Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-04-10

| incumbent. Mr.. Peterson's term ex-
pired last December. 1t is understood
that Senator Clapp is favorable to the
appointment Of Johnson, while Sena-
| tor Nelson is for the reappointment OF
Peterson.
Senior Concha. Colombian minister,
has delivered to Secretary Hay a
protocol between the United States
and Colombia embodying the terms I'M
der which Colombia will agree to con
cede the rights necessary for the con
struction of a Panama canal. Colombia
gives unqualified consent to the sale
of the rights of the new Panama Canal
company and the consummation OF its
offer of 100000 900.
A bill to punish anarchy and as
sault upon the president or state Off
provides that an assailant OF the
president of the United States or any
officer in the line of succession shall
be electrocuted and his body be ere.
mated or disposed of in some secret
way. Life Imprisonment is provided
for assault upon these officers with
intent to kill.
At Louisville the jury in the suit of
st. John Boyle. an attorney against
J. w Henning, a New York stock
broker for $4,000 alleged to be due
owing to certain speculative transac-
lions in Northern Pacific stock in May
1901, returned a verdict in favor of
the defendant for s21 1000, which Mr..
Henning, in counter suit claimed the
plaintiff owed him owing to the same
transactions.
The senate committee has reported
fayorably bill providing for the es-
tablishment of a biological station on
the great lakes, to be under the con
troll of the United States fish com
mission. The sum of $4,000 is APP
propriated for an investigation to
determine where the station shall be
located. The bill designs several
states affording good locations for
ESuth station, and included are Wis
ccnsin, Minnesota and Michigan.
The democratic members of the
senate committee ON the Philippines
have agreed upon a substitute for the
government bill. 1t provides that the
United States shall relinquish all
claim of sovereignty, but that the
United States shall continue to occupy
and govern until the people there shall
have established a government, and
until such sufficient guarantees have
been obtained for the performance of
our treaty obligations with Spain and
for the safety of those inhabitants who
have adhered to the United States and
for the maintenance and protection of
all rights which have accrued under
the authority thereof"
Ex-President Manuel A. San Gle
mente of Colombia. aged 80 years,
died March 10 at Villeta, a few miles
from Bogota. San Clemente was
elected president in November, 1898,
and DR.. j. NJ. Marroquin was elected
vice president. In August, 1900. it
was officially announced from Bogota
that DR.. San Clemente. being phys-
cally and mentally unable to exercise
the duties of president and his indefi-
mite absence from the capital on ac-
count of his poor health having made
impossible the regular progress of af-
fairs which encouraged and pro-
longed the civil war the people of
Bogota publicly demanded that DR..
Marroquin. the vice president. should
assume the reins of government,
which the latter eventually did in the
same month From that time on vari-
Gus reports in connection with the
president and vice president of Colon
bia have been in circulation, the gen
eral belief being that San Clemente
was practically ia prisoner at Villeta.