Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-30

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The Government of the Init, .,
owns in the city of Washinpton'E T st State
volumes Of literature. OF these ob b'OuoOO(
half, or 7s7,715, are in the con ~uout One
library. The remainder ara s aosSl
through the various execnt;ro shattered
ments. The daily number Of roos separc
the congressional library avaro , na 81 \
About 700 persons, including 9 fho coy
oers of both houses and high ofs e nel1
the Government, are entitled ~
books and take them away from tb ~ !, uta9
ing, and the average number loa ns oull
in such way is LAG. 1t is faTal ~
commentary upon the honesty and o o,"O
our public men that during n nar;o1
thirty years the number of hoods ,a1t
not returned was only five in tbonsa.
Large numbers Of petitions surr,..
by many signatures and uniform n :.
phraseology, are being presented 70 !.
House of Representatives. They ast n
passage of a series of laws to nrotoo.
morals of the public. For eromDI
prohibit gambling in stocks nrodnno
ing pools and other forms of snacnl,.
by telegraph, to prohibit the transn'; ;"a
OF stock quotations for speculative
poses, and the transmission in tbo ~
or newspapers containing pictures Or
scriptions of prize fights. to nrohih;+
exhibition of kaleidoscope Reproductions
prize fights and other brutalizipg snoo
Giles, and to prohibit the transnoro,;
from State to State of materials far y
exhibitions.
The ladies of the cabinet are dccido
put out by the edict that forbade N
New Years receptions and tho d;rr
that were to precede and follow, II
90 not see any occasion for it. The pa
ldent did not ask or even suggest
pension of social affairs. He told
members Of his cabinet he should close
White House for thirty days, although
did not think it was necessary for il
to follow his example, but without
sultlng their wives, they agreed to do
The husbands have since had an uDba
time, and the Washington social V
has offered them no sympathy.
The opposition to the ratification Of
Hawaiian treaty has simmered down
most entirely to the sugar trust, the Id
lana planters and the beet-root Sd
manufacturers. There are few Srna
who oppose the treaty on principle
they believe it inexpedient for the I'd
States to assume the responsibility of
erning any detached territory, and seV
on the Democratic side have Joined
opposition because they regard ann
ton as Republican measure.
Chairman Loud of the House Com
tee on Postoffices has been working d
the recess on the report of the comm
on the Loud bill, and has practically
pleted it. He believes that the med
will effect saving of at least $1,000
annually, and will wipe out the enor
deficit that confronts the Potsofice
partment every year. Mr.. Loud bel Al
the bill is much stronger this session
last, and, while not absolutely conf
thinks it will finally carry.
The agents of the Cuban jun
Washington justify the assassinatl
Col. Ruiz as necessary to intimldat
cowardly and corrupt men in their
who are likely to be allured into !
terms with the Spanish authontleS :
through fear or bribery. They say
hereafter no Spanish agent will Ga
proach an insurgent camp, and tlaI II
be dangerous for any stranger TO G v
The distressing death of Miss Leu M
bert has caused a shock to he e
friends and acquaintance IN Wa pie
ton. She was a young woman Oh pld
t;ful character, gentle, amlaDle aD Fin
erous, and was generally beloVeo rtu
mired. Those who knew her best I'm
that her suicide was due to fear u bno
might be a permanent cripple. ~,
The pension certificate Of the II
r Keith of Vincemes, Ind, will :,
celed, because the holder has \! III sh T.
the bureau that he does not conSIO Sl'
self longer entitled to a pension III
ability having disappeared, ana n IL eSs'
that his name be dropped 1rOll !" ems
There is only one other such CASE sy
ord. SleI
Secretary Wilson is greatly. In puld
in legislation for the es'apl nn |
postal savings banks because II. Uses
they are necessary to the piO'r bv
tho farmers. 1t is sometimes al ,s,.l
Job, he says, for a farmer ~ D., % bos
town where the nearest bank Aop
while there is postefllce III e'S'' W
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The copyright department Is SD. j ' :,
portant branch of the Govern Cover in |, ~ ~
Indicates an enormous increase tn
and musical compositions a nnrriJ - a
which are susceptible to c !s.. me o
1870 the number of copyns!D11 ssage
was sea-; in 1880, 2O'toO' IL : i mn
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