National Affairs: Preliminaries

In St. Louis last week were held mayoralty primaries. The Republican and Democratic candidates with their weights and dimensions were as follows:

Republicans

Henry W. Kiel, 6 ft. 1 in., 225 lb.

Victor J. Miller, 6 ft. 2 in., 195 lb.

Democrats

Lawrence McDaniel, 5 ft. 8 in., 250 lb.

Henry S. Priest, 6 ft. 1 in., 219 lb.

Dr. John H. Simon, 6 ft. 2½ in., 280 lb.

Total weight in the mayoralty primary 1,169 lb., average weight 233 lb.

Messrs. Miller and McDaniel were the winners in their respective classes.

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