Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-02
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Cattle Record for March Greater
Than that for Any Previous
Month.
EVEN LAST YEARS BEATEN

Ilrue, lnaanuch aa every month has
brought aomo sort N total higher than
any previously made Tile latest break
IN the history ~ the yards w the sur
passing NJ any previous cattle record
Tor tho month ~ march.
II WA thought that iad ynAr q March
record that would stand for several
ycars 70 come had been made, but when
exchange nffiflals estimated the months
run This month % WIS found thpt the
March record IN cattle for 1915 hld been
gIrpassed bg more than 29,010 head Tho
tntnl number ~ head received ths month
aggregated i22,gjG while that Of a year
ago stands i@@7 hod, IN the hog and
sheep divisions tho marks ~ last year
slightly surpassed the present records.
When II la remembered that last year
WAS one N Tho biggest all round yeara IN
TIM history Of The yards nH nm orRnniza-
tion mis- slight fall cannot he con
domned
! snrpy Pioneer Dead,
Mrs r. II. Holman aged 81 yeara, for
fory-aogfn years pioneer ~ snfpy
county, dlnd M The home ~ hof son IN
Gordon. hab two days ago, Death fol-
lowed q mort Illness from slcknesB Of
old agc, Nhe ~ survived by q husband,
IT, B Holman, president Of the State
FamcfB ingur6nco company for tho last
twonlysona YEARS and one son, ~ J,
Holman III Gordon
FOR the lhat two yeara Mrs Holman
has made hcr residence on tho ranch
pf her son IN Gordon. Tho body arrived
IN the city Yesterday and wAa taken
In charge By tndortnker George Brawar
The funeral Will be held at tie home of
Fred ial, farmer, living north ~ Ia
Platte. on his farm, nt 2 o'clock, satur.
day afternoon internent will be nada
In tho Ia Platte cemetery.
Alleged nosners Bouad over.
Detective George Alien yesterday re-
coiyed letter from States Attorney
Roscoe Hnodoll of Trip county, .. u,
conveying information that NJ Lamb and
John r. Collins. two alleged cattle rus
tiers arrested here some weeks ago after
nm investigation into tho diaappenr-
ance Of several head of stock from
n consignment of cattle from Winner,
=. -, 10 omahn, have both been hound
over 10 the next circuit court charged
with grand larceny Detective Allen and
his associate, Detective John dillen,
made The aren't horc,
noxcar Tbief Caught
Caught In the act OF stealing sacks OF
corn from u railroad car In the Burllng.
ton yards yesterday evening gd Rer-
chupf living ~ Twelfth and Castelar,
streets, waa arrested and brought 10 Tho
station By Special Agent stoley OF the
Burlington. The theft occurred in tho
Gibson yards
Stoloy compelled his man 10 carry tho
corn most 81 Tho wal to Tho police sta
ton, but Tho latter gave out about half
way The police patrol was called and he
was lifted the remainder Of the way
nowlcrs Meet snnday.
A meeting OF captains or tho different
bowling fiyoa In tho atock Yards and
cmw u Leagues Of the South sldo viii
bo held Sunday afternoon nt the office
Of the south Omaha Ice and Conl com.
pauy at Twoniy-fourth and N streets
Arrangements for tho big South Side city
tournament TO bo held tha last week In
Aprll will ho discussed II IL possible
that the tourney viii be made handicap
affair
Knife Versus Fork.
q A running hattlo between John True,
\ armed with table fork, and Earl Floyd,
armed with small iaekknlfe. might
have resulted seriously for rris had not
tho open blade Of the jackknlfo broken
off lust Saa Floyd had II raised for a
thrust after ho had caught up with his
victim AZ II was True sustained deep
gaahes along the hiecps forearm aud
arm. Floyd suffered sharp wound
along the skull above the LETT ear,
church Notes,
First Christian Church Twenty-thlrd
and ! streets Rcy John q. Alber rna.
tor lilhlo school NJ aib a. m. morning
worship al II o'clock. chalk talk 70
| children on Convention Junior En-
doavor az 81 senior hndeavor at $50,
evening Worship at il0.
rtlladain Baptist Church. Tortysthlrd
and ! streets Bible study hour 10 a,
nj evening sertlce r. 6 led by
day evening, NJ 5 o'clock
Trinity Baptist church. rwcntyefifth
and n streets SUNDAY school at elh a.
M, preaching service at II o'clock
Junior society az 2,a0 y. M. bible Young
Feople'a gnlor ~ $50 o'clock no even
ing preaching
ST. tukos lutheran church Twenty
fluh aud i stroeia Rev =. ~ Neran,
PASTOR sunday school a. ah mi
church service at u subject, 'fithlnki"
mgue at D ms Nr A, j. Nodean,
leader
south side United Presbyterian chutch,
Twenty third and " streets kov. Albert
IN Porter Pastor Preaching services az
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