Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1906 — RAIL WAR IN ALASKA. [ARTICLE]

RAIL WAR IN ALASKA.

"CONTRACTORS RESORT TO DIABOLICAL MEASURES. One of Them Phm*» flyaualtf Mt»n Atomy Ho»lt <<» —— l Ohio r.rt» l.artrr Tux- from Pnbllc Bloodshed is expected to result ft "in railroad construction war nrtw in progress along the route from southeastern Alaska into the Copper river valley ahd the Tanana district. Recent arrivals from Valdea and Natalia. cuatirnW the report* that Contractor Michael J. Honey, who is_ building the \Vhite Bass Railroad - from Occa. on ftoruptrolTer down the cast bank of the t 'apper-riyer *n<fthcnccto the Yukon', he- ast bank ' of the atre.tm with dynamite. and any nrtempt on the part or tiTs Yivals to seize , this strot.ch of land .»•ill result in a “ftaie "tragedy. '• lleney. \vWn"lS' |he Close Brothers of London, has or—rjtyatrajriri.nst- him the -gnrper. -lij-vet_n nd_ Northwester'll Company, headed by John ' Rosene and re-enfor<v>d by ChlcntracTtp - and'the Vnlder aittl Yukon ..itailrivul, of which Col. YY. A. Swinita is the rateter .mind, having Gorman moneyed men behind him. Q\ THF. niAMON II FIELD. Pre*rem of (lull* in Knee for !»»**• **'T llnll I'oiiunnlN. national iJ.AC.rK. W. t.. w. l. Chicago .. .. 92 31 Cincinnati ■ .51 7 1 r Pittsburg . 7TT : "~'ijS r ßtg^arße- = New York. .74 Hjl St.-doain... .--IS —MLPhil’delphia 55 -(‘."Boston ..:. •40 s 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. Non ~ York. .t‘>7 -I'S lietroil ■■ .' Phil'delphia 05 51 Washington, 46 "71 Cleveland ..62 "2 Boston 38 s ' AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. U Columbus ~S 2 52 Kansas City, do 07 - -sSdx>utsTii lc . . AHT6Toledo 70 G 2 St. Paul 50 72 Minneapolis 68 05 Indianapolis 4S SO - WESTERN LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. Dos Moines .80 33 Sioux City.. 54 03 Omaha 59 56 Denver .....54 04 Lincoln ....56 t!2 Pueblo 43 74' STATE TVX OY #200,000,000. Ohio Get. 1 Per Cent on tiros* Faming-* of Public Corporations. The gross earnings of the public service companies of Ohio taxed under the Cole law will reach this year the enormous sum of $200,000,090. The reports of the companies are due Sept. 1 and many are in. Included in the list of quasi‘public corporations taxed under this law are steam and -electric railroads, express, tele* graph and telephone, signal and messenger, pipe line, gas and electric light and power companies and freight line companies. They are taxed 1 ]*'r cent on their gross earnings, so ihat the law -will produce this year $2,000,090. in revenue. Last year their earnings reached only $180,000,000. TO NAVIGATE THE MISSOURI. Kansas City Man to Start Two Boats Oil Mmtdy Slri-nin. L. m i ones of Kansas City lias secured options on the river packets City of Memphis and Tennessee. Within two weeks Bhm vessels will make a trial trip up' the Missouri river to Kansas City and St. Joseph. e7r. Jones says that in reopening navigation on" the Missouri river he will show that the river 1* navigable now and if the present trial is a success eight boats will be put in the Missouri river next summer, linking the three principal Missouri cities. Throw* Herxelf Before Train. Mrs. Tillie Harris, aged 24 years, widow and the mother of three children, regarding herself as an incumbrance upon her relatives, attempted to commit suicide by throwing herself in from of a freight train west of Altoona. I’a. With an infant clasped to her Uneast she lay upon the track, but her movement had been observed aqd she was dragged away before the train came Gfrmnu Heir 1* ( hrlsteneil. The son of Crown Prince Frederick was baptised at Potsdam hi the presence of the whole of the royal family and representatives of the royalty of Greece, Schleswig-Holstein, England, Kussia, Austria and Italy. The child was named William Frederick Frauds Joseph Christian Olaf. Shoot* Girl for lturalar. m Mistaking her 14-year-old daughter for a Mrs. \Y. F. Kish r of Taylorville. Ohio, sent three 'revolver bullets entirely through the girljs body. The girl may recover. 1 Victory for Union I.abor. The boycott is a legal instrument in the -'•bands of union labor and does not infringe upon personal liberty, a Washington, D. C., judge has decided. Union Bricklayer* Ordered Out. _ A strike of all the union .brick!ayery employed on the various stations ancF 1 buildings of the New Y’ork, Centra! in New .York City has been ordered. Bomb Found In Liner** Hold. Au Infernal machine was discovered in j the bold of the steamer Eagle Point as she ■ %j' ja the 'Delaware ilver*4t The steamer was saved from destruction by a second, as the bomb exploded ns it touched the water after -being thrown overboard. VI Tramp Slay* Policeman. Herman Personiufc, a member of the Valley City. N. D., police force, was shot and instantly killed by a de»i>erado whom be was endeavoring to arrest in the .Northern Pacific yards, * 5