THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, ATOIL 2,
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BRIEF CITY NEWS i
3ae loot mat It.
0, Blaetrle Flxtnraa. Mnrfaaa-Oraaaea.
Tlmae, PrlntUf. .
KatUnger Will rild The will of
Ooir M. Natlingpr, lata nvcrrlary of th
Omaha Building and Loan association.
Iai an estate which Is valued at alKitit
M." to his widow. Harriet E. Mr. Nat
ilnger riled March 10.
Ail Wall ta China A cablegram tins been
tecelved by C. N. IMeti, dated .Hon a; Kon.
rirll reading: "Arrived all well. Take
Trans-Slberla. Arrive Paris' not later than
June 11. Leave -here for Shanghai Satur
day, plarned. Gould DleU."
Two DtToreaa O ran tea Two decrees of
divorce rre k run led In dlKtiict court
Monday as follows: Mable Casey from
Milton J. Casey and Myrtle O. Field from
Oeorge W. Field. The decree. In the' case
of the latter provide for MO a month ali
mony. Vlnety Pays for Assault Ninety day
In the rounty jail was the s-ntenc- re
ceived by Joseph Zadtma Tuesday morning
from Judge Estelln. Zadlma was tried on
a charge of asxault on a little Pouth
Omaha girl.. The Jury found him guilty
only on a charge of assault and battery.
"You got off mighty lurky. young man."
raid the judge as he pronounced sentence.
Tslarram Tells of Accident A tele
gram was received Monday afternoon by
County Attorney English telling of a se
rious accident to Arthur McFarland. It
years old. In Waverly, la. Thmeasage
said that McFarland lived at 2102 West
Tblrd avenue, but efforts by the police
failed to locate friends or relatives there.
The telegram was sent by W. H. Wahr
n lecher.
AUTOMOBILE MAKER SAYS
CONDITIONS ARE GOOD
II. II. Franklin "tons Off In Omaha
fop a Visit Tells of Commer
cial Vehicles.
H. U. Franklin, president of the Franklin
Automobile company was in city Tuesday
aa a stop In a trip through the middle
west In the interests of tha company of
which he la tha head. This la tha aecond
trip taken by. Mr. Franklin thia spring, he
having traveled across tha country two
months ago while on a visit to tha Agen
cies of his company on tia Paclflo coaat.
On his first trip Mr. Franklin found
trade conditlona excellent and he became
very enthusiastic ."On my trip to tha
coast," ha said, "I found prospects bright
In every city. There la every Indication
that th coming year will aaa a good
mount of Automobile business. There will
be a lot of cars sold in Omaha, for trade
conditions here are not surpassed by those
in any other town.
"The fasilr. of apprehension In some
quarters at tha beglnnlnir of tho 19U sea
son has proven unwarranted and the sea
son haa been very aucoessful. We have
had a very good asle on pleaaure cars this
season, Indicating that tha market is
sural In food condition throughoot. ,
' "In connection with tha sale of pleaaure
cars, It might be well to say that tha com
mercial car aa a factor in trade la just be
ginning to be felt. The production of these
Is being Increased In every factory and in
tho Franklin factory alona there are now
being turned out threa times as many
trucks as there were a year ago. Omaha
has shown a great iriterestfh tha eomrasr
cia car proposition And that olass of vehi
cle will increase rapidly here, as western
cities are qulok to Adopt new and mod
ern features."
CROPS IN NEEDjJF MORE RAIN
Railroad Iteports Show the Rest Pros
per ts for A Fralt Crop la
Many Years.
Rain la needed all over Nebraska, ac
cording to tha reports of tho Burlington
and Northwestern railroads, for the last
week. Tha railroad reports cover practi
cally tha entire etate, find in very fsw
places do tha farmers state that there has
been enough rain. General condition of tha
oil la food, but tha new planted seed
atda mora moisture.
- About one-quarter of an Inch , fell on
Furlington lines. Oxford to McCook; one
half Inch from McCook to Wray, And scat
tering rains on tha Imperial divisions and
Ksiisaj lines of that road. light and
scattered ralna wore reported on tha North
western from Cresco to Dallas, B. p., but
mora rain la needed
Wheat Is making little progress because
of tha cold weather In some parts and the
need of moisture. It Is in good condition In
all tv'etrka and ' the prospect are for
big harvests. Oats and small grain, have
been planted all over the state and are
doing very well. In some plants they have
not sprouted, and ' thia will make a late
crop. ' I
Alfalfa wintered well, and short grass
pastursa ra In good condition, but not
making progress as ia general each spring.
Plowing for corn has been Jon over tho
whole state, but no planting as yet.
Fruit prospeots are tha beat In years,
with the lata spring, and tha blesaoma not
out on most of tha trees. When they come
out nW there should be no sole weather
ta chill the blossoms and kill the fruit
germs.
INSURANCE MEN HOLD BACK
(Mr "till Waltlaa; for Kids ea tha
JsisrasM of tha City
Ball.
Won't somebody submit a bid for fur
nishing insuranca for the city hall and Its
contents T Threa weeks ago the city clerk
was Authorised to Atlvertlaa for bids, but
ntry an lnsuranc great in the city wanted
the contract. Not a single bid was received
last Tuesday plant when they were sched
uled to be be opened.
Another resolution will be Introduced tonight-
The failure to (ft bids la said ta
be dua to combination of Insurance
agent, the membera of which have Agreed
to out the contract up among them.
A verbal understanding haa been reached.
It la said, whereby bids will be submitted
under the new revolution and the insurance
divided among half A dosen local conoerna.
The city wants W00.000 on tho building
ani sjB.uw on me content.
PAN CLUB GIVES APRIL PARTY
Chambers' Aeadrmy Seeao of a Jolly
Catberlac mioaday Kerala of
the ( lab Members.
Tba Pan club held it annual party at
Chamber Monday evening. About
twenty-five coupl.s were present. Mualo
waa ruralahed by Whaley's orchestra.
Tboee present were; Messra. and ales
dame V. O. Roberta, Allen Pudley. O. O.
I.leben. A. T. Cajaoob, O. c. Hainan, B.
A. Hose, W. B. Tsgg, C. J. Bulla. f. O.
Siier wood. R. E. I-ajiadon. Glenn A tvti.
cox. ateaata. U U. UliUspU. F. M. Sher-
eood, pr. Anson, Jamea; Trimble, W. H
Chk. N. O Bowlby. Howard 8m. rt
W. Cmley, pr. Delaney. O. J. Ststek. Rob
ert Koi-sn. Misses Beatrice Cole. Nell
Howard. Myra Wlddea. eai WMit.n
l.Da Jacubken. Annea Cooler, Elisabeth
Hehreni Mrcl Smart, Trees Robbtns
Helen Rlepen. Hell field, Grace Hempel,
tds Qw)Ane.
Sioux Falls Boasts Youngest
City Treasurer in Country
John M. Toohey. city treasurer of
Sioux Falls, without doubt Is the
youngest city treasurer In the etate
or northweet, and so far as known Is
the youngest city treasurer in the
I'nlted States In cities of 17.000 ami
upward. He wss born In Sioux
Fslls In IMS. and therefore Is only
21 years of age. He was appointed
to his present position on June 8.
1910, and is one of the most efficient
attaches of the present commission
administration of Sioux Falls. He
was educated In the public schools
of the city and is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. V. J. Toohey, pioneer resi
dents of Hloux Kails, his father be
ing a local bUMinss man. The younK
treasurer Is under bond uf $1.UX,
and each twelve months his office
handles city funds to the aKgregate
amount of about t-MO.ouu. I'nrttr his
efficient administration as city
treasurer the Interest charges
uaalnst the city are month by
month being reduced by reductions
in the outstanding flrtatlnir warrants
and other financial liabilities.
mnnwiwTOT lihin.i in, ...I in m i e n
JOHN M. TOOHEY.
IDENTIFIES MAN WHO SHOT
Officer Brinkman Positive Hiler it
1 Han Who Wounded Him.
POLICE ARE AITER THE OTHERS
Think They llavr I. mated the (inns;
Whlrh Mas Bern Terrorising the
People of Omaha on the
streets.
After having positively Identified the pic
tures of Harry Carter and Henry Hlllcr.
alias Richard Frltsch. as those of two of
the quartet who shot and wounded him
last Friday night at Sixteenth, between
Webster and California avenue. Police Of
ficer Edwin lirinkman at his home. 1324
Arbor street. Identified Carter as one of
the men who shot' at h;m.
Carter, who ha been under arrest since
the shooting, was taken to the home of
Officer Rrlnknmn by letertlvea Fleming
and Dunn. At alsht of his assailant the
wounded officer restrained himself with
difficulty. Carter, durinn the Identifica
tion, shrank from the sight of his victim
and begKCd the detectives to take him
away. Hiller and Warren and another
whose name Is unknown are being sought
by the police.
Lottie Henry, a companion of the men.
was Tuesday sentenced by Acting Po
lice Judge George C. Cockrell to sixty days
BORN RICH.DIES AT POOR FARM
Woman Accustomed to Luxury Dies
Here in Poverty.
WAS MOST HIGHLY EDUCATED
For the Last 81a Tears Mrs. Grace
I.elss Has Been Dependent V'pon
Coaaty for Snpport
Friends Bnry Her.
Fifty-three years old, enfeebled by want
and sorrow yand driven Insane by worry.
Mrs. Grace Lelss died at the county hos
pital several days ago. She was born In
Brooklyn, N. Y., of English parents and
reared amount surroundings j of great
luxury, tier education was receivea irom
private tutors and she waa accomplished
in muslo and art and the other branches of
an aristocrat lo training.
Ch married A. Lelss, a piano merchant,
and Invested her share of the family estate
In his business which was established at
Lincoln, Neb. After a few years, mis
fortune ruined his business and ha be
came A bankrupt. Not long afterwards he
persuaded his wife to leave him on the
pretext that her absence would make htm
fonder of her and while sue was gone
divorced her and married a piano operator
In his own atora.
This left her without support, as her
means has been Invested in the ruined busi
ness. With $1,600 she went to Kansas City
and undertook to run a fashionable board
ing house, work for which aha was very
poorly fitted, and In a few weeks her
mtney was gone. A friend in Omaha who
had known her in affluence cared for her
In Omaha for a year and then, when con
tinual worry and suffering had begun to
enfeeble her mental power, put her In
Mother Lee's home at Fourth and Bancroft.
Taken to Connty Farm.
81 x years ago she waa taken from this
home and placed In the, County hospital,
and aha haa been there since. She forgot
In her recent years All of tha luxury and
comfort to which aha was accustomed and
took her simple fare and comforta at the
poor farm without complaint.
She asked continually for her husband,
asking why he did not come to her, and
accusing the attendants of keeping her
separated from her own people.
(Jlnce her death it has been learned that
her husband 1 living with hi second wife
In Kokomo, Ind. Tb only other relative
she had In ' thia country waa a aecond
oousm who died recently in Avon. New
York. The executore of the estate of this
eousln refused to advance money for her
burial, and the fact that she is to be burlad
in West Lawn cemetery was due to the
help of the friend In Omaha, who cared
for her when she first became dependent
The funeral waa held at t.'JO Tuesday morn
ing from an undertaking establishment
LATENSER SAYS TIME IS UP
AAvlses Connty Commissioners that
Tonrt Honse Bhoald Be Com-'
Dieted by May 1.
A letter from John Latenser, architect on
the new court house:, haa been received by
the Board of County Commissioners, which
advises them that the time limit of twenty
months, within which the contract with
Caldwell & Drake calls for the completion
of the building, expires on May 1.
The communication also states that ac
cording to tbe contract, Caldwell & Prake
must stand all the additional expenses
caused by any delay after that time, and
reoommenda tbat tha board take action at
Once.
Among the Items, ha says, that call for
more immediate attention are renta and
Inspection. He recommends that his own
salary and that of D. L. Shane, who is
tho other inspector, be deducted from the
money paid Caldwell A Drake, beginning
May L aa tha beat way of collection.
Tha letter waa read before the board in
its meeting Tueaday, but no definite action
waa taken upon It at the time.
A Viper in the Stomach
la dyspepsia, complicated with liver and
kidney trouble. Electrlo Bitters help all
such cases or no pay, too. For sale by
Beaton Drug Co.
Ulrtba and Deaths.
Births Frank and Anna Pesek. 270
South Twelfth street, boy; 8. and 8
Hronso, 1201 South Twelfth street, boy;
James and Nettie Murray, S318 Decatur
tieet, girl; Joseph and Jessie Riley, 1717
outh Eleventh street, girl.
Deaths Airs. Maria 8. Anderson. eS veers
1: 40 South Twentieth street; Mons N. Nel
son. Immanuel hospital; Maud Kellogg, 49
years, Glen, Neb.; Andrew P. Melter, 48
years, M8 South Twenty-fourth avenue
Lucy McCormlck 4 years, 9f4 Davenport
street; Dorrls Bohwaab. 4 years. U10
South Twenty-ninth street.
Jobbers Complain
of Freight Rates
Attack is Made on the Rates from
Omaha to Colorado Com
mon Points.
Alleged unreasonable and unjust class
freight rates from Omaha to Colorado com
mon points were attacked Tuesday in a
complaint filed with Interstate Commerce
commission at Washington by the commer
cial clubs of Omaha. Sioux City, St. Joseph
and Kansas City. The Joint complaint is
filed against the Santa Fe and other com
mon carriers.
Edward J. McVann, manager of the
trafflo department of the Omaha Commer
cial club, says that the commission is re
quested to adjust the rates on an equitable
basis, as between Chicago and St. Louis
and Missouri river points. "The purpose
of the complaint is to obtain for the jobbers
along the Missouri river the same reduc
tions that were made by the Interstate
Commerce commission to St. Louis and
Chicago in tha Kindle case. The commis
sion made for these cities a reduction of
25 cente on first clans and corresponding
reduction in other classes of freight, and
the Missouri river jobbers are asking for
the same concessions.
FATHER KNOCKS DOWN MAN
WHO INSULTS DAUGHTER
Sal vn tore Gnlsseppo Is Ronchly
Handled by Irate Father Who
Appears on Scene.
Caught in the act of Insulting; 14-year-old
Alice Nachtncbla of 606 Woolworth avenue.
SaJvAtora Oulaseppe, an Italian, whs
knocked down And severely beaten by Jo
seph Nachtneble, father of tbe girl, at
Rlxth and Pierce streets, Tuesday morn
ing. The police arriving on the scene
locked up both men, Guisseppo as a sus
picious character and Nachtneble as a com
plaining witness. Gutsseppe was Injured to
such an exteni that Police Surgeon T. T.
Peppers had to dress his wounds.
Joseph Nachtneble. the father of the
girl, said that the Italian had attempted
to assault the girl Saturday last, but was
driven away by her cries for assistance.
This morning, while the father was in the
house, Alice went out into the alley, where
Qulsseppe was. He again began to annoy
the girl, who called her father. Nacht
neble overtook the fleeing Qulsseppe and
gave him a drubbing before the arrival of
the police.
BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR
ELECTRICIANS PLANNED
Assistant Cltf Attorney Is Preparing
Ordinance at Request of Cltyi
Electrician.
An ordinance creating a board of ex
aminers for applicants for electrician's
permits, is being drawn by Clinton Brome,
assistsnt city attorney, at tha request of
City Electrician Mlchaelsen. Tha measure
also will provide for a board of appeals,
to which disgruntled applicants can carry
their troubles.
The city electrician wishes to avoid a
repetition of tha Starr case, where he waa
forced by mandamus to Issue a permit.
Ills ordinance will do away with the pres
ent board of examiners and create a nenr
one composed of practical electricians.
The ordinance also provides a license fee
of tl for journeymen permit.
WARRANT FOR EMPLOYE
IN TREASURER'S OFFICE
Joseph Morrow Alleges He Waa As
aanlted by R. G. toakltn and
Aska Ills Arrest.
Joseph Marrow, bailiff in Judga Redick'a
court, haa sworn .out a warrant for tha
arrest of R. Q. Conkllng, employed in the
office of the city treasurer. M.. ..
leges that when he went into tha offico on
some pusiness ne waa assaulted.
Tho lou4 Sleep, .f Go4 Health
Can not be over estimated and any ali
ment tbat prevents it Is a menace ta
health. J. L. Soutbara, Eau Claire. Wis
says: "I have been unable to sleep soundly
njghta. because of palna across my back
and soreness of my kidneys, sly appetite
waa very poor and my general condition
waa much run down. I hava been taking
Foley'a Kidney Pilla but A Short time and
cow sleep aa aound a a rock, my general
condition la greatly improved, and I know
that Foley'a Kidney pills have cured a
For sale by All drugglatA
Si
la
Needed Wow, and tho Best Is
Hood's Sarsaparilla
e
Which purifies, enriches and revitalize the blood as no
other does. 40,366 testimonials of cures, in two years.
Get it in usual liquid form or tablets called Sarsatabs.
In the county Jail It was at the home of
the Henry woman's mother at Flfleenth
and Webster streets that tetectivae Flem
ing and Dunn found He trail of the gang
who for ionie time have been terrorising
late wayfartrs on tliu streets.
M tn Hate tome from Meal.
The gang is said to have come to Omah
from l.lmoln. Nearly all the members of
the band have criminal records throughout
the country. Carter, thouah he is said to
he of fiood family, has In n Implicated In a
number of ilespeiate scrapes end burglar
ies. Henry Hlllcr. whose rt:ht name Is
Kit hard Frltsch. another member of the
sar.g. has served time in the tSreen Hav
reformatory and in the Weupon peniten
tiary. Somt years ago Miller came to
Omaha, where he represented himself as
the son of a rich brewer of Pt. Paul. Me
railed at the local offices of the coin
psny. Indulged In wild orgies and auto
rides, and finally wss arrested for for
gery. Miller was sentenced to three )oars
In the penitentiary at l.ln.oln. Since his
release he has again forigdthered with
thugs and dexperadors and Is said to have
come to Omaliu. from IJiiccln in roiiiiun
with the Henry woman.
For soreness of the muscles, whether In
dured by violent exercise or Injury. Cham
berlain's Liniment is excellent. This lini
ment Is also highly esteemed for the relief
it affords In cases of rheumatism. Bold by
all dealers.
Get your Permit to Smoke.
Rfiallu NoBoasti
TIP-TOP BREAD
Makes "Hp -Top" Toast
n
. Crisp and Delicious
Perhaps-
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