Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
LOCAL BREvITIES.

Joe Steffen is under arrest. charged with
threatening to kill Flora Brown of GIL.
CAPITAL avenue.
Right Rev. A. l.. Williams, bishop-coad.
jutor, will officiate in Trinity cathedral
Capitol avenue and Eighteenth street. this
morning at the II o'clock service.
Work is progressing satisfactorily on the
Sattley building at Tenth and Jones streets.
The, fourth story has been reached and the
roof will be on inside of three weeks.
In police court yesterday Louis Knapp
pleaded not guilty to forgery on five counts.
His case was continued until such time as
he will be able to employ an attorney.
Authority has been received from Wash
lngton for the permanent location of the
Office of poStOfice Inspector in the federal
2o6.
Plans for the new Deere warehouse at
Tenth and Leavenworth streets were sent
to the head office at Moline, ILL.,, last week.
They are expected back soon and building
900. "
Yesterday was the day that "Micky" Null
lens "theater" was to nave been demol-
ished by the building Inspector, but Friday
Mullen secured a temporary injunction re-
Straining the demolition until the case can
bs heard.
The True Populist is the name of a weekly
newspaper that has made it's appearance
under the direction of D. Glenn beaver as
publisher, who declares that the paper will
be devoted to the principles of the peoples
Louis platforms.
The January report of the sales of stamps
and envelopes at the Omaha postoffice
shows a total value of $S4, 315 81, an increase
OF over S4,OU over the corresponding month
last year. Thu sale for last month has
only been exceeded by one month in the
history of the office, and that was the
month of June, 1898.
S. Goetz has received Intelligence that
his son, DR.. Goetz, who is on the staff
of one of the largest hospitals in Cincin-
natl; has been stricken with an attack of
nlnthprll fnnl1N frinnlg @E ". 1NaAtu
in Omaha will be glad to learn that no
serious indications have as yet become
manifest.
Ed Mckinney was arrested while remov-
ing waste from the journal boxes of Union
Pacific freight cars. The arresting officers
say he has been using the substance for
with oil and burns readily. He was ar
raigned in police court Saturday. pleaded
not guilty and was released under $50
bonds to await trial.
The Columbia Fire Insurance COMPANY.
the organization of which was mentioned
in The Bee a few weeks ago, has filed
articles of Incorporation in the office of the
county clerk. The incorporators are David
70. Thompson, Charles d. Mullen, Caspar
p. Yost, William d. Fitzgerald. Isaac
Reynolds. The capital stock Is 5000, 900. The
Omaha.
A. plank from "A sidewalk was offered in
evidence in police court Saturday against
Charles Smith, charged with petit larceny,
1t had been taken from the walk near
Twenty-hfth and L~eavenworth streets, and
the arrest had been made as Smith was
costs, but when he said he was a poor man
with a wife and eight small children the
judge suspended sentence.
Joe Sooa, 66 years old, living at Twenty
NTH and Hickory, pleaded not guilty in
police court yesterday to a charge of
stealing corn from a Union Pacific car. He
saws he wa walking through the yards
empty-handed when he met several boys
being chased by detectives. The BOYS