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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-03-14
No. 1N.
JOINT REsOLUTION.

JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing amendments to Articles Z, q,
100. Ill. 116, LIS. I2e and ~. and abro-
eating Articles 12s and ID Of the Con-
stitution Of the State Of Louisiana.
Section l. Be It resolved by the General
Assembly Of the State Of Louisiana, two
thirds of all the members elected to each
House concurring, that Article seven
of the Constitution Of the STATE Of
Louisiana be 30 amended al to read 90
follows:
Article T. In all criminal prosecutions
the accused shall enjoy the right to Q
speedy public trial. by an impartial Jury
Of the parish wherein the offenss shall
have been committed, except IN Gases Of
change of venue: provided. that In cases
where the penalty Is not necessarily I'm
prisonment at hard labor, or death, the
General Assembly shall provide for thai
thereof before q Jury Of six In number
or by the court at any regular or special
term.
Sec. 2. Be 1t further resolved, etc.,
That Article eighty-one Of the Constitu.
ton OF the State Of Louisiana shall BE- %
amended a. to read As follows:
Article 81. The Supreme Court. except
In cases hereinafter provided. shall have
appellate Jurisdiction only. which juris.
the matter in dispute or the fund to be
distributed. whatever may be the amount
therein claimed, shall exceed two thou.
sand dollars. exclusive of interest, 70
suits for divorce and separation from
bed and board. to suits for the nuIlity
Of marriage. to suits involving the rights
OF homesteads. to suits for Introduction,
and to all cases arising under the Con-
stitution. Treaties ana Laws Of the Unit.
ed States. or under the Constitution Of
the State. and to all cases In which the
constitutionality or legality of any tar,
toll or impost whatever. or any ane,
forfeiture or penalty imposed by q mum
fcipal corporation shall be In contests
ton, or IN which the legality Of costs,
fees, charges or allowances shall be In
dispute. whatsoever may be the amount
thereof: and In such cases the appeal
on the law and the facts shall be direct
ly from the court in which the case
originated to the Supreme Court and to
criminal cases on questions Of law alone
whenever the punishment Of death CT i'm.
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No. 200.
JOINT RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing Amendments to Article rs
OF the Constitution of the State Of
Louisiana Relative to Suffrage.
Section I. Be Il resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly Of the State Of Louisiana,
two-thirds OF all the members elected TO
each House concurring. that an amend
ment TO Article one hundred and eighty
ave Of the Constitution Of the State
Of Louisiana, be submitted to the electors
OF the State at the next election for rep
representatives. In 1885. to read Is follows:
Article 1Ss. Every male citizen OF the
United States by birth or naturalist ton,
who 10 twenty-one years Of age or up-
wards. POSSESSING the following qualtfi-
cations shah be IN elector to vote at any
election BY the people. except as herein
provided.
First. He shall be IN actual resident OF
the State fos one year next preceding the
election 1t witch he offers to vote.
Second. He shall be an actual resident
OF the parish In which he offers to vote
1t least six months next preceding the
election.
Third. He shall be an actual resident
OF the ward or precinct in which he offers
to vote At least thirty days next preceding
the election.
Fourth. He shall be q registered voter.
FIFTH. He shah be able to read the
Constitution Of the State IN his mother
tongue or shall be q bona fide owner of
property. real or personal located In the
state and assessed to him At cash vaiu-
alton Of not less than two hundred dollars.
sixth. The General Assembly at its
regular session In 1884. shall have power
oy vote Of two-thirds Of all the members
erected 20 each House. and approved BY
me Governor. to modify. change or amend
this article Of the Constitution. ana
modiheations. changes or amendments
when 20 adopted and approved shall be-
come part OF the Constitution without
tne puoiication and submission to the
popular vote - required In Article s5s Of
the Constitution.
@. W. BOLTON,
speaker Of the House Of Representa- tive.
H. r. LOTT.
President Pro Tsmpore Of the Senate.
A true copy:
I. 9. ADAMS, Secretary OF STATE.
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ferred for decision TO the court OF Ap-
peals having territorial jurisdiction u"-
der the foregoing amendments:
G. w. BOLTON.
Sneaker Of the House Of Representatives.
H. r. LOTT,
President Pro Tempore Of the Senate
A true copy:
It's. ADAMS, Secretary Of State.
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No. ao1.
JOINT RESOLUTION

ANASSObo AAOAv
Proposing an Amendment to the Corsts.
tuition Of the State Authorizing Citiss
and Towns to AID Manufseturine
Companies.
BE II resolved by the General Assembly
of the State of Louisiana. two.thirds Of
all the members elected to each Heuuo
concurrinE therein: Thst there shall ~
submitted to the electors OF the State
for their approval or rejection at ~
next general election for Representative
In accordance with Article as Of the Goa.
sti' luton. the following additional articiss
The General Assembly may slthorsss
and empower Cities and Towns Of tho
Stat.. tn aid and assist by donation, o.
otherwise. Manufacturing Companies -
Gated within the corporate limits Of thO
cities or tow ~; and for that Purpose may
authorize ana empower the proper a.
thorfties OF such municipal corpors-
lions 70 levy, assess and collect special
taxes: and arpfy the proceeds OF such tax
In aiding or assisting such manufnctur-
inR companies. provided:
1st Such tar SO levied, aesesspd and
collected In aid of any one MANUFACTURERS
conDgry shall rot exceed the rate of nvs
mills on the dollar I'm any one year. nor
extend for n longer period than ten
years; provided further. that such tax
shall not be collected until the PROPOSE
ton for said tax shsll have been Sul.
United TO The taxpayers Of the municdDo1
corporation. for approval or rejection, a.
an election TO he k~ia rrr thar purrNso
and approved by majority vote Of the
taxpayers both In number ana vaiaaa.
voting mt such election" which. II sp.
proved. shall be a part Of tlte Const!tu-
ton
q. ". BOLTON.
Speaker Of the Mouse OF Representatives.
II. r. LOTT.
President Pro Tempore Of the Senate.
A true COPY:
T. 8. ADAMS.
Secretay Of State.
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No. m.
JOINT RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing An Amendment to the const,-
toiion OF the State. AuthorixlnE Cities
ana towns and Parishes to Lew.
assess and Collect Special Taxes for
me Eurrose Of Constructing Public
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In testimony whereof have hereuneo
affixed my signature and attached no
veal Of the Safe Of Louisiana, at tn
city of Baton Rouge, thfs sd day of
December. Y3j. r. s. ADAMS.
Secretary Of State. .
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-19
Corbeit at KeIth's.

James j. Corbstps new play, which
will be seen here next week, is entitled
"A Naval Cadet" Ii ~ the work Of
Charles 7. Vincent, and II has been
staged under the direction 81 william A.
Brsdy. The play Is mentioned by those
who have witnessed IL for the purpose of
criticism with much favor. IL is declared
that James j. Corbett has taken dc.
oided step forward in the sctor's art. and
taat hereafter ho will aspire 10 shine as
o light comedian. The plot OF the play
turns on an Invention Of a new maya
zine gun by Ned Cornell (CorDGttj, a
naval cadet 81 Annapolis. The gun Is
accepted by ihs oxininng board al
Washington, at before 1t can be patented
The -LtsiGn is stolcn by trcnchman,
who takes IL To Paris. This offers an
excuse to the playwright to transport
the porsonagoa 60 thEt city, and Is the
scene of iho attien whore the Iday rul-
minaiCs, ending ~ = ,tii.ty OF exciftn y
episodes. II is IN the gag and giacy clt-
tnl oi France wuere livelv encountfr
takes place between Cornell ana the at
ouctor Cf "a woman. TIE scene reprr-
.nts a dsrg hnn diDgy c,llir in tho
slDms of the i.atin Queer aud 10 a mas-
terpisce Of scsnie arr.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-19
ANOTHER STRONG BOY.
MAX Unger Bids Fair to Become Cham
pion of His Glass.

During recent years good many young
men have devoted themselves to the de-
ve,opment of their muscles purely for the
purpose of testing the possibilities of hu-
man strength. In this line of endeavor
no one has been more successful than Max
Unger of New York city, to whose remark
able feats the notice Of the public has been
recently attracted. Even Sandow, who
has for some years past stood at the head
OF his class, Is not SO sure of his laurels
since Unger has come TO the front He
does not compare with Sandow in the
massiveness Of his muscle, for thereis still
discerniblc in his figure the slimness of
youth, and yot his development is so gil
gantic that when you see him stripped you
wonder how SO heavily muscled man
could possibly squeeze into the clothes in
which you had previously seen him.
Unger's measurements are superb.
With a height of feet 10 inches and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-19
Fanny Davenporps Bustlc.

| MissFapnyDavenpo present condition
| shows sharp contrast to some OF her
| early days In the profession. Miss Daven-
! port ia a graduate from the ranks, In the
hest sense of the word. Her frat engage
ment away from nome was in Louisville,
Ky., where she went from Boston Rt the
age Of ~, and set the Kentucky boys
wild. In those days 1t was the habit of
actresses to have their WARDROBE carried
to and from the thoster in champagne
baskets by colored boys, who were feed
actresses.
Miss Davenport was stranger in the
town, had no ncquaintances among the
young men, and was not getting salary
enough to justify her paying the colored
boys. AT the came time her natural
woman's vanity debsrred ber from carry
ing the basket herself.
Instead she ussd womsn's inventive
genlns "a -suhsiltAts-- would Ga. ALI
the clothes she INTENDED To wear at night
put them on, and then cover them with
balloon hoopskirt, which was used So
much In those days, and on top OF that
put hsr outer garments.
In this way this beautifully formed
GIRL would trudgo her way to the theatre
looking like a matron OF 20. When
she arrived at the theater she divested
herself OF her outer garments, gnvo a pull
st the loop which had been mysteriously
arranged at the back, ana the awful
weight would drop from her hips and
shoulders, after which she oressod for
her nights WORK. Miss Davenport often
reverts laughinglv aud feellngly 10 those
halcyon Kentucky days. when she wss
known more for her terpsichorean and
lyric abilitics than for anything else.
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THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND
PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
By His Excellency
CHARLES WARREN LIPPITT.

In harmony with the custom of our
fathers, our grateful thanks should be
offered for the many blessings of the
year. Ihs labors of the husbandmen have
been generously ewarded. BountifuI
crops successfully harvested have found
profitable markets. Gsinfu! fore ign trade
hes compelled the payment of favora BILE
balance, IN treasure OF the greatest ex-
changoa ble value. War. more than once
imminent, has been avoided ny consider
alton and frmness, coupled with the JUS
tice Of our contention. National strength
invoked to protect the weak has sarned
the gratitude OF friendly Republic.
Confidence IN National integrity. since
The will or the people hes peen expressed,
IS rapiuly opening the nations wofksnops
TO willing laborers, ano uromises recovery
from recent business depression.
Rhode Island homes have escaped
famine, Uu5tftJuc7, uuusugf fTwfEsgIIess
and serious physical disasters. Children
have progressed in education without in
terruption. In peace and in health the
people have laLUrcd to secure happiness
for themselves ard for those dependent
upon them.
Therefore /, Charles Warren Lippitt,
Governor OF the state OF Rhode Island
aud Providence Plantations, in accord.
auce with tho proclamat ION OF the lresi-
dent OF thoUnited States, and az required
II
the 26tn day Of Eovem ter, A. ID. 1896, as
a day Of public Thanksgiving
In neeitftlt recognition OF these abun.
dant mercies, urge the people OF the
state TO refrain on that day from all un-
necessary labor. TO meet In their several
places OF worship and TO express pu ublicly
their gratitude TO the Ruler OF the Unit
vtrie. / invoke them to unite about
their household nresides In thankful
observance OF the day, and to renew and
strengthen those family ties so important
TO tho well reing OF the State. Forget
sno forgive the errors OF the past and
approach tho future with sentiments OF
kiLship and Of mutual support. MAY the
development of tho country he unimped
ed by war, ana national differences be
adjusted ty erbittaiion. In providing
entertainment forget not these in want.
Remember that to eecure for others a
day Of Thanksgiving il TO follow the pre-
cepts OF the Savionr OF mankind.
In testimony whereof. have hereunto
set my hand Hnd caused tho Seal
Of the State to ue affixed al
Providence, this sixteenth day of
Novcm Der, IN the year OF our
(L. 8. Lord, one thousand eight hundred
ana niueiy.siX. of the founding
ot the State the two hundred and
sixty-hrst. and OF Independence
the one hundred and twenty-nrst.
CHARLES WARREN LlfPITI.
by the Governor:
CHARLES \. BENNETT,
Secretary OF state.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-19

weight of 165 pounds, he has chest meas
uring 40 inches that expands to As inches
under full breath. His neck is 1s inches
In circumference, and he is 5111 inches
across the shoulders. His thigh measures
2524 inches and his calf Is, while his fore
arm has girth of Ia inches and his biceps
one of 1615. His age is II years.
The fcats he performs are, when his
youthfulness is considered, little less than
marvellous. With a weight Of 906 pounds
on his back he walks about the gymna-
sium with apparent ease. In a stationary
position he has supported on his shoulders
1850 pounds. He tosses about great
weights with the apparent ease of n child
playing jackstones. He approaches giant
dumbbell that weighs $50 pounds, picks
1t up easily, balances it in one hand and
raises IL aloft rs far as his arm can reach.
These and dozens Of other equally aston
ishing things he accomplishes with SEEM
ingly little effort
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-19
M'PARrLANp AND HANLEY MATCHED.
GENERAL SPORTING GOSSIP.

George J. Gould the millionaire, mas
been renomin mated for commodore of IN,
Atlantic Yacht Club.
"Dave' Foutz will manage the Grand
Rapids club IN the Western League. He
has already signed Little Johnnie ~
Foreman.
j. A. X. Elliott and Frank PsrmeIee,
the crack wing shots, will shoot 100
bird match at Omaha Thanksgiving day
for $500 a side.
At the A. A. u. meeting official in
dorsement was made OF hand pall, and n
championship will be held on Dac. 12 at
Jersey CITY.
The Pennsylvania and Harvard man.
agement came TO an agreement on W. O.
Hitk Ds Of Yolo as referee; L. X. Wykon
Of Cornell and william Greovcs OF Yale.
linesmen.
At the meeting OF the A. A. ". Mon
dly night the rule forbidding trophies
or banners being awarded the clubs win
ming tha pniniA- in com petiiinn- at cham.
pionsbip or other games was rescindsd.
A telegram was received by the New
York club from the Rochester Clubs
president, a few DAYS age. inquiring
"will you take $4,000 for the release Of
Rusis?" The telegram was not answered
The final heat OF the Colquhoun pcull.
ing match az Cambridge, Eng, Tuesday
was most exciting. Goulo of First rrin.
ity, beat Howell OF Trinity Hall by two
yards. howell il New Yorker, and
arst made the acquaintance Of sculliDg
boat fortnight ago. lie won his heat
on Monday in eight seconds faster than
Gould.
Rev. DIR. Charles III. Psrkhurst says:
"BoxiDg IL manly sport, and when not
degraded is a noble sport. | would sp-
prove OF boxing contest. II there
could be contests In which there was
nothing brutal could witness il, but /
do not believe such thing possible. |
have never yet felt a desire TO attend
boxing match, although I believe in
athletic exhibitions whore two men are
oveuly matched togehtner In a trial OF
strength and skill, even where blows
VT
Chairman Gideon's l.. A. W. bulletin
~ THE week contsins the following:
Suspended. the french proiessionrls,
Mordior ana Soibud, are suspended from
ell connection with track raoing for Elk
months end one yesr, respectively, from
oct. Is, 1896. by fre French Association,
sno arf, therefore. not eligible TO trace
races IN this country. Sanctions grpnted,
Nov. p, Twentr-Seconu Regiment. New
York Citr, ~. ", Dec. ~. Eighth Rcgi-
ment. \. q. N. ", New York city,
~. T.
Columbus seems % be synonymous with
hrst. Colnmnu o., 10 the first city 20
max application for the National meet
OF The l.. A. ". for '01. The request has
besn msde by the BusinesS MEMS League
Of that city. The League says int
Iclum bus has 20, COZ cyclists one cf the
fastest G. Gle tfacss IN thc world, new
cycle track nearly ccmpie,sd. msnv hsnd-
some driyewsys erq every convenience TO
entertain the National ,lest Of the com
ing year.
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or rHn poLo CLUBS.


James K. Scott has fled his answer to
the petition OF l.. Banks Holt of New
ark. N. j.. his former partner, who is
suing him for settlement of the WIN
nings OF John II. Gentry and other horses
which Scott was campaigning.
Scott alleges tnat Gentry earned sl1, 1872
ut an expense of sls26, Baronet $3.50 at
mn expense OF sl423. Burdell 1850 at sn
expense CT SSl4. McHenry, the driver,
cot one-half the winnings. He says he is
out in money he advanced s9il. lie do
nies that he purchased the Creighton
farm with money borrowed from Holt or
that Ashland Wilkes was purchssec with
Hollis money.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-19
Little Miss Trees "Poser.s

Inherited brightness sometimes asserts
itself In the guise of boomerang. An in
stance in point is supplied by an anecdote
which Elizabeth Marbury tells anont Beer
bohm Tree His little daughter was teas-
ing him to buy her n pony, but the Eng
lish actor declared that he could not afford
TO purchase such Injuries The child,
however, was IA match for him. "Then,
papa, why don't you play little better
and make more money!" asked the dear
little innocent And Mr. Tree says no Is
going to buy her that pony If he has to
work eight hours day for it.
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Was Witnessed By a Large Audience
Last Evening.

Seldom has so thoroughly adequate and
satisfying performance been given ut
the Providencs Opera House as that of
CLEOPATRA" with which Miss Davenport
ana ner remarkably efficient and well
balanced company entertained large
audiencs last evening. Miss Davenport's
art Is OF that mellow aud finished kind
that is achieved only by those pos 1ssing
great natural talent, supplemented and
broadened by wide and varied experience
IN stage work. AS the exponent OF the
granoer roles Of tho modern drama no
American actress approaches, much less
equals, her, either in power or in finish.
Endowed by nature with a person singu-
larly attractive ana striking she Is also
the possessor uf voice OF raro beauty-a
voice capable Of giving effective express
sion to the whole gamut of human pas
sions and emotions. The Cleopatra that
Miss Davenport presents Is not the
voluptuous, ambitious and treacherous
daughter OF Ptolemy Aulstes that history
portrays her. True, those infirmitles OF
character are not absent entirely, but
they are not dominant. On the contrary
one is so impressed by the sincerity and
depth of Cieoratrs's love for Antony that
her former fckleness and waywardness
are banished from he nina which desires
only to contemplate the development OF
the overmastering passion which the
sturdy but unstable Antony has awak-
ened In the breast Of the Egyptian
queen. Never has Miss Davenport given
better exposition OF her srt than she
did last evening. There was neither fieck
nor flaw to mar her powerful impsrsona-
tion which from every view point can be
safely set down as a masterpiece In tragic
actiog.
Physically Mr.. MacDowolI is an i'd eal
Antony. The Roman triumvir certainly
could have no more virils representative.
From the veiy moment be appeared upon
the scene, fresh from his victory over
Castius and Brutus, TO he in turn con-
querod ty the beauty and grscs OF
Egpyrs queen, 10 the final catastrophe,
MIR. MscDowelPs Antony 10 an impressive,
forceful portraiture, instinct with life and
robust vigor. The remaining characters
were with one or two exceptions presented
with marked ability.
The theatergoing public has learned II
look to Miss Davenport for sumptuous
stage settings and has never been disap- |
pointed. Lsst evenings scenic effects can |
be described as magnificent end did much |
to enhances tho enjoyment of perform
nnce thar will live long in the memory of |
those who witnessed IL.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-19
BIDDING FOR coRBErr rrrs MILL

Another offer has been received by Cor
bett for championship contest with
FitsiUmons.
Last evening Jimmy Colville. the we'll
known sporting man of Boston walked
across the Columbia 1heater stage, in
that city, to Corbett's dressing room and
said "Howdy, Jim
Then he came TO business. / have come
20 make you an offer tor the battle in Le-
bali Of New York CLUB, which for the
present will not be naroeu.
"we will offer s26 900, and II on Friday
batter offer Ia mada | Kill -iaeEease
my bid. j have wired this offer to Fitz,
too"
"well," replied Corbstt, al will answer
you as did the others. If that Is the
best Offer we receive I'll accept. I'll agree
TO any fair man for referee"
This offer comes from a big club I'm
New York, and one which could handle
the fight and make money on tine contest.
1T IL said that this club IS also preparing
60 make a handsome offer on the percen-
taee plan. A big forfeit will be posted
and the referee mined who will he ssres-
able to both men.
Fitzsimmons In a telegram TO Boston
tn answer to Genslinger's offer declared
be would not sccept John Kelly as
referee, and wanted the fignt OF q finish.
CorDett wasn't surprised at this.
telegram was also received yesterday
from Dan stusrt, stating that he will
mske an offer today.
Warren Lewis viii be in Boston today.
Also In all probability will Charles Gems
linger Of the Bohemian Club OF New
York. And Jimmy ColvilIe will lie on
hsud Friday prepared to increase his BID II
The other managers 70 better than his
offer. So II looFs as IL there would De
lively bidding.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-19
= WHALES VICTORIOUS.

Fall River beat New Bedford at Fall
River last night 10 goals to 3. The whsl-
ers we're outplayed at every point, Fall
Rivers team work breaking up both their
offensive and defensive play. Roberts
was rendered almost useless IN the first
period, being struck in the sidc by a
terrific drive by Cottsr, aud Russell was
struck on the wrist and retired. Doe
quit In the third period. The summary;
FALL RIVER - Connell 1r., Russell lr,
Wodtks Pr Cotter c., Everett bb, Curley X.
NEW BEDFORD-Roberts 1r., Doe Pr,
Williams C., Spencer c., Conway hb Smith &