Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-30
BRIEF CITY NEWS.

Zee Company Rsinoorpotatss-Artie
have been filed for the purpose Of increas-
4 Ing the capital stock OF the Peoples Ice
and Coal company from $4,000 TO 100000
one Ezors in the Faouity--A new meni-
Der has been added 20 the high school
faculty. HIS name Is senter. He is son
Of DR.. r. A. senter. His date Of service
has not been decided on as his advent only
began with Good Friday.
differences in values--some difference
OF opinion appears 70 exist as TO the value
Of choice downtown real estate and this
l condition was aptly Illustrated Friday
morning when W. Farnam Smith received
an offer Of 10000 for the Grossmnn corner
at Seventeenth and Douglas streets. which
was Indignantly refused, as the owner has
set price Of $4,000 on the corner.
" DR.. roster Goes TO Rastings-Dr Robert
Foster, who has been with the Omaha
General hospital since the organisation OF
that institution. has received an appoint
ment for the Hastings asylum and viii
leave for that city on Monday 70 take up
his new work A successor TO DIT. Foster
At the local hospital has not been an
nounced.
1Ens Of Double aokAThe contract was
by the Omaha 4 Southern 1nterurban chm
pany for the grading OF mile OF double
track on the Bellevue line This will ex-
tend the double track south about 1,OOO
feet and north about 4.2so feet, making the
switch or double track two miles long.
This will permit of the running Of two or
three cars without friction ana will give q
twenty-minute service when three cars
are run
Westminster ISSUES CaIl--Rev. W. g.
Fulton d. D.. Of Pittsburg pastor OF one
OF the large Presbyterian churches there,
has, been called to the pulpit OF Westmin-
ster church I'm Omaha. He 10 now here
hooking services each evening this week al
that church. This pulpit was made vacant
by the resignation OF DR.. T. " Moore, whC
went to accept the chair of theology II
the seminary at San Anselmo, Cal. DR.
Fulton has made a strong impression and
is being urged to accept the call.
Dslirious From Injuries---A Helm, tn,
- man who was taken TO the Omaha Genera
hospital by the police suffering from in
juries said to have been received In fal
from a second story window. became de
lirious Thursday night and was in low
condition Friday being only partly con
scious. The nature Of the wounds indieat
ZIG man was injured IN Eoine OkneF wa,
than stated. as some Of them are such a
= could not have been indicted merely Il
contact with a fat sidewalk. Helm ha
relatives In Omaha.
rev Garbage DeAl-The garbage con
tract entered into between the city o.
Omaha and the City Garbage company
three years ago expired Thursday evening
This company maintained a dump at tn,
river near Jones streets for which tn
city paid S2,lO0 per year Friday morninl
the company started charging toll for Al
matter emptied at this dump. Health Com
missioner Connell is now In Lincoln in tn
interests Of bill to enable the city to en-
ter into a garbage contract which will no
cost Omaha nor the citizens any sxpens
for the removal Of garbage.
Rival Of Painting ROrtha--Ida Woods,
colored woman, who has proved herself n
adept at extracting money from people
pockets without their knowledge, was givel
ninety days in tho county jail by Judg
Crawford in police court Friday morning
The woman is declared to be the one VIII
took S0i fAom the pockets Of an old whit
man from Iowa who had gone TO the aid .
Fshie BprlS. a white woman Of ths-lOwe
- world, who had tainted and fallen at he
ame on Capitol avenue. She u said Il
Nhave entered the house while the strange
was engaged in restoring the faintirl
woman "a consciousness and, pretending &
help him,,took his money and LETT with II