TIIK NOHKOI.K NKWS : I'MMDAY ' , M'HII , L" , ) , Uin. | .
ENGINCERING PUBLICATION SAYS
PLANS ARE COMPUttTC.
ANTICIPATING NOSGUUD RUSH
Northwestern Line Will be Doing a
World's Fair DuslncBs This Summer.
With n Great Dig Park niul n Lot
of Fireworks Going on ,
The liiti-Hl IMHUO of the Engineering
Record , published a ) ChloiiKo , eon-
tnlitH the following Item :
"Tin ) Noithwt'Htorii Hiillioud coin *
puny , E. C. Curler , chief engineer.
Chlougo. III. , IH to begin work on a
llm > from diaper , \Vyo , to Ogden ,
\itnh. It IB to'bo liullt by ilio Chicago
K Pucllle ThlH will jlvo Iho Northwestern -
western a short route to Ogden from
( ho Black Hills through Casper , HH
present terminus. "
A Northwestern mini dlHoiWHlng ( ho
outlook , Haiti he * know nothing about
the promised extension frum CnHpor ,
KiiyH the Lincoln Htato .lournal. Ho
had heard tlui road WIIH to ho
built by the Holgiv-Aiiiorlcun oil drillIng -
Ing tniHt. If the Northwestern IH behind -
hind the move ho thought that HOIIIO
arrangement had boon made between
roprosontntlvos of the oil drilling
company and the NorthwoHlorn. It
Koomod prohahlo , ho thought , that Ilio
Northwestern will , at no dlHtiint dale ,
extend the Casper line Into a region
inoro richly endowed with trulllo
yielding Industries and resources.
Continuing ho said :
"Hut I ho extension beyond Casper
IH not tht ) only tiling In Hlght. Just
watch the NorthwoHlorn when the
Bonosteol niHh , Incldont to the open-
In ) ; of the KoHohud rosorvntlon be
gins. It IH true the NorthwoHtorn IH
not a world'H fair line , but It will ho
doing luminous thiH summer at a rate
that will make KOIIIO of the fair lines
wish they reached the llosobnd ro.Hor-
vatlou. For HOIIIO reason the drawing
IH to ho hold at Chainhorlaln , but the
main gateway to the reservation IH
the Northwestern Hno lo Bonosleol.
Already there la activity and 1 think
there will ho Hiich a nisli , when Iho
president Issues bin proclamation , as
has rarely been soon In the opening
of northern resorvatloiiH.
"Not only will the rush malm busi
ness for the road at the time , hut It
will bo followed by luminous created
on the rosorvatlon. Then , the Indi
cations point Htrongly to the North-
wo.storn building through the reser
vation , ami If It doen , mail ; my word ,
a richer tralllc hearing country will
not bo found. The laud IH rich and
very valuable. "
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.
llov. .1. Grant Shlck of Plorco was
In the city this morning.
Jim Hill has given notice to the Ill
inois Coat nil that ho must have the
use of all the terminals by May 1 , to
build the Great Northern road to the
gulf from Duluth. This may mean
the building of the gap In Nebraska
Known ns the Ashland cut off.
There will bo a change In operat
ors at the union depot Friday. J. C.
Gntlmm , who has boon temporarily
lining the position , will go to North
Bend , and Mr. I'raugors , who has
been in the service of the M. & O.
at Lyons will take the placo.
About twenty of -graduates ( of
the Norfolk high school were present
at the meeting last night of the alum
ni association , In the high school
building. Committees were appoint
ed to Investigate the details connect
ed with giving a banquet to the In
coming class on May 2S. Another
mooting will be held for the purpose
of hearing the reports on Friday evening -
ing of this week at the same place
and at 7 o'clock. It is desired at t'n't
time to determine definitely the place
for holding the banquet ami the other
details connected therewith. It is
hoped that all of the graduates of the
school , and the married graduates In
eluded , will take an active Interest lit
this year's banquet and make It the
more creditable with their presence.
Those present last night were enthu
siastic and plans are being made by
Uiom for a great success. This year's
class Is the largest yet to graduate
from the Norfolk high school , and
will continue to bold the record for
some time to come. The hour for the
meeting next Friday night is 7 sharp
as a number of the members have
later engagements.
FARMERS TESTED CORN.
Prof. Lyon of the State Experiment
Station Summarized Results.
Professor Lyon of the state experi
ment station has made the following
summary of the experiments In test
ing corn :
Tests of. nineteen varieties of corn
conducted during 1002 niul 1903 by
fifty-nine farmers In various parts of
Nebraska are reported In Hullotln S3
published by the experiment station
nt Lincoln. These variety tests were
undertaken because of a lack ot knowl
edge regarding the types of corn best
adapted to different , localities in the
state.
For these experiments the state has
been divided into six sections , the
boundary lines of which correspond
more or less closely with those mark.
Ing changes in the natural vegetation
as shown by the botanical survey. All
tests in any ono section Include the
y
same varlotlon. Nineteen vurlt'llos In
.ill were loiilfHl , but Iho maximum
nunilu'r In any ono HcctlonMIH
f \\chc.
Seed corn wns tnnl lo oaoli oxpcil-
nifiilcr onch yoar. Iho supply always
liclng obtained from Iho HIUIIO ( tourer
H wan iiroMfiry to do thin an Iho vn-
ilctloH were grown aldn by Hide ,
whlrh. althoiiKh It doon not affect Iho
yield of ( { ralu of nny variety , docH
render It valuoh-nH for m'od. Enough
Ni < "d WIIH HiMit lo plant an h-unl u
( ( iiarlcr of an aero of ouch varloly.
IiiNtnicllotiK were given lo plant all
varieties lu the HUIIIC initnnor , nnd on
Iho siime day lo prepare thu land In
( lie HIUIIO way , nnd glvo Iho HUIIIO cul
tivation. Karh variety WIIH to bo
he picked m < purutoly iind nn accurate
estimate of the yield of corn on the
cob determined , also the proprtlou of
corn ( o cob on ten reproHontutlvo curt )
of eiuih Variety.
The varieties leHled were Iloono
County Whlto , Hold's Yellow Dent ,
Silver Mine , IMley'n Favorite and
Learning , roproHontlng Heed rained
caul of the MHHHHI | | | | | ) | river ; Snow-
Hake Whlto and Early Yellow UOHO ,
roprcHcntliiK Heed rained In Iowa ;
Prldo of tlie North and Minnesota No.
Ill , from Hood raised In Minnesota ;
Hoguo'H Yellow Dent , Golden Cap ,
Mammoth Whlto , Nebraska Whlto
Prl/.e , Golden How , Calico , Legal Tender -
der and Gold Mine , from seed rained
In NchniHka.
There WIIH much variation In differ
ent localltlo.s as to the variety giving
Iho beNt ylohlH of grain. ThlH WIIH
expected , and WIIH the roanon for be
ginning the experiment. There are
grout dlfforenceH In the fortuity nnd
working < | ualltlen of the neil In differ-
out parts of the stale , an well as dlfl
fcroncoH In rainfall and temperature.
The condltloiiH favorable for ono va
riety may not bo HO favorable for an
other. Much will depend alHO on the
region In which the variety has been
raised. A report of each test Is glvon
In the bulletin.
Corn brought from outHldo of the
slnto did not yield HO well as corn
raised within the titate. A notable
exception to thin Is Hold's Yellow
Dent.
JOLLY PARTY OF EXCURSIONISTS
LEAVE NORFOLK.
TO METHODIST CONFERENCE.
In n Special Tourist Sleeper of Their
Own , About Trlrty Left This MornIng -
Ing at 11 O'clock for Los Angeles
Gone Several Weeks.
( Kioin U'l'diu'Mln.v'H Dally. 1
It was a jolly crowd of excursion
ists that boarded the Union Pacific
train at 11 o'clock thin morning li
Norfolk , and loft for Los Angeles
California , to bo present at the ( piad-
rl-eunlnl world's conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church. The
conference will continue for font
weeks and many of the party win
loft Norfolk will bo absent sovora
weeks longer. They occupied tholi
own tourist car and Will enjoy the
Journey cimmte. In their own way.
Among these who wont were : llov
and Mrs. Hit boll , Nollgh ; Rev. am
Miu Wright , Wiiyno ; John Crosby
Hosklns ; Mr. and Mrs. Craig , Wayne ;
llov. Mr. High ; llov. Mr. Antrom ;
Hov. and Mrs. Bothwell , Madison ;
Mr. and Mrs. Ashley , Decatur ; Mrs
Oscar Cillddou , Fremont ; Miss Clara
Gllddon , Miss Xoo Glldden , Hay Gild
den , Fremont ; Hov. Mr. Drewlluger ,
Miss HOM > Goorber , Norfolk ; Froon
Sharpless , Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Slsson
Horace Slsson , Mr. and Mrs. 11. A
Hopkins , M. C. Hn/.oii , Norfolk ; Hey
G. H. Maine , Omaha ; Mr. and Mrs
W. H. Bridge , Norfolk.
Gasoline Grasshopper.
The section foreman of the Unloi
Paclllc at this point bus a now "grass
hopper" or gocart that spins nlonj ,
over the truck with gasoline as the
motive power. It Is ono of the nuv-
chinos that are usually propelled by
hand and foot power , but this ono
needs no urging and the rider Is In
a position to enjoy all the comforts
of a ride on a first class coach , except
copt that ho must take the open al
and has no promenade on the ma
chluo.
MISS WOOD , TEACHER , RESIGN
Will Leave on Saturday for Idaho t
Accept Place In a Summer
School.
Miss Harriet C. Wood has reslgnei
her position as teacher In the Norfol
public schools and will leave Saturda
morning for Fremont , Fremont com
ty , Idaho , where she will accept
position in u summer school that wi
last until Novombor. It has not ye
been determined who will succeed
' Mlbs Wood for the remainder of the
, present term. Mlsa Wood has made
, a good record In the Norfolk schools
\ and has many friends hero who will
wish her success.
Professor Scanlon.
professor Charles Scanlon , tho. not-
ul temperance lecturer , was In Nor
folk and delivered his famous address
to a largo crowd of people In the
Methodist Episcopal church. These
who hoard him were well pleased
with the speaker , his lines and his
method of delivery.
YEAR AGO GROUND COVERED
WITH ICE AND SNOW.
THE VEGETATION WAS DAMAGED
Telephone niul Tclcfjrnph Wires Wore
Down Severe Freeze Followed tlie
Storm Weather Totlny Is In Vivid
Contrast With That of Last April.
I KIOIM h'tlilny'H linllv |
A year ago today , Iho loaves wore
ill lu this vicinity , now and tender
ranchoH on the trees were well ml-
uncoil , fruit WIIH In blossom , and
union truck WIIH well along , but
verylhlng WIIH covered with Ice and
hut which wan not covered with Ice
van hurled lu miow It IH the lli-Ht
nlvurmiry of the grout April bll/.zard.
Norfolk WIIH iHolatod , practically ,
'ho ( otophone and telegraph wires
voro down and oven the trains were
lot running on Hchedulo.
A year ago yesterday there WIIH a
good rain , hut the weather man wild
t would ho colder and It wan colder ,
t Hovoro froo/o following the Hleot
mil HIIOW Htorm. In vivid contrast
o the weather of a year ago Is the
voathor of today , and the people of
ho country are very thankful that
loroiiH IIIIH not duplicated tlio cutiiH-
ropho of hiHt yoar. Vegetation docs
lot appear to bo UH far advanced this
oar at this tlmo IIH It was hint year ,
mt as a matter of fact It IH further
xdvnncod. It took weokH for growing
hlngH to recover from the effects of
ho April lill//.iird and much of It did
lot recover during the on tire season.
'Vult , except the very hardy and lat
er varlotloH , yielded nothing. This
oar IH it budding healthily and gives
innulHO of making a mugnlflcout crop.
t ban boon hold back HO that It IH
iot likely to bo Injured by frost or
freeze , and the prospects are Hue.
The weather calamity of last scar
son will not soon bo forgotten , as it
s an unknown thing for Nebraska to
experience such a storm so late In the
yoar.
THURSDAY TIDINGS.
A. Conrad IH celebrating bis birth-
lay today.
C. A. Fuller went to Madison today
> n bUKlni'BH.
The Norfolk lawns are about ready
for the lawn miolulH.
E. A. Lundburg was In the city yes-
: orday from Wayne.
.1. B. Kuehn of Crofton had business
in the city yesterday.
H. M. Day and W. 11. Day of Os
mend were city visitors yesterday.
The family of C. W. inskoop plans
to leave for Denver .during the early
part of the week.
Now permanent walks are being
laid nt the homo of Mayor M. C. Iliizcn
nnd the stores of C. L. Laiihsch and
August Wlldo.
llov. William Hoolzol , pastor of the
St. Paul Gorman Lutheran church , is
n very sick man. It Is feared that his
recovery Is doubtful.
Mrs. A. C. Taylor of Cedar Rapids ,
Itiwa , who had boon called to Nollgh
by the Hlckno.ss of her mother , Is vis
iting nt the homo of her nonhow , C.
S. Hayes.
Mrs. T. \ \Vheatou loft on the
noon train for her homo In South
Omaha , after a wook's visit nt the
homo of her parents , Col. nnd Mrs. .1.
E. Simpson.
With the coming of warm weather
and the drying of the mud , Norfolk
has assumed a great amount of activ
ity and there is something happening
lu the remotest parts of the city all
the timo.
F. W. Shlvely , who has recently
taken charge of the Oakdale Sentinel ,
as editor and publisher , Is making II
appear that Oakdalo Is on the map
for an absolute certainty. He has in
creased the homo print of the paper
from ono page to four nnd every page
is Interesting reading.
J. F. Hanso , of this city , who has
for a number of years hold a posi
tion with the Citizens National bank
of Norfolk , has been tendered the of-
flco of cashier and manager of the
First National bank of Elgin and wil
leave for that place early next week
A successor to Mr. Hanso has notyel
been announced.
The marriage of John Pofahl and
Miss Elsie Schnlz took place In the
St. Paul Lutheran church yesterda >
morning at 11 o'clock , Rev. Mr. Broy-
or of Hndar performing the ceremony
The young couple will make their
homo In Hosklns , where the green
owns a store. The bride Is a daughter
tor of Ferdinand Schulz of this city
KNOX COUNTY REPUBLICANS.
Harmonious Convention Endorses
Nelson and Meserve.
Center. Nob. . April 2S. Special to
The No\Vs : Tuesday ono of the most
harmonious conventions was hold
here. It was attended by nearly a
full delegation from each precinct and
the utmost harmony and good fooling
prevailed. Hon. Frank Nelson was
endorsed In his candidacy for dele
gate to the national convention , as
was also W. A. Moservo for senator
from this district to the state legis
lature. Full delegations were elect
ed for the various conventions and
a complete working organization
made for effective campaign purposes
during the coining campaign. The
present county attorney , W. D. Funko ,
was made the recipient of a handsome
compliment by a unanimous and on-
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Sept ! U. 1903
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1JARANTECO DY
ASA K. LEONARD , and all leading di nggists.
thusliiHtlc endorsement of his official ,
career and a renomlnatlon by accla-
million. The republican party was
never In bettor working order than |
at present and will this fall roll up a |
majority for the party nominees such t
is lias never been witnessed before.
RUNAWAYS OIHORFOLK AVENUE
Team Hitched to Hayrack Starts the
Fireworks and Fair Store Rig |
Follows.
'
Incitement got a corner on Norfolk
avenue yesterday afternoon and held
sway for a strenuous stretch of mo
ments when a spirited black team ,
belonging to Mr. Molebor , drew a
hayrack through tlio thoroughfare at
an untamable gait and dashed Into
the vehicles alongside , between
Fourth and Fifth streets. The team
broke away from a hitch at the Har
dy coal olllce , North Fifth street , and
made a rapid getaway to the east
ward on the avenue , striking a single
buggy , breaking -strap for ono of
the Fair store delivery teams and
swinging north Into Fourth. They
ran for a mile lu all and were finally
caught near the brick yards on North
Seventh street.
The Fair store team , frightened and
liberated at the same time , dashed
down South Fourth street in a wild
rush but did no damage. The hay
rack belonging to Mr. Melcber was
badly battered to pieces.
FRIDAY FACTS.
M. Nichols Is In the city from Fos
ter.
Sheriff Hums of Knox county was
in Norfolk yesterday on business.
P. F. Zimmerman is still sawing
wood at the George Wagner place.
Nature has done wonders In the
way of development during the last
few days of warmth.
The warmer weather has brought
hotter business in all lines of com
mercial trade this week.
William Ureltinger was In the city
last night from Pierce , where be has
accepted a position In a bank.
The road which leads past the Burl
Reed farm , going east and west , Is
qulto impassible at present and resi
dents of that district are anxious to
have It fixed.
A. M. Church of the Atkinson
Graphic and F. F. Monde , editor of
the Nerd Nebraska Boto , Atkinson ,
are in the city today In the Interest
of their papers.
E. M. Soarle , Jr. , of Ogalalla , Nob. ,
candidate for the republican nomina
tion of state auditor , Is in Norfolk
today , getting acquainted with busi
ness men of the city.
The residence property of J. F.
Haasc , South Seventh street , has
been sold to Ed Sley. Mr. Haaso has
accepted a position with the First Na
tional bank of Elgin and will leave
for that place next Tuesday.
A. Bucholz has made preparations
to place a permanent walk In front
of the hardware store of C. .L Laubsch
on East Main street and with a few
more walks of the same nature In the
same block they will all bo of a per
manent character.
Harold Davey , who attends school
In the Lincoln building , was misrep
resented In regard to the accident
which resulted in the cutting of a
small girl's head. In playfully tossIng -
Ing a clod of dirt at a boy , George
Gibson , the missile accidentally
struck Margarlto Lough who sudden
ly appeared around the corner of a
building. The striking was entirely
unintentional and Harold felt worse
about it than the little girl , herself.
Engraved calling and wedding In
vitations at The News office.
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A Cm-ally reduced rat < " * now on sale. Stop-overs allowed at ft
* * St. Louis on nil tickets. !
Your locnl a cnt can .soil you via THE WABASII.
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HARRY E.lttOORES , Gen. 4gt. Pass. Dpt. I
Omaha , Nebraska.
DEAD MAN MAY NOT BE ARTHUR
SNOWDEN , AFTER ALL.
ACQUAINTANCES SAY IT ISN'T
The Mysterious Woman Who Came
to Lincoln and Paid the Expenses
of the Murdered Man's Funeral ,
is Not Kearney Woman.
Lincoln , April 29. Interest in the
Identification of the corpse found sev
eral weeks ago at Humphrey , Neb. ,
and said by Sheriff Bauman of Fre
mont , to bo the remains of Art Snow
den , a former resident of Kearney ,
and at ono time an inmate of the state
penitentiary , was increased yester
day by the visit of W. K. Ayres and
Richard Hibberd of Kearney , to the
police station , where they made Inqui
ries relating to what grounds the of
ficers have for believing that Snow
den was killed at Humphrey. Messrs.
Ayres and Hibberd were in the city
on other business and interested
themselves in this case enough to
make inquiries. From what they
learned of the undertaker and of the
police they expressed doubt that the
identification of the Fremont officer
is correct.
Information from Kearney indicates
that neither Snowdon's father nor
mother were in Lincoln at the time
nor near tlie time that n man Is said
to have viewed the corpso. Identified
it , and later paid the expenses of the
burial. It was said that the body was
never Identified by the woman who
accompanied the man to Lincoln , and
that she never called to see H , but
that the stranger reported to her the
identity of the murdered man. The
body had been taken to the university
medical school's dissecting room
when the man first saw it , but bis
identification caused its removal to
the undertaker's rooms , where it was
later viewed by Chief of Police Rout-
zahn , Detective Dentloy and Sheriff
Bauman. Sheriff Uaunmn had held
Snowden In jail at Fremont nt onetime
time , it Is claimed , and It was his re
membrance of the man that led him
to Identify the body as that of Snow
den. Comparisons of descriptions ,
however , fall short. The corpse was
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heavier than it should have boon to
tally with Snowdcu's description.
The chief difference seems to have
been in the face , Snowden being of
slim build , not well provided with
llesh , the hones in his face showing
through In relief. The murdered man
had a round lleshy face. A scar back
of the ear , known to be a mark on ,
Snowden and Incorporated in bis per
sonal appearance record at the peni
tentiary , was also missing.
Nearly six years ago Snowden had
a sister in this city. On October 30 ,
1808 , she was arrested in Reta Git-
fen's place on South Eleventh street.
A pull was made there by the police
and in the dragnet they got the Gif-
fen woman , Delia Snowden , a travel
ing man named Rooncy , and a man
who gave the name of Martin , but
who was later Identified as the post
master In a Nebraska town not more
than thirty miles from Lincoln. Soon
after the Snowden girl left the city ,
but returned a year or two after , when
she left for St. Louis and has since
not been heard from. It was suggest
ed that she might have been the wo
man who paid the funeral expenses
but ono of her former associates ,
who has talked to the police , does
not believe that to bo true , saying
she would not have left the city with
out calling on her.
A Lincoln man who know Arthur
Snowden when ho was a bootblack
on the streets of Kearney , who knew
him shortly before bo was sent to the
penitentiary , and who knows mem
bers of his family , Is positive In the
statement that the picture of the
corpse , now In possession of the po
lice , is not a picture of Snowden. Ho
says resemblance Is not shown In
any feature.
Messrs. Ayrcs and HIbbard ordered
n picture of the corpse to show to
relatives of Snowdon In Koarnoy.
They expressed themselves as very
much In doubt about the dead man
being Snowden.
For some reason these who wight
throw some light on the Identity of
the corpse are discreetly silent. An
air of mystery has been thrown about
the case which some of these working
upon It say seems to bo unwarranted ,
Newport , Nob. , Aurll 28. Special to
The News : The electric railroad"
not doad.Jmt Is coming along all
right. Something soon will bo beard
from this project.