Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-30

A fire due to the upsettng of lamp dam
aged the house of Lee Atherton, 709 South
Twenty-seventh street about So worth yes
terday afternoon.
Lee Chang a Chinese laundryman charged
with running Ra opium joint at 11S South
Thirteenth street, was fined $40 and costs in
Judge GordOn's court.
Tuesday, November 30, being St Andrews
day, holy communion will be celebrated at
10 a. m in Trinity cathedral. Rev Camp
bell Fair, d. D., dean.
The women of Garfield circle No. II will
give a grand high five party Wednesday
evening, December l. at their hail. corner
Fifteenth and Douglas streets.
The Board of Park Commissioners will meet
this afternoon to transact routine bus
mess and receive bids for the addition of
new boiler in the Hanscom Park green house
A two-weeks' mission commenced last
evening at St. Phillips Episcopal church, on
Twenty-first street, between Nicholas and
Paul streets. Rev. Father Watson will con-
duct the services.
M. d. Peterson, living near Twenty-seventh III
and Reese street, was arrested at the in
stance OF Sewer Inspector M. Lee. on charge
OF making a sewer connection without first
taking out permit.
Charles Craycroft and Otis Smith, negroes,
were elch fined $l5 and costs by Judge Cor
don for fighting. The trouble occurred
some weeks ago, when Smith received bad
wound in the forehead from a knife in the
hands of Craycroft.
Il. A. Wagner, a hostler in a livery stable
| near Twenty ty-second and Cunning streets, was
suddenly taken III in street car near Thir-
| teenth and Howard streets Sunday and had
| to be removed by the police He was taken
| In the patrol wagon to his home at 11O5 North
Twenty-first street.
| Sunday a buggy containing two women
whose names are unknown was run into by
a hnrf a,NI nod
| near the corner of Thirtieth and Ames av-
enue. The occupants escaped with a few
| bruises and scratches. The motorman was
unable to stop his car.
| Bessie Wroth, the 15-year-old girl who was
seriously burned at her home, 1107 North
Nineteenth street, Sunday, was reported
as slightly improved She is at present at
st. Josephs hospital. Her injuries, however
| are of a dangerous character and 1t is possl-
BILE that she may not survive them,
| Word was received in Omaha yesterday OF
the death of Miss Annie Keelber, daughter of
! Chris keelber at the residence of her father
| In Mlllard. The deceased was 26 years of
age. The fuueral will occur in Mlard to-
| morrow at l O'Clock The father of the de-
| ceased is one OF the pioneers of Omaha.
Wing B. Allen has sworn to complaint
| charging young man whose name is Ben
jamin with stealing an expensive rug. which
had been loaned the First Congregational
church by Mrs. George A. Hoagland. The
rug has been located, and search warrant
will also be issued for the purpose OF re-
covering 1t.
Chief Gallagher has a letter from Mrs.
Briggs, 244 Ferdinand street, Chicago, ask
ing tnat the police locate her sou, Joseph
Briggs and Louis Schultz, who ran away
| from their homes in Chicago about week
ago. The last heard OF them by the parents
was that they were quartered at the State
hotel in this city.
Ed Tuttle mayor of sheeIy," walked into
/ Ju5ge Gordonis court room and demanded
that the police recover watch
which he said had been stolen
from him Tuttle was drunk and
mss accordingly placed under arrest.
Whes pushed into the cell he showed fight
and In fhe trouble that ensued fell TO the
pavement and was rendered unconscious for
some time, The city physician mas called ip,