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TIIE OMAITA DAILY J1EE: Til U USD AY. JANUARY 1, 1003. LEADING EVENTS OF Catupicnorn Chapters in tha Becord of the Ceararj'i Eec nd Tear. HAIIROAO MERGERS IN THE FOREGROUND sTatraoralnary Convalsloas of Satare Wrwk Life and Property Roll of DI.tlnaal.hp4 Dead Pollt Ical Happening. Tim In IU ttrenuout round eompletet another volume. In many Important re pecti It It a decided advance on the an usl tomes now crowding the. shelves. Events of uncommon moment, sffcctlnt; th! Industrial, commercial and political life of the nation, leave their imprest upon the record of the year. romblnati-n and con solidation cf transportation linn have been completed, and "community of Interett" policy tucreeda competition on all main llnea of railroad. Chief among the rail road mrgera. to-called, was the absorp tion of the Purllrton system by the In tereatt controlling the Oreat Northern and Northern Pacific, and the practical con solidation of the t'nlon and Southern Pa cific ayttemt. These linet control the traffic of the western half of the republic. The community of Interest policy and consolidation reached Its highest develop ment la many Industrial Unas hitherto con sidered beyond the domain of trusts. Some of the necessartet of life were involved, producing popular discontent and a wide apread demand for national restriction. In response to this demand action was begun Id the courts In behalf of the I'nlted States to annul the consolidation of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Burlington roada and to restrain the Beef trust. Labor troubles werj many and of far reaching consequence. There were strikes by freight handlers, teamsters and mes sengers, which kept Chicago in a turmoil for moatht, strikes by street car men In Rochester. N. T., Chattanooga and New Or leana, which required military force to maintain order, and the lockout of boiler makers, machinists and blacksmiths on the Vnlon Pacific railroad, which It yet un . settled. The greatest strike In the history of labor in this country, in number di rectly Involved and In cost to the people st large, was the strike of the anthracite coal miners in Pennsylvania. Beginning May 3 J, It latted Just five months and boosted the price of coal to double and treble Itt former cott. In eastern cities hard coal la doled out sparingly at f 12 and 115 a ton, where a year ago It waa abun dant at $4, $.". and 16 a ton. In Omaha at the pretent time the price of hard coal la 15 a ton above the normal, and very little is to be had. Directly and Indirectly, the strike reached Into the pockets of one half the people. By extraordinary persua sion on the part of President Roosevelt hostilities were stopped October 15 and the questions at Issue submitted to a commit, slon appointed by the preeldent. The com mission has not yet completed Its task. Chief among tin political eventa of the year was the launching of the republio of Cuba. Political events at home were of a minor character. Abroad they were chiefly orna mental. Royalty made two ccnsplcuous parades. King Alfonso was crowned king of Spain In May. and a like affair arranged for King Edward of England In June, though delayed by an attack of appendi citis, was successfully pulled off Auguat 9. Two weeks before this event Lord Salis bury, premier of Oreat Britain, retired from office and was succeeded by hit Bephew. Arthur J. Balfour. Na kingdoms tottered In their decay, but tha throne of Turkey's monarch received a mild shake down from France. tear. Lion. Xafr. The year witnessed extraordinary con vulsions of nature in the volcanic regions of South America and In Russian Aala. Ths eruption of Mount Pelee rivaled the deadly outbursts of Vesuvius In ancient times and surpassed it In rapidity of ex ecution. Ashes and lava consumed and burled Pompeii and Herculaneum and their Inhabitants. Exploding and suffocating gaa and heat killed w.th the speed of a light ning flash the Inhabitants of St. Pierre, wrecked every building In the city and partly covered the ruins with aahet. La Soufrlere, a companion volcano, added to the death roll. Second only to the St. Pierre disaster was the catastrophe at Andijan, a town in Russian Turkey. Early In December a succession of earthquakes practically destroyed the town and killed upwards of 5,000 persons. In September the Santa Maria volcano In Guatemala burst forth, ruining a large amount of property snd destroying many lives. Storms were startling In their mtgnltuda ad frequency during the year. Snow storms and cold waves of much severity In spots marked the opening months and the closing month. Cloudburst! and water. spouts and downpours of unusual frequency nd quantity tlgnallied the aprlng and summer months. The middle west suf fered severely from floods In June and July. Altogether the summer season was ncommonly cool and wet. Disturbed ele ments were In evidence north snd south of ths equator and made the most formidable record of disaster In modern times. Marconi's Trlaaopb. An event of signal Importance to the world at large waa Slgtior Marconi's tri umph la wireless telegraphy. On December dispatch was sent across ths Atlantic cean from Glace Bay, N. 8.. to Poldhu, Cornwall, England, a dtstanre of t.SoO miles. One of the forces tending toward Inter national peace and justice waa the format rganltatlon of Tbs Hague arbitration ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of 0ea Fas-Si las Wrapper Bsssw. Vary sai.11 a aa easy . stakS)Maasaa r Airmail mwcBL lAKltKo roi Dizains. rrric roi iiuoutsctt. flXFP nt Tciria 11 YU 1 1 PILLS FDI COKSTIPATIOR. I rfil UILOW till. 1 TZLJ 1FCK THECOMPltXICI "A - . Maxumi mtm mm t.w i. B Jgat I Ftsraty jregtaJstav.t, 'C CURS tlC tjEABACHKi court, to which many long-pending claims between natlona were ..jbmltted. In two Instances the claims of the United Statea against Mexico and Russia were sustained. "The most deliberative legislative body In the world." better known as the United States senate, had Itt dignify seriously ruffled on several orcationa. Senators Till man and McLauren, both from South Caro lina, held a fistic argument In the senate arena, and Senators Bailey of Texas and Bevrrldge cf Indiana attempted to settle an affair of state by knockdown arguments. Senator Money of Mississippi cut into the Interior department of a Washington atreet car conductor who collected an extra fare from the senator. Dishonesty and trickery In public office received two conspicuous rebukes. Four teen persons, members of a former city council of St. Louis, and two promoters, were tried on charget of boodllng. Thir teen of them were convicted and sentenced to terms of Imprisonment varying from three to tlx years each. In Denver th" mayor and 'city councllmen who violated an Injunction against the passage of a fran chise ordinance were adjudged guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to Impris onment for six months. A large load cf anxiety was lifted off the Rrltish empire by the conclusion of the P.oer war In South Africa. Terms of peace were signed at Pretoria May St. The old man with the scythe displayed his customary activity and waa as un sparing In high places ss In low- In the long roll of the dead were placed the hon ored names of Thomas B. Reed, Cecil Rhodes, Lord Psuncefote, John W. Mackay, Senator James McMillan, Sussn B. Anthony, Elisabeth Cady Stanton, Frederick R. Krupp, J. Sterling Morton, Thomas Nast, Archbishops Corrigan and Feehan, Dr. Jo seph Parker, T. Dett'ltt Talmage, Justice Horace Gray, Frank R. Stockton, Emll Zola. General Wade Hampton. Rear Admiral Sampson. General Franx 8igel and A. D. Jones, first postmaster of Omaha. Gifts to educstlonal Institutions were numerous ana liberal. The most notable gift of the year was that of Andrew Car negie, who In January handed trustees bonds for $10,000,000 to be used In estab lishing a university In the city of Wash ington. Dl.tlnaal.hed Visitors. Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of Em peror William, arrived In New York City February 23, on a apeclal visit to the United States. The ostensible object of the visit waa to witness the launching of the yacht Meteor, built by a New York firm for the emperor, but the prince became the guest of the nation, visited various cities of the north and east and everywhere re ceived cordial welcome. In October the crown prince of Siam traveled across the country homeward bound and was the re cipient of oflclal attentions. Another visit of International significance occurred In May, when representatives of the French government and of the Rochambeau family, as guests of the nstlon, participated in the unveiling of the Rochambeau monument at Washington. On two occasions during the year the nation throbbed with anxiety for the life of President Roosevelt. September 3 car riage In which the president wax driving near Lenox, Mast., was run down by a trolley car snd Secret Service Guard William Craig Instantly killed, the president receiv ing bruises on the face and leg. The latter Injury forced the president to abandon his western trip at Indianapolis September 23 snd return to Wsshlngton tor treatment and rest. Appalling- Disasters. The most appalling disaster, not alone of the year, but of modern times, was the eruption of Mount Pelee, a volcano on the Island of Martinique. Evidence 'of- vol canic activity were observed In April, in creasing in force until May I, when tre mendous discharge of ashes and gas en gulfed the town of SU Pierre, killing 30.000 people and destroying every building. Bub sequent discharges .are said to have killed 1.000 people In various psrts of the Island. The companion volcano. La Soufrlere, Island of St. Vincent, became active a the aame time and destroyed 500 lives. Santa Maria. volcano In Guatemala. 8. A., destroyed large area of that republic, beginning Sep tember 30. Turtakima, an Island of Japan, was overwhelmed with a volcanic eruption August 15, and all its Inhabitants. 1.500 In number, killed. A series of earthquakes In Turkestan August 25, killed 67 persons. In the same month foods la India swept sway twenty-four villages and made home less 6,000 people. Sixteen persons wer killed and fifty-four Injured January 8 by rear-end collision in the Park Avenue tunnel of the New York Central railroad. New York City. An explosion of dynamito in the New York subwsy January 10 killed seven men. Injured 100, and destroyed property valued at $780,000. Eleven per sons lost their lives February by Are In the Empire botet, .St. Louis. On Febru ary 23, fifteen persons lost their lives by fire in the Park Avenue hotel. New York City. A snowsllde on Swingler mountain, near Tellurlde. Colo., February 2S engulfed sixty miners. A wreck on the Southern Pa cific, near Maxon, Tex.. March 7. killed fifteen and Injured twenty-eight persons. Trsln of cars of naphtha eiploded in the railroad yards at Pittsburg. May 12 and twenty-three persons were burned to death. One hundred miners were killed by an ex plosion in a mine at Fernle, B. C. May 13. A tornado In the vicinity of Peoria. 111., June 9. scored death roll of twenty. Twenty villages were destroyed snd 700 persons killed August 17 by landslide on Mount Kaabeck, Trans-Caucasus. On ths east coast of Sicily September 2 a cyclone destroyed 600 l'vea. Election night fire works, on Msdlson Square, New York, hilled sixteen persons and Injured fifty. Head-on collision of trains on the Grand Trunk railroad December 2 killed twenty-eight and Injured forty persona. Death's Uag Hall. The year's mortality record contalna the names of men and women eminent In the varloua professions statesmen, ministers, suthort, painters, diplomats, philanthrop ist! of national and International repute. Of those in public station the roll includes Sir Ellis Athmead Bartlett, M. P., a native American. January 18; Harquit of Dufferln, former governor general of Canada, Febru ary 13; A. G. Gathorn. director general of the Centennial expoaitlon of 17, February 1); former Governor John P. Altgeld of Illi nois. March 12; Cecil Rhodes, famous la British South African affairs. March 2t; former Congressman Thomas Dunn English, author of "Ben Bolt,'' April 1; Lord Pauncefote, British ambaasador to tha I'nlted Statea, May 21; King Albert of Sax ony, 'June 19; J. Sterling Morton of Ne trass a, April 27; Congressman Amos J. Cummlngt, New York, May 26; John W. Mackay, pioneer miner of Nevada and part owner of the Bennett-Mackay cables. July 20; Paul Vandervoort, former commander-in-chief of the O. A. R., July 29; James McMillan, United Statea senator from Mich igan. Auguat 10; former Governor George J. Hoadley of Ohio, August 2i; Alexander R. ("Boat") Shepherd, former governor of the District of Columbia. September 12: Mrs. A. M. Merk'.ee ef Philadelphia, one of the first volunteer nurses of the civil wsr, October 20; Miss Susan B. Anthony, noted advocate of woman suffrage, October 21; Frederick K. Krupp. the great gunmaker of Germany, October 22; Tom Ochiltree, former congressman and ton vivant. Oc tober 14. Thomas Bracket t Reed, former speaker of the house of representatives, Iwcember . Thotuaa Nast, fucous cartoon ist. December I; Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, widow of General Grant, December 11; John W. Ela. Chicago, lawyer and civil service advocate, Irenibr 15; Mrs. Jesse Benton Fremont, widow cf General Fremont, De cember 87. The church lost Rev. Dr. Newman Hall, London. noted frlnd of the I'nlted States during the civil ar. January 1; r.ev. T. De Witt Tslrnsg-. April 12; Archbishop Corrigan of New York, May 5; Rev. George Hepworth. New York. June 8; Rev. 'Dr. Eugene A. Hoffman, dean of the general theological seminary of the Protestant Episcopal church, June 17; Right Rev. F. M. Whipple, bishop of the Episcopal dio cese of Virginia, June IS; Archbishop P. A. Feehan of Chicago, July 12; Cardinal Ledo chowfekl, prefect of the congregation of the propaganda. Rome, July 22; Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson of the Protestant Epis copal diocese of Mississippi, November 18; Dr. Joseph Parker, minister of the City Temple. London, November 28; Rev. Fred erick Temple, archbishop of Canterbury, December 22. The legal profession lost Chief Justice Daniel Agnew of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, March 9; former Chief Jus tice David A. Depue of New Jersey. April 3; Horace Gray, retired Justice of th. United States supremo court, September 13. The world of letters suffered the lues of five eminent authors Bret Harte. May 6; Paul Lecelster Ford, May 8; Frank R. Stockton. April 20; Emll Zola. French nov ellat. September 29; Mary Hartwell Cather wood, December 28. The. profession of arms added to the death roll the names of General J. Willis Hoffman, who opened the battle of Gettys burg, March 6; General Wade Hampton, famous confederate cavalry leader. April 11; General Sir William Olpherts, V. C. of Lucknow fame. May 1; Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, U. S. N., May S: Gen eral Charles H. T. Collls. soldier and law yer. May 11; General Frant Slgel of civil war fame, August 21; Colonel W. H. Hub bell, commander-in-chief of the national army of Spanish war veterans, Brooklyn, August 28; Major J. W. Powell, first man to explore the Grand canyon of the Colo rado, September 23; Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge, U. S. N., oldest naval officer of his rank In the world, October 15; Gen eral Wagner 8wayne, veteran of the civil war, December 18. Men of eminence In other walks of life who Joined the majority were: Eugene Dupont of powder making fame, January 28; Thomas Sydney Cooper, famous British painter, February 7; Nell Bryant, old-time minstrel, March 6; A. A. McLeod, former president of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad, April 19; Major O. L. Pruden, as sistant secretary to every president for thirty-four years. April 19; Sol Smith Russell, noted comedian, April 28; Potter Palmer, Chicago's pioneer merchant. May 4; E. Lawrence Godkln, former editor of the New York Evening Post, May 21; Prof. Rudolf Vlrchow of Berlin, inventor of cellular pathology, September 6; Wil liam o. titration, coioraaos million aire miner, September 11; Lysander P. Pratt, Philadelphia, pioneer in professional baseball. November 1$; Nate Salisbury, noted showman and turfman, December 21; George W. Thatcher. Utah pioneer, December 21; John J. Dickey, superintendent fifth district Western Union Telegraph company, December 29. Literature and the fine arts have lost many eminent representatives. The liter ary world will miss Frank R. Stockton, the genial humorist; Bret Harte, the gentle satirist and Ideal short story writer; Paul Leicester Ford, whose young life closed in fraternal tragedy; George Douglas Browne, the English novelist, who died on the threshold of a promltlng career: Edward Eggletton. the story writer; Philip J. Bailey, whose one poem, "Festut," made htm famoua; Emlle Zola, greatest of con temporary French novelists; George Alfred Henty. beloved of boys, and Mary Haft Well Catherwood, the romance historian of the early days of Canada and the west. Music baa lost Philippe Msrchettl, the Italian opera composer; Camilla Urso, the violinist; Helnrlch Carl Hoffman, an excel lent German composer, and Benjamin Bllse, the Berlin conductor. The art world will mourn the lost of Albert Blerstadt. Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant, Jean Georges Vlbert, Jsmes Joseph Jacques Tlttot, the painters, snd Thomas Nast. the famous pioneer in cartoon work. The dra matic stage has lost Sol Smith Russell, ths comedian. The prominent scientists who have died are: Prof. Leopold Schenk, the Austrian embryologttt; Prof. Rudolph Vlrchow, the Berlin surgeon and tclentltt, and Major J. W. Powell, the director of the bureau of ethnology In the Smithsonian Institution. Among the great divines who have ended thefr lrfbors are: Rev. Newman Hall, Rev. Dewltt Talmage, Cardinal Ledochowsky, Rev. Joseph Parker of tbs London City temple and Frederick Temple, archbtihop of Canterbury. The list of the distin guished dead closes with ths names of Frederich Alfred Krupp, the Essen steel master and gunmaker, and Elisabeth Cady Stanton, champion of the rights of women. Political Eveaia. Political events of national importance, excluding the reaults of t'ue election of November 4, embrace the passage of the Chinese exclusion act by congress, April 28; Cuba's Bag raised over Morro caatle, Havana, May 11, and the government of the island transferred to President Palma, May 20; bill authorising the construction of the isthmian canal passed by congress, June 21; special message by the president on Cuban reciprocity sent to congress June 13; Brat session of the Fifty-seventh con gress adjourned July 1; second session of the Fifty-seventh congress, December 1. NEW YEAR'S DAY RECEPTION Yssag Mea's Christian Assoelatlam Will Eatertala Ita Memaere aad Frteaae. The New Year'a reception at the Youbg Men's Christian association will be from 7 until 10 p. m. Muale will be furnished by the Sutorlua Mandolin club, and the board of directors, assisted by some of the la flueLllal members of ths association, will receive the guests. The refreshment tables will be presided over by Mesdames I. W. Carpenter, A. L. Patrick, Warren Swltxler, T. V. Moore, Edson Rich, William O. Smith, A. B. Somers, J. R. Webster, J. H. Dumont and f . L. Willis. A new festurs of ths rceptlon this year will be an exhibit of calendars, which will occupy the parlor. There will be program given In the auditorium, in charge of Mlsa Co-lane Paulson, by Mr. Elliott, mando llntit; Mrs. Sheets, soprano; Mr. Gorst. whistler; Mr. Packard, humorist; Mlta Fitch, reader, and Miss Paulson, pianist. In the gymnasium there will be an evening of fun and frolic, with basket ball from 7:30 to I and a musical program from I to 10, covering gymnaatlc work and all sorts of races. Ths association extends Invitation to all members, subscribers snd friends to be present at the reception. On account of the crowd, children under II years will not be admitted. Awtsl I.O.. I l.trr Follow neglect of throat and lung dis eases, but Dr. King's New Discovery cures such troubles or no pay. 50c, $1.00. For ale by Kiiha Co. I taks pleasure in wishing my friends and patrons a most happy a&4 prosperous New Year, and thank every one of them for their appreciation of my business meth ods, with which I was so Increasingly hon ored during tbs past yesr. A. B. JiVBERM.VNN. XT aiiuary Qlearing satBssTaTaTaMilsstttttatstTeTeTMgaeTaMg asMttttgaMltttttttttVtattttaTttaltMtsttttttWt WE MUST HAVE MONEY m $20,000 worth of Don't wait Gloves 12 no Dent s Gloves at j:.'! Perrin's Beet Pique at .1.55 1.65 ..79c .1.15 ..1.15 ...74c ..10c 174c 35c f 81. (X Gloves. 1 at 81.50 Oloves at J1.S0 Perrin's at 1 2 Handkerchiefs at 35c Handkerchiefs at 25c Handkerchiefs at 60c Handkerchiefs at t ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay o m a ay a Hosiery Four numbers American Hosiery Vn derwear, 28 per cent off. All other American Hosiery, 50 per cent off Including Lot Not. I13T18. Other numbers at half price. COLLARS, CUFFS. HATS AND CAPS not Included In this sale. Men's Furnishers Makers of Shirts. AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Lat Daj to Pay Taxes Brings in a Nice Sam of Needed Cash. FIRST HALF OF YEAR NEARLY SETTLED Treasarer Howe Gets Hold of Eiiooah Money to Call Aaotber suio.OtK) of Oatstaadlaa; City Warrants. The first half of the taxes for 1!0 be come delinquent today. In order to get In under the wire quite number of large payments were made to the city treas urer yesterday afternoon. Armour paid In full the check which Treasurer Howe re ceived calling for $9,958.09. The CuiJahy Packing company paid half of Its taxes, which amounted to $1,522.15. These were the two largest amounts received by the treasurer. A large number of small prop erty owners called at the ctiy offices and settled and It was the busiest day of the season for Treasurer .Hjw.e, and his depu ties. ' . Cms point was noticeable and that was that the big corporations,-at least some of them, took advantage of. the clause In the charter allowing two payments to be made, while- the small property owners paid up In full. Even as It was, the treasurer has taken In about $50,000 In the last two days and will be able to issue a call for $40,000 worth of warrants by the middle of the preeent month. This call will reduce the Indebted ness of the city snd will put a stop to the payment of Interest on certain warrants now outstanding. Breaklnsr Record.. December receipts of cattle numbered 87, 000 more than for the sauae month lat year. It la ascertained by dealers that range cattle came later than usual owing to the shortage of cars and motive power, while corn-fed cattle were sent to this market a little earlier than usual. As for December sheep the receipts were enor mous, the total being 164.000 head. This was fully 100.000 more hesd that) were re ceived during December of 1901. The In crease, it was stated at the yards yester day, was due to the latenesa of the range season and the earlier marketing of corn fed stock. i December figures show these receipts: Cattle, 87,000 head; hogs, 221.500 head; theep, 164,000 head. M.t(l.(" Maxwell. William Maxwell, the alleged Masonic lmposter, was taken to Omaha yesterday and put through the BertlUon system. It Is understood that Masonic lodges 11 over the western country are looking for Max well. He la being held here unde' a thirty day sentence pending Investigation. From cut In the state word comes that Maxwell la wanted for more serious crime than the one bs It being held here for. The chances are that when tbe jail sentence here is up that he will be turned over to police officers from Kearney. Neb., who will be waiting for him. Keporta from the Plketvllls (Ky.) lodge show that Maxwell has been working Masons all over the nest srn country. After putting him to tha tett Masons hers declare that Maxwell Is an lmposter. Hcwspaper Changes Haada. The Dally Times yesterday became the property of J. M. Tanner, editor of the Nebraska Democrat. It Is understood that Mr. Tanner will merge the two papers and will run a strittly Independent paper. This merger has been on for some time; In fact. It has been noised about tor two months. Tanner now becomes the editor of both sheets. Since Denna Allbery sold out the Times haa been edited ty H. B. Fleharty, who In laat night's issue bids a farewell to his subscribers. Christian Association Heeeptloa. All members of the local T. M. C. A. are invited to attend the annual reception to be held at tbe aasoclallon parlors this evening. Tese annual receptions are be coming quite popular and large numbers of friends of the association attend. Re freshments will be served and a program will be rendered. Parkers' t'oal. While there Is no great supply on cund. the packers are receiving a certain allow ance of coal each day, which keeps the plants running. There la a day's supply shead st each of tbe plants snd the bor rowing system has been discontinued tor the time. All of the packers sre trying to keep a Utile ahead of the demand and they say that this can be done If the rail roads keep their sgreemenis. It Is sssvrted that the southern roads are holding back bituminous coal for do luaeslc u.e, but tbe packers here da not notice any change in the dally shipments. Mead la a; Aananncement. The announcement was made yesterday that Jcha Culklo of the Flynu company and Villi Clllea Taylor will be married at fine uptodate MEN'S The first on the ground get the cream of these fin; goods. Note the Neckwear Lot No. 1 50c Ties at Lot No. J 50c Ties at 7?c Ties at 11.00 Ties at 25c 39c .50c 75c This Includes Four-ln-Hands, Tecka and Puffs. Socks 10c Socks at 15c Socks at 25c 8ocks at 6V Socks at ,...74c 10c ...20c 40c Bath Robes t2 Bath Robes at 14.00 Bath Robes Bt Jo no Bath Robes at J$ X Bath Robes at ...2.00 .3.00 .3.50 .4.00 3llB5T & 6 o'clock this afternoon. The groom la well known In South Omaha, while tbe bride Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Taylor of St. Francis, Kas. The ceremony will be performed at St. Bridget's church by Rev. Father O'Callahan, assisted by Rev. Dr. R. U Wheeler. After January 10 the bride and groom will be at home at their new borne. Twenty-fourth and H streets. Maslc City Gossip. John Moynahan Is on the street again after a short Illness. The national banks will be closed today. It will be the same with the city offices. A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Ei Krigbaum, Forty-first and Q streets Fran. Doletal la still on ths sick list, but his physician, Ir. James A. Kelly, re ported him some better yesterday after noon. M. B. Jensen, an employe at Cudahy's, fell yesterday and broke one of his legs. Me Is a patient at the South Omaha hos pital. I. J. Buckley has returned from a two weeks' stay with relatives at Meselna. Ia. Mr. Buckley will attend college during the winter. The Modern Brotherhood of America will meet Friday evening. January $. There will be an Initiation, followed by Installation of officers. The Installation of the recently elected officers of the Christian Endeavor society of the Christian church will take place on I Sunday evening at 6:3i o'clock. All mem- I bera of the society, fc.s well as friends are ' requested to be present. YEAR'S CRIMINAL REC0RD: Stall. tlcal I.lsht on the Dark Side of Twentieth Century la Clvlll t antlon. In 1901 7.852 homicides were reported. In 1902 that total was exceeded by nearly l.rOO. It Is difficult, says the Chicago Tribune, to establish any relation between the ratio cf crime to the Increase of pop ulation, for there are periods of time when the crime of homicide seems to sweep over tho country In a swelling wave and then the wave subsides for a time. There was such a perid between 1S94 and 1897, when the record exceeded that of 1902 and 1901. Then there came a lull, but during the last three years the wave has advanced again. But there la one feature of tbe record of K'02 which should attract the at tention of police authorities and that Is the dangerous Increase of homlcldee occa sioned by highwaymen, thieves snd bur glars. The number of murders chargable to them In 1902 is 333, as compared with 193 In 1901. and Is the largest total ever recorded. The increase shows the largest percentage of any cause in the list. Counting rulcide as a crime, and in many states it is held as such. It is discouraging to note an Increase of 1.009 la round num bers over 1901, when the total was 7,245. At usual, two-thirds of the victims have killed themtelves either with the pis tol or with poison, the latter being tbe agency used In the majority cf cases, owing to the ease with which carbolic acid can be procured, for that poison Is employed nearly always. As to the census of sui cide, despondency of an aggravated nature, often bordering on Insanity, It ths pre vailing cause. There la but one cheerful Item In these statistics and that Is the fact that but sixty-seven out of over 8,000 esses are attributable to builness losses, thowlng that men bear up bravely and hopefully under auch circumstances. It It discouraging to note a large increase In aulcidct growing out of disappointed love among youths and an equally large Increase growing out of domestic Infelicity among married pertons. The 'most curious and startling feature In suicide statistic, for the year, however, is the remarkable In crease in the number of female victims. For a long aeries cf years past the record tas shown a ratio of about thres times as many women have committed suicide as last year, the exact figures being: Males, S.032; females, 3,099. What Is the explana tion? Public executions have kept pretty even pace with the Increase of crime, the num ber of hangings for 190S being 144, as compared with 118 for 1901. Ths no ticeable feature of these hangings Is the great Increase In the southern states, which have seventeen more than 1901 while the north has but seven more and of the total number eighty-eight have been ne groca. There is some significance in thlt at bearing upon the question of growing respect fur the law In the south. In Mis sissippi alone, which for many years had the worst lynihlng record, twenty-six negroes last year have be-n legally con tI. ted and hanged, all of whom a few years ago would have been lynched. Nearly two thirds of tbe total number in the south have been hanged In Mississippi, Alabama, Georgis, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana, the six states which so long have bad the worst lynching records. Meanwhile lynch inra show a gratifying decrease of twenty one over 1901, which Is satisfactorily explained by the increase of legal execu tions In the south. It is not encouraging to note In this connection that there have been nine lyochings In the north, one each In South Dakota. Colorado. Wyoir.!ng. Mich igan, Oregon, Indiana and Kanaaa. and that Illinois stands at tbe head ui tbe northern bUik list with 10. FURNISHINGS AT SLAUGHTER PRICES w Shirts Lot 1-H.OO Shirts at Lt 2-11 00 Shirts at I-ot 1 11.50 Shirts at Lot 411.50 Shirts at $1.00 Elgin Shlrta at Il.no Lion Brand at 69c 79c 89c 1.15 79c 79c Mufflers 60c Mufflers at 75c Mufflers st $1.00 Mufflers at $1.60 Mufflere- at $1.75 Mufflers at Sweaters $1.09 Sweaters at $1.50 Sweaters at $100 Sweaters at 25c 50c 79c .1.00 .1.15 79c ,1.00 1.55 319-321 North Sixteenth Street, Omaha. A Happy Ngw Year SAY : A. GKEl to the 1 1 ,000 happy possessors of Knabe pianos, Kranich & Bach pianos. Kimball Pianos, Hallet Davis pianos, Hospe pianos and the other 16 makes of pianos which he has sold since 1874. "Prosit" to all our trade. 1313-1515 Douglas St. OK SCDFIELD IMmillTCO. 1510 Donslas St. Scofield's Cloak Clearing Sale Commences Tomorrow, January 2d Your money will lo more for you here than any ot"her place you can take it. mSCOFIELD U 1 C10AK&SUITC0 A SKIN OF BCAITY IS AJ0F0EVJ Dt. T. 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IIS i ay prices below. ft ay ty 25c ff 40c ay Night Shirts- 60o Night Shirt.. at &V Night Bhlrtd at $1 0 Night Shirts at $1 oo Colored Sateen Night Shirts, at $1 no Pajamas at ay 69c 79c fl 79c ay Ml $1.50 Pajamas ( '.. at lC a at $1 on pajamas at 1.89 f ay 79c jv 1.15 flV l.so ay Umbrellas $1 on Umbrella at $1.5 Umbrellas at $2.00 Umbrellas at C.50 Umbrellas- 2.00 a 5.2s a $5.00 Umbrellas at $3 50 Umbrellss at $5 00 Umbrellas st 2.50 $ .4.00 rt ay ay QUAKERf MAID I RYE A BEVERAGE FIT FOR THE GODS I'.j tbtolute purity, l .1 . j-fi.i O u acucious iiavor ana deliahlful booueL Its O . r llowntii ana age, ntaXe It the most per Jj fed Whiskey known, jj for talc at the leading i "J bars, cafu snd drug ( stores. HIRSCH & CO. Wholesale Uquor Dealers, KANSAS CITY, MO. O AMl!E.Mfc..TS. BOYD'S : Woodward Burgess. Managers. SPECIAL NEW YEARS DAY MATINEE TODAY Prices Ma'.lnee. 2Se and 50c. TONIGHT ADELAIDE THURSTON AT COZY "CORNERS The Daintiest Comedy of the Saon. Night 1'rlces, ioc, Utv, 75c and W. FRIDAY AND SATT'KDAY MATINEE AND NIGHT The Evergreen Mualcal Comedy Success THE Bl ItGOM 4 st Kit" Prices Mat., C5c to 11.00; Night, IjC to 11.50. BOYD' S Woodward & B urges, Mgrs. A I.I. EXT WKF.IC COMMENCINO 8 P. M. MONDAY Matinee Wednesday and Saturday. He.ts now on sale for all pTforn ances Prices. 60c to IJ.OO. KI.AW Ai KHI.AX.KR'S Oen. Tw Wallace's Stupendoua Production of Pricee-yc. 75c, 11, II M and 12. In cursion rates on all roads Mall orders with remittance filled In ths order received. ft OM..STO. TELEPHONE 1531. HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE SPECIAL. NEW YEAR3 MATINEE TODAY-M3 TONIGHT sla Prices. 10c, Uc and SOc. President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell University will deliver an address on Our Philippine Problem Under the Auspices of the Nebraska Cornell Alumni Association, FRIDAY, JAN. 2, 1903. AT SP.n Ths public Is cordially Invited to be present. FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Nineteenth and Davenport Streets. NO ADMISSION CHARGE. IIOTKLS. 1 110 IIIILLIIU0m(lhll, jadlua Hoiel A i , , , , PK IAL, KKtTlHK. LUNCHEON, FIKTY CENTS. I I 12:'j to 1 p. m. ,' I SUNDAY. iJO p. m. DINNER. 75e ' s. ... - Steadily Increasing- business haa necesal tatrd an enlargement of this cate. doubling Its former capacity. MOT SPRINQS, ARKANSAS. THF niDL' IlfiTni HIGH i aun uuill, c LASS Finest Cafes West of New York. laO.Ouu In Recent Improvements. Open Jan. ard to May 1Mb. I, uuer New Management. i. K. Uajt. C. A. iiraol Lcsiesa. X in i ii jjS. X