Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Bernard Maslousky is Held Up in
Store and Robbed.
DIR. A. H. KOENIG BADLY HURT
Numerous Petitions Filed with CITY
Council Designating Material
Wanted for Paving
oniak stabbed.

Bernard Maslowsky, jr., was held up last
evening In his fathers grocery store and
lost over $40 from the cash drawer. The
holdup was the work OF two negroes, ac-
cording to the story OF Maslowsky. He was
alone In the store and was just getting
ready to close for the night about 1880.
when the h~ighwaymen entered. They COW
cred him with revolvers and searched the
place. taking from the store a revolver and
q number Of p~ocketknives, as we'll as the
cash.
Maslowsky is about 81 years old and
often has charge of the store. He was
able TO give the police a good description
and said the negroes were young fellows of
"a or less, wearing black caps and coats
He remembered brass buttons on one coat,
which was really a working Jacket.
The police arrested several suspects, but
little evidence was found to connect them
with the case. Unless young Maslowsky
pan Identify them they will be dismissed.
DIR. A. IL. KOenig Hurt.
DR.. A. II. Koenlg was struck by a
coaster on Thirteenth and l. streets last
night and received injuries which rendered
him unconscious for half an hour and left
a painful cut on his scalp. The coaster was
one of the long travellers and was loaded
down with Polish young people. The doctor
was on a call and was driving west on 1,
street when the coaster came down at
great speed from the top of the hill at
thirty-third street. He came near avoiding
them by turning into the street leading into
the Union stock yards. The runners took
both wheels off the buggy on the right
side and threw DR.. Koenig out. Several
Of the occupants of the coaster were in
tured also, but they were all hurried away
and no one would tell who was injured.
They feared they might have to pay for
the damage done,
Thomas Ryan Dies OF Burns.
Thomas Ryan died at the South Omaha
hospital Friday. His age was so years.
Mr.. Ryan was fatally injured in a fire at
the Rex hotel and was saved from imme-
date death by the heroic work of a 10
year-old girl whose name is Clara Kuchen
hoff. Mr.. Ryan was employed by the Ar
mour Packing company and had many
friends. One Of his most devoted friends
was Mr.. Fitzgerald, who visited Mr.. Ryan
frequently during the time he was in the
hospital. MIR. Ryan was a native of County
Limerick, Ireland. The funeral will be held
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the
Heafey & Heafey undertaking parlors in
South Omaha. Interment will be at st.
Mary's cemetery.
Material toy Paving.
Petitions designating the material to be
used in nine of the new paving districts
have been lodged with the city council.
The petitions call for four contracts with
brick block, four with sarco and one with
creosoted wood block. The creosoted wood
block is to be used on Hector boulevard.
This is the most expensive Of the several
classes of paving. Thirty-ninth street and
Thirty-nlnth avenue are to be paved with
brick block. The same paving will be
used on Twenty-first street, A street
and Twentieth street. Sarco paving is to
be used on "F"' street, Nineteenth street,
Twenty-first street, north of Missouri ave
nue., and Eighteenth street. Offerman
brothers. Hannson, Jensen & Letter, the
National Construction company and the
General Contracting company nave each
a share In the paving. TIL National Con-
structlon company landed the sarco con-
tracts.
Services in the Churches.
Communion service will be observed at
the Presbyterian church Sunday morning.
The Sunday service at Letter Memoria
church will be at IL a. m. Rev. t. NJ.
Ransom will preach.
Holy ommunion will be observed at st.
Martins church at II a. m. Rev. Alfred
G. White will preach from the topic. The
Goal of Desire and the Adequate Guide y
w. L.. Cullen. will conduct the service at
St. Clements church at IL a. m. and will
preach from the topic, The Marriage
Feast at Cana of Galliee."
Rev. Alfred G. White will conduct the
holy communion at st. Edwards church
at s a. m.
All the Episcopal Sunday school stu
dents are invited to be present at the rally
to be held at Trinity church in Omaha
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Mary Barlow, organlst at st. Glenn
ent's and Sr. Edwards chapel, has gone
20 the coast for the winter and while she
is gone Mrs, Polcar and Miss Hazel Scott
viii have charge of her work.
'"The Coming Kingdom is the subjec,
OF Rev. George Van Wrinkles address al
the Baptist church Sunday morning. "The
Call OF God is the evening theme.
Rev. ]. II. White will preach at The
United Presbyterian church Sunday morn.
ing and evening.
City Clerks Report.
The city clerk issued his monthly report
yesterday showing the condition OF tn,
city funds at the close of business Januar,
10. The available funds for the year hav,
reached S2i6, 3O5.12, against which 500, 583. II
has been drawn. This means an averag,
expenditure OF about $4,000. At that rat,
the expenditures for the year Will prob.
ably reach $4,000. The funds are holding
out we'll. as the amount disbursed stu
lacks $4,000 Of being half the levy, with
one month to go before half the year i,
gone.
Y. NJ, c. a. Notes.
More enthusiasm than usual is benz
shown In the public schools over the athr
letie meet proposed by the Young Men
Christian, association OF South Omaha
Couehes are being arranged for and JAM
tors are being pressed into service In pre-
pairing rooms for the practice and In fur,
nishing practice ropes and bars for tn,
tug-nF-uvar ana hRCh Knp,n Thru uo.I.