Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-11
WORK OF THE POLICE BOARD
Board called Upon to Refuse Liquor
License to the Greater Amer
len Exposition.

At the regular weekly meeting OF the
Board OF Fire and Police Commissioners
last night considerable part OF the time
was devoted to hearing testimony in the
trial OF Firemen Frank Flasnick Ernest
Newhouse and Uriah Baker, against whom
charges were preferred by the captains of
their respective companies.
Flasnick and Newhouse, both OF engine
company No. 2, located on Tenth street,
were alleged to have been guilty OF unbe-
coming conduct and using boisterous lam
guage, having been engaged in a quarrel
April l.
The verdict of the board with reference
to Flasnick was guilty" and a penalty
revoking days-off for a period of three
months was imposed. Newhouse having
plead guilty, was reduced to the ranks,
the ruling to go into effect Tuesday.
In the case of Uriah Baker, a driver in
hose company No. T. charged with reporting
for duty under the influence of liquor the
fireman was penaliZed to the extent of being
deprived of his days-of for two months.
w. W. Cox, who in the interests of wal
ter Noise recently preferred charges against
Chief of Police White in Judge Scott's
court, filed with the board a protest and
remonstrance against the issuance of
liquor license to the Greater America Expo
sition company. Eight reasons were set forth
why the license should not be granted,
among them being the allegations that the
application had not been signed by the
requisite number OF freehoders of the pre-
cinct in which the sale of liquor is proposed:
that the granting of license under the
application would be construed to include
all the grounds, no particular place or To-
cation having been specified; and that the
articles OF incorporation of the exposition
company do not give it authority to be Ii
censed liquor sellers. No action on the mat
ter was taken because the application for a
license has not yet been presented
The customary routine business was ad-
justed in executive session. Frank d.
Mitchell was appointed to a position on the
fire department on sixty days probation.
isaac simpson, assistant engineer of com
pany No 3, was given five-days' leave of
absence.
Mrs. p. H. Lininger entered an appeal in
behalf of her son, William j. Carter, for a
pension The lads father, Michael ]. Car
ter a member of the fire department in 81.
was Killed during that year while assisting
TO eXtinguish confagration in a building
owned by j. b. Kitchen. Mrs. Lninger who
was Mrs. Carter, appealed under the state
statutes, for a pension for her son during
the period from his fathers death until his
own sixteenth birthday. The claim was re-
ferred to the finance committee
The committee on property. to which was
referred petition from Myron d. Karr. in
behalf of the North Side Improvement club,
Tor fire alarm box in Central park,
recommended that the petition be granted
as soon as funds are available TO defray the
cost of the bax.
A bill of s14.37. presented by Officers Kew
sor and Sullivan for expenses incurred in
the pursuit of Geppner and Van Haller, was
allowed The appointment of Frank A. Ken
nedy as member of the board for a period
of four years was certified