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BRIEF TELEGRAMS
Ex Chief Justice Sterling R Cockrill
tiled at 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 Wickham of the Norwalk
O 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 is epidemic in New York It
ds 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 40176933 an Increase of 1476
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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 insects-
to the -United States is said to
be 300000000 and even this doesnt
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
So 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 F Dreutzer of Chicago and Olaf
Bergstrom of Nebraska have made ar
rangements for colonizing ahout 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 rwould like to know what has
become of him and is searching to that
end -
James B Ireland died at his home
at Skillman Ky aged 104 years He
was possessed of all his 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
Gilman 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
JH 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 Bryans 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 12000 for J
tnree portraits izuu interest ann the
court costs
King Oscar of Sweden has recovered
his health and will resume the reins
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
bacco chewer
The attorney general of Ohio has
brought a suit in the supreme court
to test the validity of perpetual f ran
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 Westwoods
bakery convulsed with uncontrollable
Jaughter
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Program of Work in Both of the Legis
lative Bodies
REVENUE BILL TO COME LP EARLY
Senator Aldrlch to Present Measure for
Redaction of War Tax Monday or Tues
day Appropriation Bill Has Houses
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 senators to postpone considera
tion of rhe ship subsidy bill as long
as possible The shipping bill r 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 probablerthat the motion to
give the bill the place of vantage wlil
be postponed until after the disposi
tion of the executive bill
jSenator 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 of the senate give
preference to revenue bills as they do
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 some 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
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 postofiice
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 will
be reported back promptly from the
committee on military affairs prob
ably tomorrow andsent to conference
with a general disagreemnt 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 time not given to appropriation
bills Efforts are making to have the
bill to promote the efficiency of the
revenue cutter service mado 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 the
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 depot 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 below She struck
on her head and fractured her skull
and received other injuries from
which physicians say she cannot re
cover Passengers who travetd up n
the same train withMrs Drungould
say that she acted peculiar
Though Dead He Still Lives
OGALLALA Neb Jan 21 John
Kirkuskie a German farmer whose
home is five miles north of Ogallala
was returning home from town Sat
urdays evening when his horse ran
away throwing him out cf 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 three 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 the
attending physician thought it better
for him to be left in the asylum a cou
ple of weeks longer jto regain some of
his strength
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QUEEN- AT DEATHS DOOR
Sinking Spell and General Collapse Put
an End to Hope
COWES Isle of Wight Jan 21
1215 a m A collapse or what the
physicians feared was a collapse oc
curred unexepectedly about 10 oclock
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 queens con
dition is chiefly due to a severe sink
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 oclock 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 Tefused
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 of paralysis
Arrangements have been made with
a local undertaker to have all the pre
liminaries to buriaiin case of an emer
gency
Immediately on the occurrence of the
queens collapse at about 10 oclock
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
win start for usoorne nouse at o
oclock this morning
NEW CLEW IN THE CJJDAHY CASE
Police Suspect Frank Shercleff of Hav
ing Shared in the Kidnaping
OMAHA Jan 21 After an
ent dull 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 j
The theory in brief is that Frank1
Shercleff alias Ed Burke alias Kidj
McCoy the outlaw who so successfully
robbed William G Pollock of 15000j
worth of diamonds in the fall of 1892
was implicated with Pat Crowe in the
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
lead and this has to do with the
probable complicity of Frank
cleff the man of many aliases j
After generally reviewing the career
of this daring criminal and his
ciation with Crowe in the past there
seems to be good reason for believingi
that he may have been one of Crowes
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--in
trie next few days but the chief
declines to talk in detail of the pos
sibility of immediate capture
WORRIED ABOUT THE PRINCE
Heir to Englands Throne in an Exhaust
ed Condition
LONDON Jan 21 In the closing
moments of Queen Victorias 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 oclock
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
queens illness
I am my grandmothers eldest
grandchild and my mother is unable
from illness to- hasten to her bed
side
Money -Order Clerks Arrest
HAVANA Jan 21 John Sheridan
who has been in charge of the money
order department for the Havana
postoffice was arrested -today and for
mally accused of the theft of 1300
sent from the pestmaster at Guan
tanamo December 15 He has con
fessed Sheridan was appointed from
the Boston postoffice He offers to re
fund what he has taken
Mr Neville Slightly Improved -
WASHINGTON Jan 21 Congress
man Burton who has -been ill for
some days with the grip and rheuma
tism has improved considerably ana
was able to leave the hospital today
Congressman Neville of Nebraska
though slightly improved is still very
ill
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 oip a circle which
had formed after the banquet at the
Hofburg
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PROTECT ON ASKED FOR
fEive Stockbreeders Want a Law Passed
Protecting Their Industry
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legislation Asked to Provide Funds for
Safe Guarding Stock Interests Dis
ease Carrying Off a Good Many Hoes
in Platte County -
LINCOLN Jan 21 The Improveo
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
maldieeases 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 J
to protect the sound range and farm
herds of the state
Experience Vtfith 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
By friends to remain and he has
since come to regard eastern Nebras
ka as second to no partof 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
aro the ones used Alfalfa the speak
er said was his most reliable pasture
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
y
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 u Lyonj
W A Apperson and others
Hogs are Dying in Platte
OMAHA Jan 21 Colonel J Ej
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 500000 in the last three
or four months Men with droves of
400 and 500 head of hogs find them j
selves now that the plague has ex-
hausted itself with ten or fifteen hogsj
while droves of 100 and 200 head have
been completely wiped out For1
months the farmers have been com-
bating the disease without apparent
result and the loss in hogs is only
a part of the total loss to the farmers
Twenty Cases of Smallpox
MINDEN Neb Jan 21 Doctors
and visitors of this vicinity report
tbat in the neighborhood of the farm
of Mr Bader who brought the small-
pox to this county and who lives ten-
miles northwest of Minden there are
about seventy cases of smallpox now
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 Back to Industrial School
KEARNEY oNeb 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
CALLAWAY 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 tnat 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 The accident occurred
inside the city limits Mrs Gauger
was waliiing 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
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Funny but TVIth 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
Cat Fnr 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 of
gloves Cats are going up in the
German market
Coal Mined by Electricity
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 -noteworthy
feature of the almanac is a pre
diction of the weather for every day
of the year by Prof DeVoe whocor
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 sometimes
been discouraged on the ground thac
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
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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 0EEICER RESCUED
Officer A C Svranson of the Council
Bluffs Force Tells an Interest
ing 8 tory
Council Bluffs Iowa Jan 19 1901
Special Kindhearted Officer Swan
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-President
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 Swan
son became the victim of serious Kid
ney and Liver Trouble He was very
bad but 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 Dodds 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 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 Dodds Kidney Pills
were thus brought to my notice
The wonderful cures effected by
Dodds Kidney Pills in Iowa have cre
ated quite a sensation in some parts
ef 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 Gods work with the
devils weapons
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SDGAR FACTORY CLOSES
j The Quantity of Beets Obtained Hot 03
Large as Expected
AMOUNT Of SUGAR TURNED OUT
Bate That the Factory -Will MakeNt
Year State Agricultural and Horti
cultural Societies Other Nebraska
Matters Here 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 shutdown
until next fall The quantity of beets
obtained has not been as Targe as was
expected being in round numbers
50000 tons gross and 39000 net The
amount of first grade granulated su
gar turned out was 5000000 pounds
enough to fill about 150 freight cars
of ordinary capacity There has been
employed during the season an
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
boys the lowest wages re
ceived by men in the factory were
15 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 12000 tons
were shipped in by rail and the
sinna ibniil tn tho fftpfrnrv in Wa5 11
ons A good many of the employes
live in Fremont going to and from
their work in a special on the Elk
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
State Board 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 W E Ew
ing Franklin treasurer E Mcln
tyre Seward secretary Robert W
Furnas Brownville The latter two
gentlemen were re elected After
considerable discussion the board
voted to indorse tbe 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 Macfarland 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 LD
Stetson York county E M Searles
Keith county L L Fletcher
ing county C M Llewellyn Furnas
county E Filley Gage county
Appropriation for Buffalo
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Condition of Nebraska Banks
WASHINGTON Jan 19 The ab
stract of the condition of the na
tional banks of Nebraska exclusive
of Omaha and Lincoln at the close
of business on December 13 as
ported to the comptroller of the cur
rency shows the average reserve to
have been 3551 per cent against
4393 per cent on September 5 Loans
and discounts increased 116710775
to 18708883 gold coin decreased
from 747489 to 719382 total specie
from 1013475 to 986151 lawful
money reserve from 41464461 to 1
442681 individual deposits fronr
20057025 to 19456685
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braska legislature will be asked to -
appropriate 50000 for a state build-
ing and exhibit at the Pan AmericanC
exposition F W Taylor chief of
concessions and formerly a member of
the faculty of the University of Ne
braska has been interviewing several
members of the legislature on the
proposition and it is given out on
authority that a bill providing an ap
propriation of the dimensions named
will be introduced All states in the
transmississippi region and some far
ther west will be asked to appropriate
money for state exhibits
State Horticultural Society -a
LINCOLN Neb Jan 19 The
State Horticultural society closed its
annual meeting by electing the
lowing officers President G A Mar
shall Arlington first vice president
L M Russell Wymore second vice
president G S Christy Johnson 1
secretary C H Barnard Table Hock
treasurer Peter Youngers jr
neva board of directors Lewis Hen
derson Omaha E F Stephens
Crete W J Hesser Plattsmouth All
the members of the society favored an
exhibit at Buffalo E S Welch of
Shenandoah was made an honorary -v
member of the society
Dewet Greatly Incensed
KROONSTAD Orange River Colony
Monday Jan 16 The success of the
burgher peace committee in distribut
ing among the repunlicans Paul
Bothas book From Boer to Boer
has infuriated General DeWet who
it is reported swears he will shoot
the author at the first opportunity
The refugee camp is now occupied by
2000- persons Another is being
formed at Rhenoster Supplies of all
kinds in the towns are shortening
daily -
Vaccine Produces a Kick
WASHINGTON jan 17 Efforts
are being made by the producers of
vaccine to have the agricultural com
mittees of congress omit from the
forthcoming agricultural appropriation
bill further provision for vaccine made
and distributed by the government on
the ground that the government dis
tribution is no Icmger necessary and
is an interference with private enter
prise
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