Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-15
BRIEF CITY NE VS.

Rave Root Print II.
Diamonds, Edholm, Jswsisr.
Rudolph r. swoboda, Public Accountant
Pa Rourke for Quality cigars. ais s. 10Th
Rinehart, photographer, 18Th Farnam'
Howman. IL N. 10. Douglas shoe. $3.50.
Electrical wiring and Repairs-Burgess-
Grapden company. 1911 Howard street.
Equitable Life-Policies sight drafts at
maturity. IL. D. Nicely, manager, Omaha.
For furnace or hot water combination
heating see Omaha Stove Repair Works.
1906 Douglas. Bell Tel. Doug. 800, Ind.
A-s621.
Keep your money ana valuAblss in =
safe deposit box in the American Safe De-
posit Vaults in The Bee building, which il
Absolutely burglar and fireproof. Boxes
rent for only 81 a year or 81 a quarter.
Foot Ball Fans Go to L~ineoln-Almost
a hundred local foot ball enthusiasts left
this morning over the Burlington for Lin
coin to witness the Kansas-Nebraska game
this afternoon.
hit on the Head by a MIX Can-Matt
Mathes has begun suit against w. S. Bal
duff for 5000, asserting he was injured by
the falling Of a milk can on his head while
serving as a cook in the Bslduff kitchen.
DR.. n%Eillener to Phis7sopnerB-Frederick
H. Millener. NJ. d. E. e., will address the
Omaha Philosophical society Sunday at 3
p. m. in Baright han, Nineteenth and Far
nam streets, on Disturbances of the So
Called Ether, Produced Mechanically and
Otherwise Meetings free.
Coal Dealer lis Disoharged-Morris
Rosenblatt, a coal dealer arrested several
days ago on charges of having given short
weights and of having used Incorrect scales,
was discharged in all three of the cases
brought against him by Weight Inspector
j. G. Pegg in police court Saturday.
Solomon Euys Gloves for Nswsy-
County Comptroller Emmett Solomon
opened up his heart and his purse strings
Saturday morning and donated to the
newsboys money enough to buy fifty pairs
Of gloves. The gloves will be distributed
to the boys Saturday afternoon by Mogy
Bernstein.
Funeral Of stauffer Monday-The flu
neral of George A. Stauffer, the fireman
who was killed in the railroad wreck at
Thurston Friday evening, will be held Mon
day morning at 9 o'clock at his home, 3Tl5
North Twentieth street. The body will be
buried in Holy Sepulchre cemetery. He
was married, but had no children.
Motion for New Trial in Baird Case
Inc WOllOn IOT u new llldl III the case OF
the United States against F.. S. Baird will
be filed by his attorneys Monday. Mr..
Baird was recently convicted in the fed
eral court of completely in conspiracy in
the Chicago Ranch land matter regarding
alleged fraudulent filing on public lands in
Dawes county.
Railway Men Arrange for Banqust-The
committee of arrangements of the Central
AggOciafiou Of Railway observation-disclosures
representing the Omaha roads, met at the
Paxton hotel at noon Saturday to complete
arrangements for the annual dinner of the
association to be held at the Paxton next
Wednesday. The affair promises to be a
most elaborate one and a number of super
intendents of railways from adjacent states
are expected to be present.
Tom o'Brien in Lincoln Jail-Thomas
O'Brien, under indictment for having in
his possession alleged counterfeit money,
and with undertaking to pass the same,
was taken to the Lancaster county Jail at
Lincoln Friday by Deputy United States
Marshal Proctor, having been bound over
to the United States district court for the
/ Lincoln district in 1000. O'Brien evidently
intends making a hard fight against con-
victions and has employed the best counsel
he can find to clear him of the charge.
workman Struck on the Head-While
helping dig the proposed big sewer from
the smelling works to the river Saturday
morning 3. Ovetkovitch, who lives near
Tenth and Jackson streets, was struck on
the top of his head by a slowly moving
truck engine and received a bad scalp
wound. Police Surgeon Harris dressed the
injury, which was at first thought to be
serious. with a possible fracture of the
skull. The man went home afterward. He
was leaning over near the temporary track
| digging when the engine bumped into him.
Elwood Riggs Piles New suit-Elwood
Riggs, who lost out in litigation before
Judge Estelle with the Optical
company, of which he was manager for
some time, has filed a new suit in court,
claiming $3.50 from the company as a part
Of his share of the profits in the exhibits
of the company at the Buffalo exposition.
The company owned one-fourth of the eX-
hibit and Riggs was to receive one-siXth Of
their share. He says the defendants rep
resented his share was worth $3.50. After
he became manager of the company he had
access to the books and he asserts he
learned his share was really worth Sl,5OO.
He sues for the difference.
Distinguished Artist in City-Johannes
Schumacher. a distinguished artist Of st.
Louis, is at the Willard. He is the master
of a new school in art, an unique water
and china color method, in which he has
been so successful that his system has
come to be known over the country as the
schuniaue. A recent issue Of the maya
zine Humanity contained a long story OF