Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-23
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| How badly off the navy is for off,
GERS and how seriously this condition
may affect the navy and the nation is
| plainly told in the annual report of
| Rear Admiral George A. Converse,
chief of the Bureau of Navigation, APP
| proved by Secretary Norton. Expert
| ence, especially in gunfire. he says, has
| shown that it is necessary to increase
| the number of officers assigned to ships
! SO that the estimate made in 1902 of
| the number of officers needed for ships
| in commission is inadequate. 1t pro-
vided for only about one-half as many
| officers as ships of the same class car
~ in the British, French and Ger
| man navies. Admiral Converse recon-
mends that the number of lieutenants
be increased from $50 to 600, and that
| the number of lieutenant commanders
| be increased from 200 to 300.
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Twenty American colleges are af-
| fected by decision of the Supreme
| Court of the United States in the IA
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| has been the subject of litigation for
fourteen years. The question immedi-
| ately involved was the legality of the
act of the executors of the will of Dam
| iel B. FayerWeather, of New York, in
| dividing among the twenty colleges
designated in the will the residue Of
| his estate. This action was contested
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| by the New York Court Of Appeals.
| The United States Circuit Court up
| held the contention of the heirs, but
| It's action was reversed by the Circuit
| Court of Appeals. The heirs appealed
| to the United States Supreme Court,
but that tribunal has decided against
| them.
What would the builders of the
| great temples and palaces of the an
| Gent and medieval world have thought
of the proposal now seriously consider
| ed, to execute in staff at full size and
with exact coloring, the projected en-
| largement of the Capitol at Washing
| ton, so that the country may see
| whether the change is wholly desirable,
| before striking hammer into the pres
| ent east front of that noble edifice?
Worlds fair buildings have shown
how beautiful temporary structures in
that soft material may be made. There
| need be no further mistakes in the
| great undertakings Of architecture so
| long as any important plan can in this
way be tested, at cost which is tri-
fling in proportion to that of chiseling
| the actual marble.
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AS a result of the revelations in the
| Chadwick case the Treasury Depart
ment will start an inquiry to ascer-
| tain if possible why it is that national
| bank examiners do not detect such
| frauds as were perpetrated on the
bank at Oberlin. The Comptroller OF
| the Currency declines to discuss the
| subject, but there is every reason to
believe that by direction of the Pres
| ident he is preparing to make it plain
! to the examiners in the field that they
| must use greater caution. Within the
| last year a large number of national
| banks have gone to the wall, and i'll
nearly every instance, it is asserted,
| the examiners ought to have had some
knowledge of the condition of the
| banks long before they closed their
doors.
Influx Of immigration and not dras-
1a+ hIyr will c0l
the negro question in the South. This
is substantially the decision Of the
House committee having charge of the
bills proposing reduction of the South's
representation in Congress. While a
resolution may be adopted directing an
investigation, no bill will be passed
| to punish the Southern States for dis
franchising the negroes, as leaders in
Congress believe that not only the de-
| yeloDment of the South, but the well
| fare of the negro, would be injured
by a legislative attempt to correct the
evil
Because of their activity during the
recent political campaign, Warren T..
lumber a rural mail carrier at Lock
port, n. Y, and II. w. Aldrich, a rural
carrier of Concord, n. H., were re-
moved from the government service
by Postmaster General Wynne. Tum-
Der is secretary of the National Asso-
| citation of the carriers, and he and
Aldrich are members of it's executive
board They were charged with send
| ing out circulars seeking to influence
the result in Congressional districts in
the interest of legislation for carriers.
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Now let Congress pass the pure food
bill. Opinions may differ as to the
amount of protection which should pre-
vail at the custom houses, or how