THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: MONT) AY. JANTAHY 1. 1!06.
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OUR GREAT JANUARY CLEARING SALE BEGINS TUESDAY, JANUARY 2
Our Annual Clearance Sale of Ladies' Suits and
Men's Clothing is an event looked forward to by thousands
of customers. Their anticipations this year will be more
than gratified, for never have such values been offered
in Omaha before.
JuL-Au IP ifiUVJS
THE RELIABLE STORE.
Specials in Dry Goods for Tuesday t Greaf Hfjf p Sae of yyomens
The saving opportunities in our great January Clearing
Sales are truly exceptional. A very prosperous year has
left us with many lines of winter goods which must be
closed out at once to make room for new goods, hence
these extremely low prices.
Two Rousing Silk Sales Tuesday
AO pieces of Priestley's Black Dress Goods, Panamas, Cheviots,
Prunellas and other fine weaves in black, prices from CQ
$1.50 to $3.00 a yard, on sale at, a yard JL
5 bales of bleached Muslin, regular 8l2c goods, will go on sale at
10 o'clock as long as they last, only ten yards to a C
customer, at, per yard
;7) dozen Linen Huck Towels will go on sale at 1 o'clock, they
are our regular 10c and 1220 goods, as long as C
they last, each vrw
At 3 P. M. "We will place on sale 200 pieces of full stand- 1
ard Indigo Blue Prints, worth GV2c yard, will go at, yard. 2
oQ pairs of our $1.23 Cotton Blankets on sale at 79c
Fifteen other specials in the Domestic Room In Percales, Prints,
Flannelettes, Linens, Towels, Etc., at ridiculously low prices.
Special Announcement! I
"We have purchased from one of the largest manufacturers
in the country their entire line of Embroideries, Insertings Bead
ings, Allovers and Corset Cover Embroideries at
Fifty Cents on the Dollar
Koine of the goods are Bllshtly polled on the ends, but otherwise perfect.
ThlH frtock will be placed on Bale Wednesday morning, January 3, at 50 CenW
on the Dollar. Our Annual Kmbroldery Sale haB always been a grand bargain
evrut. but this will eclipse all other sales In variety, quality and extreme low
price.
Watch Tuesday Evening Papers for Prices.
Sugar is Down
iWe have made arrangements with one of the largest sugar fac
tories iu the world to sell their sugar exclusively for them in
Omaha. This is the finest Pure Cane Granulated 4i g f
Sugar. Tuesday we will sell 22 Pounds Pure Cane II Q B I B
. Granulated Sugar for SJP
We Have Completed Our Inventory in Groceries. Watch for the
Big Sales All This Week.
Garments Continues
All Our Immense Stock of Ladies' Coats, Suits, Furs, Waists,
Skirts, Etc., Go in This Sale at Half Price and Less.
The greatest selling sensation of the season The bargain
climax of the greatest year in the history of our Cloak depart
ment. Remarkable Fur Specials
One Persian Lamb Coat, regular $90.00 value; Tuesday QQ
Four Krimmer Coats, regular $75.00 value; Tuesday '37 50
Blx Beaver Capes, made of finest Alaska beaver, $100.00 values, tjQ QQ
Eleven Astrakhan Capes, with Fklnner satin lining, sold at $80.00, C Art
choice I.UU
Fourteen Astrakhan Capes, thirty Inches long, regular $15.00 values, Cf
. . I mJf
37.50
17.50
.7.50
10.00
15.00
special at, choice
Eight Handsome Near Seal Coats, regular $75.00 values; at,
choice
Elegant Orera Coats, regular $45.00 values, greatest bargains ever
offered, at
Women's $15.00 Coats, Jn plain colors and fancy mixtures,
choice
Women's $20.00 Coats, in fine imported kerseys, satin lined, all the
newest styles; at, choice ,
Yunr Choice of Any $;$0.00, $35.00 or $ 40.00 Coat in the House
Tuesday
5.00
CHILDREN'S COATS.
Choice of 1,000 High Grade
Coats at Half.
$6.00 Children's Coats, 7 AA
In this sale .UU
$10.00 Misses' and Child
ren's Coats, at
OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF WO
MEN'S SLITS
meets the same fate as the rest of
the stock everything at Half.
$12.00 Women s Suits at..$ 0.00
$20.00 Women's Suits at. .$10.00
$25.00 Women's Suits at. .$12.30
$30.00 Women's Suits at.. $13.00
HANDSOME EVENING GOWNS
AT HALF.
$40.00 Gowns at $20.00
$50.00 Gowns at $23.00
$75.00 Gowns at $37.50
$100.00 Gowns at $30.00
Women's $5.00 Skirts at... $2.08
Women's $8.00 Walking
Skirts at $4.08
Children's Dresses In plain and
fancy colors, fully worth double
at $3,08, $2.08, $2.50, .
$2.00, $1.50 and $1.00
Women's $5.00 Eiderdown
Bath Robes, at $2.08
Women's $2.00 Eiderdown
Dressing Sacques at 08c
Women's $2.00 Moire and
Sateen Underskirts at 08c
TUESDAY HOUR SPECIALS.
From 8 Till 0 A. M. Women's
75c Dressing Sacques at. . . .RDo
From 8:30 TiU 0:30 A. Itt. Wo
men's $2 Long Kimonos at 80c
From 9, Till 10 A. M Women's
Flannelette Dressing Sacqes 60c
at, yard.
From 9 to 11 a. m. Louisine Checks, Fancy Mt-ssalines, Taffetas,
Peau de Cvgnes in a large collection of colors and patterns.
Silks that are good for Spring Suits and Waists. For these two
hours all these choice $1.00 and $l.'-!3 silks, CO
Only one pattern to a Customer.
From 3 to 5 p. m. 30-in Taffeta in black, 27-in. Taffeta in colors
and black, Feau de Soie in black, 30-in. and 27-in. color Messa
lines, Fancy Silks in new styles. Our C Q 70f
$1.00, $1.25 and $1.75 for two hours only, at. . . . OJm $ J
All day Tuesday we offer C. .T.Uonnet Black Taffeta in 3G-in. wide
at $1.25 a yard, and C. J. Bonnet 27-in. flQn
Black Taffeta, at.
Pre-lnventory Sale of Furnishings
Unmatchable bargain opportunities in all kinds of Men's,
Ladies' and Children's Furnishing Goods Saturday. Don't miss
these specials.
Men's Woolen Underwear, in all sizes,
single or double breasted, sold reg
ularly up to $2.00, snap H C
Saturday, per garment, at. . .
Men's Shirts and Drawers, heavy fleece
lined, regular 50c and 75c TCp
values, at 45c and
Men's Heavy Woolen Hose,
regular 25c value at....
Men's 39c and 50c Cashmere Hose
15c
special Saturday,
at
25c
Men's and Boys' Sweaters, in good
winter weights, wool or cotton,
worth up to $2.00, In three J P
lots, at 75c. 50c and UC
Men's High Grade Shirts, such as
Cluett, Monarch, Star and other
well known brands, worth 1 AA
regularly $1.50 to $2.50 1.UU
Mens Shirts from C. H. Frederick and
our own stock, Bllghtly soiled and
mussed, worth up to $1.50,
on sale at . DC
Men's nigh Grade Linen Collars, In all
sizes and styles, and best known
brands, worth regularly from f fn
16c to 25c, at, cholco IUC
Men's Neckwear from the Frederick
stock, all newest styles, worth reg
ularly up to 50c, at, fil
choice IUC
Ladies' Vests and Punts, heavy fleece
lined, worth regularly up to $1.00,
In three lots, for this sale,
at 50c, 39c and JC
Ladies' Wool Vests and Pants, Swiss
ribbed or flat wove, In gray or scar
let, great snap, at per 1
garment i J
Ladies' I nion Suits, good wool gar
ments at $1.50, 98c
and
Ladles' Fleece Lined Union
special at 98c, 76c, 50c
and
Ladles' $1.50 Vests and Pants,
in silk and wool, special.,..
Children's Union Suits, wool
worth double the price,
at
75c
SulU.
39c
98c
lined,
75c
MANY FEDERAL ACTIVITIES
Every Departmtnt of General Govenment
Locally Represented.
ter handled weighs more than 60,000 pounds
each day.
During the year Postmaster H. B. Palmer
caused Improvements to be made In light
ins and the protection of windows which
will save $1,000 In lighting bills and 1500 In
fuel annually. The postofflce was painted
inside and much Improved In appearance.
Tv.ntv.fnn. Inn. .Un. 1 1
OMAHA IMPORTANT POINT FOR UNCLE SAM taught the business without the publlo be
ing; aware of It, complaints being very few.
Millions of Dollars Invested and Hun
dreds of SI en Employed In look
ing After the Federal
Interests.
The United States government has rec
ognized Omaha's Importance, as every
branch of the federal government's or
ganization in represented here by an Im
portant bureau. The postofflce building,
which contains most of the government
bureaus and departments, ranks sixth in
slse and cost of the federal buildings In
the country. It was completed In 1904
at a total cost of 11,845,000. In another
costly building the headquarters for the
Department of the Missouri of the army
and two forts are maintained, besides the
department staff. At Fort Crook, a few
miles outsldo of the city, a regiment of
infantry is stationed at all times. Fort
Omaha, at the north limits of the city,
has been ronvcYted into a signal corps
station and training school. More than
$500,010 will be expended by the government
in constructing new quarters and repair
ing buildings. As a signal corps station
several companies of this arm of the ser
vice will be stationed thoro and interest
ing experiments made. It will be one of
the several Important posts of the kind
In tho United States.
for years the government has main
tained hero a large Indian supply depot
and warehouse. The quartermaster's do
uot has separate buildings. In the main
federal building are the federal district 1
and circuit courts and the district head- J
quarters for tho Internal revenue depart- :
ment, district attorney. United States
marshal, weather bureau, western
vision of the rural free delivery sorvtce,
railway mall service, secret service branch
of the treasury Immigration bureau and
the central postofflce. Army and navy
recruiting stations are maintained here the
year round in rented separate quarters.
Federal Courts.
Headquarters for the United States cir
cuit anu district courts for Nebraska are
located at Omaha, together with the com
plement of clerks, United States district
attorney and United States marshal. Hon. 1
W. II. Hunger Is Judge, It. C. Hoyt Is
clerk of the district court and George II.
Thummell is clerk of the circuit court.
The former handles most of the criminal
and the latter most of the civil cases.
In the district court during the year!
113 cases were filed, lu3 of them being of
a criminal nature. During the same time
there were fifty-seven criminal and nine
civil cases closed, sixteen trials by Jury
and eighty-three Indictments returned by
two sessions of the grand Jury.
In the circuit court twenty-one eases
were tried by Jury. New cases filed dur
ing the year numbered 189.
Post office.
The Increase tn business at the postofflce
In 1V6 indicates distinctly the growth of
the city. In every respect the business han
dled has advanced over 1W4 and preceding
years. In the registry department 168,401
more packages were handled than in 1904.
The money order business showed a gain of
fcira.i:: !5. and the stamp sales t4S.S31.43.
The totsl number of employes in the
postofflce In VjC4 was ninety-six, and the
present number Is 106. Five city carriers
were added, making the total 100. Through
thf Omaha ftVe are now paid 33 clerks,
curlers ur.il .rn'iHtitu'es: 900 rural carriers,
K7 rallwuy :.bil clerks and 13 station
clerks, the total cullli.c for disbursement in
IS of $1,060,000.
The number of letters cancelled In and
out of the Omaha postofflce now averages
lU,0uO (UU. and (be amount oX dH mat-
The following showing was prepared by
the postmaster:
REGISTRY STATISTICS.
1904. 1005.
Letters and parcels registered. 44. 6M 61 .XF
letters and parcels delivered. 65.4P1 70,3'O
Registered pouches received.. 18,537 15,3ri3
Registered pouches dispatched 11.252 15.51
Packages dispatched In same.. 242,278 262,!H5
Registered packages handled In
transit 822.493 260,3fil
88,390
2.85
8S.3S4
6,748
1.006
Total number of registered
pieces handled 497,041 603.810
LOCAL. STATISTICS.
Window deliveries, main of
fice ffl.030
Window deliveries, stations... 1,660
Carrier deliveries, main offlce 29.042
Carrier deliveries, stations 3.799
Rcpistored by carriers on
routes 1,052
lOH.SKt more packages handled In 1905 than
In 194, notwithstanding a loss to our credit
of (1:1.13,1 registered packages handled In
transit by reason of the new system of
Jacketing five or more packages Into one,
so that really there were lt',8,401 more pack
ages handled in the registry department f
the Omaha postofflce during the year 1906
than during the year 1904.
MONET ORDER BUSINESS.
Money 1905 1904
Orders. No. Amt. No. Amt.
Issued 7;t.W5 $ 639.341.57 f.S.112 $ S.P."?
Paid 294,918 2,529,306.01 2S6.907 2,447,629.11
Remlt's
received. 30,323 4.115,973.42 27,167 3.576.845.98
87,284,21.00 80,611,199.96
Sale of stamps, stamped envelopes.
postal cards, etc., for lfloG $539,559.23
Amount collected on second and
third class matter for 1905 4(IW33
Pox rent for 1906 J.OOO.OO
porting seven insane persons, two for
other causes and two because they were
brought to this country for immoral pur
poses. Eight Chinese were arrested and
four convicted of violation of the Immigra
tion laws and ordered deported. Twenty
cases, Including those of the four Chinese
unaccounted for, are now pending.
Secret Service Department,
The United States Secret Service de
partment for this section comprises the
states of Nebraska and Iowa, with Cap
tain John Webb In charge. The speclul
function of this department is to look after
counterfeiters, recover counterfeit money,
eta.
Captain Webb secured the arrest of four
counterfeiters during the year 1906 tn Ne
braska and four in Iowa. Of these two
have been disposed of and two are still
pending in Nebraska, and four have been
disposed of In Iowa.
The total amount of counterfeit money
recovered In the district of Iowa and Ne
braska during the year was IS4.40. Of
this amount only about $90 were taken up
in Nebraska, the balance being taken up
In Iowa. The money Included counterfeit
gold and silver coins, raised and counter
felt notes. In addition' to this amount
about 850 remains in the hands of prose
cuting officers for evidence in pending
cases.
fnlted tatee Marsbal.
The United States marshal for the dis
trict of Nebraska is W. P. Warner of Da
kota City, who succeeded T. L Matthews
In December. There are Ave deputies con
nected with the offlce. The financial
showing for 1905 was as follows:
DISBURSEMENTS.
Salaries, fees and expenses 83.737 31
Fees of Jurors 16.3il 50
Fees of witnesses 12.348 09
Support of prisoners 8.5I5 85
my or bailiffs 1.024 25
Miscellaneous expenses 2,343 63
manufactured spirits, comprise the force
of the establishment.
The receipts of taxes at the Omaha offlce
of the United States internal revenue col
lector, whose collection district is the state
of Nebraska, will show an Increase of
about 8R0.O0O as compared with the calendar,
year 1904. This Increase Is In the collec
tions on spirits, beer, cigars and smoking
tobacco end came during the last six
months of the year. In making up the
subjoined statement, fraetlons of a dollar
were omitted.
195. 191.
assess-
$ R.SS7
2S2.7S4
1i;?m
, 77 X73
5.7
Usts (sundry
mental
Beer stamps
Snlrlt stamps....
Clitar stamps ...
Tobacco stamris.
Preclnl tnx stamps KT.W
Benovated butter stamps 10,39."
Mixed flour stamps 7
roetimentarv stamps.... 2
Playing card stamps 6
S 8.4"fl
3e6.K99
1.91S,B9
S1.KP9
6.324
ft 315
3.261
1
8
Total 8tAi,609.56
Stamps sold amounted to 8iM6,609 56 In 1905.
airalnst $r.57,078.1 In 1904, a gain for 1305 of
18.631. 42.
Railway Mall Service.
The Omaha district of the railway mall
dl- ! service covers the main line of the Union
Pacfio from Omaha to Cheyenne and
branches; the Chcago & Northwestern
from Omaha to Bonesteel and from Omaha
to Hastings, and the Missouri Paclflo to
Auburn. The district Is in charge of Hor
ace O. Shearer, chief clerk.
During 1906 the amount of registered
mall handled Increased 20 per cent and the
Increase in the other matter was greater.
The force of clerks on the road Increased
15 per cent and those at the transfer sta
tions 60 per cent. The number of road
clerks belonging to the Omaha district is
now 135 and the number of clerks on duty
at depots and stations In Omaha is seven.
Of this number 110 of the railway clerks
run on the Union Paclflo, seventeen on the
Northwestern and one on the Missouri
Pacific.
Customs Tloase Receipts.
The value of foreign goods received tn
Omaha nnnually Is about 812,000.000. Local
Importers are learning gradually that It
la cheaper to have their goods billed direct
from foreign ports to Omaha and handled
In the large bonded warehouses provided
here. During the last twelve months there
has been a considerable Increase, particu
larly In European goods. Much tea is Im
ported direct from China and Japan, and
cigars from Cuba. ' Coffee, also. Is brought
direct to Omaha from South America by
the local wholcrsl rs. The calendar year
shows an increase ur 1904, but exact
figures are not available for the fiscal year
ending June SO, 1906. These figures shew
Importations cleared through the Omaha
warehouse to the amount of $349,801. For
the preceding fiscal year imports
amounted to $536.6M and for the year end
ing June 80. Itu3. $511,698.
Benjamin II. Barrows is collector of the
port and custodian of the federal build
ing. Immigration Barenn.
The United Slates Immigration Bureau
maintains a department at Omaha, in
charge of Inspector W. R. Mansfield. Dur
iiig 19uS the Omaha offlce f uxucde4 la de-
EARNINGS.
January 1 - March 31 ,
April 1 - June 30 ,
July 1 - September 30
October 1 - December 8
$38,320 63
. $1,247 S3
. 1.918 82
. 1.742 71
., 1,735 45
' $6,639 30
Excess of earnings over expense
for salaries, fees and expenses... $2,901 99
Tfavr Recruiting Station.
The United States navy maintains a per
manent recruiting station in Omaha In the
federal building, it having been established
October 24, 1906. Between that time and
the close of the year it enlisted about
seventy young men in the naval service.
Following the advice of Admiral Dewey
that the success of the navy Is assured If
the gun crews come from the northwest,
the department Is trying to get as many
men from this section of the country as
possible. The average of those enlisted
at Omaha is considered particularly good,
the youth of this seotlon usually being
possessed of self-reliance, energy and am
bition, sccordtng to the officers.
The recruiting station at Omaha Is In
charge of Lieutenant Commander M. 11
Slgnor, ' who was appointed to the Naval
academy by Congressman O. W. E. Dor
sey In 18S6. The medical examiner Is As
sistant Surgeon C. K. Winn. The petty
officers attached to the station sre: Chief
Machinist's Mate J. II. MUstead. Chief
Yeoman W. C. Wood and Chief Hospital
Steward F. R. Crooke. A substation at
448 North Twenty-fourth street. South
Omaha, Is In charge of Chief Boatswain
Samuel Canavan.
Internal Revenue.
The Internal revenue department for the
District of Nebraska occupies a handsome
suite of rooms in the southeast comer of
the second floor of the federal building.
This department has charge of all the in
ternal revenue collections in this district
and issues the necessary revenue stamps
exacted by the government on liquors.
spirits, beer, tobacco, manufactured prod
ucts of tobacco,, renovated butter, mixed
flour, documentary, playing card and spe
cial stamps. Elmer B. Stephenson of Lin
coln as collector of Internal revenue Is the
head of the department. Edward W. North
la deputy collector and John A. McCabe
revenue agent. A force of about a dosen
clerks Is employed In the offlce and three
gaugers, whose special business Is to look
after the testing aij ineurjnDU of
Total $2,332,799 $2,406,462
Indian Mnpplr Depot.
During the year vast quantities of every
kind of supplies for the Indian nseneles
and schools pass through the Omaha In
dian supply depot, which Is located at
815 Howard street. The depot Is In charge
of R. C. Jordan as superintendent, and he
Is assisted by a force of four helpers. Sup
plies,, which are furnished by contract,
consist of bacon, canned meats, hardware,
pipe work, stationery, dried fruits, flour,
meal, oat meal, soap, lard, oils, paints
in fact, every conceivable product. Most
of the stuff Is bought by contract in
Omaha and shipped direct from the manu
facturers to the agencies, as was the case
In the recent shipment of 6,000 mattresses
from the Doup Mattress factory, and
600,000 pounds of laundry soap from the
Cudahy establishment.
Very little of the supplies are kept in
storage in the depot, as goods are sent
out to the agencies and schools almost
as fast as received. Shipments are made
to Wisconsin Indian agencies as well as
to those in the west, as far as Arlxona,
California and Washington. Tho aggregate
value of the annual shipments from the
Omaha depot will exceed two and a quar
ter million dollars. A very considerable
proportion of these supplies are purchased
through Omaha contractors.
Regular Army Herrnltlnar. '
The regular army recruiting depot bas
been established In Omaha for many years,
and is at present located at the corner
of Thirteenth and Douglas streets. Colonel
Egbert B. Savage Is In charge of the re
cruiting station. A force of four enlisted
men is connected with the station, "and
aside from the local station there are
substations located at Lincoln. Grand
I Island and Sioux City, which require an
additional force of four men. The number of
accepted enlistments during the year 1905
at the Omaha station and substations was
3C4. Of this number more than two-thirds
were enlisted at Omaha. During the year
1,111 applicants were rejected. The causes
of rejection were general unfitness, under
age. Intemperance, moral disqualifications
and vicious habits. AH of the recruits now
enlisted at the Omaha station are sent to
Jefferson Barracks. Mo. One enlistment
the early part of December was mude for
the hospital corps of a graduute from a
German medical school, who also holds a
diploma from a Chicago medical college.
The Omaha station ranks about tenth
In the sixty recruiting stations of the
country. The most enlistments are mado
during the months of January, February,
March and April.
Blent Inspection,
Connected with the Department of
Agriculture, under the immediate super
vision of the bureau of animal industry,
is tho work of meat inspection by spe
cial arpolntees of the government who are
elected fur their special qualifications for
the work. A force of sixty-five of these
Inspectors Is employed to look after the
inspection of the products of the Omaha
packing houses. These are divided Into
three groups, as follows: Inspectors, 18;
taggers, 35; stock examiners, li la addi
tion to these eighteen girls are employed
in the microscopic department. The whole
force Is under the immediate charge of
CWt Inspeotor Vr, ob C. jr, who
has three clerks to assist htm In the office
work. The headquarters of the bureau is
In the postofflce building at South Omaha,
occupying the entire second floor of the
building.
The work of the microscopic, division Is
to make tests and examinations for
trichina in pork products. The Inspection
of oattle Is made both of the living and
slaughtered animal, and applies not only
to meat products for foreign shipment,
but for tho domestic trade. The slaugh
tered product Is stamped by the govern
ment showing that It has passed through
the hands of the government Inspectors
and is fit for food. Each packing estab
lishment has Its official number and all
Inspected products from that establishment
bear its number.
The stock is both inspected in the stock
yards and In the packing plants, different
inspectors being employed in the different
locations. Eevery head of live stock re
ceived at the Omaha stock yards Is In
spected, as Is all products that go out
from the packing houses. The Inspection
bureau has been established here about
fifteen years.
Fort Omaha and Signal Corps.
During the year 1905 the old military post
at Fort Omaha has been rehabilitated and
reoccupled as a United States military gar
rison. It is to be made the principal signal
corps station of the United States army,
with all the necessary appliances for in
structing soldiers In military signaling.
Thus far during the year, for rebuilding
Fort Omaha. $318,000 hrs been expended, in
cluding existing contracts. The new build
ings consist of the complete remodelling
of the old administration building Into a
handsome double barracks building, with a
fine mess hall; several new officers' quar
ters, a new hospital, two additional bar
racks buildings, wagon' shed, two quarter
master's storehouses, new guardhouse and
all the old buildings remodelled and mod-
ernly equipped. The new barracks, hospital
and officers' quarters are now complete to
the roof, and with ten days more of fair
building weather all the buildings will be
under roof. A new railway spur has been
run Into the grounds to facilitate shipments
of supplies. The fort has also been equipped
with modern fire fighting apparatus, and
two government automobiles are used be
tween the post and city and for general
field and signal service.
The fort Is at present garrisoned by Com
panies B and D, Signal corpa. United States
army. Major Eugene O. , Fechet, chief sig
nal officer of the Department of the Mis
souri, Is In command of the post. The
other officers are Captain H. S. Hathaway,
First Lieutenants L. P. Butler and E. Al
exus -Jeunet, Company B; Captain Otto A.
Nesmlth, Company D, and Contract Surgeon
James 8. Kennedy.
Department of the Missouri.
The military Department of the Missouri
is comprised of the states of Iowa. Ne.
braska. South Dakto, Wyoming (except that
part Included In the Yellowstone park),
Kansas and Missouri. The following mili
tary posts are in the department: Fort
Crook, seven miles south of the city of
Omaha; Fort Omaha, within the corporate
limits of Omaha; Fort Niobrara, near the
town of Valentine; Fort Robinson, near
the town of Crawford, all in the state of
Nebraska; Fort Des Moines, la.; Forts
Leavenworth and Riley, Kan.; Forts D. A.
Russell, Washakie and Mackenzie, Wyo..
and Fort Meade, S. D. In addition to these
Is the big quartermaster depot at Omaha.
The official staff of the department is as
follows: Brigadier General Theodore J.
Wlnt, U. S. A., commanding the depart
ment; Major Charles R. Noyea, military
secretary; Major M. G. Zalinskl, chief
quartermaster; Lieutenant Colonel John C.
Muhlenberg, chief paymaster; Major E. O.
Fechet, chief signal officer; Captain Wil
liam Q. Doane, judge advocate; Captain
Theodore B. Hacker, chief and purchasing
commissary; Major Richard W. Johnson,
acting chief surgeon; Inspector of small
arms practice. First Lieutenant Charles C.
Allen, the latter being also aide-de-camp on
the staff of the commanding officer. Offi
cers of the pay department In duty at de
Qoarterntaater'e Depot.
A very Important military establishment
connected with and laJd the city ymits
of Omaha Is the quartermaster's depot,
occupying an extensive tract of land at
the Intersection of Twenty-second street
along the Union Pacific railway tracks. The
depot comprises several large buildings
equipped with every modern convenience
for handling stores and supplies of every
character for use of the United States
army. Here Is assembled military sup
plies except ordnance for the entire de
partment, both quartermaster and com
missary. These supplies are being con
stantly received and shipped out to the
various military posts of the department
and elsewhere throughout the country.
The depot is In charge of Captain Thomas
Swobe, quartermaster, United States army,
and he has with him a large force of em
ployes to assist In the care and shipment
of the supplies. The depot is enclosed with
a high brick wall and suitable guards are
kept there for the protection of the ex
tremely valuable government property.
PostoMlre Inspector's Department.
A branch of the Postofflce Inspector's de
partment Is located In the federal building.
Its representatives are Donald J. Sinclair,
who has charge of the 8011th Platte dis
trict, extending from tho Missouri river to
the western line of tho state, and A. J.
Moore, who has charge of the North Platte
district, comprising all that part of the
state lying north of the Flatte river. Both
Inspectors are constantly In tho field and
have been rather busy during tho last
year and numerous small offenses against
the postal laws have been Investigated by
Inspectors Moore and Sinclair and Indict
ments secured.
Weather Conditions for 10O5.
A general summary of weather conditions
that prevailed In Oniuha and vicinity dur
ing the year 1905 shows that the year
was In no sense remarkable, unless It was
Its near approach to being a normal or
average year. It is a fact well known to
meteorologists that any year, throughout
which exurtly normal or average conditions
were maintained, would be considered an
abnormal or most remarkable year. There
were no wide departures during any period
of the past -ear, either In temperature or
ralnfull. It Is true that there were de
ficiencies In precipitation during the months
of June and July, but the rains that oc
curred during those months were so timely
and nicely distributed that no Injury to
rrowlng crops resulted from the deficien
cies. The average temperature for the
year was slightly above the normal and
the total precipitation was less than one
Inch below the normal. The lowest tem
perature recorded was 25 degrees below
rero on February 2, and the highest re
corded was 95 degrees sbove on July 16.
The most noteworthy disturbance occur
ring during the year was the wind squall
on the evening of July 13, when the wind
blew from the southeast at the rate of
sixty-four miles per hour for five minutes,
and the actually quickest mile at the rate
of seventy-five miles per hour, being the
highest velocities ever recorded at this sta
tion. Another inlstorm of great vio
lence occurred on September 15. when a
velocity of fifty-four miles per hour was
recorded. The wind squall on the after
noon of May 3 will be remembered as the
one during which the Coffin factory, lo
cated In North Omaha, collapsed, killing
three persons and Injuring six others. The
warm weather prevailing during the first
few days in March wah remarkable, a
temperature of 79 degrees wan recorded on
the 3d, being the highest recorded within
the first ten days of any March.
A table showing the norma! ar.1 monthly
mean temperature and the Vjtal monthly
precipitation is furnished herewith:
Temperature. Precipitation.
normal, aiean. r or mal. Total
January ...
February , .,
March
April
May
June
July
August ...
September
Octoler ..
November
December
19
.. 25
.. 3
.. 61
.. t2
t tm
.. 76
.. 74
.. 65
.. 53
.. 37
.. 29
14
17
4i
6"
On
73
7
t2
o2
43
31
0 611
0 79
15.)
3 13
4 37
6 1.7
4 75
3 34
2 91
i!.47
1 Or.
0.74
1 13
1.3
0 70
8.43
3 40
1 70
2 36
8 03
6 94
3 97
2 72
0.14
change In tho offlce force has occurred
within the past year. In April Mr. Charles
D. Reed, first avslptant observer, was as
signed to duty at Sioux City, la., in charge,
and Vincent R Jakl, from the New Or
leans station, was assigned to this station
to fill tho vacancy. Tho present office
force Is as follows: Lucius A. Welsh, local
forecaster, in charge; Miller V. Robins,
first assistant observer; Vincent E. Jakl,
assistant observer; George II. Johnston,
messenger.
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