The times., 1897-04-27
District Odd Fellows Honor Their
Anniversary Day.
CANToNs FROM BALTIMORE
Banquet in the Evening at the Old
Seventh Street Hall-yyiiows and
Orphans of the Departed Brothers
Wen Remembered Interesting
Ceremonies and Speeches.

| oy bhe Odd FeEowS OF the District oI
Columbia yesterday. The chief event o
the day was the parade OF the Patriarcns
Militant Of the District, and OF several
cantons from Baltimore.
! The Patriarchs Militant assembled at
| Seyenth-street Odd Fellows Hall at noon
and proceeded TO the Baltimore and Ohio
depot, where the chevaliers OF the BaIti-
more cantons We're received at 1: ~ y. M
| The parade formed ON New jersey ave
nue., and marched in the following order:
| Platoon of mounted police; Canton Po-
| tomac Drum Corps, T. j. Duyan, leader:
! Capt. Charles Campbell and staff, Lieut..
| James II. Richards, Major F. Phillips.
| Lieuts Enoch Ednronson, w. f Coleman, /,
| w. III. Esler, j. O. Seiffert, and James
| q. Morrison: Ensgns Frank Reilly and
| W. II. Wilson and Major r. A. Mclean
Grand Canton, No. /, District Of Column
| bia Capt. c. Campbell, Lieut. w F. Cole
man, Ensign j. u. Morrison
Canton Potomac, District OF Columbia -
| Capt j. A Shackleford.
Wilson Post, q. a. K. band. of Baltimore
Major w. kunkle.
Canton No, 1. Separate Battalion OF
Baltimore Major George w. Goldman, lie
partment commander, of Baltimore, COM
manding; E. Edward Teale, adjutant, aud
staff as follows: Capts. C. Smith, w.
Pearce, William Fl. Williams; Lieuts. R.
Duncan. Z. b. White: Ensign George Eliers.
Monumental Canton, No 2, of Baltimore -
G. A. Albaugh, captain; C. H Berger, lieu-
tenant; F. II. FoXwell, ensign.
Baltimore City Canton, No. 3, OF Baiti-
more Capt. William II. Bergman; Lieut.
j. n. Anderson, Ensign w. w. Nett
The line Of march was to Pennsylvania
avenue, to Fifteenth street, pass the White
House TO Sevneteenth street, to IL street,
to Lafayette place, to the south steps Of
the Treasury Department, where group
photograph was taken of the visitors The
parade then moved down F street TO
Seventh street, TO Odd Fellows Hall Here
they Were greeted by u large assembIase
of wives and daughters of the chevalia rs,
and an excellent banquet was served
Tables in the main auditorium were laid
with 100 covers and We're eiaborateIy
decorated with floral designs and potted
plants. Mrs. Allen was chairman of the
reception committee, which was composed
of the following: Mrs Mclean, Mrs. Bois,
Mrs. Campbeils, Mrs Thomas, Mrs Duran
and daughter, Mrs Duvall, Mrs. Dick, Mrs
GEM, Mrs. Clark, and Miss Thompson
In the evening an exceedingly interesting
entertainment was given The hail was
decorated throughout with hunting and
flags, and the committee in charge had
the various encampment halls thrown open
for overflow meetings to accommodate the
large attendance.
Arranged upon the stage were Thomas j.
Jones, grand master: Deputy Grand Mas
ter John l. Brown, Grand Warden David
l.. Hazard, Grand Seer etary WiIliam K
Hunt, Grand Treasurer j. A. B. Espey,
Grand Representatives F. A. Stier and
William p. Allan, Grand Marshal " w
MILAN, Grand Chaplain Richard Enunons,
all of the Grand Lodge, and Grand Repre-
sentative Joseph Burroughs, or the Grand
EHcampIaent, and Rev. w. II. Richardson
Grand Secretary Hunt read the prociama-
ton OF the Grand Sire from the Sovereign
Grand Lodge OF the independent Order OF
Odd Fellows at its annual communication,
held in New York, September, 1867, or
dering that the 26th day of April be es-
tahlished as the anniversary of the order
All grand and subordinate lodges and
encampments are required to observe this
day in some appropriate manner.
The members OF the orGer then sang an |
opening ode, which was followed by an in
vocation by Rev. w. H. Richardson Grand |
Master Thomas J. Jones delivered an ad- |
dress OF welcome TO the guests Of the even |
ing. He spoke of the pure motives of the |
order, and said that aileviating the suf- |
ferings of the unfortunate, watching at /
the bedside of the sick, performing the /
last sad rites at the grave of a brother |
and caring for the widow and orphan were |
the sipcerest aims OF the order. Since the |
early days when the order was first estab-
iished in the District by Central Lodge, |
No. ! November 90, 1927, it's member
snip and influence has increased until at
ibis time there are twenty-one subordinate
lodges, three Rebekah lodges, four en-
campments of patriarchs and two cantons
of patriarchs militant, with a member
ship OF 2,123 subordinate members, 393
'ampment members and about 100 eheva-
iers
These during the past year afforded
-elief TO the amount of SIS, ,062.7s
The following program was then pre-
ci1tu <hiss lsdbti SHettOH. III CflaraC- |
eristic sketch, Isabel and in two en- |
,ores, which were remarkably well rem
Tered, when the youthfulness of the little
rtist is considered; recitation, by Mr. E.
;. Hay; Byron G.. Harlan, OF Sioux Falls,
q his original creation, Let Me Take
dy Place at Home Again. dialect Sc
sction by Mr.. Hayes. which was well
eceivcd; pantomime, by Frank T. Chap
nan; solo, by Mrs. Volney Bennett, So
rano; Miss Constance Harworth, the |
henornenal whistler; solo, Miss Flora
dudley; Lafayette Mandolin and Guitar
uartet, and some well executed fancy |
ances by pupils OF Miss Augusta Sproesser
Presents were then distributed among | ,
lie orphans of the lodge I'm the blue room
the hall. The evening was ended with
hop and dance, making the event one
the most memorable celebrations in the ,
story of the order
Thecommitteeo Of arrangements, o,Yhom |
as intrusted the management of the cele- ]
ration. consisted Of Messrs John T. Brown. !
enry G. Hazard, j. G.. Durfey. W. F. |
ement, p. 81. Leary, and James II.
atheli.
Th., Baltimore delegation left the citv |