The Omaha Bee. UNDAY 'DITORIAL SHEET. (L PAGE,S 11 TO 20. jj KST.MtLISHKI) JUNK 19, 1871. OMAHA, SUNDAY M01JN1NG, JANUARY 31, 1004. siNdKi: copy iivi: ci:xts. A Corner in Candy Several hundred pounds fresh fine Peppermint Lozenges, Monday, per lb. 10 cents Hardware and House Furnishings Qlld Gretn Trading Stamps HERB ARB BOMB SPECIAL PICKED OUT BARGAINS AMONG THOUSANDS OP OTHER BARGAINS FOR MONDAY BKLLINO. THERE'S MONET SAVINO ON EACH ONB OF THESE! BIO MONET BAVINOI ' Tin Oil Btove Tea 1Ar Kettle I4 Heavy Stamped OH Btove Tea Kettle ou One quart TIq Co fine Uri Pot ....... ow Perfection Measuring R- Cup "v No. 9 heavy copper rim Tea 4Rc Kettle ow Small Japanned Foot Tub uw Medium Japanned Foot CCic Tub Larie Japanned Foot 350 Bmall Galvanised Foot 23(3 Tub jC..w Largs Galvanised Foot 2Qc Tub Woodenware Wringer and Washboard com- 3.05 blned 6xl2-foot Curtain QRc Stretcher Plain Ironing 38c Board vww Five-foot Step- - 3Qc ladder Fiftoen-cent Towel Uo Roller i Wood Faucet fin each "w The Little Green Sticker is the Only Sticker that "Sticks." Stick to It. iinsnial Prescriptions Bend us your prescriptions. We enjoy the confidence of the best physicians In Omaha. They recommend our Drug De partment for tho filling of prescriptions. . PRESCRIPTIONS KILLED AS TUB DOCTOR ORDERS. We out th. price don't you think we have a pretty good chanc. for so doing?' W run a gYeat store greatest In the Trans-Missouri country and so It comes we can run our prescription department upon a much smaller margin of profit than your ordinary drug store at the corner. Bend us your prescriptions we will fill them as the doctor orders. Drugs! Drugs!! SPECIAL MONET SAVERS IN DRUG DEPARTMENT FOR MONDAT. 20 Mule Team powdered borax. 1-1 lb pkg 26c Colgate's English Process 8on, Glycer ine. Klder Flower and Olde Brown Windsor, per dosen. sue, per cake 8o Bocobelia Castile Soap, green or white. In bars of 4V lbs., will lather In hard water, pw lb... 18o Grocery A MONDAY SNAP. Pure Fruit Jellies, as- H sorted fruits, a 12 Jc glass for 9 cents Attention! Ladies we submit the following unrivaled bargains for your inspection Monday morning. EVENING SHAWLS Knit, flnt-st imported wool, very large, QD heavy friniio plfjis, worth $1.50, at BLACK SATEEN PETTICOATS regular $1.25 values, 79c CLOAKS AND JACKETS Nearly our entire stock former A Q ( prices from $7.r.O to $:!0.00, all at fie .O CHILDREN'S CLOAKS Our entire winter stock Bold from QC $7.50 to $15.00, all at i VO WOMEN'S SUITS A special closing out sale Some splendid suits, black, gray, navy, brown and mixtures, in two lots, at 7EL less than the tailor got for making them $11.45 and iiO WOMEN'S EIDERDOWN SACKS AND KIMONAS All our fQ stock from $1.25 to $1.75, at ..."OC A GREAT RLACK DRESS GOODS PURCHASE Over 3,000 yards of the very choicest black goods bought cheap from one of New York's greatest importing houses, they are in lengths of 2 to 6 1-2 yards. In the lot we have Voiles, Serges, Silk Warp Henriettas, Sicilians, Mohairs, Brilllnntlncs, Granites, small neat figures; Broadcloths, Venetians, Zibelines and Etamlnes. There aro goods in this purchase O worth up to $2.50 yd. All go in one big lot Monday at, yard.. JJ At the Big Silk Department Monday we will place on special sale GO pieces of fine fancy silks in all the very newest styles for Shirt Waist Suits. Not a yard worthEf) less than $1.00; many $1.50, all go Monday at, per yard 0C Black Peau de Soie Silk Five pieces of our all Silk Black Peau de Sole Dress Silk, every fJQ., yard guaranteed to wear, worth $1.75 yard, Monday at, yard . "OC Black Taffeta Silk 10 pieces 30 Inches wide Black Taffeta, worth $2 per yard, every yard guaranteed from 9 a. ui. to 3 p. in. Monday -f O EJ at, per yard JJ Colored Dress Goods 30 to 58 inches wide Scotch Tweeds, Canvas, Granites, Etamlnes, Voiles, StriiHd ' Twinettes, Coverts, Venetians, Henriettas, Melroses, Pebble Granites, Brllllantines, Plaids, Mixed Suitings, Tailor Checks, Ann tires. Mohairs, Serges and Cheviots. Goods that are worth from 75c to 08c yard. All desirable shades and designs all to go at, jjt per yard rirlC 2,500 yards Granites, Plaids, Plain Colors and Voiles, suitable for chil dren's dresses and ladies' separate skirts, worth up to C5c OCS per yard. To close out at per yard 20C Remnants All short lengths from 1 to 0 yards; all styles from the sheerest fabrics to the heaviest sultlngs-ilean up price fyej per yard JOC At Our Wash Goods Counter 10 cascVbf handsome new Scotch Suitings, Voiles, Etamlnes and Ram sey Tweeds,' very new and nobby, and goods that look like the -4 $1 qualities; will be on special sale at, per yard, 25c and IOC Bags, Ribbons. Brushes. Etc. 25 dozen rinln and Brocaded Silk Satin and fine Mercerixed Sateen, Opera and Shopping Bugs in black and colors goods worth np to $l.ooon sale at, each (dry goods section) To clean up our stock of Ribbons we put on sale Monday morning about . 8i0 pieces of "All Silk" Taffeta, Satin Taffeta and Fancy Ribbons in lx'lt and neck widths, goods worth to 30c Monday, ry at, per yard 1C Brushes at half price. Monday we put on sale 50 dozen Hair Brushes, Bath Brushes, Tooth Brushes and Nail Brushes every one OC worth up to 60c and over on sale at, each . ... OC Special sale of odd sizes In Women's and Children's Underwear, worth up to $1.0O a garment, Monday special OO per garment mtzJQ- THE SUPERIORITY OF GREEN TRADING STAMPS There's no premium earning plan half so good. GREEN TRADINO STAMPS long ago established their superi ority over ALL OTHER METHODS of premium earning in nlmost every lurge city In America, and also in Europe. The best merchandising brains of the best merchandising age in this, the best merchandising country in tho world, have conceded the superiority of tho LITTLE GREEN STICKER IN THE LITTLE GREEN BOOK. Imitation of the GREEN TRADING STAMP method which some competitors may adopt is but a fainr, faraway echo of the method imitated and only shows the strength, beauty and superiority of GREEN TRADING STAMPS. If you are not collecting GREEN TRADING STAMPS you aro surely a most exceptional individual. Begin now we will give you a free book, with ONE DOLLAR'S WORTH OF STAMPS as a starter. Our out-of-town customers are heartily Invited to start collecting GREEN TRADING MTAMPS. Send us your orders. Orders from this advertisement will be accepted from mall order buyers up to Wednesday evening, and filled at advertised prices. Ask for GREEN TRADING STAMPS and they are "Jours. CROCKERY! CROCKERY! Shattered prices in sound crockery. A festival of bargains for Monday. Johnson Bros.' English porcelain flown blue breakfast plates. 20c values, each 6c 33 1-3 Discount on all fancy decorated lamps in the house. Decorated English porcelain tea cups and saucers, set flQc J. rouyat's white French china coupe shape bread and QC of six cups and nix saucers w butter plates, eaen J. Pouyat's dragon handle steins, 90c values, Monday oC j' On an fancy vases worth $ or more we will give discount ol 5 J par cent on Hon Jay, cut glass not Included. Hiawatha Indian bust, 12.00 values. 4QC "J, 2C Germa'n'VhVna dVcoVatedsuK.Vr's'a jQc Bi,l11 fhape CUt "tar turnbl,r!'' 20C decorations on cove red sugars and creams to match, pair e uh Watch for our announcement of February aale of fine china plates. Coffee Dept. Monday Special. Dennett's Breakfast Coffee perfection blend, 2-pouud can 45 cents Art! Art! Art! Art Bargains. Lovers f? fine art should secure these real bargains! BEAUTIFI'L II AND COLORED GRAVURES, irjx2S. copies from the most popular well known art ists, subjects suitable for parlor, library, den, dining and bed rooms theso pictures have a standard value of $l.tiO each Oftr for Monday only "Ow Pyrography Novelties . Arriving Dally For Monday only, Stamped Glove Boxes, regular price An 19c tiOo, for Frames regularly sold for 3oC for : See our beautiful display of Don Pictures in our 10th street window. Many more in our Art Rooms. SHOES SHOES Real Warm Shoe Snaps for Monday Men's $2.50 Box Calf or Vlcl Kid shoes Men's $'2.r0 and f2.00 work shoes, at 1.98 1.48 Women's fine welt or turned sole shoes with medium or 1 P high Cuban heel, $3 and nil and $3.50 values, at v vr LOOK TO THE BUILDINGS City Ordinances Gtvernirg ths Construction of Eobim Ehouli E Reviled. ASSEMBLY ROOMS SHOULD BE FIREPROOF Mack Wklea Passes for Proof Ageiast t'lmnri la Not So aad Mat (j ' tor Maat Receive At- f tentloaw , WASHINGTON. Jan. 30 (Special Corre spondence.) It aeema an inherent trait In human nature that people should $o on, year In and year out, almost totally unmindful- of the Warning of thoeo bent qualified to advise them against tills and that and the other thing, dangerous to life and limb and prop erty. Then tome terrible catastrophe hap pens, something that has been clearly furetold, however, and people stop for a Tnoment, hold up their hands tn surprlaed horror, excoriate those more directly re fcpoiiHllile and Inaiat that that one particu lar danger t-y hereafter eliminated. Jut row !' "-Wuols theater dlauter Is upper tiiD' Ae mlnda of men, and I venture s '(hat there ta not one city In the .1 whoae offlcera are not now busy rundlng and correcting building orJI y iiances and flre-regulutions having to do S .with theater bulMlnga. Incidentally, churches, hotels, hoxpltals and so on may receive t-anual attention, but tha principal Interest is centered in theaters. It would !e far more wUe. even at this late date, for cities to go about their work intelligently and seulously to reform or re write their entire building ordinances, so aa to leiwn. If not prevent, the poasl Mllty of disastrous tire and other forms of destruction remembrr that buildings are xpieed to many dangers, not the least of which, these days, Is that of absolute col- At the Soda Fountain. Cieanllnops and Purity First. Ex pert ness Second. uw rncea ana t-Tompt eervice Third. Here are some items that make our soda fountain the best in town. This la not a list of fancy names, Dut a list of fancy drinks. Every one carefully supervised or prepared by our expert dlHpenser. Nesxelrode Cream. "Proud Trlnce Del monlco and Vlolette de Creme, Hur ler's Ice Cream Soda 15c Chocolate Nougat. Christy Girl Ie Usht, Creme ie la Bultan, Tolu Nut, Delicious Hot Chocolate with whipped cream Mo Hot Oxford Funch, Hot Kola Punch. Hot French Drip Coffee (something new at the soda fountain) 6c lapse by reason of faulty construction. There will be a great scurrying for a while, at least, and moat stringent enact ments will be devised for the protection oi theaters, while, as a matter of fact, there Is far more danger of fire in a hoapltal or hotel than there U In a theater, yes, three times more, and in an apartment house the danger Is aeven times greater than In theater. It just so happened that nearly 600 poor mortals lost their lives in that awful Chicago affair, and, therefore, the possibility of such destruction was made clearly apparent there, but it Is Just as probable, and aa liable to happen any day, that a hotel, hoepltal, apartment house or school burn up, destroying seven or eUnt hundred or a thousand lives. And what la to prevent any two or three bulldlntcs, in one or different parts of the country, being destroyed at the same time and their destruction attended' with terrible loss of lite? Words "Kire Proof Misapplied. Why wait for such appalling lessons? 8ome cities have already enacted that "herea: - hater buildings shall be of fireproof construction." Hut there the mat ter la left open. "Fireproof la a term that has been misapplied to many a fire trap of the worst kind. We hear the un initiated, and indeed some so called "ex perts," apply the - term to .what passes muster as "slow burning-." "mill construc tion" and a host of other, such schemes. Fireproof, Indeed! And I have seen them burn like tinder boxes. Why leave this question open to discus sion? There is always In every city, alas, a lot of unprincipled speculators ever ready to build for quick sales or 100 per cent re turns who will try by every means In their power to elide their pernicious schemes through the tiniest loophole; building de partment officers are human and can make mistakes, usually they have so little as sistance given them that It la almost Im posaible to Inspect properly everything that goes on. and some there may even be who are not fully competent to pets upon what is fireproof and what Is not. A building ordinance to be really effective should leave The Racine Exerciser ..' fladq to Make Huscle to Look Well to Last. The exerciser Is made of high tem pered ateel in the form of a spring that will give a tension of seven feet. Is regulated to its strength by an en closed cable. It will exercise every ine uum, insure and is guaranteed muscle, develop pnysicai neaitn for rive years. Tho Racine Steel Exerciser, double The Racine Steel Exerciser, single 3.00 1.50 Women's ?2.50 shoes heavy or light sole, at 1.98 Women's ?2 shoes, good values, at Women's first quality storm Alaskas Little gent's all solid shoes, worth $1.50, at Boys' $2 school shoes, at 1.43 35c 98c 1.50 February Sale of Furniture Sweeping reductions in this department. Anticipate your spring needs, it means money in your pocket. Iron beds, brass trimmed, extended foot end and QC close filling, $4.25 value, at ,. Rocker, golden oak, saddle seat, high back, J J C $3.25 value, at .VU Rocker, golden oak or mahogany finish, saddle 1 I A seat, polish finish, $4.50 value, at MU Couch, golden oak frame, claw foot, covered with Q iff with fancy velours, $12.50 value, at 7 .'tv Dresser, golden oak, 4 drawers, cast brass trim- QJ? ming, large beveled mirror, $10.50 value, at IIyu Dining chair of golden oak, cane seat, $1.30 Q(r value, at jUL Three-piece parlor suite, mahogany finish, finished IQ QC frames, covered with silk damask, $28 value, at. I.u Wall Paper Third Floor We must have room for our larpe spring stock. We will plaoe on sale Monday all (all stock of Wall Paper. All our 50c, 60o and 7oc tapestries silks, moires, garnished y r golds and embossed tJlJC bronzes, at, per roll 10,009 rolls of good white blanks, worth to 10o roll, this sale, at, C per roll v 6,000 rolls eood g-tlts with 9 or 18-inch borders, worth up tosw 20c per roll, this sale, at, IC per roll Everything in last fall stock goes at from one-third to one-half oft actual value. Third Floor Third Floor Third Floor Unheard-of Values Choice. of Suit or Overcoat Monday A9S Notice Harney Street Window. No Clothing the Equal of Bennett's, Boys' Shirts, the very latest worth up to Monday for Men's Cardigan Jackets and Jersey Office Coats at Half Price, 'in styMe, (f C $1.00, qj)J Bennett's Clothing Dept. Special Sale on Sleds Monday Only 1.15 Girls' sleds, worth 68o. only Girls' sleds, worth 86c, nnlv Girls' sleds, worth 30c, ' Qa only ,3ru Rfli I Boys sleds, worth 11.3 only 65c Boys' sleds worth 85c, only Boys' sleds worth 30c, only , .75o 19c We fit your eyes better, much better! We sell you Glasses for less, much less! This is crystal truth. Try us. Bakery A Monday Warmer. Fresh, crisp, Bpicy Ginger Snaps, per pound 4V2 cents a- nothing open to argument, nor should It by any means stop at theaters alone. Let It fully cover existing; bulldlnKs and state by what meana present dangers In them shall he lessened If not eradicated, then let It say that all buildings hereafter constructed shall be properly built and thoroughly fire proof, aa far as the structure Itself Is con cerned, at least, and then define what "fireproof" Is. Absolute precision Is the only method open to avoid a lax enforce ment of even a a-nod law. And remember that even In an absolutely fireproof struc ture there Is always the possibility of fire. There are furnishings, . carpets, curtains, or. In stores and warehouses, merchandise of, perhaps, a highly Inflammable nature. As long as those thlnps are made ss they are today, they can burn, and every pre caution should be Insisted upon to minimize the danger from such combustible ma terials; ample hose, a good provision of water, lire extinguishers that extinguish. Intelligent men for watrhmen, perfect sys tems of alarm, careful storing of materials and the cutting off of communication from story to story by Inclosing elevators, stairs and other openings with fireproof walls and self-closing fireproof doors: all these and many other things should be Insisted upon, but the main thing, nevertheless, and the one to be considered now and engrossed upon the ordinances In bold letters and without cniltibllng or temporizing. Is that the structure Itself should be absolutely fireproof. This precludes the destruction of the building. Its collapse and almost al ways attendant loes of life, the spread of fire to adjacent buildings, and Is the first grand slen to he taken In the direction of the absolute prevention of fire. Brick and Steel, Only, Safe. There Is but one method of building a fireproof structure that Is compatible with safety and modern exigencies, one that will neither burn nor be materially effects 1 by any fire In or near It. And It Is to build a structure whose outer walls are of brick and terra cotta not stone or rranlte, because !oth of these are actually dangeroua in a fire end whose structural parts are of steel, thoroughly protected with cement and absolutely encased in hollow, fireproof tile, and whose floors are of hollow, fireproof tile arches and the partitions of brick or hollow tile. This method of construction Is nearly thirty years old; It originated In this coun try. In Chicago, and has been Improved year by year by experience and study and today It can be called as near perfect as we humans have reached. It has with stood the test of time, and fire after fire, In those buildings and ull about them, has proven beyond a doubt that thlafluodo of construction and that alona Is worthy of ths term "fireproof." Improved methods of manufacture have greatly lessened the cost of this construc tion; meanwhile the cost of lumber has been steadily Increasing until today there Is actually very little difference In the cost of the two methods. When one considers the amount of danger his property Is ex posed to If wood Is used, the cost of In surance, the deterioration of materials, etc., why, to build of anything else but this fireproof construction Is folly, actu ally extravagant, and Indeed criminal a senseless doing of something simply be cause your grandfather did It so. I can think of no other possible reason, illogical as that one may seem. Concrete Kot Always Good. In the last few years a new form of con struction has been foisted upon the peo ple. It Is called "monolithic concrete floor construction," a srheme of making floors of twenty and more feet span of wire, with a little more or less questionable concrete, frequently composed of but purtially com busted cinders around and over thi t-e wires. It Is, perhaps, a fascinating system for ex uberant and IrreFponslblo young engineers to experiment with, but the very nature of the materials from which concrete Is made renders such construction, to use a very mild term, exceedingly hazardous. No bet ter material e'.lsts than concrete for Its legitimate purpose; UkeaUe Is glass a good material for windows, but I would as soon make a wide-spanned floor of plateglavs as of concrete. We know that It will not actually burn (though I have seen cinder concrete (low like a coal In a flre, but we also know tbat la ninety caaea out of 100 the life and strength of that material are totally destroyed by fire. But, worse still, there Is absolutely no assurance that at any minute, during the construction or lato In the life of a structure so built, the whole thing will not, of Its own weight and unnatural application and Inherent un fitness, utterly collapse, carrying every thing with it. Indeed, during the past year, there have been fifteen such oollapses that I know of, and undoubtedly many have es caped my attention, generally In buildings that were not even completed, yet most of them entailing Ions of life. In those cases the Uvea of the poor workman, rather than those of the tenants, were sacrificed and there are some who say that that In Itself la an advantage of concrete, because If collapse occurs It Is liable to happen before the building la occupied. Do Not Practice False Economy. Tha only argument that Is ever presented by those who favor that construction Is that It is cheaper than steel and tile. A building erected by any of the systems of concrete and as well built as can be by the best, and of materials In which there is the least possibility-vof failure, will In every case cost more than If built of the standard steel and tile construction. Bo that when advocates of those systems preach their cheapness It Is clmrly evident that they are advising the use of the very poorest materials countenanced by even those Inferior systems. It Is simply a fad, a disastrously criminal one at that. The Iroquois theater In Chicago wus a "con crete" structure. The fire, though hundreds of Uvea were destroyed, may not have ma terially affected this structure, because In itself It was not a severe conflagration; but we are Justified In saying that it Is hardly reasonable to expect anyone to pro vide sufficient means of escape. In cose of fire, good management and the Intelligent direction of things In general that would have prevented that hnrror, who would con struct a building of any such system. The Investigation Is proving that there was a total disregard of the most ordinary pre cautions against such an occurrence. Let tha building ordinances bs revised, let them specify that all buildings within the fire limits of cities, and everything over two stories In height, or where numbers of people congregate, pliall be of absolutely fireproof construction; then let them dellne what fireproof construction Is, and let that definition describe In clearcut and precise terms the only method of construction that Is known to be what Is claimed for It and that has withstood the tests of time and of fire. K. W. FITZPATRICK. BALFE GETS THE C0NTRAC1 pi MID-WINTER BUILDING BOOM I'nusual Activity la Shown by Itecorda for the Month Just Cloning. Figures compiled by Chief Clerk Orotte of the building department show that the January Just rlo.-lng has been marked by nioro construction of new buildings than any midwinter month in the history of the department. Tho record of the month shows penlts were issued for new build ings estimated to cost tK3,f5. Last year the figure were J22,9'.7 and in previous years less. Only two permits for extraor dinary structures were Issued, they being for the First Baptist church, liC.OOO, and the Ilygfla Creamery company's building, $:0,0O0. The others were for dwellings. "A midwinter building boom such as that now In progress, despite the extremely cold weather, has never been known before In Omaha," saya Clrk Grotte. THREE CONVENTIONS BILLED Coal, Lumber and Hetail Hardware Dealers 'Will Meet ta Oniaha Daring February. Three conventions are to be held In Omaha early In February, these being tho Retail Coal Deal-rs' .Bsoclatlon of Iowa and Nebraska, the Hetail Lumber Dealers' association and the retail hardware men The first convention mets In Crelghton ha.ll February 3, the second In Washington hall February i and i and the last February V and mber Who Did Count H...H Work Hired to Install Fire. House Heaters. Bills received at tha city hall for Install a "ui waier neaung apparatus In the flrl eiiKlno huusea show th fn. i.. ... Jt eleven stations equipped the cost has sxi ceeded the amount authorized by the couil J ell by $5M.10. Borne weeks ago Building lit j "luiurii orougni l lie mailer - before tho council, saying the majority the houses were without accommodatioi ior supplying the firemen with hot w. for bathing. I'por. his recommendation tlf . uinicu iiui me apparatus be li? stalled at a cost not to exceed S30 eacl The Job was given to T. F. Balfe wlthoifit mivaruaing or the letting under the bid system, and now Mr. Balfe comes in wljh bills aggregating more than 11,3(0. Th&r huve been placed In the hands of Mumbl Inspector Lvnch for I Balfo Is tho plumber who had the notori ous contract fur work at tha county hoi.pl-tal-the Job that lasted more than two years and which was made the subject of special Inquiry. Mayor Moores has Intimated that he will veto the excess bills If passed by th council. Brings J la m aa Suit. A suit for IS.ono damagea has been Insll. tuled in the district court by Albert a Hundgreu against Edward T. ' ih aiin Ix.uls McNair. Bundgren a!le it i held a lease on a curtain prope. si. n was later nrquired by the defendant rn 17. ""tl? .AI '.' '. I.o 7"" uimig a DHKery burl " " "-n.-u turn me sum or U00 pro ...'w,,. wii-inuro aaaa tnat he given damages for the loss of other Injuries which he sustained thro? Marriage Licenses. Vp to noon Saturday tho county Judee h issued licenses to wed to the followh," Name and Residence. Frank Johnnon, Chicago Anna Cooper, Chicago !!!!!!! Nathan J. Betts, Omaha Ida, M. Klelsttn. Omaha U K. Wedding iUngs, itfuolw, Jsweler r st ..!X ... i ... 3 ... v 7 f! :i:z wHs" jsa luwsjnjsss, I