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route homeward will be via St.
Paul and Chicago, arriving at New
York September a.
Rates from New York, Philadel-
phia, Washington, or any point on
the Pennsylvania Railroad, east Of
Pittsburg including transportation.
Pullman berth and all meals on the
tour except during the five days
spent in San Francisco, when Pull
man accommodations and meals
are not provided
For Tour No. I, $500. Two
persons occupying one berth, SISc
each.
For tour No. 2, $3.50, including
all expenses through Yellowstone
Park. Two persons occupying one
berth, $500 each.
! A preliminary announcement out
lining the various details is now il
course of preparation, and will b.
furnished as soon as ready upon ap
plication to George w. Boyd, As
sistant General Passenger Agent
Pennsylvania Railroad, Broad ST
Station. PHILADELPHIA.
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Statistics compiled by the treasury
department give a comparison between
the railway mileage Of the United
States and other countries that is a
pleasant sequel to the recent announce
ment that more miles Of track had been
laid in this country during 1901 than
in any year since 1890.
Approximately there are 100000
miles of railroad in the United States
trifie more than two-ffths of the en-
tire mileage Of the world. which is
placed at 4s4.34s. No other country OF
continent approaches the United States
In the amount Of mileage. All of Eu
rope has only 16S.6O5 miles of track.
Seventy-one years ago there were buf
twenty-three miles Of railroad in the
United States. In the last thirty year,
the mileage has quadrupled. In 1888;
the number Of tons Of freight carried
one mile was 39.OOO.O00.OOO. Last yea
the number was 1.0O0.OOO.OO0. A
the same time freight rates have de
creased from 1.3 cents per ton a mil,
in 1887 to 75-10O cents in 1900 Tn
evolution Of the railroads both In mile
age and management is properl.
enough a wonder of the age.-Ney
York World
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MISSISSIPPI VESSELS.
queer Craft That Ply the Upper
Reaches of the River.


queer Craft That Ply the Upper
Reaches of the River.
est. Paul is at the head Of naviga-
ton on the Mississippi
'srhat sentence from the old geogra-
ply stands out wildly in my memory"
says John Swain in Ainslee's. "In boy
hood l pictured throngs Of smoking
steamers blowing up to the wharfs Of
this Minnesota city. OF course in the
winter they would be frozen out, but IN
summer and through the autumn, when
the grain crop was moving, imagined
barges Of wheat and corn, steamers
loaded with flour and all the incidentais
Of the commerce Of the northwest.
"But there are limitations to that
navigation on the upper Mississippi
which the geography failed to mention.
This young man Mississippi spreads
out valiantly to fill a big channel. He
receives the foods Of the st. Croix and
lower down Of the Wisconsin, but still
he is. after all, only young fellow ana
when he aspires to spread he becomes
as other young men. very shallow. so
1t is that at many times in the year the
visitor to St Paul and to the river De-
low it. especially at that time of the
F., year when the crops are moving, Wal
wait in vain for n steamer for St Louis
and will find lodges of rock and biz
sand bars obstructing the channel 80
that a raft would have difficulty II
moving down stream. For months o.
the year no steamers come to St Paul
and only when there IS fairly goo'
, stage can the steamers of the Diamond
10 line work their slow way up from
Davenport as a connection with tn
+ world below.
"Such steamers as they are too. Their
have been jokes without number abou
y these shallow river steamers that ca
8 run on heavy dews and that are sal
: to be built of iron. Imprinted. becaus
9 on damp days the iron will swea
3 enough 10 allow them to run. 1t ha
3 been said that at times the pilot seno
Z a man ahead with sprinkling can
) wet down sand bars and that tub
9 water and a hose are kept on deck Il
!. use in emergencies OF course thes
are wild exaggerations. but. as ma
y ter Of fact, the steamer that cannot ru
5; on eighteen inches or. at best, on tW
y feet Of water must stay on the low
70 river Even there she will have b
j troubles. Far below Cairo | have SCI
& steamer loaded with 900 bales Of &C
g ton and 300 sacks Of seed run into
i landing over a bar on which there WI
II but four feet Of water. There are lol
20 stretches Of deep water near st. Pa
q TO be sure, where boats could ORA
46 many feet. but the river steamer b
q to be able to 80 over reefs aud bpi
Sc and Of these there are many. For t
@ rest. they are the same old hims
Is noisy. cheap, sternwheeiers that we
q run in Mark Twain's time before :
u civil war"
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BRANeH ROAD.

Delaware Maryland q virginia r. H.
Leave Harrington for Franklin City ana way
stafious 10 ) a. m. daily and 8 IA p. m. week
DAYS. Returning, train leaves Franklin City
& 90 A. M week and 1906 pm. week days.
/. Leave Franklin City for Chincoteagua WA
Eteamer) % p. m. week days Returning
leaxe Chincoteague 81 a. IA. week days
Leaves Harrington for Georgetown and
I,ewes at 10 40 a. M. 6l4 p. m. weekdays.
Returning, leave Lewes 645 a. m. ana LIZ
o. m. weekdays.
Leaves Harrington for Rehoboth 10 10 a. m.
aud8ft D. m. Weeks-days Returning leaves
RehObotb 6.s8 a. m. and 10 pm. weeks-oays
Leave Harrington for Berlin, 1910 a. m
and GA p. m. weekdays. hegufnlns, leave
uuean Anne & Ken R.R.-Leave Towns
end FOR Centrevilie and way stations. . 2
a. NJ and 5 O8 p. m. week days. Returning
leave Ceutreville 81 a. IA. and 40 p. m
week days.
Dol. Chesapeake r. R.-Leave Clayton FOL
Oxford and way stations at . 40 a. m. and 5.S
D. M week days. Returning leave Oxfort
B.55 a. m. and SIP. m. week days.
Cambridge 4 Seaford r. R.-Leave SeaforS
for Cambridge and intermediate stations a
IL l9 a. m. and 9 81 p. N. Week days. return
ing train leaves Cambridge at 90 and 2 8
p. m. week days.
COM cTION.-At Porter, with Newark 4
Delaware City Railroad. AtTOwnsandi Will
Queen Anne's q Kent Railroad. At Clay
ton, with Delaware & Chesapeake Rallroa
and Baltimore z Delaware hay Railroad. A
Harm. tor, with Delaware, Maryland 4 Vii
ginia Railroad. At Seaford, with Cam bridg
h seafOrd Railroad. At Deimar, with NeN
York, Philadelphia Il Norfolk, Wycomlco
Pocomoke, and Peninsula Railroads
J. B. HUTCHINSON General Manag
r. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
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neclineh Rnth oners.

The Rev. Baker P. Lee of Lexington,
KY. received o call to Grace (EpiscopaD
church of Chicago one Of the richest
churches Of it's denomination in the
west, and the salary offered him was
thrice that he now receives, while the
fees from marriage services average
$4,000 a year But he declined the
call. saying simply that he had begun
work in Lexington and felt that be
ought to complete It. And when sew
eral Lexington citizens offered to sup.
PIGMENT his Lexington salary and make
it equivalent to the salnry offered by
Grace church he declined their Offer
and declared that the question Of sal
airy could not enter into his decision.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-07-18

Joseph chalifoux. ?. Chalifoux and
Theophlle Bonier of Chicago have
formed a cooperative funeral expense
society, have had It Incorporated at
Springfield with a capital stock Of &c.
600 and will soon send agents about the
city to solicit subscribers The Chali-
foux brothers are funeral directors OF
ihirty-hve years experience and have
come to the conclusion, they say. that
many families In humble CIRCUMSTANCES
and unable TO stand the expense Of d
funeral viii be glad to join the new
society.
The schedule arranged by JOSEPH
chalif0ux. who has made q study Of
the question both in this country anG
IN Canada, where he is interested Il
an undertaking establishment, follows
Infants up 10 I've years Of age. 5
per annum.
Children and adults from Eve TO thii
ty years old. 70 cents per annum.
Adults from thirty to forty-hye year
old. 81 per annum.
Persons from forty-fiye to dfty-dv
years old. $3.50 per annum.
Persons from lifty-five to sixty-fv
years old. $3.50 per annum.
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There is now OH exhibition in a New
York bookstore the original manuscript
Of Kipling's THE Light That Failed +"
AS it appears to the casual observer
there is little autographed evidence
at least of the mental torment authors
are popularity supposed to undergo in
their efforts to bring forth a volume
The copy" is written in an even hand
and in the entire manuscript there are
scarcely a hundred lines that have
been rewritten and not one paragraph
the text Of which has been wholly
changed In the editing Of the copy
obviously done by the author. there is
one noticeable feature. and that is the
wholesale striking out Of adjectives
1t would seem that Mr.. Kipling haC
gone through the manuscript with nc
other thought than to 'kill" them
Pittsburg Dispatch.
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Two Tours to the Petite Coast
via Pennsylvania Railroad


Leave New York City August
2; visiting Chicago, Coloroda
Springs, Salt Lake City, San Fran
cisco, Del Monte Monterey, Santa
Barbara, Los Angeles, San 10. e,
and Portland on the going trip.
Returning, Tour No I will run
eastward through the magnificent
Canadian Rockies by leisurely day
light trips, with stops at Glacier,
Banff Hot SPRINGS and other points
reaching New York on August 81.
Tour No. 2 will run eastbound
wa Yellowstone National Park,
including the usual six-days trip
through that interesting preserve
arriving New York September a.
Special trains will be provided.
Rates from New York, Philadel.
delphia, Washington, or any point
on the Pennsylvania Railroad east
of Pittsburg, including transporta
ton. Pullman berth, and all meal:
on tne tour except during the hV'
days spent in San Francisco, whei
Pullman accommodations and meal
| are not provided
For tour No. I, $500. Two per
sons occupying one berth, SIS
each.
For tour No. 2, $3.50. includin.
all expenses through Yellowston
Park. Two perons occupying on
berth, $500 each.
A preliminary announcement
outlining the various details wi
be furnished upon application t
Ticket Agents, Tourist Agent, TIC
Broadway, New York, or Geo. "
! Boyd, Assistant General Passengt
I Agent. Pennsylvania Railroa,
f Broad Street Station, Philadelphi
III
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Some time ago Professor Darwin OF
Cambridge pointed out that If star
reyolved on its axis with certain We
locity. that Of few hours. the star
would tend to divide into two. and the
form it would take before complete
separation would be that Of dumb
bell or rather Of two pears joined TOP
TO top. This deduction was purely the
oretical. During the past two years an
examination Of the light changes OF
some recently discovered variable stars
reveals this very condition Of things
For example. one star in the southern
sky goes through a certain regular Sc
ries Of light changes in seven hours
and an examination Of these ligh
changes indicates that the star IS ;
twin system, the two bodies composin;
It being In contact. This dumbbell sys
TEN reyolges round their common cen
ter in seven hours, the most absolute
confirmation Of the theoretical conclu
sions. Then there is another yariabl
star in the southern sky the ligh
changes Of which show that the tw
stars composing the system are no loI
ger in contact. Separation has jus
taken place. the nexus between thel
is broken. and two worlds. full borl
have started on that outward spir;
which In the course Of ages will carr
them far remote from one another
Chambers Journal.
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CORNER IN CORN ENDS
John Gates Profits viii Amount to
81 SOC. 600.

$1,50o,000.
Chicago, July 16.-The famous John
W. Gates corner in July came to an
abrupt termination yesterday, when it
became known that shorts to tho ex-
tent of a good many million bushels
had effected private settlements with
Harris, Gates & Co., and that the deal
was at an end so far as the steel mag
pate was concerned. The July price re-
sponded to the settlement by a quick
drop of 15A cents to 65A cents, Later
it recovered a fraction and closed at
e51s cents, substantially the price Of
the cash article
1t is said that Mr.. Gates profits will
exceed $1,5OO0 600.
The corner at one time promised
many millions of profit, and the farmer
whose well-flled cribs line the traok'
Of nearly every railroad entering Obi
cago. is held responsible for the dis
appointing ending Of the corner. There
were substantial reserves from thu
bumper crop OF 1900 and the large yielt
of 1901. This corn has been held TO
a satisfactory market The farmer di'
not begin to take advantage of the sit
uation until the price of July got u
in the 7Os, and when it finally reaches
90 cents the Chicago market wa
deluged with cash corn, For awhile tn
HarrissGates people kept the marke
cleaned up, but steadily inereasin
quantities began coming, and the pros
pect Of loading up with lot OF Sc
cent corn, which they might not b
able to dispose Of at over so cents, be
came somewhat appalling. Wlthou
warning, they withdrew all supper
settled with the shorts and closed tn
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-07-18

A merchant OF Havre. France. has Is
sued the following circular: TO every
person who buys Of me a parcel con-
taining one kilogram of coffee and one
quarter of a kilogram of tea-all Of the
best quality and costing g francs
which is much below the ordinary
trade priee-I will forward gratis
francs worth OF books. pamphlets
drawings. etc, which he will be able
to distribute or keep himself for hii
own library From this days date any
one in slipping his tea or coffee may b.
able to say of himself that he is help
ing. without opening his purse. withou
spending u penny. in the work Of dis
seminating anticlerical ideas"
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Two August Tours to the Paci.
fic Coast at Greatly Reduced
Rates via Pennsylvania
Railroad.

On account of the low rates au-
thorized by the transcontinental
lines to the Pacific Coast during
the Summer the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, will run two high
grade personally-condnc tours to
the Pacific Coast by special trains
Of the highest grade Pullman equip
ment. Both tours will leave New
York August 2, visiting Chicago,
Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt
Lake City, San Francisco, Del
Monte Monterey, Santa Barbara.
Los Angeles, San Jose, and Port
land on the going trip.
Returning, Tour No. I will run
northward from Portland and east
ward through the magnificent Can.
adam Rockies by leisurely daylight
trips, with stops at Glacier, Banf
Hot Springs, and other points, reach
ing New York and the East via St
Paul and Chicago on August 81.
Tour No. will run east bounC
from Portland over the Northern
Pacific Railway to Cinnabar, wher
the special train will be side tracke,
while the passengers make the usua
six-day trip of the Yellowston
National Park. From the Park tn
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Professor Vambery, who has just eel
ebrated his SEVENTEEN birthday. is a
German Jew, Vambery being the Mag
yarized fern Of Bamberger- He has
voice like trumpet and limp in
one Of his legs. the relic Of a wound
which he received during the Hunga-
rian revolution. After that he tramped
to ConstantinopIe and lived for long
time among the poorer classes of the
city. where be acquired a thorough
knowledge Of the language and charac-
ter Of the Turk. Then. in the disguise
of dervish and with the daring of a
Burton, he visited Persia. khiva. Bo-
khara and samarkand. bis astonishing
doings being all set down in his life
Adventures. On his return lie was ap-
pointed professor of oriental languages
at Budapest.
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/ NIAGARA FALLS EXCUR-
SIONS.
Low-Rate Vacation Trips via Penr-

Low-Rate Vacation Trips via Penr-
sylvania Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has selected the following
dates for its popular t.n-day ex-
cursions to Niagara Falls from
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
ington; July "a, August 7 and Fl,
September 4 and IS, and October ?
and 10.
The excursions from Philadei-
phla will be run by two routes.
Those on July "a, August 7 and
Fl September a and IS, and October
10, going via Harrisburg and the
picturesque valley of the Susque-
hanna, special train leaving Phila-
delphia at $40 a. M: excursion of
October ? running via Trenton,
Manunka Chunk, and the Delaware
Valley, leaving Philadelphia on
special train at 800 a. m.
Excursion tickets, good for re
turn passage on any regular train
exclusive of limited express trains
within ten days, will be sold al
$1,000 from Philadelphia and al
points on the Delaware Division
SII.25 from Atlantic City $o.cC
from Lancaster ; and at proper
tionate rates from other points, in
Guiding Trenton, Bordentown, Mt
Holly, Cape May, Salem, Whining
ton, West Chester. Reading, ant
principal intermediate stations. (
stop-over will be allowed at Buffal
within the limit of ticket returning
The special trains of Pullma
parlor cars and day coaches will b
run with each excursion runnin
through to Niagara Falls. An eS
ira charge will be made for parlol
z car seats.
An experienced tourist ager
= and chaperon will accompany eac
excursion.
For descriptive pamphlet, tin
Il of connecting trains, and furth'
o information apply to nearest tick
} agent, or address Geo. w. Boy
It Assistant General Agent, Bros
u Street Station, Philadelphia.
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London. July 9.-The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Daily Express says
that thirteen English and American
boys attending the inland mission
school at Che-Foo were seized with
illness after partaking of chicken pie
Twelve Of the boys died, says the cor
respondent. supposedly from ptomains
poisoning.
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A contented mind is a continual feast
but content is scorned by the so ahea6
American. have learned. said til,
apostle. in whatsoever state ! an
Herewith to be content. Bit. suys th'
eager exponent of Anericanism. th'
Americans succeed because they arr
never contented Divine disconirnt Il
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INSPECTING NATIONAL GUARD
Pennsylvania Militia at Camp Mead
put Throuuh Ordeal.


Gettysburg, Pa, July 16.-The Ma
tional Guard now in camp here is
passing through the ordeal of inspec-
ton. Regimental records, soldierly
bearing, cleanliness of quarters, condl-
ton Of arms and equipment and all
other details which enter into the per-
feet management Of a military organi-
Eation are being looked after by the
commanders. General Gobin's brigade
the Third, was inspected yesterday
Governor Stone accompanied the in.
spection party, The first regiment tC
be put through the PAGES was the
Ninth Those that followed were the
Thirteenth Twelfth, Eighth and tn,
Fourth While the Ninth was being
inspected the Fourth United Slater
Field Battery was at drill in the wood
to the west Of where Pickett made hi
famous charge.
Two members Of the First Regiment
of Philadelphia, were court martialet
for insulting Governor Stone by max
ing disparaging remarks as he drov
through Gettysburg. It is said the me-
will be drummed out Of camp.
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HISTORIC ToWER FALLs
Chimes Of St. Marks Cathedral, w
ice Crashes Down

Chimes Of st. Marks Cathedral, Ven
ice. Crashes Down.
Venice, July 15.-The bell tower Of
historic St. Marks Cathedral, S22 feet
high, suddenly collapsed yesterday and
fell into the plaza. The ruins are piled
up to the height of 100 feet, and the
Piazza di San Marco and the adjoining
squares are covered with debris and
dust Some damage was done to the
Sansovino Loggetta, or vestibule, on
the east side OF the Campanile.
The tower is now heap of ruins.
It is not believed that there was any
loss Of life. The cathedral proper and
the Doges' Palace escaped injury, but
the falling tower struck the Royal Pal
ace, damaging a corner. A Gordon OF
troops was Immediately ordered to the
plaza, and kept back the huge
crowds which struggled to get q
sight of the ruins. The accident, which
in the eyes of Italy amounts to a yer.
table catastrophe, is almost the great,
est art loss the kingdom has ever suf
/ fered.
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very well, but there'is such a thing as
undivine discomfort. and there is a
good deal Of the latter in the United
States today characterization Of Eu-
rome hv w. Z. Stead.
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NEW CASTLE AccoslMoDArroN TRAIEs.-.
Leave Wilmington BIB am, 3O4, w, ana
e68 nm week days. Leave New Castle S.Sli
9.6s. 10. 50 a. m, B.l pm. week days.
Express traiHs leaving Harrington Sl0 e.1a
and arriving at $40 p. m. week Gays run
Through solid to and nom Baltimore VIZ
Porter and Newark.
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A NUMBER or Baltimore manufacture
ers are using oil in place of coal to
furnish heat for the boilers at their
planta.
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sediment or set
ting indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton Of the kid
neys; If it stains
your linen It is
evidence Of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass 1t or pain in
the back is also
kfdravr and bI,I-
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VERY LOW RATES TO SAN
FRANCISCO AND PACIFIC
COAST POINTS VIA SOUTH
ERN RAFT NAV

FRANCISCO AND PACIFIC
COAST POINTS VIA SOUTH
ERN RAILWAY.
On account OF the Biennial Meet
ing Knights of Pythias to be held
in San Francisco, August nth to
22nd, the Southern Railway will
sell round trip tickets to San Fran
cisco, or Los Angeles, on Aug.
Ist, to Aug 9th, good to return
until September goth, 1902, at
greatly reduced rates. The round
trip rate from Philadelphia will be
S66.75, and correspondingly low
rates from other points, with gene
rous stop-overs and privilege of re-
turning a different route if desired,
at rate of sos. rs. Passengers may
avail themselves of either the stand
ard sleeper in which berth rate il
! SIG 90 through from Philadelphia
or the Excursion sleeper in which
the berth rate is $500 from Wash
ington. The above rates apply t
the general public.
The Southern Railway operate
tri-weekly personally conducted
tourist cars between Washington
and San Francisco without chang
via Atlanta, New Orleans, FL Pas
and Los Angeles. Tourist car
leave Washington 8.45 p. m. ever
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
The route is through the most de
lightful section of the south an
west. II is most interesting to Sc
! New Orleans, San Antonio and
/ Paso, the latter place which is ju;
l across the river from the old Mex
: can town of Juarez, where all Ii
+ old customs prevail.
( Chas. L. Hopkins, District Pa
! senger Agent, Southern Railwa,
J 828 Chestnut St., Philadelphia wi
= be pleased to furnish all informs
il ton. 6-27-6t
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Reduced Rates to Tacoma, Port
land, Seattle Vancouver, and
Victoria.
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Ac-
count meeting Y. P. c. u. of the
Presbyterian Church at Tacoma,
Wash.
On account of the meeting Y. P.
.C. u. of the Presbyterian Church
at Tacoma, Wash, July "a TO 27,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany will sell excursion tickets to
Tacoma, Portland, Seattle, Vancou.
ver,or Victoria from all stations on
its lines, from July 10 to July 20
inclusive, at greatly reduced rates
These tickets will be good for re
turn passage until September IS
inclusive, when executed by Join
Agent at destination and paymen
of so cents made for this service
Apply to Ticket Agents for add
tional information. III ?
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Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know it.

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand tweny-four hours;
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5S / Ar...Franklin City-lvl2 6 O0ll2 Of
J.R. HUTCHINSON, Gen, Manager
WOOD, Gen. Passenger AGENT