Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 14, 1892, Page 8

OMAHA DAILY BEE UNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES, THE BOSTON STORE BUYS The Stock of the New York Bargain Store on North Rixteenth Street, WHICH WAS ATTACHED BY THE SHERIFF It Goes on Sale Tomorrow Withont Reserve and 1 an Inexhanstible Artistic Bar- galn Mine of Books, Baskets, Fancy Goods and Bric.a-Brac, Bargains tomorrow. Famous Boston Store bargain prices, After the sheriff and the Boston Store nothing but n bargain is possible. BAI S 1IN BOOKS! BANKRUPT! Hundr ds n! fine books, Kvery book n bargain, Standard works on all sub- jects. Pootry. religion, history, ro- mance, science, travel, fiction and baby lot T Books tor the library. Books in rich nud fancy bindings at Trom 50 up. One big lot of odd books, dictionaries, ete., worth up to $1.00, go at 5c each. 184c for your choice of all the cloth bound books of standard authors. Also n lot American dictionaries, regular price 85¢ to 50¢, all at 134c. 19¢ for large size juvenile books, as Happy Hours, Sunbeams, ote. All beautifuliy illustrated. 23¢ for your choice, cluding boys’ and girls’ a host of other big hooks, 81.00, all at 23¢ each, 39c for your choice of the entire Gilt l',(luo Red line edition of the poets. J)ng{ullu\\‘ Byron, Goldsmith, Tenny- son, Moore, Burns, Scott and Hemens. Regular price 75¢ to $1,25. 39¢ again for your choice of the larg- est size and finest mounted picture books by the best artists and authors for the young. Around the World, Young Folks’ Natural History, Grandma’s Stor- ies and hundreds of fine hollday books, worth up to $1.50. Your choice of any One big lot, in- Chatterbox and worth up to ic book bargains $1.2 Tlegantly bound and superbly illus- trated condensed histories of Ireland, Germany, India, gy n ngland, ete., worth up to $5, go at LITERARY '\I% \\'UH I'H FOR 81,49 lery, Dante’s Inferno, diso” Lost, Purgatory Al illustrated by Gustav Dore. All in beautiful bind- ings, with superb steel engravings, worth §6.00, now $1.49, Besides these there are hundreds of other books, singlo and in complote sets, which will be sold ARTISTIC ALBU B9c for large s for cabinets and cartes. , worth $1 $1.50 ALBUMS R 59C. Elegantly embossed plush _albums, Tolding 40 pictures, regular price $1.50, now 5¢ $6.00, The Dore Milton’s Par and Paradise $2.00 ALBUMS IFOR Beautiful plush albums, num-lmnlung bargain stovs price $2.00, our price 7oc. A BIG BARGAIN, Silver mounted plush _aibums, inches in height, former price $2.50, our rice 98c. ‘Hfll\ ALBUMS FOR $1.50. Larg photo albums in fine Ttalian wood veneer go at 1,50, former price $4.00. 250 buys some of the most beautiful silk plush albums you ever saw. ~They eold formerly from $4.50 to $5 a piece. THE FIN IN THE LOT. THE BIGGEST BARGAIN IN THE WHOLI STOCK. In this lot you will find the most beautiful silk plush und oxidized silver trimmed, English morocco albums made, which sold formerly from $5 up to $12! You take your choice tomorrow of the entire lot at $2.50 and 83.50. BARGAINS IN FANCY GOODS AND BRIC-A-BRAC. French plate stand mirrors on b 25¢ each, worth 76c. At 39c you take your choice of all the fancy French plate mirrors that sold up - 31.50. At 59¢ we offer the entire lot of oxi- dized silver and silverine whisk broom holders that sold as high as $1.50. BARGAINS IN PLUSH CASE Plush cuff boxes, 10¢. Plush collar boxes, 10c. Plush cases with celluloid comb,brush and mirror, ¢, Plush handkerchief boxes, perfume eots, shaving sets, smoking sets, infants’ toilet cases, collar and cuff boxes, oxi- dized metal toilet cases, celluloid toilet cases from 10c up to 31,98, all worth fully four times as much. BARGAINS IN BANKRUPT KE Plain and fancy willow waste baskets from 16 to 24 inches high, in all ro at 19c, .(‘k' 59¢, 98c. Sowe in ot you can’t mnu h for a %5 bill. Fancy India work and toilet of every description at 15¢, 19¢, 3¢, 59c, 98¢ and $1.50. In this lot are many most elegant satin lined baskets, open and closed, worth as high as $4.00 and $5.00 each, BARGAINS IN STATIONERY. 15¢ for n pound of old Sagamon Mills commercial paper. 5¢ for a box of 24 sheets of writing vapor and 24 envelopes, Oc for an extra fine box of extra fine paper. 150 for a fancy gilt box Irish linon papor, worth ! BARGAINS IN TOILET AND LAUN- DRY SOAPS. German family laundry soap, 1c a bg Graham Bros. cocounut oil soap, lc a cake. Large sizo cakes, castile and fancy toilet soaps, Je« cake, Palm oil soap that the bargain storo gold for 23¢, goes at be a cake. Transpavent glycerine and sulphur soaps, ben cake, such as usually sold for 2 “Cashmere Bouquet” toilet soap, threo cakes in fancy paper mache boxes, all for 12¢ a box. Bargain store price, 89c. 8,000 decks of fancy playing cards, 3¢ » package, v\urtll 150, All the plain and fancy erockery that was attached by the sheriff will be found inour crockery dopu,l"mcul in tho basoment at equally low prices, THE BOSTON STORE, 16th and Douglas streets, BAS- this baskets of ganuine N. W, Cor. The ‘eat and distinguished Prima Douna Soprano Mlle. Augusta Ohrstrom, (the second Christine Neilson) and her company of eminent artistes, will be heard next Wednesday night at Wash- ington hall. The press, wherever sho has appeared, cannot praise her enough. It will indeed be a great treat to hear her. It will bring the days of Jenny Lind and Neilson back again, e lmpurlud patterns just received for the “'Patti” concert. Mis, R A, Davies, Opposite postoflice. eclectio and Spe- disonsos of women and children, Telophone 1453 - B Hamilton Warren, M. D., magnotic physician and surgeon. clalty, 119N, 16th nll'ouL Any grocer can supply rolled oats—delicious for br - ou with Quail Al fust, Housekeepers will flad Quail rolled oats tho best made, THEBOSTON STORE BASEMENT @et There Quick Tomorrow—The Excite- ment Will Ran High All Day. TEN CASES MILLREMNANTS,COTTON GOODS An Immense Sale of Linens—A Grand Sale of Bed Spreads—The That Stays at Home Tomorrow After Reading This Ad- vertisement Housekeeper Won't sleep ensy knowing the bar gains sho could get but would not come for. 1 case remnants yard wide bleached muslin, 24c. 2 cas Lonsdale Fruit bleached muslin remnant 1 case remnants shirting yard, 2 cascs remnants outing flannels, yard., 1 case French outing flannel remnants, Sic a yard. 3 cases elegant new spring wash goods, black grounds, colored dots, goods worth up to 350 a yard, tomorrow GREAT SALE OF LINENS, I"ine satin damask towels, 1Cc. 1 Large knotted fringe damask towels, fe. An immense towel, two feet wide and four feet long, with long knotted fringe, real satin damask, in all colors and white borders, only 25¢. Absolutely the biggest towel bargain of the times. TABLE DAMASK FAST COLORS. Turkey rved damask, fast color, 19¢. ixtra fine turkey red damask, 284¢. inest German turkey red damask, of the Loom 5e o yard. calicos, 2ic o a1 Sica o grade fine cream dama: ne cream satin damask wor e, Bleached Irish damask worth 70¢ goes at 49c. Napkins to muh h worth $1.25 at & 1{\({(-\] NAPKINS. 100 dozen 5-8 l'ull blenched napkins, full selvage 98¢, worth $1.50. 150 dozen 3-4 full hlwu'hul damask napkins, worth $3.00, $1.9 Limit—1 dozen to a customer. Great barguins in fan Tray cloths satin go at e, worth 50c. ving cloths, 4Sc, Lunch cloths and bureau scarfs from ¢ 10 $2, worth up to $4. Iil D SPREADS, WHITE COLORS. 5e erochet bed spreads, 48c. fancy bed spreads go at 6! $1.25 crochet bed spr 84 Marseilles spreads, § $5 fino Marseilles spread BARGINS UPHOI Full size lace curtains 49¢ a worth $1.00. Ext e Nottingham curtains, 60 inches wide, $1.49 a pair, worth $2.50, Elegant Nottingham and Guipure lace curtains at $1.98 and $2.50 apair, worth up to $5.00. Beautiful imitation Brussels curtains, $8.00 and $3.98 a pair, worth $6.00. ingle chenille curtains $1.98 worth $7.50 a pa All chenille curtains, top and bottom fringe, handsome dado, $3.98 a pair, worth §$6. Elegant new shades chenille curtains, heavy fringe top and bottom, beautiful dado, $5.25 and §6.50 a puil', worth $10.00. Fine all silk Brocatelies and silk tapestries $1.98 a yard, worth $5.00. BANKRUPT TAPESTRY TABLE COVERS. G-4 damascus tapestry worth $2. 84 damascus tapestry covers $1,98, worth $3.50. “6-4and 8-4 venetian tapestry table covers $1.7 , worth up o $5.00. Chenille table covers in all Llla atest colorings and designs, heavy fringes, worth up to $4.50, go ut $1.98 and $2. THE BOSTON STORI, N.W. Cor. 16th and Douglas, e Quick Time to the 3 Under the schedule, which recently went into effect on the Chicago & North- western Ry., passengers can leave tho Union Pacific depot, Omaha, daily at 9:15 p. m. and arrive at Chicago at 11:59 o'clock the next morning, This arrangement reduces the time to Chicago two hours, and also affords con- nection with ull of the fast limited trains for the east, and the journey to New York, Boston and_othor eastern cities may now be made in several hours quicker than ever before. In addition to this service the after- noon *flyer” via the Chicago & North- western Ry. leaves the U. P. depot dail at 5 p. m. und arrives at Chicago at 8 the next morning. Both of the above mentioned trains are vestibuled throughout and are equipped with Wagner and Pullman sleepers, free reclining chair cars and *Northwestern” dining curs, Bageage checked from residence and through sleeping car berths reserved. City office, 1401 Farnam street. R. R. RITCHIE, General A zent. G. I, Wesr, C, P & T, Read the Burlington Route’s adv. —————— + Nebraska is famous for its fine oats * Quail rolled oats are made in Nebraska. AND pair, each, covers $1.25, A. Lol LAt grocer tor Quail roiled oats. L) J. E. Dietrick,architect, 903 N, Y. Life. e Call at Hotzel Bro presents next Monda! Dr. Nevilie has xunnvn.d his office to the Karbach blk., 2 15th, Ask your and got your Bo'clock, Ieb. 15, New Pattern ame Moulding. A. Hospe will show you some novelties A Ladies of Lodge 18 leap year masquer- ado takes place on the 15th at their hall, 15th and Farnam streete. All our friends aro horeby invited. Gents, 50c; ludies, 23c, Dr. -~ Cullimore, oculist. 3ee building Be sure o try the Quail rolled onts and take no other R Call at Hetzel Bros’ presents next Monday, Lt California, You have seen California frequently mentioned in newspapers and magazines, Per friend has been the stic letters about the nate and the makes you anxious tosee the country for yourself. The best time to gois in the fall and winter, Then work here is least press- ing and Califory climate is now ple ing. The way togo is via Santa k route, on one of that line's popuiur, po sonally conducted parties, leaving ( ving, and lea ing Kunsas City every Sundiay morning. Special agenis and porters in attend- auce. Pullman tourist sleepers w used, furnished with bedding, mat- tresses, toilet articles, ete. Second cluss tickets honored. Write to k. Pulm passenger agent Santa e and get your o'clock, Feb, 15, bae! route, .xm Farnum strect, Omaha, Neb. | and sieeping ear STONEHILL'S Monday Great Remnant Day at Stonehill's ~Wonderful Dress Goods Sale, GENT'S FURNISHING GREAT SALE a8 of the Town at Our Sto 3,000 Remnants of White Less Than One-Fonrth Value, Barg: Monday 0ods ut Also indigo prints at 4ic per pard. Yachting cloth 124¢ per yard. And the best cloth manufactured for next season, beautiful figures and flowers, at 1 per yard, 'This is the famous pineapple tissie thut we refer to. It is worth 2 We also offer aline of zypher ging- hams, identical to what one of our neigh- bors had in the window at 25¢, and jast to croate a little excitement, at 124c. In our dress goods department we are going to make things extra lively. We shall offer a line of new spring dress goods at fully 33 per cent below what they are offered for by other houses. All wo usk is for our customers to come in Monday and see our special prices on dress goods and they are sure to pur- chase. Now is the time to buy your spring dress goods before the assort- ment is broken and when you can get them at winter prices, which is fully 83 per cent under what you will have to by for them later in the season. Monday, and all day Monday at that, we offer Clark’s and_Coates’ thread at 89c a dozen spools. Here is a chance to save 2le. We shall place no limit on Hns thread, so it is a good chance for offer the following wonderful rzains in our notion department .000 tooth brushes at 5e, worth 000 dozen dvess shields, st 'kumlx\n\l seamloss, ab Ge pair, worth Silk dress shieids worth rubber lin Langtry handle, e, I‘lim o of Wales dress stays, the regu- lar co is 25¢, go at 10¢. lh.sl all silk seam binding go at 10ca bolt. Steel beads go at 9¢ a bunch. Black pins goat 1ic a hox. 2 dozen agate buttons, dozen go for 2e. Letters for mm‘hin;: clothing, worth 25¢ a hox, go at fe. o 24 shoots of paper and 24 envelopes go or e, 5,000 pair of children’s fast hlack cot- ton hose go at Ye a pair. 300 dozen gent’s oxtra, dered handkerchiefs go at 33c, We have just received our new lins of spring dress trimmings, chiffons and vuchings, in all colovs. We shall also offer 5,000 remnants of black and colored sills at about 20¢ on the dollar. a pair, curling irons. double the whole 12 colored bor- STONEHILLS. DS e HAYWARD BROS. Widwinter ¢ ‘Will continue for a few days longer, 20 per cent. discount oneverything in our stock. Over 50,000 of ladies’, gents’, m boys’ and children’s shoes. Our stock is one of tho largest in the state, Buy now for future wants. You will save money. Remember one-fifth off-on all goods in stock for a limited period. 6.00 shoe cost you $4.80. $5.00 shoe cost you $4.00. $3.00 shoe cost you $2.40. $2.00 shoe cost you $1.60, $1.00 shoe cost you Slc. ‘We are not sacrificing broken lots or shop worn shoes, but regular lines un- excelled in make'and every paiv a posi- tive bargain. Our reasons for this are to turn as much stock possible into cash beforo our annual inventory, and make room for our line of spring footwear. HAYWARD BROS., Exclusive shoes, 1515 Douglas street, Omuha. rance and Inventory Sale — - Card of Thanks. I desire 1o roturn thanks to the many friends and neighbors for their kindness to me during tho sickness and death of my daughter, Zua. Mns. C. H. WEIBLE, ANOTHER BIG HOTEL. Made Better Mr. George M. Gay is preparing to ma- terially increase Omaha's first class hotel facilities. My Gay has been for several years proprietor of the Metropolitan Lotel at ho corner of ‘I'welfth und Douglas streets, always one of the best locations and for vears one of the best patronized botels in the city. Several months ago tho hotel was closed for the purpose of making much needed re- pairs and improveuents, ‘Tne last six weeks have been busy ones with Mr. Gay., He first looked to the improvement of the build- ing proper. New brick walls were built to support the structuro and resulted in render- ing it as firm as when new. A handsome new front was put in, toiletana bath rooms added on oach floor and tue entire building fivted with modern conveniences. For the past two weeks the hotel has been 10 the hands of painters and paper hangers who have gone from cellar to attic leaving the hotel as bright and clean asany new building. New furniture has been added throughout and every arrangement made for the comfort and convenience of guests. The Metropolitan will be ready for guests in a few days now and Mr, Gay expects to mako the placo as popular as it was in the duys when 1t was the ouly botel of any pre- tentions in the city, ———— Take Unlon ¥ No. 5 for Denver, Why? Becunuse it is a solid vestibuled train composed of Pullman paluce sleepers, Pullman dining cars, free reclinir chair cavs and modern day coaches. Because it malkes fast time, Because it leaves at 10:00 . m., a con- venient time for starting. You can get your tickets and make vour sleeping ¢ar reservations at 1302 "farnam street. HARRY P. DEUVEL, City Ticket Agent U, P. System. et Lt Tmported patterns just received for the *'Patti” concert. Mus. R H Davr Opposite postofiice, The New & Ounly at A. w. ale Kimball Plano. Hospe’s, 1513 Dou et Lo 18, Seaman, wagons and carriages, — Quail rolled oats aro the finest made. RIASLR 1B . Emerson Plano, Douglas. Bro Ouly at 4 Tarty) at or the above convention the Wab: will sell Feb, 20th to 24th tickets to St. Louis and return at hall fave good returning until March 10th, Remem- ber the Cannon Ball Express with clining chair cavs free and Pullinan sleoping ears leave Omaha 4:10, Council Blufts 4:40 p. m., daily arvives at St Louis 7:30 next morning. For tickets accommodatious call at Wabash office 1502 Farnam street, and at Union depot Couneil Bluffs, or write « Clayton, Northwestern passenger ageut, Omaha, BEXNISON BROS. Musling and ¥@heetings Cut Down to the Lowest! Prices Ever Known, REGULAR SEAUGHTER FOR MONDAY. eat Special binen Sale for Monday—Look Through Oar Muslin Underwear De- partment for Monday -Some Great Bargaing for Tomorrow, 100 pieces standard shirting 24c yard, 100 pieces standard fancy 4ie yard, 16 picces standard indigo blue prints, be yard. 90 pieces cheviot shirtings half price, be \tu:l Cut prices in wide sheetings for Mon- day. The prices are less thun they can be bought for at wholesale. 1K ('[ln(‘rnll 42-inch unbleached, 9¢ yard, Pepperell, 45-inch unbleached, 1lc yard, Pepperell, Peppereil, prints, dress prints, unbleached, 14¢ yard. unbleached, 16¢ yard. Pepperell, 9-4 unbleached, 18c yard. Pepperell, 10-4 unbleached, 20¢ yard. The same widths in bleached 1c yard more. 1 bale fine unbleached 8( 16 yards for $1.00, wortl SPECIAL LINEN ¢ Monday counter. nch musling rd, AL, will be a big day at our linen Don’t miss it. t 100 dozen check linen towels Monday 3ic each. 100 dozen all linen huck and damask towels, size 18x86, Monday ¢ each, worth 1 200 dozen satin damask and huck tow- els at 12ic, 15¢, 18¢ and 25¢ each, the best values ever offered. 20 pieces Turkey red table damaslk, colors warranted fast, 2 yard, 10 pieces G6-inch eream German table fl.uu‘(wl\, worth 90c¢, Monday only 50c yarc Special bargains in bleached table damask at 50e. 60c, 75 and 98¢ yard. Mond: > r 100 extra large size Marseilles bed spreads, worth y at each. 200 picces Nainsook in check stripes at 5e, Se, 10c and 12 low prices Monday. Look through our department; Monday. and yard, all at underwear for muslin some great bargains BENNISON BROS. PR Ry HE WAS A BRAVE FELLOW. Sketeh of Mate Riggi Who Lost Ris Life in Chil h Riot, Charles W. Riggin was one of the American suilors who was brutally mur- dered in the streets of Valparaiso, home wus in Pniladelphia, where he was well and favorably known as a stendy, ambitious young fellow, who worked hard to advance himself as a man-of-warsman. His brother, John I Riggin, is still living in Philadelphia, and has made public the following facts concerniog his brother. Captain W. S Schley wrote: ‘It is with feelings of mc greatest sorrow that 1 have to communi ite to you the death of your brother, Boatswain’s Mate Charlos W, Riggin, while on his liberty at this place. His tragic death at the hands of a mob em- bittered against all Americans has left a wound inthe hearts of his shipmatcs that may not soon heal, and the time will soon come when 1t will be avenged by all who remember his worth and his genial good munnars, 1 feel more than ordinary sorrow as the commanding offi- cer 1n being tho messenger of such sad intelligence to you, but I can assure you that his name and his worth will not he forgotten as long as honor her records ]\ceu Thero is another letter penned by the boatswain’s mate himself during the heat of the revolution against Balm ceda. It also indicates what America have suffered in Chili, “I think it might interest you,” he says, “to hear something of "the war here. Valpara 25th by the rebels after a terrible fight. But it never would have been taken only that the government troops de- serted by the wholesale to the other side. The feeling against the govern- ment is intense. Wo are the only na- tion standing by them. full of foreign men-of-war and all the ships are loaded with refugees. We aro 1m\\nlud It wasa greatsight to sce wptured, but the slaughter was -y one captured is hey don't know what paroling oncr is down here. Ik about the feeling against us! All the \\‘m‘fihips get cheered, but we are hissed and cursed. But we can stand it. Woe have 100 men ashore protecting the American consulate, and if they harm a hair of any of their heads lhulo will be trouble. We know what it is to have a good fighting ship. They call us the *White Devil}’ and well” they may. lh;,gm s brother and sisters, Mrs. Mary Zimmerman and Mrs. Eilen Matthews, have administered upon the affairs of their dead relative and have, at the request of the Navy departmont, forwarded to Washington his discharge papers of former cruisers and other doc- uments, The medal which he earned on the Teuncsflcu bears on its face the inscrip- tion, *'C. No. 5,791, Charles W. luagm 1' S, Tennessce, February 10, 1887,” surrounded by lhu words, 1M~ |l|~lll) Zeal, Obedience.” On the re- verse is the figure of the old ship Con- stitution inclosed ina cirele of chain and anchor, The body of the botswain’s mate lies with that of his fellow victim, William Turnbull, in the British cometery at Valpaiaiso. A monument has been placed over their grave by the officers and men of the Baltimore, '\Ioney to lean on improved city prop- Frost, Douglas block. GOVERNOR#0YD'S INAUGURATION, On Monday, February 15, the Bur lington route will run “a special train wia ‘to Lincoln, leaving the union depot, @maha, at 9:30 a. m. and returning frem Lincoln at midnight (immediately ifter the banguet), Tickets wilkbe sold for this train and for all vegula® trains of Monday at one fave for the wound trip. Tickets good to veturn until 18tk inst. J, FRANCIS, Gen'l Pass. and Tkt, Agt., Omaha, Neh W. I « Ly “Pigicet Agt., 1223 Faenam St. s0 was captured on the | The harbor is | The Morse Dry Goods Co, The system of selling relinble qual- ities of merchandise at a uniform small profit has been a principle of our busi- ness for yoars. WASH GOODS BAR( WEEK. The largest stock, complete assort ment, exclusive style and lowest ble prices for reiiable goods. French satines 15¢, were Bannockburn suitings 10¢, 150, Best Scotch ginghams, new styles, 25¢. Pinest zopbyr ginghams, 15¢ and 200) Dress style ginghams, 10¢ and 124c. Ancona wrapper flannel, 25¢. French pereales, fast colors, 124e. Cheviot shirting, stripes and checks, 124c. JAINS NEXT possi- formerly English flannelotte, extra weight, 15c. Outing flannel, 10e, 124¢ and 15c. WHITE GOODS In endless variety. Sece our novelties now. Each day we add the latest wenves to our dy complete stock. White and colored India mulls, sheer linen lawn, Jones' plain nainsook, victoria lawns, India linen, India dimi Jones’ cambrics, Bishop's lawn, imperial lawn, white and colored Persian lawn, dotted and figured s9, silk Mull, white batiste, white Welts, hemsticthed lawns for apons and skirtings, checked striped Nainsooks and Mulls, I printed Organdies, ote., cte. FRENCH WOV CORSETS. Special salo of large si onl fleshly Iadies; sizes 25 to 20 inches w measuro. Lot 1—At $2.25 was $2.00. Lot 2—At $1.50 was Lot 8—At $1.75 was ¥ New goods all over the store. THE MORSE DRY GOODS CO. - S. R. Patten. dentist, Bee building. - AN INDIA RUBBER NAVY. Ex-Auditor of Indiana T Must Give W to Rubber. As the man was going out of the hotel he whispered in sepulchral tones: “Colonel Rice 1s not rvight in his upper story—he is clean daft.” In a few minutes I saw the full-moon, jocund face of Colonel James H. Rice, ex-nuditor of Indiana, coming from the xlm' suys a writer in the New York T "Ho looked porfectly sane, and 1 usl\ud him who his friend was that had just departed. Phat man,’” said the colonel, “is o promoter and has not given me a minute’s rest since I arrived in the city. D’ve justlet him in on th ground floor of an’iden of mine and shown him illustrations of it. 1 offere to have him elected vice president of a company that is not formed. [fmy idea is put into execution it will ru\ulun(m 7 al warfare, and an ironc s harmless asa barge car load of Sunduy school excursionists. The colonel invited me to his room, where I saw a number of illustrations in the rough of queor looking ships. I asked him to explain them. His beamed with pleasure as he proc to elucidate his idea “The cut Aid, o*'represent war ve: rmoved with tough India rubber. ch vessel is protected with rubber seven feet in thiekness and with cnough give ov elasticity to it tosend the largest vall ever fired against it bounding back into the water. 1 admit that the common rubber is not of suflicient toughness to resist the impact of the ordinary cannon ball, but wind vou, the rubber I intend 10 use is not common. Every man who makes an innovation and relegates es- tablished methods to the past is the be- ginning considered w crank. But 1 do mind any little epithet of that kind.’ “\\'h.n. is the tall spire in the vessel? *“That,” said the scientific colonel, *'is the lookout. Itis a tower thatcan bo telescoped 1n o second to the surface of sel’s deck, and erected in the space of time. It is 800 feet high. 0 o is only one smoke: nd it be taken down in a minut Cannons Ah! that is a secret, but I shall tell you becuuse you are not a promoter. In the rear of the vessel is a turret tower with four destructive guns. You dont sce it, eh? Well, neither do I, but, if the enemy appeared, by manipulating ma- chinery there would rise from the hull of the vessel a turret, protected by india rubber and ready to dink a floet of iron cluds. Lverything on the deck of my india rubber vessel can_be dropped bo- low in a few moments,” “*Have you studied that of mathematics which treats of tory The colonel had, and added: ‘My boy, a ball dropped on the deck of one of my vessels would bound a mile high. There is absolutely no powder or force strong enough to drive a ball into the ubber. “One more question, colonel, long have had this peculiar iden.” It camo to mo as an inspiration five years ago. 1 was in Chicago and a weazened-faced man with o voice that sounded like the noiss made by tearing calico made life miserable to me. He had a scheme, and for a week he be- came my shadow, trying to get mo to go into it. I worked out the india rubber vessel and for thres hours cstly explaihed to him the fortune in it if he would aceept the vice presidency. 1'rom that time he has never said ‘scheme’ to me ugaiv. 1 have shown it to dozens of promoters, and have talked so much about it that I really think some kind of ruhber can be made to resist and throw back eannon balls,”” “Have you mentioned your ide neral ‘Uracy, socretury of the nav. ‘I am o domocrat,” said the colonel proudly. **You wait until a democratic president 15 elected.” for The ks Tron How elastic to - -— The Niagara falls power tunnel is to be ex- tonded a distanco of about 530 feot eastward, giving it a total length of 7,250 feat. Plant is being proposed and wheel pit and tunnel buiit for the Soo Paper company with a ca- pacity of forty tons of raw material daily. T Natices 0f five lines or less wnder this head, fifty cents; cach kot en e, MOORE 4 days. on Pebraary 18th, 1802, vices at i) 0'cluck Subiny ms i rrum funily residence. 4708 N. 5911 st. Kewulns 10 be forwarded to I'umllll rs und 4 b A mly of 3 died Baturidny ) i, of croun. Funeral sunduy’ at 4 p. frou residenco of Johu A, 07 e Iuterment loly 8 ~ DRPRICES a —— Used in Millions of Home Baking Powder. s—40 Years the Staudard, Shall Citizen, Rich and Poor, And so will our big reduction sale of boots and shoes for the balance of Feb- ruary save you lots of money. s we are going to sell boots und shoes cheaper than any other store over thought of doing. "Noto a fow of our prices Infants’ shoos that have sold as high as 75¢, for this salo 15¢ a p: 200 pairs of ladies’, misses' and chil- dren’s hoos, worth from 75¢ to $1.25, all go for 50¢ a pair, Our conter tablos ave piled high with lies’ and childrén’s shoes for 70c, 80¢, H0c and $1.00. This is a chance of your lifetime, ns goods on this table have'sold us high as $2.50 a pair. 100 pairs ladies’ velvot close Tie. We have abont 200 paivs of men's work shoes inone and two Yuckles worth from $1.25 to $1.75 a pair, for this sale 08¢, Still better. To close all hroken lots of shoes in our store before siving our new spring stock we will give a dis- count of 20 per cent in all shoos selli for more than $2.00 por pair. Don't miss this sale. W. 1 I CO., 1508 to 1514 Capitol Ave. (SRR~ . NORTHWESTERN INDIANS, slippers, to Disease Sweeping Ti Like Wild-Fire feom the Cov M. M. Cowley, p.muimn of the Traders’ National bank,Spokane, Wash. arrived here yesterday and is at the Occidental, says the San neiseo Bx- aminer. Mr. Cowley has been for many years a pioneer of the northwest. 1562 ho established a post tradership ut the place now known us Cowloy's bridue on the Spokane river, and then bou and handled furs obtained by the C: pel, Spokane, Coeur d*Alene and Colum- bia river Indinns. He remained there and on the Kootenai river, where ho was also engaged in buying furs, till three vears ngo, when lio went into banking. He is one of the best informed men on all matters pertaining to the (n- dians in the northwest “Thay hg ol rapidly Ay “Inavery s no Indians the Caeur d’Alenes, for instan among them for a long time. They o magnif reservation and fine farms ard good houses, but the houses ure ing them. They can’t stand roofs, ! week they got the money for a 1o of this reservation not used by them. amounted to %1,100 apicce. There n only about 1,200 of them. and the chil- dren and old ones, too, are dying all the time. Old Chief Garry, one of the war- viors of Alpowa, who fought Colonel Steptoe in that famous w: just before 1 left. They are all fast. “In 1 when [ was located on the Spokane, river, there were immense bands of the Cour d’Alene, ispel, Spokane and Columbia River Indian about there. They were engaged stead 1 hunting and trapping all kinds o 1d animals. I bought b! id silver gray fox skins of them at $1.50 and $2 apiece, 500 murtins & year at $10 cach fisaer, grizzly, black bear, beaver and other kinds of skins withcut number, Then the whites had not encroached on them, and they were robust and healtt ‘It is a mistake to try and civilize them. Civ tion kills, and the gov- ernment, when it does it, puts itsell in the position of murdering them. They must be wild or they are nothing. They cannot exist at all. _If we keep on civil- izing them wo shall have no Indians. Apparently this is something the gov- ernment will not understand. ““‘Another thing the government has done that neither moots the approba- tion of the Indians generally, nor of the whites of the northwest, and thavis the awarding of 1,000 a year to old Chief Moses, in addition 10 former concessio and similar sums to different chiefs. 0Old Mos has, with his own lmlul killed several ' white m shot them down barb: old Chief Joseph of the N also been given a good faf Such injustices as ihese creato indigna- tion among the Indians. Several of them have told me lately that no Indian who was decent and pectable could got anything of tho government. He had to be a murderer. Then he was a hero and could get whatever ho wanted.” Mr. Cowley was one of thoso spolen of by Washington Ivving nnd others belonging to the class known dependent traders among the In- dians. He has, during more ars that he was en- gaged in it, acquired a comfortable fortune, and is now content to settle down in a eity, Perces has mual sum, in- e Marriuge L The following marriage licenses were is. sued by Judge Eller yesterda Name and Address. & WHISKIES. Kentueky Bourbon, 188 A. A, Kelly Monongahel 0Old Kentucky Old Nelson Coun Blue Grass Sour Mash, lhh Aunderson, 1886 .. 0. F. ¢, Taylor AN Monarch Sour Mash 0ld Crow, 1856 Carlisle . .. Monogram I(\ -N Hermitage, 1r~~.z W. 8. Har 8 Monogram Sour \lu.,h, lnsl, Ashling Spring, 1558, Blue Grass, 1879..... Genuine Old McBrayer .. 0ld Guckenheimer Rye 1878 Old Jordan, 1876 Old Jordan, 1880 1880, 00 00 00 BRANDI! Per Gal from %1 7 3 Blackberry Brandy . California” Brandy Peach Brandy.. 1 00 Fy Gooas d anily trade solicited. In | that related to me several ye | one of thesurvivors of the fa v { Septembor, WHITNEY'S BARY BUGE The 09 Cent Store, 13190 Farnam Streely ears held the foremost |\Im-.- amony markers of chilt dren’s carringes for superiorit manship, eleganco in appoar general durability, The upholsterings und parasols match up better. The searings nre more substantial and more improvements are shown than with any other carringe made. And most impors tant of all the prices are much lower than inferior goods ave boing offered. We can prove this by comparison and invito cioso inspection Cataloguos mailed 1o out of town cus- tomers and freight paid within 4 radius of 100 miles of Omaha, HIGH FIVE P Find our store the prc tain their prizes Our stock shows ample variety and at prices within the reach of the most oconomical, Visit our ment ARTINS or place to obs house furnishing departs 1t bargaing next week in - wooddti y tinware, crockery, ete., ot THE 99-CENT STORE, 1810 Farnam Sty Call at Hotzel Bra presents next Monday, and get your lock, Feb. 15, r Most Desolate Contin The most fatally groat Americ famous part of the n desert Death Valley in California. Thero is on all the glove no other spov more forbidding. mora olate. move deadly, It a concens of the horrors that whola hideous ar and it has a bitter his- ;m-.\a writes C. I\ Lummis in St Nichos as. One graph of interosting cver listened Lo rs 10 by ous Death i W, nan of the most stories 1 of 1819-—tho Brior, an aged Mothodist now living in (% Py ol H00 muipr:\u!- started on the last day of 1819, froin the southern end Utan to cross the descrt to the, then of new, mines of i There were 105 can drawn by A trudged the shaggy men, vifle in hand, while under the canvas rode the women and In ashort time there was di opinion as to the proper route that pathless i and next da their people 1 Santa I'e (whe can trails to Los Angeles), and plunged boldly into tho desert. party which yent by the way of Santa Ie reached California in December after vast safferings. The larger company traveled incomfort for a few days until they reached about whore Piofic now .~ Then they entered tho lLand of Thivst and for more than three months andered lost in t realm of horror It was almost impossible to get wa goud through a country furrowed with ¢ ons; g0 they soon abandoned their v ing what they could upon ks of the oxen. They struggled on to glittering lakes, only to find them deadly poison, or but a mir barren sands. Now and then spring in tho mountains gave them new life. One by one the ¢ by day the scanty llour ran low \ young men who separated from the rest, being stalwart and unencumbered with families. reached Death Valley ahend of the others and re lost. Their bones were found many years | Govers nor Blaisdell and hi ors, who we Death Valley its name. he valley lies in Inyo county, and is about one hundred and fifty miles long, In width it tapers frem three miles its southern end to thirty at northern. 1t is over two hundred feet bolow the level of the sea. The main sed it about the middle, s buta few miles wide, but ptfully the wy by day number nk upon the ds never to rise. The sur- too weak to help the fatle mgest of the whole par wast, nervous, little M Brier, who had come to Colorado an invalid, and who shave with her boys of four, seven and n years of age thut indescribable traum of nine hundred miles. or the lasy three weelks she had to lift her athletic husband from the ground every morn- ing, and steady him a few moments bhes fore ho could stand, She gave help to wasted giants any one of whom «u few lley party of some of the burning s vivors wer The st Ladies invited to call and make t) livered free in Omaha, South Omaha and Council Blufls. C. B. CONNOR & CO. 1409 Douglas St. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. months before, could have lifted her with one hand. At last the few survivors crossed tho range which shuts off that most drend- fulof deserts from tie garden of the world, and were tenderly nurvsed to health at the | enda, or ranch house, of courtly Spaniard. had lost one hundred pounds in weight, and the others ‘o thin in proportion. When I saw him last ho was o hale old man of seventy-five, cheerful and uctive, but with strange furrows in his face to tell of those bygone sufferings. His heroic little wife was still living, and the boys, who had had such a bitter ex- perience as pevhaps no other boys ever survived, are now stalwart men, from 2 50 to 4 00 Cherry Brandy Ldrom 200 to 3 50 Rasin Brandy from 2 00to 3 00 Imported Prench Brandy. ... b e Hennessey Brandy, 1869 (1 Applo Brandy Holland A Holland, Tom, A.. Old Tom, AA 0Old London ' Triple Distilled . De Kuypers. . Imperial Malt tye Pinvst Old De Kuypers WINES. California Claret . Californin Port. . Californin Sherry California Riesling . .from California Angelicn. from Imported Port .. from 00 Lo Imported Sherry....from 00 to Sweer Muscat R 2 Kelly Island m from Jfrom a0 to o to 4 00 1 00 o W P own selectionse h u‘& OMAHA, Y4