The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-28
BIG MEN TO COME.
international Conference Of Rail
Road Z. N. c. A. This Week.
Arrangements Are Being Made
to Entertain Thousands.
RAILROAD PRESIDENTS
They VIII Take an Important
Part in Meeting.
Visiting Delegates to MOnOpOlize
President Roosevelt Meeting.


FOR preparation the local committees Of
the Young Mems Christian association
have virtually completed their arrange
ments for the International convention
Of the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. The dates
for that gathering are from Thursday,
April 30, to Sunday. May 8.
Owing to the remarkably wide field
from which the programme committee
has had to draw the array o. names
displayed upon the announcements for
the conference is really astonishing TO
the International committee of The as
ISOLATION belongs the credit of securing
the visit of President Roosevelt TO To-
peka. He comes primarily as The guest
Of the convention, although state and
municipal officers Will lend all their as
sistance for his entertainment ON the
evening when President Roosevelt
makes his address before the conven-
tiOn the platform at the Auditorium
viii be occupied by ten or dozen of
the best known railroad maEnates Of
the world Among these viii be Presi-
dent Fl. G. Burt. of the Union Pacific;
President 3. #. Yoakum, of the Frisco
system, President c. A .Wickersham,
OF the Atlanta 6. West Point; Vice
President T. j. Nichon of the Rochester
Street railway, and Charles S. Gleed
director of the Santa Fe.
men engaged in Y NJ G. A. work. The
officers of the local association are look
ing forward to the appearance of Fred
3. Smith of New York. Mr. Smith is
secretary of the religious work depart
ment of the international committee of
the Railroad Z M G. A. and is known
as one of the most successful Of speak
ers on religious subjects to audiences OF
men. Mr.. Smith is accustomed to ad-
dressing large and diversified audiences
and has a remarka BILE record for Secur-
ing conversions to Christianity. He is
constantly in the field and is an ex-
tremely busy man. No admission to his
Sunday afternoon talk Will be permit
ted without ticket. His topic viii be
the religious work Of a railroad associ-
alton.
No neglect Of the musical features OF
the convention has been permitted All
the musical numbers will be given un-
der direction of c. i. Willis, general
secretary of the Milwaukee association
and among the organizations and mu-
sicians secured are the following.
The Railroad Shop quartette Of Col
umbus, Ohio: the Willis Brothers quar-
tette; the Glebourne Railroad Associa-
tion Glee club; cornetists, j. 3. Krey-
er. Monett Mo. and j. G. Torch, De-
catur, Ill; French horn, c. A. johnson,
Albany, N. Y
Until the doors of the convention are
actually thrown open it viii be impOs-
sible to calculate the number of non
resident delegates who Will be in at
tendance. but the number viii apprOXi-
mate two thousand. OF these a few viii
come from foreign countries delegates
being expected from Mexico, Canada,
France Denmark, Sweden. England ana
Germany Foreign railroad insterests
have closely observed the results of the
Y NJ c. a. work in this country and
have noted the encoura cement given it
by the American railroads. Like the
Westinghouse airbrake it has been
studied and approved and is now grad
Hf1l ff7r1 he r.
o railroad men in almost every country
an the world.
OF course every point of interest in
Topeka win be utilized for the enter
tainment of the visitors and the dele
gates to the convention viii be given
ample opportunity to inspect the state
buildings and the railroad shops and
yards An Information bureau is to be
maintained in the Robinson e. Marshall
store at I03 Kansas avenue where dele
gates will have free use of telephone
booths and may ask and obtain an
swers to questions about the town.
few more rooms in private homes
which may be used gratis for the ac-
commodation of delegates are needed
and people who are able TO extend such
free entertainment VII confer favor
upon the Y. NJ. c.. A committees by
sending word to the city headquarters
of the association. As all the meetings
are to be held at the Auditorium rooms
in the central part of town are par
ticularly desired. General convention
headquarters are to be maintained at
the Copeland hotel.
THE PROGRAMME.
A provisional programme for the
evening sessions of the convention is
given below The morning and after
noon meetings will be devoted to the
consideration of religious subjects The
announcements so Tar made are as fol-
lows;
Thursday evening-Addresses of vel
come will be delivered by Edward viii
If IL.
Atchison .To9elSa & Santa Fe railway:
JnO. Z. Frost. Of Topeka. Chief Justics
w Johnston of the Kansas supreme
Response by John J. McCook. of New
York.
Rev. P. S. Henson. d. D. of Brooklyn.
N 7. viii deliver an address on Loco
motive Religion
Friday evening viii be railroad Off
clal evening. President Theodore
Roosevelt viii address the conference.
The following railroad officials are ex4
pected to be present, some of whom will
make brief addresses.
II 6. Burt, president Union Pacific.
= r Yoakum. president Frisco system
- a Wlckersham, president Atlanta &
West Point: Charles S. Gleed. director
santa H'e railway. T. j. NicholL vice
president Rochester street railway
saturday evening Opening service of
Songs in the Dark with stereo9ticon
Hon. Selden p. Spencer. of St Louis
VIII qelVer an address on Breadth ana
Deptn Dr. Elmore Harris Toronto
S,nt, VIII sneak on the subject THE
christian Railroad Man and the Bible
sunday evening, Rev.J. Wilbur Chan
man, D. d., viii deliver an address on
The Growing Achievement of the
Hallroad Association This viii be fol-
lowed by the farewell service
FRA Elk AND TESTIMONY SER
VICES
Three such services will be held dur
ing the conference, conducted BY C. W.
Mcclure Emporia; H. w. Stone, gen