions during the fiscal year lsHS. The amount dis- uised from that sum was$114.t"r,l.S73.S0. uving : ba'.r.nce of $1,431,012.09 unex pended or the ::nth of June. 1S3K. which wr.s covered into the treasury. There we re :is;i names ad led to the roils dur ing the year by special ai ts passed at he second session of the fifty-fifth congress, making a total oi t,4M pen sioners by congressional enactments since lscl. AfilSU l'LTl'KAL Oi l ICE IS mT. tiathci trig facts of l ot: to the Farmer A lieu t'oa trac t I.aheir. The department of agriculture has e e n ac tive in the past year. Explor ers have iren sent lo many oi tne countries of the eastern and western misphere for seeds and plants that i.v be useful to the I'nited States, and m with the further view of opening up mark' ts for our surplus prcduets. The forestry divish.n of the department is giving spec ial attention to the treeless regions of our country and is introduc ing sp.ee ies specially adapted to st;mi ai id regions. Forest fires which seri ously interfere with production, espe cially in irrigated regions, are being studied that the losses from this cause may be avoided. The department ia inquiring into the use and abuse of wa ter in mar.y states of the west, and col lecting information regarding the laws of the states, the decisions of the courts and the customs of the peeiple in this rege.nl, so that uniformity may be se cured. Experiment stations are becoming more effective every year. The annual appropriation c f $7-0 n o by congress is sui -pb mor.ted by $4C0.C00 from the states. Nation-wide experiments have been conducted to ascertain thesuitahle ness as to soil and climate in the states for growing suear beets. The number cf sugar factories has be&n doubled in the pnst two years, and the ability of the I'nited States to produce its r.e, sugar from this source has bec-n clearly derr.onrtrateJ. At the cic.so of the year thirty forest reservations, not including those of the Afognac forest and the fish cul ture reserve in Alaska, had been cre ated by executive proclamations under section 21 oT the act of March 3. 1S91, embracing an estimated area of 40.- 713.474 acres. The department of the interior has inaugurated a forest sys tem made possible by the act of July, IV'8. for a graded force of officers in control cf the reserves. This system has only been in full ejperation since Au gust, but good results have already been sec tire d in many sections. The re-ports receiver lnmcaie mat the sys tem eif tatrol has not only prevented instructive fires from gaining headway, but haB diminished the number of fires. The alien contract law is shown by. exreri'l.re to need some amendment: a measure providing better protection for seamen is proposed: the rightful application ot tne eight-hour law for I the benefit e.f labor and of the prinri- j pie Ol .i.oiiinio oi.- DURiirr.it'U ior consideration, and 1 commend these subjects to the careful attention of the tongitii. MARITIME I'OLICY ADVOCATED. itcamohip Line Should Ite nconra(ed Nationally l'otal Srrvlce. j Tha .rr.valiAn . , f I T t, A I i ft TiA Vt a ! pines rcriiilinsT from the war compel i the prompt adoption cf a martime poi 'iev t v thf L"ntte?d States. Thrre should Le established regular anil trequent steamship commv.r.cation, ereouraged bv the I'rited States under the Amer ican flag, with the newly aceiuirtd isl ands. Spain famished to its colonies at an annua', cost of abo-.it S2."00.0ci) steamship lines communicating with a portion of the world's markets as well as with trade ceateis of the home gov errmer.t. The United States will not tii Jertal:? to do less. It is our duty to furnish the people of Hawaii with fa ci.ities under national control for their expert and import trade. It will be relief eled that the present sitintioncalls fer legislation which shall be prompt, durable and librrn'. The part which American merchant vessjis and their seamen perfe rined in the war wiili Spain demonstrates that thin service, furrishing both pickets and te second line of de'ense. is a national r.tctrsity and should be encouraged in every crn--t t::tiorr.l way. Details and methods for the accomplishment of this purpose are d'seuss?d in the report of the secretary of the treasury, to which the atter.ticn of congress i3 rcpecifally invited. The postal servec of the court ry r.d vnncrs with extr.n rdir.ny grow th. Within twenty year;? both the revenues and the expenditure" of the postotlice eh parfmcnt 1 ive m 'f1: 'oiie.l t'ari-td'o el. In the la-t ten years th y hr.ve nearly doubled. ur r.i.-tal business grows n mh mor" rapidly tle.i fir population. It r.-ev i:;v. I .- s ;t xcer.d.ttire of Jh'O. cU et a year, t timbers 72 :) !H past hiees iM-d vaio'ls 2. O.i 0 en-pi yep. This re n :. rkab'e e-xttnsi'tn of u s-TVie e which is an accurate indx of the public con ditions presents gratifying evidence of the advancement cf education, of the 1:. crease e.f c iiamu: icatiun ar.d bush-ess iictiv ty r.n 1 of tha improvement of mail facilities bailing to their constantly augmenting i:se. I The president then te'.'s h vv the pos t.n! servic e "fa l iwej the Hag" ir Cuba, I'orto Kico and th? Philippines.! Tn my last annual message I recom merdecl that congress auth. ri?e the ap po rtment of a co.mm'ssion for the pur pose of making rystematic invest iga .i ms with reference to the cause and .eventior. of yel ow fever. This mat-i.-r h:;s nciniirod r.n increaed impor lune rs a result of the m litary nccj-ti.'n--o the island of Cuba and the ommereipl intercourse between this tlard .-ml the I'nitel States which we nave every re" iron to expee t. The ra i--tary problems connected with our new eiations with the island of Cuba and lie ac epji-it'on of P rto liico are no less n. p -riant- thin these re'a'ii gt lfimrr-e. :i.nimrr.";Ti' ndminist ration. It is my ..rne---t desire that these pro'aie.vs may e rens'iii'-e 1 by fonr?,e,rt ixp'rle and -h -it c v r- tli n r m ly le cl ine which the enest recent advances I.- sanitary sci ence can offer for the protection of the health ef our soldiers in those islands r.nd of our citizens who ere expi se I to the danger of infection from the i:n pc.rtatior. of yellow fever. Sl tWIitTS OF VARIED MOMENT. Washington City Centeiuiliil Aiuiivernary ( zui-'e IVnr." I"i-eipis.tl. In the year 13C0 wiil ocrur the cen tennial a;i:r. versary i f the founding of the city of Washington for the per manent cr.pita! of the government of the I'nited flat's by authority of an act of congress approved July lt. 17S0. In May. lse'O. the archives and general co'hces of the federal government were removed to this place. On the 17th cf November, 11 (.0, the national govern ment met here for the first time and assumed exclusive control i f the fed eral district and city. The people of the country are Justly proud e.f the distinctive beauty r.nd government of the capital and of the rare instruments of scienee aral education which here hr.d their natural Heme, v movement has lately been inuugurateei by the citizens to have1 the anniversary cele brated with fitting ceremonies. I recommend to the congress the grant ing' of an appropriation for this pur pose anil the appointment of a commit tee from its respective bodies. Tlie proposal of the czar for a general reduction of the vast military estab lishments that weigh so heavily upon many peoples in time of peace was communicated to this government with en earnest invitation to be represented in the conference which it ia contem plated to assemble with- a view- to dis cussing the means of accomplishing so desirable a.result. His ntajesty.wsi at "A PERFECT FOOD as Wholesome an it la Delicious.1' y I O WALTER BAKER & CO.'S J io!4' " Ha tood the test of mores than too yerrs use arr.onjf all f e I'1! f i b l classes, and for puri'y and t.oaebt worth is unequalled." f V' r i iftstlictU oW Surgicut Jifumul. S i ' I ' ( i" Trade-Mark on Every Package. X'dsEaaiJ WALTER BAKER Cl CO. LTD., 5 f TttAoc-MARK. Established 1 7 CO. DORCHESTER, MASS. f CiiiciEiiiaf i !f jorMs & Hovana o.-ee." f rUvA Z i f- f I c I -1 : -r S X- -1 JAMAICA The Wheels of Progress are turning rapidly toward tlie tropical island; on our southev.str-rn coast. Tlie people are inereted in heraring about these isl.incii. tl.e ir wealth, the condition of their inhabit ants as to education and civilization ; and. not le ast of all, in tiie question ct how to get to them, how Ion;; the journey is. and the cost of it. Tlie Queen Crescent lioute, with in sujvrb rail and steamer connection, forms a route which is over a hundred miles the sh-ioV-t t these parts from Cincinnati and the North. New rail arid steamer service floes int'j effect about I-ecembr 1st, known a-s the Cincinnati, Flokili and Havana Limited. Shortens the time about 24 hours, tlegant service. Tickets ou sale at greatly reduced ras, fiom iil pvrji north, throuijn to Havana, including transfers, meals aud berths on steameri. eic. " 1'articulars to you free if you wiii write to w A BECKLER. Nort.Vn Pass. Azt-, IJ Adss St., Chicairo, or to W. C. RINEARSON, Gen'l Passenger Agent, Cincinnati. Interested in the South Send 10et. tfampe to W. once until men or tne ccret ai ryn p. ".: if this government with the iimtipci involved in his exalted l tof asal and e f the reudiriess of the I'nited Stab s to take part in the conference. Tin claims of owners ef American s ee.iiug vessels fer reUure hy Kuss r n c ruir :- In H. r ag sea ere I eing prc.-sei io a settlement. The equities of tl.e eases ju:-iiiles the exo.ct.it. on that a, measure of reparation will eventually be aeeeirdcd in harmony with preccd.rt anei ir. the i ght of the proven facts. The Important question of the claim of Sv.il sella ml to the perpetual tan b :ioI aiUgiar.ce cf American citizens of Sv.i.-s origin has ret made l.cipcfui prcgre ss toward a soltitii-n. and eon trove rsics in" this regard still con-ta-.ue. Th t-.-wty accredited envc y cf the? I'nited Slates to the ottoman pert? carries instruction-.- loek'ng to the clis posal of matters in controversy w.th Turkey fer a number of years. He is rspeeialiy t hnrged to pre ss for a just settlement of our claims fer indemnity hy r.-cson of the destruction of the property of Arret ican missionaries re s ide: t in that country during the Ar menian troubles of 1 -i'ri. ns well as for the reccgnitior. of e Uier claims cf eei;:-l just ness. Ti e arbitral tiibuna! nnpointtvl under the tteaty of February. l-i:'7. between Ureal llritain arj Venc.uela to de termine' the boundary line beteveen tlie latter and the n,e.ny t f I'.r'.tish cliiian I is lo convene nt Paris timing tile p;-t:--e i.t month. It is a source of mm h gratitlcnti n to this eovei nmeiit to see the friendly result of .vri-i ra. ion u,i plied to the scttieimi.t oi' ibis contro versy. I have th.- so Us":; tion of b. Ir.g nbl to stale that the bureau of the Ameri can republics created in lSH'i as the or gan for promoting commercial int r-ci-.urse and fraternal reunions anion;; the c.iur.ti-'i" of the Western hemis phere, has bee-..r.re a more e'il-'ient In strument cf the wise purooses of its founders, and is reitiviis the cord ; I sui port of th" coi.lributirg members of the international union which are actually re ereseuted in its board of mai'iigi mi-t. I join wi.h the secretary of the nii'-ir in ret o r.mi i cirg that the grades of i d miral ar. i vice adni re.! be- t-.-mrorarily tcviv.l1. to he t Tod by offie. rs wh i h-. sp.-cia-ly di'-tingu'sl'.e 1 then.si Ives in the war with Stan. (The pie. Hint a'so epprovts the ir.crea-e of the na.y :ec n.m niel by Secretary h.ong.1 1 earnestly urge uiKin congress tin, iiiipert.mee i f early legislation prnvitl ing for the taking of the twelfth ct n sns. Ti i several eici art mental repcrts will lu ,eid before you. They give In great detail the conduct of the apairs of the give ir.nie nl during the past y nr nml e'lsciit.s many qt;esti,r3 upon which tltcj cungrcss ir.av lie called upon to act, " WILLIAM M'KINl.liY. Kxecutive Jlar.iLin, Pec. fi. lM'S. laiiroxtita JloMtleex. The St. .hunt's rjuilget tells tlm fc 1 lowing sninewhat niihi'lievahlu .tmy pilcunii! froiti tliu coluiiius of the Lon don Times: ILerr Wolff, special corrrspomlent tif Tlio Tagcbhitt, having an idle day soiao where lictween Kiao t"i(iu ami Tsiiij, tau, went out in iut-st of ailveuturcii with his clog, Schuster, iuul hi ichr!;. Arriving nt : courthouso, bu fonnt! a mandarin preparing to try lii Cliiticso, chargetl with mureleritj"; Clcrmmi mis tiioiiaries. Vavinm u piece of pajii r, which ho declared was his warrant, ho promptly took tho highest seat, ordered "Herr von Schuster" to t.iUu tho next iu dignity to his right, placed his clerk ou his Iclt, waved asidu tho hewiMcrcil mandarin, who doubtless thought that this was tho "mailed list" iu person. and called for the prisoners, whom, without hearing evidence, lio promptly acejnitted. Ho then roclo olT, fallowed hy llerr voa Schuster unci tho clerk, do claring that tho order of the day was ut au cud. Tho tonguu is divided into thrro rn pioris of taste, the lirst cf which is chief ly sensible to putiyeut and acid tastes, tho middlo portion to sweets or bittern, while the back is confined entirely to tho flavors of roast meats, butter, oils und rich and fatty su list. 'incus. C. fcinraron. O.P A., for ttionihly paper, 1 yr. .cJ V "S. ' H v V-. w (