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A Connecticut scorcher went over his
handle-bars and broke his neck.
Wheelmen will be relieved to hear that
his bicycle was a high-grade one and
not seriously injured.
focussing Queen Victoria's long
Stance reign, do not overlook the fact
Jiat the Prince of Wales has long been
eligible to honorary membership
the Waiters' union.
The arguments against the use of the
bicycle by women are pretty certain to
fall to the giound in the presence of
the fact that the most ardent cham
i pions of the wheel are female physi
cians.
The young man who was sent to the
bridewell for stealing an encyclopaedia
may console himself with reflecting
that the particular thing he wanted
to know about wasn't in that encyclo
paedia, anyhow. It never is.
I)ohgola has fallen and Queen Vic
toria has reigned longer than any oth
er British sovereign, and yet Poet Lau
reate Austin has not tuned his lyre
and sung of either event. When poets
are paid a salary they ought to earn it.
A French physician is reported to
have discovered a sure cure for snake
bite. The discovery is, however, not
likely to bring about the disuse of a
certain old fashioned and popular rem
edy.
And now the leading bill posters of
New York city have formed a paste
trust The people should stick to it
until that trust is smashed, if they
have to employ every billy goat in
the country to eat up the sheets pasted
on the bill-boaids.
The last English dynamite scarce
seems to have been due chiefly if not
wholly to the creative imagination of
Scotland Yard. It is really a pity that
the men who might again force Eng
land to the front rank as authors of
attractive fiction are on the police
force.
JK The Spanish premier, Senor Ganovas
del Castillo, denies that Gen. Weyler is
!,_ to be retired from command in Cuba.
'.He is satisfying the demand of the
ruling classes for blood. Spain will
continue to ship the sons of her peas
5 ants to the island. She has buried
many armies there for the purpose of
perpetuating her miserable rule.
A plot is said to have been discovered
to overthrow the government of Ni-
f- caragua and kill the president, and the
'r Conservatives are accused of having
instigated it. The names of political
parties south, of us do not sound in
harmony with the eternal fitness of
things.
The prevalence of destructive storms
'*ls attributed to the country's loss of
^timber. No doubt that has something
to do with it, but possibly the increase
is not in the number of storms so much
as in the number reported. Not long
ago the general public heard of not
more than one a hundred. Now not
^one in a hundred escapes the newspa
pers.
0? Cultivating literature on a little oat
meal may be well enough, but when it
comes to perpetuating the fame of au
thors by statues, there are certain in
,yfconveniences attending too thin a diet.
gw One of the objections made to having
a statue of Stevenson erected to him
in Edinburgh is that Stevenson was
too thin to appear well in a statue.
Thin authors will please take notice,
and at once lay in a supply of certain
foods warranted to produce a pleasing
rotundity of form.
An Indianian, being jilted, ate three
bars of soap. Don't set him down at
once as a would-be suicide. He may
be a philosopher. He was sick with I
love. He wanted to be cured of it.
The condition of the stomach has much
to do with the degree of love, in very
many cases. The Indiana man perhaps
knew that the divine emotion -would
not trouble a man who had three bars
of soap in his stomach. The man may
have trouble with his soap, but he'll
hardly be able, in the future, to think
of the girl without that strong, soapy
taste in his mouth. In short, he's
cured. And at three bars of soap, it's
a dirt cheap cure, too.
A romantic story comes from Spain.
A female pastry cook in Madrid claims
to have recognized her lost husband
in a brigadier general Her story is
that he was a cobbler when she mar
ried him, moie than forty, years ago,
and that he left her and enlisted in the
army. He has now, she says, taken
the name of a former comrade, whose
Widow he had married. She has de
scribed a number of private marks,
which are said to have been discovered
on the body of her quondam spouse.
No doubt a strawberry mark on his
left arm was one of tbsm. If this
etory has any moral, it is that from
the high rank which this man has at
tained, a shoemaker should not air
W&SB stick to bis last
THE NgWS RESUME.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
A Comprehensive Review of the
Important Happenings of the
Past Week Culled From the Tel-
eerrapli ReportsThe Notable
Events at Home and Abroad That
Have Attracted Attention.
The Nation's Capital.
The president has appointed H. A.
Emery interpreter at the United States
consulate at Che Foo, China.
The controller has appointed William
A. Douglass of Buffalo, N. Y., receiver
of the First National Bank of Spring
ville, N. Y.
The Indian bureau has received a tel
egram from Tusgogee, Ind. Ter., where
election trouble was feared, saying
that the counting of votes is progress
tog and that everything is quiet.
The president has appointed William
H. White of Virginia to be United
States attorney for the Eastern district
of Virginia to succeed Francis It. Las
siter, ho took too active a pait in poli
tics.
The merchant marine of the United
States on June 30, 1896, according to
the completed tabulation of the bureau
of navigation, comprised 22,028 vessels
of 4,703,880 gross tons, a decrease of
830 vessels, but an increase of 68,000
tons over the previous yeai.
People in Print.
Henry Clay, aged seventy-four, an
officer in the Union army during the
late war, and a scholar of some celeb
rity, died at his home Elkhart, Ind.
Col Robert P. Todhunter, one of the
oldest and wealthiest breedeis of trot
ting horses, is dead at Lexington, Ky.
He bred many famous horses.
Miss Virginia Fair denies absolutely
that she is to many H. Maitland Ker
sey of New York. The report of their
engagement comes as a rum'or from
the Eastern metropolis, with the addi
tion that Kersey is now endeavoiing
to secure a papal dispensation
J. M. Barrie, the well known Scotch
novelist, accompanied by his wife, ar
rived in New York city on the Campa
nia. They will go immediately to Can
ada as the guests of Lady Aberdeen.
Mr Barrie has come to America for a
six-weeks' rest.
Casualties
Seven persons were killed by a train
wreck in Kansas.
A welcome rain quenched the fires
threatening Nestona, Humboldt and
other towns in Northern Michigan.
Edna Farson, five years old, fell
New York and her teeth cut her tongue
almost in two. She bled to death.
A freight train on the Burlington
road crashed into a passenger tram at
Krum, Iowa. Flagman Henry Mahr
of Burlington, was crushed to death,
but no one else was injured
Earnest Archer, aged twenty-four, of
LaGrange, Ind., accidentally shot him
self while out hunting. He was show
ing his companion some marks on a
tree with the butt of his gun, when it
exploded.
A brief telegram received at San
Francisco by William Olson, the ves
sel owner, contains the announcement
that three vessels were lost at the
same time, within a short distance of
each oth'T, the Gulf of California,
near Altata.
While superintending the raising of
a Democratic flag pole at Morris, 111.,
Harry T. Baldwin was knocked off the
crosstree by the topmast falling upon
him. He fell to the ground, a distance
of ninety feet, and was instantly
killed.
Several men started in a skiff recent
ly to cross the river from Canton, Mo
where they had been attending a polit
ical meeting. When about fifty feet
from the Illinois side the boat upset
and John Reed, George Withrow and
John Sims were drowned.
Evil Doings.
Miss Laura Bendolan cimmitted sui
cide at Fremont, Neb. A love affair is
thought to have caused the act.
Josiah J. White, a New York broker,
Is under arrest, charged with breach of
trust.
Walter M. Castle of San Francisco,
whose family is one of the most prom
inent in the city, is under arrest in
London, charged with shoplifting.
George Ward, aged 84, of East Sagi
naw, Mich., is missing at New Orleans,
and the police fear he has met with
foul play. He came to this city to at
tend the carnival.
The mysterious "Johnson" charged
by Alfred Bercham with being the prin
cipal in a tobacco smuggling scheme
uxco^ered in Detroit on June 2 last,
"was arrested by Special Agent O. F. E.
i"Wcod and taken to Detroit.
rA young woman of Arkoe, Mo., has
been arrested for the murder of Mrs.
John Baumley near that place recently
It is said that she was in love with Mr!
Baumley, and'fe supposed to have mur
dered the woman out of jealousy and
BO that she could marry her husband.
The young lady confessed.
Two years ago Constable Fred Win
xnann Incurred the ill-will of the uni
versity students. He heard they intend
ed to kill him and went crazy over it
To-day he struck his brother John on
the head with a stick of stove wood
crushing the skull. He has fled and the
brother is dying.
Asa C. Cutter, a former trusted em
ploye of the Hannah & Lay company
at Traverse City, Mich., has beetf ar
rested, charged with making threats
against the life of Perry Hannah, se
nior member of the company, and
Traverse City's millionaire merchant
and founder of the city. Cutter pleaded
rot guilty, r*^,
Foreign Goralp.
Imperial Secretary Li Hung Chang
has arrived at Tien Tsin, China. ^||3
Germany ie now agitated by a^rW
port that Greece and Roumania have
Joined the dreirbr.nd. %-^fi gSMif
Henry Bryan Reed, Conservative
member of the British parliament for
the Eastern division of Bradford, and
a well known lecturer on church and
political subjects, is dead.
The London Chronicle Sftys that 11
learns from a good source that the
czar and Lord Salisbury have agreed
upon a policy for the ultimate deposi
tion of the sultan.
Consent has been given i$jr
the Chi
nese government for the building of a
branch of the Silesian railway across
North Manchuria with the pre-emption
clause giving China the right to pur
chase the branch after thirty years.
The crisis in Crete is by no means
ended. The entire population of the
interior of the island is still under
arms, and the leaders have announced
that they will renew hostilities unless
the Turkish garrisons are withdrawn
from Crete.
A second explosion occurred at Bulu*
wayo, Matabeleland, a large powder
magazine being destroyed. Five white
persons were killed and many serious
ly injured. Scores of Kaffirs camping
in the vicinity of the powder maga
zine were crushed to death by the fly
ing fragments of the huge rocks.
Miscellaneous.
The coal trade is very dull and prices,
it is promised, will not advance.
The Rock River, 111., conference Las
voted against admitting women to the
general conference also against in
creasing laymen delegates.
'The Tyler Car and Lumber company,
one of the largest lumber concerns in
Texas, has been placed in the hands of
a receiver.
William B. Rose has been appointed
receiver of the stock of B. L. Price &
Co, clothing manufacturers of New
York, in proceedings for a dissolution
of the firm liabilities, $125,000.
The national campaign committee of
the gold standard branch of the Dem
ocratic party has formally organized in
Chicago Chairman Bynum is chairman
and John H. Hopkins vice chairman.
Matihew W. Bernman, a wealthy
cigar manufacturer and club man of
Chicago, has been sued for breach of
promise by Miss Ida H. Loser, who es
timates the damages she is alleged to
have sustained at $50,000.
Congressman Joseph J. Hart of the
Eighth Pennsylvania district, who was
renominated by the Democrats, has
withdrawn in the interests of harmony.
This leaves but two candidates in the
field, Laird Barber, Democrat, and
Judge Kirkpatrick, Republican.
The "campaign of education," so far
as the distribution of literature is con
cerned, will be finished on Oct. 21. At
both Democratic and Republican head
quarters in Chicago it is announced
that the distribution of literature will
practically cease on that date.
Wichita, Kan, division of the Order
of Railway Telegraphers, one of the
largest divisions of the order in Amer
ica, met in special session and voted
funds to aid the Canadian operators on
a strike.
The steamer La Bourgogne, which ar
rived at New York from Havre, iepoits
that Jean Ltebre, a fireman, nra
misled
by his mates. A thorough oe irch of the
ship was made, but no trace of bim
could be found. He ipposed to
have jumped overboard.
Two little girls of C. N. Woortbridge,
aged 8 and years, mysteriously dis
appeared recently. Diligent search
fails to reveal auy trace of the n. The
mother is distracted. The whole neigh
borhood is interested ind the scaicn is
being prosecuted with great vigor.
The Missouri Pacific has decided to
reduce the rate on grain from Kansas
points to Kansas City and the Missouri
river so that the sum of the local shall
not be more than 1 cent on the 100
pounds above the through rates to Chi
cago.
A direct descendant of Lord Ludlow
of England J\as been diseo-vered in
George Rufus Welling, at n^isent the
stable manager at Niagara Falls, N. Y.,
foi W. R. Low es, the famous Canadian
horseman whose Guelph stables are
known all over the United States and
Canada.
H. Rademaker & Sons of Grand Rap
ids, Mich., have filed trust deeds to
Arie Van Bree to secure $20,000 bank
creditors and $8,000 material and sup
ply agents. The firm is the most ex
tensive manufacturers of base ball bats
in the world, and has been in business
a quarter of a century.
William D. Barnes, formerly a mem
ber of the firm o* A. S. Barnes & Co.,
book publishers, who also had an in
terest in the American book trust, was
a man of wealth and social standing,
and had horses and carriages at his
command a few years ago. To-day he
is unable to pay his tradesmen's bills
and is being sued by his butcher.
"Accident" Swindlers
The extension of electric traction has
brought upon the scene a particularly
dangerous and offensive swarm of ras
cals who prey upon the street railroad
companies by bogus claims for personal
injuries received in real or imaginary
accidents. They are fostered by a tribe
of disreputable attorneys, who make a
practice of communicating with all
persons whom they can. identify as
concerned in any street railway mis
hap, and often without instructions,
issue process against the companies.
Some of these legal sharks have a regu
lar staff of detectives, who prowl about
the depots and termini of the lines
on the lookout for cases. False wit
nesses ore easily procured, and juries
are usually liberal in the matter of
damages, the greater portion of which
are swallowed up in the attorney's
"costs." The evil has become so great
that the street railway press is suggest
ing the formation of a mutual protec
tion society of some kind. It Is pro
posed to keep a register of the names of
claimants, and Interchange information
as to persons who, it Is more tfcan sus
pected, make a trade of the business
and travel from city to city for the
purpose.
May Supersede Dancing*.
Ballroom cycling is talked about.
Should this gain ground what a revolu
tion it will bring about in dress I "She
wore a wreath of roses the night when
first we met," also a knickerbocker suit
in white corduroy velvet, trimmed with
jeweled passementerie and golden
leather boots. A joy indeed to the
mother of several daughters will be
the cycling ball, as she can take all her
girls and see them all wheeling around
with the fairest and wealthiest rivals
they know, and attracting quite* as
much notice, maybe. How immensely
preferable to the melancholy dance,
with Its limited number of couples and
many young wallflowers.
Laws and Constitutional
Amendments.
Synopsis of IiftwsVnd Amendments
to the Constitution, proposed by
fftb. Iteeislature for submission to
^|the \oterm of Minnesota at the
IjpGeneral Election to be held on
fBthe 3rd day of November, A D.
1890
At the general eleetlon to be held In the
State of Minnesota on the 3rd day of No
vember, A lyo, the iollovving ia^ and
amendments proposed by the Legislatme of
said state at the last session thereof,
N wll
be submitted for adoption oi lejection, viz
I.
An act will be submitted to the people of
this state for theii approval or rejection at
the next general election, entitled
"An act relating to the taxation of certain
lands owned by lailroad companies in this
state, and repealing laws and parts of laws
relating to the taxation of the same, and to
provide for the submission of this act to
the people of this state foi theii approval
oi rejection
So far as material the act is as follows
'Sec 1 All lands in this state heretofore
or heieafter granted by the State of Minne
sota or the United States, or the Territory
of Minnesofa, to any railroad company shall
be assessed ind taxed as othei lands are
taxed in this state, except such parts of
said lands as are held, used oi occupied for
right of way, gravel pltb, sidetiacks, depots
and all buildings and structmes which are
necessarily used in the actual management
and operation of the llilioads of said com
panies
Provided, That said lailroad companies
shall continue to pay taxes into the state
tieasury upon theii gioss earnings in the
same mannei and in the same amount as
now provided by law And that nothing In
this act contained shall be construed to re
peal said laws except in so fai as the same
lelate to the tax upon said lands
"Sec 2 Such portion or poitions of any
act or acts, geneial or special, of the State
oi Teintory of Minnesota heietofoie en
acted which provides or attempts to pro
vide for any exemption of lands heieby de
clared taxable, fiom taxation, oi for any
otLei method of taxing said last mentioned
lands diffcient fiom the inethoa of taxing
other lands in this state, or -which aie in
any mannei inconsistent with the pro
vis ons of this act aie hereby repealed
Sec 3 If this act shall be held to be
void so far as it applies to the, lands of any
particular lailroad companv in this state,
it shall not be ground for declaring it Toid
oi Inapplicable to any other company not
similaily situated
The purpose of this act Is to secure the
taxation of unused railroad lands acquired
by laihoad companies under federal and
state giants
II.
1 deem it proper to call attention to the
fact that the electors of this state will be
called upon to ,ote upon the following prop
osition "Shall there be a comeniion to re
Vise the state constitution'"
III.
Attention is also called to the fact that an
act will be submitted to the electois of this
state at said election providing for the ap
piopriation of the income derived fiom the
investment of the internal impiove-ment
land fund to the load and bridge fund The
act provides that such moneys shall be
u,"d only for making public roads and
building bridges on public roads
IV.
"An act providing for an amendment to
section four (4) of article five (3) of the con
stitution of the State of Minnesota, defin
ing the authority and duties of the goveinor
in relatnn to pardons for criminal offenses
and creating a board of pardons
Section 4 of article 5 of the constitution
of Minnesota now reads as follows
"Section 4 The governor shall communi
cate by message to each session of the legis
lature such information touching the state
and condition of the countiy as he may
deem expedient He shall be commandei
In chief of the militarv and naval forces,
and may call out such foices to execute the
laws, suppress insurrection and repel In
vasion He may require the opinion in
wilting, of the piincipal officer in each of i
the executive departments, upon any sub
ject relating to the duties of their respec
tive offices and he shall have power to
giant reprieves and pardons, after convic
tion, foi offenses against the state, except
in cases of impeachment He shall have
powei, by and with the advice and consent
of the senate, to appoint a state librarian
and notaries public, and such other officers
as mav be provided by law He shall have
power to appoint commissioners to take the
acknowledgment of deeds, or other instru
ments in writing, to be used the state
He shall have a negative upon all laws
passed by the legislature, under such rules
and limitations as are In this constitution
presciibed He mav on extraordlnaiy occa
sions convene both houses of the legislature.
He shall take care that the laws be falth
fullv executed, fill any vacancy that may
occur in the office of secretary of state,
treasurei, auditor, attorney general, and
such other state and district offices as may
be hereafter created by law, until the next
annual election, and until their successors
ai chosen and qualified
It is proposed to amend the said section
bv striking therefrom the following words
"And he shall have powei to -giant re
piieves and paidons, aftei comiction, for
offenses against the state
In place of the woids thus proposed to be
stiicken out it is proposed to insert the fol
low ins words
"And he shall have power. In conjunction
with the board of pardons, of which the
governor shall be ex-offlcio a member, and
the othei members of which shall consist of
the attoinev general of the State of Min
nesota and the chief justice of the supreme
court of the State of Minnesota, and whose
poweis and duties shall be defined and regu
lated bv law, to giant reprieves and par
dons, aftei conviction, for offenses against
the state
The effect of the adoption of the aforesaid
proposed amendment will be to deprive the
governor of the powei to alone grant par
dons and lepiieves, which he now enjoys,
and to cieate a board of
pardonsgeneral
of the'govemoi, the attorn
state, in snch manner as may be provided
by la^, ainTshair have been pronounced by
said court capable of enjoying the rights
of citizenship within the state
The eflWt of the last above proposed
amendment upon a person's right to vote
for elective officers in this-state will be
1 To eliminate the present requirement
of one year's residence in the United States.
2 To requitemonths a residencewinrequired
lp Pea the picen movisloas of
constitutionowhiceh
enables a peison
H" V'1*"
icgis.jture shall provide, liidci si cli re
stiictions as it deems ruoper toi boaid of
fifteen freeholder, who -u ill he and for the
past five yeais shall have been qualified
\otets theieof, to be appjinl^d l.v the rMs
tnct judges of the judnnl stuct In which
the city oi vlllaqe .i-.i i-ed \ni 'i Irard
shall, within six months ,i'in its c. roint
me. 'etuin to the uet ina^ti cf such
eitv pi village a 3iu rf MI. charter
signed the membe of slid board oi a
majoilty theieof Su*Mi .hufcer ciU be
submitted to the quililed \oieis of such
city oi village at the next etion there
atte~ and if fom sevenms of tbe qualified
voters -voting at such election si all mtifv
the same it shall at the nd Z ihntv
thereafter become the churei of such city
pr village as a city, md supeisede unj ex
istm chnitcr and amendments tl ereof, pro
vided that in riMes 'laving jutrol limits
now established such fhatter huall require
a thieefouitbs majoiity vote of the quali
fied voteis voting at suon election to change
the patiol limits now establis nd
P.efoie any city shall mcoipoiate under
this act the legislatme shall presenile by
law the geneial limits within winch such
charter shall be framed Duplicate certifi
cates shall be made setting foith the chat
ter propo&ed and its ratification, which bhall
ne signed by the chief magistiate of said
city oi village, and authenticated by its cor
porate seal One of said certincates shall
be deposited in the office of the secretary of
state, and the other, after being lecoided
in the office of the register of deeds for the
county in which such city or village lies
shall be deposited among the archives of
such city or village, and all coiuts shall
take judicial notice thereof Such chatter
sp deposited may be amended bv a pioposal
therefor made by a board of fifteen fiee
holdeis aforesaid, published for at least
tniity days in three newspapeis of general
circulation In such city or village, and ac
cepted by three-fifths of qualifiefd
voters of suc0h city oi Milage voting at the
next election, and not otherwise, but such
chaitei always be hirniony with
?u
constitutionthe
^ec
tbe State of Minnesota The legislature
mav prescribe the duties of the commission
relative to submitting amendments of char
ter to the
votef ofreeholders
the
rn
u??
or
consisting
and
the chief justice of the supieme court
The proposed amendment contemplates
that its adoption will be followed by the
enactment of a suitable law defining and
regulating the powers and duties of such
board of pardons in granting reprieves and
pardons.
"An act proposing an amendment to sec
tion one (1) of article seven (7) of the con
stitution of the State of Minnesota which
relates to the elective franchise
Section one of article 7 of the constitu
tion of Minnesota now leads as follows
"Section 1. Every male person of the age
of twenty-one years or upwards, belonging
to either of the following classes, who shall
have lesided In the United States one year,
and in this state for four months next pre
ceding any election, shall be entitled to vote
at such election, in the election district of
which he shall at the time have been for
ten days a resident, for all officers that now
are, or hereafter may be, elective by the
people
First-Citizens of the United States.
SecondPersons of foreign birth, who
shall have declared their intention to be
come citizens, conformably to the laws of
the United States upon the subject ot nat
uralization.
ThudPersons of mixed white and Indian
blood, who have adopted the customs and
habits of civilization
FourthPersons of Indian blood residing
In this state, who have adopted the lan
guage, custom and habits of cIvill7ation,
after an examination before any district
court of the state, in such manner as may
be provided by law, and shall have been
pronounced by said court capable of enjoy
ing the rights of citizenship withih the
state
The proposed amendment, if adopted, will
read as follows*
"Section one (1) What persons are en
titled to vote:
Everv male person of the age of twenty
one (21) years or upwards belonging to
either of the following classes who has re
sided in this state six (6) mouths ne\t pre
ceding anv election shall be entitled to vote
at such election in the election dlsttlct of
which he shall at the time have been for I
thiity (30) days a lesldent. for all officers
that now aie. or heieafter may be, elective
bv the people.
FirstCitizens of the United State* who
have been such for the period of three (3)
months next preceding an^ election I
SecondHersous of mixed white and In
dlan bloorl. who have adopted the customs
and habits of civilization.
Till IdPersons of Indian blood residing in
till** Ntatef Mho hare adopted the language,
custom* and habits of civilization, after an
examination before any district coui of the
peopleibove l'Pi provided
roi shall be permanent, and all the vacan
cies bv death, disabilitj to perform duties,
resignation or removal from the corporate
limits shall be filled by appointment In the
same manner as the ongmal boaid was
created, and said board shall always conr
tain its full complement of members
Provided, among othe
1
It shallr be a feature of all such charters
i?i
sua1
tn S
tnings, for a niavor or chief magistiate, and
a legislative body of either one or two
tiouses, if of two houses, at least one of
them Fha'l be elected by geneial vote of
the citizens
In submitting any such chaiter oi amend
ment thereto to the qualified voters of such
city or village any alternate section or aitl
cle may be presen ted for the choice of the
voters, and may be voted on separately
without prejudice to other aiti.'les or sec
tions of the charter or any amendment
tnereto .A^
trreemafylted provide general la vs
le
i5.TMF,*ll*2.f
this state,
Jie^t preceding an election, of six months
o^m
fol as no
1
^ti^fsC
3 To lequlie a residence in the election
district, next piecediug an election, of thir
ty days Instead of ten days as now re
quired
4 To require a citizenship of the United
fetates of three mouths The constitution
r.o^ permits citizens, of the United States
to vote regardless of the period of citizen
ship, pi vide they possess the requisite
Hiiilifi-'atlons
lesidencetabove Indicatedthe
.-V
ofd
rthu*' the application lim
ls,a
S'lK?!?!*
5
0
to cities of over
affa
ma
2
wh
fifteen thousand
fifty thousand inhabitants, or to cities of
fifty
andVnotr
0
citie
less than fifteen thousand in
ts
Inhabitants, or less which shall apply
equally to all such cities of either class, and
wnich shall be paramount while in force to
the provisions relating to the same matter
Included in the local charter herein pro
vided for But no local charter, provision
or ordinance passed thereunder shall super
sede anvu general la the state defining
unlsin Ernieswoiofmisdemeanors"
The effect of the adoption of the last
named proposed amendment will be
1 To vest* cities and villages with the
right of flaming their own charters, sub
ject to limitations imposed by the laws of
the state
2 The charter will be framed by a board
of fifteen freeholders or a majority thereof
3 The charter wiy thereupon be submit
ted to the qualified voteis at the next en
suing election, and will require for its rat
ification foui sevenths (4-7) of the qualified
voters voting at such election
4 If ratified at *uch election the charter
will thereupon, after the lapse of thirty
days, become the chaiter of such city or
village
5 A city will be unable to incorporate
under the proposed amendment until tie
legislature shall have fiist prescribed by
law the general limits within which its
charter may be framed
A charter once adopted may be amend
ed in a manner similar to that prescribed
for the framing and adoption of the orig
inal
7 The board of freeholders is to be per
petual and without limitation of term ex
cept that arising from death, disability to
perform duties, resignation or removal from
the corporate limits of the city or village
8 The charter must provide for a mayor
or chief magistrate, and a legislative body
of either one or two houses if of two
houses, the members of at least one'house
shah be elective "by the general vote of
the citizens
9 Alternate articles or sections of a pro
posed charter may be voted upon that is to
say, the voter may vote for one oi the
other of two given articles or sections
10 The legislature may classify cities
upon the basis of population alone, as fol
lows
(a) Cities of over 50,000 inhabitants
(b) Cities of 50,000 and not less than 15,-
000 inhabitants
(c) Cities of 15,000 inhabitants or less
11 When cities have been so classified,
the legislature may thereupon pass general
laws limited in their application to one or
more such classes
12 The general law applicable to any
class of cities, will he paiamount to any
inconsistent provision found in the charter
of any city belonging to such class.
VII
"An act proposing an amendment to sec
tion thirteen (13), article one (l), of the
constitution of the State of Minnesota, re
lating to taking private property for pub
lic use
Section 13, of Article 1, of the constitu
tion of Minnesota, now reads as follows
"Private property shall not be taken for
public use without just compensation there
for, fust paid or secuied
If the proposed amendment Is adopted,
section 13 will then read as follows.
"Private property shall not be taken, de
stroyed or damaged for public use without
just compensation therefor first paid or se
cured
The amendment will consist of the inser
tion into the original section of the follow
ing words, viz, "destroyed or damaged for
public use.'%*{ T-
"An act to amend article eight (8) of the
constitution of the State of Minnesota, le
latlng to school funds, education and
science
It is proposed to amend Article 8 of the
constitution of the Stkte of Minnesota by
adding thereto a section reading as follows:
"Sec 6 The peimanent school and uni
veislty fund of this state may he Invested
in the purchase of bonds of any county,
school district, city, town or Tillage of thia
state, but no such Investment shall be made
until approved by the boaid of commis
sioners designated by law to regulate the.
th
for-
vot aftei having declaie his
intention *0 become a citizen of the United
at tes and befoie becoming a fully i atural
Ized citizen theieof
In addition to the foregola^ th effect of
tfie adoption of such last imposed ai end
ment will be to d*puve a lor*.j loin per
son of the light to hold an ele tive office in
tuis state before becoming a fully naluial
Izod citizen of the United States
VI
"An act proposing an amendment to arti
c.e four {4) of the'oom.ri+ntlon of the State
of Minnesota allowing cities alteidv iicor
porated, and villages desrl'u Income in
corporated as cities, to frame Iheir own
charters as cities
It is proposed to add to irtl four of
th" constitution the following st-ciion
!sc 36 Any city o' Milage this sta'e
n.ay fiame a charter foi its Oxvn gc* em
inent as a city consisten with and ssul iect
to the laws of this star- follows
cent per annum
P**9ftnent aehool fundi
SS. the lwrtormeni uni?c?rsl.y fund of this
state nor shall such loan or investment be
made when the Issue of which the same in
part would make the entire bonded In
debtedness exceed 7 per cent of the na
Eessed valuation of the taxable real prop
erty of the county, school district cltv
town or village issuing such bonds, nor
shall such loans or indebtedness be made at
a lower rate of Interest than 3 per cent ner
annum nor for a shelter period than five
(5) years nor foi a longer period than
twenty (20) years, and no change of the
town, school district, village, city or county
lines shall leheve the real property in such
town, school district, county, village or
city In this state at the time of the issulns
of such bonds from any liability for tax
tion to pay such bonds
The proposed amendment contemplates
the investment of the permanent school and
university funds of the state, for periods
not less than five (5) nor more than twenty
(20) yeais, in the bonds of counties, school
districts, cit'es, towns and villages
Loans cannot be made to such munici
palities under such amendment in amounts
exceeding seven (J) ner cent of the as
sessed valuation of the taxable r..ai nronertv
thereof
No loan shall bear interest at a rate less
than three (3) pei cent.
Section 5 of th* same article of the con
stitution now provides for the loaning of
the permanent school funds of the state
counties and school districts, to beas
no
.efS
ceil
loai iu
ar
rh2
r?Pertlegislature,
a E
I
5~H
used pre
tne erection or county oi school buildings,
and to diaw inteiestlimitet at theotforate of petr amount5 no
tH
1
in 0
thre
1
and laws
tn
3 cS
1Dshall
districts, re-
rur^nWarcti^ro
collection 3
scn th
ceding assessed valuationf of the real es
spectively0
countie mad*
J5
mad
nJi^i
0
Jb OT
A
IV
"An act proposing an amendment to the
constitution of the State of Minnesota, to
authorize the taxation of the pioperty of
sleeping, diawing room and parlor car, and
other companies and owneis, in the manner
therein pr ded
It is prop se to amend Aiticle 0 of the
constitution of Minnesota bj aading thereto
a section reading, as follows
"The legislature may impose, or provide
for the imposition of, upon the property
within this state, of any and all owners or
operators, whethei ccrpoiate oi individual,
or otherwise, of any and all sleopm-, parlor
and diawing loom car, or any or either of
the same, which run in, Into ot through this
state, also upon tne property within this
state of any and all telegraph and telephone
companies, or owners, whose lines are in.
or extend in, into or tlnoush this state
also upon the property withm this state of
all express companies, oi o\ ners or any
or either of the same, doing business in this
state, also upon the pioperty withm this
state of all domestic msuiance companies
of this state of any kind, also upon the
property within this state of any and all
foreign insurance companies doing business
in this state of any kind, also upon the,
property within this state of all owners or
operators of any and all mines or of mineral
ores situated in this state, also upon the
property within this state of all boom com
panies or owners, and of all shipbuilders or
owners doing business in this state or
having a. port therein, provided, that this
aqt shall not apply to property owned by
railrcid companies, their lands and other
property and upon the property of either
or any of such companiegraded or
ownerprogres,taxasfethhwitreob as uniform as reasonably may
taxes imposendt upon similar propeity in said
?ate,JlL It-il
sta
earnings thereo within
uV?u
th ma
sive, or both, and In providing for such tax,
or in providing for ascertaining the just
and true value of such property it shall be
competent for the iwithin either or
an&ofo
thereof this
such cases, to impose such tax, upon
state, and in either case by taking as the
basis of such Imposition the proportionate
business, earnings, mileage oi quantity of
production or property now or heieafter
existing of any such companies, peisons or
owners, transacted or existing this state,
in relation to the entire business, mileage
or quantity of ptoduction or property of
such companies, persons or owners as
aforesaid, or in such other manner, or by
such other method as the legislature may
determine, but the proceeds of such taxes
upon mining property shall be distributed
between the state and the vaiious political
subdivisions thereof wherein the same is
situated1 itna thse samne proportion the pro-
*51?st
*e upo real propertas are dis
tributed, provided further, that nothing in
this act contained shall operate to authorize
the assessment, or taxation of land or ordi
nary business blocks or property owned by
any such corporation, person, firm or com
pany except In the manner provided by the
ordinary methodseamendmennt of taxatio
M. PFP
se
ot
^e
ioan
contemplatesofestat th property in this
i
ta
atlo
1 Sleeping, parlor and dining room car
companies
an
a telephone companies.
elegra
0 Express companies
4. Foreign and domestic Insurance com*
pauies.
5 The owners or operators of mines or
mineral ores
6 Boom companies and shipbuilders or
owners doing business in this state or
having a port therein
T^, foregoing provisions nro modified in
the following very important respects
1 The amendment will not apply "to
property owned by railroad companies, their
lands and other property
2 Taxes may be imposed upon the prop
erty of the companies above enumerated or
upon the earnings thereof within this state,
and may be graded or progressive, or both.
In providing
foer
J"
st
such taxation, or
-s
thie and true valu of such property
shall be competent foi the legislature to
Impose such tax upon any and all property
thereof within this state, and
4 In either case by taking as the basis
or such taxation, the pioportionate busi
ness, earnings, mileage or quantity of pro
duction or property now or hereafter exist
ing of any such companies, persons or own
ers, transacted or existing in this state, in
relation to thee entire business mileage or
quantity osf production or property or
5 such othei manner, oi by such other
eSlslature may Qetermin
tn
m,f
th 2In &
a
6 The proceeds of taxes upon mining
property will be distributed between the
state and the various po'itical ^subdivisions
thereof wherein the same is slfhated in the
same proportion th proceeds taxes
uen real propertas aree distributedof
7. The amendment contains a provision to
the effect that it shall not operate to au
thorize the assessment or taxation of land
or ordinary business blocks or property
ownedr
by any such corporation,
flrm person,pro company except in the manner
vided by the ordinary mthd= ef nx-ation.
W fai'ds,
July 1, 1896 Attor*- General.
Bridgetown
Few people recognize that Chicago
to-day possesses more bridges num
ber than any other city in America.
Collectively they constitute a greater
total length in miles than any other
system. The extent of a single span
of of the swing is greater
*naone
that of any othebridges bridge Moder
icridge construction is embodied and
illustrated with a greater variety of
perfected mechanical devices in Chica
go than is the case in any other city
in the world.
Standing out like monuments erected
to engineering skill, to a people's enter
prise and to mechanical perfection,
these bridges present a greater variety
of admirable features, rnd are evi
dences of better workmanship than
can be found in the best of all the
cities in either the Old or the New
World.
ChicagOliaTsixljFelglit bridges span
ning the- river and its branches at
every point where commerce and traf
fie demands a passageway. There are^rt
thirty-eight systems of viaducts, which/ ^1
bespeak as many safeguards for the
*sj
people against the dangers of railroadsv
transportation. Represented among |s
these sixty-eight bridges is to be found 4
every description of swing or draw
bridge which the world possesses to-*\|
day that is of practical value. They,
constitute, within a radius ot a fewi
miles a congress of mechanical de
vices which captivate the spectator
with their perfection and diversity of
arrangements.Chicago Inter Ocean.
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