The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-01
NED BRACE TELLS ABOUT MANY UNIQUE
 FEATURES OF THE GR1D1RON CLUB DINNER

who sang appropriate music. as. for in- stance:
 Pierpont Morgan played the ongan. John Mitchell played the dnuma
 The railroad played the same old game. And the price was twelve per ton. per ton. And the price was twelve per ton
 The music, by the way, was lively feature of the dinner. Several topical songs were. sung, with verses betitting the occasion. Senator Depew was the recip- lent of melodious tribute from a band of vocal acrobats and musical contor- tionists whose performance was espe- cially appreciated by MT. Depew. Soma idea of the manner in which the songs of the day were utilized may be judged from the following:
 His name was Henry Corbin,
 soldier fine to see;
 And Henry was the adjutant
 Of all the great armee;
 He thought he'd like 10 make tour
 And so he sailed away
 Upon an army transport
 With Uncle Sam to pay.
 > "Oh, didn't he ramble"
 During the evening medals denoting a membership of ten years in the club were presented to Beriah Wilkins of the Wash- ington Post, Walter E. Adams of the Boston Herald and Frank g. Presbrey, one of the nonresident members. The presentations were accompanied by ap- propriate speeches, The guests contrib uted tEeir quota to the evenings enter tainment by felicltious remarks, which were sandwiched in between the things to eat and the features presented by the club. Among those who were called upon and who responded with admirable off, hand speeches were Lord Charles Beres- ford, Senator-elect German. Senator De- pew and others.
 Tine list of guests was as follows:
 Milton E. Allies, assistant secretary of the treasury; Senator Aldrich. Robert B. Armstrong, assistant secretary of the treasury; Robert Bacon, George F. Baker, New York; Lord Charles Beresford, Eng. land Senator Beveridge, Royal B. Brad ford, rear admiral United States navy; Henry s. Brown. New York Herald; L. s. Browne, Southern railroad Representa- tive Cannon, Count Cassini, ambassador from Russia; Henry C. Corbin, major general United States army; George p. Cortelyou, secretary to the President; William S. Cowles. captain United States navy; W. Murray Crane, former gov ernor of Massachusetts; George II. Dan iels, New York Central railroad Chaun- cey M. Depew Senator Ballin Senator Dolliver Senator John F. Dryden, J. H. Estell, Savannah News; Senator Fair banks, Representative Foster, H. w. Fuller, Chesapeake and Ohio rairoad; Arthur P Gorman senator-elect from Maryland; S. H. Hardwick, Southern rail- waya Sir Michael Herbert ambassador from England; Senator Hanna, Represent tative Grosvenor, Clark Howell, Atlanta Constitution; Representative Hull, Me vile E. Ingalls,, president Big Four rail- road; Philander c. Johnson. Washington Star; Victor Kaufman, Washington Star; Senator Kearns, John J. Knapp, lieuten- ant commander United States navy; H. H. Kohlsaat Chicago Record-Hei aid, Rep resentative Iittlefield. c. A. Lyon, Jr., Washington Star Henry L. Badham, Birmingham, J. H. Maddy, Baltimore and Ohio railroad; George s. Mandell, Boston Transcript; S. P. Mandel Boston Trans cript; Rokuichira Masujima, Tokio, Ja- pan; Thomas N. McCarter, New Jersey; John4 T. McCutcheon, Chicago Record Herald; Joseph Medill Mccormick, Chi cago Tribune; William R. Merriam, di- rector of census; Julius P. Meyer, Ham, burg-American Steamship company; J. Pierpont Morgan, Franklin Murphy, gov ernor of New York, Alexander R. Moves, New York Evening Post; Theodore w. Moves, Washington Star; George W. Ochs, Philadelphia Ledger; E. Milo De ojeda, minister from Spain. B. S orcutt. New York Tribune; Louis A. Pradt, as- sistant attorney general; Count A. von Quadt, secretary German embassy; Wal lace E. Randolph. brigadier general U. S. A; Charles B. Ryan, Seaboard Air Line; w. s. Schley, rear admiral. U. $. N; c. A. Small, New York; J. Henry Small, Jr.. Washington, D. C.; Samuel Spencer, Southern railway; William J. Stone, senator-elect from Missouri J. M Terrell governor of Georgia, John M. Thurston, former senator from Ne braska; Littleton T. Waller, major gen. eral, U. s. marine corps; Brainard H. Warbler Washington, D. C.; s. c. Walls, Philadelphia Press; John W. Green, Buff falo Express; Harry H. and John II. Holmes, Boston Herald, and John W. Yerkes, commissioner of internal rev enue.