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NATJGATUCK NEWS
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James - "Worrell , Seriously Injured In
Foot Ball Game.
- James Worrell, of Union City, was
-seriously hurt in the foot ball game at
Athletic field Saturday. During a
mass play on the center Worrell, with
the rest of the team, tried to stop the
play by laying down in the front of the
two teams, when about twenty men
fell on top of him. When the pile got
up Worrell lay upon the ground tiu
conscious. He was taken to his home
in a wagon and Dr Kiell was called.
The doctor says that the cords of his
neck were strained and the whole low
er portion of his body paralyzed. Wor
rell is resting comfortably to-day, but
it is thought that it will be some six
or eight weeks before he can be around
again.
Owing to some accident at Union
City Saturday night no train was run
to, the Falls to accommodate the peo
ple who are employed in the factory
at that place. They all came up on the
6:30 train.
Charles Wersig, who was discharged
from the insane asylum about two
months ago. was taken to the town
farm Saturday afternoon by Constable
Butz of Beacon Falls. Since his re
lease he has been living at the home
of his parents in Beacon Falls and
Saturday he became irrational again
and after breaking the windows in the
house of a neighbor he proceeded to
the Beacon Falls postoffice, where he
started in to run the plaee. The post
master called in Constable Butz. who
took charge of the boy and brought
him here, where he will be taken care
of until he can be taken to Middle
town. Oliver Bobbins, of New Haven, spent
Sunday with friends in town.
Feter Aspel of Derby spent Sunday
at the home of his mother on Coen
street.
The Union City junior foot ball team
defeated the Scorchers' junior team of
Seymour at Athletic field Saturday
afternoon by the score of 7 to 0.
The Second Ward team defeated the
Hammer club team yesterday after
noon by the score of 0 to 0.
Miss Ella Kennedy has returned
from a visit with friends in Ansonia.
The Union City junior foot ball team
defeated the Waterville team yester
day afternoon by the score of 6 to 0.
Court Salem. F. of A., will hold a
meeting to-night at 8 o'clock. All
members are 'requested to be present
.is business of imnortance is to be
transacted.
The Rev Father Quinn of Collins
ville is to deliver a lecture on "Ireland'
at Columbus hall Sunday evening, De
cember 10.
Frank J. Deegan and wife returned
from their wedding trip on Saturday
night.
Mr and Mrs William Patterson re
turned from their wedding trip Satur
day night.
There were about sixteen lodgers in
the tramp room at the police station
last night. Thev all seemed to appre
c-iate the warm room which the chiei
has there.
The commissioners on the benefits
and damages to the property owners
on Main, Maple and Oak streets me
Saturday and aSter hearing the evi
deuce of two witnesses they adjourned
until Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock.
Michael Morau has entered the em
ploy of Michael O'Connelh In place of
Frank E. Nolan, who resigned.
There was no session of the bor
ugh court this morning.
Goshen. 111.
Genesee Pure Food Co., Le Iioy. N. Y.:
Dear Sirs: Some days since a pack
age or your GRAIN-O was left at my
office. I K)ok it home and gave it a
trial, and I have to say I was very
much pleased with it, as a substitute
for coffee. We have always used the
best Java and Mocha in our family,
but I am free to say I like the
GRAIN-O as well as the best coffee I
ever drank.
Respectfully yours,
A. C. JACKSON, M. D.
OSTRICH PLUMES SCARCE.
There I-s a Great Decrease in the Sap
ply Canted by the South
t African War.
The London papers note that the
supply of ostrich plumes in that city,
ithe center of the trade, has been great
ly curtailed by the South Africr.n war.
It is said that there will be a deficiency
of nearly 5270,000 worth of feathers
at the next Eale in Mincing lane. To
these sales, which take place six times
a year, buyers come from every part
of the continent, and even from Amer
ica. Over $4,000,000 worth of feathers
are sold every year, making an average
of $675,000 at each sale. Since the cap
ture of the Khartoum, there has been
a steady supnly of ostrich feathers
from Barbary and, though the South
African feathers still command the
higher price, their supremacy is threat
ened by the Barbary feathers. At Minc
ing lane the cost of the feathers ranges
from $7.50 to $75 or $S0 per pound
weight. The best wing feathers give
about 110 to 120 to the pound, and at
the highest price this works out at less
than 75 cents each. As many of the
white feathers scarcely need cleaning,
and as dyeing and curling are very in
expensive, either the middleman or the
milliner must reap handsome profits
from the fashionable weakness for
these beautiful feathers. The smaller
feathers from the tail and bedy of the
bird are used for boas.
We Spring from Mad.
A good deal of pleasure appears to
lave been elicited by the proofs which
a German professor has made public
' to show that we are not descended
from apes, says London Truth. It
would seem that the apes branched olf
from the direct line of descent about
the time that we did, and that they are,
consequently, our cousins a good many
(times removed and not our remote
'grandfathers. Personally it is a mat
ter of perfect indifference tome wheth
er I descend from an ape or whether
the ape is only my cousin. . During the
period that covers the life of a planet,
ior, I suppose, of a star, there is a eoni:
, jiaratively brief period when the heat
and the humidity produce vegetation,
.d tlie outcome of vegetation is ani-
nal life, if, indeed; there is any clear
line of demarcation between animal
and vegetable life. ' We and the apes
alike descend from protoplasmic mud,
one of the most recent discoveries be
ig that all mo'cules are a self-coa-taiaed
electric battery.
WATERT0WN JOTTINGS
Services Held li in" the. 3 Different
Churches Yesterday.
Services were held in the different
churches as usual yesterday. At St
John s church, mass was celebrated at
11:13 by the Rev James II. O'Donnell.
There was a large attendance.
At the Congregational church the
services were presided over by an out-of-town
minister, who will also oc
cupy the pulpit on next Sunday.
At the evening prayer meeting at
the Methodist church, a Hindoo min
ister was present who gave a very
interesting talk on missionary life.
the liev Mr under occupied the
pulpit in the Methodist church in Wa
tertown. owing to -the usual minister's
absence.
Very Successful.
The recent fair given by the Oak
ville Catholics in the basement of their
church a short time ago was a great
success, indeed so great that the peo
ple of Oakvillc will probably try their
luck at another before the winter is
over. It was by tar the greatest suc
cess of any fair ever held in Oakvillc.
Notes.
W. S. Neal of New Haven, who was
a brother-in-law of Chaunoey Steele,
whose body was found iu the woods
near Farniiugton some weeks ago,
went to I'uionville Saturday and took
the remains to Watertown. where they
were buried. The remains, which
were nothing but bones, were packed
in excelsior and put into a plain pine
box. together with all the clothing and
other effects which were found with
the body.
Professor Madigan and John Aiori
iarty, both residents of Waterbury,
were guests at St John's rectory yes
terday. Frank Monroe was shot in the arm
with a bullet from a pistol by his
brother. Floyd. Mr Monroe was not
seriously injured, as he had on much
heavy clothing.
The regular meeting of the Nauga
tuck Valley Poultry association will
be held to-night in Waterbury.
The Watertown A. C. will give an
other of their pleasing entertainments
at the town hall on December 11th.
Of late these monthly dances have
proved to be quite popular, therefore
the bovs will give another on Decem
ber llrh.
Nothing has been done in regard to
repairing the sidewalk near the brick
store.
Now that the hunting season is at
an end. everyone is interested in know
ing who had the best record. Although
there are several who claim to have
had the best luck. Frank Woodward
thinks the distinction of champion be
longs to him.
The schools reopened this morning.
Albert Judd is spending the winter
in Newark, N. J.
The "Uncle Tom's Cabin" company
which showed here last summer gave
a two-night's show in Poll's in A ater
bury last week.
The Christ church choir boys will
give their operetta "King Careless
and His Daughters," in Waterbury on
one night of this week.
Fairfield Burr, who has been visit
ing at the residence of A. II. Scoville,
returned to New York this morning.
Part of the hands in the old silk
factory are working nights to fill the
increasing orders.
The boys at Taft school will play
hockey instead of polo this year.
The school contains several hockey
players.
The carpenters are at work building
an addition to the house occupied by
Mr Brownell in Greenville. The same
will be completed in about a month.
Thomas Shields has accepted a po
sition with F. N. Barton, the grocer.
The trains to and from Waterbury
are already beginning to contain many
Christmas shoppers. Watertown peo
ple do a great deal of trading in Wa
terbury long about Christmas.
0AKVILLE HAPPENINGS
Henry G. King, a man who has been
a resident of this place for a few years
past, died Saturday from the effects
of wood alcohol., of which he drank
a large quantity. Dr LovelaiKl was
called, but could do nothing to save
him. The doctor remained with him
until lip died. He was 40 years of
age and was employed in Seymour
Smith & Son's factory. He leaves a
wife and children.
Miss Florence Poet returned yester
day from her visit to New Britain.
John Curtis of Bantam was in this
place Sunday.
The large tree which stood in front
of the Union church has been cut
down.
The Itev T. C. Hanna of Union City
officiated in the Union church' yester
day morning.
Mr and Mrs A. A. Stone spent
Thanksgiving in Springfield.
The Hanky Panky club will give a
mask ball the 14th of December.
BAE00 ENGLISH.
Title Given to Ornate Lsnenase
Partly ECocatcd Natives
of India.
Eaboo English is the deseriptira
title given to the extremely ornate
languaga in which many two-thirds
educated natives of India express
themselves. The magazines and news
papers of India are full of it. One pe
riodical says of a certain lawyer's
plea: "His childlike simplicity fas
cinated all, and was proof against the
demoralizing influences of his honor
able profession." The late G. W.
Stevens gives an' example of baboo
English in his book,'"In India." It is
a feeble effort to express admiration
for the speech of President Madan
Mohan Malavayya at a native con
gress. His speech, is as mellifluous as his
name. He has a sweet voice and is
one of the most enthusiastically wel
comed of men on the congress plat
form. Neither tall nor short, not stout
but thin, not dark, dressed in pure
white, with a white robe which goes
round his shoulders and ends down
below the knees, Mr. Madan Mohan
stands like Eiffel's tower when he ad
dresses his fellow congressmen. .
He stands slanting forward, admira
bly preserving his center, of gravity
His speeches are full of pellucid and
sparkling statements and his rolling
and interminable sentences travel out
of his mouth in quick succession, pro
ducing a 'thrilling impression bn the
audience. ' There is music in his vpice;
there is -magic in. his eye;, and he; is
one of the sweet pharmers of the coiir
gress company. -- , - ,
TiEsri .i&iroAftnr
- j- (Continued from; Page One,)''
"The civil -government of Porto: Rico
provided for by the act 'of the Congress
approved April 12. 1900. is in successful
operation. The courts have been estab
lished. The Governor and his associates,
working intelligently and harmoniously,
are meeting with commendable success.
On the Gth of November a general elec
tion was held in the island for members
T the Kegisloture, and the body elected
f.ns been called to convene on the first
Monday of December.
I recommend that legislation be enact
ed by the Congress conferring upon the
Secretary of the Interior supervision over
the public lands iu Porto Rico, and that
he be directed to ascertain the location
and quantity of lands the title to which
remained in the Crown of Spain attlie
date of cession of Porto Rico to the Unit
ed States, and that appropriations neces
sary for surveys be made, and that the
methods of the disposition of such lands
be prescribed by law.
On the 25th of July, 1900, I -directed
that a call be issued for an election in
(Juba for members of a constitutional
convention to frame a constitution as a
basis for a stable and independent ov
ernment in the island. In pursuance
thereof the Military Governor issued the
following instructions:
'Whereas the Congress of the United
States by its joint resolution of April 20,
18!)K. declared
" "That the people of the island of Cuba
ve. and of right ought to be, free and in
fiependent. 'That the United States hereby dis
claims any disposition or intention to ex
ercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or con
trol over said island except for the pacifi
cation thereof, and asserts its determina
tion, when that is accomplished, to leave
the government and control of the island
to its people;'
"And whereas, the people of Cuba have
established municipal governments, de
riving their authority from the suffrages
of the people given under just nnd equal
laws, and are now ready, in like manner,
to proceed to the establishment of a gen
eral government which shall assume and
exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, and
control over the island:
"Therefore, it is ordered that a general
election be held in the island of Cuba on
the third Saturday of September, in the
Tear nineteen hundred, to elect delegates
to a convention to meet in the city of
Havana at twelve o'clock noon on the
first Monday of November, in the yea:
nineteen hundred, to frame aud adopt a
constitution for the people of Cuba, and
as a part thereof to provide for and agree
with the Government of the United
States upon the relations to exist be
tween that Government and the govern
ment tf Cuba, and to provide for the elec
tion by the people of officers under such
constitution and tlie transfer of govern
ment to the oincers so elected.
"The election will be held in the several
voting precincts of the island under, aud
pursuant to, the provisions of tlie electN
ral law of April IS, 1900, and the amend
ments thereof."
The election was held on the loth of
September, and the convention assem
bled on the 5th of November, 1900, and
is uow in session.
In calling the convention to order, the
Military Governor of Cuba made the fol
lowing statement:
"As Military Governor of the island,
representing the President of the United
States. I call this convention to order.
"It will be your duty, first, to frame
and adopt a constitution for Cuba, and
when that has been done to formulate
v hat in your opinion ought to be the re
lations between Cuba and the United
States.
"The const it tition must be adequate to
secure a stable, orderly, and free govern
ment. "When you have formulated the rela
tions which in your opinion ought to ex
ist between Cuba and the United States
the Government of the United States will
doubtless take such action on i i:irt as
shall lead to a final and an; it ji-itative
agreement between the people of the two
countries to the promotion of their com
mon interests.
"All friends of Cuba will follow your
deliberations with the deepest interest,
earnestly desiring that you shall reach
just conclusions, and that by the dignity,
individual self-restraint, and wise con
servatism which shall characterize your
proceedings the capacity of the Cuban
people for representative government
may be signally illustrated.
"The fundamental distinction between
true representative government and dic
tatorship is that in the former every rep
resentative of the people, in whatever of
fice, confines himself strictly within the
liuii' of his defined powers. Without
such restraint there can be no free con
stitutional government.
"Under the order pursuant to which
you have been elected nnd convened you
have no duty and no authority to take
part in the present government of the
islai d. Your powers are strictly limited
by the terms of that order."
When the convention concludes its la
bors I will transmit to the Congress the
constitution as framed by the convention
for (Is consideration and for such action
as il may deem advisable.
I -renew the recommendation made iu
my Special Message of February 10,
1S99, as to the necessity for cable com
munication between the United States
and Hawaii, with extension to Manila.
Since then circumstances have strikingly
pro iiha sized this need. Surveys have
shown the entire feasibility of a chain of
cublvs which at each stopping place shall
touch on American territory, so that the
system shall be under our own complete
control. Manila once within telegraphic
reach, connection with the systems of the
Asiatic coast would open increased. and
profitable opportunities for a more direct
cable route from our shores to the Orb :
than is now afforded by the trans-Atlantic,
continental, and trans-Asian lines. I
urge attention to this important matter.
The present strength of the Army is
100,000 men 05.000 regulars and 85,000
volunteers. Under the act of March 2,
1890, on the 30th of June next the pres
ent volunteer force will be discharged
and the Regular Army will be reduced to
2,447 officers and 29,025 enlisted men.
In 1888 a Board of Officers convened
by President Cleveland adopted a com
prehensive scheme of coast-defense fortifications,-
which involved the outlay of
something over one hundred million dol
lars. This plan received the approval of
the Congress, and since then regular' ap
propriations have been made and the
work of fortification has steadily pro
gressed. . '
' More than sixty millions of dollars have
been invested in a great number of forts
and guns, with all the complicated and
: bsciajiely
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scientific machinery and felectriml appli
ances necessary for their use. The prop
er care of this defensive- machinery 're
quires men trained mats use. The num-'
her of men necessary to . perform this
duty alone is ascertained by the War De-1.
partment, at a minimum allowance, to be
18,420. . ' - - -
There are fifty-eight or more military
posts iu'the United States other than the
coast-defense fortilications.
The number of these posts is being con
stantly increased by the Congress. More
than $22,000,000 have been expended in
building and equipment, aud they can
only be cared for by the Regular Army.
The posts now in existence and others to
be built provide for accommodations for,
and if fully garrisoned require, 20,000
troops. Many of these posts are along
our frontier or at important strategic
points, the occupation of which is neces
sary. We have in Cuba between 5,000 and
6,000 troops. For the present our troops
in that island can not be withdrawn or
materially diminished, and certainly not
until the conclusion of the labors of tho
constitutional convention now in session
nnd a government provided by the new
constitution shall have been established
and its stability assured.
In Porto Rico we have reduced the gar
risons to 1,030, which includes 879 native
troops. There is no room for further re
duction here.
We will be required to keep a consid
erable force in the Philippine Islands for
some time to come. From tha best in
formation obtainable we will need there
for the immediate future from 45,000 to
00,000 men. I am sure the number may
be reduced ns the insurgents shall come to
acknowledge the authority of the United
States, of which there are assuring indi
cations. It must be apparent that we will re
quire an army of about . 00,000, and
that, during present conditions in Cuba
and the Philippines the President should
have authority to increase the force to
the present number of 100.000. Included
in this number authority should be givon
to raise native troops in tho Philippines
up to 15.000, which the Taft Commis
sion believe will be more effective iu de
tecting and suppressing guerrillas, assas
sins, and ladroncs than our own soldiers.
The full discussion of this subject by
the Secretary of War in his Annual Re
port is called to your earnest attention.
I renew the recommendation mad? in
my last Annual Message that the Con
press provide a special medal of honor
for the volunteers, regulars, sailors, aniS
marines on duty in the Philippines who
voluntarily remained in the service after
their terms of enlistment had expired.
I favor the recommendation of the Sec
retary of War for the detail of officers
from the line of the Army when vacan
cies occur in the Adjutant-General's De
partment, Inspector-General's Depart
ment, Quartermaster's Department, Sub
sistence Dep.-i: tine lit. Pay Department,
Ordnance Department, and Signal Corps.
The Army can not bo too highly com
mended for its faithful and effective
service in active military operations in
the field and the difficult work of civil
administration.
The continued and rapid growth of the
postal service is a sure index of the
great and increasing business activity of
the country. Its most striking new de
velopment is the extension of rural free
delivery. This has come almost wholly
within the last year. At the beginning
of the iiscnl year 1899-1900 the number
of routes in operation was only "91. and
most of these had been running less than
twelve months. On the 15th of Novem
ber. 1900, the number had increased to
2,014. reaching into forty-four States and
Territories, and serving a population of
1,801,524. The number of applications
now pending and awaiting action nearly
equals all those granted up to the present
time, and by the close of the current
fiscal year about 4,000 routes will have
been established, providing for the daily
delivery of mails at the scattered homes
of about three and u half millions of
rural population.
This service ameliorates the isolation
of farm life, conduces to good roads, and
quickens and extends tho dissemination
of general information. Experience thus
far has tended to allay the apprehension
that it would be so expensive as to for
bid its general adoption or make it a
serious burden. Its actual application
has shown that it increases postal re
ceipts, aud can lie accompanied by re
ductions in other branches of the service.
no that the augmented revenues aud Un
accomplished savings together material
ly reduce the net cost. The evidences
which point to these coucicsions are pre
sented in detail in the Annual Report of
the Postmaster-General, which with its
recommendations is commended to the
consideration of the Congress. The full
development of this special service, how
ever, requires such a large outlay of
money that it should be undertaken only
after a careful study and thorough un
derstanding of all that it involves.
Very efficient service has been rendered
by the Navy in eouuection with the in
surrdction iu the Philippines and the re
cent disturbance iu China.
A very satisfactory settlement has been
made of the long-pei:d:ug question of the
manufacture of armor plate?. A reasona
ble price has been secured and the neces
sity ior a Goveruuieat armor plant avoid
ed. I approve of the recommendations of
the Secretary for new vessels and for
additional officers and men which the re
quired increase of the Navy makes nec
essary. I commend to the favorable ac
tion of the Congress the measure now
pending for the erection of a statue to
the memory of the late Admiral David
D. Porter. I commend also the estab
lishment of a national naval reserve and
of the grade of vice-admiral. Provision
should he made, as recommended by the
Secretary, for suitable rewards for spe
cial merit. Many officers who rendered
the most distinguished service during the
recent war with Spain have received in
return no recognition from the Congress.
The total area of public lands as given
by the Secretary of the Interior is ap
proximately 1,071,881,002 acres, of which
917,135,8S0 acres are undisposed of and
154.745,782 acres have been reserved for
various purposes. The public lands dis
posed of during the year amount to 13,
453,887.01! acres, including 02,423.09
acres of Indian lands, an increase of
4.271,474.80 over the preceding year.
The total receipts from the sale of public
lands during the fiscal year were $4,379.
758.10, an increase of $1,309,020.76 .over
the preceding year.
The results obtained from our forest
policy have demonstrated its wisdom aud
the necessity in the interest of the public
for its continuance and increased appro
priations by the Congress for the carry
ing on of the work. Oa June 30, 1900,
there were thirty-seven forest reserves,
crelJ by Presidential proclamations
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tituTer section 24 of the act of March 3,!
li"Jl, embracing an area of 40,4125,529
acres. J - ' J ' ' ' ' " ' - -
" During the past year the' Olympic Re
serve, in the State -of Washington, was
reduced 205,040 acres, leaving its present
area at 1,923,840 acres. The Prescott Re
serve, in Arizona, w-as increased from
10,240 acres to '423.080 acres, and the
Big Horn Reserve, in Wyoming, was in
creased from 1,127,J)S0 acres to 1,180,
800 acres. A new reserve, the Santa
Ynez, in California, embracing an area
of 145,000 acres, was created during this
year. On October 10, 1900, the Crow
Creek Forest Reserve, in Wyoming, was
created, with an area of 50,320 acres.
At the end of the fiscal year there were
on the pension roll 993,529 names, a net
increase of 2,010 over the fiscal year 1899.
The number added to the rolls during the
year was 45,344. The amount disbursed
for army pensions during the year was
K13-i.700.597.24, and for navy pensions
3,701,533.41, a total of 138,402,130.05,
leaving an unexpended balance of i5,
542,708.25 to be covered into the Treas
ury, which shows an increase over the
previous year's expen-lit are of $107.
077.70. There were 084 names added to
the rolls during the year by special act3
passed at the first session of the Fifty
sixth Congress.
The act of May 0, 1000, among other
things provides for an extension of in
come to widows pensioned under said act
to ?250 per annum. The Secretary of
the Interior believes that by the opera
tions of this act the number of persons
pensioned under it will increase and the?
increased annual payment for pensions
will be between $3,000,000 and $4,000,
000. The Government justly appreciates tho
services of its soldiers and sailors by
making pension payments liberal beyond
precedent to them, their widows and or
phans. There were 20.540 letters patent grant
ed, including reissues and designs, dur
ing the fiscal year ended June '30, 1900
3,039 trade-marks, 0S2 labels, end 93
'prints registered. The number of patents
which expired was 19,988. The total re
ceipts for patents n rrc $1 . 358.228.35. The
expenditures were $1,247,827.58, showing
a surplus of $110.-100.77.
The attention of the Congress is called
to the report of the Secretary of the In
terior touching the necessity for the fur
ther establishment of schools in the Ter
ritory of Alaska, and favorable action is
Uivited thereon.
Much interesting information is given
iu the report of the Governor of Hawaii
js to the progress and development of
the islands during the period from July
7. 1S9S, the date of the approval of the
joint resolution of the Congress provid
ing for their annexation, up to April 30,
1900, the date of the approval of the act
providing a government for the Territo
ry, aud thereafter.
The last Hawaiian census, taken in the
year 1890. gives a total population of
109.020, of whic h 31,019 were native Ha
waiiaus. The number of Americans re
ported was M-.4S5. The results of the
Federal census, taken this year, show the
islands to have a total population of 151,
001, showing an increase over that re
ported in bSiiO of 44,981, or 41.2 per cent.
There has been -narked progress in the
educational, agricultural, and railroad de
velopment of the islands.
In the Territorial act of April 30, 1900,
section 7 of said act repeals Chapter 34
of the Civil Laws of Hawaii, whereby
the Government was to assist iu encour
aging and developing the agricultural re
sources of the Republic, especially irriga
tion. The Governor of Hawaii recom
mends legislation looking to the develop-'
incut of such water supply as may exist
ou the public lauds, with a view of pro
moting laud setlemeiit. The earnest
consideration of the Congress is invited
to this important recommendation and
others,' as embodied in the report of the
Secre tary of the Interior.
The Director of the Census states that
the work in connection with the Twelfth
Census is progressing favorably. This
national undertaking, ordered by the
Congress each decade, has finally result
ed in Ihe collection of an aggregation of
statistical facts to determine the indus
trial growth of the country, its manu
facturing and mechanical resources, iis
richness in mines and forests, the number
of its agriculturists, their farms and
products, its educational and religious
opportunities, as well as questions per
taining to sociological conditions.
The labors of the officials in charge of
the Bureau indicate that the law of
March 3. 1899. requiring the completion
of the four important and most-desired
subjects, namely, population, agricultur
al, manufacturing, and vital statistics,
will be completed within the prescribed
limit.
The field work incident to the above
inquiries is now practically finished,
and as a result the population of the
States and Territories, including the Ha
waiian Islands and Alaska, has been nn-
nounccu. mo growth ot population uur
ing the last decade amounts to over 13,
000,0i0, a greater numerical increase
than in any previous census in the his
tory of the country.
Bulletins will be issued as rapidly as
possible giving the population by States
and Territories, by minor civil divisions.
Several announcements of this kind have
already been made. ind it hoped that the
list will be completed by January 1.
Other bulletins giving '.he results of the
manufacturing and Rgricultural inquiries
vi!l be given to the public as rapidly as
circumstances will admit.
The Director, while confident of bis
ability to complete the different brauchej
of the1 undertaking in the allotted tune,
finds hhnscdf embarrassed by the leek ot
a trained force properly equipped for sta
tistical work, thus raising the question
whether in the interest o economy and
a thorough execution of the census work
there should not be retained in the Gov
ernment employ a certain number of ex
perts not only to aid in the preliminary
organization prior to the taking of tho
decennial census, but in addition to have
the advantage in the field and office work
of the Bureau of trained assistants to fa
cilitate the early completion of this enor
mous undertaking.
I recommend that the Congress at its
present session apportion representation
among the several States as provided by
the Constitution.
The Department of Agriculture has
been extending its work during the past
year, reaching farther for new varieties
of seeds and plants; cooperating more
fully with the States-and Territories in
research along useful lines; making prog
ress in meteorological work relating to
lines of wireless telegraphy and forecasts
for ocean-going vessels; continuing in
quiry as to animal disease; looking into
the extent and character of food adulter
ation; outlining plans for the care, preservation,-
and intelligent harvesting of
our woodlands; studying soils that pro
ducers may cultivate with better knowl
edge of conditions, and helping to clothe
desert places with grasses suitable to our
arid regions. Our island possessions are
being considered that their peoples may
be helped to produce the tropical products
now so extensively brought into the Unit
ed , States. Inquiry into methods of im
proving our roads has been active during
the year; help has been given to many lo
calities, and . scientific investigation of
.' material ,in the States and Territories has
been inaugurated. , Irrigation problems in
our seiniarid regions are receiving careful
and increased consideration. - -An
extensive exhibit at Paris of the
products' ,or'j agriculture; has made, the
peoples of many countries more familiar
with the varied products of our fields and
their cowpasatlro. excellence.-
The collection of statistics regarding
our crops is being improved aud sources
of information arc being enlarged, to tho
end that producers may have the earliest
advices regarding crop conditions. . There
hies never been a time when those for
whom it was established have shown
More appreciation of tho services of the
Department.
In my Annual Message of December 5,
1898, 1 called attention to the necessity
for some amendment of the alien contract
law. There still remain important fea
tures of the rightful application of the
eight-hour law for the benefit of lr.bcr
aud of the principle of rbitrt:o2, and I
again commend those subjects to tho
careful attention of the Congress.
That there may be secured tlie best
service possible in the Philippine Islands,
I have issued, under elate of November
30. 1900. the following order:
"The United States Civil Service Com
mission is directed to render such assist
ance as may be practicable to the Civil
Service Board, created under the act of
the United. States Philippine Commission,
for the establishment and maintenance of
nn honest and efficient civil service in
the Philippine Islands, aud for that pur
pose to conduct examinations for tho
civil service cf the Philippine Islands,
upon the request of the Civil Service
Board of said islands, under such regu
lations as may be agreed upon by the
said Board and the United States Civil
Service- Commission."
The Civil Service Commission is great
ly embarrassed in its work for want of
an adequate permanent force for clerical
and other assistance. Its needs arc fully
set forth iu its report. I invite attention
'o the report, and especially urge upon
Ihe Congress that this important bureau
of the public service, which passes upon
the qualifications and character of so
large a number of ihe oinecrs and employee:-
of the Government, should be
supported by all needed appropriations 10
secure promptness aud eflicicncj-.
1 am very much impressed with the
statement made by the heads cf all the
Departments of the urgent necessity of a
hall of public records. In. every depart
mental building in Washington, so far as
I am informed, the space for official rec
ords is not only exhausted, but the walls
of rooms are lined with shelves, the mid
dle floor space of many rooms is tilled
with file cases, and garrets and base
ments, which were never iate-nded aiv
are unfitted for their accommodation, are
crowded with them. Aside1 from the in
convenience there is great danger, not
only from tire, but from the weight of
these records upon timbers not intended
for their support. There should be a sep
arate building especially designed for the
purpose of receiving ami preserving the
annually accumulating archives of the
L'vcrcl Executive Denarlmeufs. Such a
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action in this matter.
1 transmit to the Congress a resolution
adoptd at a recent meeting of the Amer
ican Bar Association concerning the pro
posed telebration of John Marshall Day
Febfuary 4, 1901. Fitting exercises have
been arranged, and it is earnestly desired
by the committee that the Congress may
participate in this, movement-to honor
the memory of tie great jurist.-.' -
The transfer of the Government to this
city is a fact of great historical interest.
Among the people there is a feeling of
genuine pride in the Capital of the Re
public. ',
It is a matter of interest in this con
nection that in 1800 the population of
the District of Columbia was 14,093; to
day it is 278,718. The population of the
city of Washington wis then 3,210; to
day it is 218,106. ,
The Congress having provided for "an
appropriate national celebration of the
Centennial Anniversary of the Estab
lishment of the Seat of Government in
the District of Columbia," t'ae, commit
tees authorised by it have prepared a'
programme for the 12:h of December.
1C00, which date has been selec-tcnl as
the anniversary day. Deep interest has
been shown in the arrangements for tlie
celebration by the members of the com
mitters of the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives, the committee of Governors
appointed by the President, and. the com
mittees appointed by the citizens and in
habitants of the District of Columbia
generally. The programme, in addition
to a rece ption and other exercises at the
Executive Mansion, provides commem
orative exercises to be held jointly by
the Senate and House of Representatives
in the Hall of the House of Representa
tives, aud a reception iu the evening at
the Corcoran Gallery of Art iu honor of
the Governors of the States and Territo
ries. In our great prosperity we must guard
against the danger it invites of extrava
gance in Government expenditures and
appropriations: and the chosen repre
sentatives of the people will, I doubt not,
furnish an example in their legislation cf
that wise economy which in a seascn of
plenty husbands for the future. In this
era of great business activity and oppor
tunity e-auiion is not untimely. It will
not abate, bat strengthen, confidence. It
will not retard, but promote, legitimate
industrial and commercial expansion.
Our growing power brings with it temp
tations and perils requiring constant vig
ilance to a '.did. It must not be used to
invite conflicts, nor for oppression, but'
for the more effective maintenance of
those principles of equality and justice
upon which our institutions and happi
ness depend. I.ct us keep always in
mind that the foundation of our Govern
ment is libertv: its superstructure peace.
WII.I.IAM McKINI.EY.
Executive Mansion. December 4, 1900.
1900-1901
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