Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05
LOCAL BREVlTIES.

The first annual picnic for the benefit of
the Society of Russian Jews VIII be given
at Hibbeler's park, tForty-fourth and LeaV-
enworth streets, tomorrow.
Nellie Wright, who took a dose Of NOR
phine Friday morning in an attempt to
take her life, regained consciousness yes
out of danger.
Post A, Travellers Protective associa-
ton. will give a smoker at s o'clock to-
travelling man spending Sunday in Omaha
is invited to attend.
A lad named SIegle, who lives on Tenth
Of hi: left hand While celebrating the
Fourth with a toy pistol. The wound was
dressed at the police station.
Monday night will be Military night"
at the den Of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben.
General Bates and his staff and the off,
GERS from Fort Crook will be received.
at the Omaha club. whence they will be
escorted to the den by the Board OF Gov
ernors. va ts
The police surgeons we're Summoned at
$3.50 o'clock Friday morning to the Cam
bridge hotel, where Cora Worley was SUI
fering from the effects OF an overdose OF
overcome the effects Of the drug. The
woman has been in the habit of using
Mrs. Joseph C. Root, who was injured
in a runaway Thursday night, passed a
comfortable day yesterday, and while her
injuries are serious there is no fear OF
fatal results. Yesterday afternoon she was
removed from the Her Grand hotel, where
she was taken after the accident, to her
home, 1884 South Thirtieth avenue.
Samuel G.. Koontz. with the blood rum
ming from two deep cuts In his face, came
TO the police station last night to swear
keeper named Blackman.' Koontz said he
had been in the place of the former on
Farnam street and that Blackman had as"
saulted him, striking him with a brick.
While NJ. Thomas, was in Mogie's shine
shop at 31s North Sixteenth street last
evening his wheel was taken from in front
OF the place. A colored man named VIII
liam Harris was later arrested for being
in possession of the machine, Harris, who
was drunk, said that he had no intention
of stealing the bicycle, but merely wanted
a ride.
A skyroeket set FIRE TO the shingle, roof
OF a small cottage at 10l1 South Twenty
fourth street last evening. Mr.. Burnster
and other neighbors extinguished the blaze
with a garden hose before the arrival Of
the department, A section Of roof will
have TO be ~reshingled, but no further dam
age resulted. The house is the property
of John Waller OF 2S01 Charles street.
Webb Emory Of Atlantic, Ia, came to
Omaha on the evening OF the Sd TO spend
a hilarious Fourth. Webb was disap-
pointed. Late Thursday night he met a
and during their short conversation Webb's
pocket was picked of his last So bin. Lou
Martin is In jail charged with the theft.
is said to have lost SIS. Nettie Johnson
has been arrested. charged with robbing
Tom.
Police Judge Berka took advantage of
the Fourth to discharge thirty prisoners
who were before him for being drunk on
the night OF the Sd. Before he opened
court Judge Berka and Prosecutor Thomas
decorated the court room with the ma
tional colors. The prisoners were lined up
under the starry banner and IN a little
speech, in which ne advised that July
was not the Fourth and that court would
settle back in the old rut on that day. the
judge discharged the men in a bunch.
Ed Lundgreen. 2922 Dupont street. made
with his own hands a cannon with which
to celebrate the Fourth. He still lives.
though the rear. end OF Chris Nelson's
grocery store has a hole in IT a foot In
diameter. where a part OF the cannon
went through. Lundgreen invited several
OF his friends over yesterday morning TO
see him fire the homemade cannon, He
loaded the gun TO the muzzle and lighted
the fuse. The load exploded and the can
non burst A piece OF iron weighing four
pounds was blown a block and struck the
rear end Of Nelson's grocery store, knock
ing a hole In the building. Another piece
was blown across the street and stuck
in a post on a porch. No one wa Injured
by the explosion