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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-05-11
Watch and PRAY,

JENNY pledge you my word that
I'll pay you back on Saturday.
Moses-Pledge me your watch and
III believe you.-Ally Sloper.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-05-11

Raber-Becker always drinks i'm
ported wine. don't he?
Hallan-Yes, poor fellow. He's
trying to drown his domestic troubles.
Brooklyn Life,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-05-11

Let any man get far enough away
from the scene of his crime, and he will
believe down In his heart that he is in
nocent.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-05-11

Occasionally you see man in dress
suit who looks more like wish bone
than anything else.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-05-11

When boy has freckles on his back,
1t Is sign that he Is good swimmer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-05-11
MHe$u
SHakARaEep'S
4 gnE@HpeAss
are 0vorywk1eres

are everywhere.
Every woman knows
sOs1f0 woman friend wEao
has boon helped by EydEa
e. PxnF1isans's Vegetable
Compound. What docs
this friend say about M2
Read tho Ieffers from,
women heLs,g published I'm
this paper. IF YOU are
aiyi'sg, don't try export
n1enfs. Rely on the reIEa-
hEes
MS'S. PsDErhaEs,'s great
medicine mas stood with
out a PeOr for Thirty
years.
Puzzled women write to
Mrs. PiH,kk1asGs for. advice
which she gives without
SAas'ys- Sms aavlce IS
confidential and accurate.
II has helped a million wo-
men. Mrs. PEnkhan,'s
address Is Lynn, Mass.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-05-11
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the one perfect strengthening laXa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from senna and
other aromatic plants. by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANoIsco CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK. N. Y.
For sale by all Druggists.-Price Soc. per bottle
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-04
GOVERNORS ADDRESS.

IN calling the convention to order, the
military governor Of Cuba made the FOL
lowing statement: -
AS military governor of the island, rep
resendng the president, of the United
states, | call this convention to order
1t wall be your duty, first, to frame and
adopt constitution for Cuba. and when
tIiat mas peen done, to formulate what
IN IN your opinion, ou9ht to be the relations
petMeen Cuba and thRs United States.
Inc constitution must be adequate to
secure a stable and free government
When you have defined the relations
which IN Your opinion ought to exist he
tween Cuba and the United States. the
government of the United States will
douDtless take such action on its part as
saal lead to final and authoritative
agreement between the people of the two
countries to the promotion of their cons
mon interests.
All friends of Cuba will allow your de-
lperadons with the deepest interest.
earnestly desiring that you shall reach
JUST conclusions and that by the dignity,
hdlNldua1 Self-restraint and wise con-
seTNat1Sin, ,Whlch shall characterize your
proceedings, the capacity of the Cuban
NAV he signally illustrated
Under the order pursuant to which you
nave been elected and convened YOU
nave no duty and no authority to take
part IN the present government of the
Island. Y our powers are strictly limited
by the terms of that o. DER
when the convention concludes its Ia
Dor will transmit to congress the
constitution as framed by the convention
Tor Its consideration and for such action
as IL may deem advisable.
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PENSIONS AND PATENTS.
Widows Pension Act VIII Add
Three to Four Millions.

At the end of the fiscal year there were
on the pension roll 993 ,225 names a net
increase of 2,010 over the fiscal year 1885,
The number added to the rolls during the
year was as, 344. The amount disbursed
for army pensions during the year was
$154, 700, 597.24, and for navy pensions,
So, 761, 533 Al q total of $13S, 462, 100 60,
1925 to be covered into the treasury,
which shows an increase in the previous
years expenditure of SHOT, TITO. There
were 6S4 names added to the rolls during
the year by special acts passed at the
first session Of the fifty-sixth congress.
The act Of May 1860, among GCSer
things, provides for an extension of in
come to widows pensioned under said
act to $3.50 per annum. The secretary of
tions of this act the number of persons
pensioned under it will increase, and the
increased annual payment for pensions
will be between S., 600, 900 and 81, 0e9, 00G.
The goveTnm ent Justly appreciates the
services of its soldiers and sailors by
making pension payments liberal beyond
precedent to them, their widows and or
pbanS. ~ 't'
There We're 26,540 letters patent granted,
the fiscal year ended June so, 1900; 1850
trademarks $50 labels and SO prints reg
istered The number of patents which
expired were 1888. The total receipts for
patents were 81, 35S, 22S. 35. The eXpendi-
lures were 81, 247, S275S, Showing a surplus
of $110, 400.77.
The attention of congress is called to
terror touching the necessity for the fur
Their establishment of schools in the ter
ritory of Alaska, and favorable action is
invited thereon
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-04
EDUCATION.

It will be the duty Of the commission
to promote and extend, and, as they find
cation already inaugurated by the mil
1tary authorities In doing this, they
should regard as of first Importance the
extension of a system of primary educa-
ton, which shall be free to all, and which
shall tend to fit the people for the duties
OF citizenship and for the ordinary ave-
cations of a civilized community This
instruction should be given in the first
instance in every part of the islands in
the language of the people. In view of
the great number of languages spoken by
the different tribes, it is especially i'm
portant to the prosperity of the islands
that common medium of communication
may be established, and it is obviously
desirable that this medium should be the
English language. Especial attention
should be at once given to affording full
opportunity to all the people of the ISL
ands to acquire the use of the English
lang
It may be we'll that the main changes
which should have been made in the sYs-
tenn of taxation and in the body of The
laws under which the people are govern
ed, except such changes as have already
been made by the military government,
should be relegated to the civil govern
ment, which is to be established under
the auspices of the commission. 1t WILL
however, be the duty of the commission
to inquire diligently as to whether there
are any further changes which ought not
to be delayed, and if so they are author
lied to make such changes, subject to
your approval. In doing so they are to
bear in mind that taxes which tend to
penalize or repress industry and enter
prise are to be avoided that provisions
for taxation should be simple so they
may be understood by the people; that
they should affect the fewest practicable
subjects of taxation which will serve for
the general distribution of the burden
The main body of the laws which re-
quire the rights and obligations Of the
people should be maintained with as little
interference as possible. Changes made
should be mainly in procedure, and III the
criminal laws to secure speedy and i'm
partial trials. and at the same time eff
fective administration and respect for in
dividual rights.
In dealing with the uncivilized tribes of
the islands the commission should adopt
the same course followed by congress il,
permitting the tribes Of our North Amer
lean Indians to maintain their tribal or
ganiZation and government, and under
which many of those tribes are now living
in peace and contentment surrounded by a
civilization to which they are unable or
unwilling to conform Such tribal gov
ernments should, however, be subjected
to wise and firm regulation, and, without
undue or petty interference, constant and
active effort should be exercised to pre-
vent barbarouS practices and introduce
civilized customs
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-04
The PHILIPPINES.
Review of the Effort to Establish
Civil Government,

In my last annual message I dwelt at
some length upon the condition of affairs
In the philippines. While seeking to i'm
press upon you that the grave RESPONSE
bility OF the future government of those
islands rests with the congress of the
United States, [ abstained from recon-
nIending at that time a specific and final
form of government for the territory ac-
tually held by the United States forces,
and in which, as long as inSurrection
continues, the military arm must neces-
SaTlIy be~Supreme. L stated my purpose,
until the congress shall have made known
the formal expression of its will, to use
the authority vested by the constitution
and the statutes to uphold the sovereign
ty Of the United States in those distant
islands, as in all other places where our
flag rightfully floats, placing, to that end
at the disposal of the army and navy all
the means which the hbarality of the
congress and the people have provided.
No contrary expression of the will of the
congress having been made, have stead
lastly pursued the purpose so declared.
employing the civil arm as we'll toward
the accomplishment of pac,fiCation and
the institution of local governments VIII h.
In the lines of authority and law.
Progress in the hoped-for direction has
been favorable. Our forces have success
fully controlled the greater part of the
1Slan0S, overcoming the organized forces
OF the insurgents and carrying order and
administrative regularity to all quarters.
What opposition remains is for the most
part scattered, obeying no concerted plan
OF strategic action, operating only by The
methods common to the traditions of
guerilla warfare, which, while ineffective
to alter the general control now estab-
lshed, are still sufficient to beget insecu-
rity among the populations that have felt
the good results of our control, and thus
delay the cOnfeTment upon them of the
fuller measures Of local elf-government.
of education and of industrial and a2ri-
cultural development which we stand
ready TO give to them.
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LAND TITLES.

It will be the duty of the commission
to make thorough investigation into the
titles of large tracts of land held or
claimed by individuals or by religious or
derS, into the justice of the claims and
complaints made against such land hold
ers by the people OF the island, or any
part of the people, and to seek, by wise
and peaceable measures, a just settlement
of the controversies and redress of wrongs
which have caused strife and bloodshed
IN the past. In the performance of this
duty, the commission is enjoined to see
that no injustice is done; to have regard
for substantial rights and equity, disre-
garding technicahties so far as Substan-
tial right permits, and to observe the fol-
lowing rules:
That the provision of the treaty of Par
is, pledging the United States to the
protection Of all rights Of property in
the islands, as well as the principle of
our own government, which prohibits the
taking OF private property without due
process of law, shall not be violated;
that the welfare Of the people Of the ISL
ands, which should be a paramount con-
sideration. shall be attained consistently
with this rule of property right; that If it
becomes necessary for the public interest
of the people of the Islands to dispose of
claims to property which the commission
finds to be not lawfully acquired and held.
disposition shall be made thereof by due
legal procedure, in which there shall be
full opportunity for fair and impartial
public interests require the eXtinguish-
ment Of property rights lawfully acquired
and held, due compensation shall be made
out of the public treasury therefor: that
no form Of religion and no minister of
religion shall be forced upon any COM
munity. or upon any citizen of the ISL
andS; that upon the other hand no min
lister Of religion shall be interfered with
or molested in following his calling, and
that the separation between state and
church shall be real, entire and absolute.
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CONSIDER THE PEOPLE.

Upon all officers and employees OF the
United States, both civil and military,
should be impressed a sense of duty to
observe not merely the material but the
personal and social rights of the people
of the Islands, and to treat them with
the same courtesy and respect for their
personal dignity which the people of the
United States are accustomed TO reaI1jTio
from each other.
The articles of capitulation of the civ
Of Manila, on the 18th of August, 1885.
concluded with these words: ''TNhis city,
worship, its educational establishments
and its private property of all descrip-
tons, are placed under the special safe
guard of the faith and honor of the
American army"
/ believe that this pledge has been
Faithfully KEPT. A high and sacred
obligation rests upon the government of
the United States to give protection for
property and life, civil and religious free
dom, and wise, firm, and unselfish guild
ance in the paths Of peace and pros
per1ty to all the people of the Philip
pine Islands. / charged this commission
to labor for the full performance of this
obligation. which concerns the honor and
conscience of their country, in the firm
hope that through their labors all the in
habftantS Of the Philippine islands NAV
come to look back with gratitude to the
day when God gave victory to American
arms at Manila and set their land under,
The sovereignty and the protection of the
people of the United States
ColneIdentally with the entrance of the
commission upon its labors / caused 10
be issued by General Macarthur. the
nallitary governor of the Philippines. on
June q. 1900, 4 proclamation of amnesty
in generous terms, of which many of fhe
insurgents took advantage, among them
a NUMBER OF important leaders
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ALONG GENEROUS LINES,

Later reports from the commission
snow yet more encouraging advance to-
ward insuring the benefits of liberty and
good government to the Filfpinos IN fbe
interest Of humanity and with the aim
Of building up an enduring, seIf-slJpport-
ing and elf-administertng commiInifv in
those far eastern seas. would imnress
upon the congress that whatever IfeiSs
latton may be enacted in resDect m }ha
philippine islands should be alone Ibase
generous lines. The fortune of Wac re-
thrown upon this nation an unsonobf
trust which should be upselfshIv f5ise
charged, and devolved upon this cavern
ment moral as we'll as nafariai 70
spons1bility toward these millions wbono
we nave freed from an Oppressive vote
l have, upon another occasion caiIa.S
the FIl1plnos "the wards of the naffoI, ),
our obligation as guardian was not Iipht.
~ assumed; it must not be othervyiSo
IMAM honestly fulfilled, aiming first or All
10 penett those who have come undaI, NV
fostering care. It is our duty so to trea+
tiieIn mat our flag may be no lose r.
toNed IN the mountains of Luzon and fba
Iertle Zones of Mindanao and Naeroa
IMAM 1t is at home, that there as bere ~ :,
snail be the reyered symbol Of Iiher+ve
enlightenment and progress in everI1 ov re-
que of development az
Inc F1l1ponos are a race quick to 1aarn
and to profit by knowledge He Wo1,ld "a
rash who with the teachings ~ CO. NJ
telnporaneous history in view would f.,
limit to the degree of culture ana I'd, ~
Vancement yet within the reach If tl, o.
people II our duty toward them be faith
IuIly performed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-04
POSTAL SERVICE.
Extension of Rural Free Delivery Is
Recon- 71ended


The rapid growth of the postal service
IS sure index of the great and fncreas-
ing business activity of the country. It's
most striking new development is the ex-
tension of rural free delivery.
lhlS mas come about almost wholly
Wlthin the. year. AT the beginning of the
i1sca4 year 1899-1S00. the number of routes
ln operation was only 391, and most of
tneha had been running less than twelve
months. On the 18th Of November. 1860
the number had increased to 2614 reach.
ing INTO forty-four states and territories
anu serving population of 1S01. 524 The
huInDef OF applications now pending and
awaiting action nearly equals all those
granted up to the present time and by
the close of the current fiscal year about
4,0OO routes will have been esta hlishad
providing daily delivery of mails at the
scattered homes of about three and a
nan millions Of rural population
Inns service ameliorates the isolation
OF Iarm life, conduceS to good roads Tx
perIence thus far has tended to allay The
apprehension that it would be SO eXDen-
slVe as to forbid its general adoption or
make 1t serious burden. It's actual an
pAcauon has shown that it increases post
al receipts and can be accOmDanied hv
reductions in other branches of the serv.
Zee, so that the augmented revenues and
tne ACCOMPLISHED savings together mate
rally reduce the net cost The evidences
which point to these conclusions are ere
scented in detail in the annual report of
the postmaster general, which. with IFS
recommendauonS, is recommended to the
consideration of the congress. The fuII
ever, requires such a large outlay of
money that it should be undertaken onlv
after careful study and thorough un-
outstanding of all that it involves
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graphical and political interests of the
country, and bringing to their task the
in educational administrative and Judi
cial careers, made great progress from
the outset. AS early as Aug. Il. 1900.
1t submitted preliminary report. which
will be laid before the Congress-. and
from which 1t appears that already the
good effects Of returning order are felt:
is improving as peace extends; that a
larger area is under sugar cultivation
than ever before; that the customs
during the Spanish rule; that economv
and efficiency in the military adminlstras-
ton have created a surplus fund of So
100000 available fersl needed public i'm
law is in preparation; that railroad com.
Ie tons are exfPRaqaing opening up
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-04
THE Army.
t Should Be 10000 With a Posi-
bilitY of 100. 600.

~ The present strength of the army is
100000 men-65, 900 regulars and S5, 900 vol
unteers. Under the act of March 2, 1899.
on the Sd of June next the present force
VIII De reduced to 2,447 officers and 49,
Uzo ENLISTED men. In 1898 a board of Off
GERS convened by President Cleveland
adopted comprehensive scheme Of coast
detenSe fortificationS which involved the
outlay of something over 500 ,09o,U00 This
plan received the approval of the con-
gress, and since then regular appropria-
IONS 9 nave been made and the work of
Iortlncatlon has steadily. progressed
More than $60, 600, 600 have been invested
IN a great number of forts and guns,
WIN ali the complicated and scientific
essarY for their use. The proper care
OF this defensive machinery requires men
trained in its use. The number of men
necessary to perform this duty alone is
dScer famed by the war department, at
a minimum allowance, to be 1S 420
There are fifty-eight or more military
POSTS Ia the United States other than the
coast defense Qualifications the nIno her
OF these posts is being constantly in
creased by congress. More than So 0Ga,-
eoo nave been expended in buildings and
F for b1. en-, ana they can only be cared
IN existence and others to be built pro
woe Tor accommodations for. and if fully
garTlsoned, require 26,000 troops Many
OF theSe posts are along our frontier or
at important strategic points, the occu-
paLlon OF which is necessary
we have in Cuba between 5000 and
5000 troops. Fer the present our troops
In that island cannot be withdrawn or
materially diminished and certainly not
until The conclusion of the labors of the
constitutional convention now in session
ana a government provided by the new
constitution shall have been established
and its stability assured
In Forto Rico we have reduced the gar
rlsons to 1,636, which include 896 native
troops. There is no room for further re-
Quctlon here. We will be required to
keep considerable force in the Philip
pine islands for some time to come.
from the best information obtainabla
we shall need there for the immediaie
sure the number may be reduced as the
insurgents shall come to acknowledges HE
authority OF the United States. of which
there are assuring Indications
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THE MESSAGE TO CONGRESS-.

proceed to the city of Manila, where they
will make their principal Office, and to
communicate with the military governor
OF the Philippine islands, whom you will
at the same time direct to render them
every assistance within his power in the
performance of their duties. Without
hampering them by too specific instruc-
tons, they should in general be enjeined,
after making themselves familiar with
the conditions and needs of the country,
to devote their attention in the first in
stance to the establishment of municipal
governments, in which the natives Of the
islands, both in the cities and in the rural
communities, shall be afforded the oppor-
tuity to manage their own local affairs to
the fullest extent of which they are ca
pable, and subject to the least degree Of
supervision and control which a careful
Of the workings of native control show
to be consistent with the maintenance
of law order and loyalty
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CENTENNIAL.

The transfer of the government to this
city is a fact of great historical interest
Among the people there is a feeling Of
genuine pride in the capital of the repub-
tic.
1t is matter of interest in this connec-
ton that in 1900 the population OF the Dis
trict of Columbia was 14,O13; today it is
ZS718. The population of the city of
Washington was then 1910; today It is
218 1876.
The congress having provided for AN
appropriate national celebration Of the
centennial anniversary of the establish
ment of the seat of government in the
District of Columbia the committee au-
thoriZ=d by it have prepared a programme
for the 18th of December 1900 which date
has been selected as the anniversary day.
Deep interest has been shown in the
arrangements for the celebra tit}n by the
members of the committee of the senate
and house of representatives. the commit
tee of governors appointed by the presi-
dent and the committee appointed by the
citizens and inhabitants of the District
of Columbia generally. The programme,
in addition to a reception and other exer-
cises at the executive mansion, provides
commemorative exercises to be held
jointly in the hall of the house Of 1cp-
resentatives and a reception in the even
ing at the Corcoran gallery or art in hon
or of the governors Of states and terri
tories