Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-29

board. 1t is to the best interests of the
city that Fred H. Cosgrove be nominated
tuesday as the democratic member Of that
board. His knowledge of city affairs
gained while deputy to City Comptroller
Lobeok has well equipped HIM for the
place.-Adv.
Differences In shows-Cobnel William
MeCune. the advance agent Of Colonel W.
F. cody's Wild West show, does not mix
in politics very actively, but he was moved
to observe Friday morning. politically
speaking; The difference between Colonel
w. ]. Bryan and Colonel Cody is that
Colonel Bryan has no show on earth. while
Colonel Cody has got the best show on
earth"
Promoted to supsrintendents-An order
was issued by the Pustoffice department
Friday morning through Postmaster
Thomas directing that the chief clerks OF
the four substations In Omaha be hereafter
designated as superiRteRdents with an in
crease of salary OF $lOO per year. The chief
clerks thus becoming superintendents OF
stations are: Z. CsstSerg. station A: J. D..
Short. station 3; Gus Bolton. station c, and
II. b. Morse. station d. The new order be-
comes effective at once.
High school Boys Home from west
George Turner. Robert Wood, James Nc
Cord and Rollln Smith. High school boys.
returned Friday morning from a months
hunting and fishing trip in Colorado. The
boys scorned assistance. and when school
closed in the spring, worked for a couple
OF months In the Northwestern freight
house and earned enough to buy a couple
Of tents. ammunition and provisions. and
to pay their fare to Denver and Colorado
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They report no startling experiences. though
thsy all had a good time.
Concentrating the offieeS-ArranEe-
ments are under contemplation in the fed
eral building for concentrating all the OF
fices having anything to do with the de-
partment OF justice on the same floor.
Most of these are now located on the third
floor of the big building and that of the
immigration Inspector will be removed from
the fourth to the third floor in the near
future II the present plans are approved
by the custodian of the building. The room
at present occupied by the immigrant
bureau is needed for an office for the new
laboratory now being installed on the
fourth floor.
Protests over Hack Charges - Com
plants Of overcharges by hack drivers
having been made to his department, City
License Inspector Wagner has caused cards
showing the scale of fares TO be charged
to be posted in all hacks or cabs in the
city and announces that II passengers in
the future who are ovsrcharged will re-
! port the number of the hack IN which he
rode prosecution will be made. According
To the official schedule the maximum
charge to be made for a hack is $50.
though a hack can be hired for an hour
for 8 and 81 for each additional hour. The
fare for one passenger from the depots to
Z sc.el ip 80 cents ard rs cents for each I'D
ditional passenger II all the fares are paid
by one person.
Ola West Rich in Crops-w. L. Park.
general superintendent Of the Union Pa
ciie returned Friday morning from Port
land, where he had been In attendance OF
the annual meeting Of the general super
intendents OF the Hartman lines. Bust
ness on the Union Pacific is steadily i'm
proving" said Mr.. Park. "and l can truth
fully say that Nebraska looks better than
any state through which passed on my
trip all over the west The growing crops
look fine and give Indication of a bumper
corn crop. Rain is needed in oregon. as is
usual at this season OF the year. but there
viii be a big fruit crop from California
and the roads are making preparations for
handling an enormous business from that
state"
Rough Road for Littls CuYid-That the
course of true love meier runs smooth was
demonstrated Thursday night when Ros,
Willis was taken 10 the police station in
a semirconsctcus condition. with one rit
broken and numerous bruises about tbs
head and body, as the result OF a beating
administered to her by Charles Mitchell
a dos catcher. Mitchell aud the woman
have been living together and both Of then
are eolored. The Willis NCman claims tina.
she was asleep Thursday night. wheI
Aitcnell came home and started 10 abus'
her She started TO call W the police sta
ton over the telephone, when Mitchell
AYERS the woman. grshbed the telephon,
from her hands and beat her over ia,
head kn0ckinE her down and then jumped
on her PROSTATE form Size was attendeS
hy Police Surgeon smith ana given quar-
ters in The matrou's aepartment- Aitchel
Is beins sought tgT ~ the p5lce.