Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-16
BRIEF CITY NEWS

Ad-a-Peari NsORlAcs At RdhOlmN.
Rave Root Print rt--Now Beacon Press
Radistss Hffioisncy-The i5e plate
dinner served at schiitz hotel.
June Brides Expect at least one of
our electric lamps. Burgess-Granden Co.
"Today's oomplsAs Nnovis Program
classified section today. ana appears IL
The Pee EXCLUSIVELY. Find out whai
the various moving picture theaters offer
pr. W. p. whsrry announces the sew
GRANGE Of his association with Or. r. s.
owen and the establishment of his tenn
porary offices at suite sos. Brandeis thea.
ter building.
Delay Letting Contract-The contract
for the construction of the Rose Realty
Company building at Sixteenth and Far
nam streets is not TO be let until
Wednesday.
Prof oslrioh TO Lecture--Prof DEL
rich will speak at clifford hall. aG Lyric
building. Nineteenth and Farnam streets.
"Wednesday evening, on "Co-operatlve
Individualism."
Police Court Report-Clerk Thomas J.
O'Connor of the police court submitted
TO the city council the following report
for May: Fines collected. SSH; costs.
SaT50; bonds forfeited. $423.5o.
Report Each nnonth--Commission
Butler secured the adoption of a reso-
luton directing the various city depart
ment heads to report TO the council each
month a statement of fees collected.
Rejects six Bids-Commissioner Jar
dine of the department Of public inn
provements has rejected six bids received
for grading bancroft street, Second to
Sixth streets. The bids Srs said to be too
high.
Return Bond to Aro0overn-The city
clerk has been directed by the city coun-
ell to return to former Commissioner
Thomas McGovern an official bond filed
at the time he decided TO ask for q re-
count OF the vote.
Steals Sack OF sugar-Frank Wilson.
Seventeenth and Nicholas streets. pleaded
guilty In police court to stealing a sack
of sugar valued at IS from the William
Murphy Grocery company. He was given
a short jail sentence.
hoffman on Board-The State Board
of Health has selected Leo A. Hoffman
OF Omaha q member of the State
Board of Embalmers. Mr.. Hoffman will
succeed q. II. Brewer of South Omaha,
whose term will expire soon.
Threatens His wifo-Paul Watkins,
81 North Twenty-fifth street, was ar
rested Monday night by officer La Page
for threatening 20 shoot his wife. He
was arraigned I'm police court Tuesday
and sentenced to thirty days in the
county jail
Coal Contract Lst--The Union Fuel
company OF Omaha has secured the con-
tract for supplying the. coal for the
Omaha federal building during the next
year. The contract calls for LOO tons,
more or less. of 2,24O pounds to the ton.
The price was 81. 7O5 per ton.
HOSTING Crane smAshss Build1ng-
At $50 Tuesday morning a giant hoIsting
crane being used in the construction of
the Grain Exchange building became re-
leased from an engine and crashed into
small building used by the contractors.
The damaged building was unoccupied
at the time OF the accident.
Dancing at High School Reunion
Preparations to entertain more than $40
persons are being made for the big re-
union Of all Omaha High school grad
yates at Happy Hollow club next Mon
day evening President Stuart Gould
announces that an orchestra has been
engaged for those who care to dance and
refreshments for monster crowd are to
be ordered by the steward of the club.
Lake Boats Examined - Captains
Downs and Brewer from ST. Louis, who
were in the city Monday, went to
Manawa, where they examined five boat
captains and granted licenses to operate
on the waters of the lake and carry pas
sengers on their boats. Monday night
the two captains left for up-river, going
as far as Niobrara. They will return
in about two weeks. and then will in
spect the passenger craft on Carter lake
and examine applicants for licenses.