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V O L . XXVIII. N o . 8.
Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, Feb. 25,1899.
Many Pianos were Ruined.
FIRE IN THE STORE OF THE HENRY F.
MIJ.LER & SONS PIANO COMPANY
CAUSED A LOSS OF { il2,OOO.
[Special to The Review.]
Boston, Mass., Feb. 20, 1899.
A defective electric light wire is said to
have been the cause of the fire, last Satur-
day in the building at 88 Boylston street,
occupied by the Henry F. Miller & Sons
Piano Company. One of the firm was
sitting in his office at the time, when the
janitor rushed in and said that a fire was
in progress in the retouching and shipping
rooms. A colored hostler, who worked in
a stable in the rear, sounded an alarm from
box 55. Before a stream of water could
be brought to bear on the fire, it had spread
through the basement, destroying five
pianos, and, burning up through the next
floor, damaged twenty-two more by smoke
and water. In the next section were thirty-
seven pianos, mostly those taken in ex-
change, and these were more or less
damaged. The Miller Company place their
loss at fully $10,000, and the building was
damaged to the extent of $2000.
Two Big Stockholders Insolvent.
HUT H. D. CABLE PAYS $ 4 3 , 4 8 5 . 5 I AND IS SUB-
ROGATED TO ALL RIGHTS.
[.Special to The Review].
Cincinnati, O., Feb. 20, 1899.
Judge Smith finds from the referee's re-
port in the Hockett-Puntenney Piano Co.
that the shareholders are liable as follows:
H. D. Cable, $30,828.29, for 678 shares;
W. P. Rabenstein, $12,367.36, for 256
shares, and H. M. Cable, R. C. Schultz,
Leo W. Schultz, J. H. Puntenney, H. T.
Hammer and George W. Tewksbury for
$48.31 each, for one share each.
Rabenstein and Puntenney are found to
be insolvent and the amount to be paid by
solvent stockholders is as follows: H. D.
Cable, $43,047.61, and the others, having
one share each, $67.62 each. Cable having
paid $43,485.51, which includes costs, is
subrogated to all rights and any remaining
amount is to be paid to the assignee, sub-
ject to rights of stockholders.
Who Is It?
According to the Detroit Journal, a large
piano factory in the East is negotiating
with a view of locating in Saginaw, Mich.,
and the deal is said to be practically
closed.
C. Q. Conn's " Truth
Property Transferred.
The property of the American Felt Co
pany at Dolgeville has been transferred to
the recently formed syndicate, and Schuy-
ler Ingham has been elected chairman of
The February issue of C. G. Conn's
the executive committee, and will be man-
Truth is quite up to the standard of pre-
ager of the Dolgeville factory. The pre-
vious issues. It contains many admirable
ferred stock of the new trust is $2,000,000,
features, including a number of interesting
and the common stock $1,500,000 with
groups and individual portraits.
$500,000 cash capital for business purpos-
It is noted among other items that an
es. Mr. Ingham says that the Dolgeville
order has been received at the Conn factory
factory will be operated on a larger scale
from the United States Naval Department
than heretofore.
for a $1000 set of the Conn Wonder instru-
ments for the band of the U. S. warship
Yosemite. This vessel is bound for the Connecticut Firm Would Hove.
[Special to The Review.]
Philippines, thence to Guam.
Auburn, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1899.
The War Department has supplied nearly
At a meeting of the Board of Directors
fifty regiments of the military arm with
the Wonder instruments. It is a matter of of the Business Men's Association last
record that they have given great satisfac- week a piano manufacturing company at
tion to both players and listeners. Many present located in Connecticut, presented a
of the naval bands on the warships are communication asking what inducements
the association would offer the firm to lo-
now using Conn products.
One of the leading features of this cate in Auburn, as it was proposed to move
month's Truth is the presentation of six to New York State. The matter was re-
interesting groups: "Uncle Sam's Mu- ferred to a special committee to investi-
sicians on Foreign Service." These in- gate.
include the bands of the Sixth Massa-
Hollenberg Assumed Sceptre.
chusetts, Fourth Missouri, First West
Virginia, First California, Second Mis-
At the carnival festivities in Little Rock,
souri and First Connecticut Volunteers.
Ark., last week, that popular member of the
With each group is a certificate concern- music trade, Col. F. B. T. Hollenberg, was
ing the merits of the Conn products. the king, his official title being Petraculas
These documents add much strength to Rex. Mr. Hollenberg was '' every inch a
the already strong claims allowed in behalf king," and during his reign of fun there
of "Wonder" instruments.
were no conspirators plotting to undermine
An illustrated supplement shows a large his authority of blow him up. In his speech
group: " The Carlisle Indian Band," who to the Mayor, accepting the freedom of the
will appear at the Paris Exposition of 1900, city, King Petraculas closed his remarks
and under it the following expressive with these famous words: " Let there be a
letter:
' hot time in the old town,' " and the band
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
in attendance seconded the motion by toot-
INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE,
ing- this famous tune. From the best ad-
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT.
vices we understand that the King's com-
Carlisle, Penna., Jan 11, 1899.
mand was carried out to the letter.
Mr. C. G. Conn,
ABOUNDS IN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE
GROWTH OF "WONDER" INSTRUMENTS IN
THE ESTEEM OF EMINENT AUTHORITIES.
Elkhart, Indiana.
My dear Mr. Conn:—The set of the sixty band
instruments which you furnished this school several
months ago for use by the Carlisle Indian Band at
the Paris Exposition in 1900, have proven to be
quite beyond our highest expectation. The quality
of the tone of each instrument is rich and voice-like
producing in the ensemble an effect quite beyond
what is ordinarily expected from such combination.
The workmanship is superb and could not have
been better. That it will attract the attention of
the public, at the Exposition, or wherever the
Indian Band goes, there is no question. For the
magnificent work you have done on this set of in-
struments, on behalf of the Carlisle Indian Band, I
thank you.
Hoping that success may be yours, I am
Very respectfully,
DENNISON WHEEI.OCK,
Bandmaster.
Piano and Organ flakers Or-
ganize.
A communication from Chicago to the
Central Federated Union in this city, an-
nounces that an international union of
piano and organ makers has been formed
and its organizer will shortly visit New
York to effect a branch union.
S. W. Tyler, music dealer, of Worcester,
Mass., has been making extensive renova-
tions and improvements in his music store.