Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-22
BRIEF CITY NEWS

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Rinshart, photographer, 18th & Farnam.
Hsyn, photo, removed to 18th a Toward.
n. n. Amber, Real Estate, Loans, In
surance Phone D. $3.50. els Bee Bids.
Equitable Lifs-Policies, sight drafts at
maturity. II. d. Nicely. manager, Omaha
Rent Money Never Comes Baof-Put
into a home, 1t stays. Nebraska Savings
and Loan Association will show the way.
Board OF Trade building.
Cruel and Tortuous-After seven years
of married life, five or which were cruel
and tortuous," Mrs. Loretta Hagen has
brought suit for divorce from her husband,
Bernard J. Hagen.
Know where John Meyers Iaf-The
wife Of John Meyers, 1910 w street. South
Omaha, wants to locate her husband, VINO
disappeared the other day without telling
her where he was going. She fears he may
have met with foul play.
Campbell on Mag a1ins staff-w. A.
Campbell has been elected an associate
editor Of Van Norden's magazine, with
special charge of western topics. This is
an honary title, and will not disturb Mr..
Campbell in the pursuit Of his other varied
interests.
John Grant sits in for First Time-Joh
Grant sat with the Board OF County Com
missloners as a member OF that body for
the first time Saturday morning. The
board held only a short session and ad-
journed to meet next Saturday. a num-
Der of bills were allowed.
Big Damage Suit Transferred-The
s20,O personal damages case of Charles
L. Cotter against the Union Pacific
Railroad company, the Missouri Pacific
Railroad ompany and the Merriam &
Holmquist company, has been transferred
from the Douglas county district court to
the United States circuit court.
Will Help in Charity wOrk-Th mu-
niclpality OF South Omaha, through action
by it's city council, will in the future pay
$50 a month toward the support of the
Associated Charities branch to be put in
that city in September. Miss Ida V. Jontz,
secretary of the Omaha Associated Chart
ties, met with the South Omaha city coun-
Gil and explained the work fully and the
council decided to help the work.
sues Street Railway for sla,oOo-suit
for $4,000 personal injury damages has
been brought in district court by Mrs. Ida
Briggs, on behalf Of her minor son, Louis
REIN, against the Omaha & Council Bluffs
Street Railway company. The plaintiff al
leBeS that her sons foot was crushed ny
a car belonging to the defendant company,
while passing along the tracks on Twenty
fourth street, between l and q streets in
South Omaha, on August 8
Mother Sues for Death OF Son-The
Union Stock Yards company has been
made the defendant in a suit for damages
In the sum of $25, 900 brought by Mrs.
Grace Armstrong of South Omaha for the
death of her son. In her petition, which
was filed in district court, Mrs. Armstrong
claims that her son was killed by a
switch engine belonging to the defendant
company, on May % of last year, and that
when killed the boy was pursuing his
duties as an employee of the Union Stock
Yards company.
Finds the City q wicked Place-Mrs.
Ralph England, enroute from Luross, Mo-,
to Medicine Bow, Wyo., found Omaha "a
wicked place and full Of bad people" In
nocent Of all the evils of a big city, she
left her small han satchel on a bench
at Union station. while she went to get
a drink When she returned she found the
satchel had been taken away. Search re-
suited in finding the bag on a truck in
the yards, with Its contents missing. The
loss was reported to the police and Mrs,
England thinks they ought to be able to
find the thief.