Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11
LOCAL BREvlTLES.

Judge Dickinson of the equity bench is
unable to hold court on account of illness.
b. G. NJ. camp 2722. Modern Woodmen,
gives a mask bail at Sixteenth and Capitol
avenue tomorrow evening.
The Franciscan sisterhood has opened
negotiations for the erection OF a new
chapel just north of st. JoSeph's hospital.
The building is to cost $751; 900 and will be of
brick and stone.
The Joseph Sohlitz Brewing company has
begun the erection of a two-story brick
building on the east side of Sixteenth street,
between Howard and Jackson. The lower
floors will be rented for store rooms, while
the upper story will be arranged for lodge
quarters.
William Pierce, charged with stealing a
guest of the Paxton hotel, was arraigned
Wednesday before Police Judge Gordon. He
waived preliminary hearing and was placed
under $500 bonds. The stolen property Is
valued at S5S,
Morris Rachman has filed suit in county
court against the Street Railway com
sustained. The peculiar part Of it is that
the plaintiff asks for only 5000. Usually
a big figure is named in such suits.
The Street Car Employees club, numbering
$50, held a social and supper Wednesday
night in its rooms at Twenty-fourth and
| Ames avenue. The guests of the evening
members. Several hundred were present
and the occasion was in all respects a sue
cess.
The jury in the federal court in the case
of William Miller, charged with the rob
berry Of the postotiee at Fa h n winch '
verdict of guilty. Miller will, probably be
arraigned at once for the. robbery of the
Merna postofiice, and will likely plead
guilty.
A meeting of the directors of the Com
! m.ercial National bank was held Wednesday
afternoon to elect officers for the year 1909.
dent; w. G. Maui vice president; Alfred
Willard. cashier, and r. F. Pagan, assistant
cashier. A dividend was declared in an
amount not made public.
John Weldon pleaded guilty TO the theft
of a quantity of railroad iron ana was
He was arrested by Sergeant Hudson and
Detectives Dempsey and Jorgensen while
attempting to sell a wheelbarrow full Of
switch-guard plates to a junk dealer. He
had borrowed the wheelbarrow.
The recounting of ballots in the Thomas
Gordon police judgeship election contest
case is still in progress before Judge Vim
sonhaler in the county court: No decisive
results have yet been reached, but Mr..
| Thomas, who was the republican candidate
at the last election, and who was declared
defeated, continues to be hopeful.
Ed Malloney, a faro dealer in a South
fore Judge Gordon Wednesday charged with
assault with intent to do great bodily
harm and was released under a 500 bond.
Maud Terrace, inmate of a disorderly house
at 9G9 Capitol avenue, is his alleged victim.
1t is claimed that he beat her brutally while
she was Ill In bed.
FOR the nGlk TWO VI tITOc uaysi vi poS-
sibly longer, the Board OF County Com
mlssioners will be In session as a committee
of the whole for the purpose of considering
salaries of court house employees, the num-
Der of employees required by the different
departments, and 30 on; The work has
any radical changes will be made.
Notice has been served upon City At
torney Council to the effect that John o.
Yeiser has taken aiken his inltiat 1,rec ana redeTfe o,
City Clerk Highly, to the supreme court,
where it will be heard as an original pro-
ceeeding January %. This Is the same ac-
ton which Attorney Yeiser attempted to get
through the district court.
All of the jurors in federal court have
terminate Saturday. The only case of i'm
p"rtance yet to come up Is me Fair and
heard Thursday. ON Monday the court
officials will go to Lincoln and open a
three-weeks' term there. The petit jury for
the Lincoln term is not called to meet
until Thursday,
The Demosthenian Debating society of the
omaha High school will hold It's monthly
has been prepared: Humorous reading. Mr.,
Tindel; debate, Resolved, That the gem
erals rather than the men have won the
frmative, Messrs. Arnold and Hamilton;
negative, Messrs. Gordon and RObinson
violin solo, Mr.. Rees.
Endeavor society of the Kountze Memorial
church the work of the year was discussed
] ana .ldlS LOT the future were Oulllntu. ii
was decided to hold an evening with Lin
coin" on the anniversary of the martyrcd
presidents birth next month. The pastor,
Rev. Mr.. TTefZ, Will repeat his lecture on
Lincoln and the services of a well known
contralto have been secured.
In The federal court Howard j. Whit
more. receiver for the defunct First Ma
tional bank of Neigh, has brought suit
against Daniel l.. Upton Of Neigh to re-
bank in 1897 and bearing 10 per cent in
terest. Receiver Whitmore alleges thar in
1898 the note was wrongfully Withdrawn
from the possession OF The bank and he
believes It to have been DESTROYED.
The September term OF the district court.
which was 10 haYe adjourned January 6,
but which was held over beyond that
limit on account OF the /. d. Holmes con-
tempt case before Judge Estelle. will
end as soon as the few remaining
then there will be no more court until
February. Judge Estelle has continued The
Holmes case until the next term.