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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1898
Page
3
A croup cure is described as safe and reliable to calm a fearsome rattling cough. The advertisement claims Ayer's Cherry Pectoral can be trusted, with testimonials from mothers and a family recalling a severe croup attack where it helped.
Washington reports General Merriam forwarding dispatches on Klondike conditions and immigration. Captain Ray analyzes shortages and destitution, urging U S government to curb influx, organize river patrols with light steamers, and conduct preliminary surveys from Coast Inlet toward the interior. Robinson signs as quartermaster.
President Dole accepted an invitation to visit Buffalo as the guest of the Pan-American Exposition Company. He will travel with Mrs. Dole and party, to be entertained in Buffalo Tuesday evening. Representative Alexander arranged the trip amid bridge vacation plans with the commission.
New Albany Indiana February 2 The Orson Testion of the New Albany Woolen Mills Company has been impounded with the cost set at 500000 ready to begin construction.
Santa Fe engineers led by James Dun study the Fairview tunnel near Williams Arizona to decide immediate steps. The burned tunnel cripples through traffic forcing trains to reroute via the Southern Pacific to Deming and crippling shipments between California and the east. The road loses income daily while costly efforts to repair the tunnel or rejoin Santa Fe Pacific lines continue.
A Texas Pacific passenger train 23 battled a violent sand storm from Big Springs through Sierra Blanca. Engine crew fought grit, wind and reduced steam as the line ran late into El Paso. master mechanic Potter and Conductor Bacon kept the train moving toward the station despite near whiteout conditions.
An engineer on an eastbound Chicago and Southeastern line in Anderson, Indiana, faced a near collision as rail workers strike and engine crew inexperience left the Bremen unmanned. The engineer removed his faceplate, rolled up his sleeves, and rushed to assist as the train was brought back to the shed.
An engineer from New York Central, having been in charge of the engine, delivered the 50 mile run on schedule and made up 30 talentes. The engineer remains very ill.
The Santa Fe plans to rebuild its telegraph line from Topeka to Argentine. About 400 poles have fallen. 55 poles per mile are needed, totaling 2525 poles. Poles will be white cedar three feet long priced at $1.40 each, costing about $3,400 for poles plus placement costs. Wires are in good shape and not replaced.
Mr J C Kinney chief of the Santa Fe secret service reports discovery of Santa Fe car brasses in possession of E Lowenthal a Chicago dealer. Kinney travels to Chicago to recover the property and press charges for receiving stolen goods. Lowenthal is said to be a general agent in disposal of brasses with losses running into thousands over ten years. Halfround brasses guard journals to prevent axle friction and wrecks. thefts occur along yards and sidings. The Santa Fe aims to prosecute the Chicago dealer to set an example.
Santa Fe will not engage in a rate war with Union Pacific over the Chicago Denver route. General Passenger Agent Black said there is no plan to reduce the Chicago Denver rate. Santa Fe argues it cannot match Union Pacific’s shorter Chicago to Denver time but believes reduced time won’t seize through passenger business.
Reduced rates approved by the Western Passenger Association cover multiple Kansas events. Kansas Christian Endeavor convention in Topeka June 10 to 12 offers one fare for a round trip from all points in Kansas. Also, annual Spring Confocation and Reception to Ladies of Isis Temple in Sabina February 2 to 4 at one and one half fare from all Kansas points. South Kansas conference of the ME in Ottawa March 9 to 11 with one and a third fare from points on and south of the Union Pacific line from Kansas City to Salina and east of the Salina line through Wichita.
The Santa Fe adopts malleable iron switch locks that resist rust in all weathers. The brass locks will be worn out and replaced gradually. the transition will be slow but inevitable as the new locks take the place of the brass ones now in use.
Engineer Ghent and Jock Albion recall a rabbit encounter on a snowy prairie near Emporia. Ashton wades through deep drifts as brer rabbit bolts from his winter den, narrowly evading capture while Ghent and Albion pause a freight siding to watch the escape unfold.
A train in Emporia was delayed thirty nine minutes after the engineer halted to load brass. He fired at a rabbit multiple times as it darted across the track, using steam and throttle efforts that left insufficient power to move the engine. The official report cites the stop to “put in brasses” but does not specify brass cartridges.
Engineers Rufus McCormack and Richard Sate Sutcliffe aboard Alton 235 completed the Odessa to Slater run, a 565 mile segment with a 40 minute time, claiming the fastest Western road record. The train featured a Savanees sleeper and baggage car, and the report includes a mile by mile table showing times.
George M. Bennett resigns after 32 years as engineman on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern. K T lines adding 15 miles of new steel rails to be laid in Indian Territory. Jacob Shaffer to Santa Fe in New Mexico. C. L. Ransom joins Santa Fe at Wichita. Water-tank inventory sought between Emporis and Dodge City. Boiler washer callouts noted at roundhouse. Vacancy for a conductor on the Strong City branch. 15 U P resignations at Ellis head for P G railways. Misenurt Paekin to reestablish car upholstering at Fort Scott shops. W T Tisdale returns to town as upholsterer. J J Muesch suffers arm injury in Albuquerque boiler shops. KH B Moore injured at Eric after fall from tender. Chief Engineer Felt plans spur to Belton stone quarries with 100 workers.
From Wellington D A Sweet a Santa Fe freight agent, visits Wichita. Trainmaster EL A Austin returned from Wichita with family. Ralph Stokes, former Rock Island operator, now lives in Herington. Gus Hamel back from a strip claim. seventy cars of cattle en route to Emporia. Bobby Dowell returns and joins extra trains. H W Ciamann back from two weeks with relatives in Pete and Winfield.
ROM NEWTON reports trains of ICC cars arrived yesterday from Superior Nebraska. Caller Ramsey notes no one in the train dept has been laid off for it. A boiler good a small engine has been used.
Bell Rosca a Wichita Missouri Pacific brakeman owns an Eskimo dog that attracts attention on street appearances. A back shop plater’s unshipped unit left town today. Engineer Bari’s department reports heavy upcoming work as blueprints arrive. Conductor J B Martindale improves. Bridges built in Dakota lead to Texas assignment. O R C ball invites issued for February 22.
Local notes list rail yard updates with engine 204 ready, crews at work repairing cars, and staff movements. Mentions Osage City visit, ice cutting at St Joe for storage, and several employees returning from illness or injury. Weather impacts, semaphore adjustments, and routine shop activity feature among ongoing railroad operations.
The most elaborate official entertainment of the season welcomed President Dole of Hawaii at the White House. Decorations were superb and the occasion unsuitable for the state dining room as the party overflowed into adjacent spaces.
Washington February 2 The Indian office will issue ads inviting proposals to erect sixty miles of darted wire fence along the Pine Ridge reservation north line in South Dakota The fence aims to keep cattle from straying onto the reservation.
The monthly comparative statement shows January receipts and expenditures with a deficit of 51 million plus. Government revenue includes 38.56 million from the Union Pacific sale, leaving a net figure of about 7.9 million for January after excluding that item.
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