The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-21
father, U. NJ. Petit, was absent

Stephen Bauer, 1rSt fireman at the mil,
who has been out several days. came IN
Thursday and took charge of the engine
in the boiler shop
Theodore Naslund, a hammer driver in
the blacksmith shop obliged to quit
his post Thursday noon and go home on
account of sickness
Charles Goulding, foreman of the tin
ners on the east SIDE came in ,s T6u RS
attack of stomach trouble.
Fred Morgan, foreman of one of the
yard engines. has been off duty a day or
brother-in-law from Silverton, Col.
Henry Voth, engineer at the pumphouse,
is in his place after a brief absence made
necessary by the illness of his wife. Mrs.
Voth was much better at last report.
The, The body Of Mrs A A., 2 Sweet was
in General Manager Mudge's private car
217 accompanying it here from Marceline.
The wife of Frank Swalwell. a black.
smith shop employe, who was operated
upon at Christ hospital "Wednesday, is IN
a condition which seems to promise her
swift recovery.
Chal Wallace of the south shop came
since Saturday. attending a sick cousin,
who underwent an operation IN one OF the
Kansas City hospitals
A B. Wachter. who has been on the dls-
tribution desk in the storehouse, has ac-
Storekeeper Bird of La Junta. Col, and
will leave soon for that place.
Reed Sayler, engineer a the boiler shop.
took charge of the engine this morning az
ter losing the time since Saturday. He
has been sick and unable to be away from
home until Thursday afternoon.
Thomas Smith, who knocked Off work
last Saturday to prepare to move to ms
farm near Osawiie, was around the shops
will be located in his new home by the
latter part of the week
John Quinlan, who has been running
switch engine in Marceline yards, has been
in Topeka two or three days transactlnS
Recruitment. He is an acquaintance of
Machinist ]. 1. Chatham.
Mrs. 1. o. White, wife of a former To-
peka bOilermaker, who has been here on
burne. Tex, where her husband has been
the Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe.
Henry Neiswinter; foreman of a gang
in the directions thursday While paying
a visit to the roundhouse, and before ne
f@ ad to be h ed oa IN the 70
was able to get himself adjusted.
Harry Wilkinson, who week, or more
hot scale while manipulating crane in
the blacksmith shop and who has lost the
Thursday and runS in for duty this morn
ing 49,, ,,,ao,-,.,, .o bas boo,,
in bed on account of an attack of what is
said to have been pneumonia, is getting
the first of the week. and it is thought
will be able to resume his work Mon
Mark Miller, who handles the throttle
on one of the yard engines; has returned
have been visiting his parents for nearly
a week. He reports a fall of six or seven ven
1 m mes 8I snow IN 'har region the i'lie
Claude Shields of the machine shop and
partment have been hastily summoned 20
Horton by the critical illness of their
mother. Mrs. Shields formerly resided IN
Topeka for a long time, but has been
away a year or two.
James SNYDER of the machine shop. is
up nights making decoys- His friends say
the few specimens which he has com
pleted more resembling Kansas crows
than any water fowl
The wife of William Maloney, fireman
at the roundhouse heating plant. has gone
to Longton, in the southern part of the
state, having been called there by the
sickness of his mother. Before returning
she will also probably visit the parents of
her husband. his father. j. Maloney. being
Santa Fe roadmaster, with headquarters
at Moline.
Harry Jones, a son of w. F. Jones fore
man of the Pintsch gas and Baker heaters
workmen, is slowly recovering from the
terrible scalding which he received two
weeks ago at the Branner school building.
Through the eareleSsness of a number of
it was turned on his lower limbs scaldins
him from his knees down.
James Crozier teamster at the car
shops, was obliged to lay off the other
day because Kate" one of the horses
which he drives wrenched one of her
legs severely. In addition to that 1t
was announced Wednesday that four
of Crozier's grandchildren were down
with scarlet fever, one being in a Sc
riouS condition.
Thursday afternoon about O'Clock a
RAYMOND Whitcomb special of eleven cars
passed through Topeka ON its way to the
Pacific coast. 1t was the heaviest and
was considered the finest of that class Of
trains that has gone west for long time.
The tourists were wealthy people from
| New England and New York. At Topeka
| there was wait of about an hour on ac-
count of some light repairs on equip
ment
BY Saturday evening ten or twelve of
| the trIsses for the frame of the middle
portion of the new machine shop will have
| been raised and fastened into place. Then
| it may be necessary to wait short time
| for the completion of the columns which
are to be used in the construction of the
| riveting tower. They will be % feet high
| and the place in which boilers may be
raised for putting in the riVetS will be in
| the neighborhood of 20 by 35 feet in d.
mansions.