Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-09-21

magnificent sword voted to him bv NJ
gress will be presented to the hero NJ
Mia bay on the steps of the Cali
There will be official delegations from
Senate and House, under the leads,s@
Of Senator Proctor of Vermont and n
resentative David B. Henderson Of N
the next Speaker. Most Of the n
Governments will be represented off,
ly. The ceremony Of presenting the nj
by President Mckinley will take psa
the east front Of the Capitol, on the
where the Presidents are inaugursj
and the plaza between the Capitol
the Congressional Library will fun
standing room for the thousands who
expected as spectators. At night II
will be general illumination of the
and a torchlight parade Of troops
civic organizations. The ceremony
take place Immediately after the reee
il New York.
An informal understanding has
reached for a temporary agreemel
the Alaskan boundary. The boua
line is to form a temporary barrier
and it's location will not prejudia
Government case Of either country. q
modus vivendi provides for a line
ming just northward of Kluckwan,
1t bars out Canada entirely from the
canal. Arrangements Of a temp
character may yet be made, howeye
permit the Canadians to get their n
across the border, but the protocol as
drawn does not provide for such
port. The boundary line under the M 1
vivendi Is slight concession to CalN
but it is still far inside of the b.
claim and is in substance the AmGI
line.
Chinese missionaries, some of then
present at home, are back Of sch
to transplant modern sawmil e
New York State to WI HUI, China. Al
lean, English and Chinese residentH
WI HUI are said to take kindly 10 1
proposition, and Ii Hung Chang is
ed as having given his consent, and
with it check for $1,000 for st0
the new enterprise. There is no me-
sawmill in all China, and lumber Is :
ed there by the most Anticipated mea
1t is said that the value Of the prop
mill as an object lesson for the nat
will be important, and that for this I
son the Government is looking upon
plan with favor.
There was more gold in the trel
Thursday than. the Government has
had before at one time. The net &
and bullion, including $100,OO0,OWH
served for redemption of United 81
notes, as reported at the Treasury
partment on that day was $251 ,6lSA
The amount never reached $2OO,ME
until August last year, when it w
little more than $217, 900, 900. The al
amount of gold coin in the treasury s
day was $195, 812, $40, and of gold
lion $12S, 904,321, making total Of
III, 661, against which gold certfd
to the value Of $73, O99, 500 are outsa
ing.
According to official reports at
State Department, steps have been +
to break down the quinine trust, orgA
ed by German manufacturers. RED
some Of the largest and most infua
planters in Java have organized to Co
the supply in such a way as to keel
raw material out of the hands of the
dicote and have begun to encourage
trade with the United States.
Factories have been established b
Java, and since last January, wha
new trade begun, 265, 200 ounces Of
plate Of quinine have been shipped
to this country.
It will take more than half I'd
dollars to repair ships Of war duria
current fiscal year. The available
priation amounts to $3,OO0,0 900, and
Admiral Hichborn, the chief constr s.
Of the navy, says that sum will not
fee for longer period than six md
He will endeavor to make 1t bold
until Congress meets in December,
the Navy Department will submit
fciency estimate Of fully $3,0NW
carry the work on until July, 1907
When Gen. Shafter retires as
der general in the regular army
month he will be continued as n'
general of volunteers as reward fG
services around Santiago. The Va'
brigadier generalship will probably
Gen. Lawton. Brig. Gen. Andersen
Maj. Gen. Merritt Of the regular es
lishment will retire in the neN
months, and this will make two new
adiers, who are likely to be MacAD
and Wheaton.
The blanks for writing the name
the Cuban census are twice as at
the blanks for the same purpose
country. This grows out Of the rae.
the Spanish names are usually
twice as long as American ana hrt
names. In. Spain it is the genera
tom to give child the surname
father and of his mother, and W., 4
tom has been followed in CuOA
great many years.
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Arrangements have been mace ~ ~,
the regular diplomatic channes ="
resumption Of commercial relauoD -
Spain. To this end Minister ol