TITJ8 OMAHA DAILY 1IEE : TOT USD AY , BIOPTEMlUiJll 3 , 1SOG. 11
CHEAP MONEY-CHEAP LABOR
Alleged Prosperity Fotiaded on
Twin Evils.
FAY ROLL FACTS FOR WORKINGMEN
Jtt'nRc * ( if Smelter Kniii } i- * In Oinnhn
C * > iinrrd vltli 'Iliosn iff Motle-o-
\\iiiUliiifiiif-n IIDHull'
Mlieil I'ti } Hull Cllinpnrril.
Mr n-ilirr II Stevona , the noted Wash-
inKton fonespondi'iit of the at Louis Globe-
Democrat bo Is traveling In Mexico In the
Interest of tint jo irnil , furnishes the following -
lowing cnmpirlson of tvages paid the cm *
ploj-es of JumlHrm vtorKa In Muntoroy ,
Mcx. , nnd in Omnhi
"in vvnces on a f liver basis the mine
owner nf Monterey finds his margin In
ivagps nn a silver basis the smellers of
Merlci ) th'urc out a great advantage over
these < ' 'ho Unltcil States The Omaha
fiinclirr is one ! whli'li offers a fair comparison
vlth thiB nuggcnhi'lm plant of Montury.
They are probably , the- lamest silver smclt-
ors In the two conntrlos inch : gives rm-
ploymrnt to about 400 nun. No one will
travc-isi i In' great plant at Monterey and
doubt H'.T ' the Mexlian workman In this
Industry I en Ins eqiial label , man for man ,
with the \ merle. m ciiilojrd | In the Omah i
( iincltpi \t Omaha there Is little labor
lven a tl W a day. The \vaces In the
varlolH i- , i < l > s of smelti r range as high us
$3 a div It ! ! ! not place thu .ivorago too
high to in ike It $ J per day. That U Amcrl-
can moniij gold Here the common labor
unloads the cais and heaps the ore by the
thousandii of tons In the yaids The same
labor to ids the ore Into the little Iron ttain
cari and wheels It under the sheds , where
the inoie skilled workmen do the mixing of
the Dies in great beds This common labor
uhovols and lifts and pushes as hard as the
SI SO gold labor at Umalm and does it foi i > 2V > >
cents a day Mexican sllvei or Sl'A cents gold
This labor \vorks ten hours a day for that
price Then there Is the twelve hours labor
BO divided to keep the smelter running night
and day Ikro something besides miiselc
enters in The Iron binowa must be
-vvhcelcd upon the tualcs , unil one kind of
ere follovs another In , as beam nftcr beam
tips until the barrow Is full of lust the
right proportions of lead and Iron and lime
and \nrlous ores to take out all of the silver
In the smelting The Me xlcans who do this
arc paid 7f > cents u day , worth 3716 cents
American moni-y Then rome the fcedeis
nnd the furnace men , who know Just when to
dump In the burow loads at the top nnd
just when to tap at the bottom to diuvv olt
the bullion This Is labor that receives $1
a day In Mexican silver or fiO eents a day In
gold The slag pullers get 75 cints a day
In silver The foremen of the jards , who
move about ovci seeing and directing , are
paid from ? T to $ ii a day. They are few in
number. Still fewer are the furnace foie-
men of that ripe experience which \s \ re-
nponslblo for the results These get $200 a
month , the equivalent of $100 In gold.
The piy of the Omaha smelter averages
$2 a elaj or $ SOO for the 100 laborers , the
C'rnilvalcnt of fl.liOO In Mexican money The
jny at the Monterey smelter averages $1 a
< Uy In Mexican money , or $400 for the 400
employes
Her" is a difference of $1 200 Mexican
money or $ COO gold In the > dally pay rolls
The Mexiian slhei smelters nre said to be
miking $10 In Mexican mnney where the
American smelters are prontlug $1 in Amer-
lean mei-ey Whether free silver In the
United States would ralso the Mexican
inonoy to the Amcrle-nn monej' or lower the
American to the Mexican It would lequlre
the Amui lean smelters to pay onlj twice as
much for libor where now they pay four
times as much as the Mexican smelters do
The vvafios paid at the smelteia hero com-
mnntl the best of Moxlcan labor The low-
ostrate 02j cents , Is nearlj double that paid
for onllnary common labor It brings to
the vvoiKs blown mon with muscles like
stcfl , who Mot along with liOO pounds of on-
In a binow 'Ihesc Mexicans shed all cloth
Ing hut sandals stnivv hit and cotton drivv-
crs as thoj push and pull the ore down the
Incllnei of the long roasting ovens. They
have only ono bid htliit Ihoy will come
to vvoik before bleaKfast."ou can teach
IMoxIcan labor to smelt ores to perfection
but jou 0111 not teach the Mexican woman
to get up and prepare lueakfast , simple as
It Is , before the whistle blows for the
change of shiftb from night to daj. And
so an hour or two after the brown men
li.ivo liegun work the little brown women
comestiinging In with the beans and the
com cakes and the hit of meat
HOUin.ICAN WOllKMUN LtVn.
In a subseaucnt letter , from Las Nltras
Mountain Nueva Leon Mex , dated August
215. Mr Stevens details the manner In
; vhlch Mexican vvorklngincn live , and compares -
pares the wages paid them with the wages
paid for like service on the American side
of the Hlo firande. The facts presented cou-
llrm Ilourko Tockran's chnge tint the de-
inand for fie-o coinage of silver Is a con-
tplracy against the wage earner. Mr
Stevens writes
Let those who have not seen It scoff at
Mexican labor At 3 o'clock In the rnorn-
Ing the tenderfoot lifts his head from his
< ot to wonder what that soft vocal medley
moans Thirty feet away a mess of Mexl-
ran miners Is at breakfast The llro has
been inado of a handful of lilts of bark and
twigs gathered from the scrubby brush
-which grovs In the mountain clefts It Is a
lied of coals on a Hat rock In flout of a llt-
tin cave sK feet wldo bj three high and live
deep. This cave Is the bedroom of the mess
i.ich : minei s bed Is n blanket. In vvlilcb he
rolls hlniBolf nnd lies down to sweet slum-
lier upon the biro rock lloor The me > ss is
ut breakfast The table is the lock beside
the bed of coals There Is an earthenware
Jug which will hold loss than a quart Ono
miner nml thin another picks It up from
liesltlo the coals and thrusting In his lingers
pressed together In spoon form , scoops thu
cooked beans to his mouth A bit of cot
Ion cloth U unrolled and the largo Hat corn
cnkea are taken out The miner not over
iiartlrular In taste -ats his tortilla cold
His conipadro with mnrii regard for his
Btorrinch lajs his tortilla upon the coals to
BC'orch for a few moments
_ Whllo the mess e-ats slowly the members
f of It talk of the weather , of the mine , of
the ) familleii on thn little farniH In the vallny
which , 2 00 lee-t below , look about as largo
Dtul as Irregular as the patches In the crary
nullts of twinty jeais ago Scattered on
the mountain side , some above , some below ,
thu entrances of the mini * other messes of
Mexican ininiTs are breakfasting and t ilk-
Inn. Not all lireso fortunate as to have
found u oavH which could bo preempted
for a bedroom A tint rock largo enough
and Ifvel enough to make tolerably sure
that a sudden turn in uneasy slumber may
not mean u roll of a hundred feet or menu
clown the precipitous slope Is enough If
nothing better can bo found. Two , thrt-o ,
half a do-en of the miners with Uielr
Blmpl oulllts camp thus In messes When
n inlno superintendent hires Me-\lcin miners
lie m ver tliinKa of furnUhlnir boaid or
quarters The Mexican minor sleeps where
can roll hlniKelf In Ills blanket No
\lio
lioardlng maiugoniont can compete \vlth that
' i > ot ot largo dark brown beans anil that pile
of corn cal.es A little hoiiso covered w Ith eor
rugaUd metal cut Into tv o rooms 12x12 feet ,
Klvis olllio and hoiibe keeplni ; conveniences
lor the American superintendent A shelter
of tlmtrhrd palm leaves sulllce'd for the
forces and thu tool bhop With such Improve-
incuts the mine owner maj begin actual
operation In this country
CIU\l > AND GOOD
nreakfust finished In a leisurely manner
mid the Inevitable cigarette ) siiolted , before
4 o'clock ill the morning the Mexlian miner
Is nt the wutcr barrel tilling his narron-
necked , tarthen bottle with aqua Then he
tnters themine. . Off comes his clothing , all
but the high < truvv hat , the short eottbu
ihlrt and the sandals made of heavy mile
- leather cut to thu shape ) of the ) tint of the
foot and bound In place by thongu crimed
over tbei arch. Ihus stilppct ] thu miner Is
ready for to pick , to drill or to curry out
oru. Kach miner Is good for thu mining and
corning cut of a ton of ore. The work U
iono by contract to far as that system la
' We prefer It , " bald Superintendent C II
Flynu of the Attrc mine , "and the ) Mexicans
like It better. They work In pairs.
"They will take the Job to get out the
> rv at 10 much toil and they will earn
Jt MiXlcan money. ' * } ' Thy llkn to
Htirt at 3 o'clock In the mcrnlntr. keep on
until they h v > earned II , nn 1 then stop ,
1 ' < avf > workr l In mines at Cripple Creclc ,
at Londvlllo ind In many camps of Jho
states No one isn tell m ? that the Mp\l-
rnn miner Mill not .o a nutrh as the
Amorlran mlni r , raa-i for man. These
miners wo have hero arc all men with fami
lies Their homes io hi the vnllcy It
nnuld l ko too lone to go up and don the
moiinliin So they live up h rp as jou sco
thorn and make oroislonal tilps'down to
tholr homes for supplies On this dollar
n daj , Mexican money , Mioy support their
families We have no strikes Some
times -vhea they apply for emploj incut , nnd
1 tell them whit I will piy for cortiln work ,
they will turn about and run down the
mountain The next day twcntj of them
will be back icarty to go to work at the
terms offered The second day more will
appear and by the third diy I have all that
I neoil Mexican mine labor Is good labor
If It Is handled rlghtlj. more can IIP done
with It thin with so much whltr labor Tin1
Mexican miner will go ahead and do Just
what jou tell him Ho does not venture
to think he knows more than jou do , nnd
to change jour plans when your back Is
turned With the same number of Mexi
can miners I will accomplish more than
can be-done with American miners and will
do It at Jt n day Mexican money for the
Mexican labor The Mexicans greatlj pre
fer to work bj contract , for , under that ,
they easily make a dollar If Mexican
libor Is employed by the elay nbout the
mines the piovilling rate Is 75 cents n day for
ten hours 1 trj to do all I can bj con
tract , beoinsp the work rnn be done so
much faslor When a Mexican Is carryIng -
Ing out ore on his back by the diy. a sack
containing from 123 to 1BO pounds Is ron-
sldeied n good Inad When he Is working
it so much a ton he will often put 300
pounds on his back and trot along with It "
Mexican trine labor Is not cheap and poor
It in cheap and good
NO OHNCIH IN W0n 5
A dnllat worth r > 0 cents commands the
same labor In Mexico now that a dollar
worth a. dollar did ten or twenty vears ago
Hlght there Is the cornerstone on which
prosperity In this silver countrj Is building
That Is whit mikes It now profitable to
work mines with ores worth $7 nnd $ S ,
Mexlonn money , a ton Thit condition of
lieboi brings the cost of mining anil cirrylng
out the ore down to a dollar a ton Tint
kind of labor built nnd operates the cables
which take the phce of thousands of burro
trains , at a fiactlon of the cost for Ilko
construction and operation In the states
Cables hnvo reduced the cost of couvejlng
ore from the mine to the rillroid two miles
down the mountain , to 20 cents and 30 cents
a ton This labor enables inllroids to haul
ores at from CO cents to $1 a ton It
flguies In ( lie cosl of the transportation nf
the ccke from the gulf and the coal fiom
the border , And , fimllv , It enables the
smelters to make nn unprecedentedly low
late of $1 n ten fm ticatment e"f ore At
ivory step , from the first blow ot the pick
In the mine to the ladling of the bise bul
lion into molds nt the > fuinacc. this fixity
of wages on the basis of u dollar depreciated
to one-half Its value Is the chief factor
which Insures the profit Whit niattets It
that sllvir goes down If it conumnds just
as much labor as ever , and If the lead In
the bullion can "till be sold for gold' The
smelters of Mexico buy ore fiom the mine
owners and pay n Mexican dolUr an ounce
for the silver they get out of it. They pild
this several > ears ago , when silver was
worth more than It Is now They still pay
It Hecently , under the Importation of com
petition while silver was dropping so rapidly
In the United Stiles , some of the smelters
of Mexico advanced the pi ice thej allowed
the mine owneis foi silver They are now
pajlng under some contracts $1 OG in Mexican
money for every ounce of silver found In the
ore.
CIIKAP LAI10R COMPETITION.
Today the brickmaking plant a few miles
out of Monterey , on the Mineral railroad
Is shipping 160,000 paving brick to San An
tonio , in Texas It does this and pajs the
ad valorem duty of J5 per cent , which the
Wilson tariff levies on brick Importations
The contract for this brick shipment was
obtnined at Sin Antonio because this com
pany put In the lowest and best of twcnty-
oigbt bids The Monterey eompanj enjojs
the possession of excellent clay , but that
tsn t what enables It to send brick to the
United States at a profit It outbid the
twentj--seveii American brickmaking com
panies because ! It sells brick for Aineiican
money , worth 100 cents In gold , and hires
good labor for Mexican money , worth 50
cents in gold This compinj Is pivlng three
miles ot Monteiej streets with brick dis
placing the cobblestones , of time Immemorial
It put down a block of the brick paving aa
an object lesson , and the governor. General
Ilernardo Heyes , with .1 keen peri option for
a good thing , ordeied three miles of the
simo , to begin with The brick nnnufac
turcd on the basis of unchnnging wages and
laid by the same will cost In Mexican
money a little less than the same paving
commands \merlcan monej In the btates
American cities pay about $2 r > 0 a sqiiaio
yard for brick-paved streets Monteiej will
get hci streets pived for a little less than
* 1 GO u squaio jard , and that price will be
In money worth one halt the American
price
IIAILKOAD PAY HOLLS COMPAUUD
As in mining and In brlik making so It
Is In all Industries Monteiey Is booming
Wages remain tlxcd at the old rates and
can be pild in the depreciated silver That
gives the margin of profit The- most strik
ing of the object lessons , perhaps , are those
which the inllioads furnish These roads in
Mexico an1 well managed The depoth and
surroundings are marvelously clean and
mat Tile roadbeds will compare most fa-
voiably with those In the stntes Iho tialn
set vice Is excellent Mexican money does
It. Hast fiom Laredo to Corpus Cluistl , on
the gulf , wholly an American soil the Mex
ican National his a. division 1K3 miles long
Southward fiom Laredo the llrst division of
the same road , wholly in Miixlcan tenltoij ,
extends to Monterey , 1CS miles nbout the
sumo dlstnnco On mie side of the Itio
Ginnde the Mexican National pays wages
In Mexican silver On the other side the-
pay roll Is met with American money
Conductors between Laredo and Corpus
get $ IO. > a month In gold Conductors be-
twein Laredo and Monterej get $10 ! a
month In Mexican sllvei , which Is worth
$ ( J7 i)0 , for the same kind of service-
ISnglneers on the Texab sldo nro paid
$ i CO In gold for 100 miles F.iiBlneers on
the Mfdenn sldo receive $550 In Moxlcan
silver , worth $2 Sil , for 100 miles
Ilrnkemun running to Cnrims get $50 a
month In gold ; to Monterej , $ GO a month
tn Mexican sllvei , worth $ JO 50.
Firemen on thu Texas division are paid
ut tbo ratu of $1 SO in gold for 100 miles
traveled , on the Mexican division , $2.2C
worth $1 17.
A general officer of the Moxlcan National
ton modest to have his name In print , gave
thesw wages finni his books When he had
nail them off to this point , nn Interested
looker-on lutenupted with
"I should think all of the fellows on the
Monterey division would want to get on the
Texas division "
'Probably they would. " said the olllcer.
'but v\o have combined the runs so that on
all mixed trains the crows go thiough from
Cot pus to Monterey That gives them 1C9
mllei on n gold ba&is In Texas and 1GS miles
on a bllver bisls In Mexico The y have
the gold nnd the silver divisions altor-
natelj Wo do tl at to glvo them all the
sanm chai eo "
"When did the company adopt thU plan
of evening things' "
"About two jears ago"
"How nlotit wages of section hands' "
1 ho ollltlal turned to the books again
"On Iho Te-xas division , " ho said , "fore
men get $10 a month inmerlcau money
The laborers get 75 cents a day On the Mex-
I an aide ) fon-inen get $10 a month in Mex-
Kan silver , and laborers IJ'cents , both
In Mexican silver "
At thn prevailing rate of exchange thU
gives soct'ou foremen on the Mi'xlcan side
fJO a n , rth and section hands about 31
couta a day In American money
"Hut jou muat remember , " s.Ud the rail
road oillclal , "these ilguna for foremen and
labor hold good only as far below the bor
der as Hnltlllo That is 240 miles south
of the frontier As you go toward the In
terior wages decrease. From Saltlllo south
ward to fan Luis Potost , 2GS miles , section
fonmicn are paid $1.50 a day anil luboicrs
50 coins a daj all In Mexican allver Still
further south , below San Luis 1'otoal thu
paj U $125 a day for foremen , and ( or
labor J7'-j cents a daj , Mexican silver. "
"Have railroad waged undergone any
change with tbo decline of Mexican silver ? "
"No. Iheae are the rates today , and they
were the same In 1SSS , when silver dollars
were worth a hJt ruoro than they are now. "
MIRAGES OF THE PANHANDLE
Airy Images that Bother Railroad Engineer !
in Texas.
PHANTOM TRAINS TEST THEIR NERVE
ntiMtrnii * Attempt of One
tit Unit DIM * ti u ClioHt SIIIMT-
Ntltliins of thr Uriiiiiinur
I Midnight y
Jink Smith , aa ho la commonly called , I ;
ono of the oldest and most trusted loconio
tl\o engineers that run oti the Tort Wortl
and Denver railroad Tor years he has beer
on one ot the Pan Handle division ! , and It Is
said to tils credit that no human being lini
over lost llfo or limb on hH train tlurliiR all
tbnt time ; lint he has had adventures In the
llattoat country on earth
Sometimes the country I run through l <
the grainiest , most beautiful In the world , '
ho remarked to a correspondent of the Now
York Sun , "and sometimes It's about tin
cusiuilist In the spring , when wo've had
plenty ot rain Jnd the crops arc all growing
nice and the grass Is green as far as the
eye can read ) , the 1'an Handle seems as if II
might lia\o been designed for a kind ol
eat thl } paradise In the summer , when
there hasn't been any rain for n long time
and the crops are dead and the grass burned
brown as far as jon can see , and the hot
parching wind Is sending the alkali din I
scooting ovcrjwhere , the tountrj seems
mighty like n bolder land ot hell. The Pan
Handle1 engineers have lots of advantages
over the fellows that run engines over .1
cotintr } that ain't as ll.it as ours , but then
wu have our dlsadv Ullages too One of out
advantages is tint wo can see no fai There
nln't a great deal of ilangui ot our slipping
up on something we can't see till we jjci
elose to It Of course theie are a few phcc
where there aru hills and CUIMS , and even
cuts , but thcio are mlghtj fen , of them One
of our chief advantages Is thatve sec
so darned tinny things that nln t there "
' How's that' " asked an auditor.
"Ghosts1' answered Jink "Didn't joil
ever hear of the ghosts of the Pan Handle' "
Most of his listeners shook their heads but
ono or two ot the older ones smiled and nod
ded UnovvlngI } , and some ono utteied the
word
"Mirage1"
"Yes , , that's about the Ize of it , " con
tinued the speaker 'Out In our eoimtrj
though v > o Just call 'em ghosts It's rathei
illsconecrtliiK to look oit of the cab window
homo bilin' hot afternoon and see avvaj
ahead of you a good big town where jou
know theio wasn't no more town thin a
splut the last tlma jou pissed tint way
Then , again , it soiter shakes , jou up to sec
a big , cool-lookin' lake of water not vciy
far away , when you know the whole tussetl
eountry for miles around is dry as the Inside
of a powder horn. The silentlflc fellows
call cm mirages ami ha\e a long tlga-
marolo to account for how they oeeur , but
tint don't keep 'em fiom mikln' a fellow
feel soiter creepy like when ho sees one ,
anvwaj The worst things on a fellow's
nerves , though , aio the ghost engines The
llrst tlmo jou see onu of them > ou get
shook up Just about as bad as if you'd seen
a genuine spook
"It'll be a long time before I forget my
llrst round with one I hid been running a
passenger on the load for some time then
and had never seen nilthing c\traordlnar >
Ot course , I'd heard the other hojs guy each
other a good deal about the ghost , but I
never thought there was anything In It
Finally my time eame , though. It v.as one
blistering hot August afternoon and the
whole country was parched as brown as If
It had been on an ernormous skillet and se-t
over a big fire to eoolc it The heat waa
rising up in great weltering , sklmmerlng
waves from the long double lines of gleaming
rails In front of mo , hot enough and bright
enough to might/ nigh put out a f-llow's
eyes , espeeially at hen be had to keep his
eyes pretty near glued to the track for
hours at a time Worse than that a
scoi chin' wind was blow Ing like fury and
sending the alkali dust whistling In gieat
clouds. If there's anything In the world
caleulated to make a man's eyes feel like
they were on file I reckon It's this s une
alkali dust when a good big dose gets inside
them Something called my attention inbldt
the engine for a few seconds and then quick
as a Hash I glanced at the track outside
again
"It'll take me a long time to forget what I
saw. There on the traek light In fiont of
me and not 100 yards ahead was a bU
monster locomotive with a long trail of
black smoke pouring out her smokestack
and bearing down on us with a full head of
steam on In my incitement it looked twice
is big as any engine I ever saw. The en
glneer's head was sticking out ot the cab
windowHe nad wild , staring eyes , but
the rest of his face vas like a corpse That
face haunts me now , like a sure-enough
ghost My llrst impulse was to jump I
don't denj that but in about a truth part
of a second I decided to stick to my machine
ind take what would come You'd better be
llavo I swung to my levels , though and got
the thing stopped so quick that they tell me
it throw half the passengers out of their
seats I shut my ojes for a moment and
waited for the smash to come , but It didn't
come. Then I looked at the track close In
front of mo again and there wasn't an >
moio tnglne there than a rabbit.Vlillo I
was rubbing my ejes and looking around In
1 dared sort of way hc'c came the con
ductoi and a lot of passengeis running up
to the engine.
" 'What's up7' the conductor jelled
" 'Suthln' on the track , * I answered.
" 'You look like jou might have seen a
ghost ' sajs one of thepassengers. .
" 'I ain't sure but what I have,1 says I
"My flieman had been shoveling coal at
the time , and so had not seen anythlnn un
usual Just at this point ho suddenly
glanced down thu track , and then with a
Btart he pointed Ills finger In that direction
" 'Ihunderation1' he yelled , 'see that , will
jou1" No wonder the old man got rattled'
"Of course everjbody looked In that di
rection. Sure enough , away down the traek
In front cf us , there was an engine with the
smoke pouring out of the smokestack and a
long train ot cars behind. Hvery man In
the crowd could see It as plain as jou
please Wo waited and waited for the
darned thing to come up to us , but It never
did come , and finally we could not see It at
all Then vu > all decided that It was only
a mirage , and so we started on I didn't
sco any iiiaio ghosts that trip , but I was
sort of trembly for weeks afterward The
affair got Into the Texas papers , someh u ,
and one fellow In writing about It said tint
likely thii engine I saw was only my own
iclli'cteil somehow or other en a mass of
heated vapor just In front of me , ami that
It was a reflect Ion of my own face that I
saw sticking out of the cab If It was , I
must have been nearer dead than I hope tr
be soon again , Judgln' frw.u the expression
en the face "
"I suppobo next tlmo jou see a ghost on
the road you'll run right over It , won't
JQU Jink1" suggested a listener
"Not much , " answered Jink decidedly
"One fellow tried that once You Unow a big
part of the business on our road Is hauling
cattle In the spring wo haul hundreds of
carloads of them from Texas to the range In
Colorado and Montana and those state's up
there ami then in the fall wo haul their
back to Texas again to winter there In
this vvay our freight traffic Is mostly all
nno way in the spring and all the other
A ay In the fall Naturally enough , our
locomotives and cabooses all get collected
it ono end or the other of the line The
curs go on to different roads so It doesn t
make so much difference about them , but
svery road owns Its own locomotives and
cabooses The result U that they have to
> piul lots of locomotives and cabooses back
l > y themselves ) without any cam The boys
call them horse and buggy trains Well ,
this frllow I started to tfll jou about was
bringing a hon > e and buggy back from
Denvc-i. and going It at a prettj lively gait ,
too , when BUdde nlj , right on the track
ihead of him , he noticed another horse
mil buggy , with the buggy end. toward
lilm.
lilm."Ho coUIdn't have been giving very good
itteiition to thu track for the last minute
> r two , or else the combination ot circum
stances blurred hla eyesight , for ho said
ifterward that ho never noticed the thing
autll ho was tolerably close up to it. Still ,
lid hud plenty of tine to mop 1C he wanted
to. On the trip up. hrlwcVor. he hnel an In
terview with the ghcut and been guyed
about It by the bo } , to he concluded this
time he would run square over the ghost
"A few seconds latch when he ran fcer-
smish Into thp thing hs WAS perhaps the
worst surprised cuss that e\er cracked
throttle In Texas. Luckily thorn was no
body killed , but some of them were pretty
badly shaken up. and therViiwas some pretty
badly damaged railroad property , u turned
out that the llrst horie and buggy had been
dlsiblcd some way atuljwa simply waiting
on the track when the secopd ono struck It
No , I don't propose to run over anj ghosts
I'll stop for them Just tltd same as I will for
a regular train I'd mthan stop a hundred
times for the ghost of n train that ain't
there then to go ahead once and smash Into
n train that Is there.
"Of course > oii fellows understand "
Smith continued , "that we don't sec those
things all the time They are comparatively
rare A fellow may be on the reid ft long
time and never see ono at all They saj
that heat has something to do with a mirage
I reckon It does , for nobody pver sees our
ghost except In the heat of summer time
Still , we sec them often oneiugh I think
sometimes some fellows see them and arc
ashamed to tpll nbout It afterward for fear
of being gtived It s a kind of standing Joke
with the men on our road When an en
gineer who generally runs close to the sched
ule pulls Into a place a few minutes1 behind
tlmo without some good excuse for It the boyi
say Well. I reckon Hob must hive been
Interviewing the ghost One hot afternoon
a poor fellow named Jim Daniels was run
ning along over another Pan Handle load ,
not otira when all of n sudden , without uiy
apparent re-ason. ho gave an awful jell and
Jumpi'I out of the cab
'The file-man couldn't son anj thing tn
get scared at , but he stopped the train and
backed to whom Daniels had fallen The
poor fellow had lit wrong and his neck was
biokon Of course , he never spoke n word ,
but the railroad men all thought ho must
have- seen an engine right near at hind
somehow , and lost his neuo at the sight
Poor fellow' His Jump cost him his life
"Lots of our section hands and ether la-
boiers are greasers They liivo oil heard
about these' ghost engines , and majbo have
seen some themselves oenslnnnlly Thoj
must have talked th- > matter over among
themselves i good deal for thcv have developed
velopod some very astonishing stories out of
It They firmly bolleve tint a phintom train
inns over our line In the wre hours of everj
night ; that the devil Is its engineer and
corpses arc its passengers The > cill It the
'midnight special ' I think some mischiev
ous engine or 01 conductor must first have
suggested this nnmo to them Hy the way
If jou ever hive to spend the night at a
little Pan Hindlo hotel alid find jour slum
hers Interrupted b > the Jabbering of a lot
of Mexican railroid hands just come down
and ask them If the midnight speciil Isn't
duo before long You'll bo sin prised and
delighted to find whit a quieting effect this
will have upon them"
rin : IIIICIM : OP M\\ - > p u > ius.
iiKMit of riflinrx in the
I'l'lnllnn llusliicss.
The far mote general dissemination of in
telligence , the rapid and clllelent me'ans of
intercommunication between all parts of the )
woild with the cheapening and broadening
of all educational facilities , constitute , sajs
the Scientific Americiu , tHe most notable
fcatuio of the progress of the world during
the past half crnturj , ami the one most
vitally contributing to the success of all
our Treat Industries the perfectiiro and In
troduction of most of the world's greit in
ventions The printing1 press has been the
great disseminator of knowledge , the cheap
educatoi of the people A $ a promoter of
its elllciency , the telegraph has perfoi mod
most splendid service , finding therein ltd
caillcst ellicient support , and an arraj of
inventors have found a profitable field In the
numerous devlcis which contribute ) to the
pel lection of the printing press of today or
add to its ability to most piomptlj and
cheaplj servo the largest numhci of read
ers In the development ot , the pilntlng 111
in the ; United States thename of rranklln
will ever bo memorable , so tint it is most
fitting that we should Illustrate Franklin's
own press before reviewing the great in
ventions which contributed so largely to the
dissemination of cheap litciature , and which
more properly belong to the epoch wo are
considering
The Haniage press was used by Benjamin
rianklln in London , In 172u The press Is
constructed almost entirely of wood , though
Iron was subsequently used In many of the
paits. On the clumsy frame the great
statesman has left the marks of his inky
fingers It Is now in the National museum
at Washington In the eany part of the
present century llarl Stanhope invented a
presj made entirely ot lion the frame being
cast in a single piece Thp power was ap
plied by a combination toggle Joint and
lover. The Columbian pie s was invented
by a Philadelphia ! ! in 1S17 'Iho power was
applied by a compound lever In 1SJ9 the
Washington press of i-'amuel Rust was In
troduced , and many impiovomenls were In
troduced In Inking , and later a self-Inking
device was invented The llrsf powei pres < 3
pioduccd In Ameiiea was that of Daniel
Treidwell of Doston , in Ib22 The Adams
press was Invented in 1S20 , and has supei-
acdcil ill other platen presses the Impres
sion being gi.ui by raisin , ? the bed upon
which the foim tests against a stationary
platen The first attempt to make a rotaij
press was lh.it of rrledilc.li Konlg In 1S1I
In this , the type moved hoil/ontallj , and It
could give l.SUO impressions per lioin
The first great step tow.u 1 ripllltatins
the rapid and cheap production of the niod-
ii n newspapei was made bj Colonel Fcoboit
Hoc of Now York , about 1S40 , when the
fir t of the tjpe-revolvlng picusea was built
At about the same tlmo a tjpo-revolvlng
press on mateiially different lines , the Ap-
pligarth m&ohlnc , was biought Into prac
tical Ufco in Kngland This machine vvus
first employed bj the London Times , in
U48 In the Applegaith machine the tjpo-
holilliiB cjUnder revolved on vertical axeb ,
and the machine- could print about IJ.OOO
single sheets on one bide in an hour In tile1
floe machine the typo cylinder revolved on
a horizontal axis Iho nirangement for
feeding the sheets van more simple , and
the capacity of the press varied aecoiding
to the number of Impiesslon cylinders ar
ranged around the typo ej llndei thejc
presses being successively made with four ,
six , eight and ten Impression cylinders , ic-
sppctlvelv A fOiir-eylinder press of this
kind was built for the Philadelphia Ledger
In 1&I5 fho first elghl-cj Under press wns
built for the New York Sun In 1STO , and the
first ten-cylinder press for the Now York
Herald In 1857 The average rapacity of Tile
presses v\as 2000 single sheets per hour per
cylinder , or 20 000 sheets per hour on nno
side , on the laige-st preta , t'he ' ton cylinder
These presses wore thirty-seven feet long ,
plghtee-n feet hlrfh and twenty-one feet
wide , and were beautiful pieces of ini-than-
Ifin to look at In full operation , aa all their
working parts could bo bo seen to ad
vantage the ten feeders , five on each bide
supplying the sheets , 'vvhlcji ' traveled on
tapes to and around an Impression cjllndt-i ,
the latter pressing the paper against the
Inked tjpe , which "as held on the largo
central involving cylinder Hctvveen earh
two Imnresalon eyllnik-jfl the tjpe passed
under the Inking rollers , and the paper
pilntcd upon was pasecd back by tapes to
dcllveiy boards each revolution of the mam
cjUnder of the ten cylinder picas thus prim
liii ? ten separate sheets of piper
The great advance thus effected upon all
previous means of fast ntwpiiper printing
WBS deemed ono of the highest triumphs of
mechanical genius during tie | decade * from
] SM to 181,0. but this success was entirely
along the lima crtahllshqd bj th presn-s
at work In lS4r Still faster work was how
ever , Imperatively demanded to meet the
enormous increase In the public demand tor
newspipcrs which publishers vvcro enabled
to more easily furnish at reduced prlcis
when the substltvtlon of wpod pulp for raga
had greatly lessened the cost of paper Ha *
It Is of primirj Importance to note In con
ncction with the next great advance In fajt
printing , that all promptly Usuc'il edition !
of newspapers prior to I860 , wore printei
from the tjpo forms dlrtv ( . To make stereo
type plates with sufllclent expedition for tlu
requirements of newspaper work had act
before that time been considered practicable
but this duttlculty was re-moved in 1SC1 by
the employment of a steam bed to drj a
novel style of paper macho matrix or mold ,
which could bo conveniently used for mak
Ing Ktcreotjpu rcpioduotloua of the typo
pages , In the form of plates to tit around
cylinder * At 11 rat It required half an hour
to make a single plate , but now a platu la
made In About aovua minutes , aud halt < i
eloien duplicate of the same plate cn bo
nude In fifteen minutes.
This made possible the modern "perfect-
Ing" press o called because both sides of
the paptr are printed In pasting through
the press In Its largest slzo , the octuple
machine , of which but ono ban yet been
placed In operation , thU press prints , fold *
and counts 96 000 complete eight-page fa
pers per hour or 48 000 sixteen-page papers ,
the sbe of the page being that ot the ordl
nary dally newspaper
The press has eight plate or Impression
cylinders , there being eight stereotype plates
or pigeg on each cj Under , ami the piper of
double widths Is fml from four Independent
rolls seventj-three Inches wide ono side
being printed upon as Iho paper passes over
the act of utereotype pages on ono cj Under
and the other side being printed upon as It
pisses over the plates ot another cylinder
The paper rushes through the cj finders at
n speed of thlrtj-two and one-halt miles an
hour the several sheets being separated and
folded nnd passed out of the press with nc-
cuiacy and precision The entire work Is
automatically performed after the press Is
onoo started but It requires the active labor
of ten men nnd bojs to operate It and to
remove the folded sheets as fast as they are
printed
Desldes however , the Improvements which
have boon made1 to facilitate the printing of
the ilallj newspaper there has been equally
marked progress during the pist fifty > ears
In bettering the appliances for the printing
of books , main7liics and Illustrated news-
pipers In 1817 , Messrs Harper & Uro , the
great Now York publishers had In Use
thlity seven hand presses and but one ma
chine press , and between 1SIO and 1S15 two
kinds of presses had almost the exclusive
sale In the American maiket the > \dams and
the Hoe The Adams press was , Until a
much later period , considoied the most e\-
cellint of all presses for book work It had
n flat bed nnd platen , the Impression was
oven , and ( he distribution of the Ink most
piifert but Its speed was onlj nbout 1,000
Impressions nn hour. There are now less
than ten manufacturers ot printing presses
in the United States making the presses
commonlj used In bonk and Job olllces.
nnd for ncwspnpeis having but n lim
ited circulation In these presses the
typo forms me placed on a flat bed , which
leclprocnles under a cjllndui around which
the paper is carried to receive Its Impres
sion , this stjlo of pi ess allowing for the
most oven inking of the foi ms ns thej pass
under limlrnntnlly arranged rollers Among
presses of this description which wore earlj
In thu field and have attained n vide usi
have been , besides the presses made by H
Hoe & Co the A 11 Taj lor , the Campbell
the Cottrell the Potter and the linbcock
An objection to the use of these presses for
book work wns at flist found In the ( net
Hint the stereotjpo plates were liable to be
broken bj the great pressure brought to beir
upon them bj the Impression cj Under , but
this objection was overcome bj the Intiodue-
tlon about 1850 , of clectrotjplng , wheieby
much better and stronger plates could be
maOe
In noting the great slc of the nowspiper
of the present day , the large amount of readIng -
Ing matter dally presented ono other agency
has also hid a most Important Influence ,
namely , the typesetting machine H is
probahlo that In no other line of effort have
so manj Inventors labored as In that of
linking an efficient typesetting machine , and
so far has success been attained that In most
of the large newspaper ofllces of the country
typesetting machines are now employed
Among such machines may bo mentioned
the Alden the Theme , the Paige tl o Mc
Millan , the Icogers nnd the Mer enJialer
The latter sets and casts type llnoi.
.loh n HiiriNIi1 } > ln > HeI'liriloiKMl. .
HAIUUSHUIIG , Sept. 2 The board of
pardon \ at a special meeting this afternoon
voted to recommend the pinion of John
Baidslcy , the eUieastirer of Phil idelphla ,
now serving a fifteen-year bcntcnce in the
penitentiary The reasons for this decision
will be given to oGvernor Hastings when bo
leturns to Harrlsburg next week. The
action of the governor Is final Uaulsley has
been In prison since 1891.
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* & inaniit.ictiirors as to
vv h , i t ilc.ilors handle
tlii.ii-
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M.imifnctuivr * ot ull KIlUa cif cotton and bur-
lip bags cotton Hour sarltj and ttvlna a spec
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car lonU shipments niaOe In our own rcfn.
tralor curs. lime lllbbun. IMIte I2\puit. Vlenvi
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PROPOSED
CONSTITUIIONAL
AMENDMENTS
Iho following proposed amo'ilment * to 'hi
Constitution of the Statu ot Nebrnnkn .11
hcieliufter set forth in full , are submit U"
to the electors ot the State of Nebtaski , ti
be voted upon at tbo general election to bi
hold Tuesdaj , November J , A. U. U S'
A Joint irHolutlon proposing to amcni
sections two (2) ( ) , four ( I ) , ntnl five (5) ( ) . o
nrtlclo six ( C ) of the Constitution o ! tm
State of Nebiaski i elating In numbei ev
Judges of the supreme coutt and their trrn
a > f office.
lo ! It resolve-il'iiml onicted by thu L sl3
lature of the State of Neb ! i kT
Section 1 Tint section tv o ( I ) of arllcb
six tfi ) oC the Col stltutlon ot tliri St.itu 01
Nebraska bo amended so ns to lend ns fol'
lows.
Section 2 The supreme lOillt shall tintl
otherwise provided ly | Invv consist of live
( I ) judges , u mijoim of ' hem shall be
lieeessurj to form a quotum i" to pro
nounce .1 decision U filiiili nnvo original
Jurisdiction In c.ise'j relating ' levomie
civil cases In vvbleh the stiil" simll be i
party iiialulnmus , qmi wart unto n.ibon1-
eorpus , ntut mien appnlliilo jiirl dlelloli , u-
limy be pioviilctl liv 1 i\v
Section 2 lh.it sicimn four ( t ) of article
pifi | ) of 'lie t oiixtiuillon or : h ntntol
NubiasKa , - ) > lUmmlM ] 10 .is to nail as fnl
lows :
Section 4 The judges or the supreme
court shall be elee'ted by the oloniors ol
tin * stnte lit hilfire ni.il tin II trim of olllee1 ,
except ns heroin liter muvided , slmll be Tot
u pet loll of not IOKS . : , .n livu tu ) jonis n
the legislaturemaj pn e rlbo
Section n Tlmt section live i" > l of article
MX (0) ( of the- Constitution or the Stnte ol
Nibriskn be aimniltil to i u1 ni follows
Section " > At the llr-H RC-IUM il eliitlon tt
be hi Id In the vear l ltf , there slmll In
eli otid two Judges of the supreme com I
one of whom shall be i loctod for n term ol
two (2) ( ve-nrs , one for the term of four (4) ( )
VIMTS nnd nt ciich gotirnl election there-
nftor , tbcro sb ill bolooted ono Judge ol
the supiemo court for thn U rm of live (51 (
jonr- * , unit < > s otherwise provided bj law ;
Provided , Tlmt the Judges of the supreme
c-oiirt whose tcims hive re' "xplred nt thr
tlmo of holding the general election of IRifi
Mbnll continue to bold their olllio for the
rennlndor of the ti nn for which thej
vvero respectively commissioned
Approved Jlnrch 29 A D 1S33
A Joint icsolutlon proposing an amend
ment to section thirteen (13) ( ) of nrtlclo sl\
of the Constitution of the Slate of Nebraska
i elating to compensation of supreme am'
district court Judges.
15o It resolved by the Legislature of the
St itu of Nebr iski
Section 1 Tint lection thirteen rn ) ol
nrtlclo sK ( fi ) of the Constitution of tin
Stito of Nebr.iV.tii bo amended so ns ti
to id .is follows
Soc 13 The judges of the supreme anil
dlstilct courts t-h.ill receive foi thelior -
vices suoli eompensition m miij1 bo pio-
vlded 1 > J livv , pijnhlc quirtcil }
The loglnl . nre shall at Us tlrst session
nfter ihc adoption o' this amendment ,
throe-dribs of tno n.rmuors elected tc
each house concurring , < " > tnhllsli tboit
eompensition The compensation so es-
tibllsbod slmll nnt 'oft cli.inj.t.iftener thnn
once In four vi"irn nm5 Ih lie event unle
tvvo-tlilids of the mombeis iJecled to eacli
house of the legislature cnnctii tncrel"
Approved Jlnich " 0 , A. D ISM
A Joint resolution proposing to amend
section twenty-four (24) ( ) of article five ( " 51
of the Constitution of thu State o ! Neoraska
relating to compensation of the officers of the
executive department.
JJe it resolved and en icted by the Legis
lature of the St.itu of Nobr.ibka :
Section 1 Tli it seetlon twenty four (21) ( )
of article live ) ( I ) of the Comtltutlon ol
the State of Nebraska bu amended to road
, m follows
Section 21 The officers of the executive
ilppartn.ent of the state government shill
receive for their se-rvlces a cumpens ition
to be est ibllshoil l > jiavv , which shall be
neither lnciea cd nor diminished dtirlnj !
tile teim foi which they shall liavo been
commissioned and they shall not receive
to their own use any foes , costs , Interests
upon public monej > In t > > ir hands ot
under thoh contiol , p iiitsltetj | of otlice ot
other compensitlon , nnd all fee's that imj' '
hero iftor he pu ibie Dj law foi sei vices
porfoimed bj an oliie or provided for In
thN I" shall bo pild In aitvaneo intd
the state tie.ismy Tim leglalauiru shall
it Its tlrst sosslou nftoi the adoption ot
this amendment , thioo-ilfths of the mem-
b ( rs elected to eieh house of the leglsli-
tme eoncuirlng , establish the' salaries of
the olllcors nnmea In this arllolo. The
( onipensatlon so est ibllauai ! shill not lie
dimmed oftener th in once In tour j'ears
nnd In no event unless tvvo-thlids of the
members elected to oich hou e of the leg-
Islituro concur therein.
Approved "Mircli 20. A. D IS53
\ Joint losolntion ptoposln < * tnrncnd
section one (1) ( ) of article six ( * } of the. Con
stitution ot the Stuto 01 Nebriiska , relating
to Judicial power.
lie it icsolved and enacted by the Legis
lature of the State of Nebrashu
Section 1 That section ono (1) ( ) of article
six ( C ) of the Constitution of the State of
Nebrisk i bo > imenileel to n id us follows-
Section 1 The JudlciU powei ot tills state
shall bo vested In a supreme lourt. dls-
trle t courts , cotintj" courts ju iticos of the
pence , police nii.jlstrntos , and in sucli
ether coin's ' " Vuor to tlic ruprcmo court
us ma > be created l > v lav In which tvvo-
tlilids of the members elected tn each house
Approved March 2" ) , A D ISl'x
A joint resolution proposing to amend sec
tion Pleven (11) ) of article fix (0) ( ) of the
Constitution of the State of Nebraska , re
lating to Increnso In number ot supreme
and district court Judges.
He It resolved and enacted by the Leg
islature ot the State of Ni'lniiHlm.
Section 1 Tint section cloven ( II ) or arti
cle Hlx ( i > ) of the Constitution ot the Stuto
r > t Ncbi.ibka bu amended to reid dsi fol
lows
See tion 11 The legislature , wile-never two-
thlids of tbo ipcmbois electee ! t'j ouch house
sh ill concur theioln may , in or .ifter the
ji-ir ono thousand i Ihlu hundred and
ninety-seven and not oftener than once In
every four yeam , imrcasc the number of
judBfJ of Kiipi'mo and district courts , and
the judicial dlstilcts of the st.ite Such
illstrlcts shall lie foi mod of compact turrl-
torjanil boiiiide-d by county linoM : and
sue li Increase , 01 any cbuigo In the
boundaries of n. dlHtriot , . shall not vacutei
Iho olllco of any Judge.
Approvid Maich 30 , A D , 1W.
A Joint resolution proposing to amend
section six (6) ( ) of aitlclo ono (1) ( ) ot the Con
Uitutlon of the Stale of Netinska , relating
to dial by jury.
Hu It lesolved and enacted by thu Le-g-
Isliiture of the Stateof NcbuiHku
Section 1 That uoctlon six ! ui article ono
( I ) of ttio Constitution of the Blaio of No-
br isl > a bo nine ndod tn nail .is follows.
Soi tion 0 The rlfjht 01 tilal I'jjury Bhall
ii-miln Invlolato , hill DIP kKlsliluio mn >
provldii th.it In civil notion : ! fivo-slxths of
the jvu nuiy lender a verdict and the
loglsr.ittiro by also niitboilttlil by a
Jmv of n lias nuinlie r than twelve ) men
In courtH Inferior to the elixlrlct eouit ,
Appioved Mateh 29 A D l Oj ,
A Joint resolution proposing to amend
section one (1) ( ) of article IIvo (5) ( ) of the Con
stitution of Nebraska , relating to oillccrs of
the executive department.
lie it 1 ( .solved and enacted by Iho Leg *
ismturo of the Stale ' NcbiasKa
btctlon 1 , 'ih.it flec-tlon one ilj of article
llvo ( > ) of DID Constitution of the Htnle
uf Nibiaului I'ct ume-tulcd to lead us lol-
IOVVH
See tion 1 The executive etcpartinent fllinll
consist of a governor , lieutenant governor
bieretaiy of state , auditor ot public in
lOiinlH trcasuier , superintendent of public
instruction , attoriuj yeiurai , eommlnslont-r
of pnlilio lundH and liulldlnu.s. nml three
rallieiad commlsHlom rs , encn of vvtium , e < x
i ept the said iallro.ui coiiinilbslom IH , nli.il !
hold his olllcu for a ti rm ot two je.irs ,
from thei llrst 'lliiusday afitr thellrwt
I'lii-sdaj' In January , anor his cli-ctlon ,
mil until hia succe aor IH c-le-cted nnd cjliall
( If1 iaeh ; r.illioud i.omtnlsslom r ci all
, ulil hlr c'lllcu lor a ti rm ( . / tlirca Jeuia ,
lieglnnltiK on theilist 'Isimsliy iflcr tlio
Hist Tuesday In January after his election ,
mil until liln iihceeMHoi IH c lecled and rjuall-
( led , I'rovidcd however. That nt the llrat
Si-mi.il ilectloii hi Id after the adoption
jf this timenclini lit them -shall bo elected
thl 10 rallioad e ominlsHlonc rs ont > for the
period of one jcar , onu foi 'ho period of
two jeaiH , ami one lor inr period of three
kiuiH Tbu Kovirnoi. Bc-cre-tnry of Htnle ,
iiidltor of public accounts "r.d treaHure-r
ihnll rosidit at the cnpllo ! during their
term of olllee , thfiy Hlmll kfP the public
records , bookn and papeirx there and nh ill
[ lerform nuch duties aa iniy be reijulicd by
law Approved March 30 , A D. 1895
A Joint resolution proposing to amend etc
tion twcnty-blx 120) ) of aitlclu five (5) ( ) of the
Constitution of the State of Nebra&k i llmlt-
lub' thu number ot executive BUIC olllcuru.
i Ho It rosohfd nnd cnn ted bv the J K-
' Islatu.-B ot tl n Ht.ito of NebrtsL.- !
I Section 1 That sivtlin tvvenlv-slv. ( J6) ot
I trtklo live < 5) of 'ho Constitution of th
I Htrt'e of N'cbutKii be nmcndcd to no A ns
j follow *
I rfecllou Z5 No other ex rutlve state otfU
errs etiopt ! ho e named In section one ( I )
of Oilnrtlela ahull lie created c\cept l > y
an trl of the legislature ] 'vhlchi \ con-
cuired In liv not ! < * tl nn lhre fourthi
thn nie-ml > er elected to each hoii5 <
I Provided , That mijotllM created bv nn
] not of Mm Ifqlillluio mij lie nlmlMioil liy
I tl.p letdslniure two-thluls of thn mrmbflM
, elected to < vaeli house thereof poiiP'iTlne.
! Aipto\td ; > fnnh V > A n ISO"
A joint resolution proposlns to flmoml
irotloii nine (9) ( ) of article eight ( X ) of tha
Constitution of Ihc SMte of Nebrnskn , pro-
vldlns for the Investment of the permanent
educational funds of the state. .
Ho It tt < lived nnd ( Mine ted b > the l.e-g-
Isliuuro of tbei State of NebriKk.i
Section I. Thni sec-lion nlno 18) of nitli'la
clitht < M of the Constitution of tbe 8tat < i
of Nebrn ki bo ame-ndcet to lonel us fol *
lows
Seotlon 1 All funds lioloURliic to Iho stnto
foi odiKitloniil piilposo tbo intciist nnd
Ineoiiio vv lie root e'liiv mo to bo useel , slmll
be deoim-d trust fiindi bold bv the state
nnd the stile sbill suppU nil losses thereof -
of thnt miv In nliv niiiiiiiei ni-rriio , sn that
the same slmll re-m iln tar-ve-r Invlolato
and uiiillmltilRlii-d en d i.mll IIP' ' bo In
vested or iiiiiu-d oreeiit m fulled Slat en
or slilt'i Sfe-tllltlos. ot ( e-flltteied tollllly
botitls 01 roKlstiiod selieml illslrM bonds
of this stile , ind sueli fuiiiis , with Iho
Intetcxt nnd liii onio lliitoof mo hereby
soloimiij ji'e. " -ci tbo ( imposes for
wblili eti v IIIP Ki'intefl and sot npirt and
sh.ill not > io trnnsfeirod to uuv ether fund
foi other uses
1'rovlded The timrd ou-nit-a tij Hoellon
1 elf tbls nrie ! " " * a omim\ . . , | tt neil from
llmo to time ti.iv ot insipurlths ln-loiu- ;
IIIK to tbi poiniaiioiit pelmol rund nnd Invest -
vest the piororel * iirNiiu' thorotiiini III nny
of the sulliltlos ( niiinrr.ueit In 'Ills see-
tion beiirlliK " hmlioi nile of Inleiost
vvho- - \ -r-if oiiiioi'unltj tor botloi Invest
mi nt Is ptosoiiiod.
And ptovldocl luilbor , Thai when nuv
win tint .ipo'i ihr m-tia irrn uniiocii >
Inilv Issuoil In piiisinnoo of tut niipiopiln
lion bj the loKlsliitiiro nnd HOC itrod bv tliel
lo\v of u | nfor Its ptvmont , h ill lui
presented to tbo stnto mnsimr for pav-
nient , nnd theto ab ill not lie uuv money
In the piopoi ttind to pi ) siu-n vvnriulit ,
the bond oroiitod liv i > rion | 1 of this in li
do nun dlii-c-t the S4tnlp iiensuier to piy
the niuoiint duo on suoh vviin nit fintii
moneys In his binds IH KmuiiiB to the poi-
ni.iiiont sohnol fund of the stnto and hn
shall hold silil vvnriiint n > nil Invi slme'iit
ofTill pi imniiout 01 heel fund
Approved March 20 A uyj
A joint rosolullon propoiliiR nn amend
ment to the Constitution of the State of
Nebraska bv mid Inn a new icctlon to nrtlclo
twelve (12) ) of said constitution to be num
bered soctlcm two (2) ( ) , relative to the merg
ing of the government of cities of the
mottopolltan class and the Kovornmeiit of
the counties wherein such cities are lo
cated
Ho It resolved nnd cnnoted by the I.OIT-
Isl ituro of the St llo of Ni brisk v
Section 1 Tint nitlelo twelve (12) ( ) of the )
f'nnstltutlon of the Stnte of Nobr.isUn bo
iiileiided liv nddtni ; to snld nillolo a new
section lo in 'iiimboicd section two ( J ) toi
if id us follows
Seotlon 2 The Kovornniont of iny oitv of
the nn tiopolltun i Inss nnd the Bovorniiii-nt
of theioiiiitv in which 11 H locitcd nuiv bo
inoised whollv or In pnit when u pioposl-
tlon so to do has been submlMod liy .111-
thorllv 'if lnvv ta tbo % otors > f suoh oily
nml e-ountv nnd rooolvon Micnssoiit of u
m ijorltv of the voles oust m suoli cltv nnd
uloo a nnjorltv of the voten enst 111 thn
ooiintv exiluslve ot t'K * " " -ist In such
metropolitan oitv at such election
Approve-d Mai ill 21 A D 1S-13.
A Joint resolution pioposlng nn amendment
to section six (0) ( ) of article seven (7) ( ) of the
Constitution of the State of Nebraska , pre
scribing the manner In which votes shall
bo cast.
Ho It resolved and on lolod by the I.egr.
IMaturrof the Slate at N'obi isku
Section 1 Thnt > , crtlon sy.l | of article
seven (7) of Iho Constitution of the State
of Nebraska be ami nded to read ns fol-
Si etlon C All votes shMl be liy billet , or
such ether method as may be pioicrlbotl
by law , piovided the soi recy or vollnjj ba
preserved
Appioved Marob 20 A D. 1S03
\ Joint resolution proposing to amend
section two (2) ( ) of article fourteen (14) ( ) of tha
Constitution of the State of Nebraska , rela
tive to donations to works of liiteinal Im
provement and iminufaetorlei
Ho it icsolvod and omc-tt it liy the Lecls.
lituro of the Stnle of Nebi isk.i
Section 1 That Motion two (2) ) of aitlcla
foul Icon (11) ( of tbo Constitution of the
State of Nebraska , bo unit nded to toad as
follows.
Siction 2 No clU. eoiinlv. town , pioolnot ,
irunlclpallty , or otbi r sul Mv-io--i ! of uiu
stnto , Hlmll over nmlcn don fions to any
works of hit' rn il Improvement , 01 m inii-
faotory , unless n proposition so to do Hhnll
have been first submitted to the iinllllcil |
elector * Slid ratllled liy a twothirdsoto
at an elictlon bj nntlmrli/ mv , . Pio-
vldod Thnt such donation's of n eoiinty
with the clonitlons of sncn subdivision * In
the asnroK ito shall not O\POI d ten per cent
of the" assessed viluitlon of such county ;
Provided furthoi Tn.it any city or county
maj. bv .i tiiic-e-toiii tlin vote more use suoh
indolitoniH-ss n\i > per ont , In addition to
such ton nor ccr i and no nonds or evi
dences of Indebtedness so Issued shall In
valid unless Die sanm smiil Imvu endorsed
thereon it o rtlfloatt- sinned bv thn Hoerc
tary and auditor of state , niton Ing that
the same Is Issued pursuant to law.
Approved Mm oh 20 , A T > . ISD1 !
I. .T. A riper , secretary of stale of the
state of Nebrnskn , do hereby certify that
the foregoing proposed amendments to the
Constitution of the Stnto of Nebraska are
true and correct copies of the original en
rolled and engrossed bills , as pissed by thn
Twentj-fouith session of the legislature of
the State of Nebraska , ns nppenrs fiom
said oiiginal bills on file In this ofTlcc , and
that all and e.ich of sild proposed amend
ments are submitted to the iunllllcd | voters
of the stnte of Nebraska for their adoption
or rejection at the general election to beheld
held on Tuesday , the 3d day of November ,
A. n , 1898.
In testimony whereof , I have thereunto
set my hand and alllxed the great seal ot
thn state of Nebraska.
Done at Lincoln , this 17th day of July , In
the j-enr of our Lord , Ono Thousand night
Hundred nnd Ninety-six , of the Independ
ence of the United States the Ono Hundred
and Twenty-first , and ot thin state tha
Thirtieth.
Seal ) J A 1'11'KIl ,
Secretary of State.
Aiig 1 DtoNovS morn only.
OR.
McCREW
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