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VOL. XXX VI I NO. 109.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOUN1NO, JANUARY 1, 1908 SIXTEEN PAGES.
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OMAHA .OAS BIG YEAR
Growth of City in All Lines ii
Shown by Figures.
HOME BUILDING MAIN FEATURE
Comfortable Modern Quarters for
Thousand More Families Added.
JOBBERS' BUSINESS IS IMMENSE
Wholesale Trade of City Grows by
.Millions Over 1906.
MANUFACTURES ALSO TAKE JUMP
Hnnk Clearing Show a High Mark,
Ural lOslntc Transactions Inrrenae
and Ktfrr fr'nrtor Indicate
Healthy Growth.
OMAHA'S GROWTH IX FIGt'BF.S.
1907. 1906.
J567.51S,788 $504,388,764
aao.ooo.ooo 195,003,000
88,048,000 83.B99.000
' 4,53(3,643 4,873,060
11,314,537 10,865,963
163,581,990 153,165,890
43,538,800 44,530,300
43,737,000 40,007 930
6,493,075 5,680,309
1,547,054 1,630,C09
Bank clearing . .
Manufacturing; '. . .
robbing'
Building-
Steal estate trans-
fsr
3ounty Talnatlon
for tame
Dials rcoalpta,
. bushsls . . .
'Brain shipment::,
X.i stock ra
ctipt. (head) . .
Li stock ship
msnt (bead) . .
Ornoba liad a most prosperous season
luring I!-". Even the financial flurry thot
occasioned a g neral cessation of nctlvlty
.luring Ihe hist two months of the year
was not enough to produce any aerloua ef
fect on the progress of the community, an
chown by statistics. The Bee thin morn
Injf present In comprehensive form some
detailed Information regarding the growth
of the city during the year and Ha aetlvl
:'p In financial, commercial and manufac
turing lines. A healthy Increase la shown
In all the. figures, which have been caru--ftilly
coin lilted from official sources. The
Increase In clearing house transactions Is
praet'cally for ten months of the year; a
Increase tins been noted for the lust two
months. This la In a measure true or the
other factors of the city's growth, and In
"Icate the. pace nt which Omaha was trav
eling when Iho brakes were put on. The
most satisfactory feature of tho showing
made la the large Increase In the number
if dwellings or apartments for tinnitus
ionslruetud during the year. According
lo the report of the, building Inspector,
Omaha Is today capable of housing in
modern and comfortable ' quarters l.Otil
families more than could ha,ve been taken
care of thn" year before. This Increase In
th number of homes has not fully sup
(pliol the deirand for houses, lo meet the
grrm'th of the city's' population. It Is
siwolally referred to here as an Indication
of tho continued expansion of Omaha and
its prospects.
Wholesale and Jobbing;.
Wholesaling and jobbing business of the
Omaha houses, selling practically every
thing which the vast territory could need,
totaled IXS.O48.00O as compared to fm.KW.OOO
for the year of 190M, a healthy and steady
Increase, made some larger by higher
prices of many articles..
Among the most Important develop
ments In thu Omaha wholesale center dur
ing the year, was the growth of the agri
cultural Implement business and the com
ing to Omaha ot no less than five big
houses; several of which had formerly
l en located In Council Bluffs. These
liouscs, together with the enlarged inter
ests of the John Deere Plow company,
Kuclno-Battley company. Rock Island
I'low company and the branch of tho In
ternational Harvester company, give
Omaha tho supremacy In the Implement
trade. ,
The houses which opened In Omaha dur
lug the year are the Sterling Manufae
luring company, Newton Wagon company,
l.awson Uas Engine company, Brlggs
Implement and Supply company and 1. P.
Mast, wagons and trucks.
Home Important Deals.
The John Deere company bought the
lots at Nnth and Harney streets on which
the Bt. Phtlomena cathedral was located,
paying the, church SlK),0CO for Ihe corner,
Work was started on a warehouse which
will cost 1500,000. The Rock Island Plow
company bas erected a new building Ave
stories in height at Klghth and Jones
treett, while the business of the Raelne-
Hattley company Increased to such an ex
tent that three adlltlonal stories were
built on the five-story warehouse occupied
by that company.
As a Jobbing center for Implements
Omaha occupies a position par excellence
and the volume, of business clone in this
line during 1907 Is In keeping with the
large number of houses located here.
Borne of the big firms have moved Into
new and larger quarters and have placed
more men on the road. This lias had the
effect of drawing business from other
cities to a certain extent and has main
tallied the business formerly done out of
IWoalia. The total business In Implements
done by Omaha bouses In 1907 was close
In tll.0U0.0Ca). Tlie business In 1 wss
$S.MXV ni id In 19u5 It aggregated $'
1I0.KI0.
The business In harvesters, plows and
cream separators has been particularly
large compared with the year before. The
number of bugglea sold has been very
huge, tho farmers having evidently In
vested much Of their surplus money In
luxuries of this kind. One firm which be.
gan the year In'lls new building report
an Increase during the year of Just 25
per cent compared with the preceding
year.
.Vew L amber Pirn Comes.
The coming of the Bowman-Krani I.um
ber company to Omaha was the event of
the year In the wholesale lumber trade.
Tins firm had made headquarters In Sioux
City for a number of years and built up a
business In lines ot yards In Iowa, No
braska and South Dakota. When Its bus
iness was brought to Omaha the firm ar
ranged for a consolidation with the Mis
nurl River Lumber company, which had
a big ard on the belt line.
Ho large have the lumber Interests o
Omaha become that the wholesale and re
tall dealers will organise an exchange dur
Ing theromlng year or aaslst largely In
lualutahitng a bureau of the Commercial
club to look after t raff to affairs which
couovrn the carload shippers. Omaha may
lw looked upon as one of the largest lurp
iContlnued on Boranth Pag-
SUMMARY OF TUE BEE
Wednesday, January 1 10ON.
1908 Ll:iRY 1908
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TIB WEATHER.
Fur Omaha. Council Bluffs anil Vicinity
Fair Wednesday; no important Chungs
In temperature.
For Nebraska Generally fair Wednes
day; warmer In wnt portion.
For Iowa Partly cloudy Wednesday;
warmer In paKt portion. '
Temperature for Omaha yesterday:
Hour.
5. a. m
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7 a. ni
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9 a. in
10 a. m
11 8. m ,
12 m
1 p. in
2 p. ni
3 p. m
4 p. m
5 p. ra
6 p. m
7 p. m
8 p. m
a p. ni
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DOMESTIC.
Yesterday was the last dny In Georgia
for obtaining liquor, the prohibition law
going Into effect thi morning. Page 1
A miliKtantlal cut of from )1 to $3 a
thousand has been made on northern pine
lumber. Pare 1
President Roosevelt and members of
cabinet will seek to oberturn the decision
of Judge Levis of Colorado on coal land
fraud. 'JPnze 1
Comptroller Rldgely has given a atate-j
ment that the nation na neen going coo
fast a pace for Its Inances. Page 1
Forty loaded cars on the Northern I'a
lf Jo road wore ditched near Helena.
Page 8
A number of letters stolen from a mall
pouch have been discovered in lexas.
Page 1
Torpedo boats are behind schedule time,
arriving yesterday at Para. Brazil.
Page 1
Street car line's earnings stolen at
Rochester, N. Y., by thieves in auto
mobile. Page 1
John Mitchell arrives at Excelsior
Springs, Mo. Page 1
No effort Is being made In' San Fran
laco to hold Roctor Cooke. Fajre 1
The defense offers to submit the Pettl-
bone case without argument. Judge Wood
will give his Instructions Thursday.
Page a
Newest turn in New Jersey murder
makes It as much a mystery as ever.
Pag 1
Girl at Beaver Crossing Is seriously
burned, but will live. Page 3
A vice governor for the Philippine
Islands In the person of the speaker of
he assembly In recommended by a bill
recently Introduced. Pag 8
TOBEIGUT.
Harsh words aro spoken for Editor
Harden In the trial at Berlin by the state
attorney. Page 1
Bomb thrown In stock exchange at
Rome to Influence the liquidation of
securities. Pag 1
LOCAL. 1
Coroner's Jury in Heward county falls
to discover the assailant or Mrs. Frank
Hmlth. Pag 3
COMUI KCIAIi AND ZTDVBTBU.Ii.
Live stock markets. Page 7
Grain markets. Pag 7
Stocks and bonds. Page 7
UOTBKIKTS OP OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
Port. Arrlvfil. Balled.
NKW YORK Columbia
OENOA Manuel fslvo
LONDON Mlunetonks
HHKVKN BeydlKl.
ROTTKRDAM ... Uluechsr.
DELEGATES TO RIVER BOOM
Committee Appointed to Select Men
to Attend First Session In
slsai City.
To get up a delegation to attend the first
session of the Missouri River Navigation
congress to be held In Sioux City, la.,
January 22 and 23, tho executive committee
of the Commercial club named a special
committee Tuesday.
John Steele is chairman and members of
the committee are C. D. Veaton. T. W.
McCulloiiRh. F. D. Wead. Wr. R. Watson,
H. T. Clarke nd G. H. Gillespie.
Congressman Hitchcock was the guest
of the executive committee at the noon
day luncheon and spoke at length of the
matters before congress of Interest to the
Commercial club. The congressman was
given to understand the strong opposition
which the business men of Omaha feel
to th proposed parcels post measures,
when W. 8. Wright and Euclid Martin ad
dressed the committee meeting on the sub
ject and pointed out the general harm,
whlv '. would be done the rural districts
by the adoption of even the compromise
plan proposed by the postmaster general.
A. 8. Kelly, superintendent of the Ne
braska Telephone company and A. T.
I.ane-of the company were elected active
members of the club. Honorary members
elected were Lieutenant Colonel W. P.
Evans, chief of staff of the Department of
the Missouri, and Rev. R. Scott Hyde.
Odd Fellows Orphans" Home.
SIOUX FALLS. S. I Dec. 31 (Special.)
It had been expected that In January the
matter of selecting a location for the fine
and costly orphans' home avtilch the Odd
Fellows of South Dakota propose erecting
would be disposed of. but the official an
nouncement now is made that the matter
has been postponed for a year. For some
years the Odd Fellowb have been raising a
fund for the erection of the proposed build
ing, and the fund already has reached gen
eroue proportions, but Is not yet ample for
the purpose, and this I believed to be the
reason action has been postponed. A num
ber of cities and towns In the state were
In the field as candidates for the location
for the home, and the rivalry has been
quite keen between the various towna which
sought to capture the prise.
Death from Toy Hilt.
ATLANTIC. Ia., Dec. Sl.-(8peclal.)-Mra.
Fred Woolaey of this plat was shot In th
heart and almost instantly killed today by
a young McCarvllle boy while playing with
a new air rifle received for a Christmas
present. Tho little fellow I about 10 years
of age and waa shooting at birds, when
Mr. Woolaey stepped out of the door. His
aim waa not good and the ahot entered her
breast. She lived but a few minutes after
being shot. 6h was the mother of a larg
family of small children. The boy la proa-
Iratad over th taault of th aocidaoA
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TIME AT HAND TO SLOW DOWN
Comptroller Ridgeley Discusses the
Financial Outlook.
NATION'S PACE IS TOO FAST
Respects Paid Financiers Who Helped
nllh Fortune When Bank
Were Hard Pressed for
Fonda.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31 W. R. Rodgely,
comptroller of the currency, todny gave
out a statement dealing largely with finan
cial conditions during the year 1!)7 In which
he snys: "The conditions which made this
crisis possible are the accumulated compo
site results of many yenrs of business. The
whole world has been overtrading and ex
pending, and nowhere lias It been more
rampant than In the t'nlted 8tates. The
reaction was Inevitable, nnd though It
might not have taken the form of a bank
panic had we been better prepared with
such a banking and curretcy system ns
we shoilld have, the time has come when
some or all must pay for our over
indulgence." "It I th? duty of the banks," says the
comptroller, "to restore business to normal
conditions by resuming their functions as
promptly and as full as possible. Fortu
nately there Is not only the strongest desire
and disposition on the part of the bank to
do this, but conditions are such as to make
it comparatively easy, and to lead us to ex
pect a much more prompt recovery than
has followed other financial cr.lstaes."
The reports to the comptroller show that
the reserves In the central reserve cities
were but 22.2 per cent against the legal re
quirement of 25 per cent. The forty reserve
cities show 24.72 per cent of legal reserve,
or almost the full egal minimum, while
their total cash means are 26.55 per cent of
their deposits.
Of the forty cities twenty-one show legal
reserves about 25 per cent, while ten of
them show over 30 per cent of legal re
serve, and all but eight of them show more
than 25 per cent of total cash means. The
largest reserves are In the Texas cities.
Galveston and San Antonio howlng over
38 per cent of legal reserve and Galveston
over 48 per cent of total cash means.
The returns as tabulated by states are
also significant and reassuring as to the
general conditions. There is not one state
which does not show an excess of reserve
above legal requirement ot 15 per cent and
an Increase In legal reserve and total cash
means on December 3 above those held on
August 22.
Pnrlflc States Lead.
"In the subdivision by states, the Pacific
states show the largest legal reserve, 22.28
per cent, while the western states show
the largest cash means, 82.11 per cent. The
most Important signlflrance of these figures
Is that the readjustment of bank reserves
hss taken placo with so few bank failures.
"From October 20 to December 30, 1907.
there havo been but sixteen suspensions or
failures of national banks. Of these two
have resumed and several more should do
so In the very near future.
"The reports of conditions of the national
banks show that from August 22 to De
cember 3 Individuals deposits decreased
but 1 12,000.000, or about 34 per cent, while
the decrease in cash on hand was but
$4O.OC0,C00, and the Increase In bills payable
and rediscounts was about 142,000.000.
"We have had a very severe bank panic
It would have been much worse, but for
the aid given by the treasury department
and some of the leading financiers of the
country.
Financial Patriots.
"It will probably never be known how
much credit Is due to a few men, who fur
nished vast Bums of money and supplied
credit from their enormous resources. In
the patriotic effort to stop the panic and
relieve situation which might have led to
far greater disasters If they had not been
so promptly met and so skillfully handled.
"From these facts In regard to the bank
ing situation. It would seem but a fair con
clusion that the acute bank trouble Is past.
but values of all kinds will have to be re
arranged. We shall have more failures,
and probably some more bank failures, but
these will be Individual cases, the result
of particular conditions. We have been
going too fast In business, and all classes
of people have been living too extrava
gantly. It will be good for all of us to
check this."
CASE AGAIN DEEP MYSTERY
Woman Identified aa Dead Cornea to
Life and la Interviewed la
w York.
NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 31.-The Identity of
the woman whose dead body was found
In Harrison, N. J., last Thursday remains
a mystery. The story told by Mrs. Hattle
Hull, that the dead woman was her friend,
Mrs. Agnea Young, wa exploded today.
when Mrs. Toung wa found alive and well
in New York City. Bhe is employed a an
accountant In a real estate office in New
York and declared emphatically that she
had not been In New Jersey on Christmas
day and that she did not known any one
named Charle Meyers for whom the police
were searching, a a result of Mrs. Hull's
statement. Mrs. Young obtained first
knowledge of the fact that her nam had
been connected with the murder mystery
from thla morning' t newspaper. She ex
pressed Indignation that her name had
been drawn into the affair by Mr. Hull.
KNIFE T0v LUMBER CHARGES
Nearly F.very Kind ot northern Plae
Lower kr front On to
Three Dollars.
MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 31. Lumber prices
are down. Nearly everything In the north
ern pine list 1 cut from SI to $3 a thou
sand. The reductions from the August list
are as follows:
Dimension and timbers, S3 a thousand.
Common board. Nos. 1, 1 t, 4 and 6,
tl a thousand.
Fencing. Nos. 1 and 2: Six-Inch, 11 a
thousand; four-inch, 12. No. 8: Six-inch,
S2; four-Inch, S3 a thousand.
"C" and better, eight Inches and wider,
ft a thousand.
Siding: "C" and better. S3; "D" and
'E," Si; "C" and better, Norway, 1 a
thousand.
Lath, 60 cent a thousand.
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snail Tax List In Soath Dakota.
SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Dec. 31. (Special.)
The fact that the delinquent tax lists
printed this fsll In the newspapers of the
various counties of th state were the
smallest for years if not the smallest In
the history of South Dakota testifies to
the excellent financial condition of the peo
ple of th state, but further evidence, par
ticularly upo nthe financial condition ot
the farmer of that portion of th state
lying east of the Missouri river, 1 given
by th record of farm loan la tlie region
indicated,
BOMB IN STOCK EXCHANGE
Dynamite Exploded to Prevent l.lqnl-
datlon Flab teen Persona
lnjnred.
ROME. Dee. 31. An enormous explosion
terrified the people today In the center of
the city and wis followed by a desperate
cry Inside the Mock exchange. , It Is as
certained the explosion was caused by a
dynamite bomb, which Is supposed to have
been thrown with the Intention of pre
venting liquidation at the end of the month
at Ihe Btock exchange. The wounded so
far reported number eighteen.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31. A bomb thrown
against the front of a two-story frsme
building In East One Hundred and Forty-
Ninth street In the Bronx before daylight
today badly wrecked the building and en
dangered the lives of eight persons, who
were asleep therein. A lisli store kept by
Joseph Rao on the first floor, was almost
demolished and his living rooms back of
thw store were wrecked. A door was
blown off Its hinges and, striking Mrs.
Marie Rottlsnno, Rae's married daughter on
the head. Inflicted a painful wound.
Rae has asked the police to search for
his son-tr-law. Antonio Bottlsano, who he
sftid, had threatened to blow up the store
because his wife had left him and taken
refuge with her father.
TORPEDO BOATS ARE SLOW
Five Days Behind Orlarlnal Mchrdole,
Dae to Accidents to Ma
chinery, PARA, Brazil, Dec. 31. The torpedo boat
flotilla which Is . receding the battleship
fleet to the Pacific arrived here today. The
boats left Port of Spain December 23 and
are now five days behind their original
schedule, due to accidents to the machinery
of two of the destroyers. The transport
Aretliusa arrived here yesterday.
Para Is on the Para river, about sixty
miles from the sea. It Is a modern city of
broad and well paved streets, surrounded
by pleasant rural suburbs and has a popu
lation of 75,00,1. It Is an Important shipping
port and has a fairly good and deep har
bor. The torpedo boats will remain thero
several days.
VICE GOVERNOR FOR ISLANDS
Bill In Filipino Assembly to
Office to Speaker of the
Aaaembly.
Glva
MANILA, Di-c". 31. A bill has been In
troduced In the assembly to make the
speaker of that body vice governor of the
Islands.
This matter has been agitated here for
several weeks past. The office of vice gov
ernor has been vacant since the promotion
of General Smith to be governor general.
Tho Philippine members are generally In
favor of the measure.
. Count Tolstoi Injared.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 31. News has
reached here that Count Leo Tolstoi was
thrown by a stumbling horse and sustained
a dislocated shoulder. In spite of his ad
vanced age tho count Is making a rapid
recovery.
"'Governor I.npea Wonnded.
MANILA, Dec. 31. Governor Lope of
Hollo has been shot and seriously wounded
by a disappointed politician. It Is not ex
pected that the wound will prove fatal.
MITCHELL VISITS SPRINGS
President of t tilled Mine Workers
Association Arrives at Missouri
Health Resort.
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo.. Dec. 31.
John Mitchell of Indianapolis, president of
the United Mine Workers, has arrived here
for his health and, according to present
plans, will remain about three weeks. Mr.
Mitchell reached here yesterday from Chi
cago, accompanied by his brother, David
Mitchell, and his private secretary. The
brother will return to his home In the west
within a few days. President Mitchell said
this morning that he felt no bad effects
from the trip from the east and expected
to gain much good from the water and the
treatment that he would undergo while
here.
GLASS BLOWERS KEEP BUSY
Three Thousand Workmen Return
After Shut-Dona of Ten
Days.
MILLVILLB, N. J Dec. 31. Three
thousand glass bottle blowers have returned
to work In the latge glass plant here after
a shut down of ten days. That there will
now be no stop In uny of the local plants
before JVly 1 Is very improbable, as the
companies claim that they were never
more rushed with orders than at present.
Thelf only present difficulty 1 In securing
enough help. The deadlock between the
Amalgamated Window Glass Workers' as
sociation and the Manufacturers' aasocla
tion continues and apparently neither or
ganisation Intend to sua for peace In the
wage scale controversy.
FORTY LOADED CARS DITCHED
Lou; Train on Northern Paclne
Brcaka Away at Helena on
Steep Slope.
HELENA, Mont., Dec. 33.-A highly
spectacular "wreck occurred on the North
ern Pacific railroad Just west of here last
night, when an east bound freight train
running extra got beyond control of the
engineer because of failure of the air
brakes to work on Helena hill, the east
slope of the Rocky mountains, resulting in
the ditching of forty loaded cars. Three
brakemen were Injured, two of them
named Sherman and Brady, seriously
Another brakeman waa badly scratched
and his face was cut. The Injured will re
cover.
NO SEAT, NO FARE FIGHT ON
Jersey City Street Railway Patrons
In Contest for Better Ae
roramodatlona. JERSEY CITY, N. J.. Dec SI. Six case
brought to test th Jersey City no seat.
no fare ordinance are on trial In the police
court here. Mayor Fagln I attempting to
enforce the ordinance, whloh provide that
no fare need be paid unless a seat is fur
nished. Witnesses have already testified
to the circumstances under which they re
fused to pay their fares when there were
no vacant seats In the car. The caaea are
being hard fought and the trial will last
several days.
Colonel Mardock Not Improved.
WICHITA. Kan , Dec. 31 Colonel Mar
shall M. MurdiH-k. the veteran editor of
the Daily Eagle, who Is 1)1 at his home
here, wa resting comfortably thla morn
ing, but no hope of his recovery waa held
out by th physiclrna Congressman Victor
Murdock will roach hooi tonight from
WaahlnaTton.
JEW YEAR IS WELCOMED HERE
Father Time Considers a Difficult
Proposition from the Mortals.
MANY RING OUT AND IN PARTIES
( hnrrh and Social Organisation Say
Farewell to 1007 and t.lve
1008 a Hearty Wel
come. IVevr Year's Day Proaram.
Poot ball, Diets park. 9:30 p. m.
Plnala In squash tournament, Jlacp.net
Club, 11 a. ra.
Boyd' theater, "The Clansman," mati
ns and night.
Orph&ntn, vaadsvllle, matinee and night.
Xrug, "Th Black Politician," matlno
and night. ;
Moving plctnrss at other thaatsr.
Just for a moment Father Time rested
last night, at the period when the clock
on the federal building strikes twelve.
and then lingers, like the gathering of a
thirteenth sound within tho bell. It was
moment, when mortals counted on living
on without growing older, but the new
year awoke.
This year will be ladles' day all year
leap year, as It were. It was ushered out
as beflltted the occasion and welcomed in
as befitted Omaha, glittering, prospective.
year of 1-9-0-8, which expects to be a
'"record breaker In many ways."
In many of the churches, lodge rooms,
club rooms and In hundreds of private
houses many parties met last night to "see
tjho new year In." v
Meeting; at Churches.
Members of the Men's Modern Movement
club, assisted by the officials of the First
Methodist church gave a reception
to the members and friends of the
First Methodist church In the church
parlors, the reception opening at 8 o'clock.
.The club kept "open house" until midnight
when the 'old year was given a fond fare
well and the new year welcomed. Special
entertainment waa arranged, consisting of
addresses by prominent club and. church
men, music by members of the club, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas J. Kelly, Miss Irene
Cole and Miss Hazel LoDesca ioveland.
Feller's orchestra also contributed to tho
entertainment and refreshments were
served by the women of the church.
At the Swedish Methodist church the Ep
worth league held open house, serving
a light supper between 7 and 9 o'clock. A
social time and a literary program fol
lowed, Joseph Swenson delivered an ad
dress and then the watch night services
began. Rev. Peter Munson preached.
At the People's church watch night
services were observed, beginning at 9 p.
m. Rev. Alonzo T. Jones, Rev. A. Maurica
Abbott and Rev. Charles W. Savldge
preached.
Holiday In City.
New Year's day Itself will be observed
as a holiday In Omaha In honor of the
advent of ia. A hearty "Welcome to Our
City" will be said to 1908. Stores, banks,
offices, shops and the' like places will be
closed and churches, clubs, theaters and
homes will keep open house. Everybody
will b.' happy with tie new yeer spirit,
There will be special big dinner In "hotels,
restaurant and homes. The afternoon I
tho time to make New Year's calls.'
While the-- formal New Year's reception
given by the director of the Young Men's
Christian association has been omitted this
year the association will keep open house Bat down by the fire and dropped asleep
on that day and the new building will be j while waiting for the two little girls to re
open from cellar to garret for the Inspection turn from a Sunday school Christmas tree.
of visitors and all are Invited to call during
the day or evening. There will be an elabor-
ate program of entertainment for those who
call and It Is the Intention to make the
day a memorable one In the history of the
association.
The Young Women's Christian association
held a "get-one" party at its rooms Monday
night, as a substitute for the regular New
Year eve function. One hundred and fifty
Invitations were Issued and each member
brought a friend or prospective member.
Music and short talks served to enliven
and deepen the Interest of the evening
St. Peters court and Crelghton court.
Catholic Order of Foresters, will give a
dancing party at Crelghton' Institute hall
this evening.
At the Omaha club there will be special
music In the ladles' cafe from 10 o clock
until the arrival of the new year. A large
number of the members and guest are ex
pected to be present.
Boy at Y. M. C. A.
The Bible class members of the Boys'
department of the Young Men's Christian
association will enjoy a big supper this
evening, followed by an entertainment.
This Is given to all the boys who have
attended the classes three times In suc
cession this fall and winter. The boys'
octette of the Junior Young Men's Christian
association met for practice Monday after
noon with Lee A. Kratx, who organised
It. The members of the octette are: First
tenor, Clarence McCullough and Harold.
Pagels; second tenors. Merle Howard and
Robert Theobald; baritones, Frederick Mc
Connall and Walter Rosenberg; basso,
Ed Burdtck and Rahl Buddcnberg.
In the way of amusements there will be
good attractions at all the theater. There
will be foot ball at Diets park at 2:30 In
the afternoon, when the Belvederes and
the Tiger will struggle with the pigskin
The finals In the squash tournament will
be played at 11 o'clock in the morning.
The Central Park Improvement club will
take occasion to celebrate on New Year's
day the completion of the extension of the
street car lines, which brings nearer to
the throbbing heart of commerce that ex
cellent community around Forty-second and
Grand avenue. The celebration will take
the form of a street car ride over the city
with speeches and band music on the
wing. Some of the friend of, Bert Cox,
an ardent member of the club, are trying
to prevail on him to give a characteristic
green corn dance, but Mr. Cox is of opinion
the weather won't quite harmonize with
th exercise.
Voice from the Orient.
The young people of Calvary Baptiat
church will watch the old year out and the
New Year In tonight In the church parlors.
A program ha been prepared and A. U.
:awaguchl, a Japanese student at William
Jewell college, will speak. Oysters and an
enjoyable time will be served. A short de
votional service will be held Just before
12 m.
Omaha lodge. No. L of the Royal
Achates, will dance the old year out at a
farmer ball tonight at Barlght's hall.
There will he prices awarded for the best
farmer costumes.
TAFT LEAVES FOR MILLBURY
Secretary of War Will Visit Horn
of Ills Mother, Recently
Deceased.
BOSTON, Dec. 31. Secretary Taft left
her today for Mlllbury, the horn of his
mother, recently decaaaed.
NO EFFORT TO HOLD COOKE
San Franrlsco Police Arc ot Author
ised to Arrest t'nfrockrd
Hector.
PAN FRANCISCO, Dec. :i-Tlo Re,
Jere Kiiode Cooke, who d-;.i p a ed Iro n
Ins resilience when his iilcnilfl atlon be
came known, togtiier with 1,1.4 young com
panion. Floret tit Whalcy. and their baby,
wus limited here anln last nigh;. He M
staying at the home of a fri nd, where h
and his companion are comfi rlably situ
ated.
In an interview Inst night Cooke said he
will return east as soon as he can ge j
enough money together to tiavel and ai
noon as matters can be arranged he wl 1
marry Miss Wlialey.
It Is pxpectnl that the g nndmnther of
t lie young woman will send h-r the funds
necessary to return east.
The head of a' San Franclfco detective
agency, named In connection wllh tho pos
silile nrrest of Cooke, stated last night that
they had not received any Instructions
from the east concerning CoPke; that so
far as they know there was no warrant
for his arrest, and that tlioy were doing
nothing til nil in tho case. There was
nothing to stop Cooke from going where he
pleased and they were not even keeping
track of him.
The Kilke are not looking for Cooke, al
though dispatches from New Yoik say
that there Is a warrant for the eloping
preacher's arrest on the charge of slninc
tlon, nnd thai the local authorities will be
asked to find and hold the fugitive.
STREET CAR EARNINGS TAKEN
Two Men In Automobile Take Cheat
with Money nnd Escnne at
Rochester.
roc HESTER. N. Y., D.-c. 31. -Two m "i
sto'o a chest containing S-.9 fr,m a stree
car standing In front of the Mo n street
east car barns this morning at ti:2'. o clo
and got safely away with it In ai aul
mohlle. The stolen money represents the earnln
of the Rochester Railway c( mi any yes
terday on what Is known ns th caste n
division. It was being transferred aecor 1
Ing to custom from the Federnl streoL
hr. .i the State street office to 1
count-d. '
The car was 'n .charge of Motn'.man W.
Glover and Conduct ir L. R. Cla'k. Til '
stopped Ih car 'nt the Sodus Buy statloi
at East Main street nnd went Inside: As
Glover entered the door he saw an aut -mobile
drive up beside tho car, but paid
no attention to It.
The two men were In the stati-n on'y
about a mlnuie, but when they return rt
they found that the chet which c ontained
the money was gene from the fr nt pla.
form. The tracks of an automobile. In
the snow led close to the car and east on
Main street.
MOTHER DIES FOR CHILDREN
ncaolotely Prevent Them' from As
sisting Her While Her' Cloth
ing: Wa In Flames.
NEW YORK. Dec. 31. From a shabby lit
tle flat on Second avenue today will be held
the funeral of a womon who gave her life
to save her two little children. None of the
neighbor knew- much about Mrs. Mary
Nautusch except that her husband never
appeared and she worked fifteen hours a
day In a laundry to care for her two little
children, aged six and nine. The other
nleht after returning from her work sne
When they entered sne jumpea up .uu.u.m,
and her skirt caught Are. The children
. i Un M.nltll.lu ,1, 1 U ll O ll
rUStied lO nor, uui one it""""') r- -
them out Into the hall and locked the door,
that their clothes might not catch fire.
By this time Mrs. Nautusch's thin clothes
were a mass of flames and neighbors who
rushed In and extinguished the blaze touna
her unconsclou. She died at a hospital.
Neighbors are caring for the little girls,
who will probably have to be turned over
to an institution.
BANK CLERK TAKES BRIDE
Grafton. N. J.. Man Bionn '-""
of School Girl nnd They
Arc Wad.
CHICAQO. Dec. 31. After cashing, last
evening at the Victoria hotel, a check for
1200 drawn on a Grafton (N. D.) bank.
J. J. O'Brien proceeded to change his en
try on the hotel register from J. J- O'Brien
to J. J- O'Brien and wire.
The wife until yesterday was Miss Flor
ence McKenzie. She Is 18 years old ana ner
home Is In Detroit, but she has been at
tending school at Notre Dame, Ind. From
there she came to Chicago and waa wedded
here. Soon afterward a telegram reached
the hotel from the father of the young
woman, saying he was on his way to Chi
cago to prevent the wedding. He Is a
director of the bank on which the check
was drawn and O'Brien Is an officer there.
A complication in the matter Is that the
young couple started for home last night
by way of Seattle, Wash.
ASSAILANT COVERS TRACKS
Coroner's Jury In Seward County T'n
able to Locate Rlama for
Death of Mr. Smith.
SEWARD, Neb., Dec. 31. (Special Tele
gram.) After being In session a week and
examining and re-examining twenty-six
witnesses, the coroner's Jury found lnte
last night that Mrs. Frank Smith, who
was murdered In a farm house near Mil
lard on December 16. came to her death
from a blow on the head dealt by an un
known person. Excitement Is high here
over the brutal murder and the county
commissioners and the governor will be
urged to offer rewards for the apprehension
of the murderer. A Bohemian was mur
dered In the same vicinity a year ago In
a slmlar manner and tno murderer was
never apprehended. Nothing was taken
from the Smith home, so that robbery was
not the motive. Witnesses declared she
had no enemies and revenge was not the
object. Mrs. Smith was found late In the
afternoon of December 16 with her skull
crushed by a blow dealt with a singletree.
GIRL IS SERIOUSLY BURNED
Merna IVelaon of Beaver Crosalng
Painfully Injured, but Will
Recover.
SEWARD. Neb., Dec. 31. (Special Tele
gram.) Merna Nelson, daughter of Georg
Nelson, a farmer living near Beaver Cross
Ing, was painfully burned when her dress
suddenly caught fire and burst Into
flame, enveloping her. She was sitting
close to a hot stove at the time. Her
parents were away. The child ran into the
yard and rushed, a human torch, to the
cattle corral. Jumped into a tank of water
I About th shoulder th flesh was cooked.
Bhe will recover
USE FOR SEW LAW
Government . Will Appeal frcra
Decision of Colorado Judge.
CABINET CONSIDERS DECISION
Strong- Objection to Legralizinf
Dummy Entry System.
POSITION OF THE LAND OFFICE
Intimation that Bureau Partly Agrees
with Court.
NEW- CHARGES TO BE FILED
Nome of Men ltrlenscd Are to Be
Accused of Perjury In Making
Descriptions of l.nnd
Taken.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31,-At the
coblnet mectlnR of the year 1007. held today,
the decision was reached by the president
and attorney general that the government
will use every means hi its imwer to bring
about In the higher courts disapproval of
the decision rendered In Colorado by Judg
Lewis that there Is no law against cttiten
agreeing In advance to purchase coal or '
other public lands that may be acquired by
others, under what Is known as the dummy
entryman system.
Attorney General Bonaparte said after
the cabinet meeting that It was fortunat
that congress last year parsed a law giv
ing the government the rlixlit to appeal In
criminal cfiaes. hh undoubtedly the gov
ernment would appeal to Its fullest extent
against a decision quashing indictment
against men charged with illegally ac
quiring coal lands.
Position of Land Offli-o.
The comiiilrsioiier of the general land
office said today that his department had
nut Initiated the land fraud cagea which
have, save In a few Instances, been dls-
missed by Federal Judge Lewis at Den- .
ver. Although the land office Is co
operating In every possible way with the
department of Justice In bringing fraud- .
ulent entrymen to Justice, the Interior
department had nothing to do with bring
ing the indictments which have been
quashed, and there are Intimations that
the latter .department partially agrees,
with Judgo Lewis In his ruling that tha . '
persons Hocused of illegally acquiring . '
lands cannot be held under the Indict- ,
ments as drawn, at least ns they apply 1 j
to violations of the timber and stone act.
It Is understood that the land office is
about ready to call from sixty to eighty , .
violations of tho land laws In the Colo- ,.
rado region to the attention of the grand i
Jury. Some of these may Involve a num
ber' of tho very persons whom Judge
Lewis has discharged. Commissioner
Balllnger holds that It is speolflcally pro-'
Ided In tho act of 1878 that the claimant
of land must make a showing ut th .'
time of the application that he does not
take the lands for tho Ymtieftt tit .nv
other person. Under tho statute lie doe"
nui nave io repeal tins ni me tune or
proof, although the department call for
a showing of this kind at the time ot
proof In order to obtain all evldenc pos
sible Indicating the good or bad faith at '
the time of application. In other words,
it Is held that a man may change his '
mind ns to the disposition of the land ho
weeks to obtain from the government.
W'lU Charite Perjury,
The new cases whloh tho land offle
will bring are largely built upon perjury
and fals allegations as to character of '
lands. A special officer of tho land of-, ,
flee la busily at work at Denver on thes
cases and Is acting entirely Independent
of the Department of Justice. i
Commissioner Balllnger aald today that
he had not examined the .decision of
Judge Lewis In regard1 to the. coal -entry
cases which have Just been dismissed, but -
he asserted that bin department had noth
ing whutever to do with the prosecution.
BISHOP E. G, ANDREWS DEAD
Illness Follows Severe . Cold - Cos
traded In West and Jle Die
at Brooklyn..
NEW YORK, Dec, l.-Blsliop Edward X
Andrews of the Mothodist Eplacopal church
dlod at his home in Brooklyn, at I o'clock
this morning. , Death had been expected,,
since yesterday, wtxm the physlolnp. In at
tendance gave up alt hope..- '
Bishop Andrews, who was 82 years old,
contracted a aevere '-old wbtld attending
the bishops' confeifnce and the. meeting
of the home and foreign, mission boards of
his church at 'San Francisco Just October..
He never fully 'eoverd and a general
breakdown followed.-,- ' ' : , - ',''' i
Bishop Andrew for nearly half a aentury '
was one of the' nost' yidely Jifiown'clerry-
men in tho United States. ' Jiefore hi 1
vatton to the bishopric m) was -pastor of
several large churches, "in i Ihe .New York
east conference. Bcfrh In central New
York, he studied for tha mfniotry In "Vts
leyan college. .For several year before n
terlng the ministry he, was ' president ot
Caseovla aeademy- in this slat. Ha was
chosen bishop ln 187t and In 1904 wa re-
lleved of many duties, and placed on the
retired lint. His active lnlret In th ad
ministration of the affairs of the church '
did not cease, with hi retirement, however,
and he continued to take an important part
In its councils witll' the last, iilyhop An
drews I survived by a widow, one too and '
three daughters. ' ' ' ' '
me Z' r-- rrVTlll''A J"""TKOT -
BIG LOT OF LETTERS FOUND
Looter of Mall Near Waco, Tea
Left Check Lying; In, '
tiulch. , ,
WACO. Texas. Dec. Sir Another. Urg
batch of mail lias been found west of here
near where the first batch wa left, by tb '
pouch looter Christmas night. It ia esti
mated that checks, money order and
draft left lying In the gulch whero th
pouchra were opened will aggregate Stfl.OlA
Special government officer are working on
th case. Borne 2,0i0 or S.OOO letters designed
for various parts of the .United State were
in the poucljea.
BULLET" PIERCES BOY'S BODY
O. W. Fetters of Washington, la..
Mysteriously Shot While at
Dea Moines.
VIS MOINES. ).. Deo. 31 O. W.
Fetter. Washington, la., a student at
tending Highland Park college of this city,
wa mysteriously shot through the body
Just above the heart today. Fetter says
h la unable to explain the shooting; that
he wa ' walking near Iho gun club en
rout to school, when he wa suddenly
fell with a bullet. The ball from a ruV
plavced th body. Fetter mar dua
Br-an