Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-07

Arthur Phillips Thirty-thlrd and Lake
streets, were arrested Monday morning by
City Inspector Of Weights and Measures
Pegg. on a charge of having short meas
ures In their possession. Pegg asserted he
found the men peddling with baskets too
small to hold the quantity they were sup
posed to contain. City Prosecutor Daniel
told them II they would destroy the vessels
they have and see TO Il that they have
full sizes in the future they would not be
prosecuted this time. and they promised.
New 'Phons Company offioers--At a
meeting Of the stockholders Of the new In-
dependent Telephone company Of Omaha
Monday the same officers and directors
were reelected for the coming year. The
officers are U. s. Grant, jr., Of San Diego.
! president; r II. Stow, vice president, F. s.
Graves, secretary. and c. z. Bittnger,
treasurer. The directors Of the company
are w. F Ely and F. II. Stow of Omaha
and L. s. Grant. jr., Of San Diego. The
work Of installing the Omaha plant is now
under way and large forces Of men are be-
ing put to work as fast as they can be
| secured.
Gsw Business Getters-The Packers and
| Merchants Commercial association, which
/ Is being organized by Dakota and local
/ capitalists, has leased a suite OF offices
in the BaldTige-wead block at Twentieth
and Farnam streets and will enter the
| Omaha field Of commercial adjustment and
collections as soon as incorporation is had
| Incorporation papers will be filed imme-
diately by the attorney Of the new com
pany, Richard s. Horton, and active bust
ness begun The new concern is backed
principally by local capital. but has no
outside connections and the scope win be
that Of the usual mercantile collection
agency.
May Term Of District court-The May
term of the district court opened Monday
morning with a brand new jury panel
1 reporting for duty. Most of the forenoon
was spent by Judge Troup listening e
requests Of Jurors TO be excused from duty
The first case to come before the criminal
court was that of John simms, charged
with statutory offense against a seven,
year-old girl. Before the jury was impan
eled an error in drawing the informa tior
was discovered and the case was postponed
70 correct It. This Is the second time tn,
information in this case has been found
defective. The first time the charge agains
him was changed after the preliminar,
hearing.
Federal Grand Jury Tuesday-The fed
eral grand jury will be formally empan
: elled at the federal building Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. The matters to come be
} fore the jury are such cases or offense'
as originated before February q, when tn,
. new federal judicial bill went into ef
. feet The purpose of the present session
+ OF the grand Jury Is to clean up all ole
. cases originating in the old general dis
trict of Nebraska before the creation o.
; the new subdivisions Of the district II
the absence Of Assistant Attorney Genera
Rush and District Attorney Goss at st
Paul, Assistant District Attorney Lane viii
superintend bringing matters to the at
tention of the grand jury.
: six-xear-old Tot Before court-Morri
Borsky years old, was up before Juve
, nile court Monday morning on a charg
: of begging According to the stories toll
r in court. Morris would run away from
home and beg money and little trlnket
= from the neighbors. Judge Kennedy pa
d rolled him to his 11-year-old brother, PHILIP
( who promised to look after him. A grou
4 Of youngsters from 10 to 10 years old wer
I In court charged with robbing a railroa
e car. Morris Lonergan, it is charged, brolJ
the seal TO the car. 80 his companion
!, could raid II Of oranges and other fruit
= The mother of James Berry, one OF TIL
n boys told the court he was only II year
: { old, but that she had made affidavit h
: wac Il IN order to enable him to work :
one Of the South Omaha packing houses.