Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-11

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Ihls Government will not perm;t NJ.
ragua to carry out its threat to confaaS sa'
the property of the Americans WIS l,oea'e
fused to pay double duty on goods ;n,non@
ed. 1t appears the Americans maid ~.
duty in good faith to the insurrartion;. sue
who were in revolt, and when Tho , ISIS
luton was put down a second nern,' wv,
was demanded by the recognized Coro eu'
ment' unoer threat of confscation, Tba
Americans appealed to the State Demo-.
ment, and they We're advised to nav ~.
duty a second time under protest, wbioh
would give them grounds for cIom1
against the Nicaraguan Goyernmoa.
Whether this was done is not know ~
the State Department officials, bnt ~,
business of the Americans has haon ~. 'ue
pended. They put seal upon their doorS
and hoisted the American flag over tba;,
places of business. When the officials w.
manded the duty, and in the event Of ~
fusal of payment threatened to confSoat,
the property, the Americans pointod te
the flag and told those who wanted to do
spoil them that they would have to tear
down the flag before the threats con,d No
executed. According to the last advicas
the flag was still flying, and the nronartv
was in possession of its rightful ornorS
The Detroit, with Minister Merry tho
American consul, and the Nicaragnon
minister of foreign affairs, is now on the
scene of the trouble, and from the instruc-
tons sent from Washington it is safe tn
say the Americans will retain their prop-
ortu nd hai r;o
There is renewed talk of an extra sos.
sion in the fall. Nothing has developed Of
definite nature, but members of Con-
gress who have talked with the Presi.
dent say he seems impressed with the
magnitude of the work before the next
Congress. There must be provided Gov.
ernments for Hawaii, Porto Rico and the
Philippines; preparations must be made
to turn Cuba over to the natives; the pre-
liminary legislation on the Nicaragua
Canal must be started; the war revenue
act will need curtailment and currency
plan is necessary to form the basis of the
Republican platform for 1900 AS new
Speaker will be elected, necessitating 8
long wait for tha-committees, it is felt an
early start will be necessary to get all the
work done by the time the national con-
ventions meet.
Official objections to married men in the
enlisted force Of the army have been re-
newed by the War Department in an order
sent out to recruiting officers and regi-
mental and other commanding officers,
There always has been a natural objec-
ton to this for the reason that the accom-
modations at military posts do not admit
Of many families. Another reason is found
in the fact that men make better fighters
and can be ordered here and there easg
when they are free Of family responsible
ties. There is now better reason than
ever before to limit the enlistments to I'M
married men with the constant changes
being made in stations of troops and the
hard work in the field which many of the
commands will be called on to perform.
Sixteen members of the present United
States Senate have served terms as Gov
ernor Of their respective States. They
are Bate of Tennessee, Berry of Arkan-
sas, Culberson of Texas, Cullom of Hi
nois, Davis of Minnesota, Foraker of
Ohio, Gear of Iowa, Hawley of Cinnecti-
cut, McEnery of Louisiana, Nelson OF
Minnesota, Perkins of California, Proctor
of Vermont, Shoup of Idaho, Tfllman OF
South Carolina, Warren of Wyoming and
Wetmore Of Rhode Island. The office OF
Senator, by the way, has increased vastly
", Y.to hA w
Clinton resigned senatorship to become
Mayor of New York City.
The great bull movement which mas
dominated Wall street for the last bve
months has been profitable for Uncle sam
At two cents a share for revenue stamps
the Governments receipts since the nFsC
of the year from this source have been at
the rate of 100000 a week. On the pres
ent basis Uncle Sam will be richer by o.,
100000 for the year 1899 as result u
the stamps sold in Wall street.
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Preparations are being made by lne
Postoffice Department to send Ials'
number Of postage stamps to Mdhl";
These stamps will be similar to those useo
in this country, but the Woru mp e
pines" will be stamped across the lace w ~
each, as was done with the stamps loi
kilograms and checks before the lnlei""'
revenue stamps were printed
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Former Governor Lord of Oregon n"o
declined the Persian mission. Inc feason
for declining is that he wished 10 81
Peru, and cared nothing about nv
President Mckinley will not nave re- a .be
difficulty in securing some one 70 M lids
vacancy in Persia, as there are tho"S S-In.
of applicants for positions IN tne o'p'0
matte service. - ..oa States
If the regular army Of the Unl'eo o'" The
should be increased to loo'ooV ner' COL
United States will still have Lew # the
diers on a peace footing thal 80, ans In
seven important nations OF ~ hIi ~ men;
time of peace Germany has o95' ,o 10 1 1n
Russia, 761, 400; France, 2 DOL 1oo. Great
POS. O6O; Austria Hungary, 1854 o1- Zoo
Britain, 211 ,237, and Turkey 20
With the annexation Of Po[. o which is
United States acquired town Angus
older by fifty-five years than - 15e5 and
tine. Fla, which was settled IL 4 tSo Oldest
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