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Part 28

Forestry, 426 aim of, 251 and lumbering, 253 and mining, 252 and water supply, 426 benefits of, 384 Bureau of, 559, 681, 684 practical, advance of, 559 progress in, 683 question of, 438 training in, need of, 254 work, division of, 684

Forestry work, Government, 683

Forests, Alaskan, 677 depletion of, 253 fire protection in, 683 Government and the, 250 injury to, by grazing, 439 natural reservoirs, 561 preservation of, necessary, 558 preservation of the, 305, 371 preserving, importance of, 250 public sentiment on, 558 rapid growth of, 427 value of, realized, 558 water supply and, 327, 418, 444, 559, 561

Forethought and preparation, need of, 580

Fort Leavenworth, school at, 689 Riley, War School at, 689

Fortune, good and bad, 98 success wrested from, 607

Fortunes, great, benefit of, 608 great, making of, 608 growth of corporate, 100

Founders of the Republic, spirit of, 396

France, 342, 668, 669 President of, 1

Franchises, corporate, 609 in the Philippines, 572 perpetual, evil of, 565 realty, treated as, 765 taxation of, 760-769 value of some great, 764 value of, varying, 766-767

Franchise taxation, bill on, 765-768 great advance in, 774 State right of, 762

Franchise Tax Law, 476 New York, object of, 775

Frankel, Lee K., 657

Franklin, Benjamin, 57

Frauds, appropriations on, 660-662

Frederick, Empress Dowager, 605

Freedom, 483 anarchy and, 529 and greatness combined, 287 has no discriminations, 528

Free government, requirements for, 488

Free list, anthracite on the, 296, 617

Freeport, Illinois, 444

Free trade, effects of, 180

Freight rates, discriminations in, 278

French cable lines, 626 Panama Canal Company, 623, 711

Friendship of foreign powers, 270

Fundamentals, Cromwell’s, 499

Future, confidence in the, 423 facing the, 607

G

Gamaliel, 29, 442

Gambling, danger of, 537

Game preserves, grazing and, 560 preserves, national, 636 protection, legislation for, 636

Gardiner, Montana, 324

Garfield, assassination of, 529

_Gemüthlichkeit_, capacity for, 452

General Allotment Act, the, 594

General Staff Law, 319

Generals, Civil War, 489 types of, 489

Generations, allotted tasks of, 502

Genius and all-around development, 288

Genoa, Italy, 151, 391

Geological Survey, United States, 559, 681

Georgia, 18, 164, 515, 516 appointments in, 517 Federal officers in, 517

German Ambassador, the, 261 -American citizens, 507 associations, debt to, 452 element, the, 506 Emperor, 262, 263 government, the, 262 immigration, 507 Reformed Church, 447 societies, 506-508 steamships, 656 strains, importance of, 506

Germany, 260, 365, 667, 669 Empress Dowager of, 605 first immigrants from, 450

Glacier Creek, Alaska, 667

Glory, ideal of, 16

God, fatherhood of, 449 service of, 447, 495, 497

Gold Democrats, 512

Gold standard, the, 476 advantages of the, 554 assured, 215 established, 554 vindicated, 236

Gompers, Samuel, 521, 522

Good, forces of, 226

Good roads, advantages of, 676 Convention, International, 336 question of, 305

Government, administration of, 26 American, genius of, 430, 434 and its employees, the, 522 and the people, 494 bonds, price of our, 554 by the mob, 470 by the people, 663 Chinese, the, 603, 674 class, 470 Constitutional powers of, 620 difficulties under our, 104 employees, standard of, 546 for all men, 434 free, 469 functions, how separated, 2 good, conditions of, 620 industries, reforms in, 547 National, the, 118, 309, 319, 493 nature of, 145 needed changes in, 152 of liberty, a, 474 popular, and bribery, 663 printing, limiting, 643 printing office, 518, 520 publications, useless, 643 receipts of the, 654 self, art of, 224 stability of the, 468 successful, 493 United States, the, 671 what the, can do, 443 what the, can not do, 145-146 what to expect of, 145

Governmental unit, the real, 109

Governors and State treasuries, 8

Graduate, college, prime quality in the, 29

Grain-raising communities, 335

Grand Army of the Republic, 14, 377, 482, 484 debt to the, 485 principles of the, 16

Grand Canyon, Arizona, 369 jury, Federal, on frauds, 660

Grant, Ulysses S., President, 18, 19, 137, 142, 166, 230, 232, 289, 329, 331, 399, 446, 452, 487, 489, 492 and the French cable, 626 messages of (1875, 1879), 626 soldiers of, 58, 487

Grass crop, the, 384 on ranges, the, 438

Grazing, forest reserves and, 558, 560 industry, importance of the, 366 injuries of, to game preserves, 560 injuries of, to forests, 439 injuries of, to water supply, 560 lands, large holdings in, 680 lands, question of using, 637

Great Britain, 78, 259, 667, 669 and Alaska, 664 canal negotiations with, 574 convention with, 622 friendliness with, 574

Greatness and freedom combined, 287 essentials of, 350, 354 lesson of true, 492 of the Nation’s destiny, 422 penalty of, 220 virtues of, 492

Great Northern Railroad, 281

Grecian colonization, 345-346

Greece, 151, 345 ancient, republics of, 471

Greed, cunning and violent, 307

Greek,” “The Americanized, 379

Greeks, ancient, 406

Greene, Francis V., 484

Growth of good and evil, 608

Guard, National, 319

Guard, National, training for the, 589

Gulf of Mexico, 202, 243, 257, 304, 351

Gun practice in the Navy, 631

Guns, men behind the, 464

H

Hague, The, Court of Arbitration, 264, 623, 669, 670, 673 Arbitration Union and, 673 Mexico and, 623 Peace Conference, 575 United States and, 623

Hamilcar, galleys of, 579

Hamilton, Alexander, 57 College, 80

Hancock, W. S., 489

Hanson, Major, 516

Happiness and usefulness, 478 and work, 356

Harlan, John M., Justice, 221, 505

Harmlessness not a great quality, 496

Harrison, Benjamin, President, 10, 119

Hartford, Connecticut, 85 frigate, 465

Harvard men, services of, 78-79 University, 78

Hatred, class and sectional, 334

Haverhill, Massachusetts, 118

Hawaii, 393 American community in, 566 an American Territory, 566 cable to, need of a, 573 cheap labor in, 566 large estates in, 566 legislation needed in, 566 light-houses in, 678 situation in, 566-567

Hawaiian cable, 625-627 fire claims, 623

Hay, John, Secretary, 79, 261, 263, 503, 504

Hay-Herran Treaty, the, 709, 712, 714, 715, 746, -Pauncefote Treaty, the, 87, 259, 712, 714

Help, grudging, 497 to self-help, 549 true kind of, the, 130

Helpfulness, value of, 146

Henderson, D. B., Speaker, 40

Herbert, Sir Michael, 263

Herkimer, Nicholas, General, 507

Heroic qualities, need of, 68

Heroism and common duties, 412 nature of, 54

Herrera, Benjamin, General, 720

Historic associations, charm of, 455

History, great examples in, 408 great crises of our, 119

Hitt, Robert R., Congressman, 444

Hoar George F., Senator, 79

Holidays, significance of, 57

Holleben, Baron von, 261

Holy Name Society, 458-462 work of, 459

Homage in deeds and words, 491

Home-builders, public lands and, 680

Home life, highest joys of, 509

Home-making, importance of, 436 national upbuilding, 563

Homes, creation of, 441

Homestead Law, the, 567 and prosperity, 637 commutation clause, 636, 680

Homestead laws, good from, 389

Homesteads and ranges, 439

Honesty, common-sense, 138 common-sense and, 493 courage, common-sense, and, 488 efficiency and public, 488 importance of, 499-500 militant, 500

Honor, deserving, those, 479 National and personal, 396 rugged ways to, 395

Honor roll of our fathers, 492 of the Nation, 479

Horses, cavalry, worn-out, 631 in the arid region, 438

Household affairs, importance of, 648

Households, National and private, 648

Houston, Samuel, General, 203

Howell, Clark, 514-518

Hubbard, John, Commander, 724, 734 letters from, 731-740 services of, 740-744

Humbert, King, assassination of, 535

Humorist, an American, 496

Humphrey, C. B., Captain, 724

Hynes, Thomas W., 657

I

Idaho, 113, 324, 326, 327

Ideal, devotion to an, 230 striving for the, 478

Ideals for labor and capital, 619

Idler, no room for the, 478

Idlers useless in life, 356

Illinois, 113, 223, 335, 343, 444, 446 region, the, 343

Immigrants, anarchistic, exclusion of, 549 churches, the, and, 447 distribution of, 657 duty to, our, 448 educational test for, 549 good, need of, 549 immoral, exclusion of, 549 industrial test for, 550 need of caring for, 448

Immigration, committee on, 657 contract-labor, 546 German, 507 Law, 618 laws, defects in, 549 limiting, 657 recommendations on, 658 report on, 658 service, New York, 657

Importance, new, of United States, 268

Impossible, insistence on the, 611

Independence, cause of, 507 Day, 57, 96, 288, 380, 627 Declaration of, 243, 349, 627 desire for, 508 ideal of, true, 65 struggle for, 18

Indiana, 343

Indian absorption, first step in, 640 agencies, reduction of, 595 agents, bonded superintendents as, 684 agents, ex-Army officers as, 684 agents, non-partisan, 684 allotments, leasing of, 594 question, the, 594-596 schools, work in, 639

Indian Territory, education in, 639, 685 illiteracy in, 685 mixing races in, 639

Indian tribal funds, 594 tribal lands, 594 tribes, civilization of, 639 wars, 571

Indianola, 516

Indians, absorption of the, 639 agriculture among, 595 Alaskan, 678 aptitude of, natural, 640 as citizens, 594 dealings with the, 639-641 difficulties in dealing with, 640 education of, higher, 595 equality for, 369 hostile, in United States, 571 industrial education for, 595 industries among, 639, 640 in the Spanish War, 371 liquor traffic and the, 595 marriage laws of, 595 progress of, 368-369 progress of the, slow, 639 ration system for, 595 recognition of the, 594 reservation system for, 595 schools for, 595 stock-raising by, 595 teaching English to, 640

Indifference, Government, 306

Individual and Nation compared, 291 energy, need of, 609 initiative, 26 the, and the State, 107

Individual merit, standard of, 620

Industrial centres, upbuilding of, 538

Industrial conditions, 198, 435 antagonism to, 538 complaints on, 214 present, 351

Industrial convulsions, 10 abuses, 783 changes, recent, 274, 538 development, 100, 339, 537, 608 enterprises in Philippines, 572 expositions, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25 growth, 219 growth, use of, 359 laws, State and Federal, 548 peace, 198 problems, 143, 159, 274, 302, 332, 778-784 prosperity, 22, 147 prosperity, period of, 24 remedies, applying, 781 remedies, impossible, 541 solutions, 148-149, 175 system, present, 159 world, leadership in the, 611

Industrialism, modern, conditions of, 610

Industries, American, market for, 297 home, and reciprocity, 551 needs of our, 617

Industry, captains of, 539 leaders of, 298

Inequalities in worldly condition, 101

Influence, increasing, our, 393 political, in offices, 586

Influences, good and evil, 52

Information, clearing house of, 650

Inheritance, great, our, 480

Iniquity and high words, 449

Injunction, perpetual, a, 283

Inspection, Naval Board of, 692

Institutions of learning, 293

Instruction in the Navy, 582 progressive, in the Navy, 583

Insular possessions and politics, 593 our, 679

Insular possessions, duties to our, 759

Insurrectos, Filipino, 571

Interest, community of, 468 rates, equalization of, 617

Interference, benefits of our, 754 Federal, instance of, 416 Government, 306 invoking, time for, 307

Interior, Department of the, 249 Secretary of the, 416, 682

International attitude, normal, 197

Interstate business, corporations in, 609 regulation of, 611

Interstate commerce, 649 control of, 310 safety in, 685 Commission, 556, 649

Interstate Commerce Law, 545, 546, 556 amendments for, 556 decisions, 279 defects of, 556 enforced, 660 illegal practices under, 556 strengthened, 280 violations of, 556 wisdom of, 556

Iowa, 223, 335

Ireland, 365

Irrigation Act, the, 303, 361, 362, 370, 415 care in enforcing, 443 importance of, 442 National, 680

Irrigation, applying, 371 arid land (Western), 636 benefits of, 387 defective laws on, 564 development and the States, 561 development by, 367 effects of, 370 experience in, beneficent, 566 Federal aid of, 562 forest reserves and, 558 good beginnings in, 636 land-reclamation and, 682-684 mining and, 563 National aid in, demanded, 565 Nationally aided, 636 policy in, 418 private capital in, 564 question of, 441 reservoirs as public works, 562 reservoirs in Utah, 444 reservoirs, United States, control of, 561 saving waters for, 559 situation on, 562-566 State laws and, 682 Utah, 442-443 work of, 367, 415-416 works, control of, 443 works, ownership of, 363, 564

Isthmian Canal, 22, 87, 125, 258-260, 264, 393, 426, 577 benefits of, 573, 624 building, work of, 91 control of, 704 demand for, 577 feat, a great, 624 importance of, 91, 573, 696 Navy and the, 632 negotiations on, 574 neutrality of, 705 old project, an, 696 Panama, at, 623 policy in building, 624 question settled, 693 rights in, our, 694 situation on, 573-574, 623-624 treaties on the, 574, 693-700 United States attitude on, 711

Isthmus transit trade, protection of, 695

Italy, 260, 337, 535, 668, 669, 705 republics of, 471

J

Jackson, Andrew, President, 2, 13, 203, 232

Japan, 410

Japanese Government, the, 627

Jay, John, Secretary, 343, 391, 392

Jefferson, Thomas, President, 13, 232, 419, 454, 455 statesmanship of, 419

Jenkins, Micah, 20, 165

Jeshurun, days of, 99

Jetté, Louis Amable, Sir, 666

Johnson, Walter, 516

Jones, Judge, of Alabama, 517

Jordan, David Starr, 377, 380

Judas-like infamy, 531

Justice, bar of, 494 delayed, evils of, 526 Department of, 612, 660 National policy of, 396 speedy, _vs._ lynching, 525

Just man armed, the, 578

K

Kansas, 353

_Kearsarge_, battleship, 459, 463-464

Kent, James, Chancellor, 766

Kentucky, 37, 166, 222, 223, 506, 508, 517 founding of, 453 loyalty of, 222

Kitchener, Lord, 80

Knox, Philander C., Attorney-General, 117, 219, 281, 331

Korea, 674

L

La Abra award against Mexico, 605

Labor, American Federation of, 521 and capital, common ground of, 651 situation on, 618-619 cheap, influx of, 550 in Hawaii, 566 combinations of, 26 convict, competition of, 547 cost here and abroad, 615 fair treatment for, 618 harmed by violence, 475 interference with, no, 521 laws, model, 309 legislation, 321 organized, duty of, 619 problems, 332 protected by the tariff, 546 unions, 520-521 unions, great importance of, 652

Laborers and the Civil Service, 687 contract, importation of, 546

Ladrones, Filipino, 94, 207, 571

Land, arid, fund for reclaiming, 679 commission recommended, 638 frauds, public, 661

Land Law Commission, 681 revision in the West, 680

Land laws, Alaskan, 638, 677 changes in, 681 defects in, 389 effect of, 680-681 misuse of, 388 operation of, 680-681 perversion of, 636 public disagreements on, 681 State and National, 562

Land office, general, 558, 681 receipts of, 679

Land policy, clear government, a, 563 in Hawaii, 567 United States, 441

Land, President’s power on public, 559

Land-reclamation and forests, 638 and irrigation, 682-684 conduct of, 683

Lands, arid, reclamation of, 682 arid, surveys in, 682 farming, in Alaska, 677 grazing, large holdings in, 680 Indian tribal, 594 public, Alaskan, 677 extent of, 415 fences on, 637, 680 laws on, 661 proceeds from, 682 settlement in, retarded, 680 timber, large holdings in, 680

Lansdowne, Marquis of, 263

Law, administration of, proper, 433 advantages of enforcing, 112 asks no permissions, 474 caution in executing, 443 critics of the, 431 development of, 783 enforcement of, 26 equal domination of, 481 franchise tax, 476 majesty of, vindicated, 523 might of the, 536 obedience to, 474 obedience to a right, 653 obedience to, liberty and, 528 orderly liberty under, 523 work of, in securing fairness, 335

Laws, adjustable, need for, 99 ambiguity in, 117 anti-trust, 117 corporation, in Mass., 116 existing, enforcement of, 107 fair, beneficial to all, 476 fearless administration of, 323 fixity of, undesirable, 99 for political effect, 115 impartiality of, 522 interstate commerce, needed, 611 limitations of, 99 and national character, 487 inclusive, necessary, 114 old, insufficiency of, 538 perversion of, 636 good, significance of, 487 wise, benefit of, 99

Leaders born on occasion, 232 great American, 232 great, qualities of, 493 in peace and war, 289

Learning, institutions of, 293

Lee, Robert E., General, 19, 166, 483

Legal procedure, needs in, 525

Legislation, additional, needed, 118 Army, need of new, 589 betterment by, 330 currency, good, 477 equal opportunity by, 323 limits of, 213, 323, 331 nature of good, 323 revolutionary, bad, 477 unwise, effect of, 606

Legislative action and economic evils, 101

Legislature, the, symbol of free government, 287

Leisler, Jacob, 506

Leland Stanford, Jr., University, 377

Lesson of great lives, 492

Letters, personal, 508-528 to President, 11

Levees on Mississippi River, 154

Lewis and Clark, 454 centennial of, 677 memorial to, 419

Lewis, Meriwether, 676, 677

Liberty, civil, in Philippines, 96 crimes in name of, 449 despotism and, 469 devotion to, 213 guaranteed to all, 653 in deed, not word, 469 loss of, 471 love for, 15 obedience to law and, 528 order and, 488 orderly, 17, 523 orderly, in United States, 288 orderly, under law, 523 seeming, 470 spirit of, 41 strength and, in United States, 288 through law, 433 unfitness for, 470 union and, cause of, 507

Libraries, public, 598-599 in United States, 598 work of, 598

Library, Federal, 598 movement, the public, 598 of Congress, 598 work of, 599

Library, resources of, 599

Life, aim of, duty the, 478 American distinctions in, 486 complexity of, present, 101 duties of, 493 duty the aim of, 478 essentials of a true, 508-509 of hard work, 459 old conditions of, 100-101 -saving service, the, 685 seeing, 460 work, readiness for, 497 worthiness of, 493 worth living, the, 459 worthy sort of, 459

Light-houses in Alaska, 678 in Hawaii, 678

“Liken” dues in China, 674

Lincoln, Abraham, President, 11, 15, 18, 39, 57, 61, 63, 137, 211, 230, 232, 288, 290, 329, 331, 398, 399, 445, 451, 452, 470, 483, 488, 503, 506 and Washington, 445 assassination of, 529 birthday of, 19 birth State of, 506 days of, 607 -Douglas debates, 505 friend of the people, 531 greatness of, 445 guard at tomb of, 446 honoring memory of, 445 -like phrase, a, 504 magnanimity of, 505 martyrdom of, 17 monument to, 445 nobility of, 504 pew of, 503 piety of, 504 power of, 504 principles of, 212 private secretary of, 503 speech of, a, 504 statesmanship of, 58 war rules of, 62 words of, 444-445

“Lincoln’s hirelings,” 63

Line, where drawn in America, 431

Liquor traffic and the Indians, 595

Literature, Poe in world, 456

Lives, great, lesson of, 492

Locomotive brakes, law on, 310

Locomotive Firemen, Brotherhood of, 156-167

Lodge, Henry Cabot, Senator, 79, 665

Logan, John A., General, 489

Logansport, Indiana, 187

Logic, pure, restricted application of, 776-777

London, England, 666

Long, John D., Secretary, 79

Loomis, Francis B., Assistant Secretary, 729, 730

Loose tongue, evil of a, 271

Louisiana, 112, 304, 517 rice in, 641 Purchase, 341-353, 454, 596, 676 importance of, 342 Purchase Exposition, 341, 676 Territory of, 343

Louisville, Kentucky, 508

Love and charity, 355 and work, 356 for liberty and union, 15 need of a broad, 355

Low, Seth, 29

Loyalty and patriotism, 493 that counts, the, 44

Lumbering, 426 capital invested in, 427 conservative, 417 destructive, 417 forestry and, 426 importance of, 427 in Alaska, 425 mining and, 252 progressive, 683 railroads and, the, 252

Lutheran Church, 447, 507

Luxury, vicious and frivolous, 509

Lynching, 60, 61 action on, 523 alarm at, 524 anarchy encouraged by, 527 crimes punished by, 524 discouragement of, 528 duty of denouncing, 528 evil effects of, 526 growth of, in United States, 524 horror at, 526 letter on, 523-528 real objections to, 524 speedy justice and, 525

Lynn Canal, Alaska, 665, 666

M

Macabebes, Government aid for, 571 loyalty of the, 571

Macaroni wheat, introduction of, 641

Machinery, development of, 306

Madison, James, President, 455

Mail carriers, compensation for, 675

Mail delivery, extent of, 600 free, appropriations for, 635 free, benefits of, 676 free, extension of, 675 free, rural, 634, 675, 686

Mail matter, second-class, 600

Maine, 112

“Maladversion,” accusation of, 80

Malefactors, treatment of, 494

Malmros, Oscar, Consul, 729

Man, essentials of a true, 482 that counts, the, 395 value of the, in civilization, 133 worth of a, 481

Manchuria, capital of, 674

Manila, 119, 267, 421 battle of, 401, 463, 579, 580

Manila-Hongkong cable, British, 626 success at, reasons for, 403

Mankind, advance of, 106

Manliness, value of true, 134

Manœuvres, camp sites for, 689

Marine, merchant, condition of, 553

Market for American industries, 297

Markets, strengthening of, 651 wider, 553

Marksmanship, attention to, 630 in the Navy, 404

Marriage, avoidance of, 509 laws of Indians, 595

Marroquin, J. M., President, 722

Marshall, John, Chief Justice, 57 quoted, 764

Maryland, 504, 507 Germans in, 507-508

Massachusetts, 223 corporation laws of, 116, 544

Material prosperity, 50-51

Mathematics at West Point, 589

McClellan, George B., General, 489

McCook, Colonel, 353, 354

McCormick, Robert S., Ambassador, 457

McIlhenny, John, 517

McKinley, William, President, 39, 78, 119, 211, 213, 215, 231-242, 311, 397, 410, 515, 688 American, a typical, 398 and Lincoln, 398 anxiety of, for right, 531 appointees of, 515 assassin of, 532 assassination of, 529-533, 597 birthday of, 231 candidate for Presidency, 235 champion of workers, 531 choice of the people, 531 Civil War, in the, 233 Congress, in, 234 death of, 531, 605-606 desire of, for peace, 236 devotion of, to ideals, 234 elections of, 213, 214 Governor of Ohio, 234 grandeur of, 531 greatness of, 240-242 heroism of, 531 leadership of, 233 martyrdom of, 17, 240 memorial, 39 memory of, 400 message of (1898), 670 monument to, 397-400 national debt to, 409 nobility of, 530 Pan-American Congress and, 605 people, friend of the, 531 policy of, vindicated, 239 power of leadership of, 234 President of United States, 234 principles of, 212 quoted, 216, 311, 670 soldier, as a, 397-398, 530, 531 standard-bearer, popular, 531 triumph of, 240 wide love for, 530

McMaster, John Bach, 501

Medora, North Dakota, 320

Meade, George G., General, 489

Mediation in labor troubles, 308

Mediterranean, commerce on the, 391

Memorial Day, 56

Memphis, Egypt, 151 Tennessee, 202

Merchant Marine, building up, 651 condition of, 553 development of, 656 importance of, 553

Merchant princes, Phœnician, 201

Merit, individual, standard of, 620 sole rule in the Army, 586

Merit system, appointments under, 591, 644 benefits of the, 592 examinations and, 592 in Philippines, 593 in Porto Rico, 593 success of the, 687

Mesopotamia, 151, 374

Mesopotamian Valley, 113

Methodism in America, 242-248

Methodist Church, growth of the, 243 work of the, 243-246

Methodists, work of, 39

Mexican War, 10, 72, 222, 454, 746

Mexico, 668, 669 capital of, 604 extradition treaty with, 662 funds due to, 605 Gulf of, 202, 243, 257, 304, 351 joint note from, 655 Pan-American Congress in, 604 President of, 747 Republic of, 264 The Hague Tribunal and, 623 Weil and La Abra Awards in, 605

Michigan, 186

Midshipman, the title, 581

Military Academy, United States, 70 education, need of, 589 life, brotherhood in, 14 Surgeons’ Association, 68-70 training, value of, 77

Militia, action on, needed, 589 law, 319 law, new, 320 law, present, worthless, 589 laws, obsolete, 630 Naval, State, 583-584 system, reorganizing, 630 volunteer forces and, 630

Millennium, the, not yet come, 435

Miller, William A., 518, 520 case of, 518-523

Mills, Colonel, 70, 73, 74

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 272

Mind, strength of, 30

Mining, agriculture and, 437 conditions of, 252 enterprises in China, 674 forest reserves and, 558 forestry and, 252 interests in Alaska, 665 in Utah, 437 irrigation and, 563

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 292, 294

Minnesota, 286, 292, 311 Legislature of, 286 University of, 289, 292 Volunteers, 13th, 311

Misconduct and wealth, 610

Missionaries in China, rights of, 674 pioneer work of, 342

Missionary service, 495 work, 45-50

Mississippi, 343, 511, 517 River, 51, 148, 154, 281, 284, 341, 351, 419, 422, 425, 426, 454 Valley, 202, 364, 563

Missouri, 223, 336, 341, 451, 596 German loyalty in, 507 Germans in, 451

Mitchell, John, 522

Mob violence, consequences of, 528 evil of, 475 form of anarchy, 523

Modern life, good and evil in, 292

Mohammedans in Philippines, 96

Monetary system, elasticity of the, 617

Monopolies founded on railroad rates, 279 restraining trade, 612

Monopoly, tendency to, 609

Monroe Doctrine, the, 125, 257-268, 270, 575-577 affirmed, 575 benefits of, 576 commerce and, 576 defined, 261-262, 575 enunciation of, 690 in Cuba, 576 limits of the, 576 loyalty to the, 578 no hostile manifesto, 576 not international law, 265 our policy, 632 peace, a means of, 578

Monroe, James, President, 87, 455, 575 messages of, 575, 690 on the Monroe Doctrine, 575 quotation on Navy, 690

Montana, 324, 326, 327, 362, 432

Moody, Dwight L., 134

Moody, William H., Secretary, 118, 122, 728

Morality, social, a lesson of, 309

Moro campaign, 690

Moros, troubles with the, 96, 627

Morrison, Frank, 522

Mosquera, General, 701

Mounted rifleman, the, 585

Mount St. Alban, District of Columbia, 495 St. Elias, 664, 666 Vernon, 41 Vernon, preservation of, 644

Mohawk Valley, New York, 507

Muhlenburg, F. A., Representative, 450

Mukden, China, 674