The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-05


William Hanson foreman of the field
yard painters, who fell from ladder
tuesday forenoon, and received a severe
poets to be around again in about week.
f aans9ns arm was not 6rok s,d as was va
Adam MCGEE, foreman of the Santa Fe
paint shop at Argentine and at one time
the first of the week at that place He
had been ill for a long time, having re-
ago AFTER iis nrpo1racted sickness w ilil
kept him away.
Two of the fellows working on the new
day and decided to arbitrate with their
fists. After one short round in which no
nothing more came of the bout except
that neither of them has a job under
1t is believed that during the month of
January an inventory of the storehouse
second time it Will have been taken this
year, the first being in June. This is a lit
ne extraordinary, but 1t was a part OF
the regular programme a few years ago.
Henry Derby, J. L Chatham. Al Olson
and Frank Wilcox are the names of the
degree at the recent Pythian convention
held here. 1t is necessary for a. member
of that order to go through all the chairs
OF the lodge before receiving this honor.
Traffic was heavy west bound Wednes-
IN Gay ba and the nght Is H as = bin9
one locomotive. Other trains during the
night and day Were accordingly big, the
little furry of winter weather having
salubrious Climate of California
job of unloading the new axle cut off
lathe which is to be placed in the new
field, n. j., and is a machine of ponder
GUS weight. 1t will occupy a position
the east side of the building
1t has been decided to change the date
1f the minstrel Ts sh 10y, to be given by the
stead of December 16, as announced some
time ago. it will occur on Tuesday even
who is said to be a master of that sort of
tricks, has been secured The Arions and
Sons of Herman will attend
James Sheets who. until about three
pany here, stopped off Wednesday on his
foreman of the carpenters in the water
service but was finally obliged to leave
for Albuquerque, n. NJ on account OF bad
for the Santa F'e there
J: G. Layne, who has charge of the gang
which does the Santa Fe painting out
over to Henry Moseley, foreman of the
concreters. There will be no more paint
the job of night watch at the new ma
chine shop. The last thing which the men
the patching of the blacksmith shop roof,
which was finished only few days ago.
Is IN CHARGE Of Ri men ea again
Five weeks ago he was called to Fresno,
Cal, by the death OF a sister, Mrs. &. >.
Tufts. While out west he saw 20 or 80
Kansas people, nearly all men who had
at some time worked in Topeka shops
He took Thanksgiving dinner with w. E.
net department, and many of the fell
lows at San Bernardino.
Word has been received from Mrs. E.
A. Turner, the wife of a Santa F'e sec
after the death of Mr.. Turner she was
handed a message announcing the serious
Illness of little daughter at home in
Now the child, although still very ill, is
thought to be started on the road to re-
covery. The family, however, has been
found to be in destitute condition and
the mayor of Guthrie writes that the city
will take care of the case
At the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A Friday
ening the question will be debated: Re
solved, That bachelors should be taxed;
j. N. Greene, chief clerk in the office of
Fuel Contractor ClosSon, and William
Boyes of the water service will affirm.
be represented by James Mullen, assist
ant foreman of the blacksmith shop, and
John Brown, a building contractor, who
lives in Oakland. The topic and the men
crowd that will pack the building to the
Ralph Mcneil of the machine shop has
received a letter from Nathan Cafferty,
who left Topeka a few weeks ago for San
Bernardino, Cal. On Thanksgiving night
the boilermakers of that place gave ball
a tradeSman of that class who lost a
hand there recently. The management of
the affair was in the hands of William
Grant. who not very long ago was in the
Topeka boiler shop. Cafferty, who a
short time ago was said to be firing
oil burning locomotive, Is following his
trade in the shops there and from all in
dicationS is in good health.