The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-06

/ McArthuTs Of Kansas. City. and expects
| to be gone a week.
T. Raub, a hue-setter in the east
| shop, is having his good time in Den
| yer, having started for that place Mon
day. At Salina he was joined by his
wife, VINO has been visiting there for a
time. Mr.. and Mrs Raub will be in
Colorado three weeks.
William Dreamer, a machinist ap-
prentice in the east shop, rung in
Monday for the first time IN about
| three months. Dreamer has been hav-
ing q struggle with typhoid-malaria,
and is not entirely well vet; but he is
decidedly weary of losing time, and has
broken the monotony by going to work
Alvin Dodge and Christopher Reid,
both employees of the water service,
have returned from the new Oklahoma
country and are in their usual places
Dodge, as noted previously, puIleM out
a claim, but Reid came no nearer than
three of the members of which We're
fOrtunates.
Allen Clark, a coach painter, and wife
have returned from a visit of five
weeks in Chester, Ill, and Manhattan,
Kan. Mr.. Clark says the part of Nil
nois where he visited is not as well off
as Kansas this year, the country not
being productive of much corn and the
wheat yield being much less than that
of Kansas.
Between Glorietta, N. NJ, and I4amy,
Col, cloudburst Monday morning
caused loss to the Santa F'e of con-
siderable track. General Superintend-
ent Ressegufe and Chief Engineer
Storey were called to the scene of the
trouble Leaving Topeka at 4:10 Monday
afternoon by special train Further
particulars concerning the damage
We're not availab bile.
Harry Dustin, of the boiler shop. was
at work Monday, for the first time in
several days. It will be remembered
that about a week ago Dustin's little
4 year old daughter swallowed a small
triangular piece of glass and that part
of the time since then she has been in
a dangerous condition. Now the child
is better and hope is held out that no
more trouble will be experienced.
W. s. Lawless, foreman of the water
service department, returned Sunday
from Colorado, where he has been re-
cuperating for the last two weeks Mr.
I4aWless says the most wonderful sight
that he saw during his absence was the
transformation of the landscape in
Kansas. Going out to Colorado two
weeks ago nothing except what APP
peared to be blasted vegeta ton was
visible from Topeka to the western
however. the change was complete,
there being only a few fields of corn
on the whole road that showed the
rains had come too late.
corporal BAIRD, whose untImely death |
was announced Monday, was a brother
of Clifford Baird, south shop ma
chinist, and had many friends among |
the shop men He was second officer in |
command of a squad Of scouts and was
an excellent soldier. To |
Collins, his comrade whom he was try |
ing to rescue, he shouted: Collins try |
and save yourself am going down. |
I've got to drown; I've got all my |
clothes on and can't get my shoes off,
Those We're his last words, and he was
not seen again until his Ifeless body
was found next morning. Besides the
letter from Captain Graves, the rela-
tives have received a letter from a |
comrade, Otto Hulus, another Topeka
boy who was in Baird's regiment.