The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-04
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|SANTAFE notes.

The board of directors of the Y. M {.
A. will hold their regular meeting at
the building Wednesday evening.
Brakeman C. c. Dolman of Colorado
Springs is here spending several DAYS
On a. business trip.
The religious work committee OF the
| Y. M. c. A. will hold their regular
meeting this evening.
Rev NJ. NJ. Culpepper will speak To
the men of the machine shop Thursday
noon.
Flovd Campbell of the machine shop
| is off from work on account of illness
Mr. John Baker of the paint depart
ment is spending a few days with rela-
tives in Lawrence.
Mr.. Maurice Thompson, a former en-
pIoyes of the tin shop, now of Cali
| fornia. is back in Topeka visiting olo
friends.
Harry Morgan has returned from
Wichita, where he spent week on d
| business trip.
Henry Kettler of the electrical depart
ment. stationed at Kansas City. will
spend the latter part of the week mere
Mr. Don Morgan of the machine shop
at Newton, Kan, is spending several
days here on business trip
The thirteenth international confer
ence of the Railroad Department of the
Young Mems Christian Associations oil
| North America will be held in the city
| of ST. Louis, May 27-30, 1909, IN re-
Spouse to the cordial invitation or the
| St. Louis association and its railroad
branch.
| officers and members of railroad asso-
Citations. railroad secretaries. state and
provincial secretaries railroad officials
| railroad employees from unorganizeo
| points and general secretaries OF city
associations at railroad centers are in
vited to become delegates to the con-
| ference Each railroad association is
/ urged to send at least five delegates
Each member of a railroad association
| attending the conference should be pro
vided with credential on proper form
| furnished by the international commit
| tee and secured from his local secre-
| tary In the case of men from unor-
ganized points, credentials will be fur
| nished direct upon application TO tins
| railroad department of the lnterna'
| tional committee. The credential com
mittee of the conference will be in SEES
sion at the railroad association build
| ing adjoining the Union station, st
Louis, on the opening day of the con
| ference, and each delegate should re
port promptly 10 this committee on ar
| rival at St Louis for registration anf
| to receive the official badge which vii
| be necessary to gain admission to TIL
| floor during the conference sessions
| A strong group of men of prominence
in railway service, in public affairs, il
also clergymen of international repu
tation, has already been secured for tn
presentation of themes of vital impor
| lance to the lives and work of railroad
| men, Mr.. John J. McCook, of New
| York. chairman of the railroad depart
n.ent of the International COMMITTEES
will preside at all sessions of the con
ference
Some of the conference speakers al
ready secured:
w c. Brown. president New Yorl
Central lines; W. A Garrett, presiden
Seaboard Air Line: F. A Delano. presi
dent Wabash Railroad Co.: G. W
Stevens. president C & o. railway; {
r. Gray. vice president Frisco system
W. s. Stone grand chief OF the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers: Rev
Maitland Alexander, D. D.. Pittsbure
Pa; Mr.. Fred B. Smith, New York
Rev. c. A Barbour, D. D., Rochester
N Y. Hon Selden p Spencer, 81
Louis, Mo-: Rev. Robert Freeman. Buf
falo N Y; P H. Morrissey. formerl
| grand master Brotherhood of Raiiroa
| Trainmen: Mr.. Alfred E. Marllng, Ne'
| York; Rev w J. Williamson. D. d
; st. Louis, Mo-; Rev. c. W. Bull D. d
Scranton. Pa Mr.. Chas- r. Towsor