davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-16
Colonel Holidays Santa Fe
Prediction Was a Joke.
His Speech ON First ROadbed
in Topeka Jeered.
EARLY HISTORY BY MEADE
Engineer Eastern Lines Tells
Interesting Facts of Old.
First Chief Engineer, General
Manager and Time Card.

/ J. NJ. Meade, engineer of the eastern
J lines of the Santa Fe, with headquar-
| tiers III Topeka, has written valuable
| account of the early engineering his
| tory of the Santa Fe for the Employees
/ Magazine. Mr.. Meade tells of the first
/ chief engineer, the first general man.
ager, the first general superintendent
! the first treasurer and paymaster and
+ the first conductor. This history is in
! teresting especially to Topekans on
account of the local men and the fact
| that the early history of the road or
| iginated in this city.
Mr.. Meade writes:
To begin with, there was no Santa
Fe railway in November, 1866. The
original charter of the Santa Fe road
was granted through the territorial
legislature by Governor Madery OF
years later the first shoveIful of dIrI
was thrown for the construction, be-
tween Fourth and Fifth streets in the
city of Topeka Colonel Holiday, the
first president, stood on the newly
made roadbed, the first day it was
thrown UP, and made a speech, and
everybody laughed when he talked of
building to Santa Fe. n. M. and pos
sibly to Galveston, both of which pre-
ELECTIONS have long since been realized
The first chief engineer of the Santa
Fe was Captain John r. Ellinwood
He located and built the road from
North Topeka to Carbonate. where it
stopped for a while. At that time T.
J. Peter of Cincinnati was at the head
of the construction work
When the construction work was re-
sumed from Carbonate west, Captain
Ellinwood again took charge of the
engineering and located and built the
line to Newton. finishing in time for
the fall taxes and the stock shipments
of 1871. He located and built the line
to Wichita, which town he surveyed
and located. In 1872 he had charge
of the construction of the road from
Ellinwood to Larned. That was his
last work for the Santa Fe. The town
of Ellinwood was named in his honor.
Captain Ellinwood died on his farm in
Ringwood, Okla, on April %. 1910.
A. A. Robinson of Topeka.
Captain Ellinwood was succeeded as
chief engineer by A A. Robinson, now
living in Topeka.
The first general manager was T. ].
Peter, deceased.
The first general superintendent was
c. F. Morse, now president of the KAN
sas City stock yards.
The first treasurer and paymaster
was NJ. l. Sargent, deceased.
The first conductor was w. W.
Pagan, afterward made assistant
superintendent (the first one) He is
now living in C.athe, Kan.
The first timecard was made on May
L, 1859, between North Topeka and
Burlingame, connecting at North To-
peka with the Kansas Pacific railroad
and at Burlingame with Barlow
Sanderson & Co.'S overland stage line
Major Gum was chief engineer of a
portion of the now Santa Fe lines west
of Cherryvale, in the eighties, but the
Santa Fe had nothing to do with its
They afterwards bought
1t. J. NJ MEADE.
Engineer Eastern Lines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-16

Mr.. W. J. Rickenbacher, of the
Ricken bacher Real Estate Company,
gave the Practical Talk to the School
this week. He said, The essential
thing for a stenograp her is brains and
application; these two together make
UP efficiency. An immense amount OF
business is done today by mail, and
this makes the work of the steno-
grapher very important The valuable
employee is the one who is able to
relieve the employer from the burden
of details, who does not need to be
told about every new thing she is ask
ed to do. Too many young people
offer their services to bushes men at
ter getting simply smattering OF
what they ought to know. This is like
buying a hat and then finding that
the trimmings are put on with basc-
ing thread. Take time to make your
training thorough"
Miss Winifred Miller has returned
from Valley Falls, where she has
been employed with the Hartman Pub
fishing Company. to take stenograp-
hic position with the Chas. S. Eagle,
Manufacturing Company. While in
Valley Falls she did a little court re-
porting at one time, and made 5000
one afternoon.
The Dougherty Touch Typewriting
Instructor has been adopted by Leo's
Business College, of Seattle, Washing
ton.
Earl Hall has taken portion in the
office of the State Board of Health
There is always a good time for ev-
eryone at the social meetings of the
Success Club. The next one is We'd
nesday evening Nov. 20. The program
last Wednesday evening was gotten up
by students of the school, Mr.. Adrian
WahIin being chairman of the COM
mittee. The numbers were good ana
the debate witty and original
A School Glee Club is being organ
lied. with Mr. Adrian Wahlin as lead
er. Mr.. WahIin is a graduate of Beth
any College at Lindsborg. which is ia
nous the country over for its vocal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-16

be held I'D when the others have been
issued" is all Judge Atchison will say on
the subject "Of course" he adds, Il
have no doubt the certificate will be is
sued ultimately"
The bad blood between Zimmerman
and Atchfson dates back to the time the
clerk refused to extend the tax levy certi-
fled by the Topeka board of education, OF
which Atchison is a member 1t was
made worse last week when Atchison &C
cused Zimmerman with tampertng with
al sen+ votes and Zimmerman holly de-
MED the accusation. AtchiSon objected
because the clerk had removed the out
side envelopes from packages OF ballots,
although he had not interfered with the
enyeIoDes the ballots themselves were in
Bystanders prevented physical contest
between the two men
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-16

Everybody says that Colds hang on
most tenaciously this fall, especially
for so early in the season. before the
bad weather sets in.
This is the best reason in the world
Tor keeping the remedy at hand.
II Is well known that DR.. Humph-
reys "seventy-sevcn'' taken at the
iirst feeling of Iassitude, the first chill
or shiver, will break up a Cold with
out delay.
Don't wait till you begin to cough
anu sneeze or it may take longer.
small vial of pleasant pellets. fits
the vest pocket. At your Druggist a5c
or mailed.
humphreys Homeo. Medicine Co., Cor.
william and Ann Streets, New York.-A,5,,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-16

the packing company
Mr. Seymour left no will, so the
property will be divided among the
direct heirs, Children of Mr.. Sey-
mour. The heirs are Mrs. Loretta v.
Bowman and Myrtle E. Seymour.
daughters who live in Topeka, and
Earl r. Seymour, a SON, who lives in
Winfield, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-16
Arthur Rector Sued for Divorce.

Wichita, Kan, Nov 16--ArIhur Rec
tor of the Kansas Retail Grocers as
ISOLATION, with offices here, was sued
for divorce. His wife alleges cruelty
The Rectors were married three years
ago, when she was a. She came from
Wellington.
Alleging he suspected untoward ac-
lions on the part Of his wife, Rector
set a trap for her last night, telling
her he had left a letter she had written
to a man in his Office desk He set
a detective to watch Mrs. Rector, who
had key to the desk She went to
the Office and was arrested
Chief of Police Cubbon refused to
lock the young woman up, although her
husband demanded it.
Mrs. Rector claims she is innocent of
any wrong doing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-16

which is valued at s47,629.6s, has
been filed in the local probate court,
and G. c. Bowman has been appoint
ed administrator Mr. Seymour died
November 4, last
The bulk of the estate is an in
terest in the Seymour packing plant,
valued at more than $45, 0O0- The adj
ministrator appointed is president of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-16
A Great Building Falls.

when its foundation is undermined, and
if the Foundation of health-good diges-
TOMS attacked, quick collapse follows
On the first signs of indigestion, Dr.
Kings New Life Pills should pc taken
TO tone the stomach and regulate liver,
kidneys and bowels. Pleasant, easy, safe
and only % cents at Campbell Drug Co.
Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-16
Kansas Editors to Meet.

Wakeeney, Kan, Nov. 16.-A meeting
OF the Sixth District Editorial associa-
uon has been called for December 2-3
at Colby. The first session will be held
at O'Clock Monday, night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-16
Hears Church Bells After Long Deafness

of a book which explains how to re-
gain perfect hearing without costly ap-
paratus or drugs She got this book
and learned how to quickly become
freed from deafness and head noises.
Observe her delight in this hypothetical
illustration! Any reader of State Jour-
hal who desires to obtain one of these
books can do so free of cost by merely
writing to the author, Dr. Geo. E.
Coutant, 473 c, Station E, New York,
N Y. He will be pleased to mail it
promptly, postpaid, to any one whose
hearing is not good. This offer will
bring joy to many homes.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-16

For the first time in years, this good
lady, who has been deaf, hears the
church bells. She is in ecstasy. Only
this morning she has been able to hear
the prattIe of her grandchildren and the
voice of her daughter. Twenty-three
years ago she first found herself be-
coming deaf, and, despite numerous
remedies, medical advice, hearing de-
vices and specialists treatment, she
found it more and more difficult to hear.
OF late years she was harrassed by
peculiar noises in the head. which added
to her misery. At last she was told
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-16

We succeeded by careful fttfng-
Chas. Bennett, Optician, 9o6 Kansas
avenue-Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-16
A New Daily Mondays
The u. S. Govt. Weather Forecast
=Pubished for Your Convenience

You know that it's task to find the weather forecast
the ordinary is published. Hereafter will publish
daily ad similar the the left of this
will contain weather flag which denotes the
hons This to be YOUR handy weather Acquaint
yourself with t-watch for it daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-16
Seymour VIM in Probate Court.

Application for administration in
the estate of Thomas F. Seymour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-16
Automatic Weight Stamping Scales
Insures Correct Weight

you get duplicate ticket stamped with
the gross weight of the coal and wagon,
together. Subtract the wagon weight
and pay only for the exact number of
pounds of coal This insures you, cor
rect weight every time-no guess work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-16
Deliveries Guaranteed to Reach
You When Promised

Under ordinary conditions this means
within "A hours. We can say quite safe
ly that you'll get your coal before noon
the following day if ordered before 9
o'clock a. m.
Of course we appreciate advance or
but we're prepared to give quick SER
vice.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-15
WOMAN FOUND BOUND AND
GAGGED IN ST. LOUIS HOTEL

ST. LOUIS, Jan. ia woman
giving the name of Belle Barton, q
widow, 80 years old, and address as
go Pine street, but who later said she
was Mrs. Sue Johnson of 1886 Olive
street, was found bound and gagged in
room at the Portland hotel, at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon by Belle
Holland, negro maid. Mrs. Johnson
claims she was robbed by an unknown
man of s65 and pair of diamond ear
rings, she claims to have paid $3.50
for, Mrs. Johnson alleges she war
drugged by the man, who treated her
To a hot drink in downtown drug
store, where she met him.
Mrs. Johnson and the man register
ed at the hotel about $3.50 o'clock yes
terday afternoon as &c. Langrew and
wife, Cincinnati, Ohio"
About o'clock the maid saw n man
running from Mrs. Johnson's room.
Later she heard some one knocking
against the door. which had been lock-
ed from the outside. A pass key open
ed the door and Mrs. johnson was
found bound and gagged. Her hands
and feet had been tied with corset
string and handkerchief was stuffed
in her mouth. Mrs. Johnson claims
to have been struck several times by
the man. Her left eye was partly
closed, and her jaw was swollen.
Mrs. johnson was taken to police
headquarters where she told her story
to Chief of Detectives Allendcr. A
gas bill found in her handbag dis
closed her identity. Mrs. Barton"
confessed her name was Mrs. John
son, and that she conducted board
ing house at the Olive street address.
She said she gave an assumed name
to escape publicity.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-15
INCUBATOR BABY KIDNAPER'S
PLEA FOR CLEMENCY DENIED

TOPEKA, Kas., Jan. IA plea for
clemency by F. II. Tillotson, Kansas
City detective sentenced to from ono
to five years in the penitentiary for
completely in the kidnapping of Ma
rion Bleakley, the famous st. Louis
worlds fair incubator baby" was de-
MED today by Gov. w. X. Stubbs.
Evidence showed that Tillotson was
instrumental in abducting the child,
then s years old, from the home Of
its mother, Mrs. Charlotte Bleakley,
in this city in 1909, and in taking it
to the home of it's foster mother, Mrs.
]. G. Barclay of Buffalo. The child
was born in st. Louis and reared in
an incubator. 1t was adopted by Mrs.
Barclay. The mother later obtained
title to her child through the federal
court.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-15
creation of an army service corps
and an extension Of enlistment period
from three to five years.
MAIL ORDER MATCHES
LEGITIMATE IN MISSOURI

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. r.
Mail order" matches are wholly le-
gitimate according to the Kansas City
court of appeals. Commenting today
on the case of Henry Hertwig Of Co
lumbia, who after winning wife as
the result of advertising for one in
the st. Louis papers, sued for divorce
because he was told that his wife
had once served Jail sentence, tho
court remarked:
ut appears that the plaintiff suf-
fered from the trial court because he
advertised for wife, The law does
not condemn this method. Some pub
licists and moralists advocate the
adoption of more or less natural regu-
lations by which all marriages shall
be consummated by some Uniform but
narrow rule. but the state law allows
men to procure wives in their own
way"
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-15
Wanted: A Bright Agronomist.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. r.
The United States is in need Of ca
pable agronomist. Anyone filing the
bill may take the civil service exam
nation tomorrow and II successful
will be place on Uncle Sans pay roll
for $4,000 year. The duties Of the
position will consist in conducting ex-
periments in the adaptation and breed
ing Of varieties of oats and in studying
the methods of cultivation, harvesting
and threshing Of this grain and its
use as a cereal. Such Investigations
involve much travelling during the
growing season, with laboratory work
during the winter at Washington. The
position comes under the bureau Of
plant industry in the department Of
agriculture.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-15
Western Press.

Western Press.
BERLIN, Jan. 12.--All Germany is
today casting ballots in the most i'm
portant election during the last four
decades of the existence of the united
empire. Substantial gains have been
made by socialistic popular parties.
A rivalry exists between the various
factions and bitter disorder resulted in
many parts of the nation, as well as
at some of the polling places in the
capital.
The issues, all of which are clear
ly drawn, are manifold. They are all
liberal measures, aimed for the bene.
fit of the masses and are prompted
by the high cost of living. They de-
mand relaxation of the tariff either
through the general customs or a re-
form through reciprocity with some
leading export country, principally the
United States. Reform of the excess
sive taxation system with the sub
stitution Of an inheritance tax and
the curtailment of political power cler-
icals or center is demanded.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-15
AMERICA TO FURNISH STYLES

AMERICA TO FURNISH STYLES
PARIS, Jan. u.-"For three years
Paris has been trying to make fools
of American women. The attempt has
met with dismal failure, and right
now the former Partisan dictators of
style are turning to this country for
ideas.
First, Paris tried to popnlarize the
sheath gown. 1t was an admitted fail
ure.
Next they put out the pantaloon,
or harem skirt; but this also was re-
jected.
"Then they tried the hobble skirt.
Now it is doomed: it is dangerous
garment.
"The tube skirt was produced by
manufacturers to save work and ma
terials. The tube skirt makes a wom-
an look like an unfinished cigar.
"The American women's taller is
through with deception. We former
ly sold American-made garments as
imported" The best dressed and
most stylish women in Paris and other
European capitals are American wom-
en-, in their American-made clothes" !"
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-15
CHAPTER XXI.
Stop. ThIefl
HN/IL HGfD[ [H Guz9{/1|

Millicent Delaroche slept soundIy
Hers was the type of beauty that re
tains Its freshness through indulgence
In creature comforts. Not all her
fondness for amusement could lead
her to rob herself for many nights of
the repose she fnstinctively knew was
essential to the preservation OF her
charms She was the sort OF woman.
past thirty, who retains false youth
sometimes more effective than the i'm
maturity which is measured by the
calendar. Her complexion was as
delicate as debutantes. Her eyes
were brighter than those of the aver
age athletic young woman and no
silver thread shot the dusk of her
luxuriant hair. All this was due large
ly. she was convinced, to her life
long habit of sleeping early and
often. and of resolutely refusing to
let her slumber be disturbed by any
such useless things as dreams. which.
after ALL are mere ghosts of thought
and too much thinking was not one
OF her foibles
Though Mrs. Delaroche slept pro.
foundly, her external senses we're not
wholly unvigilant, Long study OF her
self had made her sensitive to disa-
greeable impressions that were purely
corporeal: and so, though no intrusive
vision OF mind could interrupt the
fluid calm of her beauty sleep, slight
ly uncomfortable feeling at the pre-
else spot whence her tresses swept
upward in an elaborate coiffure or
parted in the braids of negligee had
the effect of arousing her as no mere
dream possibly could have done. 1t
required not many seconds, allowing
for the habits of her mind, and the
fact that she suddenly was recalled
from deep repose. for Mrs Delaroche
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-15
Cries of Child Save Parents Lives.

TOPEKA, Kas., Jan. 12.-Cries Of
little 1-year-old Katherine Mulvane,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Don Null
vane, saved the parents and her older
sister from suffocating from gas at
their home, about o'clock Sunday
morning.
The gas had been left burning in
the room at night. 1t was very low.
Early Sunday morning It came up
faster than it could be consumed, It
is thought, and the room began to
be filled with it.
About 4 o'clock Katherine, the baby,
woke up and cried. The father was
wakened by her cries. He noticed gas
in the room and was beginning to feel
sick. He aroused Mrs. Muivane, and
the other daughter and took them out
on the porch for fresh air after open
ing the windows.
Mrs. Mulvane was 30 nearly over
come that she fell back in the bed the
first time she attempted TO Eet up.
Then she made her way out Of doors,
but nearly tainted when she re-entsrsd
the house.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-15
;. It It Il II Il II II :. II II II II II :,
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. =
:. It Il I. ;: 81 Il u ;. I. II II :. u :,

Western Press.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1.-THE fly
ing machine will be injected into a
man hunt when this morning Phil o
Parmelee and Clifford Turpin, avia-
tors, will fly over the foothills of the
San Fernado valley where two ban
dts are hiding, to seek out their
places Of concealment.
The baked efforts to ferret out the
whereabouts of the two men who fig
ured in the gun fight with officers at
San Fernando and road station two
nights ago, have induced the sheriff 3
office to accept the service of the avi-
ator volunteers. Both Parmelee and
Turpin were sworn as deputy sheriffs
this afternoon.
"We have the men surrounded,
said Deputy Sheriff Larimer today,
"and with the aid of the aeroplanes
we may ferret them out. They are
just what we need"
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-15
CRITCISES PLAN OF
REPRESENTATIVE HAY

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE Hay
bill providing for reorganization of the
army, now before the house, was at
tackled in statement by Major Gen.
eral Wood, chief of staff, sent to-
day to the house committee on mill
tary affairs Of which Mr.. Hay is thu
chairman.
Following the lines Of President
Tafts expected opposition to the bill
General Wood said the measure con-
tains changes that seriously would i'm
pair the army efficiency and demoral.
ize the service without resulting In
real economies.
Changes proposed by the bill include
the construction Of general staff with
the adjutant generals and inspector
generals department; q construction
Of quartermasters department with tn.
subsistence and pay departments; ths
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-15
Is discharged without report there
from, and. be Il further

Is uischarReu without report there
from, and. be 1t further
Resolved, that it is the sense of
this convention that the new Santa Fe
trail and the Rainbow route and that
portion the north and south highway
running from Pueblo south To the
state line and connecting with the
New Mexico Canine road, be recon-
mended to the state highway commits
sion as the Colorado link in the trans
continental highway and that the
north and south road, including that
portion thereof from Pueblo to the
north line of the state Of Colorado
together with said link of the trans
continental highway be constructed. /"
The Denver delegation says Il has
been badly treated since its arrival.
Chairman Sommers and President w.
d. Nash Of the Denver Motor club,
declare that II the southern people
had visited Denver they would have
received a cordial reception, but on
every occasion in the convention and
in the hotel lobby Insults have been
slung at the "Denver bunch" as they
are called.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-15
Western Press.

Western Press.
PUEBLO, Jan. 1.-THE old Santa
Fe trail route people do not want a
compromise with Denver and the
north. The prospects this morning
before the opening Of the convention
were that the Denver delegates and
those from the northern counties
would bolt and walk out together.
Many efforts to patch up the diff
ferences were made last night and
this morning, but produced no good
results.
The contest Is over resolution in
troduced by Harry L. Lubers, which
follows in part: Whereas, the presi-
dent of this association appointed a
committee Of five persons to compose
the committee on n transcontinental
highway, and this committee Is to re-
port to the second annual convention,
and
Whereas, the said committee is as
suming to act without any right and
attempting to report to the convention
and designate transcontinental high
way without any right or authority TO
do 80, therefore, be It
Resolved, this pretended committee
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-15
DICE BOX TABOOED BY
FUNCTIONS CHIEF cor

GRAND JUNCTION, Jan. 11.-Fol-
lowing on the heels of the order re
straining cigar stores and pool halls
from working slot machines and the
mandate keeping minors from playing
pool without permit from parents or
guardians, comes the ultimatum by S.
B. Hutchinson, Socialist chief of po-
lice, that the time-honored dice box
must be put into the discard. The
next move of Chief Hutchinson is be-
ing awaited with apprehension by
amusement dispensers.