The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-11
OFF FOR BOSTON.
Commander Harris and Party Leave
Tonight for G. A. r. Encampment-

Fully 1900 Kansas people. are taking
advantage of the low rates offered by
the railroads on account of the G. A
r. encampment at Boston to take a
trip to the east Special trains carry
ing the excursionists leave Topeka to-
day on both the Santa re ana ROCK
Island railroads
Although the Santa Fe was designat-
ed as the official road for the depart
ment of Kansas, the Rock Island is
taking nearly as many people on the
special train over that road
The tickets for the round trip to
Boston are selling from Topeka today
at $3.50. Instructions to sell at this
rate were received in Topeka last
night The rate was originally $31-15,
but the fight between the standard and
differential railroads operating be
tween Chicago and Boston has lowered
the rate somewhat and the indications
are that before the sale OF tickets
closes Saturday night, the rate will
go a great deal lower
The Santa Fe special train Will leave
Topeka tonight at o'clock carrying
about 400 persons.
Charles Harris, the department
commander, will have two private cars.
The Kansans who will accompany Mr..
and Mrs. Harris are: Gilbert Bedell,
adJutant general, and Mrs. Bedell, To-
peka: Captain and Mrs d. L. Sweeney,
Dodge City; Mrs. Annie Apple, depart
ment president of the w. r. c., lola;
G. A r., Ottawa; Mrs. Julia McCarJy,
past department president, Winfield;
Mrs Clara Norton, Council Grove;
Colonel William A. Ogden, Ness City;
Father ]. F. Leary, Chapman, the de-
partment chaplain; Judge o. L. Moore,
Abilene; Mrs. lisa Penny. Chanute, and
Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Thomas, Mrs.
George Plumb, Miss Kitty Plumb, Miss
Margaret and MISC Annette Foster,
Mrs. d. w. Morris and Horace Jones,
all of this city.
Leaving Topeka tonight at 8 o'clock
the train will reach Kansas City at
1918 and will reach Chicago tomor-
row at noon. The special will leave
Chicago at 3:15 over the Wabash and
will reach Buffalo at Z O'CLOCK Satur-
day morning where a stop will be
made all day Saturday to enable the
passengers to visit Niagara Falls and
other points of interest in that vicin-
ity. Leaving Buffalo over the Lake
Shore at o'clock in the evening the
train will arrive at Boston via the
Boston Maine at o'clock Sunday
morning.
The Rock Island special train left
Topeka today at 4:3O o'clock 1t was
made up of 10 cars, including a stand
ard and tourist Pullman, a chair car
and combination baggage and smoking
car from Topeka and tourist sleepers
from Wichita. Hutchinson, Mcpherson
Belleville and Clay Center.
The special train carried about $50
passengers Besides this number about
400 went over the regular trains of
the Rock Island and about the same
number went over the regular trains
of the Santa Fe in addition to the 400
on the official special of the Santa Fe.
The passengers on the Rock Island
special get the same layover at Mag
ara Falls all day Saturday and arrive
AT Boston at about the sa me time the
Santa Fe train does. The headquar-
ters OF the Kansas people at Boston
will be at the hotel Lennox
Both the Missouri Pacific and Union
Pacific railroads are carrying many
people from local points in Kansas
along the respective lines to Kansas
City where they are transferred to
either the Rock Island or the Santa
Fe to Chicago, and over the various
roads operating between Chicago and
Boston.