Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26
BRIEF CITY NEWS

Have Root Print n.
Rudolph r. swoboda, Pubuo-Acoountant
Bowman, III X l6. Douglas shoe. $3.50.
Pa Rourks for Quality cigars. 316 S. 18th.
Rinshart, photographer. 18th q Farnam.
James o. Kinsler for county atty. Adv.
Equitable L~ifs-Policies. sight drafts at
maturity. II. D.. Nicely. manager. Omaha.
Burgess-Grandin Co, 1911 Howard St
Gas, electric fixtures. electric wiring and
repairs. Residence electric fans, $1,000.
Mr.. cOburn's Leg Amputaysd-Followlng
the amputation Of his right leg above the
knee at the Omaha General hospital Satur-
day morning, william Coburn was re-
ported as doing as well as could be ex-
pected. But small hope is held out for his
recovery.
Mourning Period Ends-The thirty-day
official mourning period for the late ex-
President Cleveland terminated Friday
evening and the flags on the federal and
army buildings, which have been at half
staff for a month past, are now restored to
full staff.
Bryan at Flag Raising-w. j. bryan is
expected to be present Monday evening at
the flag-raising ceremony by the John A.
Creighton Marching club. The flag raising
will be at Twenty-fourth and L~eavenworth
streets. The flag has been donated by p.
c. Heafey.
Fall Off Street Car Fatal-olafs iegers,
a tailor, % years of age, who fell from a
South Omaha street car on Vinton street,
between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets,
Friday morning, died Of a fractured skull
at st. Joseph's hospital Saturday. There
was never any hope for his recovery after
the accident.
Special q. A n. Train-For the accom-
mediation of members of the Grand Army
or the Republic residing west of Chicago,
the Wabash will run a special train to the
national encampment at Toledo, leaving
Chicago at 10 a. M, August 81. The forty
second national encampment will be held
from August 81 to September 5.
Board Of Education Monday-President
McCague Of the Board of Education has
Issued a call for a special meeting Of the
board for Monday noon. Three special mat
ters of business have been put on the call.
The board will consider the tax levy; It
Will listen to the report of the judiciary
committee and the report of the supply
committee.
sheriff's Sale to Satisfy Judgment-In
pursuance of a judgment given to H. E.
Fredricksen in district court recently
against the Bearing Company of America
the sheriff held a sale at Nineteenth and
Nicholas streets Friday and realized $4,000
from four tool-making machines. The
judgment, which was for 10000. was OBJ
tained for money loaned by the Fredricksen
company.
Woman Fined for Keeping House-Upon
complaint Of neighbors who aver that she
carries on a carousal until the early hours
of the morning, Mrs. Olson was arrested
on the charge of conducting a disorderly
house at 1923 North Twenty-third street
Friday night. She was fined $40 and costs
In police court and three inmates of the
house at the time Of the arrest were each
fined IS and costs.
Repairs for Fire Engine Wouses-Fire
Chief Salter, City Building Inspector with
nell and Councilmen Bridges, McGovern
and Davis, composing the council commit
tee on public buildings, will visit the fire
engine houses Monday and ascertain what
repairs are necessary. OF the fourteen fire
engine houses eleven are in need Of repair,
says Mr.. Withheld, one of them being in
such a dilapidated condition that protests
have been filed with the council.
AutoiSt Admits Exceeding Limit-Ad-
hitting that he was running his tomob
above a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. clip when ar
rested, Frank Colpetzer was fined IS and
costs in police court Saturday morning for ]
exceeding the speed limit. Carl Malmquist,
who was scorching on a motor cycle at a
twenty-five-mile gait when Intercepted bv
Officers Reigleman and Morgan, was fined
81 and costs. The case of A. L. Reed, an
other speeding autoist, was set for next
Tuesday.
W. j. connen Puts Up New BuiIding-
w j., Connell has started on the construc-
ton of a separate building for the Pullman
company near the Burlington station. Mr..
Connell owns the land adjacent to the Bur
lington on the south and he is building a
pressed brick structure twenty-five feet
wide, which will be used exclusively by the
Pullman company. The local offices will
be moved into the building, which will also
be the reporting place for all employees rum
ming out OF Omaha.
Fan Term OF Federal Court-The fall
term of the federal courts for the Omaha
division VIII convene Monday, September
Is. Both grand and petit jurles will be as
sembled early in the term and from the
present outlook the term will be a busy
one. A dozen or more land fraud cases
that have been carried over from the last
term of the federal courts will be tried in
the United States district court. The more
important of these cases are the Chicago
Ranch, the Edmisten and the Babcock and
Agnew cases.
Man Who IL Cut shrinks from Proseous
ttng-Paul Byron was arrested by Detec-
tives Maloney and Van Deusen Saturday
morning on the charge OF cutting with in
tent to wound Harry Poolher, 2T2 Seward
street, during an alteration Friday night.
Poolher does not desire to prosecute Byron
from the fact that he was the aggressor in
the melee and that Byron did the cutting
In self-defense. Poolher was cut in several
places, the most serious injury being on
the right side from the shoulder directly
down across the chest.