Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 4, 1893, Page 8

HENSARRIRY T DR T B, T 54 S O A2 s FIGHTING OMAHA'S CHARTER | Btrong Lobby of its Enemies Before the | Legislative Committee, CORPORATIONS AND TAXSHIRKERS UNITE An Unholy Combination to Protect the Rail- ronds and to Save Rich Property Owners From Just Share of Taxation. The most important features of the char mendments now before the legislature of defeat. A strong lobby of is Lincoln making m dange interested arties strenuous efforts to knock out nsive to them. The opposition id s chiefly directed against r propositions, to wit To extend the city limits. To create the office of city o let the power to change ot without consent of property owners be vested | in the council To chang make Public Works. (The board s now constituted to To provide for the assess: property a To require railronds dered built over st provided 1n present cha City Engineer City Connell and the council committee to look after the charter ve ull been at Lincoln earnestly advocating the adoption above amendments, As far as can be learned, they are all sincerely in favor of proposed changes in the interest of the city The subject was discussed Thursday even fng before the legisla O of the representatives of the city govern ment in speaking of the attack on the pro posed ch vs ds and Obstructionists Combine, at provisions has grades Board of wants the he 1p of the opposition stand.) ent of ng the right of Ay to pay for viaduct railwa, Attorney appointed Ro! amendments and are of the ition to the discovered dloven foot of the oppo mendments has been The tactics of former raids on Omaha's bill of rights have | The fight being made under 1s forme the reai opp from railroad cor- porations desirous of escaping municipal taxation and a number ¢ ructionists de sir enting all public improvements. | “The claim that injury would tesult from more clearly defining the power of the city 10 extend 1ts corporate Lmits, or that an ad ditional burden would be put upon the tax payers by the appointment of a tax commis sloner are mere shams to_cover the real pur pose of the opposition. The principal objec tions urged to the charter amendm proposed by the committee of fifteen. and us | approved by the city counci wted to the extension of the corporate limits and the appointment of 4 tax commissioner, and it was not until an _examination was made of the bill presented by Mr. James Creighton to the senate committee as a substitute f the original bill that the true purpose of the assault was discovered “In the discussion which took plac the senate commitiee no ref ] tion was made to the viad which the citizens of Omaha are so largely inte , but the substituted bill leaves out this important amendiment. The bill of fered by Mr. Creighton also leaves out all amendments to the tax section. thereby en- abling the railtoad companies to absolu escape all municipal to non their right of way, tracks, depot ground: 28 4 rsonal property in the city of ition comes 1S s before r objed uet amendment, in Railroad Attorneys BilL “These facts were probably unknown to the taxpayers who signed the petition presented by Mr. Creiehton to the senate committ with his substituted oill, but they are fa demonstrated beyond controversy by the bill now in the hands of the senate committee Tt is an open secret that this bill was pre pared by certain railroad attorneys and by J. J. O'Conner at the request of M. Creigh- ton and others. While under the prov of the substituted bill the inte sented by Mr. Creighton secy ch , the chief benefits resulting from ¢ mendment opposition, s cluiimed by the charter committee % the original amendments that an ame t to the existing section of the charter relating to taxation is absolutely neces: nt decision of the court, by which it has been declared that while under existing law the portion of rail- road property returned by the State Board of 4 axed for county pur. poses it cannot be taxed for muaicipal pur- poses. One of the of s of the amendment as proposed by ommittec of fifteen was to cover this serious defect in ex- isting law. “In view of the fact that the cure fire and police prote i by the members of the char that such com hould heir pro- portion of nec ation such pur- poses, the same as private citizens. It is also claimed by the members of the charter committee that the railroads should be re- quired to construct viaducts in Omaha where street crossings are dangerous same as they are required to do in other cities. The luw as it now exists is found to be defective, and owing to such defects the railroad companies absolutely refuse to con- struct either the Fifteenth or Sixteenth street viaducts and entirely ignore the ordi- nances requiring them to do so. Unholy Allinneo Unmasked. “It is claimed by Mr., C rted by some of the parties who appeared ofore the senate committce, that it was as a matter of expediency, tc unite forces with the railroad companics in to defeat the charter amendments and ent the present council and city ofiicials ying on works of public’ improy ment carry out this scheme it is fu ther proposed by Mr. Kyner when the bill reaches the house to_cut down the salary of evel city ofti Land otherwise load down the bill with amendments. The members of the o amittee who the senate » exy satisfie actiontaken and belie e result of the présentation of the Cr bill the mask of the oppo sition has been removed and that the people of Omaha will stand as a unit in favor of the passage of the original bill.” Ch th incer et that but the intention as it is to city limits. C. tho western boun graciously though ilroads se- nimed r committee ry ta chton, as r esterday Boundrie City floor to r convenic not th sewater obtained no map of Om facts were to extend straighten out the n favored parties along ary hud been in the past exempted from ity taxation, perty was considerably of the city than that of 1 to contribute to he people demanded and no man, no matter be, should be allowed iitable taxation hor had evaded the \ha was that it is us much sury equality of taxation how rich ht to escay merely bocause b doing 80 in the past Another reason for straizhten city limits was to make them confol B to the deceoo of the I me court, under which ty heretofore wded o declared to sister state n the growing intellizence of anded thit the city should ha power and the right to own and operate its own water works, ind it would be advisable if this is ever done, that the pump house and main plant . ate liwits, who As it s under tio the escapes taxuti it exacts ¢ ple of Omul Br Fraud and Perjury. City Engineer Ros attack upon the wh taxation. He started the tine had arrived countenancing of perjury upon the state sho Assossors today, after takis turn all property ot its true and a8 8 mattor of fact list property out the n the nited States part of the in the limits be a of th the Lowa, dispensa. company Ator made a vehen nt s, by sny vhen and be ent em_ of tiat Public at one-third | taxation will have | lay out on a lar | vight of apy | of and one-fifth of its actunl value “You are ull members of some chur #ald Mr. iwsewaler, “which is baséd upon_ certain moral principl comfortably pe sessor comes when honest lines of truth and ., yot overybody can jure himself when the ns- around. What a spectacle men assist and counte nance public officials in perjuring them and violating their oaths, nd all for the purpose of robbing the state Every town and county in this state thinks that ™ by this i system of undervaluation oroby gt the best of the state and chuckle slyly in 80 doing, as though the fraud were not palpable and notoriously publi The theory by which the his conscience is that he bases the valu ation upon property on what it would fetch under the hammer. If this be so, it only applies to realty, it gives an excuse to extend the pri to all forms of taxable v to the absurdity of rvaluin itself. Who r rd of an auctioncer seliing gold dol- rs at onefifth or one-third of their actual value? Yet the assessor practically does this same thing in his returns, Place the entire system uvon o true valuation and a large amount of capital now ping just to bear its fair burden which, being out of doors, can sessor eases iple even with not alty vaud If this bill is adopted you will have an inteliigent and central bureau, who will s map the entire property of the city with the amount of taxation for each piece. The boards of trade of Omaha \d Lincoln are all reputable men and lead citizens, and in the published offieial re- 5 of these bodrds is a in 1, as an xplanation of the pi ent high taxation that the valuation of the city of Omaha and Lineolnis one-tenth of the acty value and therefor in r one-tenth of what the rate Appepr to he If these reports be trac he sworn returns of the assessors proy clves to be forgeries, or they then incompetent or dishonest would Abmed ar Obstruet The next section of the bill to which objec tion was raised was that which authorizes the change of grad. n any str of street, without petition of the proj wrs of the part affected, but_conditi that such change is sustained by the vote of not less than two-thirds of the entire | council and in addition has secured the O'Connor pointed out the dangers to > community from ethis provision jand indulged in frequent reflections upon the integrity of city coun: cils. and city offiefals generally He was interrupted by very pointed re mark of Mr. Bechel sident of the city council, who stated that hatever short ing'he might be charged with_he, unlike Ir. O'Connor, bad never been guilty of rob. bing orpha anadministrator, while | O'Connor came near being disbarred, 'ns at tested in Douzlas county, on such a charg Messrs. Rosewater, Connell, Elsasser and others quickly responded to the citations of Mr, O'Conuor in reference to the t 3 ings and effects of the grade visions. They poi to the that if the slightest kuoll or hollow existed upon any strect and it was sought to cut it down or fill it up, if the entire city wanted it, such nge could not be effected written consent of the the p ty directly | affected, notwithstanding that the people | were ready to pay reasonable damages Such a man under the present law could hold up the city for any reasonable sum he chose to name or absolutely block the best of improvements, Under the propased law the necessity of the change being recognized by at least twelve out of cighteen of the city council and sanctioned by the mayor, it can be effected by the appointment of sers without petitior tender. mg the dami ap- proved the wor : out. If the party considers appraisement insflicicnt he still has and a jury or court equitab It this before grades b as the property owners chose to change their minds, the best grades could have been attained at the start and moncy and time saved. i fact the the will decide AW had what s prevailed botching up At them piecem Creighton’s Confession. Creighton presented a substitute bill of amendments similar to the council's bill cept in sec d t0. A careful ex- amination of ion bill revealed the nigger in the wood It pury out provisions for viaducts been agreed upon by committ also those ting to strect rilway paving and tax Tna conversation with the city e Mv. Creihton reluctantly s did not approve of omittin but explained that in forming and laying plans to defeat the ct necessary to yicld points—ex sies, 50 to speak S Piles of people have piles, but De Witch Hazel Salve will cure them, - ARTLING PRICES AT HAYDENS, Mo Witt's . exo t Departments, o made fresh country butter, s and 19¢. Rememl lard Ou more than the prices we quote you for uice country butter. every pound guarantecd. Creamery, 2ic, all made from separator cream h comes from Nebraska cows' milk, We haye any kind of cheese you may wish for. American club hous 30¢ per jar: neufchatel che package: edam cheese, $1.50; Swiss cheese, r: Wisconsin full ¢ brick cheese, 10c apple cheese, limberger se, 124c and 15 rger cels 5¢ per can, sold everywhere for apple butter, ¢ per pound; mince meat, 5¢ per pound. In our meat department only the celebrated goods of the Cndahy, Swift and Hammond Packing com- panies, buying from them with a guar- antee and selling our customers the same way.. Pigs feet, 3ic per pound; bologna, head cheese and liver sausage, all at oe per pound; breakfast bacon, 13¢; boneless rump and pl corned beef, Tie per pound: we will ou the st sugar cured No. 1 hams, 15¢; pic- nic hams, 1le: California hams, blood sausage, Se: ham saus: t pickeled pork, At pork, dried beef, 10c, forget our deparement, whe can get thing you want. Our motto: Eve in quality and pric § per 1d all 8¢ and , Tie, ¢ and ¢, e and’16¢; we handle Don’t you fish any- y article guaranteed or money refunded. HAYDEN BROS. Promoters of home industry. -~ £5.00 for 82,50, March 4th, we will sell our )0 plain toe hand turned button, and common sense toes, A to I Saturday best & in opera widths, K v We also offc common sense lar price $2. These prices are for § ay only. THE MORSE DRY GOODS CO. utton fo cg o the ¢ Ford & Char piano at 508 Dodge. Dundy County. Lewis E. Walker of Benkelman the city enroute to Missouri fo pose of showing the advantages of his county to emigrat M. Walker ha to tell of the pr n that part of in the pur- m coming w ame wonderful stovies ductiveness of the soil The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder.—No Ammoni THE OMAHA DAILY VICE WAS SEEN T00 OFTEN Deputy Sheriff's Brother Joined a Gang of Qounterfeiters, HE TRAPPED THE CHIEF OF THE GANG Smart Amatour Detective Now Arrested on the ¢ feiter In arge of Having Turned Counter- Earnest -Caught by The doors of the Douglas county jail have closed behind ‘Tom McCarthy and Harry Lynn, leaving both of themen inside the Building main until the United States court disposes of their case. Deputy United States Marshal Harris brought the men from Nebraska City and booked them on the charge of having manu- factured and passod counterfeit money, con sisting of bills and coins. The Dave Enslo, who was sent ovel the last term of court A long time ago the g s concluded that there was a place ska City where the spurious motey was being manu factured, so they employed Deputy Sheriff Vie McCurty of Sarpy county to do a little shadowing.~ Vie struck a hot trail but could not land hismen,they being suspicious of him He did not propose to be balked, o he worked his brother Tom inon the gang men took kindly to Tom and soon le the ground floor of the business, te him the art of making money that looked as good as the genuine. Enslo showed him the tools and how to use them. He taught him how to et rid of the stuff after it was manu factured and in fact made him an expert in the busines: One dark night last 1 rge stock of the b waiting the arrival of the to take it to the- countr, way to his brother V arrested Tom's expe est grows out of the conv the road at summer, when there 1 money on hand gents who were Tom gaye the snap nd slo was ence and his education with slo as a tutor had made him anxious to turn a venny without any great amount of manual labor, and it is alleged that he turned his attention to making bad moncy of his own, taking in Lynn for a partner. The twomen did a flourishing business until their arvest Deputy Harris claims that he has a good case against the men, and that he can send them both over the road. MURDER OR SUICIE dynt My mon of Ma was a tragedy in the house of Mme. at Ninth street and Capitol avenu Mabel Mooney and Howard Gafford we principals. The pair were found ¢ bed, each with a bullet in the head thing pointed toward murder and s and the mer’s jury, after spending of days investigating the affai agreed that yo Yord had first kil his mistress and then shot himself. The young man’s folks are fairly well off live at Carroll, Ia. They scouted the of their son having committed a crime, 1t the instance of the father detectives were employed to go over the ground again. but nothing new was discovered throw any | affa Young Gafford carried 000 life insur policy in favor of his parents, and in of time the claim against the King's, , there King, On the and s the d i was' refused on the ground that Gafford committed snicide. The case went to ts and has dragged along ever since A few days ago a couple of attorneys em- plosed by “the insurance company cime to Omaha co then they have been busy over the testimony again and taking ns of those whb saw the bodics before they were removed from the house and also the statements of several of the women who were inmates of the e at o far the testimony has been about the sam was brought forth at the coroners- inquest and points toward the 1l theory. o decensod was a_young man o aveling for o commission ho Moines. He had known the gir Mooney, for a long time, she form ing been a resident of Carroll. A sports he was madly in love with her and was constantly urging her to give up the life she was leading, run away with him and get married. During his las about £800, and nd was visit here Gafford had nt nearly a week at_the house of Mme. King, being in the girl's company day and night. A day or two previous to the shooting Gafford became ind_ watched the girl closely. On the night of the shooting he had ordered a supper sent to the room, and the couple took of it and then retired he strangest thing about the whole affair was that two shots were fired, but no one the house heard either of them, and it w only by ace t Cecil Gray, the gi who o ed an adjoining room, went into the ccupied by Gafford and Miss Moone; od that they were both dead. One of the principai points taken by Gafford’s relations to support their theory of murder was that after Gafford reacheid Omaha he drew on his house for 00, and was known to have about $300 when he They claim that a double murder was committed for the purpose of robbery. Something like £50 was found in Gafford's erfe , and the testimony given at the coroner's jury and before the at- terneys yesterday showed that the young man g his stay, spent mon water. He was so liberal as to pay a hack- man £20 for hauling him a mile at one time 1t another time for the- services of e fora day and night. Several whisiky bottles were found in the room, all empty except one, and th ives also ‘claim that the couple were first drugged and then ki This is har possible, as the cor s as the liquor to see if it had b they ave all still alive. That evidence that the contents of the bottle were nothing but what the label indicated, and that was “old rye.” According to the statements of the life in- surance lawyers, they will continue to inves tigate the case, and they say now that th have enough proof of suicide to hold in an court Thought Himselt & Murd. rer. A man giving the name of Noil came to the pol station yesterday and gave him self up, stating that he had shota man in Fremont and was a fugitive from justice Chief Seavey telephoned to mont and learned that Noll hud engaged in a drunken row there with a man named Nittle, but no paysical damage had been done to either one of the beligerents. nt, popula , made its app ntly at Faribauit, Minn., and se Lother places. 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