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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-30

These figures cover only first track
and do not include the many hundreds
of miles of second track and SidingS
built, nor do they take into cOnsidera-
ton the reconstruction work which has
proceeded on such an extensive scale
throughout the entire country. The
latter is a work which perhaps has in
VOWED the expenditure of more money
than the building of new lines.
While there has been n much smaller
amount of track laid on important new
lines than was anticipated early in the
year. a great number of short extensions
have been built in almost every state
showing additions. and these short extern
sions, many of which were not included
in the forecast in March. have helped to
make up in measure for the loss suS-
tanned in the suspension of work on more
important enterprises.
The activity in the Southwest has CON
tinued and Oklahoma stands far ahead of
any other state or territory in the Union.
with COB miles of new line to her credit:
Louisiana has forged well to the front and
stands second with 4i6 miles; TEXTS is
third. with 81 miles: Indian Territory
fourth. with 3l9 miles: Arkansas fifth,
with 263 miles. and Missouri sixth. with
80 miles. Other states showing an eX-
cess of Zoe miles each are: Pennsylvania,
22l miles; New Mexico, l0S mics; Mime
sofa. 1870 miles: Illinois. III miles; Cali
fornia 167 miles: Michigan. To- miles:
West Virginia. rs miles; Mississippi. HI
miles: Georgia. 40 miles: Ohio. 1874 miles;
North Dakota, 1870 miles; Utah, 10 miles:
Arizona. III miles: Washington. 116 miles;
North Carolina, 10 miles; Tennessee. TO-.
miles.
The states located west of the Mississip-
pi River show additions aggregatng 31S9
miles and the states east OF the Mississippi
SOnth have e. al
10,S miles. leaving S9I miles to he credited
to the states north of the Ohio and east of
the Mississippi.
Sectional groupings show the following
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-30

Inc United States buys from Cuba
three times as much as Cuba buys
from the United States.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-30
ectional groupings show the following

Only one Western state-naynely, Ne
braSka-iS absent from the list. and the
New Hampshire. Vermont. Connecticut.
Rhode Island. Delaware and Maryland
With the exception of eighty-three
miles, all of the new track in Oklahoma
has been built in the interest of the Santa
Fe. the Frisco. the Rock Island the Mis-
souri,. Kansas & Texas and the Kansas
City. Mexico & Orient. and the two COM
panies which have built the eighty-three
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
Order for Hearing on Claims.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,e
G0IINIv or RP0yUN So

In Probate Court.
Especial Term, Dec. 29th 1903.
In the matter of the estate of Albert NJ
Beecher, deceased. -"
Letters of AdminiStiOn on the estate of
Albert NJ. Be eeche1, deceased, late of the
County of Brown and State of Minnesota,
being granted to Henry L. Beecher,
1t is ordered, That three months be and
the same is hereby allowed from and after
the date of this order in which all persons
having claims or demands against the
said deceased are required to file the same
in the Probate Court of said County, for
examination and allowance, or be forever
barred.
It is further ordered That the first
Monday in April A. D. 1904, at 10 O'Clock A.
NJ, at a General Term of said Probate
Court, to be held at the Probate Office i'm
the Court House in the City of New UInf
in said County, be and the same hereby is
appointed as the time and place when and
where the said Probate Court will examine
and adjust said claims and demands
And it is further ordered, That notice of
such hearing be given to all creditors and
persons interested in said estate by forth
with publishing this order once in each
week Tor three successive weeks in the
New Olm Review, weekly newspaper
printed and published at tke City of New
Dated at New U11n. Mimi, the 29th day~
of December, A. d. 1908
By the Court,
tSeal.l S. A. GEORGE,
5S-2 Judge of Probate.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
A Wonderful Harbor.

Puget sound is one of the finest har-
bors in the world, if not the finest-a
deep bay over hundred miles long
cut off from the ocean by the noun
famous western peninsula of Washing
ton. The waters nearly everywhere are
deep, the shores abrupt and the tide is
moderate. Ships may go from Tacoma
half way to .liaska without passing
out Of this great sound and its extern
sions nolithYai,d. Ray sstannard Baker
in Century.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
APHORISMS.

Contentment gives a crown where
fortune hath denied it-Ford.
Constancy is the complement Of all
other human virtues-Mazzini.
He who will not take advice gets
knowledge when trouble overtakes
him.-Kaftir.
The more one speaks of himself the
less he likes to hear another talked
of.-LaYater.
The readiest and surest way to get
rid Of censure is to correct ourselves
Demosthenes.
Character and personal force are the
only investments that are worth any
thing.-W hitman.
lis not your posterity, but your ac-
tons, that will perpetuate your men,
ory.-Hutchinson.
Calumny would soon starve and die
Of itself if nobody took it in and gave
1t lodging.-Leighton.
Civility is charm that attracts the
love of all men, and too much is better
than to show too little.-Bishop Horne.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
Then She Remembered.

Near the elevated road in Park place
Is a news and apple woman. She is
very absentminded. Also sympathetic
A ragged street .urchin ran up to her.
Say" he yelled, "your little boy has
been run over by a big truck y
where Where? For goodness sake,
where?' shrieked the woman, rushing
wildly down the street She ran half
block and then stopped suddenly.
Loud, what an old fool am!' she
little boy. I've never been married.
Meantime the street urchin had stol-
en- four apples and bunch of grapes
New York Press.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
ENGINE TRANCE.
A Sort of Temporary Paralysis That
Sometimes Affects Track Men.

u Sort of Temporary Paralysis That
Sometimes Affects Track Men.
'The numerous fatal accidents report.
ed in the newspapers to rail layers that
occur every year on the various rail
road systems throughout the country
are not in every case DUE as is gen
orally supposed by the public. to neg
lgence or carelessness OH the part of
the workers themselves said New
York physician and surgeon employed
by the New York Central railroad.
'The fact is, the hearing of these
men in time becomes affected owing
to the constant STOPPING position which
they are obliged to assume in laying
the rails, putting the bolts in, ETC., and
that renders them often obliyious to
approaching trains, notwithstanding
the fact that they work in gangs and
have lookout men near at hand. An
other fact which is accountable in
many instances for fatal accidents to
rail layers is what is known among
the men themselves as engine trance
This might describe more clearly as
a temporary sort of paralysis which af-
fects simultaneously both the mind
and body. The stroke lasts only
few seconds, but those few seconds
mean life or death when fast train is
approaching.
"A rail layer who may be in perfect
physical condition is not proof against
the powerful fascination as he gazes
along the rails and sees an engine
with its row of cars coming toward
him at express speed. Although he has
been warned by the lookout and the
shouts Of his fellows of the approach
ing danger, he will pay no heed, but
stand spellbound for an instant And
that instant's delay is generally fatal,
or, if not, it results in the amputation
Of leg.
There are few rail layers who have
not, they will tell you, experienced this
peculiar trance at one time or another
during their careers on the track. Ami
mails are also subject to 'engine trance
particularly dogs and cats, and that no
doubt accounts to some extent for the
large number of them as we'll as other
animals that are killed on the railroad"
New York Times.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
Order for Hearing Proofs of Will.
STATE OF OFMINNESOTA,
County of Brown. {ss

2 Coz COUNTY ns saflBBnKnofA' Of BroKn. tss
In Probate Court
Especial Term, Dec. 8th 1902
IN the matter of the estate OF David
Beetle, deceased.
Whereas an instrument in writing pur-
porting TO be the last will and testament
OF David Beetle late of said county, has
been delivered to this court; -
And whereas, Rosa Beetle has filed
herewith her erpetition,representing among
other things that said David Beetle died
IN N1collet county. Nina, on the Sth day
of November. A. j.. 1903. testate and that
SAID petitioner is the sole executrix nam
ed in said last will and testament, and
praying that said instrument may be ad-
nltted to probate, and that letters testa-
mentary be to herissued thereon;
It's ordered, that the proofs of said ia
Strument and the said petition, be heard
DefoIe this Court at the Probate Office in
the Court House, in t he Citr of New Uinl.
10 SAID county, on the 18th day of January.
"A: D. 1904, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
When all concerned may appear and con-
test the probate of said Instrument
ana II IS further ordered, that public
notice Oh the time and place of said hear
IA g be given to all persons interested, by
.puDl1cat1on of a copy of this order for three
successive weeks previous to said day of
nearing IN the New U1n Review, weekly
newspaper, printed. and published at the
cry or NeWUln1 in said county.
dated New U11u, Mimi. December s
3, BY the Court,
Noeal) S.A. GEORGE,
'o-o2 Judge of Probate.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
BATHING AT oSTEND.
The Contrast Between BeIsian and
American Beach Customs.

The Contrast Betvveen Beleian and
American Beach Customs.
How differently from ourselves Eu-
ropeans do some things is shown by
the marked contrast between the bath
ing customs and methods at the typical
American beach and those at leading
seaside resort abroad, such, for in
stance, at Ostend, Belgium The Amer
lean way is too familiar to our readers
to need description. At Ostend bath
ing, which is the most striking thing
about the city, is carried on in ac-
cordance with continental ideas Of pro-
priety most shocking to the average
American. Instead of the ordinary
dressing rooms, Ostend was the first
place to use the little individual houses
on Wheels into which the intending
bather goes to disrobe and don his or
her bathing suit. The house is then
wheeled out In the water by horse
driven by mar employed for that
purpose. The steps are let down from
the little house, and the bather enters
the water without having to prone
made over the sand. At the end of the
bath the bather mounts the stens into
his little house aud. calling Il ~ iyer
again. has his dressis = ..ooni hauled up
high and dry on the shore. where, hay-
ing dressed at his leisure, he leaves
the key with an attendant and goes on
his way. The bathing costumes seen
at Ostend are noted for their scanti-
ness, the striking peculiarity of which,
however, lies in the fact that the suits
worn by the women rarely, if ever.
have any skirts attached to them, ey-
erybody women and children
wearing tight fitting suits, the
suits furnished by most OF the public
bath houses being identically the same
for both men and women.
The scene on the beach is one of
great animation, and when the bathers
engage, as they frequently do, in
game resembling basket ball, played
with a large inflated rubber ball. the
mingling of yaricolored bathing suits
and the darling hither and thither Of
the bathers at play, now on the beach
and again in the water, is sight new
er to be forgotten.-Leslie's Weekly.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
Knew Papa,s Limitations.

She was Doctors little girl. In her
fathers Office she had seen number
Of boxes on which was written, ''This
side up with care" In answer to her
question her mother had said, 'sYou
see, when papa gets these boxes he
doesn't kIoW what is in them, and if
it is something that might break it
wouldn't be good for it to set it upside
down.
The little girl pondered over it for
some time. A few days later she came
to her mother, saying, Mamma, when
God made us did he put sign on our
left sides that says, This side up with
carer "Why?' asked the mother,
smiling. Because heard papa tell
somebody thati was bad for people to
lie on their left sides cause it wouldn't
be good for their hearts, and l know
papa doesn't know what is inside u.s.
Little Chronicle.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
Chicken Pox and Smallpox.

The eruption of chicken pox has an
imperfect resemblance to that of small
=pox, but can never be mistaken for it
by the experienced eye. In smallpox
the eruption of papules first appears
on the forehead. the "papules" always
become ''bladders,' and the latter al
ways develop into pustules that is,
sooner or later their contents get
changed into pus. Then the center of
the pustules undergoes a peculiar sink
ing that in some measure resembles the
depressions in cushion or padded
chair where the buttons are seen. In
chicken pox there is no such uniform
ity of sequence, and the depressions are
absent.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
KNOWING FIRE HORSES.
How They Learn TO Start with the
Jixxer and Get the swing.

How They Learn to Start With the
digger and Get the Swing.
The intelligence Of fire horses is well
this kind is described by Sewell Ford
In Horses Nine.' The author says OF
him:
Other things besides mischief, how
ever, had Silver learned. Chief of these
was to start with the jigger. Sleeping
or waking, lying or standing, the sum-
mons that stirred the men from snor-
Ing ease to tense, rapid action never
failed to find Silver alert. AS the hal
ter shank slipped through the bit ring
that same instant found Silver gath
cred for the rush through the long,
narrow lane leading from his open stall
to the poles, above which, like great
couchant spiders, waited the harnesses
pendent on the hanger rods.
Once under the harness Silver was
like carved statue until the trip strap
had been pulled, the collar fastened
and the reins snapped In. Then he
wanted to poke the poles through the
doors, SO eager was he to be off. It
was no fault of Silver's that his team
eould not make two second hitch.
With the first strain at the traces his
impatience died out A sixty foot truck
starts with more. Or less reluctance, but
when once the tires caught the car
tracks Silver knew what to expect. He
and his team mates could feel Lanni-
gan gathering In the reins as though
for full stop. Next came the whistle
Of the whip. It swept across their
tanks so quickly that it was practicaI-
y one stroke for them all. AT the same
moment Lannigan leaned far forward
and shot out his driving arm The
reins went loose, their heads went for
ward and, as if moving on pivot, the
three leaped as one horse.
Left to themselves, each horse would
have leaped at different instant. 1t
was that one touch of the lash and the
succeeding swing Of Lannigan's bulk
which gave them the measure, which
set the time which made it possible for
less than 1000 pounds of horsefesh to
Jump a five ton truck up the street at
q four minute clip.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
NEW ULM,
Order for Hearing on Claims
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF BROWN

Order for Hearing on Claims
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF BRO0N' s.
In Probate Court
lGeneral Term, Jan. 4, 1885,
In the matter of the estate of David
Beetle, deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate Of
David Beetle, deceased, late of the County
granted to Rosa Beetle;
1t is ordered. That six months be and
the same is hereby allowed from and after
the date of this order in which all persons
having claims or demands against the
said deceased are required to file the
same in the Probate Court of said Coun-
ty, for examination and allowance or he
forever barred.
It is further ordered That the first Mon
day in August A. D. 1904, at 10 o'clock A.
~, at General Term of said Probate
Court, to be held at the Probate Office in
the Court House in the City of New Ulrn
in said County, be and the same herebyis
appointed as the time and place when and
where the said rebate Court will exam
inc and adjust said claims and demands.
such hearing be given to all creditors and
persons interested in said estate by forth
with publishing this order once in each
week for three successive weeks in the
New Ulm Review, a weekly newspaper
printed and published at New Uin in
said county.
Dated at New U1m, Mimi, the 4th day
of January A. d. 1904.
By the Court,
(Seal) S. A. GEORGE,
lS Judge of Probate
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
Corea May Appeal.

Paris, Jan. 9.-Min Yeung Tchan, the
Corean minister, said Friday that he
would not be surprised should Corea ap-
peal to the United States for good offices
in her behalf in case of the invasion Of
Corean territory by one or the other
power Under the treaty between the
United States and Corea this is permissi-
bic. Moreover, continued the minister,
the people of Corea regard the United
States in most friendly way, because of
its fair policy.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
Two Deaths by Wreck.

Baltimore, Md, Jan "a Baltimore
& Ohio railway train crashed into a
freight train at Evitt's Creek Friday
morning, both ens5i.aes being deraileG
and wrecked. Fireman B. f. Kefauver
was killed and Fireman S. E. Roberts fa-
tally injured, dying shortly after the ae.
cident. Engineer G. B. Humphrey and
Fireman J. F. Conrad We're injured.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
RY Way of aLesson.

& Zone of our ears ran over another
man last night announced the super
intendent Of the street railway line.
Wei. replied the president, fter
awhile tie people will learn that the
only safe place is aboard the car and
that cents is a small price to pay for
safety. &C Chicago Post.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
No Danger.

DO you think there is any danger Of
America being dominated by Europe ~
No, sir" answered Mr. Meekton
with extraordinary emphasis; mot SO
long as eminent Europeans continue to
marry American girls"
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
War On Liquor.

Logansport, Ind, Jan. 9.-The tenn
perance people of Royal Center, the cap
ital Of Boone township, made another
Important move in their war on the
liquor traffic which has been wagina
since early last year, by filing COM
plants against the corporators of the
three club houses operating there, in
which they seek to annul the charters
under which they are doing business.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
Cutie I'm to Date.

DAY. find there is "a $500 mort
gage on the property you sold me. You
never said anything about it.
Gay Certainly I did. Didn't ] dis
tinct1y tell you it had all modern tn
proyements? New Yorker.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
Sailors Are Fond OF sweet Thing.

Sailors are very fond of sweet things,
and to enes who knows little about
them il is surprising to learn the
quantity Of candy they consume IL
the ships store are kept buckets of
this article, which is one Of tie chief
commodities in exchange for which
sailor parts with his pocket money.
On large ships several thousand pounds
of candy are frequently consumed on
cruise. Gunton's Magazine.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
Flames Cause Heavy Damage.

Claremont, n. H., Jan. The Union
block, one of the finest business build
ings in the town, was badly damaged
by fire Friday and the loss, including
that sustained by tenants, is estimated
at 100000. The cause Of the fire has
not been ascertained. The total insur-
ance is $4,000.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13

New York, jan 9--Dr. Michael /.
Robinson, editor and publisher of the
=Babylonian Talmud, the principal au.
thority of the Hebrews on oral laws and
the traditions Of their faith, is dead at
his home here. He spent 90 years trans
lating the work and was the author OF
several Hebraic works.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
The Lucky Man

A.-Thats Jones' daughter with him.
She's just about to be married.
B.-Who's the lucky man?
A.-Jones.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
asome Infuence.

WAS during the reading l,assoR s.
a.ae of our public schools that Httle.
k;istSS read in q jerlky, .expressionless way,
Mamma, see the hawk
T:se reading was SO very poor thai
the teacher said, John, you know you
svcaid not talk that way to your moth
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
AssauIted by stuaents.

Huntington, W Va, Jan. 9,--Prof.
Runyan, of this city, who teaches at
Camp Creek, two miles east of Hunting
ton, was assaulted Thursday night by
students and beaten into insensibility.
The teacher had previously whipped one.
Of the pupils. Prof. Runyan's condition
Friday was considered. DANGEROUS.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
,O,m," reDIied the lad

Well now, said the teacher in a
Kindly way, you read it exactly as you
would say it to your mother
And here is his reply: Look. nom.
at that there haWk', p Philadelp lphia
Ledger.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
Nine Injured.

DeadWood, S. D., Jan THE Burling-
ton passenger train that left Deadwood
at four o'clock Wednesday afternoon
crashed through a bridge at Rockford,
80 miles from Deadwood, and nine per-
sons were, injured, several seriously The
locomotive and baggage car got over
safely, but the chair car plunged into the
Little Rapid creek and the Pullman
rolled down the bank.
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13
MANY KILLED IN
RAILWAY WRECK
Head On Collision Between Rock
Island Express and Cattle
Train in Kansas.
The Crash Occurred at Willard and
Was Due to the CareIessness OF
Trainmen-Thirty or More Passen-
gers Were Injured-Names of the
Persons That Were Killed.

Topeka, Kan, jan 7-Seventeen
persons were killed and "a injured in
the wreck of the Rock Island railways
California and Mexico express at Will
lard, Kan, Ia miles west Of here, early
yesterday morning, The train col
lided head-on with a stock train for
which it should have waited at Will
lard
The Dead.
The names of the dead are: Gale
Fuller, Brockton, Pa; James Griffin,
Claremont, Mo-; Mrs. Mary Harvaille
and two children and her sister, Mrs.
Susan Reed, Chillicothe, Mo-; Mrs. J.
H. Hill, Greensburn, Kan; e. e.
Meyer, Buffalo, N Y; w. S. Martin
and wife, st. Joseph, Mo-; Raymond
Martin and Grace and Lenora Reed,
Chillicothe, Mo-; 3. r. Rankins, De
Kalb, Mo-; w. J. Wells, Jacksonville,
Ill; Mrs. Mary Kaiser; unknown boy.
The Cause.
Carelessness of trainmen caused the
wreck. Instructed to meet a special
freight train at Willard, the engineer
and conductor Of the ill-fated passen.
ger train noting that a freight train
stood on the sidetrack at Willard,
rushed through, thinking that the cars
they had seen were the ones which
they had been instructed to pass Fail
ure to scrutinize the number of the
engine was directly responsible for
the collision. Had the engineer com.
pared the number of the train at Will
lard with his orders. the accident
would have been averted
Two Cars Demolished.
Both trains were running at high
speed and when the engines met they
were welded together by the terrific
impact. The engineer and fireman on
the freight escaped without injury by
jumping. The fireman on the passen-
ger train was seriou ly injured, but
the engineer escaped. It was in the
third car Of the passenger train, the
first coach having been preceded by a
smoker and baggage car, THAT the
greatest loss of life occurred The
smoker, which was occupied by only
two or three men, was overturned and
pushed through the car behind it,
which latter was crowded with pas
sengers, some standing in the aisle.
When rescue was finally possible
only three living persons were taken
out by the rescuers, who were com
PEELED to chop holes in the side and
through the floor and top of the coach
to reach them
Nine Injured.
DeadWood, SD, Jan. 1.-THE Burling-
ton passenger train that left Deadwood
at four o'clock Wednesday afternoon
crashed through bridge at Rockford,
30 miles from Deadwood, and nine per-
sons were injured, several seriously The
New Ulm review., 1904-01-13

Don't make any mistake, but remember
the name, Swamp-Root. DIR. Kilner's
SWamp-Root. and the address, Bingham
ton, N. Y, on every bottle.