Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-16

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ness. Nineteen thousand clerks
tces of the first and second elias,
their assistance. and $4,000 civ .,
distribute daily the mails from 1,,
house, while 10000 rural carriers N.
daily the same service in the thicr.
ulated country districts. Ten h
railway postal clerks cover the a..
night and day over the great iran
web of railroad lines, gathering o.,
tributing the mails as they fly, A.
of contractors and sub-contracto.
Grating daily and weekly scheduIo,
trate the remOteSt and most iSoIat.r
munities, distributing them to d,
army of fourth-class postmastpr
hundred and sixty thousand IN
numbers, counting everybody. I'm,
Postmaster General down to th
master in a fourth-class office, n
salary of 81 per month, or even
the number of Uncle Sans emD~
the postal service. About 111ONI
number in all the other branchp,
civil service. About 1000 is thu.
total.
Among the long list of goyenna
plOyes who draw pay from Und.
the distinction of being the small
aried of any falls to Charles
Gibbs, keeper of the 'bug light" N
tucket, who annually about JUNE s
ceives a check for 81, his years
What is known as the "bug Hgh'
is situated on a hill near MI
Mass, on the south side of Nat
harbor, and at the same time WI,
island was at the height of its Il
a whaling port, was considered a
liable guide to vessels entering thu:
at night. For twenty years it 4
been used at all, but the gOyernmt
retains the lighthouse and is viii,
pay man 81 a year to live thpr,
keeper has no work to do, but is
to keep hens and breed cats for d
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The Agricultural Department
ceived a copy of the new Germa,
Iations for meat inspection and id,
ton, which says that fresh m@ =
only be imported in whole carcass
casses of cattle and hogs may be +,
half, but the halves must be left Id,
and be accompanied by the head ,
heart and kidneys. Cow beef muse
the udder attached, and pork nv.
clude the tongue. Except hams 4
and intestines, no piece of smOEoi L
served meat weighing les &Se
pounds is allowed, and acids @.a,,
as preseryatives, are prohibited u
The State Department finally G
cided how to treat the people Of
ippines in relation to other count e
first precedent is the case Of W
FanciXo, of Manila. who applied :
bassadOr White at Berlin for III
passport. The Ambassadors
was that the man should have 20
as a Philippine native loyal to thevo
States, but not being an America r
he is not entitled to a passport, = Z
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Representative Littleteld, Of '
who is expected to represent tA,.
istration in the formulation Of :
trust law, has Confided to a Nase
correspondent the main feature. :
plan, as follows: Federal contr;.
porations engaged in interSta
merce: power given to the goygVY
inspect the doings of cOrporati&s N
capital stock; regulation by tl7GX
ment Of increase in capital stoa Nf
An old soldiers association ,eS
to spread over the country and ~
soldiers of all wars and thefsE'
national political organization IN
started in Washington, d. {, EN-
modelled after existing politlG IA
but will not interfere in partW
except in the effort to cOntTo G
tons and elections of men faT%Ss
soldiers. ~
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The War Department has a>~r
convert Chickamauga Park III,
mcnse maneuvering ground, al.
step Secretary Root has ALLOTTED
for the construction Of barH'side
quarters to form an army pMs w
commoGations for one regimen L
~ and one comnanv of field Jun
,ronnr+v adioinina +ho mark ,ubl
/ npl
~ ,,. ore {
GeoI e'al9 Vi Cne ll''''" cd
olueLeu the ellloIcelllel,. VI md
llldllelhS answers oE "I'"S ecu
questions, without eNemptloD ERE
passengers. AS the questions p
personal and somewhat eMlun,
much Indignation has been SDos an
sengers compelled to submit tolce
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Secretary Root, accompanic ain,
tant General Corbin, Genera 80 - =
Colonel Randolph, made trll t1;,,s ~
miles to and from Leesburs Wo
they went to inspect the DH. RIM
lumbia national guard camp tn
wagon drawn by mules. CO.
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Secretary Shaw has placed. o., g
all unskilIed workers of the - :
partment under the clasS52 -
thus disposing of the last o.
patronage. He denies haYl.'
tive-year limit for division cD1
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The Navy Department W.
pay no attention to recomD',
Congressman for discharge
men, an order to this e1tec' 49,.
signed by the President. aigia.
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pleuri
Colonel r. NJ. O'Reiley il ! i tn9
pointed surgeon general OF ELECTS
succeed General FOrWood'