Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 6, 1895, Page 4

R N THE OMANA DAILY B S Y Y BEE: ()W EDNESDAY, FEBRUARY YTAITO M3 1895 6, elearly set in in favor of the measure. Smith asserted that it was a common practice for proprietor of it when he died will take place from the creamery men to purchase inferior butter | Friday. Mr. Clegg leaves a wife and three from the commission men, and, after working | children, it over, palm It off on the public as purs| The windmill belonging to John Horner creamery butter. ves quoted from a letter | caught fire this morning. Horner was from the Waterloo creamery, showing that | thawing out the pipe yesterday and had last year that institution sold $17,000 worth | forgotten to extinguish the lamp before going of its best product to the oleomargarine fac- [ to bed, His large barn with twelve horses tory at South Omaha and six buggles near the windmill was At noon the eommittee rose for recess and | goorehed. The windmill was fully insured At 2 o'clock resumed nsideration of the | raq Sloan of White Cloud, Kan., came up bill. At 3 o'¢logi the committes rose With | yegterday to visit his aunt, Mrs. W. M the recommendation that the bill be m\'w"l‘ | Musselman On the motion to adopt the repor -~ of the committee 3:'13 and nays | OBJECT TO THE LAW, were demanded, ~ Senators s and y Hm,"h u‘t “""I‘\'YILI’:M county wers only | Buffalo County Destitute People Will Not senators who voted inst the motion to Hake AMdivits that They Are Paupers. adopt the report of the committee of the| KEARNE Neb, Feb. b.—(Speclal.) b While the feeling against Secretary Ludden, WILL KEEP ALL THE EMPLOYES which hhs been so strong here for a while, The senato then engaged in a final bout ver the proposition to reuce employes to statutory question had been m this afternoon, and th which the mafter had been referred last week presented a report. McKesson raised the point of order t the committes had no of- flelal existence, and, therefore, had no right to make a report. He based his point of ob- Jection on the ground that several weeks a the committes had been appointed to in vestigate the question, and hal at that time the number of requirements. The special order for ial committee to | has died down by reason of several cars of coal, nd clothing having received and distributed in various par been s of provisions the county, there Is considerable criticism being expressed among the farming element over the new law which provides how relief can_be procured. Those who are kicking hardest say that the law has the effect of keeping those who are most entitled to help from receiving it, and those who are chronic relief seekers are getting it all, as topt- | @ ra st make affidavit that he is a pau- presented a repo By fts action fn adopt- | & Wan must ma e i ! K the report the senate had ended tho life | Per before he can get aid, and many deserv- of the con The lieutenant governor | 1N ones will not do that. 4 held the p of objection well taken, M A day or two ago George Crawford, son o Kesson then moved that a committee be ap- | James Crawford, was riding hotseback. His pointed and Instructed to reduce the number [ horse fell and the boy's leg was broken in of employes to the statutory limits, To this | three places, Tefrt oftcred an amendment to the effect that | After an illness of only three days, Mrs. the old committee bo reappointed and In- | Beck, wife of J. H. Bock, died yesterday. structed to report at once, After a hot fight | She leaves two small boys, 2 and 6 years the amendment was adopted. The commit- | Of age, to mourn her loss. tea thus reappointed again presented a report Dr. M. A. Hoover, whose wife died a week declaring that the employes already on the | @Ko, has taken his daughter, Bessie, to rolls wero absolutely necessary for the trans- | Indianapolis to make her home with her action of the business of the senatc Akers presented a minority oft twenty-two employes, After another hot contest, lasting for an lrour, the majority re- port was adopted. Teport, cutting grandparents, practice here. Mrs. Braly, wife of Mayor Ph Brady, has gone to Los Angeles, Cal., to spend the winter, and has taken the children with her. The doctor will continue his The scnate then went into committee of | Dr. Deitrich of Lelpsic, Germany, one of the whole on Akers' ircigation bill. and after | the victims of the ill-fated steamer Elbe, reading and accepting the first twenty-four | VA5 well known here, and had a plan for sections, adjourned, building an infirmary at this place. He had been hon to perfect the necessary arrange- Y SCORCHED, ments and was on his return when lost. The committee having in charge the matter Three Businoss Buildings Burned at an | of ing the soldiers’ reunion here is RGN BRE VRGN o¥e) working hard and meeting with success, NBBRASKA CITY. Meb. 6.— i he machinery for the new bicycle fac- AR N G L LT v has been shipped and s now on its gram)—A disastrous fire broke' out in the | way here. It Is expected to be all greeery store of C. B. Chapman at 4:30 this | this week. morning, resulting in the destruction of three | :D GRAIN LAW OBJECTIONABLE, buildings and thelr contents, and great damage to several others. At one time it|Cuiter County Farmers Think it Entails looked as though the entire block was Ll el i) L) L A doomed, but hard work confined the fire to| DROKEN BOW, Neb., Feb. 5.—(Special the three buildings. The heat was so intense | Telegram.)- mass meeting W held in the plate windows on the cpposite sids of the street were cracked, and the building badly scorched. The buildings destroyed a Chapman's grocery, Press office and Klepser's harness shop. The Western Union Telegraph office was badly damaged. follows: I3 F. Warren, owner of building o cup'ed by ‘he Pross and Chapman, $5,000 insurance, $3,000. Press 10; )00; insurance, $3,000. Chapman & Son, loss, 2,500; insurance, $1,000. A. J. Klepser, on building, §: $1,100; insurance, $1,500. Damage to the other buildings will amount to fully $2,500, which are fully insured. The Press has secured temporary quarters at the News office, and will not miss an issue. The only thing saved from the flames was this morning’s issue of that paper. BEATRICE, Feb. 5.—(Speclal Tels The fire department was called out yesterday evening, again in the night about 1 o'clock and again at 11 o'clock this morning. The first fire was at the residence of T. C. Hunter on South Lasalle street, damaging the same $160. The second was a vacant house in West Beatrice, damage $300. The blaze this morning was on the premises of Carl Elmore, totally destroying the extension frame build- ings upon as a chicken hatchery. The fire I8 supposed to have caught from a small stove in one of the compartments of buildings. The loss is between $300 and $500 and ‘is well covered by insurance. 500, on stock, EDDYVILLE, ‘Neb., Feb. 5.-—(Special Tele- gram.)—Blanchard & Bilmyer's general mer- chandise store and implement buildings, and the combined residence and feed store of A. A. Stuckey, were entirely destroyed by fire at 2 a. m. The origin of the fire is unknown, supposed to have flue in the store. former was saved; value of stock, $3,800; in- surance, $2,900. Mr. Stuckey carried no in- surance, but saved all his personal effects, Affairs ut Ashiand. ASHLAND, Neb., Feb, Mr. and Mrs. George Marshall, when their daughter Alice was The losses are as ram.)— the started from a defective Nonc of the stock of the 5.—(Special.)— Within the last week five weddings have oc- curred here, the last being at the home of yesterday, married to this city this afternoon to consider the ques- tion of voting county bonds under the new law for the purpose of securing seed and feed. At least 250 were in attendance and the discussion was quite animated. They severely criticised the provisions in the law which provide for the farmers paying for the seed at the rate of 10 per cent within one year and the bonds running for five to ten years at 7 per cent ifterest. This was regarded as a_very expensive experiment. The majority of those present were not such as the law contemplates benefiting, as they are able to purchase their own seed. They were generally of the opinion that interest on a $50,000 bond for five years would cost the county more than it would lose by letting the ground lie idle for the season. The law would have been much more acceptable to the majority in the county had it been passed as first introduced, by which the seed and feed purchased would have been a lien on the farm sown. The convention decided to not petition for an election to vote bonds, but to leave the question with the masses to take such action as they might deem best. The general opin- fon Is that an election will be called at any rate, notwithstanding the fact that the law is not satisfactory. It fs very doubtful that the bonds will carry. REUNION PARTY CONFERENCE, Only Thirteen Delcgates Attend tho Custer County Meeting at Broken Bow. BROKEN BOW, Neb, Feb. 5.—(Special Telegram.)—The conference of the reunion party teday, which had been so widely ad- vertised throughout the country the past two weeks, and which was calculated to create a great political revolution, was a very tame affair. The meeting was called at 11 o'clock today. As there were but -thirteen present and only two of them in favor of the move it was decided to adjourn the conference until after the mass meeting called to meet at 2 o'clock to discuss the question of bond- ing the county for seed and feed under the new law. At the conclusion of that meeting the conference was called to crder. An or- Henry Biggerstaff. The couple will take up | Sanization was effected by electing J. L. H. housekeeping on a farm west of the city. The marriage of Mr. Clem Sarpening to Miss Ida Christianson occurred yester ‘Wahoo. Both are from near Ashland. y at The work of filling the Swift and company Knight chairman and J. R. Dean secretary. , | Knight read several letters from parties of different states who favored the move. The session opened with about fifty spectators, but the crowd dwindled down to less than a fco house at this place is almost com- [ d0zen, when they decided to adjourn to the pleted and they will have at least 100,000 | Second Tuesday in March. fons of ico put up at a cost of about Newspaper Uhngo at_ Pender. Mrs. R. B. Aught arrived in this city | PENDER, Neb. Feb. G.—(Speclal)—The yosterday to visit relatives for the wintey | newspaper plant of the Thurston Republic, months, her home being in Crow Agency, | founded by H. S, Swenson and publlshied by ont. Stanly J. Pickett, who has been handling apples at this point, shipped the entire stock on_hand to Lincoln’ yesterday. Reéy. J. C. McConnell of the First Towa. Killod Two VERDON, Neb,, annual rabbit undres Feb. hunt at Rabbits. captains of the two sldes. ninety-two rabbits were taken, Veach's party were the winners. Baptist chureh, left today for a charge'in eastern 5,—(Speclal)—The Verdon occurred last | bench. week. George Sloan and Frank Veach were One hundred and and Frank him for the last five years, has been leased by H. A. Wells and A. T. Fried. Wells is a practical printer, and with Mr. Fried's edi- torial assistance it s intended to make one of the best weeklies in Nebraska. Its poli- ties will remain republican, An adjourned term of the district court conyened at Weiser's opera house yesterday at 10 o'clock with Judge W. F. Harris on the Oppd Tratio, BEATRICE, Feb. 5—(Special Telegram.)— Business men and farmers of Gage county are taking a lively interest in the passage An-oyster” supper was given Wednesday | by the legislature of a bill regulating privi- pleht at the residence of I D. Howe, for|jogoq of manufacturers of oleomargarine. A the beneflt of the Congregational Sunday | yymerously signed petition has been for- school. v e Gage county delegation and Francls Barnard, a Id-year-old boy, met | ¥arded to the Gag A with a very serious accident last night while d and fell pinning him 0 riding a horse. The animal slipp catching the boy's leg and the ground. his head symptom is still unconscious, better than but last evening, s that the doctors have some hopes of his re- covery. BRI e Celebrated Christian Endeavor Day, EXETER, Neb, Feb, 5.—(Speclal)—The Young P of (he Congregational church celebrated fourteonth anniversary of the organization ir & royal way Sunday, commencing sunrise prayer meetng at 7:30, which thirty- two attended, regardless of the snow storn that was raging and at 7 degrees below zero u splendid meeting, all reported at this meeting. Jowed with a Christian 11 o'clock by Rev. C. H. Huestls and at 7 ir tho evening by an Endeavor day exe the society, which took tho place of th ple This was fol The boy struck on the back of and his Soclety of Christian Endeayor the with a the mercury standing This proved to be The committees nearly Endeavor sermon at today a telegram was sent by a number of business men to Senator Graham, urging him +| to use his vote and influence for the passage 9| of the bill now pending in the senate. of Her Heart. Neb., Feb. b.—(Special Telegram.)—Arthur Stradley and Gertrude Mick of Salt Creek precinct were married Sunday night and are here spending a few days until surprise at home subsides. Miss Mick accompanied to church Sunday night the young man of her parents’ choice, and then slipped out and married the young man who had won her heart, but not her father's Married the | PLATTSMOUTH, . Caused Trouble in the Village Board, 1| BELLEVUE, Neb., Feb. 5.—(Special)—The village board passed an ordinance Monday evening vacating the streets and alleys at " | the north end of the village and appointed appraisers to assess the damago caused by 2 | this proceeding. On account of this action William 1. Martin resigned and John Atkin- son, 5r., was appointed in his place, {nr v '{m“;g h“:l\\ Ivv :v“;".:‘-"'". H‘[l l‘l:» ;llll‘al- Collided at the Grand tsland Crossing. ory of the Exeter Socie oy . Smith | cp AND ISLAND, Neb., Feb. 5.—(Special ::.;l”x‘lu short talk by Rev. Huestls were ox- |, SRASD TELETL WPy (00 and Unlon R ) o 2 Pacific switch engine collided at the cross- YORK. Nebe e boemaclal yrAfter an | I8 of the two tracks this morning, Both g B i B BEA0N . er an | o vines were derailed and damaged. Union extended illues, Mrs. David Graham died of | Paeifie passenger train No. 6 was delayed dropsy yesterday, at the age of 74. Mre. | four hours and the fast mall severul hours. Graham was one of York's ploncer settlers, | ; ree—— and ber death was not unexpeeted. The fun 4r “'“-:“.N::" EONAP S AR - eral services will be held at the Baptist [ HASTINGS, D: . “ 8 church today, conducted by Rev. Fellman. | gram)—H. M. Oliver end R. D. Lamson At the United Bretheren college on Tuesday | the ) the subject of evening, Colonel B. Crabb tudents of that institution Prison Life in Dixie The colonel is an old-time resident of York county, and a wel known orator. As i5 usual eddresscs, a good outside attendance ls ex pected will adress the colonel’s grain dealers, doiug busivess under the firm name of Oliver & Lamson, filed a bill of sale to A. L. Clarke for $2,000; also another trom 0 [ . M. Oliver to C. G. Lane for the elevator 1| at’ Hansen. b gty “Siate Notes. Sherman county Sunday The | hold & conven’ gchiools will Mouuica or Nosert Ging: ot 3 RN \e second annual educational conyention LLS CITY, Neb, Feb. 5.—(§peclal)— | of Butier county will be held at David City Robert Clegg died at his home in this city | March 8 and 9. of beart uble, aged 50 years. Mr. Clegg | The pupils of the Tilden schools will give was born In Canada and came to this city fan entertalnment on Washington's birthday twenty-four ycars ago, and worked at his [ for the benefit of the poor. trade as shoemaker for two years and thew [ Fire desiroyed the residence of George took a contract for boarding prisoncrs in | Marti, a Jefferson county farmer, and all the connty fall. He was clected mayor of the | his household goods were burned city on ths democratic ticket in 1878 aud [ Mies Watls, a teacher in a Lancasicr county served two years, and bas taken a promi- | district school, attempted to punlsh a 16-year- neat part in every election stic old pupil named Harrow for disobedlence year he was elected mayor he bought the [whea the boy picked up a pail and struck drug store conducted by 1. C. Shelly wnd yas | the teacher over the bead, cutting a long The faneral | gash the Oathollc ehurch | ever, came out on top, and pluckily continued In her forehead. Miss Watts, how- [to teach in spite of her injuries. Barrow | was_expelled, but was not otherwise pun- 1shed Because he had lost $300 in the broken Bank of Trenton John M. Bulher, a Hitchcock county farmer, ended his life by shooting himeolf through the heart, He was a bache- lor and in good circumstances. | Harry Hill, the murderer of Matt Akeson [ In Cass county, has only a few more days to | live, for he will be executed at Plattsmouth March 1 unless the Sheriff Eikenbary is already preparing for the hanging. The scaffold will be con- structed next to the north wall of the jail the whole being inclosed in a fence some elghteen feet high, The floor of the scaffold will be some ten feet high and an allowance | ‘nf #ix feet will be made for the drop. Active work on the scaffold and its enclosure will not be commenced until the Monday preced- | Ing the execution, when a force of carpenters | will be summoned and the work put through | | with a rush, The proximity of the jail to | | the buildings on Main street will not prevent outsiders from witnessing the execution, as | the tops of the buildings will be considerably hi than the enclosure, ——— Hayden Bros, Methods have certainly revolutionized the | retail busiress of Omaha. If their com- | petitors will screw their courage to the stic ing point and imitate their efforts to keep | abreast of the most advanced ways of modern | merchandising, they will surely spread the | fame of Omaha and make this a city of | prosperous, happy homes There is no place on earth where a little | money will pile up goods as it will at the big store, and no people strive harder to | please customers in every particular. The | big store is always back of every article | sold and always guarantees satlsfaction or | your money, Hayden Bros, never buy a bankrupt stock at any price unless the quality, the styles and the price are all combined fo make the selling qualities worthy the highest recom- | mendation. The M. H. Cook clothing company started last September with a splendid stock of gentlemen's clothing and fine furnishing ®oods, but treir prices, like the times, were lout of foint, and now the sccret is out. Gvery one knows what is said about the creditor. Hayden Bros.' purchased the goods at thefr own valuation, and have cut the Cook elothing company right In two, and will sell at exactly one-half their price. This enormous stock added to the regular clothing department of the big store makes the biggest stock of the kind ever scen in this city, and if the sale does not surpass anything ever attempted in Omaha it will be very strange. Everybody should visit ner 16th and Dodge and energy and progres governor interferes. the big store, cor- see what pluck, ive enterprise will do. Sy NO ONE INCULPATED. Dora Freiburg's Death Yesterday tho Re- sult of Her Own Act. The real name of the girl who died at May Coleman’s place yesterday morning was Dora Freiburg. Dora was an inmate in Nellie King's house on Douglas street, near Ninth, and about .11 o'clock Monday night she and a man named Charles Hutchinson, agent for a Chicago liguor house, started out from King's house to visit other places on the “row.” They had been drinking freely, and in their wan- derings went into May Coleman's. More liquor was consumed, and Dora told Georgia Patton, with whom she was acquainted, that she was sick and had been under a doctor's care for some time, and that during the afternoon and evening she had taken twelve small pills of morphine. Dora and Georgla went up to the latter's room and whilo there Georgia claims that Dora talked in a despondent strain for some time, saying that she was fast breaking down in health and was in financial straits. She also said that some morning they would wake up and find her dead in her room with the gas turned on. Miss Patton says that she advised the girl to do nothing rash, and then Dora asked her if she had some morphine and a syringe for a hypodermic injection. She sald that sho gave the girl a_ haif-grain tablet of the drug, which was divided in half and dissolved in water. Dora.then took the syringe and made. the injection herself, In less than an hour she became very sick and had to be carried to a room. Dr. Chadwick was summoned, but the girl was past aid and died about 1:30 a. m. The coroner was notified and detectives were sent to investi- gate the case. They found Georgia Patton hysterically weeping at the bedside of Dora, and from the inmates of the house learned that it was she who gave the dead girl the fatal injection. Georgia was taken'to the police station and locked up In the matron's department. She is alleged to have told the landlady of the house that it was she who gave Dora the injection, and that the girl asked her for it. Yesterday she denied all this, and after an investigation Coroner_Maul ordered her release, as thero was nothing to show that she had given the girl the dose with any intention of causing her death, Madge Lamont, an inmate of Nellie King's and confidential friend of Dora, said that the zirl left there late last night to go “visiting" at the other houses with a male acquaintance. She was lively and seemed in the best of spirits, and had never at any time seemed despondent enough to take her own life. Madge was sure that Dora met with an acci- dental death, and Dr. Chadwick, the attend- ‘rg physician, was of the same belief. A an inquest yesterday afternoon it was declded that Dora administered the drug her- self; whether with suicidal intent or not was not ‘determined. Dora Freiburg was the 18-year-old daughter of J. 0. Freiburg, a merchant tailor doing business on East Court avenue, Des Moines, In. She wus a handsome blonde and_left home about a year and a half ago. It is sald that her downfall was occasioned by the wiles of a Hawkeye statesman, who was in the twenty-fifth general assembly, and after her disgrace became known she determined upon leaving home and leading an immoral life. She then came to Omaha, The girl's parents separated shortly before she left home, and, In accordance with ad- vices received from both father and mother yesterday, the remains will be buried here, PARAGRAPRS, A. W. Sidney, Hannibal, Mo., is registered at tho Barker. PERSONAL Jack Talbot is registered at the Barker from Denver, Colo Contracting Agent H. B. Kooser. of the Missourl Pacific left for Kansas City last evening. Charles Meth and H. L. Fowler have re- turned from the Barker. Thomas Swan, Gordon, Wyo., and 8. A, Guthrie, Douglas, Wyo., wealthy stockmen of Wyoming, are at the Barker. Miss Hertha Tewelis of Milwaukee is iny the city, the guest of Miss Hattie Oberfelder. Miss Tewelis will remain in the city for sey- eral days. At the Mercer: F. C. Wheeler, Chicago; Charles W. Shivel, St. Louls; G. Gallaher, Kansas City; V. C. Shickley, Geneva; J. M. Bdmiston, Lincoln; J. C. Dool, Aledo, IlI.; E. C. Brainard and wife, Ogden, Utah; George Chicago and are domiciled at ¢ Weaver, New York; Leuis Wachter, Her. man; J. A McLaughlin, Craig. Nebraskans at the Hotels At the Dellone—F, J. Hrubesky, Howells; w B, White, Creighion. Barton, D ms, W. Hebron; B, Jenckes, Supéric Kelly, Laurel; Mons ' Johnson, At ihe Millard—A Chadron; €. E. Ad At the Arcade James Watson, | Fremont; J. 8. Wisherd, Clarkson; ¢, W Grinnell,” Waverly; C. Johnson, Geneva At thé Merchants—A. R. Nisbet, Fuiler. ton; H. B, Owen, Norfolk: J. M. Peterson K. J. Hall; Grand Islanc Sheerley, 1Y A ‘Day, David City; L St James; Anthony Herschman, Henry Wubber, Hart' ington; John Hirs Branch; 'J. W, Davidson, Fremont D BREVITIES. i Pt | LOCAL | On Saturday the ladies of Immanuel Bap- (st church will serve dinner at the Young Men's Christian association building. The h ds g0 to the chureh improvement fund Mrs. J. A. Linehan, wife of Jerry Linehan, who s employed in the master mechanic's office of the Union Pacific railway shops, and who was residing at 3041 California street, |died yesterday. Mrs. Linehan was 2§ years of age, and had resided in Omaha for twenty-six years Chict Seavey has received a photograph and description of Willlam McGuire, allas Willlam Morse, the notorious safe sneak who committed several robberies in Dallas. Tex., about & year ago. Morse was In Omaha last summer, but went on east, and a few weeks ago was captured while trying to break the safe of & big milling company in Cincinnati. CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS T} P Finance Committee’s Report Recommending Forty-Tlife¢ Mills Levy Adopted. NOT WITHOU MUCH DISCUSSION 1ot Considerable Plaln Talk on the Manner in Which Omahaspends 18 Money —Radical Roforms Advised — Twenty-Four Ounce Beall Ordinance Kiled, Bighteen animated by retrenchment of members the city or distinet and municipal reformation in regular last night. It was first meeting in February, at which charter grovides that the annual lev; be made, and the debate lasted until midnight. 1t de ed that there more than one opihion as to the extent to which the policy of retrenchment should be carried. The minority demanded the scalps of seventeen salaried employes the city | hall and a general reduction of 25 per cent } in salaries, while the finance committee, to which the subject of retrenchment had pre- | viously been referred, contented itself with | urging economy in expenditure for lhfihllnn_: couriel, ot met the the | must | atter | was | more \dens session s00n hydrant rental and grading, reserving the matter cf salarie for future consideration. The difference of opinion caused several rather heated exchanges of personalities eventually apologies but cre tendered and ac- cve were tendered and ac- | FRRU-O0 o ¢ Jt'is not correct, a direct appeal cepted and the municipal thunder storm | fhould be made to the legislature, in the left no traces of its passage Before the report of the finance committee was reached, the minority resolution was submitted by Howell, Burkley and Mercer. It provided that the city should dispense witR the follawing employes: One clerk in | the city clerk’s office at not less than $100 | per month; two in the city treasurer's office | at §$175; one in the comptroller's office at | $100; one in the Board of Public Work's offics at $75; the sidewalk inspector, $90; assistant plumbing inspector, $125; four | sanitary inspectors at $60 each; two janitor: $50 each; one elevator conductor, $50; assist ant commissioner of health, $100; building in- spector’s clerk, $100; building examiner, §104. The resolution also provided that all other salaries except such as were protected by the charter should be reduced 25 per cent unl such a reduction should bring them below $50, and that the council should go into committee of the whole to consider the suggestion. HOWELL WAS EMPHATIC Howell supported the resolution by de- claring that the minority had been compelled to declare itself. It had not been consulted in making up the levy and he wanted to go on record as saying that he would never vote for a levy ordinance until retrenchment had been accomplished along the lines sug- gested by the resolution. Jacobsen urged that since the subject had previously been submitted to the finance committee the resolution should follow it Mercer and Howell insisted that the resolu- tion should be considered in committee of the whole without réference, and after consider- able discussion the atter was compromised by reading the’repérts of the finance com- mittee, which fhe tommittee of the whole proceeded to consider in connection with the resolution. The, finance committee submitted the_following réport, relative to the levy for 1895: A RECOMMEND 44 MILLS. In reporting; the annual levy ordinance, your finance committee begs ‘to say that very careful personal attention has been glven every bohrd and department of the city, including thetdchool board. ~Consider. ing the circumstances, our task has not been an_easy;wye, We could not iguore (and we had no right to) the unanimous de- mand of the people (hat the rate of taxation BeKept within Aotids, and, it possibie, re- duced. We have tnever lost sight of 'this imperative demand. Dy investigation —we found these figures from last year confro: ing us: o ) : DEFIGIENGIES FROM 1801, School board ... Street repair bill, 1891.. . Stre:t repair bill, 1894 (about) Park judgment Fire cngines and hose, unp Street lighting .. Total 35,018 This represents 7 mills, Had the above been provided for last year, assuming that the bills are correct, wé could have recom- mended_a. material reduction in the annual -$ 70,000 The estimates submitted by the from all boards and departments, including _the school board, called for a total of 55 mills for 1895. Your committee has invited members of the school board, library board, park board, fire and police commission and’heads of de- partments to a conference where, in_every case, all items of expenditure were reduced to the lowest possible limit, except salaries, which are to be made a subject of further consideration. The levy for general fund is made with the understanding that all de- partments will practice the most rigid econ- omy, and that this fund shall not be called upon to pay for paving, grading, street work nor extra hydrants, street lighting, ete. The levy in detail ‘recommended in the ordinance” herewith is as follows: General . Maintaining curbing and guttering...... Sewer .. Police " Iire Sinking fund Schoo ™ Park . Judgment Board of I % Street lighting . Total, in A total for city purposes schools, of 57 mills, In this connection it should be remem- bered, also, that the school board has been given' 4 mills additional to the levy of 1864 on_account of the falling off in license re- ceipts, and the fire department also an- ticipates 1 or 2 mills Increase. These two items of increase, for which this council is not responsible, deducted from last year's levy of 44 mills, show that city taxes proper, including that' for gchool purposes, under ordinary circumstances, would have been decreased 6% mills, or over 13 per cent in the levy ordinance for 18%. outside of public mills. In adopting this report let it be under- stood that there must be strict cconomy In each department, and every official in any way responsiblé for the disbursement of public funds must keep within the a propriation or allotment, Unless there are Some legal barriers this report will be fo fowed by an allotment, by resolution or o dinance, “limiting and restricting the” dis: bursement” of funds by every board and all, departments. Your committee s not unfriendly to the large capitalized interests which are fui nishing the city with water, gas, gasoline, dlectric lights, telephones, ete, and which have received’ valuable frin from the people, without any consideration. But the Yights of the general public are not being properly protectefl, and it is only fair that The business of the city should be put on a more equitable hasis “with these corpora- tions, ~ Quite recently concessions have made by the gas company and the ight company, but nothing has been by the others, (8o far as we are ad- d, v A few instances will illustrate. Omaha & Council Bluffs Street railw The understand, pays 381000 per year to ' the Omaha Street Hailway company for the vilege of runndnglifs traing around the foon: Tt this privileks is worth that amount for the use of its raills, it would seem that the city should receive something for the use of the streets. jBut it gets nothing— not even taxes ov their cars. The west end of the bridge pays a nominal tax The American Watar Works company will eventually own alarge siice of the city, un- s some method 15 found to check its ad- ances. Annual Temtals for fire hydrants paid out of the ety ireasury have now reached the enovmoug sum of 4 per cent on 52,100,000, and it 1 Increasing every y The Investment of the cliy’ I new fire drants charged during 1891 represents 4 cent on $110,00). t is being coll ed from pr 10 not know A yol a hustler, and s making a_record that en titles it to second place in the affections of the clty treasury. During 1591 the city paid, in rentals for gasoline lamps, interest on a capitalization of $10.000, and the increase in gasoline bills was 35 per cent over 159 The city pays interest on a capitai of $425,000 for ils gas, @and Interest on aboul 360,000 for its telephones. The gas company has recently pall about $6,000 {nto the city treasury under Its new ‘contract, and the telephone compuny would be making & good bargain if it furnished the city with all its telephones without o It is needless to say by nearly all these large corporations are only nominal. But to pay the annual charges for the services rendered the city as above mentloned, the people pay 4 pe cent interest 00 every year. Of the tax levy amount represents mills, or about one-sixth of the taxes pald for all purposes The few instances given will indicate the necessity for a growing tax levy, and will AT hy arge. that the taxes pald possibly show why taxes fn Omaha are un- equally distributed. But the question of as- sessménts {s not before us at this time, and 18 referred to in the hope that a remedy may be found whereby the annual levy may be reduced, and a more Just and equi- tabl distribution of burdens be made SOME PLAIN FACTS. The Ideas of the committee relative to re- trerchment were presented as follows Your committes, having had under con- slderatic resoliition adc by the cc cil Januar: looking towards retren: ment in city expenses, begs leave to & mit the foilowing partial report, and ask further time to investigate that branch of the resolution touching reduction of sal- aries. We haye devoted as much considera- tion ‘as possible to this subject, and we find a_general willingness on the part of all city officials to economiz in every depart- ment. Tt has been the desire of the finance committee, in its recommendations, not to cripple any of the city departments, and to reduce compensation where it was (oo high and cut off unnecessary expenses, If an wnnual - appropriation ordinance can be | passed which would take effect and be | binding upon officials chosen at a subse- | quent clection it would be less difficult to | establish salaries on a lower basis. We are met, in the very first stage of our work, With these obstacles ! Some of the various boards evidently are | of the opinfon that ft is the duty of the | city council to practically place a certain | sum of money, annually, to their credit, | nd that the city council has nothing to do | it expenditure, The inclined to this view city If he attorney 18 legally { the people who piy (he taxes can expect no relief until they “go to the legia- lature and amend the charter = as to Bring the expenditures the direct control of in the city council. There i& no digposition, ) far as we are aware, on the part of th city council to interfers 'in any way with the Aiministration and details of the vari- ous boards and departments; but we believe of all boards under thelr representatives it s the duty of the city' council to v strict and limit o ura of public funds. Your committee Is of the opinion that the position, ity council should insist upon this and, should subsequent ts interests of the people and taxpayers, to so amend the chart r that all expendity be limited and restricted by the clty e eil, Under sun- the provisions of the char e and ries and cannot be in- their term. cannot be the opinion of the city attorney the s; of all emploves appolnted by the may y confirmed snsed laries chang 1r uncil uring charter neil. the d by the city « our commit fina crcoming these obstacles ankly, that we do not bell in the interest of good city make a scapegoat of th nd others who do not protection. Al should be treated alike, The disposition, we believe, among all subordi- nate officers and clerks is to cheerfully ac- cept fair reduction for their services. After we have looked further into this h of the subject we will submit an additional report In our archies among the the city, we find that the irrepre cilman’ with a resolution is a ver no means of we will say, e it will be government to few city clerks have such friendly archives of ible coun- expensive y to the city. It is an matter il to the expenise of the v resolu- but it quite another’ matter nd such resolutions, or check the ex- diturcs when once made The taxpayers have an erroneous impre sion in regard to the powers of th sentatives in_the city council. decidedly limited. While it is true that the council ‘makes the annual tax levy, it is equally true that the power to regulate the salaries of the employes of the city, which, in our judgment, should be in the hands ives 1y of the people (thfough their represen made in the council), nugatory by charter provi ion of the city attorr total tax levy for 1894 was amount the people will sed to learn that thel ty council have nee, of salaries in nting to less than $60,000, or between mills of the total levy. If it is true that some of the boards are growing the belief that th are independent council and not buntable to that v, and simply come to the council for dnnual tax levy, and have the right to regulate expendity s as they deem best, we are of the opinion that it is time that the people consider whether or not they should take steps to have such power cur- iled and the responsibility for all expend- itures placed upon those whom they can reach by the ballot box. The city council has not been blameles in expenditures, and we should be willing to accept our du proportion of public eriti- cism. Some of the leaks in the council may be attributed to the objectionable practice of ordering, by resolution or ordinance, without due consideration, additional firé hydrants, electric and gasoline lights, pro- viding for the [m yment of grading out of the general fund, which ought to be paid by the property owners benefited, and also gen- I street ‘work, which is, in many cases, ctically “a reckless waste of publi¢ money. This council has in its power, if it s0 desires, to prevent this, and a resolution is herewith submitted — with this report bearing upon this subject, and tending to regulate it at least during 1893 The finance committee, In fact, has based its_recommendations for the tax levy for 189 upon the expectation that the present y council will adopt such resolution, If a_different policy is to be pursued, and we re to continue to add to our monthly and 1S heen tic if the opin. The Of this doubtless be sur. representatives rect control, by the aggregate bills by ordering gas and electric iights and grading and other street work, there will be an overlap to which your com- mittee desires to call this time. If the resolution is adopted we belleve that there will be a saving in the items mentioned of 3 to 4 mills in_the an- nual levy. We beg to make the following special attention at recommendations for 1895: That no resolutions or ordinacnes be adopted ordering additional fire hydrant that no resolution be adopted o dering _additional ~gasoline ~lamps; that no resolution be adopted ordering additional gas lamps: that no reso- lution be adopted ordering additional elec- tric lights; that no street work be done by resolution,’ except as may be in the regular way by the Board of Public Works, a fund for which Is provided in the annual appro- priation; that no more grading or paving be done, the expense of which shall be pald out of the general fund. It should be borne in mind that a water hydrant, a gas lamp. gasoline lamp, or an electric light is just like some office holders; when it once gets or the pay roll it becomes a pensioner for all ume upon the taxpayers and is in deed and in fact a fixed charge, from which there is no escape; hence the necessity of calling a halt in this class of expenditures for the present relief of the people. KNOCKED OFF A MILL. The accompanying resolution by Taylor was as follows Resolved, That the committee on rules be, and it is hereby, instructed to submit an amendment to the rules, providing that the expenditures of money’ for 189 shall not be made by resolution for additional lights, water hydrants or for grading, paving or street improvements, to be paid out of the general fund, but thut all such contem- plated expenditires or improvements be made by ordinance or concurrent resolution mimeograph copies of which shall be fu nished by the eity clerk to each member of the city council, provided that, In an emel gency, only unanimous consent may be ob- tained for such expenditures by~ cohcur- rent resolution. After some parliamentary convolutions the council found itself in the committee of the whole, and the pigeeedings were inaugurated by a lively bout Detween Taylor and Howell. Taylor suggested that Howell had probably accomplished all that he intended by the reso- lution, as it was simply a piece of political buncombe, He knew as well as any one else that the minority bad refused to be repre- sented on the finance committee. and had no excuse for bringing in the resolution Then Howell rose up in wrath. “You are a nice man,” he said, “io accuse me of po- litical buncombe, and pretty soon 1 will have you up before the bar of this council to apolo gize. 1 do not intend to be talked to in this way by a man who has only served two months in the council.” The debate cooled down after a while and a peice was declared between the belligerants Mr. ‘iaylor retracted the offensive phrase and his late opponent surpassed himself in com- plimenting the report of the committee on finance. But he held that the report did not €0 far enough, and something more substan- tial must be offered in the way of retrench- ment before he would vote for the proposed levy. He went into statistics to show that the expense of operating some of the city offices was far greater at present than it was some years ago when there was very nearly the same work to be accomplished, and in From early child- hood there are bundreds who are aflicted with this terrible disense, has made a wonderful record in the eure of remedy has_re- curial and tash : Case. B, 8 B, i arant urely vege- ble, | amendment was carried this he was supported by Burkley, who cited large was than did moved that the levy for the general fund proposed the average salaries paid by several establishments to show that the city paying its clerks far more liberal other corporations. Howell finally by the finance committee be reduced one mill Saunders moved as an amendment that the report of the committee be adopted as read and the minority resolution be placed on file, Nearly all the members expressed them selves on the proposition, after which the as proposed by the finance committee passed, Burkley, Cahn, Howell, Lemly, cer and Thomas voting in the negative. The bread ordinance, which was passed at making a_loaf twenty- vigorous After some d'scussion the previous meeting. four ounces, was returned veto by the mayor. the veto was sustained by a unanimous vote, with the understanding that an ordinanc should be introduced in_ which the objection able feature should be eliminated - NATIONAL FARMER; Counell Welcomed North Carolinn. with a 1LLLANCE, Supreme 1o Raloigh The levy ordinance was Mer- Painful Salt Rhoum Covers Her Head RALEIGH, N. C, Febi, 5—The supreme ~— council of the Natonal Farmers Alllance and | *appy and Healthy Since Taking Industrial unfon met in annual convention Hood's Sarsaparilla here today. United States Senator-eloct | 1, Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: Marion Butler, president of the National al “ My little daughter, Birdie, now two and one- liance, called the counell to order and pre- | half years old, has been 3 gro::l suflrn“; rn:.l.. sented Mayor Badger of this city, who de- | saltrlioum sltico showas about two montha old, ¢ uany remedies, but without avail, until a lignant character to create prejudice between U the laborers of the cit the country, and hoped that the influence of the alliance might be exerted toward a cessation of all such schemes. President Newburn of the welcomed the council on behalf of the state. Responses were made by H. L. Lou South Dakota, ex-president of tion, and 1. E. Dean of New York. Delegates were present from twenty states the evening meeting of the council the following and more are expected tomorrow. At resolutions adopted Whereas, It is currently report: on the currency question were ed that an- and the laborers of orth Carolina State alliance cks of the organiza- Friend Recommended Hood's sarsaparilla, Before the first bottle was taken (e eruption had disappeared, and now none FeaT Whlo ‘tho chil's general health ip HOOD’S Sarsaparilla CURES gther bond lssue has hoen determined upon | - much tmproved, | T heartily rocommond, Hood by the t of the United States; and | Sarsaparilla to all suffering from this diseaso. Where our opinion existing statute | Mis. Lizzie Bucniorz, Atehison, Kav laws do not authorize such issuc; n ither do T present fes require it; and Hood’s Pillg cure liver ills, constipationy Where power “is now reposed in | Nliousuess, Jaundice, sick headache, indigestion the gene government to meet such press- ing contingenc and by the plain terms | of existing laws! theref be it Resolved, That ' this the Farm:s' Alliance in regular session ass emn and most earnest ssue Resolv be urged to employ the o woand pay out silver ns national council of and Industrial union mbled ente protest ag n allow ed as gold when by cofn is demanded for th asury. notes, Resolved, That if this not_end the presént emerge the government be re- ed to issue non-inte legal tender treasur ——— ISIC AT THE WOMA ring full n y CLUB. Musically this has been a red letter week in the history of Omaha, Willlam H. Sher- wood, America’s great piano virtuoso, appear- ing in concert Monday evening, while last night a new comer to the west, Miss Pris- cella White of Boston made a profound im- pression as a singer whose future is among the stars. Modest, unassuming in manner, with few of the tricks of the lyric profes- sion, Miss White sang to an audience in the Woman'’s club rooms in so masterly a man- ner that her praises will ring today in musi- cal circles. She won a notable triumph, and that, too, # a room illy suited to her voice, which, in its satiny quality, is very like that of Emma Eames, but what is still more re- markable, coupled with this liquid quality there is dramatic ferver and intensity which must bring the young singer into national prominence. Her program was exacting, to say the least, covering the light, airy chau- sons of the French composers, the sweet bal- lads of our English and the tragedies of the Italian and German writers, as a whole, a re- markably fine program, wisely selected to bring out the phrasing and the temperament of the artiste. Never has an Omaha audi- ence heard the immortal number. from “La Traviata” “Ah! Fors e' Lui,” taken. with such tempo as Miss White gave it last night and sustaining the notes throughout in so absolutely a musicianly manner. And such an ovation as the young woman received compensated for all the weary years of toil and_endeavor the perfection of that one tragic tone poem cost the singer. The “Spring Song”’ of Mendelssohn was beauti- fully rendered and was received with the en- thusiasm a perfect rendition of the song merited, For an encore to the Verdi number Miss White gave “The Proposal,” by Brocket, a simple bit of melody, telling how the scar- let creeper loves the elm, but o daintily noted that it, too, won warm praise. Tiree French songs showed the versatility of this talented artiste, and they were sung with the verve that universally accompanies anything written by Chaminade and Loge. “Sun- shine,” by Grieg, was sung with warmth and feeling, her colorature work being far above what Omaha has heard in a number of years. “Sun Worship,” by Kenneth McKenzie, a young Boston composer, and written for the artiste who sang it last night, was finely suited to show the sentiment of the singer, and her concluding number, by Delibes, was rich in coloring, forceful, brilliant, terminat- ing with magnificent climax a nofable even- ing musically. Ho Fought Everybody. James Provan, a soldier from Fort Omaha, got drunk yesterday. This got him into a great deal of trouble, as well as making much trouble for others. He got mixed up in a fight in a saloon at Fourteenth and Dodge and was arrested by Detective Hudson. Hudson took him to the patrol box, and when he saw the patrol wagon coming he made a fight to get away. After he was put in the wagon he made a fight with Officer Tiedeman. At the station he tried to beat Jailer Hovey when being searched, and as Turnkey Mar- nell was locking him in a cell he attacked him, but was finally locked up with some other prisoners, where he started another fight, but got considerably the worst of it. He was finally placed in a dark cell all alone. Good health gives strong muscles, firm nerves, clear brain. 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