The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-02-20
TILDEN'S MEDAL.
Columbia Club Decides That
He Had the Most
Steak.
BARR IN BUTCHERS COAT
He Presides, and Uses as a
Gavel a Huge Ok
Bone.

Columbia Hall last night was the scene
4 OF feasting and merriment. 1t was the
occasion of the fourth annual beefsteak
dinner of the Columbia Club. The hungry
men sat down little after nine and when
1 the first batch of steak was brought in
there was sileLce for few short mos
1 ments. AS each batch of steak appeared
| the hum of conversation was interrupted
4 and the Interruptions were so many that
| it was mystery how the diners could
ARISE from the table at the finish
commissioner Edward Barr presided
ana to him is due great credit for the
manner in which everything went off.
Inc Commissioner made a short address
oI welcome and then told the boys" to
pegln, which they did with a will The
commissioner was attired in a long but
| chers gown with a high top hat. He
USED as a gavel an OK bone which did
! sood service in calling for attention. The
| walters We're members of the club. They
wore nigh silk hats and long white
aprons They filled there positions admir-
aoiy, although they were amateur. They
We're City Marshal Edgar A. vreeland,
William ]. Charlock, Joseph Filoramo, c.
Boag and Steven Herig.
In the course of the evening J. A. Dris-
coll sang a number of solos in excellent
style. He was repeatedly encored. Will
lam Machin sang several tenor solos, and
ne mad hard time getting anything to
eat because the audience wanted more.
William Quirk sang some. of his comic
songs in his inimitable way, and gave a
very witty monologue which kept the
house in a roar. Rueben Baker made the
piano talk as only he can.
1t had been decided to have no speeches
at all, but his Honor, the Mayor, was un-
able to get away without saying a few
words. When he arose to go there were
repeated calls from all over the house
for a speech, and the rule had to be
broken. He gracefully thanked the guests
for their courtesy and expressed his pleas
ure at being present.
Commissioner Barr, at the close of the
dinner, presented James S. Nolan with
the gavel used at the dinner and said he
hoped to hear. it call for attention some
time at a Lion Club dinner.
The medal for the champion beafsteak
eater was presented to Commissioner T.
he thought there We're others who de-
served medals, but he would always
cherish his and look at it when his appe-
tfte was not up to the standard. The
medal was made of leather and was .ill-
scribed champion Beefsteak Eater at
Columbia Club, February 10, 1901.
When the dinner was about half over it
was discovered that there were just thir-
tpan at ha foo fao
was made known nobody seemed to mind
it. All kept their seats and demolished
more steak. The hall was very prettily
decorated and arranged. One large table
at thehead of the hall seated the guests
of honor and the other guests were seat
ed at small tables scattered around the
hail.. On each table was small palm
and button hole boquets for the diners.
Large palms and rubber plants were
banked all around the hall. The floral
decorations were made by George Cruise,
a well known member of the club. Chef
Blumentritt received many congratula-
tions on the way in which the steak was
cooked.
AT the head table where Mayor Edward
Ioos, Commissioner Thomas w. Tilden,
Captain Thomas P. Nugent, Commissioner
Edward Barr, George Kruse, Commits
sioner James S. Nolan, Commissioner An
thony Hauck, Martin Sind, Sewer In
spector James Mckee, George K. Cabell,
| Inspector Archibald and Captain Cox.
Among the others present were:-Thomas
w. Adams E. H. Bennett r. I. Dauber,
Joseph F. MacEntee, d. c. Allen, T. S.
Toy, A. P. Bennett, M. O'Connor, c.. e.
Colbeck, T. Aarons, J. Blaese, w. Symes,
]. F. Clark, c. w. Kaufman, II. H.
Pruser, William Mckinley, J. J. ODonnell
C. J. Somers, NJ T. Connolly, G. L. Tul-
lien, F. f. Judd, w. H. Thomp-
son, E. .Zeiger H. Lutz, j. e.
Carlock, j. P. Seibert, George Keiser,
| W. Kelly, Adam Glaser, George Nc
Carthy, Detective Frank Bennett p.
Higgins, J. A. Driscoll, J. Glenn, J. H.
Smith, H. Brinkmann, F. P. Rehill, j.
| McNulty, J. Knobloch, Jr., a. Steanle,
G. Scheller, B. Kearns, ]. Kaiser, j..
Lillis. M. L. Livingston, C. M Austin,
T. j. O'Day, Colin oBag, Edgar A. Vree-
land, William ]. Charlock, Steven Herig,
Joseph Filoramo, Oscar E. Kreig X
Strohofer, H. p Lippincott, J. 7. Earl,
Happy Days Armbruster, E. Woeckner,
M. Davis, DR.. Lignot, A. Woeckener, W.
Heck, w. Davis, P. J. Dillon, P. Brown
G.. Purk, James Dadds, w. G. Col
Inns, Mortimer Kelly, of Philadel-
phia, Thomas Kee1y. Detective M. Foley,
G. Edison, Gustav Meister, f.. j. Carly,
w. Machin, w. Quirk Rueben Baker, J.
| Schellenberger, E. Gothberg, w. Ente-
| mann III. Hauck, Louis Schaffer, John
Rowe, r. w. Decatur, Jasper Smith,
| James Smith, Owen Griffiths, t. Stewart,
T. Farrell, William P. Kelly, James G.
Kelly, Enoch J. Smith, Frank Basford.
John F. McNulty, George w. Wood, A. G.
Dieterle.