Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-29
LAWYERS TO GATHER TO-DAY
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF
MISSOURI BAR ASSOCIATION.
Interesting Papers To-day and q Ban
quet This Evening-To-morrow
More Papers and Annual
Election of Officers.

The representative attorneys of the state
will gather in Kansas City this morning to
attend the sixteenth annual meeting of the
Missouri State Bar Association. which will
open its session at 2 o'clock this afternoon
at Lyceum hall. 104 West Ninth street. The
afternoon session will be devoted to very
short formal opening exercises and the
reading of a number Of interesting papers.
| This evening at 1870 the annual dinner of
the association will be given at the Coates
House, and tomorrow the final papers Will
be read and the annual election OF officers
take place.
The local committee on arrangements has
received advices that indicate a very large
attendance of the best known attorneys
from all parts of the state, and has made
arrangements to make their stay pleasant
while in the city. Last evening the enter
tainment of the local association
met at the Coates House, with Judge Nc
Dougaj and Senator Teasda!e. of the state
association executive committee. to agree
on the formation of the local reception COM
mittees: They. appointed the following:
ct iGr Goate Res aou Tarpin. +. u B. L. B nePTer.
Jules Rosengerber, A. S; Van Xalkenburgh.
J. II. Lucas. H. S. Julian, w, L. Stock
ing Far 5G alial a; Sea %bot and I'd %. J aaaley Gibson,
W. NJ. Draffen, W. G. scarritt. Leon
Block, s; W. Moore. s. B. Ladd. R; p.
The state executive committee will meet
this morning at 10 o'clock at the office Of
Judge McDougal, on the Eighth floor Of
the New York Life building, to dispose OF
whatever matters may require attention.
The Missouri State Bar Association was
1880. A convention of the attorneys of the
state had been called to discuss proposed
means for the relief of the ove 5,s
torneys had taken part in the de-
alterations, the state association was
organized with Ia members and chose
Hon. Willard p. Hall, of st. Joseph, pres
ident; W. H: H: Russell, OF St, Louis. sec
rotary, and NJ. 7. c. Williams, treasurer.
The list of the members of the a%ssocia-
ton since that time include nearly all of
the learned and brilliant men who have
helped carve out the system of legal juris-
prudence in this state They have left
their impress in the laws that were framed
and in their wise and careful construction
presidents is a roll Of honor, and is one
of which the association has always been
very proud. The list is:
Hitchcock, ]. H. Shanklin, John c. Gage,
Thomas c. Reynolds. George W. MacCrary.
Charles G. Burton. John F.. Philips. James
Krauthof, H. S. Priest, George B. Mac
farlane. Alexander Martin, NJ. c. McDougal
and William c. Marshall, the present in
cumbent.
association contains the address of welcome
that will be made by Judge ]. Med. Trim
BILE, president of the local bar associa-
ton, and continues with the following:
Response and opening address by the
president, Judge W.. c. Marshall. st. Louis.
Nomination and election of members.
Reports of officers and committees. Under
this head will come up the revision of the
constitution.
Paper-'The Law and the Public HEALTH
Thomas A. Witten. Kansas City.
Paper-"Mandatory Injunctions." Judge
Jacob Klein, Eighth circuit.
Tuesday evening, 7:30, annual Dime at
Coates House.
WEDNESDAY. 10 A. NJ.
divorce Legislation in Missouri" Judge
]. +. Green, Twenty-first circuit.
Constitutional Law in Ancient Greece"
c. o. Tichenor, Kansas City.
Reform in the Practice and Admins
tratiOn of the Law" ]. D.. Shewalter, Lex
WEDNESDAY. 2 P. NJ.
1.-The Power of the State to Regulate
Prices and Charges" Hon. G. A. Finkeln-
burg. st. Louis.
"Some Needed legislation F. B. Ellis.
Plattsburg.
Election of officers.
Miscellaneous business.
The following attorneys arrived last even
Ing, being the advance guard of the aSsocia-
ton:
Platte City; S. S. Bass. st. Louis: John
D. Lawson, of Columbia: H. NJ. Ramey, st.
Joseph: F.. B.. Ellis and Joel Funkhouser,
Plattsburg: Perry S.. RAIDER. reporter SUI
preme court. and John r. Green, clerk SUI
preme court, Jefferson City.