THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, lOOo.- U
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Be. February 2S, 1904.'
'Mk ah day
a vrltlo on
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Grand Showing of
New Spring
Dress Goods
A pwp at the counter and you will. think the month of May is
here. Fresh, bright, new crisp dres goods. Many of thes have
just a rived and the first of the kind to be shown in Omaha.. Ex
pect to see dainty novelties, new colors and you will not be disap
pointed prices are lower than you 'may think such!. beautiful
spring fabrics can be sold for. ;" ,, ' . , : ;;;;;;
, " " Special Value in Colored Brilllintine ,
Mother are telling us we have the pr ettlest material anil flnesl Value In town
at the price; for children's dresses and In fact for ladle' sklrta and full aulta, beau
tiful rich luster, colors, two shades of ns.vy. brown and gray. Tou would call them
fins .ralue at, 5c, our special price SOe a yard.
Fine Imported Novelty Brillianllne and Sicilians
Right from Bradford, England. A moat magnificent showing of - luVrllne' stripes,
changeable and the new printed warp eft acta, with here and there a dainty dot or
dash of color scattered orer the surface, all having a most beautiful silk finish,
$1,001 M M, I1.M and tl.W a yard.
New Parisian Silk and Wool Eoliennes and Crepe de Paris
Parte favor them, and by way of change Is choosing things Just off the plain,
with tiny pin-head-dot of the same color scattered here' and there," Paris predicts
a great, season for these beautiful soft clinging fabrics; tucks, plaits and shirrs
equal to chiffon, $1.00, $L25, $1.S0 a yard.
,
NOTE Sample of the new spring dreas goods are now ready for our out of town
customers. .....
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V. HC A. Bulldimc. Cormer Sixtetntk aod Dougfa Streets.
(May of Lancaster. It had been reported
by the revenue committee for Indefinite
postponement McClay moved to lift It
from the report and let St go on general
file. The bill provided that no mortgage
or 'evidence of Indebtedness shall be valid
or become evidence In court until It shall
have been recorded and' have Indorsed on It
the certificate of the county assessor or a
deputy, assnssor showing such document
has been reported to the asseasor.
, Opponents of the bill claimed It contem
plated . class legislation. MoClay's motion
was lost and the bill left In It tomt).
. The following were reported for passage:
H. R, 303. by Windham of Cass, respecting
an absolute statute relating to masters
In chancery.
H. R. tu, by Clarke of Imagine To pro
vide for the proof of qualification of sure
ties on undertakings, bunds and recog
nisances before Justices of the peace, mag
istrates and police Judges.
H. K. m. by Fetry of Furnas Provid
ing for the conveyance of the Interest of
an Insane wife or husband in lands.
H. kV 207, by Clarke-To permit Inter
ested parties to be made co-defendants
with original defendants In settlement of
civil litigation.
H. R. la, by Windham of Cass Provides
that Judges of district courts may sit In
chambers on equity matters now refused
to be heard at a regular term of the
court.. . .
H. R. 213, by Cropsev of Jefferson Gives
cities of the second class the right of
eminent domain In constructing Sewers.
H. R. $48, by Rouse of Hall Permitting
executors to give guaranty bonds and col
lect premiums for the estate.
These- bills exhaust the. third reading
file, except 8,- F.' 8,' the county engineer
bill.
At S p. m. the house adjourned.
' These bills were Introduced Jn the house:
1 Mouse 'roll 373, by' Cassell ' of ' Otoe A
bill to prevent sleeping car companies from
falling or refusing to furnish accommoda
tions. e H. R. 874, by Cassell of Otoe Relating to
compensation of clerks and Judges of elec
tion. H. R. STB, byflmalser of Sherman A bill
to- permit cities of the second class -or
villages to levy taxes to maintain a ceme
tery. H. R. 378. by Windham of Cftss-A bill re
lating to the payment of road tax In coun
ties not under township organisations.
H. R. 877, by Windham of Caes-A bill to
provide for the election of officers in cities
of the first class.
H. R. 878, by -Windham of Caas-Joint
resolution recommending to the electors of
the state to vote at the next election of
member of the legislature for or against a
convention to revise, amend and change
the constitution of the state of Nebraska
in accordance with section $, article xv, of
the constitution of the state of Nebraska.
H. R. 879, by Lahners of Jefferson A bill
to amend chapter xxxl. Compiled Statutes
of 1903. entitled "Fish and Qame."
H. R. '$Sf, by Windham A bill granting
authority to any city council of any city, or
any board of trustees, to establish plants
and provide facilities for generating and
transmitting heat from one or more central
Ph"r. 881, by Detrlck of Tork-A bill mak
ing an appropriation for the payment of
miscellaneous items of Indebtedness owing
by the state of Nebraska. $38,783.0$.
H. R. 382, by Marks of Fillmore A bill
to prohibit the sale or possession of the ex
plosive commonly called "firecrackers"
after January 1. 1906.
H. R. 383. by Marks Bill providing for the
appointment of a deputy assessor In each
ward of a city, and that each deputy must
confine his work to his respective ward.
H. R. 384) by - Andersen of Douglas
Omaha charter bill.
H. R. 386, by Andersen of Douglas Mak
ing It unlawful for any person to give or
receive any aum or sums ot money or any
other bribe, present or reward for the pur
pose of securing signatures or signing pe
titions designating material to be used In
the paving. ,.
H. R. , by Andersen of Douglas Bulk
sales law.
II. R. 887, by Lee of Douglas A bill to
abolish the office of register of deeds in
Douglas county and provides for the per
formance of the. work by the oounty clerk.
H. R. 888, by Hand of Cass A bill to en
able city councils to establish standards for
and regulate water, gas and electrlo light
meters.
H. R. 889, by Lee of Douglas A bill cre
ating the ofllce of county comptroller in
any county including within Its boundaries
a city of the metropolitan class.
H. R. 90, by Foster of Douglas A bill to
fix the salaries of all city officers in Omaha
same as are fixed by the city charter bill,
to be operative In case the charter Is de
feated. H. R. 391, by Kyd of Oage To make the
term of office of oounty clerks four years.
H R. 392. by Perkins of Fillmore A bill
to require. county clerks to keep a record of
purchases.
H. R. 383, by Hand of Cass A bill to pro
vide for municipal Inspection of water, gas
and electrlo meters.
H. R. 894, by Cunningham and Anderson
of Hamilton A : bill to provide that for
failure of horticultural societies property
shall revert to counties.
If. R. 896, by Perry of Furnas A bill to
regulate railroads, prevent unjust discrim
inations, provide for a state railway com
mission and define Its duties; reinstates old
board of transportation law and makes the
board composed of attorney general, state
treasurer and land commissioner.
H. R. 896. by Kaley A bt". making' all
cities, towns and villages of from 1,000 to
5,000 population, cities of the second class.
H. R. 897, by Kyd of Oage A bill . to pro
vide for the proper handling of stationery
and supplies of state officers,!'
DOINGS OF THE .... LEGISLATORS
Some History of the -Musty, Ktssard
Claim.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Feb. 28. (Special.) Notwith
standing the supreme court of the state
has twice decided that Thomas Kennard
has no valid claim against the state and
the some dsclnion has been rendered by the
United States supreme court,- the house has
passed the bill allowing him $10,000 and the
measure is now before the senate. The
game claim has been before many other
legislatures, but it remained for this house
of representative to set aside the Judgment
of the state supreme court and the United
states supreme court.- Inasmuch as It has
been so many years since the claim was
first presented to the legislature, many of
the members of the present legislature
know, little of Its merits, and for that rea
son some record taken from- the Fifty
sixth Nebraska report is given here that
members of the senate may. vote intelli
gently on the proposition,
. The legislature of 1873 passed a Joint res
olution authorising the governor' to appoint
an agent to prosecute to a, final decision
before congress, a claim of 5 per cent due
the state because of land disposed of by
Indian reservations and by the location of
military land warrant and land scrip Is
sued for military service In the wars of the
United States and for the agricultural
college scrip and railroad lands.
The Joint resolution provided that the S
per cent cash school fund accruing to the
stat -3 should In no wise be considered, Ken
nard, It is claimed, collected through con
gress $37,000, which, however, It was held
THERE JS
MONEY M IT
Omaha real estate was never a better investment'
than right now. The city has maintained a gradual
and substantial growth since the panic and at present
is on a sounder; "basis than ever before. Real estate
values have not increased commensurate with the city's
growth, therefore money invested now in Omaha realty
is bound to yield 'good returns..'
Following are some special bargains advertised in
The Bee Real Estate columns today:
Hastings & Heyden advertise vacant lots in the
north part of the city from f.650 to $735. ,
, p. V. Sholes Company advertise a brick building
which cost f0,000, and is bringing in big rental, for
$15,0001 ' '
Harrison & Morton advertise a new modern, house,
located one-half block from' the Barnard apartment
house, which is a bargain at $4,000.
' JV.Farnani Smith & Co. advertise a 7-room house,
in fine condition, at southeast corner 30tb and Mason,
for only $3,500. '
The Byron Reed Co. advertise a big list of vacant
lots from $250 to $750.
Geo. P. Bemis advertises a 40-acre farm, twenty
fire miles north from Council Bluffs, for. $3,000.
F. D. Wead advertises a nobby cottage on 40th St.
for $4,250.
George & Co. advertise 40 acres, 12 miles southwest
of South Omaha 3 miles from Papillion, for $4,500.
by the supreme court, we the B per cent
cash school fund accruing. He brought
suit In the Lancaster district court, having
been given permission to sue the state, and
secured Judgment for 60 per cent of this
amount, that being the fee he was to have
received. The Judgment was overruled
by the supreme court as was a motion for
a rehearing and then Kennard' lawyers
took the matter into the federal court,
where again he was defeated.
In writing his opinion, reversing the de
cision of the Lancaster court, Judge Ryan
of the supreme court said In his syllabus:
The facts In this cflse examined, end held
to show that the allowance of the claim of
defendant In error against the state was
Improper because of the fact that In the
joint resolution of the legislature, under
which the defendant In error was employed
as agent, there was an Inhibition of the
employment of an asnt to collect the 5
per cent cash school fund accruing to the
State.
When Kennard brought suit against the
state in the Lancaster district court, he
alleged In his petition that he had prose
cuted the claims of the state for 6 per cent
due the state on account of Indian reserva
tion lands and that by reason of his prose
cution he had secured to the state the 6
per cent because of the. sale of lands known
as the Pawnee Indian reservation.
In answer to this the attorney general
held that the enabling act of the constitu
tion by which Nebraska was made a state
contained a provision that E per cent of
the sale of all public lands In the state
should become a part of the common school
fund. Attorneys for Kennard held that
this Indian land was not publlo land, and
on this question the case went to the
United Btates supreme court and the con
tention of the attorney general was upheld.
Senator Thomas of Douglas cotinty Intro
duced a Joint resolution in the senate this
afternoon which If It ever becomes a part
of the state constitution will give home rule
to every city In the state over 5.00Q, In that
It will allow these cities to make and amend
their own charters.
The bill provides that a board of twenty
one freeholders, all of whom shall have
been for at least five years qualified electors
of the city, to be olocted by the voters. This
board shall draft a charter and It shall be
come operative when a majority of the
electors shall have voted to ratify it.
After .the board has prepared the charter
It shall be returned to the mayor and coun
cil and shall be published In two dally or
weekly papers for at least twenty days,
after which It shall be voted upon. The
charter may be amended by the legislative
authority of euch city submitting the
amendments to a vote of the people at a
general or a special election. The amend
ments must be submitted when 10 per cent
of the voters petition the legislative au
thority. A chHrter convention of twenty
one members shall be selected at any time
upon a petition of 10 per cent of the voters,
whose duty It will be to prepare a new
charter for submission to the voters for
ratification or rejection.
The bill introduced by Thomas of Douglns
county today to Increase the salaries of
Omaha city officials Increases the salaries
of these officials to amounts as follows:
Mayor, $3,000; city clerk. $2.B00; assistant
city clerk, $2,000: city attorney, $3,000; city
councilman, $1,500 each; city engineer, $3,000.
The lieutenant governor has brought down
some criticism of himself for referring to
the Judiciary committee 'the claim of
Thomas Kennard. Following precedent the
bill should have been sent to the claims
committee. Lieutenant dovernor McQIlton
this afternoon said he sent the bill to the
Judiciary' committee because he had been
Informed that It Involved merely a legal
question and that he had not been Informed
that the claim had twice been declared void
by the supreme court of the state and once
by the United States supreme court. Sena
tor Cady,.who.ls chairman of the cla-lms
committee, killed the same bill In 18&9.
' A hill which- will secure much support In
the senate Is that Introduced by Dlmery of
Seward to abolish the Soldiers' Home visit
ing board. Even a number of the old sol
diers have lined up to favor the passage of
the bill. It has been charged that the visit
Ing boards have always been a source of
annoyance and have done more harm than
good as aids to the management of the Sol
diers' Home. One of the duties of the.
board Is to check up the bills and accounts
of the commanders of the homes. In the
office of the secretary of state ifre a num
ber of accounts O K'd by the visiting board
which are greatly In excess of the charges
In the contract with thoBe who furnish sup
piles. Of course these little discrepancies
were caught by the secretary of state and
now allowed, but It goes to show the use
tessnesS of a visiting board.
The farmers of the house declare that
when the county engineer bill comes up
again tomorrow for passage It will be de
feated and that Representative Dodge may
be blamed for It. He la for the bill end the
farmers are sitting up nights for opportuni
ties to get even with him for declaring In
a speech that they were tax shirkers.
Mr. Dodge Is concerned In another mat
ter which, though he has succeeded In get
ting It past the house, may give him oc
casion for some exercise when the matter
reaches the senate.
H. R. 129, on Its face,, appears to be a
harmless affair. The Bee editorially re
cently had something to say on the lack
of virtue of this bill. One of the strongest
members of the house today came to a
correspondent for The Bee and said he
was positively convinced the measure was
Introduced at the request of the railroads
and In fact drawn up by them. This mem
ber, at the last moment, did his best to
scatter this Information among his col
leagues and form a nuclues to defeat the
bill, but it was too late. It passed. How
ever, now that the "nigger "In the wood
pile" has been exposed It I hoped to kill
the bill in the senate.
Ostensibly this bill provides that un
platted land not used for city purposes
may be detached from corporate limits by
petition to the district court of a ma
jority of the residents on the land or by
petition Of the owner or owners. Here Is
where the Ingenuity of the thing comes In.
The railroads are the owners and often
section hands and other railroad employes
the residents. ' It has been admitted, to be
the most Ingenulously framed bill that has
com before tHe house this session. In
detaching such land from the limits of
city It would, of course, be exempt from
local taxes. And that Is the milk In the
cocoanut. As the member already men
tioned pointed out, the railroads own a
great deal of land which would fall under
the provision of this act. For Instance,
about a mile of land on which are tracks
and other railroad property lies Just out
side of Kearney. And throughout the
state such land may be found. It would
mean big thing to the railroads to have
all this property exempted from local taxe.
And In this connection this member di
rect special attention to the fact that
though this bill, a it Introducer labor
iously explains, Is applied only to smaller
cities and not to Omaha, Mr. Dodge resides
In Omaha and ordinarily would not be ex
pected to take the Initiative In such legis
lation. There Is a rumor that when the
bill get to the senate an attempt will be
made to amend It so as to apply to Omaha
and Lincoln and South Omaha, but Mr.
Dodge o forcibly denied any such Inten
tion In the first place that this rumor Is
not entirely accredited.
One bill to abolish the office of register
of deeds In Douglas county and another to
create the office of county comptroller
were introduced this afternoon In the
house by Lee of Douglas. '
The county comptroller shall be elective
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and shall be ex-offlclo city comptroller,
this being in harmony with the abolition
of the city comptroller contemplated In
the Omaha , charter bill. The comptroller's
term of office shall.be two years and his
annual salary $1,600 for his services In the
county office and . $1,500 in the city. He
shall have a deputy, whose annual salary
shall be $1,500. . .
The bill abolishing the office of county
register of deeds confers the functions of
that office' on. the. .county clerk. The pro
visions of the act are to go Into effect upon
the expiration of the present county reg
ister's term of office. .
If the house railroad committee was not
thoroughly convinced tonight that the rail
roads of Nebraska have an Impressive and
eloquent set of attorneys and 'officials It
never will be. 1 An array of dignitaries from
the Burlington, ynlon pacific and North
western appeared before the committee and
argued the whya and why nots of the com
modity freight jrate and the Caldwell maxi
mum freight rate bl!s. The speaker were
General Charles . F. Manderson, General
Manager Holdrege, "General Freight Agrpt
Ives of the Uurlington, John.N. Buldwln,
Assistant, Oeqcral Freight Agent Lane of
the Union Pacific; and Ben T.. White of the
North Western, all having come down Jrom
Omaha for th (Purpose. Lee Spratlen and
J. H,,Rrr ot vthfc' Burlington, , Bob Clancy
of the Un,lon Pnc.Pc and Bob McGlnnls of
the Northwestern" . were presont. After
recovering ' from khelr awe-struck silence
Representatives 'Caldwell and Junkln man
aged to soy a "few words. The general
trend of argument by the railroad men wa
that freight rates In Nebraska were low
enough now and that anyway the legisla
ture had no business tampering with the
rates. Mr. Baldwin said no state had ever
enacted a law regulating railroad rate
that stood the teat of the courts and Gen
eral Manderson declared that rate regula
tion On a commodity basis was utterly im
possible so far as giving satisfaction to the
public and doing Justice to the Railroads
was concerned. General Manderson also de.
clared that rates In the United Btates were
lower than In any other country and the
service better, but this did not exactly
seem to solve the problem, "Why rate In
Nebraska should not be lowerod."
Mr. Junkln read from the railroad's own
records to show the average freight rate tn
Nebraska was 31 per cent higher than
throughout the United States and 36 per
cent -higher than In the states of Iowa,
Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri.
These states were thus grouped under the
interstate commerce act. Nebraska was
grouped with Wyoming, Montana, Colorado
north of Denver and North and South Da
kota east of the Missouri river, and of
these states the record from which Mr.
Junkln read Nebraska was paying a higher
rate for freight transportation.
The railroad men, particularly Mr. Bald
win and General Manderson, deeply Im
pressed the legislators w ith their eloquence
and affability, but apparently did not clinch
their arguments with Indisputable facts.
The railroad officials urged the committee
that In making rates the cost of transpor
tation, of labor, material and equipment,
the heft of rolling stock and the conse
quent expense of repairing rails and
bridges, stocks and bonds, and the uncer
tainty of crops all should be taken into
consideration.
Chairman Jones of the Norfolk asylum
Investigating committee says his report
will be made Saturday. He Is compiling
It now. The Investigation Is taking much
the same course with reference to the
state architect as' that of the subcommittee
of the claims commute, that Is trying
to show extrsvagance on the part of the
state architect.
Lahners of Jefferson Introduced a bill in
the house today which make automo
billets laugh. It provides that no automo
bile run by steam or gasoline shall travel
on a street where runs an electrlo car.
"For fear of scaring the car?" asked an
Omaha autolst tonight.
Lee of Douglas today Introduced a bill
to prohibit the sale of Intoxicating liquor
within ten miles (of an Indan reservation.
Enacted Into law, the bill would put an
end to Illicit traffics on the reservation,
by which Indians are debauched.
Andersen of Douglas Introduced the bulk
sale bill, which, was defeated the other
day In the senate. Andersen' bill, how
ever, does not carry the penalty clause
which the senate bill had.
Oratorical winner at Mitchell.
MITCHELL. S. D., Feb. 28,-(8peclal
Telegram.) The' local oratorical contest
last night of Dakota Wesleyan university
was won by Burton Tanner, his subject
being "Robert Burns." J. D. Evans was
second. Mr. Tanner will represent the col
lege at the state contest at Huron In May.
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TYLER'S CLAIM IS HELD UP
Claims Committee Tsksi Time to Investi
gate 8ome of Its Items.
CHARGES OF FAVORITISM ARE MADE
Bill as Reported to the House Con
tain l.ess Than Half the Amount
tarried at tbe Session
Two Years Ago.
(From a 8taff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Feb. 28. (Special.) The claim
committee bill came in among the last
measures In the house today, carrying a
total appropriation of $30,7S3.90, as com
pared to $62.P00 two years ago. Some 600
Items comprise this bill and back of the
measure, which does not contain the claim
of the state architect. James Tyler, Jr..
are circumstances which promise to lead to
a sensation resulting In the abolition of
the office of state architect and a standing
denial of Representative Jackson's declara
tion that legislative Investigations are in
variably farefs at best.
Tyler submitted a claim for the period of
eighteen months, the time which his office
has existed for $3,636.82. The beat the
committee has been able to figure only
brings the total up to $8,000 and a little
more. The committee finds that Tyler had
employed a stenographer, his sister and an
extra draughtsman for which he had no
warrant, and after probing further Into the
matter determined to cut out $7,Oj4.79 of his
claim until a complete investigation could
be made. A subcommittee consisting of
Bartoo of Valley, Llvengood of Franklin
and Thompson of Cuming, wa appointed
by the claims committee to go to the bot
tom of this whole affair. The committee
begun Its work today and Dr. Bartoo thinks
possibly It will take ten days to com
plete it.
The Items embraced In the rejected claims
of Tyler's are: Salary for himself, $1,458,
$1,250, $U25, $025, $208; salary for Ethel M.
Tyler, his sister, $1,190, $280; traveling ex
penses, Tyler, $87.41, Morris, draughtsman,
$100, Rudge & Ouensel, $131.25, Eugene
Dtetzgen & Company, $404.80. R. S. Pot
tlnger $30.
Charges Against Tyler,
That the office of state architect will be
abolished seems probable from the fact
that a bill providing for such a thing has
passed the senate and one has been fav
orably acted on In the house. Senator Ep
person I the author of the senate bill. In
his argument for the bill Senator Epper
son brought out the statement that Tyler
had exercised favoritism In the matter of
contracts for material In the construction of
the new buildings at Norfolk. For Instance
he asserted that the plana which the archi
tect drew up specified that Model hot water
boilers should be used; Nazareth cement.
Twin City press brick, tiling from the Caa
slnl Mosaic & Tile company, and other such
specified materials calculated as the sena
tor contended, to throttle competition. All
these matters will be Investigated by the
committee.
Further In his argument Senator Epper
son disclosed these facts and figures ex
tracted from state records:
What Records Show.
The records In the office of the auditor
show the state architect made plana for
work, superintended1 the work or passed
on work, as follows:
Mllford Soldiers' Home
Hospital $20,000
Appropriated for general repairs, fix
ing waterworks ond Installing elec
trical apparatus 13,500
Total $33,500
At Grand Island
Commissary building $ 4,000
Laundry 2,000
Appropriated for general repairs, such
. as painting, fixing roof and other
repairs 15,000
Total $21,000
Hastings Insane Hospital
For barn $ 5,000
One dynamo S.498
Appropriated, general repairs 10,000
Total .'. $18,49S
Plans for steps at state capltol costing
$2,906. I.
Lincoln Insane Hospital'
Burn costing...., $5,ono
Greenhouse 1.000
Total $6,000
The report of the state architect gives
that officer credit for drawing the plans
for the steel cells recently Instalhtd at
the state penitentiary. As a matter of
fact, the plans for 156 cells were drawn
by Architect Grant before the office of
state architect was created. The present
officer drew the plans for the lost eighty
four cells and put In and approved the
steam plant that wa put In at a cost of
$700.
Norfolk asylum, now being Investigated.
$100,000.
Feeble Minded Youth Institution
Cold storage plant $2 sno
Kitchen 1,000
Total $3,500
Girls' Industrial School
Appropriated for general repairs $1,500
Boys' Industrial School
General repairs $2,500
Not counting the penitentiary cells and
the $700 Item, the records show the state
architect has had something to do with
the expenditure of $1S9,403. He either drew
the plans, superintended the work, passed
on the work or merely approved the
voucher.
Plans for the following buildings were
drawn by architects other than the state
architect, and the work on them was su
perintended by special architect em
ployed by the state:
Normal school at Kearney $ 60000
Chapel at Peru Normal school 43' 500
Physics building at university tsooo
Buildings at state farm 100 000
Administration building at uni
versity 35,000
Total .iO3.50
Expenses of the Office of the State Architect-Salary
of architect for two years $5,000
Salary of assistant architect two
years 400
8alary of stenographer two years 1,'S0
Total ; tti.OHO
According to the report of the architect,
the cost of maintaining the office, Includ
ing salaries, furniture and office fixtures
p to November SO, 1904, has been $8,004.88.
In his report the architect claims to have
supervised work, drawn plans, or both,
for construction and repairs amounting to
$273,000, which the report claims would have
coat the state $12,600. The architect docs
not enumerate the Items that go to make
up the $273,000.
At 3 per cent work could have been done
for $6,K2.09.
The claim of T. P. Kennard, $10,000, was
not Included In the claims bill, but pre
sented to the house some time ago In a
separate measure. The largest Item of the
claims bill Is the State Journal printing
bill of about $4,000. The other Item are
mall.
AKDERSEN'S AXD IKE'S VIEWS
Both Make Statements on the Omaha
C harter Bill.
LINCOLN, Feb. 2$.-(8peclal.)-Wlth ref
erence to the Omaha city charter bill
which he Introduced Representative Ander
sen says:
"I Introduced the revised ctiar-er as the
combined Work of the whole delegation, not
my own. The bill which I originally Intro
duced known as If. R. 107, stood for many
thing which I believe were In the Interest
of good government. My proposed charter
has been cut up and cut out until there
Is but little left of It.
"There are many sections In thls'charter
which I do not endorse. I do not believe In
them, but I am told that most all new
charters are compromises at best. The new
document provides for spring election a
heretofore, for twelve councllmen to be
elected at large, cuts the salary of the
city comptroller to $2,500 and Increase those
of the city engineer, mayor and city attor
ney to $3.01X1, and of the city councllmen to
$1,600. The consolidation o' the city and
county treasurers offices Is provided for
with city taxes payable at the same date
as at present. The bill abolishes the city
tax commissioner and provides for the work
to be done by the county assessor. For this
work on the part of the county the city is
to pay one-half of the percent of all city
taxes.
"It Is a big Job to write a new chnrter.
and doubtless after this one Is printed
many errors will have to be corrected
by the committees on cities nnd towns,
but the whole delegation has agreed upon
the main questions. As to paving the
sections In my charter were retained by
almost a unanimous vote of the delega
tion, giving the right of petition calling
for open bids, giving the widest latitude
for competition and giving property own
ers thirty day In which to select the
material they want after bids are open.
The fairness of these propositions to all
contractors and to the people. It seems
to me, cannot be questioned. A section
was adopted which Is called the "Denver
Joker," which looks like an attempt to
cut out ome bidders, but I am not posted
as to such technical matters and must
refer anyone who wants to know to the
city engineer for an explanation."
Representative Lee had this to say on the
charter:
"The present city charter Introduced Is
different from any others In the fact that
It Is a complete charter. The rearrange
ments of the subjects comprised In the
charter are In a manner that they can be
more easily found than In any of tho oth
ers, which were pretty badly mixed up.
The main features of the charter are the
consolidation of the treasury and the as
sessment departments, which will be fol
lowed by the bill Introduced by me for
consolidation of the comptroller's depart
ment of the city and county, all of which
will be a great saving to the city and a
great convenience to the public.
"Another most Important feature Is the
abolition of the Board of Public Works and
Advisory board and placing the dirties of
those boards on the mayor and council, the
city engineer and street commissioner. One
Important feature regarding public works
Is that the council shall be the deciding
power In any contest that may coma up be
tween the contractors and the city engineer,
so that there will be no possibility of a
blockade In public works unless it should
be by Injunctions.
"A very Important feature Is that no city
council shall have the right to make a con
tract to extend over ten years with any
person or corporation; that such contract
shall be void.
"The question of paving1 specifications
was discussed at great length and finally
decided that the property owners would
have an opportunity to select any pave
ment they desire at the price that It Is
offered to the public, which means that all
pavement, shall be described specifically,
but all of which will have to be up to a
standard established by the tests provided
In the law on such subjects.
"The councllmanlc question Is for twelve
councllmen, nominated and elected at large,
each of which mutt be a resident -of each
of the twelve wards. A' provision la also
inserted that they shall each be a free
holder of the city and a resident of each
ward. The salaries of councllmen were In
creased to $1,500 per annum because of the
Increased amount of the duties they are ex
pected to perform, . It Is expected and
hoped that they will keep themselves thor
oughly posted on all public works and be
able to judge Intelligently on any question
that may arise with regard to the enforce
ment of the specification either in paving,
sewering, grading or any other public
works. . .. . - '
"The salary of mayor has been increased
to $3,000, the city engineer to $3,000 and the
city attorney to $3,000. The assistant city
engineer' salary Is fixed at $2,000 and the
assistant city attorney at the same figure.
"The main object of the delegation all the
way through, while ihey differed on details,
was to throw every safeguard thut could
be possibly thrown around the Interests of
the city of .Omaha; that the government
should not be more expensive, and that the
rights of the people should be protected as
much as possible.
"Without any unnecessary Interference
with corporations which have a large
amount of money Invested In their enter
prises and from whom hundreds and thou
sands of families In Omaha receive their
daily bread, there was a truly liberal spirit
animating the entire delegation, and we
hope that they will go down Into history as
one of the most useful, honest. Industrious
delegations that Douglas county ha ever
sent to the capltol of Nebraska.
To Prevent the Grip,
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Call for the full name and look for signa
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College Bolldlng- Bold,
HOT SPRINGS, 8. D., Feb. 28.-(8peclal.)
L. S. Cull has closed a deal for the
Black Hills college property (building and
twenty-acre campus) to an eastern syndi
cate, the purchase price being $18,000. It
was hoped that when the property changed
hands It would be. for educational purposes
and particularly for a seminary or college.
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Philadelphia Cigar Factory.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 28. The six-story
building occupied by Frank Teller & Co.,
cigar manufacturers, burned today. Loss,
$100,000. Two hundred mvl '"ty employes
are thrown out of employment. 1
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not so bad until recently I tried many
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relief until I saw Doan's Kidney rills
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Kuhn & Co', drug store und got a box.
They proved Just the remedy I needed.
They also did my htniband much good.
We can recommend Doun's Kidney Till
to others as being a remedy fully up to
representation."
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where a full assortment of Mme. Yale
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