New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-28
IN HONOR OF GRANT.
HIS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED AT THE
UNION LEAGUE.

TIE DINNER WAS INFORMAL AND THERE WERE
FEW SET SPEECHES
TIL. seventh annual dinner OF the Union League
Club in honor OF the seventy-fourth anniversary OF
General Grants birthday took place at the club
house last evening. The dinner was an INFORMAL
affair as the original Intention OF those having inc
matter In charge was to have the unwilling ana
tho dinner on the same day; but on account or the
unwilling OF the Grant monumen. In Philadelphia
,.as,.rdav NJ which Colonel Frederick ID. Grant
had promiscd to be present before the invitation or
the Union League club was extended TO MIN 10 DE
present at the unvel.ing OF thclr monument t"c
MANS OF the club committee were entirely chahSen
There were present last evening ABOUT one h"n"'eu
and nfty members and guests The speeches were
,nnromntu 10 a large degree. Those who spoke
we're Colonel W G. Plummer. Or. Ferdinand G
Igehart the Rev. Thomas B. Mcleod Mayor "nr-
ster and Charles a. Moore, president OF the Mon
tauk Club Henry w. knight presided AT the
speakers table In addition TO those mentioned were
william BERT. Silas g. butcher ana william H.
Miller. Those present were:
i J. Fields 4. H. Creagh. Thomas w, Mccor-
mack NJ b. Sncviy. George Scott, Montrose
icweil' H. c. Iarowe. Howard VI. Smith. w s. COL
vim " c. Humstone, w. r.. Edmister, Charles O.
STeej + f Bende er1 A. 5 he6ey John Nc
Keen. Charles A. Scheren. jr' a. 1. Skerry' George
". Petit H. = Jacob. G. NJ. Jacob, Judge Hatch
B. cailaghan, Thomas Beli j. r; Spears; w. G.
"A.
= Rutzler Benjamin +. Blair. William Il. Snafer
II G. Wells A. y. Baird. ID. NJ Munger y; II
Hobbs. c. ". Cox. Levi Darbee J. X Wells. F. H.
Tver George S. Adams. w B. Atterbury, Major A.
g. Tate, w II McCabe. +. A: Cruikshank. q: W
Van Mater j. J. Terhune, John Pullman. j.
Rmrke j s. Mitchell. J. r. Ross. w. ii: Wells. }. f.
Prior H. l.. Smith. H. 4. Storey c. w. Seamans
William c. Pate, James T. Hole: Thomas Wells
w r. Fuller. II. II. Starkey. w; Mead j. r. Brown
u r. Masters George w Shebler. William II
Adams Charles S. Adams. William s. Demns. ID. >
oulmby George w Keller, George f. TAFT. -: NJ
Hurley IT, philip s. Clark. Horace T.. Dresser. Ben
iamin Estes. W. g. Shafer Anthony Flala John a.
Eermody Miles O'Riley. William II. English. !:ud-
wig Nssen II. r. Masters, jr., II. II. Haigh. X Hal
United States Navy; J. ". Cooper. w: r. HILL f.
Dwight, w II. Smith. J. w Webb. H. y. Allen
,rbomas b. Mossorop +. 7. Everett. John II. sutton
y r Emery, T. b. Willis. James T. Hurley
a. lanes r Garfield. A. H. Frost. r. II Harding
I II McCooey. John Sands. Il. j. Mott. l.. s
PARKER w H. Irwin, A. +. Parsons. Charles W
Routon Henry Walters. James Dean \.
Rlanchard II. r. Heath. A. l. Weaver, ID. r
Morse n r. Collin. William +. Peel. Granville
Perrin j o. Williams. George II. Roberts. IT.
lanes Ennis r. Lee Smith. John II. Johnson. John
I Sheppard A. J. Pouch, Charles II. Townsend
Iobn Vi Burtis II. w. Buttle. l.. " Chapn, f.. W.
ynvetoy Alexander Robb. Thomas J. Lnnikin
Cbsries T. Keator. George 3. Forester, l. K
Wells L. H. Rogers. George Crosby. G. n. Hoag-
land G Johnson. A. w. Ford. William H. H.l
Senator Albert A. wray, Superintendent Of Police
William j McKeIvey: a. 4 Davidson. Anarew
Jacobs Noah Tebbetts, &. Y. Seamans' John L.
Paker and Charles H. RUSSELL