Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-12-14

The cost of collection for the year
was S4,771,1 1873. The production Of dis
titled spirits, exclusive of fruit bran
dies, was 141. 776,2O2 taxable gallons,
against 12S,623, 401 gallons in 1902, an
increase of 1852 800 gallons. The
production of fruit brandies increased
2.210.273 gallons. During the year
2.441 distilleries of all kinds were OPP
Grated, a decrease of 497. The pro-
duction of beer was 46,72O,179 barrels,
an increase of 2,17O,052 barrels.
Smallpox and Yellow Fever.
Reports show the continued pre-
valence of smallpox in a mild form in
nearly every state. During the fiscal
year 1903. there were reported in A
states 1880 cases, with 1,642 deaths,
a morality Of $50 per cent. Cases of
plague have continued TO appear in
the Chinese district of San Francisco.
Thirty eight cases were reported dur
ing the year. The aid afforded the
municipal authorities has been con-
tinued, and this joint work has no
doubt served to cOnfne the disease
10 its original limits. No yellow fever
was reported in the United States
during the year although it is now
prevailing in some of the ports of
Mexico and more southern countries.
Cuba has continued TO be free from it.
During the fiscal year. S57.046 i'm
migrants were inspected to determine
their physical fitness for admission
as prescribed by the immigration
laws. One officer has been stationed
at Naples, and another at Quebec, in
the interest of the medical-inspectiOn
service. Examinations are conducted
at 50 ports in the United States. and
or account of the large number of
immigrants entering at New York.
Boston. Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
Orleans, and San Francisco, medical
officers have been assigned to duty at
these ports exclusively for the ex-
animation of arriving aliens. The ex-
pense Of these inspections is met by
the immigration fund.
Life-SaVing Service.
The operations of the life saving
service during the year are shown by
the following statistics:
There were 346 disasters to iOcu-
mented vessels, on board of which
were 3,6S2 persons, of whom 20 were
lost. The value of the vessels was
$7.101 sos and that of their cargoes
81. 746.610, making that total value of
property imperiled $S,S4S,215, of
which s76SS. $50 was saved and 81, |
164,635 lost. The number of vesselsI
totally lest was 81. There were also
351 casualties to undocumented craft
comprising sail5Cats, rowjOats, etc,
Involving Cos persons, 4 of whom
persisted. The total value of property
involved in these disasters was at
S202.935, of which amount S19S,465
was saved and S4,470 lost Attention
is invited to The necessity for making
suitable provision for pensions for the
enlisted force of the revenue-cutter
service.
Secret Service.
Incidental to the transaction of the
routine work of the secret-service
division, 424 cases were prosecuted
and $4,000 in counterfeit notes and
coins were confiscated. No new
counterfeit notes of a dangerous
character made their appearance, and
the amount of spurious money in
was so small as to elicit
the favorable comment of the banks. /
The net expenditures on account of
the District of Columbia for 1903
were SS.5S4,O37.32. The net revenues
deposited in the treasury on this &C.
count were s5,16S,03S.56.
Central Pacific Debt.
All amounts which have become due
to the United States under the agree
ment dated February 1, 1899, for the
settlement of the Indebtedness of the
Central Pacific railroad, have been
paid by the company in full, including
interest on all outstanding notes to
August I, 1903. The principal of all
notes held August I. 1908. amounted
TO 32,347. 900 and first mortgage bonds
10 the amount of s32.347.OOO were held
as security for payment.
immigration.
There arrived in this country during
he fiscal year ended June 80, 1903,
S57, 046 aliens, travelling in the steer
age. an excess over the corresponding
figures for the preceding year of 20S,-
I03. or 80 per cent. OF these, 40S,4 56
arrived at United States continental
ports. 1850 at insular ports. either
Hawaii or Porto Rico. and $500 at