Big Excursion Party; group sails to Riviera; Brookfields listed among passengers

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Publication: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Brooklyn, NY, United States
p. 14


SAILS FOR THE RIVIERA ON THE FUERST BISMARCK.

The steamer Fuerst Bismarck, which sailed this morning for the Riviera and Mediterranean ports, had a large number of passengers. The Itinerary includes visits to Funchal, Gibraltar, Algiers, Nice, Genoa, Tunis, Alexandria (for Cairo and the pyramids) Jaffa for Jerusalem, Smyrna, Constantinople.   Athens, Malta, Messina, Palermo, Naples and other Mediterranean ports. Ex-postmaster General John Wanamaker as one of the most conspicuous of the passengers, and arrived early, accompanied by one or two Philadelphia friends. Mrs. Wanamaker and Miss Elizabeth Wanamaker, who are in Europe, will join Mr. Wanamaker in Genoa.

Among the passengers were William Brookfield, ex-commissioner of public works, New York; Mrs. Brookfield, J.H. Brookfield, J.K. Hall, H.J. Hall, George Camp, J.N. Murdeck, Edward A. Owen, Captain Morton Henry Munro, Mr. And Mrs. Henry K. McHarg, Mrs. Norman L. Munro, Miss Norma Munro, Miss Gertrude Parsons, John E. Parsons, Mrs. Parsons, Miss Constance Parsons, L.H. Rogers, James E. Roberts, Manuel Rodriges, Mrs. Sarah Ripley Rust, Asa S.W. Rix, Albert J. Weber, Miss Lucy White, Mr. And Mrs. Thomas Paton, all of New York; Willis B. Allen and F.A. Allen of Boston; Governor Alva Adams of Pueblo Cal.; George H. and Mrs. Ball of Boston; Dr. F.S. Bascom of Salt Lake City, Mr. And Mrs. Walter Bennett, Richmond, Ky.; Arthur W. Clapp, Boston; Mrs. Ellen and Miss Anlie Chalfant, Pittsburg; Isaac H. Clothier, Philadelphia; W.W. Crapo, New Bedford, Mass.; Erastus and Parker Corning of Albany, Mr. And Mrs. C. W. Clifford, New Bedford, Mass.; Miss Dorothy Dillworth, Pittsburg; Clarance S. Day, New York; Miss Emma Dancke of Berlin, Dr. Edward Droop of Berlin, James Bennett Forsyth, Boston; Senator John Foley, Saratoga Springs; Horatio, Ellen and Elizabeth Hathaway, New Bedford, Mass.; Miss Maria Gerard Messenger, Chappaqua, N.Y.; William H. Parsons, Rye; James H. Park, Pittsburg; Mr. And Mrs. Horace J. Phipps, Boston; Dean Sage and family, Albany and J.A. Sanchez, New York.

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Keywords:Brookfield
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Researcher:Bob Stahr
Date completed:December 15, 2005 by: Bob Berry;