Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-30
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH rlIl
Coroner's Inquest in Long Case Will
Come Wednesday.
MURDER MAY BE ALLEGED
'"pi'"I offense Likely 20 he the
Charge Despite the upposed In-N)
sanity Of Young wesley
Mcbride.

The coroner's inquest over tho bodv OF
Arthur Long, killed Wesley Mcbride
Saturday, was not held Sunday. hut was
postponed until Wednesday. when II viii
TAKE place at the coroner's South Omaha,
beginning at 2 D. m.
The McBride boy Will. # Is said b,yo
to face a prosecution for murder in spite
Of his youth. Insanity will be the likely
defense. There can be many witnesses
called to testify to queer. or at least I'M
unusal, behavior on the part Of the boy. who
Is 10 years Of age.
The story Of the strange Occurrences
created a profound sensation in South
Omaha. The general sentiment expressed
was sympathy for the parents OF Mcbride
and commiseration for the bereaved fam
lily.
1t is anticipated that the coroner's in
quest will be watched with great interest
and that many will be In attendance to
hear at first hand the boys story. 1t Is
not known whether he will be permitted
to tell the whole story before the coroner's
jury. II is not required that he be pres-
ent, but he may appear.
The funeral Of the Long boy has not VET
been arranged, but it will probably be
Tuesday morning.
Presbyterian Church Fund Crows.
An adjourned session of the Presbyterian
congregation was convened sunday dur
ing the latter half OF the hour Of regular
church service. The finance committee
made a good report, showing much prog
ress during the last two weeks. The re-
port shows an increase in the BUILDING 4
fund Of about $1,000 over the first report.
The first report Of the committee did not
contain the funds derived from the sale
or the old church. All told the funds on
hand and pledged has reached the figure
OF 81, 400. The finance ommitt has been
busy, but not all turned in the subscrip-
lions yesterday. The subscriptions have
come from about seventy members of the
church. The church has a membership OF
over 400, and an effort is to be made in
the next two weeks to reach them all and
find exactly how much will be pledged.
The church has the promise and the pros
pect of considerable outside aid, IL the
membership rises to It's duty and shout
ders its just share Of the burden.
With diligent effort during the next two
weeks the finance committee hopes to get
at least $4,000 subscribed. This will DO
within the church membership entirely
and the figures may be even larger. OUT
side aid will probably add several thou
sands to this amount. This will make IT
possible to build a church up to the plans
as at present adopted.
n resolution was adopted praising the
work Of the finance committed and grant
Ing 1t that much more time in which to
complete the canvass. Some Of the mem
bers were in favor Of still more time, but
this was thought sufficient.
Paving Bids Opened Tonight,
The city council will have an Important
session tonight at the city hall. Bids for
ten paving contracts will be received. The
last advertisement of paving contracts
brought out about six or eight bidders. The
present contracts are still larger than those
at that time. The favorite material for
the majority of these paving contracts is
asphalt, concrete or the combination known
as asphaltic concrete. The formula of this
material is much like the sarco paving OF
some OF the cities. 1t is not called sarco
In the specifications. as the sarco paving
Is a patented material.
over $4,000 yards of paving are to be laid.
This will mean a contract reaching fully
$3.50, 900.
Officer Reports Omitted Names.
Paul MacAulay, the truant officer Of
South Omaha, has prepared his annual re-
port to the board, showing what he has =
found concerning the enrolled children and
those who have escaped enrolment. He
says that 43S names have been omitted from
the census report made by the enumerators.
The ways in which the omissions arose are
numerous. Some are at present of school
age who were not at the time the census
was taken, or at least were declared un-
der age by parents, Many parents omitted
names of their older children SO thew
might send them out to work. Many OF
these were declared over 16 years old tAo
were still under 1s. TIL truRnt officer 'nms
made up his report by comparing the pres
ent list with that of a year previous, with
the teaCherg' class rOom rolls tba hooiys
of the packing houses and the business Of
fices where boys are employed. In this
way he has discovered the omitted names.
These omissions will cut down the state
appropriation about $3.50. The South Omaha
school districts will lose this.
The census showed a compilation OF 1888
names. while the actual figures are over
5000. The average attendance OF the
grades and high school is about 900 short
of the full enumeration.
MRsic CITY Gossip.
The Shamrock club is to give a dancing
party Tuesday evening at Rushing's hall.
E. M. Rohrbaugh Is making a report Of
the physical valuation OF the Union Stock \
Yards company. He was formerly city en-
gineer of South Omaha.
The Presbyterian Kings Daughters will
serve dinner and supper Tuesday and
TWenty-fifth and N streets.
Miss Fannie SlabauRh has returned from
Wisconsin, where she has been for a course
her duties at the South Omaha library.
The proceeds Of the pollcemen's ball
each South Omaha policeman $3.50.
This money is Intended to be used buying
and overcOats for the department..
John Donahue reported to the police last
night that he had been robbed OF a watch
and $40 cash. He had been intoxicated and
up he discovered that someone
had reached him In advance or the police.