Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-03

ing iron WoFhB TOT an injured leg caused
by a heavy beam falling from a truck and
striking him.
state Medical sooiety-The thirty-ninth
annual meeting Of the Nebraska State
Medical association will be held IN Omaha
May 10. II Is expected 500 representatives
Of the association will be present Visitors
also will be here from other states in
Guiding some OF the most distinguished
medical practitioners In the country. The
local committee is making arrangements
for the entertainment OF the visitors. ono
feature Of which win be a theater party.
The association will have it's Official head
quarters at the Paxton hotel
Meetings close Friday-The evangelist
tic meetings being conducted by A. O.
Gaebelein Of New York in st. Marks
Lutheran church. Twentieth and Burdette
streets. will close with the service Friday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock instead OF with
the Friday evening service. Mr.. Gaebelein
Is compelled to leave on an early train
Friday evening in order 10 reach a point
in western Canada on the Pacific coast
where he will conduct meetings next week.
The service last night was the last even
ing service Of the series I'm Omaha
Checks Prove Boomerang-E Fitz-
simmons was before, Judge Crawford In
police court Thursday morning, charged
with vagrancy and incidentally several
saloon keepers showed checks which he
had attempted to pass on them for various
sums. which were found to have no value
whatever. He succeeded in securing some
money, It is asserted. but his efforts were
not productive Of much wealth. An array
Of checks was produced which he had
failed in his efforts to cash. He was given
a sentence Of thirty days I'm Jail
Prefers his Niokname-Hugh II. s.
Rowan, a barber on Sixteenth street has
applied to the district court for a change
In his name from Rowan to Scranton,
by which name he has been known for
the last twenty years. He came to Omaha
at that time with a theatrical troupe and
became stranded here. AS he came from
Scranton Pa, he became known by that
name and has lived under it since. Now
he wants to take out some insurance, and
in order to secure the legal right to use
the name Scranton in the policy he wants
the court TO change his name.
Installation ssrvioes-Rev. julius F.
schwarB will be formally installed as pas
tor OF the German Presbyterian church, SIS
North Eighteenth street, Sunday evening.
Those participating in the installation
services will be Rev. r. M L. Borden,
D. D.. Bellevue, who will PROFOUND the
constitutional questions; Rev. Lucas Abels
Of Hickman will preach the sermon and
give the charge to the people, and Rev.
Jacob Conzett Of Cincinnati, o.. will de-
liver the charge to the pastor At the
morning service Rev. Mr.. Conzett will
preach, following which the installation
and ordination Of two elders, Chris Kocher
and Godfrey Ulrich, will take place
Several Deals in Realty-Lysle l. Abb
bolt has sold his row OF brick fats on the
Boulevard, near Burdette street to Tjark
r. Mennen for $4,000 as an investment
c. F. Taylor has sold his residence at the
northwest corner OF Twenty-sixth avenue
and Douglas street to Braddock II. Dun
ham for 5000. Deeds have been recorded
transferring the title to the large lot at
the northwest corner Of Thirty-eighth and
Cass streets TO ]. F. Carpenter from Mrs
Ella ]. Rogers for 5000. Architect ]. B.
Mason is drawing plans for a modern
frame cottage for Mrs. Dora Nessler to be
erected this spring on her lot at 1923 Cali
fornia street at cost OF nearly 5000.
To Organize German PresbytsrieE-Ylev.
Julius F. schwarz has just returned from
Dubuque. Ia, where he participated in
the dedication of the new German Presby-
terrain seminary. which cost $685. 900. Dr. c.
( NJ. Steffins financial secretary OF the
church extension board, was instrumental
in raising the fund and the seminary was
dedicated wholly free from debt. At this
theological seminary German and Bohem-
| ian Presbyterian ministers will be educa-
ted At the same time was held the Ger
man Ministers and Elders convention for
the northwest and It was decided to form
separate German presbyteres. Rev. Mr..
Schwarz was appointed chairman Of the
committee to form the new presbytcries.
Two Alarms ana Small Fires-Two FIRE
alarms following each other closely just
before noon Thursday brought into use a
good share Of the citys apparatus. The
first was from Seventh and Jackson
streets, where a trifing blaze was found
and easily extinguished and the other was
from the home Of John Latson, ga South
Seventeenth avenue, where the roof caught
fire. probably from a defective chimney.
causing nominal damage. A false alarm
was answered at Ninth and Leavenworth
streets early in the forenoon and another
false alarm was turned in from the box at
Twenty ninth and Pacific streets Wednes-
day noon. In the latter instance a school
girl pulled the box. being dared" by other
| children
Jean Club Incorporates-The Jean club,
| formed by prominent Omaha women for
the purpose Of maintaining a home for
self-supporting young women, has filed
articles OF incorporation with the county
clerk. The authorized capital stock is
| s., 900. but the club Is permitted to begin
| business when $500 is subscribed. Those
/ who signed the articles are Jean NJ.
Cudahy. Mary E. Peck, Mamie Page. Stella
NJ Hamilton and Idella Hamlin George.
Articles OF incorporation have been fled by
the Combs Ward Transfer and Storage
company Of South Omaha. The incorpo-
rators are John NJ. Ward. Claude r.
Combs and Burton e. Wilcox. The author
lied capital is $4,000. but authority is given
70 start business when $4,000 Is subscribed.