Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-12


| streets in cities of the first class. At the
| opening of the session resolution by Mr..
Mosher was adopted expressing regret in
| the death of J. d. c. Fulton. BY vote of
| n to 3J the Assembly refused to advance
| to third reading the Mailer bill to regulate
the transportation of corpses. Senator
/ Lamoreux's bill to authorize municipalities
/ to issue bonds to improving telephone con
| nectiOns was sent to the committee on town
and county organization. Mr.. Hall made
| spirited speech i'll opposition to measures
which provide for the reorganization OF the
| Wisconsin Central Railway company. Their
| purpose, he said, was to permit the road
| after it's reorganization to bond and stock it
| to an unlimited extent. The three bills
| were laid over till Tuesday.
| The Assembly On the 18th rid itself of the
| antipass question for the time being and
| shifted the scene of action to the Senate
| temporarily. Speaker Ray came to the
| conclusion, after consulting with Mr. Hall
| Judge Orion and other parliamentarians
| that the adoption of the conference report
| the week before passed the antlpaSS reSo-
| luton. He announced his decision and the
| clerk messaged it over to the Senate. The
| speaker had previously held that separate
| action upon the substitute resolution report
ed by the committee was necessary, and the
ruling was made in order to remove any
doubt that might exist to the legality
of the action on the resolution. The first
bill for passage was one by Gen. Bryant
making an appropriation to pay the sub
who sustained loss through the failure OF
the main contractor. There was long de
Odlc over H. DuC the DlIl unl1lV passed Dy
a vote of 50 to 81 Senaeor Roehr's bill
legaliZing the appointment of the deputies
in the Sheriffs office of Milwaukee county
and his bill relating to police and fire de.
partment associations were concurred fn
Other bills were passed as follows: Relat-
ing to the unlawful sale Of liquors; relating
to notices of election: relating to town :.nd
village elections; relating to the laying out
of highways; relating to who may vote at
district school meetings; for the establish
ment of training schools for teachers in
! lat fn To
McGoWan; to prevent deception in sale of
faxSeed or linseed oil; relating to Milwau-
kee Plank Road company; authorizing a
dam across Chippewa river; relating to re-
ports of tax levy by county and city clerks;
relating to warehouse receipts; relating tC
superintendent of city schools relating to
free high schools; relating to transfer of
trust funds. Senator Green's bill to change
the levy Of the school tax in Milwaukee
from October to March was killed. The bill
to appoint commission for an exhibit at
, the Ohio centennial was laid over till next
Thursday Senator benefits bill relating
to the licensing of bicycles was killed. The
bill to appropriate $151, 600 to the university
for various improvements, including q new
machinery hall to cost 100000. was the
subject of some debate. and was finally laid
over. The following Senate bills were or
dered to third reading: Providing COM
pensation for officiating chaplains: granting
relief to George III. Ashford; authorizing the
acknowledgement to audit accounts relating
to commencement of civil actions; relating
to fire Insurance companies; relating to
luuIustI lOd1 anu Dullulng aSSOcl0tlOQS. re-
latlng to duties of factory inspectors; author
lzing appointment of assistant factory in
SpectorS: to prevent the Introduction of San
Jose scale; relating to organization of BIZ
cycle insurance companies: relating to APP
preparations for teachers Institutes; re-
latinS to county courts; relating to levy
of school taxes in cities: regulating the pay
ment OF wages; to provide for the eXamina-
ton of school board accounts; relating to re-
Insurance: increasing efficiency OF state IL
brary commissions; relating to general city
charter law. Mr.. Wheeler moved to recon
slider the vote by which the bill to make
an appropriation to the Womans home at
Eau Claire had been killed, and the motion
was carried. 1t was moved 20 lay the bill
over and that motion carried by Il vote of
so to 81. The Senate bill to correct an error
in the freight line taxation bill was passed
under suspension of rules. Mr.. kiIlilea in
troduced Il bill to correct the defects in the
bill to allow the city treasurer of Milwau-.
kee to collect taxes at any time, which was
vetoed by the governor. bill to change
the form of legal fences was killed by
vote of 20 to IS. Mr. Baldocll's bill chang
ing the form of the official ballot was or
dered to a third reading The following bills
were killed: Relating to elections; relat
ing to common schools relating to civil
service in certain countless relating to
drainage districts; relating to insurance cor
poratiOns; relating to manual training in
schools and appropriating money for same;
reducing price Of land in Door county; re-
lating to change of grade Of streets in cities.
The Assembly then took a recess until 1880
p. N.
The evening session of the Assembly on
the It'll was short and was mainly devoted
to receiving reports of committees.
The Assembly opened on the Sth with
lively scrap over the matter of adjourn
ment, but it was finally decided that a SEES
sion must be held at 2 d. NJ on the 10th
under the provisions of a resolution adopt
ed a week ago. Mr.. Lange moved that the
rules be suspended for the passage of Sen
ator Whitehead's bill re-enacting the law
relating to fire and police commissioners in
cities of third and fourth-class omitted by
the reyiserS, and his motion was adopted.
The bill was cOncurred in. new bill was
reported from the committee on privileges
and elections requiring the use Of the Aus
tralian ballot system at town elections.
One of Senator Roehrs bills relating TO
the board of trustees of the Milwaukee hos
pital for the insane was concurred in under
suspension of the rules and the other was
sent to the committee on claims. Mr..
Lange's bill relating to the holding of eau
cuses was laid over until Tuesday morning
and Mr.. Wells bill relating to drainage
canals was laid over to the same time The
a lien or threshing grain; providing com
pensation for officiating chaplains; relating
to organization of bicycle insurance com
panies; granting relief to George Fl. Ash
ford; relating to use of emery wheels; relat-
ing to appropriations for teachers insti-
tuteS; relating to commencement OF CIVIL
actions authorizing the Acknowledgement
to audit accounts: relating to county courts;
relating to the levy of school taxes in cities;
regulating the payment of wages; to provide
for the examination of school board ac-
counts: relating to reinSurance; relating
to fire insurance companies; relating to mu-
tual loan and building associations; relat-
lug to duties of factory inspectors; increas-
ing efficiency of state library commission;
authorizing appointment of assistant fac
tory inspectors; relating to general city
charter law. There long debate over
a bill to permit cities to aid in building
telephone exchanges, but a vote was not
reached. Senate bills ordered to
third reading as follows: Appropriating
$1,000 to Michael Gleason: to prevent the in
PRODUCTION of San Jose scale. The Assem-
bly, adjourned until p m. on the 10th.
How Roman Malaria is Spread.
Prof Grassis discovery that the Ro-
man malaria is spread by a particular
species of gnats has been verified in
curious manner at the Santo Spirito hos
pital at Rome. All attempts to COM
municate the disease to animals had
failed when a patient in the hospital vol
unteered to have the experiment tried
on himself. He was exposed to the
gnats, developed the fever, his blood
showing malaria bacilli, and was then
treated with quinine. The doctors think
that they are now in a way to discover
a serum that will render people immune
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