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Show COLLEGE FOR WOMEN FARMERS. Russian Minister of Agriculture Will Establish One. Nows comes from St. Petersburg thnt tho minister of ngrlculturo hns decided de-cided to establish an agricultural col-lego, col-lego, to which none but women shall bo admitted as students. Thoso who know Uio minister's vlows in regard to tho proposed col-lego col-lego say that thoro will bo no Institution Institu-tion llko it in tbo world. His object, It is said, is not to teach women practical farming, but to on-nblo on-nblo them to ucqulro a thorough knowledge of ngrlculturo, so that thoso among them who dcslro may eventually even-tually become elthor tcachors in tho numerous agricultural schools in Itus-sla Itus-sla or overseers of Imperial or prlvato estates. Only thoso who havo graduated from tho ordinary schools will bo admlttod as studonts, nnd at the end of tho col-lego col-lego courso n rigorous examination will bo hold nnd diplomas will bo awarded to thoso who deserve them. Any student who desires to ttko up a special study at tho college, such as poultry keeping or dairy farming, may do so. DATS JUDGES FROM POLITICS Attorney McHugh, Who Left Federal Bench for Untrammeled Courts. .William D. MeHught who resigned from tho United States District court 1 fM WW & m filllfsT Cr judge tvn a ti'HUGir bonclt in 1897 to ro-ongage in the practice prac-tice of law In Omaha, has boon n potent po-tent factor In a movement to divorce tho Judiciary of tho state from parti Ran politics. Ho was formerly tho youngest of federal judges. Ho believes be-lieves Judgos should not bo solccted through the machinery of political par-tics. par-tics. He also bellovos Judg03 should rofraln from active political work. Judgo McHugh was born at Galena, 111., forty-threo years, ago, and at 14 years of ago learned tho shoemaker's trado, which ho followed flvo yoars. Ho them taught school for a tlmo, devoting de-voting spare moments to tho study of law, In 1S82 ho was admitted to the bar in Illinois and began practice nt falona as u mombor of the firm of D. is, T, J. Shoean & McHugh. in 1SS8 ho went to Omaha. He Is now associated asso-ciated with John hi. Woolworth, ox-I ox-I prcsldont of tho .American Bar Association. Associa-tion. i i ' |