Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-04
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
DemOcratic Candidates for City Offices
Come Out Into Open.
ENsOR AND LOEcHNtn OPPOsE FOR MAYOF
Time 10 File Names for Voters 20 Act
On at Primaries Finds Contest
for Every Place but
City Clerk.

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city Clerk.
All democrats who desire TO have their
names placed on the ballots to be used
at the primaries to be held on March IA
were required to file petitions with the city
central committee by 9 o'clock last night.
The names below give the result Of the
filings:
For Mayor-Dr. t. H. Ensor, John Henry
Loechner.
For City Treasurer--Thomas Geary,
Thomas Hector.
For City Clerk-Samuel @. shrigley.
For City Attorney-R. B. Montgomery,
w. G. Lambert.
Councilmen-First ward. Frank Burmese;
Second ward, Myles d. Welsh, Fred ORA
COON and Frank Pivondra; Third ward. P.
J. Kraus, James ]. Wear and Barney
Luckey; Fourth ward, F. ]. O'Connor. Ed
ward Trap, Edward MCGEE and George e.
Dunscombe; Fifth ward, Peter Lenagh and
William Broderick; Sixth ward, William H.
Cressey, w. II. Queeman, Peter Cockrell
and Peter 3. Elsasser.
Members of Board of Education-James
II. Bul1a. d. ]. Farrell, Henry Michael,
John ]. Ryan, Jacob Levy, ]. ]. Larkin and
p. j. Book.
All day long the streets were filled with
politicians and rumors Of all kinds were
anoat. At one lime it was reported that
Hector was going to file a petition for
mayor, but at the last moment he changed
his mind and fled for a position on the
treasurer's ticket.
There was another report late in the.
evening that I'D Johnston was ready to file
his petition for mayor at the last moment,
but when the time for closing the records
arrived he failed to produce the petition
and the fee.
Until a late hour last night the commit
tee was engaged in selecting judges and
clerks Of the primaries. There will be one
voting precinct for the democratic pri-
maries in each of the six wards.
City Council Meeting.
President Adkins occupied the chair at
the meeting Of the city council last night.
as Mayor Kelly was absent. The session
was short, only routine business being
taken up.
That Minnie oliver judgment was again
called to the attention Of the council by
reason of the filing of a lien against the
claim due by Omaha parties. The matter
was referred, without comment, to the
finance committee and the city attorney.
Reports from the city clerk. the sanitary
inspector and the city meat inspector were
given scant notice, being placed on file
without any
Inspector Jones made a report on the hair
fields In the western part OF the city and
stated that in warm weather the fields
would be exceedingly Objectionable. At the
suggestion Of Johnston, the city clerk was
instructed to notify the parties operating
tha hair Aaldu En- ahata the a1la0o0 mis-
ance within ten days.
When Clerk Shrigley read the statement
from the county auditor in connection with
the amount alleged to be due the county
for feeding and lodging prisoners in the
county Jail, one member Of the council sug-
gested thai the matter go over to the next
administration. President Adkins ruled
that the finance committee take the matter
under consideration.
Johnston brought up the monthly appro-
~priation sheet and started a fight by read
ing bills filed by Street Commissioner
Clark for 1884. 1t was asserted by Miller
that Clark had no authority to perform
some of the work he had done. There was
some little discussion over the matter and
the street department will go without
money until the matter can be adjudicated.
CLARK will be called in at the meeting to be
held next week to explain to Mr.. Miller
why and where he spent certain money.
Under the head Of claims DR.. Schmidt
put in a bill for work and operations per-
formed upon city prisoners. Miller OBJ
jected to these. In speaking Of these
claims. which are for about $50, Miller
said that the city maintained a city ply
stefan and the county also had a resident
physician. Miller contends that the city
pays enough taxes to hav the county ply
stefan attend to all charity cases, so that
there should be no need of calling upon
the city for medical service or medicine.
On account Of these objections made by
Miller the claim of DR.. schihdel was placed
on nle.
After the transaction OF some minor busi-
ness the council adjourned for one week.
Perfects Temporary Organization.
The library board appointed by Mayor
Kelly met in the council chamber yester-
day afternoon and perfected a temporary
organization. Bruce McCulloch was chosen
chairman and Mrs. G. L. Talbot secretary.
A committee composed Of Rev. d. w. Nor
iarty. Mrs, @. L. Talbot and DR.. w. s. White
was named to prepare rules and regulations.
II is expected that when the bylaws are
adopted and a permanent organization af-
fected that the board will advertise for
bids forea site. The next meeting OF the
board will be held on Monday afternoon,
March 10, at the parlors of the South
Omaha club.
Big Hog Receipts.
The record for hog receipts at the South
Omaha stock yards was broken last month
when 24s .941 head OF hogs we're unloaded.
yarded and disposed of. For the month of
February. 1901, 1851 head we're received.
These figures show an increase of nearly
Al, 900 head for February Of this year.. The
management OF the Stock Yards company
and commission men expect that the hog
receipts this month will exceed the totals
for March a year ago. So far this year