General Otis was not directed by the Secretary of War to make such an answer as is set forth in the resolution

In response to the resolution of the Senate of March 12, 1900, calling for the correspondence touching the request of the Government of the South African Republics for my intervention with a view to the cessation of hostilities, I transmit…

it is hereby ordered that in lieu thereof, lot one (1) section six (6), township twenty-eight (28) north, range fifteen (15) west, Willamette Meridian, Washington, containing, according to the official plat on file in the General Land…

Abundant crops have rewarded the efforts of the husbandmen.

Public credit has been sustained and made firmer.

The national finances have been strengthened.

The trust which we have assumed for the benefit of the people of Cuba has been faithfully advanced.

Business is resuming its activity.

The insurrection still continues in the island of Luzon.

No great pestilence has invaded our shores.

Increased comforts have come to the home.