Chapter 68

Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 125.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 40.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M .............................. 50.00 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 50.00 W.C. Tyler, expert accountant, auditing accounts .......... 178.75 W.E. Andrews, per diem allowance while auditing ........... 60.00 Jones, Caesar & Co., expert accountants, to May 31 ........ 1,250.00 Bell Telephone Company, rent and long-distance charges .... 14.54 Southern Hotel Company, rent of meeting rooms ............. 17.55 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 Geo. W. Conrad, clerk John F. Miller ...................... 25.00 Bell Telephone Company, long-distance charges ............. .75 Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00 Pullman Sleeping-Car Company, accommodations W.E. Andrews . 10.00 Baltimore and Ohio Railway, transportation W.E. Andrews, W.C. Tyler .............................................. 82.50 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 8.29 ------------- 2,012.38 ------------- Total to June 30,1903...................................... 7,995.81

_Statement of expenditures of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission from July 1, 1903, to June 30, 1904, inclusive_.

OFFICE OF SECRETARY.

JULY.

National Railway Publishing Company, railway guide one Year ................................................ $8.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 125.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 40.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Lambert-Deacon & Hull, stationery and supplies ............ 17.35 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 25.00 Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 1.73 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott.............................. 50.00 ------------- $367.08

AUGUST.

Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 125.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 40.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 25.00 Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 2.78 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott.............................. 50.00 ------------- 342.78

SEPTEMBER.

Jones, Caesar & Co., auditing Exposition Company's books .. $500.00 John R. Parsons, one large United States flag ............. 15.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 125.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 40.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Bell Telephone Company, rent for one quarter and long- distance charges ........................................ 33.35 Geo. W. Conrad, clerk John F. Miller ...................... 25.00 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 9.41 ------------- $947.76

OCTOBER.

The Kellogg Company, desk telephone bracket ............... 2.50 Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 7.75 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 125.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 40.00 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 50.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 Geo. W. Conrad, clerk John F. Miller ...................... 10.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 1.10 ------------- 386.35

NOVEMBER.

Woodward & Tiernan Printing Company, binding report ....... 8.00 Smith-Premier Company, new feed roll ...................... 3.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 40.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 125.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Geo. W. Conrad, clerk John F. Miller ...................... 10.00 Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 Jones, Caesar & Co., checking financial reports ........... 75.00 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 4.74 ------------- 465.74

DECEMBER.

Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company, letter heads ............ 154.00 Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 21.90 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 125.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 40.00 Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Miss Blanch Barth, clerk John F. Miller ................... 10.00 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 The Bell Telephone Company, rent one quarter and long- distance charges ........................................ 33.20 Southern Hotel, rent of meeting rooms ..................... $16.95 Miss Minnie T. Moran ...................................... 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 1.45 ------------- $602.50

JANUARY.

John R. Parson, two United States flags, flag pole ........ 26.00 Carrol Purman, clerk John M. Thurston ..................... 50.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 40.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 125.00 Claude Hough, traveling expenses to New York and Washington 124.25 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 50.00 W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ....................... 50.00 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 4.57 ------------- 519.82

FEBRUARY.

Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 6.80 Carrol Purman, clerk John M. Thurston ..................... 50.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 125.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 40.00 W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ....................... 50.00 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 Jones, Caesar & Co., auditing Exposition Company's books .. 45.00 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 1.08 ------------- 417.88

MARCH.

Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 40.00 Carrol Purman, clerk John M. Thurston ..................... 50.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 125.00 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 Enterprise Cleaning Company, cleaning office .............. 20.00 Simmons Hardware Company, ice-water cooler ................ 7.50 Bell Telephone Company, rent one quarter and long distance 33.20 Geo. W. Conrad, clerk John F. Miller ...................... 25.00 W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ....................... 50.00 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 3.59 ------------- 454.29

APRIL.

Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company, letter heads ............ 90.00 Sexton-Stubinger Range Company, water-cooler stand ........ 3.25 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 125.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 40.00 Carrol Purman, clerk John M. Thurston ..................... 50.00 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 50.00 W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ....................... 50.00 Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 19.75 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 4.27 ------------- 482.27

MAY.

Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ $125.00 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 40.00 Lambert-Deacon & Hull, stationery ......................... 25.15 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Oliver J. Grace, 10 keys for office ....................... 2.40 Wm. E. Barclay Printing Company, printing order books ..... 54.60 Scarritt-Comstock Furniture Company, two desks ............ 45.00 Keyes & Marshall Brothers Livery Company, conveyance one month ................................................... 140.00 W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ....................... 50.00 Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company, paper and envelopes ..... 94.50 J.S. Durham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 50.00 Laurence H. Grahame, salary, assistant secretary, nine days 72.58 ------------- $799.33

JUNE.

Kennard & Sons Carpet Company, screens and sofa cover ..... 15.50 Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 12.20 Wm. Prufrock Furniture Company, one sofa .................. 27.00 Black-Starr & Frost, ten official badges for Commissioners 300.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 125.00 Wm. E. Barclay Printing Company, printing orders .......... 22.50 Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 40.00 J.S. Durham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 50.00 Ringen Stove Company, ice chest and glasses ............... 12.40 Howard E. Riggs, clerk, fifteen days ...................... 37.50 Will Hillmer, placing locks on ice chest .................. 2.75 S.G. Adams Stamp Company, automatic pad and stamp ......... 2.00 Laurence H. Grahame, expenses trip to New York ............ 87.50 Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company, letter heads and envelopes ............................................... 305.00 Jones, Caesar & Co., auditing Exposition Company's books .. 1,250.00 Woodward & Tiernan Printing Company, printing cards ....... 90.00 Geo. W. Conrad, clerk John F. Miller ...................... 25.00 Mound City Coupe Company, conveyance, fifteen days ........ 155.00 Bell Telephone Company, rent for quarter .................. 31.20 Kinlock Telephone Company, rent telephone, twenty-eight days .................................................... 7.10 Keyes & Marshall Brothers, conveyance, seven days ......... 68.00 James Hardy, to team and vehicle one day .................. 7.00 Laurence H. Grahame, salary as assistant secretary ........ 250.00 Howard E. Riggs, salary, messenger, two days .............. 4.00 W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ....................... 50.00 Laurence H. Grahame, per diem expenses allowed ............ 25.00 Southern Hotel Company, telephone charges, April, May, June .................................................... 1.80 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 6.84 Jones, Caesar & Co., auditing Exposition Company's books .. 1,000.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 2.80 ------------- 4,133.09 ------------- Grand total fiscal year ending June 30, 1904 9,918.89

_Statement of expenditures of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission from July 1, 1904, to June 30, 1905, inclusive._

OFFICE OF SECRETARY.

JULY.

National Railway Company, railway guide, one year ......... $8.00 Howard E. Riggs, messenger, salary, fourteen days ......... 28.00 Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 4.90 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Samuel S. Bennett, messenger, salary ...................... 32.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 150.00 Scarritt-Comstock Furniture Company, one bookcase ......... 26.50 General Service Company, wagonette and driver, one month .. 230.28 John R. Parson, two United States flags ................... 26.25 W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ....................... 50.00 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 50.00 Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company, stamping 100 cards ...... 9.50 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 12.79 ------------- $728.22

AUGUST.

Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 150.00 Samuel S. Bennett, messenger, salary ...................... 60.00 Chas. A. Bradley, relief stenographer, eighteen days ...... 90.00 Jones, Caesar & Co., audit Exposition Company's books ..... 250.00 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 50.00 Raymond E. Brock, subscription daily papers ............... 2.70 General Service Company, wagonette and driver, one month .. 230.28 W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ....................... 50.00 Mermod & Jaccard Company, stationery, note heads, and supplies ................................................ 510.00 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 6.90 ------------ 1,499.88

SEPTEMBER.

Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ....................... 50.00 Kinlock Telephone Company, rent telephone one quarter ..... 25.00 Frank N. Hodgins, messenger, salary ....................... 60.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 150.00 General Service Company, wagonette and driver, one month .. 222.86 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 Geo. W. Conrad, clerk John F. Miller, three months ........ 25.00 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 9.61 Edmund C. Giltner, clerk Geo. W. McBride .................. 14.00 Bell Telephone Company, rent one quarter and long-distance charges ................................................. 38.35 ------------- 744.82

OCTOBER.

Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 14.60 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 150.00 Wilson Coker, messenger, salary ........................... 60.00 Miss J. Floy Penney, copyist .............................. 42.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Geo. M. Brand, one No. 4 Densmore typewriter .............. 90.00 Miss Minnie T. Moran, clerk F.A. Betts .................... $50.00 General Service Company, wagonette and driver, one month .. 230.28 Edmund C. Giltner, clerk Geo. W. McBride .................. 14.00 Geo. W. Conrad, clerk John F. Miller ...................... 12.50 W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ....................... 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 1.74 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 ------------ $815.12

NOVEMBER.

Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 150.00 Wilson Coker, messenger, salary ........................... 65.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Miss J. Floy Penney, copyist .............................. 40.00 Wm. B. Ayers, subscription daily papers ................... 3.50 Edmund C. Giltner, clerk Geo. W. McBride .................. 14.00 Geo. W. Conrad, clerk John F. Miller ...................... 12.50 W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ....................... 50.00 General Service Company, wagonette and driver, one month .. 222.85 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 11.89 ------------- 669.74

DECEMBER.

Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 20.30 Fidelity Storage Company, moving office to city ........... 48.50 McCaughen & Burr, packing and express charges, McKinley portrait, and insurance charges ......................... 14.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Wilson Coker, messenger, salary ........................... 65.00 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 150.00 Bell Telephone Company, rent for one quarter .............. 31.20 Kinlock Telephone Company, rent one quarter and charges moving telephone ........................................ 28.45 Miss Blanch Barth, clerk John F. Miller ................... 10.00 Hotel Jefferson, rent of office rooms ..................... 50.90 W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ....................... 50.00 J.S. Dunham, clerk P.D. Scott ............................. 50.00 ------------- 568.35

JANUARY.

Hotel Jefferson, rent of office rooms ..................... 60.10 Wilson Coker, messenger, salary ........................... 32.50 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 150.00 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 Henry Schmid, messenger, salary ........................... 19.50 Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 10.05 W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ....................... 50.00 ------------- 372.15

FEBRUARY.

Hotel Jefferson, rent of office rooms ..................... 47.40 Fidelity Moving Company, moving office furniture .......... 63.32 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 150.00 Henry Schmid, messenger, salary ........................... 52.00 W.D. Tipton, clerk Thomas H. Carter ....................... 50.00 United States Express Company, express charges two boxes records ................................................. 6.88 Bell Telephone Company, rent January 1 to February 24, 1905 .................................................... 19.98 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 2.33 ------------- 391.91

MARCH.

Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ $150.00 Claude Hough, expense to Washington ....................... 102.00 L.H. Grahame, per diem expense to Washington .............. 72.00 Kinlock Telephone Company, rent telephone one quarter, ending March 31 ......................................... 30.00 Clarence E. Gauss, special service, stenographer .......... 5.00 Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 1.98 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 ------------- $410.98

APRIL.

Sheppard Knapp & Co., matting for office .................. 22.44 Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 150.00 Laurence H. Grahame, expenses to New York and return ...... 120.50 Claude Hough, expenses to St. Louis and Chicago ........... 196.00 The Dudley Press company, stationery and supplies ......... 14.26 Geo. W. Read, lettering office door ....................... 2.44 Claude Hough, expenses to Washington and Baltimore ........ 25.50 Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00 E.H. Gleason, storage and moving office furniture ......... 8.10 New York Telephone Company, rent of telephone and toll service ................................................. 2.20 Littlefield & Alvord Company, freight and drayage office furniture ............................................... 21.63 ------------- 613.07

MAY.