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Stratton's Business College. When fifteen years of age, he became an employe of the hardware firm of Bailey & Richardson. 1891 he engaged in business on his own account, and has since been prominently identified with the hardware trade as head of the firm of William H. Hahn & Co. He belongs to the young and progressive element which has contributed so largely toward making St. Louis a Republican city. He is central committeeman of the Eighteenth Ward; secretary of the Republican central committee, and treasurer of the Eleventh Congressional District League of Republican League Clubs. In 1897 he was appointed a member of the Public Library Board of St. Louis. January 1, 1899, he resigned to accept the office of recorder of deeds, to which he was elected November 8, 1898. In 1898 he was elected State secretary of the Republican League Clubs, and still holds that position. Mr. Hahn's religious affiliations are with the Evangelical Church, and he is an active member of the Masonic order. April 30, 1885, he married Miss Rose Rembor, of St. Louis.

Hahnemann Club.-The Hahnemann Club of St. Louis is an association of homeopathic physicians, formed for purposes of social intercourse and for the discussion of professional topics and subjects of kindred interests. It was organized in 1873, with the following members: Dr. James A. Campbell, Dr. G. S. Walker, Dr. T. G. Comstock, Dr. Charles Gundelach, Dr. G. B. Parsons, Dr. C. H. Goodman, Dr. N. D. Tirrell, Dr. Charles Vastine and Dr. H. S. Chase. Through all the troublous times, when the college faculties and medical societies were disrupted, the Hahnemann Club maintained its organization, and proved an efficient factor in the restoration of harmony in those bodies.

Hahnemann Medical College of the Kansas City University. This school was founded partly through the generosity of H. J. Heinz, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and was incorporated in June, 1896, as the College of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery, the Homeopathic Medical Department of the Kansas City University. June 20, 1900, the name was changed to the Hahnemann Medical College of the Kansas City University. At the opening, the col

lege successively passed a severe test, in being able to show compliance with all the exactions of the State Board of Health with reference to apparatus and equipment supposedly only in possession of long established institutions. The college occupies a commodious three-story building, and its complete equipment includes one of the largest X-ray machines in the West, and a library which is receiving constant accessions. The course of instruction covers a period of four years, as required by the American Institute of Homeopathy, and affords unusual clinical advantages, bringing to the observation of the student diseases and injuries of every nature. Women are admitted on equal terms with men. The first class was graduated in 1899, and numbered four members. In 1900 the graduates numbered seven and the matriculates eighty-five. The medical faculty is as follows: Dr. W. H. Jenney, dean and professor of obstetrics; Dr. Frank Elliott, secretary and professor of gynecology; Dr. W. E. Cramer, treasurer and professor of gynecology; Dr. W. A. Forster, professor of operative surgery; Dr. Moses T. Runnels, professor of principles and practice of surgery; Dr. Charles S. Elliott, professor of nervous diseases and electro-therapeutics; Dr. J. H. Holland, Dr. C. F. Menninger and Dr. L. P. Crutcher, professors of materia medica; Dr. H. F. Fisher and Dr. J. M. Patterson, professors of ophthalmology, otology and laryngology; Dr. W. J. Gates, professor of principles and practice of medicine; Dr. E. C. Mills, professor of diseases of children; Dr. E. H. Merwin, professor of obstetrics; Dr. Clay E. Coburn, professor of anatomy; Dr. L. G. Van Scoyoc, professor of principles and practice of medicine and orificial philosophy; Dr. B. W. Lindberg, professor of toxicology, chemistry and urinalysis; Dr. P. F. Peet, professor of genito-urinary and venereal diseases; Dr. E. M. Perdue, professor of histology and bacteriology; Dr. J. C. Wise, professor of pharmacy; Dr. J. S. Watt, professor of hygiene and sanitary science; Dr. J. F. Mitchell, demonstrator of anatomy; Dr. D. L. Wallick, professor of dentistry; and M. R. King, professor of medical jurisprudence.

Haines, A. S., the man who inaugurated the movement that resulted in the organization of the Kansas City Board of Trade, has been a resident of Kansas City since April