BUFFALO COLLEGE.

The twelfth annual commencement of the Buffalo College of Pharmacy took place on April 25th, in connection with the medical and dental branches of the University of Buffalo, to which all belong, that of the law school occurring at another time. Dr. John R. Gray, secretary of the College of Pharmacy, presented the following names for degrees, which were conferred:

MASTERS OF PHARMACY.

S. Hobart Dorr, Ph. G., John P. Meidenbauer, Ph. G., Melvin McAlone, Louise F. Morris, Ira H. Watson, Nelson McKay Wiegand, William H. Wood.

GRADUATES IN PHARMACY.

The degree of graduate in pharmacy was conferred upon Clifford B. Anthony, Herbert M. Anthony, Joseph P. Corbett, Harry H. Coulson, James J. Dargan, Frank T. Dewey, Herbert R. Edmonds, Warren F. Gardner, Ella M. Garlick, Harry M. Gates, Edward W. Hodson, Burr R. Hollands, Lucius E. Ingersoll, Mary R. Jenkins, Maurice M. Kinsey, Ellis T. Lathbury, William E. Lemon, George W. Lindner, Harry C. Luke, Henry T. Monroe, Rose M. Norton, John C. Peterson, John H. Rider, Horace G. Stilwell, Amos H. Thayer, Abram L. Weil, M. D.

HONOR STUDENTS.

Dr. Willis G. Gregory, dean of the college, announced the honor roll of the class and the winners of prizes as follows: William H. Wood, Frank T. Dewey, Melvine McAlone, Harry M. Gates and Lucius E. Ingersoll. Mr. Wood received the Peabody prize of $50, Louise F. Morris the alumni association prize of $25, and Jesse P. Wetmore the faculty junior prize of $25.

The various colleges gave banquets at the close of the exercises.

Professor Diekmann, of the New York College of Pharmacy, responded to the toast, "Pharmaceutical Education." His presence was especially welcome and appropriate. He was a "platform" guest at commencement and a party of druggists escorted him to Niagara Falls next day.

A Cleveland School.

A class of nine members graduated from the Cleveland (Ohio) School of Pharmacy this year, the graduating exercises being held at the Colonial Hotel in that city on April 27th. The exercises embraced music, both vocal and instrumental, besides the usual addresses. Following are the names of the graduates: Alois Jilek, Edward Rabenstein, Jr., Albert Maurer, Paul W. Schulze, Adolph Messerli, Bemis V. Spieth, Sterne R. Palmer, Frederick R. Witte and Frederick J. Wood.

Mr. Dohme Entertains.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Dohme, of Baltimore, entertained the faculty and the junior and senior classes of the Maryland College of Pharmacy at their home 822 North Carrollton avenue, on April 14. The hours were from 8 to 11.30 p. m., and during that time the parlors were thronged with the students of the college and their friends. Mr. and Mrs. Dohme were assisted in receiving by the Misses Dohme and Mrs. and Dr. Cul berth. The guests included the faculty, Prof. William Simon, Prof. Charles Caspari, Jr., Prof. D. M. R. Culberth, Prof. Daniel Bose, Prof. John P. Piquett, and Messrs. Charles Schmidt, H. A. Elliott, H. P. Hynson, Samuel Mansfield, Louis Dohme and Dr. Alfred L. R. Dohme.

The experiment of dividing a store between a druggist and a jeweler will be tried at 116 Fulton street on May 1st, when the dual establishment that has existed for three years at 679 Broadway, near West Third street, will remove to the downtown address. Robert Reid is the pharmacist, while Wm. H. Heathcote is the jeweler. A full line of druggists' sundries and drugs will be kept, while the soda water fountain will be an attractive feature as well.

Read our Review of the Wholesale Market. It will keep you posted.

The Anker Mfg. Co. is a recent New Jersey corporation which has succeeded the Anker Bouillon Co.

Henry Allen, the druggists' sundry man, is having his store at 138 William street given a new coat of paint.

W. A. Ross, of W. A. Ross & Brothers, is now in Europe spending a few weeks in connection with his business interests.

S. E. Strong, of Cleveland, Ohio, the treasurer of the N. W. D. A., was in town recently in the interest of his firm, Strong, Cobb & Co.

Henry Troemner, of Philadelphia, manufac turer of scales, weights, etc., spent Tuesday and Wednesday of last week in New York City.

Ehler's pharmacy, for many years at the corner of Cedar and Greenwich streets, has just been sold, the new proprietor being Victor Kogan,

Whitall, Tatum & Co. have issued a circular advising their customers of an advance in bottles of all kinds to an extent some little over 10 per cent.

Henry Foerster, retail druggist at the corner of Bedford avenue and Heyward street, Brooklyn, will be married on the evening of April 26th to Miss Weydart, at the home of the bride's parents in Brooklyn.

A. H. H. von Roemer has sold his retail drug store at the corner of Classon and Greene avenues, Brooklyn, to a Mr. Christenson, who was until recently one of the prescriptionists at Hey. denreich's pharmacy, on Atlantic avenue.

J. F. Talson, pharmacist on Sixth avenue, near Twenty-eighth street, is mourning the loss of his mother, who died about two weeks ago, at the home of her son in Eighty-fifth street. Mrs. Talson reached the age of eighty-five years.

Joseph F. Schwartz, formerly a clerk at George Browne's drug store at the corner of Broadway and Palmetto street, Brooklyn, has accepted a position at Reiss' pharmacy on Seventh avenue, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, this city.

H. Barlett, for a number of years the head clerk at Louis P. Rupp's pharmacy, at the corner of Ninth avenue and Thirty-sixth street, is now clerking at Eimer & Amend's retail drug store on Third avenue, corner of Eighteenth

street.

Oscar Turgeon, an alumnus of the Ontario. College of Pharmacy, who but recently came to this city, has taken a position at Pond & Bowe's drug store on Ninth avenue, corner of Twentyfourth street, where he succeeds James Crammond.

Frederick H. Plate, N. Y. C. P. "91," until recently the night clerk at Roen's pharmacy, on Sixth avenue, near Thirty-second street, has purchased Rothenberg's pharmacy, at the corner of Classon avenue and Bergen street, Borough of Brooklyn.

Fred G. Mever, who has been resident buyer in New York for some time past for the Meyer Brothers' Drug Company, of St. Louis, is contemplating a trip to Africa, whether to hunt big game, land orders, or contract for supplies, it is not known.

Stone's Cod Liver Oil Co. is a recent New Jersey corporation with a capital of $100,000 and the following directors: Edwin P. Bryant, No. 36 Hanover street, Boston; Charles F. Gerrish, 129 Pearl street, Boston; Thomas Watson, Cranford, N. J.

A. E. Marsland, the successor of L. T. Perkins, at No. 19 Greene avenue, Brooklyn, has added a new soda water fountain to his pharmacy, which is probably the finest fountain in Brooklyn. It is entirely of onyx, and was built by Green, of Philadelphia,

The friends of Joseph Roediger, owner of the store at the corner of Lexington avenue and Seventy-first street, have been rigging him lately owing to his religious turn, as evidenced by his joining the choir of one of the churches in his neighborhood.

George J. Seabury has left Hot Springs, Ark., and was heard from last in Washington, where he sojourned a few days with his family, visiting friends in the National Capital. He will spend part of the summer at Atlantic City, whither he is now bound.

J. Bru, resigned his position at Lyon & Ziegler's pharmacy, at No. 464 Bergen avenue, Jersey City, in order to assume the ownership of the retail drug store No. 587 Grand street, in the same city. The former proprietor of the store was J. W. King.

Dr. G. C. DeLessing, a well-known member of the Society of Chemical Industry, has sailed for Europe. It is his intention to visit the Paris. Exposition, and he expects to be appointed to some official position on the staff of the United States Commission.

J. H. Corey, who has just returned to this city from Jacksonville, Fla., where he was until lately in the employ of W. E. Spruell & Co., has gone to clerking with C. A. Marsh, retail druggist at the corner of Madison avenue and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street.

Frederick Knauf, an alumnus of the Albany College of Pharmacy, who sold his store on Amsterdam avenue some months ago, has accepted a position with Frank Gundlach, pharmacist, at the corner of Columbus avenue and One Hundred and Sixth street.

Now that the clerks of the Astor House pharmacy, in its New Park Row quarters, have abundance of room, so that they can find stock when it is called for-which they admit was not the case at the Barclay street corner, they are doing a land office business.

The retail drug store at the corner of Columbus avenue and Ninety-fourth street, which has been owned for the past ten years by John Sidley, has been sold to Eaton & Steinhilber. Mr. Sidley will retire from business entirely, after being a pharmacist in this city since 1852.

H. S. Rickard, secretary of the G. F. Harvey Company, Saratoga Springs, N. Y., died at San Bernardino, Cal., a week ago. He had gone to San Bernardino with Mrs. Rickard to recuperate from a lowered condition, following an attack of typhoid fever, but he never recovered.

Otto Diekmann, formerly in the employ of George Goetting, pharmacist at the corner of Third avenue and Forty-fifth street, and more recently with A. Richter, at his drug store, No. 1010 Third avenue, has accepted a clerkship at Charles F. Mayer's pharmacy, at No. 515 Ninth

avenue.

Philip K. Clark, N. Y. C. P. "81," formerly a member of the retail drug firm of Dumond & Clark, in Jersey City, N. J., but more recently clerking for H. S. Hitchcock, pharmacist at No. 140 Ocean avenue, in the same city, has accepted a position at Petty's pharmacy, on Broad street, Newark, N. J.

Dr. Samuel Gregar, whose botanic drug store, on the corner of Avenue A and Twenty-third street, was the centre of the historic shipbuilding district, and a landmark well remembered by old

New Yorkers, died recently at his residence, No. 214 Stuyvesant avenue, Greenpoint. He was eighty-one years of age.

A. Bedford, a graduate of the Ontario College of Pharmacy, class of "96," for the past year the head clerk at Benjamin Altheimer's drug store at No. 24 Smith street, Brooklyn, has resigned, and is now one of the clerks at Frederick Kleinschmidt's pharmacy, on Columbus avenue, corner of Eighty-eighth street.

Magnus & Lauer, manufacturers and dealers in perfume materials, essential oils and chemicals, are adding constantly to their traveling staff. The latest acquisition is H. Barthold, who will visit the Southern trade, making his first stop at Philadelphia, and go from there to Baltimore, Washington and other large cities.

Colonel John W. Lowe, of New Haven, Conn., who is widely known as the treasurer of the N. A. R. D., was present with Colonel H. J. Steiner, of Norwich, at a minstrel entertainment given recently by the New Haven Grays, of which Colonel Lowe is an officer. Both men are attached to the Governor's military staff.

J. B. Russell, formerly with the A. J. White Co., Ltd., and widely known in connection with the Paskola suits, is back in New York after a somewhat prolonged sojourn in Europe. It is his intention to sail for Japan at an early date. He is making his headquarters at the Hotel Netherlands during his stay in New York.

Solomon J. Livingston, formerly in the employ of Teodore A. Moolton, retail druggist on Avenue A, corner of Eighty-sixth street, and more recently clerking at McBride's pharmacy, at No. 660 Fifth avenue, Brooklyn, has accepted a posi tion with Charles P. Goerrig, pharmacist at the corner of First avenue and Fifty-fifth street.

George Vockroth, retail druggist at the corner of Central and Jefferson avenues, Brooklyn, has just completed the renovation of his store, and it makes a very pretty appearance in its new coat of paint. Mr. Vockroth contemplates taking a trip to Europe about the first of June, and expects to be abroad about three or four months.

H. M. Barnes, who already owns a prosperous pharmacy at Madison avenue and One Hundred and Tenth street, is about to open a new store in the Gerken building at the corner of West Broadway and Chambers street. Success is assured at this stand, since there are several hotels to draw upon, and it is a busy thoroughfare with pedestrians.

J. Novak, N. Y. C. P. "96," formerly in the employ of Adolph Muench, retail druggist on First avenue, corner of Fourth street, and more recently with Armin Richter, pharmacist at the corner of Third avenue and Sixtieth street, has accepted a clerkship at Frederick K. James' pharmacy, No. 700 Eighth avenue, corner of Forty-fourth street.

The Orangeine Company, of Chicago, have a most attractive window display in Ellison & Company's drug store, on Fifth avenue, between Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth streets. The crowds passing by stop to admire the display to such an extent as to almost block the sidewalk. The Orangeine Company is doing some most excellent advertising in this city.

The Retail Druggists' Bowling Association had another of their enjoyable meetings on Monday evening, March 27. The meetings are held fortnightly, and not twice a month as inadvertently announced in the drug journals. The five men making the highest score were: Schweinfurth, 173; Reeder, 153; White, 147; Mahler, 140, and De Zeller, 138.

One of the officials of the J. N. Hegeman Co. reports a big increase in business in the various establishments of the company over last year. At Eighth street and Broadway the sales thus far are 42 per cent larger than in 1898; at 1218 Broadway, corner Thirtieth street, they are 25 per cent, and at 9 East Fifty-ninth street they are a shade larger. All of which speaks well for the drug trade.

Andrew J. Loughnan, N. Y. C. P. "'93," who was for four years in the employ of George B. Wray, pharmacist at Yonkers, N. Y., but who has been a student of medicine at the Baltimore College of Physicians and Surgeons, for the past session, has returned to this city, and is now clerking at the pharmacy of Davis & James, on Seventh avenue, corner of One Hundred and Eighteenth street.

Among recent out-of-town visitors to the New York drug market we note the following: Sidney J. Smith, Glasgow, Scotland, who registered at the Drug Club: John C. Lee, Canton, N. Y.; G. A. Chandler. Hartford, Conn.; Samuel Neil of the firm of Geo. C. Goodwin & Co., Boston;

Charles S. Warner, of Wm. Warner & Co., Philadelphia; T. D. Buhl, president of the firm of Parke, Davis & Co.

Neidlinger Bros., the popular druggists' sundriesmen, have removed from their former location at 18 Warren street, to new and very much more commodious quarters at 79 Murray street, near West Broadway. This change has been rendered necessary by the steady growth in their business, which has entirely outgrown the capacity of their present quarters. They will have very largely increased facilities for handling their business in their new quarters, which are provided with rapid elevators, etc.

Bristol, Myers & Co., of 277 Greene avenue, Brooklyn, have established a fire brigade in connection with their business. It only takes a half minute to get them in position to fight fire. The business of Bristol, Myers & Co. has grown to such an extent that the average hour for closing up at night is now 9 p. m. The erection of new buildings is contemplated, for which plans are already under consideration. No small measure of the growth is due to the energy, push and business ability of the manager, Mr. Booth.

Emile Brunor, valedictorian of the class of '97 of the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, who was formerly with Perry's Pharmacy in the "Sun" and later in the "World" Building, is now almost ready for opening a new drug store at the corner of Eighth avenue and Thirty-fourth street. The store is a large and handsome one, with simple but attractive oak fixtures, and a very elaborate Matthews soda fountain, 14 feet long. Mr. Brunor will have his own carbonating plant and expects to do a large soda busi

ness.

A number of the larger downtown retail druggists are reputed to be seriously considering a proposition to put up the prices of those proprietary articles which have been so fiercely cut that all pretence of a margin has been long since wiped away. The idea is to add only a few cents in each case, so as to pay for the expense of handling the goods. The suggestion is a sensible one, and will be acted upon if the managers of the stores can get together and agree. Taken singly, none of them deny that they are entitled to a small wage for putting the goods on the shelves and wrapping them up for their cus

tomers.

Lower Greenwich street is not traversed to any extent by sight-seekers, but it possesses a good resident population, and the drug stores located on the road to the ferries do a good business in the day time. At 150 Greenwich street, one of the best-appointed pharmacies is owned by Mathew Mahler. It is more of a strictly prescription pharmacy than the average drug store, and Mr. Mahler has built up a splendid reputation in the vicinity for accuracy of work and quality of drugs. He is a graduate of the New York College of Pharmacy, class of '79, and holds membership in all of the prominent local pharmaceutical organizations.

Here is a problem for some of the ready reckoners in the drug trade. A retail druggist in Brooklyn has a system of checks by which anything in his store valued at 25 cents will be given away to the holder of checks for purchases amounting to $3. Not long since the druggist sold a large sized bottle of Horlick's Malted Milk-price $3-and redeemed the $3 check he gave the customer with a 19-cent stick of Pears' shaving soap, a package of seidlitz powders and a 1-cent postage stamp. Query: How much did he profit by the transaction? and would a hundred purchases of the same kind enable him to enlarge his soda water fountain about 15 feet?

Future of Merck & Co.'s Retail Store.

Among the recent rumors in circulation among retail druggists was one to the effect that the Merck Pharmacy, at Eighth street and University place, was to be practically abandoned as an establishment where the public could be accommodated, but that it would be continued for the benefit of the trade at large.

For the purpose of learning the causes that had brought about this state of affairs a representative of The American Druggist interviewed Theodore Weicker, of the firm of Merck & Co. Mr. Weicker said, among other things:

"It was preposterous for druggists to believe for a moment that the house of Merck & Co. should stoop to such a small act as to enter into direct competition with the trade that it had to deal with.

"There never was any such intention, and those who stopped to think must have realized it. If we had wanted to do a retail business would we have chosen a corner like Eighth street and University place? Would we have done nothing whatever to attract the general public-no soda water fountain, no patent medicines, no toilet articles, nothing to attract? Would we not rather have chosen a popular thoroughfare like Broadway, and made the store a blaze of light and attractiveness?

"But no, our plan was to make this a station where pharmacists could be sure of the materials they called for. Our main trade was to be with pharmacists, and we never cultivated either the public or physicians. Even the one circular about which so much fuss was made was in nowise followed up. There had been no intention to follow it up. It was a simple announcement-that was all. When we let them know that the pharmacy was in existence no further effort was made to get their trade.

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"We have adhered strictly to the aims and purposes for which the pharmacy was created. Its practical working is assured by the patronage from pharmacists. of the special wants we have filled have been for analytical and bacteriological work for the trade. Pharmacists all over the country are taking advantage of it, and the growth has been something phenomenal. Now, in order to give those departments the scope they actually call for, we find that we will have to curtail the extent of our dealings with the general public or else do away with that end of the work altogether."

The Philadelphia Exposition of

1899.

Of the numerous National and International Expositions projected for the next three or four years in different parts of the United States, the one to be held in Philadelphia in September, October and November of the present year is in many respects the most important to the trade and commercial interests of the country.

Sanction and support have been given to the Exposition by the National Government, Congress appropriating $350,000 to aid it. The city of Philadelphia has given $200,000 and the State of Pennsylvania $50,000, and $100,000 is being raised in Philadelphia by individual subscriptions. A bill now pending in the Legislature of Pennsylvania appropriates $200,000 more, making a total Exposition fund of about $900,000.

The Indiana Board.

The following gentlemen have been appointed members of the Board of Pharmacy, provided for by the pharmacy law enacted at the recent session of the Indiana Legislature: George W. Sloan, of Indianapolis; Charles B. Woodworth, of Fort Wayne; Harry E. Glick, of La Fayette; Charles E. Crecelius, of New Albany, and Theo. E. Otto, of Columbus.

The members will receive their commissions as soon as the new laws go into effect, some time in May. The Board will organize within ten days after the members receive their commissions. The sessions are limited, by law, to three days, so the Board will have a very, very busy first session and will no doubt have to serve a few days gratis.

NEW YORK STATE.

Cleveland Bowlers Meet the Buffalonians. Buffalo, May 5.-There was a bowling match on May 2d between the Buffalo and the Cleveland druggists' bowling clubs at Doherty's alleys in this city, which was a remarkably pleasant affair. It was learned that the Cleveland Club wished to come here and an invitation was promptly sent to the secretary. The match promised to be close and exciting, for the Buffalo team pulled the first game through with only 22 pins in the lead.

The second game showed Buffalo 278 pins ahead. The visiting team were Messrs. Bartlett, Schnerer, Gehrung, Bock, Dollinger, Albrecht. Nydecker, R. Selzer, Wagner, Krause and Ott. The Buffalo players were Messrs. Peterson, Kaesther, J. Edward Smith, Dedo, J. A. Lockie, P. M. Lockie, Boyson, Keller, Perkins, Reimann and Coulson. Of the visitors Albrecht and Gehrung scored most points and of the home team, Perkins and J. A. Lockie. The visitors were entertained by the Empire State Drug Company, which included a carriage drive, and later the Buffalo bowlers gave them an informal dinner. The visitors were a wide-awake combination and there were no slow places while they were in the city. A return game will be played in Cleveland in June.

Rochester Druggists Oppose Shorter Hours.

Rochester, May 5.-The recent action of Rochester pharmacists in petitioning Governor Roosevelt to withhold his signature from the bill for "shorter hours" shows the manner in which the bill was generally regarded by upper-State druggists. Although the exigencies of the case did not permit the interviewing of all local firms, the list of signatures was, nevertheless, a strong one, embracing nearly all the most responsible houses. Had there been sufficient time there is no doubt but that the petition would have borne the name of nearly every druggist of this city.

A Novel Window Display.

J. C. D. Curtiss has on exhibition at his store a painting that attracts much_merited attention. It is the work of a Rochester artist, Wm. E. Abbs, who is well known as a delineator of animal life. From the title of the canvas, "Whoa, Steady," one is enabled to grasp the forceful meaning of the artist. In the midst of a stretch of “woodcock ground" two English setters are seen life size, intelligent and alert. One which has evidently just started some woodcock from their cover, stands with lifted head intent upon their flight. The other, crouching low, is watching another bird still hiding in the dense grass. The effect of the strong painting is heightened by its setting-a heavy gilt frame decorated by a gun and shells and other suggestions of hunting. Mr. Curtiss who has the gift of making his store attractive, a short time ago displayed in his window a drum with a remarkable war record. This relic, which differs only slightly in appearance from those of modern manufacture, began its career in our Revolution, next appeared in 1812, and last in our late Rebellion. Such a history, beginning before that of our Republic, surely entitles it to the retired list and honored preservation.

Happenings in Rochester.

Everett W. Fish is the latest licentiate pharmacist of this vicinity, having passed a recent

examination given by State Examiner Haskin. Mr. Fish expects to start a drug store in Despatch.

A. F. Miller who, until recently, was in the employ of A. C. Dempsey, of Lake avenue, is now assisting John A. Vanderbilt, of 64 Monroe avenue, in the place of Mr. Jones, who is now in the store of Jacob F. Nagle.

George J. Goetzman, of 485 East Main street, is at present in Los Angeles, Cal., where he went because of ill health, leaving his business here in the hands of Mr. Clark, who has been with the firm for the past seven years. Mr. Clark is assisted by a new drug clerk..

Arthur G. Odell, a clerk in the store of the Dake Drug Company, was, a short time ago, the loser of a valuable overcoat. The rear of the store is connected with the Whitcomb House near the place where Mr. Odell was accustomed to hang his coat on entering.

MASSACHUSETTS.

The License Question.

Boston, May 5.-The annual sixthclass license question is again prominently before the trade. In Haverhill the license commissioners voted to issue permits to ten of the druggists of that city. Out in Somerville, where until last year no licenses had been issued for a long period, it has again been decided to issue licenses to some of the stores, and four of the druggists of that city have been granted the desired parchments. In Lowell the nolicense regime is being inaugurated and the police have avowed their intention of looking after the drug stores sharply. It is understood that pharmacists will be allowed to keep necessary liquor in stock for compounding only, but they will not be permitted to handle such articles as porter, ale and the like. The police state that druggists will not be allowed to sell liquors by prescription or registration, and liquor cannot be sold in any way without being compounded with other preparations. It is intended also to stop the sale of Jamaica ginger. Fitchburg voted No last fall and there is a strong effort made not to license the druggists of that city. When the aldermen considered the matter some citizens appeared and protested vigorously against issuing the permits. One citizen attacked the State Board of Pharmacy and said it was one of the biggest trusts in the State and rotten to the core. He alleged that members of the Board had told him that the law was wholly in favor of the druggists then in business, and that it was to prevent others from getting in. In spite of the protests the Board voted to license the following places: Henry F. Rockwell, 401 Main street; Arthur W. Fairbanks, 28 Main street; James P. Derby, 375 Main street; L'Esperance & Burns, 144 Water street; William D. Johnson, 78 Green street; Frank H. Moore, 155 Lunenburg street: E. A. Sawyer, 365 Main street; F. S. Stone, 166 Main street; A. H. Burgess, 248 Main street: Henry G. Greene, 122 Main street; D. Henry Joel, 207 Main street; Harvey S. Pafe, 425 Main street; Henry A. Estabrook, 196 Main street: Peter B. Kielty. of Frank I. Pierson & Co., 190 Water street; N. M. Des Chesnes, 134 Fairmount street. Out in Newton it was decided to grant licenses to 22 druggists of that city. In Hyde Park seven permits were issued.

Explosion at Billings. Clapp & Co.'s.

The Billings, Clapp Chemical Company, at Newton Lower Falls, recently had an exciting explosion of gun cotton which was stored in a small building with other chemicals; the cause is attributed to

spontaneous combustion, and the loss is estimated in the vicinity of $2,000, besides injuries to surrounding buildings. The force of the explosion was felt half a mile, and almost every pane of glass in the town was shattered. Fortunately, nobody was seriously hurt and it was only by the greatest care that a panic among the employees of that and an adjoining factory was averted. The building contained about a quarter of a ton of guncotton, and at the explosion was lifted from the ground and totally wrecked and then took fire. The flames were not extinguished for some hours. Insured for $32,500; sound value, $36,195; loss, $31,588.

BOSTON NOTES.

The liabilities of C. B. Simmons, of Great Barrington, are $6,500; assets, $800.

G. H. Ingraham, of West Newton, recently became a member of the M. C. P.

The friends of Linus D. Drury, Ph.G., will be pleased to learn that he is again able to attend to business.

Raphael Cangino was recently before the local court charged with selling adulterated drugs. He was fined $20; appealed.

F. H. Willard, of East Cambridge, is remodeling his store and C. P. Whittle is at work on white and gold fixtures for this establishment:

F. E. Wingate's store, corner of Shawmut avenue and Northampton street, was broken into one night recently. About $20 worth of cigars were taken.

A defective gas-heating apparatus under the counter of Albert L. Wyman's store, 79 Berkeley street, caused a fire damage of $50 on the night of April 13th.

H. J. Vargas, Ph.G., 71 Falmouth street, recently returned from a tour of California. He had a very pleasant journey and is well fortified for an active summer's campaign.

The Rust, Richardson Drug Company and William H. Knight, 97 Court street, are taking active parts in the movement favoring the relaying of the Tremont street tracks.

F. I. Pierson, of Leominster, is to bring his establishment up to date, and with this end in view, is making some extensive changes, having recently contracted with C. P. Whittle, of this city, for new quartered-oak fixtures.

B. F. Larrabee, of this city, who runs a department store with drug store adjunct, has just placed a large order with C. P. Whittle for over 200 feet of the latter's world-famed show-cases. This is a large order and proves that retailers appreciate the value of Mr. Whittle's cases in displaying goods.

The Paint and Oil Club recently dined at Young's Hotel. Gen. W. A. Bancroft was the guest of the evening and spoke on the Boston Elevated Railway System. The following delegates were chosen to attend the annual meeting

of the National Paint, Oil and Varnish Association at Cleveland in October: William B. Bird, with R. D. Archer, alternate; Charles I. Bush, George H. Shaw, alternate.

Dr. Thomas L. Jenks is being considered by the Governor for a place on the police commission. Dr. Jenks is a prominent ex-druggist of this city. He has always been prominently identified with the Boston Druggists' Association and is its treasurer at the present time. He is also president of the North End Savings Bank. His former administration of the police department was excellent, and he would be a valued member of the commission as at present constituted.

The new store of Lewis & Co., at the foot of Cornhill, is one of the most pretentious on Washington street. It is centrally located and will surely catch the eye of the public. Good use has been made of the opportunities for window display and the window show-cases running from the floor to the top of the store are most effective. This feature of the establishment is not equaled by any other establishment in this city. This firm has another store at the junction of Portland and Merrimac streets. The two locations are most excellent from the standpoint of the transient trade.

PENNSYLVANIA.

Soda Water Business Brisk.

A PHILANTHROPIC FIRM. Benefit Fund for Sick Employees. Philadelphia, May 5.-The warm weather during the last part of April and the few days in the early part of May caused gladness to dwell in the hearts of the druggists who had their soda water fountains in order. During these few days there was a big demand for this popular beverage and some druggists

claim to have made as much out of the

soda water business during the few days

as they did in the whole month of May last year. The soda water fountain man

ufacturers are busy and it is claimed they

have more orders to fill than they have ever had before at this time of the year.

A Sick Benefit Fund.

On April 29th the second entertainment of the Smith, Kline & French Co.'s Employees' Benefit Fund was given at the North Broad Street Drawing Room. The success of the affair was largely due to the efforts of the Committee of Arrangements, composed of Carter S. Thompson, Charles W. Havens, J. Engard, J. Bred Beerbower and H. L. De Kalb. Shortly after the performance had got under way M. N. Kline, of the firm, appeared on the platform and proposed a new form of sick benefit fund and suggested that the employees appoint a committee to carry out the plan. The plan is arranged on the following basis: Those who pay 2 cents a week will be entitled to draw $2.50 a week in time of sickness; 5 cents a week, $5; 10 cents a week, $10, and 15 cents a week $15. It is proposed to continue the payments until a sum of from $1,500 to $2,000 has been accumulated, when there will be no further assessments until the surplus begins to be depleted. The company expects to contribute about one-third of the amount.

PHILADELPHIA ITEMS.

F. C. Amiss, formerly for many years manager for R. S. Justice, Camden, N. J., has purchased the drug store at Pulaski and Cheltenham avenues, Germantown.

Geo. D. Feidt will shortly remove from his present location, 604 Arch street, to 514 Arch street, which will give him more room for his rapidly increasing business.

Walter Mizpah Ware's daughter was married to Mr. Moore on April 5th, at St. Paul's P. E. Church, in Camden. The event was one of the leading functions of the season.

E. E. Wilson has sold his Huntington street store to Mr. Rinekly. The new proprietor is thoroughly wide awake and should do a good business on that busy thoroughfare.

F. M. Apple, who until recently was the owner of the stores at Seventeenth and York and Eighteenth and Cumberland, has secured a position with the Malted Milk Co., and will do detail work for them.

Jos. Crawford, one of the leading lights of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, has had a fine little daughter presented to him. Mr. Crawford is now busy receiving the congratulations of his many friends.

W. R. Warner & Co.'s store, which was recently destroyed by fire, is being rebuilt very rapidly. The new structure is to be ten stories high and of an artistic design, but substantial in every way and as near fire-proof as is possible.

Grubb & Co. is the name of the firm which has purchased the store of Kennedy & Co., corner Twenty-first and Morris streets. They recently purchased a new onyx fountain from Lippincott & Co. and opened the season by giving away soda water to anyone that wanted it. It is needless to say they did a rousing business.

OHIO.

A Leading Chemist Married.

Annual Meeting of the Association. Cincinnati, O., May 10.-An interesting event of the past fortnight was the wedding of Miss Eugenia Berninghaus and Louis Schmidt, the chemist of the Dairy

and Food Commission for the southeru district of Ohio. The bride is the handsome daughter of the well-known millionaire manufacturer of barber supplies Westwood society. and has been the recognized belle of Chemist Schmidt

gained considerable notoriety some time ago by being made the defendant in a breach of promise suit, which is now pending. The plaintiff in this action is

Miss Estelle Striet, a handsome young lady of the west end, who alleges that Schmidt trifled with her affections. The Schmidt-Berninghaus wedding was originally set for June, but the bride-elect hastened the wedding day on account of existing circumstances. When the date was set Miss Striet and another woman, who also has a tale of woe to tell, declared ding and creating unpleasant scenes. Mr. their intention of appearing at the wedSchmidt made serious threats and also Ryan and Keatting on hand all day long took the precaution to have Detectives to prevent anything that would mar the festivities. Neither of the women appeared, however, and everything passed off pleasantly. After the nuptial knot had been tied the happy couple departed for Europe. Prominent among the guests was Hon. Joseph E. Blackburn, Dairy and Food Commissioner of Ohio. Many local chemists and druggists were also present.

Annual Meeting of the Ohio Association.

The Ohio Pharmaceutical Association will celebrate its twenty-first birthday at historic Put-in Bay, June 22d, 23d and 24th. The date selected is the time when the gem of Lake Erie's islands is at its loveliest, and when the fish bite at everything that is held out to them. At the last meeting held at this place, one party caught 664 fine fish in one afternoon. It is hoped to break the record at the coming meeting.

Besides celebrating the attainment of its majority, the Association will have for consideration some of the most important business and professional questions that have ever been brought before it. Every member of the Association should strive to be in attendance, and every Ohio druggist who is not a member should make this the occasion of becoming such, and of beginning his share of the Association's work.

The matters to be passed upon this year mean dollars in the till of every druggist in the State, and no one should permit himself to be detained at home through false ideas of economy.

The programme will include business matters, the scientific interests, and amusements. The headquarters of the Association will be at the Hotel Victory, which is under an entirely new management, and promises to outdo itself to make the Association pleased with its visit. The other hotels on the island will also give special rates. All railroads and boat lines will sell excursion tickets, making this one of the cheapest outings possible.

ILLINOIS.

Pharmacists Wroth with Governor Tanner.

A ROD IN PICKLE FOR HIM.

Charge Taxation Without Representation.

Chicago, May 3.-It is pretty definitely settled from the advices received from the various portions of the State that Governor Tanner will be roasted to a turn at the annual meeting of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association at Danville on the 6th, 7th and 8th of next month. The sore spots that the Executive opened up at that time are apparently growing more raw as time passes. The retailers are very evidently not disposed to lightly pass over such an outrageous trampling upon their rights, particularly as there was no precedent for it, and as there was no politics in any of the actions of the pharmacists, and as the latter bear the expense of the law without calling upon the State or the Executive for any assistance.

The Pure Food Commissionership.

There is a pretty lively scrambling among the politicians of the commonwealth for the position of Pure Food Commissioner. The position pays $2,500 per year with a practically unlimited field for perquisites in the shape of help of a scientific character, etc. The retail druggists meanwhile are congratulating themselves that the drug trade escaped the provisions of the bill.

Apothecaries to Confer with Department Stores.

At the meeting of the Apothecaries' Society on Friday, April 29th, a committee of one was appointed to look into a report that the leading department stores would discontinue their drug departments on certain conditions. Mr. Bodemann was selected to find out just what these conditions were. From the reports current at the meeting it was understood that the department stores were willing to quit drugs if the retailers would secure a law making their sale in department stores illegal. This, so it was said, would protect each department man against his fellows, and put all on an even keel. Mr. Bodemann will call upon the department store people and obtain their views on the following proposed amendment to the present pharmacy law:

"That in towns or cities of 3,000 inhabitants or over it shall be unlawful to sell or keep drugs, medicines or poisons where groceries, provisions, vegetables, dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes are kept or sold."

After getting the endorsement of all branches of the drug trade it is proposed that the measure again revert to the Committee on Legislation of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association, composed of Albert E. Ebert, L. Lehman and George F. Barth, who will bring the law before the next legislature.

An Object Lesson in Organization. Local retail druggists are very much interested in the fight the retailers of Pittsburg are having with the Cuticura remedies, and the latter will soon discover that it is not a profitable thing to antagonize the retail druggists. At the last meeting of the Apothecaries' Society on Friday last, President Wooten, of the local retail dealers' association, brought

the matter to the notice of the members and called for the support of their brothers in the Eastern city. It is more than likely that the Cuticura people will soon find it convenient to call the fight off and be a little more careful in the future how they tread on an organization that is not only large enough, but well enough organized to say something about the treatment meted out to its individual members. The fight has solidified the organization of the Pittsburg retailers more than anything else could have done and it is having a very stiffening effect on the retail organizations everywhere. The fact that the retail dealers' organization at Louisville is in shape to require a manufacturer to get a permit before his salesman can solicit the retailers' trade in that city is a valuable object lesson on the benefits of unity of action as secured by organization.

"Before-the-Fire" Veterans.

The first annual meeting of the Veteran Druggists' Association of Chicago will be held June 21st, at which time the veterans will take an outing to Milwaukee by boat as the guests of Mr. T. N. Jamieson, the well-known politician, who was responsible for the birth of the Society a year ago. The veterans are collecting a record of every individual in the drug trade in Chicago before the fire and will, when the records are complete, deposit them with the Chicago Historical Society, which made the original request for complete records of the drug trade of. the city from its inception. All of the history of the wholesale druggists has already been compiled and rapid progress is being made with the retailers. Veterans' Association now has a membership of about fifty against twenty-five at the formation on June 21 of last year. Only those in the drug trade here before the fire are eligible. The officers elected were Edwin O. Gale, president; Wm. Jauncey, first vice-president; T. H. Patterson, secretary; Thos. N. Jamieson, treasurer, and Albert E. Ebert, historian. The main objects are to promote the social intercourse of the older druggists and to compile the record of the drug trade of the city.

Activity of the Illinois Board.

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The Illinois Board of Pharmacy is conducting a vigorous prosecution of manufacturers and vendors of medicinal proprietary preparations who have factories or offices in Chicago and who are selling their products without employing registered pharmacists and who are in other ways violating the pharmacy law. The Board has discovered that many of this class employ boys and women as selling agents and send them from house to house, and in some cases where their preparations constitute the basis of popular effervescent drinks, from saloon to saloon, seeking customers. Monday last four cases were prosecuted against this class of offenders. Two cases were continued at the request of the defendants. In the other two convictions were secured and fines levied and collected. The cases were tried before Justice W. J. Hall, 123 South Clark street. It is the intention of the Board to use the utmost diligence in the prosecution of all violators of the law and thus to protect the legitimate drug

store.

Wilhelm Bodemann and William A. Dyche are the Chicago members of the Committee on Prosecutions of the Illinois State Board of Pharmacy.

WILHELM BODEMANN.

Wilhelm Bodemann, who figured conspicuously in the pharmaceutical politics of Illinois a month ago through his selection for membership in the pointed to the position by the Governor, is a State Board of Pharmacy, and who was apnative of Germany, having been born in Hanover some fifty-three years ago. He began his connection with pharmacy in the apotheke of Dr. C. Barth in Bremerhaven when seventeen years of age. After serving the usual apprenticeship he emigrated to the United States, arriving in Milwaukee in March, 1867. After a brief business experience in Milwaukee he went to Chicago and was for nearly two years with Moench & Reinhold of that city. He started the firm of Bodemann & Hasselbach early in 1869. Their store was the last house on Southside that es

caped the flames during the big fire. In the fire of 1874, the store which the firm had removed to in Van Buren and State streets was the last house destroyed.

Mr. Bodemann has been active in the work of organizing local organizations and the existence of the Chicago Retail Druggists' Association is due to him. He is a member of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association and a trustee and the treasurer of the Illinois College of Pharmacy. Mr. Bodemann pleads guilty to being responsible for the automatic telephones which were adopted by Hyde Park druggists in 1896, a move which effected a saving for him in his two stores in three years the sum of $1,200, and no other measure put forward for the benefit of the retailers in Chicago has ever resulted in a similar saving.

CHICAGO NOTES.

A Chicago branch of Magnus & Lauer, the New York essential oil house, has been opened at 194 Randolph street, Chicago. It is in charge of Gus Hansen.

At the annual meeting of the Koenig Medicine Co., of Indianapolis, held in Chicago last week, reports were made that the year had been a prosperous one. The officers elected were: H. C. Berghoff, of Ft. Wayne, president; C. Mayne, New York, vice-president; F. Eberline, Chicago, secretary and treasurer, and Louis Fox, Herman Berghoff, W. H. Dreier, the Rev. Bathe, H. C. Berghoff, C. Mayne and F. Eberline directors.

The baseball cranks of the drug trade turned out to root for Chicago at the opening game. The two boxes next to the reporters were filled with the following rooters: T. Andy Cobb, for Wells, Richardson & Co.; Chas. E. Matthews, for Sharp & Dohme; Edw. Long, for W. J. Bush & Co.; Chas. Robbins, for the DolliberGoodale Company; Harry Antrim, for Randolph Paper Box Co.; J. H. Odbert and W. M. Schrader, for Hance Bros. & White; Lewis W. Waldron, for the U. S. Pharmacal Co., and Geo. W. Matthewson, for Emerson Drug Company.

MISSOURI.

Apothecaries' Association Meets.

CUTTERS' SUPPLIES SHUT OFF.

Annual Meeting of the College.

St. Louis, May 3.-The annual meeting of the St. Louis Apothecaries' Association was held to-day at the College of Pharmacy building. J. H. Allen presided. There were about fifty members present. The reports of the various officers were read. That of the treasurer showed about $150 on hand. According to the secretary's report the Association has 208 members. There are several more local pharmacists who have signified their intention of joining in the immediate future. The secretary also announced that there were about 750 druggists in various cities in the State whom they were endeavoring to secure as members of this organization, with good prospects for suc

cess.

Cutting Off the Cutters.

President Allen, in his address, reviewed the work of the year. He said that on April 20th the Executive Committee of this Association passed a resolution asking the local wholesale druggists not to sell to the aggressive cutters or department stores, and after a conference with the wholesalers on April 24, the request was complied with, and at present the four local aggressive cutters were unable to secure any supplies from the local jobbers.

Mr. Allen also stated that he had letters from 450 manufacturers of proprietary and patent medicines, signifying their readiness to co-operate with the local jobbers in this matter. It was also reported that the wholesale druggists of Chicago had given their pledge that they would not sell to any aggressive cutters in Mis souri.

The Cuticura Fight.

A resolution was adopted indorsing the Western Pennsylvania Retail Druggists' Association in their controversy with the Potter Drug & Chemical Corporation.

Ex-Governor D. R. Francis and Mr. N. Gregory, of the Mound City Paint & Color Co., came to the meeting and spoke upon the World's Fair question.

The president expressed the thanks of the Association to the city salesmen of the various wholesale drug houses who had very materially assisted them in canvassing the city for new members.

The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, J. H. Allen; vice-president, H. Fischer; treasurer, Dr. O. F. Claus; secretary, H. F. Hassebrock; Executive Board, Thomas Lavton, chairman; J. M. Good, Charles Gietner and H. A. Kattleman.

College of Pharmacy Meeting.

The annual meeting of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy was held at the College building on Monday afternoon, April 24th, and elected officers as follows: President, H. F. A. Spilker; vice-president, Theo. F. Hagenow; treasurer, Sol Boehm; secretary, J. C. Folk; trustees, Charles Gietner, Louis Schurk, H. W. Scheffer, E. P. Walsh, Dr. H. T. Rohlfing.