Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-21

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The Treasury officials have discovered
a counterfeit of the $50 silver certificate
of the series Of 1891.
Senator Hill Of New York introduced
q bill in the senate to make the term of
postmasters four years.
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The secretary of the treasury has
sent to congress an estimate for the
erection Of admitted States penitentiary
at Fort LeavenWorth, Kansas.
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Notice was received at the state de-
partment last week of the death of Mr..
Willis, the United States minister to
Hawaii. His death occurred on Jan
uary 9th in that country.
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A bill introduced in the house to in
crease our army from $4,000 to 10000
was favorably reported upon by the
house committee on military affairs.
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The appointment of Mr.. David Fran
els as secretary of the interior has not
yet been confirmed by the senate. 1t
has been called up several times for
action, but Senator Vest for some I'M
known or political reasons, insists on
delay.
A number of Bannock and Shoshone
Indians are visiting the city. They
want to sell some of their land, and are
here to confer with the secretary of the
interior and the commissioner of Indian
affairs on the sebject
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Representative Spencer wants the
United States to buy Cuba He has in
troduced joint resolution in the house
to the effect that the United States offer
Spain 5000, 900 for her rights there.
This, he thinks, would put an end to
the existing war. The opinion is gen
orally expressed that Spain would not
sell Cuba at that price.
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The schedule of examinations giving
the dates and places where eXamina-
tons will be held by the Civil Service
commission, for government clerkships,
is out. The first examinations will be
held on March II, and the last of the
spring examinations on April 26. They
will be held in all the larger cities of the
country. Over $500 of the persons
employed by the government are under
the classified service rules.
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On the new $40 silver certificates
which are to be issued in the near future,
the picture of Mccormick, the inventor
of the reaper, was to have been placed.
Objection was raised, however, by some
rival harvester companies, who thought
it would be an advertisement for the
company which manufactures those
reapers. AS result of the objection,
the secretary of the treasury has d.
reCted that his portrait be not so used.
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Mr.. Yang Yu, the Chinese minister to
the United States, has notified the state
department of the appointment of WI
Tung Fang as his successor, and of his
own transfer to st. Petersburg, Russia,
as China's representative there The
new minister will arrive here sometime
in April. Mr.. Fang visited the United
States last fall with Ii Hung Chang. He
was educated in England, and speaks
English very we'll.
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A vote was taken in the house on the
Pacific Railroad Funding bill last Mon
day afternoon, There was unusual in
terest shown in the outcome, and the
attendance was comparatively large.
The vote stood 81 for and 147 against
The friends of the railroads, however,
are not willing to let the case rest, and
intend to bring it before the house
again if pos sible.
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The report Of the Klamath Boundary
commission was presented to the secre-
tary of the interior last week. The re-
port shows the fact that mistake was
made by the United States surveyor in
defining the boundaries of the Klamath
Indian reservation, Oregon, depriving
the Indians of GIL 400 acres, which by
treaty belonged to them. The commits
sion recommends that the government
pay to these Indians the sum of S533, 27O
for the land thus taken from them.
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One of the most important acts in tie
diplomatic history of our country was
consummated at the state department
on Monday last. 1t was the signing of
the arbitration treaty between the
United States and Great Britain. This
treaty provides that during the next
five years all disputes between the two
countries, except those which involve
national honor, are to be settled by ar
bitration. The arbitration courts are to
be composed differently for different
classes of questions. For claims below
100000 in value there will be three ar
bitrators. For larger claims there will
be five, and when the controversy in
wolves territorial claims, the tribunal
will be composed Of six members, three
from the supreme court of the United
States and three from the judiciary OF
Great Britain. The credit of this treaty
must be given to Secretary Olney and