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TOPEKA STATE JOtTRNATi. WEDNESDAY ETENTNTG. JANTTART 1, 192. THE WORLD'S MEDICINE, Mill FOR ALL BILIOUS and NERVOUS DISORDERS, Sick Headache, Constipation, Wind, Weak Stomach, Impaired Digestion, Disordered Liver & Female Ailments. Prepared only by the Proprietor, Thomas Beichak, St. Helens, Eng., and iko Canal Street, New York. Sold everywhere in boxes, 10c. and 25c MARTINDALE LANDS. Government Employs Counsel to Again Investigate Sale. Washington, Jan. 1. Upon the recom mendation of the comptroller of the cur rency, the department of Justice has employed the law firm of Rossington, Smith & Histed, of Topeka, to bring suit to Bet aside the deal whereby the prop erty of William Martindale was sold for the benefit of the creditors of the de funct First National bank of Emporia, Kaa. Martindale was vice president of the bank. Its president, Charles Cross, killed himself the day the bank failed. Martindale placed all of his own prop erty in the hand3 of a trustee to be disposed of for the benefit of the bank's '-editors. R. C. Battey was trustee, and sold the property in a lump to Calvin Hood, an Emporia banker, for $41,000. Martindale claimed that the property was worth more than double what it brought. Indeed, he declared had the property been put up at auction in the usual way and each piece sold sepa rately it would have netted ?100,00O more than the trustee got for it. He charged collusion on the part of Hood. Lambert and Battey, and suit was brought in the Shawnee county district court for the $100,000. The charge of collusion and illegal sale at a low price is an old one. A special agent was sent out from Comptroller Dawes' office and gave the parties to the deal a clean bill of health. Another agent was sent out, and upon his report William Martindale was in dicted on the charge of misappropriat ing the bank's funds on eighteen counts. Since Mr. Riagely succeeded Mr. Dawes as comptroller of the currency more complaints have been made to him regarding the transaction and he sent a secret service man out to Kansas to investigate the matter. A confidential report was made and upon the strength of it the comptroller asked the depart ment of justice to employ special coun sel to bring and prosecute a. suit. Ros sington. Smith & Histed, the Topeka laywers, were employed. The comp troller's brother is now on his way to Kansas. He is an accountant and will work with the lawyers in the prosecu tion of the case. Islands Will Be Ours. Copenhagen, Jan. 1. It has been learned upon the best authority that the treaty between the United States and Denmark for the sale of the West Indies will be signed in spite of tne agitation here against such action, inso much as the Danish government has given its promise to this end. The ques tion of a plebiscite will not be allowed to Interfere in the matter. eart isease Ninety Per Cent of It Really Caused From Poor Digestion. r Real organic heart trouble is Incurable, but scarcely one case in a hundred is or ganic. The action of the heart and stomach are both controlled by the same great nerves the sympathetic and pneumogastric, and when the stomach fails to properly disrest the food and it lies in the stomach fer menting, gases are formed which distend the organ, causing pressure on the heart and lungs, causing palpitation, irregular ity and shortness of breath. The danger from this condition is that the continued disturbance of the heart sooner or later may cause real organic hart trouble and In fact frequently does Furthermore; poor digestion makes the blood thin and watery and deficient in red corpuscles, and this further irritates and weakens the heart. The most sensible thing to do for heart trouble is to insure the digestion and as similation of the food. This can be done by the regular use after meals of some safe, pleasant and effective digestive preparation, like Stu art s Dyspepsia Tablets, which may be found at most drug stores and which con tain the necessary digestive elements in a pleasant, convenient form. Thousands of people keep well and vig orous by keeping their digestion perfect by observing the rule of taking one or two of thtse tablets after each meal, or at least after each hearty meal. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets contain U S P. pepsia. diastase from malt and other natural digestives which act only on the food, digesting It perfectly and preventinc acidity, gases, and the many diseased con ditions which accompany a weak stom ach. When Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are used you may know you are not taking Into the system any strong medicine or powerful drug, but simply the natural di rective elements which every weak stom ach lacks. So widely known and popular have these tablets become that they are now sold by very druggist in the United States Can ada, and. Great Britain. ft V I 1 i 1 I COMING DltAMATIC EYENTS. Of the company assisting Miss Ger trude Coghlan in Thackeray's Vanity Fair which will be seen at the Crawford this afterr jon and tonight, an exchange says: "Mss Coghlan has been sur rounded with an excellent supporting company. Mr. Bertram as 'Rawdon Crawley was an admirable example of the well-bred reprobate of his time and Mr. Cooper as 'Lord Steyne gave a strikine realistic picture or the rasn ionable roue of the peroid. Malcom Duncan's presentation of the conceited and foppish 'George Osborne" was par ticularly well drawn and Thackeray himself could not have found fault with Hammond Dailey's 'Mr.Fitt Craw lev." "Joseph Sedley,' 'Amelia Sedley, 'Mrs. Major O'Dowd,' the 'Misses Pink- erton' and "Mrs. Bute Crawley' were all noticeably well presented." "Secret Service." the military drama will be the attraction at the Crawford tomorrow night. Everywhere the pro duction has been presented it has crea ted much enthusiasm. Mr. Benjamin Howard will be seen in the part form erly played by Mr. Gillette. The com pany in support of Mr .Howard contains the following well known names: Har rinsrton Reynolds. Wallace Shaw, H. S Duffield, Reginald Travers, Herbert Ashton. Ainar Acton, Roy tuiiiienson Peo. Thompson, Vernon Wumper, Mss Blanche Douglas, Miss Phosa McAMs ter. Miss Christine Hill, Miss Lily Branscombe and Miss Alice Dearborn. "A Wise Member," with Miss Laura Evans of Topeka, as the star, will be seen at the Crawford Friday night. "Yon Yonson" will be at the Crawford Saturday matinee and night. FOUGHT BAREFOOT. Boers Reniore Their Boots Be fore Attacking British Camp. Ijondon, Jan. 1. Newspaper corre spondents in Pretoria continue to send warnings of the needs of more rein forcements. Lord Kitchener is turning the artillery men who have become dis engaged by reason of the return home of the heavy guns into three corps of mounted infantry, each 150 strong. Independent accounts of the Boer at tack on Colonel Firem's camp on De cember 22, added little to the official story of the occurrence except that General DeWet's force of 1,500 men as at Majuba, removed their boots, climb ed the precipice without noise and com pletely surprised the sleeping British camp. The terrible struggle lasted bare ly half an hour. Three more British officers have died from wounds re ceived in these engagements, making all told nine officers killed. The government scheme for the settle ment of land in the Orange River colony is already in operation. Nearly 100 men, mostly time expired yeomen, have settled there with the assistance of the government consisting of loans of farm ing implements. INVADES COLOMBIA. wen. L'rlbe-Lribe UreaKs in From the Venezuela Side. New Tork, Jan. 1. According to ca blegrams just received by Dr. Restrepo, head of the Colombian revolutionary junta here. General Uribe-Uribe, the revolutionary leader, with 3,000 men.has invaded Colombia from Venezuela. The invasion was made in the Colombian province of Santander. Uribe-Uribe is confronted by General Gonzalez Valen cia, according to the advices. In the rear of the government force is said to be a liberal army which recently took possession of the town of Bucuram- manga. Four battalions of government troops m that town, it is said, joined the liberal forces in a body. STEINBERGER NAMED. lie is Appointed Superintendent of State Poultry Show. Chas. Steinberger of Wa-Keeney has been appointed as superintendent of the state poultry show to be held here next week, and Raymond At wood of Topeka will attend to the matters in the juris diction of the assistant secretary. George H. Gillies, secretary of the State Poultry association today an nounced that the entries were begin ning to come in and that a number of the breeders of the state were buying fancy birds to enter in the show. The Scarlet Leghorns will be here Friday and will be placed on exhibition in a downtown store window until the day of the opening -of the show. A group of pheasants belonging to the Lantrys of Strong City will be on ex hibition. The Lantrys have one of the largest and best collections of imported pheasants in the west. The judges for the Toneka show are now in Nebraska, making one of the circuit of shows. L. P. Harris is one of the best known poultry fanciers in the United States. He lives at Clay Center, Nebraska, and is an exhibitor at Madison Square Garden. Charles Rhodes is a carpenter employed at the Santa Fe shops here. He has made poultry raising a study for twenty years and now spends almost the entire win ter in making the circuits of the poul try shows. Philadelphia. Jan. 1. Geore-e Watkin- son and Irving Watkinson, trading as veorge watkinson 4fc Co., of this city, have been adjudged voluntary bank rupts in the United States district court. The liabilities of the firm are estimated at fl.447,685 and the assets at U.048,512. RAILROAD NEWS. Topeka May Lose Santa Fe DiTision Headquarters. Supt. McCIellan and Train master Kobins May More. EMPORIA THE GAINER. Santa Fe Officials Admit That Change is Contemplated. Almost Sure to Lose llobins and Eight Dispatchers. There is a persistent rumor along the eastern division of the Santa Fe that the office of Division Superintendent C. T. McClellen will be moved from To peka to Emporia, and that with him will go Trainmaster J. W. Robins, of this city, and eight train dispatchers. There is some foundation for the ru mor. That the change is being consid ered by General Manager Mudge and General Superintendent Resseguie is admitted. But both of these officials deny that the change has been made, or decided upon. The situation, as stated by D. E. Cain chief clerk for Mr. Mudge, is as fol lows: "The question is under consideration. We liave not decided yet wnether the change will be made. It will depend entirely upon whether or not the train dispatchers can handle the business as well from Topeka as from Emporia. That can only be determined by test ing." W. C. Ilette. chief clerk for Mr. Res seguie, said: "No changes have been made. I can t say what will be done. The cause of the contemplated change of location is the recent extension of the eastern division to include the Em poria terminals, which have heretofore been in the middle division. The fact that Trainmaster Ives and his force of dispatchers, who have been located at Emporia, have recently been moved to Newton, makes it still more likely that Trainmaster Robins will be taken there to fill Ives' place. It does not seem likely that Division SuperintendentMcClellen will be moved but there is no doubt that the change is contemplated. Superintendent Mc Clellen, P. W. Sayre, the foreman of bridges and buildings, and General Superintendent Resseguie all went to Emporia yesterday on business con cerning the proposed change. If Superintendent McClellen is moved to Emporia, it will mean the change of two roadmasters, a resident engineer, the foreman of bridges and buildings, and a force of 15 clerks. In Mr. Robins' force there are eight train dispatchers. It is argued by the officials that the office of Trainmaster Robins and the dispatchers should be moved to Em poria whether Mr. Clellen's office is or not. as from Emporia the important telegraphic business of the cutoff could be handled more expeditiously, and without transfer at Emporia, as is nec essary at present. There are also sev eral important branch lines of the San ta Fe centering at Emporia, which could be more easily managed by the trainmaster from that point than from Topeka. MR.. MUDGE DENIES REPORT. Among other fake dispatches which have recently been sent out from Em poria regarding the proposed change, is the following which appeared in this morning s Kansas City Journal: "Emporia, Kan., Dec. 31. C. F. Res seguie, general superintendent of the Santa Fe, arrived here today witn Trainmaster Robins and Division Sup erlntendent McClellen, of Topeka, Rod- ins and McClellen were installed in their respective offices and will be sta tioned here in the future." When told of this dispatch this morn ing. General Manager H. U. Mudge said: "This report is not true. Instead of deciding to move Mr, McClellen and Mr. Robins to Emporia, we have decid ed that for the present, at least, they will not be moved. There has been some talk about this move, but nothing: will be done for the present. HAVE GONE TO HARDIN. Santa Fe Steel Workers Expect to Return in Two Weeks. Frank Hammond took his force of steel bridge workmen to Hardin, Mo., last night, where they will put in a short time repairing girders. Thence they will go to Galesburg, 111., for a similar pur pose, and after that they will return to Topeka, Two weeks from last Tuesday they expect to be ready to begin the structural portion of the new machine shop and that job will hold them here the remainder of the winter and well into the summer. Tuesday they moved the "traveler" by means of which much of the material is hoisted, from its posi tion south of the new blacksmith shop into a location that was formerly on North Klein street, from where it can be quickly set for use-on the new struc ture. The other day Hammond's men, seventeen in number, showed their ap preciation of their foreman by present ing him with a $90 solid gold watch. Hammond has had charge of the steel structural work on the Santa Fe for eight years. Previous to connecting himself with the railroad he did con tracts of this class on buildings. He erected the steel frame of the Hartford building of Chicago, 16 stories high; the Teutonic and Boyce, of the same city, 10 and 15 stories respectively, and the Union Trust building, of St. Louis, 16 stories. He only recently brought his gang in from Los Angeles, Cal., where they have been constructing a bridge. LEEDS' FIRST ASSISTANT. He Will Be a Banker From Rich mond, Ind. J. Frank Elder, vice president and cashier of the First National bank of Richmond, Ind., has been tendered and will accept the position of first assistant to v illiam B. Leeds, president of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad. Air. Elder was ten years or more con nected with the Pennsylvania company as chief clerk to the superintendent o the Richmond and Cincinnati division. A few years ago Mr. Leeds was super intendent of this division. Mr. Elder left the railroad service three or four years ago and became vice president of the First National bank of Richmond. The offer from ilr. Leeds came immediately after his elec tion to the presidency of the Rock Isl and. It was announced yesterday that President Leeds will place Mr. Elder in charge of the New York office of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific A JOINT TOWNSITE. Orient and Choctaw Locate the Town of Waldron. The Kansas City, Mexico & Orient and the Oklahoma, Choctaw & .Gulf railroads will cross In the southwestern part of Harper county, and they will be Jointly interested in a town there to be called Waldron, after the name of a rancher who owns. 12,000 acres of land near by. The townsite has already been platted and is almost on the state line. The two railroad stations will be about 400 feet apart. It is expected that the Choctaw road will be completed to Waldron by to morrow night, and if It is the company will receive $5,000 from the people. It is said that the Orient will begin to lay rails in Harper county In January. . New Cafa Cars For Kansas. The Pullman company yesterday turned over to the Missouri Pacific three of the new cafe cars, which will go into regular daily service, commencing this morning, on the Missouri Pacific line oe tween Kansas City and Pueblo. These cars were built expressly for this serv ice, and were inspected yesterday af ternoon by Vice President and General Manager Russell Harding and General Passenger Agent Townsend. They are the first of the cafe and dining car equipment to take the place of eating houses on the Gould system, and the improvement will be much appreciated by the traveling public The cars are handsomely fitted and furnished with every modern appliance for ease and comfort. Including both electric light and Pintsch gas. Meals a la carte will be supplied from the kitchen, chops and steaks from the grill, etc. The cafe proper has table and seating capacity for twenty persons, and the smoking room and lounge is conveniently ar ranged near the buffet. Balie Waggoner Gives Some Advice. Balie P. Waggener, of Atchison, gen eral attorney for the Missouri Pacific railway in Kansas, was in Kansas City the other day and said: "Every time I come to Kansas City I shudder when I look at that shed called the Union depot. To say that It is a disgrace to enterpris ing Kansas City is putting it mildly. Kansas City should have a Union depot that would compare with that at St. Louis, but if she waits for the railroads to begin work on it she will,. I believe. wait for years. The quickest and surest way for Kansas City to get a new Union depot is for her commercial club to take up the question and make ihe matter a Kansas City enterprise. A move in that direction would, I be lieve, start the thing and once started the railroads will follow." Great Northern Raises Wages. St, Paul, Minn., Jan. 1. Late yester day afternoon General Supt. E. E, Ward of the Great Northern, P. M. Arthur, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Engi neers, and J. J. Hannahan, first vice grand master of the firemen, met at the Great Northern building and signed the agreement between the company and engineers and firemen. The new agree ment grants an increase in wages to both engineers and firemen, recognizing the contention of the men that work on the new and large engines is worth more than the old scales. Increase for Missouri Pacific Firemen Atchison, Kas., Jan. 1. It is reported that the firemen on the Missouri Pacific will receive an increase of wages; that a day of ten hours is to be allowed. with an increase of a quarter of a cent to the rate paid per mile, and 25 cents per hour for overtime. No such order has been received at the Missouri Pa cific headquarters in Atchison, but as the report came from St. Louis it is propably reliable. It is known that the firemen have been asking an increase. The new schedule is a big advance over present wages. Oklahoma City to Get the Katy. Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. 1. The officials of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway today submitted a propo sition to extend its line to this city. At a conference this afternoon the business men offered $50,000 in cash for the exten sion, which will be accepted. The road will enter the city through the old city park. Heavy Rails on the Union Pacific. Beloit, Kas., Jan. 1. A gang of rail road workers have been busy the last two days replacing the old rails of the inner track at the Union Pacific with the heavier steel kind. Arthur Jung, roadmaster, was here yesterday super vising the work. The Solomon branch tracks are now all laid with the steel rails, affording a secure footing for the "iron horse." New K. C.-Salina Train. A dispatch from Salina states that the Union Pacific will put on a new plug between Salina and Kansas City in about two weeks. The train will arrive in Salina at about 2 o'clock in the after noon and returning leave here one hour later. This will be of much benefit to Salina and will give the Union Pacific a big train service into Salina, making eight passengers a day. Stop the Train Peddlars. AH news agents of the trains of the Northern Pacific are to be discontinued after January 1. Daily papers will be kept on the dining cars and supplied by one of the waiters. This means that the train peddler is to go. ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE. Engine 2408 went out on trial trip Tues day. The wife of Tree Parker of the boiler shop is sick with rheumatism. Park Bigham of the boiler shop has been out sick for a day or two. Fred McKenzie of the machine shop went home sick Tuesday forenoon. M. W. A. lodge 536 gave an enjoyable dance at its hall Tuesday evening. Conductor Withrow took several light engines out to Meriden Tuesday on trail trip. Preparations were on Tuesday for a big hunt bv the blacksmiths east of town today. Charles Peterson of the mill has re turned from a visit in the western part of the state. Lionel B. Wood, reauisltion clerk at the storehouse, has gone to Cleburne, Tex., for a few days. Machinist James Wallace has been off for a day or two. He spent New Tear day in the country. Miller's scans: in the east shoo as a final record for the old year turned out engines 21 iO and 405. Frank Siebert is the name of a new brakeman. He will work out of Argen tine for the present. C. B. Goode. a member of the laboratory force, who has been spending a vacation in -Iowa, has returned. Joseph McGivem. a blacksmith helper who has been out two or three days, will be at his place tomorrow. Clyde Sheaffor. a hammer boy in the blacksmithing department, has- been off duty on account or sickness. James F. Skaggs of the blacksmith shop tool room is at his post again after a oner siege or stomacn trouDie. G. W. Betts of the blacksmith shop, who has been in Oklahoma - City for a few days, has returned to work. Boilermaker Hugh McGivem took a par ty of men from that department on a hunting expedition to Richland today. Lantrv engine No. 4 went out on trial trip Tuesday. The third of these locomo tives is now receiving the ornamentation. Brakeman Bruner, who has a run on the Topeka-Ero poria local, is laying off for a few days because of his wife's sick ness. The 7-year-old daughter of James Sksggs of the blacksmith shop is sick with mumps at the family home on Sew ard avenue. Conductor Thomas Verlin was up from Argentine to spend New Tear's day with Ms family and a large number of friends in this place. R. C. Congdon of the machine shop, who went to Roekford, 111., ten days ago on a visit with relatives, has returned and is at his place again. Machinist Charles Killian Is on duty af ter a week's absence. An ingrown toe nail which held to be operated upon was the cause of the lay off. Brakeman John L. Helman, who has been following a way car out of Argen tine, has grown weary and will recuperate for a while in San Francisco. Miss Cannon, who holds the position of operator for the Santa Fe at Lebo, a short distance east of Emporia on the cut-off, was in Topeka Tuesday. Frank Smith of the blacksmith shop, who has been out for several days on account 01 a coia. is aDie to oe arouna, but has not yet reported for duty. William Tasker, a brother of Walter Tasker of the machine shop, and his wife nave returnea irom AiDuquerque, jn. m . where he is in the Santa Fe shops. January 8 is the date of the, next meet. ing of the Knights of the Maccabees. The regular time was this evening, but it was postponed until a week from tonight. Peter Marks of the wheel shop, who has oeen out ior nearly a ween on account or a ocu on his neck, reported for duty In time to put in the last day of the old year. N Tuesday the goods of Edward Gillespie, an employe of the Santa Fe at Are-entine. were shipped to that place. He is a son- m-iaw or - ranic itoouison or tne machine shop. They say that Roy Putnam, clerk in the onice or macmne snop f oreman lavis. nas- caugnt in tne inventive spirit ana is now working on a. "tie-holder." Further particulars later. Boilermaker John Cooper has been sick at his home in North Topeka It is claimed that he has an attack of scarlet fever, and the latest report says his con dition was serious. The installation of officers of the Se lect Knights, and Ladies will be held on Thursday evening instead of Tuesday ev ening, as announced a few days ago. The exercises are open to members only. George Crawford, a boilermaker who was called to Omaha, Neb., a few days ago by the illness of his baby boy, has returned to work. The child was sick with typhoid fever, but is much better now. The derrick car which Hammond's steel gang will use in the construction of the frame of the new machine shoo, is the same that overturned near Emporia last August, killing two men and injuring others. Thomas House, the car repairer in the freight sheds, who caught the first two nngers or the ngnt hand between two car wheels Tuesday, will probably not lose either of the members as a, result of the accident. Monday afternoon late a still alarm was turned in at the shops on account of some trasn that naa Deen packed arouna a heater pipe at the coach shop becoming warmed to a burning point. No damage was done. Carpenters were busy Tuesday repairing north transfer table at the car shops. The nierht before a load of lumber went off the track and a part of the force had to be retainea until too late to place it, on tne rails again. Eriek Walgren of th south shop has returned from Lindsborg, where, accord ing to his associates, he has been singing high tenor in the "Elijah." Walgren has completed his apprenticeship in Topeka shops and is now a full-fledged machinist. Conductor Richard Wilson has been running on the coal train for several trips between here and the mines of Osasse county. Conductor Speer, the regular man. has had tne place on tne plug tem porarily vacated by C. L. Short, who has been made trainmaster at Chanute, James Mercer and Clayton Grout of the water service put in most of last night working on the heating apparatus at the Railroad T. M. C. A. The boilers there have been out of repair for several days, and it was necessary to rush the job in order that they might be in shape for use today. Boilermaker Let Heustis was obliged to quit work Tuesday morning and go up town to have a piece of steel removed from his left eye. The fragment had in bedded itself in the ball, but was re moved without great difficulty and Heus tis expects to be on duty again in a short time. Roderick McLeod, the Rock Islanfl boil ermaker who' was burned in the wreck at Hoyt Friday night, was formerly in that department of the shops here. He went to Horton about a year ago and has been there since. The last place he lived when here waa at 229 Klein street. He had been married but a short time. "Ted" Montgomery, a brother of James and Hugh Montgomery of the brass foun dry, is on board the United States steam ship Concord, which has been in South America during a part of the United States of Colombia difficulty. He writes his Topeka relatives that he expects to leave for home about January 15. Hugh Martin, who was recently elected vice president of the local lodge of the International Association of Machinists, but who had not vet been installed, has resigned the prospective position and Roy Milllce has Deen cnosen to taice nis place. The next regular meeting of the order will be held the second Saturday of Jan uary. Robert Tasker. a brother of Walter Tasker of the machine shop, has returned to Fort Niagara, N. T.. where he is in the military service of the United States, He has only a few more months in which to complete the term of his enlistment and then he expects to return to Topeka, He was formerly an employe of the black smithing department, Isaao RiffKS. a sweeper in the boiler shop, came near being the victim of a Daa acciaent xuesaay rorenoon. w nue cleaning off the fan near the office the first and second fingers of his right hand were caught by the swiftly moving wings and before he could extricate them the nail of one of them had been so badly injured that it will come off and the other was also cut. He was not obliged to lay off. Millard Stltt. a boilermaker formerly employed in Topeka shops, but lately witn the company at Wellington. was nere Tuesday. Stitt waa fortunate in getting a claim in Oklahoma during the land drawing contest last summer, his number being 59 in the Lawton district. He has a fine quarter section near Comanche, 40 acres of it beincr bottom and the rest up land. A creek runs through it. He will move his family on it about January C. F. -Ressesruie. general superintendent: C. T. McLellan, division superintendent, and P. W. Sayre. general foreman of bridges and buildings on the eastern di vision, went to Emporia on a special train Tuesday. They took a look over Emporia vards which today pass into the jurisdic tion of Superintendent McLellan, and it is possible that their trip also had .some thing to do with the rumored removal of the headquarters of this division from Topeka to that place. At the annual meeting of active mem bers' of the Railroad T. M. C. A. Monday evening vacancies on the board of mana gers were nuea oy tne cnoioe or tne loi lowing men: Wilbur L. Stark, machinist; U. M. Pettit, foreman of a scrap iron gang: Joseph Ost, clerk in the storehouse: Harrv Lautz. clerk in the office of Gen eral Manager Mudge; George R. Hender son, superintendent of machinery, and James F. Skaggs of the blacksmith shop. ' The gathering was a most harmonious one, and after business was finished some time was devoted to devotional and conse cration service. Water conditions along the cut-off branch of the Santa Fe, which two weeks sn were anvthinar but oleasim? to the operating aepartment or tne roaa. nave improved exeatly within a few days. Re cently a 4o-foot steel tank was built at Neosho Rapids, but only this week was it put into service. Now it is furnishing water regularly for the engines running over tnat line. eretorore it was neoes- sary for enginemen to fill tanks at Lebo. ana irom mere run into .cmporia, jnow, however, the fact that Neosho Rapids is made a watering- place improves mat ters. The supply there comes from the Cottonwood river. , Samuel Vauclnin. inventor of the Vau clain type of railroad locomotive, was for merly a fellow workman of A. R. Davis, foreman of the machine shop here. The two men learned the machinist trade to gether in the shops of the Pennsylvania svstem at the Altoona, Pa, shops, and it was there that Vauclain first displayed the mechanical ability which has since made him a multi-millionaire. He is now the general manager of the Baldwin works at Philadelphia and one of the richest men in the country. His improve ments on engines has mainly to do with the saving of fuel. His father was the first shop foreman that the Pennsylvania had at Altoona. TABLE AND KITCHEN. Conducted by Lida Ames Willis, Marquette Building, Chicago, to whom all inquiries should be addressed. All rights reserved by Banning Co., Chicago. Anniversary of the Years. "God has been very good! Tis He Whose hand Hath tempered the keenness of the frost. And therefore, in the plenty of the feast. And in the lifting of the cup, let Him Have praises for the well completed years." So fleetly has the closing year sped on we still seem to hear "the echo fad ing from the chime" of New Tear bells of a twelfth-month ago. Winter, that comes like an old and hoarv man. seems a fitting trim for the death of the year. And yet there is more of Joy than sadness at this season, for both old and young, as we sit by the good fires of winter and rejoice over the ful ness of the gathered sheaf and plan for new pleasures and triumphs for the coming days. Almost everyone grows optimistic at this season that seems so fresh and full of new life, and old and young turn each new leaf in the book or years with fresh Interest, hoping to find the following chapter more ab sorbing than the last: witn new and pleasing developments which lead up . , . 1 , .. V, ,. - 1 .. W . . 1 CELEBRATING THE DAT. Time was when the preparations for the New Year celebration entailed a great amount- of labor and fatigue in making ready for the gala day. Now, although society has revived the old time custom of receiving on this day. the entertainments are more quiet and select and we may add, for the benefit of the pessimists, far more temperate. They take the form of small receptions or luncheons for a few friends and inti mates, or a family dinner. While it is essential that a New Year dinner and reception be given on the day thatushers in the new year, it is not necessary, however, tnat a New Year luncheon should be on this very day. The first days of January are fre quently gloomy, if not actually stormy, and the effect of the holiday decora tions, which should be red and green. of course, throughout, accompanied by the good cheer, about which still lingers that charm peculiar to the Yuletide, will do much to brighten the first two weeks of New Year. TABLE DECORATIONS. For a large table there is nothing more effective or suitable than a mass of poinsettias grouped in the center. These flowers look best in a gilded or gold and white, or gold and green bas ket ,as their centers are gold and green and leaves a brilliant scarlet. Have smaller flowers for the small tables; the scarlet fish geranium massed in the center with the green leaves forming a border, scarlet carnations and aspara gus ferns, the new scarlet begonia may be used. Red candles with red shades, if a plain white damask cloth is used. But when the embroidered or lace lunch cloths are on, the effect is more pleasing when the candles are unshad ed. The glow reflected on the polished mahogany gives you that pleasing and cosy family feeling that made our grand-dame's lunch or tea table so charming. The arrangement of the candles Is something to consider, too. Single can dlesticks are the most desirable for small tables, and these may be tro'iped in twos, if small, at either end of an oblong table or in threes if table is round. For a small, square table, placed near each corner as they should not be too directly in front of the guests when so near. Small dishes of bonbons, salted nuts, candied fruits, pimolas, Chinese chou chou, etc., will help decorate the table. The menu or guest cards must take some form of a calendar. If the guests number twelve or even twenty-four, each one may have a card to represent a month, with appropriate decorations and verse having a different couplet if the cards are duplicated. THE MENU. If a luncheon and not an elaborate dinner is served, do not have more than one very cold dish, such as an ice. No matter how cosy your rooms may be, there are many who have a sensa tion of chilliness if the luncheon has more than a gentle hint of winter snows and ice. Creamed fish In cucumber cases make a dainty and attractive dish for a New Year luncheon. When fish and lobster are not obtainable, as is often the case at a distance from the city markets, there is always chicken to fall back up on for dainty little creations for the luncheon. Chicken a la Royal served in delicate cases of French batter are de licious. These are made of the white meat of chicken, or better still, turkey, cut into small cubes and mixed with a well seasoned tomato sauce and a few green peas added. A tomato jelly salad can be made from canned tomatoes that is a pretty addition to these holiday menus. This is made firm enough to set with gela tine. Oyster, deviled crab meat, lobster and chicken, salad may be encased in this jelly and set In individual molds and served for these luncheons. Ice creams or cold puddings should be in the guise of snowballs or drifts and lr they disclose a glowing heart of red or centers of gold they are all the more delightful. Red maraschino cherries may be used for small ices -when fro zen creams aren ot possible. These may be put in small, long-stemmed glasses and whipped cream heaped roughly on top. A pretty conceit for little cakes to serve with this course is to break off large, round crumbs of golden sponge cake or angel food and dip them in pink, green and white boiled icing or fondant, until they are well covered; lay them on oiled paper to dry; a little grated cocoanut may be sprinkled over the white and green to represent snow. BUTTER STRUDEL WITH PRUNES. Make a batter with one pint of milk. four whole eggs and yolks of two, half a level teaspoonful of salt and flour enough to make a batter consistency of pancake batter. Butter pie tins and pour in a thin layer of the batter and bake. Have ready some stewed prunes stoned and mashed, sweetened and fla vored with cinnamon and grated lemon peel. Have this hot and spread it over the cake as soon as It Is baked: roll up immediately. Serve with powdered su gar. CHEAP BLACK CAKE. Beat one cup of butter with one cup of brown sugar until creamy; add two well beaten eggs, one cup of cold corree. three-fourths of a cup of molasses, one cup of seeded raisins, one cup of cur rants, quarter of a pound of citron shredded and a teaspoonful each of ground cloves, allspice and cinnamon sifted with four cups of browned flour and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Mix the fruit in with the butter and sugar instead of flouring it to prevent the fruit from sinking when brown flour used in the cake. A little flour may be required to make the batter stiff, as browning the flour injures the thicken ing property. POUND PLUM CAKE. Rub a pound of butter to a cream with a pound of sifted sugar powdered. Beat to a cream nine egg yolks and add to sugar and butter. Then a half cup of brandy, the juice of an orange and lemon, a pound of seeded raisins, a pound of currants, half pound of shred ded citron and a lemon and one and one-quarter pounds of flour measured after sifting. 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Take half a pound of strained honey, half a pound of sift ed powdered sugar, half a pound of blanched and shrede'ed almonds, one ounce of citron chopped fine; peel of a lemon; grated nutmeg and ground cloves to taste: half a pound of best fiourtand'a half a cup of brandy. Put honey, sugar and almonds over the fire; stir and heat thoroughly; then put in the spices and work into a dough; put in a covered dish and set away in a cold place for a week if possible. Then roll out about half an inch thick. Bake in a sheet and as soon as they come frcin the oven cut into strips with a sharp, heated knife. Cut the cake down the center and then across into strips about two inches wide. This dough can be baked on day following the mixing. Inquiries Answered. D.- G. E. writes: "Will you kindly tell me how to make coffee fudge?" COFFEE FUDGE. Measure one quart of granulated sugar, two-thirds of a cup of butter, one cup of good, strong, freshly made coffee and a tablespooniul of caramel, or ir. vou use liquor, flavor with a little brandy after taking from the fire. Put the sugar, butter and cofree into a smooth agate saucepan and boil steadily until it will harden when dropped into cold water; then take from the fire anil beat vigorously for five minutes and pour into buttered tins. When partly cold mark off into squares and brealfi apart when cold. HASHED BROWN POTATOES. Mrs M. J. McLean writes: Please ask Table and Kitchen to give a recipe for "hashed brown potatoes." I ate some delicious ones at the Hotel Glbbs in Buffalo last summer and want to know how to make them; also give rec ipes for vegetable soups and purees. There are two ways for cooking hashed brown potatoes; we do not know which one our correspondent desires, so will give both methods. For both dishes select potatoes that are waxy and not the mealy, dry kind. Boil in their skins and when done peel and set aside until cold. Then chop fine (four good-sized potatoes will make enough); season with salt and pepper while chopping them. Put a good-sized tablespoonful of butter in a frying pan and when melted put in the potatoes. Press them down in the pan, packing solidly with smooth surface. Set them where they will brown slowly and even ly on the bottom. In fifteen minutes they should be a beautiful rich brown. Do not stir them at all. As soon as they are done, begin at the side of the pan and with a spatula or flexible knife loosen from the pan and roll the pota toes like an omelet, being careful not to let them break. Turn out on a hot platter, a beautiful brown roll, and nish with a little parsley. HASHED POTATOES BROWNED 1J THE OVEN. Pare the raw potatoes and chop quite fine; throw them into cold water anil soak 30 minutes. Drain and put them Into a baking dish; season with salt and pepper and cover with milk. Cut an ounce of butter into bits and dot over the top. Bake in a moderate oven for three-quarters of an hour. These ore served with broiled steak or a roast of beef. MOME-MADE CARAMELS. This is one that is a thoroughly tested recipe. Grate or crush fine one-fourth of a pound of chocolate. Put into a sauce-pan with two tablespoonfuls of molasses; half a cup of sweet milk; ona pound of brown sugar; butter the size of an egg. Heat slowly, stirring unril thoroughly dissolved; then let It boil until it will harden when dropped in cold water. If it hardens quickly it is done. Take from the fire: add one tea spoonful of vanilla and pour into but tered, shallow tins. When partly cold mark into squares with back of a knif. Beating the mixture for five minutt after taking from the fire will make the caramels more crumbly. I can give you a richer caramel if you Qesire or a cream caramel without the chocolate. 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