The Omaha Sunday Bee
PART II.
For all tin Ha-eva
EDITORIAL SECTION
PACES 1 TO 10.
THE OMAHA QECi
Best West
VOL. XXXVII NO. 10.
OMAHA. SUNDAY : MORNING,- AUOIWT 2., 100
SINGLK COPY FIVE CENTS.
ST
Our buyers
Many of our payers are in the. KaM. We epet the crowd
back during tlie coming week. Our silk buyer, Mr.
Cramer, returns from two month' trip to (icrmanr
Ladies' Homo Journal Patterns
Thp new full ijnarlfrly Jut lasueri I really Mif urealcwt authority on nrw full styles
that t Imme lr-fftrnakcr or tlie merchant critic rould look for. Price 20c. Contains
rnupon kimmI for I.V pattern up to a certain dale. iKT IT.
Green Trading Stamps
and I-Yance this morning. Others are either in New York' or on rail toward
Omaha. Their purchases have been made at first hand, their Mints, helps, suggestions
arid experiences will be Invaluable to the people of Omaha and Insofar as proving
themselves AlTTHORITIH!S, the word Is sealed, fixed and Immutable WK WW. HKHK
WITH THK GOODS.
An Omaha man has just filled his tonth book and ha had his mind fixed on a
beautiful oxk buffet for his new home. He declare lie had the best value in purchases
that his money could bring and he is shaking hands with hliithclf because of having
$35.00 buffet that cost him nothing.
J
r,
A Bargain
Sale of Fine
Gloves
OUR ANNUAL rWl.!rt iPJ.!
sale of vviiiii; jimm
16-button chamois Gloves,
white and natural, regu
lar $3.00 a no
....1.90
value, at
16 button Silks, In brown.
tan, champ, navy, pink
and blue. $2.25
value, at
14 button white Silk
Gloves, double tipped,
$1.50 value,
at
.1.49
IS and 16 button Lisle
Thread Gloves, regular
$1.00 quality,
at
98c
49c
wrasses
Underwear
Ladies' low neck sleeveless
vests, 15c value for
Ladies' lace trimmed Um-
9c
brella Drawers, 33c value. . 1C
Ladies' low neck, sleeveless 'fcf
tight knee union suits, . . . . O C
Ladies' Handkerchiefs
Ladies' lace trimmed Hand- r
kerchiefs, 10c value. . . '. 3L
Ladies' and men's plain lin- "fOl
en handkerchiefs. 'J0c value J-aJ2v
Ladies' all linen embroidered
handkerchiefs, 3oc value. . .
25c
saaasrt
HOSIERY
35c
Ladies' fancy embroidered
lisle hope, 50c value, at. . .
Or three pairs for. .$1.00
Ladies' fancy hose, black and Q
colors, 35c value laC
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY
331 Off
Every Piece
l White Cklna
la Sleek
Every Piece
I White China
In Slock
FRAMED PICTURES
Odds and Ends, slightly damaged,
values to $5.00, all one price
Monday
Pictures on display Harney Street window all
week.
49c
COAL
Buy it now.
Coal will go
up.
Buy
Bennett's
Capitol,
endorsed by
hundreds of
Omaha 'a
citizens as
tlie best coal
lor general
purposes.
Furnace, t
stove or
range.
LUMP
$6.50
NUT
$6.25
Ana Doable
Chreen Trading
Stamp.
Specials in Hardware
Emr Monday
CLOSE OUT PRICES
ON OAS RANGES
Regular $23.50 Gas Range,
special 19.85
Regular $25.50 Gas Range,
special $21.65
Regular $14.50 Gas Range,
special $12.00
Tin Tomato Cans, with
covers, quart size, per doz. 45c
Sealing Wax, per pound .... 10c
Wash Boiler, price up from 84c
And 40 Green Trading Stamps.
Galvanized Wash Tubs,
at 69c 67c and 89c
And 30 Oreen Trading Stamps with each'
Extra Good Scrub Brushes 10c
And 10 green Trading Stamps.
Mouse Traps, four for ....10c
And 10 Oreen Trading Stamps.
Coat Hangers, 6 for 25c
And 10 Oreen Trading Stamps.
Sporting Goods Dept.
To close out 25 discount on.
all Hammocks. a
-
New Fa
1! Sample Suits for W
omen
$30
and
$35
Tailored
Salts
for ....
$41
fyl50
4
Medium weight, just right for traveling
or for wear in early fall days. Excellent
tailoring and thoroughly reliable materials characterize these
new suits. They were bought at sixty cents on the dollar and
you reap the benefit.
ss
and
Tailored
sous
for 6-a -
" x Il IT Waists at half price. Beautiful Lingerie and Lace
ffalSIS al Hall lriCC Waists all go Monday at one-half price.
$5.00 Lingerie and Lace
Waists for
2.48
$7.50 Lingerie and Lace
for.
3.95
$10.00 Lingerie and Lace
for
5.00
LINENS AND WHITE GOODS
An attractive opportunity for replenishing- your linen closet with fine napery at
bargain price, these are high grade imported goods and at these prices are less than
importing cost today.
Fringed and hemmed Bed
Spreads, full size, extra
heavy weight crochet.
$1.75 values, special for
JEE- $1-35
$1.50 Bleached and silver
all linen, extra heavy
quality, satin finish, 72
inch and $1 inch, special
for Monday, QQn
per yard '
$1.00 bleached and un
bleached Table . Damask,
all linen, good weight, 72
Inch, special for r7t!
Monday, per yard ' V
39c unbleached Table Dam
ask, good heavy weight,
64 inch, special for 25c
Monday, per yard
50 dozen hemmed Huck
Towels, red border, heavy
weight, .10c value, special
eachM.r. GC
Special sale on all sheer and linen cambrics 38 in. wide. A serviceable .and. sensible cloth for dresseswaists, hdkfs., etc.
11.00 Sheer and Cambric Finish, per yard 75t
85c Sheer and Cambric Finish, per yard 652
7 Be" Sheer and Camlbrlc Finish, per yard 5O4
65c Sheer' and Cambric -Finish, per yard 40 1
50c Sheer and CambrlcFlnish, per yard 35i
40o Sheer: and Cambric Finish, per yard "25 4
30c and 25c quality White Goods in checkd
( Organdy, Dotted SwiiKChecJuuL ..Nainsook,
,'Flgure-i "Madraa,TC6stu'me Lawn, etc., special
for Monday, per yard 12 Ma
Bennett's Big Grocery
Granulated Sugar Double Oreen
Trading Stamps.
Santos Coffee, roasted, lb., 18c
And 10 Oreen Trading Stamps.
Tea Sif tings, pound 15c
And 10 Oreen Trading Stamps.
Koyal Macaroni, 2-lb. pkg., 25c
And 10 Oreen Trading Stamps.
Pears in syrup, large can. . .15c
And 20 Green Trading Stamps. .
Graham or Oatmeal Crackers, per
package 10c
And 10 Green Trading Stamps.
New Potatoes, per peck 15c
Marshall's Kippered Herring, at,
can 20c
And 10 Oreen Trading Stamps.
Marshall's Tomato Herring, per
can 20c
And 10 Green Trading Stamps.
Bayles' Herring, 2 .jars 20c
And 10 Green Trading Stamps.
Japan Rice, two pounds .... 14c
And 10 Oreen. Trading Stamps.
Schepp's Cocoa, V-lb. pkg., 13c
And 5 Green Trading Stamps.
Wiggle Stick Bluing, 6 stks., 25c
And 10 Oreen Trading Stamps. ,
Diamond C Soap, 9 bars. . ,25c
Bennett's Capitol Cocoa, Mi-lb.
can .-. .-. . . .24c
And 20 Green Trading Stamps.
Wooden
Ware
50c large
washboard
for
25c
i
KB:
rKr ''''''''
6 rolls fine
Toilet Pa
per 25c
And 10
Green Trad
ing Stamps.
100 Clothes
pins 10c
And 10
Green Trad
ing Stamps.
TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK
Ten-Acre Piecei of Trackage Prop
erty Are Very Scarce. .
?EW TRACTS EXCEPT FAR OUT
I'rospect KgsaT-O-See Coitioaiir
V. aiitlnar Groaaa ir Larsr Factory
ets Healty Men Baeca.la.tlas;
uu sites AralliMe.
Th announcement by the Efeg-O-Sae
company that it probably will locate a tac
lury in Omaha and will need a tract of
ten acres along railroad tracks, sets the
realty me thinking. Bach is trying to
figure out what he can offer to the com
pany. Aa he turns over the situation in
bis mind, he finds that ten-acre piece of
trackage are almost aa scarce in Omaha
as hen's teeth. There is. scarcely anything
of tbls size until one goes clear to the
edge of the city, and, of course, accessi
bility must be considered In the problem
of securing labor. To be aura, ten aoraa
could b secured by a wholesale purchase
of a reaidenoe district, such as the Oreat
Western obtained for elevator terminals,
but a fond company doesn't want is pat
S-'iiO.rtO or SSOO.OiX) In land. Commissioner
Manas nt the Burlington has the Inelde
track sf tha realty men- and has probably
shown the break Tut food people all the
available slUa along the Burllngtan tracks.
There is some prospect of opening an al
ley from Twentieth to Twanty-fWIrth street
between Farnam and Douglas. It is said
all but one of ths property owners on Far
nam street and moat of those on Dougrlas
are in favor of the allay, but two or three
still hold out. Among these are tha own
ers of the Bachelors' building, who say
they are witling to hare an allay in the
rear of the building, but ask a price for
their rear property which real estate men
say is prohibitive. It is probable they will
ask the council to condemn tne ground for
alley purposes and take it st an appraised
valuation.
Whenever a man plans to ereot a build
ing and then decides not to, be lays tbe
postponement to the high Cost of building
material. In most cases he is probably sin
cere, for more often than not the con
tractors estimates on building are consid
erably higher than those he made hlms'lf
and he is dissuaded from his project. Sev
eral men who Intended erecting warehouses
and apartment houses this fall have put It
off on the ground that they cannot afford
to pay jreawit prices for bulldlnar material.
Among those who have poetponvd building
are: F. B. Konnard, who Intended building
a ITG.oJO apartment house at Nineteenth and
Podge streets; the Oeorge II. Lea company,
which proposed a larga warehouse and In
riibator faotorv; P. M. Weekoe, who was
to hsve erected sn apartment Itous st
Kigbteenth and Jackson, and W. 8. Hood,
who Intended building a flve-story apart
ment bouse at Thirty -eighth and Karnsm.
Tlie question is, will building; material be
any cheaper nest spring!
Bids have been taken on the new Fsir
banks, Morse A Co. warehouse st Ninth
and Harney streets and have been sent to
the home office st Chicago for awarding
ths contract J. C. Root Is taking bids on
S two-story apartment house, 60x132 feet,
which he plans to ereot st Thirty-second
and Pacific streets. Bids are being taken
by Q. EX Bhukert, owner of the Rama
building, for a two-story brick structure,
twenty-two feet wide, which he will build
adjoining the Ramge building on the east.
The W. J. Dermody Investment company
was Incorporated last week with a capital
stock of I64MMO. It will do a real estate,
loan and Insurance bualneaa.
The Peters Investment company la the
new name under which R. C. Peters tc Co.,
with additional capital, will do business.
The company will tsks the offices In the
New York Ufa building left vacant by the
Omaha Electrto Light and Power company.
Two hundred and fifty dollars a front foot
seems to be the price of property st Twenty-third
and Farnam streets. At least, that
Is the consideration given for twenty-two
feet sold last week by Margaret V. Solo
mon to L R. Fuller. The lot Is Just west
of Bstslla Feed's shop. It hss a frame
building en It.
Two farm deals of some interest were
made a few days ago. John Onnnelley
paid 1300 aa acr for ntns aores en the
Center Street road, end will make his home
there. The ltO-acre farm ef Susan Glenn,
about four miles north ef Florence, was
bought by Frits Kruse for 111,000. This Is
known as the Forsyth farm and was onie
owned by Mr. Forsyth, an Omaha drug
gist. Within the lest few months most of the
lots on ths west stds of Thirty-eighth
avenue, from Dewey avenue to Dodge
street, have changed hands and many iota
on the opposite side of the street have
been sold. The majority were acquired.
not for speculation, but for the erection
of homes. Owing to Hie activity in this
section and the desirability of ths location.
lota hsve been higher in price than in
other residence sections. Among those buy
ing lots on Thirty-eighth avenue were:
Oeorge H. Thummel, clerk of the United
States district court; Judge Redlck, Ar
thur Remington, Joseph Cudshy, J. W.
Thomas and W. J. Hynes.
There le one little piece o land in
Omaha, tbe recent history of which makes
Interesting reading, especially to thoas who
peculate or think of speculating In real
estate. It Is four seres on the south side
of Dorcas atreet, between Blxth and
Eighth, advertised three months ago by
A. P. Tukey Bon aa "the worst lying
four aores In town." It was In desperation
that Mr. Tukey wrots the advertisement.
having tried for weeks in vain to sell.
Tbe novelty of It caught the eye of John
M. Fix a, and after an Investigation he
bought the tract, paying O.000. He sold
It after three months to J. P. Connolly
for t.t00. Now negotiations are on be
tween Mr. Connolly and the street railway
company for the transfer of the property
to the latter at a prloe of 'iT.SOO, to be used
either for car bams or as a sits for the
bunies of employ es. "If a body soul ever
know," sighs Harry Tukey.
The kM. UnuJ Kepubliu. In last Sunday's
Issue, said: "Financial oundltUms are re
garded aa unfavorable to Isrge realty deals,
snd these sre wetting for an en' merger
market. II Is conceded by realty m n thai
an improvement in ths money noaraat la
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MODEL CITY ALL OF STEEL
Gary, Town Bcinj Built to Order in
Indiana.
CAPITAL OF THE GREAT TRUST
which is the bane of older cities which,
have grown and not been plannod.
"Kvery thing In this model, modern city
built to order la planned for oonvenlonoe,
utility and economy of money, time and
effort. The best experU in their several
lines ui-o directing the efforts of the 4,000
v oik men there, snd the city of Gary will
le ready tor occupancy In the near fu-
I lure."
1 1 1
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NEW HOMES ON WEST DODGS STREET.
essential to Improved conditions In the real
estate market." '
Omaha agents do not attribute August
dullness to a tight money market, but .'to
the commercial lethargy . which always
falls upon the public in that hottest of
months. And sgain, the Omaha agents do
not complain that they have been idle;
though their ssles hsve not resched a
large aggregate, they have been numerous,
and that gives hope for the future. Now
that the summer eeason Is about ovsr. It
Is expected that realty transfers will In
crease considerably.
The Dexter U Thomas residence, a
sightly landmark at ths crest of the hill
at Twenty-seventh street and Indiana' ave
nue, has been bought by Edgar L. Means,
a banker of Orleans, Neb. The houae was
built In 18S6 by Mr. Thomas.
manifested in Omaha. But with- ths spirit
of you western people animating every
where, the growth of Omaha could not be
otherwise. A few years s go Omaha was
scarcely known In the east,, but now It la
regarded . as one of the great cities of
the central west and our people back in
New. York are noticing It."
GOOD TO GET BACK TO OMAHA
York Mia Coaaes West to
Iaeplrarlea frose NtkraaU .
Oaoae.
M. C. Degen of New Tork, but formerly
engaged for many year In the live stock
business m Omaha and South Omaha, Is
stopping at the Merchant Mr. Degen la
superintendent and manager of the El D.
J. D. Stein Horse Exchange company,
and this is his first visit to Omaha for two
or three years.
"J oaanot resist tbe yearning to get back
to old Omaha every now and than. There
la something la thl weetarn sir and spirit
that does not exist In the east. While
our business is thriving I feel aU ths better
for getting back here onoe In s while to
get soms western Inspire! ion, which makes
things move ths better when I go east,
"I am surprised at the great growth
ANCIENT CALIFORNIA MONEY
Orrat Variety of Cola a ad Carreat
. Tokens A goat a the Karly
, Days.'
Coins - In California till the fail of '1856
were a. queer kettle of fish. More than 60
per cent of the silver and st lesnt K per
cent of the gold wss foreign.
Most of 'the othfi.gold coins were pri
vate oolna. Mofflt A Co. got a permit from
the government to coin gold. Thlr coinag
was confined to 110 and UO pieces snd were
stamped "Mofflt A' Co."
We had ' sll kinds of doubloons snd
smaller South and Central American coins.
Of the smaller gold coins the French i
franc piece led all the others.
The English guinea wss fairly repre
sented, but It passed for only its face
value, while the ether gold passed for
more. The twenty franc piece, value 13.7s,
went it K
There wss a still grester discrepancy In
ths sliver coin. A 1 franc piece went for
M cents, and thr East India rupee, value
46 cents, went for fc, cents; the &-franc
piece, L The French silver represent!
about per cent of the stiver circulation.
Oerman stlvwr thslers, worth SO cents,
went st II. Everything a bore e cants was
ft and everything above K cents was K
cents. A French back la San Francisco
was said b have got rich shipping Frenoh
cola In exchange - tor gold duat. United
States coin wss scarcer until the mint was
established. In the fall of 1856 the banks
refused to take any foreign cons except
at a heavy discounnt. The result waa that
In a few months all foreign coin disap
peared. It proved a bonanxa for the saloon
people. They would still give a drink
for a franc, while the bsnks save only
lZ'.i cents. Tlie saloon p-opl gathered
them snd the rupees in at old prices and
sold to the banks for bullion and made
a good thing.
But for a few years we suffered badly
for silver chsnge. Even until 1S56 gold
dust circulated to a considerable extent In
mining districts, but the scalea were al
ways used.
There was no paper money until IV O.
Mills A Co. Issued their gold nots siout
18SS. In getting chsnge for an old octa
gon JM gold note, often as many as four
or five nationalities would be represented
In the chsnge. On sll drafts sent east $3
was chsrged by the express companies until
Adams & Co. and Page. Hacon & t'o. failed
snd left the field to Wells-Fsrgo; then it
waa raised to to.
Greenbacks were never recognised ss
money, only ss a commodity. They were
used for buying postage and revenue
stamps. All mercantile billheads and notes
had the special contract enforcement for
gold. California even psid the claims of
the federal government In gold. And It
came In mighty handy to Uncle Ram In
1M2 and IK. Tlie old style Csllfornisn
still hss sn Inclination for the yellow stuff.
San Francisco Call.
Coat of Tain Modern .ilanluelpallty
Will Exceed the Pabnluus Sum
of One Heoared Million
Dollars.
"There are few people wh, are aware
that a great city la being Imilt tj order
only a few hundred miles from Onmha,"
said C. M. Moreland of Ban Her.itrJIno,
Cal., who psssed through the city Situr, av,
returning heme from a trip to the east.
"The clly to which 1 i-efer Is Qsry, be
ing constructed by the United Slstes Eteel
corporation st t cost exceeding $I00,O(,0OJ.
The treat Bteel trust ,weat sbout con
structing this model city much ss s cltli.-n
would go about building a house. It se
lected a site, and s dreary wssle it was,
along the shore of Lake Michigan. In In
disna. The site being eeleced. s stsff of
architect snd englnsers laid out the city.
It was. Indeed, the resllxatlon of that idea
of the good old woman who. being Im
pressed wliii the congestion of the great
city, exclsinied: ' don't aee why they
aon t build the cities In the
where there's plenty of room."
"Oary is to be the grest steel capltsl of
Americs. It Is to be a model city. It Is to
bs the site of vast steel mills. Tlie town,
of rouise. 1s only subordinate to the mills,
but It Is being planned and bul't with sn
eye to the grestest economy and architec
tural and landscape effect. I do not mean
It is being cheaply built, for the very oppo
site is the fact. Everything is permanent.
The buildings sre of ateol The Orand
Calumet river, at whose mouth the city Is
located, la being dredged to a uniform
width of 260 feet and spanned by beautiful
bridges. Four great trunk lines of railroad
will run Into Oary.
FIRST STEP J0 END STRIKE
Plan Proposed by President Small la
a Letter to the' Local
Telegraphers.
The first news of sny plan for the settle
rr.ent of the telugraphera' atrlks reached,
ll'.'cwl strike headquartera in a latter Sat
! unlay from President Small at Chicago, ;
j Instructing' the Omaha strikers to seleot '
two "electors," one from the Postal and
' one from the Western Union men. These
electors sre to confer with electors from
the other unions In the Eighth district of'
the Commercial Telegraphara' Union of
America, of which the largest looals are
at Omaha, at. Paul and Minneapolis, Ths
electors will be instructed to select a com ,
ink tee to represent the district In a oon-
ferenee which Is proposed with the tele- '
graph magnates st New Tork. Eaoh of the
other seven districts will seleot a like com- j
nilttee. The selection of electors was set
for 2:30 Saturdsy sfternoon at Washington
hall.
oountry.
all Mnlas la the Alleys.
"One tiling tlist strikes the visitor Is the
fact that a'l gas, water snd stesm mains
are being laid In the slleys. toaether with
electric light and power conduits. This
will obvlats the necessity for tesrlng up
the streets when once they are paved,
CEMENT, INSTEAD OF LUMBER
Former Derided to Bo Cheaper Thaat
Frame for Balldlag
Dwelllnga. William Themes, after much figuring,
hss decided that cement construction Is
cheaper than lumber snd will try ths
experiment of erecting four cement dwell,
ings on two lots he hss bought at the
northeast corner of Twenty-seventh and
Decatur streets from Crelghton university,
through John N. Frenxer. Cement houses
are so scarce In Omaha that soma citl
sens hsve never seen one. There is one
in Ui-inls park, nue at Thirtieth and Harney
ami one In Kountce place.
Tlie McCygue Investment company hss
sold the house at 2514 Indiana avenue to
Will rserkman.
Fie.1 II. Weed has sold to Hugh Mc
Caffrey, for Dupee Bros, of Illinois, a
house at Forty-fourth and Harney.
T. W. Masen and Fred Wead will build
a house on a lot they have bought on
Twenty-seventh, north of Bpaldlng.
Clerk rksrgei with Feraery.
PHILADELPHIA. Fs., Aug. ai Her
man O. Staden, confidential clerk for
Kdwln Harrington Rons Co., makers
of machine tools, is charged with forgery
and the embezzlement of 120.000. He
departed about two weeks sgo.
Good Trackage Property is Scarce!
t I have for sale for u liniited time one of j
tbe finest trackagp properties in the city.
Nearly two acres within a few blocks of sev
eral local freight leiots. All on grade,
ready to use.
" J. FRED KERR
1614 Harney Street
Phone Douglas 5487