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TI1E OMAHA ILLUSTRATED DEE.
SPURTING GOSSIP OF WEEK
Ease tail 8itnation 8till Ou of Much
Uicertiinty.
CANTILLON TROTS OUT A CANDIDATE
w Onirr ( Des MnlnM Tram Pro
poses to Kfiirrrrl Tip O'Srlll
ad Make film I'rral.
dent af Hilrri.
Not until January 15 will Iho magnates 01
the Western league gt t'iHh"t In Om-iha
for their annual slon. The postpone
ment wn made In order that Mr. eJtoiKt
Te-beau could ft hre to ptt-n.l th s--
Ion, ax It la the delr of ail harid.i that
the great Colossus of Base Ua.l, wlio now
"o'rrst rides the pigmy world." !c prr?nt
and take part personally In the met'.inj, In
stead of dlrextlns; affair by long-clijetance
'phone. In the meantime. Mr. Tebeiu has
Ma work cut out In the doings of the Amer
ican association. Some of the people along
the line oveT there are mean onougii lo .iy
right out that Tebeau'a desire to go back
to Hlckey tr president grows ojt of the
fact that J. Ed Grlllo waa sood eiiougn
prealdent to put the busy own r of the
Louisville club out of the game lor his con
duct toward t'mplre Bauwine hit aiim
tner. Bauawlne has a shade the Iwtto if
the argument, aa he haa been taken on by
the National league, which means that ho
must be pretty near ail right us un um
pire. Columbus buse ball wrlteis are most
atrenuoua In their opposition 10 t.ie Til"ii
program. In fact, the nvrry row Inviivrs
all the tor.ma. but the Tcbeau comMimtlnn
appeara too strong to br-ak.
Joe Cantlllon has compllrnted matters In
the Western by proposing the name of Tip
O'Neill ns president. This Is looki'd on i.s
being the compromise Tcbeau candidate. It
la expected that he will hund his - pre
ferred" candidate. Otto Floto, the .ime
talk he gave him last 5 ear. "The oIIkt
cluba were too strong for me," and thus
keep Floto In line for another season.
I'ercy Chamberlain will not be shaken from
Doc 8hlveley. In the meantime Tapa Bill
Rourke Is not overlooking a chance to for
ward the candidacy of the Omaha candi
date. Sandy Uriswold. If the other team
owners will be guided by reason the choice
of Orlawold will be made ununlmous.
Here are some tacts that might have
weight In deciding the choice: Omaha has
been the backbone of the Western league
from the very beginning. For five seasons
this city hns contributed more to the sup
port of the league than any other one town,
and with the exception of Denver, more
than any ether two towns. If It wasn't
for Omaha there wouldn't be any Western
league to hold a meeting. Last summer the
Omaha club paid over $15.0u0 to visiting
teams, or more than 130 a game for the
entire season's schedule. On the other
hand, tho Omaha team collected lrs than
Ifi.OOO on the road, an average of ISO to the
game for the schedule. Des Moines was
the only town that afforded any attendance
that looked like Omaha's, and one series
of games over there was really profitable,
Rourke getting a little over $1,400 for five
games. If this be taken from the S'i.OOO It
will be seen that the remaining seventy
games eet for other grounds paid the
Omaha team an average of $05 per game.
Just compare that with the contribution
of Omaha, on the home grounds to the sup
port of the league. Could any stronger
argument for electing an Omaha man
president be offered? Or do the magnates
hold the belief that the Omaha people are
so anxious for base ball that they will
submft to anything that Is offered Just to
see the game?
It looks like a good" deal of nerve for Joe
Cantlllon to buy Into the league and want
to name the president before he has opened
Ma first playing season. ' If it wasn't for
'the suspected connection between Cantlllon
and Tebeau the wonder at this course
would be great. But there are those who
can't get It out of their heads that there is
a complete understanding between the new
owners of the Des Moines team and Tc
beau, despite the vaunted and fluuTited
clause in the contract of sale that Is to pre
vent Tebeau ever obtaining & proprietary
interest In the team. Why should he want
to own the tenm if he can control it with
out risking any of his hard earned money?
The more the Omaha team for next sum
mer la looked over the bettf r Jt seems. The
pitching staff will be the best the team
ever started with. Only one gap is laft on
the Infield, that of second base, and it
isn't a two-to-one bet that Del Howard
will not be back there when tho gong
sounds for the start. Barney Drey fuss
announces his Intention of making a utility
man out of Howard, but only half the
purchase money has boon paid by Phila
delphia, and the trade with Pittsburg
hasn't been at all popular with the Smoky
City fans, so It may be that Rourke will
be asked to return the check and take his
player back, which Bill will be glad to do.
We all know how Howard can hit, and
w know that his last season's experience
at the position will make him a first -class
second baseman next season, and the most
Joyful news that could bo sounded here
will be the announcement that Del Is com
ing back. Word from 8t. Joe Is to the ef
fect that Buck Tblel's leg has recovered en
tirely, and he promises to more than dupli
cate his stolen base record next summer.
All the othera are wintering In good ahape,
and the rail to practice In the spring will
find them In readiness for the season.
In referring to the bunt game as prac
ticed by Omaha lately a couple of little
points were overlooked. On the Omaha
grounds, In one Denver serie, six times It
succrsslon a Denver man was thrown out a
second on an attempt to take a base on a
bunt. In Denver, in two games Omaha
made two double plays on attempts to bunt
by Denver batters. These were some of
the little features of the game a developed
by Tapa Bill Rourke. He says he has some
new ones to offer next summer.
Last week was one when nearly anyone
who had the normal use of his r her pedal
extremities eould get a kte on at a small
outlay. These are skattng days, likewise
the days to come. Down at Cut Off lake,
over at Hanscom park, on tike other watery
places hereabouts, the merry skaters have
been gliding over the congealed aqua punt
to their hearts' content. And st the rink
at Twenty-fourth and Hamilton streets,
where you pay the man at the gate, Marils
has been gathering In the shekels to tlds
him over the summer months, when he
swings In his hammock and cools
.iOTED EVENTS OF THE YEAR
flappeaiigj .bit Vak Up the Year's Hii
tcrj Briefly 8 Bin zed.
BATTLE MARKS IN THE EASTERN WAR
Series of Remarkable victories for
Japan Army Events f ties,
eral Interest Distinguished
Head,
The dominant r.ote in the history cf 19H
Is war. No event In this young pentury
has so completely absorbed the Interest
of nations as the struggle between Russia
and Japan for supremacy In Manchuria.
his I 80 far as the war has progressed It has
fevered brow with a 6-ctnt palm-leaf fan
and l r gj for col Ii r days. Jlmmle O 1 an,
the man who keeps tlie books for trie
Auditorium and sits In the c Mining tower
when there Is anything doing In the big
building, got a fkate on last wek-roller
skaten: When the roller skating is on in
all Its glory at the Auditorium J:ramie Is
going to show all the kids a merry clip on
the rollers. Maud said he could not skate
If he tried, "but Just watch my smoke
when I once get started." said Jlmmie to
Maud.
'Vl open the skating on Saturday
evening and expect it will be quite a go
here," said Manager Glllan the other aft
ernoon.. '! have engaged J. P. Pitt of
Chicago, where he Is well spoken of as an
experienced floor manarer and expert
skater. Then I will have three local
skaters to Instruct the b'g nners. The rlnk
will 1m conducted on first-class lines and
the uual rules governing rinks will be en
forced." It is Manager GillaiVs Intentions to have
a series of basket ball games In connection
with the skitlrjf. Ha and Ph;. il.al Di
rector Pentiand of the Young Men s Chris
tian as.-ociation are getting their head
In Juxtaposition and are trying to get
teams from Sioux City, Des Molr.es, Ot
tumwa and Lincoln to play the local Young
Men's Christian association first team a
series of games and alo to have some of
the city league games played at the Audi
torium. H. E. Fredrickson 'is going to the New
York automobile show In the middle of
January. There Is some talk of a show In
Omaha after the New York show, but as
yet It Is merely tslk, which can be bought
in Job lota at bargain prices.
teen an unbroken series of victories for
Japan and a succession of disjsters for ' n the Japanese army or whether other
end of July saw only five miles more
gained, the line then running from Vosrl
korablel bay southeast to Takhe bay. Then
progress was expedited, and by August
the Una extended In a great curve from
Louisa bay to the western end of Takhe
bay, and before the end of that month the
western end of the line had been pushed I
down to Pigeon bay, the eastern end re
maining fixed. By September U another
material advance had been made, the weeH
era end of the line being at the southern
extremity of Pigeon bar. actually south
of Port Arthur, and the eastern end btlwr
at Swalr.son Point. Since then there has
been a steady pushing forward all along
the line, the latest point gained being one
of the Keewan forts, less than two and a '
half milee from the water front of Port
Arthur. The Keewan forts are the Inner-
most and last line of defense of Purt Ar
thur, and the only question now would I
em to be whether the capture cf one '
of them opens a wide enough gate to let
RECORD GAME OF BILLIARDS
it
and
Lasted Twenty-Four Honrs
Both Players Played to
tbe Finish.
At lu:0 on the night of October 11 a
twenty-four-hour billiard match, during
which play was kept up continuously, came
Russia on land snd sa results as hu
milisting to the Russian empire as they
are astonishing to the world at large.
The war Is the direct result cf the re
fusal of Russia to accede to the demands
of Japan to evacuate Manchuria and re
store the province to the Chinese govern
ment. Japan precipitated hostilities by
declaring war February . Within forty
eight hours Japanese soldiers landed in
Corea, and seven Russian war ves-sels at
Port Arthur were wrecked or disabled by
the Japanese navy. On the third day two
Russian cruisers were suok In Chemulpo
harbor, making a total of nine warships
of the Tort Arthur fleet destroyed within
forty-eight hours.
The Japanese navy by this swift stroke
seriously crippled the Russian fleet and
practically established tho supremacy of
Japan on the Yellow sea. But Its efforts
to destroy the entire Tort Arthur fleet
did not relax for a moment. A Russian
cruiser was destroyed by a mine February
13. six Russian coiliers were captured on
the 14th. and four Russian torpedo boats
on the 22d. Successive attempts to Hol
sonise the Russian fleet In Port Arthur
by sinking stone-laden ships at the muutii
of the harbor failed.
On March 9, Admiral Makaroff made a
futile sortie from Port Arthur, losing one
torpedo boat. Again, on April 13, the Rus
sian admiral took the fleet to the center of
the outer harbor. The flagship of the fleet
struck a mine and sunk. Admiral Makaroff
and 674 officers and seamen lost their
lives.
Minor naval operations continued until
August 10, when the remnant of the Rus
sian fleet attempted to escape from Port
Arthur. After five hours' of fighting the
fleet i was defeated and dispersed, several
ships returning to port, three cruisers
sought refuge In Shanghai, one torpedo
boat in Che Foo and one crulBer In a
neighboring German port. What remained
of the original Russian fleet at Port Ar
thur was disabled or destroyed when the
Japanese forces captured 303-Meter hill
The Russian fleet originally consisted of
eight battleships, four armored cruisers.
thirty-four torpedo Boats, six protected
forts In the line must yet be stormed.
Thus It has taken from the end of May
to the middle of December, about twenty
nine weekc. to advance sbcui fifteen miles.
The last Russian forts to fall brings the
Japanese within two and a half miles of
the city.
The Battle Fleet.
At the present time Interest centers on
the ability of Russians In Port Arthur to
On January 15 the paseenger steamer Clal
lam Was wrecked near Ylrtoria, B. C and
Iilty-five lives loet. Ffbrunty a schooner
wrecked i.ear New London, Conn . cost Ins
lives. July 9 the S andina Ian liner Nrge
as wrecked on Itockall reef, off the coast
of Scotland and lives lost. On the a-th
a wrec k rff the Irish coast cc st twenty
11 v f a. and on the same day twenty-live men
were drowned a Idle sesrel.lrg for ' Kru
ger s millions." sid to have been sunk off
the const of Natal. November b. 1 were
drowned by sinking of a French steamer
off the coast of Algiers. Iecember 10 th
steamer Glenn Island on Lcrg Island sound
was dstrojed by fire and forty-two lives
lost.
Th" record of disasters cn land began Jan
uary 3 with a cyclone which smept through
Moundvllie. Ala., killing twenty-e:ght
persons. On the same day sixty per
sons were d.-own-d by the burn
ing of a reservoir at Mix mfcnuln,
South Afr'ea, January 3d, 174 mliu;s were
killed by an explosion In a mine near Pit.s
burg. February it an expiion of dyna
mite at Hogup, I'tah, killed twenty, and
thirty perished In a hotel fire in New York
City. During the last week In March
storms and floods in Michigan, Indiana and
Missouri destroyed tl.auO.KH) worth of prop
erty. An earthquake In Macedonia, April 9,
killed twenty-five persons and deroyrd
l,5u0 house. Storms in Oklahoma nr.d In
dian Territory. April killed thlrty-fl , e
persons and destroyed much property June
mmi. sii"i 1 1 -- -i 1 T - . f mW- - .. - t
ho:d out long enough to receive promised ! noo(1 at Santiago de Cuba drowned lo
to Its end in Paris.
The game was conducted in the basement cruiger8 an j mlnor cran makinK a total
of the-Brasserie Mcle. formerly the famous , of 8jxty.two ghp. of aII ciaSges. All that
restaurant Malson Doree. The competitors now rtmaJni ls a frac.tion of the fleet sta.
were two young Frenchmen. MM. Cohen ( Uoned at Vladivostok. Japanese naval
and Janssaud, and the player who made , i-. according to Admiral Toao's renort.
tne ntgnesi score oy iv: was 10 receive a
prize of 1-1 0.
The match took piace by gaslight and the
strain on the men's eyes was very tiring,
but at the close neither showed any very
evident signs of fatigue. Their movements
were languid and slow, but they were still
capable of good play, and while I watched
them, an hour before the time was up, M.
Cohen made a break of 12, Including some
very difficult shots, his achievements being
greeted with hearty applause.
The tabre was -a French- one, -without
pockets. The large and Interesting crowd,
which swelled as the end grew near,
watched the proceedings with keen Interest.
The scores were remarkably even through
out, seldom more than 100 points dividing
the players.
Two maaseurs and two doctora were In
attendance all the time, but neither was
called upon to render assaistance. The com
petitors were not allowed to leave the room
during the twenty-four hours for more than
one minute at a time, and the only nourish
ment they took during the match was ex
tract of meat, kola and sugared water.
The last stages of the match were con
cluded amid Intense excitement. When tho
final quarter of an hour was announced
only 18 points separated the contestants,
and although M. Janssaud was very pule
and M. Cohen very red, they kept gamely
on, making breaks of six and seven and
sometimes a good deal more.
When the marker announced: '"Only one
minute to go," the score stood: Janssaud,
3.225; Cohen, 3,1. Then Janssaud, the last
man to play, made a final break of 13.
raising his score to 3.238 and beating his
opponent by the narrow margain of 43
points.
Thro was much cheering and the band
played "The Marseillaise." The pedometers
carried by the competitions showed that
the winner had traveled over seventeen
ml!s. while his rival covered only thirteen.
His Limitations.
The petted young beauty In the carriage
looked with dismay at the mud that lay
between her and the sidewalk.
"I think it was Sir Walter Raleigh." she
said, "that threw his cloak upon the
ground, on a certain memorable occasion,
in order that his queen might not get her
shoes muddy."
"You're my queen, all right." replied the
young man iu the case, "but if Sir Walter
Raleigh hsd been a clerk on a salary of
tl5 a week he would have done exactly
what I'm going to do."
Whereupon he carried her to the side
walkbut be did it so nicely that she
forgave him. Chicago Tribune.
were one battleship, three cruisers, one
gunboat and one coast defense vessel.
Land Operations.
Land operations were carried on by the
Japanese with as much celerity and de
termination as was shown by the nayy on
sea. In less than a month after the dec
laration of war Japanese troops were
marching northward from three ports In
Coira. By the end of March Russian army
outposts In northern Corea were driven
buck .into Manchuria. The first serious en
gagement began April 2t, continuing Inter
mittently until May 2, wheen the Japanese
army crossed the Y'alu river, decisively de
feating the Russians and capturing twenty
eight guns. On the Tth the Japanese cap
tured Feng Wang Cheng, and on the 28th
fought the battle of Kin Chow, defeating
the Russians and capturing seventy-eight
guns. June 14 the battle of Vafangow was
fought, resulting In a victory for the Japa
nese. In this series of battles the victors
gained control of the peninsula. Isolated
Port Arthur and ended the chances of re
lieving that fortress from the land side.
Several minor engagements occurred as the
Japanese pressed on toward Llao Yang,
where the main Russian army occupied
ground of Its own selection. This battle
began August 5 and ended with the re
treat of the Russians September 2. The
Russian loss was lG.Ot'O men and the Japa
nese loss 35,00).
6n October 15 the Russian army, rein
forced, took the offensive and attacked the
Japanese and were repulsed. The Japanese
in turn advanced and attacked the Rus
sians entrenched on, the north bank of the
Shakhe river. The battle raged for nine
days without decisive results. In this en
gagement Russian losses were placed at
81.000 men and the Japanese 22,000. Both
armies appear to have established winter
quarters at this point.
Siege of Port Artbar.
The siege and defense of Port Arthur
forms a notable chapter of the history of
the war. While the Japanese navy had
cut off relief from the sea on February
10, it waa not until the Japanese army
occupied the neck of the peninsula that
the real siege began. At the end of May
the Japanese lines extended across the
IK-niiisuia irom society nay to ualny, or
a point near the. latter place, centering
upon Antszshan, seventeen sea miles from
Port Arthur. By the end of June they
had advanced to a line drawn from the
eastern end of Ingentsi bay through
Wuchaylngtse to Pingtu, about five miles
nearer the goal. Five miles a month was
not rapid progress, but it was sura The
relief from the Russian Baltic fleet now on
Its way to the east, and the ability of the
Japanese to prevent such relief. The Bal
tic fleet started from Cronstadt September
17, stopping at Llbau nearly a month. On
October 21 the fleet reached the North sea
and on the night of the 2:d encountered
and fired upon a fleet of British fishing boats
killing two jailors, sinking one craft
and disabling several. The Incident rro
voked grave complications with Gieat
Britain and for two days threatened in
provoke war. Both powers finally agreed
to submit the issues Involved to a board
of arbitration, which Is now in iwslon at
Paris. The fleet divided at Gibraltar, part
going nmund the Cape of Good Hope, the
other by the Suez route. It Is expeoted
the fleet will unite at the Chago Islxnds
early In January and proceed eastward.
Meanwhile a Japanese fleet under Admiral
Kamlmura Is proceeding southeastward to
meet the Russian armada.
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Distinguished Dead,
The year's rell of distinguished dead con
tains the names of pertons eminent In the
various human activities. Among those
prominent In public affairs are numbered
ex-Senntor John B. Gordon of South Caro
lina; Colonel Charlea Denby. ex-minister
to China; ex-Governor John Brown Young
of Kentucky; ex-Oovernors Bushnell and
Nash of Ohio; Charles Foster, Ohio, ex
secretary of the treasury; William C.
Whitney, ex-secretary of the navy; Sen
ator Marcus A. Hanna, Ohio; William R.
Grace, noted merchant and former mayor
of New York City; ex-Queen Isabella of
Spain; Henry M. Stanley, explorer and
Journalist; M. Pleske, Russian minister of
finance; ex-Senator Matthew Stanley
Quay, Pennsylvania; Robert McLane,
mayor of Baltimore; Sir William Vernon
Harcourt, British liberal leader; Levi Z.
Lejter, noted Chicago merchant; ex-Senator
John L. Mitchell, Wisconsin; Samuel M.
Jones, mayor of Toledo; M. von Plehve,
Russian minister of the Interior, assassi
nated; Robert A. Pattlson, twice governor
of Pennsylvania; Waldeck-Rousseau,' ex
premier of France; Senator George Gra
ham Vest, Missouri; W. C. Browning,
N. 1'., founder of the house of Browning,
King & Co.; Senator George Frlsble Hoar,
Massachusetts; Henry C. Payne, Wiscon
sin, postmaster general; Matt W. Ransom,
former United States senator. North Caro
lina; King George of Saxony; Alonzo B.
Cornell, founder of Cornell university and
governor of New York; W. C. P. Brecken
rldge, noted congressman; Hugh S. Thomp
son, former governor of South Carolina;
Chauncey F. Block, noted Pennsylvania
politician; Sir Matthew White Ridley, for
mer British home secretary; James H.
Tyner, former postmaster general; Paul
D. Connor, Washington, noted telegraph
Instructor.
The church lost Right Rev. Robert Mc
Bray, Episcopal primate of Canada; Mgr.
Guidl, apostolic delegate to the Philippines;
Dr. Theodore Herd, founder of Zionist
movement, Vienna: Right Rev. Frederick
D. Huntington. Protectant KpLscopal bishop
of Central New York; Roman Catholic
Archbishop Elder of Cincinnati and Arch
bishop Phelan of Pittsburg; Cardinal Mo
cennl, Rome; Rev. J. E. Rankin, ex -preal
dent Howard university.
The profession of arms lost General James
Longstreet, last lieutenant general of the
confederacy; Sir Henry Keppel, British ad
miral; Count von Waldersee, commander-in-chief
of the German army; duke of
Cambridge, field marshal British army;
General William XL Payne, confederate
army; General Joseph Dickinson, last ad
jutant general of the Army of the Po
tomac; General Peter T. Swayne, U. S. A.,
retired; Rear Admiral James A. Greer, U.
8. N., retired; General Thomas B. Howard.
Washington, veteran of five wars; Rea'
Admiral Henry C. Taylor, chief of tl
bureau of navigation; General William .
Spurgen, V. 8. A., Kentucky; General G.
bert & Carpenter, U. S. A., Brooklyn; Rta.
Admiral F. P. Gilmore. retired; General
George D. Ruggles, adjutant V. 8. A. and
governor of Soldiera' Home. Washington:
General S. Whiteside. U. S. A., retired,
Washington.
Among the noted members of the dra
matic profession are Dan Daly, New York,
comedian; Clement Scott, London, dramatlo
critic; M. G. Barlow, veteran minstrel;
Francesca Janauschek, New York; Mrs.
Oeorgo Henry Gilbert, Chicago.
The profession of letters lost Parke God
win, New York, well known editor; Sir
Edwin Arnold, London; Sarah Jana LJppin
cott, known under the pen name of "Grace
Greenwood." Boston; Manrua Jokal, Hun
garlan novelist: Edgar Faweett. author and
critic, London; Charlton L. Iewls. scholar
author and reformer. New Jersey; Lafcadlo
Hern. Journalist, author and profeasor,
Toklo.
Other noted dead are Jean Leon Gerome,
pointer ana sculptor, France; George
rands Train. New York; Dr. Emelide
Schwelnltz, dean of the medical department
of Columbia university; prof. Carl Schu-
man. distinguished botanist, Berlin; Pan
Antonln Dworak, famous composer,
Prague; Prof. Maxwell Bewimsrvlile, gyp.
tologist. University of Pennsylvania;
George Fred Watts, portrait painter. Lon
don; Dan Emmett. author of "Diiie-
Mount Vernon. O.; Frederick GoodaJl. noted
r.ngiisn artist: sir William M. Banks,
famous British surgeon; prof. Niels R.
Ftnsen, Copenhagen, discoverer of the liaht
cure for lupus; Frederick Augustus Bar-
tholdl, France, sculptor of the Statue of
Liberty, New York; Dr. W. L. Coleman.
Texas, yellow fever authority.
Disasters on Land and Sea,
The greatest disaster of the year on
water was the burning of the excursion
steamer General Slocum at Hell Gate, New
Jork harbor, June 19. The steamer waa
carrying a 4-hurch excursion party, mostly
children, to a picnic ground. When oppo
site Eighty-eighth street fire was discovered
on the boa- of the boat. No uppllances for
fighting fire were available, the crew was
Incompetent and undisciplined for such
emergencies, and the fire, unresisted, swept
from bow to stern, bringing death by tire
or drowning to most of the excursionists.
The official report showed i lives lost.
persons.
Railroad Wrecks.
The year has been uncommonly fruitful
of disasters on the rail. An incompleie
list of wrecks of trains shows 327 killed and
tJ injured. The principal disasters are:
January 6 Collision at Wlllard. K;in.,
sven;oen killed, thlrtv-jix Injured.
Apili 9 Wreca near Ma wood, 111., slxiy
three Indians kiliid.
May 7 Hruiiwick. Mo.. tiine killed,
twenty-sever, injured.
June 4 Collision of trolley cars. Norwalk,
O.. fix killed, wreck near Kansas city, ten
killed.
July 9 Excursion train wrecked rear Lit
tlefieid. 111 , eighteen ktllt ., fifty injured.
lth, collision at Mldvaie, N. Y , seventeen
killed, fort) -six Injured.
August 7 Rallro.id brldgo disaster at
Eden Colo., ninety-four lives bet
Se-pteniber lo Fourteen k.led by wrecks
In St. Louis and In geiutli Carolina.
Oc tober l WreoK at Ne w market. Tenn.,
63 killed, L. Injured; U.th. coIIIkioii at ar
rensburg. Mo.. 23 killed. Oo injured.
November 19 Wreck near Granger, Wyo.,
14 killed.
December 25 Collision near Maud's Hta
tlon. 111., 7 killed. 10 Injured; near Chlraio,
during Christmas week. It pcrtons were
killed and 14 injured by trains.
Record of Fires.
January 9 State capltol at Des Moines;
loss. fcXi.OOu.
February 11 Six hundred buildings de
stroyed In Baltimore; lews. 146. IM'.""
April IS Fourteen acres of buildings in
Toronto; loss, 1 ll.oOu.UH'
May 7 Union slock yards, IndiHtiapolls,
Uut'.triO; Providence. R. I., oum.cj; -Mil,
tweniy-seven blocks in Yazoo City, Miss.,
600 families rendered homeless
June 11 Danville, Va . l-lCii'.ouO.
July li Duluth, i4fj,(X.
September 17-Hallfax. $MO.00O.
November 16 Cincinnati. f'l'.00.
December 17 Minneapolis, I.'7l.oo0 and six
lives lout. Two days later wind blew down
the walls of the ruins, crushing an ad
Joining hotel, killing seven persons.
December 23 Sioux City, 2,6uu.cjO; 27th,
Council Bluffs, Sluo.000.
General Events.
Among the year's events that contributed
to human progress may be mentioned the
Louisiana Purchase exposition at St. Louis,
with a record of 38,700,000 admlnsiona
Abandonment of censorship of press tele
grams by Rutsla.
Ratification of the Panama canal treaty.
Opening of the Rosebud1 reservation to
settlement.
Celebration of the semi-centennial of the
republican party at Jackson. Mich.
Births of male heits to the thrones of
Russia and Italy:
Completion of American cable lines to
Alaska and the Philippines.
Indictment snd arrest of Mrs. Cassia
Chadwlck for securing from Ohio banners
large loans by forgery and falsehood.
Exposure snd punishment of employes of
the Postoffice department, Washington, for
defrauding the government.
Decision of the federal supreme court
against the Northern Securities company, a
railroad trust organized in New Jersey.
Nutional government Institutes proceed
ings In the United States court at St. Paul
to break up the paper making trust.
Here's the gladdest, best news that ever
rame to deaf reoDle news so me Irom and
so Joyful that It seems too good to be true!
V r-1 It a trne anaolntely ttaeaa It
! many, many lrtlma of Deafness!
The best cure ever known for Deafness
a rute that has been sucoesful In e en ery
bad cases of this trouble haa Just been
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nineteen years of study and scientific l:i
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he worked unceasingly until he :ouno the
method for curing Denim ss that is now
prouueing such splendid results.
Deafness Fpeclalls: Pproule. eriginat T of
this new and suceessiul treat mil., has
always had the greatest sympathy anil feel
ing (or the Des:. He und. rstanda all .h
lonellness of their lot. and he rejoices in
bis discovery since by It he can bea!ow tin
Messing of hearing on so msnr who now
believe their Deafness to he hopeit ss. He
ha already cured by its m ans numerous
i 'ises of D-afness where ether doeb rs arj
other treatments have wholly falleJ. and
l.e hns restore.) clear and perfect hearing to
persons who have not heard diuln tly 10
years Knowing as he do sli that he can
do for sufferers from Deafneev lie feel
his duty to assist them with th knowledge
be has geined In Just such esses ns tneirs.
and In friendliness and sincerity he gladly
offers
FREE TO THE DEAF
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tate to acrept this generous offer, for Dr.
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his great aim Is to bring happ nes to Daf
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It contains requests from all over the world
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willingly rives, and hundreds of letteie
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No matter how hopeless your rase f ents
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(Graduate In Medicine and Surgery Dub'l-i
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Iio tenth Mr trouble enu
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Are oj eeorae In damp weather
lo you hear better In a nria place
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NAME.
ADDRESS.
United States National Bank
OF OMAHA. NEBRASKA.
LIMITED STATES DEPOSITORY.
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OMAHA'S FAVORITE
STATEMENT NOVEMBER 10th. 1904.
RESOURCES.
Time Loans 92.201.391.62
Real Estate 100.00
Stocks, Securities, Etc 100.00
Premiums 100.00
Furniture and Fixtures 100.00
U. R. Bonds (Circulation) 80,000.00
Cash JM9978.80
Call Loans 239,475.1)9
U. S. Bonds 70.000.00
Exchange 1,04-1,595.111 1,848,049 98
?4,222,841.60
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock... $400,000.00
Surplus 100.000 00
Undivided Trofits 90.568.68
Circulation 80.000.00
Deposits 3.552,272 92
14,222.841.60
OFFICERS:
M. T. BARLOW, President. " W. E. RHOADES, Asst Cashier.
V. B. CALDWELL, Cashier. L. M. TALMAGE, Asst Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
A. DIFF. Kl'CXID MARTI V
F. SMITH. S. CALDWELL.
M. T. BARLOW.
V. B. CALDWELL.
HE PORT TO TIIE COMPTROLLER OF TIIE CURRENCY
(CONDENSED)
t
OF THE CONDITION OF TIIE
NEBRASKA NATIONAL BANK
OF OMAHA.
AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS NOVEMBER 10, 1904
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts. $744,505.40
U. 8. Bonds to secure Circulation , 150,000.00
County and City Warrants 8,829.75
Bonds and Securities 104,748 95
Banking House and Furniture 82,000.00
Premiums on U. S. Bonds '. 21.000.00
Due from Other Banks. 1404,596.67
Due from U. S. Treasurer 7,500.00
U. S. Bonds to secure Deposit 200,000.00
Cash 203.314.97 875,411.64
$1,986,495.74
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock , $200,00.00
Surplus 50.000.00
Undivided Profits 20,934.12
Circulation 150,000.00
Dividends Unpaid 2.032.00
Due Depositors
Individual $90 044.34
Bank and Trust Companies 480.371.41
United States 193,113.87 1.563.529.62
$1,986,495.74
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