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V O L . XXVIII. N o . 10. Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, March 11,1899.
fir. H. D. Cable's Death.
FUNERAL SERVICES LAST SUNDAY CHICAGO
TRADE PASS RESOLUTIONS-—WIDE SYM-
PATHY FELT FOR THE RELATIVES OF
THE DECEASED NO DEVIATION
IN POLICY OF THE CHICAGO
COTTAGE ORGAN CO.
The funeral services over the remains of
the late H. D. Cable, president of the Chi-
cago Cottage Organ Co., were held on
Sunday last at the family residence in
Evariston. The Rev. Dr. J. F. Loba,
pastor of the First Congregational Church,
which Mr. Cable attended, delivered a
very touching address, and referred elo-
quently to the uprightness and noble
manhood of the deceased. The inter-
ment was in Graceland Cemetery. The
active pallbearers were W. B. Price, F. W.
Teeple, D. G. Keefe, H. L. Draper, G. W.
Wilkins, W. R. Smith, Win. Riggs and
C. G. Bronson, heads of the departments
of the Chicago Cottage Organ Co. The
honorary pallbearers were the immediate
neighbors of the deceased, and included
several well-known members of the trade.
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The members of the Chicago trade met
on Saturday at the warerooms of Geo. P.
Bent, to take action on the death of Mr.
Cable. There was a large attendance. Platt
P. Gibbs was elected chairman and Ed-
mund V. Church secretary. It was moved
and carried that a committee of three be
appointed to draft resolutions to the mem-
ory of the deceased. The chairman ap-
pointed Mr. J. P. Byrne, of Lyon & Healy;
Geo. B. Armstrong, of The Indicator; and
W. L. Bush, of Bush & Gerts. After a
short recess the following resolutions were
presented and unanimously adopted: ,
The members of the music trade of the
city of Chicago, having heard of the death
of Herman D. Cable, late president of the
Chicago Cottage Organ Co., with deep sor-
row for his bereaved family, at a meeting
held on Saturday afternoon, March 4, 1899,
do adopt the following memorial preamble
and resolutions:
Whereas, The hand of death has stricken
down in the prime of his useful life Her-
man D. Cable, our esteemed associate in
the piano and organ trade of the West,
robbing it of a man of generous impulses,
broad views, a sympathetic nature and ad-
vanced business ideas; and
Whereas, In this practical and selfish
age we need such men as H. 1). Cable,
whose heart beat in unison with the yearn-
ings of humanity, whose views of the
duties of life were lofty, and whose career
as a citizen of this great republic, as a
friend, and as an important factor in the
commercial, educational and artistic de-
velopment of Chicago was that of a Christ-
ian gentleman above reproach and an in-
spiration to those about him: therefore,
be it
Resolved, That we, as his associates
during his successful course in the metrop-
olis of the West, while bowing our heads
in submission to the divine decree, do
recognize in his life a model for all to emu-
late—that of a clean and upright man,
whose name commanded the respect and
the confidence of the public and brought to
the consciousness of his fellow men the fact
that personal honor in the conduct of a
great business is the surest guarantee of
success.
Resolved, That as individuals and as
members of the great art industry of
which Herman D. Cable was a bright orna-
ment, we personally feel with his anguished
widow and children, his brothers and im-
mediate family, that grief and sorrow which
follows inevitably the loss of one for whom
we have sincere respect and brotherly feel-
ing, and that we extend to her and to them
all in the hour of bitterness our profound-
est condolences and tenderest expressions
of regard, and earnestly hope that He who
doeth all things well may temper the wind
to the shorn lamb and assuage the agony
that now fills their lives.
Resolved, That this memorial preamble
and resolutions be properly engrossed and
sent to the widow of the late Herman D.
Cable as a mark of our genuine sorrow
that he is no longer here to aid us with his
wise counsel and to encourage us with his
words of hope and good cheer.
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The Chicago papers, and for that mat-
ter, the papers of the country, have con-
tained lengthy notices of Mr. Cable's death,
all couched in a sympathetic vein. Mr.
Cable was unquestionably a man of many
friends. He was a member of the Country
and Evanston clubs and the Glen View
Golf club, and of the Union League club
of Chicago. He was also a member of the
Knights Templar. He was trustee of the
First Congregational church; director of the
Bankers' National Bank of Chicago, and a
member of the Evanston Board of Educa-
tion.
Mr. Cable was insured for $200,000, and
his estate, including this amount, is valued
at more than a million dollars.
He is survived by a widow and three
children, Miriam, Alice and Arthur. His
aged mother still lives at the old home in
Walton, N. Y., where Mr. Cable was born,
June 1st, 1849. M r - Cable's family de-
scended from the early Colonial settlers of
Delaware County.
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Of the future of the Chicago Cottage
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
Organ Co., it is of course needless to say
that the active and progressive policy, for
which this institution is noted, will not be
deviated from. This business is so com-
pletely organized, and on such a basis, that
there will not be the slightest interruption
to the development of the plans conceived
and put in operation the opening of the
year.
Messrs. H. M. and F. S. Cable have been
closely identified with the development of
the institution, and under their able man-
agement further progress is certain to
ensue.
Geo. W. Tewksbury, treasurer of the
company,is not expected to reach home
from the South before March 20th.
Benary's Estate.
The Home Trust Co. have been appoint-
ed receiver by the Court for the affairs of
A. E. Benary, (deceased), jobber and deal-
er in musical instruments. The stock and
book accounts, valued at $38,000, con-
stitute the assets. The liabilities are $42,-
000.
Upon the management of the estate
by the receiver depends whether the cred-
itors will realize anything from the es-
tate or not.
Wissner Presents Three Pianos.
Otto Wissner, the well-known piano man-
ufacturer, has presented the Brooklyn
Saengerfest with three pianos which will
form the class prizes to be awarded to the
individually competing societies at the
National Saengerfest to be held in Brooklyn.
The Society has voted him a letter of thanks.
Files Bill in Bankruptcy.
Edward
Kohn, music
dealer, Des
Moines, la., has filed a voluntary bill in
bankruptcy, with liabilities of $46,856.50
and assets at $3,099. These consist largely
of notes deposited with banks and individ-
uals to secure his personal notes. A very
large portion of his liabilities are to local
banks, which are amply protected by the
deposit of notes as collateral security and
which are largely in excess of the amounts
borrowed from the banks.
The Columbia, Tenn., Democrat says
that J. W. Davis & Co., representing the
Portable Piano Co., (?) have opened a store
in that city.
John Anderson, superintendent of the
Everett piano factory, Boston, is in town
this week on a brief visit.