Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-06

posts in the United States otb" oae nil
coast deferse Notifications. ~ laal
Of these posts is being CONSTANT !. lu
by the Congress. More than 500 t.oo ia are
been expended in building and nIiVo e1I
and they can only be cared for hy tt3Su ~
army. The posts now in existenctau eses
ers to be built provide for accom- e aug
for and II fully garrisoned reoni toaa Y
troops. sute
We have in Cuba between COo
troops. For the present our from sla
island cannot be withdrawn nv 0ps IL
diminished, and certainly NOT un+t ma at
clusi0n Of the labors of the cona t .ae
convention now in session and \ 1orul
provided by the new constitutions O ".
been established and it's stahilitv o sualil
In Porto Rico we have reduce" fsu
sons to 1886, which includes SOC aae q
troops. There is no room for furt TSO "
rfon here. We will. be required tut TT ~ y
considerable force In the Philinnin,oo 1 ~
for some time to come. From, tho ~ Ivy
formation obtainable we shall neo9 9F \
for the immediate future from ~ SSS
900 men. l am sure the number ' mov VI
duced as the insurgents shall comc s y
knowledge the authority of tba W
states, or which there are aSsurin, NJ NJ
lions. As
1t must be apparent that we will :.
an army of about 10000, and that " NJ
present conditions in Cuba and tbs %SSa 3
pines the President should have antbosSI
increase the force to the present nnmI'
1901 600: Included in this number anss
Snould be given to raise native troona N
Philippines up to $4,000, which the T sh.l
mission believes will be more effoas
detecting and suppressing guerrilIss
sins and ladrones than cur own soldian
Postal Service Grows
The continued and rapid growth II
postal service is sure index of N,
and Increasing business activity of ta IN.
try. Its most striking new deyeonma
the extension of rural free deliyerv N
beginning of the fiscal year 1S9amS
number Of routes in operation was o ANY,
and most of these had been rnnnns
than twelve months. On the 15t5 !;
yember, 1900, the number had inrra,sA
2,614, reaching into forty four StatS
Territories and serving populaas
1901, 524. By the close of the cn I
year about 1000 routes will have hss
tablished, providing for the daily dpTvs
mails at the scattered homes of ahmt
900 or rural population. This seryinp F.
1orates the isolation of farm life. on,
to good roads and quickens and extghI
dissemination of general information
actual application has shown that II h.
es postal receipts and can be accOmn
by reductions In other branches Of Nj
vice, so that the augmented revenug
the accomplished savings together maj
ly reduce the net cost.
Very efficient service has been rando.
fhn in annnnatino H.. H.
in the Philippines and the recent al
ance in China. A very satisfactoT
ment has been made of the long.np
question of the manufacture of armm
A reasonable price has been secured
necessity for a government armM
avoided.
Public Land Areas.
The total area of public lands as gp
the Secretary Of the Interior is
mately 1,071, SS1, e62 acres, of Whii
go, $50 acres are undispoSed of and II a
49, acres have been re- ervCd for yariN
poses. The public lands disposed Of
the year amount to Ii, 453, 1856 aaI
Guiding 62,4.3.O9 acres of Indian Ian
Increase of 4,271, 4I4.S0 over the pR
year. The total receipts from the
lands during the fiscal year were
tCCs4Ot al lACIedSG VI S1, OUJ, O-U.iO
preceding year.
AT the end of the fiscal year there's
the pension roll $685. names, a.
crease of 2,010 over the fiscal yea
The number added to the rolls DUH
year was IS, 344. The amount dsbM
army pensions during the year was
1CO,o91.24, and for navy pensions
533.41, total of $13S, 462, 0.G5, Leaf
uneXpended balance of S5.542 1857
covered into the treasury, which Sd
increase over the previous years
ture of $107,077.70. There were &
added to the rolls during the year b
acts passed at the first session Of d
sixth Congress.
Progress of Hawaii.
Much interesting information is
the report of the Governor of HaVd
the progress and development CT th
during the period from July T. 1885,
OF the approval of the joint reso
the Congress providing for Their
ton, up to April so, 1900, the DAFT
approval of the act providing gN
Tor tLe territory, and thereafter
The latest Hawaiian census take
year 1896, gives a total popu!atIm
90, of which 81 ,019 were native Hi
The number of Americans report
S,4So. The results of the Fedora
taken this year, shows the iSlalS
a total population of 154, COL, Sn
increase over that reported in lSba =
Or Az per cent. There has been
progress in the educational, agricl. LII
railroad development of the isal&
The Director of the Census Stals
WGrk IN connection with the 1--WE
suS is progressing favorably. Ilsi
undertaking, ordered by the C0A;
decade, has finally resulted In the
or an aggregation Of statistical laa
termine the Industrial growth OF
try, its manufacturing and mecE
sources, it's richness in mines ala
the number Of its agriculturlsts y
and products, it's educational alu
opportunities, as well as queStg@%s. 4
ing to sociological conditions. ~
of population during the M,
amounts to over 13,O00,0O0, gerry
ical increase than in any previous
the history of the country.
Department of Agricuhp
The Department of Agriculture *
extending it's work during the q
making progress in mete0roosN~ <fE 81
lating to lines of wireless teltss
forecasts for ocean-going yeSstS
ing inquiry as to animal disease, *@'
the extent and character OF lw'
ton; outlining plans for the GUY
ton and intelligent harvesting t VI g.
lands; studying soils that pI1os s
cultivate with better knoWlelts .s j.
lions, and helping to clotne Us,
with grasses suitable to our ,a as j
Our island possessions are DelnS
that their peoples may be heipeu
the tropical products now " tos
brought into the United star aur -
into methods of improving g San 1s' *
been active during the year. a aS1
given to many localities ana s 'ts
tigation of material in the st"'iii
tories has been inaugurated. =. -
exhibit at Paris of the proGsu I'ss
ture has made the peoples Oh ~, aTi n
more familiar with the V'litp "a
our fields and their c0mparIatIhtas
That there may be secured , srT
possible in the Philippine ls tmN
sued, under date of Nov. lO' low
ing order: Grid
''The United States Civil ~ a
sion is directed to render sun SUI Gl61
may be practicable to the
Board, created under the az, hi
states Philippine CcmmlSs'oofFa N
lishment and maintenance u Phi phi
efficient civil service in lne n