Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-06-28

iuSul anu accounted LOT on MS cerlln-
cate solely.
There is hereby appropriated ont
of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the pur-
poses authorized by this act for the
fiscal year of 1907. the sum of s25..
000.''
Sundry Civil Bill Passed.
The greater part of the day was
devoted to discussion of this cues
ton, but considerable other business
was also transacted, including the
passage of the sundry civil approprl.
alton bill. There was an effort to
strike out of that bill the provision
prohibiting canteens at the soldiers
homes, but instead it was made
stronger. The bill as passed car
ries S102, 400 900. The bill also re-
tains the house provision for loci,
canal.
The senate also accepted the con-
ference report on the District of Co.
lumbia appropriation bill and also the
conference report on the postoffice
appropriation bill.
The senate also adopted the Joint
resolution introduced by Senator Nc.
Laurin expressing sympathy with the
Russian Hebrews, on account of the
recent massacres. and passed Senat.
or Brandegee's bill appropriating 49,.
100000 for the purchase of lands in
the White mountains and Appallach-
ian mountains for forest reserve pur.
poses.
Agree on Niagara Bill.
The conferees on the Berton bill
for the preservation Of Niagara Falls
reached an understanding, which will
result, it is predicted, in an agree
ment on the measure. The differ
ence between the senate and house,
which has caused the difficulty, is the
senate amendment intended to per-
init certain manufacturing company
at Pittsburg to receive power from the
falls. The conferees have arrived at
the same conclusion, the only diff
Guilty now being the correct wording
of the amendment to permit this com,
pany to obtain the desired current.
New Chief Statistician.
DR.. Cressy L. Wilbur of Michigan
has been appointed chief statistician
OF the vital statistics in the census
bureau, vice William A. King, de-
ceased. DR.. Wilbur was expert spe.
cial agent in the same bureau.
Rate Bill Delayed.
The conference report on the rail-
road rate bill was not filed in the
house yesterday as expected The
report has been drawn and signed by
the house conferees and also by Sen
ator Elkins of the senate conferees.
Senator Tillman objected to one feat
ure OF the settlement and Senator
Cullom, it is understood, will sign
the report today. Senator Tillman s
objection is to the proposition which
would apply the McLaurin commodity
amendment to the railroads only in
stead OF to common carriers so far
as it prohibits them from carrying
commodities which they produce.
What is regarded as an important
amendment, which was agreed to yes.
terday, was the striking out of tn }
word ''wilfully'' in the provision
which forbids the granting of or ac.
cepting of rebates The word
knowingly" was left in. The eff
feet is that a person must simply
knowingly offer or receive re.
bate, it not being necessary to prove
that the act was "wilfully" done.
Postoffice Bill Reported.
The completed conference report
on the postoffice appropriation bill
was presented to the senate yester
day by Senator Penrose. All but
few of the differences were settled
ten days ago and at that time the
agreements were made public. The
amendments that continued in dis
pute, together with the manner of
their disposition by the report made
yesterday, follow:
The senate provision permitting
patrons of rural free delivery mail
routes to furnish their own boxes
was stricken out. The amendment
giving rural carriers IS days annual
leave was accepted. The provision
which required that the postoffice de-
partment should make no regulation
which would forbid any postmaster or
rural carrier from furnishing a senat-
or from state the names of those
to whom he delivers mail in that
state, nor to representative or dele
gate the names of those to whom he
delivers mail within the district or
territory so represented, was stricken
out.