Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 38, Number 13, Jasper, Dubois County, 6 December 1895 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER.

C. DOAXE, Iuliher. JASPER, ... INDIANA. DECEMBER 1895. t Sil Fit 9 31 4 13!lli$: 20 2l 272S 9 1011 12 tlo 1G 17 IS 19 22,23'2-i: 25,20 32930 31j AttTTtTTt I T TT T I i T itttttttX A N-V.'5 COMPILATION. DO.'.'.ESTIC. Thomas Colt, a photographer, shot Miss Carrie Plate at Arlington Heights. . J.. outl then killed himself. Jealousy uns the cause. Harrv Ilav-ivard. -who is to be hnnired in Minneapolis next month for the niurder of C'athorine Ging, and who has protested that he was innocent, confessed his gudtLloyd Montgomery, an lS-ycar-old boy tinder arrest for the murder of his father, mother and Daniel McKeecher near Brownsville, Ore., made a full confession, admitting he killed all three of them. Senator David B. Hill, of New York, Inaugurated his lecture tour at the academy of music in Milwaukee. Personal liberty was his theme, and he made a plea for more genuine Americanism. He said he was r.ot entirely pleased with Aniericaa representatives at foreign courts, and said our government should not be cut after the English pattern. He also spoke good w ords lor Hawaii. In the recent blizzard scores of coalladen barges along- the Ohio river were torn from their moorings and carried down stream to destruction and consequent loss to the owners. At Franklin. Ind.. the city tall was blown down. At Montpelier.' lad., scores of oil derricks -were razed and many houses were unroofed. In the Ohio oil ileitis a dam Ke of iSMjAJO was done. In Illinois. Iowa. Michigan and Wisconsin property -was also det.tro.vrd. E. A. Long, of Dartford. Wis., editor of the Green I-ske County Keporter. shut himself fa tally because of business troubles. Cooper union ir: New York wa? crowded with a lare and enthusiastic uuiience of symi-tttbirer- with the Outran insurgents and several addresses were made. The Cheveaae Indians were slaughterrarr cattle near Hutton. Wyo.. awl were said to hate kilkd several settlers. S.J. Cleve ring Jk Coeocimissioa merrhsnts in Philadelphia, failed for 5100.-000.-A man known as "Indian Pete" and his wife were burned to death in their bed at their hone nearPesbtigo. Wis. Thomas . ewSs, aged 70. of Hell county, Ky., committed suicide by hanging because Nora Dellew, a 14-year-old girl, refused to marry him. Worthington C. Ford, chief of the bureau of ltatistici, says that the imports of articles free of duty were about 2.030.000 less in 1S9j than in 1-94 the figures for l-?95 being $37s.?-!Q,100. The motocycle contest in Chicago over a S4-miIeeourse for purses atnoupting to $5,000 was won by the Charles L. j iJurvca gasoline motocycle of Spring-1 field". Mass which, made the distance m f ten hours. Levi Lane, aged SI, dropped dead of apoplexy at his hörnern Lebanon, Ind. 3Ie had been deputy clerk for 54 years. United States Hags were raised over the city hatl and all public school buildings in itirxniagbant Ala., for the firt -time in the history of the city. The Cherokee Indian legislature passed a bill making it impossible here-j after for any white man to obtain prop-1 erty rights by marrying Indian women, j Eight 'terry detectives, implicated in the shooting1 of innocent trank White. ite. j er, I -while seeking his criminal brothe were indicted in Chicago by the grand j jury on counts charging murder. j The report that Harry Hayward had J confessed in Minneapolis to thexnurdet j cf Catherine Uing was said to be un true. Peter Mclcoch. the millionaire spec jnlator, v nose ueais ami attempt to cor- -: ,.iti . ,.t.i mmitt. 1 1 ...t.M.in t;!,m, ,.. lw.f-in.. of fnmilv! troubles. lie was Gl years old. Gen. Flagler, chief of ordnance. In -n.,ni ...-t rail, ntif-ntion to the Insufficiency of the appropriations and j suggests that congress should p-ruiit j the ordnance bureau to replace old arms now In use with. vv-pons of serviceable type and uniform character. Secretary Hoke Smith of the interior department in his annual report calls attention to the strict enforcement -which has been given to civil-service reJorrn; estimates the amount of public lands undispofetl of to lie 000.O.00Q acres and savs the total receipts during -the year for public lands amounted to over ss.ooo.wo; mjr an intelligent treatment of the Indians will make -them self-supporting; and upon the nubject of forests ays that 17.O00.0OC acres are now included within forest Teserves, the object being to preserve them for future use. Dispatches from nil over the United States note a general observance of Thanksgiving day in the usual manBcr. Roman IJohrer and Sadie Henchen, "ho were fcoon to be married, were both killed by the cars at Areola, lud., i hile going to a dance. S, C. Martin, the ossified man. who has lain on his hack for Keren years unable .to move a joint, C led near Urvan.Tex.

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Football jame in Chicago result-il Rh follows: UniversityofAllehij'aB, 12; L'niversity of Chicago. 0: HostoH and Chicago Athletic aMclatIous. a tie, 4 to 4. At Kansas City University of Missouri. 10; Cnlversity of Kansas, C. The exchanges at the trading clearing houses in the United States during the week endel on the rth aggregated SsTO.lsl.isi:, against $1.126.226.035 the :.-.vioti.s week. The increasse. com

pared with the corresponding week iu 1-tM. was NO. Three men were fatally hurt and several seriously in jit ml in a wreck on the Norfolk fc Western railroad at Cat;terberg; W. Va. There were business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 29th. against 320 the week previous and 323 in the corresponding time of ISO. At Nashville. Tenn.. John S. Johnson lowered the one-mile tlying start bioycle record from 2:16 to 2:10 1-5. The two-mile tlying start record was lowered by A. V. Senn. of llion. Ky., from 4:49 2-5 to 4:4-3--.. The ChnttahoochSe national bank at Columbus. Ga.. closed its doors. Joseph Kobinson and Ozlas McGnhey. both negroes, were tnken from the jail J et Fayetteville, Tnn and hanged by a i mob. The colored men w ere charged t w ith an attempted assault upon a white I grl. I A fall of earth and rock at a mine near Carmel. N. Y.. killed 14 men. j Kepom reachetl EI Paso, lex., or a I Yaqui outbreak in northeastern Sonora ing Americans, w ere killed. Secretary of War Latnont in his annual report gives the expenditures for the fiscal year ended June 30 last as 52,27,7s0.44. The appropriations for the same period were 43.406.571.75. He says the year has been undisturbed by Indian outbreaks, domestic violence or troubles on the lrorder. and that the nrciy is better fed. housed and clothed than ever before. The total force of the army is 25.700. The total expenditure for the improvement of rivers and hnrbors was Sl.212.317. He says that the condition of our seacoast and lake frontier should be strengthened. Itev. A. Henrich and wife wer asphyxiated by gas from tht:ir coal stove at Platte City. Neb. Harry Poorman and Florence Slaymen sn; I Ptiilin Rlnrman ami Sadie Poorman were married at were married at Canton. 0 The brides and grooms of both weddings were brothers and sisters, and twins at that. Charles N. Smith, widely known In the baseball world as "Pacer" Smith, was hanged a; Decatur, III., for the murder of hi daughter, Louise, aged 6 years, and M;ss Edna Itucliert, aged i;. his sister-in-law. on September 2S last John Williams and David Kose, two projnirent and wealthy stock traders at IfarI Green. Ky.. fought over a trade and both were killed. The tht case on record of a perfect rure of a brok-rt neck was perfected in Cleveland. by Dr. C. P.. Humiston and Dr. S. K. Knestlin. Erwia Keidel. aged 14. was the patient. A. H. Schlüter & Co.. doing a grocery business in Jetferson and Greenville. Tex., faifed for S125.00C. It was discovered that Garland StemIcr and Louis Murcno. who were lynched by a mob at Yrcka, CaL, for murder, were innocent. Tone Sutton, a nerro, was shot to death by a mob at Montezuma, Oa., for killing V T. Sangster. Discoveries of vast gold fields were made at Mercur, about C5 miles south of Salt Lake City. Prof. Enoth. an aquatic performer at Detroit, accomplished the feat of staying under water four minutes nnI eight seconds, breaking all previous records in that line. Senator David H. Hill's lecture tour in the northwest proved a failure, and the senator w hile in Minneapolis canceled all future engagements and returned to NVw York. A pjijysenarer train ran into an open switch at Preble, N. Y.. killing the engineer and fatally injuring the fireman. In round fhrures the government de ficit for November was SI. 000.000 and the expenditures $27.000,. lite de ficit for the five months of the current fiscal vear stands at $17.5wO.OOO. IL H. Holmes, who was convicted in Philadelphia of the murder of It. F. Pitzel. was refused a new trial and sen tenced to death. Gov. Hastings would tlx the dav of execution Joseph Ileitnean and his daughter and Ernst Neiver were killed by the cam nt Air Line Junction. 0 The annual report of Comptroller Eckels states that a month ago there wer; in operation ."VT15 national banks. with an anirresmte eapualization o SSOf.130.0I3. divided among 'JsS.lW shan-hoMlers. Their circulation tuen outstanding was $213.7.30. of which secureu t States bonds. During the y United ear ended with Oetoher 43 banks were organized and 3 wore put is the hands of receivers. Hy the upsetting of a skiff in the Motiongaheht river between Ilrownsville and California. Pa., .toaept .Mcintosh and ilrs. James Stevens were drowned. On the ute.-im railroads ir. IVnnsylI n lemns were billed and 10.. "jred durii.g the fiscal year ended June 3D. It33. Margaret ilnther Pabst consented to a rihoree from her husband, (Jiistav Pabst, of Milwaukee, and she will return to the stage. For her consent she received SlO-V!. During b dance at Shelby. Ind., John r.nd Frank kattey were both shot and latally wounded bv Frank Fuller. (rrille Iilt killH h wife nnd her paramour. John Fields, at Itnnvnings--ille, Ky.. and wan himjelf killetl by a potts? who attempted to arrest him. Since the recent earthquake it has lwen found that eifctr-rns in different partn of the Ohio valley no longer hold water. It was r.r.r.our.cr:l that tl: territory of Oklahoma nt the session of the 54th congress would knock for adtnhsion Into the nistcrhood of states.

In his annual rejort Secretary of th Navy Herbert recommends the construction of two battle hhips and at least 12 torpedo boats and the enlistment of 1.HCO more men. His estimate for the expenses of the naval establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, lo'J7. aggregate $29.311,100. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Henry Snnpp died at Juliet. III., nge.l 73. He served a term In congress, being elected from the old Sixth 'district in 1S71. Gen. Thomas .Ionian, a veteran of the Seminole. Mexican and civil wars, died in New York, aged 70 yean. Mrs. David Ijtmb. the largest woman in Indiana, was buried at her home in New Middleton. She weighed 503 pounds. The odieial returns of the election of 1J5 in Iowa show 401.202 votes to have Iwen east, of which Drake, republican nominee for governor, received 2o,G$9; llibb idem.), 1-49,433; Crane jKp.), 32.1IS. and llacou (pro.), 11,152. A. W. Wnymnn, senior bishop of the African Methodist church in the United States dropped dead from paralysis at his home iu Ualtimore. Thomas Draekett Heed was nominated for the sjicakership of the 54th congress by the republican caucus in Washington and the democratic caucus renominated Speaker Crisp. FOREIGN. The French mission at Luihsiang. China", was destroyed by the natives of that vicinity during; the absence of the French gunboat. Gen. Gonzales, the Cuban insurgent leader, was tried by court-martial at Havana and sentenced to death. Others of his followers were sentenced to 2D years" imprisonment. Otto Ehlers, the lermnn traveler, was drowned while taking his expedition across lJitish New Guinea, and 20 natives belonging to his escort were also drowned. The Jirazilian cruiser Uranus was wrecked oil Uio Janeiro, the commander and five of the crew being drowned. James C Fox. the United States consul at Ant'gua, Colombia, died of yellow fever. Alexandre Dumas, novelist and playwright, died in Paris, aged 71 year?. It was said that the Hawaiian government would make a strong effort to bring the annexation question before the next United States ccngrers. The Northern Pacifie ctcamihip Strathnevis. en route from Victorin, I. C to Yokohama with about 125 Chinese passengers, a crew of 50 and .t.oai tons el general cargo, was given upas lost. Cunan insurgents wrecked n train carrying Spanish soldiers ticarCien Uojah, and the engineer, fireman and 31 soldiers were killed and 50 others were injured, some fatally. Count Eduard von Taffe. ex-premier of Austria, died at Hllishau, aged 02yrars. The pope presided at the secret consistory in Koxne and created nine cardinals, among" them being Mgr. Satolli. the papal delegate to the Hornau Catholic church in the United States. Knights of Labor in Montreal. Ontario and Quebec decided to cccetle from the general assembly and form a purely Canadian order. During severe storms in the vicinity of Odessa, Hussin. 500 persons were

either drowned or frozen to death. Maximo Gomez and his army of in surgents utterly failed in their attempt to reach Villas, Cuba. His forces sustained great loss, his ranks were broken and his men were dispersed. LATER. Is the senate, on the 2d, an unusually large number of senators participated in the openinjr-day proceedings, the only interesting feature of which wa the swearitg in of the members, soon after which the senate adjourned until noon of the 3d. to await the receipt of the presidents message In the hor.se, Mr. Heed, of Maine, was chosen speaker by a vote of 234 to 93 for Ex-Speaker Crisp, and the remainder of the caucus ticket of the republicans were duly elected. The rules of the Fifty-lirht congress the Heed rules were adopted, and the drawing for scats was followed by adjournment for the day. Gkeat anxiety is felt in London lor the afetv of the Itantist missionaries in tins nrmfinro of Slinel Phlnsi- Tf l I news of them had been received, up to the 2d, since August, The latest reporl stated that the Mohammedan rebels had captured the city of See2Cgan, the capital of the province, and had murdered large numbers of men, women aud children. II Alton) Fitr.DEBic, In a cable to the New York Times, describes the internal situation in Germany as rather nlarminj. The emperor is said to hare become inaccessible to all who hare not a reputation for prudence, and to be-quite in the hands of a group of reactionary favorites, headed by the Eulenburg family. The public consistory was held in the vaticin at Home on tho 2d. The papal procession was followed by the newly-appointed cardinals present kissing the foot and hand of the pope and receiving from his holiness the apostolic embrace and the red hat. ISKXJAKix Kt.A Oaut, one of Chicago's oldest and most truly representative citizens, died, on the 1st, at his home, 710 Indiana avenue. He retired from business about twelve years ago. The remains were taken to Rochester, X. II-, for interment. Tut: trial of Col. A. B. Coit. on the charge of murder in connection with the quelling of the riot at Washington Courthouse, (X. was resumed atCircleville on the 2d. Most of the day was taken up In securing a jury. A l.oxtox cable says private arrangements hare been made with the Armstrongs, of Newcastle, for the construction of three battleships for the Japanese nary. iMPERFECrinsulation of supply wired leading to the cable house of the Prudential Insurance Cos 52,000.000 property at Newark, N. J., caused a S15.009 fire on the 2d.

THE MESSAGE.

President Clovolnntl Communlcatoa With tho Now Cougrcsa. Our Foreign Relations Reviewed Exhaustively Except the Venezuelan Affair, Which Will be Treated in a Special Message. TUc Financial Mtaatlon aiut ttir Mirer 4Uf-tloii t:ivrn 'rhoroueli VeuUUtluii Thi Cnhl KtautlwrU tho liry not. TtlE CONGRESS Or THE C.NITE1 STATES Tic iire.M'iit assemble ice tit Ihr legislative branch vt f.ur fcovtrniuent occurs at n time vrliiii tfee Interest of our people ud the country Ire oycclal prominence to the coalition at our forrUn relntloan and the exigencies of our national tiuaneies. The report of the heail of the several nJtnlnistralH tie-partmeat-sor the covernmcnt tally ami plainly exhibit vvbat has been aecoiupll.hcil utihla the scope of their reteetIve duties and preeBt such reeommenilutloiis for the bettermcLt of oar country's condition a patrtutic utul iateltieeut labor and obcnutious htH' etI tnereiore tteera tny eireunve iiuiy anccuately rerformed at this time by nresentlni; to the concres the Important phaes of our j Situation as related to our Intercourse wita forelsn natleas. aada statcaicnt of the tluan-1 rial problems which confront Us. omlltlne. ex- i ceptasthey are related to these topics, any relerenee lodeoartmenta! orerattons. I earnestly invite, however, not only the careful consideration, but the severly critical scrutiny .( the corxress and tny fellow countrymen to the reporlsioacernlnK these .tepartiretital operations If j'-stly and falr'y examined, tney furnish proof of the ts.bluous and patnstaliinK care for the public welfare. 1 press the recommendatlots they contain upn the respectful attention of those ehac-cd with the duty of leitlution lecause 1 beltevo their adoption would i roraote the people's trood. Foreign ll-Intloim. ARGENTINE UEPrilUC. lly amendatory legislation in January last, tho Argentine republic, recopnizlnj; the value of the 1 a rgv market open to the free l:aport;ition of lis ttool-, un-ier onr last tariertet. h-s admitted certain product of the United, -s-tates to entry at reduced duties. It is pleasicjr t note that the efforts we hnvc made to enlarse the exchanges 0r trade un a sound bas's of mutual benetan; in tilts instance appreciated by the country from TvUlcli our wiKdVu fset ries draw their needful supply of raw tuuteriat. The missions, boucdary dispute between thMA...i. I. I, ..14, f,,MiI ...f..... . . h Ir-siuei.i o: ine Linien Mates, as arotirator during the term ol tay prei:cctssjr. and whth was submlted to we for detertulnattmi. resulted in un award in favor of llrazll. upon the historical aid documentary evidence presented. thu ending a Ions, protracted ent rovers y.aral apain ueusotistmttnK the fldom anj desirability of si tillnir InterriHtlon-Jl bouuilary dU; pat bj- retvunte f '.' d!y arbitration. euit.t. NVsotlatluas are pr.cr. ssfsc fr a revival cf the Lnftel Mates aud Cbllian claims ccnr.iUslin. wUrwe work was abruptly inttrrapted Jut year by the expiration of the sbpuiated time within which auitt ixuld be made. The r&.utniiiion of stsie.o mymentsbr Chili It. & step of interest and iHi;wtance.bdh In its I . cdrect ceoeiUences upon ccr own xrenare as j evincing ue acea:eney oi sn financial principles in one of most tsSueatlal of the isoulii American republics. cm:u ASI) JAPAN. The close f the mometusstni8slc between Culna und Jarn o, hl! reliovlntf tht uipiolasvie apents of this corvrnuu-ut from the deucrtteduty they UDi.trtook at reiuetf both c.?.mtrles t re ado true surh service to j.ve's olvltaerbellbrerent wiihlntheterriton I tinuits of the nheras our neutral i-it;in penititte!. tltvflotKsl a domestic condiuon in the i 'htnee empire which lias cau-ed much tuxUty and cal;sa fur prompt and careful atte&uon Kither a rt-sult of a wealt eoatml ty tte eeutrat cor eramentovcr the provincial admiais .Htion. foüob inS a diminution of tra-litional povi-rn-taeotat authority under the stres, of an overwhelming national disaster or & mandeslation upon cxi opportunity of the aversion cf the Chine e jopaiatloa to foretifi u a 1 underta5.:r. there have recurr d in v.delrwporatttt provinces f thlca;erloust,ioreait' t( the gM fanatical ptrlt acaiast freicner. which, uncheched by the local authorities, if not actually vonnived at by thern. have culmlcated in mot) attacks on foreisra uds(oaary taUnsi. causing rnucli destructloa of property, and attended with personal injuries as vrefla.s loss of life. .Mthoojh but or.e .smerlcan citizen was rcrorted to have been actaaUy wounded, and although the destruction cf proi-erty rcy liavc faren more heav;.v upon the tniionarte of other aat.onalitlest than our own. It plainly behooved this overnracnt to take the most prompt ami dtetdoi action to cnartl ncalnst similar or terhaps more dreadful calamities befalling the hundreds of American m.nlon stations which havecri-n up through out the Interior of China ucilcr the temperate rale Z toleration, custom and imperial edict. The demands of the Vnlbsl state-atd other nowers forth degradation und tiunishmcnt of the ti-xinsibie offlCinln if the re-pertlvi clts and province. -who. by netriec. or otherwise, had perniiUetl uprising, and fr the adoptlnn of f-tern tnca-tires by the emperor's government for the protection of the life and pr- perty of fon-ißners. were followed by the disgrace and i!u.aiHaI of certain provincial ontelaH found derelict ln duty, and tho punishment by death, of a number of tbse d;udecd ku Hy ot actual participation in the outrages. 'litis Foternmcat also insisted that a special Ataerlcancomunsslon -houldviwlt theprovlnre Where the first disturbances occurred for the purpose ot investigation. This latter fomsnlssion. formed after mu,-h opposttiou. has gone ( overland from Tien-Ts.n. arcon por.it-tl by a suitable Ch!r.ee escort, and hy its dn-mon-tra-tloa of the readiness and ability of our government to proter t Its Citizen will net. it is believed, as a rant influential deterrent of any similar outbreaks. The energetic steps we have thus taken arc all the more HKely to re-ult In future sulci? to our citizens In China because ih Imirfrlal euvernrucnt I. I am per suaded, entirely convinced that we desire ' oUy the liberty and prob-cUirti of ir own ' citizen amt redrew for any wrongs tr.y way J have suffered. Mart that we have no ulterior de- I ili.'as orobj-ct. poüucul. or otueru Ke. j China will not f ontct either our klcdly cerrIce to l.cr citizens during her late war. nor the j further fact that, while furniMUlns ail the farintses at our command to further the ne- j gntwtionof n pcacf between her andJatan e vjujut no advantages and interpose j no counsel. T"ie governmenu of both China ana Japan have. In special dtspatcrex transmitted

through their tesiectlve diplomatic rep- Uuib-i stales and tbe Io:nlnloii of Oiaadn in r'cnttlies. expressed In n iarst pleas-t the gi eat lu nt the approaches of tac narIn? manner their grcatfni nrpterlutin t ro witters that connect tliem Tli waters In ot our assistance to their elttyrns miring the t iuetion ore fro-juenteJ by iisheriiien of bith tiahoppp struggle and of the value ef our aid j tiatkinaittlcsnnd ttieimets nretb-rc un-d. OwInpavmgthe way to their resumption ui peace- ! lug to tin-uncertainty and Ignorance as to the

lul rotations. The cuvtomary corii.tj relations between this country nnd Franco have teen undis- ; turbed. with the exception that a full ex- j tilatmtlcnof the trcatmuit f Jclin I. V.'alier by the ixpedliiurary military authorities of j 1 rant o still remains to be given. Mr. Waller, i formerly United States con-til atTnmatavc. 1 remninetl In Madagascar nlier his term ol office expired, und was aptmeetly wtccessfnl In I procuring busii.e.ss concessions frotnlhe Hovas of greater or less va'n. 1 After the occupation of Tamatave. and the dcc.anition of martial law by the French, ho ws nrrcued upon various char.es. nraong ( them that of communicating military Inform i atlon to the enemy of France, was tried and convicted by a tailltnry tribunal, and senfenced to twenty years Imprisonment. Follow:ngthe cour-e justified by nbundnnt precedents, this government requested from that of France the record of the proceedings of the French tribunal which roulted ln Mr. Waller's condemnation. Tnls request has been compiled with to tho extent of supplying a copy of the oSlclal reconl. from which appear the constitution hi.i1 organization of the court, tbe charges as formulated, and the general cour-e nnd re-alt of the trial, and by which tt U shown that the accused was tried In open court, nnd was defended by counsel. Hut the evidence adduced In uppori of tbe charges -which was not recclred by tne French minister for foreign affutrs till tho first week in October- has thus far bem withheld, the French government taking the ground that its production ln response to our demand would establish a bad precedent. The tCorts of our ambassador to procure It, however, though Impeded by recent changes In the French ralnUtry. have not been relaxed, and It Is confidently c-pccied that Mime atltetory solution of the matter will shortly bo reachetl. Meanwhile. It appears that Mr. alter s confinement hiis every alleviation which tlw iUte of his health and all the other circumstances of the cac demand or jcrrnlt. ln agreeable contrast to the

Älflertace above noted repectlnff a matter of fimiun etieen where nutklm: U houht except uch a luutuiiily x itWfactory outeome aü the true merit if theeas rcjulre l tlie iec nt reotution of the Krench chaaiber favortor UecMieluolu:t ol a ermai4eut treaty of arbitraltou Intween the to eoHtrle.". Anliivltallun ha- been ekteuded by Frasee

to theeuwrnmcnt and people of tho I mteti V1 I..".!U. ,.J.ri! ,!r, '? ? f-i.iL ia;:iiorattou of the ele of tlih. tho worldmancleu rcutury of progress. 1 heartily reo rntnrr.ii its areemanre. loeeiser -na . kiu'h loifMailon will adequately provide for a due rprcentatlon of tUU saverauieat ud lu peo-; pie on me occasion. ; oehm.vny. Our relations with the states ot the German empire ait. In oHie asiHctt, typical of a eondittos of talnps elsewhere found In a eo jutry v hose nroluctlriHK and trattes are similar to I our own. The eloie rivalries of cojiuetinr In- j dustrlf: tfcu Itif.uence of tao delusive doc trine that the Internal development ot a nation U protnoHsl and Its wealth Increased by a policy, which Is underIhUiiu to reerve It home markets for the exelusive of lis own pro.lucen. necessarily obstruct ttelr sales In foreign market und prevent free access to the products cf tho worSJ. Theilestnt to retain tradi- in time-worn rutsrcsrurdle-fcof the Inexorable laws of new aeedsuna channed conditions of demand und suppl) and our own lialttne. tardiness In InvltInealreer ticham; of eotnmodities. and by '.his weans iinpvrllini: our footlnK lu the ex-; t3msl markets naturally open to us. have created a situation somewhat injurious to American enpi.rt interests, not only in tiermany, where they arc perhaps mo-t noticeable, but in adjacent countries. The exports arlccted are larce"? American eattleanit other food pro tuet,, the realen assigned fr unfavorable dLscrianuati-in Wins that their consumption is deleterious to the public health. This is all the more irmatliu: i vi..ir ,it iho fnrt iiat tm llnro-waii sutc Is fts jealous of the cxccllcnco and wholesnrac-I nessoS it- exported food suppllcsas the Tnlted ! ute, nor m eatlv abt!.on ao-oitntof In-1 herent.soundne'.'..t iruaraatee tho-e oua lti-. Xorare these dicv;ltles eonilned to ourf.jd prouuets desired lor exiMirtation uur great i lastirance coinpanles. fvr, example. huvirr i built up a vast business abroad, anil invested a large share of their entiu in foreign countries. In cimpltin-e with tlie local laws and regu!ti .H then exl-tlng now nnd themselves wituiu a narrowing circle of onerous and unforeseen conditions, and are confronted by the necessity cf retirement from a Held thus, made unprofitable. If indeed, they are not summarily expelled, as some of them have lately beefrora I'russla. It is not to be forgotten thit International trade can not be one-sided. lt currents are alternatlns. and its movements should Xm hnesUvreelprocaL Without thl- it almost necessarily degenerates into a device to gain advantage or a contrivance to secure bcnetlts with oalr the semblance of a return. If un examination of the rdtuation suggests such measures un oar pnrt as would l-iv-lve re-iretisns similar to tboso from which we susVr. the way to such a course 1 easy; it i liiM.ld. Uowever. by no means Im lightly oatend upn. slnre the necessity for liic Inau-iruratl-n of-ueh a ixilley vmiuJ.1 lergr-ttslby ttae fct'st cntltuent of our people, an ' bec.iusa it naturally and logically might lead toe"ae-turner-of the gravest character. Hate pleasure in calling to your attention the eacoiuiuuvt bestwei on this ve-ls of our new navy which toolt part In the notable ct-remoitv of the opening of th Kiel eBL it wasitt'RT that this extraordinary achiereruentof the newer i;erm.m uationudty si.ould le celebrated In the presence of America" or.-po--tj;a vi the 3a.et developments of the VcrVsnaval.ca-rgy. , t.KKAT nttlT.VIN'. Our reiatlon- w ith grcut Hr.tn. always tntiuia'.e and lai;-riant. l.jvc demanded '.ur:ng the" lust year e-. -.-n a jfretet shart of consideration thn I- hi.:iI. roral vexatious iu--rioni left undelertatned by tho ISehriiu: urblt ration tnbunr.l. The ap " '.. ls"r. t fven f ilone.1 bv tht r.- tit lUi-y v . intfsdcit to HCettmplUh. ti!h.:r uecaus th" priacijdes ihem eltCs licte-l in breailta -ul lt.':iKries or b .auo h-Ir exeeuti-.-. ha, Ucci iv . ;-. ir I s.s The h.l(f a ;re effective esforccw nt f esi.-..u trgu.at trfis. a- well as. the adoption of rrej iiixm tne uruisn g Iarwftl.oj cflcctive re.u.ts In tn- raei;atiue the dt-Ietl m of the sesti herd bv ni of peuuc iitatlsg ha- a ani iogii pn-sn-ssesi Iba! uuU--s the: r slansrhtcr : at oi.jc eCc ;..ely cl.eKcd their extlnctloa w Ithm a few years mm ats to to a b,v.'.h : abstt.-.te certalr.ty. Elites a u to in . .and (!r r.t . !rila;n t r- v-. . ve. The uad rstan.liag by yniett tit" t n.ied n 1 iEnuai f ?.a.'öla fed eUU tacit all Hrl b.Ii c.a.ni-. for dmg4 arising from our se.xure of br.usb sealttig vis-rls :iini".iivrlcd und ti..- award of t i'arifr irilwa.U of arbl-tratton-xvas not confirmed by the lust cairess. mv t.ch decdneil to make the ne osary upproprtatlon. I ata .tili of the opinion that this urratjgemeatwas a Judicious and advantageous one b.r the government, and I earnestly ncommcn.l that it be again considered and jsac-ticntd, If, howfter. this does not rcjt with U.c favor of oonereM. It CTta.-ily will hardly rtlsvcnt from tho pr.iM ition that the government it bound ly every enlietntion ef tumor and gooil faith ti priivfde for tbe peedy tidjutmcnt oi tlicie cla'.ns tj arbitration as the only other alternative. A treaty of arbitration htis thercrorc been an reed uxon. aad will l-c itnmciiiuttdy laid before the fenate so that in one of the rno'M siUKKos.ed a tlaal tmitkaieat- may be reached. TLe comro!sloser appointed to roans tho Jntcraat oaaltHitinds In lY.sai : sj.'y tv. aectträlng t thu dewnpllon of the treaty of libeat. lwiy not yet fully agreed. TUB At-ASKAS llorKUAKV. The completion of the prelim. nnry Mrrcy of that A uskan boundary vrluch fotlows the contour -f tlie const f.-.eu the sot;:aernni..t point cf :iace of .Va'es i-.ard, until it sir. es the one bjmlrt and fry-arst meridian ft or Roar the f.tat:t:i of M--unt M. KUss, uwils turtarr uecessjtry appropriation, vvh.eli is nrjtcanv rs-mineud.d. This survey wa undertakes under provisions of tho convention entered int by this ewi.:ry and Great llritaln July ". t;. and the supplementary ef----n-ttonof Klrar" 3. lHt. As to the remaining .ectioa of the Aioskan bndary whicn follows the one on hun rwl and f-.rty-r.rst ineri-1ian northwardly from Mount Ellas to the froren ocean, the seUh-meht f wh.eh Involves the phjsial litioii of tiw meridian laenttoned. no convention ;! agrtesieiit lus yet been made. In the meantime the valley of the Yukon Ii becoming n highway thr- iuli the hitherto uc-exrlf-"st ids of Alaska, and abundant mineral wealth aus been discovered In that region. -txclily at or near the Juncture of vhe boundary meridian with the Yukon and Its tributaries, in tuee circumstances U l.s-x-peolent and. ittdicd. im;enitive. tint the jiirbdirtlotml limits of tnt respective govern-in-nts in tills new region be speedily determined. Hi.r Uritanalae ma.esty's government has ororosed n joint deltmttction of the oao bunilred and fori y-hr-t meridian by on laternulluni 1 coiinii!fl of expert, irhich. if congress will authorize and make dee provision therefore, can bo uccoaiplishol with no unreajsfen&ble delay. lean tu ntion to tne unsatisfactory aeiira lutmn of the respective inr.sdictb'-is of the true boundary. v xatlous d.sputes nnd Injuri ous seizures ot boats und nets by (amidinn cruiserH often occur whFe u-iy yositlve st-tUe-Ineat thersnf by an ae cptod sUndard is not easily to bo reached. AJ'diiteotniaiHsloa to detertai-ie theKneln thiisntj waiters, cm a practical bajsls. by mens. ifcdct'jrses following rouge mar Us on sir.. p. I a necessity for which Immediate provision should be made. THE rnSFJlCKLAN nr.viAuv. It lict'ig apiwrout that the boundary d'sputo IwiBitn Unat Itrltain and tho republic of Venz ela, eoiiceralcg the limits of iirttish (tiia:ia. was npproachlcg an acute tage, a leimte sbitebiontof the Intetest and policy of tht i ruled htntrjt as regards the eoiitrovors,' seua.eJ t be required both on Its ueenti.it. und in view of Its rulstioas -villi the friendly jowvrs tllrectly concerned. In July last therefore, u uispftch was addressed to our ambassador at I.oudon tur eommunlcuticn to the llrlti-h governntetd. in hieb the attitude of the United Stales was fully end dwtitietty set forth. Tho general tonrlusiims there rcachciland formulated are ln substance that the traditional and established iHilicy of this government Is flrmlv oplwed to a forcible Increase by any Kuropcan pottir of Its territorial ;)os( salons on this continent; that this policy U as well founded in principle as It Is Mrongfy supported by numerous precedents, tnata a conscience the United Maie is bound to protect against the enlargement of the area of Hritlsh Culnca In derogation of the rights nnd against the will of Venezuela; that, considering the disparity in Mrength of Ureat liriutn and Venezuela the territorial dispute between them can tc reasonably settled only by friendly and impartial HrbUrallo i, and that the resort to such arbitration should include. tb? whole controversy, anil is not sutlslledlf one of the power concerned I.s permitted to draw an arbitrary lino through the territory in debate and todeel ire that it will submit to arbitration only tho pirtlon lying 6ne side of It. In vlowot these coMlUFions the dispatch In question Calle! uio the british government for a deUnlbi

sen ft iitilivoai lei'Uiiitioos i.- iximiüiucc nasi ;- v sIsowb to be ab-o.uteiy uecessari to ca.ry out tioi s of the republic mstea t of by taelr the latent of the awurd. b.ve bc-jican.f tiy cnmt'-ius a.hI res nations, mid tb-is nvaS. .j ...t !Ttrti thi. itrliHh .-nvr-rnicfnt. Lkt th-is hem-elvesf c privilege secured to thorn

aaswer to the iitieKtlon waether It would or would not submit the territorial controrentr bet w-t u Itself and eaauzaela In iu entlretT to iHiji.irtinl arbl'rattoB. The answer oi the ltrltUh government in not yet iM-ew received, but U esitetl hurtiy uheu further coimnunlcatloii on the kut,,cvi' wlli probably bo matl to the eonicre-s.

RovernioeHt of Uuwad was promntly hu, pressed. Martial law was torthultli p?.,. v "cruu' urrri were man- .f ... ,. ,.. ..!..: - ,: n" v n o i thesfl v ere . t o tVo i t)UX ieto-1 by a inlhtary court and iti ath. luiprlsoninent or Hue. or were deport. td nllhout trial. Tue United Sut., while denyHR protection to sueti as tauen ihn Mav aiiati oath of uliesmtn o insisted that martial law thoinrh altirliiir i. forms of justice eould not supersede lusrtiee it. self, und deutaaiti'd tay of execution until th-i proot edlairs had been MUtmittivd to this ti veniment aud IcnuwleJije obtalucl Iberetrum that our citizens had received fair trial. Tho death sentences mere ubemeaily commutor were lemluod on coiulltloti of Ic.imu; t(iu lfcla:nls. The cases of certain Americans a.. rusted and expelled by arbitrary order without formal charge or trial have liud utteniion. ni,,i I me Instances have been found t justify remonstrariee and a claim for indumily. much Hawaii It s not thus far conceded. Mr. Tliurston. the llavvailan mlnlstor, htii. ttu furuished this truvernmettt aluid;int uit for astum; that he bu recalled, that o. uc-a wns pursued, and his ucceftsor na.s lutuij- u,. receivul. The deplorable lynching of several Italian lalfrers In Colorado was naturally K.i'.uu ty international reprrsentatlim. und I am hupnr to say Unit the best etforis of the .stau- in which tho outrages occurred have Ixe hui forth t discover and punish the author-. ur thU atrocious crime. Tan dependent lumd'c oisomeoi tue uniortunate victims mvite bv thi-ir deplorable condition, gracious pruwswi for their uetsls. Tim f.vpitoNn Evt. These tnnuHeitatlous ugainsi he'.p'.ovi aUem rjjy le traced tlirough ucce-siw statte t, the viciou padtone -ystein w liich. unctiueLd bv our until i;r.itioii nnd contract l.ibor .tdt-utt-s, controls these workers froni the ir.oa.cat. of Iuiiuiiii.' on our shore-, aad f.irms tneia ut In disuitt and often rude regions, where th Ir cUeaix-ulug couiet'.tion In tne lb Ids of brodwinua:g toil brings them in collw.ori with Oiber lab' -r Interests. While welcomlujf. as wu sttoitld. tbiso who seek our shores to iM-ro themselves l:i our body jHflitlc.s and win jrsonal cum p lence bv h nest effort, we can w. regard such assemblages, of dbtiticttwi; alien laborers. hired out in too nia-s to the proCt or aden siictilator-i aad shipped hither und thither as tue pro-pert vt gam may dictate, as otherwise than rep 'gam to tue spirit of our c.vtilzatton. deterrent t individual advancement, uti-l a lutidrances ti the i tuldiug up of stable coauntttees ri-ttag iipua the wholesome ambitions of the citizen . nd' eoastitutlng'the prime factor ia the prosy' it and progress o! our nation. If legl-utbm can reacts this groaint; evil, it certainty should te attempted. JL COU'MZATIOX lAll.UUU. .Vs a Ketjuel to tho failure of a scheme for the eolotiit.ii mu in Mexico of ncfues. uiw.tly e-..i-g rants frotn Aliaica under cnatruct, a gri ht nuitilierof these iieiple and stiff -ring , starvln? au t Mudtcn with com -gtous a. mude their way, ur were rtsjisud. to :.ie frviticr. vrecre. in wretched cjiultttos, tiiir VTcro iuarrtntlncl by the Texas autfeom . learning of their destitute condition. I dir.el rations to be temporarily tunushod t.iera ISrougU the vcr department. At the expiMtlon cf their quarantine thf werueouvejeii by the nUway comvauie. . romearativvty nnitiul raws, to their tiou-fs In Alabiinn. u'sin my ns-urance, ln the -scuce of aav Id .d a .liable lor the ewt of ttn r transpjrtoiioa. that 1 would reenmimad t congrt-s llappror.rUitloa for it- paymaf. I nov s'.rotu i.v urgu toon congress tno propriety i t ruailag steh un appropriation. X;. 'Ra;V. In 'a .t year'i rr.e-nire I narrated at Sts Jsr..k'Uite ur.sd!ctionaUjnestijia trsea tnwuiy ar.s In the Jiojulto ImbHti -trip Of Nlciragun. Since taat tune, by tho voluntary et tue Mosijur.o aatioti. tnu territory resrre! :o t:im Si- ik-'ii tnTporaieo -.vita A;erK tae Indians Jormal.v sub.eetisg themselves bj U.e trea'.y l".iircs-n Ntearaitia unu ortat itrita n of .:.;su-ry SS. l .-. Alter this vxten-lun of uniform Klcarar in aUBiintstrutlon to the Moviuito strip, the casof tbo lUltii'a Vice-t'on-ul I taten su-i vi several of his countrymen, who hud 'i w .:- i.ianiv ex ik. lied trom .S"a..raira a . I tre..:id j Uli coosi.ji .abje Itidignt; y. pn v ri a t a :a by tireat Urluin upa Nicaragua fur peev::iiary lad -randy whlea. upon Nicaragua s rt itnovl to admit liabh.tv. wa- enforced by urrat Urilaln. While the sovereignity and Jurisdiction of rciearitgu,. w-a in no way quektioneu by tireat llntain tht. former'nurhltrary coudnct In regard to llriti-h subJecU furnUhed th.ground lor th.s proceeding. Throughout this incident the kindly oKSces of tae Uuitcd Mates were Invoked. and w n emploved in fav rof asneacefula -ett'em and a much consideration and Indulgenfto -ward N'icar.igua as were consistent with ue nature of the case. Our ciforts have since b a made the wub-ict of appreciative and graUf-i recognttlcn hy Nicaragua. SAMOA. lamy last t-vo messages Icatledthe att' ilion of tho eoagres-i to tno position we occupied us one of the parties to u treaty or agrecn' ut by which wo became jointly bound with gland and Uermiti;- to .so Inter.'eie with government n&il control of Hauton us int-5. rt to ass-imc the management of its nnairs. i ti the fribdav of Mr. ll I transmitted to v.t e;inie a Wjxiciat message with accompany -ig d-K-uments giving Information o'i u s.i iis-t and cmphuMizing tho opi- a I liavo r.t all tunes entertained, t it f.ur sitwntioa in this matter was lnc.itstent with the mit don an-l traditio is of (.-r goverimont lu violation of the principles te prrfens. and in all its phases ims-nlovou j -4 -xatlous. I aaln pn-s this subject upon i , nuentlou ot the congress und ak tot a legislative action or expression a- will "nA the way ut o.tr relief from obligations bwth ir &omc and unnatural TUB inbAXb Of CCDA. Cuba is again gravely dlsturlied. an Insurrection Is -twin re-pects More active than tj last pa'ct-tlisg revo t. which contlntifd fr" ls.l"tol-T8. now exists In a lurjft' jwrtof tae eastern interior f the Island, menm-io e4-" some iopuisl!Oas tin tbe coat. We side- deranging th" commerrtal vchanges of the Island, of wkrh 0r country talies the predomlncnt share. Uilngratit condition of hostilities by an-u -,g seutimeniul symiKithy and Inciting adveat r ous suppan among our people, has e'"'ct' earnest efforts on th jvtrt of thin government u euforre obedience to our neutiality and t.s prevei.t the territory of thtttl Ktat"- from being ahmet a- a vaituse grwwd from vrh ch to aid those lu arms agaiust .spaalsb sovereignity. Whatever may be the traditional syinpa.S? of our countrymen as In llvlditats w.th pe !. who seem to fie struggling for larger mit.. m und greater freedvrn.brvened as such vn..dBf naturallv must bo lu biuiH of our to u-h'- fs. yet the plain duty oi their government t- to observe in gr-xt faith the obligations of InterTiit i-nal reiatton-hlp. Tne performance u t.ils duty should not be made more dullcult iy limrml ii.i the iiürt or our eltlxcns Of tBC dig.Uou growing cut cf their allegwoef to tin:!.- country, which sriiHshl restrain tn frm violating - In-ilv i-iuats tbe neutri'..ty whleh th natio i of wbtcn they are inerti-"" are bound to observe In Its i- unions tofrit-iii-Iv sorerelgn states. Though neither warmth or our people's sympathy with tne ban hisnrg'its o-ir our loss and material age cousi).iuent upon the futile endeavors tno for nind to rest.ire iwacc aad orir. nor any shock our humane sensibilities t have luco'vist from the ernelile which ;iH,l toesih intly characterize this sangnlnary oa tliT.-.dy-eiHidueted war. have In the sbake.-i the determination of the kf'vcnmei to hmiestlv fultUl every InterwUlonal ""Ji, Mon. yet It h to l e earnestly hop-sl. en every ground, that the devasiaiioa or urmed confliM muy speedily be st.-rd. and ortb-r niH m . i restored to tho distracted Island, brlmpiw their train lite praet.cabillty and thrllt w lKai eftil pursuit-. ir-itt iiruvr-i Ivr-lllRMT. One notable instance of intcrfereite h'T-jPj'J with passing America a ships nas txc "..-. - is America a ships has occurre. i. w st tho Ailianca. wlille wuni If row Sew York, nnd following tho t as cU for vessels near the ( "ubin sb;fc. March H las Colon to New but outside the throe-mile limit, was tired upon by Spanish gunboat. FroteU was ly made by the United States against th- ' J ns not being Justitiell by a Mate of war- n ncriulf sllilc In r.-spect of vcsBcls on the !"-' paths of comaterce. nor tolerable In view of mo w anion peril occaslone.l to, Innocent lire a cxpression of regret nnd nsstnanee " recurrence of such Just cause of '"'P''hu while the offending onicer was relieved oi m command M 1 1. ITA It V ARItESTS. Mllltnrv nrre-ts nf citizens of the UnliM States in Cubn have Occasioned freducn reclamations, their dellv for trial ha ronfnrtnltv merely detained by way of -"KP without under a proclaimed .state of slcso, wn formulate accusation, tneir rcicaw been insisted upja.

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