Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-13
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
New Proposals fer Parks Received By th
Park Board.
SOME VARIANCE FROM FORMER OFFERS
George Alderman Attempts Suicide
by shooting Because His wife
Refused TO Live with
Him Longer.


Proposals on park sites formed the chief
topic OF discussion at the council meeting
last night. About the same number of bids
were offered as at the first advertisement.
The prices were varied to some extent as
well as the plots offered. The council re-
quired that a correct plot of the grounds
offered should accompany the bids This
will assist very much In comparisons. Ed
ward Cassidy offered a plot of four acres
on West Q street in tax lot Z for 5000.
He also offered eight acres north of Mis-
souri, avenue and east of Twentieth street
for $4,000. A third proposition was en-
| braced by the second, only there were only
/ six acres. This was offered for $4,000. John
Sheehan offered FIVE acres known as Beg
ley park, two blocks in Corrigan's addition,
! for 5000. P. ]. Barrett offered a park in
the southeast section of the city for 50, go
| Ed ]. Lee offered eleven acres also In the
southeastern section for a. 400. Alt G. Ken
needy offered a block in the northwest sec
ton for $500. Then were two propositions
| for Syndicate park for $21,O0O and $4,000 re-
| spectiveiy. Patrick Hector offered a plot
! at Twenty-seventh and Harrison for $4,000
| Ali of these offers were referred to the
council in conjunction with the park board
in a committee os the whole. They will
meet Wednesday evening of this week.
Other matters before the council included
the payment of the primary election ex-
penses amounting to $3.50. The judges and
clerks drew s6 each. There we're sixty Of
them.
The treasurer submitted his monthly re-
port showing that SIC, s0892 had been coll
lected during the month of February. The
disbursements were S9O,s7993 leaving a net
balance on hand of $4S6,S2245.
cqt afA a Afa4 he
finance committee make arrangements for
the payment Of the judgment Of George NJ.
Nicholson amounting to $500 since the court
had denied a rehearing. Mrs. Lucid offered
TO settle her claim for $3.50 for personal in
juries
Three ordinances were passed They were
first the ordinance giving the franchise to
Dr. w J. McCrann for the conducting OF
mineral water to Twenty-fourth and q
streets from Brown park. The second was
the ordinance defining the duties and pow
ers of the city building inspector. The
third provided for the pavement of @ street
from Twenty-fourth to Twenty-ffth, An
order was passed directing the clerk to
draw a warrant for 5000 to pay damages to
lot 1, block II, Brown Park addition by rea-
son of the grading Of S street The council
then adjourned for one week.
Ackermhm AtNempN8 SulCAuGs
George Alderman, who lives in rooms
over the Rudersdorf billiard hall on TWEEN.
ty-fourth street, attempted to commit sui.
eide last night in the presence of his wife
and the chief of police. He shot himself
! through the shoulder with tiny revolver
inficting a dangerous wound. The gun he
used was a vest pocket revolver and looked
like a mere toy. The trend Of the bullet
was downward through the heshy part OF
the shoulder. It had not been located last
night. Ackerman's act was caused by a
elimination of domestic difficulties ending
with the attempt OF his wife to take her
possessions from the rooms. It is said thai
he had abused the woman on many occa.
sions and that he had been improvideni
and of late had threatened to kill her
She at last called the chief of police to pro.
tect her while she removed her belongings
from the rooms. While there Alderman re-
turned and asked the chief to help him per,
suade his wife to remain with him. Thi,
the chief refused to do. He then went t
the woman and pleaded with her to remain
: but she refused, saying that she could
stand his treatment of her no more. While
she continued packing up he went quietly
into another room and secured the weapon
and calling his wife by name he shouted
TGOOu Dy6, mere goes ana ureu the ShOt
The woman screamed and tainted and tn,
chief caught her first and brought her par
TALLY to consciousness. Then he went t.
Alderman and examined the wound. II,
discovered that although the man haC
fallen in a faint from the shock he was no
dead and soon revived. The chief had hi
) hands FULL but finally found time to sent
, for a doctor. DR.. c. M. Schindel responded
and dressed the wounds. Alderman wal
taken to the South Omaha hospital and
. last reports was resting easily. The wo
man is Frustrated from the shock. She Il
the daughter of Dana Morrill,, membe
: Of the Board Of Education, and one Of tn
most prominent families Of the city an,
has been married to Alderman for severa
years.
, Reports BEING Assaulted and Robbed
. Mike Puzzles, Of Polish nationality, ap
peared before Judge King yesterday ait