The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-28


A NJ. Baird. formerly foreman of the
| in all departments, is reported as being
| seriously sick at his home in North To
Charles slusher, who works air
IN the shed Sheds I Sa o gyeR o an On
| three days on account of a boil on his
| Walter A. Mitchell foreman of a loco
motive erecting gang in the east shop. Is
| sickness. Charles Bridgeman handled the
force in his absence.
r. Congdon, foreman of the black
| smith shop, was out Wednesday moving
| into the Dolman residence on West Cor
/ don street, North Topeka.
Gus BoIottee: a member of the force in
Of his WIFE from Is SIX ae le VISIT IN
| the sickness of her mother.
| Frank Swalwell a scrap iron worker,
| has reported for duty after a loss of two
| days on account of sickness. SwalwelP s
wife has been in Christ hospital for sew
One of the 70-foot smokestacks which is
fe go Jo SgFee at the t
and the other 100 feet long.
! John Norton and James White. who
| for nearly four weeks have been work
| ing in the field yard, have returned to
| their former places in the coach shop.
! The wife and daughter of A. B. Croslxey
| of the water service returned this morning
| from two months visit in San Bernardo
no Cal They were aceeemnIp na BY Mrs
| Michael Ethel, hammersmith in the
blacksmith shop, was put out of service
| Thursday forenoon by a heavy ring drop
| ping foot and bruising it so badly
| that he was obliged to go to the hospital.
| John Murrill, an inside f1nisher in the
coach shop, who has been playing to a
| two months engagement of inflammatory
probably will not report for duty for some
| time.
Boilermakers George Crawford and VIII
"
Crawford hurt his breast in a fall near the
has gone into executive session with the
grip.
ed to Horton last week by the dangerous
sickness of their mother, have returned
to this place, she having improved SUI
side.
the announcement that his wife, who has
Mrs. Cooper'S condition is considered seri-
Engineers Edward Policy and Charles
Osawkie. The fact that ducks have been
are sportsmen. leads to the belief that
they were hunting.
John Miller. a clerk in the office of K
will spend Sunday in Argentine the guest
of his daughter. Mrs; H; B. Stillman, He
from this place.
Since the return of the 260 degree team
associate with the members of that or
ganization are anxious to see the cup and
the 500 in gold which the team won in
the competitive drill.
The machine of Edward McKiernan, cap
tain of OF the victorious A Q. Y: W; team
boys in the machine shop Thursday noon,
a to the return tbi OF Mekernan
Peter Schoenfeldt, who runs an air
jack near the car sheds, had one thumb
caught in the machine the other day and
was put out of service indefinitely He
will probably not lose any part of the
member.
Pile driver 1896, which was recently sent
will be fitted up for burning oil and after
receiving will be given a test here and will
the road 7N-- - On '-'o e7'e-- = -'''e7 u
Ben Brown, who five or six months ago
gave up his job as coach cleaner in Geo.
Eniot's Sixth street gang to work in the
mill as helper, has decided to return to
his former place. He will be transferred
back in a few days.
James Crozier, teamster at the car
shops, who was detained from his du
istence of scarlet fever among his four
grandchildren, is handling his horses
again.
There is some talk that the degree team
ceived the first prize in the competitive
6 6 se at tori the oS of fR or T
to be held at indianapolis, Ind, next sum-
One hundred years ago March "a. 1902,
Richard Trevithick. and Andrew Vivian
patent for steam engines for propeiiing
vehicles. From this has sprung the mod
F. P. Hickey. formerly general shop
foreman here, is now acting division mas mas
shops Of the seaboard Air Line. His po-
sition is really that of general shop fore
h Went rhe bere butt WniG the Wnfn
sence of the master mechanic he is filling
George Grout a blacksmith who worked
for a long time in Topeka shops previous
Vest eame in Thur Md eHen fn t on No
from San Bernardino, Cal After quitting
here Grout went to Albuquerque N. NJ.
and thence he went to California, where
he has been since. He is a relative of
Wayland Smith of the sheds.
J. J. Burgess, Santa Fe detective was
in Enporia Wednesday and arrested H.
E. Hootes, who was found picking I'D
coal around the company chute at that
place. 1t IS alleged that a number of
families in that town who are not dis
posed to exert themselves for the means
to secure fuel, rely entirely ON their
ability to catch enough in this way.
For the last two or three days there has
been a big forensic battle waged among
the boiIermakers, helpers and such others
cared to mix their ideas on the '.Bible
in the Public Schools question. Sessions
of this deliberative body are held each
presiding The case is being gone over
if the noise precipitated by the discussion
does not disturb the men taking their
dinner hour in the machine shop, it viii
be continued to a finish.
At Somerville, Tex, where, the Santa F'e
has a plant for treating ties it has lately
put in a small RESERVOIR in which the wood
is being given immersion in crude oil
for the purpose, if possible, of securing
some idea to its value preSerya-
tive Prof. Herman Won Schrenck of the
Shaw school of botany of St. Louis, and
authority on such matters, is watching
the tests with much interest.
Wednesday, evening at the home of Con-
ductor Richard Wilson, 325 Klein street, a
party was given by the young people of
the Third Christian church in honor of the
twentieth wedding anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson. About 10 of the young folks
attended. with games and music. Re-
freshments were served. and as a feature