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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-14
WRECK OF THE TUGS.
ONLY TWO MEN OF THE CREW OF
THE SMITH SAVED.
DfliEcnt search Has been Made for
the Bodies OF the Three siissing
Men without Success.

Orange. Texas, September l3.--The tug
Fannie arrived here tonight, at o'clock,
bringing the survivors Of the crew of the
tug John p. Smith and the crew Of the
tug Guillotte. both OF which vessels were
sunk at Sabine Pass last night. Captain
Green Moore and Lou Belts, owners of
the vessels, were ahoard the Smith. and
are missing. together with the fireman,
VIII Ratcliff Dennis Moore, engineer,
and Herbert Moore. cock ON the Smith,
were saved. The tugs were both at the
Pass Sunday evening with q tow OF tim
Der and when the storm began to come
up Captain Moore ordered both boats to
go to the flats opposite the old wharf. The
Smith anchored at the end OF barge and
the Guillotte little further down the
channel. In q short time the Guillotte's
crew saw the Smith go by them under full
steam, having dragged her anchors, and
trying to get TO the barge so the crew
could get aboard. The wind and tide We're
so strong the tug could not reach tho
barge and being caught in the trough of
the sea rolled over, turning her boiler out.
Dennis and Herbert Moore both leaped out
and caught the rope attached to the barge
and clambering up this got aboard the
barge. The last they saw OF the others
Captain Moote andWill Ratcliff---theg were
holding to skiff and Captain Belts had
life boat. and all were going out to sea
with the current. Soon after the Smith
went down the Guillotte slipped her an
chors and drove into the lumber wharf,
where she was beaten to pieces. All her
crew were saved by clambering out on the
wharf. They remained aboard the schooner
the balance OF the night and early this
morning secured tug and visited every
vessel in the harbor searching for the
missing ones. Failing 10 find them, they
then went ashore and searched the sur
rounding country for the bodies but could
not find them. The life saving crew from
the government station searched all day
but no sign Of the missing men could be
found. Securing n naptha launch the sur
vivcrs came up to Port Arthur and walked
from there five miles down to where the
dredge Is digging the Port Arthur channel.
The Fannie was at work here and had
been run ashore Securing her. all en-
barked for Orange, meeting the tug An
ME Laurie. en- route to Sabine Pass. Den
MO Moore and Joe Ratcliff went back TO
Sabine Pass on her to continue the search
for the missing ones. The crew were
completely worn out. but Joe johnson. the
surviving engineer Of the tug Guillotte,
gave The Post reporter the above facts.
They secured the wreck Of the Guillotte
to the wharf with lines this morning. The
wreck CT the Smith came in with the tide
and lies off Mesquite Point.
The bark Ceriea was beaten to pieces on
the wharf and sunk.
Tho Fannie went back to Sabine Pass
tonight. Moore Il Belts have owned and
run the Guiilotte about four years but
bought the Smith at Morgan City about
q month ago. Tho whole town Is cast in
gloom tonight by the sad news.
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STORMS OF THE PAST.
The Great Galveston forms Of 1877:
and 1877.

The Great Galveston forms of 1878
and 1877.
The first Of these began the night of
September IA, 1875, with wind In the north
east. On tho 18th the water rose nm tho
gauge to Gas feet above mean low water.
The wind veered round by the south to the
northwest, blowing from that quarter with
sixty miles per hour velocity. and driving
out the water in the bay. For twenty-four
hours the wind blew from the cast. south
east and south with velocity Of thirty or
forty miles per hour. AT one place the
highest water was reported as 9.49s feet
above low water. There was difference
OF height of three feet in the water ON the
TWO Sides of the island. and two chan
neIs were cut across its eastern end. which
was much lowered in height A cut 5000
ieet wide and o,9 foot deep was made across
the bar in the prolcngation CT the Bolivar
channel
THE storm of 1877 began the night .,
~ ptember 10, with the wind easterly. On
the 18th the wind was northeast ali day.
Az io:So a. m. on the 18th the wafer had
i llseh TO It's maximum of $40 on the gauge
ne WIND then increased to a ye,ocjtv of
from forty to sixty miles per hour. shiftine
70 north northeast at $3.50 p. m. and 10
s ~ at H;S0 p. m, and then gradually
Sl.a OUT Al ~ a. IN. on the 18th the water
mad fallen to La feet, fall OF s.5 fact
IN twenty-three and half hours. Before
JUS maximum height the water rose
ice. IN forty Zone hours. The estimated
mean velocity In the gorge while ths ,ra,a.
wa, was falling 6.5 feet was A miles ner ha,,r
Inc northern most point of the island was
swept away for 900 feet. The eastern enS
M ,ns eighteen foot curve in the gorge
r outward 1900 feet The part Of tse
rcrt Point gabionnade most recent,v ,a .ne
s sr covered with sand to dsntb NJ
rum t,um SIX to twelve feet. was entire.v ev
ON oam ,ha and and deep trench was excayated
w .ne east side OF it. A trench was aS
cavated to a depth of twelve ana eI
zee, zee close along the south side Of the R nd
var gabionnade, the trench s,on,na Dull
~, ,he normal depth at about 400 feet ~ fro 70
the gsbionnade." wv ie' from
lbrom report o. chief Of enp,neer, Yru,.
states army for 1861 oni'eu
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LIFE SAVING SERVICE

Sabine Pass, Texas. September ia. Dur.
Ing the storm last night the life saving
crew stationed but short distance from
the new town of Sabine Pass gave effective
and valuable assistance They also saved
a party Of Young men who were being ear.
RED out to sea In small vessel. and
seemed at all times to be Just where they
were needed. This afternoon they are pa.
trolling tho banks of Sabine Pass In the
hope of finding the bodies of the men who
are supposed 10 be drowned.
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SHORT TEXAS 81
oAKwooDs-one ein II.

| OAKWoODS-one an ~ "
lack Of water and the ctheft
LUFKIN-Ex- G overnor NJ
bard delivered one OF bis fSSI
here on "The South. Pat r.
Come" ID
HEARNE-The National Nv
COMPANY started uD SunAnl y
O'Clock and made the lnilistu5
season.
NEW ULM---In an altaud
Fruka received several III 2
body. The wounds. aithouh ;
are yerv painful.
NAVASOTA-Mrs. J. r, N,stl
her home on Rouss PratMe cid
and was inferred In Oahu
yesterday afternoon
DALLAS-Fire destroret n
of Ed 'Houde and j. G. colIm :
ington avenue tonight. Lnsla
insurance not known.
AUSTIN "A gentleman VI
sneak with due authority IN 4
Harris of 1elton will be { q,
year for supreme Judge.
BEEVILLE-Work On 1 vi
brick hotel will be commenoed d
shortly. j. G.. Short. pvopie
Lindell hotel. is the builder 4
GANADO-A very heayy ssle
falling here this morning. Nd 4.
will be thoroughly soaked 81
ing will begin in a few dr. |
the cotton.
HEARNE-A great deal Il Z
sold here Saturday. A uun1
working people were paid a, q
suit Is n good days busiDu
merchants.
OAKWOODS-Justice Of TIE \
and deputies exchanged seveIll
a Young man he was trying
No one was hurt. SO far = q
fugitive ESCAPED.
BERTRAM-It is reported Y
Cowboy Preacher" Mr.. 5. "
VIII begin q meeting here y
has been holding a meeting Y
for the past two wceks.
-
WARRENToN-All kind i
have advarccd materially 80
now knows the Dingley bill : |
Farmers are paying high n I
while they realize little for nag)
NAyASOTA-G. G.. MaB =
9:45 this morning. after y "
or three days. He was 81 yeDs
and 2S davs of age. and leava 4
three small daughters 70 ~.
timely end. The remains w I
10 o'clock tomorrow mornint
DALLAS-At a meeting q g!
agents of roads entering nal!
reduced rates for the Stam -
October 16 to 81. were
Joints within 100 miles o. ~ ~
will be 4 cents per mile for " n
from points bevond that cne y
BERTRAM-Both the Bern Il
running on about half tims y
There have been 40 Daies ~
this season. against 659 balea " y
year. The Young cotton wy !!
good CROP II the worms q Y
cut it. eff,
GROESBEECK--Twc tno
hundred and seventy-one Dss ~
have been received and wen
station of this seasons ~
double last years receipts
thu crop is opening and cs,s
mere rapidly on account o. y
drouth.
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STEAMER WRECKED.

Port Arthur Texas. September is.-par.
ties who came up Sabine lake report that
the storm last night made total wreck
OF the steamboat which has been lying at
tho mouth Of Taylor's bayou for two or
three weeks. The steamship at work ON the
Port Arthur ship channel escaped with
but little injury.
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AT GALVESTON.


Here In Galveston there was yerr l,tt,,
"nuiase' II blew very hard last eveninC,
ana through tho night, and the rain was
driving, heavy sea was soon kicked I'm
IN the gulf, and rs far as the eye rvuld
reach. clear down to tho horizon mark. t,,,
whitecars were tumbiing over one another
In their mad rush to the shore The hot
tom OF the gulf incllnes go gradually from
Galveston that the waves break into spray
iohs before they reach the shore line. Their
FORGE is in this way destroyed and they
tunpe harmlossiy on The single. no mat
Ter how hard the wind blows.
About 5:45 this morning a peculiarly hard
gust came along. This caught a part of the
roof OF Olympia, and. ripping off two bip
slices, sent them rolling across the ION nj
the big pavilion. Beyond the loss OF A
small section OF the roof and punching n
Tow holes IN tie remainder no damage was
cone Few doors TO the bath houses on
the third flour of Olympia were cayed In
but no material damage was done
Prompt act,cn at critical time reduced
the damage along the wharf front TO a
minimum. The old Jack Tars who ara
accustomed 10 rough visits shifted The at
inospherc last evening and predicted a
storm OF unusual severity. They put out
ueN! cdoits 10 make the vessels secure IN
the wharf, placed large Tenders over the
SIDES and whistled for the wind to blow,
And II did blow, 1t blew so hard tina, some
OF the smaller craft could not survive hut
the larger ships weathered the gale with.
out damage.
Today Post man made u tour of Tho
wharves from Tenth to Thirty fuslrth has,
CT the barge office on the flats five small
san boats became swnmped ana sunk M
their moorings. Several skifis anchored
here also Went down. In the marine NAYS
slip no damage was done. The biz four-
| masted schooner Martha. which was on The
outside W the wharf. was compelled to haul
In the slip TO be protected from the heavy
Wind, which struck her broadslds and
threatened serious damage.
The captains OF the mosquito fleet AZ
BRICK wharf slip were on the lockout for
! tho blow, The little beats were shaken mn
considerably. but no serious damage was
| reported ""'
RMS morning two of the Houston Direct
Navisatton company's barges went ashore
on the flats of pier SO and II REQUIRED Inc
! combined efforts Of the tugs Cynthia and
Juno tc pun them Off.
Incoming boats report rough weather OF
Galveston bar. -
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s. ana E. n. Domnrcd.

Officials OF the Sabine and East Texas
yesterday afternoon late received meager
adrices from their line, which was that
eight miles of the track had been washed
away. G.. G. DeYoung, division superin-
tendent at Beaumont, left for the scene
OF the disaster, but had not been heard
from up to a late hour last night. There are
no telegraph lines along the road
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Little Child Killea.

nonnam. Texas. September 1s.-Yester-
uas wniie a number OF farmers were nm
.neir wav to a holiness meeting at Gober
sue soatnern part Of the county, several
r rasons beran racing in an endeayor -
ida , w,,t o'ner' One Of the wagons col
mrn snS =. s,u,nn In the road and wo-
uaov was instantly killed and the noth ar
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-14

we're wind and rain storm since October.
1885. which swept Sabine Pass away. Cot
ton and corn have been very much dam
aged shade trees and fences have been
stricken fiat TO the Garth. The wind came
from northeastcrly and .easterly direction
at speed OF thirty-five or forty miles an
hour. The old saw mill shed was blown
down and great damage done 10 the old
Likens mills, both ploncr and saw mill.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-14

J scattercd to the four points of the compass
lNeither the clifton nor the windsor. tn
! 1.-TWO large hotels recently erected by til
} Sabine Land and Improvement conpsn!
were damaged IN the least. and no on
was seriously injured.
While the hurricane did but little dam
J ago on land II played havoc IN the harbo
and severri are believed TO have lost thei
Iivcs.
The German bark Ceres. 800 tons. partet
the hfss with which she was moored to tn,
wharves and was blown 1--WE miles north
whore she grounded and Is now In only Q
few feet Of water. The vessel Is empty
and owing to the soft mud bottom In the
lake Is believed to be upinjured. Other
large vessels were tied 10 wharves, but
their anchors held and they were saved
from being blown. When The Ceres parted
It's lines the captain and the crew escaped
10 shore and tho vessel was left at the
mercy OF the winds.
The tugs Florence. Captain Burts; Gull
lotte. Captain George Wilson, sank. but
the captains and crews escaped
The tug John Smith went to pieces and
It is feared that Mr. Green Moore and Lew
Bettis Of Orange and young man named
VIII Rxtiiff. who we're aboard the tug.
were drowned. When the wind struck the
tug the PARTIES named and two sons OF
Mr.. Moore were aboard the vessel. II was
made fast to a barge and all hands started
TO escape over the tie line. The two boys
were nearly to the barge when the line
broke They had hold OF the end tied to
the barge and escaped. The other end was
attached to the tug. It was In the hands
OF Messrs. Moore. Belts and Ratliif. They
found today only short distance from
where the bark Ceres is grounded
pile driver and barge. ON which six
men were supposed to be. are missing NO
trace OF either the barge or the men has
been found. and II Is feared they haN
been blown out to sea.
All the smsll vessels in the port were
either wrecked or badly damaged by the
Winds and all the little shanties used az
lodging houses for roustabouts were blown
away.
Captains on the various boats at the Pass
say that the storm last night was the most
severe they had ever experienced, and sew.
eral OF them say that II similar wind
should visit any other port it would de
stroy every vessel. They estimate the
velocity of the wind anywhere from sixty
TO seventy miles per hour.
While the storm was damaging and de-
ftructive TO small craft at Sabine Pass resi-
dents and promoters Of the port do not
seem 10 think that 1t will deter the growth
Of the place. To the contrary. they contend
hat In Inst nights storm II was demon
stratcd that the Pass was not subject TO
inundations and proved the
safety OF the harbor for shipping.
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IN LrDERTY COUNTY.
Residences and shrubbery suffered
Considerably.

Liberty, Texas, September i3.--The Gle.
waited water tank Of Judge W. A. Neyiand
which supplies tho water tank for tbq
Texas and New Orleans railroad, was blown
down and wrecked. Several cottages in
tho town Of Liberty were blown Off tho
blocks; shrubbery and ehade trees ara ysry
badly wrecked. The wind came from ths
north about O'clock and blew a eonstsn,
gale rntii about io:So. and then began IN
creasing and shifting to the northeast ma
s e the east At velocity or ab,ut
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No Damage at Livinsston.

Livingston, September 13.-The Septem-
Der gale of wind and rain commenced
about dark last night and continued with
cut intermission up to this hour Va. m.)
While the wind has been CONTINUOUS and
moderately strong, it seems to have done
no damage and probably will not do any
except TO open cotton.
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TAyLoR,s BAYOU RuMoR.

IL Is reported tonight that houses on
every rico farm in Taylor's Bnxou district
were blown down What fatalities. II any,
resulted can not be learned. The less.
however, VIII be heavy. but people OF
Beaumont stand ready to give every aid
possible
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Sea GulIx Blown Inland.

Bryan, Texas, September ia flock Of
sea gulls were seen here today flying In a
southerly direction. 1t is supposed that
they had been driven out by the strong
gale now blowing and were trying to make
their way back to the gulf.
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p put o. Their ability &
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no,,,s - s.s q
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IN Dr p;esr,', ~ :, t9is
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~ $50 uiiectiy TO Tue
II restores vigorous r3
organs, tones mn ~ 5<.'I
appetite COOL y
perfect ana sr,,,,,,l 49,
elements thu. build
acts upon the lunrs 53{ll
ties and disease rery,{
tered nerves and thgS
junction of Impartial
the organs Of the bod
H. Nothing else d q
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patients" writes Nh,
Equinuiik, Wayne q
s',s;,.s;a,, Medical Discoss,i5
I mn az MANI muu Z, rSeiletss
dead brourht 70 " ,;msy rie1 !
consumption and dear 81
time. That was six year 2
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Damaged the Rice Crop.

Beaumont, Texas, September 13--w. W.
Green. Jefferson county rice farmer, says
that the storm last night will damage the
rice crop in this county between $4,000
and $4,000,
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HIGH WATER AT CORPUS

e"p'sih m'hot OF the steamer Umherianl
reports tfat be was delayed thirty -s,x
hours at Corpus. not being able to get over
the bar owing to the storm. When .he ,sr,
the captain says. the islands Of tha hav
and tho marsh lands about were xnh.
merged, the wnter having risen four fee,
No damage had been done.
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Willis, Texas. September 13.-The Inter
national and Great Northern special which
was carrying excursionists home from Gal
weston, ran into the top Of a large tree
abou twelve miles below here, breaking the
windows In the cab of the engine and sew
eral windows in the coaches. Passengers
were badly frightened. but none hurt. The
tree was blown down by the storm Of last
night, breaking the wires as it went.
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Damage at wniis.

Willis, Texas. septen per IA terrible
rain and wind storm tagged all night last
night. doing much damage to crops, trees
and fences. The wind was from the east.
This storm very much resembles the storm
of 1875. though not SO severe nor so long.
At this time the wind Is in the southeast
and 1t and the rain have somewhat ablted.
1t is hoped both will continue to abate and
not give us another experience of last
pighr.
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conroe, Texas, September IL --one Of
&c heaviest winds and rainfalls began here
eunday night about 10 o'clock. testing fou,
eour and doins considerable damage 10
lEoessU. - : ~ email Asssss xeg,
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Throw physic to the dots
gostura Bitters. If you desir e.s
ton and a healthy appetite. 4
turers. DR.. ]. G. b. Siegen -
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DAMAGE AT pEyEss

Liberty Texas. september is.--Dever.
A1'0sr's ossass. was struck " IL noss &c.
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sssSt4 Ilmeo.
The Houston Poat 1. ~.
OApsr 81 1exxn Ae sreat news
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-06-02
Schrader-Rambusch.

O. B. Schrader and Miss Fannie G..
Rambusch were married in this city
last Wednesday evening at O'Clock
by Rev. J. j. Simpson, of Horizon. The
wedding was quiet family affair. and
was witnessed by only limited num-
Der of intimate friends. Mr. and Mrs.
Schrader left the city ,he same evening
for brief wedding tour, after which
they will return to Juneau and take up
their residence in Mr.. Pettibone's
house on Oak Grove street. Mr..
Schrader is the clerk now in charge OF
the abstract office and has resided
here for about three years. The bride
is the only daughter of Mrs. Emily Ram
busch. Mr.. and Mrs. Schrader's many
friends extend their best wishes fol-
future success and happiness.-Juneau
Telephone.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-06-02
Baseball.

The game last Thursday afternoon
between the Northwestern university
and Marquette college, of Milwaukee,
was the best played thus far of the local
season. The Northwesterns were vic
torious by a score of 6 to 2, and the con-
test, which was exciting and interesting
throughout, was witnessed by large
crowd. Heimerl, the Northwestern
pitcher, was again in fine form, and he
was ably supported behind the bat by
Lynn Mills, of Lake Mills. He had Mar
quette's heavy hitters completely at lis
mercy, they succeeding in finding him
safely only twice. Aside from the ex-
cellent battery work, features of North
Westerns game were home run by
Kronitz and the third base playing Of
Friedrich. O'Dcnnell and Droney were
in the points for Marquette and also
performed excellent service. The
game was called after the seventh
inning to allow the visitors to catch
train for home.
Watertown's representative team,
the Crescents, played with the Water
loos Saturday at Waterloo and won by
a score of y to 5. The batteries were
Berndt and Schultz for Watertown and
Harger and Tester for Waterloo. The
Crescents on this occasion again gave
a good account of themselves, and our
ball-loving people may expect some
first class contests here this season. The
boys will take rank with any team of
their age hereabouts.
The Klub" nine was defeated by
the high schools Monday afternoon at
Washington park by a score of SO to IS.
Buchheit, Kerr and Schultz were the
battery for the former and Buending,
Berndt, Albrecht and Emerson for the
latter.
Saturday at Oconomowoc the Sacred
Heart college team defeated the P. J.
Petersens by a score Of to 3.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-06-02
University Wins.

The Milwaukee Sentinel ofThursday
collector OF internal revenue,is defend
ant In an appeal suit brought by the
University of Our Lady of the Sacred
Heart. The suit was for Sl2l As alleged
to be due for goods and labor furnished
Mr. Murphy. In the trial before
Justice Clark Mr.. Murphy filed an
answer saying no goods had been
delivered to him. He alleged further
that his two sons had attended school
at the University of Our Lady of the
Sacred Heart from March to Nov
ember, 1894. On November 6, 1894, he
alleged, Fathers O'Keeffe and Boland
maliciously and forcibly elected his
two sons from the school. BY reason
of the humiliation and trouble this
has caused, he cOntended, he had
been damaged to the amount demand
ed by the university and asked that
the complaint be dismissed. In the
trial Mr.. Murphy testified he did not
know and had not information suffi-
cient to form belief, that the univer-
sitv was corporation as it is claimed
to be. No other testimony was intro
duced in behalf of MIR. Murphy, and
judgment was ordered for the amount
claimed and the costs OF action, a total
of $145.28. Mr.. Murphy has now APP
pealed to the superior court.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-06-02
CREAMERIEs IN SOUTH DAKoTA

During the past two years the cream,
cry industry has grown from small be
ginning until at the present time there
are one hundred and nineteen (119)
creameries and cheese factories scattered
over the state, and all doing well.
-Four times as many creameries are
needed in South Dakota, and farmers or
dairymen desiring free list showing
where creameries are now located, to-
gether with other information Of value
to livestock growers and farmers gener-
ally, will please address GEO. Fl. HEAT
FORD, general passenger agent Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, 40 Old
Colony building, Chicago, Ill. 35-2