Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-28
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Phil Kearney Post Arranges Program Of the
Memorial Exercises.
SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED FOR SCHOOLS
Detail VIII visit Each Institution at
D. m. to Impress Lesson of
Patriotism Upon the children
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Patriotism Upon the Children
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| Phil Kearney post No. 2, Grand Army
OF the Republic, has completed arrange
ments for Memorial day exercises on Sat
| urday, May 30. Members Of the post and
the Woman's Relief corps will meet at the
post hail. Twenty-sixth and N streets, at
| 8 a. m. and march to Twenty-fourth and
| N streets, where motor cars will be in
| waiting to take the veterans and the corps
as far as Washington street. At this
! point a procession will be formed and the
march to Laurel Hill cemetery taken up.
Citizens, school children and the South
Omaha cavalry troop have been invited to
participate in the exercises.
| The usual Memorial day exercises will
be held at the grave OF Comrade Samuel
Dennis Buglers from the troop will sound
taps, to be followed by q salute by firing
squad from the cavalry troop. The graves
of soldiers and sailors will then be deco
rated with flowers and flags.
AS has been customary in the past, the
| post has made a detail to visit the public
schools on Friday afternoon at 2 clock
| and deliver short addresses to the pupils.
| Patriotism will Of course be the principal
! topic. The assignment to the schools fol-
lows;
High school-Rev. Leander Lane. Cap
tain D. S. Parkhurst, n. e. .Aeker;
| tain John S. Wood.
Washington school, Twenty-sixth and NJ
| Streets-Charles +. Hart, Sylvester I hes
| ley, Captain Peter Cockreli
Hawthorne School-Rev. NJ. A. Head, J..
| o. Eastman, Lyman Fuller, Amos Thur
Jungmann school-Rev. George Van Win
kle, J.: G. Graham, Ira {; Burroughs -
| Sawyer, John Heasley.
| Lincoln School-Maynard Mayberry, Cap
tain William Kelly, John Condor, N. In
Brown Park school-Rev r, L. Wheeler,
| George Raworth, S. W. Bilyou, John
Madison SCHOOL,. w Hunter, w. S.
Anderson, James condor.
| Highland School-Rev. Andrew Renwick,
West Side schooi-James E. Aughe.
Hiram Harding, ]. T. Robertson, }. d.
Corrigan school-Major j. w. Cress,
Hans J. Peterson, Edward Jones.
| Whittier School, Forty-second and l.
Streets-T. Mckay, John OHearn, James
I McQuade.
Eighth Grade Exercises.
Closing exercises of the eighth grade will
be held this evening at the First Methodist
Episcopal church, Twenty-third and N
streets, at s o'clock. The following pro-
| gram is to be rendered:
Eighth Grade Chorus, conducted by Miss
Jessie Carpenter.
Bridal Chorus, from Rose Maiden. Cowen
| Amphion Club
vocal 90iGMMe1orSS Mrs j. ". shumway
Address to Class-The Way to Success.
| Mr.. Charles A. Goss.
Eighth Grade Girls Chorus. conducted by
Presentation Of Certificates.
| Mr.. Dana Morrill,, President Board of Edu-
Hunting Chorus, from Robin Hood. 49,.
.... sa Amphion Club
| ~ Alumni Banquet.
Last night at Masonic hall the alumni
of the high school rendered a banquet to
the class Of '03. The hall was handsomely
decorated for the occasion and plates were
laid for over 100. After an excellent menu
Mrs H. c. Richmond,S acting as toast
mistress, called the alumni and guests to
| order. Miss Edna VanArman greeted the
new class most cordially and bade it's mem
| bers welcome in the ranks of the alumni.
Antoine Lott responded to the welcome.
| The program which followed included
Alumni in College" Miss Anna Fowler;
"Our City Schools" superintendent ]. Ar
mott Mclean; "Our City" Charles Letter;
"Reminiscences" Miss Estelle Gray; Pos
sibilities of the Alumni" Miss Julia VIII
lard; "Our Board of Education" Mr.. Jay
Laverty.
The banquet was one of the most enjoy
able and most largely attended ever held
by the alumni in South Omaha
Kubnt Brings Suit.
| John Kubat, who was removed from the
| fire department on Tuesday. by the Fire
| and Police Board, has directed his attorney
to file a suit against the city for damages
| In the sum of s., 900. A year so ago when
Nineteenth street, near s, was being graded
Kubat's house was practically destroyed
by a landslide. This was after Kubat had
warned the city to look out for a suit in
case his property was damaged. The house
! was almost entirely buried. In order to
get 1t to grade Kubat had to put thirty
| foot pilings under 1t. Then came heavy
rains and washed the piling out. This was
too much grief so Kubat commenced suit
against the city for damages in the sum
OF 5000 When Mayor Koutsiy heard OF
| the suit he went TO Kubat and promised
! him a job on the fire department for the
balance q his term II he would withdra "
the suit Kubat agreed to this and in
structed his attorney accordingly. When
notified OF his discharge by the board he
at once telephoned his attorney in Omaha
| TO file the suit at once and to get II up
for hearing as soon as possible.
Vail Confers with Packers.
Yesterday afternoon there was a confer
ence between representatives Of the pack
| ers and Of the labor unions at Armour S
Offices Second Vice President Vail said
last evening: THE conference. -or pre-
liminary one. was all that we expected, A
friendly disposition was shown on both
sides and the meeting passed over in de-
tail and the different departments taken uI
| separately. Another conference will be
held Thursday forenoon We expect Il
have the matter settled within a day oil
two" MT Vail further said that he was
inclined TO think that an amicable agree,
ment would be reached.
VIII Repeat Performance.
At the urgent request OF the women o.
the South Omaha Hospital association
THE Rivals" will be repeated either Sat