The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-12-21
COMMERCIAL DAY.
Added to the List Of Fixed
Events.
THE BANQUET AT DELMoNlco's
A Brilliant Affair Attended by Hun
dreds to Celebrate the Centen-
nial of Commerce.
THE BANQUET AT DsLMcNlco's

New York, Dec 20--It Is one hundred
years ago today since the signing OF the
treaty of amity, commerce and navigation
with Great Britain, and which was nego,
tiated by the chief justice OF the United
States, John Jay, OF this city; ana last
night, with banquet at Delmonicos' 70
commemorate the close OF the first CEN
tury OF commercial liberty In America.
Commercial Day will be added to the
list OF fixed events that are annually
commemorated in this country While
this year the movement Is connneu 10
this city, It is hoped that, year hence
every city in the country which mas
board of trade, chamber of commerce,
or other commercial institution, viii hold
n meeting or give banquet on CONNER
cial Day, at which the commercial inter-
ests OF the county, and plans for their In
creased development, may be discussed.
The inaugural banquet last night IN the
'stinguished character of the participants
was one OF the most brilliant auairs
held in this city for many years, and q
hundred or more prominent men from
| different commercial centers who accept
ed the invitations of the committee, regis
tered last night at leading uptown no.
| tells. Among them were Gov. Morton,
Mayor Strong, Secretaries Herbert ana
Morton, Francis Dupont, OF Delaware.
| Carroll d. Wright, Arthur Sewell, OF
l Maine. John f. Hudson. president of the
American Bell Telephone Company. Col.
James F. Pepper Of Kentucky, Felix AM
gus. of Baltimore Warner Miller. Jrdge
William Lawrence of Ohio P. A. Cham
hers, of Pittshurg, Albert Morsbach, OF
! Cincinnati. Charles Huston, Of Coates
vile. Pa: Mayor J. d. Higgins. Of Oswet
30, N. Y: #. c. Machen, OF Harrisburg,
va; 10. c. Simmons, of ST. Louis: Lewis
Nixon. OF Flizabeth. Franklin Murphy,
OF New York, John Moses, Of Trenton,
John s. Baldwin, Of Worcester William
Berrl and st. Clair McKelway, OF Brook
lyn. Jeremiah Dwyer president OF the
Michigan Stove Company OF Detroi1i
CAPTAIN Fred Pabst, OF Milwaukee.
i From Philadelphia have come Henry
Bower Walter Clark, Charles II. Cramp
Robert II. Foefderer. Howard 3. French
James Gillinder A. 3, Johnson, Theodore
Justice. Colonel A. X. Mcclure, Freder.
ick Munch william Sellers, Colonel fff
r sineerley. Charles Emory Smith, az
: =. Rogers, president of4the Php hls
e Commerci Exchange.
I, From Boston, Wallace .1obinson
: president of the Boston Chahlner OF Com
! merce; John r. Leeson, president OF tn
. Boston Merchants Association; Colone
: Albert A., Pope and w. B. Rice are here
0 Among the New Workers present ar
g John N. Bach, August Belmont Post
e master Dayton, stuyvesant Fish, =, /
e Godkin, Andrew II. Green, General Thos
: L. James, Colonel william Jay, D. Q. Mill
r william Rockefeller, John II Seallef
! william steinway. II. Walter Wobb. Hor
: ace White, Stephen v. White, Chaunce'
o M. Depew, and s. w. Fairchild.
= The toast list, as finally arranged, wa
e as follows: "Our Merchant Marine" Sen
: ator william p. Frye, Of Mainei Amer
e can Commerce" Hon. Don. M. Dickinson
r 'The American Press" General Charlie
' IT Taylor. of the> Boston Globe; Th
r American Business Man" General Horac
:, Porter, of New York. Covers we're lai
k for four hundred guests, and between IN
o toasts Mr.. Depew was presented with
;, copy OF the work zone Hundred year
Z Of American Commerce. with the auts
n graphs Of the donors inscribed upon We
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