Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 19, 1889, Page 17

| i { THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE {mswr{ B 1GHTEE? TR YEAR. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY. 19, 1830.-~TWE DRESSING SACQUES, 69¢c Ladics’ Dr nice white shec 3 worth and sold by othe for $1.00. Mail orders filled. ing Sacques, made of a s cut, only 69¢3 etttk SRR Y Children’s Muslin Drawers, from & a. m. to 12 noon Monday only, at 20c pair. Only 2 pair to each cus tomer, DRESSING SACQUES, Jues, made of fine sheer ud cuffs and front and bot- . “toui: @ very plain, neat and tasty garment, only Monday a Bennison Bros THE JOUNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL It Has Just Been Dedicated With Appropriate Ceremonies. THE RELIEF OF THE SUFFERING. A Thoroughly Equipped Institution— Was Opened for Patients on the Thirteenth of May, A Sketch of th BALTINORE, Building. May 15.—[Correspon- dence of Tur Bre.]—May 7 were per- formed the ceremonies attending the dedication of the new Johns Hopkins hospital, and on last Monday, the dis- pensary was opened for the treat- ment of patients. For thirteen years “yhe process of building has been going on which was to result in the fulfill- ment of the bequest of Johns Hopkins. The wealthy merchant left his fortune in trust for the foundation of a great hospital and an university, bequeathing some $3,000,000 to each. The manage- ment of the latter secured fiest their students and obtained the equipment as they progressed. The hospital, on the other hand, invested its income in the erection of its buildings, and is now rendy to begin its work. As cariy as 1874, suggestious in regard to plans ware sought from many who understood the needs of a large hospital. I'rom these, the best were selected and em- bodied in the final design. After an ox- penditure of $2,050.000, the result is the structure which has now boen thrown open. According to the wish of the founder, it was desired that it should compare favorably with any in the world, and it 18 to embrace the hospital proper, a training school for physicians and nurses togother to promote the pro- gress of medical science. The institution itself comprises fif- teon separate buildings erected on a large square of ground in the eastern portion f the eity, It is situated upon quite a high hill giving a beautiful view of the surroundings and insuring fresh'nir and proper drainage. Thero are about fourtoen acres in an oblong block with a frontage of 709 feet and a depth of 856 feet, The grounds are neatly sodded and laid off with gravel walks und drives. ‘The group of build- ings together with its towers all built of brick with stone trimmings, makoes a very good uppesranc All the build- ings with the exception of the laundry an: ‘lml.hulug’ al 1nstitute, are con- nected with each cther by a covered passuge. ‘This corridor is for use in bad weather in passing from one apartment to unother but when possible, the open walk above it, is expected to be used: Running beneatn these connecting passagos, is the pipe duct in which the steam, water, soil, aud gas pipes are laid. The wain entrance is upon the west side leadlug into the administration building. Thisis the bestin point of gize and fuish and supports a large tower. The door opens into the ro- tunas immediawely beneath this tower, facing Klluch are three balconies of the staries ibove, At the back is the grand stairway. Here are the offices of the trustoes and physicians, the library and reception rooms. One room is { 'Lhud with some of the houschold relics of the Cut Price! il SMYRNA RUGS 10c pair. tome Rugs, s during this sale and suve money. SMYRNA Rugs, 5176 20x0 duy only, Monday ; worth ¥4, SMYRNA RUGS 248 10 best Smyrna Rugs, large size, 3)x66, Monday your choice of this s 43; rog- ular around bottom, c garrient heats ionday for 1.50. MAIL ORDE price #, Racques, heer lwn, tucked fron KH MAIL ORDERS FILT Vildren's Meastin Drawers 8 . m, to 12 noon Only 2 pair to cach cus- ‘afissmas SACQUES, 1 s and cufls, and at § he world, Bennison Bros Portiér_e Curtains |8 {Ter Por- clo- On Monday w ra of lieavy Curt ains, with gant dado, f only, #1481 w nmed Cur- tain Poles thrown in. Portiere Curtains Al 50 pairs of heavy Por- tiere Curtains ° with Dbeautiful borlers, only #2.93 pair worth & Brass ‘Trimmed Cur- tain Poles froe. Noflinghaml Lace Curtains, 2l Great bargains Mon- exactly ag cut, Monday $1.0 iy, , from Honday only, at taped all aroun 1, 50 pair; worti 8 rass Trimmed Curtain Poles fre Lace Curtains, 1310 y | 45 pairs of Notting Lhis [ ham® Lace Cortains. after | irtain ct of a fine and has seaton readily at #2.50 pair; Monday only $1.50 pair, and Brass Trim- med Poles free. We will sell 1t S FILLED. 'Y-FOUR — PAGES ‘NUMBER 338 L ayyIIn CIIS o, N00,0,6,0,0,0,0,8,° The world's wonder! A Sacque with twenty tneks sleeves, trimmed with fine em front, around bottom, eolls & Lady's Dressing in front, lown the and “cufls, for Sk 10 see this g It is worth and £, MAIL OKDURS FILLED Children’s Muslin Drawers from 8 . m. to 12 ncon Monday on'y, at 10¢ pair. Only 2 pair to each cus- DRESSING SACOUES, 1.0 R A cheap at — Ladios' Dressing 8aoques, as cut, made of an clegant fine xheer lawn, tuckel front, irimmed all around boitom, ngckyaad sleeyes with Valen- clennes lnce. A b Monday only, #1.50; WOrth's,50, FILLE Bennison Bros SPECIAL FOR Monday. DRESSING SACQU_E_S,_] (DRESSING (et Don't forget us when you want to buy a Car- pet cheap. An extra good Hemp Carpet, yard wide, at 13c yard. Ingrain Carpets at 15c¢. Ingrain Carpets at 19¢. A Good Ingrain Carpet at 5c. And we can give you the best Carpet ever heard of at ilc a yard, All Wool Extra Sa- pers at . All Weol Extra Su- pers at 75e. Ludles' Dressing Sa © fine sheer luwn, Wi triramed around t with fine edge emt wortn #. MATL-ORI pets at Aud the hest line of Brussels Carpets | S @ M ¢ / at 63¢ ever shown, | 20¢ patr. Only : | tomer. Don't forget, we are RO S oAt DRESSING Children’s Mus| Dets i Omabia, Curfain Shades Jac 1000 Holland Curtain Shades, with best spring_roller all com- plote, Monday only, each Cortain Shades 20c About-300best opaque Curiain Shudes, best spring_ roller and all made up complete,only e each, cheap at ¥, Ladies’ Dressing Sasq lace. Monday oaly #i (8 a. m. to 12 noon Monday on'y, at of Notil 2 pair to each cus-|Swiss Curtains, Ori- lawn, with fany striped front, trimmed down the tiont, bottoin, collurs und ¢ 1.70: worth $3. MAIL ORDERS FILLED. DRESSING SACQUES. SMYRNA RUGS, WSArC'QfUES} 'Manufacturer's Samples —O0F— LACE Curtains i) EACH. 2000 manufactur- amples of Lace Tine Drtoers, from | Curlains, consisting ghams, fin cques, like cut, made of ith twenty tucks in front, ar and cufts, ental Lacey, and in fact nearly every kind of lace cur made. Tl ples will measure 1% to 23 yards in length—all at one price Monday, 39¢c Fach. Madras Muslin 15¢ 256 pieces of very fine Madras Muslin, suitable and used very much for sash curtains. Sold by our neighbors as a leader at 25¢. Mon- day our price only SACQUES, ques, made of fine sheer with Me dic Bennison Bros! 1se vara, CARPETS, CURTAINS. - DRESSING SACQUES, Ladies' Dr o cotolre styl fanecy tucked 1 1 g rmenty Chitdren's Muslin Drawers, frons 8 a. ny, to 12 noon Monday only, at 10¢ pair. Only 2 pair to ecach cus= tomer. DRESSING SACQUIES, cques made of o fine sheer tucked front awl trimmod down front, m, collaraand cuffs witn (he finest Swiss embroidlery, Monday only §2.50: worth 84, MATL ORDERS ) founder, and this is set apart as a mem- orial to him. There may be seen the dining-table and antique virs of the benevolent Johns Hopkins. THis book- cases are with fine editions of standard In the main hall is a marble bnst and also a portrait of the same gentleman. Above these offices are the rooms for the resident students and physicians, but they are not fin- ished 50 elaborately as those on the floor. The latter are in polished ouk or other natural woods. Directly behind the building is the othecary shop where the drugs are to be com- pounded for the whole institution. In corresponding positions to the right and left, are the male and female pay war These are divided intoseparate rooms or suites of rooms to be rented to those who desire hospital treatmentand are able and willing to pay for it. The rooms are furnished i the simp! manne bedstead with br: au, washstand, wardrobe and several cl s, Back of these buildings is, on the one side, the nurses’ home, on the other, the kitchen and bath house. The nurses’ home is a square four-story structure designed for the n of those who may enter the nurses’ training school. The bath house is equippad with apparatus for y kind of bath, There are tubs which can be brought \ s bedside. The kitchen is divided into different departments. ‘I'he main floor contains the kitchen proper, the scullery, refrigerator rooms and dining rooms for the official In the basement is the bakery, pastry room, bread room and meat room, The allotted to the cool.s and dining rooms of the various vants, Under this building are the boiler vaults. They contéiu the gas and water meters, coal vaults, four hot water boile awid three steam boilers. All the buildings are heated by the hot water process. though in many rooms there are open fire places, bui mer for ventilation and cheerfulness. The steam 1s used for baths, steaming tables and ventilating coils. From this place the pipes vadiate in every direction through the pipe tunnel. They are all exposed to enable alteration or repair in case of accident. Extending eastward lie the common or free wards. There are five altogether; one, however, consisting of two stories, "Ihis is the first or octagon ward, There are twenty-four iron beds arranged so as to form a circle. Each has its head toward one of the light 1s of the room. Windows open in each direction giving sunlight at all hours of the day. In the center is a huge ventilating shaft with openings at both top and bottom. Near each bed is the register for heating, 8o constructed that the cold and warm air may be mixed to give any desired temperature. At the southern end 18 a bow-window for the use of con- valescent patients, The invalids’ chairs, movable tables,and book-racks are upon rubl wheels in order to create no annoyance to other patients. In con- nection with each ward are linen closets and a diet kitchen where light food may be prepared at a moment’s motice. There are three other wards of a simi- lar character but built in the shape of a parallclogram, The beds are arranged u rows, twelve on sach side. Instead of the central air shaft the bad air is re- moved through the hollow floor. The last wa.d is for contagious dis- eases when it is desiravle to have ithe patient isolated, It is 180x145 feet,rec- tangular in form and contains twenty separated roows besides the dict kichen and nurses’ apartments. Each room is ontered by two sets of doors. Three are fitted ~ with perforated floors. A strong current of air may be created in ench at the will of theattending phy- sician. and the ventilation is arcanged with the greatest care in order that the contagion may not spread, On the northern side of the square ave located the dispensary and operat- ing rooms. The dispensary is for the treatment of outdoor patients and tran- sient callers. There is a large waiting room upon which open the consultation oflices of the heads of the different de- partments. The, amphitheater contains a lecture hail, ‘anccident department, and etherizing room. The operating room is surrounded by tiers of benches to enable the students to note the pro- cesses during the surgical operations. Movable tables, bath tubs and other ap- pliances are at hand. The laundry is an isolated building on the southeast corner of the square. It isequipped with machinery run by steam, and is especially designed to do quick work. On " the northeast corner isdocated the pathological insti- tute and morgue. This is for tho use of students of the medical d tment of the Johns Hopkins univer There is an amphitheater where the autopsy may be viewed. In connection there- with is an air-tight morgue and a wait- ing room for funerals, The upper story the pathological laboratory, rooms for histological research, and a small museum. This department has been in use during the past winte The wards alone ave partiall proof, while the other building: The illumination may be brought about by either gas or electric light, but the elecirical plant 18 not yet in place. Electric bells connect the wards with the attendants’ rooms and telephone 3 s the *‘felemeter,” which enables the director to see a glance, the temperature of each ward, The de~ sign for the hospital contempiates an equal number of wardson the south side 50 a8 to fofm a symmetrical whole. The orection of a chapel and o green-house is also in the plan. The latter adjunct to the hospital is desived on_account of the good effect of flowers and attractive surroundings upon the patients, while the endowment enables it w receive patients without charge, yet all are ex- pected to pay as much toward the ex- pense as they are auble. . The medical and pathological branches of the hos- pital ave to form the nucleus of the medi- cal department of the university VICTOR ROSEW A Troubadour. Kate Brownlee Shei 's Magazine, With a jaunty cloak and swagger, And a jewel-hilted dagger, A guitar swung from his shoulders by a rib bon, blue ut that; And his breeches never bigger Than would show his shapely figure, Amlua fascinating feather in his funny titted at. S0 he wandered forth a-warriug, And a-rbyming and guitaring, And in attitudes artistic tinkied many a wricky air; And the ladies all adored nim And the balconies encored him, And his tunes were legal tender for his wel- come everywhere, Thus a-humming and a-strumming, And a-wooing and a-cooing, Droning ditties by the dozen, Lisping sonnets by the score, Weut the Liero of our story v, ‘Through its glamor and its glory; Ah! s0o mellow aud so merry was the gallant Troubadour! | APHANTOM AT THE THROTTLE —_— No Wonder the Englneer Faintod at His Post. WHITE FIGURES IN THE CAB. Why Nelson Edwaras Threw Up His Job on the Rig Grande—A Wild Ride on a Stormy Nigns, § The Grand Oanon’s Ghost Train. Mountain engineers are perhaps the most fearless class of men in the world, says the Denver News. Journeys of so perilous a nature that the blood of all ordinary men would curdle at the bare thought of undertaking are successfully made by them. Those men who ride hundreds of miles through the moun- tains are seldom frighted, but to-day there resides in Denver a man who would not ‘“‘pull” a train over Marshall pass for a cool million, and when the name of that famous place is mentioned he nvoluntary clenches his hands and pules visibly. Several years ago there was a story circulated that three times a week a phantom train went steaming over the pnss, and that ghostly forms could be seen through the car windows, and, al- though the statements in regard to it were incoherent, engifieers began to re gard a certain portion of the track with suspicion, and usually hugged the rails there us close ag possible. One morn- | ing a freight “rupner” pulled into Green River and informed the operator that he had seen the train, and so earn- estly did he plead with the master me- chanic, that he was given an engine on the Salt Lake division. Other experi- ences were related, and it became al- most a weekly oceurrence that some en- gineer would report having scen a train of which the dispatcher had no record and could not account. for. In nearly every instance the engineers who com- plained werethose who pulled the night passenger, which reached Green River at 7 o'clock in the merning. One engineer who had twice seen the much-talked of teain pulled out of Salida as white as,the snow on the ground, and the fallbwing morning the man brought the engine into Green river, the brakeman firing, and the en- gineer in au insensible condition. He had seen the phantom train and that was his last trip on the road. FEARLESS AND COOL, The regular train was then placed in the hands of an old and tried engineer, by the name of Nelson Edwards, who had as a fireman Charles Whitehead. Both men were cool aud calculating, well educated and generally considered the most fearless mén in the employ of the Rio Grande—men who had caught runaway trainsg oo the mountain side without so mueh as a_ flush suffusing their cheeks. For nearly iwo months they were on the train, ck and forth every other day,and while the alter- nating crews had changed several times they not a8 yet geen the mysterious wain, the sightof xwh had been the cause of fo many engineers quitting that division, Qae evening, just at dusk, while the Bennison Bros fireman was lighting his lamp, the en- gineer, Bdwards, experienced a strange feeling creeping over him, and as he pulled into the canyon the silence seemed deeper than usual, the night darker and the air colder. Several times before they reached the grade the “popping” of the safety valve caused him to start. But soon they were winding in and about the labyrinth of small canons and over deep arroyos, and us his trained eye swept the glittering rmls ahead he forgot his n Engineers seldom speak to iremen—as a rule they are too the constant watching requires their minds should be on their work, and to-night Edwards was more like a sphinx than usual, for it was re- ported that there was a bridge in dan- ger of going down, and a defective rail in one of the canons, and ever and anon he slackened the speed of his train as a matter of safety. THE DANGER SIGNAL. The engineer passed under a snow- shed, and the strange roar so peculiar on such occasions followed. While in the shed, far away there came the long, warning whistles of an approaching train. Edwards remarked to his fir man that No. 8 was following too close. Aguin, when about flve .miles farther on, he recogni the same whistle, this time nearer, and at short intervals the signal was heard, coming rapidly nearer, It must be a wild train,” Whitehead grumbled, ns the engineer reached for the rope and gave two short, sharp whistles, only to hear the long, danger- Again,in asnowshed, it oc- curred to him that he had to “saw by’ an east-hound freight at the nextswitch, twenty-five miles further up the moun- tain, and as he left the shed the beil sounded three times, and he brought his train to a standstill as quicl us possible. He could hear the doleful eounds of the followers as the pistonrods traveled back and forth in the eylin- ders, in the crisp night air, but a sound more omnious than that was the long- draw istles of the engine that was rapidly overnauling him. The conduc- tor an forward at this juncture and asked: “What did you stop for?” “What did you pull the bell-cord r?’ rejoined Edwaads, “You're erazy,” the conductor said. *Now pull her wide open and light out for the switches, becuause , and, besides, puss No. 19 the limbing up on us. for a wild train a. hear? RACING FOR LIFE. Edwards drew back the lever with a strange feeling. He opened tie throt- tle, the wheels slipped on the rails, but as they caught the sand the long, heavy train began to move forward slowly. Both men in the cab could hear the sand grind beneath the enormous weight of the engine. "The train in- ased in womentum as it moved for- ward, and in about five minutes was running as fast as practicable on that portion of the road. The following train was approaching near and nearer. Again the short series of warn- ing whistles was heard, which Edwards answered, but only to hear the wild wain give the danger sig- nal again, He looked out of the window s he was rounding a curve and noticed the other train rapidly approaching. Cold beads of sweat stood out on his forehead as he pulled the throttle wide open. Faster and faster the speed of the train increased, and more dunger- ous was the track, They were now 1n the very worst portion of the puss, where the snow banks were the most treacherous, and just 1n this t of the track was where the broken rail was re- ported. Every time the engine struck a curve it scemed as though it was im- possible for the small flanges to hold the engine to the rails, The cars were rocking violeutly. Tlre train was lurch- ing frightfully.” The passengers were rudely awakened from their slumbers by the train striking a snowdrift. The speed of the train was o great that the train broke the drift easily and was soon roaring through a snowshed. How the fireman labored. His shirt was wet with perspiration, for the hungry fur- nace consumed the coal so quickly that the stack belched fire. AWAITING DEATH. The passengers having been warned of the impending danger, had dressed themselves. The women were wring- g their hands in despair, strong men trembling and the thought of ever person on the train was of the man whose hand rested on the throttle of the engine ahead. Would he be alle to outrun the pursuing train and break all the snow banks, or would the e train dash into the coaches and the passengers? Who was their engin- eer? Was he competent? The curtains were all thrown up, a few daving men clung on the platform and glanced anx- iously back. The conductor started sud- denly as he caught a giimose of the driving wheelsof the rear train. They were fully ten inches han thoss on the engine ahead. ith hand v.i;,vhuy clenched on the throttle 1 wards’ eye rapidly swept the track. was a good e for that awful st had mind to shut off his steam save it when running down grade with- out brake pressure and never once whi running did he allow power to take the place of speed,a fault of most engincers under excitement. At this time th snow began to descend, and in the pe- culiar light that settled on the caused by the snow, Bdw thing in a backward glance h wade his blood fr and alinost caused his heart to cease of one of the c; us the tall white figure of a man gesticu- lating wildly,while he could see a white form in the cab. A tevvible thought flashed through nis mind—the train,the train, the peculiar condition—1t was the phantom train. THE SPF ER STILL GAINING. Without further parley, regardless the broken rail, he dropped the le anoiher noteh, and then as quickl possible, but cautiously. he ope: throttle valve, His trained ear caught is engine made and under s excitement he once thought he heard the pistons grinding und the axle pound. What a wild ride it was in the night. It would be im- possible to pass a broken rail at the ter- rific speed ' they w traveling. He wus leading the race by about two hun- dred yards now, and @s his train_ap- 1 a point wheee the track®re- 1d ran parallel, he nerved him- the trial, 1 rounded the e safcly, and started, and was mov- ing back on’ the serpentine curve with rapidity of lightniug, As he ngine he saw two ex- trew sures in the cab. The specter engineer turneda fuce to him lile dough and laughed. The ghostly fireman reached for the cord and again o serles of short shurp whistlessounded On the train plunged into the night, He even under presence of in order to right voaring through snow sheds and over iron bridges that trembled beneath the sudden shock, Bo fast was the train traveling, that the rush of air could bo heard by the passengers. Wherever there was a snow drift the train would break through it like a hurricance. Fastor and faster, for now they were mounting to the bighest point of the the pass where it was coldest, st not so plentiful, and soon had the lever in the corner and the throttle wide open. The great- est speed lus engine was cabable of had been attained, and Edwards could but teh the rails in front of him and keep his hand on the throttle. The fantom train was gaining: he could go no fas- ter, he was helpless. Around the shelves of the high mountains and along the ridge of lofty hills, over deep aroyos, through long snow sheds the race continued; the very landscape was closing behind the train like a cloud; the mountains secmed to recede raps idly, but ail the while the specter train was gaining ground. The wind arose and gighec, and from the north heavy clouds began to drift southward. The pilot struck a slight snow bank and hurled it a hundred feet high, THROUGH THE TEMPE A terrific storm was soon in progress, the furies of which seen to con on the fleeing passenger trmn. On into the night the train swept, specter and- passenger like bolts of Jightning pursuing oue another through the sky. Bdwards sighted a bridge that was re= ported weak, passed it safely. and have ing by this time crossed the summit, was now on the down grade. St r it became, and wh particular hill was for the first timein his life was guilty of running the grad out applying the aiv brakes. Soon he sighted the switch. No. 19 was not there, and with a madness born of ox- citement, he went teaving by like the wind. Another series of short, sharp whistles and an instant later the engi= neer suw o red lantern swinging in the of He wus running g thought of No. the mysterious train and a trained mechanio nstinetively applied the air. The 18 stopped revolving but the train runuing over the snowy - ah he observed light, shudowy, fantastic forms, and as the train drew nearer, he saw that they were repmring the track. They were spirits, and the next minote flying to- ward the ghosts on the track, passed through the crowd of ten or twelve, reached the curve beyond and Edwards ventured a backward glance. He saw the phantom train run to a broken rail, the engine ran off onto the ties, and one second later the heavy freight pitehed the embankment, und a moment later vanished. with= the Written in the frost of the fircman’s window was the following, in o peculiap hand: “Yeers ago a frate train was recked a8 yu saw—now that yu saw it, weswill never make an other run. The enjine wis not ounder cantrol and four onN{lull men wor killed. If yu cver ran on thig ain yu will be recked.” Jdwards passed No. 10 at the second switch,reached Green Riverat 6 o’clock the next mornin hour ahead of time, and left the It irande that day. The following evening he went to Salt Lake, and went back to Denver over the Union PPacific, on which he is now runs ning, and is consic 2d one of the most trustworthy men in their cmploy. The phantom hus not becn » wee that avai.ial algak 3