Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-08
BRIEF CITY NEWS

Press Brick, 150 kinds. Sunderland Bros.
Coal S5--Coutant & squlres. Tel. Ds3o.
Rinehart, photographer, 18th & Farnam.
Bowman, III N 16. Douglas shoes, $3.50.
Public acoountant-auditor,R II. T. Swoboda
Thomas W. Blackburn ror congress-Adv
Voice Culture, Delmore Cheney, 401-2
Boyd theater.
Spring Suits S25 TO S5o-Perfect fit
Mace Wilson Tailoring Co., 3O4 s. 10th.
We always have Rock Springs coal. Cen
trail Coal and Coke company of Omaha.
18th and Harney streets.
White Roses in the Lead--The War of
the Roses stood as follows at p m. FRI
day: White Roses, Dr. Nellie Watson,
general. 152 points; Red Roses, Ora john
son. general, 11S points.
Burglars Get Cold Reception-Burglars
entered the Omaha Ice and Cold Storage
company's warehouse at Fourteenth and
Nicholas streets Friday night and stole
chest and tools valued at $25.
Hamilton County at the Murray-The
Hamilton county republican delegation to
the republican state convention has en-
gagged half a dozen rooms at the Murray
hotel for the convention next week.
E. A. Benson on Law Enforoement-E. A.
Benson will address the Omaha Phil
osophical society Sunday at p. m. In
Baright hall, Nineteenth and Farnam
streets, on Law Enforcement in Omaha"
The meetings are free and the public Is
invited.
California Captures Fred Hoys-Fred
Hoye, contractor and former city council
man, is back from San Francisco, where
he spent several months on business. II
will remain in Omaha for a year and then
return to San Francisco" said Mr.. Hoye;
that is the coming place"
Doors Changed to outward-Superin-
tendent Finlayson of the school buildings
of Omaha changed the doors Saturday on
the Clifton Hill school house so they will
swing outward, in accordance with city
ordinance. The doors in the other school
buildings ali open outward.
Thief Makes ConGession--C. c. Shaw,
arrested Wednesday for the robbery of the
home Of Allen White, 3S43 Harney street,
was taken by detectives to the home of DR..
r. e. Lamoreaux, 1929 South Thirty
street Friday and he confessed that he had
robbed that home also. He took from the
latter place a revolver and a gold watch.
Florence Real Estate Company-The
Florence Real Estate company with head
quarters in that suburb and organized to
deal in real estate, loans, coal, grain, feed,
lumber and to establish grist mills. The
authorized capital is $25, 900. OF which 5000
must be paid when the company begins
business w. r. WALL Sarah Wall and
r. H. Olmstead, are the incorporators.
George Heimrod - George Heimrod,
American consul to Samoa, and Mrs. Helm
rod have returned from New York where
Mr.. Heimrod had been In a hospital. He is
much improved, but still weak from his
illness and will not be able to take up his
official duties for some time
Fort Crook Thsatricals Postponsd-The
army play to have been given Mt Fort
Crook next Wednesday has been cancelled
The play was to have been the production
of one of the army officers, and number
Of the Sixteenth infantry officers. includ-
ing Colonel and Mrs. Gardner, were sched-
ued to take a part in the performance
Decree in AlsOp CaSs-Judge W H. Nun
ger has handed down a decree in the case
of the Alsop Process company against
Naylor & Gerard, millers, of Columbus.
in which suit was brought for infringe
ment of patent. The decree directs the ap-
to take testimony in the matter of ao-
counting for profits derived from the uso
and sale of the machine.
Ralph Kitchen is Handed q Lemon
Ralph Kitchen was handed a big lemon
Saturday morning. 1t was the real thing
and the biggest thing in the lemon line
ever seen in Omaha 1t was presented to
Mr.. Kitchen by William Rosseau. travel
ing man for a southern fruit house The
lemon was grown in Louisiana. 1t is fiji
teen inches in circumference and is a per-
feet specimen of the fruit 1t weighs
about three pounds.
Just Wanted to See Her-Sam Atherton
had nothing to say in police court in ex-
planation of his wild course at the home
Of Mrs. Newland. ZIG North Seventeenth
street, Friday and the court fined him $25
and costs. Mr.. Atherton said he ''just
wanted to talk to her." but the evidence
showed that he smashed in the front and
rear DOORS tore the telephone loose from
the wall and smashed some bric-a-brac,
And even then he didn't get TO talk to her.
Alleged FOOtpad Goes RreS-william
Jones was discharged from police court
Saturday. He is colored, and was arrested
on suspicion OF being the man who as.
saulted Miss Bessie Martin and Miss Flor
enee Reede at $3.50 Thursday morning while
they were returning from the Chesapeake
restaurant where they work. to the Lange
hotel. The girls said the negro grabbed Miss
Martin but let her go and ran when she
screamed. Jones said he advanced toward
the girls to ask them something when they
screamed and ran.
sears0n on Capturing Child-"Captur-
ing the Child" was the subject OF an ad-
dress delivered Saturday afternoon before
the Douglas County Teachers association
by Prof. j. W. Searson OF the faculty of
Peru State normal The value OF a teacher
is largely TO be determined by her adapta-
bllity TO suggestion and her eapabiiity Of