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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.
