NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , FEBRUARY i'JOG.
"ETHEL DECKWITH" SUDDENLY
DISAPPEARS IN AFTERNOON.
TOOK MANY THINGS WITH HER
A Maid From Newport , Neb. , Giving
Various Names , Who Had Worked
for Mrs. Frank Cummins n Day and
a Half , Is Doing Hunted by Police.
A short , fnt , brown-eyed mid brown-
haired domestic with a pimply face ,
gowned In it m\\ blue skirt , u bluett
Jacket niul n \\t\\ \ \ lilnu'hiit trimmed
with white , ha * disappeared fi'om the
residence of Mr. nnil Mm. Frank Cum
mins , 213 North Eleventh street , anil
HO have n lot of vnlunhton Hint worn
loft unlntchcil In the homo. The girl
liml lllled the position of lionsotniilil
for Mrs. Ctiniiitlnn Just u day nnil n
half , nnil her strange illHnppoumnco
ounio yesterday nftornoon whllo Mm.
Cummins was nwny from homo. The
nnnio Riven by the Klrl when fiho ap
plloil for work was Ethel Ilookwllh
hut It IH said Hint she IIHH given vn
rloim names nhont town mid thnt at
least three other fnmllloa In Norfolk
uro looking for her mid tholr lout vnl
unhloH. The pollco iiro hunting for
I ho woinnn todny.
The Articles Missing.
Among the articles thnt hnvo boon
mlHSoil nt the Cummins homo uro : A
silver loothplrk holder , iv china cup
nnd fliuiccr belonging to n chocolntci
not , eighteen line handkerchiefs , throti
of thorn with point Inco trimmings ;
nnd n hand-worked linen centerpiece
that Mm. Cummins hnd Just finished
The Klrl came to work at the Cum
mlnn homo day before yesterday nt
noon. Slio wnn a suspicious looking
ohnractnr nt host and Mm. Cummins
took pains when she loft the house
yesterday nttornoon to first lock
her purao , watch and ether Jewelry ,
Two diamond rings that she occasion
0 ally loft nt homo wore carefully placet
n her lingers when she wont uwny ,
so that she know they would bo safe
When she went out of the house the
maid asked , "How soon will you bo
hack ? " She was told that her mis
Irons would return nt 5 o'clock.
Girl and Other Things Gone.
0 When Mrs. Cummins returned n
5 the girl nnd other things were gone
None of the neighbors saw her go
The pollco were notified nnd snld thn
they know her and were nlrondy look
ing for her for other parties , but they
hnd not found her late todny.
"Ethel" came originally from Newport -
port , Nob. She said that she hnd boon
here a month. For a tlmo she worked
in the Krygor eafo. which Is now
closed , and when she came to the
Cummins homo she said ( bat she had
boon working several placet * about
town.
The girl froiiuontly used the telephone -
phone , always < calling for a certain
man at the ether end.
FRIDAY FACT8.
August Tollo ofVlsner Is In the
city.
city.C.
C. D. Sims has returned homo over
Sunday.
C. H. Vnll rotnrnod from Sioux City
Thursday.
Miss Ijiura Schultz wont to Plorco
Friday afternoon.
Miss Lulu Mather went to Tlldcn
Friday on a visit.
John Anderson of Burke , S. D. , Is In
the city on business.
Miss Snlllo Anderson of Plorco Is In
the city visiting with friends.
.1. A. Ballantyno returned from a
trip to the north Friday morning.
The Norfolk orchestra wont to Win-
side Friday noon to play at a danco.
.T. S. Mathowson will leave for Lin
coln Saturday morning on business.
Will Schmltt of Green Garden pre
cinct is visiting at the Pllgcr home.
Dr. .1. M. Davoy came down from
Bonosteel Friday morning enrouto
homo to Ponca.
13 G. Malone came up from Colum
bus Friday evening on business.
William Hntz has recovered from his
spoil of sickness and is again at work.
George Glshhcrt of Pierce was In
Norfolk Friday morning on business.
Dr. Parker has recovered from his
attack of the grip sufficiently to re
turn to his office.
Don Wells of Madison Is In the city
on his way homo from Clearwntor
where ho has been buying some land ,
Mrs Fred Klentz , sr. , went to No-
llgh last evening to bo gone for several
days.
days.W.
W. Wlmlolph came down from
Crelghton Thursday evening on busi
ness.
ness.O.
O. C. Hasmusson and N. nuttorfleld
of Oakland came over Thursday front
Oakland.
Myron Farley" loft this morning for
Hot Springs , Ark. , for the benefit of
his health.
Jim James returned from Battle
Creek yesterday In company with his
brother Crockett , who will remain for
several days.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Durland returned
last evening from Omaha. Mr. Dur
land had been on a two weeks' trip to
eastern points.
Miss Gladys Bouncy returned to her
homo In Orchard Friday noon. Satur
day she will return going to Whine-
teen for a few days visit.
Miss Fay Watts of Columbus was a
guest of Mrs. C. A. Blakely over night
and loft today for Tildon , where she
goes to visit her friend , Mrs. Lutz.
C. R. Taylor , who has been In the
employ of W. 11. Vail , loaves today for
his homo In Rochester , Minn. Mr.
Taylor will seek a position nearer
home.
Invitations have been Issued for a
dance at the homo of N. Rautberg
outh of town this evening.
lr nnd Mrs Hour will onterlnln this
Mining
A win was born yesterday to Mm.
'am ' UtiHi'tillml.
Kubpoenns were served on former
'ollee ONU'orH IMlger and Uirhln to
pponr as wltiii'HHos al the trlnl of
Otto Johnson this afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon the colder
A'oatluir hnd coaled King's pond with
i smooth layer of Ice , nnd mnny of the
toys nnd girls spent the afternoon
ikntlng on It.
W. E. Kuitr. and family have Just
omovod fiom Fremont to Oakdnle ,
ivhoro they will bo located for the
grentor convonlont'O of Mr. Kurtas
conductor on the Northwestern.
Ernest llaasch has bought the fancy
spotted saddle homo which has been
Dwnod anil ridden for some years by
Adrian Craig. The animal Is said to
io one of the finest In the county.
The missionary supper given Thurs-
lay evening at the homo of Mrs. J.
V Hansom by ( ho Ladles' Missionary
loclely of the M. K. church was largo-
y allendod and netted the society n
lire piollt
Conductor Collins of the Northwest
irn had his right hand crushed In a
wreck near Cordova on the Superior
( no. A box car and the way car left
tbo rails nnd were humped along the
track. Conductor Collins was In the
alter and was given a hard fall. He
\VI\H \ \ In Fremont yesterday afternoon ,
being off duty temporarily.
There will bo a gay bunch at Mad
Ison next Wednesday If nil of the Gobblers
blors appear on deck who now show
signs of a desire. From nil corners of
nil trains and hotels can ho heard hut
one word today "Gobbler. " It Is said
that Smith , representative for Haley
I > ang of this city. Is prominently
mentioned for raider of the roost.
A parly WIIH given at the homo of
August Itaasch , west of the city , on
Wednesday night for Paul Maas of
Minnesota who Is visiting hero. There
were about twenty-Ilvo present , Hugo
Fry and Henry Kluge of Hadar being
among the guests. Games were played
and 1i good tlmo onjoyod. Mr. Fry Is
the leader of both bands at Hadnr.
It has not generally become knowi
throughout Norfolk that the cost of
sending a letter In the city Is two
rents for which reason the four young
ladles entertaining next Friday evenIng
Ing have been paying out largo sums
of pennies for postage due. Some
have oven sent tliolr replies tin
stamped , which adds greatly to the
burden of entertaining.
The writer had a short but very
pleasant visit with Augustus Saltier
whllo In the City of Mexico week be
fore last. Mr. Saltier was making a
lour of the southern republic am
thought he would bo In the city toi
days more. Ho looks as young as ho
did ton years ago when ho conductor
a law and real estate olllco at this
place. Ho Is a brother of H. C. Sat
Her.
Her.A
A few of the members of the Trinity
Social Guild have planned a proihtc
tlon of a recent piny as a surprise to
the members at tholr meeting ncx
Tuesday with Miss Malonoy. The
full details of the plan and the names
of those Interested In It have become
thoroughly known to all the members
of the guild and It Is belloved that It
will bo more In the way of an enter
tainment and part of an expected pro
gram than a surprise when presented
Tuesday.
"Unless there Is a cold snap during
the present month , " said George
Sehwenck , the veteran Iceman , "there
will bo no Ice made this year. Ice can
not bo made In this climate after
March. Occasionally It freezes for a
day or two In March but It honey
combs and Is not good. Wo must make
Ice In January and February and this
month , with but twenty-eight days ,
must do the work this month. There
Is chance , however , for many cold
days yet this month. "
Another Iceman has started business
In Norfolk. John Ortwlch , whoso fa
ther bought the old Sehwenck proper
ty southeast of town , has just now
purchased six acres of land south of
the C. P. Byorly place nnd will use It
for an Ice farm , the same as is done
at the Waldo & Dlllenbeek place east
of town. Mr. Ortwlch this week
bought and hauled lumber for the pur
pose of building an Ice house and this
will bo filled this year with Ice from
the river. Next spring ho Intends to
dig a big pond which will bo filled
with water from windmills and later
ho will use the Ice from this pool.
The Nebraska Telephone company
have been putting a cable in for one
block west of the central otllco during
the past few days. H Is expected that
this will relieve the congestion In the
downtown service and eventually do
away with many of the separate wires
downtown. An expert Is expected
from Omaha very soon to make a com
plete study of the local telephone sit
uation nnd make plans for restrlnglng
the town this year. While this will
cost a largo sum of money the wires
will bo taUen In cables way Into the
residence sections and the present
trouble from crossed wires , broken cir
cuits and other troubles common after
storms will bo done away with. The
unslghtllnoss of the present poles with
their web of wires will bo greatly de
creased also.
Letter List.
List of letters remaining uncalled
for at the postofllco at Norfolk , Neb. ,
January 30 , 1000 :
Chas. Fox , Mr. J. L. Delong ( Opera
Co. , M. J. Lovelace , Homer Smith.
If not called for In fifteen days will
bo sent to the dead letter ofllco.
Parties calling for any of the above
please say "advertised. "
John R. Hays , P. M.
HAD FLED TO TILDEN NOW A
NERVOUS WRECK.
THREATENS TO TAKE OWN LIFE
Rather Than Go Dack to School , Where
Trouble Caused Her to Run Away ,
She Says She Will Suicide Was
Hunting Work Her Story. ,
DoHido McComb , the little girl who
an away from homo Tuesday , has
teen brought back homo and Is In bed
nervous wreck. Tbo experiences of
ler two days and a night away from
mine have completely unstrung her
nerves and she Is hysterical and tin-
iblo to toll always just what she did
and whore she spent all the lime since
she loft homo. Yet through It all she
ileads to ho allowed to go away again.
She says she will never go back to
school and that she must work. To
work HMO wants to go away from homo ,
hit she must earn money. That Is
ho compelling feature of all her talk
nnd of her runaway experiences. She
wants money to pay back for her little
follies of a month ago , which caused
ill the trouble at school and at home.
How She Was Found.
Wednesday nftormxin word came
from two sources only a few minutes
ipart that Dosslo was In Tildon. The
llrst word was In a postal card from
Lho girl herself at Tildon. It was hys
lorlcal In Its wording and frightened
the parents greatly. Then Mrs. Perry ,
who had Just road the story of the
( light In The News , sent word that
Desslo had gene to Tllden. She had
known It all along hut had just found
out that It was without the knowledge
of the McComb family. Officer Living
stone Immediately boarded the train
for Tildon to get the girl and bring
her homo.
Hated to Come Home.
When ho found her at the homo of
Mrs. Klcrstoad she broke down utter
ly and begged not to bo taken back
homo , but ho refused to hear her
pleading. When ho returned with Dos
slo In the morning there was great re
lief In the McComb family and all day
today the Invalid mother and the father
thor have watched carefully over the
daughter to make It easier for her to
como back homo.
Was Looking For Work.
As nearly as can bo found out DCS
slo loft homo Tuesday morning foi
school and went over to Perry's cat
Ing house , where she tried to secure
employment. Falling in tills she wen
to the Cottage Homo hotel where she
tried to secure a room saying that she
had secured employment at Perry's.
However , she was unable to secure a
room from Mrs. Bolknap and stayed h
the sitting room of the hotel untl
shortly before the train went wes
when she loft and took the train fo
Tllden. At Tlldcn It Is not knowi
whether she made any further at
tempts to secure employment , al
though that seems to have been he
greatest desire In leaving homo.
Threatens Suicide.
Tl.ie father and mother believe tha
she will recover her normal mind ai
tor a few days of rest nnd quiet. N
attempt will ho made to have her re
turn to school this year , as she thrcal
ens to kill herself If forced to do so
Instead they will try to keep her uj
In her studies at homo for the rest o
the school year nnd have her onto
school again next fall.
UNION PACIFIC STATION IS TO BE
REPLACED THERE.
WILL BE STATION AGENT ALSO
The Petition of the People of Warner
vllle , Who Asked for a New Static
When Theirs Was Moved Away , I
to be Granted ,
The railroad depot at Warnorvlll
Is to bo replaced. A now station wll
bo built there soon and an agent wl
bo Installed. This Is the nssuranc
g ven to the citizens of that thrlvln
little Madison county village , elgh
miles southwest of Norfolk on th
Union Pacific , by officials of that ral
road.
Some time ago the depot which hat
stood at Warnorvllle for years anc
which had been for some time wlthou
nn agent , was moved to the site of th
now town Enola between Madison am
Warnorvllle. At tbat tlmo the peopl
of Warnervlllo resented the move an
sent a petition to the Union Pacific o
flclals asking them to place anotho
station and an agent at that place.
Appreciating the fact that Warne
vlllo is growing all of the time an
that the business there has alrcad
reached proportions to Justify It , th
railway olllcials have consented t
grant the prayer.
KIESAU BUYS ROBERTSON BLOCK
Two Story Building Is Bought as a
Investment No Tenant Change.
The two story brick block know
as the Robertson block and owned b
W. M. Robertson has been bought b
A. H. Kiesau. It was bought as an In
vestment by the now owner and It I
doubtful If there will bo any chang
in the tenants for a whllo at leas
The building has twenty-two fee
frontage on Norfolk avenue and
depth of 110 foot.
BARGAIN STORE QUITS.
!
VIII be Closed Today , and Goods
Shipped Out of Town.
After today the Bargain store on
s'orfolk avenue will bo closed. Every-
ilng that Is not sold by this evening
III bo' boxed up and shipped away
roni the city. The Offcnhausor Jew-
Iry Htnro will occupy the entire store
> r the time being at least. C. E.
Irecn established the Bargain store
coiipln of years ago and It Is still
Is property.
BALMY DAYS CONTINUED GREAT
ER PORTION OF MONTH.
WEDNESDAY WAS WARMEST DAY
n Temperature of 63 the Last Day
of the Month Broke the High Mark ,
People Ate Picnic Dinners Out of
Doors Lack of Ice.
January I'JOG has been one of the
nest unusual months of many years.
ractlcally the entire month was sun
lilny and the days and nights showed
in abnormally high temperature , the
emporature reaching Its .highest pointer
or the month on the last day when It
vas 03 degrees by the government
hormomoter. While the average teui
lorature for the month according to
ho local records has not been exactly
iscertiilncd the month has como very
close to breaking all records In Nor
'oik for n balmy atmosphere. During
talf the month the days were so warm
uid sunshiny that It was possible to
valk about during the day without
vraps and feel n $ discomfort.
Icemen Worried.
The pleasure of the weather has
icon a worry to the Icemen and will
10 to the city If there Is not a snap ol
johl weather that will bring Ice for
long enough to fill the Ice houses. Nol
julto one-fifth of the Ice generally pul
ip In the city Is made yet and this
would last but a little tlmo without
urge shipments from outside and con
sequent high prices. Waldo & Dillon
: ieck took time by the forelock during
the short spell of brisk weather In the
middle of the month and put up almost
mlf of their Ice , when It was onlj
eight and nine Inches thick. That Is
ill that Norfolk has now to meet the
summer with. Generally 5,000 tons
of Ice are stored during the winter to
run through the next summer. Now
there arc just 000 tons of Ice made anc
ready for the summer. Without
spell of cold weather during Fobruarj
the Ice situation during the summei
will reach a critical point.
Government Records.
The government records here show
that this was the warmest January In
tcit years. The highest point recorded
by the thermometer was 03 , the lovves
10 below zero. The average temperature
turo for the month was 28.9. The average
erago maximum was 39.3 and the average
erago minimum was 18.0.
JAMES MANNON OF YORK IS WAY
LAID IN THE DARK.
BEATEN INTO INSENSIBILITY
An Unknown Assailant Met Jame
Mannon on the Stret at York am
Beat Him Into Unconsciousness
Had Had no Quarrel Is No Clue.
York , Nob. , Feb. 2. James Mannon
aged sixty years , was waylaid her
last night and beaten into inscnsibillt.
by an unknown assailant. He had ha
no quarrel and was struck without any
warning whatsoever. There is no clu
to the assailant.
PIERCE CHILD'S DEATH.
Three-year-old Boy Chokes to Death o
Pop-corn.
Plorco Call : The little three-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Deln
living west of town , met with an ace
dent last Saturday evening betweer
8 and 9 o'clock , which cost the llttl
follow his life.
The child has always had an aston
Ishing appetite for pop-corn and whenever
over his parents would pop some h
would clap his chubby hands and b
perfectly contented and satisfied. Oi
this particular evening the popper wa
brought out and the work of poppln
the corn begun much to the delight o
the baby and other members of th
family. But in a few short minutes
different scene was enacted , that hap
piness changed to sorrow. While eat
Ing , the child had got some of the cor
In his windpipe and was coughing v
olently. The parents tried everythln
they knew of to relieve the sufforln
one but all proved of no use. Docto
Prlnglo of this place was summone
to save the choking babe but befor
his medicine had time to take effec
the child passed away and out of hi
misery. The funeral services wer
held Monday afternoon at the fain 11
residence by Rev. Gee E. Taylor , afto
which the remains were conveyed t
Prospect View cemetery south of tow :
and Interment made therein.
Market Repairs.
The Interior of Louis Schenzel'
meat market has been wholly redec
orated and made over. In plannln
the Interior the walls and the collln
have been made waterproof so tha
the entire place can bo washed In
every nook and corner.
THE KANSAS CITY , MEXICO AND
ORIENT.
SHORTEST LINE TO THE SEA
'raverses a Splendid Country and
Reaches Deep Water Five Hundred
Miles Shorter Than Any Transcon
tinental Line In Existence.
The Kansas City , Mexico and Orient
allway , with whoso promoters the
vrltor recently made a trip through
ho republic of Mexico to the City of
Mexico , Is a line projected from Kan-
as City , Mo. , to Topolobampo bay , In
bo state of Sinaloa , Mexico , on the
iiilf of California. When completed
he line will bo 1GOO miles long , 500
nllcs shorter than any other transcon-
Inontal road connecting the middle
vest with the Pacific seaboard. This
> reject has been under way for the
ast six years , and already practically
mo half of the road has been built and
s In operation , a section In Kansas
uid Oklahoma , a section in Texas and
wo section In Mexico. Unlike other
nuisconthionta ! lines at the time of
heir construction , which were obliged
o cross great unprofitable deserts to
reach their destination , the Orient
oad Is passing through a country that
s practically all In a good state of de
velopment and only needs the oncoin-
ng of the road to yield a rich local
Misiness. From Kansas City to Wlchl-
: a the dlstnnco by this road Is twenty-
seven miles shorter than any other
Ino , and It traverses the richest sec
tion of Kansas , while south of Wichita
to the Rio Grande it passes through
the great cotton growing section of
Oklahoma and northern Texas and the
cattle and mineral country of the
southern part of the latter state. From
t'jl Ore , where the road crosses the
Rio Grande , to Chihuahua , a distance
of 150 miles , the road strikes mineral
mil grazing districts of northern Me
Ice , while west of Chihuahua over the
mountains and down to the coast the
road passes successively some of the
richest silver and gold mines In the
world , largo deposits of anthracite coal
and a vast timber belt near the coast.
In this section also are grown sugar ,
coffee , cotton , tobacco and fruits. With
the amount of local traffic In sight , to
gether with the fact that oriental busi
ness can be handled on a haul 500
miles shorter than any other line ,
there is no doubt but that the road will
do a large business from the time It is
completed.
Oklahoma.
Oklahoma shows a wonderful state
of development when It is considered
that It has been open for settlement
but a comparatively few years. The
towns passed have a decidedly wide
awake appearance , and some of them
as Giithrie , Oklahoma City , El Reno
and Enid have already become cities
of 12,000 to 25,000 people , carrying 01
a good wholesale as well as retail bust
ness. The statement Is made that the
whole of Oklahoma averages three
farmers to every section of land , am
from the well settled appearance o
the country , its fine farm houses , build
ings and fences , the statement Is no
difficult to believe. It has every appearance
pearanco of a long-settled country
with the possible exception that the
Improvements shine with fresh pain
and show that In reality they are now
The Magnitude of Texas.
While it is known that Texas Is the
largest state In the union , yet to the
average mind that statement does no
convey an Intelligent meaning of the
magnitude of that commonwealth
From El Paso on the west to Texar
kana on the east the distance Is prac
tlcally 900 miles , while the distance
from the extreme northern portion o
the Panhandle to Brownsville on the
southeast coast Is farther than it is
from Chicago to New Orleans. The
census of 1900 showed more landt
farmed in Texas than in any other
state , with only one-fifth of the area
then under plow. A statistician says
that Texas has more prairie land than
Kansas , more pine timber than Mich
igan , more oak than West Virginia
more Iron than Alabama , more marble
than Vermont , more granite than Nev
Hampshire , more corn land than 1111
nols , more wheat land than the Da
kotas , more rice land than the Caro-
Hnas , more fruit land than California
more tobacco land than Virginia , more
sugar cane land than Louisiana , and
It Is the first state In the union in the
amount of railway mileage. The east
ern part of the state is well settled
but the western part of the state ha
been given over practically to ranch
men hitherto. In all the vast region
of western Texas the Kansas City
Mexico and Orient road Is the only
railroad extending through the state
north and south , one third of the stati
lying west of the line of the road. I
Is known that much of the land Is gooi
for the raising of crops nnd the ranch
es are being cut Into smaller tracts
and sold to farmers and cotton plant
ers. With this kind of a territory to
traverse there can bo no question bu
that the now railroad will do a grea
business as soon as It Is completed
and with this business in sight 1
would bo folly to doubt the completion
of the lino.
Stllwell's Inspiration.
This project was inaugurated six
years ago by Arthur E. Stllwell , who
Is the ' president of the company. The
Idea'of a short line to the sea from
the middle west was suggested by
newspaper Item reciting what the Pan
ama canal was expected to do for the
country , which closed with the state
ment that for the middle west the
freight quebtlon could not bo solved
intll there was constructed a short
Ine to the sea. The Idea looked feas-
bio to Mr. Stllwell and ho started to
1ml what would make a short line to
ho Pacific coast. Stretching a string
vlth one end on the globe at Kansas
Mty ho stretched the ether end along
ho Pacific coast until the point of
hortest distance was found to bo at
'opolobampo bay , Gulf of California ,
and straightway ho determined that
i line should bo built between these
wo points. The early dllllcultles of
nterestlng capitalists In the project
voro numerous , but with his splendid
iblllty and convincing presentation of
ho situation ho finally succeeded In
getting enough capital Interested to
nake n start. Ho determined at the
mtsot that this road should not bo
constructed along the lines usually
Mirsucd with such enterprises , In that
10 would keep away from the inllu-
nco of Wall street and no Wall street ' '
noney should go Into the construction
if the line. Ho hnd had a little ox-
lerlcnco with the gratitude of Wall
street capitalists , who had frozen him
nit of his labors in the construction
of the Kansas City Southern road as
soon as that line was completed , and
10 resolved If ho promoted another en-
: erprlfie of this kind that he would
leal with the people direct , soil stock
n small amounts among small capital-
sts. The result of this policy Is that
it the present time there are 32,000
stockholders In the enterprise , among
them being several hundred Ncbras-
< ans. These stock-holders Invest be
cause they have faith In the enterprise
and confidence that Mr. Stllwell will
be able to complete the road. The
ibject of the recent excursion , which
was the sixth of the kind that has been
run , was to demonstrate the possibil
ities for business over the now Una
as soon as It Is completed.
What They Said.
At the City of Mexico the party
called upon President Diaz , and ho as
sured the members that ho Is very
much Interested In the completion of
the line which will unite the two coun
tries and give an outlet to the Pacific
coast from the Interior of Mexico ,
there being no railroad at the present
time from the table lands of Mexico
to the western coast. That what ho
said Is true lias been demonstrated by
the largo concessions granted to the
road , payable as rapidly as It Is com
pleted. At Chihuahua Governor Creel ,
governor of the state of Chihuahua
and one of the richest men of Mexico ,
who is llrst vice president of the road ,
gave assurances of his Interest In the
project , which assurances are backed
by substantial state subsidies.
The portions of the line that have
been completed have been built in a
most .substantial manner , the grading
all being done solidly and the iron
being heavy enough to stand great
traflic. Edward "Dickinson , for years
general manager of the Union Pacific
and well known In Nebraska , occupies
the position of general manager of the
new road , and he is a practical rail
road man who is looking after the de
tails of construction , which Is an as
surance that the line will be built right.
The Sinaloa News in a recent Issue
pays tne following well deserved tribute -
buto to the way this road Is being
built :
An Honest Road.
"The writer has traveled over prac
tically every line of railway In the
republic of Mexico , during the period
of the past ten years , from the Rio
Grande to the southernmost borders
of the republic , and gives this entirely
unsolicited testimonial that the Stll-
well railroad from Topolobampo to
*
Fuorte Is an honestly built road , showing - ' ' " "
ing progressive American methods and
excellent technical construction
throughout. Every tie and they are
laid close together Is a redwood
sawed tie , Imported from California.
Practically all of the steel is specially
made sixty-pound American rails. The
rails are properly spiked down , the
fishplates strong and properly bolted ,
all switches of modern construction ,
nnd carefully installed , and the rails
well reinforced at curves and grades.
The bridges , while not of masonry ,
are well piled , with safe approaches
and abutments , and a substantial sup
erstructure. The water tanks , etc. ,
are all modern construction , not a
"streak of rust nnd a right of way. "
By contrast with some of the ether
railroads constructed In recent years
in Mexico , under government subsi
dies and subventions , It looms up as
a very "Now York Central" in point of
substantiality and honest construction ,
and the Kansas City , Mexico and Ori
ent railway deserves unlimited credit
and praise for the substantial and hon
orable manner in which it has carried .
out Its contract with
the federal government - \
ernment of the republic of Mexico. N > 1
They deserve consideration at the /
hands of the Mexican government , and /
the stockholders of this railway may
well he glad to know that they have a
veritable railroad built and construct
ed on modern lines , Instead of the miserable -
orablo apologies for railroads which
have been constructed In past years in
Mexico. "Vive"
the Kansas City MexIco -
Ice nnd Orient railway , and Its em-
dent and earnest president
, Arthur E t
Stilwoll. They reflect credit on Amorl < JL
leans In Mexico. " -1
INSANE INMATE SUCCUMBS.
John Presser , Who Had Been Here but
Thlrty-four Days , Dies of Old Age.
John Presser , nn Inmate of the Hos-
pltal for the insane , Is dead after hav
ing been there but thirty-four days.
Ho was hrougbt down from Bloomfield -
field near which place ho was a farm
er. The cause of death was old ago ,
he having reached the age of eighty-
eight years. The body was taken back t
to Bloomfleld Monday noon. i
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