Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 12, 1893, Page 7

MUTILATING THE CHARTER | @ity Attorney Connell's Opinion of the Benate Committee's Changes. RAILROADS ~ WILL ESCAPE TAXATION With the Charter ns A nd by the Senate the City Cannot Collect n Cent Taxes on Any Kind of ail. of road Property. ¢4 that have been made in the charter, as it has been reportéd in the senate and advanced to a third reading, wre thy ained by City Attorney Connell ¢ , which has been stricken from the bill, relates to the corporate limits of the city, making clear the powerof the mayor and council to extend the limits not exceeding thirty square miles. e real purpose of the amendment was to make the ©orporate line on the east side of the city conform to the declsion of the United States supreme court, which determined the bound ary line bevween Nebraska and Towa and to take i an irregular picce of ground on the south side of the city next to the north line of South Omuha, which frequently re ferred to us “No Man's Land," not being with 4n the limits of either Omaha or South O This fact resulted from u state supreme court, holding 18 exj tion i the cor. decision of that t porato lines of South Omaha determined tho | boundary lines of o quenco of this ular picce of ground that out of the limits of both cities. dition to correcting corporate lmnes or Bouth and east, the scction also proposed to straighten out the western boundary line, Which would take in, as it should, certain property which should be required to pay cit, s 43 much as other portions ow in Ly ile the amendment proposed by stion 3 is desirable and leaves to the city the right t6 determine its own_cor- porate limits, I do not consider such an Bmendment as absolutely essential to the welfure and prosperity of Omaha. ction 8, which it is proposed to lea out of the ter amendments, relates merely to the division of the wards Into election districts and requires the number to be no more than )f 400 as now rovided i ol purpose of the mendment was merely to conform to the Australian ballot law,” but 1s not of such a8 to make it matter of much mportance whether it is adopted or not. Work of the Railronds. ‘“This cannot be said, however, of section 99, which it is proposed by the report of the fenatecommitteo to strike out and subsii- ute in its place the original sectionas itnow { that the original uncil the right to ks outside of fifty foot limit. The fact is that section 79 as it now exists and wilfich it is proposed to sub. Btitute for the amendment, as contained in senate fil ) at ever to the used for railroad purp 4t now exists it will be impossible to levy or collect a single cent for muuicipal pur, on railrond property now within the corpor- ate limits of O notwithstanding the fact that the railroad companies receiv same police and fire protection us pr corporations and individual citiz pompanies will not be obliged to contr nything whatever toward paying the police and fire departments, In other words rail- roud property within Omaha amounting in Yalue to about five million dollars will abso- lutely escape municipal taxation. Give a Poor Law for n Goo ““This was not intended by but is a result of a_defect of which ought to be corrected. To now substitute the defective law for the proposed amend- ment which cures the defect, is not only an injustice but an outrage on ' the individual taxpayers of Omaha. Sofaras I am per- sonally concerned T an in favor of the most reasonable legislation toward railroads and other like corporations. 1 believe it is a mis- tiken policy to enact such radical laws as ‘will prevent railroad construction and drive stock yards and packing houses from Omah Yo Sioux City or Chicago. On the other hand, I believe that common fairness and justice requires the representatives of the railroad oorporations to keep hands off our charter amendments and allow railroad property to be assessed the same as the roperty of other corporations and private ndividuals. That T am correct in my views and state- ment of the law is demonstrated by a very able and exhausiive opinion rendered by Judges Irvine and Keysor in the injunction case of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Val ley against Omaha. Itwas decided in the ¢ referred to that the only property of the raj road company which cair be legally put on the assessment roll of the ¢ is that which the city clerk copies from the precinct ussessors' ks, which do not and cannot contain right of way and running equipment of rail- roads. “The objection that section 19 provides for A tax commissioner is a mere blind % covi tho real objection to the proposed amend- ment. If it is not desired to have a separate assessment for city purposes or to create the office of tax comnmf then these p tended objectionable features should be elim- inated, but to wipe out the proposed amend- ment entirely and thus compel the individual citizen who already bears more than his share of the burden of taxation to carry the entire load would be a gross outrage. The representatives from Douglas county as well as every fair-minded representative should ‘l’mml the alert to prevent this from being o In conse. i two cities. decision there is an is In ad the law as One. the legislature, ections 85, 87 and 88 relate to taxation of property for municipal purposes and were amcnded so as to conform to section 79, ‘which is the important section relating to such taxation, Some Minor Changes Proposed. “'Sections 116 and 117, which by the report of the senate committeo ave to be stricken out, relato to the change of grades and the detormination of damages resulting from street grading. These sections as now ex- ng are positively defective aud should b orrected. If the amendments proposed actory they should be remodeled, should not be left out entirely “Section 113 relates to public work, and 1 consider is put e better form' by the amendment proposed in senate file 127 than by insertion of the amendment proposed by senate filo “Section § 8 to tho deposit of funds of the city in the bauks for the purpose of securing interest. 1do not know what the nature of the substitute is which has been recommended by the senate committee, | presume, howe as been put in such form as will be satisfactory to banks if not to taxpayer: “As matters now stand 1 think it would probably be best to put the shorter amend meuts through the ‘senate at the earliest time possible and then sccure the needod changes as the result of a conference be- tween the house and scnate committe 1 think the members from Douglas count should actively take the matter in hand witha view of agreement if possible on whatever would seem to be the Quuha and her taxpayers and citiz Welsl e Meet, National Cymrodorion socloty Omaha wet ugain last Thursday ey ro0m 826 of the Bee building for the of perfectiug its orgenization. The session was well attended and interesting and showed & determination on the part of all present 10 make the organization a success, several new wembers were admitted. among whom were Rev. Samuel Jones of Wayne, Neb, W. C. Hughes of Omahs and Miss Evans of South Omaha. Rev. Jones, upon becoming o member, addressed the so clety in a fow well chosen' remarks, Resolutions were adopted condemning the course pursued Rev. J, Morlais Richards in withdrawing enounciug all con nection with the society Tho meetings of the society will bo held henceforth v the Patterson block at the corne Farnan and Seventeentl strects, the next regular meeting taking place on Waednesday eveaing. All who are cligible are invited 10 attend e s Settlod wu Alabuma Foud, MoNTGOMERY, Ala, March 11.—[Special Telogram to Tug Bee.) -Samuel Davis and D. 5. Harrow, well-to-do citizens and mer- C of ning in purpose left | chants, had a dificulty last evening (n which the former was shot mortally in the side and the latter in the top of the head. The difm. culty grow out of an old family feud -~ AFTER A CORPORATION. Effort Will Be Made to Tax the Bridge Car Line, The council has taken the initiatory step looking to the collection of taxes from the Omaha and Council Bluffs Bridge and Motor company. At last night's meeting o reso lution by Mr. Specht was unanimously adopted instructing the city attorney to re | port to the council at its next regular meot ing the legality of the city's right to collect under existing ordinances the sum of $10 per | car per year from that company. The | lution cites the fact that it is not known | that the company is paying any taxes either to the city of Omaha or the county of Doug A resolution sidewalk on reso. rescinding the order for a uth Twenty-fourth _streot m Vinton *t seven blocks north, was erred 1o the committeo on sidewalks. T'he following resolution was introduced by Mr. Wheeler Where cllmen | ner, Howell, MeA | el was un on the 10t tl mnt of the ne sor, Munr drews and Prince, th e to sit as a bhoard of equal inst. for the lack of a quorum; refor Resoly hat the council do sit as a boar of equalization I March 24, to consid ull matt in r 1 1o the vy of spe reported to the council and requiring ir approval, and the city clerk be and 1s reby instructid to publish the proper notice required by L Mr. Elsasser moved that the preamble be stricken out, and remarked that if every resolution adopted by tho council bore a pro. amble citing a’ statement of facts very | fesirable state of affairs would be devel | gt Mr. Howell, Mr. Prince and Mr. Munro | objected to the resolution and explained why | they failed to at the meeting of the bourd of equalizat Mr. Saunders said that the absent 3 were not the only | derelict members. He had been ir rined | that none 2 present at 9 o'clock, the hour | set by law. Mr. Bruner got in o spe and said that the statement published in the World-Herald that he had never attended a ing of the board of equalization was false, and he was surprised that the paper had the gall and affrontery to make such a ement. Mr. Back remarked about the same. The motion to strike out the pyeam- ble prevailed and the resolution = was adopted "he street commissioner was instructed to remove from the streets the dirt which had been used in banking up election booths The resolution empowering the Board of ire and Police Commissioners to purchase additional fire fighting apparatus, which was included in the report of the fire and water committee adopted at the last meeting, was adopted Comptrotler Olsen was ins two warrants against 0,000 and one for 5,000, the purcha price of the ker tract, to be paid over when the deed to the land from the Parker heirs i { over to the park commission Accompanying the communication fr the park commissioners requesting that authority be given the comptrolic bond of "the executor and trustee estate and a statement from th unty city treasurers showing all taxes had be | paid. An ordinance lo ing ten intermediate fire hydrants on different outly ing streets, where t » are sewers and no w; The ordinance was pas: misdemeanor punishable failure of any person to of night soil” by garbage ordinances cmbody ard of Health wer Mr. Munro wanted th the paving districts for the year taken up in order to make time and not permit of de lay in arranging the preliming He s the Board of Public Works would requir about sixty days for necessary red tape and the contracts for paving awarded. The suggestion that unless the charter amendments pass in the legislature it will be impossible for the city to do any paving this year, caused the members to postpone ufor the time being upon the ordi- ance. It was thought that there would be time enough, and it was useless to pass the u'rniluu e until the funds are in sight to do the pav O § e it STOLEN SILKS, ructed to issue he park fund, one for of it a by fine for the 1y for the removal men. The other ¢ existing rules of the 150 passed. ovdinance creating Falconer's Missing Goods Found 1n Posses- slon of a Clerk, Yesterday afternoona young man went into a cigar store at Fifteenth and Farnam streets and asked permission to leave a package for a little while. Of course the | request was granted and the stranger de- parted. There was nothing suspicious in his actions to the ordin observer, but when three hours later the young man | called for the package ho not only got his bundle but a good sized surprise, too. De. tective Vaughn was there and took him in tow. At the jail he gave the name of Jerome Mayo.” The package contained eighty-two yards of fine silk. It was at first supposed that the silk had been stolen from Grand Island, and Mayo was put in the sweat box. He told several different stories about how he came to be in | possession of the goods and could not give a very satisfactory account of himself. Detective Vizard went out on the ¢ found that Mayo had been working week at Falconer’s and that there he the name of Blair, o and for a gave The bolts of silk were identified by Mr. Falconer's manager by private marks, and the prisoner will be prosecuted for grand larceny. Before leay- ing the package at the cigar store Blair tried to sell the silks to the Bell store, but the manager susbected something crovked and refused to purchase. His Scheme Miscarri A young man giving his name Protextor has been advertising to give young men positions paying #5 a month and 4 prospective vartnership in the business, Elmer Streeter of Lincoln answered the ad- vertisement and found Protextorat the Met- ropolitan hotel. The advertiser explained that he was about to_establish a factory in Omaha to manufacture a wagon tongue sup- porter. He persuaded Streeter to deposit £10 for a promi ition and to send for #140 more. The police learned of three other young men who haa been attracted by the advertisement, and they arrested Protextor as a swindler. ' The prisoner admitted that he had no money and that he depended on | his prospective partners to furnish the funds to start his factory. He is charged with ob- ning money under fal stenses, Christian olice Plekings. Burglars yesterday robbed the house of Mrs. Anna Swoboda 2 Hickory street, of &35 worth of jewelry and a small amount of cash, W. R. Bennett, jr., ca a draft for $50 for a stranger yesterday and it turned out to be worthless. " The stranger bought some crockery and gave the draft for pay IN THE COURTS, Judge Keysor Gives a Lesson in Professional Ethiecs, | A téwdays ago Doug MecGuire was con- | victed of burglary on the testimony of an accomplice, Harry Holt. In arguing the case County Attorney Kaley intimated that he had additional testimony, but that he was prevented from introducing it owing to the fuct that Judge Keysor held him down | to the strict rules of evidence. The attorney for McGuire moved for a | new trial on the ground of insufficient ey dence, and the motion was granted b | Judge Keysor yesterday. In comment- | ing on the testimony ot Holt the judge said that courts ought to be very slow in sending men to the penitentiary on the testimony of an accomplice who was as guilty as the | principal hat question having been set- | Uled, Judge Keysor remarked that it was not the province of an attorney to comment be- | fore the jury on the ruling of the court, as the decision of & court was something that was 1ot to be passed upon by the attorneys. If the attorneys did not like the rulings of the court the question was oue for the s preme court, sud not to be passed upon by the jury. An attorney's duty was to abide by the decision of the court until that de- cision was reversed | { Court Cullings. | Bawaran Darling pleaded guilty yeste | day to entering the dwelling of C. W, Mount. 1t being his first offense and nothing having l | 810,000 damages | municipa | nounces TH boen stolen, he got off with a fine of $100 and 1 sixty days i the county fail Dick Creole, & eolored terror of the Third ward, was sent up for fifteen months yester. day for hitting George Bell over the head with an fron rod Alice Sullivan shas sued South Omaha for A few weeks ago she stepped off a sidewalk and rolled down an embankment, suffering a broken i and many bruises, - FOR THE CHARTER. Organized Labor Will Lse Tts Inflnence at The law committee of Central Labor union met last hight and listened to a 1 rom sates at Lincoln, which showed that every bill labor is interested nas either passed the house or senate or top of general roll call. Tt imitteo deter mined not escuberato or tulate logis lators on what they hac done until it was det ality thoy were prevared to go in making reform labor bills laws. In considering the city charter amend- ments sent down to Lincoln by the city coun cil, it has agreed to use all its populist sym pathy to puss the city charter through the senate, providing the city council would to the demand of organized labor in sofur as the abolishment of the municipal contract system of public works and the sub stitution of days work for all public works and improvements. In pursuance of this the Central Labor unfon waited upon the city council and held a consultation with the ommittee having the amendments in charge, Messrs. Andrew Rosewartes, Beckel, Wheeler and Saunders after hour,s discussio od to co-operate with Central Labor legates to Lincoln in using their joint influence for the restrictions of th» features which the tax shirkers have stricken out of the charter in the senate and to work harmoniously together to accomplish the most that is pos sible at this stage of the game Organized labor's request that the council should admit an amendment to thew char ter providing for days worl for such public improvements as practical now, or to take effect in January, 1804, was unanimously adopted. 1t pointed out that whe sphalt had to be used, day's labor could ot te, as the material was practicaly a monopoly. But in all other cases where it did not conflict the principle of days work should be the principle of future public works. -~ On this basis organized labor, through Central Labor union and the State Labor congress, will go down to Lincoln and all pull together for the common good for proposed reform city charter. Central Labor union’s committee was Messrs. Schupp, Nelson, Goodin, Deaner, Anderson and Heacock, in is on " alre o AC rmined how n committee from n in - Railway Notes. Nebraska is having the tion in seven years. J. O. Phillippi has returned from his tour of inspection over the Nebraska extension April 1 the division claim agents’ office of the Union Pacific, so Mr. Manchester an- in o cwcular, will be located at rst immi, Portland, richs, one of the big demo- York, and a_many times mil- lionaire, passed through Omaha yester with a party of friends in his private “Marquita," enroute to southern Qalifornia. A rate of ouc and one-third on the ite plan_ has been made from all points in Nebraska for the annual convention of the Nebraska State Lumber Dealers association, which meets in this city next Tuesday.” Mr. W. C. Sunderland will sign the certificate Will Mainta A telegram from J. A. Munroe, treight traffic manager of the Union Pacific, who is now on the Pacific coast, announces tnat a rate committee has been organizea to take the place of the late Transcontinental ciation, all the lines having signed a written agreement to maintain the rate Mr. Mun- roe will go to Colorado on Tuesday to confer with ofticials of the Southern Pacific regard- ing the changes made n the new Portland rates, He h patience he believes all the differences between the roads in the Transcontinental territory will be amicably settled M Looking for Ho. 1oux Crry, Ia pecial Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—The immigration from eastern Iowa and Illinois to this section is larger this spring than ever before. The rush has just begun. People who came west and bought land when the harvest excur- sions came out last fall are moving out with their families and the roads are almost blockaded with immigrants. People are going mainly into northwest Iowa, but hun- dreds are going on to eastern Nebraska and South Dakota The following permits to build wer terday by the inspector of buildin, he Omaha club, Twentieth and Douglas, club house. .o 3 65,000 R. J. Duning nue, ndditio Five minor pe issued Seven permits, aggregating.......$ 68,500 Blg Wool lers Fall, PORTLAND, Ore,, March 11.—Koshland Brothe the largest wool dealers in the northwest, have assigned to the Bank of British Columbia, their only creditor, The assets and liabilities unknown, but it is believed they are about equal. ———. Trylng to Get Thelr Offices. TorerA, Kan., March 11.—W. D. Vincent and John Hall, railroad commissioners-elect, made a formal demand on the old commis- sioners for office, and being refused com- menced proceedings in quo warranto in th supreme court. e e Jacob Vanderbilt Very Low. New Youk, March 11.—There was a change for the worse in the condition of Captain acob Vanderbilt at midnight. He may not live through the day. Until To-Day It is admitted that more of the flavoring principle of the fruit is contained in Dr. Price’s Delicious Flavoring Extracts than any other ex- tracts with which they have been compared. Being so entirely free from the bitter and rank products of adulter- ation they have become the most 2greeable, valuablz and economical flavors known; steadily grown in popularity until to-day they are used by every intelligent housewife for truthfully reproducing the flavor of the fruit in creams, eakes, puddings, ets, : AMUSEMENTS. ARNAM St. THEATER **Bitfs. 50, 600 and 750, SPECIAL EN FEMENT, 3 Nights conmonuu&"l‘lnr-d-y Even- ing, March 16, With Satur- day Matinee. MR. CHARLES HANFORD, With the Booth-Barrett Scenie Production of Julius Caesar Mr. Hanford as Marc Antony. lmumaynmm’s mmm‘n No advauce In prices. BEE: ARCH BOYDS SUNDAY, 'MONDAY, TUESDAY, 12, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. NEW THEATRE MARCH 12-13-14 AMUSEM ENTS, “The Gilt Edged Spectacular Attraction of America.” "HANLON BROTHERS TREMENDOUS PRODUCTION *SUPKRBA - ntirely New Since the Cleveland Fire Prices BOYD'S Wednesday and Thursday L’ABSINTHEUR|pA THEATRE NEW MARCH 15 and 16 MARIE PRESCOTT at Modern Play, entitled, (THE ABSINTHE DRINKER.) Complete Novelty! The lowing prices: First floor, 50¢, 7 Entirely New! ale of seats will open Tuesday morning, at 9 o'clock at the fol- wd $1; balcony, 50cand 75¢. * FARNAM ST. THEATRE| 4 Nights Commencing Mat. Sunday FRIDAY and SATURDAY THMEATRE First floor50c¢, 75¢ and 81; Balcony, 50¢ and 75c; Gallery 25c¢. PR ST TCT P CSRNTR a0 e BOYD'S for 50 cents. MARC NEW l SOTHERN I H 17 and 18. MATINEE SATURDAY. SIXTH ANNUAL TOUR OF MR. E. H. SOTHERN. Under the Management of Dan el Frohman, First Time Here of His New Comedy, PTAIN LETTARBLAIR By Marguerite Merington, AND WHIGH RECENTLY CLOSED A 3 HONTH'S RUN AT THE LYGEUM THEATRE NEW YORK. ts will open Thursd, ; rest of cir »f balcony, Hoe, The sale of s first three LWo row ; remaind, POPULAR PRICES. i | Mar. 12 THR FE AMOUS In the Groatest Laughing Successof the Season,tho Nautical, Pantomimio Side Splitting Comedy~ , $1.00. AL SCENERY AND APPOINTHENTS SAME AS IN NEW YORK, * ing at the following prices: Parquet, $1.60; U two rows in balcony, $1.00; next —=E|GHT BELLS =— Under tho manaGement of PRIMROSE & WRST. Tnlike anything else on the stage. A whole stage full of scenic novelties, including vhe new sensation, THE WONDERFUL REVOLVING SHIP! 50 People 50 Carloads of Scenery 2 THE QUAKER CITY QUARTET “8 BELLS” EVERYTHING NEW! A GREAT C!/ Children Cry for | It ALL ORIGINAL IDEAS! T OF PLAYERS! ~ WEDNESDAY MATINEE. WONDRRILAND ** BIJOU THEATER All This , Week. K AT EVERY Beginning Performance. NOT ONEK MONDAY, | MARCH 13 NOT ONE. JIDN 0y ) iy SOLID SILVER MTAL TEASPOONS PRESENTED TO EVERY LADY VISITOR, Oome and see the first production in Omaha of the celebrated Enzlish Dramna THE FUGITIY K o Beautiful scenery, handsome costames, the wreck of the 8 8. Melbourne: and the EDGERTON SISTERS METEOR COMPANY of Refined Specialties. ONE HOUR OF VAUDEVILLE, TWO HOURS OF DRAMA., CH APEST THEATER IN OMAHA, POPULAR PRICES: Opors Chair Balcony Seats, 200; Reserved Parquot Seats, 300, ST. JOAN'S CHOIR SINGS AT THE S1. Vincent De Paul- Musical Creighton College Hall ‘'uesday, March 14th, 8 p. m. Proceeds for benefit of the poor. Makgs Best PROTOGRA) 1520 Loverse, ReAsoNasLe Rares ror BrsT