Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-27
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Man Falls Thirty Feet to Ground,
Sustaining Only Slight Injury,
REFUSES TO WEAR A BANDAGE
Veteran Circus Man Declares Tent
show Business Poor THIS season,
with No Prospects OF I'm
prOvement Next Year.


with No Prospects OF I'm
prOvement Next Year.
John Dorsey. an employe at the stock
yards. narrowly escaped death sunday
morning. when In leaning over the rail-
ing of the . street viaduct. he fell to
the ground, over thirty feet below. the
back OF his head-striking the ground
Witnesses rushed beneath the span 20
pick up the body. but arrived g. find
John standing on his two feet rubbing
the back of his head and swearing in
a truly artists fashion.
He sustained 9 scalp wound OF about
two inches in length and was removed to
police headquarters, where. the wound was
stitched together by Dr. Allingham. No
sooner had the physician dressed the
hurt when Dorsey tore the bandages from
his head I'm goin' huntin' this after
noon; do you think l want TO look like
couldn't hit nothin' but myself" With
this he left the station and was seen
no more
bad Season for Circus.
Harry L. Kelley, veteran circus man,
who has returned to South Omaha, after
finishing the season With Howe's Great
London Shows, says this has been the
worst season ever for the show business.
He declares that the south is In bad
shape, particularly in the cotton belt,
where no market can be foundry the
producers.
1--WE found conditions here in the middle
west far better than any part Of the
country we visited, and you can bet am
1 4 -, n -, a. A,,as
ness bids fair TO be no better next sea-
son and many of the shows are planning
to disorganize permanently" he declared.
w. l.. KIingman Dead.
William L. Klingman, a well known
stockman OF Wood Lake. died at the
home of his sister, Mrs. c. 5. Bates, eli
d street, after a weeks illness.
Mr. Klingman came here last Monday
with shipment of cattle and was Ill
when he arrived with complication OF
diseases. The remains will be sent to
Wood Lake for interment.
| Next Thursday evening a concert will
be given at the First Methodist Episco-
pal church, Twenty-fifth and f streets.
! Among those who will take part are Mrs.
Bertha Clark Hughes, who is well known
in local circles, beside many others,
equally as talented.
The South Omaha police have been
asked to look for William Edward Decker,
aged 10 years, son Of A. II. Decker sup
posed to be living in this city. The boy
is reported to have run away from his
brothers home at Stewart, Neb. and to
have headed this way. So far the police
have been unable TO locate either the lad
or his parents.
Mission Foundation Completed.
The foundation for the West Q Street
Presbyterian mission at Forty-ninth and
!, 8 streets has been completed and the
lumber for the building is on the ground
ready for the carpenters. 1t is hoped to
have it ready for occupancy within the
next few weeks.
i Pastor r. l.. Wheeler of the First Pres
Ibyterian church organized the mission
fourteen years ago and will preach at the
mission house when 1t ls finished.
At the stock Yards.
The second section of the new hog sec
ton at the stock yards is expected to be
completed this year, to be followed in
the spring by the erection Of another
division equally as big.
| over 800, 600 will be expended in making
over the entire space Of the hog division
into reinforced concrete pens. Stockmen
assert that the new division when COM
Melted will be the most modern hog yards
In the country.
Cattle receipts have been unusually
liberal for the week just ended. showing
ar increase of approximately 1900 head
over the week previous and Of nearly
$500 head over the corresponding week
a year ago. Saturday, as usual, developed
nothing startling in the way OF cattle
received, but q good average is expected
today and during the entire week.
Befriends Man Who steals Rug.
Mrs Swan Larson, as North Twenty
seventh street, surely received fine pay
Iment Sunday morning for feeding a sup
posedly hungry tramp that appeared at
Iher kitchen door After giving him his
iii of viands the man insisted upon doing
some work in payment for his meal. so
Mrs. Larson gave him a rug to beat
The rug in question was fine speci-
men OF the Brussels weave and had been
received by her just one week before the
FALL of Antwerp from a relative in that
city. She priced the article very highly
and instructed the fellow to be very
careful of 1t. lie was. After taking a
few healthy strokes at the article he
tucked II under his arm and disappeared,
while its owner was busy in the kitchen
Mrs. Larson has notified the police and
lif the miscreant is captured let him be-
ware OF the brawny arm of his capturers
High school Prospects.
Coach ]. NJ. Patten of the South Omaha
High school foot ball team is turning out
enc of the fastest teams in the history
of the school, notwithstanding the fact
that the team averages around 1I5
pounds.
A defeat at the hands OF Council Bluffs
three weeks ago served as an excellent
stimulus in bringing out the good quail
ties OF the players and in crushing their
evident conoeit. In defeating Logan Sat
urday the laurels were even sweeter