Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-05
BRIEF CITY NEWS

1auitabis sight drafts at
maturity. II. ID. Nicely. manage, Omaha.
W. q, Russell, the Woraeshoer, is still
doing business at 515 South Fifteenth
street. Entrance from jackson street.
Miss Psrry's Mig Rummags sale begins
Monday, December Z, at 10 a. m. at 1918
Vinton street, for the benefit Of the
Childs' Saving institute.
For xmas-Gas or Electric Reading
Lamps make acceptable presents. Prices
reasonable. Burgess-Granden Co., next to
gas office. ISL Howard st.
The Ladies of the First Presbyterian
SALIVA Mall Promotion-Clay w. Vro-
man of North Platte has been appointed to
the railway mail service and is assigned to
the Omaha and Ogden division OF the Union
Pacific.
Keep your money ana valuablss in .
safe deposit box in the American Safe De.
poslt Vaults in The Bee building. which is
absolutely burglar and fireproof. Boxes
rent for only 81 a year or 81 a quarter.
DEGREES Of Divorce 0rantsd-DecTees of
divorce have been granted in district court
TO Anna NJ. Kahe from VIII H.. Kahe on
the charge of nonsuppoTt and to Emma
Stuart fIom James A. b. Stuart on the
charge Of cruelty.
First Omaha Esperanto Clup-The reg
ular meeting of the First Omaha Esper-
anto club will be held Saturday afternoon
at 3 o'clock at the public library with w.
A. Weber as leader. The evening class
will meet at 1880 at the library with Miss
katherine Corey leader.
Funeral Of Hugh Chapman-The funeral
of Hugh Chapman, tho sO-year-old veteran
of the civil war and former tailor, grocer
and base ball admirer, who died Thursday,
Is IN he held AT the roeidaDpa nf fha uyIdou,
and sons, George and william, satu. day
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in
Prospect Hill cemetery.
Big Sale of Lots-A 125-foot frontage
on Seventeenth street between William and
Lincoln avenue has been sold by G. w.
Holdrege to T.. II. Matters for 5000. The
John A. Creighton company has disposed
oft two lots in Creighton's addition to j.
i. Sturgeon for $500 and d. c.. Cable has
sold to 8. f. Brodky one-half a lot at
Twenty-sixth and Chicago for $4,000.
Iron Works sues City-The
Iron Works has filed suit in district court
against the city OF South Omaha for dam
ages in the sum OF $2,S& 80. The plaintiff
put in the cells and set all iron work in
the new city Jail and. according to its pc
tition, did the work according to contract
and specifications. After the work was done
the city asked for certain changes. These
changes were made and 1t is payment for
this extra work involved which the Cham
pion people are suing for.
Pants Burglar at Work ARain-The
pants burglar is at work again. For sew
eral weeks his operations, or possibly the
operations of a number of such thieves,
have been discontinued, but Thursday
morning before Edward King awoke s2l
was taken from his trousers pocket by a
burglar who made his escape. His re-
treating form was seen by Mrs. King, but
a description of the man could not be
given to the police. The Kings live at 9f7
North Twenty-seventh street.
Funeral OF John Observation-Disclosures
for the funeral of John McCreary, the
Omaha pioneer who died Thursday morn
ing, were decided upon Friday. They will
be Roy w. Moore, T. F. Q~uinian, ]. M.
Mullen, Patrick Duffy, Joseph McManus,
Edward Riley, Thomas McGoVern and
George Bowen. Funeral services over the
body will be held Saturday morning at 8
o'clock at Sacred Heart church, Twenty
second and Biuney streets. Interment is to
be In Holy Sepulcher cemetery.
Tall smokesSack Falls to Ground-The
thlrty-foot steel smokestack on the county
Jail in the court house grounds crashed to
the ground shortly after noon on Friday,
carrying electric light and telephone wires
with it to the ground. The 81 aiding of the
grounds is thought to have shaken the
foundation OF the Jail, thereby causing the
tall stack to fall. Luckily no one was near
when the stack fell. breaking in two. All
electric lights are out in the court house
and many telephones are not working.
Mcguire Leaves the Rome-George B.
Mcguire, manager OF the Rome hotel, Fri
day severed his connection with that in
~stitution and left for Chicago, where he
win visit his relatives a short time. Mr..
Mcguire. who will be succeeded as man.
ager OF the hotel by w. b. Miller, son OF
Rome Miller, proved himself while here
one of the best hotel men ever in Omaha.
lie has several hotel propositions now
under consideration, but will wait a short
time before accepting any of the offers.
Patient Goes to County Hospital
George Krenmyer, 1894 North sixth
street, has been removed from the city to the
county Jail after the filing of insanity
papers In the case by DIR. Tilden. The
man once worked for Andrew Murphy a.
a carriage repairer . at Fourteenth anc
jackson streets. but more recently ha'
been cut OF work. He was taken to tn,
police station early Thursday morning b!
PatrolmEn Thomas. who found him wan
dcring about the city in a demented con
ditlon, \ son lives in Omaha. but is sale
10 be not actively interested In the case
Krenmyer's sister is on her way to thi
city from her home in the east and viii
care for her brother after her arrival.
Ten oVsrooats stolsn-Ten overcoati
were stolen Wednesday night or earl,
Thursday morning from the store OF RIOS
enhlOom & Co, 1905 Dodge street. Whel
the store was opened for business Thurs
day morning, the front door was found un
locked and the coats gone. 1t is though
that someone remained concealed I'm tn
store when II was closed Wednesday even
ing, and. after taking the clothing. escape
by way of the front door. The police ar
trying to recover the stolen property an
arrest the thief.
Beats at Game Of staying AWaks-Beat
ing a man named Smith, who had bt
fr,ended him, in the little game OF stayin
awake, Bob Burr left Smith without sayin
goodbye and took the latter's none!
amounting to about 800, along with hin
Burt was arrested by the police Frida
morning and is being held as a suspicion