, 158.

J.

Japan.--Commercial relations with, 70, 128.
Questions with, settled, 27.
Relations with, 68.

K.

Kansas.--Population (1900), 1,470,495.

Kentucky.--Population (1900), 2,147,174.

Kongo Free State.--Population (1901), about 30,000,000.

Korea or Corea.--Population estimated from eight to
sixteen millions.

L.

La Abra Silver Mining Company, claim of against Mexico, 129.

Labor, principal of arbitration in, referred to, 46.

Labor, Hours of:
Referred to, 46, 152.

Laborers, Alien:
Discussed, 46, 152.

Lands, Public:
Discussed, 87, 149.
Disposition of, discussed by President McKinley, 149.
Opened to settlement, proclaimed, 178, 196, 215, 237, 243, 261, 274,
277, 286, 289, 290, 371, 382, 384.
Sale of, discussed by President McKinley, 149.
Set apart as public reservation by proclamation of President--
McKinley, 169, 171, 175, 179, 185, 187, 189, 190, 194, 195, 204,
206, 209, 213, 226, 227, 236, 237, 239, 247, 256.
Roosevelt, 360, 361, 364, 367, 369, 374, 375, 377, 383, 385, 390,
392, 398, 397, 400, 401, 402, 403.

Lawshe, Abraham L.--Report of and investigation into expenditure
of Cuban funds, 155.

Liberia.--The total population in 1902 was 1,500,000, mostly natives.

Library of Congress, referred to, 37.

Life Insurance Companies, American.--Exclusion of, from transacting
business in Germany, 67, 125.
Referred to, 37.

Loans, discussed, 9.

Louisiana.--Population (1900) was 1,381,625.
Lynching in, referred to, 19.
Sufferers from floods relieved by appropriation, 17.

Low, Seth, Peace Commissioner at The Hague, 80.

Lynchings, discussed, 19, 39, 68, 101, 127, 155, 156, 158.

Lynn Canal, referred to, 126.

M.

McArthur, General, Military Governor of Philippine Islands, 18.

McKinley, William (twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth President of the
U.S.):
Advancement and progress of the United States discussed by, 292.
Agriculture, department of, discussed by, 87.
Alaska, discussed by, 67, 126.
Legislation for, recommended by, 32, 97.
Alien Contract Law, amendment of, recommended by, 46, 152.
American Republics, Bureau of, discussed by, 47, 78, 133.
Annual message of, 22, 53, 113.
Arbitration, discussed by, 13, 30, 77, 129.
Army, discussed by, 82, 146.
Bering Sea Fisheries, discussed by, 29, 72.
Biographical sketch of, 5.
Buffalo, Pan-American Exposition at, discussed by, 79, 133.