The Portland daily press., 1896-02-27


ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.1
Washington, Feb. 26-This evening the
society of the Sons and Daughters of
Maine held a large and very successful
reception at Masonic Hall in this city.
About seven hundred invitations were
issued; but this included much larger
numt er'of persons. Masonic Hall, which
is one of the largest in the city, and the
smaller hall adjoining, were used for the
exercises and the collation..
Addresses were made by various repre-
sentative members of the Maine Colony
here, including Senator Frye and Chief
Justice Fuller. k@
The officers OF the society are:
President-Hon. Sidney Perham.
Vice residents-Pitman Pulsifer, Gen.
John B. Cotton, Gen. Ellis Spear.
Recording Secretary-Chas. E. Crowell.
Corresponding Seoretary-Mrs. Alonzo
Patten.
Treasurer-Walter Higgins
Committee on Entertainment-O Fl.
Briggs.
Executive Board, one member for each
county-C. A. Metcalf, 6. W. Hall,
Marion Longfellow O'Donoghue, A. n.
S. Davis, DR.. Ella S. NJ Marble, Chas.
r. Crowell, Thomas P. Cleaves, Carter
B. Keene, S. G. Davis, DIR. Alonzo Pat
ten, +. l.. Soribner, Mrs. S. S. Sampson.
Q. h. Briggs, e. H. Kelley, Calvin
Farnsworth, Geo. e. Corson.
Among the large number invited were
the following former Maine people be-
sides the Maine delegations In the House
and Senate:
Chief Justice Fuller.
Ex-Postmaster General Horatio King.
Principal Prentiss King, of Wayland
Seminary.
Ellis Spear. ex-Commissioner of
Patents, Knox county.
Thomas Hopkins, ESQ.,, formerly of
Mt. Vernon.
Judge Cole, of one of the District
Courts.
Judge Kimball, from one of the Dis
trict Courts.
John B. Cotton, ex-Asst. Attorney
General, formerly Of Lewiston.
Ex-Governor Sidney Perham.
Supt. Summer I. Kimball, of the Life
saving service, formerly from Sanford.
President B. L. Whitman, president of
Colum bian University.
Rev. DR.. Newman, pastor of the Teuth
ST. Congregational church, formerly of
Cumberland county.
Rev. Air. Sewall, pastor Of the Sweden
borglan church, formerly of Bath.
Dr.. John r. Wellington, formerly of
Albion.
DIR. Er nest F. King.
DR.. S. S. Stearns.
DR.. Marble. formerly of Paris, Me.
DR.. Parcher.
DIR. Fuller.
Colonel Commandant Charles Haywood
Of the U. S. Marine corps, formerly of
Waterville.
Commander Royal B. Bradford. q. S.
N, formerly of Turner.
L. P. Cleaves, clerk for many years
to the Senate committee on appropria-
tions.
James c. Strout assistant librarian of
the Congressional Library.
John Redman, translator in Bureau
of American Republics.
Samuel G. Lovejoy, clerk in Treasury,
formerly of Knox county.
Mrs. Sarah E. Churchill, of Cumber-
land county, treasury depai tment.
Warren G. Biokford, of York county.
Joseph Noble, of Kennebec
Oliver r. Merrill, Of Kennebec.
Thomas j. Hobbs, York county.
Endicott King, later of Minnesota.
Loren H. Milliken, of York.
Miss Marie Richardson, of Hancock.
Calvin E. Town, later of New York.
Rudolph Gibbs, of Brighton.
Louisville Twitchell, later of Minnesota
Frank A. Clark, later of Iowa.
James Devine. of Lincoln.
Henry A. Higgins. of Cum berland.
Charles Lowell, of Penobscot
Charles A. Mercalf. of Androscoggin.
Walter B. Shaw, of ksnnebec.
Carter B. Keene, of Kennebec.
Lucien N. Prescott, of franklin.
James B. Osgood.
T.. p. Keene, Lincoln
Edmund j. Brookings, of Kennebec.
Alexander D. Willard, of Somerset.
W. H. Mills, Of Penobscot.
S. White, of Penobscot.
Cyrus V. Haske II, later Of Psnnsyl-
vania.
Harry A. Barrows, later of Pennsyl-
vania.
Calvin Farnsworth, later of Illinois.
Daniel W. Lothrop, OF Somerset
David ingalls,. later of Ohio.
Edward X. True, of Knox county,
cashier of the Treasury.
Oscar f. David, Of Cumberland county.
Benz. + Stearns, later of Ohio.
Fredk. W. Knowlton, Deputy Commits
sioner of Navigation, Of Piscataquis
county.
Joseph N. Whitney, of Cumberland
county, chief clerk Of the Bureau of
Statistics in the hessTreasuryKdepartme
W. W. COokson, Cum berland county.
Edward S. How, of York.
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