Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-04

great city, long forgotten. unknown
to the modern archaeologists? Did
there live and thrive on the North
American continent race prior TO the
AZtecs? Are there treasures of art
buried under the soil of this capital1
! Wherefore, then, the mysteries OF
stone just unearthed in the digging
for the foundations Of the new build
ing for the House of Representatives.
Far below the foundations of the
houses destroyed to make room for
the new edifce these fragments haya
appeared, and the memory of man to-
day runs not back to the time when
such structures were there as to call
for these deep-laid bases. Nor do the
oldest inhabitants know Of any one
who remembers having seen or heard
OF such. Washington was built upon
virgin soil. so far as city creation was
concerned. in the Judgment OF it
/ founders. Here were farms and small
| dwellings, a manor house or two, and
an unbroken record of freedom from
the inroads of the city-makers. This
| North American Indians did not build
cities. They did not dig into the soil
to found their structures. Here. then
is problem for the historians and the
archaeologiSts TO solve
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The first payment of $e,000000 on
account of the purchase of the friars
land in the Philippines. has been au.
thorized by the War Department
There has been on deposit in New York
since last December the fund of 81,
$50, 900 realized from the sale OF bonds
| authorized to be issued in purchase OF
the friars' lands, and draft for this
first payment will be made on the
Bank of England, which will pay ovei
the money to the Sociedad Agrlcola de-
Ultramar The completion OF these
! purchases has been very much delayed
as great difficulties were experienced
in securing a closer title from the fri
airs, owing to the fact that In many
cases the orders attempted to convey
their lands to private individuals and
business corporations to prevent theiI
seizure at the time of the Philippine
instruction.
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The attention of Colonel Edwards,
of the insular bureau, was recently
called TO an advertisement appearing
in the newspapers offering to furnish
reliable and exact information to Sc
curing remunerative employment with
the government of the Philippine Isl
ands at Manila. This advertisement
states: This information cannot be
obtained from Washington or any
other source" Colonel Edwards states
that all necessary data to enable one
to make intelligent application for ex'
animation with a view to appointment
in the insular government service will
be promptly furnished, gratuitously,
either by the insular bureau of the
War Department, at Washington, OF
by the United States Civil Service
Commission, also at Washington, upon
request.
Secretary Hay has forwarded to the
secretary of the foreign section of tha
Young mems Christian Association In
New York 4 recommendation from the
American minister to Panama that
branches OF the association be estab-
lshed in Panama and Colon for the
benefit of the men working on the
Panama Canal The minister says that
the two hundred young civil engineers
and the four hundred marines on the
lsthmus have no attractive place for
recreation when they are Off duty.
and that some provision for them
should be made. His recommendation
will doubtless be acted upon, as the
managers of the association are well
aware that before many months there
will be thousands Of nIen where there
are now hundreds needing place of
recreation In wholesome surroundings
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From the report of Commissioner
Ware, it appears that there were 094..
762 names on the pension rolls Of tbs
United States July /, loss OF LISA
during the year. The cost to the gov.
eminent for the year was S144, 712, 7S7,
which was about S3,00OOOO more than
in 1908 One widow and two daugh
tiers of soldiers of the Revolutionary
War. and one survivor and 91S widows
of soldiers of the War of 1912 are now
on the rolls.
49,.
Nevada has fewer pensioners than
any other State in the Union, accord
ing to the latest report of the Commits
sloner of Pensions. Pennsylvania, with
nearly a hundred and one thousand.
heads the list, and Is followed by Ohio,
New York, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri.
Michigan and Kansas in that order,
with the rest Of the States and terri
tories following, till Alaska is reached,
with sixty-one soldiers drawing gov
eminent money.
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The applications for patents during
the last fiscal year broke all previous
| records. according TO the annual report
Of the Commissioner of Patents. There
we're 50321 applications for mechani-
cal patents and 1854 applications for
trade marks. There were 81 ,9T9 pat
| ents and 2,2i3 trademarks granted.
The total receipts OF the Office were
81 663, $50; expenditures, S14GO. 124.
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Il. VI. Arrange, a graduate Of one of
the American technical schools, has
been appointed consulting engineer on
the STAFF of Chief Engineer Wallace In
/ the Panama Canal construction. He
Is charged to assist in building an
aqueduet to supply the City of Panama
with water. 1t also Is proposed In the
interest Of the health OF the employees
to lay pipe lines 10 supply fresh and
pure water TO the great force Of labor
ers at the Culebra cut and at other
camps along the line Of work.
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The deficit in the United States
Treasury was Increased by $G,3s2, COS