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TITE OJAHA DAILY BEE: "WEDNESDAY, J AST AH Y 16. 1001. LAW FOR CAE PROTECTION Uw Meirars Concern. Eiery True BporU ican in Hebruka. f EXPERTS CORRECT AND APPROVE THE TEXT Minltar lRllntlun to That of lorro nml Mlssnnrl Warden (ilvrn I'onrr to A Trent Vlnlnto Pothunter Ojipimnl. LINCOLN, Jan. 15. (Special.) The meas ure Introduced yesterday by Senator Van Ilcskirk of Alliance, which provides for the protection of fish, game and birds In Ne braska, has been gone over and corrected by a number of game experts and Is a most Interesting measure. The only element op posed to the measure are the pothunters who have for years been killing game In an unlawful as well as unsportsmanlike manner and shipping it out of the state for sale The bill provides for wardens, who shall receive a sufficient salary to Justify them In devoting their entire time to the work. It shall be their duty to enforce the provisions of the act, which specifies the open season for fish and game, and desig nate the amount each person is al lowed to kill. It provides for licenses being issued to both resident and nonresi dent hunters, and protects owners of land from intrusion. The bill is said to cover every point which might come up for set tlement and presents many new Ideas, In many respects the bill Is similar to the game laws of Iowa and Missouri and Is recognized as up-to-date In every respect. It repeals the present law creating a fish commissioner and provides for a home for the newly created commission In the state house. The wardens and all other attaches I of the commission nre given the power to arrest persons guilty of violating any of the provisions of the act and the right to revoke the license of any person at any time for cause. The bill Is one In which every true sportsman in Nebraska Is Inter ested and Its progress toward a final pas rage will bo watched with much Interest by thousands pf people. m:w nxi:n.Tivi:s auk ix rownn. eliranka I.nilKra Inatnll Ofllcrr for tin- Vear ItKll. WISNER. Neb.. Jan. 15. (Special.) Tbo Woodmen Abe Lincoln camp No. 1001, and tho Royal Neighbors of Woodbine camp No, 2024. held Joint Installation ceremonies. The following officers were Initiated. Woodmen II. P. McCulre, V. C; It. Py mam. W. A.: H. D. Daily, banker; C. E. Hill, clerk; J. II. Lano, escort; Dr. Bus well, physician; F C. Evans, manager. Royal Neighbors Mrs, Ida West, O.; Mrs. Belle Evans. V. O.; Mrs. Florence Klrton, C. . Mrs. Grace Nicholson, M.; Miss Clara Melcher. recorder; Mrs. Myra Sears, re ceiver. Mrs. Dr. Buswcll, 1. S.J Ms. L. Schnelztey, O. S.. Dr. Baswcll, physician; L. C. Fauble, manager. After the installation services refresh ments were served, after tthlch the mem bers and friends Joined In dancing until a late, or rather early hour. WEST POINT. Neb., Jan. 16. (Special.) The local lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America held a very enthusiastic meeting last evening a which the following new officers were Installed S. S. Krake, vener able counsel; II. J, hammers, worthy ad visor: A, A. Peterson, excellent banker; Joseph Jcrman, escort; John Welding, Gen try; Dr. S. A. Sammons. physician; Alfred Krause, clerk; Emll Wilde, watchman: Herman Schultzkump, manager. This Is a very flourishing organization, being the strongest numerically of any of the serret order. In tbecltyvi-' STATU IIOItTICl I.TL'n AI, SOCIETY. Three I)n)' SrkMloii ItrliiK Forth Hc port from llx pcrlnir n t Htntlniin. LINCOLN, Jan, 15. (Special Telegram.) Tho State, Horticultural society began a three days' meeting this afternoon at 2 o'clock. An address of welcome was de livered by Chancellor Andrews, followed by tho reading of officers' reports. Re ports from state experiment stations were submitted by O. A. Marshall of Arlington, C S. Harrison of York, O. A. 8traud of Midden, T. C. Jackson of Purdum, C. M. Vanmeter of Valentine. R. A. Emerson of Lincoln presented a paper on "Clover Crops," Louis Henderson of Omaha dis cussed "Plants for Winter Blooming" and W. J. Hesser of Plattsmouth spoke on "Cul ture of Palms and Ferns." The State Board of Agriculture. Live. Stock Breeders' association and State Hor ticultural society met Jointly tonight in tho Auditorium and were addressed by Chancellor Andrews, S. C. Bassett, W. O. Whltmore and Rev. C. S. Harrison. Ilrllclcno nt Itiiy'n Iniluntrlnl. The fusion superintendent of the Boys' Industrial school at Kearney has filed a deficiency claim with the auditor asking for $10,525 to meet the expenses of the Insti tution jUp to April 1. Old I.aniliuiirk In (irnnd Island. ORANI) ISLAND, Neb.. Jan. 15. (Spe clal.) The fire department was called out at 1 o'clock this morning to extinguish flames In a row of frame buildings In al most the heart of tho city. The flro was Em discovered In the second-hand clothing storo of Sis Kremenchuk und made such rapid headway that by the time the depart ment arrived the first storo was beyond re demption and the adjoining candy store of Frank Adams was ulao burned, onl- the frame of tho 'building remaining. The building occupied by Sis Kremenchul: v. as the. old Frank Ounelher postoffice, known at the time of its construction as the "little Dutch postofflcc." The origin of the flro Is unknown. Mr. Kremenchuk ascribes It to an electric light wire, tho service over which was cut off about a week ago. Another theory Is that the goods In the vicinity of tho stovo caught fire from sparks, Mr. Kremenchuk had Insuranco In tbo amount of f GOO on his stock. The buildings were also Insured. Krcraenchuk's stock Is an entire loirs atid that of Adams almost completely de stroyed. Tho Koehler hotel, Immediately along side, sustained some loss through the dam aging of carpets by the water from the hose In thutr hallways. The guests of the hotel had quite u fright when the alarm was sounded and when tho flames from the burning building shot up alongside the hotel. II link of .Jlfoil liiforiioriite, MEAD. Net;, Jan. 15. (Special.! The Bank of Mead, which has been tt private institution, was recently Incorporated, with the following officers: Vresldent, C. T. Condlt; vlco president, T. Ostenbers, and cashier, P. L. Hall. Dr. Hall, who was expected to return to Mead and take un active Interest In the bank, has uccrpted the position of cashier of the Columbia Na tional of Lincoln, nud C. T. Condlt will manuge tho local bank, Inherit fl.MI.OOlt nnil Tito I'nriim. MADISON. Neb., .Jan. 15. (Special.) Henrr Relnnlccous and his sons Charles and William of this city, have Just had n neat windfall They were tho heirs of E. W Relnnlccous, who died two weeks ago BROWN'SST "Th but prrisrstlon for roldi, rough, asit thi." UttV K. A. T ATSOX, Tdnprrancr Lrrturtr. 1'rMmlh-ntlt . 1mm " ntr mailt wabd heeoueb. In New York City. Mr Relnnlccous and his sons attended the funeral, returning home Saturday night. Before they left the east the will was opened. Mr. Relnnlccous rets about 160,000 In money and a lot of valuable musical Instruments and other personal nroperty. and the sons each get a 160-acre farm. Dim from Accidental Wnondlnic, HEBRON. Neb.. Jan ID. (Special.) John Cochran, the 16-year-old son of A. It. Coch ran, has died from wounds received while hunting last Friday. He was In a sleigh with his gun leaning against his right arm. The weapon was accidentally discharged, fracturing his arm and lacerating his face. . .,.--. . mmfin rrr t trn ft 0 A W A T Til F A KF llUAu 1 OA 1 1 11L 0 1 AlL (Continued from First Page.) on for Fourth street. There were many wagons standing about, and Into one of these the mob threw him. The wagon was started for the scene at Lawrence ave nue and Spruce street and was followed by the crowd. Tslirn to the rrne of the Aault. At a quarter past 5 o'clock, Alexander was brought to the scene of the murder of Piarl Forbes, at the corner of Lawrence avenue and Spruce street. Tve exact spot where the murdered girl was found was located by the leaders of the crowd. Then a scml-clrclo was formed. Alexander was brought up In a wagon with a dozen men. The wagon was stopped in front of the ravine, and surrounded U- ic crowd the leader of the men utio field Alexander called for silence. The roar ceased, and Alexander was shoved forward for the crowd to gaze at. A howl went up, which was quickly hushed as the prisoner raised his shackled bands and begsu to speak. Twice he started, and the crowd drowned his trembling voice. "You are going to kill me, whatever I say," he said, "but you men are wrong. I want to tell you rlRht now you've got the wrong man. I did not do that, and some day you men here will run up against the man who did. I know It ala't any use to say so, for you're going till me, but I didn't do It." Furl for Funrral Pyre. The men standing behind him shoved him from the wagon and the roar from the crowd drowned every other sound. Tho negro was quickly driven down the em bankment to the pile of wood, with his hands still shackled, and there bound to the stake. Long before the wagon containing the doomed man arrived at the pl.;e a crowd had gathered. Many carried rails and boards. Several seized railroad Irons and carried them to the ravine. The spot chosen for the stake was the exact one in which Pcnrl Forbes' body was found on tho morning of November 7. It Is on Lawrence avenue, neur the Santa Fe tracks, and a hundred yards north of Spruce street. The first thing done was to plant the railroad Iron upright In the mud. This was made fast to cross Irons firmly bound to the up right with wire. Around the Improvised stake beards and wood was piled. To this the man was dragged and chained In a standing position to the upright railroad Iron. Chains and Irons were wrapped about him, and with his hands still shackled be was made fast to the post. Coal oil was then poured over him, and the match touched to him. Before the match was applied, John Forbes, the father of tho murdered girl, stepped up to Alexander and said: "Are you guilty of murdering my daughter?" "I don't know what you have rue here for." said the doomed man. Forbes replied. "For killing my girl on this very spot." "Mr. Forbes, If that's your name, you have the wrong man." "Burn him. burn him!" cried the crowd. Acalu DrrluVm Innocence. "Gentlemen, you have got lots of time," said Alexander. "You're burning an Inno cent man. You took advantage of me. You save me no show. Can I see my mother?" A man In the crowd called for the mother, but she was not in the crowd. He then said: "Will you let me shake hands with all my friends?" "You have no friends In this crowd, you vile beast." said one of the men In charge of the negro. "If you have any thing to say. do so In a hurry." Another man then stepped up and said to Alcxauder: "Make your peace with your Ood, nlg gor. for you will surely die." Coal oil was then applied for the second time and while lt was being done Alex ander called to friends In the crowd and told them goodbye. He did not seem to realize that he was to be burned at the stake and talked rationally until John Forbes, the father of tho murdered girl, llchted the match. Again Alexander was asked to make a confession, but he replied that he had nothing to say. Merciful Dentil Contra Quickly. As the flames leaped about him, Alexan under turned ghastly pale and for the first time realized that his death was near. He clasped his hands together and began to swing to and fro, while the crowd yelled. In less than five minutes he wot hanging limp and lifeless by tho chains that bound him. As soon as the crowd saw that life was extinct it began to disperse Blowiy. There were hundreds of the morbid, however, who stayed to the last. Men kept piling on wood all the time until about 7 o'clock, when the flames were allowed to dlu down. From C until 8 o'clock there was a con tinuous stream of nuonle colnc to the scene of the burning. These were persons 1 who hud been unable to get away from their work'ln the afternoon, but were de termined not to miss seeing the awful spectacle. When the fire had died down sufficiently to allow the crowd to approach what re mained of Alexander, there was a wild scramblo to obtain relics, bits of charred flesh, pieces of bono, scraps of wood every thing that could possibly serve as a souve nirwas seized on with morbid eagerness. Alrxnnclrr'a Allesrrd Crime. Fred Alexander was arrested for at tempting to assault Miss Eva Roth on Sat urday night and he was charged with tbo assault and murder on November 6 of Pearl Forbes. Miss Roth was employed as seamstress In one of tho large stores and was return Inir home after work. Alexander had fol lowo1 her for several blocks when, to throw him off the track, she entered a neighbor's house, a few blocks from her own homo. Later, believing that he had left. Mist, Roth again started home. When at a point nearly opposite the residence of Prof. Evans of the high school, a fash lonablo district on South Broadway, she was again met by Alexander, who seized her around the throat and bore bcr to the ground. In falling, his Angers slipped from her throat long enough to enable her to crv for help. Her cry was beard by I'rof, Evans, but when he reached the spot the negro had fled. A :rowd soon gathered, among them a colored girl, who said the man's name was Alexander. Alexander was soon captured and taken to the police sta lion. . News of the assault spread rapidly and It wks not long till the streets about the jail were crowded with excited men. deter mined to lynch Alexander. The police In the meantime, however, had spirited Alex under away, and when the doors were broken In be was not to be found, The police had placed him In a hack and drlren rapidly to the state penitentiary at Lansing, a few miles away. Before he was taken to the penitentiary Miss Roth had confronted her assailant and identified him. The mob dispersed when It became appparcnt that an assault on the peniten tiary would prove futile. Vigilance Committer Orftnaiied. Sunday at a secret meeting, attended by people of all classes, a vigilance committee was formed. Its avowed purpose was to lynch Alexander when he should be brought back to Leavenworth for trial and to rid the city of the dozens of suspicious charac- ters that had overrun it during the last month or so. . Monday .mornlni? n mnh rtepnn tn irnthfr . . " . thf, p?nlten,t,aI- i00 11 frcw ,n numbers during the day. and as night ap- uroacuea B aetermination to storm tno - v.ans was expressed freely. A majority of luuBc urtBcni were armru, many wnn snoi guns. To prevent the prisoner's being SDlrlted away guards were placed at the different entrances. In the afternoon John Roth, father of Alexander's intended vic tim, had sworn out a warrant for the man's arrest, and the sheriff of Leavenworth had started to serve lt, but turned back when he realized that he would not be able to bring his man back to Leavenworth. Many citizens, nmong them the father cf Pearl Forbes, addressed the crowd, counsel ing that the law be allowed to take Its course. They urged that the penitentiary was strongly guarded, and that an attempt to reach the negro would result In the death of many Innocent persons. The speakers were hooted at and ridiculed, but after midnight most of the crowd dispersed. Many, however, remained about the prison walls all night, and today their num bers swelled with each hour. Later, when It became known that Sheriff Evcrhardy of Leavenworth would come for the pris oner, the mob increased in size rapidly and became so formidable that Governor Stan ley. In response to i telegram from Warren Tomllnson, ordered two companies of mf- Htla to be in readiness to start for Leaven worth at a moment's notice. Governor Stanley ordered Warden Tom llnson to refuse to turn Alexander over to the sherlfT unless he agreed In writing to protect him. Shortly after noon Sheriff Ewrhardy and his deputies started to the penltentlory. determined to bring the negro to Leaven worth for his trial Tho fact was soon In the mouths of hundreds of people along the line and they hurried to the scene. Murder or Penrl Forbes. The assault and murder of Pearl Forbes occurred on November 6 last. Miss Forbes, who was 20 years of age, was employed In a candy factory. She had started from work at 5 o'clock, walking, as was her cus tom. She failed to reach home that night and her body was found In a ravine near her home on the following morning. Marks on her throat Indicated that she had been murdered by strangulation, and the sur roundings gave evidence of a terrible strug gle. She had first been assaulted. Several arrests were made, but no clue to the mur derer could be found. Alexander lived a few blocks distant from the spot where he attacked Miss Roth, and when he was ar rested ho was accused of lioth offenses, In the penitentiary he was sweoted severely In an effort to make him confess to the Forbes crime, but he stoutly Insisted that he had nothing to do with It Miss Forbes was the daughter of William Forbes, a contracting carpenter. Governor Stanley was In telephone con sultation with Warden Tomllnson all day vestcrdav. The goternor seemed very anxious to preserve the name of Kansas from anv mob disgrace, lt was understood that yesterday morning he Instructed War den Tomllnson to refuse to deliver Alex ander to the sheriff, but to afford him proper protection. About 3 o'clock the warden notified the governor that he had delivered the pris oner In the hands of the sheriff. The gov ernor, it Is said, was highly Incensed at the warden's failure to obey instructions. The governor was anxious to send mili tia to preserve order, but ho was assured bv Leavenworth men who wnlted on him that It would aggravate thg trouble. Mi e riff Hriiulred to (llr Receipt. Just before the party left the penitentiary for tho (all the warden requested and re ceived the following receipt for tbo de livery of Alexander: s "Received from J. B. Tomllnson, wnrden of Kansas state penitentiary, the body of one Fred Alexander, who has been In cus tody of said warden for safe keeping since 10 p. m.. January 12, 1901. I hereby repre sent to said Tomllnson that I am prepared to and will give protection to the life and body of said Alexander against mob vio lence to the full extent of the powers vested In mo by law. PETER EVERHARDY. Sheriff. About 9 o'clock the coroner and two po licemen got tho body, taking It to an under taker's establishment. The coroner's Jury has been named, but the Inquest will not be held or a few days. Tho body was viewed by thousands, and up to the tlmo lt was taken away car riages and vehicles were continually passing by the spot. No expressions of regret or pity are heard from any source. Sheriff Im TaUrn Sick. The sheriff was taken sick during the excitement at the county Jail and Is now corfined to his bed. Admittance to the room Is denied and a statement from him tonight is unobtainable. The sherlfT asked the governor for the state rail ilia by tele phone and the governor replied that he would send the militia, but would require a written request or a telegraph message. This for some reason, lt Is said, was not done. There was no requisition made for the protection of United States troops from Fort Leavenworth. Tho sheriff upon rc- DR. 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After talking with Leaven worth over the telephone, Dr. Neely said: "I am not surprised that Alexander was mobbed. I expected that they would hang him. but nm surprised and pained that they should have resorted to the stake. There t,. no douM that Aiander murdered Pearl Forbes and the police know that he has . .. . . ..w assauueu or aitempiea iu hopbuh uiv uium Leavenworth women. The people demanded hls fe lt . ,lmpir a question of time. yvhen Alexander was taken to the peulten- tIary tne pcopc sntd: 'They cau"t keep him there, we'll get him." The sheriff could not possibly have saved the negro from the mob with his deputies. The gov ernor talked of sending two companies of mllltla to protect the prisoner. Had he done so they would have lynched the negro Just the same. K regiment could not have saved him from the fury of an outraged people." When asked what the city would do toward punishing the mob leaders, Dr. Neely said lt was a subject he had not con sidered. Governor Stanley Indlitnant. Governor W. E. Stanley Is very Indignant at the result of the lynching at Leavenworth. He says lt will result In the restoration of the death penalty In Kansas, as It should do. Governor Stanley condemns Sheriff Ever hardy of Leavenworth In unmeasured terms. Ho says the sheriff should be made to make suitable restitution, If such a thing would be possible. "The sheriff of Leavenworth Is either a despicable scoundrel or a despicable coward," said the governor tonight. "There was no reason In the world that the negro should have not been protected to the last. Tho whole military power of the sVUc would have been devoted to that effort and the sheriff knew it all the time. I ordered the mllltla of Lawrence and Topeka to be ready and they would have been sent to the scene of the trouble tho minute the sheriff would say he needed them. Instead of that, however, the sheriff was very sure that he could guard the man. Upon receiv ing repeated assurances from Sheriff Ever bardy that he could and would protect the prisoner to the last I very reluctantly countermanded the order for tho troops to go to Leavenworth. "The warden of the penitentiary had no right to keep Alexander there, as he had been 'convicted of no crime. He could do nothing else than deliver him to the sheriff when that Individual Insisted that lt should be done, But the life of tho negro should have been protected at all hazards and It Is to the lasting shame of the great state of Kansas that such an Infamous pro ceeding should have been allowed to take plncc within a few miles of the capltol city. "it Is awful, simply awful! Things like this have happened In tho south many times, but they do not seem so horrible there as they do hero, where nothing of the kind has been ever thought of. When oc currences like this happen right here in our own state it brings us face to face with the fact that something must be done." Governor Stanley gave utterance to the thought that the burning of Alexander would not have taken place If the people of Leavenworth had been persuaded he would have "been hanged lt proven guilty of tbo crime. "I have no doubt that ho was guilty," said tho governor, "and that ho deserved death. But that death should have been administered at the hands of the law. "The death penalty must be rcstorod In Kansas and then things of this kind will not happen. I nm going to do all I can to restore the death penalty and I think this awful happening will bring the legislators to tho same opinion." Most of the members of the state legis lature, when Interviewed tonight, expressed the same idea as Governor Stanley with regard to restoring the death penalty. They all condemned the burning of the negro and expressed the greatest regret that the affair should have taken place. (JiMcriior Mnnlcj- Offer Ilennrd. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 15. Governor Stan ley tonight announced he would tomorrow morning offer a reward of $500 for" the ap prehension of any one Implicated In the lynching of Alexander at Leavenworth. The governor further stated that he was sorry that he could not offer a larger re ward, but the law allows him to offer only $500. He said that ho was also going to Instruct the attorney general at once to Investigate tho conduct of Sheriff Ever hardy In connection with the lynching, and If it was found that the sheriff had In any way violated his truBt as an official, pro ceedings would be Instituted to oust him from office. Thrrntu to Ilnrn Thin Fiend. WARREN. O., Jan. 16. Luther Potts, charged with a terrible crime on a llttlo boy at Glrard, was placed In Jail here this afternoon for safe keeping. An attempt was made this morning at Glrard to burn him alive tn the Jail. There are threats of burning Votts nt the stake. ATter Ln Grippe What f Usually a racking cough and a general feeling of weakness. Foley's Honey and Tar Is guaranteed to cure the "grippe cough" and make you strong and well. Myers-Dillon Drug Co.. Omaha; Dillon's Drug Store, South Omaha. lion line llllitnrd In .Xorth Dakota. LARIMORE. N. D.. Jan. 15, A howling iiii?inrH Ktnir.k this ectIon this afternoon. Tho weather Is rapidly growing colder. Tho storm extends all over the northern part of the suite. questing the delivery ot Alexander to him p To sufferers of either sex who are desirous of testing my appliance be fore, paying for same, I am pleasjd to offer the new 1 90 1 model Hrculex r LEE'S ACTION DISREGARDED Hemid Nines and Legislature Ooafirmi New Members of Charities Board. FOUR COMMITTEE CLERKS NAMED GrlRnhy and firrgory In the Senate and GriOlth and Greene In the llonur First .Mrnnnre of Pres ent Session Gets Throuirh. PIERRE, S. D.. Jan. 15. (Special Tele gram.) In the house today the speaker an nounced the appointments of E. G. Griffith of Fall River county and W. It. Greene of Sully county an committee clerks. Petitions were sent In from several coun ties asking for the repeal of the law re quiring the publication of certificates of nomination. A message from the senate announced the paisage of the first bill of the ses sion by that body. Seward moved to take off the table the resolution to present Gov ernor Lee with his official chair and, as lt was found to be a senate resolution, lt was sent to the committee on state affairs. The first house bill of the session passed, lt being to appropriate money for per diem and mileage of members and employes of both houses. House bills Introduced were: Granting cities power to own and operate light and power plants; empowering counties to fund outstanding Indebtedness; appropriating money for deficiency nt the school for fee ble minded; providing for election of com missioners by the whole county, for protec tion of buffalo, elk and other large game; to provide for surveys of unorganized town ships; to appropriate money for deficiency at Spearflsh Normal school, to provide ror township pounds and poundmasters; for the transfer of certain state funds to tho bond. Interest and sinking fund; to appro priate $26,000 to pay the wolf bounty de ficiency; limiting the number of ballots to sixty for each fifty voters. Sennte'x Trannnctlnns. In the senate, the appointment of Sioux K. Grlgsby of Minnehaha and E. I. Gregory of Hanson ns committee clerks was made. The senate adopted tho rules of 1899 ns tho permanent rules of the session. The first bill passed by the senate was the one extending cases In court where attorneys ate legislative members. Bills Introduced In the senate, not dupli cates, were- Defining qualifications of ad mission to the bar: appropriating $1,100 for expense of lease and sale of school lands: granting stnte certificates to graduates of the Madison Normal school. Governor Herreid sent to the senate the names of John D. Lavln of Aberdeen, W. G. Rice of Deadwood and II. M. Flnner of Watertown as members of the state board of charities and corrections, and the senate promptly went Into executive session and confirmed the appointments. These men, with F. M. Steerc, republican, and George Kingsbury of Yankton, populist, will be recognized by the legislature and the gov ernor nnd the attorney general as the legal board and will bo called together In a few days, and act as such a board, as though the recent appointment of Lee bad never been made, and If there Is any dissatisfac tion it will remain for the Lee board to bring action In the courts. It Is not prob able that Kingsbury will act with the re publicans, but they will have four out of five without him and will proceed regard less of any protest on his part. The ap pointment of Flnner was to fill the place made vacant by the expiration of the term of Representative Davis, who has acted on the board for six years. Hare Incorporated. PIERRE, S. D., Jan. IB. (Special.) Ar ticles of Incorporation have been filed for the South Dakota Council of the National Aid association, the places of meeting of the same to tie at such us the council may direct; the officers of the association are. D. M. FInnery, president; Arthur Lawrence, vlco president; George A. Perley, secretary, Flandrcau. For the Angora Goat and Sheep company, nt Odell City. Fall River county, with n capital of $30,000; incorporators, Sanford J. Murray, Archie W. Riorldan and Abel W. Odell. Ill Bh Wind Psni Prairie Fire. HURON. S. D., Jan. 16. (Special Tele gram.) Prairie fire near Wolscy this after noon destroyed two large barns on the Buell farm, together with hay and feed. Several other farmers lost hay and cattle sheds. Tho fire was fanned by u fifty-mile per hour wind and crossed the Milwaukee rail way tracks, then swept over the North western tracks, burning everything except houses In a path a mile and a half wide and three miles long. Charge Illm with Stealing Homes. PIERRE, S. D., Jan. 15. (Special Tele gram.) Carl Blasslngame at Fort Pierre today waived examination on the charge of stealing thirty head of Circle R horses, which were recovered a few days ago near Yankton, and has been locked up to await the next term of court. Bunk, the man found with the horses In" his possession, will be given n hearing tomorrow. Terrific Dunt Storm. PIERRE, S. D.. Jan. lb. (Special Tele gram.) A terrific dust storm prevailed here today with a maximum gale of forty-eight miles an hour. One fire started in the State Publishing company's building, but was ex tinguished without gaining headway. TO CUIIB TIIC GllIP Iff TWO DAYS Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne Tablets. MANY GREAT MEN And Accomplished Women Recommend Pe-ru-na for Chronic Catarrh. CONGRESSMAN A. T (.OODWVN, OF ALAHAMA. Hon. A. T. Goodwyn. Congressman of Alabama, In a recent letter to Dr. llartman, from Robinson Springs, Ala., t-nyn "I have now used one bottle of l'cruna und am n tvcll tunii today. I could feel the good c fleets of your medicine before I had used it a week, after suffering witli catarrh for over a year." A. T. (JOOmVYN. WHAT tho skin Is to the outside of the body, the mucous membrane Is to the inside of tho body. Every organ, every duct and passagt of tho body Is lined with mucous membranes. A general tlabbiness of these mucous membranes constitutes what Dr. llartman calls systomlc catarrh. A person with systemic catarrh cannot stand exertion. He Is all tired out. He Is nervous and fidgety. He Is sallow and depressed. Ho has little zoct for life and Is unfitted for business. Miss Irene Akerman, a prominent dra matic reader of New York City, writes tho following letter- NEW YORK CITY. 0 West Fifteenth Street, February T, 1D00. The Peruna Medicine Co.. Columbus, O.: Gentlemen "Lately I have devoted my self more to art work than dramatic. While Illustrating, I spent much of my tlmo naturally in doors, which taxed me greatly. I felt the absence of good, fresh air and sun shine. When much run down, I resolved to give Peruna n trial. I am now ro well that I feel that I must add my testi mony to that of oth ers, out of gratltudo Miss Irene Akerman. for my restoration nnd preservation." Ireno Akerman. In systemic catarrh there Is more or Icbs catarrh of every argon In tho body. The catarrh may have originated in the head und throat, but lt has finally pervaded thy wholo system. It products a wretched condition, The mucous membranes of the whole body re fuse to do their work properly. Sight, hearing and taste are slightly affected. The lungs nre weak, the voice husky. The tonsils are red and Inflamed. The stomach docs not digest food well. The liver nets sluggishly. Suffered From Cntnrrli Tor Miie Yearn W Cured in I'lve Montlis. From letters written by Mr. Peter Hat tenberger, of Porterfleld, Wis., wo quote extracts as follows: August 1, 1890. Dr. S. 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Sho could get no relief until sho began to take Perunn and Munalln. Ile fore she had taken half a bottle of each she was conscious of a marked change. "She began to sleep at night, appetite camo back, bowels were regular, nnd now after taking five bottles, she Is entirely well. She looks like a new' woman. "We ennnot say half enough in praise of your medicines. Tho physicians we em ployed were very much surprised when they learned that Peruna and Manalln cured my wife." There nre no substitutes for Peruna. Pe runa is tho only systemic catarrh remedy uu ujurKou n o remeay before tie pub lic today can boast of ub many completo cures ns Peruna. Send for book of testimonials. AddresB Tho Ptruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. "No time to pull thecorJcf" Emergencies calf for actiea. 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