Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-09
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Live Stock Men Invade Northwest in
Interest Of Magic City.
TWENTY MEN ON THE TRIP
Internal Machine Discovered In Wa
cant Lot by Children Proves to
he Murderous Engine of
Destruction.

Secretary Traffic Manager A. r. stry-
ker OF the Lave Stock exchange and
Traffic Manager ]. A. Shoemaker OF
the Union stock yards together with
eighteen others connected with the local
live stock market. will leave ct 3.55 this
morning over the Northwestern for q
s.5oo-mlle swing around the circle OF the
northwest.
The party will travel In q private car.
and the men are thoroughly lmbued with
mission to make known to the live
stock men of tho northwest the great
and advantageous opportunities offered
the farmer, sheepman and eattleman at
the local mart.
Rapid City. S. D., will mark the first
stop or the party, which will tarry long
enough to attend the eattlemen's CON
vention at that point.
From Rapid City, s, D.. the party will
move to Hot springs $. D.. where there
will be one-day layoyer. Sheridan will
be the next stop, and two days will be
devoted TO meeting and getting better
acquainted with tho cattlomon OF the
Big Horn basin.
Next Sunday Will be spent in Billings.
Mont, whence the travellers win move TO
Miles city. whore thsy win attend the
conventions of the Montana sheep
growers and eattlemen. The return will
include u stop at 81. Paul. MINI. and
the stockmen missionaries expect to be
back In South Omaha ready to take up
the work OF active business on April 20.
nonb Roand In Lot,
Only the providence that Keeps watch
over childish Innocence saved io-year-
old Johnny Williams and half dozen of
his playmates from death Saturday aft
ernoon when the Williams lad unesrthaa
loaded bomb In an empty lot az Six.
teenth and J streets. W.
Tho children. party Of little hoys
and girls, had gathered from neighbour
ing homes to play In the vacant lot at
Sixteenth and ] streets. At present the
lot is being filled. and, childlIke, the liz.
tie ones played In the dirt piles after
the fashion set by the men at work on
the place.
In the course OF his delving Johnny
Williams and John Lane, both Of whom
reside at Seventeenth and J streets. came
across an object that Ut once engaged
their attention. After tugging at the
string that appended from the heavy
canvas covered package, the children
were unable to lift II because of its
weight. A passerby was hailed. and he
warned the children away from the
dangerous looking object. ...
Young Williams then called his father,
who made an examination OF the pack.
age, and, after removing the fuse which
tho children had taken for a string"
the elder Williams opened the package
other covering Of leather. A scaled tin
can was then revealed to view, and within
this q tin receptacle was found filled
with powder. shot and cement stone.
The police were notified. and Special
officer Joseph Dlask took the matter up.
The children. who we're thoroughly
frightened by this time. could only give
the merest details OF the find, and Off.
Ger Dlask took charge Of the bomb. which
he brought to the police station.
An investigation Will be made and the
bomb will be traced. Il Ia thought that
the Internal machine may have been
brought to the lot In a load Of filling.
Another theory Ia that II may have been
placed In the vacant lot BY some degen-
crate who knew the lot to be the stamp
ing ground Of the neighborhood tots.
End of Old Council.
Today the old city council will wind up
Its unfinished official business and to-
night the new administration will take
over the reins Of government. The trans
fer, 1t is hoped, will mark the final pass
Ing of the old order and the beginning
of a government that will place South
Omaha among the progressive cities of
Nebraska
Just what shape the organization OF
the city council will take cannot be def
initsly stated. because Of the dispute for
supremacy that IL now going on among
Its members. The latest news is that
Tom Alton, democrat viii succeed John
Franek as president Of the council But
there is another possibility IL the official
count Of the canvassing board should re-
suit In the unssating Of Badura, demo-