Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 22, 1893, Page 13

% ™ “S3f these the Americans were victorious. Ty £ orsae et e et e e e e s UNCLE SAW'S GREAT NAVY From Ono of the Poorest to Fifth Place Among the Powers of the World. AMERICANS BORN FIGHTERS ON THE SEA Wonders of Our Now Guns and Medern Fowder—Spesd of the Projectiler—Poll tion tn Naval Appointments—Chat with Seeratary Terbe O Wasniveron, Oct. 10.—{Correspondeace of Tue Bee.|—Tn A big room on the second fioor of the east side of the biggest granite build- ing in the world, surrounded by the models of ships. at a big desk, sits a big man, boil- iog his big Lrain over some of the biggest questions of the United States. 1 refer to Secretary Hilary A. Herbert,the head of our great Navy department. Ton years ago we bad one of the poorest navies of the world Now wo havaone of the best and the Navy department i3 the most wide awake and pro gressive of our government establishments. It has vast foundries and manufactories under its control. It spends millions upon millions of dollars upon ships ana armor evecy year, Itis buying the best brain tho United States can give and it has its agents in every part of the world inventing and studying how to make new guns and other ustrunents of destruction. It is the most wonderful establishment in the United States government, and the matters it d with reach to the ends of the earth. Already some of the biggnst gunboats are on their way to China. Only a few months ago we wereon the cdge of a war with China. What we are to do with the Sandwich islands is still a live question, and the ex- citement of the troubles in Rio Janeiro has scarcely died aw: The importance of the increases eve personality and views of the man who pre- sides over 1t are full of interest. The Secretary’s First Naval Studies. I spent an hour with him this week at the department, and continued my conversation during an evening which he fixed for me at his home. Iknow but little about wars and fighting, and at my request the socretary kindly avoided technical terms, and ex- plained matters in such a way that I believe the talk will be of great interest to the average reader. He is a charming conversa- tionalist. He has for years been making a study of naval matters, and when I asked him how it came that he, a man who had been brought up in the interior of the coun- try, miles away from the sea coast, became such a specialist in naval affairs, he re- plied: “I think my first futevost in the navy was aroused by a book which 1 read when I was a boy. It was entitled ‘‘The Naval Battles of the Revolution and of 1812,” and it made such an impression upon my mind that for a time I wanted to go to sea. From that time to this I have studied everything I could find n connection with the navy, and when I was first elected to congress, about seven- teen years ago, I remember that I came here ‘with the wdea that the navy ought to be im- proved. Richard Thompson of Indiana was ‘hen secretary, and it was with some tr epida- ion that I, a green congressman, callied upon him and told him thay I wanted 1o know something as to the condition of the navy. Isaid that [ thought our cities along the coast were in an unpro- 1ected state, and that we ought to have bet- cer ships and better guns. Secretary Thompson, who had probably been bothered by young congressmen before, listened to my statemont. As I finished he rather ompously, but confidentially, tola me that might rest easy about the matter. And that our torpedoes had then reached such a stato of perfection that if the uhllpl of all the world could come at once within the range of those we had planted along vhe sea coast we could blow them out of the water. Iremember that I went away from the de- rtment with my mind considerably re- ieved, Idid not know as much about tor- pedoes then as I do now, or [should un- doubtedly have had a different opinion.” “T continued my interest in the navy, how- ever, and I was connected with the com- mitteo on naval affairs during o large port of my congressional period. 1 was, you know, chairman of that committes during three congresses, including the last one.” Amoerion Agninst the World, ‘“‘How does our navy now compare with the other great navies of the world?" *“Very well, indeed,” replied the secretary, “or it will do so as soon as we havo finishea the ships we are now building. We now stand fifth or sixth among the great navies of the world. The greatest naval power on earth is Great Britain. Sho has nearly half as many naval officers as we have men, and her wtal naval service includes about 100,000. She has 275 ships in commasion and she is making others, o that next year sbe will have about 425 effective ships afloat. Her colonies are such that the very exist- ence of her government depends upon a reat navy, and the new ships which she now building will cost, it said, more than $100,000,000. Next to gland as a great naval power Is France, who has some of the biggest gunboats and best armored ships of the world. Her naval service in- cludes vast numbers of men, and the same is true of Italy and Russia. Next to these powers comes the United States or (Ger- many, It1sa question as to whether Ger- many or the United States stand fifth in rank among the navies of the world. In s0mo respects we aro superior to Germany and in some they are of us. We are rapldly advancing, however, and our navy hias been the creation of practically only the last ten years.” Americans Fitted for Naval Warfare, “What kind of naval officers do Americans maket How do we rank among the nations as tighters on the sea?”’ ¢ “I'believe the American is naturally fitted for naval warfare, snd [ believe we have all the elements of 8 great naval power, Ido mot think it & necessity that we should sur- Rn the world in this regard at present. e development of our vast interior re- sources will consume our best energy for a generation or 80 to come. But when we go out of our own boundaries, when we become & great sea-gowng people, our navy will in- crease as our interests demand protection, and we may eventually become the groatest naval power of the world, Qur Navy in Histor, |#As to our natural ability in this respect,” Secretary Herbert went on, “look at our history. * At the beginning of the revolution Enegland was iuistress of the seas. During the first two years of that war our navy, made up of what we could buy. build or bor: ¥ow, captured more thun 267 Enghsh ships, and acquired for itself a reputation as one of the naval powers of the time. Inthe war of 1812 we started out with about a dozen and a half ships of war to fight nd, who then had more than 800 ships, of which a largo bumber were effect ‘There wore all told fourteen duels ween single ships in that war, and in ten n w0 of the rewainder the honors were nearly weven, and iu only twoout of the fourieen were the British the victors. At the begin- of the late civil war the government only ninety vessels afloat. At its close Ats navy contained 770 ships, and 1v stood ©Out as oue of Lthe greatest naval powers of the world. Tts battles changed the navies of the world, and some of the greatest of maval iuventions have sprung from Ameri- ean brains. | The Age of Steel ln Naval Mattors. MThat was 50 with the fight of the Monitor and the Merrimac, was 1t pot 1™ AYes," replied Seoretary Herbert. *‘That tle struck the deatn blow 1w the ships of b day. With it the age of wooden war Vi nassed away, and that of irou and began. Every civilized nation at once its ship yards to work to build new s, and buman logenuity busied itself to t better guns. Guos then began to made of bammered stoel, and in order & shey wmight carry heavier charges ¥ were wmade louger and looger, and bura] powder was invented. The We Bow use is nothing like day.and the ve | THE _OMAHA uend at the time of the last war. It is the eolor ¢f chocolate, and it 1s molded into grains we blrn » baby's fist. Tt burns from the time it is ignited uatil the charge leaves the gun, and it steadily pushes, as it were, on the charge from po bed to muzzle.” Oar Wonderfal Gans, “Is it much more effective than the pow- der of the past?” I asked. “Yes,” replisd the sccretary: “1 ean hardly doseribe ita power. Some of the pro- Jectiles we now use weigh as high as 1,100 pounds, or nalf a ton, and the guns which | shoot theso groat masses of steei and balls are forty feet long and weigh more than sixty tons ench. f‘: takes 550 pounds of this powder for a single charge of one of these guns, and through it thi stoel flies from tho inuz. rate of 2,100 feet per second and goos thir- teon milce before itstops. Take your peocil and estimato what those figures mean. A ton is & zood load for a team of horses. Four charges of powder for one of those guns would be all that the horses would want to pull. Two of those projectiles would be a wayon load, and to carry off the gun itself, wero it loadod upon whecls, 130 horses would have to be hitched to it. Twenty-one hun- dred feet per second is at the rate of almost amilein two and a half seconds, If that velocity could continue the projectile would &0 on At the rate of about twenty-three miles a minute. It would cross the Atlantic in less than two hours and a half, and it would go around the world iu less than a_day. These guns are called the thirteen-inch guns. Four of them are to be placed on cach of the bat- tleships, and thus will form a part of the mout of tho Indiana, the Oregon and assachusetts,” , we mako s’ good guns peinst” T asked. oro 18 no doubt of it,” was the reply. poriments show that 'we are doing so. Tho gun manufactory of the navy yard here is one of the finest in the world, and a man from one of the big establishments of Kurope when ho visited it the other day said he had never seen anything oqual to it. We can turn out guns very rapidly, and since its opening wo have comploted a 'large number of fin guns, rancing from four to thirteen fnches in sizo fnd weighing from 8,400 pounds to 135,000 pounds each. We have now 108 guns afloat, 208 completed and have.seventy-seven in hand. We will soon be making armor piercing shells for our six and eight-inch guns, and will eventually malke shells for our largest guns weighing 1,100 pounds. These big shells will go forth from the gun at a velocity of from 2,000 to 2,600 feet per minute. Our Gun Works and Torpedo Factorle s of the gun at the as the “Are our naval factories such that we are now practically independent of any other country in the making and equipment of our navnl vessels. “Yes,” replied the secrotary; *we can make any kind of a gun that may be needed, and with the great forging works which we now have at Bethlehe:n and at the Carnegie works near Pittsburg we are in position to create as reat a navy as the fucure may demand. What we now need is more battle ships. We need plenty of good torpedo boats to defend our harbors, and my idea of the navy is that it should be, large enough to command peace and protect American citi- zens in their rights the world over. We have lately mstablished a factory in this country for the making of torpedoes, and we aro making some of the best armor of the world. The armor which binds the naval vessels today is of rolled or hammered steel, to which we have addea about 3 per cent of nickel, with such success that our plate is superior 0 any other armor plate of the world.” *Is the torpedo of much value in the naval warfare of today?" I asked. A Wora About Torpedoes. *I think there is no doubt of that,” replied the secretary. ‘“‘All of the great nations are adding-torpedo boats to their naval forces. England has nearly 200 and is build- iny twenty-five more, France has and is Dbuilding ~forty. Russia h 160 and is building more. Ger- many has 109, and the other powers are well equipped. At a test of torpedo boats last summer in England twenty-four topedo boats attacked a squad of cruisers and «un boats. The result was that after seven days’ trisl these had destroved one bat- tle ship and six cruisers, and eight- oen out. of the twenty-four torpedo boats were destroyed. Of course, there was no uctual destruction of these vessels, and the torpedoes were so fixed with collapsible heads that no real damage was done. Jt was, 1n fact, like the firing of & blank car- tridge, but the effect could be scientifically estimated from the torpedoes having strucik the ships. The result of the trisl was as I have stated, and the estimated value of the battle ship and six cruisers destroyed amounted to about §,500,000, including 2.050 men. The value of the eighteen torpedo boats was only $1,800,000, and the men de- stroyed would have beenonly 360. In other ‘words, the torpedoes did about five times as much damage in proportion to their cost as the battle ships and cruisers. The torpedo vessels which are now being built abroad are fast, and thoy range in sizo from 700 to 900 tons. They will go from nineteen to twenty knots per hour. The torpedo boats are from 100 to 200 tons in size, and they will g0 from twenty-three to twonty-nine knots per hour. Twenty-nine knots i3 more than thirty-two miles, and these boats fly through the water at the speed of the uverage rail- roud train. The torpedoos used are the avto-mobile torpedoes, and they are about eloven feet long with a diameter of seven- teen inches. “They explode as soon as they touch the ship, and they are so made that they can be sent as straight through the water as a ball from a gun. Thoy are fired by powder or comnressed air, and compressed air is the motive power which runs the engines in the torpedo and propels it by means of the screws. They go forth from the torpedo boat at the rate of about thirty miles per hour, and they run by the air power con- tained within them a half a mile with uce racy. “This is the Whitchead torpedo. The Howell torpedo is propelled by the gyratory motion of a wheel within it which is set l{)lnnlng before the torpedo leaves the shp.” "Hov{ about electricity n the use of tor- oes?" *The Simms-Edison torpedo is worked by electricity. Some of vhese are stationed off from the shore and connected by electric wires, Theyare propelied, steared and ex- ploded oy electricity, The power comes from a machine on shore or on a ship, We have not found them as eficient as the ‘Whitehead to) 0, and it is with the White- head and the .Howell that our best experi- ments have been made.” “*How about the dynamite cruiser?” *You refer to the Vesuvius. This is a boat of 030 tons. Tt was finished in 15890 and it is armed with three dynamite guus, each of which is fifty-fite feet long. These guns throw shells of dynamite welghing as much as 500 pounds each, and each gun can be dis- charged once every two minutes. The ship has two engines, each of which has nearly 4,000-horse power, and in addition to these d‘ynlmlw guns it has a light battery con- sisting of three 3-pounders. 1t has u speed of twenty-two knots per hour and carries between sixty and seventy men," Our Big Battle Ships. “Can you give me some idea of our big bat- tle ships, Mr. Secretary?” ‘*We nave three battle ships building of the first class, each of whicn is 10,200 tons in size, and one ship building which is 11,300 tons. Wehave also the Texas and the Maine, which rauge between 6,300 and 6,600 tons in displacement. The lowa is 11,300 tons and isone of the largest ships ih the world. With its full coal .ufl)ly it'will have a dis- lacement of over 12,000 tons, and itis to ve o spoed of sixteen knots per hour. In order to give you some idea of one of these battle ships, this vast vessel is plated with Harveyed nickel steel, fourteen inches thick, with a wood backing twelve inches thick. She nas turvets which are armored with 14-inch plates. and she will be equipped with lour 12-iach guus, together with & number of S-inch and twenty-eight rapid firing and machine guns. She will have 11.000-horse vower, and she will have cost when she is completed in 1893 more than 1,000,000, Rus- sia has u new ship called the Rurik which has 18,250-horse power, while the Indiana and Massachusetts have each 9,000-horse rowor. The armor on these two L s uot wore than $4,000,000 apiece. We Need Battle Ships and Torpedo Boats. *‘Are we not spending & greas deal on the navy " “Yes," replied Secretary Herbert, ‘‘but the amount we are spending now is consid- erably less in proportion to our population than that which wo spent just before the war. 1 thiuk expenditures ought o go on until we s much bette: navy. We ought to have seven or eight wmore batile half_ton of chilled | ships and some torpedo crulsers and some 1orpedo boats.” : The Monitors. “How about the'monitors?" ‘Ihey are especially valuable as far as the strength of our sea coast is concorned. We have fivoot them, the Puritan, Miantonomoh, Monaduock, Torror and the Amphitrite. These ships ave protected by armor ranging from nine to_eleven and a haif inches in thickness. They have revolving turrets and each of them has A speed of aver ten knots an hour. They are so_armed that they will bo of great value in time of war. They are developed on the basis of the old Monitor, and they are the most powerful ships of their draught and displacement in the world. Thoy are peculiarly adapted for the pro- tection of our Atlantio coust becaase they can be navigated in wator inaccessible to the deep draught ships of other powers and choose their own position.” “How about our cruisors!” We are building some of the best 1n the world. Take the Nesw York. It is one of the strongest and swiftest commerco destroyers eveor made, and any nation with a large com- merce afloat will thimk twice before it makes war with us if we have many such ships. It is tho same with other cruisers, and wo are fast bringing ourselves into such shape that we can liold our own against any of the other groat naval poswers.” The Speed of Modern War Ships. “How about speed?'’ “The modern war ship is rapidly increas- ing its spoed," replied Secratary Herbert. “We now go from. seventeon 1 twenty-two miles per hour in naval vessels, and the time was when twelve knots per hour was con- sidored fast. In considering tho speed of a snip you must remembor that a number of things come in question. The amount of coal to bo carried, the woight of the armor and guns, tozother with the amount of am- munition, form important items, 1t the ship 18 heavily freighted with armor it becomes 80 loaded that it cannot make the same speed on the same amount of coal if its armor wero lighter. These things all have to be taken into consideration in tho build- ingup of these great battle ships, and the question of getting out of the way and of long marches at sea is quite as important as that of defense and attack.” Civh Service in the Navy. “How about politics in the navy? Do they enter into the consideration of appoint- ments?" ““Not so much as in other departments of the government,” replied Secretary Her- bert. “Ciyil servico rules govern very largely in the admimstration of the dopart- ment and the navy yards, and it is no doubt true that in our navy yards more skillful and oficient worlk is done now than at any period iu the past. FRANK G. CARPENTER. ot ANNOUNCEMENTS. ““The Dark Continent,” which will be at the Boyd for four nights, commencing Thurs- day evening, is & comedy-drama of excep- tional originality and strength. That dis- tinguished novelist, Rider Haggard, sur- prised the literary world with his wonder- ful tales of the heart of Africa and it was left to Messrs. Morrell and Mouillot to fol- low in dramatic sequence with *“The Dark Continent.” If the fact that the piece has enjoyed a successful run and is still being played by several companies in the English provinces is any criterion by which to judge, they have done their work well. To the ro- mance and adventure associated with dia- mond digging, the lifelike scenic pictures of daily toil in the mines of Kimberly, they have added scientific interest in a plot which portrays with vivid realism the pos- sibilities of the mysterious power of hypn tism. This is a comparatively unknown fa tor 1n dramatic construction. Of recent years this has olaimed the attention of tae scientific world to an interesting extent, though to the common people it fis still a supernatural rather thau a material thing. There have beon cases well authenticated in the United States scarcely less wonderful than those depicted by the imagination of the ptaywright. It is likely that for the two Sunday performances “The Plunger” will be played. Old theater-goers, accustomed to the or- dinary excellence of plays which come highly rocommended by the critics of the larger citios, will bo pleasantly surprisea av_*“Tho Old Homestoad,” vo be presented at Boyd's this week. ‘The most careful attention has been given by its author to the most minute detail of stage craft. Denman Thompson did not know how well Le builded when he gave to the world thi> beautiful play. He aims to presenta rural comedy, faithfully poriraying a class fast becoming extinct—a simple, honest-minded countryman. So nat- ural did he make his creation that the the- ater-going people recognized the grandeur characterized in the Swanzoy furmer, and paid it the tribute of greatness. This (Sunday) evening the Seabrooke Opera company will present the effervescent opera, ““The Isle of Champagne,” for the last time at Boyd's theater, MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Alexander Salvini was married recently to Maaeline Dixon, a lady in his company. The name of the very newest play is the aluring title of A Preizel.” ‘Waldemar Malmene, composer and teacher, for o number of years resident in St. Louis, has settled in Chicago. Rubinstein's sacred opera, “Moses,” will be produced in Vienna December 8 by the Soctety of the Friends of Music. Kyrle Bellew and Mrs. James Brown Potterare now in Calcutta, India, giving readings from Shakspeare. Tomaso Salvini, the great actor, quietly arrived in this country some days since, and will visit Chicago. He has not made up his mind whether he will appear on the stage. Miss Agnes Horndon will appear in New York early next month in a play adapted from the worlkef Angiere. The sceues of the drama are laid in Virginia, Miss Hern- don's native state. On and after November 1 ladies will not be admitted to the orchestra stalls ia the Pavis opera unless they remove their hats. Tragedian Thomas W. Keene thinks there ought Lo be a national theater in this coun- try. He proposes that one be iustituted and endowed by the government and man- aged by u board of control composed of rep- resentative actors and managers. Joseph Jefforson, who is now said to be en- joying perfect health, will begin his short tourrt tho Walnuu street theaver, Phila- delphia, October 23. He will act only in “Rip Van Winkle" this season, Henri Marteau is to play a violin concerto by Dvovak upon the occasion of his reap- pearance before a New York audience. ‘I'here is & possibility that Dvorak may con- duct his work in person. Slivinski, the Polish pian who makes his first appearauce in Madison Square gar- den concert hall November 28 and 80, will play at the first concert Beethoven's' con- certos in G major and [ flat, and at the sec- ond Rubinstein’'s D minor concerto and that of Schumann in A minor. Conduetor Sousa has under way the forma- tion of a coucert band of an international character. Heis arrangiog with a Beriin syndicate to perfect the organization, and a representative of the syudicate is euroute from Berlin to complete the detalls, public has aporoved only one of the attempts to impersonate Abraham Lincoln oa the stage. This exception is in the play of **The i lifn The great war president appears but for a moment and has only one lne to speak, but the situation is such (hat his appearauce is most dramatic and impressive, Four remardable women are doing a very wouderful acrobatic performance in New York. They are called the Nelson sisters, and their nimes are Rosa, Lillie, Aunie and Katie. itosa weighs 158 pounds, Lillie 156, Annie 154, and Katio 152, Their agerogate Weight, therefore, 1 620 pounds. The manvagers of the recent uational sangerfest at Cleveland, O,, find themselves $10,000 ou the wrong side of the ledgor. The; had hoped to dispose of the Lemporary audi- orium, which cost over §30,000, at a figure that wouid cover the deficii, but the tinan- clal stringency has wade that impossible at she t time. The hall is in excellent condilion, and a pruject is on fool te secure 1t for an oxposivion. The German singing societies will attempt to raise the lurger partof the debt by a grand coucert, for which the prima douua, Rita Eiandi, has volunteered her services. ce———— DeWitt's Witoh Hasel Satve cureisburns DOINGS 1N THE: MINIC WORLD ——— . Death of Oharles Frkboois Gounod and an Estimate of His Great Ability. —tite MME. PATTPS NEW ~ ONE-ACT OPERA Minor Mentlon of the Men and Women Who Ornament the Stage ot Today ~Plays In Store for Theater-Goers During the Présent Season. The death of Charles Francois Gounod last woek in Paris, at a ripe old age, having been born in 1818, removes from the musical world one of its thres groatest masters. Probably Gounod was not a genius in the sense that the great masters have been, but now and then he flashed out with a brilliancy and force that showed he was possessed of the “divine spark.” Ho was one of the greatest of the writers ot sacred music, his requioms, masses, sacred songs and oratorios showing a deop reverence for the sacred things of life. Of his oratorios, “The Redemption” and _‘Mors et Vita” are the most ambitious. wrote many graceful orchestral com tions, among them the “Funeral March of a Marionette,” which Damrosch played so ex- sitoly when in Omahs last season; “Saltarello,” and the “Meditation” on Bach’s fivst prelude, which are great favor- ites with the pubifc'and deservedly so. His songs alone would have stamped him as a great musician if he had written noth- ing elso, and two of these, “Nazareth” and “Tnere is a Green Hill,” certainly will evor remain as parts of the great logacy of pleas- ure he has left to the world. “Faust,” however, deservedly ranks as the greatest of his works, having its first presentation in 1850, since which time 1t has been in the repertoire of every legitimato overa organization and has boen sung in ull countries where opora is enjoyed. With the single excepton of the “Soldiers March,” the composition bears the imprint of rare poetical genius, tho kermessoand the garden scene hardly ha viny, been surpassed in mod- ern operas—the one for its picturesque variety, the other for its poetical love- liness. But what is most to be admired in the master who has passed out from the stago is the fact that, amid many powerful influences, he preserved his in- dividuality and his stylo absolutely as his own. - e The death of Gounod recalls the compli- ment he paid the greatest lyric artiste of our times, Mme. “Adelina Pati, when the lutter sang in Paris not so very long ago, After the concert Gounod spoke " feelingly of the great pleasure it gave him to listen to the diva, and then, in his sweet, gentlo manner, which was so marked a character- istic of the man, said he would write a song for Mme. Patti, which he hoped she would do him the honor to sing as often‘as possible. It was an artistic way in which to express the joy he felt over Patti's siging. Mme. Patti, who returns to America next .nonth, under’ the management of Marcus Mayer, for a season iniconcert, will probably put on during her tour the new one-act opera written tor the famous songstress by Emelio Pizzi and entitled “Gabrieila.” ‘There are few characters in the opera, ac- cording to a letter from Craig-y-Nos, the so- prano heroine (Gabriella de Merven) having for companions a_contialto (Queen Aune of Austrin), a bass, baritone and tenor. Two songs for Mme. 'Pattii-Nicolini are exceed- ingly well spoken of by those who have vis- ited the diva's castlo this season, and the Welsh homo of the.songstress has been crowded with clever pepple all summer long. Mmoe, Patti, it is understood, is in excel- lent health and voice and is looking forward with much interest ta ber approaching en- gagements in the provinces and states. Ac- cording to arrangements Mme. Patti left Craig-y-Nos castle Ottober 9 and appeared in Shefield, Glasgow;aad Kdinburgh on subsequent dates. Haviog fulfilled ~these engagements, she retiifns to the casule until October 24, when she will leave for Manches- ier to sing ata concert there on the 26th inst, Liverpool on the 27th, sailing on Octo- ber 25 for this side to commence a six months tour, During the latter part of August Mme, Pattii-Nicolini was visited by the wealthy Russiar prince, Mr. Kousnetzoff, who arrived m Swansea August 25, in his magnificent yacht, Foros, which cost between £60,000and £70,000. During the brief stay of Mr. Kousaetzoff, the Russian merchant prince, he entertained Mme, Patti-Nicolini, Sig. Nicolini, and a large and select’ party from Craig-y- Nos castleon board the yacht, and in the course of the afternoon's "proceedings the prima donna was presented with the order and decoration of the Sebastopol Yacht club, under the flug of which institution the Foros sails. The order and decoration is described as_of intrinsic value. It is in the shape of a ship's wheel, set with diamonds, sapphires and other valuable jewels. The order above bears the Russian cross (three flags). On the left of the order is the Sebastopol Yacht club flag, and on the right the fiag of the Foros, worked in precious stones. The order and decoration has only been presented on one other occa- sion—1t0 an empress of a continental country —previous to Mme. Patti-Nicolni receiv- ing it. Of the 180 competitdrs for the opers prize at Gotha there were 48 Prussians, 12 Saxons, 10 Thuringians, 5 Bayarians, 4 Badeners, 53 Austrians, 4 Hungarians, 3 Wurtemburgers, 1 Dalmatian, 1 Mecklenburger, 1 Hessian, 1 Hanoverian, 1 Dutch, 1 English, 1 nationality unknown. Among them were 3 clergymen, 1 doctor, 1 gymnasiarch, 2 band masters, 4 school masters, 2 professors of music, 1 oper- atic singer, 8 chamber musicians, 8 concert masters, 1 conservatory director, 13 direc- tors of orchestra and 87 composers by pro- fession. The “No. 9" Wheeler Wilson, with its perfected fenisons. upper and lower, is the only lock-stitch machine that makes an elastic scam. It isthe dressmaker's favorite on that account. Sold by Geo. W Lancaster & Co., 514 Seuth Sixteenth street. DLl ‘Word has been received in San Francisco from London ina private letter that Miss Isabelia Murphy of San Fraucisco, sister of Helen Murphy, who married Don Vincen- ente Dominguez of the Argentine legation, is betrothed to Don Louis Dominguez, & brother of the other South American gran- dee. Miss Isabeils was mixed up, like her sisters telen and Lady Charles Wolseley, in the Murphy will contest. - e One word describes i perrection.” Wore- ferto DeWitt's Witch Hagzel Salve,cures piles oY 5,000 Py, oRUGG, Yk, S "‘ l)’. /9" IS THE 'BEST, %) !t*ul.uvu PROMPTLY and S0 oete. -QUABANTEES lsued only by Kubo & Co.,Sole Agents,Omaha, Nob < J! i ¥ A i wo had on sale. Saturday. At 28c At 8O0c¢c At ZSE At $1.00 At $1.28 Dress Goods. Every piece of Dress Goods in our stock reduced for Monday and Tues- day. Buy now—don’t wait. Best styles are going and cannot b replaced. How much reduced? Here’s a sample: A whole counter—nearly 100 pleces— of 40, 45 and 50 inch imported goods, embraclng every concievable fabric, all desirable goods. that we have been sell- ing av $1,00, $1.25, $1.50 and $1. 75—we’ll sell every yard of them on Saturday at Our 81.75 printed cashmeres at 98c. Fine silk and wool novelties $1.25, re- duced from 81.75. Iluminated hoe))sncklngs, 50 inch, 81, reduced from 8$1.50. $2.560 silk mixed novelties $1.75. We can’t quote all the different lots; every piece of dress goods reduced for Monday and Tuesday. Linens. . Bale of 18 inch Irish crash, price 12ic, will sell at Gic. 66 inch henvy cream damask 40c. 72 inch extra cream damask 69¢c, 250 marseilies bed spreads 81.86. All 81.00 damask towels 75¢. 760 table scarfs 49¢. 50c table scarfs 89c. 20c glass and silver towels 124c. 25c glass and silver towels 19c. Extra heavy linen towels 12ic. All our large beautiful 50c damask towels 3c. Trimmings, Braids. B0 per cent oft for Monday and Tuesday on all fine irridescent goods, fancy pearl and beaded goods. See them. 25 per cent off on all bead and jet trimmings, A line of fine silk braidsand gimps,re- tailed from 15c to 25 a yard, at c. Fancy weaves of worsted braids that are worth from 25¢ to 35¢ at 10c. Finesilk gimps, all colors, 80¢c to 60c goods, at 15, A line of fancy gimps, sold as high as §1.60, for 25¢. That's the way we will do on trim- mings for Monday and Tuesday, ‘Knit Goods. Crochet Tam O’Shanter hats, all col- ors, for misses and children, , never retailed under 75, Boys' and girls' knit Turkish hats, faney colors, he grades, at 15¢. Children’s and infant’s knit sacks, leggings, booties, crochet, fancy plus! surah silk hooas, at special pricea, regular railroad from Falls Cit, L duy. larger quantities. Velvet brocades worth $1. Lot of silk faced velvets worth $r. retailed under $5. Muslin Underwear. Our entire stock reduced. Wo wish to close out certain lines. We can’t enum- erate everything—just come prepared to buy. We'll sell you cheap enough. Many surpriges to be found. Children’s and infants’ outfits reduced. Corsets. Clearing out at 50c, a line of French woven, Warner’s, Featherbone and T.B. celebrated goods, retailed as high a8 $1.75, cut down to 50c each. Worsted Yarns. All colors of zephyrs 3c. worth 8c. Saxony yarn, different colors, 7¢,worth 15¢ skein. Starlight knitting worsted 25c in one- fourth pound skeins, worth 35c. Germantown zephyr 13c, regular 20c goods. Blankets. Every pair of blankets reduced for 8 days—we’ll cut the stock down, 850 blankets 550; $1.25 ones 98c, $1.60 oues $1.15; 81.75 ones $1.89. $2.00 ones at 81.49; $2.50 ones at 81.85, $2.75 scarlet 82 00; $4,00 all wool $3.00. $5.00 all wool 83.75; 86.50 all wool 85. All 810, 811 and 812 California blan- kets cut to 88.50. Notions. Pulling the throttle open on notions. Darning cotton le, regular price 8o. Horn bone dress stays 9¢ dozen, regu- lar price 15c. Covered dress stays 7c, regular price They are Be. ‘Watch spring stays 5¢ dozen, regular rice 10c. Ventilated elastic web &c, regular price 10c. Silk elastic web 10c, regular price 250. Whalebone casing 3¢, regular price 6¢. Stockinet dress shields Oc, regular price 15c. Kid curlers 10¢, regular price 15c. Electric curlers 15¢, regular price 25¢. Curling irons 6¢, regular price 10c, Whisk brooms 9¢, regular Prlce 16¢. Coate's thread, per dozen, 45¢. Hooks and eyes, 2 cards for 5¢. English hair pins, 2 papers for ¢, Good quality pins, per paper, 6o, Pears’ unscented soap, Y(Jo. Cuticura sonn, 17¢. 8 cakes of Honey,Castile or Rose soap, worth 10c a cake, 3 for 10c. TO OUR OUT OF TOWN PATRONS: Mail orders for any of the above goods will be filled up to Tuesday night at theee quotations. Send in your orders, a8 this is un opportunity, and like the silver question, will soon be & ihing of the past. to Omaha gotten up by the merchants of this city, including oursel ves, with reduced faies, running vis the Missouri Pacifie and intermediate stations. This great sale will come as a bananza for persons contemplating coming on the excursion, and we will rewurn the raile road fare, as has been advartised throughout the country, snd give you the benefit of the great cut in prices besides, And We Are Still Crowding on All the Steam. Yes, It Was a Big Day Saturdays In spite of the warm October sun we were crowded all day, overybody eager to socure some of the phenomenal bargains Monday we continue the sale with unabated zeal, and Tuesday night will end it. You can't begin to realize what a saving it means to you unless you see the goods. Surplus Silks, Velvets, Brocades, are being closed out at a fraction of their roal values. Just the goods for trimming fall dresses. Elegant dress goods will be sold at such prices that you can afford half a dozen new gowns this season. READ A FEW PARTICULARS ABOUT THIS SALE. SILKS— Beautiful velvets and high class silk. What stock remains at very low prices. Sillk department was crow ded all day Here are a few of the lots that will be closed out: Every piece of goods in the great department on special snle Monday and Tues Saturday made great inroads into the stock. Monday will cléar out still Brocaded and changeable velvets worth $2.75. Changeable novelties made-to sell at $3 . Choice, elegant silk brocades, novelties, high class goods, never Other bargains 1n silks too numerous to mention. This is the biggest silk sale of this or any other sonson, Laces Laces near the door. A splendid stock toselect from. We pull the throttle open on them Mopday. Every piece of lace reduced. Big reductions, In- teresting selling here and some sur- prisee. Come aud see. Here’s a sam: ple. 6-inch linen lace made to sell as high as 260 a yard for 5c. Men’s Furnishings Large, fine department, but too many goods. We pull the throttle on them and off they must go. These are yery desirable and cheap. $1 and 81.25 neckwear cut to 750, Linen collars cut to 3 for 25¢c. Linen cuffs cut to 1be. 50c neckwear cut to 25¢. ‘Windsor silk ties cut to 123c. 76¢ excellent uninundered shirts 500, $1.50 camel’s hair underwoar cut to fle, 250 tast black fino socks cut to 17¢, Carpets. Think of this for Moneay and Tues- day any moquette carpel in our store 81 ayard. Handsome new designs. Beanutiful designs in brussels carpet- ing, 85c. 20 per cent off on all rugs. 8ee our stock, Come and Upholstery. ‘We have a tremendous stock, and will pull the throttle open so wide that you will go out and borrow some money of your worst onemy if necessary to secure some of the goodyu Everything reduced for Monda; Tuesday in upholstery department. Note carefully these prices: $12.00 Nottingham curtains $5.00, 810 00 chenille portieres $6.00, 85.00 chenille portieres $2.50. Remnants of velour at you own price. 50c linen serim 30¢. 7 pieces 50-inch velour, was 3.00, for $1.00. 90c upholstery cord per plece 45¢, Drapers’ plush, was JlZ.UO yard, at and .00, $10,00 China silk drapes now $5,00, A few plush drapes with fringes, marked $25,00, will go for ${0,00. 25 pleces of tapestry boarder, marked $1.25, will be closed for 50¢. 600 silk curtain loops, half price. Our entire upholstery stock is price- clipped for this sale. e want to make alarge hole in it. Come and supply yourself now, There is to be a great excursion Do your trading with L MORSE w s