The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-25

more or less extensive repairs
getting in ON the ground floor with a set
of infiexible New Year resolutions.
-, W F. s. E1e ;s member Of Sra.
to visit relatives for a day or two.
Alfred Porter, who formerly worked in
weeks visit He is now located at Man
haitian.
Robert Rollo. a son of James Rollo, en-
g1neer on the fast mail, has been trans
ferred to the air brake corner in the ma
chine shop
Conductor George w. Scott has gone to
Texas to visit a brother who is q divis-
ion superintendent ON the Gulf. Colorado
and Santa Fe-
President A. A. Robinson of the Mexican
Central. has been pushed into the coach
L: l. Collins. clerk in the office of SUI
p sTinten DEM Mcclellan Of the eastern d.
spend the holidays.
Rev. s. G. Coblentz, pastor of the Uni
ted !, Brethren church. VIII speak at the
during the noon hour.
Mr., and Mrs. Frank Suffer of Guthrie,
Of the nave we aFrlve i ana Ior gne "a @
and Mrs Wilbur Stark
Oscar Meyer, locksmith in the water
with a badly swollen jaw. He has a aI pros
pective case of mumps.
MONTHS 6a ben The VINO est f of are
Maze of the boiler shop. has returned to
Mrs. NJ. McNulty, the wife of a Katy
engineer running out of Denison, Tex, is
here the guest of Fireman H. D. McNee-
ly, 4O5 East Locust street
The wife of Conductor A J. RAIDER who
claims his residence in Topeka but who is
running out Of Kansas ans City. has gone to
Thursday evening. the national council
of the Knights of the Protected Ark will
at least eight states viii gather here.
At the Railroad Y. NJ c. A next Sum
day day, at aftsrn9on the regular gospel meeting
ed the recent St Louis conference.
s, samuel l. MscFaren, q switchman.. is out
hospital, receiving treatment for an in
jury which he received several years ago.
Conductor P. d. Watson, who has the
laying off for few days. Frank Hol-
loway is acting as captain during his alb
sence-
Edward Roher, a machinist in the mill,
has gone to Fond du Lac, Wis, to visit his
old home during the holidays. He will
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Lewis Johnson of the blacksmith shop
has gone to Kansas City for Christmas.
Edward Cleland of the blacksmithing
department has gone to Paxico for
Charles Zarker, a member of the trim
ming nffad force rec has gone to Big Springs to
He will not return until the latter part
of the week.
~ James Morris. who was quarantined
to be the existence Of smallpox. in his
family, is an employee of the tank room
r. w. Service, clerk in the office of the
boiler shop went to III, B1rl f Fan, this
a shorf bnii5sy vacstion WI Mrs WIZ ervice
went down Tuesday.
Harley Hamilton, a clerk in the general
freight offices of the Kansas City South
ern road at Kansas City, is spending the
G. H Hamilton of Topeka.
gone to Omaha on q pleasure trip Ed
ward Modlin, who works as an operator
Anderson is Modlins trick.
Special car 21S, that belonging to Sec
ond Vice President Morton, came in the
again in a day or two and will then re-
turn for a general overhauling.
Oscar M. Wilson, clerk in the machine
Joseph, Mo He is accompanied by his
pro6ner Il a. who mas position TIC In the
offices.
Mark symmes. a son of P. r. symmes.
is in from Junction City, where he is
employed on bridge gang for the Union
part of the week
A. J. Francis of the truck gang on the
car shops, has returned to his place after
sickness. Mrs Francis was taken to
Atchison for treatment and at last report
was improving.
William Arthur. a brother of John Ar
thur of the storehouse, is here to attend
folks. He is q graduate of Washburn
college and is now principal of the public
schools at Logan.
J. Collins. who is known to many of
the railroad boys because of the fact
that he ne has been running a barber shop
was married Tuesday evening to Miss
May Montgomery of Branner street.
The mother of Bert Gregory, chief clerk
to Master Mechanic Player, has gone to
Los Angeles, Cal, where she will spend
brother Of that place who is one of the
leading jurists of the southern part of
the state.
ment at the Railroad Y. M. c. A. Friday
afternoon at o'clock. the women who
are to take the lead in the New Year re-
ception at the rooms will meet to put
the finishing on the preparation for that
event.
Boilermalker Fred Batman left today for
Albuquerque, N. M, where he has
has been a scarcity of tradesmen of this
class all over the west for several months
and a man who has served his apDren-
ticeship need not be out of work long.
end of the punch where most needed, is
five OF, six times what it is with, com.
number of improvements on machinery
connected with his department and the
was intended
yention OF A I. Parftt foreman of the
boiler shop, has been built here. 1t Is
the application OF a principle in mechan-
les known long ago, but not often put
into successful execution. The water is
forced against the piston by means of
air and in this way the pressure at the
Walter Musick, who formerly had job
in the blacksmith shop here, but who re-
Gently has been working under John
French at Springfield, Mo, passed through
Topeka the other day on his way to EN-
poria. He will return to this place about
Friday and will spend several days visit
ing his friends here before going back to
Springfield.
Monday evening members of the shops
fire department held meeting for the
purpose of auditing accounts and determ-
lining their financial standing since the ball
which they gave at HudSon's hall last
week They have a neat sum in the