Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-29


ers of the land are being prepared and
shipped to constituents. Nearly every
member of Congress has one or more
speeches delivered by him in the House
aud Senate which he desires TO distrib-
ute. They may be remarks upon the
great question of the day or merely
spread upon some local subject, but the
Congressman does not think that he has
done his duty unless he plasters his dis
trict or State with speeches. II he did
act his constituents would ask him upon
his return what he had been doing in
Washington. The speeches so through
the mail free of course. but it is quite
4 task to get them ready for shipment.
They are taken from the capitol by wag-
on loads at time, and for the next two
weeks the mail trains leaving Washing
gon will carry extra cars to accommodate
the increased traffic In addition TO the
large volume of political literature sent
out by indy dual Senator's and Repre-
sentatiyes, the two campaign commit
tees will distribute this year millions or
pamphlets. Ia the presidential cam
oaign of 1896 the Republican committee
sent out 22,000,O00 documents. No such
aumber will be distributed this year, but
the total will probably reach several mill
ION, and the Democrats will do as well.
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The Office of the supervising architect of
The Treasury has an unprecedented
amount of business on hand. No firm of
architects, no dozen firms combined ever
had so much 70 do or so great RESPONSE
biiity as now rests upon James X. Tay-
Tor, the head OF that office. During the
last session OF Congress he was commits
stoned to erect 1875 public buildings at a
cost of $52,0c0,000. OF these buildings
l20 viii be erected after competitive de-
signs the competition being open to all
the architects of the country, but the six
" smaller buildings will be designed in
The architects office. because there is not
enough in them TO justify a competitive
sest. The architects office, under the di-
1ection Of Assistant Secretary Taylor,
has already Commenced to acquire the
necessary lands for the erection Of the
new buildings the first lot bought being
1T Greenville, Tenn In addition to these,
the government will erect ait Washington
new agricultural building. at cost OF
S2,500,0 900, the plans for which have al
ready been adopted by competition. new
building for the national museum. OF fire.
proof steel and brick, to cost $1,50OO00s
municipal building for the District of
Columbia, which will cost $1,500,00O; a
building for the new var college, TO be
erected on the arsenal grounds by Me
Kim, Mead & White. to cost $250,000
and several other buildings Of lesser im-
portance in the district.
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Director Walcott of the Geological Sur
yey has written long letter to the Civil
Service Commission asking for permission
10 employ the services OK a competent
hen, that will lay one egg day for the
survey The egg is needed for making
the albumen coating for pboto-lithograph-
c work The letter states that the sur
vey is in immediate need Of an egg and
says: "In making req7iisition ON the
Interior Department for an egg we al
ways experience much delay in getting
authority to purchase from the lowest
bidder, and the goods, owing to the meth
DDS of purchase are not always Ia prime
condition. 1t would seem wise, there
fore, to take some definite steps in the
matter. The hen of the United States
Geological Survey should be capable of u
steady daily output. One egg per day is
all we ask, but there should be no ques-
tion about its delivery on time" The
Civil Service Commission will give the
request careful consideration.
BY direction Of the Secretary OF the
Treasury warrants covering the salaries
Of the commissioners of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Company at St
Louis and other government employees
will be issued at ,once. The payment of
these salaries has been withheld for two
months pending the signins by the direct
prs of the company Of the contract bind
ing them to keep the exposition closed ON
Sundays The withheld warrants amount
to $S,641
The Treasury Department has issued
the first order under the new Philippine
civil government act THAT act provides
chat all taxes paid upon articles subject
TO internal revenue taxes shipped to the
Philippines since Nov. IL. 1901. under
che decision OF the Secretary of the
Treasury OF that date, shall be refunded
20 the parties who paid TIE same under
regulations to be prescribed by the Sec
rotary of the Treasury. Those regula.
lions have now been Issued.
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The statement OF the War Department
comparing Cuba's commerce during ten
months period Of last ysar and this,
81 ows an increase Of nearly a million
pillars ii import values and loss OF
nearly S10,0r0,000 in exports. Imports
from the United States have increased
per cent. The loss In experts was con-
fined to the sugar and tobacco trades
sugar shipments falling off about $1,000
coo.
Charles ]. Jones, popularity known as
Buffalo" Jones, has been appointed buff
falo warden for Yellowstone Park. Mr..
Jones has devoted much attention 10 the
preservation OF the American bison and
was largely instrumental I'D securing an
appropriation during the last session of
Congress for the establishment Of gov
eminent buffalo ranch in the Yellowstone
Park. This establishment vill be IN Mr..
Zones charge.
49,
During the fiscal year ended June 30,
1902, the bureau Of navigetio reports
that .657 vessels Of 473l0si gross tons
we're uAlit III TIC GUtLfel NLiLFHt tUINpAE~
"a with 1 ,0T9 vessels OF 49s $40 tons for
tae previous fiscal year. The decrease in
tonnage is in sailing vessels, canal boats
barges. etc. New steel steamers aggre-
gate 5,479 tons, compared with 49,
16J tons last year
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Secretary Shaw has set big wind
Glowing through the Treasury Depart
1
be was opposed 70 keeping persons in Of
Gee there longer than hve years Not
since Logan Carlisle gave ii out That he
had loaded his dismissal gun and started
3g hunt for Indispensable" has 90
much nervousness been VISIBLE among
the pid-timers.
49,
Secretary Shaw has received a request
from an old nei ghbor at hist former home
stg a letter OF raeommendatioql which can
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