Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-17
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
spitssr & Cos Bond Proposition Not Taken
With Favor.
TREASURER INSISTS ONAccRUtD INTEREST
Present Indications Are mat LitiEa-
tiOn win Ensue and That work
on the sewer system VIII
he Delayed Thereby,


he Delayed Thereby.
II now appears almost certain that the
city council will not accept the latest prop
ositlon OF Spitzer q Co. az TO the manner
Of taking up the issue Of sewer bonds, but
will adhere TO the original contract. Under
that contract the executed bonds were sent
to New York several days ago, where they
lie in the hands OF the fiscal agents OF the
city-KountEe Bros. bankers. Yesterday
was the day on which Splitter & Co. were
to take up the issue. Up to a late hour
no word had been received from the fiscal
agents to that effect. 1t is probable that
spitBer 4 Co. are waiting the outcome
OF the negotiations with the city council
here
Treasurer Melchsr has this to say re-
garding the present contract with Splitter
g. Co.. namely that he will demand that
the purchasers shall pay the accrued in
terest on the South Omaha securities. II
the company takes up the entire issue,
to which effect there is rlmor that will
satisfy the treasurer and will be all that
in any event Is due. But II Splitter &
Co. take up only $4,000 as their contract
provides, he is determined that they shall
continue to pay the accrued interest on
all the unpaid balance until the same is
properly taken up. This, according to con-
tract, will be at the end Of 19O days. This
action OF the treasurer will save the city
above $500 in interest. The treasurer
says he will not surrender the bonds until
this demand is satisfied, or II is proved
by due process OF law that the city is
unable to collect It and that the present
contract is strictly valid. This makes litiga-
7 tion practically certain and there will
probably be an unavoidable delay in the
beginning Of operations on the new. sewer.
BoIrd of Review in Session.
The Board Of Review viii meet daily from
this time until June S at the FIRE hall to
receive and examine all complaints as TO
assessment OF property.
Kruse Commits Suicide.
The coroner held an inquest over the
body Of Andrew Kruse at the undertaking
parlors OF Heafey d Heafey at D. m. yes
terday. Andrew Kruse was found by the
Jury to have come to his death from the
effect Of swallowing the contents OF a
two-ounce vial Of carbolic acid, admins
tered by his own hand with suicidal In
tent The body OF Kruse was discovered
carly yesterday morning in the back yard
OF the place where he had lived, 176 South
Twenty-hrst street. The discovery was
made by a neighbor woman. Mrs. Rhea.
1t was found that he had bought the acid
at J. l.. Horts drug store, explaining that
he wanted II to bathe a sore leg. He left
his home to buy the acid about in the
evening when Mrs. Kruse was about TO re-
tire. She lay awake for a long time wait.
ing his return. finally dropping to sleep
She said she was satisfied that he had died
OF his own hand. He was a laborer al
Armour's. but had not worked since the
| fire. He was to have gone to work in the
sausage department yesterday morning. He
leaves his wife and one child OF Is months
No reason could be assigned to his act
His wife said he owed no one, had steady
work and loved his child and herself mos
devotedly.
Three Bound over.
The preliminary hearing OF three casei
OF Importance In police court resulted ir
the binding over TO the district court Of
| all parties concerned The first was tn,
case Of II. Isheda, the japanese whC
wounded Ave OF his compa anions last Fri
day night He was captured. wounded, a.
Chalco Sunday morning. The wound hat
healed. All of his victims are recovering
He was charged with shooting with In
tent to kill. He waived preliminary hear
ing and in default OF 1000 bail was con
signed to the county Jail
The second case was that Of Charlie,
McGrath. or McGraw, as It appears on The
police book. He was wanted for the hold
ing up Of the West Q street car at Thirty
sixth street Friday night, June 8. Th'
motorman swore that McGrath was posi-
lively the man who held the gun on hin
while the other of the two went through
the pockets Of the conductor. The con
ductor, G. A. Lane, also swore that Nc
Grath was one of the two McGrath, Denny
Hennessy and a sister of Hennessy testified
that McGrath had been at home and in bed
all OF the time after Q o'clock until the
hour OF the same night he was arrested
In default he was also taken to the county
Jail.
In the third case the court bound George
Decker over under $500 bail on the charge
Of having broken into and robblne several
houses in the vicinity OF and Twenty
second streets. the CroEier residence. the
Dalgren residence and the Guthrie resi-.
dence. where the attempt failed. Decker
is young man OF % years. He secured
bail in the sum OF $500, waving preliminary
examination, and was released, Del ].
Green and Harry Fiagle being surety for
his appearance for trial before the district
court.
Highland Park ImprOvers.
At the Highland Park Improvement club
meeting Thursday night a campaign was
lnsugurated against the practice of the city
in filling up holes in old and unsafe wooden
sidewalks with earth instead of making
substantial repairs or having the walks
torn up. A vigorous night against weeds
was started by the appointment of a COM
mittee. with Al Powell at it's head, who
will direct especial efforts towards having
weeds cut down on and around vacant
property. The committee on opening Twen-
ty-ffth street reported waivers OF damages
being secured from owners Of low-Iyiug
lots on that street.