The Washington herald., 1908-05-11
Eagles Hold Services in
Honor of Dead Brothers.
SMOKE FRIGHTENS AUDIENCE
Panic Narrowly Ayerted at Exer-
cises in Opera HOuse-Impressive
Exercises Carried Out Before 1000
PersOns-PrOminent Men Make Ad-
dresses-Trenton to BE Raised.
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Aiva Aerie. No. 81, FraternaI Order Of
Eagle, and a thousand Of their friends
tonight attended the impressive memorial
services in memory OF the departed
brothers at the opera house.
The stage decorations consisted Of East
er lilies. palms. ferns, and flags In the
background was large memorial wreath.
in the center of which was tablet bear
ing the names Of the deceased members.
Members OF the order occupied seats on
the stage Secretary Joseph H West call
ed aloud the names Of the departed
brothers, and as he did so a miniature
electric bulb in the wreath went out as
each name was called
The programme was as follows: Funeral
march, Sonata" Eagle orchestra; hymn.
Aerie and audience standing: opening re-
marks, Worthy President E. J. Fleming;
prayer, Worthy Chaplain Walter f. Jac-
OLSON; soprano solo, Nearer to Thee"
Mrs. Charles B. Bayly, jr.; address, Wor-
thy Past President Thomas Chauncy:
tenor solo. Face to Face Charles +.
Meyers: sextet. from Lucia Eagle or
chestra: roll call. Departed Brothers"
Worthy Secretary Joseph H. West: trio.
Praise" from "Attila" Charles Z. Mey-
ers Dana c. Holland and Mrs Charles B.
Bayly, jr.; grafton, Departed Brothers"
J. L. Feeney, treasurer Of Washington
Aerie, No. 125: cOntralto solo. Hold Thou
Ny Hand" Mrs. Esther Gumprecht: ad-
dress, Representative c. c. Carlin. of this
city. address. ''Fraternalfsm." Represent
atiye Julius Kahn. Of San Francisco. Aerie
No. >; quartet. "RecessiOnal,' Mrs. Charles
b. Bayiy, jr.. Mrs. Esther Gumprecht.
Charles +. Meyers. Dana c. Holland
closing exercises. Nearer, My Cod, to
Thee Aerie and audience standing: ben
ediction. Rev. ". W. Van Arsdale pastor
Of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church;
THE Coronation" Eagle orchestra.
The stage decorations were made by
Brother Jacob Johnson, conductor of
Washington Aerie. No. 20 The musical
director was Brother Charles Y. Sehoe-
field, OF Washington.
The following is a list OF the departed
members OF the order. Joseph J. Rob
erts, William II. Glasgow, samuel r.
Wngfield, ]. Frank Cook. Joseph OToole, |
George L. Simpson, Peter Sinclair Wayne
/. Carr, the last named being the only |
one who died this year.
The members of the committee Of ar 1
for to-night's services con- |
sisted of Thomas ChauLCey chairman. +. |
j. Fleming Walter Z. jacobson, B. b /
Cline, Jacob Brill. John A. Rice, John r. /
Travers. s. 3. Moore, NJ. D.: r. r |
Knox, jr., and J. d. Normoyle
4 panic was narrowly sveTted while a /
quartet At the services was engaged in |
singing the fRecessionaI" Smoke was
discovered coming into the theater, pre- /
suna6iy from an alley in the rear. and IN 4
a moment several men and women were /
on their feet and making a mad rush for 4
the doors. Cooler heads in the audience /
prevented any serious trouble and those 1
who started for the doors were allowed /
TO depart. and In a few minutes the au-
1ience was assured there was no danger.
Several women IN the audience tainted /
upon seeing the smoke
The bow Of the small steamer Tren-
ton, which sank last Sunday morning at
Reardon's wharf, was to-day raised from
the water. and the only thing that re-
mains TO be done is 10 raise the stern.
which viii be done at high tide early to-
morrow morning.
Arrangements have been made by the
Dancing Club of Alexandria Lodge OF
Elks for its May dance, which will be
held at the Luna Park pavilion, May Is.
There viii be dancing from Sis until 1880
o'clock. The committee in charge is
rade up as follows: Harry 3. Quinn.
Harry Dschlager, Harry Fleischmann.
Edward J. Fleming. Jerome Kaufman.
David T. Robey Andrew Schwartzman
Frank W. Smith. William W. West. H
linden Wheatley. William Il Whitcomb /
lnd George w. Bontz, Jr.
A meeting Of NJ D. Corse Camp. Sons
# Confederate Veterans. will be held at
zee Camp Hall at o'clock tomorrow
tight. Much business is slated to come
Il for consideration. It is expected that
he camp viii make plans for taking
'art in the Confederate Memorial serv-
ces. which will be held May ..
Fire broke out again at noon to-day in
he rear part of the T. F. Burroughs
ION & Co.'S plant. which was DESTROYED
y fire Wednesday night last. A plug
tream subdued the blaze
Messrs. ". J. Mcfarland and W H
vhitcomb will leave Tuesday morning
or Petersburg, Va. to attend the annual
1eeting Of the State convention IF the
Knights of Columbus
Rev. ". w, Davis, d. D., this after
oon addressed a mems meeting which ,
'as held at the Young Peoples Building
f the Methodist Episcopal Church South | .
lie took for his subject The possibilities
the new life a solo was given By
Iiss Vierkorn.
The members of the Alexandria Glass
loWeTs Association to-day attended
peCial services at Trinity Methodist
Episcopal Church, in commemoration OF
leiT memorial day. Rev. w. W Van 7