Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20

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| A series of experiments, unique even IN
the history of the Agricultural Depart
ment, has been approved by Secretary
| Wilson at the instance of what IS known
as the Pathological Bureau OF that de-
partment. There We're some misgiyings
as TO the legal aspect of the PROPOSITION,
but these have been disposed of b. IA
vorable decision of the Comptroller of the
| Treasury.
| 1t is proposed by the Agricultural De-
partment to so into partnership with %
number of merchants and exporters, tho
terms of the partnership being that the
United States shall stand all losses and
the exporters reap all the profits. Yet it
is claimed by the pomological experts OF
| the department that the government wilR
reap profits enough in the form of scienr-
| tihc knowledge to compensate for any
loss that may be sustained through tho
otherwise unequal partnership. At the.
| late session Congress made the following
provision for genealogical Investigations
| ITO investigate in cooperation with
| other divisions of the department and ex-
pertinent stations of the several States
| the market conditions affecting the fruit
| trade of the United States and foreign
countries and the methods of harvesting,
! packing. storing, and shipping fruit ana
| vegetables, and for experimental ship
ments of fruits to foreign countries for
the purpose of increasing the expectation
of American fruits, and for all necessary
expenses connected with the practicag
work of the same
Wandering Willies' is the title APP
piled by census office clerks to the clerks
detailed as inspectors to see that the 9TH
err clerks eXpend the whole of the six
and half hours day they are engaged
in the Office attending to government bust
ness and nothing else. Owing to the ne
cessity of completing a large part of tho
census work before Congress meets Di-
rector Merriam has been compelled to-
employ over 5000 clerks, and to prevent
waste of time certain clerks in some OF
the divisions have been detailed as in
spectors. With 1900 employees the loss
of even fifteen minutes day for each,
one spent in idle conversation. reading
newspapers, or writing personal letters,
as is customary in the other departments.
of the government, would mean n loss of
$50 hours, or the working time of 10
clerks. AS the clerks average 5000 per
annum the monetary loss of their ser
vices, We're each one to idle away fifteen
minutes day, would be $103, 500. The
newly appointed inspectors go from
desk to desk and otherwise supervise the
work, so that they can tell whether a
clerk is devoting his or her energies to,
the service for which they are employed
or is spending the governments time in
writing notes, idle conversation or other
waSteful ways. The clerks are inclined
to resent the supervision of the inspec-
tors. The position of inspector is
thankless one, without extra pay, and
it does not tend to elevate the clerk so
detailed in the opinion of his fellow
clerks. 1t is one, however, of some local.
influence, as adverse reports carry con-
siderable weight.
The huge lottery that Uncle Sam has
conducted in Oklahoma for land taken
from the Indians has brought to light n
peculiar phase of the homestead law.
Judge Ryan, first assistant Secretary OF
the Interior, said that under the home
stead law married woman could not
she is not the head of a family A sim
gle woman however, can make an entry.
This ruling was given in answer as to.
the correctness of the report from Ell
Reno that Miss Minerva McClintOck OF
Oklahoma City, the young woman who,
drew ticket No. 1S, emitting her to make
an entry for homestead near FL Reno,
had forfeited her right because of her
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said: IF the young woman who lost her
chance for the homestead had only wait
ed until after she had made her entry
for the land before getting married it
would have been different. Had she per
fected her entry and waited sixty days
she could have relinquished her claim
and the land would then have become
public domain. The man she married
could have made an entry for the land
and thus have saved the homestead"
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One Of the greatest thoroughfares in
Palestine. according 10 Consul Merrill,
at Jerusalem, is that between Jerusalem
and Nablous, in ancient Shechem. FoE
centuries it has been only camel path,
in many places rough and stony, and in
spite of the vast amount Of traffic it was
not until 1900 that an effort was made
to connect the two cities by a carriage
road. Early in that year the route was
surveyed and specifications sent to Con-
stantinoplc. whence orders for the con-
struction of the roads must emanate.
Work was begun the following autumn,
and in March Of the present year the first
carriage passed over the completed sec
ton between Jerusalem and Birch. Car
riages go from Jericho to the Dead Sea
and the River Jordan, but there is no.
road. the carriages driving across tho
plains.
For the first time since the outbreak OF
the Spanish war President Mckinley has.
approved the death sentence in the case
of an enlisted man. The case is that OF
Private Phineas Foutz, Company X,
Nineteenth infantry, who was convicted
by general court martial at Cebu, +. IT,
of the murder of Gencviva Torres, a ma
tive Filipino girl. by stabbing her With
4 sword cane at her home at Mandaue,
Cebu. Nov. -, 1900. The court sen
fenced the accused to be hanged. The
case being ono requiring the action Of the
President he confirmed the sentence and
directed its execution at such time and
place as should be designated by the COM
handing general Of the Visayas.
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The second largest claim yet presented
with the Spanish treaty claims commits
sion was filed the other day on behalf OK
Francis Zciglc OF Havana. He was
owner Of a sugar estate Of 2.970 acres,
worth Sl.O0O.OOO, which was laid waste
by Spanish troops in May, 1896. For
this he wants S722. 42T. Indignities were.
hcaped upon him by Spanish soldiers and
he was compelled TO fee for his life. For
his shattered health and the persecution
Of his family he asks an additional $780,