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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

patchers' union, separate and apart
from the Train Dispatcherss associa-
ton. The latter is composed OF rail-
way officials and dispatchers. but it
does not deal with labor troubles.
The meeting on Sunday viii determine
the question as to whether or not dis
patchers Of the country are to organ
ize TO secure better salaries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
FOUR-CoRNERED FIGHT.
Several Towns Want Terminus of
Salina- Upton Road.

Sai1na- Upton Road.
salina. Kas.. Feb. S.-There seems
to be quite q little fight on between
Downs Upton. CaWker City and
OSBORN as to which will get the
Saiina-Tipton railroad, a line now
contemplated in a northeasterly df-
rection from SaIina The route for
this line has been surveyed. but as
yet the temporary northern terminus
mas not been determined upon. It
IS the intention that the four towns
shall settle the difficulty between
themselves. and to show that they are
on an equal footing it can be said that
a line has been surveyed to each
place.
There are no new developments at
this time, especially at this end of the
line The towns al the north end of
the proposed line are working quietly
and little is said about what is being
done. It is almost sure. however. that
the road will be constructed this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
TRAIN DISPATCHES, UNION.
Plans Making TO Form One at Des
BI0iBes Sunday.

Fort Dodge, Ia, Feb. S.=A meet
ing of the train dfspatchers of the
state has been called for next Sunday
at Des Moines. when a new railroad
organization viii be formed. Tt viii
be called the National Train Dis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
Greater Pittsbnra. Bill SIGNED

Harrisburg, FEB. Governor Pen
nypacker has signed the greater Pitts
burg bill. 1t provides for the CONSOLE
dation of Pittsburg and Allegheny on
a joint vote of both cities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
EXPERIMENTING WITH COAL.
santa Re WIN store Large QUANTITIES
Underground.

Albuquerque, y. H., Feb. s.=A coal
test is being made at Gallup, which, If
Il proves a success will be a great saw
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

Coughs, colds and grippe are pre-.
vailing generally, and few people
realize how dangerous they are. No
man. woman or child ever escapes
them and what is first considered only
tr1nIng cold or cough, eventually dee
veIops consumption, and causes death.
When you have q cold; when you
cough much when you expec4oTate of
ten when there is shortness of breath.
hoarseness, rafting and wheeling sem
sations in the throat and lungs, it tells
the approach of consumption.
For this very DANGEROUS condition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

Mrs. a. Wilmington, Homestead,
Pa cured OF eonsumptive cough by
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
81 have used DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
for over 20 years and have a1ways
found Il 3 successful cure. This winter
I had the worst cough that I ever had
in my life, and took DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup. Et did me 3 lot Of good Every
one thought that was going into con-
sumption, but am all right now.
have told many Of my friends about
this remedy" Mrs. a. Wilmington,
240-1zth Ave-, Homestead, Pa
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-10-12
BEING "A GOOD FELLOW"

To be a comrade, fascinating, love-
ly and charming, one must not neces-
sarily fall into all the habits of ones
friends.
Neither does one have to be fnicky
and prudish to be good.
One of the greatest foes of religion
and goodness is the self-appointed
saint who makes herself and every
body else miserable because she can't
force to live according to
her notions.
Who is there great enough to work
out all the problems of humanity as
well as their own, the individual who
has the right to put her or his opinion
above the opinions of others? I'd
like to know.
We can best solve them to a large
extent by a little inner reflection, by
overcoming prejudices, by permitting
other people to enjoy their W kind
of pleasure, their own ideas and work
out their own salvation.
In a nutshell, it is simply the art
Of minding your W business and
granting the other person the privi-
ieges that one asks for oneself.
Let others do as they wish, but as
for yourself, try to do that which is
for the betterment of your health n
the prolonging Of your nerve forces.
One does not have to be racing
along with the fastest to keep in the
-srade of humanity and the general
companionship of mortals.
1t is the healthy normal life that
comes nearest to goodness, that las
soes and keeps friends, that has the
power of exercising good influence
on others.
Many a bright little business wo-
man has wrought self-destruction by
late hours, wine drinking and dissi-
patton.
She works hard all day, fancies
some recreation is coming to her in
the evening, so she attends a theatre
and goes afterward to a restaurant
for supper.
Next morning she is barely able to
drag herself around and back to the
routine of office work. All day she
has a headache and is tired. Her
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-10-12

work proves irksome rather than a
pleasant task what it rightly should
be. She goes to bed early next night
ito catch up"
But that's impossible.
The sleep lost the night before can
never be regained. The body is worn
out just that much, and life's finish
brought just so many minutes nearer.
Thls does not mean that a woman
should lever attend the theatre OF
that she should make herself a re-
cluse, but it does menn that the girl
down town should take pleasure of
OF this sort in moderation.
The enjoyment of such pleasures
are mighty weak things compared
with the great, glowing, splendid
happiness of health and mental buoy
ancy.
To be a womanly paragon of sweet
ness is a vastly higher ideal than to
be a good fellow" but best of all one
can be both.
Young girls especially think that
a brilliantly lighted cafe at midnight,
a drive in a handsome in the early
morning and perhaps a stealthy ciga-
rette afterwards in their room is the
sum of all earthly joys. Others night
after night insult their strong young
stomachswith horrors that would
give nightmare dreams to an ostrich.
Terrapin, lobster, pates- sweets, sal
ids, wines, everything that chances
to sound delicious and delightful.
Is it to wondered that they are
tired next day; that their eyes loose
their luster, that their pretty COM
p~lexions fade away and that the
rouge stick must do duty all the
time?
All-night balls, champagne suppers
and a continual round of dissipation
of a social kind will break a woman's
health and impair her beauty quicker
than will drudgery, hard work and
poverty.
If a girl washes her face, combs her
hair and thmbles into bed before
midnight she is ahead of the game
every time.
Our lives are not directed so much
by what we do or by the circum-
stances under which we we exist as
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-10-12
AND COLoRs.

Among the. new cloths for winter
gowns the most popular of all are
those which are woven with a smooth
satinlike surface-so smooth, in fact
that when seer from a distance they
look more like heavy silken fabrics
than wooden materials.
These satin-faced cloths are being
made in the palest and most delicate
pastel shades, as well as in the new
tones OF mulberry, petunia and dah-
liza, with every shade of violet, from
palest mauve to deepest purple.
The colorings are also becoming
among the new tweeds and serges,
notably the autumn tints of russell
brown, deep crimson and heather
purple. Some of the serges are WOW
en- with herringbone stripes, while
others again have a hairy surface,
recalling the Zibeline cloths of some
few seasons since. Check designs,
both large and small, simple and
elaborate, will enjoy a considerable
vogue, many of the smartest tweed
frocks showing large double checks
in dark colorings on very sombre
grounds. Once again tartan fabrics
have made their yearly bid for Fash
ions favor, and have been received
with that very moderate amount Of
enthusiasm which is all they ever
seem able to arouse.
Then it must be confessed that the
new velveteens are surprisingly rich
and silky in effect, when one emem-
bers how moderate their prices are.
The fact, too, that many of the best
of these %velveteens are suitable for
all sorts of wear should specially
commend them. For walking gowns,
with little sack coats and short skirts
to clear the ground, these velveteens
are particularly suitable, more es-
pecially in the corduroy variety, quite
simply trimmed with strappings of
the same material, held in place by
small buttons in dull gold or silver.
The finest velveteens make superb
costumes and dainty tea gowns.
"Would you have potatoes grow by
the pot-side?" Is it "too much trou-
BILE" for you to read the want ads?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-10-12

they are changed and manipulated
by u own thoughts and opinions.
False ideas of life are worse than
lack of employment, poverty, or al
most anything else, for they con
stantly send us after worthless am
billions.
Be a good fellow, but don't pay toe
high a price for the privilege.
And while you are a good fellow,
do not forget for one moment that
the greatest, noblest, sweetest, ambi-
tion of all is to be Il good, sincere,
wholesome, helpful woman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-10-12
SOME RIDDLES.

Whydoes an onion resemble &
ringing bell? Because peel follows
peel in an onion, and peal follows
peal in a bell, when it is ringing.
What word of three syllables
tells us at what time we should
dance? Attendance.
Why is Ireland likely to be-
come the richest country in the
world? Because its capital is always
doubling (Doublin).
When you go to bed, why are
your slippers like a deferred resolu-
ton? Because they are put off till
the next day.
When is a nose not a nose?
When it is a little reddish (radish).
London News.
Advertising in the NEWS brings
good results.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-10-12

"Would you have potatoes grow by
the pot-side?" Is it "too much trou-
BILE" for you to read the want ads?
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-16
HANGED TO A BRIDGE.
Masked Men Made Short Work of an
Alabama Neuro,

Gadsden, Ala, Feb. 12.-Bunk Rich
ardson, negro charged with the as
sault and murder of Mrs. Sarah Smith
here July 10 last, was forcibly taken
from the Jail here at an early hour
Sunday morning and hanged to the
bridge Of the Louisville e Nashville
railroad, across the Coosa river.
-Four masked men went to the Jail,
overpowered the sheriff and jailer and
made short work of the prisoner. Four
negroes were charged with the crime
against Mrs. Smith, two of whom have
been legally executed. The third, VIII
Johnson, was recently convicted and
sentenced to death, but last week
Governor Jelks committed the SEN
tence to life Imprisonment. Richard
son, the man lynched Sunday morning,
had not been indicted, but was in Jail
awaiting the action of the grand jury
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-16
Cooley and Adams Place Higher vaIu-
alton on Railroads.
WARMERS PUBLIC HEARING ON
U. of M. Professors Declare State
Roads Are Worth Eighty Millions
More Than Recent Estimates Show
Birds Queries Bring Forth Many
Facts,

Lansing, Mich, Feb. 14.-Professors
Cooley and Adams gave the state
board of assessors an awful shock at
the opening of the public hearing in
the governors parlors Tuesday morn
ing when they said the railroads of
Michigan were worth $284,710,659. The
assessed valuation fixed by the board
was s2O7,OSO,O0O.
The experts fix the value of all Mich
igan Central lines at $65,0S1, 500, as
compared with the state boards as
sessment of $49,SS5,000. The Pere
Marquette is assessed for 1905 at $685.
100000. The experts say it is worth
S49,450,157. The Grand Trunk group
is valued at $33,123,SO1, not $25, $780,
900. The Wabash gets "a reduction
from $4,650,000 to $3,S39,413.
Professors Cooley and Adams swore
to their statements.
Atty.-Gen. Bird asked Professors
Cooley and Adams a series of ques-
That the Pere Marquette was the
most undervalued road, being assessed
$21, 100000 below cash. That the
Michigan Central and the Northwest
ern were the next in differentiation.
That the smaller roads were assessed
nearer cash value than the larger. That
the total physical value of all the
roads is $24S,7S4,46S. That the earn
ings of the Michigan Central for the
last five years would give OIL per cent
on the new Cooley-Adams valuation;
and about per cent if $1,500,0O of i'm
provements in last five years had not
been charged to operating accounts"
That the Pere Marquette was earning
5.34 per cent on a physical valuation
of over $42,000,000. That if all the
roads were valued at 1925, 100000, in
stead of the assessors valuation of
$207, 000,0 900, they would still be valued
at less than 80 per cent or cash value.
That if all roads were valued on the
basis of the Pere Marquette and Mich
igan Central assessments, the total
would be $124,000,000. That earnings
for 1906 were about $52,O0O,O00, as
compared with 500, 100000 in 1900, and
that the past five years has been as
progressive period in railroading as
Michigan has ever known.
Cooley and Adams explained that
they were still in doubt as to the &C
tual value of some 20 roads, which
they have estimated at $4,000, 900.
Chairman Shields tried to make Atty
Gen. Bird go on record as recommend
ing the acceptance of the Cooley-Ad-
ans figures by the commission. Bird
replied:
Il don't recommend anything. 1
have been asked to show facts, and
I am showing them. The assessing is
up to YOU"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-16

just as Scores Of owosso People
Have.

just az Scores Of owosso People
Have.
Waiting doesn't pay
If you neglect the aching back
Urinary troubles, diabetes, surely fol-
low.
Doan's Kidney Pills relieve backache,
Cure every kidney i'll.
Owosso citizens endorse them.
w. White, of 513 w. Main St., finish
or at Robbins table factory, says;
''For two years was bothered a good
deal with pain and weakness through
the small of my back. If / stopped it
was extremely painful to straighten
again and when caught cold it settled
in my back and made me worse. had
seen Doan's Kidney Pills highly recon-
mended and I got box at Johnson's
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For sale by all dealers. Price Scots.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-a and
take no other.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-16
Mortgage Sale.

Default having been made In the conditions of
certain mortgage bearing date, October 7th
1890, made, executed and delivered by Frank
Bessinger, of OwossO Shiawassee county,
Michigan, to Joseph Hershey, of Gorham, On
tario county, State OF New York, and duly
recorded in the office of the Register OF Deeds
for Shiawassee county. in Liber 25 of Mortgages
on pages GIG and 6l7 on the eighteenth day of
October, in the year 1890, upon which mortgage
notice the sum of three thousand four hundred
and fifty lone dollars for principal and interest
under the terms of said mortgage, and no suit
or proceedings at law or In equity having been
instituted TO recover the same or any part
thereof.
Now, Therefore notice is hereby given that by
virtue OF a power of sale In said mortgage
contained, ,said mortgage will be forecosed on
the 30 day OF March, 1906, at ten O'Clock In the
forenoon of said day by sale at public auction
or vendue to the highest bidder OF the premises
the Court House in the city of Corunna, Chat be-
ing the place OF holding the circuit court for said
county of Shiawassee) for the purpose of salts
tying the principal and interest on said mort.
gage together with the costs of sale, including
an attorneys fee of twenty-five dollars as pro
vided in said mortgage. Said premises being
described in said mortgage as follows, viz:
The east half of the south. west quarter "a
and the south part of the west half (1%) of the
southeast quarter and the south part of the
west half (x) of the south east quarter "a of
range two (2) east, containing one hundred and
forty and eighty-two one-hundredths acres,
more or less.
Dated, Dec nth, 1905.
KILPATRICk e. PIERPONT.
Attorneys for Mortgage.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-16
COMMITS FIENpIsH CRIME.
Murders His Child, Shoots Wife's Par
ents and Kills Himself.

Detroit. Mich, Feb. 12.-With care
full, cowardly generalization, John
Witt, Jr., son of John Witt, ST., super
intenaent of the Dwight Lumber Co.,
Saturday uG dered his own child, ia
tally woEnled his father-in-law, shot
his mother-inlaw in the collar-bone,
and then committed suicide.
1t was the elimination of domestic
difficulties, an aftermath of a decree
for divorce granted Dec. 20, 1904, when
the mother was given the custody Of
Florence, who would have celebrated
her fourth birthday next month.
Mrs. Witt and the child have been
living with the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. August f. l.. Wieting, 597
Clark avenue, while Witt lived with
his folks at 1863 Dragon avenue. Mrs.
Witt secured employment in Kuhn's
restaurant as a waitress, and was
away when Witt, after nerving him,
self with liquor, went to the Wieting
house about IL o'clock at night.
Entering the open door, Witt i'm
mediately shot Mr.. Wieting, whom he
met near the door, in the abdomen,
and at Grace Hospital it is reported
that he cannot survive. Mrs. Wieting
and the child were in bed upstairs
Hearing the shot, Mrs. Wieting tried
to barricade the door and save herself
and the little one. But the crazed
man easily forced his way.
Witt shot Mrs. Wieting in the shout
der and then placing the weapon close
to his own baby's heart he pulled the
trigger while she screamed and hug
ged her little doll as if to protect her
from her murderer.
AS climax, Witt then sent a bullet
through his brain, and as he fell his
hand struck the bed on which sweet
Florence lay, cold in death, yet cling
ing to the doll.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-16
MINES BADLY DAMAGED.
Severe Earth Disturbances at Han
cock Cause People to Leave
That District.

Hancock, Mich, Feb. 13.-The
Quincy mine is again practically idle
as the result Of severe earth dis
turbance Sunday evening, called an
earthquake or air blast shocks. In No.
shaft falling rock broke the air pipes
and the men were unable to descend.
Nos. 2, and shafts are also idle
because of the caving in of drifts and
falling of tons of rocks in the wreck
age levels.
Only one shaft, No. Z, of the Mes
nard, is not wrecked. Nearly a hun
dred miners and other underground
employers have quit.
One tremor at In the evening,
shook buildings in Hancock and in
Houghton, ratified and smashed dishes
and trinke&s, and caused other dam
age.
Many ptople are making arrange
ments to leave the district. So far,
the Quincy is the only mine where
serious trouble has occurred.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-16
GREAT SOCIAL EVENT.
Wedding Day of Alice Roosevelt and
Nicholas Lonaworth Draws Near.

Washington, Feb. 12.-This Is the
week of the great social function In
Washington, the wedding of Miss Alice
Lee Roosevelt, daughter of the Presi-
dent, and Representative Nicholas
Longworth, which will take place at
the White House at noon next Satur.
day, Feb. II.
The ceremony, which will be per-
formed in the historic east room, will
be solemnized by the Rt. Rev. Henry
Y. Satterlee, Protestant Episcopal
bishop of Washington. There will be
no bridesmaids.
The groom's best man will be Thom-
as Nelson Perkins, of Boston, a class
mate and longtime friend. Three Of
Mr.. Longworth's classmates and a col.
lege mate at Harvard, B. A. Walling-
ford, Jr, of Cincinnati, who marie ]
Mr.. Longworth's closest sister; Larz
Anderson, of Washington, great-grand-
son of Nicholas Longworth, the found
er Of the Longworth family fortune,
Viscount Charles de Chambrun, broth
er Of Count Adelbert de Chambrun,
who married the groom's youngest sis
ter, and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., the
eldest son of the President, will be the
ushers.
One thousand invitations to the wed.
ling have been issued. Those invited
exclusive of the wedding party, include
the members Of the cabinet and their
wives, former members OF the cabinet
who are now in the United States SEN
ate and their wives; the heads of the
foreign embassies and missions and
their wives; the justices of the United
States Supreme Court and their wives;
the official members of the party
which accompanied Secretary Taft to
the Orient; the Ohio delegation in
congress and the New York delega.
ton in congress.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-16
OIL TRUST" oUsTED.
RockefeIler's Concern Abandoned the
Field at Portland to Independents.

RockefeIler's Concern Abandoned the
Field at Portland to independents.
Portland, Mich, Feb. 14.-After a
battle with an independent company,
which has lasted two months, the
Standard Oil Co. has given up the To-
cal fight, and today Portland dealers
are selling oil at IL cents, the old
price.
The fight started when Portland
dealers, who were handling the indie
pendent oil, refused to buy the Stand
ard. The Standard company threaten
ed to put the price down to six cents
and gave the independent dealers
week, in which to capitulate. The
price then went down, the Independent
company following.
This war has attracted state wide
attention. Merchants in outside
towns have written to obtain oil at
six cents. Local dealers were not per-
mitted to handle such outside bust
ness, but farmers for miles around
have filed every available receptacle.
This Is one of the few cases on rec
ord where the Standard company, hav-
ing determined upon driving a rival
from the field, has been thwarted.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-16
Common Council.
Common Council Chamber
Owosso, Mich, February o, 1906


Owosso, Mich, February 0, 1906.
Special meeting OF common council.
Mayor Stanley e. Parkill presiding.
Aldermen present at roll call: Lamb
Lamfrom. Watson, Brown, BRANDED, Rigley
Washburn CampbeH.
Clerk read the following call:
To the Clerk, Aldermen and Oily ATTORNEY
of the City Of Owosso:-
Gentlemen:-
There will be special meeting of the COM
mon council az the council chamber on FRI
day evening, February 9th, A. ID. 1906, at 100
o'clock m, to take action on the Franchise
Extension asked by the Qwosso 81 Corunna
Electric Company.
STANLEY K. PARKILL,
Mayor.
Dated Owosso, Mich, Feb. 8, 1906.
1t was moved and supported that the or
dfnance relative TO the extension of the
franchise be referred to q special committee
to be appointed by the mayor, which was
carried.
Mayor appointed as such committee, Aid.
Lamfrom, Lamb, Washburn.
Upon motion council adjourned.
FRED EDWARDS,
City Clerk.