Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-26
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
William Kerr Valves Preliminary Hearing
s. on Charge Of Robbery.
CHANGES HIS MIND AFTER TRIAL STARTS
Gooperr Organize n BENEFIT Associa-
tion 20 Ala sick and Needy Mem
bers from Funds Derived
ts.-,. from Assessments.

i brought tn a sudden te,.ynina tion vesterdnv
afternoon after the introduction NJ the
second ,,,ttneas for The nrosecution cbief
t,ytggs AFTER n sbarn contest between the
lawvers as 20 the -adr,,ssIbi,,tv ~ the evi-
dence ~ the c,,ief Judge tcins decided that
The evidence COULD no taken II was evident
THAT the an tements NJ tho chief would he
7, the confesslon which Kerr made before hin,
s,and the two of,cerA ON the morning of his
arrest ana II was evident that the defense
s1,,l no., 90 ~. 90 haa,. mi. .estirnopv for ~
the point whore the nroaeoution would have
" n,roce.ded tho defense waivad the nreIin,,
nary bssr,ng Young Icorr was therefore
hound over to tho dIstric, court under e.,
nonds a. borasr,an Was AZ once secured IN
Inc rsr.on ~ r A Anderson of the Omaha
packing company
rThe ev,dence ~ Herman Topbr,n,x was
a., ,tso,f no. .ue4cie,,t IN have heid I<sr, for
-, NJ ga,,, 1,a MO. ENABLE 70 ,aor,,e, tho
4 man uho vent through his nocleIs while he
go ,fa.,n.~tho- rohbsr ,,,ho oovarad him
,,i,r ) SIN He said no would no able 70
i,do,,s,, tha man wifi a eup There were
.yart,.- 80 a,,,, ,soo,,Io r,rosnnt In tho court
roor, vs.terdar afternoon IN witness the
,,roooodtnos 500.
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- :, a.. - 80 IT,, It., h., +.
-, 5000 a,,,a,,, az ooos,or. -, so,,,h
800, 49,. - =, ,,,,,.,, -. H. C,oo,-
80, .,e,,.s ,.ao,ot,a sr,,o 3D. nos ,,ro.
.,t,'i. 60. c,,,,, Co., n-or.,, -,1.,,,,,.
p ie'Ss 10y TN ., ~, snnon,a e. 40 90,
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-, 80 s,n,, -. ,.ho sha,I ,,eet with
',Stso,,. - 90 ~ ,rca naci,a,ed for
,york Tbev will draw from this fund at
TIM rate Of rs n week for each member who
may need tho assistance. The organization
has .beet, made rernnenent and is said TO
bave a ,nenbership of sixty. Roy welch
.has been ,choser treasurer II is the 6rst
I. .,,,ovement Of this kind among the coopers
~ the limited states II is possible that
.~,e,,,,,h o,,.ha viii no tho ruclaus of a 9rea,
;orsan,za,,on among the workmen Of this
- ,raJa THE ifp,p,ediste cause which led Ia
.ir,bn oroani,ation ar this fine was the known
2 cases ~ smallnox which have deyeloped
I, among fbe MANNERS of one of the cooper
sshons Of nc CITY
Eour More Candidates.
There were four new candidates on the
{. eligts Yesterday and all of them were fol
the ofBce Of councilman The first was
William f. Evans. republican. who files
,isr mr. fine nomination IN the First ward
Frank krawger. democrat. filed for the
Same ofece in the Fourth ward. s. C.
commissioner on "Wednesday. but as a
Democratic candidate for the city council
= In the sixth ward. Late In the afternoon
al Yesterday. j. j. Buglewicz democrat, filed
i1 ~ ne co,,nr,I From, tho T-hird ward las,
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wv aii'T r"'ieh p'oue' W.
Tor the same once IN the fhth ward
Some Contracts FILED.
An axtensIon of tbe lease for the present
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Wy iiaii' Du'."ie "a' 'Nu -
Harry II. gibbs, the owner OF tne puiiuihs
The lease reads from December l. 1905. L
December l. 1906 IL Is hoped by the tim,
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CITY nan,
The contract for the electric wiring oil
the new fire. hall was received from tn,
n, -, pennot, ,p,loc,,,c con,narv ves,e,
r. y. peuuet' r1ice''O company 's'.''
~ Gay. 'by us terms the company agrees t'
put In the wiring and tho electrical appli
.ances for he sun, of sg75.
h,ui ,Ss Ioasod WITH tho c;t,, cleri
W" '""S 'oueoO W." nc -
~ for Items OF extra expense In the con
i.strueton of the new fire hall due to tho
change of mind on the part of the com
,,,,.sio,,o,v a., ,.ho r,at,o, ~ tho t,,nd ~
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'"aV'IIa' W oe useu' TIT instance, III pi"o'