Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 5, 1880, Page 1

VOLUME XL. ULSTERETTES, OVERCOATS, CHILDREN’S CLOTHING, &c. “WE MUST BE, RECOGNIZED LEA ' SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1880—EIGHTEEN PAGES. AS THE ER +. THE FAIR. OF LOWEST PRICES FOR BEST-MADE CLOTHING. OUR STOCK OF JLSTERETTES AND OVERCOATS Js simply immense. They are elegantly made up, and the most perfect-fitting. Our tre- mendous low prices will enable most every one to clothe themselves nicely for a very litde money. We have an elegant stock of SUITS, Our prices are from 20 to 25 per cent Jower than ever offered by any one. Our line of Boys’ and Children’s Suits and Overcoats Cannot be beat. You can clothe the Little Ones for the Holidays, very reasonable, by taking advantage of this GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY. Don’t spend a dollar for Cloth- ing before you see our elegant stock and tremendous Low Prices. UNION CLOTHING HOUSE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 122, 124, 126 LAKE-ST., 23 SOUTH CLARK-ST., COR. LAKE AND CLARK. — PIANOS. PIANOS. TOYS AND FANCY GOODS. DICAER BROS, (BAL HAINES BROS., NATHUSHEK. Every artist of distinction indorses one or all of these PIANOS. Extraordinary bargains and remarkable inducements to all purchasing Pianos of us for Holiday Gifts. We are receiving daily im- mense shipments of SUPERB UPRIGHTS, Finished in every variety of tichly carved foreign and do- mestic woods. It is worth your while to call and see our VAST DISPLAY And elegant new designs, even if not wishing to pur- chase, STORY & CAMP, 188 and 190 State-st. PIANOS. Grands, Uprights, & Squares. Established in Chicage over Twenty-five Years, Used and Recommended by £5,000 Artists and Amateurs, Our Patent Self-bearing Agraffe Attach- Veneered Bridge, are vainable improve- ments, used in the Bauer Piano only. The Bauer Cabinet Grands! The newest and most perfect production In the art of Piano-making. By the Introduction of an Im- proved VIOLIN'SHAPED SOUNDING BOARD, the xyolume of tone ts xreatly increased, aad left en: free from metalliequalitie Prominent Artists Pronennce It a Marvel of Perfection. ‘Messrs, Jultos-Bauer & Co., Chicago, IlL— GENTLEMEN: The Bauer Piano which I purchased of you, i am happy to say, is growing in favor every day. Tho more I use it the better like it, Lhave bad pianos from many celebrated factorien, but have found none to equal yours in power and purity of tone, elasticity of touch, and durability. 1 am glad that ‘ny first good opinion whlch prompted me in EX- CHANGING my KNABEK Piano for the BAUER has proved aiasting one. Yeurs cfully, JNO. RIEBLING, Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 28, 1979. A complete assortment of these Favorite Planos will be found at our warcrooms, We’ also carry a full stock of all kinds ef Musical Merchandise, wholesale und retall, Cata- logues freo. Julius Bauer & Co., 182 & 184 Wahash-av., BETWEEN MONROE & ADAMS-STS. TheBest Piano, Persons contemplating the pur- chase of a Piano, seeking the Best, and patient enough to weigh the MERITS OF ALL, Will find the professional testi- Tony of the time, the opinion of Musical instrumentalists, and the tvidence of highest popularity to in favor of the Hallet, Davis & Co., Liszt, ae Richter, Kullak, Sachim, Abt, Bendle, oy Many others, whose names ce as high as fame and authority dwrite them, all of whom have in an acknowledgment of the Hallet, Davis & Co. Piano that §8 the best and most perfect In- lite eae ever invented to articu- Which glorious harmonies with auc x bret minds have been <P S the greatest living ast Franz Liszt, says: Jt is most admirable Instru- ever made, W. W. KIMBALL, lamer State and Adams-sts, MarbleClocks. AND Tine Bronzes, est stock in Chicago to Select from, Steinway Triumphant at every World’s Fair; indorsed by the most eminent musical authorities of both hemispheres, and the acknowledged standard Pi- anos of the World. Special attention is directed toa new Cabinet Grand Up- right, larger than any here- tofore manufactured, with the richest and most artisti- cally designed cabinet work which ever encased a Piano. LYON & HEALY, State & Monroe-sts. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK OF TOYS, Fancy Goods, Holiday “Articles. O Opera Glasses, Amber Goods, FINE LEATHER GOODS, Perfume Sets, Glass Goods, SILVER COMB and BRUSH SETS, Wooden Ware, Tin Toys, AND ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES! Retail Dep't, 188, 140, 142 State-st. Wholesale ‘7188, 140, 142 & 144 ANg ve WonEOCK CO. VERGHO, RUHLING & CO. ment, Concave Name Board, und Improved * 1880. We Are Ready for Christmas! SCHWEITZER & BEER, IMPORTERS OF FANCY GOODS AND TOYS 111 STATE-ST. I Between Washington and Madison. European and American Novelties Of the latest production. Oar stock comprises tho ‘Cholcest Selection of TOYS FANCY GOODS! Such as never before offcred in this city. Leaders in Cheap Goods sold as low as of- fered by other Houses. The lic is cordially tnvited tocall and examine. GreatGosh! | Can such things be? They can. They are facts. Smith, 122 Dearborn, proposes clos- ing out his entire stock of 20,000 Volumes of Books be- fore Jan. 1, and at prices that will make the dry bones rat- tle in the Book trade. Call, inspect, and be satisfied. Without any humbug I will make prices lower than any book-house in the city. SMITH’S Cheap Book & News: Store, 122 DEARBORN. PHOTOGRAPHY. CABINETS REGULAR PRICE, SIX DOLLARS, REDUCED FOR 30 DAYS BY pecs : PER DOZ. WA CABINETS; $ %5 Madison-st. Quality kept up to the Highest Standard of Excellence, PER DOZ, : HOLIDAY Goons. FANS, CANDLESTICKS, CARD CASES, NAIL SETS, IVORY AND BRONZE Goons. COBB'S LIBRARY, ag Washington-st, GOODS, AND ENGRAVERS, 18 and [20 Monroe-st. HOLIDAY COODS Russia Leather Articies, Music Boxes. Christmas and New Year Cards. ‘Wedding und Invitation Cards, Otnd Invitations, ‘Visiting Cards, OUR GRAND Opening! MONDAY, Dee. 6. All our New Departments are Complete, and filled with a choice lot of New and Late Novelties Which we wil offer at Our Low & Pop- ular Prices, 95c for a 2 1-2 foot Model Wax Doll, Artificial Eyes, and a Sleeping Beauty. $6.00 for the finest Im- ported French Doll, full dress in Silks or Satins, model wax, and worth treble. Cheaper grades of Dolls at le, 3c, 6e, 10c, and up- wards. 26c for a Mechanical Dancing Monkey on Wheels. 10c for a Mechanical Mon- key on a Velocipede. 96c tor a Tool Chest filled with the best Tools manufactured: by the American Tool Co. Toy Books from 1c and up- wards. Standard Books and Works of all kinds, at prices guaranteed lower than the lowest. $50,000 stock of Toys at prices that defy com- - petition. CTLVER PLATED WARE From the Standard and Popular Manufacturers, in- eluding Rogers & Bros., Rogers & Sons, Win. Rog- ers, Derby Silver Co., Rus- sell & Co., Manhattan Sil- yer Co., and Aurora Silver Co., bought in Bankrupt Stocks and Job Lots, and we offer them at Retail positively at less than the manufacturers’ prices. Gents’ Furnishing Goods, Ladies’ Furnishing Goods, Gold and Rolled Plated Jewelry, Boots and Shoes, Candies and Gigars, Trunks, Valises, Satchels and Pocket Books, Optical Goods, Wooden and Willow Ware, Gold Fish and Cana- ry Birds, Hardware and Tinware, Crockery and Chi- naware, French and Bohe- mian Glassware, Druggists’ Sundries, all bought at less than market value. Retailed and Wholesaled at Prices that Were Never Equaled. Our Prices are Always Guaranteed E, J. LEHMANN, The Fair, 192, 194, 196, 193 & 200 State-st., 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71 73, 75 and 77 Adams-st. \ Known as the Largest and Cheapest | House in America, SEA’S BIG DAY Arrival of Santa Claus---Weleome him Next Thursday! (rand Opening of the Holiday Season! PROGRAMME THIS WEEK. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday => BOY DAYS! When our entire second floor will be devoted to Boys’ Yoysunty. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, From 2 till5 p. my Mr. SEA will be giud to see bis little boy friends, and willmive toeach some live present. but to avoid confusion, LET TLE GIRLS MUSTN'T COME, NO BOYS “" ADMITTED ‘Yo the Toy Itoom unless accompanied by thelr pa- rents or suitable guardian on these 3 days, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Entiro Second Floor devoted to GRAND DISPLAY BOVS Toys Only! (At the following Ridiculous Prices, PROVING TOY STORES ROBBERS. NOAD’S ARKS, 3 cts. Box TEN PISS, & ets. Best quality Boys? fine DRUMS, !0c. Nicely painted, sheepskin sounding heads, YY Pa nith pair of turned Sekar? 4 BOX OF TOOLS, 10 cts. TOY GUNS, 3 cts. TOY SWORDS, 3 cts. GAME “LOTO,? 10 cts. Bor A. B. C. Blocks, 3c. Game of CHECKRRS, 3c. Box of DOMINOES, 3c. HUMMING TOPS, 20. TIN TROMPETS, 10. =e TO ty Large box PAINTS, 1c. TOY CANES, 2c. Leather or Rubber BALLS, 30. JUMPING JACKS, to. And so we might go on FOREVER! But wo have named enourh to satiefy you that wo se 84 Toys for $1.98 or less. $3 Toys for 81.24 or less, 2 Toys for 98c. or less. &r Toys for 39 to 4ge- ‘soc. Toys for 19 to 24c. age. Toys for 8 to 12c. toc. Toys for 2 to 4c. §¢. Toys for,r to 3c. 1c, Toys3 Gtaforze. Santa Claus Jing arrived, but being fatigued trom his long journey from his werk-sbup ut the North Pole, will rest a day oF two, but will positively appear, ALIVE, WELL, AND HEARTY, Sented under the largest Christmas ‘Tree ever seen (which be brought with him, just to show the chil- dren}, Next Thursday! LIVING CHRISTMAS TREE ! REAL LIVE SANTA CLAUS! LIVELY FUNNY TOYS! TWO TWO NEW DEPARTMENTS To be opened To-morrow. NO. 4, VIENNA AND PARIS MADE Art Leather Wares Smokers’ Sets, Tollot Sets, Dressing Cases. Jowel cand Work Boxes, Comb and lush Sets, Odor Cases, and everyth aginable in high-class works of Art in Leather. Prices range, $1.98 to $88 each, onetalf oscal prices. NO. 2. -Rast India and Japanese Art Wares, Scroens; Cabinets, Brckois, Shelves, Banners, Wall ckets, Oto., etc. Pocpanuee ‘Lacquer Bread Boats, 1éc. Bost made. . Finest quallty. Glove Boxés, 9c, Fine Lacquer Boxes, 12. le; Cabinet, 30, 2c; worth 3c. Pelvet-Frames, Card stzo. Large Photograph Alin Pocketbooks, 2c up to. $6.90. SHA 124 PROGRAMME THIS WEEK. 12th (And last for this year) MONSTER Book Sale! Competitors distanced by these prices! PREITY TOY BOOKS, ye. LARGE TOY BOOKS, tc. RORINSON CRUSOE, Worth SACK NT KILLER, 3 KOBL OD, etc., C. 10c. Kate Grecnawasy’s new book, UNDER THE WINDOW, 90. OLD MOTHER G00SE, 9c, ‘The Favorite Pictorial Pronouncing DICTIONARY, !2c. Worth 50c. 30,000 Words, complete Ilustrations, Alphabetical List of Forolgn words and phrases, substantial cloth binding, Lee. 5,000 vols. Cloth-bound Books, Worth 7c. to $1.50 each, all 19 cenis, Including Late Novels, the most popular Juveniles, ‘Tuy Books, ali bound In cloth, We, worth iS¢ to $L50. CHATTERBOX, 39c. Only house in the workt eelling Chatterbox at this price, He. GENUINE ENGLISH CHATTERBOX, 48c, Bat we ad! 0 one to buy St, as it ts simply a hash- up of ENG jorios that do not interest. AMEI- ICAN hit e only genuine American Chutter n box is Frank Lesiie’s, which Can Only be had at SEA’S! If unscrupulous parties advertise it, ask them for it, und be convinced tbut they are “just outof it,” and always will be! Children will tell you that they want to read new, bright, fresh, funny American stories, not English hashod-up reprints. We have the sole ugency fur tho Genuine Leslie Chatterbox, Price @ec, worth $1.30. The Poets, beautifully bound, 49. Robinson Crusoe, Swiss Family Robinson, Zsop's Fables, ete., ete., 49¢, cloth bound. 58 cents. Charles Dickens’ Complete Works, Seott’s Complete Waverly Novels, Hume’s History of England, Knight’s Half Hours, Giblon’s History of Rume, Past and Present Celebrities, ‘Baron Munchausen, Pole on Whisxt, Pole’s Card Bssays, Shakspeare, Byran, Scott, Burns, ‘Dante, Hudibras, Firgtl, History of Saracens, Lockhart and Southey, Grimin's Tales, Ander- sen's Fairy Tales, Lives of Novelists and Dra- matists, Homer's Iliad, Homer's Odyssey, Homance of water: German Literature, T! Koran, Gil Blas, Pepys’ Diary, the Chandos Classics, all of the Poets, the Popular Novels of the Day, all the New Juveniles, in all 2,500 volumes, all new, fresh, all in elegant cloth and gold bindings, and all atéSe. Booksellers usk from $1 to $2. * S8e. all Popular 13mos. Tie. all Popular Poets. Lovell’s Red-Lined Edition, Gold edges, Cloth and Geld Bindings, for 73e. Don’t forget this. Macaulay’s England, 5 vols., $1.95. Thackeray's. Works, Lovell’s Edition, per sot, $8.90. AU the Holiday Gift-Boolcs én endless varie- SEA allows none fo meet his prices ! 150,000 vols. Choicest Books, Occupying entire south sige of our main floor, at ‘one-third value. WE ARE CLOSING OUT Btooks of Underwear, Gloves, and all Winter Fur- nishiugs at any price, to make room for Fancy Goods. dies’ sleeveless Jackets, 4c. Ladi ring heavy Underwear, Se. ‘and 4 button Kids, 190 patr, in Opera town W ol, sc skein. Rest Zephyrs, ve ounce. Sutin and Gros Grain Xibbon. in remnants, Nos. 7, 8, and Lt, all colors, 9c, worth 25, 3, asc. Bat! ndkerchiefs, silk embroidered, lic. Childzen’s colored border Handkerchiefs, 1c Ladies" embroidered scalloped edge | Handker- rt ‘orth Woe, ee qualities, 18,24 2c, worth SQ. iS, and $1. Derby Hate, stitt felt. 13, worth iSe. Your choice of whole Feather stock, 2c, including goods worth $150, all 2c. Holiday Crockery! Vases, Toilet Sets, Mantel Pieces, Or- _tarments, Mugs, Cups and Saucers, etc., etc, One-half Crockery Store prices Tinware and Hardware! In our new bright basement. 122 and. State-st. At prices guaranteed to be lower than any oth- er house _in Chicago. Don’t fail to examine before purchasing else- where. Allgoodsmark- ed in plain figures. ORE PRIGE AND HO DEVIATION. Open Evenings until Christmas. E. H. GOODRICH, 90 Madison-st. ALBEMARLE HOTEL, COR, DEARBORN & RANDOLVE-STS. European style. Wire clues Fitts proprietor, ‘FINE ART. HAREHOME BEAUTIFUL. Have you seen the choice collection of PAINTINGS Now on exhibition at the store of M. KEITZ,191State-st. Alllovers of Art are invited to inspect these works, many of which are from the easels of our most distinguished artists. Come and adorn your homes. “PRESENTS ! 2 Useful and Ornamental. SET $8. : Pilling no fancy prices. by McCHESNEY BROS. Cor. Clark and Bandulph-sts, viln Tribune. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WASHINGTON. Railraad Auditor French Submits His Annual Report. He Reports the Land-Grant Roads in a Much-Im- proved Condition, And Makes Several Suggestions; as to Improvements That Are Needed. Gen. 0. 0. Howard Mentioned asi Possible Successor to Scho- =; field at West Point. The Various Propositions on | the Subject of Refunding the Maturing Bonds. } Fernando Wood Urges a Few More ) Reasons Why His Plan Is the Best. . Improved Prospect for a Repub= lican Senator from the State of Tennessee. Arrival of Congressmen—Postmaster i Maynard and the Lottery- Men. THE LAND-GRANT ROADS, ABSTRACT OF AUDITOR FRENCH’S REPORT. wr-clat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Wasnincton, D.C., Dec. 4.—Theophilus ¢ French, Auditor of Railroad Accounts, has completed his annual report. The reportis devoted to the condition of the land-grant railroads in whole or in part west, north, or south of the Missouri River. Mr. French says that during the past year the condition of all railroad property in the United States has been much improved, more especially that of the railroads west of the Mississippi; that among those railroads lying west of the Mississippi the most marked improvement has béenon the great trunk line of the Union and Central Pacific?Companies, and of which. the United States Government is a creditor to the amount of nearly $80,000,000. Sta- bility of rates, even though rates have been reduced, has given larger earnings, which, a turn, have enabled liberal expenditures to made for maintenance and improvement, ” tothe manifest advantage of the traveling public and shippers as well as of the proper~ ties themselves, Asto the Pacific Railroads proper, he says that branch lines have been and are IN PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION, and still more are projected. Steel rails are being largely substituted for iron rails; ties are kept well renewed; grades are being Te- duced, and bad sections remedied ; trestles are being filled and road-beds widened and bal- lasted; shops and station-houses are being enlarged, new and improved machinery has been ‘purchased, equipment has been in- creased so as to meet the requircments of the traffic, and in all this, while economy has been studied, safety of travel and public con- yenience have not been ‘overlooked. At no previous time in the history of these great enterprises hag the value of the properties been so assured, or their prospects been so ‘| good for BENEFITING THEIR OWNERS, | paying their debts, and serving the people. better and more cheaply. ‘ One chapter of the report is devoted to a history af accidents, from a swomary of which it appears that of the passengers who travel by railroad in the. United States, in- cluding employés on trains, in every 1,500,000 carried une is killed and four are injured, ore to state it differently, that in every 40,000,000 persons carried one mile one is killed and four are injured. The figures also show that about one-fourth of the train accidents are the result.of defects in property, while more than one-half are the result of careles- ness, lack of discipline, or defective man- agement, 2 7 ae ‘The continued improvement in the bus ness of rail-oads is noted by the fact that for the calendar year 1879, as compared with 1878, the gross earnings of nearly all the railroads in the United States show an in- crease of $40,000,000, or about S per cent. ‘The working expenses show an increase of $7,500,000, or about 23 per cent, and the net earnings show an increase of $32,500,000, or more than 17 per cent, while the increased mileage has been about 6 per cent, or nearly 4,800 miles. . A NOTICEABLE FEATURR F of this increased business is that it has oo curred nearly altogether on the railroads of the Middle, Western, and southwestern States, the business of those in the Pacific, New England, and Southern States not hav- ing materially improved. 3 Mr. Freuch draws the following conclu- sions from a comparison of the Eastern and Western railroads: First, that while the ratio of operating expenses to gross earnings on these Western roads is, say, 52 per cent, and on the Eastern roads & per cent, the Eastern roaus have dono three times the work at only double the cost. Second, that both these Eastern and Western railroads have reduced their rates per ton per mile 14 per cent, and passenger rates about 7 per cent on an average. Third, that the average haul, both of freight and passen- gers, on the Western is nearly double that on the Eastern roads. Fourth, that the aver- agerate per ton per mile on the Eastern roads is down to the very low price of less than nine-tenths of a cent, and the rate for passengers per mile to 2}g cents. Some of the roads have denied the author- ity uf this Bureau to compel them to submit reports, ‘They claim either that they are not land-grant roads, or that they are not insuch a sense land-grant roads as makes it incum- bent npon them to furnish the reports, ‘The course which Auditor French has adopted in such cases is to use his influence to prevent the issuing of land patents to roads which refuse to furnish the reports. On this sub- ject Mr. French says: ‘Some of the railroad companies whose roads are included in the act creating the Bureau bave negiceted and refused to furnish the re- ' ports called for. Among them are the Burling- £9) MOST BEAUTIFUL AND BEST | ton & Missouri Rtver Rafiroad Company tn Ne-. braska, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Hail- road Company, the Hannibal & St. Joseph Rail way Company, the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapo- lis & Omaha Kaitway Company, and the St. Paul Minneupolis & Manitoba Railway Company, all, of which have received valuable grants from the United States. Some other process than a suit for the. penalty prescribed is dosimble, as the time within which