Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1894, Page 12

COUNTRY BOARD. ANTED-BY PRIVATE FAMILY, Md, few 5 a Feasona! lot; ; hot and bath; stable; 8 400 feet from station; 1 mile electric R.R.; on pike. 800 and ry Departmer HANDSOME DWELLING house at Laurel, Md.; 13 rooms; large lot; sta- ted school or @ ysician; re | Ge 3B amp Apply G. J. BOND, 681 F st.” Neeeoe 3. F. BAXLEN. t*_ |For EENT_FURNISHED “FOUR MONTHS ONLY— |WOODCLIFFE, HALF MILE FROM BOYD, OPEN Groom m1; on 3 for boarders; good water; plenty 4 Rear cable cars; shade trees and large let; $30. airy rooms "and porches; fruit, vegetables in| Address Z., Star it | | a FOR SALE—AT FALLS CHURCH, VA., 80 ucres; ™ reasonable; to settle an cs- (ISON, West End, Va. _Je2-3t* { Accommodation of summer guests; city refer- | Fon sALE_OR EXC | ences if required. For furtl fculars apply a Co eae | $a. 0 WAN Devantan, Poeoulan PROPERTY: IMPROVED Of UNIMPHOVED, county, Va. INCUMBERED OR UNINCUMBERED. SOUNTRY BOARD WANTED ON MET. BRANO desirable of 1 Pind One Tely cot Angust for a Washington is the BEAUTIFUL ‘AGE, with t Homan, wits aid 3 7,4 and 2 yi nearly five (5) acres of land, situated a few yards } and colored nurse; must have shade, milk ‘ond the District line on the east ot |. See and be accessible to trains. Addrees, stat det turnpike;"" also fronting i location and terms, ARTHUR BURT, 121, .,R.R.; midway between “‘Rives' Ca. a 3 | Sither). “the tana SS teh Laapre ved ona ben's routs nite A FEW BOARDERS AT REASON | Sertect ‘of beautiful ‘meee 60 ahaa able rates; B. and 0. railroad rune within 3| ery variety: also fruit. trees, omeabe. fence | minutes’ walk from station to the house. For par-| nd vines, and bill, dale. ‘and Seulacy New Jersey ave. nw, Rear | deautiful ‘brook; and, besides having all neces- mi TIVE 1 = that writs ae ‘wintaatit for INFO! in TO new ' it r Rest,” a very desirable home ‘water to engine from the brook; all in Racy Ieper, "Washington Gora Je2-Im t this ropes Popol te 2 we Heron Ae 1505 Pa. ave. nw. os fete” FOR SALE—A BARGAIN; $200 CASH, BALANCE $23 per month; Galveston st. near 13th st., Brookland; 2-story and cellar §-room dwelling: Well of water, sewerage, shade and fine lawn: lot Séxi50 ft. oso A. 8. CAYWOOD, 988 9th st. n.w. FOR SALE—AT A GREAT SACRIFICE—ONLY 7% miles from the city; fine tract, 97 acres; 75 acres red; balance in timber; fine apple and peach orchard under cultivation; no butldings; must be gold at once; only $800 cash. Jez JAS. W. McKEE, 617 E st. . FOR SALE—DBROOKLAN. NEAR ELECTRIC a7H; Beat ctz-cecms cottage: bonutifully situated on water, &e. ia at ai $2,500: ‘Te reat in at onl 500; easy teruis. - _ For’ We WALKER, 1000 Pst. Je2-3t A BEAUTIFUL HOME; SHENANDOAH VALLEY farnished for 3 Vegetables College apartment ing: aS eases ae SA ight ly to H. A. TABB, 617 ses. FOR SALE—35 ACRES Dleasant situation; good < coring? fansieg water lensant situation; g water. -c] a <pavenlent to railroad and’ post office; ar pees DU leasart rooms; terms, per week; children | So go oy if price. For further particulars address B. F. | *OH SALE—AT HYATTSV pa MALLS, Fairfax 0. H.. Fairfax co.. Va. Je2-3t*_ | syere tea’ walk from station; large yard PHOEBUS, ADJOINING OLD POINT COM- barn, chicken house, ete. water; » Va., first-class boanting, with bathing, boat- | $8,000.’ COMBS & WELIS, 464 La, ave. Jel-3t SEVERAL DESIRABLE HOUSES from $12.50 to $22 ing. fishing and driving: house situated imme | Son pint — = Couns. ‘SWELLS, 464 La. and ave., Jel Bt @iately op Hampton Roats. For terms. Je22e* Mrs. J. F. HAN EXE MOUNTAIN VIEW FOUSB, OPEN For Stxt- Een ttaville. mer boarders the Ist of June; situated on the : + main country read: two miles from station: one | FOR RENT—VERY CHEAP TO DESIRABLE TEN- ; mile from the mountain: plenty of shade; fresh | ants, country ence eighteen miles fom q jetables, uilik and butter. Address the Misses | Washington on ‘s creek line. For particu- ESTON, Mountain View House, Round Hull,) lars, 1826 I street n.w. gel-3t* i AS FOR RENT—A VERY DESIRABLW SOUNTRY FEW BOARDERS TAKEN IN PRIVATE FA Rome at Benping’s; shade and good water; stable BF At “Rock Spring Park." near Leesburg, ¥ and 40 acres of land. minutes’ walk from station; extensive grounds; ‘Well shaded; cool rooms; rood table; pure water; — exchanged. Address Box &, Leesburg, CS Jel-21* Gaspy sPuixGs,_MD>—eLoomriELD Home stead, in a beautiful grove; spring water at door; telegra near; two stages daily from Lau: rel; references exchanged. Mrs. E. N. BENTLEY. Jel-2w* Sorr’s MANSION—1 MOLE BEYOND sSOLDiEny 3 minutes’ walk from Stot' toa, Met. branch, and 15 from trolley cars pizzas; abundant shade; excellent wat: tion high and healthy; stadling sccommoda ; refs. particulars apply at Stott’s Man- sim, adie Sliss BANE Soldiers" lome, D. C. my10-25t UNTRY BOARDING, AT CHARMING CHEVY Also desirable house, 5 rooms, with 1% acres of land; rent, $10. Jel-6t B. T. WELCH, Jr., 600 F st. n.w. FOR SALE—ARUNDEL-ON-THE BAY_LOTS FROM $175 to $500, on easy payment; a delightful, con- Yenlent and accessible walt water resort. jel-im _B. T. WELCH, Jr., 000 F st. n.w. FOR SALE-BROOKLAND LOTS AND HOUSES. ‘This subdivision ts the most desirable one in the District for all-the-vear residence. jel-Im B. Hy FOR RENT-AT BRIGHTWOOD,D.C., NE house; 8 rooms; hot and cold water, 15_ minutes’ ride on 20. LOU trobes, ete.; about Chase; pure water; country air; broad verandas;| tage; dry cellar, shade, well of good water; over ene or two couples without children only can be| 19.000 feet of ground. Trice, $1,675; part commodated. Address A. C. N., Star office, iu If not sold will be ace Jet-2e° ‘ARRENTON, VA.—PLEASANT ACOOMMODA- tions and good table; 5 minutes’ walk from sta- tion; large grounds and house, with bath, é&e.; ntain spring Water. Address Mrs. ‘J. AMES, Warrenton, FOR RENT_NEW FIVE-ROOM COTTAGE; BEAU- tifully located in 20-acre ‘on the Washing- fon, Onio and Western at Te Vin Patrfar co Wien view novse | BOXD "st. Pacave. ta my3i-3t* 4 E° Tiree Rails daily; | FOR SALE-ONLY 7 MILES FROM WASHING. terms moderate. SUMERSET WILLIAMS, Bur-| tom, 200 acres; 75 acres cleared; balance in oak Gette P.O. Ma. my26-Law2t* —— reas — CE a F, Bare FALL WILL BE OPEN ATI NE| JAS. W. McKEE, 617 E st. mw. | my80_ arge. pleasan Ventilated: rooms | hE = Yery la ge) porch and grounds well shaded; high |POR SALE—FOREST GLEN, MD., COTTAGE: location; very near the mountains: three miles | 7r., bath, attic, cellar; furnace; range; cabinet from Kound Hill station; daily mafl at door;| mantels, porches, ete.; bargain qui buyer; all the comforts that country cam afford, Will exchange for city property. Address QUICK, moderate rates. Apply to Mr. EDWIN _ Star office. myo ty For SALE ts OTTERB Round Hill, Va.; large pavilion: fine views; (Opposite New Chevy Chase Hotel), fine table; ice: &e. Send for illustration: low One block from B.C. Electric RR terus to femilies. Mrs. W. A. PSKETT. Pax- Lots 50x125. Choice lots, $600. on, ve _* * my80-wéestin Monthiy payments. WIRST-CLASS BOARD 5 MINUTES WaLK From { Call for circular, | D.C ivep Grange Carp station: 17 miles from Washington: | my15.tn,th,sat-1mo A Ae ge W. ©. ant W. 8. i; plenty shade; good it- | — = J tng. bathing, Se. PRANK WILLLAIS, Ie POF, | FOR RENT— Vienna, Va stmnytd-eoBt” | Brookland, Gr, mi,..$20 Anacostia, Tr. BLEASANT GROVE, OUTRER PARK: 3 MINUTES es & ii Bont ©. from ststion ou Metropolitan brauch; 14 males McLACHLEN & RATCHELDER, from city; shade: best of water; large rooms; n bath; terme moderate, Adirom J- B. LEAMAN, ee Hoe = a — ste. 3.%. ‘kville, jay 1T-lmo-tu, tf a ry a cae at ay eee -MMER BOARDERS TA a Rear ington: electric cars. PHILOMONT, VA. sell and rent. FULLER & FULLER, 604 11th One of the most healthful sections of Virginia; 5 sik near @bundance of shade, fruit, milk, vegetables, Cost : " |“ overlooking city and river: 8 . bath, attic, spring chickens; spring beds; dancing pavilion; | Sctinr, furnace? near streck cares ergs levy tee, eroquet ground acd other amusements. T. J. PUTNAM, 58 Franklin st., Anacostia. Alliress ap!2-2m* my30-wastw FOR SALE—OR RENT — NEW 7-R. HOUSE: Porches, large trees, hen house, cellar; 6 minut. walk, from stations high location: price, £2509: * rs monthly payments, or terms to sult. shade. trait; bass fishing. piano: with 4 & Bnexeelled. " HENSON SIMPSON, SS ow rer Se tS _lowdean comnts, Va. miyi-ta,th, SALE AT, BROOKLAND AND VICINITY BOAT HOUSE, GAITRERSHURG — POPULAR | fonet” 1omged tee nett Mind ONE resort; new management; larg — M. THOMAS, 100 Corcoran butiding. Branch of- purest water: d Porches: ne moaymitocs: p 4 minutes Met. br., B. and ©. © SOMERSET HE ‘opposite Chery fice, Brookland, D.C., 2:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. dute@, $39 per month: refs: water and sewer; Bon month; near santtary plumbing. Address Box 123, Star office. rs” Home; take ' Bright- my3l-t* Tore AS ,tlscttlc care to. “Newsman, terrace, ”* FSLADYSIDE ‘ON CHESAPEAKE $087. ee ee oe _ shore, miles ow Ammapolis,, Md. Season =. —— opens June 1. Bostine. erabbing, "bathing, de.: | POR RENT—REDUCED excellent toard and plenty of tee.” Terms. 96 pet ree re ik; $1.25 per day. Address W. S. ST. cLAIR, side, be AL Ce., Md. 2w* BORVEY LODGE, TWO MILES FROM THE DIS triet; conv t to ears; fine shade and lawn; pieney frait, milk amd cotntry product aud ealthy: splen = pdid water; good beard at feason- able prices. Address CONVEY LODGI Mills, Md. Mi peivate Pasty Ar Gara would like to have a few bow $20 per mo: 4 to 8 rooms, of Lakeland. myS-Sm HANDSOME, KNEW, 8 Burnt rid ERSBURG # rs; destrable lo: estion: larze and light rooms: 3 ‘minutes from S tation: forms moderate. Address P. 0. E; nt a Be Gaithersburg, Md __ my 12t Petworth sub. Telephone. 1617-2.mh30-3m PRIVATE BOARDING—NEW Itc sirable rooms; im a pleasant Minutey walk from depot: : Address Mrs. E. SCHA! FOR SALE_ON EASY TERMS_OR EXCHANOS 4 ‘Wash- ,"" FOREST GLEN, MD.; B. & 0. tzhtfat summer resort for families ami entiemen: appointments and table first. uewly fornished; high and healt! ne OCEAN TRAVEL Travelers’ Credit. To save cost. time and trouble, carry American ExpressCompany Travelers’ Cheques. Good anywhere in = Panne ot valoe without ot 65 Broadway, X.Y. |Netheriands line From Xew York to Rotterdam via Boulogne oar a8 station, shade and GOKDON, West End, V: ING BOARD IN AT my5-Im*? RGE, NEW 1 - we or jo agents at 1 3 1 Day | CUNARD. LINE—1ST CL. for fucnishing am! 1 for Library of Congress. ing approx rials: “1 198.000 feet ¢ neling, - and be E prop » PM, to $B: 3 Vesrels, lists of, berths engaged, C. L. apetm COOK'S SUMMER FOURS— Eleven parties for visiting sypitale and art, centers. First = by SS. "eutonic, Other dates, Tithe 13, 14. 38. FF and $0. = California, Yellowstone Park, &., 2 days? tour, will leave May 12 bar a Vacation trips everywhere by sit rafiroad ant steamship lines. — Ketimat enished tour. ARTHUR We ROBSON oe Ageat Thos. Cook '& Som, O15 15th st. aw. FOR SALE—PIANOS, ; | FOR SALE—A SCPERB UPRIGHT PIANO: STAND. ard make: nearly new; only $185; belongs to = must discharged War Dept. clerk, who sacrifice this ano tor cash. To be seem at THOM . STORE, 521 Im st. myi0-t POR SALE—ONE 7 1-20CTAVE 0 As pt Les. ROSEWOOD CA: me plus stool and thoroughly guaranteed, for $105 cash. & CONLIFF, 417 1 <_< 1th st aw. ATTORNEYS. HUNTER & CASON, Lawyers. Consultation tree. q ons and conditions, and may he obtained ofice. BERNARD R. Enuine my je: S FOR TRPLIES, OF FIC Sand Grounds, Department, + May Sealed pro will he received. at this office OCK NOON, TUESDAY, JUNE ishing “suppiles | required ng the fiseal year ending Ciass 1, florists” ep ass 3, paints, agricul wrt . stationery; wtendent and mh10-t¢ clase tase "14, it pa posal for jired. Each envelope should be fn- te the class for which the yeni wae mate. Preference will be icles of domestic manufacture, con- amt price (inciudimg in tt E of foreign productions or mannfactures the ap2i-tt ty ing equal. Attention is invited tt of Comsreas gp 20, . and February 1807 roved February 23, page 222, vol. 23, and ‘24 page 414, Statates at The | _J810-te 425 G ot. 8. right ge to reject ai and alt 4 = CAMPBELL gg <-> S Forma and specitications can be ohtatned ai ‘ttorney-at-Law, tice. JOHN M. 5 Webster Law, 505 D’ st. mie Wash 75, 7,5, Ojos Colonel, U. ‘| fen De 3 Ket nw. ‘aes ENING KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS The Order Originated in the Distriot of Columbia. LOCAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Some Who Are Now Prominent in Official Position. THE GRAND OFFICERS The Diennial convention of the Supreme Lodge and the biennial encampment of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, to be held in Washington in August, are attract- ing national notice, It will be the greatest assembly of Pythian knights within the an- nals of the organization, and promises to draw to Washington one of the mightiest throngs of people which the city has ever been called upon to house. Washington is the birthplace of the order. The original meeting, when the work of the Order of the Knights of Pythias was first read, took place at the house No. 300 F street, between 8th and 9th streets, the following gentlemen being present (as the members of a musical association known as the “Arion Glee Club’): Messrs, R. A. Champion, E. 8. Kimball, D, L. Burnett, W. H. Burnett, Roberts and Driver. Each of these gentlemen were then and there duly obligated by Mr. Rathbone, and afterward resolved themselves into individual commit- tees to obtain the names of proper persons to form the first lodge. This meeting took place Monday evening, February 15, 1864, and on the following Wednesday morning Mr. Rathbone informed Mr. J.T. K. Plant of the object of the meeting and solicited him to join the order, Mr. Rathbone had, however, read the ritual to Mr. R. A.Cham- Pion privately at his own room a few even- ings previous to the above meeting. ‘TURDAY, embraced them saw, by the very simplicity of the work, and the practical lessons taught by the ritual, a glorious future for the order in the state of Pennsylvania and elsewhere. The constitution of the Knights of Pythias sets forth that it is “Wounded on naught but the purest and sincerest motives; its aim 1s to alleviate the sufferings of a brother, succor the unfortunate, zealously watch at the bedside of the sick, soothe the dying pillow, perform the last sad rites at the grave of a brother, offering consolation to the afflicted, and caring for the widow and orphan. Having these principles in view, they will endeavor to exemplify them by practical tests; and if, by the grace of it shall successfully carry out this object, they will feel that their mission has not been in vain.” As will be seen from the foregoing the old- est lodge in the order is Franklin. The sec- ond oldest is Mount Vernon. An outline of the history of the latter is as follows: The Second Oldest Lodge. In the spring of 1806, the order of Knights of Pythias was in a precarious condition and nigh unto death. Washington Lodge, No. 1, Columbia, No. 3, and Potomac, No. 4, had ceaged holding meetings, and the Grand Lodge, for want of a sufficient num- ber of subordinate lodges, had become de- funct. Franklin Lodge, No. 2, alone re- mained, and its membership, after failing in a determined effort to resuscitate the old lodges, proceeded to organize a new one. At a regular meeting held on April 2, 1868, Thomas Hamilton moved that a committee of five be appointed to canvass for the pur- pose of organizing a new lodge of the order, and on April 16, 1866, Mount Vernon Lodge, No, 5, was irstituted under a dis- pensation from the post chancellors of Franklin Lodge, No. 2, the following gen- tlernen being present and receiving the de- grees of the order: Albert Anderson, John Bauman, Wm. A. Cooper, Wm. L, Childs, John B. Daughton, John I. Downs, George R. Dyer, B. C. Daughton, John J. Griggs, Chas. Gardner, Thos. Gosnell, Samuel C. Hunt, Thos. Is. Johnson, Geo. roms ‘Thos. Lynch, John M. Mitchell, Henry L. Oliver, Richard T. Sears, Geo. Schultz, Jno. H. Simms and Jno. T. White. Officers were elected as follows: John I. Downs, venerable patriarch; Wm. L. Childs, worthy chancellor; John B. Daughton, vice chancellor; John J. Griggs, worthy banker; Richard T. Sears, financial scribe; George Schultz, recording scribe; Wm, A. Cooper, guide; Chas. Gardner, inner steward; John Bauman, outer steward. The officers were then irstalled by the past officers of Franklin Lodge, No. 2., and the. lodge proceeded to business and has The ritual was written by Mr. J. H. Rath- bone, originally, in the town of Hagle Har- bor, Houghton (now Keewenaw) county, Lake Superior, Mich., in the winter of 1860 and 1861. Wa ston Lodge’s First Record. ‘The first record appearing upon the books of Washington Lodge, No. 1, reads as fol- lows: “Washington, D. C., Potash’ 19, 1964. “At Temperance Hall, “Friday Evening. “Upon agreement, a number of gentlemen Met, and after some conversation upon the subject, they were called to order, and upsg motion of Mr. J. H. Rathbone a chairman cf the meeting was proposed, and Mr. J. T. K. Plant was unanimously called to the chair, and D. L. Burnett nominated as secretary. After organizing as above, the object of the meeting was stated by Mr. Rathbone to be the orgahization or foundation of a society, its business and operations to be of a secret character, having for its ultimate object friendship, benevolence and charity. Before proceeding further, those present were re- quested to subscribe to an oath laid down afterward in the initiatory. All present having signified their willingness to do so, the same was administered to them, by. reading the same, by J. H. Rathbone. After the haope! noe _ — on tag ale was resolv. w this order be iM the Knights of Phythias.”” ss On motion a committee was appointed to prepare a ritual of opening and closing a lodge, and of initiation into the same. chair appointed as said committee Brother J. H. Rathbone, who reported a ritual, which, upon being read, was adopted. After the adoption of the ritual, the lodge went in- to an election for officers, with the follow- ing result: J. H. Rathbone, W. C.; Joel R. Woodruff, c. P.; D. L. Burnett, .; J.T. K. Plant, V. P.; W. S.: A. Van Der Veer, B.; R. A. Cham- pion, A. B.; Geo. R. Covert, A. S. The fol- lowing officers were appointed by the wor- thy chancellor: M. H. Van Der Veer, wor- thy guide; A. Roderigue, inside steward, and Mess: Kimball, Roberts, D, L. Bur- nett and W. H. Burnett choral knights. On motion, the worthy chancellor appointed the following committee to prepare a ritual for the first degree (now the second de- gree), signs, etc.: Messrs. Kimball, Cham- pion and W. H. Burnett, V. P. J. T. K. Plant and W. C. J. H. Rathbone, as chair- man, added. Committees were then ap- pointed to procure regalias, appliances, etc. At the next meeting the committee on de- gree ritual presented a report, which was adopted. A committee was appointed to Procure a seal. At the next meeting vari- = applications were received for member- ship. At a subsequent meeting the lodge elec! officers, and in addition Steasre, Woedeue Van Der Veer and Rodrigue were elected representatives to the Grand Lodge, which was organized on the 8th of April by mem- bers of the Washington lodge. The Grand Lodge. The Grand Lodge,which was organized on the Sth of April, with J. T. K. Plant as grand chancellor and A. Van Der Veer as grand scribe, set about forming lodges else- where, and providentially succeeded in lo- cating one at the Navy Yard, known as Franklir Lodge, No. 2, with the following charter membe! Robert I. Middleton, venerable patriarch; Daniel Carrigan, worthy chancellor; Ed Fox, vice chancellor; Clarence M. Barton, scribe; James Gill, banker; Nicholas Way son, | wrwdd Jos. H. Lawrence, inner stew- = ae beet Coe! steward; Edward inn, James W. Kelly, Jas; Sco! je Norton, J. H. Wheeler,” ots George ‘The lodge was duly instituted on the 12th of April at the Anacostia engine house by the officers of the Grand Lodge. The history of this lodge needs no com- ment. It is the history of the order, which it saved from destruction after her sister lodges around her had ceased to exist. From its very organization the members took a lively interest in its welfare and determined that {t should become the “Excelsior Lodge” of the order. For nearly eight months {t struggled along, in the country; the only lodge of the order its little membership meet- ing with rebuffs and sarcasms, and, worse than this, the stinging sin of ingratitude from the hands of one who had solemnly a to maintain and defend its princi- On the 19th of May, 1864, the Gran Lodge organized Columbia Lodge, No. 3, in cated at Temperance Hall; on the 2d of June Potomac Lodge, No. 4, was also or- ganized at Temperance Hall, and afterward located at Island Hall on ‘the Island; on the Ist of February, 1865,Alexandria Lodge, No. 1, of Virginia, ‘was organized through the efforts of Brother Sonn H. King of Franklin Lodge, then engaged in the United Alexandria. = navi Service near rother King was appointed deput; of the state of Virginia,” Tend eee en ie lodges were at this financial condition, but Solin at ee gee powg {SrCtmatances. ‘9 last session on the 13th of June, 1865, Washington Lod; No. 1, ceased holding meetings in July of and petitioned Franklin the members who were in ‘he dissolution of the lodge, done a short while afterward. e, No. 2, upon the ist of wes the only lodge in ex: nd Lodge having become Ge- Franklin Lodge, however, exercised all the functions of the Grand Lodge. At the close of 1865 Franklin Lodge was ina presperous condition, with a membership of nearly sixty, and nearly $200 in the treas- hey had sustained a loss during th through their banker of $256.56. Barly In 1866 an effort was made to resuscitate the old lodges. At a regular meeting on April 2 @ committee, comprising Knights Hamil- ton, L&wson, Cook, King and Schiief, was appointed to canvass the ¢tty for the pur- pose of organizing a hew lodge of the order. On the 18th of April a charter was granted Mt. Vernon Lodge, No. 5. The Grand Lodge Reorganized. On the Ist of May, 1968, pursuant to agreement, Past Chancellors Rathbone, Barton, Dunn, King, Cook and Beech of No. 2, John I. Downs of No. 5, and Representa- tive Stromberger of No. 5, met for the pur- pose of reorganizing the Grand Lodge,whieh had held no meetings since June, 1865. The offices of F gnrsn marshal, herald, prelate and inner and outer guardian, in vogue at that time, vere discontinued, and the following officers were elected: J. H. Rathbone, grand chancellor; Edw. Dunn, vice grand ehancellor; Clarence M. grand recording scribe; John I. grand financial scribe; John H. grand banker; Thomas’ W. Cook, grand guide; Levi Beech, grand inner stew- ard; John W. Cross, grand outer steward. The quarterly report of No, 1 Lodge of Philadelphia showed that the experiment of lanting the order outside of the District ad by no means been a failure; but, on the eontrary, its principles seemed to be dis- weminated as if by magic, and those who good standing at t! which was held regular meetings ever since. Of the above named the following are still members of Mount Vernon Lodge: Al- bert Anderson, B. C. Daughton and John M. Mitchell. John B. Daughton is a mem- ber of Harmony Lodge, No. 21. Wm. L. Childs, John I. Downs and Wm, A. Cooper are dead. John J. Griggs and Geo. Schultz are living, but not in the order. The where- abouts of the others are unknown. Owing to the circumstances under which Mount Vernon Lodge was inatituted it is sometimes referred to as the savior of the order. It has a membership of 118, and meets every Wednesday night at Elks’ Hall, corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 9th street northwest. The present officers of the lodge are: Louis W. Simons, chancellor commander; Henry Yenney, prelate; Robert D. Crupper, master of the work; Henry F. Barnard, keeper of records and seal; John M. Kline, master of finance; James Frank, master of exchequer; Willard 8. Robbins, master-at- ‘ms; ——, inner guard; E. O. Gunson, outer The highest office in the gift of the Dis- trict Knights of Pythias is held by Mr. Henry G. Wagner, he being the grand chan- cellor of the order. His term dates from last February, and until that month in 1805 he will be acknowledged head of nearly 1,700 knights. He is a man of considerable executive ability, and has contributed largely to the progress of the order. Varil- ous other fraternities which claim him as a member have likewise profited by his con- nection with them. Mr. Wagner is distinctly a Georgetown man, having been born there forty-six years ago, and has been engaged in the watch- making and jewelry business on M street near 824 since 1861, in connection with his brother, Mr. John E. Wagner. He had scarcely reached his majority when he be- came a member of Hermione Lodge, No. 12, and four yeags later, in 1872, was elevated to the chair of past chancellor. The Grand Lodge received him the same year as Hermione’s representative, and up to the present time he has annually been honored in the same manner. In 1875 Her- mione Lodge became severely crippled. The membership fell off, and the treasury be- came almost bankrupt. Applications were few and far between. For a time it looked as if in spite of the good the lodge had ac- complished the charter would have to be surrendered. It was then that Mr. Wagner exercised his ability to build up and sustain the interest in such bodies. Assisted by a handful of selected ones, he worked so hard and steadily that prosperity arose from the ashes of decay. Within a short time his efforts were so rewarded that Her- mione took its place among the most thriv- ing lodges in the District of Columbia. Tn 1878 he was entrusted with the office of keeper of records and seal. The same year also witnessed his election to the office of grand master-at-arms. In the capacity of master of finance he has served his lodge since 1879, having been selected from a membership of strength and numbers, Mr. Wagner all during his connection with Hermione Lodge has exerted himself in various ways to build up the order in general. Section No. 280, Endowment Rank, which carries insurance to the amount of over $44,000, was organized by him, and since its organization he has served as secretary. Hermione Division, No. 4, Uni- formed Rank Knights of Pythias, also owes its existence to him. It is now nearly five years old and has known no other captain. Last year the Grand Lodge testified its es- toem for him by tendering him the office of vice chancellor. At the last session he mounted the topmost round of the Pythian ladder, accepting the highest office and dignity within the gift of the order. In ad- dition to his numerous lodge engagements Mr. Wagner takes an active interest in out- side affairs, particularly those of his native town. He is a director in the First Co- operative Building Association, and a trus- tee in one of the churches. John M. Kline. John M. Kline was born at Milroy, Mif- flin county, Pa., July 29, 1847, and was educated at the public schools of his na- tive town. At the age of sixteen years he enlisted in the Union army as a private of company A, forty-ninth Pennsytvanta volunteers, and, with this command, par- ticipated in many important battles. He was captured at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., while a member of a reconnoitering party, and confined at Andersonville and other southern prisons for more than ten months and was paroléd at Vicksburg, Miss., April 21, 1865. He recelved an hon- orable discharge from the service at Hai risburg, Pa., May 27, 1865. On September 20, 1866, he again enlisted in the general service United States army and was assign- ed to duty as corporal, company K, twelfth United States infantry. He served with this command, receiving merited promo- tions, and was honorably discharged as sergeant at Camp Gaston, Col., September 29, 1869. In October of the same year he received an appointment in the Treasury Department, where he has since remained, receiving regular promotions all along the ‘1894—-TWENTY PAGES. line, and is now employed as clerk in the office of the third auditor. Mr. Kline became a member of Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 5, Knights of Pythias, in December, 1870, and has been an active worker ever since. He was chancellor commander of his lodge in 1874, and has served as master of finance for eighteen years. He was elected representative to the Grand e in 1875, and has served con- tinuously since that time. He was elected grand chancellor of the jurisdiction in 1884, and instituted many reforms during his ad- ministration, He has served on many im- portant committees of the Grand » and is the present chairman of the com- mittee on law and supervision, which posi- tion he has held for the last seven years. He is also a member of a special committee on revision of the constitution. He is sec- retary of Section No. 6, Endowment Rank, K. of P., which position he has held for over five years. Assisted by P. G. C. N. Bunch, he started the Order of Pythian Sisters in this jurisdiction. Rathbone Temple, No. 1, wae institued May 22, 1891, and is now in a flourishing condition, with nearly 100 members. Mr, Kline has been a member of Kit Car- son Post, No. 2, G. A. R., since 1869. He fg a member of St. John’s Lodge, No. 11, F. A. A. M., and has filled important offices J.B.Conner,the junior past grant chancellor of this jurisdiction, is a Washingtonian, having been born here January 27, 1847. His education was obtained in the public schools of the city and at Gonzaga College. He became a member of Excelsior Lodge, No. 14, Knights of Pythias, of this city, in October, 1871, and still hokis membership therein. From the beginning he evinced @ great interest in the order, serving his lodge in the several offices as Grand Lodge representative, &c. He was elected grand lecturer at the Grand Lodge session of 1891, elected grand vice chancellor at the session of 1893; also being further honored by a unanimous re-election as grand lecturer, his rendition of the duties of that office being especially satisfactory and being ed, at the session of 1893, by i to the office of grand chancellor. His ad. ministration was a quiet and satisfactory one, the order showing a decided gain for the term. He is a charter member of Wash- ington Division, No, 1, Uniform Rank, still an active member thereof, and has proudly witnessed the growth of that branch of the order in this jurisdiction from one division, in 1881, to nine divisions in 1804. He is a member of section 6 of the endowment rank, member of the board of directors of the Pythian Hall Association and is full of enthusiasm as to future of the order, He holds membership in Federal City No. 20, I. O. O. F.; Washington Lodge, No. 15, Order of Elks; Potomac Commandery, Knights of the Golden Cross, and also Rath- bone Temple, Pythian Sisters. He believes in fraternity, and thinks that every man should belong to one or more beneficial or- gers. Mr. Conner ‘s an attache of the Post, has been with that paper from its start and ‘was for four years with the old Washington cle up to the demise of that paper. John W. Hardell, grand vice chancellor of this jurisdiction, is a successful merchant and one of the most enterprising citizens, always being with the business community in furthering the material interest of this beautiful city. He is a native of England, but has lived here most of his life, having come to this country in 1871. He has been an active and zealous Knight of Pythias for twengy-two years is one of the leading members of Equal No. 17, Knights of Pythias. He has always shown much interest in the order and is never absent from his it of duty at his lodge. He pro- rom step to step, until now he ids the second place in the jurisdiction within the gift of his Pythian friends. He also occupies the post of first Heutenant in Nelson Division, No. 2, Uniform Knights of Pythias, and ts one of its most prominent members. He has been elected st ten years as a representative Lodge, which fs an honor to t. It plainly showed ‘hat he made et t . He has taken a great deal of undivided interest in the coming Supreme Lodge and the grand encampment. He has won the Pythian spurs and intends to wear them for all time to come with honor to himself and credit to the order. Henry Yenney. Henry Yenney, grand prelate of this furis- diction, was born in Switzerland fifty years ago, and came, with his parents, to this country when only seven years of age, locating in Raleigh, N. J., where he resided until he came to this city twenty-nine years ago, and he has resided here ever since that time. Mr. Yenney became a member of Mount Vernon Lotige, No. 5, Knights of Pythias, in 1879, and has been an active and zealous member of the order ever since. Few men have been more active in the ad- vancement of Pythianism or more earnest in @evotion to its beauties than he, since the hout he became identified with ft. In 1885 Mr. Yenney was elected to represent his lodge in the Grand Lodge of this juris- diction, and he has been either an officer or a member of that distinguished hody ever since, having been grand prelate every year, except two, since 1855. Geo. W. Paumann, grand keeper of reo- ords and seal, is one of the youngest mem- bers of the order to be honored with that office. He is a native of Maryland, born in Frederick, February 22, 1864, whence he came to Washington in 1887. In 1889 he became a member of the order, being a charter member of Capital Lodge, No. and its first master-at-arms. In 1890 was elected chancellor commander of this and a representative to the Grand in 1891. He has served as tative ever since. Elected to his present office in February, 1894, he ts also his third term as keeper of records seal of Capital Lodge, No. 24. Mr.Baumann received a liberal education in Frederick, where, elso, he learned the molers’ trade. He has always been active in the work of the order. He is enthusiastic over the pect of the coming encampment, he believes to be an assured sucoess. His office is in Warder building, room 19, where he may be found on Monday an4 Thu: evenings, extending a cordial gyceting to having business with the office. Mr. J. W. Palmer, grand master-at-arms, {s a native of Virginia, having been born in that state in 1858. While a very young man he moved to Alexandria, where he joined Oriental Lodge, No. 6. He received his card from this lodge in 1889, and upon his ar rival in Washington joined Excelsior Lodge, No. 14. He has been elected at various ae his lodge in the Grand le is an enthusiastic Pythian Worker, and is also a member of Franklin Division, No. 6, ‘Uniform Rank, born in Nova Scotia, June, 1832. He reached the city of Boston, Mass., with his parents, at the age of four months, where he lived until the age of seven years. Then removed to Weymouth, Mass., where he resided un- til the war for the preservation of the Unton. He enttsted in the thirty-fifth Mas- sachusetts volunteer infantry, and served until the battle of Fredericksburg, losing an arm in the service. He came to W: ton in March, 1865, entered the government service, where he is still employed. He be- came @ member of Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 5, K. of P., May 26, 1806 He was fi 1875, —_ a gem ong the Supreme Lodge in 1980, where served until 1885, and declined renomina- tion. He has represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge for the past twenty years, with the exception of two terms, and has also been a trustee of Mount Vernon Lodge for a longer period. At the last session of the Grand Lodge he was elected a trustes tion, and as Its president for the past two years. He has been an active member of the Grand Army, Odd Fellows, Knights of Honor and other organizations for more than @ quarter of a century and is weil known and has hosts of friends. John T. Clark. John T. Clark was born in Maryland in 1836. When he was only eighteen months old his parents moved to Washington. He learned the building business with Chas. B. Church, and after reaching his majority went south. After the war Mr. Clark re turned to this city, and has carried on the building business since 1899, during which time he has become known as one of our most successful and reliable builders. In 1871 he entered the order of the Knights of Pythias, being initiated and taking the degrees in Friendship Lodge, No. 8 filling the chairs with credit to himself and to his lodge. Circumstances compelling this lodge to give up her charter, he applied for mem- bership and was admitted as past chan- cellor to Union Lodge, No. 22, and is at Present serving his third term as master of exchequer of that lodge. He is also serving as sir knight treasurer of Union ¢tvision, No. 8, of the Uniform Rank of theKnights of Pythias. Two years ago he was elected as one of the Grand Lodge trustees, and at the session last February of the Grand Lodge was re-elected. Through the untir- ing exertions of Mr. Clark and his brother knights, Union Lodge is now the banner of the District. aries W. posi Le of the Grand Lodge trustees, was born in Fairfax county, Virginia, December 12, 1852. He has been a resident of the District for the past twenty-four years. He is a past chancellor of Capital Lodge, No. 24, being one of the ime movers in the organization of that He was elected its first chancellor commander, and has served his lodge con- tinuously since its organization as repre- sentative in the Grand Lodge, has served He has been, since his entrance into the ordef, an earnest Pythian worker, stand- ing always ready to do whatever he could 24, | interest in he ® private in E of the, tootiots e in company August 24, 1864, when he received a gun- shot wound in the right arm, in the amputation of the arm. of 1865 he was elected recorder of deeds of Darke county, which position he held for three He was August, 1869, he ® clerkship in the treasury, he still holds. In 1880 he was tni Hig gr Tye og gk of city, of chancellor. ered its charter h Calanthe Lodge, Ht j a eee af Mt i ing this year. He is the author of submitted to the Grand tion of a Pythian Temple in which have been reported committee to which it A, Stewart, letters testamentary Frank B. Boutz and John McL. ecutors. In re guardianship of Wright, Robt. Wright Suardian. Estate of George Monder, bated and letters testamentary to Nata- ile Monder. In re Eva Warder, Geo. Pyron appointed guardian. Estate of lumbia — sale =* rected. In re petition of Mary M. petitioner appointed guardian of Renel G. Phelps. Estate of Geo. B. Phelps, return of money by Mary M. Phelps, administratrtz, Estate of Sumner H. Bodfish, order of pub- leation. M: J. Dement, apopinted guardian 14a Dement. Estate of Jacob D. Kitch.peti- tion of administration,to sell certnin lumber Estate of James F. Hartigan, widow re- nounces claims under the will, and elects to take her dower. Estate of ‘MoNal- ly, application of 8. B. Turpin for counsel fees. Estate of Frank Bell, letters of ad- ministration to John W. Averill. Estate of Margaret Ware, petition of Wm. Ware for leave to file caveat. Estate of Chas. C. Martin, will probated and letters testamen- tery fo Annie J. Martin. Estate of Moscow R. G. Pendleton, lettérs of administration to Jennie Pendleton, wikiow. Estate of Jas., W. Babe, commission inted to take tes- timony in proof of will. Estate of Henry Kaiser, will probated and letters testamen- tary to Christine Kaiser, executrix. Estate of Wailer R. Potts, letters of administration to Chas. W, Henderson. Estate of Wm. Matthews, Thos. H. Clark appointed collec tor of the estate, Estate of Prnest Julius Seyfert, letters of administration to Wm. E. Boulter. Equity Court No. 2—Judge Hagner. No orders. Circuit Court No. 2, Chief Justice Bingham No assignment for today. Criminal Court No. 1, Judge Cole (civil causes). agp American Car Company agt. Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company; on trial