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THE MESSAGE President Roosevelt Sends His Annual Becommen* dations to Congress. . FAVORS MERCHANT MARINE &n E'fiaustive Review of the .Panama Canal Question. Highly Praises the Work of the Jfetr'Departmen? of Coinfeierce and Labor? Publicity Will Curb Unfair Corporations?Proper Attitude Toward Labor ?A Bequest For an Appropriation to Prosecute Those Guilty of Postal. Land Office and Naturalization Frauds. To the Senate and House of Representntivps* The country is to be congratulated on the amount of substantial achievement which has marked the past year both as,'regards our foreign aud as regards our domestic policy. - With a nation as with a man the most important things are. those of the household, and therefore the country is especially to,be congratulated on. :.rhat has been accomplished in the direction of providing for the exercise of supervision over, the great corporations and combinations of corporations engaged in interstate commerce. Tlfe Congress has created the Department |k cf Commerce and Labor, including the Bureau of Corporations, with for the first time authority to secure proper publicity of such proceedings of these great corporations as the public has the right to know. COMMERCE AND LABOR. . The establishment of the Department of Commerce and Labor, with the Bureau of Corporations thereunder, marks . real advancc in the direction of doing ^ all that is possible for the solution of the questions ;.vitally affecting capitalists and wage-workers. The scope of the Department's duty and authority embraces the commercial and industrial interests of the Nation. It is not designed to restrict or control the fullest liberty of legitimate business action, but to secure exact and authentic Information which will aid the Executive in enforcing existing laws, and which will enable the Congress to enact additional legislation, if any should be found necessary, in order to prevent the few from obtaining privileges at the expense of diminished opportunities for the many. BUREAU OF CORPORATIONS. The preliminary work of the Bureau of Corporations in the Department has shown the wisdom of its creation. Systematic, intelligent investigation is already developing facts the knowledge of which is essential to a right underof n + Vi rt n Artrlcs n rt rl /lllftno A f niauuiii^; ui iuc uccu^ auu u u uca ui the business world. The corporation which is honestly- and fairly organized, whose managers in the conduct cf its business recognize their obligation to deal squarely with their stockholders, their competitors and the public, has nothing to fear from such supervision. OBJECTS OB1 THE DEPARTMENT. The Department of Commerce and Labor will be not only the clearing house for information regarding the business transactions of the Nation, but the executive arm of the Government to aid in strengthening our domestic and foreign markets, in perfecting our transportation facilities, in building tip our . merchant marine, in preventing the entrance of undesirable immigrants, in improving commercial and industrial conditions, and in bringing together oix'cpmmon ground those necessary partners in industrial progress?capital and labor. Commerce between the nations is steadily growing 1 r> 71, tv* n n vwl ill A lAtidAnnv A# 4Ka V- - tu iviuuii;, (iiiu iuc icuucuv.j vl iuc times is toward closer trade relations. CAPITAL AND LABOR." The consistent policy of the National Government, so far as it has the power, is to hold in che,ck the unscrupulous man, whether employer or employe; but to refuse to weaken individual initiative or to hamper or cramp the industrial development of the country. We recognize that this is an era of federation and combination, in which Kreat capitalistic corporations and labor unions have become factors of tremendous importance in all industrial centres. Hearty recognition is given the far-reaching, beneficent work which has been accomplished through both corporations and unions, and the line as between different corporations, as between unions, is drawn as' it is between different individuals. Every man must be guaranteed his libertv and his right to do as he likes with his property or his labor, so long as he dpes not infringe the rights of others. 'No man is above the law and no man isjbelow it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we require him to obey it. Obedience to the law is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. Next the President takes up fiscal matters, and says that the Indications are that the surplus' for the present fiscal year will be very small, if Indeed there be any surplus. From July to November the receipts from customs were, approximately, $9,000,000 less , ... . than the receipts from the same source for a corresponding portion of last year. Should this decrease continue at the same ratio throughout the fiscal year the surplus would be reduced by. approximately, $30,000,000. Should the revenue from customs suffer much further decrease during the fiscal year ;tbe surplus wouiu vanish. A large surplus is certainly undesirable. Two years ago the war taxes were taken off with the express Intention of equalizing the Government receipts and expenditures, and though the first year thereafter still showed a surplus, it now seems likely that a substantial equality of revenue and expenditure will, be attained. Such being the case it is of ^ great moment both to exercise care and economy in aporoprlations, and to scan sharply any change In our fiscal revenue system which may reduce our income. FINANCIAL SITUATION. The integrity of our currency is be yond question, and under present conditions it would be unwise and' unnecessary to attempt a reconstruction ? of our entire monetary system. The same liberty should be granted the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit cusT-onoinfc oa is ornnfoH him in tho deposit of receipts from other sources. MERCHANT MARINE. A majority of our people desire, con tinnes the message, that steps be taken in the interest of American shipping, so that we may once more resume our former position in the ocean carrying trade. The President urges that a committce be appointed to report next session what legislation is desirable or necessary for the development of the American merchant marine and American commerce, and incidentally of a U<lLXUU<tl UL'CUU man oa'viur ui aucijuaic auxiliary naval cruisers and naval rc- ; serves. IMMIGRATION. We can not have too much immigra- 1 tion of the right kind, observes the message, and we should have none at all of the wrong kind. The need is to devise some system by which undesirable immigration shall be kept out entirely, while desirable immigrants are properly distributed throughout the ' country. It is also urged that some 1 means be adopted to check gross nat- ( uralization frauds, which are so prevalent as to be alarming. --POSTAL FRAUDS. 1 The President recommends that the \ uses of the money which Congress appropriated to enforce the various Fed- \ eral trust and interstate commerce ] laws be extended "so that it may be | available, under the direction of the > Attorney-General, and until used, for 1 the due enforcement of the laws of the < J i m mouamaI on/1 AOnOAiO llxT 4 Ulllieu oiaica in gdiciai cinu , of the civil and criminal laws relating ] to public lands and the laws relating to postal crimes and offenses and the f subject of naturalization. Recent in- < vestigations have shown a deplorable i state of affairs in these three matters ] of vital concern." He also announces that steps have been taken by the State Department looking to the making of bribery an extraditable offense with foreign powers. The exposures and l prosecutions of official corruption in St. 1 Louis, Mo., and other cities and States ( have resulted in a number of givers J and takers of bribes becoming fugl- < tives in foreign lands, where they are < now safe from prosecution. ALASKAN BOUNDARY. j The President congratulates the ] country on the amicable settlement of ( the Alaskan boundary question, and \ incidentally remarks upon the great 1 development of this valuable area of ? our possessions. The President then | calls attention at length to the settle- i ment of claims against Venezuela held j by Great Britain, uerruany ana limy, and remarks upon the important part played by our Government in the just settlement of the same. He remarks upon the growing sentiment of the nations favoring peacable settlements in such cases, and urges Congress to invite the Ihterparllamentary Union for International Arbitration to meet at the St. Louis Exposition next year. FOREIGN RELATIONS. After felicitating the country on the pleasant relations that exist with all sister nations, Mr.Roosevelt announces that our relations with the Turkish Government remain friendly; our claims founded on inequitable treatment of some of our schools and missions appear to be in process of amicable adjustment. Also the new commercial treaty with China is a source of satisfaction. RURAL FREE DELIVERY. The rural free delivery service has *?-? Jii?. TKA offftnfinn ueen sie;iuu.v caiciiucu. j.uc . of the Congress is asked to the ques- 1 tion of the compensation of the letter 1 carriers and clerks engaged in the 1 postal service, especially in the new 1 rural free delivery routes. While a due 1 regard to economy must be kept In ' mind in the establishment of new 1 routes, yet the extension- of the rural free delivery system must be con- 1 tinued. for reasons of sound public pol- ' icy. No governmental movement of ; recent years has resulted in greater im- 1 mediate benefit to the people of the country districts. I MISCELLANEOUS SUGGESTIONS. 1 The President then hopes the Congress will continue to favor in all , proper ways the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and urges that we do all we can to help Hawaii by constructing j lighthouses and helping to build up the commercial interests of the islands, j Of our insular possessions, the Phil- , innines and Porto Rico, it is gratifying to say that their steady progress has been such as to make it unnecessary to spend much time in discussing them. No one people ever benefited another people more than we have benefited the Filipinos by taking possssion of the islands. Our public land laws need revision sadly. A great deal of fraud has crept into their administration, and scandals are common. It is urged that they be thoroughly revised. A gratifying disposition has been evinced by those having unlawful inclosures of public land to remove their fences. It is recommended that Congress enact remedial legislation to check the cotton boll weevil, which threatens the entire cotton industry. The President suggests a policy of reciprocity in the granting of patents to foreigners. He then announces that the practice of appointing. when possible, ex-army officers or bonded superintendents as Indian agents is working well, and says that prompt heed should be paid to the need of education for the children in Indian Territory. In the matter of the safety appliance law much good has 1 already been accomplished. The law should be vigorously enforced. No recommendation of a radical nature is made in regard to pension matters, but the work of the Bureau is praised. Civil Service extension is urged and the merit system is highly lauded. ARMY AND NAVY. The effect of the laws providing a , General Staff for the Army and for the znpre effective use of the National Guard has been excellent. Great im- , proveiqent has been made in the efficiency of our Army in recent years Such schools as those erected at Fort ! Leavenworth nnd Fort Riley and the institution of. fall maneuver work accomplishes satisfactory results. The good effect of these maneuvers upon the National Guard is marked, and ample appropriations should be made to enable the guardsmen of the several States to share in the benefit. The Government should as soon as possible secure suitable permanent camp sites for military maneuvers in the various sections of the country. The President then says: "The only people 1 who are contented with a system of promotion by mere seniority are those who are contented with the triumph , of mediocrity over excellence. "On the other hand, a system which encouraged the exercise of, social or political favoritism in promotions would be even worse. But it would surely be easy to , devise a method of promotion from grade to grade in which the opinion of the higher officers of the service upon the candidates should be decisive upon the standing and promotion of 4-Vi a lnffnr Tuot oiiaIi n cvafam r>r*r*? aIi IUtT icX LICi wuot Oll\.U ?. D,TQigui uu U uu* tains at West Point." Mr. Roosevelt concludes this part of his message as follows: "I heartily congratulate the Congress upon the steady progress in building up the American Navy. We cannot afford a let-up in this great work. To stand still means to go back." THE ISTHMIAN CANAL. On this vital question the message says: "By the act of June 28, 1902, ' V V . .. ' \ / I the Congress authorized the President to enter iuto treaty with Colombia for the building of the canal across the Isthmus of Panama: it being provided that in the event of failure to secure such treaty after the lapse of a reason, able time, recourse should be had to building a canal through Nicaragua. It has not been necessary to consider this alternative, as I am enabled to lay before the Senate a treaty providing fnr thp hnildinsr of the r?flDal across the Isthmus of Panama. Tbis was the route which commended itself to the deliberate Judgment of the Congress, and we can now acquire by treaty the right to construct the canal over this route. The question now. therefore, is ot by which route the Isthmian Canal shall be built, for that question has been definitely and irrevocably decided. The question is simply whether ar not we shall have an Isthmian canal. "When the Congress directed that we 3hould take the Panama route under treaty with Colombia, the essence of the condition, of 'course, referred not to the Government which controlled that route, but to the route iself; to the territory across which the route lay. not to the name which for the moment the territory bore on the map. rhe purpose of the law wa3 to authorize the President to make a treaty svith the power in actual control of the Isthmus of Panama. This purpose ias been fulfilled." A number of paragraphs of the message are devoted to a review of our efforts to secure treaty rights for the ouilding of an Isthmian canal, and many matters touching upon the subject are cited. REPUDIATION OF TREATY. Last spring, under the act above referred to, a treaty concluded between the representatives of the Republic of Colombia and of our Government was :atified by the Senate. This treaty was entered into at the urgent solicitation sf the people of Colombia, and after a body of experts appointed by our Government especially to go into the matter of the routes across the Isthmus liad pronounced unanimously in favor jf the Panama route. In drawing up this treaty every concession was made to the people and to the Government jf Colombia, and yet when the Colombian Congress was called to ratify it o?olna> ?>atifir>atirni WHS HIlRn [mous. It does not appear that the Government made any real effort to so. :ure ratification. The control, in the interest of the commerce and traffic of the whole civilized world, of the means jf undisturbed transit across the Isthmus of Panama has become of transcendent importance to the United States. We have repeatedly exercised this control by intervening in the :ourse of domestic dissension, and by protecting the territory from foreigu invasion. . , In conclusion It is argued that this country would have been recreant to its solemn duty to have delayed longer in availing itself of the offered opportunity to secure rights and franchises sufficient to guarantee its immediate entrance npon the important work of :anal construction. PROVISIONS OF PANAMA TREATY. By the provisions of the treaty tjie United States guarantees and will [ maintain the independence of the Republic of Panama. There Is granted ~ J 1 ? ~ t <-TT fKfl to tne unicea oiaies m puiyuiunj mc use, occupation and control of a si rip ten mile3 wide and extending three nautical miles into the sea at either terminal, With al! lands lying outside of the zone necesary for the construction of the canal or for its auxiliary works, and with the islands in the Bay of Panama. The cities of Panama and Colon are not embraced in the canal zone, but the United States assumes their sanitation, and in case of need the maintenance of order within the granted limits all the rights, power and authority which it would possess were it the sovereign of the territory to the exclusion of the exercise of sovereign rights by the republic. All rail, way and canal property rights belonging to Panama and needed for the canal pass to the United States, including any properties of the respective companies in the cities of Panama and Colon: the works, property and personnel of the canal and railways rtte exempted from taxation as well In the cities of Panama and Colon as in the canal zone and Its dependencies. Free imm;cm11f?n of the Dersonnel and im portation of supplies for the construction and operation of the canal arc granted. Provision is made for the use of military force and the building of fortifications by the United States for the protection of the transit. In other details, particularly as to the acquisition of the interests of the New Panama Canal Company and the Panama Railway by the United States and tiie condemnation of prfrate property for the uses of the canal, the stipulations of the Hay-Herran treaty are, closely followed, while the compensation to be given for these enlarged grants remains the same, being $10,000,000, payable on exchange of ratifications, and, beginning nine years from that date, an annual payment of $250,000 during the life of the convention. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. White House, December 7, 1903. CLERGYMEN ACREE ON DIVORCES Several In Rhode Island Will Not Marry Any One Atfer Decree. Providence. R. I. ? Representative clergymen of Rhode Island, headed by Bishop MeVickar, who have been endeavoring for years to have the State divorce laws amended, have entered Into an agreement regarding the marriage of divorced persons. Of the number signing the agreement, sixty-three ministers will refuse to marry a person of another denomination than their own. who. having been divorced, could not marry again under the ecclesiastical laws'of that denomination; eighteen agree not to marry a person who has been divorced for any cause; 115 will adopt that as their practice in cases where divorce has been granted for unfaithfulness and in such cases to solemnize only the marriage of the innocent party to such a divorce. Nearly all the denominations in the State are represented. SOMALIS KILL ITALIAN OFFICER Fort at Darbe Kefn*es Demand to Hoist Flag and Fires on Artned Dhow. Aden.?Lieutenant-Commander Chas. Grabau, an Italian officer, commanding an armed dhow, landed a party of friendly natives at Darbe, Somnliland. and ordered the Italian flag hoisted on the fort. The commandant of the fort refused, and Lieutenant-Commander Grabau thereupon gave him two hours in which to obey the order, and the commandant not having complied, fired upon the fort. The fort replied with shell killincr Orabau. The dhow then put to sea and was picked up by the Italian cruiser Galileo. Miami Military Institute Burned. The Miami Military Institute nt Germantown, Ohio, was burned. The loss Is $30,000. President O. G. Brown and Dr. W. K. Brown, dean of the trustees, at once secured temporary quarters for about fifty young men, so as to continue the school until the holiday vaca. t?n. GMUmBSBMU Marines Were Landed to Overawe New Republic's Army, TROOPS ADVANCING ON PANAMA Reporl Brooch) to La Gua.yr? by Frcncb Steamer?United States Keady to Send Military Force to the Isthmus?Troops From All Parts of Colombia Said to B? in DIoth>n. La Guayra, Venezuela.?The French steamer Versailles, which has arrived here from Savanilla, reports that Colombian steamers have landed 1100 men from Cartagena near the mouth e? tho 4trntrt Rirpr Con the Gulf of Da* rien) to open a way over the Darieu Mountains into Pana'mia. Colon, Colombia.?The report brought to La Guayra, Venezuela, by the French steamer Versailles to the-effect that Colombian steamers have landed 1100 men near the mouth of the'Atrato River cannot be confirmed here. The United States cruiser Atlanta is patroling the eastern end of the San Bias coast and keeping an outlook for any attempt by Colombia to land troops on the isthmus, which the Atlanta would at once prevent. The Atlanta is also seekiug information concerning the landing of men at the mouth of, the Atrato River. As the river is in Coi V.:.1 itlont-n nmilrl nr?t intorfprp lUHil/ia IUC Atiuuiu wu.u with landing of Colombians there. Washington, D. C.?The statements given out at the Navy Department about the landing of marines at Panama were evidently iutended to mislead. It was learned that the men were put ashore not only to give them some exercise but to make a demonstration for the benefit of the motley gang of boys and roustabouts constituting the army of the Republic of Panama, a part of which has of late been under suspicion of another revolt. There also have been indications that there would be need of United States forces to protect the little republic from a possible attack from Colombia. It has been fully determined by the President to treat the canal strip acquired by the pending treaty as a possession. and the forces of land and sea will be employed if necessary to protect it. . ? This motive, besides the duty of maintaining the neutrality of the isthmus. will give all the pretest necessary for the use of force anywhere along the isthmus or iu waters adjacent to Colombia. DOWIE TO HAVE WALLED CITY. Geta Rid of Receivers and Will Shut Oat the World. Chicago. 111.?Jplin Alexander Dowie is again in control of Zion City, and he proposes to put a wall around it to keep out worldly people. Dowie's financial statement was submitted to his creditors and they were so well pleased that they joined in a petition for discharge of the receivers for Zion City. No objection being made, Judge Kohlsaat declared the receivership dissolved. Under the agreement with his creditors. Dowie'will have a year to pay his debts, and the creditors will bring no suits within that time. Immediately alter regaining control cf his city, Dowie issued :yi order that "a wall eighteen feet high and one and n half feet thick be built around Zion. Millions of bricks will be used in conofmtftflnflp fha Kort*ior fhnt TVlll tppn in Oil UV.IH15 l i-1 <c- hstia.4.&v? VMMb .. ... ?r quisitive strangers on the outside. H. P. SCOTT PLEADS GUILTY. Sentenced to Thirteen Months For Con piracy?Action to Frotect Friend. Columbus. Ohio. ? Harry P. Scott pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the United States Court and was sentenced to thirteen months in the penitentiary. His action was to protect his friend. Harry J. Hooven, cashier of the People's National Bank, at Newark, Ohio. Scott's attorneys gave notice of appeal. aud a stay of execution was granted. Scott was released on $10,000 bond. In passing sentence Judge Thompson said that, admitting Scott had been misled by friendship, he had failed in his highest duty, and the laws must be strictly enforced if the banking institutions of the country are to be safeguarded. * Herbert Spencer Dead. Herbert Spencer, the philosopher, died at his home, in Brighton, England. His health had been failing for XI rr ? HnmAnnnAltO fill some mourns, me uc? publish long appreciations and anecdotes of Mr. Spencer, whom they universally describe, as the "last of the great thinkers of the Victorian age." Herbert Spencer was born at Derby April 27, 1820. Negro to Hang in Washing-ton. In Criminal Court, Washington. D. C., a verdict of guilty of criminal assault was found against John W. Burley, a negro, and the death penalty was prescribed. ^The victim was a five-year-old colored girl. This is the first instance of the death penalty being fixed for such a crime in the District of Columbia. Socialist Mayors Defeated. Elections held in twenty Massachu 1- _ J 1~? 11*A A net f SettS Cities were murseu uy iue ueiem of two Socialist Mayors, in Brockton r.nd Haverhill, who have attracted much notice and who were up for reelection. The Democrats carried Chicopee, Lawrence and Woburn. Active Grocery Trade. The demand for holiday goods in jobbing quarters continues a feature that is surprising the jobbers themselves. Scalded to Death While Repairing Pipe. a steam pipe which was being repaired at the lower bleachery of the Saylesville (R. I.) Company burst and James Allen and Michael Mitchell, plumbers, were scalded to death. Robert Read, a finisher, was severely burned. Chicago For Convention. Harry New, national committeeman from Indiana, says that the Republican National Convention will be held - " TClthnilf milPll drtllht. tllls accords with the general prediction. World's Fair Pointer*. Palace of Varied Industries. 525x1200 feet; cost $004,000. Floral clock, dial 100 feet in diameter, hands fifty fet long. Forty-four States and Territories appropriate $5,812,500. Half a million dollars expended in decorative sculpture. | Melon day?500,000 melons served to visitors without cost. | : Festival Hall, 200 feet high, in centre of Cascade Gardens. Philippine exhibits, costing $1,000,000, covers forty acres. " / RUSSIA MENACES KOREA Eight Warships Have Arrived in the East Alove to Prevent the Opening of Yonc*n?? pho to Trade?Endanger* Agreement Betxv??n Itugnia and Japan. Tokio, Japan.?Eight Russian warships. including two battleships, have arrived at Charaulpo, the port of Seoul, the capital of Korea. The Russian Admiral commanding the squadron has entertained a number of Korean officials on board his flagship. The incident Is the cause of lively excitement in Tokio, where the visit of the squadron is being construed as being for the purpose of bringing pressure to bear upon Korea not to open the port of Yongampho. It is rumored that the Russian Admiral threatens to land oOOO men and march to Seoul if Russia's warning against the opening aP Vrtnoromnhn ic? nnf VinHnorl London. England.?The Tokio dispatch announcing the arrival of a Russian fleet off Chemulpo was communicated to the Foreign Office here, and was received with, apprehension. It was said that if the information from Tokio was correct it would almost certainly nullify any negotiations, however pacific, now proceeding between Russia and Japan. St. Petersburg, Russia.?The correspondence between Baron de Rosen. Russian Minister to Japan, and Admiral Alexieff, Russian Viceroy in the Far East, concerning the modifications of the Japanese demands, was dispatched from the Far East recently. Owing to the time taken in the transmission of the correspondence, the submission of the Japanese negotiations may be delayed several days. Washington, D. C.?Count Cassini, the Russian Ambassad6r, has heard nothing from St. Petersburg regarding Hip rpnnrt'that n Russian flppt lind ar rived off Yongampho. Mr. Takaliira. the Japanese Minister, is also without information on the subject, aHd Minister Alleu has made uo report on this occurrence to the State Department. FAMILY PERISH IN FLAMES. Fire Lire* Lost in Burning of Houm at Clarksburg, N. J. Freehold. N. J.?Nearly a whole family pe.ished in the flames that destroyed a dwelling at Clarksburg, a village ten miles from here. Clayton Fowler, forty-two years old; his wife, Margaret, thirty-six years, and their four children; aged respectively sixteen years, thirteen years, two years and six months, lived in the house, which was a two-story frame building. The blaze 3tarted from a chimney on the lower floor, and when the family awoke the whole lower part of the house was in flames. The eldest child, a boy, jumped from the second-story window, and escaped with slight bruises. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler were either afraid to jump or were overcome by smoke before they could reach a window, aud they and the three other children were burned to death. Their bodies were found in the ruius when the fl:e had burned itself out. A TOWER OUTFACE. An Operator Assaulted and Robbed at VIliqulppa Park, Pa. Pittsburg, Pa.?Single handed and with no chance to summon aid, J. R. Largonot, the telegraph operator in the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad telegraph tower, at Alliquippa Park, a mile from any habitation, battled with three negroes. He was beaten into insensibility and robbed of about 530. His assailants left him bound in a chair. Largonot had just received orders lor the Cleveland express and was awaiting its arrival. A knock came at the door and when he opened it three negroes forced'their way into the little office. Largonot drove his assailants back several times with a heavy club, but eventually he was knocked down and beaten until he was uncon scious. When he revived the negroes had gone, the office naa Deen tnorougmj ransacked and $50 of Largonot's money stolen. 4 MORE FOR MILLER CREDITORS. Court Bute* in Retard to the S140,00ft Given R. A. Amnion, _ Albany, N. Y.?A decision was handed down by tho Court of Appeals in favor of John B. Lord, trustee in the voluntary bankruptcy of William Miller, of the 520 per cent. Franklin Syndicate. in his suit for recognition as a creditor of the defunct firm of Seymour, Johnson & Co. Lord contended before the Court of Appeals that he had traced to that firm *1 <A AAA id nllDflPfid tO lue JitV.WU luai 111UK1 >u U..VQVU have given his attorney, R. A. Amnion, for safe keeping. The money, he hold, was an asset of Miller given to his attorney and as such must be considered as au asset in the voluntary bankruptcy proceedings. BATTLE WITH STRIKERS. Deputies and Miner* Exchange Shot*. Bui No One Is Hart. Trinidad. Col.?Strikers in ambush fired upon a party of deputies and coal mine clerks near Berwind. The fir? was returned, and lor half an hour the fusillade continued, when more depu ties arrived and the attacking part,v fled. The Sheriff gathered fifty men her? ? - a. - fAiirt/l f ll CVTT WOrC TO qO to tut? 5L"cmr, um iuuuu itv?v not needed. The Sheriff thinks tlial trouble will follow. He is preparing tc take vigorous measures iu case il comes. * Chicago Pear Corner. A South Wate. street fruit firm claim lo nave all the pears in the world stored in Chicago in an attempt to cor ner the market for this fruit. It is known that there are a million aud a quarter pears in one warehouse. To Prohibit Marriage of Degenerates. The Iowa Society for Suppression of Disease and Degeneracy has prepared a bill to be introduced in the comins general Assembly providing for a phy sician's certificate of examination be fore a marriage license "in be issued. Minor Mentlou. Governor Odell refuse! to grant a writ of extradition against William Ziegler at the request of the Missouri officials. Secret service men are planning simultaneous raids to crush Mafia organizations in New York, Philadelphia and New Orleans. Elaborate tests of a simple device make railway officials believe that they have a ventilator that will work aud cause no draughts. W. Bourke Cockran will be the Democratic nominee for Representative in Congress, to succeed George B. McClelland, Mayor-elect. ' SECRETARY SHAW'S PEPDRI Foreign Commerce the Largest in Hisiorv of the Country. GREAT DEFICIT IN THE TREASURY Points Ont in nis Annual Report That the Revenues Are Failing Off? Makes Few Recommendations For Changes in Currency Laws?Calls Attention to the Increated Holdings of Gold. , Washington, Dec. S.?The report of Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, sent to Congress to-day. is extremely optimistic so far as present conditions are concerned, but the estimates for the fiscal year 1904 show a reduction of the surplus receipts over expenditures from $54,207,667 to $14,? j 000,000, while for 1905 there is an estimated deficit of $23,002,140. The to'-' tal receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30 last were $694,621,117 and the expenditures were $340,323,450. Although the figures show au increase in receipts over 1902 of $10,294,837, the expenditures at the same time increased $47,284,545. There is a falling off in internal revenue receipts of over $41,000,000, but this has been more than made up by increased receipts from customs and the sale of lands. Secretary Shaw cails attention to the incrrased available cash balance and the increased holdings of gold as the most notable features in the condition of the Treasury at the present time. He says also that there is a falling off in the foreign holdings of United States bonds. In' 1899 these foreigu-held securities of the United States amounted to over $24,000,000: on June 30 last they had been reduced to $16,806,950. During the year ending October 31, 1903, 553 national banks were organized, with a total capital of $34,333,500. Of these 343 were organized with an individual capital of less than $30,000. Secretary Shaw says that the reports of the national banks to the Controller of the Currency show that in?':?vidual deposits were at a higher point ou September 15, 1902, than at any date subsequent thereto, and amounted to $3,209,273,893. On September 9, 1903, they were $3,156,333,499, a decrease of $52,940,394. . t The specie holdings of'the; banks on September 15, 1902, were $36^.236.120. On February 6, 1903, these holdings Vio/1 innraoco;! frt t417 <\70 1A1X' -. Thio uau juv,l iv y^ix i a^v. auio was the greatest amount of specie ever held by the banks during the existence of the national banking system. On September 9, 1903, specie holdings aggregated $397,556,167. Of these holdings, $105,569,894 was in gold coin, $146,547,220 was in gold certificates, and $63,307,000 was in gold clearing house certificates. The balance . consisted of silver dollars, fractional silver coin and silver certificates. The mints coined 184,578,638 pieces of an aggregate value of $74,203,000 during the year, of which $45,721,773 was gold coin and the balance silver dollars, subsidiary silver coin and minor coin. During the last three months of the fiscal year the mints at Philadelphia and San Francisco confined their operations to the manufacture of Philippine coin.* The bullion used has been paid for by the Government of the Philippine Islands and the United States Government has been reimbursed from the same source for the expense of manufacture. In addition to their full share of this work the Philadelphia Mint coined 750,000 pieces of silver for Venezuela and 1,350,000 pieces for Colombia. The partial repeal of the Spanish War revenue taxing laws is responsible for the falling off of collections in the Internal Revenue Bureau. The Bureau reports show that the manufacture of distilled spirits increased 13,152,800 gallons, that 2441 distilleries operated, a decrease of 497, and that 56,720,179 babels of beer were brewed an increase of 2.170,052. In receipts from tobacco, cigars and cigarettes there was a decrease from '1902 of over $8,000,000. The foreign commerce of the year was the largest in the history of the country. The imports were valued at $1,025,719,237. and the exports at $1.420,141,679. The increase in the past decade has been more than that of the two immediately preceding decades. Our currency system, says Secretary Shaw, has been subjected to some very severe tests during the year. Unprecedented prosperity encouraged the uatural optimism of the people to an extent that property of all kinds foupd ready buyers. A condition heretofore existed which could not last, and within a year the market value of stocks and bonds has depreciated in . an amount estimated far in excess of the 1 cost of four years' devastating civ" war. [ Strlliinjj Figures in the Report. Receipts for fiscal year, S69-l.G21.il?. Expenditures for the fiscal year, $640,323,450. Surplus, $54,297,667. Estimated surplus for 1904, $14,000,000. Estimated deficit for 1905, $23,000,I 000. [ National banks organized during the > year, 333. ? Specie holdings of national banks, September 9. 1903, $397,556,107. Imports for the year, $1.02^.719,237. Exports for year, $1,420,141,679, . Number of coins minted during the > year, 184,578,638. Estimated population (November 1, , 1903), 80,946.000. : Immigrants passed during the year, 857,046. Emperor William's Condition Grave. Information received in Paris, 1 France, represents the condition of the Kaiser William of Germany as more grave than is admitted, hut high official reports from Berlin declare that the august patient is now not even in need of medical attendance. Life Sentence For Murderer. At Alva, Okla.. Samuel Dipert was | sentenced to life imprisonment lor the killing: of William Griffin, cichteen months asro because he found his wife talking with Griffin. The Sporting: World. Joe Corbett denies that he has slgneo with Pittsburg. Bray ton Ives paid to Monroe Salisbury S20.000 for tbe trotting horse Monte Carlo. Henry Chadwielc. the father of baseball, is seventy-nine years old, aud still follows the game sharply. ! | The German Emperor has postponed his ofEer of a cup for a yacht race Ifrom New York to Cowes for another The trotting turf authorities will probably place the records made with the aid of wind shields iu a separate class. ?SbI mm JIMHOFTHtlH WASHINGTON ITKKR. HfiHM The President sent to the Senat^^BBj recess appointments the nominatioiMB^H General Leonard Wood and otfl M which failed o. confirmation at the VB&K tra session. CgHfl Rep resen fa fire "W7.A.j5mith. of igan, introduced a bilr making le.v's birthday, Jatnia'fy 29, a nationi^^H holiday, to Oe Known as 'mcn.uuc;^h Day." _ " '|H Mrs. Roosevelt is taking advantaee ofl H her let-up from social responsibilitig^^H to indulge her favorite pastime of driw 1 ing. . Former Congressman William flflSH Springer, of Illinois, died at hia-reflBM dence of pneumonia, aged seventy-<wHH| years. . There is a orospect that Congr J|MH will take kindly to the liberal sugg^B^H tioilb for appropriaations for rural delivery this winter. Speaker Cannon ejected from iHB room at the 'Capitol a labor leader wo^H accused him of packing the HouaH9| Committee, on Labor. . , flmBK In hia annual report to Congres^S^KB retary Moody points out the need in American Navy of an'organization MR collect information and give advice. onHfifl ?v>iHfn wit ft flFo ima ft < . ) uiiuiaij auauo. - - 'MPMI Senator Morgan suggested an inquiry as to whether subsidized railroads biBvV prevented the ratification of the HarawH Herran treaty at Panama. OCR ADOPTED ISLANDS. w| The health of the Americah garriso^^Hg on the island of Guam remains exce&Hj lout. The native Hawaiians are beginniq?^H| to take a deeper interest in politics. 1 fijfl Porto Rican Republicans have madlH9 application for representation ini the^Rj| next Republican National Conv^dWggHB Several hundred Porto RVcan scl^g^H teachers will probably be brought this country next summer and glvei^^H several weeks' tuition in normal^^J schools. Governor Taft has appointed a mixefl m committee, of officials connected witlHH different departments of the Govern^HB ment and business men of Manila consider and recommend a new list tariff changes for the Philippine. IsHSj The Philippine' Commission hafl passed an act to maintain the equalin^^H of gold and silver pesos by creating*?* e i <-_? n# reserve luuu lluuk iuc icucjiy?.o v* sales of certificates of deposit anf.ijjM seigniorage on the coinage. DOMESTIC, j ' JHUN The Fort Wayne (Ind.i City PesiHH bouse was burglarized of evcrytbinjH[n conveniently portable, including tbMH bedding. Until recently tbe house baflH been occupied by smallpox patients. flH There has been a decrease of XO.OjttflBS school children in Iowa during tIM past year. VH Intemperance is supposed to have Ied^Hj to the suicide of James M. Reeves, at*^H| reiersourg, va., a sooigun uaviog used. wHj Representatives of the striking cost BH miners of Colorado failed to reach any^ agreement with Governor Wells. ^B| ' Overcome while fighting to escapeMB the flames, Mrs. H&ttie Sntcliffe and B her young son wetfe burned to death HBj at Lot Rock, Mlc|i.^ g| Pleading guilty ^false entries white Hj cashier of the People's Bank, at New-^Hj ark, Ohio, Harry J. Hoover was sen-MH tenced to five years in^Jail. sgg9 An indictment against NMrs. Rachel, Richman, of New York, charging ber-^B with having stolen a $26,00<Wiecklacff was dismissed, Mrs. Richmah. having been declared insane. - V-Seven concerns engaged in' ther^Kj plumbing supply business were inj^Hj dieted by the Grand Jury at Chicagc^HS [11., on charges of being a combinatio^ME to control prices. M The recently organized Citizens' In-MK dustriai Association of Ameri'a wilt Kj have headquarters at Dayton, Ohio, the H Executive Committee having selected .S that city. ; yjjB At the trial of six policemen charged with neglect of> -^uty In allowing a crank to get at President Roosevelt, it was shown that the door of the rectory, had been left unguarded. It has been discovered that names o; more than eighty persons were carried on books of St. Lovis (Mo.) poor? < nouse who were not inmates. A bank messenger's pouch containing $7000 stolen from table in registry dlvisioh of the Baltimore (Md.) post' cfflce. The Rev. William Bohier Walker, f J Christ Episcopal Church, at Jollet, IH., r has been made a sort of assistaht (fji Chief of Police by Mayor Crolius to en. < '. , able him to conduct an anti-saloon ' campaign. FOREIGN. mBSi China was reported to be concluding^BH ?n agreement with Russia by whicli the latter country's terms for the evac? B uation and government of Manchnria^ are accepted; China will maintain nom< inal sovereignty. jH A conference between the Russian Minister and the Japanese Foreign Minister was held, without definite re- Hfl enlf of TaHa OUll, at JL UUiU. During a royal shooting e/foursion near Madrid, Spain, a shepberd fired at a member of theKiflg*s household, against whom^btrliad a grudge. A . gamekeeper^ghot the shepherd dead. King'-Alfgaso was near the victim and was so/Overcome that he returned to Madrid: ... The London Tiroes correspondent at Tangier warns travelers to keep out of . Morocco at present. Many of the roads jrtre unsafe and others are closed against travel by the Sultan. The growth of the population of Ger- * many in 1902, regarding which statis? tics have just been tabulated, was the greatest ever known, amounting to 902.312, or 15.6 per 1000, compared Hj with 15.09 in 1901, and 14.63, the av- RM erage for the last ten years. B? Russian troops defeat band of Chi- B nese robbers in Manchuria. H| United States Consul Davis, at Al- HM exandretta, Asiatic Turkey, was in- HS suited and assaulted by police. He;?W broke off relations and went to Beirut. Minister Leishiuan has been in- ^ sirucieu 10 investigate lue auuir. Cubans in a national holiday com-|H| raemorated the seventh annivei'sary of WW the death of General Maceo. The an- H niversary of the death of General Go- B9 mez's eldest son, wflo was Maoeo's BH aide-de-camp, was also celebrated.- BX King Alfonso has received the resig- n nation of the present Spanish Cabinet^ H The Bulgarian Premier said that the' H[ - outh of that land was being driven H into -?bellion and emigration. H The people of Panama greeted the H signing of the canal treaty with cheera m and the singing of national airs. Queen Alexandra celebrated her fifty ninth birthday at Sandringham, Eng- K