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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
FEW IN ATTENDANCE
Business of the State l-eRisla-
tuve Delayed by the Ab-
eenteeS.
Work in Both Houses Confined
to General Orders As 4
Result.
Several Important Measures
Among the Laws, Con-
Sidered. ,E

ST.. PAUL, March 9.-In spite Of a
small attendance, due In no small meas.
ure to the snow of the day before, the
senate met yesterday and industriously
attacked the accumulation Of pending
legislation, with the result that i'll
committee of the whole no less than
nine bills were recommended for pas.
sage, while number OF others were
partially discussed and laid over for
the incorporation of amendments.
Not the least important of these bills
favorably acted upon was the Ozmun
bill, s. F. 1888, which adds to the pur.
poses for which cities may issue bonds,
that they may be for the acquiring o.
street railway lines, telegraph or tele.
phone or other communicating lines Of
any description, either by purchase.
condemnation or otherwise. The
other measures recommended to pass
were as follows:
S. +. 800, Potter-Relating to fire de-
partment relief associations and authoriz-
Ing the payment of pensions by such u.s.
solutions to retired members thereof.
S. F. $50, Pottgieser-Giving county
commissioners the right to cancel doubt
full per sonal property taxes.
S. F. 3l5, Sweningsen-Reducing the
bounty for capturing horse thieves from
900 to 800.
s. F. 1913, Wyman-To provide for the
establishment and maintenance of uni
form heights Of water in the navigable
lakes of the state.
H. F. 1855, Dunn-Relating to the time
Of payment of bills and notes due or
payable on holidays, etc.
S. F. 257, Stebbins-To legalize certain
corporations of cemetery associations.
S. F.. A3, Ringdahl-To legalize pro-
ceelings had under the Howard charter
bill, to make cities organized Hereunder
liable for the debts Of villages included in
the cities go organized.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
SLAUGHTERED MANY BILLS.

Largo Portion OF tho Houae sessioa De-
vessd to Comm. ttes Reports.
The feature of the house yesterday
was the large number OF committee
reports. all the morning session aud
part of the afternoon being devoted to
this order of business. In the majority
Of cases indefinite postponement WIS
recommended. Several of the meas
ares slaughtered were fathered by lg-
natius Donnelly. and in each instance
he attempted to have the bill given an
other chance for life by moving to place
It on general orders. The unfeehng
house turned him down three times
and then the sage was in savage and
sarcastic humor. Would not it be-
we'll" he asked, ito have it q standing
rule in this house that all bllls bearing
my name be reported for postpone
nent ut sightr' Continuing at length,
he paid his respects to the courts and
ether things IN his own peculiar style.
Iasssd Several Bills.
Late in the afternoon the house took
m the calendar The bill introduced
by Mr. Dunn providing Tor an amend.
meat to the constitution requiring that
future amendments shall require q vote
Of the majority Of the persons voting
At tho election when the amendment Is
considered was passed BY vote OF 81
TO Is after very hard fighting. Other
bills passed were:
S. F. $3.50 create IN additional Judge
In the Twelfth judicial district.
S. F. l35, Hodge-Relating to public
schools
S. F. 1854, Heneman-Relating to liens
upon logs and lumber.
II. F. III, Soule-For relief Of Ellen
pnsh
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
Afraid OF the Title.

JEFFERSON CRY, Mo-, March o.
Governor Stephens vetoed the bill re-
curing the execution OF all murderers
on gallows to be erected in the state
penitentiary at jefferson City. Great
pressure has been brought to bear on
the governor by citizens here in favor
Of a veto, because of the fear that the
capital city would be known as q
'4hangman's city" +
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
1AN0lA TURNED DOWN
State Senate Decides That
* Town Not Entitled to the
@:@ New Hospital.
Question of Locating 1t at
Hastings Still Remains
....s -.." Undecided.
The One-Cent Tonnage Tax on
Iron Ore Repealed by
Both Houses.

ST.. PAUL. March 5.-The state senate
yesterday decided that Anoka was not
entitled to the new insane hospital.
but at the same time did not locate it
at Hastings. The fight began at 2 :SO
in the afternoon, and, with the excep.
ton of an hours recess for supper.
continued unlnterruptedly until II
o'clock when vote was reached on
the recommendation of the majority
committee which investigated the mat.
ter. The vote on the simple PROPOSE.
ton to set aside the location at AnOka
was 20 ayes and % noes. The vote was
then on the proposition to purchase the
Hastings site and appropriate $4,000
therefor. The vote on this was "a ayes
and rs noes. The committee then rose
and the report, with the exception OF
the proposition to purchase the Hast.
ings site, was adopted. This leaves the
Hastings location and appropriation in
the air.
Stole . March on Mine Own~rs.
A march was stolen on the iron mine
owners OF St. LOUIS county during the
AO1uiuk, W Acu tuO Ok AsAtO, AAOOA ouo'
pension Of the rules, passed bill in.
PRODUCED by Senator Wyman Of Henne.
pin providing tor the repeal Of the /.
cent q ton tax on output The bill was
passed after hard struggle. The mo.
ton to suspend the rules was made i'm.
mediately following the introduction
Of the bill and was debated pro and con
for two hours. Finally, on roll call, the
motion had 81 votes, exactly the neces.
sary two-thlrds. 1t was then read tho
second aud third times and passed by
vote Of ~ to 4, Messrs. Culkin, Fuller,
Greer and Spencer voting in the mega
tive.
The repeal Of this statute clears the
decks for action, and the legislature
can now proceed in some proper way
to provide for the taxation Of the iron
properties. As long as the l.cent q ton
tax stood on the statute books it offered
IN excuse to mine owners to avoid
their just share Of taxation.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
1o.n and Trust Company Assigns.

SAN DIEGO, Cal. March 1.-THE
California Mortgage Loan and Trust
company of this city assigned u it.
property to the sheriff for the benent or
its creditors without preference. The
step was taken on account of the
shrinkage in tho value Of the holdings.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING.

A Wea thy Oh cago Woman Seriously
Observation-Disclosures Arrested.
CHICAGO, March ia bullet was
sent through Mrs. Catherine E. Bragg's
head as she lay in bed. Hor adopted
daughter, Josephine, was sleeping with
her but did not hear the shot. Mystery
surrounds the shooting. The police
are inclined to think Mrs. Bragg at
tempted to commit suicide. They ar
rested the adopted daughter and locked
her up. Mrs. Bragg made will some
time ago, leaving $4,000 to her daugh.
ter. Search for revolver in the house
was unavailing. Mrs. Bragg was taken
to hospital and the physicians believe
she will recover. She is the widow Of
Frederick A. Bragg, a brother Of Gem
eral Bragg Of Wisconsin =
Searched tho Bermuda.
FERNANDINA, Fla, March 1.-THE
steamer Bermuda, Captain Murphy,
has arrived here from Bermuda. Cap
tain Murphy said that he came for or.
ders. The Bermuda on her arrival
was searched by an officer Of the rev.
enue cutter Colfax, but nothing Of a
filibustering nature was found.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
FIGHTING THE REPORTS.

Homo Meubers Make Fztii5 E6o1ts to
SAvs Measures.
Committee reports occupied most OF
the morning session Of the house and
the usual attempt to reverse the YER
diets rendered was made. Donnelly
sought to have the Marin track scale
bill, reported adversely by the railroad
committee, placed on general orders,
but the Republican leaders objected
and the committee was sustained. The
same committee reported indefinite
postponement for the Scott bicycle bag.
gage bill Henry Feig moved to re-
verse the report but the house refused.
Killed the 'svas" Bill.
Most Of the afternoon session Of tho
house was taken up in the coosidera-
ton of H. F. 40, intended to extend
scope Of tho vagrancy law 80 that po-
lcemen may pick up persons known to
be of q criminal bent with less cere'
mony than is at present necessary. The
bill was rldiculed to death. The other
bills disposed Of were As follows:
H. +. 60, MISUNDERSTANDING that
persons under 81 years Of ago shall not be
permitted at places Of amusement where
liquors are sold. To pasa
Il. F. "a, Lloyd-To regulate and IL
senee horseshoers and hOfseshoing. To
pass.
*. F. bo4, Staples-Providing for nor
NAL instruction in high schools. To pass.
Il. F. $40, Misunderstanding to reports of
treasurers Of common school districts. To
pass.
H. f. PAS. Froslee-Regulating public
marks and boulevards. TO pass.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
DEPARTMENT STORES.

Tbsden'a Bill for Licenstag Thorn Intro
| duced in the Senate.
The senate yesterday had reported to
II BY Senator Theden, the report Of the
committee on department stores, to-
gether with the bill for q tax on these
stores. The bill and report were re-
ferred to the judiciary committee. An
important provision of the bill is that
it Is optional with city councils to levy
the tax provided for therein, and while
the bill applies to all cities there is no
provision that it shall apply to villages.
The taxes provided are: One line Of
goods, ~ per year; lines, SO; 8
lines, SIS; 4 lines, 500; s lines, $3.50 ;
over and under IL lines, $1,0OO; ~ to
70 lines, 5000; over 10 lines, $4,000.
These Went Through.
The senate passed the following
bills:
n. F. 118, Anderson-Toc confer upon all
cities and villages in the state Of Mime
sofa the power to adopt ordinances lor
the regulation and licensing Of itinerant
vendors and transient dealers in mer-
chandise.
H. +. 10, Mcdonald Providing for ex-
caption to sufficiency Of sureties in appeal
bonds in all cases tried upon appeal from
Justice court and the proceedings there
after.
H. F. s75, Notwithstanding and
empowering deputy auditors to admins
ter oaths,
H. F. sl7, Reeves-To amend chap. 147,
general laws Of 1898, granting rewards for
Killing wolves.
s. +. s62, Dunham-To provide for the
sanitary regulation of bakeries and other
establishments for tho manufacture of
bread and other food products.
). F. 204, Thompson-Authorizing or
ganized towns to regulate or prohibit
riotous, obscene or disorderly conduct,
etc.
S. f. 831, Miller-To amend an act en-
Titled an act to regulate common carriers,
etc., and relating to the fixing of rates for
aChlmOn Carriora
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
Senate Recommends the Meas
ure Providing for a Rail-
road Land Tax.
Its Constitutionality Previously
Decided by the Judicial
ny Committee.
House Considers the Scott
"VaR" Bill and Ridicules
1t to Death.


in a busy day yesterday, passing 8
number of bills and advancing many
others in committee of the whole. The
most important matter that came up
was the report of the judiciary com.
mittee on the Hodge bill, which aimed
to make effective the constitutional
amendment providing for the taxation
o. railroad lands. The bill was de-
clared constitutional, in the opinion OF
the committee, and was accordingly
voted upon favorably in committee OF
the whole without dissent. Other bll4s
recommended to pass were:
S. + 81, Theden-Relative to the as
aignment, sale and pledge OF exempt prop
erty by married men, or for debts arising
In whole or in part from the sale of in
toxicating liquors at retail, and declaring
such transfers void.
S. +. ls9. Wyman-To provide for the
dedication of the monument erected by
the state of Minnesota upon the battle
field of Gettysburg. Appropriations cut to
5000.
In the morning the calendar was
reached an hour earlier than usual
Senator Ozmun's civil service bill was
the first measure taken up, but the at
tendance was 80 small the bill was laid
over.
On motion of Senator Greer, Senator
Knatvold's liquor license bill was re-
ferred back to the author and Senators
Cole and Colester for amendment.
seml-AnnuAl Taxes.
H. F. 267, the Shell bill, dividing the
payment of real estate taxes SO that
hair may be paid June l and the re-
malnder Nov. /, and providing for q
graduated penalty, passed by vote Of
"a to 4. Those voting IN the negative
were Knatvold, Reishus, Roverud,
Swenlngsen.
n. +. loo, Representative Dunn's
bill, including Lincoln's birthday and
Memorial day III the List Of legal holi-
days In re4atlon to the payment OF
notes, etc., passed without opposition.
The following bills were also passed:
5. F. 1873, Wyman-To provide for the
establishment and maintenance OF uni
form heights of water in the navigable
lakes of the state.
s. +. 257, Stebbins-To legalize certain
corporations of cemetery associations.
5. f. 800, Fredericksburg to fire de-
partment relief associations and authoriz-
ing tho payment Of pensions by such as
sociations to retired members thereof.
5. F. SIS, MISUNDERSTANDING the
bounty for capturing ho rse thieves from
t2uO to 500
5. F. 243, Ringdahl-To legalize pro-
eeedings had under the Howard charter
bill, to make cities organized Hereunder
liable for the debts of villages included in
the cities - organized.
5. +. $50, Pottgieser-Giving county
commissioners the right to cancel doubt
full personal property taxes.
.. +. 40 Relating to organization OF
cities.
s. f. 44l-Relating to fire limits in GER
tam casos.
Pottgleser's bill requiring druggists
TO 4urn,sh customers with copies or pre-
scorpions they have filed was defeated
by . vote Of IA tor to "a against.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
DOINGS OF THE HOUSE.
Committees Dslugs the Chamber With
RepOrts.

Committees Dslugs the Chamber With
Reports.
The feature Of the morning session
Of the house was the food of commit
tee reports. Fully half = hundred bills
were included in tho list and many
representatives heard the death sem
tences Of their pet measures read.
The Scott bicycle bill, II. r. 478, to
license Ill bicycles, was reconsidered
and though lost Wednesday was put
On general orders. So was H. +. 1913, q
Duluth measure by Mr.. Schmidt. II
was passed Wednesday, but was drawn
70 as to be unconstitutional. Mr..
Schmidt had it placed on general or.
ders.
H. F. 81, the seed grain loan bill
carrying an appropriation of 90, 0OO,
was also reconsidered after some de.
hate and also placed on general orders.
Passed by the House.
II. f. b20-To detach Renville county
from tho Ninth and attach it to thu
Twelfth judicial district.
II. F. 1888, Fosnes-To create an addi
Aonal Judge Of tho Twelfth judicial dis
trict.
H. F. 09-Relating to liens on logs and
fumber.
H. u. 205, Fosnes-To legalize certain
corporations.
s. F. 135, Hodge-Relating to public
schools.
H. f. 800, Johns-To legnlize certain
foreclosures.
S. +. 416, Hanson-To repeal special law
AZ 1891 regarding liquor license money In
the village of Dassel, Meeker county.
S. +. 421, Wyman-To repeal chap. a.:
reneral laws extra session 1881, relating to
q specific tax of cent = ton on all iron
a2a rninod
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
Trnatad EnploYa Short

NEwBURYPoRT, Mass, March H.
The trusted bookkeeper Of the Mer-
chants National bank, Percy Dane,
has left town after confessing to the
embezzlement of $3.50 of the funds
of the bank, which amount has since
been made good by his friends.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
Tho shirtn>akers' strik Q.

New YORK. March 11.-There 10
practically no change in the shirtnnak-
ers' strike. Several hundred men re-
turned to work during the day, but an
equal number went on strike. Within
the past week 1000 Of the employees
have had their requests granted.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
Min. Exp,osion 1njured Many.

HUNTINGTON, Ark, March 6.-Mine
Il of the Kansas and Texas Coal com.
pany of this place exploded, burning 30
nen, all of them seriously and some
fatally.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
Would End the Fourth Hos
pital Location Fight by
Not Building 1t.
He Thinks 1t More Economical
to Enlarge the Present
Institutions.
French's Libel Bill Recon-
mended to Pass in
the Senate.

ST.. PAUL, March 10.-1n the senate
yesterday morning Senator Miller in.
troduced resolution providing for the
appointment OF q committee to exam.
inc into the condition and capacity OF
the hospitals for the insane, the prob
able reduction in their population
) which would be secured by the passage
OF the bills for the abolition OF the in
ebriate department. at the Rochester
, hospital, the discharge of patients not
fit SUBJ ects for treatment in this state,
and non.residents, and for the deten-
ton OF persons charged with insanity
in the counties where they reside. The
committee is instructed to report as to
whether additional room is needed and
whether, it it be needed, 1t would noe
be more efficient and economical to
provide additions to the present insri-
tutions than to build fourth asylum.
Senator Greer sent the resolution over
under notice of debate.
Later in the day resolution was in
troduced by Senator Whitney to H.
vestlgate alleged charges Of bribery In
connection with the location OF the
fourth asylum for the insane, Mime
apolis paper having published an
article to the effect that one Of the
commission had been offered $4,000 to
vote for the Hastings site.
These Were Passed.
When the calendar was taken up the
senate considered and passed the fol-
lowing bills:
S. F. 251-Relating to public libraries in
Incorporated villages.
5. f. 82l-To authorize the secretary of
state to make contract for the publication
Ct Minnesota reports.
S. F. 293, Hanson-To create an addi-
tional Judge for the Twelfth judicial dis
trlct.
5. F. $50, Young-To legalize in certain
cases proceedings heretofore had for the
annulment of articles of incorporation
for the extension of corporate term.
S. F. 292, misunderstanding Renville
county to the Twelfth judicial district,
and fixing the time for holding court
therein.
H.F. 1858, White-Relating to the spread
Of disease among swine.
Changing the Libel Law.
In COmm1CGo0 O1 t0o "0OAo tu0 6eUs
ate disposed Of large number OF bins.
The French bill repeating the provision
o. the existing law Of newspaper libel,
which allows the newspaper to offer q
retraction rs complete defense, was
the cause Of . lengthy debate and was
finally recommended to pass. Among
other measures acted on were the toll
lowing:
S. +. "a, Wyman-To provide q uni
form time for holding municipal elections
in all cities of the state and regulating
the holding of such elections. To pass.
5. +. 3S7, Miller-To designate the place
for taxation of grain in elevators. 10
pass.
S. F. 29S, Knatveld-To provide for the
payment Of any Indebtedness Of = town.
ship which was created prior to the incor-
poration of village therein, and appor-
tioning the same between the township
and such village. 10 pass.
s. +. W., Nhitney-To annex certain
territory to the county of Wadena. 70
PASS.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

The house railroad committee has been
given four additional days in which to
bring in q report on the Douglas rate bill.
It 10 probable that the travelling library
bill will come up again In the legislature
This week and its friends are confident of
securing it's passage this time.
The Wyman bill to repeal the mining
tonnage tax, which was railroaded
through both senate and house Thursday,
has not yet been signed by the governor.
The senate committee on finance have
again had under consideration Senator
1hompson's bill appropriating e6a,OO0 to
aid rural schools in maintaining o higher
Standard of efficiency and have decided to
report it back without recommendation,
alter amending it by reducing the amount
10 S2O,OOO. &c.,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

Senator Wing has introduced bill TO-
the ORGANIZATION OF township graded
schools. Tho bill is in line with tho town
hin system Of schools favored by the
Stata Educational association and the
state superintendent. .a &-as D..
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12

IS Senator Sperry has introduced bill
nroyidinu for taxation of mines. The I'M
rortant part Of the bill is that mining and
sn,elter companies are allowed a rebate
ii r each ton of pig copper and pig iron
manufactured in this state. ".
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

A favorable report has been made in the
house on the Snyder bill providing for an
increase of the standing statutory appro.
priation for the state university.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12

At . meeting Wednesday the senate
finance committee took up the house bill
appropriating S15, 600 to purchase an asy,
lnm site at Hastings and recommended it
for passage. The vote in the COMMITTEES
INA 4 tn 4.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-10-08

General Neal Dow was born in Port
land in 1904. His father was a tanner
and after acquiring a good education
for mercantile life he became his father )
partner at the age of q. Success at
tended his business efforts, and he made
his mark in public enterprises as we'll.
In 1851 Dow became mayor of Port
land. At that time he had a brother-in-
law holding a responsible position who
was addicted to periodic sprees. One
night the wife of the unfortunate man
| told Dow that her husband was away
drink heavily and lose his situation in
consequence. Dow went to saloon
regularly patronized by his brother-in-
law and asked for him. The proprietor
declared that he was not there. His
voice could be heard in another room,
however, and Dow politely asked the
liquor dealer not to sell him any more
liquor, because of his wife and large
family. All his money, Dow said, was
needed to properly care for them. The
answer and BOWS hot retort changed
the destiny of the liquor traffic in Maine.
The dealer replied: Mr. Dow, this is
my business, and 1 run it to suit my
self. 1 have license to sell liquor, and
1 have a family to support as well as he
Don't you NEEDLE with my affairs
80, no." retorted the mayor, you
have a license to support your family by
running this man and depriving him of
his situation, have you? Well see about
this
Dow went home firmly resolved to keep
his hasty promise to see about this"
He drew up a petition asking for the
suppression of drinking houses and
tipping shops" The measure was so
radical that many friends of temper
ance refused to sign it. 1t propUseu to
search suspected place, seize, condemn
and confiscate liquors and punish Of
tenders by fine and imprisonment. He
refused to modify the terms and went
before a committee of the Legislature,
spoke for the bill at public hearing, and
it became a law within "A hours. His
chief weapon of persuasion in all this |
campaign was the saloon story and the |
keepers cold -blCoded attituded. He af- !
terWard became a member of the Maine .
legislature. In 1861 General Dow en-
tered the army as colonel of the Thir-
teenth Maine volunteers, and the presi-
dent commissioned him brigadier gen.
eral.
General Dow was the national Pro-
hibitiOn candidate for president in 1880
and received over 10000 votes. His last
great issued with the foes of temperance
was in his candidacy for the mayoralty
of Portland in 1885, The election was a
surprise. Dow was defeated by 1900