Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 25, 1894, Page 7

& ¥ * - reorganization ‘ . « Votles.” AS SEEN BY THE RECEIVERS — Observations Made After a Olose Study and Inspection of the Union Pacific System, #IR. MINK TALKS AT SOME LENGTH Belleves Roorganization Flan Can Be Car- rled Out Koon If Government Defines Its Vosition—Thinks Foreclosure s Wil Not Bo Pressed. Recelvers Mink and Anderson, General Manager B. Dickinson, Freight Trafic Man- mger Munroo, Chief Engineer Pegram of the ' Union Pacific and several stenographers ar- rived this morning by special train from @Grand Island, enroute from Billings and the #ound country. Mr. Oliver W. Mink, vice president and “eomptroller of the system, and one of the recelvers for the property, in talking of the trip of the reccivers and officials of the com- pany made over the systom, said: “Our first stop was made at Denver, where we held a conference with Recelver Trumbull upon matters of detail relative to the con- duct of the two properties, and particularly @s to the basis of compensation to be paid for work done in the shops for the Denver, Leadvilie & Gunnison, and the Union Pacific, Denver & Gult. _ After going over the whole situation we finally agreed to continue to operate the shops at Denver, charging rates satisfactory to both partics in interest. This arrangement will prevent any increase in the Cheyenne shops at present, because the busi- mesy of the road will not warrant any ad- ditional expense, our present forces being entirely able to do the necessary repairs as » they may be required about the system. “From Denver we went to falt Lake, rela- tive to matters entrusted to us by Mr. Clark, and from there over the Oregon Short Line, inspecting the betterments which are belng made under the direction of Mr. Pegram, In the way of putting in new bridges, which improvements will cost upwards of $300,000, but which are abso- + Autely necessary for the property. Having finished this branch of our allotment work we went on to Spokane over the Oregon Rail- way. & Navigation company line, a property in which Mr. A. A. Boissevain represents large holdings, and who with his party Jolned us in Denver. Next to the holdings of the Ames and Gould families in Union Pa- cific securities, Mr. Boissevaln represents the holdings In Englacd and Germany, and maturally we were anxious that he should 860 the Oregon Short Line and Oregon Rail- ‘way & Navigation company. It was Mr. « Bolssevain's first trip over these properties, although he has had his representatives over them a number of tim CONFERENCE WITH M'NEILL. “At Spokane Falls we had a conference Wwith the new receiver of the union depot property, which is included in the foreclosure procedings, and from there we went to Port- land to see Mr. MeNelll, receiver of the Navi- gation company. Our conference with him was long, but after several days' session we “finally agreed upon a division of passenger rates from Huntington west, which we are to pay to the Navigation company, and which basis of 27% per cent Is a_compromise be- tween the demands of the Navigation com- pany and the blanket proportion the Unlon Pacific would agree to. This proportion only applies to certain parts of the business, the general division being greatly in- volved, too much so for a clear and intelligert understanding by the readers of newspapers. The freight divisions we agreed to some time ago, so with the Bettlement of our differences on passenger traflic, it removed from the field of contro- versy all annoyances of every sort, and the receivers were in a position to shake hands Wwith themselyes that their mission to the s horthwest had been accomplished. ¥ “From Portland we went via the Northern Pacific to Seattle, east over the Great North- ern to Spokane, thence over the Northern Pacific to Butte and Anaconda, to Billings _and Sheridan, via the new Burlington line, that we might form some estimate of the property of a competitor, and down to Grand Island, where we struck our own road, and then to Omaha. Mr. Bolssevain and his party left us at Portland for San Francisco, and 1 believe was very much impressed with the great possibilities of the country, and particularly of the properties in which he Is 80 largely interested, as the representative of large holders in Holland and the conti- nent, placed through the banks in London and Amsterdam. “To me the trip was most Interesting, and most instructive. We found the property in first class condition, in fact it has never been in 8o excellent shape, and we only need busi- ness t oput us beyond worry incidental to the management of o great a trust. Our earn- gs, however, do not show up as we would ke to have them, and as the business of the road is about all over for this season, we must be content to run very close to the wind for the next few months. have not thought of any further reductions in the departments, for we have about reached th> normal, ths operation of a system the size of Union Pacific necessitating just so many employes whether there is much or little business. Of course, train crews will be laid off as “ they are not needed, but beyond this the recelvers have not discussed further reduc- * tion in the forces. “From my observation I should say that the businzss situation has brightened con- * siderably west of Denver, but east through Kansas and Nebraska I still find a_depres- ! slon, duc largely to the failure of crops. Had the states mentioned becn favored with an abundance of grain and corn, this, 1| am confident, would have been cne of (he greatest years. In the history of the Union Pacific.” . AS TO FORECLOSURE SUITS. Asked if hs thought the numerous fore- v closure suits would be pushed to their legiti- mate end, Mr. Mink said: “I do not believe (+dt Is the intextion of the complainants and plaintiffs In these cases to force anyone rto the wall. The general feeling seems to . be that the suits were brought to protect certain interests and to permit ths control of revenues under receivers, rather than allow the revenues to go iato channels other than those represented by the mort- _gage holders. With receivers favorable to the Interests seeking protection I believe that | the foreclosure cases will not operate as a bar to the legithnate handling of the proper- Upon the auestion of reorganization Mr. Miuk expressed himself as favorable to some such scheme as outlined by the govern- ment receivers. “I do not understand that “the government directors are pledged to the several allotments made, but they were ad- wanced only to deveiop the reorganization ture of their report and show by actual figures now some such scheme could be « brought about. The allotment of the gov- ernment security is a very generous oue in my opinion, being something like $70,000,- 000, or dollar for dollar. This amount under the plan proposed, would become part of the blanket mortgage proposed to be placed on the entiro property, and become a share- holder of the first mortguge instead of hold- ing its lien nature or second mortgage ‘function, as under existing conditlons. With the government debt settled and out of the way I have no doubt but that the other in- terests could harmonize quite readily. Of course there would be some heart burnings probably, that in the allotment of certain funds the scale was not properly propor- tioned, but even these could be handled with- out much difficulty. There are certain gilt- @dge securities like the sinking funds, the Omaha bridge bonds and others, which would have to be carefully considered, but I ‘mnticipate everybody ocould agree as to his “position in the blanket mortgage. It there Was only some one who could speak authori- “fatively for the governmect, I belleve our rlhway wou'd be clear toward re-organiza- fon. The re-organization committee must take into cousideration the government debt first, and after a conclusion bas been reached 85 to what would be a fair valuation of the second mortgage which it holds in certain branches of the Union Pacific, then the first trip over these properties, although he other security holders can mest upon ‘& common - ground for the settle- ment of their interest. Whether the comittes will present ® plan 1o the congress shortly to convene I THE- OMAHA DAILY - BEE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1804, the scheme as proposed by Mr. Anderson «nd his associates, will meet with consideration. The fact that they went o far as to put In all the allotments, including the Oregon Rail- way & Navigation company, shows how sin- cerely they regard a united property. As to the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf, that could come in or not, as the best interests seemed to_demand.” Mr. Fink ahd Mr. Anderson went east last night, Mr. Anderson to return in the spring, as he says, for the purpose of looking over the property, and incidentally to attempt the feat of catching a trout bigger than the one caught by Mr. Clark, in one of the forks of the Powder rivel ABOUT THE WILLIAMS GIRLS. Supposed Vietims of Swindler Holmes, Their Career and ¢ haracteristics, NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 24.—Minnie R. Wil- liams and Naonie Wiliams, connected with the career of Holmes, the insurance swindler, were nieces of Rev. Dr. C. W. Black of this city, who s editor of the Methodist Christian Advocate, Their father was Killed in a rail- road wreck, and their mother died soon after- wards. This was in 1872, and the younger sister, Nanie, was but 1 year old. Thelr parents died poor. The younger girl remained in Ulississippl with an aunt, and the other girl went to Dallas to live with her uncle, Dr. Williams, who adopted her and educated her in the schools of that place. In 1886 Minnio was sent to the conservatory of elocution in Boston, where she was graduated after a three years' course. In the meantime her uncle died, leaving her his property in Fort Worth, valued at $20,000, Joming back from Boston Minnle met her sister in Mississippi and the two went to the home of their uncle, Dr. C. W. Black, in Jackson, Miss., where they were together for the first time since they were infants. This was in 1889. They visited Dr. Black for some time, returning to Texas together. Before this Minnie had gone to Boston to take a post-graduate course in the New England conservatory of elocution. She finished this course in 1890 and went to Denver, where she reéemained for some time teaching elocution. When she visited her uncle, Dr. Black, in Jackson in 1890 she had a plefure of a young man she had met in Bos- ton, whose name was Harry Gordon. She spoke of him as “Harry” and said that she was very much smitten, as he was handsome and wealthy. In March, 1893, the elder girl went to Chi- 0. The dispatches have related that she a_typewriter, but Dr. Black said he doubted the truth of that, as she was a fine elocutionist and was devoted fo her art, giv- ing her attention to nothing else. oon after going to Chicago she wrote to her sister, telling her about “‘Harry" Gordon, and saying she was going to marry him. Soon after recelving this letter another came, stat- ing that they had been married and inviting Nannie to come to Chicago, where they would take in the World's fair. The sister in Texas left for Chicago the last of June, soon after the school closed in Midlothian, Tex. it iaihliniien REG LATING THE BANKEBS. St. Louls Proposes to Protect Consumers of the Staff of Life. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 24.—A bill was presented In the house of delegates and passed to the second reading to regulate the manufacture and sale of bread in St. Louis. It provides that all bread baked and offered for sale in St. Louis shall be made of good and whole- some flour or meal and sold by avoirdupois weight, and that each loaf shall have Im- pressed on it the weight of the loaf and the namoe of the baker. It provides further that police officers may enter any bakery or shop where bread is sold and inspect it; they may seize any bread not in accordance with the ordinance and the offender shall on conviction be fined. Forgot an Important Point. The member of Parliament for one of the most important southern divisions, says Mod- ern Soclety, is possessed of a magnificent bald head. He was in a shaving saloon the other day getting shaved. When he had fin- ished the barber remarked: “I've got a splen- id new hair restorer here. Will you let me try it on your head,” The M. P. assented, with an observation that showed that he had pre- vious experience In the matter: “All right. I don't think you can do me any harm.” Thereupon the barber, with a great flourish, took a bottle from the stand, and with much ceremony began to rub his customer’s head. After he had been rubbing some time he stopped_suddenly, and seemed greatly agi- tated. Turning to his customer, he said, in a most flustered manner: “You must excuse me sir, but 1 really forgot how high you wanted' your forehead.” Valuable Pocket Knives. The most valuable specimens of pocket knives are owned by the cutlers of Sheffield in England. One is a knife not larger than a thumb nail, having twenty blades. An- other, only an inch long when closed, has seventy bla each made in a beautiful mancer, illustrating nearly all the shapes given to knife blades. Another one has 220 blades, all exquisitely etched with por- traits, landscapes and other subjects, while still_another contains 1,840 blades, all pro- vided with hinges and springs and closing into the handle. These are valued very the most expensive reaching $500. ife with 100 blades was presented to George IV. by the Sheffield cutlers and can still be scen among the royal plate at Windsor. e Picked Up the Captain and Twelve Men, GEORGETOWN, S. C., Nov. 24.—The tug W. P. Congdon, picked up off the bar Captain P. T. Bennington and twelve men of the steamer Ozama, bound from Philadelphia to Charleston in ballast. Caprain Bennington ceports that on November 15 his steamer struck on Cape Romain shoals and stove a hole in the engine room compartment. The water quickly filled the fire rooms, render- ing the engines useless. The steamer floated off the shoals soon after striking, and at 2 a. m. sank in six and a half fathoms of water. The crew took to the boats, saving only part of their clothing. The engineer, with ten men, went off to board the steamer Planter from Charleston to this port, but misse ber, and it is supposed they have gone to Roman bez Ferdinand Ward a Citizen Again. GENESEO, N. Y., Nov. 24.—Ferdinand Ward has recelved from Governor Flower the letters restoring to him full rights as a citi- zen: Mr. Ward will at once institute legal proceedings for the possession of his son whom he claims is wrongfully withheld by an irregularly appointed guardian. He will also bring an action against the Franklin Trust company for the recovery of certain collater- als which, it is claimed, are illegally held by that company. Mr. Ward now holds a re- sponsible position in the office of the surro- gate of Livingston county at Geneseo. ——————— Prize Fights in an Episcopal Residence. PITTSBURG, Nov. 24.—Three boxing con- tests took place In the lower part of the Episcopal residerce adjoining St. Paul's ca- thedral for the benefit of the St. Paul's Ath- letic club. The “friendly bouts’ proved to be genuine prize fights in respect of knoc outs, blood, etc. In the room, twenty-four foet square, wero assembled 200 people. The ring was not roped off, and as a consequence the fighters were frequently thrown over onto the spectators. —— Ruger Keaches ¢ hicago. CHICAGO, Nov. ~General Thomas H. Ruger, who succeeds Qeneral Nelson A. Miles as commander of the Department of the M sourl, arrived here today from San Franeisco, He was accompanied by his wife and daughter and Major Charles D. Lyman. thootlng Was Unnecessary. CHEYENNE, Nov. 24.—(Speclal Telegram.) The coroner's imquiry into the facts con- cerning the death of Thomas O'Neill, who was shot by Charles Boulter, was held to- day. The jury found that the shooting was entirely unvecessar: Neeking Better Kates. DENVER, Nov. 24.—The Chamber of Com- merce has appointed a committes to estab- lish a freight bureau in connection with that organization. The object 13 to get mare equitable rates from the railroads, so that Donver can be made a great distributin, -fill_fl.lunuulyun(ht‘wm. s NEBRASKA'S MANUFACTURES Eastern Flour Men Planning to Olose Down Their Mills, OMAHA OVERRUN WITH NORTHERN FLOUR Home Patronage Sentiment Wanting Among the Consumers of Floar—Nebraska Man- facturers lnvited to Join in Forming a National Manufucturers' League, During the past week there has been a great deal of talk smong northern millers about closing down their mills in order to ocurtall the output of flour, and thus try to advance the price, The first action was taken | at a meeting in Chicago, which was attended by a number of the leading millers of the country, The committee was unanimous In agreeing that the price of flour was below a profit vielding point, and that some concerted ac- tion by the trade was necessary to bring up the price to a profit point. The reduction of stocks was regarded as the best method tending to an increase in the price. An agreement was then formed to shut down mills for six weeks within three months, be- ginning December 10, it the requisite num- ber of signers to the agreement could be se- cured. This action was followed by the closing down of a number of the leading mills of St. Louis. Inquiry among local flour men indicates that the mills in Nebraska will pay no at- tention to the action taken by other mills, but will continue to grind away as long as there is a market for their output. Mr. Black of 8. F. Gilman & Co. said that the milling business was fn the dumps owing o the fact that the cheap wheat from the Ar- gentine Republic and India has cut oft much of the export trade. This has lmlted the sale of American flour largely to the home trade, and mills .that formerly produced flour ‘almost exclusively for export are now striving for the homs trade. Minneapolis mills have been selling in Omaha for the past thirty days flour below cost of pro- duction. MARKET IN BAD SHAPE. It has not been a question of price, but a question of getting trade regardiess of price. This has placed the market in very bad pe. Nebraska mills have met the cut, in fact, they had to or go out of business. The Omaha Milling company said that they were running full time, but that the competition from the north had been very severe owing to the great strife among the glant millers of Minneapolis to hold, or rather recover, the trade of this mark:t. Aw the time The Bee took up the home patronage question in 1891 thera was very lit- tle flour oid in Omaha that was made with- in the state. The Omaha Milling company and 8. F. Gilman were about the enly Ne- braska flour manufacturers who had a’trade in the city, or could get any foothold bere. Everyone had formed the habit of using flour from outside the state, and it mattered little where it came from, so long as it was not made in the state, Not enly did the northern mills have a gool trade in Omaha, but Kansas and Missouri mills were doing almest as much. Hundreds of thou- sands of dollars were sent out of tne state for flour alone. After The Bee had pointed out the folly of starving out home millers for the benefit of outsiders there came a change. Cop- sumers commenced to call for Nebraska flour and retail dealers were compelled to put in stocks. At first a good many dealers fought against it, and not a fow put in the ponrest grade of Nebraska flour that they could get, and tried to make consumers sick of it in that way, Lut eventually they were forced to give in and Nebrasha fleur was used very generally and gave goad satisfac- tion. The trade in home flour has increased s0 much that mills ‘at Crote, Witbur, Mast- ings and other points, in addition to those al- ready established, opened agencics here fur the sale of their product. The money, in- stead of going to Minneapolis, St. Josepn and other rival citles, either staid in Omaha or went out to some Navraski point, from which it would soon find its way back in ex- change for goods from tho manufa:iurers or jobbers, JOBBERS AID THE NORTHDRN MILLERS Of late there has been a decided change in the situation. The large Minneapolis mills have made a strong onslaught along the line and have gome in with tha firm Cetermi- nation, apparently, to recover the trade of this section or ruin the business entirely, If they simply cut prices thero would not Le 50 much advantage on their side, as Nebraska millers know how to meet that kind of com- petition by a corresponding cut. This they have aiready done. Northe:n miilers, how- ever, have another way of getting at the trade that is even more effective than cut- ting prices. They enlist the large jobbing houses on their side, and as they are car- rying a great majority of the smaller re- tail grocery houses, they are able (n control e share of the trade. They g0 to a grocer who is owing them and tell him that they are going to put in $5 much dovr and they put it in. In this way the grocery houses of Omaha have recently been filled full of northern flour. 1n order to get rid of this flour the retafl dsaler is forced to put it off onto every oustomer who does rot register an objection. This they sre doing now, and at the presant ratc Nebraska flour will soon be almost an unknown com- modity on the market. “Does it not seem strange,” said one. busi- ness man, “that our retail gro2ars will sind all the money that they cun get fronm tavir customers out of the state and help to bui'd up other cities, and then complain atovt the unfortunate conditions provaillag in their own state? People in Omaha will buy Mi neapolis flour and other products and the wonder why Minneapolis clearings rua so much ahead of Omaha's, and way taere Is s0 much complaint among Omalia labericg men about the scarcity of work.' It The Bee will call the attention cf er amers to the subject it will be all vight said another. *“Omaha conumars mean well enough, but the jcbbers hulldoze ihe retall dealers, and the retallers hoodwink the con- sumers, and the result is that the northern mills have been able to capture & large pro- portion of the trade.” CINCINNATI INVITES } Secretary Holmes of the Manufacturers ord Consumers association of Nebraska las re- ceived an invitation from the Manutactur:rs assoclation of Cincinnati to have his as: tion represented at a confersnce of manu- facturers to be held i the eity f Cincinnati on January s0 the invitation states, is for ihe purpo of a genera) interchange of views Lokirg toward the formation of a national assoc tion of manufacturers. The cbiocts 3 be gained by such an assoclation are given as | follows: First—The advoeacy of carefully consid- ered legislation, to encourage manubacturing industries of all classes throughout the coun- try. Second—The discussion of ways and means whereby trade relations Latween the United States and forelgn countries may be devel- oped and extended. Third—The establishment in South Amer- fcan capitals, and other dasirable pcints, of permanent expositions for the dlrplay aof American products. Fourth—Such other topics as agreed upon by the convention. The invitation extended is without limit as to the number of attendants, and is extended not only to accredited delegates from crgan- ized exchanges, representlog. manufactuiing interests, but to any individual manufacturer who may have the promotion ¢f the general good by organized effort suficiantly at heort to be willing to meet with the convention. What action the Manufacturers association of Nebraska will take in relation to the invi- tation cannot be stated, as the subject will not come up for consideration until the next meeting of the executive committee. Presi- dent Page is at present out of the city, and no meeting will be called until his return. The object of the national assoclation Is eatirely different from that of the Nebraska assoclation, but at the same time the Ne- braska manutacturers will be Interested in some of the propositions presented by the Clncinnati assoclation. may be pasres.c b SRS Gold Rush ln K eatucky. MIDDLESBORO, Ky., Nov. 24.—Excitement | over the wonderful find of gold at Lone moun- The object of this mceting, | ted, Five kqu,n out late yester- In all. John M. the find is located, mey for protection. taln, twenty miles from_ hers, s ‘Ten thousand psople arg on the grounds. thousand dollars wers,, day. This makes $60. Campbell, on whose groypd has called on Governot ‘F\l COST OF A BATTLESHIP. — a Pot of Monoy, but, HonestlyExpende d 15 & Good Inve stment. In looking over the appropriations for the support of the go¥erfiment for a fiscal year, says the New Yerk Sun, probably no item will be found therein which specifies £ much money to ba@xpended for so lim- ited an object as one,similar to the follow- in ¢ E1‘!\» president is hpreby authorized to have constructed by comtract one sea-going, coastline battleship, designed to carry the heaviest armor and most powerful ordnance, at a cost, exclusive of armament and of any premium’ that may be pald for increased speed, not_exceeding $4,000,000. At the first glance it searcely seems pos- sible that a single ship, that can be tossed around at will by the billows of the ocean, or be destroyed completely in a few hours if cast upon a lee shore, could cost such an enormous amount of money. Four ‘million dollars would build a ‘magnificent fleet of forty full-rigged ships, each capable of car- carrying 2,000 tons of Cargo to any port in the wordd. It would buy every ferryboat plying between New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City. It would be sufficient to establish a line of sixteen good-sized steamships, such as run from New York to Jacksonville, Fla., and other domestic ports. A fleet of fifty such crack yachts as the Vigilant could be built and fitted up in elegant style for the price paid for just one battleship. It we make our comparisons with objects on shore more astonishing facts can be gleaned. Take, for instance, dwelling Nouscs; a good three-story brick house, oc- cupying a lot 25 feet by 100 in an ordinary city, would be worth on an average about $10,000. Four million dollars would build 400 houses of that class, and If these houses were placed In one row, after making due allowance for streets and sidewalks, we would have nearly two miles of dwellings. There ara not many towns of 10,000 inhabitants where the entire taxable property is assessed for $4,000,000. An ayerage mechanic, in good times, will earn about $600 a year; the money pald for one battleship by the government would thus support nearly 7,000 families, or a city of 35,000 inhab- itants for a whole year. It will naturally be asked, after reading the above statement, how is it possible to ex- pend this great sum for fust one ship? A visit to a large shipbullding establishment where such vessels are constructed will dis- close the fact that the principal item of ex- pense must be the labor. Walk through the draughting room, the pattern shop, the machine shop, the boiler shop, and out on the vessel herzelf, and everywhere you will find men working away hour by hour, all for the one ship. 1f we should count them we would find that there are nearly 800 employed on one part or another. of this $4,000,000 vessel. Month after month they work, and probably at the end of four years' time their task will be completed. However, the men we find about the yard are not the only ones who are employed in the construction of the battleship. In dif- ferent parts of the country many others are working in the mines, the blast furnaces and rolling mills to produge :the material for the men in the yard to work upon. Altogether it is safe to say that a thodsand men are con- stantly employed for a‘period of four years in the construction of ond of these leviathans of the sea. £ ou Probably no other ereation of man brings into employment a greatér variety of arti- sans than tho construgtion of a warship. If we glance over the pay.rell of a large ship- Fard we find represented thereon draughts- men, pattern makers, auachinists, riveters, coppersmiths, plumberp,;hpiler makers, calk- ers, pipe fitters, paintgs, carpenters, joiners, sail makers, riggers, gleciricians, bell hang- ers, decorators, upholstexers and many other spectal trades and occupations. It has been estimated that there are thirty-two classes of workmen -necessarily ,employed in - the construetion of a steamship. As the major- ity of these men are skillgd mechanics, who recelve from $12 .to.§25 g, week, it can be easlly sean here the moiey ls expgnded in this class of construction. One of the most expensive parts of the whole ship is the armor for the turrets and belts around the sides., The contract price for this material varies between $5,000. and $6,000 a ton, delivered in the shipyard. This does mot include the cost of placing the plates on the vessel, which amounts to a considerable sum. Some of the plates weigh twenty-five tons and are worth nearly $14,000 apiece. It is probable that when the guns and cquipment are supplied and the premiums paid for increased speed, the cost of one of these battle ships will reach a grand total of nearly $5,000,000. While the guardians of our coast may seem to be expensive precautions in times of peace, their cost cannot be compared with their value in times of war, or as a moral influence in settling knotty diplomatic questions. Ten such ships at a cost of $5,000,000, only one-third of what we spend annualiy for pensions, will protect all of our principal seaports from an invading foe, and save property the valud of whigh would be difficult to calculate, besides the lives of thousands of our citizens. Taking everything into consideration, there are but few more worthy means of spending $4,000,000 or $5,000,000 of the people's money than in building a battleship to help protect our citizens' lives and property, e THIS SNAKE ATE OXEN, An Enormous Python Captured Recently in South Africa. The colony of Natal, South Africa, abounds in boa-constrictors and pythons, says the Lon- don News. While they do not attack men, they are especially destructive to cattle, sheep and oxen, and for this reason parties are_formed by hunters and natives to burn the bush and forest in order to exterminate the pests. Some of the soldlers at Pletermaritzburg were recently informed by a party of neigh- boring Zulus of the whereabouts of a huge python that had been destroying their oxen. The soldiers, with 200 natives, started off to capture the snake, and, having located it, the forest was fired for about a mile round about, an enormous pit having been pre- viously dug in_toward the center of the in- closed space. What with the burning brush and the shouts of the excited Kaffirs they soon drove the reptile toward the pit, where, closing in upon him, they forced him into it The python proved to be of enormous size, | belng thirty-two feet long and forty-one inches in circumference. It appeared to be quite dazed, having just eaten a young ox that had been let into the inclosure. An_enormous cage, \with fron bars half way down the front, hayfiit been constructed, the snake was got out ‘of the pit and taken into Maritzburg in tie'eage. Here it is | kept on exhibition at the harracks, and is fed | twice a week, two Ka ats at each meal. It will not eat anyt that has already been killed for it, preferring to kill its food itself. The goats are ¥kt through a small door at the end of the digdealive, when, fixing its great eyes upon them, the snake aud- denly lunges forward ,apd, crushes them in its powerful fold. After covering them with a thick slime about '@’ inch deep, before swallowing them it fldttens them out by squeezing them, and them, devours them al- most at a gulp. Aftey this the python goes to sleep, and does not wake up until it is time to feed again. e A gentleman in Martsbarg owns & python that has been confinedidm a cage for over thirteen months. Dwrigg this period the # 1ke has not eaten .gneuthful of food of any kind, although qygpy conceivable del- fcacy of likely snake diet, such as frogs, birds and meat, has n set to tempt Its appetite. Its fast seems pot to be broken, and its owner has at last abandoned the idea of coaxing the coilly prisoner with food. It drinks a small quantity of water. In a dor- mant state this fasting would be better under- od, for In this state reptiles of this de- scription have been known to exist for per i0ds of eighteen months, or even three years. ——— Ruled Out. His clothes were much the worse for wear, and he had a hungry (and especially thirsty) look in his eye as he approached a gentleman who was on the point of entering his club house, relates New York Life. “‘Excuse me sir,”" he sald, ‘et could you help ms to get something to eat? I haven't had anything for three days." )0 you live In New York? Yes, sir. I have lived here all my life.” “'Ah, poor man! I don't see how I can help you, then. If you had been a monresident, I elan;d have asked you to ding with me at the club, THEATERS MISSED ROYA' Mourning for the Ogzar Keeps Them Away from the Play Houses, ONE THOUSANDTH PERFORMANCE OF FAUST Ladies Admitted to the Strolling FPlayers “smoker”—New York Casino Gets All the Empire Novelties—Galety Theater Reopens. (Copyrighted 1894 by the Assoclated Press.) LONDON, Nov. 24.—There was a lack of novelties at the theaters during the past week and the absence of all members of the royal family from the play houses on account of the mourning for the czar has had some effect on the general prosperity of the season, although the Haymarket, Lyric, Criterion, Drury Lane and a few other theaters were booked far ahead. The booking at the Lucris theater amounts to $90,000. Mrs, Patrick Campbell is not going to the United States with Beerbohm Tree. Lilly Hanbury is going to join Mr. Tree's com- pany, but Mrs. Trec will be the female star of the company. The famous “Title" theater in Tottenham street, properly styled the “Prince of Wales,” but commonly known as the “Dust Hole," may be reopened. Herr Charles Maurice, the director of the German company now doing such excellent work at the Comique, will probably secure it for the establishment of a permanent Ger- man theater in London. The building has a famous history. It was there that the “Cup and Saucer” comedies of Robertson became famous, and this house saw the rise of the Hare, Bancroft and Kendal for- tules. The building at various times has borne. the names of ‘‘Regency theater,” “Queen’s theater,” “Fitzroy theater” and “The Prince of Wales.” Joseph Hoffman made his only appearance this season at St. James hall before a good audience, but_he did not create any special excitement. Hoffman is now a full grown youth and resembles Oscar Wilde. His per- formance was an artistic success, the best critics agreeing that the precocious child has developed into a finished artist. The Globe yesterday _ afternoon, commenting upon young Hoffman’s ability, said: “At present he lacks breadth and dignity, but in other respects he may challenge comparison with the most finished artists of Europe.” Mile. Jeanne Nuola, who appeared last week with such success in Carter's ‘Pla- celda” and the “Stadt iMaster,” is to sing in Scottish concert on November 30 in Al- bert hall. She is also, unless present ar- rangements are changed, to appear at La Scala, Milan, in January next and at Drury Lane during’ the next grand opera season of Sir Augustus Harris in 1895. Mlle. Nuola is“a. very beautiful woman and possesses a dramatic soprano volce of wide range and cultivation. She has already secured a triumph in the English provinces as Mar- guerite, her treatment of the heroine of the Faust legend being new o the English stage and one which won her the unquali- fled endorsement of Gounod. The brilliancy of her method, delicacy of phrasing, and that more than admirable quality, sympathy, which she possesses in generous abundance, will secure her a future of promise. She may be heard in America in 1895-96. GREAT RUN OF “FAUST. Great preparations are under way for the 1,000th_performance of “‘Faust” at the Paris Grande opera, which may be expected some time this month or early in December. For this special performance a statue of Gounod, executed by Mr. Fralgure, will be placed on tho stage in the center of the operatic group, dressed to costumes of the various char- acters Gounod has contributed to the stage. At the termination of “Faust” a chorus in honor_of the composer will be sung. This chorus Ambrose Thomas has promised to provide. William Terris has designs of ‘“touring” with his own play. Knowing how essentially he is a strong gallery and pit performer, the regular London ‘“pittite” for choice would sooner have Terris rescue a maiden in dis- tress than any other modern actor. He has ordered a play from that veteran seadog W. Clark Russell, whose sca tales have been so widely read. The nautical play is to be thoroughly romantic. A picture by Luke Fildes, recently pur- chased by Andrew Melville at the sale of the late Edmund Yates' effects, Is to be reproduced in a drama on London life soon to be seen on the boards. At the inaugural supper of the 125th ses- sion of the Trinity College Historical society of Dublin, on Thursday last, Henry Irving was the chief guest and was accorded a great reception. Lord Justice Fitzgibbons was in the chair. At the strolling players’ first smoking con- cert Thursday last at Queen's hall ladies were admitted. This was a radical innova- tion for London. CASINO HAS THE CALL. Rudolph Aronson has closed a contract with the management of the Empire theater by which the New York Casino obtains first choice of all the Empire attractions. Mr. Aronson has engaged forty variety artists whose names are new to the United States, including: Canary, a juggler; Susanne Schaeffer, a member of the famous Schaeffer family; the Rajades, pantomimists; Mlle. Pbilo Durant, M. Pichat and the Yoscarys. The following named gentlemen have ac- cepted honorary membership of the Casino club, which opens on Christmas’evening: Henry Irving, Sir Arthur Sullivan, George Grossmith, Sir Augustus Harris, W. 8. Gil- bert, Arthur Roberts, George Edwardes, M. Bertrande of the Grand Opera, P M. Carvalho of the Opera Comique, Paris; M. Massanet and Paul Choudens, both of Paris, and Edward and Johann Strauss of Vienna. E. J. Lonnan is now announced as the owner of the sole rights for the United Kingdom of “The Isle of Champagne." Paderewski has arranged a series of per- formances of his Polish fantasia, with or- chestra, in Dresden, Leipsic and Vienna, for the end of February. After that the condl- tion of his health is to decide whether or not he will be able to undertake much more work during the summer succeeding. At present all his time is given to composing. “‘Contrabandista” is pretty nearly finished. All of the music Sir Arthur Sullivan wrote for Mr. Burnand's libretto, or as much of it as will be used at all, will be used in act one. The second act will, in_consequen: be entirely new. The opera, however, not be wanted until after the new year. Cissy Loftus' sensational ‘taking off” spread consternation among the personnel engaged for her tour. Already claims for over £2,600 have been settled with artists who were engaged by her father for the tour, and Dame Rumor says more are com- ing. The Galety theater reopens tonight with Henry Dams' “The Shop Girl." Wiille Edouin in “The Wrong urday last at success. AMONG LOU. Girl” Sat- the Strand theater was a L PLAY HOUSES, Burke a Worthy Successor of Eddie Foy ws Crambo—Burgess' Efforis. There are a great many people who cannot admit that any actor is as good as an old- time favorite, Eddie Foy has a warm place in the hearts of a great many people of this class, and they fafled to find any merit in the work of John J. Burke, who Is doing Foy's former part as Crambo in- “Aladdin which closed its engagement at the Boyd last night. The facts in the case are that Burke s as good a comedian as Foy over was, and his work is just as clever to the unprejudiced. He s a better dancer, brighter in many ways and a much harder and more conscientious worker than Foy. Then the public does not see all that goes to the makeup of a desirable man to have In & theatrical company. Foy ‘fell into the too common idea of suce-sstul people and thought that Henderson could not do business with- out him, and then the crash came. Mr. Henderson said he would rather retire to the seclusion of some asylum than try to do business with Foy, and Birke was discov- ored and given the place. He Is a quiet rsonage off the stage, and his manager s 1l of praise of him. It remains to be seen how long it will be before success will swell his head out of all proportion. Manager Burgess is making a big eftort to place a fine line of attractions before the people. He had a list of first-class bookings | The al will | ~7 < their com «aas been com 4 with what he ? fiver" was one of the Chuke. success, but there the house. .ons, and was not « better things ahead for Boyd's theater will be dark this evening. “A Summer Blizzard” will open at the Fif- teenth Street theater this afternoon. A most interecting event will be the reappearance at Hoyd's next Monday for two nights of Mr. and Mrs Kendal in_Omaha Mr. A. “The Second Mrs. W. Pinero's Tanqueray. new he in London, theate ter, M. a successful engagement at Chicego. Pincro has written a play, and Sardou might sign without a blush. satirical, ethical, tragical, and above all, it Is Interesting with an intensity that becomes of the drama will show social humanity as it is, or as it might be under probable conditions, suffering possi- fascinating, ~ The purpos: ble sorrows and striving for happiness. four acts are l'ke a cruclal ordeal in soclal othics, the culminating chapters of a pecu- larly powerful and original novel. On Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Kendal will present Tom Taylor's standard comedy, is nearly a has polished comedy, yet every student of the drama is lived may still be read with pleasure, because it has not yet become 1ts plot is in- Its times, aracters remain im- “Still Waters Run quarter of a century since witnessed a performance of Deep.” It the stage this tolerably familiar with nearly fifty years, and it. It has conventional or hackneyed. teresting and _ingeniously language is brilliant and and at least two of its e today types nether exaggerated probable. When developed. elogant at nor Tom Taylor wrote “Still ple, London. So great was its in this country on September 10, 1855, at Barnum's, New York, and within the spac of thres months the comedy had been seen in most of tho large cities of the day. The engagement of Mr. Nat C. Goodwin, which begins at the Boyd Kriday evening, November 30, will serve to present that popu- lar comedian in a new light. Since Mr. Goodwin's last appearance here he has made a wide departure from the usual stage methods with which his admirers are famil- far, and has taken a wide stride in advance in his profession. In this play, “In Miz- zoura,” written for him by Augustus Thomas, the author of ““Alabama,” the comedian plays a part quite unlike anything he has hitherto attempted. It is that of the sheriff of Pike county, Missourl, whose characteristics are composed in about equal proportions of ser- ous determination and quaint humor, Jim Radburn, in his pathetic moments, tears to the eyes, and In his soenes convulses the audience with laughter. In his treatment of this complex character Mr. Goodwin shows that he is equally capable of pathos and humor, and that he has a perfect right to claim to be one of the most versa- tile actors on the American stage. In New York and Chicago, whera “In Mizzoura” has already enjoyed a long run, there has been no difference of opinion among the critics The performance of or the general public. Mr. Goodwin has been emphatically pro- nounced as the great master piece of his career, while the play has been declared to be one school. of the best of the new American It is admirably put upon the stage, and the supporting company is an unusually There are several first-class the play and each is admir- competent one. dharacters in ably acted. The bill for Saturday matinee will be “A Glkded Fool,” one of the big successes, in which Mr. Geodwin has a character ad- mirably adapted to display his artist'e abili- Chauncy Short, appears as a money , who is leading a fast life, try- ties to the fullest advantage. at the opening of the play, young man with apparently than brai ing to dispose Everybody can acts this part, touch he treats its salient features. No man living is more capable of playing the good liver and man about town than Nat Good- win, and his impersonation convulses audience with laughter. gresses a_serious element fintervenes, and Ohauncy Short proves that he is mot quite “such a fool as he looks.” Pathos comes more of his superfluous wealth. imagine how the comedian to the front and supplants for a brief time in Baudling this Mr. Goodwin is quite as successful as ppealing to the sense of humor of his its indisputable evidence of the great versatility of the bright actor who the comedy of the play, and in publi way, The part is a great one, affords in and assumes it. Considerable interest is manifested among Mr. Goodwin's admirers in this city to see him enact the role of David Garrick, which is the theater parties have been formed to' attend Saturday night. This {s the most advan step that Mr. Goodwin has as yet taken, and, according to the criticisms of the leading the Chicago papers, it places him upon pedestal of fame. To those who have never had an opportunity of seeing “David Garrick” we will brifly give outline of the plot: she is in love with the actor. The actor has noticed the young girl in the theater, and Ada's father wants to cure his daughter of her love, and the actor Garrick 15 invited Imagine his surprise he, too, adores her. promises to help him, to dinner one evening. to find the woman he has silently adored, but true to his word he plays drunk, and makes such a spectacle of himself that Ada orders him from the house. Later she learns that he has only been acting. She goes to his house to prevent his fighting a duel on her account, she is followed by her reconcila- father, tion. and there is a complete On Wednesday and Thursday next at the Boyd the attraction will be Robert Ga the farcical production, “Sport MeAllister.” rdities and comicalities of Irish rule in New York politics are represented trayal of the born politician is in overdrawn, and the methods of the seckers of Gotham are shown in that bas but the least savor of exaggeration The role of Sport McAllister is a eplendid vehicle for the digplay of Gaylor's many peculiarities. for the introduction of the speclaltics which offic made him famous years ago, but all are in- troduced in such a legitimate manner that they seem to have been deftly woven in by the skillful author. an Gaylor {s supported by excellent company of specialty artists, whose work throughout the piece give evi- generally the brightest soubrettes, dances and sings in a dence of greater talent than shown, Miss Mabel Craig, is one of times in- to the playgoer theater who will prosent for the first time play, | play comes with the endorsement of a long run the New York City, and Hooley's according to the criticisms of the press, which Dumas 1t is a_play of exalted passions, of rare study of character; it touches upon the chords of many emotions with an unerring hand; it Is Waters Run Deep” he struck a chord that found its echo in the breast of every man who has the least spark of chivalric feeling. The comedy was preduced on May 14, 1855, at the Olym- suc- ocess that American managers rezolved to pro- duce it, and it was produced for the first time calls humorious and with what lightness of his As the play pro- bill for Saturday night, and several ced the play of the Simon Ingot’s daughter Ada has seen David Garrick play Hamlet, and in al natural and pleasing way, and Gaylor's por- | no way a manner It affords him ample latitude most charming manner. Arthur J. O'Rrien - | a8 Dennis McGinty, Sport's rival in polities, - | 18 well spoken of, while Jossph Kelly Iy said to be another Rvans, of “Parlor Matoh” fame, and does an exceedingly clever plece of character acting. Miss Marie Laurens, * | Lilllan Hecklor, Lizzie Innes, Kathloen War- ren, Mabel Craig, Nelsey Chamberlain, and a bevy of pretty girls, whose artistic sing- ing will, it is said, captivate any audienoe, ara still'in the cast, There will be an extra matines Thursday, Thanksgiving day, at 2:30 p. m. Referring to “A Summer Blizzard,” the Thanksgiving week attraction at tho Fife th Street theater, commencing Sunday | matinee, today, the Kansas City World of November 10 says: “Business at the new Gilliss opera house took a wonderful jump yesterday at the matinee. Ilvary seal was taken and last night standing room was in demand. “A Summer Blizzard” proves to be ono of the best farce comedies seen here this year. There fsn't much of a story to the plece, but it is at least coherent and it pro- vides some humorous climaxes In a natural sort of way. It's an entertainment rather than a play, and consists mainly of a string of specialties. Tho first act, however, has a take-oft on the newspaper office that is clever, and life at a seaside hotel is broadly The plece seems to derive its name from the fact that the various charac- tors are drawn together, and the laughable clrcumstances brought about through the me- dium of a country newspaper called the Sum= mer Blizzard, owned by a Mr. Wright U, Seribble. “‘Miss Nelly Rosebud, in the role of Helen, the soubrette, is good, her peculiar but pleasing style and clever specialties contrib- uting much toward the success of the plece. Tho cast includes some thirty people, all of whom are especially fitted to the parts as- signed them, James Carroll, a midget come- dian of the Arthur Dunne typs, heads the list as a fun maker. Clayton E. White, as an advance agent, is all right. W. H. Mur- phy, as Howland Rant, a Shakespearian crank, is a good bad actor. Barney Reynolds, tho veteran minstrel, gives his imitations with old time success. Charles A. Burke, as the editor, and Henry Putman, as Coughdrop Ed, also secure many laughs. Leonard Somers sings a ballad agrecably and is as- sisted by a well balanced quartet. The Nichols sisters, French novelty dancers, do some wonderful contortions, and Miss. Beat- rice Goldie renders a soprano solo accepta~ bly. There is any amount of dancing, and a new Bowery song and dance made the hit of the show. There are many other features, the whole making up a high class vaudevillle entertainment that is pushed through at too lively a rate of speed to allow interest te lag for a moment.” The | satirized AAAARARA AMUSEMENTS POPULAR 1oth S Theate § vorvtan’ TELEPHONE 1631 R e ALL THIS W. MATINEE to-day at 2:30 To-night at 8:15, « SUMMER BLIZZARD The Barnum of Them AlL Interpreted by Artists of headed by M* Nelly Rosebud MATINELS WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY GRAND SPECIAL MATINEE—THANKSGIVING DAY BOYD' Reappearance and unusual merits Monday and Tuesday, October 26-27 last engagement in (his clty of MR. AND MRS. KENDAL (Under the direction of Danlel Frohman.) AND THEIR LONDON COMPANY, presenting MONDAY EVENING Pinero's famous drama, “The Sceond Mrs. Tanqueray.” U DAY EVENING. Tom Taylor's celebrated comedy. “StIl Waters Run Deep.” morning . First floof e and $1.09. DOUGLAS STREET VARIETY THEATRE DUNCAN CLAKK, . Muanager. BVYERY NIGHT Duncan Clark's Female Minstrels Forewels Pertormances i ADMISSION, 108, WIRTHS MUSIC 1AL Wilt have a great attraction for the coming sIx weeks, comm ng M ll‘llxly ov. 10, '94— Otto Fichtl's Colebrated Tyrolean Quartotte cur there, consisting of . Tenor and Warbler MISS LOSIS . Boprano MISS ELSA FICHTL. . Contru-Alto This Quartette has traveled with great suc- Ccoss 10r Over Lwo with C . Gurdner in this c abt a good ‘many of our readers will bo glad to Lave an opportunity to hour theso Singers and War- i Sale opens Saturday 3160, balcony ML Mr. and Mrs. Morand's winter term for dancing lessons begins December 1st. For children, 10 a. m. Adults, Tuesday and Thurs- da; 8 p. m. The latest dances taught in cach class. Private lessons one dollar each. A Great Success Was made of the many lady patrons it continued all of Do not fail to 3 PURE FOOD SHOW in our store last week, and at the urgent request of we have arranged to have this week, avail yourself of the oppor- tunity to attend the free cooking lessons, and at the same time relieve the fatigue of shop- ping by partaking of the light luncheon which is served gratis. N. See our Advertisement On Page 8 ... B. FALCONER