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. 20.

The New York World to-day mentions “The Cipher in the Plays and on the Tombstone,” a work by one of our members, Hon. Ignatius Donnelly. Mr. Donnelly is also the author of an “Essay on the Sonnets of Shakespeare,” “Atlantis, the Antediluvian World,” “Ragnarok,” “The Great Cryptogram,” “Cæsar’s Column,” and other works. He has been a member of congress, and was for two terms lieutenant-governor of Minnesota.

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. 9

Feb. 5.

Article published in the New York Sun, from the pen of Secretary T. H. Murray, relative to Andrew Jackson’s ancestry.

Feb. 10.

Contribution appeared in The Monitor of San Francisco, Cal., descriptive of the Society’s work and urging active interest therein. The author is James Connolly, of Coronado, the Society’s state vice-president for California.

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.

Feb. 20.

Lieut. Martin L. Crimmins, Sixth U. S. Infantry, a member of the Society, writes an interesting descriptive letter from the Philippines. The letter was subsequently published in the New York Sun of March 13.

Feb. 24.

Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, Protestant Episcopal Archdeacon of Pennsylvania, and member of the Society, begins to-day, in the Philadelphia Evening Post, his serial, “The Grip of Honor.”

March.

In Donahoe’s Magazine for this month is an article by T. St. John Gaffney, of the Society, on “The Alleged European Coalition Against the United States During the Spanish-American War.” The article was subsequently reprinted in pamphlet form for the American Raad.

Mar. 1.

Check for $50, life membership fee, received to-day from P. F. McGowan, New York City.

Mar. 3.

The steamship Lucania arrived off Sandy Hook from Liverpool. Among her passengers was John E. Milholland, of New York, a member of the Society. On the passage over a British baronet bought champagne for the saloon passengers and proposed the health of the British queen and a toast to the success of the British arms in the war against the Boers. Mr. Milholland and others refused to drink the toast.

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. 10

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. 12.

The editor of the Review of Reviews writes for information concerning the Society.

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 (founded, 1737). 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.

Judge John J. McDonough, of Fall River, Mass., and Mayor Boyle, of Newport, R. I., both members of our Society, participated in a banquet at Fall River this evening.

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. 11

Mar. 18.

The Boston Sunday Globe, to-day, had a symposium on “Can Ireland ever be Reconciled to the British Crown?” Two of our members, P. J. Flatley and Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, both of Boston, contributed to the discussion.

Mar. 18.

In the New York World, to-day, appeared a contribution from Hon. Joseph F. Daly, of the Society, on “The Fallibility of Circumstantial Evidence,” a judicial study.

Mar. 19.

The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle had an editorial to-day entitled “A Sad Anniversary.” It related to the death, March 19, 1899, of Hon. Patrick Walsh, ex-United States senator from Georgia. Mr. Walsh was also editor and proprietor of the Augusta Chronicle, and manager of the Southern Associated Press. At the time of his death he was state vice-president of our Society for Georgia.

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 reëlected mayor of Elizabeth, N. J.

April 12.

The city council of New Bedford, Mass., this evening, reëlected 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. 12

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.

Hon. James F. Brennan, Peterborough, N. H., state vice-president of the Society, has a paper in this month’s issue of the Granite Monthly on the “Peterborough Town Library.” The paper is illustrated and of great interest and value.

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 19.

The Boston Globe of this date publishes an interesting notice of the Society’s second annual volume, the notice having been written by M. E. Hennessy of the Globe’s staff, who is also a member of the Society. 13

May 21.

Secretary Murray to-day received a check for $50 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.

May 30.

Hon. Thomas J. Gargan, chairman of the Boston citizens committee to receive the Boer envoys, meets the latter at Providence, R. I., and escorts them to Boston; with him were James Jeffrey Roche, also of the Society, and others. The envoys were Messrs. Fischer, Wessels and Wolmarans.

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 $50 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 9.

The Charlestown (Mass.) Enterprise, of this date, contains a splendid article relative to the Society’s programme for the Bunker Hill anniversary celebration on the 18th inst.

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. 14

June 10.

The Boston Sunday Globe, to-day, contains the Society’s programme for the Bunker Hill celebration on the 18th inst.

June 14.

Under this date, the Catholic Sentinel of Portland, Oregon, publishes an appreciative notice of the Society and its work.

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.

June 23.

Obsequies at Washington, D. C., to-day, of Michael Cavanagh. The pall bearers included Edward A. Moseley, ex-president-general of the Society, and two other members—Capt. Patrick O’Farrell and J. D. O’Connell—all of Washington, D. C.

June 23.

Michael F. Cox, M. D., M. R. I. A., member of the Society of Antiquities, Ireland, and member of the Senate of the Royal University of Ireland, expresses his interest in our organization and states that he would be pleased to be admitted. He has since been admitted.

July.

The New England Bibliopolist (Boston), for this month, contains an appreciative review of Vol. II of the Journal of the Society. The review is from the pen of Frederick Willard Parke.

July 1.

Hon. John J. Hayes, Boston, Mass., a member of the Society, died early this morning in that city. He was a 15graduate of Trinity College, Dublin; served several terms as a member of the Boston school board, and was also elected to the Massachusetts senate.

July 4.

Edward A. Moseley, Washington, D. C., ex-president-general of our Society, was to-day elected to membership in the Society of the Cincinnati in place of his father, recently deceased.

July 11.

A contribution appears in the New York Sun, to-day, from the pen of T. St. John Gaffney, a New York member, dealing with the ancestry of President McKinley.

July 11.

Death of one of our members, William H. Quinn, Hallowell, Me. He had been a member of the board of aldermen of that city.

July 16.

Secretary Murray, of the Society, has a contribution in the New York Sun to-day relative to President McKinley’s ancestry.

July 16.

On or about this date a letter was written by Rev. Fred B. Cole, chancellor of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Rhode Island, in which he very kindly offered his services as guide in a contemplated pilgrimage of the Society to the grave of “Old Parson” MacSparran. Rev. Dr. MacSparran was an Irishman, born toward the close of the 17th century and for nearly forty years was pastor of St. Paul’s church, in Narragansett, R. I. A vote of thanks was extended Rev. Mr. Cole.

July 18.

T. M. Bryan, of Montesano, Wash., writes to the Society desiring information regarding his great-grandfather, John Bryan, who was an officer in the patriot ranks during the American Revolution. This officer came from Ireland and Mr. Bryan is of opinion that he had served in a company from Chester county, Pennsylvania.

July 21.

J. D. O’Connell, a Washington, D. C., member of the Society, has an article in the N. Y. Irish World of this date on “The Irish in the Civil War.”

Aug. 3.

Hon. Timothy J. Howard, Manchester, N. H., of the Society, was nominated for congress to-day.

Aug. 9.

The Tribune, of East Liverpool, Ohio, publishes an article to-day on the “Fawcett Memorial Tablet” erected in that city to the Fawcett family. Thomas Fawcett, 16the pioneer of the family in this country, was an Irish Quaker, born in 1747. His wife, Isabella Snodgrass, was also born in Ireland, 1754. Thomas platted “Fawcettstown,” now East Liverpool, O., in 1798.

Aug. 12.

Rev. Thomas W. Broderick, a Hartford, Conn., member of the Society, died in that city to-night. He was rector of St. Peter’s church there for sixteen years.

Aug. 26.

Mrs. Charles Warren Lippitt, regent of Gaspee chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, writes to Secretary Murray, from Newport, R. I., to enlist his interest, and that of the Society, in the project to preserve the old Revolutionary fort on Butt’s Hill, Portsmouth, R. I.

Aug. 28.

Susan P. Swinburne of Newport, R. I., regent of William Ellery chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, writes to Mayor Boyle of Newport, state vice-president of our Society for Rhode Island. She hopes the Society will place itself on record in favor of preserving the old fortifications on Butt’s Hill, Portsmouth, R. I., near Newport. These fortifications were constructed by Gen. John Sullivan in 1778. The matter was submitted to the Society at the gathering in Newport on the 29th inst., and the project heartily commended.

Aug. 28.

Death in Ireland of Rev. Michael O’Brien, of Lowell, Mass., a life member of the Society.

Sept. 24.

The torpedo-boat O’Brien, for the United States navy, was launched to-day at the Crescent shipyard, Elizabethport, N. J. The boat was “christened” by Miss Myra Lincoln O’Brien.

Oct. 2.

Hon. John B. O’Donnell, ex-mayor of Northampton, Mass., was to-day nominated for lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts. He is a member of the Society.

Oct. 3.

Letter received to-day from Col. James Moran of Providence, R. I. He gives many valuable facts concerning Rhode Island officers of Irish blood who served in the Civil War.

Oct. 4.

Hon. Joseph J. Flynn, Lawrence, Mass., a member of the Society, is to-day nominated for congress.

Oct. 15.

A meeting of Narragansett Indians, remnant of the old, historic tribe, was held this evening at Westerly, R. I., to hear the report of their counsel, Francis M. Morrison 17of Worcester, Mass., who is one of our members. Mr. Morrison has long acted as counsel for these Indians in prosecuting certain political and property claims. He has also been attending to interests of the Mohegan, Montauk, and Shinnecook Indians.

Oct. 17.

Death to-day of John B. Wright, editor of The Gazette, Haverhill, Mass. Mr. Wright became a member of the Society soon after the organization of the latter.

Nov. 2.

Rev. Michael J. Cooke, Fall River, Mass., contributes $50 to the publication fund of the Society.

Nov. 14.

Very Rev. John E. Barry, a Concord, N. H., member of the Society, was killed this afternoon by a cable car on Broadway, New York city. Father Barry was vicar-general of the Catholic diocese of Manchester, N. H.

Nov. 22.

The torpedo-boat Blakeley, for the United States navy, was launched to-day at South Boston, Mass. She is named in honor of Capt. Johnston Blakeley, U. S. N., who was a native of Ireland, born in 1771. In August, 1814, he was appointed to the command of the United States sloop-of-war Wasp. He captured and burned the British sloop-of-war Reindeer, engaged and defeated the Avon, and also took the Atlanta. The Wasp was spoken on Oct. 9, 1814, but was never heard of afterwards. She is thought to have foundered in a storm.

Nov. 24.

The seventeenth meeting of the Council of the Society was held this evening at the Hotel Manhattan, New York city. Preceding the business session, the members were hospitably entertained at dinner by Hon. John D. Crimmins of New York.

Nov. 24.

In the Sacred Heart Review (Boston) of this date appears an appreciative notice of Vol. II of the Journal of the Society. The notice is in the nature of a review, the author being William A. Leahy of Boston.

December.

John P. Holland, of the Society, has an article in this month’s issue of the North American Review on “The Submarine Boat and Its Future.”

Dec. 4.

Hon. James F. Leonard, of the Society, is to-day reëlected mayor of Lawrence, Mass.

Dec. 17.

Rev. John F. Cummins of Roslindale, Mass., a member of the Society, was entertained by a reception and banquet 18this evening at the Hotel Vendome, Boston, in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination to the Catholic priesthood. The event was not under the auspices of the Society, although several members of the latter were present.

Dec. 24.

The United States torpedo-boat destroyer Macdonough was launched to-day. She is named in honor of a distinguished naval officer of Irish blood.

CHARLES CARROLL, OF CARROLLTON. A signer of the Declaration of Independence. His paternal grandfather was a native of King’s County, Ireland. Charles, the grandson, was born at Annapolis, Md., 1737: “inherited a vast estate and was considered one of the richest men in the colonies;” member of the Continental Congress; member of the Board of War; in 1788 was elected United States Senator from Maryland; died in Baltimore, Md., 1832; was the last survivor of the Signers.

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