Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-28
BRIEF CITY NEWS

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buyers Live Oak Colony land. W. T.
Smith Co. City National Bank Bldg.
Keep Your money and valuables in
the American Safe Deposit vaults, as ).
nth St, Bee Bldg. Boxes 81 for three
months.
Mccarthy has been appointed sergeant
and, with Pete Dillon, is assigned to the
South Omaha district
Cozad Man Held Up--Frank Gardner
\of Cozsd, Neb.. was held up at Eleventh
lind Davenport streets Friday night by
a negro who secured SIS.
Grocery store Robbed ]. Rudzner's
grocery at 24O4 Fort street was entered
by thieves Friday night who carried
away produce to the amount Of $40.
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Finsd for False soales-M. Davis
peddler. arraigned in police court by
Inspector John Grant Pegg for using
fraudulent scales, was given fine of II
and costs, with suspended sentence.
Esperanto Club Pionio-The Es-
peranto club will give picnic at Hans
com park. July 2 its seventh anniversary
in honor of Mr.. Glenn Weber. senior
n'ember OF the class. who won the honor
Of being the best drilled cadet in the
Omaha High school.
Has Blight n1otoroyolss-victor H.
Roos, the local Harley-Davidson dis
tributor. reports the sale of another Har-
ley-Davidson to the Omaha Electric Light
and Power company. This makes eight
Harley-Davidsons they employ in their
service department.
Alcoholism IL cause of Desth--To
acute alcoholism is ascribed the death
Of George Holland. who was found dead
last night in a room at 1915 Chicago. A
bottle containing alcohol was found near
him. and friends declared that for the
last few days he had been drinking ex-
cessively.
To Inspect the item P1ant-As the
first Industrial inspection trip since the
opening of the vacation school for boys
~ the Young Mems Christian association,
ne 1s2 pupils will go through the item
kircuit factory Monday afternoon with
Hrincipal ]. w. Miller and the six teach
ers.
woman injured BY F1re-Fire start
inc from a gas stove damaged the cot
tage Of William c. Read at 1874 South
Fourteenth street, Saturday noon. Mr..
Read received burn on the right cheek
while attempting to extinguish the blaze.
The fire was discovered by the Read chill
dren, who were playing outside the
Kitchen door.
I'll. n.
Ter millinery store closes it's doors
"wednesday, June 90 as Mrs. Waugh
formerly Miss Butler). the proprietress,
leaves for the coast. whore her husband
has been transferred by his company.
This will close TO Omaha one OF the
greatest cut price millinery stores ever
operated here.
Ranger struck by Tad-s. ]. Ranger,
advertising manager for the Omaha Ne
braskan, suffered fractured wrist and
a dislocated knee cap yesterday after
noon when n taxi driven by John Mac
Cumber OF the Central Livery. acciden-
tally struck him while he was walking
near the Rome hotel. He was taken to
Wise Memorial hospital His injuries are
not serious.
Held for Stealing. shslls-wiIlianI
were bound over to the grand jury Under
5000 bond after hearing before United
states Commissioner Daniel on charge
of stealing a box OF shells from a Bur
lington freight car. There were eight
witnesses for the government and five
fer the defense, the latter five dec,arins
ono and all that they knew nothing al
all about the case.
we'll. general scale inspector for the Union
Pacific system, is making a test OF all
elevator scales of Omaha, South Omaha
and Council Bluffs, in conjunction with
John G. Pegg, city sealer of weights and
measures. In these tests weights aggrs
eating 5000 pounds are being used on
scales having a capacity up to A,O0t
pounds. Mr.. Pegg states this is the most
thorough test ever made of these large
scales.