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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-29

hood knew him, and so nothing was
ever heard from him. And Mrs Carr
felt sure that he lay buried deep down
. under the fallen building, and that
some day his body would be found.
After this, things went hard for the
little family. They had to move from
their pleasant home into poorer.
palmer one in a poorer part of the city.
The mother had a hard time to earn
enough to clOthe the children and feed
the six little mouths.
Ned bravely gave up going to school
so he could help his mother, and earned
what he could by running errands for
a wealthy firm and by selling newspa-
pers-
The younger children could not be-
Heve that they were not to have the
usual feast and happy time this franks
giving, and so in the evening, as they
gathered about their mother in the
bare room they asked about Thanks
giving.
How the mothers heart ached at the
question! And how hard it was for her
to say, Indeed, my poor darlings, we
should be thankful if we have enough
bread and butter and eggs that day;
for it is growing cold now and we must
have coal, and the rent is overdue"
Unless you have ever been in such
circumstances as these you do not
know what it means.
The next day was so cold that Ned
had to keep his hands in his pockets
to keep them from getting blue.
He had sold ever so many papers that
day, and as he walked along whiStling
he was planning how he could best sur
prise his mother with something he
could get with that fifty cents in his
pocket. Fifty cents! Why, he hadn't
sold as many papers as that for a long
time.
People hurried along the street car
rying all sorts of bundles of good
things for to-morrow's feast Leaves
of celery stuck tempting1y out of some
parcels: once in a while a rosy checked
cranberry slipped from the paper bag
that held it and rolled into the street;
the long legs Of many gobbler stuck
out from big bundles in many arms.
Ned stopped as he reached a butchers
whose windows showed all sorts of
dainties in general and turkeys in par
ticular.
N.Y. amt that a beauty exclaimed
Ned fixing his eyes on a certain fell
low who must have been the pride of
some barnyard once.
IF I could only take him home with
mer'
Then he drew out the fifty cents and
looked again at the fat turkey.
Il wonder If that will buy him? I'm
afraid not, but I'll try anyway
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FATE OFAN UPRIGHT DOG.

TFrom the Philadelphia Inquirer.l
You have told one or two good stories
about cats" said a friend the other day,
there is one about a dog. I think it must
be the proverbiaI dog the fellows go out to
see a man about between the acts at the
theater. Only this is a real dog and not
an imaginary one. He is a beautiful spec
linen of the cocker spaniel breed, and
wouldn't part with him for money. I had
him with me at the seaside last summer
and he became a. great faYorite with the
people at the hotel where stopped. He
used to go out mornings to take a run,
and now and again 1 thought he was TAX
ing too much exercise, for he would come
home in a sleepy, tired condition utterly
day. This sort Of thing didn't please me
a bit, and was on the point OF request
ing the other men in the hotel not to take
him out. when one afternoon terrible
thing occurred. He came home so thor
Oughly played out that he staggered and
reeled all over my room and finally lay
down and kicked and moaned. 1 sent out
at once for a veterinary surgeon, ana
said I thought my dog had a fit. The
doctor came, but when he saw the dog he
began to laugh!
laugh when my dog is 50 sici1?,
80 EOh, dear, no" was his startling reply
this would happen The dogs drunk
Then l found out that my dog had
got into the habit of going into the motel
bar with his chance acqualntances ana
had made himself so friendly as some
times to be admitted behind the bar.
Here he had first begun to play with the
dripping from the beer taps, and at last
to lap them until he had acquired a taste.
When the bartender discovered this he,
in a shirt of fun. INDUCED that taste.
Then he told the customers and they also
left dregs in their glasses for the fun of
got intoxicated and thus he would stag
ger home The, VETERINARIAN was fire.
an interested and participating observer
of the whole thing"
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FRUIT STARTS EAST.
California Products Make Business
LiveIY on the Santa Fa.

Pueblo, Nov. 29.-Busfness on the
Santa F'e railroad between La Junta
and Dodge City, Kan, has attained
such a volume that train crews usually
operating there have been unable to
handle it and it has been necessary to
send help from Pueblo. Within the last
week a number of train crews have
been temporarily transferred from here
to the Dodge division and more will
probably be sent down this week There
has been regular jam at La Junta for
some time past, and the crews have
been literally swamped.
The heavy increase of business is
due to the fact that the fruit growers
their products east and immense GUAM
titles have been pouring into La Junta
for some time.
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SANTA FE LOCALS.

Engine No. IS was broken in today.
Engineer Monroe, of the Howard
branch, is visiting in Topeka
Willis Delay is again at work.
Farley Beeler is laying off for a few
days.
Fireman Dan Shannon has gone to
La Junta in charge of engine No. 2239,
Engine No. GIL was broken in Tues
day.
James Coggins has returned from
California and has accepted a position
in the machine shop.
William Erickson of the blacksmith
shop, met with a painful accident Tues
day which will keep him from work for
several days. In fling a piece of rough
iron, secured in a wise, the file slipped
and the flesh of his forearm was badly
torn by coming in contact with the
Jagged edge of the iron.
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RAILROAD NEWS.
Santa Fe Tandem Compound
Engine Being Tested.
Preliminary Trials Have Been
Entirely Satisfactory.
WAS BUILT FOR SPEED
Locomotive Designed by Super
intendent John Player.
Interesting Items of a General
and Local Nature.
WAS BUILT FOR SPEED

The new tandem compound passenger
locomotive. No. 697, designed by Super
intendent of Machinery John Player has
been completed at the Santa Fe shops.
The finishing touches We're put on Sat
urday and since then the locomotive has
been on the local freight service, being
broken in. AS soon as it is in good run
ming order, it Will be placed on some of
the fast passenger runs where speed and
strength are necessary requisites.
Every piece of steel in this monster 10
connective is of selected stock. Great care
and skill have been exercised in all the
departments through which it has passed,
to procure only the very best of material
and workmanship In view of the fact
that this is the first tandem compound
passenger locomotive ever built. and the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-29
A THANKSGIVING TRICK.

Once there was a little chicken,
So very small was he
You almost could have drowned him
Within a cup of tea.
This little chicken heard it said
Thanksgiving Day is near"
And at the thought his little heart
Was filed with dread and fear.
II know they'll want me for
Their feast so grand and fine
But I will fool them if I can.
And save this head Of mine"
So chickie hunted in the barn
To see, if by some chance.
He there could find to hide within,
A coat, or vest. or pair Of pants.
And in a dark, secluded spot
He found just what he sought,
A little hat, and coat that fit
AS if for him twas bought.
So donning these he strutted forth.
Thinking in this dne disguise
No one for an instant would
The little chicken recognized
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A STAR SHOWING.
Santa Fe Earnings For Past Quarter
Show a Big Increase.

Officials of the Santa Fe are much
gratified over the showings made by
months ended Oct. 81. The gross earn
ings for the quarter were SIS, 1872, 81, or
81, $50, $50 greater than those of the cor
Grating expenses were IS. 531, 816, or S126,-
157 less than those of the four months
in 1898. The net earnings, which
amounted to $5,650,995, showed an in
crease Of nearly $2,120,OO0 For the
month of October the gross earnings
We're 4,453, 484, an increase of $458, 217.
This showing is one of the best ever
penses ran up to $2,516,717, an increase
of $37, OBS. The net earnings footed near
ly S422,O00 The average operated mile
age was 373.47 miles greater than that
of October, 1898.
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spoilers AT WORK.
Rock Island Discharges Three Con-
ductors at Goodland

It is beyond the understanding of a
sane person why a railroad corporation
will discharge good competent men,
years. on evidence furnished by such a
snake as a spOtter, says the GOodland
Republic. But the Rock Island officers
have done this. Three freight conduc-
tors were let out last week who have
been running out of GOOdland for many
years. These men are well known by
citizens and business men who can tes-
tify favorably to their character and
standing, and in releasing from their
service such men as Conductors J. w.
Usher, z. H. Young and J. G. Griffin,
the Rock Island turns down good, So
Der employees, and the company will
look in vain for any better class of
men than these.
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of a foreway cock. By this apparatus
the slide bottom can be moved forward
and backward by means of compressed
air. BY opening the foreway cock the ar
acts directly on the cylinder, moving mo ing
ashes. This device affords quick ana
easy way 81 w I CIe me ashes
fall from the CRATES they fall into the ash
PA n0 III eTp IF the nny-el ana IN TO date
features to be found this tandem COM
pound passenger locomotive is the Sven
ney air brake valve, and this device IS
down hin. This is a new device and is
especially designed for emergency cases.
or in case OF a break down TO the ar
placed in operation by throwing the re-
verse lever of the locomotive into back
motion Then opening the valve which
main air reservoir from the high pressure
cylinders while the locomotive is run
ming ahead The air is sucked into the
cylinder by the action of the forward
and backward motion of the piston, and
then forced into the main air reservoir
through a check valve. In a very. short
time the reservoir can be charged with
air at so pounds pressure.
In the cab OF the tandem compound 10
connective are placed two Nation lubrica-
ders and the other feeds the low pressure
cylinders ana the flow can be regulated
This monster locomotive stands 10 feet
nine and seven-eighths inches high, from
the rails to the top of the relief valve
= fo1e me toTaI Mel base is % feet
and the rigid wheel base is IA feet. The
weight of the locomotive on the drivers
is 1l5,000 pounds, and on the trucks is
A.. 500 pounds. From this last statement
it will be seen that the weight OF the
locomotive is very equally distributed,
pair of drivers and also on the truck.
The locomotive IS equipped with the
front and in the rear
A noticeable feature about the locOmO-
axies are ana onehaif inches in 't DIANE
eter The crank pin bearings for back
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eagerly she looked at each one, but the
one she lOnged to see was not among
them. so
Soon it grew dark, but she did not
know It; she had but one thought, and
that was to find her husband.
At last one of those who were rescu-
ing the unfortunate ones said that all
who We're alive had been taken out
"Oh! isn't there some chance of there
still being some living ones buried
there?' frantically asked Mrs. Carr.
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the total weight will be from about 127
tons to about $50 tons.
The new tandem compound No. 691 was
designed by Mr.. Player. The boiler was
constructed under the personal supervis-
ion of Mr.. A. NJ. Baird, foreman of the
boiler shop. The locomotive was con-
structed under the supervision of Mr..
Fred L. Carson foreman of the east erect
ing shop and the painting and finishing
touches were in charge of Mr.. J. W. Glib
bons foreman of the locomotive paint de-
Dartment
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ADVANCE IS CERTAIN.
Railroads Will Make the Plea of Self
Defense In Raising FREIGHT Rates.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Nov. 29.-Marshan P.
Washburn, chairman of the Southeast
responsible for the statement that all
railroads from the Atlantic to the Pa
cifc are on the verge of raising freight
rates. The advance will be made
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thankful family it would have been
hard to find on that Thanksgiving Day,
in the whole big city.
And Amy had all the cranberry
sauth'' her little heart could desire; but
that was only a small part of the good
things.
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here today and asked for a franchise
for an electric line extending north
Orably impressed and will again con-
slider the proposition next Monday.
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DANGER From .sareeno Section Men.

Leavenworth Nov 29.-Fred Froe-
against the Leavenworth, Kansas &
Western railroad. He claims to have
been crippled for life by being thrown
section crew for that road He says he
will never be able to work as his leg
was broken and his spine injured F'roe-
Itch alleges that the accident was due
to the company employing green men
on the section on which he was at
work. He says the company was neg
hgent in this particular and that the
condition of the rOadbed was also dan
gerOuS.
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PUZZLE

My first in potato not apple you'll see;
My second in turnip, not carrot will be;
Ny third in cranberry, not in ounce;
Ny fourth in pumpkin, not in mince;
Ny fifth in cake, not nuts, descry;
Ny sixth in jelly, but not in pie;
My whole is something sure to be found
When we gather the Thanksgiving
board around.
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Winner Asks For Franchise.
St. Joseph, Mo. Nov. 29.-Willard E.
Winner, of Kansas City, with attor-
neys, appeared before the county court
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Houston spot ouotntions.

srot!s closed steady; prices unchanged; sale
252 bales
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HEAVY sTApLEs

AMMUNlTION--Powde per ker Il nm
+,2s: Blasting powder s. IS per key. drop shot
per sack si.55; buck $3.50.
BACON Extra short clear. in sacks 81 N
&c, regulars 7G7he; boxed Sc higher.
smoked bellies. 7%g!7sc, New York sail bel
BAGGING AND TIES-Less than earlo,s
from Houston; Bagging, Glib 6Ac. 81 IL
re Arrow ties 81 1901 Is.
CANDY Stick, wrapped, basis "a. en6sN
per ID. srecia; sizes nc higher
CANDLES--Star. full weight lie. Gran.
lite. full weight ,ohc: Electric lights inc
cEMENT-Portlnnd. s. 75gs.25. Rosendsie
COFFEE Rio. fair. sMaec. prime. sgn,o,.
ii%s Roasted eoirees: Arbueties c9ar t.oya
basis ioo-ib cases. mssc delivered; sss bA d
il.Ioc delivered. Lion. ioo-lb cases. lie; ApeS'
10 soc,
CRACKERs--A D soda. bulk. boxe. ak.
Lib cartons I've. ginger snaps Sc cream.
Sc. stage pianks 6isc; cakes and jumbles H..
FLoUR-Texas star Mills Tfcal wave
N.l0. Sea Fairy. s3.7o Sea Nymph a. az
Sea level $3.50: rye flour s.. Go. p,,m =, o.
nickel. $40. Special rates for shipments -
interior points, Quarter sacks are ioc bIgher
thsn hall sacks and wood i5c higher than
FARiNAcEoUs eoops--Grits hom,n, an.
cream meal, 10 barrels. s2.SsasI' ns snd
meal. in io-ih sacks. 81. 5o1i IS per bbi ~ fom.
sarksl Scotch oats. s., 80. Friends, oa,s 90 "a,
Columbia oats 81 rs. Hawkeye oats ~ * $3.50
Z LARD- Refined uerce, compound sasu
leaf, s&asssc; bn.lb cans hc higher fhaS,,
usrees: 10Th cans Nc bieheri s-lb cans III
ntShfr. S-lt cans 10 higher f -
LANE SIC ndsrd sisGinc; pienir ham, 7iso
FhoNEi--ln so-ib cans. eStrsclsd' 'sro'
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Grain and Provisions rl.ewncr.

.c hansaG CITY December 2G-W heat-May
u 1nc; cash No. hard. 63I64c; No . red
6! zoe. Corp--Alay oaasc: cash o7Go-iS.
No. white, 2s&c. Oats--No. white 24df2iitc
Receipts-W Wheat, 1900: corn, 1000. oats. sOoo
:. 900. '"'s'
New York, December ., wheat-R eceipts
$3.50; exports, l5,iS5; spot market Arm: No
2 red, 1859 I. o. b. afont; No Northern
Dulnth. 7s4sc {. o. b. afioat prompt. No. !
red, 72S,c elevator. Options steady and
higher: January T27sc; March. 75Ic; Nav
7issc; July, 75c; December. 72a.c Hides frm
Wool-Dull; domestic fleece. 2i62sc Leather
2ac; prime yellow. SlisdSsc.
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The semi.weekIy statement for thirteen
leading interior towns shows:
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st. Louis Grain ana pro,j.ion.

ST. Louis. December o. Whcat-r;o . rod
cash =: December. 6S9sc- May, ne: No
hard, 65md6kc; Comma. cash ,6i.
December, S0lac: May. 3li.dal%c oats-No
cash %A December. 93Ne May. 2i7sc: No
for old Sll.01 for new I.ard-iiIc6er.
prime steam, SSH. choice. SAB Flour in
acGvc and unchanged. Timothy seed q. jOG5
80, Nornmeol, l.o6l.15. n--Firmer,
ny. s9004ll,75; prairie, s-.50aS No. whisky
81 2SR. Cotton ties. tagging and hemp twine
unchanged Dry salt meats Extra shorts,
80 S'R; clear ribs and si1es $3.50. Bacon.
Extra shorts. s5S7ia: clear ribs aud Sides
$500 Receipts Flour, T. 400: wheat l60O1:
corn. $4,000 oats. Io.0oO shipments Flour
aO0o' wheat. 1000: corn. ~ 900: cats. "a 000
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csrsill 4 Richardson received the follow
ing By wire from Price. Mccormick Co.
New York, today:
The suggestiycly light crop movement OF
the past few days is creating renewed appre-
hension on the part Of foreign consumers who
had been looking for increased receipts dur.
Ing the holiday season.
Z In addition 10 the buying In the home mar
kets Liverpool bought freely here. The same
conditions have characterized our market to-
DAY a. on Saturday and yesterday. namely
thers has been an utter absence Of selliug
Pressure. Notwithstanding the fact that IL "a
potics dsy on January, and many we'll In
formed operator. have been .pprehensivs Of
! nlutier pf fart, the market appears to iiavs
hernms f6ld out durinS the recent sharp
ereet The wsakly held long intersst WAS:
ssA ~ sestsn sold passst into ths hands
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New York. December 7.-conee-rnlurcs
BUTTER AND EGGS.

s., Louis. December 81 Eggs steady, lie.
cry, l61 sdc dairy. isf 90. Cheese Firm
i.mleS.c. Eggs Firm; fresh. i7Gi7isc.
New York, December %. Eggs-. Receints
,,SS packages; steady; western uneraded al
Kansas CITY. December -Errs-lstaad
iresh Missouri and Kansas stock. isc dozen
eases returned; storage eggs steady at i0fi
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stock ut L. $. Ports.
Hundred Bales Damaged.

London, December 1.-THE fire has been
extneuished in the cargo OF the British
steamer Vulcan, Captain Nailo, at Hamburg,
from Galveston and Norfolk via Fayal, be-
fore reported. One hundred bales of cotton IN
the fore peak have been damaged
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stcphenvilIe views ss'. Z

stephenville, Texas Deem \
a very disagreeable spell :. D. a,,l
Saturday opened up pls ~ ~
was taken advantage OF Dy =. ny
their christmas shopping sna i ~ !.
" the town was crowded ana -
a rushing business. Every = /.
be enjoying themselves ana ~ y
able occurrences have ye'
casion. -. ,lact !
missed school for Christie ope
John Tarleton institute III q N
Colonel James n; vin' /. jua
attorney OF this place; ~ husipss
home after a two weeks
South Texas. .nber 81
McKewn johnson. ms as,s 10 4
Central corps Of enei NJ isnilJ
extension, is visiting bis
week. h.4ek. ~
visiting her parents "
turnedshome.
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NEW YORK EXCHANGE;
Loudou Financial cablerrl

New York. December G.-Ths VI
advertiser London financial caeiip.5
The markets here were better az ~
day. The settlements showed N =
count under expectations, ana n9'J
obtained more easily than was tnouss
The Scotch banks called in loans "
banks lent freely at 6is to ! PEI 3.
arrival of e7o6,ocO American soa
$4,000 in bars helped the genera,
ness, but there was not much asa''s
cans began apprehensiye, ieaillIs r =
would make the continuation !. al ~
finding these fears unfoundea, tns
came buoyant. New York folloss's
the close was at the Top xl.n
gains, somewhat nominal, hows'n '.il,,
thought that few Determines I'M
have broken the market. MONEY :"
demand and bills were STEADY,
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visible camo as a support to the wheat
market today. May closing ,4d3sc over yes
terdsy. Corn closed &c and oats Iso lower
provisions. iodl2i1c higher.
Theirs was little animation In the wheat
nit today, but the tone OF the market was
frnl. Liverpool was the chief factor. That
market showed an advance over Friday and
reported an upward tendency i'll the price,
due largely to an increasing consumption
aud the Russian, German and French re-
ports of lack of snow prots-,ion against the
cold weather. With this array OF iutormd-
lion the bulls exhibited some confidence in
their position. May opened 80 &c over yes
tefday at 699sH6aiac. shorts were moderai
BUYERS and the market advanced early 10
69;.c. bu. eased off on selling against calls
to seiz Ne Trade was very hight, con
hned almost entirely to the local profession
al field and around the last given quotation
the marke; chung throughout the session
closing AI$sc over yesterday at tp'aTh9esc.
Brndstreet's decreaeo in the visible Of 'oi,vOo
bushels was a steadying lnildence late IN the
day Atlantic port clearances In wheat and
-four were equal to 2iS00y bushels, and the
se3board reported thirteen loads taken Tor
EXPORT, Primary receipts were i0s,6Oo bush
els. against $4,000 last yea. Minneapolis
uHu puluLH IcpOTltu oeu cars, IuuiiilSh WIN
35S last week and 567 year ago. local re-
ceipts. 1873 cars.
Corn was easier Influenced by liberal re-
reipts zoo cars, here and talk by the oleva-
tor people OF freor country offerings. The
market was a small one with some chang
ing from January to May and scattered sell
ing by longs. The contract stock Q,2SlOC0l
increased 5000 bushels.
There WAS enough selling OF oats to drag
the price off trife The market was very
quiet. In the contract stocks 1891 900 bush
elsl there was carcely any change Brad
streets showed a decrease Of l00,000 bushels.
Clearanccs were $4,000 bushels and receipts
here were 360 cars.
Provisions were firm. influenced ty small
receipts OF hogs at the Western markets and
firm prices at the yards. There was some
important buying of lard, one firm alone TAX
ing in 10000 tierces Pork closed l0u i2lac
over yesterday May lard 1odi2iec better
and ribs i0112i5c better
Estimated receipts for tomorrow; Wheat.
40 cars; corn. i75 cars; oats, 100 cars, hogs,
10. 900 head
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New York Dry Goods.

New York December 2IThe market TO-
day at nrst hands has been without a single
feature Of interest New business is on a
limited scale in all departments and prices
are unchanged throughout IN both cotton
and WOODEN goods JobbeIs clearing up sales
are .oinr OF well and will hardly last The
week out.