Omaha daily bee., 1895-05-10
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA.
City Council Devotes q Special Session to
Hearing License Protest Cases.


Hearing License Protest Cases.
The city council met in special session
last evening to hear protests in liquor Ii
cense cases. A small amount of routine
business was transacted before license mat
ters were taken up. An ordinance taking
away the franchise for railroad track from
Swift's to the South Omaha brewery from
the Rock Island road was recommended for
passage. Right Of way was granted this
road several years ago and the management
promised to lay the tracks at once, but Up
to this time nothing has been done about
the matter.
An ordinance to compel owners of live
stock to kill crippled animals within a GER
tain time after their arrival at the stock
yards was introduced and referred to the
ordinance committee.
The garbage ordinance was read for the
third time and passed.
The committee on public buildings recon-
mended that H. T. Abraham and Charles
Bruen be not allowed to rebuild their frame
structures on N street near Twenty-ffth,
which were partially destroyed by fire not
long ago.
Remonstrances against the granting Of
liquor licenses to Schmitz G. Kubacher,
Vaclav Pivonka, George Tlerney, Bernard
Krebs F. j. Eggers and Henry Martin were
filed by j. e. Click for The Bee Publishing
company. One section Of the remonstrance
in these cases is as follows: That under
the law the city OF SOutH Ollldnd is CITY
of the frst-class, and that said applicants
pay only $500 per annum for liquor license,
whereas the law governing cities of the first
class requires all persons taking out liquor
license to pay the sum of $1,000 per an
num-" All of the remonstrances were re-
ferred to the license committee.
The case of Ella T. Barry was taken up
first. This applicant advertised in The
Omaha Evening Bee and bennett Tanner
protested against the issuing of a license to
. ha mill Ha1a
the stand and 1t was desired by Mr.. Doud,
attorney for the demonstrators, to prove that
Haley did not own any property in the
Second ward, though he had signed the pc
tition of Ella T. Barry. 1t developed that
the property was in Mrs. Haleys name.
w. S. Cook was called, but declined to come
unless paid his witness fees Mayor John
ston ordered Captain Connell to bring Cook
| into the court room.
| One of the clerks in the city treasurer's
| office was called to testify that Haley had
no property in his own name. Mr. Smeral,
for The Bee, demanded the records, and
while the books were being brought Captain
| Connell brought in w. S. Cook Witness
admitted signing the petition, but said that
the property he occupies stands in his wife's
| name. Assessor Shrigier vas called and
said that he did not remember what name
the Haley property was assessed in. This
| closed the Barry case.
| Attorney Simeral for The Bee, wanted
that part of the Tribune's protest in the
Barry case relating to selling liquor on
| Sunday stricken out, as the district court
| demands records Of conviction as evidence
| in such cases. The council refused to act
upon the question.
| Considerable delaJ Vas caused by the alb
sence Of witnesses and bench warrants will
be issued in the future to compel attend
| ance of witnesses. The Lowry case there
fore went over until Saturday night.
| Mrs. Frank Kavan filed a protest agains
| f. j. Franek for selling liquor on Sundays
and to minors. Louis Eckholf, II years o
age, testified that he was acquainted will
| Franek, and had seen boys younger thar
himself playing billiards and pool in tn
room where liquor was sold He was askeC
II he had ever purchased or drank liquor il
Franek's saloon. The question was objected
to and the objection sustained. The attor
ney for Mrs. Kavan offered to prove tina
| witness had purchased and drank intoxicating
liquors and had seen boys younger than h
buy and drink beer in Franek's saloon. o.
cross-examination the attorney for Frdnel
tried to show animosity and spite work ol
the part of Kavan, and that he had givei
boys money to purchase beer in violation o
the law. The witness said Kavan had gvel
him 80 cents to go to Franek's and bu.
beer.
John Stanek was called and refused I
testify without an interpreter. Mr.. Nal
went on. Witness said he was l9 year
Nothing material was proven by the witnes
and the council took the case under advise
ment until Saturday night