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18 x THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1897-24 PAGES. T0 MEET NEXT WEEK, —_s—___—_ The Supreme Council of Great Ma- sonic Body. AN OPEN LODGE OF SORROW The Prominent Masons Who Con- gan, deputy grand master of the Grand Idge; Cadwallader D. Colden, mayor of New York; Martin Hoffman, Elias Hicks, grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge,»and ether distinguished men and Masons en- rolled themselves in its ranks. It ha’ flour- ishing bodies in fifteen states and the Dis- trict-of Columbia, viz.: New York, Ohio, California, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Ne- Washington, Tennessee, Florida, Indiana, Connecticui, Rhode Island, Iowa, Michigan and New_ Hampshire. presiding officers of the four sub- » podies in this city are: Maj. E. R. ell, S. P. G. M., Columbia Lodge of Perfection; E. J. Pullman, S. P. G. M., Co- lambia Council of Princes of Jerusalem; John McLaughlin, M. W. and P. M., Co- stitute the Body. Ja ee PROGRAM OUTLINED = Seen The ninetieth annual jon of the Supreme Cour overeign Grand In- third and last de- gree of the it Rite of F: und York, will ex ottish Rite Hall, The meeting will be on ever held by this Su- Dependen ene Tue business of the utmost to the Rite will be trans: nm will contin until Friday dies have made elab- entertaining the R. Camp- thirty-third F. A. Bberly Atherton, . E. Gough, een Jenning: Campbell, s, John Pullman, chair- Palmer, thirty- -“Laugh- Crowell, © of Sorrow. yst beautiful as wel ing prompt- Lethodist Ss rorth- wearing The at will whose furnitur dy ks will be candles will coffin vther in w 1d will be escutcheons ar: ith the name of letters on a nior warden ay without West is extin relightin S ae feelings Admission eception and in Ma&ont ave been to the Sup Bro. George District, the response to y Grand Commander ral Band, unler will furnish mu- tmission will be by ; of Prot grand reception and National BR fraternal Il of the & which none bodies, visi nds will be ri recep Members. reil is compo: ntatives, grand com- Willard C.Van ant 1 commander, E Alexander Atkinson, grand . Omaha, Neb.; David W. urer general, New er, grand sec- ¥.: Robert I New grand rand ma: John J. Stoddart, Columbus, Ohi captain of the : Edward P. M R. 1: grand W.. Carpenter, Sperry, New Ha- Swerer, Columou: commander-in legree of mz lumbia Chapter of Rese Czoix, and Saml. rly, I. C., Columbia Council of Ka- “ign grand commander, was born No- vember 4, ISS, and raised to the sublime ster Mason February 10, 1870, Mount Vernon Ledge. 4; exalted to oyal Arch in Providence Royal Arch ‘0. 1, November 9, 1870; received of super excellent master Proviitence C wunell, No. in Royal and Select nd the falta So. 1, Knights Templir, June 5, 1871, all in Provi- d, still hoiding member- s in those con, senior deacon and junior warden in his ledge, and moved to Washington in 1881, to fill a po- tion in the office of the surgeon general of In 1883 he was presented with resolutions by Washington Com- No. 1, and Co!tumbia Command- Knights Templar, for valuable rendered. In 1885 Almas Temple, nt Arabie Order Nobles of the Mystic rine, was organized through a dispens: sued by the imperial potentate to the dence, Rhode Is Commander Bayliss. 3, thirty-third degree, sov- No. ery, service e of Boumi Temple in Baltimore, ing the creating of Sir Knight B: be a noble on sight. and he was eted the first potentate of Almas Tem- being Ne. 1 on the roster of members, ich now numbers over 70). een an honored member of the Masonic Veteran Association of this city since ISM. In October, i892, he rec: the ihirty-third and last Ancient and Accepted Scott Supreme Council for the United States of America, at the hands of the late Mr. John Gorman of New - , then grand com- and was appointed mande for fir s his deputy e Distriet of Columbia. He w: t person to enter the rite in this i in O 1 prosperous organized here.’ During the hb he was elected to active membership the Supreme Counc 1. grand nant 1 INH, elevated position of thereby completing ost remarkable recor Scottish Rite w mo in in bear 1894 he standard is id command nd in Oc to the most distin- sovereign grand com- one of the in the history of He Mason served two terms potent grand master of Colum of Perfection, No. though starting alone and_single- in the . largely through his cf- forts the rite now numbers between three and four hundred members in this city. To for this phenom: success, it is ecessary to say that wherev Mr. tuyliss is known, the fact that he is con- sted with the rite is ali the guarantee re- He the ving he will stand b: in wnich he en cressed. Pe courage of his con- any enterprise ages until the last ditch is Commander Bayliss is now, and been for several years, the architect charge of hospital construction and re- irs, under Brigadier General George victions, ternberg. surgeon general of the United States army. W. C. Vanderlip. 2 ut. Grand Commander Willard C. Vanderlip is a prominent attorney and counsellor of E where he has pris year: estates and trusts. He is a native of Methuen, but went to Boston when five years old, and has lived there ever since. He never taken any active part in polit Ss but recently appointed by the mayor of Boston trustee of Mt. tlope cemetery, to succeed Hon. John H. Colla- re, deceased, and he is chairman of the oard of grand trustees of the Order of Klks. In the Masonic world Mr. Vander- lip has been given more honors than usu- y fall to the lot of members of the ternity. He took thi cient and Accepted Scot 4th to th in 188% mander De Witt K degrees of the An- ish Rite, from the was elected com- Clinton Councii of 1886, and serv- ed until Dee From May 23, ISS7, to May ci cS of the Grand Consistory of M. of dosh, Boston, January 25 mber 17, 188s. chu 1 honorary member of the Supreme Council May 6, 188% tive member October 23, 188¥, elected its lieutenant grand commander October 27, 1 In the longs to Columbia Lodge, member of St. Andrew's Chapter, Arch Masons, Bostot nd_ Selec ork Rite he be- Boston is a Royal of Boston Council, Masters; Boston Com- Templar, and the Red ss of Rome and Constantine. He also belongs to the Order of Red Men, and is past exalted ruler of Elks, heing a member of Boston Lodge, No. 10, and a member of the Grand Lodge since 1887. Also past chancellor of the Knights of Pytatias, past noble chief of the Knights of the Golden Eagle and past commander, Knights of alta. 3. Frank Calhoun, rand Consistory . Stoddart, commande: istory of Ohio. G H. Curtin, for the |. Lucius B. Hinman ieut; IN. Powell S s lifornia; iil. for the © of New > IM. Christian eker, for the Indians; Wm. M. Ingraham, 2 of F Ii. Henry A. ebraska; UL Henr: siate of Michigan Denn, for the stute of aham, for the Ri Washingto: District of ‘sland. : administration— mpson, Peter O. Ander: John G. Barker, John B. Harris, David W. ‘Thompson. ‘The Supreme Council amity and in correspondence with the Su- of generat is in reiation of preme Council, thirty-third degree, for British North America, and the Supreme Council, thirty-third degree of the National Grand Orient for Spain. In point of mem- bership its representative and subordinate bodies constitute next to the largest Scot- tish Rite power in the world, and since its institution many prominent and distin- guished men have helped swell its ranks. In its infanc h men as De Witt Clin- ton, lew York; John W. Mulli- Alexander Atkinson. Grand Minister of State Alexander At- kinsen was born in Florence, Ky., October 1839. At the age of five years his par- ents moved to Utica, N. ¥., where he at- tended school until his tenth year, when his parents located in Wisconsin, about the time it was admitted into the sisterhood of states, and from this time until he be- came of age lived on his father’s farm near Stoughton. He cast his first vote for Abraham’ Lincoln for President. In the war of the rebellion he enlisted in Company K, Ist Wisconsin Infantry; was mustered into the service April 17, 1861; honorably commar.der cs s 36, K. T., ail of New York city; past T. P. d his pre or twenty: n |G. M., past S. P. G. M. and past M. W. of taking high rank as a manager of | Aurora Grata and the Rrooklyn bodies of YER X discharged in August of that year, and assisted in raising Company A, 23d Regi- ment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served as second and first Heutenants of that company until the close of the war; was mustered out at Mobile, Ala., July 4, 1865, having participated in some twenty- odd engagements. Mr. Atkinson was mar- ried in Milwaukee, Wis., January 8, 1867, and located at Omaha, Neb., where he lived until 1893, when he went to Boston, Mass., where he claims residence, being in the employ of the United States as chief clerk of the subsistence department. He received the first degrees in Masonry in Kegousa Lodge, No. 73, at Stoughton, Wis., in 1865. On locating at Omaha, he trans- ferred his membership to Capitol Lodge. No. 3, in that city, serving asits master in 1s71-"72-73 and "78, when he dimitted and joined Nebraska Lodge, No. 1, serving as its master during the year 1889. The chap- ter, councii and commandery degrees were conferred on him in 1867-'68 in Omaha. He is a charter member of the Veteran Ma- sonic Association of Nebraska and organ- ized the first chapter of the Eastern Star in that state; recelved the degree of Scot- tish Rite Masonry in the United States jurisdiction in 1888; was crowned July 18, 188S; served as deputy for Nebraska three years; was made an active member of the Supreme Council in 1893; elected grand standard bearer in 1895, and grand minister of state in 1896. David W. Thompson. Grand Treasurer General David W. Thomrson re.ides at No. 107 West 93d street, New York city. He was made Master Mason in St. John's Lodge, No. Bridgeport, Conn., in 1855; exalted to the Royal Arch degree in Jerusalem Chapter, No. 13, Bridgeport, the same year; received he council degrees in Jerusalem Cunncil, No. 16, Bridgeport, March 10, 1856; the Malta degree in Hamilton Commandery, No. 5, Bridgeport, March 24, 1857, and the thirty-third and last degree at Bridgeport in 1 John G. Barker. Grand Secretary General John G. Barker was born in Mevrich, N. Y., in 1834, and is nearly a direct descendant from Nathaniel Foote, who settled Wetherstield, Conn., in 15. ‘In 1848-50, as messenger boy at the Masonic headquarters of St. John’s Grand Lodge, known as the “Goat and Gridiron,” 82 Forsyth street, New York, he became conversant with early Masonic difficultics isting in the state from three living par- ticipants, which enabled him in later years to present the only reliable history of St. John's Grand Lodge extant, it being inter- woven in the history of Selentia Lodge, No. 195, of New York city, into which he was initiated in 1861. In 1876 he collated and published as an introduction to the vol- ume of proceedings of the years 1781-181 History of Masonry in_ the w York, During the Years , a sketch that has been well received at home and abroad. In 1870 he s appointed to classify and arrange the ks belonging to the Grand Lodge. In years he secured the foundation of a aluable Masonic library, and appoint- ed grand libraricen of the Gi! Lodge. Mr. Barker is editor of the Masonic Chron- icle and Official Bulletin, published at 6% Bieecker street, New York. In 1881 he took an active part in reorganizing the Veteran Stpreme Council of the A. and A. R. for the United States of America, and was elected an active member thereof, and soon after appointed general deputy, in wh capacity he reinstituted the rite in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ohio, Maine, Iowa, California and Florida. He was elected grand secretary in Octobe: 1886; received the Scoitish Rite degrees 1 1864, ur der the authority of E. B. Hays; past 1ister of Selentia Lodge, past high priest of Zerubbabel Chapter, No. 147; past thrice illustrious master of Columbian Council, No. 1, R. and 8. M.; past eminent Ivanhce Commandery, No. nd the A. and A. S. R.., mander of Brooklyn Council of Kadosh. Grand Master of Ceremonies Edward Jurius Edwards was born at Squaka, IIl., also illustrious com- February 27, 1854. His great grandfather, David Edwards, emigrated from Wales and settled 1s68. ane Flushing, L. ford, 16 C setts, rough in Southampton county, Va., in On the maternal side some of his tors were Lie! Richard Stockton, I, 1656: ‘Thomas Lord, Hart- 1635; Gov. George Wyllys, Hartford, John Clarke, patentee of Connecticut; . John Haynes, governor of Massachu- 1633, and Mabel Connecticut, Harlakeardon, 1638, and his wife, E. J. Edwards. Eaward Ill, 1327; William the Concueror, 1056; Alfred the Great, 3 Archatus of Scotland, Pharamaid, 470, and Herrgest, 457. He attended Lombard Uniyersity, 1869 to '78, and Cornell Univer- sity, 1874. In Masonry he has taken the degrees in the lodge, chapter, council, com- tmandery and A. and A. S. Rite, was made an active member of the Supreme Council, Cctober 26, 1886, and has from that time held official position in the council. March 7, 1887, he instituted Minnesota Coliege of the Societzs Rosicrucinas, of which order he is an Hon. IX°, and since that time has been the chief adept*of Minnesota College. He is an active worker in tke patriotic societies, and January 11, 1807, founded the Society of American Wars, which has en- rolled on its list of companions a number of illustrious Americans. Grand Marshal General Calvin W. Ed- wards was born February 17, 184%, at Covert, N. Y. In 1964, at the age of fifteen, he enlisted in Battery C, Ist New York Light Artillery, and served during the war, being with his battery before Petersburg, when the city was evacuated, in April, 1865. In 1865 he took a course in a com- mercial college, and in 186 commenced work as clerk for the American Express Company, In Auburn, N. Y., rising to the In 1889 he became Cerdic, 49 position of cashier. chief clerk in the superintendent's office, at Albany, and in July, 1895, was appointed to the management of the Albany office. He has been active in the Y. M. C. A. work, and is now a director and treasurer in the Railroad Association, at Albany. He took his Blue Lodge degrees in, Auburn Lodge, No. 431, in 1870, and was-its secretary eight years. In July, 1875, he was one of the committee on thewedioation of Masonic Hall belonging to the Grand Lodge of the state of New York. in New York city; re- ceived the chapter Yegree in David's R. A. Calvin W. Edwards. Chapter, No. 34, Auburn, in 1871; was as- sistant grand lecturer of the Grand Chap- ter of the state in 1881-82-83, and again in 1886-'S7; received the order of Red Cross in Salem ‘Town Commandery, No. 16, K. T., May 19, 1871, and was made a Knight Templar June 2, 1871; took the Scottish Rite degrees at Auburn in 1883, and re- ceived the degree of honorary sovereign grand inspector general, 28d degree, in the summer of that year; was deputy for New York in 1887-'8S, in the latter year being elected an active member of the Supreme Council; was elected grand marshal gen- eral in Washington, October, 1895. John J. Stoddart. Grand Standard Bearer Jonn J. Stoddart is a prominent attorney-at-law in Colum- bus, Ohio, where he has practiced his _pro- fession since July, 1 was born at W: ton, Cumberland, England, March 2), 15 and came to this country with his parents in 1851, locating on a farm near Cam- bridge. In 1865 he removed to Columbus and prepared for the unive lic schools. y at the pub- Graduated in the literary de- partment at Michigan University, Ann Arbor, in 18 made a Mason in Mag- nolia Lodge, at Columbus, in 184: received the Scottish Rite degrees from the fourth to the thirty-second In the United States jurisdiction the same year, and has veen commander-in-chief ‘of -Ohio Consistory about ten years: was elected grand stand- ard bearer, October, 1806; Deputy Henry W. Squire Mich., was born in Ferry, Ge county (now Wyoming), September 1. Being but about twenty miles from the place of the reputed Morgan tragedy, he was reared under the strongcst anti-Masonic influence. When a boy he was given anti Masonic almanacs to play with, which ere brimful of horrible, illustrations, and claimed to show the regalia and give the terrible oaths taken, ete., in all of which he took no stock, as he grew to manhood. In 1870 he became a master Mason in Cap- ital Ledge, Lansing; is a charter member of the bodies of the"A. ahd A. S. R., insti- ansing, Henry W. Squires. tuted December 12, 1889, in his city, under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Council for the United States of America, their Terri- tories and Dependencies, and took the de- grces from the fourth ‘o the thirty-second at that time. He is now Most Wisé of Lan- Chapter of Rose Croix; was crowned 38d July 20, 1893, and appoitited state dep- uty for Michigan October 28, 1896. Edwin S. Foster, commander-in-chief of the Grand Consistory of Massachusetts, was born in Henniker, N. H.; was made a on March 13, 1868, in Union Lodge, No. Bristol, N. H., and still holds member- ship there. With the exception of filling several minor offices in his Blue Lodge, he never held office in any bodies of the York Rite. Was exalted to the Royal Arch Edwin 8. Foster, degree in April, 1670; "in Pemigewasset Chapter, No. 13, Plymouth, N. H., and be- came a member of Haverhill Commandery, Knights Templar, N6. 14; February 6, 1883, and took the Scottigh Rite degrees in the Valley of Boston in, 1883: In 1884 he di- mitted from the Vaffey of Boston to assist in instituting bodies from’ the fourth to the thirtieth degrees in the Valley of Haver- hill, and was elected T. P. grand master in 1884-85 and 1892,''and is now a member of the subordinate bodies in Haverhill. Re- moved to Hyde Park, s., in 1887, and was elected T. P. grand Jnaster of DeWitt Clinton L. of P. for three ‘terms, 1890-91-92; was crowned thirty-third in the Supreme Council October 26, 1 and elected an active member in GetobeF, 1895. N. D. Sperry,’ Grand_.Marshal of the Camp, was born in Woodbridge, Conn., July 10, 1827; received his éducaticn in the common schools and at, private schools; worked on the farm and taught school for several years; held scveral state and coun- ty offices; was a member of the conven- tion that renominated Abraham Lincoln in 1864; was chairman of the recruiting committee of New Haven during the war; was mede postmaster by President Lincoln, in 1961, and continued in office until the election of Grover Cleveland. President Harrison reappointed him and he served until President Cleveland's re-election, mak- ing in all over twenty-eight years; is pres- ident of the New Haven chamber of com- merce, and was elected a meniber of the Fifty-fourth Congress; was made a Mason in Hiram Lodge, No. 1, New Haven, in 1849; started Adelphi Lodge in Fair Haven in 1850, and was its first secretary; re- turned to New Haven and organized Woos- ter Lodge, No. 79, May 20, 1851, serving as its master for two terms; received the Royal Arch, Council and Knights Templar degrees at New Haven, ‘and held offices in all of those bodies. At a special session of the Supreme ‘Council held in New York elty March 6, 1884, he was proposed for | the 33d degree, and received it April 19, 1884, at New Haven, it being conferred by N. D. Sperry. Ill. Bros. Robert B. Folger, Atwood and others. John A. Glidden. Deputy John A. Glidden was born in Tuftonborough, N. H., Mar 14, 3; Was educated in the pubiic schools at own expense, and learned ih: carpenter and builder, working and attending school winters, some eight years. In April, 1868, he went to Dover, N. H., and entered the employ- ment of the Cocheeno print works. Since 1878 he has been engaged in the under- taking business in D. He took the Blue Lodge degrees in 1857 in Morning Star Lodge, Wolfgorough, N. H.; dimitted from that lodge in 1870, and joined Lodge, No. 29, Dover, Octover chapier degrees were conferred 07 1861 in Belknap Chapter, and he served as high 1880-81; received the Super Excellent Maste Council, No. 1, Dover, anc Grand Council of Ne Received the Red Cross in 186 K. of Malta in 1863, in St. mandery, Dover, and has had conferred on him all the Scottish Rite deg ing the thirty-third and 184. He was appointe state of New Hampshire in and elected to active mem Supreme Council October Elmore J. Swerer. nd Marshal of the Camp Elmore J. Swerer was born February 4, 1861, in Preble county, Ohio, and was the only son of Lewis C. and Terrissa O. Swerer, his ancestors having settled in that part of the state about the time Ohio admitted into the Union. He was educated in the public schools; at the ace of fourteen left school and commenced life for himself as sistant cashier in a large dry goods store t Mexico, Mo. Some few years later h’s father dicd, leaving the family to the care of the son. He settled in Columbus, Ohio, in 188%, and is today the secretary of the Ohio State Savings and Lean Association, one of the largest savings institutions in that city. He was made a M reh, IS88, 2 econd de ruary, 181, October, 1806. and Richard J. Graham. Deputy Richard J. Graham is an English- man by birth, born in Lancaster, March 5, 1851. His ancestors were Scotch. He came to this country in August, 1853, with his parents, who settled in New York city. In 1878 he was made a master Mason in St. John’s Lodge, No. 62, Albany, Ore- gcn; in 1879, in Bayley Chapter, No. 8, Al- bany, he was exalted to the sublime degree of the Royal Arch; is a charter member of Seattle Council, No. 6, R. and S. M., and was knighted in Seattle Commandery, No. 2, in 1882; is also charter member of Seattle Chapter, No. 3, Royal Arch Masons, and in- stituted Lorraine Chapter, No. 6, Order Eastern Star, Seattle, and was its first worthy patron; was grand chaplain of the Grand Chapter of the state in 1891-92, and received the Scottish Rite degree at Seattle in 1891, and the S. G. I. G. 33d degree, Oc- tober 9, 1892; was appointed Geputy for the state of Washington January 26, 1854, and for each year since reappointed. He was the first master of Ionic Lodge, No. 90, Se- attle, in 1892, and re-elected in 1893. SSS It matters little what it is that you want—whether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. IN THE CHURCHES About a year ago, in response to earnest appeals from the pastor, Rev. B. B. James, the congregation of North Carolina Ave- nue M. P. Church decided to build a new edifice at an estimated cost of about $20,000, The minister expressed the belief, it is said, that he could easily secure $15,000 toward the enterprise from persous elsewhere, and the building was started. When, however, the parties named by the pastor were called on they declined to con- tribute, not teing concerned in any church in Washington. At the last meeting of the Maryland M. P. conference, with which the church is connected, Mr. James was transferred to Harper's Ferry, and his successor, Mr. Randall, found on his hands a debt which in a little while so discouraged him thai, it is said, he abandoned the effort to raise the sum needed. Matters apparently went from bad to worse until the subcontractors became clamorous for the money due them, and threatened, if they were not paid by a cer- tain daic, to resort to extreme measures, and the congregation had but one week in which to raise $1,000 needed to tide over the pending trouble. In this dilemma some of the most de- voted members of the church, notably Mr. c. ¥ Hooks, Mrs. C. Wilkisen, Mr. ard Mrs. Clements, Mr. Wiiliam Dodge and a few others, put their should the wheel, and before th day of gra pired they had e sum requi A number cf interesting inciden’ curred durizg the da; of an those named and o’ were engag! ihcir labor ef love. lady, member of a Catholic church, who was ill at the e, sent $5 to the f) and also a mes- to the effect that she had a number Kens which they might sell and add the amount to the sum required to avert tened di. Another lady, not a membe h St church, had a piece of gold which ie had kept as a ivenir of a triy west many years ago. This she sent as a contributior. to the g eral fund. The effort thus crowned wiia ccess WAS Marked by many instances of .erifice, It is the intention of the managemen of the church to have the building roofed in in a short time so that the walls will be protected from ine effects of the inclement weather of winter. _,rhe Brotherhood of St. Andrew of Tri ity P. E. Church held a meeting Tuesday evening for the purpose of hearing reports from their delegates to the international convention of the brotherhood, which met last week in Buffalo, N. Y¥. A temperance rally will take pk to- morrow at Herman Presbyterian Church, near Cabin Jchn bridge. An address will be delivered by Rev. Dr. Duncan of the ‘kingion Presbyterian Church. (Mrs. M. Hartsock of Ryland M. E. Church and Mrs. E. D. Huntley of Trinity have started fer Denver, and will represent the Baltimore conference at the annual meeting of the Women’s Foreign Mission- the thre ary Society..to be held there Tomorrow will be Deacone day at the is of t Ww an’s Home Mission- society of the Baltimore M. EF. confer- The program will includ: addresses eral deaconesses; reports of the work; an address by Mrs. Jane Bancroft Robin. son, foundress of the Deaconess’ Home a report cf the Lucy Webb Hay Nati al Training School for Mission city; an address by the pre: . Rev A. H. Ames, and, in the evening, an dre: Ss on “The D: is Work As plied to Christianity,” by Bishop New: It is anticivated that a Jewish nor: hool, for the training of teachers for S: h school work, will in the near fut ablished in’ this city. bool kind—the first in this countr: opened in BzJtimore tomorrow eveain. is believed by those wh» have the tter charge that the movement will be follo in all communiti: where there a: lar: numbers of Hebrews. The list of studies comprises Hebrew ethics, instructions in the Bible, geography of the east and Sab- bath schoo! pedagogies. Rev. Dr. Jere Wiiberspoon, pastor of the First Presbyterian Chureh, Baltimore, who is one of the leading members of the syned of Baltimore, which held its annual meet- ing here this weck, has accepted an unan- imous call to the pastorate of Grace Street Presbyterian Church, Richmond. Arrangements have been completed for having memorial services to the lz Jacob D. Wilson, in the People’s racle, at an early date. As will be rein: lered by the readers of The Star, Mr. W son was the founder, and, until his death in a few of will be It some months ago, the devoted friend of the ependent Methedist Church, the pre- of the People’s Tabernacle, ard of which, through the generosity of L. Bruen, a well-known banker of the beautiful edifice now’ used Nsregation w: erected. arranged, provides that ate to the 2d by the pastor of Charles 0. Cook; in the afternoon, weather permitting, sery- ices will be held in a grove, and in the evening Rev. Joseph B. Wilson of Win- chester, Va., who was a twin-brother of ihe deceased, will deliver an address. The m' sic which will be rendered at the servi will, it is expected, c ist of selections from among the favorite hymns of the former pastor. Rev. Mr. Cook, pastor of the Tabernacle, is about to commence a series of se: on the econd Coming of Chris: themes will be as follows: “The Seven Dis- pensations,” “Signs of the Times, or, I World Getting Better or Worsi of Christ's Coming” (two discourses), Transiation,” “The Tribulation,” “The Rev- elatior and “The Millennium.” A large and instructive chart will be used to ilus- trate each sermon. Rev. W. L. Bruen, the assistant pastor of the congregation, has accepted the spiritual care of two churches—one at Merrifield, Va., and the other at Benning, D. C., at cach of which he preaches every Sunday. Both of these church buildings were erect- ed at the expense of Mr. Bruen. In addition to other church work conduct- ed by Mr. Bruen, which is, either in great part or entirely, supported by him, there 1s connected with the Peoples’ Tabernacle a Gospel wagon, similar in construction and general appearance to the large one used by the Central Union Mission. The work- ers connected with the Tabernacle have already held numerous meetings in the southeastern section of the city. The local branch of the Christian and Missionary Alliance will shortly have a convention in the People’s Tabernacle. At a meeting of the Alliance held last week, in New York city, $75,000 were raised for the purpose of carrying forward the work of the organization. Rev. E. E. Weaver, pastor of the Ridgely Street Church, Baltimore, who represented that church at the meeting of the Presby- terian synod in Washington this week, was recently called upon to decide a question for which, so far as known, there is no precedent in the history of the synod of Baltimore, and which, although Mr. Weav- er’s ruling was sustained by the presbytery of Baltimore, may come before the synod by appeal at iis next meeting. Mr. Weaver stated that several months ago an elder was elected to fill a vacancy. The person chosen by the congregation was in every way acceptable, but when he came up for ordination, in answering the questions pro- pounded by Mr. Weaver, the candidate ye- fused to subscribe to the doctrine of pre- destination, whereupon, Mr. Weaver said, he declined to ordain him. Mr. Weaver took the matter to the presbytery, as he wished to know if he had acted wisely in the matter. The presbytery agreed that he had pursued the proper course. Vice Chancellor Beiler of the American University has received $6,000 from the Southern Illinois, Northern Minnesota and Minnesota conferences, to be added to the sum herctofore given by them as a me- morial fund. The work on the interior of the hall of history at the university is making rapid progress, and the grading of the ground adjacent is also being pushed forward. Special revival services have been in prog- ress during the week at the Fifteenth Street Methodist Episcopal Church. The pastor has been assisted by Rev. A. D. Spielman of ‘Tenleytown, and others. A meeting of the committee of the pro- posed bazaar for the benefit of the Meth- odist Union will be held Monday evening at ‘Wesley Chapel, corner of Sth and F streets northwest. | It is generally believed by the Episcopal Church, in the diocese of ‘Washington, that much good will grow out of the convention of Sunday school workers held Tuesday at the Church of the Epiph- any. The addresses delivered, especially those by Bishop Satterlee and Dr. McKim, were timely and very instructive. On the German Lutheran Church, has accepted a similar position in a church in St. Louis. The edifice where he will officiate has been erected on the site of a church which was destroyed during the cycione there a few months ago. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Church of Our Father, corner of 13th and L streets northwest, to the pastorate of which, already stated in The Star, Rev. Mr. Moore of Claremont, N. H.. has been called, is ar- ranging for a fair to be held next month. Rev. Dr George S. Duncan, pasior of the Eckingtor Presbyterian Church, will, to- morrow evening, preach the firsi sermon of & serles on the prominent characters in the Book of Genesis. The Ludies’ Aid Society, which. some time ago, assumed the pay- ment of the debt on the church orga has succeeded in liquidating neariy the entire obligation. The Junior Society of Christian Endeavor has begun its. fall campaign under the direction of Miss eda officials of the chy 7 nging for a course of free lecture: ne the ensuing - 31 = meeting of the Presbytei ist™ of the District will be held toe of the Covenant, Monday mo: Rev. E. Hez Swem, pastor of t Baptist Church, recen: ly held a series of revival meetings in W: inchester, Va. enty-five persons professed conversion, a en who have not already dc w unite with that chu ere e ser. vices were held. a a a A Luther League, with a membership thirty, wee formed this week in st rediss Lutheran Church PRES he Metropolitan Bi; ist ~ 8. Williams, D.D. Bevo ‘ _ A streets northe: t, will ha morrow, the object being to a tendance of all the m mbers in In the evening a will be preached by The Young Peopt Endeavor of Zion undertaken to money toward th: building. ‘The ladies who are intere of the parish of Su M. gels’ met Thursday of th woman missions. were p branch soc! ny Second the city to boys sum of erection of a new church ized a branc'! uxiliary of the b iar Officers of the local organization at ssisted in forming the he enterprising ladies « this parish © gathered together a c lection of the pictures of Abbey, Gibso Stevens and others, which will be “ tion at the home of Mrs. Turner, 2021 H street, Monday evening next. ' Murphy's Sha More Troub! From the New York Times. Mrs. Murphy will figure no more on the books of the dock department, and her shanty will figure no more as a landmark of the upper west side. No one in the dock department knows how long Mrs. Murphy has held squatter sovereignty over the neighborhood of 79th street and what would be 12th avenue if the avenue were cut through. At one time the shanty would have stood in *the way of opening avenue, but the New York Central did some excavatir that compelled Mrs. Murphy to move her house out of the way 5 for the new site a plot the jurisdiction of the dock There she settled, and there spite all official efforts to mov on the south side of the strevt railroad and the river. It was called a shanty } squatter domicile, but it wa: than the familiar Give No ‘ause it better by shanties of goat asso-cia- was a far Mrs. Murphy*s ty. tion. It had verandas and an attic and a lean-to in the rear, and was of intricate ground plan. It was reached by steps in an embankment from the sidewalk. In the principal front room was a bar for whicn Mrs. Murphy had a license. There was a kitchen and a dining room in an L, and a sleeping room back of the bar. Besides Mrs. Murphy, the place had for occupants a ne'er-do-well grown son and a strapping fellow of thirty-five, who pr served the peace among patrons. He was Mrs. Murphy's second husband. She 1s about sixty years old. A goodly propor- tion of these years are said to have b spent fighting the threatened reach- ment of the rightful owners on her domain, She was a firm believer in the doctrine that possession is nine points of the lay she maintained her position with di ability, enlisting in her behalf the services of many eminent citizens. The dock department signified its inten- tion repeatedly of tearing down the house, only to bring down upon itself the maledic- tions of Mrs. Murphy, and invite the inter- vention in her behalf of Dr. Dix, Father Ducey and a host of other kind persons. One hundred and fifty pages are estimated to be an approximation of the aggregate space devoted to Mrs. Murphy in the books of the department, but it is spread over so long a period that the beginning is of unknown date. The newspapers have chronicled the warn- ings given to Mrs. Murphy in the last eighteen months as a result of the com- plaints of the West Side Association and the recent ultimatum of the dock board that she must go. The engineers began work on Saturday morning of last week. Mrs. Murphy had surrendered Captain Price, with a sergeant, roundsman and tall of police, was on hand to view the de- struction. “You've destroyed me at last,” she said, as she went in quest of a furniture van to take her belongings to a new home, on 84th street. Crowbars, pickaxes, hammers and chisels were brought to bear. Clap- boards, doors and windows were ripped out. Then a chain was run through the attic, made fast to a bar placed across a back window, and the other end was rigged to a pile driver. The engine was started, and as the chain was stretched the building toppled and fell. By noon there was not a stick standing. Mrs. Murphy's son is still on the ground, disposing by sale of the sec- ond-hand materials. . Before Mrs. Murphy bade her final fare- well to the spot she said to the engineer: “Shure, it don't matter. I can buy if £ want, any house on 72d street between the river and 9th avenue.” She is reputed to be worth about $60,000, ene A Universal Weakness, From the Chicago Record. “I never censure lazy people. “Why not?” “The laziest man on earth isn’t half as lazy as I would be if I could afford ii. ———__+e-_____ If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. ——_+o+—_____. How Little Our Dear Ones Understand Us!