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The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
FROM RATION.

The ma chinists of Ration are prepar-
ing to give grand ball on Christmas
eve
VIM Whalen. machinist. went to
Las Vegas. where he takes a position
with the A. T. & 5. F.
Brakeman w c. Parrott sustained
some severe bruises while jumping
from a car near Starkville.
Mrs. Bennett, mother of Engineer
Eugene Bennett. arrived at Ration on
Thursday from LeadViIle. and will make
an extended visit here
Engineer AfcCready. with Dixon en-
gine No S92. made up one hour and
three minutes on the delayed No :
yesterday between Ration and La Jun
ta making the run, including stops,
in two hours and 81 minutes. This IS
the best time ever made on this divis-
ion, going east
The roadbed of the A, T & s. F.
railroad between Silver City and Hud-
son has been a great source of annoy
ance and yearly expense to the com
pany ever since it was built, and at a
meeting of the directors of the road
recently held in Santa Fe. it was de-
cided to move the same TO higher
ground.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
FRoM NEWTON

Blacksmith kinney's forge has been
moved from its old position and a
smoke jack was erected.
Considerable extra work has piled up
in the blacksmith shop. necessftating
work at night for several men.
A pneumatic crane is being built at
the east end OF the back shop to facil-
ftate the moving of drive wheels from
the drop pits 70 the big lathe
Master Mechanic Gavitt of the San
ia Fe is & thorough Shakespearean
scholar and can give instructions for
the WIplng of an engine in blank verse.
All the telegraph poles in the Yards
are being painted They are being
painted black about six feet from the
ground, and white from there to TIE
top.
A quantity Of car repair supplies that
have been kept at Burton have been
moved over 10 this point. The reDafrs
We're kept there while the Frisco ran
into Burton.
The steam heating system in the
round house IS being run in a peculiar
manner The pipe line from the round
house TO the back shop is not in work
ing order and it is impossible to get
steam from the boilers to the shop. 1t
Is too cold not to have heat of some
kind, so it was decided to connect an
engine with the pipes to furnish the
necessary system Engine So is furnish
ing the necessary steam to keep the
round house warm
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21

Frank Symmes is on the sick list.
Ira Miller OF the blacksmith shop IS
sick
Frank Jones. of the car repairers'
force, is sick
Elias Selman. of the car department.
is on the sick list
William DIX has returned to work in
the car shed after a weeks illness
Engine 81 has gone into service on
the Usage City and Quenemo branch.
Engineer Byron Ghent is confined to
his home with a touch of pneumonia
John Adams. of the machine shops. is
confined to the hospital with a sprained
wrist.
Engineer Drew, whose engine is No.
6. has returned from a visit to Cali
fOrnia.
Joseph Nichols. who had his arm bad
" Wrenched in a drill press, has re-
turned to work
A Reynolds, of Arkansas City, re-
ported to the hospital with his right
side severely scalded.
Special car 216. used by the purchas-
ing agent, is in the coach shop 10 be
renovated and painted
Mark Symmes. of the store house.
had his foot badly mashed yesterday
by a falling piece of iron
Harvey Shull, of the master mechan-
les office at La Junta. has been visit
ing in the city and returned yesterday
There were more engines in the
rOUndhOuse stalls yesterday than there
has been before for months. Nearly
every stall is occupied.
Conductor J. Z. AIartiudale. of En-
poria, who was operated on last week
is improving steadily and will be out of
the hospital in a week or so.
Myron Clark, formerly of the cabinet
shop has taken 4 position with F. NJ
Gilbert Of the Axle Electric Light com
pauy. and viii work in fitting the cars
with the system.
Engine - was turned ont Of the
shops and took its first trial trip yes
terday. This IS the last one of the
eight consolidation engines to be turn
ed out of the shops this year
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
Two Trains Come Together
With Such Force
As to Hurl Brakeman Through
Car Door.
LOCOMOTIVES RUINED.
Ruined Freight Cars PIIedHigh
in the Air.
A Number of Train Men Sus-
tain Severe Injuries.

Marshall, Mich. Dec. 21.-An extra
freight train of ten empty coal cars
cOllided with a west bound passenger
train on the Detroit, Toledo and Mil
waukee railway last night near VIII
dervilIe. Both locomotives were ruined
and the freight cars piled high in a
mass of ruins. Albert Arner, the bag
Sageman was seriously injured and =
line repairer named McNiff, OF Tecum-
sch, had his hack injured.
The force of the collision drove E B.
Williams, a passenger brakeman head
foremost through a door panel His
scalp is badly torn and back injured
Engineer Lott, of the passenger train
had a rib broken and his fireman
sprained his ankle in jumping. En-
gineer Coonfer OF the freight admits
that ne forgot his orders. He and his
fireman jumped and escaped injury
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
SANTA FE TO OWN 1T.
The N. A & 3. About to be Sold I'm
der Foreclosure.

Mr. Merritt Starr OF the law firm Of
Peck Miller & Starr Of Chicago. came TO
Topeka today to take the decree OF fore
closure in the suit Of Oliver w. Mink and
Samuel ThOrndyke, trustees, against the
Manhattan, Alma & Burlingane Railway
company The decree viii be made and
the date of sale of the road set by Judge
Foster either this afternoon or tomor-
row
The road will probably be sold under the
foreclosure proceedings inside of the next
80 days and viii be bought in by the pres
ent bOndhOlGers and reorganized, The
amount of Indebtedness is S1,3S0. $40. The
bonds are held equally by the stock52ld-
ers of the Santa Fe and Union PaCidc
by Hiram p Dillon, receiver. After the
reOrganiza ton arrangements viii be made
by which the road will be operates eN-
Clusively by the Santa Fe-
The NJ. 4. & B. is one of the branch
lines which fails to pay operating ex-
peuses several months out of each year.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
MR. STRIKERS NIGHT.
DIR. Minney Tried to Make it
Cheerful but Succeeded
Indifferently.

SUPERINTENDENT of Public instruction
William Stryker attended his first dis
section last night. He accompanied
Dean Minney of the Kansas Medical
college to the uppermost parlOr of the
institution to see how the Populist Law
in regard to dissecting material was
working
After Mr.. Stryker went out and came
back after making his first enterance he
appeared to be greatly Interested ii the
working of the law. He told the stu
dents now he had taught physiology
and said that he had once owned 4
Cyrav's anatomy. This was after he
had communed with the stars etc for
another brief period
When Mr. Stryker entered the dis
secting room with Dean Minney groups
OF students were at work on four sub
jeCtS stretched out on SlaBS at dlIIerent
locations 1t wasn't long before the Su-
per.ntendent Of instruction commenced
to notice the slabs tipping and the sub
jacts rising, and in few minutes doz-
ems OF disSeCtlnS dlSmembered cadaV-
ers We're executing all kinds of gro
tesque dances about the room That
was about the time Mr.. Stryker made
his first exit
When he again entered the room he
felt better and was prepared to listen
to what Dean Minney had 10 say Dean
Mfnney has a knack of mixing graft
fying speeches and he told Mr.. Stryker
that if the POpulists of Kansas never
did anything else they would go down
into history as a party famous for hay
ing enacted q law which rendered grave
robbing no longer excusa bic.
This pleased 8Ir. Stryker and he re-
ciprocated by telling DR.. Minney that
if young men and women couldn't learn
to be doctors in such a spot they
couldn't learn anywhere and had better
SiVe up trying
This called for a handshaking, and
DR.. NIinney proceeded to explain to Mr.
Stryker all about the difficulties that
beset the college in past years over Sc
curing dissecting material. Tnen he
compared the past with the present
since the law was passed by the last
legislature, said he, we have no trOu-
bic at all in securing all the material
we need All we have to do is to make
requisitiOn on the officers of one of the
state institutions where there is an un-
claimed body, and the working of the
law does the rest Any officer that re-
fuses to send j body under the circum-
staHces IS liable to a fine of 800, and
of course we always get the subject.
There's no use talking. it's a fine law
AIr. Stryker thought so, too He was
glad the Populists were getting credit
Tor something.
After holding an OniOn-like eye. in
spscting a brain and viewing the inte-
rior construction of a stomach Mr.
Stryker left the room leaning heavily
on Dean Minney's arm He expressed
himself as thoroughly satisfied with his
first visit but neglected to promise to
call again
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
RAILROAD NEWS.
Santa Fe to BniId 100 New
Furniture Cars.
It viii Cost About $1,000
Each to Complete Them
AT THE TOPEKA SHOPS
Will Keep Up the Nine Hour
Shop SEIZED dule.
Engineer Ghent Invents an Au-
tomato Block System.
AT THE TOPEKA SHOPS


One Of the first contracts to be taken
up by the Santa Fe mechanical depart
ment after the first Of the year viii be
one for the construction OF 100 furniture
cars at the Santa Fe shops in this city
The average cost of each Of the cars
viii be in the neighbornOod Of $1,000.
or an expenditure Of s1OO. 600 for the leo
cars
The Santa F'e company now owns
probably more furniture cars than any
of the western roads. but the demand
for this class Of cars has increased TO
such an extent during the past year
that the freight department Of the road
has asked for 100 additional cars. AT
present the department has often trou-
bic in supplying orders for this class
OF cars
The ears VII be built at the carpenter
shops in this city. and in this way the
large force of men now employed VIII
be kept busy after January L even If
freight traffic falls off To a material eX-
tent. as IS Usua after the holidays
With the amount OF new work in en-
Eiue and car construction. in addition
TO repair work. Ill Is probable that q
falling OFF in traffic viii not affect the
Santa F'e shop men in this city. ana the
schedule Of nine hours remain in effect
through the entire winter.
Furniture ears are larger than any
other class OF freight car. They are
built 50 feet long. are OF unusual height.
and among railroad men are known as
travelling depCCS-'
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
FRcM La JUNTA.

The Santa F'e railway at this point
during the month of November did
over S35, 900 OF business
It Is reported that the frernen who
fell down on their examinations for
promotions. viii have to go into the
chain gang freight service
Engine 593 was brought down from
Pueblo yesterday morning with a CYL
inder head knocked out the result of
the piston stem breaking
Tom Young express messenger. VINO
has been running between La Junta
and El Pas0. Tex, has been changed TO
the through run from Arkansas City
to Albuquerque
R V ford who has held the position
OF head tool room man for some time
past. has taken a position on the floor
and William s Patten has been assign
ed TO the vacancy
Mai Benjamin. a colored man about
- years old was run over by Santa
Fe freight train at Rocky Ford Thurs
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
ss. COO IN sILYER sToLEN.
City of Washington Turns Up With
Part of Her Cargo Missing.

New. York. Dec -21--The reported rob
berry of some SS. Gee in Mexican money
from the steamer City OF Washington
during her last trip from Vera Cruz
TO this port was confirmed today The
City of Washington belongs to the New
York and Cuba mail steamship company.
A. G--Smith, secretary of that company
said today:
The City of Washington reached her
pier last Wednesday morning and i'm
mediately began discharging her cargo
Among other things there was a con-
signment OF 103 cases of coin for a
firm in London Each case represent
ed about $1,000 Mexican money. equal
to. about 1920 in our money, and
weighed about 200 pounds. On count
ing, it was found that there was only
1o2 cases, and as the bill called for 1O3
II was apparent that one had been stO-
len, either before the steamer sailed or
since the arrival at this port
"A bundle of canvas. in which about
S100 of the coin was placed was found in
the baggage room and leads US to be-
HeVe that the robbery was committed
during transit The only keys to the
strong room were in the hands of Cap
tain BurIey and his first mate. and as
no violence had been used in entering
the place. skeleton key must have
been used
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
WILL BE SPITEFUL.
Travellers Insurance Company
Trying to Make Innocent
Parties Suffer.

The Travellers Insurance company Of
Hartford. Conn, is preparing to make all
the trouble possible in Kansas and has
issued orders TO its attorneys TO fore
close. wherever possible. all mortgages on
real estate existing in this state
The company has a mortgage of 5000
on a business block in Parsons and at
tornevs representing the Travellers today
notified the owners Of the building that an
immediate settlement OF delinquent int crest
must be made or foreclosure proceedings
would begin
The company evidently believes thaU II
II Wirhdra VS. from Kansas and 1OreclOSeS
its mortgages the state viii be interrupt
ed in its progress
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
DOYOU TAKEYOURS RARE
Well, You'd Much Better Have
Your Meat Cooked.

City Meat Inspector J. W.Farnsworth
happened to be at one of the Topeka
slaughter houses yesterday afternoon
when a COW having a peculiar swelling
of the neck was driven in with herd
for slaughter. Mr.. Farnsworth noticed
the swelling, and fearing that it was
the result of some disease ordered the
animal separated from the herd. On
examination it was found that the
swelling was the result of tuberculosis.
Had not Mr.. Farnsworth been pres
ent just at the time, the COW would
have been slaughtered with the rest of
the herd and the infected meat placed
on the Topeka market. On top of this
comes the startling statement from
City Physician Mitchell today that half
the cases of tuberculosis not the re
suit OF heredity. are the result of eat
ing the flesh of animals affected with
the disease.
to the scientific men are of hardy ma
ture, and can be destroyed only by the
most persistent cooking. This gives
rise to the cOnsOling thought that eve
ry juicy roast or appetizing beefsteak
cooked at all rare may contain the
germs necessary to send a man or WO-
man into consumption.
1t is not the duty of Inspector Farms
worth to stand at slaughter pens and
watch for suspicious anatomical signs
on the cattle that are diven in. In his
capacity as meat inspector he is sup
posed to simply examine the meat be-
fore it is placed on the market
In the larger cities scientific men are
employed to inspect meat for such con-
ditions as tuberculosis Judging from
Dr. Mitchelis statement it is time that
something along this line was being
done here
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
FROM Ell PAso.

Five cars of oranges and 50 cars Of
ore came over the river yesterday
over 500 cars Of pecan nuts have been
shipped from this point to St. Louis
and other northern markets; and 100
car loads yet remain to be shipped
Yard Master Palmer of the Santa Fe
has returned to train service and Will
run a freight out of San MarciaL HIS
successor is named Nudge from DEM
ing. He begins tomorrow.
The deal made several months ago,
between the Southern Pacific and San
ia Fe company. by which the former
company obtained possession of the
Sonora branch of the latter, running
from Benson Arizona. to Guaymas, has
been annulled. the Mexican government
refusing to sanction the trade.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
JIM WAS NOT.
And the odd Scene Naturally Followed
as g Matter of Course.

And the odd Scene Naturally Followed
as Matter of Course.
was driving along a lonely road in
southwest Texas one day when I carue
upon rather remarkable scene. A lot Of
people rugged out in their Sunday clothes
were gathered in an open field and seemed
to be holding some kind Of ceremony, ap-
Parently Of a religious nature One man,
undoubtedly country preacher judging
by his garb and solemn appearance, stood
upon stump and was Just concluding an
exhortation of some kind Two or three
women were crying, and the men looked
serious and awkward
At first I thought I had come upon an
open air meeting Of some religious denom-
ination, but I abandoned this opinion
when I saw two men drive forth a couple
Of mule teams hitched to ponderOus har-
rows and begin to harrow the soil over
large space of ground in front of the con-
gregation- While they were doing this the
crowd sang hymn
When l drove slowly down the road
and saw man sitting on the fence gazing
at the scene, I stopped and asked him what
it all meant. He took a straw out Of his
mouth and pointed with it toward a pile
of white looking rocks in the center Of the
field
Right by them thar rocks, pardner,
he said 'is a new well The Lord secst
of Us, pardner, in well same as ous o
hit
Certainly, " I said.
A jack rabbit, pardner, is awful swift;
a shot from A hurries along like, buF
the hand o sudden death is swifter. "
Yes" I said Has some one been
killed. don t see any corpse. What are
those people dOing2"
There are no corpus, pardner- Yer
may spy the har at play, the fawn upon
the green, but the corpus o Jim StOllingeF
won't never more be seen Gaze, pardner,
upon the solemn scene an say If yer kin
whar is Jim -
Il don't know the gentleman, - I said
''I don know whether I see him or not. -
- Not air correct. Ak O. the wild waves
or the buzzard which scars alOft, an they II
likewise respond not Whereas Jim was,
he is now not-not any at all Yer have
maybe heard O blastin powder pardner,
an the powerful sudden way it has o call
in sinners ter repentance That thar vel
could tale unfold that would make yer
stand on yer head like er pOrkEe-pine.
Jim was a-diggin o that well an the blast
it went of too soon. Sabe? Yer see thcin
mule harrers2 Well, they re a-harreriD IN
the remains o. Jim. This here's Jim s fu-
neral Jim was sowed this TnOrniD- -
Detroit Free Press
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21

day morning and received injuries from
he died few hours later. The dead
man was on his way to Pueblo.
The east end Santa Fe passenger
runs have been assigned with the fol-
lowing, results. Trains l. >. 6 and s,
Robinson and LaveIe. SIS: Parr and
Kuhn. 3S2: NcAIurray and Banning. 522 ;
AIadigan and J. Murphy, 533. Trains 2,
,. 4 and Il, cambridge and Ketcham,
$50.
If the present Santa Fe schedule is
to be maintained. the business men of
La Junta should bring strong pressure
to bear upon the Santa Fe company to
have sos start from La Junta instead of
Pueblo This train leaving here at 3:30
p m or therea abouts. would make it
very convenient for west end shoppers,
as they could arrive on No. and have
six hours in La Junta.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
CHARTERS COST MONEY.
Illinois Rsaps a Rich Harvest From
Licensing Corporations

Springfield. III. Dec. 21-Secretary Of
state Rose has been doing an extensive
business for the state recently with
foreign corporations and trusts. Sew
aYal large ones have been licensed IN
der the recent law to do busiress in
Illinois. A license was issued TO the
GlUccse Sugar Refining company Of
Jersey city, n. J.. which qualified for
SS. eco. 600 working capital The fee for
the state is nearly $4,000
The National Maueable Castings Co.
of Cleveland is licensed Sor s1.200.O0O
thestate's Zee being $500. The fees from
foreign corpora tions Tai1 into the state
treasury the past six months amount to
nearly so. 600.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
MAY BE HAIR RAISING.
Indians Will Resist the Abolition OF
Their Courts

CHICAGO Dec. 21-A special to the
Times Herald from Washington, D. c.,
says:
Trouble in Indian Territory IS eX-
pected by the commissioner OF Indian
affairs and bv others in this city who
are far0iIiar with the condition of af-
fairs prevailing there.
"On January 1 the tribal courts VIII
be abolished by an act passed at the
last session of congress and the United
States courts given full jurisdiction
over the territory. In many quarters
the officers of the Indian courts have
declared that they will fOrcibly resist
an EFFORTS TO prevent them doing buSi-
nase while the United States marshalS
have given notice that any tribal
courts arteruDtfug to sit will be broken
mn and those assuming to conduct them
will be arrested -
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
BURGLED MORGUE.
Body Snatchers are Indicted for Bur
glary at Chicago.

Chicago, Dec. 21-The grand jury has
voted 10 indict Professor William Smith
of Kirkville, Mo. for the robbery of the
Dunning mOrgue on October 24th last
With him it was voted to hold Henry
JTNeriCh. watchman, and John Luedes
the LeamSter-
rnent was voted was burglary and not
body stealing. Under the laws of Il
IznOis a human body has no value un-
Iess,it is in a grave The theft OF bod
les outside the grave is not larceny
but the shOuls who visited the DunninE
rnCrSue broke open door and took
ayvav with them the s1rouds in which
the bodies were wrapped. This con-
stitutes the crime of burglary.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
PRESENTS FOR EUROPE.
Money Orders Issued for 12 Million
Dollars Already This Month

New York, Dec. 21--The Christmas
money order business of the New York
postoffice this year greatly exceeds
that of any previous year The out
going European mail has practically
been closed. but the incoming mail
from foreign countries has just begun
to arrive All of the foreign money or
der business is transacted through the
New York postOfice and a great mass
of orders will be handled here this
week
Our Christmas presents to Europe.
represented by money orders sent dur
ing the first eight days in December.
was 81. $50. .S36 in 40, sos orders The
largest number of orders. 73, 400. sent to
Great Britain and Ireland, represented
SIS -
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
AMONG THE CANNIBALs.
British Bark Blairtogie Lost in the
South Seas.

Auckland. y. T.. Dec. 21-The Brit
ish bark Blairtogie. Captain 3Iackay
from Delagoa bay for Portland Ore.
has been lost with her cargo off the Is
land Matahiya in the Tuamotu group.
The members of her crew have reach
ed PaDitf
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
Rheumatism Cured in a Dav

Mystic Cure for Ri4eun1a tisrn and
Neuralgia radically cures in I to 3 DAYS
It's action upon the system is rema rl1a-
5le and mysterious It removes at once
the cause and the disease immediateIv
disappears The first dose greatly ben
efits-
= F Anthony. Ex-Postmaster O.
Promise City Iowa says Il bought
one bottle Of Mystic Cure for Rheurna-
tism. and TWO doses OF it did me mora
good than any medicine I ever took
75 cents. Sold by Swift & Holiday
Drug Co. 5Z3 Kansas avenue. Topeka
" T. Williams. or Boughton. Ark.
says Have suffered for years with
constipation, and indigestion, and one
bottle Of Beggs Little Giant Pills has
cured me. At druggists
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
Rights ola Passenger Tested.

Denver. Dee. 21.-Judge Butler of di-
vission II is to beside whether a pas
senEer on a railroad train who has no
ticket but has the necessary money to
tender for his passage, can be elected
by q conductor. The suit of GalbraiIh
B. Blocker against G. w. Ristine re-
cefver of the Midland, for 81 999. in
wolves this point Blocker was put off
to the conductor to pay his way but
the tender was refused. and Blocker
elected
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
DIsmantled Katv Fneinea.

Parsons. Dec. 2I-The little loco
motives Nos. l. and 6 among
the first that were put on the
Katy. are now dismantled on a side
track at the Katy shops in this city
They are doubtless destined for the
scrap pile as they are TOO small for the
present use of the road. The old loco
motives Nos. 81 and 80 are also in a
similar condition
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-21
Trv Grain o. Try Grain-o!

Ask your grocer today to show you
n package OF GRAJN-O. the new food
drink that takes the place OF coffee The
children may drink IL without injury Z
well as he adult All who try it, like
IL GRAIN-C has that rich seal brown
Of Mocha or Java. hut it is made from
pure grains. and tine most delicate
stOrna1n receives IL without distress :.
price Of coffee 15c and Z5c per pack
age. Sold BY grocerS