PfiRT TWOTHE OMAHA BEE.PflGES 9-16.
TWENTY--KLRST YEAH. , , ' , .
OMAHA SUNDAY MOHNJNG FEBlUBV'ftY 7 1 92-SLXTEEN PAGES. NUMBER 231.
IHAYDEN BROTHERS The Leaders of Popular Prices Industry and , the Promoters of Home
Colored Dress Goods
SPECIAL SALE FOR MONDAY.
20-Inch nltmcn , 8lc.
27-inch jilnld Ltngoy , ICo.
24-Inch cashmere , 15c.
80-Inch homespun suiting , 25c.
80-Inch whip cord , nil colors , 80c.
40-Inch nil wool plaids , 35c.
40-Inch all wool chovlot. reduced to
45c.
45c.40Inch
40-Inch nil wool spring suitings , 55c ,
40-inch nil wool plaids , now styles ,
CSc.
CSc.ICiffeh
IC-iffeh nil wool hcnrictta , S7jc.
42-inch plaid cninol hnir. 8c. ! )
41).inch ) Bedford cords , 05c.
I r40-lnch all wool stripe chovorons , 05c.
Special in Silks
FOR MONDAY.
A good gros grain for GOc , 76o and $1 ;
cheap at bOc , $1 and $1.25.
A good falllo for 05c , 70o and 81 ;
cheap at OOc , $1.10 and $1.35.
A good arimtro at 85o , worth 91.25.
A good royal at $1 , worth $1.2- ) .
A good all silk Btirnh , in blacks , for
COc and 55c : worth OOa and 7Cc.
Now shades in crepes , for evening
dresses , $1.10 ; cheap at $1.35.
Surahs in all shades , worth OOc , for
Mondav 65c.
Sitrdhs in plaids and stripes , cheap at
$1. for Monday 05c. ,
Remnants of trimming silks at less
' than half price.
Carpet Dept.
A few of those fine fur ruga loft , at
$2.50.
$2.50.Wo
Wo are still soiling Smyrna rugs , 5
feet long , for $2.
Our cnrpot rooms are full of bargains
and the trade appreciate our efforts to
give peed goods at low prices.
A peed standard carpet for 30c meets
the wants of people desiring low priced
goods.
Brussellfl carpets at 47c , 55c. COc and
75c , are cheaper than over sold before.
Our stock of curtain goods of all kinds
Is full and the prices will bo made way
low for the next ton days.
Drug Dept.
Castoria , 25c.
Hosteller's Bitters , 75c.
Red Cross Cough Syrup , 18o.
* -Wright's SarsapaHlln , GOc.
J Primloy's Sarsaparilla , GOc.
"Hood's Sarsaparilla , 75e.
So/odont , 59c.
Rubifoam , 19c.
Cashmere of Hoses Tooth Soap , 15c.
Almond Meal , 21c box.
Shandon Boll Soup , 49c box.
Sponges from le up.
Lubino Powder , 16c.
Totlaw's Gossimor Powder , 20c.
Vaseline , 6c botllo.
Viola Cream , 35c box.
MalvinaCream , 35c.
Stoneware.
\Vo have just bought 40,000 gallons
Btonownro , made in ono of the best pot
teries in this country. It consists of
mllic crocks , jars , etc. . and wo will put
the whole lot on sale tomorrow at 5c
par gallon.
WITH BANDS OF STEEL
r /Project for the Building of the Longest Con
tinuous Kailroad in the World.
"SURVEYS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
Wonderful Keiiourccs of the Countries
1 Through Which tlip Komi Will
1'US8 Where the Intercon
tinental Will Go.
CopyrtuMcd 1B02 li\i \ FrnnJs O. Carpenter.
\VASIII.NQTON , D. O. , Fob. 8. [ Special Cor
respondence of TUB BnE.1 It is now
nearly ten months since the three govern
ment expeditions ot civil engineers sailed
from Now York city for South and Central
America to make the surveys for tlio line of
the Intorcontlnonlal railway. Ever slnco
last May thcso parties have been in tbo Held
nnd though suffering tbo greatest of hard-
hips and aurroundod by all tbo Incon
veniences and dirtlcultios of the rainy season
among the Andes and on tbo highlands of
Guntamala , they have prospected ana
snapped out nearly 1,000 miles ot road.
The territory through which they are
traveling is practically unknown to the
world , and a great part of tholr Journeys
have to bo cut through forests , ana for hun
dreds of wiles they arc away from the lines
of wagon roads und have nothing out mule
paths to guldo thorn , The reports from the
different expeditious have boon received reg
ularly at tbo Intercontinental railway ofllco
hero , and very full private letters have boon
written to Mr. Cassatt , tbo president , nnd to
Lieutenant Drown , the executive ofllcor of
: the commission , by the men of the various
parties.
This correspondence and those reports
linvo not boon given to the public , and I have
pent several days during the past week In
looking over tboni. Many of the Jetton , road
11 Uo romances , and ono shudders and shivers
ns bo boars of the trials and troubles of the
various camps. Some of each party of en
gineers have cameras with them , and the
photographs of the country and the people
which have been soul hero are Interesting in
. .the extreme.
A htnpemloiin Unilorliiltlng.
But first lot mo glvo Tun Br.B some I'lea ' ot
this wonderful undertaking. It is the most
stupendous International enterprise in his
tory. Think of seventeen great nations
made up of different peoples nnd owning the
best part of a great homlsphera peacefully
combining together to build a line of railroad
which tball carry their people and tholr
products from ono country to another. Tbo
representatives of these people meet together
and decide that they will douato a strlo of
laud to such a railroad which shall for all
lime remain neutral ground.
They agree that the railroad when built
tuall never bo taxed ana they put their
bands right down into their pockets and pull
cut the inouoy to bo used in laying out the
.yltnc. They agree that each shall pay a HxoJ
proportion of the whole according to its pop
ulatlon and each of the seventeen nations
. agrees to glvo f I for Ovcry 1,000 people It haste
> to ward malting the survey ,
They appoint commissioners to take charge
ot the work ana they select tbrco of the big-
gen and moat practical of the millionaires of
the UnlttHl States for this purpose. Tbo
ot thc o is A. J. Cwsatt who started
New Good Just In.
CO nieces black brocaded ami polka
dot black baleen Jlfjo yard.
35 pieces black Htrlpod sateen 2oc ynrd
These are equal if not superior to the
Froneb.
100 pieces of hiph art novelties in satin
striped and high colored sateens , black
cround , best fronds imported , lincst
poods shown , only -15c yard. To BOO them
menus lo buy them , as they are beauties ,
and tbo only place to get them In Omaha
is at llaydon'sj '
Now styles in Brandenburg and Can
ton Cloths at 12ju , loc nnd 'Jiic.
Pineapple tissue and Shniitonjj Pongee
gee 12Jc yard.
Now slyles in , ' ! 2-inch wide Anderson
Zonliyrs , 2oc ynrd.
112-lncli wide American zephyr , Iho
best goods in tbo market , at 17c und -Oo
yard.
128-inch wide zephyr lOc , 12jc , 15c and
18o yara ,
ill-inch wide Armadillo zephyr , in
plain colors. The only place to find
llioso in Omaha is ilayrtoil's , and only
ICe yard.
Wo are sliowlnp all Iho latest wash
dress poods. Wo carry the largest stock
and glvo you Iho best selection in
Omaha.
8G-lnch now double fold suiting 12Jc a
yard.
30-inch wide now spring suiting , wool
ollocls , ICe yard.
3-4 Burmab cloth Ojc yard.
32-inch wide double fold Arabian
serge 7c yard.
Bannockburn , Chuddah cloth and
Amoskong toaslo cloth , all go at lOc
yard.
3 cases Garner & Co. fine shirting
prints , clean , fresh now styles , no rem
nants , on Monday 2Jc yard.
Muslins and Sheetings
Wo carry the largest stock and make
Iho lowest price , no mailer what the
cost.
cost.Pino
Pine 30-inch wide bleached cambric
8jo yard , 12yards for $1.
CO pieces bleached muslin , soft finish ,
equal if not boiler than Lonsdalo on
Monday at 0c yard.
You can not afford to pass us on mus
lin and sheeting if you look to the inter
est of your pockolt.ook.
Windsor Scarfs.
lOOdozon find all silk Windsor scarfs
in fun cy stripes and plaids ut lOc
each , regular price 2oc.
200 dozen line all silk , in nil the now
combination of colors , which are very
nobby al 25c each.
\200 \ dozen fine all silk gonls'Windsor
scarfs in plain , stripes and plaids at
35o , actually worth 5Uc.
All the new shades all silk crepe
scarfs at OOc , regular price 75c.
Laces. Laces.
Fine black chnntilly lace , all silk , at
8c , lOc , 12jc , 15c and 20c , well worth loc
lo 35c nor yard.
Yacht lace in several colors and
widths , at le , 3c , Sc , lOc and 15 per yard ,
actually worth 5c to 35cpor yard.
Hfo in the Pennsylvania railroad "Car shops
who has boon vico-presldont of the Penn
sylvania railway company and who dealing
with railroads all his lifo is now in his prlmo ,
a number of times a millionaire. Another of
the commissioners is ox-Senator Henry U.
Davis who worlccd on the railroad as n boy
and who now Is nn owner of rail
roads and a builder of now linos.
The third millionaire is Mr. Kerens
a practical business man of St. Louis
and the trio forms ono of the strongest com
binations of practical brains In this country.
Tbo executive ofllcor of the commission ,
Lieutenant R. M. G. Brown , is thoson-m-Iaw
of-Henry G. Davis , and one of the ablest ofll
cors of our navy. It was ho who saved the
Trenton during the terrible storm at Samoa
by making a human sail of tbo man on the
shin and thus tiding It away from the rocks
and saving the lives of several hundred men.
The secretary of the commission is Hector
OoCnstro , who was engaged with John
Mackay In making the Commercial Cable
company a success and who has also boon engaged -
gaged with Mr. Mackay in his railroad en
terprises. The commission has an oflico in
Wusnington and though its work is dona
quietly everything is pushed forward with
energy and ranldlty.
llnrd , Kiirncst , 1'rnotlciil Workers.
The engineers selected by such men wcro
of course the very best In the country. Will-
lam F. Shunk , tbo bond of the South Ameri
can party , built , the Pennsylvania railroad
across the Allcghanlos , and J. Imbrio Miller ,
the chief of the second South American mr-
ty , is known everywhere In the United
btatcs , The Central American engineers are
picked men from the United States navy and
there Is not a man connected with any of the
parties who Is not a specialist In his line , and
3 hara , earnest , practical woriccr.
liouml by Uonls of Steel.
The line when completed will give a contin
uous railroad journey from any city lu tbo
United States to almost any point of promi
nence in South America , and the Idea is that
the trunk line will run from Mexico City to
tbo northern terminus of the Argentina rail
road system , or a distance of moro than 5,000
miles. When it is completed , ono will bo
able to take a continuous railroad Journey
from Now York to Buenos Ajros , n distance
of In round numbers , something like 10,000
miles and the line will bo ono of the most
wonderful in the world.
The general elevation will bo from a mlloto
a mile ana a half above the sea and at some
points It will be ono of the blghost railroads
in the world. Of the -1,000 miles from the
southern terminus of tbo Mexican system to
the northern terminus of the Argentina rail
ways , only 230 mile * of road are already con
structed , but private lines , which can bo used
In the system , nro under construction and
surveyed to the extent of 1,600 miles , leav
ing less than 2,000 miles to bo located and
built.
From this mam line , the Idea Is to run
branch linen of ! to Venezuela , and there will
bo other branch lines so that the whole of
the vast resources of the South American
continent will bo opened up. At the rate so
for made the engineers can survey 2,000 uilloi
a year nnd the ro.id will bo surveyed in a
year and n half.
A i'orfectly I'r.tctirnlilo Scheme.
The building of this railroad and the mak
ing of the survey seems so far to bo perfectly
practicable. The road which the commission
has to outline nnd build is not as long as tbo
distance from Now York to San Franchco ,
and the reports of the engineers show that
the tllnicmtics of construction m the Andes
can bo easllv overcome.
Already SoulU America , Mexico nnd Cen
tral America have done much lu the
construction of rullwat and the railway -
way development of t > omo of the
countries within the past dccado has
been wonderful Mexico Is building rail
roads as fast at tbo United States. Sue has
0,000 miles lu operation ana her roads nay
good dividends. Tbo road she u building
southward from Movlco City towards
Guatemala , and which will form a part of
the Intercontinental railway , will bo ono of
tbo best built lu the world , and Its ties , us
well ua Its rail * , are made ot steel. ThU
road bus already been completed to too city
of Oaxaca , and it is bclug pushed rapidly ou
Black Dress Goods
SPECIAL PRICES FOR MONDAY.
Whip cord serges , full double width
nnd silk finish , for Monday , 80c a ynrd.
Ihoso goods are superior in value , to
any over offered at16c. .
Good quality 30-inch cashmere on
Monday for lOc. real value , 2oc.
India twills in two qualities. Ono
quality will bo offered nt COc , nnd the
olhor nt 65o a yard. Usual prlco 70c
and 75c. These goods are all pure wool
and well worth looking after.
An elegant quality nuns' veiling
Monday nt Ooc , regular Soc.
Silk finish heitriotta70c , usual price
OOc.
OOc.A
A very superior quailly silk finish
honrlolla Monday at 7c ! ) , No olhor
house will soil Ihls grade for loss than
SI.
P'nln ' and fcncy figured Bedford
cords Monday at 05c. Remember , the
regular price is $1.25.
Our best French sorgcs go on Monday
for 78c a yard.
We always carry the largest and host
selected slock of line mourning goods lo
bo found In the west Prices always low.
Linen Department.
Hero is whore you got the best value
in table linon. napkins and towols.
68-inch half bleached damask 45c.
GO-inoh half bleached damask 55o.
02-inch half bleached damask 05o.
These wore bought at auction in Now
York and will not bo duplicalod , in fact
can't bo duplicated.
00-inch cream dnmnsk 40c.
00-inch bleached damask COc.
72-Inch bleanhod dnmnsk COc.
82-inch bleached damask $1.50.
Wo are showing a line of damask at
75c , 80c , 85c , OOc and. $1 which are the
best value wo over offered. Wo are
showing without anv exception the
largest line , best assorted line and low
est "priced napkins and doylies in this
city from ICc n dozen up to 88 a dozon.
Wo can suit you in size , quality and
prico. Our towel counters are always
busy. The largest and best towels for
the monoy. Examine and compare
thorn.
Art Department.
SPECIAL FOR MONDAY.
100 dozen pair fine pillow shnms , 15c
per pair , worth 25c.
" 25 dozen 72-18 stamped linen dresser
scarfs , to close , nt2oc , worth COc.
25 dozen line stamped Momio tray
cloths at 15c , actually worth 2oc.
25 dozen fine stamped linen tray
clolhs , hemstitched appropriately do-
sicrnod , at 35e , actually worth 50c.
Just received an elegant line of'ctn-
broidered foil goods.
Full length line embroidered felt
scarfs , the best value over offered , at59c
73c , 85c , 98c and $1.15 , actually worlh $1
to $1,50.
4-4 and 5-4 fine embroidered felt table
covers at 83c , 98c , $1.15 , $1.C9 , 81.03.
Wo have always on hand a complete
line of all tho-new shades in wn h em
broidery silk , rope silk , jelly silk , ec
clesiastical silk , lilo silk , couching silk ,
chenille , arrasone , ribbosium , plush
balls , chenille nnd tinsel cord at our
popular low prices.
to Tehuanlopoc , from whence n line will go
to Ayutln in Guntnmala. where the Inter
continental railway survey will begin.
The Argentine Honubllc. at the ether terminus -
minus of tbo Intercontinental rail way , though
in bad financial straits qt present , has a system
tom of line rallroa'ts , and these are , it is
sata , paying well. About 0,000 miles of roaa
are in operation , and the receipts from these
In 1S90 were f35,000,000 , and the roads them
selves cost § 250,000,000.
In addilion to tliosc lines tboro are nearly
5,000 miles of road under construction , and
this great countrv , which is almost one-third
as big as the United States , ana which has
the richest of lands and resources , -will bo
tapped by this lino.
Countries llich In Ilosourcca.
Tbo South American countries through
which the Intercontinental line is bolr.g- sur
veyed are rich in resources though very poor
In railroads. Chill and Peru have the long
est lines , Peru having 1,025 miles of road and
Chili having 1,700 miles , of whlcb G70 miles
belong to the state.
Ecuador , where the two South American
parties have done tbo most of their survey
ing , has only fifty miles of railway , and its
roads are bridle paths and the chief carry
ing trade is on steamers and mules.
Brazil has 5,000 miles of railway , and some
thing like 3.000 miles under construction ,
ana Colombia , where tb < 5 Shunk party is
now , though it is ono of the richest countries
in the world , has only " 18 miles of railroads.
Tbo country has no means of communica
tion , whatever , with the exception of Its
rivers and its mule palhs. Still it Is ono ot
the richest countries of South America nnd
and it is nearly ton times us big as the state
of Now Ynrk. It has a population a llttlo
loss than that of Now Yoric state , and its
capftal , Bogota , towards which Mr. Shunk
is now-moving with his surveying party , is
0,000 feet above the sea.
Coloraola has some of the finest mines in
South America , and these will bo opened up
by this railroad. Slnco the sixteenth cen
tury it is estimated that $ < U5OUOOCO worth of
gold has been taken out of Colombia , and It
has vast areas of line coffee lands.
KUiiIIni ; the Mines of the Worlil.
Speaking of mineral regions , the second
South American party Is now moving down
into Peru and It will teen bo in the mineral
region of that country and bo cutting its way
throuch some of the greatest mineral wealth
of the world.
It started at Quito , the capital of Ecuador ,
on Juno 3 , and in live months completed 507
miles of careful surveying , and on October
3 , 1691 , it was at tbo boundary
of Peru and within a few months
It must reach Ccrro ao Pasco.
It will bo here in the very midst of the Peru
vian silver regions , and the road , if built ,
will cause a great development In mining.
Thominoral regions otPeru nro being rapidly
opened up , and nearly a thousand new mines
have boon worked slnco 1SSO , and In 1SS9
about 2,000 mined were being worked. The
country produces vast quantities of gold and
silver , and gold Is found In nearly every
stale.
The Kim to to He Traversed.
Tlis South American line , which will run
from the Isthmus of Panama down througn
Colombia , Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia and Chili
to the Argentine system , runs mainly on the
plateau of the Andes mountains. The Andes
are during a part of tbo distance In three nl--
most parallel raogos with broken plateaus
between them , and it is between the two
western ranges that the road is now being
surveyed.
Tlio- two parties of civil engineers who
started oat on April 10 , IS'Jl. from'New York ,
sailed first for Panama ana then went ou to
Quito , m Ecuador. From hero ono party ,
under William F. Shunk , went-northn-ard
through the country into Colombia ana on
towards the Isthmus of Panama , while the
other , under J. Imbrio Miller , went south
ward towards Peru and Chill.
Both parties were radically af
fected by tbo high altitude and by
tbo hardships of camp life , and J.
Imbrio Miller , tbo head of tbo kocond party ,
was 10 allllcted with dysentery that ho bud
to bo carried on a litter to the ca-ooast and
was seut back homo. Ills party U now under
the command ol W. > . Kelley , Jr. , and it is
Embroideries. .
SPECIAL FOR MONDAY.
Lot 1 COOO yards narrow Hamburg
edging , neat lu paltorn , at lo per yard ,
well worth 3c.
Lot 2 COOO yards medium width Ham
burg embroidery , In very nlco pallorns ,
nt 3o per yard , well worth.Gc.
Lot 3 10,000 yards Swiss and Ham
burg embroidery , in very piotly pat
terns at 5c. well worth 8e/
Lot 4 7000 yards Hutnbnrg ombrold-
ory , in elegant now patterns , at 8c , well
worth 12Jc.
LotC 10,000 yards fine wide Hamburg
embroideries , in now and exquisite pat
terns , at lOc , well worlh ICe to 19o per
yard.Wo
Wo have the largest , the most complete
ploto , the newest patterns , and the low
est price over soon in Omaha.
Chiffons. Chiffons.
In all the newest shades and styles at
25c , 2Sc , 35c , 45c , COc , up to , $2.75 .per yd.
Notions.
Special for Monday.
Dross makers opportunity. ,
All silk sea m binding at lOo per bolt.
Whalebone casing nt 12Jc per bolt.
Bolting , in all colors , nt 2oo a pioco.
Good Avor'a stays at 7o per sot.
Vegetable ivory butlons , in all colors ,
at lOc per card.
Fine black braid at 3c por'roll.
Frco count pins nt lo per p'apor.
COO yards spool thread at 4p per spool.
Stockinette shield No. 1 at Co per
pair.
Stockinoolo shield No. 2 at 7o per
pair.
Stockinclto shield Nn. 3 at lOo per
pair.Hooks
Hooks and eyes at le per card.
Hook and eye tape Co par yrtrd.
White tape nt le , 2o nnd 3c per roll.
Waving irons only 26c each , regular
price COc.
Moustache curlers only lOc each.
Ribbons. J
Wo are the solo agents Irf Omaha for
the celebrated Fair and Squh'ro' brana of
ribbons , which is unquestionably the
finest ribbon in America. Wo soil this
superior make as low as ordinary ; ribbons
bens are usually sold for.
Fine silk ribbons in other makes.
No. 2 gros grain satin edge at 3c per
yard.
No. 5 all silk , salin and picot edge , at
4c per vard.
Neck ribbons , in all shadds , at lOc per
yard. ,
Baby ribbons , in all colors , at 9c , 12ic
and 18c per bolt ;
Harness Deptr I
If you have n horse don'l fr/il to visit
this department , foryoiun'ay'see some
thing that you want in this lino. Wo
can save you money for wo
handle nolhing but Omaha
made goods at the lowest prices.
Remember wo nro headquarters for sad
dles , bridles , blankets , whips , curry
combs , brushes and straps of all kinds.
doing excellent work. It reports that there
ore no engineering dlfllcultles except high
viaducts over the many dsop ravines along
the mountain slopes and it gives the altitudes
nt the various points along the lines and
the slzns of the towns. In 247 miles of road
they found 23 towns ranging in stzo from
8,000 to 80,000 population , and , these towns
were at altitudes ranging from 7,000 to 12,000
feet above tbo sea.
Jho road xvill run up and down from 9,000
to 11.000 foot above the sea , andthocharantor
of the country soomb to bo such that it
would bo locally urotitaolo. '
Incidents of Cnmn T.lfc.
The letters of Mr. Miller .concerning his
camp and camp life are Interesting. At ono
place ho soys it takes forty-five mules to mo vo
his camp , and ho states that he has seventeen
raon who nro carrying extra provisions for
use In Peru.
The country of Ecuador mis shown itself
very friendly to the surveyors ; but the people
plo among whom this second .party now is
are uncivilized Indians nnd tbo country is
lean and stingy and the people will neither
give nor sell. It is for this reason that they
have had to carry extra provisions.
The camps are far away from the malls or
telegraphs nnd the party will have to RO 100
miles or so to cash a draft. It is reported
that the country in which they are now is
going to bo a very expensive ono for the con
struction of a railway. .
This road will bo 10,000. or 13,000 feet above
the sea , between ranges of high mountains
and over cross mountains , forming
what is called a Knot ot tbo Andes.
JUiimliiK n I.lno Under Dllllcultics.
The party under Mr. Shunk lias boon mov
ing northward from Quito through the
Andes , and on the 10th of lant Dccomuor it
had surveyed 300 miles nnd , though it was
in the rainy season , was making about three
miles u day.
Mr. Sbunk writes that be can make about
1,200 miles per year , and his estimate Is that
It would cost only 832,000 nor railo for the
sixty miles of road north of Quito. Ho says
that the building of the' rood over Iho coun
try ho has passed la entirely practicable , and
ho reports that the officials and tno people
are very kind to tbolr party and are helping
It uloutr in every wuy they can. The party
has had many hardships , )
Like the ether surveying parties , they Hvo
In tents and carry their camrt from place to
place on mules. They have a lot of Indians
to help them , and tbo food is ) by no means
good.
In ono letter received by Mr. Cassatt
shortly after Mr. Shunk's * party got into
Colombia , Mr. Shunk write * | .
"Tho work here Is very hard. The days
are loug and the nights orb from 0 to 4.
Tbcro is llttlo fruit , and the only vegetables
are potatoes and beans. If the nature of the
animals wo cat onteroil Into , us , wo should
utter by this tlmosomo nightmare outcry bo-
ttwlxt a grunt , a baa and a crow , nnu have
muscles like catgut ,
A Day In the Heart of ( ho Ancles ,
The clunato of the Andes during tbo rainy
season Is terrible , and the men are working
under gnuit difficulties. Hora Is a day in
the Andes as described by Mr. Shuuk , Ho
says :
' 'Today began cioar. Tno , tremendous
bulk of the volcano haUalova to the west
ward was cloudless exccnt the towering
white cloud from Its crater , The air was
perfectly c lin , the sun roia brlph , and we
had every outward token of a good day. Aa
the sun ascended , the whole utmospbero
mlstlQca a universal , half transparent sat
uration came up that after a whllo bulkoa
into clouds , hiding thy mountain tops but
leaving the lower earth in sight. With
clouus overhead , the weather wai cold , over
coats wcro comfortable und the camp lire
was a genial neighbor , Now and tbon between
the clouds , the equatorial eun wjltluir hot ,
ehone out. It does not heat tbo air. The
ground is its beach , JX travoraes epaco like
a sea swell unbroken an ( | U sploshes Into
calorific surf which I cannot certify to bo
moro than six foot d6op but yrhlch 'la a with
ering , umotbermg gush of beat. Then clouds
come again and cold weather again , ono in-
slantancoutly following the other ,
"In the afternoon wo bad chilling showers
until about three or four o'clock when It be
gan to brighten up aud we have now a blight
Furniture Department.
FURNITURE BY THE CAR LOAD'
Wo have just received two carlaads of
furulturo direct from the factory in
Wisconsin. The cars contained bed
room suils , bedsteads , chcffoniors , ox-
lonsion tnblos , center lables , kllohen
tables. Wo have now on display n line
line , nnd our main object is to make Iho
price as low as possiblo.
Stilts at $11 , $15 , $18.50 , $10 , S23 , $20 ,
$28 , $30 , $35. With the exception of the
first two thcso are till oalc suits witli
easy running drawers. The finish is
first class , and wo believe the price is
low for such suits.
Bedsteads at $1.03 , $2. $2.35 , $8.25 ,
$4.CO , $5 , $ O.CO ; wo can give you 3-foot ,
3-foot-O or 4-fool-O bods.
Exlonsion Tables A good 0-foot table
for $3.4C ; n solid nsh table G foot , $4.lo ;
o foot $5.50 ; an elegant 8-foot table
$8.50 , worlh $10. Wo have 80 different
styles , all now.
Sideboards 315 , 810 , $18 , $20 , $25 , up
to $35.
Kitchen Tables $1,15 without drawer
$1.25 with drawer.
Kitchen Chairs 20c each , lighter dark
Solid oak dinner , high back , wood
seat , with square of woven cano in center -
tor $1 each , worth $1.35 ; the same chair
with brnco $1.10 , worth $1.50.
Books.
Thackory's complete works cloth
bound at $2.05 , actually worth $3.
.Dickons' complete works In 15 vol
umes nicely bound in clolh $4.50 , regu
lar price $10.
George Elliolt's works in 0 volumes ,
nicely bound in cloth , at $1.05 ; regular
prlco $4.50.
ODDS AND ENDS MUST GO.
2,000 volumes elegantly bound In cloth
and gilt , including Dickens , Allison ,
Scott , Eliott , Bertha M. Clay , Lord
Lvtlon , Thnckcry , Hume , Montgomery ,
Black , Vornoi ) , Collins and Marryat , to
bo closed out at 25c per volume.
Jewelry Dept.
Special sale this wook.
Rogers' 12 cwt knives or forks , $1.25
per BO t.
Rogers' A A tea spoons , OOc per sot
Rogers' AA lablo spoons , 81.80 per sot.
Silver napkin rings , lOc.
Silver butter dishes , 75c.
Solid silver pansy stick pins , the
'atest ' novelty , in beautiful hard enamel ,
lOo each.
Child's silver mugs , bright cut , 75c.
Nickel alarm clocks , 59c.
Springfield watches in dust proof
cases , $2.95.
Gents' gold filled watches , stem wind
and sot hunting case , Elgin , Spring
field or Wultham movement , $8.75 up.
Ladies' gold fillett hunting case
watches , Elgin , Springfield or Wal-
tham. $10.60.
Baby Carriages.
100 styles now on show nt prices which
toll. The fact that wo are selling car
riages now proves that there is some
thing Iho mnltor.
Atlond our great spring trunk and
bag salo.
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starlight night. They say the desert of Sat-
haru , though suffocatingly hot by day Is cold
at night owing lo the free and quick radlat-
on Into a dry sky. Chancres of cmpcroturo
equally great occur hero , bourly sometimes ,
ana without any graduated intervals. "
A Itoiiort 1'ull of Interest.
Mr. Suunk's scientific descriptions of tbo
Andes arc full of interest and his report concerning -
corning those lands which ho calls the para
dise of both artist and scientist , will bo of
great value. Ho is now in the wilds ot Col
ombia and in some of the most uucivllzod
portions of this remarkable country.
The Central American party is composed
entirely of naval ofllcors and is working its
way through Guatamnla.
It sailed from Now Yoric on April' 20 and
In the middle of last October tiad surveyed
100 miles of road. These Central American
roads promise to be among the most profit
able parts of the whole line , f ho climate of
Guatamata along ono of the lines surveyed is
as line as any In tbo world and one of the
lines laid out runs through the richest coffee
bolt of Guatamula. The country Is practi
cally undeveloped though it has gold and
silver , coal and iron and the finest kinds of
timber.
It has several quite largo cities and ono of
the three lines surveyed by our naval party
is on the highlands of the country In a cli
mate that is excellent for northern people.
Another line Is along the footfalls ranging
from 200 to 000 foot aoovo the son but
any ono of tbo three lines will , the ofllcors
say , pay through the local trafllo and natural
resources of tbo country and can bo built
without great trouble.
Sccnlo It on to of the World ,
From Guatamula this party will push Its
way down into Honduras and this land Is
said to bo the richest of all the American republics -
publics in its mineral wealth. The road will
go very near the silver region and it will
open up a mineral country which is now to a
largo extent inaccessible. In Salvador there
are also mines of gold ana silver , and gold Is
also found further south In Costa lilca.
This Contra ! American branch of then Her-
continental railroad will in fact open up an
almost unknown country and in scenery and
picturesque nature it may become ono of the
tourist routes of the world. Tbo railroads
already in the countries amount to practic
ally nothing , but the ofllcors report thai the
people are very friendly and they expect to
move rapidly along the route from now on ,
"Their work during the past fall has boon
largely retarded by the rainy season ,
Anxious the lluud Should be Jlullt ,
The reports from all the parties show that
the governments of the South American
countries are anxious to help along tbo worn
In every practical way , JCvorywhero our
engineers have boon well treated. Maps
have been made for them In many cases and
tbo government departments of nil the coun
tries have united in assisting them , Some
of the photographs which Wore taken oy tbo
parties glvo some Idea of the hospitalities
they have received , and one represents a ban
quet ut Loja In Ecuador , at which ono of tbo
table ornaments was a piece of sculpture in
sugar representing the United ( States shak
ing hands with South America. The two
continents wcro represented by female fig
ures ana South America Is sitting on a chair
drawn by a railroad train ,
FltAN'IC Q. CAIU'U.VTEII ,
When a nmn begins to toll a story
about iisli , says the Boston Hews , ho IB
at once labolud as a wall , us a story
teller. This is not a flab story , but u
ohickon story that comes all the way
from Colorado. A chicken funolor was
troubled exceedingly by the propensity
of his brood to scratch up his garden , so
ho Bet to work to eolvo tho- problem of
prevention. Afterolabprato experiments
ho succeeded in crossing a breed of long-
legged bnihmus with short-logged ban
tams in Etich u way that the chickens
hud ono long log and ono short ono.
When they attempted to scratch they
lost tholr balance and foil over , which ,
after u few trials , was sulllclont to show
that scratching was impossible , and
they gave it up.
Underwear.
To bo closed out nt less than cost at
the mill , Wo havo'just received the
entire stock of an eastern jobbing house ,
purchased by us nt an awful sacrlllco.
Rcnlir.lng how short a time wo have to
dispose of Ibis stock , we will cut the
price so deep that it will pay you lo
slock up for next winter. Snlo com
mences Monday morning and will con
tinue until every dollar's worlh of Ibis
stock is disposed of. Take advanlngo of
this , it may not occur again.
1 case ladies' natural gray Jersey
ribbed uanls , 25c tier pair.
1 case of Indies' Jersey ribbed punls
and vosls , 39e : worlh 75e.
1 case of ladies'naltiral wool vosls nnd
panls , 50o each ; worlh $1.00.
Ladies' nalural wool voUs , French
nock , silk stitched and pearl buttons ,
only 76c ; regular prlco $1.00.
Gents' all wool undershirts and draw
ers , in natural gray. Too much cannot
be said nbout this garmonl. Wo have
sold many cases Ibis season at $1.00 each.
They go in this sale at 60c.
1 lot of gonta' fine English merino un
derwear , in shirls nnd drawers. They
come in tan , gold and sin to shades , with
&alin front , pearl buttons ; your choice
in this sulo at 50o.
The deepest cut will bo found in the
children's underwear , Wo will plnco
on our counter about 100 dozen of 10 ,
18 and 20 in. vosls nnd panls , natural
wool and camel's hair , your choice of
Ihis lot lOc each.
Broken lots of children's underwear
will bo closed out at loss than one-half
price.
Stationery.
Real Irish linen note paper al 25c per
po ind.
Rich cream commercial note paper at
25e per pound.
Good envelopes at So per package.
Fine linen envelopes at lOc and 12jc
per package.
We have a fine line of papotorios at
So , lOc. 12c , 15c , lOc , 23c , 25c and 35o
per box.
Great Butter Sale.
Country butler 14c , lOc , 18c nnd 20c.
Mndo by Nebraska farmers nnd shipped
us every day , Ihus cnnbling us lo have
fresh butler always on hand. Nebraska
creamery bullor iiOc , 23c and 2oc. Buy
your butter here , whore you willbosuro
lo got the best at honest prices.
Cranberries 7ic 'per quart.
Wall Paper.
WhUo blanks , 4Jc roll.
Gilt , 6 lo 7c roll.
Embossed 10 to 15c roll.
Ingrain , 7c to lOc roll.
Hand made , 55c to $2.00 roll.
Veilings.
100 of the newest spring novelties in
veilings , which arc very neat and
pretty , at 5c , lOc , 15o , 20c , 23c and 30c
per veil.
TROUBLE AHEAD IN CHICAGO
Fred Nye Tells of Evils Which Besot tbo
Great Municipality.
OFFICIAL NEGLIGENCE AND INCOMPETENCY
A Deplorable Condition of Affairs for Which
the City Government 8ccmn Unublo
to 1'rovlcto a Komcdy A.
Tula of Wuc.
Ono who has seen the average frontier
town , too big for itself , which has sprung u p
in a night , wlioso places of business are tents
or shanties constructed of rude boards , uu-
painted and unhappily jointed , ' leaving ample
room for ingress of wind and weather ; whoso
churches are yet untbought of , and whoso
government is comprehended in the
sporadic efforts of a vigilance committee to
protect tbo live ' stock of the community ;
whoso banks are'faro banks , and whoso evenIng -
Ing industry is the maintenance of baleens ,
may form a partial idea of the city of Chicago
cage , municipally considered. Not that Chicago
cage presents the rude physical features of-
Ibo mushroom western settlement. Its people
plo rovcl In palucos , residences or hovels , as
fate and their own abilities may have deter
mined tholr lot in lifo , and us people in ether
civilized cities universally dwell. But In the
ono main feature , that of being too many for
self-government under temporary conditions ,
they resemble nothing so much ns they Jo
the citizens of a frontier settlement.
Chicago has grown too fast. It has not
been able to catch up with itself , The Inclu
sion of its suburbs Has complicated the prob
lem of tbo pnssago nnd administration of law ,
and to this has been added nn unparalleled
influx of legitimate population. Theaostract
question of how to govern Is for the time
subordinated by tUo concrete question of how
to make a living. Tim Chicago citizen is
naturally absorbed in the pursuit of food and
a place to sleep , If bo bo a now arrival , and
of the most feasible method of extracting the
spare change of the now arrival If ho bo an
old settler , and while those struggles are
going on the always more or less I in perfectly
realized theories of the duties of the cltl/on
, to the city are shamefully and shamelessly
neglected.
In the enumeration of the Ills which , by.
the accident of progress , Chicago has fallen
heir to , It 1 especially dinicult to toll where
not to begin. With an exhausted fund which
had boon collected for tbo purpose
of keeping its istrcots clean , the
city is confronted with slushy
and llltby sidewalks , noisome alloys , burstIng -
Ing garbage boxes and thoroughfares coated
with mud and diversified by puddles. The
supreme court ot Illinois recently decided
that as the owners of business lots bad no
right to the ground under the sidewalks ,
they were under no obligation lo remove the
snow from the sidewalk hpaco In front of
tholr premises. That this decision Is tauon
advantage of oven by tnon who have ex
pended millions of dollars In tbo erection of
sky scrapora with marfilo fronts Is not so
surprising as that the city authorities hava
not shown the illghtobtdiaposition to remedy
tbo condition so created , or to purify the
streets in other ways where tbo evils are
moro noxious and dangerous , and where the
duty of the municipality is unquestionable.
The street car service Is abominable. At
least one-fourth of the people who wait for
the cables golpg north , eoutli and west aie
forced ultimately to a choice between walking
ami taking the overcrowded horse cars which
land them , after a slow anil exasperating
pilgrimage , a weary journey from their legiti
mate destinations. Volumes have boon printed
In tbo newspapers against the sy&tom
which inlllcts these grloruuuos : countless
calamities have been recorded locally and
editorialized uoon , In which the loss of Ufa
was clearly attributable to the packed plat
forms of the cable cart or the carelessness of
conductors. What U thn remedy provide !
by the municipal authorities tot thU lulolor-
Great Meat Sale.
Dried salt pork Gjc pound.
Sugar cured breakfast bacon , 7lo poi
pound.
Boneless rump corn beef SJo per
pound.
Sugar cured No. 1 hums , Die , lOJc nnj
12 } per pound.
Sugar cured California hams 5o poi
pound.
Dried booT'K' , lOc , 12c } per pound.
Boneless 1mm Se per pound.
Bologna sausage 5o per pound.
Liver BHUsnco So per pound.
Frankforts 71c potpound. .
Head choose 6c per pound.
Brick clioeso Ifio per pound.
Cream eheoso ICc per pound ,
Swiss choose 15o >
Best Holland horrlng In kegs 9Sc.
Domostlo horrlng in kegs , 75c.
Best capo cod fish 12je.
2-pound brick cod fish 15c each.
Salmon lOc per pound.
Wh ilc fish lOe per pound.
Mackornl 12jo par pound.
Ton-pound pail Norwegian sardines
75e per pail.
Pure buckwheat Hour 3c.
Pure maple syrup , per gal. , 75C ,
Aunt Sally pnncnko Hour 43c.
Now evaporated raspberries 17jc.
Pure apple butter , in cider , 6e.
Saner kraut per qt. , 3J.
Sweet cbocolato 6c.
Woodenware and
House Furnish
ing Goods.
Coftco mills , 15c each.
Potalo mashers , 2Jc.
Mouse traps , ic.
Rolling pins , He.
Butter ladles , 3c each.
Wooden bowls , 5o oaub.
Wash tubs , 29c each.
Wash bowls , 9c.
The XXX Peerless wash wringer , a
hard wood frame wringer , with bolid
rubber rollers , $2.15 ; sold everywhere
at $ .5.50.
Mrs. Polls' flat irons , 90c fiot.
The Western washing machine , $3.50.
Pie tins , le each.
Milk pans , le oach.
Copper bottom wash boilers , 59c.
Copper bottom tea kollle , 30c.
A solid copper ton kettle , with solid
spun bottom , $1.15 , worth $3.
Folding ironing table , ( I5c.
Wash benches. 2oc.
Cups and saucers , 22c per sot.
Dinner plates , 18o per fact.
Fine tumblers , IGc per sot.
Witio glasses. ISc pur sot.
Salt and pepper shakers , 3o ouch.
Wash bowl and pitcher , 2Gc.
i gallon tankard water jug , 3c.
Dinner sets , S7C3 , wo.tb $20.
Spring extension lamps $3.75 , worth
88. .
Crybtul a roam sots , butler dish , spon-
holdor. creamer and sugar bowl , 20a
Toilet sots , $1.05.
A Job Lot
20,000 yards all linen torchon lace , to
close out , 2c , 3c , 5c , 7c , lOc and 12jc per
yard , actually worth 7c to 25c per yard
ublo stnto of things ? The innyor appointed
a commlttco on Intramural transit composed
of councllmon , citi/jns und representatives
of the slrcot car companies. This commltr
too has boon In Intermittent session for a
month. It has hoard ovcry crank who has a
vague conception of an Impossible Invention
to provide Chicago with adequate street car
facilities and lias Hstonou p-uiently und in
dulgently to the enumeration by Baron
Ycrucs of the reasons why his lines cannot
quito moot the public demands mid why no
other line could afford so satisfactory an ap
proximation as bis lines afford. It has
linally reported. It recommends double-
dock cars , which cannot possibly , owing to
tbolr height , bo drawn through the tunnels
which connect the center of the
city with the North Sldo and
tbo West Side , and is Inclined par
tlculurly to favor the trolley electric system ,
which , because of its ovorboad wires , IB
utterly inapplicable to those business portions
tions of the city wtioro the necessity for rc-
llof Is moat pressing. The only practicable
solution of the street car problem U ttio- es
tablishment of the elevated road , but the
mayor does nothing to encourage the possible
promoters of snob an enterprise and they are
doubtless debarred from the solicitation of
franchises from the council by the exporl-
cnco of ether applicants who have boon
forced to fro through an excessively costly
ordeal to secure the opportunity of Investing
their money for the indirect bonotlt of the
municipality.
Four hundred condemned boilers are run-
nine : in th's ' city today. Two woolcs ago a
boiler which baa been pronounced defective
by the Inspector exploded , killing tlvo men.
At the Inquest It was revealed that this
boiler had been run since November I with
out a certificate. Tbo owner was bound over
to the fraud Jury but the city Inspector , who
scorns not to have Insisted upon tlui repair
of tbo boiler after ho had found a
mild hint to the owner ineffectual ,
was rewarded with a recommendation that
Ills salary bo Increased. Ho complained that
the ordinance under which ho was appointed
gave him the power ulmply to withhold cor-
tlllcatos , not tbo pDwor to prevent the use of
defective boller.s. The council has mot sev
eral times since the explosion occurred but
no member has soon 111 to introduce an ordin
ance delegating to the Inspector a rcaulslta
authority or calculated In any manner to In
terfere with the use of the 400 boilers which
continue to menace property and life ,
A week ugo two persons wore killed at the
Forty-Hovonth street crossing In a colllsio'h
between a locomotive and a horse car and
twelve portions wore Injured. This was an
emphatic casualty In a series of dally occur
rence. The victims of murder and sulcldo
together In Chicago In 18U1 do not equal m
number those who wore killed on railroad
tracks. Along last summer the city council
appointed a Junketing committee on elevated
terminals. This committee wont cast in a
special car , dispersed to the various water
ing places , came homo m September ,
made a xvoak report In favor of the elevated
terminal system In UBU In I'tilladelphia , and
collapsed. Nothing was board of the matter
again until the Forty-seventh siroot acci
dent. Than Mayor Washburno wont east to
Investigate elevated terminals and inci
dentally to enjoy the fomvlllos of the Clover
duo. Ho has returned In favor of cloyatoa
terminals. In the meantime nothing has
been done by ordinance to prevent the rail
roads Irom continuing their reckless assaults
on human life. The mayor will portions
send a message to the council. A measure
will bo Introduced embodying his views , Tbo
railroads will bring their Influence to boar
und coltapsn will succeed collapse ,
Millions of dollars have boon spent by Chicago
cage for waterworks , Kvery day or two the
cribs are uhoUed with Ice and thn water sup
ply gives out. Nobody admits responsibility
for this and nobody seems Inclined to at
tempt to fix responsibility. It Is part of tbo
general maladministration and Impotence
cause. } by overgrowth , Fifty additional In
stances might bo enumerated. llcmpst aa
Wushburne U a good follow. The club men
line him immensely. Ho is a boon compan
ion over a bottle of Veuve Cllquot , und no
body Is more popular In society than ho and
his jolly lieutenant , "Jim" Nyo. But tboro
have boon inoro earnest and effective inayon.
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