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^HPi^^cKiniey's Review of National Affairs Laid Before Congress. lrnrtm ttat n mm TnmiTTin II bust ttULiJ fHiLirnnco Declares For Gold Standard and Recommends Congressional Restriction of Trusts. Independence For Cnba Wlien the People Are Ready?A Territorial Ortnnlta tlon For Porto Rico?Treaty Kignti or Aliens?Pacific Cable Needed?Partition of Samoa?Oar Army at Manila? % Neutrality In the Transvaal War Reaffirmed?This Country at Peace With Foreign Nations?Pan-American Exhibition and South American Republics. Washington, D. C. (Special).?President ? McKinley's message, delivered to the Fiftysixth Congress on the second day of the session, declares emphatically for the retention of the Philippines, the upholding t of the gold standard and the building of the Nicaragua Canal. He denounces trusts, but points out that legislation to curb them is hard to devise. To the Senate and House cf Representatives: At the threshold of your deliberations you are called to mourn with your countrymen the death of Vice-President Hobart, who passed from this life on the morning of November 21st last. His great soul now rests In eternal peace. His private life was pure and elevated, while bis public career whs ever distinguished by large capacity, stainless integrity, nod exalted motives. 3Ie has been removed from the high offlco which he honored and dignified, but his lofty character, his devotion to duty, his honesty of purpose, and noble virtues remain wltb us as a priceless legacy and ex ample. The Fifty-sixth Congress convenes in its first regular session with the oountry in a condition of unusual prosperity, of universal Rood will among the people at home, and in relations of-peace aud friendship with every government of the world. Our foreign eommeroe has shown great increase in volume and value. The combined imports and exports for the year are the largest ever shown by a single year in all our history. The President then quotes figures from the annual reports of his Cabinet officers which bear him out in the above statement. New Banking: Act. The President finds that under the rapid development in the industries of the country the national banking act Is not a sufficient avenue through which needful additions to the circulation can from time to time be made. He therefore asks Congress to talce up this matter with the view of ascertaining whether or not suoh reasonable modifications can be made as will render AVa ?aamwIaa In nnnHAiilo vo rofarcarl IUC UUb D OUiTlUO 1U IUO pamuuimj &vtv&tvvk to more responsive to the people's needs. He urges tbat national banks be anthorlzed to organize with a capital o( 925,000. For Gold Standard. President McKlnley tben proceeds to diseuss the standard of money, and says: I urgently recommend tbat to support the existing gold standard and to maintain- tbe parity In value ot the coins of tbe two metals (gold and silver) and tbe equal power ot every dollar at all times in the market and in the payment ot debts, the Secretary ot the Treasury be given additional power and charged with tbe duty to sell United States bonds and to employ such otber effective means as may be necessary to those ends. Tbe financial transactions of the Government are conducted upon a gold basis. We receive gold when we sell United 8tates bonds and use cold for their payment. We are maintaining the parity ot all tbe money ispued or coined by authority of the Government. We are doing these things with the meuns at hand. Supply of Golii. Happily, nt the present time we nre not compelled to resort to loans to supply gold. It has been done In the past, however, and may have to be done In the^ future. It behooves us, therefore, to provide at once the best means to meet the emergeDoy when It arlaes, and the best means are those which are the most certain and economical. In tbls connection I repeat my former recommendations that n portion of the xold holdings shall be placed In a trust fund from which greenbacks sball be redeemed upon presentation, but when once redeemed shall not thereafter be paid out except for gold. The Subject or Trust*. ) After an urgent appeal to Congress to -pass some legislation which shall lift the American merchant marine from Its present state ot decadence, President MoKlnley turns his attention to the subject of trusts and devotes a great ueai oi uuenuon to 11. He says: Combinations of capital organized into trusts to control the conditions of trade among our citizens, to stifle competition, limit production and determine -the prices of produots used and consumed by tbe people, are justly provoking public discussion, and should early claim the attention of Congress. ' It is universally conceded that combinations which engross or control the market <?f any particular kind of merchandise or commodity necessary to the general community by suppressing natural nnd ordinary competition, whereby prices are unduly enhanced to the general consumer, axe obnoxious, not only to the common law, but also to the public welfare. , There must be a remody for the evils involved in such organization, if tbe present law can be extended to more certainly control or check these monopolies or trusts, it should be done.without delay. Whatever power me uoDRroas pu?t?Boa > over this most Important subject should be promptly ascertained and usserted. ^ , Foreign Affairs. Following the trust question tbe President takes up foreign relations, first reviewing the status of several dlnputes wbich tbe government has o& hand and finding them moving toward a successful settlement. He finds that the Isthmian Canal Commission is making good progress ia carrying on examinations in Nicaragua and Durien with a view to establishing a canal between tbe Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and he asks Congress to help in the work. Our trade with Cfhina has continued to crow and our commercial rights under existing treaties have been and will be maintained. He again urges an appropriation for a commission to study the commercial ard industrial conditions in the Chinese Empire so that American trade may bo enlarged in the Empire. Nest the Paris Exposition is touched ou, and concerning Germany the President tlnds that our relations continue to be most cordial. The President hopes that the disputed question concerning tbe Alaskan-Canadian hmmdarv will soon be satisfactorily set tied. Neatral in the Boer-BriMah War. ToucbiDg on the war between Great Britain and the Boers, the President says: This government has maintained an attitude of neutrality in the unfortunate contest between Great Britain aDd the Boer States of Afrioa. We have been faithful to the precept of avoiding entangling alliances as to affairs not of direct concern. Power skould be given to Federal eourts the President tblnlcs, to punish lynch crimes against aliens. * relation B^^^^HBMHBmTiilAo ure?8 the ne SjMJK^PPBTtTto Manila. Cob* and Samoa. ^T^reaident McKlnley reviews at some length the Samoan troubles, and says that he will soou submit to the 8enate a convention entered into between the United States, Germany and England for its action, and then takes up tlie subject of the condition of Cuba and Porto Blco since the treaty of peace with Spain was signed. He distinctly 3ays that tbe pledge, aa proclaimed in the joint resolution adopted by Congress on April 19, 1898, by which the United 8tates disclaims any disposition or Intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over Cuba, except for the pacification thereof and the determination that when that was accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to Its people, Is or ttie higuest nonoraDie obligatioa and must be sacredly kept. Diplomatic Relations With Spain. " Following the exchange of ratifications of the treaty "of peace the two Governments acciedited ministers to each other, Spain sending to Washington the Duke of Arcos, an eminent diplomatist, while the United States transferred to Madrid Hon. Bellamy Htorer, its Minister at Brussels. In addition to its consular representation in the United States, the Spanish Govern* ment has appointed consuls lor Cuba, who have beea provisionally recognized during the military administration of the affairs of that island. The President recommends appropriate legislation In order to carry into execution Article VII or the Treaty of Peace with Spain, by which the United States assured the payment of certain claims for Indemnity of its citizens- against 8paln. Claims Against Turkey. Tl'e United States Minister to Turkoy continues, under instructions, to press for a money payment In satisfaction of the ^ ? hit Amafi. J U?L I'ldlUiB 1U1 lujuiico cuuotcu WJ can citizens in tbe disorders of several years past and for wrongs done to them by the Ottoman . authorities. Somo ot these olaims are of many years' stnnding. This Government is hopeful of a general agreement in this regard. The Venezuelan revolution is then dealt with, and the recognition of Castro acknowledged. Reviewing the increase of trade brought about by the efforts of the State Department to keep in touch with the Government of the Latin-American republics in South and Central America, President Mckinley thinks it expedient that the various republics should bo invited to hold at an early date another conference at the capital of one of the countries other than tbe United States, and in this connect! on refers to the Pan-American Exposition, to be held on the Niagara frontier in New York in the year 1901. 11 i' Monroe Doctrine Guarded. President MeKlnlev exoresses satisfac tion over the outcome of the Peace Confress held at Tbe Hague, and hopes for enefloial results from the permanent tribunal for arbitration established by it. He calls attention to the fact that in signing the convention, the representative of the United States carefully guarded the historic position of this country anent the Monroe doctrine. The Array at Manila. In a brief reference to the number of men comprising the army of the United States in this country and Manila, the President says: I cannot withhold from officers and men the highest commendation for their soldierly conduot In trying situations their willing sacrifice for their country and tbe intergrlty and abllitywlth which they have performed unusual and difficult duties la our Island possesions. Most Keep Flitllpplnea. The next subject t aken up is the insurrection in the Philippines. He reiterates that everything possible wns done to assure thenntives of the good Intentions of the United States, denies that the rebel leader wns ever promised Independence,re latostae events precoamir me uuiurcun, and declares that no course was left bat to suppress this rising. whatever the future of the Philippines may be, there is no course open to U9 now except the prosecution of the war until the Insurgents are reduced to submission. Tho commission 19 of the opinion that there has been no timestiice the destruction of the Spanish squadron by Admiral Dewey when it was possible to withdraw our forces from the islands either with honor to ourselves or with safety to the lnhabl* touts. The future government of the Philippines rests with the Congress of the United States. Few graver responsibilities have ever been con tided to us. If we accept them In a spirit worthy of our race and our traditions, a great opportunity cones with thnm. Thn uinnrfq Ha under the shelter of our flag. They are ours by every title of law and equity. They cannot be abandoned. If we desert them we leave them Qt once to anarchy and Anally to barbarism. We fling them, a golden apple ot discord, among the rival powers, no one of which could permit another to seize them unquestioned, The suggestion has been made that w? could renounce our authority over the Islands and, Riving them independence, could retain a protectorate over them. This proposition will not be fonnd, I *m sure, worthy of your serious attention. Such an arrangement would involve at the outset a cruel breach of faith. It would' place the peaceable and loyal majority, who-ask nothing better than to accept our authority, at the mercy of the minority ot armed insurgents. It would make us responsible for tbe acts of the Insurgent leaders* and give us do power to control them. ?t would charge us with the task of protecting them against each other, and defendlnc them aRuinst any foreign power with which they chose to quarrel. In short, it would take from the ConRress of the United States the Dower of declaring war. and vest that tre mendsus prerogative in tbe Tagal leader of the hour. Tbe President does not deem It desirable to reeommend at this time the specific and final form of government for the Island,, leaving that to Congress when peace- la fully restored. i But he believes that reconstruction should not begin by the establishment of one central clvik government, with Iteseut at Manila, but rather first establlshing-maniclpul governments and then provincial governments and central governments at last to follow. Concerning Hawaii, President JTcKIntey says it is important that an aot should be passed erecting these islands into, a judicial district and providing for theappolnt ment of a judge and other officers. About Alaska. He then calls attention to tbe necessity for immediate legislative relief iu tbe territory of Alaska, tbe populatloo having Increased so rapidly that more ample facil He also recommends tbat legislation tothe same end be bad with reference to Porto Rico. Mr. McKlnley repeats In bis- message the words be used In bis Inangurai address concerning lynching? Id tbe United States. He calls npon tbe people of the country to (altbfullv uphold the right of trial by jury. On tbe subject of the civil service the Presldeut savs tbat tbe amendment promulgated by the executive order of May 29, 1899, to tbe order of May 6, 1896, were matte when It became evident to the heads of departments that tbe amendments were necessary to an efficient and harmonious ii/ininkn-nUnn f\t tlift denartments. He claims that the results obtained show that the public service baa improved tuid that the civil servloe system is relieved of many of its objectionable feature*. In conclusion, the President says: Presented to this Congress are great opportunities. With them come great responsibilities, The power confided to us increases the weight of our obligations to the people, and we must bep^ofoundly sensible of thorn as we contemplate the new and grave problems which confront us. Aiming only at the public good, wo can not err. A right interpretation of the people's will and of duty can not fail to insure wise measures for the welfare of tbe islands which have come under the authority of the United States, and inure to tbe common interest and lasting honor of our country. Never has this Nation had more abundant cause than during the pnst year for thankfulness to God for manifold blessings ana mermen, mc wliich wo make reverent acknowledgment WILLIAM M'KINLEY. Executive Mansion, December 5. 1899. A Cincinnati judge gave a man tec. daya for stealing an elgbt-duy clook. THE NATIONAL FINANCES Annual Report of Secretary Gase Submitted to Congress, ADVOCATES THE GOLD STANDARD. Present Stren*tU of the Treatury Never Before Kqnalled?Secretary G?;? Vrgei Amendment! to National Banking and Currency Laws?R?celpti and Expend* ltaret? Katluaatei For the Future. Wasbixoton, J). C. (Special).?Lyman J. j Gage, Secretary of the Treasury, in his annual report, estimates the revenue (or the flsoal year ending June 30, 1900, as $610,958,112; expenditures, $609,953,112, surplus, 140,000,000. The estimates (or the year ending June SO, 1901, are: Receipts, $667,773,253; expenditures, $635,853,413; deficit, $18,* 080,195. In the latter estimate the Secretary reckons on a decrease in military expenditures o( $21,829,417. Whileihere was a deficiency of $89,111, Obu in toe orainary revenues oi me curruQi fiscal year as compared with the expenditures, the excess of receipts over disburse* meats on account of loans was sufficient to realize a net surplus of $100,791,521. The amount of notes and silver certldcates In circulation was increased $43,828,836, reducing the paper holdings of the Treasury to the minimum required for the transaction ot business. The outstanding treasury notes of 1890 were cut down by cancellation or redemption lu silver dollar*. from $101,207,230 to $93,518,230. The increase of gold in the hands of the people is estimated at $23,915,273. The demand for standard silver dollars was so great that on September 30 Inst there were $63,755,243 in circulation, the highest amount ever reached. Ou September 30 the gross amount of gold coin and bullion in the Treasury was $353,002,330, and the net S254.328.821. The maximum net gold was $258,031,565 on October 12. The Secretary renews his allegiance' fo gold standard, aad declares there are two waya to fix that standard permanently?to declare by law that the credit obligations of tUe Government shall be paid in gold coin, or to make it mandatory upon the Treasury to so pay and receive gold and silver as to maintain their parity. -rr*3 Secretary Gage gives at length his views on the changed wnleh he bolleves to be ueeded in the banking lnw ?views which differ in no essential particular from those which he bas so many times advanced. He declares that, "while stability in the currency should be safely guarded, flexibility ?the power of needful expansion?must also be provided. The exercise of this fiower, with proper restrictions, must be Inrusted to the bank. There is no other agency that can wisely and efflelently execute it." The Secretary goes exhaustively Into the matter of the periodical great demand for currency to move the crops, and uses the recent stringency in the New York money market, caused by this crop-moving demand, as an object-lesson He declares that the stringency might have been relieved logically and safely by the New York banks bad they been permit* ted to Issue their own notes In payment ot the balances whloh they carried (or Western creditors and which the creditors were demanding in currency. This course was, however, prevented by what the Secretary calls, "the prohibitive tax of ten per cent, on notes of State banks and unreasonable conditions Imposed upon national banks." The Secretary recommends that the note-issuing functions of the banks bo retleved of these restrictions and that $25,>00 Instead of (50,000 be made the minimum snpltallztitlon for national banks. He also urges that the law limiting bank loans be remedied to do away witb inequalities which now exist. He declares :hat "lor theultimate solvency 01 me onnit i is to its deposits tlie capital of the bank is :he proper guarantee. The capital should f fherefore be lairly adequate to the risks involved." HOUSE SHUTS ROBERTS OUT. ail Case Referred to a Special Committee by an Overwhelming Vote. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Brigham B. Roberts, the Mormon Representativeiloct from Utah, was given a preliminary searing before- the House of Representatives, and at Its close Representative-Tayier's resolution referring his case to a jpecial committee for investigation and report was adopted by the overwhelming vote of 302 to 30. BRIOHAST H. RWKEBT8. Speaker Hendersoo,. iaamedlfttely after the vote had been takeav announced these a,a fhft 1 r?r?m m If f p.a. fA In VRfltf ffilfB thd* charges: Messrs. Taylor, of Ohio-; Landts, of Indiana; Morris, of Minnesota; Freer, of West Virginia; Littlefleld, of Maine: McPberson, of Iowa; De Armond, of Missouri; Lanhrun, of'lexas, and Mlers, o? Indiana, the first six being Republicans and the last three Democrats. All voted for the Tayler resolution. Mr. Roberts was the-<?ntral figure in the. day's proceedings. He was treated with the utmost generosity by the Republlcoa leaders of the House; Though uot a.momber of the body, he was permitted to rauka tin elaborate speech to self-defence, and when the time allowed him by Mr. Richardson had expired Mr. Tayler gave-him tea minutes of his own. time. Senator Hayward Dead. ? r -i 1 XT .1 :_ l?_ nxito.l ITlHuruo ucmua1 aajrna&u, juuivsi. \j ui^cu , Stntos Senator from Nebraska, died at bl9 home in Nebraska City. Neb.', of progressive paralysis,, after an illness ot twentylive days. Senator Hayward was born in Wlllsboro, Esefrx County, N. Y.,- on December 22, 1840. He served in the Civil War. He settled la Nebraska City In 18S7 and became rich in the practice 61 law and in stock raising. In 189:5 he was the Republican candidate tor Governor aud lost by only a few thousand votes. As a reward he got the United States Sena^orshlp last year. Prominent People. The Khedive ot Egypt draws a salary ten times as great as that of the President of the United States. Edward W. Markham, the author of the 'Man With the Hoe," is now making his home In Brooklyn. Robert Barr, the well-known novelist,, was once made chief of an Iroquois tribe ot Indians In Canada. Associate Justice Harlan, of the Supreme Bench, frequently walks three miles from the Capltoi to ma nome. John Sargent, the American artl9t, Is painting a portrait of Baron Russell, ol Klllowen, Lord Chlot Justice of Eogland. f I THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. " . _ r Washington it?ma. Between January 1 and 15 the Post Office Department means to establish a system of house-to-house letter registration in one hundred of the largest cities in the country. Under the new system house-holder* may pay the letter carrier the regular registry fee of eight cents and receive from him the usual receipt. Representative Bingham of Pennsylvania introduced in tbe House a joint resolution making an appropriation to meet tbe expenses incident to the removal from Franoe to the United States or the remains ot John Paul Jone3, the naval hero, and for their interment In the Arlington National Cemetery. ... Admiral Dewey will walk at the head of the Army and navy at the White House recaption on New Year's Day, instead of Qeneral Miles, because be ranks with a (nil General of the army, while Miles, being only a Major-General, ranks with a BearAdmiral. Mr. Corliss, of Michigan, will introduce in the House a bill providing for the eonstruotion, by the Government, of a cable from the Paolflo coast to Manila, byway of Honolulu and Guam. Representative Dick, of Ohio, said that he favored holding the Republican National Convention in New York City, and probably voiced Mr. Hanna's sentiment. Oar Adopted Island*. It is estimated that 120,000 Spaniards resident in Cuba will vote for a free and Independent Cuba, while 30,000 decline to ' forswear their allegiance to Spain. . The Hawaiian sugar crop is estimated at 280,000 tons, valued at over $22,500,000, Contracts have been made for connecting all the islands of the Hawaiian group by wireless telegraphy. Governor Leary's force on the Island of Quam'is to be augmented by three officers and eighty marines. The Havana Commercial Company will place armed guards about Its plantations in Pinar del Bio, Cuba, fearing an outbreak of disaffected Cubans. American sailors and marines captured the port of Vlgan, P. I., and will hold it until relieved by troops. Not a case of small-po.x or yellow fever exists in the Island of Porto Rico. The plague of locusts, which threatened the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, for some time, seems to have passed. An American relief committee has just distributed machetes and liois to 400 families in Havana Province, Cuba. Domestic* A large bed of silica of a fine quality has oeen discovered at Dayton, Green County, Wis. The value of the produot Is from $15 to $20a ton. A Brooklyn jury gave one of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company's employes (who fell to the street because of tne absence of tho guard rails) a judgment for $15,000. < The National Council of the Grand Army of the Republlo decided that tho next reunion will be held during the last week of August, 1900, in Chicago. ""Detectives in New York City arrested Edward Burnz, of Scarsdale, suspected of the murder of Postmaster Herbert D. Fellows, of Scarsdale, N. T. He confessed. The Ifrink of Cornell, at Corue'li, III., was robbed a few dayB ago and $5000 and many valuable papers were secured. The robhnrv was committed bv seven men. Two of the robbers were captured and thevgave their names as James Kennedy and Thomas O'Leary. The arrangement by which the American Bell Telephone Company transfers its asgets to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company will make New York instead of Boston the centre o( the vast Bell telephone system. v A provision train loaded with salt pork (or the British Army in Africa was wreoked and fourteen cArs were demolished at Kenllwortb, 111. A Chicago physician claim? to have invented a serum which will show the presence of tuberculosis. The Prairie of the Uoited States Navy 1 Mlltd from the Brooklyn Navy Tard for }> Havre. France, with the first shipment of I exhibits of this Government at the Paris < Exposition of 1900. ', A lire which1 resulted In the death of Henry Cunningham started in the bouse < owned by Cunningham. The house was situated on Mercer street, about a mile i from Princeton, N. J., near the Princeton battlefield, and was a Revolutionary land- < marie. I Manufacturers of paper In the United 1 States will make no further foreign shipments of paper until thedraught in this country Is relieved.. A new Industrial Home for Negro Waifs was opened at Columbia, S. C., with twentyQve children and four teachers, under the direction of the-Rev. Mr. Carroll, a colored chaplain. H. J. Jones, Mfrs-.. Jtones and Henry Clark were killed and Georgia MllliKeu was injured mortally while driving la a carriage across a railroad truck lu Houston, TexHs. The two first named had just been married and were on their way to-take a train for Mlneola on thelr wedding-tour. Arnold Tachsohmldt,. cashier of the United State* Internal Revenue office, at St. Lonls, Mo., was arrested on a charge of embezzling $7000 in Government bonds. The dead body of'Jbhn Cremeans, with a bullet hole in the head, was found in bed tn his home at Glenwood, Ohio. Cremeans was aged and wealthy* QLs young wife ( cannot be found. . ; FOKlfDk Queen Viotorla has given a anion jack to the hospital ship Maine as a sign of her J gratification at the work of the American women who raised the funds for fitting out that vessel. The Spanish garrison of the Caroline j Islands arrived at Manila and reported that the German flag had been hoisted over J the islands, and Yap and Ponape had.re- { eelved garrisons. Private advloes received at Constantl. ^ ^ 1.1? ir-.?,?? nopie report iua.t mo ihhuj umu u.uupt~v. the recent incursion of Russian Armenians Into the Alasbgerd? District, la Turkish , Armenia, by pillaging- the Armenian vil- '; lage of Kostur and massacring three hun- > J dred of the Inhabitants-. *, Qenor Jose Andrade, the Venezuelan Min- j | ister to the United States, cabled his Government from Paula- his resignation. It- : i was accepted.. |l The elimination of & paragraph in tbsAustriau constitution' relating to administrative decrees in caee of parliamentary i obstruction was- recommended by u co.hp ; i mlttee. I Tbe crewa-of tho-Peruvian bark LIberta, ; I abandoned off' Gape Cook, and of tha i schooner Hera, burned at sea In a gale-,. I were Dlckad uj>. amd arrived at Victorias ; B. C. Both vessels, tad valuable cargoes. I The Liberal Baity Committee has called j a national conJorwnoe of the party to ; assemble at Mexico City, Mexico, February , 10, to nominate u oandidate for President 1 ot the Republic The Conservative pajty has made no aitf?n of putting a candidate-to nomination.. , Tha British Government Is. expeote<Jto maka an inquiry into the allesred impressions of Jamaican citizens by Colombia. The noted case of Mrs. Druce'a application to exume a body in a London oemetery in orrior to establish her claim to the Duke of Portland's estate has been practically abandoned as sbe and her attorneys did not appear when an appeal to the higher court was called. The casawas dismissed. * 1 1-1 -1 Kaolin hn a. (JIUYI3IUUUI PO.VOL.V I. CO ?J tbo liriti3h Government for the extruotion of gold from sea water. Tbe patentees say they have discovered a combination of ohemicals which will precipitate not only tbe organic matter in sea water, but also tbe gold, without tbe use of electricity. The bull ring at Pneblo, Mexico, was the scene of a riot a few days ago. Tbe bulls were of suoh vicious disposition that the quadrlllas were run out of the arena. This incensed the spectators and they proceeded to tear down the seats and frame structure. The building was destroyed. A. number of arrests were made. European nations may levy a preferential tariff against tbe United States In Chinese porta unless tbe "open-door" policy Is adopted in tbe Philippines. _ _ -w A-*- *. . -r. * . . 0. AM COMBS MEEK' Thousands Crowded to the Capitol to Witness the Opening Sessions! ROBERTS FORCED TOSTAND ASIDE Mr. Henderson Elected Speaker of the Home?Mr. Roberta Not Allowed to Take the Oath?Opening: Session ol the Senate~The Reed Kales Adopted by the Hoaie-Neir Democratic Leader i Washixqtox, D. 0. (8peclal). ? Eager throngs crowded to the Oapltol to witness the opening of the Fifty-sixth Congress. Aside from the usual interest which attaches to the assembling of the nation's lawmakers, there sedmed to be a general desire to see the new Speaker sworn in, while many were drawn -to the scene by tho Dromlse of a unloue snectacle in the Bob arts caso. Senator Frye, of Maine, President pro tem of the Senate, let the gavel fall at the stroke of noon, and the session was opened with prayer by the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Milburn, who delivered a brief eulogy on Mr. Hobart. When the ceremony of taking the oath was completed the roll of Senators was called and seventy-eight responded, showing an absence of only eight. The dally hour of meeting was fixed at 12 noon. Senator Garter, of Montana, presented a memorial and protest against the validity of the election of bis colleague, Mr. Clark, who a few moment? before he had escorted to the chair to be sworn In; also a petition signed by the Oovernor, Speaker of the House and other officials of Montana, asking the Senate to fix a time and place for the hearing. The papers were referred to the Committee on Privileges andEleotlons. The session lasted only thirty-three minutes. After the adoption of the usual routine resolutions and the administration to the new members of the oath of office, Senator Sewell, of New Jersey, presented fitting resolutions on the death of the VicePresident. The resolutions were ordered . to be communicated to the House or Representatives, and tho session, on motion of Mr. Kean, of New Jersey, was suspended. As the clock opposite the Speaker's rostrum pointed to the noon hour the gavel of the clerk of the last House, Major McDowell, descended with a bang. After the Invocation the Beading Clerk called tbe roll. Wuen It was concluded Clerk McDowell announeed that 352 members had answered to their names?a quorum. "The next thing in order," announced tbe clerk, "Is tho election of Speaker." w ftfn??nnr of fllilo. nominated David B. Henderson, of Iowa; Mr. Hay, of Virginia, named James I>. Richardson, of Tennessee; Mr. Rtdgley, of Kansas, nominated John C. Boll, of Colorado, as the Populist candidate, and Mr. Wilson, of Idaho, placed Francis G. Newlands, of Nevada, in nomlfor the silver.party. The resnlt of the vote for Speaker of the Honse was as follows: Hendersoo, 177; Richardson, 166; Bell, 4, and Newlands, 2. General HendAraon was escorted to the desk by Mr. Richardson and -in a brief speech said: "It is my duty, as it will be my aim and pleasure, to Impartially administer the laws adopted for our Government, but no Speaker can be successful unless he has the co-operation of the members of this House." In the midst of the proceedings Mr. Roberts was the observed of all observers. Very early in the day a monster petition, said to consist of 7,000,000 namt>g, protesting against the seating of Mr. Roberts, was brought Into the ball. It had been collected by a New York newspaper. It cocsisted of twenty-eight rolls of names, euch about two feet in diameter, Incased In the American flag. Later Major McDowell, Clerk of the House, ordered all ezoept two of the rolls taken into the-lobby. Those who anticipated a sensational' denouement in the Roberts case were disappointed. The programme outlined by the Republican leaders was partly carried out. The-objection to the administration of the oath to Mr. Roberts was- entered by Mr. Iaylorrof Ohio, and he stepped aside without protest, except to ask if by doing so he waived any of his rights.- To- this the Speaker responded In the negative. The- Reed rules were readopted for this Congress, after a short and futile effurt from the Democratic side to secure matureconsideration. The vote woe 177 to l5&. The drawing of seats by members followed..and as a mark of respect to the late Vice-President the House then adjourned. The officers of the House elected were Alexander McDowell, of Pennsylvania,. Clerk;: Henry Casson, of Wisconsin, 8ergaant-at-Arras; W. J. Glenn, of New York, Doorkeeper, and J. C. McElroy,. of Qiilo, . Postmaster. AFPltOPBIATlONS FOB 190U rhe Secretary of the Treasury Submits Estimates Calling For 9031,081,994. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The Secretary of the Treasury transmitted, to theHouse of Representatives estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901. The aggregate of tbe appropriations estimated for is $691,081,994,nn increase over tbe estimates for the present fiscal year of fSd,.033,616, And an Increase over tbe appropri- i atloos 'on the present fiscal year of $34,235,024. I Following Is the total recapitulation' by departments of the estimates foe nest year: Legislative, $9,936/257; Executive, $257,140;: State Department, $2,133:278; Treasury Department, $162,171,442; War Department, $190,112,851;. Navy. Departiment, $76,469,690; Interior Department,. $174,660,841; Poatofflce Department,. $4>581,6i85j;Department of Agriculture, $4,306?257; Department of Lal>or, $172,980; Department of Justice, $6,279,571); grand total, ,$881,081,994. Many Bills Are- Presented, WAoosnoton, D. C. (Special).?Many bills , and resolutions were presented in. ttu? : House- of ltepresentatives. Among; the measures were those ton Constitutional amendments against admitting poiygamists to Congress, for free homesteads In.Oklahoma, for reclassifying the railway malli service, admitting New Mexioo< to. 9tat?liood, and for many public buildings. Btodilonal Goreriuuent at ZimbMnr*. Ckptaib Nichols,, who' eomman<l?. a detachment of theTweniythlrd Infantry at Zhraboanga, Island of Mindanao,. P. I., has Inaugurated a pro-visional government tl?ere. The insurgents have surrender**! to him four cannou and two hundred ilflas. Decision Apkiint the TraMo. The Supreme Court of tho United States at Washington has decided ttkat the Addis ton Pipe company is orgumraa ana uoing business contrary to tbo Sherman AntiTrust law. The decision is against Hie trusts. Tfee court holds tbat the corporations are in violation of interstate commerce, aad that the induction against same is valid. The decision wa? read by Jnstlce Peckhara. The . prosecution was auder the Anti-Trust act of 1800. Six corporations from different States lind consolidated as the Addison Pipe and Steel Company. Cycling Notes. The success of the chalnless over the safety is assured. France receives $970,000 a year from taxes on bicycles. Several of 'he prominent makers have decided thnt the average wheels in use at present are from two to live pounds too heavy. To do away with the tool-bag a Western man uses the interior of the handle bars for holding the pump, oiler, tire-repaii outfit, wrench, etc. In estimating the status of tho bicycle the figures of the manufacturers indicate that If the sport has lost muoh of the hurrah stylo of popularity it had a few years ago the (ranker of riders bat tnoreaasd. ?' <:/ . * ' -r: :\! V: v ; ? v. V ' . * " . ' ' ' . . .. 3v' NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE Seli-Confessed Murderer Put to Deatt in Kentucky. PrUonor Taken From Sheriff'* Anard ?' Court Home by a Nob and Killed in the Daytime. . i ?. irATsvrixE, Ky. (Special).?Blchard Coleman, a colored man. the confessed mar* derer of Mrs. James Lashbrook, wife of bis employer, was burned at tbe stake by a mob, consisting of thousands of citizen*. He had killed the wife of James Laslibrook. a farmer, daring her husband's absence Upon being arrested f )r tbe crime he con; fessed that his offence bad been even worse than murder. He wan taken to Covington and was brought baok here for trial. Coleman, with his escort, arrived at twenty minutes past ten. A. large moo uaa collected at the utatlon. Sheriff Perrlne wa I Iced "boldly out of the car, followed bj the officers, with Coleman, concealing himeelf behind his protectory Hundreds of Btones and other mlaslleft were thrown, and re vol vera and rifles were freely displayed. The prisoner was frequently struck on bis face and bead. At the court bouse a mob of over two thousand men, headed by James Loshbrook, tbe husband, had been hastily formed. The demand for the prisoner was made, accontpanled by threats from the leaders. There was a brief struggle, in which weapons were hastily drawn by the officers, and then tbe sheriff and his assistants were', overcome by force of numbers and the prisoner was captured/ Up through tbe centre portion of the city the mob marched. The prisoner was dragged by ropes loosely attached to bis body. He was the target i naacireaa 01 misalign, una soverm uraes he sank half conscloqp to the ground, while the crowd pressed forward, striking at liim with clubs, sticks and whips. Mofe dead than alive, ha was dragged along and forced to his feet. Scores of women joined the men. Above the tumult the wretch could be heard pleading for his life. Coleman was dragged to the crlolcet ground, outside the city, and stripped against a tree, facing the husband of the victim. Larg6 quantities of brush and fagots were piled around blm, while be was pruylng for .speedy death, James L?9hbrook, the husband Of the victim, applied tho first match. A brother of the vlotlm struck the second match. Some one with a knife slnshed at tho prisoner's chest. The ropes securing Coleman to the tree were burned, and his body finally (ell forWard on the burning pile. Even then, al> though it was not certain whether he was living or dead, the crowd used rails vand long poles to push his body back Into the flames. While his voice could be heard, Pnlnrmnn haffffAil tnr n rlrlnlr nt Wdtflr. At the end of three hours the body was cremated. ' la all the thotuaads who coastttated the mob aoae made aa effort to disguise oc conceal his Identity. Ito man wore a mask. All the leaders ot the mot; are well knowu, and there are hundred* ot wit* nesses wbo can testify as tp,who those were who participated la the tragedy. They are lending citizens la all Uaes ot busiaoss, and many are members of charc ties. ^ Governor Bradley on the Lynclitng. Frankfort, Ky. (Speolal).?When the news o( the burning of Richard Coleman at the stake la Maysvllle reached Goveraot Bradluy he said: ."This Is another terrible dlsgiace to Eeataoky. Together with the rest it will keep a deceat maa from ever coming lato Kentucky." Negro Murderer Hanged. Apotota, Ga. (Speolal).?"Mack" Taylor, colored, was hanged here for the murder of Alfred A. Sego, a young busings? man, on August 1L Taylor confessed or the gallows. rnoiti icat Ttic iceitc ^WVinUIWlTT M1U IWWVkl Major John C. ChtM Ke-elected'on Tha' Platform In Haverhill, Mass. Haverhill, Mass. (Speolai).? Four lssoe; were at stalce in tbe Munloipal election Socialism against antl-Sooiallsm as a gov ernlng power, the license question, aboil Hon of grade crossings on Boston k Main* [, roa:r c. chase. (The- Jtoclnllst who- bus been re-elected' Mayor of Haverhill, Mass.) Railroad in the-city limits, and the acceptance of the elfftit-bouTlftw for city laborers. Mayor John 0.. Chase, Socialist, was reflected over Mellen A. PIngroe, the Citizen's-candidate-, and Michael T. Berry, the 9oolallst Laboc- party nominee. Of the seven Aldermen elected three wore Socialists. K THE ATTACK ON VICAN;. AmmIIIdc Force- M^dt Up Larg?tt Of SI ok Soldiers. Manila (By Gable).?Lieutenant-Colonel Dnrb-ar nf ?h?- TPnrtv-flfth Infantrvt. oom mantled at Vlgan,Province of South.Ilocos, when that place- wis attacked by & force of Insurgentsv Tlie American force cou-' slated of Company B, of the Thirty-third Regiment, and 150 flick men,many of whom shared in the first attack, which was-tmule at 4 o'clock la the morning and lastedon^ til 8 o'clock. The fighting was desperate at very das* range. The Americans had eight kitted and three woooded. The enemy escaped to the mountain pass, leaving:thirty-five dead and several wounded oa the field in addition to a quantity of arms.. The gunboat Wheeling has taken 15D- men ot the Third CaTalry from San FuJilau to rein-, force Parker. Agnlnalcio'* Mother Now i? Maalla. Aguiualdo'tj mother has arrived at Ma nlla. Senor Lejuirde, a prominent amlgo, who was Secretary of the Treasury, before the outbreak, and who resigned when it cam*, is giving sheLbec to her.; ? Six Chtllren at One Birth. Mrs. John Earr, a German woman livinf five miles from Stelmo. Ala., gave birth t( six male children few ilnys ago and tbree of them ure lirl k. Her husband seat a 'etter to Mobile _ I Sheriff McLean, as is thecustom wLifta |rtbs occur la the county apprising htm ut |e fact. The letter says that each chiTrt t? [filled about Are pounds The mother U do Bg well. General Leonkril Wood l'romoteil. President McKifiiey has nominated Brig\ dier-General Lectourd Wood to be major general of voluntas. AUtriiituiiv tvwriut Mexico Is said to have twenty-six nen cotton mills this year. Eugllsli bookbinders protest against the Queen having work done in unfair binderies. . Retail clerks in 3an Francisco are agitating for shorter hours and closed stores on Sundays. Thore are 101 farmers and seventeen me chanlcs in the lower house of the Connec ticut Legislature. Out of 1,100,000 in Ma.ssaohusetts ?p. gaged in gainful .occupations, only 87.0W afS^mployed on Sunday*. In Colorado's Legislature there at* { enteen a Dion men, and tha Lieutenant T Governor la a fade unionist. I THE TAB If. I Secretary Root Favors Radical Reforms in His first Report. ARMY REORGANIZATION PLAN. Suggestion* For the OoT?ttb?t of Otr ii? irAwPotitHloni-Secretary Hoot Crgoe%."V^ ? a Pacific Cable, Keorgiuuiatlon of til#1 Army aad a War College?PJa? Cabin 8el/-Governmeat. Washikotos, D. C. (Special).?Swwtsry of War Boot's first annual report contain recommendations for the f ntnra' gOT^ra^r Sjp ment of Porto Bloo and Caba^ an Important plan for the xwrgMlsajUm*..' After reviewing the operation* of the-' ' army In the Philippines and the restoration y ' of order In Cuba and Porto Blco, te remarks that the death rat* of the soI<He?- L ; In Luzon I117.20, or less than (n Net! York / 0/ Washington. Soldiers killed in battle . .f or dying of woonds number 477 for the tea \ V Coming down to the future of theJaaw-t&j? possessions, the Secretary notiw-tbat u4d?r the treaty with Spain Congress alone-?? L >; leteralne their political atatus,'which de- V prlvas them of the right to be treated a* -V; Taking up Porto Blco, be emphasizes th? Ignorance of its people of any modern ?y?? tern of goTernment.and of tbe fundamental' ' ~\A and e?aeatial lesson of obedienoa to the do-! ; C V lisioa of tbe majority. There- ahouldjto aj ^ % form of toeal Insular government ^ubjeotv ^*31 to congressional limitation a go-vernor ap- / 1 pointed by tb* President and oonfirmedf , by tbe Senate, the ohlef oEftciuls- appointed) hi in like manner, and a legislative ccmnclk'J8g| composed of the chief ofteers of the State vAyS ind a minority selected by the President from tbe eitiaens of.the Islands atiesaiatnai oy cne cesaunauoa ot me* year allowed by treaty for the* Spanish population 6? elect wbethw te , become-; Cabana <rtr remain Bpanlardaf.it wilt-bo for:>;f'5S/ 6h? flrat tltne possible tq determine whty s are Oab*n citizens, entitled to tafee part In the government. By that date?AprA-llST ./..V aext?the censue will have been-oompletw^ and we eball be ready to- pro wide-, for \ "T municipal elections, placing locul govern- ; meat lot the* hands of the citiaen*,. and: mese iocw governments wilt- iorm? win*; reaentatlve convention to frame a> oouU-^^H tutlon and provide-for * general goTertt-' -. meat of the Island, to whlob the Halted. .;>! States will sariander the- tela*- of. govecr- _ ? A^Mrong recommendation ia-made-fortbe> laying: of * B&efflb Cable-aa- a> 'matter of .yjSgja threat military and; political Icnpottanoe.^^^H The coat. ofi sooh aoable It- plaoedi ?ts0$j$j|9 exceeding tfr,500;000, mooing by way OJB^M Hawaii, Wake Island and Guam,.froofcSaii. . 'A Francisco to-Manila.. Starting with) the premtoe that the rail; object of havlng an army la to provide-for " war, and that the- regular armj^'wo^i .; "^ never be-by Itself the whole machine wltlj wblcb> wan will be fqaglit, the Secreta*? proceeds to outline a ?checa0 ot reform.. ' --: He lay* dowxUheneceselty of systematic ?tudy by responsible offlcoirsof plausof action under all oootlnge&clea of poMibl* conflict,, and points oat the lamentable- ' . y dlsadvantage we are at In this rwpect at -A shown b* one oast exoerience. moreen pedal ly with regard to the mobilisation^ and encampment and training of volunte*<3^^J #Next there should be- Maple prepajatlop';. ? of material of war, keeping paoewttbth* /- * progresi of military science and avoiding. ; the state- of. unpreparedness In wbl^b'iriv''.^w were found at tbe<outbre?k of tbe la?t pu*9 It la recommended that an army wai , college beoetabllafaed, Including tbk Major- .*-'<?$ General commanding, and composed olthe heads of staff departments and a numberz^^H of the ablest high - ranking* oBceri, -^nd-l to this college-should be intrusted the ex? : ecutlonof the plans laid oat. PmiOH-?OU DECSSA8E. , pecreiarj/ niwnoocn'i neport wraiww /;? ? Sllcht Falllnfc Oft. \;| Wa6hik<jxoh, D. C. (Special).? In.his no- * anal repoitK A. Hltohcock, Secretary the Interior, says that there ware 4ll9,5?v^? pensioners at the end- of tbet year?-a do- : % crease of 2195,. The'namber Of. claims indicated darln* the year was 195,973, and/ \ there was & decrease of 157,820 pending. . The amount appropriated for; peiyriop*-'was <140,000,006;. this," 'with th? fctpay-/;,. ;wo ments, aggregated 1140,006,514? 56, which- '>:"33 was a vallaDlo-tor the payment of peqslona. j? '$jM [or 1899. -JOHN. INSLEY' BLAIR DEAD; Kntm * Suit Fop HblUnthiopy and' BiarBBzowar,.!?. Jv (BBeclal);.?John Insl*9' Blair died at Us home- here- at'tftfc- age-'otvi'rS nlnety-8e*eu years. The end came lathe> ' town which bears his- name and la.th* house la whtohh^lL^ed. nearly his- lifa:. ?OKt IWSLET DE.AU4.. He was one ot the richest men In th? world,.and be made tall of bl? vast ?qrtune, estimated at nearly TO.OOd-.ftOt,, biartelf. -He-was oa? of the most Interesting flgures-in eontawporaneousi history, &nd h? was known to flnanciefs and railroad men tor nearly tbree-qu&rtvs of * Mhtaty as * ': man who built and aided in operating more line* and miles ot railroads in tbi* . "Oj country than any other oue man ever built or controlled. ? * TO REPLACE CONSUL MACRUM. ^ _________ Secretary Hay's Son Appointed America* Kepreaentatlve at Pretoria. , Wishisotos, D. C. (Special).?The Prea? } Ident has designated AaeiDerc p. any ig proceed at once to South Africa. as th? representative ot the 8late Department ' -3 aod take the place of Mr. Macrnm, the \ present Uaited States Consul at Pretoria. 3 The State Department has yielded to Mr. Macrum's repeated appeals to be relieved, and, he will not atra.lt the arrival, of Mr Hay, before quittiug ills post. Mrf Hay ii the son of the Secretary ot State. A to Kat l'-oinon In a Pie. Howard Mettiar, aged forty-flve, of Som erviile, N. J., on returning home from work a few days ago, ate a pie contaiaiag poison, which bis wife bad fixed for rats la the cellar. He afterward told his wife that the pie had a queer taste. Upon hearing s at*..* 1%a uu hon f K a ha nru o fn * . f luaw UU uuu kUD puuiwu, UW 1IVUI kV <9 jV'l ioctor and emetics ware administered. Ihen went-uome, whero the eine^s^aMBuHneK< until lie^ emu Adopt* WMm ,,.-5 /f " > TJ? Oiiliaa OoTW?ai?rt ie-Mmragfng for Um iartattott?l Of the wireless tele, mpb system from PaaU Areaw across in?u. ^ a tf-t^ me otrans oT jna*o?i?u. _ - ^ ^ |