The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-14

Newton Hanson, q machine hand in the he
day and was obliged to go home. He has
not shown up since.
Richard Ford, the south shop machin-
| about five weeks. is now able to take
| outdoor exercise regularly.
cumberland PTesb st Pian1of church CHI viii
speak at the gospel meeting at the Rail
| road Y NJ G. A tomorrow.
! Bids have been opened for the run for
| fremen on trains IL and s, west of To-
peka and Usage county mines
/ William Grubb of the brass foundry fell
the other day and sprained one wrist 50
on duty as usual Friday, though.
Edward G. Seymour, a car repairer. has
three DAYS si on account Of cold on the
lungs. His condition is not serious.
The daughter of Andrew Byrne of the
| Bile lately, and for a. day two Byrne
| has been out of his place on account of
| William Boggis. a storehouse trucker,
who was able to hang around that de-
| foot
who has been down with typhoid fever.
| is able to be up. He expects to be on the
list of active members again by the first
Tomorrow viii be the first Sunday that
the Railroad Y NJ g A Will be open;
| that the association keep open house from
$3.50 a. n. to p. n.
James McGivern of the car shops, who
has been in poor health for several weeks,
Tbs s o5ge sep to no at h nom his
condition within week
Trail Raub of the boiler shop. who
mashed a finger several days ago. is still
Off He has experienced considerable
trouble with the injury of late. but it is
thought will be in again before long.
looking after the new acetyiene gas
lights with which the large Baldwin loco
of them now being used over the system.
George johnson, the, machine hand in
santa e VIZ" last July In i Order f to visit his
aged mother in Sweden, returned to the
again.
Bert Bressett,. an apprentice in the
| boiler shop, is in bad order for few days
steel a few nights ago One leg Sc
verely bruised, but otherwise there was
Mrs. M. F. Nightingale and daughter,
Miss Hattie, left Friday for AibuquerTquefi
relatives. They will stop off in Denver on
the return trip. being absent month
Eddie Erhart, an office boy in the me-
chanical department. is kept at home by
an a1faca OF the m NJ water Set1 tel
similar Illness
make some difference with the, way in
which the men get to work in the Morn
| late. and no wonder when one remembers
| how dark it is at o'clock.
c. E. Lowler is doing the work which
| comes to the wheel desk in the office of
Superintendent of Machinery Player The
ma ton of d. B. Lederman. Who took a
| position with the Mexican Central
his e Knee against st a sheet t-' of steel a few
days ago and who has been out since
| there might be some serious result, but
| Improvement lately is encouraging for an
| early recovery
| L. E. Wilson, a clerk in the office of
| Superintendent of Transportation Kouns.
vent to St JOSEPH, t TO-DAY aceompan nl;1S by
turn SHinday eyepng v his i WIZ ana ehi DUR
| ing the holidays.
| Nobody needs to be reminded now Of
| the presence of winter; but the first of
/ somebody seems to have had bunch and
accordingly chinked the cracks under the
from the mill. This goes long way TO-
ward keeping out the winter Winds
AS a result of the directors meeting on
Topeka is $500 richer than it was before
| that event. Those officials receive a GER
annual gatRering. but realizing the work
! which the association has done and is do
stitution.
| Charles Blomgren. workman in tho
sheds, injured his left hand so badly while
Obliged to quit. on one Of the new tank
| car bottoms he driving with a Sledge-
! the handle went against a bolt and a big
hole gOuged out of the heShy part of
! the side of that member.
| w. P. Murphy, representing the Stand
ard Railway EQulpment company OF St
| few days in the interests of his firm. He
was formerly inspector of car roofs at
| that company. His father is the inventor
of q patent roof and few years ago was
a stakeholder in the Missouri Pacific
Concreting for the new machine shop is
holds up to what it was Friday 1t was
| impossible to keep the water used for
mixing up the cement and stone from
son prevented tie job from being carried
forward. All Friday afternoon the force
was busy throwing earth over the newly
constructed piers, this being d preventive
against the cold
Friday afternoon the crane at the big
hammer in the blacksmith shop gave way
under the weight of of the large
pounds capa cfty Luckily no one was
hurt. 1t is usually the case that when
this apparatus drops the machine can
not be stopped before 1t has descended
upon the piece of metal and thrown up
ward the released end. Results might be
serious if anyone were in the way. but
hoped never will
George Hewitt, who died in st. Louis
Thursday, formerly had job machln-
ist helper in the shops here. He was a
Henry. boilermaker- He has been gone
from here about a year, and previous to
for the Santa Fe he was employed in an
uptown printing office. He was single.
about % years old and his mother lives at
DID, East First street The funeral will be