Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-02
c ~BRENITIES.

The receipts at the Omaha custom house
for the past week were twenty-siX cars o!
ore for the smelter.
John Sternsdorff of 1911 South Sixteenth
street has reported to the police that three
bundles of shingles were stolen from his
premises yesterday.
Len Mullenix was arrested last night near
Ninth and Capitol avenue while attempting
to sell a pair of slippers. He also had in
his possession a violin about which he made
conflicting
A kettle of tar used by a roofing company
in repairing a building near Eleventh and
Howard streets Friday night caught fire and
| caused an alarm to be turned in to the de-
partment. No damage.
Articles of Incorporation have been filed
with the county clerk by the Milton Trust
company. The incorporators are c. S. Mont
gomery, M. A. Hall and Milton Montgomery,
the capital stock being fixed at 500 900.
Kittie Burke was bound over to the dis
trict court yesterday for the larceny Of $45
from the person of John H. Rice. The rob-
berry took place several months ago. The
bonds required for her appearance were $500.
The bond of S. /. Gordon as police Judge
elect has been filed with the city clerk. The
bond is in the amount of 50, 500, with st. A.
ID. Balcombe and Thomas Murray as s%ureties.
| 1t is approved by Judge Powell OF the dis
trict court.
The monthly report of Fire Chief Redell
for the month of April shows a total fire
loss of 81, $50. The property in jeopardy was
| valued at 1887 900. The insurance COM
panies lost $685. on policies on the burning
property aggregating $lO3, 45O.
Henry Suessenbach, for twenty years gen.
eral manager of the Willow Springs dis
tillery, has retired from active duty in con-
nection with the distillery, and has been sue
ceeded by william f. FANS, who has been
cashier for the company at the wholesale
store on Harvey street.
Judge Munger, assisted by Clerk of the
Circuit Court Hills, is preparing a new set of
rules and regulations for the government OF
the United States district court. When they
are completed a copy will be sent to the
judges of the circuit court for approval before
being adopted by the court here.
President Bingham of the city council has
sent a written request to all chairmen of
committees to make an effort to report all
in their possession next Tuesday
night. The object is to wind up all the
business of the present council at that meet
ing, that the new council may have a clear
field.
Friends of John Dunmire of st. Joe, who
was a resident of Omaha until two years ago,
have received the news that his 9-year-old
son was accidentally shot and fatally injured
while playing with some boys at St. Joe the
other day. Mr.. Dunmire was formerly a
member of the firm Of Dunmire & Cross of
this city.
IN ollldli Nhetl Club Will Jake d SPIN out
to Papillion today. The start will be
made from the club rooms at Eighteenth and
Douglas streets at $50 o'clock this
morning. The run is a short one, some four
teen miles, and is over pretty good roads.
With fine weather it is expected that there
will be a big turnout.
Anna M. Waack has applied for a divorce
from Frank Waack on the grounds Of non
support, desertion and infdelity. She alleges
that she was married to Waack in Omaha,
January 21. 1892. She asks that her maiden
name, Anna Schroth, be restored to her and
that she be given the custody of their only
child, a boy aged 3 years.
The receipts of the revenue office for the
month of April were 500, 942.31. The re-
ceipts of customs duties at the customs office
for the month of April were Sl4, 900, thu
heaviest for any one month in two years, |
The increase Is accounted for by the with
drawal of goods in bond, owing to the un-
certainty as to the effect of the DingIey bill.
John Laprath, who was arrested by govern
ment officers for cutting timber on the Fort
Randall reservation, has been extradited and
taken to Sioux Falls, S. d.. where he will
to the United States for his trans
gression of the law. Joseph HaursRi, who
was arrested at the same time for the same
offense, Is held here owing to a flaw In the