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THE NEW CRY CHARrER.
% o. Vow before the Legislature and O.
I0O. oDO v srsis Shorter Than the Osd One.

% O. Naw before the Legislature and O.
B0O. 0OO " Srdis shorter IMAM the Osd One.
ALRAST. April p. The special commits
riOn Of which Frederick " Hammond
Of Syracuse was chairman to-day had
introduced IN the Legislature a hill con-
s,ituting a new charter for New York city.
which j. a consolidation after a revision
81 the various halls submitted by the
the last two months
The hill provides that the new charter
- to take effect on June I. 1871. the
purpose b-ing To give the city authorities.
civic associations and the public generally
full opportunity for study between now
and the converting Of the neHt legislature
The legislative COMMITTEES in response
to the Governors message and the
public demand has thus carried out the
instructions of the Legislature TO prepare
n charter. and IN recommending the
pO<tponement Of ths taking effect OF the
act until next year the committee has
followed the precedent Of the charter
Legislation for cities OF the second class
The COMMITTEES determined in the
interest Of due publicity and with the
hone Of securing intelligent criticism
and useful suggestions 20 individually
present in the form Of separate bills the
various chapters Of the proposed new
charter ~ fast 80 they could be drafted.
During the last two months some forty
Of these bills have besn introduced. which
were referred 70 and cousidered by the
Cities COMMITTEES.
The eHiseing Charter contains more than
10. 600 wcsAs The nsw charter. while
shorter by 600 words. retains and
xroups in convenient and logical order
a the basic elemenfs Of local government
and administration Of the present instru-
ment. supplemenssd by many lengthy
organic provisions for which reference
must now be made TO the old consolidation
act.
The proposed charter 10 divided into
twenty-nins chapters and conforms In
ARRANGEMENT and typography with the
consolidated laws. The existing Charter
overflows with redundant material which
10 covered by the general laws and should
bs contained in procedure statutes. All
provisions relating TO local courts Of
Inferior, civil and criminal Jurisdiction
and the procedure therein have been
transferred 20 the other statutes and the
came course has been taken with refer
ence 70 al dispenaabls penal proviaions.
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nan. signed ~ ssv. Hush-s.

ALnANr. April 1.-THE Governor has
sixnsd tbsse bills:
Senator Travisis. giving the State SUPER
inteudent Of Banks additional power over
mnvtnRs and loan associations and maktnS
more uniform the Law governing the asso-
Citations.
Mr. waters. providing that hereafter
&C the first biennial town meeting IN each
town twO assessors shall b elected to hold
once for two years and one assessor 70
hold once for four years. and that OF two
NAL meeting one shall BE- elected for two
years and one for four years.
Mr. Manley's. making the oOmptrollers
Of cities Of the second class instead Of the
city clerks custOdians Of the records Of
all registered municipal bonds.
Mr. A. y. Smiths. providing that per-
aona Who aell Or furnish cocaine a. per-
mItted by Law on . physicians pre-
s~riptIon shall at the tims Of sale give a.
she purchaser . certificate stating the seller !.
name and address. the name and address
Of the physician on whose presumption
tho drug was furnished. the date Of sale and
amount sold.
Mr.. sbepardson'a. providing that In the
eysat os the death Of the wife Of an inmate
Of the State Woman's Relief Corps Home
ae Oxford he may remain an inmate Of the
homo with the consent Of the superintsn-
dsnt and board Of managers.
Mr. v. L. YounG's. providing that . woman
eaHpaysr may vote on propositions for the
bonding Of villages for improvements.
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ALBANY NEWS FROM GRIScON.


CeSO a@a Waaswegtn Ron n Esvss
-0Basn 4. MHlS Comfy Trsas1rrr.
The RspublIcan county cOmmittss
slsosed Ogden L. Mill treasurer last
night TO succeed James n 6hefDeld. who
resignsd when COngrensman Parsons
drOpped The chairmAnship. Mr.. Mills was
the psrSonAl choice % Lloyd c. Griscom.
tho present chairman.
Ne 10 . grandson % the late D. o. Mills
and . nephew % Mira. Whitelaw Reid
and has BEEN associated with the
Law firm % ststson. Jennings q Ruassll.
He brOks into politics by bscoming an
election district captain In the Twenty
ninth Assembly district and Mr.. 0risCom
says he n q hard worker I'm district politics.
He ~ financial secretary % the Republican
Club % the Twenty ninth.
Secretary % state koenig in seoonding
the nomination TDade q speech in which
h9 sad that tho result Of the Rochester
election was not q reflection on the TAFT
Administration but was due purely TO
local feslngs.
A resolution was adopted without dis
s~nt pTaising Gov. Hughes for brinGing
about the legislative Investigation. He
fore putting the resolution Mr.. 0riscom.
who u close to Gov. Hughes and who has
his confidence. made this statement:
= want to say that the resolution
sanctioninG the Investigation vas sup
ported IN the Senate by Mr.. Cobb. the
leader of that chamber HE election 10
the leadership was. know. bitterly
fought. but I wish to take this oppor-
tunity To pay my tribute 20 the gratifying
manner in which he has conducted him
self siF~@ 20 vas called upon To lead the
majority in the Senate. Similarly ]
want TO say a word Of commendation for
Speaker Wordsworth. Ne and Mr.. Cobb
are working unitedly In the effort 10 put
through a programme which II adopted
will mean the passing Of the soundest
and hest legislation thai has ever beeu
passed in Albany and which will mean
Republican, success in this State next
autumn
The recommendation II the special
commiSiee appointed to suggest means
for the prevention OF frauds AZ elections
were adopted
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INDIANA FTLL az POLITICS.
EN-s;sN. IDurbIn Isn't Disturbed About enc
Republicans. However.

EN-s:SN. IDuVbtn Isn't Disturbed About she
Republicans, However.
Ex-Gov. william r. Durbin 81 indiana,
who 10 at the Waldorf. brought sons
news tn town with him from Indianap-
oils. He says there is M such thing AZ
an insurgent' in the Republican party
out in his State. and the only insurgents
10 be found are amonG the Democrats.
you see said Gov. Durbin. who was
seated On q comfortable sofa in the lobby
with a man from Indiana who was said
to he q Democrat. out in Indiana 20
are anxious tn get stamina enough into
the Democrats 90 that we can get them
togsther and pot them with ons shot.
We never had any Democratic party out
over 20 that party. What HsnlyS Why.
there's only one. Ny successor. Yea.
you can say that ~ have had pretty
good revival seaeon out there.
Il 80 Torn Taggart has announced
that he IN going 90 he q candidate for
the senate. Well. You can count upon
The peerless ONE int~rpolated tho
Democrat acidly.
mo. I won't borrow anything from
Mr.. Bryan. ! was going 60 say that SEN
Ator Beveridge viii carry Indiana by
from eO.O0O 20 1900. Tho only aGht out
thsre n among the Democrats Their
convention n coming on next week. ard
guess there will he some doings. There
IN only one thing hsinR talked about out
in Indiana Just now. and that h politics.
Do think tbs hW'iro will he SEQ. Well,
that In what Beveridge says. With me it' q
just a wish. We are going 90 have q red
hot campaign. What do I think % Bsv-
eridge' We'll. he IL ons % Indiana's great
est products I believe he IL an Ohio boy.
hut our speciality out in Indiana IN taking
Buckeye boys and making great states
men OUT OF thsVn
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Csnserenee % Peaasns wster storage

ALBANY. April 3i.-Tbsre Ia 10 bs q
confersncs next Monday afssrnoon be-
tween Chairman Edwin A. Merritt, Jr.
Of tho Assembly Ways and Means Com
mittes and representative OF tho New
York Board Of Trade and Transportation.
the Merchants Association and tho Aeso-
citation for the Preservation Of tho Adiron-
dacks on the pendinR water storage
legislation. Tho prospecss arc that all
hands Interested will roach an agrsemsnt
on Monday and that this proposition.
which has besn q hone OF contention in
tho Legislature for years. will receivo
favorable consideration this year.
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ALLDS m ALBANY.
Faruer senator Calls at the Caplas1 ANA
aururases sOms % HR Colleagues.

FoYnler eemnaor Gnan ~ tme C@ptsOs ana
survvIses sOme - Eh Colleagues.
AIInANY. April 3i.-For1asr Senator
lothian p. Aids Of Norwich. Chsnango
county, who has been absent from Albany
aincO the end % his famous trial for
bribery. dropped In - the capitol to-day.
much 20 the surprise Of some oS his
colleAg1es.
Mr.. Aids has been down South On
n trip taken 20 secure ret and rS-
cupsrnaion. Ascending 70 his frSenda.
since the verdict was given few weshs
awo sustaining the charges made agninse
him By Bsnn COngsr.
Durfr,k The Last ss0ninn Of the LaRi1la-
t,rra Senator Aids va named - chair
nan o. . special legislative COMMITTEES
10 inquire into tho pr0poSsd creation % .
Fiafe board % control 20 purchase tho
eIppliss used IN Seaao oOpartEnenen and
lrusfituaionn and 20 Rnpsrllly look into
the conditions and needs % such lnseatu-
tions. ainoB the early days Of th@ pronent
accession an Thought % the work oong BY
tnia aDnoial ouuamitts0 has ben bo1t alght
al, bIif folxnar Senator Allda whaD nn,ed
rnnasdIRg hin prsspncs b Albany today
nald that y was p 80 49, q t'ss
f1YoE1 % ~ m1oB ~ Ni@4 eoHaAiaAleA
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chief medical inspector of the Health
Department. made an examination late
yesterday and pronounced 10 an unmis-
taxable case OF leprosy. DR.. Bensel aaid
last night that leprosy In northern climates
In 80 hard to communicate that the woman
won't have to be moved. Mrs. Mascara
has had the disease about threS years.
Her husband 10 a fruit dealer in Baltimore.
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CIRCUS rHAr BUSr IN FRANCE.


Ameptren @onum2 10. @uHa Pny AmeSs-
can Express Go. ea.S0e.
When tho McCadden American circus
crossed the French border in April. 1905.
the express company gave . bond 81 the
American Bonding Company to the
French Government insuring the pay
mSnt 81 tho customs duties OF %. 1e0
in case the circus did not leave France
In the required time. when the circus
went broke four months later the Gov
eminent compelled tho express company
90 pay up and the express company then
looked TO the bonding company. The
bonding company resisted payment on
various grounds. and suit was begun %
recover the q. 30 minus A.SOO which the
express company got back from the
Preach Government. with o. 900 additional
for services.
Justice Hsndrick decided yesterday
that the bonding company must make
good tbs money paid out by the express
company. but that the express company
can recover nothing for services
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PnysIcaan. . Patient at Trsataa state
Hospital. EscaOes.

TKENToS. y. -. April 7i.-Dr. Holmes
Riddle Of Long Branch escaped from the
State Hospital In this city last night by
jumping from a second story window
after prytng apart the iron hairs. He
returned TO his home In Long Branch
suffering from injuries resulting from hts
jump. He was brought 90 the asylum last
October and was discharged a month
later AZ cured. He was sent hack 70 the
institution in January.
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MEs. Mary A. Irons will to-day csIs-
hraGs her IO0eh birthday at the home
Of hSr dnnahtsE. Mrs. Arthur 3. Nizon.
f967 HarldnhaF street, Brooklyn. She haa
a hFothsg and aietsr living. Albert Cromh
% droeOn, Conn. Who = IN his eighty
ninth year. and Mf1: g0hA 5g0Wr q
lFons vas born IN 0roton, Conn. She
maFFisa mt ehS aRs % ~ and hAS ngvan
GhllaFuA. thFog 81 whom are Stin LIVING.
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The Wall Street edition OF TEE EvENINa
SUN contains ali the financial news and
the stock and bond quotations 70 ths oioss
% thu market. Tia eloaing qu0eAtiona
Molndlng ~ IBID and aahsd' prices. Win
sddiatsAal nSws n,attor. are ooatainsd AlaS
h he NIGHT edition - THm EvEAlm1 9UN.
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CITY DEBT LIMIT BILL PASSED
1ON sOLIRATED RAaL@0AR arr
ENTRODg ~ SRNATE.

usAsure Absia.nsns On Aun~asss Cen.
rlb.as~a PAasea N - A4HNnoAy a8a
NdVanpra - . TNoEa maaaaaU N u
senate I've El~eslnn mmas mspaSaea.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-04-07

OF these plans during the next few days Perhaps his
audacity rather pleased her, for she save him such
lit he had rot dared dream OIL
8 IS that YOU" the voice OF Tor,an called over tic
telephone day Ii your yeatning for piratica
is still unsatisfcd. you to go off with
us ior a little trip. Car you go:
Can Il" H!'drcth replied i'll tones which made the
telephone buzz II you go without me r." come
alter you. il have swim.
- the boats rneandcrcd up The Mississ;np ard
alorg the by.:lys OF the Illinois Eidreh wond listen
with very good imitation o: attention to Tolmans
bits q Information, but The only geographical TACT
which rca;'y penetrated his consciousness his
Mis-; Neville Occasionally also he made
OF Apollo jerks proximity by the rather H.
concealed anmosity OF that individual.
When they had landed Peoria. jerks invited
to jcn Harold aud fiildrch in making the rounds OF
street lair lie proved 20 be good deal OF deaths
head at the feast, BIZ, Harold made IN for that by
moving in 4 trance OF rapture
"My!" he exclaimed, when he came lace to face
with the eo.es OF the shooting gallery. IL wish
Cousin Dolly here!
1ildrcth's heart warmed to the boy.
"Ncu're pretty fond OF your cousin. artn: you;
he SAID with benignant smile.
"Yc7!" was the succinct reply, She's goin' to be
my second mamma"
"What!" Hildreth exclaimed before he could stop
himself.
She's goin to be my second mamma calmly re
pcated Harold before losing himself in the JOY Of
sighting along rifle barrel held by the suddenly as
Siduous jerks.
or course there is such phenomenon in nature
as that mans mind should sit down in chair.
Nevertheless Hildreh felt if his had been the
nont of achieving that act and the critical moment,
som. ono had erked the chair away. He was incred-
IDLY Jared.
COPYRIGHT ,oos
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the first side street, ii the ;mps OF cnagrn ard pair
with which he fought could be escaped il he only
went last and lar enough When the hour Get for
leaving drew and he had get back to the boat
there was only one thought clear in his mind: he
must he nna try retreat in good order
He full OF proud intentions OF drawing of dis
crecty, but rot in any hasty fashion, he did
what he should have done il nothing had happened
to cnghten hn--hc went directly to Miss Ncvilles
sdc rs she stood at the rail
But Hiidrchs military talents evidently OF
4 circumscribed character He had shown himself
prompt III attack active in pursuit but re evidently
had not been planned with view TO executing
.crly AS the girl beside him looked up with
the smiling eyes which from the first time he had
looked into them had held his whole happiness in
their clear depths, fIildreth t.rned abruptly away
;de the pain which frightened his heart.
telegram for you. Mr.. Hidrc.h"
l1ildre,h mechanically took the envelope He tore
it open and read something-hc did no: know or care
what.
No bad news, hope" said Miss Neville anN-
iously; for he looked up. she saw the trouble in
his eyes
"No-no" he said absently
But I'm afraid il isl!
IIdrcth again bent his head over the telegram. in
which. matter what its contents might be- he sud
denly recognized possibilities OF relief 1t contained
in TACT only these words:
How about that local color' Am waiting for light
oil it. WIcKs
Hdrcths mind sropcd hurricdly among the pos
sibilcs which the receipt of important telegram
always opens up
It's not really bad news" he finally said but It's
rather-urgent. ! wonder where can find Mr. Toll
man"
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entrance, There was moment when Hdreth might
have defeated the mancuvcr but he stuck grimly to
his hosts vicinity 1t would be daylight for good
hour yet,
3d. letting the make the most OF his little tr
un1ph, llldrcth took hint out OF Shakespeare and
attached young llarold-and therefore young liarold
papao his side with hooks OF steel by telling tales OF
his Nebraska ranch. Gradually the slowly drifting
panorama OF the shores grew dim. And having OK
traccd reluctant goodnight from the rapt Harold,
Tolman disappeared with him down the eaneway.
Don't forget his prayers" called baldish young
man who had Joined the group. And to H:idrc;h he
added Makes a model wildly man, doesn't hc'
Always has the little chap next to him at the table,
puts him bed and hardly lets him out OF his sight.
BY the way, speaking OF ranches did you ever ran
across any OF the Bar Circle outfit;
The two men still deep in ranch talk "hen lol-
came back
You don't happen TO be for sale, do yon' he said,
smiling down at flildrcth, The way tina. Roy OF
mine covcts you makes me trcr,bc Tor the OF the
commandments when he gets around to them.
Hidreth experienced the pious satisfaction or the
chess player who has made good opening.
I'm his to command he laughed. I'm afraid
l shall by no means stand so high, though, in Mis-
Ncvic's OPINION he added. I'D like very much to
make my manners to her, but-er-thc situation re
minds one OF the corking OF Santiago harbor, and
-combaant feels natural hesitation about trying
to lit the blockade
liumph! said Toman, pecrng through the dusk,
&C. guess I'm enough OF combatant to take hand.
You come with me-"
The house boats Apollo--his name turned out to be
Jcnks-glanccd up at their approach, and when Toll
asked him to take look at one OF the autos he
proicsscd willingness which abnormally cheer
ful. But there was a lingering quality abou, his de
parture which would have stirred almost anybody to
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-04-07
BY Mary Mul1ett

pity Hildreth, however, merely sighed eontentedly
as he took the vacated chair.
Judging from my sensations, he remarked. " l
lear Mr. jerks is consigning to depths have al
ways considcrcd-wel., beneath me. l can generally
gauge the depth a,n sent to- ne continued. "by the
height to which my spirits rise ard from the way
they are climbing now. think it must be the neither
most limbo this time
Oh, your spirit barometer is oat OF order" said
Miss Neville with candor. " Mr.. jerks and Cousin
George have been uss:ng all day about that
tell them that when they not N automobile and
swearing by it, they ndsr and swearing at it.
Then I'm 10 regard myself ministering angel? 4"
chucklcd IIiidreth. " \ relief column, allowing Mi
jerks 10 CRAFTY consuming desire to go down and
swear at the autos? don't doubt the swearing
but" he shook his head " BY the way. Miss Ne
vllc may as we'll break It to you that contemplate
becoming connection of yours. There is talk OF
your sna cousin llaroids acquiring nc by purchase"
If that's so, laughed Miss Neville. " ! MAY well
accept you at once as a member OF the family.
1t might save time WAS the thoughtful reply.
lidrcth planned all OF possible and impos-
sibe things as he lay in his berth that night And he
surprised Dame Destiny by actually carrying ont
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encd his salad days. Youth is prone 10 sugar its
lettuce, but he bad long ago abandoned such imma-
turty. Yet here he was, bcaming upon his host and
laying himself out to be engaging to his hosts small
boy, all because Cousn" Dolly smiled a, h,, FROM,
the other end OF the table.
IllIdreth was not ono to 5cotn means to an end,
and before dinner half over small Harold was his
slave. victim to an invitation To Indian cncainp-
ment. When Tolnlan himself confessed to a weakness
for Indians, and suggested that they al! go together
iIdreth tried to look his hear, was not turning
pleased sonlersaus within him But it was.
Meanwhile the two boats had slipped away from the
lovee and headed upstream, bringing cool rush OF
air in at the windows
" Ah-h-h-h said Toman "Now we begin to live.
Dolly what would YOU say 10 dessert on dcck?'
Id say, What nicr pace to meet you ;" and
promptly pushing back her chair, Miss Neville led the
way upstairs.
From the steamboat: behind them came the faint
iulsations OF the engine; bit the ouse-boat itself
moved as silently as il it great swan. Out of
the tail OF his eye, dreth observed the bestlookng
man OF the crowd mancuvcr Miss Neville into a
az pocket among the deck furnishings. which pocket
the man Immediately closed by seating himself at the
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Even in the elysutn in which he had lived for the
past week, he had met occasional anxious fears, but
not of them had much whispered the name
Of Tolu'on! He had been too much absorbed by his
own hope OF happiness to give more than passing
thought to Tolmans bereavement or possible conso-
lation.
He wondered if he were the only ore in the party to
whom it was not open secret. There was jerks
Could it be that to jerks too, Haroids remarks had
been revelation? Or had his supposed rival been In
the secret all the time? Hdreth looked at him, but
either from decacy from embarrassment jerks
had turned away.
As they started back to the boat, Hidreth-trying
not 10 be too precipitate--nianagcd to pronounce
question:
How long since Tolinan lost his Wife
:" Oh, not very long" said jerks, after moment
"Thc boy "--Hldreth indicated Harold. who was
naeri:,e his already sufficiently snub nose against
shop window" the boy says Miss Neville is to be
his his second mamma
Yes | believe that's all settled" laughed jerks.
1hen with unexpected consideration. he changed the
subject and finally made to soeback to the
fair, taking Harold with him
ildrclh glad OF any respite struck blindly> of into
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-05-12

The editor OF the Bantry Advocate
says a man had team OF mules on
the Bantry streets recently, for which
he refused $3.50, and now Ut anybody
calls the editor a jack ass he will
think twice before accepting the re-
mark as an insult.
Alfred Duffield of Newburg, found
that his mind was breaking down, un-
der financial troubles, and started for
the asylum at jamestown. He was
picked up by the authorities at Car
rfngton.
Editor Lee has been appointed city
auditor at Antler. He ought to be
able to keep his job presses busy.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-05-12
EXCURSION TO PACIFIC COAST.

The Washington Land Company
having 5000 acres of splendid improy.
ed wheat farms in the big Bend
Country Washington, have arranged
for an excursion to leave Minot, on
Special Car Monday night, May 30th.
Stops will be made at Spokane. Wen
atchee, Seattle, and the Rose Festi.
vaP in Portland, and Western lands
will be looked up. Those interested
in this trip should write for full in
formation to Baker q Warren,
Agents, Optic Bldg, Minot, N. D.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-05-12
MUCH INTEREST IN
WASHINGTON WHEAT LANDS

The Washington Land Co., Baker &
Warren, Agents, are receiving letters
OF inquiry concerning their wheat
farms in the big Bend Country"
from farmers who are tired of the
long winters of North Dakota. It is
said that the average yield Of wheat
is Washington Is much higher than in
North Dakota while the prices are
but very little higher. Those inter
ested in milder climate should write
to Baker & Warren for particulars
concerning their land and their excur-
sion to the Pacific Coast May 30th.
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westhope, the second city in size in
Bottineau county, isn't satisfied with
playing the fiddle, and the census
enumerator has been headed towards
the cemetery.