Music Trade Review
Issue: 1899 Vol. 29 N. 17 - Page 7
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Remembered his Associates.
MISSION BOARD SECURE CITATION AND DEMAND
SURRENDER OF BEQUEST OF FACTORY
STOCKSAND NOTES AMOUNT-
ING TO $6o,OOO.
{Special to The Review.]
Cincinnati, O., Oct. 16, 1899.
The appetite of Missionary Societies for
money has again been illustrated. Friday
citation was issued from the Probate Court
against Lucien Wulsin and George W.
Armstrong, Jr., to appear and show cause
why they should not surrender to the ex-
ecutor of the estate of D. H. Baldwin a lot
of securities they have in their possession.
It is asserted they refuse to deliver them to
the executor. The residuary legatees, the
missionary societies to which the two-thirds
of the property goes, claim those securi-
ties belong to the estate and should be in
the possession of the executor.
When the private safe of D. H. Baldwin
was opened soon after his death by the
executor of the estate, namely, the Cincin-
nati Trust and Safe Deposit Company,
there were found in a box several large
envelopes of coarse manila paper, which
contained his private papers. One bears
the address of Mrs. Emerine Baldwin, and
contained her will. Another was addressed
thus: "Hand this to George W. Arm-
strong, Jr., for George W. Armstrong, Jr.,
and A- A. Van Buren." Below this in-
scription appears the well-known signature
of D. H. Baldwin. On the lower left-hand
corner of the envelope are the names of
the two witnesses, Carrie A. Marsh and
A. P. Hagemeyer.
It contained certificates of stock belong-
ing to Messrs. Armstrong and Van Buren
to the amount of $5,000 to Armstrong and
$8,000 to Van Buren. In another envelope
were notes of D. H. Baldwin & Co. made in
favor of D. H. Baldwin, to be divided be-
tween G. W. Armstrong, Jr., Lucien Wulsin
and A. A. Van Buren. The envelope bears
the same signatures as the former. These
notes represent a sum total of between $22,-
000 and $23,000. The fourth envelope was
marked in the following manner: "Hand
this to Lucien Wulsin." It bears Mr. Bald-
win's signature and those of the two wit-
nesses. It contained factory stocks to the
amount of $25,450, and divided as follows:
$10,000 in the Baldwin Piano Company,
$10,000 in the Ellington Piano Company,
$5,000 in the Valley Gem Piano Company,
and $450 in the Hamilton Organ Company,
of Chicago. These he presented to Messrs.
Wulsin, Armstrong and Van Buren. In
obedience to the commands that appear on
the envelopes the Cincinnati Trust and
Safe Deposit Company, as executor, handed
them to the several parties to whom they
were addressed.
Although no mention of the envelopes
was made in the will which was probated,
the members of the firm consider them to
be the gift of their deceased partner, and
that they are, in fact, similar to codicils.
Mr. Drausin Wulsin, the attorney for
the members of the Baldwin Co., when
seen regarding the suit said:
" I t is apparent to me that Mr. Baldwin
did the handsome thing by his business as-
sociates, and that when he made the be-
quests he intended that the Board of Home
and Foreign Missions of New York should
not get them. To remove all doubt as to
whether the deceased peformed this act or
not, an examination of the addresses and
instruction on the envelopes is all that is
required. There is not the shadow of a
doubt but that Mr. Baldwin testified his
appreciation of the partner's efforts in
building up the business in the last fifteen
years in this very substantial manner. A
Mission Board claims that the gifts ought
to be returned to the executor, so it could
get them. Mind you, this board has its head-
quarters in the metropolis; local churches
get comparatively nothing. It is amusing
to me this haste of the church in breaking
into Court and dragging others into litiga-
tion. "
Mr. Wulsin said further; "If they show
that Mr. Baldwin was incapable of making
a gift in this way they will also prove that
he was incapable of making the will where-
by the Boards of Home and Foreign Mis-
sions receive such a large legacy."
Incorporated in Illinois.
The National Phonograph Co., of Orange,
N. J., has been registered with the Secre-
tary of State of Illinois with a capital
stock of $10,000, which amount the com-
pany will operate with in that State.
The Kroeger Bee Hive.
One of the busiest places in New York
to-day is the Kroeger factory. From base-
ment to top floor it resembles a bee hive in
the matter of bustle and general activity,
work not infrequently being carried on
well into the night. President Garritson
maintains his system of personal supervis-
ion, and Messrs. Kroeger and Couch do a
full share of work in their several depart-
ments. Mr. Couch is still traveling in the
firm's interests and sends in excellent re-
ports.
The Victim of Pickpockets.
John O. Darling, of the firm of Goff &
Darling, piano dealers, Providence, R. I.,
was one of a number of prominent men
who were the victims of pickpockets at the
recent ball game between Brown Univer-
sity and the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Darling's wallet was taken from his
trousers pocket, emptied and placed in the
coat pocket, of a gentleman next to him,
who by the way was also relieved by the
pickpockets of his cash.
The Calenberg in New Rochelle.
The Calenberg Piano Co. have now in
process of erection a factory on Crescent
Avenue, New Rochelle, N. Y., in which
they expect to be able to manufacture
pianos for the holiday season. The mem-
bers of the firm are Harry Calenberg,
Peter Doern and Jacob A. Doern, the
former having superintended and managed
the entire factory of the old firm of Calen-
berg & Vaupel. The piano which they
will manufacture will be known as the
Calenberg.
Moore Organizing Company.
[Special to The Review.]
Bellevue, O., Oct. 17, 1899.
For several weeks a number of citizens
have been quietly considering the organi-
zation of a company to manufacture pianos
in this place. Mr. H. R. Moore, of Nor-
walk, a gentleman who has had many
years' experience in the trade and who also
has a reputation as one of the best me-
chanics and superintendents known in his
line, seeks to organize a company with a
capital of $25,000, one-third of which has
already been subscribed.
Guild Mortgage Foreclosed.
[Special to The Review.]
Worcester, Mass., Oct. 17, 1899.
Two weeks ago the Guild Manufactur-
ing company gave a chattel mortgage on
their stock of pianos, both finished and in
process of completion, to the president of
the company, B. A. Robinson, the amount
of the mortgage being $2500.
Yesterday Mr. Robinson filed a state-
ment at the city hall, through his counsel,
J. F. Humes, to the effect that he has fore-
closed the mortgage, and will proceed to
sell the stock at auction. It is stated on
good authority that representatives from
certain interests in Boston are circulating a
subscription list for stock in a new com-
pany that will take the plant of the
Guild company and manufacture pianos.
It is said that the capital stock will be
smaller than that of the Guild concern,
which was incorporated under the laws of
Maine for $200,000. The proposed com-
pany will be incorporated under the laws
of the State of Massachusetts.
"Maine" Steel Watches.
An enterprising American firm, bought
up all the steel saved from the wreck of
the ill-fated "Maine" and converted the
metal into watches which are undoubtedly
the most attractive and appropriate sou-
venirs of the Spanish-American war which
have yet appeared. The company has
sent "Maine" steel watches to many prom-
inent naval officers, and has received flat-
tering letters of acknowledgment from
Admiral Dewey and Captain Sigsbee.
• The makers of these watches have taken
especial care that the appearance of their
product should be worthy of the historical
associations which naturally cling to a piece
of steel taken from the "Maine." The
metal has been chemically treated so that
it resembles the rich blue gun-metal so
popular at present for all kinds of jewelry.
—Scientific American.
One of these beaiitiful watches can be
easily secured. Five dollars sent to The
Review gets The Review for one year and
a Dewey watch.
Death of firs. Janssen.
Mrs. Catherine Janssen, mother of B.
H. Janssen, of the Brambach Piano Co.,
Dolgeville, N. Y., died on Tuesday last,
Oct. 17th, at her late home in this city,
372 West Forty-sixth street. She was
seventy-one years old. The funeral took
place on Friday.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Remembered his Associates.
MISSION BOARD SECURE CITATION AND DEMAND
SURRENDER OF BEQUEST OF FACTORY
STOCKSAND NOTES AMOUNT-
ING TO $6o,OOO.
{Special to The Review.]
Cincinnati, O., Oct. 16, 1899.
The appetite of Missionary Societies for
money has again been illustrated. Friday
citation was issued from the Probate Court
against Lucien Wulsin and George W.
Armstrong, Jr., to appear and show cause
why they should not surrender to the ex-
ecutor of the estate of D. H. Baldwin a lot
of securities they have in their possession.
It is asserted they refuse to deliver them to
the executor. The residuary legatees, the
missionary societies to which the two-thirds
of the property goes, claim those securi-
ties belong to the estate and should be in
the possession of the executor.
When the private safe of D. H. Baldwin
was opened soon after his death by the
executor of the estate, namely, the Cincin-
nati Trust and Safe Deposit Company,
there were found in a box several large
envelopes of coarse manila paper, which
contained his private papers. One bears
the address of Mrs. Emerine Baldwin, and
contained her will. Another was addressed
thus: "Hand this to George W. Arm-
strong, Jr., for George W. Armstrong, Jr.,
and A- A. Van Buren." Below this in-
scription appears the well-known signature
of D. H. Baldwin. On the lower left-hand
corner of the envelope are the names of
the two witnesses, Carrie A. Marsh and
A. P. Hagemeyer.
It contained certificates of stock belong-
ing to Messrs. Armstrong and Van Buren
to the amount of $5,000 to Armstrong and
$8,000 to Van Buren. In another envelope
were notes of D. H. Baldwin & Co. made in
favor of D. H. Baldwin, to be divided be-
tween G. W. Armstrong, Jr., Lucien Wulsin
and A. A. Van Buren. The envelope bears
the same signatures as the former. These
notes represent a sum total of between $22,-
000 and $23,000. The fourth envelope was
marked in the following manner: "Hand
this to Lucien Wulsin." It bears Mr. Bald-
win's signature and those of the two wit-
nesses. It contained factory stocks to the
amount of $25,450, and divided as follows:
$10,000 in the Baldwin Piano Company,
$10,000 in the Ellington Piano Company,
$5,000 in the Valley Gem Piano Company,
and $450 in the Hamilton Organ Company,
of Chicago. These he presented to Messrs.
Wulsin, Armstrong and Van Buren. In
obedience to the commands that appear on
the envelopes the Cincinnati Trust and
Safe Deposit Company, as executor, handed
them to the several parties to whom they
were addressed.
Although no mention of the envelopes
was made in the will which was probated,
the members of the firm consider them to
be the gift of their deceased partner, and
that they are, in fact, similar to codicils.
Mr. Drausin Wulsin, the attorney for
the members of the Baldwin Co., when
seen regarding the suit said:
" I t is apparent to me that Mr. Baldwin
did the handsome thing by his business as-
sociates, and that when he made the be-
quests he intended that the Board of Home
and Foreign Missions of New York should
not get them. To remove all doubt as to
whether the deceased peformed this act or
not, an examination of the addresses and
instruction on the envelopes is all that is
required. There is not the shadow of a
doubt but that Mr. Baldwin testified his
appreciation of the partner's efforts in
building up the business in the last fifteen
years in this very substantial manner. A
Mission Board claims that the gifts ought
to be returned to the executor, so it could
get them. Mind you, this board has its head-
quarters in the metropolis; local churches
get comparatively nothing. It is amusing
to me this haste of the church in breaking
into Court and dragging others into litiga-
tion. "
Mr. Wulsin said further; "If they show
that Mr. Baldwin was incapable of making
a gift in this way they will also prove that
he was incapable of making the will where-
by the Boards of Home and Foreign Mis-
sions receive such a large legacy."
Incorporated in Illinois.
The National Phonograph Co., of Orange,
N. J., has been registered with the Secre-
tary of State of Illinois with a capital
stock of $10,000, which amount the com-
pany will operate with in that State.
The Kroeger Bee Hive.
One of the busiest places in New York
to-day is the Kroeger factory. From base-
ment to top floor it resembles a bee hive in
the matter of bustle and general activity,
work not infrequently being carried on
well into the night. President Garritson
maintains his system of personal supervis-
ion, and Messrs. Kroeger and Couch do a
full share of work in their several depart-
ments. Mr. Couch is still traveling in the
firm's interests and sends in excellent re-
ports.
The Victim of Pickpockets.
John O. Darling, of the firm of Goff &
Darling, piano dealers, Providence, R. I.,
was one of a number of prominent men
who were the victims of pickpockets at the
recent ball game between Brown Univer-
sity and the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Darling's wallet was taken from his
trousers pocket, emptied and placed in the
coat pocket, of a gentleman next to him,
who by the way was also relieved by the
pickpockets of his cash.
The Calenberg in New Rochelle.
The Calenberg Piano Co. have now in
process of erection a factory on Crescent
Avenue, New Rochelle, N. Y., in which
they expect to be able to manufacture
pianos for the holiday season. The mem-
bers of the firm are Harry Calenberg,
Peter Doern and Jacob A. Doern, the
former having superintended and managed
the entire factory of the old firm of Calen-
berg & Vaupel. The piano which they
will manufacture will be known as the
Calenberg.
Moore Organizing Company.
[Special to The Review.]
Bellevue, O., Oct. 17, 1899.
For several weeks a number of citizens
have been quietly considering the organi-
zation of a company to manufacture pianos
in this place. Mr. H. R. Moore, of Nor-
walk, a gentleman who has had many
years' experience in the trade and who also
has a reputation as one of the best me-
chanics and superintendents known in his
line, seeks to organize a company with a
capital of $25,000, one-third of which has
already been subscribed.
Guild Mortgage Foreclosed.
[Special to The Review.]
Worcester, Mass., Oct. 17, 1899.
Two weeks ago the Guild Manufactur-
ing company gave a chattel mortgage on
their stock of pianos, both finished and in
process of completion, to the president of
the company, B. A. Robinson, the amount
of the mortgage being $2500.
Yesterday Mr. Robinson filed a state-
ment at the city hall, through his counsel,
J. F. Humes, to the effect that he has fore-
closed the mortgage, and will proceed to
sell the stock at auction. It is stated on
good authority that representatives from
certain interests in Boston are circulating a
subscription list for stock in a new com-
pany that will take the plant of the
Guild company and manufacture pianos.
It is said that the capital stock will be
smaller than that of the Guild concern,
which was incorporated under the laws of
Maine for $200,000. The proposed com-
pany will be incorporated under the laws
of the State of Massachusetts.
"Maine" Steel Watches.
An enterprising American firm, bought
up all the steel saved from the wreck of
the ill-fated "Maine" and converted the
metal into watches which are undoubtedly
the most attractive and appropriate sou-
venirs of the Spanish-American war which
have yet appeared. The company has
sent "Maine" steel watches to many prom-
inent naval officers, and has received flat-
tering letters of acknowledgment from
Admiral Dewey and Captain Sigsbee.
• The makers of these watches have taken
especial care that the appearance of their
product should be worthy of the historical
associations which naturally cling to a piece
of steel taken from the "Maine." The
metal has been chemically treated so that
it resembles the rich blue gun-metal so
popular at present for all kinds of jewelry.
—Scientific American.
One of these beaiitiful watches can be
easily secured. Five dollars sent to The
Review gets The Review for one year and
a Dewey watch.
Death of firs. Janssen.
Mrs. Catherine Janssen, mother of B.
H. Janssen, of the Brambach Piano Co.,
Dolgeville, N. Y., died on Tuesday last,
Oct. 17th, at her late home in this city,
372 West Forty-sixth street. She was
seventy-one years old. The funeral took
place on Friday.
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