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VOL XXIII.
No. 2.
Published Every Saturday at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, August 1,1896.
In The West.
TRADE AND POLITICS MR COMSTOCK RETIRES
C. T. SISSON AFFLICTED WILBUR MAC-
DONALD BOUND FOR VIENNA—FRED RY-
DER'S INVENTION HERE AND THERE.
•"TRADE during the past week has been
j | quiet—exceedingly quiet, both in
wholesale and retail lines. Everybody &
Co. seem to have made up their minds
that, to use the words of our piscatorial
President, "it is a condition and not a
theory that confronts us." Hence music
trade men are as philosophic as Plato, and
are resigned to the fate that awaits them
for a couple of months. Just the same they
realize that if sound money is to win they
must do a little talking too, and—well,
they can do their share. At the same time
pianos are being and will be made and sold,
notwithstanding this eternal talk about
silver vs. gold. . I sometimes think, how-
ever, that manufacturers and salesmen
overlook this fact.
It is announced that Mr. J. Comstock
has retired from the Comstock-Olson Co.,
manufacturers of stools, scarfs, etc., but
will continue to hold his interest in the
business, which will be continued by Mr.
Olson.
Chas. T. Sisson, the well-known and pop-
ular representative of the Shoninger Co.,
has been afflicted in the death of his wife,
which occurred recently. He has the sym-
pathy of a wide circle of friends.
Wilbur MacDonald, the talented son of
C. H. MacDonald, will leave your city for
Europe, accompanied by Mrs. MacDonald,
on August n t h . Mr. MacDonald will
study under Leteschitzky in Vienna. He
is a talented boy, an honor to his family
and Chicago.
Fred. Ryder, of the Shoninger house in
this city, is to be congratulated. He has
invented and patented a music recorder
which is destined to be a great success.
The idea of recording every note exactly
as played upon the piano is not a new one,
but it has been a difficult task to produce
one perfect in every respect. Mr. Ryder
seems to have succeeded. In his invention
the notes recorded can be easily read by
any musician. It can be attached to a piano
at a modicum of expense.
There is little new to report about Hal-
let & Davis affairs. R. K. Maynard says
that all obligations will be met dollar for
dollar.
P. J. Healy has returned to town. James
E. and Paul Healy are spending a vacation
of ten days at Mackinac.
W. W. Kimball is still in the East.
'flay Convince Fools."
OUIS LOMBARD, the irrepressible
Lombard of Utica Conservatory fame,
has money to burn and to bet as well. To
a local paper he has written the following:
"I have so much confidence in the wisdom
and honesty of the majority of voters that
I will bet ten thousand gold dollars against
five thousand gold dollars that the elocu-
tionist, Mr. Bryan, will not be elected
President of the United States.
"I know betting is a fool's argument,
but foolish reasons may convince fools.
Therefore this wager.
"My bankers are H. L. Horton & Co.,
New York city, and Utica, N. Y., City
National Bank."
nesses testified, many of them voluntarily,
that the accident was due to carelessness,
with the result that the Captain and Pilot
were charged with criminal carelessness.
Mrs. Webber, widow of the deceased, is
about to institute a civil suit against the
West Shore Railroad, the company owning
and operating the ferryboat which caused
the accident. Mr. Webber's body was
interred in Meriden, Conn.
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Obituary.
HE many friends of Geo. A. Grass will
regret to learn of the death of his father,
Louis A. Grass, which occurred at his resi-
dence, 156 East 64th street, last Thursday
evening. He was 66 years old. We ex-
tend condolences.
T
Col. Win. E. McArthur, a former attache
of THE REVIEW, died suddenly in Wash-
ington, D. C., last Wednesday, July 29.
Col. McArthur, who was known to a num-
ber of music trade men, held a government
appointment. He came of a distinguished
family, and was a newspaper man of pro-
nounced ability. Death was due to pros-
tration from excessive heat.
T a meeting of the directors
^EolianCo., held at Meriden,
on Monday, July 27, the following
tions were passed, relative to t e
death of Mr. William A. Webber:
of the
Mrs. Davenport, mother of Mr. John
Conn.,
Davenport,
of Davenport & Treacy, passed
resolu-
away
last
Tuesday,
at her son's home in
recent
Stamford, Conn., at the advanced age of
83. Up to Sunday, when she was stricken
To Mrs. Webber:—At a meeting of the
with paralysis, Mrs. Davenport was enjoy-
Company held on this the 27th day of July, 1896,
it was resolved that we the directors of this Com- ing very fair health.
A
pany deeply regret the sad accident which de-
prived the Company of the association and services
of our late member William A. Webber, of whom
it may be said his warm heart and genial good
nature endeared him to everyone.
To this Company his long, faithful and valuable
services has made his loss a heavy one.
We desire to convey to his sorrowing widow our
sad regrets and heartfelt sympathy in this her
bereavement.
By order of the Board.
AMONG the members of the trade in town
during the week were Will. A. Watkin,
the enterprising dealer of Dallas, Tex.,
Robt. L. Loud, of Buffalo; George and
William Heintzman and Thos. Eagan, of
Heintzman & Co., Toronto, Can.
THE employees of Steinway & Sons held
their
annual picnic at North Beach last
Charged with Criminal Careless*
Saturday. It was a pleasant affair and a
ness.
great success financially.
Ex-Gov. LEVI K. FULLER, of the Estey
N inquest relative to the death by
Organ
Co., left Brattleboro the closing
drowning of W. A. Webber of the
days
of
last
week for Bar Harbor, Me.
^olian Co., whose body was recovered on
PRESIDENT R. W. BLAKE and J. R.
Ma-
the Jersey shore last week, was held in Wee-
hawken, N. J., Monday night. The son, of the Sterling Co., Derby, Conn.,
parties in the boat and a number of wit- were recent visitors to historic Boston.
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