Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-01


During the past year the city was COM
paratively free from crime of serious
nature There were a number of burglar
les, but of a minor character, and for
while there was almost an epidemic of
safe blowing. The police made 1,765 ar
rests during the year, divided as to
months as follows:
January, log; February, 90; March, IS;
April, 100; May, 16S; June, LAG; July, 169;
August, 223; September, 179; October. al;
November, Ito; December, $50.
OF these arrests Els were DRINKS, 442
Migrants and S27 disorderly the latter
including the women of the lower world
who pay monthly fines.
The police cared for thirty insane per-
sons, found and returned 1913 lost chill
dren, provided lodging for 974 unfortu-
mates and furnished during the year, $3.50
meals to prisoners and other inmates of
the city Jail. One hundred and seventy
packages of stolen property were recov-
cred. Fifty-two sick and injured persons
were taken to the hospitals, fourteen sick
and injured persons taken to their homes
and forty-two sick and injured persons
cared for at police headquarters.
The fines and forfeitures for the year
amounted to $14,033.65, and all of this
amount was turned into the city general
fund.
In the matter of health conditions Coun-
ell Bluffs Jared we'll during the past year,
there being comparatively little sickness
outside of the ordinary number OF cases
of diphtheria and measles, although at
the opening of the school year in Septem-
Der, 1t looked for while as If there
was going to be an epidemic of diphtheria,
but the health Authorities acted promptly
and with vigor and the disease was
speedily stamped out OF the schools.
During the year there were reported to
the Board of Health twenty-nine cases of
scarlet fever, sixty-seven cases of diph-
iberia twenty-three cases Of smallpox and
143 cases OF measles, besides few cases
of minor diseases such as membraneous
Group, etc. The number of contagious
diseases reported by months were as fol-
lows: January, FIVE; February. twenty;
March. eight; April, three; May, eleven;
June thirty-one; July seven; August, none;
September. FIVE; October. forty-six: No
vember, forty-nine; December. eighty-two
The record, as kept by the city ply
sician, shows there were 429 deaths dur
ing the year and 175 births UP TO April
l. After July L. under the new law, all
births are reported to Des Moines by the
assessors and are not recorded with the
city physician.
But for the recent fire on Implement row,
which destroyed the Union Transfer COM
pany's warehouse and stock, the loss by
fire during 1906 would have been smaller
than for several years The report Of Fire
Chief Jones shows the total loss to have
been S142,597, with sos, 800 insurance. The
department responded to 1872 alarms, trav-
eled 494 miles to and from fires and worked
2lO hours while on duty at fires.
Boom in Marriages.
Council Bluffs sustained during 1906 its
reputation as a GretnA Green for marrying
couples. During the twelve months $40
marriage licenses were issued by the clerk
OF the district court. an increase OF 155 over
1906. The larger number were issued to
persons from other towns and states. Rev.
Henry DeLong, who as probation officer OF
the juvenile court occupies an ONCE in the
court house. convenient to the Office OF the
clerk Of the district court, officiated at 26s
marriages. for which he received S72265 In
fees The record OF marriages licenses Is
sued by months is as follows;
January, s.: February. so; March, 20;
April. 20; May, Is; June, So; July, 81 August,
6; September, 81; October, IS; November,
n; December, 79.
The business at the postofhce for 1906
showed a substantial gain over that for
1906. as evidenced by the following state