Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-02
BRIEF CITY NEWS
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Lighting Fixtures, Burgess Granden Co
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Equitable Eifs-Pom5ies sight drafts At
n~iaturity Il D. Nicely. manager. Omaha
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LEGATION. 1914 Chicago St Both phones
che Eebrasfa Savings ana Loan Assn
ioans on homes only in Douglas county.
Service prompt terms reasonable. Board
81 Trade building. teO5 Farnam
Internal Revenue SHOWS Inorease-The
r-ceipts for Internal revenue for the Ne
maska collection district for the month
Oi November, 1909. were RH.sG.n as
against fEASsS for the corresponding
month Of 1905. showing an increase Of Sl2.-
1854
Ten Dollars worth for Beating Chink-
II cost W. A. Jones 80 and the usua. custs
0or beating Up Charles Wong, a laundry
Chinaman al Twelfth street and CAPITOL
avenue Tuesday. He finally landed upon
the Chinamsn. WHO appeared in court. but
Jones admitted hfs guilt.
says wife Keeps Too Late Hours-A
divorce suit between Gus A. FAX and
Hannah Fax Is being heard by Judge
Bstelle in district court. Fax. who Is
janitor Of the Park school. filed suit charg-
ing his wife with keeping too late hours.
ard Mrs PAX, In a cross bill alleges
cruelty.
SOng Inquest Comes Friday-The cor
Oner's inquest. 70 inquire into the facts
concerning the killing OF Arthur Long. a
13-year-old boy, BY Wesley Mcbride last
Saturday and set for Wednesday by Cor
oner Heafey. has been put over until Fri
day, because Of the inability Of County At
toraey English to attend at this time.
DR.. Colfass Loses Libel suit-A libel
suit FOR $1,000 against the World-Herald
brought By Dr.. Jennie Colfass resulted in
verdict for the defendant The district
court just received the case Tuesday at
Sis and reached a verdict at 2 D. m. The
alleged libel occurred, the plaintiff as
serted in connection with her resigning
her position as supreme physician Of the
Woodmen circle.
Eighteen OF Those rev Cars-Eight
pay-ss-you-enter cars on the Farnam and
Cunning streets line were put in service
Wednesday morning. This makes a total
Of eighteen Of these new cars in service
on the Farnam line. Seven additional new
cars are nearly completed and will be
ready for service as extra cars during the
rush hours in about two weeks. In the
meanwhile the old type will be used dur
ing the rush hours.
Two Addresses At Zeal Estate Exchange
w. H. Thomas read a paper at the noon
day meeting Of the Real Estate exchange
81, ednesday on the subject Of values. The
real estate men were much interested in
J. arnlng Of the different ways Of computing
values Of property, especially improved
property. Mr.. Thomas said that when an
expensive dwelling is placed in a poor
locality the dwelling is worth little more
rh1n the cottages which surround II. Mr..
Thomas gave a table for the depreciation
OF the different styles Of buildings. Arthur
Chase told why Kansas City had outgrown
Omaha.
Dr.. Arnold Eemsmbers the Polics-Dr.
H. L. Arnold. with offices in the Bran
deis block. showed his appreciation Of
efficient work by the police department in
recovering for him stolen overcoat Tues
day afternoon by donating a box Of fra
grant cigars for the force and a check in
the sum Of S. for the police relief fund.
The overcoat was stolen from DR.. Arnold's
office and twenty minutes later detectives
recovered IT, as H Bennett was about to
pawn IL. Bennett, in police court, said the
overcoat had been given him, but his story
was too thin for the court, which imposed
q sixty-day sentence.
Ne was a Gay D~eeeiver at That-wm
A Phillips entered the police station at 2
o'clock Wednesday morning and asked that
he be locked up on any charge that would
insure him a home for ten to fifty days,
saying he knew he was a vagrant. The
night force evidently impressed Phillips,
as, before he was locked up, he asked for
q broom with which, in the language OF
Desk Sergeant Marshall, he did q stunt
overcoming the laws OF gravitation and
influences by some trick over inanimate
objects" The sergeant, in his report TO
the court urged upon that dignitary that
he allow Phillips to show his ability. but
as time was pressing and Phillips APP
pcarod not over anxious to remain in jail,