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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1907)
G TTTR OMATTA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMHEU 24, 1907. i : I 1 l RIEWS OF TH NO PANIC WITH BUILDERS Houses and Land Still Good Invest ment for Spare Money. TALK ON MISSION FUENITTJEE Dealer Declare Stolid, Substantial Kind of Old la Beln Ileplaced hT Mach that Will Not Stand Teat of Ce. There may be a panlo in the east, there may be crop failure! aomewhere In the world, there may be other tormente of humanity In different parte of the world, but there la no evidence of auch condl tlona among Omaha bom builders. The recorde of the building Inapector'a office ahow an undiminished healthlnese and a. vlgoroue strength that glvea no Indica tion whatever of being undermined by panlca or rumora of panics. The people have the money and If there are any who do not have confidence In banka the money flurry aeema to be acting merely to apur them toward putting their cash Into a house where panlca and atrlngenctea do not corrupt and where thlevea "cannot break through and ateal the house and lot on which It stands. Builders and con tractor have had a week of undiminished activity In house building and the new orders received lndlcatea that the work will be rushing throughout the winter. "Home bulldera and furnlahera should take care as to the material they put Into their furniture a well as Into their homes," said an Omaha cabinet maker. "The mission style of furniture hae a great vogue at present, but, like many other things. It la being widely and very basely imitated. The mere fact that a chair Is mado on straight lines with rig idly severe legs and back and Is stained ' a more or less pronounced black doea not muke that chair a mission piece. Sonre people think they can take a pine board home and with a saw, a hammer and a few nails can turn out mission furniture at an amazing rate. This Is apt to prove an expensive bit of economy. It Is apt to be like Bill Nye's famous instructions, "how to make a rocking chair out of to 'mato cans," which the humorist gave dur ing the era of enthusiasm for making all kinds of beautiful things out of barrels and cracker boxes and so forth. "There la nothing that ahowa the qual ity that is in it more than a piece of fur niture. And In the long run quality will win as surely in a table or a chair as It will In human character and makeup. Look at the old mahonany furniture made by patient skilled handicraftsmen in the old daya. Some of those carefully wrought center tables are now worth ICO to $100. Some of the fine sideboards are worth hundreds of dollars. All because they have he quality In the wood and the workmanship In the making. "The same la true of the mission furni ture. This was first made by patient, palnatakjng monks and when It was fin ished it had a character of its own, an air of homely stability and comfort that charmed and brought it Into favor. But the cheap Imitations ono sometimes sees today are merely grotesque things to be laughed at. The moral of all this la to do well what you do and to have good quality in what you do have." A new house near Twenty-fourth and Blnney streets has a modal outdoor sleep ing room set Into the second floor In a man ner that la charmingly artistic and archi tecturally economical. The house is a one and one-half story cottage. The design la low and wide. The roof slopea toward the atreet gently with long lines from apex to eaves. The sleeping porch la cut into this long sleeping room In a way that mukes It look as though a giant had stuck a knife into the roof and pried up a liberal space, for the Bleeping porch. The porch Is com modious, well celled and flnlshedt The side of this sleeping room comes up to a height of probably three feet so that the sleeper cannot be seen from the street. A door leads from the dressing room to the sleep ing porch. The latter is closed In with wire mosquito netting on the three open aides. "Electricity Is occupying a more honored position than ever before In Omaha homes," aald E. J. Gillespie of the American Electric company. , "People are beginning to real ise the charming effects that can be so cured by the proper use of electricity. The beauty of the fixtures manufactured today for electrlo lights makes the beauties of this species of Illumination especially at tractive. Most of the homes of the medium and finer claas now being built in Omaha are being provided with electricity and they are being made doubly beautiful by the sub tle quiet charms of elcctrlcley. Not only " la It useful for illumination but for heating in a amall way. It la also turned to doing other little labor saving tasks which are so small that If the wires were not already in the house these thing could not be done." A business man's home In the West Far Dam district has several model bed rooms, lie and his wife have paid special atten tion to this part of the house. One uf the rooms they call the "ivy room" because the wall ptywr has the ivy design on it. Another la called the "hollyhock room" for the reason that It Is decorated with wall paper of that design. Both are models of cosiness. The windows extend nearly from the floor to the celling and are made with small panes of glasa according to the olden day design. There are two curtains In front of each window. One of these la of luce and the other of opaquo material to be drawn at night. There la a fire place in each room and several deep comfortable looking chairs. A few pictures of restful subjects and harmonious design are oil the wall. "A house should partake of the Individ uality of the bulldera and those who expect to live in It," aald a local architect. "Peo ple must not be swayed by what la the pre vailing style or mode. I do not think Omaha people are swayed by anything of this sort. They build the kind of houses they individually like and the result shows that their tastes are not freakish or gov erned by the dictates of mere fashion. A plain hard working sensible family living in a house with a lot of frippery and frop pery aud Louey Kans and Louey Kattorzo ion COXSLM1TIVK.S A specialist of a noted Kuslern clin ics gives the following formula us the best knew formula for consumption. Jrtlx two ounces of glycerine with eight ouuees of good whiskey and add one-half ounce of Concentrated oil of pine. Take a teaspoon ful or a tublespoonful every four hours. Care should be taken to get the real Cuncuntrated oil of pine, which comes on. ly In one-half ounce vials sealed In mind air-tight screw-top cases. The ingredients can be procured at any drug store. The above formula will also cure bad coughs aid colds very quickly E BUSY HOME BUILDERS furniture In It reminds one of a bull in a china shop and Is Just about as appropriate. A glance at Omaha homes shows them built along lines of utility snd substantlalness. In other words they reflect Uie character of dur practical people. The colonial and the broad Moorish designs are the favorites In this vicinity and they are the most sub stantial designs In house building." OPPOSES PLAN OF SLABAUGH T. J. Mahoney Ways Krhoola and Hos pitals Shonld Not Par In heritance Tax. "The agitation started by Judge Bla baugh and Mr. Shotwell to tax Crelghton university, SU Joseph's hospital, the con vent of the Sisters of Toor Claire and the House of the Good Shepherd by way of an Inheritance tax, not only on what they get but what they fall to get. Is not only absurd but It may result In a positive Iobb to the county," said T. J. Mahoney, in disoussing the proposed plan. "The law encourages the settlement of disputea and the avoiding of litigation, and no court will visit a penalty on a party for an honest settlement of a dispute. Besides, the right of any beneficiary to entirely renounce a bequest If It sees fit Is beyond question. But an agitation of thla kind may be found a two-edged sword. Our revenue act of 1903, two years later than the Inheritance tax law, apeclflcally exempts from taxation property devoted to educational, religious and charitable uses. This exemption may possibly not be raised by these institutions, but if an attack Is to be made on them which Is manifestly unjust and Illegal on th theory that they can thereby be Induced to Duy tnelr peace, no one need -be sur prised If they make a stand for the full benefit of their legal exemption. It will do no harm for the county commissioners, before authorlilng such an attack, to con alder Its possible effect In dpfonHror th. collection of any Inheritance tax from these institutions." WASHINGTON'S TERM IS CUT Sentence It educed from Life to Fif teen Tears on Plea of Cnllty. Will Washington, the negro who was convicted by a Jury in criminal court of the murder of Anton Kasper. with a penalty of life Imprisonment, will not have to aerve the sentence. Judge Troup Sat urday morning sustained the motion of Washington's attorney for a new trial and County Attorney English permitted him to plead guilty to murder in the second de gress, Judge Troup sentencing him to flf- lenn years In the penitentiary. Kasper was stabbed to death last June near Ninth and Capitol avenue. He ruBhed Into the Goldsmith saloon with a knife sticking In his back and expired before he could tell his story. The evidence against Washington consisted principally In the Identification of the knife as one that had been given him a short time before and an alleged statement he la said to have made to Ernest Wilson, Just before the tragedy that he was going to "cop" some one as he needed money. B. F. Baker, his attorney, pleaded that there was a lack of evidence to support the theory of premeditated murder and Judge Troup sustained his motion for a new trial. Washington said he waa willing to plead to aecond degree murder and his plea waa accepted. CORNERSTONE LAYING SUNDAY th an ares Made In Program of Young Women's C'hrlntlnn Association Collection Taken. A few minor changes nave been made In the program for the ceremony of laying the cornerstone of the new Young Women's Christian Association building Sunday afternoon, and in announcing the following con pleted progrum the board wishes the public to understand 'that no subscriptions will be asked nor collection taken at th3 exercises'. At Boyd's theater at 3 p. m Mrs. W. P. IJarford, presiding. TJoxology Audience. Scripture response. Prayer Rev. J. W. Conley, D. p. Te Deum (In B minor) Buck, Mr. Ben Stanley and choir. "The Young Men's Christian Associa tion," President Isaac Carpenter. "The Ministry." Rev. S. D. Dutcher, pres ident of the Ministerial union. Anthem "While the Earth Rcmalneth," Maunder, Mr. Ben Stanley and choir. "Our Building Project," Mrs. George Tllden, chairman of building committee. 'The Purpose of the Building." Mrs. Emma P. Byera, general accretary. Scripture lesson. Hymn Audience. "The Contents of the Box," Mra. Emma P. Byers, general secretary. Placing the stone, Mrs. W. P. Harford, president. Prayer of consecration and benediction. Rt. Rev. A. U Williams. IX D. MAN DIES WHILE AT WORK Charles Eagrbrerht Drops Dead at Twenty-Seventh and Maple Streets. Charles Eggcbrecht dropped dead while working at Twenty-seventh and Maple afreeta at 10:30 Saturday morning. He was employed as tender for Nlcholae Herrlck, a contractor. His body waa taken In charge by the coroner and an lnyuest will be held. He waa a man about 40 years of age and heart failure Is thought to have been the cause of his death. i K & ta a Crf ; - ..n,H i Structure That is Reviving North Sixteenth Street TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Omaha Dealers Optimistic in Pace of Present Conditions. CASH SALES ARE PLENTIFUL Slight Falllna; Off In Amount of Transfers Declared to Be Doe to Temporary Conditions Only. Will real estate rise above the present financial flurry, or must the market come to a dead halt within the next three weeks, when the crucial test is to come? This Is the question which Omaha real estate dealers have been asking the last week, when the market has been quiet and the records showed transfers placed on file of but $72,000 for Douglas county, and a large part of the total consisted In country sales and the city sales fell off. Nearly all the sales made during the week have been placed on file and very little old stuff was recognized among the deeds filed. In the transfers for Tuesday, which are given as I155.9S9. the refiling of the deeds to the Ramge building, purchased some time ago by G. E. Shukert, amounting to $127, GO0, which cannot be considered In estimat ing the week's sales. The result of the next three months of real estate dealing are expected by real estate men to be full of tremendous Import for the future. Real estate will Join the panic or It will rise above It. C. C. George of George & Co. believes the light Is break ing and that the reid estate market stands on the rock of the country's prosperity. If the rock cannot be shaken the masses of business men will see that their fears are groundless. When the reports of transfers for the first day of the week showed up around $8,000, real estate men were getting a little uncertain, but have been pushing ahead, disregarding the fact that things were com ing to a halt for a time. Then the next re port came along with transfers of $28,489 for the second day, $9,874 for Wednesday, $13,781 for Thursday and $12,772 for Friday. But business was better Saturday, with the sun shining, and one firm made a sale of 16,000, another of $2,500 and a third of $1,400, sending the week out with a whirl and a good outlook for the coming week. "It's like watching a wave come In on the beach," said a real estate man. "Great crests of dark waves will swing in on the shore now and then, smash up the boats and beat against the lighthouses. Such waves can be compared to the panic of 1873. But the present wave will never reach the boats and lighthouses. Its force has already been checked. Half way up the beach It met a body of quiet water, which reduced Its force, and by the time It reaches shore It breaks harmlessly on the lower beach. Such Is the effect of the present panic on real estate. It looked like a monster wave for a time, but it has struck quiet water, and I predict that the wave will break harmlessly on the sand." That real estate In Omaha has not been hurt by the panic or financial flurry more than to make the market temporarily quiet Is shown by the offers received Sat urday by dealers for unimproved property at a time when other forms of Investment security were being slaughtered. As an In stance, George & Co. offered the north east corner of Twentieth and. Burt streets, for Mra. Mary J. Ellis of Antwerp, N. Y., and received four cashNoffers for the prop erty within forty-eight hours, selling it for cash to the first one who made the offer-William D. Glffln, who will improve It promptly. Bankers and real estate men are unani mous in expressing the belief that It will only be necessary for the mnrket to hold Its own for a few weeks, or perhaps until after the holidays, and when recovery in other lines begins a new era of prosperity will dawn for the real estate deapers. "New prosperity is inevitable from the fact that the earning power of men and women Is as great as It ever was, and they are making a greater effort to-save," said a real estate dealer. "We have had any number of applications for paying from $10 to $25 per month on lots ranging In price from $250 to $1,000.", A few believe that tho' time has come when real estate will not bring as big re turns In rentals and that after all America cannot expect to have holdings In real es tate which will return 10 and 13 per cent when the older countries have reached a plane where 2 to 3 per cent la high. It Is believed by a few who have had experi ence that real estate will continue to re turn from 6 to 15 per cent for many years, but gradually the lower plane must be reached. t A simpler form of warranty deed la sought by the real estate men of Omaha and President Graham of the Real Estate exchange may suggest a Joint meeting of the attorneys, abstracters and real estate dealers of the city to agree on a short form which will not cost as much to re cord and will not be as apt to be picked to pieces by fault-finding attorneys. W. K Selby has suggested that a mortgage re lease bo secured which will not be as long fe. i If - - - - i:::K "lily HOW THE HOTEL LOYAL LOOKS TODA Y. ss a mortgage and cost as much to re cord It as It usually charged for re cording a mortgage. "But we will always have a lot of trouble with forms," said Mr. Selby, "aa long a attorneya them aelvea dlfTer aa to the legality of deeds, mortgagee and releases. I have submitted a deed to one attorney and had It accepted and the next attorney would turn the same Instrument down. Lawyers and real estate men should get together on forms, but even then an attorney now and then would pick to pieces a deed which had been de clared good by thirty others." Real estate dealers of Omaha may ask the next legislature to reduce the fees fixed for filing or pass on some simple forms, auch as are used In Iowa. Crelghton's First addition will bo the name given by the D. V. Bholes company to the new tract which will be placed on the market about January 1. The new addition Is Just west of Hanseom park, be tween that beauty spot and the Megeath addition. It will be one of the desirable residence districts of the city, within easy reach of the cars and overlooking the park and southern part of the city. Lots will sell from $500 to $1,000. Reed Bros, have platted a new addition at Forty-eighth and Farnam street and will call It "Sunset." The addition will Be sold only In loo-foot lots and the lots not sold to anyone who desires to build a res idence costing less than $5,000. The per manent Improvements of the addition are well under way and lota will aoon be on sale. C. C. Carlberg has platted an addition of eleven lots on Thirty-eighth avenue, be tween Mnson and raclflc streets. Five modern cotages will bo erected on the property at once. Sale of the fine lots In the new Ihindee addition, for which George A Co. has the e-xcluslve agency, continues and five new homes are under construction, all costing more than $3,500 and one costing Ifi.O'O. 0. I. Patterson of the Pacific Exnrss company has purchased two lota at Fifty first and Underwood avenue for $1,325. He will build a new home on the lots at once. The beautiful residence of C. C. King at 1334 South Thirty-second street haa been sold by a colored real estate agency to Mrs. Ida G. Caball. a colored woman from Missouri," who paid $5,000 for the residence In the exclusive south-side residence dis trict and when she occupies It, December 1, she will be alone In being the only col ored person to secure a home in the dis trict. Bankers' troubles are not hindering the home building In the suburbs. The home builders and lot buyers are as active aa ever, and those who have purchased lots are going ahead with Improvements as rapidly as possible. Some who had con tracted to buy lots on the Installment plan have drawn money which they had In banks and paid for the lots. On'y now and then la a deal called off by an Intended purcahser'and the financial flurry given aa an excuse. Real estate dealers declare that those who refuse to go ahead with deals because of the much discussed money stringency are only the ones who are seeking to get out of the deals and use the financial flurry as an excuse. N.' P. Underhlll has sold his place In Archer Place, South Omaha, to Kate Me Phearson for $4,000. Tho home Is ono of the comfortable residences In the extreme limits of South Omaha, being almost as far out as Albright. ( The Byron Reed company has sold to Louis Segall the residence at 181$ Burt street for $2,500. LOVER SHY JMARRIAGE FEE Lacks Just Two Dollars of Enough to Boy a License to Wed. Because he had only $3 and his marriage license and marriage service cost $5, David Condon was forced to leave his marriage certificate "In hock" with Marriage License Clerk Furay until he could raise the other $2. Condon applied for a license Friday to wed Maggie Eberly of Denver. After the document was Issued he requested that Judge Leslie perform the marriage service and the Judge did so. After they were made man and wife Condon produced the $3, but was unable to rake up the balance of the fee. As the county Judge haa no power to undo even his own ceremonies, he was powerless to do anything except accept Condon'a offer to leave his certifi cate as a guarantee he would return and pay the $2. The certificate Is still In a desk in the office awaiting its owner. George Lasker and Agnes Stanley of Marne, la., were refused a marrlag? license Saturday morning because the brtde-to-be had secured a divorce In Iowa only six weeka ago. Eneonrnclna; the Lawyer. A North Carolina lawyer says that when Judge Buxton, of that state, mado his first appearance at the bar as a young lawyer he was given charge, by the state's solicitor, of the prosecution of a man charged with some misdemeanor. It aoon appeared that there was no evi dence against the man. but Buxton did his best, and was astonished when the jury brought In a verdict of "guilty." After the trial one of the Jurors tapped the young attorney on the shoulder. "Buxton," said he. "we didn't think the feller waa guilty, hut. at the same time, didn't like to discourage a young lawyer by acquitting him. Lipplncolt'a Magazine. 77 99 ScTcnty-scTcn for Grip and mm Guaranteed by the Manufacturer under the Food and Drug Act, June SO, 190. The manufacturer also' guarantees that Humphreys' geventy-seven does not contain anything that Is harmful to the most delicate person or young child. Seventy-seven Is more often cur ative for Colds and Grip than any other known remedy. Seventy-seven breaks up Colds that hang on. All druggists, 25c. Humphreys Homeo. Medlrlne Co., Cor. William and John Streets, New York. 'CUSTOM GRADE "VTOTE the feet of the well dresser women of this town. On most of them you see our "Queen Quality" $4 Custom Grade Boot. The choice leathers, the refined style, the glove fit are meant for women of discrimination. Your pair is now ready. Hay-den Bros. AUDITORIUM The Peerless Roller Skater MISS JESSIE DARLING All This Wk. Uoth Afternoon and Evening. Admission, 10c. Skates, 20c. Window Glass 1 We do glazing. 'Phono our Paint Department your ord ers. Tel. Douglas 3425. Myers-Dillon Drug Co. Paint Dept. 1416 Harney St. iw.iak:wi.'iMiiiyi,iwi Gold and Siiver Plating Tabla Ware, daa FUtQTea, Briaa Bfcdi and Jewelry Revlatad aa Kaw OMAHA PLATINO CO. Keliatla Gold and Ellvar Flatara Eatabliahcd 1S98 1330 Barney 8t. Table d'Hote. Dinner AT "aV a I i .T.be Chesapeake Catc SIXDAY: 11:39 a. m. to 8:93 p. m. 1508-19 Howard Street Poller's MandolIa6rebeslra TABLE D'HOTE DINNER -TODAY AT flfe CALUMET 66 ' - M ki: M i U .. ;. ' Heat - Fuel - Money - Wasted Some Common Sense Facts FACT 1 If iur bnNrniciit n 7.1 to 8.T deirroos nd tjr cov ering tho you reduce It to M) to TO dcjjrecs, vvluit Ix-comcs of the heat? You save it and It ase on to the rooms; there, can bo no other nlaro for It to go. PA IT a After tho heating plo In your Imsoinent are cov ered with AmMer Asbestos Air fell covering the hent run not radiate or escape, but is forced upstairs, where Jou want it. PACT 3 Many heating plants are not totccessful because the furnace or boiler rapacity In not sufficient to allow for the waste heat lost In the basement. PACT 4 Uncovered lien ting j)lMs In your basement shrink your hard-wood floors on account of the excessive heat In the bnsenient. To keep your floors looking right Is worth the cost of covering alone. PACT B It Is difficult to keep your winter supply of vege tables and fruit when tho pipes are not covered in the basement. FACT 0 Some manufacturers of loilers recommend Ambler Air Cell covering for their boilers, because they know It Increases the capacity of their boiler. FACT 7 Millions of dollars are spent yearly for pipe cov ering because It saves more millions in fuel. Tlop one us Pouglaa 1397 lirOiirPf'fi on Ambler Asbestos Air Cll Hioa Covering Keusbcy fit Ktfatflson Co. 1113 Harney Street, Omntia, Neb. Manufactcrera of Aabeatoa and Mr,?neaia Plpa and Boiler Coverings. Factorita, Amblar, Fa. Offlcta in Principal Cltlca. -4 3 3lltn'H,n(lllWMrill.,llrT'II'fWIWT'4"lIW'(l1f HAT the new rate has accom plished more than we expected is a fact. In one month 234 old and new houses were con nected to our lines. Whv not vours? Reduced rates. - Investigate. Omaha Electric Light & ' Power Co. TEL. DOUG. 1062. C. B. HAVENS & COMPANY BUILDING MATERIALS OF ALL KINDS LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, CRUSHED ROCK, SAND, BRICK AND SEWER PIPE. m ' Get Oar Quotations Before Placing Orders Elsewhere ,:Vr; Phone Douglas 317 1 i-.ifirs j . ' When you stop to think about it, you, of course, realize the grave danger that menaces your. children when they play in the streets v. on which there are street car tracks, but do you think about it often enough? And do you caution your children about . it often enough t ' Are you sure that YOUR children are not daily exposing themselves to the danger of being struck by a car in fact, jeopardiz ing their lives, 'Eemember that when children are play ing, their minds are engrossed with their play vand theyare utterly unheedful of approach ing cars and frequently dart directly in front ofthem. Assist Us in Preventing Accidents. Omaha Council Bluffs Street Railway Company Take ocky Mountain Limited The newest and most luxuriously equipped trln between Chicago and Colorado. Such important thing aa a new mlselon-ityle llbrary-buffet-obaervatlcn car a barber f lectrlc light and fana, Garland car ventilator: these differentiate the Rocky Mountain Limited ai the BEST. But one night en route. Leaves daily at 11:17 P. M. A aecond dally train leaves at 1:85 P. M. carrying standard sleeping cars. "Rock Island to tho Rockies0 Aak (or dainty llluatrated booklet deacrlblng the Rocky Mountain Limited. Y. M. C. A. BLD3 1805 Farnam St. tho w. r. wniirou, Zt. V. A, stock Xn)d l.lat OKAXA. FEB. JM4 I" AJLJI AJA BX, 4 &