New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-29
COASTS TO THE NATIONS.
r FESTIVITIES END IN GRAND BAN
QUIET.
xr SPEAKERS PLEDGE FRIENDSHIP FUN
THE LANDS WHICH SENT THhi"
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TUE LANDS WHICH SENT THhl" ''i'
ro NETWORKS HARBoK
II Aha naval and military display Oh ''o
~ vb,ch nowerful men-of-war i'o'i' .'':'
4 .,,rcs acted together 10 40 " H. o,d;na
ecu" =, states il was fitting tiia' ''o ''0 '
| inv" ..;,;,;ns should he under tie ""'p'O'e
OF '"o ;..,ior established to advance ','c
OIL a." ~, ;,,,oros,s Of the country Ai'ei 'io
he''' ,'.I heIcbed forth their Sdiu'cs Ill
meh :, Xo.on's President. ana the Sailors
ho''' - SIN the many foreign shps III Tue
anu '"" Ian escorted through the pfhclpai
hSroo' "" ,,o,ropolis it came the turn OIL 'he
Sb.uhe, of Commerce OF TINS ui's ~ p'"'
.as, Tba, body did this roSa'N, ,.:r;o.
C.,aon, has there been so Varieu anu "r''',''
..h.-;,r Of men at feast as sat oo"n las,
80. :, tho beautiful diningroom OF 'he iioc'
Waldorf 10 enjoy the hospitality OF the Ohanloo'
wa'o While it was a warlke gathering
:" .ha, among the 300 men present niaJo'.'S
~ uniform. the speeches generally dealt WIN
were III u commerce. 1t was the view of the
tf''e ~ commerce that the nation that rules
,,n"" '.,,.rce Of the world, rules the world
VIC " d;r,er hour was set for o'clock but az
hour the guests had hardly begun 10 ar
=, the hotel Soon they began to come In
ods and before long admrals, vice-admir'iS'
manders. captains and leutcnants oil 'he
Ta~v generals, colonies, majors, captains 'n"
,.rt.rants Of the Army, and civilians III 'iicii
lain evening dress mingled together III P''
rr.soue mass, the gilt from the cpauie's anu
,ho rold lace cleaning brilliantly and the sWofu'
| cankng melodiousy. -,., orou,d
1ho,o vas a main table which stretched arouhu
.,,oo sides Of the banquet-hall. Alexander T.
Orr. the vice-prcsident of the Chamber oil Non-
u,.rc. led the way 10 the dining hall, Win Nl'o
Admiral Kasnokof, of the Russian he''' oH "''
,;cbt arm. and Vicc-Admral John u HOPKINS vi
his left The only decorations In the dihihg-roo,,
we're on the Fifth-ave. side, where hdgs OIL al
,be nations represented were draped behind TWO
American nags
A HANDSOME MENU CARD.
Tho meuu card was an elaborate one. On the
outside Of il WAS the seal Of the Chamber of Com
mcrcc. with this inscription directly under 1t
Banquet rendered by the Chamber Of Com
n,crce of the State of New-York TO the ohcers oil
Foreign and United States vessels, escortlns 'he
Spanish caravels to the waters OF lorh. FRI,
day. April the twenty-eighth, 1898 Hotel
Waldorf"
The menu was:
Huitres coqwics,
(Haut Barslc)
Ioitue claire
tAnlontado Passado),
tilet de bass a ramcricane
(l,udasheimcI Berg.
Pommes duchesse
Tmhale fantsiSie,
(Pontet Cantt.
Rs de vcau coquillc.
Raron dagnelu
Peuts pois nouvcauN
tponeroy Sec Met Chandon Brut Imperial lOeuc'V'
Grand Vim Sec
Sorbct Surprise.
Aspic de Ell bellevue
(Chateau Mouton. d'Armalhacp'
ChaIon ruic.
salado O. laitue ct ,oua'es
(Pommartl
Biscuit calaNe!,
Cafe,
Liuueurs Varies Fine Champagne
An excellent band was concealed IN one OF INC
rooms adjoining the banquet hall, and Throughout
the dinner it played airs familiar to the iheh D,
the various nations there represented. III ser'cu
10 preserve that spirit Of harmony, fellowship aho
GOOD feeling that has been one of the most prom
| ipent features Of the entire weeks celepratiohs
French, English, Spanish, Russian, German, i'df
| IAN Holland. Brazilian and American naval oii'cr'
dplomatists, army officers ana business anu pi'
fessional men of New-TOrk sat side oy Si"c' "''
drani, and talked together and were or the DIS
| OF terms IL was sight such as has never peioi'
been seen here.
THE NAVAL MEN PRESENT
The grand maroh 20 the dinlne-iooh "a' Nv
played until 80 o'clock TIE air selected pN Wv
band was Hail Columbia To lis strains u,
guests marched down 20 thr banquet nan =
WAS brilliant procession Members OF the lie
ce,ton Committee, in their plain, biacN 'Ne'i',i'
suits took the arms Of naval and army officers VIII
were loaded down with GilttcrinS gnu an" -o''
lace There wee about 500 guests anu "o'''
one-half Of them in uniform Inc tao's WI
arfjstically decorated with rare cut ho"cI'
Alexander l.. Orr. the viccpr"Sident oil the Oha"i
bcr Of Commerce. presided Secretary Herbert o
the Navy was TO occupy the seat OF honor al III
right The Secretary went TO Washington IN IN
afternoon. and Vice-Admiral Knsnalion. of In
Russian fleet, took his place. At Mr. OFT III
mediate left sat Vice Admiral Sir john o. HoI
\ kins OF the British lcct Governor Flower an
Colonel George B. Mcclellan, the president oil IN
Board Of Aldermen We're eandwiched betwec
Russian officers The Governor could not sp"a
Russian ard the Russians did not understand
word of English The other naval men at tn
table and in the dining room were:
Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherar Rear Admlrai :
f. X enhanl R"a; .dmlra, dA4i ae 'rn" II
Italian Meet: Adrlrai = e.: "IlT" a r,nr
miral Gomez LOilO. Rear NHmlrai Juno
Admiral T. g. Howard. Ncuve de Julio; captain
c. Watson. OF the San francisco: Captain NJ scar
Of the Nantonomoh: Captain Xclenol. 81 the DlHil
Donskoi Captain BcsobFaSon Of tn" Russian WarNh
General Admiral Captain Sias Casey. OF III" NrWarE
Captain II. /. Picking. Of the Charleston. Sap''
Parfait. of the Jean Part: Captain william Dies
Hamilton. OF the Blake: Captain I. J. lIigelnSon,
more: Captain ". A. ArTleus. or the Van spe>l
Captain < c. Holland. OF The Australia: CAPITA
". X. Bridgman. chief OF stan Of The Philadelphia
Captain A. S. Barker of the Phlladclphia ca
a aromn o. ,ne 'p' de Krcrcr 81 :,
lynda Captain J. p. Ppon. OF the Mneicienn'
Captain Frank WildcS. of the Yorktown Command
Edwin White. ~ the Concord Penn hfmr
Buchscl. Of the Kaiserln Augusta Captain krcho
of tho Kascrin Augusta: Captain Renter. Of II
Arethuse Commander Kocllnor Of the ~ccndlcr: Cor
mnnder Bradford. OF DIE Bcmminsi0n: Licnicnan Coz