Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
December Tax Receipts Break All
Previous Records in Amount.
OFFICE CROWDED FOR DAYS
Funeral OF Thomas }. Kelley Held at
81. Agnes Church, with Lead
ing Members OF the Clergy
in Charge.

December receipts showed a total OF |
SlSS,OOo collected as against Sl55,OOO coll |
lected in December OF 1910 This is |
$4,000 more than last year and $4,000 |
more than was collected in December |
of 1909.
For the last several days the office OF
the treasurer has been crowded to the
doors with taxpayers anxious TO get in
before January l. Yesterday evening
the office force Of the city treasurer
worked until a late hour in bringing the
accounts up to date.
For the balance of the year there re-
mains only $4,000 to be collected.
During the next few days, however,
there will be a delay in the payment OF
county taxes at the local office owing to
the fact that County Treasurer-elect Ure
has taken the books to Omaha prior to
his induction into office next week.
The new county treasurer and his office
force will probably be engaged for several
days In effecting the formahties of trans
ferring the office Until that work has
been completed the books will not be
returned to South Omaha. 1t is expected
that the payment of county taxes at the
local office will be resumed some time
toward the latter part of the week.
Funeral of II. j. Kelley.
Attended by host of sorrowing rel
atlves and friends the funeral of Thomas
]. Kelley was held yesterday morning
at $50 o'clock from his late residence,
6l4 North Twentieth street.
At st. Agnes church the funeral serv-
See was celebrated by the Rev. James
A'Herne who OBLIGATED assisted by the
Rev. Albert Wise, $. j., as deacon, and
the Rev. Thomas Kelley, jr., S. j., as
sub-deacon. The Rev. d, w. Moriarity
preached the funeral sermon and eulo-
gized the deceased as a model citizen,
husband and father.
One of the pathetic features of the
service was the participation in the cere-
monies by the Rev. Thomas Kelley, S. j.,
son OF the dead man.
The church was packed to the doors
with people ranging from the officials
OF the different packing houses to the
humblest workman who labored under
the deceased during his twenty-five years
connection with the Cudahy Packing COM
pany.
The honorary pail bearers were John
l.. O'Hern, Henry Riewie, George Parks,
Tom Larkin, William Brennan, John
Flynn, Frank Conley and Thomas Flynn.
Patrick Mcmahon, John ]. BarlNin Pat
rick Sheehy, Michael Murphy, James
Parks and Gus Benmke were the active
pail bearers.
Beside the officiating ministers the fol-
lowing clergymen were present at the
high mass of requiem: Rev. Charles
Mugan, Michael Feeney, Father O'sulli-
van Of South Omaha, James McMahon,
Father Soblotnik of Omaha and ]. F.
Hennessy of Brainard. Neb.
Interment was made in st Mery's
cemetery
Clerks office Delays Bond Deaf
Notwithstanding the deal involving the
purchase Of S110,SSO bonds by Speer &
co. at AZ per cent has not been
concluded, there is feeling OF keen salts
faction in city hall circles now that the
credit of the city will be taken care of
when the obligations become due in New
York next week.
The banks of the city have won COM
mendation for the assistance rendered by
them for protecting the credit of the
city. OF the amount provided the Live
Stock National and the Packers National
banks have each contributed $4,000 while
the Union Stock Yards National bank
made up the balance.
Two letters received from Speer &
Co. yesterday indicate that the eN-
animation of the bond histories is max
ing due progress and the mayor expressed
would consumate the deal.
The bond buyers in their letters to
the clerk and mayor complain that the in
formation they seek is not coming for
ward as rapidly as they would like.
Mayor Trainor yesterday morning in
Vestigated the cause of the delay in get
ting out the transcripts Clerk Frank
Good was absent, but his deputy, John
Fennell, assured the mayor that the work
r-tI,
The mayor was not satisfied with the
assurance and threatened to get the trans
cripts out himself unless. the work was
pushed with greater dispatch.
speer & Co. were assured in a letter
written yesterday that they might
4 have all the time necessary for examining
the histories now that the city had pro-
vided money to meet the pressing obli-
cations due January at the New York
fiscal agency.
"DOry'' Sanders RetireH.
T. f. "Dory" Sanders retired yester-
day as head cattle buyers for Armour
& Co.. after a ten-year occupancy
OF that position. Mr.. Sanders with the
first OF the year will devote himself ex-
clusvely to his own private interests.
Mr. Sanders or Sandy as he was
known to his famillars has been a figure
in the local stock yards since its incep-
ton He came to South Omaha in 1884
and originally was connected with the
old firm OF Harris s. Fisher. In sc Mr..
Sanders became the cattle buyer for the
G. H. Hammond company and remained
with that firm for sixteen years. For the
last ten years he has been head cattle
buyer for Armour & Co. and was
recognized as the dean of cattle buyers
in the local market.
Homer Winder of Kansas City will sue
coed to the position Of head buyer for
Armour & Co. The new buyer has gained
i experience I'm st. Louis and Kansas City.
Considerable anxiety is felt as to the
outcome OF the suit that will decide
whether the labor clause of the city
charter is unconstitutional.
The anxiety is not felt by the laboring
men who, for the most part, say that
the clause has never been of much
benefit to them. There is, however. a
phase OF the question which is agitating
the minds OF some Of the city's officials
who fear that an adverse decision will
F., entail the notification of all contracts
effected under the labor clause.