Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-20

| lodge. " anu '"' Vi ms o""
Ur'ent Sommandsry. No. 5. knights Tenn
mrsI stated conelave on Monday evening
ms commandery takes peculiar pride In its
m mocern origin. Although the youngest of
u Dlslrlct Communicates. 1t preserves with re-
hSious care the numerical series Of d. eo,
caves, and VIII doubtless so continue TO do
70 .he END OF Its history. The commandery
hau stated conclave Monday EVENING al
which the orders of the Temuls ana M.,sa
were conferred. The eminent Commander.
Sir Fred s. Cawson. in his current circulsr
says, our commander again extends you
a cofuiai ana fraternal greeting. with the
| nope that Orient Comma ndery may reap the
iuiiest measure of success and that every
Iae,hoer and his family may enjoy a season
VI Happinessuand prosperity. In turning n
new lear Father Time has presented 70
view an unsullied page and given another
opportuhity to continue the good record OF
ay,, e Years. Nhatever the result at the
enu OF the year Will be the sum and SUBJ
stance OF our individual work. Let us then
pe up and doing, and by unremitting Efforts
NO., g, our banner In the high place IL has
Mon m the ranks of Templarisrn In this t,l-
| Iisdiction. 1t is the desire of your o,f,cer,s
| Ia ,ne achievements of previous wears be
| eouaied, IL not excelled"
| fotomac Commandery, No. 3, X r held
| d cohciave Wednesday evening nj ubich a..
! oioers OF the Temple and Malta were COW
earsa IN MS last circular Eminent Com
manoer Lindsey says:
Cur last conciave will long be remembered
| os nose VINO were so fortunate as to be pres
e en-. Inc attendance was large considering
| the storm. The comforting of the order cS
the hed Cross was well done Tho enIrit -
GOOD Fellowship was especially marked The
| speech presenting the certificate of bonorarv
| Gaiiiben mp IN the eommandery to W. L.
! Saiiher was model of good taste esne
| slahy appropriate. and Sir Knight Gathers
| response was eloquent and affecting Those
~ US VINO braved the rain were well paid
Nm
| Iraternal visit to Orient No < and y,a Nd
me same Kind of time that visitors ar
| SS.tent aiways have-a royal good time The
ofoer OF the Red Cross was given in a man
Her rejecting great credit unop tho rr, 80,
| on the hill 1t showed that they use i'm ,ioinS
| tne work inside the same carefuIness whtcS
t wns a mem victory on the drill and inspec-
ioi HeIu' we extend to our inspector gen
erai sincere sympathy on the death az his
oeioVeu mother. a Christian woman whom
TO know was to love" A
IN his church circular Eminent Command
er David H. Fenton of CoJumbia Si ianu
cry, No. 2, Knights TempIar saws. ID,
| lesoiution committee on excllrsion for tba
| foiinnrsir season mas been authorized and the
| IohoWinS sir knights-f1av<. been annojntad,
r. a SebrIng. chairman; George + Hon
| Ia "a u, vice chairman; III. w. Thomas Chas
| thor-s uwin, chas p. SWEET, c. B. Mat
| ehe"s, T.. A Nelson, Chas Stewart Uar-
man schumacher and Faber Stevenso,, :.
| inoinas w. Fowler, president of tho h,
| or trustees of Odd Fellows Hall 7th 100
| on W,a',,,' submitted to the Grand Lodge
| oh wednesday evening the rrtvGrs, e
| huai report of the trustees eb,,; - an an
| ieVehusS or the building for last - -,
n rrre oeen ss'1sl.16. an increase over the
piesious year or nearly 81, 200: also tbat "a
| dlFlcend of per cent had haar - d
| BODIES owning the stock The Grand + 80
! eppoihted committee, consisting Of Ca
PStIin u =, W. Bradford, w. II. McNIel.
| I.
! with me board of trustees as To the "a
VisapiHty of selling the present buiI5i,,
ana erecting a new one at some other
point, TINS committee to renort to the C,rap5
| Lodge at the next annual session IT.
| present hail is owned by eight odd EeIIo,,,
bodies and 1t will require the consent OF
| all to sell. VI
Inc new officers of Washington Camp No
lifo4, Modern Woodmen of America y,as
S Tsnre9 py large company of 'neighbors''
thursday evening. 1t is proposed by The
| oHicers to make the meetings uuusuaII,,
| ATTRACTIVE, and there is now being outlined
series or entertainments and other spe-
cial features that are expected TO greatly
| increase the attendance
| On Monday evening Naomi RebeLab
Looee NO. l. /. q. o. F., held its regular
meeting and was visited by J. j KueiIiny
OF Mineral Point, Wis. and others VIM
r. Humphrey elected drill master
Much interest is manifested by the mem
=
to be given on February 81 by the Rebekabs
| or this jurisdiction for the benefit of the
l. o. O. F. home. The following delegates
| of the five Rebekah lodges are the nafro,
esses OF the affair: Mrs. Julia Roberts OF
| Naomi Lodge No. /, Mrs. Belle NJ Carter
| or Ruth Lodge No. =. Mrs Caroline Shin
pert OF Martha Washington Lodge No 3.
Mrs. Ella b. Russ of Dorcas Lodge No
4, and Mrs Gertrude Easterling of Esther
| Lodge No. 8.
| Junior Order United American Mechanics
was present at the meeting of Edward j.
Ross Council No. % on the 18th instant
| the occasion being the annual visitation OF
| the State Council. The degree staff of Ed
ward j. Ross Council conferred the degrees
| on two candidates. After the initiatory
| ceremonies addresses were delivered by
| members of the State Council and others.
| the speakers urging the members to use
| all proper and lawful efforts in securing
| the enactment of such laws will pre-
vent the arrival in this country of undesir-
| able emigrants. Refreshments and q
smoker terminated the meeting.
On Monday night Anacostia Tent No T.
K. o. 7. NJ, had special services in the
| Installing of officers and anniversary exer-
cises. State Commander d. w. Gall in
| stalled the following officers: Past COM
| mander, B. n. Estep; commander. A A.
Provost; lieutenant commander, ]. NJ. Eng
land; record keeper. R. A. Estep: finance
| keeper, j. w. Baise; chaplain, r. A Par
| ker; sergeant, r. ]. Provost; physician. Dr.
| I. d. Mudd; master-at-arms, j. +. Carroll;
| first master of the guard, w. J. Mitchell;
second master of the guard, Lewis II. Par
| cle sentinel, Herman Wilar; picket, Igna-
| thus Burch After the completion of the in
| stallation a history OF the tent was pre-
scented by r. A Estep. Speeches were
made by the state commander, Sir knight
y. B. Keefer commander of National Tent,
| No 1, and other members of the tent. Re-
| freshments were served.
Sir Knight John r. Feester, a member of
| National Tent, No. 2, X. o. T. M. died on
| the 18th instant at his home in this city,
and was buried on the 18th.
On Monday night a large number of Mac
cabees of this city attended the public in
stallation of the officers of Alexandria Tent
No. 2. at Alexandria, Va. Among them
were the two companies of the uniform
rank.
On Thursday night State Commander Gall
installed the officers of Golden Rule Tent,
No. 3, as follows: Commander. John w.
Tumble; lieutenant commander T. w.
Bresnahan; record keeper, Edgar d. Thomp-