Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-02-21

Madison, Feb I'm the senate
Senator HI cutter introduced a bill to
establish and maintain county train.
ing schools for teachers in the com
mon schools, By this provision any
county where there is not a normal
school may establish and appropriate
money for the maintenance of oac Of
these training schools. Senator
Reynolds introduced bill to regulate
the sale and analysis of concentrated
food stuffs. A bill was passed sim
plifying the manner of changing
names.
The assembly became gravely
agitated over the transportation of
corpses and finally decided to bury
the subject 1t all came about when
Assemblyman Keene's bill drafted by
the state board of health. and drawing
much more rigidly the rules relative
to the carriage on cars of the bodies
of people who have died from con
tagious diseases came up for third
dissection with the scalpcl of his
sarcasm. He cut with a recklessness
which the desperation Of the case
seemed to warrant, demanding 10
know what business il was of the
state board of health TO seek to pre-
scribe, for instance, that bodies could
be shipped only on first class tickets.
A dead man might want to go second
class, who knows? At any rate It
was the railways business to fix
rates. Then the bill required bodies
to be wrapped in medicated cotton.
like an Egyptian mummy's, and the
embalming demanded was so elabor.
ate that the average undertaken with
an old pair of horses and hearse
could not do it. He wanted due care
exercised in the shipment of bodies,
but the present law was quite enough
Mr. keene thought Mr.. orion had
evolved mole hill into a mountain
The bill was what the national associ
alton of baggage masters demanded
and merely prescribes an up-tD-date
scientific manner for transporting
corpses. The bill was finally killed,
TEN. Nh Dahl introduced bill of
much interest to the various town
ships. II purposes to change the
whole system Of road control. Each
town is made a road district. This
is a complete change, as now there
l. &c, fgt tn,
each under a path master. The new
plan is 20 have three commissioners
in each town, elected by the towl
board 70 be paid sl.50 a man Will"
actuany at work Roads shall be
worked between May 20 and June 20
and Oct ] AMI Nov. / Other changes
require l6-foot road~ays on side bills
and elsewhere and also that bridges
be Of that width Another impor ant
bill was by Mr. Spratt. abolishiug the
oil inspcctorship. and still another re-
pea!ing the corrupt practices act
(Which is in conflict with the primary
election plan). A bin by Mr.. Ross
man prohibits any person or corpora.
ton to have. own or become interest
"a in more than one liquor license in
the state during the year Other
bills introduced We're: BY Mr.. +. A.
punishment OF persons who swear or
are disorderly in street cars 500 fine
or 80 days imprisonment, or both;
also, providing penalty for shooting
Of firearms or throwing of missiles
into railways or street cars; Mr.
spratt. providing that all notes
secured by mortgage Upon real estate,
exceeding 25 per cent. OF the value
Of such real estate. shall be assessed
TO the owners Of the notes, and the
sun thus assessed shall be deducted
from the assessed valuation OF the