Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-09
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Board of Equalization Lets Yards
and Packers Down Easy
CITIZENS GROW wRATHY
BeEinninG 60 utter Loud Protests
over the Action TRken-wOmRn
Takes Laudanum and Acid
In Attempt at suicide.

Takes LaudRnum and Acid
In Attempt Rt suicide.
City Treasurer Il. j. Martin and Tax
Commissioner Jerry Fitzgerald voted no
yesterday when the rest Of the Board OF
/ Equalization voted to permit the packers
and the stock yards to 20 without
raise m assessments. Mayor Hoctor
voted no, although he had introduced the
motion to allow the stock yards to remain
at the same figure as last year Martin
! and Fitzgerald believed that the packers
and the stock yards should stand for
raise, at least as much as the Is per cent
placed upon the small owners and bus
iness men OF the city.
The council and board, Martin and Kav-
anaugh voting against the move. cut taxes
on Mayor Hooters private property from
500 TO $500 per lot and less. Councilman
Riha introduced the motion that the
packers and the stock yards be assessed
the same as last year Mayor Hoctor
wanted the stock yards to remain the
SAME and the packing houses cited in
separately.
There is no doubt that the citizens are
wrathy over the Board OF Equalization
and Reyiew with the exception of Martin
and Fitzgerald, who fought to have the
burden placed on the shoulders of the
corporations as well as on the small tax
payers. Citizens were openly complain-
ing of the burden placed on them and
swearing that they would vote for annexa-
tion.
The last move of the council. which
left the burden on the small Taxpayers
and did not raise a penny on the pack
ing houses and the stock yards, was too
much, and a howl was going up last
night
| Takes Laudanum and Acid.
Using iaudanum and carbolic acid to
make sure, Mrs. Jacob Jones failed to
commit suicide yesterday afternoon at her
home, Twenty seventh and streets.
The woman is about 40 years of age. The
police say she had experienced some
trouble with her husband in the morning.
The couple is said to have renewed the
trouble later in the day. The woman
! then procured the soporific and the car
| bolic acid. 1t is thought that she took
| the laudanum hoping TO dull the pain of
/ the carbolic acid. She was found by
nelghbors, and Detective Andrew Le-
pinski summoned medical aid. After ply
sicians had rendered first aid, they or
dered Mrs Jones TO the South Omaha
hospital 1t IL thought that she will re-
cover.
Tramp Found Dead.
One tramp found another dead at
Sixtieth and l. streets yesterday after
noon. He told Joe Boyer, a farmer liv-
ing nearby, who called Undertaken w. j.
LarlSin. and had the body removed TO
the morgue. The dead man, according
to Larkin, had been dead for at least
three weeks. The body will be inferred
at once. No marks of Identification we're
found on the man. Boyer says he saw a
man hanging around about three weeks
ago. The man may have been suicide
or he may have died from natural causes.
Church Notices.
All South Omaha churches will resume
their regular sunday morning program
tomorrow morning with the exception of
& the Methodist Episcopal church Union
school lawn at clock in the evening.
The public is cordially invited to attend.
In the absence of Rev. j.. w. Kirk
at the First Methodist church at Twenty
fitth and streets; Sunday school will
tendent Dean Ringer presiding.
First Presbyterian, Twenty-third and
j Streets-Bible school in all departments
at 9:45. DR. Wheeler breaches at H.
topic, And He Manifested His Glory"
At the morning services. resolutions of
sympathetic coincidence for the president
OF the United states in the death of his
wife will be presented to the congrega-
tion, followed by prayers. The union
vesper services on the high school lawn
I will be addressed by Rev. William r.
will preach for the Third Presbyterian
folks on next Sabbath evening at Twenty
| second and Leavenworth streets, Omaha.
Baptist, Twenty-fifth and III Streets,
William r. Hill. pastor-Morning worship
and sermon at II. Sunday school at 9:45.
Union services on high school grounds at
Z. Brown Park Sunday school at 9:45.
ing at s.
Magic City Gossip,
Mrs William Berry and her son, Mains,
will leave today for an auto trip through
Iowa.
The local aerie of Eagles will give a
dancing party this evening at their hall,
Twenty-thiTd and n streets
The Eastern Star society will hold an
important business meeting this evening.
All members are requested to attend.
There will be big dance at the new
Settlers hall. Thirty-siXth and L streets,
this evening. Admission will be charged.
A. i. Stryker and william Shellsberg,
both of the local stock yards, have just
returned from business trip to Denver.
The local order of Moose are holding
nightly dances at their hall on Twenty
fifth and NJ streets, now the center of
the carnival
The Moose carnival, which is now on
in full force at Twenty fourth and M
streets, will conclude rs visit to South
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