Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-01
GREETING TO The NEW YEAR
Number Of Churches Hold Watch Night
Services with Interesting Programs
DIN OF WHISTLES, PISTOLS AND BELLS
Telegraph Companies Rig Up Circuit
from Washington and Tick the
Midnight Hour Around
the World.

A large portion Of Omaha remained awake
TO greet the new year, and the portion
which was not already awake speedily be-
came so, for with the tick Of L the steam
whistles and bells broke loose and some of
the more enthusiastic proceeded to shoot
off firearms
Omaha was also on the telegraph circuit
which the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany, in connection with the cable COM
panies rigged up around the world
Promptly at 12 O'clock Washington time
the wires were silent for all but the tick of
the seconds from the great naval observa-
tory which marked the dawn of 1907
Watch night services to pay final respects
to the departing and hail the new year
were observed at several Of the Omaha
churches last night.
The services at Hanscom Park Methodist
church were divided into four hourly pc
riods beginning at s o'clock. The social
hour continued to $3.50, the musical hour
from $50 to 1880. refreshments and speak
ing from 1890 TO II 80 and the conservation
hour from II 80 to u o'clock. A large num-
Der Of young people was present and most
delightful evening was passed. The devo-
tlonal services at the last were full of i'm
pressive interest. closing with the New
Years greeting by the pastor, Rev. Clyde
Clay Clssell: May the New Year be Bright
and Full of Material and Spiritual Promise
and Profit to You and Yours"
Another pleasing and entertaining service
was held at the CASTELAR, Street Preshy-
terian church. The services began at
O'Clock with the regular meeting of the
Christian Endeavor society, continuing for
an hour Then followed a social session
80 siIbp
trait cutting of prominent citizens by Mss
Laura Shear, followed with light refresh
ments, after which came a two hours de-
votlonal service until the dawn of the new
year The attendance was large and the
services throughout were full of interest
and entertainment appropriate to the oc-
casion. The devotional services were given
an additional interest by sermon by Rev
w. H. Reynolds.
The services at CASTELAR, Presbyterian
church were the initial movement toward
a two weeks evangelical series of meet
ings.
Swedish Methodist Services.
Largely attended services were held at
the Swedish Methodist Episcopal church,
Nineteenth and Burt streets, with Rev. Mr..
| Munson as master of ceremonies. The
| early evening was devoted to social diver
| sions and refreshments. and these were
| followed at 10 o'clock with a song service,
with Mrs. John F. Swenson as sololst, and
| other numbers by the church choir. Fol-
| lowing this came the devotional services,
including an address appropriate to the
/ old and new year by Rev. Mr.. Munson,
these latter services continuing until shortly
after the midnight hour.
At Kountze Memorial church was a large
gathering of young people to speed the
parting and hail the coming year. The
early night program was largely social
and included a delightful vocal and instru-
mental musical program, varied with re-
| freshments and social games of miscel-
; laneous character. The social feature con-
tinued until IL As in the lecture room of the
4 church, and at that hour an adjournment
was taken to the main auditorium, where
the regular liturgical services of the church
were observed, conducted by DR.. Hummon
pastor of the church, continuing until 1915
During this service William Hedloff sang
a baritone solo and DR.. Hummon read a
poem on THE Old and New Year" The
subject of Dr. Hummon's address was "Oul
Guide for the New Year"
Rev. p. NJ Alvin, pastor of the Swedish
Methodist Episcopal church of Rockford
church this evening and each evening dur.
ing the remainder Of this week. Pastor
Alvin will be remembered as being present
during the Torrey meetings at the Audito
rum.
First Accident Reported.
But one accident Of a serious nature was
reported as the result of the Fourth of July
feature of the New Years welcome. An
drew Weiss. 2O1 North Ninth street. wa:
shot through the lower part of the righ
leg by a man who fired off a 32-calibrt
revolver at the stroke of 70 without heed
ing whence the bullets might go. The
accident occurred across the street from
Weiss home. Weiss said three men were
walking along the street when one drew
, a revolver and fired IT. He said he die
not know any of the men. Patrolman +
Murphy took Weiss to the police station
where Surgeons Harris and Pugsley founC
the bullet imbedded directly beneath tn,
skin and extracted 1t.
The man to whom fell the distinction o
having his name lead the list of boisterou
FOUNDERS, criminals and others on tn
blotter at the police station was JohI
Hoover, who managed 20 tell the desl
sergeant that he lives at Twenty-fourtl
and Vinton streets. Hoover came to Omaht
under unlucky conditions, making the tril
from Fairbury, Neb., his home on Decem
Der 13. He little dreamed that his nam
should head so prominent list ere he ha,
been in the city long. but it was all fixe,
, up when he was sighted by pedestrian
tacking from one side OF Sixteenth stree
? to the other cOllidng with hard object
, so that his face was cut. The patrol wago
picked him up at Dodge street and he wa
, booked at the station at exactly 1850 a. n
, Two youthful Japanese, who appreciate
the American way of celebrating the brit
of a new year. and were sent into the sta
tion by Patrolmen F. Murphy and Shields
We're booked just a few moments befor
D midnight and had barely reached their cell
when the whistles burst out. The homo
of being so nearly the first on the list o
1907 did not appeal to members of thci
race outside the prison walls and at 1926
more elderly Jap entered meekly an
I sought their release. After several minute
OF trying 10 make the fellow understan
that after the boys were sober their bond
would be so each the Jap went out, but /
half an hour was back with three NOR
e little brown men. who accomplished n
more.
0 Reception Rt Hospital.
5 The passing OF 1906 was marked at IN
. Omaha General hospital by a receptio
!, given by the nurses TO the doctors of IN