Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-12
BRIEF CITY NEWS.


Equal TAX Lsagus-GsorEs A. Masney
VIZ address the Equitable Tax league to-
niEht az lal1 Farnan, subject New Tea
and" Public invited.
Rabbi COINS suhi.-e-Rahbi Frederic,
Conn viii address the congregation Of
temple Israel Friday evening az o'clock
on 'lionism" at the temple
Play at School BunAing-The pupils Of
saunders school are arranging TO give
play at the school building Friday after
noon Of this week al ass o'clock
HSw stOrs-New goods. Clothing for
men and women, hats. shoes, furniture,
carpets, draperies, stoves Cash or credit
Union Quitting Co. l815-I7-ls Farnam.
Divorce for Mrs. aeil-Ance N. Bell has
sstitionsd the district court for a divorce
4r,m Charles II. Bell on the ground Of
abandonment. She asks the custody Of
= their child.
Farewell 20 Pennooh--The Social Service
club will give a farewell dinner 70 Henry
w. Pennock at the Commercial club rooms
Saturday at l2:l5. Judge Estelle. Dean
Beecher. Mrs. Towle and Miss Mccarthy
will speak
Hsld a. Buspioious-Fred Martin was
arrested Wednesday night by Detective
Davis and 10 being held by the police as
a suspicious character. The man IL
wanted BY the police at Council BluIs for
some work he has done there and will be
detained until ofhcers from over the river
arrive for him.
Peculiar Aooidsnt-street car trsfho was
temporarily suspended on the Park ave-
nue. line at Sixteenth and Howard streets
Thursday morning through one OF the
David Cole delivery wagons getting a
wheel wedged in the switch at that cor
ner. Tranho was delayed fifteen OF twenty
minutes In consequence until the blocked
wheel could be released with the aid OF
crowbars.
Hawtshawu organizo-The North Amer
lea Secret Service company has filed arti-
Giles Of Incorporation with the county
clerk Edward A. Reed. Elwood s. Line
and John T. Kelly are the incorporators
and the capital stock Is S25,o00 The
company Is formed for the purpose Of
doing detective work, furnishing men for
patrol duty and provide secret service.
JACOB Snyder Asks Divoroo-Jaeob will
lington Snyder charges Martha May Sny-
ter with throwing him out Of their house
and forcing him 70 abide among strang
ers. The accusations are made in a petit
ton for divorce filed In district court
Thursday. They were married October
u, 1905, but shortly afterward he says
she refused to live with him and made 1t
so uncomfortable at home he had to leave.
4 Speedway a. Hlmwood-The Park board
! visited Elmwood park Thursday morning
TO look over the ground with a view to-
ward placing in the park public speed
way, which matter has been on tine tapis
for a year. This subject will be brought
up for consideration at the April meeting
of the board The proposed idea is TO
install a mile track II It win not seriously
disturb the original plan for developing
this park.
SIaAu Haul for BurRIArR-Thirty-h five
pennies and a slab OF bacon were the re-
ward Of burglars who climbed over the
transom at the Bos I market, ilS North
Sixteenth street Wednesday night for the
purpose OF robbery. Chicken thieves also
again got busy and Christian Jensen, S7l2
Ohio street, gave up thirteen hens to
them, while Mrs. Bailey, S72o Ohio street
contributed thirty-two chickens and -four
ducks to the providers
Caught In Box OAr-Special Onicer NJ.
Abutler or the MISSOURI HaClnC railroad
Mound NJ. b. Randall. 260s Rees street, in
"a box car with broken seal early Thurs
day morning and had him aent 10 jail
charged with breaking and entering. Not
only was the seal OF the car In which
Randall was found broken, but two other
cars showed signs of having been tam
pered with. The man will be held until
Il Is determined II any goods are missing
from any of the cars
Repairing FarnAm BtrsOt-Work will be-
gin within a week or ten days on the re-
paving of FarnAm street with asphalt
from Thirteenth and Eighteenth streets
The contract for this work was lot to thC
Barber Paving company last fall. j. G
Baker, local manager for this company
Will return from the east on Saturday and
win begin next Monday morning to organ
ize the local force for the season. Thf
Omaha Gas company Is now examining
mains along FRrnam street In anticipation
OF the Tepaving.
BODY OF Han UnolatmOd--The body Of
William Hall, aged about 90 years, whC
lied Sunday at the county hospital still
lies unclaimed at the undertaking room
Of tho CoIe-McKay company Hall die
from an attack of nephritis and had beer
At the hospital eighteen days lie was {
lAborer and left no word regarding an.