Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15

WoodrinE Undertaking company. Tel go.
Lewis Cutler. funeral director. Phone g..
Pure blackberry Juice and Virginia Dare
wine. J. J. Klein Co.
Wanted-Good boy to carry papers IN
west part OF city. Call 10 Scott street
20 per cent discount on pictures frames
and framing at Fauble's Art shop' SO
Broadway.
Fryer Printing Co. new location. 2921 and
2s23 w r. way. Phones 2O5. Mall and phone
calls answered in person.
Excelsior lodge No $50 will meet IN
special communication Saturday evening
at 7:S0 in Masonic temple for work In the
third degree.
The ). A. Pierce g. Co. snoe store viii be
open for business at their new lOSs' ana
sixth streets, January Is
Special to January 15-Best gold filled
frames, guaranteed for Twenty-Five Years.
fitted with best lenses for far or near
vision & J. w Terry, optometrist, All
Broadway, Council Bluffs Ia
Mr. and Mrs r. H. Eaenfight, S224 Ave
nue. D. have closed out their interests In
Council Bluffs. and will leave in few
days for Sioux Falls, 8. D., where they
will make their home in the future Their
departure has caused many expressions OF
regret among their friends and acquaint-
ances.
The Board Of County Supervisors spent
the day yesterday allowing bills ana 40
justing claims. Another batch Of claims
were presented by farmers, who asked
pay for the depredations Of dogs in the
for twenty-five head Of sheep which; ne
alleged his neighbors dogs had killed.
The work of adjusting the fire losses in
connection with the destruction OF the
Alfalfa Meal company's plant on Monday
night is under way. Among the agents OF
eastern insurance companies here yester-
day was Walter D. williams of Rockford,
III, association manager Of the Security
Insurance company of New Haven, Conn.
Fire Chief Nicholson is turning the base
ment of his residence on North First street
has a
natured biddy who Is expecting to bring
off a brood Of Rhode Island Reds In
few days, and last evening he was expert
mentng with new incubator which he is
going to load with 100 high-priced eggs
next Sunday. and increase the basement
family by that number Of chicks about
Justice Cooper yesterday decided the suit
tried before him month ago. in which
Court Reporter Jasper J. Ferguson sought
q judgment Of $50 against Attorney FIRE.
mont Benjamin for 10O-page court record
transcript The justice gave the reporter
a Judgment for S2s.0 and taxed the costs to
the defendant. The suit was that In which
the young son Of the late Finley Burke
made his first appearance as counsel in
the trial Of a case. The young man Is now
taking a course in the law department Of
the Creighton college. His friends are
quite proud of the fact that he won his
first suit when pitted against such skilltui
and seasoned lawyers as Fremont and
Verne BENJAMIN.
Two suits were filed In tho district court
yesterday by l.. c. Besley against J. e.
Holienbeck, to adjust differences that have
arisen In connection with a partnership in
q tract of farm land lying within the en-
virons of the Pigeon creek drainage ditch
system. In both petitions II is alleged that
they are joint owners of the land. In one
q partition or sale of the land Is demanded
and In the other Mr.. Besley asks RS22.bO
rent. which he says has accumulated since
December 26, 1901. as his share of the an
nual rental, which he says should be $50 a
year. The only credits on the rent &C.
count are several small consignments OF
corn at 40 cents bushel.
The little three-room home belonging to
w. NJ. West, located at PAS Avenue II, was
completely destroyed by fire yesterday
forenoon, together with nearly all Of it's
contents. The fire department was called,
but the house was far beyond the city
water limit and they could do nothing to
save It. The only water available was In
a well and the pump was broken The
wife and children of the family were at
home when the fire started from an over
was covered with tar paper, upon which
the Notwithstanding had not been placed
and the roof was OF similar material pro,
tected by gravel. II consequently burned
freely and reached such Roadway that
only two or three articles of the household
furnishings could be taken out West has
insurance to the amount of $500, which will
fully cover the loss.
Many complaints have been made of a
gang OF hoodlums, supposed to live in the
vicinity Of Fifth avenue and Twenty first
street, who have been in the habit OF In
sulting and assaulting women who get on
or off the street cars at that point The
hoodlums range in age from Is to II years
and congregate and run in packs like &C
many coyotes When there has been snow
on the ground they attacked women with
snowbalis. A number OF complaints have
been made by women who have been pain.
fully hurt, In all cases vile language has
been used, The situation Is reported tc
have become so bad that women and schOo
girls are afraid to get on or off the carl
at that point The matter was again re-
ported to Probation officer HerneT yester.
day, and some of the hoodlums who hav,
passed beyond whatever parental restrain
that has been applied are slated for tn,
reform school.
Lee Boren, who resides at 1905 Avenue ]
and is employed at the Meneray nurser!
plant at Thirty-first street and Avenue A
was painfully injured yesterday forenoon
He was struck by an eastbound street ca
at the Thirty-first street crossing jus
after he had stepped from a westbount
car and started to GROSS the track, He wa
knocked down and painfully cut and bruise,
about the face and head and complaine,
of an injury to his chest. He was pu
aboard the east-going car and was met a
the Pearl street junction by an Ambulance
which conveyed him to the Jennie Edu
mundson Memorial hospital The acciden
appeared to have beRn unavoidable. TIT
westbound car was moving slowly, bu
Boren stepped from the rear OF the othe
car directly in front OF II, giving the mo
torman 40 opportunity of stopping II be
fore striking the man. BOren was accom-
panied by two fellow-workmen, r. Z
behind him, but escaped being hit
Yesterday was the frightful Friday, tn
18th" and several thousand people in Coun
ell bluffs postponed doing things that cam
up In the regular order OF business chic
Nicholson OF the fire department refuse
10 set a hen that was anxious TO get L
work, and Took Cochran OF the same de
partment baked on the performances OF tn
same duty. Mayor MalOney closed up hi
office and went home when people beEai
to crowd into IL and talk about the waite
works problem. He was afraid he might b
led into doing something in relation to II
], r. Mcpherson, chairman OF the mem
bership committee OF the new Citizens I'm
provement club, started out with a lot O
workers TO secure new members and col
lect delinquent dues. He remembered, an
promptly quit and went home and read IN
Bible for forty minutes Chief OF Polio
FroOm spent two hours I'm hunting up
rabbits foot before beginning the dutie
OF the day, Around the county court hous
there was an undertons OF apprehensio
for fear some unfortunate thing might d
done, In the county clerks office the MAJ
rtage license register was taken off II
shelf and hidden, but there was no ma
or woman rash enough 70 apply for
license. Lots OF fellows loafed ali da
when they really wanted to be at work