Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17
ELECTED OFFICERS.
Sons and Daughters of Maine Met
Saturday Night.


Those natives Of the state of Maine now
residing in Washington focked in goodly
numbers to TOT G street northwest on Sat
urday evening last to attend the annual
meeting of the Society of the Sons and
Daughters Of Maine. The first business
disposed Of was the election Of officers,
which resulted as follows: President, F.
f. Phillips; first vice president, Dr. H. N.
Howard; second vice president. c. L. Pat
ten; third vice president, Mrs NJ. F. ODon-
oghue; recording secretary, Miss X. M. Nc
Laughlin; corresponding secretary, Edward
II. Kelley; treasurer, Walter Higgins;
chaplain Rev. S. M. Newman. and orator.
Mrs. C. L. Rixford. Members of the ex-
ecutfve committee were selected as follows:
]. w. Babson. F. L. Scribner, Ellis Spear.
r. A. Dinsmore, s. G. Davis, A. Patten. 7.
G. Whitecome. Mrs S. S. Sampson. Miss
\. l.. Russell, Edward H. Kelley, Calvin
Farnsworth and George E. Corson.
An interesting and picturesque account
Of journey down east" was given by
Mrs Rixford, and Mr.. H. N. Copp made
bright speech. after which the society by
vote, extended the privileges of the head
quarters of the society to citizens Of New
Hampshire during the coming visit of the
governor of New Hampshire to this city.
A biography of Lillian Nordica, who Is a
Maine woman, was read by Mr. Edward
H. Kelley; an unusually interesting fish
story was related by Capt. John McLaugh
lin Of the steamer Triton; "reminiscences of
Maine were given by George e. Corson. 8,
G. Davis. w. NJ. McNulty and others. and
the enjoyable evening was at an end.
At meeting Monday night, December
Department of the Potomac the following
officers were elected: Post commander.
George II. Boston; chaplain, Nathaniel
Bell; senior vice commander, James Wells;
quartermaster, Walter Middleton; surgeon.
Charles Churn; officer Of day, Benz. Young;
officer of guard. Clement Herbert.
Delegates Ms,,i for next encampment, ls,3:
Graham, Benz. Young, William Bell, Am
brose Cook, William Wilson, H. c. Saun-
ders; Walter Middleton. 1; Hawkins;
Stewart Jenifer Middleton, Isaac Hamil
ton, J. T. Layton. Henry Ellis, ]. w. Hun
ter, Owens Dawson. Nicholas Wheeler.
Alternates: James Williams, Perry Clark
William Key. Charles Brown, Thomas
Lynn. Randall Skinner, John Cook, Fielder
Carroll, James King, Lemuel Smith, Jas.
Peak Frank Hawkins. Clement Hurbert
rod, Wesley Snowden, Richard Delaney.
Dennis w. Weaver. Charles Johnson.
At the recent annual meeting of the Gov
eminent Printing Office Mutual Relief As
ISOLATION a dividend of 1887 was declared
Officers to serve during the ensuing year
were elected as follows: President, +. F.
Callahan; vice president, Louis p. SutOr;
recording secretary, s. A. Wakefield: fnan-
l.. Schmallhoff.
Columbia Council. No. 443, National
Unicn, at a meeting held Saturday hight,
December s. in Typographical Temple.
elected the following officers for the ensu-
ing year: President, William b. Reilly;
vice president, George w. Cox: speaker, w.
Q. Lowd; ex-president, William j. Hen
bricks; secretary, Joseph K. Casey; finan-
cial secretary, John E. Hammond; treasur-
err, George Fordham: chaplain, Alton b.
Carly; usher, H. G. Watson; sergeant-at-
arms, George X. White; doorkeeper, w. T.
Kelly: trustees. j. M. Craig, w. q. Lowd
w. ]. Hendricks; medical examiner DR.. A.
c. Adams; delegates to cabinet, William B.
Reilly, w. q. Lowd. j. E. Hammond: dele
gate to immediate relief, w. q. Lowd; dele
gate to ID. c. A. F.. b. s., j. NJ. Craig.
East Washington Council, No. 2l7, Ma
tional Union, have elected the following
officers: Charles NJ. Buckley, president;
William II. Landvoigt, vice president; Hen
ry w. Hall, speaker: William II. Miner, ex-
president: John II. King, secretary; Will
liam =. Allan, financial secretary; Harry &.
Lybrand, treasurer; David n. RUSSELL
chaplain; Edward l.. Dunn, usher; Freder-
lex r. Wallace, sergeant-at-arms; Medford
Hynson, doorkeeper; John ID. T. Pyles
Charles NJ. Buckley and Matthew Jarboe
trustees; William II. Landvoigt, Charles
NJ. Buckley and Henry w. Hall, delegates
to the district cabinet: William II. Land
voigt. delegate to the Immediate Relief
Association