Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 4, 1910, Page 9

DANIELSON AND DANIELSON Nature Stories Not Fakes—Ilce at Brooklyn 16 Inches Thick—No Trace of Escaped Prisoners—South Killing. ly Teacher Resigns. Here are two peculiar incidents of a winter season—not nature fakes, eith- er: Dr. O. C. Sharpe and Fred E. Shumway saw a robin perched in a tree in Westfleld New ¥Year's morning. At the time the temperature was below zero. These two gentlemen both know 2 robin from a henhawk, and the state- mim above lmen as a fact. Now comes ordan of Chris- tian Hil with the announcement of the capture of two live and active striped snakes in a spring not far from ‘his home. He fished them out with a rake and took them home. This also occurred with the temperature at zero. The snakes were shown to several peo- ple by Mr. Jordan. These two _stories are authentic, Roosevelt in Africa notwithstanding. About the Borough. Miss Zylpha Colvin, who has been spending the holiday recess with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F- E. Colvin, re- turned to the Normal school at Willi- mantic on Monday. Thomas Vachon has returned from a visit with relatives at Sterling. Mrs. John Fourner and daughter, Louise, are spending several days with relatives in Norwich. An anniversary requiem high mass Wwas sung at St. James’ church on Mon- day for John Healy. Miss Lilllan Wetherall has returned to Willimantic to resume her studies at the Normal school. Jasper L. Framklin of Newburyoprt, Mass., was the guest of friends in Danielson over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Israel Seguin of Central Village were with relatives in Daniel- son over Sunday. Miss Nellle Head is visiting relatives in_Taunton. Mrs. Geo L. Cook is visiting rela- tives at Waterboro, 3lie, for a few THE CLEARANCE SALE - CONTINGED at The Boston Dry Goods Store, Dan- jelson. Some big discounts for our Customers another week; Attractive Bargains on every counter in the store. Buy thes> goods now. t20d TEE”D BOSTDI; DRY Go’gbs STORE son. Main Street, = sept20dw James special Chosolate Cream Drops 10 Cents a Pound at THE KEYSTONE STORES Danielson, Putnam. Moosup sept8d HARRY E. BACK, Attorney-at-Law PATENTS Protect your idea. Handsome 63- page Guide Book Free. Phoenix Block, Danielson, Conn. oct1TuThS Unless you have * weeks. lrled 'hem High Scheol Opens Today. The High school will open this (Tuesday) morning for the winter term. The graded school resumed sessfons on Monday morning, but school was dis- continued for the day because of froz- | en pipes in the building. i Rey. Denton J. Neily of the Baptist? | | you cannot imagine how beneficial they are Each one is guaranteed to do all we claim. church will speak at the first of the union services to be held this week in the Methodist church this (Tuesday) evening. Sixtesn Inch lce at Brooklyn. i { Ice sixteen inches in thickness is be- | ing cut by C. G. Tawton on his pond in Brooklya. The ice is so thick that it is difficult to cut and handle, and the clt- | ters have moved from one side of the | rond to the other, seeking lighter ice. Fugitives Still Uncaptured. Charles Wenzel, alias Charles Miller, and Andrew Willemson, the two Brookiyn on Sunday morRing, have not on mi g Ve no been recap d. '{hm is hope, how- ever, tht(tho{hmy be apprehended, as_travel rough the country is difficult present on account of the heavy snow. Officers of Rose of Lima Council. Rose of Lima council, No. 52, Knights of Columbus, has elected the follow- ing officers for the ensuing year: G. K., Johm Weaver; deputy grand knight, James Monohan; financial secretary, Peter Reynolds; treasurer, wmmm’ i I i Ray; recording secretary, Thomas Aylward; chancellor, John Gartlan warden, John Burns; advocate, Martin Burns; lecturer, Edward A. Sullivan; inside guard, Augustus Longo; outside guard, Joseph Ennis; trustees, John Weaver, Thomas J. Aylward, John Burns; chaplain, Rev. John F. Quinn. The council is in good financial condi- tion and has excellent prospects for the coming year. b Parochial School to Open Thursday. . James’ parochial school will open | for the winter term on Thursday of this week. The children attending tre school are having two weeks' vacation. RUNNING NIGHT AND DAY. Mechanicsville Mill Busy on High Grade Worsteds. A number of woolen and worsted weavers making their home in Daniel- ment In the mill of the French River | Textile company at Mechaniesville. | This mill is running night and day,| manufacturing a high grade of wor-| steds. i To Suspend Sewer Work. } All of the excavations for the sew- ers on streets in the south part of thel borough have-been closed in except a | short one over the stone arch bridge at the foot of Franklin street. This will be closed this week and complete the operations for the winter. MISS PAIGE RESIGNS. Leaves South K gly Sehool to Teach in Glastonbury. The resignation of Miss Annie “Ti Paige, teacher at South Killingly, was announced at the monthly meefing of the town school _committee Monday afternoon. Miss Paige has gone to Glastonbury to teach. The vacancy will be filled immediately. Miss Lilli iPlace has been secured to ‘Valley' school at Bast Killingly. She is an ‘experienced teacher and has been | teaching in Gloucester, R. I James | Be sure and specify The Lee & Osgood Co. PREPARATIONS For Colds and Coughs—LEE’S WHITE PINE and TAR—price 25c. The Child’s Cough Remedy—DONNA’S SYRUP—price 25c. For Constipation—LEE'S LIV ER GRANULES—price 25c. For the Kidneys—LEE'S KIDNEY PILLS—price 25c. For Headaches—LEE'S HEADACHE WAFERS—price 25c. For the Nerves—DODD’S NERVINE —price $1.00. For the Blood—LEE’S BEEF, and WINE—price 50c. For the Teeth—OXYFOAM with PER- OXIDE—price 25¢c. For Chapped Hands—LEE'S COLD CREAM—price 15c. Fer Chapped Hands—LEE’S WITCH- HAZEL JELLY—price 10c. The Lee & Osgood Co. Manufacturing Chemists, 131-133 Main Street, NORWICH, CONN. If your druggists do not carry the Lee & Osgood preparations, we'll send by mail on receipt of above grice. dec28daw Some people swell up on “emotion” brewed from absolute untruth. It's an old trick of the leaders of the Labor Trust to twist facts and make the “sympathetic ones” “weep at the" ice house.” (That's part of the tale further on.) Gompers et al sneer at, spit upon and defy our courts, seeking sympathy by falsely telling the people the courts were trying to deprive them of free speech and free press. Men can speak freely and print opin- ions freely in this country and no court will object, but they cannot be allowed to print matter as part of a criminal conspiracy to injure and ruin other citizens. Gompers and his trust associates started out to ruin the Bucks Stove Co., drive its hundreds of workmen out of work and destroy the value of the plant without regard to the fact that hard earned money of men who worked, had been invested there, The conspirators were told by the courts to stop these vielous “trust” methods, (efforts to break the firm that won’t come under trust rule), but in- stead of stopping they “dare” the courts to punish them and demand new laws to protect them in such de- structive and tyrannous acts as they may desire to do. * * * The reason Gompers and his band persisted in trying to ruin the Bucks Stove Works was because the stove company in- sisted on the right to keep some old employvees at work when “de union” ordered them discharged and some of “de gang” put in. Now let us reverse and have a look. Suppose the company had ordered the union to dismiss certain men from their union and, the demand being re- IRON the conditions, THE RUBBER STORE RECOMMEND THEIR Goodyear Quality fused, should institute a beycott against that union, publish its mame in an “unfair list,” instruct _ether Bofl's manufacturers all over the United States not to buy the labor of that Arelies union, have committees call at stores and threaten to boycott if the mer- chants sold anything made by that union. Picket the factories where members work and slug them on the way home, blow up their houses and wreck the works, and even murder a few members of the boycotted union to teach them they must obey the orders of *“organized Capital?” It would certainly be fair for the company to do these things if lawful for the Labor Trust to do them. In such a case, under our laws the boycotted union could arnly to our courts and the courts would order the company to cease boycotting and try- ing to ruin these union men. Suppose thereupon the company should sneer at the court and in open defian tinue the unlawful acts in a pes carefully laid out plan, purposely in- tended to ruin the union and force its members into voverty. What a howl would go up from the union demand- ing that the courts protect them and punish their law-breaking oppressors. Then they would praise the courts and go on earning a living protected from ruin and happy in the knowledge that the people’s court could defend them. How could any of us receive protec- tion from law-breakers unless the courts have power to, and do punish Men’s, Women’s and Children’s Rubbers. Money saved on every pair. Gloves and Mittens, 24c to $3.00. Working Coats, $1.38. Hot Water Bottles, 750 up. Alling Rubber Co., 74 Main St., Norwich, 158 Main St, New London. Wholesale (s.3.,) Retail Fancy Native Chickens Fancy Native Fowls Fancy Native Ducks such men. Just the thing for Sunday dinner. The court is placed in pesition where it must do one thing or the Applec, Basket Grapes, Malaga Grapes, | other—punish men who persist in d.; Ora: fyin, its peace oruers o o out o hgel; Betps Eol, Fh sorvice, let anavohy reign and the more ovowerful destroy the weaker. Peaceable citizens sustain the courts as their defenders, whereas thieves, forgers, burglars, crooks of all kinds and violent members of labor umions. hate them and threaten violence if their members are punished for break- ing the law. They want the counts to let them go frée and at the same time demand punishment for other men “outside d» union” when they break the law. * * * Notice the above reference is to. “violent” members of labor unions. The great majority of the “unheard” union men are peace- able, upright citizens. The noisy, violent ones get into office and the leaders of the great Labor Trust! PEOPLE’S MARKET, 6 Frankiin St. JUSTIN HOLDEN. Prop A.D. S. ALL CEREAL GOFFEE LIBRARY TEA STORE WUSTE mov13d Don’t Weep At the for speaker K. of C. Invited to Putnam. Rose Lima cou . No. 2, K. of C., has accepted an invitation toj have their newly elected officers installed at a joint installation of the officers of the councils of this B:rt of Connecticut Putnam, next N " lay afternoon. District Deputy J.'J. M of Put- nam will preside. FUTNAM Mayor Archibald Macdonald’s First Message to Common Council—Wise Recommendations Made — Fire Chief% Notes on Department’s Needs —Organization and Appointments. Mayor Archibald Macdonald and Alderman-at-large John A. Dady, who were re-elected members of the com ‘mon council, assumed their duties as members of the' new city government Monday evening, after taking the oath of office at a meeting of the membe:s MAYOR ARCHIBALD MACDONALD. of the old common council, J. McGarry opened the meeting and read his farewell messago, afterward administering the oath of office to Mayor Macdonald. The doings of the council have be uniformly harmonious and Mayor AL Garry and Alderman Smith from office ac i with faithfuily dischar w of the do- Mayor annual Joy. the fire department, follow: Maycr Macdonald’'s Message. Gentlemen of the Common Council: Mayor J. | ‘next June..| who tory, and it ! the X Fotlow the castom of - m “have: preceded me in endations for your considerati This pew municipal term opens at a time of prosperity; all our mills running full time, our business hou are being prospered, and the general conditions are in the main satisfac- seems to me that there is no reason why this present municipal term should mot be a term of ad- vancement and Iimprovement for our city in several important ways. Highway Department. More than ever before our citizeny demand good highways, amd it must be our endeavor to use whatsoever Lighway appropriations shall be made for the permanent improvement of streets and in such a manner o:fl“ by the continuance of the methods, the streets of our city 11 -gradaally be brought up to a well d, smooth. dry “and a permanently good condi- tion, I think there is no city of jts size in this state which has better curbing and better sidewalks than has our own city. a Supply. Our contract with the Putnam Wa- ter company expired January 15, 1906, and, as I understand it, the city has continued to pay the water company, since the expiration of the contiact, at the same rate as before. I recommend the appointment of a committee by the common ccuneil with authority to take up with the I'utnam Water company the question of a con- tract with the city which when made shall include a provision, if possibls, for a reduction of the private rent- als. Sewerage. With the exception of the property 0" those who are at present ustag the sewers built only for surface water, almust every property holder has cczspool upon his place. $This in it- self is unhealthful, and it 18 admiited by &l that in many instanc2s sink watcis are opened on tep of the grourd and Into -public and private streecs, and the condition is constant- ly ané rapidly growing worse. In my opinion, and I believe in the opiaivn of many of our lai laxpay- ers. a proper system of se on+ ciiy would be a paving invesr- ment; and I believe ‘that with the proper arrangement for nraying for the sewers the tax would not be felt en by our largest taxpayers. There absolutely no quesiion but that a proper system of sewerage would be greatly to the profit of the ordinary rouseholder, because, in almost eve instance, the sewer assessment whicl ordinary householder would be compelied to pay in the installation of a proper system of sewerage would be such that the interest on the same wonld be but a very small part of the nt cost of cleaning cesspools, to noti of the great advantage of premises clean and i say wholesome. ; appointed by d that a committee be the counell to take up The Ice House know how to maes this kind of men, in labor conventions and thus carry out the leaders’ schemes, frequently ab- horrent to the rank and file: so it was at the. late.Taronto convention. The paid delegates would applaud and “resolute” as Gompers wanted, but now and then some of the real work- ingmen insist on being heard, some- times at the risk of their lives, Delegate Egan is reported to have said at the Toronto convention: “If the officers of the federation would only adhere to the law we would think a lot more of them.” The Grand Council of the Provincial Workingmen’s Ass’'n of Canada has declared in favor of severing all con- nection with unions in the U. S., say- ing “any union having its seat of Gov’'t in America, and pretending to be international in its scope, must fight industrial battles according to Ameri- can methods. Sald methods have con- sequences which are abhorrent to the law-abiding. people of Canada involv-~ ing hunger, misery, riot, bloodshed and murder, all of which might be termed a result of the practical war now in progress in our fair province and directed by foreign emissaries of the United Miners of America.” That is an honest Candian view of our infamous “Labor Trust.” A few days ago the daily papers printed the following: (By the Associated Press) Washingtpn, D. C., Nov. 10.—Char- acterizing “the attitude of Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor in the contempt proceedings in the courts of the District of Colum- bia, in connection with the Bucks’ | Stove and Range company, as “a will- | ful, premeditated violation of the law,” Simon Burns, general master ~work- man of the general assembly, Knights of Labor, has voiced a severe con- demnation of these three leaders. Mr. Burns expressed his confidence in courts in general and in those of the District of Columbia in particular. APPROVED BY DELEGATES. This rebuke by Burns was in his an- nual report to the general assembly of his organizatien. He received the hearty approval of the delegates whe | heard it read at their annual meeting in this ecity. “There is no trust or combination of capital in the world,” said Mr. Burns, “that violates laws oftener than do the trust labor organizations, which resort to more dishonest, unfair and dishon- orable methods toward their competi- tors than any trust or combinations in the country.” 3Mr. Burns said the action of “these so-called leaders” would be harmful for years to come whenever attempts were made to obtain labor legislation. “The Labor Digest,” a reputable workingman’'s paper, says, as part of an article entitled “The beginning of the end of Gompersism, many organi- zations becoming tired of the rule-or- ruin policles which hgve been en- forced by the prasident of the A. F. of L.” “That he has maintained his lead- ership for so long a time in the face of his stubborn clinging to policies which the more thoughtful of the workingmen have seen for years must be abandoned, has been on account partly of the sentimental feeling on the part of the organizations that he ought not to be deposed, and the un- willingness of the men who were me: tioned for the place, to accept a nom nation in opposition to him. In addi- tion to this, there is mno denying the shrewdness of the leader of the A. F. of L., and his political sagacity, which has enable him to keep a firm grip on the machinery of the organization, and to have his faithful henchmen in the positions where they could do him the most good whenever their services might be needed. “Further than this, he has never failed, at the last conventions, to have some sensation to spring on the con- vention at the psychological moment, which would place him in the light ¢ a martyr to the cause of unionism, and excite a wave of sympathetic en- thusiasm for bim, shich would carr¥ patient and awaiting to see if the o dect ha the delegates off their feet, and result in his re-election. “That his long leadership. and this apparent impossibility to fill his place has gone to his head, and made him imagine that he is much greater a man than he really is, is undoubtedly the case,-and accounts for the tactics he has adopted in dealing with ques- tions before congress, where he has unnecessarily antagonized men to whom organized labor must look for recognition of their demands, and where labor measures are often op- posed on account of this very antag- onism, which would otherwise receive support. “There is no doubt but what or- ganized labor in this country would be much stronger with a leader who was more in touch with conditions as they actually exist, and who would bring to the front the new policies which or- ganized labor must adopt if it expects to even maintain its present standing. to say nothing of making future prog- ress We quote portions of another arti- cle, a reprint, from the same labor paper: “Organized labor, through its lead- ers, must recognize the mistakes of the past if they expect to perpetuate their organizations or to develop the move- ment which they head. No movement, no organization, no nation can develop beyond the intellects which guide these organizations, and if the leaders are dominated by a selfish motive the or- ganization will become tinged with a spirit of selfishness, which has never appealed to mankind in any walk of life at any time since history began. “It can be said in extenuation of certain leaders of organjzed labor that the precarious position which they oc- cupy as leaders has had a tendency to cause them to lose sight of the ob- ject Dbehind the organization. The natural instinct in man for power and position is in no small measure re- sponsible for the mistakes of the lead- ers, not necessarily in labor unions alone, but in every branch of society. This desire for power and léadership and personal aggrandizement causes men who have been earnest and sin- cere in their efforts in the start to deteriorate into mere politicians whose every act and utterance is tinged with the desire to cater to the baser p sions of the working majority in the societies or organizations and this is undoubtedly true when applied to the present leaders of the Federation. mention the Federatign of Labor ticularly in this article because t organization is the onlv organization of labor which has yet found itself in direct opposition to the laws of the land. There are other organizations of labor whose leaders have made' mis- takes, but they have always kept them- selves and the organizations within the bounds of the law and respected the rights of every other man in con- sidering the rights of themselves and their constituency; whereas, the motto of the Federation is just the reverse, and unless the leaders conform them- selves and their organization in ac- cordance with the laws the land, the leaders and the organization itself must be disintezrated and pass into history, for in America the common sense in mankind is developed to a greater extent than in any other na- tion on 'the earth, and the people, who are the court of last resort in this country, will never allow any system to .develop in this country which does not meet with the approval of the ma- Jjority of the citizens of the country. “This must have forced itself upon the leaders of the Federation by this time. If it has not. the leaders must be eliminated. The organization which they head has done many meritorious things in times past and the people are always ready and wiling to acknowledge the. benefits which their efforts bave brought .to their con- stituency _as a whole, but at the preseat time labor organizationg in nd the Federation of Labor r, stand before the bar of public_opinion, having been convicted of selfishness and a disposition to rule all the people of the country in the in- terest of the few. The Dpeople lesson - which ve forced to give to these leaders is go ing to be recognized and if they are going to conform themselves and their future work and actions In accord- ance thereto.” Let the people remember. that com- ment, “The Federation of Labdor in particular stands bhefore the bar of public opinion having been convicted of selfishnees and a disposition to ruie all the people of the country in the interest of the few.” The great 90 per @ent of Americans do not take kindly to the acts of ty- ranny by these trust leaders openly demanding that all people bow down to the rules of the Labor Trust and we are treated to the humiliating spec- tacle of our Congress and even the Chief Executive entertaining these con- victed-law-breakers and listening with consideration to their insolent demands that the very laws be changed to low them to safely carry on their n of gaining control over the affairs of the people. The sturdy workers of America have come to know the truth about these “martyrs sacrificing themselves in the noble cause of labor” but it's only the hysterical ones who swell up and cry over the aforesaid “heroes,” reminding one of the two romantic elderly maids who, weeping copiously, were discove ered by the old janitor at Mt. Vernon. “What is it aile you ladies?” Taking the handkerchief from ome swollen red eye, between sobs she sald: “Why we have so long revered the memory of George Washington that we feel it a privilege to come here and weep at his tomb.” “Yas'm, vas’m, yo’ shore has a de- sire to express yo’ sympathy but yo’ are overflowin' at de wrong spot, yo’ is weepin’ at de ice house.” Don’'t get maudlin about law-break- ers who must be punished if the very existence of our people is to be main. tained. If you have any surplus sympathy it can be extended to the honest workers who continue to earn food when threatened and are frequently hurt and sometimes killed before the courts can intervene to protect them. Now the Labor Trust leaders demand of Congress that the courts be stripped of power to issue injunctfons to pre- vent them from assaulting or perhaps murdering men who dare earn a Hving when ordered by the Labor Trust to quit work. Don’t “weep at the Ice House” and don’t permit any set of law-breakers to bully our courts, if your voice and vote can prevent. Be sure and write vour Representatives and Senators in Congress asking them not to vote for any measure to prevent the courts from protecting homes, property and per- sons from attack by paid agents of this great Labor Trust. Let every reader write, and write now. : Don’t sit silent and allow the or- ganized and paid men of this great trust to force Congress to believe they represent the great masses of the American people. Say your say and let your representatives in Congress know that you do not want to be governed under new laws which would empower the Labor Trust leaders with legal right to tell you when to werk, here! For whom! At what price! What to buy! What not to buy! Whom to vote for! How much you shall pay per month in fees to the Labor Trust! etc, etc., etc. ‘This power is now being demanded by the passage of laws in Congress. Tell your Senators and Representatives plainly that you don’t want them to vote for any measure that will allow any set of men either representing Capital or Labor to govern and dictate to the common people, who prefer to be free to go and come, work or not, and vote for whom they please. Every man’s liberty will disappear when .the leaders of the great Labor Trust or any other trust can ride rough shed over people and mass their -forees to prevent our courts from af- ;| fording protection. . “Phere’s a Reason.” * (o8 H,_PPET, auulewcmk. Mich rage fors Jin a manner which shall the matter of sewerage with power to make due ing and make report mlbl to the council as soon as is pos- sible. ~I believe that this committee should the question of the purchase of water works under the rights given to us by the legislature under the amendment to our charter passed June 29, 1905. Taxation. The question of inequality of taxes and also the question of assessing at its true and full valuation is, wholly a matter of town assess- ments and over which this council has no , and I therefore have only to say that we should take more paing in the future than we have in the in the collection of our taxe: I ve only words of commendation for our present city collector, and 1 believe that he has done his duty. But the power of taxatien is the very founda- tion of the annK of a municipality to live and every citizen should bear his just proportion of the public tax, and I call to the attention of the common council that there now remains a number of thousands of dollars of un- collected taxes back of January, 1908, I most earnestly recommend that these taxes be put in the hands of competent attorney with power to act within r s0n on behalf of the city and endea: to collect the same; or, upon his in ability to do so, to report back to the common council the reasons of such inabllity in each and every Instance. Peddlers’ Licenses. I recommend that a new ordinance be passed by this council, under com- petent legal advice, fixing a fee for licenses for peddlers and hawkers, which shall materially increase the revenue of the city, such license not to affect farmers and others vending the products which they raise themselves. Ordinances. I believe that all the ordinances of this city should be collated, investigat- ed and revised. Revision of the Charter. Our charter is faulty in many ways, In somé parts It seems to be incon— sistent; In meny rm'u it 18 not easily understood, and think the charter should in any event be revised. At present we are one of the small- est, although one of the best, citles in the state, and we are located within the limits of a town. We have prob- ably about eight thousand people in the town, and still we are governed by two sets of officers; a part of our roads are cared for by one set of officers, & part of our roads by another set officers. Some things one set of cers take care of; other things another sot take care of. I belleve that the town and city government should be consolidated, that this duplication ef officers be thereby dispensed with. 1 believe that the city government should extend over the whole town, and that the olty government should be - cally a town government, the ct- men and the ocommon council ing away to a commission of Yy roe men, who, Hke the selectmen, shall have the responsibility and work and propéer compensation for thelr services. I recommend the appointment by the common council of a committee, cons =isting of not less than nine men, five at leust of whom shall not be members of the common oeuncil, on revision ef the charter. Sunday Observance. I recommend that the ordinanas passed by the last administretion con. cerning Sunday licenses be npenlo& and that some good way be devis whereby with due regard to the flzh: of all the Sabbath shall be ohse: not be of- fensive to our best citizens, hut which will, at the same time, afford to owr citezens in general the opportunity ef procuring the tl they orél- narily demand on the Sabbath day fer thelr proper ent and always having regard all places of busl- ness shall bé closed at such houe when their belng open would om those who are attending to church dutles. Fire Department. I wish to request that the committes on fire department give especial at - tion to the recommendations of chief of the fire department, and espé- clally do T want the committee to make recommendations to the council wherd- by the hose can be properly taken cae of, a satisfactory and perhaps extravh. gant obtained promptly, kept properly heated, properly sd and properly cleaned, believi: that the department should ve the things It needs fm preference to any other department. Police Force. I recommend that the appointment of all our police force be absolutely with. out prejudice and absolutely free fromm politics. Health Department. It is with much annoyance that K have to say that we have had to® many cases of comtegious diseases Im this city the past years, 1 believe that the sanitary conditions have beem unsatisfactory, and I recormend the reorganization of our health board. I wish to assure each and every cite izen of this city that they will be wel- come to appear before the council at any time and will be welcome to ous meetings, and any suggestions which any citizen has to make will recelve due and respectful attention. Chief's Recommendations. The following recommendations are extracted from the annual report of M. R. Joy, chief of the fire depart- ment for the past two years: The purchase of two hand chemi- cals. I also recommend that the city keep the department supplied at all times with a large quantity of new hose and I feel that the city should purchase a certain amount of hose each year. I recommend the purchase of two new nozzles and one dozen spanners, The city has on hand today in .good condition 3,600 feet of hose. Eighteen hundred feet of this hose I am thorouhgly satisfied is in first class condition, The balance, 1,700 feet, has ‘been on hand some years, and I do not fee] that it is any too good, for hose det rates very fast, I think the fire police could be im- proved quite a little in some ways. ‘With the exception of the captain, mone of the members seem to have any idea that they should answer an alarm. The danger of the present low wa- ter pressure was also forcefully brought forth in the chief’s report. Tie ceremony of the transfer was brief and businesslike and was marked by the cordial good-will of the retir- ing mavor toward his successor. May- or Macdonald's first message as head of the city government followed his assumption of the office, and the fea- ture parts of it will be found below. An executive session followed the induction of the new mayor and al- derman into office and at 10 o'clock the names of those to fill the appoint- ive offices for the coming term weuwr announced. ‘While there were few changes there was & big surprise when it became known that Frederick w. jard, whose term as town clerk expired on Saturday, has been elected by the council to succeed Leon T. Wil- son, who had held the .office of city wlerk during the last two administra- tions. Both are republicans. Changes ‘were also made in the offices of as- sistant eity clerk, prosecuting attorney and assistant prosecuting attormey, and in the assistant engineers of the fire department. The police force for the next two years will be l.ctlc;l.lx the same as at present, pt. Jeo! ‘Murray and nearly all his suberdi- nates being mr.painua. The ne' ‘publican administration has been I eral with the democratic offi;