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CtlAPTICU XVIlL-KCominufd.)
Thi'y rciichi'd Parla and dlmrtly wero
ptullllii'i a lu auotlu'r hoiim, at tho
llutt l tie Clslrvlllo. Ilure the klinl licurl
l Couut Krcilrrlc nd hin amiatilu wif
(ouemttilaiod tlii'iiiBclvci tijioti having
KiitutTed toKi'tlnT no liii'T a family pur
ty; and do (mine were aparvd to con
tribute to the cnjoj riii nt of i-ach. lto
had Di'Vfr been lu l'urla before; it ajili'ii
dora aud gnlfllra were novel and plvaainj;
to her. liut ivi-ry id Joy incut had li
rhlcf aoiirce from tlio inncooe of I.ouIk;
iiolblnu wa roiiiiilt'te If lie wrro not at
llxr alilo to ahare In her plaaurii and it
clmrmi'd lilm to perceive thin.
"You ahall dwell hero, aoiiie day, my
Uoi," he uld to her, vlih hi own
brlifht miillo that the young girl loved ao
well.
And nhft mulled in return; while Ileh-n
MoutaubuQ tn rued away, with a dark
gleam In her even a darker frown on
that aplvndld brow.
"Home day! How little," ld the
haughty womiin, mentally, "how little do
they dream that the will of another i
to exercUo authority tbeu! They count
conlidently on their future upon the fate
that In awaiting them. Ab, It they knew
what It la to be-that fate!"
Now that 1'arU waa gulued, he wa
nearer to her purpose, aud the fierce im
patienee ahe had felt tiibaided aa lio
approached to the consummation of that
purpoite. Not becnuiw ahe quailed, or
ahrauk from It, hut that now idle was
ablo to' contemplate It more nearly to
look upon her revenge aa almoNt aecotu
pllahed, and ahe waa content to wait yet
longer.
'
"Helen, yon arc 111, I think," laid Fran
cla ICgertou In alarm.
She had been ulttlng In the same atti
tude for a full hour, with her head rent
ing on her hand, nnd those dark, calm
cyca fixed on tho floor. Hot her lips were
very pale, and her faee marble white.
"You are 111, Helen," he repeated, gent
ly, bendlug over to attract her attention,
and laying IiIm baud on hera. But the ley
eoldacaa of that band chilled and atartled
him.
"Y'ou are not quite right, my lord," the
answered; "for 1 am not ill exactly, and
yet I am not well. I have merely a se
vere headache." And ahe preyed her
hand to her brow.
"A headache la that all? Nay, you
are feverlnh, for now your cheekg are
burning. Let nie auk your father to aend
for a phyaiclaln. Y'ou may, perhnpt,
have taken tho fover which 1 prevailing
in the city. Dear Helen, be advised!"
"Francia, I command you to remain
where you are," aald Mmlemolncllo Mon
tauban, imperatively. "I have assured
you that I am not ill, and I do not wtah
either to attract attention or to interfere
with the enjoyment of oilier. Since you
are bo anxious, I ahall endeavor to rest
awhile In my own apartment, and may
regain my usual spirits by evening, in
whch case I will rejoin the family. Pre
sent my excuse to them, If you please."
She left him aud ascended to her cham
ber. Night came. The rct of the family
were to attend the opera. Helen Mon
tauban assigned a aevere headache aa
her reason for not accompanying them,
and remained at home. From the case
ment of her room she looked- down and
satv the carriago roll away from the
gates. I
An hour afterwards there emerged
from the hotel a youth, wearing a broad
hat slouched over his eyes ami a cloak,
which ho drew about him. half concealing
bis faco with It folds. Ho looked back
with a hurried, nervous glance as he
gained tho portal. "No one has seen me,"
he muttered, "and the rest is suflliiontly
easy." At a rapid pace ho hastened on.
It was dark; but tho lamps in the streets
poured a Hood of light along his way nt
he proceeded, and crowds of pedestrians
passed him anil the way was thronged
with carriages aud vehicles of every de
scription. He only drew his hat further
over his eyes, arranged the folds of the
cloak so as more fully to hide his fea
tures, and hurried along, passing from
one street to another, nnd never lookin?
nt a single face in all the jostling multi
tude about him.
At length, lu a retired street, he reach
ed the door of a building, half shop, half
dwelling; At this door he knocked. A
domestic appeared, bearing n light, which
she held up to survey the features "of
the youth; but ho shrunk further back
Into the shadow, and gathered the fold
of the cloak more closely about htis face
as he asked, in a low and somewhat
hoarse voice:
"Is the alchemist at home?"
"He Is, monsieur. Will you come in?"
The youth entered, the woman looking
at him with a half-curious glance for an
instant; but then muttering to herself,
"Well well, I need not trouble my head;
he Is not the first mask that has come
hither," she added aloud: ,"This way,
monsieur; you will find my muster in
here," and led the way through the room
into which ho had entered from the street
to a back one, opening from tho first.
Here was an old man, bent half double,
seated at a table, and engaged In poring
over a rich and curious volunua of an
tique appearance. About the apartment
were arranged, in different .places, vari
ous stuffed figures of animals, and some
of them reptiles so hideous as to send an
involuntary Bhtver over the boy as he be
held them. Strange and horrible forms
were everywhere about him; he turned
from contemplating them in disgust. The
old man laid aside his book and looked
up.
"You want me? well, what is it?" he
said, leaning back in his chair, and re
garding his guest closely with the pierc
ing dark eyes that scorned still darker
and more piercing from tho bushy, snow
white brows that overhung them.
The youth spoke not, nor removed the
cloak from his face; but silently advanc
ing, presented a folded paper to the old
man. - He received and glanced over it.
A slight frown darkened over his face,
and again he fixed on the boy that same
searching glance.
"You do not want me, but my wife,"
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A
TRUE
STORY
OF
THE
SOUTH
OF
FRANCE
Secret!
he said. "I touch not such matters
this," and he handed back the paper.
Then going to a auial! door In the wall,
be o"m.''l It and called, "Uiaura J!i
anca." ,
An Instant and there appeared at this
door a tall, dark-luuking yet splendidly
handsome woman, with a brunette com
plexion, magnificent black eyes and a no
ble and commanding form. Those eyea
were fixed upon the uiuflled figure and
half-concealed face of the stranger.
"Itlnnca," said the old man, "here is
one who has need of your aervlces."
"What do yon want?" asked the wom
an, lu the sweetest and most musical of
voices, as she came forward, with her
glance still fastened on the youth "what
do you want?"
He gave her the paper, which she pe
rused. Then regarding him closely once
again, ahe said;
"Follow me, and I will obtain for yon
what you desire.'
Without further speech, ah crossed to
the opposite aide of the room, to where
a chintt curtain hung before a low arch
way; lifting this, ahe passed through, and
beckoned to him. He followed.
They were now in a kind of large
closvt, which contained two or threo
chairs, a circular table covered with
hoxca and vials of different sizes and
shapes. Tho woman seated herself be
fore this table, over which was burning
a brazen lamp, pendant from the wall.
She motioned to tho youth to take another
near her. He did so.
"Io you know," ahe aald, reading the
contents of the paper again, "what it is
that you wish for?"
"Yea. Hasten; I must have it!"
.A purse of gold was flung upon the
table before her. She saw the glitter
strike through Its meshes and smiled.
"Y'ou know the worth of your wish.
There Is but one physician, I believe, now
living who Is acquainted with the secret
of this drug."
The youth shuddered visibly. His dark,
burning eyes were fixed upon the face of
the woman. ,
"Y'ou doubtless know the effect of it?"
she asked next, as she opened a small
casket of solid Iron, which stood among
other boxes on the table.
"I do."
If her luteution had been to penetrate
the boy'a disguise, or to hear the tones of
his voice, ahe waa bullied. She abandon
ed the attempt, therefore and proceeded
to take from the casket certain vials,
nearly all of which were filled with some
liquid. Perhaps twelve of these were re
moved, and the casket appeared entirely
empty; when, touching a secret spring, a
false bottom was removed, disclosing
three smaller vials lying side by side in
separate compartments. The one lying
In the center she took up; it was filled
with a fluid colorless as water.
The boy bent forward, breathing heav
ily, his burning glance fixed eagerly upon
It. He stretched out his hand to' take it;
that hand was small and fine and lily
white. The woman saw it, but her quick
eyes were Instantly fixed upon the vial
again.
"No no!" she said, calmly. "This con
tains a hundred times the quantity you
want. A single drop Is sufficient to rid
you of your worst enemy your rival, if
you have one.
The youth shuddered again; nnd she
marked well the shudder, but there was
nothing strange to her In it. She recog
nized the feelings actuating him; she was
accustomed to these things, and did not
seem to observe his emotion.
Selecting a small vial from a box of
empty ones beside her, she measured out
nnd poured into it a very small quantity
of the lluid; then stopping the mouth of
this vial tightly, she melted a piece of
wax and sealed It over.
"Here is the drug. A death warrant is
in your hands," she said finally, giving
it to the youth.
He grasped It eagerly; the fingers that
clutched it trembled. Pointing to the
purse which he had thrown upon the ta
ble, be thrust the vial into his breast,
passed through the archway, through sthe
outer room, and gaining the passage,
once more-entered the street.
Cool and damp the night air swept over
his burning forehead. With a deep
drawn breath he hurried ou, still grasping
the fragile vial containing' that death po
tion, nnd escaping fearfully ' from the
neighborhood where it had been obtained.
Knch moment ho turned his head to ace
that no one followed him; for he was in
possession of that which might, iu more
ways than o'ae, prove dangerous to its
owner; and the scrutiny of those splendid
eyes haunted him. But besides himself,
not a soul traversed the now silent and
deserted street. Yet he shivered with
strong excitement. With rapid nnd al
most noiseless steps, he hurried on.
And the Italian, Bianca, looking forth
an instant after tho slight figure that flit
ted ou tbrough the gloom, turned again to
the room In which sat the aged alchemist.
"Yon gave the boy his drug, Bianca?"
ho asked, raising his head.
"Yes yes! but I tell yon, it was a wom
an's heart that throbbed beneath that
mantle; a woman's hand and a beautiful
one, too that paid nie in yellow coin.
See!" and she tossed the heavy purse to
her husband; "there is the reward the
price for which I have sold the life of
another mortal! How many are entered
on my list now, I wonder?" She laugh
ed bitterly, and then a deep, despairing
groan followed the laugh.
And along the streets of Paris at mid
night, sped the figure of that boy; on on,
with nervous aud shuddering haste, still
clasping the fatal vial. Till, nt length,
the Hotel do Clairville is gained once
more, and unseen, unheard, he glides si
lently in, and stealing up the stairs, en
ters a chamber, and securing the door,
flings aside the disguise of that night's
guilt. And Helen Montaubnn stands re
veuledl CHAPTER XIX.
A month had been passed in Paris, and
the party were preparing for a return to
the chateau, with the exception of Louis,
who was to remain here some three
weeks longer, and then follow them, so as
to reach the residence of his oncle a day
or two before the wedding ceremony,
which was to take place on the first day
of the mailing month.
It waa a wild, dark, stormy night when
the carriage of the marqui approached
once more the neigh hohood of the Cha
teau Montauban. The tempest raged
with UrribU fuiyi the darkness was that
of the murkiest midnight. All along tha
forest road, the glaut tree skirting the
way creaked and groaned aa if almost
with human agony, and the tossing of
their mighty anus, Bun in the gloom.
waa yet heard wKu dreadful distinct
ness; while, to add to tha impression of
awe that kept each of our travelers silent
the deep and mournful wailing of the on
chained winds ahiiMt took the sonnd of
human voices shriei'-i In desnalr. - An
inward horror J-leo Mouuul
lixia voices setJhV (i utter ber name
io wan ionn upon me nignt tne awrui
secret over which she brooded; to de
nounce ber with the tones of fiends, and
declare her g'lilty-a murderess!
A band, una II and trembling, and icy
cold, was laid on hers. With a faint,
shuddering cry upon her lips, she started,
and then sank back again, almost faint
ing. It was no spirit's touch, but the
touch of poor little Kose herself, who,
cold with terror, nestled up to her com
panion, anl sought the frien lly clasp of
her hand, to re-assure ber own sinking
neart.
"Ah, dear Helen, what is It diJ I
frighten you?" anxiously asked the young
girl.
"What is it-wbat is It?" uttered the
rest, eagerly.
Ang;rH t her own weakness and want
of self-command, even while she still
shuddered from head to foot, Mademoi
selle Montauban made some hasty apolo
gy, and relapsed into silence again. Won
dering at her strange manner, Itose, too,
shrank within herself once more.
And the tempest raved more wildly yet
Onward pressed the drenched horses,
over the rough, uneven road, that threat
ened every moment, with jagged ruts
and scattered stumps aud rocks, which
could not be avoided for the darkness, to
overturn the carriage. It jolted tearfully.
The utmost care was insufficient to guard
against danger. If the fain had not pour
ed so violently, all would have preferred
walking the remainder of the distance to
remaining Id the carriage. They proceed
ed slowly and with difficulty.
"Helen," the marquis said, kindly, "I
think we arc almost at home now. Rose,
my poor little darling, you are sadly
alarmed, I fear!" And be took her little,
cold bund in bis own. "How cold you
are! Francis, hand me my cloak, which
is somewhere beside you. That is it." He
wrapped it tenderly about her, drawing
the immense and heavy folds closely to
gether. But the words were arrested upon her
lips by a fearful sound1 that drew the
attention of all. Torn by the force of the
tempest from their trunks, the sturdy
limbs of the overhanging trees were
thrown with .furlourrtrce" along their
path, striking the carriage, and falling
upon the frightened beasts, who, mad
dened with pain and terror, sprang for
ward, leaping wildly over the obstacles
in their way and dashing the vehicle from
side to side with a violence that every in
stant threatened destruction to those
within. The reins were toru from the
hands of the paralyzed driver, and drag
ged about the feet of the terrified ani
mals, over whom there was no longer
control. Still the carriage swajed to
and fro, aud death seemed to alt the si
lent, stricken party within at every mo
ment inevitable. The moment was one
of awful suspense; but that suspense
was not destined to be prolonged. Sud
denly, in their blind course, the horses
stumbled, the carriage swung on one side,
and was dashed to the earth.
"Helen Rose my children!" called the
voiceof the marquis, "are you hurt?"
There ""as no answer. The voices of
the Count de Clairville and Francis Eg
erton alone were heard.
"Adele!" cried the count to his wife,
"I cannot see you; speak to me tell me
that you are uninjured!"
"Ah, my wrist it is broken, I believe!"
uttered the countess, in a tone of pain.
"But that is nothing; where are those
dear children? If one could but see!"
"Helen Rose!" called the marquis
again, in agony. "Ah, for lights!"
With the utmost difficulty and danger
as well, from their close neighborhood to
the hoofs of the struggling and kicking
horses, the gentlemen extricated their
compauions and themselves from the ve
hicle in the darkness. Furiously the rain
poured down, drenching them to the skin
in an Instant. All, however, were found
to be safe, exceptiug Mademoiselle Mon
tauban and Rose, neither of whom be
trayed the least sign of consciousness. It
was too dark to distinguish their fea
tures. A faint sigh breathed from the lips of
Helen. Supported by the arm 'of Lord
Egcrton, she endeavored to rise to her
feet. Aa almost Inaudible thanksgiving
escaped from him. She avas safe. . Did
not this woman repent, in that moment,
when her owu life wns spared, the wick
ed design that she had entertained? No
never for a single moment!
"Where is Rose?" she ased, hoarsely,
and with a strange, unnatural voice. A
wild hope darted through her brain. Had
death anticipated her?
Poor child! lying senseless in the arms
of the marquis, no sound reached her
now. Alike insensible to the pain of that
hour, or to the falling rain that saturated
her clothing yet failed to revive her, she
lay there moveless aud silent.
(To be continued.)
(ieels Mnst.
Mrs. Upton I saw Mr. Newton bow
ing with the most courtly grace to a
very commonplace woman. He's a
gentleman of the old school, Isn't he?"
Mr. Upton No, a geutleman of the
new school.
"New school?"
"Yes. He lives In the suburbs, and
that was his cook." New York Week
ly.' -. ' '
Unprecedented Thou htfnlness.
Mr. Gnsper-I am going to have the
courts look Into the siinlty of that mau
who lives next door.
Mrs. Gasper Why?
Mr. Gasper Well, he's taking les
sons on & horn nnd told me If his play
ing annoyed us he would give up learn
ing. Ohio State Journal.
Cured Now.
She Have you ever beeu in love?
He Oh, yes, I have had all the child
ish diseases mumps, whooping cough,
aud all the rest. Somervllle Journal
PRESIDENT
- TO. CONGRESS
Chief Executive Sends Alessre to
People's Lawmakers
HANDLES AUTXERS BEFORE PUBLIC
Favors Lewis and Clark Exposition Undesirable
Class of Immigrants Should be Kept Out Ap
point Commission to Inquire Into Needs of Ship
pingExtend Rural Free Delivery Better Legis
lation for Alaska Panama Canal Question.
WASHINGTON, Dec. T. President
RooBivelt's meaaoge to Congreaa waa read
before the Senate and House today. Tbe
text nf the nttuuur fotWtws:
To the Semite and House of Representa
tives:
The country Is to be congratulated on
Am..n Af aiiVintfintiui fto htevfiment
which has marked the past year, both
as regards our foreign and aa regards our
domestic poucy.
With a nation aa with a man the most
Important things are those ot the house-
h.t( avi 1hnrtr,rm ,h OAlintrV iS MM"
clally to be congratulated on what has
been accomplished tn the direction of pro
viding tor the exercise of supervision over
the great corporations and combinations
of corporations engaged in Interstate com
merce. The Congress has created the De-
r.artnmt nr rjimm,rf, inn I .H mil . uiuiuu-
lng the Bureau of Corporations, with for
publicity of such proceedings of these
. km- hn. tha
great corporations aa iu v"""-
rinkl tn lrnno It haa nrovldad for the
expediting of aulta for the enforcement of
the Federal anti-trust law; ana uy an
other law It haa secured equal treatment
a All niu4ii.AiMi In tha transDortatlon Of
their goods, thua taking a long stride
forward In making enecuve tne wora.
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
Indications Are That tho Surplus of
the Present Year Will Be Small. :
From all source, exclusive of the pos
tal service, the receipts of the Government
,k lant flufti vast ttezreffated S560.396.-
674. The expenditures for the same period
were XjOS.osa.wi. me surplus ior me iibom
year being $54,297,667. The indications are
that the aurplus for the preaent fiscal year
will be very small, If Indeed there be any
aurplua. A large surplus as cer-
..ir.iv unripalrnhl- Two rears afro the
war taxes were jaken off with the express
intention oi equalizing me wivernmcnuu
uolnta anil Ynpnrlitura 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
........ . nnmnt tilth til AYPrrlftA P Tft S fill
economy tn appropriations, and to scan
sharply any change in our fiscal revenue
system which may reduce our income.
The Integrity of our currency is Deyona
question, and under present .conditions It
would be unwise and unnecessary to att
imni roennst ruction of our entire mone
tary system. The same liberty should be
granted the Secretary of the Treasury to
deposit the customs receipts as la granted
him In tha rlenns.lt of recelDta from Other
sources. In my message of December 2,
1902, I called attention to certain neeas oi
the financial situation, and I again ask
the consideration of the Congress for these
questions.
FRAUDS IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
Appropriations Urged to Investigate
Land and Postal Affairs.
In my last annual message. In connec
tion with the subject of the due regula
tion of combinations of capital which are
or may become injurlous-to the public, I
recommend a special appropriation for the
better enforcement of the antitrust law
as It now stands, to be expended under
the direction of the Attorney-General. Ac-
;ordlngly (by the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation act of February 25,
1903, 33 Stat., 8o4. 904); the Congress ap
propriated, for the purpose of enforcing
the various Federal trust and interstate-
commerce laws, the sum of 1300,000 to be
expended under the direction of the Attorney-General
In the employment of spe
cial counsel and agents In the Department
of Justice to conduct proceedings and
prosecutions under said laws in the courts
of the United States. I now recommend,
as a matter of the utmost importance and
urgency, the extension of the purposes of
this appropriation, so that It may be
available, under the direction of the Attorney-General,
and' until used, for the
due enforcement of the laws of the United
States In general and especially of the
civil and criminal laws relating to public
lands and the laws relating to postal
crimes' and offenses and the subject of
naturalization. . Recent investigations
have shown' a deplorable state of affairs
In these three matters of vital concern.
By various frauds and by forgeries and
perjuries, thousands ot acres of the pub
lic domain, embracing lands of different
character and extending through vari
ous sections of the country, have been
dishonestly acquired.
RURAL FREE-DELIVERY SERVICE
System Must Be Extended, and Sal
aries of Carriers Adjusted.
The rural free delivery service has been
steadily extended. The attention of the
Congress is asked to the question ot the
compensation of the letter carriers and
clerks engaged In the postal service,
especially on the new rural free-delivery
routes. More routes have been Installed
since the first of July last than in any
like period In the department's history.
W hile a due regard to economy must be
kept in mind In the establishment of new
routes, yet the extension of the rural' free
delivery system must be continued, for
reasons of sound public policy. No Gov
ernmental movement of recent years has
resulted In greater Immediate benefit to
the people of the country districts.
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION
Congress Should Give It Support as
Well as Recognition.
I trust that the Congress will continue to
favor In all proper ways the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition. This exposition
commemorates the Louisiana purchase,
which was the first great step in the ex
pansion which made us a continental
Nation. The expedition ot Lewis and
Clark across the continent followed there
on, and marked the beginning ot the
process of exploration and colonization
which thrust our National boundaries to
the Pacific. The acquisition of the Oregon
Country, including the present States of
Oregon and 'Washington, was a fact of
Immense Importance in our history; first
giving ua our place on the Pacific sea
board, and making ready the way for our
ascendency In the commerce of the- great
est of the oceans. The centennial of our
establishment upon the Western Coast
by the expedition of Lewis and Clark, is
to be celebrated at Portland. Or., by an
Exposition Id the Summer of 130S; and this
event should receive recognition and sup
port from the National Government.
DEVELOPMENT OF ALASKA.
Legislation Is Needed and the Survey
. of. Public Landa Urged.
I call your special attention to the Ter
ritory of Alaska. The country Is develop
ing rapidly, and It has an assdred future.
The mineral wealth Is great and has as
yet hardly been tapped. The fisheries, tf
wisely handled and kept under National
control, will be a business as permanent
as any other, and of the utmost Import
ance to the peeple. The forests. If
properly guarded, will form another great
source of wealth. Portions of Alaska
are fitted for farming and atockralstng-,
although the methods must be adapted to
the peculiar. conditions of the country.
Alaska la attuateri In tha ITa. .
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so are Norway and Sweden and Finland;
ana Aiasxa can prosper and play Its part
in the New World Just as those nations
have prospered and nlavtvl their no,.
the Old World. Proper land laws should
oe enactea ana the survey of the public
lands Immediately begun. Coal-land laws
shold be provided wherahv tha
entryman may make his location and se-
i-uns paiem unaer metnoas kindred to
those now prescribed for homestead and
mineral entrvmen. Ralmnn hatr.hai-i.a in
clusively under Government control.
suuma oe estaousnea. The cable should
be extended from Sitka lest ward. Wagon
roads and trails shnnM 1m h,,iu .,.
building of railroads promoted in all le
gitimate ways. Lighthouses ahould be
uuni aiong ine coast.
HAWAII.
Greater Power Should Be Vested In
the Governor.
T reonmmanrl that an enm.n,atnn V.
made for hnlMIno' 1lirhth,itAA in -u..ii
and taking possession of those already
uuiil. im lorruory snouia oe reimDursed
for whatever amounts It has already ex
pended for Utrhthonaea The. ruomnr
should be empowered to suspend or re-
muv any omciai appointed Dy mm with
out submitting the matter to the Legis
lature. INSULAR POSSESSIONS.
Philippines Should Be Knit Closer by
Tariff Agreements.
Of our insular nniuHfltAn, tha Ohtitn.
Pines and Porto Rlr-n it la mtiMn. t
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say that their steadv nmirMi h heen
such as to make it unnecessary to spend
raucn lime in discussing them. Yet the
Congress should, ever Veep In mind that
a peculiar obligation rests upon us to
further in every way the welfare of
these communities. The Philllppines
should be knit closer to ua by tariff ar
rangements.
PUBLIC LANDS.
Necessity for Revision of the Laws Is
Pointed Out.
The cash receipts of the General Land
Office for the last fiscal year were
$11,024,743.65, an increase of J4.762,816.47
over the preceding year. Of this sum.
approximately, X8.461.493 will go to the
credit of the fund for the reclamation
of arid land, making the total of this
fund, up to the 30th of June, 1903, ap
proximately, $16,191,836.
Experience has shown that In the Weft
ern States themselves, as well as In the
rest of the country, there is widespread
conviction that certain ot the public-.and
laws and the resulting- administrative
practice no longer meet the present r.ceds.
The character and uses of the remaining
public lands differ widely from those of
the public lands which the Congress had
especially In view when these laws were
passed The rapidly Increasing rats of
dispose of the public lands la not fol
lowed by a corresponding Increase In
home-building. There Is a tendency to
mass in large holdings public lands, es
pecially timber and grazing lands, and
thereby to retard settlement. I renew and
emphasise my recommendation of laft
year that so far as they are available fcr
agriculture In Its broadest sense, aiu' to
whatever extent they may be reclal.ood
urder the national Irrigation "aw, the re
maining public lands should be held
rigidly for the home-builder. The atten
tion of the Congress is especially dirf cted
to the timber and stone law, the desert
land law, and the commutation clause
of the homestead law, which In their oper
ation have in many respects conflicted
with wise public-land policy. The discus
sions In the Congress and elsewhere have
made It evident that there Is a wide di
vergence of opinions between those holc"
Ing opposite views on these subjects; r-cd
that the opposing sides have strong snd
convinced representatives of weight brth
within and without the Congress; the dif
ferences being- not only as to matters of
opinion, but as to matters of fact.
The work of reclamation or tne and
lands of the West Is progressing steadily
and satisfactorily under the terms of the
law setting aside the proceeds from the
disposal ot public lands. The corps of
engineers known as the reclamation
service, which is conducting the surveys
and examinations, has been thoroughly
organized, especial pains being taken to
secure under the civil service rules a
body of skilled, experienced and efficient
men. Surveys and examinations are
progressing throughout the arid states and
territories, plans for reels iming works be
ing prepared and passed upon by boards
of engineers before approved by the Sec
retary of the Interior. In -Arizona and
Nevada, In localities where Buch work Is
pre-eminently needed, construction has al
ready been begun. In other parts of the
arid ,West various projects are well ad
vanced towards the drawing up of con
tracts, these being delayed In part by
necessities of reaching agreements or un
derstanding aa regards rlht ot way or
acqulnltlon of real tmtnta.
PRESERVATION OF FORESTS.
Need There. f Is Recognized Now as
Never Before.
The study of the opportunities of recla
mation of the vast extent of arid land
shows that whether this reclamation la
done by Individuals, corporations, or the
state, the sources of watr supply must be
effectively protected and the rervo!re
guarded by the preservation of the for
ests at the headwaters of the streams.
The engineers making the preliminary ex
amlnations continually emphasize this
need and urge that the remaining publio
lands at the headwaters of the Important
streams of the west be reserved to In
sure permanency of water supply for ir
rigation. Much progress In forestry haa
been made during the pant year. The ne
cealty , lor perpetuating oar forest re
sources, whether tn public or private
hands. Is recognized now as never be
fore. The demand for forest reaervea haa
become Insistent in the West, because the
West roust use the water, wood and Sum
mer range Whleh otllv anrh r,trv, aw
supply. The admin
istrative features of forest reserves are ai
nraaant iinxntfafn ctrtir hj.fr.. Imjjw k.
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tween three bureaus of two departments.
it ta mererore recommended that ell mat
ters pertaining to forest reserves, except
those Involving or pertaining to land
titles, be consolidated In the Bureau of
Forestry of the Department of Agricul
ture. INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Agents 8hould Not Be Dependent
Upon Partisan Politics. , .
The Inrllan as-anta ahr.ui. a.j)
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ent for their appointment or tenure of
office upon considerations of partisan poll
tics; the practice of appointing, when
possible, ex-army officers or bonded super
intendents tn tlia va
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working well. Attention Is Invited to the
"luravtrao iimeracy aue to lack of pub
lic Schools In tho In. linn T.rrllnn, I.
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heed should be paid to the need of edu-
cuuun ior me ctuidren In this territory.
PENSIONS.
No Other Class Deserves So Well of
the'Nation as the Veterans.
No other clasa nt
so well of the Nation as those to whom
in nation owes its very being, the vet
erans of the Ctvil War. Special attention .
Is asked to the excellent work of the
Pension Bureau in expediting and dis
posing of Dennlon rlnfma nurino v,
fiscal year ending July J, 1903, the Bureau
Settled 251.862 platma an avr-a.. sie
claims for each working day of the year.
me numoer oi settlements since July L
1903, has been in excess of last year's
average, approaching 10O0 claims for each
working day, and It is believed that the
work ot the Bureau will be current at
the close of the present fiscal year.
ISTHMIAN CANAL.
Review of Dealings With Colombia
and Recent Events.
By -the act Of June 28. 1902. the Consresa
authorized the President to enter into
treaty with Colombia for the building of
the canal across the Isthmus of Panama:
it Doing provided that In the event of
failure to secure such treaty after tha
lapse of a reasonable time, recourse ahould
be had to building a canal through Ni
caragua. It has not been necessary to
consider this alternative, as I am enabled
to lay be Tore the Senate a treaty provld
Ing for the building of the canal across
the Isthmus of Panama. This was the
route which commended Itself io the de
liberate 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 hot by
which route the Isthmian canal shall be
built, for that question has been definitely
and irrevocably decided. The question is
simply whether or not we shall have an
isthmian canaL
Last Spring, under the act above, re
ferred to, a treaty concluded between the
representatives of the Republic of Colom
bia and of our Government was ratified by
the Senate. Thla treaty was entered Into
at the urgent solicitation of 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 had pronounced unanimously
in favor of the Panama route. In draw
ing up thla treaty every concession waa
made to the people and to the Govern
ment of Colombia. We were more than
Just in dealing with them. Our generos
ity was such as to make it a serious ques
tion whether we had not gone too far la
their interest at the expense of our own;
for In our scrupulous desire to pay all
possible heed, not merely to the real, but
even to the fancied rights of our weaker
neighbor, who already owed so much to
our protection and forbearance, we yield
ed In all possible ways to her desires In
drawing up the treaty. . Nevertheless the
Government, of Colombia not merely re-
pudlated the treaty, but repudiated it In
such manner as to make it evident by
the time the Colombian Congress ad
journed that not the scantiest hope re
mained of ever getting a satisfactory
treaty from them.
Immediately after the adjournment of
the Congress a revolution broke out In
Panama. The people of Panama had long
been discontented with the Republic of
Colombia, and they had been' kept quiet
only by the prospect of the conclusion of
the treaty, which waa to them a matter of
vital concern. When it became evident -that
the treaty was hopelessly lost, the
people of Panama rose literally as ona
man. Not a shot was fired by a single
man on the Isthmus In the Interest of
the Colombian Government. Not a Ufa
waa lost In the accomplishment of tha
revolution. The Colombian troops sta
tioned on the Isthmus, who had long been
unpaid, made common cause with the peo
ple of Panama, and with astonishing
unanimity the new Republic was started.
The duty of the United States in the
premises was clear. In strict accordance
with the principals laid down by Secre
taries Cass and Seward In the official doctu
ments above quoted, the United States .
gave notice that it would permit the
landing of no expeditionary force, the ar
rival of which would mean chaos and de
struction along the line ot the railroad
and of the proposed canal, and an Inter
ruption ot transit aa an inevitable conse
quence. Every effort has been made by the Gov- :
ernment of the United States to persuade
Colombia to follow a course which waa
essentially not only to our interests and
to the Interests ot the world, but to the
Interests of Colombia itself. These efforts
have failed, and Colombia, by her persist
ence In repulsing the advances that have
been made, has forced us, tor the sake of
our own honor, and of the Interest and
well-being not merely of our own people,
but of the people of the Isthmus of Pan
ama and the people of the civilized coun
tries of the world, to take decisive steps
to bring to an end a condition of affairs
which had become intolerable. The new
Republic of Panama Immediately offered
to negotiate a treaty with us. This treaty
I herewith submit. By It our Interests
are better safeguarded than In the treaty
with Colombia, which was ratified by the
Senate at its last session. It is better In
its terms than the treaties offered to us
by the Republics of Nicaragua and Costa
Rica. At last the rlsht to begin this great
undertaking is made available. Panama
has done her part. - All that remains ia
for the American Congress to do its part,
and forthwith this republic will enter
upon the execution of a project colossal
In its size and of well-nigh Incalculable
possibilities for the good of this country
and the nations of mankind.
THEODOR8 ROOSEVELT.
White House, December 7, 1303.
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