Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-14

thing in the way of entertainment and little
matters like buying tickets, sleeping car
tickets and that sort of thing. The visitors
took luncheon at the Henshaw while in the
city.
: Chenault a Former Nebraskan-James
Chenault, the young colored man killed at
South Omaha Thursday night, is thought
to be a former Nebraskan. A young man
of his age and description accompanied the
First Nebrahka regiment to the Philip
pines in 1898 and returned with the reg4-
ment to this state. He was company cook
for Company C of Beatrice. Upon his re-
turn with the regiment to San Francisco
Chenault posed as a captured Filipino
and the members of Company c had him
dressed as a ferocious Irrogote and ex-
hibited him as such at San Francisco. The
trick took immensely and the boys reaped
quite a harvest of coin from 1t.
Tom o'Brien Bound Over Thomas
O'Brien, an alleged counterfeiter and re-
Gently rearrested at Fremont under a war
rant issued by United States Commissioner
Marlay at Lincoln, was arralgned before
United States Commissioner Anderson Fri
day afternoon and bound over to the federal
grand jury In 1000. He was ordered taken
to the Lancaster county jail at Lincoln.
O'Brien is charged with passing one of the
Farmers and Planters Georgia bank notes
which he had deity pasted together. The
offense is alleged to nave. been committed
at Geneva, Neb., and O'Brien will be tried
for the offense in the Lincoln federal dis
trict instead of at Omaha.
Opium Flends Are Flnsd-On the charge
of keeping an opium joint A. L. Kennedy,
colored, was fined $25 and costs in police
court Friday morning and George Dewey,
the white man who was arrested with Ken
needy as an Inmate of the house, forfeited
his cash bond of $40 for nonappearance
Judge Crawford ruled that although Patrol
men Murphy and Aughe did not see either
of the men smoking the hop" they were
guilty OF the charges preferred under the
circumstantial evidence. The room at ALB
North Thirteenth street where the men
were found by the officers Thursday night
was filled with opium smoke and a com
plete outfit for the consumption Of the drug
was found in such condition that it was
thought that use had just been made of it
before the raid was made.
Pullman Porter Goes Frss-Because It
could not be definitely determined whether
II. b. Johnson, a Pullman porter assaulted
S. l.. Sanders of Chicago on the Nebraska
or the Iowa side of the Union Pacific
railroad bridbe as a Burlington train was
pulling into Omaha Thursday morning.
Johnson was discharged by Judge Craw-
ford in police court Friday morning. The
porter admitted assaulting Sanders. but
claimed he did so in order to prevent the
latter from doing so to him. When the
point Of jurisdiction was raised, Prosecutor
Daniel was unable TO secure a conviction.
as no competent evidence was introduced
on the question of what state the assault
occurred in.
Arthur W. Taylor at Rest-Arthur will
liam Taylor, who died as the result of a
fan from the roof Of the eight-story John
Derre Plow company building, was born
near Palmer, Christian county, Illinois. De
cember -, 1915. His life up to ten years
ago was spent In his native state. He
came to Omaha about two years ago, hav.
ing resided for a time at ST. Louis and
also at Sioux City. Mr., Taylor was mar.
Iied April s. 1908, to Miss Anna Merritt Of
Venice, III. They had one child, a son. who
died I'm infancy. MIR. Taylor was a mem.
Der OF the carpenters union of Omaha
and OF the Royal Highlanders' order. The
funeral was held from the residence, on
Twenty-seventh avenue, at ? p. m. Thurs.
day and was attended by a large number
from the orders. as well as a host Of
friends, A wife, who will reside in Omaha
and the parents and three sisters from
Illinois are the surviving relatives.