THE OMAHA DAILY JlEEt TUESDAY. FEBItUAHY 4,
REPORTS ON CUT AFFAIRS
Kijor lfsoro ens' Oitj Eifiassr Isiswstet
fitmit Tltir Rsriswi.
CASH BALANCE N THE RIGHT SIDC
Keaee Kept Wllala laeame Last
tear Threaah Strict Vlallaaee,
4 PromlM Beaewe for '
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( arrest Year.
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wholesale district during the pint few years
have demonstrated tha neceiliy of tocat
In a new engine house tu that territory.
Acoorrtlngly the city has purchased re
cently a lot on the north wrat corner of
Eleventh and JacRaon atreeta. We ex
pect to erct there a commodious, up-to-date
fire houK to accommodate an engine
and hoae company and a, hook and ladder
company. They will ba equipped with a
No. 1 ateam fire engine f the lateat Im
proved type, having the new Fox boiler,
with hnae waaona and with a new eighty
five foot hwfc and ladder truck like the
one recentlv purchased for No. 3 engine
house. '
During recent years the equipment of
the department has M"l ten. replenlahed
and much- ttt . thn rubbervnose la rotten
and the hoan warons-trttmim of them
worn out. It will be nerv-reary to - pur
ehsae at ornA foifr View Hoae' wagftftS and
from ltt) to ),(KO faet of additional hoae.
There are few cities-t TS.'wO. In habitant a
that are not better "auppMed 'with fire spt
nn.ra.tiia and flre-nshtlnc farllttlea than
Omaha. I would therefore urge your hon
orable body to take Into consideration ths
needs of the fire department when you
make the annual levy.
Work of Other Drpartmeals.
Mayor Moorea allude In complimentary
terms of the work of tha legal department,
especially remarking tha Vigilance observed
ltt protecting the city's- interests in damage
suits. Tha matter of special tag litigation
receives a paragraph. At present there are
193 suits of this nature pending in the
District court of - Douglas county and
eventy-alz ) In . ; the supreme court.
Reference la , made ' to decision of
the district, court oo- the point
raised by Assistant City Attorney Adams
to the effect that persona purchasing
property afpee the special taxes we're levied
are stopped from conteatlng the validity of
thoae taxes If they had purchased subject
to and deducted the amount of such as
sessments from the agreed purchase price,
It Jas also been held by the supreme court
that purchaser at Judicial sale where
special assessments are deducted In the
appraisement as valid prior Hens are
estopped from contesting the validity of
such assessments. ' The report of. the as
sistant city attorney on this special tag
litigation shows the following result for
the year: ,
Paah nnfrl. traaailrar In iftttlAiniint
of suits'..,.: ..: $ 1 1.754 HI
Aaaeanmenta establlahed by de
crees or dismissals 26,127 98
Katoppels pleaded In 121 of the
pending 'case .......... .1 110,727 82
Estimated estoppels to bo pleaded
In 72 MltiAlnlnv nanrilna rnaea
not yet abstracted 73,000 00
Total , 1223,713 11
Both the engineering and, health depart
ment are complimented by the mayor fof
work accomplished. Under the direction of
the engineer the sewer system ha been
extended, much bad pavement ha been re
placed by good, the mileage of permaaent
sidewalk .baa been increased, and a new
viaduct oa Twenty-fourth street ha been
constructed. The health department bad
an usually busy1 year,, 'owing to the pres
ence, of smallpox. The construction of an
emergency hoapltat and the action of tha
county commissioner la agreeing to pro
vide supplies for quarantined Indigent fam
ilies l reported.. , .
' t'alo PaelSe Settleraeat.
An Important event of the year wi the
final settlement arrived at between tha
city and the Union Pacific Railroad com
pany. Kor many yeare the -railroad com
pany ha had pending In the state and
federal court a number of aulta agaluat
the city - involving a large variety of
claims, There were also a number of ques
tions In dispute which wera not in litiga
tion. The railroad company held about
$39,000 of - special-fund warrants, which
they surrendered in the settlement. They
alao withdrew their objections to certain
special taxes amounting to about 33.000 and
raid the earns la full. The city alao ob
tained title to a number of properties be
longing to or claimed by the railroad com
pany and in consideration for the sams
vacated certain atreeta within ths. pro
posed new shop grounds and deeded them
and certain lots owned by it to the com
pany. : ' ;
For many year there has been a con
stant ear among bualneaa men that the
Union Pacific shops might be removed In
whole or In- part from Omaha. Under the
settlement just concluded the railroad
company has agreed to expend 3760,000 In
shops and improvement this year, and
they stale that the total coat of the work
a planned by them will exceed 32,000.000.
Once more the mayor urge the council
to provide suitable atreet sign. The ne
cessity of completing the compilation ot
city ordinances I also urged. Failure to
publish annual report I misdirected econ
omy, says the mayor, and he suggest the
necessity . of printing the ' compilations
f on the Several .departments In book form.
On- the mat-tat bouse question, after ad
mitting the immediate desirability of auch
as Institution, the mayor aayil "While ;
would not advocate any plan ot extrava
gaace "yet we must not forget that we are
sot building ter the present alone, but for
the future as well. U a market Bouse is t
be built, It' should be a creditable on and
not. a mere makeshift." The message con
cludes as follows:,
, . " EUetrle Llahtlaa;.
'Tha contract which the city now ha
with the New Omaha Thomson-Houston
fclectrto Light comMtny will expire on De
cember 31 of the present year. At present
the city pays tilled per annum for each
aro lamp and receives nq royalty from
tha company.
The experience of other cities proves
that thta rate la excessive. I believe that
any new contract to be entered Into ahould
be at a rata of about 3o per annum per
light and ahould provide for a royajiy to
b paid the city on the compear gross
receipts.
The disastrous loss M life oeeanlnned In
racent yeara by over-head light wlrea ha
demonstrated tha neceeaity of placing
those wires underground, and any new
contract ahould make- this a requirement
as to wires In the thickly populated and
business portions of the city.
These ere Important matters, wntcn
vitally affect the clty'a Interests, and I
ould suaaest that each -of Us should.
without delay, make a carefut Investiga
tion and study of them.
I congratulate the hrsds of the various
departments of the city on the excellent
work done during ine past yesr, ana i
would urge them to exercise the utmost
rare during the coming year that the best
results mey be obtained and all unneces
sary expenses avoided.
(ientiemen ot tne council, i inana you
frr the courtesies shown me by your hon
orable body during the year that has
passed and I trust that th year 13 will
be marked by sealnus fidelity to the Inter
ests of the city Intrusted to our charge.
Report of the City Engineer.
City Engineer Rosewtier also sent In
bis report at the same lime. It follows:
OMAHA. Feb. 1. 1903 To the Honorable.
the Mayor and City Ci.iincll Gentlemen:
have the honor to herewith submit atate-
ment toverlng the work of the engineering
and public work departments conducted
under mv directions durlna the year 11
as city engineer and e -officio chairman of
the Hoard of Public Worha.
In addition to this I also herewith Sub
mit data relating to municipal taxation in
umana and other cities, in order to cor
rect false conceptions resulting from mis
representations and perversion of public
records.
The city of Omaha has been repeatedly
fnlerenreaented hv tta local nresa as over
taxed to an extent to drive away -capital
seeking Investment here. Its bonded debt
has been Inexcusably exaggerated and
made to nppear nearly double what It
really is, even by Omaha official publlca
tlona Issued at the expense of the city.
in oonaea dent or umana la maue io
anoear In tha United Rtatea statistics as
3.ll.S2. when In fact It I about one-half
or that amount a fact proven ty tne
comptroller's; report, from which It was
obtained-. -Which In a Side note state the
legal limit of bonded Indebtedness Is 10
per cent of the assessed value. This, in a
senarate column, la riven as 3-w.000.ODO.
Ten ner cent of S3S.0O0.on0 Is 33.000.0ul. and
aa a matter of fact the bonded debt of
Omaba Is leas than that, or over 33.0UO.OUO
less than the comptroller s publications
and the United States census statistic
show It to be.
Daly of a Clttaea.
I refer to this and the other tax data,
although out of the line of my duty, be
cause aa the paid aervant of tlie city and
aa a cltlaen I deem It proper to give the
city Its proper credit and to aid by lifting
up rather than persistently pulling down
the city, aa hna been so prevalent In the
Bast few years. If all the energies of
m&h cltlxena engaged In fault finding
and misrepresenting were devoted to up
lifting end presenting conditions In their
best light, public sentiment would be Im
proved and public Interests promoted.
As shown here. Omaha s debt la not only
33,000,000 less than represented, but Its gen
eral taxea are below the average of the
cities of the United States ranging from
SO. 000 to 300,000 In population. Its expendi
tures for street service are among the
very lowest of these cities and the cost of
street cleaning la shamefully too low, that
for 1101 being 60 per cent lea than the
average of these cities. -
The total annual expenses for official sal
aries and department employes, including
stationery and office expeneee, being lesa
than 10 per cent of the city tax. And yet
the ever-recurring effort In the adjustment
of the general annual tax levy la concen
trated In attacking this 10 per cent and
the other 90 per cent Is Ignored. The
trouble with Omaha taxation Is not that It
la too high, but that It Is disproportion
ately distributed. The fault I with the
system and not the tax Itself. Thla fault
originates with an open confession that
the state laws requiring all property to be
assessed at Its fair value are knowingly
and willfully violated by both county and
city authorities, who claim to asses at
10 and 40 per cent valuation, respectively,
and In doing so go astray by really as sein
ing many properties at from i to a per
cent ot tneir values, mis perversion or
law by assessors, who, under Instructions,
violate their oaths, like a contagion, is
fectlous and results In false tax returns
this nature had been begun a year ago, and
aa an examination hsa shown most excel
lent results, develotttna- a bu harder than
ferlrlc, ithls year a work was- carried on
In the same manner. We now have over
lty miles of eewer constructed within
the Cltv. which hsa cost 31.1)12-4. It Is
therefore Important to keen up all repairs
rrom year to vesr to maintain their in
tegrity.
he sewer work of tha comlna- vear will.
doubtle.'s. embrace the construction of
from l.ono to l.IM feet of main sewer on
the Saddle creek line to serve not only
for future storm water dlspoaal, but to re
place a considerable amount of worn out
bridging and make possible a practical
revision of sradea which will revive val
ues to property seriously damaged by un
necessary embankments. Other main aewer
construction will doubtless be needed in
the northwest part of the city and a main
outlet for the South Twenty-fourth street
sanitary sewer will also be required. Am
ple funda for the construction ot thee
mains ar now in hand.
In connection with the aewer work it is
proper to state that, aalde from the ordi
nary aewer repalra, public drains. Inlets,
etc., constructed by the sewer repair force
of the city under the head of aewer main
tens nee, the water troughs and fountains
were also placed In their charge during the
past year. These fountains and troughs
hare not only been kept in - repair, but
have been kept In a good sanitary condition
by periodic cleansing with concentrated
lye. .
Gratia aad Other Work.
The usual amount of grading and re
pairs on the outskirts of the city ha
been carried on during the past year. Thla
Included about 86.000 yards done under con
tract on atreeta and boulevards under the
supervision of the engineering department.
As each year adda to the mileage of graded
atreeta at a greater ratio than the paving.
It necessarily follows that the cost of
waahouta necessarily Increases We now
have about 156 miles of streets graded, or
Seventy-one miles which are unpaved, and
In the neighborhood of 20 milea more
which are only partially graded or not
graded at all. This represents a large
outlay for annual atreet maintenance,
crosswalks and sidewalk supervision.
ft
y all cltlxena.
Coatraet Work.
The contract work of 1301 may be sum
marised as follows:
Grading, SS.OOO cublo yards.
Curbing, 2,2&3 lineal feet.
Asphalt paving, 16-10 miles.
Macadam, 3-100 miles. '
Sewers constructed, t S3-100 miles.
Permanent walks. 3 28-100 miles.
Viaduct ovor Twenty-fourth street- 1,054
feet long.
The details as to cost, etc.. are shown In
the appended tabular exhibit. Although
showing lesa expenditure,. ,fr ..contract
work' than ths prevteua year,' this -work
involved more labor on the cart of the en
gineering department than In 1900. The re
strictions agreed upon In the spring as a
means to avoid legal contests over taxes
for paving work required constant and re
peated Investigations and reports as to
property ownershlns and ala-naturea. From
inn numerous pennons tor puoilo improve
ments Hied the previous fall and In the
spring, surveys, plans, specifications and
estimates were required to- be made to
avoid delaya, after final concurrence upon
auch propoaed construction. The final ao-
non upon many of the propoaed improve
menta was anticipated to ba reached ao
as to begin on some of the paving work
not taier man August I, cut uniortunateiy
the dilatory proceedings on the part of
the property ow- ra. Induced largely by
obstructive tactics engineered by rival
contracting interests, deferred the I beein-
nlng of work until after November, and
a the saying goes, "it never ralna but
It pours," the petitions and contract for
neany an tne season a work reached cul
mination about the earn time, exacting on
the part of the engineering department
concentrated effort io carry out In six
week what ahould ordinarily be done In
four months. Fortunately, the season
proved exceedingly favorable and the de
tails of plans had been so thoroughly con
sidered that work could be carried on
tnrougn the greater part of December.
and aa a reault every contract for repavlng
entered Into ' prior to December waa car
ried out to completion before the close of
the year.
A will be seen by reference to appended
table, there still remains In the city- W4
milea of remnanta of old wooden paved
atreeta, aeverai miles o wnicn ar pen
tloned and contracted to be taken up
and repaved the coming year. Those pe
titioned for, with the contracts now In
nana or ready tor work early in the sea
son aggregating in estimated cost over
sio,uuu,
Ceastraetloa of Sewers
The construction of sewers during 1301
waa aiao aeiayea cy the tardy action ol
property owners, esoeclnllv In district Kn
ill, embracing a vary extensive system in
tn nunnsasi section ot in city, covering
part of the former exposition grounds.
These were, however, completed by the
contractor, Mr. Connolly, late In December,
with the exception ot several eight-Inch
lateral branches, the completion of which
was partially enjoined by the court at the
Instance of Mr. William Redtck, upon th
ground that If built the tax levy would
embrace his property in the area bene.
flted. In view of this Injunction, the city
was Put to considerable expense In re
filling trenches already excavated and re
moving tha material which had been de
livered upon the ground.
Independent of the construction of new
sewers In the past year, a very Interest.
Ing feature In sewer construction, or rather
reconstruction, was tne extensive repairs
of the old main brick saw era. In some of
which from eighteen to twenty-four yeara'
wear had worn down and cut out in places
from tour to eight Inches in depth. This
work waa done by damming up the flow
with the use of a canvas aheet and san
baga and applying alag and granite and
flint rock concrete In place of brick mi.
aonry. Considerable amount of repairs of
sidewalk.
Tt has been my aim to eliminate If pos
sible the wooden walks from the list of
constructions within the city. In the psat
year no permita have been issued tor
wooden walks nor contracts let for their
repair. Aa soon as the old walks are al
lowed to go out of repair, they are taken
up and no others allowed to replace them.
One Inspector has been almost constantly
employed serving notices of dangerous
walka on property owners, and reporting
whether or not the notices have been
heeded. Thla has been done and is neces
sary to protect the city from damage
nits.
The aggregate of walks laid in the past
ear under contract witn tne city ana
axed aaalnst the abutting property was
26 miles. In addition to this, there were
laid under permits In pursuance of reso
lution or tne mayor and city council. 7
miles of buck and artificial stone walks,
making a total of 10.07 miles of perma
nent waias laid.
Vladacts.
Only one viaduct was constructed In
1901, that upon Twenty-fourth street over
the Union Pacific and B. eV M. tracks.
This viaduct has a roadway thirty-five feet
In width and walks on each side Ave feet
in width, maklnar a total width of forty
five feet and a total lenrth of 1.064 feet.
Ita construction la of Iron with a roadway
of plank. Uke the other viaducts hereto
fore constructed. Its construction was at
the expense of the railroad companies, who
are also obligated to maintain tne same in
continuous rrpalr. The approximate coat
of the Twenty-fourth street viaduct was
3100,000. This viaduct closes a very Im
portant link between Omaha and Boutn
Omaha and will soon be one of the main
street car routes, as well as for other
kinds of traffic.
treat Clean lag.
Among the moat Important and neglected
requisites of municipal work In Omaha
tne proper maintenance or clean ana
dustless streets. Independent of the fact
that the city has invested over 36,000,000
In pavements and to get the credit due
to so larce an Investment oucht to nam
tain the pavements clean, comfortable and
Inviting at all times. The sanitary condi
tion which is the most Important of all
considerations, ought to Induot a liberal
annual allowance lor atreet cleaning. Th
Importance of clean, healthy streets Is con
ceded by the older eastern and progres
sive western cities, as will be seen by
perusing the comparative - expenditure
shown in the accompanying tabular tx-
hiblt.
The money expended for cleaning Omaha
street' last year was, in rounc numoera,
322.000. Most of thla necessarily had to be
expended in cleaning about five of the
eighty-five mile of our stieets. By the
aid of sweeping machinery more area was
covered than would have been practicable
by hand ana it win ne economy to in
crease the number with four additional
nlck-un aweenlna- machines at a coat of
3600 each and to purchase a sufficient sup
ply or nose necessary to wasn tne streets
periodically. ...
The mat of street cleaning, where done
by machinery in the past year, has aver
aged 30 cents per 1,000 square yards; the
same worn in inns is quotea in tne omciai
reports as costing 82 cents per 1,000 square
yards; the hours of work were ten per
day and labor was i.a, tne nour now
holna- ela-ht and dav labor 31.60.
in my tuagmeni, ir tne city were ais-
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diesis
what yen ..
Eat
. ' ODyopopslIa (Skjpo
The procesi of digestion Is simply explained. la ths mouth, ; .
food Is nustlcsted and mixed with eIla containing a dlgestant
called p trail a. In ths stomach, it is acted upon bj gastric Juice
' coatalblngr pepeln, which digests albuminous foods. In ths
Intestines, pancreatla Is added to digest fats and starches.
Indigestion always Indicates an Insufficient amount of one or
all of theuedlgestants. At flrut thought it seems proper to abstain
from foods not easily digested; but reflection shows us that
while this affords relief by giving the weakened organs less to
do, It only makes them weaker by giving them less nourishment. . '
It you suffer from Indigestion, the only right thing to do is to
eat a generous variety of food and digest It by using such a
preparation as Kodol DTsrersiA Ccax, which contains all the
' - knowa dlgestaots, and completely digests what yon eat.
St can't help but do you nood
rreparedby RaiWWlU AOoCUcago. TV It. bottle coutairj SSi Uum tbe lOo. eia.
Wbsn you need a soothing and healing spnllcatlnrt for plies, sores and skin
Alea4ca,u UeVmT'ft Yrltteh Uaxti SALVE litutUULKrfdu
number of men employed upon a civil ser- ;
vice basis, with police authority to en
force all sanitary rules and arrest any
person caught sweeping store sweeplna
upon the wslks or streets r throwing
loose papers or other rubbish In the streets
or alleys, a much better and chesner ser
vice could be secured.. In the absence Of
such an organisation, there should be at
least a rigid enforcement of ordinances by
our police so that teams hauling earth ran
not scatter It all over the paved streets,
creating olouda of dust In dry weather and
mud In wet seasons.
Street Ssrlakllag.
Under a charter a method Is suggested
for allaying dust In the streets at a nom
inal cost, to be borne equally by all. vis:
To district the city and let contracts for
sprinkling under competitive bids, subject
and under the control of the Board of
Public Works. As done how. the Uoa.ro ot
Public Works Is Ignored and the work Is
conducted In a "just-as-you-plea.se" sort
of manner Irt limited areaa and at the ex
pense of a few who, rather than suffer the
dust, sign agreements to pay a stipulated
amount.
Taxatlea. v
As stated In mv prefatory remarks, t
have prepared tabular data relating to
taxation, complied from Information se
cured by direct correspondence and search
Into official reports of ail cities ranging
from brt.ouo up to 800, ono population.
This data haa been very difficult to se
cure and often required three letter of In
quiry to complete the collation from any
one city, owing to different methods of
taxation and publication of report. The
study of these data will well repay the
public, aa It will go far to correct miscon
ceptions as to our own rlty. It will bs
found by persual that the tax rate In
Omaha fa below the average of cities of
unward of Sn.ouo population In the United
States. There are a few cities which show
a smaller rate per capita ror street clean
ing, and upon close examination it will be
found their area Is small and mileage of
pavements very limited.
in tne cane ui ni. uBTim tus cumpitrinc n
develops aa . unmistakable error In the
enumerated population, which for that
reason shows a less rate of tax per cap
ita, but Its tax per 31QU of valuation Is
greater.
Franchises aad Coatraets.
In addition to the data already referred
lo I have caused to be prepared a com
plete copy of all franchises and contracts
relative to publio service for mora ready
reference In the consideration from time
to time Of. the requirementa or tne city.
These are submitted In connection with
thla report.
The work or tne aenarimeni ounng tno
vear. aside from tne neia engineering ana
construction, and the preparation of plans,
specifications and estimates, has been
very extensive anu mui-o greater
than it la ereaueo. Aa win o
seen by tne tabulation, ni oramanc.es
were prepared In the engineering depart
ment. Sixty OI which were apeciai lax
levies, with the necessary estimates and
Mnlanatnrv of their develoDment.
In concluding my review of the year I
desire to express my special appreciation
of tha hearty co-operation of tne assist
ant city engineer, Mr. George W, Craig of
the tax levy clerk, Mr. B. T, Peterson, and
ha other emnioyea ot tne aenartment. an
of whom have taken a deep Interest in
the work assigned them.
JUDGE READ'S FIRST CASE
r.rti Aaallcatloa of Gaardlaa of
" Tw Girls for Writ of la.
Jaacttoa.
During his first day on the district bench
Judge Ouy R. C. Read granted the applies.
tlon of Hilda Jackson, guardian of Edith
M. Smith and Eva Smith, for aa Injunction
restraining and enjoining Jsoob M. Hill
from, la any manner Interfering with the
persons or property of ths girls, who ar
minors, or from th care and custody of ths
plaintiff, or from attempting by threat or
coercion to persuade them to leave th
county. It Is related that the girls' mother
waa Hill's housekeeper, and that he did
not attempt to tale their custody until bs
Isaraed that their mother carried consia
ersble life Insursncs. . The girls meantime
had been given Into the custody of ths
plaintiff in this case, who Is their aunt.
TWENTT-ONE TEARS OF AGE
Ckriitiaa EnJaavsrsrs Oclsbrate AtiivsT
stry of Tlsir loeisty.
SERMtN IV OR. HARMON OF DAVID CITY
Preacaer Baya lira mm Wesaea Give I
To Mack Ceaslderatlea to As
to Real Character.
The Toung People's Society of Christian
Endeavor was U years old yesterday, and
In honor ot the occasion ths local societies
of Omaha and South Omaha, with a reprs
sentatlon of about 200, gathered at ths
First Congregational church where cere
monies commemorative ot tbe day were ob
served.
Aa excellent program wss given, open
ing with the repetition ot the Endeavor
pledge by tha members. In his opening
prayer Rev. Hubert C. Herring referred
touchlngly to "Father Endeavorer"
Clark, the founder ot the society who Is
st present sotlve la the eervlc of the so
ciety. Rev. T. V. Moore ot . the West
minster Presbyterian church read the
scrlpturs lesson, being the eermon on the
Mount and the twelfth chspter of the
epistle to the Romans Illustrating Christ
ian character and Christian endeavor.
The anniversary sermon was preached
by Rev. H. II. Harmon ot David City, who
took aa his toeto "God's Call to Tseng
People." Mr. Harmon waa ths president
of the state association of societies last
year and took a leading part In ths last
convention, where he mads many friends
among ths members ot the local societies.
Too Mack for Show.
Dr. Harmon said man and woman con
sider appearances too much, but young
people should early realize that where
man judges the outward appearance God
judges ths actual person. Ia ths rush after
the almighty dollar we ar likely to dis
regard our higher duties. Many who pro
fess to be the followers ot God forget the
true end ot life. The man who hss no
Idesl higher then the accumulation ot
wealth baa no power to appreciate riches.
If we are to lift men to higher planes we
must stand upon those higher planes. It
we are to go forth and conquer we must
go ss men and women of true worth and
character.
E. O. Jones, vie president ot ths city
union, who presided st ths meeting, called
the roll of societies present and awarded a
banner to the society of the South Omaha
Christian church for having tba largest
percentage of Its membership present, with
fourteen members In tha church out of a
total membership ot twenty-four.
A collection was taken up for tbe work of
the city union and a ten-minute consecra
tion service, led by Rev. H. H. Harmon,
closed the services. .
During the evening vocal solos wrs
given by Miss Maywood Schrslber and Ills
Moorehead, and W, I Tnloketua, the
church organist, rendered a solo, "Vesper
Bells."
Marrlace t.f Ceases.
Marriage licenses' were Issued yesterday
to tne roiiowing:
Name and realdence.
Charles E. Wood, Omaha),...
Eva U Sooy, Chicago......
James Vonaaek. South Omaha
Mary Bkupa, South Omaha
Henry Tague, Bellevue........ i.
May Chandler. Mills county, Iowa...
Fred Peters, Omaha
Minnie Meybury, Omaha
Charles Dutch, South Omaha..
Florence O. Austin, South Omaha...
Joseph Bolevlok, -Omaha.
Katharine Fronk, Omaha
John McPhllllpa, Lindsay
Dlna Donahy, Omaha
Clarence Frye, Omaha..
trlcted into a few districts and a given Mary Jenkins, Omaha.....
Age.
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TAKES SOME OF TURK'S COIN
Fraak Gotem lactases Be Dewaed
by Moaradoalaa in Plfteea .
. Mtaates
Twenty-five dollars of tts Terrible
Turk's money went to Frank Ootch ot
Humboldt, Iowa,' last night aa a reault of
ths Iowan's good staying qualities. Mour
adoulah had offered the money to any man
who would stay up on 'ths mat with him
fifteen minutes and Ootch did It. Ths
Turk didn't learn until afterwards that ths
Hawkeys amateur Is a student under
Farmer Burns.
' The farmer himself wss In ths sudlencs
and later climbed onto the Trocadsro stags
and announosd bis acceptance of the terms
for a special match with ths Sultan's man
to bs pulled off thers next Thursday night.
Tonight John HOIden of Omaha Is . to
wrestle the foreigner under the conditions
tbst enriched Ootch's pocket.
Woman's Work in Club and Charity
A shortage of business was noticeable at
the Monday afternoon meeting of the
Woman's club and to 011 In ths time allot
ted for ths transaction ot ths club's
affairs, a number of matters of more or less
consequence were Introduced, chief among
which was the color question. Its intro
duction waa evidently a surprise to the
majority, but ths conclusion ot ths Incident
waa a greater surprlss and seemed to indi
cate either an unwillingness to go on
record In the matter or an unpardonable
Ignorance of the problem that threatens to
disrupt the national organisation. It was
brought up as a suggsstloa that ths matter
be talked over by the worn a while thers
was ample time for It, and before any no
tion waa mads one way or the other. Its
introducer urged that It was to be the
great Issue of the coming biennial and that
tbe Omaha club ahould not be behind other
large stubs of the country, but should Sis
cuss it freely la justice to the members
ssd delegates. She spoke ot ths matter as
having been touched upon from both sides
at the Wayne meetlnj. aad urged that
the largest club ot th etate should hats
ths women consider the action ot ths school ,
board and the recent criticism of it. A
brief discussion followed In which but few
participated.
A communication from Mrs. Philip Moors
ot St. Louis, chslrman of ths Louisiana
Purchase Memorial conference, held In that
city January JO, 21 and 22, was given to ths
club. It was to ths effect that tbe majority
of ths reprssentatlvea of that meeting wers
A report was made by the philanthropic
committee to the effect that classes-would j
be supported by It In sewing and cooking,
at tbe present station, Second snd William
streets, also a sewing clsss at ths
Eighteenth and St.. Mary avenue station.
The plans are. as yet Incomplete, snd wilt
bs announcsd later.
It wss ths desire ot the women to hold
an Informal reception for Miss Clara Mor
ris on Tuesdsy afternoon, but a telegram
In favor of a club building to serve ss a i wss received from her to tbe effect that
headquarters for the O. F. W. C. The mat
ter was referred to the biennial.
Notice was received from the city council
of the receipt of snd consideration of ths
club's objection to the location ot the pro
posed market bouis on ths Nineteenth and '
St Marys avsuus site.
Aa amendment was proposed to article
t of the bylaws providing for ths annual
election of officers sis weeks before ths
annual meeting Instead of two weeks be- ,
fore it This will admit of th club's nsw
president going as a delegate to the Los
Angeles meeting, and will relieve the
organisation of tns awkwardness of having
to appoint officers pro tern to preside at
that arrangement would no be convenient.
Bbe would be pleased, however, to meet
the women after her lecture on Tuesday
evening, being at liberty after 10 o'clock.
A short talk from Miss Mall of Boston,
upon her recent experience with western
clubs and her very favorable Impression
of their work ae compared with tha eastern
organisations, notwithstanding ths better
advantages of ths latter, was favorably re
ceived by all.
. The afternoon's program as In charge
of the French conversation department. It
presented a French piay la a manner
reflecting great credit upon all, and while
sa opinion oa so vital a question, especially tnB annual election, all the regular officers llttls of It wss understood by ths majority,
as ths executive council of the O. F. W. C.
(to which the matter was referred after the
Milwaukee Incident) had referred It back to
the Individual clubs for their opinions.
To this ths president of the state federa
tion. Mrs. 'Draper Smith, replied la sub
stance that thers was ao necessity of tbs
question being settled In the Individual
clubs. Thers waa another method of at
taining this same end, shs said, which wss
mors direct. The sxscutlvs committee at a
recent meeting had asked that ths tw
states having Introduced amendments to
the nations', constitution oa ths subject of
"color" appoint committees to confer and
harmoalss their conflicting propositions.
Tbs report of such a joint committee, shs
thought, would put the metier la better
shape to be scted upon.
This statement seemed to be ambiguous.
It misled the women to believe that there
was no necessity st sa opinion from tbs
Individual organisations, though it was wsll
known that ths official national 'organ has
made repeated requests to ths contrary.
It Is also kaown that thsre Is a very evi
dent trend toward a 1 final settlement by
referring It ts ths nsxt executive board f
ths O. F. W. C. to which politicians of
that organisation propose electing womea
will decide It aa they wish.
As thers wss no response to this, another
member urged that the women cxprea
themselves snd Instruct their delegate
that tbey might properly represent tbsm st
Los Angeles, but even this brought no re
sponse until the Introducer t the subject
arose ssd said shs bsd been wsrned aot ts
bring tbe color question up In the club, thai
It was a dangerous thing to discuss, "But,"
she scld, "If we must falter on these great
reformatory queetlons because ae are
afraid et them, then j are not living up
to tbe motte of our club."
Arter a brief pause, there being ae me,
tloa before ths houae, a' new aubject was
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BECAUSE THE HOUSEWIFE DIDN'T USE
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as delegates or alternates to tbs national , and ths excellent presentation, rendered tt
meeting, which wilt prevent their being ; most enjoyable to all. A piano solo by
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