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'UK NuIWJIiKNKWB : FRIDAY , FtilWUARY 10 , 1905. TARE WELL i COLD. BELOW ZERO ; orthwest , Being ID the Severity s Not Foil the Special ( oTho ' nltht wan tlio hero , noino -10 Imlow IH covorcil with f HI10W. StOClt 111 IH well lioiiHotl und tlio effects of thu severe very nuich. FRIDAY FACTS. 1C. O. Garrett was ft Norfolk visitor from Fremont. A. 11. Torwilllgor was ever from Wnyno Wednesday. Chan. U . .louosvnn In tlio city from Sclvuylor Wednesday. George Wnrnor of Randolph had business In Norfolk Wodnomlay. P. 0. Bwurts of lluoinor wan In tlio city on IniRlnoHa Wednesday. W. 8. llarlow liad hnalnosa In tlio city Wednesday from Tllilon. C. F. Mowoa of Winner was a Wednesday visitor In Norfolk. Mrs. N. P. Sntor of Chadron In vis iting at the homo of lior sinter , MrH. 8. F. Dunn. F. Mlnhlor wan In the city from Til- don today. 0. D. Case wna In town today from Wood Lake. John A. Webb of Madison was In the city today. F. J. Halo was down from Dattlo Crook yoatorday. II. L. Jonon and wife wore In Nor folk today' from Wnyno. M. L. Kilo was a Crolghton visitor In Norfolk this morning. M. M. Collins was ninoug tlio Madl- mm citizens In Norfolk today. William Smith of Oalulalo was a Norfolk visitor this morning. W. A. Wltzlgmanvaa In the city yoatorday from Meadow Clrovo. M. L. Settler of Livingston , Mont. , Is visiting at the homo ot lila sister , Mrs. H. I * . Burns of South Ninth pitiable condition of fnmllwly S. 13. Spauldlng , an old man at No- llgli , hus secured a patent on n Imy nud grain louder from which ho hopes to make a small fortune. J. 1C. Hoas has a very sere li.xnd us n. result of tossing n huge chunk of coal Into t cutchlng his linger nnll -the coal and the linger was mashed up In tlio retrial Nlckoll/.ack at O'Neill , the defendant was found guilty of assault on the 13-year-old Lena Krlnch near Ewlng last August. The penalty Is one to twenty years In the penitentiary. The jury asked for clemency from .liulgo , T J. Harring ton. The jury was out from G at night until 9 In the morning. In aplto of the bitterly cold weather , there was a good attendance of West Side Whist club momboYs at the reg ular meeting held at the homo of Or. and Mrs. P H. Salter last evening. The sharpness of the outside In con trast with the warmth of the Inside but accentuated the pleasure of the games. Advertising for Mr. Harry Bores- ford , who appeared In Norfolk In "The Professor's Ixivo Story , " which Is now coming this way Is taken by his many admirers among the theater-going pub lic of Norfolk to Indicate that bo Is contemplating another visit to the city In the near future. Ho certainly made good on the occasion of his previous visit bore and could fill the play house again , beyond a doubt. The coming marriage of Mr. Hey Rend and Miss Daisy Martin Is an nounced , lloth those popular young people were formerly residents of Nor folk and now live In Chicago. Mr. Head Is the sou of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Read and Miss Martin is n sister of Mrs. F E. Davenport. Ho has been a sugar factory chemist but Is now proprietor of two small stores In Chicago cage , both of which are doing well. The marriage will take place on March 15. Miss Jessie M. Drobert. with the as sistance of Mrs. H. L. Snider soprano , Miss Florence Estabrook accompanist , Miss Roxle Sturgeon reader , and Hay Bstabrook violinist , entertained n num ber of her friends very pleasantly last evening at a musical recital at the homo of her parents , Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Drcbort of South Seventh street. The program was n careful selection of Interesting numbers to eliminate any suggestion of monotony and those favored with Invitations passed an ox ccedlngly pleasant evening , In spite of the zero temperature of the weath or. Jerry Sullivan has been arrested nnd lodged in jail nt O'Nolll on a charge of forgery. Ho Is charged with having forged a check for fO.SO on the account of F. C. Gatz. The nl- logqd forgery occurred last Saturday and when discovered , Sullivan was taken by Deputy Sheriff Thompson before - fore County Attorney Mullen whllo the warrant was made out for his ar rest. While' the papers were being signed , Sullivan made a dash for the door. The sheriff , deputy and county attorney gave chase but the fugitive escaped. Ho was arrested yesterday and In now In jail Another local jiur lv IH believed to bo Intoioiled In the forgery. * The milkman has coopered llm weather proportion. Although helms to gel out of hud tlumo cold inornlngH Jimt before daylight and Juwt before daylight IB always the coldest nnd darkest portion of the day ho ban brought the biiHlnoRB down to a mnoolli science. In Norfolk the dairymen have little Inclosed cabs on their wag ons , and In these cabs they sit with rod hot stoves to keep them warm. Glann wlndown afford light for thorn , and they might , If they didn't have to stop at the next house , even read a novel or two onroute. Hut ( he milk man hfisn'l time for that. HO'H about life buslont man anybody ever know , and ho barely gets started before ho has to stop at another door. The preliminary hearing of Mike .Tonopli , charged with Hotting tire to the store building of Abood Am- Itodollc , In Orchard HOIUO weekn ago , and which has been adjourned several times , wan finally hoard and conclud ed nt Nellgh. Much Interest wan ox- hlbltod by rosldcntu of Orchard In the hearing , both for and against the defendant , and many witnesses wore present. The fact that the building had been on lire a week provloun to Ha burning , noomed lo weigh against the defendant , but I ho propondoronco of ovldenco bolug In bin favor , the Judge found no probable cause for binding ever , nnd discharged the pris oner. The case for the stale wan con ducted by the newly-elected county attorney , ( loo. F. Uoyd. The dofenno wan represented by Charles II. Kol- Boy of thin city and Mlko Harrington of O'Neill. "Sunset Minos" was the title of the play presented last evening by An- gell's comedians. It was a sensation- nl comedy drama and received admir able treatment In the hands of IhlB clover aggregation of thosplans. Miss Alice Davis assumed an entirely dif ferent role than any she has yet played. It wan on the soubrette or der , yet she played It In n manner which fltampn her as a thorough nr- tlst. Mr. Lowrlo played a character part and created no end of amuse- moiiL Mr. Alden appeared an "Shoon- oy Mlko , " a comedy heavy , and played It fully ns well as the lighter rolonho has boon playing. Mr. Qrlndoll was good ns the gentllo villain , while Mr. Kotchum as "Hobby Kothoiu" wan all that could bo desired. H is a very handsome bed that the company give away on Saturday ovenlng. Tonight "A Wild ( loose Chase , " a comedy , will bo presented. The cold weather In ns hard on the railroad boyn as on any other class of men. It Is very hard to run trains during the cold weather , and practical ly Impossible to run them on time. Trains arriving In Norfolk duringtho past two or three days have been proof of the extreme difficulty of getting ever the road. The engine requires constant feeding of coal and oven at that the condensation Is so great .that the pressure of steam Is Insulllclcnt. The air brakes and the steam tubes between cars all need more energy than on n hot < \ay. \ and this the loco- mot Ivo fails to afford. The rails arc contracted to a point of great Inten sity , so that the danger of running is Increased. Then , too , the actual cold Is enough to make the whole crow suffer. The conductor and the brakemen - men suffer from the wind and chill every time they stop out of doors , whllo the engineer and the firemen , contrary to the prevailing public opin ion , got tlio worst of It In the enbs. The cabs are not. as has been sup posed by the public , warm spots. The wind gets in , and It Is practically 1m- IHsslblo to shut out the cold. The re sult Is that tlio onglnemen are all hud dled up , with coats wrapped tightly about their necks , just as though they wore going out on an Ice cutting ex pedition. It Is bard work and danger ous , running trains these cold days and the crows all deserve ciedlt for pushing ahead on ns nearly schedule time as they do. n TWENTY-SEVEOELQW ZERO The Mercury Thus Far During Febru ary Has Not Seen Zero. iKinin sSntunlixv s Pally 1 North Nebraska lias not yet this month been treated to a temperature as warm as zero. Another cold night added to the long list of frightfully frigid mlnlmums that have been mak I ing life a burden to thp man who had to bo outside. Twenty-seven degrees below zero last night made It the second end coldest of the season and colder than any other night , excepting Wednesday , for three years. The warmest point reached yester day was three degrees below zero. Not yet during the month of February Just begun has the mercury dared get above that point it hasn't even had n peep at the oven zero mark. The groundhog , meanwhile , has been laughing up his sleeve to think that' he got back to his hole alive. Ho has been laughing up his sleeve and filling It with mirth. ALL PAID BUT ONE. Walt Mart Is the bnly One of the Quintet of Gamblers In Jail. Only pno of the quintet of gamblers recently arrested , remains In Jail. Jim Griffin has paid his flno nnd la no longer a boarder at the tnblo sot out by Chief of Police Larkln and ho Is not sorry. Walt Mart Is the only member of the quintet left behind the bars. WOMAN REPRIEVED YESTERDAY EXTREMELY DRUTAL. KILLED HER HUSBAND AND BABY Wanted the Life Insurance Money and Desired to Wed Again Was Assisted In the Murder by Leon Pcrhnnii a Young Man. Windsor , VI. , Fob. 3. Mrs. Mary Hogorn who wan reprieved until June yesterday by Governor Hell , baa at tracted countrywide notoriety by the brutality of her crime. The crime of which nho wan convicted , was the murder - dor of her husband , Marcus Rogers , at Bonnlngton , August 31 , 1903. Thin WIIH not the llrst attempt that had Iwuii made on the hUHband's life. Mm. Rogers wan married at the ago of six teen and tired of her husband Homo three yearn after her marriage. At the llmo of the murder nhc was living apart from Rogers. For some little tlmo her name had been connected with that of a man In Ht'tinlngton. It was ntnted that she wanted to marry him and brooded over the fact that her hunlmnd wan the only bar to the marriage. Hho also wanted $500 in surance which Hogorn carried. On August 30 , 11)03 ) , Mrs. Rogers , then living In Hennlngton , sent anoto to her husband at Hooslck Falls ask ing him to on mo to Bonnlngton the next night ns Hho wanted to see him. The following night about 9 o'clock Mrs. Rogers mot her husband In the Dannlnglon public square. The two walked up the road for about a quar ter of a mlle to the banks of n little stream which Hews nearly through the center of the town. When they ar rived there both sat down on the bank of the brook. Bind His Hands. They bad been there but a short tlmo when Loon Perham , a young man with whoso family Mrs. Hogorn wan boarding , came across tlio Hold with a rope In bin band. Ho was ex pected by Mrs. Rogers , and his com ing was a part of a prearranged pro gram. Young Porbam had been there but u llttlo whllo when Mrs. Rogers suggested a llttlo mage. She made a wager with Porham that he could not tie her hands so Hho could not release them. Perham wound the rope about Mrs. Rogers' hands but she slipped It off easily. Then she said to her husband , "See If you can do It , Mark. " * Rogers consented and Porham wound the rope around Rogers' wrists. Mrs. Rogers whispered to Perham , "Tlo him tight , Leon. " As soon ns the knot was tied Rog ers endeavored lo slip It oiT but with no such success as his wife bad had. Finally Mrs. Rogers put her arms around his neck , drew his head down in her lap and kissed him and whis pered : "I know you couldn't get away. " Then she drew trom her waist a bottle tle of chloroform and spilling it on a handkerchief pressed It to her hus band's face , "A llttlo perfume I bought for you. Mark" she said. The dull and stupid Rogers never compre hended the game. When he realized he wan sinking into unconsciousness he attempted to make a struggle. Mrs. Rogers suddenly changed her tac tics. Toss Him Into Creek. " .lump on him , Leon. " she said , and young Pcrham sprang up and put his whole weight on Rogers' chest. Half stupllled by the drug Rogers could make but little resistance , In about five minutes the man was com pletely under the Influence of the drug. Then Mrs. Rogers , colling to Pel ham to help her , took up the body nnd threw It Into the brook. Rofore she went home she tried to effectually mask her part in tlio affair. She took a piece of paper and wrote a note , purporting to come from her husband , saying that ho was tired of life and Intended to commit suicide. Then she wound up the note In an Ingenious way. "IVm't blame my wife Mary Rogers for this , as she had nothing to do with it. " Mrs. Rogers signed her husband's name to the noto. pinned it on his hat and hung it on n tree. Then she and Parlmm went away. Hut nt G o'clock the next morning Mrs. Rogers ap peared nt the police station In Ben- nlngton , weeping and walling , and beg ging that they send some officers with her to search for her husband. Inas much as most of the officers knew Mrs. Rogers and also knew that sbe had not boon living with her husband for about two years and had not been with him they wondered why she should bo so solicitous at this time. Hut Mrs. Rogers begged for the aid of the police nnd finally several offi cers accompanied her In a search for the pissing Rogers. Mrs. Rogers sug gested that they look along the brook because she thought It was a likely place for her husband to commit sut- cldo. Hardly had the officers arrived at the brook than they found the body of Rogers. His hands were tied behind - hind him Just as Porham had tied thorn. When Mrs. Rogers saw the body she Indulged In a passionate burst of grlof. The moment the officers saw the man's liands tied behind his back the whole- plot stood revealed to them. Perham and Mrs. Rogers wore tried nnd convicted , the former being sen * fenced to life Imprisonment , whllo Mrs. Rogers received the di.itli , sen tence. Dashed Baby's Brains Out. After her conviction Mrs. Rogers also confessed to the murder of her baby. She picked It up by the hooln and dashed Its brains out against a stone wall and then throw the body In an old well. .When the body , wan found the woman said the baby fell Into the well. In her confession made after nho know nho must die on the gallows , the woman said nho killed the baby because nho was desperate , pennllonn and the child was 111 and lind no medicine. Try n Nown want ad. SETTLERS WILL SUFFER. Dilatory Rosebud Land Winners are Pouring Into Bonesteel , Honestecl , S. D. , Feb.I. . With the thermometer registering an average of 10 ! degrees below on the Rosebud reservation nowadays , with biting winds packing snow In every draw and swale of the newly opened lands , dilatory settlers arc pouring Into HoncHteoI dally with the frigid fact before- them that Improvements must be made on their claims In midwinter. The letter of tb6 law In the Rose bud bill called attention to the fact that settlement of the lands must bo made within nix months from the date of llllng. Taking this for what It meant , many claimants took advan tage of tlio long npell of magnificent weather hold out to them during the fall nnd placed Improvements on their farms. Hut the majority proved pro- crastlnatora. "Uncle Sam will not ask a man to locate on that wild prai rie in the dead of winter , " they ar gued Consequently , a bill for time extension was drawn up. In this they placed perfect confidence. They left it In the hands of their official friends and proceeded to dream of settling on their claims some balmy day next May. Hut the failure of these influential friends to land tlio bill has brought a fearful realization. February 8 tells the end of the six months. Hundreds of valuable farms remain totally unim proved and the alternative of building a homo on the snow packed reserva tion Immediately or forfeiting the farm is something of n terrific eye opener.- Something over 200 claims have been relinquished. The now holders have the opportunity of waiting until next spring to make their Improve ments. Possibly half that many more will change bauds during the next few weeks If buyers can ho bad , and , benee , that many more mid-winter set tlements obviated. But a thousand or more remain. One-third , approximate- lv1 f\P tlinurt linvo fliolr llvmr/ivnmniif a made. Tlio remainder is the number , therefoie , that must get busy these days and ponder ever that proverbial thief of time. And this is what is occurring on the Rosebud at present. A midwinter view of the snow swept prairie shows teams pushing out on every trail. Lumber , coal and necessary supplies are being hauled twenty , thirty and forty miles from Honcsteel to wherever the owners' respective claims may be , and there , in the midst * of wind and snow , the settlers arc get ting a rigorous experience at home- steading. There Is no waiting for fa vorable days ; it is too lute for that ; In the bitterest times they go , many with their families , suffering great exposure. In connection With tins settlement and fervent desire to hold what they drew from Uncle Sam there are many touching scenes enacted here not gen erally known by the public. Many holders are in want ; they are strainIng - Ing every nerve nnd enduring many bitter trials to keep up a brave front. One case in particular is an old sol dier's widow , aged ever 70 years , who has just arrived here to go onto her claim. She had tyoen told time would be extended her. She now faces the fact that a house must be built on her land and that she must live there this fearful weather. She is all fear and trembling from what she has heard of the country , nud she Is opposed to accepting aid from any one for fear they are merely planning to rob her. There are many other and similar cases. Hut the word here Is "Forward ! " Everywhere Is life , action , resolution. Nothing can stop the Irrepressible spirit of the white man who Is turning the Rosebud prnlrle Into a multitude of homes In midwinter. KENNEDY'NEBRASKA ' CHAMPION1 Former Norfolk Ball Player Poses as Nebraska's Best Wrestler. A letter from George A. Stnpen- horst. formerly In the shoo business In this city but uow located nt Ever ett , Washington , says that Ed Ken nedy , the former Norfolk 'basooall player , Is now a wrestler and that In a match at Everett ho was announced on the bills ns "tho champion wrestler of Nebraska. " Kennedy won the matcn and got the money. The con test occurred January 28. Kennedy will bo remembered ns the second baseman who had a husky pair of lungs which ho Invariably brought Into use lu coaching the runners. As an advertising medium The News-Journal Is unexcelled In Its ter ritory. , SQUATTERS COMPROMISE AND PAY VALUE OF LAND. NEW BILL IN THE LEGISLATURE Many of Them Had Made Extensive Improvements , Under the "Belief That the Land Was Open to Settle ment Twine Making Good. Lincoln , Fob. I. The Uoyd county settlers who have been vainly trying , through the courts , to get tltlo to land squatted on , have agreed to compro mise and n bill will bo put through giving them the right to buy the land at Its actual value. " Many have exten sive Improvements , made under the belief that the land was open to entry. The house committee which wont to Kansan to Investigate the binder twine Industry under state auspices at the penitentiary has formulated n report. They find that Kansas has made a success of the business , but they make no recommendation an to the bill now pending before the Ne braska legislature. The house spent the morning passIng - Ing bills. One provides a bounty of $2 for wolf and coyote scalps ; one compels every gasoline can to bo painted , and another compels the gath ering of vital statistics. TWO BEDS FORJINE PEOPLE Half of the Wilkinson Family III One Cripple , One Blind. Two small , Illy covered beds for the accommodation of a family of nine people seven sick children , a father and a blind , feeble mother , Is the pic ture which greets the visitor nt the Wilkinson home , a llttlo house attbe , corner of Eighth street and Norfolk avenue. Surrounded by the most sick ening destitution , their breath freez ing up inside the homo because of the cold , no carpets to take away the chill of the cold , damp floors , and but one tiny stqvo to heat the building that Is the situation mildly told. Young Wilkinson , a youth of eigh teen and a cripple , who bad been em ployed in n livery stable , was yester day taken sick along with the other children of the family and is today flat on his backA little 15-year-old girl does , or tries to do , all of the housework , while the blind , helpless mother is 111 on one of the beds. Sonic of the children sleep 'on ' the floor. The family is in sere need of bed ding. Blankets , quilts or comforters would find a warm welcome these cold nights , as would also an old rug or so. for tlio floors. "I have worked every day that I could get work , " said the father , Wil kinson , today. WllllanuWachtcr will take notice , that on the IGth day of January , 1905 , S. W. Hayes , a justice of the peace of Norfolk precinct , Madison county , Nebraska , Issued an order of attach ment for the sum of $50.00 In an ac tion pending before him , wherein James H. Conley Is plaintiff , and Wil liam Wacbter Is defendant , that prop erty of the defendant , consisting of money has been attached under said order. Said cause was continued to the 4th day of March , 1905 , at 1 o'clock p. m. Norfolk , Nob. , Jan. 20 , 1905. James II. Conley , \ Plaintiff. SATURDAY SIFTINGS. J. A. Vogel was In from Fremont yesterday. C. M. Belgee was down from Thurs- ton yesterday. Chas. H. Boschult was over from Wayne yesterday. A. S. Marsh of Hartlngtou was In the city yesterday. Wm. Whittlngton of Stantou was In Norfolk yesterday. E. G. Malone was In the city yester day from Columbus. Joe Eckolt of Humphrey was a Nor folk visitor yesterday. M. K. Rlckabaugh was In the city yesterday from Wayne. Mrs. A. Bergstrom of Leigh was a Norfolk visitor yesterday. Henry Woltjo of Foster was In the city on business yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rogers of Greely Center , are In the city today. They expect to make this their home. Mr. Rogers Is a cook. Mrs. James Hay , accompanied by her mother , Mrs. Shoroy , left at noon today for Omaha , where Mrs. Hay will submit to an operation for appendi citis , in St. Joseph hospital. G. R. DeFord of this city has been employed by the baud boys at Pierce to give them Instructions in the fu ture. He travels for the Sturgeon Mu sic house ot this city nnd Is said to have had considerable experience In the work. W. W. Cole of Nellgh was recently elected a member of the board of di rectors of the State Agricultural so ciety. The meeting was hold at Lin coln. Mr. Cole is well known among state fair people , having been promi nently connected with the Institution for a number of years. Earl Garman , arrested u week ago today at Plalnvlew on a chargeof , forgery , has been removed to Osmond , at request of his attorney , Fred H. Free. Ho Is charged with having forged a check. Two forged chccku have been passed In Plnlnvlew recent ly , one on C. F. Kalk and one on Wil son Brothers. According to the Bonostcol Pilot , a telegram ban been received there I from Congressman Klnknld which says that Congressman Lacey , chair man of the committee on thu bill , had yielded to the passage of the exten sion bill for the Rosebud , owing to the severe weather , and that It will pass the house. It has already passed the senate. Arthur H. Eastman , manager of the land department of the Security State bank , of Bonesteel , and Miss Clara Brcnnan , proprietor of the Bargain store , of Bonesteel , gave their friends the slip and were quietly mar ried In Fairfax by Rev. Father Kroupa , of Spencer , Nob. Mrs. Eastman was formerly of Omaha , where she has a host of friends. There will bo a meeting of baseball fans of northeastern Nebraska who are Interested In the organization of a league for next season , held In Nor folk next Tuesday. The meeting will bo held nt the office of W. W. Roberts In the Mast block , at 2 o'clock. All fans from outside towns nnd all Nor folk fans are cordially Invited to bo present for the meeting. A number of outside towns are arranging , It Is said , to become members of the league. Plalnvlew IB talking of get ting In the game. The committee on insane hospitals from the senate of the state leglsla- turc today visited the Norfolk hospi tal for the Insane , nnd Inspected the Institution with a view to determining in their own minds the amount of the appropriation which should be made by the present session of the leglsla- turo toward the maintenance of the hospital here. Those who arrived In Iho city were Senators J. Wocolc , Fre mont ; J. J. Williams , Wayne ; J. C. Gungan , O'Neill ; Charles Epperson , Fairfleld ; F. C. Hughes , Columbus ; E. J. Trnrr , Blair ; 0. F. Lanhani , Os- borne. "A Wild Geese Chase , " and It cer tainly was a wild geese chase that Augell's comedians played last night at the Auditorium. At times one felt sorry for poor Abraham Muflln. He certainly was abused. Miss Davis ap peared in another comedy part and was fully as good as ever. In fact the whole company played comedy hist night. Tonight will be their last appearance In this city this season. Everyone who attends get a number on the beautltul bed they give away Saturday evening. A lOc ticket gets one chance : a 20c two , nritl 30c three. $15.00 and purchased of Hoffman & Viele : "Some children thrive on kindness ; others need to bo spanked. " This was the theory presented by Mrs. C. H. Brake to the people who attended the patrons' meeting at the high school building last night. The meeting abounded in delightful bits of philosophy - ophy regarding the best ways and means of rearing little men and little women , and the best ways of preparing - ing the public schools for this' pur pose. Dr. F. M. Slsson gave an ad dress which was interesting to a de gree and which was thoroughly ben- ellcia.1. He spoke of the relations of the church to the schools , and of the schools to the parents and of the pa rents to the church , in' this proposi tion of making good men and women of the children. The High School or chestra opened the program with mu sic. Rev. J. W. Turner pronounced invocation. Miss Bertha Henderson sang a pleasing solo and Mr Reese Solomon sang. .also. The orchestra closed the program. SHOOTS AT TOWN MARSHAL All of the Mail and Stamps We rev Saved From the Building. Humphrey , Neb. , Feb. C. Special to The News : Fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the postofllce building at Crestou , Neb. The structure , , which was the property of Jake Evans , was burned to the ; ground. All of the mall In the building was saved , as were also the stamps and furniture. The origin of the fire Is unknown. ROSEBUD EXTENSION BILL. Passage Brings Joy and Relief to Many In This Section. Norfolk people who drew home steads on the Rosebud , and all people ple , for that matter , In northern Ne braska and southern South Dakota , are rejoicing over the fact thatiho bill for extending the time for proving up on the -claims , has Just passed the house of representatives and gone to the president for his signature. The tlmo limit allowed by the previ ous law was February 8 and hundreds of lucky ones who drew claims , had been flocking Into Bonesteel to get the houses'ready. ' The bill brings re lief to many of them who wore In a bad way to build during the severe weather. Very Low Excursion Rates to Denver. Colorado Springs and Pueblo , via the Northwestern line , will bo In effect from all stations January 7 , 8 and 9 , 1905 , with favorable return limits , on account of annual conventions , Na tional Live Stock nnd Wool Growers' associations. Two fast trains through to Colorado daily , only one night For full Information apply to agents Chicago cage & Northwestern IVy. Wo sell flour , oil meal , mill feed , stock and poultry supplies. Flour and Feed store , Pacific block.