Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-03

AT reception given recently by a fol>.
| eign minister woman was discovered in
| the act of carrying off large plate Of
| chicken salad. She had slipped it under
q rich wrap which she wore and had pro-
ceeded as far as the outer door when q
detective in the employ of the caterer
headed her Off This is hardly an un-
usual occurrence. At the public recep-
tions women thieves have been accus-
toned to steal china, slverware and even
common dishes So great has become the
| nuisance that those giving the receptions
no longer use their own Dishes A cater
| err is hired to supply everything and he
also supplies detectives to watch his prop
erty. These detectives are sometimes in
| the disguise of maids, who assist the Ia
dies with their wraps, but more often ap-
pear as guests in proper gowns and suits.
A short time ago a lady who goes in the
very best Washington society was dis
covered stealing valuable pins from the
dresser at small private dinner. She
was confronted by her hostess and said
she had slipped the jewelry into her pock-
ct so that it might not be stolen by the
maids who were about the dressing room.
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Liz hlOoI lOL oIuSC
that has yet been filed under this admin
istration comes from Alonzo Bradford,
who wishes to be postmaster at Hay
wards, Cal. Accompanying his applica-
ton is a letter of recommendation, sign
ed by a large number Of Republican poll
ticians and citizens of the place, together
with an Y ray photograph of his left knee.
The photograph shows that a bullet en-
foraI hiS lpnn az tho inint TnchpH II tho
kneecap and lodged between the bones Of
the upper and lower parts of the leg. The
bullet is still there, it being impossible
to dslodge it by probing, and the only
way in which it can be removed is by
amputation Of the leg. Mr.. Bradford
stated that the bullet was received at the
battle of Fort Donelson, and that he had
carried it ever since.
The statement is frequently made that
| Speaker Reed is Il rich man, but a close
personal friend says that this is far from
the truth. Only lately he said Mr.. Reed
was complaining that he had to live in one
small room at the Shoreham and write for
magazines to exc out his income. The
Speaker receives n salary Of $4,000
year. His position requires that he live
fairly well, and with a wife it must cost
nearly this sum for regular current ex-
penses in Washington.
There is hopeless lack of interest in
the proposal to legislate against the adul-
teration of flour and corn. 1t took Sen
ator Mason two weeks to get a meeting
of his committee on manufactures, and
then there were only two out of five mem
| bers present. The representatives of the
| Millers' Association read their arguments
to Senator's Mason and Harris, but as
there was no quorum nothing could be
done.
1t has been definitely determined that
the Dupuy de LONE letter was stolen in
| the Havana postoffice 1t was offered for
$3.50 to the correspondent of Il newspaper
! in Havana. When he declined it the thief
offered it to another correspondent for
500, and then, not being able to make a
sale it was offered an agent of the junta,
| and purchased for price that cannot be
ascertained.
There is a telephone war in Washing
| ton which has got into the courts and Con-
gress, and will undoubtedly result in the
passage Of a law regulating the charges
I and service on some more equitable basis
| than we have been accustomed to. The
| charges in Washington range from $50 to
| 500 a year. according to the distance of
| the subscriber from the central office and
| the number of messages sent.