c The Omaha Sunday Bee. PART III. j PAGES 21 TO 28. ESTABLISHED JUKE 19, 3 871. OMAHA, SUNDAY !M01iXlTG, DECEMBER 0, 1000. SINGLE copy riv.n cents. 1 PARTIAL PAYMENTS To those purchase ing (roods for future do livery, we have arranged to accom modate them hy payinsxpart at time of buying. Bennett's Basement Fairyland. An interesting sight, in which all wo men delight Tho greatest display of FINE CHINA in Omaha. Tho rich qualities and pleas ing effects are truly fascinating. Gift purchasers should not fail to visit this wonderful place of beauty. REIGNS SUPREME SANTA CLAUS' HOME -IS AT BENNETT'S THE ONLY REAL SANTA CLAUS-NONE OTHER LIKE HIM IN OMAHA. Toys, 2nd Floor. Children's Playthings Swords ....... . 5c Kitchen Stoves 5c Tin Kitchens 5c Trumpets 5c Iron Banks 5c Girl's Sad Irons 5c Farm Yards ....18c Doll Bureaus 10c Toy Chairs 10c Doll Hammocks 24c Doll Heads 5c Toy Trains .18c Steel Trains 24c Metal Rough Riders.. 48c Toy Pianos 24c Rag Dolls 28c Metalaphones 5c Photo Albums 12c Black Boards 14c ChautauquaBlackboards & Desk combined $1,48 Dolls mm Tool Chests, from 28c to $2.98 Fino China head dolls, 11 in. long 5c Kid body dolls 15c We have a largo Btock of tho famous Kaestner dolls, dressed and undressed, from $2.00 to $6.00 Don't fail to seo thom. Games An ondleeB variety of games. Crokinolo boardB 98c Shoo Flys 48c Hobby borses dapple gray, with mano and tail. . . . 78c Sleds Sleds for boys and girls. . 19c An elegant lino of sleds, artistic and Btrong, at low prices. Celluloid Goods Celluloid Albums 48c A handsome lino of albums in celluloid and plush. Also' toilet cases, glove and hand kerchief cases, and a big stock of everything for Christmas presents in beautifully decor ated celluloid. Don't put it off until Christmas Eve. As a Special Induccmnt to early buyers, we will present to everyone purchasing goods on the 2clJfloor, to the amount of 25c, a handsome 8x10 imported, embossed and highly colored Christmas Card. This floor if not only interesting to children, but has attracttons for all. at pricos that induce buying. Such as toys, sporting goods, musical goods, finest stationery, pictures, Candel abra and a myriad of otlier special holiday attractions. A Phenomenal Sale In our crockery department for Monday and Tuesday. Real China of now imported Austrian wares, usually sold for G5c. Tho entire lot of this exquis ite ware at 29c each. These goods will nover again bo sold at such prices, and there are no duplicates in this city. This line lino comprises Covered Vegetable Dishes, Turkev Dishes, laney Platters. Comb and Brush T rn va frlnvv Tmvr. T'lnfun nil ci7a Oiwin Vegetable Dishes, Cake Plates, Covered Euttor Dishes, Oatmeal Dishes, Tea Cups and Saucers, Cuspedoro Specials. Ebony Day at Bennett's. I JEWELRY DEPARTMENT. A large purchase of solid ebony goods must be closed out Monday we will place on sale the entire stock of these beautiful goods. Military brushes, solid ebony, regular 1 price 1.50 go Monday at Ladies' brush and comb set in box, regular 1 y C price ?2.2 Monday's price ipl.O Military Brushes, 'Ladies' Brushes, Traveling Sets, etc., all have sterling silver trimmings. 89c EBONOID NOVELTIES, Silver Trimmings. Consisting of Tooth Brushes, Nail Brushes, Nail Files, Seals, Tooth Powder Boxes, Hair Pin Boxes, all go at ONE HALF WHAT OTHERS ASK FOR SAME GOODS. Cigar Dept. Other stores charge fancy prices for tho same quality of goods as are quoted here. Cigars, 25 in box, $1.50, 1.25, $1.10, 90c, 80c, 50c Cigars, 50 in box, 2. 25, $2, $1.50, $1.25, 90c, 50c Smoker's Presents A beautiful line of pipes f from $9 down to 1L Our now Cartridge ripe, one of the greatest novelties lu CSn pipes at JmZZjC A nlco stock of tobacco pouches, smoker's sets, cigar cases, cigarotto cases, tobacco Jars, cigar holders, and snuff boxes. W. R. BENNETT CO. The Only Low Priced Stationery Dept In Omaha carrying a complete lino of tho best and finest goods made in Holiday books, fancy box papers, calendars, Christmas cards and novelties. Toad era Bibles, with combined Concordance, mnpt) nnd numerous helps. no bound In cxtnv crnltiod black leather, overlapping oilmen Special ....JOC 12c Now Ten turnouts, clear print, eacli Autograph Albums, uach 5c Writing Companions, with leather covored spring top Inkstand, fancy motal trimmings, compartments for pons, envelopes and paper, and ebony llnlsh tQ penholder Complete at OOC A lino assortment ol Mexican hand-carved and burned leather goods." Bohemian Glass Perfume Atomizers In our drug department. Thcso nro highly decorated Uohemlnn glass, assorted colors, guaranteed perfect. Green and Gold 32c r-alo Green, Gold Netted 58c rink Bisque decorated In gold and bludiBc Dark Wine, gold and netted bulb .78: Cut Glass, highly decorated, blue l)8c Green GJnss, satin flnlsh, gold nettcd.fl.ftl Yellow and Crystal, Cut Glass $1.08 Fancy Perfume Packages Little Puck, a three-piece package of two bars of soap and a bottlo of porfurae, at .22c An excellent combination box of flno, high ly perfumed soap, trlplo extract perfume, and flno sachet powder, put up "In fancy box, at ,24c In addition to our largo variety of per fumo packages, ranging In price from Dc to 15.00, wo also have a most complete lino of bulk perfumes of tho celebrated I'lnaud, Colgato and Eastman manufacturs. Candy Department Choice Candies Mixed candy per pound. 15c, 12c, lOo 9c Chocolate creams, fresh made, per lb 15c Sweet Sixteen, perlb...!2ic I liar Maple, per lb 15c Vanilla Cocoanut Creams por pound 15c CaramelB, wrapped, per lb 12ic Wafllo Mixed, por lb. . . . 124c Old Time Mixed, por lb 12ic Goobin Waffles, por lb ... . 18c New Figs,' por pkg 10c Dates, por lb 10c Mixed Nuts, per lb... ..15c Fresh Boosted Peanuts, lb 8c A most delicious lino of fino Chocolate FrappeB and Creams of all flavors, usually sold for COc one lb fancy box, our price 45c I'lorcs Animals of "Unole Tom's Cabin" Create False Impression. GREAT DANES TAKE PLACE OF REAL BREED Hound Won Such a Illnck Name In Slavery Iluyn, llimi'vfr, (lint Stronir I'rrjudtoo Still Kxlata Araonir lVsuple of tho North. "It Is a peculiar fact," said Detcctlvo lYank D. Mitchell tho othor day, "that tho general public has an entirely errouoous Idea as to tho naturo and characteristics of tho bloodhound. Tho popular opinion Is thut ho Is a beast of giant framo nnd un "usual foroclty, with a penchant for eating tho criminal whom he has brought to bay. Another common error Is that ho can fol low a scent Indefinitely, tfirough a thousand clnuosltlos, though It may bo Intersected by any number of other trails. "I don't know how It camo that thcso Ideas re so generally entertained. It may bo that tho play of 'Undo Tom's Cabin' Is ac countable for them to somo extent. Of courso all havo a vivid rocolloctlon of tho pack of greut dogs that chaso Kllza across the Ice-clogged river. Well, thcso are eup jiosed to bo tho bloodhouuds that wore usoj In slavery times for tracking runaway 'nlggors,' but they nro not bloodhounds at least I nover sow a bloodhound put on tho sUgo by an Undo Tom company, and I'vo' seen tho play a dozcu times. No, they use mastitis nnd Orcat Danes, which ura much ' larger than bloodhouuds, and, before, tho ' footlights, present a much more spectacular appearance. This was tho Introduction of I tho 'bloodhound' Into tho north, so thero hi little wonder that tho northerner received an erroneous Idea of this purely southern j 'institution.' Another reason may bo found In the namo 'bloodhound,' which Is n mlsnomor. It sounds ferocious and Invests j tho best with an atmosphere ot rapacity to i which bo Is not entitled. liinfTcimlve ii h a I'lilT. I "The avorngo bloodhound Is no moro to b dreaded so far as his fierceness Is con-! cerned than a pug. Ho Is a- gaunt, raw boned creature, with a head running to a peak, sleepy oyeti and long, pendulous ears. As to disposition, ho Is lazy. Ills usefulness. lies chiefly In tho keenness of his olfactory serves, enabling htm to follow a fresh scent many miles. Ho seldom touches his quorry when run to earth, howovor, and uuvor does unless starved to It. Tho bloodhound differs from tho English foxhound, In that he never gives tonguo' or bays whllo following a cent. "After all Is said, tho bloodhound Is not nearly so black as ho Is painted, but the prejudice against blm In tho north Is deep seated and crops out every llttlo while. I remember of reading In tho newspapers late last winter of a new pastlmo Invented by somo of tho socloty bloods of Now York. It was called tho 'man hunt.' Wild foxes are fow In New York, but as society wanted to bo English, you know, and rldo horses overtand after n pack of bounds, a man was substituted for a fox nnd blood hound for foxhounds. The church people took It up, however, and urged tho point of cruelty so persistently that tho now sport was abandoned. Urnaa Trillin Are Conf unIiik. "Illoodhounds nro not ot much use, In tracking criminals In a city, or whero there Is comparatively dense population, as tho numerous cross-trails confuso thorn. This was demonstrated Inst winter when we wcro hunting two negroes named Will Tony and Sam Uarnetto. Tho peoplo of Benson had been complaining ot chicken tblovcs. Almost every night somo hen cop In that suburb of Omaha would bo looted nnd Dually Detective Drummy nnd I wero de tailed to work tip tho caso. Wo put In nuveral days on It without landing our man, and thu aggravating part ot It was that tho thefts wero going right on, even whllo we wero hunting for the criminals. Well, eventually wo decided to adopt heroic measures. Wo had a consultation with several prominent citizens of Henjon nnd tho result of tho conference was wo sent to Ilcntrlco for a' pack of bloodhounds. "Wo kept tho dogs In hiding until thore was another foray on a hencoop, and then, bright nnd early ono morning, the hounds wero put on a frosh trail. They followed It about a quarter of a mllo and finally came to a standstill on tho front porch of a house In tho outskirts of tho vlllnge. "Tho family that lived In this houso bore a gcod reputation, but wo decided to go In nnyhow and mnko an Investigation. Wo searched overywhero, from collar to gar ret, but Hiero was no sign of n stolen chicken. Not even a feather could bo found on tho premises. Then wn tonic thn dogs back to the starting point and had them go over tho trail ugaln, nnd again they wound up on tho front porch of the snmo houso.- Try as wo would, wo couldn't got tho bensts to lenvo that place. Tho trnll seemed to end there. If tho thlovrs had gone up In n balloon nt that point they couldn't have obliterated their tracks moro effectually. So tho dogs wero de clared a falluro and wore sent back to Ilcntrlce. "Later wo succeeded In catching Tony and Uarnetto redhanded, with tho ovl denco ot their guilt upon them, nnd they confessed. I never hnve boon ablo to ex plain to my own satisfaction why tho trail left off so abruptly on tho porch of that particular house. Thero Is n tradition comes up from tho south, n survivor of tho nutc-bcllum dnyB, that It n flcotng slavo tied sliced onions upon tho soles of his fcot tho hounds could not track him. Perhaps that la what Uarnetto and Tony did on tho plazsa of that houso I don't knew." TIPS ON TELLING THE TIME Close Obserrers May Fawn Their Watches Without Inconienlence. OMAHA CITIZENS GOOD CHRONOMETERS For Ilnnraeiica. BcnJ. Ingoraon of Hutton, Ind,, says he had not spoken a word ubovo a whisper for months, and ono bottlo of Foley's Honey and Tar restored his volco. It Is used largoly by speakers and singers. Toko no substitute. Myers-Dillon Drug Co., Omaha; Dillon's drug store, South Omaha. NiiiiiKiiox nt Diiwanii, TACOMA. Dec. 8.D.iwson mall to No vember 6 given details of thu smallpox epi demic now prevailing there. Thero have been about thirty cases. Some havo re covered una sixteen wero quarantined on tho dato named. Cold weather Booms to havo made the contagion moro prevalent than before. The Yukon council has or dered that overy person In the Yukon ter ritory from Whlto Horso Hnplds to Forty Mllo be vaccinated nt once. This district contains about 10,000 people. Men of Affatra Hound by Heirnlar Hound of Untie Serve nm Faithful Indexea of Time Scenes of the Earl? Morning. A keen observer may tell tho time of day without tho aid of watch or clock if he bo a dally patron of tho streot car. This state ment may sound somewhat dubious, yet It Is true. In order to utlllzo this method of ascertaining tho chronological situation ono must be somewhat acquainted with the peoplo who patronlzo tho cars not neces fcarlly a spooking acquaintance, but ho must know something aa to their business or their station In llfo. If tho man without a watch boards a Ilanscom park car townward bound nnd sees Judgo Uen linker standing on tho rear plat form smoking a two-for-n-half-a-dollar cigar, ho may know It Is 9 o'clock a. m., for Judge Haker Is ns methodical as any clock, even tho old reliable Beth Thomas not ex cepted, and he seldom varies more than flvo minutes In reaching Sixteenth nnd Farnam streets at 9 o'clock overy morning when he has business down town. If tho watchless man Is on a Farnam car going toward tho city and sees Major I). II. Wheolor board tho car at Twenty-eighth Btrcct, ho may wager r-nplo pebbles to KImberly diamonds that it is 8 o'clock a. m. How about evening, you say? Well, .Major Wheeler seldom goes out of even ings, so ho Is not an Index to after-dork tlmo. Charles J. (Irceno Is a patron of tho Fnr nam streot line, and If It bo morning and Mr. Grceue Is aboard the car, getting ou at Thirty-sixth street, It Is safo to guess that It Is 9:15 o'clock. If Mr. (Iroeno Is on a car westward bound anywhore In the vicinity of noontime, tho time may be guessed tit 12:30 o'clock, for that Ib about his hour for sttrting out to his home on West Harney street. In the afternoon If you seo Mr. areene as an east-bound passenger, stake your money thnt It Is 2 o'clock and you will not loso. Ilemi In .SI mi of the Time. Dean Fair of Trinity Cathedral lives nt Twenty-fourth streot and St. Mary's avenue and Is a frequent patron of tho Ilanscom park line. If you aro In doubt as to tho hour and you see tho venerable denn board n enr nt Twenty-fourth nnd Leavenworth streets for tho city, It Is not far from 10 o'clock In tho forenoon. Thero Is n man In this town by tho uamo of John 0. Yelsor. This man lives In Dundee. Ho Is a hater ot corporations, yot he prefers to rldo In a street car rather than walk from his suburban villa. Whllo he may be somewhat erratic as to speech and political Ideas, this John O. Yelser Is as regular as sound money when It comes to catching n car, and of forenoons, It Is al- i ways exactly 9:25 o'clock when he climbs on tho rear platform at Forty-first and! Farnam streets, having transferred from the Dundee line. Judgo Vlnsonhnler Is a Mlssourlan nnd declares ho Is proud of It, yet ho doesn't havo to bo shown tho tlmo of day when ho reaches Twenty-sixth nnd Farnam streets (that la whero ho boards his car), for by forco of habit ho arrives thero evory morn ing at 8:20 o'clock. Ilather early for n man who Is ermlned with Judicial dignity, eh.' Tho answer is that Judgo Vinsonhaler Is n hustler and tho multiplicity of duties that devolves upon him in his position ns county Judgo renders necessary Bomo early rising. It Is a Bafo guess that the hands of the clock nro dallying very closely around 8 o'clock a. m. If ycu seo A. Stoero, Jr., aboard an castbound Farnam car. He llovcs on Twenty-flftluavcnuo and Is as regular as an Klgln movement In striking tho 8 o'clock car as It passes his waiting point except occasionally when ho feels the need of a constitutional and walks to the court house, whero ho Is employed as chief deputy In tho ofllco of tho clork of tho district court. I'atrons of tho South Omaha lino may know It Is somewhere bewltchlngly near S o'clock a. m. If they seo Tom Flynn town ward bound. Sheriff Powor Is nnother South Omaha Index and his hours aro about tho samo as those of Flynn. Kxecnttona to the 11 ill p. Dozens ot others might bo enumerated, and the wider tho keen observer extends his acquaintance just so does his ability to rockon tho tlmo of day Improve Thero la ono exception, howover, and that Is In the case of F. E. Sanborn, president of the auditorium committee. He Is so busy these days looking for subscriptions that ho Is llablo to go nnywhero nt any time, and this exception Includes Secretary a, W. Hoob ler, Secretary Utt of tho Commercial club, Charles S, Elguttcr, counsel for tho audi torium committee; Alfred Millard, who Is supposed to round up tho capitalists, and several other auditorium enthusiasts. On tho real early morning ears, say ubout 6:30 o'clock, ono llnds Inborers on their way to work. A llttlo later, along nbout 7 o'clock, there Is n cl of shop tollers, fac tory girls and others who aro required to begin early. About 8 o'clock comes the salesmen -iind saleswomen In tho big stores, You may not know tho names of thcso peo plo, but you can roglster a very close guess ns to their occupation, and after you hao seen them on tho cars day after day for a few weeks, they also becomo n chronological Indox. Of nights It Is not so easy to tell tho time by tho faces In tbo street cars, because thero Is less regularity In this old world after the sun goes down. Hut then, you can nsk tho conductor, for ho always has a watch. G1LLIS BORE MARK OF CAIN Iowans Floe from Tekamah Man in Dread of Smallpox Infeotion, ' NEBRASKAN FINDS EXPLANATIONS USELESS The Ilrnt Salve lu the "World. Is Rannor Salve. It Is mado from a pre scription by a widely known skin specialist and positively Is tho most healing salve for plies, burns, scalds, ulcers, running sores and all skin diseases, Thero Is nothing so good. Dillon's drug store, South Omaha; .Mjers-DIUon Drug Co., Omaha. Itoherta Iterelved lit I'ort Kllsnheth, CAI'HTOWN, Dec. 8. Lord Roberts nrrlved hero today from Fort Elizabeth, lie waa, accorded a splendid reception. The mayor, councillors, tho citizens' committee nnd thousands of sightseers met him at the docks and escorted him to the govern ment bouse. Here Knot that Dlaeaae Ilaa IZzlated on Ilia Side of the Itlver Uranda IIliu na IS ne in r of Mankind , and He la Caat Forth, For the last ten months portions of northeastern Nebraska have been afflicted with an epidemic of a mild form of small pox. No deaths havo resulted, but tho very namo of tbo dread disease has been sutllcicnt to strlko terror to tho hearts of Inhabitants ot nearby towns, especially thoso on tho Iowa Bide of the Dig Muddy, lest they, too, becomo afflicted. Many of thcso towns havo taken extraordinary measures to prevent tho disease from com ing within their limits. Hence, when II. Wade Olllls of Tekamah, Neb., went to Dlen coe, la., last Tuesday, ho was not recelvod with open arms. In fact, according to tho story of a friend, his coming lacked much of meeting with public approval. Mr. amis crossed on tho ferry operated between the Nebraska shore and tho Iowa vtllago. Tho ferryman had been ordered by the Blencoo authorities to ceaso opera tions, as they did not want tbo smallpox on their side of the river and wcro afraid It would como via tho ferry If they did not exerclso duo caution, nut Mr. Olllls was a particular friend ot tho forrymnn, nnd tho latter braved tho townspeople's wrath lu ordor to obllgo blm. Olllls put his rig In a livery stable and had been seated In the hotel ofllco but a fow minutes when the village marshal arrived. Well aware of tho fact that he was upholding the law nnd au thority ot tbo great statu of Iowa, the marshal rather pompously approached Mr. GIUIs and lost no tlmo In getting to busi ness. ,o Nehraakana Wanted, "Say, mister, you air from Newbrasky, nln't you?" "Perhaps I am. Why do you ask?" re plied GIUIs. "Hut you air, ain't you?" persisted tho marshal. "I'm tbo chief of police and I've got a right to know." "Yes, I resldo In Nobraska. Dut what's that to you?" "Well, It's Jest this much you've got to git out o' town right away. We ain't a goln' to hov you horo no longer." Tho marshal said this decisively, as If bo wero delivering nn ultimatum. "Is that bo?" gasped the almost spooch lcss GIUIs. "What In the world have I done to Blencoo? I am not a criminal and I haven't tho slightest Idea ot robbing the bank or carrying away tho postotflce. I want you to understand that I'll stay hero Just ns long ns I blankety blank please." "Now, looky hore," expostulated tho limb of the law, "don't git so all-fired onrea sonable. You Newbrasky fellers hov got tho smallpox over there nnd us fellers don't perpose to hev you a spreadlu' ot It all over Ioway, 'specially not In Dlencoe. I'll tell you what's what agin you've got to (It right out of hero nt onct, If not sooner. Them's my ordors from the town council, nnd, by gosh, 1 perpose to lnforco 'em without fear ncr favor." Kxnonurc la Inimnterlnl. "Why, man, I haven't got tho smallpox and havo never boen oxposed to It to my knowledge." "That don't mnko no difference," broko In tho marshal. "That don't cut no Ice. You'ro from Nowbrnsky, whoro they'vo got the smallpox and you can't stay hero. When you goln' to git?" "When I get good and ready," was tho forcible rejoinder of GIUIs, now thoroughly angry. "All right. I'll hev to put you In the cal lyboozo If you don't git. Them's my or ders." "Go ahead. This Is yrur funeral, not ralno." "Well, I'll go and seo tho town concll about It nnd, by golly gosh, I bet they mako you git out In short order." With this clincher tho terror of tho evil doer doparted. Ho rounded up tho town board and the vlllnge wiseacres held a council of war. Tho chairman of tho board was acquainted with GUlls and bo gravely Informed his associates thnt tho Nebraskan was n bold, bad man nnd that In this caso It would bo bottor to malto hasto slowly. His advice was accepted after much debato nnd It was finally decided that thoy should Investigate tho caso personally beforo au thorizing, tho marshal to deputize a posao and resort to extreme measures. Town llourd Iitveatlitntra, Tho town board, with tho marshal ahead and followed by half the population of the thoroughly aroused village' proceeded slowly and solemnly down tho street to tho hotel whoro tho "pesky crlttor" was quar tered. Tho other half of tho population was grouped about tho hotel windows, try ing to cntch a gllmpso of tho "wild man from Nowbrnsky" lnsldo. When tho con solidated authority of Illoncoa approached the populaco fell back to a respectful dis tance. A brief but pointed conversation was held through tho open door. "Say, aillls. wo'vo decided to lot you stny until morning," announced tho village chairman," but If you don't get right out .then, wo'll run you Into tho river. I'm a friend of yours and don't want to bo hard on you, but the boys havo docldcd that we can't afford to tnke any chancea." What GUlls said would not look well In print. Ho remained In niencoe until morn ing, but It was of no uso to stay longor. Ho was a marked man nnd could transact no business. Every tlmo ho nppoared upon tho streot evory Illoncoclto In sight would floo precipitately In tho opposite dlroctlon. Three Oflli-ern Still Axlrc. Only threo candidates for tho ndjutnnt generalship of tho state remain In tho field nnd thoy nro nil former olllcem of the First Nebraska volunteers. Colonel J. N, Kllllun, Captain 1', James Cosgrovo of Lin coln and Captuln A. II. Holllngswortli of Uratrlco camprleu tho trio from which Oov-ornor-elect Dietrich will In nil probability select his ndjutant genernl. Tho governor has not yet signified n prefcronro and tho chances of one candidate cannot be said to bo any better than thoso of any otlier, al though Colonel Kllllan nas the backing of nearly all of the former and present officers of the First Nebraska, Captain Holllngs worth has nlready been favored with a political appointment, being at present em ployed In the treasurer's office of Guge county. DEAD FIGURES BURDEN BOOKS Extra Olerki Demanded to Handle Old and Worthless Tax Lists. LEGISLATURE MAY WIPE THE DEBTS AWAY Cltr Treasurer Ohjecta to llarlnir llecorda Encumbered with Ancient Clalma Will eh Arc Inipoaal alblo of Collection. "Tho tnx books ot tho city of Omaha ari burdened with $50,000 worth of delinquent taxes, dating from 18C0 to 1885, which can nover bo collected nnd should, In my opinion, bo wiped from tho rocords. Every year theso taxes have to bo Included In tho totals and it Is necessary to hlro n larger clorlcal forco In tho treasurer's ofllco than would bo necessary otherwlso. It would bo well to havo tho coming leglslaturo pass nn act remitting tjtoso taxes," snld City Treasurer A. II, Hcnnlngs, "and I hope this will bo done. "In 1897 $50 wns collected on taxes lovlod provlous to 1885 and since thnt tlmo the amount collected annually has nevor ex ceeded $25. Only a small amount ot thoso taxes can over bo collected, as wo have found that tho descriptions of much of tho property upon which thoy wcro levied nro Incorrect. Some of tbo lots against which taxes are recorded are now In tho middle of the Missouri river nnd other lots are In tho center ot streets." l'u)-mcnt tho Chcnuer Method. "If persons who owo tho city delinquent special taxes would consider tho cost of fighting theso taxes I believe tho city would havo much less litigation," continued Mr. Honnings. "In most cases I have found that tho lawyors who undertake such cases requlro a contract giving thom from 26 to 60 por cent of tho amount of tax they buc cocd In defeating In the courts. Their contracts usually stlpulato that they shall rocelvo their sharo of tho Interest tho taxes boar until the final settlement Is made. Frequently theso cases hong nro for several years and ovon If tho tax Is defeated tho lawyer's feo Is nearly as much as tho delinquent tnxes wcro when tho case was begun, "People fight these taxes thinking that they will save a largo amount of money, but tho average man does not care to ap pear In tho light of a tax dodger. If tax payers will only consider that It will cost them but llttlo moro to bo honest with tho city and pay tholr sharo of taxes I am con fident that tho suits to defont special taxes will bo a thing of tho pnst." llortullt)' NtntUtlnn. Tho following deaths and births were re ported to the city lira It li commissioner for tho twonty-four houra ending at noon Saturday: Deaths Daniel Curry. 27M Douglas, aged 70; Mrs. Fred Fletcher, Ht. Joseph'n hospital, aged 28: Mrs. J. It. Stafford, Twonty-slxtli and Dewey nvenun, nged 67: Anna Thulln. 1'renliyterlnn hoxpltul, aged 17: John Hootnn, 2112 Spalding, uged 30. Illrttin Iouls I'lKhton, 3019 Chicago, boy; T. J3. Mnnton, Fourth and William, girl; Frank Flntbush, 2GV6 South Twelfth, girl.