Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-20
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Suffering with Typhoid and Delir-
ious, Manowski Shoots Self.
MAN DIES ALMOST INSTANTLY
Secures, Revolver from Dresser and
sends Bullet Into Brain and
Another ThrOush HiS
Breast.

BEtnnNs
Raving with q temperature Of los as a
result OF prolonged siege OF typhoid
fever, Anton Mankowski. Thirty-fourth
ana ] streets, shot himself twice in the
tompie and once in the breast about s
o'clock Sunday morning NTH q revolver
he had lying on his dresser. Ais wife
was asleep on chair beside him. He
died instantly. He was 80 years old and
leaves a wife and two small children.
He was a member OF the Polish lodge.
Deputy Coroner q.arSin will hold an in
quest within a day &C two. The funeral
will be held Wednesday morning from the
home. Interment will be in the German
Catholic cemetery.
Mankowski had been suffering with ty-
phoid fever for more than two weeks.
During the last several days he had been
delirious at intervals. Sunday morning
about o'clock his wife went to his
bedside to take his temperature. His
temperature then was 100 deg1ees.
After taking the temperature Mrs.
Mankowski sat by his side and noted
that he was somewhat deliriOus. Worn
with the long vigil. she fell asleep. She
was awakened by the shot, jumping to
her feet just in time to see him fire
two more shots. one taking effect in the
temple and the other just above the
heart.
| When the police reached the scene Man
kowski was dead. The body was taken
in charge by Deputy Coroner Larkin.
Fire in Trenberth Home.
After giving a fire alarm to save the
grocery store beneath him and the apart
ments in which he was living above the
store. Willard Trenberth. 40 North
Twenty-fourth street. was overcome by
the smoke Sunday morning and fell down
stairs, breaking two ribs He was picked
up by the firemen and police and taken
to the South Omaha hospital, where his
! injuries were cared for.
! Mr.. Trenberth lives in the rooms above
| the store. A gas jet burning all night
set fire to the wall paper. When he
awoke the room was full of smoke. He
| aroused the other people on the second
| floor of the building, got them to safety
aud then rushed to a telephone down
| stairs to call the fire department AS
| soon as he had turned in the alarm, he
hurried back upstairs to save some OF
his furniture. The smoke by this time
was SO dense that he was overcome. Per
sons who gathered on the outside heard
him come tumbling down the stairs. He
was dragged out in a semi-conscious state
and hurried to the hospital.
! Aside from having the two ribs broken
no suffered only a general shaking UP
and a lot OF bruises. The fire was soon
extinguished and the damage to the
property was insignificant.
visit to Lincoln.
The Nebraska University College of Ag-
ricluture will be visited next Saturday
by\a delegation of live stock men from
the south Omaha yards to look over the
| agricultural college and spend day Sec
I ing the sights on the farm where Ne
braska's sons are trained to do scientific
farming.
/ "Lucky'' brown Taken.
| Because It is thought he knows some
thing OF the murder OF J. J. Kane, which
occurred in South Omaha in August
| Lucky Brown has been arrested in
Kansas City. He Is a negro. South
Omaha officers have been sent to brins
him back.
william Reschl<e is Dead.
William Reschke died Sunday morning
at the South Omaha hospital as the result
OF injuries received in an auto accident a
Iweek ago. He held the important posi-.
ton of paying teller at the Packers Ma
ttional bank and was very popular in both
business and social circles.
The deceased was the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. W. G. .Reschke. PALS D street His
father is a pioneer business man OF this
city. Surviving are the father and mother
two brothers, Paul and Harry. and two
sisters. Mrs. Donaldson. of Council Bluffs
and Miss Elsie Reschke Of this city. The
funeral win be held from the home Tues
day afternoon at o'clock. DIR. BaltzIeS
of Omaha will conduct the services. In
terment will be in Graoeland Park GENE,
terry. Arthur Spence. who was injured II
the same accident, is reported to be i'm,
proving.
Suffs Have Bis MeetIaE.
Miss Elsie vandergrift OF Denver anC
John A. Rins, city attorney OF Omaha
addressed the largest suffrage stree
meeting that has been held in Souti
Omaha since the opening of the cam
paign, Saturday evening The meetin,
was held at Twenty-fourth and M street
and lasted for several hours. Stree
speeches have been held Wednesday anc
Saturday evening in South Omaha sine.
early in August.
Afaaic City Gossip.
Cherokee coal, unscreened, s.26; screen
ed, $40; South Z. Rowland Lum. & Coal
office space for rent in Bee office, 2sl
N street Terms reasonable. Well know
location. Tel. South "a.
The Columbia club, one OF the big or
sc nizations OF South Omaha, lis plan
ming a four--day festival, October Ii /,
"a. II will be held at Columbia hall
Thirty-sixth and r streets. A proRran
Of orchestral and vocal music Is to b,
} given.
Four hundred AMI seventy-five dollar
found on the person OF a GYPSY VIII,
dresses in rags and lives in a tent. is som
money. At least, so the police OF souti
Omaha think. That is what was founi
ir the pockets OF S. Miller, who. alonI
with four other Gypsies, was arreste,
Sunday afternoon down by the track
where they were tenting. They are s
Ochicka, Alex stephen. 8. Miller Min
Stephen and Dora Duca, and are booke,
as suspicious characters.
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