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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-11-01
SECOND PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
The second proposed amendment is
contained in Chapter 212 of the
Laws of 1905. 1t is sought by this
amendment to repeal Section l6 OF
Article of the Constitution, which
is as follows:

'Section 16 For the purpose of lending
aid in the construction and Improvement
of public highways and bridges, there is
hereby created fund to be known as
the State Road and Bridge Fund Said
from the income derived from invest
ments in the internal Improvement land
fund, or that may hereafter accrue to
said fund and shall also include all
fund funds accruing to any state: road and
legislature is authorized to add to such
fund for the purpose of constructing or
improving roads and bridges of this
state, by providing, in it's discretion, for
an annual tax levy upon the property of
able property within the state. The leg
islature is also authorized to provide for
the appointment by the governor of the
state board to be known as the State
thTee Wha aba, consisting Of
duties as shall be prescribed by law
without salary or compensation other
than personal expenses. Such commits
sion shall have general superintendent
of the construction of state roads and
bridges and SHALL use such fund in the
construction thereof and distribute the
same in the several counties in the state
upon an equitable basis Provided,
further, that no county shall receive in
any any year year more NOR than three per cent or
the total fund thus provided and eS.
pended during such year; and provided,
further, that no more than one-third of
such fund accrulng in any year shall
be expended for bridges, and in no case
shall more than one-third of the cost OF
bridge be paid by the state from suck
fund.-"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-11-01

Attorney for Assignee.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-11-01

Section Is. Any person may sell or
peddle the products of the farm or gar
den occupied and cultivated by him
without obtaining license therefor"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
BUYS HEART OF TACOMA.
Hartman Pays $4,000, 900 for Eight
Blocks in Towns Center.

Tacoma, Wash, March 3.-Agents
of the Hartman system purchased
last week the greater part of eight
solid blocks in the heart of the Ia
coma business district. The cost will
exceed 100000. The property lies
along Pacific avenue and A street, from
Thirteenth to Seventeenth streets. 1t
is reached most direct- down Jeffer-
son avenue, where the same interests
have recently purchased nine blocks
covered with factories, stores and lOdg-
ing houses.
These purchases will give the Harri-
center of Tacoma's business district,
and six blocks further uptown than the
present Hill terminals at Pacific and
Nineteenth streets. This purchase con-
firms recent kilograms from New York
to the effect that Tacoma will be the
ba tile ground between Hartman and
Hill for the commercial supremacy of
the Pacific northwest. One double
block, now being acquired on A street,
is covered with terminals of the Ia
coma street railway and Tacoma Seat
tie interurban railway
The Canadian Pacific is believed to
have acquired the interurban railway.
This fact gives rise to the report that
the Hartman system and the Canadian
Pacific will together complete an entire
new system for joint use, and having
terminals at Vancouver, B. c., Tacoma,
Portland and Spokane.
Hartman. in securing title to the old
Union Pacific grade between Portland
and Tacoma. the acquisition of which
will enable him to complete a line
from Portland to Tacoma before the
end of the wear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
LEASE AN EXTRA ENGINE.
Orient Pays Rock Island SIS Per Day
for One.

wichita. March Sin order to ope-
rate it's passenger train on time the
Kansas City. Mexico & Orient Railway
company has leased a passenger engine
cif7e railway. For several days past
the Orient's passenger train has been
running away behind its schedule. The
reason for this was that the engine
used on the passenger train was con
tinuaIIy falling. Just now the Orient
is short on engines. Several Orient
engines have died on the road lately
and they are now in the shops at Fair
view undergoing repairs.
Engine No. II is good locomotive
but has been used hard over the
rough tracks. It is supposed to be one
Of the best engines of its type in the
west and after some needed work has
been done on it it viii be put back in
service The engine secured from the
Rock Island is small one compared
to most of the Orients engines. It is
heavy enough to handle the passenger
train however. The Rock Island will
receive SIS for each and every day the
engine is in possession of the Orient.
Within a few days the Orient will re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
USE ALIENS FOOT EASE,

A powder to be shaken into the.
shoes. Your feet feel swollen. nerve
Gus and damp, and get tired easily.
If you have aching feet. try Allen s
Foot Ease. It rests the feet and
makes new or tight shoes easy. Cures
aching. swollen. sweating feet. blisters
and callous spots. Relieves chilblains.
corns and bunions of all pain and
gives rest and comfort. Try it today.
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores.
25c. Don't accept any substitute.
Trial package Free. Address. Allen S.
Olmsted, lie Roy \. Z.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
Prospects Most Encouraging fOl
a Heavy Business.
Preparations for 1t Keep Ship
ping Departments Busy.
THE MARCH DIVIDENDS
Are Largely in Excess of Those
Of Last Year.
Railway Earnings Are Better
by 28.2 Per Cent.

New York March 3.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
Prospects are most encouraging for
continued activity in the commercial
world. Seasonable merchandise is going
into consumption more freely and pre-
paratiOns for large spring trade kept
shipping departments busy. Mercantile
collections are still somewhat irregular.
although satisfactory or the Whole.
especially In view of the firm money
market Manufacturing plants report
little idle machinery except northwest
ern -four mills, where the heavy output
has exceeded demands for time.
Probably the best news of the week
was the prompt response to President
Roosevelts pacific letter to the corr
testing coal interests. Another favora-
BILE report estimated that contemplated
new buildings in this city alone would
consume 100000 tons CT structural steel.
while national prosperity is evidenced
by the various state REPORTS showing
noteworthy gains in savings bank de-
posts.
Dividend distributions in March will
also largely exceed last years, and
foreign commerce at this port for the
last week showed gains Of S9Os 4qe in
compared with 1905 Commercial fan-
ures In February were only 9OS in num-
Der against 1873 last year; but lfabiH-
ties increased from 50, 7S0370 to s1O.s5O. -
619 owing to a few large brokerage de
faults. Trading losses were almost
s2.0o0000 less than in 1905, while a small
increase occurred in manufacturing
lis Utilities. Railway earnings in Febru-
airy exceeded last years by 282 per
cent but a further decline occurred in
prices Of securities attributed to the
financial stringency
NO setback has occurred in
the iron and steel Industry, mills and
furnaces operating at the limit Of ca
pacity without overtaking orders which
come forward more rapidly than they
can be filled
Primary textile markets are more
quiet and IN some lines of cotton goods
little weakness Is noted Several
lines are sold so far ahead that prices
are readily maintained. notably in GER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
NOT TO ENTER NEW ORLEANS.
Chairman Rouse says NJ, K. & T. VIII
Develop Present Lines.


ST. Louis. March S=H. c. Rouse,
chairman of the executive board of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway, ar
rived at the St. Louis offices Of the
company yesterday from New York.
with Vice President Colgate Hoyt Of
that city. They were met here by
former Governor Myron 7. Herrick of
Ohio, one of the directors of the com
pany. Together with the st. Louis
executive officers of the company the
party started for Parsons, Kan. where
a special meeting of the stockholders
of the company has been called for
the purpose of authorizing an issue Of
S20.OGO,O0 in bonds. secured by
mortgage on the property. the pro-
ceeds of which viii be applied for re-
tirement of the equipment trust notes.
reduction Of grades, reconstruction Of
a portion of the lines and other phys
zeal improvements.
Chairman Rouse spent several hours
yesterday in the offices in the Vain
wright building in conference with
President F'inney, Vice President and
General Manager Allen and the heads
Of departments. NJ Rouse took Oc-
casion to deny positively the reports
sent out from New Orleans to the eff
feet that the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
has entered into an agreement with
ether lines, looking to gulf outlet at
that port The Missouri. Kansas &
Texas has its own gulf outlet at Cal
weston. and is not looking in any other
direction. but is doing its best to de-
veloP the business in its own territory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
Train Hit Buggy; Man and Wife Found
on Engine.

Milwaukee, Wis, March 3.-Winiam
Durynski and his wife have had a re-
markable escape from death in one of
the most unusual railroad accidents in
the history of Wisconsin. The buggy in
which they were riding was struck by
a fast freight train near Wittenberg,
when Durynski attempted to drive
across the tracks. The buggy was de-
pants being picked up by the engine
pilot and carried many miles before
their plight was discovered.
The accident happened late the other
night when the Durynskis were return
ing home from dance at Wittenburg.
You just see me beat that train, -
said Durynski to his wife
No. II was rushing down the rail-
road track when the Duryns1is whip
ped up the family horse and drove on.
I'VE can't make it, said Mrs. Dur
ynski; ''it is impossible"
Engineer H. J. DartOn did not notice
anything on his side of the engine,
though a little furry Of snow after
ward convinced him that something
must have been struck zone more
empty bench at the dog show" he
thought to himself as No. Il went hur-
rying on into the night.
And now Thomas S. Meagher, con-
ductor of the train. takes UP the tale
When we stopped at Eland juno
tiCn the engineer came running around
the train calling to me to come ahead
to the engine came up in front and
saw a buggy top stuck on one of the
hagstaffs
7 looked closer and there was wo-
man wedged in the buggy top with her
head to the front. but so that she
couldn't fall out.
Don't let any more trains come
she said, as we picked her up and car
ried her to the baggage car. She kept
right on talking nationally. She said
her name was Durynski, and that she
was afraid her husband was hurt. We
didn't see the husband at first. but
when we looked back of the little plat
form on the engine pilot we found a
man lying across some of the brake
rods al the boiler head. His neck was
on the last rod, and with the jolting of
the engine it was a wonder that he
didn't fall off.
HE was in a pretty bad way. His
head was crushed in and it didn't look
as though any life was left in him. We
carried him to the smoker. so that his
wife wouldn't see him. and a nurse who
was travelling with Vests minstrel
troupe came up to help. AS soon as
we loosened his collar felt that maybe
he had a chance of keeping alive, and I
telegraphed ahead for a doctor"
DR.. Finney of Clintonville dressed the
wounds of Mr.. and Mrs. Durynskt and
both will recover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
FACTs ABOUT PIANOs

There are but few people in To-
peka who know they can have their
old pianos made over the same as new.
at little cost " A. Casio. at 1928
Kansas avenue has had several years,
experience making pianoes in the fac
tory. He can put new works in your
piano or make the case over in lat-
est style. ref1nish in any color, same
as new. Mr.. Caste viii examine your
piano free OF charge and tell you what
it will cost. also tuning and repairing.
First class work. best Of reference.
call Ind. phone 1924.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
Bradstreets.

Bradstreet's says; "Favora Bile fea-
lures still largely predominant. COun-
try buyers are more in evidence than
at any previous time this year and
have bought literally Winter wheat
crop reports are as good as ever and
the probability that a general coal
strike may be avoided after all lends
strength to industry of all kinds. Tt is
true there is rather more conservatism
displayed by buyers from the most
distant future and prices of some COM
modities are being shaded, but 1t is
apparently regarded as certain that an
enormous spring business will be done
that building viii approximate, if not
surpass, last years huge totals and
that crop and trade developm ents for
the future viii take care of next sea
sons trade.
"Apropos Of talk of the high prices
ruling in this country. it IS perhaps
worth noting that large numb ers OF
domestic buff hides have been sold for
export, that some South American
woods have been resOld to Europe and
that the New York raw sugar market
is below a parity with Hamburg.
"The iron and steel markets are
quiet. Shipments Of finished ma
terials are of unprecedented proper
lions. but mills are still well booked
ahead. Coke is hrmer and more ac-
tive, while demand for coal has in
creased with prices somewhat better.
Demand for copper has improved and
prices are higher.
"The long decline in the raw mate
rial has unsettled cotton fabrics for
far-On delivery Wool is active in
spots and is very strong. being rela-
lively higher abroad than at home
Dress woolens are in active demand
and worsteds are also we'll ordered.
Foreign buying OF grains satins
and split feathers is active at Boston.
Hides are frmer. Foreign buyers have
bought freely of sailed domestic buff
by American tanners to be too high.
Fall orders for shoes are still held
back but there is plenty to do yet on
spring business.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending March
number $50 against 1876 last week. POS
IN the like week of 1905. 1875 In 1904,
III In 1903 and 1TS in 1902 In Can
ada failures number 80. as against .
last week and % in this week year
ago."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
jackson County Farmers Disturbed
Over Butter Fat Combine.

Holton, Kan. March 3.-Farners in
Jackson county are disturbed over
ruling made by the Creamery com
panies that butter fat shall in the fu-
ture be tested at the home Office in
stead of at the local station. Anoth er
ruling is that the companies will pay
for butter fat on the tenth and twenty
fifth Of each month. Heretofore pay
ment has been made at the time Of
delivery
Five companies have agencies in
Holton and each put the new system
into effect March 1. indicating to the
farmers that there is a combination Of
interests. Butter fat producers don't
mind waiting for their money, but they
fear unfairness by the test at the other
end Of the Ene.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
IS BECOMING 0NE-sIDED.
Gulf Lines Winning Out in the Grain
Rate Var.

AAd+-G ~
The fight which has been going on for
some years between 8he=gulf routes and
the Atlantic sea board lines for the grain
traffic which is tributary to the Mis-
souri, river territory is becoming rapid
" a One-sided affair. From the begin
ming the grain traffic OF the gulf routes
has gone on increasing. While that of
the Atlantic seaboard routes has de-
creased to a most alarming extent. Had
it not been for the greatly increased
volume of business during the last few
years the share of the eastern lines
might have been reduced to an insig-
nificant quantity by now.
The ability of the gulf routes to Sc
cure the traffic has been limited Only
by their facilities for handling it. AS
larger terminals, with increased eleva-
tor capacity and with enlarged ship
ping facilities, the increased tonnage has
flowed in upon them to the extent Of
their full ability to transport it.
Returns from New Orleans, showing
the movement of grain there for Janu-
airy, furnish a striking illustration Of
how this increase of traffic has been
going on steadily for years. Shipments
from that port for the opening month
of the year amounted to Z ,32S, 607 bush
els of grain of all kinds. This was an
increase of Z,225.070 bushels, or more
than 80 per cent. The great bulk of
the shipments was corn, 6,770,573 bush
els of that commodity having been eX-
ported The remainder of the ship
nents were made up of 12S,034 bushels
of wheat, $50, 900 bushels of oats and
15c 900 bushels of barley From Sep
TENDER 1 to January 81. there were ex-
ported from New Orleans 12,923,024
bushels of grain, an increase of 6,l7S,-
9S5 bushels S compared with the cor
responding period in the previous nscal
year. It is said the increase at other
gulf ports was proportionately as great
as at New Orleans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
PLUNGE THROUGH TREsrLE.
Engine and Cars Make Big Lean and
-Four Persons Injured.

Cheyenne, Wye, March 3.-The engine.
the mail and baggage cars of the moth
bound passenger train on the Cheyenne
& Northern railroad, branch of the
Colorado e Southern. broke through
trestle at Buckhorn, 1875 miles north of
Cheyenne yesterday afternoon and fell
into the canon, a distance Of 40 feet
Engineer DCnahue. Fireman Rex and
Mail Clerk Benjamin Guy, all of Chey-
enne. were injured. Rex is internally
injured and may die. Guy is seriously
hurt and may also have received inter
nal injuries. Donahue is not seriously
hurt.
A special train with wrecking out
At left here at 12:15 for the scene of
the wreck and the injured were brought
to Cheyenne last night.
The passenger coaches stopped on the
very brink Of the chasm and not a sin
gle passenger was injured
The trestle had been partly burned.
The fire, it is believed was started by a
tramp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
export grades and some hne

tain export grades and some fine
yarn goods.
Weakness still prevails in the tone
of the hide markets, although packers
endeavor to maintain values on season
able lines so that the better qualities
Of spring and summer take-off will
meet with a good demand. Prompt
absorption of foreign dry hides holds
those varieties firm. Leather is dull
Commercial failures this week in the
United States are 236 against 21S last
week 241 the preceding week, and 245
the corresponding week last year Fail
ures in Canada number Al, against IS
last week. 50 the preceding week. and
80 last year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
BOUGHToN HAS BIG JOB.
Asked to Furnish 10000 Men for Gould
Lines.

Salina Kan, March 3.-W. S.
Boughton, the agent for the Missouri
Pacific railroad in this city. has been
in the railroad business for about
twenty years and in all that time has
found plenty to do. He has big under
takings and pulled through without the
least trouble but the company has now
placed a job in his hands which he will
find a hard task.
The Gould lines want 10000 men
at once to work on the Western Pa
cific railroad and Mr. Boughton is in
receipt of a letter from the headQuar-
ters of the allied Gould lines in st.
Louis requesting hin1s to secure the
men. OF course if Mr.. Boughton can
not secure the full complement the
company will be satisfied if he fur
nishes his share and the other agents
along the line will be expected to Sc
cure the rest.
The work will be in the nature of
construction and will be hard work
but good wages will be paid ranging
from $500 to S2.75 a day Some of
the men are wanted for skilled labor
and they will be paid a correspond
ingly higher salary. The work will
last, it is expected, about two years.
Board in that country is reasonable,
and all men who wish to go to work
for the company will be given a low
railroad rate to Salt Lake City, from
which point the work will begin
There are not great many men in
this part of the country who are out
Of work, but if there are any and
they want work. this is an emporium
ity Mr. Boughton viii give them any
Information desired on the subject.
The climate out there is about the
same as the northern part of the state
of Texas, and it is expected that this
will be fine opportunity for many
men who would like to go to that sec
ton of the country. The pay is one
of the special inducements. This offer
is made to get a good class of men
and to hold them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03

the company, and under the rules of
the company is entitled to an annual
pass as long as he remains in the ser
vice of the company There is only one
other man on the Oklahoma division
of the road who has such a pass and
he is Albert Gazier, a conductor. Only
about twenty men on the entire eastern
grand division hold these passes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03

Sioux City Ia. March 2.-The union
passenger station here and the connect
ing terminals have passed into the pos
session of the Great Northern railroad.
The price paid was S1.250,OOO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03

at Waco. The latter line will get
good volume of business for the Texas
coast country, if the arrangement can
be made either by extending the Rock
Island to Waco or by trackage agree
Texas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
ROCK ISLAND EXTENSION.
Plans to Make Connection With Aran-
sas Pass Line

San Antonio. Tex. March 3.=Ar-
engagements are under consideration by
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railway to make a connection with the
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass railway
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03

ceive two new engines from the Amer
lean locomotive works and when these
arrive the road VIII be amply supplied
with locomotives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03

The following table. compiled by Brad
street. shows the bank clearinEs at the
principal cities for the week ended
March J. with the percentage of increase
and decrease. as compared with the cor
responding week last year:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
= WeII for Station.

Mr.. Rouse is well pleased with the
general outlook in the southwest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-03
DOES IT MEAN A TRUST?

Total in T.. s.. 81. 27s. 762. 075
Outside y. y. 1.12S. S91, 800
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10

signed Tor and just twenty-three have
signed against said law Referring
again to the majority in Wapello
county which the Courier says lis not
a small one we will leave the problem
to the Courier to be figured out by pro-
portions. First find the proportion of
people in 22,C0o population who go into
a county courthouse divide by the
number of county office holders under
subtract twenty three from twenty
three and from the result proportion
the majority to the whole population
and send us your answer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10
Topics Of the Times

Governor Pattison of Ohio is still an
invalid, and is under treatment by
two physicians Of different schools and
Mr.. Cox, also of Ohio, does not appeac
to be gaining much.
1t would be convincing if those re-
ports Of Perkins mass meetings in
the Eleventh district could be accom-
panied with photographs as exhibit
3.
1t is insinuated that there Is more
cackling than omelets in the Eleventh.
AL Ketchum, Of Wyoming, slew o
mountain lion with knife in hand
to-hand fight. There are no noun
tain lions in Iowa, but our Mr.. ketch-
UNI might take whirl at the railroad
tiger.
Whatever happens to Uncle George
politically there is always the chau-
tauqua left.
The London Mail tells a remarkable
story of the democratic way in which
Norway treats royalty. At the end of
play by Bjornsterne Bornson al the
National theatre in Christiana. King
Haakon received the venerable dram