Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-21
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Misconduct Of Registrars TO Be GiVsn
Official Investigation.
CHIEF BRIGGS cOSSULTs WITH sLAsAUsH
effort VIII be Made 90 Punish the
Men who Drank While on Duty
at the Primary Polls on
Tuesday.


ment Wednesday that he proposed con-
sulting County Attorney slabaugh with ref
erence to the disgraceful actions Of the
election officers In the Second precinct Of
the Fifth ward. The chief declares that
these officials became intoxicated early in
the day and by noon were not fit for duty.
Three of the registrars got so drunk that
they had to be taken home to sober up and
II was not long until the others showed the
effects OF liquor. Fights in the viccinity OF
this voting place were frequent and II was
thought at one time that II would be i'm
possible to get enough members Of the
board sober enough to compile the returns.
These men should be severely punished"
declared Chief Briggs and if possible
will see to It that they are. 1t is my inten-
tioR to consult with the county attorney
and II possible bring some action against
these delinquent officials in the county
court. There is no use starting anything
OF the kind in the police court here, the
proper place, in my opinion, being the
county court Every year we have trouble
with some OF the election boards about
drinking while on duty and the practice
should be stopped"
The chief was very much put out and
plainly showed it, He said that there was
enough mixup in interpreting the new law
WliuOuL nhNlnE lEOuUlt Win luN0AlCdleu
judges and clerks.
Police Judge Candidates.
At the recent republican primaries five
candidates filed for the nomination for po-
lice judge, and this is something unusual
because as a general thing republican can
didates for this position have been scarce.
From the very start the race in this five
handed game was Interesting. All Of the
candidates worked hard and a great deal of
interest was manifest by supporters of the
fye
when the returns were all in the vote
showed that Arthur c. Pancoast had car
ried off the honors. The vote stands fol-
lows; Pancoast. 23S; Agnew. 1856; Maly. 10;
ALLEN, 1s6, and Stephens 70.
Those who worked for Attorney Pancoast
now declare that he is sure to be elected.
Herman BeaI Congratulated.
Friends Of Herman Beal, the republican
candidate for county surveyor, are more
than pleased at the showing he made Tues
day. Mn Beal has been city engineer of
South Omaha for twelve years, and prior
to that time was employed in surveying and
building railroads In the west. Beal has
4 hosts Of friends in South Omaha who not
only voted for him but got out and hustled
for him. His vote in South Omaha was 577
as compared with 1872 for Edquist, his op
ponent. All day Tuesday Mr.. Beal was re-
ceiving the congratulations OF his friends
and the declaration is freely made that hi!
election is assured.
TPoubIe About Ballot Boxes.
County Clerk Drexel had a lot of trouble
wednesday about getting the South omahs
ballot boxes returned TO his ONCE. AS 4
was late when the count was completed th'
election officers left the boxes at the cit,
clerks Office. At the time the boxes wer,
left Clerk Gillin called the attention of tn
registrars to the law about taking tn
boxes to Omaha. No attention was pait
to the warninE given and SO the boxes re
mained at the ceIrks office until noon
Sheriff Power came down to see about tn
matter. He rounded up the registrars an,
by threatening them with arrest compelle'
a representative of each board to conve,
the boxes to the county clerk.
saloon TIL Robbed.
The police are searching for AL Evans
who is wanted on the charge OF robbing tn
till OF the shatz saloon on Twenty-eight
and r. streets. Evans is bartender at tn
place, but was not on duty last evening
but It Is charged he came into the saloo
and while the proprietor was out Of tn
room for a moment took $50 from the u
and departed.
Magic Ctty gossip.
Colonel / @. Gallup has gone to Wyomin
to look after some business matters.
- The funeral OF Mrs. Minnie L Jewe
will be held at Bellevue at o'clock tn
4 afternoon,
. Zack Cuddington, formerly Of soui
y Omaha, is pow pleasantly located at Il
Angeles, CAL So. r.. -.r
r H. Morris has returned from Ne
Mexico, where he spent some time
This evening the women of the Christie
church will give dinner at 9lS Nor
Twenty-second street.
l. d, Knight, Fifteenth and NJ street
Is entertaining his parents, Mr.. and MI
Daniel Knight Of Beggs, 1. T.
Mrs. w, II. Vansant has returned fro
Kansas City where she attended the (
neral OF her sister, Mrs Aubrey BoWe
James Carter, local manager of the y
braska Telephone company, left yesterdi
for Alliance, Neb,, for few days shoe
Ing
w. w. Eniiott of Los Angeles, Ca
started for his home last evening after
visit OF a week with Mr.. and Mrs P.
Farrell
South omaha circle No. 4s, Fraterr
Life Association viii meet at the re
dence OF W. II. Nichol, Railroad aven
and county line. on Friday evening.
Cornelius Schinnert. u years of age, al
at the Clarkson hospital, Omaha, Wedn'
day. The remains will be taken from Be
retts undertaking rooms 70 81. Mar!
Magdalene church, Nineteenth and bod
streets, Friday morning whore services "
be held. Interment at the German cen