Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30

OF the Illinois senator, his first being
her eldest sister. She became a fond
mother to the orphaned nieces and it
was said it was for their sake she ac-
cepted the proposal of their father.
If this be true, the marriage has been
| phenomenally happy. Few couples in
public life manifest the sincere affec-
ton which has always marked the re-
| latiOns of Senator and Mrs. Cullom.
In the twilight of her life she is finding
renewed interests in the two grandchil-
| dren, Mrs. Phelps Brown, formerly
Catherine Ridgley. and Miss Eleanor
Cullom Ridgley, daughter of Senator
Cullom's eldest daughter and wife of
the comptroller of currency, John Bar
ret Ridgley.
Uncle Sam is getting so much money
that he doesn't know what to do with
it. The passage of the emergency cur
rency act has thrown him into a very
embarrassing position. The old gen.
| tlema1's pockets aren't large enough to
| hold his bank notes. He has ordered his
| tailor to add a capacious pocket to his
costume, but that does not meet the
| present emergency. The governments
| situation presses home the fact that the
success of the emergency currency law
| must depend in considerable measure
on the physical ability to grind out the
| bank notes and to take care of them
afterward. The purpose is to accumu-
| late a store of S50O.O00,OOO bank notes,
and to hold them in readiness. But at
the very outset the government officials
are faced with the fact that they have.
no place to Keep the notes The regu-
lar vaults at the treasury are already
crowded. Plans have been made for
a new vault but it will be four months
| before it can be ready for business.
For the intervening period the officials
are at wits end to know what to do
with the notes as they come from the
bureau of printing and engraving. For
that very reason there has been delay
In ordering the new notes. But is is
being impressed ON the Treasury Off
Gals that delay may prove dangerous,
in case there should be demand for
emergency currency during the crop
moving period this fall. Director Ralph
of the bureau of printing and engraving
has declared that, if some other ar
rangement is not made, he will turn
his private office into dumping ground
for bank notes by the tens of millions
and will run his chances in guarding
them with the help of armed men.
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One of the subjects to be brought be-
fore Congress early in the next session
will be a proposition to provide a suit
able statue of Washington for the east
front of the capitol, in view of the
removal of the Greenough statue. which
represents the Father of His Country
in the scant attire of Roman states
man, from the plaza to the Smithson-
ian Institution. Representative Mccall,
chairman of the House Committee on
the Library, has introduced a bill pro-
viding for a replica of the J. @. A.
Ward statue of Washington, which
stands in front of the Custom House
in New York. Mr.. Mccall proposes to
place this replica on the staircase on
the east front of the capitol, so that
Presidents, in delivering their inaug-
ural addresses, will stand at the feet
of the first President. This proposition
is objected to by many Senators, who
prefer having a new work and not
merely a replica. The idea of placing
an heroic statue in bronze in a con-
spicuOus place on the plaza, represent
ing Washington in the act of deliver
ing his inaugural address, is finding
many supporters in Congress.
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AS the result of a serious riot at
Riverview, a resort on the Maryland
side of the Potomac, about fourteen
miles below Washington, twenty-five
privates of the United States army are
under arrest at Fort Washington, Md,
and Capt. Edward n. Macon, who en-
deavored to suppress the outbreak,
suffered a broken arm, and many of
the rioters sustained painful injuries.
The participants may be courtmar
tailed.
Reports received at the Navy Depart |
ment from the naval training stations
have indicated the need of sturdier
lads among the recruits, and instruc-
tons have been sent out to officers on
recruiting duty to accept only boys |
from II to 20 years of age, who pos
sess a minimum weight, which is stip- |
ulated. In the case of recruits II years |
of age the weight is 115 pounds, while |
the minimum weight for recruit 20 |
years of age is 12S pounds.
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The greatest decrease in immigration |
to the United States in five years is |
shown for the fiscal year 1908, by the |
report of the immigration bureau for |
the month of May, 1908. A decrease |
of 76 per cent, compared with 1906, and |
a decrease of so per cent, compared |
with 1907.
Negotiations are in progress for an |
tAtL e1dAlACh lAOttly DtINSCA d. [
AID the United States. The treaty is |
expected to be signed between Acting |
Secretary Adee and Minister Ugarte
The monitor Florida, which was |
made the target of big guns and a tor |
pedo as a test recently, has bee1 put |
out of commission for repairs, which |
will cost about $4,000. Then the ship |
will be rechristeneG as the Tallahassee.
Secretary Metcalf announces that |
the two new 20,000-ton battle ships au-
thorized under the new naval bill will |
be named the Florida and the Utah,
the name of the monitor Florida to be
changed by law.