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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
TO
To ROB HIM

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 90
George Winfield, multi-millionaire
Nevada mine owner, in a statement
this morning replying to statement
made by Mrs. Barick, who claims
to be his common law wife and
who Is trying to force a settlement
from him, says the entire matter
is the result of conspiracy on the
part of local newspaper publish
err, and that the woman was given
a large sum of money to tell the
story she did.
Winfield offers $4,000 to any one
proving his marriage to the woman.
He declares the publisher has been
bounding him for years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
HILL WON'T
QUIT

ST. PAUL, Dec. 29.-J. J. Hill
today denies the report that he In
tends to resign. He says these
perennial rumors of his retirement
are absolutely untrue and are due
to a statement he made two years
ago that he would like to throw the
burden upon younger shoulders af-
ter a few more years.
1t was reported from Minneapolis
last night that Hill had personally
announced his retirement from ac-
tive management of the Great
Northern and other business enter
prises on Jan. I. Lewis j. Hill, his
Oldest son and first vice president
of the Great Northern, was said to
be slated for Hills shoes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29

which there is considerable differ.
ence of opinion. +
Alex Winston, assistant corpora
ton counsel, and several other at
torneys hold that the commission.
ers have no right to make an ap-
preparation for such purpose.
Today it is reported that injunc-
tion proceedings will be Instituted
II necessary to prevent warrants
being drawn for the appropriation
voted The railroads, as heavy
taxpayers, are expected to bring
this action. The railroads are also
interested in defeating Spokane's
contention.
Attorneys who deny the right Of
the commissioners to devote county,
money to railroad fight brought
on in behalf of the local jobbing
interests say that this purpose
falls entirely outside the power
given commissioner boards. 1t will
be urged that an attempt is being
made to carry out the rate fight
with the aid Of money collected in
taxes for purely county purposek
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
NOT
/. SATISFIED

The Steam Engineers union
last night refused to concur in the
settlement of the Tefft & Schaffer
strike trouble made by the Struc-
tural alliance. The engineers ridi-
culed the alleged settlement and
say that the firm must make set
Element with their union before
they will permit the Central Labor
union to place 1t on the fair list
They say that the alliance settle
ment was made for the purpose Of
getting even" on the carpenters
for withdrawing from the alliance
and in order to get a contract
signed, the engineers, weer ig-
nored, Notwithstanding the fact
that they were the union to suffer
most, as they called out their men
in sympathy with the other unions
and paid strike benefits for several
weeks.
E. A. Cooney said today that the
engineers could have come to terms
with Tefft & Schaffer on the basis
arranged at any time during the
last four months, but that they
had a regular schedule for re"liger
ating and ice plants and there
would be no settlement until this
scale was complied with. 1--WE can
not make settlement" said Mr.
Cooney, that would be unjust to
other firms that are now hiring
union men and paying union
wages"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
TRAGIC, DEATHREvEALS
MYSTERY

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 29-The
announcement that J. J. Beresford,
killed in wreck in North Dakota,
left a will bequeathing $4,000 to a
negro nurse who nursed him
through an attack of yellow fever
here in 1897, develops the fact that
Beresford lived here as married
man. His wife believed he died Of
the fever
How this deception was accom-
plished may become an interna-
tional episode, deaceased being a
brother of Lord Charles Beresford,
admiral of the British navy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
MINING STOCKS

After an afternoon of lively trad
ing yesterday the local mining ex-
change was quiet this morning,
only 1890 shares changing hands.
Yesterday afternoon 4S,75O shares
were bought. One thousand shares
of Anchor sold today at .09 ga;
5000 Bullion at 10 1-2; 1000 Cop
per King at .27 1000 Echo at
.O4 ga; 1000 Gertie at .16 "a;
1000 Holden Gold & Copper at
.16 7-S; 1000 Idaho Giant at
10 rs; 1000 Lucky Calumet at
AT; 500 Dom Paul at .27 IL.
Snowstorm took slump today,
400 shares being sold at $2.75.
Snowshoe remained as yesterday,
"a being offered and rs asked.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
UNDERWRITERS FIGHT OVER
WRECK BODIES.

GAINESVILLE, o., Dec. $3.50
keen Is the competition between To-
cal undertakers that two of them
had a fight Thursday night over
the injured from the Mentor wreck.
A body on a stretcher was by mis-
take placed in the wrong ambu-
lance and taken to the hospital.
The owner Of the ssretcher accused
the owner Of the other ambulance
OF trying to steal his business, and
the quarrel turned into a fistic bat
tie.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
Team OWNERS
TO PULL OUT

It is reported that the Team
owners union will withdraw from
the Central Labor union. Business
Agent Glerup, of the Teamowners
union, is given as authority for this
statement. 1t Is supposed that the
action of the teamowners is taken
in sympathy with the Building La
borers' union, the central body hav-
ing offended that union by granting
recognition to the ceemnt work.
ers. The building laborers have
greatly assisted the teamowners
by demanding that union teams be
employed in hauling building ma
terial.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
BEACH SINKS TWENTY FEET.

MOOREHEAD, N. Y, Dec. %
Great CONSERVATION prevails here
as the result of the discovery that
the beach is settling and actually
sunk nearly 20 feet in As hours.
The entertainments, breakwater and
pier have partially disappeared.
There is now nearly 70 ( eet of
water where before the phe-
nomenon there was only three feet
shove high water.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
FARLEY ON THE FENCE

Bob" Farley says he is unde-
cided whether to run again for the
Office of city comptroller or not.
He has not given the matter much
consideration. Fairley's friends
point to the comptroller's office as
one of the bright spots in the pres
ent city Administrations record. 1t
is known he is not in good standing
with the city hall machine as he
has refused to become cog n that
wheel.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
herman IS HOPEFUL

TONOPAH, Dec. 29-With the
Gans-Herman fight but three days
off both principals today an
nounced their condition perfect.
Cans weighed 1927 this morning.
Herman is slightly heavier, but can
easily make the weight. He took
his usual jog in the mud this morn
ing. The general belief Is that
the fight will end before the If
teenth round. Herman's manager
says the battle will not go over 20
rounds and Herman will win.
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grabbed her by the wrist and a
struggle ensued. She broke away
and in attempting to cross the
street car tracks fell down. He
gathered her up just in time to
save her from being run over,
thereby becoming hero as we'll as
a victim. Then Hollandsworth
came on down towards town with
the owman in to until he met Pa
trolman Pitss, no placed her un-
der arrest. She says she slipped
and fell against Hollandsworth, but
did not attempt to rob him. Her
address was given as q FAanklin
flats.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29

In one days battle in the fued b
men in eastern Oregon over 1000
fueds between the cattlemen and
sheepmen, who have warred for the
range for years, slaughtering each
others stock and exchanging. fire.
quent courtesies Of lead and buck
shot.
In Lake and Crook counties
about a year ago 1000 sheep were
dubbed to death and poisoned with
in two days. The dead bodies of the
slaughtered animals lay thick upon
the grazing lands, and swarms or
buzzards hung in the air for weeks
over the scene of the battle,
The sheepmen had held the
range tenaciously for their share
abe grazing privilege until I'm
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
RAILROAD
men WIN

CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-All prob
ability of a strike by members Of
the Brotherhood of Firemen and
Engineers west of the Mississippi
was perhaps swept away this after
noon when the Burlington prac-
ticaly agreed to grant substantial
concessions. G. w. Dalton, chair
man of the general committee APP
pointed by the unions, said:
"The Burlington promised con-
cessions which, if granted, means
no strike. A settlement Is in
sight"
1t is understood all roads agreed
to accept the terms upon which
any one road adjusts differences.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.

Patrolman Lister this morning
arrested NJ. Quigley, a laborer, at
the Great Northern depot and
booked him at the police station as
a suspect, Quigley is said to have
had an overcoat in his possession
very much resembling one stolen
at the Northern Pacific depot last
night from Otto Anderson, OF
Grangeville, Idaho.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
PLENTY OF EVIDENCE

FORT WORTH, Tex, Dec. 20
Special Commissioner Purdy has
secured affidavits of 20 witnesses
already who saw negro soldiers
shooting into Brownsville houses.
He has also found a number of
witnesses who saw the soldiers
leap the walls of the fort and run
directly into town.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
COMSTOCK WILL STAY

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 90
Chief Inspector Vickers, of the
postoffice department, says there
is no truth in the report that An
thony Comstock has been dis
charged. He says art students
have complained, but when the
complaints were investigated it
was found that Comstock was dis
charging his duties faithfully. He
will remain to keep the mails as
free as possible from prohibited
matter,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
$1,000 OUT
ON STRIKE

LODI, Dec. 29.-Twenty one
thousand factory employees are on
a strike here today. Manager
Schieblers, of the cotton mills, was
killed by former employees.
Twenty workmen forced their
way into the house of Colonel
Obrutshoff and killed him. The
assassins then bound the servants
and set the place on fire. The
colonel formerly commanded at
LODI and used great brutality in
putting down riots.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29

Boyd's biggest forgery was COM
mitted In Berlin, Germany, where
ne fled from London, when Scot
land Yard was then pressing him
closely. In Berlin he stopped at the
best hotel and had valet. He met
people of the higher class and be-
inc a German scholar soon ingrati-
ated himself into the good Will or
a wealthy family. They entertain
ed Boyd and he entertained them.
He also passed a forged check on
the old man for $4,000. The family
saw him off on his trip back to this
country before they discovered the
forgery.
So extensive have been the for
geries of Edwin e. Boyd, alias sew
eral hundred other names, who was
arrested yesterday by Detective
Enright of the Great Northern rail
road, that has been able to travel
around the world with money rails
ed on bogus paper. Boyd admitted
this yesterday.
Before Justice Hinkle he waived
preliminary examination and was
bound over to the superior court
under $3.50. Later in the day Bold
said If his relatives knew he was
In trouble he would be out of jail
in 10 minutes by having the bond
put up. He refuses to divulge his
family name, but evidently comes
of wealthy people. Sergeant Nc
Phee, fearing something of the sort
might result in Boyds liberation,
.4is morning telephoned Sheriff
Doak not to let Boyd go should a
bond be put up because there were
hundreds of other cases for which
the man is wanted.
Boyd said that he could raise
$1,000 in this town in 10 minutes If
ne was allowed to operate. He
says he has no hypnotic power, but
does it all on his personality. He
Is good looking and appears like a
man of means and integrity. Last
summer he was through Spokane
and stopped off just long enough to
bunco Jimmy Durkin out of 800 on
a bogus check. He went to Durkin
a perfect stranger and got the
money in spite of the fact that
Durkin Is rated particularly
smooth business man. Jimmy won't
tell how he was worked.
AS soon as the local Pinkerton
agency heard Of Boyd's arrest de-
tective hurried to the police sta
ton. Boyd confessed to more for
geries than has ever been the prac,
tice of the Pinkertons to assign to
one man.
Only twice has the law succeed
ed in laying its clutches on Boyd.
The first time he robbed baseball
manager in Philadelphia of his dia-
monds. Boyd's relatives got him
out of that scrape.
The next time he was arrested
was for forgery and he was SEN
fenced to the Joliet, ILL.,, peniten-
tiary, but later paroled.
Boyd has never lived in fear Of
arrest. He stopped here at the Spo-
kane hotel and travelled about
town in hacks and automobiles. He
forged so many checks that he
pnvar nnIa npy prat anco IF DIN o.
ling out victim, but passed his
bogus paper on the first person he
conversed with.
Boyd says it has been his ex-
pectation that sooner or later he
would be caught and imprisoned,
but he trusted his luck to escape.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
Taft STARTED IN THE
RACE FOR PRESIDENT

welt supporters in this city say
they know Taft will run for presi-
dent. They say the fight Foraker
made on the president is respons-
this time. Roosevelt-Taft leaders
express confidence in their ability
to clean up Foraker and Dick at
the same time in the coming con-
test. They claim Foraker will
either lose all political strength or
surrender the Ohio delegation to
Taft and beg for terms by which he
may be allowed reelection to the
senate. Taft is considered certain
to carry the state for the presi-
dency.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. %
When asked about presidential
prospects in the next election Sec
Rotary Taft said today:
my ambition is not political. l
am not seeking the presidential
and do not expect to be
a candidate, because l am unavail-
able. But l am not foolish enough
to say I would refuse it in the
event of the great improbability of
my being offered the nomination,
because in that event l could not
decline"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
CALM IN CUBA

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 90
Taft this morning said he had re-
ceived reassuring reports from Ma
COON in Cuba and there is no dan
ger of general uprising. The
provisional government is estab-
lished and will continue it's func-
tons peaceably.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
CASSATT FUNERAL MONDAY

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29.-The
Cassatt funeral will be held at the
family residence at o'clock Mon
day afternoon. Burial will be made
at the Church Of the Redeemer in
Bryn Mawr at 4 o'clock.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
BOY is MURDERER

ST. HELENS, Ore, Dec. 90
Bert Holman, age 10, this morning
confessed to the murder of his
foster mother, Mrs. Sarah Ayres,
near Warren last night in revenge
for punishment He shot her
through the head with a rifle. The
youth was adopted from an aid So
ciety.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
WANTS Roosevelt
ASSASS|NATED

Our policy is toward the over
throw of the mikado and the presi-
dent, as representing the capitalist
class, as soon as possible, and we
don't hesitate as to the means"
The board is determined to place
the matter in the hands of the
postal authorities.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
ORCHARD CASE IS
CONTINUED FOR TERM

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 29.-Harry
Orchard, who confessed to the as
sassination of former Governor
was taken to Cald-
well this morning to appear before
the district court The case was
continued for the term.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
THUGS BURN
BIG PLANT

DOVER, N. H., Dec. 29.-Rob-
bers today attacked the bookkeep-
err, Charles Goldthwaite, of Fisk
Bros brick yards. They thought
they had willed him and ignited the
plant. Loss 100000 Goldthwaite
escaped.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
WASHERW0MAN
DEMANDS AUTO

MANITOWAC, Wis, Dec. 90
Anna Told, a city charge, demand
give her an automobile so she could
cover distance more rapidly and
take In enough washing to support
herself,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29

tween the cattlemen and the sheep
sheep were dubbed to death.
charge of his flock out on the hills
at nightfall now has naught to fear
from the cattleman's club OF poi
soned grain. The cowboy in his
evening roundup can relax his vigi.
lance against the long distance rifle
and the encroachment OF stealthy
sheepmen bent upon starting
night stampede. 1t is even said that
occasional pleasantries are ex-
changed between the sheep herder.
and the cowboy, and that the lamb
may now lie down with the long
horned steer in peace and friendll-
ness, nibbling from the same tuft
of grass and drinking from the
same brook
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29

BY WALL

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 90
Five laborers were injured, two
probably fatally, by falling wall on
Pine and Battery SITS. today. The
men were working upon the foun-
dations of a wall when without
warning huge mass of brick and
stone fel upon them, burying two
and partially enveloping the others.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
DECLINES TO DISCUSS 1T.

James Monaghan, the capitalist,
this afternoon refused to state
whether or not the alleged Charles
McCool. who was bound over to
the superior court yesterday on a
charge of attempting to rob the
Monaghan -, residence Christmas
night, Is his nephew, as claimed by
the police.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
SAVES Her LIFE AND
HAS Her ARRESTED

Ethel Jones, a colored woman,
woman, was fined $25 and costs
this afternoon In police court by
Justice Hinkle. ID. Hollandsworth,
a storekeeper, said the woman at
tempted to pick his pockets Thurs
day night ON Sprague av. He
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
DESERTED Wife :
DEMANDS SHARE

WORCESTER, Mass, Dec. 20
Mrs. Rose Finn Birchburg today re-
tanned counsel to show the legality
of her claim to the fortune left by
John Finn, who died In Los An
geles Nov. 81. He was manager
of the Southern Pacific at the time
of his death.
The woman claims Finn desert
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20
The board of education this morn
ing received a marked copy of a
Japanese revolutionary newspaper
published in Berkeley in which the
assassination Of Roosevelt Is advo-
Gated. The sheet says:
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Marriage licenses were issued
this morning to e. A. Hamilton, of
Portland, Ore, and Dorethea
Small, of Spokane; Martin John
son and jeanette Olson, both of
Spokane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
GETS YEAR FOR MEAL TICKET

SEATTLE, Dec. 29.-For steal
ing a meal ticket worth only So
w. S. Brown has been sentenced
to serve a term of one years im-
prisonment at Walla Walla The
ticket was the property of e. F.
Humphrey. At his trial Brown adj
mitted that he had secured the
ticket from the complaining wit
ness, but denied that he had done
so In a felonious manner.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 29.-By
leasing out the public grazing lands
of eastern Oregon, instead of leav-
ing them as an open range, the
United States government has put
an end to the bitter and bloody
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
OREGONSEES LASTOF RANGEFEUDS

Gle Sam adopted the policy Of leas-
ing out, at so much per acre, the
whole government range, and to
sheepmen and cattlemen alike.
For the first time in years, the
dove of peace now hovers over
eastern Oregon. The shepherd in
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
May NOT
BE valid

Whether the appropriation of
$4,000 authorized yesterday by the
county commissioners to aid the
freight rate fight being waged by
the chamber of commerce can be
legally made is question upon
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
BRYCE ACCEPTABLE.

LONDON, Dec. 29.-Formal no.
LITIGATION that Bryce would be &C
ceptable to the United States was
received today and the appointment
will be officially announced Mon
day
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
BUSCH is BETTER.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 29.-Adolph
Busch's condition is more favorable
this morning. He will pass the
crisis today
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
CASH FOR CHlLEANS.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 20
The Red Cross today sent $4,000
10 Chill as contribution to recent
earthquake sufferers.
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ed her and three children 20 years
ago and went West. Four years
ago she found him at a railroad
convention in San Francisco and
learned of his high position, also
that he had been married twice
in the West without securing a d..
vorce from her. Mrs. Finn has
just learned of her husbands death.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29

II. b. Terrence, of the Colonial
hotel, this morning reported to the
police that someone stole black
overcoat from his room.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
WRECKED IN
THE FOG

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-The ferry
boat Patterson, of the Erie Rail-
road Co., with 80 passengers
aboard, collided with a freight
lighter in North river this morning
and sunk. All persons aboard were
rescued. Eighteen teams were
drowned. A heavy fog was respons-
ible for the collision.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
KING NO WORSE.

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 29.-King
Oscar slept well last night. His
temperature is normal.
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NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 29-The
steamer Hamilton, carrying pas
sengers and freight, went aground
in the fog this morning off Sewell's
point, five miles below this city
The ship is rocking in the break
ers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Dec. 90
Miner Hicks today received two
Southern California. He refused to
proposals of marriage, both from
divulge the names of the would-be
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29
.BUNC0E0 IN ALL CHIMES

He has hob-nobbed with detectives
in all parts of the worIo and never
made any attempt as disguise.
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brides to a man getting $500 per
week to exhibit.
Hicks says he intends to look for
writer's to tell his story to when he
completes his theatrical tour.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-29

COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 29-Roose-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-27
Personally Conducted Four
Weeks Eastern Tour.

A personally conducted party in 3
special train of Pullman Sleepers, in
Guiding a dining car, will leave Chi
cago via the Wabash, July 9th, for a
few weeks tour of the East, covering
the following route:
Detroit, Toronto, Niagara Falls,
Kingston, st. Lawrence River, Thou
sand Islands. Montreal, Ottawa, Que
bee, White Mountains. Portland, Me. 4,
Old Orchard, Portsmouth, Plymouth,
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Bal
timore, Washington, Pittsburg and
Toledo.
Rates very reasonable. For COM
plete itinerary of the trip, with rates
and other details address,
T. II. TRISTAN,
Asst General Passenger Agent,
81 Adams ST., Chicago.