THE OMAllA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. AFRIL IB. 1P04. II Omaha Clothing Go. 1314 Farnam CASH OR CREDIT. Omaha peop'e know by this time that we have a larger stock and better tailored goods than an house in Omaha selling on credit. ? j MeiVs and Boys' Clothing Furnishing Goods, Shoes, HaJs, Etc., At prices as low as others sell for cash. Call and inspect prices, as we guarantee to save you money. It Y'?-.r r. 'i ' u Men's Spring Overcoats Silk fleeves. Q OR eerge lined 7U ife i Boys Lonr Pant butts i .;fX o SJa Ti nn jular price $10, r qq gale ."" wVO Boys Two-piece Suits ...... Isi) 5s Strouse & Bros.' nSBBSSSW fa Merchant tailored iuercnant tailored fi C( suits $25 to IsV.UU ...$I5 17.50 Kirshbaum's Fine hand tailored- suits, Cahn-Wampold eilk lined suits 50c SHIRT SALE-- Regular $1t $1.50 and $2 Shirts on sale EASY TERMS. CASH OR CREDIT, Omaha Clothing Co. 1314 Farnam St. We Give Green Trading Stamps. CROSSING RUSSIA'S FROZEN SEA Bagcrleacw La a. Baikal, Great Obstacle t Ra.slam Arssr Progress. Laks Baikal, th. frosen varrter that cuts tns) graat Siberian Una In two. la Indeed a remarkable body of water. In length it would stretch from London to Edinburgh, yet Ita breadth to only twenty to fifty-tare. Bailee. From where I stood to th town of Baikal, on tbe other aide, wee a little over forty miles; but it is this distance, over the frosen floor of which stores and men have to be transported to the front, that will cause the Russian government more trou ble and anxiety than the entire route from the Ural mountains to Port Arthur. The track has not yet been completed around the end of the lske. As an engi sr explained to me the southern end of the lake, which Is the only possible route (or the line. Is Imbedded in mountains, ".beer granlt cliffs rise from tbe surface of the water to a height of LSO0 feet. Through these cliffs tunnels to the number of twenty-seven are being laboriously cut. but la my engineer friend's opinion It will be long before this strip of rails will be opened. . During the summer two great steamers eroas the lake with the trains on board, but in the winter the Ice Is far too thick for the Baikal or Its consort, which I saw firmly anchored la the ice. There was a great rush for the sledges which awaited us. With some difficulty I secured a place in one. snd with all the wraps which I possessed about me start rd oa my ride. Once out on the lake. however, there came upon us a steady, piercing blast that seemed to penetrate my furs as if they were so much paper. I had never suffered so Intensely from cold In my life before: Indeed, for live minutes 1 was almost Insensible. And yet h cruel gale was at my bach, and the long lines of troops packed In their sledges oet It face to face. " a curious spectacle, this endless advance of the Russian reinforcrmenta across this arctic sea. The route was staked out by telegraph posts placed about yards span. As we swung along at a good eight miles an hour, our drivers croon ing to th. horses an odd chsni. the ad vancing sleighs seemed to mount into hun dreds and even thousands. In those carrying troops, six men were crowded Into a sleigh built for three. How they were abl. to endure thit terrible weather passed my understanding They wore their greatcoata. it is true, tut other wraps were few among thm Sometimes I met an empty slrlgh with ft soldier passengers tramping along by its Side striving to warm their frosen limbs. Biu. with cold and utterly miserable they seemed, snd when a Russian with ahonj I traveled assured me that many nf them tauat be badly frostbitten or even die from exposure before they reached the other side I could not but believe l.lm. Oa the outside tracks moved th. provision and store sleighs, th. majority with Ave boraea apiece, dragging slowly forward In long Unas. 1 saw several aledges with rails sticking out behind tbem. but at that tiros (February ii there was no sign of any railway track belr.g laid across the Ice. If uch a fest has been accomplished, ft must bava been at a Uter date than was an aovnosd In the Russian press. Th. surface of th. Ice was very Irregular and uneven. Is places there were foot wide crevasses and Assure, while here and there th. Ic had nara Into hummocks, which aearly Jarred me out of my sleigh. Despite th. wind there was around us a curious driving mist that hid th. distances. After two sad a half hours w. sighted the great rest house, of wood snd felt and brick, that Is built yearly la th. middle of th. lake. A very palace it seemed to us weary travelers. Not until after two plates of soup aad some steaming coffee could I nd my legs sad feet again. Yet the poor soldiers passed It by. making no break in tfcetr Journey from shore to shore. U waa with lingering regret that I left the hospitable rest house and again disap peared beneath my wraps. But even the crossing of Lake Baikal comes to an end some time, and about six hours after I had started I arrived at the little town where my Journey was to recommence. More troop trains and ever more met us as w. passed westward. After my recond day the soldiers that they carried changed In type. They were no longer young re cruits, but the reserves well built, plddle aged men, who behaved themselves as vet erans should. For the first time I noticed cannon, each train having two trucks containing one gun apiece fastened behind It. In the whole course of my Journey I saw no horses being hurried forward, though I understood that there were several thou sand expected. War prices were beginning to be felt st the buffets where we halted for our meals. The peasants had long ceased to bring in fresh supplies, and the cost of necessaries steadily rose. Bread doubled, sugar and coffee trebled. At the esme time I noticed in sidings the ordinary trains of commerce lying half hidden in snowdrifts. Several Russians on the train who came from the east of Baikal were talking very gravely about the situation. The native tribes grind tbelr own corn, but the Euro peans in tha towns send their grain to Mos cow, from which It returns as Hour. If these flour trains are stopped prices will soon be rising famine high In eastern Siberia. Peculation and tbe bribery of offi. dais will give the civilians supplies taken from th. war stores, but 1 can well under stand why Russia has sent her convicts Into th. army. She wants no spar, mouths to feed. London Express. EGGS STRICTLY FRESH NIT Utlgatlaa Brings Oat new lark's "are f Rspply aad the Age f the Article. Pew people are aware of the venerable age of the average egg that reaches the New York market. In some litigation be tween an egg commission house and a wholesale egg company in Iowa, interest ing facts ar. disclosed. The case has Just been decided by th. appellate division in this county. On April SO. is. the plaintiff bousht flv. carloads of eggs from th. Iowa company. These were kept In storsge in Sioux Cliy until the following winter, snd the last of them did not reach tr.ls city until Jan uary I. But even then they did not rearh the market, for ther. was a dispute ss to their condition snd quality. Th. purchaser main tained that they were not of the quality ordered, and the seller replied that any deterioration was due to the time they were left in storage. Then the purchaser sold tbem for what he could get and sued the Iowa folks for the difference between what he received and what h. could have received had th. eggs been up to the standard demanded. He won. and hla Judgment was affirmed. And the public ate the egg. A prominent egg dealer says that hard y a dosen eggs reach tbe wholesale markets here until they are from thrte to nine months old. The bulk of the supply comes from th. valleys of tbe Ohio and the Mis sissippi They are brought to th. steamboat land ings by th. farmers, who. of course wait until they have a crate or a barrel before driving to th. dock. Perhip. then the boat is missed or cannot make the landing, and another week passes befur. cellect'oa Finally the boat deposits Its shelly cargo with a eo'.d storage warehouse, whence it is sent by freight to New York as d. snanded. Th. Long Island and New Jersey pro duction snd delivery her. are so small as to be wholly Insignificant la comparison. New York Sun. OPENING THE DOOR TO JAPAN Coantodors Ferry's fart ii Etatlng th Lupin at a Wcrli Power. PERSONAL ACCOUM OF HISTORIC tVENTS What Was Deae aad Haw It Vai Dane, aad the Atsaaepbere af Ori ental Dlplasaaey aad Celer Enveloping; Proceedings. t Commodore 8. Nicholson. Vnited States navy (retired;, describes in Harpers Weekly the events leading to the pemng of Japan to the worid trade events In which he was a participant as navigi.ing officer of Commodore Mattbaw C Perry Cagship. He says, in part: Though fifty -one j ears hav. passed since tbe arrival of the American squadron in th. I aj of Veddo. many of the scenes and in cidents of our visit are still vivid In my mcmory. I recall in particular th. "cslico tens." ss the men on board of our ships called them, stretching for miles along the shores, snd composing sn extensive scries of defenses which might have been deemed formidable but for the fact ihat they wer. only painted scenery. They were. In fact, made of cotton cloth, built screen fashion, and ornamented with horizontal snd ver tical stripes which may hsvs been intended to represent stonework. By the help of our telescopes and field giaspes we were abl. to view them close st hand, ss It were a possibility that could hardly hav. occurred to the minds of th. JapaneM and thus they failed to terrify ua to any great ex tent The Bay of Yeddo is an Immense sheet of water, and we thought the scenery very beautiful the lofty and symmetrical con. of FuJIvama. Japan's sacred mountain, towering In the distance. Its Dimmit clnd In snow, and the land.cap9 dotted with picturesque villages. It was charming weather, in the month of July, !S?4. and on the water were floating Innumerable trad ing junks and other craft. Including a great many government boats, some of thera carrying soldiers, which flocked about our ships rather menacingly. They wanted to come aboard, to parley with us and doubt lers to spy, but the commodore had given orders that this was cot to be allowed, and. to convince the Japs that the prohibition was to be taken In earnest, we made a brave show of pikes and cutlasses, with sentinels st the gangways and guns and ammunition In resdiness for uce. One offi cial, I remember, came alongside snd held up a big plec. of paper, on which were printed som words In large letter In French, ordering us to go away Imme diately. The Caexpeeted Happened. Th. Japanese had known that we were coming, but they never dreamed that we would dare to enter th. Bay of Yeddo. They supposed, ss a matter of course, that we would go to Nagasaki, to which port the Dutch and Russian traders wer. admitted under various humiliating re strictions. But the commodore, who was an exceedingly shrewd man, perceived that. If he adopted such a program, ha would be likely ti be treated on the same basis as th. other foreigners a thing not to be endured, Inasmuch as h. cam. on a diplornatlo mission, as an ambassador and the personal representative of the president of the United States. Accordingly. w went direct to Teddo, th. capital of the country, prepared to play the biggest gam. of bluff imaginable. It the Japanese wer. exclusive, b. Would be equally haughty. If they told him to go away h. would pay no attention. If they refused to negotiate, he would mak. himself, politely but firmly, so Creaoma that they would be obliged to rerpond In soma shape. 1 Snubs would sot count, be cause he could be equally snubby in return. While doing his best to preserve pesos h. would make It manifest that he could meet force with force. All through th. gams he was to insist on being treated by th. emperor on equal terms, and would not discuss th. object of his mission with any body who did not hold credentials as ths personal representative of the monarch. What seemed to annoy th. Japanese more than anything else was the surveying which, in a rough way, we conducted in ths Bay of Yeddo. The commodore sent out boats to msp the shores and take soundings a proceeding which wss con tinued day sfter day, notwithstanding demonstrations more or less threatening by th. government officials and soldiers. But, as I have said, no attention what ever was paid to protests on this or any other subject, and meanwhile negotiations were beginning. Dignitaries of various degrees came to visit the ships, but wens not permitted in roost Instances to board us until finally th. governor of th. prov isos arrived in much magnificence, seated on msu In a state barge. H. was treated with politeness and condescension, ths privilege of an Interview not with ths crnnmander-ln-oMef, but with a couple of subordinate officers, being granted to km. He was Informed that the commodore bore a letter from the president of th. United States to the emperor, and that It could be delivered only Into th. hands of a person duly authorised by th. latter as tls ambassador. pressing tbe Governor. Naturally, th. governor went sway much Impressed. There waa some mors delay, but at length the official returned with an autograph communication from the em peror, enclosed In a beautiful sandalwood box. stating that he had appointed a prince of th. realm, one of hj, high coun sellors, to receive tbe missive of President Fillmore. A date two or three dsys later, I think was set for the reception of th. letter, the plsc appointed for th. cere mony being on shore not far away, where, the governor explained, a temporary build ing would be immediately erected for the purpose. Thus wss acoorr.p:i?hed the flret step In the series of evn: which culminated in me rpenu.g oi Jiin to modern civi lization. It was qji'.e a wonderful tM indeed, when one corr.es to think of It considering the ract that, up to that time, ths Island kingdom had a to enter Into any relations with other na tions, save ror the scanty trading privileges above mentioned. We ha t., . Bay of Teddo In defllance of the laws of me country; we were stsylng ther. sgalnst the orders of th. authorities, and w h. persisted In communicating with the em peror, noiwiinsianaing th. determined op position of the government. Ths rommv. dore had even gone so far as to say thst. ii nonooy would carrr his letter t it,. emperor, he himself, with an armed fore. wouia las. n 10 th. city of Yeddo. A DassMag Cereaaanr. The c-remony attending tb. tranrfer of the president's letter wu i...ik. affair. The day. I remember v - lovely, and on shore th. seen, was made gay by multitudes of flags, while regi ments of Japanese soldiers, in their quaint costumes, were drawn up In picturesque nrrsy. On our side no pains were spared to contribute gorgcousness to th. occa sion, the commodore, as be landed, being accompanied by a considerable fore, of marines, and blue Jackets, and escorted by most of the officers of the squadron in full uniform. Accompanied by his suite he entered the great wooden house which had been erected for the occasion, where, after going through many forms of ori ental politeness, he placed in the hsnds of Prince Idsu, the emperor's representative, the gold boxes containing the letter and his own credentials, th. documents being writ ten on vellum and bound in blue velvet. The boxes were of exquisite workmanship, each of them in a itsewood casket, and wer. carried by two beautifully dressed negro boys. Having received th. letter, tbe Japanese prince gave in return a communication in writing, stating that the government trans acted all of its foreign business at Naga saki and requesting the commodore to leave the Bay of YedJo at once. Now this might have seemed rather dls coursglng, but the commodore did not view it in that light. He had accomplished his object, which was to place the presi dent's letter In the hands of the emperor of Japan. The ceremony being completed he left the council hall in state, as he had arrived, and returned to his ships, which had been moved up near to the landing place, in order t command th. scene of ne gotiations with their guns (the decks being cleared for action), in case of attempted treachery. In response to th. order to leave, he did pull up his anchors not to go away, however, but to steam further up th. bay. The squadron consisted of four vessels two steamers, th. Susquehanna and Missis sippi, and th. sloopa-of-war Saratoga and Plymouth. It was not a very formidable fleet, but strong enough to whip any force th. Japs could hav. mustered. Inasmuch aa their best war vessels wer. only Junks, and their few cannon were primitive and of small caliber. Doubtless they wer. very much relieved to se. us sail away, aa w. did after doing a little more surveying In th. upper bay, and It may be that they thought they would never see us gln. though the commodore had left word with Prince Idsu that he would com. back In the following spring for ths emperor's answer. The Second Visit. Before the beginning of the next year the Japanese government sent word to Commodore Perry, through the Dutch traders, that the emperor was dead. As It turned out. this was true, but our com mander did not feel sure of It, and he was by no means disposed to accept the sug gestion, conveyedy with the message, that It would be Impossible under the circum stances to renew the negotiations for a long time to tome. Accordingly, early In February, 18M, w. found ourselves one mor. in tbe Bay of Teddo, our squadron on this occasion comprising eight vessels, three of which wer. steamers the Pow hatan, Susquehanna and Mississippi. The others were ths Macedonian. Vandalla, Lex ir.gton. Southampton and Saratoga. The commodore made the Powhatan his flag ship and I was his navigating officer. This time the Japs were convinced that w. meant buaineea The emperor appointed live high counsellors of stste, three of whom wer. princes, to negotiate th. treaty which had been requested by President Fillmore In his letter, and a building was erected to furnish a suitable setting for the ceremony. It was or wood. If I re member correctly, covered with some kind of cloth. The dignitaries on the appointed day, cam. down from Tcklo on a magnifi cent barge, and all tbe resources of th. fleet wer. employed to make the display on our side as I m preset v a as possible. All told, the Americans numbered something like KM, including officers, sailors and mar ines, occupying about thirty boats, which advanced toward the shore In line abreast. As w. marched up th. beach the bands played, and howitzers mounted in the bows of the boats fired In unison a salute of twenty-one guns In honor cf the emperor. It was really a wonderful spectacle, and waa additionally Interesting because it rep resented ths culmination of a great his torical episode. Being only a Junior of ficer I waa not admitted to th. inner apart ment of th. "Treaty House," as we called It, wherein th. negotiations were brought to a final conclusion. Th. transaction con sisted In the delivery to the commodore of the emperor! answer, which expressed his willingness to mak. a treaty with th. United Slates covering savers I Important points In th. first place, certain ports were to be opened to our trade, and our hips wer. to be permitted to purchase supplies at prices to be fixed later. As for th. rest, thi most noteworthy Item waa that our sailors, when shipwrecked on ths shores of Jspan. w.r. to receive succor, whereas previously they had been cus tomarily Imprisoned. Everything was very satisfactory, and tbe commodore, having offered to the high commissioners a draft of a treaty such ss he thought would fill all requirements, withdrew. Eickaaflag Gifts, Thn followed the presentation of gifts, brought by the squadron, which had been specially prepared for the purpose in ths United States. Among them. I remember, were baskets of champagne, casks of whisky, several rifles, a telescope for the j emperor, half a dosen clocks, soma stoves and a quantity of vegetable seeds. But j whit delighted the Japanese most waa s uuiuur vi mecnanicai inventions, among which wer. lifeboats, telegraph instruments and batteries, and last, but not least, a locomotive and tender, with a passenger car and rails complete. The Japs went fairly wild over the rail rosd, though it was only a miniature af fair, with a tiny locomotive that dr.w a car hardly big enough for on. small child to ride in. Engine and car traveled on a circular track, and one high dignitary after another eagerly asked permission to make the trip, aeated cn top of the vehicle. Another gift that greatly Interested them was a photographic apparatus for making daguerreotypes. Next to ths railroad, how ever, the electric telegraph Inspired thera with most enthusiasm. We hsd brought wire enough for about a mil. of line, and th. Japs, quito naturally, regarded as positively miraculous the sending of in stantaneous messages. A few days later we mad. another visit to ths Treaty House, for the purpose of receiving gifts sent by the -emperor. Ther. was a great quantity of them, and my recollection Is that they consisted chiefly of silk stuffs, fans, lacquer boxea, porce lain and swords. Also, ther. waa a col lection of specimens of Japanese money which was rather surprising, in view of th. fact that up to that tim. th. coin of th. realm had not been allowed to go out of th. kingdom. All of these presents, I understand, have bees packed for many years In wooden boxes In tbe national museum, and only th. other day It waa suggested that It might be worth while to place them on exhibition as relics of his torical interest On March O the commodore went again to th. Treaty House, and signed drafts of th. treaty in Japanese, Dutch and Chinese, iscelvlng at th. same time from the ccmralssioners drafts signed by them. w" tgreed !n these documents that th. ports of Simoda and Hakodadl should be opened to American ships, with privilege of buying coal uid other supp'les; that our shipwrecked sailors should be humanely treated: that exchange of money should be permitted, snd thst we should be allowed to hav. consuls resident at certain places In Japan. Ths business thus completed, the commodore presented Prince Hayashl, ths chief commissioner, with an American flag, and a banquet at which we wer. the guests followed. I wish I could say that wa found th. feast as enjoyable as the Japs did ours; but the fact Is that most of thslr dishes do not appeal to the Yankee palate. I particularly remember th. clams, which were certainly the most beautiful I hav. .ver aeen, their shells re sembling tortoise shell. AM N io)l U Lj L For May, Now Ready, is a modern magazine. Its FICTION liby Owen Oliver, Josephine Dixon, William Far quhar Payson, Cosmo Hamilton, Sarah Guernsey Bradley, Lucia Chamberlain, Ger trude Lynch, Hartley Davis, Mary B. Mullett, etc. . It ESSAYS are by B Maurice Maeterlinck, Richard Le Gallienne, r ii rv. i At t- t isviuuiy jll&, uiu ruan ivaie. Its POETRY Is by Duncan Campbell Scott, Arthur Ketchum. !W. D. Nesbit, Theodosia Garrison and KTt TT7- iiiiun waterman. 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