Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-03
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Inere Will be no Populists in the next
campaign. The party may be regarded
US extinct. In 1896 the Populists carried
ten States, in 1900 they carried four, in
i9O2 none. There are three PopuIists
In the present Congress, but in the forth,
coming congressional directory two of
| tnem drop that name and call themselves
! democrats. Harris of Kansas, the last
| OF the Popullsts i'll the Senate, does the
same. Senators Jones and Stewart of
| Nevada, and Shafroth of Colorado, for
several years have been classed as "sil-
Verltes. Two years ago the Senators re-
| Sumed their places in the Republican
ranks. Shafroth this year calls himself
a Democrat
President Roosevelt has received from
| Rev. DR.. Thomas II. Haggerty of ST.
| Louis a walking stick made of wood
from tree on the battle-ground of Will
son creek, tree on the Lookout Noun
tain field, trees at Gettysburg, frame of
the Liberty Bell, Grants log cabin Sher-
| mans house, the house in which Lee
surrendered, the Springfield home of lin
| coin, the Moro Castle at Havana and
the cruiser Christina Regina, sunk in
Manila bay. The ferrule was made of
| the iron of cars dumped into a creek by
Gen. Marmaduke. Rev. DIR. Haggerty
was chaplain in Sherman's army.
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Efforts on the part of the friends Of
Brig. Gen. Jacob II. Smith to restore to
duty the general whose acts in the Phil
| lpplnes caused his enforced retirement
are gradually crystallizing into an ct
tempt to have President Roosevelt ap-
point Gen. Smith to the next vacancy on
| the list of brigadier generals. More ar
dent champions even go SO far as to urge
that he be selected for the first vacancy
In the list of major generals, with the
understanding that he shall retire imme-
d1ately after having received a vindica-
ton. Pressure of the strongest sort is
being exerted upon the President.
The fact that the United States is now
the leading money power of the world.
with New York City as it's financial
center, is shown beyond question by Con-
troller of the Currency Ridgely in his
annual report. He figures the strength
of American banks at about $12,OOO,-
100000, or about twice that of the Unit
ed Kingdom, and equal to the whole of
Europe. Individual deposits have reach
ed the highest point on record, being
g, 2O9, 273, S93.93. The number of bank
Ing associations has increased in ten
years from 3,773 to 4,6O1.
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Mrs Roosevelt received upward of a
Thousand guests the other afternoon from
until o'clock. This was the second
largest tea of the season, and the guests
were composed almost entirely of the
congressional contingent and resident So
ciety. Mrs. Roosevelt, assisted by the
ladies of the cabinet, welcomed her COM
pany in the east room, which was opened
officially for the first time.
DR.. Salmon of the bureau of animal in
dustry is preparing to stamp out the foot
and mouth disease prevalent among New
England cattle, and urges that Congress
appropriate at least 100000 to aid in
the work The government, according to
law, will pay 70 per cent of the value Of
the infected animals slaughtered. 1t is
believed that the disease germs were i'm
ported in hay from Europe.
Long messages are being daily trans
mitted by wireless telegraphy between
the Washington navy yard and the naval
academy at Annapolis. Between these
stations, thirty miles apart, experiments
have been conducted for two months by
board of naval officers, and the results
which have been obtained during the last
few weeks are highly satisfactory III
many respects.
The Postoffice Department has APPROX
ed a model for q, new 5-cent stamp, which
it is hoped will do much to wipe out the
sectional feeling between the North and
South The portrait of Lincoln occupies
the oval, while on either side stand fe-
male figures representing the North and
South, each bearing an American flag
and with hands clasped above the ex-
Presidents head.
For clearness of articulation there is
no United States Senator who can sue
cessfully compete with Mr.. Burton OF
Kansas. He has a clear, high sounding
voice which would fill a much larger
room than the Senate chamber, and ne
utters his words with a precision and &C
curacy almost mechanical. In times gone
by the Senator was a teacher of ciocu-
| ton.
No women clerks whose husbands are
| drawing salaries from the government
are hereafter to be retained in the Post
office Department at Washington; and
| women clerks. whose husbands are not in
| the, service, but who are otherwise en-
| pIoyed and able to earn a living, will
! have their salaries cut to 5000. This is
the policy of Postmaster General Payne
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The annual report of Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs Jones shows the total cost
| of Indian schools has been $3,431, IS5, or
| S13S per capita. The plan of withdraw
| ing rations and making the Indians self
| supporting is a success. Twelve thou
| sand have been dropped from the ration
| roll.
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| The House committee on Judiciary took
mn for consideration three joint resolu-
| tons introduced in the House proposing
| an amendment to the Constitution to DIS
qualify persons found guilty OF poiysalny
| of 70 q r was decided not TO