Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-15
BRIEF CITY NEWS


EA&NN &EtSh GAeaN
Diamonds, Edholm, JewelOr.
. Rudolph r. swobodA, Public Accountant.
Pa Rourks for Quality cigars, ale s, 18th
Rinehart, photographer, 18th & Farnam.
DR.. J. J. Foster, dentist. Continental Blk
Bowman, 1T N. 16. Douglas shoe. $3.50.
Electrical Wiring ana RspaiEs-Burgess.
Granden company, 1911 Howard street.
Globe weather strip work on Paxton
hotel. Saves one-third coal. Sc per foot.
Equitable L~ifS-Policies sight drafts at
maturity. II. D.. Nicely. manager. Omaha
Socialists Have Mseting-John w.
Brown will speak en- socialism at Crounse
nall, III North Sixteenth street, Thursday
evening.
Keep your money and vAluablss In a
safe deposit box In the American Safe De-
post Vaults in The Bee building, which is
absolutely burglar and fireproof. Boxes
rent for only 81 a year or 81 a quarter.
Joe Longtail Out on 1ail-Colonel JOS
eph Longtsil, an Omaha Indian, who has
been in prison for two weeks In the Douglas
county Jail for Introducing liquor onto the
Winnebago reservation, was released from
custody Wednesday morning, having Sc
cured the $500 bali required.
suit for Auto nEonsy-H. e. Fredrick-
y uEdlCT ia huOOIhiObiANbt BNBul sun
in district court against ], Il. schlank for
t749.95, the balance, he asserts, is due on
a note for 1850. The note was payable
at the rate Of S35 a week. He has attached
money in the possession of the Boston In
surance company which he asserts belongs
to Schlank.
Charge OF ForgOry-Charged with pass
Ing a forged check on Lucien stephens OF
81 80 l. NAN.1
In district court before Judge Sears. The
check was drawn on the Hoagland Lumbei
company and was for SIS. Powers bought 4
bill Of goods. paying for it with the checl
and receiving SIS in change. F. c. o'Hol
leran is defending him.
Sign Arch Kept Busy-The "Welcome
N. +. OF w. c." will be the last sign t.
be blazoned forth in front OF the city hal
for some time, for no other convention II
scheduled in the Immediate future. The
initials are the third set to DO Illuminated
since the erection of this electric signbosrd
The two preceding we're the IL. A. of M
the mayors, and the letter carriers, IN. r
L. ca. The present emblem is the caus
of much bad g~uessing-the initials OF tn,
Nebraska Federation Of Women's Clubs.
Chief saltar Warns M~srehants-Fir'
Chief salter is cut with an announcement
to Omaha merchants that no ball is to b
given BY the members Of the Omaha fir
department The chief is led to max
this announcement because Of numerous in
quiries he has received from business men
concerning firemen who have boon solicit
ing purchasers for tickets for a ball to b
given by the South Omaha firemen, mem
bers of which department solicit the bust
ness mon OF Omaha each year and usuall
A. G-.N AAAN Al
majority OF those approached are under tn
Impression that the men are MEMBERS o
the Omaha fire department.
Another battalion OF Cadsts-A plan IL
on foot Tor, the forming of two battalion
Of cadets In the high school and also 70
giving more credit for drill. The numbe
Of boys enrolled for drill In the battalio
this year is larger than any precedin
year, and II Is believed the formation O
a second battalion is the best means o
managing the military department. Prin
oipal Graft is In favor of giving four credit
for four years of drill instead OF thre
credits. He feels that the increase 1
or sditss IL quite possible under certain cor
ditlons, but those conditions have not ye
been decided upon. The question will b
Thoroughly considered before he will max
any changes.
Land Rush Not DO oreat-Up to mid
night Tuesday the Northwestern road ha
handled $1,000 people into the registratio
points for the drawing Of the Trip count
land. The movement from this section
falling off and the Northwestern now ha
equipment for handling twice as man
people as are going. The morning trail
Wednesday had two sections, the afternoo
train two sections and Indications were 70
three sections or the evening train. Pc
sides the thousands who are daily goin
through Omaha a large number arc bein
moved through Missouri Valley withou
coming through Omaha. Tuesday tn
Northwestern handled 5,761 passengers, an
Wednesday the number was but abou
1000.