Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-12
LINCOLN DAY AT CAPITAL CITY
Elaborate Anniversary Program Has
Been Prepared.
Iron a sd Correspondentl


CFrom a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN. Feb. n.-(Special) -Elaborate
exercises will be held tomorrow in honor
Of the Tooth anniversary Of the birth OF
Abraham Lincoln.
At ST. Paul's tomorrow evening at 100
the members Of the Grand Army of the Re
public, the legislature, the State university,
the Commercial club and the citizens OF
Lincoln will unite in a demonstration. The
Young Mems Republican club has prepared
a banquet.
In the city schools patriotic exercises will
be given. Programs have been prepared to
be given at the Prescott school, the Park
school, the Mckinley school, the Bryant
school, the Belmont school, the Everett
school, the Bancroft school, the West A
street school and at the Capital, Randolph,
Whittier, Hayward and Elliott buildings.
A large crowd is expected at st. Paurs.
The order of exercises follows:
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Song-"America, chorus and audience.
InVccation-Rev. Luther p. Ludden.
Oration-"Life and Character of Abra-
ham Lincoln" Judge Lee S. Estelle OF
Omaha.
Battle Hymn of the Republic Prof. C.
H. Miller and chorus.
The Lincoln Monument" F. N Hall of
Lincoln.
Address-Hon. z. P. Brown OF Lincoln.
Gettysburg Address, Reading, Hon. Jesse
B.. Strobe.
Address-"The Emancipation Proclama-
tion,' Roscoe G. Ozman.
Stereopticon Views of Lincoln and Scenes
Connected with His Life and Career-Prof.
H. Caldwell of the university.
observation-disclosures ]. Mickle.
First Church OF Christ (ScientisD will
hold services in commemoration of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln Friday evening
at s o'clock. Hon. George W. Berge will
deliver an address appropriate to the occa-
sion, to be followed blythe lesson-serrhon
on the subject OF Liberty" All are invited.
A Lincoln centenary program will be
given at Lyceum han Friday evening at
7:0 o'clock. The public is invited. T. J.
Doyle will make the principal address.
All Spanish-American war veterans are
invited to meet with Camp Lewis and
Camp John M. Stotsenberg. at Company
rs headquarters, 1b Southe Eleventh
street, Friday evening at : O'Clock, to 20
from there to st. Pauls church to attend
the Lincoln memorial services.
suit for Occupation Tax.
The suit Of the city against the Lincoln
Gas and Electric Light company to recover
1900 alleged to be due as occupation tax
was submitted to the court Wednesday
afternoon after only a small amount of
testimony was introduced. Briefs will be
filed by Attorney z. c. Strobe for the gas
company and by City Attorney Stewart.
Secretary Warner was the only witness
offered. He testified that the gross receipts
OF the company during the two years COW
cred by the suit amounted to about $4,000.
The average monthly receipts of the COM
pany for the period amounted TO mere than
5000. The receipts in winter were much
heavier than in summer. the lightest being
about 100 and the heaviest about g, 4oO.
The receipts showed a decided increase
during the second year over those of the
first year. In some cases the increase OF
one month over the corresponding month
Of the previous year amounted to as much
as $50.
There is no controversy over the amount
OF the receipts Of the company. about the
only question in dispute being the validity
Of the occupation tax ordinance. The de-
fendants claim that the ordinance is IN
just and discriminatiye
Tie suit entitled State ex rel Tyrrell
against the gas company was allowed to
go over for two weeks in order to give the
company further time in which to prepare
testimony. This is the suit brought by the
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the company's franchise and seeking to
have the company ousted from the streets
Of Lincoln as operating without a valid
fran chise.
Copy of Curfew Law Wanted.
Chief Cooper is in receipt of a letter
from the city attorney Of San Antonio.
Tex. in which the Texas lawyer asks for
q copy of the Lincoln curfew law. The
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declared unconsututionay by the Texas at
torney general and an effort is being mad
90 pass an adequate Law. The San Antonio
attorney stated in his letter TO Chief
Cooper that he had heard that the Lincoln
curfew ordinance had proven effective and
was anxious to see a COPY. Chief Cooper
sent a copy Of the ordinance by return
mail
Married Under Duress.
Christina Dieffenbacker was granted a
divorce from Ronald ]. Dieffenbacker by
Judge A. Il. Cornish Wednesday afternoon
on the showing htat she married Dieffen-
hacker under a false impression ana by
reason OF attempted coercion on the part
of the husband and his fahter. she says
she never lived with her husband and has
not seen him since the day after the we'd
ding. a year ago. She declares that ne
forced her TO marry him in oder that he
might take up government land as a mar
ried man and that he deserted her i'm
mediately after the ceremony.
PoSR Yarn Pays
j. s. kaufman. Supertntsndent Of ths
county poor farm. has filed his report
for January With the o0anty commisaian-
srA IN report shows that the produces
sold form the farm last month about
equalied the ezpsnse q running the farm,
including al the salaries paid IN that in