Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-25
Temperance Meetings Yesterday.


A largely attended children's Temperance
meeting was held yesterday afternoon in the
tent at sth and 1 streets, the first meeting of
the season in the tent, which will remain in its
present location one month. The members of
Wilbur Band of Hope were in charge, and adj
dresses were made by Mrs Z. A. Chambers,
John r.. Mahoney and Vim. Boyd. Mr.. John
]. Weed and Mrs. Belva Lockwood addressed a
| large meeting which held last evening at
Good Templars' Hall under the auspices Of
| Eagleston Lodge, No. 8.
| Morning Star Lodge, No. 8, held its regular
| meeting at Golden Cross Hall Saturday even
| ing, with large attendance of members and
visitors, it being the occasion of visitation by
| the Grand Lodge officers, OF whom there was a
| very full representation. The reports rem
deIed by the officers showed the lodge to be
In prosperous condition, both financially and
| numerically. very elaborate program under
good of the order was rendered, in which G..
c. t. Van Week. G. V. I. Mrs. NJ. r. Mahoney,
g. s. Spurgeon, Mrs. Bergman, Mrs NJ. E. Cut
ter, Miss Florence Perry. Mrs. E. f. Bishop. G..
c.; W. H. Hope, NJ. Walmcr, d. F. Dumbarth,
]. s. Gourlay, P. G. c. T.; Mr.. Bishop. W. s..
Rowley and others took part.
The Death of William weightman Walker.
Many Washington friends of ex-Congressman
| and Mrs r. ]. c. Walker Of Williamsport and
Philadelphia first learned through tine columns
of The STAR of their recent sore bereavement
in the death from typhoid fever at Denver on
the 18th instant of DR.. VIM. weightman Walker,
| their only child. These will be glad to learn
through the same channel that Mrs. Walker is
rallying. though slowly, from the shock.
William Weightman Walker, though but
twenty-six years of age at his lamented demise
had made noble use of his brief allotted span.
During his fathers congressional service he
entered upon engineering course at the
Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute of Troy, N. Y.
graduating with distinction both there and
later at the Medico- Chirugical College of Phila-
delphia. He then spent year or two in for
eign travel and returned to make choice of
Denver for his home, having valuable mining
| investments in Colorado. He was elegant in
person and address and became a favOrite in
Denver's scholarly and social circles as he had
been in those of Philadelphia and New York.
Frank and energetic, with a scrupulous sense
OF honor. an open-handed generosity and high
congeniaIties, he rose superior to the tempta-
tions to life of inglorious ease which beset the
ordinary young man of wealth, and was intent
| on being useful in the world. He died in the
comfort of a reasonable. religious and holy life
Owing to his mothers illness the funeral SER
vices were strictly private at the Philadelphia
; residence, 20l4 Walnut street. His remains
were inferred in the family vault at Laurel
| Hill cemetery.
He was a member of the Historical Society of
Pennsylvania, the Franklin Institute, the Union
League, the Art Club, the Utopia, the Bach
elors Barge Club and the Fencing and Spar
| ring Club OF Philadelphia and of the Delta Phi
| of New York city, also of the Arba Read Steamer
Company and the sixth regiment, n. Y. S. N g.
CTroy Citizens Corps, the Denver Club of
Denver, Col, and the st. Georges Club of Lon
| don, Eng.
Since the close of her husbands official life at
Washington in 'S3 Mrs. Walker. who is the only
| daughter of Mr.. VIM. weightman Of Philadel-
| phia, has been bereaved of her mother, her two
brothers and now Of her gifted son.