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PLOW COMPANY ORGANIZED Oity Enterprise Involving Several Thousands Prepares for Business. WESLEYAH UNIVERSITY IN COURT Object * lo the Iteferte'i Itrport In the Cuio Agnlnn Ilio Ivi-Trcmurcr of thiit Institution for thn Itrcor- t- < erjr of i'niiili. * ' LINCOLN , Nov. 10. ( Special. ) Articles of Incorporation were flled today with the secretary ot state ot tlio Uullentry Plow com pany. The location of the company will be Nebraska City , and the capital stock Is J25.000. The supreme court has adjourned until Nuvcmber 20. No further action has been taken In the Van Scclvcr case. The pris oner Ic In Jail and Sheriff Aublc of Los An geles In winter quarters. "Bud" Llndsey , who yesterday morning awoke to the' fact that he had been robbed of a roll of bills nnd checks amounting to $500 , la feeling some better today. Two of the checks amounting to $294 hove been re turned to him through the poslofilce. De tective Malone Is now trying to Identify the writing on the envelops , which bears the Lincoln postmark of November C. The Organized Charity association ot this city , which Includes all societies working for the relief of the destitute , has been ten dered a benefit by Prof. Wlllard Klmball and the faculty of the University conservatory. to take place at the Lansing opera house Thursday , November 15. Arrangements have been completed for the onnu.il Thanksgiving excursion to Omaha for the benefit ot those who desire to witness the loot ball game between the state uni versities of Nebraska and Iowa. This , the Jast game of the season , will close the cham pionship scries between thu universities of Kansas. Missouri , Iowa and Nebraska. The Nebraska Wesleyan university objects In district court to the report of the referee who heard the testimony and examined ths accounts In the suit brought by the univer sity to recover from Its ex-treasurer for moneys had and received. The objection Is particularly directed to that part where ths referee finds that Imhoff has received through C. A. Atkinson for the university the sum of $79,310.50 , and from all sources , ( ; 9Go0.10 , for the reason that the evidence shows that u much larger sum was received. Further on UK objects to the finding of the uferce that Iinuoft had accounted for all moneys received by him , for the reason that the evidence shows that there is In. his hands nnd unaccounted for nt least $1,690.36 , which Is Justly due and owing. Pollard & Camp , who have a $5.000 claim against the defunct Lawrence Implement cam- , pany , the Pcorla Manufacturing company , with one for $2.r 00. and the Olils wagon works , with one for $900. Join with the Sand wich Manufacturing company In asking the district court to compel thn Sinclair Nat.onal bank to render an accounting of the moneys received , by It Irom the sale of the stock of the Implement company. Creditors claim that the. manager , F , P. Lawrence , without authority from the directors , came Into court and confessed Judgment in favor of the bank for $15,000 , under which the bank took charge of everything In alack and sold It. Tccnintf * ) ! Nmr * Notes. TECUMSEH , Neb. , Nov. 10. ( Special. ) 'James W. Jones , son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jones.-aged 16 years , died of blood poisoning last Monday. Hon. F. M. Taylor of Red Oak , la. , Is visiting relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Brundage are the proud parents of a young eon. Dr. T. II. Olmsteod and wife of California ore visiting relatives Jn this city. Mrs. Sarah Baker and daughter. Nellie , ore homo from an extended visit In Iowa. District court for Johnson county will con vene December 10. Al Shaw was called to the bcdsldo of his Oiling mother in Ottawa , III. , yesterday. A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ferguson. The members ot the Tecumseh orchestra lield a very pleasant dance at Crab Orchard last evening. Onl llrovlllen. ORD , Neb. , ' Nov. 10. ( Special. ) Mr. and Mrs. Abram Fosliay of Paterson , N. J. , are visiting at the homo of W. H. H. Ramsey. Mrs. I. Moore and children left Tuesday morning for Marshalltown , la. , on a visit to Mrs. Moore's parents. The oldest person who voted hero last Tuesday was Dr. R. Weare , who has passed Ills 90th birthday. With the exception of Ills eyesight , which Is poor , ho enjoys good health and walked to and from the polls himself. Bishop Anson Graves ot Kearney visited the Episcopal congregation and administered the communion at the church house Sunday. District court for Valley county opens hero tujxt Tuesday. John R. Thompson of Grand Island will preside. There are 129 cases on the docket , three criminal and 12C civil. l"ntut Arclilcnt utVllhnr. . WILDER , Neb. , Nov. 10. ( Special Tele gramjAs John D. Klnzlo and Bill Burgess worn returning from this place to Dewltt last night they attempted to cross the rail road track about two miles south of hero In front of the south bound passenger. When u collision seemed imminent , Klnzlo Jumped out ot the vehicle and was struck by the engine. III ? body was cut all to pieces and strung over the track for a mile or more nnd afterward run over by two freight trains. Burgess , who was somewhat under the Influence ot liquor , escaped unhurt. Klnzlo was a single man , about 35 yeans old. The coroner's Jury returned a verdict that the deceased en mo to his death by negligently Jumping In front of a moving train and that no blame attached to Burgess. Demlne of Captain Humphrey. PAWNEE CITY , Neb. , Nov. 10. ( Special Telegram. ) Captain G. M. Humphrey dted At hla home here this afternoon ot Bright' ' ? disease. He was a member of the legisla ture and speaker of the house In 18S3 , ami has been a prominent llguro In 'Southeastern Nebraska politics nnd local affairs. Tlio funeral will be held Monday afternoon under thn auspices of the Loyal Legion. FALLS CITY , Neb. , Nov. 10. ( Special. ) MM. E. F. Steele of this city died at her home this morning , She was the daughter of W. W. Abbey of this city , and a sister of Charlie Abbey , who played In the Wash ington league team last summer. She leaves a husband and n little child C years old. Small Illuzn ut Iliirtlngton. HARTINGTON , Neb. , Nov. 10. ( Special Telegram. ) This morning the residence owned by Anton Bestc and occupied by Wil liam Miller was partly destroyed by fire. The prompt arrival nnd efficient service of the city lire department saved a total loss. Insurance , $800 , In the North British and | l Merchants' Insurance companies , which will cover the loss. Miller's household goods were damaged considerably. No Insurance. I.nnrnlni ; Klrctlon Metlimln , Jt'NIATA , Neb. . Nov. 10. ( Special , ) The public schools held a regular election accord ing to the Australian ballot law on election day. using the sample ballots. It Is sur prising how well R was conducted and how few mistakes were made. Tha girls took as active interest In the voting as the boys. They challenged votes and swore them In nnd carried out all the preliminaries. The count showed an overwhelming majority for the republican ticket. Taxation of Church 1'roporty. The- Montreal aldermen have before them a resolution restoring all property In the city now exempt to the taxable list , to bo taxed on a basis of half It * value. The city la heavily In debt und its revenues are un equal to the demands upon tha treasury , and moro money must be raised In some way. Thla scheme of taxing exempt property promisor to add quitea sum to the revenue , ( or there would be some. $20,000,000 lo 10.be tiled. The. greater portion ot the exempted church property In Montreal U owno-1 by Itonmu Catholics , while the Protestant * re thu richer In proportion to their numbers. Thi ) Roman Catholic population of Montreal If Bald to bo 1CS.UOO , and the value of the I exempted property owned by Roman Catholic I churches li $11.6l5,7iX ) . There are C5.000 Protestants , who own church property worth $8,710,994. In addition , there Is school and other property to bo taxed. DON'T LOOK FOR IT , There U No "Nnfott C'nr" an n Ilallrond frnln. "Which Is the safest car on a railroad train ? " repeated an old Detroit railroad man , as he stroked his chin and seemed to reflect oh the query of the Free I'ress. "Well , the best answer I can make Is that It Is the car which doesn't run off the rails when all others do , and which U left on the bank when the rest of the train goes through a bridge. " "You'vo traveled thousands of miles by rail ? " "Ves : tens of thousands. " "And been In half a dozen accidents ? " "I've been In exactly seventeen railroad accidents , but some of them were hardly worth mentioning. " "And do you locale yourself In any particu lar part of the train ? " "No. When I first began traveling I wouldn't ride In any coach but the rear one. I had about two dozen reasons why that was the cafMt car , and for six or eight weeks I went rolling over ths country leellng as safe as If In my own brick house. One night wo lost too much time at a station and a special overhauled us and omashed Into the rear coach. You'll think it funny , but out of the sixteen people In that car I was tha only one badly hurt. I hid a leg and two ribs broken nnd was covered with bruises. When I was able to be out again I went dead back on the rear car. " "And took the next one to the smoker , oh ? " "That's what I did. A dozen different rail road men had a dozen reasons apiece why that was the safest place , nnd for three or four months I rode In that car and laughed at the chaps who carried Insurance policies. Then my fond dream of safety was rudely shattered. . The engine , baggage and smoking cars passed safely over a certain switch while running at the rate of forty miles an hour , but the forward trucks of my car caught somewhere and the car was twisted right out of the train. Yes , sir. It was torn loose at both ends and rolled down an embankment , and not another car left the rails. We had two killed and a dozen hurt , but I got off the car with a bad shaking up. My confidence In the first car was gone , however , never to be icstorcd. " "And then you took the middle of the train ? " " 1 did. ray son. Yes , I sat down and rea soned It out to my perfect satisfaction that the middle car of the train was ns safe as sitting on the poatolflce steps In Detroit. It was about a year before anything happened to undeceive me. One afternoon , when we were- dusting along to make up lost time , wo crossed the trackj of another road Just a few seconds too soon or too late , Just as you , will have It. An express train on the other road came booming along and waded right | through us. It struck my car , of course , , and what was left of It utter the grand smash couldn't have been worked over Into a wheelbarrow. Five killed was the record , and I got a broken arm , a scalp wound and a general bad shaking up. " "And after that ? " "After that and up to the present dale 1 have no choice. I drop Into a seat wherever ward coach may be smashed to splinters or It may rear up on end and escape all Injury. I was on a train once where a locomotive struck the rear car , rolled It aside without serious Injury to anybody , and then killed or wounded every passenger In the next coach. The man who goes hunting for the safest car on a train Is throwing away his time. He may take any car and travel for ten years and never even be delayed by a hot box ; or ho may settle down In the car of his choice and be killed In a ride of ten mlle . I once .saw twenty-two people smashed to pulp In a coach , and yet two fellows who were stealing a rldn on the' trucks underneath got off acot free. Just buy a first class ticket , get aboard before the- train goes and leave the rest to Providence. If you win it's all right ; It you lose- your heirs can get from $3,000 to $10,000 damages front the company. " MET DEATH IN THE ALP3 , Hutr Two Daring Climbers , Tied Together , Were DttHliml to Dentil. The latest victims of ambition t climb 1 the Mnttcrhorn were Andreas Seller , a toi'rlst ' , and Johann Blener , a guide. They belonged to a party of five , arid , being a little more venturesome , had gone ahead. One ut the surviving three tells ot the acci dent as follows : "The others were only five minutes ahead , nnd we bad reached a difficult spot and were standing In steps cut at the top of a small patch of Ice , at an ang'e ot EO degrees and close to rock , when Mooser called out : Beware of stones. ' We pressed up close ID the rock and listened , when the two ( Seller nn < l Blener ) shot past us. We were all three close together and Mooser could have touched them with his ax. They were tied together. Seller passed close to us , his back downward , his head well bent up , us if he were preparing for a sudden shock. Ulcncr flew far out against the blue sky and the rope was stretched tightly between them. They fell onto the Glacier du Lion , and when the bodies were recovered they were still tied together. With both the crown of the head was cut away as though it had been done by a sharp Instrument. Seller's watch was crushed and his left boot was missing , although the foot was uninjured. How the accident happened will never bo known , as no one saw them slip. I am Inclined to think that Seller was climbing at tlio same tlmo as. niener , Instead of waiting until he had a firm hold , and that the former slipped , Jerking Blener oft his feet. I am strength ened In this belief by the position of the two as I saw them fly past. " HtMtroreit III * Own Identity. One step from the ttubl.mc to the ridiculous. This Is an old truism. It might be said also that comedy and tragedy are very near to each other. At least , so argued that prince of good fellows , Nat Goodwin. Seated In Dclmonico's cafe one day re cently , says the Now York Herald. Goodwin was entertaining a number of friends with personal reminiscences of a European trip. In a delightfully Ingenuous manner he made himself the butt In each story nnd convulsed his auditors with laughter. Finally ho said : "I was walking down street the other day that Is , I was or an other fellow was , It doesn't make any differ ence you don't want to spoil a story on technicalities. Anyhow , I or the other fellow was walking down street and chanced to pass nn express ofllce. "The expressman was loading hla wagon preparatory for his afternoon round. Of a sudden the forwarding agent or whatever you call him came out with a small dog. " 'Where's he going ? ' asked the driver. " 'I don't know. ' " 'Don't know1 " ' ' 'Naw. . .4 < Why the don't y&u know ? ' " 'Now don't get previous,1 said the forwarding - warding agent. 'I don't know an' It don't know an1 nobody knows. It's et up Its tag , that's the reason. ' Ills auditors laughed , but Goodwin drew a long face , "I say It's pathetic. " ho re marked. "Think of the position of that dog. In a thoughtless moment ho destroyed his own Idtuitlty , It's a tragedy in real life. " Chrrilnut I'lour. An old German , who recently came to this country frjm the fatherland , has begun a novel Industry In a little shanty In Pegg street , Philadelphia. This Is nothing more nor UES than the manufacture of "chestnut flour. " The Hour manufactured from dried chestnuts has for many years been In great demand In Germany. A delicious sort of sweet bread is made from It by those who j are familiar with the old-iashloned method of preparing the dough. The product ot the old German's establishment Is very much ! sought niter by the Germans In the neigh- ; borhood. and the supply Is far below the demand. Washington Star : "It's no use , " she said dejectedly , "I've klmply got to suffer. " "What's the matter ? " "Young Mr. Slogo called last night. I en dured his society patiently until In self , defense I was forced to remark : "Really , Mr. Slogo , I'm very much afraid U li getting late. ' " "And what did he do then ? " "He simply smiled and said that women are ; naturally timid. " MORE I BONDS MAY BE ISSUED President Cleveland Said to Favor Immedi ate Action in the Matter. SECRETARY CAFLISLE HAS DEJECTIONS Think * the Ilcvrnuc * from Interim ! Tnxcs mill from Clutonn Itrrelptu Will Soon Incrcmo inmiili : to Itclluvn Treas ury KinbitrrnMiiieiit. WASHINGTON' , Nov. 10. Tllere arc strong indications that another issue of bonds will be made during the coming week. For some time past the conviction has been growing upon the president that an Issue of another $50,000,000 will scon be necessary , and that on his return from Duzzards Hay he ex pressed to the members of his cabinet his belief ! that the Issue could not belong de layed , and that the sooner It was made the better. He saw the treasury receipts con stantly growing lass with no prospect of any favorable change. Already the gold reserve has reached a point of $4.000,000 below the lowest point touched previously to the last Issue , with the probabilities strongly In favor ot still further and larger withdrawals for export as soon as the usual spring outflow set ! In. The last several years the spring withdrawal for export ranged In amount from $20,000,000 to $50,000,000. and sometimes even more , and It was not good business Judgment , In the opinion ot the president , to wait until the gold reserve was , In fact , wiped out , before measures should be taken to replace It. Secretary Carlisle , It Is understood , took a more hopeful view ot the situation. He argued that the receipts from internal reve nue and customs must ot necessity show a marked Increase. The supply of whisky , which was withdrawn from bond just pre vious to the passage of the new tariff act to- avoid the payment ot the additional 20 cents per gallon , would very soon be exhausted , and that the demands of trade would result In largely Increased revenues from this source , and what was true of the Internal revenue- was equally true ot the customs. Just be- fore the tariff act went Into operation the withdrawal from bond of goads of every char acter was abnormally large. This supply had now been exhausted , or nearly so , and It was the confident expectation of the secretary that the present steady revival of trade would soon remove any necessity for another Issue of bonds. Up to this time there had been no signs of any Important withdrawals of gold for export , and It was his opinion that the emergency might be passed success fully without Increasing the public debt He argued , too , that his experience In placing the last Issue taught him that the Issue ot another $50,000,000 might fall far short of recouping the gold reserve by that amount. It was an easy matter to deposit legal ten ders at the subtrcasurles and demand gold with which to pay for the bonds. This eva sion ot the spirit of the law authorizing the Issue of the bonds was several times detected during the settlements for the last Issue , and hi feared It might be practiced again. The president , however , thought that all things considered , ho preferred not to wait until congress reassembled In December when measures might bo taken to obstruct the Issue. In his opinion , the situation de manded the Issue , and there should be no unnecessary delay In the matter. At the request of the president , Secretary Carlisle Joined him nt Woodley this afternoon and at a Into hour had not returned to the city. Persons In a position to know believe that the Issue will be ofllclclly announced before the close of the coming week. 1'iiu.noST ituiLDinr.'s < JAS DUN for Fnrnulilni ; the Lighting Apparatus ' , Opened Yestorilny. , WASHINGTON , Nov. 10. ( Spjclal Tele gram. . ) Bids were opened nt the office of the chief clerk of the- Treasury department today for furnishing gas fixtures for the new public building nt Fremont , Neb. Eleven contractors submitted bids , as fol- P. JI. Russell & Co. , Omalin , $ i.9. MorrlPOnSouthern _ Electric company , Ba- , Horn & lirennnn Manufacturing company , Philadelphia , $290.50. Shultz Gus Fixture company , Baltimore , Nicholas Ois Fixture Manufacturing com pany , Brooklyn. J.113.50. Western Gas Fixture company , Toledo O. , $3Hi.OS. Mitchell - Vance company , New York , * 3CU.- . Brooklyn Oas Fixture ccmpans1 , $392.38. Alexander if. Novell & Co. , Chicago , $ .191 H. HoIllng.H & Co. . Boston , $505.20. W. C. Vosburgh Manufacturing company , Brooklyn. J510. , Henry E. Lewis was appointed today by Comptroller of the Currency Eckels as re ceiver ot the Buffalo County National bank ot Kearney , which suspended payment Octo ber 11 last. Mr. Lewis Is also receiver of the First National bank of Kearney , which failed October 10. Postmasters have been appointed as fol lows : Nebraska Charleston , York county , Felix Heath , vlco W. J. Russell , removed ; Union , Cass county , R. W. Welmer , vice A. II. Smith , removed. Iowa Bunch , Davis county , J. W. Smith vice , L. A. Foster , re signed ; Goldfleld , Wright county , G. B. Mc- Murtry , vice John Still , resigned ; Sioux Cen ter. Sioux county , O. W. Bruce , vice U. P. Soldier , resigned. The following postmasters were commis sioned today : Nebraska Abraham V. Skill- man , Ruby. Iowa Robert S. Barr , Adel ; Thomas Thompson , Granite ; Charles J. Twin ing , Kcbbr J. Edward Scully , Seneca : John Finn , Decorah ; Thomas B. Ketchlng , Leighton - ton ; William Schneck , Pomeroy. Sou h Dakota Clarence S. Adalr , Delmont. IlICOUKKtU II.Ij STAY IX OMAHA. Hutl the Option of Going tn St. I'uiil , Im Deellneil It , WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. As a result of correspondence between the War department and the Army department commanders who would be affected by the retirement of General Howard'it ; was found that some of the generals were not disposed to make a change from their present station. The only changes , therefore , which will be made arc the following : General Miles will go to. New \ York. General Ruger to Chicago and General Forsythe to San Fianclrco. It was expected that the change would bo more extensive , as some of the other com manders had signified a disposition to shift their headquarters and a schedule had been drawn looking to the transfer of General Brooke from Omaha to St. Paul ; of General Mcrrltt . , from St. Paul to San Francisco and the assignment ot General Forsythe to Omaha. But all this was conditional upon General Brooke's pleasure and was set aside when , In answer to General Schoficld'g tele gram offering him. by directions of the presi dent , the option of going tn St. Paul , Genera : Brooke responded by telegraph thh afternoon that he preferred to remain In his present command. It Is supposed nt the War de partment that the oOlcers do not care to make a change after having made their arrangements for the approaching winter but It Is supposed that when General Mc- Cook retires in the spring advantage wll be taken of the opportunity to make further change. As a consequence of the promotion of Colonel Forsythe to be brigadier general Lieutenant Colonel E. V. Sumncr , Eighth : cavalry , becomes colonel of the Sevrntt cavalry : Major Thomai McGregor , Second cavalry ; , becomes lieutenant colonel of the Eighth cavalry : Captain W. M. Wallace Sixth cavalry , becomes major of the Second cavalry ; First Lieutenant A. Blocksome Sixth cavalry , becomes captain of the Sixth cavalry nnd Second Lieutenant J. A. Harinan Seventh cavalry , becomes first lieutenant o the Sixth , Army I'rUuu Hoard Convened. WASHINGTON , Nov. 10. The secretary of war has appointed a meeting of the mill ' tary prison board , of which General McCook U president , at Fort Leavenworth , Kan. Itecomiiidiidml the llullnnil Hunt. WASHINGTON , Nov. 10. The nova n board of bureau chiefs , after long consldcru tlon of the- subject , has decided to recom mend la Secretary Herbert thu construction of n submarine torpcd'd-4ioat ot the Holland type. An approprldttfei ot $200,000 Is avail able for the purposed " MOOIU : OUT or TUOIIIII.I : . Chlnrto Jllnlnrr t pyfnN In Srcrctrrjr < ircOmii.U ) > r Aid. WASHINGTON. Nqv < lO.-The Chinese minister here has conferred with Secretary Orcsham as to wtmi1 bftn be done for the ' relief of Mr. Moore'formerly Interpreter of the legation ondjnW. a prisoner of war In Japan. The inlfiTster has no direct In terest In Moore cxcopfcias a friend , and It IM stated that he actedii his own responsi bility , i , , Messrs. Wllkcs and Cameron , who were arrested with Moor v first wrote to the Chinese minister offering their assistance to China. The minister -paid no attention to the letter. Then , It is said , Mr. Moore took up the subject , on his own account and without authority from the minister of China. Now that he Is in prison , however , the minister wishes to help him In any way he possibly cnn. The conference with Sec retary Gresham has not yet resulted In any definite step , as advices from the United States minister at Yokohama are awaited. Coinplliiiontcil Admiral nhurnrill. WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. A formal order has been prepared at the Navy department retiring Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardl. commandant of the New York navy yard , on account of age. In addition Secretary Herbert ] | , will Indite an official letter to the admiral complimenting him on his record. "Trilby. " $1.10 , at ChaseEddy's. . HE STKUOX OIL ONCE , And If Ho lllil Not ( ict n Fortune lie Clot a lilt of Ituvcngn. "I see petroleum has been discovered up In Marlon county and a company Is buying up all tic | land In the neighborhood. " remarked a rancher to the San Francisco Post , and It was noticed that there was a tinge of Incredulity In his tone. "Yes ; 1 believe they have struck oil up that way , " was the corroborative evidence of one of his hearers. "Well , I'll believe It when they commence piping It Into tanks , and not a minute before. I struck oil once. " "Is that the way you made your fortune ? " "Yes , that's the- way I made my fortune , which at the present time just lacks $2,000 of being ' a blamed cent. Those are my liabili ties ; assets nominal , as the papers say. " "How did It happen ? " "Well , It was this way : I had n mineral spring on my ranch up , in Lake county , and the gas that came out of It used to kill little- birds that came to drink. 'Natural gas , ' says I , and commenced poking around a little with a spade. Then a yellow , greasy scum formed on top of the water. 'Coal oil , ' says I , and I commenced dreaming of tanks of petroleum nnd barrels of money. I got a cheap drilling outfit and bored a hole down about eighty feet , and all the neighbors sat around laughing at me , but I reckoned on having the last laugh. "One morning when I went to work the hole smelted awful strong of coal oil , and the first lift brought up a lot ot oil that burned for half an hour. 'I've struck oil , ' says I to myself , but I kept It quiet. I let a few of my friends In. wo organized a company , bought up all the landi around there , got an expensive t outfit and commenced drilling. We punched ' , the ground full of holes for about six months , and couldn't Mild enough oil to make "J grease , spot on a silk dress. It broke the whole crowd of us. " i ' "How did you chance to strike that little pocket of oil In the first place ? " "I Just found out that' ' one of the neigh bor's boys poured a , five-gallon can of coal oil In the hole on ; night tt > make me feel good , and * , If anybody should ask you , you can tell them , that I am feellng a' blamed sight better than he Is- right now } for his dad went broke oni It , too , and we took 'turn about walloping ilm. " > r THE RETIRED 'BURGLAR. ' \ Curious nnd Not Cifiijrortnblo Kxptrlenco ivllh n Mnn i'lio Hallooed. "Once , " said the rcilrcd burglar to the New York Sun , "I looked from the upper mil of n house that I was In Into a room . hat was so dark tha 'vyou literally couldn't aee Into 'It nt all. It seemed as If they must have had the windows closed , the blinds shut and the shades all down. It was > lackor'n a cave. I turned my light In around on the floor to get the lay of things nnd get 'cm fixed In my mind so as not to stumble over anything. Over by the bed I saw a chair , and hanging down from It a ) alr of trousers legs. Then , of course , I ww there was a man In the bed , nnd that t was Ills clothes that were stacked up on the chair there. I shut off my light and started. I knew the way nnd I went very quietly , but when I got about half way across the room the man In the bed began to holler. 'How he could see me I couldn't under stand. I couldn't see him at all , but I Just mlted and waited. He didn't holler very loud , though he was trying to hard ; but ho was so scared that I was surprised to hear him holler at all ; It sounded as though it was all he could do to catch his breath ; I was afraid he'd scare himself to death right on the spot. I didn't dare back out of the room for faar I'd meet somebody coming In. I thought I could dodge 'em better after they got In ; so I Just stood there In the middle of that dark room with that man hollerm' the best lie could , nnd I wishing I was somewhere else and wondering what was going to turn up next. "Well , sir , In about half a minute he stopped hollcrln' altogether , and for a minute or two ho did not breathe. Then I was scared ; but In about a. minute more he begun to snore. You see ? Ho wasn't scared nt me , what he was scared at was a night mare ' ; he didn't know I was there at all. But 'it was a mighty uncomfortable position toW bo in all the same , because , of course , he was Just as likely to wake up somebody hollerln' In his sleep as he would ha' been if ' he'd been wide awake ; he might have waked himself up , as tar's that's concerned. But he didn't , nor anybody else , apparently , nnd when he'd got to snoring again , and everything seemed quiet , why I Just went ahead nnd collared his trousers. " ONE BITER WAS BITTEN. The Scconil Ham ! Man 1 lions lit Hn IIml a "iioimnza , " hut flu Was Fooled , A dapper young man walked Into a second hand clothing store on Sixth avenue near Eighth street and unrolled from u package a pair of summer trousers , says the New York Herald. As he threw them on the counter the buckle or something elsa made > a noise In striking that attracted the attention of the dealer. "How much will you give me for these ? " asked the dapper man. . < "Lato In the season for summer goods , " answered the dealeras lie held up the trousers for examination and slipped his hands In the pockets as Vile did so. "Well , how much ? ' a ked the man. "Twenty-five cents Is , all they are worth. " "Then roll them up. 'I ' will give them to some poor fellow before ! selling them for that. " "Let mo see. " said * the storekeeper , as he turned them over arid thrust his hands In of the left pocket. "Well'call ; II 60 cents. " "Roll them up , I won't take less than $3. " "Three dollars ! " exclaimed the merchant. "That will buy a new pair. " "All right. Roll thrin up. " "Well , my friend , considering that It Is you , I will give you $3' . " ' Ths money was paid , 'the ' seller walked out. and the purchaser went''to the back of the store and from the * left pocket of the trousers took a wad of paper and two old fashioned pennies. Iloiiiv Moving Kxtrnordlnnry. ot A curious case of house moving wan re * cently witnessed In Oregon. A man who owned a residence at Seattle , which cost J. him $5.000 to erect , removed to Olympla , and of did not have sufficient funds to build another houae. He bought a lot and concluded to remove the building he owned at Seattle. Everyone laughed at him , but he peralited. Rolling the hoiue down to the river , he loaded It upon a scow and It was soon at Olympla , a distance of About sixty miles. Then he had It rolled upon his lot , and , itrange lo say. not a timber Wax strained , nor even a piece of furniture broken , al though he had not removed the contenti before starting the house upon Its unusual Journey. ' of I Class in Arithmetic Stand U AM ) 1.KAIIX A VKVf PACTS AND FIlll'HKS A1IOUT Prank Wilcox Cos Brownie Benefit Shoe Sale. 116 ADDITION- 5,000 5000 pairs of Ltulics' Uubbora hnvo boon added to the Block of Ladles' Kubbcrs to go nt. . , . , . . . . . SUBTRACTION- Wc nro compelled to tnko from the lot of 200 pnlr * sf 2OO of Boys' Shoos 21 tofi'a the 84 pit Irs sold Saturday 7 00 leaving1 110 pairs Monday nt MULTIPLICATION 116 Wo sold every pair of Ladles' $ .1.00 Button Shoes that MO offered for f Uc. Tomorrow > wo multiply the pre vious lot by two , making 200 pairs ladies' button 5Oc IOO shous , in ill I widths , 12's , 2's } and 3's , tit DIVISION Wo divide your attention between our great Droxrnio 200 window and our $ ; i Ladles Welt Shoes , in all sixes , that wo olTor nt THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S 2)296(148 ) ( Attention Is called to our morning lesson in ndditinn , subtraction , multiplication and division , every mom- of which is wearing a pair of our $ (1 ( congress shoes for 9 THE SCHOOL CHILDREN- . 8' Are reminded that next Saturday is Brownie Day : it Wilcox Shoo Store and every boy or girl buying shoos of ns this week will bo given a ticket entitling them to a Brownie on Saturday. 16 THE SCHOOL TEACHERS- Will instruct their classes that this is Bargain Woolr , as well as Brownie Week at Frank Wilcox Co.'s store. See the Brownies in Fairyland al the Great IL Brownie Shoe Sale. Ml'1'1'1 ' ' ' ' ' ' 1515-1517 Douglas St- ; i Ml Present One Will Not Hold Western Lines Together Much Longer. CHICAGO & ALTON IS NOT SATISFIED -May Jt ii I nan to Pay u Duo Agiesacil Ajilnst ; It and full Out of tlio Association In u Position to jMiiito It Lively for Other Linen. CHICAGO , Xov. 10. There is little doubt that the lines of the Western Passenger as ment that holds them together at presenter or they will not be together for n great length ot time. There Is no question that the agreement Is in a very shaky condition and that several lines which are now In the association would bo glad of an opportunity to pull out If matters do not mend. If the association should be dissolved It will in a short time bo on its feet again , for It Is n necessity to the western lines. One thing thnt brings things nearer to a focus than they have been Is the row between the Alton and the Wabash over the- alleged cutting of rates by the former road. Hearing on this question was had nt St. Louis this week by Chairman Caldwell , and If his decision should be adverse to the Alton there Is every probability that the Alton will , If a line Is assessed against It , decline to pay the amount demanded. This will leave the as sociation In the position of cither forcing the Alton to pay the fine or get out of the association. If It is forced out of the asso ciation It will be in a position to make things as Interesting as it did two years ago. There Is not the most friendly feeling Just now between the passenger departments of the Missouri 1'acltlc and the Alton. The former will not be likely to accept with any equan imity any reductions that the Alton , once outside of the association , would be free to make , and the result would certainly be a lively light In Missouri river passenger rates that would drag In nil the lines between Chicago cage and the river. The association lines are aware of this condition of aftalra and It Is likely an effort will bo made to revise the agreement before trouble conies. No steps have as yet been taken In this direction , but all the western lir.es are strongly In favor of the proceeding. ' _ MAY KHI'MJY A FULL ITU It CIS. Union Puclllo Miikp n 1'roposltlou to tlio Clii > ypnno Sliop .lien , CHBYKNNB , Nov. 10. ( Special Telegram. ) Since the A. R. U. strike In July the Union Pacific shops at thlj place have not been operated to their full capacity. The reason given by the railroad olHclals for not employing the full force was that the scale of wages paid In Cheyenne Is over 10 per cent higher than at Denver , Omaha or Kansas City. Now that the odlcials are contem plating a change In the management of the shops nt Denver a proposition ha been made to the employes at this point that If they will agree to accept the same tcale of wages heretofore paid at Denver the management will bind Itself to largely increase the force nnd glva them ten hours work each day Instead eight as at present. The employes are conElclerlng the proposition , but there nro many of the expert machinists who are op posed to It. The change would Increase the monthly pay roll at this point several thous and dollars. The builness men are consequently quently urging the employes to accept the proposition. _ 1'OIt Till : Dl'Tf.'ll 1IONDIIOLDKUH. ItuliAuvaln I'nrty Making n Iniroctluii of tlio Union I'uelllr Sy tani. A. H. Bo.ssevaln , G. l . Uolssevaln , nephew the representative of the Dutch bondhold ers of the Union Pacific : J. L. Pierson and . I ) . Santllhano of ths great banking firm Dolaeevaln & Co. , with branches * In Am sterdam and New York , passed through Omaha Friday for Denver , to meat the re ceivers of the Union Pacific In consultation yesterday In th Colorado capital. President Clark so changed hU route as to bo In Den- var to meet his associates , Messrs. Oliver \Y. Mink. K. Ellery Anderson , John W. Doaue and Frederic R. Coudcrt. The visit ot Mr. iiotsBcvaln at this time may be somewhat significant , but to a friend he stated that he waa on an official tour Investigation of the Union Pacific property In order that ho might be able to make nn authentic statement of the condition of the road lo his people on the other side of the Atlantic. Mr. IJolssovaln has also large holdings In Denver 6 Rio Grande , and after his con ference with the Union Pacific magnates , will look over the Denver & Rio Grande prop erty , extending his Investigations as far as Portland , where he will hold a conference with officials there. Speaking to a representative of tha Union Pacific. Mr. Bo'sEevaln stated he hoped the managers of the > great property in which his people have millions of dollars Invested would be able at this session of congress to arrange matters so that the property might ! be taken out of the hands of recafvers and be put upon a paying basis once more. He expressed himself as bc-ng entirely satis- fled with the management of the property. Mr. Bolssevaln , It Is understood. Is making the tour over the west for pleasure quite ns much as for business , having large holdings In j a number of western properties. Whether the receive' . ! of the Union Pacific or a per tion of Ciem would ' accompany the Ho'sse- valn paity to Portland was not known at headquarters yesterday , the receivers when they left Omaha not having made up their minds whether to go east or south. They will all meet In St. Paul , however , Thursday , when the contracts pending before Judge Sanboru will bo taken up for final dispo sition. _ ( lltANI ) THU.Mv MA1TBIM. Sir Henry Tyler Say I In U Aivultlnq : the ( Mineral nliiiU' ir'H Koply. LONDON , Nov. 10. The > correspondence between the Grand Trunk railroad bond holders' committee and Sir Henry Tyler , president of that road , has been published. The publication of the correspondence shows that the situation of affairs Is exactly as outlined In these dispatches last night. Bondholders claim that the points which the directors now object to have investigated were laid before the company before the recent , meeting of the shareholders In this city and the directors then agreed that the bondholders' committee was entitled to In quire Into them. Among the points upon which Information " Is asked Is nn analysis of GU,000 ! , called "sundry accounts , " duo the company. Sir Henry Tyler today was asked whether ho had anything to fay to add to his Inter view cabled exclusively tn the Associated press In view of tlio publication of this corre spondence. In reply Sir Henry Tyler said that thn company .had no further statement to make at present , us it was awaiting the reply of Mr. Sergeant , the general manager of thu road. Ho added : "Our position is perfectly reasonable. The fetters speak for them- Helves. " The Evening Standard today , commenting on the publication ot the Grand Trunk railroad - road correspandcnco , remarks : "It is rldlcii- lous to suppose that the Investigation would Involve the publication of any private trader's account with the company , unless that ac count was conducted In a manner hurtful to the company's Interests. " An AIiMioiu len dive. "While at Ulrcli Creek , " said Mr. Ober- landcr to the San Francisco Examiner. "I was informed ofthe discovery of a wonder ful cava by a miner named Schumann. I was unable to visit the cave , which Is lo cated forty miles above .Mastcrdan Creek. Schumann states that his cave Is eighty feet In length and varies from four to seventy feet in width. After entering through a small aperture , the sldci of which arc com posed of granite , one emeigcs Into a tolld Ice chamber , from which hangs numerous stalactites glistening like silver. Schumann was surprised to find that there were a mini ber ot air curr-'tits In the cave , the source of which ho could not determine. At ono side ho found u black bear sitting partly up right. The sight of the onlm.il alarmed him greatly at first , but falling to detect any signs of life , ho approached It , anil found that the bear wa.i frozen stiff In a block of Ice. He took his axe and chopped a piece off the ani mal. Picking up portions ho found that It crumbled at hlx touch. Similar caves , some large , others small , have been discovered about Birch Creek. " Air , OlHilatomi'nMemory , Another anecdote to Illustrate Mr. Glad stone's strength ot memory. Sir H. Owen took him on a comparatively recent occa sion an Important return containing a mass of figures. Mr. Gladstone looked through the return as lif ate breakfast and then handed It back to Sir II. Owen , who took : It away with him. In the Houao of Commons on that day Mr. Gladstone dealt with the figures as If the written returna weru before hla eyes. Sir H. Owtn r&ciirked that Mr. Gladstone was the only minuter that ever gave him back such a paper. NATIONAL KNIGHTS OF LABOR ProspDctus of Annual Convention Which Opens at New Orleans Tomorrow. ; MAHA MAY HAVE THE KEXT MEETING lohn Iliirm , the fire in r.onilnn Lender , Will Aihl InlereHt lo the .Meeting of thu Aiiid-lnm federation t Den ver HcxtMontli. . The meeting of the general assembly of the Knights of Labor tomorrow at New Orleans Is attracting general attention in labor cir cles throughout the United States. Mr. M. R. Hunllngton. who will represent the Omaha knights at tJie general assembly , started for New Orleans Friday morning , expecting to arrive In tlmo for the opening tomorrow. Mr. Huntlngton linn been Instructed by District Assembly No. 12fi to use every effort to se cure the next meeting of the general assembly ono year hence for Omaha , and , considering Mr. Huntington's ability us a worker among worklngmen , the chances seem very favorable - blo for securing the plum. The probabilities are that the meeting In New Orlear.i . this week will be quite Interest ing , as a great many questions ot Importance to Its mem bora will come up for notion. General Manter Workman Sovereign de sires to have his action during the Chicago strike approved , which , In the interest of harmony , will probably be done. The member * of the general executive board claim the membership has grcntly In creased during the past year , and If such U tlio CMC It will bo manifested by nn In creased attendance at this meeting. II the order Is building np satisfactorily to the Oal- cgates In attendance It Is quite probable that the old officers will all bo retained in" accord ance with tlio well established custom of the general assembly meetings. From pretent Indications It Is not likely that any changes of any Importance In the usual custom will bo made. I'eilerallon'H Annual Convention. The next annual convention of the Ameri can Federation of Labor , which convenes at Denver on December 10 , promises to be ona of the most Interesting and Important meet ing ! In the history cf tint great labor organ ization. The great distance between Denver and many of the important Industrial centers of the country may cause the attendance to be not so large ns nt the meeting last year , when over 2,000 delegates were In attendance , representing every organized trade in the country , but perhaps the fact that John Burns , the distinguished labor leader of Eng land , will b present nt this meeting , may bring out several delegates who otherwise would stay nt homo on account of hard tlmej. All of the unions of the first rank have re ported that they would be represented by their full quota , and of late , since It wan learned that Jnlin Burns would be- present , several minor unions have advised that they would send representatives , Thcro is some talk that Hums -will bo accompanied by Kelr Hardy , who Is scarcely less known In Amer ica than Burns , and who Is n member of Par liament and editor of the London Labor Leader. Of course the great subject of din- cujHlon at the Denver meeting will bo the political program proposed at the- Chicago convention and which has been before the. International , national and local unions dur ing the whole of the past year. Its princi ples Include compulsory education , abolition of child labor , direct legislation , eight hour work day , sanitary Inspection , liability of employers , abolition of contracts on public work , abolition of the sweating ayitem , muni cipal ownership of street cars , gas and elec tric plants , nationalization ot telegraph * , rail roads and mines , etc. Possibly the most Interesting work ot tlio convention will be thu entertainment of the English visitor and too election of olficers. It Is likely that President Gompers will bo up for re-election , as well as the executive officers now In thi service. John MctlrMe , president of the Miners' union , who was Mr. Gompera' chief competitor for tha place last year , Is being urged to enter the race at tha Denver meeting. U la said that MeBrldo was defeated last year by the bad manage ment of hl friend" , who made the mistake of bringing him out as a "western man , " while the cast had the most votes , Aildu from Mcllrlila of Ohio no prominent labor leader has been mentioned so tar for - ' - dent.