Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-11


every essential particular with the Garter
case.
President Mckinley is great reader
of newspapers. Every day Ie goes
through at least fifteen newspapers. His
skill in reading rapidly is ms great as
that of the average exchange editor. His
time is very valuable and everything is
done to facilitate the process. fhe pa
pers are arranged FOR him by an attend-
ant They are opened and folded SO the
editorial page is uppermost He glances
at the heads of all the editorials and
reads enough to get the gist of all which
bear upon public matters. Before casting
the paper aside he glanees also ut the
news columns. In addition the White
House has its special corps of readers
who clip, classify and paste in scrap
books all matters of public interest.
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The wonderful growth OF the United
States is graphically illustrated by the
increasing size OF the different official reg
listers kept on the shelves of the Interior
Department This years Register Is
tremendous lNu~Nuiuult NuAtAN ohbAtf
weighing nearly twenty pounds. 1t viii
be considerably larger than the last one
published, and that contained LAB pages
and showed that there were 100000 per-
sons in the service of the Government. IL
looks large beside the first volume pub
Iished in 1920, when Monroe was Presl-
dent and John Quincy Adams was Sec
rotary Of State. Then the Register was
an octave Of pa pages.
The regular publication OF the Blue
Book" otherwise known as the Official
Register of the United States, is nearly
ready for the printer II will be bound
ana ready for subscribers by the time
Congress meets. Although its pages have
a dry aud unintercsting look, being for
the most part an endless succession OF
names in parallel columns, the Blue Book
is in greater demand than almost any
other Government publication. 1t is ex-
ceedngly valuable for reference pur-
poses, containing the correct official fifle.
together with the residence, birthplace
and salary of every man. woman and
child in the employ of the United States.
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Attorney General Griggs will direct
proceedings to be brought against Cap
tain Carriers alleged accomplices in the
robbery of the Government on Savannah
contracts to recover the stolen money.
The Atlantic Contracting Company,
which did the work, and which is charg-
ed with having been in collusiou with
Carter in the fraudulent operations, is
made up of rich men who are supposedly
responsible. Secretary OF War Root will
have the experts Of the War Department
supply the Department OF Justice with
full data upon which 10 proceed against
the persons incriminated.
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For the past two months the Govern
ment has had T.. $. Holmes Of the stat 3
tical division Of the Agricultural Depart
ment at work in Texas getting figures
as 70 the damage done by the Brazos riv-
er floods last July. The report says chat
the property destroyed will figure up to
81 .4l2.5S3. In the devastated region the
are accustomed to advance
money to the tenants on the security of
the prospective crops: SIJG,000 was so
advanced. With the rent Anticipated for
the use of the land the owners are out
Of pocket S2,519,o00.
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Brig. Gen. Charles +. Eagan, who was
suspended from rahk and duty rs a result
II the language employed by him before
lhe war investigating commission, hopes
% obtain vindicatiGn from Congress
Turing the coming session. Gen. Eagan
s in Washington to settle matters con-
lected with the furniture Of the house he
occupied before hisideparture for Hawai-.
It is understood. however. that he IS "
ng to enlist the sympathy of members II
Congress in order TO obtain eeiIgres-
lional investigation Of the beef scandal.
President Mckinley, in honor of Nd
niral Dewey, Tuesday night gave the
argest dinner party in the history OF the
White House social functions. Covers
yere laid for over eighty persons. The
guests included the cabinet. the Govern
,rs Of nine States, justices of the SI.
,reme Court, some Of the members of
10Th houses Of Congress, army and navy
,ficiais and others. Admiral Dewey
.ame AT o'clock, and as he passed in
ide with Flag Lieutenant Brumby and
Flag Secretary Caldwell, the adrIsirsI
vas enthusiastically cheered Rear Adj
niral Schley was given similar ovation
For some reason Congress has been
luite stingy IN providing for the number
4 Official Registers printed A Com
,ressmaB is given bat three copies. one
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