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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12
Other Bills Acted On.

For encouragement of graded schools
in the state of Minnesota and for higher
education in village and town public
graded schools. To pass.
To provide for the free examination or
analysis by the University of Minnesota of
specimens of minerals or clays found with
i'll the state. To pass.
To enable boards of fire underwriters in
corporated under the laws of Minnesota
to establish and maintain salvage corps
and fire patrols. To pass.
10 prevent the propagation of a grass
commonly called witch bill or quack
grass. Recommended to pass.
To punish the stealing, taking away, in
Juring or in any way interfering with the
bicycle or tricycle. of another. For in
definite postponement
Senator Wyman, as chairman O.
the fire investigation committee. pre-
sented their report, a summary of
which shows: Total cash receipts,
$l67, S14S8 total relief rendered, $685.
5ol59; balance in hands of treasurer.
So, 233.29. The committee heartily
commends the work of the commission
and recommends an appropriation of
500, 900 for additional relief.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12
VENEZUELA GRATEFUL,
The South American Republic Thanks
Uncle Sam for sympathy and Support.

The South American Republic Thanks
Uncle Sam for Sympathy and Support.
WASHINGTON, April 10.-President
Crespo of Venezuela has sent a special
message to the congress of Ven azuela
concerning the attitude Of the United
States on the British Venezuela ques.
ton. Immediately following the re-
ceipt of the presidents message the
congress passed resolutions, amid great
enthusiasm, heartily thanking the
United States for it's sympathy and
support. Senior Andrade, the Venezue-
Ian minister, received copies of the
message and resolutions. In a day or
two he will have enrolled copies to be
delivered to the state department and
probably to the president. The people
are also getting up monster popular
petition breathing the warmest appreci-
alton for the support of ''the great re-
public of the North"
HILLS, Mimi, April 6.-There is d
movement on foot here to move the
business portion of the town six blocks
east to ridge overlooking 20-mile
stretch of lower ground on all Sides
This is a great move and it is estimated
that it will cost in the neighborhood of
$25, 00O The owner of the property
donates lot to every business man.
Several contractors are on the ground
and work will probably begin next
week.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12
IN THE SENATE.
McGrath's Drainage Fails to Pass the
Upper House.

McGrath's Drainage Fails TO Pass the
Upper House.
The hottest debate that has occurred
in the senate for some time was in
dulged in during the afternoon when
III. f. No. 20, Representative Nc
Grath's drainage bill came before the
committee Of the whole, on general Or
ders The discussion of the bill in COM
mittee lasted all the afternoon, and
when the committee rose it was recon-
mended to pass The report was &C
cepted, but motion for the second and
third readings of the bill and vote on
its final passage under suspension of
the rules failed to receive a two-thirds
vote, and instead of being finally dis
posed of, as the friends of the measure
fully hoped it would, the bill will be up
for further consideration on the cal
endar
The provisions of the bill, in the
main, provide for the appropriation of
money for the purpose of opening
closed water courses leading into the
Red river and tributaries in Wilkin,
Clay, Norman, Polk and Marshall
counties.
Forenoon Session.
Before going into committee of the
whole in the forenoon the senate passed
the Miller express bill. The vote was
close, 20 to IL, but the bill goes to the
house as if its margin was mile wide.
The bill is S. f. GAL, and places express
companies under the control of the rail-
road and warehouse commission.
Senator Wyman presided over the
committee of the whole. The first bill
recommended for passage was S. F. $40,
Senator Pottsr's bill to limit the time
for bringing action for assault or per-
sonal injury to two years instead of six
years, as at present.
The committee then took up S. F.
1882, the meat inspection bill. This is
the bill requiring state inspection of
cattle, sheep, swine, etc., being the bill
in which the large cities are interested.
Senator Stevens explained the bill,
saying that it would improve the
health of the people. 1t was most inn
portant that it should pass.
After lengthy discussion the bill
was indefinitely postponed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12

Abraham's First School Days = Dennis
Hanks Remembrance of the Olden Days.
The Lincoln Family Cabin-An Uninvit-
ing Frontier Structure.
From "The Life of Lincoln by William h.
Herndon and Jesse W. Weik. Copyright, 1888,
by Jesse W. Weik. Copyright. 1892, by d. APP
pleton g. Co.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21
NAPA TO CALISTOGA.
All Parties Are Ready to Start Building
the New Electric Road.

The article relative to the proposed elec-
trio road between Napa City and Calistoga,
published in the CALL of last Saturday, has
caused much favorable comment in both
cities.
w. G. McGeorge, the operator and pro-
moter of the scheme, said last night that
all parties are ready to go to work imme-
diately. Great enthusiasm has greeted the
project, and there is no doubt that it will
result in developing trade in the val
leys. 1t is also proposed to light all cities
between the two points with electricity and
to establish telephone and telegraphic
communication. Connection will also be
made from Napa City to the Donahue line,
which will bring within reach Santa Rosa,
Healdsburg, Petaluma and Ukiah, besides
saving about one hours time between San
Francisco and the Napa Valley. The pos
sibilities of Napa becoming a great com
mercial center are good on account of its
being at tidewater and with facilities
equal to any city Of the interior.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21
FARM WORK FOR SAILORS.
The Question of Calling General
Strike Proposed in the Sea-
men,s Union.

AT the regular meeting of the Coast Sea.
mems Union, held last evening in their
hall, corner of Mission and East streets, the
question of advancing the wages of sailors
from $35, the union rate, to $40 was pro-
posed. A number of members expressed
themselves in opposition to the increase at
the present time, as they believed they
were winning the fight and one victory at
time was sufficient. This called out an
amendment from the $40 advocates in the
form of proposal to call out the entire
union and bring matters to a crisis at
once.
They insisted that vessels were lying idle
for want of crews, and only strong move
ment on the part of the union would put
an end to the wage war. This was also
opposed by the moderate element, and the
question went over till next Monday even
ing.
The officers of the union are decreasing
the supply of sailors in the port by procuro
ing employment for seafaring men in the
country. Every day from ten to fifteen
men are sent away, and over 100 men were
deported for agricultural purposes last
week
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21

AN ILLEGAL RESOLUTION.

The majority of the Board of Supervisors
yesterday passed resolution adopting
specifications concerning the kind of
bituminous rock that shall be used in
paving the streets. The manifest purpose
of this method was TO prevent the Mayor
from defeating the action by the interpo-
sition of veto, which he would have
done had the measure been adopted
in the form of an ordinance. The
only change in the resolution from the
ordinance which the Mayor already had
vetoed was the insertion of the word
coarse" before "gravel and sand" in
specifying what substances shall not be
contained in the rock. This was clearly
done because one OF the objections which
Mayor Sutro had made in his message
vetoing the ordinance was that all our
bituminous rock contains gravel and sand
and that the insertion of such specifica-
ton would prohibit the use of the mate
rial.
But these two shrewd devices to outwit
the Mayor, evade his interference and Gre
ate a monopoly in bituminous rock will be
found unavailing. 1t has been about
thirty years since the Supreme Court of
this State, in deciding a case sent
up from San Francisco, ruled that
such attempts to abridge the power
of the Mayor cannot stand; that where
the municipal charter (as it does in this
case) provides methods by which orders
shall be made by the Supervisors, these
methods must be adhered to with the ut
most strictness, and that any orders, reso-
luton, or ordinances passed in violation
of them are void; that the veto power of
the Mayor was created for wise purposes
as check upon the conduct of the Board,
and it shall not be abridged. In this case
the Supervisors have violated the terms
of the Consolidation Act in passing the
order as resolution instead of as an or
dinanee, and their adoption of the resolu-
ton, therefore. is of no effect.
a case of similar kind was tried in the
Superior Court of Santa Clara County a
few years ago. The City Council, by reso-
luton, dismissed the Chief of the Fire
Department and appointed another
man in his stead. This was method
of procedure not authorized by the
charter. The court. basing its de-
cision on the old case from San Francisk b,
to which we have referred, decided thu
the action was illegal. The deposed Chin
who had sued for his salary for the Elll
term of his Office, was awarded Judgment
for the entire sum, and the case was never
appealed.
There need be no uneasiness on the
score of the resolution, which our Board of
Supervisors has been SO desperate as to
pass. No monopoly in bituminous rock
has been created. The only effect may be
delay of much-needed street improve
ments, but the people are not to blame
for that.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21
PERSONAL.

Rev. Samuel Hirst of Vallejo is at the Grand.
W. E. Lowell, banker of Woodland, is at the
Grand.
DR.. E. s. Bogert of the navy is guest at the
Palace.
Senator G. C. Seymour of San Bernardino is
at the Grand.
Louis Schloss, q real-estate man of San Jose is
at the Grand.
C. c. Wright, a prominent attorney of Mo-
desto, is at the Lick.
Chief Engineer ]. K. Barton of the navy is
registered at the Palace.
Andrew Markham, q railroad man of Santa
Rosa, is guest ct the Lick.
Raleigh Barcar of vacaville was one of yes
terdays arrivals at the Lick.
J. B. Hopkins, proprietor of the Napa Hotel,
registered yesterday at the Grand.
A. NJ Butts, prominent mining man of Salt
Lake, registered yesterday at the Occidental
C. C. Powning of the Reno Gazette arrived
from Nevada yesterday and registered at the
\ Palace. Z
Dana Perkins, librarian of the State Library,
came down from Sacramento yesterday and
p ut up at the Grand.
Colonel W.'G Waters formerly foreman of
the CALL pressrooms and at present managing
owner of the San Miguel Islands, is IN the Cityl
DR.. Ygnacio Panama, wealthy planter =
San Salvador, came in on the San Bias yestef-
day with his family and registered at the Occi.
dental.
Charles Denby, the son of the United States
Minister to China and secretary of the legation
at Peking, arrived from the East yesterday with
his bride on his way to his post of duty. He has
been away from Peking since last November,
when he came over to his home in Indiana to
be married
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21
THE WOMAN's CONGRESS-.

The proceedings of the Woman's Con-
| gress will rightly engage a large part OF
| public attention this week. Such gather
! ings have now become a characteristic
| feature of American life, and constitute an
! important force in our National develop
ment. Among the delegates are some OF
the most notable women in the country,
and even among those less widely known
are many earnest and able thinkers and
workers, whose words well deserve all the
attention that may be given them.
| The proverbial saying, "Woman's work
is never done, F" is as true of her wider labors
in the world as of her duties in the house
hold. One reform accomplished compels
the beginning Of another as surely as the
eating of one meal requires immediate
| preparation for that which is to follow.
The old familiar phrase, Woman S sphere" !"
has long since grown to include well-nigh
every department of human endeavor, and
there is scarcely any form of advancement
in civilized lands that does not depend
largely upon the wise counsel and active
aid of women for its accomplish ment.
With the widening recognition of this
truth there has come more earnest inter-
est in all that women undertake to do, and
as consequence, the proceedings of every
convention they hold are watched with
careful attention by the intelligent public.
1t is not easy to determine the exact
value of conventions of this kind. The intiu-
ence they exert is too subtle and far reach
ing to be accurately estimated. tits certain,
however, they afford an intellectual stim-
ulus to the public mind and render it more
receptive to new ideas and new aspirations.
That much good has come from those held
in times past cannot be questioned, and it
is equally beyond a doubt that benefits
will continue to flow from them as long
as humanity is capable OF improvement
and advancement. Out of the present
congress, therefore, we may surely count
upon the emanation of wholesome in
fluence upon the social organism and
stimulus helpful to improvement and re-
form in many ways.
While the congress as a whole may be
thus looked to for good results it is a par
ticular satisfaction to have present at it
Susan B. Anthony. This venerable woman,
who has. survived to us from former
generation when such woman's congress
as this would have been met with ridicule
and revilings if not with hootings and dis
turbing violence, can bear witness out of
her own experience of the many benefits
that have come not to woman only but to
the world at large from the labers of such
conventions. Her presence can hardly
fail to infuse all reformers with a true
optimism in the cause of human welfare,
for her career has been an epitome of the
progress of that cause. Within her life
time the American people have made a
great advance toward purer manners and
iuster laws, and it will be with no light or
transitory feelings that our people will
take occasion to show forth their delight to
do her honor
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21

worked out. The old complaint that it is
Withholding its money from the needed
development of the interior is becoming
fainter under the movements that have
lately gone afoot. 1t is common now to
,read of important enterprises in the in
terror which are sbacked by San Francisco
capital" The greatest undertaking ever
made for the relief of the people and the
development of the State-the San Joaquin
Valley Railroad-was undertaken by San
Franciscans, and there are other impor-
tant ways in which the capital OF the City
is finding useful outside employment.
Besides this we have an awakening Of local
pride in the appearance and management
of the City, and in good time we shall be
educated by our interior cities up to the
point Of holding those carnivals which are
the most graceful expression Of fine
public spirit.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21
MR.. HEARST'S TOUR.

The departure last Saturday of w. R.
Hearst, editor and proprietor of the
Examiner, for tour around the world,
with the prospect of being absent
for two years, may well serve as an
occasion for paying him deserved
tribute for his services to San Francisco, to
the Pacific Coast and to journalism. That
which he has accomplished has been no
ordinary success. To man of many mil
lions it is indeed easy to print newspaper
every morning, but to establish paper
like the Examiner is not easy. 1t cannot
be done by money alone. Keen observance,
careful thought, tireless energy, an ability
to understand men and to lead them, and
finally an unerring Judgment in the selec-
tlon of the right men for special lines of
work, are necessary to attain such a success
as Mr.. Hearst has accomplished; and that
he is now able TO go abroad for two years
is striking proof how complete that sue
cess has been and how firmly his paper has
been established.
Mr.. Hearst's methods in journalism
have been original in a marked degree.
The Examiner has features and character
lstlcs of an attractive and impressive kind
that are peculiar to itself. In a certain
sense this is true OF every newspaper, for
no two editors of course produce exactly
the same results, but in the case of the
Examiner the originality is SO distinct and
eminent that the paper takes rank among
the very foremost in America, and its par
ticular field of journalism has no rival.
While the excellent staff which Mr..
Hearst has gathered around him makes it
certain the management of the Examiner
will lack nothing during his journey, his
absence from the City will be none the less
felt as loss. Many enterprises and move
ments of public or charitable nature will
miss the influence of his cordial co-opera-
ton. However, he has well deserved his
holiday and his rest and the people of the
City and State he has served so ably will
unite with his friends in wishing him a
pleasant iOurney
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21
CIGAR-MAKERS CONFER.
They Talk Over Plans With the Officers
of the Manufacturers Asso-
citation.

The meeting of the board of directors OF
the Manufacturers and Producers Asso-
citation called for this evening is likely to
be lively one, as the majority OF the
members have signified their intention OF
attending. The meeting has been called
at the request of Directors Saroni, Sonntag
and Castle, who have number OF lmpor-
tant matters to present.
Secretary Mead requested the cigar
manufacturers to meet him last night and
informally discuss matters relative to their
business. -Four factories were represented
and the plans for securing patronage OF
California-made cigars discussed at length.
Mr.. Mead suggested that, inasmuch as
Eastern firms practically controlled the
sales in San Francisco in particular and
the State in general, it would be good
idea for all the factories to unite on one
brand and advertise it extensively, thus
building up trade which would force the
Eastern goods out of the market.
The manufacturers considered such a
plan impracticable. Mr.. Donnelly of the
Pacific Cooperative cigar factory sug
gested directory which should contain
the names of all the local factories and the
dea4ers handling their goods. This plan,
he thought, would be the means OF caus-
ing many people to call for California
made cigars.
Mr.. Burns, who was present in the in
terest of the Cigar-makers' Union, sug-
gested the adoption of the union label
which would be q guarantee that the cigars
were made in California and by white
labor.
j. D. Culp, an extensive tobacco-grower
OF San Felipe, Santa Clara County, ex-
hibited several hanks of tobacco grown
and cured on his ranch. He stated he had
been shipping the bulk of his crop East, as
the manufacturers of San Francisco did
not patronize the homegrown product
sufficiently to use up the entire crop.
The tobacco was pronounced the equal of
the best Pennsylvania leaf both for filler
and wrapper.
The entire subject will be taken up at
the meeting of the directors tonight.
One of the important questions to be
brought up is the work of State contrac-
tors. regarding State prison and asylum
buildings. A report will be made on this
subject which will enable the association
to obtain an insight into the amount of
work being done by California firms. This
is considered vital matter, as many of
the supplies are said to come from outside
the State.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21
AFFILIATED COLLEGES,
University Committee Still Consider;np o
Various Sites

University Committee Still Considerinr
Various Sites.
The university committee appointed to
select site for the affiliated colleges
building, for which an appropriation of
S250,OOO was made by the last Legislature,
held another meeting last evening at the
office OF DR.. w. F. McNutt on Sutter street.
Those present were: DR.. W. F. McNutt,
Major J. l.. Rathbone, Otto Weihe, J. B.
Reinstein and l., L. Dunbar The mem
bers discussed in an informal way the vari-
Gus proposals that have been received from
time to time since the project was set on
foot. About fifty sites are now under con-
slderation by the committee, but the mem
bers are no nearer to a solution than they
were at the close of the first meeting.
1t is the intention to select from the
whole lot five or six sites which seem best
suited for the purpose and submit the
same to the university regents commit
tee, This committee will make a final de-
clsion. While there is nothing in the ma
ture of inharmony in the deliberations of
the committee the selection of site is a
rather difficult question to decide because
OF the varied interests represented.
The dental people want central loca-
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21
TO BE CONGRATULATED.

AS one of the first and one of the very
few leading newspapers of the country to
denounce the income tax law, the CALL
justly experiences a sense of qualification
in knowing that the Supreme Court of the
United States has decided the law to
be unconstitutional. 1t is still more
gratifying to know that the very
legal grounds upon which the CALL
based its opposition were those upon
which the Supreme Court made its de-
cision. These are already familiar to the
readers of this paper. The people are to
be congratulated on the decision. Taxa
ton is one thing, and taxation which
violates the rights guaranteed by the con-
stitution is another, and no method of
raising revenues is safe or wise that de-
parts in the slightest degree from consti-
tutional methods.
An interesting incident of this decision
is the fact that the Supreme Court did not
"leak." The dispatches recently have
been announcing that this and that
Justice would surely make a certain de-
cision. These blind guesses have proved
utterly at fault in this case and this is
much to the credit of the Supreme
pen that few hours foreknowl-
edge of Supreme Court decision
might mean thousands or millions of
dollars to interested parties, and it has
been charged in the past that such leakages
have occurred. Certainly in this case there
has been nothing of the kind, and that is
another matter for congratulation.
Those who have not made statements or
paid taxes under the law have nothing to
fear, and those who have will receive back
their money in good season. This closes
one of the most wretched episodes of the
present administration
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21
THE NEW ADJUTANT-G GENERAL.

The new Adjutant- General, A. w. Bar
rett, distinctly announces his purpose to
make the National Guard of Cali
fornia one of the best military organi-
cations of the United States. He seems
to comprehend the work ahead of
him, and being soldier of practical expe-
rience ought to be able to accomplish
much more good than a simple
student of military affairs could bring
about. General Barrett perceives that
vast sums of money voted by the people of
this State to maintain the Guard have
been squandered in armory rents and
other expenses. He will check this ex-
travagance. and Judging from the tone OF an
interview elsewhere in the CALL he will
demand at once strict accounting for all
military property in the keeping of the
various regiments of the Guard.