Evening star., 1894-01-24

Sixteenth Anniversary Of the AssOcia
tiOn Appropriately Celebrated.

Sixteenth Anniversary of the AssOcia-
! tiOn Appropriately Celebrated.
! Upward of hundred members Of the
Masonic Veterans Association sat around
| the banquet table at the National Hotel
| last evening to celebrate the sixteenth arni-
versary Of the organization of the society
The occasion was one of the most delight
full in the history of this body OF men, who
are skilled in the secrets of Masonry
Around the board were men who have
grown old as members of the mystic craft
There were prominent men from all sec
tions of the country and number of dis
| tinGuished guests.
The banquet began shortly after s o'clock.
with the venerable president of the asso-
| ciatton, Clement w. Bennett at the head
Of the table. On his right were Mr.. Henry
s. Merrill. grand master of the Grand
Lodge OF the District; Elisha E. Meredith
OF Virginia and Mr.. b. H. Warner; on his
ieft were Mr.. George II. Walker grand
nigh priest of the Royal Arch Masons:
Messrs Noble u. Larner and Harrison
| Dingman.
The hall was beautifully decorated with
ported plants and the walls were generous
yg nung with the stars and stripes. Messrs
| William 8. Roose and George Gibson
| were the stewards of the occasion and RI o
menu cards. arranged by the former, were
| enlivened with suitable quotations from the
standard poets.
| The Speechmakinx.
| With the conclusion of the banquet came
the speechmaking, and President Bennett.
in the capacity Of POSTMASTER, introduced
Mr.. Timothy F. Green, the first vice nresi-
dent OF the association and one Of its Old
est members, who read bright original
poem, suitable to the occasion The iiea
was that though the members were growing
oid their hearts remained young and the
toast to the association was heartily re-
sponded to- Grand Master Henry S. Merrill
| IN an address on the Grand Lodge of the
| District spoke of it's remarkable grown
| ana success and expressed hope that in
| the course OF time they would erect a new
ana commodious Masonic temple that
would be a credit to the city
| Among the pleasant features of the even
| Ing was the music furnished by a Masonic
quartet, composed of Messrs J. NJ. Buchan-
an, E. 5. Holmes II. z. Kaiser and c. w.
% nanGoGk. Mr.. John Tweedale recited one
OF kipling's poems in his best syle Among
| the speakers of the evening were Mr.,
| Noble ID. Larner, who spoke of the young
veterans association; Mr.. Harrison Dir *
man, on the great Masonic brotherhood.
Mr.. Simon Wolf,on THE Country in Which
We Live" Representative Meredith of Vir-
gina, on The Craftsmen Across the River;'
Mr,o Mr, q, n. warner ON The Virtues Of
| Masonry as One of the advents of Good
| citizenship; Controller G. H. Mansur who
| urged upon the members the adyisa bilit "
OF placing bill before Congress demand
| ing property taxation. Mr.. Weston Flint
| contributed the second poem of the even
| Ing. which he said was suggested by the
saying OF Cicero that old age was the
| pieasantest time Of life There was also a
song by Gen. G. w. Balloch
MI Frederick Webber. dean of the su-
preme council Of the thirty-t third degree.
asked that contribution for the poor be
| taken, and S2o was collected and ordered
| TO be turned over to the superintendent of
| the police for the destitute The ban1uet
closed with the singing Of Aud Lang
| Those Who Participated.
Those present were Messrs George 3.
Abrams. Lemuel Adams, Charles Allen. ]
f. r. Appleby, Algernon A. Aspinwall.
Robert Ball. George w. Balioch, Clement
| w. Bennett. Asaph L. Bliss, Thomas 4
Creighton, William A. Cunningham, Thomas
bowling, Romeo L. De Puy. Adam Gaddis,
| george H. Gaddis. Lemuel Gaddis, Thomas
l. Gardner. Joseph Gawler. David Gibson.
William Gibson, George Gibson 7. f. Green
George n. Glover. Charles W. Hancock.
THOMAS r.. Hatch. W. L. Kinds, James Nj
hodges; w; E. Hutchinson. William Hell
mus, Edwin S. Holmes. Benjamin F.
Hawkes., George ]. Johnson, Charles c.
kimball, George w. King. Angus Lamono.
Daniel j. Logan. John p. Lothrop, John A.
Cathran. w. H. Myers, William Pitts, NJ
y; Charles II. Reaney, William s. Roose
Abraham 3. Shekell, Thomas Somerville,
John X. Thompson. John Tweedale Albert
II. Van Deusen, Frederick Webber, Will
lam II Wetzel, William p. Wetherell Spen-
Ger j. Willis, Simon Wolf, Z. NJ Wills, c.
N. Hermann Walther, w. T. Walker " r.
Stockdale. Calvin Wilmer. j. Henry Kaiser
J. Nj. Buchanan, Harrison Dingrnan Noble
ID: Larner. George Fl. Walker. H. S. Mer-
| rili 4. E. Meredith, b. II. Warner Daniel
Fraser, Il. L. l.. Tremaine, r. T. Heiston
! James II. Reese, Joseph Brummett, Isaac
r. Noyes, William l.. Boyden, Alexander
| Nj. hericher, Joseph Nimmo, jr., w. - Op-
pelt, {. Ii. Mansur, w. E. Dennison, W. H.
| Smith. 3. a. Galinger, w. w. Smith, James
+. Hood, A. b. Russ and Walter Burton
| The situation in the extra session of the
| Colorado legislature has been settled The
senate Will do no business and will adjourn
| a q no