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20. In 1855 or 1856, Andrew McDonald was initiated as an Entered Apprentice in Leavenworth Lodge, No.2 Brother R. R. Rees being Grand Master. In a short time thereafter Brother McDonald moved to Lecompton. In January or February, 1857, Brother Rees, then Most Worshipful Grand Master, was at Lecompton and visited Geary Lodge, U. D., at that place. Brother McDonald a:pplied to Geary Lodge to be advanced. Brothel' Rees, by mistake, vouched for him as a Fellow Oraft, and in his capacity as Grand Master, granted a dispensation to Geary Lodge to confer the Third Deg7'ee on Brother McDonald,asnpposed Fellow Craft, and thereupon Brother Rees conferred the degree himself. After reflecting UpOl~ the subject during the night, Brother McDonald becamesatisfted that there had been some mistake, and so informed Grand Master Rees next morning. It was then apparent to both of them that Brother McDonald had never been made a FelJowCraft. To rectify this anamoly, as far as possible, the two retired to a private room, and Brother Rees as Grand Master, then and there info,mally conferred the degree of Fellow Craft on Brother McDonald. This latter proceeding was not reported to Geary Lodge, and none of the proceedings were reported to Leavenworth Lodge, No.2. Geary Lodge never obtained a Charter. Its dispensation was surrendered-none of its records are in existence. In Leavenworth Lodge, No.2, there are no records relating to the matter subsequent to Brothel' McDonald's initiation. Brother McDonald. now living iu Alabama, having recently applied to Leavenworth Lodge, No.2, to know his status, and to obtain a dimit, I decided that Leavenworth Lodge had no jurisdiction over the brother; that the Grand Master, as SUCh, could take no official action, and that the ease was one over which the Grand Lodge alone had jurisdiction. The proceedings are elegantly printed on tinted paper, and the subject matter judiciously and systematically arranged. Brother E, T. Carr submitted a charming report on correspondence, reviewing, fully and frankly, all the Ameri"can and Canadian Grand Lodges. • Jno. l\I. Price, Atchison, G. M.; Jno. H. Brown, Leavenworth, G. Sec. and For. Cor.
KENTUCKY. Grand Lodge met in Louisville, Oct. 22, 1872. Edward R ..Tones, G. M., presided. The Committee on Credentials repo}¡t "a sujftcient number of Lodges represented." It unfortunately falls to our lot to take up these Proceedings in the small hours of the morning, and from the very poor paper, thin ink and broken type, under a gas-light, it is almost impossible for us to read the Annual Address, but from what we can make out, we shall say that it is a good one, and complete in all its parts. Life is too short, and we are too bUSY, to spend a whole night in deciphering either bad manuscript or bad printing, and the same excuse must be offered by us in reviewing the always good and acceptable Report on Correspondence by Brother J. l\I. S. McCorkle, the Grand Secretary. His review of Missonri is a fraternal one, and he fully agrees with us that a Lodge is not an incohate concern, without life or charadeI'.
We hope he will not get angry with us for criticising the imperfect manner in which the Proceedings are printed, for we do not know whose fault it is, but we do so only as an excuse why we have not been able to read them at night-a time when nearly all our work is done in this line. We find the total resources of the Grand Lodge to be $106,600, and from this fact we cannot beliflve that the spirit of economy prompted such a cheap job.