Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-26
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Mayor Anticipates Heavy Damage
Cases Due to Riot.
HAS INTERVIEW WITH PROF. ION
Informs Greek Representative He
Thinks City with It's Limited
Police Force Did All IL
Could TO Protect Greeks.

The mayor. at least. or the city officials,
IL looking for a large number OF damage
claims for personal injury to be lodged
against the city as a result of the riot of
February 2l. Regarding a conference with
Prof. Ion, the Greek consular agent, which
was held Tuesday afternoon, the mayor
said last night:
II was given to understand by Prof. Ton
that tabulated claims are being prepared
among the Greek residents who were
driven out of the city. The estimates OF
losses will be pretty high and the claims
for damage for personal injury much
higher. Our city attorney has advised me
that the city can not be held liable for
these claims. The administration will take
that position. My conference with Prof. Ion
lasted only a few minutes and he asked
me particularly about the mass meeting.
l explained to him that the crowd was 20
large that the city hall could not aecommo-
date them so they met In front of the
Packers National bank. I told HIM that
the city had never anticipated such an out
break and only two or three policemen
we're at the mass meeting. He wanted to
know II the police had done their full duty
in attempting to quell the riot. I said I
thought with the limited force which the
city had It had done all possible to pre-
serve order. He asked me IL I knew who
had made the speech with the remark:
one drop of American blood is worth
more than all the Greeks in the country 20
I told him 1 could not recall hearing those
words"
CURLY Returns Home.
w. r. CURLY of Sterling, Neb., was able
to return to his homo after his episode In
South Omaha Of Tuesday night. He left
apparently cheered up and with no sign
Of again attempting his own life. His in
%tentions were apparently the strongest at
the time he took the morphine. In fact, he
took an overdose which made him sick and
resulted in the saving of his life.
1t is said that his reason was that after
having lost a corn crop on his No-acre
field last year owing to the floods OF the
season, he had been compelled to buy corn
for his stock at a high price. He had to
incumber his property temporarily to make
euds meet. When he arrived in South
Omaha with his cattle Tuesday they did
not bring as much as he had hoped and ex-
pected, leaving him still in debt. Desperate
at this turn of affairs he resolved to end
it all. After taking the poison he was much
vexed when reused by DIR. McCrann. He
said except for his wife and child he would
sooner die. In the morning Wednesday he
had quite changed his mind and was ready
to go back to his farm and fight for a bet
terment of his condition.
Magic City Gossip.
Call Glynn Transfer for moving. Tel. 364.
Wall paper at cut prices, at koutsky's
Paint and Wall Paper Store.
Look for Miss Kate Ryan's millinery
opening later. 5l9 North oath st.
letters Gold Top Beer delivered to any
part Of the city. Telephone No. 3.
The price of hogs, with a run OF IS, 500,
dropped off about 8 cents yesterday.
Earle Burge and wife expect to leave
for Little Rock, Ark, Saturday night.
Mrs. II. Loveley has returned from the
stylish millinery. The opening will be
March 20 S ana ~ when tSn she Will exhibit these
accomplished trimmer from, the firm OF
Gage Brothers.
Joseph Holmes fractured his leg by
evening. The accident happened at
Thirty-second and H streets.
The tea which was to have been given
at the home of Mrs. c. c. Howe has been
Indefinitely postponed.
Chief John Briggs and p. H. Shields re-
turned yesterday from a hunt at Clark's
lake with a bag of twenty ducks.
The stockholders of the Liv Stock Ma
tional bank have large property holdings
I'm the city and surrounding country and
consequently their interests are identical
with yours.
Speculative have on exhibition. to be cut
and sold Saturday, March q, one of the
finest beeves ever cut in the city Come
and see 1t and order a roast for Sunday.
Heyman & Berry, Quality Meats" oath
and E. Phone 800.
Mrs. Eva Bisco, who gave an assumed
name as Mrs. Zulu, was fined in police
court yesterday morning and sentenced 10
a term of sixty days in the county
jail for disturbing the peace and for TAX
Ing Mrs. Lizzie Evans clothes from the
lines for an alleged debt.