The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-22

eastern division, has gone to Colorado
of ten days or two weeks
William Drummer. laborer in the store
house, has gone to Oklahoma on 20
days leave Of absence. He will look af
| ter. interests there. relating to a claim
which he owns in that country
| Clyde Sheaffor hammer boy in the smith
| shop who has been home a week caring
n 10. ms sdca motner ana slster % ms
Is much better than week ago.
Marshall Steele. workman in the shops
sas City Monday, the message saying that
| his brother had been shot. No other par
| ticulars regarding the affair were given.
| Roy Clark, car clerk in Emporia, is at
| the Santa Fee hospital with attack of
fever. He came here. some days ago for
treatment and for time was able to be
| around, but since Saturday has been in
bed.
Robert J: Demuth, a .journeyman painter
who has been with the St. Louis Street
| Car company for the past IS months. has
been employed in that department of the
shops here. His home is at st. Anthony.
Ind.
Switchman Conrad H. Norton, who has
! been out since the first of July for optic
repairs, resumed his place on the foot
TO know that his eyes are much better
than when he laid off,
James Sutherland, who used to have
| charge of repairs way cars but who
for nearly year has been following the
carpenter trade here is planning mir to get to
| future. He is considered an excellent
workman.
| John Wetterskog has abandoned his po-
sition as machine foreman in the cabinet
shop long enough to go to Albuquerque, n;
or two Weeks Is re esu Grafton Arthur Nay
| he is out
Robert Ogilvy, who has been employed
by. Resident Engineer Meade in the To-
| peka office, has been given transfer to
Of his new duties, which win be those of
assistant masonry inspector for that por-
ton of the road
chine shop, had one hand caught in the
betting while at work Monday forenoon
| besides the nail of the third finger being
torn OF. He will not be able to work for
three or four days.
| vision Superintendent Mcclellan composed
Rapids Monday. They went over there by
special train made up of Mr. Hurley's pri-
vate car, N6, and that of Mr.. McLellan's,
William Dryden, who gave up a good
Job in the water service to pitch for the
Sunday. - Dryden scored we'll with that
nne, having won won eveEy game re- except one 81
Ellsworth was victor by the close score
of to 0.
Edward Saunders, a machinist, has is
Edward Mcintyre, foreman Of the sheet
iron gang in the boiler shop Mcintyre
for some time and if terms can be ar
ranged between the men there should be
an exhibition of fast swimming.
Chal Wallace, acting captain of the San
ia Fe Reds, had the left little finger bro
ken by, a grounder while he was. playing
feS the raiIrosd boys the score being
Reds will sail into the Oakland Blues.
Two electric motors for the five ton
cranes Of the new boiler t and MACHINE c Inc shop
from the water service Monday. The
brick layers are making fine showing on
are also keeping up their part of the job
in good shape.
Charles Jett, who secured a temporary
release from his duties in the office Of
days aeo in oder that he might the
city in the hope of lettering his health.
is in Kan m City and is tb as @
fore long he will be in condition to re-
sumo his work
in the field yard, was struck Monday by
the. flying pieces OF a air reservoir on q
goal car tnat bursd under pressure OF
condition. The fragments hit him in the
stomach and on the shins, but without
great delay he was able to continue with
his work
Mrs. c. ]. Cherry of Linn street, who
|
wife of Charles Cherry of the handcar de-
partment. She gathered up some rubbish
of July celebration and put it in the stove
when some of the unused rockets explod-
ED throwing Glnders Is IN her face and In her
ously injured
William F. Bryant is here from Chi
Of the new brick chimney of the power
house. The job is being done by the Al
phonis Custodis Chimney Construction
| COmnanV of the east having offices in a
number of cities, and in its work using q
is Of to 5 be Il 'tf feet
after the first. eighteen feet. which will
be of brick, will be entirely of tile
in the last week: The first time near Ed
gerton on the cut off, about seven days
Madison, Ia, when the engine and foul
cars following ,ls i got on the rails, nresum
the roa a on that part Of the svate n
has been much affected by the late rains
and for several days the fact that thu
through trains did not reach Topeka or
schedule time is explained in that way
There were three express cars of an In
teresting shipment on belated No. s, which
reached Topeka about II 80 Monday fore.
noon On each Of the doors was the rec
WAS New Yorc and rs startn.
point in the United States was San Fran
cisco dnentr1es r rev the dact dhat IN
shipped across the Pacific and was to e
city.
John Roberts, fagman at the CONNER
|, cial street crossing of the Santa Fee il
Emporia, is at the company hospital IL
this city to have his right eye made over
The member was operated upon a day o
: two ago and is thought to be healing II
good shape. Years ago Roberts claims tn
| distinction of having been fellow brake
man with General Manager Nudge whel
| the latter made his first trip out In tina
, | capacity. Since then Roberts has playe,
| in rather hard luck. having lost his lef
! | arm and being compelled to take lighte
| iof rf a frainman q
| to be here but few days.