Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-28

| two-story frame dwelling, near Twenty
| sixth street and Capitol avenue, $4,000; S.
| G. Anderson one-story frame dwelling near
Twenty fourth and Bancroft streets, $1,000.
| The case against Albert Wilson and Hattie
Beach, charged with violation of the moral
| law, was dismissed on motion of the county
| attorney The state was unable to locate
the complaining witness, John Thompson.
Rev. and Mrs, Mackay, assisted by the
young women of All Saints church, will
| give June and free-hand party at the
| rectory next Thursday for the young people
of the church. All Of them are cordially
| invited.
A small fire occurred Friday night at 10
| o'clock in the home of Samuel S. Channel,
Gil North Thirtysecond street. The blaze
started in the bedroom, but its origin is un
known, as 1t was not burning near the
lamp when the fremen arrived. The
damage to contents is estimated at $15. 1t
is covered by 5000 insurance.
Workmen are engaged in making repairs
upon the slate roof of the government
building. The roof is not out of repair to
any great extent, but the cold weather of
last winter cracked and Clipped some of
the slate shingles, and, fearing that they
might drop off and strike some of the
pedestrians upon the sidewalk, it has been
considered advisable to go over the entire
roof and pick out the defective shingles.
At the suggestion of the women Of the
of the Republic, the pupils of the Dodge
school will give an entertainment for the
benefit of the soldiers memorial monument
fund in the Young Mems Christian assoca
tion building tomorrow evening. The pro-
gram will consist of chorus singing, under
the direction of Miss Fannie Arnold, and
elocutionary numbers prepared under the
direction Of the teachers Of the school.
The memorial committee of the Grand
Army of the Republic invites all volunteer
soldiers in the city who belonged to the
Second and Third regiments of Nebraska
infantry and who have been in Cuba to join
the marching column to Hanscom park on
Memorial day. They are also, together with
veterans Of the war of 1S615, invited to
join the posts of this city In attending wor-
ship in the First Congregational church at
1890 this morning and in the evening at
st. Marys Avenue Congregational church.
Lack of care while standing in the back
end OF a delivery wagon caused G. d. Merry
man to receive a severe fall on the granite
pavement near the corner of Sixteenth and
Farnam streets yesterday afternoon. Merry
man put his bicycle in the wagon and was
standing on the endgate, which was not
securely fastened, when he got the fall. The
endgate dropped and he shot over back
wards, landing on the back of his head and
shoulders. He was picked up and conveyed
by the patrol wagon to his home, 1909 DAY.
enport street.
A petition Is being circulated, asking tne
governor to commute the sentence of Henry
Bolln defaulting eX-city treasury, to five
years. Bolln was convicted May 6, 1896,
sentenced to term of nineteen years on
May 16 1896. and taken to the penitentiary
May 20, 1897. During the year that inter-
vened between the conviction and the in
generation in the penltentiary, Bolln was
out on bonds a portion of the time, pending
an appeal to the supreme court, where the
case was heard and the findings of the
Tower court affirmed.
Beginning Sunday morning the cars OF
the Walnut Hill fine will change their
route. Instead Of travelling over the Cunning
street tracks east of Twenty second, they
will turn south on that street to Burt, east
to Seventeenth, south to Cass, east to Four
teenth and south to Howard, from which
point they will return to Walnut Hill over
the same route This change was made
necessary because OF the closing of the Six
teenth street viaduct. which forced the
South Omaha cars to use the Thirteenth
street tracks previously occupied by the
Walnut Hill line.
smoking kettle was the cause of a fire
fire department to the doors of Dyballs
restaurant 1913 Douglas street, last even
ing. Servants working in the kitchen
noticed the smoke and traced it to the floor
at the head OF a flight of stairs When the
firemen arrived they tore up the flooring,
supposing that under the boards there was
a blaze caused by worn electric light wires,
but 1t was soon discovered that the smudge
was caused by kettle on a stove beneath
the stairs. No damage was done beyond
that to the floor.