Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-16
BRIEF CITY NEWS


AhNe Aoot Erimt II
Diamonds, Edhoim, Jswslsr.
Thomas ". ~Blaokburn, Lawyer.
Rudolph =. ~swoboda, ubn Accountant
Bowman, III n. l6. Douglas shoe. s3.50
Pa Rourke for Quality cigars. S16 s. 18TH
ainehart, photographer. 18th & Farnam-
Equitable LAfe-Policies, sight drafts at
maturity. II. D.. Nicely, manager. Omaha
The Fall term At Brownell Hall opens
September 81.
Electrical wiring and RepairS-Burgess-
GranGcn company. 1911 Howard street.
tThe American safe Deposit 90, in the
Bee building. is the only company In
Omaha that rents boxes for the safe keep
ing Of money. Boxes rent for only "a a
year or 81 for three months.
Ten ola for Abusing Family-For
endeavoring to demonstrate to his wife
that he was the loId OF his household, John
Lynch was arrested Monday evening on
the charge OF being drunk and abusing his
family. He was fined SO and costs by
Judge Crawford.
suit on Contract-suit was brought in
the United states circuit court Tuesday
morning by A. A. Schmidt OF Topeka
against Louis sGreserson. A.. II. Murdoch.
Frank A. Broadweii and r. f. L. Herdman
Of Nebraska for damages In the sum OF
$S,4i2.2S for failure to carry out the terms
OF a contract.
Mabie Cooley Asks DiVoroe-Mable
cooley has applied to the district court for
divorce from Arthur Clyde Cooley. She
aye he failed to support her and finally
abandoned her. While he was at home she
asserts he stayed out late at night and
sometimes all night. She wants her maiden
name, Van Cleye, restored and the custody
OF their boy.
Men Get Girl Drunk-Upon complaint of
Probation Officer Bernstein Ira Taylor and
John Swanson, two grown men, were ar
rested Monday evening on the charge Of
disorderly conduct. The two men, in com
pany with Ruth Duncan, a 15-year-old girl
who escaped from the Detention home,
were buying beer at 1921 Willis avenue, and
when arrested the trio were considerably
under the influence Of liquor. especially the
Duncan girl. Taylor and Swanson were
each fined SIS and costs and the girl was
returned to the Detention home.
Ten New street Cars-Ten new cars
have arrived from ST. Louis for the Omaha
G. Council Bluffs Street Railway company
and will be in readiness to help haul the
throngs which will come to Omaha for the
fall festivities, In addition to these ten the
company has completed the building OF
eight new, large and commodious cars at
the Omaha shops Of the company, which
will also be put in service, making eighteen
new large cars for the cross-town lines.
These are all models of construction, with
air brakes and hot water system of heating.
hoy Buys xiquor ana Gets Drunk-Ar-
rested Monday evening on the charge of
being drunk and disorderly. Joe Leanord,
a 17-year-old boy. was turned over to Pro-
baton officer Bernstein Tuesday morning
by Judge Crawford. The boy claimed to
have bought the liquor which he drank In
the saloon at Thirteenth and Mason streets.
Probation officer Bernstein and Carver are
making an Investigation and II the young
mans statements can be proven correct
Bernstein will demand that the saloon
keeper be prosecuted and his license re-
voked.
Inspection Of sOidisrn' -Koms-Lieuten-
ant Colonel w. I. Wood of the inspector
generals department at Washington is in
Omaha, enroute to Hot Springs, S. D., to
inspect the Battle Mountain sanitarium
there. Colonel Wood has Just completed
the inspection of the National Home for
Disabled Volunteers at Milwaukee, He is
specially engaged In the. work OF the in
~spection Of the National Soldiers homes
and will go from Hot Springs to Los An
geles to inspect the Santa Monica home
near there. Colonel Wood succeeded Major
Jacob G. Galbraith in the Inspector gen.
erals department at Washington. Major
Galbraith is the present inspector OF the
Department of the Missouri and Colonel
Wood is his guest while in the city.