Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-26
BRIEF CITY NEWS

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the various unovinE pictup thssters offer.
Keep your money and valuablss in the
American Safe Deposit Vault, 2lS $. 17th
St, Bee building. Boxes rent 81 for three
months.
Files a. a Bankrupt-George ]. Haller,
druggist, 26l9 Capitol avenue, filed a
petition in bankruptcy. giving liabilities
as s.. 220 and assets as $lS9.
Hayden Buyers GO East-Four buyers
from Hayden Brothers, headed by
Joseph Hayden. have gone 20 New York
on an extended buying trip.
For Safety First IN Life Insurance
see w. II. Indoe, genera. agent state
Mutual Life Assurance Co of Worcester,
Mass, one OF the Oldest, Il years, and
best companies on earth.
In divorce Court-Mrs. Grace Ramsay
has brought suit for divorce against
James d Ramsay, alleging non-support.
Mrs. Mary Ann Wood has secured de-
cree in her suit against Harry A. Wood
on grounds of cruelty
Held on worthless Check Charge f.
Downs has been arrested in Kansas City
and will be returned to Omaha to an
swer TO the charge Of having given w.
c. Beebe, to whom he owed S35, a worth
less check for s25 as payment on account.
Makes Away with Twenty Dollars-A
man who has been hanging around the
81 fyNn
Howard streets for the last two months.
was given a 500 bill to get changed for
the clerk lie disappeared and the police
are looking for him.
Section of Trolley Wire stolen-Six-
teen cars on the Benson Deaf Institute
line were held up Friday night when
some person stole $50 feet Of copper feed
wire that had become disconnected from
the source OF supply at Fortieth and
Lake streets A falling branch had
broken the connection.
Installing Lookers-For several days
the boys department of the Young Men't
Christian association has sounded more
like boiler factory than a department
devoted to the younger members of theii
organization. They have been installing
a new locker system and the poundinl
of rivets has been going on for some
time.
Run over by wagon-Frank Vercil
aged years. 1918 Chicago street, sus-
tanned a badly smashed right foot when
a wagon driven by A. Sesseman, a gar
dener of East Omaha, ran over the mem
ber at Thirteenth and Dodge streets.
Sesseman was arrested by Sergeant Fer
ris after a chase of several blocks. He
was released on bond.
Robbery Is Return for Drinks-Charles
Gross. 2eO1 Brown street. met a crowd OF
oonvivial gentlemen last evening and
after buying numerous rounds of re-
freshment for the crew, accompanied
three of the bunch to Fifteenth and Cali
fornla streets. Hero to show their graft
tude they held him up and robbed him o.
a gold watch and 81
Books on Christian Science - TIL,
Omaha public library has recently re
ceived from the trustees under the will
of Mary Baker Eddy the following book
on Christian Science by Mary Baker
Eddy Science and Health With Key Il
the Scriptures" This literature hai
been presented without cost to th'
library and is to be placed at the dis
posal of the reading public as soon as i
has been catalogued-
Raid Alleged Gambling aame-whel
Officers Williams, Holden, Cunningham
and Barta gained entrance to the base
ment at 80 South Sixteenth street the!
arrested sixteen men whom they asser
we're gambling. Poker and craps wer'
the particular implements in use. J
Baryenbruch was booked at the station
oR /,
arraigned as such Monday morning. AL
of the men were released on bond.
Falls While Climbing Fsnce--Jin
Downey of Des Moines last evening
sought to gain entrance to the Updik
Lumber company's yards at Fifteenth
and Webster streets and in so doing fel
from the fence surrounding the yard an,
dislocated his right shoulder. He wa
found by the watchman and taken t
police headquarters, where Drs. Folt
and Shook set the unjointed member. A
Downey had been drinking he was locke
up for the remainder of the night.
Omaha Furniture Company Bankrup
The Omaha Furniture Manufacturinl
company of Ralston has filed a petition
in voluntary bankruptcy with assets o
$99496 and liabilities of SCI, 1892. Thi
action was decided upon at a recen
meeting of the stockholders. at whic
it was decided upon at recent meeting
Of the stockholders, at which 1t wa
decided that the concern was insolvent
Though the liabilities are given as onl
about two-thirds of the assets, they ar
largely made up OF items on which littl
can be realized Stock in trade is pu
in at 1,259; machinery at Sl7,7O2; pat
ents at S2O.SSs.