Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-02-19

election ballots as the nominees of any
political party. To allow cities to
establish and maintain lighting plants
for the purpose of furnishes lights
for commercial purposes in acompeti-
ton with private lighting ple.nts is the
purpose of bill introduced by Assem-
blyman z. W. Evans. The part
of the statute which the bill would re.
peal states that no city shall at any
time establish a lighting plant to do
private lighting in competition with the
plants of private corporations Or
private individuals, The only method
by which a city can establish light
ing plant under the present law is to
purchase the plants already existing in
the city.
Madison, Feb. 10.-A bill creating a
grain and warehouse commission for
the city of Superior. and for the IL
censing and regulating of elevators
and warehouses, and the storage
weighing and inspection OF grain in
said city was introduced in the senate
by Senator Hudnall. Another bin
was by Mr.. Stout, making en- addition
al appropriation to the University of
Wisconsin of $217,0O0 Rebates will
be tabooed in Wisconsin if bill in
troduced in the assembly by Henry
Johnson, an Oconto farmer, becomes
a law 1t provides that no person
association, or corporation carrying
freight to be carried in this state,
shall allow any rebate. deduction or
any prefernce to any shipper, and no
shipper may receive or accept apy re-
bate, on account of the shipping of
posed. In some little way the day WGs
an appropria ion day in the assembly, |
several bill having been presented
for drafts on the public exchecker,
Mi Morris Of Iron River proposed On
increase in the ST Louis fair sppro.
rriaGon from $4,000 to $4,000, and
CT the commissioners from to 7.
Mr.. Ccfnaud Of Richlaui would appro-
pirate $4,000 for the puIehsaa of live
stock for the unlgeraity farm, and Mr..
Williams CT Cambria put in o measure
for $4,000 monument in the Arder-
sonlille cemetery, Georgia. Mr..
Lord offered a bill making an annual
appropriation of s25O.O00 to The nor
nal schCol fund income. Yet another
bill by him requires the collection and
publication of statistics concerning
the manufacture, sale and consump-
tion of all intoxicating liquors, with
the results thereof" Refusal to
ansv er questions is made punishable
by a maximum fine of 800. Mr..
Koch presented bills appropriating
$500 to the Eastern Wisconsin Fire
mems association and $1,000 year
to the Wisconsin Cheesemakers' asso-
citation. Mr.. Sn elker would have
Walter Schmidt, en- inmate of the
Waukesha reform school, given $4,000
for injuries received in 1901 and Mr.
Westfahl desires $1,000 voted to the
first Wisconsin battery. Other bills
were: By Mr.. Gilran requiring rail
way ard street car companies to rex
port annually to the labor commits
sioner all accidents at street inter
sections; by Mr.. Douglas, requiring
third grade school teachers to pass
in the history Of industrial and COM
mercial science in the United States
and authorizing the governor to APP
point three persons to prepare suit
able textbook on that theme; by Mr..
Hanm, re1airing 9 license of $500 a
ar fGCn4 pertrns conducting ohattel
l0ca e1tablighports ard limiting their
interest To 10 per cent; by Mr. Aims
worth providing that when sheriffs are
paid by salary the minimum shall be
81 200 and range ND &c $4,000 accord
ing to population, and elso allowing
some fec. The Kinney house bill
requiring persons getting marriage
licer se8 from judges to pay fee Of So
WIS passed. The rate is 81 where
they are obtained in the regular way.
Madison, Feb. 11.-Scores of bills
were introduced today, Friday being
the last day on which new business
may be received, and the subjects
were about as numerous as The meas
UICS. III Dill introduced by oeHaLOE
Miller becomes a law the state univer-
sity anatomical department will be
the heir Of all the cadayers in the
state that are not claimed by relatives
of the decendents. A humane bill is
by Senator Whitehead Other import
ant measures in the senate were:
To prohibit the use Of trading stamps;
providing for the sanitary regulations
Of bakeries and ether factories where
food products ara manufactured; maxi
ing it unlawful to employ children I'M
der IS years of age in shops, etc; re-
curing the use Of voting machines;
giving the state superintendent sal
airy of $4,000; requiring that all tele-
phone companies in places where
there ere two or more exchanges shall
interchange messages; giving county
boards the power to take charge of
jails, elect jailors and provide for the
care of prisoners: appropriating $780,
900 for the levies of Portage and
vicinity; to prevent the docking of