Baltimore SPECIAL EXCURSIONS AND CONVENTIONS 1908 Cape May, Sea Isle City, Ocean City, N. J., Ocean City, Atlantic City EAST OF OHIO RIVER-Special Low Rate Excursions Baltimore Boston Denver July 2, 16, 30; August 13 and 27 and September 10. Md.-General Conference M. E. Church, May 6 to June 3. Illinois.- Republican National Convention, June 17, 1908. Ohio.-Prohibition National Convention, July 14 to 16. Col.-Democratic National Convention, July 7. I. O. O. F. Sovereign Grand Lodge and Patriarchs Militant, September 19 to 26. Ind. Saengerfest of North America, Saengerbund of U. S., Mo.-Presbyterian Church General Assembly, May 21 to Indianapolis July 17 to 21. Seattle Toledo Toronto Ky. Triennial Convention International S. S. Association, Minn. Imperial Council A. A. O. Mystic Shrine, July 13 to 18. FOR FULL INFORMATION AS TO RATES, ETC., APPLY AT TICKET OFFICES BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. BOOK OF THE ROYAL BLUE. PUBLISHED MONTHLY COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY THE PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. Come dwell within that Borderland! That richest, ripest Borderland! Oh! how we love that Borderland! COLISEUM BUILDING, 14TH STREET AND WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO. The Great Political Conventions The Republican National Convention at Chicago June 17 T HE quadrennial battle between the two great political parties of the United States will be opened at Chicago on June 17 by the Republican National Convention and followed later on July 7 by the Democratic National Convention at Denver. The Chicago meeting will be held in the Coliseum Building, which, although it will seat 14,000 persons, will hardly be large enough to accommodate the statesmen and politicians who expect to be there. Every large city which has a water front of any dimensions lays claim to its right as a summer resort; Chicago with its Lake Michigan breezes, claims the double right, and has issued much advertising to that extent on occasion of the great convention. To emphasize this claim there are a number of splendid summer hotels built on the lake front, and those who were there during the World's Fair in 1893 will remember the glorious weather in the months of June, July and August. The city can provide entertainment of every description, and for that reason it is said the majority of Chicagoans do not go away in the summer. It might be interesting to take a look at some Chicago statistics. Its area covers more than 96 square miles and its estimated population is 2,750,000. There are 48 miles of boulevards and more than 3,000 acres of public parks. There are 1,300 miles of street railway, said to carry on an average of 1,354,450 passengers daily; 1,188 churches and chapels and 308 public schools. At the Union Stock Yards- somehow Chicago is never mentioned without mentioning the Stock Yards-there are 63,000 cattle, 138,000 hogs and other live stock in proportion, received weekly. Chicago started the craze for skyscrapers with the building of the Masonic Temple, but which now might be considered insignificant when compared with some of New York City's most boasted structures; nevertheless the Masonic Temple will always be a building of unusual interest to visitors. The Auditorium, comprising hotel and theatre and its annex buildings, is the palatial palace of the middle west; it is |