Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-21

for the election OF John A. Scott, his sue
cessful rival for county commissioner.
shabata Overcome by Heat-Charles
Shabata, assistant street commissioner,
was overcome by the heat Thursday after
noon and was unconscious for four hours.
Street COMMISSIONS Flynn had made ar
rangements to leave Friday for Colorado
on a two weeks vacation, but the Illness
Of his assistant has necessitated the post
ponement Of this trip.
Fail in Ice Cream-Street car No. 1913
collided with a Fairmont creamery truck
at Twentieth and Grace, wrecking the auto
and distributing the cans Of ice cream It
was conveying all over the street. One
wheel Of the auto truck was knocked off
and the truck otherwise damaged. The
street car was uninjured. Conductor Leish-
Ter and Motorman Elkins had charge of
the car. No one was hurt.
Delay In Tolf Hanson Cause.-The report
in the Tolf Hanson receivership case has
not yet been filed in the United States
district court, although the receivership
was scheduled to end Friday and under
ordinary procedure Hanson would have
been declared bankrupt and trustees APP
pointed. Judge w. H.. Munger is out of
liz NlAg dnu II 10 pIODdOie hOlulUB Will DC
done in the case further until his return.
Six Subs to ne Regulars-Six of the
eligible substitute letter carriers will be
given the new regular appointments just
authorized by the Postoffice department
for the Omaha postoffice. The new APP
pointments will take hold October l.
Their assignment will necessitate a rear
rangement Of some Of the carrier districts,
and the assignment of a letter carrier force
at the new station about to be established
at Twenty-fourth street and Ames avenue.
"water'E Fine" Says the Commodore
Commodore Joe Redman Indignantly de-
MES the aspersion that his free swimming
pool up near Carter lake has any jiggers,
tadpoles or other varmints in Il. Waters
fine" says Commodore Redman, "and you
couldn't drown a boy up there II you tried.
1t is Just deep enough to learn the kids to
swim, and shallow enough to let them walk
them a cent, either"
Case OF ob~structing windows-The case
of the State of Nebraska against several
Omaha saloon keepers for keeping OBJ
structions to the view in the windows of
their places Of business was postponed
In police court to Tuesday morning at 9
q ClOCh' EiSnl Saloon Keepers were ar
rested on warrants to answer to the
charge, They are Charles A. Lewis, Ralph
Kitchen, Edward and George Cackley, Jud
Cree, w. f. Nesselhouse, Andrew Nelson
and ]. F. Rumohr.
Is It Big Bnl-Taft has wired from st.
Paul for two rooms at the Loyal for Satur-
day. Taft not having fixed his initials to
the telegram the hotel men were a little
at loss to know whether this Taft was a
distinguished statesman from Washington
or just a common travelling man. But
Landlord Taggart insists that the Loyal
is good enough for even a president should
he strike Omaha a month ahead OF time,
and be he Taft OF st. Paul or OF Wash
ington the hotel is ready to deliver the
goods.
Heat Puts Him on the warpath-Harry
Smith, 1870 North Twentieth street, was
arrested on a complaint filed by his wife
and a neighbor for disturbing the peace.
His wife was too sick to appear against
him in police court and his case was con-
tinued. Smith says the heat Of the early
part Of the week affected his brain, so
that he wanted to beat everybody. His
wife was the first person he met after
the brainstorm took hold Of him and she
had to flee for safety.
Wants Fay for Hurting His Head
Suit for S2,OOO damages for personal injury
has been brought in district court by
George Svetkovie agains the Union Pacific
Railroad company and the Cullen-F riestedt
company, the latter company being the
concern which constructed that portion Of
the North Omaha main sewer running
through the shop lands OF the railroad
company. In his petition Svetkovie alleges
that while %shoveling earth back into the
trench after the sewer pipes were laid a
switch engine on the Union Pacific tracks
struck his head, causing injuries which
confined him to his bed for three months.