Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-16
BRIEF CITY NEWS

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omaha General hospital, Doug. SIS,
Agyptian Che oolr ties zoe. Myers-Dulon
CAS- Hlso. Mixtures, Burgsss-arandsu
silver Plating, ON. Plating Co D.s535
Rabbi COINS Topio-"Msccabees will
be the subject of Rabbi COINS sermon
tonight at the regular evening services
at Temple Israel.
swanson IL Improving-Hellwig Swan
son rested easily last night and his CON
diuon this morning is reported to be
slightly improved. Mr. Swanson was in
jured In an automobile wreck near Elk
horn, Neb last Friday night
Matthews Valves Preliminary-Dr.
John MATHEWS. who was arrested on De
cember for the alleged practice of
medicine without a state license, was
bound over to the district court after
pleading not guilty and waving pre-
nminary hearing.
Elevator Boys Uniform-The elevator
conductors IN the new Union Pacific
building have donned their new uniforms
Cand now the eight men present the ap-
pearance of that number of soldiers. The
uniform is dark blue, ornamented with
eliSht brass buttons.
supsrintsndents to st. Louis-Omaha
VIII have several representatives at the
national meeting os superintendent of
public instruction in ST. Louis February
R7-29. Modern school problems will be
fthreshed out and 1t Is expected that sew
eral Innovations will be recommended.
Superintendent h. u. Graft will attend
and heads of several departments of the
city schools will accompany him.
Pioneer Hotel. 10 Razed-The St
James hotel at Atchison. Kas,, which was
built in 1865 by Frederick Barnes Of
Omaha has been razed. Mr. Barnes was
formerly proprietor of several restaur-
ants in Omaha, but left here in 1865 for
Atchison, where he built and operated
the st. James hotel. He died in Omaha
IN 1900.
Tramp IL Not Identified-An inquest
into the death of the tramp who wa'
killed when four Union Pacific cars were
derailed at Lane Cutoff Thursday morn
ing, failed to bring to light the mans
identity and verdict of accidental death
was brought in by the coroner's jury.
The other tramp who was injured in the
same wreck is in a dying condition a
st. Josephs hospital.
Bosse Favors Test Plan-Dairy In
spector Bosse indorses the recommends
tions of the state dairy inspector regard
Ing the testing of milk by customers. IF
the plan suggested were generally prac-
ticed" he said, 1--WE would know with
more certainty the standing of dairles II
can be done inexpensively and every eff
ficiently." The plan will be explained by
him more thoroughly upon request.
Holdup Man Bound over--"Bud" Will
liams, a negro, has been bound over to
the district court by Police Judge Craw-
ford on a charge of highway robbery. lie
was unable to furnish a $500 bond. VIII
Iiams is alleged to have held up and
robbed lG. w. Spencer, the Douglas street
bridge tender, on the night of December
l. Spencer appeared in uOlice court and
identified Williams as one of the negroes
who held him up.
AGasten Conducts School--Superintend
ant Mastcn of the Railway Mail Service
has Instituted a new practice in his de-
paftment, which he has pokingly dubbed
"school day" exercises. Mr. Masten had
for his scholars Friday the following chief
clerks: ]. S. Humphreys, Sioux City; j.
M. Butler, Lincoln; Lawrence Kaucher,
ST Joseph: and w. j. Mettlin and w. S.
Felt of Omaha. These school day meet
ings will be held once month to discuss
problems that have proven troublesome
to the chief clerks