Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-20
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Earnest Karnett Killed by Fall from
Ladder at Swift Plant,
HAD JUST FnTrSHED DAYS WORK
New HOG-seraping Machine I'm Oper-
alton at Armour which IL Great
Advance over Those Form
ally In Service.

III In Service
Earnest Karnett. 27s4 South Twelfth
street, Omaha, fell off a ladder at Swift
and Company's packing plant at 4:SO p. m.
yesterday, and died from his injuries at
p. m. at the South Omaha hospital. An in
quest will be held today at 2 p. m.
Karnett was a mason by trade and had
been working all day on the walls of the
company's new beef house, which has been
raised to the sixth floor. He had finished
his work and was on the point of descend
ing the ladder used by the workmen He
missed his footing apparently on the first
rung OF the ladder and pitched clear Of 1t
or any support and fell to the solid cement
floor below, nearly thirty feet. He landed
on his right arm and head. Karnett was a
heavy man of middle age and the blow on
his head caused a basal fracture of the
skull He was taken to the South Omaha
hospital as promptly, as possible. DR.. c. NJ.
SCHMIDT attended him, but little remained
to be done. The man seemed to suffer great
pain for the two hours he lived, but all the
time was nearly unconscious.
Karnett is,survived by his wife, who was
unable to reach him before his death. He
was not well known in South Omaha, his
residence being in Omaha. The body was
taken in charge by Heafey & Heafey, which
firm made arrangements for the inquest
The funeral has not yet been arranged.
New Hog scrapinE Machine.
Armour & Co. have installed a new
hog-scraping machine which will discount
anything In that line. It has a capacity of
5000 per day, or 600 per hour. The other
machines never exceeded 800, per hour.
This pnaobIna doaa for haftar uvorlr than
the former apparatus. 1t scrapes the hogs
so clean that the work Of nearly ten men
following is dispensed with. The former
machine consisted Of a high perpendicular
cylinder. through the center of which the
hog was pulled up by the hook in the jaw.
In passing they came in contact with the
scrapers applied by spring pressure. In
this way little hogs did not get scraped
hard enough and big hogs got scraped too
nard.
In the new machine the hog is picked up
In the same way, but starts away on the
level. The body of the hog rotates rapidly
as 1t Is passed between a series Of hori-
zontal revolving shafts bearing strips of
betting, at the end OF which is a metal tip.
The strips Of betting revolve rapidly and
the centrifugal force brings the metal tip
or scraper to the body of the hog whether
he is large or small. The action is not
greatly different than of the revolving snow
sweepers in use on the street car lines.
All the hair and outer cuticle of the hog
is swept off at great speed. The work is
so perfect thai even the toe-nails OF the
hop are in most cases stripped off.
This machine has been operated in Chi
cago. 1t will be in perfect working order
in South Omaha from this time. 1t has
been set up for a week and yesterday the
results Of the run, were very satisfactory
to the management "a number of the other
packrs have examined the machine and 1t
Is stated that Swift and company will in
stall a similar" one inithe new hog killing |
department, whichHB To be in operation in
the early part Of 1902:
ST. lCIementsyto Celebrate.
st. Clements Protestant Episcopal church
of South Omaha Will celebrate with elabo-
rate service the patron saints day of the
parish Monday, December %, and all the
Episcopal clergy of "Greater Omaha have
been asked to attend. Rev.. r. r. Bfggs Of
st. Johns hurch will preach the sermon
of the occasion. The days services will
begin with a celebration of holy communion
al s a. m. The principal service will be al
the same hour in the evening. the festlvi-
ties of the saints day being combined with
a harvest nOiH6 l6SllNdl anu 1HankBBlNlnR |
service. st. Clements is in charge of Rev.
s. ]. Hedelund and is prospecting.
Magic City Gossip.
letters Gold TopsBeer delivered to any
part of the city. Telephone No. 8.
Miss Elsie Underwood Of VilAsca, Ia, is
the guest Of Miss Verna Scott for a few
days.
gins tonight at the United Presbyterian
church. |
COAL! Try HowIand's celebrated Silver
Creek. Office. 4SS N. oath st. Tel. South I. |
Earl Clark and Miss Honora Miller, both
of South Omaha are soon to embark in
married life.
Wanted-To buy vacant lot east Of railway
tracks, north OF Q. Must be a bargain for |
cash. n, Bee office, South Omaha.
Henry Kuhns was sentenced to thirty days |
for disturbing the peace, but the judge sus- |
pended the sentence during good behavior.
DR.. Leo A. De Lanney is making a short
visit in South Omaha, but will return this
afternoon to Paxton, where he Is practicing. |
The mass meeting called for this after
noon at the city hall to discuss the power
proposition is likely to be a pretty lively
affair.
During the first three days OF the week
the receipts of hogs at the South Omaha
market show an Increase Of several thou
sand daily over last year.
Mike Aleksin was detected stealing pork
sides at the Omaha Packing plant yester-
day and was tined 81 and costs. His four
pounds of pork cost him 81 even.
The following births have been reported:
John Wiskowttz. $40 North Twenty-seventh,
a boy; Joe f. Pesik, South Nineteenth, a
girl; Charles e. Lite, North Twelfth, a girl;
]. c, Mcclure, 800 North Thlrty-th' I'd. a boy.
The Young Mems Christian association
will hold a pop" Saturday night. The
Epsilon Bette basket ball team will try o
game with the senior Young Mems Chris
ton association team. 1t promises TO be
one of the best games Of the early season.
| Tn addition fn The fhara VIII ha O nofatn
race. This Is a new departure In pops"
and II you miss It you will miss a treat.
Two OF the juniors will give an exhibition
wrestling match and Kenneth White will
perform on the high bars. The game of
"whack" will be played.
TAKES TWO SHOTS AT BURGLAR