Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-14

O'Neil said he thought the measure
one impossible of enforcement, the
parties sought to be reached residing
outside of the state. The measure
provides that the coal companies re-
port three times each year the
amounts of anthracite coal on hand
and the price to the consumers in
Wisconsin. The university appro-
priation bill was ordered to third
reading. 1t carries an aggregate of
S211 800 for two years, being for var
ious purposes-S4S,5 500 for the univer-
sity fund income and current ex-
penses, $500 for books for the H.
brary, 100000 for new buildings and
additions including the establishment
of department of domestic science,
and $500 for experimentation at the
farm. Senator Eaton's, compelling
mutual life insurance companies to
make annual accountings and divisions
with policy holders was killed. The
assembly committee on public health
and sanitation introduced a bill to ap-
propriate $4,000 for the establish
ment of health park for the treat
ment of tuberculosis. In the report
of the bill the committee calls at
tention to the ravages of this disease.
Four deaths day is the record of
Wisconsin statistics in regard to this
disease and nine-tenths of the deaths
of persons between the ages of 20 and
so years is due to it. The following
bills were passed: Valentines, to ap-
propriate $4,000 to the commissioners
of fisheries; Mr.. Bankers, forbidding
liquor in election booths; Mr. Benson's
repeating the law requiring expenses
of candidates in elections to be filed,
and providing for abatement of rent in
cases o. total or partial destruction of
building on leased property; Senator
WHY'S bill providing for the sanitary
regulation of bakeries was ordered to
a third reading.
Madison, May 6.-Final adjourn
ment is now expected to occur May
16. The crow bounty bill was adj
vanced to a third reading, 10 to 13.
The senate sustained the governors
veto of the North bill relating to the
passage of traction engines on the
public highway, the vote being 10 for
passage and Is for sustaining the
veto. The required number of votes
to pass bill over a veto is two
thirds of the house. The Lang bill
relating to combinations in restraint
of trade was non-concurred in. The
killing of the measure was JOY to the
druggists of the state because it
sought to prevent them from uniting
for the purpose of driving price
cutters out of business.
A move was made to reconsider
the vote by which had been passed
the Benson bill repeating the law
rquiring candidates to file expense
accounts, but it failed, AZ to 40. The
bill to provide a contingent fund for
the prevention of Asiatic cholera and
bubonic plague was on the calendar,
the senate refusing to recede from it's
amendment striking out smallpox
and other dangerous contagious
diseases" The assembly decided by
vote of 81 to AZ not to recede from
its position. The bill from the taxa
ton committee, relating to the
taxation of mortgages was referred
to that committee. Mr.. Smalley's
bill, making the misdemeanor of
selling liquor without license a prison
offence, was killed, 81 to %.
The bill introduced by David
Evans, providing for the submission
of the question of allowing women to
vote at a popular election was killed.
Mr.. Smoker was responsible for the
killing, casting the deciding vote
against the measure. The railroad
committee reported for indefinite
postponement the bill to have the
rate on coal in the state fixed at one
cent. per ton per mile. Mr.. Frear
and Mr.. Beedle presented minority
report and will fight on the floor for
the adoption of the Bill The COM
mittee on claims reported a bill to
appropriate $4,000 to build COM
pressed air system to furnish water
to the university and the capitol
The committee on state affairs re-
ported the grain inspection bill for
passage, with G. H. Smith dissentins.
Mr.. Dudgeons bill to prevent cor
rupt practices in securing nomina-
lions at primaries was killed without
any effort being made by its author
to save it.
Madison, May THE senate passed
the crow bounty bill. Mr.. McGilli-
ways joint resolution looking toward
constitutional amendment so that the
state could spend money in building
good roads was killed. The coal com