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The Eddy current., 1898-10-15
HER LOST PURSE.
war she Was Angry with the sergeant
OF Police.

why she Was AngrY with tho Sergeant
OF Police.
II have had my pocket plcked," ok
claimed a mlddle-aged woman aa she
hurriedly entered the suburban police
station a day or two ago. according 20
Pearsons Weekly Where did Il oc-
curg" In shop In the High street.
and ! know q was q man who stood
near me took a." How much was In
itY' II can't say, sir. You see. &, was
this way: ! came out TO do some
ehopping. put my purse IN my pocket
when ! left home when / went 10 pay
for the gouds lt was gone. think 1
had about 30 HhilllnFs" did any one
have an opportunity 90 pick your pock-
ETY. ~ suppose they dld" "sufe YOU
brought the money with you9" "Yes. g"
Are you certain you did not lose ltg"
DO you think I'm a fool. sire" she i'm
dlgnantly exclaimed when / say
had my pocket picked. know what
I'm talking about" n hope YOU do
ma'am. but" a. this moment a
boy entered the room with the purse IN
his hand and said Here's your
money, ma, We found II on the plano
after you left the house. and Sarah sent
me down TO the shop after you" The
woman and the sergeant looked al
each other Tor a few seconds. Then he
smiled Then she PIT red. Then ne
said he was glad she had found her
money, and she retorted II don't be-
lieve az You wish ! had lost A. IN
never come here for help again. neyer!"
The Eddy current., 1898-10-15
DEVIOUS DEFINITIONS.

Junctlou-A place where two roads
separate.
Conoeii Often the true term for
exaggerated humility.
Expert A man who doesn't get con-
fused when cross-examlned.
Villager- People who wear abbre-
Waited clothing In comic opera
Misery People who don't spend
their money as We think they should.
Clock-A treadmlll on which Father
Time tolls twenty-four hours daily
Nervous sensitive state OF some
people induced by the nerve OF otGara.
Repartee-T bright things We al
ways think OF aftor tha occasion tof
saying them u pasA
The Eddy current., 1898-10-15
Mhal IIs wnnla I.Ile 10 ne.

"Hulloa Tipplea. where have you
been t0f' "Thash what -hlc. can't
make out hlc-ahun hash Caushed
losh Of-hlc- mem'ry. Can't reflect
whether whether hlc whether I've
been TO twenty pubsh hlc-or-or-or
tone one hlc-shoIld shay. Pick
Me-up.
The Eddy current., 1898-10-15

After she had studied the French bin
OF fare for momert, Mrs Porklng-
ham Of Chicago turned 10 the waiter
and asked Does 90 understand Eon-
glese?' "Oh. yes ! talk Il almost like
a native" he replied, Il was born and
brought up IN Indiana" After that she
had no appetite. Cleveland Leader.
The Eddy current., 1898-10-15

He Miss Lucklone was certainly
born with a silver spoon In her mouth.
She Well. Il must have been a table
spoon or no one would have noticed
it.-New York World.
The Eddy current., 1898-10-15

"Hey. therel" ci%ed the policeman
''your lights out" II know iti" Yell
% the neeting bloyclist. "Oiis an
gone. and I'm trying 10 light out, TOO. Z"
philadelphia North Amerioaa.
The Eddy current., 1898-10-15

My husband ia plain spoken; he
calls a spade a spade" 80 does mine;
but I must decline 20 repeat what ne
calls the lawn nower."-Chleago REQ.
ora
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-13
THOUSANDS SEARCH
For a kidnapped Child at Waxa-
hatchie, Texas A 12-
Year-Old Girl.

Dallas, Tex, Jan. 13.-Almost the en-
tire male population of Waxahatchie, 20
miles south of Dallas, is out hunting
for the 12-year-oId daughter of James
S. S. Davis, one of the wealthiest men
of northern Texas. The child it is be
Heved. has been kidnapped, or murdered.
but there is a strong feeling that she IS
being held for ransom. If this is the
case and the kidnapers are captured
death will undoubtedly be their fate.
The little girl whose name is'Jimrni'
was last seen about 6 o'clock last even
ing on the sidewalk a short distance
from her home. Not returning at dark
the members of the household made a
search for her. At 8 o'clock the ire
bells of the town were rung which call
ed out the male population. The stu
alton was explained at meeting at
the city hall and every man and boy
volunteered to such search. Every
building in the town of 10000 population
has been searched and the searchers
are now exploring the surrounding
country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-13
PRACTICE VERSUS THEORY.
Kansas Farmers Not Interested in
the ~Microbe" Theory.

Thomas E. Will. of Manhattan, pres
ident of the Agricultural college, read
an essay upon Experiment Stations, -
which was followed by a discussion of
the microbe in vegetation. President
viii suggested that the farmers of
Kansas should use fertilizers and in
crease the merit of the crops grown
here In this he was sustained by Pro-
fessor CottreIl of the department of ag-
riculture of the same college.
These gentlemen expatiated on the
Importance of a warfare against mi
crobes, but it did not meet the approba-
ton of the practical farmers in the
meeting.
General w. w. Guthrie of Atchison,
declared that the sensible way to i'm
prove the quality of Kansas crops is to
develop them year by year, through
the exercise of greater care in the Sc
lection of seed.
J. w Robinson of Ell Dorado was
much amused by the microbe theory.
He said:
If Kansas now has the best crops in
the world, where can we go to get
pointers on improving them? We have
the microbes just the same
Professors VIII and Cottrell were sub
jected to a rapid fire of questions, dem
onstrating that the practical farmers in
the meeting have small respect and
less sympathy for the theoretical farm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-13
SANTA FE LOCAL NOTES.

J. Mcintosh of the car department is
sick.
Composite car $50 of the A &. P. is in
the shops for electric lights.
Dining car 1855 has been turned out of
the paint shop and will be fitted with
electric lights.
It was reported that Engineer Page
had been discharged from the service
of the company because of the accident
in the Atchison yards. Mr.. Page has
not been discharged and no blame is
attached to him.
The old sand house is being torn
down.
The water pipes in the roundhouse
are being replaced. The old have
rusted out.
Engine % that has been running on
the Quenemo and Usage branch is in
the shop for repairs. This is one of
the smallest engines on the road.
Engine 355 is in for repairs. Since the
discOntfnuance of the st. Joe lake run
the engine has been out of use.
Engine 752 from the Chicago division
is in for repairs.
The weed burner has been repaired
and sent to California for service.
John Esplin of the mechanical de-
partment is sick.
Milton Crowell of Argentine, wishes
to receive the names of al railroad men
that are intending to attend the B. L.
f. ball in Argentine on January goth.
Way cars 1874 and 1872 will leave the
paint shop today.
Baggage car $50 is ready for service
Sherman Hill of the coach shop is
sick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-13
BIG BURLINGTON DEPOT.
Plans for a Freight Terminal at K c.
to Cost Half Million.

Kansas City, Jan. 15.-The Burling-
ton railroad is preparing to consolidate
its freight depots on it's terminal prop
erty at Twelfth and Mulberry streets.
This move will cause the abandonment
Of the Hannibal & St. Joseph freight
depot at the foot of the West bluff and
east of the Union depot, and the * an
sas city, St Joseph & Council Bluffs
freight depot at Twelfth and Santa Fe.
These structures are to be torn down
and superseded by a commOdious mod
ern brick freight depot at Twelfth and
Mulberry streets. Work on the I'M
provements will be started in few
weeks, when freight traffic Stacks up
The Burlington railway intends, to
expend about one-half million dollars
in improving its freight terminals IN
Kansas City.
1t has purchased a large amount of
DroDertv extending south from Twelfth
and Mulberry streets to the Memphis
railway yards for trackage room ana
the erection of a depot
The depot will be 600 feet long and
will have ample accommodation Tor
the business of all the Burlington lines
entering Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-13
CONDUCTORS SEE MR.. FREY.
General Manager of the Santa Fe
Pleases the Grievance Committee.

The members of the general griev-
ance committee of the o. r. c., now in
session in this city, are feeling good
natured today. General Manager Frey
told the committee that the Santa Fe
conductors for gentlemanly conduct
and competent work, were far above
the average of the conductors on the
American railways.
The committee spent an hour visit
ing with Mr.. Frey, and after discussing
a number of subjects, the general man
ager told the members what he thought
of the Santa Fe conductors in general
after association with them for several
years. This opinion was so gratifying
that the conductors are today singing
the praises of General Manager Frey.
1T would be far more agreeable to
the company if we never had to dis
charge a conductor" said Mr.. Frey in
the course of his talk, for with every
change is the possibility of some mis-
take being made which may result in
injury to the company. 1 hope that
during the present year we will not
services of a single conductor, and
should be very happy at the end of the
year to look back and see a perfectly
clear record for the II months as far as
our conductors were concerned. I don't
think there was ever a more amicable
feeling between the members of the O.
r. c. and the mana cement of the San
to Fe than at present, and person
ally I will do all in my power to pro-
long it,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-13
FROM NEWTON.

Engineer Mcknight has been sent to
Wichita temporarily
Fireman Caldwell has lucky history
thus far in railroading. Five months
ago he began firing, and today he has a
regular run. This beats the record OF
any man in the service here, of late
years at least.
Two more pneumatic jacks have ar
rived and will be placed in position in
the droppits as soon as possible.
A track has been built from the west
end of the yards past the storeroom to
the turntable.
superintendent R. J. Parker and
wife and Chief Clerk Walter Fiddler
went to Dodge City yesterday in Mr..
Parker's special car, No. 135. on No. 81
They went to be present at the opening
of the new Harvey house there today
There was only one section of No. 80
Yesterday one of 81, and one extra
west and one extra east. Business has
fallen off again and all the extra men
are getting a rest. There was a time
few weeks ago when an extra man
could not get a rest if he so desired.
Charles Davis of Walton has invent
ed an attachment for a mail crane, by
which the crane can be turned at an
angle of As degrees. The cranes now in
use are stationary and can be used on
" when a train for which the sack IS
destined is passing. By the use of tins
continuance the mail sack can be hung
in DOsitiOn and the crane moved away
from the track out of the way of OBJ
structions on any other train.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-13
RAILROAD NEWS.
The Rock Island to Build West
From FL Reno.
VIII Extend the Line to Arap-
ahOe in Custer County,
COST OF $75O,OOO.
Preparing For the Opening of
the Wichita Country.
Santa Fe Conductor and Engin-
eer DisObey Orders.

The Rock Island railway is to be ex-
tended in the spring from Ell Reno, o.
T., in a westerly direction to Arapahoe,
the county seat of Custer county, Ok
lahoma, a distance of so miles.
The extension will open up a pros
porous agricultural territory which has
so far had no railroad facilities. 1t
will cost SIS, 900 a mile, or $750,O0O.
The line will be built under the su-
pervision of Mr.. w. E. Dauchy, super
intendent of maintenance and con-
struction west of the Missouri river,
and the survey will be in charge of
Mr.. Robert W. Day, division engineer
with headquarters in this city. Mr.
Day and surveying party will leave
at once commence work at that point
west.
This will be the first building done
by the Rock Island since the road was
extended through Oklahoma and the
Indian Territory While the majority
of the products from the territory
through which the extension Will run,
are taken into FL Reno for shipment
over the Rock Island the country is as
tied, and the extension is step To-
ward the development of the western
portion of Oklahoma.
Another reason for the construction
of the road is the fact that the Wich-
tia Indian country, directly south of the
proposed line, will be opened for settle
rnent in the spring. and the line Will
probably at no late date be extended
from Arapahoe into the new country
The construction of the extension
will probably be commenced within the
next two months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-13

freight that left Topeka They had or
ders to run to Usage City.
The run was made to Usage City and
McGowen ran onto a siding to put in
new brass in a, hot box. The work took
some time, and when it was completed
the conductor forgot that he had no
orders further than Usage City, and
waved ahead.
McGowen also forgot that he had no
orders, and pulled out. After the train
had left Usage City the dispatcher's Of
fee at Topeka asked Usage City how
soon the train would be ready to go,
and the operator informed the dis
patcher that the train had gone. 1t
SO happened that there were no extra
trains coming east, and the freight was
stopped at Reading.
It is considered by railroad officials
that to run without orders is equivalent
to a wreck, and a dismissal follows 1t
is held that. the only reason that a
wreck does not occur is because there
happens to be no trains coming: that if
4 train was coming agains+ the train
running without orders, 4 wreck would
occur, and that to run without orders
Is a breach of discipline as great as the
cause of a wreck
Engineer McGowen is an old and well
known engineer and is well liked by all
Conductor McCambridge was consider
ed one of the best men in the service
of the road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-13
and the layover at Pratt win be avoid

and the layover at Pratt win be avoid
ed.
The railroad company have a force of
men at work tearing out the bridge
west of the depot at Jetmore The
bridge has never been used where it
now stands but will be utilized else
where.
Taylor Minor of Neodesha laid off
last night about ten days. It has been
1S months now since Mr.. Minor resum-
ed work, and in that time he has aver
aged % days in each month.
Charles L. Rogers is the oldest con-
ductor on the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad. Twenty-Five years ago last
Christmas day he entered the railroad
service and during that time has never
been laid off one day for cause. He
was married in Topeka 10 years ago
last August. and has one child, boy,
aged IA years.
General Manager Doddridge. of the
Missouri Pacific, is making a tour of
inspection of the Kansas lines in the
system General Passenger Agent
Townsend is attending a meeting of
the lines concerned in immigrant traffic
in New York.
The city council of Perry has passed
an ordinance prohibiting any more
flying switches" being put down by
the Santa Fe at that point
The appraisers for the road from
Hunnewen to Blackwell have been ap-
pointed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-13
FROM albuquerque.

Mrs. A. B. McGaffey has Joined her
husband at Wingate station where
Mr. McGafey is the agent of the Santa
Fe Pacific railroad.
The papers in the suit of Con Lucid
VS.. The Santa Fe Railroad, for $4,000
damages for personal injuries received
in the wreck near Emporia, Kan. last
fan, have been filed in the office of the
clerk of court in this city.
w. S. GOldsworthy, day ticket agent
at the local depot a few years ago.
passed through to Prescott, where he is
the city ticket of the Santa Fe, Prescott
and Phoenix, and also the manager of
the Postal Telegraph company
The Saginaw Lumber company re-
Gently sawed II, 900 ties for the Pacific
Borax company, which is building a
road from Daggett, on the Santa Fe
PACIFIC. to the bOraX mines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-13
ALLEN TURNED DOWN.
The State Board of Agriculture
Declines to Listen
To His Plan For Establishing
a Farmers Trust.
Board Meeting is Addressed by Gov
ernor Leedy, Ex-Governor Click,
Prof Will and Others.

Walter N. Allen of Meriden, who de-
sires an opportunity to appear before
the tWenty-seventh annual meeting of
the state board of agriculture, now in
session at Representative han, to sub
NIT plan to organize a trust or a
combination among the farmers to keep
up prices on their products, was turn
ed down by the committee on creden-
tials, composed of T. M. Potter of Pea
body, T. A. Hubbard of Rome and Geo.
w. Crane of Sheridan county.
The society which Mr.. Allen propOs-
ed to represent as a delegate has not
complied with the provisions of the by
laws of the state board of agriculture,
The board is not in sympathy with this
gigantic scheme and refuses to give it
a hearing.
The meeting which is now in progress
is but a repetition of those of the past
It has brought to Topeka the men from
various parts of the state who have
done so much, in fact have been main
ly instrumental in placing Kansas
among the foremost agricultural states
in the union.
In his address of welcome to the
members of the board, Gov. Leedy re-
ferred to the agricultural interests as
the paramount industry of the state
and one of most concern.
He said: AT Galena we have the
greatest zinc mine in the world, yet
it is not generally known.
1--WE have an oil refinery at Neodesha
equal almost to Pennsylvania We have
salt in the west and natural gas in the
east.
kansas should take greater pride
in these Industries The state has not
had half the credit she deserves. In
western Kansas we find vast fields of
Kafir corn. Tame grasses and alfalfa
also abound. These two features alone
have been worth more to Kansas than
any other one thing we have ever had.
Agriculture in Kansas has passed
the experimental stage. Men depend
on agriculture more and more each
year.
''These conditions have been brought
about principally by the state board of
agriculture East they say Kansas is
an experiment Yet we all know that
it is really one of the greatest states in
the union in agriculture, mineral and
other natural resources
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-13
70 STOP A U. P. SALE.
The Leavenworth, Topeka & South
western Thinks Morgan Has IN
fair ADVANTAGE.

New York. Jan. ia motion was
made yesterday before Judge Lacombe
in the United States circuit court by
Judge G. H. Yeaman and Roger Eos
ter, counsel for the Leavenworth, To-
peka and Southwestern railway, to stop
the sale of 16 million dollars Union Pa
cific securities.
1t was argued that if the sale should
be allowed to proceed, it would give J.
P Morgan an unfair advantage, and,
as one of the trustees who had made a
compact with the shareholders, he
could buy in the securities at a price
below their value to the injury of the
general creditors.
The securities involved are a part of
the Al million dollars which j. p. Nor
gan & Co. and others brought suit to
forecioSe under the collateral trust deed
issued by the Union Pacific company
in 1891, and were to be sold under Judge
Lacombe's authorization to redeem 3d.
1877 GOO outstanding collateral. Judge
Laconbe reserved decision.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-13

Kansas avenue bridge after it was for
mally opened
The Sunday morning robbers did not
slight w. H. Cheney while in his neigh
borhood, but paid a visit to his kitchen
and secured several pounds of meat
Dan O'Rourke, who has been day clerk
at the Union Pacific hotel left yesterday
for Beloit, where he has taken a position
in a stationery store. Upon his departure
the boarders presented him with hand
some umbrella.
w. G. Brooks will speak in Rev. Bar
ker's church tonight on IAN Appeal for
the Right" He would like to have the
county officers come out and hear him.
He says he will make it a hot time in
Redmondville tonight.
The officers of the Junior Epworth
league of the Kansas Avenue church
elected for the first quarter are as fol-
lows: President. Albert Lutes; first vice
president, Trixy Antrim; second vice
president, Goldie Lutes; third vice presi-
dent, Iona Irwin; fourth vice president,
Helen Haines; secretary, Bertha Kistler;
treasurer, Gertrude Ashpole.
Miss Bena Ackley and Mr.. Earl Russell
Seymour spent Saturday in Kansas City
and while there concluded it would be a
good time to be married. Having arrived
at this decision, the young couple took q
trolley car for Independence, where
justice of the peace performed the cere-
mony. Miss Aclzley, who is about 20 years
of age, and Mr.. Seymour, some two years
older, have been engaged for some time
and had planned to be married IN the
spring, when the groom, who is now
studying stenography, should have COM
pleted his course. While in Kansas City
they determined to wait no longer, but
give their relatives and friends a pleas
ant surprise Mr. and Mrs. Seymour re-
turned home Sunday night and are living
for the present at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John AclSIey of 1872
Topeka avenue, Topeka. The groom is
a we'll known young man of this side,
a son of Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Seymour OF
309 West Gordon street, and until recently
has been associated with his father in the
commission business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-13
MR.COBURN'S LITTLETOUCH
Of Sarcasm Applied to Some Cheese
PAIRING by the Last LegisIature.

In his report to the state board of ag-
riculture, Secretary F. D. COburn pays
his respects to the legislature of 1897 by
saying:
THE governor of the state in his last
annual message to the legislature. in
speaking of the board of agriculture,
said
e The reports of this board have not
only received Communications from the
press of the state, but have been ac-
cepted as good authority on certain
matters in our sister states. AS large
portion of our citizens are interested in
agriculture, deem it right and proper
sideratiOn at your hands. and along the
different lines which bring success to
the men engaged in this calling"
Mr.. Coburn then said;
THE legislature in appreciation of
the interests involved at once proceed
lady clerk 20 per cent; of the chief clerk
s 1-3 per cent, and of the secretary 10
per cent. For other purposes the or
binary appropriations made for prev
ious years, except a cutting down of
postage for current use and the cutting
off of the 800 per year for agricultural
books of reference, have been allow
ed
OF the years work he says: 1.-THE
force in the boards office have been
very fully occupied during the past
year in work, much of which is the rou-
tine of every year. For obvious reasons
the correspondence has been heavier
than for a long time previous in an
sweTing the innumerable inquiries from
without and within the state for infor-
nation on nearly every conceivable
subject pertaining to Kansas, her re
sources, population, productions, soils,
climate, Inducements, possibilities and
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