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Show UNIQUE RAILWAY CONGRESS. Proceedings Will D Secret and in French Language Washington April 16. Nearly lw delegates, the owners nnri operating officials offi-cials of more than X).rvi mile q way in forty-four different countries., coiiHtltute the personnel of the international interna-tional Railway congress which Is to hold a ten-davs' season in this city heginninc May 4 next, ai the dose ,,, the ,-m,srHS, the delegates an to make a thorough in'- spectlon of the railways of the 1 nlted States, particularly with reference to equipment and shop The congress is somewhat unique Jn Its organization affair''" molincr ,,f ronluctlng Ha It -WOS oreanlze.i I,, H5 Hnd hes held sessions eet flve years since Us first session, held m Brussels, celebrated th-nrtiem th-nrtiem snnlversary -r the ooenlnsj of the Belgian railways. Milan, pari Bl Petersburg Pe-tersburg and London have been meetlna places since. Paris ha-ing hud two sessions- At the session In that cttv In 10OO the in, Itatlon of President McKlnh i to hold ine meeting In Washington was aecept-d. aecept-d. Cunijiess at its last session enacted appropriate leBdaton committing this Government to participation in ihc congress, con-gress, " In the absence r.f Fresldent Rooseve, lee-President Fairbanks will accent the post of honorary president and ..n,:n the " I"' an '.ddreas of welcome 3' ard extending th. courtesies ,.f the Nation to the delegates hi the White J!., us- '"" The preliminary formalities over th congress will resolve Ueelf Into five ,er-tions ,er-tions and proceed with business m I renr h and In lei rel aii of the papers to be presented been unler e..r.ld. r..tlon for some all haxe been printed. finr the deleaatea sre thoroughly familiar with thel ,r'e" ,e l " tH?a t''r',':S ' ' ' ' I I . r e, , are technical nnd necrssarlP. devoid of popular interest The honorary presidents representing the railways of this countrv will be a j Cassatt and B H HsiTiman. white ths sctual president will be Btuyvessnl rish of the Illinois central railrosd The lines these thrifo gentlemen represent touch crie another and form a continuous fine of rail from the Atlantic to the Ta, passing through the heart 0f the ,0,,,r lo'Vhe'c1 'If,,rn,lln fr"m Orest Lake |