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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-08

for one city without being undesirable
for the others. In consequence the leg
iSIatlve delegations from St Paul, Min
neapols ana Duluth have seldom been
able to agree upon legislation affecting
the three cities.
In view OF this situation, In 1897 an
amendment was adopted enabling cities
to frame their own charters. In a gem
eral way it provided that whenever 10
per cent or more of the voters of any
city filed petition with the judges of
the district court asking for the appoint
ment of a board OF fifteen citizens, that
the judges might then appoint such a
board or commission, whose duty 1t
should be- within six months after it's
appointment to return to the mayor of
the city a draft of charter. This char
ter was then required to be submitted to
the voters at a general or a special cleo
ton, and if it received the votes of four
seventies of all those voting at the cleo
ton it was adopted and superseded the
then existing charter of the city.
The legislature, as authorized by con-
stitutional amendment. then passed a
law called the enabling act, laying down
the general lines within which such a
charter should be framed and fixing the
terms of office of the charter commission.
After such a charter is adopted it may
be amended either by provisions which
are proposed by the charter commission,
a permanent body the members holding
Office for four years. or by provisions
which are proposed by the people them
selves in petition signed by at least 5
per cent of the voters of the city.
The proposed amendments are voted
upon at an election in the same manner
as the original charter, but require for
adoption a three-fifths. instead of a
four-sevenths, of all the votes cast at
the election.
1t was thought that this system OF
framing a charter would avoid the evils
which fall upon unlimited special legsla-
tion by the legislature. and at the same
time enable each city, under proper re-
strictions, to secure that government
which was best adapted to It's needs 1t
is home rule for cities in the best and
trueSt sense.
CHANGES FROM PRESENT CHAR
TER
With the eXceptin of the changes which
are noted In each of the chapters follow
ing. the proposed charter is the same
as the existing charter:
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Continued on Eighteenth Page.
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THE PUBLIC FEiNDED DEBT.

ILL a = iSt4lS II OtNDGD
1. The prohibition of the existing char
ter upon the right of the city 10 issue
bonds are preserved except that bonds
may be reissued for the purpose of re-
funding bonds already outstanding.
2. Changes are made in the manage
ment of the sinking fund, which is de-
voted to paying the public debt as fol-
lows: IA .
(a) The sinking fund is put in charge
of a sinking fund committee, consisting
of the mayor, the comptroller and the
city treasurer. 70. %
CO. The existing charter provides that
the common council may lsvg taxes for
the support of this fund his source
OF revenue is preserved in the proposed
charter, and in addition 1t Is provided
that the odds and ends of the city,s IN
come shall be turned into this fund for
the purpose of applying the same to the
extingulshment of the public debt
tc) The moneys in the sinking fund
shall be Invested in certain specified in
terest-bearing securities.
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TITLE 3.

TAX LEVY CERTIFICATES.
The present system of issuing tax levy
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TITLE =.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
No substantial change.
CHATTER G.
DEPARTMENT. OF PUBLIC WORKS.
TITLE L.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

/. Under the existing charter the board
of pubic works consists Of four members
The proposed charter reduces the num-
Der to three. 1t is provided that the
present mcifbers shall serve out their re-
spsctive terms. The term is heightened
from two to three years. and it is ar
ranged SO that one member of the board
shall be appointed in each year
2. The powers OF the board have been
curtaiIed by limiting their duties to the
making of local improvements for which
assessments are to be made and certain
matters connected with city lighting.
The supervision of all other public works
is vested in the commissioner of public
works.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-08
CHAPTER A.

THE COMMON COUNCIL, ITS GEN
ZEAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
1. In the absence of the mayor the
president of the common council shah
act as mayor instead Of the president of
the board of aldermen as now provided.
2 Wherever d two-thirds or greater
vote Is required for the common cOun-
Gil to pass any measure, q four-ffths vote
is required in order to pass the same
measure over the veto Of the mayor, in
stead of a twethirds vote as now pro-
vided
8. Power is given to the council tC
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CHAPTER 8,
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
TITLE 4.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS,

This title provides additional checks
upon the method of doing business in the
office of the city comptroller and of the
city treasurer, which are designed to
render ever more perfect the present ad-
mirabe method of keeping the accounts
Of the city.
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TITLE o.

CUSTODY OF PUBLIC MONEYS AND
SECURITIES
The existing charter enables the COM
mon council to designate the bank in
which city moneys are to be deposited
and to approve the bonds given by such
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TITLE >.
PUBLIC REVENUES.
TITLE 4.

The methods by which the city raises
it's revenue are practically unchanged.
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TITTSE 2.

COMMISSIONER or PUBLIC WORKS
Fer the purpose Of economy and ell
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-31

NEW YORK. Juy 70 The ssaek market con,ln
nea very dun and professional toda3 ha ,hF fsd ~
sctislts hyaaesued out sEaswhAi, % - q insinae
ore stocks than IN the dealings fnrins ne is'tsr
pafs - last wfst TIE added if fc ths iradnz va
oa The selifg sits. Ard nfpsds made nis1n val
rss a. prints that have held recaskstis HTs - -
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-31

Special Correspondents Post-Inteiligencer
LOOMS, July 29.-The Palmer mountain
tunnel has now reached a length OF 3,45e
feet and gained $50 feet vertical depth.
Its ultimate length will be $500 feet and
depth upward of 1900 feet vertical. In
running the tunnel its present length
they have crossed twenty-three gold bear
ing veins that run from one to forty feet
In width which give assays OF more than
$50 per ton in gold. Perhaps the most
important ground passed through Is 800
to 600 feet of formation that assays from
few cents to s. in gold per ton and
like the Homestake vein. in Deadwood,
8. D., and the Treadweil, on Douglass
island. Alaska. It can be practically quar-
ried out and sent TO the mill and will pay
from 81 to 50 per ton profit and this
property of 200 acres OF mineral bearing
ground bids fair TO rank with either or
these great dividend payers. one OF which
has paid 81, 900 and the other 100000
In dividends In the past twenty years. IL
has been found by tests that system OF
stamps. amalgamation. concentration and
cyanide will save IS per cent. of the VAL
ues in the ores of this property. Inc
company Is now about to begin the I'M
proving OF the water power electrically to-
furnish all necessary power for mine pur-
poses and running all their machinery;
also the installation of 100 stamps and
the necessary concentrating and cyanide
watts TO go with them for treating the
ores. 1t Is expected that at least years
time will be consumed in completing this
plant In the meantime large number
OF the veins win be fully opened and the
supply of ore kept well ahead Of the mill
capacity.
The Golden Zone Mining Company. COM
posed of Pittsburg capitalists, has 5000
feet OF tunnels and many thousand tons OF
ore blocked out. and Is receiving sio,vo
monthly from a thirty-ton mill which has
been running about four months. This
mill is soon to be increased to fifty tons.
and the management state that they will
gradually increase its capacity from their
profits until at least 800 tons OF ore can
be daily treated. This company owns
about 2l0 acres of mineral bearing ground
on Mount Chapaca an adjoining eleva-
ton to Palmer mountain.
The Okanogan Free Gold Mines uimit-
cd) on Kruger mountain, has acquired
about 800 acres OF mineral bearing ground
and for the past year has been producing
about 5000 monthly with ten stamps.
But perhaps the richest producer TO date
Is the Black Bear. single location OF
twenty acres. which is now down to
the 1o-foot level. and is producing 5000
monthly with Ave stamps. This property
is upon Palmer mountain. and Is entirely
surrounded by the tunnel company
property.
on Utica mountain, which adJoins Pai-
mer, Is the utica-Oro Elmo, comprising Nv
acres OF mineral bearing ground. the prin-
cipai vein Of which carries gold and cop
per giving assay values of SaS. This vein Is
81 feet wide upon the surface. The prop
erty was recently taken over by Mr.
Hyde. OF London.
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MOUNTAIN LION DIVIDEND.
Probably VIII he Made Payable DUR
ting August.

Special Dispatch 10 the Post-fnteiligencer.
REPUBLIC, July 30.-It is thought the
first dividend from the earnings saved
from the bullion shipments of the Noun
tain Lion Will be declared soon and
payable the middle of August. Every
thing is working smoothly and satisfsc-
torily at the mill, the ore being treated
keeping UP the average OF ninety tons
per day. Regular shipments Of bullion
continue and the success OF the mill and
the value ~ the mine were never better
than at present. All the stamps are
dropping. and from the frst turning of
a wheel but a Few days time has been
lost by any delay caused by any machin-
cry defect In the Slopes In the upper
tunnel, 800 feet from the surface. three
machine drills are plugging away break
ing down the ore. Ore has been broken
for A distance OF over 300 feet In this
tunnel and a height Of seventy-1ve feet.
calculated 10 consist OF 1900 tons. ready
FOR the mill On the south side 81 the
shaft at the lower level a depth OF as
feet. two machine drills are employed
stopping the orc. From this level a drift
has been driven over 400 feet The ore
is OF a good average and the ledge twelve
feet wide A Wine Will be sunk from
she lower workings a distance of - feet.
making over sno feet vertical depth from
the surface From this level drifts VIII
be run on the Hdge.
owing to the absence Of Superintendent
Wyatt the bullion values from the mint
rsftlrne are not 0btalnable, bat conSer-
vatIve estimate from what ear be learned
4 thai thsy will show & 80 pfr day ret,
over ana above all EXPENSES. or a diyi-
dsnd OF 30 90 a month.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-31
REVIVED INTEREST N EMPIRE.
Coed Properties IN "A Camp North OF
Republic.

Empire camp hes zimosi due north of
Reruhltc about twelve miles, and about
four miles west % the fGog o. CafieN lake.
Nast % TIE claims were located IN pioneer
days ana because there WAS a good show
tus ~ COPPER Ia some a the lodges. they
attracted considerable attention from mia
in4 men and several large deals wsse
partly contaminated. whan from various
causes thsy wero not closed and shortly
aftsrward. says the Republic Miner tar
bottom fell out - the camp and uuf1
within The past few weeks the camp haze
been as dead as a door naii- Amoug the
uatna owners Is r., II Curry who Mas had
abiding faltn ~ It's future and has done
snrssthiae In the way % development 90
show the faith that was tn hin-
on the TtCfr shaft has ben sunk to a
dTptn OF anout twenty feet. The ledge IN q
rnt bean crossed bat there Is a streak
bout TIRES feet In width thSf carries gnid
-ftVer lead and copper fhe former pre-
dominating The same ~ true * the ere
IN All the lodges ia the camp.
The Crown Pcirt has two Lodges, each
about four feet ia width. Tho ore closely
resembles that taken out ~ the Republic
While gold takes the lead. silver. lead
and copper come ia for share OF the
values The assays. which were take n
from cuts made across the surface % the
ledge. show a value ~ from SO 20 so yer
ton These were taken from cuts made
ecToss the surface % the ledge.
Tho Summit has a large ledge but lts
real width Is not known. mere are three
fsss OF 80 ore. 1t Il carried in gold. ST.
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MINES OF SUMMIT CAMP.
summary of Development Work ON
Various Properties.

Summit camp contains numerous min
eral locations. Prominent among these
is the p. c.. which is considered to be
the most promising mine In the bound
airy country. The ore body is wide and
consists OF solid copper pyrites and
pyrrhotfte. carrying from 10 to l6 per
cent. copper and to 10 ounces silver per
ton. II has sent out TO date about 1000
tone OF ore and is shipping its daily out
put of about fifty tons. taken from its
development workings In other parts or
the mine. Its working shaft is 2I2 feet
In depth. Three distinct shoots OF ore
have been exposed by the work done so
far and those yield ore OF higher aver
age value than that met with In some or
the other camps OF the district The
plant at the p. G. includes four boilers.
together about 225-horse power, a straight
line Rand 4-drill air compressor half of
Glass @. acknowledgement air COM
pressor. rated at 10 drills, one large and
two small hoisting engines. two sinking
pumps, an electric light engine and dy-
namo and full complement of accessor-
les. The plant at the Gro Denoro includes
boiler air compressor. machine drills,
hoisting engine and steam pump. The
Maple Leaf. one OF the Rathmullen group
of claims. is similarly equipped. and a
power plant has recently been got in for
the r.. Bell other well-known claims in
Summit camp are the Emma, Mountain
View. Cordiek Josie, Wake. and half a
dozen others. The development work In
rltfdes tho following.
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At the Cornell. on Texada island. b. c.,
the stope from the eighty-foot level has
been worked up to the second level, and
a good body OF ore has been found on
the foot wall 1t is going up under the
drift OF No level. The drift east on
the 0-foot level has been run out for
ty-three feet from the shaft and a cross
cut run twelve feet. This cross-cut has
struck the diorite foot-wall OF the vein
and raise has been made TO the Bottom
of the Winze which Is down So feet A
stope will be started for ore extraction.
The drift west from the shaft has been
run out thirty feet and a cross~cut east
started into the ledge. The Coast Miner
says IT Is intended 10 run this to the
hanging wall of the vein to determine
its width at this point. In the No. east
drift under the old GLORY Hole" n little
ore remains 10 be taken out when that
port OF the work will be stopped for the
present, awaiting developments on the
1en-foot level.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-31
INDIA FAMINE CONDITIONS.
Rain Continue. 20 Held on ana she
Caafle Are nNIna.

LONDON. July ao-The following dis
patch from the vieeroy ~ India 20 the
secretary Of state for india was received
today
Considerable anxiety fs feIt owinr 20
the weakness Of he monsoon The sitna-
ton IN seslpux and critical In Gsijsrat. ma
r0saa and RajputAna West. which are not
suvn. No fodder whatever = avallahtr IN
the southwest part 81 the Punjah. Sewn
crepe are IN imminent danger. A. rain
continues 20 hold OF Fodder Il SCARE
ans cattle are lying N the central parts
~ Therera and fytsrahaS. Good crops
are possible only IN case ihe monsoon I'm.
proves. Ore-auarter o. tho inhabsfsni. ~
the central provinces are on relief The
total numoer receiving relief ia e.sss se
wtfh tneompie.s Bombay figures.
The governor ~ BOMBAY teicgraphH tina.
there were ser cholera cases IN the fam
ire district during the week ending July
n. N which Sg-7 resulted fatally The to-
tai deaths IN the relief works ~ the Brit
lah district weFr s751. or ( ~ per 4 40
Thcrr has been a good rainfall IN North
GuisarAt and Kattiagar and Agricultural
prospects are favorable IN the remainder
az me affected tracts The rpuber Of re-.
iisf Torks are decreasing. ard Kratuifour
relief - increasing
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-31
ISLAND IMPORTS INCREASE
PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE
NATIONS ISLAND COMMERCE..
Tahuiated Figures showing the
Total Amount Brought to the
United states During the Fiscal
Year-suEar and Moiasses Lead.

Special Dispatch 20 the Pest-intsnigcncer
WASHINGTON. July so--The imports
into the United States from Cuba. Puerto
Rico, Hawaii and the Philippine ana Ss-
moan islands for the fiscal year Just end
ed amount to over $50 900. 0N. Over $50
100000 of this Il sugar and mclasses.. Sio.-
100000 tobacco. 5000 600 vegetable doers.
y. 900 iron. copper and manganese, ard
the remainder such miscellaneous tropical
products ss coffee. cocoa, spongee. tropical
fruits. vegetables. hides and skins and
cabinet woods.
The sugar impcrtations from thA isiHn<is
form practically one-thsrd OF ia total
sugar brought into the United States dur.
ing the year. amounting to about !. 200 GO :
600 pounds out of a grand total OF ovNr
4.ooo, 900 pounds imported. or tho tptal
sugar importatiors from the four is1nnds.
Cuba supplied slightly moro than one
half, though In value the importAk1cns
from Hawaii exceeded those from Cuba.
Hawaiian sugar being Of a higher grade
and consequently representing larger
value. although the number OF pounds was
materially less than that shown BY the
import fikurcs for Cuba The total impor.
tations OF sugar during the year from
Cuba We're .S6s pounds valued AZ
uS2<3.6Ss; those from Hawaii oA71a,iQS
pounds, valued at 81. SO. 100 Puerto Rico
occupies tie third place In quantity ana
sStNV u roHUf ituiSofttQ tftm the lGIA004.
the total for the year exceeding sooo0epp
pounds, while from the Philippines tho
total for the year Is in round terms 6ooeo, !.
The second item Of imports from tho
Island. considering them In the order Of
magnitude. In tobacco, amounting IN
round terms to sloo00 COO In value, which
represents about two-thirds OF the total
importations OF tobacco into the United
States. The total value OF manufactured
and manufactured tobacco imported
during the fiscal year is about Slg.00o 600
and that from tho four islands, eighty
above sln.000.oD. OF this the very large
proportion comes from Cuba. tho total
value OF tobacco imported from puort a
Rico during the year being about s36o.uoo.
from the Philippines hut about q, 900 ard
from Hawaii less than tto0
The third item OF imports from tho is-
lands. considering them In the order of
magnitude In Manila hemp, which comes.
as tho name indicates. from tho phiiippina
islands, the total value of the importation
of this article being for tho year y7.l71Ms.
OF which S.o2s.71o camc direct from the
Philippines
The following table shows the importn-
tons into the United States from the four
islands for tho eleven mouths ending with
May. the details IT the various classes fur
the month OF June having not yet been
completed:
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Insurance Resks fer the Past ssn
Menths Are said 10 Have
neen Costly,

The financial statements OF the various
Insurance companies In ths United Htat~~
for the fiscal year ending June %. IL IL
said by A. T. Fraser, an agent for ono
OF the lAswsr companies In Chicago, viii
show losses by fra for tho first sig
montha OF 1900 far In advance Of the
same period of a year ago The matter,
he says. IL now being discussed IN head
office circles. and II win not hm surpris-
ing II some plan Is not adopted 70 In.
crease the risk rates or otherwise fur
nish more protection 60 the companies
The past sin months has been a dis
astrous period for almost every insur-
anes company doing business In the
United States" he said when IN this city
last night. There has b@sn an unusually
large number OF heavy ioes~r ranging
from S1o.o@ upwards. and at the same
time tho number Of small iire~ has In
creased.
FOR two years past the company losses
nave been steadily increasing for aoma
unknown reason. Several companies have
ers VIII be bound to follow bafofA another
six months rolls around. OF course III,
class OF companies that so far have wapss
WAS not any too great. and those ~ho
have only been a few YEARS IN operation
ibis ~ not az all surprising whsn the
70 pause and wonder why the LOSSES we're
80 rapidly Increasing.
There II one thing that ~ certain.
and thai IL that either rates will have
70 D. Increased or some plan Of protsc-
ton adopted This matter IL now r~es4T-
ing attention N the various head offsrex
IL ~ not probable. however. that ary
shanxs win ba made this year
The winding up ~ the smaller com.
parlss, during thIs period Of aaufezasof.
viii have q good efYsot Wills IL nav
have a tendency 20 efifran rates IL will
make the general business moro snbstan-
uAi.
" course the greater number OF btx
Losses have occurred IN tbs East The
WeHt has had an unusually large nufrstsr
~ small nrsa. The largest IN the wsst
have been the Pisfes. Asixs. IRE. fsAt. ~.
the Moreti, Aria. fre. EHe no. the bloom
lngtgn. M. q sa.opo tTrganlx, Minn. Roo
90. FISHER. Wis, tsc.8.. ard London. VI.
G.. S7gp1o. Reside these were many nmai-
aggregate severe.
New insoraues business in the West
has az ths same time bean good this year,
which indicates that large amount Ok
new property has trsn constructcd-"
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NEWS AND GOSSIP o. THE MINING WORLD.

yer. lead and copper. the former greatly
predominatng.
The hed Jacket has a shaft about eigh-
teen feet in depth There are from three
to four feet OF ore that assays in all
metals an average Of SIS per ton.
The Iron Crown Is a good looking pros
pect and carries values that do not ms
terially differ from the Red Jacket ore. II
lies north of and adjoins the Tiger
The Diamond Fraction has been de-
veioped by an eghteen-foot shaft. The
ledge Is about FIVE feet in width and car
ries about the same values as the other
lodges in the camp. The owner has erect
ed a good shaft house and shop and VIII
proceed with the development of the mine