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 From much that is said and us4 in our magazines it would annA,, x but few men are just and of ligious turn of mlua. We bear so n., about men not being in the cbnro, a it is almost d temptation for eve, X faithful to keep away, for they aln.1 infer that the church is 10 lonsp, < place for men, but only women .,l children. There is danger of d1,,1 men from the church by eonst.,.j nagsing them. We read in bold tu. \ our daily papers of those men Vha :, unjust and dishonest, and wa n.( clude that the world is going to A dogs, forgetting the fact that vh. there Is one such character there an n, dozen who are not dishonest and cI rupt. We have today homes that n as pure and happy as any home q, was and lives that are inst as clean lives can well be in a W4r!a Of s,rusd and conflict. God still reigas N church still lives. and men are t strong pillars as Before in the plas they Formerly oeeu'iel Of course, must bc careful lest we sidetrack ps i'll oar churches and other relisau bodies by giving Ell the work to aa| ,.ii.,cs and daughters, Whether it h s!,eial relations iH lLo church or ses@as doing church work. Give u work to do. aaiaeal 10 their hoaor d cos.i,agc, an meA will respond-ns 1Hs. l.. NJ. Zimmerman, Lutheran NI fi,n0rn M
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-04

-nthusiastic fans.
 Things will have to take on most pronouncg q roseate hue before Pine Bluff will re-engage in baseball.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-04

As the season advances, l3cal fans propound with more frequency their long unanswered query, "Is Pine Bluff to have baseball again this season?"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-10-10

the Court of Appeals and shalI attend
sessions of said court, either in person
or by deputy, until otherwise provided
by the General Assembly. The costs
of appeal in any case appealed 10 the
Courts of Appeal, OF the first ana sec
Ond circuits shall not exceed five dol
lars. The police juries OF the various
parishes of the State. in which the
Courts of appeal are held, shall pro-
vide suitable rooms for the holding OF
said courts so as not to interfere with
the session of the district or other
courts.
Section g.. Be it further resolved.
etc. That the fourth paragraph OF Ar
ticle 81 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be so amended as
to read as follows:
Until otherwise provided by law, all
appeals within its jurisdiction from the
parishes of Orleans. st. James. St.
John the Baptist, ST. Charles, Jetfer-
son. PlaquemineS and st. Bernard
shall be ~returnable to said court, and
the costs of filing same shall not ex-
coed five dollars in each case.
Section I. Be it further resolved.
ETC., That the foregoing amendments to
the Constitution of the State shall
become operative on the first day of
January, 1907. and all cases pending
and undetermined in the Courts of
Appeal as now constituted shall be
transferred to the Courts of Appeal
as herein organized under such
rules as may be provided by said
courts.
Section 8. Be it further resolved,
ETC., That said proposed amendments
be submitted to the electors for their
approval OF rejection, as required by
Article 321 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana and the general
election laws of this State at the con-
gressiOnal election to be held in this
State in November. 1906.
j. w. HYAMS,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
J.. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved July 10, 1906.
NEWTON C.. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN II. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-10-10

tia for military purposes, such as ar,
Senals or armOries while so used, shall
be exempt from taxation.
Sectiod .. Be it further resolved,
etc., That said proposed amendment
be submitted to the electors OF n
State for their approval or rejection
as required by Article 32l of the Con-
stitution of the State of Louisiana and
the general election law of this State at
the congressional election to he held
in this State in November, 1906.
Section 3. Be it further resolved,
ETC.. That the official ballots at said
election shall have printed thereon the
words: For the proposed amendment
of Article go of the Constitution OF
the State of Louisiana relative to ex-
emptiOns from taxation" and the
words: against the proposed amend
ment to Article 23O of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana relative to
exemption from taxation" and each
electOr shall indicate as provided in
the general election laws of the State
whether he votes for or against the
amendment.
J. w. HYAMS,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
J. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved July II, 1906.
NEWTON C. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy: .
JOHN r. MICHEL.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-10-10
ACT NO. 1877.

BY Mr.. Wimberly.
House Bill No. 116.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing amendments to Article 90,
so, 100, 1O6 and l3l, and proposing
the repeal of Article los, of the Con-
~stitutiOn of the State of Louisiana.
relative.to the judiciary department.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, twO-thirds of all the MEM
bers elected to each House cOncurring.
That Article 80 of the Constitution of
the State of Louisiana be amended so
as to read as follows:
Article SO. The Courts of Appeal,
except as otherwise provided in this
Constitution, shall have appellate ju-
risdictiOn only, which Jurisdiction
shall extend to all cases, civil and
probate, when the matter in dispute
or the fund to be distributed shall ex-
coed one hundred dollars, exclusive of
interest, and shall not exceed two thou
sand dollars, exclusive of interest,
and such appeal shall be upon the law
and the facts.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
ETC., That Article 80 of the COnstitu.
ton of the State of Louisiana, be so
amended as to read as follows:
Article 80. The Courts of Appeal
shall consist of three judges each.
They shall be citizens of the United
States and qualified electors of this
State, learned in the law and shall
have practiced law in this State for
six years and shall have been actual
residents of the district from which
they are elected or appointed for at
least two years preceding their cleo
ton or appointment. They shall re-
ceive a salary of four thousand dol
lars each per year, and the judges of
the Court of Appeal for the Parish
OF Orleans shall receive salary of
five thousand dollars each per year
payable monthly on his own warrant.
and the Legislature shall make ade-
quate appropriation to pay the same.
Section 3. Be it further resolved,
ETC., That Article 100 of the Consti-
tuition of the State of Louisiana be so
amended as to read as follows:
Article 100. Exclusive of the par
ishes whose appeals are returnable to
the parish of Orleans, the State shall
be divided into two circuits to be SUBJ
divided into districts as hereinafter
provided. Until otherwise provided
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-10-10

or without leave. of either of sale
Judges, it shall be the duty OF the
other Judge to Issue warrants OF ar
rest for the apprehension of parties
accused within the jurisdiction OF the
Judge he replaces, and to make any
order of commitment OF admitting to
bail that may be necessary and
proper and might in due course, have
been made by the judge within whose
jurisdiction the offeDse was committed.
And in case of such vacancy. recu.
sation. absence or disability of one OF
said Judges, on motion of the %prosecu-
ting officer, or of the accused or his
counsel. the other judge, acting within
his discretion, may proceed to try and
discharge or convict and sentence
parties accused of Offenses charged to
have been committed within the juris-
diction of the court wherein the vacan-
CIV exist. or whereof the Judge is re-
cused. absent or disabled. In like
manner, acting also within his dis
cretion, upon formal application
trate examine and discharge, bail or
commit parties accused of offenses
charged to have been committed with
in the territorial jurisdiction OF the
city criminal court. In all such cases
it shall be lawful for the judge assum-
ing jurisdiction under the provision
of this paragraph to issue warrants of
arrest, make preliminary orders and
have the accused brought before him,
although sitting in his own court: or
he may, in his discretion, occupy the
bench of the judge he replaces. Said
Judge shall be elected by the voters of
the City of New Orleans, at large, the
term of four years: the first election
therefor shall be held at the congress-
ional election in November. 1898, and
the Judges then elected shall r I'M
til May l, 1900. and their successors
shall be elected at the parOchial and
municipal election in the year 1899.
They shall be learned in the law, and
shall have resided and practiced as
attorneys in the City of New Orleans
for not less than three years before
their election or appointment. The
judges of said court shall each receive
a yearly compensation of $1,000 pay
able monthly on his own warrant.
lIuSh JuNSO oh0A oPPOihe SASin oiu
such deputies as may be authorized by
law, at salaries not exceeding 81, 200
per annum, except one deputy, who
shall be a stenographer, and wno may
receive a salary not exceeding $500
per annum, to be paid in monthly in
stallments by the city of New Orleans.
Section 2. Be it further resolved,
ETC., That said proposed amend
ments be submitted to the electors for
their approval or rejection as required
by Article 321 of the Constitution of
Louisiana, and the general election
laws of this State. at the congressional
election to be held in this State in No.
vember, 1906.
j. w. HYAMS,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
j. Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved June 20, 1906.
NEWTON G. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN 7. MICHEL.
Secretary of State.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-10-10

BY Mr.. Beale. Ser ate Bill No. 9S.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to Article
281 of the Constitution Of the State
of Louisiana, relative to drainage
districts.
Section l. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the
members elected to each house con-
curing, That an amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Louis
lana be submitted to the qualified
electors of the State for their APP
prevail or rejection, as required by
Article 321 of the Constitution, at the
Congressional election on the first
Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November, 1906, amend
ing Article 281 of the Constitution
so as to read as follows:
Article 281. Municipal corpora
tiOns, parishes, school districts.
and drainage and sewerage districts,
the City of New Orleans excepted, when
authorized to do SO, by a vote of a
majority in number and amount of
the property taxpayers, qualified as
electors under the Constitution and
laws OF this State, voting at an cleo
ton held for that purpose, after due
notice of said election has been pub
lished for thirty days in the official
journal of the municipality or parish,
and where there is no official journal.
in q newspaper published therein, NAV
incur debt. and issue negotiable bonds
therefor to the extent of One-tenth of
the assessed valuation of the property
within said municipal corporation,
parish, school, drainage or sewerage
districts as shown by the last assess
the proposition to the property
taxpayers, as above provided and may
be authorized by the propertytaxpayers,
voting at said election, to levy
and assess special taxes upon proper
ty subject to taxation in the parish,
drainage districts, corporation, school
or sewerage districts; provided that
q taxes SO imposed do not exceed
fve mills on the dollar of the assessed
valuation in any one year, nor run
or o greater number of years than
the number named in the proposition
submitted to the taxpayers. No bonds
shall be issued for any other purpose
than stated in the submission of the
proposition to the taxpayers, and
published for thirty days, as afore-
said, nor for a greater amount than
therein mentioned: nor shall such
bonds be issued for any other purpose
than for paving and improving the
streets, roads and alleys, purchasing
or constructing systems of waterworks,
sewerage, drainage, lights, public
parks and buildings, bridges, and
other work of public improvement,
the title to which shall vest in the mu-
nicipal corporation, parish. school,
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-10-10
ACT. N ,. l22.
JOINT RESOLUTION.

BY Mr.. Beale. Ser ate Bill No. 9S.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-08-02

the arctic basin and this study revealed
some astonishing and encouraging in
dications for the success of the airship
plan. Besides studying the climatic
records of the arctic basin. careful
review was made of the actual achieve
ments in the line of aerial navigation.
There was no contention on the part
of Mr.. Wellman that the problem OF
navigating the air had been solved by
the use of motor-prope4led, gas-hlled
bags 1t was fully realized that no de-
vice invented could make Roadway
against heavy winds. But 1t was ar
gued that reaching the pole by airsh1p
did not require the solution of this
problem, because such a venture did
not call for a high rate of speed. For
the actual needs of such an expedition
Mr.. Wellman contended that the art
of aerial navigation had been amply
developed.
From an easily reached base of op-
erations in northern Spitzbergen, lat
itude so degrees so minutes, the dis
lance to the mathematical pole is but
$50 miles. making the tight there and
return LOO geographical miles. Cal
culating the distance at 1900 miles,
there would be required but 100 hours
of airship motoring at the rate of II
miles an hour. Santos-Dumont repeat
edly had made 10 to % miles an hour
with small airships equipped with cor
respondingly small motors. The Lee
baudy ship had made 25 miles an hour,
and its average speed through long
series of flights had been above 20
miles an hour Under all conditions in
which airship flights have been made
a speed of from II to Is miles an hour
has been easily obtainable
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-08-02

BY the aid of that most marvellous
modern invention Walter Wellman,
Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago Record-Herald and noted arctic
explorer, is making a third attempt
to reach the north pole. Of the count
less number Of attempts to conquer
the elements of the far north few, if
any, have ever excited the interest of
this expedition of Mr.. Wellman and
his chosen companions.
It is this thing of going about it in
q new way that lifts the Wellman
expedition to a plane high above all
previous efforts in point of interest
that places it in class by itself. The
devices fixed upon by Mr.. Wellman
were selected because they were the
latest offerings science has made
which were available for the purposes
of the expedition.
The two expeditions made by Mr..
Wellman, one in 1894 and the other
in 1898, like those of all other ex-
plorers, were made on the theory that
the pole could be reached by sledges
drawn by dogs. The first of these ex-
petitions was made from Spitzbergen
and the second from Franz Joseph
Land. The same obstacles encoun-
tered by other explorers were met by
Mr.. Wellman, and the trials were fu-
tile, except in that they furnished the
explorer with a comprehensive knowl-
edge of conditions both atmospheric
and by land and water. 1t was this
fund of information that suggested
the methods to be employed in the
forthcoming effort.
Before it was decided to put the
wellman airship into execution it's
promoter made careful study of the
records of actual wind movements in
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-08-02

in the car is such as to insure perfect
balance under normal conditions. The
gasoline reservoirs are four in number,
two at each extreme end of the car.
In the engine-room is placed besides
the motors, the wireless telegraph ap-
paratus. The car is So feet long by
six feet by eight feet in it's other d.
mansions. It's construction represents
the maximum of strength and the min
imum of weight, being entirely of steel
tubing.
The power from the motors is trans
mitted to a shaft at either end of
which is a screw propeller with broad
blades, which offer the greatest eff
cheney. The forward screw is 1872
feet in diameter and the rear screw
four feet less in diameter. There is
but one rudder, which is above the car
and below the rear end of the bag.
This rudder is operated from the en-
gine-room with simple steering APP
paratus.
Below the car there is suspended a
steel lifeboat, nonsinkable and noncap-
stable, but of very light weight. This
boat represents the precaution against
the chance of the destruction of the
ship or its sinking into open water.
Into it are packed when not in use the
cables for the guide rope and the
retarder, two of the most important
attachments of the airship.
In the construction of both bag and
car the utmost care has been exercised
and only the highest possible quality
of materials used. A rigid system of
material inspection was maintained to
reduce to the minimum the chances. of
fiawed materials inadvertently being
used.
Sach, in brief, is the airship in
which will be made the most remark
able journey in history. 1t represents
the highest degree of skill known to
the machinical work. No principle in
the construction Of the ship itself or of
it's propelling appliances has been fol-
lowed which has not been proved to
be sound and thoroughly practicable
The monster bag and its attachments
do not stand for a theory any more
than does the automobile that skins
the bouleyards. The automobile
breaks down at times and becomes ut
terly useless, but the proportion of
efficiency is great enough to make au-
tomobile construction one of the big
industries of the country. The Well
man airship holds the same relation
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-08-02

to the possible high speed airship OF
the future as the automobile in its
present stage of development does to
the possible -breakable automobile
of the future. 1t is possible that the
preliminary flights or trials at Danes
island may indicate weaknesses or
faults; but if such is the case the Ia
cilities at the base for remedying them
are all-sufficient. The airship that
starts to the pole will be well-De-
haved,S easily managed ship OF the
requisite speed when the start is made
If it develops untractable traits after
that it will be because conditions arise
which cannot be foreseen or because
machinery breaks down, a contingency
which arises whenever machinery Is
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-08-02
Taxes Imposed by Guess.

Racine.-District Attorney e. E.
Gittins appeared before the board of
review with a delegation of citizens
in regard to the manner in which per-
sonal taxes are assessed. The attor
ney advised the board that complaint
had been made to him that assessors
did not present blanks for manufac-
turers and others to sign, as the law
demands. Members of the board adj
mitted this to be a fact. They said
that in years gone by blanks had
been presented to the large manufac-
turers, but that the manufacturers re-
fused to fill them out, and that the
value of taxes were filled in by guess.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-08-02
Railway Company Loses Appeal.

Manitowoc.-A decision sustaining
the verdict of the jury at the January
term of the circuit court has been
handed down by Judge Kirwan in the
case of the Northwestern railway and
the Manitowoc Clay Product com
pany. The clay company gets judg
ment for $4,000 damages alleged to
have been occasioned to its property
by the railway company's cutting its
Green Bay extension through the clay
pit. The verdict is modified by
clause stating that if the railway COM
pany affords the clay company access
to its pit by building a crossing the
damages are to be reduced to $13,S00.
An appeal will probably be taken.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-08-02

value from the progress of the air
ship, because the influence of such
winds is largely neutralized by the ac-
ton Of the dragging anchor or re-
tardateur.
I'm other words, all of the value of
favorable winds is placed on the credit
side of our ledger or log, while only
part of the value of the unfavorable
winds has to be written down on the
debit side.
"And the significance OF this, in the
last analysis, is that it will require a
most extraordinary combination of
circumstances to prevent us getting
more help than hindrance from the
winds"
The expedition is distinctly Ameri-
can, for all the mechanical aid that
foreign countries have given in the
preparations, and for the deep interest
they are taking in the project. 1t is an
American journalist, backed by an
American newspaper, to whom credit
is due for the bold and intelligent con-
ception. 1t is typically American that
all of science and the arts that other
nations had to offer has been mar
shaled under the American flag for the
aerial journey into the unknown
north. The giant airship has been
christened the America and, if the
next few weeks shall demonstrate that
the plans of Mr.. Wellman were well
founded and the explorer shall sail
triumphantly to the pole, the first act
will be the dropping of the American
Stars and Stripes over the spot which
has lured nearly thousand brave men
to their deaths.
The crew that will man this remark
able ship of the north is as follows:
Walter Wellman-Commander of the
expedition.
Maj Henry B. Hersey- Representing
United States government and Ma
tional Geographic society.
M. CASTOR Hervieu--Aeronaut in
chief.
Maxwell ]. Smith-Wireless tele-
graph expert.
M. Paul Colardeau-Expert mechan-
ician in charge of motors.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-08-02
News OfW iscOnsiT
Interesting Happenings Various Cities and
Towns of the State.


Prentice-The plant of the United
States Leather company at this place,
which suffered heavy loss in Feb
ruary, was damaged to the extent of
$250,O0O or 100000 by fire, which got
considerable Roadway before it was
checked.
Three of the buildings at the half
million dollar plant were destroyed.
and the flames threatened to sweep
away the other structures also. but
energetic work of the fire department
put out the blaze before more than
half the plant was ruined. Had there
been wind the entire plant would
have been wrecked, and the city it
self might have been swept, for even
as it was, the burning brands set fire
in dozen places about the place and
only continual watching prevented
the starting of other fires.