580 



MINNESOTA. 



all of St. Paul, none of them national <-l.svd t heir 

 door- 1 ii.- Minm-Mtia Savings Hank. 



Paul, failed Jan. I*. An alii.: 

 that the avsvl* would amount t.. nl H .iii *','.V 



>r,- al-ut $3)0.000. 



ml committee of the legislature a|>j>< 

 vestigate the insolvent bank*. reported April 

 i 



i against several of the officers of the insolvent 



.durtu and Indiislri.-s.-Thc wheat har- 

 wa* e*ti mated at mi.'HMMMMi bush- 

 rU Tin' shipn. arse grains at Doloth 



irgo at the clie of tin 



v 



The season's ore shipm I>nlmh. SHIN- 



:,.560.000 tens. The 



year** Mesaba shipments were 2.:J?.063 tons; in 



- 



The discovery of a wonderfully rich deposit ..f 

 n ..ii the 'Mesaba ran-'-. about 10 rnilo from 

 HiMAbit. was reported JM September. 



been disooTered on Oak Point island in 



Kainv lake. It is -aid that. :tcrirding to IM:I: 



v. ill.- island i- in Canadian 

 .sink- by UM treaty it is in the l/nited 



i a host os have 1 

 discovered in I taura County. 



By reports of the Cactory-inspectiofl force >it ap- 

 pears that tin- total number of manufacturing es- 



UbUSBIBeOteinthe State is 1.91S; the men em|,: 



S7452: women. :>.<>:tO: ,1,11. In : J, 12,580. 



Thecensn- n mines of the Dululli district 



showed a total of 3,01*7 . -mployees. 



Pnhlir \\nrk*. An aetioh was brought torn- 

 join the capitol commissioners from continuing 

 with the work at St. I'anl, in the interest of anoth.-r 

 site for the capital city. It failed in the courts. 

 and the work will go on. The basement will be of 

 St. Cloud granite, and the superstructure will be 

 faced with Georgia mar! !-. 



The monument at Gettysburg to the Kir>t Min- 

 nesota Regiment was dedicated July 2. Addresses 

 were mad.- by the Governor. Col. K. Ii. Cope, Gov- 

 ernment engineer in charge of the park. JIM--- 

 Lochren. acting adjutant at the close of the s< 

 dav at Gettysburg. Senator Davis. r,,j. Colville. who 

 led the charge. Major Martin Ma-inn is a niemi 

 the regiment, Mrs. Allerman, who assisted in caring 

 for the wounded after the battle, and oti, 



The contnict for l>eginning the dredging in the 

 Dul nth-Superior harbor was let in March, calling 

 for orcr 20,000,000 cubic feet of dredging for 

 -- 



, An approximate estimate of the num- 

 ber of acres of vacant public lands in the S 

 and Territories assigns 6440.049 to Minnesota. 



The biennial report of the Auditor has some im- 

 portant statements and recommendations in regard 

 to railroad grants. The General I*nd Department 

 business shows that the grants of laud to railroad 

 companies or Congress and by the State within the 

 - of Minnesota to aid in the , ouMru.-tion of 

 the 8400 miles of line have amounted to ov. 

 000.000 acres. A reasonable vab.at ion of these rail- 

 road lands is $103.000.000. or $82,000 por mile. 



FvrvM*. The wcond annual report of the chief 

 fire warden . overs the year 1806. The I 

 of 1805 passed a law for the preserve 

 under which the State Auditor is fort- 

 sioner.and the *up rvi~,r 



and presWentsof village council, fin wardens of their 

 respective towns, cities, and villages. There is also 

 a chief warden, who may ap: 



law is specific about the carelesa 

 fires, or leaving them to bum, and fines are nmmn 



able on those who are convicted of such wanton 

 carelessness, and imprisonment is also m. 

 Jfcy, 



Mimmary of forest lire* for the y.-ar >l. 

 Total acres burned ON, ,. 1 I. Hi 

 and the causes are classified as follo\\ : 1'p.m 

 ni: laud. PJ ; from railroad ! -nmot i\ >. '.I; 

 from hunters and Ushers, 11 ; from other cans. 



unknown, 



-\\Vr a nue-.tj.in call- 

 ing for an r-t imale of tin- amount of Qatnagl 



HI amount to Jjtl.v .I-J.IMI .1. 



LefilUtlTC Sexxion. The Le^'islatuiv met Jan. 



0, and adjourned at the HOM- ,,f April. I 1 .. I >. 

 was cho- i- of the ! i o-orge 



T. I'.arr was i-lwted 1' 

 Apr. 



Tin- approju-iation bill earrii-d a total of $].! 



ii- i- somewhat larp-r than tln.se oi 

 and 1M5 ; I nit the cojiimit tee called at tent ion. \s in n 

 M inti-odm-i-d. to the fact that many ,.f the 

 it.-ms have her.-tofore been made the Mibj, 



:!n- Stat.- educational in-litu- 

 li.ns the univrr>ii\. normal sell 



nit ure. and exj.rnm. nt farms S'J1?.(KM) was 

 appro|>riated for current expeiix-s. buildings, (jnip- 



ment aiul thelil. ' tor 



deficiencies, l>c- "<> r>r repaii> and comjJe- 



tion of improvement i-re.-l i<.nal and char- 



itable institutions, $789.2<Mi l- 

 current ezi i for buildings, impr-. x.-mriii-. 



Tin- law that was fiassed in r. 



vent ions will ha\- an important bearing -n t he 

 conduct of political canvas> that 



when a iv to be chosen to a 



tion all the counties in the State shall hold their 

 < -on \ent ion for the el<-( tioti of delegates to th. - 

 convention on the same day, the day t be fixed in 

 the call i-sued by the duly authoi-i. 

 mittee, and when the OODvention to which dele- 

 gates are to be elected i< a district convention 

 posed of more than one county, all tl 

 composing the district shall hold their convention 

 on the >ame day. the day 1" b.- lix.-d jji the call is- 

 >ued by the duly author'i/ed commi' 



It was provided that any county or municipality 

 in the State may, by a two-thirds vote of the 

 cil or board of supervisors, elect to use a voting 

 machine, and may adopt any one they deem 

 desirable. 



Other enactments were: 



For an inheritance 



Amending the game and fish laws. 



A new railroad-tax law. 



Ueijniring the assessment of grain in el. 



Prescribing penalties for adulteration of food. 



Prohibiting tin- sale or gift to minors of cigarettes 

 or any substitute tin -r 



>ing the military code, providing for 

 gani/ing the militia. 



Providing for parole of prisoi, 



For encouraging sugar-beet euiture. 



For exterminating the San Jose scale. 



nipt ing a huhand from damages arising from 

 rti ..f his wife. 

 niting State aid to day schools for the deaf. 



viding for a gross-earnings tax on t. -lej 

 : anies, fast freight and equipment '-omj 

 express <-omparii-<. an<l sl.-eping-car comp.. 



Prohibiting the admi ion of anv om- under 

 lance houses, concert saloons, or any 

 place where intoxicating liquors are sold or 



nt the desecration of Memorial Day pro- 

 viding that no saloons shall be kept open, and that 



