Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 31, 1894, Page 2

slonal ballots in the elections in tho states; and, as the second amendment, requiring elestion judges to make up and publicly de- clare thoe result of the congressionalglection in their procinct immealately after the close of the polls. Turple's Vi i . Senator Turple, domocrat, of Todiana said that nmlnr‘:hv operations and partisan advantages of the federal elections law the chambers of & United States Judge n Tn: diana, upon the recurrence of overy politiol campaign, becomes the headquarters for tho managers and the administration of the po- litical party to which ho s allied. This judge (Judge Woods) earns his salary by midight councils in the judge's chambers previous to election, His chiof employment, and that which calls into action the wholo faculties of his mind, is how to make ap- pointments of supervisors and marshalls in difforent counties to decrease democratie Votes and to increase the republican vote. At 8:40 the senate went into exccutive sossion after an understanding that the bona resolutions should be taken up again tomorrow. At 4:10 the senate adjourncd morrow, diotive Remsrks. until to- IN THE HOUSK Damocrats Array Themselves noome Tax. I'nis has been 8 Prominent Against the WasniNaron, Jan 0. fleld duy in the house. Opponents of the income tax had their chance. Messrs. Covert and Bartlett of Now York and Jobn- son of Ohio, all democrats, presented theic opposition along with the republicans to the proposition to impose a spocial ta wealth, But it remained for Bourke van, the great Tammany orator, to cclipse with his eloquence against the measure all specches he has over made in congress. A?r. Bryan of Nevraska closed the aebate fortac aay in defonse of the fucome tax, and he, 100, made an eloquent speoch. T'he eall of committees was dispensed with this morning and the house went into com- mivtee of the whole, and the tariff debate was resumed. Representative Bell of Colorado has pre- sented to the houss the novel resolution re- cently adopted by the Colorado legislature, denouncing the action of Governor Waite in calling an oxtra session of that legislature, Opened Debate on the Bl Mr. Cox of Tennesseo follovred in support of the income tax, and argued that if it did bear more heavily in the t and north an in the south, it was because vhe pro- tive system, dictated by the north and enst, had concenty the wealth of the country in those : Mr. W. A. Stone of Pennsylvania oppesed the income tax in & brief, but vigorous speech. Mr. Bartlett, acmocrat, of New York de- clared that o was opposed to the income tax at any timeand inany form, whether as a rider on the tarilf billor us a separate measure. 7 Mr. Pendleton, democrat, of West Virginia said the West Virginia delegation would gupport the bill, and he thought New York ought to do likewise and take 1ts medicine in the form of an income t Appoaled to Party Mr. Breckinridge. democ of the ways and means committee, referred to the fact that a very full democratic cau- cus had decided to make the incomo tax a feature of the bill. He spoke of the reports that the bill as a_whole might be vecom- mitted. Such action, he said, would be dis- astrous to the business of the coun- try, which, above all, wanted tariff logislation ~ completed at tho carliest time possible. It was, thereforo, urgent that the suspense should cease. While depres- sion and lower wages had followed in the wike of the McKinley bill, he believed pros- perity and higher wages would follow the enactment of the Wilson bill. Mr. Johnson of Ohio followed with a rather sensational theoretical arraignment of the income tax proposition, which gave him an opportunity to advocate the imposi- tion of the Henry George land tax. Among other thines he sald: I will vote for your income tax, if 1 must, as [ will vote for your tariff bitl, but as a democrat I protest ugainst the one, as I protest against the other, us not & democratic measure and io- volying an_fnsult to labor.” Mr. McKeighan, populist, of Nebraska and Mr. Simpson, populist, of Kansas, in five minute specches, advocated o graduated in- come tax. Hourke Cockran in Opposition. Mr. Coclran, democrat, of New Yorik fol- lowed as the especial champion of tho demo- vratic opposition to the income tax, As soon 18 he avose in his place the house grew quiet. Members swung their chairs avound o lis ten and the gallevies grow atientive. For over an hour the great Tammany orator poured forth his cloquence against tho in- tome tax. He had hoped, he began, that the tari bill would be allowed to como' to a vote unvexed, undisturbed and free from all danger of embarrassing insido issues. Ho had hopad that the democratic varty would redecm its pledges before it began to o the vagaries of its members. 'hose who opposed this provosition were to bo subjected 0 u new test of loyalty While willing to voto for the tariff bill, wo e now asked at the behest of a barty vaucus to vote fora special tax on 85,000 out of 67,000,000 people. Whan a proposition goes further than mere taxation and is de- liberately designea 1o tax a cinss, those wlo bolieve in cquality before the' law must array themselyes againsy i 1t breaks all the fundamental principles of democracy,” said e, “at the very root of the government; it is the entering wedge n the shapo of rotil islation in this zountry. \What v assigned for bring- ing forward such & proposition? Why should a burmonious militant party be plunged into dliscord by this proposition? Diseriminating i Its Workings. “It i3 brought in on tho assumption that tho Wilson bill will produce a deficit; upon the assumption that the existing conditions of husiness, an unparalielod stagnation, will coutinue. 1 have said before, aud I say now, that it T betieyed the Wilson 'bill would pro- duce a defieit in the rovenues, it would not vecelve my support. Tho whole exnerience of the human race demoustrates the id that the reductions carried by this bill will produco u deficit is unfounded; falso in theory and a libel on the democt party. “As T oppose discriminations against tho poor, so L'opposo discriminations against the rich. 1t you will put au income tax on every mat, woman and child in_tho Uni States I will support it. You thiuk this a pobular move. You are mustaken. There I loss demazogy among the pe ple thun awmong the . politwians. 1 have never, found a laboring man who wanted ' anyihing except equality bofore the law. Somo of you tell us this tax on the rich will repross inavehy. Grout heavens! Do goutlomen understand what that moans; do they not seo it means wo are apout to outstrip them m a race for anaehy? Again, they tell us it will ine creaso the interest in polities, by taxing 85,000 and allowing 66,700,000 to go untaxed ‘Phis is all wrong. Phe rich wili not foel it “Phoy will welcome it, because it will make thom a class in this country, Past Examplos of hilstory. “Look at tho whole history of the world and sco the growth of ono nation aud the de- cay of another aud overywhere you wiil realty. , of Arkapsas, SERIES NINE JANUARY 31, 1894, THR BREK COUPON. World's Fair Art Portfolio. "o securo this superb souveniy seud cr bring six coupons of this series bearing different dates with 10 cents in coin to ART PORTFOLIO DEP'T, Bee Office, Omaha. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE W'FDN SDAY, JANUARY 31, 1894 find that where institutions have been created that will preserve property they have grown, prospered and flourished, until they ceased to give security for human in- dustry and then they decayed and fell. What was it that enabled ‘all the great chiefs of the crown to be dissolved by France, somoe of thers more important even than the crown Is? Why was 1t that Bur- gundy and Aquitaine and Guienne, and even Britwany, each one of them more important than the establishment of the king himself, were absorbed by the king himselft Do’ you suppose it was on account of the action of Louis XI1? Do you suppose it was on account of the necessities of settlement? No, it was the firm belief of those who creatod proporty, the small earncrs of moneys, that the feudal system was hostile to them and the crown friendly, and the risv of the crown was due to the belief that it would operate for the protec- tion of proporty. If you will look baci to the sixteenth contiiry after tho time of Louis XIT and Cardinal D'Amberz, when all_the groat houses had disappeared and the nobles were shrunk into insignificance, the bourgeoise and small accumulators of prop- erty, the toiling masses, upheld tho erown. Tho king was their protector and every man was for the king. The kingship was based on the confidence of the common people that he would be ready to reduce the taxes and nsure vroperty, and the kingship grow and lived for centuries, until it in turn became oppressive and distributed the burdens of life unfairly, His Closing Eloquenoe. “When the productive masses bore all tho taxes, universal bankruptey existed, and until there were no persous from whom axes could bo oxacted, no more production, no more industrial growth. Then revolution swept the crown and lingship away, and liberty, bound for ngos, struggled to its feot, indifferently lighted tho castles of its oppressors with the torch it had kindled to guide its own steps, til staggering and linded by the very light it had created, it el dying into the hands of Bonaparte.” Teemendous applauso.| Mr. Cockran went on in a glorious burst of eloquence to his democratic colloagues not to commit this futal error. “1 protest against this change,” he concluded. *It is treason to the party and its faith. 1 believe every man should be as cqual before the law as before his God; before the ballot as be- fore the altar, and so I stand here now, ap- pealing for equality for dne country. ono God, one democratic party without distinc- tion of class, wealth or race.’” “T'he cheors continued, despite the offorts of tho chairman to preserve order, for fully three minutes. Members crowded about the ginnt New York orator to oxtend their con- eratulations, avd he was finally forced to retire to the cloak room, so confusing was the demonstration, Bryan Takes the Floor. When order was restored Mr. Bryan of Nebraska, the champion of the income tax, took the floor. In the course of his speech he referred to u recont showing that 91 per cent of the United States own ouly about 29 poer cent of the wealth, while the remaining 9 per cent own 7l per cent of the totul wenlth, The people of the United States who have small incomes pay on an average more than 10 per cent of their incomes to support the federal government, while the rich pay a smaller percent. Why should not this tax be added in order that the burdeus may rtially equalized? It is objected that ax will endanger the tariff bill, I am | 1ot afraid that any democratic member will refuse to relicve the common people of the heavy burdens piaced upon them by the Mc- Kinley bi'l for fear he will impose a light burden, by means of an 1ncomo tax, upon those who are amply able to bear it. I pro- te against the perversion of language which we have witnessed in this chamber. They tell us those who make the load vier upon those least able to bear 1t are tributing the burdens of the government with an impartial hand, but those who in- sist that each citizen snould pay in propor- tion to his wealth are blinded by prejudice against the ricn. They cail that man n statesman whoso ear is tuned to catch the slightest pulsations of the pocketbook. and denounce us a dJemagogue Ward McAllister, the leader of the New York 400, the man who aaves to listen to the heartbeat. of humanity, who said the other day that the Income tax. if adopted, would ecomvel many of the best people of New York to live abroad, where living is choaper. But ‘while there, will they stay? England taxes incomes more than 2 per cent, Prussia as high as 4 per cent, Switzerland as high as 8 per cent, Indin as high as 12 per cent, and Austria as high as 20 per cent. But who will expel himself rather than support his government? Who will choose to live under a monarchy, even without an income tax, rather thau live in n republic with a 2 ver cent tax? If such there be, lot them depart. We can better dispense with their wealth than submit to the contamination of their presence. Gave Mim an Ovation. At the close of Mr. Bryan's specch he was accorded an ovation rivaling that which had just marked the close of Mr. Cockran's attack on the income tax. The advocates of the tax crowded about tho Nebraskau, and for several minutes a long line of members filed up to shake hands with him, while the galleries Joiuod in the repeated rounds of applause coming from the members. The houso then took a rocess until 8 o'clock. At the night session almost the entire evening was devoted to the discussion of the income tax. WILL ACCEF ANYTHING. Distillers Do Not Care if the Tax Upon Whisky Is Inoreased, WaSHINGTON, Jan. 80.—Roepresentativo Post of Tllinois, who represents the Pooria aistrict, where distillea spirits avo produced more extensively than 1 any other portion of the world, was asked today concerning the attivude of his consticuents on the pro- poseil Increase of 10 cents a gallon on whisky und other distilled spirit “The disullers are perfectly willing and ready, ia hie, “to take any law which con- gress sees {1t to enact on this subect. They foel that if others can stand it they can. “I'hey have made no appeal to congross ; have sent no agents here to urge their interosts one way or the other and aro remuining en- tirely passive in the matter,” Mr. Post was asked b the particular atures of the ehanged revenue law would be accepted by the distill “The | s0 of tax is about an offsol sald he, sion of the bonding period from throe to eight years, With an oight-year period the distillers can consult their Own time in paying o t tho goods out of bond, and they I make arrangemenis to adjust their t within this wide range. “In one respect,” continned M “‘the mwerease in the tax may be injurious to tho distillers encouraging moonshining. “The extra 10-cent tax will make woonshin- | ing more profiable.” Appointed by the Frosident, WasmixGron, Jan. 80.—The president today sent the following nominations to the sepate: Postmusters Veg corge T. Gould, East Las N. M.; Josoph M. George, San An- tonlo, Tex.; M. I. Yeagzer, Wihicta Falls, ‘Tex.; Richard [ Pinkney, Hempstead, ‘Tex.; W. A, Lawrence, Llano, Tex. ; Bedford Moore, Van Alstyne, Tex.; C. N. A, Habn, Newcastle, Colo.; Jame Campbell, jr., Pocatello, Tdaho; I, A, Brown, Storm Lake, La; J. W, Hinchon, Algoua, Ia.; J. W, Rau' dolph, Estherville, In.; Andrew L. Schuvler, Clivton, Ia.: William H. Thompsou, Blue | Rapids, Kon.; Azaviah Becher, Marshall, | Mo.; Chavles 'S. Alling, Seward, Neb.; Ar- thur . Childs, Wayne, Neb.; Charles E. Reed. Arapahoe, Neb.; Thomas W. Wilkin- son, Blair, Neb, For Crediturs of Broken Banks. WasHINGTON, Jun. 80.—~The comptroller of the currency has declared dividends to the creditors of iusolvent national baunks as fol- lows: A first dividend of 26 per cent for creditors of the Columbian Nutional bank of Chicago; o first aividend of 25 per cent for creditors of the First National bank of Vernon, Tex.; a fiest dividend of 40 per cent for cveditors of tho National Buank of North Dakota at Fargo, N, D.; a first dividend of 20 per cent for creditors of the Livingstone National bank of Livingstone, Mout.; o Hrst dividend of 15 per cent for ereditors of the First Na- tional bank of Hot Springs, S, D.; a third dividend of 15 per cent for creditors of the First National bank of Kuusas City, Kan, Contirmed by the Sennte. WasuiNaroN, Jan. 80-The senate in utive session confirmed Lows H, Bruhi wxas s consul at Catania. Italy; Bdgar j Battle of U'oxus, cousul at Acapulco, Mexico, CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Axe Used on the Neoka of Blackburn, Cow- gill and Livesay, ALL OTHER APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED Charges of Corruption Agalnst Specht Ordered Investignted — Market Touse Plans and Bonds—Mayor Would Hasten Publie Works, When the eighteen members of the coun- il dropped into their upholstored chairs last night they were greoted by a crowd that packed the council chamber from parquet rail to dome. All of the old time politicians were present, and with thom were many of the fledglings who have entered the political arena during the past few years. These people were on hand for the purpose of learning what the city legislators intended 10 40 with the mayor'sappointments, handed in some time ago. 1t was not long until the wateners learned tho facts, for the reports of the judiciary committee, to which the appointments wero referrol, were presented. Three Kejooted, Others Confirmed. T. W. Blackbuin, who had been named for city prosecutor was the first man led to the slaughter, There was a majority report without any recommendation and a minority report in favor of his confirmation. Mr. Eisasser moved tne adoption of the mivority report, and then the vote on con- firmation was called, resulting as follows Yeas, Burkley, Cahn, Elsasser, Lemley, MecAndrews and Mr. President—6, Nays, Bacik, Bechel, Bruner, Edwuards, Hascall, Holmes, Jacobson, Parker, Saunders, Specht, Thomas and Wheeler—I13, On-the confirmation of M. J. Cowgill, city electr cfan, the vote w: Yeas—Bruner, Cahn, Elsasser and Mr. President—4. Nays—Back, Bechel, Ed- wards, Hascall, Holmes, Jacobsen, Lemly, McAndvews, Parker, Saunders, Specht, Thomas and Wheeler—14. The vote on tho confirmation of Robert Livesey, building inspector, was: Yeas—Back, Bechel, fdwards Jacobsen, Saunders, Specht ana Nays—Bruner, Burkley, Cahn, Holmes, Lemly, McAndrews, Wheeler and Mr. President—10. Here the majority switched and asa re- sult the following nominees were confirmed with but little opposition appearing upon the surface: W.J. Connell, city attorney: J. J. Saville, city physician and secretary of the Board of Health; Charles Soudenberg, boiler inspector; R. D. Duncan, plumbing inspector; A. C. Lichtenberger, assistant plumbing inspector, A motion was mado to reconsider the voto by which the appointment of Dr. Ebbitt, as veterinary surgeon. was adopted and at the next meeting his name will again be before the council. Specht Charged with Corruption. That the interest in the meeting might not lag, charges of corruption were pre- ferred “against one of tho members, Mr. Specht from the Sixth ward. They were preferred by E. W. Simeral and were in tho following form: Somu days ago I noticed in ono of tho clty pupers very serious charges against Christian Specht, a member of the city council, wherein 1t was stated that ho was directly Interested in, und the virtual owner of the Metropolitan reot Lizhting compuny, a corporation which had a contract with the city of Omaha to do [ts suburban lighting. have hesitated to lay befors you facts within my own knowledizo hearing upon the statements wot forth insaid nowspaper, but knowing full woll that Oliristian Spocht’ was tho priuciple stockholder In said corporation, Loving had at ono timo in my posession stock which belongod to him, I theroforo re- quest you to tuke such steps as will_bring about ‘the impeachment. of Christian Specht for malfeasance and misfensance in office. There is no doubtof his corruption and T respectfully submit to you that all tho state- ments sot forth in the articlo printed, to which Uhave reforred, can bo substantially roved to the satisfaction of court and {erowith T submlit to you nam s that can prove such charges: Georgo C. Spacht, Richard 8. Berlin, John 1L Erck, my- self and others, M. Specht denounced the whole affair as a blackmail scheme upon the part of Mr. Simoral. Ho said that he courted an in® vestigation and that he would have no diffi- culty n clearing his skirts of the commis- sion of any wrongdoing. The communication was referred to the judiciary committee and anm 1vestigation ordered. KEstimate of Comptroller. Comptroller Olsen submittea the following estimate for the levy of 180: GENGRAL FUND: Est: 1504, Elsasser, 'homas—S. Hascall, Parker, Dopartments. Mayor: Salary Statlonary, Supp City Councl Stationars Comptrolle: Total. $1.000 15.000 10,000 20,695 5.000 9,900 18,000 Salaries \tionary, supplies, Yegal Department: Siluri Stationary, supplies, ete Enging Stationary, supplic Board of Public Work! Lumbor. Statio; Superintende Y R . Stationary, Supplies oie. .. Superintendént of Plumbing: Salaries L3500 aliries,” 12,000 fR TR e 4200 Buppifes. afe. | 000 10,800 t of Bufidings 4.400 200 1,600 60 2,200 900 2,000 7,000 il police. tining. L g DO .0\ 111 000 Tooks, blanks ard Btai{onery 800 3 & e 10,008 Compiling ‘Tax Lists: Saluries... 2.7 Books, stationery. ete, Clty Hall; Spoc 1.600 2,900 alisries. Crosswalks. ... Miscellaneois 2,000 ¥ 2,000 L 43,000 45,000 Total estimated expenditures general fund....... * ESTIMATE OF R FOR 1804, Balaneo from 1893, $ 20,100 Boller Inspector. 1.070 Inspoetion returned .. \01 10,000 Tuterest on deposits et 11,000 Superintendent of buflding: Deug permith. ... .. Board of Public Works. .. [.11] Iutendent of plumbing. .1 803 Ronts Permits. Costs in polic retiied Ik repairs. ..., cetrical pernits.. Totals, sssiaiaiienis To be pro i Tigmi levy L e general fuind should also provide for the it sued to C. 1. Woodworth st, on account of opening Twenty-ninth street 3 Puxes 10 bo refunded on account of ith street vinduey Sidewalk around High sehool All theso amounts bear interest at 7 per cent wnd It payment Is provided for & will take 13 mills more for the genoral fund. $11,800 9,079 8,474 Comments by the Comptroller, For the various departmonts you will find 1t Ix figured asclose” us possible, but it cor- talnly fs everybody's duty during tho ut hard” times to save wherover possible, and [ think byso doing the amouats will b sufh- clent. As for the mayor and city amounts have been sllowed us lust year. The clty clerk has boen allowe Wil dess, but Mr. Wakeley thinks ho will pull through. The sae by the cuse With the city comptroller, al- thougli the duplicate tax books wore first com- wenced In 1891, and Iu_consequence thereot every your tho work Increasos rapldly, es- peclully us every new lmprovement aistrict, grading district and other iniprovements: aldowalks and so forth, & new tund is created every tlme, thorehy since 1891 for the various reasons-named the work has beon incrensed for at least two udditional clerks: uneverthes ouncil the same less a special clerlcnsionly been engaged at times, and by mostly kesping the old and trained clerke, who RN/ anepnA 1y woll pald and, when necossnry, willing to work extra time, this departmontmay get along with the amount asked. The city troasurlf? ‘thinks he will need the awount sinted, which Is the same amount as Was used last yenr, Tho legal department will have to be very saving It they can get afonig with the amount proposed, as somokimes witnoss foos, whore they rafuse to atterid, nre tendered and taken trom this fund, Tho city engineoriog department may need more than the sum proposed or less, This will depend ontirely upon the amount of work re- quired, The Bonrd of Public Works ean certainly not got along with the gmount proposed, but this will nlso, fo a lhrgo 'extent, depend upon the amount’ of public {mprovements. Tho amount of $4,200 for lamber, nalls, otc. Iy simplyfor ropairing sidewnlks, which amounts are again covered into the clly treasury when lovies nro made, which nlso accounts for about #6,000 expended Iast year. All that Is taken In for the so-catled road fund should also bo eovered Into the use of the Board of Public Works in addition to this amount, as it was undoubtedly intended by the charter thut this fund should be used for the repair- Ing of streets and rouds Insido of tho clty niits, Whethor the superintondent of bullding can get along with the amounts proposed will de- pendentirely on the work to be done noxt year. The examfners appear to have been geiting, at the rate of #4 per day, from £104 to $112 per nionth, and the reconimendn- tion 1s mado that they get fixed salaries. The clerk in this dopartiient could certainly oasily doll the office work and the building in- ctor could be about the clty the most of the tf mself Whether the superintendent ot plumbing cun got nlong with the amount sot uside, it i3 1mpossible to suy, as it depends upon the ' work to,bo done, The police court, gas fnspector, boiler In spoctor, license inspector, veterinary, ser- geant-at-arms, election expenses, feoding prisoners, regtals and electrician can bo closely estimated, and undoubtedly can get along with the amounts proposed. Tn the amounts sot aside for hosplials, com= piling tax lists, clty taxes, crosswalks, some savings may be mido If thought proper. All that i5 paid out for the appratsers will fn most cases be returaed when the levios aro made, The estimate for the maintenance of the city hall cannot be cut unless help should be discharged, nnd whetlier that is udvisuble it is for the city council to decide. It would be unwise, in my estimation, to es- timate miscellancous expenses any less than what 13 proposed. Every dollar that can be saved should” bo saved, hut we must oot crip- ple the city governmio Estimates in Special Fands, WATER RENT FUND. Estimated. ...§ 80,080 Requiring a levy of 4 mills, amounting to astabo, 4 JUDGMENT FUND. Various judgments for the opening of Twenty-ninth sireet % Sleventh stro ihuter strec Vet Openini ¥ . Thirty-second to « Total.. 7 5 Requiring a lovy of 1 mill, $20,300. LIBRARY FUND. Salarie T Papers, periodicnls. Rent........ Supplies, et New books. Total.. Amount in 1ibrary fund,§24,052.93, leaving n balunee n fand of $11:35%,08: In the Hbrar bond fund there s only a balance of $9,778.63, and the directors cliin that they will need all in both funds to finish apithe library building, and insist that thoy must have a 1mill levy for the present year. Your comptrolior s not able to make aniy estimate of his own, us he is not In possession of the yarious contracts for the construction of the building. Fiite YOS Rontals. Supplies, ¢ Additional three new stean Rent..... Gas and g Conl and fec F124.800 1,43 Estimated nee Which will requiro a ovy of 6% amounting to 8120,877. Rut the charter authorizes a levy of f uills. POLICE EUND, wills, only < Tolalyity. Voo s Vst i .$ 08,300 Requiring a levy of 5 mills, #101,500. CURW, GUTTER AND CLEANING FUND. Cleaning strects (estimated). TnBpection........ T Aspnalt repairs. 1804 Claims to be provided {0 From 1891, gt Bill allowed. but unpatd, for 14§ Ditto bill allowed from Decennt Requiring at_least a lovy of 3% mills, amounting to 76,125, But ‘the churter ouly authorizes a levy of 3 miils, SEWER MAINTAINING FUND, It Is almost fupossible to estimato the needs for this fund. The salaries alone will amount to about $10,000, and less than % miil will under uo clrcumstance po sufficient. PARK FUND. Balnrien ;¥ il ithes Musie for coneerts Incidental expens 2,000 o R0 16,000 T, 1803, S AT Total ... This amount s the balance in the fund from last year, and If this estimate will answer you will need no levy. There Is, of course, no ques- tlon about the desirability of largely improy= ing our public parks and we could mike uso of savoral times this amount. but saving hus to be dono somewhero und I don't see any place where it had bettor be done, The park lunds are now purchased and whenever thoe city's finances warrants It improvements can alwiys e done. LIGRTING FUND. Shortage In fund of 1893 . ......... Estimato for 1804......... CH £ o Roquiriug a 8-mill lovy, 80,900, nEALTH F $ 11,000 50,5800 $ 6,400 1,500 Total ... . e 8000 Requiring a lovy of 4 will, this showing u consjderable less exponditurd than last yonr, but i the mayor stion of having tho in spectlon in the contral portion of town dona by the police department this would be suffi- clont, and In my_estimation moro than sufli- clent, especially If the socretary of the Board of Health conld devoto Lis entire time to his oficinl dutios. Siuking fund, 7 mills, Mow He Has Calcalated. __Commenting on this statement in general T'can sy that my intention has beon to cut the estimato of expenditures Wherover posss- bl without detriment to the service, und 1 have figured at tho full lovy, when in'reality we canonly draw agalnst 90 per cent, but tho ssing 10°per cent will undoubtedly'be mude up by, say, every three months covering into tho treastry the 10 per cent from former years ns LIS collocted. 1 have not contomplaf fes; tho SALATICS as i F( any business house 4y compotent clorks for the same work, and the city, oven it these hard tunes, should bot take aiy stop in thisdirection unlesssalaries ire toohigh, Tt Is true that you muy ' ut the present time pick up nuy aumonnt of elerks who would work' for nalf the und some by oven b compe- tont, but it would ondy-dast until they coutd find' other places whoep they could get sonable compensutlon, aud would resuly in the great domoralization of the varlous forces, aud o only i comparatively trifle In the saving 16/ mny be In places whore clerks are only dolng gop¥ing, or plain routine Work, whero u fow silarics could be lowered without detriment tosthe!service, In regard 1o inspectors, wheneyar @special fitness or ex- hotts ire neaded & goad salary should be puid, hut otherwise 1t appears to mo that there 13 too much of &_discrephicy between 860 und the highest saiwry patd, wid somo savings may be made. 1t o001 to me, n soufe dases, to bo too much of the idea that caih dep ment. should stand independent; dybink every department Should work for x..}:f with Lo other. The 1eutting any salar- > not ngher than money all comes oufof fhe same pocket. In last year's expenditifres 'of the park fund 1 tor engineers #4,970.85; notico th all bo done by this engineering should our city ongineor, who undoubtodly 1s competent; 1 ulso notlce paid to landscape’ gardever from Minne- apolis $4,510.25; 1 suppose we had no tent hera for this special work, but s wre 80 hard would it not bo bétter to stop such expenditures until wo coutd afford 117 Tho very large lovy estimatod for the curhy utter and clesuing fund bris juch discussed question about the ropa our asphalt strects. [shall not discuss the legality or chempness of this contr: 1ong 18 1t exists and we order the work d should be pald for, or the contract sh abroguted and the work otherways dor THEO. VLSO, Cotptr The oficial bond of W. J. Counell, city at- torney, was presented and approved. Fol- lowing this, the mayor named E. J. Cornish as assistant city autc The appoint ment was confirmed, ull of the mewbers of the council voting - ‘T'he protest of the liverymen, insisting on the injustico of the garbage contract, was placed ou file, owing 1o the fuct that tke 0 Wits phl garbage mattor position. Would Hasten Pablic Works, was in the courts for dis- The following communication from the mayor was prosonted, road and reforred for consideration at the next regular meeting: In my annual mossage to your honorablo body Tdld not think it necessiry to urgo the necossity of pushing public work, as the con- ditlon of tho community wis woll known to all of you and the necessity for opening all ayenuos of employment to the thousands of 1dlo workingmen was apparent to overybody. An entiro month has elapsod since this coun- cll was organizod, yot on dono to hasten the work whic n petitioned for or contemplated, This condition of affairs should not bo al- lowod to_continue. Tho needs of the ployed residents of the city aro fmp and nothing in the powoer of tho clty ment which will alleviato their co should bo loft undone. The governn municipality s the gaardian of the Interosts of the rosidonts of that municipality, and it is a very poor guardiun which noglecis the we fare of the musses of tho perople when those in- toresis can be cared for without fmposing un additional burden upon any one There 15 a lar sunt of public work to bo dono this year; not as hiueh, per s in former yoirs, but enough to give employnent tou lurz ) ed A TEADS of support to hundreds wsidonts, work should bo c at tho e praciicable moment. The necossary preliminarios will ‘occupy some timo should be comploted at once, so that work Dty be commonced a8 soon s the - weathor will permit. All'tho preliminaries for the main sewer to bo construeted should bo passod upon at on and the $75,000 of sewer bonds voted at the last olection should be nuthorized to be issucd, 80 that the money may be on hand to pay cash 10 the contractor: at they can poy thelr nen, In the matter of paving nothing can be dono without petitions, but the Individunl council- men might look after the paving which fs con- templated in tholr respective districts and push it uhead. In the vassago of ordinances ordering public work the greatest caro should he taken to avold all irreguluritios, which would only de- lny tho work and countersct all efforts to histon matters, [ suggest that the passage of “omnibus” ordinances, covering a largo num- ber of districts, such a3 was passed lust year, be avolded. 1f a mistuke is made In one dis: trict it deliys the work in all the others, and 18 11 8¢ Of constant annoyance. There are now thirteen grading contracts which are uncompleted und work is being 5 on but two or three of them. Somo of contracts are for work whoro there aro heavy cuts or fills, work which can as woll be dononow as at any other time, and th give employment 10 hundreds of men contractors for this work should bo ur o aliead atonce. It Is true that it rests with the Board of Public Works to order a con- tractor to go to work, but a ittle moral influ- ence exerted by the councilmen, individually and collectively, will no doubt huve tho dé- sired offect. . These are unusual times, and tho reprosen- tatives of the taxpiyoers aro but doing thelr duty when they do everything in their power to make as much work as possible for tho employed residents of tho city. Plans for a Market Rous - has bo Mr. Holmes offered a resolution inviting the architects of Omaha to submit to the city council on February 27 plans for a mar- ket house. The resolution provides that the plans shall contemplate the erection of a brick or stone building, two stories high ana 00x2264 feet on the ground. The first floor to be used for market house stalls ana the sccond as a hall, with a seating capacity —of not less than 6,500. Under the terms of the resolution the of the building shall be not to exceed ,000. As compensation for thepr ser- vicos the architects are to be paid as fol- lows The winner, $0 and tbe superin- tendency of the building: second prize, $150; third prize, $75. Mr. Hascall opposed the resolution, de- clariug that the city had no authority for domg anything of the kind. The whole movement was in the interest of Jefferson square, a place where the city could not legally locate a mitrket house. Mr.” Wheeler thought that the intro- duction of the resolution was premature, as no location had been secured for a market house site. His further objection was that two story market houses were not the thing and were rapidly going out of favor. Mr. Hascall served notice that if there was an attempt to locate o market house on Jeflerson square, the city would buy a law suit. Mr. Edwards moved that the resolution Iny on the taole. The motion was lost, and the matter was afterwards reforred to the committee on public property and buildings. W. F. Parker and T. C. Bruner in an agreement offeved to donate the right of way for the extension of one of the branches of the North Omaha sewer, providing the v would maintain bridges and a board fence on cach side of the ditch. This was referred to the committee on sewerage, but before beiny so referred the question was raised that the city could not accept the proposition owing to the fact that the pro- posed agreement required the building of bridges and fences outside of the city limits. Want Thelr Money Back. Thirty-seven of the coal dealers of the city demanded the return of lcense money, which they paid under protest while the ol conl dealers’ lcense was supposed 1o bo in force. The amount which was asked to be returned aggregated $0,800. This was veforred. In pursuance of the terms of a resolution introduced by Mr. Holmes it was decided that hereafter, on sewers where brick was to be used, brick musons were ordered em- ployed as inspectors. Mr, Lewly offered a resolution instructing the city attorney to prepare the necessary ordinances ordering the construction of the Sixteonth street viaduct in accordance with the plans heretofore approved. "The comptrolier was instructed to invest in the next appropriation ordinanco the sum of §0,225, 10 payment of the bill of the Bar- ber Asphalt company. Of this sum, §2,006.83 is to be taken from the curbing and gutte ing, and the balunce from the gencral fund. M Burkley was the father of a resolution ordering the placing of tho item in the ap- propeintion ordinance. Mr. Saunders introduced a resolution re- questing the government of the United Statos to appropriate the sum of $250,000 to be expended on river work in the vicinity of Omaha, that the further cutting of the river banks might be provented. Copies of the resolution were ordered for- warded to the Nebraska senators and r sentatives in congress. ault was found with tho members of the Board of Public Works for having discon- tinued the worl of cleaning up the principal streots In the heart of the city. By the adoption of a resolution, the members of the board were instructed to o on with the worle of cleaning and continue so long as the weathier would permit. The committee on Jjudiciary reported against tho revision and republishing tho ordinances of the city. The report was adopted. Comptroller Olson was in bids for furnishing the city with not less than 200 and not more than 300 arc street lights for the period of three years. The Lights are to have a current of 400 volts each. By resolution, at the next mecting of the council the ward councilmen were instructed to report the names of eighteen mun, two from euch ward, whose duty it shall 'be to redistrict the city into voting precincts. Aui ordinance for the issue of $75,000 of sower bonds was read and referred. ructed to Inyite Ordinance for Market House Bong The first ordinance, looking to the con- struction of the mariot house, was intr duced by Mr. Saundors. The provisious of the ordinance ave as follows: Section 1. That tho Issus city of Omana in the sun hereby is uuthorized the sald bonds to become due ut the twenty years from the dute thereof anil 10 beur Interest payablo semiannually at the rate of b per cent per annuui,upon interest coupons 1o be attached to said b bonds to bo ealled “Markot House Bonds' to be dated N h 1, 1894; the proceeds from the sale of sald ponds to be used for no other Diirpose thin the ercetion, coustruction and the prepuration for the erection and construe- tion of a market house to be constructed in of Omuhu; sald bonds to be each of omination of $1,000, to he sold at not W par, and the principal und Interest reof L0, be mude puyablo at the banking houso of Kountze Bros. in the city of New "Phe sadd bonds shall be signeéd by the mauyor and the elty ¢l to be col sigied by the elty ¢ the ¢ity of € 2" For the r st of suld mar Flzedl 1o bo tssued, the falth of the city of its property and revenues are horoby ted to bo Ol PIZIESGh . and be in force frou The annual tax levy or duced, but the amount of blauk. Next Monduy afternoon will meet and fill in the figures An ordinance providing for the repairing of the Eleventh street viaduct was read whe That this ordinance take efoct and after its passiage. 2 was lutro was left the council shird time aud passed. TRIED T0 GET OUT BY SAWING Froight Thieves Make an Enterprising At~ tempt to Leave the Oity Jail, NOISE THEY MADE BETRAYED THEM Found to Have a Good Instrumont for Cut- tng Iron—Thelr Nerve Surprised the OMcers—Had Just Boen Bouud Oyer. What gave promise of boing an attompt at jail delivery was frustrated yesterday after noon Thomas Bennett, who was arrested at West Omaha some days ago for robbing freight cars, and Thomas Shepherd, arrested at amah on a liko charge, wore confined in the county jail. Yesterday afternoon both wore brought to the polico court for trial. They were bound over. They could not furnish bonds, and as it would be some time before the mittimuses would be made ott, they were taicon bolow and put in ac to bo returned to the county Jail later in the afternoon. They were both put in the same cell in the rear end of the jail and securely locked up. It1s the custom every half hour that the Juilor or some one else walk around the corridor, trying the locks and seeing that all is right, Prisoners Were Thirsty. Yesterday some one called for a drink and Oticer Murnell went to get it for him. Then somebody else wanted a drink. They were accommodated, and nothing to cause suspi- cion was soen or heard just then. A few minutes afterwards, however, a noiso was heard in ove of the cells, and an investigation was made. It was awhile beforo anyththing wrong could be discovered, but finally the cell where Shepherd and Bennett were confined was reached. As soonas footsteps were henrd the noise ceascd, and it was hard to tell what it might bo or from what Shepherd aud Bennett both looked ve nocent, and it was not thought they would attempt to break jail at that hour of the day. The cell was thoroughly overhauled, howevar, but the search resulted fruitles Captain ' Cormack then decided to ses Shepherd and Bennett. This was done, and both subwmitted gracefully to the searching. Found the Saw. Captain Cormack carefully every lining or any place in & garment whero it might bo possible to conceal a_weapon or tool of any kind. In the lining of Shopherd’s va long, pure steel case knife was found. The edge had been filed, and as the knife was of good steel it wmade & very service- able saw. The cell was again searched, when it was found that oue of the hud been sawed considerably and the kuifo was tried on another picce of iron and it was found to cut very effectually and not be any worse for the usage. The men were at once removed to the.county jail and an in- vestigation as to where the knife came from bogun. Shephord said he got it from Bennett and Bennott says he got it at the county Jail, but how it came to be filed nei- ther could or would say. It was, however, thought to bea very euterprising attempt at escape as they had not been in the cell five minutes before operations commenced. examined S e SIX WERE KILLED. Cold Water in a Hot Boiler Causes a Teor- rible Exposion. Ownxsnoko, Ky., Jan. 30.—A terriblo dis- aster occurred this morning near Crow Hick- man station on the Owensboro & Nashville railway, nine miles south of here. A boiler in the portable mill of John Mer- cer exploded, killing ‘five - wmen and fatally injuring acother. The explosion was caused by running cold water m the hot boiler. The engineer foresaw the explosion and urged the bystanders to run, but they rogarded the warning as a joke. The bodies of two of the men were found torn to atoms in a tree seventy-fivo yards from the scone of thoaccident. _All the victims were hor- ribly mangled. John Mercer's body 1s an unrecognizable mass. The concussion was plainly felt in this cit; “The namos of the killed are: TAYLOR PARRIS. JOHN MERUER. BOB SATE. ED HOLDER. WILLIAM VARBLE. JAMES MEE fatally injured. 70 BO T A TOWN, Abilene, Kan., Likoly to Pass Through a Peculinr Experience. Anmexe, Kan, Jan. 80,—This city will perhaps pass through the novel experience of being boycotted by the populists of Dick- inson county. January 1, an occupation tax went into effect by which horse buyers were required to pay a license tax of $10 a year. ‘The first men on whom it was levied re- fused to pay. Some of the populists who had lost heavily 1n the alliance store hero, saw_a chance to get even with Abilene, and resoluvions werve adopted tby Chener town- i aring “‘unless the ordinance 1s re- to other towns to sell our ain and other produce.” A wass meeting is called to take action for the whole county, and Abilene is Lo be taught how to run its business uffairs, in a way it will rvemember. - FEAR FOUL LAY, Agent of a Lincoln Coal Company ut Den- ver Turns Up Missin Dexver, Jan. 30, oon after 6 o'clock Sun- day evening A. B. Smith, civil engineer for the Lincoln Land company of Lincoln, Neb., left bis houso and nothing has been heard orseen of him since. He left the house without money or overcoat, and his wife thought he had simply gone for a walk. Foul play is feaved. The police dro at work on the case. e Selling Stmmol’s 3100k, The sale of the Phil Stimwel property was commenced by Sherift Drexel yesterday morning and will continue from day to day until all of the seeds and equipments in the Omaha and Waterloo warehouses are sold. “This sale is for the purpose of satisfying the judgments rendered in favor of "the Omaha National bank and Montgomery, Charlton & Hall, aggregating §306,000. Should the property bring an amount in e cess of these judginents, the balance will apply in liquidation of the claims of the other creditors, most of whom wer growers in the and Waterloo, Stimmel and sume. ed who ruised seeds for ot their pay for the and never e For Koboing Care, A. Benecker was bound ovor in police court yestorday on the charge of receiving stolen proverty. He was arrosted in com- pany with Shepherd and Bennett who were charged with stealing merchandise from railway cars. e A Nurrow Esoup Yesterday moraing at 6:45 Officer Glovers noticea a boy fall in front of a cable car at Thirteonth and Dodge streets. He ran to CRIME IN HIGH PLACES! 1t is not strange that some poople do wrong through ignorance, others from a failure to investigate as to the rightor wrong of & matter, Bub it is strange, that indiyiduals aud firms, who aroe fully aware of the rights of others, will per- sist in porpetrating frauds upon them. High-toned, wealthy manufreturing firms will offer and sell to retail mer- chants, articles which thoy know 10 be infringements on the rights of proprio- tors, and imitations of well known goods. We want to sound a note of warning to the retailers to bewaro of such imita- tions aud simulations of “CARTER'S Lit- TLE LIVER PILLS.” When they are of- fered to you, refuso them; you do not want to do wrong, and you don’t want to luy yourself llable to a lawsuit. Ben Franklin said **Honesty I3 the best poli= cy™ it is just as trus that **[onesty is the spot at once and endeavored to got the boy out of the way, but it was not till he had boen draggod 100 yards that ho was ox- He gave his name as Mike Mull- ner, and said he was on the way to his work nd had shpped in front of the moving car. Mullnor was badly bruised and was sont to his home, 8108 Webster stroot. —_—— NO MOKE FIGHT IN HIM, John L. Suliivan's Right fand Swollen from Blood Poisoning. Brinoeronrr, Conn., Jan, 830.—John L, Sullivan is at a hotel in this city suffering from a badly swollon rght haod. It is rumored that blood poisoning has attacked him and that his condition is such as may |\|'ml'lmlu any further fistic offortson his part Thinks IKANsAs Crry, Jan vor, whose contest with Joo Goddard pla him i the front ranks of pugilists, was in tho city yesterday. In roferenco te his challenge to fight Corbett for 10,000 a side, hosaid: My backer, J. Quinn of Califor- nia, is due in Donver on February 2, whon the money will be immediately forwarded to the Polico Gazotte. I think I can lick Cor- bett and am dead stuck to fight him. Tean't seo why ho should profess to fgnore my chal- lenge, is my claims to be a fighter are just d as his, h psident Mason of the Duval club told me before leavina Jacksonville that if I can get Corbott to accept my challonge they will 1 §25,000 purse in addition to the stake However, all [ want is to meet Cor- bettin a finish fight. No drawn battlo will fy me. One of us must be knocked out. I have an idea Iean whip him, and am will- ing to have the muteh arranged to como oft agany time." p Corbatt, Smith of Don- Ives 18 In Bad Shape. Cricago, Jan. 80.—Frank Ives, the billiard champion, loft for Cincinnati this morn- ing to take part in the triangular tourna- ment with haeffor and Slosson, which opens there Thursday night. Ives is in bad shape physically and has been plaviag very poor billiards since his defe: SchaefTer in the final game in tho receat Chicago tour- nament, Schaeffor is already on the ground and practicing daily. He ‘is said to bo in great form. —_—— Women's Relief Corps Danoe. George A. Custer Women's Relief corps ve a dance at Grand Army ot the Ropub- lic hall last night. The hall was prettily decorated and a large company was present. There were cards and other games for those who aid not wish todance. The proceeds of the affair will be donated to charivy, and it is thought they will amount to about $25. ‘T'his corps gives a dance or some other form of entertainment every week or two for the benetit of the poor, and it has been instru- mental in relioving many a destitute family. The dance was in charge of Mrs. White marsh, Mrs. Remington and Mrs. Rhodes, Thursday is the regular meeting day and the newly elected ofticers will be installed at that meeting. Mrs. L. Kirby, the presi- dent elect, 1s on her way from San Fran- ¢isco to be present at the installation. b o Suda . Fire was discovered in R. Rotholz' gents® furnishing goods house, 220 North Sixteenth sureet, at 9 o'clock last night. Five minutes before the fire one of the sergeants passed the store and everything was all right, and upon reaching the next block an alarm caused him to return, and the whole nterior was ablaze. Mr. Rotholz himself was there aot ten minutes before the alarm was turned in and everything was as it should be when he left. The loss 18 probably several hundred dollars with some insurance. B LOUAL BREVITIES, Johu Kipplehouse was arrested last night for assnult and battery The remains of Detective William Ransom were sont to Kalamazoo, Mich., yesterday for interment, The Young Men's “smoker” at its rooms, [Fourteenth and Dodge streets, last night. An enjoyable time was had. Gellenbeck’s orchestra fur- nished music. Hopeful lodge, No: 30, Ancient Order of United Workmen, will g1ve a social supper and card party in the hall at Seventeenth and Farnam streets this evening. Members of the lodge and their friends will be pres- ent, Some waste saturated with coal oil took fire about 8 o'clock last night in the rear of Guy & Brown's grocery store, Eighteenth street and St. Mary's avenue, but somebody put itout before an alarm could be turned in. No loss. institute gave a vicinity of Elkhorn, Valley | thebest principle.” Mrs, A, A, Willlame Lynn, Mass, For the Gou_d_of Others Rev, Mr, Williams Heartily En= ¥ dorses Hood’s Sarsaparilla. ! We are pleased to present this from Rev. A. A. Williams, of the Sillsbes street Christian Church, Lynn, Mas “1 see noreason why a clergyman, moro than @ layman, who knows wherco? ho speaks should hositate to approve an Article of Merit and worth, from which he or his family have been signally benefited, and whose conunendas tlon may serve to extend those benefits to others by increasing their confidence, My wife Las for many ycars been a sufferer {rom severoe Neorvous Headache for which she found little help, 8he has tried many things thut promised well but per- formed little, Last fall a friend gave her a bote tle of Hood's Sursaparilla, It Seems surpris- ing what slmply one bottlo could and did do for her. ‘I'io attacks of headache decreased in number apnd wero less violent In their inten- sity, whilo her (®neral health has been im- roved. lMer appollte has also been betler. 'rom our experienco with Hood’s Sarsaparilla 1 have no hesitation in endorsing fts merkte.” ACA. 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