Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-09
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
One Of Twelve Voting Machines that
Arrive is Exhibited.
GIVES SATISFACTION IN ITS TEST
city Clerk GilIin sends Out Notices
to Omcers of Election to Call
and Receive Instruc-
tions in Machine.


Twelve voting machines arrived Friday
and with the exception Of one, will be
stored until needed at the November cleo
tion. One machine was opened yesterday
and set up in the police court room S c.
Hamilton. a representative Of the voting
machine company, instructed the city clerk
and others in the manipulation OF the de-
vice. During the afternoon dozens of
voters called to see the machine in opera
tion. The city Of South Omaha pays for
eight of the machines and the county for
four. The first payment is now due and
calls for $500, the balance Of the pay
ments are due on September ! Of each
year for four years, the succeeding pay
ments calling for $1,000 each. It will be
necessary for the council on Monday night
to instruct the mayor and clerk to sign
certificates Of indebtedness for the ma
| chimes. The certificates draw interest at
| the rate of four per cent from September
| /, of this year. The total cost Of the ma
chimes to the city delivered here is IS 200.
Clerk Gillin is sending out printed notices
| to officers Of election to call at the council
chamber either at 10 a. m. or at p. M
on Wednesday September 1S, to be in
! structed in the use of the machines. Mr.
that date to instruct election officers.
| After an election oficial has been properly
instructed he is to be given a certificate
showing that he is qualified to conduct an
| election with the machine. Those who
/ saw the machine In operation Friday ap-
| peared to be we'll pleased with IT, es-
/ peciully the counting feature which pre-
vents delays in securing the official count
after the polls are closed One machine
is to be placed in each Of the twelve voting
precincts in South Omaha.
Miss MiIIer's Condition Serious.
| The condition of Miss Ella Miller Of
| Gilmore, who was severely injured in a
runaway accident at Twenty fourth and
| Q streets Friday forenoon is considered seri-
GUS When an examination was made at
the hospital by DR.. c. NJ. Schindel 1t was
found that the skull had been fractured
and that there were other injuries also.
! After Miss Miller had been taken to the
hospital her relatives were sent for and
they spent the afternoon and evening at
the hospital Late in the afternoon the
hospital authorities held out but little hope
of the injured woman living through the
night.
Luthernns Make Change.
Rev Ralph Livers announces that the Eng
! lish Lutherans have made arrangements to
! hold services at Masonic hall, Twenty-fifth
and n streets, each Sunday morning Sun
day school will be held at 10 a. m and
preaching at II o'clock. On September H.
the congregation will be organized DR..
Yarser of Atchison, secretary of the church
extension, and Rev. siebert of North
Platte president Of the English Lutheran
synod in Nebraska, will be present on that
date to assist in the organization. At this
! coming C1inday's earN-irp Ray Iivers
will preach on The Gentle Knock"
Public school Notes.
This afternoon at ? o'clock the principals
| of the public schools will meet with Super
| intendent Mclean at the high school build
/ ing. Arrangements for the first general
| teachers meeting, which will occur soon
after the schools open, are about COM
pleted. The Board Of Education has fur
nished the superintendent's public and pri-
vate Offices with tasty floor coverings.
/ Prof. Holbrook of the University of Michi-
/ gan. who is to have charge of the depart
ment of physics, has wired the board that
! he will arrive In time for the opening Of
the schools on Monday
Repairs About Completed.
The repairs and alterations to the bath
rooms at the Young Mems Christian as
| sociation were completed Friday afternoon.
] a ne" DOlleI mas Dteu pldCeu IN service ana
the plumbing given a thorough overhaul
ing. Secretary Marsh made the announce
ment last night that the members were
now at liberty to use the bath rooms as
! much as they desired. All Of the rooms
have been given an overhaulng and now
present a neat and clean appearance.
Water sOaks Deep.
Grading contractors in South Omaha and
vicinity are finding 1t a hard matter TO
work these days. One contractor said Fri
day that the rains had soaked the ground
to a depth Of fully eighteen inches and
that 1t was impossible to operate a grading
machine. Wheel shovels are being used a
little, but the wheels sink fully six inches
in the mud and consequently there is little
work being done. Contractors are waiting
for the ground to dry out before resuming
operations. as no headway can be made in
the mud.
Magic City Gossip.
Mrs. Jay Laverty is visiting relatives at
| Logan, Ia.
Miss Margaret Parks is visiting friends
at Sioux City.
George Brewer is spending a couple of
days in Lincoln.
Sunday the Coopers, union will hold a
picnic at Barretts park.
Mrs. c. r. Witherow OF Brownville, Neb.,
is visiting Mrs. W. J. Shanahan.
The remains OF J.. w. Lord have been
forwarded 70 Salt Lake City for interment.
Telephone conduits are now being laid
on l. street west from Twenty-fourth street.
William Kerr spent the week at Hutchln-
son, Kan, looking after some business
/ matters.
Mrs. H. c. Richmond is to sing at the
morning service at the First Presbyterian
church Sunday,
A. w. TTumble, vice president of the
| Packers National bank, has returned from
the Pacific coast, where he spent six weeks.
Rev. D. X. Tindalls Sunday topics at
the First Methodist church are "A Glorious
Church" in the morning and "A World
Z Without Cod In the