Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-06
BRT1P CITY NEWS
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ste -- t-rc-r suCgc Es.eile in district
o-,l 2111-Lg no-nias and received a sen
tei.sr % tH-ce years In the pCliteatiary
HOBS robbed the home Of waiter V
Morse May %
Modern Wcodmen WI Lnitiats--A class
Of twenty-five will ol initiated Tuesday
evening by Benson camp. No. a9-4. Modern
Wooo1en of America. Gt Cod Fellows
hal. Benson. Tho woIk VIII Be eE moii-
itcd By select staff % Officers. assisted
y the drill team CT Omaha cap. 80. 10
p-czz-tIozs in Izaii ss--ses-The FOL
lowing promotions have been made IN the
railway postal service: LLOYD AIcNesn.
from SLoOJ to Eloo. Fred }. NcGee. s-o-a
sl.a0o 20 1850; James E. Cox. from $l-5l
% 1850, 3. r. Eyre. from sI.GJo 70 i,Ao.
Otto Jsnowfd was given regular ap-
pointment At 500
New Grain ElevEtor-A permit TO build
a grain elevator at Fourteenth street and
Madison avenue was issued TO the CroweI
Lumber and Grain company Monday morn
ing. The building, which VIII cost 5000
will be forty-two feet wide. ninety-eight
feet deep and seventy-five feet high and
viii have capacity Of $4,000 bushels.
Piano Dealers win Meet 81 Chicago
The NatiOlhl Piano Le-.c.s Association
Of America is meeting this week at Chi
cago. when several matters Of interest 70
dealers all over the country Will be cons.d-
cred. J, W. Watson. manager Of the piano
department al Hayden Eros.. and ?. II.
Chickering and Tom Quinlsn Of the same
store viii attend the meeting.
involuntary Bankruptcy Fstitis8--Iu-
volutAry petition for bankruptcy was fled
Monday morning in the federal court
against Charles Robertson. a restaurant
man in Omaha The petitions for bank
ruptcy against Robertson are the Sunder-
land Bros, Omaha Hotel supply company
and the I. A. Medlar company. Through
their attorneys the petitions claim the de-
PENDANT is indebted TO them TO over $1,000
Furnace Companies Coasol4dats-The
Standard Furnace company, which recently
came TO Omaha has absorbed the Cox Fur
mace and Tin company. The firm reineor-
porated in Nebraska as the Standard Sup
ply company. F. L. Nesbitt. manager. an
nounced that offices will be established At
l0l2 Farnam street With this change the
company ceases activities IN the retail
field and will confine its business TO whole
sailing.
Tr Repair Boulevard--Declaring that
the part of Central boulevard between
Farnam and Harvey streets was q dis
grace to the city, Councilman Thomas
McGovern asked the park board TO take
steps TO repair the thoroughfars IF the
park board won't fix up the street,
will see what the council win do" said
MeGovern. When it rams this part OF
the boulevard is impossible. Vehicles
Eink to their hubs in the mud"
Omaha DAAr4ss BettSr-charles Little,
manager Of the Meeker farm dairy OF Chi
cago, Is an Omaha visitor Mr.. Little, who
was formerly connected with a local dairy.
was the guest of Dr. r w. ConnelI health
commissioner. Monday morning. Mr.. LATHE
praised the condition OF the smaller milk
diaries in Omaha, saying that they were
better than Chicago. He commented favor
ably on the bacteria reports OF the small
dAiries. declaring that Chicago dairies did
not near come up TO the Omaha standard
In this respect
New style Apartment M0usO-A new
tangled apartment house Is proposed by
Ernest Sweet Plans and specifications
were submitted to the building inspector
Monday morning for approval and the per
NIT viii be issued soon Sweet will erect
a sixteen apartment house on the corner
of Twenty-fifth avenue and Harvey street.
The apartments will consist of q sitting
room. kitchen and bath room The rooms
are so arranged that the bed slides under
the bath room and is out OF sight during
the day. The building will be 5Ox4o, front
ing on Harvey street. and will cost s., OOo
Three Accidents &C Asphalt Rlant-
After having gone through the season
without an accident at the city hall plant
at Eleventh and Grace streets. the record
was busted" into smithzrvens Saturday
Afternoon. While the superintendent was
congrstulating himself, three accidents oc-
CURED in such rapid succession that that
worthy official put on his hat and hiked
out for home. Within thirty minutes John
Hsist was burned on the hand. E. Perkins
also sustained q burned hand and n. Rich
ards broke his finger. All are employed
at the plant. The wounds are not serious
and all were back at work Monday morn
Ing.
TWO Auditors Positions AholisAsd-Ths
offices OF assistant auditor ana auditor OF
dining car service have been abolished by
the Union Pacific and in the future all
auditing will so directly through the office
OF the general auditor, At the present
time there Is no assistant auditor OF the
road and F. n. Hess. who has been the
auditor OF the dining car service. will hold
the same position. but will be titled as
the chief clerk. He win turn In all his
work directly through the auditors office
instead % having . separate department.
This plan, Il IS declared, win make the
taking care Of the roads accounts much
simpler.
Dts0aEs Funds Ser New ohuroa-Ths
financing OF the proposed WeStminstSr
FrosbytsriAn church 20 be erected &c
ThiTty-seeond and Pacific strests was dis
cussed by the building committee % the
eharoh. which met In the Commercial club
Monday, Il Is proposed 20 sxpsad $4o.o0o
On the structure. OF this $4,000 viii b
raised by subscriptions OF the members
and the Tvst OF the fund will be borrowed
Members Of the finance COMMITTEES who
attended the meeting reported that 81, OOl
In subscriptions had been obtEined Fur
Their steps toward the erection Of the
church via await the assurance that tbs