Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-24


.aneous expenses. $1,000; total, $365,000 Aud
that The honorable Commissioners be request
"a, IN The exercife of their power, to observe
sitions under any of said heads unless the
same SHAH have been considered and ap-
proved by the board.
AT Has p. IN. the board adjourned.
Relief for Yellow Fever Sufferers.
THE MASONIC MASS MEETING.
In accordance with the published call a
mass meeting of the Masonic fraternity was
| held last night at Masonic hall, Masonic Tenn.
pie, for the purpose of raising funds for the
relief Of the yellow fever sufferers in the
south; Deputy Grand Master II. A. Whitney
presided, and said it was well known for what
Pun the meeting was called, alluded to
the liberal action of the Masons of this juriS-
but that their reputation for charity would be
July Ry, ma a1dIt;i ned on this occasion:
rev. David Wills made a brief appeal for
heip Tor the sufferers. He said the great aim
CT Masonry was charity-tO feed the hungry,
cloths the naked, relieve the distressed, soothe
unfortunate Wherever pestilence aud scourge
wings its ways, where famine stalks through
the land where the fire tiend lays grand struc-
with death and desolatiOn, there the lowell
ness of Masonry follows and is acknowledged.
the Of The times
be liberal. No man ever suffered for the free
use of charity in times of public distress, and
sympathy amounts to nothing unless it unties
their substance to the needy.
The chair announced that on the authority
of Grand Master Murphy, of Mississippi, the
appeal had been made to MaSOnS in the seve-
raj jurisdictions for help.
Mr. Win A: Short was elected secretary.
The roll of lodges was called, and seventeen
responded. A motion that the representatives
OF lodges present, whether officers or other
wise, pledge their respective lodges to such
sums as they thought proper, and that such
1Iry,
pie Tor the amount named, was adopted The
following pledges were then given, with the
promise that the money shall be handed in
ID: Decker, SIS; ,A,minius Lodge, w. Fl. Hess,
SIS; Hiram Lodge, Robert Leitch, s25; Hope
Lodge, e: .; Brown, $50; G. G. Whiting Lodge,
Williamson. $50; Cen ennial Lodge, Il. A.
Whitney. $50; Harmony Lodge, John Wilson,
$25; New Jerusalem Lodge, A. w. Kelly. so;
French Lodge. n. Birck6ead, &c. ri National
Lodge, X. c. Lewis, s25; Pentalpha Lodge, J.
m. Aznaga, ~; st. Johns Lodge, Thos. Eos
ter: s25i , Federal Lodge, W, S. jerks, SIS;
Mr.. Alexander Gardner was elected treas
urer. with e. n. Long and G. A. Lockwood as
a committee to act with him in the distribu
ton OF the funds collected.
Mr.. j.. II. Ferry then commenced taking I'D
contribution, leading off with SIS for himself,
ana Inc list III a few minutes footed up $50 1t
WIS directed to have a COMMITTEES of twenty
chair stated that lie would request the Mas
tiers OF each lodge to designate the persons.
OTHER MEETINGS AND MOVEMENTS
special meeting of the Washington Light
Infantry, Company A, was held last night to
take measures to help the yellow fever suffer
ers; committee consisting OF Messrs: Bell,
appointed to confer with the committee ap
pointed at recent meeting of the Israeites,
win power to act according to their own
Mrs: Z: E. Merrill sent by telegraph yester-
day, $50 to Grenada and SIS to Vfcks burg. The
greater part OF these sums was made up of Is
and 5O cent contributions from the female
clerks OF the departments.
The BOOkbinderS connected with the Gov
eminent Printing Office took up collection
yesterday, and raised about 800 for the suf-
fereS
musical and literary entertainment is to
De gwen by the Crystal FOunt Division, No. 10,
Sons OF Temperance, for the benefit of the
sufferers by yellow fever, at Franklin Legion
hall. corner 9th and streets, Monday even
ing. September I'd.
Equal Division, No g. Sons of Temperance
last evening appointed the following commit
Tee TO arrange grand concert for the benefit
OF the relief fund: Messrs Dr. Frank T.
Howe D We arthur Shepherd, L. 2. Seibold, John
Williams, Phil. A. Julien, and M. G. Mitchell.
This committee has been at work to-day, aud
from the Quality of the talent secured a very
enjoyable as well as successful entertainment
will be the result. MeSSrS. John T. and II. c.
Ford have rendered the use of either the Ma
tlonal Iheater OF Ford Opera House, aud the
concert Will be given in the one or the other of
these places or amusement. The National
would be most desirable, but owing to the
elaborate preparations being made by Mana
ger II. Z. Ford for his regular opening it is a
question whether the house can De got in read
mess IN time for the concert, which will De
given during the coming week. Tne date will
be announced in The STAR of Monday.
-, The contributions collected yesterday by
the committee of Israelites amounted to
$sl9 ., including the donation of $50 made by
Mi. COrcOrap.
The following remittances were made this
day by telegraphic transfer by Henry Franc,
{Eeasgrer TO IN New Orleans La, care Of Jas
and y doaas beas fne tbrd tWo
mittance to New Orleans, in ali $500. To j. r.
Flippen, Mayor of Memphis, Tenn. two hun.
dred and fifty dollars, being the SECOND sum
Roach, treasurer Howard Association, Vicks-
bnrg, Miss: one hundred dollars, being the
SECOND remittance, ~ all 800.
appropriated for Grenada but up to this time
no reliable person has been found to receive
it. and also there is no means of sending it.
AID FROM THE P. o. DEPARTMENT.
"A meeting of the chief clerks and chiefs of
division was held at II O'Clock this morning in
the Office of the chief clerk of the Post Office
department for the purpose of adopting plan
sufferers from yellow fever in the south. The
meeting was organized by the election Of Gen
W; A. Knapp as chairman, Col: J: o. P. Burn
side as treasurer and Ma or II. d. Norton as
conference: That the chiefs of division of the
Post Office department, and Mr.. Jas. e. Bell,
OF the city post office. be authorized to collect
twenty-five cents from each emplOye in his d
vision, Office or bureau, and that the amounts
so collected be turned over to the treasurer,
TO be by him forwarded to the president of the
Howard Association at New Orleans for dis
tributiOn in the several fever-infected districts.
A similar collection is to be taken up On the
10Th OF September, and twice month during
the prevalence of the epidemic
Educational Institutions.
DIRECTORY FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
Parents and guardians are already begin
ming to look around for suitable schools at
which to place their children and wards for
the next term. The teachers and principals
of educational institutions tharofnro ho