Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-25
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Board Of Education is Expected to Elect the
Teacher Tonight,
JOHN T. wIEsE TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
Father of Well Known Contractor
Becomes Despondent aud shoots
Himself In the Head
Magic C.;y Gossip.

The most important meeting OF the
Board OF Education OF the present school
year will be held at the office Of the super
intendent in the high school building this
evening, when teachers for the coming
year will be elected. At the present time
about ia teachers are the rolls, besides
janitors and other employees. Members of
the board consider that II is no more than
right to name the teachers before the
school year closes in order that those
chosen for next year may be in position to
make arrangements for summer vacations
At the time the present board was or
Eanized President Morrill, stated publicly
that the board would not be run as polit-
ical machine, but that competency alone
would secure promotions or places on the
salary roll Of the school district of South
Omaha.
1t was understood last night that the
teachers committee had held several meet
ings with Superintendent Mclean and had
practically agreed upon the names of the
majority OF teachers to be elected and also
settled on the amount of salary to be paid
AS the transaction of routine business
will take some time before the election of
teachers comes up the session will doubt
less be a long one and this account
there may be no attempt made to select
janltors at tonights meeting, although an
examining board may be appointed in order
that the new board may prepare for the
usual June examinations.
J. r. Wiese Commits Suicide,
John F. wiese. 50 years Of age, committed
suicide at his home, 1906 North Twenty.
sixth street, Sunday morning, by shooting
himself in the head. The deceased was
the father of j. II. Wiese, the we'll known
contractor. and lived at the home of his
son. In speaking of the occurrence Mr.
Wiese said:
my family arose about the usual time
and descended to the dining room for
breakfast Father was still in his room
when we went downstairs and we supposed
that he was asleep, so did not disturb
him We had been downstairs only few
minutes when we heard fall and rushed
upstairs to ascertain what was the mat
ter. My fathers room was empty and so
we went to the front room. The door was
locked on the inside, but It was quickly
broken open. Upon the floor beside the
bed lay the body of my father. He was
dead"
Mr.. wiese said that for some time past
his father had been despondent and to this
he attributed the cause OF suicide The
remains were turned over to the Brewer
notified. An inquest will be held at
Brewers this morning at 10 o'clock.
Cudahy Was Lucky.
superintendent Patrick Sheehy of the
Cudahy Packing company considers that
Mr.. Cudahy played in big luck the night
the two big iron smokestacks were blown
down. "If the large stack had fallen two
feet farther to the east" said Mr.. Sheehy,
1T would have destroyed the condensers
on the roof and then the plant would have
had to shut down entirely perhaps for two
weeks. As II was, there was not much
damage done to the roof of the hog house. -
The stacks are up again temporarily, but
by the middle of the week new stacks will
be in place and all the damage repaired.
The accident was caused by one of the
guy wires breaking loose from its fast
enings during the high wind.
Inspection Tonight.
Adjutant General Culver and Major
Krepps U. s. A., will inspect the South
Omaha cavalry troop at the armory at 3
o'clock this evening. For over two weeks
the troop has been preparing for inspection
and now every piece Of equipment is In
frst-class condition and uniforms and but
tonE have been brushed and FURNISHED until
they fairly shine. General Culver looked
over r portion of the equipment Saturday
afternoon and declared himself well satis-
fed In the manner in which Captain McCul.
loch is conducting the troop.
Mclean Prepares List.
Superintendent Mclean Of the public
schools has at last been able to secure the
names and addresses of the high school
alumni. A complete list of the alumni.
showing the present addresses and occupa-
tions is being prepared and will be pub
lishcd in connection with the new course of
study
Still Seeking improvements.
Considerable interest is manifest in the
meeting OF the Southeast Improvement club
to be held Thursday evening at the Madison
school. President Kennedy said last night
that the club was out for business and pro-
posed having some improvements in that
part of the city II there is any way to get
them. MIR. Kennedy said that one of the
most important improvements desired was
the extension of the Albright line to the
sarpy county line. Now that the work on
the Florence extension has about been COM
pleted Il is thought that the officers of the
street railway company can be induced to
put In additional half-mile of track. 1t
is stated that the expense would not be
heavy and the convenience would be greatly
appreciated by those living near the south.
ern city limits
May Call Special Meeting.
While no meeting of the city council will
be held tonight It was stated by some of the
members yesterday that more than likely a
special meeting would be called for some
evening this week. II special meeting is
called Il will be for the purpose OF adopting
a number of resolutions ordering permanent
sidewalks laid in portions of the city where
the present wooden walks have been CON
demned AS rule property owners are not
protesting to any great extent about being
ordered TO lay permanent walks as soon as
the walks now down wear out
Memorial Day Services.
Members OF Phil Kearney post No. 2
Grand Army OF the Republic. and the
woman's Relief corps attended memorial
services at the First Methodist Episcopal
church. The veterans and the corps met at
the post hall and marched TO the church In
a body. Rev, I.eander Lane pastor Of the
Christian church, delivered a touching and
appropriate address. The altar was neatly
decorated with iags and bunting. Owing to
the fact that there is to be an inspection
today the cavalry troop did not accept the