Mississippi River, improvement of channel between St. Louis and Vicksburg; remarks by W. M. Samuel, Nathan Cole, L. G. Harris, C. G. Burton, H. C. Haarstick, J. B. Johnson, and G. H. Shields, before Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Feb. 15, 17, and 18, 1896; also memorials of St. Louis Merchants' Exchange and Pilots' Association.