Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-22

A ruling has been made by Land Com
missioner Hermann which will have inn
portant effect upon entry of public lands
under what is known as the reservoir act.
The ruling recites that "a declaratory
statement, under the act of Jan. IL, 1891,
does tpot withdraw the land covered
thereby from other entry" Under the
act in question the Interior Department
has heretofore held that declaratoTy
statements absolyed lands filed upon
from other entry, and as by fling such
declaratory statement aud the payment
of nominal fees 100 acres could be held
by entrymen for two years before com
mencing construction OF reservoirs or
other improvements necessary to secure
patent. Immense areas have been so Sc
cured in western Kansas, Nebraska, Col
orado, Wyoming and Utah by land-grab-
hing concerns 10 the exclusion of actual
settlers. The department believes that
opening lands taken under this act 10
entry under general land laws will ma
terially check the evil.
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A rare distinction is that enjoyed by
Judge William Richardson, who has been
chosen to succeed Gen. Joe Wheeler in
Congress from the State Of Alabama.
During the Civil War, when mere boy,
he was under sentence of death and mar
rowly escaped the gallows. He had en-
listed in the Confederate army, been cap
tured in his first battle and taken to In
diana as a prisoner of war. He escaped
and, falling in with Il Confederate spy,
tried to make his way back through the
Federal lines 70 the South. The spy,
known to the outside world only as mir.
Paul was captured, and with him
young Richardson The boy was con-
demned to be hanged, as well as the
older spy, when the Confederate general,
Forrest, attacked the Union forces under
Crttenden at MurfreeSboro just in time
10 liberate. the two condemned men. Rich
ardson went back to Alabama, studied
law after the war, became probate and
county judge and now occupies Joe
Wheelers seat in Congress.
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The dispatches from Manila tell of the
deportation from that island OF several
important generals and leaders of the
insurgents, who will be sent to Guam to
reflect upon their folly. This is new
policy and the result of recommends
tons from officers over there, who have
at least learned that the tilipinos dread
exile more than Imprisonment or even
death. 1t is said that the natives are
so attached to their island that emigra-
ton is unknown. The knowledge of this
popularity has suggested punishment as
a punishment for the leaders of the in
surrection, and the experiment will be
tried.
Figuring conspicuously in Washington
society are Chandler Hale and Hale
Chandler, respectively the eldest sons of
Senators Hale and William Chandler.
These statesmen are not even distantly
related. Each Of the sons was given the
maiden name Of his mother. Senator
Hale married the only daughter OF Zach
ariah Chandler Of Michigan and Sena-
tor Chandler married the daughterof ex-
Senator John T.. Hale. The coincidence
has given rise TO numberlcss ludicrous
incidents and an endless lot of explain
ing
During the last three months the post
offices in the country have shown an in
crease in receipts thai surpasses all pre-
cedent St. Louis shows the largest
gain The sales of stamps at that office
during the last quarter Of the calendar
year 1899 were $243.G71, while during
the last quarter of 1900 they have almost
doubled and amounted to $4S2,S64. The
receipts in Chicago jumped from $1,344,-
225 to 81, $780, and in New York from
81, 991 ,237 to S2,S33,929. The increase
in Philadelphia and Boston was barely
There is a proposition to abandon the
bayonet, which army officers on duty in
the Philippines say is useless. Most Of
the soldiers serving in the field find the
bayonet a hindrancc. 1t is related in
some OF the reports that they discard
the article in going through the jungle.
One officer, in a report TO the War De-
partment says: '"Thc days of hand-to-
hand conflicts have pa ,sed. The bayo-
net on land is not of as much utility as
the cutlass at sea-
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Congressman Roberts, in connection
with his work rs a committeeman, re-
Gently discovered a forgotten room in
the Capitol back OF Statuary HALL. II
was full Of old books, and during>1he war
was used as a hospital. An old stove and
some split wood were found, just as they
were left over thirty years ago. A sol
dier's blouse. full of dust and mothc eaten,
hung on a gas jet. The air was sitting
and the lock on the door had almost rust
ed Off
The debates in both the Senate and
House Of Representatives show that it
was the intention Of Congress to tax the
companies aud the express
upon their gross earnings, and
not the people who patronize them, but
the law was so carelcssly drawn that
both the telegraph and express companies
have been able to evade the tax aud COM
pei their patrons to pay it.
49,
Senator Warren Of Wyoming has intro
duced joint resolution extending the
thanks Of Congress 10 Capt. G. Il. Clark
and the officers and men Of the battleship
Oregon for bringing the battleship H.,
900 miles at forced speed from the Pa
ciic to the Atlantic station in condition
fOr instant service and for gallant and
services in aiding in the de-
struction Of the Spanish feet at Santiago.
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Speaker Henderson has recovered SUI
fciently TO resume the chair of the House
Of Representatives. Secretary Hay Is
better, and is able to 90 out. Mr.. De-
pew is also improving, but the grip epi-
demic is extending, and the doctors are
all busy. The social program is very
much interfered with. Washington has
suffered from the grip before, but never
50 much as now.
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No information has been received by
the Department OF State either through
the British embassy in Washington OF
the American embassy in London con-
.erning the intentions Of Lord Salisbury's
government toward the amendments 10
he Hay-P auncefote treaty. The iufor-
nation that comes from private sources