Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-21

WISCONSIN ana resident Oh tlat city
for over half century, died from
The effects of bronchial pneumonia.
He was II years of age.
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Washington, Feb. 12.-President
Roosevelt sent to the senate a new
treaty with the republic of Santo Do
Lingo relative to the revenues of
that country. The new agreement is
confined entirely to the matter of col
lection Of revenues. The treaty pro-
yides that the total outstanding in
debtedness of the country shall be
capitalized at figure slightly below
$20,000,000, that bonds for this
amount which were issued by the
Dominican republic and floating
through New York banking house
shall be paid over to the creditors:
90 per cent of the customs col
lections of the redemption of
these bonds. which shall be redeem
able after 10 years at the rate of
l021a and are to run SO years. The
senate occupied the day in argu-
ment on the bill granting the gov
eminent the right to take appeal on
points of law in criminal cases. SEN
ator Patterson introduced a bill pro
yiding for the acquisition of railroads
by the government.
Representative Ransdell of Texas
introduced a resolution requesting
the president to inform the house
what agreements, If any, had been
entered into between the United
States and Germany affecting the tar
iff or propositions made by either
party affecting "the revenues of this
government, or its trade relations
with Germany"
Washington, Feb. 13.-The senate
passed bill giving the government
the right to appeal to the supreme
court for the construction of the con.
Istitutionality of any law involved in
criminal suit. The District of
Columbia appropriation bin, carry
ing nearly 81 100000, was passed
The conference report of the immi-
grafton bill was received and read
but action was deferred This bill
has been in the conference since the
last session of congress and the re-
port is brought forward at this time
to aid the administration in settling
the California school prob
lem. A message from President
Roosevelt urging the consideration of
legislation affecting public lands was
received and read.
The agricultural appropriation bill
was reported. The bill carries an
increase over the bill as 1t passed the
house in the appropriations for the
agricultural department proper. of
$iS4,1S0 and of $5.000,000 in the ap.
preparation for the forestry service,
bringing the total forestry appropria-
ton UP to ST 100000 and the total of
the bill to $500, 100. The principal
items of the increase outside of the
forestry service are: Thirty-five thous-
aud for experiment stations; $4,000
for grain grading Investigations.
$4,000 for soil Investigations: $685.
600 for experiments in animal feed
ing. The salaries of chiefs of ami
NAL industry chemistry and forestry
bureaus increased from $500 to So
600 each. The house appropriation
of s2SS,000 for free seeds is not dis
turbed
Washington, Feb. IA sudden de.
velopment of full fiedged filibuster
resulted In the senate when an at,
tempt was made to force the adoption
of the conference agreement on the
immigration bill. This report carries
ia provision intended to aid in the set
Element of the Acknowledgements
problem and speedy action was de-
sired by the administration senators.
Regarding the report with suspicion
Senators Bacon and Tillman at first
endeavored to have action delayed
that they might study the report.
When this was refused filibustering
began. Senator Bacon held the floor
two and half hours. Senator Till
man remarked that he was preparing
to make Today fight on the floor
against the report because he objected
to being run over as with an automo
bile. Senator Bacon objected that
the report changed the existing Law
in respects which he believed would
deprive the southern states from OBJ
tanning eve. meagre labor suppl,
from @5road which was available un
der the present immigration laws.
.rdce for the day was declares.. The
administration senator's were alarmed
by the apparent democratic hostility
Senator Knox spoke in defense Of tn,
fright OF Senator Smoot to his seat.
The naval appropriation bill occu
pied the time Of the house and it wa
almost completed.