Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-23

Strang. Emma Smith gets one from
Thomas Smith n Leonard H. Parker one
from Minnie Parker.
BusinssGi Men to Elect Officers - The
Omaha Business Mems association will
elect a new board Of directors February 2.
Board win Act on Salaries Monday
The Board of County Commissioner did
not take final action in the matter Of
Salaries Of court house clerks Saturday
and will take up the question again Mon
day afternoon.
Judges heading Burns EHsays-Judges
are now reading essays submitted by High
school students to Clan Gordon, Order of
Scottish Clans, on the subject Of Robert
Burns. A prize of $40 will be presented to
the winner OF the contest by General
Charles +. Henderson at the anniversary
celebration to be given by Clan Gordon at
Chambers academy, January %.
BOOK treasurer Railroad Club-wiliam
E. Book, city passenger agent for the Chi
cage, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad, has
been named treasurer of the Omaha Rail
way club by the board Of directors, sue
ceedlng Louis Beindorff of the Union Pa
cific city offices. The board of directors
will announce the appointment of com
lAANNN ~ - ~" NoJ W
the coming year.
Charged with Stealing Savings ank
Thomas Mills, charged with stealing a
savings bank containing $5 from the home
Of Josie Jones, 14i6 Howard street, where
ne roomed, has been arrested in Kansas
city. Detective Pattulo Will go to Kansas
City to bring Mills back for trial. The
theft was committed a week ago. Mills
iefS for Kansas Cify the following day, ac-
.ordlng to Information which the officers
nave obtained.
County hoard VIII Look After Lake
The Board OF County COMMISSIONER has
promised to 20 in a body early next week
70 Florence to see wha there is in the
fears that the Missouri is about to go
on the rampage an the direction OF Flor
4nce axe The special committee of the
.ity council, including Councilmen Sheldon,
Berka and Brucker, appeared before the
5oGrd Saturday morning. e. P. Bergman
also urged the board to go to Florence.
BurElAr-RrOof Loek Plant ooning-The
Dayton Keylesg Lock company is looking
for a location in Omaha. This company
mas q lock which is being put on some OF
the new homes Of Omaha. 1t is entirely
Durglar-proof and Is worked without a key
4 ~ AAa1 u AAAkh may bN " =
n the dark. The new lock is endorsed by
he Anti-saloon league, and It will be sbso,
lutely necessary for a man to be able tC
remember Ills combination before he may
Jain entrance TO his home.
Heavy Pine. Oaustlc Commsnt-wmiau
dawson, charged with being a party to thu
combat at Addle Benefits place on Capt
oil avenue in which e. B. Downer wal
beaten, was fined 500 and costs by Judg,
Bryce Crawford in police court. The Judg,
made cutting remarks about men wh'
wed about such places and did no work
Gowner and his wife, both OF whom SCENE,
o have a share IN the fight, and Addl
Sere each fined t25 and costs.
Church Not TO blame for Btorm-'or
mary prudence could scarcely foresee tn
fleets Of the great storm OF January %
49," said Judge Leslie in county cour
4 ruling against the plaintiffs in two dam
SO suits, They were the claims for dam
.ges brought against the First Swedish
iethOdist Episcopal church by May Nj
smara and Michael sulley. Each asker
L,000. The sulley home, where Miss Nc
,amara lived, was next door to the church
I'D the wind, which blew sixty-five mile
I hour that night. toppled a brick Gimme
alto the house. ~lnjurlng Miss McNamar
nd doing some damage TO the residence
udEe Leslie held that the chimney wa
ell constructed and the church in no wis
blame for the accident.