Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-02

so to Panama with the congressional COM
mission, not being a member OF that COM
mission. l expect 70 return east in June
as a member of the visiting committee to
the Naval academy at Annapolis. The
house members of that committee are Con-
gressmen Dawson of Iowa, Pudgett OF Ten
nessec and myself, with three members OF
the senate, whose names 1 cannot recall
just at this moment"
year ana Half for smith--Charles Smith
who was arraigned before Judge Troup Sat-
urday and pleaded not guilty to breaking
and entering, changed his plea Monday
morning to guilty and was sentenced to a
year and a half In the penltentiary. He
broke into the Comenlus school last month
and stole a number of little things not
worth more than s. altogether.
Union Pacific Paying Taxes-rhe Union
Pacific Railroad company Monday morning
paid County and City Treasurer Fink
! s161cO for 1906 and 1906 city personal taxes
with interest. These taxes were with
held until the county cases should have
been disposed Of. This leaves yet unset
tied IN the way of railroad taxes only the
1903 city personal, which are now in court.
To Condemn Gathers Tract-An ordi-
| Tuesday evening to condemn a strip OF
land now owned and fenced In by John 4.
Gathers on North Twentieth street near
Locust. This tract is needed to complete
the boulevard at that point and is the
same land over which Mr.. Gathers and the
| city OF Omaha has had a fight in the
courts.
DR.. Edwin n. worren visits Omaha
1xrfr. u
ciate secretary for the synods of the
middle west OF the Presbyterian General
Assembly's permanent committee on tenn
perance. addressed the Presbyterian min
listers Monday morning on this branch Of
church work. DIR. worreH says the church
is endeavoring to stimulate zeal in the tenn
perance cause.
Prenuptial Party-A prenuptiai banquet
was given last night at the Her Grand
hotel to DR.. Lemere and Miss Van Gler.,n,
! whose wedding is to be solemnized next
Saturday. Those participating in the AFFAIR
were the Misses Van Gieson, Fannie How
land, May Murphy, Edith Thomas, Palmer,
Messrs. Or. Hollister, Sidney Smith, VIII
| Wood. Ward Palmer with Mines Van
/ Gieson and Nathan Merr as chaperones.
The banquet han was profusely decorated
with lilies OF the valley.
| Work on New Phone system-The new
Independent Telephone company will begin
the construction Of Its new system this
week. Vitrihed conduit will be laid for
underground wires. Joseph r. Lehmer.
laS Farnam street, was awarded the con
tract for furnishing this conduit which
win amount in all to about 1905 900 feet.
This will be about 125 carloads of conduit
altogether. The first shipment Of this ma
terial will arrive in Omaha during the week.
The telephone company has arranged for
It's other material and excavation will be
begun Immediately
Young Man Goes up. F. Emmert was
\ elected president OF the Central Coal and
Coke company at the meeting OF the board
OF directors yesterday. Mr.. Emmert is a
young man of wide acquaintance in Omaha.
He has been with the company four years
and was with the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern railroad prior to that time. He
entered the employ of the company OF
which he is now president in the capacity
OF stenographer, worked up to be book.
keeper and then to travelling representative
A new board Of directors was also elected
the Omaha members OF which are W. A.
Case, z. F. Beale and J. F. Emmert.