Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-12
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
High School Annex is Taken Out sf the
Contractors Hands.
BOARD OF EDUCATION TO FINISH IT
Members say that Contractor Kavan
Has Not Compiled with Plans
and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
city Gossip.

A. L. Sutton, attorney for the Board Of
Education, has served notice on Frank
Kavan that the board would take charge Of
the high school annex and would complete
A. according to the specifications. Kavan
agreed to complete the building within a
certain time and in his contract agreed to
forfeit $40 a day after October l. 1t is
asserted by members OF the Board OF Educa-
tion that KAvan has not complied with the
plans and specifications. It Is understood
that the Board OF Education will proceed
10 make the changes in the building. The
four rooms will be ready for occupancy on
November 1.
Antilles Builds Hotel.
g. II. Antilles has secured a permit for
the construction Of a hotel on NJ street be-
tween Twenty-third and Twenty fourth
streets. The cost OF the building is given in
the permit as $4,000, but 1t is understood
that nearly twice that sum will be spent
in. the erection of a suitable building for
h&Lel purposes.
y Grading Completed.
The grading Of twenty seventh street
from p to F streets was completed yester-
day. This work will cost the property own
ers about 81. 200. On account Of the lower
ing of the grade the gas company will be
compelled to lower all Of it's service lines.
The gas mains already laid are below the
established grade.
Night school Opens Monday
A night school has been established by
the local Young Mems Christian association
and will open Monday evening at the assoc
citation parlors. Mr.. Graham Of the public
schools will teach English and arithmetic
- AZ TIo,.an, uIII hnNa ahaHHC NJ tho
SSsiness department. Twenty pupils have
been enrolled SO far and when the school
opens Monday Secretary Marsh expects
fully three dozen students.
Don't Ask All.
! A respectable looking gentleman cam
Into Flynn's yesterday and asked to be
shown a cheap necktie. He was shown a
handsome line Of rs cent ties. He selected
one to suit him and asked the price. lie
was told 20 cents now. He disdainfully
threw the tie on the case and said: 81
thought you we're selling out; l could buy
that tie anywhere for a quarter" We told
him 20 cents was our price. Then he told
us If he could not save more than a MCKEE
on a tie he would go and pay a quarter
somewhere else. Those ties cost US, as die
every other 25 cent tie we have $2.25 8
dozen and II we made 8 cent profit on ever
Zoo we sold last year it would have made
t25. OOO. THE F. F. & G. STORE.
Magic City Gossip.
Miss Maud Smith is at Cambridge, Neb.
visiting friends.
Mrs: H.: Lovely shows the latest designs
in fall millinery.
c. w. Hill is rapidly recovering from hi:
recent severe illness.
Mrs. N. @. IngeTsoll is in Ohio visiting
relatives and friends.
The new lumber and coal company
Crosby, Kopeitz, Casey Co.
Mrs. E.. f.. Tice of Villisca, Ia, Is here
visiting her daughter, Mrs. D.. e. Robb.
Let us sell you your winters supply Of
coal. Crosby, Kopeitz, Casey Co. Al2 \
street.
e. F. Head, son OF Rev. NJ. A. Head. Il
Ill and Is undergoing treatment at one Of
the Omaha hospitals.
See b. e. Wilcox & Co. for good coal
Rock Springs coal, $3.50 per ton, and Hanna
coal, So per ton.
gate TO the Christian Endeavor convention
to be held at York October "a.
Coal reduced. See Rowland Lumber anC
Coal company before buying. 48 Nortl
oath street, phone Z.
The Ladies' auxiliary of the Young Mem
CHRISTIAN association will give a tea at tn,
home of Mrs. NJ. Carl Smith, Twenty-sec
pnd and IL streets, Tuesday afternoon.
A. J. Ham, who died Friday, will b,
buried today. Services will be held at ST
Martins Episcopal church and Rev. Jamei
Wise Will ofiiciate. Interment will be a
Laurel Hill cemetery.