Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-07
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Mrs. p .. Wead, now of Lincoln, form
erly of Omaha, is visiting her son, l.. B.
Wead, sos South Fortieth street.
Mayor Moores will address a political
meeting to be held Friday night at Forest
hall, corner Sixth and Pierce streets.
The fire department was called to Twen-
ty-siXth and Pacific streets early Tuesday
evening on aCc@lnt of a small bonfire.
The State Board of Pharmacists will
hold a convention in Omaha beginning
February IA. 1t will meet at the Mer-
chants hotel.
Burglars climbed through a side window
into the cigar store at 1864 South Sixteenth
street Monday night and stole five boxes
of cigars worth IS.
''The Beers and English will be the
subject of a lecture in Trinity Cathedral
chap, this evening at s O'Clock by Rev.
John Williams.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Thnrston
Rifles will meet at the armory Friday
evening to make arrangements for the fun
eral of the late Ralph w. Kells.
The smallpox quarantine has been re-
moved from the house of Alfred Blains,
26O4 Decatur street, and both his family
and that of his father are free from the
surveillance of the health commissioner.
The democratic county central committee
will be called to meet Saturday. February
II. for the purpose of calling the county con-
vention for the selection of delegates to the
first state convention of the party in 1900.
The twelve chickens which for nearly a
week have been contine1 in cell No. 3 of
Central police station, were sold yesterday,
no one having called to identify them.
The proceeds will go to the Police Relief
association.
Mrs. S. C. Crissman, matron of the
Omaha Rescue Home for Penitent Fallen
Women, situated at 4O3 Bancroft street,
prayer meeting this evening and speak
of the work of that institution.
Word has been received in Omaha that
Mrs. Penney, sister of Mrs. H. G. Burt,
had died on her return trip from Alaska.
Mrs. Burt is now in Seattle. where she
went several days ago to meet her sister.
The remains arrived there Monday evening.
counter of the Midway restaurant Monday
night, eating a picked pigs foot, Mary
Denton, also colored, entered and drawing
a razor cut her on the forehead. The police
have not been able to find the assa!lant.
There are 1862 births recorded at the office
Of the Board of Health during January.
This Is seventeen more than the number
in December. The latter month was nota-
BILE, however, for the birth of four pairs
of twins, January only being able to pro-
duce one pair.
For breaking Bert Kimberlin's arm with
a base ball bat at Cut off lake a week ago.
Henry Olson was held to the district court
under $500 bonds in police court yesterday.
Kimberlin was an ice harvester and Olson
is employed as Waterman about the COM
pany's. buildings.
NJ. Myerson delivered a lecture at Wash
ington hall Monday on THE Science of
Ethics He pointed out that an ethical inn
pulse lay behind all the PHILOSOPHERS, arts
and sciences in existence. The lecture will
form the preface to a book which Mr..
Myerson is putting into form in several
languages.
The case of the State against Richard
Berlin and Tom Healey, charged with con-
Quoting a gambling resort at Twenty-fourth
and n streets, South Omaha. was taken
to Justice. Altstadt,s court Tuesday on a
change of venue from Justice Crawford.
The case will come up for trial at l o'clock
today.
An informal meeting of the Board of
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was held at the Omaha club Tuesday night.
The members briefly discussed matters
pertaining to the fan festivities during
their luncheon together, but no formal
business was transacted. Adjournment was
taken until next Tuesday night.
omaha elevator operators effected organi-
~fliating with the recently organized ma
tional society, the seat of which Is In New
York Local officers We're elected as follows:
President, Ambrose Ellington; vice presi-
DEM, Raymond Lemon; secretary, Clifford
Huntley; treasurer, Harry Binkley.
Grace Mason, a li-year-old colored girl,
central police station Monday night and
escaped She was confined in the matron'8
room on a charge of incorriSibility preferred
by her guardian, Ellen Trompton, Thir-
teenth and Cass streets. The girl was
found on the street a few hours after her
escape suffering with a sprained ankle.
Yesterday there were four cases at the
union depot containing the remains of mem
bers of phe First Nebraska volunteers killed
in the Philippines. They We're those of
Horace l.. Faulkner of Company +, which
20 TO Western, Neb., Alfred i. Erisman,
Company /. enroute 10 WATERFOWL, S. ID.
Ira \. Griffea. company T., enroute to Val
paraiso, Ncb., and of Ralph W. Kel!s, con-
signed u omaha.
Harscom Park Methodist Episcopal
church Is beginning what promises to he a
successful series of sneCiGl revival services.
The pastor, Rev, Clyde Clay Cissell. Is
being assisted by his uncle, Rev. Cassius G.
Episcopal church, Fort Wayne, Ind. He Is
one of the prominent preachers of the North
Indiana conference. lie will preach every
night this week except Saturday.
The law committee of the Central Labor
union has under consideration the matter
OF the infraCtion of the female labor law
by am Omaha retail house. The committee
sometime ago through the labor com
missioner instituted proceedings of a
gimilUr nature in police court against the
same establishment, but the cases were
dism-sSCl at the request of rlc defendants, .
who admitted their guilt aud promised TO
observe the law in future.
-. Dcaye, who lives at Tlirty-second and
Cass streets, was held up By two highway
men az the entrance of an alley on Capitol
avenue between Fifteenth and Sixteenth
streets Monday night and robbed of Sl.75.
Tie gays neither of the men made a display I
20 weapons, They confronted him as he
llsscu the alley, one standing behind the
o.'er, and the foremost of the two de-
handed his money. lie delivered To them
his silver, and they turned and ran. He was
able To give a fair description of one Of the
robbers.