Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-15
BRIEF CITY NEWS

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Jsmss c. Kinslsr for county attory. Adv.
Equitable Lifs-Policies sight drafts At
maturity. II. d. Nicely. manager. Omaha
1urgsss-Grandsn Co, now In new quar-
ters. 1911 Toward Gas, electric fixtures
ana wirng.
For the safe Keeping OF Money and
valuables the American Safe Deposit
Vaults in the Bee building afford absolute
security. Boxes rent for a per year. or 81
for three months.
Gets Divorce ana Nams-Afary L. Aus
tin has secured a divorce from Harry Aus
tin on ground Of nonsupport and extreme
cruelty. Her maiden name. Mary Moss.
was restored 10 her.
Thief Gets in woman'a Room-While
she was absent Monday evening some
sneak thief entered the rooms occupied by
Mrs. T. MCGOWAN. 921M South Thirteenth
street, and stole a ladies' gold watch
valued at S25.
Choice Plymouth Rocks Gons-Some en-
terpTising chicken thief stole twenty
Plymouth Rock chickens from the yard OF
James Walton, 1909 CASTELAR, street, Mon
day night. The thief selected the choicest
fowls from a large flock.
PocketbooR stolen in ~PIght-Durlng an
alteration with c. w. Rogers on Sixteenth
and California streets Saturday afternoon
George Rigby stole Rogers pooketbook
from bis pocket. He was bound over to the
district court under 500 bonds by Judge
Crawford.
Habit OF Stealing Causes orief-The
habit of ]. e.. Mcclure of stealing some
thing every time he is under the Influence
of liquor secured him a t~hirty-dsy jail SEN
tence In police court. MCGUIRE
to fitch a cravenette raincoat from the Ben
nett company.
Pay for Beating Their Man-For assault
upon L. Fulton on the evening OF July 1
James Hermanson, a saloon keeper at
Twenty-fourth and Lake streets, and
James Neal we're fined SIS and costs each
by Police Judge Crawford. Fulton was
badly beaten up by the two men.
Lobeck Meets Lobsok-C. o. Lobeck and
Henry c. Lobeck of Minneapolis met in
the circus crowd Tuesday for the first
time. They are not related, but had heard Of
each other many times and had a desire
to meet Mrs. Lobeck is in Omaha with
her husband, who is an extensive manu-
facturer Of bedding in Minneapolis.
Mckinley Club Eleotion-The annual
election of officers OF the Mckinley club
will be held at the Chesapeake restaurant
next Monday night. The meeting will take
the form Of a dinner for the members.
Reports from the committees on the Taft
banquet will be heard and plans for a
vigorous campaign this fall will be out
lined.
Arguments In Shepherd Cass-The argu-
ments in the case OF Shepherd against
School District No. ii OF Dakota county
were concluded before Judge T. c. Munger
in the United States circuit court Monday
evening. The suit Is to recover on $22, 900
school bonds Issued by the district In 1894.
Judge Munger has taken the case under
advisement.
slabaugh Up for office Again-w. w.
slabaugh. who preceded James p. English
as county attorney and who was defeated
by him two years ago. has again entered
the race for the nomination for the office.
lie has filed his application for a place on
the ballot with the county clerk, being the
second to file. The other filing for the
office is ALERT Sherry OF South Omaha.
Divorce Asked TOR NonsuppoEt-Assert-
ing George L. Bailey has been sentenced
TO the inebriate asylum for eighteen
months from Council Bluffs. Fay Bailey
has begun suit for divorce against him in
district court. She says he has not only
failed to support her and their three chill
den. but she had to help support him at
times, She also charges him with cruelty.
Horses Get Tired walting--Two horses
attached to j, Peterson's milk wagon evil
IDENTIFY became wearied for the parade 10
approach, so they started on a run down
Harvey street from Twentieth TO see what
the crowds on the streets meant. Al
Seventeenth they decided 10 turn off, but
turned too quickly and broken bottles, milk
and ice and the wagon we're piled into an
indiscrlminate mass.
Suit for Death OF Husband-Frieda G.
Cingerich has begun suit for $25,OO In dis
trict court against the Union Telephone
Construction company, which is installing
the independent systeml She holds the
company Responsible for the death of her
husband, Christian d. Gingerich, who was
killed June u, being struck by a falling
telephone pole forty feet long. The acct
dent happened at Twentieth and Ames
avenue. james Martin, the foreman under
whom Gingcrlich worked is also made a
defendant.
Molander inquest wsdnssday-The in.
quest over the death Of Albert Molander,
the young man who was run over and
killed by a switch engine at Fifteenth and
Nicholas streets Saturday night, was adj
journed until 8 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing, owing to the absence OF important wit
nesses this morning, From the testimony
offered Tuesday morning It developed that
Molander and other young men had been
in the habit OF riding the engine and Of
even helping the train crews 10 the extent
of throwing switches.
Reed EOcsivsEship-A hearing on the ac-
ceptance OF the report OF the referee in the
receivership case of Henry d. Reed against
Riley Haskell and others, a corporation OF
Mcpherson county, was heard before Judge
r. c. Munger in the United States circuit
court Tuesday and the matter was taken
under advisement by the court. The suit
has been pending in the federal courts In
various forms since 1888. II relates to dis
agreements as to terms OF partnership in
the formation OF a cattle feeding and ranch
corCern in Mcpherson county.
HOLES Shot In the Air-Two negroes. two
shots, two arrests. and the main features OF
a Third ward meeting are briefly told. The
shooting was done by Hatch Smith, q
colored prize fighter. who lives at lOs North
Ninth street. He was locked up In the city
jail on the charge OF shooting with intent
to wound, the intent being as far as the
bullets got. They were intended for Henry
Watkins, a colorsd labOrer. who resides In
Martins Arcade. He was arrested as the
complaining witness. The affair occurred