Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-20


plane as that of Baltimore" J. c. Horn
| blower of Hornblower Marshall. the
Washington architects. spoke of the kindly
reception given his firm by the people and
by the architects of Baltimore. Ex-Repre-
sentative w. w. McIntire, who was intro
duced as the father of the new custom
house." said he was proud to be a father,
but he did not think he deserved the title
given him by Mr. Stone. He spoke in an
amusing way of his gratuitous services as
superintendent of the new building and
suggested that Assistant Secretary Arm
strong should see that he was remunerated.
Mr.. Armstrong humorously promised to
take the matter into consideration.
The guests at the banquet from Washing
ton were Grand Master George H. Walker,
Grand Senior Warden James A. Wetmore,
Assistant Secretary Armstrong, Supervis-
ing Architect ]. X. Taylor, Charles Lyman,
Walter s. Chance and Leslie Cullom of the
Treasury Department, John w. Parsons
and c. E. Kemper of the supervising archi-
tect's office, ]. c. Hornblower and Rush
Marshall, architects Representatives James
w. Denny and Frank c. Wachter and ex-
Representative w. w. McEntire were also
present.
The corner stone is said to be one of the
largest ever laid in the United States, its
weight being something over eleven tons.
Columbia Commandery, No. 2, K. t. had
a regular conclave last night for the pur-
pose of comforting the red cross, and will
have a special Monday night for the orders
cular of Eminent Commander Harry F.
Riley says: "A committee of five, consist
ing of the council officers. the recorder and
Past Commander Klopfer, was appointed to
prepare suitable resolutions to be presented
to Mary Commanderp of Philadelphia.
From the report of the New Masonic
Temple Association the net proceeds from
the last Masonic fair amounted to $56, 946.SS
Twenty-six different bodies participated in
that fair, and Columbia Commanderys
share is $7,615.74, being more than one
eighth of the entire amount. This must be
most gratifying to the members of Column
bia Commandery, who should not forget
the noble assistance afforded by our ladies
that made it possible to roll up that hand
some sum to our credit. NotW1th-
standing the inclement weather on the
evening Of the testimonial excursion of the
drill corps more than 800 persons took ad-
vantage of the trip down the river and had
most enjoyable time.
Recorder Harrison Dingman of Almas
Temple, Mystic Shrine, has received the
final program for the entertainment or
visitors at Saratoga Springs on the occa-
sion Of the session of the Imperial Council,
July ITO, inclusive. 1t is as follows: Tues
day, July 8, arrival and reception of the
various caravans of mobiles and ladies by
the two Arab patrols OF Oriental; IL am,
arrival of the imperial special, welcome to
imperial potentate OF the Imperial Councl
and escort to the United States Hotel;
9-12 pm, ladies' reception, Grand Union
Hotel. There will be parlors at each of the
three large hotels during the Imperial
Council session in charge OF the !adieG
committee for the convenience of visiting
ladies as place of meeting. wednesday,
July s, 0 am, formation of parade at
Franklin Square of Uniformed Arab Patrols
to escort the Imperial Council to the Broad.
way Theater; 10 am, opening session OF
the Imperial Council; Immediately on ad-
journment of the session the Imperial Coun-
Gil will be taken in charge by the executive
committee and given an outing; to
p M, reception to mobiles and ladies by Al
Malakah Temple, Los Angeles, Cal, In
the grand ball room at the United States
Hotel; $50 pm, Illuminated evening parade
of all the nobility; Uniformed Arab Patrols
will parade escort to their respective
temples; all other mobiles must appear in
dress suit and fez. Thursday, July 8,
pm, Congress Spring Park, competitive
drill of Uniformed Arab Patrols; 9-12 pm
progressive ball, in progress in Convention
Hail. the United States Hotel, Grand Union
Hotel and Congress Hall. Friday, July TO-
excursions of every kind and in all direc-
tons.
Representative William Alden Smith and
Henry M. Rose, chief clerk of the Senate,
were speakers at a large banquet given by
all the Pythian bodies of Grand Rapids last
Tuesday night. The banquet was In honor
of Furniture City Company, No. B, Uniform
Rank, knights of Pythias. This is the
company that won the first prize against
all contestants from dll Pal 10 VI thS Souii-
try in San Francisco. 1t was the largest
and most successful affair of the kind ever
undertaken by the local members of the
order. Preceding the exercises the Uniform
Rank drill team gave an exhibition drill.
At the banquet Representative Smith was
introduced by Brig. Gen. William H. Loom
is of the Uniform Rank, and made what
the local papers designate as lendid
tribute to the principles of Pythianism, con-
tanning number of humorous Stories
Mr.. Smith is member of Imperial Lodge,
X. of P. Ex-Representative Charles e.
Belknap was called out and responded with
an enthusiastic recounting of military ex-
perience, closing with an excellent story.
Then there were loud calls from all parts
of the banquet hall for Henry M. Rose. He
responded with a wealth of good stories
and plentiful "roasts" for some of the
other speakers
All the arrangements for the celebration
of Arcanum day, Tuesday, June %, have
been completed, and much enthusiasm is
being manifested in the Grand Council and
various subordinate councils Of the order
in Washington. The celebration of the
twenty-sixth anniversary of the founding
of the order will be at River View, under
the direct supervision of the Grand Council.
The excursion and days outing will be
complimentary to the members of the Royal
Arcanum and their friends. One of the
events of the day will be ball game be-
tween teams representing National and Dis
trict council. 1t is anticipated that fully
5000 will attend the celebration, the MEM
bership of the order in Washington approx
mating 5000
At the recent session of the Grand Coun-
Gil, Royal Arcanum, it was decided to es-
tablish a hospital bed fund and relief asso-
citation. The object of this association is
to provide beds and attendance in all of the
Washington hospitals where members of
the order, whether affiliated with councils
in this jurisdiction or temporarily sojourn-
ing here, will be cared for without expense
in case Of illness. Hospital bed fund asso-
Citations prominent features nf Arc
work in all the large cities The following
officers have been elected: President, W. H.
Brigham; vice president. John L. Beattie;
secretary, John F. Heffernan; treasurer,
Moses Cohen. The trustees are Charles J.
James. c. L. Grouse. William 8. Riley, W.
c. Miller, William Mckenzie, w. s. Moore,
]. G. Littlepage and M. A. Tolsen.
A Royal Arcanum building for Washing
ton now seems probable Building opera
tions will, however, not begin until suffi-
cient sum Is in hand to carry the work
well toward completion.
The stated communication of Osiris