Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-30
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Registration Law and Primary law hiIup
is Causing Some Uncertainty,
CITY CLERK AND ATTORNEY ARE At SEA
Enort 90 UntanEIe the snarI Makes
Matters worse ana Omaha
VIII Be Asked 20 settle
Dispute.

City Othcials are beginning 20 take cogni-
zance Of the new primary and registration
law. Tuesday afternoon Assistant City At
torney Winters and City Clerk GIllin held
consultation. ~ the conclusion OF the talk
both were compelled 90 admit they did not
know where they are at In fact, the ON
cials are all at sea. The opinion OF City
Attorney Breen Of Omaha, as printed in
The Bee. served az foundation for the
conference. Finally, as neither Winters or
Gillin could come TO any agreement. Mr.
Winters stated that he would call on Mr.
Breen for more detailed information.
The law provides that the council must in
September Of each year name a set OF
registrars 70 serve for one year. Two days
Of registration have heretofore been held in
October and one day in November one
question is, does the present Board Of
Registrars hold over untii the now board is
appointed in September and takes office in
October? Clerk Gilin holds that ~ a new
board is named now. It will have to be sup
piled with new registration books to be
used only once and that on September 19.
THIN, he contends, when the other new
board Is appointed II will have to be sup
piled with a second set OF new books.
Again. complaint Is made that the time be-
tween the last day OF registration and cleo
tion day Is entirely too short to make
copies OF the registration books. as is pro-
vided by the Dodge law. In all probability
the arrangements carried out in Omaha
will be followed here.
Funeral of Mrs. Delaney.
The funeral obsequies for Mrs z. L. De-
lanney we're held at st. Martins church
yesterday afternoon at o'clock. The
church was crowded with sorrowing
friends The floral offerings were un-
usually numerous, abe casket being COW
cred with n blanket of roses, and the Royal
Neighbors, members Of the Tribe OF Ben
Hur, st. Martins church and the Fraternal
order Of Eagles each contributed beautiful
designs, while hundreds of individual
friends added wreaths set pieces and pretty
floral offerings.
The service was the simple Epscopallan
funeral service and was brief Rector
James Wise spoke in eulogy of the many
virtues OF the deceased and dwelt upon her
high character and her Christian qualities.
The choir OF st. Martins church rendered
appropriate music. The pallbearers were
Drs. W. NJ. Davis. c. f. sapp. w. ]. Nc
Cram, r. Z. schindel, William Berry and
c. NJ. Schindel.
Interment was made in Forest Lawn
cemetery. Brief services at the grave
were held and the body was consigned to
Its last resting place The service through
|pout was marked with scenes of the deepest
sorrow Mrs. Delaney was a most lovable
woman and had grown from young girl
hood to a high position in local social life.
She was one OF those sunny, sweet natures,
which endeared her 10 every one with
whom she became acquainted.
Packing House Employees.
A canvass OF the four packing houses in
South Omaha shows that at the present
q M haip uiv
employment In many departments the
help is given steady time; in fact It has
been quite a long time since employees Of
the packing plants worked as steadily as
they do now. The employees are distributed
between the four houses about as follows;
Cudahy, 1000; Armour, 1900; Swift. 100;
Omaha, 7C0.
Superintendents at all OF these plants
declare that there is plenty OF work for
good packing house men. The rush season
is coming on md more men of experience
can be used che expectation is that De-
fore long the men who have been work
ing in tho harvest fields will drift into
the packing centers for work during the
winter.
In going over the lists OF employees the
packing house superintendents assert thai
never before have so many men lived II
Omaha as at the present time. No rea
son is given for this change Of location
but this fact In measure accounts FOL
1 he falling of Of retail merchants trade
LInemen suffer from Heat.
Several electric light and telephone line
men were nearly overcome with heat Tues
day afternoon while working on the to-
Of Blums hall This building is about L
be torn down and it was necessary &
clear the roof of the old building of wires
1t was so hot on the roof that the me
could only work short time before bein
compelled to seek the interior of tn
building in order to cool on No prostra
tions from heat were reported Nearl
| every one who possibly could kept unde
u cover and the. streets 'were almost dc
serted during the greater part OF the afl
ernoon.
Literary Club Meeting.
The first meeting OF the Century Liter
airy club for the year will be held in IN
assembly hall at the public library build