Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14
BRIEF CITY NEWS

Rudoiph =. swoboda, decentralization
Bowman, 1T NJ rs. Douglas shoe' 1880
Pa Rourks for quality cigars. sis s. 18TH.
R~inshart, photographer. 18th q Farnam-
DIT. soukup, dentist, moved to Paxton blk.
eco suits 20 order. SIS; So pants for -
MacCarthy-Wilson, 94 South 18th.
W. r. Daiy is no longer associated with
Johnson-Rowe-Daiy Co. 1912 Howard.
EquitabIs Life, Paul Morton. president.
Policies sight drafts at maturity. II. d
Nicely. manager. Omaha
Reinforced conorete-Fireproof, wind
proof, verminproof. 61 Brandeis Bldg.
Rediok's Court Room CloSsd-Judge
Redick's equity court in the Bee building
will be closed temporarily while the Judge
sits for Judge sutton. who is In the east,
Judge Sutton Will be absent about two
weeks. A
Two Cars Of Hams for Manila-Two car
loads OF hams for the use OF the United
States army In the Philippines will be
shipped from the Cudahy Packing com
pany's establishment to San Francisco
early next week.
W. 8. Edmiston Buys Cheyenne Leader
William 8. Edmiston, for some time a mem
Der OF the advertising department Of The
Bee, has bought the Cheyenne Leader and
has gone TO Cheyenne to take control OF It.
Mr.. Edmiston was on the Nonpareil of
Council Bluffs before coming to The Bee,
Commercial Gu Charter Makers--Ar-
thur c. Smith. +. r. sanborn and Henry w.
Yates have been appointed as the commit
tee to consider changes in the charter of
Omaha. The city council and real estate
exchange rave named their committee and
the Federation Of Improvement clubs viii
name a committed. '
Delegates to o. v. U. at Toledo-At a
meeting of the Union Veterans union held
Friday evening. these delegates were
chosen to attend the national encampment,
to be held at Toledo in August: Jonathan
Edwards, Lewis Quicker, w. ]. Hahn, E.
Mcintosh, NCharles e. Bruner, l.. N. Con-
den. W. H.. Hatteroth and $. F. Moore.
Thief in office Of DootOr-Dr. A. f.
Tyler stepped out OF his office in the
Creighton block for a few moments Friday
right and returned to. find that a sneak
thief had entered and extracted a gold
watch and $27 from. his coat Burglars en-
tered the store of ]. ". Kopald, 7O1 North
Sixteenth street, and stole a revolver Fri
day night.
Marriage Life at an End-Two Council
Bluffs marriages had their finish in Judge
Kennedy's divorce court Saturday morning
when Martha A. Warren secured a decree
OF divorce from Taylor Warren on charges
OF non%-support, desertion and cruelty, and
Ella Betten secured a divorce from Herman
Betten, charging Gesertion. Both women said
they had gone to Council Bluffs to be mar.
ried.
City Buys HEaterial--Bids for cement
and sand were opened Friday by the city
engineer and the contract for $1,000 barrels
OF cement awarded to, T. F. Swift & Co, al
the contract price of $1.OS a barrel, a,
against $1.S8 last year. The Dundee Lumber
Coal & Lime Co., = was awarded the con
tract for 1900 tons of sand at AZ cents
ton, 2 cents less than other contractors
claim II costs to deliver.
Appraisers Are Observation-Disclosures
Stone has secured a restraining order from
Judge Kennedy to prevent the city an
three appraisers, Otto Bauman, Jacol
Counsman and C.. d. Glover from apprais
ing HIS property, which the oity propose
to a for the purpose of widening Secon,
street from William to Woolworth avenue
He declares the object of the city Is no
really to widen Second street. but to es
tablish a new street which will divide hi
property. He asserts the proceedings ar
| AtitBal aAu viii CdSl a ClOuu III III I'LL
to his property.
Pity for wife and BABY Saves Man"
will give you just thirty days in Jail an
Will date your sentence from the date O
your arrest. 1 don't do it for your sake
but because of that little baby and you
wife" said Judge Sears, Saturday. whe
he accepted a plea of petit larceny fror
Harry Gillian, and gave him a light sen
tence. Gillian WAS charged with breakin
into the barn Of Charles E. FNuray an
stealing some tools. The offense carries
penitentlary sentence, but because of hi
wife and baby. who were in court Saturday
Judge Sears accepted a plea to the Jesse
offense and gave him a light ~sentenc'
BY dating the sentence at the time of HI
arrest he will be released early next weel
Boylss Hold Annual Pionio-Pupils o
Boyles Business college had an exhilar
ating outing Friday at Riverview park
the occasion being the annual picnic give
! by the faculty to the students of the inst
tuition. To the number of 800 they boarde
special cars and started for the most en-
joyable event of the college year. Bas
ball, lunches and all sorts of games helpe
: put in a most enjoyable day. Followin
was the summary of events: Teachers
2 race, fifty yards, Miss Mackerill first. Fs
mems race. Mr.. Anderson first. II. I
Boyles second. Egg race. Miss Shook an
Miss Egbert tied for first place; one hur
dred-yard dash, won by Mr., Utschinsky
ladies' one hundFed-yard dash. won b
Miss Sorenson; ple-eating contest, won b
Mr.. Elmer Umsted; 44O-yard cross-countr
run, won by Mr.. Clifford. Boyles and M
Reasoner second; shot put, Mr.. MetzRt
first and Miss Jenson second. poie vaul