Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Pioneer Historical Society Give,
Washington and Lincoln Program.
PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL
First of Damage claims Arising out
of sundays Riot IL Fiied and
is Referred TO the city
Attorney.

Lincoln and Washington memorial in honor
OF old soldiers last night at the auditorium
OF the South Omaha High school. About
800 guests attended. They were entertained
by a program of music and ~speechmaking.
Among the treats of the evening was the
work of the quartet OF the society, which
rendered several patriotic selections. A fife
and drum coIps consisting of Il. w. Nc
Intosh, Judge Eastman and John Foley
developed much enthusiasm by the stirring
music. Mr.. Mcintosh is the proud possessor
of a drum given him by Abraham Lincoln
who saw MIN one day pounding a tin pan
and playing soldier. Mr.. Lincoln looked
over the high board fence and said to him.
that's right, learn to be a good soldier,
Work hard, be honest. VIC may have need
for you some day The next Christmas he
got the drum aud it now is loaned to the
society having charge of the belongings
of Abraham Lincoln at Springfield, III. 1t
is there among the relics.
Miss Adel Davis and Miss Frances Tan
ner gave a Dutch dance in costume which
delighted the audience. Miss Mae Lovely
played a stirring patriotic medley in the
concluding number of which j, c.. Carley
sang the /star spangled Banner"
Rev. Frank L. Loveland spoke briefly
on the theme of the occasion. He praised
the music. especially the drum corps, which
delighted his fancy and took him back to
his earlist recollections. He touched briefly
OF the battles to save the union as opposed
to states rights, subordinating the freeing
Of the slaves to the two opposed principles.
He said it was always good In a way to
the defeated eide of any great question al
though hidden for the moment, that the
right of the issue should prevail. The great
good of the civil war was that 1t broke
down the barriers so that the north could
love the south and the south the north, for
they had become estranged. Today all men
everywhere love the whole country equally
well.
The speaker touched distantly on the
recent riot of South Omaha and declared It
was an incident and had no significance as
a measure of the civilization OF this coun-
try. 1t was actuated by no vital principle.
The program did not conclude until 1880
p. m, after which many expressions of
pleasure were extended to the chairman
and the committees which prepared the
treat.
ChanRe in Car Service.
The cars on the line making use of
Twenty-fourth street to reach Omaha,
WIiCh were lOIIneIly large cars nave Dtch
temporarily exchanged for the small ones,
such as are in use On the Farnam line.
The reason is that the heavy cars have
injured the roadbed north of Vinton street
and lighter cars will be run until the sea-
son moderates enough TO permit the re-
ballasting Of the road. While the running
OF heavy cars was not a source of any
danger to passengers the damage to the
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would be that much the greater from this
time on. The cats on this line now go
around the loop to Twenty-sixth and Q in
streets as formerly.
City Council Proceedings.
The first claim for damages on account
of the recent riot was filed yesterday by
Myer M. Lopofsky, the owner of the
frame building back of the Miller hotel
at Twenty-sixth and o streets. The
owner, through his attorney, j. ID. Ringer,
served notice that damage to the amount
of $3.50 was done by the rioters, specify
ing glass broken, furniture wrecked. cur
tains torn down and a fire Of incendiary
origin. The claim was referred to the
city attorney.
The city council took no further cog
nikance of the disturbance last Sunday.
Action on a recommendation of the Board
OF Fire and Police Commissioners TO pay
each of the patrolmen of the city SIC
additional for services during the riot was
deferred for one week.
Councilman Swan Larson introduced q
resolution ordering the city clerk to ad
v~ertise for bids for a contract to furnish
lights for the city of South Omaha for 6
! term of five or ten years. bids TO be
opened one month from date. Electric
light or gas lights will be considered IL
the competition. The contract of the
Omaha Electric Light and Power companS
expires in October of this year.
A junk dealers license was introduced
requiring all junk men having an estab
lishment to pay a license and to furnish
lists of property purchased to the police
daily, as the pawnbrokers do. They ar,
forbidden to purchase brass, lead pipe
plumbers implements or materials, rail
road brass, rubber hose and similar articles
from minors under any consideration, anC
from adults only under certain restrictions
making it difficult to sell stolen property
The object of the ordinance is to proven
junkmen from acting as Fences" for petit!
thieves. Junkmen with wagons or afoo
will be subjected to similar license restric
tions.