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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
WILL GET $4,000 A, YEAR AS
STAR REFEREE.
NEW INSURANCE SOCIETY
Former President Chosen READ of
Association Of companies-WiIi
Be Chief Counsel and Have Other
Important Work to Do-Holds
Equitable Trusteeship.

New York, Feb. 4.-Grover Cleye-
land, former president of the United
States, was elected chairman of the
association Of life insurance presi-
dents at a meeting of the executive
committee of that organization yes.
terday. Mr.. Cleveland's slection was
unanimous and he has accepted the
position.
The association of life insurance
presidents is composed OF the execu-
tives of the principal life insurance
companies OF Ills country The OBJ,
iect is to cooperate for all kinds OF
reform which, the members claim,
will increase the dividends of the
policyholders.
Mr.. Cleveland also will act as chief
counsel for the association. In addi,
ton to these duties, he will act as
referee In cases OF dispute between
the companies. For these services
he will receive from the association
$4,000 a year.
Mr. Cleveland will remain a trus-
tee OF the majority of the stock OF
the Equitable Life Assurance society,
but for these services he will receive
no compensation from any source.
The position of secretary or ,ne
association has oeen rendered to J.
V. Barry, at present state superintend.
ent of insurance of Michigan. Is
believed he will accept. The duties
OF the secretary are actively to re.
present the association In publicly
presenting the insurance side OF all
questions, from an association point
of view.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
PRgcepr AND PRACTICE.

James, dear. will you bring me up
a scuttle of coal from the cellar?'
said a busy wife.
That's just the way with you,
said James. with a frown, as be put
down his book and rose from the arm.
chair.
Just the way with me?'
Yes." he snapped. AS soon as
you see ne enjoying myself, you have
something or other for me to do.
Didn't you see was absorbed in my
reading?"
Well, dear, will do it myself"
Yes, and tell verybody-your
mother especially-th you have to
carry your own coal up from the cell
lar. NO, I'll do it. Let me mark
my place
So he marked the place in the book
at which he had ceased reading, and,
when he went down in the cellar
grumbling all the way. she picked up
the volume and found 1t was love
story, and that the passage he had
been absorbed in was as follows:
My darling. when you are my
wife | will shield and protect you
from every care The winds of heaven
shall not visit your face too roughly
those pretty hands shall never be
soiled by mental tasks your wish
shall be my law; your happiness
Just then he reappeared, and
dropping the scuttle upon the floor
said:
There's your coal. Give me my
book. ''-Tit-Bits.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
Judges elected by the people.

judges elected by the people.
A bill introduced in the assembly
by Mr.. Alldridge provides for free
text books, absolutely. Mr.. Brock
hansen offered an amendment TO the
child labor law to prohibit children
under IL gsars from appearing at
theaters and places of public enter
tainment, onoirs and the like ex-
cepted, and a penalty of from $40 to
500 is provided. The assembly
adopted the report of the committee
ON elections, seating Assemhlyman
Tiles by a majority of 81 votes after
a contest by his democratic opponent.
Willis Ludlow of Monroe
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
GERMAN SOCIALISTS STILL
ON THE ToBoGGAN SLIDE

Berlin, Feb. 3.--Reballots which oc.
Cured In IL districts Saturday for
election of members to the reichstag
show the anti-socialist tidal wave
stu running strong. Socialists lost
three seats to the radicals, conserva-
tives and national liberals and failed
to elect their candidates In FIVE other
districts, where they had secured re-
ballots
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
FEAR ANrrsEMETIc OUTBREAK.
Jews Of Odessa in State Bordering
on Panic

Odessa, Feb. 3.-The elements OF
the population OF this city who are OPP
posed to the Jews are renewing their
efforts to organize an antLJewish at
tack, and as result the people OF
Odessa, Of whom about one-third are
Jews, are in state bordering on
panic. During the past week not less
than so Jews, including a number OF
students and school boys, have been
stabbed and otherwise maltreated,
and numerous Jewish shops looted.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
Lightning Change.

The weather this morning, MISS
Dora"
20, don't talk about the weat'.e
Mr. Happenround. It's such a
dreary old chestnut
j was going to say. Miss Dora, that
the weather this morning, or any other
morning for that matter is a mighty
poor subject to use in starting a con
yersation. Clad you agree with me
Have you read Prof. Allbrains latest
brochure on the influence of hereditJ
as affecting the tendency Of the human
mind toward transcendentalism?
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
WOMEN BURN TO DEATH,
But Forty Families Escape from a
Tenement. M

Cincinnati, Feb. 3.--Mrs. Johann
Wolf and Mrs. Mary McIlvann were
burned to death in a fire which de-
stroyed the Marseilles building, a
tenement house at 123 Main street.
Several persons were slightly in
jured. All the other 40 families in
the building at the time escaped with
out injury. The loss is $4,000.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
Az He saw II.

Sportsman wishing for fresh fields
TO conquer)-I should like to try my
hand at big game.
Fresh Youth-yes: suppose you
find II very hard to hit these little
birds,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
PASSES PASS AWAY
IN SOUTH DAKOTA

Pierre, s. d., FEB. 3.--The house
passed the senate anti-pass bill with
few minor amendments The bin as
passed permits exchange OF news
paper advertising for transportation.
IT carries an emergency clause and
VIII become a law upon being signed
by the governor.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
First Legal Executions.

San Juan, Porto Rico, Feb. a.
Francisco Dones and Francisco RI
vera, Porto Ricans. were hanged here
for murder. Theirs was the first le-
gal executions by hanging In the his
tory 81 the island
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07

Leayenworth. Kansas, Feb. g.
Three companies OF the third battaI-
ION engineers. y. 8. A., left Fort Leav-
enworth Saturday by two special
trains for Cuba to make map Of the
sland on instructions from the war
department.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
only a rriae.

There's considerable water In he
lake you gave Princeton, Mr.. Carne.
gle"
"Hoot. mon, mere naething. Did
We but ken some CT my stocks, moo,
We MIGHT talk. Philadelphia Ledger.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
In Crimson culeh.

What became Of that man you ar
rested as horse thief?p
"Lynched," answered Piute Pete.
Il suppose that ends the matter.
NO some O. the boys uad their
doubts, so we're goin' to call some
Witnesses an git evidence that he
really were the guilty Wash
ington Star.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07

Madison, Jan. 31.-Senator A. w.
Sanborn INTRODUCED bill in the SEN
ate to create a new judicial circuit,
to be known as the nineteenth cir
cult Senator Sanborn intends to in
troduce joint resolution for con-
lstitutional amendment providing for
a Encouragement of the judicial cir
cults and permitting the legislature
cult The new circuit is to include
according to this bill, Florence For
est, Oneida and Villas counties. Sam
uel S. Miller is mentioned as the
man who will be made judge of the
new circuit. Senator Froemming in
troduced a bill delegating to common
councils the power to regulate gas
and telephone rates and Senator
Barker one prohibiting the sale of
adulterated or misbranded drugs and
liquors and providing a penalty Of
500 fine for each offepse Senator
Paul A. Husting, democrat, introduced
bill providing for two-cent fare
on all common carrier lines earning
-, 500 per year per mile on passenger
/ business. Senator Browne introduced
a OIL to provide for spring shooting
from April 10 to April 25, but no NAL
lard, teal or wood duck are to be
killed. Swan are protected all the
time by this bill and a limit of Is
/ Il .otye fr No. al. L..,x. to-.
Another bill by Senator Browne pro
poses to allow shooting of ducks from
an hour before sunrise to an hour
after sunset, instead of from sunrise
to sunset The residence district
option bill so familiar TO members Of
the legislature OF 1905, was intro
duced by Senator Browne. 1t al
ready has been introduced in the as
sembly. Its purpose is to keep saloons
away from homes. Senator Owen
introduced a bill to tax mortgages
and to make the law self enforcing
by providing that no mortgage that
has escaped taxation for any reason
SHAH have standing IN any court
Three bills affecting the state uni
versity made their appearance In the
assembly. One, introduced By As
semblyInan Cieary provides for gen
eral appropriations for the support
and Improvement OF the university:
another. Of which Fred Smith Is the
father. provides for special appro-
priation Of $4,000 for the sup
port Of the university extension and
correspondence school work the
third. introduced by AssembFman
Ledvina, aims to put the college Of
law on the same basis as the other
departments OF the university by
abolishihg the tuition feature Of that
college. Assenblyman cleary's bill
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07

Madison, Jan. Ex-senator Owen in
troduced a bill duplicate of which
was introduced in the assembly by
Mr.. Miller, providing for the crea-
ton of the Office of state deep water
ways commissioner, the officer to
draw salary of $4,000 year. A
bill to provide for the government OF
cities by commissions instead OF by
common councils was introduced by
Senator Noble Senator Owen came
to the relief OF Secretary of State
Frear and all his successors in the
Office of state, by introducing bill
providing that when the secretary
of state for any reason shall become
incapaciated to sign the warrants re-
quired by law to be signed by bin
in person, it shall be proper for him
to delegate the work of signing to
another person Senator Froem-
ming introduced reciprocal rail-
road denurrage bill. 1t provides
that railroads shall be charged 81 a
day for failure to deliver cars to ship
pers after a reasonable time after de-
mand, and the shippers are to be
charged 81 day for delay in load
ing or unloading the cars. The bill
Is designed to remedy car shortages
and facilitate business. It is also
provided that railroads shall move
shipments at least 40 miles a day.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07

provides that the appropriation of
100000 for the maintenance and inn
provement of the university, voted
for three years, be extended to six
years. A special appropriation of
$4,000 is added for the construction
of a woman's building. This appro-
priation is to continue four years.
The bill further provides that a new
department shall be added to the
university in a college of medicine.
An amendment to the statutes is sug
gested by Assemblyman Ledvina in
his bill providing for the abolition of
tuition in the law school. Two bills
are aimed somewhat at government
by injunction" Mr.. Grassie of Mil
waukee and Mr.. Thompson, social
democrat. are the sponsors, both of
which contain practically the same
provisions, namely, that no injunction
shall be issued by a court commits
sioner in proceeding in which mu-
nicipality is party, nor shall any
Injunction be issued except by a
county or circuit Judge upon notice
whenever municipality is party:
nor shall any injunction be is
sued except by a county or circuit
judge upon notice whenever a mu-
nicipality is a party. A radical
piece of legislation is proposed in the
interests of strikers by Mr.. Aldridge,
socialist, relating to injury to BUSH
ness and restriction of will That
part of the statute which provides
that it shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to wilfully or ma
liciously injure any business, or rep
tation, is amended to read that such
an act of annoyance shall be unlaw-
full except in the case of striking
workmen. In effect it tends to legal
ize an otherwise unlawful act for
the simple reason that it is being
performed by member of a union
The election contest for the seat of
Assemblyman Ties of Green county
was concluded before the committee
on elections. The contestant with
drew. Mr. Miller would call state
convention to revise the constitution.
A resolution submitting the question
to the people was offered by him.
Such convention would cost the
state probably quarter million dol
lars and would unsettle practically
jail the law established By supreme
court Interpretation in the half cen
fury past. Conservative sentiment
seems very strongly against the propo-
sition. 1--WE can amend the con
stitution as fast as it ought to be
amended in the old way" declared
a farmer member of the lower house
just after the Miner resolution was
offered.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
----'---'--'--- 49,
ETYMOlC.N

The sultan got sore on his harem
And invented scheme for TO scaren,.
SO he caught a mouse
Which he loosed in the house,
tTae confusion Is called harem-
scarem.)
Princeton Tiger.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
LOCOMOTIVE ExPLooEs.
Peculiar Accident May Result in
Three Deaths.

Lexington, KY, Feb. Shirlie
Cooley nagman, was killed, and J.
w. MCPHERSON, engineer, and Parry
sheets, fireman, were fatally Injured
near this city Saturday when the en-
CINE jumped the track, upset and ex-
ploded On the Louisville & Nashville
railroad
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07

Madison. Feb. SENATOR Frozen
ming of Milwaukee introduced a bin
to apply the examination system to
butchers and sellers Of meats by re-
tai. The bill is designed, according
to the title ito provide for the regu-
lation OF the operation of retail meat
markets and is proposed in the in
terests of the public health. The
measure provides for the establish
ment of a board of three examiners,
to hold Office by appointment of the
governor and for terms of two years
and to receive SO a day and expenses
for actual service. The retail meat
sellers of experience will be entitled
TO certificates, but those not now in
the business must take the required
examination. A registration fee of
81 per steak-cutter is provided and
for violation of the proposed law the
penalty Is fine of $25 to 500 or
Jail sentence of ten to 30 days. SEN
ator Bird introduced bill to author
lie counties to adopt the Bainn pocket
lions. This complicated ballot was
showed under by the people at the
last spring election. Senator owen
introduced a bill to require bond of
$4,000 instead of $4,000 from any reg
lister of deeds who may be required
to make abstracts of title in addition
to his duties as recorded
An important amendment to the
primary election law as suggested by
Assemblyman III. Hebron OF Milwau-
kee in bill which be offered in the
lower house. The effect OF the bill
| is to do away with the circulation of
lall nominating papers and petitions,
land makes mans candidacy depend
candidacy and the payment OF pre-
scribed fees. The measure pro-
vides for a scale of fees for state Of
fees $50, for county Offices $25. for
city Offices SIS and for all other Of
fees not mentioned the fee is IS. r.
n. Miller aims to regulate election
expenses by prohibiting expenses for
any other than the purposes related
in ais bill, Office rent. stationery and
hall rent In no case shall the
total expenses exceed 800 for every
5000 votes cast for governor In the
district at the last election. AS
semblyman Leroy introduced a bill
which provides that all the stone and
granite to be used in the construction
Of the new capitol or any other Wis
consin public building shall be taken
from Wisconsin quarries Govern
ment ownership Of railways. parcels
post and election OF federal judges by
the people are proposed In three joint
resolutions introduced In the assem-
bly, by social democratic members.
Carl ID. Thompson Is the author OF
the resolution proposing memorial
to congress for the bringing about 81
government ownership and operation
,of the railway systems Of this coun
try at the earliest possible date" In
line with this memorial for the es-
Establishment Of government owner
ship Of railways is resolution Of
fered by Mr. Thompson for the estab.
lishment Of parcelsp post system.
Assenblyman Brockh fhsen offered
the joint resolution calling for me
mortal to congress 70 have federal
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE


| of Markesan, one of the democratic
members of the upper house, intro
duced bill to change the form of the
official ballot The main purpose
! of it Is to encourage independent
voting by abolishing the straight
ticket circle which the law now pro
vides for the top of the ticket An
other bill by Senator Smith pro-
poses to abolish all free passes at
state or local fairs. The bill provides
/ in one section that no free passes
shall be given to any person what
ever, and another section provides
that any fair receiving aid from the
state shall not be entitled to such aid
unless the anti-pass provision be
lstrictly adhered to. The bill, if en-
off all free admittance 20 fairs, in
Guiding newspaper representatives.
commissioners, employees, officials,
horsemen and caretakers Of horses,
stock, exhibits, and all persons what
soever, Senator Lockney introduced
bill to provide that Grand Army
posts may fl. for safe keeping their
records with the county register of
deeds.
Assemblyman Stewart introduced a
Joint resolution providing for an
amendment to the constitution which
shall permit the imposition of taxes
on incomes Assemblyman J. F..
Bakers bill relating to the conduct of
liquor business within certain limits
provides that the electors in any res
idence district of 1000 electors may
prevent the granting of saloon IL
cense within those territorial limits,
which comprise any particular resi-
dence district" 1t is the idea in
volved in the Thayer bill of 1905. The
sole object is to keep saloons away
from homes as much as possible.
Assemblyman Curtiss introduced a
bill providing a minimum of $40 u
month for school teachers and a min
imum of 1S years as qualification
for any teacher. Assemblyman Esta-
brook aims to secure industrial edu-
cation in the graded schools by
means of a bill he introduced The
work in the schools will be partially
lsubject to the college of engineering
of the state university and a bonus
in the form Of state aid will be grant
ed the schools that come up to GER
tain requirements. Other bills were:
By Mr.. Thompson, limiting the hours
OF railway employees and telegraph
ers to eight hours day; by Mr.. Nor
lcross, appropriating $1,000 annually
to the Wisconsin Tobacco Growers
Association; by Mr.. Wehrwein, relat
Eng to the location of telegraph and
telephone poles and prohibiting the
cutting or mutilating of trees; by Mr.
Mel. ION, limiting the rate of taxes to
be levied by counties to 1h per cent
OF the total valuation; by Mr.. Kim
ball. providing for the taxation oil
trust companies on capital stock in
stead Of by license fee system; by
Mr.. Stout, providing for a poll tax Of
s1.50. Carl D Thompson presented
a resolution designed to be the first
step to commit Wisconsin to his sys
tenn of state insurance
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07

Senator Sanborn took the first step
toward relieving the congested con-
dition of the state historical library
by introducing a bill to appropriate
100000 for the construction of the
last wing Of the building. Other bills
were: By Senator Page. increasing
enness to 80 days in Jail; by Mr..
Browne, authorizing the university
regents to establish and maintain a
medical college; by Senator Hudnall,
giving to boards of directors of park
and drive associations the right to
condemn lands for park purposes out
side OF the corporate limits of the
city; by Senator, Roehr, authorizing
cities to establish schools for in
dustrial education.
For the purpose of restraining
married folks from carrying out
agreements to secure divorces by
stipulation or default of appearance
on the part of the defendant, Assem-
nlyman ] F. Baker introduced bill
in the lower house to require the dis
ltrict attorney to appear in behalf of
the state and oppose the granting of
each divorce for which suit is in
lsututed. Other bills introduced
we're: BY Mr.. Bancroft, increasing
the annual appropriation for the Wis
consin National guard from $4,000
to $4,000; requiring railroads to
maintain the block system and other
appliances for the safety of employees
and the public; by Mr.. Roethe, to in
clude "Quack'' grass in the list of
noxious weeds; F. Petersen, Jr., to
adopt the Massachusetts form of gen.
eral election ballot, which abolishes
the straight ticket" circle and the
party column; by Mr.. Weber, author
izing counties to pension blind per-
sons over Is years of age at $3.50 a
year; by John Scott, making counties
liable up to 500 for damages caused
by mad dogs; by Mr.. Goldsworthy,
requiring railroads to pay their share
for the matchmaking of crossings; by
F. Miller, requiring two years of ex-
perience before BARRIERS apprentice
can take state examination; by Mr.
Hager, increasing the appropriation
to the State Horticultural society
from $4,000 to $4,000 year. The
campaign Of the social democrats
for the relief of union strikers from
the operation of laws for the Just
protection of employers against
! lawlessness of discharged or striking
employees was illustrated when AS
lsemblyman Alldridge of Milwaukee
introduced bill providing that the
operation of the non-interference law
shall not apply to members of labor
unions while on strike. The non.
interference law forbids union men
aud others from interfering with men
who are hired to take the place left
lby workmen. Assemblyman Dom
achowski introduced an anti-smokins
bill. 1t provides that persons under
lis years of age who shall smoke
shall be subject to a fine of $40 OIL
80 days in jail. Business men who
shall tolerate such minors to smoke
in their places of business shall BIZ
subject to fine Of $25. and for the
second offense shall be subject to &
fine of $50 or 80 days in jail.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-07-18

knew how we missed ye till yed gone!
Pace fer We! Can find it? There amt
imp o perdition in town, includin'
myself, that wouldn't kill me if 1
couldn't! Yell have old Maggie's room,
my own aunt's. Ye remember how she
used to dance? Ha, ha! She's been
burnln' below these four years! And
we'll have the celebration of yer re-
turn this night. There'll be many of
,em will come when they hear ye're
back in Canaan! Well all hope ye're
goin' to stay awhilev
was seated on a plank by the water
edge fishing.
Mike" said Joe, "have you got room
for me? Can you take me in for a few
days, until I find a place in town where
they'll let me stay?"
The red bearded man rose slowly,
pushed back his hat and stared hard
ut the wanderer; then he uttered a
howl of joy and seized the others
hands in his and shook them wildly.
"Glory be on high!' he shouted. Its
Joe Louden come back! We never
ITO BE Continued