Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-09
MINOR MEN TIoN.

The ladies Of the First Presbyterian
church will serve meals election night IN
the parlors of the church on the cafeteria
plan.
The body of Mrs. Q. o. Johnson. who
died Sunday in Denver, will arrive mere mere
this morning at 8 o'clock for burial. Inc
body will be taken to Cutters pending ar
rangements for the funeral.
Mrs. j. f. Youel and son left yesterday
for their home at Union, Ore, after
lengthy visit at the homes OF MI ana MIS- ;
w. II. Mcconnell in this city and Or; ana
Mrs. Stephan Phelps at Bellevue Neb'
The members of the order of the Eastern
Star will give their regular monthly KEN
slngton on Thursday evening at the home
the members Of the order are invited 70
attend,
The opening game of basket ball for the
season win be played at the Y. NJ. T. a;
gymnasium Friday night. The contest Will
be between the Omaha University team
and the regular team 81 the iGSS rls eTowd
will come across the river TO encourage Tue
Omaha team, and the game promises TO pc
notable one.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. Rus, residing at S4S
Graham avenue, reported to the police last
night that their horse and buggy had been
stolen from the corner OF b Sr9@6 5tsSed sn IL
there while attending theater. W hen
they returned with their three young chill
dren II was missing, 1t was the second at
tempt to steal the RIG, according to their
statement.
William stumpf. aged So was taken to
the police station yesterday AFTERNOON SUI III,
fering from a severe injury occasioned by
stopping off a rapidly moving street car
near South Main street and Fourteenth
avenue. He dropped his pocketbook while
taking out change to pay the conductor
and Immediately plunged after It. without
waiting for the car to stop; lie tell
heavily on the pavement. striking on ms
head DR.. Mat FINLEY, who attended him
at the station, found that his skull was
fractured.
The county court house will be deserted
| today to permit all Of the attaches and EN-
ployes to do their full duty at the polls
| Some OF them, however, took out hunters
template Hunting other kinds Of game than
the unsatisfactory and stubborn voter
| Auditor lines office will have to remain
/ open all day on account OF election sup
| plies and Honest John" Matthews, the
| deputy whose political fortunes are fully
| made regardless OF the result OK the uBh
| today. will be on duty all day.
| The fire department has had twelve runs
| in the first seven days Of November a.
tire month of October. There were tive
fires yesterday afternoon. Sparks from
chimney set fire to the roof of the HON,
small section Of the roof was burned Of
before the department arrived Burning
papers In the alley caused a fire that crep
unobserved through the grass and into n
barn on the premises of G.. A. Lowery, 81
| Seventh avenue. The roof was paruall
burned off and the interior badly damaged
Fire Chief Nicholson yesterday Afternoon
filed an information in police court chars
ing two teamsters, one driving a hug
freghting van for the Welch Transfer com
pany, and the other a big freight true
for McMillen, with driving over sectio
OF fire hose while the firemen were fight
ing a fire at $40 Seventh avenue. The tire
men mad 800 feet OF hose stretched acros
q street when the teamsters came alonl
Both, IL is alleged, drove across the lin
after few moments delay. The McMille
wagon had a 1900 pound load on, an
passed over the hose within twenty feet {
! the hydrant. The hose was carrying ninet
| pounds OF water pressure, and on accOuI
OF this and because IL was new sector
| withstood the additional strain. The me
will have a hearing in police court thi
! morning.