Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22

Many letters and kilograms ono.
received by Senators and monb.I Oeial
Congress inquiring when the bodies ' ~
dead soldiers who lost their lives in p,' 'a
in Cuba, or as the result of disnoso '''ls
be sent to their late homes Il y wy
intention Of the War Department 70 ~, q
home the body of every American so ypas
including those who died of yellow Fas
and other contagious diseases. Ho,~s
ically sealed Baskets are being contral'
for and sent to Cuba as rapidly as no".
BILE, but the bodies will not be dixin, r.@
until some time in February, when ~"
considered they can be brought hero ~
perfect safety. The bodies of The soI5 Fa
having relatives will be turned oroa Fa
them, but in instances where tbo,o :,
none the body will be inferred at A,Fs
ton, the national cemetery, a few mls
west of Washington, and the graves ns
be appropriately marked
The Morgan bill for the construc;or :,
the Nicaragua canal is a measure vb;S
will be pushed through Congress th;s so,
sion if it can be done. 1t provides fl,
500, 100000 backing for the enternSu
This amount will be paid for the STOCK =, A
a canal company, the subscription holm,
taken at par. The Government will ;,
tain $7O,OOO,O 900 of the stock, the RENAL,
der being distributed to the Central Amr
Jean governments and to the Martin.
Canal Company to reimburse it for mOrp
it has actually expended for prosecute
Of work on the canal The Govenun
will, therefore, be the controlling stool.
holder in the corporation. 1t will essus
the technical responsibility of direct Coz
struction, while the terms of the cons
sion, which stipulate that its right an
privileges shall not be transferred o,
Government or nation, will not be vn
lated.
The funeral of Gen. Garcia was an i'm
posing pageant. Among the participants
were high officers Of the Govemment
both civil and military, and the minister,
ing clergymen were eminent prelates oil
the Catholic Church, Archbishop ireland
Bishop O'Gorman of the diocese Of d.
kota and others. The President was rep
resented at the funeral. Mrs. Mckinley
sent floral tribute; a military escort was
provided by the Secretary of War, and
every possible evidence of respect and
demonstration of honor was made BY The
United States to the hero of the Cuban
revolution. The remains will be sent to
Cuba on a man-of-war, with full military
honors, to impress the Cubans and the
Spaniards with the respect and confdenN
which the United States Government felt
for Gen. Garcia.
If there is any one question which
asked more than any other in WashingOl
it is, What hour does the legislatiVaa day
of March 3 end? ~ This question is@ro
pounded because the life of a Congress ey
pires at that hour once every two years
That question was settled forty-seVeE
years ago, and this was the way it hap
pened: March 3, 1851, at midnight Sen
ator Mason of Virginia, whose term ez
PRED that day and whose credentials fN
another term were on file, asked tOthav
the oath administered to him, upon y
ground that his right to sit under alis Oh
credentials expired at that hour. III
Senate refused to allow his request and b
resolution declared that the session d.
not expire until II o'clock meridian tn
18th.
The Vice-President says he is direc
gamer financially by the late war and p
reason he gives is a decidedly novel ONT
From his coming to Washington uptola
outbreak of the war an average Of ~
babies a month were named after him, 0
at least their fond parents so Informe
him by letter. In this particular dlrecuo
his value has fallen off considerably, 10
the youngsters nowadays whose paien'
want to start them off under the qalo
somebody else's name are chrls'ene
Dewey, Schley, Roosevelt, Hobs0n ana d
the rest of the recent heroes of lana an
sea. -
A little girl who had to leave the SeDaL
gallery the other day cried bitterly "a, Al
ter the big doors were closed the guaiQi"l
of the star-chamber secrets asked n ne
why she was so opposed to leaving. ns
cause" she stammered between SoOS y,
cause Christmas is coming and gan.
Claus was in there, and | wanted p'n
see me-" She had been looking al ''"
ator Stewart of Nevada.
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Veterans of the civil war enter cSm
plaint that the army bill which IS Deln.
framed in the House discrlmna'. :.
against them. They grumble lonleS| "a :"
the age limitations fixed in the Dill az.
grow indignant when they talk aoou' !"
disposition on the part of the new gsl,' 10
ton of Congressman to crowd the olu -,
roes into the background to make ""'
for younger men.
Senator Proctor introduced reSojF, ~,
providing for the appointment Of St,Ss eve
committee, to consist Of five oeDs'. .be
which will visit the West Indies a' .a ia
expense of the Government to inqalFe ,i lho,
the military requirements. ana ano, n.i
junketing party is in prospect Willcn a +
in all probability spend the winter HULL
i'll Cuba and Porto Rico.
The most appropriate way 10 ee'. ,oo+
the capital centennial would be u et +ha
new residence for the President, 40 .bot