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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-08-27
EIGHTH DISTRICT NEWS.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Eimer Worth. Of Baltimore,
The Tow Council Mt its last meeting de-
cii"d to mn gravel walk on Back stl eet.
john Davis has moved into the Samuel
Scotch house on Cecil avenue and Hiram
Logan will occupy the house vacated by Mr..
Davis.
Arthur Anderson, of Chester, spent two
days with his uncle L I. b. Day.
Harry Cole, Of Hartford county. spont Il
few days with friends and relatives in town.
Mrs. Culleney and daughter, Annabel. of
Elkton, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Charles W. Grant
Mrs. May Taylor. of Principle. is visiting
Miss Fannie Rambo.
Miss Lidia Lamar, Of Charlestown, has
been the guest of Miss Bertha Haley.
Miss Alice Lewis, of Wilmington, is being
pleasantly entertained by Miss Irene Foster.
Edward Grumball, of Philadelphia, is visit
ing Chester Harvey.
Mr. and Mrs. E. P Ferguson. OF New York
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. B. f. Thomas
John Meekns Is visiting relatives in Balti
more.
Mr.. S. j. Ford and Miss Elizabeth Wright
are spending week Mt Ocean Grove.
Spencer & Silver, of Hartford county, who
will operate the canning house of b. F.
Thomas, have completed all arrangements
and will start on Monday. They have en-
gagged about fifty Bohemians. who have
plrnnIy arrival md tn nv, tb.ir
near the canning house.
Samuel ]. Reeder had an exciting chase
after thieves early Tuesday morning. He
was awakened 10y "a commotion in his chicken
house, aad securing Il gun fired it in that
direction, when Il man appeared with bag
filled with chickens. On being pursued by
Mr.. Reeder the thief dropped the chickens
and made good his escape.
Frank Tasker was arrested by Constable
George T. Murray early Tuesday morning
charged with an assaultu upon Harry Ieomens
and placed in the town lookup. After sum
moning several witnesses the constable re-
turned to the lookup to take Tasker before
the magistrate. but found he had made his
escape by picking the lock OF his cell.
Qnit"a number from here went on the
moonlight excursion to Betterton from Port
Deposit Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. $. Simcoe are spending a
week ut Atlantic City.
Mr.. aud Mrs C. T. T. Mearns and two
daughters are spending IA week at Ocean
Grove.
Mr. Bowerman, OF Baltimore, is the guest
of Mrs. Black we'll
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NORTH EAST NEWS.

NORTH EAST, August 26 1898.
Miss ueah Wilson, OF Elk Neck, has beer
the guest of Miss Reba McCracken.
George Hodge last week moved to Deans
Bank.
Mrs. Jesse Spear, of Wheeling, W. Va, and
Mrs. Smith, of Chester, spent few days
with Mr.. and Mrs. b. L. Thomas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Budd Burns, of Trainor, Pa.
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. VS.. Wilson,
Joseph Ireland and Isaac Clayton, of Wash,
ington, spent Saturday and Sunday in town
Harry L. Pierson is spending few days in
Still Pond.
Misses Nellie and Bessie Ford, of Wash
ington, ID. c., are being pleasantly enter
tanned by their aunt, Miss Salle Ford.
Walter Wilson, OF Philadelphia, is spend
ing some time at his home in Elk Neck.
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THROUGH THE COUNTY.
WHAT HAS TRANSFERRED IN A
WEEK.
Special Letters From the Wings Large
Staff of Correspondents Giving
All Local Happenings.
LEEDS ITEMS.
LEEDS, MD, Aug. 26, 1898.
Mis- Emma Holte gave dinner and water
melon party on Tuesday evening in honor of
Miss Eva Thomas who has been her guest
for some time.
Miss Geneva Toner, OF Philadelphia, is the
guest Of Miss Anna Mahoney.
Mrs. Laurence Keir is visiting in OXFORD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-06
The Wreck at Paramount.

The Santa Fe wreck at Paramount,
Kan, on Tuesday was not as disastrous
as at first reported. Engineer Mcclure
was the only man injured, and his in
juries are not serious. Mcclure left
Argentine Tuesday morning with a
train for Atchison to get a load of ice.
He had orders to sidetrack at Fair
mount, to allow another freight train
to pass him. He ran into the siding
just ahead of the other train, but he
was unable to stop, as his airbrakes
were working badly. AS result he ran
full length of the switch track and
crashed into the rear end of the other
train on the main track Mcclure and
his fireman saved themselves by jump
ing The cabOOse and three cars of
the regular train were badly wrecked.
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SANTA FE LOCAL NOTES.

Switchman G. H. Norton is on the sick
list
way cars 10 and 300 are in the paint
shop.
Private car PIG went east on No.
yesterday.
A. B. Beard is now employed at the
machine shop.
Granville Belts of the blacksmith de-
partment is on the sick list.
Foreman George Elliott is again at
work after several days sickness
D. B. Lawson has been promoted to
the position of clerk in the car depart
ment.
Engine 2OS took her trial trip to Mer-
ideTV today, having just undergone re-
pairs.
Mr.. A Rattey leaves the car shops in
a few days to become foreman at OF
tawa.
A L. OIney has returned to work in
the car department after two weeks
sickness.
AIph Penwen will leave the employ
of tie company on Saturday and go
to Denver.
Mrs. George L Stone, wife of Switch
man Stone, is quite sick. Mr.. Stone is
laying off.
The two new mail cars, 1900 and 1901
will be in service between Kansas City
and Chicago.
s Withers formerly sidewalk in
spector in Topeka, has taken a position
in the car shops.
Carl Lawson left the employ of the
company today to become one of Sher-
if Cooks force.
Frank Mckinney of the planning mill
is absent from work on account of sick
ness in his family.
Engineer Grady and Fireman Shep-
herd brought an extra freight up from
Argentine this morning with engine
S16.
James Swan, foreman of the brass
foundry, has nodded some copper ham
mers superior to any that can be
bought in the market
The following are the officers of the
r. r Y. NJ. c. A, elected for the COM
ing year: J. c. Turney, chairman; H.
J. Grow, secretary. and E D. Coon,
treasurer
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FROM Ell PAso.

Mrs Mccarthy, wife of private sec
rotary Mccarthy of General Manager
Frey, passed through the city this week
bound north.
Civil Engineer Robson and party will
leave Monday to cross section and To-
cate right of way and roadbed through
the JicarilIa country.
The Texas and Pacific company is
getting some new engines from the
Baldwin Locomotive works and they
are en- route to Fort Worth.
The S. P. will send on from San Fran
cisco ten wheeler engines to run east
from this city with the New Orleans
section of the Sunset Limited.
Options have been secured on nearly
a hundred ranches N the Sacramento
mountains by the White Oaks road
people, on which they propose to settle
Pennsylvania farmers.
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a medium that a "Hindoo spirit in the
band of spirits" that was following him
around said that there was trouble
ahead of him and that when he saw a
white light in his running board he
should run with extreme caution. Re
Gently he was making a night run and
when about eight miles west of Usage
City a white light suddenly appeared
on the running board directly in front
of his window. He Immediately got h s
engine under control and ran very
carefully. He made the run to Topeka
without any mishap. Not long ago an
engineer consulted a medium and ask
ed for a message from HOLSTER. He
was told that HOLSTER was cOmmuni-
eating to another engineer through an
other medium and could not come. The
next day the two engineers were talk
ing together and the one who was talk
ing with HOLSTER showed the other en-
gineer a message he had received from
him on that night.
Names and other details of these
matters could be given but the train
men do not like to permit their identity
to become known because their SUPER
Tors might regard the whole thing as so
much fOOlishness.
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The disinfecting of the last case has
taken place and all the victims are
convalescent.
Willard Skinner has been promoted
to the Craftsmanship of the Coolidge
rOundhouse, vice J. Q. Adams trans
ferred to Dodge City.
Trains 407 and 4OS of the Oklahoma
division that have been stopping at
Guthrie for lunch will do so no more.
The eating house has been transferred
to Purcell and lunch will be served
there.
Santa Fe Master Mechanic Nuebert
posted a bulletin in the Arkansas City
shops wishing all employees a merry
This is the first master mechanic the
Santa Fe has had there that ever did
it.
officials of the Santa Fe held a con-
ference with the mayor of Denver. yes
terday concerning the removal of the
tracks of the Circle road. The officials
are ready to remove the tracks under
conditions which the council will be
asked to approve.
An odd thing happened in Foreman
Tisdale's office last evening. A di-
rectory of every engineer and fireman
is kept in a frame in the Office. Each
mans name is a detachable slip. When
changing Walter Burns name, the sug-
gestion was made that the card be
turned and another name be written
on the back. This had already been
done and the name on the other side
was John Staley.-NewtOn Kansan.
The duties of the night agent at Ger
rillOs, New Mexico, are varied. He is
not only station agent and attends to
the arrival and departure of many
trains, but he must perform the duties
of express agent as we'll He is also
mail carrier and, no matter how pres
sing may be his other duties at the
time, he must see that Uncle Sans mail
bags are promptly delivered at the
pOStOfhce.
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1or chat the question of how the mes
sages come and how true they are is
discussed. Those who believe in Spir-
ttualism accept it as true that the mes
sages come from the spirits of those
who are dead while those who do not
accept the belief think that there is
surely something that they do not
understand.
1t is common thing for those who
do not accept the belief to talk it over
and few if any will say that they do
not believe there is any truth in the
statement that the messages are from
the spirits. There are several medi-
ums in Topeka and Mrs. John TaIley.
wife of Engineer John TaIIey. who lives
at 323 Quincy street, is considered bv
railroad men to be the best. Mrs. Tai
ley is besieged night after night by
trainmen VINO wish to receive messages
from the spirit world. Mrs TaIey has
always been ready to accommodate
her callers but they have been calling
upon her so much that she now de-
clares that she must stop as she says
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the emergency air brakes The brake
man attempted to cry out He could
not, but he made leap for life and
cleared the space between himself and
the young lady in one bound. He
grasped her outstretched arm
What do you want to do cried the
brakeman.
She looked at him as if to say none
of your business but she said, Il want
a drink of water"
train to get it, said the brakeman
Isn't that the lever that makes the
water run?" asked the young lady with
look of establishment on her face.
mo, that is the emergency air brake
lever and if you had pulled it the train
would have stopped in a hurry
OH" said the young lady with a
gasp. She returned to seat and the
Drakeman's faith in the looks of up to
date women was broken.
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FROM ALBUQUERQUE.

Inspector Cade Selvy, of the Santa F'9
Pacific has his name on the Highland
register, and is in the city.
Conductor c. H. DaScOmb, accompa-
MED by his little daughter, returned
from California last night. Mr.. Das-
comb will resume his passenger run IN
a few days.
Charles Kennedy came in from Flag
staff where he is experimenting big
tie contract from the Arizona lumber
company for the Santa Fe Pacific road
The gentleman wants a few more tie
workers, and will leave tonight for Ger
riIlos, where about a hundred men
await his coming.
Division superintendent Hubbard
and Denair on the Santa Fe Pacific,
the former with headquarters at Cal
lup and the latter at Needles. have been
remembered by the powers that be-
and will hereafter make trips over their
divisions in bran new coaches built ex-
pressly for their use. The cars were
made at the Topeka shops, and are
Nos IS and g.
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SHE WANTED A DRINK.
A Young Lady Attempts to Turn the
Air Break Lever for the Water
Faucet.

Reclining gracefully in the chair car
of No. / on the Santa Fe a few days
ago was a young lady with large black
eyes and a wealth of black hair that
attracted the attention of one of the
trainmen, a brakeman who has fond
ness for pretty faces, and he seemed to
have a great deal to do in that car.
He fixed everything there was to do
and then he went out. He came back
and adjusted the ventilators. Yes. she
was still there with her eyes half shut
in a sort of dream. Pretty we'll yes.
Very pretty. Must be so sensible. too,
thought the brakeman. She looked it.
One of those up to date girls that know
whether the "futurity'' was won in
walk or by a nose The brakeman
made another round of the train and
came back to the car and busted him
self with the fire. Those dreamy eyes
seemed to be looking right at him. Did
she notice him? Yes, he thought she
did.
The young lady got and started for
the end of the car where the brakeman
was He was becoming excited. Was
his neck tie on straight. On she came
until the water tank was reached.
Should he aid her in obtaining a drink.
he was about to ask. No, he thought
to himself she is able to get her own
drinks She presses the faucet The
water did not come. She looked above
her head. The brakeman could not help
but notice its graceful poise. The young
lady reached up her head and was
about to grasp the lever that operates
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-06
CARS BADLY NEEDED.
Famine on the Mo. Pacific Line Espe-
ciaIIY Prolonged.

The amount OF railroad business done
in Kansas and Missouri can be readily
judged from the amount of business
done through the Topeka office of the
Missouri and Kansas Car Service COM
pany.
The object of the company is to keep
track of the interchanged cars of roads
operating in Kansas and Missouri. For
several months the whole office force
has been kept busy keeping the cars
moving. All the different roads are
calling for more cars than can be
furnished. This is especially so with
the Missouri Pacific. Nearly every sta
ton along the lines in Kansas is call
ing for an average of 40 to so cars a
day. 1t is understood that the Mis-
souri, Pacific today could use 10, 900 if
they could be had. This winters bust
ness far exceeds the business of any
winter for several years.
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the work of transmitting the messages
from the spirits to paper is quite trying
upon the nervous system
Mrs. Talley is a woman of very
pleasing manners and fluent talker-
For a long time, said Mrs. Talley
to a reporter, I took no notice of me-
diums and Spiritualism but it was
brought to my notice in peculiar
manner. My little boy was taken with
sort of spells while sleeping. At first
I took but little notice of them but the
boy grew worse. He would sit up in
bed, fast asleep so it seemed, but with
his eyes open and would talk to me
about persons he could see.
could not see them, but I knew he
could. He told me there was a man
standing near me with a reddish COM
plexion and described the man fully.
It was my father. The child had never
seen him but the description was so
good that I knew that he must see
That started me to thinking about
mediums My husband and I thought
that there might be something the mat
ter with the child's eyes and we con-
suited a physician. He could not help
the child and we went to another who
treated the child's eyes. That did no
good, for the child still saw the people
that I could not see. One of my
neighbOrs told me to consult a medium.
I did not think it would do any good.
Finally the dog began to howl in a
most pitifUl manner. An uncle of mine
died from the effects of these spells
and before he died there was dog
around the house that used to howl
most pitifully. That, you know, is a
sign that death is to visit the house
ticed the dog bowling and came to me
about it and said that it meant that
death was coming unless the child could
be freed from these spells thrown
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-06
COMPLAIN OF BLOCK SYSTEM
Santa Fe Grievance CommitteeConsid-
ers a Number of Matters.

The meeting of the general grievance
committee of the Santa F'e conductors
will continue in this city today and the
election of officers and adjournment
will probably not take place until to-
morrow.
The committee is now in the midst of
the consideration of the grievances
which have been referred to them by
the different lodges All of these are
of minor Importance, but each one re-
ceives the same consideration that a
grievance of general Importance would
be given.
The block system recently established
on the Santa Fe from Kansas City to
Newton on the main line and over the
Emporia branch is responsible Tor
number of the grievances before the
committee. In cases where conductors
have not paid strict attention to the
details of the system, even when the
negligence has caused no injury or ac-
cident they have been presented with
a liberal number of demerit marks, the
number in several of the cases being
large enough to cause dissatisfaction
on the part of the men with the re-
suit that the matter has been referred
to the committee.
One of the cases under consideration
TODAY illustrates the nature of the ma
iOrity of the OffenSes. A conductor of
an extra train was given a permissive
card at EmpOria to run ahead OF reg
uIar train, and did run ahead OF the
train as far as Strong City. At Strong
CITY he was delayed in switching cars,
and while at that station the regular
train passed his train on schedule time
and entered the block. The conductor,
thinking that he had the same right to
run behind the regular train in the
same block as we'll as ahead of it, and
believing that to follow the regular
train would expedite matters for the
company in regard to time, left Strong
City after the regular train without
first securing a permissive card from the
oDerator to do so. For this neglect of
orders he was given a heavy supply Of
demerit marks.
decided are just, will be taken up with
General Manager Frey and General
SUPERINTENDENT Nudge, and if possible
adjusted in favor of the employees.
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and others that Ohm would never leave
her until she notified me. Bill was al
so warned by Aunt Lucinda and Booth
They also told him to warn Jim, and
he did so, but thought it was Jim
Farley.
"(Signed:) NATE HOLLlSTER"
When the writing ceased Mrs. Talley
sank back in the chair as if exhausted.
1t IS stated that on the day of the Lang
wreck Mr.. HOLSTER seemed low spiri-
ted but he gave as a reason that he had
a bad headache. He seemed gloomy
and his wife spoke of 1.-THE was usual
" Hght-hearted and his gloomy mood
caused no little comment. In the writ
ing it speaks of 'Bill' Rain being warn
ed of impending danger and says that
he was told to warn Jim" The warn
ing was supposed to have been meant
for Jim Branham but Rain thought it
was for Jim Farley and told him of it
when he saw him. The Booth spoken
Of is Aunt Lucinda ThOmpsons assist
ant
A message from James Branham was
then asked for. Mrs. TaIley's hand again
seemed out of her control and when Mr..
Talley asked for a message from Bran
nam the hand Travelled across the paper
and wrote the following message:
Yes, tell Byron that as we chummed
together in earth life, 1 still follow him
now. We were always fast friends. I
know every place we went that last
Sunday. (Signed)
Jim BRANHAM."
On the Sunday before the fatal wreck
at Lang, Branham and Engineer Byron
Client were together in EmpOria. That
was the last day they were together.
They had always been the best of
friends and were constantly in each
others company. 1t was a common
sight to see them going to the round
house together.
One well known engineer was told by
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Davis says he has not seen me in print
on this question. Permit me to say
now to him that I should be exceed
1ngly glad to see state or national laws,
or both, making it a state prison OnenSe
to either give or receive a pass or any
form of free transportation, except, per-
hapS, on account of charity. l should
also like to see those laws enforced
In conclusion Mr.. Ripley says:
1T is quite impossible that anybody
should be more anxious to discuss his
business frankly with the people than 1
am to discuss with the people of kan
SaS the affairs of the Santa Fe road.
The Santa Fe road is an institution
which pays out annually about II mil
lion dollars in the state of Kansas and
renders a great deal of public service.
It is an institution of which it seems to
me that every citizen in the state of
Kansas ought to be proud. 1 wish most
earnestly that the citizens of Kansas
owned the road The Santa F'e has al
ways been known as poor mans
property That is to say that it's stock
has been very largely held and invest
ed in by the savers of small capital, by
the widows and the trustees for or
phans in the east. The stock is scat
tered around in thousands of very
among the citizens of Kansas. I wish
that every man and woman in Kansas
could put the few dollars necessary in
to one share of the company's stock, so
that Kansas people would own the
Santa F'e road. should then, if I was
retained in my position, when I talked
to the people of Kansas be talking to
my employers, and everyone of you
would be interested with me in seeing
that the Santa Fe road did what was
right and lived honestly. You would
know the road then. You would see
and understand what we were doing,
and you would not believe the people
who attacked US and misrepresented