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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01
St. Louis Notes an Anniversary.

St Louis May 2S.-Yesterday was
the eleventh anniversary of the lorna
do that swept through St Louis May
2, 1896, about O'Clock in the after
noon. The temperature yesterday reg
istered AZ degrees, and, according to
the government. weather bureau. this
is the coolest recorded in st. Louis
May % in seventy-one years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01
STORM Deaths in Texas.

Dallas. Tex, May 2S-Aid is being
sent from all parts of Texas to the
towns of Wills Point and Emo y,
which suffered from a destructive tor
nado Saturday afternoon. Four per
sons were killed in each place and the
property damage is heavy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01
Just Described Her.

YES said Lovett, Il was engaged
to her once 80 l understand" re-
marked hewitt. she told me she was
an old flame of yours" That's pretty
near right. She certainly did burn up
my money"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01
MnItitnde al lam MacLaren's Funeral.

Liverpool, May %. - An immense
crowd attended the funeral of Rev.
DIR. John Watson clan MacLaren'0,
who died at Mount Pleasant, Ia, May
6. There was an impressive service
at the Seton Park Presbyterian
church where the embalmed body had
rested since its arrival here May q
from the United States.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01
Naturally.

"Of course said the tourist, you
know all the antidotes for snake
bite?" Sure" replied the mountain
eer. We'll, when a snake bites you
what's the first thing you do?"
Yell"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01

traced 10 the klUII6yS5
but now modern
science proves that
nearly all diseases
have their beginning
in the disorder of
these most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
that is their work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01
Not in His Line.

do you think Hamlet was mad?"
inquired the critic. Sir" answered
Mr.. Stormington Barnes, j am an
actor, not an alienist"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01
Notice to Settle.

All accounts due the firm of Reed
& Carter must be settled at once
with DR.. J. II. Reed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
LEADING ATToHNEYs.

TTORNEYS-RUsHNELI4, WATKINS &MosEg
Farmers Phone, 50; Union Phones.
Practice in all State and United States
Courts Office over State Bank of Grank
County,
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01
NORTH BOUND.
) IL D ssanrar dailV.

No. $500 a. m, Passenger daily.
No. T-IO:45 a. m, Freight daily excep
Sunday.
Home seekers excursion tickets on ksale
every Tuesday, to points west and south
west north and northwest at one fare.plna
AZ tor the round trip, good for q days. IsaE
signed, P. b. ROSER, Agent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01
East Buffalo Live Stock.
Fast Ruffalo. n. s.. MAJ .

Duuning & Stevens, Live Stock
Commission Merchants. East Buffalo.
y. Y, quote as follows: Cattle-Re-
GENTS 5000: market strong: exporters.
S575m6.1O: best shipping steers. $5.25
05.65: butchers, $4.T5@ $50; heifers.
S4 5O05.3O: COWS. $3.50. HOgs-Re-
GENTS 10000: market lower; workers.
and heavy, S6.45@6.5O; pigs, S6.50@
900. Sheep and Lambs-Receipts 10
600. market strong: best lambs, $S.25
as. 40: yearlings. $7O0@7.50; wethers,
s6.25m6.75; ewes, $3.50 $50. Calves
Market strong.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01

SEED POTATOES for sale; Suffers
Earlier, Suffers Late, Old's Early
Ohio from Red River Valley and Odds
Winter potato; price SOC per bu.
31w4 G. S. JOHNSON
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01
Time Table.
Potosi Time Table,. B. & Q. Ry
SOUTH BOUND

No. 5O-3:O1 p. m, Passenger daily.
no. 92-IO.45a. m, Freight, daily except Sun
Gay
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by OVeT-WOTk.

Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
1t used to be considered that only
urinary and bladder troubles were to be
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01

FOR SALE or Rent: farm consist
ing of 40 acres. located IL miles west
of Ellenboro in Sections 3O-31; good
running water and schoolhouse close
by, Dist. No. 1. Call on or address,.
AUGUST SENFTLABEN, Ellenboro, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01
The Leading Daily Paper OF
Wisconsin

The Milwaukee Journal is offered
for the next few weeks with The
HERALD for g. 70 per year. Think
of it! A metropolitan daily paper
and your.own local paper for only
1915.
Bring yeur subscription to TIE
HERALD office before this clubbing
offer is withdrawn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01

Therefore, when your kidneys are weak
or out of order, you can understand how
quickly your entire body is affected anc
how every organ seems to fail to do its
duty.
If you are sick or "feel badly" begin
taking the great kidney remedy, DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, because as soon
as your kidneys are we'll they will help
all the other organs 10 health. A trial
will convince anyone.
If you are sick you can make no mis-
take by first doctoring your kidneys:
The mild and the extraordinary effect OF
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-ROOt, the great
kidney remedy, is soon realized. IL
stands the highest for its wonderful cures
of the most distressing cases, ana Is solo
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01

have a sample bottle Home OF swamp-ROOt.
by mail free, also pamphlet telling you
how to find out if you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bling
ha1nton, N. Y. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the adj
dress, Binghamton, n. Y, on every bottle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01

Cash saleS-Winter Wheat-By sam
pie: No red, $1O1@1.O2H5; No. 3 red
6cd$1.o1:. No. 2 hard, $1.O0@1.01: No.
3 hard, $4,000. Spring wheat-By
sample: No. / northern, $1.O4@ LOG:
No. 2 northern, $1.O2@1.O5; No. 3
spring. 97c@$1.O4. Corn-By sample:
be up: No. 3. 54A@54%c; No. VIII. e.
54a4 assoc: No. 3 yellow, 541aM55Ac;
No. 4. 51052%c. Oats-By sample u
ale higher: No. 2, 44c; No. 2 white,
4S1b6 100; No. white, 4619@4Sc; No,
4 white, 421a046a4c; standard, 4S1A q
49c.
Live Stock. Poultry and Hay.
Hogs-Receipts $4,000. Sales ranged
at S6OO06.1O for heavy packing cows
S6.O5MG15 choice to prime heavy ship
ping barrows, $6.15@6.25 choice to
light barrods and smooth sows, $3.50
M6.10 pigs.
Cattle-Receipts $4,000. Quotations
ranged at $5.75@6.5o for good to prim
steers. S3.5O@5.75 fair to choice cows
and heifers, $515@625 good to choice
yearlings. $3.SO@5.25 fair to choice
feeders.
Sheep-Receipts $4,000. Quotations
ranged at $5.5OQ6.50 for clipped weth-
ers. S6.1O@ 700 clipped yearlings, 1925
M6.25 clipped ewes, $S.OO@s.7O good
to prime native lambs.
Live poultry-Turkeys, per 10, lie;
chickens, fowls, 1212c; broilers, $500
66.OO per doz.; roosters, SC; geese,
S5.OOM $50; ducks, 12c.
Hay-Choice timothy at 100000
81 90. No. /. $1S.OO019.OO; No. and
No. mixed, $16.OO@17.OO; and No. 3
timothy and No. mixed, $14.500
1000: Illinois. Indiana and Wisconsin
feeding prarie-ChOice, $10.O0M11.OO:
No. /. S9.5O61O.OO; packing hay, $500
n 90
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01

on its merits by all
druggists in ffty-cent
and one-dollar size
bottles. You may
.-1o hoE4IA
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01
THE MARKETS
Chicago Grain.
warmer.

Chicago, May q.
Following were the quotations on
the Chicago Board Of Trade today:
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-09-13
Society Of the Cincinnati.

The Society of the Cincinnati was
an order established by the officers
Of the Revolutionary army in 1888 to
perpetuate their friendship and tc
raise funds for the relief of the wild.
ows and. orphans of those who had
fallen during the war. It was SC
named because it included patriots
headed by Washington. between
whom and the old Roman farmer.
general, Cincinnatus, there were SUP.
posed to be many resemblances.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-09-13
A Queer lnscript on,

A monumental inscription quoted by
Mr.. Thomas Wainwright in Devon
Notes and Queries" affords an interest
ing example of the earlier of the uses
Of the word umbrella" which are pre-
sented In Gays lines:
Let Persian danes tn umbrellas ribs dis
play
To guard their beauties from the sunny
ray:
Or sweating slaves support the shady lead
When eastern monarchs show their state
abroad:
Britain in winter only knows its aid
70 guard from chilly show'rs tho walking
maid.
Perhaps the word "umbraculum" in
the Vulgate version of the history Of
Jonah suggested to the author Of the
epitaph to write:
Blest was the prophet in his heavenly
shade.
But all. how soon did his umbrella fade!
Like our frail bodys. whiche. being born
Of clay.
Spring in a night and wither in day.
The inscription Is on a q onumcnt
bearing the date 16S4-Notes and Que
ries.
Female Diamonds.
The jeweler held magnifying glass
to a superb white diamond.
'Do you see those little diamonds
Oh the farther edge?" he said. They
are invisible to the naked eye, but the
glass shows them quite plainly,
doesn't it? Well, they are the proof
that this diamond is a female; hence
we say that there are male and fe-
male diamonds. the males, Of course.
being thase that don't produce these
growths.
Female diamonds are always the
finest. In fact. nearly all the dia-
monds Of wide world fame are fe-
males" New York Press.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-09-13
The First House of Commons.

The: earliest traces Of the English
house Of commons are found in the
year 1865: That year Simon de Mont
fort, earl of Leicester, caused writs to
be issued in the kings name requiring
each sheriff of a county to return to
a parliament which he proposed to
hold two knights for the shire under
his jurisdiction, two citizens for each
city within its limits and two bur-
gesses for each borough. The parlia-
ment thus called met in London on
Jan. %, 1865, and was practically the
first in which the people, as dis
tinguished from the nobility and
aristocracy, had ever participated. 1t
was not until the revolution Of 1858,
however, that the people We're fairly
and squarely represented in parlia-
ment The house of commons is to-
day the supreme power in England
It's Will is law, the lords and king be-
ing. cs Walter Bagehot long ago de-
clared, men ornamental" The power
Of the crown in England is merely
nominal, as is that also of the house
Of lords. When the people speak out
loudly through their house Of COM
mons, that as general rule settles it.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-09-13
-,
A Touch Contract,

"Well, Caleb" said Captain W. Of
Massachusetts years ago. what will
you ask a day to saw wood for me?
I've got several cords that want saw
ed in two for the fireplace"
Il should charge you about half a
dollar a day if l had saw" replied
Caleb, "but 1 amt got none, captain,
so don't see how l can accommodate
YOU"
IF that's all that's lacking I guess
we can manage it," said the captain.
I've got prime new one, keen as a
brier, and I'll let it to you reasonable.
How would ninepence Q21a cents) q
cord do for the use of it,"
Il reckon that's fair price, captain.
Ill be over in the nlornin'."
Bright and early that next July morn
ing Caleb was at work, and he kept at
it so faithfully that he finished before
sunset, when he went to the house to
settle.
LETS see," said the captain, you
were to have half a dollar day. Well
call it a day, although it amt shutdown
YET. 1Hdt ~ ccHtS lor YOU, aAu !ou
were to pay me ninepence a cord for
the use of the saw. There were three
cords and a half In the pile. That
makes 43s4 cents due me- Somehow,
Caleb, You don't have very much COM
ing to you"
"How unfortnit," said Caleb after
scratching his head obviously for half
q minute and then looking up quickly,
as if new light had broken in upon
his mind - chow unfortnit that you
didn't have half a cord more. for then
we'd "a come out jest square"
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-09-13
Present Trouhles.

"Ah, pretty lady," said the fortune
teller, you wish to be told about YOUR
future husband?
Not much" replied Mrs. Galley.
i've come to learn where my present
husband is when he's absent."-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-09-13

4e is sufficiently learned that knows
how to do well and has power enough
to refrain from evil-Cice'p.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-09-13
Evolution.

Father" said little Rollo, what ia
evolution?"
Evolution. my son, is a sort of apol-
osy which man has invented for dis
playing so many of the traits of the
lower animals. "-Washington Star.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-29
ONE DEAD, SEVEN HURT.
Passenger Cars Crash Into Freight
Train Near Charleston, Ill, When
Switch Is Left Open.

Charleston, ILL.,, Aug. 2s.-One man
was instantly killed and seven others
were dangerously injured in the
wreck of a Glover Leaf passenger
train at Bowman, twelve miles north
of here, yesterday. Two cars jump
ed an open switch and crashed into
a box car The dead:
CONKL1NG, r. E., Texarkana,
Texas.
The injured:
Ross Shirdon, Kentland, Ind; head
cut and internally injured.
Province, c., New Douglas, Ill:
head badly bruised.
Anderson, Nelson Ashmore, ILL.,;
head injured; leg broken.
Green, J. N, Dana, Ind; ribs
broken.
Green, James, Dana, Ind; leg and
head injured.
whitman, Charles, Toledo, Ohio;
head seriously cut.
Ferguson, Harley, Ashmore, H.;
chest crushed.
The injured were taken to Rrooton
and Charleston.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-29
A BLOOMFIELD
MAN KILLED
GILBERT PAvEY RUN DOWN BY
TRAIN At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
TO DE AT WEST GROVE

Bloomfield, Aug. 2s.-(speciaD-
Monday Gilbert Pavey of this place
left for West Grove to go to work and
not having arrived at that place yester.
day, Mrs. Payey was called up over the
long distance telephone from West
Grove and asked why her husband
had not reported for work as he mad
agreed. A few hours the news was re-
ceived that Pavy had been run over by
a freight train at Hamilton, north of
Abba, and had been instantly killed.
How he happened to be in that 10,
cality, which is north of Bloomfield,
when he mad boarded a train for West
Grove, south of Bloomfield, Is a myp.
terry that has not been fathomed. Pavey
leaves wife and three children. His
remains will be brought to Bloomfield
for interment.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-29
MOTHER DIES
GRIEVlNG FOR
RUNAWAY SON
oskALoosA WOMAN PAssEs
AWAY WHILE FATHER TRIES
TO LOCATE ERRING BOY SUP.
POSED TO BE IN DAVENPORT

Oskaloosa, Aug. 49,. Grieving over
the truancy of her 15-year-old son,
Mrs. W. L. White, a prominent Os.
kaloosa woman, died yesterday. Mean.
while the runaway boy, who is sup
posed to be in Davenport, is ignorant
that his mother is dead and OF the
grewsome fact that II he did not cause
her death his running away undoubs
edly hastened the end
Yesterday morning the boys faith
er, heartbroken over his double afflic
ton, telephonedi Sheriff Louis Eek
ardt of Scott county and asked him
to use every possible means to find
the boy and tell him the direful news
Young White ran away last weel'
with Ad Meyers, youth two years
older. Their adventure is simply due
to rowing disposition and both boys
have borne good regulations.
The funeral of the mother will be
held today. The ceremony has beer
delayed short time in the hope that
the erring son would be found iI
time but this is now practically glver
up.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-29
HE WROTE 200 LOVE LErTHRal
Tenacious Wooer Tired Pretty 0ln
Win Defuse Of "Musl1y" Mis-
sives and ls Fined.

Chicago, m. aug. 2s.-Does writ{
ing love letters TO girl constitute
disorderly conduct
Judge Hines OF the Desplaaned
street branch of the municipal ooura
holds it does; at least he declares the
two hundredth such letter Ia q breach
of the peace. 80
Morris Ellison is the ready letter.
writer, and 1t was his two hundredths
letter, burning with love and adoraJ
ton for May Hollis, pretty wait9esS
In the Crescent cafe, ITO West Madi.j
son street, which caused him TO be-
fined 500 by Judge Hines.
IL stood for 199 of his mushy lets
ters," declared Miss Hollis, "bnt this
last one--the two hundredth-is the
limit, and quit. He has been hangs
ing around the restaurant. trying Ia
induce me to tive up my position, and
elope with him"
"what have you to say for yo,uN
self asked the court.
Ellison had nothing to say. Al
least what he said did not prove q
satisfactory explanation to tho court.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-29
BURNS $4,000
THEN SHOOTS
SELF IN HEAD
CARL pREssLEY OF WEBSTER
CITY ENDS LIFE IN CITY PARK
CALLS ON PAssERs.sY TO
WITNESS DEED

Webster City, Aug. 2S.-AfteT hav.
ing built bonfire out of $4,000 IN
bills, thrown his rings into the sewer,
written note to j. w. Arlington ask
ing him to take care Of his body,
which he dispatched by special mes
senger and telling the guests at the
Park hotel he was going to commit
suicide, Carl PRESLEY walked across
the street to the city park yesterday
afternoon and. drawing from his pock-
ct q revolver, called upon passers by
to watch him shoot himself.
Then placing the gun deliberately
against his head he blew his brains
|out. IN compliance with his written
request, the body was taken to the
Arlington undertaking parlors where
1t viii remain awaiting the arrival Of
his mother from Minnesota. PRESLEY
who is a former Webster City resi-
dent, had been in the city the past
two weeks, during the most Of which
time he had been drinking heavily
His self destruction yesterday after
noon was committed while crazed
with drink.
End Of Two Weeks Spree.
| Pressley's suicide yesterday after
noon was the most sensational crime
ever committed In the city. He was
a young man 35 years Of age anf
widely known. He had not lived here
for five or six years, but came every
summer for short vacation. He was
show and theatrical man by profes
sion. He had been drinking for full
two weeks with various boon compan
ions and it was while in Presley!
room drinking that Ed Robie secured
the ten-shot automatic Colts revolver
with which he started out on his re
cent rampage.
Ever since the Robie episode wher
the fact came out that it was Press
ley's revolver the young man had at
tempted to shoot Mrs. q. O. Wood
ruff with PRESLEY had been unusual
lly morose and had been drinking
harder than usual.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-29
GERMAN RULER IS LAuuaD x1l
"A PERSONALITY, A pnasa
WAcH Is ABLE TO 40 COOP
OR EVIL" BY cARNEask
ADVOCATES UNlONsOF
THE iE.EuROPEAe%SEATEe
IRON KING PUBLISHES AN parh
MATE OF THE EMrERoR sss
BERLIN PERIODICAL on -AaAAssAs
TORY NATURE.

Berlin, Aug. 2S---Andraw oSenes
gfe's estimate Of Emperor Waliie.A
probably derived from his pesannat ~
torview with his majecty at Khsi ~
June last, will appear ID tlta tnestuta
cM, Morgen, tomorrow undAf ~
title, Emperor Williams Hrunonn1o
Mission"
Carnegie recalls remark Cardinal
Rachelieu made to King Louis XIII.
ono day "A Great man has arisen In
England; your majesty, his name u
Cromwell"
Continuing. Carnegie says,
II may scay that a great man has
arisen In Germny, the Emperur. IT'S
Impossible to follow HE deeds with.
out feeling tht here is personality. al
power which is able to DO good or evil
In the world.
See Kaiser In Loading Role.
Carnegie advocates union OF the
European states for the maintenance
OF peace, saying:
Such an amalgamation Of the peo.
Pics. once merely g. dream of poets,
is bound to como gone time, as the
race progresses, Y and he says that
Emperor William, INSPIRED BY
the thoughts that he owes 1t to him.
tself and to Germany to play leading
role on the great European stage, may
some day appear as the liberator If
the continent to free 1t from the par
alyizing fear Of war and the annihila.
ton between the members Of the
same body"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-29
! IN Rail
EARNINGS IN
19O6||hN|ENSE
REPORT SAYS INCREASE OVER
1905 WAS s2s4,442,51e-ovER IL
100000 MORE TRAVELLERS THAN
4 IN PREVIOUS YEAR.

New York, Aug. 2s.-The gross earn
ings Of the railroads of the United
States during 1905, according to the
fortieth annual number OF Poor's Man.
ual, Issued recently, made the enor-
mous increase over 1905 Of $234,442,-
SIC. The net earnings increased $104.-
728,224
increase in the operating expenses due
to higher wages and inceased cost OF
material. Over 71.000,000 more people
travelled by rail in 1905 than in the
preceding year, while the railroads
moved 1.610,099,828 tons, as compared
with 1,485,321.74s tons in the preceding
year.
Assets Seventeen Billions.
The enormous growth in the wealth
of the railroads given in tables shows
what a stupendous undertaking the
government purchase of the roads
would be. The total assets are repot-
ed at 317.bs4,8s1.s3 or more than SIX
times the total money in circulation in
the country. Among the interesting
statistics are the following:
Niles railroad operated in 1906, 22o.-
61333; 1905. 215,B0892.
Train Mileage.
Passenger 1906. 4ss.5bs.2oo; 1905
Freight 1906, sos.a26.5ss: 1905, b5s,-
4s4,883.
Mixed, 1905, 27711,s ,s51: 1905. 2s.715.-
4s4.
Passengers, carried 1905, s15.774,11s
1905. 7b4.44e.e41.
Passenger mileage 1905, 25.s42,4s2,-
62e; 1905, 98.906.420, ,688.
Tons freight moved 1905, 1,610.os9,-
sss: 1905. 1.4Sb.32t, 74s.
Rates arc cut down.
The average receipts per passenge,
per mile In 1906 was 2.011 cents, al
against 2.o28 In 1905
The average revenue per ton pei
mile in 1906 was o76s cents. as against
0.7SS in 1908.
The average interest rate on RAILROAD
bonds during 1906 was 9.99, as agains
3.97 in 1908, and the average dividend
rate on all railroad stock was sea, q!
against S.27 in 1905.
Bonded Debt Grows.
The increase In bonded debt dur.nl
1908 was $42S,845,S77, tho total funded
debt Of the steam railroads Of tn,
the close Of 1905. as against s7.425,261, ),
901 at the close of 1905. The increas,
in capital stock was s8e4.452,l51, tota
ctock at the close of 1905 being sT,108,,
408.978. as against s8,7A1,856, 8e5 at tht
close of 1905. The total increase o
liabilities Of all kinds including stock
mortgage bonds real estate and equip
mont bonds and floating debt, wa
$1.19s, ,815,s67.
The total assets of the steam rail
roads of the United States In 1908 In
| creased s1,241, ,509.S10. The surplu
land assets over liabilities was s76.014.
2s7. an increase Of s41.as5.443 durini
J 1905.