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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Wilcox & White Affairs.
Fire Destroys
To Prevent Copyright Thefts.
APPEAL FROM. PROBATE BY THE CITY BANK
OF HARTFORD
HAS CLAIM FOR $ 1 3 , 7 5 1 . "
49
REASON IS BECAUSE ALLOW
ANCES, AMOUNTING TO $ 2 2 , -
5 4 3 . 3 3 , WERE MADE TO
THREE PARTIES.
An important bill has been introduced in
Congress, which, if it becomes a law, and it
is likely to, will be most effective in prevent-
ing the thefts of copyrighted music, which
is so common to-day. It gives a certain
security to the composer which is only
[Special to The Review.]
equitable and right. The text of the bill is
Meriden, Conn., Jan. 17, 1898.
as follows:
An appeal from probate of the doings of
"Any person who shall publish, or import
the commissioners on the insolvent estate of
any
musical composition for which a copy-
the Wilcox & White Organ Co., has been
right
has been obtained without the consent
taken by the City National Bank of Hartford,
of
the
proprietor thereof, or his heirs or as-
that has a claim against the estate for $13,-
signs,
or
who, knowing the same to be so
751.49 and which claim was allowed by the
printed,
published,
or imported, shall sell or
commissioners.
expose
to
sale
any
such
musical composition,
Thursday afternoon Attorney E. D. Rob-
shall,
in
addition
to
all other liabilities
bins, of Wethersfield, counsel for the Hart-
created
or
imposed
by
the
Revised Statutes
ford bank, appeared before judge Thayer and
of
the
United
States,
be
liable
for damages
gave notice of an appeal from the actions of
therefor,
such
damages
in
all
cases
to be as-
the commissioners, Attorneys E. A. Merri-
sessed
at
such
sum,
not
less
than
one
hundred
man and Frank S. Fay, in allowing three
dollars,
as
to
the
court
shall
appear
to be
claims amounting to $22,543.33. These are
just.
If
the
unlawful
printing,
publishing,
as follows:
E. H. White, Meriden, $12,000; Oliver importation, or sale, or exposing for sale, be
Ditson & Co., Boston, $5,383.33; J. S. wilful and for profit, such person or persons
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
Ramsdell, Philadelphia, $5,160.
A separate appeal in each case will be conviction be imprisoned for a period not
taken to the Superior Court the first Tuesday exceeding one year. "
in February. It is expected a trial will fol-
Used the Erd Harp.
low shortly after as appealed claims of the
kind stated are privileged cases.
SAGINAWIANS ENTERTAINED BY MISS FRENCH
Notices of the appeals will be served upon
OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
E. J. Doolittle, trustee, and Attorney G. A.
Fay, counsel for Mr. White and the two com-
A number of local lovers of music enjoyed
panies named.
a rare treat yesterday afternoon in the in-
The announcement of the action taken by formal musicale given by Miss Gertrude
the Hartford City bank will be in the nature French, harp soloist of the Boston Ladies'
of a surprise to the other creditors and in Symphony Orchestra, in the parlors of the
local business circles as it was expected a new Everett. Miss French is entitled to a
dividend would soon be made on the final position among the leading artists of this
report, allowing claims by the commission- country by reason of her marvelous technique
ers filed in the Probate Court a month ago.
and artistic interpretation. All who heard
her solos yesterday will unite in the opinion
that the harp is the finest of all musical instru-
To Increase Capital Stock.
ments.
[Special to The Review.]
During her engagement in Saginavv Miss
Easton, Pa., Jan. 15, 1898.
French used an Erd harp furnished at her
The stockholders of the Lawrence Organ
request by the Erd Co. The lady expressed
Co., at a meeting held last night, appointed
herself as highly pleased with the design and
a committee to arrange for an increase of the
tone of the Erd harps and especially the
working capital of the organization. A re-
many improvements in the action invented
port is to be submitted by the committee at
by the late Frank H. Erd. Miss French said
an adjourned meeting to be held on the 31st
she could speak none but good words for the
inst. The organ works have been idle sev-
Erd and would do all in her power to pro-
eral months and an effort is being made to
mote the sale of them. A compliment of this
have them placed in operation again.
nature from an artist of such prominence is
indeed valuable.—Evening News, Saginaw,
The Outlook Excellent.
Mich., Jan. 10th.
The Western Cottage Piano & Organ Co.
Advertising Truths.
of Ottawa, 111., say in a recent communica-
tion: "We are enjoying a very good trade in
Advertising is one of the five links in the
pianos and organs at the present time—such chain of business.
a trade in fact as the merit of our goods de-
The advertising that does not pay is almost
serves. The outlook for the present year is always the advertising that has not been given
excellent."
a chance to pay.
New England Piano Co.
GIBSON, GLASER & CO.'s ESTABLISHMENT
BALTIMORE
AMPLY INSURED.
IN
[Special to The Review.]
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 15, 1898.
Fire broke out at 8.30 o'clock Wednesday
night in the cellar of the three-story brick
building, 210 North Charles street, occupied
by Gibson, Glaser & Co., dealers in sheet
music and musical instruments, successors to
Messrs. Otto Sutro & Co., and damaged the
property and stock to the extent of $15,000,
before the flames were extinguished by the
department, after a struggle of one hour and
a half. The great quantity of sheet music
which was stored in the cellar and first floor
of the building was almost completely des-
troyed, either by the flames or by water,
while smoke and water proved equally des-
tructive to the many pianos and other instru-
ments on exhibition in show cases or in the
store.
The firm of Gibson, Glaser & Co. was or-
ganized upon the failure of Messrs. Otto
Sutro & Co., by five former employees of that
house—Messrs. Robert T. Gibson, president;
Chas. W. Glaser, secretary; Harry Price,
treasurer; Joseph Grottendeck and Walter
Rupp. But $2,000 of the stock was the
property of the firm, the greater portion being
placed in their hands for sale by Captain
Frank Clark, trustee of the Sutro estate.
The stock of the firm was covered by a
policy for $2,000 in the Hartford Insurance
Co., of Hartford, Conn., while the property
of the Sutro estate was also fully insured by
Captain Clark. The loss, therefore, is slight
to all concerned.
The fire was discovered by Mr. Harry
Price, treasurer of the firm, who saw the
blaze in the cellar through the glass lights in
the flooring, and an instant later flames shot
up through the register, and apparently came
from the neighborhood of the furnace, half
way of the cellar. Mr. Price hastened across
to the music store of the Eisenbrandt Co.,
corner of Charles and Lexington streets, and
secured the services of a customer to have an
alarm turned in, while he returned to the
store in an effort to remove the books from
the safe. The fire, which at one time threat-
ened to be a dangerous one, was soon under
control.
As soon as practicable, Mr. Price, of the
firm, investigated the office of the store on
the first floor, and recovered the entire outfit
of books and contracts of the firm, placing
them in the safe of Messrs. Eisenbrandt, who
extended every courtesy to their unfortunate
neighbors.
Geo. J. Looschen & Co., successors to
Looschen & Meinberg, have secured a lease of
two floors in the building 519 West Forty-fifth
street and will remove from their present
quarters in the course of a week or so.
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No.
601 Washington Street
BOSTON
No. 98 Fifth Avenue,
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NEW YORK
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