Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-12
BRIEF CITY NEWS

10 bl2 Range bldg. 18th and Harvey SITS.
The way IL Open through the Neb. saw
ings & Loan ASSN to save money. Weekly
on monthly payments may be made; pays
So per annurn. 1906 Farnam Street
! Automobile Damage Ruits-occur al
most daily Let us assume the risk Of
accidents. Low rates Liberal policies.
Creigh, Baldrige & Co, phone Douglas
/ zoo.
/ Keep all your life Insurance policies,
rotes contracts, deeds, etc. In the burglar
and fireproof vaults OF the Omaha Safe
Deposit and Trust Company. A private
safe for $500 a year. Street entrance 1914
! Farnam street.
Xmas Sc oominR--If you want any
rubber toys you can get them at the Rub
Der store Rubber balls, rubber dolls and
everything else that IL rubber. The Omaha
Rubber company, r. II. sprague, president.
160S Harnew ST. lust around the cor
| ner."
Arrested a. q Suspect - Detectives
Davis and Shoop arrested A. Bloom, a
tailor. on the charge OF selling silver
knives and forks on the street. The de-
tectiyes could get no straight story from
the man and assumed he mught have
stolen the silverware.
Purse snatoher Caught-In pursuit Of
George Daily, a negro. Policeman Driscoll
fired two shots at tho fugitive at Four
teenth and Webster streets last evening.
After tossing away a womans purse the
negro halted and was arrested. The purse
Is being held as evidence that Daily may
be guilty. Daily gave his address as Twen-
tieth and Paul streets
Busy on RailrOad Bandings-The last
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new Union Pacific headquarters building
win be completed Thursday Work on the
last section Of steel was begun Saturday
morning and will be rushed through 80
that the big derricks can be put to lifting
the marble and stone. The Burlington
freight terminal will be completed when
the big scales for each section and the
windows and doors are in place
Women Held for Theft-Hannah Mar
tin, Laura Fraimarch and Edna Eads were
arrested about midnight Friday at the Her
Grand hotel, charged with having robbed
j. A. Hughes. a guest OF the hotel of a
$500 diamond. Detectives Murphy and Ring
made the arrests, upon receipt of a com
plant from Hughes that he had been
robbed about n;sO o'clock. Hughes is
resident OF Crawford, Nsb.
Haie Stops Poker 0ams-serReant Cook
ard Vanous and Detectives Donohue and
Heitteld raided barber shop at SIS South
Nineteenth street last night at II o'clock
breaking up a poker game in progress
there and arresting eleven players The
play was for chips. j. A. Foley, the
proprietor, was charged with keeping a
dlsorderly house and released on $50 bonds
the others being released on $40 bonds.
Mrs. wood Answers Buit--AnswerlnK
George e. Pritchetts suit in district court
against her for possession of q diamond
ring to satisfy en- alleged 800 debt. Mrs.
Daisy B. Wood, widow OF the late Benjamin
b. Wood. alleges that she long ago paid
Mr.. Pritchett all she owed him and more
She asks judgment against Pritchett in the
sum OF 5000 minus whatever the court
finds Pritchstt has paid her The answer
was filed in district court Saturday morn
ing. 7> -tsr 1s H.
Picture Of Naval Elfo--A reel OF mo-
ton pictures depicting the drills ana ath-
letic stunts of recruits at the Newport
naval training station. was received by
Lieutenant Post OF the local navy recruit
ing station yesterday afternoon. The reel
will be loaned to moving picture theater
to be shown today. Lieutenant Post said
he would lend the picture to the Young
Mems Christian association for display
there New Years day.
Messenger 1Oys 70 see tie SHOW
Twenty Western Union messenger boys,
representing the pick Of the local force.
were the guests OF Manager Breed OF the
Krug theater and Might Manager Wolf Of
the American District Telegraph company
at saturday nights performance OF
Happy Hoohgah." To celebrate securing
complete outfit OF new uniforms, the
surprise was fixed for the boys by Messrs.
Breed and Wolf, who reserved two boxes
at the Krug for them.
} Clan Gordon Elscts--cIan Gordon No.
SO, Order Of Scottish Clans elected the fol-
lowing officers at a meeting held Tuesday
evening: Chief, James Cameron; tanIst,
John Alcorn; chaplain. John French
secretary, James C. Lindsay; financial
secretary, George A. Dunn; treasurer,
William J. .HlslOp; senior henchman, Will
lam Rennie; Junior hsnohman William
Cathro; seneshal, John Hamilton; warden.
William Bleage; sentinel, William r.
Callan; physician, Dr. c. c. Morrison;
trustees. Tom Johnson Hugh Suite, d.
Linn.
ssrpsnts Elan arand BalI--one Of the
unique social events OF the winter win be
a ball given Friday evening OF this week
at the Rome hotel by the Grand Lair Of
Nebraska, Military Order OF the Serpent.
This 10 an auxiliary organization Of the
United Spanish War veterans designed
, wholly for social and fun making pur-
poses. II is to be an invitation affair, and
already the responses indicate a large
attendance. The decorations for the ocoa-
} sion viii be striking and unique.
Affi6avit % = SusoE--Affidavit Of Otto
Weiss. one OF the jurors In the damage
action Of Alexander shkutzko AGAINST
Aaron Feref, to the effect that NJ. Shapiro.
another juror, was not intimidated into
agreeing on n verdict for the plaintiff was
filed in district court by shkutzko aatur-
! day. Three weeks ago Ferer. against whom
verdict of $500 was returned, moved for
a new trial and alleged that eleven jurors.
= led BY John Kemmerling. the juror now
! facing bribery and contempt charges I'm
connection with another suit, inundated
shapiro into agreeing with them in favor
) OF shkutzkO. Affidavits In support OF the
motion were filed. A few days later Ferer
filed affidavits by the same Jurors that
there was no intimidation. The Weiss aft