The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-02-21
200 FORMER IOWANS
BANQUET IN GOTHAM

New York. Feb. i9.-Theodore T..
Shonts, cx-chairman OF the Panama
canal commission aud Secretary OF the
Treasury shaw were the principal
speakers last night ut the second an
nuai banquet of the Iowa Society OF
New York. held at the wnidorf-Astoria.
Fully 100 were present.
senator Doiliver and Congressman
Frank q. Lowden. now OF Illinois, were
unable to be- present. The event was
a great success. A resolution was
adopted and sent to Senator Allison as
follows:
We gratefully acknowledge 10 you our
profound appreciation of your long and
distinguished service TO both state and
nation. and express To YOU our wishes that
There may still he for you many years OF
JOY and pleasure.
The guests OF honor included Sec
retary shaw. senator Dolliver. Hon.
u shonts. Congressman Lowden.
senator William A. Clark. OF Montana:
Judge John r. Dillon. General John j.
Mccook. Walter Alexander. Hon. sid
ney Foster. George McHenry and Ed
win h. Blashford. tn. artist.
The members of the dinner commit
tee who furnished the most accountable
program for the annual reunion were
colonel James r. Pcavy. Colonel Henry
l.. Swords. John A. Drake. Edmund A.
stcdman. Henry ID. Tichenor. Robert
u. Armstrong, Delos W. Cooke. Edward
.o~ings Towne. Adelbert J. smith and
q. Arthur Dunlavy. The officers who
also took an active part Ia the arrange
nents were General Dodge. president:
James - Clarkson. first vice president:
Theodore =. Shonts. third Vice presi-
dent: coker y. clarkson. secretary, and
Allan Dawson. secretary
partial list OF the members who
attended and tho cities from which
they hail follows:
Des Moines.-waller r. Andrews. Web
ster Bishop. James r. Clarkson, Coker r.
Clarkson, W. r.. Chess. Allan Dawson,
schuyler X lngham. William A. Jones.
august Kuhn. Julius Kuhn. George T.. Me-
6racken Charles v. o'Donnell. George y.
Parker. DIR Harry T.. Plummcr. Charles
r Riegeiman. William II. Ryan. Elijah
W. Sells. Colonel u. l.. Swords, Warren
Thummel. Henry u. Tichcnor. Samuel
k-r.
Dubuque-Henry q. Bates. orrin 4.
Goan. Walter Goan. Walter Large, VIII
liam Writ Mills, James u. Sheffield and
;, Council BlufI-wnHara G. Beer. Frank
=. Pussy, Ralph W. Clayton. GrenyIiie NJ
Dodge. John T.. Granger. William X.
Huntington and Adelbert J. smith
Sioux City-w II. Hanford, James n.
Peavey and e. H. Winnie.
Independence-H. r. Bailou.
.x.snnioosa-S. w. Huntington aud John
w. Miller
Daysnport-James ID. Campbell and John
r. Dillon.
The representatives OF other Iowa
cities were:
III. A. Bennett. Ames: Charles X. Bissell.
Fairfield: State Senator Edgar r. Brack-
EFT, Mt Vernon: n. w Buol, Keokuk:
Jesse w. Clark, Red Oak; George ID Cook
Nj. Pleasant. &. A. Dunlnvy. Stiles: Geo
Norton Ellis, president Tabor college: II.
X. Iiedrick. keokuk: r. e.. H.rleman, Wa
verify. John W. Jennings Millersburg:
James H. kooser. Cedar Rapids; Norman
X. Metcalf, Lansing: 4. q. Monnet Keo-
sauqua; Charles III. More. Fort Dodge:
John y. Murray. Monroe; Nelson ~ Page
For! podSs; ThsS, = s.nxsy. Iowa cry;
Snyder, Cedar Falls. II. A. Stedman Keo-
kuk. Edward o. Towne, Pella; Rev Ju-
illus A. Ward. Cedar Rapids: Is.dors Well,
IClarinda. George w wellman. Ottumwa:
,Myron y. Westoyer. Vinton: Thomas A.
Williams. Adel.
Several well known public men at
tended, among them being W. G.
Brown. vice president OF the New
York Central: william r. Hornaday,
director OF the New York Geological
park: Albert Shaw. editor OF the Re-
view OF Reviews. Delos w. Cooke.
assistant traffic manager OF the Erie
railroad: Lee DeForest. the inventor
OF wireless telegraphy. and John y.
Runnell. OF Chicago. counsel for the
Pullman company.