The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-06

meet Tuesday evening. The committee
on management will hold its meeting
wednesday evening. =
Mr.. c. r. Wears. machinist. is a new
roomer at the Y. M C. A.
Mr.. John Russell of the steel car
sheds will be back tomorrow from a
weeks vacation.
T. W. Patton, fireman, of Elnporia,
was in town Friday night on business.
Chester Watxinson, Santa Fe agent
at Tecumseh, was in town Saturday,
the guest of his brother, John WatkiIi-
son. a machinist in the local shops.
John Campbell, engineer. spent Satur-
day in town on business.
Rev. Huffman, pastor of the Second
United Brethren church, talked IN
Spanish to very appreciative audi
ence Of Mexicans from the shops Sun
day. The meeting was held under the
large trees in the play grounds at the
r. r. w. Y. c. A. at 8 o'clock in the
afternoon. After the talk a group pic
ture was taken.
John Adams of the car department at
Arkansas City returned home today
after spending a few days in the city
on business. He came to Topeka with
the train load of bad order cars
Thursday for the purpose of making
any repairs that might have been
needed on the trip.
J. O'Byrne, conductor, was off Sat
urday
A. Brentnan, brakeman. went out
Saturday on a work train, having taken
up the work of H. G. OFT who has re-
signed his position.
Conductor Daggett of Argentine went
out on an extra to st. Joseph Saturday.
Conductor Clemmons came in from
Emporia with a train load of bad order
cars for the shops Saturday.
M. G. Workman is on run 120, taking
the place of J. O'Byrne.
. w. v. Copeland of the car sheds is
off for two weeks vacation.
Mr.. Floyd Mills went to Kansas City
Saturday to be the guest of friends
over Sunday.
Mr.. William Tyson of the storehouse
has resigned his position with the
Santa Fe and has gone to work in Fort
Collins, Colo.
friends in Kansas City Sunday.
Mr.. Prout, general secretary of thu
Railroad Y. M. c.. A, has returned
from Kansas City. where he spent sev
eral days on association business.
Mr.. w. T. Davis, formerly instructor
of the school for apprentice machinist5
in the Santa Fe shops at Arkansas
City, has been promoted and will ar
here instructing apprentices in the 10
cal shops.
Mr. Fred Hamilton of Arkansas City,
who had his hand amputated sever@
days ago at the local Santa F'e hos
pital. underwent another operation
Saturday. when the lower part of his
arm was amputated at the elbow.
Mr.. BROMLEY. local ticket agent, eX-
poets to leave soon for Denver, where
he will enjoy much needed rest.
Two hundred travelling engineers
took dinner at the Harvey house Sur
day. They were going through on a
special which is one of the best trai 8
the Santa Fe owns.
Mr.. Ellifritz. assistant superintend- |
emit of the Harvey houses, arrived in |
n SlfI -Cax TO Cd In
handling the crowd of engineers at the
local Harvey house Sunday.
The boys sleeping at the r. r. Y. NJ |
9. A. were startled late Saturday night |
by hearing one of their members STUN
bling upstairs and then shutting down |
number ventured to inquire who it was
and why he seemed so downcast. The |
answer that came floating back as he |
YEARLY plodded onward to his room
hat it was r. A. Postma, who is Of
ice secretary of the r. r. Y. NJ. C. A,
md that he had just been initiated into
he Odd Fellows lodge. Then reaching
lis room and dropping into a chair he
vas"
Master Mechanic Hamilton of Arkan-
as City is spending a few days IT,
own with his son. Fred, who is i'll az
he Santa Fee hospital
The Topeka correspondent of Asso-
iatiOn Men, one of the leading jour
als devoted to the work Of the Young
den's Christian associations, con-
ributes the following on the religious
oonday meetings in the shops here,
long with photograph of one of the !
oonday meetings: Topeka Leads in ,
bible Northumberland years ago 1t
yas noticed that a few of the men car
led their monday lunches with them !
uring their dinner hour. Then we be-
an to investigate and found that few /
len were willing to study the Bible +
ne noon each week. A class was or ;
anized. Then the men asked for a !
lass twice week. Now they hold :
leetings every day, and classes are i
rganized throughout the shops and '
ards. One of the foremen, who didn't +
are for God or man, and one of the 7
leanest and toughest men in the shop, ! I
ras led through one Of the classes to
We an honorable life, and is now one 7
the best friends that the church .
as. Another man was. asked by one 7
{ his fellow workers, What is it that 7
ere when you began working in the n
lops?" We find that the only way ID .
ct the men is to give them something {
orth coming after, and this accounts =
'r our twenty-four Bible classes.-L. T
About the depot one sees many in T
.ances of some persons ignorance OF T
le new law regarding drinking cups. r
any nave SIOOQ IN front OF the FAUCETS r
ON five to ten minutes, thinking that r
,me one had carried the cup away and
ould return it. A very noticeable in -
ance of this was seen when a car g
ad of Mexican laborers passed -
trough here today. They waited at
lie faucet in the smoking car in groups :,
1T only an interpreter could have A.
ade them understand that they wer4
quired to furnish their own drinking
Fps. Newsboys have adopted the plan ;,
drinking from empty pecan pack -
ses, while great number of passeE- :,
ers seure their drink from a folded pa -
p