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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-03
MARKETS TODAY.
Wheat Opens Easier on Bad
Weather Reports.
Corn Rises on Prediction Of
Cooler Weather.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.
Cattle Steady, Ranging from
$500 to So. 40.
Hogs Open Strong but Are
Afterwards Weak.

Chicago, Sept. 3.-WHEAT-Wheat open
ed a little easier on absence of threaten
ing weather reports from the northwest.
December opened a shade to 1s@Ac lower,
at S2ssQS27sc, and went to SS1sc on bulIish
sentiment, but the price soon dropped.
There was not much wheat on the mar
ket. Gables were indifferent. Minneapolis,
Chicago and Duluth reported receipts of
81 cars against 345 cars last week ana 5l1
cars a year ago.
The close was barely steady at a loss
of &c for December. at S212qS2ssc. Trad
ing was light.
CORN-Corn was the principal item of
interest in the market, prices rising on
the prediction of cooler weather north
west and possible frosts in Dakota and
Minnesota. September started at 52ssd53c,
went to SIC, then dropped back to 5234c.
December went to SIC and eaSed off sc.
Receipts were 3T7 cars.
The market ruled firm with the advance
well maintained. Buying was on liberal
scale and final figures showed September
unchanged. at 52ssc, with December Ac
0ATS-Oats started about unchanged,
but became strong and higher on good
local demand and small receipts. The
best buying was in December, which OPEN
ed at $3.50, and soon went to 3714c. There
was good cash demand Receipts were
"a cars.
PROVISIONS = The provision market
was a firm one, with prices up 21205c. Sep
TENDER quotations on pork were $12-40;
'a WH ff;VSt Ca no. red, S21kds31kc.
No 3 red, S1@SSc; No ? hard winter, S1q
Sc; No. hard winter, 7SqS21zc; No 3
&C coRN-No. ?, 52sza53c; No. 3. 521z@52Ac.
OAT@No. 2. 34c; No. 3, 331sc-
RYExsept 5514e; Dec oe SSiAc: Nay a &c
TIMOTHY-Cash; s2.S5as-1o; Sept. ss.15;
II.EY-cash. 45a5sc.
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REUNION A SUCCESS.
Large Crowd of Veterans At
tend at Baxter Springs.

Baxter Springs, Sept. 3.-The big in
terstate reunion is now in full swing.
Fully $4,000 people were on the grounds
Wednesday. The Frisco road ran hour
ly excursions from the north, east and
south, and every train was loaded to
the guards Governor Bailey arrived in
the morning and addressed the camp
fire after dinner. Senator Burton and
Congressman Curtis will be here today.
Several state officers will accompany
them.
The reunion is devoid of real naughty
shows this time Red Hot" street has
only good, respectable entertainments
and the visitors seem to relish the
change. In recent years the shows, as
a rule, have been very racy The snake
eater is conspicuous by his absence.
Two new features put in this year are
the scenic railroad and the chdtes.
The annual election of officers of the
association was held in the morning.
Colonel L. c. Weldy was elected by ac-
clamation as commander The old
board was reelected by reclamation.
1t consists of ]. M. Cooper, president;
c. w. Daniels, ]. ]. Trilbey, Q. z. Col
Inns. c. L. Smith, Baxter Springs; ]. NJ.
McNay. Columbus; A. G. Hilegos, Mon
tana, Kas., T. D. w. Arnold, Lamar.
Mo.
1t has developed upon roll call that
Illinois leads in the number of soldiers
on the grounds. Ohio comes second.
Indiana is third and Missouri fourth.
Our list of outside speakers is not
large this time, said Colonel Honbock.
There is no campaign on this year.
Next year we will have several big guns
We expect to have Senator Hanna, SEN
ator Dolliver and Mrs. John A. Logan"
An effort was made to get Joe Folk, of
Missouri. this time, but he was too busy
at home.
The Reunion association has made
many improvements on the grounds and
will make more before the next reunion
is held. It's making special EFFORT to
make Baxter Springs a soldier town.
This is the way 1t advertises the town:
THE climate of Baxter Springs is the
finest in the world and the entire sur
roundings are the most congenial for
the old soldiers comfort and pleasure.
We have very few socialists or freaks
of any kind and the Union soldier al
ways has the right of way in Baxter
The G.. A r. post is in a healthy con-
dition and one of the best in the state
We have good schools and 200 hundred
kinds of religion; two drugstores with
a permit and one without. A majority
of our voters still vote the way you
shot and we have but few anti-imper-
ialistS and boors.''
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Kansas City livestock Market.

Kansas City, Sept. S.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts S,O0O including 1900 Texans.
Market steady. Native steers, $4,000
$40; Texas and Indian steers, S2.25W
$50; Texas cows, $1.40@250; native
COWS and heifers, $150@4.65; stockers
and feeders, $2.25@4.25; bulls, $2.25@3. so;
calves, $2.25@5.50; western steers, $3.50
AGO; western cows, $2.15@2. 95.
HOGS-Receipts 5000. Market open
ed strong, now weak Bulk of sales,
$5.3505.6O; heavy. $530@5421a; packers,
s5.30G5.55; medium, s5.45@5.621s; light,
$5.4505.S5; workers., $5.70Q5.S5; pigs,
$5.0O@5. 80.
SHEEP - Receipts 10000 Market
steady to 10c lower. NIuttons. $4,000
AIS; lambs. s2.s0@53O; range wethers.
$2.5OG4.00; ewes, $2.50@3.S5.
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state convention for United States sem
ator spoke from the same platform.
While in Columbus Mr. Bryan gave out
the following statement relative TO the
endorsement of John H. Clarke for U.
S. Senator
L would have preferred the nominal
ton of some one who had been active
and earnest in the support Of all the
planks of our platform. but the dele
gates who endorsed the Kansas City
platform also endorsed Mr. Clarke, and
after talking with him and listening to
his speech last night / am satisfied that
his sympathies are with the people III
their fight against organized wealth, and
that if elected he can be trusted to stand
for the reforms for which the Democrat
ic party is contending. AS an evidence
that his sympathies are with the masses
| point to the fact that he has long
advocated the election of senators by a
direct vote-a reform without which
other reforms are impossible. He IS OPP
posed to government by injunction and
this question is a good test of his SYM
pathies.
He is in favor of an income tax
another proof that he is not the repre-
sentative of plutocracy. His views on
imperialism and the tariff were sound
and in line with Democratic principles,
his one difference is on one phase of the
money question-namely. metallic mon
ey-and on this question 1 believe he
was grieVously in error in 1896.
But since I0dI time the arguments
made in favor of larger volume of
money have been vindicated. Beiiev-
ing, as. l do, that his synpathies are
right. l shall trust him to carry out
his platform on all questions that come
before him rather than give encourage
ment to those who would elect a Re
publican legislature and thus not only
return Mr.. Hanna but prevent the en-
actment of needed state legislation. On
the more acute phases of the money
0f1 q vii % n
entire harmony with the Kansas City
platform Democrats l can not con-
ceive of his supporting an asset cur
rency or the Aldrich bill; neither do 1
lican measures which provide for
branch banks and for making the silver
dollar redeemable in gold
Mr.. Clarke recognizes, as he said
last night, that revolutions do not go
ba edward; he recognizes that the Dem
ocratic party is marching forward to
meet the issues presented by plutocracy
and he is opposed to the scheme of the
reorganizers.
While we might prefer some other
Democrat to him, we certainly must
prefer him to a Republican who is
against us on all questions. and espe-
cially when the legislature that will
elect him will also give the people home
rule, cheaper railroad fare and more
equitable taxation. To oppose him be-
cause of his action in 1896, in spite of
the fact that he helped us heartily in
1900, n spite of the fact he has sup
ported Johnson in all his reforms, in
spite of the fact that he is now helping
us on everything except one phase of
one question, and in spite of the fact
that on that question l believe his SYM
pathies will lead him to our side when
he thoroughly understands the subject
to oppose him, l say, in spite of these
things. would be unreasonable and un-
Just"
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Chicago Livestock Market.

Chicago, I'LL, Sept 3.-CATTLE-Receip
today, 5000 head. Market steady. Good to
prime steers, IS. 65d6.10; poor to medium.
"a. 10d530: stockers and feeders, $2.50G4.25;
cows, $1.50a4.60; heifers, $2.O0@5- 10; Gamers,
100; Texas fed steers, $3.25@450; western
steers So 25d465.
HOGS-Receipts today, Is, 900 head: esti-
mated Friday, Il. 900 head. Market steady
to &c higher. Mixed and butchers. $3.50
SIS; good to choice heavy, IS. 40Q5.75: rough
heavy, S5.O0Q5.35; light, S5.2046.10; bulk of
sales, $5.25M5.65.
SHEEP-Receipts today, 5000 head.
Sheep and lambs steady. Good to choice
wethers, $3.10G3. IS; fair to choice mixed,
S. 2503O0; western sheep. 81. 75G4.00: native
lambs, $3.50d6.00; western lambs, $4.00d5.25.
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Football Prospects at Yale.

New Haven. Conn, Sept. 3-The train
ing of the Yale football eleven Will be-
gin within the next two weeks. It is The
intention of the management to call the
players together on September 10. two
weeks before college opens. 1t is ex-
pected that a large number of likely
freshmen will be at New Haven this
year, and a special effort will be made
to get as many of these out for the
preliminary work as possible. With this
in view Captain Rafferty, and his assist
ants have looked up all these who have
passed their entrance examination AMI
have asked them to report with the
veterans for the preliminary practice.
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New York Stock.

Wall Street, New York. Sept. s.
STOCKS-The weakness caused in the
London market by the unexpected adj
vance of l per cent in the Bank of Eng
land discount rate was reflected very
on a very small scale and while declines
predominated there were a fey scattering
gains. St Paul fell Is point and running
sales of 1000 shares of AtchiSOn were at
65% and 65A, compared with 6512 last
Considerable amounts of Reading were
offered for sale during the first hour
which forced the price below 81. Other
stocks also weakened in sympathy. Mis-
souri, Pacific. St. Paul and Rock Island
stocks Substantial fractions. Amaigama--
Gas IL points and metropolitan Street
Railway 2ss points, but the specialties
otherwise were neglected.
Metropolitan Securities broke abruptly
"a points and then rallied "a points and
Metropolitan Street Railway -, rallied 2
list, hardened slightly, but was intensely
Bonds were duh and irregular at noon.
Efforts to sell Colorado Fuel found
very limited market and the stock was
offered down with variations of 1 and 2
stocks fell off slightly again under the
clned to rs Northwestern gave way 2
points. North American 112 points and
Peoples Gas l point
Traders bought stocks at the low level
for turn, but the rally was small ex-
cept for full recovery in Rock island
and did not hold long. Brooklyn Rapid
Transit sagged IL points and the active
stocks quite generally came back to the
lowest. Kansas City Southern preferred
declined IA points, Wool liz points. Iowa
Central preferred Ia points and Toledo,
St. Louis and Western preferred "a
points.
There was a decline of point in Mime
apolis. St Paul and SauIt Ste Mare,
and 3ss points in Hooking Valley The
general surface of the rnarke- was mo-
tionless. The closing was heavy.
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Grain receipts at Kansas City today.
Wheat, S91 cars; corn, Al cars; oats, u
cars.
Receipts of grain at Chicago today:
Wheat lib cars graded, IL Corn, 81
cars: graded, So. Oats, "a cars; graded. 5.
Liverpool opening cables: Wheat and
corn unchanged
Northwest grain receipts today: Mime
apoliS 16S cars: Duluth, 80 cars. A year
ago: Minneapolis, 1856 cars; Duluth, 1S9
cars. .-tA H..
Second Liverpool cables: Wheat I'M
changed; corn sd lower.
Chicago: Privileges for tomorrow: De-
cember wheat-Puts. S21sc: calls. SIC; curb,
S2ssc. December corn-Puts, 511zc; calls,
5214c: curb, 517s052c.
Price Current: Corn condition unchang-
ed: winter wheat for milling demand good.
Moderate movement. Corn maturing slow
ly.
Closing Liverpool cables: Wheat and
corn unchanged
Estimated receipts of grain tomorrow at
Chicago: Wheat, $50 cars; corn, 299 cars;
oats, 100 cars.
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Kansas oitv Produce Market.

Kansas City, Sept. 3.-Close--WHEAT-
Receipts today, 1877 cars. Quotations;
Sept, NC: Dec. 1s4Q17sc. Cash: No. q
hard, 75q7s1zc: No; hard, 72a74c; No 4
hard, 6Sa1c; rejected hard, 66a6sc; No
CORN-Sept.. 45Ac; Dec, 44ssc- Cash
No. mixed, 47447zc; No. white, 4715c;
OATs-No. 2 White, sSa4Oc; No. 2 mixed.
341zc.
HAY-Choice timothy. ss.5Oa1o.oo; choice
BUTTER~creamery. 15a17c; dairy. fan
EGGS-Fresh, 1870.
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A Mining Merger.

Tonopah, New, Sept. 3-President
Brick of the Tonopah company Is an
thority for the statement that merger
of nearly all the mining companies now
operating in this district is about TO
be effected The plan is now nearine
contamination in Philadelphia The
merger is to be known as the Ji,,, nj
Ter company. The consolidation of The
Gold Hill, Fraction and Tonopah civ
companies is contemplated. The ner.
sonnet of the new company will com
members of the Tonopah Mining corr
pany.
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New York Money Market.

New York. Sept. 3.-Close-MONEY-
Money on call dull at 1lk@2 per cent. clos
ing bid and offered at 112@2 per cent;
90 days. sass per cent; six months, 5Ll0
50 per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper, GT6l5
per cent sterling exchange irregular with
actual business in bankers bills a 81 s63ea1
4S635 for demand and at $4S31Oq4 1920 for
60 days posted rates, $4.S4 and $4.S1; COM
mercial bills, $4.S3.
SILvER-Bar silver, 57ssc; Mexican dol
lars, z6c
BONDS-Government bonds firm.
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A WRECK AT ENTERPRISE.
Santa Fe Freight Backs Into an Open
Switch

Enterprise, Kas., Sept. "a special
freight train on the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe railway, carrying thirteen
passengers in the caboose, backed into
an open switch here. Five cars of mer-
chandise and the caboose were wrecked
Three passengers were seriously hurt:
Mrs. Mum, Glasco, Kas.; foot cut and
head bruised
Joseph Kochenover, Hope. Kas.; COL
may die.
Henry Kandt, Woodbine, Kas.; arm
injured.
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His Horse Was Second

Creston, Iowa, Sept. 3.-A. B. Rown
a well known race horse man of Iowa
residing at Clarinda, shot and instantly
killed himself because his ho-se had
lost a race and because he had lost 800
that he had wagered- Rown'S horse,
K. c., was in running race and came
under the wire second. He accused the
judges of unfairness in the decision.
After the race he threatened to shoot
one of the judges and then turned his
pistol upon himself. sending a bullet
through his brain.
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ST. Louis Livestock Market.

st. Louis. Mo-. Sept. 3.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts today, 1000 head including 200 head
of Texans. Market steady. Beef steers.
50. 1866: stockers and feeders $255Gf3. so;
cows and heifers, g. 25d45O; Texas steers
$2.50q425; Texas cows and heifers. 81. i0d
800
HOGS Receipts today, 4,oG0 head Mar
ket steady. Pigs and lights, $530d6ir5;
packers, s5.4505S5; butchers and best
heavy. S.. $4,000.
SHEEP-Receipts today. 1900 head
Market strong. Natives, $5.25d3.75; lambs
81 30G5 20
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Ch,caoo Produce Mark...

Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. 3.-BUTTER-Mark
steady. Creamery, 14d19c; dairy 13d17c.
EGGS-Market firm. At mark, cases in
cluded. 161zG171zc.
CHEESE-Market steady. Daisies. 100
11G11Hc-
ICED POULTRY-Market steady. Tur-
KEYS, lie; chickens. 101zc; springs, 13c
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Cotton Market

New York. Sept. s.-COTTON-Sales to-
day, 2,525 bales. Spot cotton closed quiet
and % points lower. Quotations per 100
pounds: Middling uplands, $3.50; middling
gulf, $12-75.
Galveston, Tex, Sept. 3.-COTTON-
Market steady at 12Ac per pound.
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SUGAR and Cofee Market.

New York. Sept 3-SUGAR-Raw sugar
firm Fair refining, 33sc: centrifugal. .6
test gao; mofasses sugar. 31sc- Refined
sugar firm. Crushed. $50; powdered, $50;
granulated. $500.
COFFEE-darket quiet. No Rio. SIC.
SSESEMarket firm
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FURNISHED by ]. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grain. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office no West Sixth street. Telephone
4S6. Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Co., Kansas City, Mol
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Kansas City. Sept g.
High Low Close Yes
Ran 20 OF Prices.

Furnished by ]. L. Gall, COMMISSIONS.
Grain. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office 10 West Sixth street. Telephone
4s6. Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Co., Kansas City, Mol
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Kansas City Grain.

FURNISHED by ]. E. Gall. Commissions,
Grain. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office 10 West Sixth street. Telep phone
4S6. Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Co., Kansas City. Mol
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New York. Sept. 3.-BUTTER-Receipt
TODAY 6269 packages. Market firm.
State dairy, 14d1Sc; creamery, 1e1z92Oc.
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Wool Market

unchanged. Territory and western medI-
ums. 17d1Sc; fine medium. 15d17c; fine, Is
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TIE MIIL6C0
TheFUCHSIA STOCK
The Very Latest
London and Paris Craze

'sOwing to the recent favor given to the FUCHSIA
by Englands Queen, this flower has attained sudden
vogue that extends through the fashionable world and
Fuchsias among the stylish blossoms of the
By Permission = Modes, June, 1903
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Market Gossip.

FURNISHED by A. c. Goodwin, Commits
sion Company, Commission Merchants
and receivers and shippers of grain
Room No. 8. Columbian building. indie.
pendent telephone 1851
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real good Democrat is always expact-
Atchison Globe o So
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SHOWN HERE
Hosiery Section.

Special attention will be given Fri
to placing large quantities of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-20
YERMONTERS HOLD A
MAPLE SUGAR PARTY
Secretary Shaw Says Sweet Things
OF Green MOuntaineerS.

The annual reunion and sugar party
of the Vermont Association was ceIe-
brated Saturday night by four hundred
Green Mountaineers" in the National
Rifles Armory.
The entertainment began with a sugar
party on the first floor of the armory-
Steaming pitchers Of maple syrup were
brought in from the fires and the guests
proceeded TO cool the syrup. Unable
to secure snow, usually used at mid
winter parties in Vermont. ice was sub
stituted, BY judicjous beating. the hot
sugar was TAXED until it became as
solid as the cakes of sugar sold il
grocery stores.
Hon Leslie NJ Shaw, Secretary of
the Treasury, made a witty speech, the
sum and substance Of which was:
1T is well to be born in Vermont. and
better to emmigrate from Vermont later
in life;' referring to the success of the
many natives Of that State who have
made their mark in every state of the
Union.
Senator Thurston then responded to a
toast with a speech, in which he showed
himself a loyal son of the Green Noun
tain State, and praised the work Of Yer
monters at home and abroad.
At the close of these speeches the
party left the board for a dance, which
was kept up until a late hour
The officers of the association are:
President, Charles Z. Fairman; first vice
president, Addie S Clark: second vice
president, Cornelius c. Billings; third
vice president, Mrs. MelIen G. Hooker.
secretary, Miss Grace Ross;
secretary, D V. Holton;
financial secretary, Benjamin F. VIII
kins; treasurer, Henry White,
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Philadelphia Notes.

Mr.. and Mrs ". \. Lieber, o. VIM
dom Avenue, Bryn Mawr. have gone to
Washington, D c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Martin VIII give
dinner at the Mask and VIZ Club to-
day, in honor OF Miss NaJaHa Tay,5r.
followed by box party at the Broad
Street Theater.
Prof Morris Jastrow. il. OF the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. has returned
from Baltimore. where he attended the
sessions of the Oriental Society.
Mrs, Henry 3. Pancoast will gre q
luncheon for her daughter. Miss Eliza
beth Katharine Pancoast. next Satur-
cav at her country place at Cornweus.
Mr. and Mrs William stfuthcrs and
Miss Jean Struthers. who have been win
tering on JeckyI's Island, have returned
TO BTya Nawr
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HARRY |. MERRICK'S BODY
TAKEN To PORTSMOUTH
Casket Accompanied to Last Resting
Place by His Wife.

The remains Of Harry l. Merrick. the
welI-lnown paragraphist Of the Wash
ington Post. who died Saturday nighr.
were taken this afternoon to Ports
mouth, Ohio. accompanied by Mrs. Mer-
rick and her two young sisters.
Before the departure the Episcopal
burial service was read at the Farragu5.
IN the presence Of a few friends, By the
Rev. George Fiske Dudley. rector Of St
Stevens Church
The honorary paIIbearers who accom-
panied the remains from the Farragut to
the Pennsy Railroad station were
colleagues on the Post" and other
close personal friends-Scott C. Bone.
John T. wilkins. Ernest G. Walker. VIII
liam P Sturgeon, Eugene 3. wilkins. T.
J. Tally, Herbert Steele. Commissioner
Il i. West. Major Richard Sylvester.
and Howard y, Thompson.
The funeral services viii be held IN
Portsmouth on Wednesday, and the paz-
tor who married Mr.. and Mrs Merricb
las Christmas viii 0Hciate-
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Missouri Frowns on Bribery.

Missouri Frowns on Bribery.
The people Of St. Louis are looking
forward to the exposition with much
pleasure" said George K. Smith. Of St
Louis. this morning at the New Willard.
Mr.. Smith is secretary. of the National
Lumber Manufacturers Association and
was one of the five who originated the
idea and called the first meeting for St.
Louis one year ago. The people Of the
West will flock there this week 10 at
tend the dedicatory exercises. and many
Eastern cities viii be largely represent
ed. I have taken no interest in the
alum scandal which is now exposed in
the newspapers. If the legislators have
done wrong they will be punished. for
the people OF St. Louis and the State Of
Missouri viii not tolerate the bride
game. The troubles those implicated
are now experiencing viii have a whole
some effect on future Legislatures, and
We are assured of 4 good administration.
no matter which party may be in power
/ am devoted to the lumber business and
do not NEEDLE in political matters"