Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-26

originating in the Omaha division will he
tried at this term.
suit to Keep windows open-The
southern Realty company has begun suit
In district court to compel Daniel Harmon
70 remove sheet iron coverings from the
windows in tine building owned by the
former in South Omaha. the trouble
arose in a dispute over n party wall. The
company asserts II had an agreement by
which its windows were to remain open.
II also asks that Harmon be required to
conform TO the building laws Of the city.
curios from AbysEiniA--A collection OF
African curios may be viewed by Omaha
residents this week. In the window Of the
Sorosis shoe store on South Fifteenth street
Is part of the trophies brought from the
dark continent by Edward ID. vialle. for
mer United States consul at Zanzibar and
now consul at Ads Ababa. Abyssinia. The
exhibit includes among other things a war
drum made from a tree stump. war clubs,
spears and other weapons, monkey skins,
native cloth and sandals.
Ernie Sure DO want Chieksn-"Do you
want a chicken dinner on THANKSGIVING
day7" asked Police Judge Bryce rawfo
OF Ernie Wilson, colored, in court wednes-
day morning, when the man was arralgned
on a charge of vagraney. A vision of good
things to eat produced a happy smile on
Wilson'S black face. Perhaps pity for the
man induced the Judge TO sentence him to
jail, but when the sentence was announced
Wilson learned that he will not only eat
a big chicken dinner in Jail, but will also
live on bread. meat. potatoes and coffee
for a month till he serves out his term.
Suit Dismissed for One Wrong Word
An error in one word made it necessary
TO dismiss an old petition and file a new
one in district court in the suit of Samuel
L. Sanders against the Pullman company
and the Chicago, Burlington a Quincy
railroad. Sanders sued for 81, 900, assert
ing he had been assaulted by a porter on
one Of the sleeping cars while crossing
the river. In the first petition the word
railway" was used in the name of Bur.
lington company, while the name should
have been railroad" To make the change
required the filing Of a new suit.
rat Geese Look Too Good-Two fine,
fat geese on the back porch Of Mrs. E
C. Pehrne, 2S2S Harvey street, we're so al.
Turing to Arthur Bell and Charles Suffer
who were delivering goods for young sut.
ter's father. a hay and grain merchant
that they took them Tuesday night, jus
two days before Thanksgiving day. How
ever, young Bell was caught and placed II
Jail and was turned over to the Juvenile
authorities Wednesday morning. Charlie!
Suffer got away with the fowls, but 1t 1
thought that they will be recovered ii
time to occupy a place on Mrs, Pehrnet
Thanksgiving dinner table.
sign Helps street Car Patrons-Th'
Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railwa!
company has made an addition to its sign
on the street cars which is of immens
help to patrons using the Twenty-fourtl
street lines going south. A little sign ha
been added to the rear Of the cars whicI
tells whether the car Is going east sid
or west side of Hanscom park, Heretofor
> patrons rushing up to the cars at Sixteenth
and Farnam or other downtown interseC
lions had no way of telling which car wa
standing there except to ask the con
ductors and many a person has made
run to catch the car, only to find II wa
not the car wanted.
, General Dodge to visit Commandsry-
Major General Grenville NJ. Dodge, com
mander of the Society of the Army of tn
Tennessee and one of the few suryivin
\ will be the guest of honor at the meetin
Of the Nebraska commandery, Militar
s Order of the Loyal Legion, at it's meetin
next Wednesday evening. General Dodg
is also the commander-in-chief of the Logs
: Legion and this is the first time the Ne
u braska commandery will have had tn
u honor of entertaining the national head Q
: the order. The meeting will be held /
: the c~ommandery rooms, Creighton institut
: hall, 30 South Eighteenth street, beginnin