The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-02-22


day where he viii receive treatment.
Monday was pay day and the amount
or money distributed here this month
was large for January's work The
total amount paid to employees was
/ S14, l1437.
Fireman Nike Ryan's Captain
! Jinks" dance viii make him famous
! yet. He danced it during the inter
mission at the conductors ball and had
! to respond to an encore.
/ Conductor Fuller, who has been of
on leave Of absence for q couple Of
/ months, is back and viii take his run
I relieving Conductor HaZelbaker, who
/ will take his freight run out of Good
land.
Engines 557 and sos, Engineers
! James and Carmichael, left Thursday
/ for Liberal, Kan, and VIII be used on
/ the Rock Island extension. The en-
/ gineers only took their engines as far
as Phillipsburg.
Engineer George Fuller with engine
57S made a good run with-97 the other
night between GOOdland and LimOn
The tonnage consisted Of 4T5 tons and
the distance, 107 miles, was covered in
four hours, including stops.
Engine $50, Engineer Emick, blew
out a cylinder head three miles west
of Genoa, on Tuesday night. The en-
gineer brought the engine in on one
side with only part Of the train. The
accident delayed No. 10 for nearly two
hours.
Brakeman E. B. Wilson received
quite severe injuries last Thursday
night while doing some switching IN
the yards at this place. He was caught
h. -nrr
freight depot and was rolled about 80
feet. He sustained some bad bruises
aud the flesh of one arm was quite bad
ly laceTated.
The dispatchers will give their Sec
Ond annual ball April 8. and if the ar
engagements are carried out as proposed
the ball will be the most brilliant one
ever held in this city. 1t Is proposed to
light the hall with electricity, using
vari- cOlOred globes, and the decora-
tiOns will be something new in the way
of artificial flowers. A Topeka orches-
ira will furnish the music and traindis-
patcbers at Colorado Springs, Pueblo
aud Fairbury will aid the GOOdland
brethren in giving the entertainment.
Fireman W. A. Fraser returned re-
Gently from Boston where he went to
attend the funeral of his brother, Andy
fraser. Il he ldlNI ISSUE VI Lu6 LOGOulO-
tive Firemen's Magazine contains the
following: "BOstOn lodge is again in
mourning because of the death of
Brother Andy Fraser, who was struck
by an engine and died from his
wounds Poor Andy was a fine bro
therhOOd man and had a good word
for every body. He leaves a wife and
three children. May he be happy in
the world above"
DIP. Bailey, who was the Rock Island
station agent at this place from the
building of the road until 1897 when
he was transferred TO GOOdland, is in
the city this week visiting his many
friends. Mr.. Bailey quit TailrOading
three years ago and went to Dresden
where he has since been engaged in
the mercantile business until recent
", when be sold his store to r. A.
Handy and @. B. Duke. Mr.. Bailey
has moved his family TO Denver
where ne has just finished To-
eating them In a comfortable home and
will spend a few days visiting his old
friends before engaging again in bust
ness.-Phillipsburg Dispatch.
Engineer B. Hamilton and Fireman
Frank Thompson were at Abilene last
week on a law suit. Last June a freight
wreck near Limon blocked the line and
Engineer Hamilton was sent over the
Union Pacific with a Rock Island pas
senger train. Near Solomon, Kan, the
engine killed a horse and the owner
sued the Rock Island for the loss Of !
the animal as it was shown that the |
Rock Island train killed the animal. |
The court held that the Rock Island /
could not be held responsible for the /
failure OF the Union Pacific in fencing /
its track and the owner of the horse /
lost the suit. Mr.. Ham 1
iltOn met DR.. Shelley and L a. Hend- /
ricksOn at Abilene, where they are in !
the drug business. They have nice !
store and are doing we'll They sent |
regards to their GOOdland friends.
Commencing Tuesday, February 10,
and each Tuesday thereafter until /
further notice, the Rock Island viii 4
run q California tourist sleeper ont Of 4
Kansas City as part Of the equipment 4
of the Colorado "dyer." This Is In Or \
der to further participate IN the bust 4
ness resulting from the unusually low 1
rates to the Pacific coast, which are 1
effective every Tuesday. The sleeper
VIII be run from Denver over the Den /
yer & Rio GTande, the Rio Grande /
Western and Southern Pacific. Some i
Of the Kansas City passenger men be /
lieve the roads will lose by the cheap \
excursions, as persons who otherwise /
would make the trip at regular rates,
viii wait and buy excursion tickets. |
The claim is made that the majority Of i
those who bought cOiOnist tickets last
Tuesday would have gone vest at full 1
fare had not the excursion rate been
made. It is predicted that the low
rates viii soon be IN effect every day i
in the week instead of once every week 4
as intended, and it Is shown that they 1
are now practically in effect four days 1
out Of seven. The Great Western ap-
plies them TO its tourist car service On
Mondays. the AilEaukee has given no
tice that it viii apply them on Wednes-
days and the Minneapolis & st. Louis 1
intends applying them in its tourist 4
ear service Thursdays.
The sr,aF1norr Sftuaffo,