Evening star., 1899-12-07
ANNUAL ELECTIONS.
Local Organizations Choose ORcers
for Ensuing Terms.


Last evening at the Scottish Rite Hall.
1907 street northwest, Osiris Lodge. No.
26. F. A. A. NJ, elected its officers for the
ensuing Masonic year as follows: W. M.
w. H. De Shields; S. W.. NJ D. Brainard; /;
]. w. Clinton Gapen; secretary, H. p
Gerald; treasurer, w. II. Barstow; S. D.,
S. NJ. Leitzell; ]. D., Sol. Herzog; senior
steward, W. Montgomery; Junior steward
H. Unsworth; tyler, l. K. Betker.
These officers will be duly installed be-
fore ST. Johns day, December "a. The re-
firing w. NJ. will be presented with
handsome gold Jewel In token of apprecia-
ton of his faithfulness and imparti!ity dur
ing the time he was its presiding officer.
The annual election of officers of National
Lodge, No. II, F. A. A. M, for the ensuing
Masonic year took place at the regular
semi-monthly meeting Tuesday night. and
resulted as follows: A. P. Wilde, worshipful
master: Dan C. Vaughan. senior warden;
VIM. T. Hastings, Junior warden; n. l..
Wolcott, secretary, and G. Taylor wade,
treasurer. The installation ceremony Will
occur on Tuesday evening, December 10.
The annual election of the Anti-Saloon
League of the District of Columbia, held
Monday evening at its hall, 623 Louisiana
avenue northwest resulted in the choice of
the following officers: President. James L..
Ewin: first vice president, A. N. tanf1eld; :;
SeCOHu vice pTeSIueHt, NhTS. Slliton
third vice president, Abram L. swartout;
recording secretary, H. W. Shipe; corre-
spending secretary, Mrs. Martha b. liam
lin; treasurer John s. Blackford: Chaplain,
Rev. Walter H. Brooks, DID,; doorkeeper,
Wilbur F. Mcdaniel. All of the old Off
GERS We're reelected with the exception of
the recording secretary and doorkeepr.
At regular meeting Of John A Logan
GERS were elected for the ensuing term:
Colonel. w. D. Yingling: lieutenant colo
nel s. J. Block; major, A. H. Beck; sur
geon, T. II. Carpenter: officer of day. c.
p IPlatt; officer of guard, T. B. Wheeler;
quartermaster. A. L. Crosby: chaplain, ).
7. Ryan.
Eureka Grand Lodge, F. A. A. Y. Masons
Cnational compact, for the District of Co
lumbia Tuesday night elected and installed
the following officers for the ensuing Ma
sonic year: r. d. Goodman, NJ. w. G. M;
II. A. Davis, r. w. D. G. M: J. A. NJ. Lee,
R. W. G. S. w: Solomon Haskins. R. W.
G. ]. w; ]. H. Richardson, r. w. E. r.
secretary; j. E. Williams. r. w. G. F. sec
retary; Henry Carter, r. w. G. treasurer
by Lincoln Post, No. 3. G. A. R., at the
regular meeting held last night. They
We're as follows: Commander, William ii.
Proctor; senior vice commander, George
Smith; surgeon, A. E. Johnson; chaplain,
Rev. W. H. Black; quartermaster, E. ].
DoWlng; officer of the day, Daniel Will
Jams: officer of the guard w. S. Seymour;
delegates to the department encampment,
L. p. Williams. G. NJ. Rowe, j. e. Nc
Cabe. A w. Bogia, b. f. Bingham, A. H.
Shattuck. A. NJ. Legg, j. ]. Freeland, l..
l. O'Neal w. H. Black. f. ]. Bowling,
George Smith, o. H. Oldroyd, S. w. Nc
alternates, w. NJ. Barnett, ]. H. Burgess,
H. F. Lincoln, J. b. Patterson, G. W.
Street, John Morrison, c. S. Brown, George
Durfee, r. Venn, w. w. Case, w. K. Tay-
lor, J. C. Peacock, F. r. May, jr, A w.
Brown, l. Burns and c. w. Hepburn.
Lafayette Post, No. 20, G. A. R., also
chose officers to serve during The year,
those elected being Briscoe Goodhart, COM
mander; DR.. ]. w. Abel, senior vice COM
nIander; Isaac A. Rosecrans, junior vice
commander; Samuel N. Hoyt, surgeon;
Charles F. Benjamin, chaplain; Hugh W.
Burns, officer of the day; William Callag-
han, officer of the guard delegates to de-
partment encampment, Hugh w. Burns,
Edwin J Sweet and Walter c. Butler; al
ternates, w. w. Chambers, r. NJ. Calhoun,
Charles F. Benjamin and Dr. j. W. Abell