Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07

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GOSSIP
Cleveland was President, the United
States treasury was robbed of two sill
yer dollars. This loss, although of no
material importance, was decidedly
significant and measures were taken
to prevent recurrence. At this sea-
son of the year Washington is crowd
ed with visitors and tourists TO whom
the government extends a welcome.
Guides are at hand to show the visit
ors through the government public
buildings, the working of each depart
ment and subdivision is carefully de-
scribed and sightseeing citizens are
made to feel perfectly at home in the
business houses of the government
Formerly it was the custom to take
visitors through the vaults in the
treasury building, where millions of
dollars are stored. On one occasion a
small boy, tempted by the immense
amount of glittering gold and silver,
cut one OF the bags with his pocket
knife and made away with the two
'cartwbeels, as the heavy 81 silver
pieces are referred to. Since that time
the vaults have been closed to visit
ors, except to those who get permits
ury. In the large vault, which is
eighty-nine feet long and fifty-one feet
wide, is stored $165, 100000 in coin for
the redemption of gold and silver GER
tificates.
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1t is strongly believed by those who
have looked into the situation of late
that there will be one change in the
Taft cabinet about the turn of the
year, which will take out of that body
been a cabinet member longer than
any other man ever was in this coun-
try-longer, indeed, it is said, than
anybody ever was continuously in a
responsible government. With his re-
tirement Mr. Meyer of the navy will
be the only remaining representative
of the Roosevelt cabinet. 1t is known
certainly that close friends of one
man who is a likely aspirant for the
Wilson seat at the cabinet table have
been informed that there is altogether
likely to be a change, and that the
work of getting support organized is
quietly on in behalf of this man. He
is Representative Charles +. Scott, of
Kansas, chairman of the house COM
mittee on agriculture.
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Commissioner of Indian Affairs Val
entine has announced the following
awards on bids for pasturing cattle
and sheep on the Crow Indian reserva.
ton, Montana, in the year beginning
Feb. 1, 1910: Pastures Nos. l and 2
were awarded to the Spear Bros. Cat
tie Company. Sheridan, Wyo., for $685.
$50 per annum, compared with $751;
JUL IcCtINcu do lCuldl LuAS yCdl .
Pasture No. was awarded to G. M.
Bair of Billings, Mont, for S33,T50
annual rental. This pasture brought
$1,000 this year. Pasture No. was
awarded to j. E. Edwards & Co.,
Forsyth, Mont, for $4,000 per annum,
compared with $4,000 received this
year. This was the first opening Of
bids by the Indian Office, under Com.
missioner Valentines plan of letting
grazing lands on Indian reservations
under sealed bids
Eggs as an article of mail transpor.
tation are not popular with United
States postal authorities. 1t develops
that some one in Canada had mailed
three dozen eggs to an addressee in
Brattleboro, Vt, and when Postmaster
Taylor opened mail bag he found
it dripping with eggs freshly scram-
bled Addresses were obliterated from
letters in many instances and they
had to be sent to the dead letter office.
Such a situation could not arise from
mail originating in the United States,
as such things as eggs are not mail
able in this country.
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The State Department, according to
advices from Pekin, has won it's fight
for an American share of the new Chi
nese railway loan of $27 100000. This
will civ hn hon Of Ar,,o NH n
have asked for a part of the loan an
equal share with the British, German
and French bankers, who, until the
State Department made emphatic OBJ
iections, were to get the entire issue.
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Seven OF the twelve members of the
national waterways commission have
departed on a ten weeks investigation
and examination of the waterways of
Europe. for the purpose of making rec.
concentrations for the improvement Of
the rivers, harbors and canals of the
United States.
Representative Simms brought out
the fact during recent debate in the
house that Speaker Cannon cannot
we'll be classed among the dandies of
Washington. He made an uncontra-
dicted statement that Uncle Joe" pur-
chased 50-cent underwear.
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The requests of manufacturers of
bleached -four that no more of it be
seized until test case shall have been
decided were refused. The food ex-
perts of the Department of Agricnl.
ture some time ago decided that
bleached flour was In violation of the
pure food laws, not so much on the
ground of impurity, but because of al
legged misbranding. and the agents Of
the department were instructed to