Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-20
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Many People in This City Anxious About
Friends and Relatives in California.
POLICE CONTRIsUTE To BROTHER OFFICERS
Fire and Police Board Decides on
"wednesday EvenIRE for HeRriRR
Protests Against the Granting
Of saloon Licenses.


The people Of South Omaha are taking
great interest In the disaster on the Pa
cihc coast. Every one IL eager for the last
item of news. Several families are more
than casually interested, having friends
in the city OF I'm the vicinity. E. L. Howe
has a brother In San Francisco who lives
near the heart OF the wrecked district.
Miss Mary and Miss Margaret Giblin are
there and a number Of friends are anx-
ious to learn OF them. Il. T. shelby is
also resident OF the city at present. Pat
rick Broderick OF this city is alarmed for
fear that his son, whose name is the same
as the Patrick Broderick listed as among
the killed, should indeed be the unfortunate
man. j. o. Eastman OF the United States
government service here has relatives in
the stricken city. J. d. Otterman is be-
lieved to be en- route but he may be there.
At roll call last night the police officers,
both patrolmen and higher, came TO
an understanding on a plan for the re.
lief OF the widows and children OF the po-
lice officers Of San Francisco, who were
made so by the present disaster II Is the
first instance OF the kind and is likely
to be a starter OF fund which will care
for all the sufferers OF the city. Each Of
the patrolmen pledged 3 and the other
officers more The total amount Of con-
tributions will be 800. The project oriei-
mates with Detective Elsfelder and was
| eagerly seconded by all the others.
Fire and Police Board Meeting.
The Board of Fire and Police commits
sioners held a short session last night.
Chief Of Police John Briggs made his
| monthly The applications of Frank
/ r
Craith as jailer were filed. A time was
| fixed for the trial Of the protests which
have been filed with the secretary Of the
board against the granting OF liquor IL
censes to certain applicants. Up to the
present time there have been about twenty
protests. mostly on the ground that the
notices OF application were not properly
| published. The date OF this hearing will
| be wednesday evening Of next week. II
| is likely that some Of the protests will be
withdrawn for the reason that since these
were filed most of those affected have
properly published their notices.
New Base Ball Park.
p. j. Corrigan reports that he has Sc
cured plat of ground at Fortieth and o
streets where the Duftys will play ball
when giving games in the city. He says
there is plenty OF room for a good field
and 1t can easily be made equal to any
! diamond. He expects large patronage
for the South Omaha people There is a
game scheduled with the Union Pacific
storehouse aggregation. They have a good
local reputation and the Dufys are giving
promise of being able 20 put up a bettcr
game this year than ever before. II the
weather permits the South Omaha boys
expect to show the Railroaders how TO
do things Sunday afternoon
surrenders Coal Contract.
1t is said that A. l.. Berquist has re-
signed his contracts with the city to fur
nish the coal to the fire department He
has been examining the statutes of the
state and hnds that the charter prohibits
any city official from holding a contract
to furnish material to the city He be-
lieved that this held good with his posi-
ton as secretary of the Board of Fire and
Police Commissioners. On coming TO this
decision he Immediately surrendered his
contract and asked the city to take the
necessary steps for the supplies OF this
department. The question was first
brought out during the recent city hall
site controversy.
Magic City Gossip.
Officer TanGeman found a bunch NJ val
liable keys on his beat yesterday
Miss Katie Tobler is able to be out again
Her cullarbone has knitted properly.
Jacob Paulson has recovered from his in
1urles far enough to admit OF his being GU
Frank Tyler, one of DR.. DeIanney's pa
TENTS, underwent an operation at his homt
yesterday
daughter OF Edward schaffer, Thirty-sev
enth and r streets, was reported yesterda!
morning.
The Christian Endeavor society OF tn
| First praahUfarfar Oh, mill az,
sale Saturday afternoon and evening, Apri
e. at Bradley's store.
A sister of Charles Remer's wife il sup
posed to be In the midst of the San Fran
cisco disaster. A brother OF J. N. White
with his wife, Is also there
Francis Barrett son of p j. Barrett, ha
dieitis. He has been confined N nearly ps'i
month in the South Omaha hospital.
The street gangs of Parks, Johnson 4
Parks have nearly completed tearing up tn
Four or 1--WE blocks have been cleared o
the debris.
A building similar in design to the. on
occupied by MillerR hotel will be built II
the near future on Twenty-sixth between
n and o streets. 1t will occupy the II. II
Baldrige property and Win be built by GouI'
& Son, contractors OF Omaha,
Mayor Thomas Hector issued his frs
proclamation yesterday. In this he urge,
the observance Of Monday, April q, a
In the city to help in planting trees o
otherwise decorating the plots and street
OF the city.
Pearl Adeaid Boyd, only daughter OF MI
and Mre. William T. Boyd, 1905 Nortl
| Twenty-fourth street. died Wednesda,
| night. Her illness was sudden and withi
| six hours OF the first attack she died h
agony She was only 5 years old. Tn
funeral will be Friday at a, m. from tn
residence to st. Mary's cemetery, Mr. Boy
Is a railroad man.
DoWIE WILL RETURN TO ZION