THJifi"OArATrA"D7Vl rir"J3EE ; TUOSSDAY , JANUAKY 18 , 1898. T More Money Handled in Every Branch During the Last Year , OVERLAND EARNINGS ON THE INCREASE Itejiott for Uic Month \ii\ciiilict Ono of the Ilritt Undo lie 1lefrlrMltlii'n The report of the rccel\cr ol tha Union 'IMcinc railway , showing the cariilcign and the oxtienscA for tlio months o ( November , 1890 , and 1S97. Imi just been laautd from the otllco ot tlio receivers In Hoston. Tlio report In one of the boat that hni been made during the fi'rclvcrshlp , and nothing but Increases nro noted In tliu comparison of carningn and cxpensps In November , 1SS7 , with these of 3s'o\ombcr. 189C. Trom thlft report has been computed the earnings and expense * of the llrst eleven ittonthH of 1SS7. Kor the entire system , In cluding this Central liranch and the lines lei 3 oil to It , the gross earnings of the eleven months to November 30 were J17CD2,23 .li ! , nu Incrcino of $2,604,702.96 over tbo gross earnings during the corresponding period of 1SOC. The expenses also Increased , but not to such an extent as the earnings. The ex penses for the entire system for the first cloven months of 1897 were ? 11 , 178,039.98 , An Increase of $1,419,111.10 over the ex- pcasos of the coricspondlng period of 189G. The Riirptui of earnings over expenses for the fliBt eleven months of 1897 was $0,013- 030 1 1 , an increase ot $1,155,621.80. Per thn month of November the gross earnings of the entire sjstum were $1,988- 9CL' 0" , an Increase * of $127,151 15 over those of November , 1S9C. The expenses , excluding taxes , for No\ ember , 1897 , were $1,148,763.22 , an Increase of $15C,42.77. ! ) The surplus of carningn ever expenses amounted to $810.- 20G 83 dining November , 1S97 , an Increase of $270,721.38 o\cr Iho surplus ol November , Of tlipso Increases the greater part comes from the main line of the Union Pacific. On the Union Pacific rallioad proper the gross earnings for tlie first eleven months of 1S07 were $15,003,82991 , an Increase of $1,797- 131 70 ever the earnings of the first eleven months of 189G. The expenses for the first eleven months of 18S7 were $9,417,72907 , an incu-ase of $ l,16G,8'il.G(3 ( over the expenses of the drat eleven months ot 1S9G The surplus of earnings over expenses during the Hist cloven months of 1897 was $5,580,100.81 , an iiiercaso of $ G > ! 000 ! 04 ever the surplus of the first eleven months of 1S9G Tha month of November 1S07 , was a profitable ) onu on the main linn The earn ings were $1,690,41051 , an Increase of $333- 073 40 over the earnings of November , 1S9G Thn expenses were $969,90533 , an Increase of $12,52301. The ourplus of earnings over expenses in November , 1897 , was $72650519 , an Incicasa In the surplus of $210,519 49 from November , 1S9G. i\MM'i > \ siouvruvi , TO nn soi.ii. 'Falls to Coinjily vilth the Decree of lie til Hod StiilrN Court. NHW YORK , Jan. 17 Supplemental to a tlccrco ot the United States circuit court lor the eastern district of Wisconsin , dated December 27 , 1897 , Judge Licombo today hlgned an auxiliary decico of foreclosure In thei suit ot John A. Stewart and ndwln H Abbott , ns trustees , against the Wiscon sin Central company. K. M. Iloyt la made special mahter In the suit by the original tttnl Hupplcmcntal decrees. The complainants In the suit charge that according to the rnortgago there is duo $12- 000 principal and ? J,309,12G interest upon 1 > onda. The deed of trust , which covers the Oiond Issues , Includes , among other proper ties , the Chicago & Wisconsin railroad In 11 IPO'S , , Chicago , Wisconsin & Minnesota lallroad , the Milwaukee & Lake Wlnnchaso jallnud , the Wisconsin Central railroad and n number ot others operated as the Wis consin Central associated lines. The Wisconsin decree dliccted that the Wisconsin Central company , within ten < lajs from Uecombor 27 , 1897 , pay Into court rtl'o $11,309.125 duo to the holders of cer tain first mortgage bonds Issued on July I , 1SS7. and ordered that 4n default of such 1 > ajtnent the property covered by the mort gage bo eo'd. The decree net Jiavlng been complied with , default has been entered and the sale ( will take place. Tr : A L. A sic v nii < ii\isti. ntallronilH Apt to lie DlNiiiiixilitloil In ( lie Trump. CHICAGO , Jan , 17. The western roads are beginning to modify their eutlmatea of the aiumber of people who will bo bound for Ali'rtka In thn spring. The business haa al ready begun to move In a smill way , but from all the ovldenco which 1Sio roads have boon ublo to gather the total number of tlcketu that will bo eold on account of the Alaska buslneni will not bo over 100,000. The osMmatcs of como of the general passenger ugenta oi > this business were double thd ! , but tlio eiancej eire now that 100,000 will bo the twtuldo flguro. No agreement has boon reached with the Giaadton Pacific regarding the differential rate which that rend claims on the Alaaka business nor la ono Ilkoly to bo reached In the near future. TSio Canadian Pacific la contracting ( cr a largo share of thla business and will doubtless continue ) to got It , no n.at- ter what rates are made by Its competltorn. The Utter have not made any reduced rates es jot co account of the low rotca made by the Canadian Pacific , but my that thoyi will do DO M soon ca two business \ sufllcleutly largo to warrant any cutting of rates. CVMTUI.V CUAiTu7vTib .VIlB blfAICV. IluiulM Are All-vloilN ( o .Secure the Ship ment lit II.elter'HVlnnt. . CHICAOO , Jan. 17. Eastbound freight rates are getting moro shaky , and It Is pro- dieted that before long It will bo necessary fee the Joint TmfTle nssochtlon to send out another announcement that all roads must obscivo the regular tariffs. No cuts have been made in tlio ratoi for general merchandise , but the grain tales are getting lower and lower , and It Is now predicted that within a ahort tlmo grain will bo carried from Chicago to the Atlantic seaboard on ttie Ixisls of 13 cents to Now Yotk. As far as can bo learned no grain has ns > ot been parried nt that rate , but It has been admitted by coo of the agents of Loiter that ho has been offered the rate and can have It at any tlmo ho cares to ship. Loiter , howuvce- . has been unwilling to oay over 10 cents , and hU men have seen so many roads 1 the effort to secure low rates that tlie roads are becoming a trlllo apprehensive that they will bo regarded as rate cuttccs If they carry his grain. Lelter's men are con fident , how over , that In the near rut uro they will bo able to lay tholr wlioat down In Now York for 10 cents IIiii-lliiKloii'H .Statement. A rompaiatlvo statement of the condition of the Ilurllngton for the last three jcars Is as follows , the fiscal year ending De cember 21 : Dnte or I'drI Arlliur I A telegram received by Commissioner Utt of the Commercial club jcstcrday from the nlllclals of Iho Varl Arthur Ilouto announces that the free excursion to bo tendered to the member * of the Omaha Commercial club will lcav.o this city on Tuesday , Pobruary 1. Tort \rlliur i\ourHloiiN. Some excitement has been caused In pas senger circles by the announcement of the 1'ort Arthur outo that U Intends offering liometfekers' excursion rules to points on its line every day In the week for the rest bf the * inter mo ths. The excursion rate * are offered ou other Hues oil ouly the flrst and third Tuf < lAy of each month , Whllo H IK re- RAnletl Improbable that any of the other lines will make similar overtures of the home-seeking clasi , It Is admitted that the other general pftggenger agents are dolnp norne hard thinking on the proposition II U nali ! the land department of the Kansas City. Mttsburg & Gulf makes Rood any losi sustained by the traffic department by tin cbeap excursions. > oten nnil The Union Pacific passenger department reports quite n stir about the gold discov eries at Grand Encampment , Wyo. The earnings of the Milwaukee for the first week In January were $301 , 120 , against $104,115 for the con expending week of 1897 , an Increase of $100,011. 0. H. Waldo has Juit been appointed superintendent of car nervlce of the In diana , npcatur fe Western railway , vlcu W , R Stockton , car accountant , resigned. The changu Is effective on February 1. Western railroads are considering the ad- viability of IsMiIng a one-faro rate from all points In Nebraska ( or the coming as sembly of the Grand Army of the Republic , Women's Kcllof corps and Sons of Veterans nl Norfolk , Neb. Hence W. Henderson , formerly connected with the Union Pacific's operating depart ment In this city , and now associated with the Oregon Short Line In Salt Like City. was In Omaha jesterday , en route to Cln. cmnatl , where his sister Is qulto 111. Stockholders of the Hock Island have been notified to meet in Chicago February 15 for the purpoao of authorizing the Issuance of bonds to the amount of $100,000,000. Tlie proceeds nre to | K > used In the refunding scheme long under consideration. J. C , IJrown , who has been with the pas senger department of the Hurllngton for many jcars , ha"j accepted the position of passenger agent and agent ot the land de partmcut of the Omaha , Kansas City & Eastern , with headquarters at St. Joseph , Mo. Mo.Tho The railroads report constantly Increasing number of Inquiries for rates to the Klon dike On Tuesday afternoon at 4 35 o'clock a party of three Omaha men * will leave for Skagway They arc George Gchrlng , 510 South Thirteenth street ; George F Grucnlg and Ingvard M. Jensen , -IC12 North Twenty- fourth street. For the monetary conference which will bo held at Indianapolis January 23 to 2C the western railroads between hero and Chicago and between hero and St. Louis have made one and one-third regular fare for the round trip From Chicago acid St Louis to Indianapolis the faro for the round trip will be ono regular fare February 1 a new fast frlcght line , to bo known as the North Shoio Dispatch , lo to bo Inaugurated It will operate over the Cincinnati , Hamilton & Dayton , the Michigan Ceatial , the West Shore .ind prob ably the Fltchburg. W. J Mann , formerly manager of the liluo and Canada Southern lines , Is to bo the executive olllcer Kuhn , Locb & Co , announce to holders of C per cent first mortgage bonds of the Oregon gen Hallway & Navigation company , matur ing In 1903 , that the offer hereioforo made for the refunding of the bonds Into I per cent consolidated mortgage bondb , matuilng In 1046 , will bo withdrawn on February 1 Until then the conversion can bo effected upon a basis ot $1,210 In I per cent bonds for $1,000 In C per cent bonds , with an ad justment ot the accrued Intel c < st General Paasctiger nnd Ticket Agents Lo- max of the Union Pacific and Wadlelgh ot the Ulo Grande Western , who were ap pointed a committee to fix the amount of commissioners to bo paid by transmlssourl roads , have made their report , fixing the following amounts On traffic originating on the Oregon Short Line , $1.50 ; north ot Silver How , $150 , on the Oregon Railway & Navigation company road , $3 ; north of Spokane , $5 ; north of Portland , $3 ; from points on the Shasta route , $5 The com- mlttco recommends the same pajmcnts on westbound business. The Pullman Palace Car company has been called upon to defend the suit of D T. Mor gan , who purchased a berth from San An tonio to Dallas , and was , while enrouto , bitten by a centipede , and , as he alleges , permanently disabled Ho says that ho pin chased a berth properly equipped and paid for It and that the company failed to live up to Its contract. Presumably , from these facts , the learned court will be called en to pass upoi the question as to whether a centipede is a part of the proper equip ment for a sleeping car berth. The company will doubtless deny the centipede and neck to cast him upon the world as a meddle * some ticspiEser , who ot his own motion and without Invitation did wantonly , wil fully and surreptitiously take passage on Its cars as an accident , without the pay ment of faio and unknown to It , and , there fore , that It is not responsible for the bad manners ot the Intruder In committing an assault on a peaceable gentleman who only wanted to got to Dallas. Hut whether the couit will take that view of thu case is an > other question. Hero's the way the Colorado railway offi cials talk about the Ogden gateway contro- vcrsj"I do not regard the situation as dis couraging , " said George U Dodge of the Hio Grande Weotoin. "Tho Unlcn Pacific has control , but It Is by no means certain that the Ogden gateway will bo clcoed to lines competing with the Union Pacific. The now management of the Ualon I'aclflc will not take charge until February 1 , and It would require some time after that for arrange ments to bo completed In regird to the Ogden gateway Tlio Ulo Grande Western kept the wheels turning fcoveral jears while the gateway was closed , and I have no doubt can do a llttlo better hereafter , even If shut out from traffic with the northwest " Major S. K. Hooper of the Denver & nio Grande Is still more hopeful as to the future of business to the northwest. "Theie ire too many Intercuts affected , " said ho , "for the Union Pacific to cloae the Ogdeu gateway again. I believe that oven If the Union Pacific assumed charge of the Oregon Short Line It would never again close the Ogden gateway. " SIIOOT& Hiilhii.F WITH A Iliipn Piilli-r HUH n DlHiiHtrniiMn | > rl- eneu Midi Ii'lreiirniN. Hope Fuller , 15 jeaiw old , shot herself through the lungs yesterday afternoon at her homo at 1701 South Eighteenth street. The family of the girl state that the shooting tvad accidental and resulted from the careless liandllog of a revolver. Her father , Robert Fuller , had recently re-ntcd the house where Ihoy now llvo and the goads were being moved In. In the confusion of moving a rfl- iclvcr belonging to him was left on the bed uriitalrs. The girl weat to the loom alone ind econ afterward a pistol shot wai heard 3ho waa taken to the Clarkson Memorial icspltal. whcio she conld glvo llttlo account ) f the afi'alr ' 'She was reported , to bo In a satisfactory condition last night and her rc- : every Is considered probable Prosperity comes quickest to the man whoso liver U In good condition. DoWltt'a Llttlo Early Hlscrs are famous little pills [ or constipation , biliousness. Indigestion and ill stomach and liver troubles. iMen'H dull Open MeetlilK , The Men's clan of Trinity Methodist hurch held a public session nt the church ust uvenlng to which tholr numerous 'rloncls were Invited. The chin , to the nuni- ) er of nearly forty , occupied the recess jack of the pulpit nnd entertained the largo ludienco cjulto royally with inimle , nuto- ilograpMcal eketc-hes , stories nnd debates. hie first ceremony necessary to the open- ng of the Heasloii was the calling of the Ian , which was performed by High Master if Ceremonies M M Hiiiulln Follow-In ? Ills was u mandolin duct by Messrs Albert : > . Schneider und A. H. Homan liiplani- 01 y romnrk-s by High Master of Ceremonies lamlln were tlmoly and tin autoblogiaph- cnl story by M W. Svvnln vvus lllled with uunorous anecdotes A quartet , composed > ( Messrs U. U. Williams , John J. Toms , 3 O. Fowler and Dr. F. r. Teal , gave a ocal selection which received an encore , ind Iho llrst half of the program ojncliuUU vlth llfo sketches of F. O. CranUall nnd I S.Vlleox. . "Hcsolveil , Thnt women should bo nd- nltted na lay delegates to the general con- 'orenec of the Methodist ISpibcopnl church , , vlth the rights and jirivlleges accorded to aymen , " was dlscusscil by 12. A. Parmeles ind O. W. l > oUun.itro In the alllrmutlve. mil C F Welter nd J. T. Koblnson in , ho negative. The clebato excited ojiisld- rable mirth. The program was concluded vlth a mumloltn duet by Messia. Schneider ind Homan and a song by the clan , en- Itled , "Men's Clan of Trinity. " which was written for the occasion , Arnold's Uromo Celsry cures headaches , lOc , 25o and COc. All COTTOiN OPERATIVES STRIKE Great Labor Struggle is Now On in New England , TEST OF STRENGTH MADE AT NEWBEDFORD Ton 'I'llon.tnnil Workman Iillc nl tlinl J'olnt .NoI n Spliullc Turning OiierutUen nl Other Point1 * to Alii I'lmiiicliill ; . NEW nEDrOUO , Mass. . July 17. A shut down , tlio most complete In the history of the cotton mills of New Bedford , began tills morning. Not a splndlo was turning , nor a loom la motion an hour after the usual tlmo ot beginning work. Between forty and fifty operatives went Into the Dr.stol , and twenty , five or thirty Into tbo Whitman , but aelde from those no mill made any show of run ning , and these two soon shut down. Nine corporations , operating eighteen mills , In which upward of 9,000 hands are employed , are ln\olved In the strike. The total pay roll ot these corporations Is estimated at $70.000 weekly Uoth manufacturers and operatives seemed to be well prepared for the strike and the sltuatlcn was treated In arry matter of fact manner by both sides. Only at the Acushnct mill gates did any disturbance oc cur and that did not prove serious , although the managers were Jeered loudly and some frozen Ulrt and sticks were thrown. Goon after the starting hour the lights wont out tin the different floors and the croud outside yelled with delight. The crowd , Ktod natural up to this tlmo , began to manifest bitterness toward the mill officials , who , as they left the building to outer thd offlce , were greeted with a shower at frozen earth and small stones Superin tendent Know lea came to the gate and was given a hustling He retreated Into the o- llce. A gco < l natured crowd of operatives gathered at the main entrance to the Bristol mill. Between forty and fifty operatives lud entered the mill through a. hole In the fcnuc ind at the usual hour the speed was started. After i mining less than an hour the mill \\aa \ shut down. In one or two of the ether mills tjie - machinery chinery was started but no work was done. At 7 o'clock wlatcvcr help had untcied the factories had come out and the tie-up was complete. BOSTON' , Jan , 17. The 80,000 or more sklllel operatives emplojed In about seventy cf the chief cotton mills of New Unglancl states will toJay come unJer the sweeping older of a new wage scale wildi e'.Halls a reduction ot 10 per cent or more This re duction will bring on In Ko.v Ucdford , Mas ? , Lewlston and HIddefcrd , Me. , labor strikes which may pnno tie- beginning of an lu- dLHtilal battle greater In e < cteut and more disastiouu In ciTcct Mian anj In the prcvl us hlitorj of cotton manufacturing in the Uni.cd Suites. The bittlo against the corporathra un doubtedly would ha\o been fought ovcrj- where had not tie \oico of men and women who are 111-prep.irod at tills tl'iie of jear to BJ into Ulcncss been hecJcd b > iio con servatives AD It Is , the grcit nnjorltj ot poisons omplojed In nine corporations In New Bedford , find one corporation each In two Mala o cities , will take upon lhen e\cu ! thu tasof forcible rci'ist'-mce ' to the reduc tion. In Xovv Bedford , bio nmo corporations represent 'twenty-two mills , giving means of livelihood to nearly 10,000 people. The atrlkeis will bo directed by the libor unions , the lead being taken by tie Mule Spinners' union , the national executive com mittee of which has eanctlonel the irtrllte of opposition and promlsad financial aid. The spinners and weavers , ure practically t/-o / only branches o operatives which fcive main tained organization. 0ie striking feature of the preliminary agitation against Mio cut- down and the strike talk wa the pica of the national labor bcJIcj Interested , that no btrikus bo begun except at Ne.v Bedford and Lowell , and askli ? that all strengti bo concentrated on tile former p'ace. ' Lowell operatives held In abeyance in decision to strike , pledging their support to tno othei city. The strikes In tbe other places men tioned have yet to bo officially sanctioned by the governing labor boly. CANADIANS GOING HOME. Tiic-re is ono fca uro of the labsr troubles and cutdov.no which may manifest Itself , and that Is the return to their CanaJ n horacn by hundreds of fatnlllco who speak French who flock to the state * In winter to tecurc employment. Following is an estimate of tie number of operatives affected by the cu'down , but the actual result will acorccly bo reel Until the now BchoJulo ot wages Is tried Knight , Goddard & Chase mills in Massachusetts , Rhode Island and Connecticut , 20,000 ; Lowell mills , 15,000 ; Lowlston , 5,000 , Fall Illvor , 4,000 ; Blddeford and Saco , 4,000 ; other Malno mills , 4,000 ; Nashua , 3,000 ; New Hampshire , other than Manchester and Nashua , 3,000 , Worcester county , 5,000 ; Holjokc , 10.COO ; Ver mont , 10.000 ; miscellaneous , 0,000. On Jcnuary 3 the reduction took effect In mills cmp'oylng about 33,000 hands The re. ductlon today affected the cotton mills ot Malno , Rhode Isl.indf Connecticut , the mllla ot New Bedford , Low ell and a large number of sn.allcr places In this state and Now Hampshire. The Atlantic & I'aclflc corpoia- tlca of Lawrence and probably the othei cot ton mills there , and In ono or two places elsewhere , Avlll make a cut next Manda > . The cut amounts to about 10 per cent In. many places , but In several centers It te 11 1-9 per cent , and c\ui hlgbcr , whileIn a tew email mills It la only about 5 per cent. The Now Bedford stiikcrs will be sup. ported financially by the operatives in other centers , and It Is said they are prepared to liold out until spring. The natural organ ization ot textile uniors nas also voted to support the New Bedford strike. It Is esti mated that the reduction means a IOM of between $75,000 and $83,000 a week to the \vago earners In the six states , and the ad- lltlonal loss to strikers In the various cen ters It they remain Idle even for a short . I mo will swell th a amount to a much larger 3gure BOSTON , Jan. 17. A reduction In the ivagoa of about 123,000 operatives emplo > oJ In nearly 150 cotton mills la New England , nhlch the manufacturers decided on rn u cmporary remedy for depression In ube cotton ; oodi3 Industry of the north , went Into et- 'oct In a majority of the mills today. In several mills , namely , New Bedford and IllcHcfcnl , Saco and Lowl/ston , Me. . tlltfitU- 'uctio'i among the mill hands is Intense and itrlkcs are on. The eighteen mills of the 'ormer city , which glvo employment to abjut 10,000 handd , have been ehut io\\n because iio operatives have refused to accept the ic- luctlon and the o-mtest thus Inaugurated iromlses to bo ono of the meat stubborn In .ho history of the textile Industry. The situation In New Bedford laery gloomy. luslneis-3 there laid uot recovered from the lepresjlon which followed the failuio of six nlll corpoiatUcs lest spring. TBio 3,500 eni- ) loycs at the Ijicon'.u and I'eppcrell mllla In 3lddeford , Me. , refused to go to work th'a nornlng under the new schedule and It Is bought that the strike there will not bo lettlol easily. Some of the employes of the t'ork in 11 ! ii of Saco also joined the Blddoford novemcnt. The Audrcscogln mills In Boston an ! Hio Clng 1'hlllp plant In Full Hlver , were Imndl- apped by a strike of a number of hands and , bo ljuec City mlllo of Burlington , Vt , have joen close 1 on account of the strike which 'allowed ' the pcatlns of notices of a roduc- ion. ion.An An Incident at the Acualinot mllla In Now jodford In which dirt and atones were thrown it the mnnagera without doing aiiy harm , , vas the niurcnt apprcaai to serious trouble Phis afternoon quiet prevailed In all sections ml tha stores mid streets were almcst de- lerted. IIIDDErOUD. Mo. , Jan. 17. Every depart ment of the PopporcU and Laconla mills In his elty nnd all the departments of the fork mills In Saco , with the exception of the unllng and mule spinners' rooms , shut down oday as a result of the decision of the > perators to reduce wages 10 per cent , which ivaa to go Into effect today , lAl the- York nllls In Saco the weavers remained out and vcro followed by the slashers and ring spin * icrs The cut at these mills Is said to aver- iga 12 per cent. There are 1,500 operatives uul 51,201 spindles. The management of ho mills refuses to say what Its policy v 111 bo. LCW1STON. Me. . Jan. 17. The operatives > f all the mills lioro except those ot the \ndroscoggln went to work as usual today mdcr a reduction la vvugcu of from 10 to 15 Pr cent At the Andmicoggln only seven out of 100 weavers went to work. The re duction went Into ftttVl nt the mills of the Continent and Androicuq-gln , Hill , Barber & Bates corporations ani at the Lewistoa IJIeachcry nnl Dye works The total weekly pay roll of these comViAhles has been JI3.000 About G.750 operative ! hre emplojed and the number of splndlea aggmgate 279 000 WOONSOCKBT. H. I..Jan 17 The 2 3W pi-ope ! emplojed In thd Sot-lal Olobo and Notrls mills ot the' ' Social Manufacturing compiny and the Clinton mills In this city went to work nt reductions of wages aver aging. It Is stated..jijjflut 10 per cent Tear * ar felt that trouble irny jet arise PROVIDENCE. H. 1.Jan. . 17 * . cut down of from 10 to 11 per cent went In o effect In a mojrlty of the Rhojo Island cotton mills today. This affec-M the mills controllel by B B & R McKnlght1. Odddard Drothen and the Llppltt company. ' Tlie opeiuthfa fin- plojed In there mills nuB\bor \ about 11,500 and the weekly pay roll ts ab ut $78.000 Thirteen other concerns operated from this city a'fio put the reduction of wages Into ef fect tcO y Thrne mills represent i t Ul of O5,56i spindles , 11,083 looms , B.8I4 opera tives < in3 a tuy roll of { 39,375 a week. WORCESTER. Maw , Jan 17 A reduc- tlco In wnges of about 10 per cent went lm o effect tidny at ttoo Llnwx > od cotton inlib and WhIU'lnvlllo ' cotton mills In Northbrldgc , the Brldgo cotton milk at Northbrldge and the ? midcrsvlllo co1 ton mills at SandcMvllle. The KLshervlllo Manui'cturlt company also cut wages att-ut 10 per cent , where about 450 hands aio at work The open.tlveo at all of thcsa mlllii , about l.ROO ki number , have- quietly submitted to ISie cut-down and went to work as usual todiy. TALL RIVER , M.-ca. . Jan. 17 With the exception the spinning dervrtment of ttio Kin ? Thlllp mill all of the mills of this city are runcln ; In full In all departments. The mule fp nncu struck according to program and wore Joined by the frame spinners. TIil/i stoppol thoiiplnrlng department of the mll'ii ' , but all oMicr dcr < irtmcnts were In icpemtlon. PUTNAM , Onn , Jfn. 17 Tile announcc-d reduction In wagcaat the Monobusett cotton mills In thli cltj went Into effect today with out any protect from the 140 hands employed FITCHBURR Mass. . Jan 17 The 223 I'fids In the NooKcjo cotton print tnlllii are out of work toJay EI the remit of a cut of G per cent , which went Into effect this morn- Inn It was not satkfactory , nnd the eighty weavers struck , closing the whole mill. The rcrr-ilrier of the hands were willing to work MI ! It was nnnornccd that the mill would be shut do.vn unlc- ? the cut wca accepted M vrrr.its nTironi : i.icmsTi : itovitn. I'ralintMPO OITt-nMl l > > Mr ! trKiitt < r III NtlllUM'OHt ( 'JISI'M. Another protest was fileJ jc tcrday with the Board ot Kiro nnd Police Commissioners ors against Issuing n license to Tilt ? Bloomer at Slxteoi th and Lcavciiworth streets The protest was on the ground that Blccmer had defied the law by selling Honor on Sunday and was consequently bired by the state law from obtaining a Ycstciday the cvldenro In twenty-five ad- illtlonal cores In v.-hlch n Hosevvatcr pro tested against the granting of the applica tion because the applicants had been sellIng - Ing liquor s'nco JanUaiy 1 without a ! ! ccnao was submitted nnd taken under ad- vicsmeit. To avoid icpeated rehearsals of the same testimony It wia stipulated that these casra should bo Hubmltted on the same evidence v\hlch was ofieijd In the oases which were decided last week This consisted of the testlihony of at least two witnesses In each cth ( of their personal knowledge that the applicants were selling PS uaual and the testimony of Clerk Wel- shans of the 1 oanl fliat no license had been issued to the applicants In question for 1893. 1893.Tho dcc'slon ' rcndore'd. later was that the following parties should be granted licenses May d Hllcr | , 1303 DoUglas , W J Lemp Brewing company , 1517'and ' 1519 Nicholas ; Sloup & Kiuml , 12C3 South Fourteenth ; Fied Metz , Jr , 2122 North Twenty-fourth ; Theo Baunier , 223 ' N'drth ' Tenth , Annlo O'Hearn , 1002 South Te'lth ; Peter Gravcrt , 2811 Cumins ; William T Garrlty , 123 North Tenth , Gcorgo S Cncitjby , 123 Noith Sis tccnth ; Walter Stc'hmets ' , C01 South Tenth ; Adam Wendhatisen 1921 and 1923 Pierce ; Jerry Mc.Mnho.i , 12J CTSS ; Louis Schmidt , 1302 and 1301 Dodge ; Mary Cummlnga , 3320 to 3S24 Sherman avenue ; Wl'llam Hunt- 7\ny\o \ \ , 1S1G Military av'cnuo ' ; John J Par- rott , 151C Webster ; Charles Maics , 512 South Tenth , Ardrcnv Hummel , 123 Noith Twelfth ; Joseph S'ama ' , C12 South Thlr- tconth ; Frank Swcboda. 1203 South Six teenth ; John Gulk , 2101 Cuming ; Charles Loftmauu , 1321 Howard , Chailes Met ? , 2500 Walnut ; Henry N Ocrter. U19 Douglas ; Charles Metz , . 1245 South Thirteenth ; Ru- doph Havelka , 414 South Fifteenth ; C. A. Peterson , 1C01 Viiton , James Predcrlckaen , 1707 North Twenty-fourth , Geoigo W. Mulil- liiiusen , 1801 St. Marj's menue ; Prink Kc'chmark 5210 North Thirtieth ; Domlnlck Hart. 123 North Fifteenth ; Henry Hlllcr , 522 Noith Slxtc-enth , Harry J. Sjrics. 311 end 310 Sout'i Fourteenth , Hans Wlggers , 1520 Dodge , Hans N. Jensen , 410 and 412 South nightecinl' , John T. Llml , 1109 Farnam ; John Shannon , 124 North Tenth Plro Heeiiril for n liny. PITTSBURG , Jan 17 The Ycetcr block , a largo cfilco building m Fifth avenue , Mc- Keesport Pa. , was totally destrfcd by fire at 4 o'clock thk ? morning The block was erected two > cars ago at a cost of $100,000. The first floor was occupied by Tester's Jowclry atoro , and the loss to the block will reach $40.000. Bedell's furnishing store will [ cao $10,000. An early morning flro at Urldgevlllo , on the Panlucdle load , about twelve miles south of hero , destrojed six buildings and a large lumber jard. The loss will probably reach S30.000. CHICAGO , Jan , 17 night firms with 5tocKs aggregating almost r > CO.COO sustalii heavy losses by a fire thit broke out at ] 30 this morning In the building at the northwest corner of. Market and Qulncy atreets They nro L. C. Wachsmutb te Co , clothtnp , loss moatly by water. Ad.ims llrothor.s , dry goods , loss complete ; Tay'or & Pnrrotto , wholes lie dealers In hats , loss ay water ; Worcester Set company , loss jomplete ; Fred Kauffmnn & Co . tailors , oss complete ; Sklnnor Brothers , dealers In ivoolen goods , loss complete ; NIclcerson A : 2o , dry goods , loss complete ; Cluett , Coan Si Co , collars and cuffs , damage by lire mil water. Solomon Filedman , dry goods , Io s cam- ilete ; L , Abt A : Sons , Jewelers , loss corn- Two flramen were injured during the prog- ess of the lire , neither of them seriously. Pho total loss will approximate $200COO , well : ovetcd by Inburance , CoiniiluliilnfvVllne s VrreMteil. William Bock was arrested yesterday enL L wan ant charging him with contiibutlns o tne support of a house of prostitution. Jeck Is the man who was lobbed rec-ntly if 010 In a house on Ninth street. Ho hud ho l.ardlhood to report the occurrence and Ive women -\veio ariested on hl complaint. Hi arrest yesterday was the course taken iy a polleo couit attorney In the employ if the arrested women to take revenge on leek and force him to relinquish the piose- utlon Tie plan liahso far been success- ul and when Beelc. vvus airalgned ho was Ined $10 and costs. , Ten VenrA for Muriler , KANSAS CITY , Jan _ 17-Wllhelm Dlctz , vvleo cDiivlcted ln"the , , district couit In < unsaa City. Kan , of the murder of Hus- itll M Llndaay. was JocHy Bcntenccd teen en years haul labor In the Kansas pcnl- cntlaiy. Drex L. Shooinnn stnrts off on a finlo that will Hlinnly uarnlyxo Hiu f'liou hell- PI-S of Omalm twptblnss liavou't been coiiblilorinl at all ono IH profit that's Kcnorally tlio first conslilcrallon but not with us In this K.UO scL'oiul , loss why , wo wouldn't CVPII attempt to llj"ro that out ami wo don't care how much U In , just fee we clear out all these broken and coinplt'to lines of winter shoes and cveiy pair IH up to date , bought for this season's tiadc hhoo values will bo more than doubled lu this sale Drexel Shoe Co. , 1410 l-'AUNAM STREET ii ! , i HIT - r * r * vv > V w rv w TW r > W TW W "VW > f 'WP Sellino * Out The creditors of the National Clothing Co. arc closing out the complete stock of this firm This is not a January Clearing Sale , to clean out odds and ends , but a Genuine Closing Out , Forced Quitting the Business Sale Forced to close out , because the firm is insolvent- Forced to close out , because our time 13 limited This gives you an uncqualed chance to buy clothing at less than they cost us ( the Creditors ) to produce. We'll quote you a few items , but you cannot realize how great they are , unless you sec them : Every $5.00 Suit and Overcoat Every $6.50 Suit and Overcoat Every $7,50 Suit and Overcoat Every $8.00 Suit and Overcoat Every $9.00 Suit and Overcoat All the better grades of Suits and Overcoats at 400 and 5oc on the dollar of actual cost. An immense lot of $1.25 National Stiff Hats , black and brown , for Soc. Odds from suits ftO { TbO a 53-00 , $3.25 , $3 50 , $400 Pants x | > 'U' ' > ' pair $1.25 Duck Coats 6oc , 500 Gloves 250. Cotton and Wool Shirts at 500 { { 'dilli ' ? Creditors' Sale of the Cor. 14th and Doulas Sts. SOUTH OMAHA NEWS. Tno much talked ot gas franchise ordi nance requested b > Messrs rijnn , Wjnian and Cressoy was Introduced at the meeting or the city council last night and was eent t < ' the Judiciary committee for considera tion. A sj nopals of thlh ordinance lias al ready boon printed In The Ilee. The finance committee reported ad\ersoly on the lequest of the Glebe Loan nnd Trust company , n herein It nas urged that city taxes amounting to ? 7C bo refunded It was claimed by the trust company that the assessment made In 1S92 , 189 ] and 1831 nus too high. The council adopted the re port ot the committee. Property owners living on the cast side of Thirteenth street between N and O streets petitioned for a eldonalk. Se\ural of the icsldcnts In that vicinity were present and urged the granting of the petition The city attorney was Instructed to draft the piopeioidlnance. . \n ordinance establishing the grade In tbo alley between Twenty-first and Twenty-sec end streets and J mid K streets was rend for tbo first tlmo and refened to tbe Ju dlclnry committee. The ordinance repealing an ordlnanc. pccstd some tlmo ago , providing for the ) aj Ing of a sidewalk on the eouth tide of L ctiect fiom Sharp street to Thlrty-se\- cnth street , was read for the second and thlid times and passed. The ordinance pi o\ tiling that the railroad companies erect and maintain electric lights at certain crossings Inside the cilj limits was read for tl'O third tlmo end passed By this ordinance the Union Pa cific is required to maintain a llgi" at the crossing ot Ite track with Oio county road In Albilght. The Hock Is'and Is to main tain a light at Monroe street , the Burling ton at Thirty-sixth and L otrcets , the De.t Line at the Boulevard crossing and the stock jards company at tbe crossing under the Q street \laduct. The railroads are ghon sixty days In which to place these lights In position. If at the expiration of that tlmo the lighto are not In service the city electrician will locate the lights and charge the cost to the railroads City Attorney Montgomery submitted a written opinion on the proposition to re- leabo a portion of the guarantee ghen by the California Asphalt company on the Twenty-fourth street paving. The attorney could see no legal objection to the re-leasing of a portion t > f the ginr- nnteo Mayor Kusor referred the opinion to the finance committee. Tredeilck G Hang , administrator of the estate of William liang , filed a claim for damages , alleging that the cause of death was a defectho highway. It will be remem bered that on the night of December 3 Hang , while delivering liquor , drove over a blufl In Albright and was killed. The amount wMch the city will bo held for la not men' tloned by the administrator. On January 28 and 29 the council will meet as a board of equalization to listen to complaints on sidewalk assessments Schultz stated that ho understood that the railroads were not keeping their agree ment In relation to flagging trains at the Boulevard crossing. It was dcc'dod ' to in vestigate and If this Is not being done the council wl'.I order a flagman btatloned at that point. Tralnor brought up the Homo Ranch sa loon license matter and wanted a report from the chlsf of police , who had bpmi In structed to notify the proprietor to obtain a license or close the place. Chief Dronnan was ateent and Treasurer Hroadwoll stated that $300 had been paid In by the pro- pi letor Kelly offered a lesolutlon , which was can led , directing 1ho saloon Keeper to pay up In full or close his saloon. Adjourned for ono week. Information for HoK1 The Union Stock Yards company haa com menced the work ot educating the farmnrs and stock raisers In the matter of raising hogn WhileIho yard company docs not un dertake to tell the farmer Ihe best 'way to lalso or care for hos It doas tell him that light hogs nro worth a great deal tnoro on this or any other market just now than hea\y hogs. This Is duo principally ti > the taste of the consumer which has changed to some extent within the loot year or two A few Uays ago the stock jards company had lO.OttO postal cards , containing n treatlao on light hogs printed , and the.se are now being sent to e cry timer nnd rnleer of hogs In the stato. The producer U urged to grade his hogs and to h'Uu them toady for market ns > oung as pcbsiblo. In 01 dente - to obtain the best pi lees hogs ( should weigh IiomOU to10 pounds and should not under any circumstances weigh o\cr 300 pounds. It Is claimed that tlio soiullng of joung hogs to market will ha\o a tendency to loduco the stock of lard and miKc It moro valuable to the producer. Hogs marketed nt these weights will mean younger hogs nnd that will undoubtedly. It l.s claimed , tend to icduce the losses sustained by pro ducers owing to. the lavages of hog1 cholera. I'luiiiliiiiK mill I'ulillc Ilcnltli. A number of cases of contngio.is or In fectious diseases have occurred latolj In res idence flats and the cause has been tiaccd di rectly to defectho plumbing The atten tion of Major Knsor haa been called to these cases and he Is scilously consldeilng the ad- \lsabllit > of appointing a plumbing Inspector whoso duty It Bhall be to Inspect all r > ow plumbing being put in nnd to nlso Inspect tbo plumbing In utildencc blocks and busi ness buildings It Is not the intention ot the mayor to create a now olllce. as ho Is of the opinion that cither thu tanltary Inspector or city engineer can do this work In addi tion to other duties. Some action may betaken taken in this matter within a day or two. MiMor UI1 ! Si | < M\ Him \runiiil. The St. Louis box manufacturer who is looking for a location Is expected hero todnj and Ma > or Knsor will chow him about and do all ] io can to Induce the firm to cstnl ) llsh a plant hero At the prcpciit tlmo moat of the packing boxes are hauled clown heio In wagons or else sent down by the carload. The southorii manufactuicr seems to think that a point light on the ground could do better than ono several milts away and It is more than likely that home ludueeiuentn will be offered the manufacturers in older to secuio the now factoij. UnKicCllj < .oinl [ > . A H. Cbtion of CuKland was \isltor In Olio city jesterday Mrs. T. H. ins-r loires today for St. Crarlca , Mo , to visit relatUca. C. M. Sanford , Thlrtlc'h an ! H atroeta la dangerously 111 wl h pneumonia. Mlaslon services will b3 held at St. Agnes' church every evening this week. Lena SUotaky , Twenty-sixth and 0 atieets , la reported ill with scarlet fe\er. Mrs. E T Chilbt la preparing to build a brick addition to the Uelrnonlco hotel. C N. Hoberts of Denver spent ycatcrday In the city looking after bio property Interred ! C M. Liwson , Oelrlehs , S D . accompanied a shipment of cattle to his maiket jesterdaj. Hcmy draft and ft ncy driving hortea are selling ut good pnccu ut the stock jards thwo daja. Peter LcuigU lias taken out a permit to erect a framn cottage Thltty-ninHi und L etree1 s to ccut ? 1,000. City Trcaburcr Trank BroaJwcll left last night for Kansas Oltj , whcru he ban been called to atteiU to eomo personal business Interests. nt-Councilman William P. 'Mullaly ' ob tained -permit joMcrday for < \ frame dwell ing at Thirty-third owl K selects to cost $1.000. William Sherman , who 4ica bocu connected nlti Swift and Company fcr a number ot jearj , haa resigned uuid will eneuso In other 0. U. Carlisle , macter mechanic of Swift and Company , l.as tendered h'.H rcnlgwllon. Iio has been employed by the company for the last nine jrara. The Kanpaa City Iho Htoek papers iippcar to bo Jcalcus because Swift and Company of thla city were uwi'i-dol tlio ocraract for oup- pljlng 7DObO pounds of bacon to 'Jo ' govern ment. Putilck Hughes went to work yestcrduy for Mio .first . time In many months , but before - fore ho bad been at 'It ' an hour ho fell off a ladder anj la now laid ; up with a number of bruises. The case of cutting wlti > Inter.1 : to do great bcdlly Injury lodged agaiciat Ji ko Ncff ytu- terday wen dismissal last evening , Trank Swatiaon , tiio complaining wlliicus , refusing to prcsecute. Gcorgo Tluinas , a barber , jumped from the Union rwlflc ft nt mall train as It pajw-d through this city jestcrday afioruocn anJ nustalned Q rumber of bad bruises. Thomen was returning from Albion , where ho IjJd been to attend tJ o funeral of SiU father , and There Is no que-stloii nbout It tlio \\orld bows to llio Klinball pluno tlio iratjst iniiNlcliuis t'lidoiHi1 It tlio woild' impositions nlvo It thu lilfjhost awiinls and IIospo Rlvi'.s Ills purponal Kiiaianlc'o with every Klniball pl.uio IID Bi'lls today wo aic hhowlni ; the latest dunlins natural wooil cases IKV scale a carload and the teiniso make on tliuso new Instiuinents will inaUo It ca y for evciy ono to buy. Yon might look at otlicrti and ask your fi lends. Wo know theu you'll decide on the Klin- bull. , A. HOSPE , Music and Art. 1513 Douglas not raring ts ilJo clear to Omaha decided to Jump oft hero. \ \ llll'im Wrlsbt tin1 colored man whoetolo some Jewelry fromV. . 1) . Godfreyns broupht do\\i > from Omalm > ihli'rda > by tlio liollco nrd lodged In Jill. Ills hulling Is sot for Wednesday ati'j'ioon. In 1.1 o loon ro the other nlKlit Hurt llano struck 1 C May ever the huidlth a beer K''i'v , IntlMlng a pilntul wound. Ilo\\c > \\m airrstoil , but wna dlschaifioil fncm cuic > ly jesteidny nftcrnoon because May rcfusi-d to prosecute ! . Justice LOV > 'B court ws crowclpl > cslcn'ay \ \ \ \ . \\Hiiwsio and spcctatoia , the Lakom i O3so bcliiK the .ittrictlon I.ikonuvns bclnt ; tried far being the fa'J T ofnn.i Guns- chuck's unborn c'hllJ ' After llstunlrs to a grt-it deal of tcjtliiiony tbe hearing nas ccu- tlnuccl until tocci > Major Hrsor oald 5-cntcrda > ( hit ' o In il learned Miat nn attempt wen to bo luudo to pull off ,1 prize ilslit hero nltliKi a 'ay or two Ho had , ho claimed , notified the par ticipants that pilze IlihlliiK wculd not bo allowed Inside the city limits i ml the ixillco Uivo been Instructed to pre\ont t o llcht ; Mrp. Mary Ulrd , Ilarrlsimrt ; . I'a. , sajs , "My child la north millions to mo , yet ! nould lw\o lost her by croup had I not In vested t\vcntj-ll\o cents In a bottle ot Uin Minute Cough Cure " It cures coiiybs , coldj and all throat nnd lung troubles iioiiiitl ( U IT tor ltii r.ll - > . John Gllllamnt bouml ovoi to the dls- tilet rouit > eatptiliy on two founts of buigHiy 'Jiie bond. ) set ueie J4(0 ( on ( .ir'i count His .ilk-Bed offenae.is In 1 i iU- Il . ' Into til * b.u in of .1 imcM O'.N'ell ( iril Stephen llnbliiBon niul 1 1 moii'.K ficim eadi one set of \m-Ntcil lor Aim slur. Ills l'MinlI > . Heiny I.ud\\lK , a subuib inlte llxinj ; at 2"I3 r.oulcAnrd , win iiiioatcd ji-stc\duy lor nbusliif ? Ills family. The oompl.iln mlv 11 Iliaife , \/ho sajs tb.it I.uclulh I'l In tin Imblt ot treating his family In .1 brut il mnni'fi. lie \\iia eharf-ed with atsuilt .inil battery. iMiii Ni. . in \ cnrii3. . A. Stuart of Detroit U a Mlllard Bi.cnt John W. West of New York City Is ut tlio HarKcr. Hjron K. Con lea of Karcas City la at the MUlarcl. W. M Otntiy of Qulnc > , 111 , la a gtuct at the IMrJtci. Matt Dauglierty of Ogalalla was In the city yestoidn > afternoon. C. H. nishop end \ VV. . Watklns of Bur lington , la , are gucdta at Ihn liarker. Miss I\a Thompson of Lincoln la In tlio city , visiting Mr. and Mis. Mel Hoerner J. O Ithoides general purtlMB'ri ' ; igcrt of the Oregon Sh&rt Line , la at the J.llllird J. A. O'llilcu , city tlcKot agent of the Noithncstcin nt Minneapolis , Id In Omaha. C C Carrlg and } ) II. Cairlt ; , stockmen from Platte C'entcr , are stopping at the larltcr. ! George J Swift , I ) , W Wil.m . , C H Wob- fftcr and M. Schwartz are Chicago arrivals stopping nt the liaiker. Missel A. Lugenu Hale of Humphrey and Until M. Dan'cl of Norfolk , two of the malda ot honor of Queen 1'olnrla , have arrived tit tbo city. Casper n. Ycst left for St. LouU jcBlor- day afternoon to attend the annual mooting of the directory of the Missouri Telephone company , of which bo 13 a member. At tbo Mlllard- . A OUilou , Minne apolis ; J. A. Cole , llochejtcr , L , .1 Lyvosht , St Joseph ; Flank Harl , Bt. Joatpli. I" A. Harmon , Dcadnood ; J. A. Craig , Jacksonville ; (1. ( II Inglea , ICin ca Clt > ; Ileiraar. I' Llehor , Ird'aiiapolls ' ; N J. O'Uonnull , Now York ; A. A. Richardson , Indianapolis. NehraskaiiH at Iliu Imtols Wlllaid Kimball - ball , K. C. KaruBnorth , J. Hay Kllson , J. \V. Magulre , Lincoln , George \Vulllng. Ilroken How ; S. V. 1'ltcher , HuHhvlllo. J 11. Ilariieu , Not ( elk ; J.V Orever , Urutiia ; S. W. LOB , Oxford , O. II. Manvlllo , Til- den ; T. R 55elgl r , Ilaitlngton , T J. lloran , Grand iHland ; J. L Harvey , Seward ; IA. 1' Adams , HaHtlngs ; A. J. KlrkliiH , Ord ; G. n Kollmor , Oak ; William Sas , W anor ; Mrx T. Jonca and child , Lexington , AIox Mcl'nrlane , 1'rlcnd ; II. U. Moore , Klwoctl ; P. A. Patterson , Stoukham ; George 0. llrown , Cozail. Kor throat cllsomn nnd eoucha uss Hronn's Hronchhl TrochCH , I lko all real y good things , they are Imitated. The ge. ulno are sold only In bonu.