Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-05
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
One Spot Wherein Drink Can Be Found
Discovered BY Police.
SEER PARTY At PEER UWcps PLACE
Proprietor says Beer Was sold ON
saturday aud Purchasers Were
Merely Celebrating Birth
day OF One Member.

Peter Uvicks saloon was found to he
open last night by Captains Turnaulst and
Shields who visited the place about
O'clock and found number uf men in the
place. In room upstairs was found one
empty beer keg and another about half
gone. with evidence that recent drinking
had been going on The officers called
Wick who said the men we've having a
party in celebration OF a birthday OF one
Of those present and that the beer had
been carried up to the room over the bar
on Saturday and was not being sold No
arrests were made, but the officers re-
ported the matter to the chief who said
a complaint would be sworn out thig morn
ing charging T'vick with breaking tho Sun
day closing Law This Will be the first
case Of the kind ever tried in South Omaha
IAbecek In Low Condition.
Joe Labecek, who was injured last Sum
dsy night, IL stl in critical condition
BE IL able to take but little nourishment
ana DIT. Koutsky fears gaygrene may set
in. II Ia likely that KoToI will have TO
race the charge OF manslaughter.
Corrections In Filings.
A few errors have crept into the reports
~ the candidates whose names have been
registered with thu city clerk Some Of
Of the record iu the city clerks Office and
from there On. II has been discovered
that two names Of democratic committee
men have been omitted. The name Of
p, J. OConnor should be inserted az a
committeeman in the Second precinct Of
the Fourth ward and John f. Careys name
should appear as a democratic committee
man in the First precinct OF the Third
wand. The name OF Thomas Geary should
be inserted In the place OF Thomas Carey
as a Democratic candidate sor treasurer
and the name of Charles l.. Altstadt should
be in place OF Charles L. Mitstadt as a
, republican candidate Cor tax commissioner.
kosciusko Club Meets.
The meeting of he Kosciusko Republican
club, composed OF Polish voters was at
tended by fully 80 members. The meeting
was enthusiastic, and though the CLUB did
not formally commit itself to a full ticket
there was general discussion on the
subject.
Preparing Sidewalk Specifications.
The city engines: was busy saturday with
specifications for permanent sidewalks for
the coming year These sidewalk contracts
have been advertised and the contractors
arc trying 10 get specifications on which "a
base their bids, so the engineers are pretty
busy. for II appears that they had not been
notified by the council that these specih-
catioH were needed They will be general
specifications with enough latitude To cover
every case which will come up in the wor;
during the year The bids must all be in
hy February IL. when they will be opened
ard the contracts awarded.
Railroads Getting Grades.
One OF the engineers Of the Union Pacific
railroad in the office of the city engi-
neer securing information TO help him in
establishing the true alignment of the new
industry track which is being put in down
the ally between Twenty-ninth and Com
lnercial avenue, from the city limits south
tn + street. The new grade is completed &c
that point already. This track acconmo-
dates the alfalfa cereal mill which is To-
Gated between \ and b streets, and it is
said that there is "a prospective new lum-
Der yard to be put in between G and l.
streets. which will be reached by the new
tracks, There is spur leading from about
II street northeastward of the other or prin.
cipal track far as the b. & NJ. right-of'
wNy, near tho city limits The Burlington
also has graded it's track down Twenty
ninth az far as G street. 1t will require
.urther ordinances to get the lines extended
'urther south There rumor aloat
that the Rock Island intended to enlarge IL:
yards at the south side OF the city in the
spring, but there was no evidence to that
effect developed yesterday. AS yet the RocE
Island has not reported on the matter OF
the new L street viaduct.
Woman Hurt In Runaway.
Mrs Nitsche, who has been living will
her brother-in-law, w. L. Crosby of tn,
firm Of Crosby, Hopietz & Casey was seri
ouslY hurt I'm a runaway accident which
Happened SATURDAY night near Twenty
; clghth and Sarpy line, She was driving
spirited horse ana il seems that dot
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