Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-04

mysteriously shot near the Burlington
tracks at Thirty-siNth and ] streets early
Sunday morning. IL fighting for his life
and the police are no nearer to the solu-
ton Of the cause Of the shooting than
they were sunday. The wounded man.
who Is unmarried. lives near Thirty
seventh and q streets lie says he was
returning home at 100 D. m. yesterday
morning when some one unknown to him
stepped from behind box car and fired
a revolver At him point blank. The bullet
torn through the body Of Butkus. enter
ing the right breast and decorating the
right lung
After :he shooting the wounded man
dragged himself TO the home Of neigh-
Dor. who called tho police. He was
rushed to the South Omaha hospital.
where his chances Of recovery are said
to be slight The police think Inc shoot
ing may he the outcome OF feud or
that some railroad officer mistook Butkus
for box ear thief The shooting oc-
CURED near the Burlington tracks and
Butkus says that his assailant stepped
from behind box car. Recently there
has beer considerable complaint against
some of the railroad watchmen. some OF
" HON are said to be entirely too free
with the use OF their firearms.
Deaths and Funerals.
Mrs Barbara Koca. aged % years. died
yesterday morning at the st. Joseph hos
pital Of omaha after long illness. The
funeral will be held Wednesday morning
from the residence. 2S2 South Twenty
third street at $50 o'clock to the Church
OF the Assumption lnterment will be
made at the st. Marys cemetery.
The funeral Off Charley Carroll. aged
90 years. who died last Saturday evening
at 10 o'clock at the 81. Joseph hospital
OF Omaha. will be held tomorrow morning
at $50 o'clock from the residence, 25S0 n
street, 20 st. Agnes church. lnterment
will be made at st. Mary's cemetery.
Members of the Bricklayers' and
Eagles lodges are requested to attend
the funeral Of their late member and as
sociate.
Magic city Gossip.
Scarf Drug Co, prescription druggists
located doors north OF postofflce.
The city council will meet this evening
at the city hall building at o'clock.
Office space for rent In Bee office, 2s1s
street Terms reasonable. Well known
location. Tel. South 81.
Tho Board OF Education will meet to-
morrow evening at the board room In the
| high school building.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows
wiz meet this evening at their hall at
Twenty7(ourth and NJ streets.
| The Keep Dancing club will give big
dance tomorrow evening at the Moose
Horne at Twenty-fifth, aud NJ streets,
! The Mystic Workers of the World viii
meet at the odd Fellows hall tomorrow
evening at O'Clock. All members are
urged to attend.
The funeral for Charles Carlson will be
held from larkin's undertaking par1ors
| az $50 O'Clock this afternoon, with burial
/ In Graceland Park cemetery.
! Upchurch lodge No. 2, Degree of Honor
Will hold its regular meeting next
Wednesday afternoon instead of In the
evening. The club will give a card party
and dance the same evening.
Want ads for The Bee may be left at
! The Bees branch office 231S N st Rates,
! 20 a word for-ont time, 1Mc n word each
| day for three days and lc a word each
| day for week. Prompt and courteous
service.
A big carnival will occupy the vaea Mt
! lot opposite the city hall at Twenty
fourth and o streets for a week, begin
ming next Thursday afternoon and even
ing The same carnival makes a visit %
the city every year.