Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
shallenberger DiSappoints Democrats
Who Had Gathered to Hear Him.
SUB FAILS TO AROUSE CROWD
Firemen Have n Busy Day Answering
Alarms, hut Out of the Five Calls
There wss Not One Serious
BIaSe.

The faithful democrfts Of South Omaha
were much disappointn at the absence Of
A. c. Shallenberger last night. The guber-
Material candidate failed to arrive, but
spent the day inc the western part OF Ne
braska.
The crowd. which was won away from
the frolics OF the South Omaha Business
Mems carnival long enough to listen to the
candidates. was not nearly so numerous as
on the republican night. The absence OF
the best speaker had a dampening effect
on the enthusiasm of the audience. The
most charitable thing to say is that a
lively midway is a poor place to raise the
standards Of a party which continuously
bowls calamity.
In the absence OF A. c. -Shallenberger the
entertainment of the assembly fell to the
local candidates. capped by a short address
by O.. M. Hitchcock. Jerry Howard, James
English and other local candidates made
their bow.
Five Calls for Firemen.
The South Omaha fire department re-
sponded to five calls yesterday. A weed
fire at Twenty-sixth and N streets threat
ened the buildings near the old Packers
bank building. This was easily controlled.
Another fire was discovered in a pile of
ties in front Of swift and C~ompany's pack
ing plant. A. P. Durkes, 1916 North Twen-
ty-third street, was oiling a floor In the
evening and the oil in some way was ig-
nited. The interior Of one room was dam
aged considerably. The fourth fire was a
still alarm. at Brown park. Fire company
No. 8 responded and easily controlled the
blaze. The fifth fire occurred at 10:45 p. m.
in a small frame cottage directly north of
the office of the Omaha Electric Light and
Power company. The building was well
scorched before the water arrived. The
offices were not so seriously threatened,
but the New Commercial hotel was too
close to induce calmness in the guests. The
loss in each instance was inconsequentiai
Y. NJ. c. A. Notes.
Mr., Miyoshi, a Japanese, has been Sc
cured to act as Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION secretary to the local Japanese of
the city. He has taken up the work at the
camp just west of town and is meeting with
good success.
A strong musical program has been pre-
pared for the mems meeting Sunday aft
ernoon at 4 o'clock. The song service will
be directed by o. NJ. Williams. Mrs. r. o.
Hasklns will sing a solo and the a~ssocia-
ton orchestra will render several selec-
lions.
Under the supervision of P. H. Shields,
chairman of the membership committee, a
move Is being made to induce each present
member to secure at least one new member
by November 1. The association has prom
Used a banquet and an enjoyable time to
the men and the members they secure.
- Sunday Services.
Services at st. Clements mission will be
as follows: Morning prayer at II o'clock,
Rev. s.. HedeIund delivering a sermon.
Sunday school will be at noon the topic be-
ing, 1.-The First and Great Commandment. -
MISS Stella Conley will sing the offertory.
The sunday school hour at st. Edward
church is $50.
DR.. r. L. Wheeler will conduct the service
at the Presbyterian church Sunday evening.
At the morning service Rev. James G..
Clark, moderator OF the synod of Nebraska,
will preside.
Divine Power and Human Agency will
be Rev. George Van Wrinkles Sunday morn.
ing topic. In the evening the theme will be
"Disposing Of Jesus"
The Christian church services will be held
at the Young Mems Christian association
gymnasium Sunday morning.
george u. wallace OF Omana Will talk 81
the United Presbyterian church Sunday
morning.
Magic City Gossip.
Otto Roderick was arrested or complaint
of Sam C. Alter, charging assault and
battery.
John Peoples, colored. was arrested las
night on a warrant sworn out by his wife
charging him with beating her.
w. ]. Bryan will speak at the BUSINESS
mems exhibition this evening and again al
the city hall. After these short speeches
he will go to Omaha
Swift and Company observed the annua.
function known as apple day yesterday
Each man received a fine apple as ar
indication of the good will of the company
The high school foot ball team will take
the measure of Nebraska City at Duffy's
park. Fortieth and . streets, this after.
noon. They have the Inspiration and pro,
pose to supply the necessary energy.
The New Settlers Improvement club Of
South Thirty-sixth street held a meeting
Friday night with forty members present
Among other topics discussed was the
slOwness of the work on the . street via.
duct and various other improvements goins
on. The members of the club are hustleri
and expect by their club to get some mucl
needed improvements.