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i BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
Ex-Chief Justice Sterling R. Cockrlll
died dt Little Rock , Ark. , of pneu
monia.
General Beekman de Barry , U. S. A. ,
retired , died at his residence In Wash
ington.
Indications point to. the election of
William A. Clark as senator from
Montana.
, Frederick Wickbam of the Norwalk ,
( X , Reflector , the oldest editor in Ohio ,
died , aged 89. *
Charles W. Byron , a wealthy busi
ness man of St. Joseph , Mo. , died sud
denly of heart disease.
The Canadian Pacific Railway com
pany has acquired the Canadian Pa
cific Navigation company.
Grip Js epidemic in New York. It
.is not so violent .as in past years ,
but there Is a good deal more of it.
The exports from the South German
consular districts in 1900 amounted
to ? 40,17G,933 , an increase of $1,476-
823.
823.Hugo
Hugo Bettauer , a naturalized Amer
ican who is connected with the Ber
liner Tageblatt , has been expelled
from Prussia as an obnoxious for
eigner.
Samuel Lewis , the notorious money
lender and usurer , who has been call
ed the "greatest and meannest of mod
ern Shylocks , " is dead at London ,
England.
Grief , caused by the death of his
young -wife soon after marriage , im
pelled Robert E. Lee Pryor , of East-
brook , W. Va. , to send a bullet through
his -brain.
The annual cost of destructive .in .
sects to the -United States is said to
be $300,000,000 , and even this doesn't
cover the wear and tear to our ner
vous systems.
The first act of Mayor Ames of Min
neapolis on assuming the reins of of
fice was to dismiss 105 policemen who
were opposed to his election during
the recent campaign.
It is officially reported that 400 Jap
anese fishermen are missing from Yo
kohama , and that they are supposed
to have perished in a storm January
10 , off the west coast.
Mifflin Marsh , who sixty years ago
in a modest little shop in Wheeling ,
W. Va. , originated the "Wheeling sto
gie" and who was known as the "sto
gie king , " died , aged 83 years.
A. P. Dreutzer of Chicago and Olaf
Bergstrom of Nebraska have made ar
rangements for colonizing about 100-
000 acres of land in Fentress and
Morgan counties , Tennessee , with
Finns.
A South McAlester , I. T. , dispatch
says the Indian wife of N. B. Sloan ,
a white man , better known as Bony
Sloan , would like to know what has
become ofhim and is searching to that
end.
end.James
James B. Ireland died at his home
at Skillman , Ky. , aged 104 years. He
was possessed of all -Ms faculties to
the last , his mind , bright and clear ,
carrying him beck to events of the
early years of the last century.
Frederick Harrison , the noted Eng
lish philosopher and critic , has ac
cepted an invitation from President
Oilman of Johns Hopkins university
to deliver a lecture at that place dur
ing his coming visit to this country.
After three days as a refugee from
justice , J. E. Wood , the Shreveport ,
La. , absconding messenger of the
Wells-Fargo Express company , com
mitted suicide at Orange , Tex. , just as
the authorities were about to arrest
him for his crime.
W. J. Bryan anonunced that the first
issue of his paper , the Commoner , will
appear Wednesday , January 23. The
printing will be done by contract , but
the mailing and all other business de
tails will be under Mr. Bryan's su
pervision.
One may learn from the following
press clipping what constitutes an
"agreeable surprise , " in the opinion of
Iowa Modern Woodmen. The Lansing
( Iowa ) Journal says : "The Rossville
Woodmen sprung an agreeable sur
prise on Owen Kavanaugh last Wed
nesday by a force of men turning out
and husking thirty loads of corn for
him. "
Joseph Yates Paige , for the last six
years chief clerk of the comptroller
of the currency , died in Washington.
The house of the Texas legislature
ordered the appointment of a com
mittee of seven to investigate charges
preferred against Congressman J. W.
Bailey.
Fire at Gering , Neb. , destroyed half
a block.
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon , author of
"In His Steps , " resumed his church
work in Topeka , Kan. , after an ab
sence in Europe and the east. Mr.
Sheldon is preparing to make a vig
orous entry into the law enforcement
campaign of the state.
Mail advices from Madagascar , dat-
ted December 16 , report the drowning
of fifty natives from the capsizing of
a barge.
Artist Zorn has compelled H. Clay
Pierce of St Louis to pay $12,000 for
three portraits , ? 1,200 interest and the
court costs.
King Oscar of Sweden has recovered
his health and will resume the re"ins
of government January 21.
Dispatches announce that Admiral
Cervera , who commanded the Span
ish fleet that was smashed by the
Americans outside Santiago harbor ,
July 3 , 1898 , is lying at the point of
death near Cadiz.
John Stevenson of Cherokee" , la. , is
growing a new set of teeth in this ,
his 78th year. He is an inveterate to-
badco chewer.
The attorney general of Ohio has
brought a suit in the supreme court
to test the validity of perpetual fran
chises in Ohio.
Lord Lionel Cecil , half-brother of
the .Marquis of Salisbury , is dead.
Mrs. Ann Lake , wife of William
Lake , a shoemaker at Newark , N. J. ,
droped dead from excessive laughing.
A friend told her a joke on the street
and she. entered Henry Westwood's
bakery convulsed with uncontrollable
Jaughter.
Program of Work in Both of the Legis
lative Bodies ,
REVENUE BILL TO COME IP EARLY
Senator Aldrlch to Present Measure for
Reduction of War Tax Monday or Tues
day Appropriation IJIll Has House's
Attention Miscellaneous Matters. -
WASHINGTON , Jan. 21. The sen
ate will take up the legislative , exec
utive and judicial appropriation bill
Monday as soon as posible after con
vening. There Is little in the bill that
ordniarily would create debate , but
it does not seem improbable that sev
eral days may be required to act on it
because of the desire on the part of
some senatqrs to postpone considera
tion of ihe ship subsidy bill as long
as possible. The shipping bill will
be made the unfinished business
whenever in the opinion of the friends
of the measure it is wise to give it
that place ; but , in view of the fact
that it will be displaced by appropria
tion bills whenever senators in charge
of these measures desire to take them
up , it is probable that the motion to
give the bill the place of vantage wlil
be postponed until after the disposi
tion of the executive bill.
Senator Aldrich , chairman of the
finance committee , probably will re
port the war revenue reduction bill
Monday or Tuesday and he will ask
immediate consideration for that
measure. The rules cf the senate give
preference to revenue bills , as they dote
to appropriation bills , and no order
of the senate will be necessary to
make a place for that bill. It is not
probable that any effort will be made
to displace appropriation bills with
that measure , but all senators seem
united in the opinion that it neces
sarily must become a law during the
session , and if there should be an oc
casion when it would be necessary to
decide between it and ssme bill other
than an appropriation bill the prefer
ence almost certainly would be given
to the revenue bill. The present im
pression , however , is that this bill will
be Soon disposed of. Democratic sena
tors probably will make an effort to
secure additional reductions , but fail
ing in this will vote for the bill.
The pension and military academy
appropriation bills also are on the cal
endar and will receive early attention.
The Indian appropriation bill will be
reported early in the week , but will
not be pressed.
Senator Morgan has not indicated
his purpose with reference to the Nic
aragua canal bill , but his friends say
that he will delay a reasonable time
and that if England does not act upon
the amendments to the Hay-Paunce-
fete treaty he then will move consid
eration of the canal bill.
The house of representatives will
devote most of its attention during
the coming week to appropriation
bills , a series of them District of Co
lumbia , fortification , naval , postoflice
and agriculture being ready for con
sideration. At the outset , however ,
there will be a day or two given to
other measures having right of way.
The army reorganization bill wil !
be reported back promptly from the
committee on military affairs , prob
ably tomorrow , and sent to conference
with a general disagreenint to all the
senate amendments. It may be re
ported back during the latter part of
the week , and a sharp contest is
promised , Richardson of Tennessee ,
the minority leader , having intimated
that there will be a discussion of each
paragraph. The District of Columbia
is entitled to tomorrow and will seek
to hold the day for the consideration
of local measures.
The bulky postal codification bill
also is before the house as a contin
uing order and will require much of
the itime not given to appropriation
bills. Efforts are making to have the
bill to promote the efficiency of the
revenue cutter service mace a special
order for Tuesday. .
The appropriations bills above re
ferred to will consume the time dur
ing the rest of the week , except Fri
day , which is private petnsion day.
and Saturday , when eulogies to thp
memory of the late Senator Gear of
Iowa will be pronounced.
Headlong- From a Train.
ST. PAUL. Minn. , Jan. 21. Mrs.
Mamie Drungould of Joliet , 111. , who
arrived at the union depct this morn
ing from Seattle en route to her home ,
shortly afterward made her way to
the second floor of the station , opened
the window and threw herself head
long onto the tracks bolow. She struck
en her head and fractured her skull
and received other injuries , from
which physicians 'say she cannot re
cover. Passengers who trave't-d upn '
the same train with Mrs. . DrungouUt
say that she acted peculiar.
Though Dead , He Still Lives.
OGALLALA , Neb. , Jan. 21. Joha
Kirkuskie , a German farmer , whose
home is five miles north of Ogallala ,
was returning home from town Sat
urday evening when his hcrse ran
away , throwing him out of the wagon.
He landed on his head , breaking his
neck. He is alive and conscious , but
the doctor pronounces his injuries fa
tal and that he will not live longer
than two or three days. He has a wife
and ten children , threa of whom are
married.
Actor Recovers Sanity.
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Jan. 21.
Judge W. A. Wilkes , ex-county judge
of this ( Minnehaha ) county , has re
turned from a visit with his son ,
Ernest , at the Yankton asylum. The
young man is an actor of some re
nown and a few weeks ago became
temporarily insane while with a the
atrical troupe playing at Des Moines ,
la. His father reports that he has
entirely recovered his 'mind , but tlie
attending physician thought it better
for him to be left in the asylum a cou
ple of weeks longer to regain some of
his strength.
QUEEN AT DEATH'S DOOR.
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Sinking Spell and General Collapse Put
nn Knd to Hope ,
COWES , Isle of Wight , Jan. 21.
12:15 : a. m. A collapse or what the
physicians feared was a collapse oc
curred unexepectedly about 10 o'clock
last evening. Arrangements were
hurriedly made to provide special tele
phonic and telegraphic facilities. De
tails are not obtainable at this hour ,
but it Is asserted that the queen's con
dition is chiefly due to a severe sinkIng -
Ing spell and an Increase of the par
alytic symptoms.
It is understood that the physicians
have resorted to artificial methods to
prolong life , such as are used only in
case of persons in extremis.
The Associated Press learns that
the paralysis is chiefly In the face ,
one side of which appears to have lost
all nerve power. At 6 o'clock the mal
ady had not reached the vital organs ,
though it had naturally caused an al
most total loss of power of speech.
What was so much feared was that the
brain might be attacked.
Keenly sensitive to her affliction
and appearance the queen has refused
to see any one but her nurses and
doctors , and it is understood that the
prince of Wales is the only exception
to this rule , but his Interview with
the queen lasted only a few moments.
Hence the exact nature of the malady
is known to only a few , and it is the
royal wish that the public be not in
formed of the existence 01' paralysis.
Arrangements have been made with
a local undertaker to have all the pre
liminaries to burial in case of an emer
gency.
Immediately en the occurrence of the
queen's collapse at about 10 o'clock
last evening a message was sent to
London , summoning the prince of
Wales and Emperor William. The
prince of Wales was in such a con
dition of health that it was utterly
impossible for him to leave London
at that hour , but it is hoped that he
will start for Osborne house at 8
o'clock this morning.
NEW CLEW IN THE CUDAHY CASE
Police Suspect Frank SherclefT of Hav
ing Shared in the Kidnaping.
OMAHA , Jan. 21. After an appar-1
ent'lull of several weeks in the Cudahy
kidnaping case , the detectives have at
last struck a lead which they believe
will result in the aprehension of one
or more of the guilty men.
The theory in brief is that Frank'
Shercleff , alias Ed Burke , alias Kid ,
McCoy , the outlaw , who so successfully
robbed William G. Pollock of $15,000 |
worth of diamonds in the fall of 1892 , ;
was implicated with Pat Crowe in the1
abduction of Edward Cudahy , jr.
For a time the case looked hope
less. Further than a firm conviction
that Pat Crowe was one of the kid
napers , the police had absolutely no
theories that had not been run down'
and exploded. Now , however , they
have struck what the detectives call a
"led , " and this has to do with the'
probable complicity of Frank Sher- '
cleff , the man of many aliases.
After generally reviewing the career
of this daring criminal and his asso
ciation with Crowe in the past there
seems to be good reason for believing ,
that he may have -been one of Crowe's
pals in the Cudahy kidnaping. In any _
event the detectives are giving this'
theory the greater part of their at
tention hese days. ' ,
It is believed that Chief Donahue
and his men will locate Shercleff with-1
in the next few days , but the chief
declines to talk in detail of the pos
sibility of immediate capture.
WORRIED ABOUT THE PRINCE.
Heir to England' * Throne in an Exhaust
ed Condition.
LONDON , Jan. 21. In the closing
moments of Queen Victoria's life an
other grave portent arises , namely ,
the serious indisposition of the prince
of Wales. So worried , tired and ex
hausted was he last evening that he
could not respond immediately to the
summons from Osborne house. The
most he could do was to promise that
he would leave London at 8 o'clock
this morning if possible. It is worthy
of note that even today the London
papers do not mention , by even the
most veiled allusion , the fact that the
queen had a paralytic stroke. Pages
are devoted to the mournful scenes
at Osborne house and to descriptions
of occurrences here as well as to tele
grams from colonies and foreign coun
tries testifying to the sympathy every
where evoked. According to the Daily
Telegraph .Emperor William , who has
expressed a desire to be received at
Osborne house , not as emperor , but
as grandson , said on hearing of the
queen's illness :
"I am my grandmother's eldest
grandchild , and my mother is unable
from illness to hasten to her bed
side. "
Money Order Cleric's Arrest.
HAVANA , Jan. 21. John Sheridan ,
who has been in charge cf the money
order department for ths Havana
postoffice , was arrested today and for
mally accused of the theft of § 1,300
sent from the pcstmaster at Guantanamo -
tanamo , December 15. He has con
fessed. Sheridan was appo'nted from
the Boston postofiicc. He offers to re
fund what he has taken.
Sir. TOvlllo lightly Improved.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 21. Congress
man Burton , who has been ill for
some days with the grip and rheuma
tism , has improved considerably anu
was able to leave the hospital today.
Congressman Neville of Nebraska ,
though slightly improved , is still very
111.
Emperor Joseph Distressed.
VIENNA , Jan. 21. The announce
ment of the dangerous illness of
Queen Victoria caused a feeling of
consternation in Vienna. Emperor
Francis Joseph , who was profoundly
moved , sent incessant messages to the
British embassy yesterday for news.
It is believed that the great court ball
fixed for today ( Monday ) will be
countermanded. The emperor , on re
ceipt of a telegram from London , Im
mediately broke up a circle which
had formed after the banquet at the
Hofburg.
Live Stock Breeders Want a Law 'Passed
Protecting Their Industry.
FAVOR A STATE VETERINARIAN
Legislation Asked to 1'rovldo Funds for
Safe-Guarding : Stock Interests DIsease -
, ease Carrying1 Off a Good Many Uoc
In Pint to County.
LINCOLN , Jan. 21. The improved
live stock breeders' association in ses
sion here , passed the following reso
lutions :
"Whereas , The live stock Industry
'of Nebraska is constantly menaced by
infectious , contagious and other ani
mal dieeases through interstate traffic
in live stock and natural causes , thus
.frequently requiring stringent quar
antine or hygienic regulations under
qualified and competent official con
trol , therefore ,
' "Resolved , That we favor the pass
age of a live stock law providing for
a state veterinarian with abundant
fiancial support , and with authority
to act in any emergency which may
arise in the live stock industry so as
to protect the sound range and farm
herds of the state. "
"Experience With Tame Grasses
and Clovers in Eastern Nebraska"
was the subject of a paper given by
William Ernst of Tecumseh. On ac
count of the danger from prairie fires
ana the grasshopper pest in 1870 ,
which menaced the farm of Mr. Ernst
in Johnson county , he was persuaded
b'y friends to remain , and he has
since come to regard eastern Nebras
ka as second to no part of the union
for farming and stock raising. He gave
his experience with blue grass and
timothy , relating how in the first
years they failed to profit him , because
he allowed his stock to crop the pas
ture too close. He contended that
Nebraska is given enough rain always
to maintain pasture lands if only it
is not allowed to go to waste. Water
does not sink through the sod so
rapidly and when pasture embraces
any sloping lands , furrows laid here
and there , which will tend to check
the draining of the water to lower
ground , will afford the meadow ade
quate moisture. Tie question of kinds
of grass or clover is one of growth
rather than choice. The ones that
grow best and are most dependable
arc the ones used. Alfalfa , the speak
er said , was his most reliable pastur-e
and meadow grass. His cattle pas
tures consisted of a mixture of Eng
lish blue grass , or orchard grass , tim
othy and red clover. English blue
grass , he said , beats all the tame
grasses he ever used. It mixes well
with red clover and the cattle will
not bloat on the mixture. This pa
per was discussed by Prof. T. ju. Lyon , |
W. A. Apperson and others.
Hogs are Dying in Pintle. '
OMAHA , Jan. 21. Colonel J. E. ,
North of Columbus was in the city
and speaking of affairs in the neigh
borhood of his home , said : "Platte
county would be in good shape were
it not for a disease which has carried
off the majority of the hogs of the !
county. It is conservative to place
the figure of the loss to Platte county
farmers at $500,000 in the last three1
or four months. Men with droves of !
400 and 500 head of hogs find themselves - ,
selves , now that the plague has exhausted - ;
hausted itself , with ten or fifteen hogs.i
while droves of 100 and 200 head have !
been completely wiped out. For !
months the farmers have been com-i
bating the disease without apparent !
result and the loss in hogs is onlyj
a part of the total loss to the farmers. ;
Twenty Cases of Smallpox. '
MINDEN , Neb. , Jan. 21. Doctors
and visitors of this vicinity report ;
that in the neighborhood of the iarnr
of Mr. Batler , who brought the smallpox - ' ,
pox to this county and who lives ten ;
miles northwest of Minden , there are-
about seventy cases of smallpox nowr'
there being only one severe one. Mr.
Bader , in his attendance at a Christ
mas exercise at a school house ex
posed nearly 100 people and nearly-
all have taken the disease.
Sent 15ack to Industrial School ,
KEARNEY , eb. , Jan. 21. A young
man by the name of Frank Waugh ,
second cook of the Midway hotel ,
who , it is charged , stole an overcote
from the chef at the hotel , has been
brought back to Kearney from Repub
lican City , where he has been stay
ing for a month. Young Waugh was
on parole from the industrial school
and was sent back to the school to
serve out his time.
Quarantined House Burned.
CAULAWAY , Neb. , Jan. 21. The
residence of H. L. Doxsee was dis
covered to be on fire , and although
anattempt was made to save the prop
erty , nothing could be done on ac
count of the high wind , and the en
tire building was consumed in less
than half an hour. The inmates were
quarantined with what was pro
nounced smallpox , but all escaped
without injury.
J. D. Bullock , who died in Liver
pool , England , the other day , acted
as a confederate agent in tdat port
during our war of the rebellion and
negotiated for the building of the
rebel cruiser Alabama.
Crushed by the Cars.
FREMONT , Neb. , Jan. 21. Mrs.
George Gauger was run down and se
riously injured by an out-bound pas
senger train. Ihe accident occurred
inside the city limits. Mrs. Gauger
was walidng along the track going
in the same direction as the train.
When the engineer blew the whistle
she stepped from the track , but he
saw he was liable to strike her in
spite of this and reversed his throttle.
As the engine passed , she fell toward
it. Her left arm was horribly crushed ,
necessitating amputation this after
noon.
Funny , but With Limitations.
One of the Jokes at the Lotus club
dinner to Mark Twain was perpetrat
ed by Senator Depew , who told a story
about a rural friend of his who once
came to hear Mark Twain lecture in
Boston. When he got back the sena
tor asked : "Hear Mark ? " "Yes. "
"Was he funny ? " "Yes , funny ; but
not d d funny. " The senator
learned later that his friend had
strolled into Music hall and heard .the
Rev. Joseph Cook.
Cot Fur In Demand.
Cats are having a bad time In Ger
many just now. Ten thousand fur-
lined great coats and as many each
each of fur gloves and gaiters have
been ordered for the troops in China ,
and pussy has to shed her skin for all
of It. For every greatcoat fourteen
cat skins are used , two for each pair
of gaiters and one for each pair ol
gloves. Cats are going up in the
German market.
Conl Mined by Kiectricity.
Electric coal cutting machinery is
rapidly displacing hand work and
other varieties of mechanical mining
appliances in the collieries of Great
Britain and the United States. The
coal thus mined is cleaner , the waste
less and the effect of the machine on
the ventilation and temperature of the
mine Is less than with any other
mechanism.
Valuable Almanac Free.
We have received a copy of the new
almanac for 1901 published by the
Royal Baking Powder Co. It Is an ar
tistic and useful book and will be of
interest to housekeepers. A note
worthy feature of the almanac Is a pre
diction of the weather for every day
of the year , by Prof. DeVoe , who cor
rectly prophesied the great Galveston
cyclone and other important meteoro
logical events. We are authorized to
say that any woman reader of this pa
per can secure a copy without cost by
sending a request to the company , at
100 William St. , New York.
Entitled to a Good Deal.
Adjutant General Corbin , passing
along Pennsylvania avenue on his way
to the war department , saw an old
woman sitting on the curb with pencils
to sell. The general quietly dropped a
coin in her outstretched hand. His
companion remarked : "General , that
woman may possess more money than
you have. " General Corbin replied :
"General Sherman once said in reply
to that same remark , 'Any one who is
obliged to sit outdoors to earn a living
is entitled to more money than I have.
And I fully agree with him. "
The Uncomfortable Doctors.
The use of oysters has sometimea
been discouraged on the ground that
they were under certain conditions
dangerous mediums of conveying dis
ease , especially germs of typhoid fe
ver. Now physicians are said to have
forbidden another relish nearly as
popular at this time of the year. Cel
ery has come under the ban of the doc
tors , who say .that it is equally well
adapted to transmitting the poisonous
element of the soil and carrying the
germs of typhoid fever.
Special Heroism Remembered.
Twenty-five Victoria crosses have
been awarded so far in the South Af
rican war. Eight have been given to
captains , three to lieutenants , includ
ing the one given to Lady Roberts by
proxy for her dead son , four to ser
geants , four to corporals , two to ma
jors and one each to a gunner , a
driver , a trooper and a private infan
tryman.
POLICE OFFICER RESCUED.
Offlcer A. C. Swnnson of the Council
Bluff's Force Tells a Interest
ing Story.
Council Bluffs , Iowa , Jan. 19 , 1901.
( Special. ) Kindhearted Officer Swanson -
son of the local police force is very
popular in this city. He has lived
here for seventeen years , and has en
joyed many high offices in social and
society work. He is now Vice-Presi-
dent of the "Dannebrog" Brotherhood ,
the largest Danish secret society in
America , which combines benevolent
with the social features. Owing to the
constant exposure and many hours on
his feet , which his duty as a police
officer makes unavoidable , Mr. Swanson -
son became the victim of serious Kid
ney and Liver Trouble. He was very
bad , hut has entirely recovered. He
gives the story in his own words as
follows :
"I have been a sufferer for many
years with Kidney and Liver Trouble ,
and have tried many remedies , some of
which gave me temporarily relief , and
others which were absolutely worth
less. I began to think that there was
no help for me , when my nephew gave
me a part of a box of Dodd's Kidney
Pills which he had left , saying that it
would do no harm to try them , as they
had certainly fixed him all right. What
he gave me helped me so much that I
felt justified in purchasing more , and
I grew slowly better. It took almost
two months to effect a complete cure ,
as mine was a very bad case , but I can
cheerfully and truthfully say that I am
a well man today , and I am very
grateful that Dodd's Kidney Pills
were thus brought to my notice. "
The wonderful cures effected by
Dodd's Kidney Pills in Iowa have cre
ated quite a sensation in some parts
sf the state. There does not seem to
be any case of Lame Back , Rheuma
tism , Kidney or Bladder Trouble which
these wonderful Pills cannot cure.
They are certainly popular here , and
the sale through the local druggists is
very large.
Saints who carve for themselves are
sure to cut their fingers.
Look out for the man who looks
out for himself.
You cannot do God's work with the
1 evil's weapons.
The Quantity of Bceta Obtained Not as.
Large as Eipeoted ,
AMOUNT Of SUGAR .TURNED OUT
Rate That the Factory Will Make Next
Year State Ae'lculturjU and Horti
cultural Soclotleu Other Nebraska
Mutters IIere and There.
FREMONT , Neb. , Jan. 19. The
Standard Beet Sugar company has
weighed in Its last beets for the sea
son and In a few days will shut down
until next fall. The quantity of beets ,
obtained has not been as large as was.
expected , being In round numbers
fiO.OOO tons gross and 39,000 net. The.
amount of first grade granulated su
gar turned out was 5,000,000 pounds
enough to fill about 150 freight car&
of ordinary capacity. There has been
employed during the season an av
erage force of 460 men , including of
fice clerks. With the exception of the-
office force and weighers they work
ed In two twelve-hour shifts seven
days a week. Aside from a few lab-
cratory boys the lowest wages re
ceived by men in the factory were
35 cents per hour and the highest ,
except to foremen , weighers and es
pecially skilled laborers was 20 cents
per hour. .
With the exception of a few car
loads , most of the beets were receiv
ed in good shape. About 12,000 tons
were shipped in by rail and the bal
ance hauled.to the factory in wag-
ens. A good many of the employes
Jive in Fremont , going to and from
their work in a special on the Elkhorn -
horn , which has made a round trip
to the factory and back every morn
ing and night. The company did not
have the beets this season they want
ed. Next year they will pay a flat
rate of $4 and freight on all beets
under 14 per cent and 25 cents for
each per cent above it , and expect to
get enough beets to run the factory
to its fullest capacity. A few men
will be employed around the factory
this winter and the coming summer
to do some repairing and keep things
in shape.
Stuto lloird of Agriculture.
LINCOLN , Neb. . Jan. 19. The state
board of agriculture , at its closing
cession , elected officers as follows :
President , E. L. Vance , Pawnee City ;
first vice president , J. R. Cantly , Web
ster ; second vice president , \V. E. Ewing -
ing , Franklin ; treasurer , E. Mcln-
tyre , Seward ; secretary , Robert AV.
Furnas , Brownville. The latter two-
gentlemen were re-elected. After
considerable discussion the board
voted to indorse the bill now before
the legislature , which provides for an
appropriation for the state fair. J.
C. Seacrest of Lincoln was elected a )
member of the board to fill the unex- [
pired term of J. D. Maefarland , and
the following men were elected to the
full term : J. B. Dinsmore , Clay coun
ty ; R. W. Furnas , Nemaha county :
C. H. Rudge , Lancaster county ; L. D.
Stetson , York county ; E. M. Searles ,
Keith county ; L. L. Fletcher , Gum-
ing county ; C. M. Llewellyn , Furnas
county ; E. Filley , Gage county.
Appropriation for ItufT.ilo.
LINCOLN , Neb. , Jan. 19. The Ne
braska legislature will be asked to
appropriate $ r,0,000 for a. state build-
in ? and exhibit at the Pan-American
exposition. F. W. Taylor , chief of
roncessions and formerly a member oC
the faculty of the University of Ne
braska , has been interviewing several
members of the legislature on the
proposition , end it is given out ou
authority that a bill providing an ap
propriation of the dimensions named
will be introduced. All states in the
transmissis-ippi region and some far
ther west will be asked to appropriate
money for state exhibits.
State Horticultural Sociiety.
LINCOLN , Neb. , Jan. 19. The
State Horticultural society closed its
annual meeting by electing the fol
lowing officers : President , G. A. Mar
shall , Anington : first vice president.
L. M. Russell , \Vymore ; second vice
[ resident , G. S. Christy , Johnson ;
secretary , C. H. Barnard , Table Rock ;
treasurer , Peter Youngers. jr. , Ge-
leva ; beard of directors , Lewis Hen-
: lerson , Omaha ; E. F. Stephens ,
rrete ; W. J. Hesser , Plattsmouth. All
[ .he members of the society favored an
. xhibit at Buffalo. E. S. Welch of -T
Shenandoah was made an honorary ( ,
nember of the society.
De\vet Greatly Incensed.
KROONSTAD , Orange River Colony ,
Monday , Jan. 1C. The success of the
burgher peace committee in distribut
ing among the reiJ3iicans Paul
Botha's book , "From Boer to Boer , "
tias infuiiated General DeWet , who.
it is reported , swears he will shoot
the author at the rirst opportunity.
Fhe refugee camp is now occupied by
2,000 persons. Another is being
formed at Rhenoster. Supplies of all
sinds in the towns are shortening
laily.
Vaccine Produces a Kick.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. Efforts
ire being made by the producers of
accine to have the agricultural ccm-
nittees cf congress omit from the
crthcoming agricultural appropriation
) ill further provision for vaccine made
md distributed by the government , on
he ground that the government dis-
ribution is no longer necessary and
s an interference with private enter-
> rise.
Con'lit inn of Nebraska Rank's.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 19. The ab-
tract of the condition of the na-
ional banks of Nebraska , exclusive
f Omaha and Lincoln , at the close
f business on December 13 , as re-
lortcd to the comptroller of the cur-
ency , shows the average reserve to y
: ave been 35,51 per cent , against
C.93 per cent on September 5. Loans
, nd discounts increased $16,710,775
o $18,708,883 ; gold coin decreased
rom $747,489 to $719,382 ; total specie
rom $1,013,475 to $986,151 ; lawful
: oney reserve from $1,464,461 to $ ! , -
42,681 ; individual deposits from
20,057,025 to $19.456,685.
