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RUMOR THAT THE FREMONT LINE
WILL BUILD NORTHWEST.
COULD UTILIZE YANKTON GRADE
The Great Northern Owns an Interest
In the Old Line Graded Between
Norfolk and Yankton , and a Con-
nectlon Here Would be Natural.
The Lincoln Star contnlns nn nr-
tlelo which points to the- building of
another railroad Into this section of
the state. Whether there Is anything
In It or not , It Is a very plnusnblo story.
particularly In view of the fact that
there at present exists a railroad grndo
practically completed between this
place and Yankton which Is largely
owned by the Great Northern railroad.
What more natural , with the Invest
ment In tills grade lying Idle , that the
Great Northern would want to utilize
It ? ny extending the line from Fremont -
mont to Norfolk , connection wo\ild \ bo
easily made with Yankton , and extension -
tension to the other points mentioned
could be made according to the Star.
story , which Is as follows :
"The people of Fremont firmly be
lieve that the Great Northern has Its
eye on the territory northwest of their
city , " said .T. W. Nation of Fremont at
the Capitol hotel this morning. "Tho
now road has begun to lay track and
will bo running trains over the new
line from Sioux City to Ashland before
the first of the year. I was at Dakota
City yesterday and they were Just layIng -
Ing tiio first rails.
"If you will look at a map of the
state you will see a fine territory north
west of Fremont which , at the present
time , belongs to the Union Pacific and
the Northwestern. Much of this fer
tile part of the state Is a long way
from any railroad. Now , the theory
of many people in Fremont Is that the
Burlington , or the Great Northern , al
most the same thins , intends at some
future time to build west from Fi'e-
mont , passing up Maple creek , follow
ing the North western rather closely
and cutting through the cattle country
In Hock , Brown and Cherry counties ,
connecting with the main line again
at Alliance. A stub road may bo built
out from O'Neill to connect with this
now line and then the markets of Sioux
City , Omaha and Kansas City will bo
easily available to cattlemen.
The O'Neill Branch.
"For several years the people in the
northern part of the state have talked
about that branch of the Great North
ern to O'Neill being extended to con
nect with the Burlington at Thodford
or Dunning , but I have never believed
that this would bo built. What would
bo the use ? There would bo little now
business to bo secured and the Bur
lington and Great Northern are well
connected now by the Ashland cut-off.
No , if the Burlington over attacks that
territory it will send a line out of
Fremont to do so.
"For what other reason would the
new cut-off run several miles out of its
way to go around the city of Fremont ?
Why has the new road bought such an
immense amount of trackage room
south of Fremont ? The only expla
nation of these things that wo can
figure out Is that the road is preparing
for the new line to the west. Why.
up to the final survey , the engineers
went to the east of Fremont every
time , for that was the easiest route to
build and if the Great Northern was
only looking for local business , the
route to the cast would have secured
It as well as the present long ono circ
ling the city.
Saw a "New Light. "
"Tho last survey was the only ono
made west of Fremont and It was the
ono which the road follows. This
shows us that the management of the
Great Northern saw a now light before
they built the road. "
STOLE SADIE'SJUN ' AND PURSE
Both Beneath Her Pillow and Both
Loaded High Handed Theft.
Sadie Du Bols , who is rapidly re
gaining her avoirdupois after her re
cent Illness , together with her color
for Sadie Du Bols Is one of the queens
of the Norfolk colored settlement Is
In trouble today over a mysterious rob
bery which occurred In her homo yes
terday morning In fact the pecullnr
theft occurred right under her pillow.
As n result of the raid , Sndle Is this
morning suffering from the loss of her
purse nnd her revolver both loaded.
The purse contained a silver quarter
of a dollar , and Sadie snys that she
thinks the person whose clnws fns-
toned to It ought to feel worse thnn
thirty cents todny. The gun contnlned
londed shells with which , nt the trip
ping of n trigger , anyone's head might
be blown off If the head happened to
bo In the right direction from the nose
of the gun.
The robbery occurred yesterday
morning In broad daylight. Sadie had
gene to the homo of a neighbor on
Braasch avenue for a few minutes (
mnybo ton and mnybo fifteen , but not
more than fifteen for sure nnd when
she returned to her own domicile she
looked under the pillow to got fie nun
nnd the purse. Sadie always has her
purse under her pillow and always ,
too , has her loaded gun under the pil
low In order to protect the purso.
But both wore missing. The gun
wns gene nnd the prcttv purse had
parted not that It had divided or that
It had parted from the gun. for It Is
presumably still with the gun , though
the twenty-five c. may have gene glim
mering but It had parted company
with KR downy nest beneath the pure
white pillow. And with the two , Sa
die felt that opportunities had boon
itolen. also.
She had lost the opportunity to use
that quarter It would have bought n
spring chicken or lots of other things
nnd she had lost the opportunity to
URO the gun. for If she had had the gun
iiul had Roen the robber rob her , who
might have sent a llttlo lend ball
through the frnmo of the high handed
one which would have told more for
cibly than words , how she felt about
the matter.
But the person who did the stunt
had bettor put It buck. Sndlo knows
lust who took that gun nnd money ,
for she says so.
"I have a hunch , " says Sadie , "about
Just who did It. An" they better brim :
Vm back. If do tings Is lining back ,
doy'll bo no questions asked. If not ,
doy'll bo trouble. "
A Solution.
"A man sold llfty sofas for $2,250.
Ho sold twenty-five of them nt n gnln
of 20 per cent , nnd twenty-five nt n
loss of 20 per cent. Did ho gnln or
lose ? "
Kdltor News : As n solution of the
nbove problem I offer the following :
$2.2fiO divided by two equnls $1.125.
selling price for each twenty-five sofns.
100 per cent , plus 20 per cent oqunls
$1.125.
1 per cent equnls 0 % dollars. 100
per cent , equals 100 times 9 % dollnrs
of $ nS7.50 , the cost.
$1.125 minus $937.50 equals $187.50
gain.
100 per cent , minus 20 per cent ,
oqunls 80 per cent , selling price of
second 25.
80 per cent equals $1,125.
1 per cent equals M 1-1(5 ( dollnrs.
100 per cent , equals 100 times M 1-10
dollars or $ l-IOfi.25 , the cost.
$1-I00.25 minus $1,125 equals $281.2 : ,
lost.
$281.25 minus $187.50 equals $93.75 ,
the amount lost on the transaction.
Earl Fairbanks.
OR , TINDALLARRIVES HERE
New Presiding Elder of Norfolk Dis
trict Reaches Norfolk.
Tlov. Dr. Tlndall. the new presiding
older of the Norfolk district of the
Methodist church , arrived In the city
yesterday from South Omaha and IH
today looking for n house. Dr. Slsson
hns left Stanlon for South Omaha ,
where ho succeeds Dr. Tlndall. Concerning -
corning the farewell given to Dr. Tln
dall nt South Omnhn , the World-Her
ald saysr
Churchmen and laymen , women and
children , girls nnd boys , thronged the
beautiful homo of Mr. nnd Mrs. F. A.
Cressoy , Twenty-second nnd O streets ,
last evening to say a formal good-by to
Hov. D. K. Tlndall , the retiring pastor
of the First Methodist Episcopal
church.
The event , though n farewell , was
happy , In keeping with the dominating
spirit of the guest of honor , whose
natural kindliness nnd good humor has
permeated every nook nnd corner of
his extensive flock nnd compelled the
love and resnoct of those In nnd out
of the church. The decree of the late
Methodist conference to promote Ttov.
Mr. Tlndall to the position of presid
ing elder of the Norfolk district was
a distinct disappointment to South
Omaha people generally. Rev. F. M.
Slsson will succeed him hero.
Rov. William Gorst , presiding elder
for this district , with Mrs. Gorst was
present and spoke briefly of the retir
ing pastor. Rov. W. D. Stambaugh of
the Leflor Memorial church added ap
propriate words and Rov. Mr. Tlndnll
spoke briefly and feelingly of his
year's work and of the regret It gave
him to leave the friends to whom he
had become so closely attached.
The departure of Rev. D. K. Tlndall
and family Is deplored. He Is regard
ed as a conscientious and an eloquent
preacher , a good man and a progres
sive citizen. He took an active inter
est In the local commercial as well as
the spiritual welfare of South Omaha
and every phase of life hero will feel
the loss of his Influence.
STORK SHUNS THE RICH.
Born In Bunches In Tenements , But
Nary Youngster In Many Homes.
A rare bird Is the stork , 0 the elite
who reside In New York's smart apart
ment houses say.
While the herald from the heavens
may drop In on the East Side with un
erring regularity , not so with its visi
tations to the more pretentious apart
ments up town , where rents nre high
and style and beauty flourish.
The stork ought to be more gracious
say the landlords of the apartments.
There Is hardly ono of thorn who ob
jects to families blessed with lusty
hinged Infants , but the cry Is seldom
heard.
Ono Imbo to more than fifty families
Is average of the favors conferred by
the stork In the apartment houses each
year. In decided contrast to this Is
the record of the Rlvlngton street
stork , which manages to get around
so frequently that few families have
less than four walling youngsters ,
while many of thorn are blessed with
live or more. In Rivington street the
stork bus provided a tenement house
containing twenty-nine families with
102 children.
CANNING PLANT ENDS SEASON
Lang Canning Company at Beatrice
Packs 1,000,000 Cans of Corn.
Beatrice. Nob. , Sept. 22. The Lang
Canning company has finished this
Benson's corn pack , which amounts to
| ono million cans.
NORTHWESTERN FREIGHT BUSI
NESS HERE IS IMMENSE.
THIS IS THE BEST SEPTEMBER
There Is n Constant Puffing nnd Chok
ing of Locomotives In the Norfolk
Yards Stock Trains Win by Speed
nnd Brevity.
Northwestern railroad trnlllc both
freight and passenger ban perhaps
never In the history of the line boon
as heavy through Norfolk for tin-
month of September as It IH right now
There IB a constant string of cars run
ning through from both the Bonostool
luo and the main line west , and thi'ro
Is an ovorlastlng , never roanlug rum-
bio along the rails at South Norfolk
yards , with screachlng of locomotive1
whistles , switch engines flying back
and forth In the yards and continuous-
y arriving , continuously departing
iralns.
Stock trafllc has been tremendous
this season. Tlio reason for the In
creased business In this direction , said
n railroad man today , In the fact ( hat
the South Omaha market Is getting
constantly better and the hauls are be
ing made there Instead of Into Chi
cago.
"With but ten cents difference In
the markets of the two places , and
with the distance In favor of South
Omaha , on account of Hhrlukage and
freight expense , It Is but natural that
the Nebraska shipper will go Into the
Omaha market , " ho said.
Short Trains Help.
"Another thing that counts material
ly In the business Is the difference be
tween the length of the trains on the
other roads and those on the North
western , leading Into South Omaha
markets. The Burlington , for In
stance , runs trains with fifty cars each ,
so that the cahooso Is filled to over
flowing with the men who accompany
the train. Wo run but twenty or thir
ty cars and every one knows that
short trains can move faster than long
ones. Ono haul of sheep from Casper
to Fremont last week was made at
the rate of thirty-three and n half
miles nn hour. Going some , don't you
think ? "
But it Is not all stock that Is making
heavy traffic. There IB n great deal of
regular , legitimate freight business
more than ever before at this time of
the year. Perhaps it is because the
country Is developing more , perhaps
It Is because the country merchant Is
anticipating a bettor season on ac
count of the money In the country
but ono thing is sure the freight busi
ness Is heavy and It never lots up.
Passenger traffic , too , has boon un
usual and all trains are crowded. The
Boncsteel trains continue to carry cars
packed to the doors , with long trains
and this a year after the rush.
Some of the company's heaviest lo
comotives have been brought up here
to haul passenger trains between Oma
ha and Norfolk.
WEDNESDAY SITTINGS.
Mrs. Wollls' Is visiting in Fremont
today.
Chas. Nordwlg is transacting busi
ness In Plorco today.
Miss Belle Turner of Pierce is visit
ing in Norfolk today.
R. .T. Tate was on the train onrouto
to his homo at Plalnviow.
. F. E. navonport wont to Sioux City
this morning on business.
Dr. Tashjean went to Pllger this
morning on professional business.
Sam Tiixeberry and family have
gene to Madison to attend the fair.
I. W. Peed of Lynch was in the city
this forenoon on his way to Omaha.
M. Nichols of Foster reached the
city this morning on the early train.
H. L. McCormick went to Wayne
this morning to do some work In his
line.
Misses Rila and Marie Crowley of
Cheyenne nre guests of Miss Ellen
Mullen.
Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Shearer of Os
mend are visiting at the homo of O
P. Schoff.
Knox Tipple Is In the city for n few
days from Stanton , n guest at the Ox
nnrd hotel.
Mr. nnd Mrs. William R. Beswlck
have returned from a delightful trl ]
to Portland.
Geo. E. Richardson , republican can
dldato for county clerk , was a cltj
visitor yesterday.
M. Mlhllls left yesterday for Madl
son , where ho wont to display his flue
Duroc-Jersey swlno.
Miss Mabel Rouse and Miss Allle
Redman went to Madison this morn
ing to attend the county fair.
Judge S. W. Dcucl came down fron
Meadow Grove this morning and wen
to Madison at 11 o'clock to take In the
county fair.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Porter returnct
last evening from n visit to friends In
the southeastern part of the state.
Mrs. ,1. B. Maylard and Miss Mattlo
Davenport wont to Madison today for
a few days' visit with Mrs. Gco. Davenport
onport nnd Mrs. A. P. Pilger.
Dr. Green , superintendent of the No
brnskn hospital for the insane at Lin
coin , accompanied by his father-in-law
.1. V. King , was In the city yesterday
Mr. nnd Mrs. A. J. Durlnnd roturnoi
nt noon today from Hot Springs am
other points In the Black Hills , whore
they have ebon taking a little vnca
lion.
lion.Tho
The party consisting of D. Mathew
son , Judge Powers , Charles Mathew
son nnd J S. Muthowson , who wen
west last Friday on n hunting cxpedl
lion , returned hint evening.
I. W. Alton of NVnyiio was In the
city IntU night nn hln way homo from
Urnnd Itiliuid , where ho had boon to at-
loud the regular monthly mooting of
I ho A. O. U.V. . lodge llnauro com
mit too.
Mrs. Mary MalhcwHon IIIIH boon con-
lined to her homo for the past few da.VH
with throat trouble.
The Gregory county fair nl HOMO-
nlool proved a great HUOOOHH. 11 was
the llrst to ho hold In that county.
There wore fast ball gamou , homo tw
os and frolU' . In the ball gamoH Hullo
and llouoHtool playoil and HntioHlool
and Lynch playoil a sorloH.
The family of ,1. Itniim IH moving to
day from the MorrlH Mayor housolulo
Iho now Bruce IIOIIHO , at the corner of
Klovonlh Hroot ! and MadlHou uvonito.
A. N. AnthoH , of the now mcrcantllo
llrm who will occupy the ROOM build
ing , will move Into thi' Mayvr Imimo.
O. P. Schoff , who ban boon with
llaum HroH. for HOIIIO tlmo , IH arrang
ing to go lo Rapid City , S. D. , where
ho will become a member of Iho Und
id City Drug company , for which com
pany hlH Hou-ln-law IH druggist. Mr.
and Mrs. ScholT oxpcct to lonvo for
loir now homo Sunday or Monday.
Mrs. I ) . MathowHon culorlalnod a
ompany of thirty-live lady frloiuln
ostorday afternoon In honor of Mm
ollamor of Hloux City. Six hand on-
hro and Hindi furnlHhod nmiiHcmoiit
or the nftoriioou , the llvo ladles hav-
ng the hlghoHt HCOI-OH being doslguat-
d as Iho prize winners and bolng no-
ordod the pleasure of eating supper
vlth the gucHt of honor.
"Hooligan's Troubk'H , " drew a prot-
y good IIOIIHO at the Auditorium hint
Ight for the llrnt play of the scnson ,
nil the Hho\v ploiiHi'd Iho people pros-
nt. The farce IH clover nnd Inter-
pursed with spi-claltlcH which wore
good. PorhapH the clovoronl fonluro
> f the Hpoclal work was that of UoHoy ,
ho imleyelo export who performed
voiidort'ully daring fonts on hln inn-
chlno , riding about on one wheel with
i small boy perched on his shoulders ,
mil doing other cxlrnurdlnnry thingH
vlth It. The throe llttlo dancing glrlH ,
no , mndi' n hit with tin1 crowd.
The Lincoln line train on the North-
voHturn was dorallod nl the Ilurllng-
DII crossing nt Lincoln Monday foro-
loon. Someone loft the derailing cou
rt vnnuo wide open nnd the engineer
lldn't notice It until too lato. The on-
; lne and two cars jumped the truck ,
nu no one was Injured and the train
was not badly dnmngod. The engine
was convoyed to the Northwestern
omul house in Lincoln where It tindor-
wont ropnlrs , nnd was put in service
igaln In the afternoon. On account of
ho accident the nftoriioou trnln did
lot. reach Fremont until ! tin. :
Football enthusiasm nt Lincoln for
the university squad fell heavily Sat-
irdny nnd Sunday when It. wns an-
loiinced that Conch'Booth wan ( brent-1
oned with typhoid fever. The coach' ' ]
was tumble to wllnoKs piny on No-
irnskn Hold Saturday between the uni
versity and Grand Island , and wns laid
ip in bed. Ho wns taken to n hospital
where It was later pronounced that ho
s suffering from ptomnlno poisoning ,
which ho received In eating poisoned I
fish. Ho wns fooling much hotter hist ]
night nnd every hope Is now enter-
tallied that there is nothing serious In ,
ils condition.
Jeanolto Parish , the Ut-yonr-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Parish ,
was Injured last evening nenr the fam
ily homo In The Heights while riding
i horse. A dog that scurried out into
the street , barking nt the horse , fright
ened the animal tintII It reared on
roar foot and the llttlo girl wns forced
! o slide off behind. In fnlllng she
wlsffd her back slightly and at first
it was fonrod she might have been so- j
rlously hurt , but later developments |
liave given rise to the hope that there I
Is nothing at all serious In the ace- ! ,
dent. She slept well last night and It
Is now thought that after two or throe
days of rest and good care she will
liavo fully recovered.
LOST TRAIN ; CHILD DYING.
Plight of James Houghton , an Indiana
Man , In City of St. Cloud.
Stranded In a strange town , lacking
$2 of the fnre to Indiana , where his
llttlo child was dying , yet with plenty
of money In the bnnk nt homo , wns
the sad plight of a well-dressed man
who accosted a St. Cloud merchant
for information , says a St. Paul dis
patch.
The stranger , James Houghton , was
on his wny from Unite , Mont. , to his
homo nt Montlcello , Ind. , where his
7-year-old child lay dying or dead.
Tlrod from n long journey ho fell
nsleep on the trnln nn.d was awakened
by the brakcman'a cry of what ho
thought to bo St. Paul , but which ho
found , upon alighting , to bo St. Cloud.
The trnln had pulled nwny before ho
discovered his mlstnko , nnd , Ihough he
mndo a valiant effort to catch the rear
platform , ho failed.
Stopping to the ticket office , he re
quested a ticket to Chicago , where he i
wns to meet his brother , but found , I
when It came to paying for the pro-1
clous strip , that he lacked $2 of the
required amount. Ho telegraphed to
Chlcngo for money , but when the nn-
swor came the banks wore closed nnd
nn order must he Identified. In the
deepest nnxlety as to the condition of ,
his child , ho accosted ono of the busi
ness men , tolling him of his mistake
and the loss of tlmo It had already
cost him.
The cashier of the bnnk was sent for
and money wns advanced to Mr.
Iloughton , who loft on the early mornIng -
Ing train , not knowing but what the
loss of twelve hours here might have
prevented him from seeing his child
before it died.
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THE TWO OnrAT ArmcUt.TUHAL ; AND TIMfJCH OTATCS , WHERE
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PR5CES REASONABLE.
LOW SETTLERS' RATES.
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Tourist , Iichcls now on sain ! < > ! ln > resorts of Urn
toiith mid soulbeast , nl greatly rcnIn < , ( < ! j-al.os. . Liberal
ssopovers allowed. The
Wil.li ils handsomely pimippcd trains olTr.rH"oxcoplional
facilities for reaching the Sunny Smith.
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k'iviiitf detailed information about uCuba , Florida , and
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