Show the rio grando western la putting down about six miles of heavy ballast at this time between thistle june alon and tucker the sidetracks at price are also being placed in better physical condition san francisco nov as E P ripley president of the atchason Atch lson topeka santa fe railroad has arrived asre ha la making a tour ot inspection of tho entire system which he controls and an examination ot the companas comp anys properties in this state portland ore nov 17 twenty six passenger and immigration agent of the northern pacific railroad who are making a tour of the companas comp anys lines arrived in portland tonight blaey were jinet at tho grand central depot by a joint committee representing the lewis band dark exposition and the commercial club this evening a reception was tendered them at the commercial club at which the most prominent business men ot the city were present CHURCH anniversary celebrated chicago nov 18 the anniversary of st james episcopal church tho oldest church ot the denomination in chicago has been celebrated with a reception in the church and parish house at huron and cass streets the guest of honor was tho rev W H of trinity church new york w ho served as pastor of st james church from 1880 to 1890 through his efforts during the first year of his pastorate the church wiped out a bonded debt of the church was destroyed in the great fire ot 1871 and four years later tho present structure was erected in its place besides the sunday schools the church now maintains classes in natural history needle work cooking housekeeping and gymnasium training the charitable work of the church la carried on systematically through the medium of societies of ran women and an effort is making to raise a permanent endowment fund of WILL OPEN NEW SECTION OF SUBWAY new york nov 18 what Is known as the east branch of tho subway will be opened early next wednesday mora ang trains will bein running at one i minute after midnight the branch begins at street and broadway Ero adway runs east under central park to lynox avenue thence north to the harlem river under which it passes to the bronx for the present the terminus of the new lines will beat street where the tunnel under the river begins by the opening of this section express train service in the subway will be doubled and during tho rush hours the fast trains will be run only two minutes apart no formalities w accompany the opening of the new road in about three weeks the fulton station of the lower broadway extension will bo ready for operation but it will be two years before the tunnel under the east river at the battery and the extension to flatbush Plat bush avenue brooklyn is completed TRACING STOLEN JEWEL new york nov 18 although the butler who Is believed to have stolen worth of jewels from mrs lor raine beatty of pittsburg and athla city has thus tar eluded tho police be Is thought to have been located on tho passenger list of a steamer bound for europe and instruct long have been cabled for bis arrest trace of some of the stolen jewelry has been found through the arrest of a clothing cutter in eliose possession was found a diamond brooch tho man said he advanced 20 to the butler on the article he was arrested and a modiste tor whom he works was corn polled to suspend operations on the costumes for a largo operatic production her sixty sewing girls being unable to proceed without the help of the cutter CHINA REFUSES FOREIGN OFFER TO ESTABLISH BANK shanghai nov 18 tha chinese government has refused the offer of the banque aparis to advance money towards the establishment of an imperial bank of china in return for tho control of the same A dispatch from shanghai november 10 eadd that the depre of the banque benque elparis tl Paris had dostart to start a bank with a capital ot ten million provided that the manager and chief accountant should be french oberian 0 nov IS dr 1 B fairchild ex president of several colleges consul at lyons france under president harrison and cousin of stonewall jackson a close friend ot wendell and henry ward beecher and j erne of the founders of the republican party Is dead here |