Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-20

District Deputy Ct the Protected Home Circle.
q Washingtonian, a graduate of the public
schools of the District of Columbia and is
affiliated with number of the fraternities
o. this city, being Il member of St. Johns
Lodge, No. II, F. A. 4. NJ. Washington
Chapter, No. >, r. A. c.; Orient Command
cry, No. ., X. T., and Almas Temple, Mys-
tic Shrine; also member of the Macca-
bees, Royal ArCanum, National Union
Shields of Honor and the Loyal Guards He
was elected district deputy of the Protected
Home Circle in January.
The new Eastern Star Home the corner
stone of which was laid with imposing cere-
monies on Wednesday OF this week will be
constructed al cost of $l0J. 900. The build
ing Will stand upon beautiful knoll over
locking a wide stretch of country
rounding Sligo Mil road, and is within
sight of the Catholic University and the
National Soldiers Home. Most of the
money. it is stated, for the building of the
home has been raised and the work now
in progress il upon the left wing of the
structure, which, it is expected. will lie fin
ished by October and ready for occupancy
by January /, 1906. The board of managers
OF the new institution is composed of 100
members of the Order of the Eastern Star
through whose excrtion the necessary
funds We're subscribed. The home will be
under the management of eleven directors
eight from the subordinate lodges, O. e. S..
and three from the Grand Lodge They
are Mrs. Alcena Lamond. Mrs Jeanette n
Newton, Mrs. Samuel Ycatman. Mrs Wal
lace Streater. Mrs. N. h. Dixie Mrs. NJ.
Ella Espey. l.. Cabel Williamson, William
r. Harrison, John A. Meyer T. G. Lander
gren and John r. O'Neil.
The ladies of Columbia Commandery. X.
T, have called a meeting to be held in the
asylum Masonic Temple Thursday May
%, for the purpose of considering the oues-
lions to the formation of a ladies' any
iliary, to which all sir knights are cordially
invited and are requested to bring with
them the lady members of their families
The new Ladies' Auxiliary to Division
No. I. A. O. H.. has held its second meet
ing and shows good gains over it's charter
list. The following are the officers of the
body: President, Mrs. Dan Stanton: vice
president, Miss Julia Lnskey; recording
secretary, Miss Agnes Stanton; financial
secretary, Mrs. William Buckley; treasurer,
Miss Annie McGnniss; sergeant-at-arms,
Mrs. Charles Small; sentinel Mrs. John E'
Stonton, and chairlady standing committee,
Mrs. Mary inland.
Division No. of the Ladies' Auxiliary
has arranged an excursion to Marshall Hail
III June The Charles McAlister has been
chartered and she will stop at Alexandria
on all her trips to take on participants in
the excursion. Music and dancing all day
at the hall. This is the only river excur-
sion SO far announced to be given by the
Hibernians this year
In the suit of the Supreme Tent, knights
of the Maccabees, against the Port Huron
Savings Bank and Charles d. Thompson,
the defaulting finance keeper of the order
for the recovery OF $4,000 missing from
the orders funds, Thompson has filed an
answer in which he states that he is I'M
able TO furnish a statement, owing to the
fact that a the time of his resignation he
turned over to the officials of the order all
of the vouchers and records in his possess
sion He further rests his case upon the
statute of limitations, claiming immunity
as to any claim put forward dating back
further than six years before the time of
starting the present actioa, January ID
1905. Thompson explicitly denies having
fraudulently drawn $4,000 from the orders
funds in the Commercial Bank, and depos-