Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-17
BRIEF CITY NEWS
Gavs Root Print II.

Elsctrio Fana--Rurgsas .crandsn
Buy Dundee Home of owner for S2,sOO,
saving commission. D-s07 or H-5s74
suit Follows Auto Accident - Joseph E.
Morehouse brought suit in district court
Friday against William J. Bradbury for
damages Of 5000 alleged to arise from
spinal inturoes he received when struck by
the automobile OF the latter as he was
aliBhting from a street car May T. 1911
ASKS Damages for Death OF Father
suit Tor 10000 against James Steward &.
CO.' contractors, was filed In district court
sriday by Jesse Walls. son of Frank Walls.
TOT the death OF his father Frank Walls
ueo from Injuries received May g. when a
brick fell a distance OF $50 feet from the
top OF wall aud struck him on the head.
Through Sleeper 70 seattls-A through
sleeper win be added to the Chicaeo-Port-
ano train Of the Union Pacific on and
AFTER June Il The sleeper win carry
through passengers from Chicago and
omaha for Seattle only being carried as
Tar as possible on the Oregon express, as
the Chicago Portland train is known. and
then viii be placed on the Seattle train.
oTasahopper Reports ExagEsratsd-
Considerable interest is manifested in the
grain market today by a report from
minneapolis that grasshoppers were caus-
Ing worry for the owners of wheat fields
Reports OF damage done we're exaggerated,
crop experts were inclined to believe The
PEST was found In swarms in the neighbor-
hood Of Clinton. MINI: Plato g. D.; Bea-
YER, & D., and webster, s. D.
Seeming for John Eartsn--Aotinx Chief
o. Police Henry Dunn Friday morning re-
oefved q telegram from p G. silver, an
Tar1~nrw 49, II
him to locate John Martin, whose brother
Henry vas killed accidentally at that place
"Wednesday. The body f. Tow At an under
takers IN Pocateilo. Idaho. awaiting in
stracttons from the brother in Omaha re-
ganding tho funeral Although there are
several John Martins given In the new city
Directory the police have not located the
right one late this afternoon.
PROTEST. xruPossd oEado-A delegation
OF taxpayers living IN the vicinity of Grand
avenue and Thirteenth street appeared at
the city engineers Office Friday morning
and prutss1ed against the grading of Fow-
Ter avenue and Grand avenue from Thir-
tesnth street to the railroad tracks, under
plans a. dram By the engineer. They
STATED that the grading would result in a
largo pond being formed. as the drainage
would not be good Councilman Hummel
chaReRuned tho party Cfty Engineer Craig
promised To do what he could
VIII Rures 1EAiz 2aisOA-A new suit
to force the Omaha Water company to
raise the water main at Eighteenth and
Burt streets win be filed by the city, ac-
corCiing to Clifford Bronze. assistant city
attorney. The supreme court, In refusing
TO rule for the city in the niandamus pro-
ceedings did not hold that the city did not
have the right to force the Water COM
pany to raise the main, but denied that
the power was vested in the city engineer.
1 shall urge the council to pass an ordi-
nance directing the company to raise the
main"
wants Commission on Sa1e-Lady Grace
Mackenzie, 1854 Lafayette avenue, lately
on district court as complaining witness
charging q colored employee with having
stolen valuable lot of diamonds from
her, Is again in tho courts, this time as the
defendant in two civil suits Friday Tate.
Ehrhardt q Co. and Robert ]. Tate, as an
individual sued her on three promissory
notes and an unpaid commission of $2,525
due the company for selling the Mac
kenzie ranches" located in Crook county.
Wyoming. The three notes involve a total
sum of s57b. Altogether Lady Mackenzie
Is sued for $500