The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-29
TEXAS RAILROAD
MEN THE GUESTS.
Banquet Given by Interstate Mer-
chants Association at the
Mercantile Club.

Railroad men fiom the Southwest. and
from Texas and Missouri In particular. were
the 81 ests last night Of the Interstate Mer-
chants Association at q banquet given at
the Mercantile Club in honor Of the rail-
way men who per sonally conducted the ex-
cursicn Of the interstate merchants 70 Tex
as in May. The State Of Texas. is re-
sources. its men ard its women. the Texas
excursion and the men who made the trip
enjoyable, were toasted. and In particular
the railroad men. OF whom there was a
goodly number present. were thanked for
their services.
Ben j. Strauss chairman Of the Trans
portation Committee Of the Interstate Mer-
chants. was toastmaster He devilered an
address. thanking the railroads for courte-
eies extended on the trip. and enlarged on
the benefits which the excursion had
brought to the merchants Of st. Louis. as
mer Mayor Cyrus p. waibridge. who de-
l:vered the address Of welcome.
As designated by the men card. which
bore the likenesses OF the prominent ON
cials OF the Southwestern Railway. the
toasts were responded to as follows: ''Ou-
Railroad Friends" George J. Tansey: re-
sponse by w. Z. Stith Of the Missouri Pa
ci..c: Worlds Fair" former Governor u.
r. Francis: New st. Louis as a Railroad
Center" e. G. Warner. secoEd vice crest-
dent Missouri Pacific: THE Ladies" Han
ford Crawford: THE ionc Star State.
James Barker Of the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas Railroad: THE Closing Hours of the
Last Congress" Corwin r. Spencer: Our
Association J. NJ. Allen. response by H.
c. Tognsend. general passenger agent Mis-
souri, Pacific: THE Press" Walter II. Ste
vens: 1.-THE exas Excurslon, r. 8. Caui.
field: st. Louis as a Distributing Point
Halle & Of tine Missouri sv kansas cogis sne
Among these who made impromptu speecnes
were Judge Norman G. Kittrell OF Rouston:
Tex: c. II. Acksrd. general manager d OF
The guests we're supplied with souvenirs
Of the Texas trip in the , form wof,d OF oasis ;s
and the Lone Star state.
The Invited railroad guests were:
dss so% rtTs K B bsqs Iioas s
central. Dallas: S. J. Martin, san Antonio and
1as r%ns' fr.cs. lnisaaiionsi anS G1ea, Nor,hsrn:
i MO ssns GS%sr o9, soa II Worth; G IT, h.
~ ssH Iid Great No''str" % sa s'sss
e. Gaiyssios: :. p. Iurn.i. E; L sarxeans and
}ssH rF su,f ssas oioas%o nns and s.a,s s
aa:res,cn: asstes p ". r. Mcclu-s. J. II. Hi: Gal
s'y Ssn .ss saa.tt saa HeRsTss Raa.
Ttorne. Missouri Ksnsa and Texas. paiiss:, Z.
II. n Green. Texas Midiand. Terrell: Daniel T.
Ripley and Commodore John Ciari. Galveston:
oscar Nenefee. Fort worth and R'o GTande'
From ST Louis-C. Mcp: Adams, W; c; SUR:
H. q Townsend g e. warner, W. &: Wasrous
ane Russell Harding. Missouri Pacific: Z: =
Yoskrm A. u. Ilrhtner. Bryan Snyder. Charles
Hall sam Hughes, ;. a, Middleton. r ID Rus-
sell and A. J. Davidson 81 LOUIS and San , Fran
southern rscific: IT, F. Mcfarland. 4. 4. Alien.
1horns. Gssrss Morton: W. B. GIcselost. g; Il;
Morrill, Missouri. Kansas and Texas; Josepn
RsmsaJ. Jr.. r. ". Coyie: Milton Knisht. s a.
KpiGht. c. S, Crane and II. y. ?. Taylor va
sleeve. baltimore and Ohio southwestern: G l..
Grice. BURLINGTON; p. Bows.. caicaso and Alton:
Edward Keane. Toledo. St Louis And Western:
O. c Mccarthy. nlinoi. Central: Frank l. Har-
is. Noble and Ohio: George D. A,ien; southern
Railway: J. Il. IaIng ard f. 9. Abadie. 81
Louis and sou,hwvs;e=n: p; H. Payne. W. z.
lsis.ard, }. 4. Lincoln and W. A. Peabody. st.
Louis ard lion Mou,tain: George B. Ho-rer.
[.ocisyille and Nashville: J. NJ Cheebrcleh. Xal-
daiia: George J. BurknodeT. 81. Louis ani Han
n.bai: E. a. Williams. Chicago. Peoria and 81
Louis: c. y. Pratt. chairman, southwestern Pas
Bengcr Association. and w. c. watrous-