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The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
NICARAGUA CANAL
Further Communication May be Ex-
pected in the Future.

As to the representation of this gov
ernment to Nicaragua, Salvador and
Costa Rica, [ have concluded that Mr..
William L. Merry, confirmed as minis
ter of the United States to the states
of Nicaragua, Salvador and Costa Ri
ca, shall proceed to San Jose, Costa Ri
ca. and there temporarily establish
the headquarters of the United States
to those three states. I took this act
ion for what I regarded as the perma-
nent interests of this country 1t was
developed upon an investigation by the
secretary of state, that the governor
of Nicaragua, while not unwilling to re-
ceive Mr.. Merry in his diplomatic
equality, was unable to do so on ac-
count of the compact concluded June
20, 1895, whereby that republic and
those of Salvador and Honduras, form
ing what is known as the Greater Re
public of Central America, had surren-
dered to the representative diet there,
their right to receive and send diplO-
matte agents. The diet was not willing
to accept him because he was not ac-
credited to that body. I could not ac-
credit to that body because the appro-
priation law of congress did not per-
init it. Mr.. Baker, the present minister
at Manuakat Manage, has been di-
rected to present his letters of recall.
Mr.. W. Godfrey Hunter has likewise
been accorded to the governments Of
Guatemala and Honduras the same as
his predecessor.
Guatemala is not member of the
Greater Republic of Central America,
but Honduras is. and should this lat
ter government decline to receive him,
he has been instructed to report this
fact to his government and await its
further instructions.
A subject of large Importance to our
country and increasing appreciation on
the part of the people, is the compile
tiOn of the great highway of trade be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific known
as the Nicaraguan canal It's utility
and value to American commerce is
universally admitted. The commission
appointed under date of July "a, last,
Ito continue the surveys and examina-
tions authorized by the act approved
March 2, 1885, in regard to the proper
route. feasibility and cost of construc-
ton of the Nicaragua canal with view
of making complete plans for the en-
tire work of construction of such ca
nal,' is now employed in the under
taking. In the future I shall take oc-
casion to transmit to congress the re
port of this commission, making at the
same time such further suggestions as
may then seem advisable.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
BIMETALLISM.
The President Still Has Hopes of In
ternational Action

Under the provisions of the act of
cOngess, approved March 3, 1897 for the
promotion of an International agree
ment respecting bimetallsm, I appoint
ed on the fourteenth day of April. 1897,
Hon. Edward o. Wolcott, of Colorado,
Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, of Illinois, and
Hon. Charles J. Payne, of Massachus-
etts as special ENJOYS to represent the
United States. They have been diligent
in their efforts to secure the concur
renee and cooperation Of European
countries in the International settle
ment of the question, but up to this time
have not been able to secure an agree
ment contemplated by their mission.
The gratifying action of our great sis
ter republic of France is joining this
country in the attempt to bring about
an agreement between the principal
commercial nations of Europe, whereby
a fixed and relative value between
gold and silver shall be secured, furn-
iSheS assurances that we are not alone
among the larger nations of the world
in realizing the international character
of the problem and in the desire of
reaching some wise and practical solu-
tion of it. The British government has
published a resume of the steps taken
jointly by the French am mbassador in
London and the special ENJOYS of the
United States with whom our am baSsa-
dor in London actively co-operated in
the presentation of this subject to Her
Maiesty'S government This will be laid
before congress. Our special ENJOYS
have not yet made their final report as
to 1urIheF negotiations between the
representatives of this government and
the governments of other countries
which are pending and in cOntempla-
ton They believe that doubts which
have been raised in certain quarters
respecting the possibility of maintain
ing the stability of the parity between
the metals and kindred questions may
yet be solved by further negotiations
Meanwhile it gives me satisfaction to
state that the special ENJOYS have al
ready demonstrated their ability and
fitness to deal with the subject and it
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06

islands under the domination or influ-
ence of another power than the United
States. Under these circumstances the
logic of events required that annexa-
tion, before offered but declined, should
in the ripenesS of time come about as
the natural result of strengthening the
ties that bind US to those islands, and
be realized by the free will of the
Hawaiian state.
That treaty was unanimously rati-
fed without amendment by the senate
and the president of the republic of
Hawaii on the 10th of September last,
and only awaits the favorable action
of the American senate to effect the
complete absorption of the islands in
to the dominions of the United States.
What the conditions of such q union
shall be, the political relation thereof
to the United States, the character of
the local administration the quality
and degree of the elective franchise of
the 1nha bltantS, the extension of the
federal laws to the territory or the en-
actment of special laws to fit the pecu-
liar condition thereof, the regulation of
needs Of labor therein, and all matters
upon which the treaty rests, have been
wisely relegated to congress.
If the treaty is confirmed, as every
consideration of dignity and honor re-
qufreS, the wisdom of congress will see
to it, that avoiding abrupt assimilation
of elements perhaps hardly yet fitted
to share in the highest franchises of
citizenship and having due regard to
just provisions for seIf-rulea in local
matters with the largest political lib
critics as an integral part of our nation
will be accorded to the Hawaiians. No
less is due to a people who, after near
ly five years of demonstrated capacity
to fulfill the obligations of self-govern-
ing statehood, come of their free will
to merge their deStinies in our body
polite.
The questions which have arisen be-
tween Japan and Hawaii by reason of
the treatment of Japanese laborerS emf
grating to the islands under the Haw-
aiian-Japanese convention of 1888, are
in a satisfactory stage of settlement
by negotiations. This government has
not been invited to mediate, and on the
other hand has sought no Intervention
in that matter. further than to evince
its kindliest disposition toward such a
speedy and direct adjustment by the
two sovereign states in interest as shall
comport with equity and honor.
It is gratifying to learn that the
apprehensiOns at first displayed on the
part of Japan lest the cessation of Ha-
wallis national life through annexation
might impair privileges to which Japan
honOrably laid claim, have given place
to uprightness in the government and
sincerity of it's purpose to deal with all
possible Interior questions in the broad
est spirit of friendlineSS.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
ENOUGH wARsHTPs.
When All are Completed Naval Force
VIII be Adequate.

The present immediate effective force
of the navy consists Of four battleships
of the first class, two of the second and
four other vessels, ranging from arm
ored cruisers to torpedo boats. There
are under construction five battleships
of the first class, sixteen torpedo boats
and one submarine boat
No provision has yet been made for
the armor of three of the five battle
ships as it has been impossible to OBJ
tain it at the price fixed by congress.
It is of great importance that congress
provide this armOr, as until then the
ships are of no fight ng value. The present
naval force, especially in view of its
increase by ships now under cOnstruc-
tion while not as large as that of a few
other powers, is q formidable force, its
vessels are the very best of each type;
made to it from time to time in the fu-
ture, and careful attention to keeping
it in a high state of efficiency and re-
pair, it is well adapted to the necessi-
ties of the country.
The great increase of the navy which
has taken place in recent years was
justified by the requirements for ma
tional defense and has received public
apprObation The time has now ar
rived, however, when this increase to
which the country is committed, should
for a time take the form of increased
facilities commensurate with the in
crease of our naval vessels. 1t is an
unfortunate fact that there is only one
dock on the Pacific coast capa BILE of dock
ing our largest ships and only one on
the Atlantic coast, and that the latter
has for the last six or seven months
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION.
Congress is Urged to Ratify the
Pending Treaty

BY a special message dated the 10Th
day of June last. I laid before the SEN
ate of the United States, a treaty
signed that day by the plenipotentiar-
les of the United States and of the re-
public of Hawaii, having for it's pur-
pose the Incorporation of the Hawaiian
islands as an integral part of the Uni
ted States and under its sovereignty.
The senate having removed the in
junction of secrecy, although the treaty
is still pending before that body the
subject may be properly referred to in
this message, because the necessary
action of the congress is required to
determine by legislation many details
of the eventful union should the fact
of annexation be accomplished as I be-
Heve it should be.
While consistently disavOwing from
very early period any aggressive
policy of absorption in regard to the
Hawaiian group, a long series of dec
larations through three quarters of G
century has proclaimed the vital inter-
est of the United States in the inde-
pendent life of the islands and their
intimate commercial dependency upon
this country. At the same time it has
been repeatedly asserted that in no
event could the entity of Hawaiian
statehood cease by the passage OF the
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
THE CIVILIZED TRIBES.
The President Suggests That Tribal
Relations bs Broken un.

For number of years past it has
been apparent that the conditions un-
der which the five civilized tribes were
established in the Indian Territory un-
der treaty provisions with the United
States with the right of self-gOVern-
ment and exclusion of all white per
sons from within their borders, have
undergone so complete a. change as to
render the continuance of the system
thus inaugurated practically impossi-
BILE The total number of the five civ
Htzed tribes as shown by the last CEN
sus is IS 494, and this number has not
materially increased; while the white
population is estimated as from geo 600
to $50, 900. which, by permission of the
Indian government, has settled in the
territory The present area of the In
dian Territory contains p, ,694, 564 acres.
much of which is very fertile lands.
The United States citizens residing in
the territory, most of whom have gone
there by invitation or with the consent
of the tribunal authorities. have made
permanent homes for themselves NJ
merOus towns have been built in which
from 500 to 5000 white people reside
Valuable residences and business
houses have been erected in many Of
them. Large business enterprises are
carried on in which vast sums of mon
ey are employed, and yet these people,
who have invested their capital in
development of the productive re-
sources of the country, are without
title to the land they occupy and have
no voice whatever in the government
either of the nations or tribes. Thous-
ands of their children, who were born
in the territory, are Of school age, but
the doors of the schools OF the nations
are shut against them, and what edu-
cation they get is by private contribu-
ton. No provision for the protection
of the life or property of these white
citizens is made by the tribal govern
ments and courts
The secretary of the interior reports
that leading Indians have absorbed
great tracts of lands to the exclusion
of the common people. and govern
ment by an Indian aristocracy has
been practically established, to the det-
riment of the people. 1t has been found
impossible for the United States to
keep it's citizens out of the territory,
and the conditions contained in treat
les with these nations have for the
most part become impossible of execu-
tion. Nor has it been possible for the
tribal governments to secure each in
dividual his full enjoyment in common
with other Indians of the common
property of the nations Friends of the
Indians have long believed that the
best interests of the Indians of the
five civilized tribes would be found in
American citizenship, with all the
rights and privileges which belong to
that condition.
BY section IS of the act of March 3.
1893, the president was authorized to
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06

is to be earnestly hoped that their la
bors may result in an International
agreement which will bring about rec
ognition of both gold and silver as
money upon such terms and with such
safeguards as win secure the use of
both metals upon a basis which shall
work no injustice to any class of our
citizens
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06

recommend that national banks be re-
quired to redeem their notes in gold.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-07-16
LOCAL NEWS.

Arthur Pratt returned to Magda-
Jena Wednesday,
Mrs. S. E. Corson returned Wednes-
day from a visit at the home OF Miss.
Sadie Stailey.
1t is reported that a good sized pay
streak Of high grade ore has been re-
Gently opened up in the independence.
Frank G. Bartlett and John A. Bane,
assignees for the late firm Of Creighton
g. Graves, have made their first divi-
dend payment of twenty-five per cent.
Spreading s. Gill are taking out good
ore from the Long Street. They Will
get a quantity of ore as soon as pos
sible to be treated at the Wing stamp
mill.
Messrs. Winston, Chandler & Kruse
will soon haul down some fifty tons OF
second grade gold ore from the lvan-
hoe mine for treatment at the Wing
stamp-mill.
With mercury at 90 in the. east BUSH
ness, in many places is 4almQst sus-
pended and hundreds of people are
daily Frustrated. In New Mexico no
n suffers with the thefmometer at
100.
The Anchor X cattle fAnch is no
more. The last large ~shipnient Of cat
tie was made recently and the remnant
has been sold to Baldwin, the horse
herd has been disposed on toH. N.
Porter, and Sol. Luna. the sheep king
has purchased the ranches.
There was a pleasant picnic at the
Wing mill on Mineral creek yesterday
An excellent dinner was spead under
shady trees near the mill where eat
ing and drinking (no liquids sVf0ngel
than coffee being yislble) vas INDUCES
until a threatening shower warned
the merry participants to seek raOre
substantial shelter.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-07-16
DRAW HIM QUIZ
The p1nest art of ! urtailoD fapts-
bi1ity.

DlItys
The finest art of Irritation is adapta-
hility, says Lippincott's. I dono mean
altogether to mold ones self after the
mind or mood of the object of ones
solicitude, but as rapidly as possible to
discover the broad lines of his or her
character and disposition, then, with
the courage of a military leader, turn
the force of our friend, the enemy, in
that channel which may best please
ones own intelligence and purpose.
With a little executive ability, and, in
case the object be a man, just a tinge
of judicious iattery, this can be accom-
plished. Sometimes, of course, we run
our heads against a stone wall; then
something must go, and it is generally
not the wall. This is as fatiguing a
process In the mental faculties as
standing on tiptoe Is to the muscles
Of the foot; but the mealtal exercise,
like We 4etiehaA is Advantages.
The ride" of one hobby has generally
another in training, II nSt IN actual
use; and the man who cannot make
himself interesting on either of the
subjects that most absorb his own in
terests is not worth ones solicitude.
and therefore proves nothing. Sup
pressed stupidities avail themselves of
extraordinary opportunities to come to
light" says Heine. But there are few
people in the world, except those who
by undue garrulousness give an I'M
necessarily emphasized illustration OF
imbecility, and will not, if taken in the
right spirit and treated with a certain
Indulgence prove entertaining from
one standpoint or another.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-07-16
DON'T STOP T0BkCCQ.

n"H |H@#UA $50
now TO CURE YOUSELFWHILE USING 1T.
The tobacco habit grows on a man until
his nervous system is seriously affected, i'm.
pairing health. comfort and happiness. To
quit suddenly is too severe a shock to the
system. as tobacco to an inveterate user be-
comes a stimulant that hissystem continual
ly Graves. 'Baco. euro" Is a scientific cure
for the tobacco habit, In all its forms, care
fully compounded after the formula Of an
eminent Berlin physician who has used it in
his private practice since 1872, without o
failure. 1t is purely vegetable and guaran-
teed perfectly harmless. You can use all the
tobacco yon want while taking "Baco-Curo."
1t viii notify you when to stop. We give a
written guarantee to cure permanently any
casA with three boxes, or refund the money
witt Roper cent. interest. "B~aco-Curop
ia lot q substitate, but a scientific cure, that
cufes without the atdof win power and with
no. inconvenience. 1t leaves the system as
pufA and tree from nicotineas the day you
took youTsfirst chew or smoke.
Cured BY Baco-curo and Gained Thirty
Pounds.
From Hundreds of testimonials, the origi.
mails OF Which are on file and open to inspec-
ton. the Following is presented:
OIayton, Nevada Co., Ark, Jan. %, 1895.
&sEurzzh Chemical & Mfg. Co. La Crosse,
Wis. 26entiemen: For forty years 1 have
used toBacoo in ali it's forms. For twenty
five years u that time l was a great sufferer
from general debility and heart disease.
For fifteen years 1 tried to quit, but couldn't.
1 took various remedies, among others "No-
TIC. Bac," "The Indiap Tobacco Antidote,'
Double Chloride of &old,n ETC., etc. but
none of them did me TIN least bit of good.
Finally, however, 1 purchaseda box of your
"Baco-C euro" ana it has entirely cured me Of
the habit in all it's forms, and have ihcreas-
ed thirty pounds in weight and am relieved
from all the numerous aches and pains oi
body and mind. 1 could write a quire of pa
per upon my changed feelings and condition,
Yours Respectfully, ?. II. MARBURY,
Pastor O.. P. Church, Clayton, Ark
Sold by all druggists at 81 per box; three
boxes (thirty days t%reatment), $3.50 will
iron clad, written guarantee, or sent direct
upon receipt OF price. Write for booklet
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La Crosse, Wis, ind Boston, Mass.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-07-16
FAIRVIEW.

We are threatened" with and enter
tainment, and we hope it will material
ize in the near future.
Miss Viola Hawkins. who, was
thrown from a horse on the evening of
July 3rd., has fully recovered.
Chris. Hearn recently presented to
his wife a fine new buggy, and to his
daughter Daisy, a handsome saddle.
T. J.. Wright, who is now at the Post
with his wife and daughter, sold all
his furniture at that place to Harry
Reilly.
Miss Sadie Stailey entertained Mr.
and Mrs. Hearn, MIR. and Mrs. Dimes
and Mrs. S. E. Corson at diuner last
Sunday,
Wednesday, the mother, daughter
and sister of Abe Davis arrived here
with their effects from the Mimbres.
They will make their home with Abe
Oh ulS place. aooVo holo'
Dan Uquhart recently received the
sad intelligence Of the death of his
youngest brother who was accidentally
downed in the river Clyde, Scotland.
Dan has the sympathy Of all his many
friends il his sadloss.
Even in July. there are no flies on
FairvieW's Italian cline. Notwith,
standing the present warm weather,
small cOstings of Ice were formed on
.pighths Of the 18th and 18th. This
frigid phenomena, so some of ~theyoung
ladies are inclined to believe, original
ed in consequence of the proximity of
the crusty bachelors reservation.
Henry Myers is reported as slowly
recovering from injuries received last
week. 1t seems that he was engaged
in roping q gay and festive calf when
his saddle tured and he was throw to
the ground, and. as the puncher would
say the two animals had him STRUNG
out" for Eenry got e~ntangled in the
rope with the horse hitched at one end
and the calf at the other, and in all he
had a narrow escape from. most seri-
GUS injury. Henry's many friends
hope to soon see him, fully recovered.
ff
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-07-16
HE FOOLED THE BARKER"
Supposed Customer Only Wanted to Light
His Pipe.

Supposed Customer Only Wanted to Light
His Pipe.
"Overcoats, hats, suits, boots and
shoes-at half price-best in town-tit
you or treat you-more goods for less
money-whole stock must be. Step
right in, sir. 0v~ercoat, sir? Stepright
in"
The barker in front Of a State street
clothing house was earning his money,
and he knew it, says the Chicago Post.
The customer he had caught was tall
and thin and only tolerably we'll clad.
A new overcoat was especially needed.
He, looked along the line displayed,
took note of prices, and at last seemed
overpesuaded by the barker and
turned in at the entering of the door.
The barker watched him, tossing aft
er him scraps of guaranty and frag-
ments of recommendation. The shabby,
thin man had been worked off the
street." and was at last clearly within
the door. There he took a filled pipe
from his left-hand pocket, amatch from
his right-hand pocket, and stand
ing where the recess and the dressed
dummies protected him from the wind,
|slighted his pipe, buttoned his frayed
overcoat and passed on.
"Overcoats, hats, suits, boots-dad-
bing him, he fooled me-and shoes at
half price-best in town." resumed the
barker, and looked for fresh victims
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-07-16


patented mining claim is not so much
TO keep a lille alive as to prevent it
from lapsiDg. Thetls suppose one To-
Gates a claim and does no work on it
t0r FIVE or six years. HIS claim is
jumpable, but. if let alone, at the end
Of the live or six years he can g5t a
patent by making $500 worth of i'm
provements. At any time during the
period since location he took chances
on its being relocated. His title was
all right 80 long as no one thought the
claim worth jumping. But to guard
against that it is necessary to put 800
worth OF work annually on the claim.
-Aining and Scientific Press.
New Mexico has an average breadth
of 1926 miles; length Of eastern boun-
dairy, $40 miles; leagth of western
boundary, 800 miles; the whole cover
ing an area of 122, ga square miles.
By geographical divisions, 1t Is bound
ed on the north by the state of Cpfora-
do, on the east by 0lilohoma and the
state of Texas, on the south by the
state of Texas and the Mexican states
of chihuahua and Sonora, and on the
west by the territory of Arizona.
OF the 122,444 squaIe miles, or 1894
1853 acres, there are:
Acres.
Estimated land grants (con-
frmed aud unconirmed. $4,000, 900
Atlantic & Pacific railroad
grant. .................... 2,S4q,ss0.
Indian reservatl0us......... 2,S32,205
Military reserves. ....... iS4,025
Government land entered. 100000
Total....... 1881, O37
This leaves an available area of 55,-
100000 acres of gOvernmSzt land that
is obtalnable unSee th6N2nd laws of
the United States soonest mineral
and otheswise.-AlbuqpA Demo
|erat.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-07-16
President Mckinley has pardone,
a $4,000 bank ~embezeller.

HUMoRs IN THE BLOOD, boils, pim-
pies, scrofpla sores, are promptly err
adicated by Hoods Sarsaparilla, the
One True Blood Purifier, nerve tonic
and healthI builder.
HOODS Pills are easy to take, easy
to operate. Cure indigestion, bilious