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In June, 1883, Mr. Washburne married Miss Annie M. Clarke, daughter of Mr. J. V. Clarke, president of the Hibernian Bank, Chicago.
Mr. Washburne has a rugged physique, is of medium height and somewhat stout. For exer- cise he is much given to horseback riding in the early morning. He has black hair and mous- tache, a rather swarthy complexion, and bright, dark brown eyes. He has a courtly, pleasing manner, is a genial companion, loves good fellow- ship and is loyal to his friends. Ile belongs to several of Chicago's prominent clubs and social organizations; but withal is a man of domestic and literary tastes, and in his own home finds his highest enjoyment.
LYMAN EVERINGHAM,
CHICAGO, ILL.
L YMAN EVERINGHAM, president of the Columbia National Bank of Chicago, was born at Geneva, New York, September 9, 1831, and is the son of Rev. J. S. Everingham, a Baptist clergy- man, widely known in Central and Western New York as one of the most progressive and strong- minded preachers of the day.
His early life was passed at various points in the Empire State, where his father was settled as pastor. He is the oldest of eight children, four brothers and four sisters, all of whom are still liv- ing. At the age of twenty he left school to take a clerkship in the general office of the Buffalo, Corn- ing and New York Railroad. Feeling conscious of possessing ability, and cager to begin life for himself, he performed his duties with the same enthusiasm which has characterized his entire life. His unflinching perseverance and industry, to- gether with iron-clad principle and sterling worth, were very soon recognized, and within two years he was promoted to the position of auditor of accounts and pay-master, which position he filled with great credit to himself for three years. Be- ing anxious to come West and grow up with it,
he resigned his position in March, 1856, and ac- cepted the position of freight agent of the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad, with his office at Milwaukee, where he remained for nine years, the line of road mentioned being embraced in the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul system during the time. He was known as the "model agent," being courteous and gentlemanly under all cir- cumstances to the patrons of the road; he was exceedingly popular with the public, and when he resigned, in 1865, he was urged by the direct- ors to remain and to name his own salary. In 1865, he entered into partnership with E. P. Bacon, who resigned as general ticket agent of the same road, and at the same time to engage in a general commission business at Milwaukee, under the style of Bacon & Everingham, great success characterizing their business from the first. In 1874, Mr. Bacon retired from the firm, and Mr. Everingham has since continued the business under the name of L. Everingham and Company, moving to Chicago in 1880 to take charge of their rapidly increasing business in that city.
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In February, 1891, Mr. Everingham was unani- mously elected president of the Columbia Nation- al Bank of Chicago. His business record has been one that any man would be proud of pos- sessing. Beginning at the very bottom round of the ladder, he has advanced steadily, step by step, until he is now occupying a position of prominence and trust reached by very few men. Through his entire business career he has been looked upon as a model of integrity and honor, never having met with setbacks or making any engagement that he has not performed, and he
stands to-day as a prominent example of what determination and force, combined with the highest degree of honor and integrity, can ac- complish for a man of natural ability and force of character.
He is a man of cheerful countenance and be- nignant appearance, having a friendly word, a kindly smile, and a sympathetic heart for all. He is highly respected by the community at large, honored by his business associates, and admired for his innate honor and true Christian spirit.
JACOB ROSENBERG,
CHICAGO, ILL.
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ACOB ROSENBERG was born at Altenmuhr,
Bavaria, March 25, 1819, the son of Bern- hardt and Gidel Rosenberg. He received a com- mon school education in his native town, and while good in general studies, was especially so in mathematics. He left school at the age of thir- teen, when he was apprenticed to the shoemaker's trade, which he followed in his native place five years, and in 1837 immigrated to the United States, landing in New York, August 18. The first six months he applied himself to his trade, but not finding it lucrative, he determined to try the fortunes of a peddler. Providing himself with a stock of merchandise he set out for the far North- west, going first to Pittsburgh, thence by steam- boat down the Ohio and up the Mississippi to the various trading posts in the Northwest country. At that time only a military post occupied the site of the present St. Paul, and Minneapolis had not been thought of. The population of that sec- tion was composed mostly of Indians, trappers, traders and soldiers. Our enterprising trader made four or five trips between New York and the Northwest between 1837 and 1842, meeting with numerous adventures incident to frontier life. Having accumulated some capital and desiring a more settled life and occupation, in 1843 he went to Chicago, then a small frontier town, which was attracting some attention, and embarked in the dry goods business on Lake street, in company with Mr. Levi Rosenfeld under the style of Ro- senfeld and Rosenberg. He remained in this
business uninterruptedly and with success until 1869, when he sold out.
Mr. Rosenberg has since given his entire per- sonal attention to his large and increasing prop- erty interests, which have been so carefully and judiciously managed as to place him now among the wealthiest citizens of Chicago. Since 1873 he has been a director, and a part of that time, vice- President of the Inter-State Exposition Com- pany.
In 1876 he was elected alderman from the old second ward and made an exceptionally fine record. Mr. Rosenberg's politics have always been Republican. He has been connected with the Masonic fraternity since 1844, and was a mem- ber of Lafayette Lodge of Chicago, now disbanded, and a charter member of Chicago Lodge, 437, in- stituted in 1864, from which lodge he received a life-membership diploma, January 1, 1890, to which only members of twenty-five years' un- broken membership are entitled.
Since 1847 Mr. Rosenberg has been an active member of the Jewish congregation Kehilath Anshe Mayriv, whose beautiful temple stands at the corner of Indiana avenue and Thirty-third street. He is a trustee and also the Vice-Presi- dent of the congregation. He may be consid- ered as belonging to the more conservative ele- ment of his people in matters relating to the church.
Mr. Rosenberg has also been active in benevo- lent affairs, being a director of the Michael Rees
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Hospital at Twenty-ninth street and Cottage Grove avenue, founded by the generosity of the late Michael Rees : also a director of the United Hebrew Relief Association of Chicago. As an in- stance of his liberality it is said that Mr. Rosen- berg purchased, a few years ago, at Dunning Station, in the town of Jefferson, twenty acres of land which he donated as a cemetery for the members of his congregation. Mr. Rosenberg gave much personal attention to the laying out and improving of the grounds, the total outlay for which was about fifty thousand dollars.
On the 10th of October, 1847, Mr. Rosenberg was united in marriage with Miss Hannah Rees, of Chicago, a sister of the late Michael Rees, of whom mention has been made. The fruit of this marriage was three sons and two daughters. This faithful companion in marriage, and the sharer of his joys and sorrows for so many years, was suddenly called from him by death, in Janu- ary, 1890. She possessed especially vigorous
traits of character and her life was filled with good works.
Mr. Rosenberg has made various trips to Eu- rope for recreation and pleasure. He has a lux- urious home in a select portion of the South Division of Chicago, where he enjoys the filial ministrations of a daughter. His reputation is that of a sociable, generous, kindly-dispositioned man. His habits of life are simple and temper- ate to a high degree, and his character, viewed in any aspect, is admired by all who know him. He is tall and erect and of commanding figure even at his advanced age, and although the fingers of Time have chiseled a few lines upon his face, still they have not effaced the signs of character which mark it to the eye of the observer.
In the evening of a well-rounded, successful career, Mr. Rosenberg's history is well worthy the study of all who would profit by a noble exam- ple of success in life by perseverance, fidelity and strict adherence to right.
JAMES B. McFATRICH, M.D., M.S.
CHICAGO, ILL
D R. JAMES B. McFATRICH, who has achieved eminence as an occulist, aurist and surgeon, was born in Lena, Stephenson county, Illinois, on the fourth day of April, 1862. He attended the common and high schools of his native town, and afterwards entered the Upper Iowa University, from which he received the de- gree of Master of Science. He commenced the study of medicine in 1879, attending lectures in both the Hahnemann and Bennett Medical Col- leges, graduating from the latter in 1884, and from the former in 1885. He also spent two years in the Cook County Hospital, regularly at- tending lectures all the time, and thus enjoyed superior advantages for perfecting his medical education and developing a well-defined natural talent for the practice of the science of medicine. Dr. McFatrich commenced the practice of his profession in Chicago, and soon entered into a co- partnership with the late Dr. Henry Olin, one of the most distinguished occulists and aurists that this country has produced. Two years later the failing health of Dr. Olin compelled him to seek
rest and a change of climate, and the large practice was entirely assumed by Dr. McFatrich. Since the death of Dr. Olin he has continued in the enjoyment of the confidence of those who prized the scientific attainments and skill of that noted physician, and has largely increased the immense business which Dr. Olin had created in his years of successful practice.
Dr. McFatrich is a tireless student of the prin- ciples, progress and practice of his profession, and in the course of his investigations has visited all the principal hospitals of this country, and there closely observed all that was of interest and bene- fit to the oculist, aurist and surgeon. Few physi- cians have their time so thoroughly occupied by their practice and in matters pertaining to their profession. Besides caring for his large list of patients, he is president of the Eclectic Staff of Physicians in Cook County Hospital, in which institution he succeeded in securing official recog- nition of eclectic practice ; surgeon-in-chief for Illinois of the Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation, of London, England ; surgeon-in-chief
J.B.M. Patrick M. D.
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of the Fidelity and Casualty Assurance Company, of New York; Professor of Ophthalmology, Otol- ogy and Clinical Surgery in Bennett Medical College ; member of the board of trustees of the same institution, and is also one of the attending staff of surgeons in the Cook County Hospital.
In addition to all, he is a prominent, active Freemason, devoting much time to the work of the order, in which his fidelity, ability and powers of oratory are widely recognized. He was made a Mason in Ashlar Lodge, in February, 1886, and served as its Master for two terms. In March, 1886, he was raised to the august degree of the Holy Royal Arch, in Lafayette Chapter, R. A. M., No. I, and has occupied the position of High Priest of that body. He received his degrees in Palestine Council, No. 66, and was knighted in Montjoie Commandery, No. 53, in October, 1884, and is now serving as its Eminent Commander. He received the degree of Grand-Elect, Perfect and Sublime Mason in Van Rensselaer Grand Lodge of Perfection, fourteenth degree, February 3, 1887, and was elected its Thrice-Potent Grand Master, and is now filling that office for the fourth term. He received the grades, as conferred in Chicago Council, Princes of Jerusalem, sixteenth degree, in March, 1887, and the grades, as con- ferred in Gourgas Chapter, Rose Croix, eighteenth degree, March, 1887, in which he is serving as R. and P. K. Master of Ceremonies. He received the grades, as conferred in Oriental Consistory, S. P. R. S., thirty-second degree, April, 1887, and is now serving as its Master of Ceremonies. Dr. McFatrich is also a Noble of the Mystic Shrine and a member of Medinah Temple Oasis, of Chicago.
A monument to Dr. McFatrich's energy of character, love of Masonic progress and public spirit is the new and elegant Masonic Temple, in Chicago. He was one of the originators and is a director of this great enterprise, and his time and ability have been freely given to the completion of the most magnificent home of Masonry in the world, and one of the most substantial and orna- mental pieces of architecture of which any city can boast. Noticeable as the subject of our sketch is for his prominence in his profession and nobility and strength of character, he is not less remarkable for his versatility and unflagging in- dustry. Dr. McFatrich's tribute to the memory
of his friend and brother, Norman T. Gassette, was tender, touching and eloquent, and will long be remembered by those who heard it. His ad- dress, as Thrice-Potent Grand Master of Van Rensselaer Grand Lodge of Perfection, February 5, 1891, was one of the most notable of its kind in the history of Masonry. He received letters of congratulation from all parts of the world where Masonry exists. Below will be found the address in full :
Have the achievements of the past two years, whose record closes to-night, been satisfactory? The answer to this ques- tion will depend upon what we, as individuals, think of the scope and meaning of Masonry. If the work of the lodge- room is a brother's conception of the full significance of the mission of this time-honored and time-tested craft ; if the us- ual evidences of lodge prosperity are all that he wants, I sup- pose that the present conditions and achievements of this lodge would be worthy of commendation and a source of sat- isfaction. No other result than general international prosper- ity would be expected of an organization whose membership ranks as high as the membership of Van Rensselaer Grand Lodge of Perfection. But there is, I am sure, a unanimity of opinion among intelligent Masons that Masonry means far more and far better than anything and all things that are con- fined to the secrecy of its inner work, sublime as these things are in truth and eloquence of sentiment. We have been guided through the mysteries of this great fraternity, have drank at its exhaustless, sparkling fountains of truth, have been charmed by its splendors and knelt at its altars with open hearts and open souls to accept its obligations for the holy purpose of better fitting us as ministers of mercy and reflectors of light in the world, or we have been careless in the improvement of the best opportunities men will ever enjoy to make themselves felt in the uplifting of the human race.
A miser guarding his treasure, even from himself, while thousands starve and shiver, is a pitiable spectacle and a libel upon his race. But the most wretched miser, whose pinched face and starved, shrunken soul, whom greed and selfishness ever made an idolator, kneeling before his gold and clutching it to his heart, would be angelic in nature and generous in inclinations as compared to him whom the gods had led amidst the beauty of truth and glory and power of divine light, who should hoard the virtues that he had absorbed and the light which filled his heart and life. Masonry offers a grand opportunity and imposes a solemn responsibility. About its altars and at every step through its impressive teachings its influences are uplifting, and it seeks the devel- opment of man's nobler nature and the subordination of his selfishness to the generous impulses of his heart. It means that he shall be a light in the darkness, and inspiration to grander human achievements; a guide to the wandering and an exponent of the highest truth, the brighest hope of a faith that shall bid the soul be calm when the storms rage and man is helpless in the hands of God. Masonry points no man to himself except to reveal to him his need of light and virtue. It points him away from himself; it charms him out of himself, and lays the world at his feet for his pity and
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ministration, cultivating in his heart the sentiment of brother- hood; it opens his ear to catch the cry of distress that comes so steadily from human hearts, and trains him to utter the word of sympathy that often cools the hottest tear that glistens and boils on the cheek, Teaching him his own dependence, it strives to make him a help to the helpless and a comfort to the sorrowing, and painting virtue and truth and God in all their splendor and power and inspiration above its portals and on its altars, it leaves him to carry them into the hearts and homes of mankind.
Genius has never given to the poet's pen or the artist's brush or to eloquence the power to portray the grandeur of Masonry and of the mission of Masonry, and the Mason who does not realize that fact, or the fact that do the best we may, we shall come far short of the ideal of Masonry, ought not to be satisfied cither with himself or the record his lodge had made. The world is groping in darkness. The thunders peal cven from the clear sky, and the lightnings in the midst of the sweetest calms, and the brightness in which hearts have delighted and bathed, fade into a starless gloom from which is ever coming the pathetic appeal for light. Sublime as are the probabilitics of life, imperious as are the thoughts of manhood, and bright and majestic as are the exultations of nature, yet man becomes lost and helpless among the fogs, and despairing in the midst of deserts into which he has wandercd. His Babylons, with their magnificent swinging gardens; his Romes, with their wealth of art and splendors; his clegant temples and varied charming creations, have at all times appeared to him like the child's toys which charm for a moment and then fail to please, and he has looked out from amidst the surrounding splendors, hither and thither, like a soul in the night longing for the dawning of day, for something brighter, something better, something really morc substantial than wealth, or art, or genius could bestow. The soul of man cannot be filled and satisfied with the things that are perishable. The landscape, with its hills, and strcams, and flowers, and fields of green, may charm the eye and fascinate the soul for a moment, and the metcor that flashcs for an instant and goes out into darkness may fill us with admiration ; but restless fancy gocs beyond magnificence of the landscape and the fiery flash of the meteor, and a restless spirit of inquiry asks, What is beyond ? It is light and truth, for which man is yearning, for which he is striving. And what minister of light and truth is so well equipped to lead man from the shadows of the night into the flush of the morning and into the realms of sacred truth as he who has knelt at the shrines of Masonry and beheld the panorama of truth as it has moved before his cycs and left its splendors crayoned upon his soul ?
We cannot, is is true, open Hcaven to the upturncd eyes, straining to catch a glimpse of the source of truth, or lcad man to a veritable stream of life, in its crystal beauty and with delightful melody, flowing from the throne of God, and laughing through the flowers and meadows and hills of earth. But we can reflect Heaven in our lives and sympathies, and by living our belief in the universal brotherhood of man, can cover the clouds with light, inferentially demonstrate the fatherhood of God, and thus tune the ear to catch the laugh- ter, and the eye to fancy that it could sec the rippling of the stream of life. Universal Masonry would make universal peace, universal contentment of soul, a universal belicf in God and a universal anticipation of life eternal, Masonry is
the embodiment of all truth. It is ablaze with love to man and a love to God. It cncircles the earth with a golden chain of brotherhood, and the incense that rises from its altars bcars the aspirations of the heart of God. But Ma- sonry, independent of human life and effort that it absorbs and directs, is dead and meaningless to the world. Our sol- emn, beautiful rites arc nothing, and our professions arc worse than nothing, if we fail to carry Masonry out into the world and gild the bleak places and revive the drooping flowers with its beauty and gentleness and warinth.
There are to-night tears boiling in the hearts that Masonry should cool; there are cmbers dying on the hearthstone that Masonry should rekindle ; there are pillows beneath aching heads that Masonry should smooth; there are beds of the dying, and there arc yawning graves, black as midnight and damp as the breath of death to bereaved hearts, that Ma- sonry should fill with the light of sympathy and arch with the precious, whispering truth of immortality. The hungry plcad eloquently for bread: the friendless are asking for friendship; the orphan holds up its fecble hands for protection ; the dc- spairing are gasping in the very agonics of death and looking into the impenetrable darkness for a single ray of hope, and the whole world is struggling, and surging, and throbbing in error and pain, while Masonry may be the ministering angel and the solution of the most perplexing and discourag- ing problem. Is it fulfilling its mission? llas this lodge done its duty outside of the lodgeroom during the two years that ended to-night ? As a lodge it has, of course, attended to whatever has come in the regular line of duty. But every member must answer the question after an investigation of his own personal discharge of duty. The Mason has no right to wait for opportunity to force itself upon him ; hc has no right to fold his arms and slumber until informed through official channels that his kindly ministrations are necdcd. Human life is crowded with opportunities for the Mason to show the world that the brightest banner which casts a shadow among the living is the banner of Masonry, and that the Masonic fraternity is broad with sympathy and aglow with fraternal lovc. While the vigor of manhood is ours, fidelity to the principles of Masonry will burst the buds and bloom all along our pathway; and when at last we lie down to sleep with the millions who have lived and laborcd and died in the life and light of Masonic truth, our living and our dying will give emphasis to the words of our ancient breth- rcn : " May wc so live, that when we come to dic we may lay down in our graves as one who composcs himself to sleep, that we may be worthy of a remembrance in the memoria of man."
To the enjoyment of the splendors of such a picture as this, to a rcalization of the significance of this social, frater- nal, moral fabric, nature, with the influences of the contu- rics, and to the responsibilities and ultimate reward of such a magnificent work among mon, 1 bid you, who, during the past two years. have been admitted to thesc sacred, uplifting mysteries and to this temple of truth, a cordial welcome. Like a rainbow, with its blendcd bcauties, arching the world with promise, Masonry will always be attractive to your vision and intellect, and will span and fill your souls with a bow of delightful promisc for the future. As you delve into its truths and uncover its bcautics, an eagerness to sce morc and know more will fill the heart and lcad you to a kindly light, and mellowed by its influence, and with virtucs devel-
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oped and strengthened by its power, you will at last reap the Mason's reward of immortality, the better and brighter and happier for having been a part of this beautiful auxiliary to the practice of religion.
As I welcome you to-night ; as I realize to what grandeur 1 bid you come ; as I contemplate the holy mission of Masonry in the world ; as I feel the warmth of the mutual love that flows from these hearts and makes this lodgeroom such a delightful retreat, I join with you, and with Masonry all over the earth, in a chant or praise to God for His mercies, and feel that the soul is bathing in a flood of light and joy-and yet across the brightness of the hour there streams a shadow that chills and saddens. We are not all here to-night ; there are vacant chairs that, like the withered flower in the midst of bloom, breaks the blending of its harmonies and touches life with the skeleton finger of decay. Voices, once com- manding and melodious, rich in tone of sympathy and elo- quent in expression of truth, have been hushed, and only their sweet, inspiring echo reaches our ear. In yonder cemetery are tombs that make it and eternity nearer and dearer to our hearts. But while we will tread softly by the graves of our departed comrades, and watch the snows that fall and flowers that bloom upon them, with tears of bereave- ment, we will rejoice that Masonry had such ornaments, and that what is our loss is their eternal gain, and emulating their example, we will press forward and endeavor to give, by the purity of our lives, additional luster to the order which they loved and served and honored.
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