The Omaha Sunday Bee.
EDITORIAL SECTION.
PAGES 17 TO 24
ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1S71.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MOUSING, DECEMBER 18, 1904.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
RICHEST BLOCK IS OMAHA
Mort Valuable. lgl Eittt in City
Detrmind by AsMssmtnt.
at
HEART OF THE RETAIL TRABE DISTRICT
Doaglae, Fifteenth and Sis-
tee at h Street Doaad the Iqun
IUi la Valued Ulghest aa
Booki for Taxation.
rwmt Inquiry from tha east pro
pounded the question: "Which la tha moat
Valuable business block In Omaha T'
It la presumed that tba value of the land
Within a aingle cJVy aquara La meant and
not tba aggregate worth, of the ground and
tha buildings upon It So assuming real
aetata men and tha taxing authorities agree
that the block bounded by Fanum, D u,
laa. Fifteenth and Sixteenth atreeta la tha
moat valuable tract of its size In Umaha.
It la aaaeaHed the highest, ao far aa land la
concerned, on the books of both the city
and county, and real eetate men unani
mously pronounce this conclusion correct.
They say that the square Is virtually the
business heart of the city because every
aide of It presents a stretch of tha very
best business frontage for retail purposes.
Tha total city assessment of land and
buildings for 1406 Is fl.171.600. Of this
amount fflO.OW Is appo-'loned to tha lots
and f4jl. (XX) to the structures.
Both the c.ty and counj usfssors place
a higher aggregate value on the block Just
treat above S.xteerith street, but thlj la du4
to the fact that It contains the tjn-nrry
New York Life building, assessed at $W0.0W.
bringing the total up to U.iili'.uK). to which
at leriM IlW.Oix should te added to make
up fur deductions on ut-cmint of the s mi
rellglous purposo for which purt of the
Youiig Men a chr.Hllan association building
la used. The lots In the block uie held to
be worth iu2,ouu und the Improvement at
$7G0,loO, buiiijj ono of tho few downtown
blocks on which the buildings are worth
more than the land. This block, thrtf..re,
tailing all It contains Into coi.Mileratlon, is
the most valuable one In Omaha according
to the assts.Jinent.s.
The county as .essments are somewhat
higher than tho city. County Assesr
Reed says that a fair set. lug valuation for
tha block between Farnam and Douglas
and east of Sixteenth street would
bring tha aggregate value of this square
up, deeplt the row of flat and reatdanoea
on tha northwest ooroar.
Tha block north, aa which la tha Boston
store and Hayden Broa, la vary valuable,
but dona not rank among tha hlgheat, be
cause these two building and one other
are about all tha Important structures It
oon tains. The land on the west aide, also,
la out of tha retail district ourrenU
Although tha construction of the Neville
and Hoagland block further south on Slx
benth street, tha Bennett store at Six
teenth and Harney, and tha purohaee of
the corner, la feet aquara on Sixteenth and
Howard, for IU0.0UO for the new Young
Men Christian association building, show
a trend to tha south from Farnam street,
the section north of Farnam a Oil holds the
a retail territory.
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TUR9ELI 1X1 LOJ TALKS.
On Farblddea Groaad.
Hare's one from Representative Kahoa of
Kentucky:
"A debating society waa formed In on
of the counties of my district, and among
the first questiuna debated was, 'Resolved, I
That the negroes have mora cauaa for
complaint than tha Indiana.'
"It was stipulated the arguments should
be confined to the United States. The first
disputant on the affirmative opened with
a speech to sustain hi position, every
word of which waa listened to with close
attention by the chairman. The disputant
for tha negative made a few remark la
answer, and then turned to tha Bible and
oomnieuced reading passage for tha pur
pose uX proving that some of the points
made by his opponent war not backed up
by tba good book. ,
"Tha chairman stopped him with, 'Halt
tight where you are, Jim. Don't go any
further. You have gone out of the United
States for argument.' " is' ash villa Banner. ;
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I1.W0.000. Ho is positive In declaring it to
b the most expensive square of land In
Omaha,
I'ncle Sam's Magnificent Property.
Ail blocks, however, are put In the siiade
by tha federal building block, which Is
held to b worth ll.S7i.uoO by the govern
ment, tha lota having cost 1-WO.OjO and the
magnificent structure upon them 11,476,001).
Nothing Is allowed for depredation because
Of axtraa placed In tha building not In
cluded in thla total. Tha lots were bought
In 18.0 at an admittedly extravagant aum.
Were they to be assessed today the valua
tion would run between 1300,00 and 1400,000,
however. Tha federal building square Is
one block south of the New York LJfo
building block, and like both the others
has a front on Sixteenth street.
The block between Farnam 'and Douglas
treat from Fourteenth to Fifteenth has
and aggregate assessment of $Sl.0u0 placed
on It by tha city, the land being put In
for 58,000; that between Farnam and
Harney from Sixteenth to Seventeenth
atreet I held for taxing purposes at fti!Mi,UU0,
the land being considered at 6O17.D0O. The
block east of Sixteenth between Farnam
and Harney street 1 down for 717,uOo,
the land at 1698,000, which real estate men
declare too low because the northwest cor
ner, occupied by a drug store and a shoo
tore, i not worm less man juu.uw. mis
corner, in tna opinion or many, is in most
valuable full-sized corner lot in the city.
Contents of the Block.
Beginning at the fifteenth and Douglas
treat corner of the block agreed upon
aa having the great land value, the three
story brick building occupied by Brown-Ing-Klng
coinpuny Is assessed at 1116.000,
la owned by Uw W. Hill and brings him a
monthly rental of 11,000. The forty-four
feet west has a three-story building on It,
occupied by the Kllpatrlck Dry Goods com
pany. It Is assessed at 163,000 and Is
owned by the John Qulncy Adam estate
of Massachusetts. The next forty-four feet
Is In the nam of Emily J. Brlgga and is
assessed at 166,000, having a three-story
brick on It. The property next to It is
owned by Benjamin F. Smith and la aa
eased 600 higher because of an extra
half foot To the west Is a twenty-one
and one-half-foot lot owned by Abraham
Martin. It ha an old two-story brick
building In front and a saloon on the alley,
tha whol property being assessed at $32,000.
The oorner lot on Sixteenth street Is split
in two, the east thirty-three feet being
owned by Clara M. Wyman and assessed,
With the building on It. at 160,000. The
corner I occupied by the Brown building,
five stertea high. The land I appraised
by the city at LS6.000, making It the hlgheat
Assessed bit of ground In the city for its
else, and the building at $60,000.
On Farnam street the two full Iota under
Paxton building, which la owned by the
ton O round Rent oompany, are assessed
1200,000, and tha building at 1176,000. The
tfhanla lnt.l I . nw. , Kw T T Till!
the whol property being valued at 1106,000,
of which $70,000 I for tha land. The corner
lot, 88X1)6 feet In stse, I in tha name of
Moses William at al. trustees, and has i
four two-atory buildings, the lots being 1
assessed at Stf.OOO and the structures at J
$20,000. Behind them on Fifteenth street 1
a twenty-two-foot lot owned by Harriet
A Confined Idea.
"When I was a boy," remarked T. E.
Ryan of Waukesha, as he caught sight of
some old patriarchs who sent him into the
retrospective mood, "1 went Into the cir
cuit court room lu Madison, where Ueorge
B. Smith and I. S. Sloan, two of Uie
greatest lawyers of their day, were trying
a case aa opponents. Mr. Sloan had a
balilt of puncturing his address to the
court with the expression, 'Your honor, I
have an Idea.' The case had been dragging
It weary length through tha hour of a
warm summer day, when Mr, Sloan said;
'Your honor, I have an idea'
"Mr. Smith sprang to his feet, assumed
he I a dignified position, and with all solemnity
Imaginable said:
" 'May It please tha court, I move that
a writ of habeas corpus be issued by this
oourt immediately to take the learned
gentleman' idea, out of solitary confine
ment.' "The Judge smiled, the lawyers laughed,
the spectators burst forth In a round of
applause, and Mr. Sloan was effectively
squelched.'" Milwaukee Sentinel.
English Humor.
Charles M. Pepper, the newspaper man
who was appointed a commissioner on the
Intercontinental Railway commission, tells
on amusing story In which the main figure
Is Henry Norman, the British Journalist, i
Norman visited Washington a few year
ago.
One evening Just before the departure of
the Britisher it was determined to put ui
a Joke on him at the Press club. A Mr. '
Decker was selected to be the perpetrator. 1
This gentleman arose in his seat and, tak- 1
Ing a smull bell from his pocket, addressed
Mr. Norman a follows:
"Sir, I have been designated by my fel
low members to convey to you an expres
sion of our pleasure. On behalf of the Na
tional Press club of Washington I am
Instructed to give you this ring."
As he uttered the word "ring" Mr. Deckel
rapped the bell smartly and placed It upon
the table.
It waa plainly to be seen that the Eng
lishman was taken aback. After a good
deal of hemming and hawing he replied:
"Mr. Decker and Members of the Na
tional Press Club: Words fail me. I am
overwhelmed. With respect to this gift,
which I am pleased to receive, I suppose
that Mr. Decker, a was only natural in
the embarrassment of the moment, for we
newspaper men are notorlousfy poor speak
ers, has made a mistake, for he has, as you
see, given me a boll Instead of a ring!"
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Lacy and assessed at 17,0U) for Uie land , ci,air
ana i.0W for the building, and the lot of
qua alae on the alley Is in the name of
George T. Mill, the assessments being
U8,(X0 and $4,000 respectively.
Only two building on tills block are of
recent, modern construction, and only three
are mora than three stories high. The most
Virginian and tha Clock.
At the luncheon following the launching
of the submarine torpedo boat Simon Lake
X, Mr. Foster M. Voorhees, former gover
nor of New Jersey, told this dory on a dis
tinguished Virginian:
The son of the Old Dominion had been out
with the boys. As he softly opened the hall
door the melodious voice of his batter half
greeted him with this query:
"What time is it?"
"It Is early, my dear," responded the
Virginian.
"How can you aay so," exclaimed hli
spouse, "when tha clock has just, struck
two?"
"All right," said the Virginian, hla vole
thunderjng virtuous Indignation. "Ail right I
If you choose to tak the word of a d d
Yankee clock against that of a Virginia
gentleman you may do so, but I have my
opinion of you 1" Denver Republican.
Fashion Pooled.
Thomas Fogarty, the Illustrator, wag talk.
Ing about modem fashion In dress.
"It is hard to keep up with the fashions,"
h said. "They nre certainly confusing. I
remember one night In my boyhood at the
theater, a man In a rear seat all of a sud
den Jumped up excitedly.
" 'Down with that red umbrella In front,'
ha cried.
'But his wife pulled him back Into his
" 'Martha,' said my friend to tha maid,
"what Is that scratching in tha kitchen?
It must be the dog trying to get in.'
" 'Huh!' said Mar. ha. Mat's no dawg
cratohln' d do. Dat's da cook a-wii.ln a
love letter to her honeysuckle.' " liOJion
Herald.
Tha Strenuous Life.
A negro hack driver in Washing. on was
driving along the atreet Wntn he encoun
tered a funeral. A long line of coaches
was behind a hearse, which was mov.ng
along ft a lively rat. The negro vaa
era or aside and audibly Inquiring tf It were
true that Colonel Somebody, president of
the Irrigation board, waa dead.
" 'He Is,' was the reply. The colonel
died this morning.'
" 'Well, governor,' continued the citizen
1 dislike to exhibit any unseemly haste In
the matter, but I very much desire to make
application for appointment as hi succes
sor.' "Aa near a I could make it out," con
cluded Mr. Steffena, "The governor, courte
ously motioning hla caller toward an ante
room, informed him that it wou:d be nec-
iiitAratltimia ant Hill not want tn rrmi
tween the carriages in the fune.ai proocs- I ery tor him to take hla place la a wait.
" 'For mercy's sake, hush!' she whispered.
'That Isn't an umbrella; it' a naw winter
hat.' "San Antonio Express.
Reciprocity,
Joeeph Jefferson tall th story of a
theatrical manager who met th repre-
of them will be torn down before long, as sentutlve of an opera company,
they must give way to more pretentious
structures capable of yielding greater rev
enue. Asotker Valuable Block.
In the aquara between Farnam and Doug
la and west of Sixteenth syeet, J. U
Brandel & Sons own all of the north half
of th block with the exception of forty.
"Mr. Purclfal," said th manager, 'whan
you play at Iioanoke visit tha Hotel In
nery. The landlord serve a splendid din
ner at W ci.ts a p. ate."
"Thank you for the suggestion," replied
th other, gratefully. "We play there next
week."
"How I this?" demanded Mr. Purclfal
four feet in the name of Mrs. Elizabeth ) a week later- eminlng hla bill. "I am
Pufrena, for which they have a nlnet-nlne-year
lease. On this tract the firm will erect
a ITC0.U00 department store building In th
near future, having froutag on S xteenth,
Douglas and Seventeenth atreeta For th
full corner lot occupied by th Young Men's
Christian association 3UO.O0O waa paid. Tb
land under th New York Ufe bul ding la
estimated to ba worth tllO.WO; that under
Hj T . Ames bulldlns occurred hv th.
People' store. t&i.uOO, and the building at
I87.CU0, whll tha corner lot, 74xM feet In
Ise, is assessed at fTi.000, and the Commer
cial National bank on It at a like figure.
U im th Naw York Life building that
charged TS cent a plate, while th Oriental
High Stepper company, which played her
laxt week, had to pay enly SO cenia?"
"My friend." retorted tfce land ord, con
vincingly, "those other people charged me
but CO cents to see their show; you de
manded n cent." New Tork Time. f
A Bsu Tea.
Senator Pettus of Alabama was writing
with a noisy, spluttering p-n Laying the
pen down, he fmlled and said:
"Once I waa spending th evening with a
frlrnd of mine In Selma. We sat tn the
dining room and from th kitchen cam a
dreadful scratching sound.
si on. He tried to drive around in front of
the hearse, but could not make eu flick nt
speed. After driving alongside the hearse
for two block th negro cahid out to tha
driven "Bay, bots, hold up an' let ma go
past. My passenger is In a hurry and
your Isn't."
JL Just Claim.
George Gross mi th, tn English comedian,
telLs of a super who went to th manager
of a successful play after tt had been hav
Ing a long London run and demanded I
raise of salary. "Sir," he said, "I have
been playing my part for 100 consecutive
nights with tha utmost seal and oar.
Don't you think I should have a raise?'
"What part do you play?" asked tha man.
ager. "I am in Uie third act, sir." replied
th aotor, apparently astonished at tha
question. "I have to stake 20 In the gam.
bllng scene." - "Your claim la Juat," replied
tha manager. "Beginning tonight you may
tak 10."
Aa Bsplaaatloa.
"Wa were bounding along," said a recant
traveler on a local South African atngl
Una railway, "at the rata of about seven
miles an hour, and tha whole train waa
baking terribly. I expected every moment
to se my bone protruding through my
kin. Passenger were rolling from on end
of th car to tha other. I held on firmly
to my seat. Presently w settled down a
bit quieter; at least I could keep my hat on,
and my teeth didn't chatter.
"There waa a quiet looking man opposite
m. I looked up with a ghastly smile, wish
ing to appear cheerful, and sal J:
" 'We are going a bit smoother, I sea."
"Yea,' he said; "we're off th track
now.' "Kansas City Indapendt.
Offleeseekers the Ipot.
"I had heard a good deal about th hust
ling way of westvnsra." remarked Lincoln
J. Steffena, whose graph! o storiea on th
way certain western political machines are
engineered are unlqu of their kind, "but
It wa not until I called on th governor
of recently that I realised how alow
other aectloii of th country are in com
parison. My interview waa Interrupted by
a aumewhat excited oltltea taking th gov-
Ing Una"
Good Men to Lean, On.
, About the third or fourth visit which
Judge Parker made to New York during
the lata campaign, he sent for Mayor Mo
Clellan. The mayor responded promptly,
and waa with the candidate five or ten
minute. He had not been long at hi office
In the city hall before he learned that
Comptroller Orout had also been called to
the Hotel Seville, where h remained about
as long as did th mayor. The announce
ment wa mad that Judg Parker bad
asked both officials to speak for him dur
ing th campaign, and that both had con
sented. In the afternoon McClellan met
Grout and there was soma talk about tha
calls they had made upon the judge.
"He wanted m to speak In New Jersey,"
aid McClellan.
"He wanted m to speak tn Connecticut,"
aid Grout
A both gentlemen have New York po
litical aspirations they, of course, pre
ferred not to go outside tha state. A they
gased at each other with meaning looks.
the mayor. In an earnest manner, asked
the comptroller:
"Grout, did h tell you that In caase he
was elected you were th kind of a man ha
would like to lean on?"
"Did he say that to you, too?" almost
houted Grout.
And then they both laughed. Washing
ton Post.
A Brief I hoe If.
Representative Dixon of Montana I tell
ing of the experience of a young eastern
woman with on of his constituents. She
left th train at a way station in eastern
Montana one afternoon and asked tb only
man In sight how sha could get to her
destination, far out In the country.
"You'll have to wait for the atage In the
morning," said th man. "You can't get
any rig her.".
But where am I to atop?" Inquired th '
young woman. "There' nothing here but
the station, and I can't Bleep on the floor."
"Gueea you'll have to bunk with tha ata-
Oon agent."
"Sir!" she exclaimed. "I am a lady."
"Bo's the station agent." aaid th man
New York WorhV
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Dewey & Stone Furniture Company
(115-1117 Farnam Street
Store Open Evenings Until Christmas
Special values this week in a large line of
1 'a iL i t
goou iurnuure mat maKes -.j,
cALciieni L-.iinsirnas pres
ents. Nothing is more
appreciated than good fur
niture. Ours is good
so good that we guaran
tee every piece we sell.
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Brass Bed, or full size, at $35.03
Mahogany Dresser, at 31.00
Mahogany Chiffonier, at 30.00
Oak Dresser (flue) at 24.50
Oak Chiffonier, at 23.03
Curly Birch Dresser, at 27.00
B. E. Maple Drawer, at 36.00
Mahogany Davenport, at 27.00
Oak Davenport, nne, at 4.00
Leather Couch, at 35.00
Velour Couch, at '..13.00
Morris Chair, oak, at 12.00
Writing Desk, oak, at 16.50
Birch Desk, at 12 CO
Mahogany Desk, at 17.00
B. E. Maple Desk, at 17.00
Hall Tree, weathered oak, at 1 .50
Leather ftocker, at 30.00
China Case, oak,
China Case, oak,
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at ........$19.00
at 27. bO
Buffet, oak flue, at..... 31.00
Buffet, oak, at .40.00
Dining Table, good, at .....14.50
Dining Table, nne, at 27.50
Music Cabinet, oak, at 7.50
Music Cabinet, mahogany, at........ 10. 50
Piano Bench, oak, at 10.00
Piano Bench, mahogany, at ..15.00
Library Table, oak, at... 15.00
Library Table, mahogany, at 16.00
Blacking Case, oak, leather top, at.... 3.50
Shaving Stand, metal, at 7.50
Parlor Cabinet, mahogany, at 33.00
Pedestal, mahogany, at 12.00
Pedestal, oak, at 9. 03
Hall Clock, weathered oak, at. .......37.00
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