Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-13


les until they had been nut tbrorob ~ yer
we're test. Altogether FIVE bad notos I Se'
been discovered, ard they are MI or
IDENTIFY the work of the same skilled hnn wv
In view of the dangerous cbaroc+o ,"'i u.
the counterfeit Secretary Gage bas oars ~
i'll all S1GO silver certificates. Of wh; ;eH
there are about S26,G0O,OO0 oatSton5iaa
These will Ee exchanged for silver cortiS
Gates Of smaller denominations and ~.
plates destroyed.
The destitute in Cuba need all kinds -
summer clothing, new or secondhand g..
men, women ard children. blanket, on1
sheets, medicines for feycrs, partiarorIa
quinine: meat extracts, condensed Mil.
and prepared SOUPS and other forms -
food suitable for invaliLs are particnlorIn
desired; also bacon, rice, lard, flour com
meal, potatoes, beans. peas, preserved
meats, fish. fruits and vegetables, can.
ned goods of all kinds and every otbp,
form Of food that will not be injured nv
five days voyage and exposure to tba
tropical climate of Cuba. The ,listrihn.
ton Of these supplies will he made
through the several consuls and consular
agents of the United States and such 9TH
er agencies as Gen. Lee may find useful
Col. Morrison is now at his home IN
Waterloo, ILL.,, and does not expect eyer
to return to Washington again as an off,.
cial. His six years term as president Of
the Interstate Commerce Commission has
expired. He is now - years old, and M
the time President Mckinley's term i,
out he will be 70, hence he does not con.
slider himself any longer an available
presidential candidate, but he is quite CON.
fdent that after his long official life he
has strength and brains enough left to
earn 4 living, and offers his services ia
any person Or persons who desire the adj
vice and counsel of 4 good LAWYER. Heb
going to hang out a shingle on the main
street Of Waterloo, and VIII white the F
arm OF his chair until be gets client.
The pension lists will not be published
The Secretary of the Interior is decidedly
opposed to the proposition. He does net
believe it would result in any good, but
would furnish the claim agents with ma.
terial for another raid upon the treasury
He thinks that the experience Of the de
partment when the lists were published
before, some twenty years ago, would be
repeated. Then the old soldiers were de-
luded with enticing circulars from claim
agents, who offered to secure them an
increase if they would advance money to
pay the expense of working up the eVI
dence. 1t is the opinion Of the law Off
GERS Of the department that they can lind
cases Of fraud without publicity.
The plan of using reindeer as means Of
transportation from Dyca to Dawson III
the Klondike does not promise Success
owing to the inability of the Government
agent in Lapland to get animals to THIS
country in time for service this winter
There is also some question about tie
value Of reindeer in Alaska There
plenty Of moss there for the animals, OW
it will be buried under many feet of snow
and some of the most experienced arcuV
explorers say that the reindeer could n0'
transport enough to feed them on the way
from Dyea to Dawson. They believe 'na'
dogs will be more valuable.
When the postal congress met III WASH
ington last year it was decided tina, on u
before Jan. !, 1899, the three pf'lTlI
denominations of the postage stamps ~
the world should be of uniform color' At
1-cent stamp of the United STATES d.
the frank of like value IN foreign GO"
tries is to be green, OF the same su"n
as the old 3-cent stamp. The 2-cell s,"-
is 10 remain vermilon in color and Urea
Britain's penny purple must c0nL0 a.nn
it, while in the case Of the ocP III, ' "oaa
we will adopt the blue Oh hei -7gt'
piece.
In the course of the removal Oh
books and papers of the ConSfe'SiOna
brary to the new building, an Ui'tApI %r.
find has been made in the shape ol 49,, H.;
hoy Of naners written by Thomas 'Pa'
son. These were found s'ofeu % =, tbp
little room next the entrance - ,.L sr
brary. which had been ulloei wv
key for many years.
= $:
The compIetc consolidation Of w. %
qua, Salvador and Honduras .neG
ereign republic is progressing 't sonor ca z
cording to advices received p' , Sy
rea. charge d'affaires OF the 9'''
public of Central America I'll
The Woman's Christian leh here
Union and the Reform Bureau o rri !,
| tered protests against the pJ'hb heel ~
granted for the sale Of VINE a urrassol el
the restaurant of the new 00D' c
Library building. les
re ss that it would be good idea 'a, d !,
| Government to publish the hr~ per9 "a Y,
old soldiers who are not oi""'D7 val
Secretary Alger gave e, Gnt to ercg cts
ent in the shape of 50 Di ,no N and ltb
Of the forty-eight char"o .ppoat H.;
sensers in the War DepaF''D'D" 4,