JUTS CI11ZEN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1010.
Saturday Qight
iJalkc B ReT-F- DAVISON
QllaJ Rutland, Vt
THE KING, AND OFFICE-SEEKERS.
International Bible Lesson for Aug.
21, '10 (Matt. 20: 17-34).
That ofllco seeking Is not n modern
characteristic is seen in the fact,
that even among the apostles of Jesus
Christ thero was an unseemly squab
ble at one time over the question of
eligibility for the highest positions.
Deluded with the common notion that
tho Messiah was about to establish
an earthly kingdom they disputed with
ench other as to who should bo great
est In the kingdom. No doubt each
one presented his claims with earn
estness and conviction for the record
Bays that they reasoned and disputed
over the subject along tho way.
But the Master of the new kingdom
gave thorn n rebuko that they nover
forgot and that changed their viows
completely as to what true greatness
Is. He took a llttlo child, and sot
him In tho midst, and said In effect:
This Is a sample of my kingdom, and
he who comes tho nearest to being
like this little child, In love. In trust
fulness. In humility, In teachableness,
In faith, in purity, In contentment, in
obedience, and In other chlldllko
characteristics will be the greatest In
the kingdom of heaven. That was an
. important lesson for all men, In all
lands and In all ages.
Popular Ideas Upset.
But how that revolutionizes popu
lar Ideas. Our idea of greatness is
that men are born great and come to
their place by divine right. Their
blood is different from other blood,
they belong to a superior grade. Hence
it is our duty to allow them to occupy
the seats of the mighty. And then
there are others who Imagine that
possession of money makes them
great. Thero Is nothing more sick
ening than to see those who have sud
denly acquired wealth aping tho ways
of the nobility and lording It over the
common herd with arrogant demeanor.
A family name docs not always stand
for greatness. Royal blood Is often
weak and watery, not to say poison
ous. True greatness never swaggers.
It does not tread upon the mudsills
with Iron shod shoes. It does not
draw aside Its garments with a "hol
ler than thou" air. It does not recline
upon a throne Indifferent to the sor
rows of Its fellow men.
True greatness Is humble, unas
suming, free from self-conceit and
self-consciousness. When a man Is
great and knows It, that moment he
becomes contemptible. The greatest
men that have ever lived have been
characterized by childlike qualities.
No greater man ever lived than Moses,
yet he is known as the meekest man.
The mightiest preacher of the nges
was Paul yet he was as approachable
nnd tender-hearted as a child. Jesus
Christ Himself stands at tho head of
all the Wise Men of the ages, yet he
was so free from that aloofness, popu
larly supposed to be a part of great
ness, that whenever he paused by tho
wayside the children swarmed about
Him and climbed Into His lap with
the utmost familiarity. Children are
fine Judges of character. They know
Instinctively whom to trust
Office No Evidence of Greatness.
Evidently we shall have to revise
our ideas of getting up in the world.
Wo havo thought that It was by look
ing out for Number One. Wo havo
supposed that It was by making every
body and everything come our way,
and assist In boosting us. Wo have
imagined that greatness was only an
other word for thrones, scepters, es
tates, money, office, castles, gold laco,
diplomas, stars and garters. Oh, no I
There are little men In office and big
men out; small men wearing epaulets
and large men who never wore a uni
form more brilliant than a black
smith's apron; mean men greeted
with tho huzzas of thronging thous
sands and noble men who never had
a hand clap, pusillanimous men, who
are clothed In purple and fine linen
and fore sumptuously every day, and
obscure men the latchet of whoso
shoes many so-called noblemen are
not worthy to stoop down and untie.
Not that greatness may not bo found
In high places and In places of loftiest
dignity, but there is nothing in the
office itself to confer greatness on
any man. If he Is great he is so be
cause of what ho Is and not because
what he has. Wa E. Gladstono was
just as great before he became Prime
Minister of England as he was after
ward, and Cardinal Woolsey was a
disgrace to his office long before he
put off the robes of power.
Greatness la a Quality of soul, and
true greatness manifests Itself In ft
life of sacrifice for other's. Call the
roll of tho world's neroea and hero
ines and It will bo found that they are
the philanthropists, the discoverers,
the inventors, the martyrs, tho pio
neers of the world's progress and im
provement. Tbey have not counted
their Uvea dear unto themselves that
they might bear the world's burdens,
and share the world's sorrows.
Alexander Pope, In his Essay on
Man says:
Honor and shame from no condition
rise
Act wel your part, there all the hon
or Ilea,
Who noble ends by noble means ob
tains, Or, falling, smiles in exile or In
chains,
Like good Aurellus, let him reign, or
bleed
With Socrates, that taw U great Indeed.
( JUDGE 0. N. BROWN. 5
C Defeated Ohlc Gubernatorial J
Candidate Praises Opponent. )
New York, Aug. lO.Judge Oren
Britt Brown of Dayton, O., who In the
recent Ilepubllcnn state convention In
Ohio got 413 votes for tho noruluntion
for the governorship on the tlrst bal
lot, Is nt the Waldorf. With htm is C.
J. Mnttern, who was on the commit
tee on resolutions nnd who helpcu to
draft the platform.
Judge Brown did not seem to cherish
any resentmont over the fact that he
was thrown overboard by George B.
Cox, the Ilepubllcnn boss of Cincin
nati, to defeat Representative Nicho
las Longworth, and had much to say
In praise of Wnrren G. Harding, the
Marion editor, who got tho nomina
tion. Judge Brown is on his wny to
Blue BIdge Summit, Md., to spend his
vncntion.
"Out in Ohio the Republicans are in
clined to bo progressive," said Judge
Brown. "There is not so much of tho
stand pat Idea there as some are apt
to think. Its location, between tho east
and the middle west, makes it some
what conservative, but while the plat
form adopted by the recent conven
tion supports the tariff nnd President
Taft, there are nt the same time some
progressive planks. You have got to
go to Ohio to see how that sort of
thing is managed. Out there we are
never extremists, but wo favor fair
treatment for everybody, nnd we be
lieve that Innovations should come in
gradually, by a course of evolution, ns
it were."
WHY B0NI1LA SURRENDERED.
Head of Honduras Revolution Found
His Plans Disarranged.
New Orleans, Aug. 10. A special
from Port Bnrrios. Guatemala. di-
clares that General Manuel Bonllla,
ex-prcsldent of Honduras, and General
Lee Christmas, the Americnn soldier
of fortune, were not taken prisoners
as reported, but surrendered volun
tarily to the otllcers at Port Bnrrios.
From there they were taken to Gua
temala six dnys ago.
It Is asserted that they surreiMlcred
because of disarrangement of their
plans, misfortune to one of Bonilln's
boats nnd tho action of the British
cruiser Scylln in giving pursuit to the
isonuia expedition. Bonllla is said to
havo given the governor of British
Honduras nssuranees when ho left Be
lize that he would not carry an armed
expedition from there against Spanish
Honduras, nnd tho governor Is declar
ed to havo been deeply aroused by
subsequent developments in Spanish
Honduras.
The reason erven for tho Hiirremlnr
of tho revolutionists to the authorities
at Tort Barrio3 Is that they felt Gua
temala would give them friendly pro
tection. DON JAIME ATTACKS FRANCE.
Says She Is Blanketing Spain Out of
Morocco He Isn't Agitating.
Vienna, Aug. 1C Don Jaime, the
Carlist pretender to the Spanish
throne, bus written to tho Neue Frele
Presse here denying tho report thut
he is uctively participating In the pres
ent movement In Spnln He asserts
that the Carllsts aro numerous In ev
ery province in Spain and are ready for
tho chosen moment for the sacrifice of
blood and treasure.
He points out that while Spain Is
engrossed In Internal religious strife
France is marching, unobserved by nil,
toward Fez, tho capital of Morocco.
Ho asserts thut Franco is working to
abolish and cut off from Spain all
commercial connections lu Morocco.
WOMAN SMOTHERED IN VAULT
Wife of Former Richmond County
Sheriff Falls Through Decayed Roof.
New York, Aug. 10. Mrs. Benjumln
Brown, wife of ex-Sheriff Brown of
Richmond county, was smothered to
death in a vault at her home in Sta
pleton. Mrs. Brown's home la at Sand
street In the rear of the health de
partment building. Back of tho houso
is a disused vault which has been
boarded over.
While out In the rear of tho prem
ises Mrs. Brown stepped on the old
boards that bud been laid over the
ton of tho vault nnd sho went through,
f w- was dead when taken out
F
Kills Girt Mistaken For Burglar.
Dcniaon, Tex., Aug, lQ.-rMlstaklng
his niece, Mtnnlo Beck, aged thirteen,
for a burglar when she went into the
yard for a drink of water, a man
named Jackson shot and killed the
child.
RECALLSjaOOPS.
Soldiers Return to Oo'o
bus to Quell Rioting.
POLICE FORCE DEMORALIZED.
Governor Harmon, Finding City Au
thorities Powerless to Preserve Or
der, Orders National Guard to
Return Business Paralyzed.
Columbus, O., Aug. 10. Fresh riot
ing among tho striking street railway
employees caused Governor Harmon
to Issue a call for 1,000 members of
the militia to come back here to quell
the disturbance.
It is reported thnt at least 8,000 mili
tiamen will be stationed hero by to
night nnd thnt they will be kept on
duty until Christmas, If necessary, as
the governor Is determined thnt tho
lawlessness must end.
The governor was forced to order out
the mllltln because of rioting on the
east side. Mayor Marshall refused to
make an appeal to the governor to cnll
out the troops. The Ohio Electric Rail
way company Is operating its enre ir
regularly, sending clerks nnfl stenog
raphers to do duty na motormcn nnd
conductors on tho cars. The manage
ment of the railway company refused
to listen to the appeal of Marshall and
keep the cars In the barns nfter dnrk.
Yesterday afternoon 2,000 men collect
ed lu Long street and threatened the
crews on the cars. There was n hur
ried call for the police, but the blue-
coat force has become almost demoral
ized by the rioting, shooting nnd dis
order. It seems to have lost Its grip
on the situation.
There was a controversy between
Governor Harmon and Mayor Marshall
on the advisability of calling out tho
troops. In a statement Governor Har
mon says:
"I have ordered a part of the na
tional guard to report for duty In Co
lumbus forthwith. I have done this of
my own motion under my authority
as governor.
"The police force of tho city, which
Is entirely too small at best, has been
reduced nnd demoralized by the open
mutiny of many of the members. It
has shown itself incapable, without
help, of maintaining order. A continu
ation of this condition would disgrace
the state nnd Inflict grievous injury
on its city.
"I am unwilling to let lawless vio
lence run unchecked for lack of force
to cut it down, while the police force
of the city Is being recruited and re
organized and the sheriff is summon
ing tho men of the country to uphold
the public authority. It does not mend
matters to say the local authorities
shonld have taken these steps sooner,
although this is true. Let them bo
taken now without delay."
With Mayor Marshall admitting that
the police force nnd the few deputies
sworn In nre unable to cope with the
mobs in the street car strike here, nnd
with the situation complicated by seri
ous daylight rioting, assaults, bomb
throwing, the hurling of stones and
promiscuous shooting, insistent de
mauds were made upon Governor Har
mon to ngnln cnll out tho national
guard. Business In the city Is para
lyzed, one merchant who pays 20 n
day rent admitting that he took In Sat
urday but S3. Another did not sell
enough to pay his clerks' hire.
WAIL OF DAM FALLS.
Five Men Rescued of Nine Buried In
Mass of Cement and Clay.
Ogdensburg, N. Y Aug. 10. Nlue
men were engulfed under 100 tons of
cement and clay at the power dam
being constructed nt Mnsscun, N. Y.
Five were rescued. Two were dead
when taken out, and two others are
still hurled In the ruins. Three of the
injured men were taken ncross the St.
Lawrence river to Cornwall, and put
In the hospital. Two of them huve
broken legs and the third a fractured
skull.
One of the dead men whose body
wns recovered had $1,800 In money
sowed in his underclothing. The men
were Italians.
A section of the dam forty feet In
length, thirty feet In height and filled
with clay gave way burying tho work
men under It. The theory of quick
sand is advanced by some and a weak
foundation by others.
UMPIRE EVANS BADLY CUT.
Foul Tip Hit Results In Breaking of
Mask.
Chicago, Aug, 10. Umpire Billy
Evans was hurt during the ninth inn
ing of the tlrst Hilltop-White Sox game
and will be out of commission for sev
eral days. A foul tip hit him oo the
mask, and one of the wires U tho
mask broke and cut his face s bad
that it required two stitches. TJtoplre
Cotllflower worked alone in the second
game, and did good work cons Kit) ring
that ho la new In tho American league.
ARMY ADVISER TO CANADA.
Major General Cofin Mackrmlo to Be
Chief of General Staff.
London, Aug. 10. Mnjor General J.
Colin Mackenzie, O. B., has been ap
pointed chief of the general staff -and
first military adviser to Canada,
He Is now- in command of tho BUcUt
infantry brigade at Aldershot
Nebraska Primaries Result
In Peculiar Situation.
BRYAN'S MAN MEETS DEFEAT.
Both Political Parties Choose Liberal
Candidates While Adopting Anti
saloon Platforms Shallenbergor
Dahlman Fight Still Doubtful.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 17. Returns from
the Nebraska state primaries lndlcnte
a stand pat victory for the Repub
licans and n "wet" victory in both
parties so far ns candidates ore con
cerned, but n dry victory on platform.
Further indentions nro that William
J. Bryan's preferred candidate for
the United States seunte Is defeated
at least two to one.
In the Republican ranks stand pat
ters have probably won In nil na
tional contests, but havo lost the gov
ernorship, which will probably go to
Chester R. Aldrlch, Insurgent. Morris,
Insurgent lender In the nttnek on Can
non in the house, wns unopposed.
At the Democratic primaries Hitch
cock for senntor probably has two to
one vote over Metcnlf, editor of
Bryan's paper and Bryan's right hand
man. Governor Schellenberger, up for
renomlnatlon, Is running nhend of
Mayor Dahlman of Omaha, but the
latter made surprising gains In many
districts nnd may overtake tho leader
when the returns nre all In.
The race between Schallenbcrger nnd
Dahlman was tho hottest of tho elec
tion. Shallcnberger stands ngalnst
a county option bill, but will sign a
county option bill If the legislature
pas one. Dahlman Is an out nnd
out wet candidate and refuses to sign
nny prohibition bills which may come
before him.
Believe Johnson Winner.
San Francisco, Aug. 17. Judging
from returns so far received Hiram
Johnson, insurgent Republican, has
been nomlnnted by direct primary for
governor of California.
From central and southern Califor
nia returns show that Johnson is get
ting a very heavy vote, practically as
much as Curry and Anderson com
bined. If the returns continue the
opinion is thnt Johnson will win. HI?
supporters didn't dream he would poll
so heavy n vote in Frisco.
Reports from Los Angeles show that
Johnson is polling ns heavy n vote as
all others combined. Tho returns
from Los Angeles practically show
tljat Johnson has carried the state by
a very heavy plurality. Good Judges
here nre preparing to concede John
son's victory.
WHAT BALLINGER SAID.
Secretary of Interior Declared He
Would Resign if President Asked.
Washington, Aug. 17. Secretin?
Balllnger of the Interior department
has sent word to Beverly that he wli:
resign any time he Is asked to do sc
by the president, but not until then.
This Is tho burden of n report that Is
current here. According to this storj
the secretary made plain this attitude
to Senator Crane in Minneapolis a fort
night ago nnd the senator has conv
munlcntcd it to the president.
This report adds color to the grow
ing Impression that the effort to get
rid of Balllnger, Cannon and Aldrlch
without soiling the hands of the presi
dent has come to grief. Secretary
Balllnger, it Is snld, flatly refused tc
be put out of the way by nnybody but
tho president himself.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
Closing Stock Quotations.
Money on call today was 1H Per cent
time money and mercantile paper un
changed In rates. Closing stock quota
tions on tho Now York exchange) Aug. 1(
were:
Amal. Copper... CS Norf, & West... 9W4
Atchison 100 Northwestern ..145
I). & 0 10SH Penn. R. R. 130
Brooklyn R. T... 77 Reading 146
Ches. & Ohio.... 75H Rock Island 314
C..C.,C.&St.t... 71 8t. Paul 127M
D. & II 1C2T4 Southern Pac.US
Erie 26 Southern Ry.... 24Vs
Gen. Electric... 145 South. Ry. pf... KM
111. Central 13Ui Sugar UMVi
Int.-Met 17 Texas Pacific... 27M
Louis. & Nash. .1434 Union Pacific. ..UW
Manhattan 13H4 U. S. Steel 72M
Missouri Pac... Utt U. B. Steel pf.,.117
N. Y. Central.. ..115 West. Union B4
Market Reports.
OUTTER Receipts, 16,063 packages
creamery, specials, per lb., 30c; extras
23c: thirds to firsts, 24a2Sc; state dairy
finest, 2$c; common to prime, 22ttaSf7Hc
process, specials, 2Ca26Kc.; seconds to ex
tras, 22a2SKc: factory, current make, sec
onds to firsts, 22a23c; imitation creamery
2Ja2Sc.
CHEESE Firm; receipts, 7,632 boxes.
state, whole milk, specials, UHalic.; aver
age fancy, small, white, tfc: largo, ISc
small, colored, 15c.; large, 16c; prime.
ltaliKo.: fair to good, UttaltUc.; com
mon, 104al2Uc: skims, specials, lic
fine, UHaUKa.: fair to good, SttalOKc.
common. ta7c.; full skims, IHaic.
EGGS Firmer: receipts. 14.974 cases,
state, Pennsylvania and nearby, hennery,
wmte, saszo-i gauieroa, wane, sazsc
hennery, brown, 25a27c; gathered, brown.
Z2ac; fresh gathered., extra firsts; UKa
23c.; firsts, tOoac.; seconds, ITHaISc
HAY AND STRAW Firm: 'timothy, old.
per hundred, SLUal.23: new, tUfisXCS;
shipping, old. tLOCoXIO; clover, mired, old.
SSc.a41.20; clover, old. 80c.s41 straw, long
rye. G0c oat and wheat, 45c J holt bales,
2Ha5c leac
POTATOES Weak; Long Island, pej
bbL, 2a2.2S; Jersey, fl.ffio2.20l southern.
SL&Oat; sweets, fltOoS.
LIVE POULTRY Bteadyt broilers,
nearby, per Ux. UalfHc-; westsm, lBo.;
southern. ISc; fowls, nearby, l&tteUa;
western and southern, 15c. j old rooiters,
lie; turkeys, tool 4c.; ducks, 14a; geese,
12c
PPOPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS OP THIS
COMMONWEALTH FOB THEIR
APPROVAL OR REJECTION, BY
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENN
SYLVANIA. AND PUBLISHED BY
ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR
SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF
THE CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
twenty-six or nrticle live of the
Constitution of tho Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Resolved, (If the Senate concur),
That the following nmendment to
section twenty-six of nrtlclo flvo of
the Constitution of Pennsylvania be,
and the same Is hereby, proposed, In
accordance with the eighteenth arti
cle thereof:
That section 20 of Article V., which
rends as follows: "Section 20. All
laws relating to courts shall bo gen
eral and of uniform operation, nnd
the organization, Jurisdiction, and
powers of all courts of the same
class or grade, so far as regulated
by law, and the force and effect of
the process nnd Judgments of such
courts, shall be uniform; and tho
General Assembly Is hereby prohibit
ed from creating other courts to ex
ercise tho powers vested by this Con
stitution in tho judges of the Courts
of Common Pleas and Orphans'
Courts," be amended so that the same
shall read as follows:
Section 2G. All laws relating to
courts shall be general and of uni
form operation, and the organization,
jurisdiction, and powers of all courts
of the same class or grnde, so far as
regulated by law, and the force and
effect of the process and judgments
of such courts, shall be uniform;
but, notwithstanding any provisions
of this Constitution, the General As
sembly shall have full power to es
tablish new courts, from time to time,
as the same may be needed in any
city or county, and to prescribe the
powers and Jurisdiction thereof, and
to Increase the number of Judges tn
any courts now existing or hereafter
created, or to reorganize the same,
or to vest In other courts the Juris
diction theretofore exercised by
courts not of record, and to abolish
the same wherever It may be deemed
necessary for the orderly and efficient
administration of Justice.
A true copy of Resolution No. 1.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, so as to
eliminate the requirement of pay
ment of taxes as a qualification of
the right to vote.
Resolved (If the House of Repre
sentatives concur), That the follow
ing amendment to the Constitution
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia be, and the same Is hereby, pro
posed, in accordance with the eigh
teenth article thereof:
That section one of article eight be
amended, by striking out the fourth
numbered paragraph thereof, so that
the said section shall read as fol
lows: Section 1. Every male citizen
twenty-one years of age, possessing
the following qualifications, shall be
entitled to vote nt all elections, sub
ject however to such laws requiring
and regulating the registration of
electors as the General Assembly may
enact.
First. He shall have been a citizen
of the United States at least one
month.
Second. He shall have resided In
the State one year (or If, having pre
viously been n qualified elector or
native-born citizen of the Stnte, he
shall have removed therefrom and
returned, then six months), Immedi
ately preceding the election.
Third. He shall have resided in the
election district where he shall offer
to vote at least two months Immedi
ately preceding the election.
A true copy of Resolution No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stltutlon of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, so as to consolidate
tho courts of common pleas of Al
legheny County.
Section 1. Bo It resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia In General Assembly met, That
the following amendment to the Con
stitution of Pennsylvania be, and the
same is hereby, proposed, in accord
ance with tho eighteenth article
thereof:
That section six of article five be
amended, by striking out the said
section, and Inserting In place there'
of the following:
Section 0. In the county of Phila
delphia all the Jurisdiction and pow
ers now vested In the district courts
and courts of common pleas, subject
to such changes as may be made by
this Constitution or by law, shall be
In Philadelphia vested in five dis
tinct and separate courts of equal
and co-ordinate jurisdiction, com
posed of three judges each. The
said courts In Philadelphia shall be
designated respectively as tho court
of common pleas number one, num
ber two, numbor three, number four,
and number five, but the number of
said courts may be by law Increased,
from time to time, and shall be in
like manner designated by successive
numbers. The number of judges In
any of said courts, or In any county
wbero the establishment of an addi
tional court may be authorized by
law, may be Increased, from time to
time, and whenever such Increase
shall amount In the whole to three,
such three Judges shall compose a
distinct and separate court as afore
said, which shall be numbered as
aforesaid. In Philadelphia all suits
shall bo Instituted In the said courts
of common pleas without designating
tho number of the said court, and the
several courts shall distribute and
apportion the business among them
in such manner as shall be provided
by rules ot court, and each court,
to which any suit snail bo thus as
signed, shall have cxclustvo juris
diction thereof, subject to chango of
venue, ns shall bo provided by law.
In the county of Allegheny all the
jurisdiction and powers now vested
in the sovernl numbered courts ot
common pleas shnll be vested In one
court of common pleas, composed of
all the Judges In commission In said
courts. Such jurisdiction and pow
ers shall extend to alt proceedings at
law and In equity which shall havo
been instituted in the several num
bered courts, and shall bo subject to
such changes as may be made by taw,
and subject to change of venue as
provided by law. Tho president
Judge of said court shnll be selected
as provided by law. The number of
Judges In said court may be by law
increased from time to time. This
amendment shall take effect on the
first dny of January succeeding Its
adoption.
A true copy of Resolution No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Number Four.
Proposing nn amendment to section
eight, article nine, of the Consti
tution of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia In General Assembly met, That
the following is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, tn
accordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth nrticle thereof:
Amendment to Article Nine, Sec
tion Eight.
Section 2. Amend section eight.
article nine, of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol
lows:
"Section 8. The debt of any coun
ty, city, borough, township, school
district, or other municipality or in
corporated district, except as herein
provided, shall never exceed seven
per centum upon the assessed value
of the taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or dis
trict Incur any new debt, or Increase
Its indebtedness to nn amount ex
ceeding two per centum upon such
assessed valuation of property, with
out the assent of the electors thereof
at a public election In such manner
as shall be provided by law; but any
city, the debt of which now exceeds
seven per centum of such assessed
valuatlonJinny be authorized by law
to Increase the same three per cen
tum, in the aggregate, at any one
time, upon such valuation," so as to
read as follows:
Section 8. The debt of any county.
city, borough, township, school dis
trict, or other municipality or incor
porated district, except as herein
provided, shall never exceed seven
per centum upon the assessed value
of the taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or dis
trict incur any new debt, or Increase
Its Indebtedness to an amount ex
ceeding two per centum upon such
assessed valuation of property, with
out the assent of the electors thereof
at a public election In such manner
as shall be provided by law; but any
city, the debt of which now exceeds
seven per centum of such assessed
valuation, may be authorized by law
to Increase tho same three per cen
tum, In the aggregate, at any one
time, upon such valuation, except
that any debt or debts hereinafter
incurred by the city and county of
Philadelphia for the construction
and development of subways for tran
sit purposes, or for the construction
of wharves and docks, or the re
clamation of land to be used in the
construction of a system of wharves
and docks, as public improvements,
owned or to be owned by said city
and county of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to the city and
county of Philadelphia current net
revenue in excess of the interest on
said debt or debts and of the annual
Installments necessary for the can
cellation of said debt or debts, may
be excluded in ascertaining the pow
er of the city and county of Philadel
phia to become otherwise Indebted:
Provided, That a sinking fund for
their cancelation shall be established
and maintained.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
TWELVE muslin trespass notices
for 51.00; six for seventy-five cents.
Name of owner, township and law
regarding trespassing printed there
on. CITIZEN office.
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for
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CLOCKS,
DIAMONDS,
AND NOVELTIES
'Guaranteed articles only sold." '.
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ARRIVAL AWD Dlil'AKTURE OP
ERIE TRAINS.
Trains leave Union depot at 7.20
a. m. and 2.48 p. m., week days.
Trains arrive Union depot at 1.50
and 6.4 S p. m. week days.
Saturday only, Erie and Wyomln
arrives at 3.45 p. m. and leaves at
5.50 p. m.
Sunday trains leave 2.48 and ar
rive at 7.02.