The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-30
PROGRAM IS OUT
FOR STATE MEETING
Bankers Will Hold Seventeenth
Annual Session.
HUNDREDS To BE HERE
Congressman CaIderhead Will
Deliver Address.

Kansas Bankers association will be he'd
In this city on May Il, IS and 19, the pro-
gram for which has already been printed
and Is given below. There has not been
Wichita for five years, the last having
been held at Topeka.
The headquarters for the membership
will be esta blished at the Carey hotel,
| where the secretary of the association
viii be stationed during the affair for
the purpose of distributing the souvenir
| badges and seeing that all bankers and
! their ladies register. A much larger gath
ering that has ever been held before in
the state is expected at this meeting.
Great preparations are being made by
Wichita bankers for the reception of the
| many visitors. a good many bankers
from other states have written to the
local bankers that they intend to be here
| throughout the session.
The railroads have granted a one and
one-third fare for the round trip, On the
| certificate plan, in the state and from st.
Joseph and Kansas City. This will be
considerable of an inducement for visitors
and many more will, no doubt, take ad-
vantage of it than otherwise.
The program is quite an elaborate one
and will have several unique features.
The meeting will consist of seven ses-
! sions. Throughout the seven sessions
| the visitors will not lack for entertain
ment in any respect.
Several prominent men, politically and
otherwise have promised TO be present
and deliver addresses.
The most conspicuous of these is Con-
gresham Calderhead. who will talk on
the second day of the session on THE
Currency" This will be an interesting
aooress and will be handled by an able
speaker.
Thomas B. Patton, who is editor Of the
Banking Law Journal of New York City,
will address the session on Wednesday
evening, the second day of the meeting
Morton Albaugh has promised to talk on
The Banker as a Collector during the
third session. on Wednesday. II. P Hill
lard, cashier of the Mechanics National
bank of ST. Louis, has consented to be
present and give an address on "Our For
eign Trade" Prof z. B. Cowgirl, editor
of the Kansas Farmer, of Topeka, will
talk on "Kansas-Her Chief Source of
Income"
The visitors and ladies will be given
ride in seeing Wichita cars. and will
take the cars in a body after the adjourn
ment of the meeting. The beauties of
Wichita will be shown to the bankers
which will be a genuine recreation for
them. In the evening there will be a
banquet rendered by the Wichita bankers
at the Masonic Temple. This banquet
will be love feast and is intended as the
browning feature of the whole affair.
Wichita's financiers are doing every
thing within their power to make this not
only one of the greatest, but the great
est gathering the Kansas Bankers asso-
cia ton has ever held
The Peerless Princess has long been
known as center. and as a logical one,
for holding conventions and large gather
ings of whatever nature. She has never
failed to produce satisfactory entertain
ment and there has never been time
in her history, since she has esta blished
record as a convention city, that she
did not show her unbounded cordiality
and hospitality.
Bankers and their ladies who attend the !
seventeenth session Of the Kansas Bank !
ers' association will certainly not regret /
it. when the meeting shall have gone |
down in history Wichita will get her just |
proportion of the praise for entertaining /
all visitors with a magnanimous heart
The following is full announcement |
of the program. This is subject to change /
which will be made in case some of the !
speakers herein mentioned can not be /
present:
PROGRAM
First Session, Tuesday evening S:30-Re- (
ception to bankers and ladies by the /
Wichita bankers and ladies. at the /
Wichita Commercial club.
Second Session. Wednesday morning. 9:9o.
Council chamber. city Hall.
Prayer-Rev. J. D. Ritchey, D. D.. Pas
tor St. Johns Episcopal Church. Wich-
tia.
Address of Welcome-Col H. w Lewis
Cashier State Savings bank. Wichita
Responsible. Myron \. Waterman
Cashier Citizens state Savings bank.
Kansas City. Kan.
Presidents Address-Hou. G. w Nc
Knight. President First National bank.
Junction City.
Report of the Secretary-Nir. c. L. Bro
raw. Cashier Commercial National
bank. Kansas City, kan.
Report Of the Treasurer-Mr. J. y Nc
Donald. President Citizens State bank.
Chanute
Report OF the Committee CT Cattle Paper
Exchange-Mr J. ". Harper. Manager
Bank OF Conway Springs, Conway
Springs.
Reports OF Groups
Group No. MIR. \. S. King. vice presi-
dent from the group cashier First Ma
tional bank, Centralia
Group No. 2-Mr. c. r Henson. chair
man. cashier Peoples National bank.
Paols.
Group No. s-Mr. Chas. 4 MITCHELL. ex-