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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The Dolge Receiver.
ORDER GRANTED RECEIVER TO DEFEND AC-
TION OF GARFIELD NATIONAL BANK.
Little Falls, N. Y., June 14.—At special
term of the supreme court held inUtic.a, yes-
terday, a petition was presented to Judge
Hiscock, and on motion of N. E. Kernan,
attorney for Receiver Albert M. Mills of
the firm of Alfred Dolge & Son, the court
granted an order directing the Receiver to
defend the actions recently commenced by
the Garfield bank and the bank of the
Metropolis of New York City. It will be
remembered that the New York banks
commenced action to have the receivership
set aside on the ground of fraud, and the
Receiver was made one of the defendants
in the action. At the same time the sum-
mons and complaint was served a tempo-
rary injunction was also served prohibit-
ing the defendants from disposing of any
of the property pending the suit. By an
agreement made between the attorneys for
the plaintiffs and defendants, it was stipu-
lated that the Receiver should deposit
with the Metropolitan Trust Company of
New York City the sum of $45,000, and
that the injunction should stand against
this money. On this condition the Re-
ceiver was allowed to continue the busi-
ness. The order just granted by Judge
Hiscock allows the Receiver to defend the
action commenced by the banks. During
the past week two New York attorneys
have been in Herkimer and examined the
papers relating to the Dolge failure on
file in the county clerk's office. Nearly
every day judgments -are recorded in the
clerk's office against the firm of Alfred
Dolge & Son, and Alfred Dolge, person-
ally. The plaintiffs in the several actions
commericed are mostly banks scattered in
all sections of the United States.
Author of the Sweet By and By
Passes Away.
[Special to The Review.]
Richmond, 111., June 13th.^Dr. S. Fill-
more Bennett, author of The Sweet By
and By, died at his home here Saturday
night at the age of 62.
Dr. Bennett was born at Eden, N. Y.,
June 21st, 1836. When very young he
came with his parents to Plainfield, 111.,
where the family resided three years; then
removed to Lake Zurich, and settled on a
farm. His boyhood days were passed on
the farm, where he worked in the summer
and attended district school in the winter
time.
At the age of 16 he entered the academy
at Waukegan, 111., and two years later be-
gan teaching at Wauconda, 111. In 1858
he entered the University of Michigan,
leaving to take charge of the schools at
Richmond, 111. Two years later he re-
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signed the position and went to Elkhorn,
Wis., where for a brief time he was asso-
ciate editor and proprietor of The Inde-
pendent. In 1864 he enlisted in Company
D, Fortieth Wisconsin Volunteers, and
served as second lieutenant.
It was during his residence at Elkhorn,
Wis., that he wrote the beautiful hymn,
The Sweet By and By. The hymn was
written principally to cheer up his friend,
J. P. Webster, who was his associate in
the music business. Since its completion
it has gained its author a place in the rank
of the world's famous poets. It is pub-
lished in numerous collections of sacred
music in America, and is translated into
various foreign languages and sung in
every land under the sun. The author
had a copy of the hymn in Chinese.
The doctor was a member of the Ma-
sonic Order and of the G. A. R. In poli-
tics he was a stanch Republican, and while
a member of no church he was by no
means the atheist and infidel that he had
been pictured. He was a patriotic and
public spirited citizen, a deep thinker and
a gifted writer.
A Stockholder's Right of
Inspection.
An application by Henry Steinway to
the Supreme Court for a mandamus to
compel the officers and directors of Stein-
way & Sons, in which he is a shareholder,
to permit him to examine and inspect cer-
tain books and papers other than the
transfer books of the corporation, was de-
nied at Special Term, but a reversal of the
order has been directed by the First Ap-
pellate Division. The Judge at Special
Term concluded that the examination was
desired solely for annoying and oppres-
sive purposes. It was shown in the appli-
cation that there had been great diminu-
tion in the amount of dividends declared
by the corporation, which was but five per
cent, in 1896 while previously, since 1883
with but one exception, the dividends had
never been less than ten per cent., and
they had at times been as high as eighteen
or twenty per cent. The Court holds, in
an opinion by Justice Patterson, that the
Supreme Court has the power to issue the
writ as part of its general jurisdiction as
successor of the Supreme Court of the Col-
ony of New York, whose jurisdiction was
substantially that of the King's Bench in
England. A stockholder, it was held, has
a right to inspect the books and papers of
a corporation where good and sufficient
reason exists for the inspection, and the
information required cannot be obtained
in any other way. Justices O'Brien and
McLaughlin concur with Justice Patter-
son, while Justice Ingraham and Presid-
ing Justice Van Brunt dissent, holding
that the Legislature having provided a
PIANOS
method by which a stockholder can acquire
such information, the right of the stock-
holder to require the corporation to allow
him to examine the books is confined to
the remedy provided by statute.
Atlanta Capitulates
TO THE NEW CONOVER GRAND PIANO.
The piano recital at the Y. M. C. A.
hall last night given by Miss Gussie Park-
hurst, was an overwhelming success.
Miss Parkhurst astonished her friends and
the large audience present with the bril-
liancy of her work. She demonstrated
the fact that she is an artist in every
sense implied by the word, and we predict
for her a long and successful career.
The piano used by Miss Parkhurst was
the celebrated new Conover, from the
warerooms of the Cable Piano Co. A
preference was shown for this instrument
over the many other makes in the city.
Those present who had never heard the
Conover before, were delighted with the
manner in which the magnificent grand
met the demands made upon it. The tone
of the piano was peerless, every note
clear, round and beautiful. The splendid
action met the requirements of the artist
in a manner that delighted both her and
the appreciative audience present. The
many triumphs gained by the Conover
piano have placed it in the foremost ranks
of high grade instruments, and it has dem-
onstrated, for twenty-five years, that there
is no better instrument in the world. The
piano may have an equal, but it certainly
has no superior. The Cable Piano Co. are
gratified at the success scored by Miss
Parkhurst, and the beautiful Conover
piano.—Journal, Atlanta, Ga.
Post's Narrow Escape.
[Special to The Review.]
Essex, Conn., June 18, 1898.
N. Gilmore Post, the music dealer of
this town, came near being killed near
Kelsey's Crossing Wednesday evening by
the six o'clock train from Hartford. The
wagon was hit and demolished and a val-
uable organ in the wagon was broken to
pieces. Mr. Post barely escaped with his
life. This is a dangerous crossing and
many accidents have happened there.
Goggan's Lease.
From Texas comes the important an-
nouncement that that great firm of the
Lone Star State, Thos. Goggan & Bro.,
have leased a large building for a term of
years on Elm street, in Dallas, Tex. It is
their intention to move into their new and
commodious quarters about the first of
July. In the meanw'hile they are exten-
sively advertising a removal sale.
Precious, Perfect, Peerless
As to Tone, Touch, Design,
Durability and Value. . . »
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