The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-19


Scranton today is honored with the
presence of one of the most reprcsen-
| tative bodies that has ever assembled
| here. the Pennsylvania state Bankers
| association. which begins its annual
| two days convention at the board or
trade assembly room this morning at
| 10 o'clock
The delegates and visitors number
more than one hundred and fifty and
| among them are some of the most
| prominent flanciers Of the day Not
| able among these are Hon. Ellis IT.
| Roberts, treasurer of the United
| States; Hon. Charles S. Fairchild. ex-
secretary of the treasury and now pres
| ident of the New York Security and
| Trust company and Hon. Thomas j.
| Powers, commissioner of banking of
| Pennsylvania, each of when will deliv-
er an address before the convention.
Treasurer Roberts arrived last even
| ing and is registered at the Jermyn.
| EX-Secrctary Fairchild and Commits
| sioner Powers will arrive this morning
| All of the officers Of the association
and large number of the delegates
and visitors arrived yesterday after
noon and last night. They registered
| at the headquarters at the Jcrmyn
and were afterwards entertained by the
! reception committee Of local bankers.
OFFICERS OF ASSOCIATION.
The officers Of the association are:
President, G. A. Kunkel cashier Of the
Mechanics bank, Harrisburg; vice.
president, s. r. Shumaker. cashier OF
81 II
| secretary, n. s. Kloss, cashier Of the
First National bank. Tyrone; treasurer
]. j. FOulkrod, president of the Mama
yunk National bank, Philadelphia.
The delegates who had registered up
to the time the headquarters closed
We're: John =. Harper, president,
Southwark National bank Philadel-
phia; William Hackett cashier, Easton
National bank, Easton; Charles w.
otto, president, National bank of Ger
| mantown. Philadelphia: John c. Daw-
son, Brown Bros. & Co. Philadelphia;
w a. Wilcox. president. Second Ma
tiOnal bank. Pittsburg: r. f.. James,
president. Easton Trust company, Eas-
ton; J. T.. Ramsey. cashier. oxford; y.
n. Belts, cashier, First National bank,
Towanda John f. Maltzberger. cash
r. NJ. Hoffman. cashier. Farmers Ma
tional bank, Reading; Isaac Y. Spang.
cashier, Reading National bank: B. NJ.
FAIRIES, assistant cashier Fourth Street
National bank. Philadelphia: r. C.
North, assistant cashier, First National
bank. SelinsgrOve Hamilton B. Haines
president Jersey Shore Banking COM
pany, jersey Shore: II. r. Frick.
ShipT MiItp,,
Charles NJ. McCurdy ca shier. First Ma
tional bank, Bellefonte; F.. X. Ployer.
cashier, Second National bank, Me-
chanicsburg; James Brady, cashier,
First National bank, Harrisburg: NJ. ].
Mattern, cashier, Union National bank
Huntingdon A. Niemeyer. president.
Saving Institution of the City OF Will
Transport; James s. Lawson, cashier.
Williamsport National bank. Williams
port; w. H. Peck. cashier. Third Ma
tional bank, Scranton; 7. /. Post
cashier, First National bank. Scranton:
II. o. Durham, cashier, Dime Savings
bank, Scranton; II. G.. Shafer. cashier
Scranton Savings bank; c, w Cum
ster, cashier Merchants and NTechan-
les bank, Scranton: Shepard Avars
Nlce-president, Lackawanna Trust and
i"'N company vi scranton, II,
H. Phillips, cashier, Traders National
bank, Scranton: A. II. Christv cashier
County Savings Bank and Trust com
pany, Scranton: A. B. Eynon wet
Side bank, Scranton.
SOME OF THE VISITORS
Among the visitors are Miss Edith
noble Hackett, of Easton: j. r.
brady L. ). N, son of Cashier James
BRADY, of the First National bank of
HARRISBURG; George X. Reilly, Of n.
W. Harris & Company, New York: +.
liaVard Hooke, vice. president of The
Financier Publishing company, New
YORK; ). SchwarzChild. general mana
ger OF the Defiance Machine company.
of Rochester; G. c. Dudley, of Rand,
McNally & Company's Bankers
Monthly, Chicago; w. u. Mclean, of
the Fourth National bank, Philadel-
phia.
The convention will be called to or
der at 10 o'clock by President Kunkel
and after prayer by Rev. G. +. Robin
son, d. D., of the Second Presbyterian
church, addresses of welcome will be
delivered by Mayor James Moir. on
behalf of the city, and W. II. Peck, on
behalf of the bankers.
President Kunkel will respond and
then will come the annual reports of
officers and committees and the ad-
dress by United States Treasurer Rob-
erts, whose subject will be THE
Treasury and the Currency"
A recess will be taken at noon. In
the afternoon the delegates and visi-
tors will be treated to a drive over the
boulevard and the w w. Scranton
roads. In the evening they will be