The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-18
ROUND TIE FESTIVE BOARD
TWENTY FOURTH ANNUAL BANQUET
OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Held In Harmony Hall Last Night-one of
the Largest Attended in the History of
the Chamber-speeches by Gov. Cooke,
Senator o. II. Platt, Mayor Farnsworth
and Others.
The twenty-fourth annual banquet of
the New Haven chamber of commerce
was held in Harmonic hall last night,
and was one Of the largest attended
ever held by the chamber, the guests
including among their number several
gentlemen Of not only local but national
reputation. The banquet proper, which
began at GAS o'clock, was preceded by
a reception to the guests held in the
club parlors, the guests being received
by President Ford and other officers
and members Of the New Haven cham
ber.
The banquet hall was unadorned with
decorative hanging, but this was made
up by the fine table fittings and decora-
tions. On each table was placed
large bouquet of pinks, chrysanthemums
and greens, while a wax candle in pale
green globes shed mellow light over
the board. Every available space in
the hall was set with small tables there
being twenty-one of these in addition to
the larger table at the head of the hall,
where the speakers of the evening were
seated. Nearly every seat was occu-
pied, few of the members or guests fail
ing to attend
In the front parlor, connected with
the banquet room by folding doors,
FichtPs orchestra, under the leadership
of Professor Frank A. Fichtl, was sta
toned and played an informal pro-
gramme of selections during the even
ing.
Those present were:
N Table Governor Lorrin A. Cooke,
Hon. Orville H. Platt, Hon. Joseph r.
Hawley, Captain c. F. Goodrich, Hon.
Frederick B. Farnsworth, Hon. N. D.
Sperry, Hon. E. J. Fill, Lieutenant
Governor James D. Dewell, Colonel D.
P. Heap, Hon. J. M. Allen, Professor
Henry W. Farnam, Hon. George M.
Gum, Rev. Melville B. Chapman, Cen
eral George H. Ford, General Edward
E. Bradley, John H. Platt, Hon. John
M. Hall.
Table 2-General S. E. Merwin, Joel
"A. Sperry Major S. S. Leach, Captain
J. Milton Thompson, Lieutenant Arthur
H. Murray, Alfred H. Chappell, Charles
H Townshend Zalmon Goodsell.
Table 3-Benjamin R. English, Pierce
N Welch, T. Attwater Barnes, C. H.
Deming Frederick A. Belts, Frederick
l.. AverilI Hon. A. T. Roraback, Jacob
P. Goodhart. ..t.i
Table 4-Joseph Porter, Herbert G..
Warren Franklin H. Hart, Evelyn E.
Stevens, Francis e. Spencer, Charles s..
Mersick, William ]. Atwater.
Table 5-George E. Hodson, Frank
Seward, George w. Lewis, George A.
Maycock, Frank A. Corbin, George G..
Powning, Charles E. Corwin, Andrew B.
Hendryx.
Table 6-L. Wheeler Beecher, William
S. Beecher, Frank H. Belden, Charles
r. Bishop, William H. Ely, John c..
North, Rufus S. Pickett, Henry c..
Rowe.
Table Livingston w. Cleaveland,
John c. Gallagher, Dennis A. Blakeslee,
Albert F. Welles, Eli Mix, Edward S.
Swift, James Bishop, Dwight W.
Blakeslee.
Table s-Max Adler, Henry Herr,
Isaac M. Ullman, Louis M. Ullman,
Maier Zunder, Albert Zunder.
Table 9-James P. Bogart Albert B.
Hill, William A. Beers, Frank S. An
drew, Samuel P Crafts, William E.
Chandler, Ward Coe, Charles Fl. Loom
is.
Table 10-Ralph J. Miner, George r..
Burton, Edward c. Beecher, Samuel e.
DibbIe, Willard c. Warren, Samuel III.
Read, A. R. Bradley, Myron r. Dur
ham.
Table 11-Stephen A. Howe, Leoni w.
Robinson, S. w. Hurlburt, w. A.. Har-
ris, John H. Post, Samuel J. Hoggson,
Lemuel G. Hoadley, Lyman M. Law.
Table 12-Charles W. Pickett, William
l.. Robertson, Walter Allen, Robert A.
Bronson Charles Fl. Trowbridge, Her
bert z. Smith, William B. Powell, Fred
erick B. Root.
Table 13-George B. Martin, A. Nc
Clellan Mathewson, D. P. Merwin, Mar
Gus p. ssmith, Edward P. Avery, David
C. Sanford, E. Harris Weaver.
Table 14-Frederick H. Benton, E. T,
Allen, w. E. Weld, jr., John Mckinley,
Wilson H Lee, George A. Alling,
Charles M. Matthews.
Table 15-Janes Graham, Andrew
Wylie, tr., J. F. Hopson, Joseph H. Nc
Donald, William M. King, Hobart B.
Ives, Curtis F. Evarts, Edgar 8. Dove.
Table 1G--Henry H. Ensign, Marquis
3. Newton, Thomas Z. Adds Walter
r. Gilbert, Frederick A. Pickering, Rob
ert S. ives, George Fl. Scranton, jr.
Table 17-George D. Seymour, Edward
@. Buckland, George D. Watrous, Tai
colt H. Russell, Frank H. Sperry, Eli
Whitney, Henry T. Blake, William S.
Wells.
Table 1S-Henry Kissinger, J. whea-
ton Stone, Franklin B. Shuster, Fred
erick L. Kutscher, Fl. B. Brown, Ed
ward F. Merrill, Henry Hillman Will
liam F. Stahl.
Table &c. T. Driscoll, William r.
Francis, Edward MCGOWAN, John Sc
mon. Frederick A. Downes. William
Dahlneyer, Frederick D. Grave, H.
Bussman.
Table 20-Charles W. Whittlesey,
Harvey G. Shepard, Adoniram J. Har-