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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1897)
WEATHER IMPROVES TRADE Cold and Stormy Spells Give an Impetus to Winter Gocda. AltF.C/D EARNINGS ARE INCREASING KlHT.tilnllvo MnrkM * nrr Quiet , Which In Iiileriiretnl tin llrlnc ( ionil for Knrmrrn mill | ( 1'rmliicrr * . 'KBW YORK , Nov. 12. H. G. Dun & Co.'a Weekly Review" of Trade will say : Colder and moro stormy wenther , long Heeded to accelerate distribution of winter Roods , hns materially helped In some quar ters and the resulting Improvement In re- tnll trade IH mentioned In every northern dispatch tills ! week , so that order * to 1111 Htocka have been encouraging , and In BOIIIIJ liranches the multitude of demand ! * for Im mediate delivery show thnt the distribution to consume has already gone much be yond the expectations of dealers. Hut this Is not yen the general rule nnd with many complaints of delayed trade from other quarters there still remains the extenclvc Hhrlnkapc caused by fever and quarantine it the south. H is , therefore , the more mirprlsltiR that the volume of ail payments through clearing IIOUHPS continues about as largo as In 1832 and 10.7 per cent larger than last year. Itnllroail earnings nearly equal those of 1892 for the llrst week of November and nearly half of the mileage of railroads In the United States shows earnings In Octo ber of $ ,7),3.YMM ) , or S per cent larger than last year nnd 2.2 per cent larger than IMC. Speculative markets feel disappointment because prices do not rise farther and faster , but It Is fortunate for producers mid dealers that the experience of some jiust years In that respect has not been re- lieated. There IH nothing to causa general reaction , the purchasing powe < of tho'ix'o- j > ; Is Frndimlly Increasing , , nnd after the lull which follows extensive replenishment of the stocks the trade should plvc nmplo evidence of that Increase. The output of Iron furnaces November 1 WHH 212ir > ! ) tons weekly , against 200.120 Oc tober 1 , a gnln of C.I per cent , nnd unsold Htocks decreased KM'O ' tons In October. In dicating a larger consumption In manufac tures than ever before , I'vun whm tin- out put of pig was pushed by swiftly advanc ing prices to tin' highest point. 217.IVS2 tons , November 1 , ISKi Prices of iron products rose tnnt yonr r > 5.3 per rent , but are now not 4 per rint higher limn Juno fl. The enormous output , with some more fur- iiapcs started In November , pauses but n slight decline In Bessemer- pig to tl0.2 : > at 1'lttnburg , with no decline In other pig there , at the east or Chicago , and no fall In prices of Ilnlshi'il products except a shade In niinlus. While most works have orders lr < r thu rust of tlm year , nnd In sheets and some other brnnrhm are far behind In de liveries , new orders are few , but Include one for 2.COO cars at Chicago nnd one for 400 oars at I'lttsburg ; one for nn armored nhlp at Chester ; many for small buildings , und for St. Vincent's hospital and three S'-hool houses here ; many for bridges , with Home for the drainage canal at Chicago ; n lively demand for hoops and a large export IniHiiiPM * with a quantity of bars for export. Woolen mills generally have orders for three months' nhcvul and are not seeking far her engagements. Large sales of spec ulative lots of wool at prices not stated micgpHt that It muy be ict.ver before the mills need further orders. A year ago the iprlro lu'unn to mount , with heavy specula tion , anil has risen a per cent , without reno - no Ion In quotations , while the rise in goods cu Bruges but 14 lier cent. The decline In cotton nnd the slow de- inand for goods , owing In part to warm weather , liavo led cotton mills to confer dbout curtailment of production and fur ther reductions have been made In brown sheetings and drills and prints , and by Job bers ) In ble.iohcd oods. Cot' on declined nn eighth to T..S7 cents for middling uplands nnd both exports and takings of spinners hnvo been large. Wheat dropped over 2 cents , but It has sliifn rlsdn an much from heavy buying for exports. Western exports continue heavy , in two weeks 1I.02.VW bushels , against 10- f.M 1M _ lust year , while Atlantic expor'.p. Hour Included , have been fi.riG2.02T bushels , acalnst 3,921,211 last year. An English au thority reckons the world's yield at 161,000.- OiO bushels loss than last year , lAhich would mvan a market for all ttils country has to ppare. Corn exports are larger than last year and the price his ripen 1 % cents. lyi'er prices of meats do not Indicate that firmer * have as vet much Inducement to snve corn for feedlnpr. Figures for the week have been 291 In the Vnltd States , against 270 last year nnd twenty-four in Canada , against forty-six last , year. It 11A DSTIlKnT"S IIHVI H W OF TIIADH. iil liicrriiHf lir ) Wet ? lily lliuiU CIcnrnnrfN. NEW YOHK , Nov. 12. Dradstrcet's tomor row will say : ( Jne of the most significant features of the business situation is found in the continued li.xivy weekly totals of bank clearings , that for six business days ending November 11 amounting to $ ltl7flOO,000 : , an Increase of lo per pent over the preceding week and li : 1 > M' cent compared with the second week of November , 1VM. when business began to revive sharply In speculative lines. Knllroad gross earnings show smaller gains as comparisons begin to be made \\ith more nearly normal conditions one yenr ago. The total October earnings of i7 companies operating 100.0CO miles of road nHtreftate tK.Kl.333 , a gain of $ . " > , < 00.0 over S'pU'inber and ! > per cent over October u yt-ar ago. This gain compares with gains of 14 per cent In September and 12 f > per cent In August over corresponding periods 111 ISM. The Paclfle. southwestern and cen tral western roads make the best showing. Other favorable features are the contin ued llrmneBs of and activity in woo ] . Iron and steel. The heavy output of Iron and moderate reduction of stocks last week MIC. jre jts the Improbability of the advance in I.rkes of Iron and steel next year , which so many have hoped for. The slight reaction In the price of cotton , In view of the extrcinu depression to which that staple-has been subjected , attracts attention as the possible ending of the year of prolonged decline. Already there in an Improvement In prices of and demand for cotton yarns. The unfavorable Influences In price move ments this week are declines for cottons and print cloths , the latter touching the lowest price on record. Wheat , lard and lead are also lower , and wire nails have been shadtd. There Is a long1 list of staples for which prices are practically unchaiiHHl. The more Important advances are confined to Indian corn , outs , hops and turpentine. Colder weather In the central west and northwest has stimulated demand for win ter goods , particularly clothing. Kxports of wheat ( Hour Included ns wheat ) from both coasts of the I'nlted States and from Mon treal thin week amount to r > , rli,5l2 ! bushfls , compared with K.r.OO.oOO bushels last week. 4.ni > liiflO biiHhels In the week u year ago , 3"i" > .COO Imsluds two years ago , 2BO.W ! ) buxhels three years ago and an contrasted with 2,0l.'i,00i ) bushels In the like week of . Kxports of Indian corn this week amount ID 2G.'il.l > IO bushels , ncalnst 2.199,000 bushels Inst week , 3.77S.OOO bushels In the week a year ago , 1.921,000 bushels two years ago , l)7ono ! ) bushels three years ago and mi com- jinretl with 073,000 bushels In the like week of 1R9S. There Is nn Increase In the number of business failures , the total throughout the , United States this week being 27.1. compared with 223 last week , 25S In the week ono year ngo , 219 two years ago , 2SO three years URO und 310 In the second week of November , IKftt The .Innver portion of this week's In crease. over last week IH In New Kngland nnd the nouthcrn Htates. Them are thirty-three business failures reported throughout tlm Canadian dominion this week , compared with thirty-four lasl week , four In the week ono year ago und forty-five two ycurs ago. IIHVIHW Oil1 THIS .STWMC MAHKKT. ! % > < > .MVeclliiKT l'rle > M HUM Ileeii AliuiiHl Kutlrely KM vornblc. NKW YOHK , Nov. 12. In its review of the stock market Ilrailstreet's tomorrow will SJ"WM1e > pnccnlatlnn showed some rerponso to favorable developments the course of the jiiarket II.IH been Irregular After an Im- jirovement In prices rarly In the week the piofi'sflonal traders made nn attack on the nmrkot nml met with llttlu resistance thou > ; h on I'rlday prices werd ag-.iln put up en the shorts The absence of public Inter cst and the small volume to which conimln elon house Imylng has shrunk nro still nn'leeablei factor * . I.nrffo Interests have iwlthln n few days past extended reiKued support to ccrtalt gpocl.iltlcs , but It neema that tlm cliques am 1 nil pools are for the present ) dormant , and In plto of the much better tlcvelopments In u number of directions , manipulative nc'lvlty Is trill directed almost entirely against value * . The news which could ill rc-tly affect the market was almost entirely favorable Among the favorahlo Items were the friendly tone of the Spanish government' * note and the decision of the United States euprnmo pour : In the long nnd short hau cn e. An Idea apparently developed that the Inn ? and uhort haul declrion was o considerable benelU to the railroads nnd the t MtrenctU the Grangers took , on Tuesday and Vedncjdftjr wan partly traceable to this The coal stocks showed comdderabla trcnpth because of the general belief that jrders will bo Issued to restrict production ind check the accumulation of unused locks of coal. Sugar was a feature this -week , declining rom l.TSHto IK-Ji , but rallying on Friday o 12ST4. On the wholn thp mnrkct has been a nar row and professional one. \VIIKIV CI.KAHIMJ iiousn TOTALS. \K retfiitp of TrntmnrtlntiN of the AK- NiiclntcMl llnnkfl. NEW YOHK , Nov. 12. The following table , complied by Hr.itlfltrect , shows the bank clearings at eighty-seven cities for the week ended Novomhcr 11 , with the percentages of ncrease and decrease , as compared with the corresponding week laat year ; Not induilpil In totals because containingBother Items than clearlngp. Si-liool lIoy'N I.OKIlroktMi. . Denny Wilkny , C years old , was run down by a delivery wagon on hla way home from school yesterday afternoon and received a broken leg. He was taken to his home at 213 South Thirteenth street. The wagra be. longed to the Sharplcss Supply company and was driven by Hey Herrold. The latter says ho was driving along Eleventh street near Douglas , when two young men crossed close In front of the horses. Ha was giving his ittrcitlon to them and only otoerved the child when It was fairly under the horses' feet. Ho was unable to stop the team and ono horse knocked the boy down. The ani mal stepped carefully over him and the In jury was caused by the wheel. Stunrliliif ? to Iviiow. It may be worth something to know that the very best medicine for restoring the tired out nervous system to a healthy vigor Is Electric Ditters. This medicine Is purely vegetable , acts by giving tone to the nerve . -enters in the stomach , gently stimulates the Liver and Kidneys , and aids those- organs In throwing oft imnurltles in the blood. Elec tric Hltte-s improves the appetite , aids diges tion and is pronoun'ccd by those who have tTled it as the very best blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try It. Sold for 50c or $1.00 per bottle at Kuhn & Co.'s drug store. Complaint \Vn * Ilrfrrtlvf. Tlio case or Lizzie Mann , 922 Capitol nve- nue , charged with Hteallinr JCO from the ponton of WV. . Dunn , a farmer from Mc- Arillc precinct , came up for trial before Judge Gordon yesterday afternoon. It was clearly shown that the man had been robbed In the place nnd probably by the Mann woman. At the conclusion of the evidence Judpp Gordon dismissed the case for the reason that a complaint chanting larceny from the person should have been lodged ngaln.st the woman , while she was arraigned upon om > merely charging petty Inrceny. The original complaint was filed by Attorney Jlorearty. who acted as city prosecutor In behalf of Prosecuting Attor ney Miller. Larceny from the porpon Is a felony and beyond the jurisdiction of the police court , while petty larceny Is a mis demeanor. Small pill , rafe pill , Best pill. De Witt's Little Early Risers cure biliousness , consti pation , sick headache . BRIDGE CONTRACT'S ' FUTURE Incident of tlo Union Pacific Sale Waiting Adjustment. THREE ROADS VITALLY INTERESTED llork Inlnnil nml Sllliviinkop Olllecm ProfrHN Conllilciico In Ability to Hold Union Pacific to the . \Kroomcnt , H is e'vcn ' out oa good authority that both the Hock Island und the Milwaukee railroads foci very confident that the Union 1'aclflo reorganization will not adversely affect their rights to use the Union Pacific brldgo and trackage In this system. In this opinion the railroad companies are sustained by their own and oiner prominent attorneys , and It Is certain that If these two railroads can cling onto their contracts with the Union Pacific , giving them a right to the bridge , they will bo very much contented , Ono la constantly hearing It eald that the contracts with the Union Pacific , by which the Hock Island and the Milwaukee railroads galu an entrance Into Omaha , ore unprofitable to the Union Pacific. Officials of the great Overland road arc often hoard to rue- the day that such contracts were mailo and censure of the regime that allowed the contracts to go through Is so common that ono scarcely pays attention to It. In vestigation Into what the Union Pacific gets out of Us bridge contracts does not \\arrnut the belief that the privileges granted the Hock Island and the Milwaukee railroads are such wonderfully bad bargains for the road owning the bridge. The 'Hock Island pays the Union Pacific $45.000 per annum for the right to cress the bridge. The Milwaukee pays the Union Paclllc a similar amount. That makes $30- 000 , which Is Just like so much money picked up on the side , and In said to pay the In terest on the bridge 'bonds. ' In addition to this , the Hock Island and the Milwaukee railroads pay their share toward keeping the bridge and trackage leading thereto In re pair and good condition. Further the Union Pacific charges each of these roads for switching cars and other service rendered on the Union Pacific tracks between Council IllulTs and South Omaha. This service coats something , but It Is rendered for about the tiamo profit that is usually found In the service rendered by ono rajlroad company to another. The receipts from this branch of service amount to about $10,000 per annum , In which there is a reasonable amount of profit. The total amount derived from the Rock Island and the Milwaukee railroads by the Union Pacific Is therefore In the neighborhood of $100,000. Whether the new owners of the Union Pacific , who will probably take possession of the property on or before the first of next year , will endeavor to have the bridge con tracts with the Rock Island and the Mil waukee railroads annulled , In the hope of raising the cost of an entrance to Omaha to these two roads , Is a much mooted question. Men who closely follow Union Pacific matters declare that such nn effort will be made. Representatives of the Hock Island and the Milwaukee railroads declare that any such effort would fall. Other railroad men say that they prefer to stand on the outsldo and watch the outcome of the matter. U'OKIv AT I'.MO.V 1'ACIKIC SHOPS. Tnslc of fit-nine ; llolllnu tttoclc lit ShnjH- fur TriiiiNfi-r llrlnpr IMiNliril. The workmen at the Union Pacific shops In this city are putting In forty hours a week , divided Into five days of eight hours each , In placing the equipment of the "Overland Route" In the good condition It should be when It Is turned over to Its new owners a month or so hence. Passenger cars , mall cars and locomotives are all being put In the very best of trim. There are but few freight cars In the- shops , fewer In fact than there have been during any period in the last six years. This Is due to the fact that every freight car that can be pressed Into service Is out on the road helping to handle the big ship ments of merchandise , grain , coal and fruit that are making the Union Pacific hum with prosperity these days and sending up the earnings like midsummer heat plays with the mercury. Every once In a 'while a freight car is hustled Into the- shops , fitted out with a second floor , and transferred from a box car Into a. double-deck stock car for the live stock trafllc. That Is about the only time one sees a freight car arcund the Union Pacific shops now-n-dnys. Everything that has got trucks under It Is out on the road doing service. Traffic will scon slacken up a bit. It Is expected , and then there will bo a rush of freight cars Into the shops to be overhauled. The rotary snow plows that are to help keep the Union Pacific tracks free from snow have been ( Hied up at the shops dur ing the summer and are now in readiness to bo sent out In a hurry. One of these Immense rotary plows Is kept at the east ern end of each division. As advices of a storm from either direction are sent from district to district by telegraph , a rotary j plow In one district can be put on the I track as soon > is the storm strikes that dls- I trict. The operating department Is more and moro giving attention to the prompt work of the rotary plows , as It Is found that the snow can be kept off pretty well If the big plows ure put to work as soon as the storm begins and before the snow has a chanc to drift. A recent Instance of this was shown in the dispatch with which the rotary plows were put to work on the Oc tober snowIn the western part of Nebraska and In the eastern parts of Wyoming and Colorado. Though It was a heavy storm , the snow was met right at the atart and tracks were cleared In about twelve hours. An attiichc of the Union Pacific shops said yesterday : "The power In these big rotary plows Is much greater th'in ' the average person Is aware nr. Thp power In the rotury snow plow used on the Union Pacific Is as great as that of the big loco motive that helps to push It along. I bc- "Keggi < ? , " "don't chor know" lie plays tliu music box the llcglna the llrst music box over manufactured In' the I'nltod States-plays 1,000 tunes the most beautiful music with great bril liancy and richness of tone by means of undestructlblo metal tune discs all the favorite music classic and popular "up-to-date" a regular plaiio substitute can't get out of order runs forty min utes prices from ? M to $200 Ihe most popular is No. Ill single coml ) mahog any and oak case /jX'JOxll i ' inches- It's $15 extra discs (10 ( cents each you can sec and hear them at the store. A. HOSPE. Music and Art. 1513 Douglas Do you know that we pull teeth ? Well , wo do It without pain or gas a little local application to the gums and W ) cents. It's really a pleasure for you to have your teeth doctored when yon come here wo have nil the modern ap pliances known to dentistry ud furnish tiio best set of teeth ever produced at § 10-thin , elastic plates-lit best look best and are the most comfortable plate. If your present teeth are not satis , factory you should try a set of these wo guarantee you satisfaction e\vry time all our assistants understand den. tlstry lady attendant. BAILEY , 13 Y nr > Id floor Puxton nilc. Experience , lUtU und Farnam. ono of these rtrt9ry plows could cut ICP by Itself , There h l / > en a great nilvnnco made In the manner of handling mow utormn on rallro.tds In recent years , t re member very well when no snow over a few Inches in depth MtlO bo removed , ritd not that it It were packed , gg the only plows in use were " * ! ralghtahcad plows which couM do nolhlag/but buck the snow piled on the tracks. " , , , . , , "Are snow sheds and snow fences much use.1 ? " " ' "Oa the Union rnctne * wo have a good many snow fences , but few snow sheds. The former arc used t6 mnko a bar of the snow on the side ofrtjtne track opposite from the direction of. the wind. On the Central Pacific In Nevada snow fences would not do and snow'slicds are used. Hy means of these the snow coming down onto the railroad at u slant Is curried right over the track , Were It not for the snow shed the trains might bs caught and burled. The Central Paclllc has Just been getting ready for this winter's snow storms by building these snow sheds to replace those burned during the summer. Along our line wo have to watch the snow fences pretty closely , as the people along the line arc fond of using the lumber In them for kindling wood. " AMiiiTiox op TIII : WAIIASII no.vn. SrcUlitK lo Secure n l.lne Throimh to l > cw York. CHICAGO , Nov. 12. H Is now reported that In the near future the Wahash will to all Intents und purposes bo n through line from Chicago to New York. A short time since it effected a traflla arrangement with the Grand Trunk which gava It the right to operate Its own trains to Huffalo. That ar rangement proved so satisfactory that It Is now negotiating with the Ontario & West ern for the use of Its tracks from Buffalo to Now York under an arrangement similar to that which It now has with the Grand Trunk to nnffalo. When this deal Is car ried through the Wabash will operate Its trains through to New York. Complete I'IINNCIIKIT Agreement. ST. LOUIS , Nov. 12. Articles of agree ment of the Southwestern Passenger assocla- tlon have been completed and adopted by the conference of passenger officials who have been In session hero for the past feHv days , and rulra for the conduct of the business of the association have been made. A sched ule of uniform commissions to be paid to ticket agents of connecting lines has boon agreed upon , covering the amounts that will bo paid from the various gateways on Texas passenger trafllc ir. . all directions. Mr. W. W. Kcat was elected chairman. I'll * * X mw \ rtliwiNtrii H CHICAGO , Nov. 12. The trust deed given by the Chicago & Northwestern railway to tlio United States Trust comcany of New York for $163,000,000 was filed for record to day. It Is known as the gold bond mortgage of U97 and Is Issued by the railway company to refund all Its Indebtedness. The Instru ment will bo filed In every county through which the railroad ruus. It Is signed by Mar vin Hughltt. president , and M. L. Sykcs , sec retory , for the railroad company. UullAvayolis mill I'crsonalK. General Western Agent Fred A. Nash of the Milwaukee has returned from Chicago. G. N. Wilson , for foifr years auditor of the Kansas City. Plttsbu'rg & Gulf railroad , has resigned. Mr. Wllsoti went to the I'ltts burg & Gulf In 1S93. A' ' . 'E. Stlllwell , presi dent , said that he would 'not ' appoint a suc cessor to Mr. Wilson for' ' three weeks. President Fink of the Norfolk & Western has confirmed the report from Philadelphia that W. C. liulllU. ( rnfUc manager of tlia.t company , had tendered his resignation. I'o take effect November'30. Mr. HtiHHt entered the service of the Norfolk & Western four teen years ago as assistant to the president , and he gradually worked his way up until ho became vice president1 o * the company. SOUTH sinii laipiioviijiij.vr ci.ini. CoiumlHco Appointed to Loolt After 1'ort CrooU Cj , 'lf I'ath.t The South Side ImprQVflinent club held Its regular fortnightjy meeting last nl ht. John Zellers , chairman of the committee' ap pointed to Inquire Into'-the change of grade on South Tenth street requested by the Omaha Street Railway In bullldng its line to Ulvervlew park , reported that the con templated improvement of the roadway was impracticable. He stated the property own ers south of Bancroft street refused to waive damages. The project was therefore upon vote abandoned. Hurry Minds of the Associated Cycling clubs was present and , discussed the building of a cycle path to ! Fort Crock over the now road lately graded | along South Thirteenth. A committee of : five , headed by K. J. Cornish , was appointed | to act in conjunction with a committee of the i cycling clubs , which will meet the county commissioners und use its Influence to have j the path built. A vote of thanks was tendered - ! dered the mayor and city council for passIng - Ing the ordinance requiring the grading of Mason street from Eleventh to Thirteenth and for filling Eleventh from William to Hickory. The committee biving in charge the zoo at Hivervlew park reported that ne gotiations were under wuy to secure two elk , several moose , antelop ? and also that a collection of animals owned by John D. Crelghton would probably be purchased. It was also sbitcil that the club had been do nated 300 black bass to be placed In the lake at RIverview park' . Dl-lltll Of IIPH. llolllltf. Mrs. Anna Sophia Hobble , who died Thurs day at Alvn , Okl. , was well known In Omaha. She came here from Utlcn. N. Y. , In 1SC8 , and lived hero until ISM , when she went to Oklahoma to make her home with her son , Charles W. Hobble. During her twcnty-KCven years In Omaha Mrs. Hobble made- many friends , who will learn of her demise with regret. She was a member of the First Baptist church until the destruc tion of the building1 by tire , after which she united wlh : Kmnnuel church. Two noun , George C. and .Henry C. Hobble , sllll llvo In Omaha. Mrs. Hobble was buried yesterday at Klowa , Kun. , by the sldo of her daup.hter , Mrs. McAllister. * } ' $ ? ' * ! * * ? tff 11 $ W" WI1 Rudyard Kipling , the famous story-wtiter , Is only one of many celebrated contributors engaged to write for the next volume of 5s ionA . an ion To show the varied strength and charm of The Companion's original features for 1898 , we give the following partial list of Distinguished Contributors. RiKi | | Hon. W. L3. Qlailslonc W. D. llcnvclls Hon. Thomas B. Rccd A\mc. \ l.illlnn Nonlica lion. Justin McCnrthy Airs. Burton Harrison Hon. George l : . Hoar Octave Tlinnct Lieut. Peary A.nry . R. Wilkins Mnx O'Rcll Alargarct I : . SniiRster Frank R. Stockton Harriet P. Spolford RuJyarJ KIpllnR's thrilling new story. 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And The Companion Fifty-two Weeks , n full year , to January 1 , 1000. H no lltuitratnl i'roiprctui o/ the relumeor JJ.M nnJ Sample Ctpitt of the I'aftr t'rte. b YOUTH'S ' COMPANION , 201 Columbus Avenue , BOSTON , MASS. vM < . v gie. t _ _ vM < . v > i < . _ v % _ SlrA t _ i ? V 3rl $ > ! > * ! > viv vl ? / ( < / ! ! "iff NICHOLS' ' CLERK TURNS UP Important Addition to Knowledge of tlio "River's ' Latest Mystery. FRED tuT/LES / KNEW THE DEAD GROCER < ! lv 'M t\m \ I'olloc Much Vnliiulilo Ill- format Ion CoiitM'riiliitT the Iliililtn aiut 1'osKivNnloii.M of 1'rolmhly .lliirilurcil .llaii. Much additional evidence lias been J- iluced In the James Nichols case , tending strongly to prove that the deceased was mur dered. A most Important witness has been found In the person of Fred Cowles , a young man who worked for N'lcbola for many years and who is able to throw considerable lighten on the affair. Cowles is employed1 as a collector for C. I' . Ueed , 317 South Thirteenth street. He wus born ard raised In Hamburg , la. , the old homo of Nichols , and worked for the de ceased at 'Intervals covering a period of fif teen years. Cowles first came to Omaha In company with Nichols in August last. The date was about the 15th of the month. He says he came here to look for employment and tlwt Nichols i came to look the business ' field over with a view of starting up some new venture. Cowles says that Nichols was led to come to Omaha on account of the lease expiring uyon his store in Hamburg , and the place being taken possession of by the landlord. James Vice. The two remained in Omaha for about five days and then returned to Hamburg. The young man agala returned to this city about Sep tember 1 and on September 1 Nichols came back. He called at tlio olilce where nls former clerk was employed und told him that he would remain in Omalia during the win ter , but had not as yet decided what business ho would engage U > . Cowles saw Nichols several times after that at tlio court house and at other places. A day or two after in the early part of Septem ber ho met him in the district court and In a conversation told his old employer that he had a job , but did not know how Icog he might retain It. Nichols slapped him on the shoulder and pulling $65 from his pocket said , "Never mind , my boy , I have plenty of money and wUl ECO that you do not suffer. " Cowles saw Nichols again absut September 17 at the beginning of the Ak-Sar-Uen fes tivities , but never saw him afterwards. NICHOLS BUOUGHT HIS BAGGAGE , When Nichols arrived in Omaha the second time be brought with him two trunks and two large valises. Cowles says the old man told him that he had secured lodgings on upper Farnam street , and that the next day j ho chanced to be looking out of the window | of his olilce on Thirteenth street and saw an express wagon passing which contained the two trunks and valises belonging to Nlchoiu. Cowlea says that just previous to leaving Hamburg Nichols purchased three new suits of clothes , and that he .was well supplied with wearing apparel. In addition to this Nichols purchased a gold watch for $72 and nluo had a pair of gold cuff buttons and a gold ring. None of three articles were found upon the remains when they were discovered upon the sand bar at Gibson citation. The most conclusive evidence , however , which was obtained from Cowles which v'on Id Indicate that Nichols had been murdered and robbed was In his seeing a colored man wearing a certain suit of clothes which formerly belonged to the Cnrvo him ( looj ) ( lint turkey you're iroliiK to IIIIVP ThniikrtKivIiiK tiny when father , mother and nil thp little ones will be with you you can't ilo It If you've a poor oarvlii } , ' set wo havx'ii't any poor ones but we have some of the best made plain ono at oh , HO small a price we. have them in all styles anil patterns at all prices but our prleos are always iho lowest just like it I.1 with the stoves- Jewell stoves base'.bih'iiers ' no stove of equal merit can bo'.hold as cheap as wo Bell tlio .lowell fnct-mlH there Isn't any other stove that's IIH fjood yon can use n base burner about Thanksgiving time. A. RAJYMER . C. , BUILDERS' HAtDWAKI3 ) HERE. 1514 Fartihm St. Chains-rolled plat ? " nml sold filled chains largest stocV , w * vo over shown ami wo'vo always /shown the largest llnost rolled jtolil chains for ladies or frcnllemon from $ l..r > 0 to ? : > warranted five years lilled old chains at ? . ' ! . .r)0 ) to ? . * i.Mi ( warranted for ten years nold lilled at ? 0.00 to $ s.00-warnwted for twenty years also an elegant line of charms for ladles and Konllemen at very low prices-seeliif : is buying buying is satisfaction. We will fiirnUh yon 100 engraved cards and copper oncravod plate for S1.50 elegantly engraved wed- dins stationery-at $10 for the first hiin- Urel-a.W ( ) for each hundred thereafter Mall orders promptly attended to , C ; S. RAYMOND CO. , Jewelers , 15th tuul Douglas Sts. deceased. During fair week Cowles was standing upon the corner of Fifteenth nnd Funmm streets nnd a man passed him who wore the suit In question. The suit Is described as a brown check of peculiar pattern nnd the Incident struck Cowles so forcibly that he followed the man as fur as the postofllce. Here ho lest track of him. Cowles says he can pcsltivcly identify the colored man should ho see him again. At the station the young man Identified the trunk tray and also a little Japanese wicker workbaslict , which were found In the vacant building next door to the SyUcs boarding house on Farnam street. He also Identified some of the papers found by the police as the property of Nichols. When confronted with Sykcs , Jackson and Hryant. the colored men under arrest pending the Investigations by the police , Cowles said none of them an swered the general appearance of the man he had seen wearing the suit of clothes. HAD 1'LEXTV OF MON'KY. Cowles told Captain Haze he felt sure that N'lchols possessed a considerable amount of money while In Hamburg , for lie had always lived frugally > iml had drcie a good business. In addition to this the clerk had carried va rious amounts of money to the Farmers' and Merchants' bank In Hamburg to bo placed on deposit for his employer Among other things which Cowles showed the police was a store key which was found to be a duplicate to the ono found in Nichols' rocket. Cowles avers that ho never knew of his old employer being addicted to the use of any drugs or that lie gambled , or that he ever showed any signs of being derriented or melancholy. He says Nichols was about GS years of ago. The police are more Inclined -than ever to believe that Nichols was murdered. They do not think that nny of the men under arrest were directly connected with the man's death. It is believed that he was killed by other persons and the trunks , money and other effects made away with by them. No trace of the trunks or contents have as yet been found with the exception of the articles already given. Chief Gallagher has another letter from T. \V . Toedt of Hamburg , stating that a regls- tciod letter from a woman in Omalia had leen ) received at the Hamburg postolilco for j N'lchols. The chief of police wrote Mayor Hum of the Iowa town , asking that an ad- I mlnlstrator bo appointed for the estate of I Nichols , so that the letter might he opened | and other facts about the deceased might bo obtained. | Caleb Sykcs , Fred Jackson and Tasso Hryant , the three colored men who were ar rested pending the investigation into the dentil of James Nichols , were yesterday dls- | missed in police court as there was nothing developed which connected thorn with the death of the deceased. The great domestic , stand-by , Dr. null's Cough Syrup , Is now recognized to bo a faintly necessity. Keep It handy. vmi TIM : ciutY.sAvriiK.iiuM snow. Co mm I Hop. I'lisln'M KM ArriuiKC- m r ii t with IJri'at KncrKT } ' . J. J. Hess , chairman of the committee hav ing In charge arrangements for the chrys anthemum show , which takes place at 1519 Douglas street next week , says Hie exhibition Is progressing finely. The large utoro room Is being renovated and numbers of Incandes cent lights nrc being placed preparatory to put tins the exhibits In. Twelve exhibitors of this city have already applied for spuco and applications from growers of the aes thetic Dower outside the city are coming In at a rapid rate. The exhibition hall la ito be handsomely decorated throughout with lanterns , fans and panels of Chinese and Jap anese designs , and palms will be used ex tensively with a view of giving the place a tropical effect to lend a contrast to tlif product of the temperate zone. The favorlti flower of autumn will he shown ID every cole : , size and thape Imaginable , und there will bo in addition an extensive dbjplay of cut flowers. The exhibits will be so arranged that flowering grottos of the plant may bo formed , through which patrons may wander. Chairman Hess bays the exhibition would open Its doors at 10 o'clock upon the inoru- litg advertised. i You can't euro consumption but you can avoid It and cure 'every ' other form of throal or lung tumble by the use of Ono Minute Cough Cure. IliM't'lL Cjiuip Kiktt'rtn lumen t. Hecch camp , Modern Woodmen of Amer ica , last night gave the Hirst of a series of entertainments to members in its lodge rooms In tht- new Odd Fellows' temple. The entertainments arn to l > p given for the pur- po.io of amusing enthusiasm and lust night's' seemed to be successful In this regard , ns ttio attendance was very large. A number iwt'ixs present from other cam'.joi ' in the city. At the conclusion or the business meet'ifj ' the loam of Omaha camp No. 120 gave nn exhibition drill. This was followed by n pleasant social time , in the course ofwhich remarks were made by a. number. The evening pleasure was wound up In the dinIng - Ing room , where some excellent refresh- were served. Costs more worth more , because pure AVright's pure old-fashioned buckwheat flour. Drex L. Slioninan wis out at tlio ex position grounds yesterday lie got in and lie says things arc a humming out there they're humming at our store , too keeps us on the jump these days lit- ting little ( Vet hoys' and youth's feet with our $1.r > 0 shoes the black shoes with the solid 1 atliersnl Hie slioclh t'fl liiiit ) to wear and at the same time a comfortable and good looking shoe tlie shoe we've been selling this long time at the same prhv $1.0 a shoe Ihat eiiuals most $ shoes oll'ercd we claim It is the best ! ? 1. : > 0 shoe sold anywhere so do tlie parents who have bought them it's n school shoe that will stand the hard knocks at $1.0. Drexel Sltoe Co. , 1419 Farnum Street Now fall catalogue now ready ; mailed for tlio asking. \Ve are not doctors but we are scion- tlllu and practical opticians wo'\v made this business our life study wo can test yonr eyes In a proper manner and do It for nothing wo can jjrlini1 the lenses yonr eyes need for wo are manufiic- tnrliiK opticians th. ' only ones In Omaha wo can furnish the frame that tits properly by comiiiK hero yon et the host obtainable results for Its to our in terest lo KVO ! yon satisfaction every tlmo. Wo charge for our work not fancy pri'VB but the rl lit price for such Kiiarantocd work as we glviyou. . Columbian Optical Co AUTISTIC , SCIK.VTIKIU AXD I'HAC- TIAI , Ol'CTICIA.VH , i > i-vvirt , OMAHA , KANSAS CITY , 1C49 Champa. 211 S. Hth St. 915 Main. Colly , do dealers dat dldcnt cum to do terbacker sale last Monday dat my dad had don't no what doy mlsst-d It wir/ ono of di > good tings dat only lasl 0110 day , but dads golu tor have anodder fur you next Momlav when yor can save all kinds of coin you Jest look fur mo Hun- day , don don't let no grass grow under your feet Monday It's as big a snap as do live-cent .Sloccker cigar is to do smok- pru ton-cent rasho fur a nlckle my girl's golu tor glvo mo one of dom fancy pipes fur Chiiiiitmas- have yor seen do moot-sham and briar ones dad's showlu ? 1404 DOUGLAS.