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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01
POLICE RECORDS ARE HIGH
Reports Show Over Ten Thousand
Arrests Were Made During
the Year.

lice department for the last year reveals
the fact that the high-water mark was
reached in the number OF arrests made,
1886, which is largely In excess Of that
ever made before. Another feature dis
closed is that seven murders we're COM
mitted, as against only three during the
year OF 1906. the most heinous crime being
that Of the murder of Josephine Rummel-
hart on october 9. Unusual activity was
displayed by the police during the last year
In the recovery OF stolen property, the
amount being sls.7S5. an increase OF nearly
5000 over that recovered In 1906, although
$3.50 was recovered on December IA from
Ed Elliott. who with a companion. robbed
the jewelry store Of Joe Sonnenberg.
Comparative figures for 1906 and 1906 are
appended.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01

Receipts for park fund to December /
were S27.S7O.4s and for roads and boule-
wards, S27,OO7.S1.
The Omaha Commercial club has become
interested in the matter of securing an
increased appropriation for the park and
boulevard system through the legislature
this winter.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01

mo more ss,n ana iia,,,. 400
GRAIN ELEVATOR
Nye- Schneider-Fowle CO., 18th and
spring sNlVVvVV
HOSPITALS.
Wise Memorial, oath Ave- and Harney.t 5000
Omaha Methodist, SSth and Cunning. M,oo0
MISCELLANEOUS
Academy Sacred Heart, 36th and Burt.S 5000
Convent of the Good Shepherd, Goth
and jackson ....................s....... b,OOO
Updike Lumber and Coal Co., 45th
ana Dodge ...........s.s............... b,OOo
Omaha Electric Light and Power
Co., 4th and Jones .................,... 1000
REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS AND ADDI-
TIONS.
J. L. Brandeis q Sons, 18th and
OOuBlAS .......ss..s... ..s.............S N,OOO
Paxton block, 18th and Farnam... 5000
Omaha Electric Light and Power Co..
Thos. Fitzpatrick & Co, 1907 Douglas $500
Rohrbaugh Bros, 18th and Farnam.. 1850
Swedish hospital, S706 N. oath ........ 5000
Permits by Months.
In the following recapitulation the opera
lions of the building department by months
Is shown;
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01
BUILDING FOR THE YEAR
Omaha Operations Greatest for the Last
Twenty Years
PERMITS DO NOT TELL THE WHOLE STORY
More Than I'm 1905 Issued for slightly
Less Total Value, with Actual
Building Ahead of All
Previous Records.

Total building permits taken out in 1906
though greater In number, represent
little less In value than permits taken out
the previous year. Permits for 1906
amounted TO e427s,6o as compared with
h.SS7. 4e4 for 1906. The total number OF per
mits issued was 1.Oee. as against SS5 In
1906
While permits were fewer than In 1905
yet from the standpoint Of actual building
operations 1906 was the best year in the
last twenty. The new Young Mems Chris
tian association home. the Byrne-Hammer
warehouse. the Wright-Wilhelmy ware
house. the Webster Sunderland and the
Brandeis store building were for the most
part erected in 1906 though permits for
their construction were taken out in the
latter half of 1905.
The year Just passed was an era Of home
building. Permits were issued for 6sl
dwellings, representing s1,r3,O5O. as against
5n dwellings in 1906, representing n.Ss,b4s.
Stores and Office buildings were forty-threA
amounting to 1925, $50, as compared with
sixty In 1905, amounting to 81. 9o5. 400. Ware
houses and factories for which permits
were taken were thirty-three in number,
amounting to 81 ,So1,6 $50. as compared with
| thirty-three in 1905 amounting to $3.50
| Permits for seven churches were issued,
amounting to $4,000. as against four per-
mits last year. amounting to $4,000. Per
mission was granted for the erection OF
three hospitals, amounting to $4,000, as
compared with one In 1906, amounting to
$4,000. Apartment houses were two in
number, representing a cost OF $1,000 as
against one in 1905. representing $4,000
Permits were granted for the erection OF
an engine house, costing 5000; hotel
costing $1250o0, and miscellaneous buildings
valued at $92015.
Many large and costly warehouses and
factories were constructed during the
year" says bulletin from the city build
ing inspectors office, while decrease II
the number and cost OF store and offict
buildings is shown. This, however, wa'
not due to any particular reason othel
than that some Of this class of buildings
were contemplated, but on account Of som'
arrangement Of the final details they were
delayed, but will be built during the com
ing year"
Some Permits of the Year.
The following tabulation shows tho
principal permits taken out during tn
year being all Of 5000 or over;
DWELLING.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01
CUPID HITS HIGHEST MARK
Seventeen Hundred Marriage Licenses.
which IL the Record for
Omaha.

The marriage license department OF the
county judges office has been unusually
busy the last year. The number Of licenses
Issued during the year was 17O3, which is
believed to be the record. OF the different
months June naturally leads In popularity.
with September and october close seconds.
The following table gives the licenses by
rnnrAha.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01

While the marriage license clerk was
busy during the year. the divorce courts
were not idle In the twelve months 40
divorce suits were filed in Douglas county,
the number being in the proportion OF
70 81 20 the number OF marriage licenses.
By months the record Is as follows:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01
Deaths.
YEAR AT COUNTY HOSPITAL
Detention Home and Juvenile Court
swell Expenses I'm This Line
of Work.

The county OF Douglas spends IN the
nelghborhood OF $4,000 year on the county
hospital: this includes all Of the expenses
OF the hospital and poor farm The fol-
lowing table shows the number OF inmates
during the year. the number for January
being estimated:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01
BUSINESS in FEDERAL COURT
Land Trials Most Important Cases
Disposed of by Judge
Munger.

The federal court terms for the year 1906,
while not the heaviest in the history OF
the district. will take high rank among
the most important terms in the Nebraska
district from the results accomplished The
land cases were pre-eminently the most
important OF the term and were of ma
tional interest. The FIRST Of these was that
against Rev George @. Ware, which re-
suited in his conviction after a trial Of
about three weeks and his being SEN
fenced to one year in the Douglas county
jail and to pay a fine of 1900. This case
is now pending on appeal for new trial
in the United States circuit court Of APP
peals and will be heard in May. 1901 The
next most important case was that Of the
government against Bartlett Richards. VIII
G. Comstock. c.. c. Jameson and Aquilla
Triplett. indicted for conspiracy to de-
fraud the government out Of title to public
lands and for conspiracy to subon per-
jury. This trial. which began November
49, lasted thirty days and resulted in a
conviction of all the parties, A motion for
new trial has been made and this will
be argued February 4. 1907.
During the year 1906 twenty-four law and
154 equity cases were begun in the United
States court for the district, making a
total. OF IFS. Many Of these cases are still
pending and a considerable number Of old
cases running back several years-in one
case twenty years-have been disposed OF
during the year, Twenty-eight jury cases
were tried during the year.
The following is the report of the United
States marshals office as to the amount
expended under the appropriation for sal
aries. fees and expenses of marshals, to-
gether with the amount of earnings for
the period from January /, 1906, to Deem
Der 81, 1906:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01

were given a new surface while the West
Central and Southeast boulevards were ma
terially improved. The lake at Miller
park was deepened and widened and viii
be a pleasant skating place this season.
The apportionment OF expenses TO Decem-
Der 1 on parks and boulevards was as
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01
GAIN IN REVENUE TAXES
Receipts for District of Nebraska
Show Substantial Increase
over 1905.

The internal revenue department for the
district Of Nebraska shows an excess Of
s22s.O51.ss for the year 1906 over that Of
1906 In internal revenue tax receipts. Only
a part Of the December collections are in
cluded In the totals.
Following is a statement Of collections
for the two years;
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01

The nnest shoes produced for children at
per cent on. Sale begins Wednesday
January 4 Benson a Thorne. ISIS Douglas.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS BIG
Heavy Increase Shown from Records Of
Register Of DsedG
TEN MILLIONS TOTAL FOR the YEAR
Last Twelvs-Atonth Has Been Unusual
Period for Building and
Greater Activity f. I'm
store.

The record Of real estate tranEfers In the
S-nce OF Register Of Deeds Frank Bandb
shows remarkable increase in business
over 1906. According to the figures the total
amount of the considerations named IL
deeds nled in 1905 was go. .ses. In 1906
the total was S7.1A.SS7 an increase Of "a
a1.68 the last year.
There has been a increase in the number
OF farm mortgages filed and an increase IN
the farm mortgages released. The number Of
city mortgages filed has increased in number
from ASH to 2,sA ana In amount a little
over million dollars. At the same time
the number Of releases Of city mortgages
has Increased as representing s1236 in
amount. The following table is a com
parison OF the two years.
EARN MORrGAnEa
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01
POSTOFFlCE BUSINESS BIG
Transactions Of the Year Exceed Any
Ever Recorded in Omaha.
EACH DEPARTMENT SHOWS AN INCREASE
Money order Business Amounts e
over Eight Millions and stamp
Sales TO Nearly eTOo,OOO for
Only Eleven Months.

II IL conceded by all the pushers for
100000 population. 1910 census Of Omaha
that the Omaha postoffloe is fair indi-
Gator Of the prosperity and growth OF the
city. The following tables show the growth
- tha rAudafrv dixriefon.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01

This does not include school district viii
lage and similar taxes OF which the county
collect for the various subdivisions s1le.-
62in. making the grand total collected
tSo2 s04,d.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01
PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS
Library Records Show Increasing
Interest I'm Books in Omaha
Homes.

Miss Edith Tobitt, public librarian, re-
ports that the home circulation of books
for 1906 shows an increase of 16.s45 over
1905, with a corresponding increase in other
departments OF the library. Miss Tobitt
believes the increase largely due to an
inorease IN ponuiation Her statistics ara.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01
PARKS AND BoULEvARDS
Omaha's Public Pleasure Places
Improve During tbe Year to
Great Extent.

The park board made considerable head
way during the year in improving and
maintaining omaha's parks and boule-
wards. The driveways At Hansoom park
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01

In addition 10 the hospital the county
expends something over $1,000 a year on
the county store, about 1900 on the Deten-
ton school and ts.1Oo on the juvenile court
department
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01
COUNTY FINANCES STRONG
Statement by Treasurer Fink Shows
Condition of Douglas to BE
Good.

Statements Of the county finances made
by County Treasurer Fink's odice show
Douglas county in healthy condition. The
collections made by the ONCE have in
creased in the last year and, while the dis
bursements also are larger, the increase is
not'so great as the increase in collections
This table shows the receipts and disburse-
ments for the year;
RECEIPTS
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01

Total ......'.....s..ss.s'.'.s.. o'loo'Vo
During the period stated there has been
collected from ntigants, other than the
United States, the sum of $3,2sO.42 for SER
vices performed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01
Totals ...2Sn sS.24S.S4o 2O54 sS.6l7.io
SHERIFFS DEEDS.

HlKHeuN Deal OF ear,
The biggest real estate deal Of the year
was made by the Northwestern railroad
when II bought property valued at about
100000. consisting Of four entire city blocks
and a portion OF another as a site for
freight depots and terminal tracks. This
tract Is included between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets and between Davenport
and Burt streets.
About 100 houses were moved or torn
down. The land has been graded and two
huge depots, each over 100 feet In length
are to be built This deal made business
good for the realty men, for the families
who were compelled to move had to find
homes IN other parts OF the city.
OF immense Importance to Omaha was
the purchase by the Union Pacific OF the
larger part Of a block at the northeast
intersection OF Fifteenth and Dodge streets.
The cost OF the property on which are
several buildings OF two and three stories,
approximated $4,000. On It the company
win erect a 100000 twelve-story head
quarters building.
Next TO the Northwestern and the Union
Pacific purchases in the amount Of money
involved. was the purchase made by Her
man Cohn on North Sixteenth street. Mr..
Cohn paid SiS5.0Oo for the site for the big
store and fiat building he is about to erect
He bought from Frank Parmelee the entire
frontage on the east side OF Sixteenth
street. piece running 2iO feet along Six
teenth street and being sixty-six feet In
depth. He also bought from o. c. Redick
a li-foot lot Immediately east OF the PaIme-
lee property. This has a frontage on
Davenport street and runs back 10 feet
toward Capitol avenue.
sale of Daviage block.
Last spring the Davldge block. at the
northwest corner OF Eighteenth and Far
nam streets, was sold by O. clifford Davldg.
and others 20 DR.. Harold Glft9rd OF Onahl
for aO2. GOO. This is 6exls2 feet apd is -four
stories in height
Immediately across the street. the lot a
the southwest corner OF the intersection
was sold by the Woodmen Circle 70 ths
Real EssA.s EzchsnEs. ,Br:.e'ng COMPANY
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01
FIRE ENGINE Il
- - O,.ha qfth a,a n

city OF Omaha, 24th and Cunning. IS 2
CHURCHES.
An Saints, 18th and Dewey. s
Swedish Z. l.. Both and Lafayette. ~. 1
Lowe Avenue Presbyterian, 10th and
M, Rsror,msd "a snS
DoulcNaIo ss-sss.s..-.s.s.ssss.s.s
st. Marks Luthern, goth and Bur
oes1e A. a ';S;;;,;,;'...,;.;
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01

LOCAL STATISTICS.
1906. 1900 mo.
window deliveries regis
tered letters and par - 40
cells, main office. .321S8 A,3B saz
window deliveries at ,-o o.o-
Carrier deliveries, main =.
Carrier deliveries, sta
Registers by carrier on
route ..s....'''''..'''''''' Oh 7N
Totals ..N,1S 185l5 1870
Money order business for the last two
years, January to December 81:
1896. 1906.
Money orders issued..s e4l,OS5.oo {; 7Se, SoS. 2
Money orders paid 2533 16S.6S 26so,9S0 %
Remittances received. 420l, 1925 47S5,tll.SO
Totals ............. s, g76, i8284 sS,2l5,84.2s
Total increase for the year 1906 over
the year 1905, $3.50, 161.S6.
Stamps sold January to December 49, 49,
stamps sold january / to December -, ooo -
Showing he; ing 'i net gain gain for the year
1906 over the year 1905 of.......... 7O,26IlS
Number Of clerks Dec g. 1899 1899 'l9S
Number Number Of carriers Dec. 81. 1905 .......iOi
Number Of Of Sub Sub CLERKS CLERKS Dec Dec &
Number of sub carriers Dec. 81, 190o...... u
Number of sub carriers Dec; 81, 1895. Il
I
Number special messengers Dec. 81, 1906. Q
Total number employees including clerks,
carriers, sub clerks, sub carriers and
messengers, Dec. 81 l9O0.. 20
Same for Dec. 81, 1906. ...............,......NS
Gain of 1906 over 1906. 10
Rural carriers paid at office Dec. 81, 1906 800
Rural carriers paid at Office Dec. 81, 1906. 80
Railway postal clerks paid at this office
Railway postal clerks paid at this once -.
Station clerks at this office Dec 81, 1905. u
! Station clerks at this office Dec 81, 1906. IL
The interior of the postefice has been
! materially improved during the year. Tho
new portion has been painted the same as
! the old part was in 1906. A screen has been
! put up In the mailing room in front OF
windows and doors to prevent persons not
l employees from entering from the rear. The
wood carving above the front doors on the
Sixteenth street side has been replaced by
plate glass; affording much better light for
| the main corridor.
Twenty clerks left the service from July
10. 1906. to June 10, 1906. Eight clerks re-
signed from July TO- 1906, to October 81,
1906. Now that there is a prospect of con-
( gressional action in the way OF increased
pay and a promise of promotion for merito-
rious work, the desire to leave the service
seems to have ceased, as there have been
no designations since October 81.
During the holiday season the work,
which was at least 10 per cent greater than
ever before, has been performed entirely
! by the regular force without calling on
outside help. and there has been no block
ade, all mails having been distributed and
dispatched on time, including the tremen-
dous registry business. which amounted in
two days TO nearly 1000 packages regis
tered.
The actual weight in pounds of mail re-
ceived and dispatched from December Il
to "a, inclusive, 1906 at this office was
2es,524-say nearly $50 tons Of mail matter
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01

e. Sweet, 24th Ave. and Harvey. $50.
Mary F. Bourke. 18th and Charles.
James Cosgrove, sd and Capitol.....
Cox Realty Co, 2ith and DODGE.
Sam Burns, jr., 40th and Dewey.
Byron Reed Co., 35th and Harvey.
w. F. Curtis, 18th and Leavenworth.
S. F. Neble, 10Th and Boulevard. ......
s. d. Mercer Co, llst and lizard ......
3, ID. Mercer Co, Asst ana lZard. ...s.
8, d. Mercer Co, 4lst and lizard. .....
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01

Money order business for the last two
years, January / to December 81:
1896. 1906.
Money orders issued. s 641,0S5.00 7S6, SoS 2
Money orders paid.... 2533, 1883 2,6so,93O %
Remittances received. 4a0l, 1925 47S,lll.D
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01

| EXCESS earnings over ulSDurso- -
mentS .......s..s.....ss....sss.s. o,oaf.oo
All of the above are expenses incurred
by and chargeable against the marshal's
office.
| The following expenditures were incurred
! In the maintenance OF the United States
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01

UlpTe ssssss.sssss AfNsN
First Christian. 26th and Harney..... t0sOqO
A II III A 10
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01
TARM MoRTGAaHa
CITY MORTGAGES

Decrease....... 8 Fiis,n4
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-01
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
FARM MORTGAGEs-1sO6.

Total ................s5l44ss7
Evening journal., 1907-02-07
CORPSE" WAS
ONLY A DUMMY

What looked like a serious cisme yes
terday in the eyes of the police, after in
Vestigauon turned out to be nothing Yet
FOR a time there was considerable excite
ment at the City Han, and Captain Nanc,
who was on duty got busy.
The agitation was started when the pc
Zee received telephone message sho fly
after Z O'Clock In the morning, that The
body of man was found at Sixteenth and
Walnut streets. near the turn made hy
tho Peoples railway line. Seeming "a pds-
sible crime captain Kane detailed Pa
uolman Burns on the case and that of-
hcer without delay started FOR the scene
on his arrival tacre he found several
persons standing scme distance from tho
supposed body, looking al it with awe aud
apparently afraid 10 approach H.
Within a few minutes a disgusted crowd
left the spot The officer in turning the
supposed body over, found it TO be only a
stuffed bundle Of mems wearing apparel
SO ended the mystery.
Evening journal., 1907-02-07
SALESMAN HURT

Emil Victor. of Philadelphia. a
travelling salesman for the Unique
Manufacturing Company. of Philadel-
phia. and a brother-in-law Of Harris
Brothers. the well-known pawnbrokers
Of this city, narrowly escaped death
while enroute from Philadelphia to
Washington last Monday
Mr.. Victor was seated IN n car on
the p, b. & W. railroad. and as Il
approached the Baltimore tunnel the
brake rod beneath the car snapped.
and breaking through the floor threw
The passengers about IN all directions.
AIR Victor was hurled with great
force over several seats and besides re-
ceiving many bruises Of a serious ma
ture lost a diamond stud valued at
$500 and a wallet containing $40,
After the accident. and the tenpor-
ary dressing OF his injuries by Balti-
more physicians, Mr.. Victor came 10
this city. and Is now under the care
OF a physician at the home Of his
mother-in-law. Mrs. Minnie Harris,
lsl1 West street.
Evening journal., 1907-02-07
Thursday, February T. 1907.
SURE WAY 10 DEFEAT THE PARTY.

rs Boss Folly in command OF the Republi-
a can majority OF the Delaware Legislature?
From the pressure that is being exerted to pass
the bureaucratic charter one would think so.
Let us consider this measure from a Republican
viewpoint. Mayor Wilson was elected by fewer
than 500 majority. Not a very large vote TO so
ON in a city of this size And it took hard
work too to elect him, even by thatnarrow mar
gin Why2 Simply because the then Mayor
Bird who was candidate for reelection, had
taken, or the people believed that he had as
sumed certain progressive attitude in favor
OF municipal reforms that are prevailing through
out the country.
Now in the face Of another city election, the
Republicans under the leadership of Boss Folly,
may inhct charter upon this city which is sure
to be rebuked by the voters There ought to
be lesson of the temper Of the people in the
fact that the candidate of the gas company for
the Republican nomination for the lower house in
the Third Representative District was defeated
because the people believed that he was in too
close alliance with the company. Hence if the
Republicans pass such charter without an Ade-
quate referendum provision and with high sal
ared heads Of departments subscrvient to the
mayor, lnclc Is q great udHSCl lndt the NVPuDH-
cans will be defeated in the next city election.
Boss Folly will then have accomplished his pur-
pose.
1t may be necessary for the Republican mem
bers Of the Legislature from the lower counties
to save the party in this city from such stupen-
dous piece OF folly as is contemplated in his
charter. The Republican members from the ru.
raj districts may yet be called upon to save the
party in this city from the advocates of the
charter.
It is not to be presumed that the Democratic
members will favor a charter which open
stitch way for ring rule The proposed meas
rre seems fo THE JOURNAL undesirable in
many way and Il should be considerably changed
before 81 is adopted