t 3U DEC It DCDI CATION T T HE AIew Swiss 16,1905. i£x ICthrts SEYMOUR DURST When you leave, please leave this book Because it has been said " Ever' thing comes t' him who waits Except a loaned book." J>>toig£i 25eneuolent J>octetp of tht Cttp of «l£eto lorfe SOUVENIR OF THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW SWISS HOME 35 & 37 WEST 67th STREET NEW YORK December tfje J>txteettti) Nineteen i^unbreti ifibe NEW SWISS HOME 35 and 37 West 67th Street, New York. 1905 OLD SWISS HOME 108 Second Avenue, New York, 1883—1905 THE BUILDING COMMITTEES. General Building Committee August Houriet, Pres. August Richard J. Eug. Robert Louis J. Mathey Charles Glatz, Treasurer Henry A. Riisch Louis H. Junod J. C. Altherr B. Malizia Gust. Hurlimann Henry J. Landolt J. Bertschmann C. A. Streuli Andrew Schlaeppi Charles Lemp, Secretary. Sub-Building Committee August Houriet, Chairman Charles Glatz, Treasurer Charles Lemp, Secretary Louis J. Mathey J. Eug. Robert August Richard B. Malizia Henry J. Landolt Architect John E. Seharsmith DEDICATION CEREMONIES OK THE New Swiss Home December 16, 1905, at 3 o'clock P. M. PROGRAMME. 1. Opening Prayer in English, Rev. Henry L. Grandlienard •2. Chorus — '■ Schweizer Psalm: " Trittst Lm Morgen roth da her'''' - Zwyssig By the Swiss Singing Societies. 3. Address in French, Mr. Atg. Houriet, Chairman of the Building- Committee. t. Address in English, Mu. L. II. Joi noo, President of the Swiss Benevolent Society. 5. Response inf German, Dr. Leo Vogel, Minister Plenipoten- tiary of Switzerland. (>. \'isit through the Home by the Minister of Switzerland and the Swi>> Consul, accompanied by the Reception Committer. T. Chorus — " Mein Schweizerland, wach aiif!" Altenhofer By the Swiss Singing Societies. S. General Reception. MUSIC FUWISHED BY MESSRS. EDMUND VARNIER, THEO. MARC, and JOSEPH ALLARD. PRESIDENTS OF THE SWISS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY SINCE 1846. 1846 Louis Philippe de Luze 1876 Alfred Merian 1847 1877 John E. Iselin 1848 IS78 Henry Escher 1849 1879 1850 1880 J. Eugene Robert 1851 A. Guerber 1881 Henry Escher 1852 1882 J. Eugene Robert 1853 Cesar Auguste Robert 1883 Ernest Keller 1854 1884 Auguste Richard 1855 John G. Escher 1885 Alfred Merian 1856 Henri Mai ret 1886 Henry Abegg 1857 1SS? 1858 Philippe Wuagneux 1888 Auguste Rappard 1859 1889 Auguste Houriet I860 Adolphe Htisch 1890 Henry Escher 1861 M. J. Pail lard 1891 1862 1892 Gustaye Hurlimann 1863 .1. J. Merian 1893 L864 1894 1865 Salomon Zollinger 1895 Charles Einsiedler 1866 L896 1867 Louis Philippe de Luze LS97 Henry Escher 1S68 Henry Escher 1898 1869 P. J. Perrin 1899 Charles Glatz 1870 J. BertscHmann 1900 1871 1901 1872 1902 John C. Altherr 1873 Simon Gerber 1903 1S74 J. Jf, Keller 1904 Louis H. Junod 1875 1905 OFFICERS IN 1905. Hon. Jacob Bertschmann, Honorary President. Louis H. Junod, President. Robert Schwarzenbach, Dr. W. A. de Watteville, Vice-Presidents. Wm. Michel, Henry Escher, Treasurer. C. A. Meister, Walter E. Hug'uenin, Secretaries. Louis Bichsel Charles Lemp, Agent. Altherr, Eniile Altherr, J. C. Baillod, Alfred Baumann, Hans Buensod, Henry Burry, John Dell' Era, John Eeaubert, E. Egolf, Arnold Einsiedler, Charles Dr. Fisher, Siegfried Ereynian, J. H. Grandlienard, Rev. H. L. Glatz, Charles Commissaries . Handrich, Hermann Houriet, Auguste Hurlimann, Gustaf Herzog, Albert Henry, Alphonse Jacot, A. 1). Junod, Auguste Klingler, Otto Landolt, Henry .!. Luchsinger, J. Manthe, H. Maron, Otto Dr. Maurer, Geo. E. Meyer, Adolphe Vogel, Hermann Malizia, Bernardo Molo, W. P. Mouquin, Henry Raetzer, Rudolphe Richard, Auguste Rietmann, Paul Roethlisberger, Fritz Robert, J. Eugene Riisch, Henry A. Scharsmith, J. E. Dr. Schwyzer, Fritz Stierlin, E. Streuli, C. A. Von der Muhll, Alfred Board of Trustees. Term of Office' Expires at the Annual Meeting of January 1907. Bertschmann, J., Consul Robert, J. Eugene, Richard, Auguste Vice-Consul. Houriet, Auguste .Riisch, Henry A. Committee on Finances. Henry Escher, Robert Schwarzenbach, J. C. Altherr. Ladies Visiting Committee. Mrs. A. Von der Muhll, President. Mrs Henry Beguelin .Miss E. Grosjean Mrs. Auguste Mathey " Henry Escher Mrs. Louis H. Junod " Auguste Richard Charles Glatz " Ernest Keller " J. Eugene Robert .Mrs. Dr. Fritz Schwyzer Mrs. Emil Stehli SWISS HALL ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK. Executive Henry J. Landolt, A. D ' Ambrogio j H. A. Gassmaxx, Kai i i . Keller, En. Haussener, Committee. - President Vice-president - Secretary Finance Secretary Treasurer Swiss Societies forming or belonging to the above Association. Swiss General Mutual and Benevolent Society of New York. Object: Mutual sick benefit and benevolence. Largest Swiss society in New York. 440 members. Gruetli Verein in New York, 5"27 members. Object: Sick benefit society, also death benefit to the amount of $500. Belongs to the Nord-Ainer. Gruetli Bund. Societae di Mutuo Soccorso, 15Q members. Object; Mutual sick benefit and benevolence. Mostly from the Canton of Tessin. Gruetli Maennerchor, about 100 members. Singing society, dramatic performances, etc. Helvetia Maennerchor, about 85 members. Choral society; one of the oldest Swiss choral societies in New York. Jura Maennerchor, in New York, 85 members' aetive and passive. Singing- society. Maennerchor Saentis. 100 members, active and passive. Singing- society. L'Union Helvetia, 70 members. Organization of waiters and other employees of hotels. Societe chorale Helvetienne, about !i5 members. French Swiss singing society. Club Swiss Romand, 15 members. Sick benefit, mostly French Swiss. Societa Pattriotica Liberate Ticinese, 75 members. Patriotic Society of Tessinois. Schweizer Maennerchor Winkelried, 125 members. Swiss singing society in the borough of Bronx. Schweizer Turn-Verein, New York, 130 members. Gymnastic society, and member of Swiss American Turner Bund. Societe gymnastique " LaRomande," 25 members. Mostly French Swiss. Dufour Schuetzen Compagnie, 5Q members. Cultivation of art of shooting and sports in that line. William Tell Schuetzen Compagnie, .30 members. Shooting sport; also sick benefit. Helvetia Wheelmen, 20 members. Bicycle sport, etc. Schweizer Schuetzen Bund, Melrose, 50 members. Schweizer Frauen-bund, 100 members. Swiss ladies sick benefit society, lately joined the association especially for support in festivals, etc. There are also about twenty individual members, that assist the association with dues and in its active work. LADIES COMMITTEE. t Furniture Fund. Mrs. A. Vox dkk Mi hi.i., President. Mrs. F. Schwyzger Mrs. E. P. Stahel Mrs. J. M. Kraft " T. Eng. Robert " W. Michel " Renee Keller " T. E. Scharsmith " Edward Michel " A. Hafner " Louis H. Junod " C. A. Meister " Charles Glatz " T. E. Stierlin " Chas. Mattmann " R. A. Fischer " T. E Stehli " T. Luchsinger " Henry, J. Landolt Miss E. Grosjean E can with perfect safety rely upon the distinguished chronicler of the colonization of America, who tells us that the early immigration into the New Netherlands was largely made up of refugees from the low countries, from the hanks of the Rhine, from Switzerland : and it is qUite as certain that not all those fugitives from Holland were natives of that soil, hut were for the greater part descendants from motley swarms of religious and political dissenters who had escaped persecution in their respective homes all over Western. Central and Southern Europe and these trihes also to some extent reHected the great religious upheavals in our Alpine regions. Bancroft takes us hack to the third and fourth decades of the seventeenth century, to say about 1()4(), and in later chapters supplements his remarks by allusions to settlements founded by emigrants from Geneva in North- ern Maine, about 1700, by emigrants under Christopher de GrafFenriedt on the Neuse and Trent rivers, N. ('.. which they called New Berne. 1710. under Colonel l)e Pury above Charleston, 173-1. The most important ones however are those of Eastern and Central Pennsylvania, laid out chiefly by South Germans w ith a strong admixture from the Eastern part of Vaud, Chateau d'Deux, Saanen and other Bernese districts, chiefly anabaptists. They turned the uptrodden wilderness into flourishing and even rich agricultural domains, spread over plains and hills, way into the Alleghanies. and the large number of these colon- ists permitted our countryman. Henry Bouquet, to raise two entire regiments, the so called Royal Americans for service in the French and Indian war. 17-">(). We cannot conclude this chapter without referring to another colony, although it was founded by the French Government, in 1563. We mean La Caroline in Florida, which was to he the nucleus of a large Protestant commun- ity, if not of a state, and to play the part of a safety-valve, to which the turbulent elements of France could he re- moved. But incapacity of the leaders, dissensions among them and hardships of every kind sapped its vitality and its ephemeral existence terminated in the tall of that year w hen the survivors of a once powerful armament were mercilessly put to the sword by Spaniards and Indians. Our interest in this tragic occurrence centers in the fact that we here meet the name of a Swiss in America for the first time, Diehold von Krlach had been an officer under Coligny in France, was one of the leaders of the expedition and perished in the carnage and utter destruction w hich overcame the colony. But let us go hack to the Dutch city of New Amster- dam in w hich a limited number of our co-nationalists had joined the Huguenot and a German church, round both of which revolved the intellectual and social life of their spheres. We also know that there were Roman Catholics to he found alongside of them, hut they were under such severe restrictions that they could not form a congregation and the life w hich all these people led both in their family and professional circles must needs remain shrouded in obscurity, no records of it have come down to our day. In the sovereignty over New Amsterdam passed from the Dutch to the British who maintained it for a period of one hundred and nineteen years, and ahandoned it in L783. ' It is in the course of the last three decades of British rule that mention is made, by name, of Swiss subjects, w ho made New York, as the English called it. their per- manent or temporary home. Quite a goodly number of them, both in the British army and in the colonial military services, had. as officers received land grants in lieu ot pensions, on condition though of permanent residence. Then we meet the names of clergymen from Lausanne and Geneva w ho ministered to the spiritual wants of the Huguenot Hock and of others in the German churches, not to overlook those of men who are still more or less know n to our present generation, Albert Gallatin, Hottinguer, the founder of the far famed banking firm in Paris, Henry Escher, the father of our distinguished statesman Dr. Alfred Escher, Ferdinand Hassler, the father" of the American coast survey. Isaac [selin, Henry C. DeRham of renown in mercantile circles. Karl Bodmer and Kurz who studied Indian life in the wigwams of the Red men. when even the middle states, not to speak of the trans Mississip- pian regions were worthy specimens of a" Dark Continent " . and alongside of the eminent men. others of less preten- sions but likewise of staunch vitality, had transplanted their industries to this soil and in their humble aspirations, coupled with restless industrious energy, had founded homes for themselves and a good name for their fellow- countrymen to come. They were both merchants and professional men. not a few watchmakers and importers : later on came the representatives of silks and cotton factories, as also military men after the Napoleonic wars, and finally a stream of people of different creeds and convictions, all bent upon making their way or their fortunes in one way or another. These latter ones were not all blessed with the goods of this world sufficiently well, to strike out for themselves or to become independent forwith. on the contrary a goodly number required immediate help and assistance in the way of medical treatment after a long trip on an emigrant vessel where good food was as scarce as rats and germs of disease were plenty, as also money, clothing and other necessaries of life to continue their trip. They often, through helplessness, became a burden to the community which had to provide for the emigrant's comforts, there being but a few institutions of a sanitary or alimentary character in existence. Hence the wish for organized benevolence, which could be carried out only through the medium of a society, and such a society or rather association was organized by the Swiss residents of the city of New York in the year of 1 882. As to its name it was probably the same which the society hears now . Otherwise it resembled the present organization only ill its object , tor charities were dispensed through the office of the French Benevolent Society, and it met only at the end of each year to receive the Presi- dent's report, until 1845 when the rapidly increasing appeals tor relief made a better and independent organiza- tion absolutely necessary. An unforeseen event prompted action. The great conflagration of July If). 1846, destroyed Delmonico's hotel in Broad street and with it all the records of the society whereupon a committee was appointed to draw up the plans and constitution of a new one. Both of them were ratified by a general assembly, which a few years later passed a resolution to apply for a charter at Albany and to petition the Home Government for an annual con- tribution. The execution of both projects was taken in hand with- out delay but did not materialize until 1851 when the charter was obtained and the Home Government concluded to make us an annual allowance. The Consul of Switzerland in the meantime had been entrusted wjfch the dispensation of charities and arrange- ments had been made with inn-keepers to board our homeless, while the Consul's assistance was constantly on the lookout for positions for able-bodied men, and we can confidently say that this department in the course of years has done as much practical good as any other and perhaps more . The receipts of the society from 1832 to 1846 are estimated at $12,000 and expenditures at $ 1 I .():!().() 1 . while receipts from L 847 to 1850 were $5,684.78, and expenditures $5, l<99.20. The period from L851 to L874 is not marked by any event of special importance in the ordinary line of dispen- sation of charities. There \\ ere times when we could accumu- late a reserve fund of a few thousand dollars only to spend it again when collections fell off and requests for relief in- creased, and even the reorganizations of L874 and partial consolidation with the Swiss General Mutual and Benevo- lent Society did not fully answer our expectations. The receipts were generally exhausted by the expenditures, the former amounting to $82,537-26, the latter to $ 82,519. 1 1 . The thirty years which have expired since 1874 represent by far the most important period of our socie- ty's existence: for we have to record a marked increase in the number of members, and correspondingly, of receipts. Then again two fairs held in 1 S7f) and 1886, respectively netted nearly $16,000, and permitted us to create a reserve fund notwithstanding expenditures at different times exceeded receipts: and finally we gladly recall the foundation of The Sw iss I Iome in Second Avenue to our minds, because it was the beau- tiful monument of an outburst of patriotic impulses, permitted us to correct abuses which were practised upon us. gave the society a fixed location and a better organization throughout. The fairft" exhaustive annual reports, in the main, still fresh in our readers' minds, will permit us to close this paragraph with the exhibit of our financial trans- actions, (including the maintenance of The Swiss Home. I Receipts from 1874 to 1 90 t amounted to $241,634.24 ; expenditures $198,131.88. Receipts since the foundation of the society. 1832 to 1904 for all purposes amounted to $3124,171.50; expenditures $280,650.99- In addition to above funds our generous patrons provided us with large quantities of clothing, old and new. underwear, for distribution: as well as with books, periodicals and pictures for the library and the office. fmportant alterations and improvements have also been made in the Old Swiss Home, the entire cost of which was assumed by liberal friends of the insti- tution. The charter of our society gives the names of the following 17 gentlemen as incorporators: Louis Ph. de Luze. Consul Auguste Gerber. Merchant Charles Rillichody. Merchant Henry C. de Kham, " Caesar Aug. Robert. Guillaume Merle, A. C. Rossire, Samson Boiceau. John Kscher. Adrien Iselin. Paul A. Brez, .lean Jacques Merian. " Oscar Xollikofer, Edward Rurkhard. John Syz. Ferdinand Ruseh. Louis DeCoppet. Banker. All these gentlemen have passed away in the course of years. The last one of them. Adrien Iselin, departed this life in Spring last, and we shall always keep his memory in grateful remembrance for the many acts of generosity he has bestowed upon us. The society has been carrying on work under four constitutions: they were passed 1832, 1846, 1 S 7 4 . 1884, the last one in consequence of the establishment of the Swiss Home. The following agents of the society attended to the distribution of charities: Eugene de Crauzat J. Hubler A. Paletti Henry Engelhard Charles Lemp and their offices were located at No. 63 Bleecker Street No. 12 Union Court " 17() " " " 149 Mulberry Street 102 Wooster " " 108 Second Avenue. Our society receives the official account of Swiss societies in foreign land from Berne e\er\ year and exchanges its annual report with many of them. The last statement places their number, including asylums, homes, etc. for the year I <)():> at 171, their property at fr. 2,893,77*5.86 and their disbursements at fr. 524,468.97. Eight of those associations own property worth over fr. 100,000. The latest statistics give the number of Swiss citi- zens etc. . living in foreign lands 320,000, of whom 1 1-. ()()(). reside in the United States: 37,000 in Central and South America: 170,000, in Europe; 5,100, in Africa: 2,300, in Australia: 1 ,()()() in Asia. The suggestion of a Swiss I lome w as made in L 883 as the result of many years experience. Thanks to the good will of the Swiss Colony and its friends, the sum of SIS. 000 was raised without difficulty and suitable premises were purchased. The Swiss Home, located at No. 108 Second Avenue, was opened on October 17th, L 883 and operations commenced, forth- with under the management of the newly appointed agent, Mr. Henry Engelhard. The accommodations provided for our poor, con- sisted of thirty-two beds, (besides those in the hospital ward.) bath and wash-rooms, a fumigating apparatus, and all other facilities for the physical welfare of the inmates. As a rule however not more than half the number of the beds were occupied and very often only a few . especially in the summer time, when men can work in the fields and gardens. The daily average number of inmates was about Ik making 5,110 lodg- ings in a year or 107..') 10 for the l Jl years. The average cost of maintaining the Swiss Home amounted to $2,270. Plus administrative expenses etc.. SI. 100: a year $3,370: and. placing the average of inmates at If a day. and 5,110, a year, we find the cost to have been about .66 per person, per day. The Swiss Home was in charge of a board of five trustees whose duty it was to keep the house in repairs, while the hoard of visitors, the Visiting- Com- mittee composed of ladies, looked after the rooms and their outfit: and the agent who resided on the premises, was the general manager of the house in charge of the inmates and distributed the outdoor relief. Ever since the Home was started, ladies' societies, social and benevolent as well as friends of our insti- tution, have given expression to their good will by liberal gifts of clothing, of underwear, of books, etc.. and we may confidently .anticipate the continuance of their friendly attitude in the future. Conditions however in a city like New York can- not be expected to remain the same for any length of time: for the constant transformations which go on in this community, made up of so many different elements, the encroachments of business districts upon residential sections and the rapid progress of improve- ments in the way of locomotion and others, must make themselves felt all over and compel parties affected by them to join in the march forward, and so it happened that Second Avenue could no longer uphold its good name, but sank to the level in the social scale: a fact which made the removal of our institution an irrepressi- ble necessity: all the more so as the house showed unmistakable signs of decay. These faults could neither remain unheeded nor could they be remedied by any power under the socie- ty's control w hen another clement suddenly opened the way out of the dilemma. Several prominent members of the society well advanced in years, proposed to take the lead in the erection of a new building which for its larger size and accomodations, as well as better location would meet requirements for years to come. Their offer was joyfully greeted not only by the society but also by the Swiss Hall Association which consisted of IS different societies, .clubs etc., and which resolved to contribute its entire reserve fund of $10,000 to this patriotic undertaking. Committees were elected to draw up plans and to solicit subscriptions and in a few months the treasurer could announce the receipt of $60,000, tor the building fund. Ground tor the building was secured in March 1904, by the purchase of two lots. 50 ft. \ 100 ft. ()in.. in size, situated at 35 and .'>7 W est 67th Street and the work of building began in the summer following. Diffi- culties were encountered when the foundations were to he laid, and caused annoying delays and additional expense: hut to-day the building is finished and will he inaugurated with appropriate ceremonies. The New Swiss Home has heen set up at a cost of $1 16,000 of which amount: $39,000 was paid for the ground; $72,000 for excavation and for the con- struction of the building and $5,000 for sundries. Few articles in the way of furniture etc.. were brought from the old Home. The greater part of the outfit was lately bought with the proceeds of a collection made by a committee of ladies, which under able management yielded a sum considerably in excess of the amount required. It is a four story building, exclusive of cellar and hase- ment fitted out with the latest improvements for the treatment and convenience of the inmates and shows the following sub-divisions : The cellar contains the boilers and compartments for general storage: as also for wood and coal. In the basement are located a waiting room, smoking room, repair shop, dining room for transients, kitchen, laundry, store room, ramigator, hath and toilet rooms. First floor: Office and meeting room, dining room for inmates, small waiting room, agents appartment. store room for clothing. Second floor: Bath room for inmates, sitting room For women inmates, ten bedrooms, one linen closet. Third Moor: Hath room for inmates, eleven bedrooms, one linen closet. Fourth floor: One cedar closet, eight bedrooms for transients . Altogether the house can accommodate eighty persons, both transient and permanent inmates: or thirty of form el- and fifty of the latter, and in case of great pressure accommodations to the extent of twenty additional beds could lie procured. We stand at the eve of a new era. Once more the self denying spirit of charity has borne fragrant blossoms and has unfolded its arms to our needy. We enter the gates of this new Home with the firm resolution that it shall do honor to its name with the sacred pledge of our untiring zeal in the cause which the founders of our society have laid down for us. And so shall it be! that coming generations may fondly trace our foot prints and perpetuate our work to our nation's honor. DONORS. A. B. Abegg & Ruseh Abegg, Henry Adler, Sim. Aeschliman, Miss Marie A Friend Alb, A. Albarin, L, Albarin, S. Albini, Anselmo Alder. A. Alder. Max Alder. Rob. Altherr, J. C. Altherr. Mrs. .1. ('. Amberg, J. 1'. Ambrozio, Dr. V. Ambrozio. Dr. (i. Antenen, F. Anonymous Am. J. Arnold. Mrs. Anna Aubert, Henry Auffmordt & Co.. C. A. Auger & Simon Silk Dyeinjr Co. Aurig, Joseph Baer, T. Bailat, A. Baillod, Alf. BaUiet, E. Barbey, Hy. .1. Barioni, L. Barth. Mrs. Barth, Rud. Barthman, W. Bastian-Tarisof, Mrs. S. Bauman. Mrs. c.. Bauman, C. Bauman, H. Baumann, (Just. Baumann, Hans. Bans. Gottl. Baylies, Mrs. 9 Bechtel, E. E. Becker. Aug. Betfa. R. Beguelin, Mrs. H. E. Beltramini, Chas. Beltramini, J. Benziger, Bros. Benziger, Bruno Benziirer. Mrs. N. Benziirer. Mrs. N. ('. Benziirer. Mrs. L. Benzisrer. Adelrick, Bereuter, Mrs. c. A Berlet. Geo. N. Bernst. Jacob Bertoni. C. Berry, W. B. Bersot, L. Bertschi, Jacob Bertschmann, .!. Bertschmann, Louis Bichsel, Louis Bihler, A. Bilat, Ed Bilwiller Bros. Billwiller, C. J. Bionda, Eugenio Blatter. J. Blatter, Mrs. T. Blatter. Titus Blatter. C. Blumberg, E. V. Hlunner. .1. Bocea, John Bodenmann, E. A. Boeni, Al. Boetger & Hinze Boffa, T. Bohren, Al Boivin. Aug. Boker. C. F. Bolliet. Miss K. Bollinger, G. Bonomi, H. O. Borer, Emil W. Borel. Mrs. Paul Born and, Joseph Born and. A. A. Bornand, Camille Bosch, Hermann Bosshard. A. Bourcard, Ad. Braesirer. Win. Braguglia, R. Brandiss. Edw. Brandus. Mrs. Ed. Branstein. Mrs. W. Brenner. Louis Bronner, Fred Brugger, A. Brugger, J. G. Brunner \ Dreyfoos Brnnner. Hy. Brupbacher, D. Brnpbaeher. J. Brupbacher, R Brupbacher & Lien hardt Bryner. A. Bryner Wilhelmina Buchstuhl, J. Budin, H. Buehler. Emil. Buensod, Henrj Bvdlo. I. Buol. Miss A. Burger, Jos. Burgy, Oscar Burkhardt. Mrs. J. Burkhardt. John Burry, John Biitzer. Fritz Ihizzini. S. Cabaret & Co. T. E. Caesar. H. A. & Co. Canfield Harry Cassebeer, H. F. Cattanso, J. Cerisio Bicycle Club. Chalmers. Stautier Mrs. Chambettaz, Mrs. Charavay & Bodvin Chariot ^ Henry Chalumeau, A. Sir-. Chatelain, L. Chiessi, A. Cie Gen'le Transatlan tique Ciocarri, A. Cosmopolitian Range Co. Colomb, Chas. Convert, Mine. F. E. Coppini, W. CriveUi, E. R. Cramer. Mrs. O. Cuendet, Mi^ J. Cuendet, Emile Danzi, Antonio Davies Ceo. Davis, .1. C. Deck. Otto De Coppet, E. J. De Coppet. C. A. De Lussan, Maurice Depollier. Jacques Depollier, F. De Rham. Charles De Watteville, Dr. W. A. De Watteville. Mis. W. A. Del Pietro L'gi Delmonico, Miss R. DeU'Era, Giov Dell'Era Genua no Denhr. Dr. R. Deuble Albert. Didisheim, Hipp .S; Bro Dippel, L. W. Dommerich, L. F. tV Co. Donat, John Donniez, M. L. Doob M. 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