Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 31, Petersburg, Pike County, 13 December 1895 — Page 6

■ 0hrfibe(Sotttttgf wwrwt M. M*0. 8TOOPS, Editor tad Proprietor. PETERSBURG. - - • INDIANA. As a matter of grace, -the Canadian government will still extend tQ American fishermen paying the license the privileges of the abrogated modus vivendi. ___ The senate in executive session, on the 3d, confirmed the nominations of Richard Olney to be secretary of state, and Judson Uarmon to be attorney general. c. _______ Francis L. IIioginson, the Boston banker, has forwarded to his eloping wife at Genoa, Italy, a cable money order for $100,000, to keep the “poor thing from starving." ■ A gavel made from a piece on the hull of the first vessel that passed through the Sault Ste. Mane canal has been presented to Speaker Reed by El H. Nelson, of Minnesota. > The British steamer Faraday will shortly leave England with the cable which is to be laid in the Amazon river from Para to Manaos, 1,400 miles, with sixteen intermediate stations.

A monster petition, bearing1 92,000 names, praying for the recognition of the Cubans as belligerents, was presented to congress, on the 6th, by Representative Rovse, of Indiana. Official information received, in Loudon, on the 6th, stated that the report that France and Russia had withdrawn from the European concert relative to Turkey was wholly unfounded. The president sent his annual message to congress on the 3d. It treats principally of our foreign relations and finance. The former is severely criticised by foreign newspapers, while the latter is warmly commended. The new British cruiser Diana was * launched, on the 5th, at Glasgow. She is 300 feet long and 5,600 tons burden. Her indicated horse power is 9,600, and her guaranteed speed 10^ knots, ller hull is of steel and her ram of bronze. Prince Ouye Wha, the second son of the king of Corea, is nowon his way to this country on a special mission to , thank President Cleveland for the interest the United States has manifested in th^. independence. of the Hermit kingdom! The most important questions to be considered by the general assembly of Virginia, now in session, will be that of holding a constitutional convention to amend the Walton election law and to modify the system of appeals in criminal cases. California's claim for $3,951,915; Oregon’s for $385,152, and that of Nevada for $404,040 for moneys, principal and interest, expended toward the suppression of the rebellion, have again been presented to congress in a bill by Senator Mitchell, of Oregon. Mr. Alexander M. Terrel, the United States minister to Turkey, cabled the state department, on the 4th, from Constantinople _ that everything relating to American interests, was satisfactory. The missionaries, he said, were safe and protected. President Evans of ^'Hedding college, at Galesburg, III., published an article, on the 5th, denouncing football and declaring that he had prohibited the game at Hedding. He terms the game a disgrace to college life and to Christian civilization. Over 550 acres of the Yorkshire tract, belonging to the McLean estate, lying on both sides of Bull Run, in Virginia, and adjoining Blackburn’s ford, were sold at public action, on the 8d, the greater portion at an average of something less than $3 per aere. Between 500 and 600 SeandinavianAmerican farmers^ principally from the great northwest, with a sprinkling of merchants, sailed from New York, on the 5th, on the Thingvalla Steamship Ca’s steamer Island, on a Christmas excursion to their old home. Thr centenary of the birth of Thomas Carlisle, the famous historian and philosopher, was celebrated at his birthplace, Ecclefiechan, near Dumfries, Scotland, on the 4th. A large number of wreaths were sent from all parts of Great Britain and the continent

Mb. Scoviixe, of the Scovule Manufacturing Co., of Water bury. Conn., the contractors for the Columbian World’s Fair medals, announced, on the 6th, that all of the 24,000 medals would be completed and ready for delivery by the middle of the present month. Edward yon Kilanti, who introduced living pictures in this country, died in New York city, on the 4th, of bronchial consumption. The body will be sent to Germany for interment. Eilanyi was born forty-three years ago in Hungary. He came of a theatrical family. <■ The Empire State express on the New York Central railroad now holds the record as the fastest- regular passenger train in the world, with a regular scheduled speed of 58.83 miles per hour to her credit. The speed of the best trains of foreign nations is: England, 51.75; Germany, 51.25; France, 49.88; Belgium, 45.04; Holland, 44.73; Italy, 43.84; Austria-Hun-gary, 41.75. Dr. A. C. Jones, one of the youngest veterans of the late war, has been elected commander of Williams Post, No. 78, G. A. R., at Muncie, Ind. February 1, 1861, he was 12 years old. August 1 of the same year he enlisted in Company G, First Iowa infantry, and took part in the battle at Springfield, Mo., ten days later. He served through the rebellion ia the Second Colorado cavalrr.

CURRENT TOPICS. THE HEWS IH BETET. LIV. CONGRESS.

(FIrut Srnalon.y Is the senate, oa the sM. an unusually large number of senators participated in the open-ing-day proceedings, the only interesting feature "of which was the swearing in of the new members, soon after which the senate adjourned until noon of the Sd, to await the receipt of the president's message......In the house Mr. Reed, of Maine, was chosen speaker by a vote of SM to #5 for ex-Speaker Crisp, and the remainder of the caucus ticket of the republicans was duly elected. The rules of the Fifty-first congress—the Reed rules—were adopted, and the drawing for seats waa followed by adjournment for the day. In the senate, on the Sd. the president's message was read and laid on the table: that part of it relating to the payment of the indemnity to British subjects iir connection with the Behring sea controversy was afterwards referred specially to the committee on foreign relations. Various bills, memorials and resolutions in reference to the atrocities in Asia Minor and looking to recognition of belligerent rights to Cuba were presented.In the house the new ebaplain created a sensation by the patriotic Character of his opening prayer. The message from the president was read and the house adjourned until the f>th. IN the senate, on the 4th. petitions for therecognition of tbe independence of Cuba were presented from the slates of Ohio and Florida, and Mr. Allen (pop..^eb.) spoke in the same interest. Resolutions were offered by Mr. Hoar (rep.. Mass.) pledging the support of the senate to the president "in the most vigorous action he mav deem fit to take for the protection and security of American citizens in Turkey. and to obtain redress for injuries committed on them.” and calling for all Information received by the president or state departinento'n the subject and as to whether American consuls in Turkey have been interfered within the performance of their duties. The house was not inssession on the 1th. In the senate, on the 5th, two im^rtant financial measures were Introduced and referred to the committee on flnauce. The first provides for the coinage of the silver bullion now in the treasury into half-dollars, quarters and dimes, and for the redemption of legaltender notes in standard silver dollars whenever the gold reserve is below #100,000,(W®. The j second provides for the unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 15)4 to 1. only when similar laws have been passed by Great Britain, France and Germany. Resolutions were offered and speeches made bearing upon the question of the i ebellion in Cuba and American recognition of belligerent rights of Cuba. Thk senate was not in session on the 6th.... In tbe house Speaker Reed announced his first committee, that on mileage, consisting of Messrs. Wright (Mass.), Bernham (Cal.), and Burrell (111.), republicans, and Pendleton (Tex.), democrat. A joint resolution was agreed to authorixing the printing of 3,500 additional copies of the monthly statistical abstract published by the treasury department. A resolution assuring the president of support in any move he may make to improve the conditio n of the Armenians met with objection and was referred. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The winter session of the German reichstag was opened on the 3d. Paris newspapers reiterate that M. Ilerthelet’s retirement from the office of minister of foreign affairs is impending. is announced that the condition of Grand Duke George, the czarowitz, is absolutely hopeless. A dissolute life is responsible.

An important measure to be introduced into the New York legislature during the coming session will be one to abolish expert medical testimony in the state, so far as it is now given by physicians and surgeons of any degree of ability who may be called by the lawyers in a trial case. A jeweler of New York city is making arrangements to offer at public sale, some time in January, the marvelous collection of jewels and gems owned by Mrs. Stanford, widow of Senator Stanford. The value of the collection is variously estimated at from $1,000,000 to S3,000,000 Tue Vienna correspondent of the London Daily News said, on the Sd, that a telegram to the Turkish embassy there announced that the sultan had resolved to break all diplomatic relations if the powers should force th€ Dardanelles. Herr Von Bulo-Berenberg was, on the 4th, re-elected president of the Herman reiokstag, receiving 229 votes out of the 298 cast. A six-story sweat-shop building on the corner of Attorney and Rivertou streets, New York, was gutted by fire on the 4th. A dozen persons had to be carried out of the two tenements on either side of the burning building, and nearly a dozen other men dropped to neighboring roofs to save their lives. Tmc wife of John Fink, a railroad engineer at Dubuque, la., died sitting at her husband’s bedside with her thimble pressed against the needle with which she was mending a garment, in which position Mr, Fink found her upon awaking in the morning. While Geo. Peck, a Chicago dyer, was using gasoline, the liquid ignited I i from friction, and he was instantly enveloped in fire. He jumped into a vat of boiling water, from which he was rescued with difficulty, probably fatally injured. In the suit of G us A. Meyer against ex-Congressman W. C. P. Breckinridge, for services rendered in the celebrated Madge Pollard case, and in which the plaintiff got a verdict before a Cincinnati magistrate, defendant paid $550 into court,on the 4th,alleging in his answer that this was the amount of fee agreed on. Goy. McIntyre, of Colorado, on the 4th, issued a requisition on Gov. Stone of Missouri for the return of Pat Crowe to Colorado. Crowe is under indictment for the larceny of valuable diamonds from Chapin’s jewelry store in Denver. He is now an inmate of the jail at St Joseph, Mo., on the charge train robbery.

- f - -—-. .... • Thk South Carolina constitutional convention adjourned sine die on the night of the 4th. On the final adoption of the constitution the vote stood 17 to 7, all the negro delegates voting against it on account of the suffrage article, and two white delegates for the indefinite reason that some parts of the constitution they considered to be unwise. Thk administrative council of the Grand Army of the Republic, on the 4th, fixed the date for the next encampment as September 1 to 4, 1896, at St. Paul, Minn. On Tuesday, September 1, will come the naval parade and opening day; September 2 the grand parade, which may be the last ever held; on Thursday and Friday, the 8d and 4th, the encampment proper will be in session. ; Thk feud among the Vanderbilts has attained so bitter a stage that the Cornelius Vanderbilts will have thefr daughter's wedding strictly private and unostentatious, simply to be different from the Willie K. Vanderbilts. Therefore, young Miss Gertrude will be married only in the pres

ence of her immediate family, w. nwill be invited—his wife, never. The Greenville hotel, located 6 miles east of Hortonville, Wis., was burned to the ground on the 5th. Wm. Reuter, an employ of the hotel, was suffocated and taken from the burning building dead. Several members of a “medicine troupe” escaped death by jumping from the second-floor win- j dows, clad only in their night clothes. Said Pasha, president of the Turkish council of state and formerly grand vizier, has taken refuge iu the British embassy at Constantinople,fearing that he will be arrested. The offices of the socialist party, ; which were recently closed in Berlin, have been removed to Hamburg," outside of the jurisdiction of Prussia. Wm. J. Murray, aged 80, died in Toled^, G., on the 4th, after voluntarily fasting forty-seven days. The bullion in the Bank of England increased £1,733,434 during the .week ended on the 5th. On the 5tli the president sent Ao the senate a batch of recess nominations. Dr. R. J. Fox. a prominent physician of Linneus, Mo., who was found guilty of stealing the body of Mrs. Gates, was, on the 5th, sentenced to the penitentiary for three years. King Humbert, gave an audience to Hon. Wayne MacVeagh, the American ambassador to Italy, on the 5th. Sam Sewell, assistant cashier of the First national bank of McGregor, Tex.,> was, on the 5th, indicted for the recent robbery of that bank. The American Catholic league was incorporated at1 Baltimore. Md., on the 7th. It is founded on broad patriotic lines, and based on the essential principles of free institutions, and it is proposed to make it one of the most important and patriotic organizations that has ever existed among Catholics. A trust, comprising almost every carpet-tack factory in the country, has been organized, and the price of tacks hassuddenly advanced to almost double the former rates. The town of Mariested, Sweden, population 3,000, was virtually destroyed by fire, which started on the night of the 5tli. Rev. F. Y. Saterlee, of Calvary church, New York city, was elected bishop of the new Episcopal diocese of Washington, D. C., on the 6th. Ox the 5th the stage running between Ager, Cal., and Klamath Falls. Ore., was robbed for the eighth tiras within as many months.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. On theV^th, while the students of Chamberlaifijjistitute, at Randolph, N. Y., were, at supper in the dining hall, tire was discovered in the main building cupola. A high wind gave the dames such headway that the fire department, which was on the scene in five minutes, was powerless. The flames communicated with the chapel, and all were burned to the ground. A report is current in court circles in London that Princess Victoria of 'Schleswig-Holstein, daughter of Prince and Princess Christian, is about to be betrothed to Count Albert Mendorff, who is related to the Moravian princely house of Dietrichtstein, and who is also a distant relative of the queen and an intimate friend of the prince of Whies. The weekly statement of the New York associated banks for the week ended on the 7th showed the following changes: Reserve, increase, $1,680,975; loans, decrease, $203, S00; specie, increase, $1,220,400; legal tenders, increase, $6S5,200; deposits, increase, 5898,500; circulation, increase, $41,100. The Canadian Soo canal has been dosed for the season. Since it opened for traffic, on September 9 last, 1,168 vessels, with registered tonnage of 747,871 tons, have passed through it. The canal was only used in daylight, owing to there being no lighting of the approaches. Mrs. Grover Cleveland has purchased a life-size intaglio of a child holding lilies, entitled “Blessed are the Pure in Heart.” It is to be sent to England as a Christmas gift from the president's wife to her friend, Mrs, Curzon, nee Leiter. * - A Paris paper says it is reported that Capt. Albert Dreyfus, who, in January last, was publicly degraded and confined in a fortress to undergo a life sentence for having divulged government secrets, has escaped to British Guiana. The London board of trade returns for November show that during that month imports increased £3,740,000, and exports increased £1,460,000, as compared with those for the corresponding month of 1894. An imperial edict has been issued in China ordering the construction of a double-track railway between Pekin and Tien-Tsin, a distance of seventytwo miles. The monthly report on forecast verifications, prepared by the weather bureau, show the percentage of forecasts verified in the month of November to be 85.2.

THE MESSAGE. President Cleveland Communicatee With the New Congress. Our Foreign Relations Reviewed Eahaustively Except the Venesuelan Affair, Which Will be Treated in a Special Message. The Financial Situation and the Sliver Question Given n Thorough Ten. ■ Ulntlon—The Gold Standard the Keynote. This Congress or ths uhited otatxs— The present assemblage of the legislative branch of our government occurs at a time when the interests of our people and the country give especial prominence to the condition of our foreign relations and the exigencies of our national fl nancies. The reports of the heads of the several administrative departments of the government fully and plainly exhibit what has been accomplished within the scope of their respective duties and present such recommendations for the betterment of our country's condition as patriotic and intelligent labor and observations suggest. 1 therefore deem my executive duty adequately performed at this time by presenting to the congress the Important phases of our situation as related to our intercourse with foreign nations, and a statement of the financial problems which confront us. omitting, except as they are related to these topics, any reference to departmental operations. I earnestly invite, however, not only the careful consideration, but the severly critical scrutiny of the congress and my fellow countrymen to the reports concerning these departmental operations. If justly and fairly examined, they furnish proof of the assiduous and painstaking care for the public welfare. 1 press the recommendations they contain upon the respectful attention of those charged with the duty of legislation, t ecause 1 believe their adoption would promote the people's good. _

Foreign Relation*. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. By amendatory legislation in January last, tho Argentine republic, recoguizlng the value of the large market open, to the free importation of Its wools under our last tariff act. h.s admitted certain products of the United States to entry at reduced duties. It is pleasing to note that the efforts we have made to enlarge the exchanges of trade on a sound basis of mutual benefit are in this instance appreciated by the country from which our woolen factories draw their needful supply of raw material. The missions boundary dispute between the Argentine Republic and Brazil, referred to the president of the United States as arbitrator . during the term of my predecessor, and which was submited to me for determination, resulted in an aw ard in favor of Brazil, upon the historical and documentary evidence presented, thus ending a long, protracted controversy, and again demonstrating the wisdom and desirability of settling international boundary disputes by recourse to friendly arbitration. (BILL Negotiations are progressing for a revival of the United States and Chilian claims commission. whose work was abruptly interrupted last year by the expiration or the stipulated time within which awards could he made. The resumption of specie payments by Chili is a step of Interest and importance, both in its direct consequences upon her own weltare as evincing the ascendency of sound financial principles in one of most influential of the South American republics. CHINA AND JAPAN. The close of the momentous struggle between China and Japan, while relieving the diplo- ; matic agents of this government from the deli- i cate duty they undertook at request of both countries of rendering such service to subjects of either belligerent within the territorial limits of the other as our neutral position permitted, developed a domestic condition in the Chinese empire which has caused much anxiety and called for prompt and careful attention. Hither as result of a weak eontrol by the central government over the provincial administrations, following a diminution of traditional governmental authority under the stress of an overwhelming national disaster or amfliiestatlon upon good opportunity of the avfjFsion of the Chinese population to all foreign ways and undertakings. there have occurred in widelyseparated provinces of China seribus outbreaks of the old fanatical spirit against foreigners, which, uncheeked by the local authorities, if not actually connived at by them, have culminated in mob attacks on foreign missionary stations, causing much destruction of property, and attended with, personal injuries as well as loss of life. Although but one American citizen was reported to have been actually wounded, and although the destruction of property may have fallen more heavily upon the missionaries of other nationalities than our own, it plainly behooved this government to take the most prompt and decided action to guard against similar or perhaps more dreadful calamities befalling the hundreds of American mission stations which have grown up throughout the interior of China under the temperate rule of toleration, custom and Imperial edict. The demands of the United States and other powers for the degradation and punishment of the responsible officials of the respective cities and provinces who. by neglect or otherwise, had permitted uprising, and for the adoption of stern measures by the emperor’s government for the protection of the life and property of foreigners, were followed by the disgrace and dismissal of certain provincial officials found derelict in duty, and the punishment by death of a number of those adjudged gu lty of actual participation in the outrages. This government also insisted that a special American commission should visit the province where the first disturbances occurred for the purpose of investigation. This latter commission. formed after much opposition, has gone overland from Tien-Tsin. accompanied by a suitable Chinese escort, and by its demonstration of the readiness and ability of our government to protect its citizens will act. it is believed, as a most influential deterrent of any similar outbreaks. The energetic steps we have thus taken are all the more likely to result in future safety to our citizens in China because the imperial government is. I am persuaded, entirely convinced that we desire i only the liberty and protection of our own Citizens and redress for any wrongs they may have suffered, and that we have no ulterior designs or objects, political, or otherwise. China will not forget either our kindly service to her citizens during her late war, nor the further fact that, while furnishing all the facilities at our command to further the negotiation of a peace between her and Japan we sought no advantages and interposed no counsel. The governments of both China and Japan have, in special dispatches transmitted! through their respective diplomatic representatives, expressed in a most pleas-! ing manner their greatful appreciation ol our assistance to their citizens during the unhappp struggle and of the value of our aid in paving the way to their resumption of peace- j ful relations.

TRANCE. The customary cordial relations between f this country and France have been undisturbed. with the exception that a full ex- j i ianation of the treatment of John L. Waller; bv the expeditionary military authorities of j Irraute still remains to be given. Mr. Waller, j formerly United States consul at Tamatave. : remained in Madagascar after his term of of- i tice expired, and was apparently successful in I procuring business concessions from theHovas 1 of greater or less value. After the occupation of Tamatave. and the j dcc.urntionof martial law by the French, he was arrested upon various charges, among them that of communioating military inform- . ution to the enemy of France, was tried and [ convicted by a military tribunal, and sen- } teneed to twenty years' imprisonment. Following the course justified by abundant pre- | cedents, this government requested from that j of France the record of the proceedings of the • French tribunal which resulted in Mr. Wal- , lor's condemnation. This request has been ! complied with to the extent of sup-; '•lying a copy of the official record. • from which appear the constitution and organization of the court, the charges as formulated, and the general course and result of the trial, and by which it is shown that the accused was tried in open court, and was defended hy counsel. But the evidence adduced in support of the charges—which was not received by the French minister for foreign affairs till the ttrst week in October—has thus far been, withheld.the French government taking the ground that its production in response to our uemand would establish a bad precedent. The efforts of our ambassador to procure it. however, though impeded by recent changes in the French ministry, have not been relaxed, and It is confidently expected that some satisfactory solution of the matter will shortly be reached. Meanwhile, it appears tbat Mr. Waller’s confinement has every alleviation whtoh the state of his health and all the other circumstances of the oase demand or permit. In agreeable contrast to the :i

difference a bore noted respecting n matter of common concern where nothing is sought except such a mutually satisfactory outcome a* the true merits of the case require Is the recent resolution of the French chambers favoring the conclusion of a permanent treaty of arbitration between the two countries. An invitation has been extended by France to the government and people of the United States to participate in the great international exposition at Parts in W». as a suitable commemoration of the close of this, the world's marvelous ceuiury of progress. 1 heartily recommend Its acceptance, together with such legislation as will adequately provide for a due representation of this government and Us peo- ’ pie on the occasion. GERMANY. Our relations with the states of the German ! empire are. in some aspects, typical of a condition of things elsewhere found in a country | whose productions and trades ure similar to < our own. The close rivalries of competing in- ! dustriesr. the iufiuence of the delusive doe- j trine that the * internal development [ of a nation is promoted and its wealth increased by a policy, which is under- | taking to reserve its home markets for the ex- j elusive use of its own producers, necessarily i obstruct their sales In foreign markets and j prevent free access to the products of the world. The desire to retain trade la-time-worn j ruts regardless of the inexorable laws of new j needs aud changed conditions of demand and • supply, and our own halting tardiness in inviting a freer exchange of commodities, and by j this means imperiling our footing in the external markets naturally open to us. have | created a situation somewhat injurious to ■ American export interests, not only in tier- j many, where they are perhaps most noticeable, i but In adjacent countries. 1 The exports affected are largely American cattle and other food products, the reason as- i signed for unfavorable discrimination sbeing j that their consumption is deleterious to the j public health. This is all the more irritating in view of the fact that no European state is as jealous of the excellence and wholesome- j ness of its exported food supplies as the United \ States, nor so easily able, on account of Inherent soundness.to guarantee those qualities. ! Nor are these difficulties confined to our food j products designed for exportation Opr great | insurance companies, for example, having j built up a vast business abropd. and in- j vested a large share of their gains j in foreign countries, in compliance j with the local laws and regulations ; then existing, now tlnd themselves withiu a ; narrowing circle of onerous and unforeseen j conditions, and are confronted by the neces- j sity of retirement from a held thus made unprofitable, if indeed, they are not summarily expelled, as some of thorn have lately been ] from Prussia. It is not to be forgotten that international i trade can not be one-sided. Its currents are ; alternating, and its movements shoulti be hon- I estly reciprocal. Without this it almost necessarily degenerates into a device to gain advantage or a contrivance to secure beaetits with oniv the semblance of a return..' If an examination of the situation suggests j such measures on our part a,s would involve restrictions similar to those from which we suffer, the way to such a course is easy; it should, however, by no means be lightly entered upon, since the necessity for the inauguration of such a policy would l»e regretted by the best sentiment of our people, and because it naturally and logically might' lead to consequences of the gravest character. 1 take pleasure In calling to your attention the encomiums bestowed on these vessels of our new navy which took part in the notable ceremony of the opening of the Kiel canal. It was titling that this extraordinary achievement of the newer German nationality should be celebrated in the presence of America's exposition of the latest developments of the world's naval energy.

* .• GREAT BRITAIN. Our relations with great Britain, always intimate and important, have demanded duritu: the past year even a greater share of consideration than ts usual. Several vexatlods questions were left undetermined by the Behring sea arbitration tribunal. The application of the principals laid down by the august body has uot been followed bv the results they were intended to accomplish, either because the principles themselves lacked in breadth and uetiniteness or because their execution has been more or less imperfect.. The need of a more effective enforcement of existing regulations, as well as the adoption of such auditional regulations as experience tfas shown to be absolutely necessary to carry out the intent of the award, have been earnestly urged upon the British government, nut thus far without effective results. In the meantime the depletion of the seal herds by means of pelagic hunting has so alarmingly progressed that unless their slaughter is at once effectively chi cked their extinction within a few years seems to be a matter of absolute certaiuty. The und rstanding by which the United States was to pay.and Great Britain to receive, a 1 imp sum of $u*5.i>j0 in full settlement of all British claims for damages arising from our seizure of British sealing vessels unauthorized under the award of the Paris tribunal of arbitration.was not confirmed by the last congress, which declined to make the necessary appropriation. lam still of theopini -'-<shat this arrangement was a judicious and u ijantageous one for.thp government, and I earnt JCly recommend that it be again considered and sanctioned. If. however. this does not meet with the favor of congress, it certainly will hardly dissent from the proposition that the government is bound by every consideration of honor and good faith to provide for the speedy adjustment, of these claims by arbitration as the only qyner alternative. A treaty of arbitration Ms therefore been agreed upon, and will iM^immediately laid before the senate so th(Ct in one of the modes suggested a tinal settlement1 may be reached. The commissioners appointed to mark the international bounds in Passamaquoddy bay. according to the description of the treaty of Ghent, have not yet fully agreed. THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY. The compietiou of the preliminary survey of that Alaskan boundary w hich follows the eontourofthe coast from the southernmost point of Prince of Wales island, until it strikes ihe one hundred and forty-tirst meridian at or uear the summit of Mount St. illias. awaits further necessary appropriation, which is urgently recommended. This survey was Undertaken uuder provisions of the convention entered into by this country and Great Britain July ra. 1892. and the supplementary convention of February 3.1SW. As to the remaining section of the Alaskan boundary whivh follows the one one hundred, and forty-tirst meridian northwardly from Mount Klias to the frozen ocean, the settlement of which involves the phvsial location of the meridian mentioned, no conventional agreement has yet been made. In the meantime the valley of ihe Yukon is becoming a highw-ay through the hitherto unexplored wilds of Alaska, and abundaut mineral wealth has been discoverfed in that region, especially at or near the juncture of the boundary meridian with the Yukon and its tributaries. In these circumstances it is expedient and. indeed, imperative, that the jurisdictional limits of the respective governments in this new region be speedily determined. Her Britanniac majesty’s government has proposed a joint delimitation of the one hundred and forty-tirst meridian by an International commission of experts, which, if congress will authorize and make due provision therefore, can be accomplished with no unreasonable delay. I call attention to the unsatisfactory delimitation of the respective jurisdictions of the United Stat«*§ and the Dominion of Canada tn the great lakes at the approaches of the narrow waters that’counect them The waters in question are frequented by tlshermen of both nationalities aud their nets are there used. Owing to the uncertainty and ignorance as to the true boundary, vexatious disputes and injurious seizures of boats and nets by Canadian cruisers often occur while any positive settlement thereof by an ac> epted standard ts not easily to be reached. A joint commission to determine the line in those quarters, on a practical basis, by measured courses following range matks on shore. Is a necessity for which immediate provision should be mude.

THS VXSKVIULB BUUBU4HI. It being apparent that the boundary dispute between Great Britain and the republic of Venezuela, concerning the limits of British Guiana, was approaching an acute stage, a detinite statement of the interest and policy of the t nfted States as regards the controversy seemed to be required both on its account, and in view of its relations with the friendly powers directly concerned. In July las* therefore, a dispatch was addressed1 to our ambassador at London for communication to the British government, in which the attitude of the United Sthtes was fully aud distinctly set forth. The general conclusions there reached and formulated are in substance that the traditional and established policy of this government is firmly opposed to a forcible increase by any European power of its territorial possessions on this continent; that this policy is as well founded in principle as it is strongly supported by numerous precedents: that as a consequence the United States is bound to protect against the enlargement of the area of British Guinea in derogation of the rights and against the will of Venezuela; that, considering the disparity in strength of Great Britain and Venezuela the territorial dispute between them can be reasonably settled only by friendly and impartial arbitration, and that the resort to such arbitration should include the whole controversy, and is not satisfied If one of the powers concerned is permitted to draw an arbitrary line through the territory in debate and to declare that it will submit to arbitration only the portion lying one side of it. In view of these conclusions the dispatch in question called upon the British government for a definite

answer to the quntton whether it would or would not submit the territorial controvertybetween itself and Veneaaueia in Its entirety to lmoartial arbitration. The answer of the British government haw not yet been received, but is expected shortly,, when further communication on the subject will probably be made to the congress. the uwiiux umiuc Early in January last an uprising against th* government of Hawaii was promptly suppressed. Martial law was forthwith proclaimed. and numerous arrests were made of persons suspected of be Ins in sympathy with, the royalist party. Among these were several citizens of the United States, who were either convicted by a military court and sentenced to death, imprisonment or tine, or were deported without trial. The United States, while denying protection to such as had taken the Hawaiian .oath of allegiance insisted that martial l»w though altering the forms of justice could hot supersede justice itself. and demanded stay of execution until the proceedings had been submitted to this government and knowledge obtained therefrom that our citizens had received fair trial. The death sentouces were subsequently commuted or were remitted on condition of leaving the. islands. The cases of certain Americans arrested and expelled by arbitrary order without, formal charge or trial have had attention, and in some instances have been found to justify remonstrance and a claim for indemity. which Hawaii h.s not thus far conceded. Mr. Thurston, the Hawaiian minister, having furnished this government abundant reason for asking that he be recalled, that course, was pursued, and his successor hgs lately been, received. * The deplorable lynching of several Italian, laborers in Colorado was naturally followed by international representation, and i am happy to say that the best efforts of the state in which the outrages occurred have been pus forth to1 discover and punish the authors of this atrocious crime. The dependent families of some of the unfortunate victims invite, by their deplorable condition, gracious provision, for their needs. the padrone evil. These manifestatious against helpless aliens, may be traced through successive stages to* the vicious padrone system which, unchecked, by our immigration and contract labor statutes, controls these workers from the moment. ^ of landing on our shores, and farms them out ~ in distaut and often rude regions, where their / cheapening competition in the Helds of breadwinn.ng toil brings them in collision with, other labor interests. Whtle welcoming, as we should, those who seek our shores to merga themselves in our body politics and win personal competence by honest effort, we can not. regard such assemblages of distinctively alien laborers. hired out in lh«mass to the profit of ‘alien speculators and shipped hither and thither as the prospect of j gain may dictate, as otherwise than repugnantto the spirit of our civilization, deterrent to individual advancement, and a hindrances to the building up of stable committees resting upon the wholesome ambitions of the citizen and constituting the priue factor in the prosperity and progress of our nation. If legislation can reach this growing evil, it certainly should be attempted.

A VOUJMUSUHI fAILltil. As a s«quel to the (allure ol a scheme (or the colonization in Mexico of negoofes, mostly emigrants from Alabama under contract, a great number o( these helpless and suffering people, starving and smitten with tout gious diseases, made their "way. or were assisted, to the frontier. where, tu wretched condition, they were quarantined by the Texas authorities. Learning of their destitute condition, i directed rations to be temporarily furnished them through the war department. At the expiration of their quarantine they were conveyed by the milway companies..at, comparatively nominal rates, to their homes . in Alabama, upon my assurance, in the absence of any tund available for the cost of their transportation, that I would recommend to congress uu appropriation for its payment. I now strongly urge upon congress the propriety of making such an appropriation. NIC A K All I'A S ; In last year s message I narrated at soldo length the jurisdictional questions then freshly arisen in the Mosquito Indian strip of Nicaragua. Since that time, by the voluntary act of the Mosquito uation. the territory reserved to them has been incorporated with Nicaragua, the Indians formally subjecting themselves to be governed by the general laws and regulations of the republic instead of by their own customs and regulations, and thus availing themselves of a privilege secured to them by the treaty between Nicaragua and Great Britain of January 3S. 16e0. After this extension of uniform Nicaraguan administration to the Mosquito strip, the case of the B, itish Vice-Consul Hatch and of several of his countrymen, who had been summarily expelled from Nicaragua and treated with considerable indignity, provoked a claim by Great Britainhpon Nicaragua for pecuniary indemnity which, upon Nicaragua's refusal to admit liability, was enforced by Great Britain. While the sovereignity and jurisdiction of Nicaragua was in no way questioned by Great Britain the former's arbitrary conduct in regard to itritUh subjects furnished the ground for this proceeding. Throughout this incident the kindly offices of the United States were invoked, and wereemployed in favor of as peaceful a settlement , and as “u,iiiiil“*">t :,r“ and indulgence* toward Nicaragua as wereVonsistent with the nature of the case. Our efforts have since been made the subject of appreciative and grateful.' recognition by Nicaragua. \ SAMOA. \ In inv last two messages 1 called the attention of the congress to the position we occupied as one of the parties to a treaty or agreement by which we became jointly bound with England aud Germany to so interfere with thegovernment and control of Samoa as in effect to assume the management of its affairs. On the 9th day of May. 1*1*4. 1 transmitted to the senate a special message with accompanying documents giving information on the subject and“ emphasizing the opinion 1 have at ali times entertained, that - our’ situation in this matter was inconsistent with the mission and traditions of our government in violation of the principles we. profess, and in all its phases mischievous and vexatious, i again press this subject upon theattention of the congress-and ask for such legislative action or expression'as will lead the way to our relief from obligations both irksome and unnatural. THE ISLAND OF CUBA. Cuba is again gravely disturbed, an insurrection is some respects more active than the last preceding revo t, which continued»frona. 1S6S to 1*7S. now exists in a large part of the eastern interior of the island, meuaciug even, some populations on the coast7. Besides deranging the commercial exchanges of the island, of which our country takes the predominent share, this flagrant condition of hostilities by arousing sentimental sympathy and inciting adventurous support among our people, has entailed; earnest efforts on the part of this government, to enforce obedience to our neutrality laws and to prevent the territory of the United States from being abused as a vantage ground from which to aid those in arms against Spanish sovereignity. Whatever may be the traditional sympathy of our countrymen as individuals with people who seem to be struggling for larger autonomy and greater freedom .deepened as such sum a thy naturally must be in behalf of our neighbors, yet-the plain duty of their government is to ob-erve in good faith the obligations of international relationshipi The performance or this duty should not be made more difficult by a disregard on the part of our citizens of the; obligations growing out of their allegiance totheir country, which should restrain them, from violating as individuals the neutrality which the nation of which they are member*, are bound to observe in its relations to friendly sovereign states. Though neither th» warmth of our people's sympathy with the Cuban insurgents nor our loss and material damage consequent upon the futile endeavors thus, far made to restore, peace and order, nor any shock our humane sensibilities may have received from the cruelties which appear to especially characterize this sanguinary and fiercely-conducted war. have in the least, shaken the determination of the government, to honestly fulfill every international obligalion, yet it is to be earnestly hoped, en every ground, that the devastation of armed conflict may speedily be stayed, and order and quiet restored to the distracted island, bringing IK tbeir train the practicability and thrift at peaceful pursuits. , ,

THIS ALUAflWA WVUFM*. One notable instance of interference bv Spain with passing American ships has occurred. On March 8 last the Allianca, while bound from Colon to New York, and following the customary track for vessels near the Cuban shore, but outside the three-mile limit, was tired upon by a Spanish gunboat. Protest was promptly made by the United States against this-act as not being justified by a state of war. nor permissible in respect of vessels on the usual’ paths of commerce, nor tolerable in view of the wanton peril occasioned to innocent life and property. The act was disavowed, with full expression of regret and assurance of non-, recurrence of such just cause of complaint, while the offending officer was relieved of hia! command. Military arrests of citizens of the UnitedStates in Cuba have occasioned frequent, reclamations. Where held on criminal charges., their delivery to the ordinary civil jurisdiction; for trial has been demanded, and obtained, in , conformity with treaty provisions, and where, merely detained by way of military precaution: under a proclaimed state of slsge, wiwitmt; formulate accusation, their release or trial ban been insisted upon. MILITARY ARRESTS.