Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 20, 1892, Page 20

AMENDING OMAHA'S CHARTER Pertinent Suggistions for Many Tmportant Changes and Improvements, BUT TOO MUCH TINKERING NOT WANTED Sweeping Change Not Desirable, but Nu- merons Defects Should Be Correcte enty of Material for the mmittee The approach of the new logislative session has sugeested the need of immediately con- sidering amendments to the Omaha charter, and a committes has been appointed to re ceive and weigh propositions and to devise changes that wiil obviate mauy of theob- jectionable featuros which now exist. Iep resentatives of Tie Bre have sccured from a numbor of the prominent men of the city, such as are most familiar with municipal affairs, opinions as to needed changes. Some of these, pointing out serious defects in the present charter, are presented hore- withs Danger of Tao Much Tinkering. City Engineer Rosewater — 1 have not @iven the matter of charter amendments careful considaration, but it strikes mo that iho danger is that of too much tinkering. If too mauy changes are made some ure liablo 1o couflict with others, and interested corporations are likely to smuggle in amend- monts for their own benefit. in a gencral way attention should be turned to straight ening tangles and clearing up disputed points in tho present charter rather than adding many new provisions A Seotion in tho charter limits 1he amount of indebtedness which the city may incur. ormerly, ia dofining tuat limitation, the act excepted Uistrict paving bonds, but in the Dresent chartor that provision Teads ‘‘excent district paving bonds heretofore issued.’ Tho two words “heretofore 1ssued” make a veat difference. All the district paving Bonds issued since this charter went into of- fect figure as a part of the city's indebted- ness, und the result is that Omans hias about renched its limit as fixed vy law. As a con- sequ the bonds voted at the recent elec- ton cannot be disposed of until that blunder is corrected. X The viaduct law is also defeotive. It sim- ply gives tho city the right to order the rail- J ‘ads to build yiaducts with no power to cn- force that crder, The ety should havo power to o ahead ana build viaducts and 18X up the cost to the ratlroaas. ¢ Itseems to me thata metropolitan city is entitled to the right of eminent domain fully a8 much as a railroad, and Omaha should have it. That would clear up the doubt which 10w oxists as to tho right of the park commission to condemn lands for parks. It would nlso be of great Levefitin the matter of chanuing grades. Under the present sys tem no change can be mudo unless the prop- orty owuers petition for it. The city Is barred from taking the initiative, and necded improvemcots may be prevented by the stub- bornness or cupidity of one or two property owners, There is no danger of injustice in such exerciso of the right of emiuent do- 1main because every person is guarantecd by the fundamental law compensation for any property of which ho may be deprived. A change is uceded in tho manner of se- lecting the material for paving. Under tho existing system the circulating of petitions designating the material 15 generally done by rival contractors.” There have been cases fn which a coutractor has quietly pocketed a petition ater selling out to a competitor, and tho property owners were left in ignorance of the traud, Tnereshould bo a provision requiring such signatures to bo made to pub- lic records in the koeping of the proper city bonde" and cortain othpr obligations. Inthe present crarier 1t was proposed 1o raise the limit to 1215 per cout of the valuation, but in some unknown manner the qualifyig clause was mado to read ‘exafusive of district pav- ing bonds heretofore issued,” ete. As a con- sequence the city has gxceeded its debt limit by 00,000, and that must be corrected betore we can sell any more paving bonds, To tmprove Public Work Major Balcombe of the Board of Public Works—I thiuk radical changes in the ruies governing tho Bourd of Public Works might bo mude that would greatly benefit tho peo- ple. Our prosout .Q teln was adopted when Omans was sioall, Phtghe eiLy has outzrown \wand the interests it fasted to ths board are t0o important to be Signted. We now hava « chairman who is required Lo give bis wholo time to the work of the board. ‘Ihers aro 1w associate members, often business men with ex‘onsive private enterprises which en gross thieie minds to the exclusion of every thing else, ana they, in practice, siwply come into the meetings when notified by the chairman and ratify his concinsions. T speak now from my experience when 1 chairman, ‘I'ie associate members were Loo busy with their own affairs to inform theiselves carefully on the detulls of the board's work. On coming to the meetings they geucrally asked me my opinion because I was supposed to bo thoroughly posted, ana as n rulo they endorsed the pian | thought best. If tho other members hed been familiar with the work 1t 18 possible that their judgment would have provented some mistakes. I'wo heads aro said to bs vetter than one, and this is a case in which the say- ing holds wood. What is the remedy? Well I would advise that the associate members be given the same salary as the chairman and be required 1o devoto all their time to the service of the public, That would increase the cost of maintaining the toard, but I would offset that in another direction and at the same time improve the service. [ would make one of tho associato mombers act as street commissioner and the other as side- walk inspector. ‘I'he operations of these three departments are so closely interwoven that they naturally belong together. This arraugement would not only save the salaries of the commissioner and the inspector, but it would enhance the efi clency of tha board in many ways too ob ous to need extended explanation. Bv thus Dutting all its members on au Approximateiy equal footing the associate membosrs might prevent many blunders if there happened to be & weak clisirman, I would go farther oy making the board mors independent of tho city council and giving it enlarged authority "in smail mat- ters, As at present constituted the board is lax amacuino for carrying out the order: of tno_council without a particle of discre- tion. Take tho appointment of wspectors. Councilmen look upon these places as rewards to ba dgled out to theiv supporters, An inspector of sewers ought to be a man who tas built sewers and is & judge of mortar, brick, masunry, etc. In practice we havo beon comnelied to aceapt fellows who had beor clerks in whisky joints, \What man in his private affairs would think for 4 moment of hiriug a” bar- koeper to superintend the construction of a sewer! \Why, the present system is a huge folly on the face ofit. The board should have the power to dis- cliarge as well as employ 1ts inspectors. We ought to have experts on the public worlks. and they could save the city morc than a dozen chinirmen. There buvo been cases in which {nspectors have spent much of theiw 1ime in saloons, drinking and playwg high five instead of watching contractors. They bad political puils and did not stand 1 fesr of the board, which was powerless. was Needed Reform in Assessing. Mr. Churis. Hartman—Iu my opinion the thing above all others wosi w need of reforming 1s our system of assessing values for taxation. Wo now have nine assessors in Omaha, and the assessment is a mass of unequal, unjust values. Adjicent pieces of property of equal value, but ceparated by a streot, ire often ussessed at widely varying THE OMAHA DAILY now stands, it is s/mp'y au advisory toard Disputes Between Uity and County, Me. William Coburn—There are two points in dispute between tne city and the county officials that should ha settied by the new charter. City prisoners are sent to the county jail and boarded at the county’s cost. The commissioners insist that the county should bo reimoursed for the expense of keeping such prisoners, but the city of- flcials sot up a counter claim. They point to the fact that the polics judge acts as examining magistrato in cases arising under stato as woll as municiral laws, and thoy maintain that the county is indebted to the city fora part of the police court service. In my action against tho county for the cost of keeping cily prisouers while [ was sheriff, the supreme court decided that the county must pay me, but the dis- pute betweon the county and the city did not onter Into that case, ‘I'bo new charter should also define what constitutes an_clection. Tho present one says judges and clerks shall be paid $ each for an clection, The men who officiated in that cabacity on November S claim that there were three eloctions beeause city, school and stato officers were voted for, aud they aro claiming $15 each for their services, which is her good pay for the time many of them put in. . IMONG THE SECRET SOCIETLE Royal Arcanun, Last week Union Pacific council of the Royal Arcanum won a notable victory over State Auditor Benton and the congratula- tions of some thirty oud fraternal organiza- tions are pouriwg 1 upon 1t, Some three or four years ago the Royal Arcauum doing bosiness in the state rafuseda to pay the roes which insurance co npanies are compelled to pay into Mr. Benton’s hands, on the ground that associations or fraternities of a similar character as the Arcauuw woro. exempt from the operation of the statute relating to insurance companies, on the ground ‘that a statuto was passed in 1887 amending the law relating to insurance companies ana’exempt- ing fraternal societies from the feos de- manded. Auditor Benton vefused to issue a cortificato to the Royal Arcauum, and at one time threatoned to pul in jail the deputy grand regent thea doing budiness here, Messys. Weaver and Giller of Union Pacific council wero iustructed to bring mandarnus proceedings against the auditor in the supreme court, compelliag him to issue the certificate. Mr. Bonton afirmed that the Royal Arcanum was one of thestroryest fraternal organizations ia. the ceuntry, and that 1t had compiied with all “thegdaws of the Atato with the excention that it had failed to pay £50 for tho first year and $20 for subse queut years since its advent into Nebraska. Other societies have paid the tribute ox- acted by Mr. Beuton, and were quietly laugh- ing at the Royel Arcanum for making what was considered a hopeless fight. Last week fustice Norval hanaed down an opinion in the case allowing the writ to issue prayed for two years previous. The judge beld that u secret benevolent order whi issues cer- tificates of indemnity solely to its mombers is entitled toa certificate from the auditor autbovizing it to transact business without paving fees specified in section 32 of chapter xlili., revised statutes of Nobraska, ‘Ihe de- cision tous rendered will deprive the auditor of a considerable cevenue, aud may bo con- sidered a notable victory won by oaeof tho best fraternal organizations in America. Degres of Poeah: ne. The last meetick in Beaver Moon, G. S. D, 401, common era, Novomber, 1592, of Min- nehatia council No. 2, Degree of Pocahontas, was a rouser. After preliminary business was disposed of a searching party was sent outto scout tho forest, and two trembling pale faces were tound hiaing within the res- crvation. 'Chey were promptly captured and broucht befors tho assembled chiefs, who at once decided that the punishment accorded spies should be imposed. The pleading for wercy from fair Pocabontas caused them to BEE: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER ful to Mrs. J. 1. Cook for her generous and able vontribution 0 the success of the en- tertainment, Royal Nelghbors. A number of members of the Royal Neigh- bors of America went from Council Bluffs to Omaha last Wednesday night to oxemplify tho work of the Pocahontas degree in the presence of the members of the order who were in Omata attending the camp of the Woodmen. The ritual work of this degree is tho work of Miss Lillian Huft of Council Blaffs, and reflects graat oredit on the authoress, It met with an enthuslastic reception from the visiting mombers The ladies who composed tue Bluffs toam were Mesdames Boyer, dI B. Carrothers, S. H. ivert, K. 1. Adams, P. J. Henvessey, N. J. Swanson, and John Smitn. A largo deleeatiom of the members of Hazel camp, Modern Woetimen of America, went to Omanta Thuvsdav evening to attend the grand ball at Goodrreh’s hall, North O mana. Independent Onder of Odd Fellows. The Wyoming geasd lodgo, Inacpendont Order of Odd Fellows, includes twonty sub ordinate lodges, with a iist of 850 contribut. ing members, and the relief pad in Wyo- mine for the vear ending Juno 80, 1502, was 3,227.70. Tho Ievokal degrae lodges in this state number four, with 187 contribut ing nembers. They pud ot reliof to che amount of §, In the grand lodge treas ury theeo was a balince on October 1, 1502, of §2,053.64, Knights of Pythins. Major General Carnahan was authorized to establish headquarters for the Uniform rank at the Columbian exposition. The supreme lodge decided that “a page or esquire can be admitted only to the lodgo of which he 1s a member.,'" Major General Carnahan wvas authorized 10 rovise tha tactics of the Uniforn rank so as 1o bring thom as nearly as possible into line with the drill regulations of the United States aray, both for infantry and cavalry. ot titad SFUL BUSINESS MEN, SUCUE: Although only a little more than 25 years of age, B. Roscothal is at the head ot one of tho largest furniture and house furnishing establishments in tko country. He was born in Baltimore September 12, 1567, and re- ceived a public school and business college education in that city. Ho spent & vear in tho general merchundise business in West Virgima and thea went to ew York whero he cn- gaged in the uroiture bus 1ness. Mr R osenthal Zoame to Omaha in 1857 and engaced inthe furai- ™ (uro business / on the install- menu plan at o No. 613 Noith Sixteenth street. Tbo business grew rap- idly and a new store was added each year untilin 1801 the block was destroyed by fire, and the firm removed toits preseat location, 1815-1317 Farnam street. Mr. Rosenthal 1s a member of the Metro- politan club and prominent in the social functions of that organization. Ho i3 fond of traveling and has visited nearly all of tne principal cities of the union and recently re- turned from av extensive trip through Cali- fornia and Orego Ho is president of, an owns a half interest in, the People’s Mammoth Installment house, is a believer in the merits of printer’s ink and idcawake business methods, and has been sinco he became eiigible to think of matrimonial ventures. ——— THEY WERE LOYAL K 0. 1892 TWENTY WINE, 1313 dll to pieces Pe California Sweat Wines, Regular prices, 30¢, 40¢ an quart; $1.25, $1.50 and #1. per gallon, Port, all now rc ced to 25¢ per gty ¢ uced to 25¢ per gty 90¢ per gal. Angelica, all now reduced to 25¢ per gty 90¢ per gal. Muscatel, all now reduced to e per gtz 90 per gal, Blackberry. all now reduced to 250 per gtz H0¢ per g Lall now reduced to ner qt; 90c per gal. Madeira, all now reduced to ¢ por e per gul. Sherry. all now v Sweet Catawb: 25c per gty 90¢ per gal. Malaga, all now reduced to 25¢ per aty 90¢ per gal. 11l now reduced to 25¢ per gty Y0c per gal. Purg California Sour Wines. PAGES, HE 105 ANGELES LIOUOR and CI Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. !{(st‘ognizing the fact that the Holiday trade will soon demand great quantities of goods ir our line, being heavily overstocked and wishing to give our customers the benefit of I«;\\' )riw at a time of year when our goods are most in demand, we have cencluded to CUT I‘RICI;( without regard to cost of articles mentioned. ¥ the same quality and purity that we have always sold, and we \"Ve handle no imitation goods of any description. A glance at the prices g vince customers that we have done as we said, vizz CUT PRICES —WE QUOTR GAR €0 The goods offered at cut prices are thsolute purity. iven helow will con- L TO PIECES:" uarantee their ey West Cloar Havana an Domestic Cears, Kuyper, $1 rystal, $1,40 eduded as follow Booth Tom Gin Oc per quart S0 per quart 10e per quart London Dock Gin Rye Malt Gin Key West Cigars, Reealia Graciosa, por 50 box., Rothchild. “anotelln.. . Coneha Fspe Coneha Especial U. C. Bspecials. . Cherry Bounce, Apple and Peach Brandy. price $1.25 per quart Now all reduced to 70c per 50 per gallon. Tmported Bass Ale. Clear Havana, White Seal, per 50 box. Domextic Cigars, Dog Head Brand, 20c per pinty $2.90 per dozen. g PUBLICANS, officlals. he charter of the gas company will ex- Regular prices, 20c, 25¢ and 40c quart; 60c, $1 and $1.25 irand Royal, per 50 box. per ¥ ool values simply because the street happens to | reverse their decision, however, and in lieu Pure Stock, per 5 Ho: bo the dividing line botween the districts of this kind it must have power to issue bonds secured by morigage on the plants, just the same us privato corporations ao, and such bonds must be exempted in computing the limication of the city's 1ndebteduess. The cost of lighting can bo reduced under munic- ipal owpership, but the people may not be ready to make the venture. Ultimately Omana should have a system similar to that which governs the larger «cities of Missouri. In St. Louis, for example, the people of that city adopt thew own charter without the intervention of the lexis- lature. ‘I'hat circumvents the corporations with ‘uterests udyerse to the people and doos awsy witn legislative jobbery. The mayor of St Lonis 18~ chosen for four years. The various appointive offices ~are not filled till two years later, By that timo the mayor has had opportunitics to learn fully the needs of the city, aud the pressure of the professionul politicians is not nearly as great as imme- aiately after election. The result is that St Louis has a city government which is cou- sidered the model among American munici palitics. 1 wm not sure this change can be wade under our present coustitution, and tho times may not be ripe for it, but ultimately 1.would like Lo seo tue Missouri system adopted 1 Nebraska. lice Court Improvements. Judge Becka—Several important changes should be made to improve the antiquated methods now in use in our police court. There ought to bea provision authorizing the cbief of police or his deputy to accept ball from vrisouers, atleast from such as are charged merely with misdemeanors, Many mon ure arresied at wmght for petty offenses, and there is no one at the jail with authority 10 acoept bail. I have stramed & point and permitted the chief 1o act as my represonta- Uve in such cases and accept moncy deposits for bail, but very often prisouers have very little cash on their persons and cannot get more underthecirenmstances, I canuot letthe chief on anyone olse take s bail bond because the courts have decided that such a bond canuot be enforced. Sometimes the prisoner hus frionds who Ro tothe judge’s house, rout timout of bea in tho middleof the night and give a bond. Tuother cuses Lho prisoner has to lio in Jail all nighy, when the judge would huve takon Lis rocognizance. Many an arrested mun 1s imnocent of crime, but is taken in under suspicious circumstances, and itis unnecessarily cruel to keep bim Jocked up over night. lu Chicago a mau keptat the stution at all hours of the day aud night for the express purpose of takiug bail from brisoners, 1t is not necessary to incur the expense of an additional man in Omalia, for the same end can be attained by givinz ‘the chief of police nud bis deputies proper authority. Another provision should authorize the clerk of the police court to take bail in il cases the samo as the judge, also to admin- ister ouths and 1ssue warrunts. Under the present system the Judgo is coustuntly inte rupted in the trial of nis cases. An oficer comes into court with & request for a war rant. The judge has to stop in_the midsy of ® trlal to swear the complainants and to sign the pap This oceurs o frequently as to o a positive uwisance and a detriment to the operauion of the court. ‘T'he clerk, wno probably makes out the papers anywa might just us well finish whe job. He hi tho time, and it would be a great relief to the court, With the existing metnod, if the judge were out of town or incapacitated by sicknoss thero would be 1o oue with power 10 158ue & warrant, and what @ predicawent would be. Phe clerk should also be empowerea to col lect wnd veceipt forfines and pay the money direct to tho troasurer. As & miatter of fact he does collect the fines now, but the judge 4148 10 sign the receipis, count the mon and turn 1t over to tue treasurer. This sys- tam compels Lwo men to do what one conld attend 1o auite as well and interferes with the more important work of the court, In Chicago the elerk of the police court has the power 1 suggest, and the same priuciple rules in the federal and other bigher courls, #0 that Omaba need Muke uo experiment. Had Financial Slunder. Major Wheeler, councilman-elect—Having been out of the council for two vears | am 0ot thoroughly famhar with the present charter, but I think 1t needs some radical changes. ‘These, however, should be the correction of defects rather thau sweeplug chenges. Foralong time uow Omabhs bas had w new charler overy Lwo years, and the cily cofficers baraly bad time to get ac- quuinted wilh oue before they bhad Lo leuru & new one. i'hat’s bad polley. Phe city formerly bad the right of emi- rent domain, ucd the presont chacter seems 10 bave been botehed on that poiut. Uhat power shoula be restored. Formerly Ululhl'; lndnbudn:;l Wllll ll‘mr ited to 10 of 1ts assessed valuation, That w -i'fl-.m of district paving city treasurer, in which one lot was assessed at $5)0 and another aeross tho streel at £,000, and good Judgos were of the opinion that there was not a dollar’s difference in their actual vaiues. That may have been an extreme case, but it was only one of hundreds of wmequalities in yaluation. Assessors 1 be honest, but no two men will put the samo figurcs ona large number of picces of property, and with nine the divergencies will be even greator. 1t is a well known fact that under our present sys- tem mauy men pay an unfair proportion of the taxes while there are others who suc- essfully shirk their obligations. The coun- cil meets as @ voard of cqualization. but it doosn’t give time onough th the work to cor- fect & fraction of tne inequalities, The only way to secure & uuiform and just assessment is Lo have it made by one man, My piun would be to appoint but one as- #Cssor for the whole citv. Ha should be named by the full beach of the district court aud snould have a gooa salary, which would take tno ofiico out of politics and secure a capablo man. This assessor should have an oftico liko anyother city official, where ho or nis representative might bo found at any time. Ouo man with two assistants 10 do tho clerieal wovk can make tne assossment, and they should bo em- powered to make cqualizations at any time, which would be o great convenience to property owners, many of whom are aow barrod by absenco or other excuses from ap- poaling to the council. The taxatou of real ostato 1s virtually our only method of raising revenue, and 1t is one of the most important functions of municipal govern- ment. It certainly shoud b perfectod and surrounded with all the safeguards possible, Durine my torm as_treasurer the iucon- sistencies of the assessment impressed we s0 forcibly that I made an_attempt to have the sysiem reformed. 1 calied in Judge Has- call,~ thon in councilman, and snowed bim some of the inequualities. At his sugzestion 1 gave the matter consid- crable study and sent @ communication to the council urging the one-assessor system, Most of the councilmen seemed to favor tho chango eid several efforts wera made to pass the proper bills through the legislature, but they wera always killed or lost in the shufle, Tné ehango suggested will have strong op- position, but Lam Hrmly convinced that if adopted it will benefit many property owners WLO are now imposed upon without any design on tho part of assessors. Judge Has call has always been friendly to tuis reform, und now that he is to be in the new council 1 presumo ke would wake v strong effort in its behalf, If the one-nssessor plan is accepted there should #iso be a change in tha method of e vining Omabuw's proportion of the state tax. At present we aro reguired to coilect n certain number of mills on the assessed val- uation. 1f, for any reason, we should con- clude to adopt a bigher rate of valuation it would increase our stato tax proportionately, oven though thers might ba no actual n- crease in value, For example, it our assoss- went uext vear wero made $30,000,000 in- stead of &2,000,000, it would double the amouxt of our state tax,although we already pay one-sevenith of the tax of the entire state. There should be an amendment to the oxisting law proviaing that metropolitan cities should mako assessments only for wmu nicipul purposes ana requiriag the stato voard of equalization to apportion the state tax to such eities sccording to their popula- tion or on some other equitable basis, More Power for the Mayor Mayor Bemis- T'he matter of eminent do- main | consider an important one, and with this 80 righted the city would have no trou- ble in condemuing property for parks,streets sud alleys ‘’ho watter of taxation should also be at- tended to in order that a more satisfactory system eould be put into operation. A single asseasor for the whole city would be tue most feasiole plan. 1t strikes me also that & mayor should bave greater power, be in @ position at least where be could prevent illegal abpropriation of tho taxpayers’ money. Anotaer thiug is thoe feeding of eity prison- ors, Thoy are county charges from the start, and the city should not be taxea for their support. The care of ihe city's sick, wounded and injured is still anotuer matter Lhat needs wore or less atiention, Right of Emlnens Domai Hop. G, W, Lininger—The park commis- sion sbould certainly bo vested witn the rigut of eminent domain. The commission sbould have sbsolutely the power to run the park sysLem s 1L soes propar, irrespective of the eity council or the mayor and the power 10 condemu or assess benelits. The Minne- apolis system, which 1s iudependeut of the clty charter or goveramont, is & good one The pars Loard sbould nol be compelled 10 awalt the routine of the city ocouncil, As it Tho business of electing officess for tho cosuing term boing in_order, tho following named wero found to be tho choice of the membera for the offices to be filled, viz : Pocahontas, Sister Mary Gruner; Wenonah, Sister Dora L. Green: Powhattan, Brothor Georze Hale: prophetcss, Sister Ncllie Hale; keeper of rocords, Brother Robert Gruner; keeper of wampum, Brother Henderson Lloyd; assistant keeper of records, Sister Maria Rielly The rais up of the foregong clected chiefs will tnke place on Thursday evening, January 5, 1803, and the affair will be a memorabls one to chose fortunato enough to be present. Should it bo decided to hold a pupiic nstallation due notice will be given. ‘Phe council 1s cominz to the front rapidly. The prosperity and success duriag tho pres- ent term is mamly due to the zeal of the vresent eflicient Pocahontas, Mrs., Nellie Hale, whose untiring efforts brouzht order and stability in place of discord and discon- tent. Level 1 Squa The Masonic fraternity of Centerville, In., is all astiv over a coming Shriser meeting 10 be keld there under the auspices of Kaava tomple of Davennort on tho evening of the 25th inst, Elahorato preparations are being made for the meeting, and it is already learned that Masoas from Seymour, Eldon, Bloomfield, Oituwwa, Albia and Oskaloosa will be there, probably 1o the number of $00. Sandy Dargavel and Bob Hughes, both uf- fectionate Shriners, and successful col m are looking forward to the date of this meet- ing, whon they will traverse tho desert aud mect at the sacreo shrine, there to talk over the ineidents of various pilgrimages wherein they nave como In contact. Statistics from roceat official statements show the number of Jodges by states 1o to as follow + Arizoun. 10: Arken sas, 430: California, 240; Canada, 345; Colo- rado, 82; Connecticut, 1115 Deliware, 213 District of _Columbia, 2% Ilorida, CGieorgin, 805: Indiana, 471; Iilinois, 03] Indian Torritory, ai: lowa, 4515 KKansas, 3443 Kentucky, 450: Louisiana, 119; Maine, 1913 Manitoba, 45 Margland, 85: Massachu- sotts, 2315 Michigan, 300; Minuesota, 180; Mississippi, 270; Missouri, Moutana i35 Neoraska, 202; Nev ow Bruns wick, 32; Now Huampshive, 15; Now Jersey, 1603 New Mexico, 18; New York, 723; Norih Dakota, Nova Scotin, Ohlo, 4043 Oregon, 013" Ponnsyivania, 403; Prinee Ed- ward's Isiand, 125 Quebee, 36; 1thode Island, 50; South Caroling, 1845 Sonth Dakota, 81} Tennesseo, 422; Texas, 5i0; Utah, 8; Ver: mont, 100; Virginia, 243: Wes Virginia, 01; Wiscousin, 225; Wyoming, 14, On ‘Thursiday evening, Novembar 24, 1502 (Uhanksgiving might), Saint Jonn's lodwe, No. 25, will confer the Master Mason's de- ree upon two candidates, commencing &t 7 o'clock sharp, During tho work on the sccond candidate, in its proper place, an egant luuch will be served in tho large hall, whero all can have a good social and fraternal time, All the members of Saint John's are invited to be present and join in the rasiog of the Lwe novitiates. A 0.0 W, It was & pleasing and successful entertain- went which North Omaha lodge No, 150 guve on the occasion of thelr third auniversary Monday evening. ‘The following was the program s rendered : ART T, Pino solo. ... ......Prof. A, 8. Roe Opening uddress Wiiliam W. Ohristman Quartet (Aipha W. 0. W.)=Welcomo To- night 5 TR 3 Messrs, Lenbardt,” Difiin, ¥lhompson and Colo $0lo (mezzo soprano)—Thou Art an Anzel Miss Annie Lowrlo Address—1iie Firstalarty Voeal duet—Edenland fessrs. Frank Tho; De Watkins' Farewe Tenor solo—A Nuiteh In Tlue § Mr. J. W, Carr pson aud Lenhardt L. Mr R B Carter ves Nine. ~ BTN Difin Tntermission. PART 1L Duet (plnuo and violin—Fantasia by Sousa woeeve PrROE AL B Roa und Jolin Jaokson i (ATpha W. 0. Wo)—Let Me Dream h Mr. O. 11 Bullon ~Answored . he Mizhty Deep..... My Gomio. song-=81mon the Collarer 4ccom punlment o Mr. Herman Swanberg Barbura £l A Miss Annlo Lowrle Quartet (Alpha W. 0. W.i=Good Night Prof. Roe, in the rendition of *“Simon the Cellarer,” and his illustration of “The Half Hour I’ractice of a Bunl‘d\ur School Girl” kept the audience in & roar of laugnter. R. B. Carvier, as Deacon Watkin great b Rrother Carter has evidenty missed bis calliog. Iu the Alpha quactet the T. K. nas @ strong ri Baritone solo (guitar The boys of No. 159 feel especially grate: scored & Bluffs has a ueighbor who is a democrat and who believes in allowing his demogratic proclivities to rus @t theirown swaest will. Among these proclavities is a great liking for a good time wvith tha boys« with @ littlo somothiog to oil his wits and make things run glong smoothly. One sevening was about election time—he returned home some hours before breaktast with his head somowhat muddied and his beart at peaco with the world. Tne discussions at tha resort av which he had speat the evening had oeen colored considerably by the nearness of the election, and his face had also boen colored by the cocktails which be had industriously put out of sight during the evening. in a cage that hung in bis badroom sat a pet par- rot, sleepily watching his preparations for bed. As he looked at the bird a bright thought struck Mr. Man, *(Guesh I'il teach: Polly shoma politicsh,”” said he. “Hurrah for Cleveland, Poiiy: turrah for Cleveland; hurrab for Cleveland, v son of 4 gun,’’ he repeatea several times, ecting a reply from the bird. No reply came. Again he sung out, “*Hurrah for Cleveland, you son of & gun.” But tue parrot failed to make connections, and gave a stretch pre- paratory. to turning in for a night's rest. DIt fell you what D'l do,” exclaimed Man, m - a uUff, Pl pot you out 'in the chicken-coop over mignt, an’ by mornin’ I guesh you'll bo ready to say hurrab for Clevelana, you son of a gua.” It wasy10 sooner said thau done, and Polly found herself turned loose amoug the chick- ens, at the imminent risk of baving her head taken off by some of the cocks who did not believe in mixture of tho races. The owner went back to bed, conscious of hav- ing done his part toward inculeating tho principles of democracy in his family. In the morning he awoke ard went out to tho hencoop to seo whut bad become of his unruly pupil. A borrible sight met his gazo. Twenty-nine out ot his thirty fowls lay on tne ground, stretched out in the’cold em- breco of death, Polly had the solo survivor of the outlit cocked upin a corner of the coop, and before every savage pock that was sending poor biddy on her way to the dim hereafter, ejaculated, “Hurrab for Cleve- land, you son of a gun.’” Poilv had leatned her lesson Her owner gazed on the sceue with silent grief. and mingling with th censcless rumble of the wheels in his bead be heard the 1ow voice of his neighbor mur- mur in his ear, “those were self-respectine chicken they could die, but they would nover yell ‘nurrak for Cléveland, you son-of- a-gun, Mr. in politics, of carnage Eleotricity was first transported from place to place in portable form in 1581, "The electric streot cars of Albany, N, Y., are provided with an sutowatic devies that shows the name of each street just before it is reached. A neat little1iprovement has recentiy been introduced 1nto the domestic electric annunei- ator. Kach new call is made to restors 1o its placo the drop which 1ndicated the previoas call, s0 that it is no longer necessary to de- pend upon @ servant or attendant to Ao it, Tho tunnel at Niagara Falls is finished and the falls are to be harnessed by uext March, Forty-five thousaud-horse power of electric curvent will ve transmitted from there to Buftalo and #0,000 to otber points, A new schemo has been brought out in neland for preventing the active material from fulling out of storage buttery plate: 1t consists in preventing tue formation of layers of sulphato batween (he active ma terial and the lead surface to which itis neld by gilding the tead plates of the grids, Jxperiments huva been going on atthe isou laboratory on the application of mag- netism to the bumss system. Magnets hav- fug an intensity of ane to two thonsand c. g. . lnes of force 'te the equare contimeter Were turned on o small boy and also brought to bear upon & dog for 8 period of ive hours with no apparest effect It 1is concluded that the nUmAn oPgauism is in no wise affected by 1he most powerful maguets guown to modern saience, wA pural farming district 1o Michigan,’ soys the Engiocariug Mugazine, ‘‘bhas pro- Vided itself with @ telegraph line eight milos in length, conpecting & larce numoer of scattered farms with the village store, the proprietor of which officiates as telograph operator, express agenl, postmaster, and 0 on. The total cash @xpeuditure for'the out- fit'is said to have been only some §200, while the expense of mamtenauce, which is but & trifliog sum, is essessed equally upon the owmers.” e Plushworkers in Patterson, ganizing & union, ., Wre or- -— 4 comu \ : . fog culprits : Hens that Would Die, but Would Never tin S We handle the Gonuine Nevada ; ire next year, ard the city will” have tho [ PO Lhe | otweon tho dist of | thereof whe trembling culprits were adopted per gallon. tin Stout. ' wine Nevada, g Flght 1o bily the works. 1f Omaha is to haye [ L0 ussessors who have differiug tdons about | oy tho council with all due procoss and cere- flurral for Clovel Ol et Ao e d e Impor(ed Dublin Stout sizo Nevadu Porfectos, per 50 box 3 Tauhioipal ownershini o, publia works) of | Fealiestato. X knew of u case when X was | mony. A prominent. insuraucs man of Council 410 10N 12ic per qu 43¢ per gal. Zinfandel, now reduced to 20¢ per qt; 65c per gal. Rieshing, now reduced to - 123 per qt; 4e per gal. Sour Catawba, now reduced to 20c¢ per gty G5c per gal. Pure Caimmi'u—Brandy. Regular prices, Toe, $1 aod $1 quart; $2.75, $3.25 and yer gailon All now reduced to e per quart; Imnflcd Port Wine. Regular prices 1 and $1.25 per qt3 $3.50 por gallon. Now reduced to Gle per gty $2.5¢ gallon. Imported Sherry Wire, Regular prices, 7se. $1 und quart; $3.50 per reduced to 60c per q gallon. Tmported Thre-u'fial‘i Hmfimsy Bra dy. Regular price, $1.50 per quart; $4.75 per gullon, Now reduced to 90c per quart; §: gallon, per Now 0 per St Louis Exoort Beor. Usual prices, 25¢ por quart. Now reduced to 12ie per quari: packed in plain box, 1 dozen quarts to & box, 81,50, packing chirre 175, Melford axd Jana‘ca Rum. Rogular prices, $1.25 per quart; $3.50 per gallon. Now reduced to 60c per quart, $2.25 per pallon. Instructions to Out-of-Town We assort bottled goods, putting in just such an assortment as you may wish, We do a strictly cash business. ) Do not send in an order withoutmoney remittance,as goods will not be received. In sending money to us remit by postoffice order or bank draft. be accepted, Lixpress companies will not receive delay send money with order. We make the following charges for packing: gallon jug, 25¢ extra over quoted prices . IMPORTANT---From now until the 1st of February our merous, and while we try to pack we advise customers few days ahead so goods will be sure to arrive when wanted, B orders are delayed; hence less money is remitted. o Angeles Wine, Liquor and Gigar G 1313 FARNAM STREET, OMAHA, NEB. Dog Head Brand, 20c per pint; $2.00 per dozen, Imported Rhine Wines. v .00 por quart, duced to 50¢ per quart. Here is Where We Do Cat Prices. Washington, per gallon.... Adams, per gallon. . Jefferson, per gallon. . khorn, per gallon. Glenmoro, per zallon Pop Corn Whisky, per gallon.. Tmperial, per Imported Claret, Old price $1.00 per quart. )e per quart. Imported Champagne. Monarch, pe B. Ripy., per Monograin, pe Kentueky Club, per gallon, n, per gallon, oll, per gallon.. Old Taylor. pov Edgewood (0ld), per gallon. . per gatlon, an Club, pere gallon Old Pioneer, per gatlon Tea Kettle, per Silver Wedding, 5 per quart. 5 per quart. California Champagne. llon.. ovviee Whiskies i1 Quart Bot'les. Cut to Following Prices, Eelipso Bxten Drey, 70 per pint Grand Vin “Se ¥ 40e per pint; 75e per Golden Gate **See,” 50¢ per pint; 90c Imported Ginger Ale. aheln Itye, per gquark Maryland It nheimer, per quart, 1878, ... gs, per quart, 1874...., ppor, per quart, 1880 ..., Gibson Rye, per quart, . 150 per dozen, Venezucla Bitters. Jas, 15 Pepper, per quart, Bond & Lilk J XX Privat S0 per quart: $1,75 per gallon, Stock, per quart Customers: hipped until mon Personal checks will n So to avoi wines or liquors for shipment C, O . one dozen bottles or o Lach packag out-of-town orders are very n goods and ship promptly, we are sometimes so crowde who contemplate ordering from us to order No attention paid to orders u