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 W. hereby certify Chat at speciai meeting Of the t9tk0plder- oi the NATIONAL CON roilDAILL MINING COMPANY of N3aHies Arizona. held at kuom h5 lst National Bank Building Chicago Illinois. on Che 3ist dav 1T March a h lHM. pursuant te notice n the following mnNner, f0Wii.
 bt lDHillug t9 eaah Oi the stockholders of said Corporation oA fhe 10th day 0i March x 4 ly7ot Written netlNe, properly addressed sla1fhg the object oi said meeting and the lne and place at wAich if would be held iAe following question was submitted tn the rE9eShQldei LOT their action.
 RESOLVED That tlle Board 1 Directors Of the NA4l3AAi. CONSOLIDATED MINING CON- RAN4 s3hll be Increased t9 fYe instead 0f tnfee directors as provided for n the original Articles z. Incorporation. which resolution #as adopted bE the stotkh0laers representing two thirds Of all the shares oi t8e capital stock q the said Corporation, All were in iaKor q Fae adoption Of said resolution and voted therefor
 WITNESS our hands and the Seal of said Cor pfation ihis @ist day ot March. A. D I006 -kAA' Y PORTER. President ESEALl.
 Attest. ;. !. JOHNSON, secretary fSEAEl
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ASH KNOW YEFNFraEH bv his pEaeAmaSi0nt ihat under the authority aAA ny inc airecuens Ag thlE Proclamation ordered. nAt at the geateFal eteefieH t9 De held n the saia Iefra- tnny 0t AfiEemAau tue 6th dhy ~ NnTemper tha etect#fs AMatlacd t9 Tete 0t sa1d general eseefl0N M tne sall a#afal counties
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
 COUNTY OF COOK
 Oscar Y Porter being duly sworn on oath says that he E President v the National Cun-
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Bethany academy, to George Galpin, a
local teacher of fine ability and wide re-
noWn. In two years L made consider
able progress in algebra, geometry,
Latin and Greek. Then I was called
home to help my mother collect money
for my. brothers. debts. When I had
leisure [ read English. poetry and fc-
ton: Two of my brothers were in the
confederate army. They urged me to
remain on the plantation, and nv
mother. insisted upon it, saying I would
be compelled to join the army, anyway,
when j was II. That was the law Of
the eonfederacy. r.. =.
: " returned to Bethany and boarded
with an old teacher who was very poor.
L didn't want to hurt his feelings by
quitting his: house or telling him the
truth. but I didn t get enough to eat.
MY lunch was corn muffin and a bot
tie of sorghum molasses. I thought of
the hams, chickens, and good things at
home, and was hungry, but not I'M
happy. I worked hard, reading six
books of Horace and the Aeneid, get
ting into the Greek reader and doing
splendidly in mathematics At the end
Of the year I went home to spend a
short vacation and to become soldier.
Then l lost an eye. Gambetta, the
french statesman, plucked out one Of
his while a boy so that he wouldn It
have to be priest. I might have been
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change our methods of agriculture and
to teach scientific farming to young men.
My speech caused much comment,
and the newspapers which were sup
porting the status quo, the politicians
and aristocracy, attacked me with bit
terness and ridicule. It was said that
was incapable of writing the speech
which I had read, and that my brother,
who was in congress, had written it
for me. Assaulted, I defended myself
by preparing number of cards for the
newspapers. / broadened my demands,
dropped the annex, and asked for an
Independent school. This agitation
drew me into politics. sought legisla-
ton and, of course, had to appeal to
the LEGISLATURE. Endorsed by a large,
representative meeting Of farmers in
1890, I was nominated for governor bv
the democratic state convention, get.
ting 27O votes, against SO for my com
petitor. [ was reelected governor in
1892. Called everything but a fool, /
fought back, and got a reputation for
violence. I was misrepresented and
lied about SO much that / grew vindic-
tive in turn, and the battle went on in
| death to every man caught. The Glenn
son Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege, for boys, and the Winthrop Nor
NAL and Industrial college, for girls,
were established as the elimination of
the agitation which began !.
cit is said that when you became
governor you plowed up the statehouse
yard and planted it in corn7"
eyes, that IS one of the lies which
was started and which is going yet.
There is not scintilla of truth in the
statement. The grounds of the state
! house had been used as a pasture for
the COWS of NV nro0 7 p1ouyc n
them, that is fact, but planted them
in flowers and nothing else. I am a
great lover of howers.' ~
'.You were responsible for the law
which made the selling of liquor in
South Carolina the business Of the
state; Has the undertaking been a
moral and financial successS'
"1'n tell you about that. Brought
face to face with prohibition, I was
compelled to do something. Prohibition
has never prohibited, and never will.
dispensary system had been tried. I
looked into the experiment and adopted
it as means Of minimizing the evils
of barrooms and the custom of treat
ing. 1t has been moral success.
There are no more barrooms in South
Carolina. The state does the selling,
makes the profit, and thus takes from
the llquor traffic its greatest incentive
| to lawlessness and crime. Liquor can
not be drank on the premises, and no
less than half pint can be bought by
ANYBODY. In my Judgment the dis
Of the whole liquor question. Prohibi-
ton makes lying, perjuring and law
breaking common among the people,
That is very bad, of course. If saloons
are licensed, the state becomes a part
ner Of the dealers. Then why not re-
strict the traffc-take it over entirely
and get revenue for the support of
iails, penitentiaries and almshouses, all
! OF which are made necessary thru the
use of Hquor9 The trouble in my
state is that the dispensaries have
fallen into the hands of the enemies of
the system, many of whom are
thieves''
NYou dominated the constitutional
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fundamental principles of religion.
Apart from reproduction of a mar
rative Of the story's progress to COM
pletion, which has already been made
public, there is little in these pages
bearing upon it's evolution, altho. there
IS an interesting account Of it's au-
d dno 8 feeling; feelings with regard to it's
his embassy in .Constantinople, Wal
lace had come: to the resolve to devote
the remaining years of his life to his
pen. Writing to, his wife, he said,
II know what L should love to do
build study; to. write and to think
of nothing else. I want to bury my
self in den of books. want to
saturate myself with the elements Of
which they are made and breathe their
atmosphere until I am of it,
That ambition he was able to realize
to an unusual degree. The study, a
picturesque building surrounded with
and within it's walls, that "pleasure
house for my soul,' he passed many
of the hours Of the concluding years Of
his life.
1t is strangely attractive and love-
able personality which looks out upon
us from the pages of these volumes,
which, all in all, constitute one of the
most important additions to American
biography recent years have SEEN AL
tho Wallace's own pen does not con-
tinue the story of his life beyond the
year 1864, the remaining period has
been treated both alphabetically and
must feel in closing the record that the
friend and neighbour: who, when asked
what keepsake he would like for re-
membrance,. said, "the spectacles Gen
eral Wallace looked thru at the
world, summed up in a striking man
ner the chief lesson and the most at
tractive feature Of that strenuous and
useful ife.-Henry c. Shelley in Bos-
ton Herald.
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REM Ia MINI pVAN TIT T. MIAMI The Sc
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sister of Booth went along the grass
bordered path to the spring. She had
a wooden water bucket in her hand, and
Ryan. right above her, among the
branches, saw something in it. When
she got to the spring she looked eau
tiously about. Seeing nothing, hearing
nothing, she took a tin bucket out Of
the wooden one and started off into the
forest. Ryan slid from the tree, found
his gun and stalked her, as he would
deer: She came to log, where her
brother met her. He ate and she talked.
Ryan -purposely made a noise and they
looked up and saw. him, musket in hand,
their knees and pleaded, but Ryan
killed Booth right there. in the pres
ence Of his sister I couldn It have done
such a horrible thing. could hardly
kill a Dig. But Ryan, I suppose,
thought he was justified. Booth had
gone for the rope and insulted him with
q. vile epithet. My grandfather named
his son after Ryan, and the son, my
father, gave the name to me. -.
Arising to his feet, Senator Tillman
Went to the window, looked into the
sunlight for an inetant over the rim Of
his eyeglasses, out of which the left
lens was missing, and walked back
again. He is of good height and beam.
Careless in dress, wearing a frock coat
hair, more brown than gray, with his
left hand, on the last finger of which
there is a diamond ring. Curiously
enough, he writes with that hand as
well as with the other. Complexion,
dark. Jaw, square and solid as a chop
ping block. A mouth which turns
Ebs at the n Rashness is
in an article filled with discourtesy and
untruth, said = had thick lips. Have
1877 No; nor thin ones. A fat nose,
thrown into the description, would have
made the offense mortal. To the con-
trary. that feature of the strong and
almost handsome face is long and
straight. The slow droop at the end
is nature 8 mark of courage. >
"And your father9' I asked.
"He was a cotton planter, with 1900
acres of land and about fifty slaves.
At his DEATH was years old-my
mother took up his family and business
burdens. I, was the youngest of nine
living children, and two were dead.
Everyone who knew my mother will
tell you that she was an extraordinary
woman: She always agreed with my
wife when, my wife disagreed with me.
Show me another mother who will do
that. She had great good sense, much
dignity Of character and presence, and
was energetic and ambitious. shams,
untruth and hypocrisy were detestable
to her, not secretly, but openly; and she
showed it by her speech and conduct.
She added to her real and. chattel
property until she had several planta-
tions, some $500 acres of land in all,
and hundred slaves. The average
value Of slaves, old and young, men and
women, was $1,000 apiece.
'1My brother, brilliant man, never
could 90 to an auction without buying
a feldhand or two. In fact, he specu-
lated in them, getting them near our
home and taking them to Texas and
Louisiana. Being a young fellow. and
credit was not established, and nv
mother Endorsed his notes. So she came
to woe $4,000. slaves being little
drag in the market at that time, and
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was taken from school that I might
help her. - I rode about the country
for year, paying. bills and canceling
notes. Thru her business genius and
my activit- we reduced her indebted
ness to $5,000.'' --
HWhere did you go to SCHOOL," ..
"My first teacher was Anna Arthur,
sister of Chester A. Arthur, who be-
came president. When my speculative
brother was at Harvard he heard of
Mrs. Emma Willard, founder of the
Troy female seminary, in New York,
author%of Rocked in the Cradle of the
Deep, and instructor and trainer. Of
teachers, who were sent into all parts
of the country. My brother wrote to
her and she recommended Anna Arthur
A little schoolhouse was built on our
home plantation, some neighborhood
children came, and my mothers nieces
were sent to us from Florida. But I
didn It get much schooling. I grew up
as wild as jimson weed in some re-
spects, especially in the matter of edu-
cation.
I" But I was voracious reader of
stories. We took Bonner's New York
Ledger, and I and one of my brothers
would race down the road for three
miles to meet the stage, and then slowly
walk home, one doing the reading and
the other doing the listening, When /
was Is was sent thirty miles away to
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.PRAyS FOR GOVERNOR
WANT ING LIFE SPARED
Condemned Woman Blesses Penn.
sylvania S New Executive,
Hoping for Mercy.


Reading, Pa, Nov. 17.-Now that
the election is over and Edwin S. Stu.
art has been chosen governor, Mrs. Kate
Edwards, under sentence of death here
Tor the murder Of her husband, John
Edward, at stouchsburg, more than FIVE
years ago, is wondering what DISPOSE
ton the new executive will make of
her case.
Governor Pennypacker has failed to
set date for hanging her.
Mrs; Edwards prays every night that
her life may be spared, and also for the
success of the new governor.
The supposition here is that one Of
the first acts of the new board of par
Cons Will be to commute her sentence
from hanging to life Imprisonment. Her
only visitor is her spiritual adviser, the
rev. stephen Schweitzer. She is gain
ing in weight, looks exceedingly well
and spends her spare time in making
fancy work.
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convention Of 1895, and were the
author of the provision which requires
an educational qualification for suffrage
in South Carolina. What has been the
outcome of the law9''
If man can It read, or if he can't
understand some part Of the constitu-
ton. or if he doesn It pay taxes on $500
worth of property, he is not voter in
my, state There are 100000 more
negroes in South Carolina than whites.
We Were determined that the whites
should rule the state. The provision in
the constitution Of which you speak
was written and adopted to disfranchise
the negroes, and for no other purpose.
[ once told Senator Hoar that in 1876
boxes. Ny statement shocked him,
but it was true. | was the captain of
company of rangers at that time, and
was in several race riots. I never
killed a negro myself. shot at one, but
missed him. Instead Of shooting and
stnffing the ballot boxes, we now take
the orderly way Of constitutional pro-
pended. | shudder to think what my
children or grandchildren may have to
race. More negroes are born every
year, and more are learning to read and
write. In time, our constitution will
not be effective, but you may be sure
South Carolina will always be ruled
by the whites, no matter what occurs.''
o.. What do you think Of the United
for several Of it's ancient customs.
some men are there who ought to be
that body.'i
"What should be the democratic bat
tie line in l90S7"
The tariff and better railroad-rate
OH than the one we have, the idea for
which Teddy stole from us. He also
phho nnP es Jefferson, when he talks
eratlc doctrine, but it ism It stated quite
IN that way. We should take Teddy's
battle cry and use it ourselves. -
fork9O D s'' Soui pi'cn'
"In 1892, while governor of South
carolina, L went to New York, where
! learned that the managers of the
s aemefratlc campaign had an under
Standing with the men who afterwards
became the sugar trust. I also heard
| that Grover Cleveland knew of this re-
latlonship. Later he said the Wilson
German tariff bill was full of perfidy
and dlshonor. Then he violated the
democratic platform as to silver. I de-
splsed his treachery, and in 1894, while
| ntahlng a speech. at Lexington, in nv
state. said should like to jab my old
P!tchfork into his fat sides and teach
hlm 20 Keep his word. The newspapers
since.' A''oi ofor
You have been described as man
OF <1lnpetuous temperg'
~ know; [ was brought up to tell
me truth and to hate hypocrites. Nv
frst aim is to make myself understood.
l oon It want any man to 90 away from
one Of my speeches and guess. I ap-
saU intd things n1a directly and put what
5 bap. INFO PLAIN English. At times, per-
maybe am, but I am neither vindictiVe
nor malicious. Another thing: ANGER
| IS PAD for ones peace of mind and
heealth. 1t makes the blood turgid. and
IL IL 9 yon fly. off the, handle early-in the
! morning, it spoils the whole day.o
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7y James 3. Morrow.
] Washington, D. c., Nov. II.

@OING into fence corner for a
Gr figure Of speech-it scarcely
could be called a hower--Senatol
BENJAMIN r. Tillman said: 81 grew
up as wild as a jinlson weed in some
respects. !" He had been talking of
his childhood.
First, however, he told why Ryan,
fairly submerged in blood. >merciless,
tireless, and stealthy as an Indian, had
name. The story was illustrative of
the Tillmans-their savage devotion to
truth, as they understand it, and their
sympathy with violence when a cause
seemed to demand it.
Ordinarily, Benjamin Ryan Tillman
is as docile as rabbit, He may sit in
the senate for days in tractability. tact
turnity, and amiable dignity. Some
times he has all the symptoms and the
the twinl1ling of an eye he will be a
roaring mixture Of lion, tiger, and by
ena. Then words, fierce, blazing, and
ungoyernable, rush to articulation in a
wild and furious torrent. Albeit, he
was the slowest man / ever interviewed
L was with him three hours-and
about the most natural, affable,. and
original. Now and then he took off
one of his slippers and scratched the
sole of his foot.
'sThe Ryan In my name came from
an old whig captain, who served in the
revolutionary war; he said, in that
drawl with which Africa has softened
and blurred the speech of the south.
He was the neighbor of my grand
father and terrible man against the
tories. There were many tories in
the population, guess Ryan was ter.
ror in ali that re- ion. The tories fed
to the timber, with him In pursuit:
After the British captured Charleston,
the wings and old Ryan took to the
woods. Wildcats can get some pointers
which will be new and useful in their
own line of business when relatives or
neighbors go to fighting among them
selves. l. ..'. r'
"a party of English caught up with
Ryan unexpectedly and made him a
prisoner. There was an inclination to
butcher him on the spot, but he was a
colonial officer, soldier in the law Of
war, and entitled to be treated as such.
It was finally agreed, therefore, that he
should be tied and taken to the nearest
British post. But there was no rope.
4 young man named Booth, a tory, said
he would go home and get a pair of
blowing. I'D give and he grinned
at Ryan. "a whole season in the corn
field to see that old - tied He
went after the lines and Ryan was sent
off. In some way he got loose. Was
rescued, maybe. The first thing he did
was to notify Booth that he meant to
kill him. Booth hid in the woods and
Ryan couldn It find him.
EFT was late in the spring, when, one
morning before the break of day, Ryan
buried his mus ket in pile Of dead
leaves and climbed bushy poplar tree
near Booth s house. He waited all day.
Women went to the spring to get water,
is the practice in the South, and one Of
them put out a wash. Ryan kept on
watching, there in the tree.
About an hour before shutdown
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GEN. LEW WALLACE AND BEN HUR"
Notable Autobiography of Notable Man.--Fs Firs
Meeting with Abraham Lncoln-.-The Au-
= thor's Own Love Story. =. ~..
IN EATH was still twenty years dis
q tant when, writing to his wife,

J
~ tant when, writing to his wife,
j = Lew Wallace said: 1T have tried
many things, the law, soldering, politics,
authorship and lastly diplomacy, and if
[ may pass judgment upon the success
achieved in each, it seems now that
when L sit down finally in the old
man g gown and slippers, helping the
!. cat. to keep the fireplace warm, I shall
|! look back upon Ben Hur' as my best
performance
:: Nothing happened in the interven-
Ing, twenty years to falsify that pre-
diction, and t6day and henceforward
/ It is undoubtedly true that the name of
Lew Wallace, is most assured of i'm
mortality as the writer of his best
known book. In the delightful "Auto-
biography which Messrs. Harper &
Bros have just issued in two volumes
fully two-thirds of it's total pages are
Wallace during the civil war. Those
pages are crowded with interesting de-
tails, striking episodes. and records
which cannot fail to be of immense
value to, the historian, but the general
reader will undoubtedly turn with
most interest to those passages in the
= autobiography which display the
progress Of Lew Wallace. the author.
A Fifteen Dollar Sell.
Ben Hur' was not the first book
to come from his pen. Tt was preceded
by sSThe Fair God,' which he began,
he tells us, in the vault Of the clerk 8
office in Indianapolis one winter night.
He labored on that story for many
years, it's progress toward completion
being hindered by the period Of his
service in the war with Mexico. On
his return from that campaign he set
to work in good earnest, and it was