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The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-04-22
J. w. WEATHERFORD.

W. II. Goldirap of Ash Fork. al. ministrator of the estate of Phillip Mcdonald. deceased, was here yester- day.
 The marriage of Percy Ashly Cowan and Miss Marie Anita Yargar of Phoenix is announced to take place April 2S.
 Although early in the season, tour- isis have begun to arrive. A party of them drove out to the Cliff Dwell. ings Monday.
 The Kings Daughters Circle will give fair in conneclion with thc ladies' social at Babbilts hall. ou the 29th of this month
 Don't forget thu, Garrett X Henuessy arn gunning the Flagstaff Meat Market, Hoxworih's old stand. where all will get courteous treatment
 Mrs. Mel has taken charge oi the boarding house at George Morgan's tagging camp near the Greenlaw Lumber Company's mill.
 Harry Jacoby has gone to consider able expense in fitting up his place of business and now has one of the finest fitted mp resorts in town.
 J. C. Duncan of Nit. Vernon, N. Y, and Miss A. Endicott Martin of New York are among the tourists at the New Bank Hotel. arriving Sunday.
 Frank McGinnis of Denver. travel ing freight agent for the San Francisco X Si. Louis railroad. registered at the Grand Canyon Hotel last Thursday.
 Mr. and Mrs. Deming Iaoves of Detroit. Mich. registered at the New Bnnk Hotel yesterday and will make the trip ,o the Grand Canyon today.
 5. l.. Cornish has accepted p"si- iion as salesman in the dry goods de- par'ment of Rabbit Brothers. and Burt Cameron in the grocery depart ment.
 H. N. Bowen of Salt Lake City and John F. Cowan of Butte, Mont, min ing men who are interested in our copper mines, registered at the Grand Canyon Hotel Saturday.
 .T. A. Riordan and family returned Sunday morning from Los Angeles where they have been spending the winter. F. w. SissOn. who made the trip to Los Angeles last week, accom- panied them back.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-04-22
THURSDAY. APRIL 2a. 1897.
These are b~k-o.-r days.

These are brk-b-rr days.
 Kansas C,ty Dressed Beet at Garrett q Hennessy's.
 Dr. k. Nj. Francis was here from Williams Monday.
 Go io Cofiin's for bic, cle fixtures. repairs, etc. Wheels to rent.
 Good cheap shoes n, NJ. J. Bagnalr's. Try the g. 50 aud s. % shoes.
 A. Vand-wart. the well-known wool buyer of Boston. is in the city.
 F. c. Gibson, lin-man for the A. & P. at Gallup, was in town Friday.
 Ask your grm-rvman for the Mari. copa Creamery butter and cheese.
 FOR SALE-Cheap. n good Burdette organ; terms easy. Apply to J. c. Grim.
 Travel from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon has already set m for the season.
 Professor Drew of Lowell Observa- tory arrived from ihs City of Mexico Friday.
 l.. G. Smith. prominent sheep man of Selignan. spent yesterday in the city.
 Orders taken for golf and bicycle suits, made To order, al J. W. wpalh- 0rford's.
 O. NJ. Robbins of Sauta Ana. Cal. stopped at tbe Grand Canyon Hotel Mopday
 Dr. J. A. Miller Jeff ihi, moguing for professional visit of ten days lo Winslow.
 W. c. Vaughan registered at the New Bank Hotel from Phoenix last Thursday.
 George Hill. who has been spending the win,er in Phoenix. returned Satur- day morning.
 Just received at Weatherfnrd's, a full line of belts. shoes and hose for bicycle riders.
 James A. Fleming. the Phoenix banker. was on No. yesterday morn ing bound for Kansas City.
 F. A. Bentley f Phoenix and w. c. Miller of Jerome were guests at the New Bank Hotel Monday.
 R. M. Johnson has moved his family here from Riordan and they are occu- pying residence of Mrs. Nell.
 Babhitt Bros. have just received a car of choice Eastern apples. which they are selling at s5 per barrel.
 Rev. T. NJ. Connolly. pastor of the Catholic church at Winsl"w. and Mir. Dohoney were in Flagstaff Tu. sday.
 Coffin Bros. have in all the fresh fruits and vegetables of the season; also . fine assortment of cream candies. Henry Nicols of St. Paul was among the tourist arrivals this week and is taking in the sights around Flagstaff. The hest butter in town is the Mari oopa Creamery butter; full cream and no coloring. Sold by Babbitt Bros. See that your butter has the stamp of the Maricopa Creamery Co.,, Phoenix
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-04-22

Tnn SuN- DEMOCRAT ia pleased to contribute b public matters. but all notices of festivals. fairs. meetings of societies. suppers. enter tainments and mention of marriages births and deaths beyond the regular announce nent. will be charged for at regular rates.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-04-22
THE sUN-DEMOCRAT.
NOTICE rO THE PUBLIC.

All contracts and bills for advertising pay able monthly.
 Advertising rates given upon application Business locals 10 cents per line for arst in- ssrtion. and scents per line for each suhss- suent insertion.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17

The Rock Island road is receiving
cars of Canon City coal over the Santa
Fe route
W E. Alexander made a couple Of
trips on engine 40, Engineer b 5. VIII
Hams laying off.
Fred Gardner. the Santa. Fe railway
agent. will remove his headquarters to
the new building next week
Fireman Little, of the west division
run the switch engine Tuesday night,
in the absence of the regular man
J. C Baird, in charge of the railroad
reading room. is cultivating the birds
and rabbits that are making the read
ing room grounds their habitatiOn-
Harry Newfer has been assigned i
passenger engine He formerly was in
the passenger service, but for a year
has been running a freight engine
Ben Oldham has been restored to his
place as an engineer on the Santa Fe
railway. Mr. Oldham was suspended
some months ago withOut,a as his friends
thought, justihable cause
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
LINK AND PIN COUPLING.
Passenger Cars Built on tne Old Plan
VIII bs Refused Transit by
the Santa Fe-

General Superintendent Nudge of the
Santa EFF today issued a circular stat
ing that after January 1, no car OF any
description equipped with the old
fashioned link and pin coupling or
without the Westinghouse brake viii be
received for transit in Santa Fe pas
se1ger trains No matter who the Oc-
cupant of the car may be, or of what
Importance its traIsp spOrtation- unless
equipped with a modern coupling and
Westinghouse brake the car will be re-
fused Should President Mckinley
start for the Pacific coast in a special
car equipped with the old link and pin
ana without the brake and ask for
transportation over the Santa Fe, his
car would not be received
The circular reads as follows. and is
signed by General Superintendent
Nudge.
On and after January I. 1898. this
company viii decline to receive ali
classes Of cars to be handled in passen-
ger trains unless equipped with West
1nShOuSe Quick Acting Automatic Air
Brake and Miller coupler. or com bina-
tion coupler which viii interIOck with
il and not require the use of link and
PIN
Many foreign line cars are neither
equipped with Westinghouse brakes or
Miller cOuplers. and in the past num-
crOus accidents and delays have re
suited from their transportation in
Santa F'e passenger trains The com
paay has finally decided TO prevent all
accidents by refusing to receive the
cars
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
AN OLD RECORD FoUND.
Shows but Four Engineers Left at
Newton Out of 80.

One of the curiOsities al the round
house is an old printed statement of
the performance OF engines The state
ment is dated December. 1895 It is
framed and hangs in Foreman Tis-
daIe's Office
In taking up the engines on the Mid
die division, which then extended from
Emporia to Nickerson, it gives the
number of the engine and the name Of
the engineer
In all there were about 80 engines
rated. There were about 3 engineers
on the board OF these men but few re-
main in Newton, many have retired
from active service. some are dead, a
few having been killed in accidents
The following men are still employ
ed by the Santa Fe and live here or
run out of here: James ROllO, J. r
TrOuSIOt. J. E Webster. VIM r Scott
VIM R Scott was in 1885 an eugi-
neer with a freight run; today he is a
travelling engineer for the Santa F'e.
James ROIIO is perhaps the oldest man
in point of service of any of the men.
He now runs on the fast mail between
Newton and Topeka He came to the
York Central He was made an engf-
1862 For more than 35 years he has
been in continuous service J. R.
TrouslOt still runs out of Newton on
the Oklahoma division J E Webster
now runs a switch engine in the yards
at Newton
These men are practically all the men
left. who, in 1885, ran into this place
The others are scattered all over the
United States
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17

Brown. Mr. Joseph Lee. Mr. DoIph Wind.
Miss Bertha Cox Mr. Robert Sim. Miss
BeIIe Aney. 3Ir. Tom O'Connor. 1Ir- Y
5. Rieuert. Mr.. E Fletcher, Mr.. Harry
Painter, Miss Minnie Stratton, 1Ir- A.
Dowd. Mr. Chas- Jacobs and wife. Miss
Grace Edwards Miss Maud Davis. Mr.
Harry BrinkIy, Mr. William Venn, Mr. L
Davis and wife Miss Ada EeOman, Mr.. J.
NJ Spencer Mr. Tom Barker, Miss Car
rie Boyd. Miss Haley, 8Ir- s P Logue,
Mr. John Morgan, Dr. W f BOylan, Mr.
NJ s. SEisher. Miss CadsweIl. 1fr. Gordon
Griffith. Miss Lulu Hughes. Mr. c. H
Randolph. Mrs Annie SeaSoudoIlar. Miss
Kelly. Mss Roberts, Mr. George Hoover.
Miss Lettie Hartman, 1Ir- Me Martin,
Mr. N Turner 1Ir. James Hartman. Mr.
Justin Iowden. Mr. Thomas Kennedy. Mr..
w A wise, 1I-- J. H Gabriel. Nj g E
McCoIIun. Mr.. w L Watkins. Mr. g
R Kemp, Mr.. CIaud Fiske-
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
FROM NEWTON.

The roof Of the old roundhOuse is be
ing put on
Switch engine 80 was in the house
this morning for light repairs
Machinfst William krug has returned
to work after a IayOf OF severaImOnths-
K r. Stewart of the storeroom force
of Topeka is down inspecting the store
room at this point.
4 couple of cars of gravel are being
UnIoaded in the machine shop and viii
be put down as a floor Heretofore
there has been nothing but a common
dirt floor.
The south train No. 4O5. il the after
noon. now waits for No 1 for passen7
gers. The train formerly left here at
4.3O in the afternoon but now does not
leave until 5,25-
The 1S6 was sent out of the shop this
morning She is an old switch engine
known as odd BIinkey." She has been
has been rebuilt and painted She will
be sent to Florence to do the switching
there
A good story is told on George W
Iawless. the superintendent of steam
heating It seems that he teIegraphed
that he was coming down here on a
certain day He did not come. and all
the men wondered how it was that he
did not put in his appearance He told
q friend in Topeka that the reason that
he did not come was that he did not
think of the change in the time Of the
fast mail and walked down two miles
TO the station only to fnd that the mail
had left a half hour before He did not
remember that the time had tbeen
changed and that the train left a half
hour earlier than it did before.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
FRoM WELLINGTON.

Engine 4s4 has been repaired and is
ready for the Arkansas City Purcell
division
Conductor N. \ Wuner and family
went to AIva- O. T. this morning to
visit during the holidays.
Superintendent DOIan came in from
Wichita this morning with his special
car-on q tour OF inspection.
Gus Zenz returned to work this
morning as fireman on the switch en-
gfne He has been laying off most Of
the time since last August
Conductor LoosIey's fast mail train
was one hour late this morning. caused
by the delay IN the arrival at Wichita
OF the fast mail from Kansas City
Engineer Ben Miller and Fireman
yVestIaIze Of Chanute passed through
here this morning on their way TO
Pampa- Texas, on a hunting expedi-
ton
EOadnaster EEHngtOu of Winfield.
was here this morning He was show
ing the railroad boys a fine gold watch
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17

the interests they are supposed 70
serve. The commercial organizations
on record in support of the proposed
legislation base their opinions on the
belief that pooling WI remove tie
granting of rates to favored shippers
thereby maintaining an equality ana
placing the smaller shipper in position
TO demand the same rec Oenltlon as is
extended to the man VII has rate.
but the strongest endorsements or
pooling emiuates as d rule from the
largest shippers in the country who
we well know never pay tariff except
on paper
While pooling laws might remove
some discrimination between shippers
in one locality, it would CREATE unjust
discrimination between localities IS
whole Therefore in viewing the mat
ter as We should from standpoint Of
representatives of our res sNecCtVe cities
and the territory tributary thereto We
should take into COusiGerat ION the fact
that the possibilities of loss are Ear
greater than TIE posi- bilities or gain
The prompt movement Of 4Teigat ny
lines desi gnateC IS of much Importance
to the shipper IT the fulhllue Mt Of con-
tracts, particularly IN the gain busi-
ness
Briefly stated. the inevitable. results
Of IegaIized pooling would be-
First, the loss of power to restrain
unjust discrimination against Iocau-
ties
Second. service both freight and pas
senger inadequate to the needs uf the
country
Third. performance Of minimum ser
vice al a maximul rate.
Fourth. decrease Of legal liability OF
individual lines.
Fifth, the mort;gs Sing of the traffic
or our entire cOuE tt y 10 the railroads.
vesting in them absolute power to han
die it as they see st
In addition TO these there are 9TH
parent under the practical workings
of q pool"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
CONDUCTOR MARTINDALE.
His Emporia Friends VIII be Glad 90
Learn His r ve-y IS rain.

Conductor J. z. AIartindaIe of En-
poria. who was operated on at the
Santa F'e hospital in this city yester-
day. is today greatly improved and
the hospital physicians say that mis-
recovery is certain 1t is expected that
he viii be able to leave the hospital in
ten days or two weeks
Conductor Martindale was operated
on for enlargement of the axiIIary
glands While the operation was very
difficult. he passed through it splendid
Iy and rallied without any serious
symptoms His Enporia friends Will
b pleased to know that his recovery Is
regarded as certain. as it was reported
there last night that his condition was
dangerous
Conductor Martfndale was accompa-
MED to this city by Conductor w <
CuuiEgs. master of the EmporIa
lodge of B of r T
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
CALIFORNIA TRAFFIC PAYS.
Santa Se Limited Trains Proving
More Successful Than Ever
Before.

The Santa Fe California limited
trains have so far this season proved
more successful financially than any
year since their inauguration. and it
has been fully decided 0y the manage
ment to run the trains tr5-weeLiy in
stead of saui-WeslZIy after the first of
the year January Il has been set as
the day for the first third train to
leave Chicag so. and after that date the
limited trains wesUbOund Will pass
through Topeka on Sundays. Tuesdays
and Thursdays The limited trains are
the best paying trains on the Santa RE
from the fact that no free trans 9OrLa--
tiOn of any kind is hOnOred-
When the DIVISION superiCtendents
were in this city some tine ago The
time card was arranged for the run
ming of the trains tr.-Weakly in aaticl-
patton OF the action o. the manage
ment- and the Inauguration OF the tn I'd
train VIII not necessItats any alteration
in time.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
BUYS TIE ARCADE
Santa Fe Secures the Eating House
HotsI st Eew-o1.

General Manager J. J. Frey. States
that the Santa. Fa has bought the Ar
cade building at Newton. IN which the
station is now located. but refused TO
give the purchasing price The build
ing originally cost $4,000. 1t Is one
OF the finest buildings IN the town. and
is complete in every way. 1t viii BE-
remodeIed by the Santa F'e at a cost Of
So coo More Office room VIII be added
and larger waiting rooms built Fred
Harvey VIII spend $500 IN fxirg up the
hotel and viii open it at once The
station when finished viii be one Of the
best and most complete or the system
A system OF train sheds viii be built
over the platforms
The company has already spent sew
eral thousand collars in putting down
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
THERE WERE TWELVE.
In the Town That -Sumbcr Of Ounces
Made y Pound

In the Town That -sumbcr OF Ounces
Made u Pound
He had some business to transact at
Troy, n Y, and when he had concluded
it he thought he wouk1 like to walk ground
and take in the town After awhile he
bethought himself of his pipe ard his to-
baccO pouch, which he suddenly reaneEn-
bcrcd was empty, so he stepped into to-
baeconist's s store and asked for some good
Turkish.
Certainly, replied the tradesman az
he handed down a package already made
up. Here's half pound. -
The customer would have put it in his
pocket and gone away without thinking
at all Of the quantity, but the man S re-
marking that it was half pound caused
him to pause He weighed it in his kand-
1t feels pretty light for eight ounces, he
said
'' 'Tisn't eight ounces, Of course is
six, - said tho tobacconisT.
''But you said it was half pound -
$50 it is
How many ounces DO you reckon in .
pound, my friend?'
Twelve, Of course -
''Indeedl Since when?"
since always"
But, 1ay good friend there are 16
ounces in a pound
'' Not here there ain Z, mister man We
go by Troy weight in this town -''-NeW
York Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
1NTERLoCK1Ne SWITCHES.
System ct Ottawa Inspected by the
Railroad commissioners

Assistant General Superintendent
Avery Turner and Division Superinteu-
dent Mcclellan accompanied the state
railroad commissioners to North Otra-
wa yesterday where the commission in
SD6Cted the system of iuTerIOCkLng
switches at the crossing OF the Santa
F'e and Missouri Pacific tracks. The
commissioners expressed themselves as
thoroughly satisfied with the arrange
ment which makes a meeting OF trans
on the crossing impossible
The Santa F'e track runs north and south
and the Missouri Pacific track crosses
it running east and west. There is
W connecting the two tracks that is
capable of holding three cars. The
switch tower Is two stories high and
from that the SIX interlOckiEE switches
are managed All the switches are ct
the darauing pattern and are kept open
until the operator sees a train coming.
A quarter OF mile from the tower
the crossing Is a red semaphOre at the
deraIlIuS switch When the green
board IS out the engine runs slow and
If the deraIlI1g SemaphOre shows him
clear track he makes the crossing if
it does not he cannot pass the deraLIing
switch The switches on each track
are worked the same way. When the
lever IS thrown to give a clear track
Tor one road the semaphores
on that line show a clear track
and the switches on the other road are
open and the danger signal is shown
After one of the switches on either of
the main lines is thrown it is inpos-
sibIe for any Of the switches on the
other road to be thrown 4 series of
levers lock the other switches so that
none but the right one can be thrown.
TraiumaSter H. A TiCe SAYS that this
is the best system of iuterIOCking
switches in use in the United States.
It is put in by the Santa F'e and is op-
era red hy than
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
SYL DIXON'S CLAIM.
It was a Weak One, but He Got q
Californian to Take It

nearly $500 as a result of accepting an
unpaid claim against the state assign
ed to him by SyI Dixon of ArgOnia-
Dixon was ergeant-at-armS of the
Morrill, Investigating committee which
Ousted NJ A Householder Dick Chase
and William Rogers from office
DixOn's services amounted to q claim
of $500 There was no money to pay it,
and the contingent fund of Gov Nor
riIl was exhausted The claim. there
fore. stood against the state, the owner
anticipating that some time the Iegis-
Iature would appropriate money to sat
isfy it
Mr. Carr has written to State Audit
or Morris demanding payment
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
THE ATcHIsON BRIDGE
Railroads Running Into Atchison to
Purchase the Structure.


Negotiations are now pending which
will probably result IN the railroads
running into AtchisGn. jointly purchas-
ing the Atchfson bridge across the Mis-
souri, river. OF the bridge passing into
the possession OF the santa F'e com
pany-
The Atchtson bridge was built by the
Atchison Bridge company, a stock
corporation. and foreclosure proceed
ings are now pending in the supreme
court At present 1t IS in the hands OF
q receiver. All of the roads entering
Atchisou use the bridge and pay an
nuaI rental It is a desirable railroad
property. and the roads have wanted
to gain possession Of IL for some time,
but up to this time 1t has been impOs-
sfble TO make any satisfactory arrange
rnents A compromise viii probable be
effected with the mortgages and the
property pass into the hands Of the
railroads
The Santa Fe company is leading the
negotiations for the purchase of the
bridge. and unless the other roads are
willing TOT enter into satisfactory
agreement, it viii probably buy the
bridge singIy-
The matter will probably be closed
either one way or another within a
short time.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
TO STOP PUGILISM.
Warrants Out fo- the Arrest of &c
Coy and Crsedon.

of Long Island issued warrants today for
the arrest of Mccoy and Creedon on COM
plant Of Peter A. Leininger and Julius
Rufus Terry of the Long Island City Pur-
ificatIou society.
Lawyer Van Veehten. representing the
Athletic club said the men would be in
court at , o'clock and that they would
furnish bond not to violate the law
District Attorney YoUnSs received a let
ter today from Governor Black regarding
the contest. but the district attorney would
not make the contents public
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
FROM Los VEGAS.

Operator Eastman has arrived from
Wichita, kan. and will pound brass
in place of Operator Blair, who returns
to Missouri
Recently an engineer in this terri
tory got married, and has been given %
credit marks for heroic action in the
face of danger"
W r. Sandefer, a passenger conduc-
tor here years ago, who has held
several positions of trust and RESPONSE
bilfty since leaving here. arrived from
Colorado points on the 12:45 train this
afternoon
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
WOMEN DRIvE THE TEAMS.
Construction of Missouri Railroad to
bs BsEun in STYLE.

Mansfield. No, Dec 17-COntractor
Moore of North Missouri with twenty
teams, turned the first sod here at 1 D
m. yesterday of the St Louis Mans
field and Ava Southern railroad in the
presence OF 300 invited guests. The la
dies present drove teams and plOWed
the first furrOWS.
President Freeman of the railroad
company and AIessrs. Hadley and
F7urguSon of the construction company
toasted the multitude The second five
mile eontract viii be let At once.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
ALTON VIII ADOPT IT.
Investigate the Axle Electric Light
Equipment Of the Santa Fe.

1Ir w. L Brown. superintendent Of
way. came to this city yesterday for the
purpose Of investigating the new axle
electro Light equipment which is being
placed on all hrst class Santa Fe
coaches, chair cars and dining cars
He spent the day al the old Sixth
street rOundhOuse, where the ears are
being equipped, and his visit viii prob
ably result in the Chicago < Alton
company adopting the same system
and eQuipping their cars like those Of
the Santa Fe. It was with this view
that AIr. Brown made the visit TO this
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
Santa Fe Has Plsntz of Coal

The Mt Carmel Coal company has
secured a large supply OF coal from
outside the state and with the supply
from the mines in Kansas has been
able to fill the Santa Fe orders. As a
consequence the Santa Fe coal chutes
at the different division points and
cOaling stations, which a short time
ago were dangerously near being
empty, now contain plenty Of fuel.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-17
Eneinesr Kellev,s Rnn

Theodore Moore now has the late En-
glneer kelley's run on the Lawrence
branch out of Ottawa, Engineer Al
Wilson taking Theodore MOOre's run on
the Burlington branch At the death
of Engineer Kelley the run was to be
given to the Oldest engineer on this
division of the road and fell to Engi-
neer Lowe of Ottawa. but he preferred
to keep his present run: it then fell to
Engineer Moore and Engineer Wilson
being next in years of service was Civ
en- Engineer MoOre's run.