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BRIEF CITY NEWS
Sarcophagus.
Wills pr.po.rea. Peters Trust Co.
Ufa Inst -Ztl. Fann Xutual. Gould
XrifhUnf rtxtuttt, Baresi-arandn Co.
ridtllty Btcraff & Tan Co. Dous. 161.
Xvs Soot Print It Now Beacon Fresa.
rnst funds and uUtti administered.
Permanency laid stability Is backed by
a capital and surplus or 1100,000. Peter
Trust Co.
Xo.nal Franchise XiORgTiB to Mast Tha
Equal Franchise league ot South Omaha
trill meet Tuesday evening at the First
Presbyterian church. Twenty-third and
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAllA
rillii litiEi OMAllA, bAlbitUAl, bMillnUiiH Hi, 15)13.
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Charles Hawkins Kills
Tucker in Saloon.
Bolert
HAD TROUBLE IN FOOL HALL
Mnrderer Left to Get Gnn and lie
turned, OpentitK Fire nn Soon
na Vlfltni Wm Vo
cated.
A fleht In a pool hall yesterday after
noon between Charles Hawkins, a ne&ro
Jt Vila V4 i , ... .
J streets. Tho address ot the evening ' "er empioyea ai Armour. pac-
wlll be made by Hester Dronson Copper. ,n5. plant' nobrt Tucker, a neirro re-
who will speak on "The Other Halt ot :!'"'"? ?l ? . . T 'E'T
'tu in uio mums 01 iuctvcr oy tiatf
the Kingdom," a suffrage Interpretation
of the Bible story of Queen Esther.
-Wafct to Ball a Clock P. J. Herts of
Chicago, Is conferring with Superintend
ent B. TJ. Oraff, Secretary W, T. Bourke
and President E. Holovtchlner of tho
Board of Education with reference to
the. purchase of a program clock, for
the Central high school. The clock now
In Use is worn out after twenty years of
service.
Xoore Mores' to Ohloayo H. C Moore. '
chief clerk in the freight claim depart
ment ot the local headquarters of the
Burlington, leaves for Chicago Saturday,
where he continues in the employ of tho t
company aa a chief clerk of, one of the
.bureaus of tho freight department,. Mr.
Moore wilt be succeeded here by J. C.
Burch, who comes from tho company's
general freight offices in Chicago.
kins In the Independent-liquor house at
High School Band
Players Return to
Organization Fold
All. boys of the Central .HlgH School
band, with the exception ot one leader,
whb, it Is understood, was not encouraged
to follow the othore, abandoned $he strike'
ana returned to sua Dana tney quit De
cause' Bandmaster George Green had en
rolled four negro boys.
" Principal Kato McHugh ' of tho high
school and ilr. Green called the meeting
yestcraay acternoon and the boys signed
up for a new band without reference to
the colored boys.
reen gave, the strikers notice that they
would keep on playing In. the band or go
back" to cadet drill, which, as members of
jhe band they escaped. Principal Mc
Hugh and members of the- high school
faculty approved Green's position. The
affair was not taken to the superintend
ent of the Board ot Education.
The band leader fold the boys he -would
take their old instruments in exchange for
iivjt onca auer mey naa enrouea.
Krug Forgets that
,HeQwn3 Lot Samson
Is Now Ooo'upying
When Da Weaver Oectded to hold the
Ak-Sar-Ben carnival at the present loca
tion, he hied himself to the office ot
Al King to secure permission to use the
tot that is owned by the Krugs at Seven
teenth and Howard streets. The tot In
cludes 107 feet front and ninety feet deep
at the main entrance of the grounds and
was absolutely necessary.
Krug readily gave his 'consent for tho
Use ot tho lot and stated that anything
the Ak-Sar-Ben wanted, which he could
possibly furnish Samson, could have it
250 South Twenty-elchth street a nhort without thanks. Weaver left the Krug
time later. Hawkins fired four shot at otf ,c MBMy elated over his success and
Tucker and three of the bullets took ef-'d,dn,t vn lry borrow money, so great
feet Tucker died at the South Omaha was hl JW-
hospital at 4:30 o'clock, about an hour wn" the tyilvat opened yester-
af tor the shooting. Hawkins escapedT but ay, Krug appearou In the secretary's
was captured last night near tho Itock sanctum sanctorum and yelled lustily for
Island depot. I the mighty oak. Whereupon Dad emerged
Witnesses of the Bhoottng say that' from his seclusion and Inquired as t? the
Tucker was drinking In tho saloon when! wishes of the caller. Krug asked Dad
Hawkins came in jfrom thn pool hall' how ho liked the weather and rolled oft
owned by Howard Stearns, which Is lo-' a few more Irrelevant. Irresponsible and
cated at 253 South Twenty-eighth street t Inconsfsterit- questions and remarks before
Hawkins remarked something about get- he got downTo business,
ting Tucker and started shooting at close1 "Say Dad," Inquired Krug, "what is the
range. Of the four bullous fired by Haw-' chance for mo to erect a sign on this lot
kins, one bullet passed through the chin by the entr&hce'f'
of Tucker, another lodged In his right! "What aro you trying tor dot" returned
arm near the shoulder, while the third ! Weaver, "Is this a Joke!"
borod through tho abdomen in the region ";Why, no," responded Krug, "I would
of the stomach. like to erect a sign here and I want your
As Tucker fell Hawkins Is. said to have permission. ,1 don't care what It (costs."
coolly turned and viewed hie Victim withj "Well," said Dnd, "I can't for' tho life
tho remark, "You ain't dead yet, eh,"0f me figure out what you're talking
and was about to attack the prostrate Rbout. It you want the sign, you get It
mara second Umo whon a negro woman: Bnd x don.t Be9 whero j comB lrti lt., yoUr
Interfered and prevented any more shoot
Iriff.
Haw'Klns Is known as a good workman.
Soma Umo ago he served tlmo in thai'
county Jail for an attack upon Percy
Jackson, another negro. "'
How Trnnble Started.
I lot. Go as far as you like."
Mr. Krug, had forgone', he owned the
Jot and could do as ha pleased with It.
Get Rid or tur Torment of Rhcnma.
tlim.
That you can do by ridding yourself pt
ino trauoio mo pool nan occurrra ,. w.ir .inm-i.h. ir.n.t
when Tucker was playing pool with , Ben, ., llnw rlc H ..,.,. ,
"Ij ' " Style 39&
'4
Shake hands wi th
England. She sent
Vis this swinging
uiy.le. JVe've
crowded it full bf -
comfort to boot.
As
. Style 231
J Here's a - line,
.mellow piece of
; dtlll chrome calf.
JVVeXve turned it
itlto the wagerest
shoe a man colild
ak. Look at the
btlttqns. ;4 '
Style 191
A stocky stand
by for any man.
Retains its smooth
brilliant finish 'til
the end, Smiles at
hard wear.
Putting off Crossetta
never pays.
CROSSETT
U40 to ttJt)9 tvtryvXtrt
Iwl X. CrosMtt, Inc., SfaUrt
North Ablnzton, Uiu.
. There's a special Crossett last
, ,rbr, peop!o with arcli 'troubles.
5 Aak ouapents about It.
WM
I
Omaha Agents Crosett Shoes.
Htearns, a brother- of the proprietor.
Hawkins entered and offered to wager
ag&lnst Tucker's BUcceas In the game.
This started trouble . between Hawkins
culate in the blood, and these lodging in
the Joints and muscles, cause rheuma
tism, lumbago, nnd stiff, swollen, aching
Joints. Foley Kidney Pills .ease your
Wholesale Charges
to Be Made Against
Telephone Company
Labor Commissioner Charley root will.
It Is understood, within the next few
days file complaints at Fremont, Nor
folk, Grand Island, Lincoln and Omaha,
charging tho Nebraska Telephone com
pany and the Lincoln Telephone and Tel-'
egraph company with violations of the t
nine-hour law for feminine workers. I
The labor commissioner has been col-
lecung eviuence in omalm recently and
has conferred with representatives of tho
telephone companies, some of whom de
sire to test the new law. ,
if Is the labor commissioner's opinion
that the ntne-hour-a-day law Is violated
whether girts work all the time or
"snatch a nap" while on duty, a practice
permitted in some of the stations.
1 f 1 .,t.. t. ... i J '
TTnra a.. .i,. ,r.J-nd torment from the tlmo, you be
iwiiniu wvvui Mv-ve itiu siicti frit
gin taking them. They positively and
permanently build up the kidneys, restore
their normal action, and strain out" the
uric add crystals that causa rheumatism
dnd lumbago. Try them. All dealers
everywhere. Advertisement
Name.
I'llxgeraJcI 178 ISO
Chadd ....... 1S2 170
Brlggs 149 193
Peterson 17S 191
Hall 147 144
HI
178
172
155
Totals 83t 883 m
t SOUTH OMAllA ICE CO.
Name. i. s.
ruKcucr ., yjs w
COX" .., ,., 112 Ul
Howe lit lb7
lEtter 1 1st
McDonald .175 . J73
181
174
17S
Total ................ 838
Handicap ......i..:... ,2
.920
"2.
,887
' '2
S2)
616
67S
Total.
S33
tu
41
94i
til
6
Totals 840. 022 '8S3 ZMl
CULKIN'S TATTPR
Name. i, 2. j.
Dudley 122 151 J, ISC
Joo Tanner.......;.. 181 119 'ic3
Culkina ........ 124. 133 ' l
FxWl ,.,'.t. V.. ...... 170 1C0 171
Cfevanaugh its m 111
Total,.......,,....., 794.
Handicap 8 .
48
853
48
Total.
45S
432
423
01
K)
2.42
144
Totals 843 829 1 2,573
MARTIN'S TIQERS.
Name. 1. 2. 8. Total.
Frltcher 197 178 ii
Jonts ....,.,.k.... 155 155 155 46
OhntMrg 105 176 171 612
Kennedy 143 214 218 175
Lepinski , let lil m 478
ToUts m 874 838
aiaaio Clty'Gosaln.
Two front rooms, modern, steam heat.
for light housekeeping. 03 N. 24tlr.
3. B. Towl made a btitn?irci trln m
Lyons, Neb., the first of the Week.
Louis Kratke of Pender, Neb., was In
South Omaha on business Thursday.
Save money, by contracting for winter
coal now. Lowest prices on ali kinds of
coal. Tho Business Agency, 2318 if St
Tel. So, 27.
John Sterett nd mother lett'Wcdne
day for tut extended trip to Iowa atiu
Wisconsin. '
For a case of Jotter's Old Age or Gold
Top bear call So. 848. Prompt delivery t.
all parts of the city. Wm. Jotter.
The dinner which was scheduled t
taker place Friday at thn Presbyterlai
rhurch has been postponed Indefinitely,
The members of the Optima club an.
their husbands were entertained at tin
Centurlan club rooms. Mrs. Brady an6
Mrs. Crowe, were hostesses.
The Ladles' Aid society of the First
Eantist church will conduct a nastrv
le at Clssna & Polsley'k meat market,
1222 North Twenty-fourth street, Satur
day morning.
business Success.
H IBM
$
kins leaving the place He west to hts'
hbmo at Twonty-soventh and S streets,
secured the gun and returned to find
Tuckdr, when the shootlnp occurred.
It wan several hotirn1 before Hawkins
was arrested. He was found by Police
Drumrnond at the Rock Island station at! J perBlsnt awnomw Th of
8:S0 ocloek. vldntlv nwnlllntr nn nnnnr.! '""'f" """""""S W
tuntty to leave town. He rafusod to make
any statoment .about the shooting further
than to say "I had to do If
Tucker was about 30 years of age. Haw
kins Is about five years, younger.
Maymo, tho 5-year-old flaughttr'of Mr.
and Mrs. William Thomas, living at
Twenty-fourth and Jackson streets, South
Omaha,- died yesterday of lockjaw ''re
sulting from a scratch from a rusty nail
sovcral days ago.
Immediately vfo!lq,wlng the Injury, the
little girl appeared tb be as well as usual
and the wound started to heal. Blood
poisoning ensued and last night lockjaw,
which resulted In her death this morning,
set .
After years of watting the reldentsSf
the northwestern section .of gputh Omaha
wero given .a' morer direct 'egress "iRto
thei business ueeffpn of the city when 'the
F street viaduct was thrown open yester
day. Tho bridge -was" completed some
weeks ago &nd the work of constructing
the approaches begun. Tuesday tha work
was finished ahd Wednesday City En
gineer Beat looked ovor.the Job for de
fects. . yesterday the. barriers on . tho
bridge were taken down and the public
was allowed to come and go by the. new
route.
It was remarked that scarcely had the
bars been'removebMrom the bridge ap
proaches than the traffice began to follow
the new route.
Tho opening of the jisw viaduct means
much to the people in the northwest sec
tion of the city. : For years they fought
for a viaduct, but lt was not until City
Attorney Henry C. Murphy took tho
matter up and made a fight that the
railroads finally agreed to erect tho
bridge. City Attorney .'Murphy and As
sistant City Attorney Winters fought tho
case through the. courts successfully and
the railroad company finally went to
work, on tha bridge, last year.
South OiHska Moulin:.
jjaxxKK'S OLD AGK.
"1. Z. i Total.
De Lor is Churlish
Since He Has Again
Been Put in Prison
Marvin De Lor. highwayman with n
penitentiary record, captured Wednesday
at Pacific Junction, la., in "soldiering" at
the county Jail and maxlng his attendants
all the trouble he can without openly re
belling, Testerday he took twenty min
utes to dress hlmselt while the guards
patiently waited. "Look ut hlr.." said
hJaller Cahtll, "he looks like ho was busy, ,
out ne is rar from it." ;
De Lor apparently Is posing as a "llnt '
man." for he soys nothing to the guards
Or other prisoners and obeys orders sul
lenly. He escaped from the county hos
pital last July. He will bo trted In dls. .
trlct court 6n a charge of robbery. j
RABBI FREDERICK C0HN TO '
SPEAK ON COMING FEASTS
"At the Threshold" w:lt be Rabbi Fred-
erick Cohn'a subject at Temple Israel this I
evening at 8 o'clock, The Jewish Days of !
New Year and Day ot Atonement begin
Wednesday evening. There will be serv
Ices- at the temple on that day at t p. m.
and Thursday morning at 10 o'clock.
CREIGHT0N ENROLLMENT
OVER THOUSAND MARK
The enrollment In the flvo departments
of Crelghton university has leaped nbov.i ,
the 1,000-mark, reaching a total of LOW .
Thursday. A year ago tho I'jyollmeut '
nan not reached tno thousand mark, and
at tho end of school
reached but 1.CS3.
Inst June had
30
From Omaha
.00
California
and
Northwest
Caascltt la the Act
and arrested Jiy Dr. King's New Life
Pills, bilious ' headache quits and liver,
stomach and bowels act right. Only 25c.
For sale by Beaton Drug Co.r-Advei mo
ment, 1
$25.00 to Idaho, Utah and Montana. Correspondingly
low fares to Nevada points. Fares from other eastern
points reduced proportionately. Tickets on salo to
October 10.
Liberal stopovers are permitted onroute when travel
ing via
UNION PACIFIC
Standard Road of tho West
Protected by Automatic Electric Block Safety Signals.
.. Dustleis'Double Track.
Sir trains carrying through tourist cars leave.' Omaha
3very day. ..-.,",'
Special "colonist-, - all-.tourist-bar drains -leave Omaha
September 20 27, 28; October 9jand! 10. '
Make your reservations, now. For complete Information, apply to
L, BEIHDORFF, 0. P. & T. A.,
1324 F&rnam St., Omaha, Neb,
'Phone Douglas 334.
Much Lower Prices
It's not an idle claim of ours that we price our goods
on a closer margin of profit than other stores it s an
absolute fact. We are building up a big business on
little prices. We want volum e
and we're getting it by under
selling every other furniture
concern in the city. We urge
vou again to get Rubel's price
ibefore you buy.
This dresser Is made of solid
oak, and nicely finished, it la
strongly constructed
and fully tfuaran- fl h
teed. Has n. lnrsrn VI I IW
French bevol mirror.
A splendid barjcnln
at oniy
CREDIT
On Terms
To Suit
I S mm
Criiit
to Ail
The Beat la upholstered .
wine sotld oak. Itlaadtir-
lit irenUIno leather. TiioA l
frame la tnado nt men- T
u
75
nbte, handsomo rocker, ex
Irn Kneelal nt this' sale
Monthly
Payments
i "" i i i
i .ii hi i jt ih - . .v v. ' f
of
Sim
SOLID OuK cAitriJUK IAILE
This table Is made jot Ren-
ulna solid .oak and extends V
tn lr f.Kt ii la nt tlmf.
ougli Ruarantee construction,'
splendidly made, sale price
at
1300 puARtmcHts. or
tXTRA HCATlHS iikrAec
OVCR OTHtK MAKW.
Triple Nut cenitruthon
tTlrkndittiM
ur!te inth
i
AtUiKmtnl fr
Olrttl fjrctiUlion. celd
sir frem llw heUdn
txptlltd htre,
... . ....
epr Blti
thcnnltM.!
IMMrcrUri
75
rs
.okt
12
If LAR.GC
Jt MAOAZINf)
fiii Can burn Uvc
I tr thtilnul eol
,4PPE,V CAi .coven.
)6C .JilUfZ JRVCT
llllHll I II 7
ssHiHHBrMiwit.mwMiiiaNr i
v - vi Jl
(V BtST fLoeXrkATtROH CARTH
SOLI! OAK lltfET
made
$1175
A special for Saturday.
selected aolld oak and
In various finishes, lias
lined drawer for silver
ware and heavy bevel
plate mirror, reduced for
this sale to,.
14
MMI rtST butts KM
$075.
These are heavy gen
uine brass beds, full
also Frenoh-lncquer RUar.
ontced not to tarnish
Price now oul
to. .......1
8
Tnaltflutt
AA A.inchefte'
ttH i kit (rem
ikdrtvm In a 1
if (vlevr, Wiltd, Md
expeucantrt.'
Th cfivtrttdWni'
too ipuintst on
roUtinurf
AKiUckcl
lTlmmtnfre
venUlwol.
IF YOU NEED A
BASE BURNER
Lot U8 demonstrate to you tho superior fea
tures of tho famous "Peninsular" Iftne.
These improved heaters have longer and
larger flues than other makes, have from 800
to 1,300 more square inches of radiating sur
face than any other heaters made. They will
give 25 per cent more boat with less fuel than
any other make. We have over 20. different
stylos to seleot from. All Handsome heators.
Smooth nickel trimmings, very elegant beat
ers, ahd tho. moat economical heaters on eart!u
TKKMft TO SUIT:
$21 to $6S
5 3-1515 Howards
tfeef.
Announce in Advance for
MONDAY
OUR SEMI-ANNUAL
CHALLENGE
SAL E
Affording; the greatest money saving event thatkbcen
announced in Omaha for many months :
See Sunday Papers for full particulars ..
T50 Salespeople aiited
Fpr' all departments of the stote. "
. . . . 10 experienced floorraon.'
50 cashiers and, bundlers.
20 boys and girls as messengers.
Apply Saturday morning to Superintendent, third floor.
n " r- : :
Concentrate your advertising in The Bee,
fTTl TT ' jl'
jl nere is a joee in aimosx every no me.
