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The Valentine Democra VALENTINE , NEB. L M. RICE , Publish * POLAND IN FEEMEN' NO IMPROVEMENT IN LABO SITUATION THERE. Strike Rather Extending Xurnei ms Disturbances and Some Shoo ing Trepi.ir Regardw the Situatio in St. Petersburg as Satisfactory There is no improvement disccrnib In tlio labor situation iu Poland. J Sosnovico , a center of the iron and co ton industriesiO.OUO men are o strike , with the accompaniment of stret parades and intimidation of those worl Jiien who have not.struck. . . The dislnrl ances at Lodz , whore a volley from tli soldiers killed li and wounded 2 , has m been renewed. A railroad station nca Sosnoviee was destroyed and trallic intei rupttMl by strikers. Iii Warsaw th workmen in lorly-two sugar manufacK rie.s have struck. ( Jovornoi General Tropoff regards th .situation in St. Petersburg as very satis factory. If is the intention of the govcrnmen at St. Petersburg to bring Maxim GUI ky and seven other authors and publi < -ists lo trial on political charges. Gov ornor General Trcpoff , who received th Associated Piess correspondent .Frida ; afternoon , said ; "Tlie wliolc case is nov in the hands of the ministry of justic'1 which is conducting the investigation , . - ; the conclusion of which the procurato general will decide whether the prison ers shall be tried by a civil or a militar : court. The story spread broadcast tlia 1 have ordered Gorky to be tried In courtmartiaJ and shot is a baseless fab rication , invented by persons who an grossly ignorant of Itussia , or else would know that it is impossible for representative of the Russian adminis tration lo order any prisoner to be exo cured , or even to decide the form cl trial. Vet , I am in receipt of letter * daily from abroad , imploring me to spare Gorky's life. "I repeat that I am in no wise con cerned in this matter ; I even do not hnow whether the procurator general may decide provisionally to release Gcxr- ky as he did in tiie case of Hesson , Mia- kotin and Kacrieff. 1 cannot , of course , reveal the actunl terms of the accusation against I he prisoner ; but yon may em phatically contradict the version of the discovery of documents implicating eight men who were to have comprised a pro- visional government. " BIG SWINDLE EXPOSED. Iji ht i Thrown on Louisiana Land Lottery Scheme. The hind which the Louisiana State Loan and Trust Company claimed to own and which the federal officials say was iho basis of the alleged lottery - scheme promoted by John II. Dalton , now on trial before United States Judge Sanborn at Chicago , was valued at about 12' . cents an acre by export wit nesses. Thousands of acres of land in 3 isiana which has never been sur veyed and which is of a boggy nature , dangerous oven to walk on , was purchas ed by Louis A. Oonrdain and Dalton. it was declared , for $10 when the property was sold for faxes in Louisiana. It was on this sort of land , according to the testimony in the trial , that options were sent to persons throughout the United States to be sold for from 25 cents to $2 a ticket. STARVES HIMSELF TO DEATH Jilted Man Wears Raffs for Over Twenty Years. Charles Pcthram , a hermit , is dead at Utioa. N. Y. , and although he left an estate of over § 10.000 , the coroner's ver dict will show that he practically starved himself to death. In his younger years Pethram was a bank teller , a good dresser and consid ered quite a dandy. His fiancee , it is said , rejected him just prior to the day he told her he wonld never wear any other clothes that the outfit he purchased for tho wedding , and that he would pass her house every day until she repented. For twenty years ho dressed so shab bily that people believed he was still wearing his wedding suit. SANTA FE ARRAIGNED. Railroad Accused of Violating tho ' , Interstate Commerce L nws. "Flagrant , wilful and continuous vio lations of the interstate commerce laws" during the past five years is the way in .which the Santa Fe Railroad is arraign ed in a decision promulgated Friday by the. interstate commerce commission at .Washington , in the "alleged unlawful rates and practices" of that road In the transportation of coal and mine supplies , involving also the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. Sioux City Stock Market. , ' Friday's quotations on the Signs City < stock market follow : Butcher'steers , j S3.25@4.25. Top hogs , § 4.70. East St. Louis Blaze. Six of the largest office and store buildings at East St. Louis were de stroyed , or badly damaged , by fire early Friday , and several persons were in jured. The loss is $265,000 ; partially in. sured. , "Dooley" OfT to Europe. Finley Peter Dunne , author of "Mr. CDoolcy , " has sailed from New York for [ Europe. He is taking a month's rest , -to recover from an illness which ucces- itated a serious operation on his oyes. SHE GdlS A STAY. Governor of Vermont Grants a Tli prieve to Mi-fi. Rogers. Mrs. Mary Rogers , who was to 1 hanged Feb. . ' { at Waterbury , Vt. , for tl murder of her husband , has been r prioved until June 2 by Gov. Bell. Tl supreme court will be asked to grant new trial. The case has attracted wi < attention. On Dec. 22 , 1003 , Mrs. Rogers w : found guilty of murder in the first degn in killing her husband , Marcus II. Ro ars , on Aug. 12 , 1002. The verdict ca i-ied the death penalty. On Dec. 22 , 190JJ , Mrs. Rogers w : found guilty of murder in the first d ijree in killing her husband , Marcus 1 Rogers , on Aug. 12. 1002. The verdii carried the death penalty. Mrs , Rogers is about 21 years old , am though without a particle of beauty , si fascinated three men so deeply that oi lost his life , another sold it for her an the third may yet be convicted of murue having aided her in the killing of her hu band. The governor granted a reprieve e : pressly on the ground .that Mrs. Roj ers' attorney claims she has not had fair trial ; that tiie evidence prosentc against her was false. She was born in YVatcrhury of poor pi routs and was married at III , but sop ; rated from her husband after two year to receive the attentions of other moi Her husband worked in a mill , and : il to ? the separation she secured a plac as a domestic. It was shown at the triti that Mrs. Rogers mot her husband , wit ! whom she had not been living , on pro tense of effecting a reconciliation , and assisted by Leon Porham and Stell ; Kates , gave Rogers chloroform. Tin body was then thrown into tin * Wilhi inoosac River. Love for another mai ind a desire lo got her husband's lift insurance was the alleged motive. Five hundred dollars was offered T < Harold Ilarpin. a guard in the state msoii at Windsor , VL , if he would car T a package of poison to Mrs. Mary M Rogers , convicted of the murder of hoi msbaiid , who is under death sentence. The offer was made in an anonymous otter from Boston containing Jj2oU ? ii tills which ITarpin received recently. The writer offered to send the other $2oll s soqn as the poison was delivered to Irs. Rogers. The guard turned tho letter over to Superintendent Oakes , who slio\vcd it o Gov. Bcfl. The postal authorities have boon ask- d to investigate the letter. HOLD HOCH FOR MURDER. rrand Jury Will be Asked to Indict the Chicago "Bluebeard. An indictment for murder will bo asked y Coroner Hoffman at Chicago against ohann Iloch. "I am now in position to say positively ie embalming iluid injected into the > dy of Mrs. Marie AVelkcr Iloch did not " mtain arsenic , " said the coroner Thurs- iy. "Arsenic was not consequent of ly drugs administered by the physician ho attended the woman before her with. The fact that more than two and ic-half ounces of poison wore found in o organs moans Iloch murdered his ife. The coroner's jury will doubtless ild Iloch to the grand jury. " i RAILROAD RATE WAR. ines Continue to Slash Tariffs on Grain. A. Chicago special says : Tho railroad ] ir now going on between lines leading j jm the corn bolt to the Gulf of Mexico | d the lines loading to Chicago and the ' lantic seaboard was given added inter- . ; when the Missouri Pacific telegraphed i ' tariff to the interstate commerce corn- ssiou at Washington giTing atale of' * ' cents per 100 pounds from Omaha to : w Orleans , 10 cents to Memphis anti i ttle Rock , and 5 ce te te St. Lome. Ylien the war began the rates wero IS its from Omaha t * New Orleans aui 8 its from. O naha t St. L .uis. TELLS HOW DEATH CAME. Boston Physician Diagnoses His Own Case While Dylnjj. ) r. "W. R. Read , a graduate f gh University * aal tho University of insylTanta , died in Boston , Mass. , ursdny , aged 7 * years. Ho was found ing in a chair beside a table , BP U ip pq B I " ed Ins ease as Uia attack came on"us ows : Nothing suspi i ua. 1 die * rhemna- a f tho keart. My effects go to my e , Annie Ixead. PaiH terrible. The umatism has reached vital organs. " Bridge Palls with Soldiers. dvices from St. Pelcrsbnrg say thai suspension bridge spanning the K n- la River collapsed Thursday while a ichment of dragoons AYUS crossing , rty men and horses were precipitated > the frozen river. One dragoon was was't 't ' Selects New State Capitol. ie commission appointed to select s for the IIOAY Wisconsia state capi- made a report to the legislature at v lison Thursday night , recommending plans and specifications submitted Jass Gilbert , of New York , be adopt- The building will cost $5,500,000. Deadlock Unbroken. o : election resulted from the thirteenth tl it taken Wednesday in joint session i di United States senator at Jeffersosi m Million Dollar Gift ineuncement was made Thursday a gift of ? 1,100,000 t Union Theo- C al Seminary has been made by Dr. in les Cuthbcrt Hall , president f the Ity , who declined to reveal the name ie donor. 01 Gave Orders to Pire. Thursday's session of the interna- 1 commission in Paris inquiring into E a STorth Sea incident , Capt. Glado ad- aV ; d Vico Admiral Rojestvensky garo 3 to Ore onthe _ fishing trawlers. VI TEN WOtViEN KILLED. Bobsled Struck by a Train in Ste bun County , New York. A special from Hornellsville , N. " ! says : A passenger train on the Pit burg. Shawumt and Northern RrJlro Wednesday night crashed into a sloi ; containing thirteen women , killing sev outright and so seriously injuring the i mainiug six that three of them died aft being "re-moved to the hospital. The accident occurred near Arkpo The sJeigh was one of three carrying party from the Uuiversalist church Homollsville. Members of the Ladies' Aid Society tho Universalist church went lo a far house near Arkport to spend the aftc noon. It was nearly dark when tin started to return to the city. The occ pants of the leading sleigh saw the tra approaching as t-liey ncared the crossiu The driver urged his horses ahead ai the sleigh passed over the tracks in suf ty. The women in the lirst sleigh then a tempted to warn those in the one follo\ ing of the danger , and they did succet in directing the attention to the. rapid approaching train. The driver pulled n his horses , but he could not check tr heavy bobsled quickly enough and win- it came to a standstill the box of tl < loigh was directly across the railroa Lraclr. The pilot of the engine struc .he sleigh with great force , reducing : o splinters and hurling the women in a lir 'ctions. Every woman on the sle ivas killed or injured. The train wi 'topped and the dead and injured wer ) rough t to Jlorncllsville. Elisha Quick , driver of the socon ; leigh. was badly hurt. lie said he coul lot control tho horses. CZAR BENDS THE KNEE. Nicholas Deceives a Delegation o Workinifiiicn. Hr. Petersburg advices state that Em loror Nicholas Wednesday received a arskoo Solo a deputation of Ihirty-fou k orkiugmon , representing rhe employe ; f the factories and workshops of St Vter burg. The emperor uddresset hem as follows : "la my solicitude for tho working class s I will take measures which will assun iiat every tiling possible will be done tc nprove tiieir lot and secure invostiga ons of their demands through legai liannol.I am convinced of rhe honest } C tho workingmon and their devotion to i.vself. and I pardon their transgression , .otui-n to your work with your com- ides and carry out tasks allotted to you [ ay Cod assist you. " FIND MORE WIVES. och Believed to Have Wed Twenty- Nine Times. Indictments charging bigamy were tod against Johann I loch , tho Chicago Jim-heard. " under arrest in Now York , ' fh ' grand jury at Chicago Wedues- T. T.Throe Throe wives of Johann Iloch appeared fore the grand jury and testified to oir marriage to the alleged "JJlue- ard. " Each was accompanied by mar- tgo witnesses. [ 'our supposed wives of Johann Hoch ve boon discovered since Tuesday. The : al is now twenty-nine , not counting o in r.rooklyn , regarding whom the lice have hoard only rumors. FOUND DEAD BY HER BED. mug Woman Shoots Herself in a New York Hotel. L'he lifeless body of a young woman , 0 had given the name of Mazie. Leigh , s found kneeling beside a bed iu her el ia New York City Wednesday. Tho man sliot herself in the heart. She 1 tho woman with whom she lormerly irded that she was a student in the rthwesteni University and had elwped ui Eranslon , III. , with . - student. The creabouts the latter is unknown. L'he ollicials of the Chicago Northwes.4- "UuiTersity say they IIRVC no record any student named Mazie Leigh. Depositors' Hopes Gone. lie hopes f the depositors of the a- ct Pam-Aiuericau Bank iu Ghioago e badly shattered by the evidence f expert accountants , giveu before a iter in chancery Wednesday. The t - liabilities f the hank were stated t ? 144,178 and the actual roiue [ the ; ts no mare than $15,000. The amtuut Icpcsits in the bank at the time its are was $58,575. Free Soup lor Pupils. New Y rli dispatch soys : I3va o tii , now eommander of the Sarrati m iy in the Huitcd States , has been s rossed with the statement that there in Now York 70,000 children whom nly has compelled to go t school .d , that she has planned t jien free > kitchens in various parts of Dies of Yellow Fever. immniidcr Nilcs. at Panama , has no- 1 the navy department at Washing- that Assistant Surgeon Ott * Kohl- , ouo of tho officers of the warship 011 , recently stricken with yellow fo- died Sunday. Kohlhase was ap- Lod to the medical department of the from jSoutli Dakota in May , 1003. Another Bomb Found. other bomb was discovered at 2 L-k Wednesday morning in front of Llotel Deux Mond us in the Avenue Opora , Paris. There was no explo- The authorities refuse any infor- 311. O'Shoa Found Guilty. : ornoy Victor R. O'Shea , on trial at L igo charged with shooting and kill- t is wife , Amy Hogenson O'Shea , was h icsday convicted of manslaughter , u verdict carries imprisonment from r -ear to life. Pension lor Employes. dispatch from Terre Haute , tit Every man in the employ f the t ( alia Railroad who has reached the ctl if 70 was retired on a life pevrico tla a ; STATE OP NEBRASK NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A COf DENSED FORM. Great Omaha Fire Blaze ; in tl Wholesale District Causes a Loi of Over $5OOOt -Several Blocl Burned Will Jtebuild at Once. Fire at Omabn , starting about 11:11 Saturday nigbt caused great damage the wholesale district. It originated Mullin's commission house. The fi spread rapidly and a general alarm w ; sent in. Three commission firms. Snyde Bingham and Mullin , and four lluors o cupied by the M. E. Smith Dry Cloo < Company bud been destroyed at mil nigbt. At 1 a. in. it was estimated the lo : was already $ UOOUUU , and the llanu were still beyond control. At loO the llames had totally destro ; ed a half block of live-story buildim containing valuable stocks of wholesu and commission firms , and at that hoi were burning with increased fury. Ii ) spite the efforts of the entire lire depar ment , with half a hundred streams plnj ing on the llames , they continued t spread. As soon as the firemen discovered th commission houses and dry goods stock could not be saved , they diverted thei attention to adjoining buildings. 1 H-spit their efforts , however , the llames coi tinned to spread. They finally ate thei way into the building occupied by th Porter-lxiorson-IIoobler Company , whor was stored a large stock of chemists' terials. There were a number of expl < ] sions which tended to reinforce the fur. of the Hami-s. The Carpenter' Tape Company's huge building was no : : threatonou. and tin-men at once direct ei their efforts io that structure , startiu ; a number of streams to playing on tin roof and other parts of the building. The temporal in o was near the zon mark and made the < > | f < nts of the lire nen doubly dilliculr. Ice gathered 01 : heir helmets and duck suits , almosl weighing them down. No .serious aeei- lent attended the lire , although a mini > er of firemen received slight bruises. PLATTE EXPECTS RUSH Respite Intrrfcrt'uce of Stockmen People Iiujtiire lor Homesteads. Tiie cattlemen about North 1'latte , vho have inclosed in their fences from everal set-lions to as much as a whol < > ownship. are atti-mptinir in every way o discourage homesteaders from taking dvantage of the Kinkaid act , which rill take effect Feb. 1-1. These cattle- ion are circulating the it-ports that the ind is absolutely valueless and is in- dequate to support any considerable umber of cattle or other .slock. The urpose of these stockmen is to restrain et tiers from taking advantage of the ne section homesteads so that they will ot be disturbed in their inelo nircs of etions of vacant lands. Nevertheless , homesteaders from near nd far are investigating the land an laking their choices. ROBBERY AT LINCOLN. wo Xr roes Boldly "Jloll" an Omaha Traveling Man. Two'daring negroes at Lincoln Sunday ght robbed W. M. Katclifi'o. ; : n Omaha aveling man. the crime being eominit- d at. Fifteenth and O Streets about . ' 50 o'clock while crowds of people were irrying home from church. The negroes were behind Katcliffe and I paratcd as if to pass him. Instead they ' row him to the pavement , rifled his J ickets and took a ring from his finger , j liey secured $10 in cash and his Jew ry. ry.No No description of the robbers was so red. Ratclffe was not injiiied. Unable to Give Bail. Friday night ( Jrace Taylor , the 14-j ar-old daughter of F. A. Taylor , of itte , gave birth to a boy. She refused tell the author of her ruin until later , ten she named Mike Stalcup , a young in of Hutle. lie was arrested and night before the county judge and his Uds were placed at tfo.OOO. lie was able to raise the sum and is in eiistodv the sheriff. Mahafloy's Ilecovery Doubtful. | ilahaffey , who was shot by Joe W ' ' - ' the home of the latter in Columbus , i still living , but his physicians say the ult cannot be predicted for several rs. Mahaffey was shot clear through : body nearly , in the center of the nst and his recovery is regarded as ex- tnely doubtful. Stockmen Are Much "Worried. now has fallen at Alliance steadily nearly twenty-four hours and is still progress with no signs of abatement. th the theromometcr at zero and a id rising strong fears are cntertainr-d stockmen that this will be bad on Smallpox at Beatrice , overal cases of smallpox have ( level- d in Beatrice the last few days and authorities are wondering when they going to succeed in stamping out the 'ase. One or two cases of pneu- liu arc reported. Farmers Hieet at Beatrice. lie Gage County Farmers' Institute icd at Beatrice Wednesday morning : he court house for a two days' ses- . Despite the bitter cold the room t ; well filled. Quail Perish from Cold. lousands of quail are reported to j perished during the pre.sent cold I. The snow has covered up their and in their weak condition they arev jle to stand the intense cold. st Gamblers Raided. a police raid upon tho home of ? Jd ib at Norfolk , five gamblers , their Kl j , chips , money and whisky , wore fil filn cd in late in the night. The five n were" jailed and later lined iu sums tli tlidt ing from $31.10 to $45.10. dt civer for Lincoln Traction Co. J. Dunn , cashier of the City Na il Bank of Lincoln , was Monday af- ) on appointed receiver for the Linrii Traction Company. Litigation with N : ity regarding back taxes led to the h ? intment. . 1 op COLUMGUS MAN SHOT. Result of Whi.nky Drinking at Social < * : : l heriiiij. What will probably prove a murd was committed at Columbus Mond evening. Ezra Jlahaffoy was shot a perhaps fatally wounded while in t home of J. S. Wells , at about 10 o'cloi Wells was arrested and taken to jji Mahaffoy is a married man and has bo employed the past two years at the eh trie light station. lie made a statome to tho physician who was called , win in substance is as follows : lie says ho was at Wells' home ai the party was drinking when sudden and without warning Wells commons firing his revolver. The first shot missi Mahaffoy and he commenced to got out tho way. Tho second shot struck hi nearly in the center of tho breast ai went through , lodging under the sk near the spinal column. Mahaffey ran from tho house , but ft in the snow and was afterwards carrit to a neighboring house and a doctor ca ! ed. His exact condition cannot 1 stated , but there is said to be but litt chance for him to recover. Wells has lived iu Columbus sim childhood and is about . ' > . " > years old. IJ is married. Mahaffoy is about the san : age and went there iivo years ago froi Seward. liis parents live at Columbu : In the jail Wells made no statement r < garding the matter and probably does IK realize yet what has happened. FIGHTS FOR HOURS WITH BULI Nebraska Farmer is Finally Res cisoel by His Doj * Adam Boodicker , a farmer , living uea Murray , south of Omaha , is in a ver. ritical condition , the result of wound nilictod by an infuriated bull. He wa it tacked without warning and battle * 'or life for more than three hours bo "ore his dog , attracted by the noisy bol owing of tho enragi-d bull , came to th' ' esciio. The bull turned ofi tindog au Mr. R : odiclor cleaned and reached tin io'ise iu a state of collapse. Si \ : times wion the beast wouh aiss- - - talrea fresh attack Mr. Boo lickor . .it si the ruse ( if protending to b < cad. but th" fury of the brute was onlj , not-eased. When the bull had exhaust d itself , it would kneel bv the pros rate form of its victim , with is heavv cat ! and breast upon Mr. Boedicker's host , and almost crush tiie breath oul f him. DIES IN HIS CATTLE SHED. 'armep \ > ; sr Randolph Receives Kmlden Summons. Herman Mess-man , a Randolph farmer god < ' , U years , was found breathing his ist in the door of a cattle shed on his irm Friday night. Mr. Mossman had 201in Randolph during the evening , ap- iirontly in the host of health. He at- mptod to drive some calves into the cat- 0 sheil and it is believed that the extra cortion was too much for him. When v did not answer a call for supper a arch was instituted , resulting in the scovory. Heart failure is given as the inse of his death. ACCUSED FORGER rlELD. ; irl Garm.-in Pleads Not Guilty at Plain view. Karl Carman , who was arrested at ainview Saturday on a charge of forg- y. pleaded not guilty and was put un- r 200 bonds. His attorney has so red a change of venue to Osmond , ilarman is accused of forging checks .to ! amount of about iSO. The chocks > rc drawn on the Bank of Plainview in vor of Henry Bridge , and the forger : ned tiie name of .1. L. Cox. Two of , checks were cashed , one by C. F. ilk and one by Wilson Bros. Passengers Get a Scare. Several hundred travelers over the rlhwestern road were given a scare at Koine Miller eating house in South rfolk by a lire which started in the ir of the institution. The blaze came life just as tho four passenger trains ich stop for dinner had drawn into ihc tinn. The tliniuir room was crowded , e Norfolk lire department responded tho alarm and the damage to the build , was insignificant. Hoy Dies Irom Alcoholism. ) wight Leffel. the U-year-oId ) son of : > rgo Leffel , of Seward. went to Waco .urday night , in company with two er boys of the same age , and during evening he was found lying out of rs in a stupor and was carried into ouse. It was not known ho was seri- ly ill until a short time before his th occuried , which was due to alco. sm. Husband and Wile Both Dead. Ir. and Mrs. George Lutss died at inboldt last week within twenty-four rs of each other. Tho funeral was a bio one and interment of both was Ie in the same grave. Both of the old [ ) lo wore natives of Germany and 1 had been residents of the United Los for about fifty years. May Go lo the Grand Jury. lie case of the state against Otis ms. charged with a vicious assault he person of Chris Stucko in a Sun- evening billiard hall scrap iii Ilum- t a couple of months ago , has boon inued another thirty days , and it is ned will be given attention by the id jury. Farmers. ' Institute. two days' session of the farmers * lute under the auspices of the Uni- ity of Nebraska and the "Wayne ity Farmers' Institute Association d at Wayne Saturday afternoon , attendance was fair and the interest n in the meetings very satisfactory , New Staiidpipt ; at Ueemer. emer has just finished an 85-foot Jpipe. and in early spring will ex- the water mains over the town and then have : i good a system of water s as any town of its size iu the b. Circular Saw Burst. b.b circular saw operated by Beii Bohl- ' 'Jl and J. W. Mayer , Jr. , two young ers north of llumboldt , burst while- ing at full speed and a number of vorkmen had narrow escapes from P'hi ' i or serious injurv. aj Auditorium at Fairmount. Iu irmouut has a tangible prospect of re ing a modern ground floor audito- The trustees of W. A. Webb post , IS , Grand Army of the Republic ) negotiated for the purchase of the house block and will reconstruct it. I 1 Feb. 14 is the day net for the _ , for settlement of tho land in the counties of Keith. Lincoln and Deuol under the Kinkaid act , which was withdrawn from settlement when the act wont into ef fect. From the many inquiries being : made about the opening there will doubt less La a large number of people oi > hand to secure farms , and much disap pointment will result. Tho land io be thrown open for settlement is. for the most part , hilly and is not susceptible of irrigation. Senator Gillin , of Daw- sou County , believes that anyone set tling on the land should bo prepared tc run a dairy , for ( J ( ) acres of land , ho thinks , is able to support from thirty tc forty head of cattle. "About the best Avay 1 see to make this land profitable now. " said Senator ( iiiIIn , "is forthe settler to take with him a number ot cows or cattle and encage in dairy farm ing. The Iani is of easy across in that railroads run through the country and there are bridges across th rivers , but it is strictly in tho saml hills and is not under irrigation anil not likely to bo. One who has a number of cattle or cows , however , could make a fairly good living oil his G4U acresIIt > can find a ready market for iiis product and therefore it would be my advice to any one who con templates taking up a homestead tc make arrangements to engage in th < 5 Jairy business. " * * * Tho farmers' elevator associations ; jave launched their tight to secure con cessions from the railroads in the house. Bowman , of Xnckolls , did this by intro- during a bill compelling railroads to fur nish cars to s uppers or pay demurrage - after fory-oight hours. Tht promoters of : hi * bill are identical witt the backers if the Ramsey elevator bill if two years ago and ciaint il : prcseni measure will be more effective than th no defeated at the isr session. Tin "armors are lining ip in preparation foe i vigorous iigh : for the bill. They eamt ; o near getting what they weirafter twc . - ars ago that they are emboldened this- rear and will 1:0 in for all they are vorth , they say. The demurrage charge ) roposed in this bill is $1 a car for eaci lay's delay. In addition to this chargt ho railroad i * made liable for tie ! dam- go suffend by the shipper. Tho bill is- laudatory in its terms , and tho railway epj-esontatives- whom it was shown ay that it obliges them to furnish cars ; htthor ? there is a shortage of rolling : took or not. Failure io supply them ad lits of no excuse , whatever , and in eacL istancos the $1 demurrage is charged" p at the option of tho shipper. * * * The state common school fund bill , in- odnced in the house last week , is n loasuro doubtless that will receive verj- rious attention at the bands of the tnshuure. It provides for the appor- onmour of tho temporary school fund , i the basis of the actual at tendance the various districts in tho state , each ipil attending four weeks dirig the ill'year to be taken into consideration iion the semi-annual apportionment is ado. Just what effect tiie bill would ivo if enacted into law is not known , r tho reason that no statistics have yet on compiled showing the per cent ot tendance to the number of children of hool age in the various districts , iliost st riots having t.'if longer terms oi hool however , should , under the bill re bettor than those districts having e short terms , for the reason tii pu ts will have a longer period in whicl attend school the required eight week * ring the year. * * t Dn account of tho excellent work dont the Halter block lire last week bj. in Hadley and James Hart , two p ris ers doing terms , f thirty days each ic : Lincoln jail , they will very likclj released from serving the unoxpireJ- m of i heir senteiuv. The police were y helping the firemen around the tiding , so Hadloy and Hart assumed itrol of tho patrol Avagou and kept th : engines supplied with coal througt long cold hours of the night. Thcj : cd to be allowed to go down an ! rk , and once there they made no at ipt to escape. Bud Gudell , anothei iporary station lodger , went dowi ; h them and rendered material assist That the members of the various Ub- organized by certain interests hav < n aoie to accomplish at Lincoln is not wu yet , for 110 very important issue come up for a lineup of the legisla. . But the fact remains that no nienv of this legislature needs to be warned inst the lobbyist. Every lobbist is wn and makes no secret of bis busi- 5. Members of the legislature hare J warned time and again and they are uaintcd with the representatives oi -ial interests. If a single member oi legislature is swerved from his patk Inly by reason of the influence of the < y it is the fault of that member , and constituents should hold him respou atornal insurance companiesare y split over the Shreck bill , and tlu crnal congress bill. The former pro- s that associations having a repre- ativp form of government shall be rolled by a governing body , ! K pet of which shall be representatives ol lectivo body , while the frato.rnal con- i bill provides that a majority of the- mini : body shall he representatives 10 elective members. Both sides are rsing and denouncing the bills with- knowing accurately the contents ot T , rather acting on the advice or superior olliecrs. * * * rnlea is to have a new bank. Artif : * ? corporation were filed with the state ing board Saturday afternoon. The will have a capital stock of $10- ithor tho Nebraska Telephone Com- nor the independent companies the lobbies they had two years and so far no telephone legislation ieen introduced in either house. Rep- tatives of both companies , however , their eyes on the situation. 1,200 locomotives in use ia Japan- are American made. \