Jonson's Decision Master in Chancery of the Santa Fe
A Santa Fe Master in Chancery issues a decision in a case titledJonson's Decision. The ruling outlines the court's disposition and next steps for the parties involved.
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1895
Page
8
A Santa Fe Master in Chancery issues a decision in a case titledJonson's Decision. The ruling outlines the court's disposition and next steps for the parties involved.
Judge J B Johune, master in chancery, approved the dissolution of operating contracts among Santa Fe affiliates and rival lines in a receivership case. The ruling covers freight and passenger rate divisions for routes via St Louis and Chicago, with arguments on how revenues should be allocated if shipments traverse different lines. The decision aligns with Judge Johnson and will be filed with the U S rate division clerk this week.
Rumors say a reorganization may merge the Gulf Colorado Santa Fe with St Louis San Francisco and Colorado Midland under one management. The plan envisions through passenger and freight service between St Louis and Galveston, creating a unified system independent of parent companies.
Fragmentary notes list traveling agents and conductors from Rock Island, Santa Fe, and related lines. Mentions include J Myer of Rock Island visiting Oskaloosa and Topeka, a Chicago party passing through, and Santa Fe workers at Meridia on layoff due to a shop overhaul.
A Santa Fe passenger train No 8 struck a horse and buggy driven by an elderly farmer named Bartley near Newton, Kansas, instantly killing him and the horse. The engine, traveling at about fifty miles per hour, could not avoid the buggy at a sharp curve near White W station. The man was found with a crushed skull and serious injuries. the body remained with the section crew awaiting the coroner’s inquest.
Busty comings and goings at Santa Fe freight departments announce travels through Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Las Vegas El Paso and more. Returns include W G Johnson from Chicago and Rock Island and James Don from dam projects at Thatcher. Mrs Julia Bomery and others are noted on brief visits.
Local notes from North Tupera include Aaron Sheets traveling to Carbondale on business and Mr. Maxwell of Unslow Pacific heading to Balia. The Forbes family reports their sick child with scarlet fever and diphtheria. Sewing society meets at the North Cone church tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Ed Sheetz and daughter return from Deansylvania. The Newdle Ten plan a Thursday meeting at 1223 Quincy. Various local names and notices about visits, lectures postponed, and small civic items fill the page along with humorous anecdotes and sketches.
A man at the door of the Hennett building office appeals for ten cents from eleven donors to replace his mother’s Bible lost in an untoward accident. He speaks of letters like verbosity and incited to help, seeking a dime from the office to aid his mental need.
In a Cincinnati to Louisville trip, Jim Hart recounts a besotted passenger who snatches a rival's pipe after a woman across the aisle asks permission to smoke. Hart's tale ends with a pug stolen by bystanders and a dramatic riverfront fight resisted by Harry Perkins.
Munyon's Life Work claims a universal cure system by Professor Munyon for catarrh, dyspepsia, neronances, female complaints, debility and other diseases. The improved Vicinwnopathic Remedies are sold for 23 cents a bottle with free guidance from druggists and a free Munyon's Guide. Personal letters to Professor Munyon at 1505 Arch Street, Philadelphia, receive free medical advice for any disease.
Populist ex Police Commissioner Sy OF Vince Sheriff elect Kepley has not yet announced deputies and assistants but a friend says ex police commissioner LT Yount will be jailer for the county and John Schmidt secretary of the Democratic Flambeau club may be made overseer. The friend adds Kepley should hire a first class bookkeeper to maximize the office efficiency.
A piecemeal dialogue from a Chicago Post tale shows a deceitful suitor abandoning a breach of promise charge as two women argue over his depravity. The scene shifts to a Cincinnati Enquirer anecdote about a girl at the sea shore who disobeys and is led into the water, only to have her mother remind her of virtue and a humorous reply.
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