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New-York tribune., 1906-05-19

spiritual and social wants Of men. Some OF them
undoubtedly would be tranable for similar work in
oher cities AT the present time there are at least
Two large cities on the Atlantic Coast which desire
trained men TO institute federation work There
are nearly rorty American cities Of over 100000
population, and there should be federation of all
the religious forces IN every one Of them. The
great problem of the time is the problem OF the
city, and New York is sociological laboratory in
which a man can study the whole human race in
miniature.
The matter was first taken up in 1902 when IT
was believed that 100000 would suffice for the work
IN view and that twenty workers would be ade-
quate, put in 1905 the board had enlarged the prof.
employ the income of at least $7O0OOO Harvey E.
FISK, treasurer of the federation: eX-Mayor Schie-
rem and DR.. Elgn r. L. Gould, formerly Controller
or the city. form the committee investment and
are seif-perpetuating committee, having power,
accordlng 70 an unamendable bylaw. to m vacan-
cies in their own number.
General Grant. in letter read to the two hun
dred business men gathered at the Pouch Gallery
on Monday evening last, lkened the churches with
out exploration machinery 10 a battleship without
coming tower. which. though perfectly keeed
manned and gunned, would he less effective than
wooden sail ship. Mr.. Riis computing that the
endowment Of 100000 would be secured IL one in
every hve souls in New York gave a dollar, said:
are ten for fifty neighbors stand with you in all
you do The man who does must be strange
ly blind to the lessons OF the day that tell OF CO.
operaton-- n--combination OF effort in every feld-as
Ihe way TO success Thy kingdom come has
new and cheering sound after ten years of the fed
eration's work.
In the Broadway Tabernacle 56th street and
broadway, tomorrow evening summer work for
tenement children in the daily vacation Bible
schools Will be discussed by the Rev Robert L
Robert g. Bovie and the Rev Walter Iaidlaw
Inc Rev. DR.. Charles E Jefferson will preside
New-York tribune., 1906-05-19
LIVESTOCK Market.

New York. May IS. 1905.
eudng "a for export alive 51 for aaugheFers ara
opened @ % fa stoSd but % Closed easy Sa HsEo SsTs
booSg: stoe r c 1oo h,gRer On Sout ao0 os t 6
om @ 2 g. V~ we're W f Zoe o The Pr 'Hoad HaIds en e1s
smnaly q about cleared Medium 70 extra steers solo az
s2 85gs4 so .ssads psssssd a., ssst e
ehucs and plates selling a. low figures or at 6aTc per
G ma hHGs ana b TSs N aiF qeand @ % az sg1Oe M
per r. w53 So4s selling % at Lo9ds5 e me- dressed
steady No SHIPMENTS q live stock Or dressed meats
don will carry S52 cattle quarters Of beet for
berg Son; the St. Andrew 45C eate ass 5o 10 = 1o
aS % Sd qiqeq @ & oeeTeen @ the Two PTsvoQsy named ship
unoaded at Antwerp the Tntoretto Manchester 24O
don matet 100 quarters Of beef for sehwarzscSd s
Gmba 70 Iveoo 7oo ousTss s 9aT oP best for the
ments from ss po r % Ef Een 81 a es
Great Britain with exception Of 254 cattle ana 10
16 % SGn "a q do Gs is5s s. s'ss a s. B s. e
Sanders 10 stable fed PENNSYLVANIA steers. 1887
at S5 5o DO 1888 n at s. 10; 90 $50 n; az s.:
1910 r at s. s5 15 do 112S H. al 81 Is DO i22i ~ at
$50 + 5S Is do n, at s. 4Sls; do $50 b.
,.d sherman Sliyeg: is stable tea Psnqsyya4,s
s 10 az 90 49, G - do 19 & r. at sS 81 SS o % 1isi ~ az
bull eco n. at s2 so; Do. $50 T. At 81 -.
~ at S s5 do sig l at s. 7O do i5oO 10 At ss e5
i1!S r at S. s. Is DO SEQ s At $ 81 Il do e1s b. a.
So 20; do, $50 10. at &3 6S; 16 do 1O6S 10
go H. at s. 25 Is d. So Io al s. 26 Is d. Z SIS n % a
g PA DO s66 70 at s. oS; DO 93s n at S. do
79s H. at Sc As do 7e1 ib at s. 4O do ei0 iS a.
Tobin & shannon: 1 bull e2o ~ at 81; S do lO24 ~
do. e17 10 So S5 DO $50 70. Sc 40; do us 10
J. B. Gibson Co: 16 stable fed Pennsylvania steers
Rubenstein. Harris Conner: cows 600 10, at S2 CO.
CALVES Receipts 942 head. including 30 for
butchers and 500 for the market. There fairly
good demand for the stock and prices were steady 20
strong, with everything cleaned early Common to
choice veals sold 81 5O9S6 so per 100 10 and it
reported that selected do brought high 50.
per city 6se country dressed
SalesS Sanders; 60 veals. 1SS N Sc 50
100 10 20 DO 127 n at Sc ga 1s5 do 124 10 SO so;
50 DO d2S No. at So 8 do 10 f6 az S6 "a do 40 n.
Jellne Wright Co: so veals 100 10. SO so: DO.
Judd IS veals. las at Sc rs: IS DO 12s 10
SHEEP AND I4AMBs-Receipts were 10 cars. or 1924
head including for slaughtereFs and FOR the
market No sheep spring offered Prime handy
ana especially coarse and heavy lambs
an easier feeling. Sellers quoted good
lambs at S6 I5QSI 20 100 70. outside figures paid
Ior a car OF choice handy state lambs. Common 70
fair lambs quotabe $5 1895 so Dressed mutton
STEADY at S91O1hc quiet az l119~.
city dressed spring lambs steady at S5GS6 so per carcass
Sales-S Sanders: 2S9 state lambs 81 70 average at
HoGs-Receipts were IS cars or 2s5s head. all for
sIduShteterS with the exception OF . Steadv
eeing Tor all weights Good medium state hogs soId
az 20 20 per 100 10 Country hogs quiet az az
per 100 10; Co. 116 10. at Sc IS; roughs SOS S a.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-19
START ENDOWMENT FUND
Jacob 4. Riis and General Grant
Lend Hand to Church Federation.

Jacob A. Riis and General Frederick D. Gran,
have begun for the Federation OF Churches ana
Christian Organizations an endowment fund Dr.
Aaioiaw, the secretary, said yesterday:
The endowment OF this work would he a d,s,r,h-
@tlve endowment Of the churches OF Nevv Vol,
%lSie are nearly ntLeen hundred churches In greater
&seG Lerh-Ffot testant. Roman Catholic and JeV7ish
Zach Of these churches IS endeavorine to resch IT,
community with ness0ge-the essence Of the mes
sage Of all Of them being a proclannation og ~
possibility Of the conqueTing of mems sins M
nearness OF heavens comfort In their eorrovIS S
ne duty Of all the children OF the one FIea,,eniS
family on earth. - A-is
4he endowment or the federation would be an
ases tor the practical work OF all churches OF an
eteeos, through the absolute impartial!ty OF our
statAns mouse m reporting every family discovered
41 our social census works 20 the Church OF its
elosee. or u II has no choice 20 q church OF ifs
1seo speech ana color. Jewish families are re-
&oLteQ l2 Jewish authorities: Roman Catholics 10
9soslan Satholic churches. and Bapfists ConRre-
eloLas-sts, Disciples and ali others In the Prot
steL tlsL are as carefully dealt with IN the clear
rs mouse work Of the federation as Is the Clear
- 4ense on CEDAR street 20 get into the hands OF
tunds. ''' @E'' 80
The eneewment which Is proposed for the fedora
t0n seolo enable as 70 do this work every YEAR IN
o1,e-llttn or greater New York at present con-
In this system each church will yearly visit every
t4fnlly IN q certain range Of blocks ana place III
- elsposal of nelghboTlng churches the lists OF
me Vo2ulsron through the eedeFation'B clearing
New-York tribune., 1906-05-19
OTHER MARkETs-sy rEIEcsApu

Chicago. May 1s.-CATTLE-Receip,s 1880 head.
e5 COMMON 70 prime steers Sass 80: cows
75$2 4o aeifers ate Sc S9$5 sS bulls 25 calves
receipts 12OOO head market strong to Sc higher choice
20 pll.le heaV 50 SSa$6 60: medium to Too6 heSyv
20 ss T 6gssseT G S%eghts s. $3.50 gOod to choice
hes1 lXeGs 20 oSg$S 90; packing, S69$6 seq SHEEP
Etecelpts SCOO head; market steady: Sheen SSTSS 81.
yeaTiinss. $6qS6 tso: lambs. IS T59S7 IS Wv ~
cincinnati May 1S.--HOCfS hiGler: butchers
Psrs So 6oa$6 g. common. s. 45QS6 45 CATTTE Slow.
ialr to good shippers, 81 25dS5 To- common - oS
SHEEP firm, 50 504$i 80; LAMBS active SS 755s6 ~
East Buffalo, Nav 1S.-CATTI.E-Fe Feceinfs ~ bSo8.
fairly sctiye and steady; prime SIS Sass % shin
pms % 1Sg$S 90 butchers 50 2S9S5 Is. VESAI.S-Re
eepSs 2oC9 & head; active 25c higher s. 5OaST Hoes
i1ecelpts 6O9 head; active and steady: heayv V~oS
"a o5Esgs . an and pigs s. sgsS s0 rough $s9S6 To- sass
e @1esSigss 10 zoo head sheep active lambs slow lambs
so; sheep mixed. $2GlS5 0'~--
kansas City. May 1S.-CATTLE-Rece 500 hoa6.
strong choice and dressed beef steers Is S ~
fair 10 good 81 259$5 25 Western fair steers "a 81
stockers and feeders $3dS4 so: Southern steers "a s0
s. q Southern cows 50 5OQS5 25 native cows 6 SOS
s. co. native heers. So 75dS5 25; bulls S3GS4 o. SslyS
H0GS[ReceiPts 500 head market steady; top.
packers SO S9gSS 4o piss and lights IS SOQs6 s5 SHEEP
teceips. $500 head; market steady lambs S6TsT a.
Snsep and yearings $56$6 Western clipped vesri.
feeders, So 5OGS5. - ~ - s'N1iS anu
New-York tribune., 1906-05-19

The celebratioa Of the nftieth anniversary OF
the founding Of the First Presbyterian Church
os stapleton staten Island. this last week.
nrsnrs n light a remarkable revival OF strength
IN an old church against the handicap OF chang
ing neiehborhood conditions that have swamped
so many other congregations. This occasion
also recalls many interesting events in the his
1orv OF the denomination in what is now Rich
rnOnd Borough.
The earliest settlers OF Staten Island were OF
Presbyterian stock. some arriving as early as
163s They included the Waldenses, fleeing per-
secution in Piedmont; Huguenots from France.
and a colony OF Dutch. Between 1717 and 1863
the English branch Of Presbyterians settled in
The New Dorp region, where short lived church
was organized on Stony Creek. Finally, all four
branches united in one church at Richmond.
There is probably no other instance in the his
tory Of the country where those four sets OF de-
tenders Of religious liberty united in one con-
gregation.
About 1s4s the seed OF the present stapleton
church was sOwed by the Rev. Dr. Alexander
New-York tribune., 1906-05-19
CHURCH AND RELIGIOUS NEWS AND NOTES
4 PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF STATEN Island
PRESBYTERTANISM- MORE SUMNER Plans.

house. receiving in return information OF the where
abouts Of the churchless Of its creed ascer-
tained by the other churches of the neighborhood
We expect the churches, after the endowment
is secured. TO do this discovery work at their own
charges for four consecutive years. and in the nfth
year tho expense Of canvassfng the nelghborhood
Churches viii no longer remain in communities
to which their rubric is uhadapte0 when we show
that the facts are against their success This has
already been proved in the past On the other
HAND. II once in every hve years we can disclose e
each communion It's missionary opportunities IN all
parts of the city we s1al not only be helping the
churches 10 find the churchless but helping every
church extension society 70 discover fields OF prom
Using and positive service.
Then felowships OF $4,000 each would be provided
for as many communions We should offer fell
lowship of from $500 to sOo0 year in the colleges
and seminaries of at least ten communions or
groups of communions. The men coming into our
service would be. first OF all. field staff and there
would be promotions from this staff to the places
which would be provided for investigations Of
higher range. We should endeavOr TO train the
men who came to US to interpret social conditions
not only by their securing information, but through
the tabulation and Interpretation OF it. We would
compel them to become cooperative in spirit by
having them act along with the Chief Fellow in
charge OF the clearing house work. in reporting
their own and the findings Of others on federative
methods. We would lay out special studies for
them IN city problems and populations and de-
has use for varied methods in dealing with the
New-York tribune., 1906-05-19
CASH QUOTATIONS.
GENERAL MARKET REpoRr.

C,orrrr 1v New York. May IS 1905
S;so SaIes ror the day being only IA baSs SONS
was shown that there was nothing in The
caoIes from Brazil TO back up the private cables
Ssse4EsQ To-Day regarding the fixing OF the excbanSs
SsIe and the market being a panic and there vas
uenahd The market opened dull unchanged
The cI a snggeo on under The moderate offerings with
eLose oulI at net decline of 10 points There
mas @ mo feature to the European cables Hamburg was
tbe aJ ana "a hayre was unchanged franc higher
te duNce oeing limited month of ArTil Neitber
I5le ETaziIian markets any change The rate
" SsId%llian exchange at
90 Iar as II went seemed the cable Of yeste
piscIs the rate FOR conversion at Is 3D. bur such
the as 6hat OF this morning not Of
sps,ns HiT9aa S % strike The two ports 1900 bags
3sVgo bass the previous day. Jundahy re-
agaln NIL, with receipts 8 sea barE
sgainst 500 last The market for SPOT coffee was
0uISt WIN quotations basis OF 7kc for Rio NJ
range 81 contract prices in the market to-
New-York tribune., 1906-05-19

nras The local market for spot quiet with
% is padn Saa soSe4o and S6 E @
Hg5 mere ia as follows Galveston steady
cute, and unchanged at II 7Isc 1000 bales
Sc higher at Sc Mobile firm i5ds1DR and @n
uansd at il sales 5s baes Noro SsaGf sesdS sdS
ana unchanged at ll%c; sales 457 bales Bsltimore
unchanged at l1he sales 5S5 bales St Louis steady
points for TO-DAY: Houston 500 to 1850 SsIes
m 900 to aI 800 TeS bae sad @ last yea a at
a Ie isst year and at New Orleans 4 from coo 400
Cotton Exchange sTcaI Liyerpoo cables: spot cotton
export 1:5oo; American 900 receipts 600 American
oD @ dT 6se UPLAND SaTs Sd ne % STEADY
May May May-June JTne-Juy % and J9ly-August 6o3d .Au-
November, Sod November December December-January
s 5d March ae Sd 5
FLOUR AND MEAL-There was a fair miscellaneous
trade & in nour to day at hrm prices Demand CHIEF
ter straghts spring straights in sacks grades
spne patents 81 4oG$5 To- winter straghts S. s@S4
No winter S. 5eSs 4G exta Se ntag M 5pa g & 3 sSITa IRA
6 R6E Flour @ hrm m gu9tsd Ear to good So 4c$8 oo
ad6ed @ dfa Fns 81 5 S2 5 so as so to brand 81 b. BAG MEAL
FEED-esteTn duII @ Civ 81 ~; e9aTSe 81 O1g$l o.
$40 IS standard middline SEQ Is in i06 n & sPaS
$S 90 bulk $2S o5 sacks mddlng &23a$$24 90 red dog
$ss soS$ao sS@ny 'h'p s2S bulk s2a 20 sacks OIL MEAL
,oa51 Wv had something setback
and long wheat came the market through
showing period of steadness before the close
nractIco SI1ler 1top IN the Iast Iew minutes TO
buying the various breaks. the crowd was ready
70 dump out its wheat every rally as II was thought
nd % 0:n The IN FRq maP .Ba&s
cloudy conditions in the Northwest with or less
almost the highest level Of the previous day but bull
support was not sufficiently aggressive keep market
Up on this basis Az the opening declines Of ac
sS of If a0l' uR se se9oFanr seo%ST and ID
weeks Shipments We're s. COO Bush Afser this cam
period Of irregularty with frequent fluctuations
tween SSsc and 6siec, lasting pretty much all day
professional crowd sold OF the bulges were
60 long o H. the afternoon crop news from
condeting but there seemed to he prettv
Sections Liverpool isd asa lower and Edsnes,
% points down the foreign changes otherwise belag un
against 344 bush last year and seaboard
anoat both nominal: No Northern Duluth oaS S5 S5
No ! Northern Manitoba. O014e b anoat Corn
The New York market was fairly steady all day and AZ
The close showed change from the previous night
and moderate demand from shorts. The Chicago mar
encng ssveTai rallies during the iay did no f expert
point Receipts Increased somewhat the v,esther r
seaboard cIearances only "a 900 bush Io io~ef ana
saost ali nominal oATsWitS other Seowi .. nc
on more or less during day although Inc Norb oie
fair buyer Of July in Chicago Cash oats al Ne
Sori Ssre steady closing ss fooHs Mixed % to a2 n
white IS 70 40 n. 4o042e RYE-AIarket dull; ~ 9
Western sse nominal E New York. BARLEY-Sfar-
New YORK WnsaI including -four exports for the VeeE
according 20 Bradstroets aggregate ms f6S hvsh'
July 1. 1905 wheat exports s6s 7D2 bus sies
S'Se9'o last year. Corn exports for the week. los 7
New-York tribune., 1906-05-19
EUROPEAN PRODUCE MARKET.

Liverpool May s-CloaIng-wHEAT-spo nominal;
futures dull: MAY nominal: July. rad: September
I'D CoRN-Spot arm; american mixed new, IS G}sd;
American mixed old. As 9d futures a
September, Is 43ad Professionalism steady az g ild
FLOUR-St Louis fancy winter steady AZ s. Ga HOPS
IN London acinc COAST steady &c lGs0f8 I5s REFF
steady extra India mess. 53s 3D. PORK firTa; prime
mess Western. So Cd HAMS-Short cut. IA 20 10 n
nm n5ra a. o2S ed BACON steady; Cumberland 80
aea light % 70 "a No. 46s Cd long clear middies heavy
50 20 30 No. 48 short clear backs lG % 10 as clear
tellee. "a 20 10 ~ AIs Ga 6HOULDERS-Sou n to
~ 70. firm et ass LARD steady; prime Western. IN
r9sSes ass "a; American Fened N pats asa ga But
TER steady; Gnsst United States sad United ss4a.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-19

1O9s-Ine cotton market active TODAY
the close showing loss of 367 points The onanir
NHs STEADY at an advance l63 points and fnrcaS
ahoIner point two active months rirht
ing To v'I 0pens on covering Of shorts and little buy
AoE LONG account which promoted by the firm
OF ue Liverpool market and the continued big spot
* oS ABROAD Liverpool again reported spot sales Of
The tI oIes az decline OF point only. 1900 bales Of
tscLoa IN the early advance estimate published
y prominent and conservative Wall Street firm placing
se Sc4eage OF the new crop per cent over asi
"GeH Ine pears have been predicting
% dpout Per cent But there Indication Of
puIt support At the opening. and the first
% % was over prices eased of under realizing
noaPy against the market, both the way OF seIine
SHa OF senolng out very bearsh
a toward the close trading little active
WAS covering but last within
point or TWO OF the lowest tone being steady az
Ie qeclne According official advices Southern spot
were STEADY and unchanged. much bust
nave been Issued. showing increases ranging from ~
RSr cent three OF the five being from to 3
Ane Wshiner map made very favorable showing no
PLcCPitAuon OF consequence being with
perafures normal There were rImors durlnF the De-
lnat the nearby long and short interests had made
setueInent but not much taken in the
weekly movement figures follow: Port receipts So 800
aIe against 1S9347 last year; overland to mills and
Saiaqa lZlOo bales, against 14s72 last year; Southern
aklnSs estimated 33, 900 OOO
year: loss Of stock interior towns 6IS baies
against SS7 last brought into sight for the week
los Isl bales against 15 last year Total crop move
iat receipts 1872 67S bales against 6Olf SEQ
oNSIland TO mills and Canada, 476 bales
AGAINST S3 $50 last Southern mill takinEs esti-
tef lez'UOO bales, against 1.S22
- Towns IN excess Of September 100 s67 bales
season 1O2OO2l bales. against Os5 Sos last wear
against 26l days in I9G4-O5 ~ '''
The OF prices on the local arle, % a
was as follows: ' ioS
New-York tribune., 1906-05-19
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT.
New York. Nav lS 1000.

New York, May Is 1905.
Net receipts at all United States ports during
week :; -; ......--...: Tss7s
last year ....-.- ...-............- l4OSss
Iota receipts since september T92S60l
1otal receipts 10 same GATE last 9S4 80
Exports Tor the week ,..-............. TSOt1
Exports for same week last year 1lQO18
Total exports sipce September 532Ss0
Total exports date last
stock at all United states ports 5Il9S3
year ............ SsSBa2
stock a all interior towns. S2lO74
stock az all interior year. 353
stock az Liverpool same time last year slSOOO
time last year .... 10000
New-York tribune., 1906-05-19
TAlIORS,
(ADJ0lAlNG
TIFFANY'S

A DvERTISENENTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS foE -
: n Tribune received their Uptown Ollcc. No 80
troadTsy. between Sd,h ana atsh SIS, until oeloss 2 -
Advertisements received az the following branch Oes
regular o'aes rates Until , oeloek m yis St5.s
l+Sn 81 ~ West - e. between Ish and ssh sys ss
- west l2oth ST. lSlc 81 ave, between IGtn ana
ss 1929 Sd near 0lGt lTOS lst ave- near eS;a
st l1t East l2tth st.; 55S fremont ave- 60 81 Ava
Gear slst 81; sat "a ave; 2l0 BlsecNeE e.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-19

7ss c-HrESE-Ar.-1cs1 r'ss. Vtise new. sA<7 At So
o15 QGot efs; American rrsst cd1rct. s8ef
al SIS. as ola Quiet az G4x TAILOW--Ptirs cfsy f~
2ss. TuF2PEe1TIse seE-sDilita fsm az 49s o. RoSIS
Common frm 1Oz a. FETEOLECA4-EsGusf Ouis
at 0ssG LENeEz0 OIL Gull az zs R5ceutx g eaer
during the last three DAYS 10000 esuta1 including G..
600 American. Receipts of American com during ~
last three DAYS. S3s00 eantals.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-19
European advertisements.
REMOVAL NOTICE.

Kindly note that tne Europesh officzs OF T,,
New~Yor6 Tribune have Seen removed F-o,
-, Soa,ss I,1 lso,,-e.s . ~ 80 ss-,-7 Fo1l1'
looking AIdwyeh and HinsssNsy), Lond7n. :
New-York tribune., 1906-05-19
COTTON RECEIPTS.

New York. May Is 1898
The following the total receipts Of at al
New-York tribune., 1906-05-19
NEW YORK PRICES.

bush AGAINST 1S737ao week and T. es e last year
sirrs exports 1vusrfv.u4~ ou7N'
sCaInsf 7S 1e3. .6sS last year.
NEW YORK PRICES.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-19

The cornerstone of the building of the FIJI
teenth Street Baptist Church. at Fourth avenue
ana l4th street Brooklyn will be laid this after
noon at O'Clock. There will be addresses by the
Rev Dr. Z. P. Farnham the Rev Dr. Kerr Boyce
upper the Key DR.. John Humpstone, the Rev.
per. the pastor - ~ "E
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-11

and shook him Unable to arouse him
she became alarmed and run over to
the restaurant where was and said,
oh! mamma, believe that papa is
dead came over home at once and
found that he was.
"Why he should take. his own life,
/ cannot understand, unless it was
from being in the state Of mind he was
from such an excessive use of liquor.
He has always been a hard drinker
and has never provided for his family.
We have been married seventeen
years and In that time he has very
seldom realized that he had a family
to support.
In the note left by Mr.. Crume, he
mentioned the name of Herbert Sulli-
van. Mr.. Sullivan has always been a
friend of our family. He has often
helped myself and the children when
we needed the necessities of life. Mr..
Crume and Mr. Sullivan were the best
of friends and don't think that jeal,
ousy was in any way the cause of my
husbands rash act"
Arrangements for the funeral ser.
vices over the remains have not been
made up to this time and will be an.
<ounced later.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-11
PROMINENT IN IMPROVEMENT.
Take Leading Part in Upper Mississip
pi Association.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Oct. 10.-Iowa
played no small part in the first meet
ing yesterday of the Upper Mississippi
River Improvement association, which
vas called to order by President Thos.
Wilkinson of Burlington, Ia No dele
gate from Iowa outside of President
Wilkinson had chance to talk, but
from the indications and the fact that
Clinton has asked for the convention
next year. it looks very much as
though the Hawkeye state would be
well represented in the list of speak
ers. H. D. Sawyer of Keokuk was
appointed to serve on the credentials
committee and the locks at Keokuk
received great advertisement through
the speech of President Wilkinson, who
dwelt on the Importance of the hear
ing held by United States engineers at
lSeokuk Aug. 13, 1906, for the purpose
of discussion of the proposed Keokuk
locks. The hearing resulted In secur-
ing locks 10 feet wide instead of 80
feet wide, as was proposed by the Keo-
ll,lk and Hamilton Water Power COM
pany The length remains the same.
$50 fet. with the understanding that
whenever the commerce of the river
demands it, the locks will be made
600 feet long to conform to Ohio river
standard