Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-17
BRIEF CITY NEWS.


I shah be glad to meet my friends. at
the Peoples Store Brantiey East
New store--New goods clothing Tor
men and women hats shoes. furniture.
carpets, draperies. stoves. Cash or credit,
Union Quitting Co, 1S1B-I7-1s Farnam
peserters Are Captured-Eugene j.
Miller and Obed Lees deserters from Fort
Crook. were captured. by. Patrolman shep-
ard Monday night and will be held for a
detail from the fort.
Tracks Ready for Pavers-The street
railway tracks are all in place on Twenty
fourth between Leavenworth and Vinton
streets and all is now ready for the PAYERS
The material is now on the ground and the
contractor is expected TO begin work at
once The cars will be run over this route
as soon as the paving is completed.
Mawhinneys in Italy. f. Mawhlnney
of the firm of Mawhinney & Ryan, who is
travelling through southern Europe with
his wife and daughter, writes to friends in
Omaha. Greetings from sunny Italy. land
of coral, tortoise shell and macaroni We
had delightful voyage except two days
storm, which brought us in two days late"
Fares to Florence VIII stand--street
railway officials say they will make no
change in the fare to and from Florence
NAAsh 10 hbW y NtHNo " ala pNbblt WIN llNV
in Florence or who wish 10 buy the books
giving twenty rides for ST. They say a resi-
dent of Florence can now ride for cents
over thirteen miles or to the sarpy county
line.
Fire and Police Committees-These COM
1nittees have been agreed on by the Board
ri Fire and Police Commissioners: Build
ings and property. Kennedy, Cowell and
ilayor Dahlman finance Cowell, Kennedy
nd Mayor Dahlmani men and discipline
.nler, Cowell and Page; ordinances, laws
nd regulations. Page, Giller and Kennedy.
These selections will be ratified at the next
'eguiar meeting of the board.
Case OF Alleged Rabies---Dr. II. L. Ram
accottI city veterinarian, reported the
death of Moritz Meyers poodle dog Of
dumb rabies" Tuesday morning. The
doctor declared the animal showed pro-
nounced symptoms of dumb rabies and was
completely paralyzed before DEATH. Mayor
Dahlman saw the dog Monday aftertoon
! and was convinced the dog was suffering
from rabies.
sprinkle Between Rails-Assistant City
Attorney Rine Is preparing for Councilman
Bridges an ordinance to require street car
companies operating in Omaha to sprinkle
between rails and to within eighteen inches
from each outer ral during the months
from April to October, inclusive 1t will
be stipulated in this ordinance that sprtnk-
ling shall be done twice each day. the
council to have power to regulate this ac-
cOrding to conditions.
women Fight for sraoolet-A slender,
gold-pIated bracelet was the undoing OF
Pansy Miller and May Smith Monday
night and in their desire to own the
trinket they forgot womanly modesty and
sought to do each other bodily injury
They started In with a battle Of words
but one had so little advantage over the
other that hair-pulling and hatpin-stick-
ting match was just growing interesting
when Patrolman Shepard happened by, and
the war was over. Police Judge Crawford
fined each fighter IS and costs.
BIDS for sswers-city Engineer Rose
water Monday afternoon opened Dds toI
the construction of sewers In districts S@s
and 800 the former covering territory on
Davenport street from Twenty-eghth ave
nue. to Twenty-ninth street. and the latter
from Saddle Creek road to Forty-eightf
street on Douglas. James Jensen was tht
lowest bidder in both Instances. For thf
Davenport street job he bid $215.6 for S'
feet of s-inch sewer and on the Douglas
street work he bid Ssl227 for 1,292 feet OF
9 and l2-lnch sewer
Trophies from the Holy Land-Rev. d
W. MeGregOr, pastor Of DietA Memora
Methodist church, is in receipt OF a book
Of views and pressed flowers sent by Gould
Dietz from the Holy LIANT tour OF which
ur. and Mrs. Dietz have Just made The
book is one of the handsomest OF creations
its covers are thick, highly finished and
OF olive wood the interior presents IN,
most striking views OF the scenes mad
immortal by the visits OF Christ and
flowers from these great places. From
Mount Carmel. the Mount OF Olives, salom
and other places of Importance in the Bibl