Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-15
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Fire and Police Board Makes Number
Of Appointments,
LINEMAN INSTANTLY KILLED
Howard l.. Elliot Accidentally Grasps
Heavily Charged Wire Mt
F~ifty-secOnd and q
streets.
NEMAN INSTANTLY KILLED

The South Omaha Board OF Fire and
Police commissioners held another session
last evening and made several confirma-
lions in the old Officers Of the force and
added several firemen and policemen,
Chief Of Police John Briggs and Chief
Dave Garratt OF the fire department were
confirmed. Captain Nels Turnquist, who
was dropped at first. was reinstated with
the rank Of patrolman.
The following patrolmen were confirmed:
! william Coulter, Charles Morton, John
Gsughan. NJ. a. Gillin, Ed Kroeger and
Jake Small. p. II. Shields was made chief
Of detectives and Hank Elsfelder detective.
Ed Burson was made a patrolman and
james Grace patrol driver.
In the fire department John F.. McKale
was made assistant chief. Fred Lind was
made captain Of hose company No. l.
John Kubat was made captain of hose
company No. 3. The firemen confirmed or
appointed are Arthur Aull, George Spears,
Louis Sandwich. Pipemen were Valupec.
Boicourt, Starr, Duncan, Keller, Donahue,
B~uglewicz, O'Laughlin and Koufold. Most
Of these we're confirmed. The board stu
has some appointments to make and some
old members of the two departments to
confirm or dismiss.
LIneman Accidentally Killed.
Howard l.. Elliott, PAIL Michigan avenue,
Omaha, a lineman for the street railway
company. was killed instantly by touching
a live wire at FIfty-second and . streets
last night at 6 o'clock. He was in the act
of dropping his tools, having finished the
days work, and in some manner reached
up and touched a wire. Instantly his grip
frightened on the wire and he died as he
stood. Grasping his clothing, his CO.
laborers pulled down his body with diff
Guilty. DR.. w. ]. McCrann was hastily sum
moned, but the death was instantaneous
Coroner Heafey took charge of the body.
An inquest will be held to fix the liability
for the charged line. The men were work.
ing on the line which the Omaha & Council
Bluffs Street Railway company and the
Omaha Electric Light and Power company
will use in supplying light and power to
Ralston. Elliott was a man of about 80
years. 1t is said he was an ex-fireman of
Omaha. OF the same family are oliver
p. Elliott, Wyke Elliott and Martin r.
Elliott and all live at the same address in
Omaha.
bOhFu OF bQuHlihbtloh SANbs
The city council sat as a board OF equal
cation yesterday to adjust special assess
ments for South Omaha in the cases OF
sidewalks and paving taxes. No complaints
were filed before the board. The boart
will be in session again today. The coun
Gil, having nothing else to do, listened tC
arguments Of certain representatives o.
contractors handling creosote paving
blocks. The company hopes to have thi!
class of paving included in the specified
ton for future paving contracts. No con
cluslon was reached in the matter. TIT
board did not consider the park site propo
sitions offered by II. Nj. Christie and j. ]
Hurt, but probably will consider the propo
sitions today.
Magic City Gossip.
letters Gold Top Beer delivered to any
part of the city. Telephone No. 8.
Miss Hattie Smith has gone to Toulon
ILL.,. for a months visit with her aunt.
Mrs. E. T. Mason and children have gon,
N!D. a visit of three weeks to Syracuse
Harry Bellheimer, Thirty-third and I
streets, is Boosting of the birth of twill
girls.
The Swedish Norwegian Republican cluI
will meet Thursday evening at the office
/, of A. l.. BergQuist.
John Larkin was taken to the Soutl
Omaha hospital yesterday morning FOR al
| operation for gallstones.
Mrs. A. N. Lemonde and Mrs. G.. T
, Hartford of Seattle, Wash, are the guest
of a sister, Mrs. John Becker.
George, the 2-year-old son OF c. H. Har
D rold, 22l9 ID street, wandered ava from
home Tuesday morning. He was found a
Twenty-fourth and Vinton streets and re
. turned unframed.
4 Mrs. Eliza Rouse, aged 60, died yester
day morning at Thirty-slxth and Harriso
streets. She is survived by her husband
The funeral will be Thursday at 2 p. IN. a
Letter Memorial church. Rev. Karl lille
will preach the sermon.
n Swift and Company will entertain tn
n women's auxiliary to the Douglas Count
q Veterans association at a luncheon at
p. m. today. The invitation was given a
the time of the recent convention in Omaha
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