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Mower County transcript., 1903-02-11

No. 15.-Syncopations.
Syncopate soiled and leave tariff, !.
Syncopate porch and leave to cease.
Syncopate a division of time and
leaveta1 insect. 52&F.# 49,
syncopate equilibrium and u q leave an
attitude.
Mower County transcript., 1903-02-11
Bound to Get 1t.

Gerald As it is to be a secret en-
gagement it would not be wise for.
me to- give you a ring at present.
Geraldine Oh, but I could wear it
pn the wrong hand. g.. Judge.
Mower County transcript., 1903-02-11
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COnuu6rumS AnSV

Conundrums Answered.
What part of a fish is found at the
end Of a book? The zfin-is. .tf<.s -. =, w..
What is the darkest part of tune?
The pitch. e. 81 ss:.~xsR oxz[,l :.
What is the lightest, part Of a tune?
The air. -, d. '~'@,. = - l~-~
What are the obligatory parts of a
What part of cat is found in. a
novel? The tale GaiD. 80" .
(, What part OF a story resembles a
piece of ground? The plot.-Y outh's
Companion. s%s..s, ..ts=: ~ =. {. ~. !:
Key to the Puzzler. .-~f !
No. 1.-Metagram: Letter. better, :fet-
ter, setter, letter. 2s .4f Il e..
No. Illustrated Zigzag: Haw-
thorne. 1. Horse. 2. Banjo. 8. Newell.
4. Slate. 5. Sloth. 6. Lemon. I.
Purse. 8. Anvil. g. Eagle. s+.$ II. .$ + /.
ii No. IA Crowd of Boys:x1 Alfred
2. Edwin. 8. Henry 4. Herman, 5
Ira. s. Martin. I. Orlando. 8. Owen
g. Stephen. 10. Theodore. IL Victor
12. William " ~ ts !. .sztt tsass5{ a s
No. 4 4. = Riddle: Nails. q 1 .**.s IS
No. 5. Double Acrostic: Good appe.
lite. Crossword Gallop. 2. Orange
3. Orient. 4. Domini. 5. Alight. 6
Pawnee. .5:. s.ss 5585s
No. g. triple Beh eadings: /. Famed
~ ~. aj-or. 8. Mad lam. q Impact. 8
Imp- air. e her. |. Sta-men.
Mower County transcript., 1903-02-11

VO. 7-Jumbled Verse

~ ss5Ez No. 7.-Jumbled Verse. ;.
With like open hearts doors ease s
Little very, very Keys to; - f'4 = -r r. :
Forget Of don t these two that and 3t1@:
"You please if and "thank you L." are.
Mower County transcript., 1903-02-11
No. S-Date Puzzle.

= No. 2S.-Date Puzzle. -.
Ny first is one-third of my fourth. rs
: Ny second is three times my fourth.
My first plus my second is equal to
my second plus my fourth minus two.
My fourth subtracted from my Sec
ond4is equal to- two-thirds of my second
NY third and fourth taken together
aresthe same value as my fourth taken
alone. Ea 8a@I y sfsslS s3sISSt5 ass .4' U
My first, second, third and fourth
give.a year Of importancessto to the reader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-07
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE

Marcus Symes Of the water service was
absent from the shop Friday On account
Of sickness
A A. Robinson, president Of the Me1Si-
can Central railway. left Friday On the
Santa Fe for St Louis.
John Holiday Of the coach department
has returned to work after short lay
OF On account Of sickness
The stripers IN the paint shop have re-
turned to work after snort lay on On
account of the lack Of work
H 5 Gable, general superintendent CT
the Rock Island returned today from an
extensive Inspection "trip over the road
R. W StockwelI.a truckman in the coach
department. has returned to work AFTER 2
short lay of on account OF mashed M
ger.
F. n. Risteen. mechanical superintendent
of the Santa Fe. left Friday afternoon on
No for trip over the Ch1cago d1Vls-
ion
w. J. FlanneIy .trav Yelling passenger agent
for the Southern railroad. was IN the city
Friday and called at the local ticket Of
fees
Steam shovel No. sss5s. which has been
eral overhaul viii shortly De sent OUT
on the road
A portion of the force in the machine
shop and the water service have been
working nights this week on account o.
some extra work that has TO be done
]. w Reed. pastor of the Oakland NJ E.
church will address the Sunday afternoon
meeting at the Railroad Y NJ e. a
rooms Music viii be furnished by the
It IS stated by an Albuquerque paper the
force of nachinists at the santa Fee shops
there IS being enlarged and that most q
I the new men are coming rom the santa
F7e shops IN Topeka
The work Of moving the machinery and
men from the old shops to the new Is pre-
crossing rapidly. All Of the men from the
spring shop have gone TO the new shop as
have the men in the tank room at the
roundhouse. A great many men from the
boiler and blacksmith shop are also work
ing at the new shops now
f The pennsylvania Special" one Of the
fastest trains in the world has Deem smut
+ down because Of the freight congestion IN
the east The train Is said 70 have Deen
a paving one. but on account of the fast
schedule the tracks had TO be kept clear
which delayed freight trains and aSgra-
vated the freight congestion. As soon rs
the congestion is relieved the train VIII be
resumed.
William Boyes. foreman of the frog ana
switch repairers in the water service mas
handed in his resignation to take erect
f February Is He has been appointed as
sistant secretary Of the Railroad L. M e.
A 70 succeed John kempuon- VINO has
received the appointment OF secrelary o.
the association at Ellis, kan Mr. boyes
many friends at the shops VIII be glad 70
hear Of his promotion
The new maps and folders which VIII be
Issued by the Santa Fe shortly viii snow
the new cut off between NeWl1lra and
Pauls Valley which was completed last
week This cut off is $50 miles in length
and parallels the present route about 81
miles east of H. 1t opens up a country
which is rich in both mineral and agr1cul-
tr1raf products and reaches many thrifty
/ towns in central Oklahoma Traffic vii
be installed March l. The new cut on
saves . miles and has fewer hills than the
lire
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-07

false and that the work was being
pushed with all possible haste.
Since the work on the Santa Fe cutoff
has been started the little town Of Belen,
~ A. which is the center OF operations,
has become a Lively place
Almost all the men now in the camps
are Americans There are about one
hundred lle1icans at Belen now VINO
want to 60 to work. not To mention other
talent from distant points some o.
whom arrived at BeIen via side-doOr
sleeper or ION the rods"
The limited accommodations OF Eht
little town ara crowded. every bed and
cot in town being taken Even the floor
q the railroad station is covered every
night by snoring. blauketed figures
while numerous fires along the track
are surrounded all day and all night
BIZ man waiting Tor work
8ar. Lantry has at present under him
Contractors SHARP Duuley Bros,
Powers. O'COnnor. Allen and TeWey
while others are On the ground look
ing Cor 3 lob.
There VIII naturally be a great deal
Of building in Belan IN the near future,
and a surprising increase of population
may be looked for. Probably a new
ton. although the location OF the new
station at that point is merely a prob
ahi1zt1
Belen people are now having a few
thoughts on the side concerning thu
possibility Of the removal Of the county
scar from Los Lunas TO their own town
1t IS quite possible that Belen NAV
make Did to this effect in the course
OF the next year or two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-07

the chair. Not during any gathering Of
the present session of the legislature
has there been so wide and general an
outpouriug Of opinion on any question
as on thar Of the wisdom Of conferr1ng
upon judges of district courts, courts cG
common pleas. city courts and justice %
the peace courts the power to grant pa
roles to persons who stand before them
convicted Of q crime
Only the senators who were most IN
different to the measure or whose ideas
had been taken out Of their mouths by
someone who preceded them remained
silent At least twenty of the forty
senator's spoke, and several spoke n
third and fourth time A motion to kill
the bill was itself defeated. and a rising
vote on the motion to recommend the
bill back to the senate. subject to
amendment and debate" carried it
safely As the bill now stands it has
vet q danger of being lost on the floor
Of the senate Among those who spoke
for the bin were smith Pestana. Leidy.
Simons and White Some of those who
talked and voted asainst it were House
holder. Morehouse. Morrow. Kennedy
and Fitzpatrick
Senator Whites resolution was recona~
mended back with but little delay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-07
:. lNCURABLE" HEART DIS
EASE SOON CURED!
By the Great Chicago Specialist IN
Treating Weak and Diseased
Hearts, Franklin Miles,
NJ. D, Il. B.
viii send $3.50 Worth Of His Personal
Treatment Free as a Trial.

To demonstrate the unusual curative
powers of his new and conlplare special
treatments by mail for heart disease,
short breath. pain in the side oppress-
ion in the chess. irregular pulse, Dairl-
tati0n, smothering spells. putting Of the
ankles. or dropsy. DIT. Miles VIII send
s. so worth free as q trial. 10 all who
mention this paper,
His trea tnnents are the result of tWRn-
tv-five years of careful study extensive
research, and reTna kable experience n
treating the various ailments OF the
heart stomach and nerves. which 50
often com7l5cate each case So aston
fshing are the results of his complete
special treatments that he does not
hesitate to offer all persons q trial free
Nothing could be more liberal Few
physicians have such confidence in their
remedies There IS no reason why all
afflicted persons should not avail them
selves Of this exceedingly liberal offer,
as they may never have another such
opportunity No Death comes as sud-
denly as that from heart disease
Mrs A. krcnck of Huntington IND. was
cured after % physicians faIled; Mrs Flo
Jas r Waite. the noted actor. after a
score had pronounced him iuc51ra BILE Mrs.
Frank Smith OF Chicago. after 5 leading
physicians had given her up Mr.. Julius
kar after Is failed
thousand references to- and tesriuno-
malls from. bishops clerElrneu- bankers
farmers. and their wives VIII be sent free
upon request
send At once FOR free examination
blank pamphlets and free treatment
/ before it is TOO late. Address DR. Miles
Z Grand Dispensary, 201 to 217 State
street. Chicago. IL Mention Topeka
state Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-07
ASKS FOR HFLP
Railway Mems Relief Committee Be
gins It's Campaign.

gins AI1 AaLL lttls-L
The state Journal has received the
following letter concerning the recently
ORGANIZED movement To set American
railroad men out of Mexican iails-
THE Brotherhood Relief committee ls
formed by the appointment of one mem
Der from each of the local railway OF
ders. The committee consists in its eH-
titv a chairman. secretary and man
ger consulting attorney. treasurer and
three committeeman who act as the
board OF managers. The reason OF the
forming of this committee is that IS
has been reported from Responsible
sources that an American railroad mar
or citizen of the United States VINO may
be employed in Old Mexico is al All times
compelled to labor with the fear that
if through accident he should nave =
wreck and XIII a Mexican subject I'M
pris0nmeut would follow for an indefl-
mite length Of time our intentions ars
first TO e 10 Old Mexico as an tuVes
rigaEfnE committee. 60 through the prls
ons and salt mines and ascertain the
true state OF affairs and the relation or
their laws to the fncarcerat ton OF
American citizens. 1T has been told and
verified that an English subject Is at ut
time denied the right to give bond and
is given q fair and impartial trial. which
Invariably results in an acQulttaI The
American citizens now lucarcerat5d
there have repeatedly complained to the
United States eonsuls, but to nc await
We sincerely ask your cooperation In
this matter. and we also request that
you assist us in gaining contributions
whereby we may promote this move in d
favorable manner
-0ur reference as TO ability and hon
est. stc can be had by addressing the
First National bank, Kansas City. Mo-
or the Kansas City star. Mr. Ralph
Stout. ciry editor. we have as endorse
ulenls to this move high officials in pub
lie life. governors of states. representa-
rIves in congress. mayor OF Kansas City
Eas-, mayor Of Kansas City. No. anu
dozens Of other endorsing letters before
US, which proves conclusiveIy that oJe
move is considered to be grand ana
noble Very sincerely yours
lSeaL1 HARRY H ADAMS.
Secretary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-07
CRUSH TALKED OF.
May Succeed Barker as General Pas
senger AGENT Of the Katy.

The return Of President Henry G.
Rouse OF the Missouri. Kansas q Texas
railroad. who IS making a tour Of the
world and who IS now somewhere on
the continent of Europe, is anziOusly
awaited by al the ether officials Of the
Katy system. 1t has been seui-offIcIaIly
announced that the appointment of an
assistant general manager to succeed
1Ir. Hammond VIII be held up till Mr.
Rouse gers home and it is just as prob
able that the late General Passenger
Agent Barzer's position VIII not be filed
till ar. Rouse has been heard from by
cable or mail
The speculation as to Mr.. Hammondss
successor seems TO be confined 10 Cen
eral Superintendent J. w Maxwell Of
Dallas, while every body incIines to the
opinion that Colonel W @. Crush Of
Dallas VIII succeed Mr.. Barker. These
changes would necessitate many others
This is why deep interest IN all circles
OF the service Of the system VIII be
manifested till Mr.. Rouse gets home or
authorizes General Manager Allen to
make formal annOuncemant of the new
app0intments.=Da Times Herald
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from the freight and passenger dapots and
q mile and half from the offices Of the
EraInE1aSrer and chief dlSDarEner- The lat
ter Offices are located at south yard The
masters offices are closely related and
the two Offices are SO dependent upon each
other that It IS not practical to have these
two Offices separa ted.
It is anticipated that the new Office
building VIII De located On property owned
by the santa Ee just across the track
from the freight depot and across the
street rom the passenger depot and tlsA-
it viii be large enough to accommodate
the offices Of superintendent. traiuuaaster,
chief dispatcher and train dispatchers. with
room for relegrap h Office The plans for
the building have not yet been drawn
The passenger depot which Is being con-
structed at Guthrie viii be ready for oc-
eupancy within a short time when COM
pleted this viii be the finest depot on the
division. but the new passenger depot
which VIII be erected at Oklahoma City
this sumner viii be even finer than the
enc at Guthrie The latter VIII be che or
the finest buildings on the Santa Fe-
Conductor J. w Hiuueii. who was shot
on his train last September by Indian
police. and who has since been laid Up
on account or his INJURIES, Is again run
ming between Newton and Purcell Con
ductOr Frank BeaI- who vas running pas
seuger during Mr.. FinnelIs absence has
been returned to freight service
Santa F'e special service men were con-
siderabIy stirred Up a few days since over
a report that stock had been stolen from
the company pens at POuca- city. IlveStI-
Of cattle had been stolen from a ranch
near Ponca City and some hogs had been
taken from pens located on land which
had been leased Dy the Santa re 70 out
side parties None of the stock was taken
from the cOmpanysS pens. The thieves
were apprehended and are now in NeVvEzIr1
awaiting trial The cattle were stolen
from Indian land ana the case IS DelIlS
investigated tV the federal officers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-07
SENATORS GO HOME.
Talk Of Passing a Bill Extend
ing the Parole Power.

The state legislature has adjourned
until Monday afternoon. The senate
concluded 1t had finished its weeks
work about o'clock Friday afternoon.
The rest ef the afternoon was put in by
the senator's who had not made arrange
rrents for TRANSPORTATION in getting
passes. Some OF the legislators are an
sent minded or careless and some Of
them are reported 70 have narrowly
escaped having TO pay railroad fare Oh
one or two occasions since the session
began
Friday afternoon was spent in COM
nlittee Of the whole debating upon the
parole bill and considering the amend
ment to the constitution to disbar IN
naturalized foreigners from the privilege
OF voting In yesterdays paper the pa
role bin was accredited to Smlth 1t Is
Aliens. and is what kipiing's Vampire
calls '.the work Of his heart and hand"
When the committee Of the whole was
called in the afternoon Alien was put IN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-07

Arkansas city. Feb THE Denver.
EHlC and Gulf railroad VIII connect with
lhe santa te main line at Guthrie. Ok
- soon as an agreement can be reached
between the two lines as to where 1he
connection Ill be made the D. E. ard q.
VIII commerce. work Of grading, prepar4-
tory to making the connection 1t IS rsl>
Uored that the D. Z. and c. win use the
new passenger depot which this Santa E'e
is erecting at rhat point instead 0f ouiI5fur
q passenger depot Of their own-
The Oklahoma Livestock ASSOCIATE IN
noma city February u to Is and the raii-
roads are auricIpa ting a very heavy travel
mao gszlahoma CITY during tne convention
she santa Ee Viii prooati3 ruH a SPECIAL
train from Guthrie. as the travel VIII Big
exceptionally heavy between Guthrie and
Oklahoma City.
The santa Fe had a small wreck in
Guthrie Yards a few days ago. A SOUTH
bound extra eollided WITH some ears stand
DIT equipment and trace suffered some FL
tie damage.
Yards "Wednesday morning IN which
Brakeman Joe Roberts was killed Az ex-
man Ete1errs thinking Ele switch was SET
for certain track. stepped over onto an
ether track with his back toward the APP
preaching train ard was struck hy the
forward car and Instantly killed The re-
mains were taken TO BenronVille. Ark
Thursday. where the funeral VIII be held.
Superintendent TIce went south Thurs
day on an inspection trip over the dIyis-
Arkansas CITY IS eiatle4 over the pro-
posed new office building which it is ex-
pected the Santa Ee viii erect here this
simmer II Is not the building itself the
people are SC pleased with as the prospect
of the division point remaining at this
place II has been suggested q number q
times that Arkansas City is not prae-
teal division point as this is the northern
terminus of rI7e Oklahoma DIVISION and Il
would seem that it would be more prac-
teal TO have the division headquarters al
4 point more centrally laea 1e1- The people
\ figure that II the company aad serious
{ thoughts Of moving the division headd tar-
lers they would not 20 70 the expense .l'
/ erecting an Office building at Arkarsas
! City. The building is very much needed
AT present the superintendent office Is
{ Iccated in rented rooms in the Home Ma
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COMMITTEE MUST WAIT.
4 Q. Nudge Does Not Want to Talk
Union Dsnot Just Now.

Kansas City No Feb The com
naitree named at the meeting of the
South Side improvement association to
interview H u Nudge. general man
ager OF the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
E'e railroad, concerning the Twenty
second street and Grand avenue site for
the new union depot. VIII not have an
audience with that official until after
the next meeting OF the directors of the
present Union Depot company. Follow
ing the appointment Of the committee
Wednesday night they wrote to Mr..
Nudge, asking him when it would be
convenient for him to receive the com
mittee Mr. Nudge telegraph the
chairman Of the committee that it
would not be possible for him to receive
the committee until after the next
meeting Of the present union depot d.
rect0rs- The committee is William
Huttigs Conway F Holmes, T. H Mas
tin and Walter S. Dtckey.
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The san BernardInO papers say that
r X Thompson. q santa F'e engineer.
met his death at Selgman by being
run down by q switch engine while he
was preparing 10 board his engine. It
appears that the train. composed Of
empty freights. had stopped at Sells
man to take water and after com
DIeting this was about to pail out
Engineer Thompson was standing on
a track running parallel 20 the one
upon which his train was STANDING
and was in the act Of boarding his ca D
when switch engine came rushing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-07
RAILRoAD ROLLING STOCK
Remarkable Showing N This Line ii
Past Year

Remarkable Showing IN This Line IN
Past Year
Returns received direct from practi-
cally every locomotive and car building
plant IN the country show that approx
innately 1851 cars have been built IN
railroads but exclusive of street and
other electric cars. This is considerably
the largest record which has ever been
made in the country, and exceeds BY
z5542 the output for 1901 These figures,
OF course, do not include cars built by
railroads at their own shops OF the
cars recorded, appruzl1Ila taly I62, $50 are
for freight service and I.948 for passen-
ger service; 49, 47 are for domestic use
and $500 are for export Last year the
total number OF cars built was IA 267,
which exceeded by 20.I61 the recorded
output for the year 1900. The 1861 flg-
ures included also 5,26Z street cars. Al
most al Of the figures for both 1902 and
1901 ara official. and in the two or three
cases where it was necessary to make
an estimate the number Of cars inv0lv-
ed was small and we were enabled 10
make a close calculation from our own
current records. 50 that the sum total.
IS here given, may be accepted as being
very nearly correct The proportion OF
steel cars and cars with steel under
frames 70 wooden cars viii be published
in a subsequent issue 1t may be inter
esting also to note that 1851 cars were
built during the year BY three firms in
Canada
During the wear 4070 locomotives were
built at the various locomotive plants in
the country. as against 1884 last year
This figure is official throughout, and
requiring no estimating. The number
for the current year includes "A electric
locomotives The real meaning Of this
figure IS perhaps best realized by calcu-
lating the expenditure involved, which
would be nearly s4S. GOO goo If the aver
age cost per locomotive i assumed to be
81 000-NeW YORK Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-07
WON'T STOP WORK.
Chas. Lantry Denies Rumor Concern
ing Santa Fe Cut-oE

AIbuGueraue. n. n. Feb There is
still considerable speculation as 10
whether or not the Santa Fe cutoff VIII
be built or whether the work being done
on the proposed new road is q bluff be
ing carried out for some unseen pur-
pose A rumCr was started here last
night that all work on the cutoff had
been stopped. but Charles Lantry, one
Of the contractors for building the $
miles of road the only part for which
contracts are as yet let. arrived here
this morning and said the rum0r was