The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-28

Tacoma Bureau o. TIE PoSt-Tntsiiixenra~.
IL Pacific avenue
TACOMA. Jan E.-Specfai-The second
annual dinas~ o ire Tacoma Chamber o,
Coumsre. sai Board q Trade held ar
the Tacoma hotel tonight. was one 81 the
ucst elaborate affairs ever celebrated in
this city.
Il vas a gathering 81 nearly al TIE rep
resentatiEe business men az Tacoma
eizhty-six OF them sitting down AZ the
tables. The main dining room % thu
hotel. where the festivities were held
was ella horately decorated with potfeA
plants and ferns. and patriotic enblems
we're fastened ia profusion around the
walls and arches Of fhe hail.
The house committee which. in con-
Junction with the reception committee
and Secretary Samue; Collyer. made al
OF the arrangements, Is compose. %
Charles HotChkiss. A z Bull H. q. Dew
ey, w. G. CASTOR and F. 3. Cole.
The following we're the guests:
F III. Graham. {. II. Hyde 0. 2 Hay
aen. Calvin Phillips, H G. Foster. John
P amy, Charles Hotchkiss. J. n. Van
derbilt, Henry Longsrreth, Z J. McNee-
ley. Thomas Cooper. a. B. Case. II. n.
Lee. " ". Powell. @. L. Holmes. ". III.
Brow1 r olas seF ai IE wa5 Te
Strong. A NJ Stewart. Ira A Town.
George Browne, Mkt Saito. z. T. Red.
A. c. Tousey. r. G. Walker. A. c. Phil
lips. A ". Martin. c. P. Ferry. z. e
Resting. Morris Gross. p. Tllllnghast. J..
W Roys. VI. O. Pearce. DR.. A. II. Dee
kens. r. 5. Bingham, Samuel Collyer. F.
c. Wheeler. G. A Stanley. c. ". Crom-
Wei A Woodwork. c. A. Sayre - r.
fhoburn. &. l.. HoSka. Rev. J. r Alex
snder; Frederick MotteGs c; ?. Master
Barlow. j. @. Copley. T. W Enos. George
u walker II. ;. Grigss. =. Y. Benham.
Ellis u Gross. Alex BaiIlie r r. Whit
sker. T. NJ Caldwell. J q Cromwell. Or.
G. Munson. George H stone. u. W. z
Burkhart. Warren T. Dickson. Frank 3.
Cole. {. ". Morrill,. ". b. Coffee W J.
Morphy A snowdsn. Thomas Sam
H Cole, ]. Edw. Foye. R P. Bradley, E.
:. Hamilton. r. A Brown. E Steinhach.
The guests assembled at parlor A OF the
hotel at O'Clock. where they were well
coined by the reception committee COM
posed OF George Browne. W. Harrison
Woodruff, a NJ Stewart. DR.. A II. Dee
kens and w. W. Powell. At $50 all filed
into the banquet room and took their
seats, where they happily disseeted the
following menu:
Blue Points
Consomme. Ia Imperial.
Olives. Sailed Almonds. Celery.
Small Patties OF Fresh Shrimp. au Bech-
Brook Trout, a Ia Boheme
Russian Caviar on Toast
Potatoes Windsor
Grilled Lamb Outlets. Maitre dHoteL
Saratoga Chips. French Peas.
Tenderloin OF Beef. aux Champignons
Asparagus Hollanda!ss.
Mashed Potatoes.
Cardinal Punch
Roast Wild Goose. Grape jelly.
Drowned Sweet Potatoes.
Lobster Salad.
Apple Pie. Charlotte de Russo,
Tutti Frutti Ice Cream. Assorted cake.
Nuts and Raisins. Fruit
Figs and Dates
Roquefort. Neufchatel and American
Black Coffee. Crackers.
As soon as all the guests were seated
President Frederic Mottet. OF the cham
Der. who was seated at the head OF an
orators table. arose and welcomed them
TO the pleasures OF the occasion. His re-
marks were particularly well-timed and
called for great applause.
F. III. Graham. the attorney responded
10 the titular query. For What Does
Our Institution Stand?" taking up the
various features of the body its interest
in advertising IN outside places, etc.
George II. Stone spoke on the business
outlook. showing that IL is improving. and
there IS no reason 10 fear the future
Frank y. Cole. in his usual humorous
vein. elaborated on the lumber interest
and Col. &. L. Ferry. in a remarkably
succinct speech OF twenty minutes spoke
on commercial conditions abroad.
a peculiar phase OF this banquet was
that there was no wine. Everybody drank
Tacoma water and enough OF IL to show
that IL was heartily appreciated.