Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 1, 1910, Page 5

i .« 1 lsl g hets Reflectmg the Great Proenty an THE BFF 0\(:\HA SATU RDAY JANUARY d Happmess 1909 Brought the People of This City 1 1910 ROADS MAKE. PROCRESS &lwflu Omaha ‘Spend Vast fam ln Nébragka during last Year, A ?.ION BotLAR Houe FOR U. P. New Headquarters to be Bullt at Once ~Burlington Route Extends Lines Westward and Pl New Frelght Depot, Most important of the announcements of raflroafls for the year 1000 is the of- arfofuncement of the plans for the urhon 1 headquartess building to be \ constructed Mt once ‘at Fifteenth and Dodge strests, for which an appropriation of $1,000,000 has beeh made. The bullding Will be twelve storles in helght and Wil accommodate the entire official family in Omaha, which 18 now moattered HWbout In varfous buildings in the @owntows mection of the city. The skyseraper will be of all steel construc- tion with brick and tile walls. Expenditured made by the Union Pacific during the ‘fiscal yetr, ending June 0. reach enormous totals. On second track whrk alone the amount of money expended was $1,80,000. In the new railroad shops fn Omaha $29000 was expended and in making changes in the lines west there was an outlay ‘of $110,00). In renewing ralls $137,000 was spent during the year. Nearly 100'miles of new track, ywxclusive of second tracks and sidings, fvas laid during the year by this company, entail- ing & total expense of $2,205000 for new lines. Of thls amount of trackage eight migf in Nebraska from = Kelly to Né ig": thirty-three miles from Onaga| to Marysville, Kans; twenty: rom Greeley to Briggsdale, Col ey from Send Creek to St. Vrains, Colo., um ‘thirteen miles trom Cloverly to Hun- ¢ gerford, Colo. Twenty-three miles of new line is now under course of construction fn Colorado. One of the .greatest Improvements if Omaha planned by the Unlon Pacific te the enlargemént of Union station, which will mean an expenditure of $500,00. The Harriman lines are mow only awaiting favorable answers from the seven other roads using the station to begin opera- tions. rlington Route Makes Extemsion. otable improvements in the lines of the Burlington Route have taken place during the year,. As for extension there s mow under course of donstruction an important line through central Wyoming ingended to connect Nebraska by a shorter te with the Big Horn basin. Work is now going on for fifty miles from Kirby, Wyo., through Thermopolis east to the )| Powder river. This extension will be com- pleted before the dawn of 1911 The Burlington has increased its power by cwemmfi engines, and its equipment by 1,00 freight cars and fifty passenger coaches, Besides this equipment there will be delivered within sixty days to the lines west of the Missouri river en Mallet d.u.:pouna engines for freight service and fifty more locomotives of the Pacific type for freight and heavy passenger trains. During the year there was put into serv- jco another set of fast through trains be- tween Omaha and Seattle in connection with the Great,Novthern line from Billings through to' Judith Basin. This service has ~ brought that fast-developing country in close connection with Omaha commercial interests, New and additional trains have also been put on between Omaha, Chicago and Denver. Another arrangement gave @maha a night-after-theater train through the heart of Nebraska. Altogether the passenger changes means an addition of 0,000 miles of transportation a month. Over $4,000,000 has been spent by the Bur- lington in the ldst twelve months In bet- tering the roadbed by heavy ballasting. In the vielnity of Lincoln yard extension Work and the Milford cut-off, now nearing » completion, means an expenditure of $2,000,000. Improvements in the shops at Hayelock means an outlay of $300,000. New Burlington Freight Depot. Plans for an immense frelght depot and additional freight facilifies in Omaha are nearing completion which will entall an expense of $160,00. The new frelght head- quarters will be located at Eighth and Jones streets. #To help in rounding out the proportions and Importance of the Burlington, a largely controlling interest in the Colorado & Southern rallroad was bought during the year, which comprises about 1,100 miles of Yoad with main lines between Denver and he Guif bf Mexico and points in central ‘Wyoming. Bhe Illinols Central has not extended its lines west of the river, although over II.W bhas been spent In improvements. tension of the lines south from Jack- IFI-. Birmingham, Ala, 200 miles been completed during the ear. A large addition has been bullt to 'the Illinofs Central Yreight depot in Omaha ‘st Eleventh and Chicago streets. Nearly all the roads entering Omaha have added to thelr equipment in one way or another. The Rock Island lines are now running new all-ste¢l passenger and baggage cars on thelr through trains and have added to the comforts of thelr pas- sengers in many ways. All the raliroads have slashed thelr running time between Omaha and Chicago. The Union Pacific will begin running through trains to Seattle early in January, which will be an entirely new departure. Improvements have been made in the on stations at Omaha and at Lin- coln by un installation, of the gate sys- tem of handling passengers. '800STS FOR HOME BUILDING One ‘of the Active Agencles Making Omaha a City of \ es. 0. e In ‘& moderate way the Nebraska Sav- ings and Loan association of this city is contribul to the growth of Omaha as @ city of Nomes. The report for 1906, just out, shows thisty-three homes bullt by memibers, ‘and probably as many more al- ready bullt were purchased with the as- sistance of the assoclation's resources. Thc assoclation itself is growing steadily and lq:-lln. its usefulness. Since chang- from the seriak to the permanent plan & quarter years ago, it has almost assets, the total at the close standiug at $208,000. Dividends amounting to § per cent, requiring ¥12,124, credited to members’ ac- 1909, besides increasing ilie legal ving & good undivided bai- future developments. This year the assoclation completes & quarter of a of business life, woman is loyed by the SR W l.“ ot e correspondence was exch: J{the roll under the law passed by the I Packcrs Show Big Gains in Their Business Have Aggregate Output for the Year of More Than Hundred Twenty- One Million Dollars. The South Omaha packers partook of the general prosperity of the year and as a result the general output of the packers is above $12.00000. In the meantime from the treasure of wealth thus created over | 8,000 wage-earners have made their livell- hood and the general peace within their | ranks would Indicate conditions generally | falr. The packing companies « expended | about $35.000,000 for cattle, 890,000,000 for | hogs and $8,000,000 for sheep, making a . grand total of $7.000,00. The expense for labor durink the year was fully $5,000,000, an average of about $(00 to each laborer | employed. Each of the packing houses sfiows an | Increase In the number of cattle and sheep Killed for the year, but a decrease in the number of hogs, with the exception of the Omaha Packing company, where the nim- ber killed was 802,000, an Increase of nearly 100,000 head. The general increase in values of meats accounts for an increase In the value of the output of about $5,000000 over 1008 Financial conditions about the packing houses have been genera'ly more easy than for several years. The following table summarizes the packing Industry, com- bining the four principal packing estab- lishments, Armour & Co., Cudahy Packing company, Swift & Co., and the Omaha Packing company: Number of cattle slaughtered. Number of hogs slaughtered Number of sheep slaughtered. Number of calves slaughtered. Total value of live stock. Expended for labor Laborers employed . Average wages per man Value of packing plants. Value of output . OMAHA PARK IMPROVEMENTS City’s Beauty ln(l Require Large Sum for Maintenance—Much Expended on Boulevards. The largest item of expenditure by the Park board has been on Levl Carter park, In purchase of the dredge to commence operations as soon as the ice is melted on the lake. The larger improved parks, Han- scom, Riverview, Elmwood and Miller, have cost to maintain about the same. The greatest expenditure on the boule- vards was grading the southeast boulevard from . Bancroft street to Riverview park. On nearly al! of the boulevards thé-largest item with the least showing is the grad- ing, but as shown from the improved prop- erty with fine homes and increased tixa- tion it has proved a good investment. From the park bond fund voted last year the board has paved the street south of Hanscom park and also parked and paved Woolworth avenue leading to the Field club. The cost of paving the streets crossing West Central boulevard and the curbing was pald from this fund. Following are the items of expenditure on parks and boulevards for eleven months ending December 1, 1900: Hlxpenflad‘,fmm the park fund— ;::fi:fl.l park, including green- %};‘ml;: park. Hlll:opflrr'l including nurse: Kmm!.u park. q,flq 25azRE Shasmaz 2% H:nsBaEdE Latayette avenue parking. Avondale parking in Wel Levi Carter park Expended from the road fund— Florence boulevard. West Central boulev: South Central boulevard. Southeast boulevard Northwest boulevard, From the park bond fund of 1908 there has been expended on boulevards and streets adjacent to parks and intersections on boulevards the fol'owing amounts, viz.: West Central boulevard. Jefferson square, paving street . Hanscom par! on svenue oolworth avenue paving. 10,419.83 South Central boulevard. 201.60 Acreage In parks and parkings, 917.87. Acreage of boulevards, 116.40 . Artesian wells— Riverview, old well. Riverview, new well Miller park. Kountze park. Elmwood park. Hanscom park. § 2 F] 2 T S3sz 2S8HIT iz 3 ., paving Ed Crelgh- 8,975.16 1,084 feot deep 1,380 feet deep 1,269 feet deep 11,200 feet deep 1500 feet deep 1,100 feet deep. FEWER ARRESTS BY POLICE Number for 1909 580 Short of That for the Preceding Yeu Chief of Police Donahue's report of the work of his department during 1909 shows the policemen have not been idle. Arrests during the year numbered 9,921, a falling off of 530 compared to the 10,501 arrests made in 1908 Calls for the patrol wagon numbered 6417 during the year, and the wagon traveled 8100 miles in answering the calls. Lodgers accommodated at the station were 300 less in number than during the previous year, and meals served were 1,000 under the number for 1908, The department now has a total roster of 130 people, including one clerk and one stron. At this time the effective force is reduced by ‘nine men on the sick list. The department has three pensioners on t legislature. Following is a tabulated synopsis of the work of the police department for this year and for 108 1608, 266 10,501 1900. Accldents reported 302 Arrests made . Buildings secured, being found open .. Burglars frustrated . Dead bodies reported a to morgue . Destitute cared Fires attended Insane prisoners. Lodgers accommodated Lost children taken to Lost_children tak: to o ation. Murders o Number wagon o Number of miles traveled by patrol wagon Number of calls for ambu: Number ‘of miles traveled hY ambulance Number of risoners, ¢ ulnnc: and "dead’’ animais Packages soion, property re- covered Prisoners taken to county jail. . Slek and Injured taken home... Mm-u injured taken to hos- ck and injured taken to sta. e eh ored (o Shooting cases . S ExEE 288 e . jour report 4 vasue. Obtaln further ars. " Am » & jorers quarrel wh " 53 * conslied tomortow; gtlbbill cases tray teams cared for. Stra horses (ll-n Sulc » TRANSFERS IN REAL ESTATE Excess of Last Year. CITY MORTGAGES INCREASED All Figures Point to Immensely Bet- ter Times Last Year Than One & December 81, ‘1908, and 1007 Also. Omaha may well rejoice this New Year's day over the comparative showing with country banks had their deposits down to the minimum and most of the gains were | trom local depositors More Than Three Million Dollars in| |Omaha National Nov. 71, Nov. 16, 1908, 190 10,849,998 % First National u National . Merchants National . Nebraska lonal City National Union Btock Yds. Packers' National . South Omaha Nati Live Stock National. 1] E253Z2EE e seppgerpenSE T & z E Totals i 63,779,979 When the comptrolier issued his call No. 16 the Omaha banks had about $5,000,000 more loaned out fhan at the corresponding time last year as shown by the following table: 06 Nov,16-'00 last year in real cstate transfers. The total for the year ending yesterday | $12,361, 283 —someth ing over month. The inctease over the year ending December 31, 1908, Is $3,008.496. The year 1107 was a bigger one then 1308, but 100 | has gone $1.100,000 over the 1907 record. Comparative figures in farm and, city | mertgages and morigage releases also show up In favor of 1908 Last year (130) there were recorded $7,350,008 in city mort- gages, and this shows how money Is belng used, changing hands, being loancd. The courts are practically devold of mortgage foreclosure cases, and this means that all this mortgage business Indicates business loans and successful ones. The' following tables show the business done In the office of Register of Deeds Frank Bandle for the year as compared with 1006: Real Estate Transfers. 1908, 1909, 4 397614 § 54 687,663 »mm, ke 73L118 669,917 757,204 October November December Farm Mortgages, —FILED. No. Amt. $89,000.00 17.660. RELE'SED. No. Amt. 9 ' $25,230.00 12 September Ogtober . November December 5288223338 233233232%: Totals Farm Mortgages, —FILED.— -RELEASED.- No. Amount. No. Amount. L B2 £33333223328" =228 = 5 §§§§3§§§ B e November .. December Totals .. mnu 35 Clty Mortgages, -RELEASED.- No. = Amount. 219 § 409,199.00 192 268,461 78 | weBroabaBERE No. Amount. January rm $ I, 62’1 oo ! Y 2 38532328 538" 2| sszzaz2sasn: 2 i = £ =3 5! Sa2EEE58Y 2328 SR22E October . November December ‘s‘s':xa's's‘s's‘ 52 B2 F133:34 211 g ® g H 8 1008, -RELEASED.- No. Amount. LE $ zumso 238.00 4 m.m; 6 219 261,245.00 202 No. Amount. February March . April ay . June July ugust . September October . November December Totals 383, 91200 SBEBSTE2IRER 336,00 2,498 §,450,654.2 Deeds, 1908, No. Amount. No, 2" 817500 Sheriff’ 1908, Amount. $ 80100 3,8%0.0 1,500.00 2,000.00 January . February March April May June July August September . October November . December Totals 220 13 UNCLE SAM ESCAPES EASILY Has Light Expenses in the Federal Courts, Which Spent a Rou- tine Year. The total federal court expenses for the year just closed were $46,356.22, or $824.16 less than the year 1908. There have been but few jury trials of any importance, most of the work during the year being taken up with civil The receipts and disbursements of the United States marshal's office during the year 1909 were as follows Fees earned . Amount collected clerks N Shhas Expe: uriog the year 1909 Salaries, fees and expenses. Fees of jurors . Fees of witnesse: Support of prisone: Pay of balliffs . Miscellaneous ex| Salaries and expen: States attorneys Total The totals for the year 19§ were During the year 1909 there were thirty- four convictions and five acquittals In criminal cases in the United States dis- trict court for the Omaha division. Twenty civil sults were tried, of which judgments were found In sixteen cases for the ov- ernment and four cases dismissed. There are still pending in the district court sixty-five civil and 170 criminal cases. In the United States circult court there were 163 cases disposed of in Which the United States was not interested as & liti- gant. There are still pending 206 civil cases for this character. Judgments for the plaintiff in circuit court cases have aggregated $3%,210.% and for the defendant but $650. In the bankruptey court 139 cases have been closed, with 129 cases still pending. The total labilities of the casés closed was $1,225,669.73; assets, $241,766.57; dividends declared, $191,788.15. BANKS IN SOUND CONDITION Have Aggregate Deposits of Prac- tically $54,000,000, Omaha and South Omal Omaha banks in splendid condition, both in the matter of deposits and also in loans. The last comparative atement made by the banks, on which to base a comparison with & year ago was November 16, when the national comptrolier called for & state- ment of the business of all national banks. end paid BEREERE = gusiey The following statement of deposits show $1,0000 |} Omaha National st Natlonal nited States N | Merchants National . Nebraska National City National | Packers' National South Omaha_ National.. Union Stock Y'ds Nat'l Live Stock National. 323 t‘mom R Totals 30,643,004 $36, WORK OF THE DISTRICT COURT Among Other Things It Granted Three Hundred Seventy-Five Divorces in Year. Three hundred and seventy-five couples were divorced last year by the district sourt of Douglas county, but against this figure may be set the fact that 2052 licenses to wed were lssued. District court spent a fairly busy year The total of 495 judgments was reached in civil suits and there were 114 convictions of criminals. One hundred and forty-two cases were nolle prossed and seven de- fendants were acquitted. The records for the year show a large number of sults begun which are never tried. There were 419 dismissals of civil cases and 168 divorce suits were stricken from dockets for want of prosecution. Of denlals of divorce there were just five dur- ing the year. CIVIL CASES. Criminal Month. | Divorces. Cages. --syusmsSpnr “-spennbov. -+ S[ESSIWSIA --sressqwsia -*SuONOIAUOD BB BBARRIB |- coBuaneBEafio | 28588985888 o e P Slszs uszasse| Bl g5Bennontzes “Toorccoannrre Criminal cases disposed of in 1909: “PILION. ‘rEpmby Alding and abetting Adultery . Assault with wound Arson . Bribery Breakin, City appeal cases Centempt of cou Embezzlement Fergery . Gambling Horse stealing Illegal combina Keeping house of prostitutl Iliegal sale of liquor. Illegal sale of cocaine. Larceny . Murder Manslaughter Maliclous destruction of properiy. Malfeasance of office. Obtalning money under faise pre- pretenses Perjury . Possessing burglar toois Removing dead bodles. intent to kill or 5 o5 nswopolauod Bl mwscacardBed 2 Siet cardies | Robbery Receiving stolen property Selling tobacco to minors. Selling indecent pictures bookS .. Shooting with intent to kil Statutory rape.. Wwite abandonment EDUCATION MAKES ADVANCE Domestic Science e and Manual Train- ing Are Important to the Youth. and There has been a slight increase’ in total enrollment in the Omaha public schools during 19%9. The gain Is 2(7. In average }|dafly attendance the Increase is 706 over 1%6. There are thirteen more teachers on the staff this year and four teachers have been placed on the pension list. Domestic science has been given place in the high school and manual training plants have been installed in Farnam, Franklin, Lothrop, Leavenworth and Beals schools. Annexes have been added to the Beals and Central Park schools, the new Forest schol has been started and a site has been purchased for the proposed Miller Park school. Following are the 1909 in detail: ENROLLMENT. High school (grades 9, 10. 11, 12) Grammar grades (, 6, 7, Primary grades Kindergartens Night schools tehcol statistics for .. 2,061 Total. High school.. Grammar and primary grades. Kindergarten ... Night school (309) Total.. NUMBER OF White Colored PUPILS ENROLLED. 119,063 504 NUMBER OF TEACHERQ F‘MPIIOYP‘D High school.. s .. 5 Grammar and primary grades. 209 Kindergartens ...... 5 Night schools (18).. [} Speclal teachers (supervisors).... 5 Principals (entire time devoted to wuper- vision) . 8 Manual training teachers 12 Total AT The work of the attendance officer of the board has grown to the extent that it now keeps him continually on the go. E. D. Gepson, who holds the position, gives the following resume of his work during the nonattendant pupils. irregular attendance.. truancy . Notices to parents.. Visits to homes. . Parents interviewed at B"It Children iInterviewed .. Cases in juvenile court. Truants committed to Detention school.. Cnses referred to Assoclated Charities for ald .. Cases rtfl-rred to Visiting medical aid Cases referred to nrnblllon "office Applicationr for “labor eertificates” Certificates granted . . Labor certificates were Issued to elghth grade graduates, 24; to grade puplls, :; to children for vacation ard holiday employ- ment. 39: to children for a certaln limited period, 17, A D Wouna Is rendered antiseptic by Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the healing wonder for sores, burns, 6 Nurses for the banks have gained about 35,000,000 dur- plles, eczema and salt rheum. ¢, For 182|108 the year in spite of the fact that the|sale'by Beaton Drug Co. BUSY YEAR FOR ENGINEER Aggregate Cost of Public Improve- ments Under Him $853,471. Change in Otficials Durin, —Figures Showing tall of All Work Per- formed. The city engineering department has had | & busy season of public work and is already planning extensively for improvements for 1910, City Engineer Cralg, who succeeded the late Andrew Rosewater last May, In speaking of the work done and the plans proposed for the ensuing year, said: “While the summary of the extent of public iprovements this year s not as great as planned, it is fully as far advanced as could be expected considering the un- favorable weather In the early part of the season owing to the rains, and the early closing of the season owing to the cold weather." The aggregate cost of public Improve- ments supervisad by this department this year amounts to $863,471.84, embracing the following: Pavement— Asphalt Brick .. Stone and concrete. + 2.96 milea . 5.43 miles 44 miles Total. Cost, -$884, Curbing, Cost, $48,512.57. Sewers— Plpe . Brick Cement Total Cost, 811 Sidewalks— Brick Cement miles . 13,56 miles 5.8 miles 1.6 miles 119 miles 7.50 miles . 5.08 miles . 19.02 miles Total Sas e sTobaps ©eees 24,10 miles Cost, $83,456.51. Grading . Cost, $4,637.97. Grading repairs, $5,106.63. During the year there were lssued 860 sidewalk permits, 1448 sewer permits, 1,28 water pipe connection permits, 1,32 gas permits, eighty-four water company per- mits, 102 electric light company permit: twenty-two telephone company permits, thirty-three miscellaneous permits. Total, 5,267 permits. The sewer maintaining department has been kept busy this season owing to the numerous breaks due to washouts, ac- cldents, repairs and flushing of sewers. The total expense, including wages and material, s $16,208.69. The asphalt repair plant has accomplished more, perhaps, this season in repairing de- fective pavements, Including the cuts and openings for service pipes, than in any other year, and at a corresponding low expense to the city. The expenses inci- dental to this department, in repairing 40,000 square yards of asphalt, and 10,000 square yards of brick pavement, have been approximately, including the testing labor- atory, $49,249.02. The department of crosswalks, and culverts, expended $19,035.35 work and repairs this year, Including wages paild. In this connection, plans are perfected to abandon the laying of wooden crosswalks and to substitute a concrete crosswalk made under the supervision of the asphait plant. Under the provision of the city charter, authorizing the city council to pave streets within a radlus of 4,00 feet of the city hall, without petition of property owners, plans have been prepared for the creat- ing of street improvemgnt districts within the radius to repave all streets required soon as Jack Frost will allow It next spring. It is the Intention to have under 65,860 cuble yards bridges in new {'contract, ready for work at the earliest day next spring, all public improvements contemplated for the season. The depart- ment has now under contract, thirty-four paving districts, estimated cost $300,000, and ten sewer districts, besides a number of newly created districts ready for approval The total cost of inspection for the year was $12,000.75. Of this amount $7,308 was refunded to the city treasurer in payment for street cuts made. UNUSUAL YEAR IN WEATHER Among the Freaks Are Wet and Warm November and Unprecedent- edly Cold December. The following summary, made from the records of the local office, United States weather bureau at Omaha, shows the re markable and unusual weather conditions that occurred In Omaha during the year 1909, A fall of fifty-seven degrees in tempera- ture within thirty-six hours occurred on January 4 and 5, reaching 13 degrees below zero by midnight of the 5th. That being the lowest temperature recorded during the year. All wind velocity records of this office were broken on January 25, when sixty-six miles per hour were recorded. The lowest temperature recorded in any May during the last thirty-nine years was 2 degrees on May 1 of this year. This record was followed five days later by a temperature of % degrees, which has never been exceeded but once during the thirty-nine years, 97 degrees having been recorded in May, 159. The past August was the warmest rec- orded with one exception, that of 15§1. The highest temperature of the past summer, 98 degrees, was recorded on the 12th of this month. The first frost of the season was a kill- ing one, and occurred on October 12. A record for the earliest snowfall of the season was also made October 11. November an unusually warm and wet month, and was followed by an al- most unprecedented co'd December. The long continued cold weather in December, with the heavy snowfall, makes it one of the most remarkable recorded. The following table shows and mean temperatures, and total precipitation. Temperature _ Precl Normal, Mean. Norm; 2 0.65 the normal and the normal tation Total. January 1.00 February March April May June July . August September October November *December 16 0.91 *For the first twenty-seven days. L. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster. A Story Without They had him in & corn “Oh, come,” they sald, “you don't mea to tell us that your wife never gave you a necktie with vellow spots?’ e never did? or & pair of too short suspenders with lue dandelions embroidered all over ° El 4 6 70 % 0 ® 54 “ ETEEFEREE S 13 o0 S som 2u238R2=22 P S Pt BRIREETTEIN ‘Nothing_of the sort." “Nor a box of dollar clgars warran to break k up'a southern lynching mob?' N‘kn-vc a wife, haven't you?"' ‘Yes. And last year she gave me a dandy gold watch, and the year before thut a mighty fine thirty-two-volume set of Dickens, and the year before that —" ed But they had gasped and scaitered and Aisswrocred —Clevalsnd Plain Daslas Churches Have Big Year, with EightNewOnes Many Others Are Improved or Rebuilt at Cost of Thousands of Dollars, The last twelve months in Omaha have been phenomenal for church bullding. Elght congregations have either moved into beautiful new church edifices or have au- thorized the construction of new bulldings. These churches are: Norweglan Danish Epiacopal. First Church of Christ, Sclentist. North Side Christian. Russian Hebrew. Immanuel Baptist. First German Presbyterian. English Lutheran. Zion Evangelical Lutheran. Greatly Increased memberships, in the North Side Christian church of which Rev. H. J. Kirschstelp 1s pastor, will mean the erection of a larger church edifice to be bullt at Twenty-second and Lothrop streets. Trustees of the church have ratified plans calling for an expenditure of $20,000 in the new structure alone. On October 81, the Norweglan Danish Episcopal congregation of which Rev. R. P. Petersen Is pastor, laid the cornerstone to its new church at Twenty-fifth and Decatur streets. To the Parkvale Congregational church, Thirty-first and Gold streets, thers has been an addition during the last year. Rev. E. W. Blew is the pastor of the chureh. At .the Hillside Congregational church there has been a thorough removating. A new crgan has been installed and & new heating plant put In. Rev. W. 8. Hampton is the pastor of the church, having come to Omaha about a year ago. At Twenty-fourth street and St. Mary's avenue, a new church structure is now going up for the First Church ot Christ, Scientist. The present house of worship ls at 2% Farnam street. John Forbes is the first reader of the denomination. United Brethren Dedicate Home. The dedication and renaming of the First United Brethren church at Nineteenth and Lothrop streets was perfected December 5 by Bishop W. M. Weekley of Kansas City, Mo. Rev. M. O. McLaughlin is the pastor of the church. The full title of the church is “The Lilllan Resler Harford Memorial United Brethren church of Omaha. The edifice is made a memorial to one of the members of the church, whose name it now bea: Down at Twelfth street and Capitol ave- nue, one of the old landmarks of the city, the Russian Hebrew church, 18 to be razed to permit the bullding of a five story factory for the Iten Biscult company. The new synagogue will be erected at Elghteenth and Chicago streets. Plans for the structure are now being prepared by the architect. Members of the congregation of the Grace Baptist church, Tenth and Arbor streets, are happy over the announcement that the entire church debt has been ecan- celled. Rev. B. F. Fellman Is the pastor of the church. In the ranks of the Baptists, a beautiful new church edifice looms up at Twenty- fourth and Pinckney streets, the property of the Immanuel Baptist congregation. Rev. P. H. McDowell is the pastor of the church. The estimated cost of the new chufch 1s $20,000. Presbyter! Show Activity. Of the Presbyterian churches the First German s most consplcuous in bullding projects as a new ehurch edifice is now in course of construction on Twentieth street, near Lake. The structuré, when completed, will cost in the nelghborhood of $20000. The present place of worship 1s at 815 North Eighteenth street. Rev. Jullus Schwartz is the pastor of the church. A new addition has been bullt to the Dundee Presbyterfan at 444 Underwood avenue. Rev. Mr. Fisher Is the pastor of the church. The English Lutheran church at Benson was' dedlcated Sunday, December 19. The new church was erected at a cost of §10,200 over 1,000 of which was ralsed on the day of dedication. Rev. B. F. Kistler has been the pastor of the church for the last three years, Of the Lutheran churches of the city the Zion Evangelical Lutheran has been fore- most {n the matter of bullding during the year. About the middle of January the congregation will occupy & new $20,000 edi- fice at Lafayette and Thirty-sixth streets. Improvements calling for an expenditure of $6,000 in the Swedish Salem Lutheran church at 3219 South Thirty-third street, were completed the first week In Novem- ber. Rev, C. E. Elving s the pastor of the church. STORK - BEATS GRIM REAPER h the Evolution of Another Cyele Father Time Removes Some 01d Landmarks. w More than two regiments of bables were added to the juvenile population of Omaha in the year 1900-2,879 to be exact. Deaths in the same time numbered 1,771, leaving the stork 606 to the good. This Is a less gain than in 1908, when births out- numbered deaths 929, but the deaths are greater this year than last by 385, Of the new arrivals in our beautiful clty 1,200 were boys, thirty-five being of negro parentage. The girl bables numbered 1,155, twenty being colored. Following are the comparative figures on births for 1909 and 1908: 1909, Boys. Girly. 1908, January 9 118 January. February... March. April May. June. Boys. Girls. %0 100 83 108 106 86 102 119 126 % 82 107 5 u2 106 98 81 85 zeRESzn8s September. October. . November.. December. . us [ 86 October..... November.. 92 101 98 December.. 93 Totals.....L 224 1165 Totals....LITT 119 The record of births and deaths for the last ten years is as follows: —Births— —Deaths— Yr. M'le. Fe'le, M'le. Fe'le, 1899 910 644 b43 1900 [ 1901 536 406 1902 51 52 1903 508 439 1904 590 511 [ ] 704 5% 1 6 " | e5 780 816 862 524 68 509 95 1 1011 1,198 ] ‘Among the best known citizens of Omaha who dled during 1909 were Guy C. Barton and his wife, Sophia H. Barton; Clinton H. Briggs, Simeon Bloom, Robert Corneer, W. A. DeBord, Matiida Ann Detwiler, Mary L. Deuel, Louls N. Gonden, Mrs. Caroline Cahn, Jeremiah Mahoney, Nancy L. Kennard, Milton J. Kennard, Frank J. Kasper, Sarah McCheane, Herman R. Munchoff, Frank J. Morlarity, Elisa Muentefering, Willlam P. Mumaugh, An- drew Rosewater, John J. Philbin, Wil llam Snowden, Draper Smith, Bradner D. Slaughter, Willlam Segelke, Fred A. Spra len, James H. Winspear. Frank R. With- | nelL ARMY DEPARTMENT CAINS Strength of Missouri Branch, U. 8. A, Notably lnumudin!ur mml.mmunlor.n The strength of the military force of the Department of the Missourl was materially inoreased during the year 1900 over that of the preceding year. This ncrease s due to the enlargement of several of the posts of the department, notably, Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming, and Fort Mackensie, Wyoming. The total increase as shown by the department re- turns on December 1, was forty-five of- ficers and 761 enlisted men. On December 31, 1908, there were 449 officers and 9,020 enlisted men, while on December 1, 1909, there were 494 officery and 9,781 enlisted men. Thers has been but little change in the personnel of the department staff. Lieu- tenant Colonel William P. Evans as chief of staff was sucoeeded during the year by Major Willlam P. Buenham: Major James B. Brwin as inspector general suc- ceeded Major Jacob G, Galbraith, and Lieutenant Colonel Willlam B, Davis, as chief surgeon was succeeded by Lieuten- ant Colonel John M. Banlster. Lieutenant Troup Miller was succeeded as alde de camp on the statf of General Morton on December 15, by Lieatenant ,Otho E. Michaells. Death of Brad Slnughter. The casualties during the year in the department staff embrace the death of Major Bradner D.. Slaughter of the pay- master's department, who acted as chief paymaster during the absence of Major Herbert M. Lord. Upon the death of Major Slaughter, Major W. P, Blauvelt became acting chief paymaster until the return of Major Lord, who resumed his dutles as chief paymaster early in the fall Captain John L. Hines, assistant to the chlef quartermaster and quartermaster fn charge of the Omaha quartermaster depot, was relleved from that duty December 31, 190, and in transterred to duty at Nagas- akl, Japan. He will be succeeded hy Cap- taln Frank C. Bolles. Among the important changes during tha year was the materlal enlargement of the funotions of the Omaha quartermaster's depot, which has now become onme of the largest purchasing and supply depots the country. With this increase in functions the annual purchases made af and for this depot will exceed $300,000 where heretofore the purchases aggregated scarcely $25,000 annually. The year has been prolific of interest at Fort Omaha, where the first actual bal- looning experiments’ were undertaken. These experiments Included both spherical ballooning and ascents with the Baldwin dirigible balloon, the latter still being in storage at the big balloon house. The high- est ascent recorded by any of these bal- loons in the cotntry—15,000 feet—stands to the credit of the Omaha experiment station, Three Million Dollarn. The aggregate expenditures through ‘the office of Major D. E. MoCarthy, chief quartermaster of the department, for the year, for supplies and sarvicés of ecivillan employes will be about $3,000,000 for the vear, For: construction at the various military posts, aside from the foregoing figures, the sum of $2,500,000 will be reached. Most of the construction has heen at the posts of Fort Leatenworth, Fort Rfey, Kai Fort D. A, Russell, Wyo.; Fort Meade, &, D.; Fort Robinson and Fort Crook, Neb, There has been pald out to the officers and soldiers of the department through the office of Major Herbert M. Loid, chief paymaster, the enormous sum of $4,500,000. This money was largely pald in small amounts, and went into immediate circula- tion. Omaha being the principal headquarters for the purchase of army commissary sup- plies for the army stationed in the De- partment of the Missour! through the office of Lieutenant ,Colonel F. F. Kastman, purchasing commissary, the chief commis- sary of the department, the annual re turns show that $600,000 was expended fo) this purpose during the year. Most of thest purchases were made through Omaha job- bers and wholesale PUBLIC LIBRARY ADVANCES n ite titation Now Has More Books and More Patrons Than Ever 1t H Several thousand more persons took ad- vantage of the privileges of the public Ii- brary and the literary collections of the Ii- brary wero greatly enhanced last year. Total number of books. Books added during 1909 Borrowers Home circuiation Increase over 1908 School elrculation Clrculation through other agencie Plotures circulated ... Visitors to reading room. Visitors to referenee room. Visitors to medfcal department .. Vistors to museum and Byron Reed collection 37,630 Among the purchases for the fast year were books in Yiddish, Bohemian, Danish, Swedish, German, Bpanish and 'French. The additioni to the collections in the stacks include many works on special sub- jects, as directories and gazeteers of other cities and states, books of designs, special books for Sunday school training classes, periodicals and treatises relating to mechan- lcal arts, books of music and many in- teresting works on wireless telegraphy and modern electrical science. Many collections already in the library were much strengthened during the, year. An unusually valuable publication 'added to the reading room, {8 Street’s Pandex of the News, an index and digest of the newspapers of the United Siates. This work together with the London Daily Times' Index makes it possibie: to trace expeditely any prominent newspaper articlo in the English language. Bound coples of London, New York and Omaha papers are avallable in the reading room, The library has recelved from the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution and the Bons of the American Revolution, much stance In the purchase of books for the departmen. of genealogy. Both socle- ties have been generous in thefr donations. The Omoha Douglas County Medical soclety deposits with the library each year & sum sufficlently large to pay the sub- scription to the colleotion of medical peri- odicals to be bound In the medical depa: ment, and the owners of the Western Medical Review deposit all coples of books recelved for purposes of review and all medical periodicals recelved for exchange. The library also distributes books at the 014 People's Home, the paper box factory, the boy's department of the Young Men's Christian assoclation, and the soclal settle- ment. The stereopticon slides wsed at the Iibrary are tre gift of the Omaha Society of Fine Arts and aro avallable for the use of any club or cl which may want them for study or entertalnment.