Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-05-10


In the lower house, and then was ad.
yanced to the Senate, of which he has
been member fourteen years Senator
Jones is a Mississippian by birth, but
since boyhood has lived at Washington
Hampstead County, Ark. He served az
a private in the Confederate army
throughout the war, and at its close went
back to the humble life of planter. At
the age of "a he began the practice Of
law and at the same time entered politics
being elected to the State Senate in 1871
He was president of that body during one
term. He has long been regarded as the {
most influential man in Arkansas poll
tics.
Four widows of revolutionary veterans
are still on the pension roll, although the K
war of the revolution ended 120 wears
ago. They range in age from SO to 90.
Seven daughters of revolutionary soldiers /
are still drawing pensions. Of the $780, I
100000 which has been paid in revolu-
tionary pensions $20,OO0,00O was drawn
by widows. One pensioned survivor Of I
the war of 1912 remains. He is Hiram
Cronk, 80 years DID, and his home is in /
northwestern New York. The last pen.
stoned soldier of the revolution did not
die until 1869. He was 100 years \
months and s days old. He lived in Free
dom, n Y. More widows than soldiers
Of the war Of 1912 were pensioned In
that war 296,916 soldiers served sixty
days Or more. The pensioned were 3d.
900 soldiers and $4,000 widows. To the
sole survivor of the war of 1912 the Gov
eminent is now paying $193 a year, and
to widows of that war 5000, O97. To Mex
lean veterans the payments now are ST.
1O7 ,594, and to widows of Mexican war
soldiers, $S1S,O67. On the Union side the
enlistments for the civil war were 2,77S,-
1914. Of these there died in service 349,
944. The pensions paid on account Of
the civil war amount to $2,3O000O,0OO,
and there are now on the pension rolls
991, $40 veterans and widows. The pen
sioners who died last year numbered a.
066. At the rate the veterans are dying
it is estimated, there will be a reduction
of the pensions to $S0,0OO,000 in the next
fifteen years, little more than one-half
of the present annual appropriation.
-
Since the present system of money was
adopted in 1866 the United States has is
sued grand total of So, l52,62l, loS IN
United States notes, treasury notes, goa'
silver and currency certificates and otheF
forms of paper currency, of which 81
50,6S3, 4S9 has been presented for re-
demption, leaving outstanding S9Ol9ol'-
619. How much of this money is actually
in circulation, and what proportion OF II
has been permanently lost, worn out OF
destroyed can only be conjectured. Untea
States notes or greenbacks have been IS,
sued to the amount Of $685., lS9,SVo anu
$2,65O, sos, 1872 has been presented Tor re-
demption, leaving $346,6S1 ,0l6 outStana'
ing. The latter sum is daily reported u
be the amount of greenbacks IN CIRQUE"
ton, but, striking an average in the Op,l.
ions of the treasury experts as u 'rl
amount lost and destroyed, the ac'ua
value of greenbacks outstanding Is Nv.
more than 1892 100000, and is growing
smaller every year.
Speaker Henderson wears wooden es
and uses heavy walking stick. he "pS
wounded at the battle Of Shiloh, anu ul s
injured leg was cut off on the Da''leLe'1
to save his life. The surgeons MADE Il p11
job of it, the wound never heaieu anr
the Speaker has been subjected 10 Iou. 4
operations upon the stump since, the iass
about two years ago. On that occ@slon
he declined to take ether ana SAT upu
the operating table directing Ine ..s
geons. AS the three former opef"'iG:n
had been unsuccessful, he was deteIn saa
ed that the fourth attempt should lo' i1'
and his supervision did not bring O"I tiad
suits, because the stump mas 'io e'nro.
him less since the operation was peiiViD
ed.
At the close of the last fiscal yeai 4o+aI
were 2,617 railway mail routes OIL lJ's
length of 176, 1865 miles, over over Vol Int
the mail cars Travelled that year -o.'11 tor
269.21 miles. The Government p1 lat oe
the railway postoffice cars -, 49, n,oiIs
and for the transportation OIL 'ne lads
S31, 942, 15O.8S, or a total to the f"liau .oce
of $36, Ill, 875.74, which was an a atotion
of 1919 cents per mile for tranSpo "onts
and postal cars combined, or l12 'e"'O
mile for the cars alone.
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Congressman King, the success was
Brigham III. Roberts of Utah' W. CON
not permitted to take his seat III hig.
gress on the ground that he was he roll
amist, has undertaken to conTlnc ,o lid be
leagues that his predecessor sn l:shurse-
recompensed for certain of MS u'' ohtain
ments made in the endeavor 10 WV
his seat.
The labor bureau has complete mon the
.mnortant investigation bearing upon of the
subject of trusts and the enee' 1,ages.
consolidation of industries upon .be July
The results will be published ~ nforms'
bulletin. Detailed and accurate .intion in
ton has been obtained of the yall from
wages paid to the different l tooo The
1880 to the list of January, l9 oud valu
report viii be very interestlns ZION zion nov
able contribution to the discus''OD
going on.
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