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TRIBUNE ; 7. M. KIBiaiKLt > , i'nhlUliBr. lIoCOOK , - - NEBRASKA * - MH ' * * K * 'K t"X''M"M'-M' 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. if 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.