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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1909)
f ' TirR OMAHA' DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. .TANTARY 1. 1PM. 13 TWO DOZEN GO TO RECEIVERS j Lines Kntrrlns .rbrk luUf fimori IkcKlm anil Only liar U Plarhvd Into Hrrf hfMlilii Darlns Int. RAILROADS MAKE GOOD HCHT hrr,:i: VSZXZZ 'TllX j Tti.it Mr. Hurt would accept the presidency I or t!i Great Western is taken an lndl- Come Out of Depression with Great 1 t;..n th.t the bondholders win furnish . mc money to rebuild the road which con ReCUperatlVe POWd t c ....mmercial center, of the middle i wist. C. 9. Deal Map. The railroad map of the weat was changed at the close of last year by the rurrhasc of the Colorado & Southern rall ro.id by the Hill Interests and this move Is now taken as a forerunner of another battle for possession of territory by those great railroad kings. Hill and Harrlman. The put chase of the Colorado A. Southern by the Hurllngton marks the finish of the in dependence of all the north and south lines of toad which for years was thorns In the sides of the big transcontinental lines. The short.-r mileage to the gulf gave these roads a chance at any time to make a lesser rate to the gulf than the through lines could make to the seaboard to the cant or west and thus upset the fabric of rates. Tho I'nlon Pacific Is the pioneer In the west In the mutter of automatic block sig nals and last year continued the work of spending millions for protection In spite of the financial depression. More than 900 miles wem equipped In this country last year and It Is expected this will be In creased to 2,nuo during the coming year. 'I I DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI Many Changes in Personnel of the Military Staff. YEAR OF VITAL IMPROVEMENTS Con ares Makes Large Appropria tions, Quartermaster's Depot Is Kspanded and Ulanul Corps Made More Important. Railroad have not prospered during the r lust closed as much as they have In previous years. In fact the year IS will go down Into history as the worst year f r the railroads since the yar 1HI. WhilV this Is true for the cntir country, the railroads entering Omaha, the leading ones of the middle west, have pulled through the financial troubles better than roads of any other section of the country and but ae of tho number has be n forced Into the hands of a receiver. Very few railroads have been able to show a gain Of any kind. In spite of the financial depression and the lack of business and the fact that the railroad managers states over a year agi that no new work would be done. Hie western lines have managed to take many Improvements and none of the roads lias been permitted to take any backward steps. Some Large Figures. Reports show that during the year 3,211 miles of new line have been built In thU country, representing an expenditure of $130,000,000, the smallest amount since 1!M when but 2.832 miles were built. East of the Mississippi river 761 mllea of new track were laid In 1908 as compared with 1.8M miles in 1907, a loss of 69 per cent. West of the Mississippi river the decrease was much less, being but 28 per cvnt, tho roads building 2,465 miles, against 3,-t miles in 1307. Montona had the greatest amount of new building as the Great Northern built ltU miles In that state, the Milwaukee 39D, and the Nothern Pacific thirty-one. To the Milwaukee belongs the distinction of building the longest stretch of track in the United States. That road built 7.0 miles throught the states uf Montana, Idaho and Washington. Tho Southern Paclflo takes second rank with 448 miles, and the Great Northern third with 271 miles. In Canada, 1.248 miles of new track were laid and In Mexico 4;l5 miles, which Is an Increase over the preceding year of 23 per cent. . The number of cars ordered during the year was 76,688 as compared with 153.602 In 1907 and the number of cars built waj 78.271 which Is but 27 per cent of tho num ber built in 1907. The total amount ordered during the year was practically JJOO.OOO.OOU Including 62.000 freight cars, 13,000 passen ger coaches and 11,214 locomotives. This is small In comparison with last year when the figures were 151,711 freight cars, 1,791 passenger coaches and 3,482 locomotives. This decrease In orders of equipment Is taken as a good Indication of the decrease in business and are a reflex of business conditions. Two Doses Receiverships. Twenty-four receiverships for railroads were made necessary In the year Just closed and the mileage and capitalization of the roads going into the hands of re ceivers was greater than for any year sine 1893. The total mileage of the roads going Into the hands of receivers In 19u8 was 8.009 and the capital stock of these roads was 1325, 850.000 their funded debt was $271,000,000 and their total outstanding capitalisation was $596,369,000. In 1893 the mileage of roads go ing Into receiverships was 29,340 and the capitalisation was $1,781,046,000. The year 1893 was the most disastrous in the history of American railroading and the next worst year was In 1884 when an aggregate of 11,038 miles of road become insolvent. The number of roads becoming insolvent In 1908 was greater than for any year since 1896. The principal roads which went Into receivership last year and their mileage were: Seaboard Air Line, 2,611; Chicago Great Western. 818; Detroit, T and Ironton, 438; Chicago, Cincinnati and St Louis, 281; International & Great Northern, 1,106; Western Maryland, 643; Wabash-Pittsburg, terminals, 63; Wheeling and Louisville, 4:J; Southern Indiana, 237, and the Norfolk & Western. 680. Roads Fast Recovering;. Tha railroads are fast recovering from the depression of 1908 and are not only do ing a bigger business than ever, but are preparing to do some extensive building during the coming year. One of the moves contemplated is for the Union Paclflo to connect Omaha with Kansas and Kansas City by a short line of rails and good train service. This will be done either by the Union Paclflo building a new line between Omaha and Lincoln or by using Rock Is land tracks between Omaha and Lincoln. With the completion of the Topeka and Northwestern last year the Union Pacific now has a good Una between Lincoln and Kansas City and all that is needed to per mit the Overland to put on fast service be tween Omaha and Kansas City is a line between Omaha and Lincoln. In forcing the Great Western Into the hands of a receiver, the year just closed baa again put one of the prominent figures of the railroad world into harness. Horace G. Burt, former president of the Union Pacific, was first selected by the Knglinh bondholders of the Great Western to look over that road to see if it was worth re building, lie was then made one of the re CHURCHES HAVE A GOOD YEAR Not So Many New Buildings Erected, bat General Prosperity Is lleallsed. Growth In numbers, In extent of Institu tional work ami enlargement or bcautlfl cation of houses of worship, shows that the churches of Omaha partook of the gen eral advance all along the Hno which tha city experienced during the year. Of new church building there was little compared to the amount of construction for business and residential purposes. This Is not significant, however, of a lack of churehly prosperity, because the city had already built so many large and handsome churches, built mainly with an eye to the future, that time will bo needed before their capacity Is outgrown. There are some notable exceptions to this statement, nevertheless. Largest of new churches building Is the new Roman Cath olic cathedral, St. Cecilia. This structure, which will be an architectural gain to the city as well as on index of the strength of the given demnominatlon, will have been completed before another twelve-month cycle Is completed. The $100,000 church for the First Church of Christ Scientist has progressed to the point that excavation has been nearly com' pleted. The general plans for this have been formally adopted, though the main points are established. It Is expected that the contracts for this building, which will be of the "church auditorium" style, will soon be let. The members of Immanuel Baptist moved during the year into a new church home at Twenty-fourth and Plnckney, having built there an unusually handsome edifice somewhat similar in design to the exteriors of many public libraries. St. Mark's 'Luth eran church members also spent the year In a new house of worship. The First Lutheran Evangelical la now engaged In building a new school house at Twentieth and Klin streets. In an Institutional way nearly every con gregation or parish In Omaha broadened or intensified its activities. Some do this more formally than other, but all are de voted to good works with the pastor, rector or minister at the head. In eelymosynary and philanthropic labors the year 19u7 shows a greater amount of effort than, ever before and a corresponding increase In results attained.' The year was one of many changes In he personnel of the military staff of the Department of the Missouri. Brigadier General Charles Morton was In temporary cowimand of the department f"t over a year, succeeding the late Brigadier General T. F. Wlnt. Brigadier General William H. Carter, who was assigned thi permanent command of tho department over a year ngo, did pot enter upon the (immand until December 12. Other changes during the year In the personnel were: Major Chase W. Ken nedy, succeeding Major Charles R. Noyes as adjutant general: Major Jacob O. Gal bralth, succeeding Major Ix yd 8. McCor mlek as Inspector general; Major D. E McCarthy, succeeding Major Thomas Cruse as chief quartermaster; Lieutenant Colonel Frank F. Eastman, succeeding Captain T. B. Hacker as chief and purchas ing commissary; Lieutenant Colonel Will iam P. Evans, succeeding Lieutenant Colonel Alferd C. Sharpe as chief of staff; M.ijor Herbert D. Lord, succeeding Major George T. Holloway as chief paymaster; Lieutenant Colonel Wllllnm B. Davis, suc ceeding Ueutenant Colonel John M. Banis ter as chief surgeon; Captain Fred E. Buchan. suceeding Captain William G. Doane as Judge advocate of the depart ment, and Captain John L. Hlnes, suc ceeding Lieutenant Ctdonel Thomas Swobe as assistant to the chief quartermaster and quartermaster In charge of the quarter master depot In Omaha. One Death In the Tear. There has been but one death among the army officers stationed In and near Omaha during the year, that of First Ueutenant Otto B. Grimm of the signal corps at Fort Omaha. Only one regimental change was made in the department. The Sixth United States cavalry was sent to the Philippines and succeeded at Fort Meado by the Fourth cavalry. The only post abandoned in the depart ment was old Fort Washakie, Wyo., Its abandonment having been accomplished only about ten days ago. In May last a tornado visited the vicinity of Fort Crook and succeeded In damaging the post to about $40,000. Congress was still In session at the time and an appro priation of $00,000 was hurriedly secured for the rehabilitation of the post. Other Improvements have been made at Fort Crook during the year In addition to the repairs necessitated from the tornado, amounting to about $50,000. all tha tragedies ever enacted In Omaha. One point on which tho ollce deserve credit Is their ability to handle crowds and carry on their work without outside help during carnivals and conventions. In almost all other cities assistance is asked from nearby cities at such limes. The following figures show the compara tive work of the -ollce department during the last two years: Accidents reported Arrests made Buildings secured, being found open Burglars frustrated Dead bodies reported and taken to the morgue Destitute persons cared for. Fires attended Insane persons cared for.... ledgers accommodated .... Lost children taken to par ents Number of calls for patrol wagon Number of miles traveled by patrol wagon Number of calls for ambu lance Number of miles traveled Number of meals furnished prisoners at city Jail Murders Nuisances and dead animals reported Packages stolen, property recovered Prisoners taken to county Jail Sick and Injured persons ta ken home Siek and Injured persons 1W. 1!W7. S.VW 10,010 191 165 6 7 77 81 51 55 J4! 15? IVS 71 z;ji i,6u 39 40 6.090 6,076 8.075 7,658 ?3 57 402 295 36,!jo 37,776 5 4 618 6"9 741 728 1.408 1.541 6S 7S 177 171 ' 114 113 104 85 7 91 JO 1-4 a 16 Jl 11 41 25 88 91 142 123 Slek and Injured persons taken to police station and cared for Stray teams cared for Stray horses taken up Suicides reported suicides atlempted Shooting affrays Stabbing affrays Turned over to Juvenile of- ricers Fugitives from Justice captured Amount of stolen property reported $33,500 $26,728. R5 Amount of stolen property recovered $22,000 $16,907.00 In police annals South Omaha has re corded six violent murders, all of which were In a degree more than usually shock ing. The murdered men were: Frank Kohanowskl. stabbed by Mike Panjevich, January 2, 1908; Detective Simon Drummy, shot by William Jones, February lfi; Dan F. Banner, shot by Mrs. Atta Banner July 20; John Wredo, shot by Gerald Scho- fleld. and George L. Bond, May 22; J. W. Chenault, killed with a hatchet by Laura K. Porter, November 22. NAVY EXAMS HARD TO PASS Only Aboat One-Fifth Who Apply Are Recruited for the Sea. Secured for the United States navy at tho Omaha recruiting station and Its substa tions were 352 men out of 1,881 applications for enlistment. The causes for rejection were mostly for physical defects, these consisting of poor color sense, flat feet, bad teeth and hernia. The other causes for rejection were non- cltlzenship, floating applicants unable to give an account of themselves and minors under 18 years of age being uuable to se cure the consent of parents or guardians. Following Is a summary of the enlistments and rejections at Omaha and the other substations: Rejected Rejected for Phy- for Other En slcal Cause. Cause, listed. 357 787 193 89 60 74 til 40 35 41 28 ao 43 13 20 No. of cauls. OMAHA ....1,337 Lincoln 213 Kloux City... 156 Sioux Falls.. 99 Hastings .... ti Totals ...1,81 611 918 352 Subrecrultlng stations were closed during the year as foljows: Hastings 6 months Sioux Falls. .4 months Sioux City. ..2 months Lincoln 2 months Enlistments were suspended for two months during the year by order of the bureau of navigation on account of the allowed complement of enlisted personnel being up to the full allowance. Slgnlacaat Improvements. Appropriations to the amount of nearly $750,000 have been made for extensive addi tions to Fort D. A. Russel, Wyo., and about $150,000 for additions to Fort Robin son. Neb. The big balloon house and hydrogen gas plant at Fort Omaha were completed at cost of $150,000, and other new buildings at that post. Including the bakery and quartermaster store houses, sheds and stables will reach another $50,000. Exten sive appropriations were made for new buildings at Forts Leavenworth and Riley, Kan., and at Fort Mackenzie, Wyo., and for a new water system at Fort Meade, S. D., aggregating a total of $500,000. All of these posts are In the Department of the Missouri. In addition to the extensive building and repair work at these posts, there was ex pended through the office of the chief quartermaster of the department during the year for forage about $500,000 and a like amount for fuel. apply Depot Larger. The provision was made by the War de partment for largely increasing the import ance of the quartermaster depot at Omaha, placing it In rank with the five other big quartermaster depots of the country. Hitherto the annual expenditures for sup plies for the Omaha depot have been ap proximately about $30,000, but under the now order the supplies to be bought here for Issue will reach the sum of $150,000 per year. Contracts are now pending for the first six months Installment of quar termaster stores, which will call far an expenditure of $75,000. Of equal importance to the purchase of quartermaster supplies at Omaha is the monthly purchase of commissary supplies, which will reach the sum of $25,000, and during the year special purchases are made of cured meats for the use of the army In the Philippines, Alas.'ia and other Insular possessions of the country which will reach over $500,000 annually. Tou would not delay taking Foley's Kidney Remedy at the first sign of kidney or bladder trouble If you realized that neg.ect might result In Brlght's disease or diabetes. Foley's Kidney Remedy cor rects Irregularities and cures all kidney and bladder disorders. For sale bv all druggists. IT-'- - VV'V Li. , J : W III A VOMER'S j 20 January l1 Clearance Sale All Suits. Protector Automo bile and Fur Lined Co&,t 140.00 Suits and Overcoats $32.50 $35.00 Suits and Overcoats $28.00 430.00 Suits and Overcoats $2 1.00 $35.00 Suits and OvercoaU $20.00 $33.50 Suits and Overcoats $18.00 $30.00 Suits and Overcoats $10.00 $18.00 Suits and Oven-outs $14.40 $15.00 Suits and Overcoats $12.00 WEATHER IS NEARLY NORMAL Annual Mean Temperature la Fifty Two, or Two Degrees Above Average. The following summary of the weather conditions at Omaha during the year 19U8, up to and including December 28, was taken from the records of the local office of the United States weather bureau: The annual mean temperature was 62 de-' grees, or two degrees above the normal. The highest temperature recorded was 96 degrees, on August 3. This date was also the warmest of the year, the mean for the day being 86 degrees. The lowest tempera tur recorded was 3 degrees below sero, on December 7. The occurrence In December of the lowest temperature was remarkable, as It usually occurs during January or Feb ruary. The lowest temperature recorded previous to December 7 was 1 degree be low sero, on February 1, and, while the lowest temperature occurred on December 7, the actual coldest day was February 1, with a mean of 4 degrees above sero, the mean of December 7 being 13 degrees above zero. January was unusually warm, the mean temperature of the month being SO degrees, or 10 degrees above the normal. and, excepting January, 1880, was . the warmest January during the last thirty- eight years. The- total precipitation to December 28 was 27.10 inches, or 8.48 inches less than average annual precipitation at Omaha dur ing the last thirty-six years. The heaviest rainfall within twenty-four hours was 1.88 Inches on July 6 and 6. The heaviest fall of short duration occurred on June 27. when 1.33 Inches fell In forty-three mln utes. The heaviest snowfall of the year was twelve inches on February 17 and 18, being the heaviest fall of snow occurring in February during the last thirty-eight years. Hourly wind velocities of forty miles per hour or more were recorded on four sep arate days. The highest velocity recorded was forty-four miles per hour, from the north, on February 18. The most remarkable feature of the year was the heavy monthly rainfalls that oc curred in May and June. The total fall during these months was io.dl Inches, or mora than one-half of the entire precipl tatlon during the year. The following table shows the normal and monthly mean temperatures and the nor mal and total monthly precipitator Hut-he Trouwrtt 10c a button. $1.00 a rip; Bold up to $o.00 now $3.50 VOLLMER'S KXrilHT CLOTHKS K1TTKKS. 107 fcOlTH SIXTEENTH STREET- POLICE MAKE GOOD RECORD Larger Force More Xearlr Able Cope with Rig Task Before Department. A substantial Increase In the strength of the police fjree and the continuance of high standards of discipline and efficiency marked the year Just closed as a success ful and entirely creditable one. Fifty-one men wore added to the force. There are 109 patrolmen, as against sixty- eight in 1907. The erccntage of stolen property recov ered during the year Is remarkable. Not counting a drummer's trunk containing about $40,000 worth of Jewelry, which was stolen, taken out of the city, located and returned along witn the thler, within a few hours by the detective force, $22,000 worth of stolen property has been recov ered. About $33,500 worth of property was reported stolen during the last twelve months. The percentage of property re covered last year was about 66 per cent, which Is considered high for any police force. This does not count the single case of the $40,000 worth of Jewelry, In which 100 per cent was recovered. The police officers are not counting It In their annual report for the reason that, although It is right that they should, It would make their percentage so high that other police departments would not believe them. And they also modestly say that it was too easy a Job, anyway. Crimo and criminals have been checked and punished to about the s-ime extent ax in previous years. There have been five murders, as against four In HOT, but, on the other hand, more fugitives frim Justice have been apprehended this year. Of the latter, amounting to 112 altogether, 112 were taken on criminal charges, twenty eight acre runaway children and four wero Iiif.uk persons. The five victims of murderers during the year were: filuseppl Kiorenw. (lie Italian brutally murdered and robbed on tho river bottoms; Ilattie Kuthburn, killed by her husband, alio committed suicide; IMni Kennett, shot bv a dlxappjinted lover; Kva Hart, slvit by Xewell Sleuman. who then killed himself, and a supposed holdup man who entered a lower Far nam street saloon and threatened the bartender. This does not Include the case of Dr. Frederick Rus tin, whose case is considered as suicidal by the police. It was the most famous of January .... 20 February ... 24 March 36 Anril 50 May 62 June 72 July 78 August 74 September .. (A October 54 November .. 38 December Temperatures. Normal. Mean. Precipitation Normal. Total 41 1 ft 74 7.1 5.1 42 32 0.65 0.76 1.39 3.01 4. ."m O.Ofl 4.33 3.62 3.0.1 2.35 1 06 0.91 0, 2.14 0 61 l.fS 6.6.1 8 2.4 2.-10 1.9'J 0.50 0.26 For first twenty-eight days. Li. A. WELSH. Iocal Forecaster. LAND CASES MOST DRAMATIC Yeast. Balrd and Edmlsten Prlnelpa Important Defendants In l ulled States District Court. During the year 1908, fifty-three criminal and civil cases were disposed of In tli United States district court at Omaha There were but few important criminal cases and three of these were land cases. The first was the case of the United States against Perry A. Teast, convicted of conspiracy in land transactions, who was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000 an serve three months' Imprisonment. Fred' erlck 8. Halrd was convicted of conspiracy in the Chicago Ranch case. He has not yet been sentenced, his case pending a pos sible motion for a new trial. James II Edmlsten entered a plea of guilty to frau dulent land transactions and is now serving a sentence of three months Imprisonment at North Platte. Following Is a summary of tho work of the district court during the year 1908 as compared wtUi preceding years: Kind of Case. 19W. 1907. 190. Criminal Cases Docketed 112 36 lou Civil Cases Docketed 22 19 to 136 55 Cases disposed lift) of ....53 nicj Total Criminal and Civil In liXMi The number of bankruptcy cuaes during the year as compared with the two preceding years: Kind of Case. 19ii. 19u7. I'.O-t. Involuntary Filed 73 75 M Voluntary Filed 24 21 18 Totals 97 99 1-5 There are still pending about thirty land cases which it is Intended to dispose of during the year. The most important of these cases are those against Patrick J , and Lawrence K. King, in llio Chlcagj Ranch matter, and In which one. of the defendants, F. S. Halrd, has alreaJy been convicted. The year 1908 was nut especially prolific of important cases In the United Slates circuit court. Only e ghty-fuur cuss w, r instituted in tills court during the ear, but nous of loess were out of ins wrdmary. 1 r ' m 1 ,-w-sst- :.f'llvf i m i pi fir Pi if Kill! ! If! BIASES by resolving to "boost" for Omaha and Nebraska and to Home always calling "Omaha's Favorite Keg and Bottled 99 ssuusnusnJ a nanuunnniS Phones : Bell Douglas 119 Independent A2119 OMAHA, NEB. DEATH CLAIMS ITS NUMBER Grim Reaper Removes Several Promi nerit in Local Affairs. LAW AND MEDICINE SUFFER MOST Of All Vocations These l,oe More Representatives Alfred Dnr low One of Keen Pub lic Losses. corded in the mortuary statistics of the board of health. This is of Rev. Amos C. Pennock, who passed away June 23. Robert K. Allen, a real estate dealer, was summoned February 7, Edward Stringer and O. M. Underhlll, who were engaged in the same business, died October IS and September 15 respectively; George W. Forbes, November 9; Thomas F. Johnson, September 14; Charles McMeneny, Decem ber 5. Other deaths of prominent men were as follows: Arthur 11. Smith, broker, Jutn 21; Warren Rogers, capitalist, Ucceuibei 13, In Italy; George K. Basset, contractor February 17; W. N. Hucknum, general agent Pennsylvania lines, April 17; Nich olas Bainbrldge, grain dealer, October 15; T. A. Connors, grain dealer. Septem ber 13; R. L. Davlcs, newpaper man, June 20; C. II. Paul, dentist, October 5; Arthur it. Sheets. Insurance, April 18; Churchill Parker, former councilman, February 7; W. E. Findley, architect, December M. The law and medical professions suf fered a heavier blow at death's hand dur ing the year Just over than did tho mer cantile world f r other occupations. Former Judgps Joel N. Cornish and Isaac 8. Ilas ca'l died on June 7 and January 17, re spectively, while the attorneys summoned Included John N. Baldwin, who died April 15; Charles E. Clapp. Inarch 11, Bnd Albert gwartzlander, July 15. Of the medical pro fession the tragic tUath of Dr. Frederick Rustln September 2, Is still vivid In memory. Other physicians and surgeon laid nt rest wero W. it. Chrlhtle. May 27; Victor II. Coffman, Ai'gust 4; Andrew H Riley, January 31; Richard Slebblns, April 19; Teter von Ixjckum, February 13. In the world of active affairs there was none whose death was n ore widely mourned than that of Alfred Darlow, who died October 12. A younger man who.se useful life was prematurely cut short was George II. Palmer, only suit of Captain 11 E. Palmer. Omaha lost many good women In t!i year of grace, 1808. Prominent among these was Mrs. Harriet Pritchard, daughter of A. J. Ilanscom, who gave the park bear ing his'namo to the city. Mrs. Prltcharl. who was recognized as one tf Omaha's fnrernoHt hostesses and social leaders, was the mother of Mrs. John K Kennedy. Among the good women gone during the year were Mother Mary Powers, mother superior at Mt. Carniel, Mrs. Uatherine Cleaveland. who died the tenth of last month, Mrs. George Ileimrod. wifo uf lliu consul at Berne, whose end came two months ago in the Salss capital. 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