our satire monetary tftel. The s ame
 liberty abould be granted the secretary
 Sof the treasury to deposit customs re-
 .apt oep ias granted him In the aspos-
 -- It of receipts from other sources. In
 I Wahington. Dec. 7.-The pesldq t oy message of De.. 9, 1002, s lled
 mseat 'ttentl to eertaln needs o fthe oin,
 massage has been transmitted to ^n- lal IatIon. and I again ask for
 grese. Its principal features are as pl.- ".onsl tfion of the congress for 4the
 low n: t.buese- ol Ma..
 The country Is to be congratulated FThe preasdent commends the work
 on the amount of substantial achieve- of the International monetary confer-
 ment which has marked the past year on e and arise Its c9te quape).]
 th as regards our foreign and as re. A majority of our people desire that
 ds our domestic policy. tep be taken I t Intrt of
 With a nation as with a wan the steps be taken h in the latweats ofy
 woat Important thin" a e theoe of the.- onces motre sii'hbr .er, position
' houhold, and therefore the eouniry i We ow na,.mt ftpl deh ut hith.-
 s eWpeelslly to be congratulated on erto the difft Mc of opinion as to
 what has been accomplished In the dl- the prM M t dreachbing this end
 rectlon of providing for the exercise of aMTM' that t a proved
 supervislou over the great corporations .i$pAb ai oblre the adoption of
 and comblnatlonsa of corporations en. i particular scheme Having in
 raged In lfterat,,e commerce. The ",-, eee facfs, I recommend that the
 congress has created the department 4 groe direct the secretary of the
 of commerce and labor, including Ote s aty the postmaster general and the
 Sureau of coorliratUons, With for the cretary of commerce and labor, asso-
 first time authority to r elated with such a representation from
 peblielty of sueh proceedings of theis the seunto and house of representatives.
 great PorapotoBa ie tite ptible htals as the congress Iin Its wisdom may des-
 the right n know. It has provided for Ignateo, to serve as a commiselon for the
 the expeditin of suite for the enforce- purpose of Illvestating and reporting
 sent of the federal antitrust law, and Uo the congress at its next session what
 by another law it has seepred equal legislation In desirable or necessary for
 treatment e al4l Dro4ucers tI the trans. the development of the American m-er..
 pOrtattn of 'their 'ood, thustaking t marine and American commerce,
 isoIUs'a tried forward in making ec. nd Incidentahlly of a national ocean
 e thi e work of the Interstate com- zfl rvico of alWequite auxiliary na-
 mcaee @oU o of th 'va o ceaisera and naval reserves. While
 ST-he prel)mtnary Work of the bureau ta e a pi~*earsure to desirable in any
 Pt corpora$ipnp li tle0 d department -et~4 it ist especially desirable at this
labor Shas i is the wisdom of Ita ere.ti, in view of the fact that our pres-
Stion. Publicity in corpoVate attain t governmental epntract for ocean
Sl to do away with Ignorance lth the Amerlean line will expire
at action may e taken w Hye ate- in 1906. The establishment of new
all tiont n may be taken. -Sytemat- lines 'ot cargo ships to South Amerlca,.
 :- teigentn l fSlatsat ktowleJ e "ey' to Atla ,and elsewhere would be much
 %ping facts the knowl ego of it the interest of our commerelal ex-
 lt S St emsntialt toI a eight under- pns .
 'Mending of the needs and duties of pa.aa at o o .
 the bualness world. -.oe ool-pcatlon t
 wthe blsI onsaty anr fa'lly oroatien We cannot have too muchh immigra-
 wh, ib e maniaser lont n tahe conduct {e at the right kind and we should
 ad, Itsbu ma nagrecognr. their oblnda- have none at all of thb wrong kind.
 Jona to ,dal squa rel wi thethir *tokI- 'he need Is to devaie some system by
 h5oldo Art comptiorsand ,t4e b- hh udalrblsIe Iagirants shallbe
 Oe% hae Usnthtie to fear from puch "'u- lept out entirely, wlle desirable Ia-
 waoMDoon Th purpose of ths a b rea siramns are properly distributed
 Jpglbnargall e 0 thle gtrmate hab~ggant the eooatry. t At pre nt
 to u4 I br0nal llegtimaten pou Cstts whicb peed imalgratu
 better Industrial conti- n- cona t have none and in others, where the
 e a under ir .. there 4 ;1i be obq O- Pop)1at4on i already congested, imumi-
 to .aI1? A1l tecogiTtlon of public gn5 Wto me In such numbers as to do-
 bU on ball orporatlons, giat or press the conditiops of life for those al.
 9 1o. bthe eparttlent of coeitnere reddy there. During the last two years
 S ad labor will not,9 only the clearing the ,immiration service at New York
 uas for 4 foratkm rA.rding the heads been tiatly Impive4d and the colr
 ltMeM transactions of the natito, but ruption and Ineficiency which former-
 executive arm of the government. iy obtained there have been eradicated.
 o4 4prp i*t i utk M AMear SWte 1e ha Jert. b eenIestlated
 foreign markets, in perfect ourby a committee of New York eftlieen
 nape -facllea, i fb of hg Stasin& ieesre. Arthur v.
 r n an arizt"in pre*y atg eOT K. rankel, Eugene A.
 trance des4ible 1mm 3 an Phill, as rElyne and Ralph
 ipl ar ind l, d a '. 1 Itbelkieport deals with the
 anil Irlnhng to gether on Whoe itaUton at length and concludes
 mean ground, those necessary party ?. ctttali. rtooinioendationsa for ad-
 it londustrtil progress-capltamad lflitattlte and legllative action. It
 bor. o ow .,receiving the attention of the
 Capital ad Labor, eretary of commerce and labor.
 J. 1 .. consistent policy of the national ali satio' Pra s, .
 ertument, so far as it has the power, The special Investigation of the sub.
 Itbold i c4e0k the awsetupuloos Ject of 'aturalisation under the direct.
 an,whether employer or employee, but ties of the attorney general and the
 Sto weaken individual, ltt Consequent prosecutions reveal a condi-
 .Vor to hamper or.cramp the indus- tiu of affcir Vpcalling for thk Immed.i-
 al. development of the country. We ate Attentt6ion 'of the congress. For-
 S that this Is an-er of teder ies a er s f shameless and
 -teonbiarptlo, n$ a which gret un- tfgrint character have been perpe-
 t rPoatios and. labor .- treated not only in the dense center of
 WbS a'l l'Iendefstoriao tre rqtdus polulatlon, but throughout the country,
 p oeein all indiral ters ai it il established beyond doubt that

 plighed through both .or W 'that tight and are asserting and en-
 :,sit& n lea ane the fhas e d et o
 Ie du ieans, and the oions as b PIn# the .benefits o the ame through
 edi dfferetat corporations, Ntoas be- egrossest frauds. It is never to be
 EtwL n different unonIs drawn l- It forgotten that citizenship Is, to quote
 between different ndl 1 duals--that the P6rl recently used by the su-
 t i draw on conduct the effort p court of the United tate, an
 s6g to treat both organized -eapital ."Inestlimxble heritafe," whether it paro.
 organis1d labor alike, asking snoth- eed. from birth within the country
 save that the iterstt of each shal or il obtained by naturalization, and
 brought Into armrny with tileIn-"
 broght t harmony with the in w poison the sources of our national
 *t g of the general poble and that etluaseter and strength at the fountain
 conduct of each shall conform to I the privilege is claimed and exeo-
 *w, of individual freedom and of j 1is- uda corDtton 4"



 it'r *^e rl ata o theri ..... ..te situttlon briefly and forcibly
 t corporation or individuals, sad contains important suggestions for
 where-the federal gemftnpent haa ,, oosnhderation pf the congress This
 etUon It .will see *o It thatte tre t t Ia iaclusied as au appendix
 i tW ,.ife p payltg not (the et a ettorey general.
 iesti td to *he posltloffor poyer "Patie lea tA e41 Poetal. lraUde.
 fthe corporation, the union or tle in- In my last annual m esa a5, in con-
 'WI|AeI but e,,l^y 4t eec -sltsl tar-.t' 'Wttb the' stbitet of the due
 that is, the question whether or not gla ltion of colmbahlttktion Of capital
 ;tim .menduct of the individual or as e- _wlK h are Qr. taay' become Ipjurioua to
 "te of Intvldl Ji In c erda* rW1mpublit I eommned a special ap.
 Swith the iletlhcera A q'-a*t |prlatlib, $4t the beiltr enforcement
 nust be UuMe dilh rTin Lie f thi #it~trfult law a It now stands,
 tight n0r0s he likes with his prop- te be expended under the direction' of
 arty or bj labor along sa hdoe the attorney general. Accordingly (by
 hot Jp t,' oft a i.lltlv exect ve u isd judialt
 nine llb ,eatilon eact of ob. 28, 832
 al .4.... th). e xotgres aiptd
 om all sources, exclusive of the printed for the purpose of enforcing the


 -- --, 'r. -_ various federal trust and lntebatate
-potal service, the receipts of the gv6- tot fe era trust. h e n t
hira.onat for the last fiscal year aggre- l he of $00,000. to
 ]4,ted .B. The expenditure* be opened under the direction of the
 e t Tiho4 were IOO.,oOOOT. attorneyy general In the employment of
 e l-cr 'al year being apecltil couailt end ngenht In the de-
 Ti lll ae that pnrtient of Jutce to coudunt proceed
 ie"r tat B1 yeof ar ot f A Jnd rt entloa-inder inld ilawi
 lI a there be o Iirsoi the United. tntat -
say rptos. i ovember now rBe w nc. tIt a umtter.of the.ut-
th* were, ip- Vost Inpo tnce and urgency, the ex-
S elf. ,000 less lian the tension tof ii purposes of this appro-
reei from the same aoirce for a priation, -so thbt t may be available,
ll ding l liat year. Should under tH 'dtlellfon of the attorney
 i d r l t We spme ri- gelieral and until used, for the due en-
b.t tt.ilheut the fiscal year the aur foretnent of tte laws of tre United
 ps V IM d be Redtuced by, approi- Strites In general and eaipecally of the
.. MltaMi 0,000o,00. Should the rey- civil apd cAlntznal laws relating to pub-
 i-i te So customs sutrr much fur- JAc inls and the a as relating to postal'
*her dectease duta e ieal #ept.tlt icrlmeiald orfe.b and the subject of
siWplua" would aMi. A large ut. 'ta tito)h. Itleceut -nveatlgations
plus Is certainly undesirnble. Two hav*hbown I deplorable stato of 4f-.
Sf Vr, taxes were taken ,falire in ,t5eh5 tbee attep otf rtal
., m*. MIIeM kMtaros Intention of concern aldobs a -ml asid by
equaltlaira the govermeutanl receipts forgeriee and perjuries thousands of
ae im nm -" u -d. togha the aset f titr e pti ht d onemitn1 UlaOacIns
(fist yeA 44 4ereaf att showed a- lands of different chatScter and ex-
sUrplus, I ,fb"iV" .ely that a tending through rarlous setlhom of the
substantial equality of revenue and country, have beea disbonmstly acquitr-
Wpealitture will be atl~blkeoL tach be- ed. It Is hardly necessary to urge the
 th t Is of gr eat both mportanee of recovering the"e diahon-
 .eh eet acquislUtons, stolen from the people,.
 od ef promptly and duly punishing
 ruce our c<me. TIroagh frauds, forgeries andA per-
 Sa 3o0ny "la mour "frke and by shabameless briberlee the
 tiBls by the tact tt I laws rPlatiw to the proper conduct of 
 i|to be iarNlmonnlotIn the public servIce In general and to the
 it la eMsental to our do adm fltron of the ptosmce
 dep Ba'ml4t h.auWp bs notorloualy vlo-
 sedief anted, tiiil, etwspta haye been
 -tound al.toJ .fs..'
 og re In et a,, th eve


be pfpared f6 OW140e- promptly A*
with the greatest effect the du ouon-
alies for aeh vTolatIons ot law, Wad
to this end 1wy be ftoru bgb 'th = su.-
clent Instrumentalities and a anpetent
legal assistance for the Investigatlons
and trials which will be necessary, at
mutiny different points of thbe country, I
urg upon the congress the necessity
of making the said appropriation avail-
able for Immediate use for all such
purposes, to be expended under the di-
rection of the attorney general.
eosd Irer TrestMles Iakls rihberr
 EXx taratalull .
 Steps hayv been taken by the state
 department looking to the making of
 bribery 'an extraditable offense 'with
 foreign powers. The need of more ef-
 fective treaties covering this crime Is
 manifest. The ezpisures and prosecu-
 tions of official corruption in BSt. LouAis.
 Mo., and other cities and states hitve
 resulted In a number of givers and tak-
 ers of bribes becoming fugitives In for-
eign lands. Bribery has not been In-
cluded In extradition treaties hereto6
fore, as the necessity for it has not
arisen. While there may have been
as much official corruption In former
years, there 'has been niore dc-veloped
and brought to light In the Immedinte
past than in the preceding century of
our country's history It should be the
policy of the United States to leave no
place on earth where a corrupt man
fleeing froni this country can rest In
peace.
 Alaskan Boundary.
 After unavailing attenmptsto reach an
 understanding on the Alaskan bound-'
 ary question through a joint high com-
 mission, followed by prolonged negotia-
 tions, conducted in an' amicable spirit,
 a convention between the United States
1 nd Great Britjain was signed Jan. 24,
X903, providing for an examination of
.the subject by a mixed tribunal of six
members, three on a side, with. a view
to Its final disposition. Ratficatitons
were exchanged' on March 8 last,
whereupon the two governments ap-
pointed their respective members.
Those on behalf of the United States
were Elibu Root, secretary of war;
Henry Cabot Lodge. a enator oft the
:United States, and George Turner, an
ex-senator of the United States, while-
Great Britain named the Bight Hon.:
Lord Alverstone. lord chief justice of
lngitnd; Sir Louis Amable Jette. K.
0. M. (1, retired judge of the supreme
court of Quebec, and A. AI. Aylesworth,
K. 0., of Toronto. This tribunal met
In' London on Sept. 8 under the presia
deny of Lord Alverstone. On the 20th
of October a majority of the tribunal
reached and algned an agreement on
all the questions submitted by the
terms .of the convention. By this
award the right of the United States
to the control of a continuous strip or
border of the mainland shore, skirting
all the tidewater inlets and slnuosltles
of the coast, it confirmed; the entrance
to Portland canal, concerning which
legitimate doubt a.ipeared, is defined
as passing by Tongass Inlet and to the
northwestward' of Wales and Pearse
islands; -a line Is drawn from the head
of Portland canal to the ifty-slxtih de-
gree of north latitude, and the. Interior
border line of the strip Is fixed by lines
connecting certain mountain sutmmilts
lying between Portland canal and
Mount St. Mllas and running along tihe
crest of the divide separating the coast
slope from the inland watershed at the
only part of the frontier where the
drainage ridge approaches the coast
within the distance of ten marine
leagues, stipulated by the treaty as the
extreme width of the strip around the
heads of Lynn canal and its branches.
 While the line so traced follows the
 provisional demarcation of 1878 at the
 crossing of the Btikine. river and that
 of 1800 at the summits of the White
 and Chilkoot passes, it runs much far-
 ther inland from the Klebihi than tlie
 temporary line of the later modus vi.
 vendl and leaves the entire mining
 district of the Porcupine river and Gla.
 cler creek within the Jurisdiction of the
 United States.,
 [The president here recapitulates the
 details of the imbroglio between Euro-
 pean powers and Venezuela and the
 reference of certain points of the con-
 troversy to Thie Hague. tribunal
 through the Influeuce of tbie United
 States. This lae calls a victory, ft-
 Ainoerlcan dlplomacy and a triumph for
 Internationutl arbitration. He aodvo-
 cates ani extension of international law
 to exempt mall private property at see
 from capture of destruction by forces
 of belligerent powers.]
 lar-ntilonml. Arbltmattem. "
 Last year the Interparliamentary un-
 ion for international ariltrnatlon mt
 nt Vienna, 00 uieiubers of the differ-
ent leglslatures of civilized countries
attending. It, was provided that the
next lueetlug should be In 1904 at St,
Louls, subject to our congress extend-
Ing nial invitation. Iike 'rTheo Hague
tribune, tlia linterparllammenttry union
Is one of the forces tc'nding toward
peaco among the niatlons of the earth,
and It is entitled to our support. 1
trust the Invitation can be extended.
 triyr In JTuly, linvitji reeiveled Intel-
ligence, which happily jturned out to be


erroneous, of the assassination of our
vice consul nt Beirut, I dispatched a
mall squadron to 'that port for such
service as mightt be found xecce.aar'y on
arrival. Although the attempt on the,
life of our vico consul had not been
successful, yet the outrage wals symp-
tomntlc' of a state' of excitement and
disorder which demnandil I.mmediate
attention. The arrival of the vessels
had the happiest. result. A feeling of
security at once took the place of the
former alarm nnd disquiet. Our offi-
cers were cordially welcomed by .the
consular body t nd. the leading mer-
chants,. and ordinary business resumed
Its activity. 'thle government of the
sultan gave a considerate hearing to
the representations of our minister; the
official who was regarded as responsi-
ble for, the disturbed condition of af-
fairs wks removed. Our relations with.
the Turkish government remain friend-
ly. Our claims founded.on Inequitable
treatment of some of our schools and
missions appear to be In process of
amicable adjustment
 Mellttloue wit caia.
 The stgning of a new coulmercial
treaty with China, which took place at
Shanghai on the i8tb of October. Is a
cause for satIsfaction. This act, the
result of long dlMse l$pn and negotia-
tion, planes our commercial relations
with the greet orontal empire- on a
more satisfactory footlag tha they
have Wr-t et ees" 0 .Iaoed* It pro-
vides mnt aly f thr 0 0 _rSf" t i


O: oeore-cmianer* y Inearca
54 facility fa acc too lChnee ports
and for the relief of tradaby the re-
morel .of some of the obstacles which
-havre mbarramsed It in the past.
 I trust that the congress will edn-
 tinue to favor In all proper ways the
Lousiana Purpbase expoaltlon. Tbth
expeoitlon commemorates the Louis-
ana purchase, which was 'the first gyst
step In the expansion which made as a
continental nation. The expedition of
Lewis and Clark acroea the continent
followed thereon and marked .the be-
ginning ot the process of exploration
and colonization which thrust our na-
tional boundaries to the Pacific.
 The acquisition of the Oregon coun-
try, Including the present states of
Oregon and Washington, wae a fact of
Immense Importance In our history,
first giving us our place on the Paclfic
seaboard and making ready the way
for our ascendency In the commerce
of the greatest of the oceans. The cen-
tennial of our establishment upon the
western coast by the 'expedition of
Lewls snd Clark Is to be celebrated at
Portland, Ore., by an exposition In the
summer of 1006, and this event Should
receive recognition and support from
the national government.


 Development .o Alaska.
 I call your special attention to thb
 territory of Alaska. The country 19
 developing rapidly, and It has an as
 sured future. The mineral wealth It
 great and has- as yet hardly been tap
 pod. The flahserles, It wisely handled
 and kept under national control, wil
 be a business as permanent as any oth
 er and of the utmost importance to the
 people. The forests, If properly guard
 ed, will form Another great source oa
 wealth. Portions of Ahnska are ftted
 for farming and stock raising, althougli
 the methods must be adapted to thb
 peculiar conditions of the country
 .Proper land laws -should be enacted<
 and the survey of the putblIc lands im
 mediatoly begun. Coaaland lan wi
 ahotl'd be provided whereby the coa
 land entryminn may make hil locatioE
 and secure patent under methods kin
 dred to those now prescribed for home
 stead and mineral entrynmen, Salmom
 hatcheries, exclusively under govern
 ment control, should be established
 The cable should be extendOO. front
 Sitka westward. Wagon roads an<
 trails should be built and the building
 of railroads promoted In all legItimUti
 ways. Lighthouses should be bull
 along the coast. Attention ., 9opd be
 paid to the needs of the AJlsga In
 dians. Provision should be iatde to:
 an .oficor, with deputies, to study thel
 needs, relieve their immediate want
 and help them adapt themselves to thi
 new conditions.
 I recommend that an approprlatlot
 be made for building lighthouses lit
 Hawaii and taking possessloi of those<
 already built. The territory should b4
 reimbursed for whatever, amounts I
 has already expended for lighthouses
 The governor should be empowered t(
 suspend or remove any official appoint
 td by him, without subnditting ,th(
 matter 1o the legislature.
 lthe Plllpplanes. and Porto ilUeo.
 Of our Insular possessions, the Philip
 pines and -Porto Rico, It Is gratifyini
 to say that their steady progress hai
 been such as to make it unitecesenrj
 to spend much time In discussing them
 Yet the congress should ever keep ix
 mind that a peculiar obligation rest.
 upon us to further In every way the
 welfare of .these communities. The
 Philippines ,ihouIld be knit closer to ui
 by tariff arrangements. It would, o
 course, be impossible suddenly to rals
 the people of the Islands to the hig)
 pitch of Industrial prosperity and o
 governmental efficiency to which they
 will in the end by degrees attain, and
 the caution and moderation shown iU
 developing them have been among the
 main reasons why this development
 has hitherto gone on so smoothly
 Scrupulous care has been taken in the
 choice of governinental agents and the
 entire ellimination of partisan politics
 from the public service. The conditlor
 )f the Islanders Is In material things
 'ar better than ever before, while their
 governmental. Intellectual and moral
 idrance hIas kept pace with their ma-
 terial advance. No one people ever
 boniefited another people more than we
 hnvo benefited the Filiplnos by taking
 possession of the Islands.
 Preservattoe of FP'orest.
 The work of reclamation of the arid
 lands of the west is progressing steadIlly
 and. satisfactorily under the terms of
 the law settling aside the proceeds
 from the disposal of public lands.t
 The study of the opportunities of
 reclamation of the vast extent of arid
 land shows That whether this reclama-
tion Is done by Indivilduils, corpora-
tiois or the state, the sources of water
supply must be effectively protected
and the reservoirs guarded by the pres-
ervation of the forests at the head-
watera of the streams. The necessity
for perpetuating, our forest resources,
whether In public or private hands, Is
recognized now as never before. It Is
recommended that all tatters pertain-
nlag to forest reserves, except those in-
volving or pertaining to land titles, be
consolidated in the bureau of forestry
of the department of agriculture.
 The cotton growing states have re-
 cently been Invaded by a weevil that
 hlas done much damage and threatens
 the entire cotton Industry. I suggest
 to the congress the prompt enactment
 of such remedial legislation as Its Judg-
 ment inmay approve.
 No other class of our citizens de-
 serves so well of the nation as those
 to whom the nation owes Its very be-
 ing; the veterans of the civil war. BSpe-
 eldl attention Is asked .to the excellent
 work of the penalont burtatu In exptedit-
 Ing and disposing of penas!on claims.
 During the fiscal year ending July 1,
 1903, the bureau settled 251,982 claims.
 an average of 825 claims for each
 working day of the year. The number
 of settlements since July 1,. 1903. hap
 been .in excess of last year's average.
 approaching 1,000 claims for each
 working day, and It Is believed that
 the work of the buren will be current
 at the close of the present fiscal year.
 Uxtessl-e @I CS*U Serv-es *lesi.
 During the year ended June 80 last
 25.f06 persons were appointed through
 competitive examination undr the
 civil service rules. This was 12a.62
 more than during t15e preceding year


and 40 per cent of those who passed
the examlations. Thlfs abnormal
growth was largely ocoasloned by tho
efstadlon of elaslkuatoaon to the rural
ftse delivery servee sad th appoit.
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The completion of the reform of' the
ciTU service is recognisid by good citi.
maps esrywbere .as a matter of the
highest public Importanoe, and the suc-
coseof the merit system largely depends
upon the effectiveness of the rules and.
the machinery provided for their en-
forcement. A very gratifying spirit of
friendly co-operation exists in all the
departments of the government in the
enforcement and uniform observance
of both the letter and spirit of the civil
service act.
 The Army and Navy.
 The effect of the laws providing a
 general staff for the army and for the
 more effective use of the national guard
 has been excellent. Great Improve-
 merit has been made In the efficiency
 of our army In recent years. Such
 schools as those erected at Fort Leav-
 enworth and Fort Riley and the Insti-
 tution of fall maneuver work accoinm-
 plish salIsfactory results. ThIe good ef-
 fect of these maneuvers upon the na-
 tlonel guard Is marked, and ample ap-
 propriation should be moade to enable
 the guardsmen of the several states to
 share in the benefit. The government
 should as soon ns possible secure s-iet-
 able permanent camp sites for u1.illl.'y
 maneuvers in the various sections of
 the country.
 I heartily congratulate the congress
-tpoon the steady progress In building
up the American. navy. We. cannot
afford a let-up In this great work. To
stand stUl means to go back. There
should be no cessation l.n adding to the
effective units of the lighting strength
of the fleet. Meanwhile the navy de-
partment and tlie bcficers of the navy
are doing well their part by providing
constant service at sea under condi-
tions akin to those of actual warfare.
.Our officers and enlisted men are learn-
Ing to handle the battleships, cruisers
and torpedo boats with high efficiency
In fleet and squadron fortuattons, and
the standard of unarksnmanship Is being
steadily raised. The best work ashore
Is indispensable, but the lilghest dilty
of. a naval officer is to exercise com-
mand at sea. It Is eminently desirable
that a naval general staff should be
established; / '
 I"thostan Canaul,
 By the eat of June 28, 1902, the con-
gress authorized tbh president to enter
Into treaty: witie Colombia tor the
building of the canal across the lath-
imus of Panama. It beLng provided that
In the event of failure to secure suhe
treaty after the lapse of a reasonable
time recourse should be had to build-
lag a canal through Nicaragua. It hIas
nobt been necessary to consider this tl-
ternattve, as I mn enabled to lay be-
fore tle senate a treaty providing for
the biTildlng of the. canal across the
Isthmus of Panama. This was the
route which commended Itself to the
deliberate judgment of the congresra
anil we can now acquire by treaty the
right to construct the camal over this
route. ImThe question now, therefore, Is
not by which route the Isthimian canal
shall be built, for that qIestlon thas
been definitely nnd irrevocably decid-
ed. The question Is slnmply whether or
not we shall have an Istbmiiann canal.
 When thIe congress directed that we
lietuld take the Patnma route utinder
treaty with Colonibla the essence of
time condition, of course, referred not
to thIe government whilchl controlled
that route, but to the route Itself; to the
letritory across wlilch the route lay,
3ot_ to the uiame which fort thIe moment
!he territory bore on the map. Thie
purpose of the law'was to aiuthorize


taie. *ave sois e that fP
it tb landing of no I p'l ULI TI RIO
force, the arrival of which w le o
chaos and destruction alongthae Une or
the railroad and of the prop0sbod canal
and an Interruption of'transit e an White Men Mob Negro Offlcl
Inevitable coiU.queno-. The do facto Hlders 8t ,rl'e-,
overnment of Panma wu reco- Holders at Berkley, Va,
nized.
 Under such circluastaaces the gov-
ernment of the United states would TREAT VICTIMS ROUG LY
have been guilty of folly and week. ROUGHLY
mess, amounting in their sum to a cri m
against the nation, had It acted other-
wise than it did when the revolution of Centracts Awarded to DeOen Different
Nov. 8 last took place In Panama. This Publishing House---Prlices re
great enterprise of building the Inter- Lowered Between Twenty.
oceanic canal cannot be held up to
graUfy the whims or out of respect to Five and Fifty Per Cent.
the governmental Impotence or to the ---


even more sinister and evil pollUtical
peculiarities of people who, though
they dwell afar off, yet, agalnl the
wish of the actual dwellers on the Isth-
mus, assert an unreal supremacy over
the territory. The possession of a ter-
ritory fraught with such peculiar ca-
pacitles as the Isthmus In question ca@e
ri-s with it obligations to mankind.
The course of events has shown that
this canal cannot be -built by private
enterprise or by amy other nation than
our own; therefore It must be built by
the United States.
 New Treaty Wit esmaUAM.
 IEvery effort has been mad6 by the
 government of the United Statea to per-
 suade Colombia to follow a course
 which was essentially not only to out
 Interests and to the Interests of the
 world, but to the Interests of Coloma-
 bla itself. These efforts have failed,
 and Colombia, by .her persaitence ln lwe
 pulsing the advances that have 6ee"
 made, has forced us for the sake t
 our own honor and. of the Interest and
 well being, not merely of our own peo
 pie, but of the people of the lsthmus of
 Panama and the people of the cvill4ed
 countries of the world, to take decialte
 steps, to bring to an end a condition of
 affairs which had become Intolerable.
 The new republic of Panama Immedi-
 alely offered to negotiate a treaty with
 us. This treaty I herewith submit.
 ly It our Interests are better safeguard-
 ed than li the treaty with C(olmbia
 which was ratified by the senate at Its
 last session. It Is better In Its terms
 than the treaties offered to as by the
 republics of Nicaragua and Costa foAIM.
 At last the right to begin thiS great
 undertaking I tonade available. Pa.
 ama has done her part. All thy4 re-
 mains Is for the Amerian scongreel to
 do its part, and forthwith this republic
 will enter upon the executiont of a
 project colossal ia ts lstae and bt well
 nigh incaltculable possibllitlee .r the
 good of this country &ad lthe utloe of
 mankind.

 A lHOAl-MADE BLOW GUN.
 A good blow. gun gives boys lota of
 fun, and we will toll you how -to make
one of 'the best.
 Tie gun mniy be of wood, of tin, or
of glass, but the latter is the best. It
Is a glass Ltbe, with an intoPnal diam-
eter of one-quarter to three-eighths of
an inch. You can get It at a druggist's
for from ten to wenly cents; "the
length may be from twenty to thirty
Inches. .
 To make the darts, get common
pins of a good size, anll some coarse
colored worsted. With the worsted
-make six loops, beglpoting 'half way
down the pin, letting tir Icopa. be
long enough to Prroject about, three-
quarters of an inch beyond the head
of the pin.


 e -m -- t tittrea Nyow, with lInen or asilk threat,
h power in actual control of the Isthnius Now, with linen or silk thread,
of Panama. This purpose has been wind around the worsted tightly, be-
 fulfilled, ginning Just tinder the head of the
j For 400 years, ever since shortly after pin, and going downward until the
i the discovery of this hleml.phere, the worsted is entirely covered; wind so
e canal eaross tile Istlmonn ~s been that there will be a taper toward the
tplatmed. lI'or twascore : ,nr it has lower end. Then tie the thread fast.
b, heetn worked nt. Wlh, tlltmn(e it Is to The loops that project abve the
Last for the ages. It is to anter lhe pin head you must now cut square
Sgeography 'of n continent and the trade with the selsso-r, which will leave the
Routes of time world. We have shown daxt with a bunch of worsted as its
Sby every treaty me have npgot!inted or head, and hibl will make it fly
 attempted to negotliite 'ithhe peo- straight.
 pies In control of the Isthlm 1 with Now for a target. Use a piece of
 foreign nations in referiio ihereto oumr soft pine board perfectly smoath, an
 consistent good faith In olt.srvlng our let It be about seven aid a half latches
 obllgntloxns, oil the on hand to the poo- square and half an inch thick
 plea of the Istlhmuis !ilid o i ti e other Exactly in the center of the boW-l
 hand to the clvllili.el ,r-ld, w hose com- draw a ircle three-quarers of an inch
 mercial rights we aore Ffegiarding awal in diameter, and blacken it; of is is
 guaranteeing by our -tinom. We have to be the bl als eye. Atu this
 done our duty to others it Iot-ter xnd in raw five rings at equal distae
 Spirit, amd w0 havet shows hle utmost from t ch other, so 'that then outer
 forbearance In exacting our own rights. ring will be ear the edge of the
 te.llmd-atln of 'treaty by Colom.lin,. board. A Pair of dividers with a pen-
 Last spring a treaty concludedt4 to- cl In one end will do to draw the
 tween the representatlaes of the re- ring* with.
 public of Colomblln ind of our govern- Number the bull's eye 100, and the
 meant was ratified by the senate. This rings- fifty, thirty-five twentyve, ten
 treaty was entered into at time urgent and fve respectively. Make anyi num
 sollcitation of the people of Colotmbia ber of potou please am
 stand after a body of exports appointed but 50o is a ood te galenu
 by our government especially to go into With twelve darts f er
 the matter of the routes across the take part eac a r aerts
 lttihuuAs had prououuced unaulinouly e r, each having three darts of
 isthmus had pronounced unaitnoimosly a certain color. A dart Is put tate
 in favor of the Panama route. In draw. the gan, and a qi. dart s uff t
 Ing nily this treaty every concession was reat ann a I f hardpuff o
 made td to e people nind to te gover- reat ed t flying
 ment of Colombin. We were more
 than Just In dealing with them. Our THE BABY TURTLI 
 generosity was such as to anake it a urtes n,
 serious lquestlon wbrether we lid not in the sand and let the sun hatch
 gone too far In their Interest at the ex- them out. They do not lay ttem all
 pense of our own, for in otur crupulous in oe place, drobbly beca m
 desire to pay all possible heed not think o e place robably because they
 Smerely to the real but even to the k it safer to scatter them. Then,
 i merely tp tlac real lut even to lim even though one be stolen or broken,
 fancied rights of our weaker neighbor, h oe e toe or r
 Iwho already owed so much to our pro- e others mar esae. The mother
 Section and forbearance, we yielded in rte cover them all carefully up
 all .possible ways to her desires in on afer another, wlth a thin spring
 drawling. up. the treaty. Nevertheless ig of sand, and then ardently
 !the government of Colombia tnt mere- er gives he another thought.
 ly repudiated the treaty, hut repudl- wondering her maternal duty done.
 ated it Inseach maanner as to mntl- it Certail it is that she has never beon
 evident by the time the Cololmblat con- dicoveret going ner these egg ba
 gress. adjourned that not the antlet e ile) again, and when they. h4th at.
 hope rainalned of ever getting a satls. last, the tiny, soft hacked reat
 factory treaty from them. at once- begin .'trawlng Arnd
 e ch f n awling aroulld In
 Re iDl tslioa In 0Paanias. sc-ach of flies and other food em inde-
 The people of Panama had long been P~haiently as if there were no such
 discontented 'with tihe. republlc of Co hng as a mother in the world. A
 lombia, and they had bien kept quiet tle girl who found one of these odd,
 only by thehprose e cnriclulain oblon turtle ega on a s y ri
 of the canal treaty. which was to thm btank ta. Louisiana, -took it h loe
 a matter of vitnl concern. When li be_ p1I it. In a teacup on be table for
 came evident that the treaty wtls hope. Salekeeplag. A few hours later
 leasly lost tle people of r'ipaum, rose light noise was noced i tht
 literally as one man. Not a shlat was rel:ion. anJ on looking n the dup
 fired bJ i a ngle a on the isthinmut again she fund a baby turtle, full
 I In the Interest of the Colombian gov- .fledged.. bit tiny. scrambling about
 ernment. Not n life was lost In the among the bits Of its Aroken egghelli
 Saccompllshulent of the revolution. T'he cradle.
 C'olombLann troops stationed on tie ilti.I
 [ mus. who lisd long Ieen unpaid, made:
 roml al ont ah tiie people orf i'n. I a ste ri Siberia offers sit enormous
 am., and with aStonishlng unanlmity field for ivuand teel vrfrb
 the new republic was itarted. The Inl purpoe; al so r ere for t build
 duty of the United States In thme p,-e carpetremr -n tool. ekc.T
 ise was clear. In trit scN-Dane "lnes ..r larg ly in t all oge
 Wtlh the principle laid down by av tMa., Therei s.also I l arg dentieA
 5 a4tustm.


 Summoned by -the ringing of bie
 bell of the Berkley Avenue Baptit
 church, at Berkley, Va.. Tuesday night,
 a mob of 300 white iLdemucral
 stormed the office of the Berkley Lm.
 provement board, In which were (',us.
 ty Treasurer Lyons, Commissmlonr 0i
 Revenue Nicholas, Town Rv, rd&r
 Old, Deputy County tierk W II 1y..
 ons and nearly a score of nIegroes
 and rushed the entire party fr om the
 building to the street. County Trea,.
 urer Lyons was kicked half way down
 the stairs.
 The crowd then assailed the 1Herk.
 ley police' station, and found there
 County Clerk Alvah H. amartin, a re-
 publican, seated at a table with Rev.
 John Sumter, a negro councilman.
 Martin was attacked, severely choked
 stnd slammed against a coil door .L
 he stood there denunciatory spiechies
 were delivered to him and lie was
 then escorted to hils home by the po
 lice.
 The mob was composed o0 about
 three hundred men, all white, and
 nearly all armed,. shotguns and repeat-
 ing rifles being plentiful, while re-
 volvers and clubs were also in eyi-
 den'ce. Several -shots were fired la
 the street, but no one was hurt.
 The riot was caused by bitter polit-
 Ical feeling, which hasm existed be-
 tween the straight-out democratic eli-
 ment of Norfolk county and the fIsion
 element, controlled by Martin. It Is
 charged. by the democrats that the |
 county officials present Ih the office
 of the improvement board, had assem.
 bled there to collect the political
 taxes from negroes surreptitiously,
 and that on the other hand obstacles
 are placed in the way of white demo-
 crats qualifying to vote..
 In the crowd was C. .%. Itockefel-
 ler, a first cousin of the Standard oil
 magnate, and Rev. Herbert Scholz, a
 Christian minister.

 TURKS INSULT OUR FLAG.

 Consul at Alexandretta Attacked and
 Old Glory. Comes Down.
 A cable dispatch from Constantino-
 ple says: The United States flag over
 the consulate at Alexandretta. Aatilc
 Turkey, has been hauled down and
 Consul Davies has left his post for
 Beirut in coaEequence of a iscrlous
 diplomatic incident during which Mr.
 Davies was Insulted and assaulted' by
 the local police. Thp affair grow omtm
 of the arrest of an Armenlan-Ohan-
 nes Attarian-a nat-uralized Amenrican
 citizen.
 Attarlian has been in prison at Allp-
 po during the last two months amini
 had just been liberated through the
 intervention of the American consular
 agent on condition of his leaving the
 country forthwith.
 Mr. Davies was accompanying Ana-
 rian on board a departing steamer
 when the police intercepted tihe part,
 assaulted and InsultedI Mr. Davies and,
 despite the resistance of the consul
 and his attendance- guard, re-arrested
 Attarian and took him back to prison.
 Mr. flavieg Immediately lowered the
 flag over the consulate anc formally
 broke off relations with the Turkish
 authorities by quitting Alexandrette.
 leaving the consulate In charge of the
 vice consul.
 A mob of moslems seized on the
 occasion to make a hostile demonstra-
 tion against the consulate and -against
 the Christians" generally.
 The local authorities Insist that Mr.
 Davies struck the police with a cane
 and -that after theme re-arrest f Atta-
 rian the consular cavasses (military
 couriers), attempted to rescue. him
 and that in the fracas which ensie 
 the cavasses broke the windows of
 the prison.

 GALLOWS AWAITS HARRIS.

Georgia Supreme Court Passes Upon
 Case of Slayer of Policeman.
 John Harris, the negro who stabbed
Policeman.Hans Draabach to death in
Atlanta some time ago, will hang. The
Georgia supreme court Tuesday af-
firmed the decision of the superior
court, and as soon as the remlittur of
the supreme court goes to the supe-
rior court Harris will blie re-sentonced.
 Harris confessed to killing Police-
man DIraabach. but stated that he had
no intention of doing sb when he
stabbed the officer," Drasbach had ar-
rested Harris for fighting with anot,*
er negro.

 STWO GRAFTERS CONVICTED. .

lury Finds Upton and McGregor Guilty
 In Baltimore Court.
 C. Ellsworth Upton and Thomas Me-
G'egor, on trial lin the United states
district court at; Baltimore. tir con-
'piracy to rob the government lI con*


section with a contract -for later
pouches ,were adjudged guilty late
Tuesday afternoon. Sentence was
suspended pending a motion for a nec
trsis.

 MARINES GO INTO CAMP.
Two Companies Permanently Statilon
 ed Near the City of Panama.
 A company of marlaes -froa th-
United States auxiliary rdisor "bizel
under command of Captafn Wirt MU
Creary. were landed at Colon Tra -
4ap moralng, san took -. train for
BMpire. a town on the .pgrqUrU W s *
Panamas, where A caa4 1 1*t*
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