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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1908)
THE 0MAI1A DAILY 'BEE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 190S. t STATISTICS ON DIVORCES Cemai Bureau Makei a Compilation of Twenty Year' Kecord. TWELVE 'MILLION MAEEIAGES Omm la Twelve f TkD, Areerdtng to Reeord t ne Oowrfs, II Proven a Fa I tare-. Dlvorres oa the Increase. '. WASHINGTON. Not. The bureau of tl e census has just cojnplefed a compilation of the statistics of marriage and divorce covering a period of twenty year from !fl to ltt. Inclusive. Thla la th second rtattstlcal Investigation of thla character Authorised by the federal government, the earlier Inquiry being carr.ed out through tho agency of the Department (now burrau) of Labor, undnr the direction of Carroll D. Wright, who waa then' commissioner of labor, Mr. Wright haa also been a sum-la ted with the present Inquiry, acting as an ex pert apeclal agent of the census bureau. The detailed report presenting the results of the present Inquiry, and Includlnr also a summarisation of figures presented In the former report, whlith Is now out of print. Is In press; but In the meantime the census bureau haa Issued a bulletin, prepared by Joseph A. Mill, which presents a summary of the results of the tnqury with as much detail as will probably bo desired by the general public. Over Twelve Million Marrleacs. The total number of marriages recorded during the twenty years from 1817 to 1J, Inclusive, waa 12.R32.044. The number an nually reported Increased from 483,069 In the year 1887 to 853.280 In the year 190. The In crease year by year was by no means uni form. The marriage rate la quickly respon sive to changes In economic conditions. A small Increase shown for l9t and an actual decrease In the succeeding year reflect the Influence of the panic of 1892, and normal conditions do not appear to have been re stored In the' matrimonial market until the year 99. It la computed that If the average annual Increase In marriages during the five years ending with 1892 had continued for the next six yeara the aggregate number of marriages contracted during the latter period woulu have been greater than It waa by 9,811. It la to be presumed that a considerable number of persons In Uila large total never contracted marriage, Tins sug gests a loss to the community heretofore little considered In connection with periods nnnclal depression. Marriage Rate. no marriage rate In the United States In ear 1900 was 93 per 10,000 population. ased upon the udult unmarlred (single, widowed ordloorced) population, the rate becomes 321 per 10,000, Indicating that In each year something over 3 per cent of tho unmarried adult population marry. The marriage rate based on the total popula tion la higher in the Vnlted States than In any other country for which reliable sta- are available. But taking the mar- geable population as the baslst hat Is, population which la of marriageable age and not married the rate In the United States la not as high aa t Is In Hungary, la about the same aa In Saxony, but la still higher than In any of the other countries Included in the comparison. ' Keavrlr Oss Million Marital Failures. The total number of divorces reported for the twenty yeara. 187 to 1908, Inclusive, waa i . geste Jittle fa ' 1 Hasef WS.R28. For the earlier Investigation, cover ing the twenty yeara, ISfii to 1M4, Inclusive, the number reported waa 828,71, or hardly more than one-third of the number re corded in the second twenty yeara. At the beginning ot the forty-year period, covered b ythe two Investigations, divorces occurred at the rate of 10,00 a year; at the end of that period the anual number waa about M.OOO. Thla Increase, however, must be considered In comeetlon with Increase In population. nA Increase of 30 per cent In population between the yeara 1870 to 1880 waa accom panied by an increase of 7 per cent In the number of divorcee granted., nl the next decade, 1S80 to 180, th population Increased 28 per cent and the divorcee TO per cent, and In the following decade, 1890 to 1900, an Increase of Tl per cent In population waa accompanied by an Increase of 98 per cent In the number of divorcee. In the six years from 1900 te l, . population, aa estimated. Increased 105 per cent and di vorces 29.3 per cent It this appears that at the end of the forty-year period that divorces were in creasing about three times as fast ae popu latlon. while In the Tret decade 0370 to IHMn thev lncreaaed about two and two- thrifts as fast. e The divorce rate per ldO.OnD population Increased frob twenty-nine In 1870 to eighty two In 1906. In the former year there was one divorce for every 3,441 persons, and In the year later one divorce for every 1,218, Since it Is only married people who can become divorced, a more significant dl vorce rate It that which is baaed, not upon total population, but upon the total mar ried population. The rate per 100.00 mar ried population was eighty-one In the year 1870 and 200 In the year 1900. This com parison indicates that dlvource is at present two and one-half times as common, com pared with married population, as It was forty years ago. A divorce rate of 200 per 100,000 married population Is equivalent to two per 1,000 married population. As suming that 1,000 married people represent BOO married couplea, it followa that In each year four married couplea out of every 1,000 secure a divorce. This does not mean that only four mar rlagea out of 1,000 are terminated by divorce. The rate. It will be noted, la an annual rate, continuously operative, and comes far short of measuring the probability of ulitlmate divorce. The available data In dicate, however, that not. lees than one marriage In twelve is ultimately terminated by divorce. .( , Divorce rates appear to be much higher In the United States that In any of the foreign countries for which statistics re lating to this subject have been obtained. The number of divorces reported for each state in eaoh twenty-year period and the divorce rate in 1880 and 1900, baaed on a five-year average, were aa follows: Divorce Rate Tot'l Divorces Per 100,000 Granted. Population. USUI 10 1HB7 10 1008. Continental U. S.... 946,626 North Atlantic Ilv.. 142,9a) Maine 14,194 New Hampshire.... 8,817 , any ot K tlstlcs 1 rlageat ' the po 18X6. 1900. 1880. 328.718 73 38 Vermont 4,740 Massachusetts ..... 22,940 Rhode Island 8.9&S Connecticut 9,224 New York 29.125 New Jersey 7.441 Pennsylvania 39.888 South Atlantic Div... 68,6"3 Delaware 887 Maryland ., 7.920 Dlat. of Columbus.. 3,325 Virginia 12,129 I 1 I 11 3 ' 'if. i 1 1 AHmaian J An rxCWs'ih West Vlrairrla North Carolina . tSouth Carolina ., Georgia .... Florida North Central Dlv, Ohio Indiana ., Illinois .. Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri Automobile Furs For Mea and Women TO W nrfkwbU. tW sea ant be Bad nadir net at thay wtl art baiaaaamfram Mitau far man Oar Airto Coaa m 44 IwJhm W h. WirJW solU. ua aa cat HMMull iuJ natim. bo ttSr cm be MHaj anauu) w We. lima prmi pofac pn latUoe wbaa dnvine. 4JOar Aeto Goats kave volts aaJ alasaas Kmo1 nK auat. sad booW scud with wool cloth. E"y (otl a uUwd ntk oar MWat kid cuh. whka kaae - wH m oi rfw iUm W Out Far Coan (ot Mea and Womoa Are Absolutely the Standard. WhenV ' evei FurCoeuAre Worn If your dealer does not tell Lacphoi Fin write us direct It is worth your while LANPIIER SKINNER & CO. Fair Manufacturers ST. FAUL '. MINN. 10.KM .. 7,047 laioi .. 7.W6 ..4S4.478 63.983 tW, 721 S3.3ne 42.371 ttittMMt 13,867 1&.848 34,874 .64.788 (North Dakota .... 4,317 ISouth Dakota .... 7,108 Nebraska 18,711 Kansas 28,904 South Central Dlv..220,2X9 Kentucky 30,841 Tennessee 30,447 Alabama 22,&fT Mississippi .......... 19.H Louisiana 9.7K& Arkansas 29.541 jnuian rer. .... . Cklahuma ...... Texas Western Division Montana Idaho 73.5i3 3.412 4.979 3.238 9.85.1 4.4H3 ' 8.642 16. KM 2,843 18.020 16.367 289 2.1N6 1.106 3,636 2.6f5 1,338 163 8.959 2.128 162, KM 28,367 26.193 88.072 18,438 9,9X8 8.623 16,664 15,278 297 ' 790 3,034 7.191 49,327 10,248 9.626 6.204 6.040 1.807 8,041 sens EEC Saratoga Chips Sold onjjr In tl Molstmrw. V Proof Back, 10c and 20c. Wyomlna . oiorarto 38 117 112 75 47 106 60 23 23 35 33 16 40 68 38 64 24 28 79 96 91 142 100 104 66 103 88 95 82 109 96 84 89 69 74 41 136 113 129 131 19 167 120 118 168 73 120 93 111 1S4 l:u los 49 89 126 68 111 138 18 47 114 108 76 92 34 FREE Every lady vtalUng our shop Thursday will re ceive absolutely free a lOe pannage of Brod- !!L,r'"i.d.,,cU'ua rato ? Chips We waut every woman i. OmaAe te see the cleanliness of onr factory and tww these daJnty Chtvs are mada Come Thursday for a lo . package fre. Q I Jf your greoar sUesa'l mv Uism, W card to 1 , 9)4 Pnraam Stroet. 8.761 7.6H8 62.666 11.473 89.377 26,699 6.454 822 3,206 S8 1,772 H 36.844 KRK7 New Mexico 2,437 266 Arlaona 2.3) 237 Utah 4.670 4,078 Nevada 1,046 1,128 Washington 16.216 996 Oregon 10,145 3.608 California 26,170 1X118 Based on the annual tvAra,. Ae for the five-year period of which the oen- uo year is me meaian year. taii taws permuting divorce were rerjealed n 1878. - ' tUraanlsed from nart nf r.kotB ..n-i. , November 2. 1889. Divorces rrant.l In ih. LuuuuoB intm comprising uakota territor are distributed between North Dakota ani ouuin Jjanoia according as the counties are now located in one or the other of Wives Obtain Twtee aa Many. Two-thirds of the total .number .of divorces granted In the twenty-year period covered by this Investigation, were granted to the wife. Without any reference to the question of which party la the more frequently re sponsible for. the marital unhapplness that leads to divorce. It may be said that the wife has a legal ground for divorce more frequently than the husband; that Is to say. there are certain well-recognised and imitraiivriy common grounds that are more readily applicable aa agalnat the hus band than aa agalnat the wife. Notably more ia neglect 10 provide" or nonsup- porx. wnich. for the husband seeking divorce, is hardly an available ground, al though the present investigation found alx casea In the state of Utah, In whlca the husband obtained a divorce on that ground. trrueiiy, although not Infrequently the ground for divorces granted to husbands. is more generally exlatent as a cause for the wire s seeking a divorce. Five divorces for cruelty are granted to the wife for every one granted to the husband ranses of Divorce. me most common single ground for divorce In desertion. This accounts for 38.9 per cent of all divorces (period 1887 to 1906); 49 4 per cent, or almost, oae-taalf of those granted to the husband, and 33.6 per cent, or one-third, of those granted to the wife. The next moat important ground of divorce is, for husbands, adultery, and for wives, cruelty. Of the divorces granted to husbanda 1887 to 1906) 28.3 per cent wero for adultery; and of those granted to wives n.S per cent were for cruelty. Only le per cent of the dlvoroea granted to wives were for adultery of the husband, and 10.S per cent of divorces granted to husbands were 'or cruelty on the part of the wife.1 Drunkenness was the ground for divorce n 6.3 per cent of the eases In which ths wife brought suit, and is 1.1 per cent of the - In which the suit was brought by the Husband. The above percentages represent those raes in which the specified cause was the sole ground on which the divorce suanud. Very frequently, however, divorces are granted, not upon one ground only, but upon two or more In cumbina tfon In many cases la which drunkenness or iiileinpersnce was not recognised In the decree of the court aa a ground for divorce It appears to have been present as a con tributory Influence. Intemperance ' waa In fact reported as an Indirect 'or contribu tory cause of divorce In t per cent- divorcee granted to the husband and per cent of the divorces granted to the wife, and appeared as a direct or Indirect cause in 19.S per cent of all dlvoroea, and 56.3 per cent of thoee graVited to wives and 11 per cent of those granted to husbands. Fevr Dlveree Cases Contested. Only 15 per cent of the divorcee were re turned as contested, and probably in many of these caaes the contesting waa hardly more than a formality. Of those divorcee in which notice upon the defendsnt was served personally 20 per cent rer con tested, while In those esses In which notice was served by publication In newspapers only 3 per cent were contested. The latter form of notice Is commonly employed where the residence of the defendants Is outside the state In which the suit Is brought, or Is unknown. In about one divorce case out of three the residence of the defendant Is either outside the state or Is unknown, the percentsge residing outside the stste being 20.6 per rent, and the percentage for which the residence la unknown being 12.8 per cent. One Wife in Eight Gets Alimony. Alimony was demanded In 18 per Cent of the divorces granted to the wife, and was granted In 12.7 per cent. In other words. three wives out of sixteen asked for. all mony, and two out ot sixteen, or 1 Out of eight, obtained It. The proportion of hue bands who asked for alimony was IS pet cent, and the proportion obtaining It was 1 per cent. Deration of Divorcee! Marrlaare a. The average duration of marriages ter mlnated by divorce is about ten years. Sixty per cent, or three-fifths, last less than ten yeara and 40 per cent last longer. The number of divorces occurring In the first year of married life durinar the entire period, 1887 to 1906, was 18,876; the number Increases to 37,764 In the second year of married life, and reaches Its maximum in the fifth year, when it becomes 68,770, From that point on the number diminishes year by year, but does not fall below the number granted In the first year of mar ried life until the eighteenth year Is reached. The rapidity with which matteers come to a crlsia In the married careers of dl vorced couples is more clearly Indicated by the number of years which elapse bet ween marriage and separation. Uaually separation precedes Vyorce by a consid erable length of time; T"nd a certain period muat necessarily elapse before a divorce can be obtained after the occasion for It arises. The number of years from mar riage to separation was ascertained In case of 770,929 divorced couplea. Of these 98.460, or 12.6 per cent, separated In the first year of married life, and 109,689, or 14.2 per cent. In the second year; In the third year the number falls off to 73,102; at the end of the fifth one-half of the tr.tal number of. separations have taken place. But It Is a somewhat surprising fact that 24,143 married couples, or 3.1 per cent of the total number, separated and became divorced after the completion of twenty-five years of married life. Plane ef Marriage. In this report divorces have been classi fied with respect to the state or country in which ths parties were married.. In 10.8 per cent of the total number of cases this Information was not obtained; 68.1 per cent were reported as married in the same state in whioh the divorce was granted; 13.7 per cent married In some other state, and 3.6 per cent married In farelgn countries. The last percentage csn, by no means, "be ac cepted as representing the proportion of divorces granted to foreigners, since many lmlgranta were married after coming to thla country, and such marriages are hot (distinguishable from those of natives. Of the divorced cob pies known to have been married In the United States 88.1 per cent were married in the same state in which they were divorced, and 21.6 per cent In other states. Of the divorced couples known o have been married in rorelgn countries 88.9 per cent were mar ried in Canada; 12.7 per cent in England: 16.1 per cent in Germany, and L per cent in Ireland. The percentage for Ireland is notably small, as compared with the popu lation of Iriah birth, which, in fact, con stitute 16.6 per cent of the total foreign born population In the year 1900. It Is fur ther notworthy that the divorced marriages contracted in Germany are any more than eight times as many as contracted in Ireland, althought the German born popu lation Is only 86 per cent larger than the Irish. Children were reported In 39.3 per cent of the total number of divorced cases. The proportion Is much larger for divorces granted to the wife than for divorces granted to the husband; children being preaent in 46.8 per cent of the former class of divorces and 28 per cent of the latter. notes on omaua society ".formal Family Dinners Predominate on Thanksgiving Day Calendar. ARMY CONTINGENT ENTERTAINS stall Parties for Afternoon Game, Followed ny Kaaaeraas Sappers Meetenant Xntaan Snlverlrk Honored with Party. reason suggested for this Is that the children are usually assigned by the court to the mother, and to her, therefore. divorce does not Imply separation from her children, while to the husband it Involves a severance fothe parental as well as the marital relation. Nobody Is Too Old to learn that the sure way to curs a cough or cold Is with Dr. King s New Discovery. 600 and 31. For sale by Beaton Dinar company. Emperor's Cold Not Serloes. BERLIN, Nov. . According to a bulls mi lazueu mis anernoon irom the new palace at Potsdam the cold with which the emperor la suffering continues to take its normal course. CLEVER WIFE ST. new Bow to Keep leaee In Family. It is quite significant, the number of persons who get well of alarming heart trouble when they let up on coffee and uae Poatum as the beverage at meals. There Is nothing surprising about It howsver, because the. harmful alkaloid In corree caxielne Is not present In Postum, which Is mads of clean, hard wheat 'Two years ago I waa having so much trouble with my heart," writes a lady In Washington, "that at times I felt quite alarmed. My husband took me to 1 specialist to have my heart examined. "The doctor said he could find no or ganlc trouble but riald my heart was Irri table from soms food I had been accus tomed to eat, and asked me to try and remember what disagreed with me. "I remembered that coffee always soured on my stomach and caused me trouble from palpitation of the heart 80 I stopped coffee and began to use Pos tum. I havs had no further trouble sines. A neighbor of ours, an old man, waa ao Irritable from drinking coffee that his wife wanted him to drink Poatum. This made him very angry, but bla wife se cured some Postum and made It carefully according to directions. "He drank the Postum and did not know the difference, and is still using It to his lasting benefit. He tells his wlfs that the coffee is better than tt used to be, so shs smiles with him and keeps peacs In the family by serving Postum Instesd of coffee." "There s a Reason.1 Name given by Postum Co, Battle Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Well vllle." In pkgs. Bvev read the above setter A new eao appear from time te time. Tbey are geanlae, tree, and fall . at aaaaaa Uteres. Family dinner parties marked the cal endar for nearly every one Thanksgiving day. There were golf contests galore In the morning at the country clubs among tho enthuslaata of the game and also a few In the afternoon among those who did not attend one of the foot ball games. The old fashioned dinner, lasting from one to two or three hours, haa been relegated to the past, for "who would not rather see a foot ball gsme than eat?" And then every one is Interested In the sohool boys and wishes to help them cheer for their alma mater. There were many parties for the foot ball game, most of them not larger than three or four; then there were also a num ber of "Dutch treat" parties to see the game, followed by Informal cafo suppers. Arany Dinner Parties. At Fort Crook nearly every one celebrated Thanksgiving, - either by giving a dinner party or attending one. Colonel and M Cornelius Gardner entertained at dinner their table having an attractive centerpiece of huge yellow chrysanthemums. Covers were placed for Dr. and Mrs. Van Dusen. Lieutenant and Mra. Morrison. Captain Bundell, IJuetenant Pertn I Smith and Colonel and Mra Gardner. Captain and Mrs. Ball entertained at din ner and a hi on g those present were Major and Mrs. Johnston, Miss Johnston, Captain, and Mrs. Hayes, Lieutenant and Mrs. White and Lieutenant Nuelsen. Several smaller parties were given. Colonel and Mra William Glassford gave a Thanksgiving dinner Thursday at their home In Fort Omaha. Covers were placed for Mrs. Charles Morton, Mr. and Mrs C. D. Armstrong, Captain Endred War field of Fort Crook, Captain Jack Craw ford and Colonel and Mrs. Glassford. Colonel and Mrs. Thomas Bwobe enter tained a small psrty st Thanksgiving din ner Thursday at the MerrUm, after which they attended the Orpheum. The party Included Mr. and Mrs.' B. T. Swobe, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Smith and Colonel and Mrs. Thomas Swobe, tapper Pavrty. Mr. and Mrs. David A. Baum, who have as their guest Lieutenant Nathan Shiver- Ick of Fort Sam Houston, gave a 7 o'clock supper Wednesday evening at their home. 8808 Harney street, their guests being members of the younger, set. The large table In the dining room had a center piece of green ferns, lighted with candles with green shades. Two smaller tables were placed In the living room, where a color scheme of yellow was used, yellow chrysanthemums forming the centerpiece lor each table. Those present were Miss Brownie Bess Baum, Miss Jean Cudahy, Miss Carolyn Barkalow, Miss Elisabeth Congdon, Miss Mary Alice Rogers, Miss Miriam Patterson, Miss Helen Davis. Miss Dorothy Morgan, Miss Gwendoline White, Miss Marlon Connell, Miss Ruth Moorhead, Miss Bees Moorhead, Miss Jeanle Aycrlgg, Mr. Edward A. Cudahy, jr.; Mr. Jack Baum, Mr. Richard Baum, Mr. Denlae Barkalow, Mr. Frank Wilhelm, Mr. Walter (Roberta, Mr. Robert Bums, Mr. Stanley Ineson, Mr. Paul Gallagher. Mr. Ben Gal lagher, Mr. Wilson'- Austin); Tffr. 1 Stanley Rosewater and Mr. and Mrs. Baum. For Mrs. Brogaa. Mrs. E. H. Sprague' gave a small bridge party Wednesday afternoon at ber home in honor of Mrs. F. A. Brogan, who has recently returned from an extended coat ern trip. Those present were Mesdames E. M. Fairfield, W. E. Martin, C. A. Hull, George Doane, W. H. Wheeler, H. T. Lemlst, F. A. Brogan, Wilson Low, Daniel Wheeler, Jr.; E. H. Sprague, Misses Daisy Doane, Lynn Curtis, Belle Dewey and Ida Sharp. Midweek Card Clan. Mrs. Louis Nash was hostess Wednesday afternoon at the metting of the Midweek Bridge club. Miss Mary Alice Rogers was guest of the club and the members present were Mesdames T. L. Davis, Louis Nash. E. T. Swobe, Jerome Magce, Ben Cotton, Glenn Wharton, C. T. Smith. Birthday Party. A birthday party was given Monday in honor of Mrs. William Gloe at her home. 3413 Leaven wart h. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. C. Wolf, Mr. and Mrs. C. Witt Mr. and Mrs. Henry Voss, Mesdames A. Koenlgsbruegge, A. Brandes, H. Schroe- der, J. Bhuett, H. Stoltenberg, C. Hlns. J. Bastlan, G. Lucas, A. Fehrs, C. Rumohr, A. Bchroeder, P. Goos, J. Relter, H. Star ken, Chmke, W. Jaculseck, P. Fehrs, H. Butenschoen, Misses Mollis Hansen, Ethel Wlte, Dora Gloe, Grace Wise, Martha Witt, Margaret Struck, Margaret Lucas, Ella Koenlgsbruegge, Myrtle Witt, Messsn. Fred Zottmann, Karl Jaculslck, Julius Kordt, August Zotzmann, William Jaculslck. Prospective Pleasaree. The Professions! Wohien's league of Omaha will hold Its first formal gathering Friday evening, when a dinner will be ghen In the Pompelan room of the new Hansen cafe. Dr. Lenna Meanea of Dea ftTcires will be the guest of honor and s program of toasts haa been arranged. About twenty members of the league will be present. The Michigan University dinner which will be given Friday evening at the Hanson cafe promises to be a great success, over forty acceptances bavlng been sent in. Mrs. W. A. Paxton jr., wil entertain at luncheon Tuesday, at the Omaha club nd later In the week will give a second party. Come and Go Gossip. Mrs. F. H. Cole spent Thanksgiving as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Barber of Lincoln. Neb. Mr. and Mrs. E. Gilbert Jackaon ot Oshkosh, Wis., are the guests of their son. Mr. Harvey G. Jackaon and Mra. Jackson, during the holidays, after which they will leave for Los Angeles to spend the winter. A son was born this week to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Verveer of Des Moines. Mrs. Vsrveer was formerly Miss Mae Rothschild of Omaha. William F. Fyfe has gone to St. Paul Minn., where he Is to be married to Mlas 27 1 FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. Hospe's Alteration Piano Sale Extensive alterations at the 1513 Douglas street warerooms demand the immediate removal of several hundred Grand and Up right Pianos, Player Pianos and Organs, which are in the way of the carpenters, plasterers and paper hangers. Trie Pianos 1VI ust G6 To save them from grit and dust, we propose to sell them at prices that will move them quick and at the same time give ouf customers a long looked for benefit and saving of from $50 to $150 on a Record Breaker of Piano Prices, the Sale to continue until needed room is made. ' ' Elegant Pianos The World's Best, the Greatest Selection ever, the Finest, tho good and medium priced Pianos all included in this Big Sale. Note! Over Twenty Different Piano Factories Products, mostly High Grade Pianos sacrificed for the needed rdoni. Remember these are our Regular stock, up-to-date Instruments and are new Pianos, formerly sold at $200, $250, $300,' $350, $400 and up to . $600 and $1,000 each. Great Vorlety This alteration sale includes the Kimballs, Bush & Lanes,' Kra nich & Bach, Cramer, Krakauer, Weser, Cable-Nelson, , Melville Clark, Estey, Burdett, Conway, Hospe, Whitney, Hallett & Davis, Burton Pianos and a score of other factory makes,-at prices of $139, $148, $157, $169, $179, $187, $193, $219, $227, $315, etc Beautiful art cases, colonial cases, Ppmpeian cases and Modern cases in Mahogany, Oak, Walnut, French Walnut and Golden Oak. When you consider these very low prices and realize the Leading pianos represented, it will mean a Great Saving, a Something worth going to. Especially so when you can buy them on the easy term plan at $6.00, $7.00, $8.00, $10.00, and $12.00 monthly payments. Used Pianos Another lot of nearly new Emersons, Shoningers, Cramers and others at $110, $120, $130, $145 and up. Never have Piano Values equalled this Reduction when it is known that $10.00 down and $5.00 per month pays for them; it is easy to own a Piano if you did not need one in two years. Pianos Auctioned To make this sale doubly interesting and to see them move lnstanter, we place daily three new excellent upright Pianos in oak, walnut and mahogany on the wareroom floor and invite bids, highest bidder and best offer of terms by the purchaser takes the Piano of his selection. We reserve the right to refuse any ridicu lous bids. ' r Player Pianos In this line we offer the Apollo Player Piano, the Hallet & Davis Player Piano, the Weser Player Piano, the Mansfield Player Piano, the Columbus and Ellington Player Pianos, instruments which readily sell for $550, $650, $750, $850 and $1,000, will go at prices ranging from $290 up as cheap as the ordinary piano. Cabinet Players Cabinet Players at $65, $85 and $125. You have never seen these advertised heretofore at less than $150 to $250. .This lot comprises the Angelus, Kimball and other Cabinet Players with prices cut in two and then some. Grand Pianos Beautiful Kimball Grand Pianos, Krakauer Grand Pianos, Hallet & Davis Grand Pianos, Kranich & Bach Grand Pianos, in mahogany and oak cases. Regular prices $750, $850, $900, $1,000, ' up, will be sold in this sale at from $525, $550 and up. Payments to suit. Xmas Gifts Buyers can well afford to anticipate Christmas purchases and have the instument they select set aside, and delivered in season. Every instrument is fully guaranteed by us at from 10 to 20 years, as well as the Regular Factory Warranty. Over fifty walnut and oak organs go in this Room-Making Sale. Six Organ Factory Products, including the Hospe, Kimball and the Great Western, including High Top, Bevel Mirror carved Organs as well as the Chapel and Church Organs. These fine instruments have previously sold for $60, $75, $85, $90, up to $150. In this sale we give you a reduction of less than cost, $15, $20, $25, $30 and $35 on terms of $5.00 cash and 50c per week. ' Come Early To get the best Selection, we advise you to come early. We want to please, we want you to get in on this! The Greatest Price Reductions in good Pianos ever made by the A. HOSPE CO., in its thirty-five years of personally conducted business. A. HOSPE CO., 1513-1515 Douglas Street MAIL ORDERS AM TELEPHONE OIU)EU8 SOLICITKD. n .jamai. laii'Wsi n 0 '"".'V'lt j tain Helen Robertson Thursday. of that place, on next Maw Msga When ths lungs are sore and inflamed. ths (enns of pneumonia and consumption find lodgment and multiply. Foley's Honey and Tar kills ths couch germs, cures the most obstlnatt. racking cough, heals the lungs, and prevents serious resulta The genuine Is In ths yellow package. Sold by all druggists. Quick Returns Through Bee Want Ada Rase Deer K I Ilea In Maine. Hanging In front of a store at Deerini Center this week was a rare specimen o the deer family. It wss spotted in a man ner which old hunters said they never before saw the like or. It seoms to be a cross between an. albino and the common North American deer. breides Its peculiar marking it is a good aistkd animal, welarhlnc jjrofc feLfty as) pounds. Albert H. Small, the court stenographer, ehot this deer during hla recent hunting trip in the Rangeley region, the game being secured at Middle Dam. Natives of that section who h:ive been hunting ail their Uvea declared U waa the first deer of the sort they ever saw.-Kennebec Journal. Nebraska Mews Kotes. GENEVA-The funeral of Mrs. H. Cut. mother of County Attorney A. V. Curtis was held this afternoon at the Methodist church. TiiriTnTf'T?, Tarl Wesley and Miss Agnes Svoboda, both of the Odell neighborhood. were mirrled yesterday py -uunijr Spafford. DICKENS Lulu, the 4-year-old aaugnter of William Hrooks. a larmer near . died today. The iunerai services win m held tomorrow. nr-Mir vi. F,R About davbreak yesterday snow commenced falling and at noon about alx Inches had rallen ana at s o ciocn u waa still snowing. r.RiKn ISLAND The first real snow fall of the season followed a rain which set In early this morning. ine precipitation continued throughout the earlier part of the day. PLATTSMOL'TH To properly celebrate Thankfcgivlng day Walter Green of 6axpy county and MIhs Anna B'.idlg of this city were united In marriage 1' County Judge lieeson. FRIEND The first snowstorm of the season reached this pUce yesterday morn ing and for a time the Indications were that a blizzard was on tap. but the tem perature did not go low during the day. About three Inchee of "the beautiful" fell. BEATRICE Clarence Cave died yeaterday at the home of lus parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Cave, after a prolonged Illness of tulx rculosls. Ho was 30 years of age, and a short time before lie waa taken 111 he was employed with the I'm on Pacific road as a brakeman. FRIEND At about midnight last night the electric lighting plant and pumping atatlon was discovered to be on fire. The blase was extinguished with little loss. This is tfie thlid fire that has occurred In this plant alnce Its installation. The plant Is owned by the city and was fully insured. BCH1TTL.ER Today at noon the Wella-Abbott-Nieman company of this city started its new ft m-barrel addition to Its flour mill, on which a large force of mtllwrUhts has been working since last spring. This now makes the mill a tOOu-barrel plant and will neau an addition of about twelve men to the working force. BCH inrL.BR Diphtheria is prevslent In Schuyler and has already claimed two vic tims. Last night a small son of Mrs. Horalek and thla morning a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Kubio died from ths t effects of the disease. New cases are de veloping daily and many homes now dis play the red flag. HEATRICK Otoe Tribe No. 16, Improved Order of Red Men, and Nowita council No. 14, Degree of Pocahontas, hold an open meeting last evening, which waa largely attended. There was a musical and literary program, whk'h Included an address by J. 11. Urovenor of Aurora, Neb., great senior ssgamnro. A banquet was held at the close of the program. GRAND ISLAND The old frame store buildings occupied by It. G. Desch as a cigar factory and stand and Mr. Kugler aa a shoe store, were destroyed by fire last night, the origin being unknown. The buildings were owned by Robert Froh berg and Mr. Smentowskl. Losses are al most complete on both buildings antl con tents. They are only partially covered by Insurance. The total . loss Is about J6.00 and the total insurance about $i',5uu. BEATRICE The home of Juilxe I M. Pemberton waa the scene of a pretty home wedding last evening When his daughter. Miss Pauline, was united in marriage to Wylle B Mayer,, traveling representative urUf, '"l"'i,8ho firm of Batterhall & W IttLngliam of St. Joseph, Mo., Rev W A. Mulligan officiating. Mr. and Mrs! Mayer are prominent In social circles, and have resided In Beatrice for many years After a brief wedding trip they will make their home In Lincoln. GRAND ISLAND The work of a set of burglars, thieves and thugs that seems sud denly to have Infested this city, continues. Dr. Weiss was suddenly set upon by a brace of thUKS In the residunoe portion of the city, at 9 o'clock at night, and aand baKged. He waa struck twice and sank to his knees, but was not rendered uncon scious. He gave an alarm, whereupon the RFHatlants fled, making for an alley. Dr. McUrath recently had his grip stol.-n from his bugtry and It was later found In the basement of Wllkerson's saloon, the Con tents all Intact, with the exception of a bottle of morphine tallies. There Is an Impression Unit some of the thugs at work are dope fiends. m m CHRISTMAS GIFTS -' The fashions and materials of rings have been' infinite in number and diversity. They have been MADE of metals and combination of metals, set with diamonds, rubies, emer alds, sapphires, etc., but the rings of this day are those with CORALS, TURQUOISE MAT RIX, OPAL MATRIX, JADE and LAPIS LAZULI. Of course, those with DIAMONDS will never be superseded. We have them at $.'.50 and higher. .. 8 f33BV-8. DODGE