Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 22, 1902, Page 5

I FOR BETTER PUBLIC SERVICE Mayor Moores Buggests Several Obanges in the Oity Obarter, HINKS INCREASE OF FUNDS NECESSARY Would Have Fire and Police Forees ['the country, Henry Haselton and George r, More Hyd nd Better Pay omcinls, Bpeaking of necessary alterations In thg ©ity_charter, Mayor Moores sald: { “The most important of the amend- ments necessary for the practical opera- ‘ion of the city government refer to an nereasf in the charter limitations 1o | he size of certaln funds. At the pres- | *nt time the fire fund is limited to $125, 900. This amount is not sufficient to oper. Ate the department and the limitatiol should be increased to about $165,000. This foes not mean that amount woyld be re- Quired at all times, but it could be wisely °*Xpendsd some yéars and it should be made | ivallable, At the present time the force | s inadequate for the best results and one oF more companies should be added. The- #um now at the disposal of the eity would do little more than pay the wages of the | men who should be emplored, to say noth- | ng of Ineldental expenses. The eity owns | il but two of the houses in which the companies are mnow located, and these houses should be repainted and repaired if | they are to be maintained. The appli- mnces of the department need many re- pairs, which cennot be made mow for lack of funds. These expenses might mot come | ®every year, but when they do come there | *hould be provision to meet them. ‘The limitation on the police fund should be increased. The force is not large *nough for the best service and more men should be added when necessary. “The lighting fund and the water fund should both be increased. There should be a large number of additional street lamps in various parts of the town, while there are sections of the city practically without fire protection. In most instances the shortage of fire hydrants is in the suburbe where the houses are owned by poor people, people who have their sav- ings invested in the homes and because of lusuMcient protection are compelled to pay high rates of insurance. Suggests New Paving Laws, “Another change which should be made fe in the matter of paving the streets. At the present time paving cannot be done nxeept upon petition of property owners. Some of our best known citizens and 1eaviest property owners will sign paving netitions und the work will be hardly com- dleted before they are attempting to dise cover wome way in which to place the :xpeuse of the work upon the city at large ond to nullify the special assessments. WFat we should have is a system whereby ibp city council and mayor can order the 1mving of streets and the property owners e given thirty days in which to file pro- tosts. If these protests are found to be sat- sfactory the resolutioh ordering the pav- ng could be repealed. There iy 80 much roperty owned by non-residents and those ~ho have little Interest in the strdets butting 1t that they will not move for aving, and the council should be in a gition to make them act. “Then in the matter of salaries thers nhould be some changes. The police judge ~hould recelve as much salary as a dis- r{et judge. The present police judge arps into the city through fines and costs _Our tiries as much as his salary and do- | ‘+oter as much time to his work as any of be judgos "ot 'the ‘afstrict beuch. -Betere b4 present chartér was enacted he re- #lved 32,600 & year and there is mo ‘rea- ton why he should not get that much now. t the police court the city prosecutor ecelves $900 per year. This salary should | e increased to at least $1,800, so a good awyer can afford to give the work the tion it deserves. “There is 0o reason why the eity clerk wad the city comptroiler should not re- ‘slve as much Compensation as the eity a_torney, the city engineer and a number of other officers. They devote their en- tire time to the work and $2,500 is cer- talaly not too much to pay for the service, “The fund at the disposal of the Board | of Health should be Increased, as the health of the community depends upon quick and sometimes very expensive work The park board should alfo have the right to expend more monéy. “The rallroads should pay higher t they have been doing and there otber changes which might with advantage be made, but they do not occur to me just at this ‘time.” It you bave loss of appetite, headache, constipation or biliousness take Electrie Bitters. It cures r mo pay. Ouly 60c. For sale by Kuhn & Co. NEW OMAHA JOBBING HOUSE January 16 H. R. Peany, who has for many years been in the grain business in this" «<ity, will open the business of the H. R Penny Hoslery company at the new Rogers bitlding, 1204 Douglas street, with a ware- house at 327 South Tenth street. Mr. Penny will be the sole proprietor of the new com- will be $60,000. The house will carry full wholesale line"of hosiery, underwem sweaters, fancy woolen goods, suspenders pany at the start and the working r-plull ng men will be placed on the road and the territory covered will be the states of lowa, Nehrask: northern Mis- sourl, Seuth Dakota, Colorado and Wyo- ming, while speclaities wi be sold as far west as the Pacific coast, and the citles of Minneapolis, Denve: Paul, Kansa® City, Bt. Joseph, Des Motnes ané Sioux City will be visited by persons who are particularly ,~——DO YOU WANT TO MAKE—— $10 FOR EVERY $I INVESTED We are running & big Tunnel into what seoms almost A MOUNTAIN OF,GOLD w Rocky Mountdins near Boulder, Colo- o, (We Deed more money to eurry on operations and offer t anth #1 SHARES FOR 20 CENTS. 1t you want to get in on what promises o become one of the best paving mining enterprises | n Colorado write for particu- Iars or send postal order to THE SYNDICATE DEEP MINING AND TUNNEL CO. 1th and Farnam Sts, Omaha, Nel TOR A «-uiifi‘ffig %Eufifi.wcx] Fine Candy Will Be Acceptable quainted with the business. The house will represent eastern mills in the variou: lines and it is expected that a large bu ness will be built up with the large dry | £00ds and department stores of tho larger | towns, as selling direct from the mills the local houses can meet the competition of New York and Chicago at any point on | the Mississippl river and west. Two of the best known hosiery men of H. Green of Philadelphia, have been en- gaged by Mr. Penny and will remove with their tamilies to this eity. T e e e Tt e e Amusements. At Hoyd's Theater— Five of highly intense melodrama constitute “The Convict's Daughter,” which opened an epgagement at Boyd's theater yesterday aftetnoon, and the verdict of the udlence at that time was in favor of the | plece, The play is by-d. A. Frazer, whose | chievement is neither a literary classic or a strong composition in a dramatic sense, but it possesses many of the eles ments of the successful melodrama. The ' central character of the play 1! tramp, who Is naturally possessed of ge erous and at times even noble impulses, but is coerced by the man who ktiows the secret of his escape from Sing Sing prison into varfous acts of villaisy, until finally his manhood msserts itself and he rebels in spite of the comsequences. The other principal persons of the play are all typi- cal of melodrama. Of the company as a whole it may be said that it is capable even beyond the de- gree of those usually to be seen In this character of play. Miss Jewel Darrell is 4 charming and convincing Edith, and in the part of Weary Willle Mr. W. R. Ogden earns the approval of his audience. At the Crelghten-Orphenm— The Christmas week bill at the Orpheum is a good one from start to finish. Warten- berg brothers open the show with a unique foot juggling act and Carson and Willard follow with ap amusing turn in German dialect. Then come Jules and Ella Ga rison, who cleverly present bits of bur- lesque on drama and tragedy, followed by Harris and Walters, who became favorite funmakers with the Orpheum clientele last season. Adele Purvis Onrl does some difcult Jug- gling and executes @ pretty serpentine dance on a revolving globe, and Little Tsuda adds his excellent whirlwind tum- bling to the act. Stuart Barnes, with a budget of new songs and storles, is an- other local favorite who appears and strengthens his popularity. Webb's seals and sea lions, six in num- ber, perform a number of wonderful stunts, dispiaying a remarkable degree of intelli- ence. The entertainment closes with the tory of “Bluebeard” in moving pictures. May Yet Be Savea. All who bave severe lung troubles need Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. | It cures or no pay. 60c, $1.00. For sale by Kubn & Co. : JUDGE BAKER VISITS OMAHA Says New Mexico and Oklahoma Will Be Admitted to the Union. Judge B. 8. Baker and wifs of Albu- querque, N. M., are in the city for a week's visit and are staying at the Iler Grand. udge Baker was for so long & time a resi- dent of this elty that it is difficult to think of him otber than as an Omaha man. He is now on hfs way home from Washington, where he has been in the interests of the omnibus bill. “New Mexico and Oklahoma will be ad- mitted to the union without doubt,” said Judge Baker yesterday afternoon. “Ari- sona will also be admitted, either by itselt or consolidated with New Mexico. If the omnibus bill could come up right now there is enough vdtes to pass it without trouble, but the work of the opposition may throttle it before it its hearing In congres There is quite 4 feeling in the east against #0 many western senators. “New Mexico is golng to be one of the richest states in the unlon. It has timber, coal, iron, sulphur and s a good agricul- ural country. Sheep raising s the chief industry. There are splendid opportuni- ties there, and 1 am very well pleased with it as a home state. “In my opinion Nebraska is the best | state in the union and New Mexico Is the best territory.” NIP IT IN THE BUD, First Appearance of Dandruff a Fore- runner of Fature Baldness. That such js the case has been conclu- sively proven by sclentific research. Prof. Unna, the nated Buropean skin speciallst, declares that dandruff is the burrowed-up cuticle of the scalp, caused by parasites destroying the vitality in the balr bulb, The hair becomes lifeless and in time falls out. This can be prevented. s Newbro's Herpicide kills this dandruft germ and restores the hair to its matural #oftness and abundancy. Herpicide Is now used by thousamds of people—all satisfied that it ls the most preparation on the market PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Jake Willard of Carson and Willard is at the Midland. Wil Hayward of Tekamah is registered at the Midland. H. T. Mi Jor, a Kansas City rallroad nian, is at the Dellone. Mrs. J. N. Jon at the Merchants. Harry Anderson of Grand Island is in Omaha for a few da Mr. and Mrs. Guy C. yesterday from the east Dr. A. P. Overgard of Fremont is in the city on @ few days' business J. B. Roberts and wife of Ca Colo., are in the city for a few d of Avoca, Ta., Is & guest Barton returned Clty, AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Mayor Koutaky Oalls Meeting of the Ohar- ter Revision Comnmittee. DISEASED MEAT STORY IS DISCREDITED Investigation Shows That No Butcher Purchased Unfit ¢ Keep Up Conl Magic City Gos According to the call issued by Mayor Koutsky, the charter revision committes appointed by the council at its last meet- Ing will meet in the council chamber at 7:30 o'clock tonight. The mayor sald yes- terday that when the committee assembled he would state the object of the meeting and then would announce the election of & president, vice president and secretary as in order When the organization Is perfected it 1s expected that subcommittees will be-ap- pointed for the purpose of holding sessions with the different heads of departments in order that the needs of all of the depart- ments may be considered separately. The plan is then to have the subcommittees report to the entire committee and the amendments to the charter read and dis- cussed. After this is done there will natur- ally be another revision before the pro- posed amendments are submitted to the Douglas county delegation. S0’ many features are to be brought out that it will take the committes some time to do its work if the proposed amended bill iswto be presented to the legislature in the early part of the session. A politiclan who happened into the city hall toward evening yesterday remarked that it was noticeable that those most in- terested in framing the present charter had not been appointed on the general com- mittee. This, he said, was taken by many s an indication that the charter as It now stands was framed for the benefit of cer. tain individuals who failed of election or appointment. What the mayor wants is a flat-footed discussion of the needs of the city and the amendments placed in such shape that there can be no mistake, should they be- come law. Discredits Published Storfes, Within the last few days some Omaha sheets have been publishing stories about the selling of diseased meats within the city limits. When the attention of Mayor Koutsky was called to this matter yester- day he said that, in his opinion, the storles were circulated for the purpose of setting public opinion against him because he had removed Clark Howard from the office of city stock examiner. The mayor sald: “Since these reports have come out I have caused a thorough Investigation to be | made and I cannot find a single instance where & butcher in South Omaha has pur~ chased a plece of diseased meat.'” Joseph Koutsky, a brother of the mayor, sald: “It is & fact that at the request of my brother, the mayor, I assisted in making a thorough investigation of the statements mads by certain Omaha papers, and some local papers as well. I find the statements untrue. In order to give the representa- tives ©f those papers a chance to make good and prove what they say, I will offer a reward of $100 for the arrest and cons viction of any individual who buys dis. eased animals in the city and slaughters the same within the eity limits. This amount Is now on deposit at the Packers’ National bank."” Continuing, Mr. Koutsky sald that he could be found during busi.ess hours at his store, 415 North Twenty-fifth street. Packers Getting Coal. Packéts are still getting coal right along, although there is no very large supply on band. Quite a large amount has been re- celved during the last few days, during the soft weather, and as the shipments seem to come In with regularity it ‘in thought here that the mine operators and the railroads are making an effort to sup- ply the demand. None of the packers ap- pear now to fear a coal famine, unless ex- tremely cold weather should set in sud- denly. Such a condition, it is said, would block traffic to some extent and thus delay the delivery of coal already on track. For local “coal dealers little if any coal is coming in. Some bituminous eoal is coming from the south, but there is not enough in the yards here now to last through the winter should the supply be shut off. As for anthracite, there is none for sale In the city. Little Credence Giv A report has been current on the streets for a few days past to the effect that the Burlington was going to build a depot at Thirty-eighth and L streets. This is an old story which has been’ going the rounds for the last five years. Rumor has it that the Burlington would erect a depot at Thirty-eighth and L streets and then the street car line would be extended out L street 80 as to make connection with it. Waen this question was seriously consid- ered some years ago engineers examined the L street viaduct and declared that the structure would not support heavily-laden motor trains, so the project was aban- doned. The bridge at that time was In much better shape than it is now, | there cannot be any possibility of the ex- tension of the car line west on L street Maxwell Still Held, Willlam Maxwell is atill being held at police headquarters while an investigation |into his past is being made. A few days ago Maxwell appeared in the city and en- | deavored to secure money from Masons by putting up a tald of woe. The story was 80 gauzy that he did not succeed extept in two or three cases. Instead of leaving {the city when he had raised about 825 | Maxwell proceeded to get drunk and was arrested. When searched receipts for dues 1n the Masonic lodge at Pikeville, Ky., were found on him, some of the receipts being dated as far ahead as 1006, Mem. bers of Bee Hive lodge here are Investigat ing and have found that Maxwell @s not a member of the Pikeville lodge. From his demeanor it is thought that Maxwell is slightly demented Literary Burean Organized. The Epworth league of the First Meth- odist Episcopal church s organizing & bureau for the distribution of books, pa- pers, toys and trinkets among the poor of the city. Members of the league re- quest that any persons who have any of the articles mentioned at their home which can be spared donate the same to the work in hand. Contributions may be left at the office of H. T. Brass, Twenty-fourth and L streets. loe Crop Spi The soft weather of the last few days has melted the snow on top of the fce at Jetter and Seymour lakes, reducing the thickness. At ome time during the cold snap the ice was about #even inches thick and arrangements had been made to commence cutting. Then came the rain and the thawing weather. Now there is no telling when the fce harvest will com- mence. There is now only about four inches of fece at the Jetter pond and Sey- mour lake Magie Clty Gossip. Mrs. 54 Munshaw is on the sick list. B. E. Wilcox is entertaining his father and mother, who reside at Ida Grove, Ia. A meeting of the Woman's Rellef corps will be held at the hall of the order this afternoon. Phil Kearney post, Grand Army of the Republic, will' meet in regular session at the post hall tonight. Superior lodge No. 193, Degree of Honor, will meet Tuesday afternoon at Workmen hall and initiate candidates. Judge R. B. Montgomery is recelving the congratulations of his friends on his ap- pointment as deputy county attorney. Gall Hamil, one of the popular young men employed at the Live Stock exchange, as gone to Atlantic, la, to spend the holidays with friends and relatives. Enterprise lodge No. 512, Fraternal Union of America, will hold an' open meeting in 0dd Fellows' hall Tuesday evening of this week. Friends of the order are invited. James Carter, chief inspector at the Ne- braska telephone office in this city, was out for the first time In five Weeks Mr. Carter has been seriously xpects to return to duty in about a week. On Nature’s Plan. Colds are quickly cured by Chamber- lain’s Cough Remedy. It acts on nature's plan, loosens the cough, relieves the lungs and opens ‘the secretions, effecting a per- manent cure. It counteracts any tendemcy of a cold to result in pneumonia. It 1s pleasant to take, both adults and children like it. Price 26¢; large size. 50c. NEW OFFICERS MEET TODAY President Nash and Assoclates Will Decide Policy of Auditorim * Company. The new officers and executive commit- tee of the Auditorium company will hold their first regular meeting today. Pre mt F. A. Nash says steps will be taken at this meeting to determine the policy to be pursued in consummating the plans for the completion of the Auditorium buflding within the next year. “A number of plans and suggestions have been offere: sald Mr, Nash, “but we have of course decided on nothing definite as ‘we have not met officially. All the office: and directors seem thoroughly imbued with & determination to proceed with the work of bullding an auditorium; that much can be sald, but the discussion of any speclal plan or polley now, before our meeting, would be premature.” Thomas C. Byrne, vice president of the new company, sald: - “We are going to have an auditorium bullding by next fall, or at least that is the determined purpose. All the directors look to Mr. Nash to declare the policy and will hold up his bands in the undertaking. We are géing to proceed with all possible facility.” Announcements of the Theaters. As & musical comedy success, “Florodora,” the great record-breaker of and incidentally the most popular musical comedy ever seen in this country,.is this season being given as before, by John C. Fisher and Thomas W. Ryley's very large organization of a tistic principals, beautiful chorus and dainty “pretty maidens.” The same metro- politan production that has been the de- light of all who have been fortunate in witnessing “Florodora™ 1s ecarried intact, with every feature and attribute as here- tofore. The comedy will begin its engage- ment of five performances at t! a special Christmas matines. 0 that ! will ‘also be given Saturday. Jim Dumps had breakfast just at seven, And every y, about eleven, He'd feel so sort of gone and weak, As if he should a bracer seek. ‘To work he then took “Forc with him And braced on that, Wise “Suany Jim." . E. Waterman, & promigent Holdrege business man, registered at the Mer- chants. D Frank Sawyer and W. B. Aten, men from Kansas City, are at chants. / W. L. Bessach and wife of Provo, Utah, are staying at the ller Grand during their few days in the city enroute east. C. 5. Haliman, government inspestor of Indian_supplles, 'with headquarters at Da- kota City, Neb., ls staying at the Dellone while in the eliy on business LOCAL BREVITIES. F. W. Kenny, ir., of Blair, Neb,, left a valuable overcoat In the cloak of t Orpheum theater last night, and fafled to find the same after the periormance, The police were notified. James Henry, a negro cook employéd by the Union Depot hotel, fell dead &t 2 o'clock yesterday morning in that hostlery from the effect of heart fallure eased” was o years old and leaves but one known relative In this city, a married daughter, Mrs. Paul Murray of 2821 Purker street, with whom he lived. The funeral of Mrs. Willam Hysham, who died at 4 o'clock yesterday merning of cancer of the stomach. took place yester- day afternoon at 2 o'viock from the family residence at Twenty-third and Burt streets, interment being at Forest Lawn cemeter The services were conducted by Rev. G. H. Schieh. Beveral persons were present from Red Deceused L, 9 formerly Mved i New York Jity. v . railroad l’! Mer- Kuhn & C: Druggist‘s 15th and Douglas Sts. . TOO LATE T0 CLA! Y. LOST, black cheviot evercoat, at Orpheum zum- Sunday l'ul. return w ter The Ready-to-Serve Coreal ! 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