Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-02-23
Madison, Feb. 10.


The legislative coal investigating
committee has not completed it's
labOrs, as was thought week ago.
Subpoenas were issued yesterday for
the four Wisconsin coal dealers who
were indicted and fined by the Chi
cagO grand jury which investigated
the coal combines in January, to COM
pei them to appear before the legisla-
tive investigating committee here to-
day. .J-
With the examination of these wit
nesses the taking of testimony is ex-
pected to close and the commission
will then formulate the report which
it will submitntO the legislature.
Favor Taxing Bank Stock.
The senate committee on assess
ment and collection of taxes decided
yesterday afternoon to recommend for
passage the tax commission bill pro
viding. for the taxing Of bank stock.
The hill is a short one and makes but
few changes in the present system OF
taxing. banks. All the capital stock
of national, state and private banks is
to be- taxed as personal property Of the
men holding the stock, though the as
SCISSOR is required to enter it on the
tax roll as separate. Whatever real
estate is actually used for the use OF
the bank is to be exempt from taxa
ton.
Must Report Accidents.
The assembly committee on rail
roads yesterday afternoon decided to
report for passage the bill requiring
all railroad companies and street rail-
ways to report to the commissioner OIL
labor statistics all accidents at cross
ingS, and also the Crowley bill requlr-
ing. interurban lines to equip their
cars with suitable toilet rooms.
T. H. Gill Of the Wisconsin Central
and NJ @. Ring of the Northwestern
appeared before the committee but Oh
fered no objection to the bill requlr-
ing railroads to report crossing accl-
dents, though they argued at length
against the David Evans dangerous
crossings till, and BreitWisch switch
requiring railroad companies to fur
nish suitable depots in villages OF over
800 inhabitants. The Evans, Brett
wisch and Bartlett bills will come up
for further hearing today.
Fairs After a Senator.
Senator Wylie is in trouble. With
in the last 10 days he has received
more mail than all the other 90 SEN
ators combined; all letters, and every
one has been a protest. Yesterday he
sat behind a bundle of letters so high
that he could scarcely see over them
and told every newspaper man who
approached him just what he thought
of the press. None of his expressions
were particularly complimentary.
Once he even intimated that he Woulo
introduce a resolution creating press
censor.
Senator Wylie's letters are from the
managers and others interested IN the
various county fairs of the state, pro-
testing against the bill introduced by
the senator to prevent fairs receiving
permanent and specific appropriations
from the state from holding their falrS
on conflicting dates. In all the pub
Iished accounts of the bill, the meas
ure is reported to be one to prevent
county fairs from holding their meet
ings on conflicting dates, and 1t is
against the bill as reported in the pa
pers mat the letters are protesting.
Inasmuch as the bill does not effect
county fans at all, but applies only to
the state fair in Milwaukee, the inter
state fair at La Crosse and the North
ern Wisconsin fair at Chippewa Falls,
there is no objection to the measure
as it was drawn and introduced. The
provisions attributed to the bill in the
newspaper accounts of it are alone re-
spons1Ole for the storm Of protest
which has nearly overwhelmed the
senator.