Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-30
ROYAL ARCANUM.
Grand Council Instituted Here and
the Officers Installed.

Grand Council Instituted Here and
the Omcers Installed.
The Royal Arcanum having attained the
requisite number of /. 900 members in the
District of Columbia to entitle the turisdic.
ton, to a grand council, the supreme regent
yesterday visited Washington. in company
with other supreme officers. and instituted
the first local grand council of the order.
The day was a notable one for the Royal
Arcanum.
The institution proper occurred In the
afternoon at Scottish Rite Hall, and in at
tendance were Supreme Regent Chill w.
Hazard of Monongahela City. Pa: Supreme
Vice Regent John E. Pound Of New York.
Supreme Secretary w. O. Robson and
Palmer H. Charlock and E. Lindsay Grier
of the Supreme Council. The ceremony
was Of decided interest, and the election OF
officers resulted as follows: Grand regent,
E. B. Eynon; grand vice regent. Thomas
NJ. Hayes: grand orator, ID. 0. brennan;
past grand regent, ]. d. Terrill; grand sec
rotary, II. C. Scott; grand treasurer. Benja-
min White: grand chaplain, j. NJ. Dashiell:
grand guide. Leopold Baumgarten; grand
F. Keefer, and grand trustees. John r. Gis-
burne, Stephen C. Brown and Joseph
Noble; representative to the Supreme Coun-
Baumgarten. Supreme Vice Regent John
E. Pound installed the newly elected Of
ficers.
In the evening a public entertainment
was held in Odd Fellows Hall. which
the members, their families and friends at
tended in large number. An opening ad-
dress was made by Commissioner Ross.
who spoke in a congratulatory vein. SUI
preme Vice Regent Pound responded, and
he was followed by Supreme Regent Haz-
gard and Supreme Secretary Robson.
During the evening gavel was presented
to Wyacondah Council of Georgetown by
Darling Council of PENNSYLVANIA, DIR, j. H.
Wright making the presentation address.
Music was furnished by the Olmo Mandolin
Club.
About 200 members of the order and q
number of guests. after the meeting at Odd
Fellows Hall, adjourned to the National
Hotel and discussed a sumptuous repast.
The dining hall and tables were artistically
decorated cut flowers being lavishly used
for that purpose. Grand Regent e. B.
Eynon presided. and Philip Walker officiat-
ed as POSTMASTER In the absence of Su-
preme Regent Chill w. Hazard, who was
called away, Supreme Vice Regent John e.
Arcanum." Armor H. Charlock of the SUI
preme Council spoke of The Supreme
Council, and e. Lindsay Grier, also of the
Supreme Council, told about 1.-The Grand
Council" Subordinate Councils" was the
subject discussed by Supreme Secretary w.
o. Robson, and Charles w. Berry of Ma
tional Council, Nc. 527. responded to the
last toast of the evening, Our Beneficf-
aries" The guests at the banquet were
Aaron Brunn, A. c. Benjamin, H. L. Benja-
min. N. Wallenstein, r. A. Ashton. H. A.
Ecklofr, ]. w. Richardson, r: B. Cameron.
r. W. Arnold. Geo. Uhler, DR.. Burnwell.
w M. Wrenn, u. B. RAIDER, Cleveland.
Ohio; A. w. Berry. DR.. H. ". Dresbach.
DIR. w. E. Walhaupter Or. D. F. Wal
happier, DR.. Percy, U. s. N; Irving F'r1ck,
s. Gardner, n. S. Faucet, John w. Harsha.
B. A. Bean G. NJ. Copenhaver, B. T. Frank
lin, Chas. S. Garnette and Geo. P. Hane.