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President Faiors Reduction of War Taxation and Increase of Regular Army. MOST HOLD PHILIPPINES The President's Message to CongressJSays That the Philippine Islands Are to Be Held as Part of the Territory of the United States A Stable Government Will Be Organized as Soon as Condi tions Will Allow The Message Re news Pledge to Oppose All Schemes ' of Territorial Conquest, Demands the Open Door in China, Favors Ship Sub sidies For Fostering the American Merchant Marine, Recommends the Construction of an Interoceanic Canal, Commends the Financial Legisla tion of Last Session, and Reviews Oup Relations With Foreign Powers A Promise That Cuba is Soon to Be Turned Over to the Cubans. ' Washington, D. C. (Special). Presi Bent McKInley's message, transmitted and read to the second session of the Fifty-sixth Congress, is, in part, as follows: "To the Senate and House of Repre sentatives: "At the outgoing of the old and in coming of the new century you begin the last session of the Fifty-sixth Con gress with evidences on every hand of individual and national prosperity anl with proof of the growing strength and increasing power for good tof republican institutions. Your coun trymen will join with you in felicita tion that American liberty is more firmly established than ever before, and that love for it and the determina tion to preserve it are more universal than at any former period in our his tory. "The Republic was never so strong, because never so strongly intrenched In the hearts of the people as now. The Constitution, with few amend ments, exists as it left the hands of Its authors. The additions which have been made to it proclaim larger free dom and more extended citizenship. Popular government has demonstrated In its one hundred and twenty-four years of trial here its stability and security, and its efficiency as the best Instrument of national development and the best safeguard to human rights." The President refers to the growth of the population of the country and then takes up the Chinese problem, which he says is the dominant ques tion in our foreign relations. Apart from this, our relations with other Powers have been happy. The President tells at great length the story of the uprising in China, which he says had v been fomenting for three years. He recites the meas ures taken to protect the legations in Pekin, the attack upon the envoys, the taking of the Tako forts, the siege of the legations and their relief, with the fighting at Tien-Tsin. He then states the policy of the United States. Our declared aims, he, says, involved no war against the Chine'.senation. He continues: ' v "We adhered to the legitimate office Of rescuing the imperiled legation, obtain-": redress for wrongs already suf ? t ered"e'curing,fe .possible the v safety of American life anu I In China, and preventing a spreau C. the disorders or their recurrence." After reviewing the negotiations with the Powers for the purpose of re storing peace to China, to preserve Chinese territorial entity and to pro tect all trade and treaty rights, the President says: "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 beyond the ability of Chi na to meet. All the Powers concur In emphatic disclaimers of any purpose of aggrandizement through the dis memberment of the Empire. I am dis posed to think that due compensation may be made in part by increased guarantees of security for foreign rights and immunities, and, most im portant of all, by the opening of China to the equal commerce of all the world. These views have been and will be earnestly advocated by our represen tatives." The "year of the Paris Exposition" Is referred to as "fruitful in occasions for displaying the good will that ex ists between this country and France."' He adds: "Apart from the Exposition several occasions for showing inter national good will occurred. The in auguration in Paris of the Lafayette Monument, presented by the school children of the United States, and the designing of a commemorative coin by our mint and the presentation of the first piece struck to the President of the Republic, were marked by ap propriate ceremonies, and the Fourth of July was especially observed In the French capital." The President then says that good will prevails in our relations with the German Empire. Our relations with Great Britain continue friendly. White vexatious questions arose through the war .in South Africa they were all settled amicably. He then takes up the Alaska boundary dispute and says that the modus Vivendi of October, 1899, is at best an unsatisfactory make-shift, which should not be suf fered to delay the speedy and com plete establishment of the frontier line to whieh the United States are entitled nnder the Russo-American treaty for the cession of Alaska. "In this relation," he continues, "I may refer again to the need of definite ly marking the Alaskan boundary where it follows the one hundred and fortyvfirst meridian. A convention to that end has been before the Senate Quarrel 'Ends in a Triple Tragedy. At Pafkdale, Ark., the two Killian brothers merchants, having had a previous falling out with Station Agent Phillips about railroad business, went to his boarding house and called him out. After exchanging a few words all drew pistols. The three men were killed almost Instantly. Convicts Killed by Falling Wall. Four convicts, two white and , two colored, were killed &nd several others were Injured by the falling of a wall which they vere removing at the old prison in Nashville, Tenn. for some two years, but as no action has been taken I contemplate negotiat ing a new convention for a joint de termination of the meridian by tele graphic observations. These, it is be lieved, will - give more accurate and unquestionable results than the side real methods heretofore independent ly followed, which, as is known, proved discrepant at several points on the line, although not varying at any place more than 700 feet." The President refers to the demand of Italy for reparation for the lynch ing of Italians at Tallulah, and says: "I renew the urgent recommenda tions I made last year that the Con gress appropriately confer upon the Federal' courts jurisdiction in this class of international cases where the ultimate responsibility of the Federal Government may be involved, and I in vite action upon the bills to accom plish this which were introduced in the Senate and House." He recom mends that Congress make gracious provision for indemnity to the Italian sufferers in the same form and pro portion as heretofore. He then strongly condemns lynch ing, and quotes from his inaugural ad dress as follows: "Lynching must not be tolerated in a great and civilized country like the United States; courts, not mobs, must execute the penalties of the law. The preservation of public order, the right of discussion, the in tegrity of courts, and the orderly ad ministration of justice must continue forever the rock of safety upon which our Government securely rests." The President briefly reviews the progress which Japan has made and says it shows the competence of tne Japanese to hold a foremost place among modern peoples. The President announces the ratifi cation of the treaty of The Hague by sixteen Powers and the appointment as members of the Arbitration Court former President Harrison, Chief Jus tice Fuller, Attorney-General Griggs, and former Senator Gray. He then commends the construction of an inter-oceanic canal. He says overtures for a convention to effect the building of a canal under the auspices of the United States are under consid eration. He urges the Senate to re move any objection which might arise out of the convention commonly called the Clayton-Bulwer trea '.. The President says: "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. I feel that we should not suffer to pass any opportunity to re affirm the cordial ties that existed be tween us and Spain from the time of our earliest independence, and to en hance the mutual benefits of that com mercial intercourse which is natural between the two countries." He then states that inasmuch as the Treaty of Peace did not include all the islands in the Philippine group he di rected the negotiation of a supple mentary treaty whereby Spain re nounces all claims to the islands in question in consideration of the sum of $100,000. The President recommends legisla tion to pay American citizens' claims against Spain for losses during the Cuban war. He says that our claim upon the Government of the Sultan for repara tion for injuries suffered by American citizens In Armenia and elsewhere give promise of early and satisfactory settlement. On the subjects of reciprocity treaties under the Tariff act the Presi dent says: "The policy of reciprocity so mani festly rests upon the principles of in ternational equity and has been so re peatedly approved by the people of the United States that there ought to be no hesitation in either branch of the Congress in giving to it full effect." He mentions, that clamorous de mands are made upon some foreign Governments7 for legislation specifical ly hostile to American interests. He observes that "should these de- mand,reTil shall communicate with the CongreiS,? tte view of advisinsr such legislation a.s. may. . '?e necessary to meet the emergency rrtIS?a to JaPan The Exposition of the resources and products of the Western Hemisphere to be held at Buffalo next year promises im portant results not only for the United States, but for the other participating countries, declares the President. That responses are made with such prompti tude and accuracy as to elicit flattering encomiums. The President then announces that the surplus revenues for the year ended June 30, 1900, was $79,527,068.18. Inview of this he recommends legislation to reduce the war tax by $30,000,000. He exhibits in detail the sources of revr enue and amounts contributed by each. He then adds: "Because of the excess of revenues over expeditures the Secretary of the Treasury was enable to apply bonds and other securiies to the sinking fund to the amount of $56,544,556.06. The Secre tary of the Treasury estimates that the re ceipts for the current fiscal year will ag gregate $oau,uuu,uuu, ana the expeditures $500,000,000, leaving an excess of revenues over expenditures of $80,000,000. "I recommend that the Congress at its present session reduce the internal rev enue taxes imposed to meet the expenses of the war with Spain in the sum of $30, 000,000. This reduction should be secured by the remission of those taxes which ex perience has shown o be the most bur- aensome to the industries of the people. "I specially urge that there be included in whatever reduction is made the legacy tax bequests for public uses of a literary, educational or charitable character." The President ; oes into the condition of the Treasury and the various operations of the financial department, and declares: "It will be the duty, as I am sure it will be the disposition, of the Congress, to provide whatever further legislation is needed to insure the continued parity un der all conditions between our two forms of metallic money, silver and gold." He commends the financial act of 1900, declares that its good effect, so far as it relates to the modification of the banking law, is apparent, and on the subject of further legislation says: "The party in power is committed to such legislation as will better make the currency responsive to the varying needs of business at all seasons and in all sec tions." The President discusses briefly the con dition of American shipping and says: "In again urging immediate action by the Congress on measures to promote American shipping and foreign trade I direct attention to the recommendation on the subject in previous messages and particularly to the opinion expressed in the message of 1899: "1 am satisfied the judgment of the Political Notes. The Republicans will have a majori ty of five on join ballot in the Nebras ka Legislature. Incomplete returns in California show the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution, exempting Church property Jrom taxation. The people of Maine are much con cerned over, the probability that they will lose one of their tour Representa tives in Congress by the new ratio. William J. Bryan received 474,882 votes in Ohio, the same number -he did on the Democratic ticket In 1896, when he also got 2612 Populist vo.s- country favors the policy of aid to oui merchant marine, which will broaden oui commerce and markets and upbuild oui sea-carrying capacity for the products o) agriculture and manufacture, which, with the increase of our navy, mean more wort and wages to our countrymen, as well as a safeguard to American interests in every part of the world.' " On the subject of trusts the President says: "In my last annual message to the Congress I called attention to the neces sity for early action to remedy such evils as might be found to exist in connection with combinations of capital organized into trusts, and again invite attention to my discussion of the subject at that time, which concluded with these words: " 'It is apparent that uniformity of leg islation upon this subject in the several States is much to be desired. It is to be hnnpJ that, anfh uniformity, founded in a wise and just discrimination between what is injurious and what is useful and neces sary in business operations, may be ob tained, and that means may be found for the Congress, within the limitations of its constitutional power, so to supplement an State legislation as to make a complete system of laws through out the United States adequate to compel a general observance of the salutary rules tn which I have referred. The whole question is so important and far-reaching that I am sure no part of it will be lightly considered, but every phase of it will have the. studied deliberation of the Congress, resulting in wise and judicious action. " 'Restraint upon such combinations as arfl injurious, and which are within Fed eral jurisdiction, should be promptly ap plied bv the Congress.' " On the subject of the Philippines the President continues: "In my last annual message I dwelt at some length upon the condition of affairs in the Philippines While seeking to impress upon you that t.hfi Tave resDonsibilities of the future. government of those islands rests with the Congress of the United States, I abstained from recommending at that time a spe cific and final form of government for the territory actually held by the United States forces and in which as long as in surrectim continues the military arm must necessarily be supreme. No contrary expression oi tne will ot, the Congress having been made, 1 nave steadfastly pursued the purpose so de clared, employing the civil arm as well toward the accomplishment of pacification and the institution of local governments within the lines of authority and law. "Progress in the hoped-for direction haf, been favorable. Our forces have success-j fully controlled the greater part of the, islands, overcoming the organized forces of the insurgents and carrying order andj administrative regularity to all quartersj What opposition remains is for the mostj part scattered, obeying no concerted plan of stragetic action, operating only by the methods common to the traditions of guer rilla warfare, which while ineffective to alter the general control now established are still sufficient to beget insecurity among the populations that have felt the; good results of our control and thus delay the conferment upon them of the fuller measures of local self-government, of edu cation and of industrial and agricultural development which we stand ready to give to them." In his instruction to the commission thai President laid down these general rules:' That in all cases the municipal officers who administer the local affairs of the people are to be selected by the people, and that wherever officers of more ex tended jurisdiction are to be selected in any way, natives of the islands are to be preferred, and if they can be found com petent and willing to perform the duties they are to receive the offices in preference' to any others. "It will be the duty of the Commis sion," says the President, "to make a thorough investigation into the titles to the large tracts of land held or claimed: by individuals or by religious orders; into the justice of the claims and complaints! made against such landholders by the peo ple of the island or any part of the people, and to seek by wise and peaceable meas-; ures a just settlement of the controversies and redress of wrongs which have caused strife and bloodshed in the past. "The civil government of Porto Rico provided for by the act of Congress ap proved April 22, 1900, is in successful op eration," declares the President. "The courts have been established. The Gov ernor and his associates working intelli gently and harmoniously, are meeting with commendable success." The President quotes from Governor Wood's speech in calling the Cuban Con stitutional Convention to order, in which he says that the constitution must be ade quate to secure a stable, orderly and free government. Congress is specifically urged to au thorize the laying of a cable connecting this country with the new possessions in the Pacific, and extending this line from n-lhe "--ze", then discusses the army. ThepresenT.ltreng1-116 army is 000 men 65,000 regulars and 25,000" vCIUH teers. Under the act of March 2, 1899, on the 30th of June next the present volun teer force will be discharged and the regu lar army wil be reduced to 2447 officers, and 29,025 enlisted men. "We will be required to keep a consid erable force in the Philippine Islands for! some time to come. It must be apparent; that we will require an army of about 60,000, and that 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 number authority should be given to raise native troops in the Phil ippines up to 15,000, which the Taft Com mission believe will be more effective in detecting and suppressing guerillas, assas sins and ladrones than our own soldiers." A very satisfactory settlement has been made of the long-pending question of the manufacture of armor plate. A reasonable price has been secured and the necessity for a Government armor plant avoided. "I approve of the recommendations of the Secretary for new vessels and for ad ditional officers and men, which the re quired increase of the navy makes neces sary. I commend also the establishment of a national naval reserve and of the grade of Vice-Admiral. Provision should be made for suitable rewards for special merit." The attention of the Congress is called by the President to the report of the Sec retary of the Interior touching the neces sity for the further establishment of schools in the Territory of Alaska, and favorable action is invited thereon. In conclusion the President says: "In our great prosperity we must guard against the danger it invites of extravagance in Government expenditures and appropria tions; and the chosen representatives of the people will, I doubt not, furnish an' example m their legislation of that wise economy which in a season of plenty hus bands for the future. In this era of great business activity and opportunity caution is not untimely. It will not abate, but strengthen, confidence. It will not retard, but promote, legitimate industrial and commercial expansion. Our growing pow er brings with it temptations and perils requiring constant vigilance to avoid.- It must not be used to invite conflicts, nor for oppression: but for the more effective maintenance of those principles of equality and justice upon which our institutions and happiness depend. Let us keep al ways in mind that foundation of our Gov ernment is liberty; its superstructure peace. WILLIAM M'KINLEY. Executive Mansion, December 3, 1900." Coal Boat Collision Cost 8100,000. The Tom Dodsworth and Volunteer, both Pittsburg towboats, collided twenty miles above Huntingford, W. Va. Almost thirty boats, containing 600,000 bushels of coal, sank. The los? is $100,000. Boers Seek Homes in America. Inquiry has Been made on behalf oi more than 500 Boer families now ic exile at Lorenzo Marques, for the pur pose of learning whether or not the United States would welcome them w settlers and citizens. IaWYBRKTLLS MINISTflB 5. D. Stokes Shot the Rev. J. H, VVohl in a Street Due!, RESULT OF A STARTLING SERMON The Trasedy Occurred at Williamson, W. Va. Minister Passed the Lie and first Drew His Revolver As tlie Law yer Fell Seriously Wounded He Shol and Killed His Assailant. Huntington, W. Va. (Special). -At Williamson, the county seat of Mingo County, W. Va., S. Davis Stokes shot and instantly killed the Rev. John H. Wohl, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, in a street duel. The tragedy was the outcome of a sensational ser mon filled with the spirit of reform. Mr. Wrohl determined to put a stop to the many dances given by the young people, and to accomplish this end on Sunday preached an exceptionally pointed sermon with dancing as Its theme, illustrating the various argu ments by original cartoons which showed that the dance hall was an ante-room to destruction. Williamson was shaken to its centre. Mr. Stokes publicly told the minister that but for his sacred profession he would take great pleasure in blacking bis eyes. The minister laughingly re sponded that he had seen the day when he had whipped men physically Stoke's superior for less. Mutual friends hushed the matter up and endeavored to reconcile all parties concerned. Stokes stopped in front of the resi dence occupied by Mr. Wohl, several flays later and while engaged in conver sation with Mrs. Sarah Levine, of Richmond, Va., a visitor to William son, was ordered to move on from in front of the residence. Seemingly in a good humor. Stokes started to com ply, when Minister Wohl, standing on the steps of his porch, angrily told him to hasten. Stokes stopped. Hot words passed. Wohl shouting "You lie!" advanced down the yard toward his foe. As he faced him he drew from his hip pocket a revolver and levelled it at Stokes, who slowly retreated, though still facing the pistol. "You lie!" again shouted Wohl and as he did so pulled the trigger. Pierced through the left side, Stokes dropped to the sidewalk and in the fall drew his revolver and covered his assailant. Wohl shot again and simultaneously Stokes fired. ( A crowd of people gathered. Wohl was dead. He had been shot through the brain. Stokes was seriously wounded. On the porch, where she had taken refuge, lay Mrs. Levine in a dead faint. Mr. Stokes refuses to say anything concerning the tragedy. Wr. Wohl was recognized as one of the most forceful and eloquent of Presbyterian ministers of this State. Mr. Stokes is a former President of Virginia University and comes from one of the best families of the Old Dominion. WRECKS ON NEW ENGLAND COAST Many Vessels Driven Ashore in tne East erly Gale. Boston (Special). Another Southern storm has swept over New England and gone the way of all such disturb ancesstraight off to the northeast, and, like hundreds of its energetic predecessors, left death and destruc tion in its wake. Just what it accom plished in New England can be Summed up as follows: Five Gloucester fishermen drowned, six coasting schooners complete wrecks, nine vessels sunk, eight schooners ashore and eleven others more or less injured through collision ind loss of gear. The usual amount of damage oc curred on land buildings blown down, telegraph wires prostrated and some delays on railroads in the northern portion through heavy snows. A ENVOYS AT PEKIN ACREE. Instructions Sent by Secretary Hay'cC Minister Conger. Washington, D. C. (Special. The State Department has been informed that the foreign Ministers at Pekln reached an agreement which was sub mitted to the home Governments. Sec retary Hay cabled Mr. Conger author izing him to sign the agreement on be half of the United States Government. On the basis of settlement the de mand for the decapitation of the elev en princes is set aside. As to punish ments, they are to be the severest that can be inflicted by the Chinese Gov ernment. As to indemnity, the Chi nese Government is to formally ad mit its liability and then the matter Is to be left for future negotiations. PINCREE PARDONS GUARDSMEN Generals White and Marsh to Pay S5000 Each in Instalments. Detroit, Mich. (Special). Governor Pingree announced that he had par ioned both General W. L. White, former Quartermaster-General, and General A. F. Marsh, former Inspector General of the Michigan National Guard, convicted of complicity in the State military clothing frauds, upon che payment of $5000 fine by each, in annual instalments of $1000 each. White was committed to Jackson Prise w Tuesday to begin the ten-year senteiAe imposed on the previous day. Marsh is under bonds pending appeal from his conviction. Rejects Appointment as Senator. C. A. Smith, a wealthy Swedish American lumberman, of Minneapolis, Minn., and a Republican, has declined the informal offer of Governor Lind, a Fusionist, to appoint him Senator to succeed the Late Cushman K. Davis. Murder of a Wisconsin Lumberman. George Furbush, one of the best known lumbermen in Wisconsin, wa found dead in the road near Ashland, with a bullet in his head. He was murdered. Tried Suicide at Same Time. Anna Lambert, twenty-two yeara old, and William McGyerck, a teams ter, both . of St. Louis, Mo., had a sweethearts' quarrel and each . took carbolic acid in separate parts of the city and reached the City Hospital at about the same time. Antidotes were applied, "arid both will recover. Spanish Order For 600 Cars. The American Car and Foundry Company, of Detroit, Mich., has re ceived an order for 600 cars for the Northern Spain Railway. The contract M ta ha fillod hv Marnh 1.- - THE NEWS EPITOMIZED WASHINGTON ITEMS. Consul Doty writes from Tahiti thji the islands of Kum and Kimatara na been annexed by France. Friends of Representative Boiitelj') of Maine, ill in an asylum, will inm duce a bill to have him retired as naval captain. Lieutenant Lay H. Everhardt appointed executive officer of scholarship St. Mary's. Senator Frye introduced the Shij Subsidy bill and addressed the ate upon it. The President offered the vacant In ternal Revenue Commissionership Joseph H. Manley, of Maine. The Treasury Department, scandal ized by the growth of Chinese smug gling, is making a special effort to stop it. The twenty-seventh annual conven tion of the Woman's Christian Tem perance Union opened In Washington. OUR ADOPTED ISIANDS. The Porto Rican House of Delegates was organized, Senor Manuel F. Rs' ty being elected Speaker. Goveriioi Allen's message, was well receiver. Three complete drafts of a constitu tion for Cuba were submitted at Hav anna. Twenty-two hundred natives tool the oath of allegiance to the United States at Vigan, P. I. Brigadier-General Hare reports that the natives on the Island of Samar, ., continue, on the approach of Amer ican troops, to burn their villages and flee to the mountains. .. . ....i.u. DOMESTIC. Frank & Du Bois, brokers, of Now Pork City, estimate that their trusted Dlerk, William M. Gates, robbed them f $25,000. Professor Clampett, former instruc tor at St. John's Military School, at Manlius, N. Y., was, found dead at a iotel in Manlius. Death was due to aatural causes. William Wirt Henry, grandson of Patrick Henry, and a member of the! Virginia bar, died at Richmond, Va. :: H. M. Hanna, brother of Senator Hanna, has given the Lakeside Hos; (ital, at Cleveland, Ohio, $S1,850. The town of Nashville, Ark., had a fclOO.000 fire, which originated in the Dpera House, situated in a block of (ranie buildings. Boston officials started a crusade igainst bucket shops and swindling investment" companies. Because the girls flirted with tha nedical students across the way, thij Board of Education closed the Wesl Side High School, at Chicago. Professor F. A. Starr, of Chicago University, was nearly killed in at tempting to board a street car. General Randall is building a harboi if refuge at the mouth of Nome Rivei iy constructing a long and substantia! breakwater. The Massachusetts Supreme Court lecided that it is illegal to sell liquor between the hours of 11 p. m. and C t. m. in the State. Near Charleroi, Penn.,' the mutilated iody of a man washed up by the floods vas exhumed. The police think It inswers the description of George. Sill, who has been missing two yearsi The estate of the late Senator C. k &avrs, of St. Paul, Minn., will prob tbly inventory between $65,000 and 175,000, exclusive of a valuable library. The aew church of the Sacred Heart xras dedicated at Augusta, Ga., by Dardinal Gibbons. By a shrewd trick thieves took over !00 head of cattle from Alfred Mc Doy's pastures in Indiana and shipped Jiem to Chicago. The body of Egbert Hill, a farmei fesiding in Griggs County, Georgia vas found in a field with a bullet hole b the bacl:. The steamship Centennial arrived it Port Townsend, Wash., from Nome frith twenty-two Federal prisoners, !o be sent to McNeill's Island. Alexander Jackson, of Camden, Del., began distributing his fortune among leserving persons. FOREIGN. Eightythousand invitations were is-, (Tf orthe grCLf?' 2Pal ceremony ii St. Peter's, at Rome, of VnC ClCShig oi toe holy year. The function ocCutTi tt midnight, December 31. I The Queen's speech declared tlu iresent session of Parliament was Called solely to provide money for the' irmy. - ; Stewards of the London Jockey Cliihj lecided not to grant a license to "Tod" Sloan, the American jockey, to ridtj The President of Santo Doming, lrged reciprocity with the Unite States in his message to Congress. Consequent upon a rumor of thd fope naving unaergone an operation i reassurinsr semi-official statpmon kas been made at Rome that his healtlj 8 perfect. The French Government will offerj "o buy for the National Gallery in the Luxembourg Palace a number of the )ictures by American artists in thi Paris Exposition. The Bulgarian Cabinet has resigned, wing to Ministerial differences. ' The convalescence of the Czar 2s following a favorable course. Former President Kruger, of the Transvaal, will await the Czar of Rus sia's recovery before trying to see aim. : Consul-General Stowe, of Cape Town, arrived at London on his way home. He gives the Boer war four months to end. Members of the British Cabinet arc said to be pressing Cecil Rhodes to in-' lugurate his proposed conciliation policy in South. Africa. An Anglophobe demonstration toot place In front of the British Consulate It Cologne. Mounted police dispersec the rioters and arrested the leaders. By decision of the British Court oi Appeal the Hlrsch estate will nav $0 . 250,000 as a succession tax. ' The Germans lost twenty killed and many wounded west of Paotlng-Foo China, where they were attacked bv 2500 Boxers. a Dy The Figaro, of Paris, calls attentiot to the proposal to organize, a Frencl branch of the Sons of the American Revolution, and commends it ns "worthy of the sympathy of th French people." - : The Turko-German difficulty over coaling station in the Red Sea was amicably settled. was Considerable excitement, but no dis turbance, marked the polline in th, municipal elections in Peru. A larn vote was cast. mrg An outbreak of "Hooliganism" caused the East End of London toc panic stricken; in Whitechape? a r Uceman wai murdered. p THE ARMY BILL PASSU! Adopted by the Housa by a Vo'e 166 to 133. Hit ABOLITION OFTHECANTEE Provision For a Standing Army of Ap proximately 100,600 Men Sale c Veer and Liquor at Army Canteen Prohibited Age Limit For Officer Removed Other Featured of the Kill Washington, I). C. (Special). Th. House of Representatives passed tlx A-rmy Reorganization bill by a vote o 160 to 133. Three Democrats Messrs Hall, of Pennsylvania, and Underhil and Clayton, of New York voted witl the Republicans for the bill, and Mi McCall, Republican, of Massachusetts with the Democrats against it. Other wise it was a strict party vote. The bill sent to the House by Sccre nry Root was regularly introduced Mr. Hull. When it was taken up ii the Committee on Military Affairs those parts of it that were disapprove by the majority of the committee wer. rejected, and the parts approved wen assembled and reported to the Houst as Senate bill 4300 of last sessioi amended. That Is the bill which th. House passed. Quite a number of amendments wer placed upon the bill before it wr.i passed. The liveliest fight was mad npon a substitute offered by Mr. Lit tlefield, of Maine, for the canteen sec lion. The substitute absolutely pro dibited the sale of intoxicants at mill tary posts. Large delegations front the Woman's Christian Temperance Union watched the fight from the gal lories. When the vote was taken th prohibition amendment was carried bi in overwhelming majority, 159 to 51 The amendment reads as follows: "The sale of or dealing in beer, wIih r any intoxicating liquors by any per wn in any post, exchange or- canteen r Army transport, or upon any prent ses used for military purposes by th United States, is hereby prohibited The Secretary of War Is hereby direct d to carry the provisions of this seo don into full force and effect." The sections designed to retire Gon ral Shafter as a major-general, anf Senerals Fitzhugh Lee and James II FVilson as brigadier-generals, wen itriken out. Here are the features of the Ami )ill as It passed the House: Provision for regular army, with t naximum of 06.700 enlisted men, and t minimum of 5S.024. Abolition of the array canteen. Establishment of a dental corps nn t veterinary surgeons corps. Removal of age limit as applied U rolunteers officers eligible to appoint nent as lieutenants. A permanent staff, with executivt luthority to detail line officers In tin ninor grades. Power to raise a provisional force ot latives of the new possessions. TOWNE ACCEPTS SENATORSHIP. lis Appointment to Vacancy Caufted by Death of Cushman K. Davis. St. Paul, Minn. (Special). Formal congressman Charles A. Towne, Su rer Republican, of Duluth, arrived li he city and called on Governor Lind. le formally accepted the appointmei CBABLES A. TOWKE. Successor to Cushman E. Davis intbj United States Senate.) r the United States Senate for th. racancy caused by the death of Cush nan K. Davis and received nis com nision immediately. He started for Washington to talc, he seat, which he will hold until tin 'legislature, which is overwhelming! Republican, elects a Senator to tin dace. iVOIDED MOBS BY NIGHT DRIVE Kentncklan, Who Tortured Ills Step daughter to Death, Captured. Maysville, Ky. (Special). John Glbt ion, of Catlettsburg. charged with kill ng his Infant step-daughter with a hoi )oker, was placed in Jail here. -1 leputy sheriff spent the whole nigh' Iriving from station to station alonj lie railway to avoid mobs. He final y landed the prisoner here. Gibson, who never has denied th. irlme, intimates that others were Im plicated, for the purpose of collecting lfe Insurance on the child. He say :he object in burning the girl in fii toany spots was to make It appesr sin lied from smallpox. . State Prison For a Councilman. John M. Higgins, a member of thi City Council, of Indianapolis, Ind., wi I Sentenced to State Prison for an ind j terminate term. He was guilty of o fering to accept a bribe for pushing I measure through the Council. Wheat Crop In Queensland. The wheat crop of the Darlli, Downs district, in Queensland, Is ex pected to beat all records. In some In stances It will yield fifty-two busheli to the acre. Prominent People. ..King Oscar of Sweden Is steadilj Improving in health. Queen Victoria, it is understood, vll gtf o CImlez in the spring. Theodore Roosevelt is going to Col orado this winter for a hunting trip. The German Crown Prince promise) to become one of the finest shots Ii Europe. Senator Hanna cays positively tha he will never again be a candidate fo a public office. Dr. D. K. Pearsons, the phllanthrop 1st of Chicago, will give $50,000 r GoloradQ College '; - ...r ,( A new ciirf i,-. ,- bulent life of TK finished K1(n,h J-t almost preMniti n.''''' i has only sufr,.rf,;, f 1 H,;t, memory of rl4 ':t";i "I: a.. attacked, an.l u"v. . hi ws.iii.muji r.ir l).,v,, ' for honor aynia- t'v' '"" 11 1 the arr.iy (.nici..' - ',''""" sorrow upon Zoh ' j,"" '""c ago his f.iti:,-. ':. n. u''4 ginecr, cmicrato.'tri' '11 ?' Cl sis ted In t"i i ; .... . ' i' railroad l.uiU in I'k'I pleted this French army. f-m,. , kJivision an.l niir.-d ia V-.A' plans for an rv;.. feelllcs harbor w ,,,. 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The Davie Record (Mocksville, N.C.)
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