j^jvja-*^ p. 5pej«ty. .,v. ^M ^ C^<^UuS^ ^ ^ocki^ of CoConiaC lOOavs '^ in f6e St&U of Cafifornia 3nsfifufe^ of gos ©ngcfcs, (JlowmBfr 30, 1895. C6ortere& fig fge igentrof ^cief j, ifijeccmBcr 19. 1895- £>fficcr0, ©entfcmcn of t^e Councif crnb ^tanfting Commitfccs. 1900. COVERNO/?, HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS, Los Angeles. DEPUTY GOVERNOR . Hon. Erskine Mayo Ross. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, Spencer Roane Thorpe. SECRETARY AND TREASURER, Harrison Babcock Alexander, Room 420 Henne Block, Los Angeles. REGISTRAR, Edward Thomas Harden, 2331 Thompson St., Los Angeles. HISTORIAN, Bradner Wells Lee. CHANCELLOR, George Jules Denis. SURGEON, John Randolph Haynes, M. D. chaplain, Rev. Alexander Moss Merwin. GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL, Term Explriag 1900. Hon. Eijsha Williams McKinstry, Frederick Hastings Rindge, WiLLARD ATHERTON NiCHOLS. Term Expiring 1901. Hon. Cameron Erskine Thom, Captain Josiah Alonzo Osgood, Hon. George Eli Hall. Term Explriag 1902. Frank Putnam Flint, Isaac Hilliard Polk, Cameron DeHart Thom. committee on membership, George Jules Denis, Frank Putnam Flint, Edward Thomas Harden, Bradner Wells Lee, Spencer Roane Thorpe. committee on historical documents, Bradner Wells Lee, Chairman Ex-Officio, Philip King Brown, M. D., Walter Augustus Hawley, William Hammond Wright. committee on entertainment, Captain Josiah Alonzo Osgood, George Jules Denis, Hervey Darneal, John Randolph Haynes, M. D., Motley Hewes Flint. delegates to the general society, Rev. William Augustus Brewer, George Timothy Klink, Frederick Hastings Rindge, CAPTAIN Albert Henry Payson, Holdridge Ozro Collins. alternates, Edwin Rodolph Dimond, Hon. George Eli Hall, Frederick Schander Moody, Henry Atherton Nichols, Commander Josiah Rumball Stanton, U. S. N. deputy governor general, Spencer Roane Thorpe. (HofC of (memfierg St Alexander, Harrison Babcock, Lawyer, Brewer, Rev. William Augustus, Clergyman, Brown, Frank Lampson, Merchant, Brown, Philip King, M. D., Physician, Collins, Holdridge Ozro, Lawyer, CowLES, WilliamNorThrope, Manufacturer, Darneal, Hervey, Law Reporter, DENIS, George Jules, Lawyer, .... DiMOND, Edwin Rodolph, Merchant, FennER, Charles Putnam, U. S. Customs Inspector, Flint, Frank Putnam, U. S. District Attorney, Flint, Motley Hewes, U. S. Post Office Inspector, Hall, Charles Lander, Trader, Hall, Hon. George Eli, Turkish Consul General, etc.. Hall, Maurice Arthur, Secretary Turkish Consulate Gen Harden, Edward Thomas, Electrician, Hawley, Walter Augustus, Merchant, . Haynes, John Randolph, M. D., Physician, Klink, George Timothy, Auditor Southern Pacific Co., Klink, William Marcy, Accountant, Lee, Bradner Wells, Lawyer, .... McKinstry, Hon. Elisha Williams, Lawyer, . Ex-Justice Supreme Court of California, Merw'IN, Rev. Alexander Moss, Clergyman, Moody, Frederick Schander, Merchant, . Nichols, Henry Atherton, Banker, Nichols, Willard Atherton, Civil Engineer, . Los Angeles San Mateo San Francisco San Francisco . Los Angeles San Francisco Alameda Los Angeles San Francisco Manila, Luzon . Los Angeles Los Angeles Michaels, Alaska San Francisco 1, San Francisco Los Angeles Santa Barbara Los Angeles San Francisco San Francisco . Los Angeles San Francisco Pasadena Burlingame Cambridge, Mass. Redlands Osgood, Josiah Alonzo, Civil and Mechanical Engineer, . Los Angeles Payson, Albert Henry, Civil Engineer, San Mateo Polk, Isaac Hilliard, Miner, Los .'\ngeles Prescott, Frank Clarke, Capt. 43d Regt. U. S. V., . Philippine Islands Rindge, Frederick Hastings, Manufacturer, . . . Santa Monica Ross, Hon. Erskine M.\yo, U. S. Circuit Judge . Stanton, Commander Josiah Rumball, U. S. Navy, Thom, Hon. Cameron Erskine, .... Thom, Cameron De Hart, Rancher, . Thom, Catesby Charles, Law Student, . Thorpe, Spencer Roane, Rancher, Wright, William Hammond, Astronomer, Los Angeles Mare Island Los Angeles Glendale Los Angeles Los Angeles Mt. Hamilton of te? ^ocict^ of Cofoniat' HJaxB in t&e ^tatc of Cafifornia. local secretary Philip King Brown, M. D. No. 1220 Sutter Street. Tbe Sao Francisco Chapter was orgaQized on February 3, 1898, UQder tbe provisions of (Article XV of the State Society By-Laws. "Members of th)e California State Society residing within a radius of fifty miles of Sao Francisco shall be eligible for merobership iO this Cf)apter." dfficCTB on^ Commiffees, 1900. president, Edwin Rodolph Dimond. •vice-'president, Hon, George Eli Hall. secret ar y- treasurer , Philip King Brown, M. D. committee on cmembersh/t, Rev. William Augustus Brewer. George Timothy Klink. committee on entertainment, Frederick Schander Moody. Captain Albert Henry Payson. IFn /Iftemoriam, ^ant nt -Xatnuirh, danntrtirut, ^unr 4, 1831, gicd at ^an HUatca, (Cnlifanxia, Frhruarg 16, 1899. IXfiUiam (^nt^on^ (Bfberain ffiolonel of the ^Initrd Statrs ^nnp. ^anx at Tots dam, -Xnu HI ark, '-(Uaii 15, 1839, giEd at TOiddlrtouitt, i\'ciu ^l]ork, ganuarw I, 1900. C^adtB Bee CoCCtne Captain 23rri ^nfantrl1, ^Inttrd States ^nni'. ^iant at -Xriuport, ^Uniturkr, %n\v 24, 1859, HiEd at QIeIiu, TlTilippint -Islands, SBptrmhcv 7, 1899. ©cntfemcn : At the convening: of our Fourth General Court on December 21, J 899, there were thirty-eight gfentlemen of this Society. Since that date, Rev. Alfred Lee Brewer, D. D., Colonel William Anthony Elderkin and Captain Charles Lee Collins have died, and we have elected three new members, Frank Lampson Brown, William Northrope Cowles and Maurice Arthur Hall, all of San Francisco, our number remaining unchanged. Since the organization of this Society, we have received into membership fifty gentlemen, and we have lost twelve by death and resignation. Mr. Fenner has been appointed Inspector of Customs at Manila, Luzon, and Mr. Prescott was commissioned a Captain in the Forty- third Regiment of Infantry, U. S. V., and he is now serving with his Command in the Philippine Islands. The death of Dr. Brewer, in the midst of his usefulness was a great loss, not only to this Society, but to the State of California, for which he had done so much in the religious and intellectual educa- tion of her youth. The Veteran, William Anthony Elderkin, a Colonel of the United States Army, after a life of valuable service to his country, whose name shines on the roll at Washington, of those who have deserved well of their fellow men, after a prolonged illness, quietly departed from us " Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies dozvn to pleasant dreams." The sudden death at Cebu, of Captain Collins, and the almost immediate following of his young widow, were particularly mournful. We all bow with submission to the fiat that takes from us those who have fulfilled their missions, and who drop from us and their life's earned rewards, like the ripened Autumn leaf ; but why, in the eternal economy of human affairs, we should be compelled to suffer the loss of dear friends, relatives and companions, in the flower of their life, whose presence makes existence sweeter to us, who seem to be a necessity in the duties devolvingf upon them, cut down when the future presents a career of brilliant and honorable usefulness, is a mystery which will never be solved for us this side the Gates of Paradise. " / came like water, and like wind I go. ' ' We have caused Memorials to the memory of these departed associates, with expressions of profound sympathy for their families, to be spread at large upon our records, that they who, in the coming years shall have charge of this Society, may read the evidence of our esteem for those whose names no longer remain upon our Membership Roll. Our Annual Roster for 1899 contained the Seal, Vignette and Flag of the California Society, and the Flag of the General Society. With this number we present a fac-simile of the Seal, Insignia and Certificate of Membership which are issued only by the General Society, and the portraits of nearly all of our members. It is hoped that we will be able to obtain engravings of all of the gentlemen composing this Society, for insertion in future publications. At the Second General Assembly of our Society, held in Balti- more, Maryland, on May 10, 1899, Mr. Frederic J. de Peyster was unanimously re-elected Governor General. It is a matter of congratu- lation that this gentleman is to continue in the responsible position which he has occupied so satisfactorily to all, since the organization of the Society. It gives me pleasure to announce the promotion of Mr. Stanton in the Navy, on January 20, J 900, to be Pay Inspector, with the rank of Commander. Cy(UCuX> Governor. Los Angeles, March 1, 1900. Genus et Proavos et Quae non Fecimus ipsi Vix EA Nostra Voco." Colonel milliam }1nthonv eiderkin ( DECEASED ) Captain Charks Cct eoilins ( DECEASED ) I>arrv Ulooavtile Cathatn ( DECEASED ; I>am$on Babcock Jllexander »fm, #*"~^ "W™™^"""'*'-'" Trank Campson Brown Philip Kins Brown, m. D. 6eordc 3ulc$ Denis Edwin Rodolph Dimond Ron. George eU Rail motley f)iwis Tlint Gdward Chomas l^arden 6eorge Cimothy HIink Bradncr Ulells Cec Ron. €lisha lUilliams mcKinstry Uliiiard nmrm nichois Hlbcrt ficnry payson. Isaac I)illtardiPolk Trcdcrkk l)a$ting$ Rindge fion. erskinc mayo Ross 3o$iab Runiball Stanton, U. $. n. 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