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VALENTINE DEMOCRAT. I. M. RICE , Publisher. VA'-ENTINE NEBRASKA NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES The present docket In Polk county Is the lightest ever before the court. The grand lodge of the Sons of Her- tnan , a German lodge , was held last weeek in Nebraska City. John Peaker , a barber , was stabbed while attending a benefit dance for the baseball boys at Kearney. ' 'Grand Island Is hustling for funds tor the holding of the firemen's tour nament this summer. The PJattsmouth merchants are r = a t closing their plf.ces of business at 6:30 vfor the benefit of themselves and their * clerks. Peter Youngers of Geneva will go . "before the next congressional conven- , tion In the Fourth district , for nomi nation. ' Lieutenant H. J.Peck was elected captain of company D at Weeping 'Water , vice William M. Stoner , re signed. "Among the Breakers" was present ed at the opera house af Wyrnore by -the Eleventh grade of the Higlvschool to a large audience. The 11-year-om son of Samuel A. Lawyer of Gering fell from a horse , striking his head against a post , and received fatal injuries. P. Martin and brother will erect a fine business block 32xGGxl32 feet in Grand Island on the site occupied by the old Hurford block. * Samuel Archer , an employe of the supply department of the Burlington shops at PJattsmouth , had his left foot crushed by a heavy timber. .Sheriff Waddington of Beatrice has purchased the Seaberry farm of240 acres , four miles northeast of Filley , paying $12,000 ii. cash or $50 an acre. Union revival meetings are being held day and night in the Methodist church at Gibbon. Rev. Nance , a not ed revivalist of Atchison , Kan. , is-in charge. The snows of last week were quite general over the eastern half of the state and a great benefit to the win ter wheat , which had commenced to uffer for want of moisture. Edward Waters , 30 years old , living six miles south of Bassett , committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor and then shooting himself in the forehead with a revolver. Someone threw two large pieces of elate through a window into the bed room of Lars Nelson , SO years old , who of hves near Fremont. They passed over ofm him , however , doing no injury. CO The Platte County Medical society ofwl wl vas organized at Columbus last week , "with Dr. H. J. Arnold as president and th be Dr. JB. C. iesing as secretary. The first annual meeting will be held Feb CO ruary 12. in Mrs. O'Rourke , living three miles northwest of Talmage sold her farm ra of 160 acres last week for $55 per acre. More than $10,000 has been refused for be come well improved quarter sections as asmi near there. mi sig The City Electric Light and Cold su Storage company at Grand Island is raj wiring several buildings in that city for electric power , which willbe in stalled for the first time in that 'city in the near future. anMJ Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Veit MJ of Grand Island surprised them by un thi ceremoniously calling at their home on their silver wedding anniversary. Mr. Veit is ha president of the board of education and one of the oldest baI business men in that city. rai " im "While driving at a rapid pace about Humboldt two young farmers from trc Stella were thrown from their buggy ma and dragged quite a distance under ha the buggy. They were frightfully mt bruised but otherwiseuninjured. . th ; the Mme. Sibyl Sanderson has announc th ed to a few of her friends her engage bel ment to marry Count Henri De James tio : of Paris , who has been in this country dir for'two weeks and accompanied her recently to Philadelphia. Mme. San it derson says that the marriage will not exi take place for at least two years. Her * .ing betrothed , who is middle-aged , is not lota wealthy , but has lately embarked in ber a mercantile enterprise which he ex a pects to develop by that time. He is err ; a Frenchman and descended from the tha English family of Fitz-James , which tra settled in France more than two cen hat turies . ago. wo A bill has been introduced by Sen ma ator Hawley of Connecticut for the re A lief of Mary McLean Wyllysof East opi > Glastonbury , Conn.She is 97 years inti old and is the daughter of James Mc Ma Lean : a soldier of the revolution. The woman is very poor and it is proposed E that she be given a pension of $12 per Boc month. dtal The order prohibiting Spanish army officers from marrying unless they are C 25 years old or more and enjqy an in A. A.ma come * at least equal to the pay of a ma captain ( about $50 a month ) is now enil though to have been promulgated by his Oeheral Weyler to prevent his son's to jriarriage to Senorlta Consuela Lanz , was who , though .very beautiful and of fere noble family , Is not in all other ways ital ; acceptable .to the general. ue and Some churches mistake racket. for It s feeults in their machinery. ped A BODY BLOW TO RAILROADS. The Supreme Court Gives Grand Juries the Control. The Decision Is Most Important and Is Considered a New Safegnard of Public Rights. Washington , D. C. ( Special. ) Not in years has the supreme court handed down a more important opinion , espe cially one that so completely safe guards the rights of the citizens , 'as In the so-called Louisville & Nashville lic cases.rendered ; early in Januarywhere in the court , by an opinion of Chief itJ Justice Fuller , upholds the constitu tionality of a recent act passed by tit the ] general assembly of the common wealth of Kentucky outlining the pow vei ers and duties of the railroad commis eisi sion of the state. This act , which was sidi designed to prevent railroad compa din nies : and corporations owning and op- grating a line or lines of railroads , and its officers , agents or employes , 'from itt tortionate , collecting or receiving ex tortionate freight or passenger rates in Kentucky ; provides also for 'the manner in which railroad companies ino operating ] in the state should be brought to an acount by the railroad commission. While these provisions do not differ materially from maximum , rate law : ; as adopted by other states , notably Nebraska and Minnesota , the act , Nb constitutionality is now upheld by : the highest tribunal of the land , contains one striking clause which may ccb be engrafted upon the statute books ol other states. This clause is as fol lows : * . "The Circuit court of any county into 01 through which the line or lines of road carrying such passenger or freight , owned or operated by said road , and the Franklin circuit court , shall have jurisdiction ol" the offence against ? the railroad company or cor poration offending , and the circuit court of the county where such offense COm may be committed by said officer , or agent or employe , shall have jurisdic- . . tion in all prosecutions against said tiof officer , agent or employe. " Further on the act defines the pow ers and duties of the railroad commis sion and provides that if after care fu investigation "the commission fails to exonerate the railroad or carrier from the provisions of the fo'ng' Jthd' short haul sections , an order in writ ing to that effect shall be made by the commission and a copy thereof de livered to the complamtant , and the lisa same shall be published as a part of the report of the commission ; and after such order , it shall be the duty th the commission to furnish a stateca ca ment < of the facts , together with a th copy of its order , to the grand jury 1 > rany county , the circuit court of re - which has jurisdiction , in order that wi the railroad company or carrier may qu " indicted for' the offense , and the da commission shall * ise proper efforts to vo S61 that such company or carrier is be indicted < and'prosecuted. " in Herein ] is the body blow to the rail vo roads and the protection to the public foi if the railroads can be prosecuted tio before the grand jury of any county co the supreme court has decided thej un may be , there seems to be redress in me sight for some communities that have of suffered for years at the hands of the ly railroads by-reason of unjust discrim- do dome me GEN. MANDERSON'S COMMENT. go 'Not in years has there been such mc important ruling. ' said ex-Senator * in the Manderson , now general solicitor of , the. Burlington & Missouri River railjec * the in Nebraska , who has been in Washington for the last week , "nor tiave the railroads received such a set- mc back as given in this decision. " It is a well known fact that the railroads in many states have dom- > inated legislation looking to their con trol , particularly in the matter of the naximum rates , but the supreme court : by its opinion given a new and much more simple method of redress tio ; han has heretofore been devised , at An same time laying down the rule vie hat a railroad company may be tried pai aefore a local grand jury for extor- to ion , should the laws of tne state so at lirect. vot This decision , coming at the time nor did i , was emphasized in.a"most un- cai xpected manner by the court permit- tov the attorney general .of Minne- por , opposed to the merger of a'num- ma * of .railroads of the northwest into wa company to be known as the North- securities company , to file briefs . ent hat said merger was in restraint of are rade. From these ruHhgs it appears dw [ the most eminent , bench in the ion vorld is standing once more for the the nasses"as against the corporations. ha\ hoi bill to prohibit the importation of losj pium for smoking purposes has been pro ntroduced in.the senate Senator in. , by oth . ' othT Jason. s T Joh Ex-Congressman A. J. Holmes of of Joone , la , died in the Clarinda hos- are ; for the insane. the Statue of Peace To Hanna. , Cleveland , O. ( Special. ) Senator M. Hanna was today presented with a n lagnificent ; full sized marble statue Ger niblemaiic of peace by a number of mai friends in this city. The movement Wil present ] Mr. Hanna with the statue con Inaugurated shortly after the con- the irence of the representatives of cap- ter , and labor in 'JSW York. JThe stat- pris is fu'fl length , of the finest marble * a 1 is the work of an Italian sculptor. Jan stands four and one-half feet on a of ofBoe edestol two and one-half high. Boe ' " " ? 5 * v- . * HN1SHES UP AN ANTI-ANARCHY BILL , . D. C. ( Special. ) The details ol a bill restricting anarchy aud anarchists was practically deter mined on today by the special com mittee of members of the house judi cial y committee appointed to consider this 'subject. The language of some of the j-rcvte-ons is yet to be settled , but all of the essential features of the firthcoming measure are determined upon. The measure will provide the death penalty for an attempt to kill oras - sauit the president or anyone in'line of succession for the presidency. An accessory before the fact is to be treated as a principal , and an acces sory aftei the fact is punished in a les degree than a principal. Any per son who counsels , advises or advo cates the assaulting or killing of any officer of the United States shall be fined or imprisoned. No alien who ad vocates an overthrow of organized' government , or who is affiliated with an organisation holding such views , is to be admitted to this country. Provision is also made for the pun ishment of those conspiring in this country ajrainst a foreign ruler. The special committee probably will report t > the judiciary committee in the next few days and a report to the housis expected soon thereafter. iSefiviary Root appeared before Ihe house insular affairs committee to urge th-j enactment of a homestead law'for the Philippines. He said there should legislation to enable the Filipino t. ) acquirp title to property and that denial ot that right was , in his opinion , tne cause of much of the present uis- tuibcd conditions. Ht1 cited the anti-rent riots in New York and the liots in Ireland as evi- dencsj c'f what followed such denial. H-J thought a homestead law should ) e parsed to permit the natives to naku entry of 100 acres of land as th nu.iinum , the local government to nx the minimum. lie also urged the repeal ol the Spooner amendment pro- s the cutting'of timber and the of franchises. He said that ir'clnsliy in the islands should be procc not prevented. The islands railroads to develop their abunm nt resources of timber , coal and otli- ci * minerals. ' The hearings on admitting Oklahoma to statehood began to-Jay before the committee on territories and will , continue tomorrow. Delegate Flynn made tinopening presentationtie wan1 supported in his views by Sydney Clark and others. Another view was presented by a delegate favoring the inclusion of the Indian Territory with Oklahoma in any plan : of statehood. FOR F NATIONAL CONTROL OF TRUSTS. Washington , D. C. ( Special. ) The industrial commission , after several r * years spent in investigating the indus trial condition of the country with the view of making recommendations calculated to assist in the solution of the problems of the times , has com- pleted ( and sent to the printer-its final report. ] It is expected that this report \ N will be presened to congress , as re- quired by law , within the next few days. The final document will be a volume of about 1,000 pages and will th a review of the evidence contained ha the previously published eighteen pr volumes. no In this last volume the various ques to tions which been considered in the toHi course of the inquiry are discussed to under separate headings and recom its mendations are made. On the subject trusts the commission follows close- JU the lines of recommendations laid ilown by the president in his annual , lig message. Supervision by the national government is recommended. The da most radical specific step suggested. th that direction by the report is that re ( books of all corporations be sub- v.e ject at all times to inspection , as are &g < books of national banks. en The commission discusses govenn- wil nent ownership of railroads and tele- pr jraph lines , but does not recommend ra ruch a departure from present meth- Ye ds. ' ) f ide AID TO VICTIMS OF EARTHQUAKE. the ; 1 < rat City of Mexico. ( Special. ) Subscrip- ions are being taken here among the American and British residents for the TO ictims of the earthquake at Chil- ancingo. Three women were crushed T death in the church of San Jose f Chilapa while engaged in their de- . 'Otlons. One woman , at the first tre- , ran to the door , hoping to e- ; o ape , but was caught beneath the . ower as it fell. Fortunately a larcre- T ortion of the population were in the nain plaza at the time of theshock car : vratching a tight-rope performance. me Advices from Chilpancingo repre- for that Governor Mora and family using a stable are as a temporary welling. He offers $30,000 as a per- the onal contribution toward rebuilding tito city. Many * people are reported to claiT tave gbne insane as a result of the1 T iorrors' of the"catastrophe and from of of relatives and friends. It is now tie iroposed to rebuild the city on an Si ther site. ELS 5 The Presbyterian missionaries , Geo. ohnsonand Walter H. Semple , both * r L Philadelphia , whose headquarters . jus at Chilpancingo , were away at time of the disaster. law Botha Again Eludes British. London. ( Special. ) Lord Kitchener a dispatch from Johannesburg-.says : reneral Bruce Hamilton made a night Brj larch against General Botha , neat 2,00 tbank. January J8 , but the Boer slty ommandehr had left the camp when sity [ British reached the spot. The lat- intr however , captured twenty-seven wit risoners. General Methuen overtook plai Boer commando near Boschpoort ing a-nuary 20 , and after a running fight nd eight miles captured twenty-four it3 ; oers and all their wagons and cattle.ln , . * : : . TO ENJOIN THE BIG MERGES : Action Is Begun By Stockholders Against Great Northern. Petition States that Northern Securi ties Company is a Conspiracy and is Fraudulent. . Minneapolis , Minn. ( Special. ) The attorneys of Milton L. Bouden and So phia Barth Chapman filed a petition for an injunction in the state district court against the Great Northern rail way and its directors to prevent - a transfer of its stock to the Northern Securities company. Bouden holds 400 and Mrs. Chapman 100 shares of Great Northern stock. The attorneys are the same as those who , in behalf of Peter Power of New York , are seeking in the United States district court to have the retirement of the Northern Pacific prefe'rred stock declared illegal' The bill of complaint sets up the well known facts as to the attempted merger of the Great Northern , North ern Pacific and Burlington systems , al leges that it is contrary to the stat utes of Minnesota , North Dakota.Mon- tana and Washington , and intends to destroy all competition ana charges that separate organisations maintained are merely nominal and intended to deceive the public , the real manage ment and control being vested in the Northern Securities company. It is claimed by this action that the Great Northern directors have ren dered the charter of tne road subject to forfeiture in the suit of the state of Minnesota and the lic'ense of operation . in the other states tiaversed subject tc revocation , and further tiiat many such suit ? are imminent , whereby the company will lose valuable rights and privileges unless the directors are per manently enjoined from carrying out ilie merger. ' Judgment is demanded on ele\en points that the me-'ger is fraudulent and contrary to the laws of this.ntate ; that ; the Northern Securities company is a conspiracy ; tha't the Great North ern directors and agents be enjoined during the pendency of the suit and permanently thereafter , from reg-teter- ing any transfers of stock to the _ inN Northern Securities companyfrom ; rec ognizing or according any privileges to " that company , or from receiving any votes in its meetings ; from entering into any combination whatsoever with ge the Northern Pacific which shall dis of turb the independent integrity of the av defendant company ; that the defenJ- un ant directors be enjoined from holding he any office in or participating in any un affairs of the Northern Securities com th pany ; and from paying any dividends on on stock held that . by company. The bei defendants have been given time in beim \vhich to answer. . Be rei Chicago ( , 111. ( Special. ) Members of the interstate commerce commission ho have arrived here and" began making wi preparations for investigating the ve northwestern railway merger. Rumors fui the effect that J. J. Hill and E. H. an Harriman , who have been subpoenaed ee ' testify before the commission at opening session , would not appeal- waWi owing to their absence in the east Wi Curing" the supreme court hearing of bly tin Northern Securities case , were lic lightly set aside by the commissione- the rs. Commissioner J. D. Yeomans to- offi stated that the of > lay investigation into ofma the result on the rate situation by ma reason of the consolidation would be oegun tomorrow and that he had been ; assured personally of Mr. Hill's pres ence. ( Later the question of grain rates be resumed , and he said it was to probable the question on packing house the ra'tes < would be gone into again. Mr. hoi STeomans said he had heard nothing 61 the agreement made between pres- 61F dents of the western railways and F big packers to maintain legal ates. ° tha frie CONSIDER LEASE OF PUBLIC LANDS , ent to kill Lincoln , Neb. ( Special. ) A meeting , -ill the Nebraska Stock Growers' asout out lociation will probably be called for outSi ome time in February , at Alliance , ard consider the bill in congress , pro mu , dding for leasing public lands. Son The bill provides foi leasing all va- to ant public lands west of the 100th de neridian : , under suitable regulations , a period of ten years , special pre- erence being given to stockmen who in actual use of said lands during past year ; the revenue to be paid lat < the treasury and used for re- ers laiming the arid regions. on The bill was drawn by a committee > five : members of the American Cat- , Growers' association. , le Several members of the Nebraska Dr. > ssociation met to discuss the bill , and ver no action was taken it was gen- fyi rally conceded that it was a meritor- hon measure and should become a the . . viot Bryan Makes Final Speech. VI Madison , Wis. ( Special. ) William J. viei tryan spoke before an audience of pres in the gymnasium of the univer- COrr under the auspices of the Univer- sepi : Oratorical association. He was pert itroduced by ex-Senator Vilas , who Som other gold democrats sat on the The latfornu "His theme was "A Conquer- the Nation. " He arraigned the trusts om imperialism and said that moral- rnaj was being lost sight 'of * hy 'nations' ' Selr questions of government policy , row v * OPENLY VIOLATE LAW OF THE LAND , Washington , D. C.-Special.-Tne report of the interstate commerce com mission urgently repeats former re quests for such additional legislation as will give the commission power to reach the secret evils not touched by the present laws. On the subject of the recent investigation into the move ment of packing house products , the report says : "That leading traffic officials of many principal railway lines should deliberately violate the statute law of the : land and , in many cases , agree with each other to do so ; that it should be thought necessary to destroy vouchers , and to so manipulate book- keeping as to obliterate evidence of the transactions ; that hundreds of thousands of "dollars should be paid in unlawful rebates to a few great pack ing houses ; that the business of rail road transportation is the most 1mI portant , but one , in the country to ' day , paying the highest salaries and holding out to young men great inz ! ducement , should , to such an extent , be operated in open disregard of the law , must be surprising and offensive ' to all right-mnided persons. EAGER FOR GAIN. "Equally startling , at least , is the fact that the owners of these packing houses , men whose names are known throughout the commercial world , tlsi should seemingly be eager to augment their gains with the enormous amounts of these rebates which they receive in 01pi plain defiance of the federal statutes , These facts carry their own comment and nothing said by us can add to their significance. "We certainly believe that the existj j ing laws should be so amended that railway managers who desh-e to * obir ssrve them , can do so without the risk , of sacrificing' their property. " j The commission vigorously comments ' on the fact that it has been judicially , determined that a corporation is not .liable for the violation of these laws , ! and that an agent , alone can be punai shed. In regard to the movement of grain , the ; commission observes : j "At present grain and grain products j nove from points of their origin to . he seaboard , generally upon secret I atcs , in favor of the foreigner and excluding from business the small op- j f erator.V ' j The total number of proceedings ! brought the commission during the ' year was 340. Of these , 149 informal complaints were settled through pre- j Hminary investigation by the comac _ : mission. "FIBBLER" MAYOR IS ACTIVE WITH AX , San Francisco , Cal. cEpecial. ) Eu gene E. Schmitz , the "fiddler" mayor this city , wiio was selected as the vi avowed representative of the labor to unionists , has struck terror to " the fo heart of every holder of a position rei under the municipal government by pu the < vigor with which he is carrying th L'ttt his reform ideas. Although he has en been in office barely two weeks , the la1 mayor has caused an upheaval in th several branches of the service by his SO * removals and suspensions. an A few days a < ro County Clerk Ma- ab noiiy was suspended , but secured a ivrit of injunction temporarily pre ho home venting ; the mayor from proceeding me Airfher in the matter. This was for us alleged violation of the purity of en elections law. ce Then School Director J. B. Casserly an vas forced to resign , and today E. W. un kVilliams , a justice's clerk , was forci- ly ejected from his office by the po- by ice after having been suspended on la charge that he spent much of his ifRcfal time at the race track instead TH at his office. In this removal the nayor disobeyed a temporary injunc- ion secured by Williams from the ter uperior court. ka The mayor's action follows an inves- na igation begun by him as soon as he rec ook office. It is said that he will seek thi : scalps of a number of other office- cal tolders. bn ed : GIVES SGhE ? STARTLING TESTIMONY. edwil cla : Frankfort , Ky. ( Special. ) In the exi loward trial William Sanderlin swore for hat Beverly White , one of Howard-'s foil riends , said to him early in the pres- del month : "I got Jim Howard to go so Frankfort to kill Goebel , and he lan illetl him. My brother John and I vie spend all we have to get Howard res . " ind Several witnesses testified to How- Pla rd's having in his possession a false /ho lustache : shortly before the shooting , the ome strong testimony was introduced ingB controvert < the alibi set up by the B eftmse. soc The proprietor of the Board of Trade Scii otel and numerous other witnesses ver jstified that Howard was not In the lett otel at the time Goebel was shot and aga neither of his alibi witnesses.Rob- mis rtson or Moore , was there. dep Howard's story as to his whereabout it : i the day of the shooting was also fish ntradicted on several points. it : , The attempt of the defense to fasten lett shooting on Henry Youtsey and cha W. R. Johnson was given a se- mei < blow by s.everal witnesses testi- sen 'ing that Dr. Johnson was at his istii ome in Jackson county on the day of not shooting and for some days pre- oft thereto. ay. Schwab Visits Emperor. Vienna. ( Special. ) The mayor of D ienna presented Charles M. Schwab , ploj resident of the United States Steel hall rporation , to Emperor Francis Jo- be at the citizens' ball. The em- a. si and "Mr. Schwab conversed at peai length on commercial matters , ione emperor expressed his regret at city early departure of Mr. Schwab in i t Vienna as it would prevent his pit ajesty from receiving him again. Mr. feet hwab leaves here for Berlin tomor- stre and will thence proceed to' Paris the WESTERN : RIGATION. The Representative of the West Agree on Measure. Congressmen Will Get Together and Push a Bill For Irrigation Through Congrest j Washington , D. C. ( Special. ) The- subcommittee of'Seventeen appointed by the senators and representatives from the arid and semi-arid states ttr Jrame : an irrigation bill , reported to- * he full membership the results of its labors. The bill presented provides : that all moneys received from the sale lands in Ari and disposal of public zona , California , Idaho , Kansas , Mon- tana , Nebraska , Nevada , New Mex ico ' , North Dakota , Oklahoma , Oregon , . South Dakota , Washington and Wy oming , beginning with the fiscal year June 30 , 1901 , including the surplus- of fees and commissions in excess of allowances to registers and receivers excepting 5 per cent set aside for edu- cational , purposes,1 shall be set aside in the treasury department as a spe cial : fund for the reclamation of the- arid and semi-arid lands. The money- shall ! be used in the examination and survey and for construction and. main tenance of irrigation works forthe , - storage , diversion and development o waters for the said reclamation. la the event that there' is not sufficient , money received from the sale of gov ernment lands to support both the ir- rigation project and the agricultural colleges < , the bill directs that the treas ury department shall supply the defi-- ciency for the agricultural colleges out of any moneys not otherwise appropri ated. The bill gives the secretary- the- interior the right to locate and con- struct works for the storage , diversion and development of waters , including- artesian wells , and to report his action , to congress at each regular session. It also gives him authority to withdraw from public entry the lands required- for irrigation works , and that the pub lic lands which it is proposed to irri gate shall be'subject to entry only under the provisions of the homestead- laws on tracts of not less than forty acres nor mbre than ICO acres , and. that the commutation provisions ofT the homestead laws shall not apply to * the entries under the act. In addition to these features , which. , have long been under discussion by tbe subcommittee , the bill further pro vides that entrymen upon the lands : be irrigated must reclaim the lands- for agricultural purposes ; that the sec retary of the interior may proceed by purchase or condemnation to acquire- the desired property upon which to- erect irrigation works , and that the- laws of the states and territories in. the arid and semi-arid regions shall govern and control the appropriation , and use of the waters rendered avail able by the works constructed. A day of labor is fixed at eight hours. The bill prohibits the employ ment of Asiatic labor. No right tc use the water for land in private own ership shall be sold for a tract ex- seeding < 160 acres to any one person , ind no right shall permanently attach until all payments therefor are made- The bill will probably be introduced , Warren in the senate and by New- lands in the house. NEBRASKA SAND HILL FORESTRY. Washington , D. C. ( Special. ) A let- was circulated among the Nebras- congressmen today for their sig- latures , addressed to the president , . ecommending the establishment of hree forest reserves in as many lo- alities In the sandhill districts of Ne- raska. These reserves as contemplat- include an aggregate of 558,720 acres : vith but 1 per cent held under private- Iaims. It is designed to make the- experiment of raising timber in these brest reserves , should the president Qllow the suggestion of the Nebraska. lelegation. It is sought to include the- o-called Niobrara district , which lie. * argely in Cherry county , and in th icinity of the Niobrara river ; DisnutL eserve , which is situated in Blainc- Loup counties , and the Nortlt 'latte reserve.It Is thought by thos have the matter in charge that delegation will be a unit in hav- the land set aside. Henry B. Ward , secretary of the As- ociation for the Advancement or cience , and connected with the TJni- ersity of Nebraska , has written a , itter to Senator Millard , protesting : gainst the merging of the fish com- ilssion , as contemplated with , the ne\v- epartment of commerce. He says ir is done , it will seriously impair the- commission's work and handicap. in i its scentific investigations. * . The- itter was referred to Senator Frye' . hairman of the committee on com' isrce and president pro tern of the- " 2nate : , who has written a character' ! reply , stating that he will do- * othing ! to interfere with the efficiency the commission , nor hinder it in an- . in its scientific investigations. - , Gold Under Denver City Hall. Denver , Colo. ( Special. ) Men em- loyed in the basement of the 'new city discovered , what may prove to- a : gold bonanza. Profuse colors in sediment of black sand ' which ap- zared after washing in the old-fash- way , caused - commotion ' among ? , 'A officials. The men were digging : the sand to place the machinery' of a new elevator , about fourteen , V below the level of Fourteenth , when the peculiar nature oC soil , unmistakably that of gol < i