Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1906 — MAY SET NEW RECORD [ARTICLE]

MAY SET NEW RECORD

MANY MILES OF RAILROAD BEING CONSTRUCTED. Building During- Flrwt Half of Proaent Year T«ke« Lead Over 1 la 2,208. 1. During the first half of 1906 a total of about 2,298 miles of railroad were con.•traded, which fact leads the 1 Railway Age „to declare that the record for the yerfr will exceed that made either in -1902 or 1903. Those figures indicate that the total railway construction for the year will approximate 6,000 miles. The record for 1903 wiw 5786-mites wnd—for—l9o2 5.654 miles. With tjw exception of 1902, the record for the half year exceeds any made tn the last sis uwn yc«rs. In th«first half of 1902 2,314 miles iof track were completed. In a recent, issue of the Railway Age it »fls stat<?fl Uiat tlicre were fully 13,000 miles of railway under construction in the United States. It is now stated that additional contracts have been let' which will add many hundred miles to that total. Although there are ■er oral ext.unions under .vmstruction intbe New England States, no track has yet been laid in that section .of the country, and but 110 miles of new line have been completed in the Middle States, which include New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania,TThdaware nml Ma ry hi nd. In ot h■ er groups of States the track laid is as follows: Central Northern States, 152 miles; south Atlantic States. 254 miles: gulf and Mississippi valley miles; Southwestern-StaTes, .(MX) miles; Northwestern States, 352 miles; Pacific States, 497 miles. In the States south of the Olqo river and east of the Mississippi Ihf newmileage* a ggAegfi fes 447 miles, and in the States west of the Mississippi river 1.591 miles. Texas shows a larger new mileage than any other State with 200 miles of track laid. Nevada is second wilh 227 mi!es, Wyoming “ttTrffsCT"fi'-Ts2'mllS'and’"Louisiana fourth" with 148 miles. The only other States showing more than 10(1 miles each are Mississippi with 110 miles and California with lOS miles.

ON’ THE DIAMOND FIEIJJ. -A ■ _ Progress of Clubs in Race for Ba»e Ball Pennant*.' national league. wr ~ L. " ~ Chicago ~..47 2<» Brooklyn ...25 39 Pittsburg , ~43 21 Cincinnati ..26 42 New Y0rk..42 23 St. Louis 26 44 Pbil'delphia 34 34 Boston 23 43 AMERICAN LEAGUE. w. l. w. L. New Y0rk..37 24 Chicago ....34 30 Phil'delphia 38 *25 St. Louis... .32 33 Cleveland ..38 26 Washington. 22 40 Detroit .....36 29 Boston .....16 46 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. W. L. Columbus ..43 30 Minneapolis. 34 37 -Toledo' „...41 29 Kansas City. 33 36 Milwaukee. 38 30 S*t. Paul...-. 27 42 Louisville . .38 31 Indianapolis 23 44 WESTERN LEAGUE. W. L. - w . *• Denver ....32 28 Omaha 31 26 Des Moines. 39 17 Pueblo .... .20 .38 Lincoln ....25 33 Sioux City.. 26 31 Fleet ion tn Panama I’cnceful. The elections in Panama passed off quietly. The compromise ticket was elected, Returns from other provinces show a tig majority for the constitutional party, but the exact results will not be known for a few days. At Colon the election for deputies was held peacefully. The government candidates won by a majority of 290 votes. Ohio Po»tofHe<* Robbed. The safe in the postoffice in New GonCOtd, Ohio, was blown to pieces by robbers and the postoffice robbed. The robbers obtained S3OO in cash and about SSOO worth of ]H>stage stamns and escaped with-a hor->o and buggy which they had Stolen. LonßUfirth. nt British Court. In London. Thursday's court was made notable by the paesentaTion of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Izongworth. The King’s breast glittered with orders and the Queen wore beautiful jewels. Donum Win. First Victory. Emperor Nicholas has decided to retire the Goremykin cabinet, and the douma has won its first groat battle, which may mean the establishment of a true constitutional monarchy. 28 Killed in Knclish Wreck. Twenty-eight persons, mostly well-toMJo Americans who laid just crossed the ocean on the steamer New York, were killed in the wreck of a fast train carrying them from Plymouth to 4«»n<k>n. Library Barn “The Junslr." Upton Sinclair's I book, "The Jungle," has been barred from the Topeka public library. The committee in refusing to order the book reported that its general repulsiveness made it unfit to be read. Plttnbunr Millionaire Borslsr. Frank Gafry, member of a Pittsburg family of millionaires, confessed burglary and implicated others of a fast set that Urt figured in many escapades. Kills Wife nmi Mew Mate. Aselus Kodi, a former resident of Mannington, W. Va.. returned home after a long gbiwnce and finding his wife living with mother man, killed them both. He then turned the revolver on himself, inflicting a probably fatal wound. f ftcaadal la Mutual Life. v Startling revelations of mismanagement In the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York under the McCurdy regime, involviag scandals in loans and possibly the theft of $300,000, have been made by the Truesdale housecleaning committee.