Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-13

short cut, resented the placing Of the fence
as an abridgement Of his personal liberty
and removed the fence in order that he
could drive through.
Bnl Expected 70 Boom Band-A boom
in settlers Tor the semi-arid lands Of the
states west OF Nebraska and Dakota is ex-
pected since the passage Of the S20-acre
homestead act by the house Monday. The
senate has passed the measure 2 BY the
provisions Of this bill settlers can take
homestead Of $40 acres inst sad Of i6l, as
heretofore, except under irrigation bitches.
There are said to be nany sections In the
west where man can. take $50 acres and
easily get water on forty acres OF the
tract, and use the remainder for pastures.
George W. Bowler IL Buried--George w.
Bowler, aged 49, OF 1117 North Nineteenth
street. who died Saturday, was buried
Monday. He had erysipelas, which was
followed by mastoiditis, for which he was
operated on by Dr. Rix and DR.. Bryant
March 49, A brain abscess resulted and he
died on May 9. He\was a student at Creigh-
ton university.
Yellowstone Park Either way-A new
adjustment of Yellowstone park rates. city
passenger men assert, have been completed
by the railroads in accordance with the re-
cent. ruling 0s- the Interstate Commerce
commission. BY this new arrangement
travellers may go by the northern route
and return through the western entrance
70 the park, or vice versa The rate ap-
plies either through Gardner on the north
or Yellowstone on the SOUTH and thus
travellers may go via Colorado and the
scenic sections of the mountains or return
that way.
Fire Alarms for sohools-Seeing the
necessity that a fire alarm system be in
stalled in the school buildings of the city.
City Electrician Michaelsen is rigging up
fire alarm box, made expressly for I'M
stallation in school houses, TO demonstrate
to the Board Of Education it's usefulness
He will recommend to the board that one
OF the boxes be placed in every school
building. Alarms OF fire are now turned
! in by means of the telephone, but as tele-
| phones are not placed in many of <the
school buildings there is no means at
present of apprising the department of a
! fire
Permit for a Good Tims-CaTver Martin
a musician in the band at Fort Crook
| came in to Omaha Monday with a pass in
his pocket stating that Uncle Sam had
| given him permission to have a holiday
But ne lost thls important paper. A police
man demanded of him who he was and ar
rested him as a suspicious character
| Word came from the fort Tuesday that
! Martin was all right and he was instructed
TO return at once in order to resume his
duties upon the big bazoo without which
the band was in a destitute and unmusical
condition and parade was being seriously
hampered.
Worked Only Week Before Last-Mikt
Kanzor, big, browsy looking fellow, was
confronted in police court by his wife, a
| little. meek woman. who almost apologizeC
for her appearance there as complainant
He had been arrested on complaint of hi,
two stepsons and was charged with com.
ing home drunk and dragging his wife ou
of bed. He denied that he never work.
and said he had worked only week before
| last. Being pressed for further Information
be said he worked on that memorable oc
casion nearly four hours. His wife car
live in peace for thirty days at least, which
is the period of his term in the county
Jail.