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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-30

which he will probably go to San Fran
cisco; He was employed by the Union
anS tba at wyomlng for aw1 me
country. He came home directly from
New Orleans.
William F. Bryant. foreman in charge
Of the building, of the new, power, house
phons Custodis company by whom he is
employed to proceed to Nashville, Tenn.
| they have there in hand. Fred Quicker,
who completed several jobs for the firm
at Cleveland, Ohio. arrived in Topeka
the lay of things here preparatory to
taking control. Mr.. Bryant will leave
for the south tonight.
George Real until short time ago a
Heringfon- Real participated in small
strike among the boiIermakers at that
point. the trouble being over the matter
of wages The company ordered a reduc-
ton in the pay from 81 cents an hour to
80 cents, and at the same time the men de-
cided that they deserved 81 cents. The
that some of their places have been filed.
Most of them not only quit the job. but
left the town. Lately the Rock Island has
had trouble with its boilermakers at Chick
asha, but that has been settled and the
shop is in full operation.
Milton Housom, helper In Mitchelrs
gang, was seriously injured late Friday
afternoon while on duty Housom was as
sisting with a gang to lift a smoke-stack
which came in dead two nights ago and
which have been in process of erection
since then, when he slipped from the pilot
where he was standing and fell In front
Of a cyclinder- The fall was enough to
lay him up for time. but in addition to
that the heavy stack landed on top of
his back. Housom was able to get up
ana Was seem that his INJURIES were painful
enough to warrant lbs laying on 20 no
was sent to the doctor.
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M. ]. DRURY PROMOTED.
Former Topeka Man to Be Division
Master Mechanic.

Arkansas City, Kan, Aug. BON. ].
Drury, division foreman for the Santa
Fe in this city has been promoted. With
his promotion comes also a transfer to
Winslow, Ariz., where he takes the
place of division master mechanic. Mr.
Drury began work for the Santa Fe as
machinist in the Topeka shops in 1889.
In 1891 he was made a gang foreman
and held that position for two years
when he was made general for man of the
shops at La Junta. Colorado. In 1895
he was transferred to this city and for
five years held the position Of master
mechanic of these shops. In 1900 he
was made division foreman for the Ok
lahoma line and has. held that position
until the present time.
He left this morning for La Junta
where he will meet the superintendent
for a conference. He expects to return
to this city later and get his family.
His successor has not yet been APP
pointed and in fact has not been fully
decided upon but all arrangements will
be made in few days.
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VERNON KELLOGG'S PLAN.
Former Kansan to Remove Scourge
from Samoa.

Stanford University, Cal. Aug. 30-Dr.
Vernon Lyman Kellogg, head of the de-
partment of entomology, who accompanied
DR.. Jordan on his summer trip to Samoa,
has returned to the university bringing
with him many specimens of sea and is
land life, to be added to the national mu-
scum at Washington His most fmpor-
tant work in Samoa, however, from a
practical point of view, was his investiga-
ton of the fallaria, worm-like animal
living on mosquitoes and producing in hui
mankind the dread skin disease elephantia-
sis. Almost half the native population of
Samoa are afflicted with this disease and
at the suggestion of Captain Sebree, U.
S. N. governor of the American islands,
DR.. Kellogg has devised plan looking TO
the removal of the scourge by preventing
the use of infected water, ETC., by the ma
tiVeS.
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milwaukee,, Chicago, Oshkosh and a num-
Der of other cities He is much improved
in health and was ready to take charge of
the gang Friday morning.
Francis NJ. Pribble, foreman painter for
the Fort Worth and Denver at Childress.
Tex has returned ed to that place after
time he was packing his goods and pre-
pairing to move there.
started for the coast. unexpectedly. ap-
peared at the block-house when the l
o'clock whistle Of Friday sounded. He
was at Los Angeles most of the time and
his wife was with him.
Mrs. Marietta Bates, mother of Machin-
list Osman Bates, is seriously sick at the
threatened with a siege of typhoid-malar-
ia At latest report her condition was be-
lieved to be slightly improved.
Locomotives I'LL, 1112 LII, and 111S were
in the roundhouse Friday ready to be set up
Nearly the whole back shop force it
the parts together In order that they
sible
Preparations are being made by the
train department for one of the heaviest
part of next week. The usual run Of
stock business amounts to from 300 to 500
cars in a night, but this will probably
much exceed that
Chalmer Wallace, the south shop help
er who fell from window Friday after
noon suffering a severe conclusion of the
morning He is still in the hospital. and
it will probably be some weeks before he
can return to work
John Coldwel1 will speak at the Sunday
afternoon gospel meeting of the railroad
Y. NJ. c. A. tomorrow at 4 o'clock. 1t
will be his last appearance in Topeka for
some time owing to his removal to Texas
and yiaHe al t his ord to laeop among
John Linn, a clerk in the store depart
ment, is winding up his summers work
and Monday will go to Scranton, where a
raoIr LOTT ho ic ak of he
and puts in most of the vacation time in
the employ of the Santa Fe. returning to
his teaching in the fall
Bruce Harmon, who has been assisting
Harry Goodrich on valves in the south
shop. has been shifted to machine work
William Cremer succeeds to the vacancy
and r. Congdon is transferred to the floor
Locomotive 76s has been equipped with
| oil and was ready to go out today. The
| mechanics stayed with 1t until 2:3o Friday
morning. getting it ready for service.
| Nate Caffert., a graduate of the Topeka
| machine shop who planned to leave Kan
sas City Friday night for Newport News
x nnd has 70
place. Cafferty would have gone through
| all right had it not been for a color blind
| for the south, going probably to Florida
where he expects to winter
| AZ a meeting of the Brotherhood OF
csnaIdaaes Wea sxen Ren
| Saturday night at 40 Kansas avenue
Frank L. Ronemus, the grand secretary
Ronemus. who is grand president of tn.
woman's auxiliary. will also be there ant
~ Eyf saosf is t planned
Clarence NJ Shea, who few months
ago finished a machinist apprenticeship II
his place in the ranks Of the men in tina
craft Is here He arrived THURSDAY nigh
and plans to remain short while afte'
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Rock Islaud,s Proiected Lines.

The Rock Island has issued a new
map which gives several interesting bits
of information concerning proposed
new lines. One is the line from Fort
Worth to DallaZ another from Kansas
City to Belle, fof ST. Louis; third from
Amarillo to Tucumcari. and a fourth
from Tucumcari to Dawson. The last
named line, it is believed, will be built
at once and a branch built into Santa
F>e Work is now going on on the Fort
Worth-Dallas and Kansas City-Belle
lines, and it is said that work will soon
begin on the Amarillo extension to Tu-
cumcari, which is on the main line to
FL PaSO.
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FREE MARTINIQUE LECTURES.
L. e. Busser Arranges Entertainment
for Santa Fee Men.

by Rev. L. E. Busser, superintendent
of the Santa Fe reading rooms for a
series of free lectures before the en-
ployes of the Santa Fee railway in the
reading rooms along the system. Mr..
Busser has secured the services of B.
r. Baumgardten, noted lecturer to
deliver his Martinique Disaster and De-
structfon of ST. Pierre" For these lee
lures Mr. Baumgardten has rs superb
Views of the disaster which he will use
to illustrate points in his lecture. The
lecturers will stop at all stations along
the system where reading rooms are
maintained
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CHIEF CLERK TO PARKER.
W. w. Cameron Leaves San Bernar
dino for Pueblo.

San Bernardino, Cal, Aug 30.-Chief
Clerk W. w Cameron, of Supt Beam
er's office, has rendered his resignation
and will leave with his family for
Pueblo, Colo, for future residence. Mr.
Cameron handed in his "good-bye'
papers last Thursday, giving as his rea-
tempting position on the Colorado divl-
sion. under Supt Parker. He will per
form the duties of chief clerk to that
official, in the same capacity in which
he has served Mr.. Beamer, but at a
better salary. He has been located IN
San Bernardino since April, 1901.
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Word reached Agent Flint on Monday
that in the future, Marvel. California.
would be known as Barnwell, and that
the California Eastern would hereafter
be designated as the Barnwell branch
of the Arizona division. Barnwen is
named after w. G. Barnwell, the pop
freight agent. A few more changes and
old timers will fail to recognize this
section. Blake has become COTS, and
now Marvel is to be succeeded by the
less euphoniouS Barnwell. For the
present Marvel post and express offices
will retain their old name.
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Forty Miles Burned Over.

Sheridan. Wyo.. Aug. 30.-The great for
Special Land Agent NJ D. Camplin. who
took a force of Is men out to fight the fire,
has returned. He declares the flames are
of gigantic proportions and his men could
do little toward checking their progress.
The fire has already burned over a terri
tory covering 40 miles As result of the
of Lander valley will be destroyed.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The National Life Insurance Co. to
Laura p Roudebush, $4,000, lots 1875
and pit. 1857 and Horne street, Haynes
sub.
Chas r. Shoecraft to H. Shoecraft.
SIS, lots 2134-6 and s Lincoln street,
Quinton & Steele's add.
L. B. Rousseau to L. F. Rousseau.
81. 500, lots 206 and 208 Clay street. Horne's
add.
Geo. F. Lux and wife to B. Corby,
So, 900, s. u lot 16 Woodlawn ave-, Pot
wins sub.
c. A. Hart and wife to c. H. Curry,
81, lots in Highland Park add.
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RAILROAD news.
San BernardinO Sun Tells of
BOilermakers' Grievances.
General Manager Mudge's Opin-
ion Seems Correct.
ssSTRIKE EVERY DAY.
Men Claim That Former EN-.
plGyes Are Blacklisted.
Union Men Mix Up in a Fist
Fight.

The statement of General Manager
H. u Nudge, made to a State Journal
reporter some time ago, to the effect
that the boilermakers on the Santa Fe
coast lines have strike every few days,
seems to be founded on fact. AS was
stated in Fridays State Journal. there
are rumors Of another strike at San
Bernardino. almost before the recent
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ton river, two and one-half miles north
east of this city, last night Kittner had
been in town all day and when he
started home at 8 o'clock he was intoxi-
Gated and he lost his way His horse
and buggy were found down stream a
half mile, the horse dead and the buggy
broken to pieces. He leaves a wife and
civ children
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Chaneine Names of Towns.

In the following comment the Search
light" which is published in Searchlight,
Nevada, tells how the Santa F'e is just
"a mixin' things all up" out in that
neck of the woods:
Soon after the Santa Fe assumed
charge Of the California Eastern, it was
found that the company had two towns
named Marvel along its system. Be
sides the local town of Manvey, Cali
fornia. there is another station of the
same name in Texas, on the Gulf line.
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BAILEY AT GARDEN CITY.
Republican Candidate for Governor at
the County Fair

Garden City. Kas.. Aug SOW. J.
Bailey, Republican candidate for gov
ernor, addressed large audience at the
park, the county fair having drawn
large gathering from surrounding coun-
ties. The fair has a good attendance.
the races being the chief attraction
The agricultural display is not very
large The alfalfa seed crop is the
largest in the history of the county, ana
the price and demand the largest ever
known.
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Great Bend School Closes.

Sterling Aug. 30.-The Central Nor
NAL college of Great Bend. having sold
their college building and not sue
ceeding as yet in fitting up a new build
ing and in securing faculty to manage
the school will not open this fall They
hope to resume work later.
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Valley Falls Carnival.

Valley Falls, Kas., Aug. 3O.-This town
will give an entertainment to northeast
ern Kansas in a carnival on September
&c, q, g. Five hundred dollars has been
raised, and many prizes are being pro-
vided. John Wendell. in charge of the
concessions, wishes to correspond with
Midway attractions.
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INDIGESTION.

Dyspepsia. FIatuiency. Constipation
or any other aiiment arising from
weak or disordered stomach can be
quickly and permanently cured by the
use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
1t has record of fifty years of such
cures back of it, and we therefore
urge every sufferer to try it. It will
cure you The genuine has our Private
Stamp over the neck of the bottle.
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TOPEKA BACK IN LINE.
Bank Clearings Again Show a Gain
Over Last Year.

New York, Aug. 3O.-The following table,
compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank
clearings at the principal cities for the
week ended August %, with the percentage
of increase and decrease as compared with
the correspond ing week year ago:
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Horse and Farmer Drowned.

Fort Scott, Aug. 30.-James Kittner,
a prominent farmer of this county near
the Missouri line. Sc years old. was
drowned at Brooks ford in the Marina
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Accidents come with distressing fire.
quency on the farm. Cuts, bruises,
stings, sprains. Dr. Thomas Electric
Oil relieves the pain instantly. Never
safe without it
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Try Abandoned Santa Fe Plan.

1t is possible change will be made il
between Chicago and Kansas City by
having one crew go through, instead of
having two The Santa Fee tried it once
and abandoned the plan.
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Fell Under the Cars.

Dodge City, Kas., Aug. 3O.-Dan Bren-
eman. Santa Fee yard switchman.
had leg cut off while making a flying
switch He slipped and fell under d
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JUMPED FROM A TRAIN.

Makes Daring Escape.
Hutchinson, Kas., Aug. 30.-Haro1d
Pierce, arrested at Sylvia for forgery.
leaped from a train near here while it
was running at the rate of 40 miles an
hour and escaped. He was being
brought to Hutchinson for trial
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from indigestion. Burdock Blood Bit
tiers strengthens and tones the stomach:
makes indigestion impossible.
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tie, nOur1Sh the nerves, ana pfomote
the general physical health.
~Two years ago my daughters health began
to fail, writes Mrs. Dan Hall. of Brodhead.
Green Co. Wis. ~EverythiuG that could be
thought of was done to help her but it was of no
use. When she began to complain she was
quite stout; weighed I7o-the picture of good
six months she was SO run down her weight was
but felt could not give her up as she
was the only child had and must say. Doc
tor that only for your Favorite Prescription
my daughter would have been in her grave to-
day. When she had taken one-half bottle the
natural function was established and we bought
another one making only two bottles in all, and
she completely recovered. Since then she is a.
well can be-"
The Common Sense Medical Adviser,
1908 pages, in paper covers is sent free
on receipt of II one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Address DR..
r. v. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y
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mother instead of
seeking her.
This change very
often occurs when
the young girl is
crossing the bor-
der line of woman
hood. She is NOR
bid, nervous, fear
full, as she enters
upon this new ex-
perience.
The use of DIR.
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription at
such a time will
do more than re-
store the normal
balance of mind
and body. 1t will
establish the wom-
anly function upon
a basis of sound
health, as well as
improve the appe-
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Tourist Sleepers on Chicago Trains.

Until September the Santa Fe will
run cheap rate tourist sleepers on it's
Chicago trains Nos. 5 and 6. This is for
the purpose of accommodating the large
crowds which are now going to Chicago
on the low rates offered by the Santa
trains, namely. Nos 1, 2 and s, already
carry tourist sleeDers. The rate for a
double berth on a tourist car is 81 per
night.
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Another Cheap Rate Excursion.

Another home visitors excursion, at
one-fare rate, has been announced by
w. ]. Black, general passenger agent OF
the Santa Fe, in a circular issued Fri
day. The new excursion covers nearly
all that part of the east central states
which was not covered by the hons
visitors excursion formerly announced.
The territory covers all points east OF
Evansville, Ind, and ST. Joseph, Mich,
and west of Toronto, Niagara Falls.
Buffalo, and Wheeling, w. Va. The
tickets will be sold from October to s,
and the return limit is November f.
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There exists often a very beautiful
companionship between the mother and
her daughter The intimacy is frank,
free and sympathetic. But some day
the mother feels as if something had
chilled this intimacy The child is
silent and sad. and seems to shun her
The Washington bee., 1902-08-09
AS DAME FASHION DEGREES.

Du Barry belts are shown in bright
red and bright green and the corona
tion belt now comes in white.
Roman stripe sashes are again in
evidence. Roman ribbon. too, Is seen.
1t makes a fetching trimming for out
ing hats Of straw as well as felt.
An applique design of cherries and
leaves in the natural colOTs is the novel
decoration of the linen collar and cuffs
of walking costume of shepherds
plaid.
Rather an odd thing is one of the
cotton goods patterns shown in de-
sign Of morning glories. The flowers
are blue. with some odd green foliage,
a queer combination of colors.
The fiowered ribbons with plain
edges Of black or a delicate shade Of
some color TO match the flowers are
much liked for wear with white gowns
and can be purchased for a small sum.
A linen gown simply made has a
nIain skirt and the waist trimmed with
inch wide red and white braid in
diamond plaid. There is line Of this
around the edge of the broad turn
down collar and around the cuffs.
An attractive dark blue yachting
gown is frightened with dark blue and
white braid The waist IS a Gibson.
and the broad piaits at the side have a
line Of braid running down the inside
in both the back and front Of the
waist. In the center Of the front, to
give the effect Of insignia, perhaps, is
a fIeur de lis in embroidery, also dark
bjue and white. More of the braid
trims the cuffs and stock, being put on
in straight lines.
The Washington bee., 1902-08-09
BETWEEN ACTS.

The United States has most theaters
-65 TO every million people.
Rose Melville. the impersonator Of
the character of Sis Hopkins in the
play OF that name, has been granted =
divorce IN Cincinnati from her hus-
band, Harry Hardy. She sued as Rose
Hardy, and was permitted to resume
her maiden name of Smoch.
The elder Sothern was extremely
sensitive of interruption of anv sort.
Seeing a man in the act of leaving his
box during the delivery of one of the
actors best speeches, he shouted out:
Hi you, sir, do you know there is an
other act?' The offender was equal
to the occasion, however. He turned
to the actor and answered cheerfulIv:
"Oh, yes-that's why I am going!"
Nat Goodwin and Maxine Elliott have
decided to shelve THE Light That
Failed" giving preference to the prom
ised Fitch comedy Charles Frohman
Is considering a three-star production
Of Kipling's soldiers Three" The
novelist has been asked to collaborate
with Clyde Fitch in the production of
drama made up from the Indian tales
Of that famous trio, Mulvanev. Otheris
and Learoyd.
The Washington bee., 1902-08-09
DICTIONARY OF STAGE WORDS.

miss Miriam Nicholson, the dramatic
editor OF a Philadelphia newspaper, is at
work upon a dictionary Of stage words, for
which, she says, there exists q long felt
want. AS an earnest OF her intention Of
making the work an epOchmaker. she pub
fishes extracts from the portions already
completed, and these show that she is de-
serving OF the support and encOura cement
OF scholars and students Of dramatic art
all over the world. Here, for instance, are
a few of her defnitions:l
Curtain-A piece of stage property
affected by St. Vitus dance, and con-
nected by wireless telepathy, with the
finger tips of the claque.
Curtain Gala form of physical cul-
ture TO which actresses are addicted.
Exit-A bluff.
Duet-A solo sung sentimentaIly by
the baritone TO the soprano, or vice
versa.
S:15 p. m.-S:40.
Eneore-A means by which ushers
earn their salaries.
Chorus-A smile, embodied and in
destructible.
Prima Donna-Obselete.
Comedian-A term applied to unre-
lated and Unmatched articles Of cloth.
ing; preferably when worn by a clown
Coon Song.-An uncouth dance.
The Washington bee., 1902-08-09
ECHOES OF A BUSY WORLD.

One miner is killed for every 1,O6O,-
600 tons of coal raised.
In the state of Sergipe, Brazil there
are GIL sugar factories.
France produces so pounds out Of
every 100 pounds of the worlds silk.
Pewter making, one Of England's
important industries 20 years ago, has
been almost abandoned.
Torchon lace of any pattern can now
be made by one machine. owing to a
recent invention in Vienna
The codling moth. the chief ravager
of the apple and pear crops. destroys
every year in this country uityalueG
at $50. .OOO 600 to S4O.0OO0OO.
Texas oil can be used by the great
Minneapolis flour mills instead of
coal. From the experiments made it
would seem that the use Of oil is en-
tirely practicable \ street railway
company Of Minneapolis and St. Paul
is also conducting tests with Beaumont
oil.
The Washington bee., 1902-08-09
MILITARY MATTERS ABROAD.

Germany has adopted gray-brown as
the war paint Of its torpedo boats.
In the century between 1890 and 1890
80 different war medals and 9S clasps
were issued to the British army.
The Austrian parliament delegation
has resolved to abolish in the army
the punishment Of tying men up to
hooks and binding their hands and
feet.
"As it is to-day. the Spanish army
is a force to be reckoned with. and
would prove an important factor in any
alliance" declares Gen. WeyIer, the
Spanish minister for war.
The discovery has been made at the
ministry Of war in Paris of several
hundred cipher messages sent during
the war Of 1870. They cannot be de-
ciphered, owing to the key having been
lost.