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Show "JSTV, Examiner tta - 9a pent forget jjt It this-- for the Examiner e. e eMHtiee I" and to eecfc Utah Weather Forecast wn MPr " (RECEIVES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES) preelnct VOL. EL' NO. OGDEN 136 ROOSEVELT REPLIES TO STATEMENT SEN. TILLMAN MADE BY There Was Not the Slightest Opportunity (or Any Misconception of His Attitude ' on the Rate Bill Did Not at Any Time Insist Upon a Certain Amendment"--Moody- 's Letter Made Public. Says Woman at terious Story. PERISHED nu . a. fma the President to Senator Allison u4 the other from Attorney General goody to the President, both dated today. rU PrMidtnt's Letter. White House, Washington, May H line. gy Dear Senator Allison. Aa Ben-sti- r Tillman brought In your name in (oaasctloa with mine In the atatement Its aid oonceraing your relations to iba rate bill Iaat Saturday, it la per-kidue to you that 1 should write p oa the matter. After the rate bill vu reported from the committee and tor by vote of committee Mr. Till-nbid been put in charge of it, and many outsiders way senator ne to see me with reference to It. Jtnoag others I wan asked to see Chandler as representing Mr. TtnuH, who was In charge of the bill. of I juied la response that I was, ran entirely willing to see Mr. ..Daadlsrr any one else who could tpW fbr Mm; and I accordingly The n secretary to make an my for Mr. Chandler to see me. My understanding was that he was the representative of Mr. Tillman. In this I'M Interview he stated to me the vfori of Mr. Tillman with seeming autseveral hority. He called on mo lion. Saw Many Sanators. Daring the same period I new fiber gentlemen who professed to give, the news of other senators. In addition I saw numerous senators, both Republieins and Democrats, some of ilms oner or twice, some of them mur times. I also saw numerous Ntildtn, railroad men, shippers, newspaper men and students at traffic regu-htloIncluding especially the attorney general and the members of the interstate commerce commission, and on two occasions I saw groups of newa-pap- e men in a maaa. To all of these, waaton, representatives of senators 4 outsiders alike, I made the same Watfsirnta; those that I made to Mr. Chandler being the same In substance that I made to you and to those of four colleagues of both political parties with whom I had any extended mferenres on the subject. The letter sttnrney general, which I enclose, shows fully the facta as to the cwfe'encrs which at my Instance he hjM lth Senators Tillman and Bailey. T conference precisely such u at my instance, were he held with many hw oenators to determine the phrase-oioand discuss the effect of amend-WH- I proposed by them. Hepburn Bill Satisfactory. "Ts all whom I saw I stated that the Hepburn bill was In Its essence to me. The Hepburn Mil ai It passed 'the we simply the recognised "PH of review the courts that the Jurisdiction by of the Courts but ,,wnPt to define It, thus leav-I- ? cour t0 prescribe the limits their own Jurisdiction. This was accordance with the ideas of the norney general, his belief being that rbr we avoided all danger of the dTdsfed unconstitutional hef. 's of attempts to confer either too or too little Jurisdiction on the the y mL itw, 'o repeatedly stated that while tlrely satisfactory to me to leave the Hepburn bill in ZSS? w,,: ,h,t wlth lbe e Jurisdiction of the without any attempt to linlv J',rldTC11m; not that I was n,in that there should he S ""ltlo Provided that this deflni-ti- e I! ,nw wk to grant a broad re- at explldtlr narrowed It to the 11 ZM!Hon FIGHT two suhjecte which as a matter of fact 1 believe that the courts would alone consider in case there was no attempt to define the limit of their review, that Is, would limit it to the question aa to whether the commission had acted ultra vires, and as to whether any man's constitutional rights had been impaired. I stated that if the question of defining or limiting the review was brought up at all I personally felt that this was the way in which it should be limited or defined. Many Amendments. "At different times at least a score of tentative amendments were either prepared by ihe attorney general at the request of senators or submitted to me by senators. Aa to many of the amendment (Including among others the substance of the long. Overman, Bacon and Spooner amend1 should bo enments) I stated that tirely satisfied to have them In the hill; aa to others I suggested modification which would make them satisfactory; aa to none did I ever say, either to Mr. Chandler er to any one else, that I should. Insist upon having them In the bill as a condition of my approving it On the contrary, 1 was always most careful to state that I was not trying to dictate any particular program at action. In no case, either In- - the case of Mr. Chandler or in the case of any one else, was there the slight eat opportunity for any honest misconception of my attitude or any belief that I bad pledged myself specifically to one and only one amendment or set of amendment or that I would not- be satisfied witty any amendment which preserved the1 eseentisl feature of the Hepburn bill aa it came from tba house. You will doubtless recall that In the course of the several visits that you personally made me we discussed. number of these proposed amendments, trying to find out for which one there could be obtained' a sufficient body of assent to secure Its passsge and the passage of the rate d Human Bones Found Bakery. - bill. Continued on Page Three. ZION WILL BE TO FINISH "7, v- Plication ' will be it Tor the dlseolti tji.J7morrow rare rtB,ri in KirT '"Junction will bring wi , ermine whether . blander Til tall "wn and of ,be present -- Tnl day dm P"er. ' and i ollva Officers at Appear Washington. May 14. Two of the r officers beside Robert M McWsde who were mentioned unfavorably In tba famous "confidential report" iff Assistant Secretary Peirce have taken exception to the charges made against them and have appeared at the state department to i I nland an opportunity to clpar them selves. They are Oscar F. Williams, formerly consul at Singapore, and Richard Z. Greener, who wae commercial agent at Vladivostok, .They will be permitted to make further representations. e DISTRICT Ger- New York, May 14. Wilhelm Meyer, who 1 accused of tba murder of tils aunt, Mrs. Vogel, whose body was found In a trunk at an express office at Frankfort-o- n Germany, today pleaded not guilty to the charge, was return to and said he willing to Germany to stand trial. Preparations were made to return both Meyer and his woman companion, Sophia Chria-tian- l. REPLY TO CHAMBERLAIN lieutenants have walled for Dowie and bis leaders to accept the proposition made by the court to place tbe Zion estate In control of three trustees, one named bv each of the conteafanta and the third' by the court. Tbe failure of Dos le to act threatened another crisis for Zion and the decision to call (he result. peace negotiation off was the threats This was prompted largely by of Zion investors heretofore held back bv Vollva to begin bankruptcy proand have a ceedings against DowieZion City receiver appoint'd for WILL MARRY. Chancellor of exchequer Engaged to Miss Ivy MuriaL CZAR Struggle in Lower House Over the Agrarian Plank k Public Washington, Msy 14. Tho house had under eonvdrnHton today hills relating to the government of the District of Columbia. It completed the bill! regarding the Washington public school system. The house ndlenrned in the absrore of a quorum, postponing action on the Mils under consideration, These bills will be taken tip tomorrow. EXPERT ACCOUNTANTS SUBMIT THEIR REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL i Report Treats of Poor System of Gty Records and Makes Many Recommendations Giti-cise-s Severely the Auditor, Gty Recorder and Poll Tax Gllector All Money Seems to Be Accounted for To Ogden. Vtah, May 10, 190. Mayor and City Council. Ogden City, Utah. the Honorable Gcntlrflien: Pursuant to your authorization aud direction, we have audited the fiscal iccords of Ogden City for the period Iwginnlng Jauuary 1904, and ending December Slst, 1905, snd submit, tbe following report respecting the rams: The audit was begna February 22nd, and completed a few days ago. In making the audit wa 1. Endeavored Jo find authority either by ordinance, resolution, or order of the city council, for each Item of disbursement as the same are shown in the Auditor's warrant register. 2. Carefully cherksd the minutes of the rlty council against this warrant register, for ihe purpose of .ascertaining if the appropriations ordered by the council were in fact in amount ths same aa the warrants drawn in payment thereof. I. Carefully examined and checked each voucher and pay roll with the warrant register to ascertain If such vouchers and pay rolls agreed (here- li, with. 4. Carefully checked against the warrant register each Auditor's warrant paid and redeemed during tlio years 1904 and IMS. 9. Verified all footing! of the Auditor's warrant register during the' period named. B. Verified ail footings as of December list, 1904 lu tits Auditors ledger ' 7. Verified all footing g of Slst, 1903, In tho Auditor's ledger. 8. Carefully cherksd and veriflAithe accounts of the City Treasurer as carried on the Auditor's ledger with the Treasurer' records. 9. Verified tha City Auditor's annual reports for the years 1904 and 19ii5, each of which reports contain a statement of .the rlty'a assets and llballltles. 10. Audited tbe records of tbe folnr offices: lowing city City Hernrder, City Engineer, Clerk of the Municipal Court, Poll tax Collector, Dog-taCollector, City Beaton and Pound Keeper. and adjusted the accounts and funds In Ihe Special Assessments for paving, sewer, curbing and glittering, sidewalks, etc. 12. Prepare! a corrected statement of the city's r sects and liabilities on December 31st, 1905. . x London. M',v 14 The engagement la announced of J. Austen Chamberlain, chancellor 'of th exchequer, in tbe late Balfour cabinet, and Mist Ivy Murlal, t daughter of H. L. Dunda of Datchel, Bt. Petersburg, May 14. After strugofnow chief staff Buckinghamshire, ficer at Gibraltar. gling thew hole day until late this evening over a draft of the reply to WILL OPEN STOCK EXCHANGE. . the speech from the throne, the members of the commission of the house Oakland. May 14. The Oakland Stock and Bond Exchange was organ- postponed the final work of phrasing ised here tonight with one hundred the document tiulll 11 o'clock tomorcharter members. Forty San Francis- row morning. The prospects are that co brokers joined the exchange, which on several points may not will begin business next Thursday. The full accord before the brokers composing the new exchange be reached2 oclock the opening of the and, therefore, r principally of the Ban Francisco bouse at b thrown into the full and Tonopah exchange and the Tono-pa- reply may fln.l for discussion. house and Goldfield The exchanges. has centered mainly exchange will deal in local stocks and onTbe struggle the agrannn plank, to which the stocks. mining peasant members found that the recommendation of tho constitutional RIOTING AT VOLOGDA. democratic con vent oln, though calling St. Petersburg, May 14. Telegram for a large measure of forced approreceived from many towns in the prov- priations, was not sweeping enough. inces state, that the workmen today The peasants wished the abandonment mostly ceased work, but that there of most of tbe limitations and qualificawere few disturbances except at Vol- tion of the right of expropriation. The debate ou the address will bt ogda, where serious rioting occurred Peasants stoned workmen, who forced protracted, probably occupying two shops and factories to dose, and shots days. Besides the points of universal were fired. An excited crowd rushed amnesty and abolishment of the death to the town hall which was set on fire. penalty laid down in tbei nstructiona M. Loglnskl, ihe governor, was of Hie lower house, roe flneument ubjecti of wounded, together with many other adroitly Introduces the abolishment of the council of the empersons. pire and ministerial responsibility. OFFERED A CALL. Taking as its text Emperor Nicholas' pledge in his speech from the throne Detroit, May 14. Rabbi Leo M. to maintain inviolate the Institutions Franklin, of temple Bethel, this city, which he has F, ranted, the addrps.s exhas received a call to become rabbi of presses the hops that this signifies temple Israel - in Portland. Ore. He that the coun.y is on the road to a will make no definite answer until his tricely constitutional aysiem. This own congregation has been officially being true, the parliament wishes to notified. call attention to the fact that the council of the empire is a wall of separaATTACK MON UNION MEN. tion between '.b- - emperor and the people. Then, advocating a responslblle Toulon; France, May 14. A partial ministry selected from the dominant resumption at work in tbe building party in parliament, tbe address points trades caused a riot by the strikers out as a great advantage of that syshere today anl Injured a number of tem the cessation of attacks on the monarch. , Tbe Iron hand behind the respectful Repeated cavalry charges were necessary ftefdre the rioters were dispersed. writing of tho address peer out in the paragraph regarding amnesty, NOMINATIONS TO SENATE. which contains these significant words: There are some demand whlc canWashington. May 14. The President not be refused, and this is one. The workmen are remembered by a today sent tha following nominations to the senate: reference In ha address to the need To be Untied States marshal for of amelioration in tbe condition rf the eastern district of Texas Andrew labor, while for the Poles and other J. Houston. nationalities the address, though avoiding the word autonomy end insisting WILL GIVE DINNER. on the msinr-wrincof the bonds of the empire in full strength, speaks for 14. President and the right of each nationality to its Washington, May Mrs.. Ronewtdi wifi gire a dinner on own language, custom and focal Thursday, Msy 24th. ( I h OF COLUMBIA DAY. House Completed .Washington School Bill, ANOTHER RESPITE GRANTED. Mads Necessary by Continuance Patricks Trial, at HigAlbany, May gins today granted an additional respite of thirty days, until June 17, to Albert T. Patrick, tinder sentence 13. In cunHuaion make certain critof death for the murder f William icisms, suggestion and recommendaM. Rice, in order to give counsel time tions. to complete presentation of evidence. I an II. In seeking authority for all disburse-BientTO RATE AMENDMENTS we found severs) instances BILL LAID ON TABLE. where no authority of ihe city council at all existed ths making of he Washington, May 14. The session disbursement: for In other instances today passed without an exciting Inci- there were discrepancies between the dent and wit bout tbe adoption of a amount of tbe single amendment to the railroad rate thorised by the disbursement as aucity council and the bill, notwithstanding that measure was under consideration practlrally all thu true amount of tha subsequent distime from the hour of convening. 11 bursement. Then again, aa shown by o'clock until adjournment at S:15 p. tbe Auditor's warrant register, warm. The most characteristic feature rants were actually drawn on dates of the day was the rejection of amend- prior to (Le authorization of their Isments. This was accomplished either suance by tu city council. We cite by direct vote or by the process of the following as a few of such Inlaying on the table, and one followed stance: Street Department pay roll allowed another .in rapid succession. Among the provisions thus adversely January 3rd, I'JuS, appears on the ml, disposed of were several Intended to tit of the cue council as being for $(3.20, wberas, the warrant register fix the liability of railroad rompsnic The presen- shows the total of such pay roll to be for Injury to employes. tation of provisions Intended to ac- $543.7". Warrant No. Cil530, In favor of J. P. complish this purpose had the effect of bringing out a practically authori- O'Neill, was actually for $3154.30, tative statement that the committee on while ihe minute of August 5th. 1905, Interstate commerce will report the In- show the amount authorized by tbe dependent. house bill on that eubjrct council lo be 3130.41). w hich la now pending before It. Warrants No. 5199ft to 32002, special When the senate adjourned the pay roll Police Department, aggregates eighth section of the bill, regulating $132.45. whereas, on Brptember 6th, allowed by tbe the personnel of the interstate com- 1904, the asnte wa merce commission, was nndcr consid- council for $132-00- , Warrant No. 51485, In favor of J. H. eration.. and adjournment was secured at a somewhat earlier hour than usual Bpargo, la $79.90. but the allowance by in the hope that there could he pre- the council August 1st, 1904, Is $74.45. Warrant No. 52549. in favor oT W. G. pared a more acceptable provision covering that subject than has hereto- Wilson, is $366.23, but we fall to find fore been presented. Senator Itdge the record of any allowance of same by offered .a substitute for the pending the city council. section,. providing for a new commisCity Engineer's py roll, covered by sion of nine members, one from each warrants No. 52183 to 52204. aggreIndicated of the Jndirial circles, but gating $2,120.30. we fail to find record a willingness to aceept a modification of th allowance of the pay roll by tbe suggested by Senator Bailey, requiring city council. Warrant No. 53305, In fsvor of L. C. the creation of nine transportation district a, with one member from each Kelsey. $13,016.11, U dated December of them. 5th, 1904, while lb minutes of the city council of that date show the presentation and rrference of the claim to WILL BECOME PRESIDENT OP CHICAGO UNIVERSITY. a committee, and the minutes of December 12th. 1904, show the report of New York. May 14. The American the committee and the allowance, and tomorrow will way: payment ordered of the claim. A miscellaneous lot of claim John D. Rockefeller's pastor. Rev. Dr. Rufus P. Johnston, whose resig- paid by warrants No. 53822 to 53877, nation from the pastorate of the Fifth asms dated January 30tb. 1905, while Avenue Baptist church has caused the records of the council show that mur,h comment, njion his return from the same were allowed and ordered his contemplated European trip, will paid on February 6th. 1905. become president of the University of Two payments' of Interest upon bonds Chicago, which position became vacant of $1,505.25 and $2,257.87 went msd by tbe death of Dr. Harper. by warrant dated January 16th. 1905. while the city council allowed and CONDITION IMPROVING. authorized tbe payment of seme on January 23rd. 1905. New York, May 14. The condition Warrant Not 57036 for payment of of Mra. Jefferson Dsrls was reported interest upon city bonds Is for $I0n3.5u. whilo the city council minutes of Oc tonight as muen Improved. s, . FIVE CENTS MEW Cold Rain Makes it Disagreeable for the Homeless PREPARING NOT GUILTY, Wilhelm Meyer Will Return to many to Start Trial- - non-stfiker- overtures of the ca 'promise Trv th wtrol of Zion r and Get tody lv P1 fcara "! bla asaod for nupremaf be rot,f ?ed I9 The fact 14. Suts Department. PLEADED PRICE New Tork May 14. Th new bylaws of the Malta Ufa lasursaoe abolishing certain Offices and making other appoiuii'.c, wore adopted today at a speclsl Meeting of the board of trustees. James McKenn was appointed general solicitor sad Henry Phipps, of Piitsburg, and William McMillan, of Detroit, ware elected directors. No action was announced regarding tbe action of thu British policyholders. Uran-nis- s in the place of and Gillette, Prcsldeut Peabody nominated three G. W. White, George T. Dexter and James Timpsoa. tkh-r- r nominations made by the president weie: Financial manager, Jamea Timpeon; treasurer, Charles II. Warren; actuary, Emory McCIintock; secretaries, W. J. Easton and William F. Dit; superintendent of domestic agencies, George of foreign San Francisco. May 14. The cold Dexter; superintendent disagreeable rain which fell all this agencies and affairs, H. E. Duncan. forenoon created much misery among STEAMER FORM TAHITI. the refugee cstups and even caused considerable annoyance to householders who were cooking In the street. Many Learned For First Time at San Francises Disaster Though it la the middle of May aud 7 rain la unusual at this period, the ashes which drifted into tbe sky durSan Francisco, Msy 14. The Oceaning the thn-- days of the conflagra- ic steamship Mariposa arrived here tion are believed to have concentrated today from Tahiti, in command of Capsufficient moisture to cause many dria-slt- tain R. L Lawless. Bhe carried ihtrty for some time to come. It is moot passengers, many of whom are reunfortunate at this particular time, turning Ban Krinciscsns and tho flrat when a third of Ban Francisco's popu- knowledge they Lad of tho ilrstltutlun lation la ramping. of the city waa given them by the Many of the tenta In Golden Gate pilot wno boarded the ship just outpark, the Presidio and Fort Mason are side tho heads. without plank flooring and become damp at once. The shacks throughout WICKLIFFEB LOCATED. tbe vacant lota In wbirh many of the conare are living refugees poorly Sheriff and Fossa Will Leave for structed and leaky. It la difficult to Scant Today, fire lu the rain and tbe bulljl outside homeless are without proper means of Vlnltla, I. T.p MJ-- 14. An Indian drying or wanning themselves. runner arrived late tonight with news Happily the rain was of short dura- from a full blood posse that the Wick-liffe- s tion and the afternoon waa ushered in Indian outlaws have been located 'by bright wunahlne. In the brush of the hills near Spavl-naw- . At a meeting of the oommlttee on Marshal Darrongh Is eroding sperial session of the legislature to- bloodhounds tonight, and will go himday it waa unanimously derided that self with a posse early In the morning. the present fifty year lease law should A fight is expected. be amended 0 that ninety-nin- e year leases will hereafter be permitted In HEART ON RIGHT BIDE. the state. This Is looked upon by the real estate men as a most Im- Diaeovtrsd While Autopay Wan Being portant step, as they maintain that Performed. under Ihe new conditions building will progress rapidly. The committee also Madera, Cal.,' May 14. A aansatkm decided to rscaunmend an increase of was created hers today, when ths surthe inheritance tax and of corporatiui who held an autopsy on the body geon tats to naked will be license. The David Uchly, s former Southern of authorise tbe iosuanre of bonds In the Pacific track that walker, dlacovro-sum of IGitO.np) to be a tax on (lit tbe heart was on the right aids. The tonnage of 8a Franrisro for a reconnormal condition and struction of those portions of the organ was In wharsww and (he pea wall destroyed In IJrhly wan never known to have complained of any ailment. Death result... the reeenl calkmity.. -- ed from rupture of the- aorta. - he-Main, Objections to All Amendments. To nlmoat every amendment proposed by any cue, I found that there were other excellent men whom objected, or who at least wished to change It, and I finally became convinced that It was Impossible for senators with advantage to use me as the Intermediary In coming to an agreement with their colleagues, especially when they only communicated with me through another Intermediary, and I earnestly suggested to all to whom I spoke that they should communicate with you whore purposes and mine were Identical. About this time 1 was informed ty various Democratic senators that they could not come to an agreement upon any amendment and that the best chance for success lay in passing the Hepburn bill substantially unchanged. I was informed and believed that Jhis wai SenaAr Bailey' view; and a number of the Republican senators who favored the hill expressed the same opinion. Shortly after thia yon. in company with Senator Cultom, called upon me with the amendment which is now commonly known as the Allison amendment. I told you that while 1 should prefer the Long and Overmafl amendments. yet that youramendment waa entirely satisfactory. Your amendment does not.. In the slightest degree weaken or Injure the. Hepburn bill. It merely expresses what ths irienda have always asserted was implied by tbe terns of the bill. I may add that In my opinion that your amendment in no way changed, whether by diminishing or enlarging the scope of the court review as provided in the original Hepburn bill, is also tbe opinion of the attorney general, of Mr. Root and of Mr. Taft. Tnelr Judgment is that the amendment merely avoids the criticisms that the Hepburn bill would be constitutionally invalid In not expressly providing tbe court review which its supporters have always contended was plainly Implied In the original language. for control of brarerai at Ruins In STATEMENTS. MAKE 1906. 15, Mooting. established today. Some time ago tbe charred remains of a girl named Bock were taken from the ashes of the play by her father. Today Wm. Burmeia-te- r searched among the rulna for traces of the remains of his slsfer. Annie, who had been missing pinna April 18th. Tbe girl wore a peculiar ring upon whirh was engraved the letter A The brother today found this ring, some human teeth and bones. A third girl named Allen who waa employe la the bakery has not been seen since April 17th. The three young women slept In the rear of the store became they were obliged to begin their duties at a very early hour in the morning. It. is believed they were either killed outright in tbe wreck of ths building or were pinned down and later burned to death. WANT TO MAY Directors of tho Mutual Life Hold a Mys- that three girls perished In The ruins of Proat'a bakery on Sixth street, as a result of earthquake and fire, was Two MORNING, ADOPT FLAMES. IN San Francisco, May ITuhington. May 14. The senea-tiu- l hill incident In the senate fannUy, during which Mr. Tillman, ' the authority of formrr Senator Otiiler. made ataiementi regarding course In connection lie president' itk the pending railroad rate legisla-(icsome of which etetrmenti were 4isd by Mr. Lodge on behalf of the middent, had its sequel this evening rin a statement was Issued by the Witt house giving an account of the whjirt on the part of the President The md Attorney General Moody. ritrnrat comprised two letters, one Tall Okolna, Mias Okokuu. Mlw. May 14. Mrs. Hatties McIntosh, a while women, who was recently arrested charged wlih complicity In the murder of her husband and who gave band, reported to ths officers at Okolona today that last night a nurnter of men visited her hum, took bar to a tree and threatened to hang her unless she mealed her alleged complices lu the murder. Mrs. McIntosh reclined to talk, whereupon she was strung up fot several second, Upon being lowered to the ground she still refused to answer questions, aftar which sh-- - declared she wav strung up a second time, and when the rope was taken from her neck she heard her uaatlanta announce that she was dead. Her body waa carried into the woods and left there. The woman said she revived and Immediately came to tell her story. GIRL TUESDAY SHE WAS HANGED. BAY PRESIDENT CITY. UTAH. Pair i aotith; ahawars la north portion Tuesday; Wednesday fair. tober 23rd, be $1350.00. 1905, show tbe amount to III. We rannot find words strong enough with which to rrilU-lathe very care-lea- n manner In which tho claims, voucher and payrolls generally were verified prepared, audited, certified, and considered by tbe city council, approved by the mayor, and finally paid by tba City Auditor. From January 1st. 1904, to December 31st, 1905, 9486 warrants were issued by the City Auditor, and this will give one an idea of the corresponding aumlier of vouchers, claims and par rollsj W are absolutely safe in sating that not 10 per cent of tha total number ara complete and free from objection. Tha law required all rhiims ts be fully itemised and to be verified. They should ba approved by tha officer receiving tbe material or ordering tha service rendered. The City Auditor should then audit same, and before presentation to tha c(ly council, tfie claim should be considered and approved hr the proper committee. The action at tha city council aa to allowance or rejection should be noted on each claim by and over th signature of tho City Recorder. Neat they should b presented to tbe Mayor for hla action. If ha approves of tha disbursement, then aa required by law, ha should endorse hla signature on the claim or pay roll; then cm their return to the City Auditor, warrants are drawn in payment K moat deplorable disregard of any ml- form system respecting theta claims and vouchers and pay roll 4s most p. pa reet; in .fact in luaay Instances no conception at all of the pities resting upon public officer seem to have existed. Page after page at this report could be lined in citing claim aftar claim, pay roll after pay roll, arhlcti In fact are no claims or pay rolls at all. We, how ever, beg to call your attention to the following, which illastrata generally the conditions In this respect found to exist: Tba Counrtl has allowed such claims aa tha following: , 19 "Ogden, Utah, Ogden City Corporation, to L, J. Bucher, Dr., Sidewalk building $218.65." Tbla Is everything that appears on this claim. The pay roll of the Police Department for July 31st, 1904, Is not verified, nor audited. doe not bear ths approval at tbe Committee on Police, docs not bear the signature of th Mayor, has no notation thereon by the City Recorder showing Its allowance by the City Council. Pay roll after pay roll, particularly of the Police and Street departments, are not verified or certified at all. Again, we find a claim No. CS2G1. E. W. Nichols, $50 00, which states "See minutes of council held." This claim is not Itemized, verified, certified, audited, allowed h the oiunri', approved by the Mayor or Claim No. 56595, W. L. Maglnnis,. It bears says "Retainer, etc., $250.00. no notation whatever showing it ever to have, been allowed by tbe Council and was not unproved by tho Mayor. Pay roll covered by warrants 68889 to 509000 waa not approved by any member of the Cuuncll. Claim 61139, Western Ur. Ion Telegraph comps nv. Is for $1.60, but' tha warrant drawn in payment therefor la e $2.00. A street department pay roll aggrenot verified. gating $713.04 .Another pay roll of $718.04 la not verified. Claim 51269 is in favor Of J. E. Bag-leand la for $302.75, and waa to pay the costa recovered against the-- city In some of the litigation respecting th Waterworks system. An itemized cost bill was undoubtedly served upon the y City Attorney and the same should have been attached to the voucher. Claim 51549 la In favor of Geo. A. Lowe Co. for (5.78, but tbe warrant was for $5.80. Claim 61663, American Bankers Dally Bond Newa, $96.00. The claim Continue. on Paga Two oooooooooooooooo o O o TO INVESTIGATE U. P. O o O Rumored Complaint Will Be O Filed In Omaha O o O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O Omaha. May 14. It waa an-nnnnced tonight that Elmer E. Thomas, an Omaha attorney la preparing papers for aumbla- slon to the interstate commerce commission cf the eomplslnt of the Bionx City and Rock Springs oCal companies against the Union Pacific Railroad com- pny, charging discrimination. The complainant company owns coal minei near Rock Springs. Wyo.. where the Union Pacific Coal company, which it closely Union Pacific allied to th Railroad company, opera'es ex- tensive proper t tea. and charge that the railroad company re- fuses to haul Its coal. Mr. Thomas laid the case informally before the members f tbe com- mission recently in Chicago and promised a speedy hear- s lug. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O o OOOOOOOOO OOOQOO o ' . |