The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18

Mosher's memorial to Congress, known
technically as memorial No: Ia, asking
Congress to aid American shipping. was
adopted. The bill requiring long distance
telephone companies to connect with local
exchanges. was killed without a protest.
/, The uthpt bin killed wis senator McGiIli-
ways. authorizing the state -uperintpnd-
cit to grant unlimited teachers certificates
10 teachers of twenty years experience
! The bill authorizing the construction Of Il
ferry across Lake St Crois was ordered 10
4 third reading. SENATOR StOuts bill pro
vidins for joint public and private libraries
in certain cases was ordered enErosScd.
The following bills were passed: Appropri-
atinE Sil6 to George II. Peabody: author
zng the commissioners of the public lands
to loan certain fuds,
On the 18th the Senate received an inv-
tatoh from President Adams to visit the
university OH the 18th. Senator Attsun
presented resolutions drawn up hN the Re-
publican club OF Milwaukee county protest
ing against the paSsaa" OF senator Jones
bill placing the appointment of city en-
giEecr and commissioners of board OF pull
liz works i'll Milwaukee ih the hands or city
service commission. fhe committee on cor
poratiottS reported the bill for Indefinite
noStponctncnt On notion nf Senator DcVUs
all rules were suspended and the Senat"
voted unanimously to indefinitely postpone
the uill The following bills were passed:
Three bills tn permit the Wisconsin Cen
trai railroad ~ reorGaiifzp: allowing any
corporation to purchase the stock anu IRAN
chiScS Of All insoivett r"rporati"h', pro
be parallel or iii competition with an, iiie
owGed ht the purchaser atithorlzihS jnintS
Munroe to maintain ferry across i'aEt
ST. CroiX. Mr.. Fogos bill conferrlhS addi
tioual powers on trustees of county a>y
lmS was ordered tn Il third reading sen
ator Mills int tuiuccd II bill establishing
superior thuft fBr itoueias rotittf and nn-
thrrizitig the Judge OF suia court to act Tor
the circuit Judge Iii case Of tile Inter dlS
ability. Mr SdltwednlS bll authorizing
th. appoint netit 6f trustees for til" nome
for irpridcEt children was lafi over hiitii
Friday morning, and Senator Harris hitl
lee. shipped ont nf the state Will he taken
nj I hutsHax e.ehlhg. 'iil introduced ny
Senator Harris: ftlatiha 20 rfsanlhitioh "i
corporatibus fHf tant cIiHtct of institutions
for care of feeble minded hhd inSatir r'F
sons was ordered enGrossed. 1he Sehfte
then took a recess until evening.
Al the session Of the Senate on the nl2ht
of the i4t Il cUiiihuniealinn was read from
Sttretaty of State Hay tfaiisihltiing Il pre-"
test dt the government df Switzrf'aho
agaiist legislation discriminating 44ailt>t
foreign iiisufnhet companies go, sitt3tt II,
IIay calls attt iiton t6 d treaty lot ~teu thiS
and tho Swiss government on the Hoiii's VI
yoIvtd. \ sipiiar communication mas he'
received Ht tie MINNESOTA Legislature:
rnSoIution liz Senator Rochr wis adoptci
ia allow senator DevtS 10 iitF1hufe a hiiI
nrn,i,Iinc for the payment 6f Il sum OF
money to Julius Andrae SONS COMPANY;
The committee reported for passage the M
to nnnropriatc 5000 to W. ii. flett. j. H.
Green ana Henry OverbeCk for expenses m
rurrrd rs delegates from Wisconsin To the
conference of state offc'als III r"saI,m I"
fish and game legislation; fis0 N wv wv 70
opprnpriaTe 500 to &. II. Ashfortt f"r "
inries received at Camp Douglas IN 1871.
Amonr the bills reported for passage was
one to correct the defect in regard 10 III"
election of the Milwaukee county poaiu,
oml tn leGnlizr the appointment OF deputir
and ,ndcrsherins by Sheriff burner OF MIL
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