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OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, A. D. 1900.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
The foregoing and
STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS.
REVIEW OF THE YEAR.
LEADING EVENTS IN THE CAREER OF THE SOCIETY, FOR 1900, OR OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO THE MEMBERS.
Jan. 1. Hon. Patrick J. Boyle, state vice-president of the Society for Rhode Island, was to-day inaugurated mayor of Newport for his sixth term.
Jan. 1. Hon. James F. Leonard, of the Society, is inaugurated mayor of Lawrence, Mass.
Jan. 11. Joseph Smith, Lowell, Mass., of the Society, addresses a Pro-Boer meeting at Lawrence, Mass. Ex-Mayor Breen of Lawrence, another of our members, presides at the meeting.
Jan. 13. Joseph Smith, Lowell, Mass., just mentioned, is elected president of the Papyrus Club, Boston.
Jan. 18. Annual meeting and banquet of the Society, at Sherry's, New York City, with addresses by Hon. Thomas H. Carter, United States senator from Montana, and other gentlemen.
Jan. 23. Hon. Andrew J. White, ex-police justice and former dock commissioner, dies at his residence in New York City. He became a member of the Society, Jan. 19, 1899.
Jan. 24. Death of Hon. William F. Reddy, of the Society, Richmond, Va. He had been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates.
Feb. 18. Rev. Michael Gilligan, rector of St. Joseph's Catholic church, Medford, Mass., died to-day in Norfolk, Va. He was a member of the Society.
Mar. 1. Check for , life membership fee, received to-day from P. F. McGowan, New York City.
Mar. 6. Richard Ryan, of the Society, was a candidate for mayor of Rutland, Vt., in to-day's election in that city.
Mar. 6. Capt. Patrick O'Farrell, the Society's vice-president for the District of Columbia, participated in the banquet at Washington, D. C., of the Second Army Corps Association, he being a member of the executive committee of the Association and treasurer of the banquet committee.
Mar. 8. President McKinley to-day sent to the senate the nomination of Second Lieutenant Hugh A. Drum, Twelfth U. S. Infantry, he to be first lieutenant. This officer is a son of our late member, Capt. John Drum, Tenth U. S. Infantry, killed in battle near Santiago de Cuba, July 1, 1898.
Mar. 9. William Hopkins, member of the Society, is elected a vice-president of the Boston Press Club.
Mar. 11. Gen. James R. O'Beirne, state vice-president for New York, delivered an address at the Hyperion theatre, New Haven, Ct., to-night, on the Irish patriot, Robert Emmet.
Mar. 17. Anniversary of the evacuation of Boston by the British. The anniversary was observed to-night under the auspices of the South Boston Citizens Association. Hon. John B. Martin, a member of our Society, presided.
Mar. 17. Col. James Armstrong, Charleston, S. C., member of our executive council, responded to a toast at a banquet of the Hibernian Society in Charleston to-night.
Mar. 17. Hon. James A. O'Gorman, of the Society, presided to-night at a banquet of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York City.
Mar. 17. Annual meeting at Boston of the Charitable Irish Society . Five members of our Society were elected to offices in the organization, as follows, viz.: Edmund Reardon, president; Dennis J. Gorman, vice-president; P. J. Flatley, M. A. Toland, and M. J. Jordan, directors.
Mar. 17. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, governor of New York, a member of the Society, delivered an address to-night at a banquet of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Albany, N. Y.
Mar. 17. President Daniel M. O'Driscoll, of St. Patrick's Society, Charleston, S. C., and state vice-president for South Carolina of our Society, presided at a banquet in Charleston to-night.
April 3. Dr. Sherwin Gibbons of Lexington, Mass., a member of the patriotic celebration committee for the battle anniversary on the 19th inst., writes to the Society that Christopher S. Ryan of Lexington has been appointed a special committee to receive the members of our Society on their arrival in town that day.
April 10. Hon. William A. M. Mack, of the Society, is to-day re?lected mayor of Elizabeth, N. J.
April 12. The city council of New Bedford, Mass., this evening, re?lected two of our members to official positions, viz.: City auditor, Charles J. McGurk; inspector of buildings, Edmund O'Keefe.
April 16. Thomas Carroll, Peabody, Mass., a member of the Society, reads a paper before the Essex Institute of Salem, Mass., on "Bands and Band Music in Salem." In his paper he mentions the great musician, Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, who, in December, 1854, was elected leader of a Salem band, taking the position in 1855. He also mentions William Carroll and James Byrne, two other band leaders in Salem, and alludes to the "Jackson Musketeers, of Lowell, commanded by Capt. Patrick H. Proctor."
April 19. The Society observed the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington, Concord, and Cambridge, Mass., by a visit to Lexington, where it deposited a laurel wreath to the memory of the patriots who fell, April 19, 1775.
April 19. In the evening succeeding the event just mentioned, the Society held a banquet at the Hotel Bellevue, Boston. Among the guests were President Capen of Tufts College and President Hall of Clark University, Mass. Each made an address.
April 19. At the banquet of the Society at the Hotel Bellevue, Boston, this evening, Thomas F. O'Malley of Somerville, Mass., read an historical paper on "Hugh Cargill," an Irishman of Concord, Mass., who participated in the battle of April 19, 1775.
April 22. M. le Comte Margerin de Cremont, Paris, France, writes to Secretary T. H. Murray. M. de Cremont is president of the Association Artistique et Litteraire de Saint-Patrice, of Paris. He presents his regards to our Society.
May 3. Letter of inquiry written to Secretary Murray, by Dr. John B. Cosgrove of Worcester, Mass. He seeks information relative to the Irish Bacons who settled at Dedham, Mass., in 1640.
May 8. At a convention of the Gaelic League of America, which opened in Boston on this date, Stephen J. Richardson, of New York, a member of our Society, was chosen national president of the League.
May 9. Thomas F. O'Malley, Somerville, Mass., of our Society, lectured before the Somerville Historical Society this evening on "Curiosities of the Colonial Laws."
May 10. Hon. Ignatius Donnelly, of the Society, was nominated at Cincinnati, O., to-day, for vice-president of the United States.
May 11. A New Haven, Ct., member of the Society, Hon. James P. Bree, is chosen national secretary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians at the latter's convention in Boston.
May 21. Secretary Murray to-day received a check for from the Knights of St. Patrick, of San Francisco, Cal. This is a life membership fee for the Knights, the latter having voted to affiliate with the Society. The check was forwarded through John Mulhern of 124 Market St., San Francisco.
May 27. Eugene T. McCarthy, Lynn, Mass., of the Society, died. He was a well-known and highly esteemed lawyer and a leader among the members of the Essex county bar.
May 27. Rev. P. J. Kavanagh, rector of St. Bridget's church, Lexington, Mass., a member of the Society, observed to-day the 25th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.
June 1. Notice issued to the members of the Society for an observance of the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill, the observance to take place in Boston on Monday, the 18th inst., the anniversary itself falling on Sunday, 17th inst.
June 1. John F. Doyle, 45 William St., New York city, forwards to the Society, life membership fee.
June 1. A number of our members in Springfield, Mass., were on the committee to receive the Boer envoys in that city this afternoon. The members referred to included City Solicitor Wm. G. McKechnie, Ex-Postmaster John H. Clune, Dr. Philip Kilroy and James B. Carroll.
June 4. William H. O'Hearn, M. D., a Lawrence, Mass., member of the Society, died in that city.
June 10. Daniel B. Kelley, of the Society, died to-day at his home in Haverhill, Mass. He was a graduate of Yale University, and a lawyer by profession.
June 18. Celebration to-day, by the Society, of the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill. In the morning a laurel wreath was placed on one of the memorial tablets at Charlestown, and an address was delivered by Thomas F. O'Malley, of Somerville, Mass. In the evening the Society held a banquet at the United States Hotel, Boston.
June 18. At a meeting to-day of the Bunker Hill Monument Association, Rev. Joshua P. Bodfish, of the Society, was elected a director of the Association.
June 21. Death at Washington, D. C., to-night, of Michael Cavanagh, a member of the Society; had been long a worker in Irish national movements; was employed in the war department at Washington for many years.
June 21. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, governor of New York, and member of the Society, was to-day nominated for vice-president of the United States, by the Republican national convention assembled in Philadelphia, Pa.
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