The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-13
STRONG BOARD CHOSEN
The Commercial Club Meets in
Annual Session
And Elects a Board of Directors
For the Ensuing Year.
Much Important Business Transacted
After Which There Was Lunch
con and Cigars.


and the board of directors chosen for
the ensuing year. The board was in
turn supposed to select the officers of
the club, out this was postponed until
Saturday afternoon at $3.50 when a
special meeting of the directors will
be held.
Mr. W. H. Davis, president Of the
club, appointed NIessrs. G. S. Downing,
D. J. Greenwald and J. L. Durham as
a committee to select the board of di-
rectors, and after a short consultation
they reported back the following
names.
Mr.. W. H. Davis, Mr.. Edward wild
er. Mr.. E H. Crosby, Mr. Samuel T.
Howe, Mr. William Green, Mr.. Otto
Kuehne, Mr.. R. S. Brigham, Mr.. A. A.
GODDARD and Mr. Chas. p. Adams.
The secretary was instructed to cast
the unanimous vote of the club for the
new board of directors as presented by
the committee
After the completion of the business
of the evening, the members of the
club ranged themselves around the two
long tables in the committee rooms and
enjoyed a delightful luncheon, pre-
pared for the annual meeting by the
house committee Cigars were after
ward passed around, and the annual
meeting adjourned in smoke.
Although the new Melan arch bridge
across the Kansas river was opened for
celebrated until spring Mr.. Edward
Wilder, chairman of the committee ap-
pointed to take charge of the bridge
celebration. stated before the CONNER
general opinion that the matter should
be delayed until warm weather. He
said that this would give the committee
an opportunity of arranging an eIab-
crate celebration.
A message from Mr.. H H. Hanna,
chairman of the monetary commission
which meets in indianapolis on Jan. 25,
was read at the Commercial club meet
ing last night, in which Mr.. Hanna
asked for the number of delegates to
be expected from Topeka and stating
that 1t is important that the city
should be represented. Mr.. Edward
Wilder, who attended the meeting of
the commission as the Topeka delegate
this year was principally to confirm the
action of the former commission in
submit ;l;n plan for the re-
gress, and which plan is now under
consideration by the committee On
motion of Mr.. Howe, the club voted to
continue Mr.. Wilder as delegate from
TINS city, with instructions that if he
could not attend the meeting he would
submit his views to the commission in
writing.
Mr.. c. S. Downing, chairman of the
committee of arrangements in charge
OF the National Creamery and Butter
makers convention, reported TO the
Commercial club last night that S69S
had been raised as a guarantee fund
Tor the expenses of the committee and
Ihat the amount could be raised to $780,
lie suggested that the resolution en-
poWer1ng the committee to contract for
the Hamilton building, which was in
PRODUCED at the last meeting ~ r.
club be adopted.
Theresolutionw was adopted as suggest
cd Ihe building has been contra cted
Tor by the committee, and the action
was simply formal one. The oues-
ton OF arranging an entertainment nv
means of which the expenses of tho
convention could be betrayed. was
brought up, but it was decided bv tba
ciuo TO leave the matter entirely with
the committee.
A determined effort will be made
WITHIN the next few days to take orders
amounting to So 600 for woOIen Goods
manufactured at the Topeka wooden
mus. The Topeka merchants will be
reIied upon for practically all of these
oruers MI H w. McAfee, manager
OF the mills, appeared before the Com
merciaI club last night and stated that
relying on placing goods to the amount
OF S5,0OO guaranteed by the Commercial
c .t last faII the company had man
uIactureo several thousand dollars
worth of goods and that so far the or
ders taken by the club amounted to but
$1,000.
naming s., 600.
Some time ago, after the committee
appointed to carry out the work, had
received orders for 81, 900 of goods
among individual citizens Of ToDeka
a special committee composed of Mr.
E. H. Crosby and Mr.. H A Auerbach
was appointed to secure orders for the
remaining $4,000 of the guaranteed
city.
But a few days after his appoint
ment, Mr.. Crosby was compelled to
go south for the benefit of his health
ana IN consequence nothing has been
done towards obtaining the orders. AS
the season for the purchase of wooden
products is drawing to close Mr. Nc
Afee stated that immediate action was
necessary, and Messrs. John T McMan-
US, Mr.. W. T. Crosby and Mr.. D. P
Paxton We're appointed to act with Mr.
Auerbach as a committee to proceed
with the work.
Ladies skirt supporters are today a
matter of interest to Mr. w. T Crosby
MI D. J. GreenWald and Mrs. r. S
Brigham, three prominent members of
the Topeka Commercial club They
were appointed at the meeting last
night to look after skirt supporters, or
rather to look after skirt supporters
manufactured by the Chicago Skirt
supporter company. This company sent
IN a communication to the club asking
ald IN placing its products on the To-
peka market. The letterhead bore the
picture of a girl with her face turned
toward the back of the sheet and her
SKIRT IN precarious condition in the
rear together with the date line To
peka, Kan" Aside from this there was
no intimation of the headquarters or
projectors of the enterprise, and the
committee was instructed to discover
both. If the committee fails to make
the desired discovery in some other way
within the next few days, and can
scrape up the necessary funds within
itself, its intention is to cause the fol-
lowing insertion in the newspaper per-
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