Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-23
LOCAL BREVITlES.

Judge Keysor has granted Lucinda Han
ger a divorce from George w. because or
cruelty.
A street car on the L~eavenworth street
last evening when nearing the eastern
terminus and considerably damaged. The
passengers were slightly shocked.
At 1:1O last night an alarm Of fire was
turned in from 200 Twelfth street. Hay
stored in a small shed at the back of
Oberman's lodging house was ignited by
tinguished without damage.
/. J. DUN swore out a search warrant
again yesterday, charging Thomas -Dennt-
son with keeping and exhibiting for. the
purpose of nlawful gaming a policy wheel,
a lot of policy tickets and policy lay
out"
In criminal court the city cases appealed
from police court are to occupy Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, and the following
at Armour's, is to be tried for embezzle-
ment.
James Francis DeJarnatt and Edwin q.
Long, as c~o-partners and as individuals,
filed application to be discharged OF their
obligations under the operation OF the
bbSaihI tSas of Ia IaaTy AZ H With I no a SemSineo ma
Judge Keysor has continued in effect until
May "a the restraining. order granted
Thomas H. Ensor of South Omaha to pre-.
vent the Excelsior Electric Light and
Manufacturing company from doing any
work on its telephone system In the pack
ing metropolis.
The members of the silentium association
will hold a basket sociable at Modern
Woodman hall on Saturday evening, May
q The proceeds are to go to the erection
auctioning OF the baskets. All those inter-
ested, hearing and deaf alike are invited
to attend
The vault of the county court is being
stripped of it's old wooden fixtures to make
room for 5000 worth of new steel filing
cabinets and book shelves. The valuable
records have heretofore been in a dan
gerously exposed condition and a stray
match could easily have started a fire that
would destroy them all.
Yesterday afternoon the prisoners in the
| jury were a~rraigned. All but three pleaded
guilty and were given the minimum sem
tence, Judge Mcpherson stating that he
might allow them credit for time served
previous to a~rraignment; The cases Of
set for trial.
The sheriff has received word from Co.
lumbus, Neb., that officers there are hold
ing a man who is thought to be the one
who stole Park Commissioner L. N. Com
denis horse and carriage from in front of
the description and the buggy is supposed
to be the one for which the thief traded
Mr.. Gonden's carriage at Arlington.
In the United States circuit court, before
Judge Mcpherson and a jury, a verdict
was rendered in favor of the Canton Bridge
company against w. c. Cole and Frank
been lost at gambling by Charles Ross, an
employee of the bridge company. c. F.
heaNlS OF rails City ana JO1n w. Battln
tin o"a"A were the attorneys ior 'He plum
On account of the decreased appropria-
ton for park purposes. which is about
be no park improvements this year, as all
of the $780, SS.S3 will be needed in park
boulevard, however, will be continued and
the park board hopes to have II opened
between Poppleton avenue and Burt street
by fall.
Frank siIvar the burglar who was sem
fenced to three years in the penitentiary
for burglary and made his getaway for a
taken to Lincoln yesterday. with plenty
of irons on him.. James Michael has been
taken to the asylum for insane and
latter is to serve five years for stealing
s. worth of harness.
e. Ladd of Red Cloud. Neb., is in Omaha
searching for Robert F. Moore, who dis
appeared in 1899 from his room, 14l6 How
ard street. Moore wrote home regularly
until August, 1899, since which time moth
ing has been heard from him and all let
tiers written to him have been returned. Al
the time of his disapPearance Moore had
$500 and his friends think that something
has happened to him
A fight occurred yesterday in a pawn
shop at n33 Douglas street over a watch.
piece and on receiving the money seized
the pledge and attempted to bolt. AL Bern
stein. the ,pawnbroker. held on to the watch
and was ragged down the street and badly
beaten. Chief Donahue happened along
just as Bernstein, who is an old man, was
about exhausted, and arrested. Williams.
The money had disappeared during the
fight.
A. C.. Pancoast, as receiver OF the Sc
curity Trust and Investment company. is
suing to collect various amounts from
Stockholders Henry Livesy. Charles ].
Carlson. Z~ephania Reeder, Levi Cox, s. /.
Gordon, Alanson l. Root, Edwin Warren,
oscar ID. Barring. Richard Victor and Mrs,
Andrew Wall. There is promise of ex-
tended litigation, as each of the defend
ants has taken his own course in meeting
the suit.