Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-04
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Board Of Education with Six Members Will
Meet This Evening.
LOTT, SCHROEDER AND MILLER ARE OUT
LikeIy to He Contest Mem-
bers and Outsiders for Position Of
Secretary, with Its Fifty
Dollar salary.

This evening the Board Sf Fducation
will meet with six members Ard proceed to
organize. The terms OF lott. Schroeder
and Miller expired at midnight. This
leaves six members o. tho board for one
year. At the expirMtion Of a year one
member will drop Out and the board will
then consist OF I've members. There is
considerable inf.e;est in the organization Of
the board but the result is mere conjecture
until the me sling is over. As it will be the
hrst meetiog in the month some bills con-
tracted 10 the old board will come up for
considec cation by the finance committee.
ina board, under the present law, has a
rigAt to choose Il secretary, who may be a
rNmber OF the board or an outsider. The
Salary to be paid is $50 a month. There
is likely to be quite a little discussion
over the selection of the secretary, as
some OF the Members want the place as
well as a number Of outsiders.
As has been mentioned before the present
board will not proceed to name teachers
for the coming year until the first regular
meeting in June. While there Is now an
overlap in the school funds there is SIS, 900
derived from liquor licenses available for
the new board to work on. As there is this
amount in the school treasury 1t is ex-
pected that the salaries OF teachers and
~janitors will be paid for the balance Of the
school year in cash by the treasurer.
President D~OnneIIy Talks.
NJ. Donnelly, president of the Amalga-
mated Beef Butchers and Meat Cutters
association of America, spent Sunday in
South Omaha looking over the situation.
Mr.. Donnelly said to a reporter for The Bee
last night that he had early in the morn
ing ordered the men who left the Cudahy
plant back to work, as they left without
authority and would not be supported in
case they remained out. The men went
back to work and cars were being loaded
as usual yesterday. Further Mr.. Donnelly
said that he expected to have a confer
ence with the managers, OF the packing
houses Tuesday or Wednesday.
W want" said Mr.. Donnelly, IAN in
crease OF 25 cents a day for unskiIled labor.
At the present time the men are getting
s1.75 and we want 81 a day. Understand
me; we are not making any threats, what
we want is to meet and talk the matter
over and come to some amicable agree
ment. A strike is the last thing that l will
order, as l am confident that the little
differences now existing can be adjusted
without any dificulty."
During his stay here Mr.. Donnelly will
have Offices in the Pioneer block and when
he leaves Stephen Vail will have charge.
In speaking Of conditions elsewhere Mr..
Donnelly said that he has recently made a
trip through the east, going as far as
Boston. He finds the men he represents
contented and we'll satisfied, with no griey-
ances to speak Of. Arbitration is Mr.. Dom
nelly's idea of settling differences between
employe and employer.
Convention Wednesday,.
Work on the interior of the Ancient Or
der OF United Workmen temple at Twenty
fifth and M streets is being pushed . in
order that the hall may be ready for the
state convention of the Modern Woodmen
Of America. This convention will meet
Wednesday and every effort will be made
by local members of the Woodmen to show
the delegates a good time. Seats for 400
have been placed in the hall and the light
ing arrangements will be made today. The
convention will be decidedly interesting,
as ZIG delegates will attend and business
Of considerable Importance to the order
will be brought up for consideration.
Destroying sidewalks.
In some portions of the city wooden
sidewalks are being torn up and carried
away, presumably for kindling wood. On
account of these depredations the city au-
thorities have decided to impose a hne OF
500 on any person caught destroying OF
carrying away any portion OF a sidewalk
This action is deemed necessary In order
to prevent accidents and consequent dam
age suits. AS soon as possible permanent
walks will be laid on all OF the principal
streets and the old plank walks done away
with. The laying of permanent walks will
1t is hoped, add greatly to the appearance
~ tho efraata and alQO do aurau with q
great many accidents. The general laying
Of permanent walks will commence about
the middle ob this month.
Funeral of n. c. Young.
At the First Methodist Episcopal church
yesterday afternoon funeral services over
the remains Of R.. c. Young were held,
The church was crowded to the doors, az
the deceased was not only a prominent
member of the church, but exceedingly
popular. Members Of Bee Hive lodge OF
the Masons had charge OF the funeral.
John F. Schultz, master OF the lodge. was
in charge, while Claude L. Talbot acted as
his assistant. Rev. M. A. Head, pastor OF
the church, delivered a touching funeral
sermon. At the conclusion Of the service
the Masons escorted the remains to Laurel
Hill cemetery for interment.
Godfrey Funeral Today.
This afternoon at 3 O'Clock funeral serv-
ices over the remains OF Wallace d. God
frey will be held at the family residence.
Twenty-third and N streets, This service
will be in charge OF the local lodge of
Masons. Rev. NJ. A.. Head, pastor Of the
First Methodist church, and Rev. James
Wise, rector OF st. Martins Episcopal
church, will conduct the services. Some
change In the announcement OF the place
Of interment may be made today. The body
may be sent to Washington, d. c., or i
may be inferred here.
Magic City Gossip.
A big horse sale will be held at the stock
yards this week.
The regular monthly meeting OF the city
council Is to be held tonight.
Police officers are e~ndeaVoring TO prevent
the riding OF bicycles on the city sidewalks.
The Fire and Police board is scheduled
for a meeting at the council chamber on
Tuesday night.
John Dale of Omaha spoke to men at tbs