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The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29

it represented cost of several thous-
and dollars. When President Ripley
first sanctioned the celebration of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the road,
the instructions received by the Off
cials of the mechanical department in
this city was to prepare fitting dis
play regardless of expense. The thous-
ands of people who reviewed the mon
ster parade this morning know that the
instructions were implicitly carried out.
Great credit is due Mr.. George Han
cock, assistant superintendent of ma
chtnery, and Mr.. Geo. w. Smith, master
mechanic of the Topeka shops, for the
splendid showing made by the Topeka
shop men today. They were the men
who studied out the details and for
the most part planned the designs, and
under their supervision the cOnStruc-
ton of the floats was accomplished.
The Topeka shop men formed the
second third and fourth divisions of
the parade, and the displays occupied
in the three divisions. The descrip-
tions of the 2S floats placed in the par
ade by the employees of the Topeka
shops are as follows:
Blacksmith department.: The en-
ployes of the blacksmith department
led that portion of the parade COM
posed of Topeka shop men, appearing
at the head of the second division.
Four floats were in the parade from
this department.
The first float represented a black
smith shop of fifty years ago, and the
word Ancient appeared on either
side. There was the o1dfaShioned
chimney and bellows, the rack of old
fashioned tools by the chimney forge,
and two gray bearded men, Mr.. Rob
ert Stevenson and Mr.. Andrew Verne,
float marched six aged blacksmiths,
the oldest blacksmiths in the service of
the Santa Fe in this city, and they car
ried banner bearing the words, 1.-The
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29

A second float bearing a banner on
which was painted the picture of an
improved band saw, was also placed in
the parade by the employees of the
Freight Car department.: The display
of the employees of this department was
a good representation of their daily
work. Attached to a float bearing an
entire compressed air plant was a box
car in the course of construction, and
a force of men were at work upon it
with tools operated by compressed air
from the reservoir on the float in ad-
vance. Holes were bored with augers
operated by compressed air, boards cut
with compressed air rotary saws, and
other work done in which compressed
air is used daily at the shops in this
city. A banner on this float bore the
inscription, Progressive Age
Coach Construction department: To
show the assembled spectators exactly
the class of work done in that depart
ment, the employees of the coach con-
struction department mounted a model
pasSeIg ger coach, under construction, on
wheels and placed a force of men at
work on both the exterior and interior.
finishing. This constituted their dis
play. At the rear of the coach a pret-
ty painting representing a train of cars
crossing a bridge over a lake, was at
tached. The painting is the work of
Mr.. Ben Mileham Of the Santa Ee paint
department.
Timing department: A very pretty
effect was produced by the skillful ar
rangement of tin work in the float of
the timing department of the shops.
The float was built entirely of tin, and
along the sides below the floor of the
float the words Santa Fe Festival
Day" appeared in indented lettering. At
each corner ornamented tin was cut to
form corner pieces. and in the center
of the float pyramid was formed with
tin headlight boxes. From the pyramid
to either corner of the float strands of
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29
RECKLESS DRIVERS.
Little Girl Hurt by a Sprinkler
Drivers Careiessness.

Some of the colored men who drive
the street sprinklers at the fair grounds
are the most reckless and irresponsible
persons on the grounds, so great is their
Self-emulation and disregard for the
rights of other people.
Last night a woman and her little
girl were walking across the road
where one of the drivers was turning
his team around to a plug to fill the
sprinkl er. He wheeled the team around
the wagon tongue struck the little girl
upon the hip and hurled her across the
parking against a hedge fence in front
of a resi- ence on Seventeenth street.
S was badly bruised but not seriously
injured.
When people passing demonstrated
with the negro for his reckiessness he
swore and hurled vile epithetS at the
women who were Sympathizing with
the little girl and her mother.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29
STEAM YACHT SUNK.
COlIided With an Excursion
Steamer in Buffalo HarbOr.

Buffalo. N Y Sept. 29-The steam
yacht Glance, under charter by the Unit
ed States army engineering corps as an
inspectors vessel in the breakwater con-
struction work. was sunk this afternoon
in the harbor by the excursion steamer
Gazelle. Gus Drillard, engineer of the
Glance, was drowned.
Major Symons, United States engineer,
and Captain George Moon, Jr., of the
Glance were rescued from drowning py
the government life saving crew. ]. c.
Quintus of the engineering corps saved
himself by jumping from the Glance to
the GazeIle. The Glance sank so quick
ly that Drillard was carried down.
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Stuff. A T. & s. F'' A flag pole with
flag in position occupied a central po-
SitiOn.
A model of the first locomotive ever
built, Stevenson's Rocket formed one
of the floats of the machinery depart
ment. 1t was attached to the model
OF the passenger engine, and the con-
trast between the two told the story
OF progression in railroad building. G.
w. Dehn and Chris. Stolpe sat on the
seat of the Rocket as engineer and
fireman.
float showing all classes of finished
work and another giving view of the
interior work of the machine shop COM
pleted the display of the machinery de-
partment. In the former modern tools
injectors, whistles, steam gauges.
valves and other mechanical appliances
were arranged in setting of asparagus
on slanting sides. In the latter an en-
gine with boiler operated a lathe shap-
er and emery wheels at all of which
men were at work. The float was dec
GRATED in the red and green coIors of
the Karnival knights.
Water Service department: The ia
cilitles for securing water in 1872 and
at the present day were portrayed in
water service department. In the front
OF the float the wheel of an old fash
ioned wind mill rotated in the wind,
while at the rear an improved steam
pump in full motion demonstrated the
superior facilities of the present time.
Between the wind mill and pump a
- DCO SbOOu, ana suspended over
the bed. in pipe letter were the words:
"A. T. & S. F. Water Service" AS the
wind mill and steam pump pumped the
water from a reservoir underneath the
fountain bed it passed through the pipe
letters and fell in spray into the fO11n-
tam, producing very pretty effect
Along the sides of the floats was the in
Scr1pt1on: 1872, From Atchison to To-
peka. 1897, From Chicago to the Pa,
cif1c coast
Air Pump Repairing Department.
The power of compressed air was dem
onstrated in TIE float placed in the pa
raoe by TINS department A canOnied
top covered floor on which were dis
played all of the appliances used in the
repair OF the locomotive air pumps and
this was supported by columns the
centers OF which were formed by air
cylinders. AT intervals as the parade
progressed along the line of march Mr.
George Brucklacher, in charge of the
float. pressed a lever and instantly the
Whole canopled top rose to the height
of over foot. AS it did so two San
ia F'e Route" signs were brought into
view at either side Compressed air
furnished the power for the top move
ment- A compressed air GALORE stood
Mr.. Brucklacher occasionally wrested
a peculiar form of music.
Planning Mill department.: A float
showing an interior scene in the mill
was the principal contribution of the
employees of the planning mill. On the
float a band saw and planer were oper-
ated during the parade by steam from
Root, Claus Carlson, Max Kenyon, Fred
Isaacs and Chas- Johnson busted them
selves in the preparation of rough
timber.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29
THURSDAYS PROGRAMME.

$50 a. M, at Camp Grounds-Six-
teenth Century Knights tournament
by men in armor, followed by Indian
dance Admission 25 cents.
p. m.-Flower parade on Harrison to
Third, to Jackson to First, to Kansas
avenue south to Tenth. to Jackson to
Eighth. to Harrison to Ninth to Topeka
avenue; to grounds
$3.50 p. m.-Grand court ball.
p. m.-Camp fire at Pavilion, o. L.
Moore, presiding.
6 p. m.-Camp fire, e,exprisdhers of war.
DR.. H. w. Roby, presiding.
p. m.-Indian dance for occupants of
camp.
Tonight's programme. p. M, spec
tacular parade on Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29
Fire the City With
Disastrous Results.
Nearly Every Public Building
is Destroyed.
PEOPLE BURNED
Others Trampled to Death in
the Panic.
The Pecuniary Loss is of EnOr-
nous Proportions.

Manila, Philippine Islands. Sept. 20
"A fire here yesterday destroyed the
gendarmes' quarter, the public library.
the museum, the offices of the depart
ment for the inspection of forests and
many other public buildings, involving
great pecuniary loss. In the panic
which resulted from the fire many peo-
pie were burned to death, trampled up
on or otherwise seriously injured. The
disaster is said to be of incendiary or
igin
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29
GAMBLING JOINT RAIDED.
One Operator in Jail and the Other
Out on Cash Bail.

The first gambling joint taken in by
the po Ice was raided late yesterday
afternoon by officers Capron and
Davis. .-.-
The game was operated by scattering
various denominations of silver. money
over a table, the player who was able
to pitch small ring, landing it over
the money, won.4- This was something
W hich seldom happened. r'
Frank Gussett and Tom Robinson
were running the scheme. They were
taken to police headquarters where
Robinson who was the cashier at the
game put up $50 cash bond for himself,
leaving Gussett in jail.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29
Lawvers as Bible searchers

Georgetown, Del, Sept. 29.-The
Methodist Sunday school of George
town has challenged the members OF
the Sessex county bar and the judges
of the state to a public contest to decide
which has the better knowledge of Bib
lical matters, and eleven lawyers have
already accepted the challenge, the
contest to take place October 3.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29
WANT A RECEIVER
Citizens and Property Owners
of Lookout Mountain
Ask the Court to Take Control
Of the Town.
FRAUD CHARGE MADE.
No Officers Have Been Elected
in Eight Years.
FRAUD CHARGE MADE.
Mismanagement and Insolvency
Included in the Bill.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. ga num-
Der of residents and property owners
made application in chancery court
here today for receiver for the town
of Lookout Mountain. The applicants,
in a sensational bill charge insolvency
and mismanagement and fraud on the
part of the officials. No election for
officers has been held in eight years.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29
WHAT OUR SHOPS DID.
Description of the 20 Santa Fe Floats
Prepared Here.

A total of twenty eight splendid floats
was the contribution of the Topeka
shops to the displays of the Santa F'e
anniversary celebration parade.
1t was a magnificent contribution,
and worthy of one of the largest and
most perfectly equipped railroad shops
in the world. 1t made a showing
which every Santa Fe shop man in
Topeka may remember with pride. Fine
as the display of the Santa F'e shop
men in the Festival last year was, it
was far surpassed by the celebration
display today.
In material used and time employed
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29

cert IN front Oh the Hospital tent TINS
morning.
The camp is being kept clean by a
police detail under charge of Lieut..
Kirkpatrick.
Dress parade of the infantry takes
place this afternoon from 5 to 6 in the
Quarter-Stretch.
One of the National Guard sentries
went to sleep on duty last night and got
six hours police duty for being too
sleepy.
Commander Jones raided joint in a
speed stall last night about II o'clock
The proprietor picked up and left with
out making any trouble.
The Indian papOOSeS, with their faces
painted yellow and red, reap harvest
of niclxels and pennies from the crowd.
A smile from them is sure to bring
donation.
General Charles MeCrum and Maj
Tom Anderson have at last made up.
They ate supper together last night at
the headquarters of the K. N. G. and
laughed and'talked as of old.
This morning the 1st Regiment of K.
der command of Col. Metcalf and the
End Regiment drilled in the Douthftt
tract under command of Col. Hoising-
ton
In the Kansas Medical College hos
pital tent DrS. S. E. Sheldon and T. w
Peers were on duty this morning. This
afternoon Drs. w. E. McVey and r. S.
MCGEE are on duty and at 6 p. m. Drs.
w. Brockett and Hammond take
charge all night. Barclays ambulance
is in waiting for a call day night
and is stationed at the door of the tent.
The ottawa fire department gave an
exhibition drill last night in front of
the grand stand. TheV kent nRrfacf
step and executed the different move
ments with a precision and correctness
that would do credit to any crack COM
pany They are by all odds the best
drilled fire company that is here.
Chief Geo. o. Wilmarth last evening
assigned the Arkansas City fire COM
pany the duty of taking the Pompier
hose wagon driven by the regular dri-
yer made the run to the tower with the
Pompier corps on in remarkably quick
time
Last evening at the fair grounds H
G. MattOon, a young man from Kansas
City, Kas., had his foot mashed by be-
ing run over by hack in which Chief
Hale and other firemen were riding
The horses suddenly backed and
caught Mattoon's foot under the rear
wheel. He was taken to the police sta
ton where City Physician Mitchell
nearly severed and the foot was badly
mashed.
BaIIard's Hor5nound Syrup is not a
mixture OF stomach destroying drugs,
but is a scientifically prepared remedy
that cures coughs and colds, and all
throat and lung troubles. Its action is
quick, prompt and positive. 25c and Soc
Geo. w. Stansfield, 632 Kan Ave. and
Miller's Pharmacy. Cor. 9th and Topeka
avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29
Librarv Open on sundays.

Chicago, Sept. 29.-The circulating de-
partment of the public library will
hereafter be open on Sundays. This
latest rule adopted by the board will
be hailed with delight by thousands
who are unable to visit the librarE
on week days The reading rooms
have always been open on Sunday. As
few people patronize the library in the
morning, the circulating privilege on
Sunday will only be good between noon
and o. m
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29
Trinlets and All Girls.

New York, Sept. 29.-The wife of ia
cob Lefkowitz, a poor East Side cap
maker surprised her husband today by
presenting him with three babies-all
girls She is 40 years old and the proud
father is over so, and they have already
five children, the eldest being IL years
old Many friends congratulated the
couple, but the father, who earns SO
week, said he didn't see where the luck
came in.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29
HADN'T SEEN A BIKE.
John Duck, an Indian, Gets Ten Years
for Shooting Wheelman.

Vancouver, b. c., Sept. 29.-John
Duck, an old Indian, objected to a bicy
Gle on the historic Cariboo stage road
across the mountains, mistaking it for
a devilish contrivance.
AS the rider was fitting down the
graded mountain side he shot at him
with rifle. bringing him down, but not
killing him outright. Duck has been
sentenced to ten years in the penitenti-
arY for his criminal ignorance.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29
ARAILROAD Up SINAI.
Efforts to Build Line From the Red
Sea to the Top of the Mountain.

London, Sept 29.-Efforts are being
made to construct a railroad from Tor
to the summit of Mount Sinai. The
mountain is only accessible on one side.
A depot will be erected near the spot
where a stone cross was placed by the
Russian Empress Helena, and where.
according to tradition, Moses stood
when he received the Commandments.
The railroad will also pass the cave in
which the prophet Elijah remained in
hiding while fleeing from the priests of
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29
Notice

All members of the Scandinavian-In-
dependent Political club are requested
to meet at Heery's hall, Friday even
ing, October /, 1897.
N. j. HOLLUM.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29
Extra Train serv;ca

Santa Fe train No. for points west
will have extra sections every night
necessary during the Festival, thus en-
abling visitors to see all the exercises.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29

The First Regiment band gave a con-
morning.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29
FAIR GROUND NOTES.

The tower used by the Pompier fire
corps has been torn down.
+
1t requires 1850 rations a day to feed
the Kansas militia while in camp.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29

The camp is being kept clean by a
police detail under charge of Lieut..
Kirkpatrick.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29

Dress parade of the infantry takes
place this afternoon from to in the
quarter stretch.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29

CONTINUED on Sixth Fage.)
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29

BaHard's HorShound Syrup is not a
mixture OF stomach destroying drugs
but is a scientifically prepared remedy
that cures coughs and colds, and all
throat and lung troubles. Its action is
quick, prompt and positive. 25c and SOC.
Geo. w. Stansfie1d, 632 Kan. Ave, and
Miller's Pharmacy. Cor. 9th and Topeka
avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29

One of the National Guard sentries
went to sleep on duty last night and got
six hours police duty for being too
sleepy.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-29

Commander Jones raided a joint in
speed stall last night about IL o'clock.
The proprietor picked up and left with
out making any trouble.
The herald., 1897-12-26

eclipse on plants and animals; these
generally behave as at nightfall-now-
ers close, fowls hasten to roost. cattle
low, and the whole animal kingdom is
seized with sudden fright; (2) the shad-
ow bands-these are mysterious and
hitherto unexplained bands of alternate
light and darkness which appear before
and after totality and travel over the
ground at the rate of IL feet or Is feet
per second; (3) 'Bailey's beads; lust
before and after totality the suns cres-
cent seems broken up into a circle of
bright beads-this effect being produced
by the suns rays passing through the
gaps between the mountains situated on
the edge of the moon.
In beholding these marvels the pleas
ure seeking tourist is more fortunate
than the regular astronomer, who is tied
TO his telescope, spectroscope, or cam
era at the supreme moment of totality.
Let 1t not, however, be supposed that
the labors and the self-abnegation of
the astronomer are prompted by mera
idle curiosity to pry into the hidden
things of nature, with no reference to our
daily wants. The study of the physical
The herald., 1897-12-26
A SWIFT ANSWER
TO ANDREE'S CRY

mountain Alike Horn, and thus isloated
from the rest Of the land. Escape from
the spot could only be effected by water,
but in Braekmos opinion people stran.
ded there could subsist for a time on
species of gull which frequents the
place and allows itself to be easily cap.
tured. OF drinking water there is an
abundant supply. Should the expedi.
ton prove frutless, it will have had the
satisfaction of calming the public mind
and of showing that where there is
possible prospect Of human life being al
stake, the Norwegian government doei
not shirk the difficulty of expense con.
nected with an attempt at rescue.
There is still a great difference OF
opinion regarding the probable origin Of
the cries, many being convinced thai
they are from the daring aerial voyager
while others (and among these latter
large percentage are men familiar
with the northern waters) assert that
the cries are made by seals or foxes. II
was for this reason that the master OF
the Malygen declined to put in when
he heard the cries, as he believed they
proceeded from sea fowl.
Baron Nordenskiold, who has been in.
terviewed on the subject, stated that HI
had repeatedly been taken in by "cries
of distress" when in Spitzbergen, but
they arose from movements of the ice,
for instance, when swayed by the roll
of the sea. Cries which might cause
alarm also proceed from sea fowl
though experienced Arctic sailors ought
to know the difference. The possibility
of Andree and his companions being
there was not precluded, but there was
greater probability of there being a
shipwrecked crew in that neighborhood.
He regarded it as being most desirable
that relief expedition be dispatched ia
the spot without delay.
Captain Otto Sverdrup, as regards
experienced Arctic Sailors" said
That's all very well, but there are Fins
and lot of rubbish among them-boys
and others who have no knowledge OF
Arctic life." He did not place much
I faith in the report.
Andree left on the 18th of July. Capt.
Sverdrup, with the steamer Lofoten,
was in Ice Fjord on the 25th Of August,
or forty-five days later, and as nothing
was seen of Andree then, 1t is almost in.
credible to suppose that the expedition
could gain a spot which they could not
reach or escape from without the aid Of
boat at subsequent period. Dead
mans creek is one Of the most dangerous
places on the coast. and hardly year
passes without the loss Of a vessel In
that vicinity. The Arctic seamen are
superstitious and fanciful race and
the idea of human cries once started
would spread to each member Of the
crew. Looms, large gulls, foxes and
seals can utter cries resembling those Of
men, and thus excite the imaginations
of such simple minded people, and there
is a possibility that the skipper ana
crew Of the Malygen have been deceived
by their imaginations.