Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-08
BRIEF CITY NEWS
Havs Root Prins II.

y Have Root print IL.
4 Z. p. swoboda-certified Accountant.
lighting Fixtures, Burgess-oranasn Co.
Rinehart, Photographer, 18th & Farnam.
Heyn, photo, removed to 10th e. Howard.
l~s5o-National Life Insur .nee co-lslo
Aharles Z. Ady, General Agent, Omaha.
"Try Us First for Fuel" Nebraska Fuel
Co, 1414 Farnam st. Both Phones.
Equitable Life Policies sight drafts at
maturity. H. ID. Nicely. manager, Omaha.
Savings Accounts in Nebraska Savings
and Loan Ass n. One dollar to 5000 each.
six per cent per annum, credited semi
annually. Organized 1885. 1903 Farnam.
Robbed Wooden Man-Rex Davenport
at 1906 Douglas street and took from the
back Of the helpless dummy a coat which
said Davenport appropriated to his own
use. lilo was arrested.
Sales Company Inoorporates-The Inter
state Sales company has been incorporated
4for $4,000 by Schuyler c.. Brown. William
10. Edholm and Frank T.. Rudolph. Manu-
featuring and selling Of office supplies and
7 stationery OF all kinds Is intended.
Thief Was Potato Hungry-Potatoes
are the staff OF life in some antilles and
a family In Omaha is well supplied with
them, for thirty bushels were taken from
a warehouse at Eleventh and Jackson
interviewed a dummy in-front Of the store
streets. The potatoes belonged to j. b,
m of 1907 Howard street.
Careless a Moment, valise oone-L. B..
Parker Of Los Angeles reports to the
Omaha police that he is minus a hand
satchel valued at $40. He was passing
through the city and left the satchel fol
a few minutes on a seat at the Union sta.
ton. When he returned to the seat HI
found that the satchel was missing.
Disorderly House Raided-Mrs. Gladys
Hartman. Elma Rogers and w. e. Nor.
rison were arrested by the police for keep.
ing and being inmates Of a house at 162
Burt street. Mrs. Hartman is charged
with keeping the place and the other per
sons with being inmates Samuel Nathan
EI5 Douglas street, was arrested anC
charged with renting property for a dis
orderly house.
NO Formal Decree In Paul Cass-It wa
expected that the formal entry Of a deere,
OF divorce between John S. Paul and Mrs
Nellie Paul would be made Friday, bu
this will not be done until Saturday. Boil
lawyers in the case prepared and sub
mitted a decree to Judge Troup who Liked
neither and who is preparing his Tn,
decree will include an announcement o
what alimony Mrs. Paul shall have.
Hurried Passenger Forgot Pocketbool
Miss Effie Thompson of Grand Island ar
,lrived in Omaha on a belated Union Pa
I cific train. She was glad to get to ge
to the end of the journey and in the HURRY
of leaving the train she forgot to TAX,
her handbag, which contained money ant
other articles to the value of $25. When
search Of the car was made after the losi
hWas discovered there was no handbag to b,
Wound.
Crosby's First TnQuest-Coroner Crosby
who assumed his new office at 1901 yes
terday morning, will conduct his first in
quest this morning, when a jury empanelleC
by him will inquire into the cause of tn,
death of c. L. MCGOWAN, colored, who dleC
4 yesterday afternoon in an ambulance, on
route to the county hospital. MCGOWAN wa,
AZ years old and a bachelor. For a lon,
slime he was employed by the National by,
Works. He was a veteran of the civil war
One More Suit From Car strike-on
more suit against the Omaha & Council
Bluffs Street Railway company growing
out Of the strike has been begun in dlstrlc
court. 1t is a plea for $40, 100 brought b.
John B. Witzgall, who alleges that Pete
Poquers, an employe of the company
guardingi a street car in South Omaha DC
tober 4. fired off a revolver and that tn
bullet struck Witzgall on the middle fin
ger Of the right hand. Witzgall says h
Most that finger and the use of all tn
other digits.
Cohen Getting Easy Moneys. Cohel
who has been in this country but fou
months, is making money rapidly by pass
ing forged checks on Jewish merchants 1
various cities. Cohen came to Omaha an
passed a check at Orkin Bros for SIT
Orkin Bros. had heard OF the man whe
he was In Sioux City and they considere
( him all right and paid him the money Will
out ceremony. The check rendered b
Cohen proved to be a forgery, but by I'll
time the fact became known the forge
was out OF Omaha. In forging the chez
he used the name of a we'll known JEWS
firm in Sioux City. Police departments