NEAItiXG SELF-GOVERNMENT
Condition of Affairs in Cuba Detailed by
Governor Genoral Woocl.
GREAT EPOfjl IN THE ISLAND'S HISTORY
Merlin of (lie Ciiimtltiitlonnl L'on-
rnllon I'niurfm In IM Mention,
ConiiniTOr, Aurlculture, .Smil
(ntlmi mill In Other I.lncn.
An epochal event 111 the history of Cuba's
progress toward self-government is the
meeting of tlio constitutional convention on
Monday next to draft the charter of tbo
young republic. In View of thu slgnlllcanco
of this convention tbo following article, pre
parol by (lovcrnor Ocneral Wood for Col
lier's Weekly, 1b timely and Instructive.
It Ik n plain, straightforward statement of
present conditions by one fully acquainted
with the facts,
Cuba has been through to general elec
tlono. The first,, hold on Juno IS of the pres
ent year, for tho election of municipal ofllccra
and municipal Judges. On September IS a
general election was held to elect members
to tho constitutional convention. At this
lection thlrty-ono delegates were elected,
together with their substitutes. This elec
tion, whtlo developing much stronger po
litical passions than tho former, neverthe
less passed off without disturbance or dis
order. Out of tho cntlro number of dele
gates olected only six or soven contested
elections resulted. These will bu settled
by tho members of tho convention them
Helves, It being tho purposo of tho military
government to avoid any Interference what-
ever nlthcr In tbo election of candidates or
for tho (settlement of disputed elections.
At each of thu olectlons tho voting places
wero under tho contiol of representatives
of tho different partlos and no American
ofllcer, sdldjer or civil ofllclul was present
at any voting placo In tho Island. Tho peo
plo as a wholo nro looking forward with
deep Interest to tho work to bo dono by
' tho constitutional convention and whllo
tuixlous to havo tho work proceed us rapidly
as possible, aro nevertheless patient. They
reallzo that It Is a work of vast Importance,
that It must bo dono carefully timl.tliat
ample tlmo must be taken to properly con
sider the various Important features to bo
embodied In tho new constitution.
Tho principal political parties In tho
Island at present ure tbo national, tho re
publican nnd tho union democratic. Tho
enural object of all theso parties Is tho
same, ull desiring tho establishment of a
constitutional government. Ono ot tho
great quostlonB to bo fought out In tho con
vention Is oh to whothcr Cuba Bhull bo
formed Into ono or more states. This Is a
question of great Importunco to Cubans and
thoro aro strong opinions for and against It.
Tho personnel of tho constitutional con
vention, an olected, represents fairly all
the different political parties and subdi
vision:! thereof. Tho Haino la truo of tho
substitutes elected. There Is every Indi
cation that the convention will taku up Its
task with a great deal of enthusiasm.
Thoro will, of course, bo n considerable
amount of work necessary In determining
the contested election cases. After theso
havo been disposed of tho regular duties
of the convention will bo taken up. Many
of tho members are at present Investigating
and studying tho constitutions of various
countries. Tho general opinion Is that tho
constitution ndoptcd will bo In Its general
features similar to tho constitution of thu
United Stutes. Tho personnel of the con
vention Includes a number of very ablo
members of tho Judiciary us well tin mem
bers of other learned professions. The
civil governors of four of tho six provinces
havo been elected, two members of tho isu
promo court and others, distinguished
either In tho law or In services rendered
tho Island. Thero is no reason to believe
that this convention will bo other than suc
cessful. 1'rlur to tbo municipal elections
It wan freoly predicted that general dis
turbance! would follow un uttcmpt to hold
genoral elections. They ranged off without
a slnglo breuch of the peace. The same
dubious expressions wcro heard Immedi
ately preceding tbo clcctiou for delegates
to tho constitutional convention, but this
election ulso paused oft without tho slight
est disorder
I'dnciidoiuil Mnttrrs.
Tho greatest advnuco in Cuba has per
haps been In public Instruction. Tho old
system consisted of a university, located
in Havana, under tho direct control ot tho
state and supported largely by statu funds.
Thero was nlso an Institute or school for
higher instruction in each province, also
tinder the control of tho state. These, with
thn public schools, which under Spanish
rulo wero limited In number and very In
efficiently conducted, constituted the ma
chinery of rubllo Instruction,
Tho university has been thoroughly re
organized. Muny at the old professors havo
been ratlrcd and placed on a moderato
pension. Tho Institutes havu also been re
organized and In many Instances re
equipped with material and apparatus. Tho
changes In these Institutions, however, are
Insignificant In comparison with tho work
dono in tbo public schools. Hero an cntlro
reorganization .has been miide. Over 3,100
Hchools havo been established, 3,600 teach
ers employed nnd 130,000 children aro In
school, Tho number of pupllH will bo In
creased to 200,000 und probably 250,000 dur
ing tho next Nix months, Thu expenditures
for public education for tho present school
year will bo not less than $4,000,000. Dur
ing the past six months school material,
books, desks, eta., for 100,000 children havo
bcuu purchased, brought to Cuba and put
In schools. This order called for un ex
por.dlturn of 750,000 nnd is probably larger
than any singlu order for school material
ever given In the United StatcB. Thirteen
hundred and odd teachers were sent to thu
lummer school at Harvard university, taken
to a number of cities and brought back to
Cuba without tho loss of a single individual
and without uny norluus accident. This ex.
pedltlon was under tho practical charge of
Mr. l'ro und hub ably conducted. Tho
beneficial results of iIiIh trip aro already
apparent, us shown by a recent tour of In
spection throughout the Island. Tho Inter
est In public schools Is sincere. A now
Bchool law has been promulgated nnd Is
becoming dully more efllclcnt. The wholo
Island has been divided Into school districts
and tho law provides In tbo greatest detail
for tho proper couduct and efficiency of tbo
schools. Tho salaries paid thu teachers In
the public schools aro higher than those
paid teachers In nny portion of thn United
States for teucherH of n corresponding
grade, with tho exception of three of our
largo cities.
Clitirltira mid HoNpliuIn,
From thn eastern to the western end ot
Cuba the Institutions of beneflcenco and
the hospitals have been carefully and sys
tematically reorganized, and in many In
stances renovated nnd ro-rquipped. Indus,
trial and maiiuul training Institutions have
been established, and u now law governing
the administration of charities and pro
viding for tho care of orphans, Indigents
and Insane persons has been put Into op
eration. This work has been done by
Colonel (Jreble, with the very nble assist
ance of Mr. Homer Koikes of tbo Now York
Board of Charities, in the last few months
between fifty and sixty of tho smaller asy
lums have been broken up, Improved condi
tions oxlstlng throughout the Islnnd having
made It possible for relatives and friends
to tnko the children once more into their
families aud provide for their support.
Modern plumbing ond modern Instru
ments havo bcon put into the larger hoa-
THE
pltals nnd today the larger cities ot Cuba
nnd most of the larger town1! are supplied
with efficient and well-equipped Institu
tions of this character.
livery energy and all available money
possible has been devoted to public works.
Tho reconstruction of bridges nnd ropalr
ot old highways and tho construction ot
new ones have been a special featuro ot
this work. Iloadmaking in Cuba la expen
sive. The work has to be of tho most sub
stantial character on account ot the enor
mous rainfall. Six hundred and twenty
two miles of road havo been built nnd re
paired within tho last year, nnd surveys
and detailed estimates havo been made for
over 1,200 miles more.
Several new lighthouses have been con
structed nnd a completo lighthouse board
organized, which has under Its control tho
caro ot lighthouses and the proper buoying
of harbors, etc.
Under public works of n sanitary char
acter an enormous nmount ot work has
been done In all the larger cities and
towns. Santiago has been virtually recon
structed so far as Its streets aro conccrend.
Its water front has been dredged out and
for the first time In tho memory of man a
summer lias passed without a caso of yel
low fever.
Water systems costing hundreds of thou
sands of dollars have bocn contsructed for
tho supply of towns hitherto dependent
Upon an linpuro water supply. In short,
under sanitation, Cuba has had u real
awakening and tbo people aro beginning to
reallzo the conditions rendered possible by
tho efllclcnt conduct of sanitary work.
In Havana a very great dcnl has been
dono In every way. Tho renovation of
buildings has been a featuro In this line.
Systematic nnd careful disinfection ot
many thousands of houses has been made;
street repairing has been extenslvo, tho
water front nnd tho parks cleaned up nnd
rebuilt and at this tlmo Havana In making
u great contract for tho cntlro repaying
and bewcrlng ot tho city. Tho result la
shown in sanitary conditions which aro to
day, everything considered, better than
over before known In Havana.
With tbo exception of ono or two dis
tricts, Cuba may bo hold to bo fairly well
reconstructed agriculturally nnd on the
high road to prosperity.
Tho tobacco crop of last year waB very
large, ono of tho largest lu tho history ot
tho island, and this year's crop will equal
If not exceed It. Tho sugar crop In tho
present year will bo In tho neighborhood
of 530,000 tons, and if the present prtco ot
sugar continues tho amount of money re
alized will equal that received from tho
great crops of years gono by.
Tho cultivation ot coffeo Is being re
sumed In tbo eastern provinces, as Is also
tho extensive cultivation of cocoa.
Mining Industries, especially In the two
eastern provinces, aro rapidly developing.
This section of Cuba has an unlimited sup
ply of very high grude Iron ore, as well as
largo quantities of copper and oxldo ot
manganoso; also theso aro deposits ot zinc
aud n low grade of asbestos. In thn
province of Santiago there Is still an enor
mous amount of very valuablo timber.
The commerce ot tho Island Is growing,
oh shown by tho Import duties. Thero Is a
great demand for labor from ono end of
Cuba to tho other. Largo plantations are
being reconstructed, somo of them costing
$1,500,000 for machinery and equipment
alone. Land In tho eastern provinces Is
cheap and of tho best possible quality.
When it Is remembered that probably not
over 10 per cent of Cuba was ever under
cultivation at ono time, tho possibilities of
Its future development can bo appreciated.
Credit Is good throughout tho island, but
Investment by outside capital Is slow on
account of tho political uncertainty of tho
future.
I know of no land whero young men of
moderato capital und Industry havo a better
chanco than la Cuba. Tho possibilities In
the way of fruit-growing havo nover been
ovon appreciated. Oranges of tho finest
flavor grow In tho greatest abundanco and
without nny cans. With proper cultivation
tho possibilities In this lino are apparently
limitless. Frosts aro unknown nnd thero
Is a sufficient nmount of .rainfall to do
awny with need of Irrigation. What is
said of oranges Is probably nUo truo of
lemons and olive. Potatoes, onions nnd all
kinds of garden truck grow with tho great
eat rapidity and In great abundance. Tho
raising of cuttlo and horses can also bo
conducted Very proiltably In tbo Island.
Tho grazing Is excellent, the grass being
always In condition from ono year's end
to tho other.
Many Important enterprises are under
consideration. Immigrants nro pouting
Into tbo lslund, especially from Spain. These
Immigrants are mostly from tbo northern
provinces and aro a hardy. Industrious raco
ot peoplo and will mako good cttlzcns.
rrngrrM In Other Line.
As to tho climatic conditions oxlstlng In
Cuba, It may be safely said that one can
livo there with as much comfort as la any
of our southern states, and It Is believed
that as the reconstruction and development
of the Island progress tho prevalent dis
eases will largely disappear.
Yellow fever, of which so much is said,
Is not, after all, so much to bo feared as
Is popularly supposed, and we havo every
reason tc hope that In u fow years, with
careful attention to sanitation and careful
Isolation of the diseased, that Cuba can be
made as safe for tho European as Jamaica
Is today. It cannot be stamped out at
once, nor is Its removal the work of a sin
gle year.
The presenco of yellow fever this year
In Cuba, und especially In Havana, Is duo
almost entirely to the number of Spanish
Immlgrautn who mc arriving on every
steamer, nearly all of them being non
immunes, Thu customs service has been thoroughly
reorganized under the uble managumcut
of Colonel Illlss and Is at present conducted
In tho most satisfactory manner. All tho
ports are well supplied with tho necessary
lauuehes and boats. A revenue or coast
patrol fleet has been constructed, consist
ing ot live Btnall now vcs&els and ono
former Spanish gunboat.
Tho quarnntlno aervlco Is under tho Im
mediate control of our own murine hospital
Burgeons, who ure at present attached to
the Inland government. Associated with
tlium aro mnny Cubans. This service is
highly etilclf nt and great credit is duo for
tho manner in which the work Is conducted.
In the administration of Justice much has
been done to simplify and facilitate trials
and erlmlnul rases. Correctional courts,
on tho order of our police courts, havo bfen
established lu tho larger cities and towns,
Trlul by Jury has been established In cer
tain classes ot criminal cases and thu writ
of habeas corpus will go Into operation in
December. Changes in the law aro not re
quired, but tho procedijro noeds modifica
tion. Thorough and frequent Inspection lu
all the prisons In tho Island is made to
provcut lmi.roper or unlawful detention.
The reports of discontent, hatred ot
Americans and suspicion of the Intentlonf
of tho American government, which are n
often seen In tho prets, ure absolutely In
correct. Cuba Is profoundly tranquil nnd
rapidly becoming very prosperous.
The Amorlcun army, through Its ofllccra,
hus been ono of the greatest factors lu the
reconstruction of the country, and In tho
re-establlshmcnt of tho present civil gov
ernment tho officers bavo taken up nearly
every line of work with singular ability and
unselfishness. The history of tlielr work
In Cuba is free from scandal and will al
wayH Bland to their credit. At preseut the
army Is practically removed from any ac
tive participation In civil affairs. Tho re
lations between the soldiers and people sre
friendly and disorders aro extremely in
frequent, and such us do occur are only
mall disputes ot a personal character.
OMA1IA DAILY BEE:
HOW TO MANAGE CITY AFFAIRS
Striking Evidence of Effect of Enaincu
Methods Diligcntlj Applied.
BALTIMORE GIVES A SHINING EXAMPLE
Tliree-Uunrtern of a Million Dollnrs
Savnl the Taxpayer In Ten
MnnlUn I'nyliiK Invealraent
In Mnnlclpnl lleform.
The question of remodeling tho charter
of Omaha will doubtless rocclvo tho earnest
attention of our peoplo at nn early day.
The nature of tho changes to bo made are
as yet conjectural nnd suggestions tctidlug
to Improve tho management of tho city's
expanding Interests nro to bo welcomed.
Thomas C. Hayes, mnyor of Ilnltlmorc, con
tributes to thu Saturday Evening Post of
Philadelphia uu Instructive article showing
what has been accomplished In that city
In ono phort year by enforcing business
molhods under a model municipal charter.
Mayor Hayes writes no follows:
in March of tho preseut year I contrib
uted to tho Suturday livening Tost an
artlclo on "Putting a City On a Huslness
Uasls," nnd In It I offered to Bend to nil
those who wished It n copy of tho new
charter ot tho city of Daltlmoro, which I
believed then and Btlll bollevo to bo tho
best and most effective Instrument of lta
kind In existence. As I had been mayor
under this now charter only n fuw months,
I could only outllno what I expected to do
and what I thought should nnd could bo
accomplished. Now, nftcr an experience of
ten months, In which tho now ndtnlnlstrn
tlon has saved for tho taxpayers of Daltl
moro tho sum of $7"l,o02.50, I am asked by
tho editor to tell how It haB been done.
Xaturully, tho account will bo rather
persouul and that must bo nn excuse for
freely writing in tho first person. I had
boon tho head of tho law department of tho
city for four yours nnd had como Into Inti
mate association nnd acquaintanceship with
all tho departments of tho city government.
I had taken deep Interest In municipal ad
ministration, making a special study of tho
new charters, both in this country and in
Europe. When a commission was selected
to draft n new churtcr for tho city of Haltl
niuru I was honored by an nppolntmcnt
upon It without either nny wish for It or
nny solicitation from mysolf. It ao hap
pened that tho main work of tho charter
fell upon mo and with tho exception of tho
section;! which refer to public education,
and which woro written by President 011
mun of tho Johns Hopkins university, I
wrote all of tho charter and revised Dr.
Oilman's contribution.
Tho chauges made In the local adminis
tration of Ilaltlmore wcro explained In my
former article. Whon tho selection of tho
new mayor camo up tho nomination of ono
of tho parties was offered to me. I found
out afterward that five names had been pre
sented to tho business men of tho city by
ono of tho leading citizens und that they
had been asked to express tholr prefer
ences. Ninety-five per cent favored my
nomination us mayor. I did not want the
honor, as It meant u largo financial sacri
fice, but it was urged so forcibly and my
prldo In tho new charter was bo groat that
thero was no other coursu but acceptance.
I mention this In order to mako more plain
the experiences which follow. I um a thor
ough party mau, firm In my convictions
and rather set in my partisanship, but so
far ns conducting tho business ot a city Is
concerned I am a slmpla buslncsB man,
using tho best business methods to return
to tho taxpayers tho largest valuo for their
money.
To put It In another way, you cannot keep
your oath of office and also listen to poli
ticians whoso hopo Is tb plunder tho peoplo.
Of course, nfter long years of practical
politics In tho municipal administration at
a city, I have had conflicts with Interest
and with thoso IntoreBtcd, but all of them
together havo not swerved mo ono lota from
tho purposo of giving the peoplo an abso
lutely honest and efficient administration.
Now, as to tho facta. I selected the best
men I could find, Irrespective of factions,
nnd when thoy wero appointed wo had a
meeting and I told them frankly and ear
nestly that under my administration thero
should not only bo no commissions or rake
offs, or anything of that kind in tho matter
of purchases by the city, but that if I
found out that uny such thing had been at
tempted I would bring the whole legal ma
chinery of tbo city In forco to land the
guilty party in tho penitentiary. Thero
was no spcclnl throat or play in this, but I
simply wanted tho men ot my administra
tion to know that tho promises mado were
to bo carried out, and that we were trying
to glvo to this country an examplo ot what
might bo done by honesty and earnestness
in administering the affairs of a munici
pality.
Saving Unite Sum by Economy.
Tho new charter gavo us tho machinery,
and with tho right men to handle It we
began tho work. Tho previous administra
tion bad submitted to the city council the
ordlnanco of estimates for the flscnl year
ll'OO. A bonded Indebtedness of $39,793,
SS2.35, consuming annually an Interest
cbnrgo ot $1,200,000, rested upon tho city,
and thn tax rato had reached $1.93 on the
hundred. I determined, at onco, to soo If
I could not do something to reduce theso
burdens. I Investigated every item lu this
ordinance of estimates, and the conse
quence was that with tho co-operation of a
majority of tho city council wo wero cn
ubled to savo In this one matter $290,195.61,
aud this Included $06,676 In salaries, I
want to muko It perfectly clear that thoro
has been absolutely no effort to forco a
record for economy at the expense ot the
public service, and this may bo Illustrated
by tho salary reductions probably better
than anything else. Take, for Instance,
thu elevator man. Ho was gottlng $900 a
year, whereas no business house In Daltl
moro was paying over $600 or $700 a year.
Or, take tho water board. Ily Blmply In
vestigating und reducing tho operations of
the department to a business basis it was
found that an cntlro bureau could be dis
pensed with without tho slightest injury
to the service. This point I want cspe
dally to emphasize that with all the
cutting down of salaries and tbo saving, In
this, of over $1,000 n week to tho taxpayers,
thero has been a distinct Improvement in
tho public service, nnd tho rnto of com
pensatlon to thoso who nro In the employ
ment of tho city Is still higher today than
It Is In tho bublness houses. Thus It Is
seon that simply through Investigation,
which Is tho first point In nn economical
administration, over $1,000 for ovcry work
ing day of tho year has bocn saved to tho
peoplo of Ilaltlmore. After investigation,
tho next point was, and should nlways be,
competition. This 1b beBt Illustrated by an
actual caso which has a certain humorous
Interest with nil Its Importance I found
that tbo peoplo of Daltlmoru wore paying
entirely too much for eloctrlo lights, Ap
parently thero was no recourso, because
tbcro was no competition. Ono company
controlled tho situation and dictated to the
city what It should pay. They assessed us
at the exorbitant rate of $127 per light.
To get around thin difficulty required
finesse, and 1 confess that I am rather
proud ot tho results. I appointed a mu
nicipal lighting commission and had a pre
liminary report from it advocating a mu
nicipal plant. This suggestion of n mu
nicipal plant was then exploited some what
voluminously In tho local newspapers.
.Thero was really a very Interesting discus
sion of tho whole matter. Of course, tho
monopoly know perfectly well that It would
tako some years to establish such a plant,
WEDNESDAY, XOVEMBET? 21, 1900.
and ns tho time for the submitting ot bids
wns approaching It felt sure of Its ground
nnd of Its high charges. Then I got tho
men who drew up tho specifications for bids
for lighting the city to make them broad
enough to cover Illumination by gas, There
are, as all know, several gas inventions
which mako practically ns good a light nn
electricity. The municipal plant dis
cussion disturbed thu monopoly, but
tho new specifications caused it
to Imitate tho example ot the
coon when David Crockott .went hunting.
It came down, and tbo consequence Is that
on tho new contract we have saved to tho
peoplo of Ilaltlmore over $200,000.
In competition I tncludo tho largest pub
licity. I mean by this that everything tho
city uses shall be ndvertlsed for nnd that
It shall be purchased absolutely at the low
est cost. Under our charter, on contracts
for $500 aud over, wo tako awny from the
department the power of purchaso and put
tho matter entirely In the hands of tho
Hoard of Awnrds, which Is composed ot
tho uiuyor, tho president ot tho second
brnnch of tho city council, tho comptroller,
the city solicitor and thu city register,
threo bolng elected by tho people, ono np
pointed by tho mayor und tho other elected
by Joint action ot tho city council.
Ureter 1'lre Servloo lit I, run I2xprni.
Tnko tho flro department as another Il
lustration of real competition nnd of tho
largest publicity. Without going Into de
tails, I need simply atuto that tho depart
ment bos not yet spent one-half of Its ap
propriation and It will end Its fiscal year
with u surplus of 33 per cent on nu origi
nal appropriation thnt was reduced from
tho first estimates. Tho other day the
question of hoso camo up and we suspected,
whether wrongly or not 1 do not enro to
statu, that Influences wero nt work In fa
vor of certain bidders. Tho hoso usually
heretofore bought cost $1. Wo-I mean by
that tho Hoard of Awards took tho mat
ter nwuylroni thu flro department mid got
as good an artlclo for 67 cents, saving bev
oral thousand dollars to tho taxpayers.
I would like to glvo another Illustration of
tho benefits ot competition. Thu formor
city librarian prepured specifications for
tho books, stationery und printing required
by tho different departments and buIi
departmcnts of tho municipal government.
I went over them very carefully and saw
certain defects. Tho Hoard of Awards took
my vluw of tho enso und wo drew up now
spcclficatloim and rcadvortiscd them. I
havo now a letter from tho librarian whoso
specifications wcro discarded, frankly ad
mitting that our action had saved for tho
peoplo $7,fs63.12 for tho year, and nddlng:
"In my Judgment you nro to bo con
gratulated for tho firm stand you huvo taken
In tho matter."
Thoro nro so many factH to Illustrate tho
points which I havo mentioned that I feel
constrained to add more. Tho water de
partment of the city had bocn Independent
for years and had not considered Itself under
tho general supervision of tho administra
tion. I wns very fortunate to secure at the
head of tbo department a man who had good
Judgment, nnd who wns genuinely Interested
In tho cnuso of good government and a direct
business administration. His method was
simplicity Itself. Ho went to tho root of
matters, saw what needed to bo done, found
tho men who could do it, and lopped off
thoso who wcro not returning full value In
their work. Tho result was a saving of
eomothlng llko $218,000 In a year and tho
servtco today Is better than it ban ever be
fore been in tho wholo history of Ilaltlmore,
Tho first point was Investigation, tho
second was competition and tho third was
cash.
Where the Snvlnif Wan Mndr.
Tho following, taken from official sources,
explains Just whero tho saving of tho $771,
602.59 was mado:
Reduction In pending ordinance
of pstlmatos $29),193.C1
Supplemental nrdlnuuco of esti
mates (water boartlj 27,2fO.O0
Present water board ,, sis.tMo.OO
Commissioner of Street Cleaning... 4,(7,3l
Harbor board 2,f27.0)
City librarian 25tf.'0
Board of awards (printing, etc.,
departments 7,sil1.12
Hoard of Park Commissioners S.MM.tiO
Ivinips nnd lighting SuO,0i.fK
Hoard of Flro Commissioners IMS?. Hi
Comptroller 3, 00). 00
Total $771,502.09
Tho Items In tho first reduction by de
partmcuts In tho ordlnuuco ot estimates
were as follows:
Sularics
Alone. Total.
Inspector of bulldlng.i....$ 3,100.00 $ 7S.ni9.fil
Harbor bourd SOl.tW n.OHO.OO
Health department 4,3S0.0 OSO.OO
Quarantine 1.400.00 l, 400.00
Klre department .I.SOO.OO J5,10C.(O
City collector's Dept l.guO.fn) I.IW.IO
City engineer's IJept 6.500.00 70,500.0)
Appeal tax court 13,536.00 45,906.(0
Liquor llcenso commis
sion 2,400.00 3,100.0)
Superintendent of public
buildings 6,130.00 12.3TO.oO
Mayoralty 1,000.0)
city register 25ft.0
Sewerage commission 2,220.00 2,520.00
Ocneral expenditure 1.750.0O 2,025.0)
Certain expenses 13.5O0.O0 S5.500.00
Public schools 3,800. 00 9,250.00
Totals $C6,676.00 $290,195.61
Tho total appropriation for tho year was
$7,616,427.87.
TABLE AND KITCHEN.
Practical Suggestions About Foodind the
Preparations of II.
Dully Menu.
THURSDAY.
BHEAKRA8T.
Fruit.
Cereal. Cream,
flausages. Krled Apples.
Mush Waffles. Maple Syrup.
Coffee.
LUNCH.
Fricassee of Dried Ilcef.
Unkind Powder Blscutt.
Cocoa.
DINNKH.
Potuto Chowder,
Oyster Pics. Potato Croquettes.
Macedonia Sulud.
Orange Fritters. Frutt Sauce.
Coffee,
FP.IDAY.
BHKAKFAST.
Fruit.
Cereal. Cream.
Kegs n lu Suisse.
Toast. Coffee.
LUNCH.
Grilled Sardines on Toast.
Tomato with Mayonnaise.
Rolls. Cocoa.
DINNER.
Illhquo of Oysters.
Lobster Fnrci. Creamed Potatoes,
KMcalloped Tomatoes,
Celery Mayonnaise,
Apple Custard. Coffee.
SATURDAY.
HREAKFAST.
Mush. Stewed Figs. Cream.
Fried Fugs. Ilucon.
French Fried Potatoes.
Muffins. Coffee.
LUNCH.
Hnmhurg Steaks.
Potato Salad.
Ten.
DINNER.
Tomato Soup.
Pork nnd Raked Deans.
Tomato Catsup. Egg Salad.
Apricot Tapioca Pudding.
Coffeo.
SUNDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Cereal, Cream.
Fried Oysters. . Cold Catsup.
Creamed Potatoes.
Waffles. Maplo Syrup.
Coffee,
DINNER.
Cream of Onion Soup.
Braised Prairlo Hens. Brown Sauce.
5ren Orape Jelly.
Mashed Potatoes. Stewed Cabbage.
Sweet Potato Croquettes.
Applo and Celery Halud,
Cranberry Jelly. Cream Cake,
Coffee.
SUPPER.
Tickled Oysters.
Cheese Sandwiches.
Fruit. Cuke
Coffee.
(5 OLDEN IIPCK Heat ono egg, place In
a saucepan with five ounces of soft, grated
cheese, a level tablccpcotiful of butter, half
n teaspoonful of mustard, quarter of a tea
spoonful rait, a pinch of paprika or Cay
enne and five tablespooufuls milk. Toast
five slices ot bread nnd place whero they
will keep warm. Now set tho cheese mix
turo over boiling water and stir until it Is
almost llko cream. Placo whero It will
keep hot, but not cook any more while you
poach fivu eggs, ono for each slice of toast.
Spread the cheese over toast, then place an
egg on top; dust with salt and paprika and
serve, at once.
PUMPKIN PUDDING Rub a pint of
stewed pumpkin through a conrre sieve;
add a pint of hot cream or rich milk, half
u cup ot butter, half n cup of granulated
sugar, n teospoouful of ground maco ami
cinnamon mixed, a grating of nutmeg und
a gill ot brandy. Mix well. Heat eight
eggs very light and add to tho mlxturo and
beat all thoroughly. Hake In 11 well-buttered
pudding dish In a moderately hot oven
three-quarters of an hour.
ECias A LA SUISSE Spread four level
tablespoonfuls of fresh butter In bottom ot
n baking dish; cover with grated cheeso;
break carefully over tho cheese eight eggs!
season with salt and white pepper; barely
cover tho eggs with cream and sprinkle
over tho top of nil two tablespoonfuls
grated cheese. Uako In a moderate oveu
for fifteen minutes. If using a gas stove,
placo tho dish In broiling oveu a few
minutes to brown tho top.
PRESSED NUT LOAF RIlOILED-Ono
cup of nut meal, three-fourths of n cup of
water, two and three-quarter pounds of
protose, hulf a level teaspoonful salt nnd
threo-fourttis of a teaspoonful of mixed
herbs, eugo and bay leaf. Break tho pro
toso Into pieces with a fork and add salt
and herbs, and then tb nut meal, which
has been cooked a fow minutes lu water;
press this firmly and smoothly Into a but
tered tin and put on a weight and Btund
away In Ico box for several hours. Cut
Into Bllcrs nnd broil over a clear flro until
a nlco brown; servo with n brown Banco
made with nut stock, butter and browned
flour.
Table Tnlk.
So much is written for tho guidance of
tho hostess In affairs pertaining to tho en
tertainment of her guests, The subject 1
of kucIi vital Interest nud Importunco that
it has created, aa necessities always do, the
need of a special giildo and teacher to in
struct In "company manners." To well
bred people thlB 1b superfluous and absurd,
of course.
To bo natural In all things Is desirable,
If It docs not partake of tho nature of tho
savage. Studied manners lack tho cor
diality and genial warmth that will make
tho poorest meal an enjoyablo feast whero
"tho atmosphere breathes rest and comfort
and tho many chambers Becm full of wel
comcness." Tbo sweet nnd gracious cour
tesy that dispenses a wholesome air und
genial light upon all and gives its owner
passport round tho globe, cannot be ac
quired in a few brief lessons. It must bo
as natural to ono aa tho act of breathing.
That favorablo surroundings havo much
to do with developing tho liner qualities In
man cannot bo questioned. Tho soul Is very
Busceptlblo to Its environments. Tho refin
ing Influences of a people or Indlvdual be
gins first In tholr eating. Motbera should
keep this fact ever In view In beginning tho
training of their children. Theso little
creatures do not naturally possess a bird
like daintiness in eating. Hut precept upon
precept and, moro than all else, example
upon examplo, must bo set beforo them
ovcry day. If the samo enro and nicety Is
observed In ordering tho table each day as
when company Is expected, and tho nlco llt
tlo courtesies and consideration observed
toward the family members as ure consid
ered duo our guests, thero would be no'
thought or occasion for nervous tromors
when tho necessity of entertaining or being
entertained might subject you to criticism.
If dainty and careful servlco requires a Ht
tlo longer tlmo ut tho table, bo much better
for all; It will not tako more tlmo than
should bo given to eating properly. Tho
mother should Impress It upon her family
that tho tublo Is not a mcro feeding placo
and eating simply a part of tho unavoidable
dally routine to bo gone through with as
expeditiously as possible.
Such Ideas aro foolish as well an unwise
and tho very poorest sort of economy. Tho
dinner hour, at least, should bo welcomed
by all tho family clrclo aa a time of reaction
for mind and body and should bo held in tho
light of a family Institution, whoro food for
mind nnd body comes In pleasant and
wholcsomo form amid cheerful and happy
surroundings.
No danger of the young peoplo trained
amid such harmonious conditions being
guilty of any faux pas, when subject to tho
glaring light of public opinion. If manners
make the man, it Is certainly truo that tablo
manners play a very important part lu the
work.
Far lirtter Thau Toaat.
Tho characteristic quality of the Battle
Creek Sanitarium Foods Is the cooking or
dextrlnlzatlon of the farlnacoous elements.
It 1b this thorough cooking which rendors
toast more digestible than ordinary bread.
This crude method, improved upon, has
produced a series of health foods which
aro moro dlgostlblo nnd nutritious than nny
others found upon tho markot. Tho chief
of theso Is Grnnola, which Is unequaled
for brain and ncrve-bulldlng qualities. It
has a rich, nutty flavor that Is so much
enjoyed by the nthleto and invalid and
can bo nBslrallated by the stomach of the
dyspeptic as well as tho robust. The gen
uine (Jranola bears a picture of the Sani
tarium on tho package. Sold In pound
packages by grocers.
NnHtaln the Ice Irimt,
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 20.-Tho appellate
division of tho supremo court today de
cided tn nllpw the ulternute writ of
prohibition asked by Charles Morso, prcsl
dent of tho American Ice compuny. to ro
Htruln thn nttornny general from compelling
tho company's directors and officers to ap
pear before the referee appointed to take
testimony ns to tho allegation that the
company constituted a trust In violation of
tho state law.
What Shall We
Have for Dessert?
This question arises in tho family
every day. Let us answer it to-day. Try
Jell-O,
a delicious and healthful dessert. Pre
pared in two minutes. No boiling! no
baking 1 ndd boiling water nnd set to
cool. KlavorsiLcmon, Orange, Rasp
berry and Strawberry. (Jet a package
at your grocers to-day. 10 cts.
Ox Thanksgiving Day
At least, forgot your cares, roJol"
and be thankful; Ulno well und drink
moderately; order a case of the purest
of all beers that's
GETTELMAN'S NATURAL PROCESS BEER
Tho beer that's mudo from pure malt
and hopswell fermented and thor
oughly aged.
n 113 A. OETTELMAN RREWINC1CO.
OF MILWAUKEE.
A. J. SHORT, Manager Omaha
Iirunch, 62I-2A South lCth Streot.
Telephono 1121.
!
I PUR.E
NONE BUT ADVERTISING OP
HEALTHFUL FOODS WILL BE
We're
Very Busy
Hut we're busy llko a street car Is
full wo'vo room for another order.
We should like yours,
Illg or little nil the same to us the
Huiall ono today may mean tho big
ono later.
It Is thi attention we havo always
given tho Btuall orders that has
brought us many large onen low
prices and prompt delivery nlways.
R. E. Welch,
24th and Farnam Sts.
l'lionclSIl Phone 15 (it)
For Meats. Tor Groceries.
KSTAntilfillKD 1S70.
Gladstone Bros &Co,
IM'OlirOllATID.
... .Importer of. . . .
Fancy Groceries,
Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
1308-1310 Douglas St.
OMAHA, NEB.
Telephone 258.
So Imitation Goods llnndlcd.
Rock
Creamery
Butter
is tiik 11 EST.
If you wish genuine Java and
and MOCHA Coffee, we can
furnish it at 40c a pound.
CLELAND & SMITH,
GROCERS,
Phone 1019,. 1403 Douglas St.
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