Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-05
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Poliu, ArrsE Two Men on Charge Of Hold
ing Up Albright Street Oar,
ONE IDENTIFIED H TIE TRAN CREW
Victims Have Net HAD an Opportunity
ne Yet 20 Take n Look ~ the
other one. but VIII De SO
~ an Early Date.

~ the men who held up the Albright
car last Wednesday night and relieved !
fhs crew Of 81. think they have made the
arrest Of the right party az TO one OF the
men In the person Of Samuel Piper. Dc
tective ElEfslder has been working steadily
on the case and has developed enough
evidence to point strongly TO the man
Piper. who was arrested Friday night
Yesterday morning the police had the
train crews Of the car that was robbed and
the car preceding that one visit the AL
Ia Identify the prisoner. The conductor
on the car ahead said positively that
Piper was the man who RODE down with
him TO the end Of the car line. He also
declared that he would he able 20 recognize
The conlps Mon Of the man. who got on =
lev blocks farther down the tracks on the
same TRIP
The conductor james 7. Rudsy. who was
held Of just positive thai Piper
was the man who held the gun on him o:
sihs end Of the line. Detective Elsfel6er has
traced the course Of the two men TO the
point where they took the car. II he be-
Beved that Piper is on the verge Of q con-
fession by which II viii be known positively
who his companion was The police have
Arrested man who is under suspicion.
but as yet the evidence against him 10 saot
conclusive. The conductors and motormsn
VIII be cRlled 20 have look at him today.
The officers hope 10 get confession out
OF Piper. who is a young fellow though he
has been arrested many times in South
omaha.
sorting Ballots Tedious.
The work OF sorting and counting the
urlcial ballots 90 be rs.a n Tuesdays
election has turned out 10 be lsborious
tssk After spending all the afternoon yes
49,
ballots for two wards The FIRST thing
10 be done is TO ascertain from the voting
Lists how many voters of each party are
registered and then the ballot. are counted
out AT the rate Of seventy-fve for each
nifty voters found All these ballots are
counted over twice. and when thus verified
are put in sealed packages and marked 10
the ward and the precinct. The utmost care
- taken and there will be q strict account
ing required at the hands Of the judges and
clerks FOR all the ballots sent them. The
FIRST duty Of the Judges is 20 count and re-
cc'pt TO the city clerk for the number OF
tickets received. An the ruler and special
instructions have already been placed in
The ballot boxes pending their distribution
next Tuesday morning II IL not knowr
80 yet whether the Board Of Fire and Polio,
commissioners will decide to close tn,
Hdibpur uhN OF DpL II nti
within their discretionary powers, though
there is no statute absolutely commanding
F1utter over Election Omctals.
There was a ripple on the surface Of tn,
political lagoon last night in the direction
of the Firth ward In the absence of Coun
Gilman Kiewit at IN. meeting Of the oounci
for the appointment Of the judges snt
clerks OF election. IL was found that the-'
some Of the nominations by Mr.. Kie
wit who could not serve So. on a motion
OF Councilman William Queensn, thes
vacancies were supplied The board wal
then duly declared appointed. Later i
developed that in the precinct named theT'
were four democratic members Of the cleo
ton board and but one republican. whel
the proportion should have been three re
pubiiesns 20 enc democrat. At FIRST som
were inclined 10 think there was q politici.
motive in the appointment. but this wa
soon settled 20 the satisfaction Of everyon.
The reason for the mistake was that IN
council not entirely familiar with IN
politics of the men proposed 10 al vacBn
cies. AZ soon AZ the dissA tisfsction becam
apparent M Kievit had conference wit
the mayor and the names were changed Z
the right party arhlbtion.
John Flynn a Co.
You can save money al Flyun's The toes
line Of mems suits, of the best makes q
mems clothing YOU can find, and priced
10 ~ per cent lower than others ask
NothinE IN the market 10 compete wit
our hickory calf shoe al g. We also carr
the Roral Blue and Regent shoes.
His line mems qegIigee madras shirt
worth I'd 10 81. ~ a. cents
Ladies silk shirtwGist suits new style
worth oh al y7.N Handsome lines Of suit
and wsiEtinEF in al the new shades an
weaves. 10 cents 20 E.5e per yard.
A tine line ladies pattern collars, soccer
qualities. n oents two for 3 cents. Boy
skeleton waists. worth . cents. az IL cent
school Funds I'm Fair shape.
II 10 nov determined that the tOt
amount of the registered warrants OF n
school FUNDS will not reach more than $50
to $4,000 at tile close Of the year, and II
possible the amount will he much less,
thore 10 some money 20 - added all a
time II IL not likely that the teachers W
have 20 wait aE there are plenty Of Peep
VINO are anxious 10 purchas the warrant
me registered warrants will not have
run more than sixty DAYS al all events.
MAehinisS Has Hand Iayured.
Torn PeAsH. who 10 employed IA
shinisi at the Armour Packing company