Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 1, 1903, Page 10

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THURSDAY. JAN NUARY 1, 190 LEADING EVENTS OF 1902 Ceuspicuons Chapters in the Record of the Oeatury's Sec.nd Year. RAILROAD MERGERS IN THE FOREGROUND Extr of Natare Wreek Life and Property—Roll of Distinguished Dead—Pollt- feal Happenings. Time in {ts strenuous round completes @bother volume. In many Important re Spects it is a decided advance on the an mual tomes now crowding the shelves Events of uncommon moment, affecting the industrial, commercial and political Iife the nation, leave their impress upon the Fecord of the year. Combinaticn and con #olidation of transportation lines have completed, and “community of interest policy succeeds competition on all main lines of railroad. Chief among the rail- road mergers, so-called, was the absorp- tion of the Burlington system by the fn- terests controlling the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, and the practical con #olidation of the Unlon and Southern Pa- eific systems. These lines control the | trafic of the western half of the republie The community of interest policy and consolidation reached (ts highest develop- ment in many industrial lines hitherto con- sidered beyond the domain of trusts. Some of the necessartes of life were involved, producing popular discontent and & wide- spread demand for national restriction. response to this demand action was begun in the courts in behalf of the United States to annul the consolidation of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Burlington Foads and to restrain the Beef trust Labor troubles wer: many and of far- reaching consequence. There by freight handlers, teamsters and mes- sengers, which kept Chicago in a turmoil for momths, strikes by street car men in Rochester, N. Y., Chattanooga and New Or. leans, which required military force to maintain order, and the lockout of boller makers, machinists and blacksmiths on the Unfon Pacific raliroad, which fs yet un- settled. The greatest strike In the history of labor in this country, in number di- rectly iavolved and in cost to the people at large, was the strike of the anthracite coal miners In Pennsylvania. Beginning May 12, it lasted just five months and boosted the price of coal to double and | treble its former cost. In eastern cities hard coal is doled out sparingly at $12 and $15 a ton, where a year ago it was abun- dant at $4, $5 and 36 a ton. In Omaha at the present time the price of hard coal Is $5 a ton above the normal, and very little 18 to be had. Directly and ‘ndirectly, the strike reached into the pockets of one- half the people. slon on the part of President Roosevelt hostilities were stopped October 15 and the qQuestions at issue submitted to a commis- slon appointed by the president. The com~ mission has not yet completed ita task. Chief among tha political events of the been Cuba. Political events at home were of a minor character. Abroad they were chiefly orna- mental. Royalty made two conspicuous parades. King Alfonso was crowned king | of Spain in May, and a like affair arranged for King Edward of England in June, though delayed by an attack of appendi- citis, was successfully pulled off August 9 ‘Two weeks before this event Lord Salls- bury, premler of Great Britain, retircd from office and was succeeded mephew, Arthur J. Balfour. Ne kingdoms tottered In their decay, but the throne of ‘Turkey's monarch recelved a mild shake- down from France. Convulsions o The year witnessed extraordinary con- In | were strikes | By extraordinary persua- | as guests of the nation, participated in the by his | , l » | recetved of | | | { | | | his | Elizabeth Cady | General court, to which many long-pending claims !\\‘ Ela, Chicago, lawyer and eivil service between nations were instances the ms of agalnst Mexico and Russia were sustalned “The most deliberative legisiative body | in the world,” better known as the United | States senate, had its dignity seriously ruffied on several occasions. Senators 1 man and McLauren, both from Seuth Caro- lina, held a fistic argument in the senate arena, and Senators Balley of Texas and Beveridge of indlana attempted to settle an affair of state by knockdown arguments. Senator Money of Mississippi cut into the interior department of a Washington street car conductor who collected an extra fare from the senator. Dishonesty and trickery in public office | two conspicuous febukes. Four- en persons, members of a former eity couneil of St. Louls, and two promoters were tried on charges of boodling. Thir- teen of them were convicted and sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from three to six years each. In Denver the mayor and “city councilmen who violated an injunction against the passage of a fran- chise ordinance were adjudged guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to impris- onment for six months. A large load of anxiety was lifted off the British empire by the conclusion of the | Boer war in South Africa. Terms of peace were signed at Pretoria May 31 The old man with the scythe displayed customary activity and was as un- sparing in high places as in low. In the long roll of the dead were placed the hon- ored names of Thomas B. Reed, Cecil Rhodes, Lord Pauncefote, John W. Mackay, Senator James McMillan, Susan B. Anthony, Stanton, Frederick R. Krupp, J. Sterling Morton, Thomas Nast, Archbishops Corrigan and Feehan, Dr. Jo- seph Parker, T. DeWitt Talmage, Justice Horace Gray, Frank R. Stockton, Emil Zota, Wade Hampton, Rear Admiral Sampson, General Franz Sigel and A. D. Jones, first postmaster of Omaha. Gifts to educational Institutions were numerous and liberal. The most motable gift of the year was that of Andrew Car- negle, who in January handed trustees bonds for $10,000,000 to be used in estab- lishing a university in the city ot W ington. abmitted. In two | el the United States | Distinguished Visitors. Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of Em- peror William, arrived in New York City February 23, on a special visit to the United States. The ostensible object of the visit was to witness the launching of the yacht Meteor, bullt by a New York firm | tor the emperor, but the prince became the | guest of the nation, visited various cities |nr the north and east and everywhere re- | | Lot celved cordlal welcome. In October the crown prince of Siam traveled across the country homeward bound and was the re- ciplent of oficial attentions. Another vieit international significance occurred In ay, when representatives of the French | government and of the Rochambeau family, | unveiling of the Rochambeau monument at ‘Washington. On two occasions_ during the year the pation throbbed with anxiety for the life of President Roosevelt. September 3 a car- riage in which the president was érivi year was the launching of the republic of | peer ,, K b Ny near Lenox, Ma was run down by a trolley car and Secret Service Gyard Willlam Craig instantly killed, the president receiv- ing bruises on the face and leg. The latter injury forced the president to abandon his western trip at Indlanapolls September 23 and return to Washington for treatment and rest. Appalling Disasters. The most appalfing disaster, not alone of the year, but of modern times, was the uption of Mount Pelee, a volcano on the island of Martinique. Evidence of vol- canic activity were observed in April, in- creasing in force until May 8, when a tre- mendous discharge of ashes and en- gulfed the town of St. Plerre, killing 30,000 people and destroying every buflding. Sub- Yulsions of nature in the volcanlc regions | Sequent discharges are sald to have killed of South America and In Russlan Asia. 11,000 people in various parts of the island. The eruption of Mount Pelee rivaled the The companion voleano, La Soufrlere, island deadly outbursts of Vesuvius In ancient | times and surp: ecution. buried Pompell and Herculaneum and thei fohabitants. Exploding and suffocating ga: sed it in rapidity of ex- ning flash the Inhabitants of St. wrecked every bullding in the city and partly covered the ruins with ashes. | tember 30. and heat killed with the speed of a light- | w La | of St. Vincent, became active time and destroyed 500 lives. b the same | Santa Maria, Ashes and lava consumed and | & volcano in Guatemala, 8. A., destroyed a large area of that republic, beginning Sep- Turiskima, an island of Japan, overwhelmed with a volcanic eruption Plerre, | August 15, and all {ts inhabitants, 1,500 in number, killed. ‘A series of earthquakes in Turkestan August 25, killed 647 persons. Soufriere, a companion volcano, added to|In the same month foods M India swept | the death roll. Plerre disaster Second only to the 8t | away twenty-four villages and made home- was the catastrophe at |less 6,000 people. Sixteen persons wers Andijan, a town in Russian Turkey. Early | killed and Afty-four injured January 8 by in December a succession of earthquakes a rear-end collision in the Park Avemue | tunnel of the New York Central railroad, practically destroyed the town and killed upwards of 5,000 persons. the Santa Maria voleano in burst forth, ruining a large amount of property and destroylng many lives. Storms were startling in thelr magnitude and frequency during the year. Snow storms and cold waves of much severity in spots marked the opening months and 1l spouts and downpours of unusual frequency and quantity signalized the summer month: Guatemala | The middle west sut- In September | New York City. | | closing month. Cloudbursts and water- | spring and | fered severely from floods in June and | July. Altogether the summer season was wocommonly cool and wet. Disturbed ele. ments were in evidence north and south of the equator and made the most formidable | record of disaster in modern times. Marcont's Triumph. An event of signal importance to the world at large was Signor Marconi's tri- | An explosion of dynamito in the New York subway January 10 killed seven men, injured 100, and destroyed property valued at $780,000, Eleven per- sons lost their lives February 9 by a fire in the Empire hotel, St. Louis. On Febru- ary 23, fifteen persons lost their lves by | fire in the Park Avenue hotel, New York City. A snowslide on Swingler mountain, near Telluride, Colo., February 28 engulfed sixty miners. A wreck on the Southern Pa- cific, mear Maxon, Tex. March 7, killed fitteen and injured twenty-eight persons. Train of cars of naphtha exploded in the rallroad yards at Pittsburg. May' 12 and | twenty-three persons were burned to death. One hundred miners were killed by an ex- plosion in a mine at Fernle, B. C., May 23. A tornado in the vicinity of Peoria, 111, June 9, scored a death roll of twenty. Twenty villages were destroyed and 700 umph in wireless telegraphy. On December | persons killed August 17 by a landslide on 16 a dispatch was sent across ocean from Glace Bay, N. S, to Poldhu, Cornwall, England, a distance of 2,360 miles. | One of the forces tending toward inter- mational peace and justice was the formal erganization of The Hague arbitration ABSOLUTE SECURITY, Carter’s Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of the Atlantic | | Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, Mount Kasbeck, Trans-Caucasus On the | east coast of Sicily September 26 a cyclone destroyed 500 lives. Election night fire- | works, on Madison Square, New York, killed sixteen persons and injured fifty. Head-on collision of trains om the Grand Trunk railroad December 26 killed twenty-eight and injured forty persons. Death’s Long R The yea mortality record contains the names of men and women eminent in the various professions—statesm ministers, authors, painters, diplomats, philanthrop- ists of national and international repute. Ot those in public station the roll includes | M. P, a native American, January 18; Marquis of Dufferin, former governor genersl of Canada, Febru- ary 12; A. G. Gashorn, director gemeral of the Centennial exposition of 1876, February 19; former Governor John P. Altgeld of Illi- Bbels, March 12; Cecil Rhodes, famous in British South African affair March former Congressman Thomas Dunn English, author of “Ben Bolt, April 1; Lerd Pauncefote, British ambassador to the United States, May 24; King Albert of Sax- ony, *June 1%; J. Sterling Morton of Ne- braska, April 27; Congressman Amos J. Cummings, New York, May 25; John W. Mackay, ploneer miner of Nevada and part owner of the Beanett-Mackay cables, July 20; Paul Vandervoort, former commander- in-chief of the G. A. R., July 29; James McMillan, United States senator from Mich- igan, August 10; former Governor George J. Hoadley of Ohio, August 26; Alexander R. (“Boss”) Shepherd, former governor of the Distriet of Columbla, September 13;: Mrs. A. M. Merklce of Philadelphla, one of the first volunteer nurses of the civil war, October 20; Miss Susan B. Anthony, noted advocate of woman suffrage, October 26 | are: advocate Fremont December 15; Mrs. Jesse Benton widow of General Fremont, De- | cember 27 The church lost Rev. Dr. Newman Hall London, a noted friend of the Uni during the civil war, Jatuary 18 De Witt Talmage, April 12 Corrigan of New York, May § Hepworth, New York, June Eugene A. Hoftman, dean of theological seminary of the Prot Episcopal church, June 17; Right Rev. F. M. Whipple, bishop of the Episcopal dio case of Virginia, June 18; Arch hop P. A Feeban of Chfcago, July 12; Cardinal Ledo- chowskl, prefect of the congregation of the propaganda, Rome, July 22 Miller Thompson of the Prot copal diocese of Mississippl, November 18; Dr. Joseph Parker, minister of the City Temple, London, November 28; Rev. Fred- erick Temple, archbishop of Canterbury, December 22 The legal profession Daniel Agnew of the Pennsylvania, March §; tice David A. Depue of New Jersey, April 3; Horace Gray, retired fustice of tha United States supremo court, September 15 The world of letters suffered the loss of five eminent authors—Bret Harte, May 6; Paul Leceister Ford, May 8; Frank R. Stockton, April 20; Emil Zola, French nov- elist, September 26; Mary Hartwell Cather- wood, December 26. Tho profession of arms added to the death roll the names of General J. Willis Hoffman, who opened the battle of Gettys- burg, March 5; General Wade Hampton, famous confederate cavairy leader, April 11; General Sir Willlam Olpherts, V. C., of Lucknow fame, May 1; Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, U. 8. N., May 6; Gen- eral Charles H. T. Collis, eoldier and law- yer, May 11; General Franz Sigel of civil ar fame, August 21; Colonel W. H. Hub- bell, commander-in-chiet of the national army of Spanish war veterans, Brooklyn, August 26; Major J. W. Powell, first man to explore the Grand canyon of the Colo- rado, September 23; 0. Seitridge, U. S. N., of his rank in the world, eral Wagner Swayne, war, December 18. Men of eminence in other walks of life who jolned the majority were: Eugene Dupont of powder making fame, January 28; Thomas Sydney Cooper, famous British painter, February 7; Neil Bryant, old-time minstrel, March 6; A. A. McLeod, former president of the Philadelphia & Reading raflroad, April 19; Major O. L. Pruden, as- sistant secretary to every president for thirty-four years, April 19; Russell, 1 States Rev. T Rev 8; Rev the general nt lost Chief Justice supreme court of former Chiet Jus- October 15; Gen- veteran of the civil noted comedian, April 28; Potter Palmer, Chicago's pioneer merchant, May 4; E. Lawrence Godkin, the New York Evening Post, May 21; Rudolf Virchow of Berlin, inventor cellular pathology, September 5; Wil llam 8. Stratton, Colorado's million- alre miner, September 14; Lysander P. Pratt, Philadelphia, ploneer in professional baseball, November 16, Nate Salisbury, noted showman and turfman, December 24; George W. Thatcher, Utah ploneer, December 24; John J. Dickey, superintendent fitth district Western Union Telegraph company, December 29. Literature and the fine arts have lost many eminent representatives. The liter- ary world will miss Frank R. Stockton, the genial humorist; Bret Harte, the gentle eatirist and ideal short story writer; Paul Leicester Ford, whose young life closed in fraterpal tragedy; George Douglas Browne, the English novelist, who died on the threshold of a promising career; Eggleston, the story writer; Philip J. Bailey, whose one poem, “Festus,” made him famous; Emile Zola, greatest of con- temporary French novelists; George Alfred Henty, beloved of boys, and Mary Hatt- well Catherwood, the romance historian of the early days of Canada and the west. Music has lost Philippe Marchetti, the Itallan opera composer; Camilla Urso, the violinist; Helnrich Carl Hoffman, an excel- lent German composer, and Bilse, the Berlin conductor. The art world will mourn the loss of Albert Bierstadt, Jean Joseph Benjamin Coustant, Jean Georges Vibert, James Joseph Jacques Tissot, the painters, and Thomas Nast, the famous ploneer in cartoon work. The dr matic stage has lost Sol Smith Russell, the comedian. The prominent sclentists who have died Prof. Leopold Schenk, the Austrian embryologist; Prof. Rudolph Virchow, the Berlin surgeon and sclentist, and Major J. W. Powell, the director of the bureau ot ethnology In the Smithsonian institution. Among the great divines who have ended theff 1dbors are: Rev. Newman Hall, Rev. Dewlitt Talmage, Cardinal Ledochowsky, | Rev. Joseph Parker of the London City | temple and Frederick Temple, archbsihop of Canterbury. The list of the distin- guished dead closes with the names of Frederich Alfred Krupp, the Bssen steel master and gumnaker, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, champlon of the rights of womeu. Political Events. Political events of national importance, excluding the results of tue election of November 4, embrace the passage of the Chinese exclusion act by congress, April 28; Cuba’s flag raised over Morro castle, Havana, May 11, and the government of the island transterred to President Palma, | May 20; bill suthorizing the construction of the isthmian canal passed by congress, | June 26; on Cuban reciprocity sent to congress June 13; first session of the Fifty-seventh con- gress adjourned July 1; second session of the Fifty-seventh congress, December 1. _— NEW YEAR'S DAY RECEPTION Men's Christian Association Will Entertain Its Members and Frien The New Year's reception at the Youhg Men's Christian assoclation will be from 7 until 10 p. m. Music will be turnished by the Sutorius Mandolin club, and the board of directors, assisted by some of the In- fluertial members of the association, will receive tae guests. The refreshment tables will be presided over by Mesdames I. W. Carpenter, A. L. Patrick, Warren Switzler, T. V. Moore, Edson Rich, Willlam G. Smith, A. B. Somers, J. R. Webster, J. H. Dumont and F. L, Willis A new feature of the rception this year will be an exhibit of calendars, which will occupy the parlor. Thers will be & program given in the auditorium, in charge of Mi Co-inne Paulson, by Mr. Elliott, mando- linist; Mre. Sheets, soprano; Mr. Gorst whistler; Mr. Packard, humorist; Mis: Fitch, reader, and Miss Paulson, pianist In the gymnasium there will be an evening of fun and frolic, with basket ball from 7:30 10 § and & musical program from 8§ to 10, covering gympastic work and all sorts of races. The assoclation extends Invitation to all members, subscribers and friends to be present at the reception. On account of the crowd, children under 16 years wili not be admitted Awful Loss of Lire ‘ollops meglect of throat and lung dis- but Dr. King' ew Discovery cures such troubles or no pay. 0O0c, $1.06. For sale by Kuba & Co. Frederick K. Krupp, the great gunmaker of Germary, October 22; Tom Ochiltree, former congressman and bon vivanmt, Oe- tober 2; Thomas Brackett Reed, former speaker of the house of representatives, December 6. Thomas Nast, famous cartoon- itst, December §; Mrs. Julla Dent Grant, Widow of General Grant, December 14; John 1 take pleasure in wishing my friends and putrons a most happy and prosperous New Year, and thank every ope of them for their appreciation of my business meth. ode, with which | was so increasingly hom ored during the past year. 4. B. HUBERMANN, Archbishop | George | Dr. tant | Bishop Hugh | Epis- | Rear Admiral Thomas | oldest naval officer | Sol Smith | former editor of | Prot. | of | Edward | ¢ Benjamin | special message by the president | ‘ a” 333333333333 33333 3333 IIICCCECECEFCEECCEECECEECEEEEEEES 5(- anu J Gloves— $2.00 Dent's Gloves— at 1.55 1.65 at $1.00 Gloves— at $1.50 Gloves. at ... $1.50 Perrin'e— (e Hnndkerchiefs— 10c Handkerchiets- Bt o5 on ibe n-mflunme(-— at .. 5e Handkerc nieta Perrin’'s Best Plqu . L15 115 Stc Handkerchiefs-— & it Hosiery— Four numbers American Hostery Un- derwear, 25 per cent off All other American Hoslery, cent oft—including Lot 2 Other numbers at half price 2 per 18 COLLARS, CUFFS, HATS AND CAPS not included In this sale. AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA [ Last Day to Pay Taxes Brings in a N oo | ‘ Sum of Needed Cash. FIRST HALF OF YEAR NEARLY SETTLED Treasurer Howe Gets Hold of Enough te Call Amother £40,000 Outstanding City Warrants, | Money ot The first half { eome delinquent of the taxes for 1902 be- today. In order to get fn under the wire quite a mumber of large payments were made to the city treas- | urer yesterday afternoon, Armour paid in tull the check which Treasurer Howe re- ceived calling for $9,938.09. The Cudahy Packing company paid half of its taxes, which amounted to $4,822.15. These were he two largest amounfs received by the treasurer. A large number of small prop- erty owners called at the clty offices and settled and it was the busiest day of the season for Treasurer Howe and his depu- thes. One polnt was noticeabla and that was that the big corporations,-at least some of them, took advantage of:the clause in the charter allowing two payments to be made, while the small property owners paid up in tull, Even as it was, the treasurer has taken In | about $50,000 in the last two days and will be able to issue a call for $40,000 worth of | warrants by the nflddle of the present | month. This call will reduce the Indebted- ness of the city and will put a stop to the | payment of interest on certain warrants now outstanding. Breaking Records. | December receipts of cattle numbered §7,- 000 more than for the sawe month last | year. It is ascertained by dealers that | range cattle came later than usual owing | to the shortage of cars and motive power, while corn-fed cattle were sent to this | market a little earlier than usual. As for | | December sheep the reccipts were enor- | mous, the total being 164,000 head. This | was fully 100,000 more head than were re- | celved during December of 1%01. The | crease, it was stated at the yards yester- | day, was due to the lateness of the range season and the earlier marketlng of corn- fed stock. Decembe= figures show Cattle, 87,000 head; hogs, sheep, 164,000 head. “Muggin Willlam MaxWell, the alleged Masonic imposter, was taken to Omaha yesterday and put through the Bertillon system. It Is | understood that Masonie lodges Wll over the western country are looking for Max- He is being held here unde~ a thirty- | day sentence pending investigation. From out in the state word comes that Maxwell is wabted for a more serious crime than the ome he is being held here for. The chances are that when tbe jail sentence here is up that he will be turned over to police officers from Kearney, Neb., who will be walting for him. Reports from the Plkesville (Ky.) lodge show that Maxwell bas been working Masons all over the wes arp country. After putting him to the test | Masons here declare that Maxwell is an tmposter. Newspaper Changes Hands. in- these 224,5 receipts 500 head; | | | | Maxwell. [ well. The Dally Times yesterday became the | property of J. M. Tanmer, editor of the | Nebraska Democrat. It s understood that | Mr. Tanner will merge the two papers and will run a striftly independent paper. This merger Las been on for some time; in fact, it has been noised about for two months. Tanner now becomes the or of both sheets. Since Denna Allbery sold out the Times has been edited by H. B. Fleharty who In last night's issue bids a farewell to his subscribers. Christiaf Association Reeeption. M. C. A. are reception to pariors this All memters of the local ¥ invited to attend the annual be held at the assoclat.on | evening. These anpual receptions are be- | coming quite popular and large numbers | of friends of the association attend. Re fresuments will be served and a program will be rendered ‘ Packers’ Coal. . | d, | While there is no great supply on the packers are receiving a certal ance of coal each day, which keeps plants ruoning. There is a day's su ahead at each of the plants and the rowing system has been discontinued the time. All of the packers are tryim to keep a little ahead of the demand they say that this can be done if the rail- roads keep their agreements. It is asserted that the southern roads| are holding back bituminous coal for do- meatic use, but the packers here do Dot | notice any Wed The somouncement was made yesterday that Jobn Culkin of the Flynn company and Miss Gilles Taylor will be married at d | & Announcement. | YEAR'S | ulation, | to them in 1902 & | vailing | showing Georgia | explainea by ge in the dally shipments. | ary C Don’t wait—The first on the ground get the cream of these fin: goods. Neckwear— Lot No. 1-& at at dc Ties— 25¢ 39¢ 50c 1 2-80c Ties— Ties— at $1.00 Tles— at This tncludes and Puffs. Socks— 10c Socks— at 15c Socks— at Socks— at B0c at Bath Robes — o5 at $4.00 Bath mm._ at %00 Bath Robes— at $6.00 Bath Robes— Four-in-Hand: Socks— Bath Robes— at learing Sale WE MUST HAVE MONEY $20,000 worth of fine up-to-date MEN'S FURNISHINGS AT SLAUGHTER PRICES Note th Shirts— Lot 1-$1.00 Shirts— at Lot at Lot 3-$1.50 Shirts— at Lot 4-$1.50 Shirts— at $1.00 Elgin Shirts— at . $1.00 Lion nrnndA Mufflers— 50c Muffiers— | | | | $1.00 Shirts— Toe Mufflers— $1.00 Muffiers— at i Muffers' Sweaters— $1.00 Sweaters— 8 i .50 Sweaters— B vovises 2.0 Sweaters— Kelley & I—Ieyd.en Men's Furnishers— Makers of Shirts. 'BGEEGEEGE&EEEEEEEEEE—EEEEE EEIBD: 319-321 North Sixteent & o'clock this afternoon. The groom is well | known in South Omaha, while the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Taylor of St. Francis, Kas. The ceremony will be performed at Bridget's church by Rev. Father O'Callahan, assisted by Rev. Dr. R. L. Wheeler. After January 10 the bride and groom will be at home at their new home, Twenty-fourth and H streets. Magiec City Goss John Moynahan is on the streets again after a short iliness The national banks will be closed today. It will be the same with the city offices. A daughter has been born to Mr. and Ed Krigbaum, Forty-first” and Q still on the sick list, James A. Kelly, re- after- an. Dolezal 18 but his physiclan, Dr. him some better yesterday B. Jensen, an employe at Cudahy's, tell yesterday and broke one of his legs He is a patient at the South Omaha hos- pital. I. J. Buckley has returned from a two weeks' stay with relatives at Messina, Ia. Mr, Buckley will attend college during the winter. | The Modern Brotherhood of America will meet Friday evening, January 2. There will be an initiation, followed by installation of officers. | The installation of the recently elected officers of the Christian Endeavor soclety of the Christian church will take place on | Sunday evening at 6:3% o'elock. Al mem- bers of the v, as well as friends, are CRIMINAL RECORD Statistical Light on the Dark Side of Twentleth Century in n- | zation. 1901 7,852 homicides that total was exceeded by nearly It is dificult, says the Chicago Tribune, to establish any relation between the ratio of crime to the increase of pop- for there are periods of time when the crime of homicide seems to sweep over ry in a swelling wave and then » wave subsides for a time. There was such a perind between 1894 and 1897, when In were reported. In 1,000, | the record exceeded that of 1902 and 1901 | Then lull, the wive there is one 02 which she but during the has advenced feature of the attract the at- thorities and that is se of homicides occa- highwa thieves and bur- number of murders chargable as compared with is the largest total ever | The incr shows the largest percentage of any cause in the list ng euicide as a crime, and in many | states it is held as such, it is discouraging to note an increase of 1,000 in round num- bers over 1901, whep the total was 5 As usual, two-thirds of the victims ave killed themselves either with the pis- | tol or with poison, the latter being the | agency used In the majority of cases, owing | to the ease with which carbollc acid can | procured, for that poison is employed | carly always. AS to the census of sul- | clde, despondency of an aggravated nature, i often bordering on Insanity, is the pre- | cause. There is but one chesrfull item in these stalistics and that is the fact | that but sixty-seven out of over 8,000 | cases are attributable to business losses. | that men bear up bravely and hopefully under such circumstances. It is | discouraging to note a large increase i | there last three again. But record of 1 tention the dan sioned glars a by The 1501, and | suteides growing out of disappolnted love | among youths and an equally large increase | growing out of domestic infelicity among married persons. The most curious and startling feature in suiclde statistics for the year, however, is the remarkable ine crease In the number of female victims. For a long series of years past the record Las shown a ratio of about three times as | many women bave committed suicide as the exact figures being: Males, 3,099. What is the explana- last tion Public year, females executions have kept pretty even pace with the increase of crime, the num- | ber of hangings for 1902 being 144, as compared with 113 for 1901 The no- | ticeable feature of these hangings is the gre rease in the southern states, which | bave seventeen more than 1901—while the north has but seven more—and of ‘h"'l total number eighty-eight have been ne- | groes. There is some significance in this | bearing the uestion of growing respect for the law in the south. In Mis- sissipp! alone, which for many years bad the worst lynck record, twenty-six negroes year bave been legally con- | ted ar 1, ell of whom a few years 114 have been lynched. Near! of the total number in south | e been hanged in Mississippl, Alabama, | Texas, Arkansas and Lo ana. six states which so long have had the ords. Meanwhile lynch- how a grati ng decrease of twenty. over 1901 which s satisfactorily the iner of legal execu tions in the south It is not encowraging to mote in this connection that there have een nine lynchings in the north, ope each in So igan, Iitinols black as upon last 4 ha y two- th worst lynching r one th Dakota, Colorado, Wyom!n, egon. na and Kan | ands at the head of the sorthern | list with twe. « New Year SAYS A. HOSPE to the 11,000 happy possessors of Knabe pian:ls. Kranich & Bach pianos, Kimball Pianos, Hallet Davis pianos, Hospe pianos and the other 16 makes of planos which he has sold since 1874. ““Prosit’ to all our trade. A. HOSPE 1513-1515 Douglas St. 7STOFIELD] | CLOAKZ SUITCO, 1510 Douglas St. Scofield’s Cloak Clearing Sale Commences Tomorrow, January 2d Your money will do more for you here than any other place you can take it. "SCOFIEL A SKIN OF BCAUTY D IS A JOY FOREVER K. T. FELIX GOURALD'S ORIENTAL CREAM, OR MAGICAL BEAUTIFIER . Tan, Pimples i rechien, Moth Patcbes Rash asd Skia Dis wvery sh on besuly 1" propesls Recept 8o actl ot sl i same. " or. sayre said to 4 faay ot the Bast ion (a vatieat) will_ase them, | recom u ladies | mend GOURAUDS CREAM &4 the least narmful of all the skin preparations.’ For sale by all druggiats akd Tancy 8oods ek ers in the aad Europe. FERD, T. HOPKINS, Prev'n, ¥ Great Jones St.. N. ¥. \l e prices below. Night Shirts— 600 at s0c Night S at s ht Shirts te o Night ) Colored Sateen Night rts, at $1.00 Pajamas at . $1.50 Pajamas— at 2.0 Pajamas at $£.0 Pajamas— at Umbrelluq $1.00 Umbrellas at $1.50 Umbrellas— at 2.0 Umbrellas— Umbrellas— Umbrellas— at h Street, Omaha. “93333333393393333333333333333‘5933‘3333 333 QIIAI(ER A BEVERAGE FIT FOR THE 60DS its ebsolute purity, its delicious flavor and make it the most per. fect Whiskey known. PEETE Yo )| For sale at theleading s i bars cafes and drug stores. HIRSCH & CO. Viholesale Liquor Dealers, KANSAS CITY, MO. S. AMUSEMENTS, BOY D'S ! SPECIAL “Woodward & Burgess, Managers. DAY MATINE i Prices. and 50c. ADELAIDE THURSTON — in — AT cozY CORNERS The Daintie Night Pr AND _SA’ AND Muslc BURGOMASTER™ $1.00; Night, FRIDAY The Evergre COMM MONDAY Matinee Wednesday and Saturday. Beats now on sale for all performe ances—Prices, 80c to $2.00 KLAW & ERLANGER'S Geri. Lew Wallace's Stupendous Production of BEN HUR Prices—50c . 81, $1.50 and $2. cursion rafes on all roads orders with remlittance filied order received. in TELEPHONE 1531 HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE SPECIAL NEW YEARS MATI TODAY. TONIGHT—$:15 Prices, 100, %c and 50c. 2:15 | President Jacob Gould Schurman : of Cornell University will deliver an address on | Our Philippine Problem Under the Auspices of the Nebraska Cornell Alumni Assoclation, FRIDAY, JAN. 2, 1903, AT8 P. 'L The public is cordially invited to be present FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CiURCH Nineteenth and Davenport Streets. NO ADMISSION CHARGE HOTELS. “The MILLARD § Gt U5th and Dougla OMAHA, NEB. Omaha s Leading Hotel P LUNCHEON, FIFTY C | 12:30 to 2 p. m. | SONDAY, 530 p. m. DI AL ¥ Steadily increasing business b | tated an eniargement of this cafe, doubling | its_former capacity, | HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. | THE PARK HOTEL G CLASS | Finest Cates West of New York. 350,000 in Recent lmprovements. pen Jan. 3rd to May I5th. nder New Management. J. R Hayes, C. A Brant, Lessoen