Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-16
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Relatives of Young james, who Laid
Hts Neck Under q Train, Will
Care For Body After Inquest.

An appreciative audience attended the
exercises in celebration Of Flag day Monday
evening at Labor temple under the auspices
Of the American Federation OF Labor. The
principal speaker OF the evening was
Colonel T. w. Mccullough. Emmett T.
Flood and others spoke after Mr.. McCul-
Tough retired.
Mr.. Mccullough p~refaced his remarks by
calling attention to the flag over the build
ing as the emblem Of the greatest o~rganiza-
ton Of freemen I'm existence, the most
stupendous union OF history. He thought
It most appropriate that such an emblem
grace the gables Of Labor temple, the shell
ter OF an organization OF men who are
coming out Of the selfishness Of the old
civilization into the new era, when men
not only seek their own interests, But
foster the interests Of their fellows. The
flag stands as the concrete emblem OF all
such nobility Of purpose.
The evils of the present day are not 50
much in dishonest enterprise as in the in
adequate and unfair distribution Of wealth.
said Mr.. Mccullough. w are producing
wealth faster than we can count It. but II
Is evident that there Is something wrong
In the system, when one man may have a
million and a million nothing. The need OF
today Is that the class which produces the
wealth shall be able to retain a Just share.
right Of the government to take hold
OF these problems is as fundamental as
the government itself. Among the plans
proposed to check the unequal distributor
of wealth and halt the Accommodations of
the indi we have the inheritance tar
which aims to take a reasonable per cent
of surplus wealth from an estate and put
IL hack in the hands OF the people. The
income tax also takes hold on the wealth
Of the opulent before the die and In this
way puts some check on accumulation
These system of taxation rave not been
worked out yet, but are problems yet to
be solved"
Emmett T. Flood of Chicago. American
Federation Of Labor organizer, spoke for
a short time cn the need of a firm Or
ganization OF labor. other speakers of the
evening were w. b. Daily, DR.. Aberly and
Larry Cdrran.
inquest Over James.
TIL coroner has ranged an inquest
over the body OF w. r. James to be held
at 2 p. m. today. The young mar had a
brother, William James, at University
Place, Neb. on learning the news from
the morning papers he telegTaphed Heafey
& Heafey to prepare the body for shipment.
ne VIII pEObdply dlilNt liiS LlOIltllS "
take charge of affairs. No word has been
received from the relatives in the east.
A few additional facts have come to light
The train which ran over James was extra
freight No. 1864. The crew had some
switching to do on the siding at Thirty
ninth and l.. When they ran in on the
siding the line was clear. When they
backed out to take the main line James
had lain down carefully behind the train
on the main line. There the brakeman
discovered him. After the wheels passed
over him he never moved an inch, but lay
In a position Of repose, with one leg crossed
over the other and his back to the train,
One finger was severed.
BottIers Defeat Clerks.
A bail GENE was played between the
members of letters office force and a team
from the bottling works Sunday afternoon
to decide the championship and the posses
sion Of a barrel of letters product and
sandwiches to match. Each team had q
game TO it's credit. The last game of the
series proved to be a w~alkaway for the
bottIing works team. The score was II tC
Z. winkler and Hoffman were the battery
for the office force and Holbrook and
Lynch for the bottling works. Holbrool
struck out t~wenty-four men. Winkle'
struck out two. The letter team now chal
lenges any of the Omaha brewery teams t
a contest for the city championship.
City Council Meeting.
The South Omaha council met in ad
journed session last night and spent mos
of its time in considering communication
of the city attorney, who gave opinions
touching several matters. He held tina
the salaries under the new charter would
not become effective until August l, whe1
the new levy comes in; recommended tina
the city settle a claim with John Mac
MILAN, who gave notice of a suit agains
the city for $40, 900, for $50 in accord witt
an offer from the plaintiff of the suit
pronounced the offer by Swift & Co. t.
grant a right-of-way across its property
for the opening Of Twenty-fifth street wal
in strictly legal form and binding.
A petition to grade F street from Thirty
sixth street to the city limits on the ives
gineer for approval.
The ordinance granting to. Thomas Gear
the right to lay pipes in the street for thu
purpose of piping mineral water wa!
passed. Geary said he did not want tn,
franchise because the council refused L
pass a repeating clause taking the RICH
away from DR.. w. J. Mccrann.
The city attorney was ordered to TAX,
steps to compel the Union Pacific and tn,
Union Stock Yards company to build tn,
II street viaduct.
The contract and bond of the Oman;
Electric Light & Power company was ap
proved.
Magic City Gossip.
John @. Gribble returned yesterday ever
ing from a trip to Sioux City.
letters Gold Top Beer delivered to any
part OF the city. Telephone No. g.
Catherine Lowery has returned from he,
year in the State university at Lincoln.
The body Of Edwin L.. Hill was sent L
Tabor, Ia, Monday morning for burial.
Alice Powell, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Al Powell, has returned from the Stat,
university.
Attend the big shoe sale at the Nebraska
Shoe and Clothing House, corner 25th an
n SITS, South Omaha.
The Live Stock National bank of Soutl
Omaha pledges itself to serve faithful!
the interests of its customers.
The engagement OF Bernard Larkin u
Miss Maud Murphy is announced. The wed
ding is to take place June 80.
George Marinca was arrested yesterda,
by +. II. Shields on suspicion OF h0VinJ
deserted his wife in Indianapolis.
The Willing Workers Of the Christian
church will meet with Mrs. Hamilton, lsi
N-.-th Turantu-Efwth afraat Waanaa1a,