THE OMAHA ! DAILY BEE
T WKNTY-SECON I ) Y EAK. OMAHA , MONDAY MOUNltfG , NOVEMBER 21. 1802. NUMBER 151.
FATAL FALL OR FOUL PLAY
Body of W , B , Foil is of Sioiu City round
in Perry Greek.
VERDICT OF THE CORONER RESERVED
Two ThcnrliM A lvini'nl n < I" " ' " Cru' °
of llpnlli-rrlPiiiU < if Ilio Victim
lnr.llncil liiTliliik It It
Murder.
Stoi-x CITY , l . , ' , ' ov. 20.-iKpociat to TIID
12'.HO yesterday nttcnioon
about
ft IT. I At
the body ol Will S. Follu wn found lying In
tbo shnjlow water of Perry croon , under Iho
vest oiul ol tlio Ulvorsldo company's bridge.
There was a iloop Rash about tnreo inches
long Inno forehead nnu tuo skull war ;
wlih tbo beau In the
cruslicd. The body lay
stream nnd Ihn feet toward the bnnlt. It
had tbo apncaranec ot having urun In tbo
water for tnanv hours , and inquiry soon do-
vclopen the nict that hi1 bad not been soon
ninco Friday evening.
Tlio police were prompt ! * notllled and the
body wna removed to n Incat undertaking
crowd ot friends with
rooms , where n
launched fawi soon gathered. Among Ibcsu
\vero tlio ucrd mother and brother of Urn do-
conscd , and the grief manifested by the old
lady was boarlrcndln ; ; . An Investigation
was Immediately begun by tbo police ana
sheriffs onicen , butthofuels atllrst cleaned
were meager.
There arc thrco theories ns to the way Mr.
Follis mot hts death. Ttio simplest Is that
bo was walking homo nflcr dark Friday
nlc.nl and ntoppeu off tuo bridge , the push In
! his head being caused by sulking against
otio of the cross timbers. Mr. Follls was u
heavy man nnd nny constderablo obstacle In
such a fall would bavo been sufllclor.t to
I uauso such a wound. It Is well known
I among hl acquaintances thut bo was badly
f nllllctcd with uslhma uud sometimes In'the
( violent paroxysms of Iho dise.iso almost lost
coiiBcloust'ess. It Is suggested thut in ono of
thcso vlolont attacks ho may have fallen ofl
the bridge. >
Konl I'liiy SiiKBi-Klcil.
Murder was also suggested. The bridge
t Is not lighted and It often a convenient snot
I for crime.
I The Iheory was also advanced that Mr ,
1 Follis might have boon struck by ono of the
I Kivcrstdo cars Friduy night and thrown mU
I the creok. The employes of th'o line suy this
I cannnl ha true ; as tbo cars have strong bond
I lights , nnd they say no ono could bo Blrucli
I wlthout.tno motorman aiid couuuctor know <
I Ing it. George ( Jostcllo , wno was conductoi
I of tbo Kivcrsido far Friday night , says in
Mr. Follls rodi
ono was struclf. Ho thinks
out n far ns Sioux blrcet on tbo ( i o'clocl
car Friday night on his way homo to supper
There were no evidences of robbery whoi
tbo body was examined. In iho.pockots
besides books , papers , keys ar.n ether smal
nrticlca , two pockctbooks wcro found , on
containing $1.10 in silver and Ihn other uoiui
cmi-ty. The gold which mill chain were li
plucb nnd the watch hud stopnod nt 10 "JO.
H .T. A. Bcrr.nrd , the business partner o
Mr. Follls , 'says ho was not in the tmbit o
cam-Ing uuv great amo'int of uionoy will
W him. " generally doimr his business by check
I Ho had not seen Mr. Follls for two days
w Fred Munchrulh , Jr. , b id he saw him a
I nbout 8 o'clock Friday night.
[ Mike Follls , brother of the deceased , loll
I n rennrlcr that while William was subec |
\ to severe paroxytns of nstbma , aud fro
qtiQiitly ImU 10 sit down because of them , h
Uid not think they could have caused him t
fall off the bridge. Mr. Bernard was of tb
tame opinion.
Kdwara Walters , Mr. Follls' brothur-u
H law , who WHS ut the lattor's house whe
F.cen by a lonorter , stated that tlio last see
of him'by hU family was V rlduy . mornin
soon after breakfast , when ho started f (
bis ofllco as usuul.
llo did not return to dinner or supper , in
ns this was not uncommoa with mm , h
business noarlj always keeping him do\v
H town laio at night , and as bo always r
H turned to bis ofllco after supper even wlu
he did come home , no uneasiness was fc
until .vcstoiay morning , when his friom
begun'to be manned ,
UeHiilt oT tlio Ciironur'M Iim-sll aHon.
The coronet's Jury began the inquest
! ! p. in. \Vestcotl' undertaking room
The llrst witness called was Jamas Westcol
who stated that the last timn ho saw M
Follls olive was at sumo tlmo Friday aflc
noon , and addcd.ltat lui was callea br I'oll
rnpluln Wicks \o assist in lakiiur Uio 001
H from the creek and removing It to the uud <
tultcr's.
( Jhrls Kraig1 , ono of Ihn policemen who w
H present when the body was taken from t
water , next Instilled Unit a boy hid broui ;
V the nowR to the police .station at about 121
p. m. that the booy of a man wan lying unil
tlio bridge of the Ulvorsldo street car 11
across Perrv creek , mid going to the spot
Investigate found Iho account etrrcct. T
clothes of tbo deceased wcro soinou'tirxt tot
but bo Uld not think they were disarrung
ns they would have been If any violence h
been offered him previous to his fall ,
CJplain Wicks , who accomnanlou Krai
corroborated tbo slutemcnt. Enoch Gib
WUR called , and nuld that bo had been belli
papers down town during the ovcnine , ui
crowing thn bridge on his way homo
B about H:50 : o'clock , had seen two men slttl
on the railing at the side. Ho passed qu
B near to them , but. did not think ihutoitl
looked llko the deceased , with whom ho M
iicciuultitcd.
B Ucoi'KO Costcllo , ft conductor on the HIv
blilo line , aatd that ho bad Mr. Follls fo
Bl iiasscnccv from I'carl to Sioux street In I
curly part of tlio oven int. , ( > : : ! ( > or 7 p. i
M filbor on the nlRht of bU death or the c
prcccdmi ? , ho was not positive which.
B Uiiiiilltlon ol tliu Vlrllin ,
1 Fred Munuhrath , Jr. , followed , and s
that thn last tlmo no saw tlui docoaicit al
\\us at noout it o'clock Friday aftcrno
wh'in a man brought him to the Tiemi
hoiibi1 , of which ho is the urourlutor , r
lukcil that a room bOKivcn him. At llrst
refused , as all his rooms were occupied , !
ns Mr. Follls was evidently cither suffer
from me effect * of asthma , to which bo v
kubjeot , or under the Influence of liquor ,
liait llnully accoinodalod him with a bod.
V did not see him when ho lett , but Knew II
j ho uns awakened about 7 p. m. , und itf
drlnktiiK a f lass of > > cluor water , but
, lliiuor , loft ibo liouso ,
TholesUmony of Andy McClollon , the 1
wno found tbo body , was next taken and \
to the utluct that ho was carrymr n 1
1 across the brlduo and dropped it over
ri Uinn. llo Ing down to look for It no foi
a hut Ire n In thu ice at the oJgo of
J rrock , nnd Investiuatlnt ; further found
l B body , upon which ho went homo to tell
V brother , who notified the police.
J. llorcard. tbo ocad man's partner , stn
that bo last aw Fnllls Thursday , but Ur
> that ho must baya boeu In bH ofllco Frli
! raornint ? , ns hu paper , which bo brcu
fAW down with him. was there ul nbout Oo
o'clock a. m. Uosa U further that Mr. PC
I Bj was a inodoratc but not oxcoislvo drinker , ,
that nltl'oURh ho was r. gufferor from usll
1 ibo last time ho law him ho expressed u
self u * ( culiuu parllculiiriy woll.
| VB .May Unto U rn Iirunlf.
*
SB M. . llowennau tMtlllcd that ho
> found the deceased on the afternoon of
uoatn Icair.rp in a seiui-uiicoiiiclouu s
' / upaiuit s door ut the roar of the billl
irBl rorm In tuo Hpgsn block , and was thu i
| who took bun to the Tremom houif , lr
( .V Ulcb was called and after look Int.at
Lfl tody cave it as his f phi I on that oeith ml
EjU have uceu ellnor the direct result of his
KM or of hlj be I nt' rendered uncoucclous t
RBj ODil lyliip In that condition with hl fac
f B tbo water until ho waj asphyxiated.
Hnrrlnctcu , F. McUlbbwm and A , B. Cl
' tuau IdsallBcd Ibo body , and A. S. C'hapo
John McOuiro , -Munchrnth , sr. , A , S5.
Hoyle , Johc Utttler , Jntnos Junk nnd John
Kvonln KI\VO subitantlalty the snmo testi
mony us the ether wltnc sos , the upmlcm
sccinlng to bo TTbout equally divided as to
whether the deceased had or had not been
drinktiiff.
A list of the articles found In his pockets
was road , and comprise ; ! a cold watch and
chain , a number of papcn. f I.-IO In cha.iir-j ,
a bunch of kovs ivid u few other snnll arti
cle * of no pirticular value. Aflor which the
Jury adjourned for Us verdict until Monday ,
It 'bMug nop3il In Ihn meantime to secure
some other witnesses or Information.
Uvlilsnro of Mnrilur.
The coroner's ofllcors 1st It out , after tbo
adjournment was taKen until Monday , that
they have some evidence at hand that war
rants them in thinking that there was foul
piny connected with Mr. Follls' death. They
were rather reticent about talklnp , thuup.li ,
nnd when seen by a reporter refused to s > ay
anything except ' .hit thuy hoped to secure
some moro ondouco bjforo tboy closed the
testimony.
Ono f.iot 'bat has not yet boon broughtout
In tin ) ovldeiicn U tliut a clot of blood was
found on thu guard rail of the bridge ut ex
actly thu same point where yblltifi ( iibbi tos-
tlllod to sei'lni ? the two man slttltiB. Ttm h
the only trace cf blood to bo found any where
about the place where liu ! body was found.
The portion of the ratlins referred to H on
the opposite side of the brldco from where
thu body was tound , and about , twenty feet
to thu west. UK certain that If the blood
clot came from Iho wound ou his forehead ,
Follis could not have walked so lar cial | and
across the brldpe to the point where the bouy
pitched Into lad crselt. If ho received tholn-
jury near the cuarJ rail the body must have
been thrown Into the uivok.
The decer.sed carrlea Jlo.OJO life Insurance
in various Insurance companies and benovo-
lout organizations.
Ovcrcuiuo liy thu Stionk.
Mr * . FollK wife of tbo victim of the acci
dent , was completely overcome by the shock.
She had hutl n iiro-iioiiltion ol the baa news ,
anil bcan to worry about her husband when
he did not come homo Friday nipht. She
had always cxpresied a tfroat uealof nerv
ousness aliout the "motor bridge , " and had
fioquontly requested her husband not to
come home that wnv. When ho fallod to
come homo Friday nlcht she says the bridpc
at once came into hot mind , and tbo feeling
of dread urew upon her until it bncamo
horror. When the nowsof Iho fatality came
to her she wns more prostrntrd by the drea.l-
fulness ot it thin by nny feeling or surorise.
Mrs. Follts is the mother of u U-weeks-old
babv.
babv.Villlam
\Villlam S. Follls was an old resident of
Sioux City and a highly respected cltixan.
His public and business career huvo bjon
such as to plvo himu larue acquaintance , aud
all who knew niin pronounced Will Follis u
bip-hoartcd man and a true Irlena.
Ho was born in Uubuquo. la. , on January
1 , 1S47. Ho was thosonof Patrick and Mur-
caret FollK nallyos of County Kilkenny ,
Ireland. U hen William was 0 weeks old tbo
family moved to Prairlo Sprlnc township ,
Johnson county , where thpy settled on n
farm. In IMii they removed to Sioux City
where tha eider Follis opened thf > tiioux City
house and ran it almost to Iho time of hli
death , in ISSS.
For ten years the victim was clerk of the
bioux City bouse , and since ISbl has been In
the real oita'.o and abstract business. In
1STS ho was elected county recorder nnd
served two years. In ISS't ' und lt > St Mr. Follls
eervud at Justtoo of the poaeo and pave great
hullsUctiou in that capacity , but refused n
renomlmiUon. Ho was sccrotarr of tbo Lin
coln KirK company and of ttio Julia Mica
Mining comnany , anil was for nine years a
director and secretary of tbo Mechanics'
liuildluK association.
The funeral will bo held from St. Mary's
church tomorrow morning at I ) o'clock. The
A. O. 11. , of which tuo deceased was n mem
ber , is expected to nUond in a oody.
U'lirUin on tliu Cute.
The nolico have today tnado stronuou1
efforts to trace the two men observed stand
ing on the bridge where the bloodstain'
were lound , but without success. The ho >
Ciibbs , whu saw thorn , cannot civo u still !
clriit description. A most careful search o !
the tTccl : bed and neighborhood fails to 11m
nuy weapon with which the murder wa ;
probably done. On the ether hand , to account
'
count f 'r the facts otherwise than that , o
murder is improoablo If not absolutely in ;
possible. The coroner's jury will resumi
tomorrow.
IOWA IIHII\VAYMIN.
s Two Men Held Uiiiunl Kahbetl ol Consider
II nlilc CiiKli.
FOHT DounK , la. , Nov. 'Jd. ( Special Tele
gram to Tin : I5Ei.J James Hood , n wealth
farmer living west of town , was held up b
two highwaymen last evening , itood wu
on hU wuy homo from town and had Jus
11 reached the outskirts of the city when li
11I.
I. was ordered to nnlt by two masked men wli
I.t
t , presented cocked rovohors at his head. Th
r. secured valuable watch
roobcra a gold an
chain and considerable sum of money
' After they left Hood he started to drive bac
.v
r- to town but wus Ualteu and had to drive bae
or bo that full of holes.
Ho finally got to town aud told his story t
llio police. Later In the nlghl Deputy Sno
UT London urrcslcd two susplcicus rbar.v
tcrs and found Iho watch aud money in the
possession. They gave tliolr names as lei
crt Millar and James Moran anil are now I
Jail. The uion are evidently profession :
° highwaymen.
Siov.v CITV. Iu. , Nov. -Special [ Tel
gram to TIIK Bui' . ) Thrco masked men ci
torcd Michael McDarmolt's groi-ory sloro i
id Ihu corner of D.ico and Wall streets la
night Just as ho nud his wlfo Were closlni
McDermott refused to give up his ruoiit
and two of them clubbed him ever the hoi
with revolvers , pounding him into Inscns
d , bility nud Indicting serious injuries. Tl
al
other overpowered Airs. McDermott at
ig took two sacks of monoy. McDermott w
leer recover. Two men have been arrested <
or suspicion.
I'HKltillT TH.I
> r-
ra
a Throe Men Klllnl Inn Hull I.Inn Wrrrk
ho
n.
,
no . Omrvoo. III. . Nov. 2J.--By the collUlon
two heavily laden froiRht trains on Ibo Bi
line road hear Iho crossing of tbo Alton ro ;
ild this morning tbreo lives were lost. TV
von men wuro Injured and may not recover. T
killed arn :
> n , JOHN BAdL'IIAMI' conductor
, Ball II
nl train.
nd UHHIAUU A. OTTO , liruUumun.
he l.ul.'IriUiU'lV. , llruinan.
mt Injuied ;
11 ? Tuout.s G.uii.iNii , engineer ,
as JOHN Hi : . r , bruk'jman.
ho Train No II of the Boil line was leuvi
[ la the city at a lively rate. Just ahead of
> at was n local freight which had slowed up ul
icr crossing uud before they count slop th
no crashed Into It.
lay
rus
lag \Vlilln llo Itemalna In Itiiil , It It Mcircily
homl I'ri'c iiitliuutry .Mcaiuns
.ho W.tSiiiiNiiro.v , I ) . C. , Nov. 20. Afler
: h3 comfortable night ex-Secretary Blaine w
bu better today , und according lo Iho report
Uls physician be U Improving very rapidl
ted
Mr. Blaine still keeps to his bed , but does
ow moro as n precautionary measure than I
lay ht uny other reason. In ihU matter Ko U f
; 10 lowli.g tuo udvico of his physician , w
ills thinks buuh precaution desirable , J >
md Blaine has hud no fever for ihe past t
days.
ma
m- Mnvnnrntft nl Ort-Hii .Stc'iiniiTi.
Liverpool A rri vod Georgian , Boston.
-La Now Yo
Havre--ArnvoJ Brcingno ,
Southampton--Arrived Allermao , N
hit York.
ito New Ycrk Arrived La Caampag
ard Havre- .
- Yom Arrived Servla , Liverpool '
G.
the Striiuirr Ito. a l.oe Deitriiyctl.
uhlt Mr.virius , Tcnn. _ Nov. 20. The teac
J.ttj | Hosa Leo of ihe Lee hue was destroyed
) In Uro this morning. Sbo was valued at f <
Mr. OOJ nr.d Insured for tJT.OOO. Purl of
ap- cargo , which was Icsuiedvas saved li
, au , condition ,
HE WAS RICH FOR A DAY
Qeorge I , Bngley's ' Exyerionco in Getting
Away with $100,000
SINGULAR STORY OF A DARING CRIME.
\Vfill l.-ilil 1'l.itn tii Stoat n 1'ortiino Dc-
ti-.itcd liy u l.icc ! or NITVO und .HIII-
lildliy on tlio I'urt of thn
1 lilL-r.
Probably no moro pjculiar express robbery
thtin that prpetr. led by Meiiongor ( Jeorgo
I. Diley oviir occurMd. publlshoj In
Tin : SUNOVV llRK , IJagloy was employed by
the United Sutos Kxprois company , and bis
run was ovnr the Ha.'k Island , between
Omaha and Chicago. When the Hack island
train No. li left Onulm Thuwuay afternoon
Hagloy was In charge of the express car , and
hadlu bis care several very valuable pack
age ? , among thorn two coutnlniir ' fo'J.OJO '
each , sent by the Omaha National bank nnd
consigned : to the First National Inuk of Uhl-
0.11:0. : U'hentholr.kln raachodChlc.igo on Fri
day morning both packages and Uaglay wcro
miislng.
Immodiatclv the express people began the
liveliest kindot huslliuir , and so successful
were they that within twenty-four hours
they were In possession of all Iho money ,
and Uagley was In Jail In Chicago.
The slory of the criiro is a stratigo mix-
lure of almost humorous bUndcriug nnd
stunting bqlduois on the n\rt ot the thief.
Ills daring in deliberately taking Iho money
and leaving the train , and hU subjoquont
stupidity in xvalking into the outstretched
hands of the Chicago police , and the childlike
frankness with which lie confo ed his
actions nnd pointed tlio way to whcro ha had
concealed the tnonoy in a hay mow , form the
inharmonious detain of n slory Ihat has few
counterparts In th-j annals of crlmo.
ilajloy b3gan work for the United Status
Express company over twelve years nso us
station agent at Davenport , I . By years of
service there ho boc iuo n trusted man , and
a year ago last January no was promoted to
the position of express messenger and given
n run from Chicago to Omaha on the fust train
thut runs oyor the Chicago it HOCK Island
road from Chicago to Djnvcr. This is ono
of the most important runs in thu service ,
and up to the present tlmo nothing has ever
lakeu place lo shako Iho company's con
fidence In liugloy.
Tbo Brat Intimation Iho express company
had of something wrong was when the books
were checkdd up Friday morning and u
shortage of SIUO.OUO was found. It was not
KnoA'ii on what run thu shorlazo bad taken
place , but as Bagloy had fulled lo coma into
Chicago on lib Irani suspicions against him
were nroustd.
llo\v lloViis TiiUcn.
Immediately the pollen were given an nc-
curalo description of the thief , und a watch
was set tor him. Ungloy roomed when in
Cmcago at 3111) ) MtchiL'un avenue. This fact
was learned by tbo delectlvos , und u posse
went lo the house. A search was made , but
nothing was found. Ton was aboutI
o'clock on Friday afternoon. When the de
tectives were leaving the house , one of them
went out the back way into the alloy , and
there ho saw a man trying to sneak in by
the rear entrance. The detective oroucbt
his revolver to bear , oxpzctmg a desperate
resistance In case he had ttio daring robber.
Rut the man gave up without resistance ,
nnd on being hauled into the light proved to
bo the missinc Baglcy ,
He tried to put on uu innocent air , and do.
mriadcd to know why no was arrestea. Hu
pcrintendeut IJeLong of the express com
pauy called his ultenlion to Iho fact that hi <
run'1 checked up JlOO.l'OO short , and wantei
to know what had become of the money
llagley insisted tn.it bo uneu- nothing of it
The safe had been locked when ho lef
Omaha and was still locked when ho goi
"loft" nt Davenport. Assistant ( Jenoral
Atrent ShQpurd , however , putUngioy througl
u hot lire of cross-questioning , und finally D ;
his parsuablon succeeded in trolling Ituglc ;
lo unbosom himself and tell Uo\v no took thi
money und what ho did with it.
'n Candid Ctiufusslon.
According to Barley's confession ho wen
Into the express olllcij nt Omaha und cbcckei
out his run at ti p. m. Thursday. The $100 ,
OOJ was put in u small portable safe mi
hauled lo tbo denotVliero tint station agon
with hu dial uut tbo money into : bo statloi :
ary safe in the express car. The agent b
custom left Iho sale door oucn , but Bogle ,
hlmsolf slummed il to und locked it , anil
with an honest air , tried lo see that it wn
seeiirely locked , The ugeut remarked I
Bucley : ' 'What do you do that foi
when you have to get stuff acres
the river ut Council Bluffs ! " But this nt
parent move of honesty on Bagloy's part wn
a link In a well conceived schema of robber ;
The train pulled out of Omaha all right , an
the Council 11 luffs puckuco * hail lo bu Ibrow
on Iho Hoar because Iho safe was locked. A
Das Moincs tbo ugontcumcdown to tno trai
with his dial and unlocked tbo safe , who
Bagloysuld : "Oh , llio man closed Iho flat
ul Omaha and I couldn't get soruo snld
Jowclrv packages In from Council Bluff :
Lot's throw thorn aside. " With that Baglt
threw sonio packages aside , but thuy wei
Iho Iwo f.U,001) ) packages ho had slyly lake
trom ibo safe while It was open In cros
lug lha Missouri river This was la !
ga'go .Master McUullough's sleeping lira
At Iowa City Bntrley boueht the bags i
'potatoes and .scercied the packages of monc
m them , llo unloaded the bags at Dave
uort and ostensibly missed galling back i
Iho irain itinre.
' \Vhun ll I.I'll thn Cnri.
' I had six sacks of potatoes lu the car
said Hurley. "With Ihom also I had i
amply sack , As the train draw near
Davunport McCollnugh , the hasgagoma
of laid down In ono corner of the car 10 slec
It II was my lurn on watch. I opened tnu e
id press safe anil looked iittlio iwo big packag
of currency trhlch It contained. Each
.TO . them was. sealed aud stamped , and eai
10 contained ? .VJ,000 , 1 lore ouen 01
of the packages' und took out fl.UC
Then tbo thought came to mo th
I mluht ns well bu hanged for a sbrop as
lamb. I picked up Iho amply potato sac
look Iho two packages of currency fiom il
safe , and put them into Iho bag , Thee
locked the safe und wailed. Wo nulled i
I al the Davenport station al ! l o'clock in I
il morning , McColtough wcke up a > id 1 ihro
< ila tha suclts ot potatoes onto the platform , o
after .he other. Last of all I threw out tl
ey
sack containing Iho fUM.OOTT. 1 Jumped o
atlor il and Just then the irain started
pull oui. I waved my hand lo McColloui
and culloJ out. 'I'll Jump on the oack car.1
"I watched Iho lighls of Iho train tu
away and tho'i lurncd and talked 10 t
ucut. I told him to huvetho potalous so
a up to my nouso In tiio morn ing. Then
is picked up tuo sack containing Iho monc
isof threw u over my shoulder und started i
. alone. I went straight to the birn , whe
y.so the money was found this morning , und t
seer It under the hay in Iho loft. Fim 1 look c
oral * (1,000 , from ibo broken package.
ho Sli\rlud In ( let ii i/itryrr.
Ir.vo "Al 7 o'clock Friday morning 1 board
> vo Kock Island train No. 12 and rode us far
Gonosco. Thrro I got off and went 10 :
James Kay , a barlondnr , whom I know ve
well , I asked him if ho would keen so
money ( or ma nnd wtien bo said hu wouli
rk. cave htm $900. I kept 55' ) myself , and I h
BW Ihat. In my clothes when I wus arresii
ibougb the oftleers dla not tlnd il , " and Bi
no , ley smiled us be rooouuiad ihe only polut
which ho had outwltled the delecllvcs. '
"I had several drinki during Ibo moruli
and wbvn No. 'i came in on her way to C
capo I got on board. I bought a ticket , fo
icr knew my pass would at once identify u
My tuca lu com IDS I" Chicago was lo tei
by lawyer. I was badly worried about \
" ? ' " money. I kepi thinking , 'Suppoio ibe i
be man should go up in the loft wlih
t a pilchfork aud discover lha stuff ; Bupr <
some tramp should crawl la lucre to sli
nnd rob mo ot my money. ' I thought It
would have been very much safer to have
put the stuff in mr wife's \\ush boiler and
bury It , Tnen it would have been * nfa.
" 1 not off the lralr : ni Knglowood and wcnl
bvor lo my room , Mrs. Scolt's on the
northeast corner ol Michigan nvonuo nnd
Thirtieth slre.et , 1 did not seoanybody there ,
but Just chaiipoi my clothes -and weal out.
I put tha SoO in a llttlo pocket In the insldo
ot my coat and they did not tlnd it , cither ,
when they searched mo. I wont out then and
look n big drtrik of whisky nt n saloon on
Thirty-lint ukroot. Afier lhal I felt hotter
ami I siariedidown Ihe alley lo go Into Lo
gan's rooms br ihe roar entrance. There ihe
cop. ' caught ma.1
Recovering tlio Money.
Bagley willingly agreed to nccompntiv the
express company's ofliclalslo where ho hud se
creted the monoy. And so Superintendent Da-
Long and Assistant General Aeont Sliepard
Blurted with him at 10 o'clock Friday night for
Davenport , It was 3 o'clock Saturday morn
ing when th prtrly slopped from Iho Irain nt
Iho Davenport dopot. A blinding snowstorm
was rasing ind lha twitch lights cave only
Illful glosms In the blark night. The lown
was rolled up In slumber , nnd when
Iho nolso of the train died nway
iu the distance sllonco settled
down everywhere. Then begun n long
and wearisome tramp to tbo spot whore Bag-
ley had "nlantodl1 the stolen monoy. Alter
n tramp of utmost two miles , Bnglcy baulciU
up at a llltlo white barn , Baeloy suddenly
scaled a ladder and disappeared in the hay
mow above , leaving Deling and Sh'jpard in
Iho durknois bslow. Evoryihlng was silent
for ono tnlnuto , iwo rnlnuios and ilunlly llvo
minutes.
"George , where are you I" yelled Sliepard ,
growing restless In the dark.
George stuck hlsHiead out from the hay
loft UDOVO and answered ; "I'm nil riRht ,
I'm trotting it out. "
Shepard tbeli lignied another match Just
about the lime Ihat a big oil nun , two tin
palls and largo gunny sack OJmo tumbling
down from the hay'loft , Aud Hasley came
tumbling down with them.
"Laws o' nussy ! What's nil that , George ! '
exclaimed Sliepard.
"That's the 'stuff,1" replied George.
Upon oxauiluiitiou It was found that the
bottom was knocked out of the big ilve-g.il-
lon oil can , and It was crammed full of § iO
bills. The two lln palls wcro packed full or
$ JJ bills and tuo remainder was in Iho old
gunny sack. The slolon money had bson put
tin in two packages , each ouo of which con-
luincd f.VJOJO. Ono big package was made
up of 10J small J.T03 packages. Each S50.0JO
package was compressed into the size of UlxS
Inches. But when all the sin a. I uackngos
were ODOiied they bounced up to enormous
size and would havp Illled a good sized bag.
A detective visited Gencsco and bad llttlo
trouble gettinc Ihe money Bagloy left with
Saloonkeopjr Kay , and by Saturday at 4
o'clock S'.UV.)3J ' ) of" had
thoj $100,000 been re
covered nud was locloed up iu Iho express
company's safe at Chicago.
lluglpy' * ) Great Schomc.
Devolonmouts mauo ita lllllo diftlcull for
the rr.cssencor to prove that his dishonesty
was the result of"a sudden Impulse. The
nvo f.VJ,000 packages slolon wcro con
signed from "tlio Oiaaha National bank
to the First National bank of Chicago.
The packages wera Uono up in brown
paper and sealed. lu the oxpresa car is n
stationary safe built in pUci in the
car , and it is burglar aud ilro proof ,
aud anchored down with strong chains
and iron rods. Ono peculiarity of the
safe M Unit the dial comes off the com
bination look. 'This ' i * for precaution
against thefts by mossenscrs. On Bug-
ley's run there are „ . , only three station
agents v-ho have dials ana can unloc * the
safe the agents nt Omaha , Des Moines
and Chicago. Tljp stullon agent ut Omaha
opens this thrqiigb i. e.afe und put ? in
his through packages , locks it and carries
nway his dial. Tuosutue Is dona by the ngont
at D2s Moincs. 'Thus the express messenger
cannot open the safe vonroute. But on Basr-
loy's route Iho custom was lo leave this
through safe open at Omaha until the train
crossed the river , nnd olhar packages could
bo thrown ia at Council Blults , when it wus
theu lucked by ibo mesaonfjar on Iho train.
No dial was required to look the door. Hero
was the loophole that made il possible for
Bagley lo take $100,000.
.ii.iuiititv Tit.iaiu.
Huron .laeqnci ilu Kelnucli Driven to .Sell
Destruction liy I'miitiii'i Agitation ,
[ ropyrlshtetl \ by Jamot GnMou Il3nii3lt.l
PAIIIU , Nov. 20. [ Now York Ilu-ald Ca
ble Special to Tin ; BBE.J A new scandn :
has arisen lo set the longue of the gossip ?
going. A great sematioaTi crauted today
j when Raron Jacques do Kclnacn was fount
dead lu his bod. The discovery was made in
the morning. Baron do Kolnach was coca
promised in Iho I'naamii canal souulal.
Ills family have given out that dcjith was
duo lo congoallon , blit the general opinion li
Ihat it a case of suiojdo and Ibis liypolhosU
is about correct. It Is feared that tomorrow
wo shnll have some now revelations of i
startling character * . "
Ciuisrd liy JpitliniHy.
What the Kronen call n divuna do Jealousl. .
bus Just taken pluoa in the Place de * Vic
acquaintance of n young dressmaker , Louis
Blefnot. Friendship scon riiionod into :
faux mcuago. The third character in th
drama was a Greek named Maschopoul
Lonthorios , who came to 1'arls lo study law
but who. on account of flnanctal dlfllcultiea
was obliged to take domctio curvico. Th
Greek soou conceived u piisslon for the rau
tress of hUmnploi'or , but was at llrst repulse
by her. Sadulas was called away to Turbo
ou business. In his absence ho confided th
care of his house tu , .Mnschoponlo ana th
coast was thus cleared. The Greek at one
renewed his suit. Louise Bicfnol would bnv
nothing to do with him but went to live i
the Uuo SI. Joseph ,
The last mil of llio drama was playo
today , at the establishment of Cnevet ,
tailor lu the plnco dcs Victories , whor
Lomso was employed The GTOCK came t
call under n pretext of haudlng ncr a lolioi
i , Aspnon ns iio saw hnr ho piilled her out o
Iho landing nnd altdckd her with a knlfi
striking her eight liiiies on Iho hand. Nelgt
bors seized Iho would-be munieivr , who wo
taken bufora a commissary of police , to whoi
ho confessed the crime , saying Jealousy hu
driven him lo It , llo was immediately ser
10 llio prison. The poor woman is In a dui
gorou ? condition , 4wiih sovcral soriou
uoutuU.
Nlppuil Unvuluil in.
froiyrlflili'.l | I33J by ilamiM ( iordon Mjnnett. )
YAMMimso , .Qrilllj ( via Oalvoston , Tex
Nov. 20. | By Me icoii cable to New Yoi
Herald Special lo = Tui : BRC.J An olaborai
plot was dlscoveroililuio lust night to but
nown many prqmlneat houses In Santiaz
sack the .Sloncda , seize Captain Goi
to
nud n number of other naval ofllcer
III und , If possible , to inaugurate a ravoli
lo uiionnry movement ; The plot originate
apparently la tno t vcn rcglmcntti ol tt
line , many of the onicers of which wei
I known to DO In sympathy with Balmacuda
tollowcrs.
y.nr As soon as the plot tvas discovered tt
'ringleaders were put under urresi. Carval
ro , d Ove u , who was buimimdlng the Fifl
u" division under Ilalmaccda , who In
been In Jail 'for ibo pjsl tbreo month
was hurriedly lakon from jail , pi
aboard ot a Irani and brought to Yalparai *
where ho was pluml for safe Itqeplngnboai
as tbo corvette Alja5 | , A Dumber of otb' '
ee prominent BulmacedlslH 'will bo pluct
ry under nrrest nt once. 'Iho Greundlc
no and the First artillery , which a
11 atallouo'J at Saittlago , are thorough
ad loyal , and , whllo ijio disqaviry of Iho pi
add , has been kept as 'lulol as possible by tl
IB- government , there n no reason to fear ai
IBin Jurther trouble. Tbu people of Cum hu1
enough of revolution and art ) not liUely
Join iu auy insurrectionary movement.
il-
lnmuiliilj : I'lru in Torn.
- lir ] J ui Comon HenDoll.1
i a LIMA , 1'oru ( via Galvouon , Tox. ) , No
ho 20 , | Uy Mexican Uaulo lo Ibo New Yn
ild Heruld-Special to Tins Ute.-A | fl
us at Huen.it Ventura yesterday moruintr d
to stroyed between sixiy and seventy Dull
ep lng , Including ibc court bou e aod prUou ,
I I tlllOT \ t < P * I\P PI I 1IPP
ALMOST A SEA Ol < r LAMES
Several Nebraska Counties Swapt by a
Damaging Prairie Fira.
SETTLERS FLEEING FOR THEIR LIVES
I .a ! < ( * , Citvot nnilV -1U ( lrriiilpil | liy Thojn
in the I'litli to AMild Omuntlim
Llttlo ld < M nl llio D.im iso
Cun lie Secured.
Ncwi-oiiT , Nob. , Niv. 2) . [ SpoclKl Tele
gram to 'I'm ; Bur . I One of the wont vratrio
lliei Kock county ever wllnossuu started
lodny while the wind was blowing n hurrl-
c.uie. The llro is supposed lo nuvo started
from u sp.irk from u farm house ouo milo
cast of Baisett , spreading about three or
four miles in width , sweeping everything
before it. The damage at 10 o'clock tonight
will bo hard to estimate , bat will probably
bo from $10,000 to fcl5.033. The MrmoH ,
with the help of about 2JJ panpla from New
port nnd Bassott , by hard llghttur ; , saved
thousands ot dollars worth of properly
which otherwise would have bseti duslroyoJ.
ItVIMII I'l ht tar 1.1IV' .
It seamed to bo a light for life as well
as properly. Several families were
compelled to seek corn Holds , lakes , wells
and CAVOS fo HUVO Ihelr lives. The losers
In Ibis vlcinlly are : J. W. King , 200 ions
baled hay and about 103 Ions in slack ; Dick
Balllngcr , 200 tons b.ilod hay and about 230
tons lu stank and ouo bay press owned by
Thomas IIuw. Four or llvo farm houses
with barns and granaries bolonglug to oilier3
here wcro burned.
Ao near as can bo learned no lives wcro
lost. Several largo ranches llllo.l with bay
were burned. 1'ooplo iu this valley depend
ent on their bar for thalr living have lost all
and will probably suffer this winter. The
lire Is still burning nl this writing , going in
a soulhcait direction. It will bo impossible
to estimate the damageoulsido of Kock
county ,
TO INTIHTAIN TIIK TAUMKIIS.
How Lincoln Will llocplvo the Dptognlcs to
tliu NiitUiinil emigres * .
LINCOLN , Nob. , Nov. 20.- [ Special to
THE BCK. ] The city of Lincoln proposes to
entertain HIP several hundred delegates to
the National Farmers congress in a minnar
welt calculated to sustain her reputation for
hospitality. The daily sossious will com-
mcuco la representallvo boll at Iho state
house Tuesday. In the senaloehatnberat the
other end of the bulldinc will bo an cxhiblit
especially designed to Illustrate Nebnuka's
manifold agricultural and industrial
inturesls. Under dlrocliou of - Gov-
oruor Furnas , about 3JO square fcal
of table space has been arraugod , and upjti
thcso tables will bo shown not only the
products ot Nebraska soil , uut Iho various
forms of the manufactured article. E'or In
stance , the beet susar indmlry In all its de
tails will bo represented by a line exhibit by
lha Oxnnrda , under the supervision of M. A.
Luun.- 'Thd'-'Fremont' tiviuo' factory ; "tho
Holt County Chicory company , the \Vood-
'
man LUisoe'd Oil company "and the Nebraska
City Cereal company will all bo represented.
The Kearney coitoa mill will have an ex
hibit und the State Dairy association will
make a specially tine display.
In addition to llns display in Iho sonata
chain bur there will bo a ironoral program for
theontcrlammonlof the visiting dolocates.
This program U in the hands of a compe
tent committee and bus not yet been com
pleted. The list of committees nt work is as
follows :
Executive M. L. Troster , O. J. King. E.
U. Slzer , Kobert W. Furuas , C. A. Atklu
son ,
Finance J. II. McClay , Louie Mover , W.
M. Shtpman , J. J. Butler , A. Hnitur.
Carriapo Itido-lt. H. Onklev , A. N. WvcolT
13. It. Si/er , O. W. Webster , C. M. 1'arker
Joseph Burns. A. D. Kitchen , J. H. McMur
ory , O. J. Klnc and D. W. Moseley.
Badges II. S. Hotchklss , H. M. Buslmell
Al. A. Lunn.
Music A. Halter , 11. R. Heath , J. M
Thompson.
Reception M. L. Trcstor. S. D. Cox.It. H
Oakley , C. A. AtUlnson , Alexander Halter
W. O. Jones , O. J. King , W. Morton Smith
II. E. Heath , M. A. Lunn , I'rofs. Ingev
toll. Couitney , F. F. Kooso. W. M. Croan
C. F. Creighlon , Overtoil Bent , J.C. . BrUcoe
Uov. Jchn lluwott. 1'rof. O. B. Ilowell
C. M. Branson , J. H. Wescott , Hon. A. II
Weir , J. II. McClay , Major Klcuiscu , lion
A. H. Humph rev.
Decoration L. J. Byer.s , W. E. Churchli )
J , S. Bishop , J. B. Ferguson , L. L. E
Steward , S. J. DenuisV. . A. Coolo , Loui
Olio , Brad Cook.
. Now D.illy In Contemplation.
H Is generally admitted ou all sides thn
Lincoln is lo have u new democratic dull
newspaper , although no ono seams to kno\ \
anything about thu men who arc behind tb
enterprise. Ilisclalmo.1 by thosa whouffoc
to know that lha project contemplates
Ural-class newspaper pi. nl , n capital n
1 $1)0,000 ever and above Ihe neil of crjulpmoii
nnd a morning daily with comnloto now.s sei
vico. Tno parties back of thn enterprise ,
is continently asserted , po into tlio projei
with the calculation of sinking M.oja pc
month for the llrst year ; but , utido froi
the cerialnty that at least $5,000 is lu be lo.
In thu enterprise every month , nothing del
nlta can bo learned.
Tried lo Koli n Dummy.
John W. Collins , n railroad man , was dl
covered in the act of romovlnc a lady
cloak from u dummy tlguro in front of tt
Bo/ar. on O street , last night. W. C.JColn
ono ol Ibo clerks , observed bis uc'ions an
mada an effort to hold him until an ofllci
could ho summoned. Collins broke and rn
until ho brought ui > in the arms of Dbtecih
found. Olllcer Cariilhan came along at It
sumo lime nnd Collins was taken lo thu at
tlon.Vhen searched a now tlanncl shir
Eomc now handkerchiefs und Eocki woi
found and Iho police believe they have en
lured Iliu man who has been stealing sinu
articles from different clothing stores with
tbo vast few weoics.
'
Lincoln In Ili-lof.
D
a The tire department was called to Twbr.t
third und O streets at V ! o'clock tins ufte
noon by a blaze In a small outbuilding.
Keul oNtato iransfcri for Iho past woi
amounted to ( I'jri.SIU "U. The total for tl
year up to date , is $ Ti.'l'JIOS ' ? 5.
d David I'arKer , the colored man , charci
o with writing obscene loiters lo an Onml
u woman , was last evur.lng bound over to tl
s United States district court. In default
bull ho was sent lo J il.
0jj jj , llllllltll !
s , Nob. , Nov. fj ) . [ Special to Tu
Bii.lN , Wilhelm und wifoioft for DJIIVC
Colo. , last Wednesday night , whwra thu
will spend thu winter. Albert Siognor la
for Strator , Nob. , Wednesday oveinng. Cla
Van Houton started for Burlington , la , , la
Thursday evening , where he has accepted
petition. Ka Lee of Madrid , Neb. , U vlsl
Incr friends hero ibis week. Milt Uecht
bulmer loft for Cluc-mo last Thurtday , V
K. St. John wus at tone over Sundnv ,
JumoK .lurrot , soliciting freU'bt ugcnl
Iho B. ft M. of Lincoln , uscompaulcd Jam
Stephens on nU visit , hero last Kundur ,
Mrs. bamucl Stroiuo and I. II. Klcli
went to Tecuniiitili Thursday , called by t
deuth of a sister. Miss Josslq Cultiy U ij'Jl
r. sick with typhoid fever ,
, jj :
-bratlu * < Tire ( Erruril.
j Fnicxi ) , Nob. , Nov. 20. ( Special Tolegrs
j. lo Tni ; BKCJ Tbo Una rosldcnco of Jose
Giluiore caught tire this evoulag. By i
prompt , action ot the llro company thn bulld-
Inff was saved ,
Sii.vcn Cnr.nK , Neb. , Nov. 2J. | Snoela\ \
Tolecram to TUB Br.G.J The Silver Crack
Times building U btirnine. It Is suppoiad
to bo the work ot an Incjndlary.
CI.OMI > TIII : CO.NVI.NTH.S. :
Mcliru-lui Y. M. C. A , Hrlpi ; : > t Ciinoluilo
uu InlrrfHllns .Mrrtlnj ; lit llaMlne * .
II.TIMH , Neb. , Nov. -iSneclal Trie-
cram to TUB Br.t : . ] Today Iho 1'rotcitanl
churches of Iho city of Hustings wcro almost
entirely surrendered .o Iho Young Men's
Christian association of Nebraska. Many of
llio luading lights ot the -or-lntlon tilled Iho
pulpits of soma ot the best churcho * , ns fol
lows : MothodUt Episcopal , A. Nash , state
secretary , of Omaha ; Christian , I.V. . Mcs-
ser , general secretary , ot Chicago ; Cougrc-
g.illonal , It'iv. A. J. Nathan of Oklahoma ;
Prcsbvturlau , John U. M.ilt of New York ,
Internallonal college sccroinrv ; Baptist , G.
\V. I'urUn , poneral secrot.uy ut Lincoln.
At ! ) o'clock p. m. the boys' branch meet
ing at the association rooms was nddrossud
by Lovl Levering of Bcllevuo college mid
Socni.nry Mossor of ChlC'igo. A ladles'
mccilug nt tbo Cougrosailoual church
nt llio sumo tlmo was led by
Parks of Lincoln. An hour later
a mooting for voting imm at Duttou's hull
was nddroiscd by Uov. A. J. Nalhnu of
Onlnlionui , the convcrtod Jew. In llio oven-
ln after Iho Christian Endeavor societies ,
meeting In ' .ho lecture room , Iho sliding
doors were thrown open , making _ ono
big auditorium , nud it was com
pletely Illleil. as all of the pro-
lestant churches In Iho city had adjourned
Iholr sorvico. After a couple of rousltu :
SOURS , sorlpluro reading and prnyer , L.V. .
Mosser spolto on "What the Community Has
aKIghtto Kxpjct of the Association and
What Iho Association Has u-Ithiht to Ex
pect of Iho Community.1 Mr. Molt-follow
ing , tola why the people should believe In
the Young Men' * Cnrlstnn association. The
session closed with a rousing farewell meet
ing , u number of the youns delegates mills-
lug short ftpjecuci , and tolling of the good
douo by thu convention.
Wrst 1'iilnt .Nmvs Notm.
\VcT POINT , Nob. . Nov. 2J. [ Spscial
to Tun Br.K.-President | A , W. Bloy ot
the manufacturing co-upnny returned to
his homo in New York Thursday.
El n und Kr.iuso aid his force are busily
engaged In tearing uu tha southeast portion
of the court house , preparatory to the creel
ing of a vault.
\V. U. Artmau has conlractcd for nearly
100 acres of ground for sugar boot planting
for next season. The remit of this y oar's
crop so far uxcaeJcd his anticipation that hu
Is encouraged to enter moro extensively into
Iho business next year.
A pleasant party of friends gathered l''rl-
dav ovenlnc at llio Nelich house lo upend a
social evening nnd bid farewell to Mr. and
Mrs. J. I > . Baker and family. Many regrets
were expressed at lo lu such a family. Mr.
Baker has been not only a successful busi
ness man. bu' a generous contributor to nil
benevolent institutions and privalo charities
in West Point. The family will locate lu
Omiibn for the present.
Councilman A. Derr and John Hoffman ,
two contractors In this suction , spcurgU tuo
contract for the building or tha addition to
the brewery In this city. The oddillon is
; i."ix4. ) , nnd will bo four stories high. It has
been figured and found the buUdlus and ma
chinery " complete will aggregate nearly
f 18,000"
Stubbed it 1 itrmnr.
PI.ITTSMOUTII , Nob. , Nov. 20. | Special to
Tun BiiK.J Saturday night Cbarloj Vnnde-
wventer , n "farmsr'llvlng near this el y , was
the victim of u peculiar stabbing affray. Ho
will not tell where it was doao or who did It.
Ho does say this much , however , mat ho meta
a man who Jutnpad down off of a huyracu
and did the worx , The would-be assassin
aimed for Vandovontor's' honrt , Iho blade
penetrating Just below the left nipple aud
biircly missing his heart.
Divlil : city Litigation.
I\vii ) CITV. Nob. , Nov. 2) . [ Special to
Tin ; Ben. | District court will convene bore
tomorrow , lion. William Bates presiding ,
Tlio docket snows lot civil oases , including
thirteen divorce cr.sos. The criminal docket
shows six cases.
I'uiiKiux / 'V.V.I.X7.Ittirnr. \ .
DiMumnt intrVura Ihirdcucil liy tlio Ac
tion ol llio lliiic : ! iif lOtiKliiiul.
LONIION , Nov. 20. Discount WES easier al
the beginning of llio week but nfterwnid
hardened down as tbo Bank of Eueland re
sorted to borrowing In ordur to reduce ttii
market supply. G rmany's withdrawals
Irom the Bunk of F.nu'lanil appreciably In
llupuced the market whleli H very sonMllvo ,
It appears here probable that discount rates
have seen their lowest level for this year , foi
wllh foreign exchanges against London ut
trading gold abroad nnd now foreign loan.1
pending , an advance seems luevllable.
Ou Iho bourse business was fairly acilvo ,
Brllish and most Indian svcurlltai Imnrovccl
a trlllo but rupco paper fell one-fourth pnj
contin sympathy with the decline of silver ,
Foreign government securities with tlio ex
ception ot South American bonds v.-era nc
plectcd , the steady decline of the Argentine
gold premium lo 1SU , making a fall o
thirty points in thn current monlh
and caused a rise , lu Argaiitini
securilios , b'lt ' there was a siibscoucnt re
action which loft only fractional udvanrci
for Iho week. Uruguayan bonds shnwci
Ihe blggosl mlvnnc'o - : : par ccnl. Cuilluui
elnsecl onn point , nlgnnr. Mexican ( is closet
live hlslK.'r. lu English railway securitR-i
there wus liltlo business aud only slight ad
runccs were recorded.
American railway securllins opened with i
general advance , Uut afterwards became un
sealed owing lo Wall street influcuce-i
Prices closed Saturday with a nearly all
round decline , AtcuUon especially was li
dibtaror.
On tlui lliului llntirxi' .
Nov. 20. On Iho bourse durln
tbo past weolf iiitcniallonul funds with th
exception of Kussians were linn. Russia
per cent lower an
roubles receded ono point. Austrian crcdl
closed two points liit'lier nn Vienna buying
Iron und steel snare : ! , which advanced nftti
tha American elections on the strength o
the idea Ibut Mr. I'lovelnnd'A oleotlun woul
result In iucrcuicd exports to Amerlc.
have now relapsed , us it U rei
ogulzod as mi Impossibility UN
Ills election could n licet matcrli
improvement In Iho iron trail o , scolng Hi :
thi > Iron exports to America are only H binu
portion thu German Irado and all thu bei
ollls Iho reduction of Iho American toil
k would bavo would full nearlv ml on llio lui
10 tile Indusliles. Saturday's linul ( juotatlui :
ineludllnrpencr ; , ' ! ) ; short cxchaiigu a
id London , 20 ; long , III' . , .
' " On tlio 1'iirix
jj I'AIIIS , Nov. 20. Thwo was an Increase (
speculative business on llio bourse duiin
Iho week , but decline Iransactlous were feIn
In number , Inienia'.lonat funds wei
bllchtly llrmer. Credit Fonder close
T'af ' lower owing to uio s attack * . 1'anuii
canal clo < ed 2 , ' f lower , Hfo Tinlos closed > .
y higher. Sut muni ufler receding closed '
rt >
higher.
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On Dm Kniiildnrt llniir < c.
Fit.VNKrouT , Nov. 20-1'ricns wcro flrun
on the bour o during the past week. The
wus llttlo movement lu iutenmtUnul bond
Yoslerday'a closing quolatlons include An
irlau crodll , Mv lluiiparlan cold route
W ; privalo discount , ' . . , ' jicrceut.
Nrliri : > * KiiiiK Hi
Ol Ciiif.no. Ill , Nov. 20.-Spoclal ; Tolecra
ie lo Tin : IHuNebrasKaiib : ) at C luca ;
lo hotels : Grand Paeilic--Mrs. Wrlylit , Ml
ICmitia Gaylord , S. (5. ( V. Grlswold , Omah
Audllorlum Max Baruvlt , L. I ) . Fowler. J
A. LU'.le. CbatlCH C. Upham , Lincoln. Wi
m llDgion CbarloH F. Perry , Omaha. Gre
Norlhern L. Carson and wife , Mi
tie Murmo Curiou , Glllcnt Guferl ,
STUBBORN FIRE TO FIGHT
Hulliugor & Haley's ' Drug Sloro Oleanatl Oul
nnd Misfit Olotbing Perlors Daningeil ,
TWO HOURS HARD LABOR FOR FIREMEN
StnrtiMl In tlip Tup Story of l'nr
mini Street tlliu'U , unit I'rmr Very
Illlllrult to i\llncuuh : llio
IlMllllllttMl t.l ) 1.
A tire last night In the bloc ! : on the south
sldo of Farnatn street , boiwocn Thirteenth
nnd Fourteenth street * , proved ono of the
tin rd 031 to h audio which the O.naha depart *
men i has attacked forsomu tlmo.
The block consists of a solid row ot three-
story brick buildings , each onu occupied bjr
linns carrying valu.ihlo 8tocit ! . Three of
thostoro bulUllugs , iU7 : , i : > 09 and I3ll , were
moro or less damaged ami only hard ntid tN
fcctlvo work by the flromvn prevented the
destruction of the entire block , for the build *
lugs are all constructed on tbo best plan to
make n goad blaze.
About I'Js'-'O Uatroltru.t Savajn and Damp'
soy saw Humes issuing from Ibo rear ot tlio
lulrd story ot KUf , ccc luiod by Hulllncrar t *
HiU'.v the druggists , and turned In the
alarm. The ofllcer on the beat at the sama
tlmo noticed lUmes bsulm ; from tha front ,
windows of tbo third Ibor of the same build *
Ing.
I'lnmn < Wt > n M'alllnon thorn.
The dcuartiunnt nude a quick response ,
but n roaring column of llamo had sprung
from the roof baforo the arrival of tbo tlrst
wagon. Two streams were sent into a rear
window almost immediately , and for a
tiiinuto it leaked as U the lira
was to bo a short-lived one. but
H boon sprang up again , ar.d though six
or eight lines of hose poured into the third
story a doluco of water which soon Hooded
the sidewalk nnd gutters the bluzo only
scomoJ to roar the harder. A general alarm
had been sent , tu and the streets ou both
sides ot the block wore lined with trucks
and hose cart * .
ladders were run up in front and roar and
pipemon were at worn at nearly every win
dow.
In a very short tlmo the roof of the dru-f
j store was n mass of Ihiuma nnd the falling
limbers communicated the llamos to the
Moor below in half a dozen places. Smouo
poured out of every door and window , blind-
lug tbo workers in slroot.nnd alley.
A rumor circulated through the crowd
which had gathered that an explosion was
imminent , aud the crowd gave tbo llrcincn
and police a wide dcrth.
An Immense quantity of water had .boon
poured Into the upper story , which fro zcon
the sidewalks and down the front of the
bulldinc , so that ihn Urcmou bad added to
their other difficulties trouble in kccpniff
Ibcir foot.
CiuiRlit In tlio ClotliliiK Parlor * .
WUhlu.twenty minutes after the breaking
out of the lire nnd shortly after the fall ot
the roof of the dm ; ; store smoke was seen
pouring from the windows of the MuQt
Clothing parlors : ioxt door , contain
ing n stock valued at SSO,000 ,
nnd the lighting up of thu windows aboro
showed Ihat the Ilimos had found their way
there. liy this tlmo the department had n
hydra-hoaded lit-Lit ou its bauds , und ns soon
as the blaza wai subdued in ono place it
broke out in another.
Two cr three 8lronm3 were at , once ell-
ivctuU into the third Hour of the clothing
store , doing an immunsoiimountof damage to
the stock , but necessary to subdua tbo blaze.
Next door west of the clothing par
lors is the building occupied oy
the Jonas .Icwolry company , and It
was fecred that lire would rtnd Us way here ,
hut the firemen succeeded In keeping it
down. Semi little damage was done to the
Jawelry house by smoke and water. The
United States Ex pi ess company's ofllco cast
of the drug store , whara tha lira originated ,
was also damaged slUhtly.
About l'M : the flames wuro under control ,
after having destroyed the two upp'erlloors
of iyi)7.
It is supposed that the lira originated in
the basement and crawled up a partition In
some way to the roof where Jim soun ,
l.uhH on lliiildiiiKs mill Stock.
The buildings are the property of the
Crcighton estate , ot whipli John A. McSUauo
Is the administrator. They were valued at
$100,000. which is an exaggeration.
Jasper Lookabau h , a driver tor the ox *
press eompin.y who bleeps in tha building ,
claims the credit of bending In the llrst.
nlartu.
Mr. Simon Goldsmith , of the clothing com
nany , was bruugnt Irom his residence.
Txvunlv-fourth and Harnoy streets , und
Flro Reporter Board luccctCcd In pet
ting Messrs , Charles and Joseph
( ioldsmlib upon the scene nbout 1 : 'JO ,
U hen .seen Mr. Joseph Goldsmith said that
the linn carried mi fSu,000 Hto'clt , with.
j.'iJ.DOl ) Insuranco. Tbo toss will bo possibly
Slfi.O'JO.
Mr , Kuley ot Iho dru firm could not bo
found , but the lo > s on hU utock by lire ,
water and smoke is estimated ill $5,000 ;
amount of Insurance not known.
The United Suites Kxprois company's
mnnugor was early upon the scene and
succeeded In saving tils records , mid boyoml
u possible lods of f"OJ , principally by water
aiul smoke , thu company sustained llttlo
itijury.
'J'lio total Inns on buildings as nearly ns
fould be asou-talncd will roach ut lousx
tfj.OOO , tully covered by Insurance.
IIIIIENII : > A NTOM : VAUD.
Drrxrl & J' H Suirur neiverely from I'lre >
TIKI Jltjintii HurfiiMl.
The stone yard ot Drexel & Foil at Sixth
and Jones stn-cts , wltli a number of adjacent
buildings , was onilroly' doitroyed by flro
abaut il o'clock yesterday nfiornbon. Tha
bluzo was dlscovoroj by Onicor Yimous , who
sent In n still alarm und about tlio sumo tlmo
i-omo ono pulled Iho bate nt Fifth and Jones
streets. When Iho llromen arrived thu
Humus were making vapid headway under
the Impetus of. the BtlrTjiorlh wind and u
second alarm was at onciTturncd in.
The llromen were obliged to lay their hose
between n network of railroad tracks aud
frame sbauiica , asd by the tlmo thu streams
were turned on thu main building of Iho
tilonu yard plant \vat enveloped In llamea
and Iho wooden blablu and two d\Ti'lllOr |
houses In tbo rear were also burning. Thu
lire was confined to tncso bulldingn , but It
was Impossible to save any part ol
thorn. Drexel & Foil nro the heaviest
losers. Mr. Orexel said that their loss
would bo 81.COU on the building and stable ,
and ul least $ I,0U ( ) moro on their machluery ,
which was ruined. 'J bey are fully Insured.
A friuno cott'u o ownoa and occupied by
M.V. . Husboy wat dc.siroyed with all Its
contents , aud Mrs. Ilushoy nnd her three
rhlldron were glad 10 escupo with only tha
clothes on their backs. Their lo.s is (5JO ,
with no insurance. A shanty boloiigiuu to
Frank Hall was burned , but tbo furnllura
wns saved. A family dumod Coy no were
damaged to tlio cxloitl of tiW.
Councilman Sol i'rlacj Usuoj a ( : ciierul In
vitation la tD'/so ' who wcra burned cut to
i-oino to the Windsor hotel , but they all had
relative * In luu cliy who took them
with thorn.