Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-03-13


senate amendments. A bill was passed
appropriating $25O,0OO for government
participation in an exposition on the
waters near Hamton Roads to cele-
brate the first permanent settlement
of English-spcaking people in the
western hemisphere in the vicinity Of
Jamestown, Va.
Washington, March 3.-The senate
agreed to final conference reports on
the Indian, postofice, naval and sundry
civil appropriation bills A partial
report from the conferees on the river
and harbor bill was accepted, and
further conference ordered. The joint
resolution continuing in force the
Spooner law for the temporary gov
eminent of the Panama canal zone
and for continuing the work on the
canal was unanimously adopted A bill
was passed permitting two young
Cinnamon to receive instruction at
West Point. The conference report
on the river and haTbor bill was later
agreed to, passing the measure. The
conferees on the general deficiency
bill made a partial report, which was
accepted, and the conferees were or
dered to insist on the senate's posi-
ton in opposition to the house mileage
amendment. A joint resolution was
passed authorizing the acceptance of
Yosemite valley as an addition to
Yosemite national park
( The house agreed to conference re-
ports on the naval, Indian, sundry
civil and postofice appropriation
bills, which finally passed those meas
ures. The general deficiency bill was
sent to conference. Resolutions
were adopted authorizing the presi
dent to invite the international prison
congress to hold it's eighth meeting in
the United States in 1910, and author
izing the secretary of war to deliver
condemned cannon to the G. A. R.,
to be manufactured into badges and
buttons. Bills were passed authorizing
the secretary of war to sell magazine
rifles for the use of rifle clubs, and
empowering the president to allot
tribal funds to Indians sufficiently ad-
vanced in civilization. The house re-
coded from it's disagreement over the
mileage provision in the general de-
ficiency bill, thus passing the measure,
and adopted the conference report on
the river and harbor bill A joint res
o1ution authorizing special licenses
permitting restaurants, barber-shops
and certain other places to keep open
on Sunday, March 5, for the con-
venfence of Inauguration visitors
was passed after it was ex-
planned that the privilege did not In
c1ude saloons. A bill was passed fixing
the compensation of criers. land bailiffs
in the United States courts at So per
day instead of 81.
Washington, March 4.-The senate
convened at 10 O'Clock, with practically
no business before it. A resolution
was adopted to provide for the ex-
penses of the inauguration, and resO-
luton of thanks to President Pro Tenn
pore Frye was presented by Senator
German and unanimously passed. Sen
ators Allison and Bate, who we're APP
pointed members of the joint commit
tee to notify the president that con-
gress was ready to adjourn, reported
that the president had no further
communication to make. The oath
was administered to Vice President
elect Fairbanks, who, at the conclI-
sion of his speech, declared the senate
adjourned sine die. Immediately fol-
lowing the new senators and old sena-
+rpc rhn hoH nd
sworn in, the new senators being Bulk
ley of Connecticut, Burkett of Ne
braska, Carter of Montana, Flint of
California, Hemenway of Indiana,
Nixon of Nevada Piles Of Washington,
Sutherland of Utah and Rayner of
Maryland. The senate then proceed
ed to the outside platform to execute
the order for the inauguration of the
president. On returning to the cham
Der an order was adopted fixing the
hour of meeting during the extra SEES
sion at IL o'clock each day. and at
1:25 the senate adjourned until Mon
DAY.
The house met at 10 o'clock, continu-
ing the legislative day of March 2. The
conference report on a bill prohibit
ing the selection Of timber lands in
lieu of lands in forest reserves was
adopted. The usual committee was
appointed to join a committee of the
senate to notify the president that con-
gress had completed its business, and
then the house, at 11:10, took a recess
of twenty minutes, during which
Joint caucus" was held to present low
ing cups to Speaker Cannon and John
Sharp Williams, the minority leader.
Upon reconvening appointments were
announced of visitors to the military
and naval academies, temporary COM
mittee on accounts, commission to
examine into public printing and the
committee to attend the opening of the
Portland OREGON exposition. A res