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Show i ' ; tha Mur at th aew lira wnp af iumtMn,' ammant imn!later,ef under which wlll ootna to na a th and axperte u4 teaderoh'p ofthth ablpresident ach a th mutt of th war srRh fipaM. tha oa tha field dtsruMfion will b Wise A Clara Bartoa, society, ef battle and in tha hospital a th front ta Cuba. Working l.i eanjuMtloo tertth tha government aMkorttlca, and under their aanctloa and approval, and at with tha enshualaatlc In tuany patriotic women and aoetatlrt haa varloua aisles. tha Rad Croaa fully maintained tu already high reputation for Intense aarneatneaa and ofabi-Ita lity to exercise tha neble' purpea organisation. tbua Justifying tha and tup port which it baa received at tha handa at tha American poop!, . Ta tha member and offlner of thla and all who aided them In thair philanthropic work.tha elnoere and laat. Tng grout uda of tha aoidiera and tha ta dun and la freely accorded. wa - pubiia la tracing thea aventa ara constantly reminded of our to tha Dlvtca Maater for ll.a watchful care over ua and IJla a.ifn 'guidance, for which tha nation make Irrrarent acknowledgment and offera prayar for dha eonunuancn ef (bumble I Ilia favor. j OVERTURES OF PEACE. Th annihilation of Admiral Carrera Seat, fallowed by th Capitulation of to the Bpameh Santiago, having brought gavarptnent a realising aenae of the hope naan m of continuing a atruggla no over-tarboooanlng wholly unequal, U made Trench (or peace through thoassent of hi who, with the government, had acted aa the frteffdiy durrepresentative of Spaiba Internet ing the f. On the Itth day of Juiy, id. Cam hew presented a communication, i signed by the Duke at Almodovar, the 'Spanish mlnlatar of atata, lnvltlag th (United State to pint th tarm upon mah 'wrnlch it would be willing t a : pease. On July 10th, by a eommualaa-'Voaddreaaad to tha Duke of Aimed and handed by M. Caroben, tba irtarma af. thla government were substantially in th protocol, afterward a signed. On August 16 th th f pantah reply, dand August fth. w (handed by 14, Cambon to tho secretary of ptata. H 0 c e ep t tj d u n oo n d 1 Ion a y fha tarm Hnpeaed aat to Cuba, FOrto of th Ladroue vd an island I' JUeo Intro-Itto- o group, but appeared to seek to In rela admloelblo raaervatlono gard to our demand aa to the tt eonfl-fietr- ty i I es ar, 11 Fblllp-Tfilne- 'this cable n. n Conceiving that dlacuaelon point could neither be practi- nor di- treaty at ar hsr appropriate peace obeli be ratified. In tha meaoKHpn. sad wntH Crgre legtalated otherwiat. Jt will he my du.y to cenkliru th military government which ha xltd since our occnpatlon end give Its people curv In Isf and property sad encouragement under a just end heaeficert rule. CUBAN POUCT. Aa noon as or are In poeieeiioe of Cuba and hv pacified the Island. It will be necessary to give aid and direction to this peepl bo form e government fi.r them selves. This should be ear I tret undertaken at th eon sis tent with fety amd aesured euc-oe- e. It ie Important that our rlaflOM with the people shell be of the most and our commercial f deadly nd relatione close reciprocal. It should be our duty to asaiat in every build to up th wane proper way pise at the Island, encourage the Inthem dustry ef th people and to form a gorerrment which shall ha freo and Independent, thus realising th best sptTnooe of th Cubats peo- al a. ehretr . Spanish rule must be replaced by a Just. benevolent and human government, crested by the people of Cubs, capable of performing all Internal tonal aad wtiirh shall encourage Obligation thrift, ; Industry and prosperity and end good will among all peace promote of th inhabitants, whatever may have been their relations In the part. Neither revenge nor passion should have place la th new government. onUntil th there Is complete tranquility Island and a stable governmeqt Inaugurated, military occupation) will be With th exception of the rupture with Ppeln. th intercourse of th Ihilt-- d State wHh the great family at has been marked wkh oordlalHy and the cloee of the eventful year find mot of th Issue that neceeeanly true nr the bomple reunior.i cr wtatea adjuoted or presenting no tripu . pb,t.cJe. ;ii Juwt. and. hotMF- -. able aolirtlon by amicable agreement, ne-tlu- as W)V.-reig- a v. Ikb (U1LK. Dlepat Between the RSpebllea Referred to Cnlted (tetee M Intel tor Arbltre-tl- u, - profitable, A long ueieeitled dlaputd as to the to order la that mended boundary between fh, Argenmatter th isvald mlndertaadlng and Chile, dlvetrhlng ifhould b forthwith cloaed by proposing tina Republic . paoUd the Andean creels to th souththe embodiment. In a formal protocol along ern border of the Ataoama desert, the th term la which the negotiation Magtlian straits, nearly a Ih.rd of.'th ,tor peso wen to b undertaken. of The th lonLh of Ih? Skiuth American In vague and InarplioH auggeatlan th aseumsd an acute triage th jipanlah not couldto not be accepted, a a virtual early part af the year amd alPuided this i fad noiytlji-en- ! OAly reply be present ig a draft of th protocol, tm-- : bodying tho precise term tendered to i Spain In -- our note ef July 30th, a lilt atlpulation of detail aa tota th :pddd ef commi!onera i appointment far th evacuation of tho Spanish I ultimatum . i Antilles. BKJNINQ OF PROTOCOL. Oa Augutrt 12th M, Cambon announced bit receipt of full power to ! sign th protocol a submitted. Accordingly, oo th aftwnoojn of August JJth, M. Cambon, a th plenipotenof tiary ofaa Spain, and the a'crorary a tat tha pietapotontlary of the t, government occasicn to expiess ihe hvpe that Ihe rreurt to arbitration, (oiricmpUteJ by ex'Mtitg venllona between the parties, might prevail, despite the grave ditfi. u .: arising In Ka application. I am happy to aay that ariengcme..': lo this arid hav bsem perfeitr J. the qu ret Iona of fact upon which the respecilve were ui.abie 1j agree being in course of reference to her Britannic Majesty for, detep:nlnatton. A residual d.fferenct. northern touching th boundary lln error the Atacama desert, for which existing ere tlra ovld-eno adrquat adjurtmerrt. bids fair to ba nettled In like mairnrr by Joint commlealon. upon wh.ch th Unmed Stair miiiitr at Bueno Ayrss has been invited to serve aa umpire in the last rsort. 1 hav found oocas ton to the Argentine govanwnent whhappsvxach vle-to removing difference at rat chargee Imposed upon th cables ot an American corporation In tho trwnsmlavWxi b. Jweea Bueno Ayr and the cities of Uruguay, and Brasil of through lr Mwew amd o eh Unwed Mates. Although th matter la compil-eats- d by acluslv oeuioeasioae by Uru- wwd Brasil to foreign ompantos, ia hr a strong ha hop good landing will b reached and that the Important chanaela of commercial communication between the United Btatv and th Atlaatlo cities of South America may be freed from an almost prohibitory discrimination. ccfc ir Tones. SltoaMoa of Congree Is TaUed la Tarloos laeldeate aad Coateai pirn ted LegUia-tlere (Untied States, Mined th protocol "ATtlcl 1 Spain wtU relinquish all ; i pinko of sovereignty over and tatl to ' Cube. to th "Article I Spain will ted 8 etc the Island of Porto IWoo now "' j Uni under Intend Spanish and wth . novarMgnty ba th West Indie and alao U to selected ta i latdronaa V isa Inland (W Ut Untied fitatea. will "Avftora I Th United State hold the oHf, bay and hwr-emy aw eonrluMon the Manila pending of peer which shall deter-putf ft treaty the control. dtaponltkrn aund government af th PhlllpjAnea." , Th feurth arttcl provided tor th af Joint commissions oa j gppolntmswt th part of th United IMata and Spain I meat In ffevtva and San Juan, ra-- Iyactively, for th purpose of arrengeg ad carrying out th details of th rtlputatad avacWhon of Cuba, Torre rleo and other Spanish Island la th JfeOt Indlea Th fifth arttcl provided for th appointment of not more than five com aa each aide, to meet at intaetoner thl relation. I may be permitted Tori tint lader than Oct. 1 and to pro toIn express my sens of the nines of sn th to conaluMon and read negotintloNi Internetlonsl sgreemeat w her by th rattfl-eatio- n to of peace, subject ,of a treaty of over connectlntrhng aeeordtrg a th reepeettv be regulated on a fair ing cable may mnagei forma af tha two countries. baaia of The world uniformity. has ssen Th Mirth Wed Met article provide the postal ayetem developed from a that upon tha algwatur of th proto-- , tVngerl of and exclusive icot. hoefilttte between the two coun-trle- a emce Into independent a well ordered union, of aheuld b euapenlSd and that nowhich found the manifold ble ta that effect ehnuld be given aa benefits.all nountrl It would 'igoarTPa pQsefbla ty each government tuition not tn timebe strange towr the brought to th commander of Its military and that modern rf'seso civilisation which owe oavaJ force. much of Its progres to tha annihilation of space by th eleotrlc force, deHOtmirroas suepexuee. mands that this mean of Immediately upon th conelusloa of communication, a htrltwg all peoth protocal, I Issued a proclamation of to ba administered and regulated ple. oommon on In August 11, suspending hnsumt thetr behalf. A tp In thl Th the part of kh United States. direction wa biken the International paeeeeery order to that end were at convention 18&4, for th af protection of free given by telegraph. Th blocked eubmarin cables was signed, end th At tha port at Cuba and Ren Juan d I not ta, trust, day far dlatant when wa In Ilka manner raised, - Town Rlc thla medium for th iranamleqori of Ot Aoguot It, th muster out of from land to thought land or near may be as that number brought within th domain volunteer, of Interna wa found to be practicable, wa O arm cert aa Clonal completely a tn tha wrdsrtd. Oa December 1 101,105 officer and material carrlaga of eomnverca and upon the Puce of the watmar had been muster'd out and ers that divide them. .002 more from the aervtca; Tha claim of Thomas Jefferson Page wtU be mustered out by the tenth of galnat Argentina, which hua been the month. Also a cnrrespoitdlrg num-Vmany year, has been adjusted of general and geronal staff effl-- pending by the congress of have been honorably discharged The Him awarded Argsnttn was J4.21LU. from th seme. Th sympathy of the American peopla Th tnliloery commltteea to superinJustly been offered to the ruler and tend the evacuation of Cubt, Porbo haa tli people of Austria-Hungar- y Xttec and th adjacent island were by reason of the affliction that has lately lon li with appointed: In them th Tor CirhaMajor Ocreral James F. atrjoa?in of the n of that historic realm. Wade, Rear Admiral Wm. T. 8 unpeon, ampreers-queeSTRIKE RIOT. hfsjor " General hPatthew C. Butler. Fot On the 10th of September, l?7, Jvr Rf aewnsi John f. Breok. Rear Admtiwl Winfield 8. conflict took place at l.ailmrr. rnn Mchley, Brg. 0ep, IV, Gordon, who soon batwn a body of strlkf-npr uers after tmrda met the Spanish commi-Icner- a the sheriff of Lusrre cmmty and and his wt Usvsr ar.d 0ah Juan, deputies. In which twenty-tw- o miner The Porto Rican Joint wr killed and forty-fou- r wounded peed!y accomplished it Ush of which ten of th killed and twelve nd by Oct.ler is tba evacuation of the Of the wounded were Austrian and inland wa completed. Tbs United Hungarian subjects. This d vkirsb' Btate Ihg wa raised over the island evetrt naturally rouned the solicitude at noon that day. of th government, Th admle'irtratkm of tta affair has which, on th eosumption Ihwt the ktU been rrovisioutliy tnetrueted to a mil- trg md wounding th unjuri. itary governor nnKl the Conrree eMll fable misuse of authority claimed reotherwise proviJe. The1 Cuban Jojwt paration for th sufferers. Apart fmm commlet.oa has nod yet termin- the searching Investigation, and the hgh ated tta labor. Owing m the difficulties peremptory-actio- n of the of to the way of removing the large num- Tennoylvasila the Federalauthorities executive ber of Ppanl.sh troops still tr Cub, took appropriate nteps to learn tha evacuarkm cannot be completed be- - merit of the ease, tn vrder to be mthea - fcre the Bret of January next poaftton hr meet th urgent complaint: ErOlNTEoT" of a friendly power. The sheriff and hts deputies, having been hidicted for murTarawa nt to th fi article of the der. were tried and acquitted sfter Wm. R. Ihir, I appointed and the n carter of ruwtoenl, or atata; Cushman K. hundredsproceedings wltnasse on 'h of gmunt Daw,. Wm. p. Fry and Georg that tha kllkag was ta the Nne1 of thetr aetmtar vt th . United Btata. dray, and efflrtsj duty ta upbild raws preoerva WKlataw Reid, te t tha peaoa come pubitd oror tn th Mata "A represen- -' PUegJocer on th part of th Untied AaMva at the deportment of Justice atrtatee. Tvocaedlng in du are eon to tended tha trials and reported Ua pour fw-tthey ther met on th first of fully. M fth oil tha facts in tte poosea-hOctober, five cnmmtaaloivsr si end Marly thl government expect to reach Of pointed on- - th part of ('pain. Tho a barmnatoua undenetanding on th hav mads hopeful prog-fe- e, subject srith that of A astro- - Hungary, hegetierons ao that I tn:rt amn to b nbl to ran with etandtug the renewed fWIm of Vsv a definite t v pft peace hfor tha letter after learning the resell of Jbb fsoats, tlb r r eetew w th atspA th trkil tar Indenxnv.y tor m injured Jew ding to Ita slgsuture i . ubjeata. . J do not discues at this, time fha goy g: ee-d- a mi-sagga- W n rs a. o--f ino,-PO- nc sr ef ajor Auetro-Hungsc- FrtJudte by rtaeon pf any change In aoadktlana. Ntrvertheleae, M appeara Unit Ut of aa oo f ets lask overl g aOorgia, auk before merging ft pwwer In thoo of th pwky formed United f tea ef cantnal America, ba granted aa optional oaneetoa to aoeteto a to bacoav affeodva c tha axpiroglon af tha grant It dot pot appear what praaeM aurrayv hava been mad or wfaag rout te proposed under thli eanttagent granted ao that an examinatton of th fmatbilttr of Ms plana Is naceseorlty not am braced lath report of the oanol aemmtaatoa. AH tea ctreumataaee suggevt tha urgency of soma daflntta authm by tha Ccngreoa at this elon it tba tehors of th past or no bo aelUxad and the Unking at tha Attentlc and PecLfla ocean by a pracfiJcal water way ia to ha realised. WATERWAY INDISPENSTBLE. That tha eotiatnxrttoo of such a mart-Mi- n highway Is row more than aver tndlapeatbla ta thtsk intlnssula and ready between our aoat-r- n and western seaboard demaadad by ha annexation of th Hawaiian Islands and the proeptoWxe expanadon of our Influence gad oommerce to tha TacHle, and the our national poRcy now more tmparatlrsly than ver calls for tt control by thla government, ara preposition which I doubt not tha Con-grewin duty and wistly th txlrtlng gow-rmnei- st aa-efh- ar aa coa-ddtt- con-true- d. AdtiEkllNR er al elt ple. parfirtpaftati of tha TTnfted State ta when war waa declared between rhe the universal exposRkoa to b held ta United State and Spain- -. Her majesty' - -Paris ia 100 will be a aeal commen-urat- a government thereupon, oy a eommunf-catio- n of tha latter, part of April, state with tba advanced position held d the permlaalon granted beforo by our product and Induatrie do tha the that of hosliuies would not br outbreak worlds chief mart. tha United State The preliminary report of Mosea F. withdrawn, provided gave assurance , that tha Handy, who. under the act approved government vessel In question would proceed dlreot July 1. 1887, wa appointed special io a United Slates port without encommissioner wKh S view of eecurtag In any hostile operation. Thla all aotatnabl information neoeaaary to raging overnment agreed to tha promptly be-ia full and empleta understanding by Aipulated condition, it gfiinderrtood Congress In regard to the participation .hat the vessel would be prohibited ef thin government In the Pari ex- from hostile attack. any resenting position. was laid before you by ny CANADIAN QUIBBLES. message of December I. ISS7. and showed the large opportunities to make It will give ma special aatUOacttoa known our national progress to art, tf I shall be authorised to communicate science and manufactures, aa well aa to you a favorable conclusion at tha the urgent evesd of Immediate and ade- pending negotiation with Great Britquate provision to enable due advanain In respect to tn Dominion of Cantage thereof to be taken. Mr. Handys ada, It la the earnest wish of tte rendered it soon afterwards death government to remove oil aouroea of necessary for another to taka up and discord and Irribitioti In relariona with complete his unflntihed work, and on the neighboring dominion. The trad January 11, tout, Ur. Thomas W. CrId- between th two conmtries la constantler, third aaslgtaut secretary of atata, ly increasing, and it s Important to was design-siteto fulfill tha task. both coun t!'.' that all reason bale facil-(ri- e HI report wse laid before you by my should be granted for lt develop1188. with tha gratM. June of message ment. InDewed re roeutt at awakening ifying The government of Greece strongly terest in tha projected display. By n urges the oncrousnesa of th dirty berg prorlgkm Inthe aundry civil appropriaupon the currant uf tha tion act ef July L 1888, a aura prt to Imposed amount! n g to 100 per cent, or country, orexceed 8686,000 was allotted for th more of thair market value. Thla fnflt oom to for ear ' mission ganisation of a a Greek tha proper preparation and towtallatloa fa matednotto be exclusively Into eoenpotttloa coming product, f American exhibits, and for the diswith any domeetle product. The quesart upon. play at auKabls exhibits by th several tion of A convention providing for tho rereciprocal commercial rotations executive by departments, particularly vival of tha lata United State and tha department of agriculture tha fish with Greece, Including the restoration Chilian claims commission and tha con- ooenmlorloB and the 6mlthaoeilaj Insti- of currants to tha free Hat, Is under consideration. sideration of dolma which were duly tution, to tfie represent tloo ol the Tba long standing claim of Berand presented to tha lata oommlastoa but not United Btotea. Pursuof considered bacauaa at tha expiration of ant to that the I appointed Mr. Campbell for damage for injuries enactment, tha time limited for tba duration of tha Ferdinand W. Peck of from a violent assault commit-ta- d Chicago eommtsalon, wag Mgoad May Xtth, HIT, agataet lrirn by rntfitary author! Me an assistant with general, .has been. settled and haa remained unacted upon by tha wmnlMhner general aad secretary. ta .the Island of Haiti. Ben sis. Tha terms 4hretn fixed foe afMr. Peck at once proceeded to Purls, by the agreement at that ropubM to fecting tha axetianga of ratlfieatloaa where hi success hi enlarging the pay him $10,000 In American gold. Cf having elapstd, th convention fails, un this sum, $6,000 haa already been paid. cope and variety of the .United Btata 4eaa tha time be extended - by amendIt ts hoped that other pending claims Of exhibit haa been most gratifying. ment, which I am endeavoring to bring limit- American cttlxens against that rapubkq ths comparatively about, wKh th friendly concurrence J ed aea of the exposition atta less than may be amicably adjusted. th Chilean government. seia-ha-lf that of tte worlds fair at ANNEXATION OF HAWAII. Cttloagerithe apace assigned - to th Tte IAI "'IN United Btotea ha been Increased from Pending the consideration by th Sentha abooluta allotment f H7,t03 square ate of the treaty signed June 16, 1887, feet, reported by Mr. Handy, to noma by the plenipotentiaries of ths United Brates a'nd the Republic of Hawaii, pro. 103,000 square feet., with ccrre The United Btata has not been an augmentation of tha field for ponding a truly vldlng for the annexation of the Island, charact-erixtlIndifferent spectator of tha extraordinrepresentation of the a Joint resolution to accomplish thq ary event transpiring In the Chines various Important branches of our same purpose by accepting the offered empire, whereby portiere of Ita maricountry development. Mr. Pecks re- cession and Incorporating the ceded tertime province are passing under th port will ba teld before you. ritory into the Union, waa adopted by oontrol of various European powers! the Congress and approved July T, INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS. but the prospect that the vat eommerca 188. I thereupon- directed the United In my Judgment. Its recommendawhich the energy of our cltlsen and tht Snakes steamer PMladespnla to convey tion will call for your early considernecessity of cur ntapie production for ation Rear Admiral M Iter to Honolulu tund especially as regard an re- -, Chinese uses haa built up ta the entrusted to his hinds this Important 1 one to least appropriation glona, may not h prejudiced by any exset to be delivered to thq so ta dollar (million not all. that only legistetlve of the Republic of Hawaii, clusive treatment by the new occupants, president the be may taken apace assigned fully has obviated the need of our country with whom th' adnu'ral end th United up by the beet possible exhibit In- ev.-r- y becoming sn actor In ths scene. flules min'sler v e" airthorixed to makt class, but the preparation and installaOur portion among a for transfer-In- g having tion t on o perfect a scale as to rank appropriate arnr-pmfn- ts to tha large pacific coast, and a constantly of the the sivere-grtfirst In that unparalleled among th dlreot trade with farther Oriwas Thta United Plat slmoly hutj i us th equltabte claim to enn-ald- e competition of artletle and Inventive ent, onthe 12tt eroempflehed and thus counterbalance Impreev'vely ration and friendly treatment in production, of August last, bv the delivery of day th we with which start disadvantage thla regard, and It will b my aim to aa with other countries t a certified copy of h resolution te compared tn that subserve our large Interest whose appropriations are on a more Preside"! Dole, who threuvn yielded to means all the quarter by appropriate up to the reprs"titlv of the governgenerous scale and whose preparation const nt policy of otir government. Th ara In a state of much greater forward- - ment of th U o' ted Satai the sover-rtgr- ty of territories of th Klao-Choard poblc property of the 9 than our own. and of Port Arthur and Ta tutsWhere IilaT.ds. our artisans hav the admitLien Wan, leased to Germany .Great Pnrsmnt to the term of the Joint Hrltaln and, Rusata reapeotlvely, for ted capacity to excel, where our Inventnd In exercise of authority terms of years, will. It Is snwuuced, add ive genlu has Initiated many of the resolutionconferred upon me. I directed grandest discoveries of the later day' thereby to International eomerce during auch ocof the century, and where the native that the c'ril, lud'dal end miXitary cupation, and If nn dtscrlmlnatlPg treatresource of our land are as limitless powers theretofo-r- exercised by the offl. ment of the American eltlsena and their as to supply the eer of the rov'rnmert of th Republlo trade be found to exist, or be hereafter worldthey are Wvaluable la our province, as It ef Hawaii should continue to be exerneeds developed, the desire of thla governshould be our earnest care, to lead. In cised by those officers until Oongreoa ment would appar to be realised. In tbs of human progress and not shall provide a government for the inthis relation, as showing the . volume rest march content whh any secondary place. corporated territory subject to my powand ,lu of our exchange with China, tf t be due to soreelves. It er. to, remove such officer and to fill vato tha aeverhl mmWici, a and the peculiarly favorable bondltiona Moreover, Btotaa la ao Jess due to the great French na- cancies. The president, officers tniy In the of thla for exist that hi expansion the thIr representation ohxrrga whose guests we become, and troop of th republic thereupon tool normal course of trad, 1 refer lo tha tion, oo untry In Central America wa neithwhich has in ao many ways testified tt the oath of allegiance to the United er reoommended by tha executive or communication addressed to the speakand hop that our partiri-patlofor the uninterStates, thus porvld-lner at tha Houas of Rpresntatlves by Wtohea liAUatad by Congrews. thus leaving on shall befit the place th two peoples rupted eortttnuance (of all the admlnts-tha secretary of th treaaury on the liih have of our anvey accredited aa haretofor won to lettha field of universal de- traflv and municipal function of thd separately to two state of th Greater of last June, with 1U accompanying annexed territory until Congress hl) velopment. otate, recomRepubllo Nicaragua and Salvador, and ter at the secretary of for commisa otherwise ensot. to a third stats, Coot Rica, which was mending an apraprlatlon INCREASED COMMERCIAL OUTIndusoomsreial and further provision ofl Following tfh not a party to th compact, while our sion to study tbs LOOK. the Joint resolution, I appointed the other ivoy was glmllerly accredited trial conditions of th Chinese empire Th commercial arrangement mad Honorable Shelby A. Cuftom, of I1H-- 1 to th union stated as Honduran and a and toTeport aa to th opportunities for, sRh Francs on May 28, 1888, under the note; John T. Moryirv, of Atab&mh; non-unistated as Guatemala. Th and obstacles to th enlargement of provision of section 8, of tha tariff act R. Hitt of TUlncrte; Sanford B. markets ta China tar th raw product result ha been that the on has of 1897, went Into effect on June 1st, Robert Do'---, of Hawafl, and Walter F. Grier, credentials only to the president and manufactures of th United States. following. It has relieved a o i portion await, as commtesVmers to oonfe( of Ooata Rica, tha other having been Action was not taken thereon during our export trade from serious embar- cf and recommend to Conrres such legs received oaly by the government of tha late session. I cordially urge that rassment. Further now are negotiations at receive latlon your the Hawaiian talon racommandatlon tha Guatemala. pending under section 4, of the same as thevconcerning should dem necessary or pro; handa tha consideration which Rs imUNITED STATES JUNIOR. to with a view aot, the Increase of trade er. The commissioners, having full merit. , between the two countries to their mu' Subsequently, the three associated ra. portance and timelines AMERICANS. filled the mission confided to them, the' PROTECTION FOR tual othInTo ns advantage. entered with for telle Negotiation negot public report will be laid before you art a er in governments, part by Interrupted making th otsps forecast in th origin, Meanwhile, there may be just ground th war with Spain, are In warty day. It ta beHeved that their rec unal compart. A convention of thelg deleprogress unreat will hav th earne for disquietude, In view of th der both section of the tariff act. I ommendnlMn gatee framed for them a federal constiecnaldemMon du to the rmgnitud e nd revival cf the old aewtlnvent f ophope to be able to announce some of the tution under the name of tl)e United to alien and upon you ta' people responsibility resting prejudice position the results of these America negotiations during give such shape to the relationship ofl and provid- which pervades certain' of the Chines (tastes of Central the present session of Congress. ing for a Central Federal government provinces, the attacks tends to our homal Aa ta th osse-oto the same end with tho Negotiations amd legislature. Upon ri!lflckn by at Germany have been set on foot. Mean- union oa will benefit ho-t- In the hlgh-- l upon our clhxsns In Bceohuan and constituent nates, the first of Novem- Xutlen In the United Plates min- while. no effort has been relaxed to et degree, realising the aspirations oil ber test, was fixed for the new ryotin ister haa been Instructed to secure th convince the Imperial government cf the communVy that has cast its lot wit to go Into operation. Within a fw fullest mesaur of protection, both local th thoroughness of our Inspection of us and dented to .ttare our political weeks thereafter, th p'aa was never- -. and AmeriImperial, for Any menaced oawe of pork products for exportation, and It 1 heritage, white, ot theOf m time. Jusly teed by revolutionary movement can Interest those who fofl a and to demand in tifying the formlght trusted that the efficient administrata with consequent demand for lawless arising, to persona or property, of thl measure by the department three quarter of century have looked ion injury on of milithe action of part the unfty of Hawaii aa a of agriculture will be recognised as a to the assimilation reparation appropriate to' th tary power of the federal state to sup. Instant natural and Inevitable consirmimflon. . Warship hav been atatloned at guarantee of the healthfulnesa of the In pres thtn. Under this strain th Tien Tsln food staples we tend abroad to counharmony with our needs and In ful for mors ready union eeems to htavs been weakened Of th dtwwlera which havs Invaded tries where their uses Is large and Ailment of our cherished tradition. through ths wlthdnax-a- l of its mar Impto he In bo aa HAWAII AND JAPAN. ecesafy. ort-amt members. This government even the Chtaete capital, a position to act. should need arias, GERMANYS FRUIT BOYCOTT. wa no officially adv'.s-- d 0f i;h InstalThe questions heretofore pending bto been has while a guard of marines I to the Senate on Febru- tween Ha sell and Japan, growing lation of the federation srd has main- sent ou.t to Peking to afford the minister ary transmitted 10th last. Information touching tha of tfre alleged mlrtreament of tained an attitude of friendly expectanthe esme measure of authoritative pro- prohibition against the importation of treaty 1mm, grants, were, I amJapanese cy, while In no wise rrtlnmehlng th tection as the representatives of other fresh frutt from this country, which to way, adjusted before the act ofpleased poslteon held from th oueet tha th tr&noa been conatralned to em- had responsibilities of Ihe several Vtatea ttnns have recently decreed by Germany fer by the payment of a reasonable lai on the ground of danger of disseminattoward ue remained urKe-e- d by thlf ploy. to the government of Japan. damnify ing the San Jose scale Insect. This pretentative relations among ihenwehre. CERRUTI ARBITRATION. Under the provisions of the Jo1w$ cautionary measure was Justified by resolution, the existing customs relaCANAL COMMISSION. of rendition the Following close upon score of sn the the drastic tions of the Hawaiian Islands with th Germany arbrt-tra-tThs Nloansgua car: jmnLston, im-- th award of my predscessor steps taken In eeveral states of ths United States and with other countries th championship of Rear Admiral of tha dalra of tha Italian subUnion against the spread of the pest, remain unchanged until tegiskutloss O. Walker. appVntfd July fit, ject Cerruti, a gain at th Republic of th elaborate John of the department shall otherwise provide. , The consul under the awh'-r-Ta provision Colombia, differences arcs between tha to German reports fruit growing interest In here counar.d of Hawaii, foreign In th sundry civil act of Jun 4. of parties to the arbitration in regard to should th scale obtain a lodgment In continue to fulfill tlhetr commerThe year, has nearly comp'sd Rs latho taops sod txterw.on of the sward, that country. Temporary relief was af- tries, cial agencies while ths UnRed Boa tea bor and th resuMs cf exhauatlv of which certain literal fulfillment. forded In the Case of large consignments conaulote Honolulu Is maintained ton The award bavtag been mad by tha of fruit then on the way. by Inspection, all properatservices Inquiry into th pivner rouse, 'th feoal-biirpertaining to trad and th bot of iwru on of an President cf the Untied Elates oa sn and admission when found revenue. the It would ba deslnabla lnter-oeeaicanal bv act of friendly consideration sund with Later the prohibition was extended to end n .oraguan all tor'lf-consuls in the Hwa.llq ro rna In the the note view to an impartial composidried fruits of every kind, but was re- that rout, will beofteld tvf, tis x w th oomrota-nlo- n tion of tha matter In dispute, I could laxed ao as to apply only to unpeeled intends sh Mild receive new exequatur perfiwmiance received all )' at such a mis- fruit and fruit waste. Aa was to be ex- fioin this Eovemmenit. .yu:tey and pot but feel concern U. S. CONSULATES OB ABE. aaakeanoa from th- - j. of carriage and, while unable to accept pected, the alarm i ?ached together counwhich thus tha Colombian theory that I, tn my offNtoawgua and Owu R The attention of CongTes Is clleS tries, and Switzerland ha adopted a u of appr-c'conttouln similar inhibition. Efforts are In to the fact that our corcutar office he possessed, tMfid thetr icial rapacity, of giving a ij-anid pracprogreaa to Indue the German and having ceased to exist In Hawaii, funerthm aa arMirator with power to Intical oitcom to th project nht baa terpret or revise the term of the Swiss governments to relax tba prohibi- being ab.-u- to cease In other countries ' fionao nxuiy yrara eng attan- - award, - my beat efforts were lent to tion In favor cf dried. fruK ahown to coming under the sovereignty of th of Ihe reap?, bringing the parties to A harmonious hav been cured under circumstances United S.. tea, the provisions for thq of At the prop Mon of destltirta ir u.qu'ry em- agreement as to the executive of its rendering tha existence of animal life Vfi'.ft and raTrep-orts c i whole braced th h th aim eai.j Impossible. American seamen in these countries unJ provision. r cf making plan Vq der our consular regulations, will. In fov a A naval demowstrarion by Italy RELATIONS WflH POWERS cunal by the met It ta properj rotria consequence, terminate. tilted ta i engagement to pay the i a tb-i- t U neoeroarl'y ascertheir new leg station should claimed ujxm of tht therefore, I rtbuts to Consol Ramsdvo Disputes with be enacted neon this reeuq of pravkure .deposita,,j pinna, tainment, (but this apparent subj'ct In order, Caasita--It- a wall la Willing. and in particular :b to meet the changed condition's. the ion of the controversy .was followed j by . Our relation with Great Britain hava Maritime Csnei c.' .ir, The htferpretatlon of certain proviby a rupture of diplomatic Intercourse conceaali'n : which continued on the moat frtendlv font-- I sions of tb extradition convection ofl teitrg Rtea.-between Colombia and Italy, a Ot-sto our h extant the tortun-ateltha. request, the pro- December 11. 1861, has been art varloo ig. Assenting till continue, although on went tel without acute nymptomn having super- tection of Americana and thetr Interests tmes ihe occasion of controversy wlti grant necessarily was Assumed by the del'ih. In ta tha jurisdiction Spanish effort and conclu- vened. N twithrtand!ng tW. part goverrmert of Wxtoo and consular representanous of tt canal c MEXICAN EXTRADITION. ""in sa they are reported to be continuing for the tha diplomatic who of fulfilled tive Great Britain, have held and he'd la the ascertatamrxrt of Ontnmd'M contingent An acute difference arose in th cm and arduous trust, with of the r or Cerrutlr rtebt. their delicate, of the Mexican demand, for the dellva ('ingres. liability on neeount Laet and g commendastrcusi coe9toV high award. of article the tea fifth the I may be allowed to make fit- ery of Jesus Guerrera, who having borof overturea made t.. t. gMeinmenta vrder a America citlsen tion. allusion A claim of a marauding expedHhsn near tt to tha Instance i Mr. of Nicaragua and fit ting py other against the DonAngaa Republlo for her majesty's consul at San- der with the proclaimed purpose at In--, partlea for new rim -- ..rcexs,.n predriver, Ramsden, public bridge avtr the Onma whoa untimely death, itlartir Insurrectlmv a rains Prealderk da icated on the Cuba, tiago contro-4 umej tic which hoe been In diploma service and untiring Ptax, escaped into the United States. distinguished cf the Maritime (AVr tepse at the contra, and an award arbitration ted by expert efforts after the alega of that city, waa Extradition waa refused on rtfce ground" Canal com any wlih h an and I award state. arbitration tied by xlrt that the alleged offemse anas political - -lamented. to sincerely Say not hewlt JOn-ted-t t, spre-smy are etch and therefore camjo fiver of the claimant amounting In the early part of April lari, pur- In Rs it nr of expediunremains IW.Ortl. It. however, about made at the Instance within the treaty provtao of rvn to a suant request ency and intern-- ', x i - ::ry, The Mexican- cjowtetrtkm waa despite urgent demand for ita of th secretary of state to tha British the several g.ci R.tereaU paid. the terms at the ambassador at this to pure-l- y. d tn uie ouns.it, v:t.,mi i mitroi ol settlement according lo capital, the Canadi- that the exception only related aa Gueric compact, . an government granted facilities for tha political often. and that an the rout acts were admixed With the com- passage for United State revenue cut- rero require th nsaitv. r j f of ihe jistua MATTER. COHXERCIlt mon mine 'of murder, arrtm, kidnapter from the great lake to th Atlantic 't.hiImim aHxit qix .until the coast by way of the Canadian canal and ping and robbery, the trpttots of nonleereaned A ftiltf-reported FifHs Txrtttw latea l Bt. t The Lawrence vessel had delivery became void, a jsiattkBi which :U-ha.i Congress Ilona for the Exhibition of Oor Indus. reached Lake river. opportuftt- Ontario and were there thla government was u table to admrt, firnil.i Ihe whole rnfin- ttyJo para tha awahing the opening of navIgaUph ta View cf tha recUved interpatkr.l . tar during prevn wKiMOt Thtre to now every pposperi Jhfit tha doctrtay and practice in tha qtatitaii BRDBSELa EXFOBmoW. h brief tem oHoRa tor Dmpti. the exhtWia af this counprepera-rienUni vernal ExpoMtloa try at th 1M7 rru1' tWuoeeH ta enjeytd th of dveUneUen of a larger pro port io number swards, baring regard to tha and Claseea af article entered, than those of other oavwtrlM. The worth at such reoutt ta making Known our capsclty to supply th word markets ta o brio Exhibition ef thin tnteraatto! rhar-artara baoomtag more frqURnt th exchangee of commercial rwuirtri more tntlmsti and varied Hardly grow a year passes tha this government la not Invited to national partlel ps'wn at soma important Pore! gw cant tt. but often oa too short notice to permit at recourse to congress tar Ut power and means to do so. My predecessor have oujfgested th adrieaMltty of prov Id hi g by a gen-renactment n otandlng appropr-stte- n for aoeeptln uch Invitation, end fora representation of thla country by oofirmtaaioa. Thla plan has my cordial approval. th I trust tha Belgian rsetrtctwi km port ten of eettle from tt voHed Basie origtnally adopted as a sanitary precaution, will at an early fist, ba modified as to thair present and future of hardship and discrimination, so to admit Ilea cattle under due refutation of their gtaughter after tending. I am hopeful, too, of n faeorabl la the Belgian treatment of our The meats. preserved and netted growth ef - direct trad between the two ooortrlea net gleem for Belgtea and Belgtoa produrte. but by way of transit from Mid to other continental mate, hag been both encouraging and beneficial. No effort will be spared - to ealsrr its advantage by seeking- tha removal af needleefi impediment and by arrangements for ta creased commercial changes, CENTRA!. AMERICAN RUPTURE. The yaars events to Central Ameri-n- a deserve more than passing mention. A mnactng nrjMur between Coot Rio' and NtoarXfu wag happfiy poaad by tha algrngtura at a conventloa hot ween th partlea.wKh the concurrence of the Qimtemstec represents-U- v se a mediator, tha act being nego- listed and signed on board the United State xteamer Alert, then lying ta It is Central American waters. that th good offloee of our envessel that voy and tht commander f BiMtrlbuied to the gratifying outooree. the aMuatlor. wa In my teat presented with reapect to the diplomatic representation of thla government ta Central America, created by the omodatlon of Nloarague. Honduras and fealvador under the title of 'the Greater Republic of Central America and the delegation of their funotn to the diet thereof. White tha ref eaentatlv character of tha diet was recognised by my predecessor amd ho been confirmed during my administration by receiving Ka envoy and granted exquotor to cooaua coming under R autborKy, ohat recognition wa qualified by the dtettnrt underotandlng that tha of each of the component the United sovereign republic toward Mails ara mad Wholly unaffected. This proviso wx rteedfsl. Inuajpuch Of th three republic ..j tha compact was at th outsat a Aoaoctetion whererepresentative functions by certain wer dalegated to a trtparie commta-terather than a federation poa-ta- g eewtrallsed power of government IiMhls view and tha administration. of this th retetfcm of the UnRed tjj Im-elve- ed e, m, wt suf-talne- d m tnag inter-ratloei- al f-e- i Wel-Hsl-W- an . n. on pre-aewt- ed mid-Pacif- ic 18-- 6 obw-rvatf- on bn -- or dr ty -- d. do -- pc' o iverj.-nent- u" t -.- -- , a -. w- . . i ba 1 seaL-elicitin- (. . r-,-- upp-xchi- ng ns ht urrender. en - Inter-ocean- r cui,-hav- w- -1 ph-al- ! - , - I |