The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, December 20, 1899, Image 2
^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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. "
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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.
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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. _ _
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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^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.
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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.;
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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.
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TO REPLACE CONSUL MACRUM. ^
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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. _ - ^
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