Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-11
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
!. Men Hold Tiftssnth Annual oOlvsn-
tisn in Wsrtmsn Temple
Vans BENTON MADE GREAT sAcHtn
feHt Meeting VIII BE Held at Fre-
mOnt-Bsnauet e. rendered to
Delegates in the
Evening.
fifteenth annual convention Of the

loved Order or Red Men OF NebraGk1
2 held at the Ancient order OF United
1rkmen temple Tuesday. Al the fore
noon session the register showed seventy
I'VE delegates IN attendance. representing
sixty-three tribes In the state. Reports
from the delegates were read and routine
business transacted. At the afternoon ses-
sion ofhcers for a year were elected and
installed. The new officers are: Thomas
Benton, Lincoln. great sachem; Hugh
Meyers, Omaha, great senior sycamore;
Charles Loree. Falls City, great Junior
sycamore. Frank Gameril, Lincoln, great
prophet: Fred Beaulieu. lincoln. great
keeper Of the wampum. C. f. Neir,
Aurora and l. A. Baker OF York were Sc
iected as great representatives Of the great
council OF the United States.
The officers we're installed by W. II. s.
Bird. Topeka. great senior sycamore Of
the United States and representative Of the
great 1ncahoua of the United States.
The reports from the tribes in the state
showed the organization to be growing and
In healthy financial condition. Quite an
increase in membership over last year was
shown
Next October the Red Men will meet in
annual convention at Fremont.
Last evening a banquet was given to the
delegates by the tribes Of Red Men Of
Omaha and South Omaha at Workman
temple.
Following the banquet there was a bali
10 the upper hall OF the temple. The bust
ness was concluded with the installation
OF ofhcers and today the delegates will
leave for their homes
Armour Party Inspects PIant.
j. ogden Armour, of Chicago, C. w.
Armour OF Kansas City and Samuel Nc
- nr,aa l,r
Tuesday and inspected the Armour plant
and the stock yards. After being shown
over the plant by r. c. Howe, the general
manager here, the party visited the Live
Stock exchange building and lunched
shortly after noon.
]. ogden Armour said that he was greatly
pleased at the great crops in Nebraska
this year and st the general prosperity
OF the state. He spoke especially OF the
improvements made in South Omaha since
1s last visit little over year ago.
y RxThe party left over the Burlington in
1he afternoon for Kansas City. whore today
efss1ll be spent at the stock yards From
Kansas City the party returns to Chicago.
william COnnOrs Arrested.
A telegram was received at police head
quarters Tuesday afternoon from the Chi
cago police department announcing the ar
is wanted here for participating in q shoot
s.scfspe three years ago. On the night
Of August 49, 1902, Connors attended dance
D. New Settlers hall, Thlrty-sixth and u
streets, and in a fight Connors shot Police
man George johnson In the thigh and also
shot Miss Agnes Riley in the knee. During
the excitement following the shooting Con-
nors escaped. Circulars were sent out all
over the country asking the police to keep
a-A 81,
hand and II was supposed that he would
be found at some of the packing centers.
Detective Henry Elsfelder expects to leave
for Chicago this evening to bring Connors
back.
Improvement Club Meeting.
Thursday evening the Highland Park I'm.
provement club will hold a meeting at the
Lincoln school building. This club is rapidly
increasing In membership and invitations
have been sent those residing in the dis.
triet embraced by the club to attend Thurs
day nights meeting and place their name:
on the membership roll. 1.-The old flag and
the sewer bonds is the motto OF the elut
and the question of voting s25OO0o for the
construction Of a general sewer system will
be discussed on Thursday night.
%, Council Passes Ordinance.
Tuesday forenoon the city council mel
in adjourned session and passed tn,
amended intersection paving ordinance
As soon as the ordinance had been signed
by Mayor Koutsky, telegram was sem
to-, w. ]. Hayes & Sons of Cleveland, Civ
Ing the number of the ordinance and the
date OF passage. These Twenty-fourtl
intersection. bonds are ali in type with tn,
exception Of the number and date of tn,
ordinance. With this information at han,
the ,hthographers can proceed at once Il
print the bonds. It is expected that tn,
$4,000 paving bonds and the 10000 inter
- section bonds will reach South Omaha THU
week for the signatures OF the mayor an,
clerk. After the bonds are signed It will
be only short time before the money 4
received here to pay for the Twenty-fourtl
street paving.
Superintendents and Principals Meet
The annual meeting OF the Superinten
dents and Principals association. OF Ne
hraska viii be held at Lincoln on Thursday
Friday and Saturday OF this week superin
\ tendent Mclean of the public schools her
will, attend aud has been invited TO re
spond to toast at the banquet to be hell
Friday. evening. At the last meeting OF tn