Show BRIEF chicago the grocers and butchers association of chicago has given its official endorsement indorsement indor to the sunday clod ing movement and started a vigorous campaign petitions will be circulated in every ward in the city asking council to pass a sunday rest ordinance chicago A special from decatur midi says the faith cure schied another victim W when MM james harris was borne to her grave after an illness in which no physician phy bician was permitted to administer to her wants deceased was a member of that peculiar sect which nourishes in this region known as the children or S eints of the evening light two other members of the family died under similar circumstances st louis the remains of albert G simon jr who is supposed to leave killed lainis elf at ventura cal on december logli have arri veil they were identified by his lather young simon was supposed to have committed by fc hooting but hia father and several of the simon family after viewing the remains this morning declared eliat there were no marks of any kind to cause death by a pistol shot the family think the young mans death may have come about in a natural manner the date of the funeral has not yet been fixed utica N Y the national council of the welshmen Welsh men of tho united states laet adopted resolutions deprecating the course of president cleveland on the venezuelan problem the resolutions were drawn and sanctioned by ex postmaster general thomas L james they elate to the question between venezuela and great britain on the boundary line the intervention of president cleveland on the principles of the monroe doctrine was strongly condemned aa being ui american and not worthy the support of the welsh people of the united states little rock ark deputy U S marshal watkins biado a raid on ers in harvey county last capturing two stills and men shiners are supposed to have been killed the raid waa made from center point the stills were found in a gulch in a lonely strip of country tho posse by a forced danli surrounded the men surprised them at work and captured them after a sharp ngar the largest of the stills had a capacity of gallons a day the smaller turning out fifty gallons daily the eight have been lodged in the penitentiary aspirants tor convention honors ind jan 2 P shearin She crin president of the national democratic committee hag received and placed on file the applications of five cities which aspire to entertain the democratic national convention they are chicago new york st louis san francisco and cincinnati mr sheerin baa been variously reported of late as being strongly in favor ot either chicago or cincinnati on account of their proximity to indiana and tho matthews boom he denied today that he had ever expressed auch an opinion and declared that he would express no preference until he met the other members ot the committee for the of fixing the time and place for E bluing the convention LAST CITY administration ex mayors account of his stewardship an exhaustive article on the work of the past two years and comparative statement ogden utah dec 30 1895 a the president and gentlemen of the council p in the chief executive office of tho c lcy th my successor it is hut meet to give account of my stewardship tor alie two 2 eara just ended with puch recommendations as eleein fitting at thia time hampered with insufficiency of finan cal resources loaded down by heavy obligations contracted durica former years necessarily biad to bo handed over to me alie wonder ignot eliat we did not get along better than we did but that we managed to get along so well if on the cholet alie general results of this penol cites history should work a in the direction of municipal and economy if some reforms and retrenchments retrench ments have been accomplished then I 1 feel indeed thai I 1 can retire with the satisfaction of lavine been of service to my fellow catiz ing during a period of al final dal depression unequaled in the histo y of our country and the enforced idleness of so many worthy people it wag expected that rigid economy would bo practiced by all the employed emp loyes by the officials and by the various committees and particularly by the committees on streets and claims this lud been doie in every department and alie the municipality been honorably and carefully guarded although it have been mot gratifying to me if we coul t have given work to all alie unemployed ei and the needy poor of oar city in some substantial and needed improvement but alio lack of mans must 1 desire however to congratulate the people upon the saving which this administration lias made for atie city during the arto 2 years of ita control amounting in round numbers to over 1893 by tie annexed statement we feel proud of thi j achievement and believe our administration compares motet favorably any with which ogdan has been inflicted during all the ears of her existence among all other responsibilities in alie administration of municipal government the duty of guarding the public stands paramount the report of the city physician shows that aside from alie and scarlet fever epidemic which lasted about five weeks october november and into t gab y tar has been an rim eulaa of the sanitary bani tary department whilst sometimes a temporary inconvenience are not oppressive and for alie public welfare should be rigidly enforced and it might be in keeping here to suggest that every property owner should see to it that all garbage stagnant waters weeds decaying vegetation filth of any kind aswell as all other obnoxious materials should bo properly disposed of w without alio of further prompting on the subject I 1 trust that alie city hospital will always be maintained kept in comfortable condition and repair it is not only in the interest of municipal economy but a duty we owe to suffering to maintain an institution of llna lind that the unfortunates who are without jurans to combat dibiasc disia sc and accident when overtaken be given every care comi ait oit and medical attendance possible recently there has been considerable comment by citi wn as to ahn proper of thi cites funds aly on deposit to kwet payments of interest and maturing bonds amounting to a large flum now I 1 ing dormant and inactive in alie treasurers treasur ers hands if legal methods be do sized authorizing alie treasurer to e ceide interest on funds loaned to call cueli interest to bo turned into the city treasury acme revenue might be obtained in this way and the state legislature should be importuner importuned to enact a law allowing thia to be done in order to provide some additional source of revenue I 1 believe alie merchants license should be revived an adjustment of alie rates of the old ordinance formerly in force relative to thia character of license should be carefully gone over and such aratea established as in your judgment seems just and impartial in former years about twenty thousand dollars per year was derived from this source alone which if added to the citha revenues would materially aid in freeing us from debt adequate protection of life and property is also one of the principal functions of a municipality our city will compare most favorably with cities ot even greated population in the matter of firu protection our fire department is probably one of lie best in the west aided aa they are by sufficient water pressure and alie bicsi equipments and appliances the record of this department for splendid work ia probably un west of the missouri river the expense of our police department falls tar below cities of like size although we are the dumping ground of the crook element from the tour points of alio comp ii yet we have through the efficiency of the chief of police and the vigilance of his able assistants been comparatively free from holdups hold ups burglaries an d other crimes few days kaaa that I 1 am not called upon by citizens from various of the city to supply them with police protection but the scattered condition of alie city over a large area ia a to such ap without creating a very increased expense which burden at present alie city ia in no financial condition to bear little or no improvement has gone on with city property streets bridges etc this department is a popular target for criticism and every official directing something to bo done for the betterment of the city at large incurs the bure of some who considers his own selfish interest pam mount to the public good I 1 believe alie incoming council should carry out a general overhauling r of sidewalks repairing the old ones and building new ones in the business portions of alie city and compel the observance of all ordinances relating to sidewalk lor in many places they are in a deplorable condition not in keeping with a city of this size I 1 also wish to call attention to petitions from property owners applying lor the opening 0 new streets thus affording access to and outlets from property in some instances these new streets involve no expense to the city and I 1 believe where a majority of abutters off alie street to be opened fisli to open at their own expense they should bo allowed the privilege of doing so without protest I 1 furt lier call attention to the condition of the sewer outlet or rather the river bend above the outlet unless something is done in taft near future to rip rap with rock and braih the ground adjoining alie outlet where the river bends much damage may result by the caving in of the work making it costly to repair steps should be taken to protect this important improvement as soon as possible in conclusion I 1 wish to say that during the two years of mv administration the union pacific and rio G rande western kail tt ay companies have always responded to my appeals for charita for tho poor of our city in a spirit of liberality and cheerfulness as well aa given aid and assistance in alie way of transportation por tation to many worthy people who were stranded and without means to reach their destination the southern pacific has also been very generous in this latter respect by the humanity and liberality of all the roads ogden city has been relieved of burdens which would have been very costly and hard to bear by reason of the great number of stranded people who are sent to this point by the different cities and cowna east and west in order to get rid of them expecting expect inc us to provide a way to bend them to their destination in behalf of the city I 1 want in this public way to thank cadi of them for the many acts of kindness bestowed upon me as the cites representative in tha manner hove named I 1 desire to express my thanks to the heads of the departments who so faithfully assisted me in the dai charge of mv duties and to the members of the council for the uniform courtesy which chev have shown me for my I 1 bespeak the respectful consideration to which lie is entitled I 1 liopo that his experience and wisdom will enable him to avoid the shortcomings of which I 1 am conscious and clial his official acts will be viewed and criticized from the standpoint of patriotic citizenship only and not through the dark glasses of partisanship submitter sub mitte 1 0 M mayor COMP 1893 AND 1895 ltv light W 1 48 kofl ally H al US 02 27 7 varv dept Ds pt 27 07 31 19 48 1171 1 ci atil K 7 61 aj S 0 00 a reft dept 83 a Iuli lK bloks ando il ia itt 10 05 espeut 13 ri ui 05 C 41 0 apt 19 3 28 1594 15 78 S duit as 2139 10 2 health dept at 1 ax 0 9 27 illa ill 1 W t K 1 aaa to 67 05 CO ai fiill lax 1287 65 05 47 4 0 js j s 89 Jim emt balms 1883 pd pa lie abb rebates roo oa 5 FO pound ke iier J 85 00 fire MI P uee t 1172 87 iniece llou ctr S ca 80 CO aai OJ IC ag saving over as 50 bj 70 total savings lor and 5 aa in this report the last quarter of 1895 not having been the estimate was made upon the previous nine months reports BO that this chowni is not absolutely correct there cin be but little between altia approximation and the true in addition to the savings get forth above our new contract with the salt like and electric light co will anve to the city at least as follows to wit seventy five bighia at a reduction of 5 per li ht per month for two yeara to thie added to the savings over amounts to the magnificent sum of during the last year we have redeemed and paid of the bonded debt of the city and leave called in and paid of outstanding warrants at par and sufficient funds are on hand and to call in and redeem an additional amount estimated between and C M B |