TIUTKSnAY.
OCTOHER 1. 100.
RAP FUR CITY GOVERNMENT
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Our Piano Department the Great Center of Strictly
John MacVicar Says Omaha is Ex
ample of Incompetency.
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ADDRESSES HEAL ESTATE MEN
rilK OMAHA DAILY HKE:
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in the baking
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that is where Calumet
Baking Powder proves
its f uperiorityj its
wonderful raising power; its never-failine ability
to produce the most delicious baking and its
economy. Ia the baking that is the only way
you can successfully test it and compare it with the
high price kinds. You cannot discredit these
statements until you have tried
ALURflEY
the ortl high frade baking- powder jelling at a moderate
rovt. $1,000.00 i offered to anyone finding the least
trace of impuritv, in tlie baking, caused by Calumet.
Atk your Grocer and insist that you get Calumet.
Received HigheU Award World's Pure
Food Exposition, Chicago, 1907.
BREWERWINS, CROSBY FIGHTS
Latter Appeal j to Supreme Court for!
' . 'Coroner Eomination.
KENifEDY REFUSES
BIG CONVENTIONS FOR OMAHA
Irvrrnl Inportdt atloual Gather
Ins Are to 'Be Son.ht
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IXnlrlrt .Indue Sustains Action of Caav
tauten Honrtl I ln Throwlnt
Ont. the Tare 1 nslaned
Ballots.
iCeorge H. Brevier, declared by the pri
mary canvassing board to be the republican
nominee for coroner, won out Wednesday
Irr the mandamus suiCbrougiit by Willis C
Crosby te compel the board to give the
nomination to Crosby. . Judge Kennedy re
fused tbl grant tkia ;rit asked for and
sustained the canvassing board In Ua re
fusal to count three ballots which were not
sinned by any Judge of clerk of election.
The suit will not end here, however, as
Jlr, Crosby has Instructed hla attorney
to file an appeal in the supreme court at
nce. Mr. BurbRnk, hla attorney, said he
would present the case to the supreme
court at Its sitting next Tuesday and he
hoped for an Immediate decision. The case
Is of tlio nature of an emergency which
m hn elvpn oreecdenca bv tha siiDreme
judges.
The controversy arose over the three on
signed ballots, which Mr. Crosby contended
were all cast for him. The canvassing
board refused to count them and gave the
.nomination to Brewer by a majority of two.
udgo Kennedy, In his decision, upheld
tha position that ballots could not be
counted whera there were no marks of
Identification on them. The eleoti-n law
provide tha ballots shall be signed
by two . judges, but In the Bing-ham-Broadwell
contest the supreme
court decided the names of one Juuge and
one clerk would validate the ballot. Judge
Kennedy declared thla would not Justify
counting ballots without any signatures on
the back.
tnon
""""th.
Commercial organisations and business
men of Omaha will have abundant oppor-
MANDAMUS tunlty fo attend conventions In other cities
the first weeks of October and delegations
will be s.nt to all of them. An effort will
be made to secure the largest of the three
for Omaha next year.
The meetings include the Transmisslsslppl
Commercial congress, which meets In San
Francisco October 6 to 10. It is thla big
and Important convention which haa been
practically offered to Omaha and only a
guaranty for expenses of Ti,(X!0 Is asked
and the necessity of sending ,a strong dele
gation. No less an Influence than E. II.
Harrlman of the I'nlon Pacific, Southern
Pacific and Illinois Central railroads, has
xpressed a desire to have the next meet
Inp of this congress In Omaha.
The Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways
convention Is to be held In Chicago. Oc
tober 6, and 7. and the Real Estate ex
change, Commercial club and local organi
zations of the Missouri River Navigation
congress are entitled to one delegate to
each 100 members. Victor Rosewater and
F. V. Wead will represent the Missouri
River Navigation congress In Chicago, and
Mr. Wead will also attend a meeting of the
executive council of the congress called by
President Kills to meet at the Auditorium
hotel at noon next Wednesday. Mr. Wead
Is the member of the council from Ne
braska. The Commercial club of Grand Island has
Invited the Commercial club and business
men of Omaha to attend the Harvest and
Frontier festival to be held there October
S to 8, and arrangements ara being made
to send a good delegation.
Balldlnar Permits.
Fred Burnett, Thirty-seventh street and
Ames avenue, frame dwelling, $1,500: A. J.
I.lljcros. Twenty-eighth avenue and Bristol
street, frame dwelling, 11.400; R. C. Taylor,
Thirty-seventh street and Ames avenue,
frame dwelling. 12.000; Mrs. Christine Ol
srn, lOiO South Twenty-third street, frame
dwelling, Sl.ToO.
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Mirer Mshonl of Baltimore Impresses
the Kxrhanae with His lossl
Adrlee on Mnnlclpat
Affairs.
"It Is not dishonesty but Incompetency
which has cost American cities heavfly and
Omaha is one of the worst examples which
I have ever known."
This Indictment against Omaha was pro
nounced by John MacVltnr, re?rrtary of
the American League of Municipalities, a
member of the'Dcs Moines commission ami
former mayor of that city. In an nddrcas
which he delivered before the Omaha Real
tCstate exchange at noon Wednesday. The
real estate di alers applaud' d the statement.
Cards had Just been distrlbiit -d by the
members of the exchange boosting the ad
vantages of Omaha and saying:
"Gas Owned ly a private corporation;
price, Jl.l.i net; the city receiving 6 cants
per 1,000 cubic feet royalty."
Mr. MacVicar picked up the card. "That
looks good," he said. "It looks good. The
city gets 6 cents per thousand oublc feet
royalty and the people pay It by paying
more for their gas than wa pay In Dcs
Moines, and In addition to thla 6 cents they
pay 10 cents more 15 centa more per thou
sand cubic feet than we pay In Dea
Moines."
Then the secretary of the league looked
at the price paid In Omaha for electric arc
lights.
"Seventy-five dollars per light," ha said.
"With the city receiving 2 per cent royalty
on gross sales. Say the company gets $03
per annum net for your arc lights, no one
pays the other $12 except the consumers of
light and power in small quantities. The
price Is made proportionately high to cover
what the light company pays back to the
city."
Mr. Mc Vicar took up the question of the
Real Katate exchange charter committee
and aald:
"Don't attempt to fix up that old charter
and have a piece of legislature patch work
begin at the bottom and build up, get a
new charter."
He then told what the new plan the com
mission plan of government haa done In
Pes Moines and said one of the best things
It had accomplished was to create a new
civic spirit in the city.
"Concentration of responsibility Into a
small body of men will solve the problems
of American cities."
Mahool Slakes a Hit.
"You may have a city council or you
may have a commission," he said, "but It
makes no difference which you have If they
are Incompetent and dishonest men. These
men are sure to creep In whenever the
people do not take interest enough to elect
good men. Any time the business men
neglect to do their duty by voting at the
primaries and general elections, they may
expect to get a badly conducted city. If
you get the commission plan here in
Omaha, you will have to watch and you
will have to vote, or you will find dis
honest and Incompetent commissioners Just
as you find dishonest and Incompetent
councllmen."
The mayor of Baltimore then told of some
of the municipal policies of his city and of
a public subway for electric light and
telephones wires which pays the city a
profit, of $30,000 annually.
"And we make public service corporations
pay for their franchises and put the money
Into the city treasury," he aald.' "It Is
better than allowing councllmen to receive
the price of a franchise and keep the
moneyi After the franchise Is granted,
we take It. Our gas company pays taxes
on a franchise valued at $ti,0U),(W0, and we
have assessed the value of the street rail
way franchise at $10.O00,ikio.
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Time alone demostrates the musical
value of a piano and the honor of a
business house. The aim of. The Den
nett Company has been to sell the class
of pianos and bo eondnct their busi
ness bo that in public estimation and
confidence no one can surpass them.
No piano house can have a better busi
ness asset than a community of satis
fied buyers. ' Our business Is steadily
Increasing and we can only attribute
this to our alherence to the piano that
Is not built for show.
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"QUALITY and
PRICE"
are the two best salesman a house can
have; when they agree;'buyers become
friendly and Influential assistants . In
promoting business and creating con
fidence. The line of pianos we repres
ent are household words, not only
through Iowa and Nebraska, but In
every musical renter of the L'nlted
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QUALITY is always recog-
nized by the public. That's
the secret of the success and pop
ularity of
STORZ BEER
on the market during the past
thirty-five years.
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See This Representative Line of Pianos. Pianos that are Recognized in Any City in the United States:
Chickering & Sons, lvers & Pond, H. & S. G. Lindeman, Kurtz
mann, Kohler & Campbell, Stan, Everett, Mendelssohn, Hunt
ington, P. C Weaver, Chase, Richmond. Sterling, Howard
- AND MANY OTHERS ;
Including our own specially built BENNETT COMPANY PIANO the best piano made and sold for $300.00. New
-Pianos other than regular line can be seen on our floor at the present time are
Weber, Stsck, Foster & Co., Marshall & Wendell, Mehiin & Son's, Vcugh,
nL s" et sV ns-
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It will be a pleasure for the salesman to show our magnificent
Piano Display. Be sure to pay this department a call.
Lakeside,
Visitors to
Bradford and Schrimsr &
The City!
OUR NEW PIANOS
FOR
! 2 j E 5 j
CANNOT BE EXCELLED
ANYWHERE.
Bennett
Piano Department Third Floor
Largest Dealers of Fine Pianos
in the West.
PIANOS SOLD
ON ,
PAYMENTS IF
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t.'.u Uiankets or Ponchos ..,
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l.lnen, 41 Inches wide, yard
AH wool and atrunt;s-i
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UniU for Portli-res. yard 40c
'Linen Covers ft. 00
Wool Cords fjr Sufn yillo s . . . . 35o
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Khaki t'oati
Khaki Trousers
Hayonet Sets
Military Candle Sticks....
Finest all wool lands. .. .
Military Paper Weights. .
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fore. Sale ill Usl abuut one
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W. B. KIEK. BCaTT.
Corner 11th and Saraey Streets
.ipens Krulay, Octobrr 2nd.
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glneer Brookes of Norfolk, Va., when he
noticed the emblem worn by the New
Jeraeyan. Mr. Brookes, who, with Mayor
Riddick, represent tna Old Dominion at
the convention, waa one of Mosby'a men
during: the war.
"We are coming to Omaha In force two
years hence." said Alderman Rohland of
St. Paul. He Is the newly elected presi
dent of the Northwest Haengerbuud, which
meets here in 1910.
"Cincinnati has no particularly vexa
tious municipal problems at hand." as
serted Vice Mayor Ualvln, who Is the only
man from Taft's home registered so far
at headquarters. "We are doing a great
deal of improvement work, tearing up old
pavements and constructing new bridges
and conduits. The old-fashioned form of
city government proves fairly satisfac
tory In the Queen city and no particular
change In administrative methods Is con
templated. "It will be something of a fight to elect
the republican candidate for governor but
Taft will have a big majority. The candi
date of the parly for governor Is consid
erable of a temperance man and the Cin
cinnati Germans, who are reeulariv ...
I publicans, are Inclined to look nn hi,,.
suspicion. On the other hand, he will run 1
an the stronger for hla views In the coun
try districts. Just as I think Hughes will
in New Vork."
From the city, fsmous for sea food and
pretty girls, comes J. Barry Mahool
Thu Baltimore mayor fills the position of
president of tha league, and fills It as well
as any of his predecessors, among whom
have been aorne well known public speak
ers and parliamentarians. Mr. Mahool in
one of the youngest men attending th.
convention, though not ns young as Mayor
"Hherble" Becker, Milwaukeea boy mayor
In person, the Maryland city executive is
a tall, slim but not thin man. well spt mil
garbed In well fitting clothes of the lutts
mode. The names "Barry" and "Mahool :
have something of a t'eltlc twang abou
them, but hla voice has no brogue In It
He entered municipal life five yenra ago
as an alderman, and a year and one-half
ago, waa elected mayor, lie Is a democrat
and good party man, but recognizes, to
quote himself, that "municipal government
la not a party, but a business proposition."
Frederick J.. Cleveland. Is one of the most
sought after men at the convention. H.
la the director of the New York Bureau of
Muncipal Research, and a power in the
land of Manhattan. At work on the meth
ods and practlcea of a Tammany adminis
tration he haa achieved the marvellous re
sult of being responsible for the execution
of a number of office holders without an
tagonising the great aachent or rank and
file Indians In the Tammany wigwam.
nELECi.4TKS.rHUM THE OUTSIDE
Mem Gather from t'ltlea All Over Ike
America toatiarat.
Here is a portion of the delegates attend
ing tie convention:
Montreal. Canada -V . Irlolr-. acting
mayor; 1 A. l,.liue chairman finance
I'Oinmi'tne; W. .1. prvulx. t-uairuian ojre
t-Hiiidicie: t'. Mouillai-ii. chain.
Btid . ferries, committee; B. ' I-jspcranc,
chairman of public buildings committee; T.
O'Connell, J. U. Couture, J. H. Nault, N.
1-evesque and wife, K. Major, K. Guay
and wile. W. Mount, J. P. McKenna, J.
Crepean, assistant city, clerk; G. Normand,
city editor of La Palrle; J. O. Denis, Jamts
Ward. A. B: Frudhomme. N'
Mount Vernon, N. Ylctse E. Holdrlge,.
mayor. ., . '
Gloveravllle. N- T- TUamaa C V eas. ,
Newark, N. J. John K. . Binnott. alder
man; J. C. Froellch. M. D.', alderman.
Savannah, Ga. M.' J. Kavanhugh. alder
man; K. J. Grant, president of the council.
Chicago Hugo. 8. Grosser, directxir of ln
stltutH of Statistics and Research ; F. I..
Mather, maiiBKer The City Hall, official
publication of the league.'
Salt Lake City C. J. Davis, president city
council; C. 8. Francis, -alderman.
New York F. A. Cleveland, technical di
rector, bureau of municipal research; H. P.
Nichols and Victor McLaughlin, bureau of
lraiichlse.
Des Moines, Ia.-John MacVicar, commis
sioner and secretary of La-ague of American
Municipalities; K. A. Pitcher, commis
sioner; Ilufus H. Harvey, John C. Kav
anaugh, F. D. Williams, aollcltor; A. J.
Mathes, mayor.
Winnipeg. Manitoba W. H. Kvanson. city
comptroller; Jamea ,1. Harvey.
Baltimore, Md. I. Barry Mahool, mayor,
president league of American Municipali
ties; H. M. Hooper, comptroller; J. Sewell
Thomas, registrar.
Cnmilen. N. J. Samuel Hufty, comp
troller; Charles H. Ellis, mayor; J. V.
Bradley, clerk.
Minneapolis Irs M. Rand, alderman;
Perry Starkweather, alderman.
Mliford, Neb. J. H. Culver, president
Commercial club.
Washington. D. C U G. Powers, chief
statistician.
East St. Ixiuls. 111. Silas Cook, mayor;
R. Githee. alderman; J. Brown, alder
man; Oscar Sielnke, alderman; T. M. Slat
tery, alderman; Joseph 11. Schenk, alder
man; George Genther, alderman; Con
Frawlev. alderman; John Sweeney, alder
man: James Crillen. alderman. I
Roanoke, Va. Joel H. Cute-hern, mayor.
Churlesion. S. C R. G. Rhett, mayor;
W. U. Clark", alderman; F. J. Mccarty,
aldurinan.
Fort Wayne, lnd. William J. Glosser,
mavor; M. K. Ankenhruck. chief or police;
George Herrmann, Board of Public Safety;
Calvin Rieman, director Board of Public
Balety.
Atlanta Ga W. R. Joyner, mayor; H.
M. Bueie'll. W. H. Hancock, aldermen.
Wilmington, Del. W. U. Graham, alder
man; M. F. Conlvar. mayor; K. H. Ben
son, alderman; H. Simmons, alderman.
Norfolk. Va W. T. Brooks, engineer.
yt. Louis James K. Payne.
OweiiKtu.ro. Ky.-W. M. O Uryan. mayor.
San DU-gii. Cal. L. A. Crulman, presi
dent city council.
Madison, Neb. George R. ycof t. mayor.
Wichita, Kan. J II. Gra'aam, mayor; K.
M. Dorr city clerk.
Detroit'. Micii.--D. E. 1 lineman, former
p-isident League of Anu-ricaii Municipali
ties; diaries H. Wie'oir. William tiuiman.
ci-uncilmen; R. M. Wats.m. aldjiinan:
Hirain Ruse, president i;y council; J. J.
Haaier, ass.-mbly man ; K. R. Scllrelber.
secietaiy council.
Turoiito. tnl. H. Hoskin. comptroller.
Milwaukee, Wis. F. C. Fats, alderman;
J. 1. Canny, aid- nuan; James T. Hauner,
contiHCtor.
St. Paul. Minn. W. A. Can-eion. alder
man; J. Cunr.iy. .lssemnlyni : Daniel
Abele president park commisHloii; tJeorga
j Hies C. P. Montgomery. Frank Young.
P. D. tillfillan; W. J. Tiny, aldermen; L.
V. Lundblet. eimiin er; o. M. Kuiilaiid,
James C. Otis, aldermen: II. C. Keller, as
senilileviinn; A. T. IVdlngton. city ilerk;
J. J. DailrV, asemlileyniaii ; I'.. A. Wtili
taker. Nori hwesti rn railway; W. E. Buseh
man. Charles Kai lak. diaries IK-rlier, J.
i". Malntiey, J. D. Hyland.
Midillcton, N. Y. itabert Lawrence,
nia.vr. ,. .
Mankato. Minn. N. Day. president Board
of Public Works.
Grand Island. Neb. Henry Schuff,
mayor; James Nicholson, as-slstant. wattr
and light committee.
North Tonnwanda, N. A'. Charles N.
Ixirenx, alderman; W. B. Zimmerman, al
derman. Lock port, N. Y'. W. It. Baker, nnyor.
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"There's a reason"
Gary, lnd. T. E. Knotts, president town
board; M. A. Caldwell, tiustc-e; J. E. Sears,
trustee.
Duliiih. Minn. II. W. Cliouulc. clerk: Jo-
se I h Snai tel. nlderr.iati.
Maniscn. i le. J . 11. Ktrcnoticr, re ro
tary V ist-um-'in league.
Amen, la A. Marsinii, Iowa State ii'.
legn. Couniil Bluffs H. W. Maloni-y.
Soutli Bend, lnd. Albert Bernhardt, umtii.
ciinian; 11. T. Long, eomicllman ; G. N.
Whiteman, rounciiman; Frank Hoyin, ciim
cllinan; C. G. l-'olvin, c.iunciluian ; Harvey
Rastlser. deputy clerk; J. T". Ilariis. com
mi l eli i k; Adam Zell, Peter Koczorwaky,
Guntnn Striiikle.
Mollne, 111 Andrew Olson, mayor; C. .
Carlan'n, ileik; W. H. C'lirlsllansun. SV.
A. M. Blth. E. V. Brown, 11. A. Bruit,
uldiim?n. ;
Kaunas City Thomas T. Crittenden,
mayor; . C. cuitiertson, v. f. Wociir,
aldermen; . P. Mu'.ley, heallli commis
sioner. Davenport, Ta. George W. Hcott, mayor.
Columbus. O. A. Evans, W. C lliintz,
F M. Guldridge, councilman; M. A. (Si.n
under, secretary sinking fund trustees.
Cincinnati. O. John Cjalvin, vice mayor,
EIkIii. 111. A. E. Prl.-e, mayor.
lnd.anap:ills J. T. McNary, presljent l i
dianapolla Municipal l'-ugue.
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