Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-16
THE LICENSE BOARD.
II Decides TO Close Up Several Dis
rnnmt mtnhle Places.

The license board met again Monday ar.
ternoon. The mayor, Michael Lee and
Joseph Southard were present The board
set to work at once, and in very short time
got through a batch of business The fol-
lowing licenses were granted, the boudsmcn
| having qualified since the last meeting of the
board
Gustav Rudofr, 1884 Cunning street Henry
Bicscr, COG North Sixteenth street; Fred
Miller, lj24 Niuton street; William Schmidt,
6l2 South Ninth street; Fred Hunzikcr, 4l2
South Thirteenth street; p. II. Anderson
1903 Douglas street; Andrew Scheid, POOL
Pierce street; August Schultz 1913 North
Eleventh street; Ed Rothery, lll1 Dodge
street, Henry Lcuenbcrger, Hamilton and
Thirty-first streets; Jacob Landroclt, 2036
Popplctou avenue; Henry Graack, 9G03 Wal
| nut street; Frank Carson, 9O2 Douglas
street; Marcus Hansen, 1905 North Twenty
fourth street; Henry HorubCrgcr, 1921
Douglas street; &. Jensen, SOP North Four
tccnth street. Simonscn n Johnson, 2l0l
Cunning street; Michael Wallcn1, 1920 Pierce
street.
This preceding BUSINESS of the board
passed pleasantly enough. Next came the
consideration OF applicants against whom
| objections had been made. The first was u
| protest by fifty prominent citizens of the
| First ward against granting a license to
Alex Miller of No. 1924 South Fifth street,
near Williams. The communication stated
! that the saloon was near school, and was
not wanted in the ncghborhood The OBJ
| lection was sustained, and Miller refused
| license The applications of James Dcmp-
| scy, 1905 Harvey, ana Tom Foley, Thir-
| tcenth and Farnam, and Sam Beatty, 2O2i
Cunning. were withdrawn at the instance of
| the petitioners themselves. The bondsmcn
| of the following having failed to quality
their petitions were laid over until the mex,
| meeting. Henry Schbuctcr Peter Schultz,
| j. II. .. Callahan, 1902 North Sixteenth
street, Mrs. J,o'Grady, 1924 Douglas street;
| letter & Young, 1921 South Thirteenth
| street; and Frank Santler, 923 Bancroft
Unless the bondsmen of these applicants
| qualify before Wednesday next, their
licenses will be refused aud their saloons
| closed.
William Schepporeit, 12 South Tenth
street, was refused license. Councilman
| Pat Ford, as Il resident of the Third ward,
! entered protest against license being
| granted to Schipporet. Mr.. Ford IN his pro-
| test described the place as beng hcll-holc.
The police were questioned as TO the charac-
ter of the place. and asserted that it was a
place which the vagrants and desperate
characters of the city frequented. The board
Immediately ordered the place closed
The application for license of G. Ober-
ton, who runs an auction shop at 4l6 South
Tenth street, was referred to the next meet
ing. The police were questioned on this
subject and described the place as one in
which persons from the country were
steered and tieeced of all they possess
by sharks in the employ of Oberton. The
chief said it was almost impossible for him
to get a conviction against the place, for
when he brought it before the police court
and secured conviction an appeal to the
district court was taken, and that was the
last he ever heard of the matter. The best
thing to do with these places was to close
them ali up by refusing them licenses. These
shops We're nothing but robbers roosts, and
not a day passed but he had complaints from
some one who had been steered into these
holes and robbed The board will consider
the matter of granting license at the next
meeting. The board then adjourned until
next Thursday, when all the licenses will be
granted that it is its intention to issue this
year.