Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-22
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
First Cutting Of Ice ct Seymour Lake
Completed Wednesday.
HOUSES ARE ABOUT HALF FULL
. street Viaduct to He Thrown Open
60 Foot Passengers Today--Live
stock Men Going to Den
yer Meeting.

NJ ~ AAbhl AAht bN Llt 1uuhIN EdChlnk
company. Yesterday practically finished
the cutting of the first crop. 1t usually
requires two crops off the greater portion
of the lakes surface to fill the large
houses. The ice Ia still good. the warm
weather Of the last few Jays not having
damaged the quality. This is explained,
first, from the fact tina the ice was
covered with snow. Secondly the sun has
not shone on the ice since the warm
weather was so pronounced. For this rea.
son the product has not honey-combed as
1t usually does under a warm sun. The
packing company has been running a good
force of men and making the best Of the
cutting for over a week. There is enough
ice in storage to insure against any in
convenience in the packing house for the
ensuing year.
NiRduct Open 10 FOotmeH.
The contractors announce that the =
street viaduct will be thrown open to foot
men some time today. Considerable com
plant has been heard at the alleged delay
Of the contractors in making the viaduct
safe for the use of the thronss Of people
who cross daily under the structure upon
the railroad tracks. With the opening Of
the viaduct one of the best structures OF
the kind in the west will oe completed.
The subfloor of the roadway is nearly all
laid and the city has been notified of some
grading to be done in the street.
Presbyterian Brotherhood organized.
The South Omaha Presbyterian Brother
hood was organized at a meeting last night
at the Presbyterian church. 1t begins with
a charter membership Of about twenty-five.
The meetings are to be held The tLird
Monday evening Of each JnohCl.
The following officers were elected
Charles. Mail, president; j., d. Courtney,
vice president; j. L. Roberts, secretary;
Andrew Barr, treasurer, and W.. S. Nichols,
Bible leader.
Live Stock Men TO Denver.
South Omaha is sending a number u
commission men and representatives Of
allied interests will be in the roll of visitors
to the live stock show in progress this
week in Denver. This show is one Of the
best stock shows of the country. II is
attended by cattlemen from hundreds Of
western ranges. The prize cattle seen there
are not eXcelled in the west. The. Omaha
commission and live stock men n general
annually visit these shows, which are said
to improve annually. f. ]. Mo-Iarty left
yesterday afternoon. j.. ]. Fitzgerald,
John O,Hern and a number of others will
leave Friday or Saturday. The South
Omaha delegation which went to Pocatello
stopped over in Denver on the way home.
onovi II Captured.
The day after 1t had been announced
By the police that they had no trace of
the mar. who shot Dan Miller, the Aus
trian, on New Years night, the police
received a quiet tip that he
had gone to Kansas City. The police
worked on the suggestion and Chief
Briggs warned the police in Kansas CITY,
with the aid of a. Austrian whom IT is
said Donovitch had once, cut up badly
with "a butcher knife, the Kansas off
GERS were able to locate Donovitch Mon
day night. T. II. Shields was dispatched
to Kansas City Tuesday and reported
that he had the right man. He will re-
this morning.
There seems to be two sides to the
story Of the shooting, and it is said Miller
was making a threatening advance on
Donovitch when the shot was fired.
This point Of the case does not concern
the activities of the police.
Bishop Williams Released.
Bishop williams of the African Apos-
tolic church, who has been in Omaha and
South Omaha for some. time soliciting
for a child saving institute for negro
children and who has been arrested in
Omaha for alleged fraudulent practice,
but who was exonerated of the same and
who was later arrested in South Omaha
fol-. alleged wife desertion, was released
after a cali directed to Kansas City,
where his wife lives, had failed to show
that she felt any grievance toward him.
1t Is now considered that the bishop has
been trying to do-a fair work in the city
and that he has been unfortunate, If not
prosecuted, in his relations with the DO
lice. About a year ago a colored man
succeeded in beating a number of peo-
pie out Of some mony by fraud, and this
case, it appears, has resulted in the dis
of a man whose intentions were
good and whose methods and accounts
are correct. The bishop has rented quar-
tiers and expected, with the arrival of his
wife, TO open the home.
Suit Involves Exchange MembershIp
A. A Nixon has commenced suit against
Cassius w. Sparger for the recovery OF
the amount of a promissory note which
was said to have been secured by the
deposit of a membership in the South
Omaha Live Stock exchange. Sparger,
through his attorney. attempted to re-
pleV1u the membership out II ralled from
the fact that the deputy sheriff gave
back the certificate after he had had il
in his possession, He claims, however,
that he has contracted a prior lien hold
ing good before the promlssory note. A.
A, Nixon wants the interest of Sparger
in the certificate foreclosed and the bal
ance of his note, amounting originally TO
$l,1l6, awarded to him in judgment.
Defends o street Grading.
DR.. w. j. McCrsnn of South Omaha de-
tends the proposed plan for the grading
of o street from Twenty-second street TO
twentieth In the following letter:
SOUTH OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 20.-To the
Editor of The Bee: i have noticed several
ing the grading of o street, and while
they are trying TO be fair in furnishing
their readers with news, they are writing
altogether from one side. Kindly let your
papers have the truth and facts regarding
tie grading and opening OF other streets
in our city. When they read such facts
and figures il will not be such a bug-a-
stress is put upon the expense, which is
quoted at S21,o00. This is quoted, as
strange as il, may appear. $4,000 too high,
as the present bids will indicate when they
are opened. Only $1,000 yards of dirt is
required TO make the fill at thirteen cents
a yard II amounts to 81, 100. Deduct the
crossings and intersections which the CITY
at large pays and II will leave betwe-n
$500 and 5000 instead of SCI, OOO. As re-
and opening of o street / viii simply saw
the longer he lives the more plainly he will