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.
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.