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"IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT." yol. xii. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1900. NO. 20. ? ! s t t W ii f i ,f HOOD RIVER GLACIER Published Every Friday by ,'. 8. F. BLITHE. 'TernToiTubscription 1.50 a year when paid to advance. TIIK MAILS. The mail arrives from Mt. Hood at 10 o'ol ick m. Wednesdays and Saturdays; departs the lime days at noon. For C.l.enoweth, loaves at 8 a. in. Tuesdays, Tliuidvs and Saturdays; arrives at 6 p. m. Fur White Salmon (Wash.) leaves daily at 6:45 m.t arrives at 7:1S p. m. f rom White Salmon leaves for Fiilda, Gilmer, Trout Lake aud Glenwood daily at 9 A. M. ForBintten (Wash.) leaves at 5:45 p. in.; ar rives at 2 p. m. . . N IKTIKL i AIK1-.I. KfcMSKAH DEUREK LODGE. No i 87, J. O. O. F. Meets first and third Mon days in each month. JII-S STKLI.A RlCHAUDSON, N. G. H. J. Hjsmbd, Secretary. .... AANBY POST, No. 16, G. A. R. Meets at A. 1 1 O. U. W. Hall second and fourth Satur ays ' of each month at 2 o'clock p. m. All G. A, R. members Invited to meet with us. MP. Isknbekg, Commander T. J. Cunning, Adjutant. - 1 CANBY W. R. C, No. 16 Meets fl rst Satur day of each month in A. O. U. W. hall at 2 p. m. Mrs. Amelia Stranahan, President. Mrs. Ursula Wukks, Secretary. HOOD RIVER LODGE, No. 105, A. F. and A. M.-Mects Saturday evening on or before ench full moon. (i. E. Williams, W. M. D. McDonald, Secretary. ;' HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 27, R. A.M. Meets third Friday night of each month. G. R. Castnkr, H. P. G. F. Williams, Secretary. 001) RIVER CHAPTER, No. 25, O. E. 8. Meets Saturday after each full moon and two weeks thereafter. . . , i Mrs. Mart. A. Davidson, W. M. OLETA ASSEMBLY, No. 103, United Artisans.. Meets leuond Tuesday of each mouth at Fiaternal hall. F. C. Bbosius, M. A. D. McDonald, Secretary. WAUCOM. LODGE", No. 80, K. of P.-Meets lnA.U. V, W. hall every Tuesdav night. 1 E. 8. OlingBK, C. C. Frank L. Davidson, K. of R. & 8. IVERSIDE ioDGE. No. 68, A. O. 0, W. Meets first and third Saturdays of each BlOIlth. '',. O. O. CHAMBERLAIN, M. W, J. F. Watt, Financier. H. 1 Hhwk( Recorder. . IDLEWILDE LODGE, No. 107, I. O O. F. Meets in Fraternal hall every Thursday night. . - - A. G. Gktchil, n.U. H. J. Hibbard, Secretary. . . HOOD RIVER TENT, No. 19, K. 0. T. M., meets at A. O. U. W. hall on the first and third Fridays of each month. , J. E. Rand, Commander. IVERSIDE LODGE NO. 40, DEGREE OF HONOR,' A. O. 0. W.-Meets first and third Saturdays at 8 P. M. -. Mrs. Geo. P. Crowell, C. of H. Mrs. Chas Clabkk, Recorder, F. SHAW, M. D. " " Telephone No. II.' All Calls Promptly Attended . V. , . . Office upstairs over Copple's store. All calls left at the office or residence will be promptly attended to. ; , ? s-. . ; - JOHN LELAND HENDERSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, ABSTRACTER, NO TAKY PUBLIC and REAL t-.V- ESTATE AGENT. ... For 21 years a resident of Oregon and Wash ington. H8 had mauy years experience in Real Estate matters, as abstracter, searcher of titles and agent, buns. action guaranteed or uo charge. . J F. WATT, M.D. Surgeon for O. R. & N. Co. Is especially equipped to treat catarfh of nose and throat and diseases of women. Special terms for otlice treatment of chronio cases.' ,"'-' Telephone, office, 125, residence, 45. : JJ J. FREDERICK CARPENTER AND BUILDER. Jt-- fcj; :., ' ' ' ' ' Estimates iurniehed for all kinds of work. : Repairing a specialty. All kindr of shop work. Shop on State Street,' between . First and Second. . pAPERIIANGING, KALSOMINING, ETC. If your walls are sick or mutilated, call on E. L. ROOD. Consultation free. No charge for prescrip tions. No cure no pay. Oflcw h riri fr n I A. VI. till 3. P. M., and ill night if necessary. ; . JTONOMY SHOE SHOP. FKICK LIST. Men's half soles, hand eticked, $1; nailed, Ve8t,75e; second, 50c; third, 40u. Indies' hand stitched, 75c; nailed, best, POc; seiond, 35. Best stock and work in Hood River. C. WELDS, Prop. JHE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY Is the place to get the latest and best in Confectioneries, Candies, Nuts, Tobacco, Cigars, etc. - .w ICE CREAM PARLORS.... - (COLE & GRAHAM. Props. p C. BROSiUS, M. D. " PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Phone Central, or 121. Office Hours: 10 to 11 A. M.; 2 to S and C to 7 P. M. JT. HOOD SAW MILLS : ; Tomlissos Buos, Pbops. ...".FIR AND PINE LUMBER..... Of the best quality alwas on hand at V ; prices to suit the times. gUTLl R A CO., ? . ..v- ' - k BANKERS. : Do a general banking business. HOOD RIVER, OREGON. w a; cook t-lkm . CONTRACTOR AND BUILDEE Hood RivB, Okjsqos. Estimates Furnished. Plans Drawn Q J. HAYES, J. P. Ofllce with Geo. T. Prather. Biwiiiesa will be attended to at any time. Collections made, and any bisaimas given to os will be attended Jokpeedily and resulu made promptly. Will locate on good government lands, either tira beror farming. We are in toach witu ib C. .iaodOmceatTbaDaUea. GlveuaaealU lllllfn HM Recommendations for Civil Gov ernment in the Philippines. REVIEW OF THE CHINESE QUESTION The HUtory of a Year-The Weit Indies Operations of the Departments Other Foreign Questions. Washington. Dec. 5.-Fresident Mc Klnley's message went to Congress to day, it follows: To the Senate and House of Representa tives: With the outgoing of the old and the incoming of the new century you begin the last session of the 56th Congress, with evidences on every hand of Individual and National prosperity and with proof of the growing strength and increasing power for good of Republican institutions. Your countrymen will Join with you In fe licitation that American liberty la more firmly established than ever before, and that love for It and the determination to preserve it are more universal than at any former period of our history. The Republic was never so strong, be cause never so strongly entrenched In the hearts of the people as now. The Constitution, with few amendments, exists as It left the hands of its authors. The additions which hav,e been made to 't proclaim larger freedom and more ex tended citizenship. Popular government has demonstrated In Its 124 years of trial here Its stability and security and 'la efficiency as the best Instrument of Na tional development and the best safe guard to human rights. . When the sixth Congress assembled, in November, 1800, the population of the United States was 6,308,483; It Is now 76,304,799. Then we had 16 states; now we have 45 Then our territory consisted of 909.050 square miles; It is now 3,846,595 square miles. Education, religion and morality have . kept pace with our ad vancement in other directions, and, while extending Its power, the Government has adhered to Its foundation principles and abated none of them In dealing with our new peoples and possessions. A, Nation so preserved and blest gives reverent thanks to Gou and invokes his guidance and the continuance of his care and favor. CHINESE PROBLEM. Cause Tlint I.cd Up to the Recent Troubles. In our foreign intercourse the domi nant question has been the treatment of the Chinese problem. Apart from this our relations with the 'powers have been happy. The recent troubles in China spring from the anti-foreign agitation which for the past three years has gained strength in the northern provinces. Their origin lies deep In the character of the Chi nese races and in the traditions of their government. The Tai Ping rebellion and the opening of Chinese ports to forelg'i trade and settlement disturbed alike the homogeneity i nd the seclusion of China. Meanwhile foreign activity made itself felt .in all quarters, not alone on the coast, but along the great rivers, arteries and in the remoter districts, carrying new ideas and introducing new associations among a primitive people which had pur. ued for ' centuries a national policy of isolation. i The' telegraph and the railway spread ing over their land, the steamers plying on their waterways, the merchant and the missionary penetrating year, by year farther to the interior, became to the Chinese mind types of an alien invasion, changing the course of their national life, and fraught with vague forebodings of disaster to their beliefs and their self control. For several vears before the present troubles all the resources of foreign di plomacy, backed by moral demonstra tions of the physical force of fleets and arms. "have leen needed to secure due respect for the treaty rights of foreign ers, and to obtain satisfaction from the responsible authorities for, the sporadic outrages upon the persons and properly of unpffcnd'ng sojourners, which from time to tim? occurred at widely sep arated points in the northern provlncts, as in the case of the outbreaks in Sze Chuen and Shan Tung. f- - Posting of anti-foreign placards be came a dally occurrence, which- the re peated probation of the imperial power failed to check or punish. Tifese inflam matory appeals to -the ignorance and uperstition of .the masses, mendacious and absurd In;; their accusations, and deeply hostile in .their spirit, could not but work culminatlve harm. They aimed at no particular class of foreigners; they were Impartial In attacking everything foreign. An outbreak in . Shan Tung, !n which German -missionaries were slain, was the too natural result of the malevo lent teaching The posting of seditious placards, exhorting to the utter destruc tion of foreigners and of every foreign thing, continued unrebuked. Hostile demonstrations toward the: .stranger gained strength by organization. . The Boxer Aarltatioa. s The 'sect commonly styled the Boxers developed greatly in the provinces north of the Tangt-e. and with ' collusion ' of manv notable officials. Including some in the immediate councils of the throne Itself. became alarmingly aggressive. NOIoreign ers me. ouisiuc v. f"-".- ports, was safe. No foreign interest was j secure from spoliation. The diplomatic representatives of the powers in Pekin strove in vain to check this movement. Protest was followed by demand, and demand by renewed protest, to be met with perfunctory edicts from the palace and evasive and futile assur ances from the Tsung li Yamun. The circle of the Boxer Influence narrowed about Pekin. and. while nominally, stig matized as seditious, it was felt that its spirll pervaded the capital itself, that, the imperial forces were imo-u ..... doctnnes ana . ;;';e"",n final advance, which began In the first selors of the Emp 8 S,n,,0Jn days , of Auguf' the expedition being full .sympathy with the antt-forelgn . wa. up of Ji 4 negei RuMlan, British movement -ndi- and American troops at the outset. An- -The Increasing gravity of th cnd' ! ther battle was fought and won at tlons In China, and the imm.nence of Thereafter, the disheartened peril to our own diversified Interests in ! s g offered mt)e gnow of re. the rmpire, as well as to those of ! s'stance A few days later, the Impor the other treaty governments, fere soon pos)ton 0f To SI Wo was taken. A appreciated by this Government causing ' brouKht the united forces to profound solicitude. The United States. P la loat city of Tung Chow, which from the earii.st days of foreign in er-! uHulated without a contest course with China, has followed a policy , Qn A t4 the capital was reached, of peace, emitting no occasions to tea Atr a brlff conflict beneath the walls, ,. ana tn5. in r : tlfy good-will, to turicer me f lawful trade, to respect the sovereign- U. ' " ' ' " , . ty of its government and to insure, oy all legitimate and kindly, but earn- est, means, tne iuiiesi kuic taction for the lives and property of our law-abiding citizens, ana ior iuc ";ave proof of the same nign aegrce 01 else of thtir b;neflceut callings among eUigence ,nd efficiency which have dis the Chinese peop!e. i tinKUished them in every emergency. Mindful of this, it was felt to be ap-; The jmperial family and the iwrern- that our purposes should oe . . A .rt . tew jaye before. The oronounced in favor of such a eouiw ., ouia hasten united action 01 lf wcuiu . -dmln. ower3 at reuo 10 M.uu.v,. '."," ........ inrn en srieatiy neeuea w ..Vrcn'thening the Imperial government !lantljr repelled. It fell to the occupy frd ffialntat: the int. griiv of China, f re,,ore order and organize n wh'ch we beloved the whole Vket- a rov,jonaI administration. . r-f! to be a.ike concerned. To R-eetasi Proposition. t3c t r-ds I caused to be addressed t" .te stvtral powet3 occupying territory and maintaining spheres of Influence jn China the circular proposals of 1899, In viting from them declarations of their Intentions and views as to desirability of the adoption of measures insuring the benefits of equality of treatment of a.l foreigners throughout China, un Krauiying unanimity, the re sponses coincided In this common policy enabling me to ste in the successful ter mination of these negotiations proof of the friendly spirit which animates the various powers interested In the untram meled development of commerce and In dustry in the Chinese Empire as a source of vast benefit to the whole commercial world. Powers Acted In Concert. In this conclusion, which I had the gratification to announce as a completed engagement to the Interested powers March 20, 1900, I hopefully discern a po tential factor for the abatement of the distrust of foreign purposes, which for u year past had appeared to Inspire the policy of the imperial government, and for the effective exertion by it of power and authority to quell the. critical and foreign movement in the northern Drov- Inccs most Immediately influenced by the aianenu sentiment.. Seeking to testify confidence in the will ingness and ability of the imperial ad ministration to redress the wrongs and prevent the evils we suffered and feared, the marine guard, which had been sent to Pekln in the Autumn of 1899 for the protection of the. Legation, was with drawn at the earliest practicable moment, and all pending questions were remitted, as far as W3 were concerned, to the or dinary resorts of diplomatic intercourse. The Chinese Government proved, how ever, unable to check the rising strength of the Boxers and appeared to be a prey to Internal dissensions. In the unequal contest, the anti-foreign Influences soon gained the ascendancy, under the leader ship of Prince Tuan. Organized armies of Boxers, with which the imperial forces affiliated, held the country between Pekln and the coast, penetrated into Manchuria up to the Russian border and through their emissaries threatened a like rise throughout Northern China. Attacks upon foreigners, destruction of property and slaughter of native converts were re ported - from all sides. The Tsung 11 Yamun, already permeated with hostile sympathies, could make no effective re sponse to the appeals of the Legations. At this critical Juncture, in the early Spring of the year, a proposal was made by the other powers that a combined fleet be assembled in Chinese waters as a moral demonstration, . under cover , of which to exact of the Chinese Govern ment respect for foreign treaty rights and the suppression of the Boxers. . The United States, while not participating In the joint -demonstration, promptly sent from the Philippines all ships that could be spared for service on the Chinese coast. A small force of marines was landed at Taku and sent to Pekln for the protection of the American Legation. Other powers took similar action until some 400 men were assembled in the capi tal as legation guards. Still the peril Increased. The Legations reported the development of the seditious movement In Pekln and the need of In creased provision for defense against it Taking: of Takn Forts. While preparations were in progress for a larger expedition to strengthen the legation guaids and keep the railway open, an attempt of the foreign ships to make a landing at Taku was met by fire from the Chinese forts, The forts were thereupon sh lied by the .foreign ves sels, the American Admiral taking no part in the attack, on the ground that we were not at war with China, and that a hostile demonstration might consolidate the anti-foreign elements and strengthen the Boxers to oppose the relieving col umn. Two days later, the Taku forts were captured after a sanguinary con flict Severance of communication with Pokin followed, and a combined force of additional guards, which was advancing to Pekln by the Pel Ho, was checked at Lang fang. The isolation of the Lega tions was complete. ' By June 9, the Legations were cut off. An identical note from the Tamun or dered each Minister to leave Pekln, under a promised escort, within 24 hours. To gain time, they replied asking prolonga tion of the time, which was afterward granted, and requesting an interview with the Tsung 11 Yamun on . the following day. No reply being received, on the morning of the 20th the German Minister, Baron von Ketteler, set out for the Ya mun to obtiin a response, and on the way was murdered. An attempt by the legation guard to recover his body was foiled by the Chinese. Pekin Legations Attacked. Arm:d forces turned out against the Legations. Their quarters were surround, ed and attacked. The mission compounds w-fre abandoned, their inmates taking refuge in the British legation, where all the other Legations and guards gathered for more effective defense. Four hundred persons were crowded in Its narrow com pass. Two thousand native converts Were assembled in a near-by place under pro tection of the foreigners. Lines of defense were strengthened, trenches dug, barri cades raised and preparations made to stand a siege, which at once began. With the negotiation of the partial armistice of July 14, a proceeding which was doubtless promoted by the represen tations of the Chinese envoy In Wash ington, the way was opened for the con veyance to Mr: Conger of a test message lent by the Secretary of State through the kind offices of Minister Wu Ting Fang. Mr. Conger's reply, dispatched from Pekin on July 18 through the same chan nel,; afforded to the outside world the first tidings that the Inmates of the le gations were alive and hoping for succor. This news Stimulated the preparations for a joint relief expedition, In numbers sufti. cient to overcome the resistance which for a month had been organizing between Taku and the capital. Reinforcements . . . rf th .!,. ,nvrnm!nti " r,," were constantly arriving, ine unueu States contingent, hastily assembled from the Philippines or dispatched front this country, amounted to some 6000 men, un der the able command of the lamentell Colonel Llscum and afterwards of Gen eral Chaffee. .. , Rescae of Lesattoners. Toward the end of July the movement began. A severe conflict rouoweo. at ntn Tain, in which Colonel Llscum was killed. The icuy was " JTse ---(rom whlch t0 mak. the ; Ml, dv.nce, whlch began In reUef c0Iumn entered ana tne tga- The United States UOns WC.C goldIerA Bailors and marines, officers and allkei n those distant climes and unusual surroundings, snowea me ' vak)r dlgclpline nd good conduct and wJa without visible control The emalnjDg Imperial sowtery nao mu. remauiiuB ' . . t .,,.- on the nigm m - - , " - ...'utr the besiegea. wmcn , KuMjan proposition looking to the, j I restoration of the Imperial power In Pe tln has been accepted as in full con sonance with our own desires, for we have held and hold that effective repara tion tor wrongs sunered and an endur ing settlement that will make their re currence impossible can best be brought about under an authority which the Chi nese Nation reverences and obeys. While so doing we forego no Jot of our un doubted right to exact exemplary and de terrent punishment of the responsible authors and abettors of the criminal acta whereby we and other nations have suf. fered grievous injury. . For the real culprits, the evil coun sellors who have misled the Imperial judgment and diverted the sovereign au thority to their own guilty ends, full ex piation becomes imperative within the rational limits of retributive justice. Re garding this as the initial condition of an acceptable settlement between China and the powers, I said In my message of October 18 to the Chinese Emperor: "I trust that negotiations may begin so soon as we and the other offended gov ernments shall be effectively satisfied of Your Majesty's ability and power to treat with Just sternness the principal offenders who are doubly culpable, not alone toward the foreigners but toward Your Majesty, under whose rule the pur pose of China to dwell In concord with the world has hitherto found expression In the welcome and protection assured to strangers." Taking as a point of departure the Imperial edict appointing Earl LI Hung Chang and Prince Chlng plenipotentiaries to arrange a set tlement, and the edict of September 26, whereby certain high officials were des ignated for punishment, this Government has moved in concert with the other powers toward the opening of negotia tions which Mr, Conger, assisted by Mr. Rockhill, has been authorized to conduct on behalf of the United States. ! General bases of negotiations, formu lated by the Government of the French Republic, have been accepted with cer tain reservations as to details, made neqessary by our own circumstances and by like similar reservations by other powers open to discussion in the prog ress of the negotiations. The disposition of the Emperor's Government to admit liability for wrongs done to foreign gov ernments and their citizens and to act upon such additional designation of the guilty persons as the foreign Ministers at Pekin may be In a position to make gives hope of a complete settlement of all questions involved, assuring foreign rights of residence and intercourse o terms of equality for all the world. - I regard as one of the essential factors of a durable adjustment the securement of adequate guarantees for liberty of faith, since Insecurity of those natives who may embrace alien creeds is scarce ly a less effectual assault upon me rights of forelan worship and teaching than would be the direct Invasion thereof. Hatter of Indemnity. The matter of . Indemnity for our wronged citizens is a question of grave concern Measured in money alone, a sufficient reparation may prove to be be yond the ability of China to meet. All the powers concur In emphatic disclaim ers of any purpose of aggrandizement through the dismemberment of the em pire. I am disposed to think that due compensation may be made In part by increased guarantees of security for for eign rights and immunities, and most Important of all, by the opening of China to the equal commerce of all the worm. These views have been and will be earn estly advocated by our representatives. The Government of Russia has put ior- ward a suggestion that in the event of a protracted divergence of views in regard to Indemnities, the matter may be rele gated to the court of arbitration at The Hague. I favorably Incline to tnis, be lieving that high tribunal' could not fail to reach a solution no less conducive to the stability and enlarged prosperity of China Itself than immediately beneflctal to the powers. , 1 , OTHER FOREIGN RELATIONS. Relations With Germany. Good will prevails In our relations with the German Empire. An amicable adjust. ment of the long pending question of the admission of our life insurance compa nies to do business in Prussia has been reached. One of the principal companies has already been readmitted, and the way is opened for the others to share the priv ilege. The settlement of the Samoan pioblem, to which I adverted in my last message, has accomplished good results. Peace and contentment prevail in the islands, espe. daily In Tutulla, where a convenient ad ministration that has won the confidence and esteem of the kindly-disposed natives has been organized under the direction of the commander of the United States naval station at Pango Pango. An Imperial meat inspection law been enacted for Germany, While It may sim plify the inspections, It prohibits certain products heretofore admitted. There is still great uncertainty as to whether our well-nigh extinguished German trade In meat products can revive under Its new burdens. Much, will depend upon regula tions not yet promulgated, which we con fidently hope will be free from the dis criminations which attended the enforce, ment of the old statutes. The remaining link In the new line of direct telegraphic communication between the United States and the German Em pire has recently been completed, afford ing a gratifying occasion for exchange of friendly congratulations with the German Emperor. . . .. The Boer War. Gut friendly relations with Great Brit ain continue. The war In South Africa Introduced important questions. A condi tion unusual In international wars was presented In that while one belligerent had control of the seas, the other had no ports, shipping or direct trade, but was only accessible through the territory of a neutraL Vexatious questions arose through Great Britain's action in respect to neutral cargoes not contraband In their own nature, shipped to Portuguese South Africa, on the score of probable or suspected ultimate destination to the Boer states. Such consignments in Brit ish ships, by which alone direct trade Is kept up between our ports and South Africa, were seized In application of a law prohibiting British vessels from trad ing with an enemy without regard to any contraband character of the goods, while cargoes shipped to Uelagoa Bay in neutral bottoms were arrested on the ground f alleged destination to the enemy's coun try. Appropriate representation on our part resulted In the British Government agreeing to purchase outright all ouch goods shown to be the actual property of American citizens, thus closing the Inci dent to the satisfaction of the immediate ly interested parties, although unfortu nately without a broad settlement of the question of a neutral's right to aend goods sot contrband per se to a neutral port adjacent to a belligerent area. Alaska Boundary The work of marking certain provis ional boundary points for convenience of lUIMU MVUHUW-J aaminIetration around the head of Lynn Canfti fn accordance with the temporary arrangement of ociooer, usm, was com pleted by a joint survey in juiy kim. m modus Vivendi has so far worked without friction and the Dominion Government has provided rules and regulations for securing to our citizens the benefit of the reciprocal stipulation that tae citizens or , aubjects of either power found by that arrangement witmn tne temporary jurw- ., , . ... -hall nf?or tin AU oic-uou v. mlnutlon of rights and privileges they bare hitherto enjoyed, hut, nowever necessary such an expedient may have been to tide over the grave emergencies nt the situation. It is at best but an unsatisfactory makeshift, which should not be suffered to delay the speedy and complete establishment of the frontier line to which we art entitled under the Russo-American treaty for the cession of Alaska. In- this relation, I may refer again to the need of definitely marking the Alas kan boundary where It follows the 141st meridian. A convention to that end has been before the Senate for some two years, but as no action has been taken, I contemplate negotiating a new convention for a joint determination of the meridian by hellocentrls observations. These, aslt is believed, will give more accurate and unquestionable results than the sidereal methods heretofore independently fol lowed, which, as is known, proved dis crepant at several points on the line, al. though not varying at any place more than 700 feet. International Arbitration. It Is with satlsfaciton that I am able to announce the foimal notification at The Hague, on September 4, of the depos it of ratifications of the convention tor the pacific settlement of the Internatton-il disputes by 16 powers, namely, the United States, Austria, Belgium, Denmark. Eng land, France, Germany, Italy, Persia, Portugal, Roumanla, Russia, Slam, Spain, Sweden and Norway and The Nether lands. Japan also has since ratified the convention. The administrative council of the permanent court of arbitration has been organized, and It has adopted rules or order and a constitution for the In ternational Arbitration Bureau. In ac cordance with article 23 of the convention providing for the appointment by each signatory power of persons of known competency In questions of International law as arbitrators I have appointed as members of this court, Hon. Benjamin : Harrison, of Indiana, ex-President of the United States: Hon. Melville W. Fuller, of Illinois, Chief Justice of the United States; John W. Griggs, of New Jersey, Attorney-General of the United States, and Hon. George Gray, of Delaware, a Judge of the Circuit Court of the United States. The Nicaragua Canal. . The Important matter of an lnteroceanlo canal has assumed a new phase. Ad hering to its refusal to reopen the question of the forfeiture of the contract of the Maritime Canal Company, which was terminated for alleged 'nonexecutlon in October, 1899, the Government of Nicara gua has since supplemented that action by declaring the so-styled Eyre-Cragtn option void for nonpayment of the stipu lated advance. Protests In relation to these acts have been filed In the State Department, and are under consideration. Deeming Itself relieved from existing en gagements, the Nicaragua Government shows a disposition to deal freely with the canal question, either In the way of negotiations with the United States or by taking measures to promote the water way. Overtures for a convention to effect the building of a canal under the auspices of the United States are under considera tion. In the meantime, the views of Con gress upon the subject In the light ot the report of the committee appointed to examine the comparative merits of the various trans-Isthmian ship canal proj ects may be awaited, I commend to the early attention of the Senate the convention with Great Britain to facilitate the construction of such a canal, and to remove any objec tion whih might arise out of the conven tion common!? called the Clayton-Bul-wer treaty. 1 ' . , Relations With Spain. Satisfactory progress has been made toward the conclusion of a general treaty of friendship and intercourse with Spain in replacement of the old treaty, which passed into abeyance by reason of the late war. A new convention of extradU tlon is approaching completion, and 1 would be much pleased were a commer cial arrangement to follow. I feel that we should not suffer to pass an oppor tunity to reaffirm the cordial ties that existed between us and Spain from the time of our earliest Independence, and to enhance the mutual benefits of that com mercial Intercourse which Is natural be tween the two countries. , By the terms of the treaty of peace, the line bounding the ceded Philippine group on the southwest failed to Include several Htnall Islands lying west ot tno Sulus, which have always been recog nized as under Spanish control. The oc cupation of Slbutu and Cagayan, Sulu, by our naval forces elicited a claim on the part of Spain, the essential equity of which could not be gainsaid. In order to cure the defect of the treaty by re moving all possible ground of future mis understanding respecting the interpreta tion of its third article, I directed the negotiation of a supplementary treaty, which will be forthwith laid before the Senate, whereby Spain quits all title and claim of title to the Islands named, as well as to any and all Islands belonging to the Philippine Archipelago lying out side the lines described In said third ar ticle, and agrees that all such islands shall be comprehended In the cession of the archipelago as fully as if they had been expressly included within those lines. In consideration of this cession the United States Is to pay Spain the sum of 1100,000. A bill is now pending to effect the rec ommendation made In my last annual message, that appropriate legislation be had to carry Into execution article 8 of the treaty of -peace with Spain, by which the United States assumed the payment of certain claims for indem nity of Its citizens against Spain. I ask that action be taken to fulfill this obli gation. "' ,. : ... , 1 1 11 11 1 n ; CONDITIONS IN PHILIPPINES. Recommendations for a Civil 09v tramtst for the Islands. ' In my last annual message I dwelt at some length upon the condition of af fairs In the Philippines. While seeking to Impress upon, you that the grave re sponsibility of the future government of those islands rests with the Congress of the United States, I abstained from rec ommending at that time a specific and final form of government for the terri tory actually held by the United States forces, and In which, as long as the In surrection , continues, the ' military arm must necessarily be supreme. I stated my purpose, until the Congress shall have made known the formal expression ot Its will, to use the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the stat utes to uphold the sovereignty of the United States In these distant Islands, as In all other places where our flag right fully floats, placing to that end at the disposal of th3 Army and Navy all the means which the liberality of the Con gress and the people have provided. No contrary expression of the will of the Congress having been made. I have steadfastly pursued the purpose so de clared, employing the civil arm as well toward the accomplishment of pacifica tion and the Institution of local govern ments within the lines of authority and law. .Progress In the hoped-for direction has been favorable. Our forces have suc cessfully controlled the greater part of the Islands, overcoming the organized forces of the Insurgents, and carrying order and administrative regularity to all quarters. What opposition remains Is for the most part scattered, obeying nt concerted plan of strategic action, oper ating only by the methods common to the traditions of guerrilla warfare, which, while Ineffective to alter the general con trol now established, are still sufficient to beget Insecurity among the popula tions that have felt the good results of our control, and thus delay the confer ment upon them of the fuller measures of local self-government, of education and of Industrial and agricultural devel opment which we stand ready to give them. By the Spring of this year the effectlvs opposition of the dissatisfied Tagals to the authority of the United States was virtually ;.aed, thus opening the door for the extension of a stable administra tion over much of the territory of the archipelago. Desiring to bring this about, I appointed In march last a civil com mission, composed of the Hon. William H. Taft, of Ohio; Professor Dean C. Worcester, of Michigan; Hon. Luke E. Wright, ol Tennessee; Hon. Henry C. Ide, of Vermont, and Professor Bernard Moses, of California. The alms of their mission and 'he scope of their authority are clearly set forth In Instructions of April 7, 1900, addressed to the Secretary of War, to be transmitted to them. PORTO RICO AND CUBA. Success la the Former Progress Toward Cuban Autonomy. The civil government of Porto Rico provided for by the act of the Concress approved April 12, 1900, la In successful operation. The courts have been estab lished; the Governor and his associates working Intelligently and harmoniously, are making a commendable success. On the 6th of November a, general election was held in the island for members of the Legislature and the body has been called to convene on the first Monday of December. I recommend that leglslatl.-n be emcted by Congress conferring upon the Secre tary of the Interior supervision over the public lands In Porto Rico, and that he be directed to ascertain the location and quantity of lands the title to which re mained In the crown of Spain at the date the cession of Porto Rico to the United States, and that appropriations for sur veys be made and the methods of th disposition of such lands be prescribed by law. FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS. Army Should Be 00,000 to 100,000 The Navy, Postoinccs, Etc. The present strength of the Army Is 100.000 men 65,000 tegulars and 85,000 vol unteers. Under the act of March 2, 1S99, on the 30th of June next the present vol unteer force will be discharged and the Regular Army will be reduced to 247i officers fnd 29,026 enlisted men. In 188 a board of officers convened by President Cleveland . adopted a comprehensive scheme of coast defense and fortifications which Involved the outlay of something over 8100,000,000. This plan received the approval of the Congress and since then regular aproprlatlons have been mndc and the work of, fortification hus steadily progressed. More than $00,000 000 havs been invested In a g-eat number of forts and guns, with all the complicated and scientific machinery and electrical applU ances necessary for their use. The proper care of this defensive machinery requires men trained In Its uso. The number or men necessary to perform this duty alone Is ascertained by the War Department, at a mlnlnvim allowance, to be 18.420. There are 68 or more-military posts In the United States other than the coast defense fortifications. The number of these posts Is being constantly Increased by Congress. More thun 22,O00,O0O have been expended In building and equipping them, and they can only be cared for by the Regular Army. The posts now in existence and others to be built provide accommodations for, and. If fully gar risoned, require 26,000 troops. .Many ot these posts are along our frontier or at important strategic points, the occupa tion of which Is necessary. . We have in Cuba between 6000 and 6000 troops. For the present our troops in that Island can not be withdrawn or materially dimin ished, certainly not until the conclusion of the labors of the constitutional conven. tlon now In session and a government pro vided t y the National Constitution should have been established and Its stability assur d. In Porto ' Rico we have re duced .he garrisons to 1636, which Include 896 naMve troops. There is no room tor further reduction here. We will be re quired to keep a considerable force In the Philippine Islands for some time to come. From the best Information ob tainable we shall need there for the Im mediate future from t.0,000 to 60,000 men. I am sure the number may be reduced as the insurgents shall come to acknowledge the authority of the United States, of which there are assuring maicaiions. It must be apparent that we will re aulre an army of about 60,000, and thai during present conditions In Cuba and the Philippines the President should have authority to increase the force to the present number of 100,000. Included in this, authority should be given to raise native troorw In the Philippines up to 16,000, which the Taft eommlnslon believes will be more effective In detecting and suppressing guerillas, assassins ana la drones than our own soldiers. The full discussion of this subject by the Secretary of War In his annual re port Is called to your earnest attention. The Jfavr. '."' , Very efficient service has been rendered by the Navy in connection with the Insur rection in the Philippines, and the recent disturbance in China. A very satisfactory settlement has been made of the long-pending question of the manufacture of armor-plates. A reason able price has been secured, and the necessity for a Government armor-plate plant avoided. The Hawaiian Islands. Much inttrestlng Information is given in the report of the Governor of Hawaii as to the progress and development of the islands during the period from July 7, 1898, the date of '.he approval -ot the Joint resolution of the Congress providing for their awiflatlon up toprll K0, 1900, the date of t.' approval of the -act providing a government for the territory and there after. The last Hawaiian census, taken In the year 1896, gives a total population of J09.020, of which 31,019 were native Ha wallans. The number of Americans re ported was 8485. The results of the Fed eral census taken this year show the islands to have a total population of 154,-. 001, snowing an Increase over that report ed in 1896 of 44,981, or 41.2 per cent. There has beer, marked progress in educationat, agricultural and railroad development of the Islands. The Twelfth Census. ' The Director of the Census states that (h work In ronnw'.lon with the IVth M- sus Is progressing favorably. This Na tional undertaking, ordered by the Con gress each decade, has finally resulted in the collection of an agregatlon of stalls tlcal facts to determine the Industrial growth of the country, Its manufacturing and mechanlf-al resources, Its richness In mines and forests, the numbers of Us flirrlrultural districts, their farms and products, its educational and religious op. fioriunuies, as wen as quemiuin tuni ng to sociological condlt'on. I'reeaatlon Against Extravagance. In our great prosperity we must guard against the dangers It invites In extrav agance In government expenditures and appropriations, and the chosen reprsen tatlves of the people w'll. I doubt not, fur. nlsh an example In their legislation of that wise economy which. In a season of plenty, husbands for the future. In this era of great business activity and oppor tunity caution Is not untimely. It will not abate but strengthen our confidence. It will not retard but promote .-gt lmate industrial and commercial expansion, Our growing power brings with It temp tation and perils requiring constant vig ilance to avoid. It must not be used to In vite conflicts, nor for oppression, but for the more effective maintenance of those principles of equality and Justice upon which our institutions and happiness de pend. Let us keep always In mind that I the foundation of our Government Is lib erty; Its superstructure peace. I WILLIAM McKIVLKT. j Executive Mansion, December 3, 1S09.- LATER NEWS. ' Palem, Or., re-elected its reform mu nioipal officers. The ship subsidy bill will displace the Fhilippiue bill. Kroger wept at Emperor William's refusal to meet him. Five men were killed by the blowing p of a power bouse in Chicago." The short session of the Fifty-sixth CODgresa was successfully opened. Colorado game, wardens arrested IS Mormons who had killed 30 deer. Robbers blew up a Silverton, Or., bank, but failed to got at the cash. A strango woman is exciting the Fa- . pago Indiana to be guided by their dreams. Congressman Lacey and Senator Tel ler are in favor of offering homes to the Boers, - Oscar L. Boone, a West Foint cadet, is dying from the effects of a burning . drink given him by hnzera. A drunken man was killed and his body derailed a heavy locomotive on the O. K. & N., near Hood Kiver, Ore gou. Colonel John S. Williams, third au ditor of the treasury under President Cleveland, died at La Fayette, Ind., aged 77. Rev. William Howard Day, D. D., general secretary of the A. M. E. Seo- 011.I church, diad at llarrisburg, Fa., aged 73 years. Rev Patrick Feehan, archbishop ot the Catholic archdiocese of Chicago, will retire from the active manage . ment of his oflloe with the close of the present year. General W. L. White, ex-quarter-master-general of the Michigan Na tional guard, pleaded guilty to complic ity in state mlliatry clothing frauds, aud was sentenced to 10 years in prison. ' John Haines, a constable, was mur -dered at Dallas, Tex., by burning. Ilia clothing had boon saturated with tur pentine and ignited. Both eyes were burned out. John Chapman and Ed -Faulknor, saloon keepers, were arrest ed, charged with the murder. ' The Pacific cable committee has ac cepted, on behalf of the government ot Great Biituin, New South "Wales, Queensland and New Zealand, the bid of the Telegraph Construction & Main tenance Company, to make and lay a cable from Vancouver to Queensland and New Zealand, via Fanning, Fiji and Norfolk islands, for I,7US,000, the work to be finished by the end ot 1902. Boxers are aotive around Tien Tain. The Guam typhoon was the worst in 40 years. House Democrats will offer a new army bill. Secretary Hay signed a canal treaty with Nicaragua. The United States gunboat Monocacy will whiter at Taka. The Chinese court has lost confidence In Karl Li and Prince Ching. Twelve hundred bolomen so 1 render ed to the Americans at Yigan. An Austrian field marshal criticizes the British "uy organization. An American warship will make s demonstration agaiust Morocco. Six men were drowned in a feny boat disaster on Spokane river. r Texas' vote for presidential electors was: Bryan, 267,432; McKinley, 131, 673. - University of Oregon defeated Uni versity of Washington in' football by 48 toO. Fulton, Kentucky, was visited by a fire which dee troy d SO establishments nd inaned a loss of $250,000. A Sumptor, Or., miner waa badly in jured by the explosion of giant powder which he placed on a stove to thaw out. Fred W, Buhsnell, for several yeara city editor of the Minneapolis Tribune, died at that city of cancer of the stom ach. , The population of Indian Territory it 891,060, as against 190,103 in 1890, an increase of 311,776, or 117,6 per cent. . The population of Wisconsin, as an nounced by the census bureau, ia 2,069, 049, as against 1,086,880 in 1890, au increase of 882,142, or 22.8 per cent. Two steamer? collided on the river about 20 miles above Huntington, W. Va., sinking 80 coal bouts containing 500,000 buHhels ot coal, entailing a loss of 100,000. Advices from ' Australia state that the volcano on Beach inland, in the New Britain group, has again become active, causing a great upheaval on land and sea. Many natives have been killed. The award of the Swiss government in the Franco-Brazilian boundary dis pnte gives Brazil 147,000 square miles of the contested teriitory. France geta about 8,000 square miles north of the Tumuc liuemao range. There are 400 cases of smallpox in the city of Winona, Minn., and to pre vent its spread the public schools have been closed and street-car companies compelled to stop their cms at the boundary of the infected district. Unsatisfactory rate arrangements with railroads may prevent the G. A. R. encampment in Denver. The man who built the city hall ol Denver is now selling cigars aud tobac co at a stand in the corridor ot tht building. Colonel Benjamin West Blanchard, once one of the most widely known railroad men ia the country, died at bis residence in Washington, sged ? years.. . , -. . I. -I