Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-18

names of D. y. Fiske. Alexander N.
webb, John G. Franzoni, Columbus
Drew, c. F. o'Driscoll. William A.
Stanley STA E Josiah Melvin, James G. Sam
pie, Edward P. Marsh. Joseph B. Tate.
Joseph w. Davis, G. H. Randall, Theo
Elmer Smith, Charles w. c. Dunning
ton. John D. Mendenhall. Joseph w.
Walker and Samuel Sherwood I'd.
In 1889 the Huntress, Intelligencer,
the Globe. the Metropolis and the Madi-
sonian were being published In this
year the Native American was estab-
lished by John Elliott. with H. j. Brent
as editor, on Pennsylvania avenue east
of AZ street. and it was continued the
following year.
The members admitted this year were
! John U. Moulder, John T. c. Clark. Will
liam p. Kennaugh. Joseph Etter; Rich
ard w Clarke. James Charles. Nathan
Hammond. John w. Lugenbefl, w. Ed
gar Lightelle. John Driscoll, George
Bishop James Winner. George Amerige
John w. Hollis. Alexander L. Settle,
William j. Delano and John s. Began.
The campaign year in which Gen.
Harrison was elected over Martin Van
Buren--1S40-was busy one, and
like that of four years before. politi-
cal work gave employment to many
members. Those who Joined the So
ciety in this year were James w. Bag
gott George Sheddell, Charles P. HILL
| James N. Davis, James r. Blaisdell,
William T. Buffers. Lewis G. Reed,
James F. whitney, william Little. w.
Gordon Blanchard, Andrew M. Thomas,
H. S. M. Farnham, N. H. Gerry. John
P. Boss, John T. Deneson, William
Finn. William A Fitzgerald, William
S. Mcpherson and p. S. Boothe.
The members of the craft Of this and
the preceding periods did not stick to the
| case; but it is undeniable that inter 1t in
the profession was always felt. A .-um-
| Der filled important positions In the COM
! munity. and in after life few were
| prominent in the government service and
| retained their affiliations with the society
until death. Among cthers may be men
| toned R. A. Waters. a prominent JOB
printer: Jonathan Kirkwood, afterward
| the firm of Kirkwood & McGil, at the
| corner of Sth and G streets, and of the
| Kirkwood House, the successor OF the
Irving House. on the site of the Raleigh
| Hotel Lem Towers, who with his broth
| er, Mayor Towers, was long in business
| at 9th and Louisiana avenue, and was
| prominent, also, in military circles, serv-
| ing in the civil war as colonel; henry
Rich long a prominent Odd Fellow; John
| l.. Smith, magistrate and captain of the
Continental Guards of ante-bellum days
and an alderman from the seventh ward;
| Thomas w. Howard, afterward a rail-
way mail clerk, and during the civil war
an officer of the Confederate states army.
| who, on the cessation Of hostilities, re-
| turned to the government printing ONCE
and a few years ago died of extreme old
| age: Columbus Alexander, who had JOB
| other publications issued those of the
Colonization Society, and. later in life, be-
| came capitalist
Henry Polkinhorn, who established
| job office on D street between 9th and
| 7th streets; Adam T. Cavis, who in his
| day was an actor, a minister and promi-
| nent in fraternal organizations and
| jealous trade unionist: Edward M. Sped
| den, in later life clerk in the Post Office
| DEPARTMENT.; Columbus Drew, who later
/ settled in Florida and edited and pub
| lished paper there; Joseph B. Tate, who
| in 1852 started the publication of The
| Evening Star, which went a short time
| later to Wallach & Hope, but Mr.. Tate
| continued with the paper for some years.
! and was popular in military circles as
captain of the Washington Light 1nfan-
| try Company; Joseph w. Davis, later a
| letter carrier and in the later part OF
his life grocer at the corner of 9th
| and d streets; c. w. c. burlington who
afterward was the captain of the Capitol
police when it numbered six or eight men;
| John u. Moulder, long a Treasury clerk
and prominent in municipal affairs and
alderman from the first ward, and in
after life from the third ward. and he
was also prominent in Masonic circles;
John T. c. Clark. in early life post
| office clerk, and who succeeded his father,
John d. Clark, as magistrate In the
| old second ward James Winner OF the
firm of Winner & McGill and William
Finn, who was prominent in local demo-
cratic circles, the navy agent during
Buchanan's administration, and during
Mr.. CIeveland's first administration was
superintendent of the mail bag repair
shop.