1904 Proceedings - Grand Lodge of Missouri, Volume 2 - Appendixes by Missouri Freemasons

REPORT ON' CORRESPONDENCE. • ST.

I.JOtHS,

Mo . , September 1, 1904. M~:

Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. &A.

IllY twenty-seventh Report on. Correspondence I s,tate circumstances' under which it i's p,repared not in a;polog~tlc spirit;, but to ,explain' the condition in which I have been during the major 'part of the p:tts~y,ear. Early in the month N,()''V,emoer, 1903, I passed through a severe ordeal of affliction 'caused by pneumonia. Following an apparent recovery, I left M.isto seek improved health in a disif:ant part of the country, where a recurrence of the disease, from which I was confin-ed to a sick roem four weeks, und1ergoing great 'suffering and prostration. Being-brought home on the last day ,of 1903, I underwent another simgeof? illness for four months, heing confined to my room utterly dis!l~u~:tlHied for official laJoor or other duty. Through the efficiency ot a valued assistant I carried on the ,work of the office durip.g, this };ang of confinement in a sick room) directing 'affairs until ~'b,~e' to "resume labor" at my desk. When sufficiently recovered to the routine work of the office it was tOlbe ex:pe,ctedthat.an of matter confronted me. By far the largest portion the preparation of my annual report of Correspondence. a.lway·s been a moot delightful unde.rtaking, now see.n1ed burden. With wasted energy and" exhauet~vital task was herculean. I wasa.dvi,sed not to take, up the could not be considered fora moment. Beginni~g!.the ·~,I:..I;;L'O)"01J,I.'l:i'U and weak, I made a d'etJ)arture moat undesirabl'e:That s,cissors and making up my review largely from clippings. 1

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This will explain why my report is thus sprinkled with excerpts from the journals reviewed. The report is not what I desired. I could not do otherwise. Having gradually recovered health and vigor, I am "on deck" for another year's cruise and hope to be myself fully in the coming months. If it be true that "man is immortal until his work is done," there is much work for me to do, as I am not by any means a dead man yet. The. following pages are submitted to my Grand Lodge, with the comfortable 'belief that due allowances will be cheerfully made for all shorteo'mings and failure on the part of JOHN D. VINCIL. Oon~mittee.

ALABAMA--1903. EIGHTY-THIRD ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

This ~ession of the Grand Lodge was held in Masonic Temple in the city of Montgoluery, beginning the first day of December, 1903. The session continued two days. M. W. Bro. Robert J. Redden, Grand Master, presided, assisted by a full corps of Grand Officers. R. W. Bro. George A. Beauchamp was Grand Secretary. Representatives were pre.sentfrom 315 Lodges out of the 401 on the roll. The membership in the Jurisdiction is reported at 15,340. ADDRESS.

The Grand Maste'r presented an able an d practical Address cov路 ering twenty-tw.o pages. It em'bra路ces many and diverse su:bjects of local in.terest. It was commended very highly by a committee, which pronounced it "a business-like document, which evidenced pain,staking care." He reported the creationofa number of new Lodges U. D.; the organization of Lodges formerly chartered; authorized the reorganization of Lodges that路 had: sU'spenc;led w,o,rk, and the continuance of Lodges U. D. The death of one. of their Past Grand .Masters, Brother Henry H. Brown, was reported. He ~ras elected GrandMaster of that Jurisdiction in 1.888 and served路 two terms. He made an enviable record, and is held in high esteem by his Brethren who survived him. He figured prominently in public life as a citizen. The ~t\ddress of the &randM,aster contains the general run of official matter, which received due consideration. Twenty decisions were reported. which received general approval; they are in harmony with well-established sta.ndards of 'Masonic jurispru~ dence.

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MASONIC lIOME.

The Jurisdiction of A.labama has be,en striving for some years to create and establish a Home for Widow'S and Orphans. An appeal was sent out to the Lodges asking them to approve an amendment to the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge authorizing an assessment of $1, to be uSf~d as a fund for the building of the proposed Home. This amendment was defeated. Concerning the subject, the Grand Master following statement: afford relinquish' this project. We must have the aside an sentimental considerations r and viewing the a purely bnsinessstandtpoint,can we, aff路ord to let, this ()thel' Grand Jurisdictions have Homes which h~ve successful operation for years, and others are building. f'ri1l1tteJMUl.i orders have Homes for their indigent members, and and orphans." GRAND SEOR.li111ARY.

Brother George A~ Beauchamp presenited a, full report as to his work, especially finances. He had handled some $8~OOO. Out of the :388 Lodges 94 had made reports, but failed to pay Grand l~odge dues within the required time. The Grand Lodge had, taken in hand the erection of a monument to their la;te Past Grand Master Brother Brundage. Five hundred dollars had 'been provided for such purpose. The Gra.nd Lodge grap.ted Charters, during the session, to new Lodges. Bro路ther rritcomb offered a resolution, which referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. The resolution is 1

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as,foUows: 4'202. ,Dues run during suspension N.P. D'.-Dues do not cease to ru.n the time one is suspended N. P. D., and a By-La"T of the L~dge providing that such dues shall not, run during such suspans,ion is imlegal, 'be, and it is, hereby rescinded' and replaced by the rOl,lo!VrlB拢

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brother suspended from his Lod,ge for non-payment of dues ~haU be reinstated upon payment of said dues." TheOommitteeon Jurisprudenceconsld.ered the resolution above anel adversely. Strange conclusion. ".A.D,y

A resolution was adopted tend'ering to Brother Isaac C. Hall, a vet!l,eraO,J[Ei}

Past Master, congratulations ,a..nd. greetings on his appear-

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ance at the session of the Grand Lodge. An appropriation of $25 was made for the purpose of presenting him a jewel on behalf of the Grand Lodge. CORRESPONDENCE.

The report was rendered by William J. Titcomb, who reviewed sixty Grand Lodge Journals; his report covered 224 pages. OUf Miss,ouri proceedings for 1902 were reviewed in a four-page notice. Attention was paid and due cOll'sideration giv-en to the labors of Brother Finagin, Grand Master; also to Brother Yocum, acting Grand Master for part of the term. A very complete and kind review of our business transactions followed. His work: as a writer, grows with the passing y,ears While not so full and extensive路 as l~l'St year, it is complete, courteous and instructive. rrhe Grand l\'!aster and Grand Secretary 'were re-elected and Brother Titcomb continue,(] as COlnmittee on Correspondence. ROBERT

R.EDDEN,

GEORGE

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BEA U(!HAJVIP,lVIontgomery,

Snlligent, Grand Master. Grand Secretary.

ARKANSAS. This Grand Lodge holds biennial sessions, the last one being held ill November, 1902.

ARIZONA-1903. TWENTY路SECOND ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Grand Lodg,e convened in Tucson, N-ovember 10, 1903. It W8;S opened by lVI. W. Bro.- Francis M~ Zuck, as~!isted by the other, Grand Officers. Brother George J. Roskruge was the Grand Secretary. Represent~tives of sixteen Lodges, eight P.a&t Grand Masters and representatIves of tw"enty-two sj'ster Grand Lodges were present. R. W. Bro. James S. Cromb,. our Rep re路s.entati Ve. was present and answered .at roll-call.

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ADDRESS.

Grand Master Zuck submitted a very interesting and elaborate l'eportcoveringt"wenty-five pag€Js. It was complimented by the Committee on Address, and pronounced a document containing a gr,eat amount of interest." He said in opening: H

otO ur increase of membershi'p has 'been eneouraging-now reacha total of 1,123. Two ne,w Lodges have been instituted, and have a creditable showing as to numbers and conformity to our usages, forms and ceremonies."

Master of l\Ilissouri" M. W. Bro. John, C. fraternal allusion to, our Brother, who in quest of health:

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pleasure of meeting M. W. Bro. John Camplbell Yocum, of MIssouri, during his sojourn in ,our Jurisdiction, bope of restorati,on to health; but' ,alas! 'too late' was upon his brow~ 'My brief visit with him filled me ~"oDderment that a man possessed of so bright an intelle:ct,sQ disposition and superior qualifications for accomplishment of great good to his fellow1nen, should he called so early in life to suffer, .to die. Surely 'death loves a shining -mark.' P·eace to his asl1ves and to all of our beloved brethren who have :been called to final reward." The Masons in Arizona were very cordial and kind to our eTHiete'd Brother,· who has -since ceas,ed to labor, and has gone to· his

reward. The Address contains exte:p.ded correspondence concerning the re,cogni,tion of the 'Grand Lodge Valley of Mexico. TheGrand annonncedwith pleasure that Peace and .Harmony prevailed, and that relations with sister Grand Jurisdictions wer.e very fraternal and amicable. The few deci·sions rendered· by the Grand M~ster 'W"ere very pertinent and. well-timed. The Address contained comments and elaborate views respecting' non-affiliation, of dues and other practical sU'bject:s.

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'Grand Secretary. re'poned .b:a!ing issued Dis:pensatiollS of tw·onew Lodges., and furnished a fina,Jicialstatein !detail," shovling re'ceipt of ·some $1,600, and that there a.re seve:nt:een. Chartered l.1odges and tWQ Lodges. TIlt D. with a memberot 1,123 in the Jurisdiction. The General Fund on hand is

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repcrted at $1,(100, and about the same amount 'belonging to the and Orphans1 Fund.

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GRAND LODGES RECOGNIZED.

By adoption of the following resolution it will be' seen that the Grand Lodges of Costa Rica and Egypt were duly recognized: "Reso11Jed, That we hereby recognize the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica as a regularly formed and constituted Grand Lodge, with exclusive jurisdietion over the State of Costa Rica, and that our Most Worshipful Grand Master be authorized and requested to arrange for an interchange of Grand Representatives . between the Grand I..Iodge of路 Costa Rica and the Grand Lodge of Arizona. "Resolved,. That we hereby recognize the Grand Lodge of Egypt as a regularly formed and constituted Grand Lodge, with exclusive Jurisdiction within the limits of the country of Egypt, and that IV[ost 'Vorshipful Grand Master is authorized and requested to arrange for an exchange of Grand Representatives between the Grand Lodge of Egypt and this Grand Lodge." The Grand' Lodge extended greetings to the Grand Chapter O. E. S.,then in session, and congratulated that body on its splendid work. The following resolution will explain itself as evidencing a disposition on the part of the Grand Lodge to help, aid and assist the needy: "Your Finance Committee, to whom has~!en referred the recommendation by the Jurisprudence Committee, that the sum of $12.50 per month, for a period of one year, be aJp,p,ropriated from the General Fund of the Grand Lodge for the maintenance of the orphans of Brother Joseph Tatton, deceased, late a member of "White Mountain" Lodge, No. 3,. located at Glotbe, hereby approve the same, and recommend that the Gra:o.'d Secretary 'be authorized and empowered to draw a warrant on. the Grand 1'reasurer, quarterly, for the period of one路 year, commencing from the 1st inst., in favor of lCWhite Mountain" Lodge, No.3, for the ,sum of $'37.50, to be used by them for maintenance of above-mentioned oflphans. RESOLUTION.

In order to determine for all time the eligibility of candidates for the Degrees of Masonry th.e foIl{)w1ngwas .ad,opted: "Wherea.s,Mucheonfusion and d!Qu:Dt h.as ,arisen alllong the路 s:ev eral SUf禄ordinate Lodges of this Grand JU;r-i!sdietionas to what reall~ eonstitutesaneligible candidate for the Degrees of' Masonry; there fore~ be it

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··Resolved, Tnat the following regulatLon be and is herehy adopted by this Grand Lodge as its definition ofeligilbility: The person who

desIres to be made a Mason must be a man; no woman nor eunuch; free born, being neither a sla.ve nor the son of a bond woman; a believer in God and a future existence; of moral conduct; capable of r~ading and writing; having no maim or defe'ct in hls body that may render him incapable of learning~be art, and physically able to conform literally to what the several D'egrees, respectively, require of him." GLOSINH. Ji"'lQlII.09'lne

the instaHationof the Grand Officers the new Grand

James S. Cro'mh~made a very appropriate inauI am haJPPY to state that M. W. Bro. Cromb is the of the! Grand Lodge of Mis,souri, near the .Grand ...\ rizona. The retiring Grand Master, lVL W. Bro. Zuck, Past Grand Master's je'wel at the closing of the Grand session,. and the same was presented by Past ,Grand. Master Nichols. Brother Zuckmade a very happy response. CO'RltESPO NDEN OE.

D"tiring the session it was the plea.sure of the' Grand Secretary to submit the report on Correspondence by Brother Charles D. Belden, Ckalrman of the Committee, he being absent. Tihe report covers .LO":;;'·lJ"~i;l;ovi>::l". containing a review of thed'Oings of sixty Grand Lodges. The· WQrk is almost entirely written,. tberebein.g but few extracts within ~he scope of the splendid prroduction.· Brother Belden a close observer ,and. vigorous writer; he stands way up in the Missouri for 1.902, our Kansas City session, received a fournotlce. In opening his notice of. Mi,ssouri 'he had the following ~:ertinent words to .utter, which. I regard as most timely and

Eighty-second Annual Communication was held at Kansas 21, 1902. There were present about seven hundred Arizona's credentials were carefully withheld, the Brother r~'0!I~s'es,sing' them having retained theiR'). in S't. Louis, and the question l1la:EttlJ';a,lJ.y suggests itself to me:, Why does a Brother want to hang commission when he deriV'esno possible h0nor or profit He surely dis·pleases u's~ and he deprives some other the pleasure o~ representing Arizona and us of being

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His notice of the Address of Grand Master Finagin, together with the brief adnlinistration of Grand Master Yocum, was kind and fraternal. Closing his notice, he said of Brother Yocum:

"Brother Yocum \vas elected Grand Master at this session. He has been in precarious health for some time, and shortly after installation found it necessary to seek a more genial clim~te in which to spend the winter. He chose to visit for a while with us of Arizona, and remained in the city of Phoenix until during the latter p,art of Pebruary, 1903. Our Brethren enjoyed their fraternal intercourse '\Tith Brother YOCUID, and heartily wish him a return to health and abundant happiness." His comments on my review were, as usual, cordial and fraternal. The review of Brother Belden is a valuable work, and most instructive. I would like to· meet hiln in the future and enjoy social and fraternal greetings. I am pleased to notice that he is continued as Chairnlan of the Committee on Correspondence. JAJ\IES S. CHOl\n~, CIifton~ Grand Master. GEORGI<'; J. ROSKRIJGE, Tucson, Grand Secretary.

CALIFORNIA-1903. The Grand Lodge convened on the 13th day of October in Masonic Temple, San Francisco, and was opened by M. W.. Bro. Orrin S. Henders:on, Grand Master, as,sistedby the usual Gran'dOfficers.. Representatives of 255 Chartered Lodges and delegates from seven Lodges U. D. were present. R. W. Bro. George Johnson was Grand Secretary. The me~mbership of the Juri~djction was rep,orted at 27,000, indicating a gain of 2,343. ADDRESS •

.A.n .Address of thirty-five pages app.;ears in the Journal in which

the Grand Master made the following statement cooncerning. the fraternity in that ~urisdiction: "The gavel has sounded, and the Masters, Wardens ,01" Representatives of two hundred and seventy-six active· Chartered Lodges, with eight additional under dispensation, have auswered to the roll-call. The altar fires of Masonry are burning brightly all over the Golden State, and eVlen in the Islandls of. the Sea." He reported having created eight new Lodges U. D. during the term. From the Address it is· learned that M. W. Bro. Edward" M.

9 P'reston, P. G. M., had been called to his reward during the year. rrhe dece8Jsed B.rother had served as the twenty-ninth Grand Master of the Jurisdiction, and the eighteenth to pass the gates of death. Speaking of the deceased the Grand Master said: "One of Natur,e's noblemen, gentle, loving, kind and honest; an upright man, an 8Jble l\:Iasonic. jurist---,and a Mason tried and true. V\,That nobler epitaph could. be written of any man? He, loved his God, his family, his country, and his breithren of the- Mystic Tie. He loved Masonry with a deathless devotion, and in his daily walks of life and conversation, illustrated the tenets we love; a living exam1ple of the splendid virtues inculcated li'"'lreemasonry. 4'Simple and unassuming. gentle and most courteous to all, to

him v....as to gather that inspiration that makes us all Brothers."

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largely take.n up with reports of official doings, special D'ispensatjons, minutes of Special ComJ...... of halls, laying of corner-stones and other ,Jâ&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘

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liOJ\fE.

Coneerning this institution the Grand Master had the following to say: "We have many times visited the Home, and most carefully examined into its affairs. The management is all that could be desired. Dr. Aikin and his estimable wife have ably carried out the orders and edicts of the Trustees, and if they have at any ttme erred, which we doubt, we know that it has been but a mere matter of judgment. trhe reports of the Trustees and the Superintendent are before you, and should have your careful atteD:tion and action."

The. Grand Master reported the following gift Âˇon the part of a generous-hearted MB.tSon and said: "I. received a request from Br10ther .Aiken, the Superintendent of the Home~ to come to San Fra.nc~sco to meet with him a Brother who desired to talk with us of matters intere'sting to the l-Iome. TJpon arrival we met by appointme'nt our estimable Brother, lVlorris Siminoff, o'f "Fidelity" Lodge, No. 120, F. and A. M., and upon invitation, accompanied him to dinner, Where, over the table, he tendered to me as a gift to the Fraternity a completely e-rected ,sixteen-room cottage, with Lodge assembly hall or chapel, to be erected upon the Home . grounds, according to approved plans of the parties in interest, to be built substantially of

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brick and stone, and finished complete, the cost to be not less than $10,000 (this cost has since reached to over $30~OOO). The gift was accepted and is now complete, ready' for this Grand J..Iodge's acceptance and dedication on next Wednesday. Th'3 Address concluded in a very practical way, embracing observations and recommendations as to the duties and responsibilities of the Craft. The Address was fraternally commented upon, and highly commended by an appropriate c.ommittee. GRAND SECRETARY.

rrhe Grand Secretary, Brother George Johnson, presented an extended and qUite elaborate report embracing the financial condi~ tien of the Grand Lodge, showing the amount received during the term, footed up some $62,000. Of the amount thus. handled by him. some $25,000 belonged to the Masonic Home fund. As heretofore, the several Boards of Relief of the Jurisdiction submitted full and (~xtended 'reports sho\ving the work done 'by them during the year. This \vas followed by the report of' the Trustees of the Masonic Home. This institution is in a highly flourishing condition, and receives most eareful consideration and favorable attention from the Fraternity. CORR~SPONDENCE.

The report of the committee on this important branch of Masonic work covers 175 pages, embracing notices of 47 Ame'rican and 11 Foreign Grand Lodges, making a total of 58 Proceedings reviewed. The work "vas performed by M. W. Bro. William A. Davies, Chairman of the Committef.1. It is as' heretofore a strong and practical review of Grand Lo.dge transactions. The Missouri proceedings for 1902 r.eceived courteous attention covering three pages, embracing a review of all the business done at our Kansas City session. Brief attention was p~id to the report of this committee on Correspondence. Carrying out a purpose formed before this report was comnlenced I must make my review of California brief, as will be the case with all others. CHARLES

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Etna Mills, Grand Master. San Fr~ncisco,Grand Secretary. San Francisco, Com. on Correspondence.

NUTTING,

GEORGE JOHNSON,

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CO LORA 00-1903. FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL COMMUNtCATION.

The session was held in Ma-sonic Temple, Denver, September 15. There were present M. W. Bro. Marshall H.Dean, Grand Master; \Vil1iaID D. Todd, Grand Secretary, and other Grand Officers. The Conlmittee on Credentials reported as present Representatives fro,m 99 Lodges out of a total of 104. The Journal is graced by the handsonle face of the new Grand Master~ M.W. Bro. James R. Killian, and group representing the twenty-seven living Past Grand ]\[asters of that Jurisdiction. There were present, in addition to the for(~g()in:g. twenty-six Past GrandMasters and Representatives from Lodges. The statistical report shows 104 Lodges on a membership of 10,000. The funds for the year Up) some $24,000, leaving on hand about $18,000 after disburse w

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lengthy and elaborate Address appears in the Journal, containing varied and interesting matter. NECROLOGY.

The Grand l\laster o-pened his' subject by re,marking that the Angel of Death had passed the outer door and summ.oned from their labors two members of the Grand I.. odge, Past Grand Masters Roger W. Woodbury and Henry P. H. Bromwell. The latter B,rother 'was a resident of the city of Denver for many years, but had served as Grand Master in the Grand Lodge of Illinois in 1865. H,e located in Oolorado in l870and entered upon the practice of law. In the service of his country he was a member of the Territorial Convention and the State Legislature, and held other high p~sitions of honor. It was my pleasure to have known this m,ost excellent and distinguished citizen and Mason. In spending a vacation in the city of Denver some-years ago I enjoyed delightful Masonic and personal companionship with him for quite awhile. M. W. Bro. Bromwell had the highest funeral Masonic honors conferred up,on him by the Grand Lodge of Colorado. The pall-bearers on the occasion were Past Grand Masters. Among them were Roger W. Woodbury, whose death follo,,"ed within a few months, as s'hown by the following extract from the Grand Master's Addres's:

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"Roger vVilliams Wood'bury, Past Grand Master of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the' State of Colora-d-o, one of the pioneers of Denver, and one of the' most influential men of our State, died, ,vithout warning, from heart trouble Saturday evening, July 11, 1903, at the "De, Stafford~' ,ranch, a short distance from Sed-alia, Colo. He was born at Fra.ncestown, Hills'boro County, New Hampshire, March 3, 1841, his ancestors ,having resided in New England since the early part of the sixteenth century, and traced still farther back to the same honorable name in old England." 1'he Address of Grand Master Dean contains detailed statements of official acts performed such as Disp路ensation.s to form new Lodges, special Dispensations to do work out of time and other things of local interest. A few official decisions were repo.rted which were duly approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence. The first decision "ras that a man with a'clu1b foot could not receive the Degrees in Masonry. The second was that a petition for affilia.tion or initiation could not be withdrruwn after it had been received and referred to. a proper eonlmittee. The third has an important moral bearing, because he decic1路ed that a. Iparty lea;sing property for saloon purposes ,vas not eligible to receive the ben8lfits of a petition. The Grand Master reported having received 'a communication from the Grand Lodge of the Valley of M~xico, which he had referred to the Committee on Correspondence, whose report will .be found hereafter. The Address contained due consideration of many local matters, and ('losed as follows: "I firmly believe our noble Fraternity will always be a strong hulwark for lawful authority and strict obedience to the laws of the land, and a great leaven to teach all men the true principles of brotherly love" relief and truth, and that toleration, mutual concessions, an earnest determination to be just, a proper conception of man"s duty to man will bring all clas:se:s of workers and citizens of the State and Natj,on more closely together in the bonds of friendship and fraternity, with a full realization of how much we are dependent路 upon each other for our ~eU 'being, as well as upon the Gre.at Creator for His manifold blessings." GRAND SECRETARY.

'fhe report of M. VV. Bro.l'odd shows that every interest connected with the Grand I.lodge had be:en carefully looked after,. especially its financial affairs. He announced that aBLodges bad made returns and paid dues except one. The report is quite elaborate ap,d extended. Brother Todd is a No.1 .Grand Secretary, and keeps up

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'" his reputation as an able and representative' Mason, which he proved himself to be when GrandMaster. ORATION.

The Grand Orator, Brother Charles F. Painter, delivered an oration covering six pages. Departing ir·om my usual custom, I appropriate from this interesting production the following extract: "Masonry teache,g the world three gre,at lesisons, which I will denonlinate as religious, political and soci3J.. It is com,monly supposed that men cannot be brought to agree on religions matters, that Ilenominations are nece,ssary with systems of cr,eed and priesthood; Masons agree upon certain religions facts, so that there are no "«Ii!>l..~ir'!fnl1S d:llIE~relI1C€~S among them, :m,d it is thus proved that men together religiously as brethren, and tha.t a universal church J)O,ssibility. Masonry is th-e only true republic high and low, rich and poor sta:nd equa!." on the .su1bjeet reported to the Grand Lotige Record, heFetofore order,ed, had and was ready fior adoption by the Grand Lodge. of .the eessi on Past Grand M,aster. Henry M.· Teller };)resent~d a Past Grand Master's jlewel to the retiring Grand Master, . Bro. Dean. CORRESPONDENCE.

The report, as heretofore, was prepared and submitted by M. w~ Lawrenee N. Greenleaf, P. G. M. He had reviewed 61 Grand

Lodge Proceedings. his report covering 228 pa·ges. H,e said in' the course of the report that (tWe have not d·eemed itincum~nt to make use of decisions and other matters as texts for ·comm'ent." He had giv~ more extracts than usual beCause of theirs1'6cial interest a,nd (leg.erving of a perusal. Concerning the Grand Lodige of the Valley of Mexico he made this statement: w~Ve shall make oral report in regard' to the Grand Lodg~ Valle tie Me'xico, giving such facts as ar,e il'l.our pos,sessio'll, though we are n!ot yet prepared .to recomm·end its recQgnition.. This will doubtless elicit further information from those of our brethren who have visited Mexico . a nd· who are .cognizant of existing conditions." Onr Missouri Proceedings for 1902 received the -courtesy of a notice. His review was'oourteous-, kind attention being

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paid to all of our business transactions. Brother Greenleaf said that he "was one "rho thought "that Missouri had not covered itself withhollor in the passage of what has been termed the 'cripple law.'" Speaking of my report on Correspondence for that yea r, he called it "a masterly one," saying that it contained the best things that could be culled from the doings of 52 Grand Lodges. Appreciating this very cordial and fraternal compliment, I take leave of Brother Greenleaf, announcing with pleasure his continuance in charge of Correspondence for another year. JAl\IES R. KILLIAN, Denver, Grand Master. WILL[A,Al D. TODD, Denver, Grand Secretary.

CO NN ECTI CUT-1904. The one hundred and sixteenth Annual Communication was held in Masonic 'reluple, Hartf路ord, January 20, 1904. There were present M. W. Bro. Leon M. Woodford, Grand M'aster; M. 'V. Bro. John H. Barlow, Grand Secretary, and other Grand Officers, with Representa-

tives of the 110 Lodges in the jurtsdictton. The~eLodges report ] 4,218 ;'paying nlembers" and 4,829 non-paying, making a total membership of 19,047. This shows a large exem'ption:from what cause I cannot determine. The record.contains the minutes of several "Emergent Conlmu~ nicatiol1s," at which'dedications were attended to.

The Address of Grand Master Woodford covered 18 pages, and was made up of business pure and simple, withQut any surplus s~nti颅 Inent. He paid attention first of . all to the "honored dead" of the Jurisdiction. T"wo P'ast. Grand Masters, venerable in years and faithful in labors: had been called from the walks of life. IV1. W. Bro. Eli S. Quintard,. Past Grand Master, aged 83 years, had served the Craft for two terms in the honorable station of Grand Master. Of hinl the Grand Master said: "fie was a man of firm decided view'S, of unswerving fidelity; his friendship was true and sincere; he has left a record of faithful service worthy of imitation. As a tribute to his memory 1. ordered that this letter be read in open Lodge in the Lodges路 of our jurisdie~ tion, the Lodge called up, and heads bow'ed, that our Altar and

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Lights be draped with the e',mblem of sorrow for the space oJ sixty days."

\\Tilliam Wallace Lee, \vho was Grand Master in 1874 and in 1875, died ill the seventy路fifth year of his age, and was laid to rest

'with the solemn ceremonies of Masonry. Of him the Grand Master said: '"By the death of Brother Lee we lose a most valuable friend and Brother. He will e vel' be remembered as a genial, earnest, everyday Mason." The Addres..;;; of Grand Master W~odford contains an extended of路 official visits made to the Lodges, and the satisfactory exemof the work witnessed by him am,ong the Lodges thus

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16 GRAND SECRETARY'S REPORT.

M. \V. Bro. John H. Barlow, Grand Secretary, presented a,good business statement, showing the condition of affairs in the jurisdiction. He announced the completion of Membership Register as follows: lVIEl\!UERSHIP CARD REGISTRY.

"It JS with great plea-sure that I announce this work completed. It has been a long and toils-oID'e undertaking, and accompanied by many unforeseen diffi.culties, but one that is- worth all that it cost." From the report it is found that all the Lodges (110 in number) had made returns, and that "a gratifying increase of members" had been gained during the term. All dues had been paid. He concluded bis excellent repo路rt briefly in terms very -charming: "Brethren: My work for the past year is before you. If it meets your approval, I shall feel repaid for all my efforts. I have endeavored to give you my best service. To lue it has been a pleasant year's work.. as harmony and good feeling have ,so universally prevailed." rrhe Pr,oceedings of the session were comparatively brief and business-like throughout. CORRESPONDENCE.

M. W. Bro. John H. BarlowJ Past Grand Master and. present Grand Secretary, i,g the, author of a m,ost elaborate and. able review, covering 21;~ _pages, cop taining notice's of fifty-one American and sixteen foreign grand bodi,es. He' had-examined the Proceedings of all- the grand bodie's'with which they are' in Correspondence. The Report -is not only extended,but a superb array of all matters belonging to the ProeeJedings .examined. I deeply regret that long illness has produced a condition {}f body actually preventive of a thorough revie\v of this .splend,id production by _Brother Barlow, but I Inust forbear. Our Missouri Journal for 1903 received unusual consideration, eight pages being accorded our doings. The revie,w thereof ,,~路as very full and complete. NUD;lerous a.nd extended ap,propriations were rnade from the Proceedings with v,ery fraternal comm,ents. His notice of the work of this com'mittee is both fraternal and complimentary, for vvhich I _ extend sincere thanks. I find that we are in y,ery close touch and harmonious in Yi-ews of tne ethical and the legal aspects of Freemasonry. It is most gratifying to

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reaHze such cOlnmunity o-f sentiment with the, alble and representa~ tive minds of our large and "ride'spread fraternity. In this class I anl more than pleased to class Brother Barlow. From this conclusion it is gathered that he had revie'wed over twenty thousand pages of printed matter, 'which lead to the view e,xpressed concerning the fraternity at large, that "the' situation is, indeed most encouraging and gratifying." He had found but "fe~t points of difference," many of those heretofore so pron1inent haVing l)een more or less I110dified. The, death of M. "V. Bro. .lame,s Vv"1". Staton, P.G. M." of !{entueky" Vlas tenderly mentioned, and he then wound up with a that every lVlason should indulge at that season of him:

we extend our fraternal salutations, and as these vrlritten, the sound'S of the Christmas bens, 'Peace will to nlen~' greet Qurears. May their sentiment hearts and inspire us to be more firmly united in and friendship." and soul~inspiring sentiments this writer give's response. E.: PARSONS, Nor"rich, Grand Master. H. BARLO,i\r, Hartford, Grand Secretary.

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DELAWARE-1903. NINETY-SEVENTH ANNUAL OOMMUNICATION.

'l'his was held in l\~asonic rremple, Wilmington, commencing the 7th day of October, 1903.

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M.W. Bro. Harry J. Guthrie, Grand Master; R. W. Bro. Benj. F. Bartram, Grand Secretary, and other Grand Office'rs. Ten Past Grand l\fasters, and other Representatives were in attendance. ADDHESS.

An Address of twelve pages appears in the journal which is a fine business document, covering all grounds proper forconsiderationA It was 'commended by the Committee on Address, which styled it "well arranged," and the Grand Master was complimented G. 1.1, Ap.-2.

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for his earnestness and zeal. The Address opens with the folloY"ving statement: "'A partial survey of the Universal Craft discloses a countlesa host of Brethren, the noblest legion in all the world, welded together in the bonds ,of Love and rrruth, moving forlward fearlessly and majestically, having for their supreme object the suppression of wrong, and the promulgation of thedoctrine,s .of peace and goodwwill to all Inankind, while the agents of falsehood, ignorance and superstition waste their energies in condemning us and our system, the ancient and, honorable institution moves noiselessly-along, f~eding the hungry, clothing the naked, binding· up the wounds of ~he afflicted, leading the blind, and making crooked paths st~aight. I am persuaded the world at large is realizing more and more as time passes the great moral force of Masonry." FOREIGN HELATIONS.

The Grand Master was pleased to announce that Masonry through· out the world· is enjoying a period ot growth never experience4ITi before, and stated that their relations with all other Grand Lodges with which fraternal correspondence had been established continued to be most ple.asant. He gave it as his opinion that these pleasant and agreeable relations grew out of the system of Grand Represen· tatives and the Foreign Correspondence cammi ttees. HOl\1:E REI.lATIONS AND VISITS.

The following extract is made from the Address: "It bas been my .privilege and pleasure to officialiy visit each Lodge in this Jurisdiction, and on each occasion I was delightfully and cordially received. The large attendance, the warm clasp of the hand, and the friendly greeting, have left an impression upon me that will continue throughout life. The affairs of the several Lodges appear to be in good order. A healthy growth in membership has been made in· nearly all of them, details of which will appear in the Grand Secretary's report; The finances are all properly secured, and the records in most cases well kept. ' "In many of the Lodges I decUnerd il).vitations to confer Degrees, :preferring to witness the work. of the omeers, and make such inspection as was necessary to acquaint·· myself with their condition, after which I generally addressed the Brethren on some of the .fundamental principles of Masonry, besides giving such instruction in the work as I deemed advisable."

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A few brief official rulings were reported, and met the approval of the Committee on Jurisprudence. They are local in application, and need not be. mentioned here, more than to say that in case a Brother has lost his Dimit the Lodge would be authorized to issue him a duplicate. Very valuable and practical admonitions were delivered against the improper use of the blackball, and an earnest exhortation to "guard well the outer door." GRAND SECRETARY.

BroUler Bartram, Grand Secretary, submitted a full and detailed ~h;("wT'lii'na the state of affairs cOlluected with the Fraternity a,s viewed from his standpoint. He announced fronl all Lodges in the Jurisdiction had been received, satisfactory progress made by the Fraternity. Dispensation, .by order of the Grand Master, to I.Jodge, This Lodge received a Charter during the Gra:m.d Secretary's report shows that there are 2,504 Jnrisdiction, evidencing a gain of 72. The income is something over $1,600. The Grand Lodge has a F1.1nd on hand of about $2,000, and a Charity Fund of $1,700. foUowing was presented and adopted, having emanatE3d from the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia: Hlfl68oZv'ecl, That the R. W. Grand Secretary notify all Grand I~:oclges with which this.路 Grand Lodg~ is in fraternal relatioqs that tlitere are in the District of Columbia several Lodges composed of o路f African descent, claiming to be Masonic, and that these $l$vertal Lodges have formed a Grand Lodge; tliat these Lodges are cla,ndiestine; and that the Grand Lodge formed (by them is also and, further, that there are no persons o路f African members, at this time, of any of the constituent Lodges of Lodge." rri~e J01:trnal contains a very clear-cut picture of路 the Grand SecreBl!ot.'Ber Bartram, which was ordered placed in the Proceedings threGrand Lodge. He is good looking. ,11,..."............. "'. """"....

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covering eighty..two pages was furnished by R. W. Bro. for the committee.." While the report sho'v~ ("rr~gin.aI matter from the pen of the committee, it is likewise supplied with extracts from the journals reviewed. Brother J~ckson

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Jackson is a ca.reful, painstaking reviewer, and embraces within his notices Rll matters of Interest found in the Proceedings examined. Our Journal for 1902 received a one-page notice, in which a brief but comprehensive vie\v was given of our trans'actions. He styled our Masonic Home "a noble institution," and pronounced it "in a flourishing condition." My report on Correspondence for the year 1902 received very courteous attention, and was commented upon favorably, appropriations being made therefrom. Brother Jackson quite agrees with this writer that the 'Degree of Past Master should be relegated to the Chapter exclusively. I close my brief notice of his very capable 'work by again commending it as creditable, readable and instructive. Am pleased to observe his continuance in charge of the 'report on Corresponde;nce. CHARLES H. MAULL, Le"tes, Grand M~ster. BENJ. F. BARTRAM, \Vilmington, Grand Secretary.

D.lSTRICTOFCOLUMBIA-1903. The Journal contains the record ~f sev:eral !Special Communioations, and that of the semi~annual. At the latter meeting the Gr~nd Master) M. W. Bro. George H. vValker, was .present and ,~resided, luaking a brief report. He announced that the Card Register system had b~en introduced into the office of the Grand Secretary. From this record it is learned that P. G. Master Noble D. Larner had been snddenJy cut down and called from the assoc~ations o~ life. A very 'beautiful trlbute路路 was paid to his worth. and character, showing his devotion to right, and his adherence to correct principle. The Grand Lodge 'bad received a communication from the Order of Eastern Star, conveying its. thanks for the generous gift of $300' to the fund of the Eastern Star Home. .At路 tnissession the Constitution路 of the' Grand Lodge was revised~ and the work, on revision, adopted. On the 25th of July a Special Communication was held fo~ the purpose of unveiling and dedicating the monument erected to R. W. Bro. Wm. R. Singleton, who,.. for twenty..nve years, served that Grand Lodge as Grand Secretary. The committee i.n charge of' the work of erecting the monument presented tbe same,and it was accepted by ,.the Grand Master, and dulydea.icad~effwith ceremonies most impressiveand interesting. The ,Stated . Oommunication wa$held on the 26th of September. Present Gra,nd. Omeers as heret()for~,. a:p.d ~epres:entatives of 26 Lodges with eight P~st .GraIld. Masters.. ,The 4.nnual Communication was held 011- the 16th of December, +903, and

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was presided over by M. W. Bro. George H. Walker, Grand Master, 'with the usual Grand Officers present. He referred at considerable length to the loss sustained by the death of their Past Grand Master Larner. I cannot more appropriately record this event than by making the following extract: "The dread messenger of Death hovers near us at all times. The Grim Tyrant, we are told, loves a shining mark. Early in the year he summoned beyond the Great Divide one of the most honored and best known of our Jurisdiction, M. W. Bro. Noble D'anforthLarnel', 'who served this Grand Lodge as Grand Master in the y~ars 1881 and and who died March 19, 1903~ in the Njew York Avenue Presbyjust as he had presented a report as one of the officers He was "buried with Thlasonic honors under the Lodge, March 23, 1903, a large concourse of of fraternity attesting their regard for the di.stinguished Brother who had passed away. his leadership among. us was acknowledged. remarkable natural eRdowments, in bis earlier man.. evidence of the traits of character which made him influence among his fenow men. Whiie fearless in tb.e eXl)reis.s]loD. of his views, and uncompromising in his nature, he was actuated by the ki:p.dest imp-qlses. It gave him pleasure to do an ofkindne'ss for one of his Brethren." T1m.e Grand Master furnished a H:st of Fraternal Dead af. Sister Several decisions were reported ttl tlle Address, and I1eatlOns fo·r renderin~ "them furnished, thus enlarging the scope of the and increasing its length. A number of Special DisveJrJisa.,:tlc.n's had been granted to Lodges to confer the Degrees upon };)!artiesout of the usual time limit. The· Address was·· exteJ;1ded and elaborate, showing much care and labor, and was filled with matters local interest. OORRESPONDENCE.

A re:port covering 145 pages was ·rendered by M. W. Bro. G. W. Baird, Past Grand Master 1 Chairman of the Committee. The Pracee:Q.i.tlg& of 71 Grand Lodges were reviewed. Our Missouri Proceedings for 1903 received the courtesy of two pages, in which the COInmittee$u.mmarized briefly the transactions ot· our Eighty-Third AnD.Y~l 'Communication held at St. Louis. Such a large number of treviewed, as already mentioned, in the space allotted the committee, was nece;ssarUy restricted. WETMORE, Masonic Temple, Washington, Grand Master. W. JO:HNsrroN, Masonic Temple, Washington, Grand Se'c.

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FLORIDA-1904. The Seventy~Fifth Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge was held -in the Masonic T'emple, at Jacksonville, commencing on January 19, 1904. There were present M. W. Bro. Thomas M. Pules~ ton, Grand Master; R. W..Bro. Wilbur P. Webster, Grand Secretary, and other Grand Officers land Representatives of 135 of the 147 Lodges on the roll. In addition there were present ten Past Grand Masters and Representatives of 46 Sister Grand Jurisdictions. The Repre~ sentative of Missouri, Brother Irving E. Webster, was in attendance. From the路 excellent summary of the Grand Secretary I learn that there are in the 147 Lodges a membership of 5,432, indicating a gaill of 527 for the year. Four Lodges "(T. D. were duly chartered. ADDRESS.

An Address of unusual length was furnished by the Grand Master covering 37 pages. He annonnced the historical fact that while this was their Seventy~Fifth Annual Communication, the Grand Lodge would not reach the age of seventy~five years untn the next Communication. The Address embraced detailed sketch of the prog~ ress made in the past history of the Grand Lodge. The Grand Master paid fraternal tribute to .the Honored, Dead of Sister Jurisdictions. Florida bad been calIed upon to bury its Junior Grand Warden, Brother Warren W. Tyler. T'he Proceedings contained a strik~ ing picture of the deceased Brother, which indicates character on his part of a very amiable sort, as portrayed by the Grand Master in his Address. The deceased was a native of .Connecticut, and to that Jurisdiction his remains were conveyed, and found a resting place in the State of his nativity. FOREIGN REIJATIONS.

The Grand Master stated that "nothing had occurred during the y,ear to mar or disturb t~e harmony existing between this Grand Lodge and Sister Jurisdictions." VIsrrATIONS.

Ntllllerous visits were recorded in the Address, showing the service rendered by. the Grand Master in this line, and the pleasure derived by him in his association with the fraternity. He had created during the term five Lodges U. D.; four of them received路 Charters during the session. QUite a lengthy list of Special Dispen~

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sations appears in the report. A large number of these special favors \vere granted for the purpose. of doing work outside of legal limitation. The Grand Master rendered one decision which was approved, that a Lodge Under Dispensation cannot grant dimits to its lnembers. The reason assigned in rendering this official ruling was that a Lodge lJnder Dispensation is the creature of the Grand Master, and that no such power is given by the Grand Master to allow .mem,bers to take dimits. To this writer the ruling is .as defective as the reason is indefensible. A Lodge which is authorized to Initiate, Pass and Raise parties, thereby making them Masons the Body, is certainly endowed with power to disrnlss t.hemfrom membership on proper application. Lodge of Florida, at a former session, decided in favor

action for the erection and maintenance of a Masonic had been 2tvpointed to present that tnterest, ret:.Ofitea to the Grand Lodge that no spe,cial progress had been

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o.fthe proposed enterprise. About one-half of the responded to the questions submitted to them by this quite a number of them reported .no claimants for in any direction. It is stated that several Lodges expressed opposition to the proposed Home. The Grand Master closed his rceference to the subject by saying: "The p,roject of the Masonic H\o,me is as dear to my heart as to any Brother of the Juri'sdiction, and I will hail with delight the day when a comfortable and commodious Home has been provided for our distressed Brethren, or their widows and 'orphans." There is a brief summary of the reports of tb.e District Deputy Grand MastersemlJraced in the Address. The eonc,lusion ·of the docum,ent by Grand Master Pules1ton indicates a high sense of appreciation of the' honor conferred, and e'vidences the rnerit a.nd ability of the retiring official. REPORTS.

'The r,eports of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer are found in the Proceedings, from which it is learned that the T'emple debt having been removed, the property is productive of an encour aging revenue. The value of· the Tem.ple is placed at $50,000. I againcongratul~te the Brethren of Florida on their good ·fortune in removed the incubus,which burdened them so long and M

Grand Lodge paid a most appreciativ;e tribute to the Board of Trus,tees which had carried the Temple enterprise to a successful At the last session acomrnlttee was appointed topre M

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pare a history of the Temple for publication. T'his work was carried out by Brother Granville Beal. The history covers some eighty pages, and furnishes mighty interesting reading, especially to the disembarrassed Fraternity of Florida. , An oration was delivered by the same Grand Orator who spoke one year ago, but as the Address was delivered without notes, it could not be printed. The orator, Brother H. S. Yeager, was accorded a vote of thanks by the 'Grand Lodge. CORRESPONDENCE.

A report covering 150 pages was rendered by Brother Silas . Wright, Past Grand Master. The work throughout is well sea.soned with extracts from the Proceedings examined.. A survey of his thoughts would lead this writier to say that the committee had furnished a critical exanlination of the reports, evidiencing ability care in the writer. OUf Proceedings for 1903 received a notice covering two pages, in which our doings were briefly revie,ved. He did not approve of our proposed amendment to the Constitution, and called into question the motives leading to the recognition of the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico. The, Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both re-elected,and reside at Jacksonville.

GEORG I A-1903. The One Hundred and Seventeenth Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge was held in Masonic Temple, city of ,Macon, commencing October 27, 1903. M.W. Bro. Max Meyerhardt, Grand Master, was present and presided, with Brother W. A. Wolihin as Grand Secretary. Other Grand Officers and a large number of Representatives of Lodges were in attend'ance. I haves10ught in vain through the Pro0eedings for a report from the Grand Secretary as to the number of Lodges and the membership ,of the Jurisdiction. In the Address of the Grand Master it is learned that the Fraternity is in a most prosperous condition in that State. The Committee on Returns reported 447 Lodges' in the Jurisdiction, and that only 189 had ,complied with the law as to returns. From the report of the Committee on Finance the discovery is made that, inclading the balance on hand last year, and the income for the present term, there was a balance of $31,741.57. The Masonic Home enterprise, which has just been inaugurated, shows cas,h on h~nd to the credit of that, institution of some $8,000.

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The Address of Grand Master Meyerhardt is not only extensive, but very full of mattera connected ¥lith his office. I said last year in reference to his official "vork that it was '"quite lengthy and elaborate, its author heing a writer of great volubility." I may add that with increased opportunity there is enlarged elaborateness. The . .'~ddress contains an account of the death and burial ofa Past Grand Bro. James IV!. Mobley. This Brother ,~vas elected through several terms-namely, 1878-9-80. Grand Nlfl've'Jrh~ir(jt. in speaking of their finances, ,va,s very exultant as ,vill be shown by. the· follo1wingextract: the surplus in our treasury grow from $2,000 to have seen the number of Lodges increase from 433 to seen our membership grow from 19,000 to 25,000. We Wllbl.l.eSS€~(! the development of the Masonic Home idea until it realized in all its fulness, and will be gloriously conSUInthis day. It is a matter of profoundest pleasure to me that the finances of the Grand Lodge are in better conditban ever before ill the historyo'f qeorgia MasonrJr. ('1 am sure that you win all rejoice with m,e today ,vhen I announce that, including the amount depos,ited to the credit of the 'Home, there win be at the end of this Communication in the hands of the Grand Treasurer,. after paying the mileage and per diem and other expense'S incident to this Communieation, about $30,000. In other words, there is now practically a surplus in our, treasury of $30,000." rrhe Grand Master wa.s especially apt and happy in giving detailed statements of all matters. of interest and importance to that Grand Lodge. He had render,ed twenty-eight official decisions, which show sou.ndness and accuracy of Masonic views, and discreet application of the principles of Mas,onic Jurisprudence. An unusually large numbe:r ofs.pecial privileges' had been granted by the Grand Master, a large proportion of which were to confer Degrees outside of the law. In looking over these andsee,ing the' frequent departures from the right ways of doing things, the question occurs to this writer, '"What is the use of law'!" The GrandMaster had created four Lodges·U. D. During the session the co·rnBr-stone of the Masonic H.cme was laid and addressels delivered, rendering the occasion one of .great interest. . CORRESPONDENCE.

A re.port covering 113 pages emanated from the committee, Brother A. Q. Moody. Fifty-four Lodge; Journals were examined

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and their doings briefly summarized. Missouri for 1902 received the courtesy of two pages. A long extract was Inade from the Address of Grand Master Fina'gin. Brie,f attention was paid to the report of this Committee on Correspondence. He informs us that the Grand Lodge of Georgia alone can exercise, the privilege of expulsion ill that .Jurisdiction. This explains why so many Masons are expelled by that body and not by the constituent lodges. While this explains the matter, it does not in any s,ense of the word me~t my objection to the cruel operation of the law that d,estroys Masonic life of brethren for non-payrnent of dues. The Grand Master was re-elected, and seems to have a life, term. The word '~ad nlight be "written after his name with propriety. His address Rome. 路w. A.. WOT..IUIS. Macon, Grand Secretary.

IDAHO-1903. ~rhe

Thirty-sixth Annual Comm unioation of the Grand Lodge of

Idaho convened in Masonic Hall in the city of Boise, September 8, ]903. '"fhere were present M. W. Bro. David F. Mason, Grand Master;

rrheodore W. Randall, Grand Secretary, and a full COI'1PS of Grand Representatives and representatives of, 29 Lodges. Several Past Grand Officers and representatives of sister Grand' Lad'ges were also present. Missouri's Representative, M. W. Bro. Jonas vV.Brown, was in attendance. ADDRESS.

A brief business' address, covering ten pages, was presented by Grand Master Mason. He opened as follows: "The year just passed has brought to my mind more forcibly than ever before the good influence Masonry is having in all its several Jurisdictions throughout this United States and, Canada. The Mason's wido\v and orphans have be路en provid路ed for and the sick breth路 ren have been nursed from sickness to health and vigor, and here and there- Masonic Temples are adorning the spots which heretofore have been a wildierness or a desert, and Masonry is being praised by mankind as the one Order which' is bringing men, into good fellowship with each other, and lVIas'Oury of the nineteenth century is in a more prosperous condition than ever before." I like the moral tone evidenced in the Address, and take pleasure in clipping from it the following on the subject of

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"1 wish to add my sentim,ent to that which has been advocated since the organization of the Grand Lodge, and that· is temperance. \Ve must draw the reins tighter in this direction. Let us rame'mber those cardinal virtues ,; we are to be. temperate and discreet. The world is looking on every act we do, some with admirati-on and some with criticism. Our Ord~r is the best in the land, and let it advothings w~ich will be ,of great 'benefit to the coming Master iD.00rpora-ced in the Address the names of the of ,sister Jurisdictions, and naming among them JJlll;;S~(J~llr'l, chronicled the loss of M. W. Bro. John C. Yocum, who d,ied Grand Master. Various dispensations had been issued, authorizing the· violation of any law of the Grand Lodge. to record the fact that no work was done out of the !I!\P,'"li!I::!Af.~l""it~t1 time. The balance of the Address was made up of letters a:d'i(jlregise~:(t to him and his replies, given at length, all of which found in the Journal. He cJ.osed his very practical paper with some recommendati,ons, from which I take the follOWing: "I also recommend that action be takel1 by this Grand Lodge elhninating the use of wines and liquors from all banquet tables of all Masonic banquets through this Grand Jurisdiction of Idaho, this being done in many other State,s, and I w-ould earnestly request that some action be taken by· tbis Grand Lodge at this session." Touching the above recommendJation the . Grand L,odge, through its Committee on Jurisprudence, adopted the following resolution: ·".ResolvelZ, That all spirituous, vinous and malt liquors shaH be exclud,ed from all Masonic banquets given by the constituent Lodges in this Jlrrisdiction, or the members thereof as Freemasons. This l"esolution does not abrogate or interfere with resolution .No. 158, on page 136 of Masonic·· Code and Digest, now in force." All the decisions,dispensa tions and com,mi'ssiops of the ,Grand Master nlet witha;pproval by the appropriate committees. Said c:ommittee, through its Chairman, M. W. Bro. Jonas W. Brown, submitted· the following, which is most timely and ap;propriate: ~'The conferring of the ,several Degrees is a very important matter ~nd should be conducted with seriousness and great, decorum. This is no tinle for levity, or talking and laughing. During these cereeverything should be done promptly, orderly and decently. object should be to· impres,s upon the candidate the great moral

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Here the candidate receives his first

CORHESPONDEN CEo

A report was rendered by Brother George E. I{nepper, Chairnlan, and covered 91 pages. .A. review was lnade of 67 Grand Lodge Proceedings, An1erican and forei gn. These notices were necessarily brief. Last路 year in revie'wing Idaho Proce,edings I spoke appr路ovingly of Brother Knep,per's review and welcomed him among us as a writer, an.d expressed the belief that he would gain favor with the F'raternity. From the present report, under review, I have no cause to change my opinion. I-Ie gave Miss,ouri transa,.ctions f,or 1902 the benefit of one page. r11he report em,braced a glance at our finances, reference to the Address of Grand Master Finagin, and the general prosperity of the Craft in Missouri. The report of the Grand Secretary of this Jurisdi etlon received commendation. The liberal dona~ tion by our Brother Kuykendall of thirteen thousand dollars to Masonic Home. was mentioned with gr,ea.t pleasure, and the report. of the Comnlitt!?e on' Corresp,ondence was called "first-class." JOSHUA M. CO"'-.EN, Mountain Home, Grand Master. THEO. W. RANDAT..!,., Boise, Grand Secretary. GEOUGE E. KNEPPER. Mo'scow, Com. on Corresipondence.

I LLIN 0 IS-1903. rrhe SixtY-]fourth Annual Communication was held in Studebaker Hall in the city of Chicago,beginning October 6, 1903. M. W. Bro. George M6 M,oulton, Grand Ma.ster, presided. R. W. Bro. J. H. C. Dill was Grand Se,cretary. The record s,ays a very pleasing innovation was the musical exercises incident to the opening of the session. After the music the roll was called and a full corps of Grand Officers answered, together with Representatives of 71.5 Lodges. The total number of Lodges on the roll is reported at 729, with a membership of 66,621, indicati:ilg a gain of 3,549. Dues had been collected for the year, as reported by the Grand Secretary, amounting to some $60,000. ADDRESf-).

_4\.. lengthy ,and able business document was presented .by the Grand Master covering thirty~two pages. It is in keeping with his

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forluer document pres1ented to the Grand Lodge one year ago. His opening contained memorial notices of tVlO Past Grand Masters and Past Grand Tre:asnrer. I make the follo"\\ring appropriations from the Address as bearing upon e-ach one: HENRY P. H. HHOlVIV\>"'ELL, P. G. l\L

"Brother Henry P. H. BrOlllWell , Past M. W. Grand Master, died at his home in D,enver, Colo., January 9, 1903, in the eightieth yea.r of bi's :temporal life after a protracted illness of several years' duraHe ,vas elected in 1865 as M. ·Vv. Grand Master of Ancient Free and Aceepted IVl'asons in Illinois, having previously served as R. VV. l'rIaster and Senior·GrandWarden.~' HANIEL M. l1a01VNING, P. G. M.

1V[onroe. Browning, loved and honored by the by them with its highest honors by election in Grand 'M8Jster; serving, as such with distinguished terms;. his 'se'fvices always freely at the disposal of IJefore and after his ad·min'fstrati,on' as chief among departed this life January 80, 1903, at hi$! hOlnein East IlL" (~ro"rnf)d

V1ILEY l\L J;JGAN , PAST GRAND TREASUItER.

"On }i~ebruary 12, 1903, Brother Wiley M. Egan, R. W. Grand rrreaitsurer of this Grand Lodge from . 1880 until within a few days to his death, passed from his labor on e~rthto eternal refresh.. In&nt in the paradise of God. His mortal remains ~ere laid to rest :R.os,ehilI"Celnetery, Chica.go, with the Ritual of the Craft he loved well rendered by Cleveland I.JodgeNo. 211, to whose: birth and h()1llo:rable career he had luaterial1y contributed." memorial service was held in· hono'r of these d·eceased and U~'ttstrious brethren in connection with obituaries presented by the committee. At this memorial serv~ce loving, tender and eloquent t:ributes were offered by Past Grand Masters, Jos,eph Robbins, John p'earsol1, Monroe C. Crawford, Loyal C. Munn, Leroy A. Goddard and John C. Smith. Grand Master Moulton appointed as successor of Brother Egan, Gran.d Treasurer, M. W. Bro. Le:roy A. Goddard, P. G. M. I am e.Jicceedingly gratified to see this recognition of my personal.· friend Brother Goddard, who is one of the elegant gentlemen and supe-

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rior business men of Chicago. The Grand Master reported having personally constituted six Lodges that had rec.eived Charters at the previous ses,sion. The Address takes a wide sweep of busines's, embracing statements of work done by the Grand Master such as laying corner~stones~ dedicatidn of halls and other local interests attended to. The usual number of dispen'satioos were granted, amoug thelD being several to confer Degrees in less than the "statutory time," for which it is observed that a charge is made of $20 for such privilege. The Grand Master reported at considerable length upon the financial condition of the Grand Lodge, with special reference to the Masonic Home. It is learned fram the rep.orts that the General Fund of the Body amounted to $44,,500, after th~ disbursements had been made;~ and the Masonic Home had in bonds and ea;sh, as well as other property, some $34,000. In the general layout of business various subjects wefle presented, such as revision of laws, appeals, foreign relations, schools of instruction, grievances and Ma;sonic Home. Illinois is turning its attenti-on very largely this latter interest, and will doubtless make a great showing in coming time. I am glad to learn that said Grand Jurisdictioll has taken a forw'ard nlovement on this imp!.ortant subject. It had much to overcome in the way of strong opposition on the part of a great leader of lVlaslonic thought in that State. RgCOaXrrrON OE' GRAND r..ODGES.

The Grand Master called attention of the Grand Lodge to a resalutio'll offered .in 1900 with reference to recognizing several foreign Grand Bodies. That resolution was referred at the time to the Committee on F,oreignCorresponden路ce, who reported theron, and the matter was postponed from year to year until 1903. The report of 1900 was then taken up and motion路 was made to adopt the sam,e.. An amendnlt~nt was offered to make certain exceptions,. which amendment was lost~ and the vote was taken .on th(~t路 motion to adopt the report on Correspondence and it was carried. The Grand Lodge thus recognized Grand Bodies as herewith presented: Grand Lodge of Norway (at Christiana). Grand Lodge of Sweden (at Stockholm). Grand National Lodge ,of Denm.ark (at Copenhagen). Grand Lodge of the Republic of Peru. Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico(BJt Mexico). National Grand Lodge of Spain (at Madrid). National Grand Lodge of Egypt (at Cairo).

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Symbolic Grand Lodge of Hungary (at Budapest). Grand Lodge of Saxony (at Dresden). Grand Lodge of the Eclectic Union (at Frankfort on the Main). Grand Lodge of Prussia (at Berlin). Grand N~tiollal Lodge of Freemasons of "Germany (at Berlin). Grand Lodge of the Three Globes (at Berlin). Grand Lodge of Switzerland (' at Berne). Grand Lodge of Holland (at·The Hague). ORATION.

the Grand Orator, Brother J. B. McFatrich, was stirring, beautiful, elegant, and most el0·

The author of the resoluti.on of thanks in the case been "short" as to descripti vel term,s. He overdid the ftfe~)CrItrbilDg business with muchness. It was a fine Address, however, will prove: are but in the first blush of' the morning of universal universal liberty. The sun bas scarcely lifted itself horizon. Its ,silver rays have just touched the mountain's crest, and the valleys beY10nd are dark, and Masonry, as in the past, must kindle the lights in the night and in the jungles!-lights that will ,velcome the roar of freedom's guns and blend with the widening beauty of. universal brotherhood. And wle may rest--and not u:ntil then should we rest----when all men have gathered at a common fireside, beneath the Father's smiles, and th.e s,ong of liberty shall thrill on ·every b:reeze and burst from every human lip." tJ~(l1t,lIert~oolt1 and

Grand Master Moulton re.porte'd official visits made to Lodges a.mounting tc 47 in all. He ?los'ed. hissecon~ term with expressions ofm-ost fraternal appreciation of the honor conferred upqn him during his official life. The Address wa:s follow·ed by the reports of. t.llilethlrty D'istrict Deputy Grand Masters of that Jurisdiction. The . Grand Examiners submitted their report in detail. which tnet the approval of the Grand Lodge, the same appearing in the Journal. 'Fha ·Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer submitted their reports in Q·etail, showing the financial status .of the Grand Lodge. The Gra.ndTreasurer sho'\vs on hand a' Charity Fund of nearly $-34,000. The, ,session was closed by brief remarks. on the part of the new GrandMaster, Brother William B. Wright and Brother George M. :M:.oi~dtou, the retiring Grand Master.

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CORHESPONDENCE.

The. vol U111e of Proceed.ings of the Grand· Lodge of Illinois is, as heretofore, quite ponderous. That is "a large Jurisdiction, with large business interests in hand, larg~ work being done and a large writer on Corre~ponc1ence, M. 'V. Bro. Jose!ph H. Robbins, Past Grand Master. :His report for 1903 \vas like others in the passing years of great proportions, not only in the number of pages (320), but tn the siz~ of the subjects treated. After a brief introduction he followed up the line of labor by reviewing the doings of sixty Grand Lodge Journals. The '\vorkis \vell supplied ·with appropriations from the Proeeedings examined, and supplemented with abundant comments of a varied sort, practical and instructive. Of course the report is very elaborate and covers a vast fi,eld, equaling his many able crea· tions. It may be truthfully said that each year furnishes a history in itself, a,nd supplies nlatter for enlarged thought and information. rrhe keenest regret realized in the pre~.ence of felt inability to pare a readable revie·w for this year is that I canIlot follow' \vriters on Correspondence and take up subjects treated by The regret is distressing. After t",renty-six years constant com., lnuuion with n1Y brethren of the Guild it is hard to be denied the closest fello,wship \vith them still. But I 'must he submissive and learn resignation from things suffered. It is a real privati,on to forego a trip with Iny old-thue friend and Brother, Dr. Joseph H. Robbins. \Vellnigh forty years, a"go he and this vvriter were often thrown together- on Mas/onic lines and in persollial touch. During those years \ve have never "conle to the parting of the ways," because <ewe be brethren." .While suffering untold distress for many months, the past was lived over· and 'over again, wi,th the prospect present of never Ineeting with the loved of other dlays. Down at the margin of the "Silont ltiver," near what seemed to be the crossing, memory carried me back to the happy co,mmunio,ns olf the dead years when such dear brethren as Robbins and others were near. The bright hope of another moeting cheered the hours of .loneliness and pain, and scattered the gathering gloom. With returning health and hope for tlle future, I trust to meet my cheri'shed co-workers in the field of thought so long o,ccupied by us mutually, and co,ntinue to glean treasures for the delectation of others. Till then I must say "g.oodbye,BrotherRobbins." Am glad tochr'onicle the rewappointment of the Illinois conlmittee for another term. WILLIAl\{ B. WU,IGlrr, Effingham, Grand Master. J. H. C. D'IT~I., Blooln ingtoD, Grand Secretary.

33 INDIANA-1904. EIGHTY-THIRD ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The M. VV. Grand Lodge of Indiana convened in Grand Lodge Hall, Indianapolis, on the 24th day of May, 1904. In less than thirty days I received the handsonle Journal of Proceedings. T'his is the Eighty-S·eventh year of the history of that Grand Jurisdiction. 'The Eighty-Third Annual Communication is accounted for by ,the fact that for a time the Grand Lodge met biennially. ¥. W. Bro. Wnl. E. English was Grand Master; R. W. Bro. Calvin W. Prather was Grand Secretary. .Attractive and striking portraits of these distln.gUlsDleu Brethren greet the reader in studying the journal. They ··..""..."",·~.,." .... ,·,,'lr'·t,.r.I"· :!loung men, showing vigor and force of characsixteen Past$ Grand Masters pres,ent, and Represennumber of Sister Grand Lodges, Missouri being and represented by Brother Mason J. Niblack. there were present Representatives of 514 Lodges roll. ADDRESS.

",A\.ddress of Grand Master E,nglish covers some 25 . pages, and

of business matter, eVidencing wisdom of administration tnr,oughout. S'!'Al'E OF THE CRAE''I'.

'[Juder

thi~

head he gives a very encouraging view of the condi-

tion of the Fraternity, as shown by the following excerpt: "It is with a justifiable pride that I call your attention to the fact that the year has been the most prosperous, the most harmonious, and the most successful ever known to the Grand Lodge of Iftclhtna. The increase in membership . has been the greatest ever <experienced in the history of the Grand Body, 2,871 new names h,aving been added to our Masonic Roll since the last Annual Report, a total of 40,199 Master Masons in this Grand Jurisdiction. Not only have we enjoyed this gratifying increase in numbers, but we ·bave likewise expe~ienced .in e,:,ery direction a proportionate measure of substantial and material pTosperity. Peace, harmony .".an.d fraternity have walked in sweet companionship within our ranks, and we have been brought to realioo to the fullest extent 'How g.ooc.i and how pleasa.nt it is for Brethren to dwell together in unity.' " Restated that harmony prevailed throughout th~ State among tke!Ltodges, as evidenced' by the fa,et that only four AplJeal cases had G. L. Ap.-3.

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come up for consideration. He properly complimented the Grand Secretary hy saying: "The business affairs of the Grand Body that come under the management of our efficient Grand Secretary are in, most excellent condition, and far in advance of the time required by law every Lodge upon our roll had filed its annual report and paid its Grand Lodge dues in full-a record, I believe, never surpassed in this Grand Jurisdiction." Quite at list of names of the Honored Dead in other Jurisdictions found a place in the Journal, with appropriate tributes from the Grand Master. A number of Special Dispensations had been granted to cover various路 needs as they had presented themselves. The J QUI"nal contains the statement that commissions had been issued to proper parties to dedicate halls. A number of corner-stones been laid, the Grand l\tIaster officiating. DECISIONS.

A few official rulings were reported, which doubtless harmonized with the standards of Jurisprudence in that Jurisdiction, and while of local application, they embody correct views of Masonic law. OBJECTIONS.

On this subject the Grand Master made the following ruling: "Relative t,o Objections: Objection on the part of any member of

the Lodge present will exclude a visiting Brother. The Worshipfnl Master cannot require reas'on for objection, nor can the Master over.. rule abjectioD. "Objection after the bfJ.llot is taken, and before Degree is conferred, acts as a negative.ballot. "Worshipful Master must arrest conferring of Degrees when objection is made. "When objection is recordedbe'fore initiation, petition can come before the Lodge again only as in the first instance. "Worshipful Master has power to arrest conferring of Degrees if he finds the candidate unworthy." OBLIGATING

CA.NDU).ATE~

rrhe Grand Master said that the question had been presented a number of times as to the number of candidates that obligations can be conferred upon at the s,ame time in the different Degrees. I am

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surpriEed to find the statement that there is no explicit law on the subject, and that custom had not sufficiently established a rule, or usage, to settle that matter. He recommended that it be referred to the Committee on Jurisprude,nce. Custom governs where there is no law. I never saw more than one candidate obligated in a Lodge at the same time. l\IASONIC TE.l\1PI..E.

Attention was called to the ~dvisability of making alterations improvements in the Masonic Temple property, or looking to The committee appointed one year ago reported and said that it was not in a situation to make recommendations on the subject, and asked that the to the Trustees to take such action as they might "ftras approved. The Grand Lodge at its former that Past Grand Master's jewels be provided Past Grand Masters who had not received such honors. procured, and during the session report was made delivered to the proper recipients, who were M. W. BT'~)t.b,iers Rice, Senior P.G. Master, and )T'etta, M'cDonald and Foote. 'l7!"<£l.i"Q'!"",,",O.t1

GRAND SECRETARY.

The Grand Master, in closing, could not do otherwi'se than pay a compliment to a deserving Grand Officer, Brother Calvin W. Prather, O'1'm.nd Secretary. The following extract will sho\v ·hte appre'ci'ation: "During my term of office I have at all times been most ably assisted by Grand Secretary Ca,lviIi W. Prather, whose services have been invaluable to ro'e. Ever willing,che·erful and 'accommodating~ I cannot speak too highly of his a;bility, zeal and devotion. Kindly in nature, unflagging in industry, high in character, learned in Masonic law, eminent in ,fitness, long may he be ;spared to fill the llil1'DOirta.nt position which he now so graces and. adorns." The Grand Treasurer, M. W. Bro. Martin H. Rice, submitted a report embracing the balance on hand from the previous year and annu.al income, the whole amounting to $42,000. Brother Prather in excellent report ~tated that the income for the year was $22,500, ancl after disburs.ements left 0I!:hand, a balance of $22,279. :BIs $tatistics show that· there are 517 Chartered Lodges on the roll, with sev~n lJ. D\, making a total . of active Lodges 524, .with an actual me~.bership amounting to 40,199, being a net increase for 1903 of 2,871. Brother Prather said notwithstan.ding the remarkable' growth of lI·asonry in the Jurisdiction, there had been less friction, and less

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complaint than at any time in the last 20 years. He said that all the Lodges in the Jurisdiction were prompt in making returns, and equally prolnpt in paying Grand Lodge dnes. How happy Brother Prather nlust be to have attained such fortunate results. Reports of the Committee on Accounts stated that the books and vouchers of the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary were found to be correctly and systematically kept, and ~complete in every detail, and, in addition, paid a conlpliment to the Grand Secretary, who is a mighty popula r officer. A PECULIAR CASE.

The late Grand Secretary of Indiana, Brother Wm. H. Smythe, presented a claim for an allowance of $200 per annum for four years amounting to $800. Said claim was based upon an incident that occurred many years ago. The law of the Grand Lodge enacted 1875 said, "T'he Grand Secretary 'for his s,ervices shall be allowed annual salary ,of $1,200." At the session of the Grand Lodge 1877, the Committee on Ways and Means recommended that the salary of the Grand Secretary be reduced to $1,000 per annum.. same was adopted rby the Grand Lodge. T:he contention (}If Brother Smythe was that the Grand Lodge had no right to cut down his salary without changing the By-Laws. As such reduction of salary had been made simply on motion, and not by change of the law, the claim was pressed that the four years when his salary was reduced, that it was improperly done. The Committee on Ways and Means reviewed the whole subject, and allowed the claim路 of Brother Smythe, without interest. A similar incident occurred in the h.istory of the Grand Lodge, 'when $200 had heen deducted from the salary of Brother John M. Bramwell, in the. same way, changing the statutes of the Grand Lodge by motion instead of altering the law in a legal way. PAY ROLL.

The Grand Lodge pay roll at this session amounted to nearly $8,000. The decisions rendered by the Grand Master were reviewed by the Committee on Jurisprudence, and declared tOr be in all ,particulars in harmony with Masonic la'w and usage. JEWEL PRESEN'IED.

The record says that an elegant P8.Jst Grand lVIaster's jewel was .presented to M. W. Bro. Wm. E. Englirsh, the retiring Grand Master.

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. lie deserved it. T'he address of presentation ",~as lengthy and eloquent. It is said that Brother English feiicitously and eloquently responded, expressing appreciation of the hOllor that had been confelTed. COIU:tESPONDENCE.

'A report of 163 pages was I'€ndered by M. W. Bro. Daniel McDonald, Past Grand Master. It is one of the very best productions of this a:ble revie\ver, and gives amI?le evidence that he has lost none the force that characterized his labors in other years. Our MisPrOtceerUngs for 1903 receiyedeareful attention. Referring to bringing out of the Proceedings of Missouri four days after the Grand Lodge session, he commented at some length, printed transactions are embodied in 108 pages of there are 440 pages in the volume. He accounts \~lhich the work is do.ne by assuming that everyprepared and put into type before ,the Grand Lodge concluded that this is the only way that this remarkhave be€n accomplished in so short a time. I have twenty-seven years of service as Grand Secretary that the do· anything quickly is to .know how to' do it, and then do it. I have often been challenged by Grand Secretaries as methods of bringing out the Journal of Proceedings in three or rour days after the session clos-ed. It is the easiest thing in the w(!i)rld when a Grand Lodge official has his work well in hand, with IOBg"establis,hed methods of time-saving devices. I appreciate the ' co~pUment of Brother McDonald in saying such pleas~nt things about my work. He highly approves the resolution adopted permitting the printing only such portion of the reports of the Committee on Grievances and Appeals. as relates to the title of cases, and the action of the Grand Lodge in affirming, modifying or reversing the a.~tioin of the Subordinate Lodge. He notes that our Acting Grand Master, Brother Wm. F. Kuhn, had laid, or caused to be la,id,the corner-stones of eight churches, four Masonic Halls, two coUeges~ one monument between May and October, and that he had also laid the corner-stone of· the Missouri Building at the World's Fair, t'Isin.g the gavel on that occasion that was used at the laying of the corner~stone of the National Capitol, Septem.ber 18, 1793., by Brother W~hington, President oithe 'United State.s. am greatly pleased that Brother McDonald remains in charg;e of d~partment of Correspondence· in his Grand Lodg€. .. GEORGE E. GRrMES, Ladoga, Grand Master. CALVIN w. PnATI-IEt~, India.napolis, Grand Becretary..

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INDIAN TERRITORY-1903. This Grand Lodge held its Thirtieth Annual session at rrishomingo, Chiekasaw Nation, August 13, 1903. There were present M. W. Bro. Royal J. Allen, Grand Master; Joseph S. Murrow, Grand Secretary, with other Grand Officers. The· Grand Secretary reports in his sumluary that there were 113 Lodges represente'd during the session. 'rhe nall1eS of nine Past Grand Masters were enrolled a,s present. The total list of Lodges footR up 124, containing a membership of 4,994, being a gain of 317. ADIJRF.:SS.

A document consisting of t,welve pages embraced a vari€ty of subjects such as the creation o.f twelve ne",. Lodges U. D., special dispensations, necrology, decisions (eighteen in number), l\i1asonic Home and other, matters of local inlport. Concerning the Masonic Home the Grand l\Jlaster was very ardent in his expressions in behalf of that interest. He commended their 'special agent, Past Grand Master Henry M. Furmin, who had been in the field during the year and raised some five thous.and dollars for the Ho'me... I cannot under· stand the language of the Grand Master, whom I quote as follows: HThe accumulated thunders of the centuries bring to us messages of Birrl who spa.keas never Inan spe,aks." I shall refer this expression to higher authority and more capable minds than my o\-vn for an interpretation. I except, however, to the e,xpression the "Thunders of centurie'S bring us a message from Him who spake a·s never man spake." fIis "message" has not come in that way. GRAND SECRETARY'S REPORT.

Quite a lengthy and diversified report, full of details, emanated froJn the Grand Secretary~ Brother Murrow. He re:p'orted having received returns and dues from all of the Lodges exce,pt one. Treat~ ing of statistical matters, he said that "the growth in the number of Lodges had been large," twelve new ones having been cre1a.te·d during the year. "The growth in membership has not been remarkable for this rapidly growing .territory." I notice that that Grand Lodge charges fifty dollars dispensation fee for the creation of a new Lodge. In. Missouri our charge is only $30. The income for the year, as rep'orted 'by the. Grand Secretary, is some $6,000. The Grand Treasurer, Brother Leo Bennett, P. G. M., rep'prted in b.is bands a total al110unt of $15,000.

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ORA'rrON.

rrhe Grand Orator, Brother D. H. Lindbaugh, was present at the opening of the Grand Lodge session, but was taken ill during the morning of the first day. His physician directed him to r8main in his roonl, consequently his Ad-dres,s as Grand Orator was printed in the Proceedings '\vithout reading. The subject is novel; it is "Fronl ·whence ca;me you and whither traveling?" It is a thoroughly 'well 'wTitten paper. F'rom a report found in the Journal it is learned that there are 120 orphans that have, been f.ound and looked after. It is the pur,pose of the brethren in that Jurisdiction to house and these helpless ones as soon as ·possible. A good-sized payroll of the incidents of the session, amounting to $1,424. COIUtESPON DENCE.

covering 45 pages was rendered by Brother Thomas E.

of Arkansas, and a Past Grand Master of that short report, in which he r.eviewed a moderate Lodges, Proceedings" devoting limited space to eOllsideration. The matter furnished was well seasoned with The Proceedings of Missouri were overlooked, or had to rea,ch the committee. I observe that he is continued in of that department of Masonic· work. PUILIP ]).. BUFJWF~R, South McAlester, Grand Master. .TOBEP£{ S. MURHO\v,Atoka, Grand Secretary. is

KANSAS-1904. The Forty-Eighth Annual Communication of .this Grand Lodge cO,lilvened in the city of Topeka ,on the 17th of February, and was over; by M. W. Bro. Bester G. Brown, whose genial and a.ttractive face grace,s the J.ournal of Proceedings. The usual numof Grand Officers attended, including the indispensable Grand R. VV.... Bro....A..lbert K. WHs,on. A preliminary meeting. was in Repr~sentatiYe Halt at which· the childrell of the Masonic ",-ere presented to thememoers of the Grand 'Lodge. Con(;e:tltlilil};!g the.se wards of Kansas Masonr:y, Grand Master Brown made very felicitous renlarks, from which I take the following: accepted the custody of lhese childreu, for whose care .... UATr'i .... nt<

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at our lVlasonic Home路 'we have a given responsibility, we "\\J'ould not be such unkind parents as to deny them opportunity of enjoying ehildi sh pleasures. "So we have brought the children here that they may visit the Capita] of the State, and that they may appear before this Grand Lodge, and during their visit here may see sights \vhich perhaps they have never seen before." A charming programme had been pre!pared for, and was renderea. by, the children, consisting of mustical selections and recitations. Later the Grand Lodge was opened in ample form in the salUO hall. INTRODuc'rIONS.

'rIle occasion was made famous by the presence of two distinguished and representative Masons, M. W. Bros. James R. I{jllian and William F. Knhn, Grand Masters, respectively, of Colorado 1\1:issQurL Each delivered proper addresses in response to the ternal Vv'elcome given theIn. Our Missouri Grand lVlaster, Brotber I{uhn, sustained his well-earned reputation as a thinker and rrhe M. W. Brother declared hims;elf most happy to be Witll the melu1bers of his "Mother Grand Lodge," and siaid: "'rhis is indeed a 路happy occasion, a family reunion, and while I may not look very much like a grandmother, I am willing to act as such to-day. As the Representative of the Grand IJodge of Missouri, I bring you to-day the deep, sincere and fraternal greeting of 39,000 members of the Craft of old Missouri. When we sipeak Masonical1y~ all geographical lines and Grand Jurisdictfons fade away, for the MasonIc heart beats in unison and sweet accord wherever the Mason may be or wherever ID,ay be his home. UBut amid the路 fraternal courtesies I .wish to hear to you the greetillgs, yet sincere regret of our Grand Secretary, Dr. John D. Vinci!, who,. on .account of ill health: is unable to be present with you. He had set aside this路 date as one of the best and happiest in which to meet the Grand Officers and brethrell of this Grand Lodge." From the very complete and 'sattsfactory record of Brother Wilson, Grand Secretary,;I gather the following facts: "Representatives were present at the. session from 263 out of the 369 Lodges, eleven Past Grand Masters, representatives of forty sister Grand Lodges, Missouri among them. The total membership in the Juri'sdiction ia 24,742, showing a net gain of 1,175. Five new Lodges were created during the terln and r~ceived their Charters at the session now under review."

AnnnESS.

An AddrfJ'3S of 26 pages was furnished by Granel Master Brown, vv'hich, like hinlself, was solid, practieal and valuable. He opened in an encouraging tone, saying among Qther things the follo\ving:

"In the Inidst of a commercial prosperity, the like of which has never been "vrit upon the pages of Kansas' history; in the presence of eontinued and marked Masonic success; in the fragrant atlnosph ere ,of a kindlier spirit and feeling good fellowship than haa heretQfore surrounded the habitations of the Craft) your Grand :lv.faster suhmits to the Forty-Eighth Annual Communication of the M. \V. Grand Lodge of }{ansas the report required by law, rejoicing the ruany vilhieh merit rejioicing. and regretting only that the weal of Ma.sonry could not have been incomforted in this regret by the conscioue路ness ~""'~., half of that which he pI,ans." business Hnes at once, and spread out before of his official doing's, embracing Lodges instituted, apI,ointed, special dispensations granted, cornerdedications performed. 4""' ...........

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this head he recorded the pleasure derived from official vi.sits made in terms as follows: year has been filled With many delightful events, which have prodUCed memories that long will linger with the Grand Master. rph路e opportunity for social contact with the Lodges of this Jurisdiction are more numerous than .are the days in the year, for every Grand Master has found every Lodge in the Jurisdicti,on eager and anxious to receive a s,ocilal visit from him, and profit by such suggestions and information as he may be Bible to give. It has be,en found 90urce of embarrassment, during the past year to determine the invitations which it would be possible to accept."

recorded his visit to the Grand Lodge of Missouri in October, and his reception there. Nothing was said, however, of 'the talk made to us 'and his .lllodesty in n,ot furnishing. the :for my Proceedings. I begge,d for the speech, but, like mo,st n.,(;I,.)I,\ll:i!(lt.U.:il:5. his ,"ery great timidity and modesty so overcame him that was not obtained. When I visit the Grand Lodge of '(may the time soon come) I will make a great speech,and nome with me out of pure spite for the way the ha.ndsome

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and good·natured Brown treated me. The condition of the Lodges in the Jurisdiction of Kansas may he gathered from the follo~ing sentence: "There is luuch in the splendid condition of Masonry throughout Kansas to form just grounds for congratulation." "HISTOl{Y AND MUSEU,M:."

Under the ahove caption Grand Master Brown introduced a subject that if properly managed wHl be most profitable, and serve a great purp,ose in the eoming years. Hear him: "We n1ay not stay the flight of time, 'and years are piling upon one anot.her so rapidly that this Grand Lodge is approaching the fiftieth anniversary of its organization. "The dispensation of the M. W.Grand Master of Missouri, made possible the first gathering of Masons on the soil of the Territory of Kansas. was dated August 4, 1854. On December 27. 1855, a convention of Lodges, then acting under Charters from M. \¥. Grand Lodge of Missouri, was held as a preliminary step the establishment of a Grand Lodge. "On March 17, 1856, the new Grand Lodge was formally opened. Few there are among the living who participated in those early glatl1erings of lVlasons. "It is not suggested that any printed history· be at this time prepared, but it is highly desirable tbat data be ga,thered while there is ~pet time, which in a. few years will be·co,me·cherished treasures in our archives. There are many articles of historical value, now without a safe resting place, that may become lost or disregarded. There is much in the story of Masonry's early d'ays in KJansas which is interwoven with the history of the cOIll'monwealth, and no Kansan feels other than the sensations of pride whe,n the· pages of that history are soo.nned." .REVENUE.

As a careful business man and cap8.lble Grand Officer, the Grand Master pressed upon the attenti.on of the' Grand Lodge the subject of finances, as will be seen in the extracts made fro-ID his Address: HIt is highly important that the question of the revenue of this Gran~

Lodge should be given careful consid,eration. In the past few years the llsefulnesis of Mason ry has been greatly extended in this Jurisdiction. Much labor has been undertaken to produce results tb()roughly in cousonance with the intellectual and progressive. char·

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acter of the institution. Expense has been. involved as a result, and the annual revenue must either be increased or some of the ,work curtailed. rrhe suggestion elsewhere in this report relative to the gathering of historical data and relics, if adopted, would involve some small measure of expense, land this element of expens,e would be enlarged as the project became one of greater scope. "In the Grand Secretar:y"s report, Exhibit T, s,ets forth an excess of expenditures in the past ten years of $4,282.57 above the revenue the sanIe, periotl. This is accounted for by :an 'appropriation from the G~neral Fund of $5,000 for the .Masonic Home."

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presented to the Grand Lodge a brief but interol'-igin and progress of that blessed institution, :pleasure in visiting the Home at Wichita on The following paragraph is most timely, and siulilar condition in our own Masonic Home of ehHdren of such ill'stitut~ons should be entirely s'eg~ from the aged, infirm and disease-stricken members of the " Here is what Grand Master Brown said 'about the matt~r:

"No proper provision has ever been made at the Home for the isolation and care' of the. sick. Again, the app,ointments are such that the bright, joyOUS faces -of the children are seen at table with tbe oft~),n .sad lines of the aged. Some ye-ars ago ta needed extension was mad,e to the property, in which an error was committed, now s,J)!i[)arlent to all, in Ibuilding out of, harmony' with the other portion of property. in order to save expenses."

ORDER EASTERN STAR.

The Grand Master gave this institution a very good' send-off, and his tribute to that worthy and noble body of women:

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great \vork . of the Order of the Eastern Star must not be This worthy' organization has ever been ready and to labor; it has not sought to legislate. Much of the success o:u.tcherished institutions at Wichita would not have' come to' it the sacrifice and unselfish devotion of the members of the the Eastern Star.' 1

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.l\l A801\10 1NlrLUI1jNCl路:.

In elosing his admirable message, Brother Brovv路n had some very s<ound \vorc1s to hand do,vn to those who may follol\v him. He,ur his

solid queries: '4We often hear that some one has done nluch for Masonry. Did it ever occur to you that no one ever did as much for Masonry as IvIasonry does for him C! Is the efficiency of Masonry to be measured by the nunlbe'r of neophytes whose coming to our qaltar is too often the re,sult of an activity which should Ibe found only in commercial circles? "Have the accessions of the pas,t two years, the greatest. JurisdIction has ever known, added strength to the moral of our Jurisdiction, or onIJr dollars to our treasury? "Is there M'asonry in . the effort to distort fancies into facts the Masonic life of one may he placed in jeopardy, whose views some rule of governnlent do not coincide with ours? If the length of a lodge be from East to West, its breadth from North to Southl' its height fronlthe earth to the heavens, is there then therein any abiding place for narrowness?" I have followed my good Brother Brown through his Address and must leave him, expressing the view that his administration has added more lustre to the n.ame and fame of Kansas Mas'onry. I am not physi0ally qualified to do more than scan matters pas,sing under revievv. Hence I do not attempt to ela>borate the doings of the Grand Lodge, believing that the Address of an able Grand Master 'when brought before the readers of such publications ,vill meet the demand:s of all for information. C01:tHESPONDENCE.

Having follOlWed the Grand !vIa-ster thr,ough his very superior Address, I turn to the nlasterful paper prepared by ]Vr. Vl. Bro. William M. Shaver, P. G. M., who served up a ,splendid repast for ,his readers. In doing so, I recoil with a sense of sadness from an undertaking '\vhich I cannot m'aster. While fever burns with consuming fierceness and pain rages with torturing vigor, I cannot grapple the work of one of the Masters of Corre:srpondeuoe, which runs up to 350 pages, ten of \vhich had been accorded Missouri Proceedings for 1903. I anl too unwe,ll to do more than say, Brother Shaver has acquitted him-self in a most credita:ble ID'anner, covering a vast field "rUh matter that win do to hand d路Qwn to succeeding generations. His work is m.ade up of numerous extraots and seasoned with good

Appe1'tdix. COlnments, ll1uking the whole eminently creditable. It is useless to record regrets at D1Y inahility to do, justice. to the report under notice here and no\v. Loss of health is the explanation. ...L\. past record is offered as assurance of what Inay be done" should life land health be granted. I close with more than ordinary sadness in p?-rting with those 'whom I have so long delighted to honor. I assume the M. W. Brother, Shaver, was in prime condition menttally and physically when revie\vec1 the doings of fifty-six American and ten foreign Bodies.eovering 350 pages. It must r€quire a robust writer s"Uch a task and to master it. I congratulate the and say good-by, with the hope of meeting conditions. .1:""' ..,....'"""'."""._

T:U:O~TAS AT.f~'{1;H'l'

G. FITCH, Wichita, Grand Master. K. Wlr.. soN, Topeka, Grand Secretary.

KENTUCKY-1903. following excerpt shows the opening of the Grand l~odge. fOT the pnrposeof cOID'menting on the term "The Masonic:" "The Grand Lodge of Kentucky, Free and Acce,pted Masons, held its One HuIl;tclred and Third Annual Communication in ita new Tem,ple, known as "The Maso,nic," commencing Tuesday, October 20, 190a, .A. L., 590=3, and was opened in ample form on the third Degree at 10 o'clock a. In.'' I am aware that the term mean.s about the same as a Mas·onic HaU0'f lYlas'onie Temple. The building is the "Neiw Temple," known as "Tbe Masonilc." The one hundred and third session was presided over by M. W. Bro. John W. I..Iand'ruID, GrandMaster, who was assisted a full c,orps of officers. There were present 22 Past Grand Masters, w'ith .RepresentatiYes from many Lodges-numbeTll'ot given. From th,eexceUent summary furnished by Grand· Secretary Grant informa·tion is gleaned of much inter,est. In t.he 479 Lodges on the roll there 'are 23,547 members, which indicate's a net gain of over fifteen This. is a great movement on the part o,f the Craft in The inc-om'e amounted to something over $57,000, half "Of wh~ich was rece,ived frolm "R·ome assesslments." ADDRESS.

1"'l1le Address of Grand Master Landrum was of medium length, but of business ~ithout dispLay. He noted the death, o,f one of

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their long well-knowll and highly honored me'IDlberSr-1VI. W. Past Grand 1'IIaster, Janles W. Staton. The, mention of the sad event was eouched in the following extract: "One of the brightest orbs o,f our Masonic constellation has fallen! A sad misfortune has overcome the craft in the nation, as well as in路 our own State. The fatal stroke came at Paris on .June 10, while seated at a banquet table \vith severel brethren, including your Grand Maste'f. This A.ddress eould 'be greatly lengthened with IneriteJ praise of the virtues pos,sessed by our lamented Brother." From the tribute paid the deceased Past Official, I m:ake appropriations as follo'ws: "Wise and good and learned and tolerant as he was, holding always that the la\v of Love was the sup,reme Masonic law, he steadfastly adhered to the ancient landmarks of the Order, ever fighting against all encroachments, and planting his feet firmly upon the tra.ditional principles of the royal Craft. "His loss will be felt by the Masbnry of America, because one so able cannot but be miss.ed; to the Masons of Kentucky it is indeed a double grief. So m'an.y kne,w him-and all who knew him loyed him-and so constant 'wasl his presence at our gatherings that nowhere now can Masons meet in ,our State but what his absence shaH be .felt. "Besides his work in Masonry, which madoehim a notable ngurp. all over the State, Brother Staton Wtas prominent as a private citizen. He was an officer in the Methodist Church, and aleo President of the Mas,onie Collectors' Association." To the memory of a d,eparted Brother whDse "good name is rather to be chosen ,than great riohes," let me say that路 I have known him but to l路ove biro. Our relatiousl, personal, Masnnic and religious, were of the very closest and most fraternal kind. The Committee on Ne" crology suhmitted a brief report under that head, from which. I copy this statement: "Brother James W. Staton's, death is the only one during the year who was officially connected with this Grand Lodge." "Only this and nothing more" was said by the committe'e respeeting that most estimable Christian gentleman and eminent Mason. A special committee was appointed to report upon the death of Brother Staton, and a report was rendered by the Chairman., Past Granld l\1:a,stei" Bro. J. S,oule Smith. From 'that report I make the following appropriation: "Sweetness and gentleness are strength. God works not so much througn. His earthquakes and storms, as through the smiling sun, the gentle dew, the raiIl, which falleth sHenily. So, in the lives of

Appendix. men, I-lis ,vord is often known by that which emanates from those who, like a star-unhasting and unresiting-do what they believe to be J:iis will. Such was our Brother Staton. Quiet, courteous, gentle, eaIm, yet always firm, in every place he was himself-m\an, made in God's o\vn image, an exemplar of G,od's truth. W\'le los路ein him a counsellor most w.jse; a man whose learning only could be equaled by his. . modesty; a Mtason brave and free, inflexible in any trust, as tender as tbe violet, as steadfast as the rock. Fear could not move his soul, nor envy stir his heart, both were in service to the right." I learn, ~;in!ce the above charming and deserved trtbute was written by the eloquent Joshua Soule SII1ith, that he has joined our Brother Staton in the "bright forever." K"entucky }!asonry has produced many illustrious chiaracters, but have lived surpassed -in moral excellence and w'orth the Mclster Ja,mes Staton. his very excellent business m,essage. variety of all of which were of local interSpealdng of their liibrary) he announced that to place the enterprise in the new a Masonic Club would. ho1d its meetings. m,elnbership of several hundred already secured. gave a brief history of. the Masonic enterprise, as the Masonic Teluple,. It was necessary to borrow to ca,rry on andcomple,te tbe enterprise. The indebtedness to be some $225~OOO. In order to meet the liabilities thus rigid econOlm.y was urged, as the money had to be I'laised in a way as to reflect credit on the Frate,rnity. The Grand ~Iaster recffiommended tIle cutting down of expenses such as the perCentage p,~!id Grand Treasurer and the rumount paid the Committee on Co]rres"J)c)ndtence, and printing of Proceedings and other matter of th~} Grand Lodg~. Resp路ecting" the latter, it was recommended that CQ;IDpe.tlt,iv,e bids be asked for. A VENERABLE BROTHER.

The Grand Master made the following statement respecting one whom: it has been my pleasure to meet a.nd know in other years: OUO'l'J::IER T lIO:M:AS .TODD.

"IE. 1853, fifty years ago, our dearly beloved Todd, who is still living-a.nd with us to--day, was eleeted Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky~ Since then路 he has been punctual in attendance

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upon this Grancl Body, performing with wisdom and zeal every duty assigned, ilnd he stand,s to-day the honored and oldest living Past Grand Master of Kentucky. May he yet live many years and continue in the el1joynlent of the honors which he has received, and jn the love and reverence of his brethren." DECISIONS.

Six official rulings were reported and passed upon by the Committee on Jurisprudence. 'T'wo of the decisions vvere corrected, as they were held to he in conflict with established usage. The re,ma1ning four received the approval -of the comlmittee.'I'he Address ,contained the granting, on the part of the Grand Master, quite a Ust. of Special Dispensations, also vi-sits made and corner-stones laid. The Audress eoncluded with reference to the t,vo great institutioins of Charity fostered by the Masons of Kentucky-namely, the ows' and Orphans' Home" at Louisville, and the "Home for and Inflrnl Masons" at Shelbyville. It ma.y be said that these institutions are the joy and pride of Kentucky Masons. up, the Grand Master was highly Jappreciative and grateful to invaluable Grand Secretary of that路 Grand Jurisdiction, Brothel" Henry B. Grant. I clip from the Address the following tri1bute to that m,ost excellent B rather and friend: "A.ud now COUles Grant! The good Christi\an man; the peerless Setretary, ,,"hose knowledge and skill is s'o necessary and so ready for the use of a Grand Master; whose merit is bey-and computation, and to wholn n1Y greatest tribute would be but a weak offering. My Wlarnlest thanks go to him for his many acts of favor. Tbe 117Jan some day will die, but Grant will live on and on, to lighten the burdens of future Grand Masters and adorn with beauteous splendor the history of Kentucky Ma,sonry.H Of the new building, known as "The Masonic," it may be said that it is superb in every particular. The Craft in Kentucky, in this as in every great benevolent movement in hand,have great reason for eongratul'ation. 'The structure is well planned, admirably arranged and' furnished cOlli pletely in all details. No des!cription of mine ,could do justice to this splendid creation. Brother Grant, the Grand Secretary, during my visit in the city of Loui'sville~ laid a.side. care and duty for my pleasure and entertainment, taking. me through the entire structure,sho,ving me in detail all its various parts. I tender him my grateful appreciation for his uniform courtesy and kin.dness when visiting his home city. His, J'leport as Grand S~cretary is 1

Appendix. v1arled and all-embracing' as to business and full of details. I can say of Brother Grant that the title given him by Grand Master Landrum is correct-"The Peerles.s Secretary." At the close of the session a Past Grand Master's jewel was presented to Brother John Vl. Landrum, the retiring Grand Master. Then the session was closed in ample form. No report on Correspondence \vas furnished owing to th~ d·eath of Brother Janles W. Staton, the comluittee. O'V~:N D. T HOl\I AS, Lebanon, Grand Master. H. B. GHAN'l', J.wIolJ'dsviUe, Grand Secretary.

LOUISIANA-1904. 1~ .~,:[le~C"--1~;e('~f]IJLn

Annual Oommunicati,on of this Grand Lodge

c,f New Orleans at the Masonic Temple on the

There were present M."W. Bro. Robert R. Brother Richard Lambert, Grand Secretary, Officers, Past Grand Offieers and Representatives The record ,shows a membership ·of 7,740, contained The Secretary stated that the increase for the year ADDRESS.

Tlie Grand l\1aster furnished an Address of ten pages, presenting bnsine:ss matters bearing upon the condition of the Craft in JurisdictIon. From the opening I appropriate the f.ollowing: uln thi,s era, marked 'by materialism and ,commercialism, when it seem that efforts are being madet,olswerve man. from his aBeto the ~First Great Cause/ making him a creature of circumclouding with doubt those mental processes which alone alst~n.gu;lSll him from t.he anim,al, it is gratifying to behold' Freeas a defender of the truth,. confronting the sophistries 0." raii'iiQnaUsm with the record of her ,centuries of humanlitania.n upon that 'Great Light' which she places on her every which she tells the neophyte, i'n unmistaka:ble terms, to and guide of hi,s faith an de p,ractiee.' ··tt~,()rl(l1ng aloof f'.Tom· the discussion of those questions which nave 80' ol't)eJl sund~red empireS,destroyedkingdoms,and disrupted na~lrlB'6rn.a;:~orLry is advancing-a, resistles's force-to the eOIllplemission~a higher, purer,no'b}er conception of the Crea.. div~rs

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tive Power; of our individual responsibility and of our duties to Him, our brother and ourselves." , S'l'AT}ij OIl' THE CRAFT.

From the announcement, under this heading: I make the following clipping: '~A year of agricultural and commercial success has had a beneficial effect upon our constituent Lodges. "The returns from Chartered Lodges show general activity. The total acces:sions have been 1,121, with an actual gain of 776. Their iabors have been characterized by harmony and fraternal regard~ and the indications for the present year are lnnst encouraging:'

,FRA'fEn;\iAL RELATION S.

'rhe following extract ,vill show the relations existing the Grand Lodge of Louisiana and sister Jurisdictions: "Nothing has occurred to disturb the cordial, fraternal and. intimate relations existing between this and our sister Grand Lodges. The correspondence has heen confined to the exchange of fraternal greetings and the filling of vacancies in the corps of Grand Representatives. Our Grand Secretary will report fully, as to the last nanled.=' ~rhe record contains a number of visits made by the Grand Master, accompanied by the Grand Officers, and called forth on his part ex~ pressions of appreciation for the courtesies shown him and his .brethren. Under the head . of "Discipline" he 'said that infraction of law and regulations had been few, yet in one or two instances it became necessary to assert authority, when harmony was restored, without r:~sortillg to rigorous measures.

r:Phe Grand Master enjoyed great satisfacti路on in stating that the rr路e,mple delbt, so long an incubThs on the Qraftand wbich had prevented the carrying out of more practical purposes, is about to become a thing of the past. Since the last session of the Grand Lodge the Board of Directors had paid off路 ten thousand dollars of thei r bonded indebtedness, lea,ving an existing balance of six thousand dollars, with six years yet remaining in which to liquidate tbis ,amount. It is evident from the statement above referred to that good business rnanagement as weU路 as wise administration of affairs

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bad led ta such happy results. It is a ple,asure 'to journey through an Address ,with a Grand Master so thoroughly business-like as in this instance. In concluding his practical message to the Craft he offered special thanks to his co-warke'rs in office, such as the Deputy Grand Master, Grand Treasurer ·and Grand Secretary, Brother Richard Lambert. He said of Brother Lambert that during the years since he had been in tbat office many Grand Mast,ers·had appreelated the pleasure and profit of bis association and counsel. The Treasurer reported having paid out something over $32,000 pasis:ed into his ha.nd\S, leaving an unexpended 'rna repiort of Broth.:er Lambert as Grand Secrethe income had been some $31,000. Di'spensations new Loages bad be-en i~sued. He receives and handles all rents connected with their Masonic Te.mpl~. In li1l'i!Vi!l'Mn",!~1I"W I find the statement that their membership is increas~ aDd satisfactOrjT ratio, with ,every evidence of perma~ Board of Di'fectors of the Masonic Hall reported that the offices., with on~ excepti.oll, are occupied at -rentals equal ,fo,rme,rly obtained, and tha,t reints are ·punctually paid. The gave a full financial statement as to their Temple d,ebt, showimg the balan,ce unipaid to be the same mentioned by the Grand )1&$1:;6'1', $:6,000. This Board, thrQugh its 8ecretary, :a'rather Lambert, the Craft upon the financial showing and the pros.J)E'ct of a speedy wiping out of their indebtedness. Brother Lamibert"· as Secretary was favored with an inc'fease of salary. A re:sol'tltio:n to that effect had been offered and referred to the Committee on .A,ceo,unts, and was re,ported back ,\Yith a recommendation that the salary be 1n.creased from $1,500 to $1,800 a year. The ca.mmittee that Brother Lambert. had been. obliged to resign other pos,iof emolumeut on account of the increased work in the Grand In" 1889 the salary was $2,0.00, and .the membership in the lees than 4,000; now ~hey hal"e about 8,000 .members,; the , is lower than it was fifteenyea.rs ago. An ext,ended report ."a$~nrJ;lJshe:d by the Grand Lecturer. Our Louisiana brethren, now are pasising out of tne nightmare Q,f debt, are looking hO'pe"f0rward to the ~stab1ishmentQ!f a great charity enterp~is,e i.n tbe way af a Masonic Home. Th~ following reso'lution was presiented '" ",,"'' ' .......:,",'~ to' the Committee on Accounts:

That the Grand Master-elect d,oappoint, at, this meetGrand I.lodge, a committeetd' be compasEi}d of five Masters, :Masters of Lodges, who shall investigate and· report to this at its ~ext Annual Com.nn.lnication, ~ome plan to carry

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out the above purpose, both the ways and means to raise the money necessary and the best method of doing the work, whether by means of direct relief in individual cases through a committee of this Grand Lodge or by providing and maintaining a 'Home' for that purpose, or such other Inethod as to said committee may seem best. And said committee is authorized to correspond, in the name of this Grand Lodge, "'lith other Jurisdictions for the purpose of gaining -information upon said subject." Said committee after considering the subject referred it back to the Grand Lodge, when an amendment was added and the ",~hole ad,opted. The amendment instructed the committee to recommend such legislation ,by a.mending the Constitution Qr -otherwise as 'may be necessary to carry out plan or plans fnr the est81blishment of a Masonic Home. ~rhus the Grand Lodge has put itself upon record favoring that institution. During the ses'sion Brother I..4amhert, Grand Secretary, announced that the Grand Chapter R. A. M. had at its annual convocation donated to the Grand Lodge the sum $1,500 to be placed to the credit of the Wido\vs' and Orphans' Relief Fund of the Grand Lodge. This means that the amount thus donated goes to the formation of ,a Masonic Home Fund. The donation was accepted with thanks on the part of the Grand Lodge. SeV'en Charters were granted to Lodges that had previously 路worked 1T. D'. L. P. DELAHOUSSAYf~, New Orleans., Grand Master. RICHAHD LA"AfBgltT, New Orleans, Grand Secretary.

MARYLAND-1903. The Journal contains the records of many special communications. One \vas held March 6. 1903. in Masonic Temple, Baltim,ore, from which place the, Granel Lodge' went to Cumberland, Md., to perform the funeral se-rvice over M. W. Bro. Charl,es H. Ohr, P. G. M., IV拢. W. Bro. John M. Carte,r, Past Grand Master, presid'ing. Other Spe'cial Gom,muni1cations were held during the year for the purp'Ose of laying corner-stones at divers places. SF~~{J-AKNU:\I.

COMJVrUNICATION.

On May 12th the Grand I..4odge convened in semi-annual session in the Masonic 'Temple, city of Baltimore. Thomas J. Shryock was Grand Master, as:sisted by the usual Grand Offieers. The re1cord re-

Appendix. portH a.s pr€!senlt "a due representati on of Lodgels." The report of the Grand Secretary, Brother Jacob H. Medairy, rendered by his Deputy, William 1\1. Isaac, shows an income of something over $18,000 f.or the six months up to that time. The Grand Treasurer had handled dnring the same period some $31,000. The report of the cornmittee on these financial statements declared them to be cor~ reet. Brother J. lVI. Carter, P. G. M., pronounced an eloquent eulogy upon the late Past Grand Master, Dr. Charles H. and it was announced that a movement ,vas on fo'ot to ere!ct a snita,ble monu~ luent to the nlemory of this distinguished l\la:son and Past Grand The Grand Lodge appropriated $200 . aid in the underRev. Dr. Branch, Grand Chap]ain, presented a paper which un:sul imously rising vote, paying a tender and feeling merit of their Senior Grand Se1cretary, I make the following appropriation from Brother Branch: retirenlent of Right \JVorshipful Grand Secretary, fort.y years' servic~ entitles him to a quiet that ne may lie down under the trees and enjoy and pleasant recollection the many years of diligence in His Master's service and in the service of this Grand Lodge. HHis presence ,vas al\vays a benediction, as his words were always an inspiration, and it is a delightful. privilege to take advantage of his absence to-night to express the great esteem in which he is held by his brethren. UIt is a proud satisfaction to us that we can stand here and send to our dear old Friend and Brother, and indeed Father in Israel, this greeting, that his ears lnay catch the notes of our living· voices as \vith uncovered heads we greet him, if not the oldest Grand Secre~ tary in the world, which we honestly believe, at least our own partial judgment proclaims him the Grandest Old Secretary in all the world, and we most heartli1y endorse tile action of our Mos·t Worship-ful Grand Master in granting him the privi1ege (}f retiring upon his laurels while we dub him Grand· Secre,tary Emeritus!" From an abstract by the Grand Secretary I learn that the.re are 9,437 members in that Jurisdiction.

The One Hundred and Seventeenth Annual Session of the Grand Lodge was held in Masonic Temple: Baltimore, commencing on the 17th day of November, 1903. M. W. Bro. Thomas'J. Shryock, Grand

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~Iaster, presided, with other Grand Officers present. The records says on this, as on every occasion, "A due. representation of Lodges present." How many I do not know. At this session the following was adopted: Past Grand lVIaster Carter offer.ed the following: "'The Grand Lodge Ancient Fre,e and Accepted Masons of Mary~ land acknowledges with grateful appreciation the invaluable services of Br·other Jacob H. Me·dairy, its a.bIe and f~ithful Grand Secretary for forty years. "Att,eI' such long and useful service our good brother, now verging upon 82 years of age, has fairly earned a rest from his labors; be it, therefore, ··Resol'ved, That Brother Jacob H. Medairy be and he is hereby elected Grand Secretary Emeritus of this Grand Lodge, with con~ tinned annual s.alary, for the re·mainder of his life, which we trust may be prolonged for many years.:' Brother Medairy, in resp·onse to the: tribute p.aid him, said that words could not express his appreciation of the many courtesies received during the forty years of his s,ervice as Grand Secretary of that Grand Lodge. In concluding his very feeling remarks he extended his Love and hand of Fe-llowship to every m€mber of the Craft, praying that Plenty, Health and Peace might be their portion. A full exhibit of the financial condition of the Grand Lodge was lnade by the Grand Secretary through his deputy, Brother William M. Isaac, and by the Grand Treasurer, Brother Tome. The income for this term of six months was about the same as the last semiannual report. The election of officers resulted in the ch<>ice o,f M. W. Bro. Shry~ ock for another term. I do not understand the continuous election of this distinguished Mason unles'S it means that there is no one else in the Jurisdiction who can till the position, or perhaps the Brethren are disposed to attach the term ad vitam to his name. Th~~ Journal of Proceedings contains the m·em,bership of the State by Lodges, already anno\lDced at 9,437.

CORRESPONDENCE.

The report was rendered by Brother Edward T. Schultz, consisting of 125 pages, in which he carefully reviewed the Proceedings of 57 Grand Lodges. His work is in keeping with former produc~ tions, being well sprinkled with e'xtracts from the Journal exam~ ined, and well s.upplied with views and CQllnments of the writer. The

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J.\<Iissguri Journal for 1903 received conrteous attention, two pages being devoted to our work. The.committee complimented the prO!11ptness of this writ~r as Grand Secreta.ry ,in publishing and distributing the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Brother Schultz is always kind and courteous. Commenting on the' decision of the acting Grand lVlaster, Brother William F. Kuhn, that when a Brother has heen elected and installed a Master, at the conclusion of his term he is entitled to the term of Past Master, even though his service ,,,-as terminated by death. To this vie"v of the question 13rother Schultz dissente'rl, holding in order for a Master to acquire of Past 'Master he must continue in office for the full which he ,vas ele'cted. Referring toa matter presented report of last year where one ballot elected the candiDegrees., Brother Schultz said: uWe regard this as a I anI' pleased to record the commendation of and thinker as Brother Schultz. I am glad to note continued as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign 'rUO:\rIAS \VILLrA~I

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Baltimore, Grand Master.

Baltimore, Grand Secretary.

IN :MEMORIAl\:L

Since the foregoing records were made and published the venerable and greatly beloved Brother, Jacob H. Medairy, for forty years Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Maryland, has been called from labor to rest. I cannot allow the opportunity to pass without -giving expres'sion to the deep p~rsonal s,orrow felt at the departure ,of this most excellent citizen,Mason and Christian. His death is a personal loss to me. During a period of intense suffer'ing and en-forced confinenlent I was informed of a most destructive fire rag,ing in the city of Baltimore. A deep concern rested upon my mind resp"ecting fr.iends in that fated city. I limmediately dictated a letter to my dear friend and Brother, Medairy, making inquiries as to tbâ&#x201A;Ź safety of himself, family and business. To this' no reply came. Later I sent another letter, supposing that my former communicati,on had not reached him. ThiS' letter fell into the hands of Brother W. M. Isaac, Grand Secretary, who replied at ,once. I was startled 'and grieved at the intelligence conveyed by Brother Isaac, who informed. me that Brother Medairy had "died on the 4th of February, Âˇ.and 'was burie'c1 on Sunday afternoon while the fire was burning fiercely about three blocks from us." He als'o stated that the place

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of Brother Medairy was about a square from the li:p.e ·of the fire, and in no immediate danger at any time'. His residence was quite a distance off and out of the Hne of the fire. Add~tional sadness was connected \-vith the announcement made by Grand Secretary Isaac, "\vho stated that· the son and partne'r of Brother Medairy died . on rruesday after the father was buried. The. family, thus doubly bereaved,were:Gntitled to and have shared, no doubt, the genuine 'sympa.thies of the Craft of tlfeir home city and State. The Medairy fam'ily .grew Ulpon. me with the passing years, and no one ev'er. held a firmer grasp upon my better nature than the venerable and venerated Brother Jacob H. MedairY' I loved him deeply and tenderly. He was a lovely character and a most lovable man. One who knew whereof he affirmed wrote me of Brother Medairy, saying he "was too liberal to accumulate much property:' The Grand Lodge of Maryland did a noble thing when it pla,cetl the old veteran upon the retired list and gave him the position of "Grand Secretary Emeritus:' Of him I may say, as often in the past of others: by one they pass away-the Brothers of our adoption, the companions of our choice.» To his loved ones lingering here for a timE: the poet speaks: e

"Somew:here in the be\ckoning heavens, "Vhere theyknQV\'I' as theyareknowl1, Are empty arms above thee, That shall clasp thee as their own."

M ASSACH USETTS-1903. The Journal under review is made up of the Proceedings of quarterly and stated· Communication,s. .The· quarterly session was held in Masonic Tem.ple, Boston, December 9, 1903, and was presided over by M.W,. Bro. Baalis Sanford, Grand ,Master. R. W. Bro. Sereno D. Nickerson was Grand Secretary. There were present the usual number of Grand Officers and a number of Past Grand Officers. The Lodge representation was large,which could be ascertained by counting.

An Address of 17 pages· found place in the Journal, in· which· the Grand Master announced the d,eath of two members of the Grand Body. M. W. B~o. Samuel WeI lSI P. G. M., a beloved and highly

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esteemed member of the Grand Lodge,· died in Boston at the age of 67. He was said to have been 'a· man of wide experience, marked. ability and social excellence. lIe served as Grand Master for three terms, commencing in 1890. It is said that he fined the position with honor to hims~lf an'd great acceptability to the Brethren: Bvother William G. Allen, De,puty Grand Master of the Twentysev€·nth District~ a Brother respected and beloved by all, had passed $tway. As a physician he was genial and cheerful, a symp;athizing a.nd a welcolne presence in eve'ry l101us~~n(JUla• .A.d'dress of the Grand Master was made up of accounts of Inade, ceremonies performed, work done and spe,cial Oommuheld. Numerous warrants were iss:llled for special purHe reported one vis!t that must have been of rare interest, one-t..b01.1S~\ndth meetin;g of Monitor Lodge. He said el:/!el':c:iSE3S were of historical nature. I find incorporated in the Master a great many matters of importance Craft are usually reported by the Grand SecIn this part of the Grand Master's Address isfonnd the of various financial interests, such as the Charity Fund, a,mounting to $230,000, showing a net increase of about $10,000 for the,· year. He reported the Lodges at 236 'in the Jurisdiction, with a m,embe.rship of 45,170, eviden-cing an increase of 1,755. The report the Grand Tr'easurer shows an income, including the balance on 11andof $86,0'00. The outlay amounted to .about the same sum.. The report of the Board of Directo~s shows the value of their Temple property, land and building to he slomething over $1,000,000. The to1:,a1 indebtedness is $375,000. The electi·on of ,officers took place at session of the Grand IJodge. Their iustal1ation. ceremonies are on St. John's Day, the 27th of December. Grand Master Sanford was re-ele'cted; also Sereno D. Nickerson, Grand S·ecret.ary. Both reside in Bo'stan. i

8TA'l'ED COl\iMUNICATION.

The stated Communicati·on was· held in Masonic Temple, city' of

Bo.sten, on the 29th clay of December, 1903, for the purpose of instalGrand Officers. This is said to have been the one hundred and seve:ntieth anniversary. Follo,wing the installation of the GraJ}l(l ,elective a.nd·appointive, tlle. hGr"ndFeast" took place.. The V·}""""N:lI;l..lL:l:'~·· ~u,'U. .. was made by the(!ra~d Master, when all. prese~t jotaed in the sentiment .iE>roipOised as a.ppropriate to the oe(~a$~i0·Xl-·"'f'O the xnemoJJY Qf the :EJQ~yS:~ints Jon;n,. Ma:y their live's ~B.~;ljI)ira1Mon fOF us to foUoW and their examples our guidin.g i

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star." Then followed divers and sundry addresses by the Brethren, making it truly "a feast of reason and a flow of soul." The )ast sentiment proposed by the Grand Master was -offered to "The Fra~ ternity throughout the world whersoever dispersed. May health happiness and prosperity attend them always." At the close of their festivities all present that could sing joined. in rendering HAuld Lang Syne," after which the Grand Lodge was closed in a.mple form. No report onCorresp路ondence. BAALIS SANFORD, B,oston, Grand Master. SERENO D. NrCKgRSoN. Boston, Grand SecretarY. t

MICHIGAN-1904. The Sixtieth Annual Communication was held in the city of Lansing, commencing on the 26th day of January, 1904. PRESI~N'l'.

M. vV. Bro. Roscoe W. Broughton was Grand Master, and Most Worshipful Bro. Lou B. Winsor was Grand Secretary. An Addrs'ss of welcome was made and respo,nded to in eloquent terms. The illness of four Past Grand Masters was announced-Brothers Mitchell, Metcalf, Dunham and McMilla.n. 'I'he Grand Lodge by rising vote directed the Grand Secretary to forward to each of the Brethren tbe followIng message: "Every Brother here路 misses you, and sincerely prays for your speedy recovery." The Representatives of 385 Lodges out of the 390 on the roll were pres,ent, with fourteen Past Grand Masters, and Representatives of thirty-five slster Grand Lodges. Missouri was not remembered by its Representative, Brother W. S. Linton. The membership of the Jurisdiction is reported at 47,638, 'showing a gain of 2,344. ADDRESS.

A lengthy and able business p,aper was submitted by the Grand Master, covering 24 pages. In opening he said: "We have maintained our usual friendly relations with foreign 'jurisdictions. We have lived in peace and harmony with our Brethren at home. We have built new and larger temples. We have moved from the old into the new. We have grown in strength and numb'ers. We have thriven in every way beyond our expectations. Our reports

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show that this has been one of the most' prosperous years Michigan Masonry has ever known. It becomes us as we enter upon our deliberations to lift our hearts to the God of Masons in thanksgiving, and praise for the manifold blessings we have enjoyed." Speaking of the state of the Craft we find the following in his Address: "The body that meets here to路day, while it is' larger in numbers than the others, is a unit. Although composed of men of every politieal ~elief, there are to-day no political lines. Made np of men of every ealling, there are no s路elfish interests. Though we come from the cities, the villages~ the country, 'VIle are to-day of one mind. ForgettiIi'g all else, we C'0me to this, the Sixtieth "Commu.nicaiiion" in one 1I.:';"'1j"M,Jliif.1~'V1lil cause, the good of our beloved Fraternity. you the histor,l' the year that has since last . to report no no disturbanc,es, 110 contentions trifling ones arise even. among Brothers. Not 5erious 61tent nature has occurred to mar the peace trllaqttlIUy of onr Masonic lives." Address was occup,ied with mention of three IlJ:,embers of the Grand Lodge who had been called <h.u-ing the term. 'I'he Grand Secretary, Brother 8. Conover, died in April, 1908, after an illness of two Brother Conover was a distinguished citi~en, a prominent l\(.asola and an able Grand Lodge Officer, ha,ving served in office as Secretary for a ,term of twelve years. Hie had been Grand HighPrlest of the state, Grand Patron of the o. E. S.' and M. W., Gralll,d. Patron {.)f the General Grand Ohapter O. E. ~., United States. Master George H. 'Duranddi'ed in June, 1903, having ~een ele;cted Grand Master of that Grand Lodge in 1875. The record $ays tl7tat he died "one of the best loved M.asons in Michigan. M. W. Bro. Arthur M. Clark~P. G. M.,had served as Grand Lecturer Grand Master; holding office for twenty-three years. He waS well rewarded by the love of his Brethren; and for forty-five years his face was fa,miliar to every Re'presentative of the Grand Lodge. He died O'ctober 26, 1903, after a short illness. The Addr;ess of Grand Broughton is largely taken up with business 'matters 'of a 0.l1l~r.racter, 'such as 'fall to the lot of Grand Masters. The record j;J..t:l',""'VV,;:'I!":I!JUl'~, work in laying corner-stolle;s, dedication of halls, granting ef.:1Si,pe:nSEttt()t1S and other matteps.(lf millor i'mport.:fteferring th'eir n;scal affairs, the Grand Master 's,aid: "This Grand Lodge n.QW . im.' the best路 financial condition 'it' has ever 路enjo,yed." HeeviImten~lea to a wa.rd 'high honor and just praise to their deceased

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Granel Secretary along this as well as other lines. extract is offered in proof of this statement: GHAND

The followjng

SECI~ETAnY.

~'To Jefferson S. Conover belongs the credit at bringing the office of Grand Secretary to the high state of perfection it has attained in this Jurisdiction. His genius for system, his readiness to adopt new and inlproved methods, his路 attention to detaU, his kno\\i'ledge of Masonic la-w, his fanliliarity with the relations of foreign Jurisdictions, and above all his unflagging industry, made him one of the best Grand Secretaries in this country." Speaking of their Masonic Home~ he had the following to say:

.i"IASONIC HO:YIE.

';While I have not hGld the pleasure of Visiting the Masonie thi,s year, I have had occasion to learn from the friend-s and visitors of the beneficiaries that it is caring for the poor and distressed of our F'raternity in a manner to call forth the gratitude of every l\1:ason. I would not want to close the year without speaking this word of praise, for I think it is due the very efficient Superintendent and the Board of Control." A路 few official deeisions were reported which were so manifestly correct and proper tbat the Commi,ttee Jurisprudence could not do otherwise than affirm his findings.

GR<\ND SECRETARY.

rrheGrand Master appointed M.W. Bro. Lou B. Winsor, P.G. M.~ as the successor of their late GrandSecretary~ Brother Jefferson S. Conover. The report of this new officer very clearly evidences the 'wisdom of the Grand Master's appointment. His report was full a;td complete in every particular. He rep,orted a decided路 improvement in returns and Grand Lodge dues. The income for the year was reported at $26,324. The Grand Treasurer reported having handled about $37,000. From the Grand Secretary's report I take the following clipping, showing the prosperous condition of the Fraternity in that Grand Jurisdiction: "The past year has been an exceedingly prosperonsone for the Masonic fraternity of Michigan. Never. before were so many路 raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason in one year, and we record the largest net gain in the history of the Grand Lodge.

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Brother Lou B. Winsor, w'ho had been Grand Lecturer, submitted quite an interesting report. having served in that office up to May first, when he resigned to take the position of Grand Secretary. An extended report is furnisl1ed respecting the Masonic Home. I find that the Grand Lodge 111ade an appropriation of about $8,000 from the per capita tax. The expense per member of the Home family is about $3.50 per ,veek. The income from the funds fo'r the Home amounted to $12,000 per year; the disbursements something over leaving a reduced balanoe of something over $2,000. ' reports were rendered to t.he memories of Past Grand and George H.. Durand. The report presented Grandl\ilaster Frank T. Lodge in memory of Brother Jefferof special interest and of charming quality. The Michigan owes perhaps more to Brother Conover man Ii ving or dead. Of his long and efficient service a;s too much CQuld. not be said. All Grand Masters hhn during his term of office bear loving testimony fidelity and ability. It could be said of him as one said of ""~''''''U'''''Jl.J'''''''', "T1hat if all who loved him could bring to his funeral casket blossom he V\r ould sleep beneath a bed of roses." He has enjoyed and still enjoys that 'which is more desirable than flowers, the appreciation and affeetion of hi$ Brethren. Brother Frank 1\ Lodge, Chairman of the. Committee on the "Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico," which had asked for recognition, submitted an extended report, winding up with the conclusion that things are 'sltillmix~d in Mexico, and asked that the subject be laid oyer for another year and referred to a new committee with instructions to report at the next session. Varied and, extended business matters claimed the attention' of the Grand Lodge during its session other than those already noticed. At the clos,eof the session a Pas't Grand Master's je"rel was presented to M. W. Bro. RoscoeW. Broughton,retiring Grand Master, voted him by the Grand Lodge. The record says that the recipient responded in a way which furtherengrafted him in the hearts of his Brethren. (~OHHESPONDENCE.

M. W. 'Bro. Lou B.路 vVinsor, Grand Secretary, served as Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence and presented a report covering 270 pages, in which he reviewed the Proceedings of 64 Grand Lodges, a number being examined路 for two years. The review is largely 0riginal, being 'v ell supplied, however ~ with appropriations from the t'ransactions examined. It路 is a well-arranged and judiciously pre-

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pa.red dOCUnl€Ut. Our Missouri Journal for 1903 received very courteous treatment, five pages being accord,ed our doings. Everything deserving of noti<~e received due consideration, appropriations being made .from the acting Grand Master's addr~ss, embracing his circular, 'which he had sent to the Lodges for the purpose of correcting certain abuses that· had grown up in the Lodges. A very kind notice was given to our lVlasonic Home,which appeared to Brother Windsor to be in a most admirable condition. Referring to my report on Correspond.ence Brother "Vinsor is of the,; opinion that I do not own a pair of scissors. Replying to this expression, I have to say that for many years past I have not :used scissors and paste, but in preparing report for the present year I· am placed under the und~sirable necessity of using clippings as never before; but hope for restored health and future vigor for my life work. . FI.ETCHJ:l~H E. ·TUH:RELL, Bellaire, Grand Master. Lou B. WINSOR, Reed City, Grand Sec'yand Com. on Cor·ce.

MINNESOTA-1904. Fifty-First A.nnual Communication was held in the Masonic Hall in the city of St. Paul, comlnencing on the 20th day of January, 1904. The record says that "All of the Grand Officers were present. Dur,ing the session 223 Lodges were represented out of the 239 on the roll." The Grand l\ilaster, M. W. Bro. Henry R. Adams, opened the session and presided, assisted by the other Grand Officers. R. W. Brother Thomas Montgom,ery, Granel Secretary, was present, and as Chairman of the Committee on Credentials, rep:erted the pres·ence of "ten Past Grand Masters, otller Past Grand Officers and Representatives from 42 sIster Grand Lodges." Missouri was honored by her Representative, Brother William A. IV[cGonagle, who is the present Grand lVra~ter. In the 239 Lodgos'on the roll there is a rep,orted membership of 19,474. This evidences a gain of nearly 1,000 during the term. ADDRESS.

An Address of sixt.een pages was submitted by the Grand Master. It contains a chaste and poetic opening,which was followed bya tribute to the Honored Dead of theJurisdiction.M. W. Bro. Royal H.. Goy-e, P. G. M., and 'William T. Rigby,. ]>'ast Deputy Grand Master, had passed away during the term Tbe Grand Master had sent' out

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printed circular containing historical sketches of these deceased Brethren Respecting the Dlembers of the Jurisdiction who had died we quote the following poetic reference to that subject: "In the year that has passed 259 of our beloved Brethren of this Grand Jurisdiction have wandered upon the sheU~1ined beach and drunk in the music of the waves that brealr upon eternity's shore." rrhe Grand Master reported the constitution of· eleven Lodges, "which had received Charters at the last annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. He created three Lodges during his term of office were duly chartered by the Grand Lodge. He stated his message that are in cordial and fraternal sister Grand JuriSiwctions." of the 'Lodges in th,e Jurisdiction had been made Master, and he had been received with expressions of ." kind hospitality and Brotherly Love. M.ASONIC I-lOME.

last -session, of the Grand Lodge the question was asked, we need a Masonic Hom-e?" It was stated that some of the had responded "Yes;" but a large majority had voted in the The Committee on Masonic Home submitted a lengthy repol't" presenting a summary of operations gleaned from the history of various Homes in the Grand Jurisdictions of this country. After many details along this line the committee sl8.id that it was not deemed necessary to discuss the subje:ct at greater length. In view of light· vote both in number of Lodges and the small percentage repllresenting the memibershlip the committee thought it might wash its hands of res,ponsibility and recommended that the whole subject be indefinitely postponed; but concluded that it was not, wise to take tl1at course. A paper was submitted 'by Past Grand M'asterG.S. from whieh I clip the foH(~wing resolution: it, therefore ResOl'l,ecl, 1'hat proper measures be ta.ken to such organization at the earliest . moment, and to that end, That the incoming Grand Master appoint a committee of nine Master Masons, w:Ja;Qse duty it shall De to organize a corporation under the. laws of this· St~te for thepur~ of·. aiding this Grand .Lodge in the~ccomplishment·of sll.cn pro-

•••.kGBS()!/v,ecl,.

(t.()n~lsting

That it shall be the duty of said committee arti'cles of incorporatio,npr'():vid·i.ng, a.mong other· things

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necessary to the accomplishment of this purpose, a plan for raIsIng and accumulating a fund through voluntary' contributions, bequests,

honorary me,mbership, both of Lodges and individual,entertainments and through and by such other means as to ~he committee may seeln meet and proper. "Reso['ved Ftt1"iher, That the committee so named by the Grand Master shall cons,Utute the first Board of Trustees of said organization, and shall hold their said office until the next meeting of the Grand Lodge, at which time their successors shall be selected." Consideration of these resolutions was postponed until the following, when the subject was taken up and discussed at very great length, sho\ving a diversity of views on the part of the Brethren~ and finally a motion was made to indefinitely postpone, which carried by a decided majority. Thus "no Masonic Homen may written in large letters in the record's of Minnesota Masonry. eoncluding my review of the Grand Master's Address I want to an expression of appreciation of his merit as a Grand Officer, and present nlY congra.tulations to him for the beautiful poetic manifesta~ions, w'hich appear as so many grace notes in the d'9cument. ORATION.

The Grand Orator, Brother John C.Bennett, delivered an oration of eleven pages, small type'. The record says. that it was an interesting oration, holding his audience "spellbound for over half an hour." Our Brethren of Minnesota, vy.i~h the Grand Master and Grand Orator, seem to be happily endowed with poetic fire and sweeten their labors with the spirdt of po~y. GRAND

·rREASlTRl'JI~.

The report of the Grand Treasurer is found in the Journal, showThe alnount on hand after disbufselnents footed up some $12,000. The Grand Secretary, Brother Thomas Montgomery, submitted his report, stating that the Fraternity had had ~prosperous y€ar so far as an increase in memhership, was concerned~ although tht' gain was' not so large as last year. Returns had been received from all Lodges, from which had been gleaned full statistical information. He said that the Grand Lodge Register is fully posted to date,. not including the returns for 1903, just received. He said it is filled to almost its full capacity, and another will soon be requir;ed. If Brother Montgomery will allow me to suggest that renewing Registers every time those ing that he had handled cash am·ounting to $20,000.

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on hand are filled up will be found to be a troublesome and expensive business. I escaped that several years ago after registering over 30,000 names by adopting the Card Register System, which I can reoommend as far prefera.ble to a 'Grand Lodge Book Register. FINANCE.

The finances of the Grand. Lodge were reported by the Grand showing the income froim all sources and the disburse-

During the session the路 Grand Lodge of "W,estern Ausduly recognized and welcomed into the family of Grand

world. CO:M:rI. I~{IDNTARY.

the session a resolution was adopted recognizing the valof one of the members of the Grand Lodge, Brother R. IVfetcalf, who had done eminent s,ervice to the Grand Lodge organizing the Masonic 'Veteran Association; and services renin securing and making the Bemi-Centenntal Anniversary of that Grand Lodge a great success. The proposition was made and earried that Brother Metcalf be made a peTmanent member of the Grand Lodge, with portrait of the. Brother and sketch of his life to be printed in the Proceedings of this s,ession. Brother Metcalf, reply"ing .to this fraternal expression of his Brethren, notified the Grand Secretary that there was no reason why the Grand Lodge should be put to such useless trouble and expense and declined the proposed tribute. CORRESPONDENCE.

"Brother Irving Todd for the committee" furnished the report 'Of the year, covering 100 pages embodying notices of fifty-seven' Grand路 I..Jodge journals. The review路 is largely written, and the reader favored with occasional extracts from the P~oceedings examined, makillg the production well worth reading. Missouri for 1903 reeeived two pages in the way of courtesy, in which the various points of intere.st recelv,ed due consideration. T'he report of this writer on Correspondence wa.s alluded to and an extract made therefr&m. Quoting. my reference to the death of their Grand Master, Brother J. C. ]3JJac1:en, 'in 1877, Brother Todd s'aid: "The old members of our Grand Lodge also well remember the circumstance above referred to, and remember the aots of kindn,ess at the路 hands .of "the MissQuriand Texa,s Brethren reported at'the session following Brother Br,aG!'en"'s G. L. Ap.-5.

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death." As heretofore stated our Representative near the Grand Lodge of Minnes,ota, M. W. Bro. William A. McGonagle, of Duluth, is present Grand Master. TH:OMAS MONTGOMERY, St. Paul, Grand Secretary. IRVING TODD, Hastings, Com. on Correspondence.

M ISSISSI PPI--1904. trhe Eighty-Sixth Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge was held in the city of Greenville, commencing on the 18th of F'eh~ ruarr, 1904. Four month's thereafter I received a beautifully up volume of proceedings embracing some 250 p路ages of matter. record contains the proeeedings of several special communication;s, held for the purpose of laying corner~s.tones of Churches, and dedication of Halls. At these meetings the Grand Brother Emmet N. Thomas, presided and conducted the ceremoni,es, as also he was present with other Grand Officers at the session Greenville. The record shows the presence' of eleven P'a'st Grand M,asters and Representatives of 259 out of the 298 Lodges in tbte Jurisdiction. M. "\V. Bro. Frederic Speed, the efficient Grand SeicretarY,was on hand, and a very live Grand Officer he is. Indee'd, he has always been a leading and able factor in that Grand Lodge. He informs us that the membership in the Jurisdiction ~mounts to ll,457,indic3Jting a v.ery small g.ain. Judging from his "Statistical Sum,mary" one must conclude thatM!asonry has not made material progress in Mississippi during passing years. T'he statement is found in his repOrrt that "The higheisttotal membership" was in 1870, thirty-t.hree years ago, when tn'ete more' members than now. """-JV'''-L.L \".lt4VU,ili:J'li;,I,Q

WELOOME.

A lengthy welcome waS maQe',.to the Grand Lodge, and a more lengthy response was given' by, the Senior Grand Warden. From the two speeches I must conclude Q,<>d.y was very welcome, realizing the meaning of the words, w:ell to come."

A brief address-nine pages-wa.s !>,;p'esented by Grand Master rrhomas, evidencing the buisnesisqnalitiesposs,essed by him,as, he

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wasted no time in a display of the superfluous. From· the opening statement it is found that the' condition of the· Craft in the .Jurisdiction is excellently gratifying. DEATHS.

Two Past Grand Masters had been cut down ,by the all~devouring scythe of time. The Grand. Master made mention of. their loss· as foUows:

"This Jurisdiction has suff-ered greatly in the loss of Past Grand L. Spinks, the most skillful workman of them all, and Master John Riley, lovable, gentle, good ,and true. There who had not arrived at the M,asoIl.ic excellenee these'·'ifttwo attained, but they are good, true and useful, they will be by their Lodges, and their grief-stricken loved ones consoled by any words that we may use, for we cannot their loved ones into the sacred confines of human sorrow. commend the·m to the care and protection of Him who things well."

Conoerning Brother Riley, P. G. M., the same committee said: uFor a third of a century Brother Riley had been the most influenconspi cuo~s' Mason in Centr(tl MIssissippi, and.·· his. superior n'lerit.s were recognized by the Crat~,iW~QhoIH)rce~lhim. wtth prominent offices" including the office of <..jra;nd Master. He. was eleGtad Master· to. the year 1890 andfUled . 'th~ place in his usual mild, pleasant manner, with hOl1..9r.tQ ;b.imsielf and profit to the

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THE AFFLICTED.

The following is transferred in its entirety from the record, showinghow sickness and de.ath had touched the loved and honored of the Grand Lodge: PAS'l' GRAND MAs'rER BARKLEY.

Hrrhe serious illness of Past Grand Master Andrew H. Barkley at his home at Crawford having been announced, the Grand Lodge stood while Past Grand Master Irving Miller off·ered prayer for his recovery. "Upon motion, it was ordered that the Grand Secretary inform Most Worshipful Brother Barkley of its prayers for his recovery to health and warmest sympathies, which was accordingly done at once. P ASrp .DEP{J'ry GRAND l\:IASTER WILLIAl\tf WALKER.

ItThe death of Past Grand Master William B. Walker 011 the while en route from Jaekson to his home in Aberdeen, having ann·ounced, the Grand Lodge stood while Worshipful Brother A. C. Lowe offered the following, which was unanimously adopted: HWhe1~ea8, The Supreme Architect of the uniyerSe has been pleased to call from his earthly labors our beloved Brother vVilliam B. Walker, Past Deputy Grand Master; therefore, he it "I~e8olved, That this Grand Lodge express the profound sorrow it feels in the passing away of, one 'Who was :a true Mas·on, a loyal friend and a z,ealous worker for the good of Masonry and for the interests, or his State; HT'b.$tthe Grand Secretary telegraph the sympathy and· condolence of the Grand Lodge to Mrs. Walker. "In compliance with the foregoing· order of the Grand Lodge the Grand Secretary at once sent to Mrs. Walk-er a telegram expressing the sympathy· of the Grand. LodgE;\ in the dark hour· of her affliction and tendering its sincere condolence.. MOST WORSRIP}"'UL BROTBER PHINEAS M. tsA,VERY.

IClt was announced that Most Worshipful Brother Phineas M. Savery, who was SUddenly strickellwifh a severe nlne~s while assisting ·in conferring a Masonic e:egree .outhe p:revious evening, was thought to have safely pass!ed .• the .~:t'itical.!period of his inness and that he might be able to, attendla.¢ersessions of the Grand Lodge, i

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when, upon motion, the Grand Lodge expressed its gratification, together with the hope t.hat the promise of recovery might be fulfilled." I was greatly distressed on reading the statement as to the condition of Brother Barkley, but am hopeful and much enheartened by the fact that his name appears as Committee on Correspondence for the year 1905. I can truly sympathiz,e with this dear Brother, having for five long months suffered. the deepest a..ffi.ictiou, being mncb of the time at the margin of the silent river, with the crossing· close at hand. But I can utter a sentiment in which I know my esteemed friend and Brother Barkley win join: "Out of all the" lJOrd

Hath brought me

His Love,

still He doth help afford, And hides my life above."

Thomas, reported havin,g created three Lodges U. in numerous instances, made quite a large visits, granted speci'al privileges to Lodges to set aside outside of statutory ;provision. In all the Lodges addresses and received everywhere, the greatestcourThe Ad,dressconcludes with a very 'Proper and generous tribbtis Grand Secretary as ·f,ollowsi: eannGtconclude this A.ddress wi(tbout again expressing my d'eep gr~titud€ to Grand Secretary Speed riOT the very valuahle assistance riena:ered me. Looking baok over the la:bor.s of the year, I cannot ~bow it w,ould have been possible for me to have acceptably dis· e:Barged the duties of this high offioe without his valuable assistance." GRAND SECBE1'ARY.

M. W. Bro. Speed, P. G.M., and present Grand Secretary, is a ma,ster workman in any department of Masonry. He has proved his ,to such title in many ways.,Whlle Gran1d Ma:steir, afterwards "Law Officer of the Crown," andno;w as Grand Secretary, be holds a place in the temple of MasoIllcthought and appreciation. 'His re:f.)i().rt is a model of excellence. It contains in cand,en'sed form matof nlore than ordinary import: to the Craft. He recommended concerning the HTen~¥ne Limit~" and the change propors!~d. by him was mad·e upon the re~ommendation of a committee. TEN-MILE LIMIT. ~(The

number of new towns and Ciities springing up over the· State to new lines of travel peiB.gc"o~$tructedhas caused thie (ira,lpic:l

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Lodge, in a nunt'ber of instances, to suspend the operation of Section 35 of the' Statutes, and to permit new Lodges to be established within less than ten miles of an already existing one. In the past year the MoStt Worshipful, the Grand Master, has been compelled to deny petitions for two new Lodges, because under this section the Grand Lodg,e alone has power to permit a new Lodge to he established within less than ten ,miles of an existing Lodge, and at least one such petition win be presented to ~ou at the presentCommunication. T'he ,fiscal details furnished by Brother Speed are qutte extensive. He gets up a first-clas's! Journal of Procel3dings. H

STATE OF THE GRAFT. ~""'rom a report by the committee on this interest it is learned "the condition of I,odges generally has not in any way deteriorated since our last Communication. ,Peace and harmony exist very generally, and the attendance on the regular meetings of Lodges is very fine."

:M:ASONIC I-IOME.

A resolution was adopted "appropriating $500 to the Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home Fund." CLOSING.

The Grand Lodge was closed in a manner rather unique and not usual among t;he Grand Bodies of the land. UNo further business appearing, the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master, requested Past GrandMaster Frederic Speed to close the Grand Lodge. The Fraternal Chain was 'formed, and while the Brethren stood with clasped hand'S", Brother, Speed re'mind~d them that, it could never again be formed,,路 for the last sum,mons would ,doubtless come to some who stood wftbin thart Mystic Circle before the Grand I..Iodge would be opene.d~gain. There were to-d,ay missing links in the chain, and from it the Re,ape.r had gathered into the harev.est field of death some BreU:l,re;n whom we all knew and loved. John Riley and John Lloyd Spinks are not here to-daY,and the hands which clas1ped ours in this Fraternai.f <Dhaill a ye.ar ago, now lie upon breasts in which t~ere aren.Qhea:rt$be~ti:ng." CORRESPO:r\DENOE.

The doings of. sixty-five Grand :Bo!d.~eswerep,assedupon by M.,W. Bro. A. H. Barkley, "Reporter for MiSiSi.ssiilpi/'ina review of ninety

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pages. Time and health are lacking to do justice to the excellent report of Brother Barkley. It is made up in g,ood proportion of extracts from proceedings revie"\ved, accompanied with appropriate remarks. It was completed in L1€:cember, 1903. The session of the Grand Lodge was held some months afterward. Hence I find no evidence ,of the failure of health or giving down of vital powers re· at the session. He treated Missouri Journal of 1903 cleverly, gi.ving us full pages of hi'S limited s,paee. His reference to our John C. Yocum, Gran1 Master, w"ho died in office, Tile' Missouri cammi ttee offers very sincere the death of M. W. Brother Yocum his de€ply bereaved Sll,:~fe]rlnig widow has been called to her reward, and we hope has and lost" amid tbe glories of that land of light the je'weled gates. Quite' a lengthy extract was oration of Brother Southern, our Grand Orator. This. pardoned by those who kno'w him 'for making the 1nilo'1IIi'in.f! excerpt from the report of Brother Barkley: CORRESPONDENOE.

"This is the work of our worthy' and ,highly esteem,ed friend and Brother, M. W. John D. Vinci!, Ohairmanof the committee and Gra-rid Secretary of the Grand Lodge. The repo-rt coyers 176 pages, and is one of the most instructive and valuable pr()ductions that has . been placed in our hands. vVe always look f·orward to. its 'coming with pleasure and delight, nor have w,e been disappointed in the least in the one before us. We learned to love Brother Vinci! years ago., and each succeeding y·ear has added to the strength of ?ur I .a,ppropri.ate the prayer offered by him in my behalf and app!y it to hIm, tha.t he "may long live to perform the work of Correspon.. TI-I6M1t~1iUPTON, WiU01'J.a., Grand Master. FREDERIC S.J.>EED,

A. H.

Vicks:Ourg, Grand Secretary. on Correspond,enee.

BA.RKLEY, O.ra,w~():rd, Com.

Thirty-Ninth Communicatio;n was held at Masonic" Temple of Helena, Septembe.r 16)i·.1.·9a~,andwas presided.overb~, FrankE.. Smith~Granld~asterl whos,eli.keness .~races 1!'i""~;T\.i\.i'vU.,I;""'i~,..., asa frontispiece. .•.~~ . .• look$ple~8antr •just .like any,

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other good-looking member of the Smith family. M. W. Bro. Cornelius Hedge,s, Grand Secretary, was at his post, and reported verbally that every Lodge in the jurisdiction had made returns and paid dues. From his recapitulation it is gathered that there were forty-six Lodges repres'ented out of forty-nine on the roll. Twentyone representatives of sister Grand Lodges were in attendance, with ten Past Gra,nd Masters. ADDRESS.

An Add!ess of nledihm length and clever ability came from Grand Master Smith. He opened thus: "Rich have been the blessings meted out to us during the just passed. Our country is prosperous, our people happy as before. "rEhe sante happy conditions apparent in public affairs are true of Masonic aff.airs in the Grand Jurisniction of Montana, and I believe wherever the Craft is disperBed throughout the world." I)eath that comes to all had taken from their ranks one of the Past Grand Masters of the Jurlsdjction-Brother Charles H. Gould. He had lived a stirring and eventful life. This is the testimony given by Grand Master Slnith, who said : ('This. Grand Lodge hassnffered a great loss, and his place will never be filled in our hearts." Brother Gould was elected Grand Master of Masons i'n Montana in 1896. His record waS' quite extended and repre,sentative in the besot sense of the word. Of him the Grand Master said this: "H路e was a man of noble instincts, high thoughts and grand aspi. rations. Hcnesty and integrity characterized his every action. The purity of his life is his grandest monument. The lips that s.o often and so eloquently called us from refreshment to labor are forever stilled. (The silver cord is loosed, and the golden bowl is broken and the spirit, has returned to God who gave it.' "

'rhe Address contains business matters of a local sort, such as ]aying of corner,;stones, visits made, dispensations granted, decisions rendered and other nlatters of interest to the Craft in Montana. Respecting official visits made, he said: "We only fully appreciate the geographical greatness of Montana when w,e have to traverse it. I find myself ina posjtion to fully realize 路this every time I have to travel a hundred miles by stage to reach the railroad as my initial point from which to take the long railroad trips necessary to reach any point where there is a lodge.

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I have spent four weeks of time, stolen from arduous professional duties. in visiting twenty lodges. RF.CO~I!\'rENDAl'IOXS.

"I recommend that the office of Grand Lecturer be re-created; that the same become an appointive office~ and the Grand Master be authorized to appoint him as other appointive officers are selected; a suitable compensation be paid him for six months, and that such office become an unsalaried office, except that some by which his services could be had when special recommend that some plan for the re路publication be ado路pted, as the supply is exhausted, and the eOInp:Ue]~s do not feel that they can undertake the work on

responsibility." :\f ASONIC HOME.

This subject was treated briefly, as follows: "One of the dearest projects for many years has been theestabHshr.nent of a home for aged, indigent and infirm Masons,otheir wives, widow-s and orphans. "For a number of years we have been slowly accumulating a fund for this purp路ose, but the great expense of purchasing, building and fitting up such a honle, and the large expense of maintaining it after its establishment, mad'e it a matter of hope for the future rather than a present fact. "Something more than a year ago Brother David Auchard, a member of Ifelena l.todge No.3, died, leaving the greater portion of his estate to this Grand Lodge. for this purpose, and designating the Grand Master as the executor of his will. Unde'! the law the widow of the deceased is entitled to one-half of the estate. Under an arrangement Inacle byP. G. M. Edward C. Day, who repre'sents the Grand Lodge in this matter, and deeming it for the best interests of this Grand Lodge, we relinquished our right to the administration of this estate in favor of the widow. The administration will probably be se,ttled up and distributi.on nlade by next December. We are informed that the portion falling to the Masonic Home Fund will probably reach nearly $100,000. If this is true, the means路 for carrytng out our cherished project are at hand,and we will have adequate means to estahlish a Home and to maintain it/' This places the question of a Masonic Home far in advance of any

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forluer expectation or hop'e. Success to our Brethren and their proposed enterprise. GRA:L'D SECRETARY.

Our good friend and Brother Cornelius Hedge'S, Past Grand Master and present Grand Seeretary s~ill holds the fort, though, like this writer, he had during the year, "on aceount of long and wellnigh fatal illness," been greatly hindered in the work of his office. A trip away from care and lrubor had "benefited both health and spirits." I cannot say so much., as my trip' for similar purposes resulted in a "well-nigh fatal illness," far away from home and loved ones. I exten d hearty sympathy to B路rother Hedges, knowing full well what it is to suffer, but can say:

"Afflictions, though they seem 'severe, Are oft in mercy senlt."

The report of Brother Hedges, though 'brief, was businesslike,as usual, and wound up by saying that, "In the matter of returns dueE, the Lodges have outdone themselves." Hi'S financial showing is good and indicates a healthy condition -on this line. The Grand Treasurer had a fair cash balance on hand, and reported "Masonic Home Fund" amounting to nearly twenty thousand dlollars. This, with the amount already in sight from the Auchard e,state, enhances the prospe,ct of a Home very greatly. A committee of five was created with powers given to acquire the administration of a Home, and to sell, lease, rent or otherwise dispose of the interest bequeathed under the will of the late Brother David Anchard. CORHESPONDENCE.

A well prepared (all written) report amounting to 136 pages was made by our veteran friend 'and fellow sufferer, M. W. Bro. Cornelius Hedges. It is up to and 路equals in merit former productions, even though "a long and well-nigh fatal sickness was the cause of a distressing delay" ili bringing Qut the Proceedings of his Grand Lodge. A'bout the usual space isas'Signed each of the Journals reviewed, all receiving most fraternal attention. Mis1s'ouri comes in for her share of kind consideratilon from the Montana Oommittee. Brother Hedges will un.derstand "how it is himself," and not expect much from thiscommitteejnst now out of 4a five-months' siege of suffering and far froID well yet. I ,canntOt do justice to

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any part of U1Y undertaking, in reviewing the Proceedings in hand. Am so glad to be alive that I have pressed into :service enfeebled energies that should be e,xempt aUrd taking a furlough. Brother Hedges gave Missouri for 1902 full three pages of his space, opening vtith mlost grateful compliments to this Grand. Secretary for prompt路 ness in publishing the Grand Lodge Proceedings received by him in. some two '~"eeks after the close of our session. He noted with som,e ~surprise that 200 Lodges should not be represented at our session, ",-hen it is kllio,\vn that reduced mileage and hotel rate,s are secured. with mileage and per diem paid representatives. Speaking Home, Brother Hedges said: has grown in favor and means ofsU'p.port and to the Masons of J!ii,1]ssouri. Its beneficent misbeing recognized by well-to-do brethren who.are dispose of their property, Vilhell" they are dlone with it, the nl0st good. J.\.lontana has already found one which insures us a Home at no distant day." the same view as this writer respecting the so-called Bunding/~ as seen in this excerpt : Graud Lodge appropria:ted$2,OOO for 'a Fraternity Buildthe great Fair next year, but we have heard of but one other Grand I.Jodge that has done anything to assist, and we apprehend that the scheme will fail. No one who attend'S the Fair will want to stop liang in one place, and the meeting of several fraternIties in one building will hardly suit either one." It would have been far better to have donated the af,oresai'd sunl to our Masonic Home. Brother Hedges has as little use for the liquor selling business as a Mason in Missouri, who caused the saloon fraternity and friends 'so much unhappiness nearly twenty years ago. That Mason has been persona non grata. ever since with such, and they hav~ never even remembered him in their prayers. Still he lives. Hear BTother Hedges: 'tThere are 'special reasons for war on saloons, rOlr they are the most demoralizing centers in every community. The Englishman's spelling of the wlord throw1s light upon the institution. .He said it was spelled with a t'hess , a hay, a hell two hoes and a hen." It is hell in t~e center sure enough, and the miserable habit of treating snpports them. Liquors are like fire, a good servant, but路 a mighty poor master, and the saloon, is the last place on earth where a brother can learn to subdue his passions." 1

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CON CLUSION.

Brother Hedges concluded his notice of M'issouri thus: "Since \"VTiting our last report we have spent some time in the borde,rland of the grave and the net result has made us more liberal and chariltable than ever. For ,some of the trifles over which Brethren gr1o,v so hot in contention we care little, and we think them not worth the fus'S and fight. Masonry has a soul as weU as a body, and the main part, as in man, is the soul." H. S. HEPNER, Helena, Grand Master. CORNELIUS HEDGES, Helena, Grand Secretary"

NEBRASKA-1903. The Forty~sixth Annual Communication assembled in FreeMasons' Hall, Omaha, June 3, 1903. M. W. Bro. Nathaniel M. Ayres, was Grand l'r!aster; R. W. Bro. Francis E. vVhite, Grand Secretary, and other Grand Officers were present. The record says there were "Representatives frnm 231 of the 233 Chartered Lodges in the Jurisdiction." ADDRESS.

The Granel Master furnished an Address covering s,eventeen pages. He stated in opening that in assuming the respons,ibilities of office the year before, he did not feel competent to discharge the functions of that high station. While ackno,\vledging hi~ insufficiency for the work~ he made ve,ry good proof of his earnestness and willingness to do his whole duty. CONDITION

OF THE CRAFT.

The statem路ent is found in the A.ddress that "Freemasonry is: generally prosperous throughout this Grand Jurisdiction." He stated that there had been an incre'ase of 500 members, whlch was a larger gain than in any previous y路ear of their history. The Addre路ss was made up of a general rehearsal of business matters. entirely local, an.d without interest to the gen,eral reader. DECISIONS.

Nineteen official ruHngs were repoflted and passed through the critical mill of Jurisprudence, twelve of them being approved and

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the balance not. The committee seenled quite well dis!posed toward the Grand Master by preventing official rulings to become law tha,t were not in keeping with their standards of Jurisprudence. The GrandMaster reported the constitution of new Lodges that had been previously chartered, the laying of cornerstones, dedications, and misceHaneon8 matters of various kinds were duly chronicled. 3

RECOThf:\IENDATIOj';l;S.

of recommendations ~路ere deemed necessary to be preGrand Lodge which were of local appHcation except QU~::Sl:tOn or the Flag. He had been asked whether it was proper to carry the American flag in procession. He anquestion in the affirmative with decided emphas1is. I sentiment that we should show our respect and pathe country in which 'w,e live by using its, flag on all occasions. I am not sure that carrying the United States draped ts the proper thing for a Masonic funeral. A resoluti-on was adopted dire'cting the Grand Secretary to purchase a Unite'd States flag of the proper size to be carried on all occasions when the Grand. Lodge shall appear as snch. A very practical and appropriate oommentary was made upon the subject of rotation in office. He stated very properly that many a good Master has been retirt.~dfrom office to make room for a successor totally unquaHfied for the station. Lack of capacity ,on the part Q,fsuch aspirant for Masonic honors does great harm to Lodges in many cases. Concluding my notice of the Address of the Grand Master, I note that it is a good, plain and' practical document. FINANCE.

The Grand Treasurer handled during the telrm some $'30,000. The Grand Secretary rep,orted income from dues amounting to $15,673. His report is a good business paper full of details. GRAND CUSTODIAN.

This officer shows that he has led aCtlye and busy life, having held 334 sessions of Schools of Instruction. This Grand Lodge has a rule of granting a rebate for all Lodges that fOiWIard returns and pajT dues by a s'pecified time. General accuracy and promptness in performing these duties enter into the requirements to s路ecure the rebate. The amount of money thus returnod to the Lodges is some-

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thing over $3,000. There is an oration printed in the Journal covering eight pages. It was deemed of sufficient merit by the Grand Lodge to be published. Said oy,ation was deli¥ered by Brother Roscoe Pound. The Committee on W'ays and Means made a report appropriating Uttle over $13,000. The Grand Lodge closed with tendering its thanks to Grand Maste,r Ayers' for his faithfulness and the able manner in which he had presided over the Craft during the past year. MASONIC HOl\'IE.

The following 'Statement is placed before the reader for the purpose of showing the proposed action of the Grand Lodge of N e· braska in respect to this institution: "Past Grand Master Lininger, President oif the Nebraska

s,onic Home, made a statement in regard to the prospects of starting a home in N,e·braska, saying that unless s.omething unforeseen happened, a Mas10nic lfome would be provid,ed for in thirty Of sixty days,; and offered to give the Brethren any information in regard to the further plans of the. T'rustees. He further stated that· if there . wa:s no objection offered, he would take it for granted that it was the sense of the Grand Lodge that the Trustees should proceed with the work of starting a home." CORRESPONDENCE.

M. W.. Bro. Charles J. Phelps, P. G. M., prepared the re·port on Corresponden1ce, covering some 96 pages, with Stome extracts from the Journals examiued, together with much original matter. Our· Missouri .Prproceedings for 1902 received the attention of the committee to the extent of three pages. The administration of Grand Master Finaginwere .briefiy scanned and the doings of Brother Yocum, Acting Grand Master, were carefully noted.. Appropriations w·ere made of other matter in the form of extracts, and the review closed with brief referen'ce to the report of this Committee on Correspondence. FRANK E. BtlT.lLARD, North Platte, GrandMaster. FRANCIS E. WHITE, Omaha, Grand Secre.tary.

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NEVADA-1903. The Thirty-nint~ Annual COIDunication .was held in Masonic Hall, Virginia City, commencing June 9, 1903. M. v.,,r. Bro. A. O. Percy was Grand Master, and C. M. Noteware,Grand Secretary, and other grand officers and -representatives of eighteen Lodges were in attendanc:e. AnDRESS.

An Address of nine pages vyras furnj,shed by the Grand Master. his opening I make the following appropriation:

representatives of the Silver State, Ibid you our last Communication, Masonry's. star has blosgloriously in the eternal :fi;elds of Light that lie around r'O~)tst()()l of their Creator. From. every Jurisdiction, the world tidings of advan,eement. Here, at home, the, same is Masonically manifest, whiIein the material twenty years has Nevada's outlook been more· brilThe following was furnished concerning tw,o deceas1ed Past Grand Ma,sters: NEOROLOGY.

"In our Jurisdiction we are oalleu upon to mourn the loss by of our dearlybelov,ed M. W. Bro. Albert'La,ckey, Past Grand who di:ed Aug. 15, 1902; and M.. W. Bro. Henry L. F1'sh, Past Master, who died Oct. 21, 1902. I have app,ointed a Comon Memorial in each of the above cases whose reports will undoubtedly set forth the eminent qualities of those aearly be~oved brethren~ We, also mourn the ,Jo~s of twenty~nine members r~»:()rted by the.. con§.~i~\lent, Lodges.." Address is made. up of ··local business affairs, not claiBJ4ing here. He had granted . Dispensations to re-ballot on petitions in two cases. N,c)' decis-i,O'ns were reported. Divers sundry invitations had been extended to .the Gran·d Master, of which had been accepted. The Grand Master .recom.. i.n his Address the prepla~tion of a Monitor for the use of This recolmm.end-atiOll ··wa..s sUibsequentlyapproved by Gran'd Lodge. U'lJon his reoommendation .half.. t one portrEl.i~ ordered to be pUbli.ghed~intlleProceedingsof their Gl'iand Br,other C. Ntoteware,8;Bd. thedeceaged Past Grand. Mas-

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ters Albert Lackey and Henry L. F,ish. The statement is found in the Address that Peace and Harmony prevailed and that the reports showed a very prosperous' year with an increa;sed me'mbel~ship in excess of any former year. CONDrfION OF THE CRAFT.

The following extract from the Address will show the state of the Fraternity in that Jurisdiction: "It affords me great pleasure to report that the, constituent Lodge,s are ina fairly prosperous condition; that they have performed more 'work, and although the lo.s8 by death' and dimissions has been quite large, still the net gains are much larger than for many years. Lodges that have been conparatively dormant have taken ,on activity and added. materially to their membership, and, above all, that perfect harmony prevails in their internal affairs~ that in thelr intercourse with each other as members they are mindful of the three great tenets olf a Mason's profession, Brotherl}' Love, Relief and Truth,and as a cOllsequenc.e the needy and distressed of their members are afford,ed a ready relief." The Grand 'l'rea,surer reported funds in his hands amounting 'something over $3,000. The Grand Secretary reported that all the annual.returns had been received with Grand Lodge dues, promptly paid. TWIO new Lodges which had b~en created U. D. were granted C,harters this session.. The appeal of Brother Noah M. Givan,路 President of the World's Fair Fraternal Building Association, was rep;orted .on favorably, but ~n account of limit.ed finances, no contributions were made. The Committee on Correspondence reported recommending the recognition of the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico and the establishment of fraternal relations between the two hodieee This report was adopted. During the session the representatives from sister Grand Lodges were formally received by the Grand Master. Brother C. N..Noteware, Grand Secretary, "stood up" for the Grand Lodge of Missouri. CORRESPONDENCE.

A report embracing eighty-five pag-es was submitted by Brother It was a well prepared report, largely written. Our Missouri J,ournal for 1902 re'caived a .little over a page 'fro~' the committee. It embraced a notice of the add,reSIS 路ofGrand Ma:ster Finagin and that of' A,c'ting

E: D. Vanderlieth, Chairman of the Oommittee.

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Grand M'aster Brother Yocum. Quite an extended and fraternal notice was given to the report of this Committee on Correspondence. The committee differs with this writer on the subject of charging dues against suspended members. I hold that a Mason suspended for non-payment of dues shoul,d not be held for due's while under suspension for the same cause. He used the following argument which to me fails to meet the case or answer my objections: "Our Brother a:sks. what we charge a man for who is not con.. nected with the Lodge, and can receive no benefits therefrom'? For the good that he can get-if he wants to-my Brother. For the same reason. that a boy is charged for tuition at a private school who plJay'S hookejt all' the time. The boy is still a pupil of the absent. And so onr Brother, nnder suspension,i's (t'1E~onnect:ed with .the Lodge.. Simple payment of dues the meantime we charge him not to forget us. charge him, he wouldn't think he belonged to us, abou t coming hack. Knowing that we still lov-e playing hookey, 'it isn't very long before the ti reSOUle and it is a pleasure to 'be back in harness Vanderlieth is a good reviewer and careful writer. to commend his labor as a member of the Guild. TREN'MOR COFFIN, Carson ,City, Gr,and Secretary. CHAUNCFJY N. NOTEvvARE,Carson City, Grand Secretary. E. D. VANJJERLIETH, Carson City, Reporter on Corr.

NEW JERSEV-1904. Journal cont.ains the record of several Emergent CommuniC11tti'0ns, held for dedication pu:rpos.es and the laying of cornerst;oin,es. The One Hundred and Seventeenth Annual Session was held 9, 1904, in Masonic Hall, City ·Qlf Trenton. M.W. Bro. W. Holt Grand Master; R. W. Bro. T!J.'os. H. R. RedJw,ay, Grand Secre-· other Grand Officers, seven Past Grand Masters, and Rep~sentatives of thirty"seven Sister Grand Lodges. Missouri was r,etpreaented by Brother Spence'r Fullerton. The record isho,ws the of Representatives of 164 Subordinate Lodges. The· ,memin the Jurisdiction is reporte'd at 22,102. This indicates an in membership as well as in finances as told by the .follow.. extraot from tbeAddress of theG'ra.nd Maste'r: €to L. Ap.-6.

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"Most gratifying, indeed, from hoth a financ.ial and numerical standpoint, have been the results of the路 last year. The record for December 31, 1903, sholws that there were 22,102 Masons in good standing in the Grand Jurisdiction, a material increase over the year preceddng. "OUl" finances are in a most healthful condition. We have a balance in the hank which will not only pay all claims against the Grand Lodge, hut Ie-ave a fair surplus.. The last路 fe.w years have been probably the most prosperous that the Craft in. th.is State have ever witnessed. I have been throughout this Grand Jurisdiction, ma:king frequent visits, and I am pleased to report to th~s G.rand Lodge that I believe high charaoter, unsullied personnel,characterizes the young Masons who have recently received such honors. T,he tendency do 'muoh w,ork' and 'raise:' many candidates is to some extent moralizing. Lodges vie with each other in seeing which can most Masons. This should not be." The Grand Secretary recorded the presence of 28 distinguisb.?;u visitors, consisting of Grand Officers, Past Grand Officers, and representative Masons from the Grand Lodge of N,ew York. were duly welcomed and accorded the Grand Honors of Masonry.

ADDRESS.

Grand Master Apgar delivered an Address covering 33 pages. In closing his second term as Grand M!aster there is evidence of a contintied zeal and earnest fidelity on his part springing from a warm heart, in which the fervent and ardent fires of Masonry路 glow with manifest power. I can d.o nothing better than to appropriate from the. Address the following beautiful sentiment: "The trees planted upon Arbor Days in our various State's may never benefit those who planted them, but it will llot be many years in the future when others will bless thos'e who have thus labored for them. "Freemasonry blesses those who now are serving it, but as prejudice and pride, as sectarianism and narr,owness are gradually heing driven from the warp ,and woof Q.f our everyday progression, S.Q will those of the future as th:ey realize and understand, as they will, the mission of speculative MasonrY,.be thankful for its prese.rvatio,n and the pureness wdth which we ,of the present day keep it and extend it to those who will follow after us.N,ext to Christianity it is and will be the moving force of this century."

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Greatly to my surp.rise and regret I find, in. the Address, mention of the death o,f one of the leading and ahle lVlasons of that· JurisddctiOD, M. W. Bro. Charles Belcher, P. G. M., and for a ti,me the Com.. mittee on Corresp,ondence. He was elected Grand Master in the year 1895, and served one year. Of him Grand Master Apgar said: "Brother Belcher W'ag, a positive'ma.n. His intelle,ct was clear and strong; a man of power his phy'sique did not belie him. Not bad he positive convictions a:m.d opi:nions,~ but he was able to in clear and deeisive language, and his work as a,hair.. Committee on Foreign CorreSlpoudence attests to the and pen of whiich he was pos,sess.ed. Both as as Chairman of one of its most important com.. an important place in this Grand Lodge and in the the Craft of the s.tate, and it is., indeed, a great loss they bave lsusttained. ~·~·D"",,''''"h .....~' tI' ' Belcher was ofcoimmanding p,resen1cel, a physique such would envy, aud when he retired from the Grand East his ru;ggedne:ss gave to us all the hope that it would be many years he would lay down the Master Mason's working tools; but such was not to be. F,or the last two ye'ars· his health has been precarious." A lOrng list is gi,ven of the dead ort the Home Jurisdiction, followed an extended enumeration of the Honored Dead of Sister JurisdicThe Grand Master recorded the various occasions when Masonic \,;~:.L'IIi;1:LJ,.J~'U.u.J.vt;:) were used· in laying corner-~tones, particularly that of the Qr:p~.a!nage connected with the Masonic Hom'e. He recorded vi,sits saying that about .the usual numlber ha.d been p,aid various during the year. The-se -risits had bee-nmade delightful fraternal. During the year qnite a number of District ~odg~s w,ere held· from Wlh.i!ch muchbenent was derived by in attendance,. and an era Olfgood feelinig was spread over the through this agency. Disp'Em:$atio'ns were reported as· having in numerous instances,' me~ting requireI;l1.ents til.atare to UIS in M!i-ssouri. Fromtkereoo.rd furni·sbed I learn that . their regul9Jtions is that Wll.en tbere are a large number Caixllidaltes to be.. taken through th~··D·egtees, the Grand Master·nas a'IiJ.1t·.b:(J~rit;y to permdta nurm:be'r ofca~diqates to be taken through at time, and the Degrees cOI.\f;erred upon themaH at a time.

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DECISIONS.

Two official rulings were re'ported, which are of local only.

importanc,~

THE GRAND LODGE OF WASHINGTON.

The Grand Master expressed regret that the Grand Lodge should not be fraternal relations with the Grand. Lodge of the State of Washington. It see'IDS that the Grand Lodge of New Je1rsey held that the Grand Lodge off Washington had not clearly and distinctly disavQwedits former views, respecting certain questions that htld caused the breaking of fraternal reltations. He stated that if Grand Lodge of Washington w,ould properly certify to the Lodge of New Jersey that it had no intention to recognize so-called Masons as legitimate, that were not re,cognized in JerseY,then New Jersey w'ould no longer refuse to resume T""~li路o.,,.ft,ltl>l relation1s w,ith Washington. This view of the case was passed by the Coon,mittee on Juris,prudence, and the recommendation sented that the Grand Lodge.sanction the views ,Cif the Gra.nd Mas路 ter. .The Grand: Master reported the creation of one Lodge U. D., which showed that he had given very diligent and faithful attention to the路 subject, in order to find out if it was proper to create such Lodge.

]\t(ASONIC H01VlE.

New Jersey enjoys the pleasure of having a.n excellent institution which presents a splendid showing. according to the report. It has 66 memhers in the Home Family. The general health of the Home family had been surprisingly goocl. The report shows a m,ost gratifying condition. The institution had a fund amounting to $40,000. Grand Master Apgar is to be congratulated on having conducted through two years 'a most admirable and creditable administration of affairs. The Grand Treasurer reported on hand $19,000. T~e Grand Secretary sUlbmitteda \business report bristling with statistical details throughout. CORRI~SPONDENCE.

When the Proceedings of New-Jersey ca~m~ to hand, I turned . to the conclusion 'of ,the repott on Corresp<>ndeuce to look for the name of M. W. Bro. OharlesBe!eher, 9hairman of the Co'mmittee. At the bottom Otf the last page I#ncl this statement from the Grand Secretary: "It is our sad duty 路tOaUl::Lounce that after the above had been furnished and printed, ouroelev::edand M. V{. Bro. Charles

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Belcher, ,vas laid to rest. He died Februa.ry 20, 1904.~' It is a very pleasant thi"ng to rernem'ber that in reviewing the ""vorks of a deceased Mason running back through series of y·ears., the writer finds no occasion for regret for anything written, thus avoiding unpleasant memories and painful reflections. I can say of Brother Belcher, whom I venerated very highly, that his writings held a high place in 'my esteem ever since he has had charge of the departluent of Correspondeuce. In 'my last review passing upon his report of 1903;, I p,ronounced the work as a well-condensed and thoughtprepf,ared report. Truly the Grand -l\[aster said of him, "He missed not only in tbe~ home, where-he leaves a devoted wife tw'O daughters, but tm.rOt101gno"ut the State, where he is so he will be missed not only in the Subordinate I.;odges Lodge~" ] wiU add for myself that he' will be tblrOl:lgllOl:lt the department o,f Corres,ponden1ce by those w-ho of this representative writer of the Masonic world. review of New J,ers,ey with a sense of sadness, knowing more in th,e :fl·eld of Maso:p.ic thought my ~steemed Cbarles Belcher. JOHN H. W:ILKINS, Newark, Grand Master. Tn::o:MAs H.R. REDvV.A:Y, Tren ton,Grand 8.ecretary.

NEWM EXICO-1903. The Twenty-Sixth Annual Communication~washeldin the City of Albuquerque, October 19, 1903. PRESENT.

M.. W. Bro.·E. A.. Cahoon, Graud Master; A. A. Keen, Grand Secand other Grand Office!ra, with Representatives of :fifteen Grand ·Lodlges. MissQJuri'·s· representative, A. A. Keen, was p.;L'I~.e:qt. Early in tb.esession, B'lfother W. H. Seam·on ,surbrnitted .' a lookin!g to the withClrawal of recognition of tIle Gral,ld Cosmos of Chi1huahua, als'() the Grand Lod,ge of' Cuba. This resolution was referred to the C.q':tnmittee on Grand Master's .Address, committee .subsequent]yrep,orted as follows: "Werecomthe res,olution· Qfferedwitn(1t:ra.win.g otlrre,eogn.ition.. of the Lodge' Cosmos ;of Ch:ihua1)l,'IJrla. be 4\.do pted. With reference 'to til.:~ withdr~wal of recognition' • :gf the Grand Lodge o,f Cnb;a, we 'bc~l~eve it is best to postpone action at this time, hoping that we tu.ay 1

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learn that Cuba is striving to maintain a M'asonry patterned after The Committee on Credentials re:ported that there were RepresentatJive~ present from sixteen Chartered Lodges.

the principles of our Rite."

ADDRESS.

The Grand Master presented an Address coverinlg thirteen pages. TJnder the head ·of Necrology he stated that their official ranks remained unhroken by Death... Quite a list of Brethren of the Jurisdictio,n had p8JS,ged away. This list is' followed by one representing the Honored Dead of Sister Jurisd.ictions. Quite a number of general Dispensations had been granted. One Lodge was created U. D . ...4.. case of discipline is reported in which one of the Lodges conferred the Third Degree on a. candidate without the presence of the Master ,or Wardens. This being in violation ·of the law ,of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master called attention of the Master of the Lodge to this departure fronl the law, and administered a reprimand to Chapman Lodge; No.2, the offender in the case. DECISIONS.

The Gr'and M,aster reported eleven official rulings rendered during his term. Thes'e were generally approved by the committee on Juris~ prud'ence, but, exception was taken to ·one decision which was.: "A person who' has lost an eye or leg or arm could not be made aMason." The. Committee on Jurisprudence overruled this decision so- far as the loss of an eye was concerned, for the Grand Lodge had declared at a former ses'sion that "the loss of an eye did not nece,ssarily disqualify an .applicant from the Mysteries." The Grand Mas~ ter recommended that the "Secretaries who are delinquent as to making returns promptly, and failing to report the names of officers elected .and installed," should be fined for such neglect. The opinion of this writer is that fines in Masonry constitute a very weak and .inefficient method of dealing with ·offi.cial delinquency.. He states that he f.ound the' Lodges in a very prosperous condition, with all .encouraging increase in membership, harmony and good-fellOtw.. ship prevailing. He concluded his· very plain and practical Address in a proper spirit. The Grand Treasurer reported a. balance on hand of $1,891, and >a;Chari.ty Fund, of8.lbont $1,000. TheGrandSrecretary made a statis.. tical rep.ort giving detail'S ofil11ltane~~. matters. AU returns had been received frOID Lodges, and Quesl):'l!J,rin;g the .se,g·sioBa r6Sloltli.. was submitted, o1f~red 'by acomxnitt~e, reeommending the 8110"

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tion of the Missouri Masonic Monitor, published by John R. Parson. I take pleasure in commending this action of the committee, and of the Grand Lodge, he"lieving, a~ I do, that the Monitor in question is the best ever published. A proposition was made during the session to order the printing of 10'0 copies ()f a "cipher ritual," to be distributed among the Lodges and Grand Officers. I am happy to 'Say this proposition w,as voted down. The Grand Lodge granted one <Charter to a Lodge previously w路orking U. D. CORRESPONDENCE.

The Chairman of the committee, Brother W. H. Seamon, pre'sented a report covering 105 pages"in which he reviewed the Pro-

ceedings of 63 American and Foreign Grand Lodges, and a number of them for two yearsJ T,'he f'eport is in keep,ing with the usual work of Brother Seam,on, who i's a capable and efficient Grand Lodge Officer. Ilis report on Mexican Masonry is vigorous, almost drastic. He 'shows up the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico in a very different light from wha;t was presented to our last Grand Lodge, and which led to a recognition of that much mixed instituti,on in Mexico. I SUbmit the following as the conclusion of his report, which I transfer for the benefit of those who have t1aken an inte:rest in the subject: "I ,believe I voice the sentim'entof all 路our American Grand Lodges when I say that we desire 00 .reoognize S10me Masonic llower 'in Mexico that will regulate Masonry there in a judicious and dignified manner; ,particularly if American, and one that promises to be "permanent. I had hQped to be able at this Com'ml1nication to recom~ mend Valley of :Mexico, but I am not. yet satisfied that it is safe to ,0.,0

so.

"It is only necessary to add that Valley ,of Mexico isa n1e~berof the Congress or Bureau organizeid oySwiss Alpina Lodge, and is thereby in quasi fraternal relations with all of the Godless Grana Qrients, and several Negro Grand Lo~ges of the United States. Tbis not perhaps' bavle h.app:ened haat,he American LOd,ges,b"een in eOI1~r!ol of Valley of Me~dco. This ineiiQeut shows m6sti.orei'B:ly the 'neQi~$S,ity fo-r wait uIl-til 'v;aJt!eY,:Gif fGrand Lodge &tthe .Ygrk rite, contro,lIed'by ADleI'ic~LnS:~1 "I therefor,e r'ecommend: That recognition of the Cosmos of Chihuahua be,

""!'. That recognition of nie(~!alJleS

a Grand.

of Mexico be de,ferre(f w:tth路 Amerieans in

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Know:ing Brother Seamon as an able and fair-minded Mason, long fanli1iarwith the conditions of Masonry in Mexico, I do not hesitate to give my voice against the action taken· by the Grand Lodge of

Missouri. The method adopt,ed by one whose anxiety to secure the recognition of Me'xican Masonry was so manifest, did not contribute to the cause so strenuously represented. Am happy to record the fact that my vote did not aid in the passage of recognition act. When the righ.t kind of American Masons get control of Mas'Onry in the Republic of Mexico, then we may safely extend fraternal greetings and recogniti.on. J. c. SLACK, Clayton, Grand Ma~ter. "A. A.KEEN, Albuqueflque, Grand Secretary. W. H. SEAMON, El Paso, Tex., Com. on Correspondence.

NEW YORK-1904. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Grand Lodge convened in the city of New York on the third day of May, 1904. PRESENT.

R. 'V. Bro. Frank H. Robinson, Deputy Grand Master, M. ' 'Y. Bro. Eclw. M. L. Ehlers, Grand Secretary, with the usual corps of Grand Officers~Rep,resentatives of Sister Grand Lodges in large number were reported... Tw,elve Past Grand Masters weTe present, and the record The Grand Master, M W. Bro. Elhert Crandall was absent, and prevented by illneSiS from attending the session. A telegram from him was r·ead saying;"My physici,an absolutely forbids my attendance at Grand Ledg,e to-day." On matiana telegram was ordered sent to the M. W. Grand· Master expressing the regret of the Grand Lodge at his ina:bility to be present. Quite a number of distinguished visitors were in attendance, introduced and received with the customary honors. They were principally from New Jersey, and were headed by the Grand Master of that Grand Jurisdiction. says· "a constitutional number of Lodges ·being present."

ADDRESS.

An Address of 65 pages was pr'es,ented and read in the absence of the Grand Master, M. W. BCI",otherOraBidaU. In op,ening he said: "From ev,ery part of J'Drri'Sii,ction you come here as representatives of the Cmt., 't$. e\t);Q,sider that has boon

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achieved during the year, to ascertain the needs of the present and the future,. and by conservative and judicious action to do those things which shall best .promote our welfare, and establish the enduring character of our Masonic life and purposes. Our cause for congratulation is, indeed great, but with our increase in numbers there also comes to us an added responsibility." FRATERN AI.. DEAD.

Under the above beading I find the following: "In this hum'an life of outs the 'bitter and the sweet are strangely blended. No object catches the sun's light upon its face but a shadow lurks bey-ond. No mQuntain lifts its brow towards the sky, but a chasm yawns beside it. N,o day dawns that does not leave the trail of a night behind. Happiness gives place to sorrow. But a short twelve m'onths ago, exultant because of the splendid success, the harmony and good~fellowship which characterized our Assembly, we turned our steps homew,ard in fond anticipation of all again meeting in this place to~day. The skies are as bright, the air as redal,ent' with the fragrance of opening spring, ,the birds sing as sweetly, and all nature is as delightful to the eye. as then, but the joy we anticipated is saddened by vacant chairs and the absence of forms and faces of thos,e we expected to greet, leaving an acbing void in many hearts." T'he Grand M81ster presented a long list of deceased members of the Fraternity in that Grand Jurisdiction., None of the Grand omeers bad been c-alled away during the year. Due mention and record was made of the deceased repre.sentative Masons of Sister Grand IJodges. Dispensations were reported as having been granted. for divers a,ad. sundry purpo.ses of a local sort. CEREMONIES.

Grand Master Craudan had p,resided over a large numoer@f p,ttbUc ceremonies, such as the laying of corner-stones, dedication of

,halls, installation of omcers; and other local affairs. NEW

Four new Lodges had heenestablished U. D., and the same reCharters duri.ng thesessionof the GralldLodge. i

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WORK OI!' THE YEAR.

I find the following statement of the work and progress of Mas'oury in that Grand Jurisdiction and appropriate t;he same for this report: "More than ten thousand names have be·en added to the roll-call of the Fraternity during the year 1903. Not only have the Lodges in large cities been blest with substantial acquisitions to their numbers and enjoyed a year of almost unprecedented pros,perity, but the outlying Lodge'B also in the sparsely settled districts of the State hav,e met with a comparatively like success. "Only once in the history of the' Grand Lodge have there been as man.y initiations in one year as have taken place in the year now closed. I have reason 'to believe, and I take p·leasure in reporting, that notwithstanding this great' increase in num,bers, exceeding care has been displayed by the sleveral Lodges in admitting only those absolutely worthy to share the privileges of the Craft." FOREIGN RELATIONS.

The Grand Master stated that the utmost harmony exist.ed. between this Grand Lodge and Grand Lodges of the world, with which they are in fraternal relation. SANITARIUM.

I am pleased to see that the great Jurisdiction of New York, the Empire Grand Lodge of the w,orld, has taken such deep interest in a modern movement looking to the establishment of an institution to counteract the dreadful scourge comm,only call,ed "consumption." From· the very lofty and eloquent views presented by the Grand Master of New Yorl't I make the following selection: "Masonry has joined the world-wide movement to put an end to consumption, the most deadly and most n-eedless scourge with which humanity, isaffiieted. "Consumpti·on is an infecti'ous,' communicable disease, produced by a germ, and· is quite readily curable, if taken in time. "I consider this project of a Masonic ,sanatorium for consumption the most important and deserving one ever undettakenby. the Fraternity. It means the acttialsaving of lives, protection to the COn:l munity from the danger of infection or communication and re,storation of the amict-ed to those near and dear to tneim. "With 125.,000 members OnQiU;rro[ls, and ta.klngeacn member to represent fiye persons in his i.mediate fa.mily, we have marie than w

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half a million souls directly. interested in the grave problem of eradicating this dread disease." GrandMaster Crandall clos1ed his second year's term with expressions of cordial appr,eci'ati'On of the ].1onars bestowed, and the favors extended to him in the years of his labor. These two years of service had been terms of "plea,sure· and pleasantness" to the Grand Master. The Committee on Address summarized the matters therein contained, ~nd gave directions with reference to all the subjects treated. GRA.ND SJ;JCRETARY.

M. W. Bro. Ehlers, Grand· Secretary, presented a very brief but exceedingly business·like fiscal r,eport, covering two p·ages. From it I, learn that he had received and paid over to the Grand Treasurer during the year the sum of $103,000. I gather from his fiscal statement that there are 763 Lodges on the roll containing a membership 126,177. It goes without saying that thi,s is the b~ner Grand Lodge of the world. The Grand T'reasurer reported having handled f·or the term $174,825. After expenditur,es were made, there was left hi his hands, a balance of $76,000. The report of the 'Oommittee on Pinancecorresponded with the reports of the Grand Tr1easurer and Grand Secretary, and, in addition, contained a compliment on the comprehensive and methodical manner in which all busdn-es1s had been kept by them. The report of the Grand ·Lodge historian forms a part ·oI the Granti Lodge jourual, and em'hr.aces something over one hundred pa.g:es. BOARD OF RELIEF.

"Dha Masonic Board of Relief of the city of New York furnished

a. report through its President, Brother John R. Pope. Including the baJa.nc·e from the previous year and· incoming re.ceipts, there was a The expenditures were some $2,000, oVler $14,000 in the hand,s of the ~oard. AS;l:l'ecial report on Correspondence was rendered by· M. W. Bro. Je:$lsie'lt Anthony, P. G. M.,in which.t1:l.eGrand Lodge of the Valle Ole was recognized) togeth€r 'o/itht~e Grand Lodge of We~tern The Grand Orient of Bnazil~'d the Grand Oriento'f }jf)tyii, under the control of the(~uprem·e CO'uncHof Scottish Rite, receiV'e recognition. The QioIB.:tnirt.tee on Grievance made a ·l(t~.].i.it"l£lEhbi].e re.port, from the fact. that a Grand Jurisdiction of the t,Qtalon hand 'of about $16,000.

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size of New York should not have been troubled with cases of grievance during its session. T'he committee reported as follows: "We have met and organized a quorum being present. After waiting a reasonable time, no one appearing to present a grievance, we duly adjourned." While the Committee on Grievance did not ,have anything claiming attention, the Committee on Appeals had some cases, and one of special note. It was an appeal from one Darius Wils·on. It seems to me that I have heard of this ;man Wilson before. I have an impression that years ago he did a very large if not wholesale business in de.aling in Masonic wares" and selling I)egr,ees wherever he could find a purchas,er. The charge against the aforesaid Wilson was that "he did in a clandestine and unlawful manner assist in the ceremony of conferring the Degrees. of Masonry, and did visit a city Lodge of New York-a clandestine Lodge and knowing such to be clandestine." Having been expelled, the afore.. said Darius appealed, ,and the Committee on Appeals recommended that the judgment of the trial expelling him from all the privileges of MasonrYI~be affirmed. It is gratifying that this fraud has run his race, and ended where all such characters should land. 1

MASONIC IfOl\lIE.'

A report was rendered in this interest by the Trustees. From this rep,ort it is learned that the p:r.op.erty of the institution is val~ed at $234,000. The Trustees· said that during the past year they had lost none of their children by death and that since the opening of the Home, death had taken but one of their wards, and he died of a disease contracted away from the institution. School is conducted by capa'ble and sympathetic teachers, and the pupils have made excellent progress. Tbe report of the Superintendent, M. W. Bro. Jesse B. Anthony, is .a valuable and important document, and furnished extended inform,ation. He shows that the receipts of the H'ome have been some $75,000 for the year, and the exp;enses were $60,000. It is found in the report that the in,stitution, for the past year, had about 300 members of the Home family. He stated·that the per capita cost for the year. was $199. It is also learned that more roonl is required, and that an addition had become ahs;olutely necessary. It is stated that the per capita tax m ustbe increas,ed ,som,ewhat, land that the proba:ble re',(luirements to be met would be from one hundred to one hundred and twenty thousand dollars per year. for the maintenance of the institution. Many persons 'are seeking adm'ission that caallat b e a t the present time for lack ;af room. It· was t:here'fore· resoh,ed that the Grand Lodige 1

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approve the recommendation of the Trustees that a per capita tax of fifty cents be levied, to be devoted to the exclusive use of the Home, and that the proposition be submitted to the Lodges for tb.eir approval. COHRESPONDENCE.

A large and valuable contribution to Masonic literature was furnished by M. W. Bro. Jesse B. Anthony, Chairman; the other members of the committee were Wm. J. Duncan and Emil Frenkel, the latter having prepared the review 'of f.oreign coun~ries. The report, as published,. covers 200 pages. One hundred pages having been used in the review of foreign bodies, Brother Anthony is IteoessariIy 1im~ ited in space devoted to the review. It is well filled with extracts from the Proceedings, while comments, where necessary, are not wanting. Miss'ouri for 1903 received a notice covering three pages. Commenting upon the confusledcondition iJ+ our Jurisdiction, owing to the absence of the G.rand Master, who sought health in a distan~ cHm路ate, Brother Anthony says, "Vile agree with the decision of the Ch:alrma.n of the Committee of Jurisprudenc,e that the Deputy Grand Mraster could not assume the functions of the Grand Master while he was alive" and in reach of the Jurisdiction." He quite correctly sta.tie路a that it was customary for the Grand M路aster to plaoe the busiDeiSS of the Grand Lodge and the custody of the Craft in the hands of the Deputy. This was not done by our Grand Master, and involved embarrassments, if not complications. Brother Anthony said tn:~;t the Se'Vlenteenth annual :r:ep,ortof our Masonic Home shows our instit.ution to be in an admirable condition, to which I respond that inieis clearly, the case. The Home has been a most gratifying suece'ss from' the beginning. Brother Anthony closes his notice of our Proceedings by referring to the report of this Com'mittee o~aorres;p'ondence saying it was a "pleasure to read a reportemanfrom Missouri, as the com,mittee has a happy faculty for sayright thing in a most pleasing manner." Brother Anthony gently and mO's!tadroitly giV'es me a slight punch asto"my 'c'!'r'nL'A~;O~+'''''''' I will not deny the'soft impeachment when it comes to quoted by him as to bringing out the Grand Lodge ProGte;er(l1tlJ~gS of MisS;Quri in three or four days after the session. I take of my Brother Anthony with ,same hearty good..wHl;,enterro'r him through all the years."a;nd' note with, satisfaction ,his r'e~~lJiilID'olIltn1eIlt as C,ommittee on Co,rre'sqJondence. I hope ~o me,et FRANK

H. ROBINSON 1 H.()1?ueUsvill,e, Grand Master. M. L. EHL~RS, New York City, Grand Secretary.

EDWARD

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NORTH CAROLINA-1904. The One Hundred and Seventeenth Annu~.l Communication con.. vened in Masonic Hall, City of Raleigh, January 12, 1904, and was presided over by 1\1. W. Bro. H. 1. C. Clark, Grand Master, assisted by other· Grand Officers. R. W. Bro. John C. D'rewry was Grand Secretary. T1here were present numerous Past Grand Officers, Representatives of Sister Grand Lodges, and representatives of 'a large number of Subordinate I..todges-number not counted. The Gr.anel 8ecretary does not give as fun statistical information as a reviewer desires. How many Lodges w·ere represented, and how many Lodges are in the Jurisdiction can be learned by eounting, which I 'am not inclined to do for other people. ADDRESS.

A d'Qcument of real merit emanated from the Grand East, covering thirteen pages. Grand Master Clark was in a very cheery mood, and evid·enced his happy spirit by saying: "T'he progess which we have made in the past year is especially gratifying to me, not for reasons of personal v,anity because of the exalted office which I hold among you, but simply this, that I have been permitted by a kind Providence to labor, with you, in a cause so grand, and to be a factor in results· so pleasin~. , "The little cLiffe:rences Wthi(ch have sprung up between individuals and betw,eeI,l Lodges in our Grand Jurisdiction have be;sn of such a minor cl1aracterand so easily adjust~d, that they merit no mention, and I. can with pride and thankfulness say that "peace and plenty are within our borders., and brotherly love prevails throughout our land." THE

DEA.D~

The f.elicitation of the Grand M'aster was checked by the sad fact that a worthy and meritorious member of the Grand Lodge had boon cut down by the all-destroying scythe of Time-Brother Thomas J. Reed, Senior Grand Deacon. T'he sentiments uttered in hi'S memory we·re kind and· tender: "But whUe we are rejo~ieing in· our strength and material prop;.. ' erty, a shadow crosses 'life's happy p:atb.' W,e look in vain for 'the honest face of Bro. Thomas J. Reed, Senior Grand Deacon, who a few short months ago calmly lalci· asiti;e 'the working tools of life,'aDtl surrendered his spirit unto theGOoi gave it. His wasn0t

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finished, yet his column is brok,en. H'is death was untimely, and his comrades mourn.~' "Brother Re,ed was of a retiring disposition, and his true nature W,&S known only to his intimate friends. He was a devoted Mason, loyai to his obligoations." During the term, the Grand" Master created nine new Lodges Under Dispensation. Dispensations were occas'ionally granted to Lodges to do work -outside the. limitations of law. Concerning this undue haste in making Masons and, securing permilssion to override the law, the, Grand Master 'put himself upon record in the following terse terms: "I have ,always contended that, if an ,applicant could not wait th,e specified time, he was seeking an ,empty honor, and endeavoring to gratify an idle curiosity. TOOl many applicants are rushed through their D'egreeswithout a pro,p·er knowledge of the importance and meaning of the step they are about to take, and the usual result is that in a f.ew short months they lose interest in the Lodge, and soon join the great army of non-affiliates." I. have noticed. another class s,eeking to rush through the Lodge. These are the :ambitiou'S characte,rs' who ,aspir,e 'to reach s~o-called higher Degflees." In Mis'souri no law exists permitting candid·ates to advanee'outside of regu!lar time, but many have ianxiousi!y s.ought to have the time limit shortened by the ,exercise of Grand Master's HPower in m·e vested." Such aspirants can hardly wait to complete the Lodge cours·e before starting in the race' for the "fuss and fieather" Masonry, -or ,beginning to climb ladders Jacob never saw. The only' use such have for the Lodge is to enable them to jump into the "H'igher" Degrees. Rarely ever do you find .such in the Lodge, dear me, how they spread themselves els'ewhere. I instructed a youngman, and helped him through the Lodge D,egrees. Soon. ~fte'r I was taken ill, and kept from Visiting my Lodge for :five On reapP'earing among th'e members., my young friend·s,aiCl 1110 me, "I have become a thirty-two Degree 1\lasqn since IsawYQu DEOISIONS.

Eleven official rulingo,s were reported by·· the GrandMaster.. He very properly, ..tha:t a man.'W1}~h~,.$ to us·e a,near •. trum.pe~ can. made a Mason.TheCon]2rai't~ee on Jttrisprud;ence ela;porated taken .b.y the Grant1·l\1I~[te~.~·a;p.(i' .a,ppFoyecl v!eI.;Y~~lly '\fu;.is as was done in all tn.e otie,rea.ses. . :Fraternalrelatio:nsw~tb. Lodges· were rep,arbeia, 'as,'· In,ost ···cordial. Respect.ing.·.• tJ1e ·~y~~i:3,tJ)~[:l.lCJ Orph'a.:Qage, theGra:adM'3s.1ter 'made· tbisstateIllent:

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"It is called the 'Masonic Orphanag·e," but truly speaking it is a Statle institution, under the management of the noblest of Orders. It is non-sectarian, asking the genealogy of no child, nor questioning its religion; simply throwing its doors wide open to all whom. it can shelter, and, as such, needs and demands the support of every charitably disposed man and institu~ion in our broad land." 1\fASONIC TEIVIPLE.

rthe Grand Master, treating of this subject, favors the movement very ardently, and said: "The increase in the Order for the year just past is greater than in ·any previous year, and I am fairly convinced that the agitation of the T,emple is largely responsible f.or it. It has attracted the attention of the busines's men, and this class of applicants is greatly in the majority. There can be no doubt that with the attractions M.asonry of itself has, and the enthusiasm stirred up by building the Temple, the Order will double itself in the next decade." The Temple Committee a.ppointed one y·ear before made report stating that a grand total of money on hand :and subscriptions for the T'emple fund amounted to forty thousand dollars. A Charter had be·en secured from the Legi.slature, so that the undertaking may be considered well o,n its feet, and starts off under encouraging circumstances. 'l'he co'rnmittee said that ground and building will cost $126,000. There s,e:emed to be much enthusiasm among the members of the Grand Lodge pending the consideration of the subject.' May our brethren' avoid the breakers ahead, and find better sailing than we of Missouri did during a most trying decade awa,y back in the past. ,Masonry should never engage in sp·eculation and college enter. prises, as was the case with the Cr,aft in Missouri. Ql'tAND SECRE'l'AI{Y.

Brother D1rewry, Grand Secretary, p,r,esented his annual report, reviewing the operations of the year and had cause to say after furnishing given figures.: "It will be seen fr·om the abov,e facts and figures that we have mad'e the largest growth during the prast year of allY previous year in the history of tliis Grand Lodge, and this growth has been of the best material. I am inclined to believe that this rapid aud healthy increa'se is the result of th.e Iniovemie:a'tr. taken by the Grandt,o build a Masonic Temple. This movement to btd.ld a mjagnifieie~t Templ·e has attracted the attention of the best business men in 1

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State, and they are led to. see the force and virtue and solidity of Freemasonry." The membership in the State amounts to 13,663, 'showing a healthy and encouraging growth for the year. ORPHAN ASYL"ti1\!.

PJ"be report of the Board of thi·s institution was most gratifying and helpful. The SUDerintendent had donated to the Asylum, out of his s,alary in four years, the large sum of $3,900. Thi.s is an u'nprecedented kindness and benevolent action. OORHESPONDENCE.

The review of sixty-two Grand Lodge volumes was made by Brother Jo.hn A. Collins, Chairman of the Committee. The work embraces 158 pages. The author recognized the presence among the Craft, unifor1ll harmony, prosperity,' and increase 'as never before. Tbe following thoughtful views are found in his exordium: HT'he los'ses by suspens.ionsfor non-payment of dues, despite all efferts to arrest or reduce them, are still reported everywhere, and give no end of trouble to officers of Lodges and Grand Lodges. This will go 0'0 as long as men will· pay for the gratification of their curiosity. Disappointment comes to the curiosity· hunter, the proint-s,eeker· finds he· has gone in,t,o the wrong mark'et .for quick and the drop.ping out, oftlIe's·e is a distinct benefit to the Cra.ft, a,nd not to be deplored. The most stringent l-egislation cannot make a good man or a good Mas()n. It is not poverty· that makes tbe non-amU,ate, but disa.ppointm,ent or indifference~ He has,n't fOUIJd what he was looking for, and quits." " 13,fother Collins observed that "immense sums . of money are disin aid of needy Mas,ons, that· costly Masonic Hom.es Or:l)th~tt,n~tge;s are built and maintained." The report of tlle lliee,·[!D: its entirety, is of. rare merit, hei.ng o-ne of the the season,mad,e up of abundant excerpts and· comments. journal of 1903 receiv~d avery courteous treatment, being accord-ed our work, in wllien Grand Master· ]funD. ,",,~".\ll-". ,,~rlc high and warm Collin.s has impr(:)'vect with age, and is I record, Reporter on "

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NORTH DAKOTA-1903. FOURTEENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Grand Lodge convened in the city of Fargo, June 23, 190:3. Ther'e were present M. W. Bro. Walter L. Stockwell, Grand Master; R.W. Bro. Frank J. Thompson, Grand Secretary, and other Grand Officers. Eight Past Grand Masters, and Representatives of thirtyseven Sister Grand Lodge.s w-ere present. T'he Committe,e on Credentials reported "Representatives from 66 Lodges present and entitled to vote." ADDRESS.

An Address of thirteen pages was furnished by the Grand Master. In the op路ening he made the announcement that the路 Order during the past year had been prosperous. 'Under the head of Necrology he stated that there had been no deaths among the Pres-ent or p.ast Grand Officers, but th:at our Sis,ter Grand Jurisdictions had not been so fortunate. DISPENSATIONS.

During his term of service the Grand Mast,er had received "an unusual call for -special privileges," some of which he had felt constrained to refuse; among thos~e J'leported, was authority to "confer Degrees in less than statutory time in eighte.en cases." The Address contains report of laying corner-stones, dedicati.onof Halls, creating a L路odge U. D., Grand Represeutatives near other Grand Lodges com~ missioned, with a few official rulings. These decisions w路ere passed upon by the Committee on Jurisprudence and approved, ,except one where the committee asked for further ti me,in order to give the subject fuller consideration. The subj.ect thus receiving careful attention was that of "incorporating Lodges." The Missouri policy is not to incorporate Lodges, as they are the creature of the Grand Lodge, or parent body, which is an -incorporated body under the laws of the State. We believe this to be a sound and. safe policy. . CONDI.l'ION OF TnR:

CRAD~T.

Th'e Grand Master was able to report, from the facts furnished by the Grand Secrets,ry, that the Craft bad grownsuhstantiaUy daring the year. The gain had 8I'm(i),l;lnted to more than ten per (~ent oftheme111bership. He was tbat this growth W8!S stdlciemtly rapid, andannouneed tl1a.t

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than quantity in m,e,mbership is to be desired." The Grand l\faster, as far as advised, believed that Harmony· prevailed in the Jurisdiction. "STARS AND STRIPES."

The Grand Master called attention to the fact that the flag of our common country was displayed on the occasion of the Grand Lodge session. He recommend'ed that it he displayed at all sessions of the Grand Lodge, and in the hall,s of all Subordinate Lodges, and be carried at the he,ad of all Masonic processions if such should be deemed proper. A resolution was. adopted during the sesston requiring the flag "to be displayed at all s,8ssions of th1e Grand Lodge, in the halls of all Subordinate Lodges, and to b~ displayed at the head of all Masonic processions when such should be de'emed appropriate." He announced that the W,orld's Fair Fraternal Building, in St. Louis, had been recommended to him, and much correspondence had been c,arri'ed on by the Grand secretary. He suggested that a special committee be appointed upon' the subject, and that all correspondence on that line be turned over to that committee. The e-ommitte'e assigned to report on this subject recommend.ed that the sum of $100 be appropriated as a contribution toward the erection of the World's 'Fair Fraternal Building at St. Louis. Said report was referred to the Committee on Finance~ and this committee recommended such appropriation .and the same was carried. "GOOD OF THE ORDER."

Under the- abov,e caption the Grand Master discussed several p.oiuts. One was that no man should be elected Master because he is "a g,pod FeBow," but should poss/ess high character and intelligence. Re B:ext d'isicussiE3d the standard for the Grand Officers, and does not be}ie"e .that a Brother appointed to a subordill:at~ position is to be neoessarily elected as Grand Master at some future day. In the of Grand M1asters, character, ability, personal 'fitness, and illlteHigenoo should govern the chOIce. He closed his v,eryadmirable by paying tribute to Brother Frank J. Thompson, the Se·cretary, who also has charge of the Masonic Library, in connec·ti0in with his other duties. GRAN f) SECRETA-ltV.

Frank J. Thompson, GrandS·e·cretary, submitted an adbusiness d'Ocument, tllledwith details and important inforDlilati0n. He had just closed his elev,efntll year as .Grand Secretary,

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and gave a retrospective survey of those years, and noted thA ,growth of Masonry in that Jurisprudence. Eleven years ago they had 35 Lodges; now they have 67, including one U. D. When he became Grand 8ecretary they had 1,732 memhers; now they have 4,397 members, making a gain of more than two and one-half times since 1892. He reported the improved condition of their Library, showing the increas'e in desirable properties such as the Masonic Publication, and other works of int'€rest. The revenue collected during the term amounted to $5,744, and, including cash on hand the previous year, made an aggregate of nearly $11,000. The report of the Grand Treasurer corresponde¢l with the above. The Lodge created U. D. by the Grand Master received a Charter at the 'sessi>on. :MASONIC

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A resolution was adopted directing that all funds on hand, and all which may accrue in the future for the erection of a H,ome, be deposited under the supervision of the Finance Committee. CORRESPONDEN CEo

The report was furnished by Brother Robert M. Carothers, P. G. M. The review is brief, cov€ring 45 pages, and contains short notices of the doings of the Grand Lodges reviewed. MIssouri for 1902 received the compliment of one page. The committee is largely at fault in commenting upon financial matters of the Grand Lodge. He said} "In the matter of, delinquent dues that this Grand Lodge is in a v.ery unbusiness-like condition." I would advise my Brother of North Dakota to put on his s;pectacles, and find out the difference between delinquency to the Grand'Lodge and delinquency on the part of members of SubordiJ),ateLodges. The report of the committee alluded to by him, referred alone to Subordinate Lodges. I have the pleasure of informing him that at the present time no Lodge in the Grand Jurisdiction of Missouri is in arrears to the Grand Lodge. JAMES T. BLACKLOCK, 'Walhalla, Grand Master. FHANK J. THOMPSON, Fargo, Grand Secretary.

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OHIO-1903. T'he Ninety-Fourth Annual Communication convened in the Victoria Theater, city of Dayton, on October 28, 1903, and was presided over by M. W. Bro. W. A. Belt, Grand Master. R. W. Bro. J. Ii. Bromwell was Grand Secretary. A full corps of Grand Officers was present, f,ourteen Past Grand Masters, and other Past Grand Officers. The record says there were present "a constitutional number of l~ep'resel1tatives of Subordinate Lodges," the numher not bein~ furnished. From a summary contained in the journal, it is learned that there are 501 Lodges in the Jurisdiction, containing a membership of 55,065, b€ing a gain of 3,691. The Grand· Secretary, in his report, said the year just closed had been "a record breaker," showing an increase of 666 over the previous· year. The income for the year is reported at $44,625. The Grand Secretary states that a commendable feature in the returns of Lodges for the year was that "a much greater proportion than usual had been received in the early part o·r the month of August, thus giving plenty of time f.or corrections and making up statistical statements." Tlle Grand Lodge of Ohio stands fourth in the list of Grand Lodge.s of this country in num,erical strength, New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania being ahead of Ohio in the order named. Brother Bromwell, Grand Secretary, thinks thA.t jf the growth f.or the next five years continues as ft has for the past three, Ohio will pass Pennsylvap.i.a, and in ten years· will rank Il1inoiis. No one ever expects to overtake New York. The Grand Lodge was welcomed by the Mayor of the city of DaytOR representing the citizens and Masonic fraternity of that com· An Address of very considera:ble length is furnished "by Master, which was business from b'eginning to end, showtn.g to be a practical and capabl\e o:m.~er. He had the foUow.ing to say about Masonry in: Ohio and in general: ".asonry in Ohio, and I m'ights·ay throughout its domain,. has a step ba.ckward.Progress. i~ the watchword everywhere. the business world has m,ade unprecedented advancement, and :rminds of men are 'seemingly wholly· absorbed in the hustle and of the twenti'eth century life, still :Masonry is not forgotten. it not seem a little strange to you tbat the ':1)'eauteou.s teauchMasonry should be attractive~n!plligh,altho'Ugh born in·. ages to draw men in greater. Bl1ftm"bers . tb'B;I:l at any time in . its },l:astIlis'tory to its Lodge rooms? ~'~bere mlust be a reasion, be,causethi:ngs in general, of the ·long not so eagerly sought for now. IS this: Masonry contains

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that within itself which man needs, or it, too, would have been dis~ carded long ago." He reported that Provid,ence had been kind to the Grand Lodge in that not a single Brother who had 'served the Gr,and Lodge as one of its offieers had been cutdown. MASONIC HOME.

The Masonic Fraternity in Ohio has a representative institution concerning which the Grand lVI.aster had the following to say, and proudly calls it "O'Ltr H01ne:" "Ours,because you and I helped to support it; ours, because it is for you and me and our loved ones, if circumstanees demand it; and ours, because you and I love it and like to hear of it. But to becorne thoroughly imbued with it, you must visit it and find the occupants as they are engaged in their everyday lives. "There we .surely se.e Masonry in the concrete. For a while we 'all met in the chapel for a Hoci'al time, and the e:.xtreme,s of life com.. mingled, the children enlivening the time with snatches from their Christmas cantata, and I want to say to you that they were all happy. YO'lt would be made happy by 路a visit to Our Home, and I would recommend that during the y,ear you get your Lodges to make a visit in a body; tlley will. ,all profit by it." A l,ang list of Special Dispensations is found in the Address, and I am pleased to see that theTe is no evidence of having set aside the law and anow Lodges to do work outside of the regul.arly prescribed time. _ Tw路o new Lodges wer:e cre'ated U. D., and these were duly chartered at the Grand Lodge session under review. During h.is t,erm of office the Grand M,aster received a message from a clandestine Lodge, located in thi:e' -State,. and the members of said Lodge eXipressed the desire to becme legally id,en~itied with Freemasonry. These parties having signed a renunciation of Cerneauis'm, and having made application for ~ein'Statem!ent in their former Lodges, in due time were reinstated, to become again identified in true faitt~ and obedience wi tIl the lVlasonic Frat~rnity. Subsequently they were granted a D'ispensation to form a new at the place where their disloyalty was manifesteCl at a former tim.e. It is to be hoped' that similar results will follow, and an. era lPeace and good-will obtain among the Masons of Ohio. The Gr,and Master reported some eighteen Special Communioations held at d\iff:er'ent.places in the Jurisdiction, the purpose of which were for the Ult)st part to lay cornerstones.

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DISCIPLINE.

In the enforcement of Masonic -discipline the Grand M'aster found. it necessary to suspend the Worshipful Masters of two of the Subordinate Lodges. His action was approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence, and the act of suspension' made final. Grand: M'aster Belt submitted' divers and sundry recommendations for the good of the Craft. The Oommittee on Jurisprudence recommended that his suggestions be approved respecting a new form of dimit. One fornl of d.imit re·commended is like the kind we use in Missouri, which results in the withdrawal of membership by the holder, and the other being a' transfe'r of membership from one Lodge to another to become effective 'only when a member is received into the latter Lodge. After duly consid,ering this subject, and reporting thereon, the whole matter was postponed until next session of the Grand Lodge. The Grand Master recommended that Lodges should adopt the policy of what he called cleaning up the Lodge rons. T'he point made by him was that Masons suspende,d for nonp,ayment of dues, and who did not return to Lod,ge 'm,embership by paying up, and have remained under suspension for more than two years, he liable to charges,' and, if need be, expelled from the Fraternity. Tlhis is a very good method of bringing suspended members back into Masonic relation, but it may result ~n the expulsion of members from Masonry for nonpayment 'Of dues. I am, without qualification, opposed to any such policy on the part of Masonry. DEOISION'S!.

Grand Master Belt re'p,orted eight official rulings, all of which are pra.ctical, and have a pertinent. bearing upon general que.stions of Masonic procedure. .The Committee on Jurisprud.ence said: "We find m,e decisions of the Grand Master in accordance with Masonic law, and recommend their approval." The report was adopted.

Brother J. H. Bromwell, Grand S·ecretary, presented an admirt:thle business document, in which is fo.u.nd the statement, "That all returns h~ave been received and Grand dues collected and paid to Grand Treasur,er for the ye1a,r endil,lg Augus1t 31, 1903."

...l.···· ~];)e'Cial. repo,rt on Bro.W.. M. Cunningham concernin.g Th.e report shoWs

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fraternize with the Grand Orient of France. In view of the irreligious and atheistic position of the Grand Orient of France, and its recognition by the Grand Lodge Alpin-a, the Grand Lodge of Ohio adopted the following resolution: "Resolved, That the Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge Alpina, of Switzerland, near this Gr,and Lodge be, and he is hereby, instructed to officially inform said Grand Lodge Alpina that if it continues its affiliation with the Grand Orient of France, and its fraternization with the clandestine .and irregular hodies named herein, this M.· .W... Grand Lodge will withdraw its official recognition from said Grand Lodge Alpina." The Grand Lodge closed its session within tW{) days, having transacted an unusually larg'e amount of· business. CORRESPONDENCE.

The review for 1903 was made by Brother W. M. Cunningham, P. G. M., and oovers 321 pages, in which th€ doings of 65 American and foreign Grand Lodge Pro,ceedings were .reviewed (being the English speaking Grand Bodies of the world), also 15 non-English speaking Bodies were duly examined. Quite a lengthy introduction was ·furnished by the author, in which he treated 'with care and attention these subjects: "Landmarks 'and Symbolism;" "Cerneauism and Clandestine Masonry;" the "Universality of Masonry," and "Non-Recognition and Interdiction." These several points are treated with elaborateness. Co,ilcerning clandestine Masonry or Cerneauism, the rol,loWing. descripive terms are used: "Clandestinism, Charlatans, Cowans, and impQstors have alwaJ"s been an ,annoyance and menace to Freemasonry. It is, therefore, g, very great mistake, a's so often don-e, to ascribe its origin in Ohio to the first and nece,ssary :a.~ti:on by the Grand Lo'dge against the en-. croachments and unmasonic schemes of so-called Cerneauism. "Clandestinism has had an existence in O'hio, to some ~xtent, for a half-centurY,as it bas and has had in nearly every Grand lJOdge Jurisdiction. The Oerneau iE.vasi~n, of course, was an excuse for tIle establishment of clandestine Bodies to feed its necessities, and it originated in Ohio in the ambitions of at first but a comparatively few persoRs, Itot been fot the qu.asi support given these spurlo1;lsdegree by a few\Masonic writers! UP~iifl 'thespeei'ous, illogical, a r u d p l e a that Craft Masonry, as such, has no knowledge. OJ! forso<>t,h." l:mJ)&st:ers alO!lle, ani permi.t ie be S11Wj'IR?!€II~~lt 11 irrespon.sible ·protnotofs

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Under the head of "Universality of Masonry'," Brother

Cunning~

ham has this to say:

"Whilst it is a matter of the greatest satisfaction to all Lodges in the United States and British Am,erica that, with perhaps but one exception, their organization, and also that of many Lodges and Grand Lodges in other countries, ,can generally be directly traced to the Grand Lodge of England, formed by th€ four old Lo,ndon Lodges, yet it must be borne in mind that· there were a number of other regular Lodges in England, Ireland and S'cotland that did not come into that Grand Lodge organization, and had n'o part therein." "Treating of non~recognition and interdicti'on, I find the following very suggestive and instructive: "Non-recognition does not, in all cases, carry therewith an interdiction of fraternal relations and courtesies between Masons; it is, therefo/re, a very great mistake to conclud'e that, because a Grand Body has not had an official recognition extended thereto, that it is there'by to he classed with clande,stine bod.ies, and the Masons of it.s obedience ostracized. As an illustration of this, ,on acoount of its fj,fAeism and' untraternal acts, official and fraternal recognition was withdrawn from the Grand Orient ofF'ranee. "Again, on account of its clana~stine origin-but not on accouht ofanyoolor line---.all fraternal recognition is interdicted with the so-called' Afric~n or Prince Hall Grand Lodge, its Subordinates a,nd its membership, the atheism of the Grand .Orient and the clandestine origin of the other necessarily inn,ering to theirmem,b'ershi'p. And SiO, also, with that abortion o'i c~anidestinismemaIlatfng from the village of ~ofrthington, O.hio, and its illegitimate pr,ogeny, .and of like ilk:o all frarternaIrec,ognition whatever is especially "O:n. the other ha.nd, .if there is. no manifest taint of illegitimacy, clai!loes1jn:isno, atheism, or in a known Masonic Grand officiial w,ould·, be unjust and un· .u.:a.~~lOi7""ll,&,l.,"" to deprive its Maslonic p·rivi'tegeis'orint~r· ~.SOJt11c ira,ternal such Masons and tIle memour own Obedience,dn];yihat ofticialtecogX'.ti" not b,een acoord:ed to Gran4 Body." general review made former ereorts asa 1'. !~~'a~flo)r.ta! excerpt from th~

treated. four' p,a,ges that s',es,sioll.. A

Our

Cunningbam is. in k,eeping rep()!rtis largely written; seirv'esloeilltci.. :1.9,0.2 r,eeei ved due e':xaminatiotlof. OliU' were made evid~nciIlg

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that the transactions had been carefully examined. Brother Cunningham is always courteous and fraternal, ,and gives my work 011 Corresp,o,ndence full approval; several clippings were made from my review showing the kindness of my distinguished Ohio Brother. Owing to lack -of space as well as physical vigor, I cannot devote the time and attention to this able work that I would like to give. I hope to meet Brother Cunningham in the same field of thought and fraternal assoc.iation in the coming years. O. P. SPERRA, Ray-enna, Grand Master. .I.H. BROMvVELL, Cincinnati" Grand Secretary. W. M. CUNNINGHAM, Newark, Chairman Cnm. Foreign Cor.

OKLAHOMA-1904. The journal contains records of special meetings 4eld for cornerstone laying, and the Twelfth Annual Communication, which was held at thE: Masonic 'temple in the city of路 Guthrie on the 9th of February, 1904. There were present, M. W. Bro. Sherman P. Larsh, Grand Master, R.W. Bro. James S. Hunt, Grand Secretary, with other Grand and Past Grand Officers, and Representatives of a "constitutional number of Chartered Lodges." ADDHESS.

The Grand Master presented his Address, which embraced nineteen pages of business matter, much of it being of purely local interest. Thanks were utte'red to "Divine Providence for p,ermitting the offici/a! chain of our Grand Lodge to re'main unbroken." He reported having held several Special C'ommunlications during the year for the purpose of laying COlrner-stone.s .and other important interests. The twelve Lodges ehartera-d at the last session had been duly constituted, .and twenty lilew Lodges tJnder Dispensation had been created. Masonry in this YO~'bl.~g Grand Jurisdiction is certainly on the move, and gives promi$e of vigor and life. The Grand Master granted during his term Iis,t of Spe'cial Dispensa.tions, mostly to allow Lodges to do work l,e.s:s tban the statutory time." In ohserving the very great such pri vUege is路 granted to Lodges all over the land, the De-ttu路.aUy a,rises., HWhy bave any statute at all if it can be iStlt at pl,easure?"

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DECISIONS.

Thi rteen official rulings were reported. Some of them are very sound expositions of Masonic law, and some would not pass muster in Missouri. The best rul!ng made was that "a man who was a traveling· salesman for a w!holesale liquor house" could not ,be made a Mason. The Committee on "Law and Usage" affirmed this, and all other rulings, except nurobe,rs six and twelve. Number six was that a party could be made a Mason "who had been so unfortunate as to lose a foot," provided that "he can give aU the due signs and summons." I· fail to se,e what the absent foot had to do with due signs and summons. Number twelve was not approved by the committee, who seemed to h'av'e had judgment enough to know that such law did not exist in Missouri. I· give the ruling of the Grand Master entire on· the point pre-sented to him: "No. 12. Lodge N·o. 85 writes that a Brother made application the Lodge for m,embership by affiliation and p.resented therewith dimit in due form from the Juri'sdiction of Missouri,which states that it is limited to one year from date issued, and if not presented to some Lodge \vithin the year, the Brother stands suspended. Can the Lodge receive and act on his application? "Answer. No. Do not receive his application until he~ heals the de·fect of sns:pension as provided by t'he laws 'Of Missouri." I have to s,ay for Missouri that no such law exists, and no such dimit is ever issued by a Lodge .in our State. Moreove1r, the lapse of one year does not work a s1,lspension of the Mason who fails to apply for affiliation within one year. No Mason is ever suspended in Missouri La,ages except by trial and conviction, under charges duly pref.erred. Anon-affiliating Mason, who continues as such of choice for one year is disfra,nchisedin a· degree, but never suspended.

CARD SYSTElVl.

The Grand Master had something to say on the above subject,and I would remark that from extensive and lo,ng-continued experIence with the Grand Lodge Register System, folIo-wed by the "Card System," no Grand Lodge can expend too much mo,ney Of ],ab0'f in perfecting and carrying forward the latter system. Having tested both, I unhesitatingly give preference to the "Card System" &nJT ever adopted: good start has been made of a Masonic Ca,rd data has. been gathered

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the oldest ones where the work is heaviest: and work has been commenced up-on the Lodge Membershdp Cards. Details of expenditures, with oth€r matte'r, will appear in the Grand Secretary's report. I am advised that no further appropriations will be asked for this year for the prosecution of the w·ork, and as onlY $400 was appropriated in the first instance, the work seems to be going forwa'rd at the minimum of expense. In my judgment, Grand Lodge di&played much wisdom in' commencing this enterprise at an early date." CIPHER RITUAL.

Here is what the Grand Master of Oklahoma had to say about the violation of"tl1e obligation of .the First Degree, respecting the writing or printing the same: "The cipher ritual having, as I am well advised, insinuated its.elf into our Grand Jurisdiction, and as I am informed further, having even crept upon the Mastelr's station while Lodges were at Labor, I respectfully recommend that this Grand Lodge adopt such legislation as will cause the arrest of the charter of any Subordinate L,odge that permits its officers or. members to use this r~tual while the Lodge' is at Laqor." Gr,and Master Larsh could not well conclude his interesting Address, without recognizing iln a public way the invaluable services of a very valuable Grand Officer, Grand Secretary Brother J. S. Hunt. Grand M,asters quite generally find ·out the worth of such auxiliaries as Grand Secretatrie's,. and pay tribute to them. This Grand Secretary presented his eleventh annual report, which makes a good sh'cnving. He had collected and paid over to the Grand Treasurer some six thousa:nd dollars, indioatinga balance on hand of ahout eight thousand' dollars. T'he report w,as a superior business d10cument throughout. Heannounc·edthat the returns' from the Subordinate Lodges had been in better time and in more accurate form than in any year. .His recapitulati,on of return.s showed 101 Lodges number of Lodges on the roll 111, with a membership a gain of 1,071. This is a wonderful growth f·or· a and a newly .opened country_

A new committee appears Last year I welcomed Brother as yottmay prefer, and gave and interesting. report, beling

in Oklahoma for 1904. to the "fold" or guild, very attracti v,s that Now

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he disappears and another Hunt comes to the front, with a revtew covering 155 pages of the journal. Like his predecessor, he entered upon his work without an introduction and closed without a conelusion. Wh'9n his work was finished he quit. Of such procedure I lllay say as of the other Hunt, "this is bnsiness. Business characterizes the review of Hunt No. 2 from first to last it being a good report. He writes and excerpts in about equal measure, both being very well done; nothing wanting in general to give the reader a clear idea of what is going on in the great Masonic field. He accorded our last yea.rs' journal (1903) the benefit of four full p:ages t and made a complete synopsis of the doings of that session. Concerning our presidingbfficer at the session under notice he said: "The _t\.ddress of Acting Grand Master Kuhn, who afterwards became Grand Master, is an able, exhaustive and painstakingdocument." That is exactly the opinion entertlained -of the p~per held by many Masons in Miss1ouri. While .very complimentary in his utterances respecting this writer,yet strange to say he misnuderstands my position o'n physical fitness for the Degrees as sbown by the follo'wing excerpt: "He approves as sound the decision of Grand' Master Stilwell in holding as disqualified for the Diegrees, an applicant who had lost two outside fingers on the right hand t but, strangely t'O· us, sugge:st'3 an artificial appliance. so prepared tha.t the grip can be givenoy proxy, "with ,a mechanical hand."We tl1ink that upon this principle an automaton could be easily constructed that could perform all the requirements of the w,ork. H Anyone who bas watched the course, of the Mis'souri writer ~n Oorrespondence since our Grand Lodge adopted the "Crip.pIe Law" will join in my df.'fense, and .resent the charge that I 'ts;u.ggestan artificial apPUlance s,o prepared that the grip. can be given by Never, no never, Brother Hunt, has any one ever found a ~rwjordt from my lips orpen,fav~ril1;g "artificial appUance$." J. F. MA.T~$WS, lVlanguID t Grand~;stejr. JA~n1~S S. HUNT, Stilwater, Gran.d t

F,ifty-Fourth in the e:ityof UI'\~+l,,~,",rlr Bro. S. M.Yoran, The record$hows i"'-!"f"""'~''''I;J. ""', a.nd Hi!€~pir'es~an1~ati VE~'S

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on the roll 105 Lodges, in ,vhich there are 6,953 n1eulhers. A-\ gain' of 548 for -'the term was reported. The income was $8,614. Cash handled for the year was $22,000. After dis\bursem,ents there reluainea a balance on hand of ahout $16,000. ADDRESS.

The annual Address of the Grand Master, covering thirteen pages, opened with a pleasant exordium, follow-ed by an account of a fearful disaster which visited "the .beautifu1 little city of Heppner, which was overWlhel,med and nearly destroyed -by a great water spout, in which many hOlmes were sw,ept alway and two hundred people lost their lives." The Grand IvIaster very prom:ptly issued an qrd-er to the Grand Secretary, Brother James F. Robinson, to draw a warrant on the Qrand Treasurer for one hundred dollars, to be sent for the relief of the Brethren in. Heppner. This action, so tinlely, was approv.ed by the Grand Lodge. The Granel M1aster created three Lodges Under Disp,eusation during his 'official term, and these received Charters at the session. The A.ddress was largely tak-en up with business: of local bearing, such as usna-H.y pertain to the official life of a Grand l\JIaster. He. stated that "dur.ing, the year I have visited nearly half the Lodges in our c].rand .Jurisdiction." These visilts were attended with many advantages to the Craft, and 'aff,orded much pleasure to the Grand :M:aster. Reference was mad'e by him to their UEducational Fund/' which s路eems to be steadily incr'easing. Real and estimated values ,of propertie,s belonging to this fund appear to be well up to one hundred thousand dollars. Of this the GrandMaster said: "The Gr,and Lodge is to be congratulated 'upon the successful managiement of this fund, but the fact remains that in .its. present con'dition the handling of itm'akes the Grand Lodge a brokerage concern; a m'anipulator in stocks." From all that was said respeoting the interests .r1epresented, the question uaturally arises: "Why doe's not the Grand Lodge do something with its great resouroes?" . GHANI) SECRETARY.

~f. VIle Bro. James F. RobinsoIl,my boy friend of other years, pre~ sented a valuabJe contributiQn" to the historj~ and doings of his Grand Lodg-e. Hefurnisn'es vall 3iidnairtt'ble statistical exhibit or table, showing the statu'S of f1a:m:ds ~aid oita.er interests. He said, "All bodgeshavemadie their All路 Lodges have paid their Grand Lodge dues." Happy

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A CASE.

One of the Subordinate Lodges repr,esented that a Brother and meanber, some time before his death, became a charge upon said Lodg,e. Said Lodge reported having expended in the, 'interest of the deceased IDlember "about fifteen hundred dollars. That the w'idow is very old and absolutely without means other than. is furnished her." The membership of the Lodg,e is small, and the m!atter "has become too much of a burden for said Lodge." A prayer was made to the Grand Lodge for aid or r,elief in behalf of the widow in the sum of $250 for the future. The prayer was referred to the Committee on Finance, which reported in f-avor "that the sum of fifty dollars be appropriat-ed to aid in the support of the, aforesaid widow for the following year." Where is that fund of -nearly one hundred thousand dollars? PE.RPE'fUAI. .JUIUSDICTlON.

The proposition of the Grand Master suggesting the modification of the Oonstitutionregulation concerning "Perpetual JuriRdiC'tion" w;as declaried to be ,out of the question, until the Constitution is "amend,ed in the manner provided· in that inHtrument." Change the la.w, Brethren, and modify, if not eliminate, an indefensible regulation. Anamelldment was presented and referred to the Committee 0;n Jur,isprudence looking to the m'odification of said law,providing "that after five years shall hav-e. elaps.ed after the last rejection, no wa.iver of Jurisdiction from the rejecting Lodge shall be required." The commi,ttee approved the· proposed change, which was sent over toiha next session of the Grand Lodge-. ORATION.

A. three-pag,e Address was delivered by Brother W. A. Cleland. It pOj$sess,es considerable merit. AN APPROJ>Bl:ATION

th.ousand dollars was made, or sO much·· of the same as may beneeessary for Masonic purposes, incident to the "Le'wis aRd Clark Exposition."

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very. int.eresting historical word .picture of the ..tJ,,~w ",uo~ ~ Silas M. Yoran. 'Ine

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tinguished Brother tally with the "masterly summary of the work" done by him while serving as Grand Master. and prove him to have been a "man of affairs." CORRESPONDEKCE.

Owing to the lateness of the seas-on when the Oregon Journal came to hand, I can not do more than give a hurried notice of the excellent work on Correspond,en~e furnished by M.W. Bro. J. M. Hodson, Past Grand l\1aster. The revie\v covered 174 page,s, embracing notices, more or l~ss elaJborate, olf 59 Grand Lodge Journals. It is a care,fully prep1ared work,' comlbining much original matte,r, with discreet and valuable ex~racts which received merited attention and comment. Four full pages w:ere accorded our Miss,ouri Proceedings of 1903. His brief summary included the doings of M.W. Bro. John C. Yocum, during the short time he was permitted to labor in the field of usefulness he loved so long and so devotedly, as well as the more' extended and effective work of the Acting Grand Mas· ter, Brother W. F. Kuhn. Brother Hodson has views of his own, properly, and did not hesitat.e to give full play to them. He appropriated approvingly the deliverances of our Brother Kuhn on smok· ing in Lodges. Brother Hodlson had some very plain views about the recognition of the Grand Lodge of the Valley of Mexico, which I appropriate, with the remark that this writer had nothing to do with such recognition, and does not wish to be classed on that side of the line. Hear his comm·ents: "The great trouble seemed to be that they wanted the Mexiean Brethren to have the privilege of visiting their Lodges when in attendance urpon the Louisiana Purchase Exposition next year. T'hce recognition had a striIlg to it, as he·fore it goes into operation the Mexican Grand Master must file with Bro. Vincil, Grand Secretary, a statement that they hold no rel,ation with the Grand O'rient of France, Belgium or any kindred organization. We'll guess a peck of peanuts that the l\lexican will sign and seal a:Q.ything they ask, no· matter if they were represented in the Alpina. Congress last year, which embraced ~11. the clandestine and negro Lodges of the United States." Brother Hodson gave full an'a. kind attention to my wOl;k on Correspondenc'e,comlllenting freely 'and fairly upion V'arious matters, voting his approval, which :me$ins :nnucn to this writer. He thinks we must have a "lot of cr"tltiI:e ill iVlisaouri," considering the criticism. Yes, there are Brooking nuisance m·entioD:6d aad always will be, as long ,8,$ me8.inS nothing huts.

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with those who never see anything below the surface, and but little there unless it furnishes ,a sho"\\'· or a good "time and lots of· fun. He accords me full appreciation touching the famous "Missouri Land· mark" glorified by our Grand Master Finigan, and re,probated by myself. From a quotation made by B;rother Hodson, I inclin~ to the view that he does not think more high.ly of the Shrine than myself. But I must tak·e a parting glance at his Conclusion, and then conclude myself. In that part of his I eport he treats various matters in his usual terse manner. While 1 take a different view of the subject of Grand Mlasters' prerogativ:es, I concede to him a very clear, but not necessarily co~clusive, opinIon of the subject. He does not show any preference for "Cipher Rituals." .I can not understand how anyone can f·av;or this innovation, if not worse, ~ou.rse. He said on the "Landmarks" "We are willing to abide. by M'ackay's conclusions, and let it go at that. FIe declared that the "New Mi'ssouri Landmark" is coming under ,exalnination of the X·ray, and is being generally condemn·ed." No wonder, \vhen su~ha claim comes from so fe-eble a source. I conclude this notice by rnaJdng an extract from the closing utterances of Brother Hodson: "Some Grand Lodges, including our own, hold strictly to the idea of wrpetual Jurisdiction over rejected 'material; o~hers fix various periods from six months to five y,ears, \vhile yet again quite anum· bel" et·Q not recognize any such principle. Nearly, if not quite all, Grand Lodges, require a M'a'sonic residence ,of from six months to one year v·efore petitioning is permltt~d. These few points, with many others, are more or less briefly discussed in this report. T'he Qr,inions of others quoted and commented upon, from ourstandpoi.nt, atld while wide difference's exist,w,e cann,ot but wonder at the great sJ]mii8irity, in· usages, thaJt bas in most rasp'8ots [been m1aa.ntain.ed· dur~ tbe world's most wonderful centurf~ in 'which almost eve·ry ()Yf human thought 'and action has .b,eell m,odified, elevated or l&rom the ft.·eld. M.asonry, restin.g .011 ,the eternal principles ·,of nearest withstood theshoek Qf ,change, and ., is to.,o.ay,.&8 Fra.ternity has ever heen~ . the most perfectemboc1imen.t brotherhood, universal liherty' and .equality, of aU the ever established among A c,ornpleie a:ck:ra.ow~edgeverlasting of Man. tJil!3;(jlji.iiJtalli~:Qie;heid prosperity tlIa eivHi~ed. 'Y0r1d,and. most importal1t duty to gu.ard inCQns;eJJrber interests~ to pro.sperttymay f1

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PENNSYLVANIA-1903. rrhe Journal of the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge (like everything else connected therewith) is large, containing over 500 pages. T,he work is ornamented with an attractive (presentment of their large Masonic Tem1Jle located in Phila;delp1hia, where. all .the Grand Lodge sessions are held. The contents of the Journal are des'Cribed as follows: "Extraots from the minutes of the Quarterly and Annual Grand Communications." .An engraving graces the Proceedings presenting a iIDost charming portrait of the Grand Master who presided at the several Conlmuuicati-ons during the, year, M. VV. Bro. Edgar A. Tennis. The Quarterly Communications. were held in March, June, S,eptemb~er and Decemfber. The Annua~GrandCom· IDuuication was held on the 28th ,of Decemher, 1903. At the Quarterly Communication of Dec. 2, 372 Lodges. were represented; anti at the sessi.on named Brother Wm. A. Sinn was, Grand Secretary, with other Grand Officers present. Two 8'pecial Oommunications occurred during the term, on·e in Ap·ril and the other in July; these Communications were convened for the purpose of dOling honor to the memories of d'eceas,ed Past Masters. One was Brother Michael Arnold, who died on the 24th of April. The ,M~sonic burial s,ervice was duly rendered, foUowed by addresses on· the part of a number of prominent memlbers of the Grand Lodge. Brother S3Jmuel C. Ferkins,P. G. M., was called from 18Jbor on the '14th day of July, 1903. He was Beni,or Past Grand Master, having served the Craft two termls, 1872-73. Trihutes of the moot affectionate and tender character were paid to the wo'rth of these decease·d Brethren. At the June Quar,terly Communioati,on a bequest made by Wm. McCleary, was reported aluounting to $50,000. The interest of $20~ 000 was to be used for the pur,pose of a Mas,onic Home for aged Masons loc'ated in Philad€lphia. Said. bequestokf $20,000 is to be calle,d "Charles Jackson McClary Memorial Fund." The donor,Wm. McClary, was· not a Masol;l, but his Ison,, Charles Jackson McClary, ~s ~n aetive ,and well-known memiber of the fraternity ,for many years. The remaining $30,000 is to be kept as a perpetual f'l\!tnd, tIle interest only be used ,for the education and :protection of the orphan· .children of Free Masons. Twenty years were allowe,du the time w'hich said'! Home shoUld be organized. Pennsylv;ania is the most fortuDJarte Grand Lodge in Arn,erica, if no't in the it being made th,e 'benefi.!ciary Qf numerous, and munificent donati10;ln.s for Masonic 'purposes. .At the September the Granii ,Secretary rend'G'Ftd a brief ,report, in which we find tbi~t t,bere are 446 I..Ioages ~Ujr't.j!!~!.,ID,!!L?·iilt.

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in that Grand Jurisdiction, containing a membership of 63,097, evideneing a gain for the year of 3,271. MASONIC

HOl\iE.

A resolution was adopt'ed and ordered pri'nted, a copy of which. ts to be sent to each Lodge in the Jurisdiction, setting forth the

fact tha1t at a subsequelitQuarterly Com:m unication the question would be tested as to the advisability of establishing a, Masonic Home for Masorus, their wives, widows and orphans. Later the resolution 81bove m,entioned was' adopted and reads as follows: "Resolved, That the Grand Lodge her,eby approves of- and recommends, the establishment of a Mas:onic Home or Homes, under the jurisdIction and management of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, for ~ the :SUtpport and maintenanee of Master, Masons, their wiv~s, widows, and their orphan children. "A cOID'mittee shall report of a plan of procedure to secure the title to :pro..perty, to prescri,be the requisite qualifications for admission to said Hlomre or Hom·es, and provide for the immediate organization, mai.nte·nance, control and management the-reof to effect the purpose of these resolutions, which reportS/hall be submitte,d at the Quarterly Commuuication to be held in March next." At this seslsion of the Grand Lodge the Grand Officers were elected, but not installed until the Grand Annual Communication on the 28th of Decemiber. MASpNIC FUNDS.

Reports were furnished showing the state of the s'everal funds belonging 'to the Grand Lod'ge and used for benevolent purposes.

I give the title of these funds with the amountcontroUed. by them: The Qrand Lodge CharityFund,aiDout$(9)OOO; Thomas Singleton $106,000; Girard Bequest, $64,400; Patton Memorial Char.. $103,000; Stephen Taylor· Bequest, $12,000. The Committ~ Oia Fi'nance reported receipts from aU sources, including dttes, initiations, int6rest, ·McClary and other sourcies, $203,': from the funds same comrecei.pts for $120,OOO,anfl est'Em!I~'tied ex.penses some $70,000. Communion the 28th of were mad·e shQwjng on account frOemdifferent ·fund·s, ~Oi:fI9'\l;p.d the Annual .A.ddre:ss Master M. W. Bro~ Tennis.

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ADDHESS.

The Address covers some 31 pages of most inte-resting matter. It is refined and elevating in character, displaying the charm of diction and thought rarely met w'ith in such documents. He closed a brilliant record and left the history of the Fraternity of Pennsylvania untarnished in character and crowned with pflosperity. He stated that FreeUltaSonry had been instituted in the State 175 years before, in part organized under the zealous efforts of Brother Benj. Franklin, and that througih all the years since, the institution had inspired its members with high ideals,' better citizenship, and patriotic devotion to their country. There is a reverent sentiment pervad.ing the Address that is very charming. He said, "To God, and to Him alone, are we indebted for the' peace, happiness and prosperity that have prevailed through all the years." I cheerfully appropriate the following from his superior utterances respecting the mission of Masonry as a .great charitable movement: "No act of this Grand Lodge. in my judgment, will live so long in sweet memory, or do S'O much to prove that the world is no dead or dark m,achine, but alight with the ~lory, and alive with the Spirit, of God, as its recent resolution to establi'sh, and maintain by this Grand Lodge, Homes for aged Masons, their wives, .widows, and their orphan children. "We have approached this Charity with a conservatism, ag to time, characteristic of this Grand Lodge, and now, with a sentiment so homogene'ous and helpful, let each of the sixty-five thoug,and' Masons in this Jurisdiction understand that he v,an never have auyreal interest in this enterprise until he 'has made sacrifices." He utte,reda prophecy in the following language respe,cting the future of Masonic . Benevolent work: "My faith in the ch,aritable personnel_of this Grand Lodge and its constituent membership prompts! a predi.ction that within ten years from the time our proposed +aome or Homes are openâ&#x201A;Ź!d to receive inmates, the donatio~s ano. bequests, both from within and ' without the Fraternity, willÂˇ besli1!liciently large to maintain tke Charity without cost to this Grand Lo'dge." From the Addres,s it is lea,rned thea! no year in the history of that Gtan-d Lodge have 8,0 ~dditi()ns to" the :F"ratemity b,eexa made. He recorded a on the part of the people ina given locality intooollrt and force aObarterfrom. the (l)f of Pie~l1:m~s~IVl:L.1(a.. thus attempting to wring Glan;d they could not obtain in an GraD. 6:

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quested one of his Deputies to appear in court and defend the rights of the Grand Lodge in the prem'ises. The decision of the court was adverse to the applicants, and they were left out in the cold. The Grand Master, in a very conservative spirit, said: "We have no objection to our colored friends assuming to be of the True Tribe, _so long as that assumption pleases them and inspires them to do good; but we cannot encourage that which affects the fair name, the exceptional record, the sovereignty, the dignity and respectability· of this Grand Lodge." From the comme'nts of the Grand Master ·on the subject, I make the following appropriations: "Masonry knows no distinction af. race or color, and no man, black or white, can of his o'wn· mere will become a Mason. He must first be accepted by the Brethren, and then pass through ceremonies in a regularly constituted Lodge before· he can be entitled to the rights and privileges of Masonry. "If he is not accepted, there is an end to the matter, 'and the law applies with equal force to white or black. Whatever claim the negro may have upon our sympathies, however much we may desire to ameliorate his condition ,or raise him to the level of social equality, he possesses no prescriptive right to the benefits of Masonry." The Grand . Master was pleas~d to announ,ce tbatSchools of InstFuction throughout 'the Jurisdicti'el'llhad done a~ood waf'1\: and eXIl>ressed the hope that more of this would be carried on, as 'tne is iJ.ll;portant and helpful. Reiporting miscellaneous perform.~ the Grand Master stated tnat,at the reql.1est Q·fthe·· Grand Lo~ge of Missouri, he had directed Lodge No. 226 to p.erform t1"1e Mitt$(!)illic Bnrial Service over tbe remains of M.W. Bro. John ··0. ¥o,e.m, Gralld Mas,ter .of Mis,sonri. 'Ille Grand Lodge· of M'aSOI1l;s of Missollri appre'ciates very fully the .kind and Fraternal Spirit m~.ifested by our Pennsylvania Brethren. DECIS10NS.

a num;berof Offioial ........""".. . .L.L,,.,,~ were re!}porte.d bry the to the Grano. Lodge and ap,pro'vaI. T'h1ey are priaCl;lC~~l vaJlnable utterances b~aring inihat Hedecide·(l that a pet he ·is initiated,· having los 6:i;$:fu!~dUierd and eamr not be initia~ie'Eh~ Mis'souri as a dis~qu.aliln.~~~11~~·.l\l;!··.·,. meets the

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Burial Service can be performed alt a cremation." I have looked over with care the somewhat extended list of Special Dispensations, ,and found none granted to Lodges to do work outside ,of the statutory provis·iiQu.S, as to, time. The Grand Master reported the issuance ,of Edic,ts, Laying of Corner-stones and other matters incidlent to his official position. Paying tribute to the Honored Dead, he mentioned the names of three central figures hitherto prominent in the activiti,es of that Grand Lodge-Brothers Samuel C. Perkins, and Michael Arnold, Past Grand Masters, and Rev. John S. McConnen, Grand Chaplain. Ooncerning these departed ones, he said: "Special Communications of Grand Lodges were held to announce the death of the Past Grand Masters, at which the i.mpressive Lodge Burial Service was conducted, while eulogies,eloquent, sincere, and impresslve, were delivered and since published. "These we loved, and their sterling virtues we knew; their noble characteristics it were well for us to. emulate. They have left to us that splendid legacy-the glories 'Of their deeds and the influence of their br.ave words and generous acts. These can never die." He closed his very able and valuable contribution to the Masonic

literature of Pennsylv.ania by saying: "My heart~s desire' and prayer is that our Fraternity may grow in .strength and unity; that our counsels may be blessed with all wisdom, our. officers end'o,wed with all knowledge and zeal, and our' Crafts,men with every perfect gift; and, as we approach the 'East Gate and view the bright hills whereon rests the Eternal City of' our God, where no longers'hallw,e have USe for level and plumb..line, trowel or gavel; compasses or s'quare, helmet or sword; where human weakness and human envy are unknown, and where the work of life will be tried by a juster Judge than here, may the hope of immortality be strong within' us, and may ea;ch hear the welcome greeting, 'Come, Thou blessed of my Father, and inherit the Kingdom prepared for thee from the foundation of the world.' "

After perusing the document submitted by Grand Master Tennis., I canno·t .restrain an expression of regret at the fact found in the record that he declined re-election. He was presented with a Past Grand Master's Jewel at the close of the s,es.sion, and resolutions of very complimentary sort werea.dopte:d,·· placing on record the appreciation of the Grand Lodge f()·r his earnest, faithful and conscienti\otls service to the Craft.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

The review was prepared by Brother James M. Lamberton for the committee, which consisted of four other members. He had reviewed the proceedings of sixty-six Grand Jurisdictions, the work covering 240 pages. The report is in keeping with his standard established for the past few years, and .contains a presentation {)f all matter deemed proper for his report. Our Proceedings for 1903 received due consideration, four pages being assigned to. our doings. I have devoted so much time and space, to the business transactions of that ,Grand .Lodge that .I am cOIDlpelled to forego the pleasure of a close examination and thorough review of the work of Brother Lamberton. I thank him very cordially for the courteous treatment ac.corded my report on Oorrespondence, and am happy to re,cord the fact that he is, continued in charge of the Department of Correspondence. While I may not have theprivilege and pleasure of meeting with Brother L,am'berton, I commend to his Fraternal and Paternal consideration my son, John D. Vincil, Jr., who has received Masonic ;Light in a Philadelphia Lodge. W. BROWN, Philadelphia., Gran·d Master. W"bJ{. A. SINN:, PhiladeJ.phia, Grand Secretary.

JAMES

SOUTH· CAROLINA. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL OOMMUNIOAtION.

The Grand Lodge convened on the 8th da"y of December, 1903 in Masonic Temple, city of Charleston, and was welcomed by M. W. 131'40. J. _4.. Smith, Past Grand 'Master and MaY'OT of Charlest~}n, on of the city at Charleston and thelocaJ. fraternity. PRESENT.

M. W. Bro. WaJlter M.. Whitehead was- Grand Master, R. W. Bro. Charles Ingiesby was Grand Secre:fuary with othe'r Grand Officers ~Da P~st Grand Officers, an~· r?p(re,~ent~tives of 178. Lodges. The rOiJlshows that there are 191 Ohartered· Lodges and 6 U. D., with· a 1.l.1:eelm'bershipof 7:251. These snuwa.· low average membersllip in tbeLodges of the state being less:ihall. 40.

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ADDRESS.

An Address of fifteen pages was submitted by the Grand Master who opened with a sad refrain on account of the bereavement suffered by the fraternity in the death of two Past GraI\d Masters and their J anior Grand Deacon. 'The latter had been assassinated at his 'home under circumstances that were peculiarly shocking. He was one olf the most prominent young farmers in tihe section of the country where he reside,d and was held in high es,teem by all. At the time of his death he was Master of the Lodge to which he belonged. The Address sets forth the detath of two Past Grand Ma,sters, Andrew H. W'hite, who died suddenly at his residence. He had filled many important civil positions. Had seen' active service during the Civil War and attalned distinction as President of the State Agricultural Society. He was a man possessed of charming qu.alities in public and private Itfe. In the year 1888 he was elected Gran.d Master oJ MaS/ons of S,outh Carolina and served one term, declining re-election. The Grand Master said: 1

"He served one term as Grand Masiter,and on account of his ability, his untiring. interest in, and his strong fidelity to the principles of the Institution, he was recom'mended for re-election to tRis higJh and honored position. But in spite ,of the urgent requests of the brethren Bro. White deCilined re-ele,cti,on, and returned to the ranks'V1here he was always an ar,dent and zealous worker for the best interests of the Craft/' Dwring the year another P'a,st Grand Master had passed to the re'ward of another lifet BrotherWm. T. Branch. In 1891 he was elected Grand M'aster and held the office f'or one year, declining reelection. The Grand Master said that ,he was a man of strong character and held d~cided views ,on all matters an,d expressed himsellf and acted upon them fearlessly. DECISIONS.

Seventeen official rulings were reported by the Grand Master. T'hese were of varied sort and probably applied to the needs of the fraternity in that Jurisdicti路on. .A. report was made' by the commitrtee on Jurisprudence touching the decisions of the Grand Master. Some were approved and SO-ID,e left in ,d'Qubt. ST ATE OF T1i"E CRAlil"T.

The Grand M~ter m~de the iel.}!()w.i.ng statements cOl\Cernill:g the condition of the fraternity ill

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"I take pleasure in re-porting that there has been a steady growth throughout the Jurisdiction. The numher of Lodges has heen increased by the formation of new organizations and the revival of some that have been dormant for years. There have been many accessions to the membership of Lodge!s in various parts of the State, and from the repo,rts of the D. D. G. M's. I am informed that most of the subordinate bodies show signs of material prosperity and are advancing steadily and surely in their appointed w,ork. I have been pleased to note on all my official visitations that there has been z:nanifested 'an· eager desire to oduform, as nearly as possiible, to the standard work, and to present it in such a manner that the true beauties of Masonry.may be impressed on the mind and the real -significance and grandeur of the' lessons taught properly appreciated. 11

SPEOIAL DISPENSA'l'IONS.

Seven special privileges were granted, everyone of which wa.s to dispense with existing laws andd'o things out'side -of the statutory provisions. Four Lodg1es were created U. D. during the term two of which received Charters at the session under consideration amd the others continued for another year. The Address contains many ma:tters such as con:stitution of new Lodges; 'corneT-stones laid; halls dedicated and one special case of enforcement of dis,cipline. He reported that a certain Lodge had: violated a provision of the constitution by initiating and-passing a candidate who had ,only one eye. This was regarded as such a' grave MasonIc offense if not a c!lme, as to prompt the Grand M·aster to· arrest tJhe charter of th~ offending LOldge, and suspend the members of that body fron;l aU MBisonic rights and' privileges un~i1 the Grand Lodge determi.ned 'tnequestion. The Grand lVlaster reeomm,ended .th,at the return of trbe Lodges be printed in the 'J ournal of Proc:edin~s. The reason a:ssigl1l$(l by him was ·t1ha-t such publication ai!ords a. valuable record preservatio'n of the archives of the Grand Lodge; ahoulia.the be destroyed by fire the printe€l recoI"'ds would' serve as hist()ry. This may be true, .··but· to my personal knowl~i{ge serves as a guide or directo:r:vto tra veUng Masonic trampS il~:d b'eats. In view of the aibove recommendation tlleGra::g.d printed. as an appendix to the Prvo1ceedlngs the reSurbordinate·s every five yeatS;~ GRAND iJODG~Dt$BT.

Gwand' Master a:m:n()1;ulteed tba:,t·i:tb"aQ hee:n f01:tnd

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of indebtedness at a less rate of interest than is now being paid. It was therefore oonoluded to pay as many of the certificates as the Grand Tre~surer might be able to cancel each year until aU are .paid. The a·r.and· Treasurer reported that all of .the "bonded indebtedness" had been paid, and only 'Outstand,ing certificates of indebtedness remained to be redeemed amounting to something near~ ly $8,000. The administratio-n of M. W.. Brother Whitehead the past year, being hi'S ~econd term, was an able anld .p.ractical business one. The cOID'mittee ,on Grand Master's' Addtess .comm-ended it mJO~thigh1y throughout. A motion was adopted dispensing with the' reading of ~he District Deputy Grana Master's reports. It was ann'ounced during the se$sion that the Trustees of the Gibbs Memorial Art bnnding desired the Grand Lodge to lay the corner-stone of that structure. The Grand Lodge was caned off and proceeded to the site of the building w·here the corner-stone was laid with ap~ pflopriate lVIasonic ceremonies, by the Grand Master Brother Walter M. Whitehead, with the ass,ista.nce of the other Grand Officers. The 00mmittee on Rep'ort on Correspondence :announced 'h3JTmOnious relati,ons betvleen their Grand Lodge and other Grand J'uri,sdictions with one exception, that of the Grand Lodge of Washington. It seems that our South Carolina Brethren have as little use for tile cou.rse of action pursued. by a certain' party in Washington as 'we have in Missouri. This writer would suggest to the Brethren to leave the aforesaid party severely alone, as he is already so far obscured by gathering and d,eserved oblivion as not to merit attention. I have alreadY mentioned the fa·ct that .the Grand Master had arrested the Charter of a' certain I.Jodge and suspended its mem];Jers for making a· mason of a man with but one eye. My attitude on this subject is t'no well known to the Masonic world to need repetition. Tn last year',s, review of So-nth Carolina I noted that in the. Grand Master's Address, he looked upon the law Qlf· absolute physical perfection as not meeting the demands ,of a liberal aDd broad-minded constrl1lction of Masonry. I expressed then,and re.. new the hope now, tbat in .the nearfutllre~uch laws may be wiped f:nom the statute book of ,Mason,ry'and: a liberal interpretatio:n given to fitness for Ma:sonic light, ri:ghts and privileges. In doing this I·am as far removed from. 'the "cripple law" of Miss0uri as I am from the extrelueand strenuous v-iewsof Ph~ical Per· fectitonists. I find that a movement has been inaugurated in the Grand Lodge of South Carolina looking in the direction that r have indicated. An amen.a,m.e~tto the Oonstitutlon was oiZered looking to the relaxa:tionof ta,eir riglid. physical requirements. It is as fo11ows: J

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. 4. ..rticle III. Every Candidate for initiation in this Jurisdiction, nlust be upright in body and not so deformed or dismembered as that he cannot literally comply with all the requirements of. the ritual. , liaid over for action at the next . t. \.nnual Communi,cation. Before the sesston closed another amendment to the same article

of the Constitution was proposed, and ordered printed; both will go over to the next session of the Grand Lodge for action. The second amendment is as follows: "Amend .Article III of the C,ons·titution by adding thereto the following words: "Provided that defect in, injury to, or loss of one eye, nor the deformity or loss ,of one or more toes, nor injury to or loss, of one or more fingers, that in no way inter-feTe with or prevent a literal compliance "with every requirement of the ritual, shall not be considered such a maim 'or de,fect as to disqualify a candidate." ".fbils looks very much as though a better spirit is growing up among the Masons of Sonth Carolina. A resolution of thanks was adopted and tendered 'by .1Jhe Grand Lodge to, the Brethren of Charleston for the excursion and ,oysteT roa.st, given them. The record· says that the newly installed Grand Master, in fitting and graci.ous terms, returned thanks to the Grand Lodg,e for his election to the high station assigned him. CORRESPONDENCE.

R. W. Bro. Charles Ingleshy, Gran,d Secretary and 'Committee on Foreign Oorrespondence submitted hi's twenty.,geve;nth annual rep,ort reviewing all the Grand Lodges in the United StaJtesand British pOissessi ons (the English s'peaking Grand Bodies) with. w1hich that GraJ!1td Lodge' is in fraternal relation. The work covers 180··pages and. is almost wholly written. Our' Missou:ri Journal for 1902' reo ceive'd due notice, attention being paid to the Address of . Gran·d Finagin. .Mention was made o,f· the MasQtnic Home auld its good f'ortune in· bei,ng ~made the recipient of benefactions frOm two SQ·u,re:es. Brother Inglesby in commenting ,on a d,eci,sion made by Deputy Grand Master) Brother·· ,John, C. Yocum as. toW-here corner-stone .of a Ma·sonic· bun~~ngahould be placed, did ,. not ta1~e kind.ly to the rule that a stone· mtg'J1t be laid in the southwest i'.Ilstead of the southeast. Thatdeei'Si'on ,of Brother Yocum'R wa;sa¥});[proved by the committee on Jurisllruc1ence..', Brother Ingies~ 8,a14 "'We think it all ·wron.g; ttwo1l1d ,have been better to dis· pellse with the laying of the 0ornerstone with Masonic cerem,ony 1

.A.ppendix. rather than to have put it in the wrong place". I raise the question here, "'W'hat difference does it make as to where the stone is laid"? The Journal of proceedings for this year is much larger than usual owing to the fact th8Jt the mmbership by Lodges is published therein. Brother Inglesby says that their Constitution makes it the duty of the Grand Secretary to prepare Re'port on the Foreign Correspondence of the Grand Lodge, so that the Grand Secretary is committee on Correspondence without special appointment by the Grand Lodge. JOHN R. BELLINGER, Bamberg,' Grand Master. CHARIJES INGLESBY, Charleston, Grand Secretary.

SOUTH DAKOTA-1903. TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL OOMMUNICATION.

This session was held in the city of Deadwood, commencing on the 9th day of June, 1903. M. W. Bro. FrankA. Br'G,wn was Grand Master; Brother George A. Pettigr~w, Grand Secretary, and the usual· Grand Officers were presen t. I have searched in vain for a recapitulation showing the number of Lodges in the Jurisdlction, or those, represented, or' other information necessary in making up the report ou Correspondence. It is true the Committee on Credentials made a report, as did the Grand Secretary, but neither did any counting or footing up, and I have not the time to do it for them. .Missouri was represented ,at the session by Past Grand Master Thos. H. Brown. A very cordial welcome was extend.ed to the Grand Lodge and' l·esponded· to by Grand Master Brown, a striking likeness of whom· graces the Proceedings as a frontispie~e showing him to be a' good-looking Official. ADDRESS.

An Address embracingeightee·n pages is found in the Journat which opens with a charming 'ex:ordLi\l.m showing hownappy the Grand. Master felt 'c·ve,r .exi.stingeoinditlons. He said the closing year had been one of activity and Jiliroeperity, and that they ,a,ai enjoyed material prosperity, s a t h e whole commonwealth.. Iter. specting their State, I find til:e ,fO)~$'Wit1g, which will be of interest t() '.

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"'South Dakota is neither the lland of millionaires llior of paupers. It is true that men of vas1t wealth find pleasure and profit in living among us, and it is also true that the poor are always with us, but the grand fact remains that the bulk of our people belong to that great class of well-to-do, vigo,!oUS, energetic workers who do things and yet have leisure for the reasonable enjoyment of life. And, as I look about me to-day; I find in this assemblage ample proof of all that is here written." T'he Grand Master recorded the dea:th of a well-known and wellbeloved Brother Mason, Edward G.Benke, Pasrt Grand Treasurer. The portrait of Brother Benke is found in the Journal, as is also that of M. W. Bro. Melvin S. Youngs, Pas:t Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin and Honorary Member of the Grand Lodge of South Dakota. This beloved Brother died in June, 1902. It was my pleasure to meet M. W. Bro'. Youngs at a session of the Grand Lodge of,VisCtonsin some years ago. For a number of years he 'was Grand Lecturer of that Grand Jurisdiction and a strikIngly correct teacher of the Masonic Ritual. Grand Master Brow:Q. ira his Address presented a summary of his official doings, stating tha;t the Subordinate Lodges we,re pro'S'perous to a degree .unknown in recent years. One Lodge U. D. had been created, but was eontinned another year, not receiving a Gha.rter at the Grand LJodge se;s路s.~oin. He rep,orted the Constitution of Lodges created at the "f'\'Y't.':I"tT'ict'Ull::! session, cornerstones laid and dedication of Masonic Temp.le ~t ChaDJ,berlain. A number of Official Rulings were reported, aU of which were declared to be in accord with the law Jurisdiction and were for approval by the Coman Jurisprudence. A these decisions will of their value to the "An in Masonry, and one who himself to be an not be permitted to testify Mas'O'nic trial." or part blood" otherwise may receive "A local Lodge whether a be c.harged",' "An meeting of in Ma.sonry." "The of elsewhere than in a a reprimand and :to chargerS for il1i)ijE.OciE~e(j.ed. against for take exception: a.ge of .petitioners, but his he reaches his ",_,oJ:"."",

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is aHo'wed by Masonic law, are we not invading the rights of parents and guardians of minors, who are such until full 21 years of age? In my judgment, there is impropriety, to say the least, in such haste, as is often shown. The Grand Maste;r siaid that路 he had been as!ked for many dispensations to confer Degrees out of time. He had granted three privileges of this sort on the ground that the applicants were about to take an early departure from the Jurisdfction. I am gl,ad that we have no law in Missouri allowing such privileges to those who suddenly wake up to the necessity of obtaining' Masonic Light after having lived for years where they could be mad路e Masons. The Deputy Grand Master of the ~Turisdiction, Brother Byron P. Dague, having been in charge of the Craft in that Jurisdiction during the absence of Grand Master Brown, made a full and detailed statement of his official doings. Grand Master Brown reported his. offi,cial visits, saying that he had uniformly been re'ceived with the honors due his rank, and had derived much pleasure on every occasion. From his own obs路ervations and other oources of informa.tion he was convinced that the Lodges are prosperous, and ,V'orthy the Grand Order of M,asonry. GRAND SECRETAny.

Brother George A. Pettigrew, Grand Secretary, submitted a full and detailed statement of official matters connected with his department of the work. ;He opened by stating that he was aga.in nearly three months late in publishing their PI'O'ceedings on account路 of absence from the Jurisdiction to bury his only remaining parent in theS\tate of Vermont. Speaking of the annual returns from Lodges, he said they were in keeping with former years as to the correctness. Some were in such a mangled condition as not to he recognizable. It seems that Secretaries in that Jurisdiction do not pay any attention to thesnggestionS' of the Grand Secretary, or else they are incolllpetent. If we. had such Secretaries in Missouri, they would certainly: hear from official sources in such terms as would bring them to a sense of duty. Brother Pettigrew reported the membership in that Jurisdiction as 5,444, being a net gain of 306. The financial report is wholly satisfactory, as it a;mounted" to $5,543. It was announced during the session that M. 'Vv"'~ Bro. Albert W. Coe" Pasit Qrand Master, was too iUto attend the session of tne Gra:a.i LOOgel' . and a committee of Past Grand Masters wasl)'~Q's!eat resolutions to Brothel' Oae. The record s.no,wslmlile:,age an per diem '0.[ session. amounted to

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RITUAL.

The Committee on Ritual staid that the RituaI already ,adopted had been used many years throughout the Jurisdiction, and the

work had become more and more uniform. The committee depre~ cated any change and reC'ommended that the Craft, as a whole, endeavor to perpetuate the present Ritual in its entirety. The Committee on Resolutions reported th,at the thanks of the G'rand Lodge be tendered to Deadwood L'odgefor the reception and en~ tertainment furnished them; to Brother FrankA. Brown Do,r his painstaking and faithful ad'ministration as Grand Master; to Brother Geo,rge A Pettigrew, Grand Secretary, for his vaIua/bIe services, and to the Order of Eastern Star, expressing ap·preciation of the magnificent work of that organization. Before the session closed, a re.commendationwas adopted proposing to set aside five per cent of the gross receipts of each year for the purpose of creating a fund tlo be used for building quarters for the Grand Lodge ,Library and office for the Grand Secretary. A special report of the Cammittee on Correspondence called the attention of the Grand Lodge to a communication from the Grand Lodges of Costa Rica and Valle de Mexic'Q', asking fo,r official recognition by the Grand Lodge of South Dakota. The committee stated that the SupremeCoun'cil of Guatemala claims Sovereign Jurisdiction over the Masons of Costa Rica and protests against re'cognition of the Grand Lodge above named. Brother Brown, ChaIrman of the co·mmittee, contended that Costa' Rica, a's a Sovereign Jl.lri.sdiction, has control of the three Symbolic Degrees, and th.at the Scottish Rite has Sovereign, Jurisdiction over the Degreels from the Fourth to the '.Phirtythird" inclusive. H€ well and properly asserted that the three' Degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry are independent, and are governed by the OFtaft only. He recom·mended that the remons1trances of the S~lprelD.e ',Council be permitted to have no effect. Missouri .has n~tyet taken official notice of, the claims of Costa Rica or, reco,;;JJl!'~z,erd.,t.hatGrand Jurlsdicti'Q'n as a Sovereign Grand 'Lodge. I hop·e s·(}methin,g will be done at our next. session, as I join heartily in of Brbther Brown in as'se;rting, the independence of th8lt of the arr~g;ant and, iofty pretension of, the Supreme 'of Scottish Rite lol Guatemala.. Brother Brown 'recamthat' the Grand Lodge of Valle 'de Me,xico be "reoogniZeiQ, as and independent Grand Lodge of Fre:eMaSons. 'The was adopted, as W8,\s •that recognizing the Grand Costa Rica. At the. instaUatio'n of the Grand Officers, :P. Dagl1e, Grand ,Masller'-elect, addressed tme Grand Lodge in pertinent terms and at a considerable I

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length. The Trustees were elected for the Grand Lodge for the ensuing year, consisting of the Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master and Grand Secretary. One thousand copies of the Grand Lodge Proceedings were 'ordered printed, and the Grand Lodge was duly closed, CORRESPONDENCE.

The review was made up of an examination of fifty-nine Grand Lodge Proceedings, American and Foreign" covering 156 pages. rrhe report was the work of Brother Samuel A. Brown. I am pleased to see Brother Brown again in the field of Masonic labor, although during my illness, the past winter, I 'never expected to greet him and others of the Guild on the s/hores of Time. As a committeeman, Brother Brown ohserves closely, writes admirably and condenses well, making it more than a compilat1o,n of facts., and his comments are most entertaining. lIe does not hold to the idea cherished by many Mas10ns that the flag of our country should appear in Masonic Lodge .. rooms. I dtQ' not believe that anything other than a spirit of genuine patriotism ever prom1pted the pla.cing of the United States flag in a Masonic .Lodge room. It is not intended to be a part of the furniture of the Lodge, and is therefore not out of place when located within the sacred pre,cincts of a MaslQfnic Hall. I agree with Brother Brown that itsdis.playshould not be made obligatory, but when it is volunt~rnyplaced in a Lodge room it speaks for its·elf as the symbol of Masonic freedom and the independence of our Craft. Brotb~r .Brown sunlmarized the Proceedings of Missouri·for 1902, giving us more than three·, Jl);ages· of his space. R.eferring ·to a ease that occupied the 'attention·, ;<>f .the Grand Lodge ·sessioos for two years, bes~id :t;owar!~ th'eoffender·. was determined by the loose and unl:>,usi:a~ssnke methods of the Scottish Rite Bodies in conducting From tile· above revie;w Brother Brown concluded Lodge has a right to discipline memhers f o r e v e D if connected with the "so-caned higher hod~es. that view of the caS'E? lam gratified at the Grand.M,ast~r, Brother John C. )"'(}cum,. Master durillg absence of Brother Finagin grea.ter part of y;~,a.r. Referring to of Mi.s~r:~ brr.()ugnt out the the seis($~!.",

iBro·tner Brown sai.d: not have to be

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thirteen thousand dollar gift to our Masonic Mome by Brother I{uykendall, saying, "Gifts speak louder than words." Quoting my allusion to!he remark' of a MaSlon in a Missouri School of Instruction, who" said, "Masonry is older than grammar," Brother Brown made the following comment: ~'From our own study and observation, we have come to the conclusion that whatever, may have been the truth 'about the assertion of the Missouri Brother as to the relative ages of the two sciences, Masonry is steadily increasing and grammar is steadily decreasing." I re,m,ark that "Masonry is steadily increasing," and "grammar" is not "d·ecre8Jsing." Far from it. I appreciate the fraternal spirit of Brother Brown, and ta,ke pleasure in recording that he is' continued in charge of the work on Correspondence, with headquarters !at Sioux Falls. BYRON P. DAGUE, Deadwood, Grand Master. GEORGE A. FETTIG-nEW, Sioux Fal}s, Grand Secretary.

SOUTHDAKOTA-1904. Since re1riewing the Journal of Proeeedings of this Grand Lodge of 1903;t the Journal for 1904 has cO:me to hand, and isentit1ed to a pa$iJlmg notice, rather than to send it C)-ver for a year. The Thirtieth Annual ,Session ,convened in¥ta,.nkton, ,June 4th. In' abQut thirty days a large and handsomely gotten up journal came to hand containing the doings of the ses'sion. Brother George A. Pettigre'w, Grand Secretary,has ma,de' a flrst-ela,ss ,record as suchl and,. well deeerves commendation. The Gra~dLodge was welcomed ,in a formal m!anner to Yank,t-on by Masonic and civil representatives. A r'esponse was madle by the Deputy Grand Ma.ster, Brother 1. W. Goodner. M. W. Bro. Byron P. Dagu'e presided,assisted by other G;rand Officers. • I{EPRESEN'F.t\.TIVES.

" ~epresientatives of 77 Lodges were in attendance, with nineP~t ~ral),d Masters, ,and Representativ~i~'~f/26l~ister Grall d !J0d~es~, ,'. M. ~ .• ~:ro. Thomas H. ,BJ:"Qwu, ,anEr\lT~~ed,to .•. th~ call tor Missouri. :B:rp;t.,ber Pettigrew, Gra.nd secrietar~,r~~prtedthe i existenoe of l iO'B Ch.ai~ered Lodges, and four 'worktD]i~lInder. Dispensation, a. me:mbership entire of 5,710, being a,g~in of 266. (t,•• L,. A,p.-9.

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RETURNS.

T'he Grand' Secretary said, respecting this branch of labor, that "On the whole, the reports from the Subordinate Lodges this year were in theworsrt condition that they hay-eever been returned to me." ADDRESS.

Quite 'a lengthy Address was p~esented by Grand Master Dague, covering thi~ty pages. It was fill,ed with much matter of local interest, which received due and car-eful cons·id'eration. He announced the death ofa Past Deputy Grand lVlaster, R. W. Bro. Robert ·0. Hawkins, who passed away in September, 1903, and was buried with Masonic honors. The Grand Master said the· correspondence had been v,ery larg·e. Hie concluded, from various reasons, that the y~r hald "be-en one ot prosperity and .activity throughout the Jurisdiction." He had created three Lodges Under Dispensation, granted a number of Special Dispensations, some of which were to permit the Lodgeis to eonfer Degr1ee's out of time. Nineteen decisions were repor-ted. Thes'ewere all prSictical and sound expositions of law. He ruled that "The Past Master's Degree is not a pre-requisite to the orffice of Worshipful Master'." His, deci~sioln that the Grand Master should not pass upon the physicalquali'fications of candl.. dates for the Degrees, but such m'atter must be diecided by the Sub~ ordinate Lodge, was in keeping. with the good judgment shown, on other subjects. I fiu,d that the rulings. of the Grand Master quadrate with our laws in Mi'ssouri· v,ery gener~ny. Owing to great distanc,es necessary to1?e traveled, he had Diot been able to otlicially visit very many of the 00'l1Stituent LodJg:es.. ·.:Ete oonciemned ~n v.i'gorous tern:liS the growing practice of. -election.eering . for ofiice in Lodges. Bis reprobatiQD of this pernicious evil· W8.1S strong and· just. CONDITION OF 'f1:IE ORAFT..

The follo\ving clipping state of Masonry in South Dague was· creditable land receiv,ed: "It givies me perity continue,. not th'roughout the entiveOrder and good feeling preYlaiL"

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CORRESPONDENCE.

Sixty-two Grand Lodge Journals passed under the inspection of the Com,mittee, B,rother S. A. Bro,wn. .The T,eview W8IS quite extensive covering nearly 200 pages. He appropriated largely from the work of tIle New York com:mittee 'bear.ing upon f.oreign M~aSionic Jurisdictions. Brother Brown is a labori,ous worker, and furnishes matter by wholesale for the readier. H,is work com,mends 81plproval wherever examined. He gavle our Mi.s,souri Proceedings his careful consideration, taking notice of what was done, ,in brief, at. the last sessi,on. I 'am pI/eased Ito record the fact that he remains in charge of the department of Correspondenee, still carrying the "Portfolio of . State." Iv AN W. GOODNER, Pier,r:e, Grand Master. GEORGE A., PETTIGREW, Sioux Falls, Grand Secretary.

TE NN ESS EE-1904. The Ninetieth Annua.l Communicatlon conven,ed In the city of Nashville on the 27th day of January, 1904, and was held in, Fre'8mia-sons' Hall. M.. W. B'I'1o. Edmund P. McQue,en was Grand Master aDd present in the ,chair and R,,, W.B·ro.JOlhnB. Garrett" GrandSecretary with other Grand OtlieeflS. The recovdB ,show the prese;nice of 18 Past Grand Masters and ,Il(ep'resentatives of 400 'out, of th,e422 Loalges on the roll in attendJan'oe. ADDRESS.

An Addr,ess covering 22 pages'\V3.Sp:resented by the Grand .M'aster and contains a record of bU'~,ine~s, thought and labor for the term. From the opening I make. the, f'ollowing appropriation: ',{Thi'S thas b'een a ye.ar of laportome~ a labor of loyeS7R~r~ t1ftre work of the Grand Lodge iseon1c€!1rned, and I sham ,evel'>reme~'" 'h)er man.ypleasant·'a'S'sociatiQll.~l I~ave enj'oyed with .i;~~Br. . . ~uring' the

past,year.

Owing .' to the pec-uliar 'ci'rcumstances l$urrounding me dll'ringthe have not vi,sited as 11l1ln~fQt~~~L()i(i~esa~ I 'desjiri~Q..,MY ;Show, however,. Wi I ~iaveC!~~,ne.· '~~ng ,ti.lilS . l,ine. what I have le·aI'Died: y vi$Ji:.tati!())J,~, I havf3 lIl.ft·qe i.~~~it~:E~ ofonrBret~ren.f~Om., .... >i/< p~~s>of tale State, 8.Jl~.am repo"'rt ,tbat ,with a :fewe~c 'S, the Lodges, throughout are •. In a .poo1spe:rous c~;n.~i.t~~~~"

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OBITUARY.

The Grand Master said that he had been for some months expecting to hear of the death路 of Brother Bun F. Priee, P. G.M.., and at last the sad announcement was made that this excellen,t Brother had passed away. Brother Price ,died on the 4th d.ay of May in the city of Memphis, and was buried on the 6th d1ay by the Masons of the city where he had so long liv-ed, labor,ed and suffered. The Journal contains a tender and aff路ectionate tri'blite paid to the memory of this Distinguished Mason by his old, familiar friend, Past Grand Master Brother H. H. Ingersoll. The tribute is worthy of its author and its subjeot.路 Brother W. H. Riley, Worshipful Master of Houth. Memphis IJod.ge Joined in a hearty and cordial response to the memorial of Brother Ingersoll. T,he Grand Master tells us that Brother Price with his own hand penned an article for the "Shibboleth," his Masonic paper, in anticipation of his coming death. It is so touching that I tranlsfer it t,o this report in its entirety: "T'o the Readers of Shibboleth, Good-By:

"Dearly Beloved Brethren-Greeting: vVhen your eye rests up,on this article the editor, founder and owner. of Shibboleth, Bun F. Price, will be no more.. Our mortal remains will lie ble'aching beneath the clods of the valley in beautiful Elm'wood, and our disemhodied ,spirit will be at peace with its God, in the full enj.oyment of that joy .and felicity v\olichsafed to the 'people of God' and those who die at peace with the world. Even now, while we pen these lines, in full possession 路of our mental faculties, we feel the sands of time gradually slipping away beneath us as we enter the 'River of Life' at the ford, w~ere angels cross, where the water is exceedingly shallow. clear as crystal, and its pebbly bed sparkl,es with a diamond hue under the raJdiance of the sunlight of God's love; we feel the spray of that beautiful stream fanned against us by the .tips of angel's wings sent as an escort to conduct us safely over, and into Heaven's bright world, as we hear the ~ngel harpers singing, 'Enter thou into the JOY of thy Lord and throughout all eternity enjoy the association of friend'S and loved ones gone before.' Happy thought! joyful realization! "0, death, where is thy 'sting? 0" grave, where is thy victory?' "We would like .to write more, 'but tbeeicruciating pains tha.t are .torturingourenfeebled body admcYnish us to b,e brief. "May the Maslon's God with yOll all, and nuay we all mep,t .in the Grand Lodge alit its tIle last prayer of YQ\1f faithful servant."

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The _.\ddress contain.s a long list of names of. the Hon-ored Dead The Grand Master reported the various matters connected with his administration such as dis~ pensatious granted; forma:ti,on of new Lodges; official visitations and other local matters. I find no privileges granted to do work out of time. Speaking of his official visits to Lodges, Grand Mas~ ter . McQueen said that it was easy to detect from the wor,k done '\¥hat Lodges had been visited by the Lecturer and reached the following oonclusion: of many Grand Lodges of the country.

"This Grand Lodge will never, in my opinion, have discharged its full duty to the Craft until it makes provi'sion by which each Subordinate Lodge in'I'ennessee shall be visited at least once each year by one of the Lecturers, or some one of the Grand Officers." MASONIC

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Our Tenneslsee Brethren, like the Masons of Missouri, are in love with that splendid institution now claiming $0 much oOl1lsider~ ation throughout. the country, the Masonic Home. The Grand Master had visited the· institution during his term of office. He said the lVlasons of the State O'f Tennesse,e had made it a labor of Love and built a beautiful structure to provide a h'ome for the ne·edy wid'owsand .orphans of deceas,ed Brethreu. He thinks ev,ery Tenn~ e$see Mason ought to be proud of it. I clip the following statement of the Grand Master showing his estimate of the work being don-a: "The Masons in this great State, making it a labor 'of }ove, have built this beauUful s'tructure to provide a home for the indigent widow,s and orphans O'f .our dec:eased .Brethren. Every Tennessee Mason should be proud of thits institution. Heshou1d be p1"ond to th.in.k that he belongs to a Frate.rnitywhich will· with loving care provide a home au·d an education for his dear ones should \he be caUed away. He should make his contributi1ons for the support o:fthis Horne with the same free ·.'haoo with ·which he contributes te> tae support of his immediate dearoues in his OWJl home. Let us make this Home a hom,e. Let US . make the dwellers· there. feel titatweare their brothers, tha.t th~ :'.Masons all over this broad State, from w'here the sun first ·k~i$ls:es the mountains .in the eaa't t,o Where it .sets over 'the broadW'aJrt~;rs of the Mississip,pi in the Wiest, are caring for them and tla.)i;n~ing of them and sheltering tl!em· nnder the broad wing of the n0'bleFrate·rnity."

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DECISIONS.

The official rulings m'ade were passed upon' by the Committee on Jurisprudence, the majority of which were duly approved. He said Master and Wardens of a Lodge could not dispense charity without the consent of the Lodge. It was his vielw that the Junior Warden could not act as counsel fior an accused me:mber in a Masonic trial. His reason was that the .JuniorWarden should pre~ fer charges against the offending, Mas'on and prosecute him. Tlhe Committee on Jurisprude'nee took a different view, correcting the deci,sion holding that Junior Wardens could appear as counsel at a Lodge trial, some other member having preferred the charges. ANTI-SALOONS.

The Grand Lodge of Tennessee, like Missouri, has placed itself

on record against saloon-ke'eping and liquor-selling Masons, and is there to stay. The Edict No. 61, declared against the manufacture or sale of liquor or intoxicating liquor as a bev·erage. That law went into effect on the first .(lay lof January, 1903. Any person englaged in the sale of Uquor was deemed unworthy of membership in the Masonic Fraternity; and all Masons who go into the businessar,e liable to charges. The GrandMaster decided that this law applied to bar-tenders, bar-keepers and all those who sell by 'wholesale as well as. thos1e who g·ell by retail. This suits me to perfection. Grand Master McQueen ·discussing the liquor traffic said: "It is a grea;t----possibly the greatest-evil with which this nation ,ha;s, or ever had, or will ever hav,e to contend. It is not a Southern any more than it is a Northern. evil. It does not belong· to the East any more than it helongs to the West. In all our v,ast continent there is not a rivelr into which its t·ears have not fallen and into w,hiClh its sui'cides have not plunged. It has ruined ~nd is ruining some 'of our. fairest Southern plantations and srome of our happiest Northern homes. It has turned:.· the roseate hue of the cheeks of multitudes of 'our American the p.allor of despair. It has cast its black and every street of every village, town and' citJ,. in our Union. is asocial, a moral pestilence that is almost overwhelming." The above p.aragraph COllta:lll,s '~t!~oug'i;'1~s that breathe and. words that burn." Twenty years took the sa,me maintains it still and never therefrom. I close my reference to with c:om];Qe:n4:~· tion of the Grand Ma.ster of his lofty SeJElt.l:Dtl:.~ll1~SJ

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noble fight against the demon intemperance, -and record 'my pleasure and satisfaction that Tennes,see, the h:ome of Jackson and a host of great leaders Maison.ically, in the past stands Iik'e a Stonewall' against the inroads 'Of the American liquor traffic. The Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge presented an extended report wlhich followed that of the Grand Master. He Ihad visited a large numher of Lodges'; assisted in conferring degrees, laboring to increase the zeal路 of the Brethren wherever' he w'ent. The Grand T'reasurer reported having handled during the term within a fracti,on of $50,000. After disbursements made there was a balance on hauid of \something loveT $25,000. G"RAND' SECRETARY'S HEPORT.

Brother John B. Garrett, Grand Secretary, is always up to time and standar,d with reports of Qfficial affairs connected with hi,s station. He said that "receipts fom all sources, for the endowment fund of the Masonic Home: from the Grand Lodge, have been $26~.273, all of which had been paid to the Grand Treasurer. He, too, Hike the Gr,and Master and Dieputy Grand Master had been out tramping over the State officially. He had spent 102d,ays in offi路 cial vi,sitations, exe,mplifying the ritual in seventy-eight Lodge.s. I un,dertake to say that there is' not another Grand Se;cretary on the American C'onitinent that deViotes'bheattention .and labor to the benetfit of the Craft in the way of ibni1lding UP the Lodges as is done in this instance. Bro.ther Garrett. is ia man of amairs, all arotlnd e.8Jpability, and equal to the' demands made up'on h'im. MASONIO HOl\m RlEPOB'I'.

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standard. The R·ome has not been fortunlate from the health stand p,oi nt, an epidemic of measles having broke out and contin~ ued to spread until it had completely exhausted the material on hand. 'The Fraternity is laboring to secure an endowment fund flor the Home. T1hey have alrea·dy secured something over $14,000. During the session the children of the Masonic Home appeared before the Body and rendered an interesting and attractive program'me :which seems to have captured the great Body of the Craft present on that occasion. A resolution waS' adopted during the session, offered by Brother H,~ H. Inger·soll, P. G. M., complimenting the Deputy Grand M8Jster and the Grand Secretary on their reported vi,sitations to the Subordinate Lodges during, the year, and expressed the lhope that the example would be followed by other Grand' Officers. The committee on Jurisprudence had cons.idered a resolution asking for some name to be applied ito the residents of the Masonic Home other than the word "inmates". The committee sugge'sted the use of the word "residents".. This writer would suggest to Ithe Tenn,e'ssee Brethren to characterize the .widows and orphans of thei rHome "members of the Home family". Ye,ars ago as a member of the Board of Dir,ectors of the Mi,sSlouri Masonic Home, I repudiated the use o:f the w,ord "in.mates", and adopted f'Or my own use the term given above, and ilt has be'come so familiarized by use that none other is no,,,, applied. CORRESPONDENCE.

The review. was made by Brother "Henry A. Chambers for the committee" and embraces 117 pages. It is almost wlhoHy m·ade up ·of extracts from the Journals. exam,ined, in the way of an entire transfer of recapitualation1s furnished· in the Grand Lodge Pro~ ceedings. Our Mi,ssouri Jou'rnal for 1903 received a perfunctory notice covering two page,s C'omp0sed. of figures and excerpts. Commenting on the fiscal part· of our Frbeeedings .he said "The Grand Lodge collects about 96 for Grand Lodge dues". I will inform the aforesaid that Mis:sonri d'oes not 001Teet a per capita of less GliDe' per member. The difference between the amou.nt {8B~ ike membership of the Jurat wlhos!e j,sdiction is acoountecl. for b]"tie were "remitted for inability in DIy review of is time regret in losing Brother Ingersoll; and

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making new acquaintances very slowly. Brother Chambers takes the place of his illustrious predecessor. JAMES L. SLOAN, Lindon, Grand Master. JOlIN B. GARRET'l', Nashville, Grand Secretary.

TEXAS-190311 The Grand Lodge of Texas convened in the city of Waco on the 1st day of December, 1903. It was the Sixty-eighth Annual Communication, Q[ whichW. M. Fly was Grand Master, and John Watson Grand Secretary. A full corps of Grand Officers appears with sixteen Past Grand Masters and representatives of 469 Lodges. The total membership of Lodges is reported at 32,384, and the total number of Lodges, 683. A gain of 816 over the previous year is noted. The Grand Secretary repc'rts an income of $41,182. ADDRESS.

An Address covering forty-two pages was furnished by Grand Master 'W. M. Fly. This is the largest Grand Jurisdiction territorially on the continent. This Grand Lodge gets out a large volume of· Proceedings, and a great amount of business was transacted during this session. The Grand Master delivered the longest Address met with during the year. Fono'wing a lengthy exordium, hesiaid that the haud of the grim monster, Death, had "left u.nthe ranks of the Grand Lodge. Mention was made in the Ad'€I.ress of foreign relations as being most pleasant; Grand Representa.tives had been appointed and commislsioned; Chartered Lo€1ig,es constituted; nine new Lodges created U. D.; dispensations granted for various purposes; corner~tones laid; Degree work to out of time by authority; ~ale .of property; removal of the Grand IAdge to Waco from Honston, and other matters of.no mc~mE~nt IQlut.side of that Jurisdiction.. Qf the removal of the GraXl.d Lodge to W'aco, tb:e Gr'and Master. had tbis to say: l'(i'1'n·especial committee appointed at your last session will •offer report, which will give in detail all matters' relative to the ~eID.0~Va..l:. of our archives and ·othe:l1" . ~i.ercts from the city o·f Hc'uston city of Waco, together with aU arrangements made here, inst~uctions given them. Thaft~eYhave done the bestthey the conditions, will now be best appreciated by you Wft:O! may care to investigate. We . . ];lave .here .' all necessary vault 1

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room and office accommodations', and, as it must of necessity be some months at le'ast before we are provided with quarters of our own, I would recommend that you take the necess!ary steps looking to the continuing of the present arrangements." DECISIONS.

It must have been a very busy year to the Grand Master of Texas on this line, as he rep'orted only forty-nine decisions, not considering it a good season for that sort of business. These Official Rulings' apply to Texas, and of some of them I might say that Texas is welcome to the credit of them. MASONIC

HOME.

The Grand Master said, respecting this institution, that it. exhibited one of the bes,t evidences of the progress of the Fraternity, it being a heautUul illu.stration of the spirit of Freemasonry, in practic~ showing the practical phases of Masonry. I make the following appropriation from the Journal, which ooutains the thanks of the Grand Lodge to the Grand Treasurer, who made a donation of $2,458 to the 'Widows' and Orphans" Home Fund: "WHEREAS, The Grand Treasur,er of the Grand Lodge has generously donated tJo the Wido,ws' and Orpha,ns' Home Fund the commission of five per cent., to which he is entitled (under. Art 1, Chap. 5, Sec. 7, of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Texas;) for all moneys received by路 him on the Building Fund, amounting to $2,458.23; therefore, be it "Resolvea, That the thaniks orf this Grand B路ody be, and they are, here'by tendered to BDo,ther路 Fryinier for his generous donation, and that said sum be credited by the Grand Treasurer to the said Widows' and .Orphans'HomeFund." The Address' of Grand Master is an able document, and was considered by a committee worthY following tribute:

"In conclusion, we desire broad and co'mprehens'ive dealt with the complex before him. His gives evidence of profound tricacies of Masonic law aDd.

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Jurisdicti1o:n, and which follow'S clos,ely the Landmarks and customs of our Craft as observed from time immemorial. Our Grand Master retires, therefore, in the happy consrciousness that, by diligent and intelligent direction of the' affairs of the Craft during the past year, he has earned the plaudits of his Brethren and deserved the highest meed of praise which it is possible for them to bestow." The Grand Treasurer presented an extended report showing that he had handled during the year, including the balance from last year, the sum of $43,000. Grand Secretary Watson r~ported giving itemized details connected with the work and rp.uch statistical matter. He stated that the Correspondence in his oflice had largely incre'ased during the year, and that the returns, had come in slowly and were found to have about the usual amount of errors. In his srtatistiwcal exhibit he showe,d that 466 Lodges' owned their own buildings; the value of these buildin'gs is a million dollars; the insurance on the buildings, $346,000. Insurance on furniture, $50,000.' Money in Lodge Treasurie,s, $60,000. Value of real estate owned by I... odges, $2,500,000. He had paid ov:er to the Treasurer ,on account of the General Fund, and Widows and Orph.ans Fund, a to:tal amount of $41,182. MASONIC TEMPLE.

The special Committee on MasonlcTe,mple reported that they had been authorized to sell the Grand Lodge Temple property in the ,of Houston and to erect a neW Temple .in .the city o!f Waco. The property in Houston ha;d been sold for $100,000. The Grand Lodge had appropriated$15e;OOO for the erection of a.Dew

Temple in Waco, but when bids were opened for the construction ofs8.id .Temple" it. was found that路路路tb.eID()~we'st.bid was for theSillm of $20,0.000. Tneco路mmittee was and could' not proceed a to continue the COlls1letel~atjLOn at the ne:xt session. of allin sundry reports from the UOlmln.~'tteE~S asGrj[ev:an(~e and Appeals. The. stlJ:,l~je"cts sut)mjltte~d. were thoroughly sifted.

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the,m being reviewed for two years. He said, after having made his annual visits in spirit to the Grand ,Lodge revie'wed, that everywhere he had found the Craft prospering and advancing. The increase· numerically had been almost phenomenal, and Pea.ce and Harmony generally prevailed. One of the signs of the advance of the Brotherhood is the building of Masonic Homes, thereby caring for the needy and educating the children of deceased Brethren and preparing them to meet life's battles. Brother Matthews said, there were but fewdistuI'Ibing elements re·maining, which may be mentioned as "cipher ritual," "non-affiliation" and "jurisdictional rights." Missouri for 1903 was kindly remembered and given the benefit of three' full pages by the committee. Brother Matthews had been favored with the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Missouri in time for review six and one-half days after the close of, our session. He did me the compliment to say that "it is the quickest work on record, yet there is not the slightest evidence of haste in the getting up of the volume." He referred tenderly to the blank line on our opening page, marking the death of our M~ W. Grand Master, Br·oither John C. Yocum. Again I am indebted to Brother Matthews for remarks bearing upon my fiscal business report. He said! that my work is always promptly done and properly done. Our Masonic Home was complimented, and the members of the Home family rep!orted as contented and happy. Brother Matthews is certainly mistaken in this sentence: "The Grand Lodge alighted from Its automobile and fixed its permanent home in St. Louis." It is true that we have been on wheels for a time going around over the State and have come back to St. Louis to stay. until the next tramp may be taken. Unfortunately, Missouri is not like Texas in having a fixed location for its sessions. Our Grand Lodge reeeived . commendation for the appropriation .of $1,000 for. the relief' of individual Brethren or their wid.ows. This appropriation is a~nuaUy made to relieve the necessities of aged and infirm :partie'sdependent upon the Fraternity, who cannot be cared for in the :Nmmsonic Home. •Brother Matthews is evidently opposed to any kina Of "show" in Masonry regarding public installations, and regards as worthy only ·o,f discdbntenance and discontinuance. a wish long entertained to shake hands with thiiS writeiF the hope of meeting him when he comes to9t. tio t.e gre.at Exposition, or WOirld's F"air. I shall lnto p'e and ·e.xpect his lng, and anti,eipate the; Bidding us 1

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of him with the slame ,,,,arm, Fraternal spirit that has characterIzed my bearing toward him through the years. WILLIA1\{ JONES, Fort Worth, Grand Master. JOHN WATSON, Waco, Grand. Secretary. TrIos. M. MATTHEWS, SR., Athens, Com. on Correspondence.

UTAH-1904. THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

This session of the Grand Lodge was held in Masonic Hall, Salt l..lake City" commencing Janua;ry 19, 1904. PRESENT.

M. W. Bro. Walter Scott, Grand Master; R. W. Bro. Christopher Diehl, Grand Secretary, with other Grand Officers. The names of nine Past Grand Masters appearpreselllt and representatives of ten Lodges in attendance. These Lodges show a membership of 1451, being a gain of 68 over nhe previous year. The Grand Lodge clues for the term were reported. at $1,866. ADDRESS.

M. W. Bro Scott presented a very well coudensed business Address covering twelve pages. His first statement was in regard to the condition of the Fraternity as shown by the foUowing extra,ct: S1'ATE OF THE CRAli'T.

"I report with pleasure, that fro,m p,ersonal obs,eTvation and statements received, I find the craft of this jurisdiction. in good 00 nd.iti,oxr, peace and hormony prevails within our Lodges, prosperlo ityhas crowned our labors, and thefound'ation for the ftttureweU being of the fraternity in this State has been laid ,deep, well .and strong." finnly cemented by the "tie "WIhich bin-dB," aRid by theq-uaI.. iUes tliat distinlgtlishes us as Masons.'" FRATERNAL DEAD.

this heading the Grand Master Fe,corded.. the loss by death ofa .p.rominent Mason and Past Grandl\!E'asi:er, Wm. T. D,alby. The said respecting him t;nat 'lJ.e' was a prominent physi.-

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cian, and that many of the poor in the city mourned their loss. A generous tribute was paid to ,him by the Grand Master as well as by the committee on "M€m 01rs which furnished a report of three pages marking the dignity of character po,s'sessed by this noble and commenda;ble Masonic Brother. Grand M3Jster SClott 'sald their re· lations with 'sister Jurisdiction's on tJhe North American continent and f.oreign bodieis had been most cord1al :and fraAterna1. Attention was called to clandestine Lodg.es that ar~ located and in operation in diffierent sections of the cC?untry. As 'descriptiv~ of one class of this sort I appropriate tJhe following: 1

CLANDESTINE LODGES.

"A communication from the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia notifies this Grand Lodge, "that ,there are in the District of Oolumbia several Lodges comp1osed of 'persons of African descent, claiming to be Masons, and th~t these Lodgels have formed a Grand Lodge; that these Lodges are all clandestine and that the Grand Lodge foxmedby them is also cla;ndestine;and further, that there are no persons of African descent member.s, at this time, of any of the constituent Lodges of the Grand Lodge of the District of Oolumbia.' "

These pestiferous characters are trying to faste'n themselves upon the generai public everywhere. T'he Grand Master creat£d ene Lodge during his term o·f service, U. D., which receiv,ed a Charter f'rom the Grand 'Lodge. The Grand Lodge recom'mended that Lodg;e's require their (finl8Jl'cial officers to give' bond. Official visits were repor.ted as having been made to all the Lodges in the Jurisdiction, ten in number. T,he Grand Master derive,d much plea'Sure and satisfacti·on in meeting with the Brethren in varionslocalities1 and expressed the belief th8.it the Orafthad been greatly benefited. A resol1ution was p,resented that the Grand Lodge establish and create a Charity FUllJd S'O" that the Craft of the Jurisdiction may retceive its proper share of ,the ben'8dictions -of orpha,ns and wrcl'ows, in response to rthe benefits 'be.. stow,ed upon them through th.isagen,cy. T.he subject was referred to the' committee on Cllarity The Gran·d :Master made one decision which w,as approved. He nded that an expelled Mason can only be restored to privileges of Ma,sonry byaetip'E. of the 'Graud L o d g e . t J i l e Law in Utah but it iiS:BJ'ot good law anywhere. ...~ & 8l.1oordJnate should be restored by be tak"e case to tkeGrandLodge If u'be

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store him then let him appeal to the- Grand Lodge. The GranJ Lodge of Utah seems to be considerably wrought· up over the sub· j,eCJt of "physical disabilities." A· committee had been apP'oi.nted upon this subject at the last session but the Grand Master thought that a great task had heen imp.osed upon the Brethren. He makes . the following staltement which I apP't'opriate as expressing hi,s idea: PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.

"At our last communicati,on, by order of the Grand Lodge, I appointed a committee on P;hysical Disabilitie,s·. I fear, my brethren, that you hav'e given this commi·ttee a task ltoo lhar'd to perform, especially since the loss of one of their number, on whose knowledge of men a great deal d,e'pended. The formation of a list of disabilities, which should disqualify a man from -being made a Mason, a task well nigh impossible, should be a 'safe ,and sure guide for the Craft, as there are so many degrees of each disability the construction of such disqualHications w'ould lead to endless oonfusion and misunderstanding. I would recommend that this question be left to be decided, as each caSe oo,mels up, by the Grand Master at the time, feeling sure that he, with the assistance of counsel from ,his brethren, will be fully able to decide it to 'the satisfaction of the Craft." The record shows that the committee appointed one year ago 0(11 this subject was discharged. Brother Diehl,Grand Secretary, su,pmitted a. document on the "Perfect Youth Doctrine," which, on motiou, was ordered printed with the Proceedings. I fail to find this document, and do not vent.ure an opinion as to its' merits. The Grand Master treated the sul?je,ct of the sacrednes's of the. ballot box, holding it to be Ii. .1\[as.Qnie safeguard, and that its work should be accepted without mnrmur. The Address of the Grand Master throughout· was coucerning which the· Committee on •Addresses made following deUverance: '~You.rcommittee would consider their task unfinished' did theY :&til speak in commendation ·of the true Masonic .sp'i:rit which the' Address as it does tne' daily life of the author." in·dQrsement evidences at the administration of ]Bro. Scott. GRAND SE()BETA:RY..

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Like his former labors, the report embodies everything of interest and importance to the Craft. He said the condition of the Lodges and the work, as well as the financial state for the year just ended, were most gratifying. "All is well" is the concluding s,entence. During the session a School of Instruction was held one evening, at which the work -of the order was duly exemplified. The Committee on Juris'prudence recommended the approval of the action of the Grand Master of Texas in declaring and denouncing the presence of Clandestine Lodges in that State under the Federal District of Mexico, and same should be upheld by all Grand Lodges. The Committee on Returns aJ;lnou~ced that all Lodges of the Jurisdiction had made returns and paid dues for the year. A resolution was adopted that hereafter "the Grand Orator be and is hereby required to deliver an oration at each annual session of the Grand Lodge." The retiring Grand Master, Brother Walter Scott, was requested to present to' the Grand Lodge his portrait, in frame. to be placed upon the walls of the Grand Lodge room. The Grand Lodge gave a vote of thanks to Past Grand Master Wm. J. Lynch for his elegant portrait, presented to the Grand Lodge. The business of. the session having beenc.ompleted, the installation of officers followed, when the Signet Ring, which has been used in that body for ten years, was presented to' the new Grand Mas,ter, M. W. Bro. R. L. Conely, who made a brief and appropriate, response to the Presentation Address. The new Grand Master presented a Past Grand Master's Jewel to Brother Scott. Before the Grand Lodge was closed an invitation was extended by the members of the three Salt Lake City Lodges to attend a banquet at the close of the session. CORRESPONDENCE.

Brother Christopher Die,hl signs himself "Correspondent" in closing up an interesting report of 114 pages, in which fifty..six Grand Lodge J,ournals were thoroughly re'viewed. The work is,' as heretofore, almost entirely a pen product, without the presence of many extracts. His reviews, like old wine,grow better with age. Our Journal for 1.903 received the compliment of' three pages of his space, in which he no,ted, the ,general transactions of the session. He spo,ke of the Address of our acting Grand Master, R. W. Bro. Kuhn, and said it w~ well written and an excellent document. Mention was m:a,(J;eof the loss of our Grand Lodg,e in the â&#x201A;ŹJ:eath of our Grand John. C. Yocum.;als$ tbe laying of the cornerstone ot at the

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Fair. Complimentary remarks were accorded Brother Kuhn on various parts of his Address. Brother D'i·ehl is highly gratified at the prosperous condition of our Masonic Home. Brother McDowell, our Grand Lecturer, and the Grand Secretary received courteous recognition and kind remarks. My report on Correspondence received due consideration. Referring to my comments on the Correspondence between Grand Master Lynch and the Grand Master of Pennsylvania, he accorded the fullest indorsement of my remarks that "There are many Masons in this country who are glad that they do not live in the Jurisdiction of Pennsylvania. Brother Diehl' said, "Yes, thousands and thousands ·orf them.'" By some misapprehension, Brother Diehl thinks I have classed him as an advocate of the prerogative of Grand Masters :Qlaking Masons at sight. Looking back at my report for last year, I note that I made a quotationfr,Qtm what was s'aid on the subject, "This prerogative power mfght be exercised when it would seem to be at least the proper time." Finding such sentence in his review, I took it for granted that it was his own doctrine, but find that, he had quoted this language fro,m some .other writer's production. I stand corrected, Brother Diehl, and take it all back. As far as Brother Diehl is concerned, I would be m.ighty sorry to think that he would favor such indefensible doctrine as Grand Masters' prerogatives. Closing my review of his work, I wish to assure him Qlf my continued 'personal regard, and the hope that the yvorld's Fair year will bring us together again in Fraternal association and kindly greeting. RICIIARD L. CONELY, BaIt Lake City, Grand Masie-f. CHIUSTOPI-IER DIEHL, Salt· Lake CitY,Grand Sec. and Cor.

VERMONTlI ONE HUNDRED AND TENTH ANNUAL OOMMUNIOATION.

the

The session was held in the city of Burlington commencing on of June, 1903. PRESENT.

W. Bro. Charles R. Montague was GrandMaster, R. W. ~ro. H. Ross, Grand Secretary, and ot~er Grand Officers, together Past Grand Masters, and ;epres.entativ€is of a number of Lodges. Missouri was represented by Brother Silas H. Dan-

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forth. There a.re 102 Lod.ges on t.he roll, 91 of which were represented .' at· the 'se'ssion. ADDRESS.

An Addresis of 19 pages was furnished by the Grand Master, from the opening of which I m~ake the following excerpt: "The condition of the Craft throughout the State is most encouraging. With but very fe'w exceptions, Lodges are in sound fina.ncial condition, doing .a go.od amount ,of work, ,andadd'ing to the number of good and true Masons, men .who are of value as citizens in every commu'nity. But few cases of dispute have arisen between Lodges, and all such h,,:,:.;;lve been amicably adjusted to the satisfaction of alL -, With our Sister Jurisd.i-ctions ,our relations have 'been and .are of the mostcord.ial and friendly nature. Many courtesies have been extended to us in the way 'of wai"v;ers of Jurisdiction, and wherever occasion has offered, our Lod,ges have reciprocate.d promptly and chee,rfully." OBITUARY.

D,eath, the enemy of Im:an had· entere,d the ranks of the Grand Lodge and taken ,away one of their Past Grand Masters, Brother L. M. Read. Concerning him the Gran.d Master 'mad'e the following state'm'ent: "Since last we met in annual session a, number of our Brothers whose fa:ces have been seen year wfter year i'n our midst, have passed ave,r the riv·e.r to that Ibourne from whence no traveler returns. "T,hat s1:;aunch., loytal, true-hearted Mason, P,ast Grand Master Lavant M. Read passed to the sil,en,t land, June 17th, and was huried by th'e Grand Lodg,e, June . 21:st. All who were privileged to be associated with h~m' during llJs ~ctive work in the Gra:nd Lodge will rarnem/ber what a /power he wCbsin' all he undertook. Firm in bis convictions of right and ch.1ty, he, was always ready to advance or defend a jusit. cause. Truly we cherish his memory here." DISPENSATIONS.

The Grand M~ster said that he had received the usual numroer of requests for Sp,ecial Dispensations for variouspurpo's€S. lam pleased to find thefoUowing A.ddres,s:"It is som'ething ()f a be given the matter of question with m,e bow mueil giving Dis~ensations, and lm"D. petitions· out of time."

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He said that one of their earlier Past Gra.nd Masters had declared that "the Grand Master should not be asked to ~et aside the law of the Grand Lodge -for the benefit of a prof.ane." I endorse' that· state· m'e:nt most cordially, and announce that Missouri has no law allow.. ing the Grand Master to suspend the operation o'fthe .laws of the Grand Lodge, but, on the contrary, strictly f,orbi.ds any interference with our statutes. Grand Master Montague well said that "the frequent s'etting aside of the law weakens the resp'ect in which the law is held." I ha've said and repeat it here, that i-f the law is to' be" suspended or ignored at will there 'is no use of 'having. law. The Grand M:as,ter said that he had found no necessity for deciding any new point of law. He had given interpretations of the law which he did not deem of sufficient .importance to be 'r.eported. One Lodge had be&n created during the "term, and the same' received a Charter at the sesston of the Gr-and Lodge. Grand Master Montague had foun-d a 'p,eculiar condition of things existing, ,and a general lack of uniformity of -procedure in the oase of Lodges U. D.: "~I find there has -been no uni'formity in the manner of procedure in cases of Lodges Under D'ispeinsation as to reports from these Lodes, returns, pUlbli!cation.. in the proceedings, etc. In som·e years tbey aave not been reported at all, and evidently no foos paid· for initi,atiol1's, and no ,p,er capita tax for membershiil. In s,o'mecases 'bhey have 'been !published as regular Lodges, bearing a number, and nothing to indicate they are not regularly instituted Lodges." In. som~ as Lod,ges U. D., but nothing-to ShoW that fees or p,ercapita, 'tax :nag ,'been p,aid." I should judge from th6statem:en.ts furni:shed in the Addre,ss 'gearing UpOtn this subject that there is an abs'ence of lawgoveFfning in-the premises. Another phas,e is stated by him that OQ•.Et cbarter m,eiDtbers· of new witbont the .KnOWle{jL~'e to which they belonged. been charged in their old Lodge. memtber:s theeaS6 Ihy reason of the Mlf~Si(')'tlri Law, a p·etitioner for a to f,orm dimit until after the ~,~!li~IQ,):t,~;Ti'tT of the new Lodge ea~hpetiUoD:er had \ble·].~ll.lg,er~L••• ),i The statue :lor that In:rls(~lie·tio)[),: his 'D.istriet ,I.,J,"'IJU""".Ii,-"j;J,' tbe State

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Here is a case that needed investigation on -the part of the Grand M,aster, who said : "The third is of a more serious nature, as upon itsappeara:nce it is a blot upon the good name and reputation of Masonry. It came to my knowledge that two men, who in a regular court of law had each been convicted of a criminal offense and sentenced to prison for a term of years, were still carried up-o'n the roster of the Lodge as members .in .good and regular standing for more than two years since their convi,ction and sentence. I directed the Master of the Lodge to hav,e charges preferred against them and bring the,m to triaL One of them was tried last month and found "not guilty." In ord'er to place the reSlpon.sibility for this gross violation of IVfasonic duty w.here it belongs, and ascertain whether it is the result of ignorance or carelessnes,s On the part of the officers, or an exhibition olf moral depravity on the part at the Lodge, I h.ave summo'ned the officers and the Lodge to ap,pear before the Com'mittee ,on Grievances at this ses'sion." It ii:) the opinion of this writer that something more reprehensible than "ignorance or carelessness" governed in the case above particularized. The Grand Master paid a well-deserved complim,ent to their Grand Secretary, Brother Henry'H. Ross,who had come into' the offiee just O'ne year before, unprepared 'by previousexperience for the p,osi Uon. He' had found a vast amount ,of work to be done, and I should judge that the former occupants of the office had not kept the w,orkwell in hand. I do not wonder at the failure of former Grand Secretaries to keep up the ,york when they only received a salary of $350 a year. Having to provide a living for tbemselves, and family besides, they could not devote the time and attention to the office that is necessary' to keep it in good order and upto-date. The Grand Lodge voted Broth,er Ross $125, in addition to this small salary for extra' work done during the year, and i.ncreased his annual allowance to the sum of $800.. The Grand Master, s'pe.aking of the affairs of the T'emple said that the Grand Lodge had cause for congratulation, everything being in satisfactory condition. He clo·sed his Addres'S, havingserve€L the Craft for two terms. The Oommittee on Addr6ss gav,e 11jm the highest compliment that language could utter, and put on record the follOWing tribute: "In co'nclusion, your corumittee would make formal expres,sion of the warm regard and affectio,ntbat till the hearts of his Brethren for the Grand M,aster,'wl1o is to retire from the Grand and voice tIle earnest hope and ~rish of a.U. that

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of ha,ppin€ss and pros1perity may bring to him and those at his fireside beautiful old age, crowned with the diadem of loving deeds of usefui'ness and undying faith in the Master's final reward." GRAND SECRETARY'S REPORT.

Brother Ross reported that a nucleus· of a Masonic Home fund had been formed, and that $95 had be'en deposited for that purpose. He reported that returns and Grand· Lodge dues for the current year had been received from all of the 102 Lodges. The membershi'p of the Juri-sdi,ction W'8;S reported at 10,983, being a gain of 309. The income amounted to $8,149. CORRESPONDENCE.

The review was prepared by IVI. W. Bro. Marsh O. Perkins, Past Grand Master, for the committee. It embrac.es 193 pages, and contains reviews ,more or less extended of 58 Grand Lodge Pro·ceedings. It is a well-prepared document, largely written~ but contains instructive appropriations made from Journals reviewed. Mis'souri for 1902 received a very fraternal and cordial recognition, five pagels }.:>eing ,accorded our doings. A portio'nof the· review is employed in considering the deliverances "m-ade .'by Brother Finagin. Another consid..e rable appropriation was in regard to the famous trial which agitated the Masonic fraternity of Missouri, and appeared in two Grand Lodge sessions. If Brother Perkins knew as mneh as Missourians know, he. would withdraw or withhold judgment in the ease, ~his is neither the time or place to take up a review of that cloudy affair. Brothe.r Perkins is a careful. observer, generous in his ,consid'eration of matters and things passed upon# and cordial in his approval &fall that is des1erving. Commenting On a decision made by Bro~h~r I·' 1'·'£I.. Brother Perki'ns was· puzzled over It,and expressed a Wish would enlighten him as to the M~sonic law in the case. ,T).):e refe'rred to was that a me,m'b,er. of a Lodge can· trans'rer bi~ me:m.~ership from one Lodge to another without dimittingfro!m. the forme:r Lodge. I wi11 say to Brothe.r Perkin-s tbat that is very siW-tply a;adl: easily doue. If he will look acquaint himself with tke ~f the Grand Lodge of NewYork1o:ntliatsiuoject hewUldfSie;Qver anasatistactory solution. 'JE':J;:t·e pfoees'8. is s.implythis: .a ~,.c,~"t!':'fIia,.. of one Lodge 'wishing to,f.ran.sf,er ,his' mem.bership - :to "al1.a certificate of good $ta,:n~in,gfr().m his own Lodge,anid D:rE!;Se3!i;ts that to the Lodge with wb.iCn b,ewould affiliate. If tha.t "''-.1l.I ...

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c'ertificat,e is accepted, he becomes a m,ember; if he is elected to m路embership, notice is given his mother Lodge of the fact, and his membership ceases therein. 'I'his law works admirably, and has cut off and rendered it impossible for Masons holding dimi ts to continue in a state of non",affiliation. Brother. Perkins refers to the Grand Represe:o.tative system treated in my review of 1902, and thinks it makes no special difference how the system is disposed of if not soon radically reformed. While I regard the system of nop'ractical v:alue, yet I am opposed to its de.structiiQu, because it would preve'nt a large number of Masons from being recognized ,as ;bJolding commiss,ions and, high :positions in the Masonic fraternity. Brother Pe,rkins closed his admirable review by saying the year had been one of unWlonted pros:perity in every Masonic field. I take affectionate leave of my disti'nguished co-worker, hoping to meet him ag~ain in this field, as he is oontinued 'in charge of the d'ep'artment of Correspond1ence. OLIN W. DALEY, White River Junction, Grand Master. HENRY H. Ross, Burlington, Grand Secretary.

VIRGINIA-1903. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Grand Lodge session was held in Masonic Temple, city of Richmond, com,mencing December 1, 1903. PRESENT.

M. W. Bro. Ed. N. EUlbank, Grand Master, presided, with R. W. Bro.. Geo. W. Qarrington, Grand Secretary, and other Grand Officers in atte'ndance. .Five Past Grand Masters were enrolled, with re禄!resentatives from a large number of. Lodges. The COlmmittee on Cred'entials and Grand Secretary werie too busy to count or furnish the num'ber of Lodges represented. ADDRESS.

The Grand M,aster embraced many matters of ated here. After a brief ex~~ria:l\il3D c~1$.t;ail[liDiS!: he said that the ranks of broken, yet some 'names

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stricken from the roll ·of the living. A summ!ary of busines'S acts performed is :Dound in the Address, and makes up the larger portion of the document. He had authorized the dedic.ations of Masonic HaUs, the laying of corner-stones, and other works appertaining to the welfare of the Craft.. A record was furnished of visits made, and the pleasure derived therefrom. He recommended a ,change in the time of ,holding the Grand Lodge 's'essions from December to the second Tuesday in January. His reoommend'ation was ,adopted. DISCORD.

The following extract will s·how that all is not harmonious in given localities: "I regret to say that all of the Brethren are not at peace with each other. I will turn over to my successor'corresponde-nce relating to disputes between different Lodges, and am.ang Brethren in particular Lodges, that I have not been able to settle up to this time. The principal cause -of di'spute can be trac,ed to the rejection of candidates. TbeseQo'ndcause of strife is the pre;v.alence of cheap, petty politics. There is nothing in our obli~ations as Masons to prevent a man from taking as active a part in politics as he pleases, nor to prevent him from being a partisanal§lo if he wishes; but Masonry does compel a m'an to consider the words tha;t fall from his lip's, and to look well into the ways wherein his feet may tread.." He showed disfavor to li1fe membershilp.. To the mind of this writer, there is no need of such favor being accorded members ·<If Lodges. The o,bject in securing lifem;embersb,tp is to exemp·t oertain mam/bers from Lodge dues. Such exemption ca'n be as weLl atta~ned by remistsion of dues. DECISIO.NS.

Twenty-one official ruIingsclaimeid tbe attention of the Grana Lodge, as they were f.ound in the Addres,s·. These· were a'D·t)irl()iVe~(l witi one ,exception. I look .Ulpon . the decisions of Grand Emba:n'kas ve.ry safe .and conserv'ati'Vie expositions of :MJasonic I "A candidate for initi,Slttion must be twenty-()n,e year~ 0'f whten llesLgns hi.s peti~ion, p;otwbenl:\e is lballotteg. t.tI)OlIl"" i lll,eet. with ,cases wbereg~e!a,;~i~~xiet:yo~ta.insto ·~.~intp the J!"r:[t$J:trBj~ty, and the yotlng a.s·pirant.•. ••.. . . . . . . . . not w~.~tuntil he •. rea.ches.hi$ m!aj!~r'~it.Lf before.a p.etiti.()ra is pre~~:lI~<il·, and. . . J.n:\lftstburry ··l1P m'atters be initiated the day he . .•. . .•. . •. . ·~~t~~on.e..Sueh QverlQo,k ~Q~ the petiti·oner in this cas~i~sa, m;m.nor until he reaches the

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age of twenty-one years. Being a minor, under the law he is a:nswerable to parent or guardian, and either may intervene and annul ~ny act he may have taken, thereby making his petition null and void. There is more very common sentiment in this desire to hurry into Masonry than real good sound reason for such haste. Grand Master Eubank ruled it is not unlawful too use cubes in balloting in place of black balls. I suppose cubes were introduced into the balloting business to en8lble pe~so-ns to vote by touch rather than by Slight. I dislike the use of cubes. They are always light and small, while round Iballots are heavier, and fall with significant sound, indicating clearly . the difference in . the vote cast by members. Six Lodges receiv'ed Charters during the session. I believe there are -about 280 Lodges on the roll, with a reported membership ,of fi.fteen thousand. Reading a report reD dere,d by a Committee on . Property, one is painfully impressed with the conviction that our Virginia Brethren have a large-sized ele-phant路 on hand, ,and one that will prove a very burde'ns.om,e weight in the coming years. We, of Missouri, have beenalon,g that way, and know the full meaning of a Temple debt. An amendment was adopted governing residence of profanes before they can petition for the mys1teri'es. It reads: "The petitio'ner must have resided for one year in the JurisdictIon of the Lodge to which he ap,plies." Our Missouri law requires twelve months in the State, six of which must be in the Jurisdiction of the Lodge petitioned. The Committee on Finance reported, showing in.; come from all sources at over $25,000, a balance of $81.00 remaining, The Grand Lodge. increased the salary of the Grand Treasurer to $61}0 per annum. The per capita tax in Virginia Masonry is one dollar. A certain portion of the income is turned over to the Masonic Home. The report o路f Committee on Finance showed that the sum of $3,000 went to the Home from the general fund. Over $2,000 dollars of the income was paid as interest o'n Temple debt mortgage. Mortgages are cancers, eating ever at the vitals of what.. ever fastened upon, whether individual路 or institutional. life. MASONIC :aOME.

The Committee on Masonic RotElie presented a very brief rep!ort, complimenting the manage'ment ofiJ!le institution. The health of the children had been eomparaiively good during the year. Flftr children compose the home fa.mily in.mates)) forty-one of them attending the school in the working in the city '\VhQ return to the Home at night.' TJ!le ot tlie Superintendent bacl been increased by the "Board of Go:vei:'n.rs.

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In concluding this hurried notiee olf the Proceedings of the Grand J-Jodge o,f my Motherland, I am enc·ouraged to beIiev'e that Masonry is moving forward in Virginia with strides to cheer its votaries, giving promise of a grander future than has ever marked its history. I can not stay my pen without making inquiry as to the whereabouts of the Grand Secretary, Dr. George W. Carrington. N,o report was furnished by him, no recapitulation, no counting of noses. Indeed, an absence of mat,erial subjects that a reviewer likes . to meet with in Grand Lodge journals was most noticeable. CORRESPONDENCEo

Brother "Joseph William Eggleston, Chairman of· the Committee on Foreign 'Correspondence," submitt,ed a review of the doings of sixty-four Grand Lodges It occupies 120 pages of his SIp ace. The op,ening portion of the paper oontained a list of, clandestine Lodges that are located in the States of Illinois, Kentucky, New York, Massachus'etts, Ne'w Hampshire, Oregon, Ohio and Pennsylvania. There are s,cattered throughout these Jurisdictio,ns about seventy spurious organizations. These bodies are more num6rous in Ohio and Pennsylvania than in all other portions of the country co'mbined. It may be accepted asa tribute to legitimate Maso'nry that so many peop~e are rushin.g into the spuriouserganizations of the day~ be,cause tbeycould not gain admission into legally constituted Lodges. Many of the members of these outlawed bodies have been in lE;git~ imate Lodges at some time, but have lost 'their standing and are , now "lost Slheep.'~ Br,other Egg16ston keeps up his well-e'stablished standard. as a writer and as a gleaner. He does both admirably. The following lin-a locates him way up .high, with J3ile~;at least: ., "We in Virginia do not fancy the Grand Orient idea." Snake h~ndS, dear Brother. o·f my hom'e-Iand. Bro,tber Egg16sto'tl.'uses. the scissors freely~and to good advantage. Ou'r Virginia Bro/ther gave Mis·sauri some three pag.~sof his lImited space,. m·ore tl1,an ~e deserYe, and touched. u~().l1 suca points as seemed to m6rit his thought. C,om,me-nti'ng upon. the case of Brother Yocum, whos,e absence from the Jl.lrisdiction practically vacated ];lis office, as Gra.nd¥a~ter, Brother Eggleston"saicl: "U.Bder our law he would~ eerta;~n~yon the death.. of tdleGr'and Mas,ter, blave ·succeeded to the oltIice.ofGranclMaster."Concludiij;g kind notice of ourMisso~:ris,e.s,siQn,b.e had this to say 8/1111011tnI,y work on corres,p,ondence,Whicn I will appropriate at tbe :r~;$kQ,f being considered vainglo,riofl,,'l:S:

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"Brother Vincilfurnished another of his reports, none of which need praise. They always .speak for thems,elves. He and Robbins, of Illino1s, are the only two now living of the once great American five, whieh included Drummond of Maine, Vaux of Pennsylvania, and Drinkard of Virginia." Of the nohle lband mentioned, above as having passed ,away I can apply the oft-used quotation: "One by one they 'pas's away-the Brothers of ouradoptiou, the- companio'ns of our choice." The three that are gone were all per,sonal friends of mine, and well-known to me. I honored them. while living as great thinkers, and writers, too far above my level Lor mee-ver to aspire to a place with them. I clip the following for the purpose of answering it: "From his review of Maine we learn that a Missouri law requires that a Mason shall have gained membershi'p in another Lodge hefore (he can be d'imi,tted. The idea is to stop non-affiliation. Will it work? Will it do good if it does work?" So far as· we ,can judge of its working, the law has proved very satis'fact~ry.

THOMAS

GEO.

DAVIS,

Lynchburg, Grand Master. Richmond, Grand Secretary.

CARRINGTON,

WEST VIRGINIA. THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL OOMMUNIOATION.

The Grand Lodge one year ago res,oIved to meet in Clarksburg in 1903, but owing to nnfi:nished quarters and ina>biIity to entertain the delegates the Grand Master changed the place of meeting to the city of Wheeling, where the 'session was held beginnIng on the 11th day of November, 1903. T'here were present M. w. 13ro. Eli M. 'Fur· ner, Grand Master, George W. Atkinson, P. G. M., Grand s.ecretary, and. other Grand Officers, with' el,evel1Pasi 'Grand Masters, re!l)resentatives of thirty sister 'Grand. LO/dg-e'S, and representatives ()f 116 chartered Lodgee, being ,all Oil. the r01l eX Cetp t six. In the Lo'dges reporting, there were found a l\8.e1lJ'Pership of· 8,712, 'according ",0 ,a flep-oN of a committee. The tabl1~at··'statem.ent sbows a membership in the Jurisdiction ()If 8,574.A}ltae Lodges. had made returns, as shown by the Grand ·Seer&tary, .~~e~ipt ~ne. His report ind.icaood. co,nsiderwble gai'n in num,bel"s Ui$., yea.:r, with a ihealtky 11.&n" cial income, amounting to $6,507. c(lntalns the reoor«$

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of the meetings held under special permission to lay corner-stones, dedicate Halls, etc. ADDRESS.

The annual message of Grand Master Turner was quite lengthy, but full of matter lof interest to the local fraterniay. Of it the Grand Secretary s,aid, "The Address ,of the M. W. Grand Master, which was an able one, was carefully· heard by. the large concours'e of Brethren present." The death of Past Grand S.enior Warden William H. Freeman, was announced, and a very pleasing memorial tribute was recorded touching his life an,d work. The Grand Master had found "the discharge of the duties of the office during the year both pleasant and profitaJble." He learned from vari,ous sources tbat "the Craft is in a :flourishing condition, and that much work is bein.g done." He entertained what may be considered a wel1~founded 3.Jpprehension "that in our desiire te increase our numbers we may lose 'sight of the fact that, in Masonry, quality is more impo$nt than quantity." DISPENSATIONS.

Were granted i'n numerous instances to r~ballot on rejected ;tletitions, and to conf~r Degrees out (),ftime. I had supposed that a Jurisdicti,on so conservative as West Virginia, wherie· the spirit of M. W. Brother Atkinson .haslongdominated,' would adhere most cl'Os.ely.to law and not depart there~rombyallowing things prohihited except iby suspending existing regulatio=ns. T:wo Lodges were created Under Dispensation by the Gr.and Master during hi'S term, a,ndweV'e duly chartered by the Grand Lodge. DEOISIONS.

Seventeen official rulings· were$ade by the Grand ~aster, .8.11<1 repo,r'ted in his Addresss. Th,e Comm.~ttee on Jurisprudenoe, s~ia.o'f tbeJZll, "We approve the sam,e as: " :He is sound OlD. ;Dhysical qualifications., may not suit ourPe]).nsylvania Brethren. was presented as a finding ~JI;)iro''\7'e!d. T'ne Grand ~.sooen i'ni.tiiated,· he can. ,ot· h'aving ebarge$ }I).~~~,e!:[";i!E~€I.;!a:gia~I:fiS.t

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PJIYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS

Under the above caption, the Grand Master discussed the subject very practically and wisely. He said, in part: HIt has been w'ell. settled in this Jurisdiction by a long line of decisions, that any physical defect which does not prevent the ca'ndidate from oomplying with the requirements of the Ritual, or does not disqualify him from earning a living, and there·fore make hi'ill a probable charge upon .the Lodges, ·does not bar him from admission to Masonry. It is entirely within the power of the Master of a Lodge by personal i'ns,pection to determlne this question." The .subjects of the "misuse of the ballot" and "the force of objection" were duly and sJoherly. considered by Grand Master Turner, his concIusions being sound and discreet. REPORTS.

Rep.orts were rendered in their ord·er by the Grand Treasurer and the Grand Secretary. The former officer handled, i'ncluding balance from last' year, the sum of ten thousand dollars. After all diSibursem·ents had heen made, he had in hand some four thousand dollars. M. W. Bro. George W. Atkinso,n, the efficient and ever laborious Grand Secretary, furnished his an'Iiual statement, which was very full and complete, both in the general and statistical derpartm·ent. I cH,p the following from the opening page, which explains the delay in bringing out his Proceedings of the former year: "For Stome reason which the printer tried to explain, but failed satisfactorily so to do, our Proceedings were not delivered to me for a month or more later than in former years. The only reason given was the rush of work and the lack of printers to do it." In such case, this writer would .have "called down" that printer in terms quite suggestive of the imlp.ressive. Brother Atkinson diel what I have had occasio'n to do in Qtner years, changed his printer. A BAD CUSTOM.

The custom d'escribed below would result in a conflict between this Grand Secretary and the co:nstituent Lodges of Missouri: "It is the custom of nearly aU oif oro.rconstituent Lodges to send their returns to the Granid Loidge Masters or representatives.Consequently it is out to: fum ish an authentic

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state,ment of the condition of the sev·eral Lodges, or the amount of work done by them during the year just closed. I have a notice in printed fo'rm that accompanies every blank return sent to Lodg.es Wlhich reads: "No returns or dues will be received during the Grand Lodge session. The press of business and required accuracy will not allow it." Should a Lodge repreSElntative c.ome up to Grand Lodge with. returns and dues, expeoting to receive mileage and per diem, he would be sadly disappointeu, and go home without any "pay" in his possession, a wiser but sadder man and Mason. The entire w·ork of Brother Atkinson, both general' and in detail, Shows' him' to a master On busi'ness lines, as on all others undertaken. The Grand Lodge requires bonds of both Treasurer and s,ecretary of the Body. The former is bonded for $10,000, the latt'er for half that amount. The election was held on the second day of the S€ssion, and the officers duly installed as a part otf the closing otf Granel Lodge Labor. The Jewels ordered secured last year, to 'be presented to living Past Grand Masters, had be~n procured. The pres'entation took place, attended with entertaining talks on the part of those who mad,e the presentation, and the lhappy re,cipients. H

OORRESPONDENCE.

I know that my highly-esteemed friend and Brother Atkinson will make full allowan'ce for the brevity of my review of the doings. of his' Grand Lod\ge and especially the slight attention I pay tonis large and masterful review. of sixty-four Proceedings of .American and foreign Grand Lodg,~s..• The work .covers over three h'tlnclred pages. W'hile well 'sup])iUed' with extracts from the jour.. examined, the . writer has lost none of his former s'nap and vim in pe,rsonal utterances. His workls as readable as voluminous. It would give me large pl.easure to lead Illy readers alon,g the various lines· o·f developed thought and Masonic instruction found. in tl~iereiport. Wit'hout particularizing the loss of e'netgyby long and illness, I must plead lt~re,as elsewhere, in rot review, forces and enfeebled health~Br()ther Atkinson wiUa,ppre.. ei:llitemy oondition, and. enter a reaCJ.j1;p,~rdoQn .for any "s;p.()rt~ge" of effort. on· the part of the MissoU.l'l1,Qommittee. Regave our transactions of 1903 a full h.earfng,:f\'Je .pa,ges being allotted us. EvrerJtning of note that transpired ·<il:l;;t~~.g.tl:l:e s,essi()n wasobs,erved. freely concerning the 9'~J;i'll~)r.. s~olll;elaying at the 'World's when. our Mis.6JQuriB~~\~~i~J;l:gwas formally inaugl.l)1'a.ted. 7

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Brother A.tkinson approbated the decision of A'cting Grand Master Kuhn, that "obje,ction to advancem·ent should be ·made in writing, and become the property of the Lodge." His review of Missouri closed with kind menti-on of this writer and his w,ork. GEORGE HATCH, WheeliIig, Grand Master. GEORGE W. ATKINSON, Grand Sec. and Com. on Cor.

WASHINGTON-1903. FORTY"SIXTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The session was held in the city of Seattle commencing on the 9th day of June, 1903. PRESENT.

M. W. Bro.. John Arthur, Gran·d Master, R.. W. Bro. Thos M. Reed, Grand Secretary, with the usual Grand Omcers, fifteen Past Grand Ma;sters·,also'representatives of 105 of the Chartered Lodges. Representatives of 32 sister Grand Lodges were in attendance, Missouri being honored by the Ipresence ,of M. W. Bro. Thos. Milburn Re,ed, Past Grand Master. A.DDRESS.

An Address of 34 pages was furnished by Grand Master Arthur. T'he d·ocument faa master-lpi·ece, com·bining business with sentiment and history. 'Concerning the state of the Craft he had this to say in the openill'g part of the Address: "I am gratified to report to you that "·thegeneralcondition O"f Ma·g:onry wi-thin the Jurisdictio.n is satisfactory in the highest degrcee. Peace, harmony, 'prosperity, fraternal zeal and a rapid' increase in membership are the features which distinguish more than nine-tenths -ofonr Lodges. Eve!1.1. in our large towns, wh'ere there are alto~ether too many or,gani c divisIons of Masonry, the Craft Lodges are flourishing. They wo-uld be far str·onger, in IDa!ly essential respects, if they we,re not snbjected toa-steady in the directionaf thecoD.corda.l1tOrder.rs whioh take the Craft Lodge as their fou'ndation and starting..po,tnt..SymboUe Masonle is weakened by this blood-letting WnereOh.a;pGbers, C~uniCUSt Co,mmanderies, L o d g e : s o f a n d Shrines 8Jbound, the CraftLoti@e~s"leiatevery pore.. No l

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has an intelligent and promising Brother receive'd the Degree of Master Mason than he is set upon by the -zealous members of t~ese cdncord'ant Orders, and lured away from his Lodge, before', ,he ,has acquired even the most rudim'entary kn·owledge of Masonry." To the above and foregoing utterances ,of the Grand Master 'I give an unqualified ,endorsement,. It has been my contention for years, oft repeated, that what he terms "Concordant Orders," or the "Higher Degrees," i'nterfere seriously with the progress of Craft M,asonry. It is ,often the case in this Jurisdiction that a candidate for the Sym;bolic Degrees is solicited to gi~e ibis name into the keeping of' solicitors for the Higher Degrees !before he has gotten through the Blue Lodge. M. W. Brother Arthur ·pointedly cha.racterized this as a blood-letting process. My observation has le9-me to the conclusion that a very large lperce.ntage of such candidates lured away from Lodge att8Jchm'ents nev6rbecome useful or efficie:nt workers in SymiboIicMasonry. A very prominent citizen and jurist of this community received the T'hree Degrees in my own Lodge, whom I iustructed and examined, ,said to m,e, "I am exceedingly anxious to get through 1jhe Lodge, so that I may at once petition the Consistory." Shortly after he w,as raised to ,the sublime degree of Master Mason 'he becam,e a Scottish Ri1te Mason, and I have neve'r seen him in my Lodge from that day to this. I have not read in the ~ddr.esses of G-rand Masters of this country any more telling characterization -of this subject tban given by Grand Master Arthur. Oontinui'ng his discussion of the subject he said that 'h'e eouId iInag~ ine nothing more hopelessly disunited than our latter-day American Masonry, and, added t,he following: "Ha,ving long been a Knight Te.mplarand a Master of the Royal Seeret, and having even presided over a Tem'ple I·of Nob~es of the Mystic Shrine, I feel at liberty to ex})ress to a Grand Lodge of Masons my heartfelt sorr·ow that we ev'er allowed., a childish longing for, neathers and titles to de:stroy.the democracy of our Frat~rnity, and convert it into a system of castes more complex than those of an'd of Ind. In the country, LQdges,where this disrlil.ption has .not taken place, I (LID delighted to find the realiz·ation OfOliF ideals; there the Crafts,men dweU together in unity, and Masonry is a influence in the cultivatio'n o,t brotherly love, in the ad.:rp.inlst]rat:Lo,n of reHef in all proper cases, and iI\! th~ iI;lculcationoftruth ars divin,e attribute lying at the foundation. of every virtue." NECROLOGY.

this caption the Grand M,ast'er recorded thecdeath of their .arshal Brother Jaoob Weatherwax, who died in thesi:xty-

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second year of his age. He had served the Order of Knighthood of that Grand Jurisdiction as Grand Commander, and at the time of his death filled the office of Grand High Priest of the Gra'nd Chapter. The GrandMaster said of him that he was a soldi-er, se-holar, poet, orator, and most lovable and charming of. comp:anions. Death had invaded their ranks and taken away another ,prominent Mas,on, M. W. Brother J. R. Hayden P. G. M.; he, like Brother Weatherwax, wa·s a soldier in the ·Union Army in the civil war. He was also prominent in the Concordant Orders, and had been Sovereign Inspector·General of the .Scottish Rite, a~d an active mem'ber of the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction S. R. Grand. Master Arthur u~ttered very sou'nd views on the. establishment of Lodges in small places where sufficient material did not exist for a healthy Masonic life. He furnished a very striking illustr·ation .of this in the history of several of their Lodges. Washington is not alone in this particular view. Th'e ten-dency is ,to multiply L,odges without oonsideri'ng their future; the result is, that as soon as the present SUpply o,f material is worked into the Temple, the Lodge begins to decline, and ultimately dies out. THE IIIQUOR QUESTION.

The Grand Master said, "The participation of Masons in the liquor trade is causing s·ome disturbance in a few Lodges." His advice to the Lodges bearing upon this question is conservative a'11d practical. The record contains accounts of corner-stones laid; Lodges constituted under Charter, DIspensations granted for the creation of new Lodge,s, and others necessary for the interest and welfare of the Craft. Under the head of "Disp.eIisations Refused/'numerous instances are recorded where privileges were not gran'ted to . confer Degrees out of time. DECISIONS.

Thirteen om'cial decisions w'ere reported, all of which met the approval of the Oommittee on Jur],eprudence. Quite a number of visits were made, and the Grand Ma.ster said that he would like to dwell upon thE: splendid banquets, good. speeches and fine Masonic spirit· displayed at the many recep,ti0l,l;S accorded 'him in his official touch with the Fraternity, by the Grand Lee tUller, Brother Taylor, and the GrandSe~~tary, Reed.

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WORK.

Concerning the ritualistic work the Grand Master said: "No part of the administration and management of our Lodges has been more neglected than the teaching ,of the standard work of Washington to our officers." Continuing at some le'ngth upon this subject he en~ larg6d upon the qualifications of .a Grand Lecturer that should have charge of this department. He said: "He should be a well-trained schplarly mind to detect and correct the. errors of expr'ession con~ staIltly creeping into the esoteric work, and which gr8Jte harshly on the ears of intelligent listeners." The Grand Master expressed the hope that hereafter the Grand Lodge would pay more attention to the i'nstruction of J..Iodges in the 'standard work. It has be'en the conviction of this writer for many years that we pay more attenti,on to small matters during the session ,of our Grand Lqdges than we do to the more important department of ritualistic instruction. TEl\1:PLE OF FRATERNITY AT ST. LOUIS.

Grand Master Arthur had this to say about the ap!peal made to that Grand Lodge in t11e interest of the above-named buildi'ng: "I have received from my immediate predece'ssor, P. G Master Henry L. Kennan, two communications addressed to him from St. Louis, concerning the World's Fair Fraternal Building Associatioll, and its purposle of erecting· "a mO'nUTIle'nt to the spirit of fraternity, . which will embody ·and repres,ent the broad,. generous feeling l}OW· so wid\es\pread and general throughout the world." "This Te.mple," s·ays the National Ohairman· of the Association for· Masons, ourdis tin,guished Brothe'r John D. Vinci!, 'will stand as a symbol of the 'ul!tity which \blnds the land in the bonds of Brotherhood, and exhibit at the great gathering in 1904, the . Fatherhood of God and· the of Man.' In the same letter he states that of of the association is composed entirely of MaSo.Ds,and its Finance Committee likewise, many. Qf whom are directors of the N

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Jurisdicti.o'ns· wails He treated at with Belgium. I ra¥ie~ of his masterly DrID€llcrc1i~()]a;. '1JlIf.a.. •••. Reed, than wbom ·none fOi!lowing in his official repa,rt: of~tl:lerGrand

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rel,ations. to the fraternity moatifraternal tIle subj~et of .n:on~ anti·. necessarily S,ecretary, of judging, utterea:

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"The very able and comprehensive Address of our M. W.Grand Master has so completely laid before you all questions and matters of vital iniportance, occurring during his eminently just and efficient adminisrtration, and pointed out to you so. ~ully 'Such mea,Bures of needful legislation as may invite your wise and considerate action during the present session, that there seem to be few matters for me to touch upon路 in this report, further than to present a synaptical statement of the financial transacti,ons of this office, and a brief reference to the work and condition of the Lodges:" The Com:mittee on Grand Master's Address congratulated the Grand Lodge on having had,路 for the past year all officer who had with great ability, and in an energetic manner, co'nducted the affairs, of his office most succes~fully. The committee offered a resolution of thanks of the Grand Lodge to M. W. Bro. John Arthur for the zeal, fidelity and cons,cientiousness with which he had couducted his' administration. The tributes thus paid by the Grand 8ecretary a'nd c'ommitteb were well deserved, and, had been fairly won by merit unsuf1passe'd in that Grand Lodge. Before leaving this part of the, review it is proper that I should call attention to the ceremonies of the Grand Lodge held in the city of Olympia, December 11, 1902-, when the semi~centen'nial anniversary O:f the organization of Olympia Lodge, No.1, was held. M. W. Bro. John Arthur, Grand Master" presided and Bro. Thos. M.Reed was .Grand Secretary, with other Grand Officers ann Past Grand Masters present. The history or. that occasion was furnished in full in the proceedings, covering some eighty pages in the Journal. Following the address of wel~ come and the responses, numerous addresses were made bea.ring' upon the subject. Among the various addresses was that of M. W-. Bro. rrhos. IVHlburn Re'ed, P. G_ M., an'd GrandSe,cretary for many, years, which was entitled to the highest meed of praise possible. 1-Ie was in evidence twice during the o,ccas'ion, and furnished a r.aost interesting and valt;table history of Masonry in the early days of the Grand Lodge, and of Olympia No.1. No person liVing is so well qualified to furnish of Masonry in Washington, as M. W. Bro. Reed. He stated the historical facts in giving account of the first Ma.sons established on the Pacific Coast. West of the that Lodge was organized at Oregon City and 'W#jtS b.y the Grand Lodge Of Missouri in October, 184.6; tor work in8eptember, It- is thus seen that it require+d ti.'e to sienda Charter to' the Pacific Coast from lVlissolilri.of路 the w!d;ge' wa,s MultlJ;o... mah No. 84.

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Brother Reed further said: "For the period of 44 years the Grand Lodge of Washington has, figuratively speaking, be~n the child of my heart.'" He had seen the Lodges of this Jurisdiction increa.s!!€ from 4 to 114, and the memb"€rship from about 100 to over 7,000. He concluded his first Adclress in the following appropriate terms: "In closing, let me exprfess my. heartfelt gratitude that the G. A. O. T. U. has not only prolonged my ,days to· meet with you on this most JOYoUS occasion, but has also permitted me to see Masonry in the State of Washington, at the close of the first half century of its existence in this Jurisdicti'Q,n, stronger and more prosperous than ever before; honored and respected throughout Christendom; governed by a code of laws as nearly in accord with the ancient landmarks as any code in existe'~ce; exemplifying in practice, as well as instilling into the minds and consciences, ·of its inmates, the gr'eat tenets of Freemasonry, Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth: the great principles of.Faith, Hope and Charity; and the cardinal virtues) Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence and Justice. Let me especially thank Him that He permits me to see this Grand Lodge and the Craft throughout. the State enter upon the second half century of our history, guided and controlled by officers and brethren as 'worthy and wen quali.fied, as zealous ana asdeV'oted to the pure principles of our art, as were tnose God~fe-aring .meIl, some of whose names I have mentioned to~day, who laid the founda.tion upon which 'we .are building. "God bless Freemasonry in ,Wasihingtnn! May its L,andmarks never be infringed! May its ftiture far excel its past in all. that exemplifies Truth; in all that iswis61 benevolent and prosperous! ~o mote ~t be!~' D!uring this Special Commu.nication of the Grand brQtllren paid a deserved tribute. ,to the Grand Secretary, in. the, form q! the following paper, which was ull.ftn.ill1Q't1;~lY <:ti>U;IUCIJ"I~~U: by a rising vote: Bro. T. M. Reed his bestenergtes to than forty years has with most CO]n.StllIl:QJ...~~.t..~c the ·Grand

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"Resolved, That the sum of one thousand dollars be paid to Brother T. M. Reed, in slight recognition of his valuable services to the Craft in this jurisdiction." No justice can be done in this brief notice to the anniversary of Olympia L:odge No. 1. It was a great occasion. GRAND SECItETARY.

In his opening report lVL W. Brother Reed stated that he had issued dispensations for the formation of nine new lodges; seven of these were chartered and two continued D., D. The Grand Secretary said that the work and financial condition of the Lodges for the, year showed a most gratifying result. The increase of members and number of Degrees conferred had been greater than ever before in the history O'I the Grand Lodge. The increase in members is a little over 800. RETURNS.

He said with the exception of the Lodges "U. D. the original report of the Lodges would not be submitted to the Grand Lodge this year. The reason assigned for this was because a nuulber of the returns were received in bad shape. After long and laborious eff,orts on bis part and by corresponding with 8ecr,etaries and Masters of Lodges, errors had been corrected and every dollar of Grand Lodge and Masonic Home dues had been paid. The report of the Committee on Finance and Work of Lodge's showed a membership of 6,870. Grand Lodge dues received $8,861, and MasrOuic Home dues' $3,744, malring a total of $12,605. The Grand Secretary reported under the head of ~'Cash and Investment," Charity Fund, Masonic Home Fund, balance General Fund, and Investment ,Fund, a tot1al cash of $21,450. This is certainly a capital showing on the part of a Grand ,Lodge no stronger numeri,cally than Washington. An oration ,vas delivered by Brother Clinton A. Snowden, The address coyers six pages and merited the Grand Orator. thanks of the Grand Lodge. One s'entence in the opening is in· dicative of the spirit and purpose of the Addre:ss, "The Masonic institution which we 'are met to 110nor is not an invention, but. a d·evelopment." Grand Lodge honored' a vemerable Past Grand Master, Daniel· Bagley, in his eighty-1ifth year, who was unable to attelld the present session of the Gran€l Lod,ge,of which he bad been Grand master forty-two years ag(jJ, sendhag, throngh the Gra,nd Se'cretary, an expression of the feeling' of Brotherly Love

165 and Friendship which the Craft throughout the Jurisdiction enter~ tainecl for him. The Committee on Finance submitted a r,eport making usual appropriations. M. W. Bl~other Arthur being on the floor, moved to amend the report by ma.king the appropriation for the Grand Secretary's salary $1,800 per year. The motion was discussed, for and against, and a vote being taken, was lost. The salary of Brother Reed remains at $1,200 per annum. CI-1AHI,J:i~S DTJNCAN, Atkins~ Grand Master. TUOl\IAS M. REED, Olympia, Grand Secretary.

WYOMING-1903. TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Grand Lodge session was held in the city of N eweastle, eommencing ~n the 2d day of S-eptember, 1903. M. W. Bro. Oharles N. Potter vvas Grand Master. R. W. Bro. Wm. L. Kuykendall was Grand Secretary. The DeputY,Grand Master and Gran.d Chaplain 'were not pre,sent.Four Past Grand Masters and Repres,entatives of eighteen Lodges were in attendance. ADDRESS.

Following an extended exordium. the Grand Ma'ster recorded the loss sustained. by the Grand Lodge in the death of P. G. Masters J. H. Flayford and DeForest Richards. Brother Hayford' was a prom.inent citizen and a leading lawyer, baving aerVied on the bench of >one of the judicial districts. ·He·· was Grand Master oftha.rt Grand Lodge . in 1878 up to 1880. Brother Richards was at .the time ofhi8 death ~lUng the office of Governor of the State or Wyoming, it being his gecond term. He wa,s Grand Master of Masons in this Gr~nd Jurisdiction in 1896 and has attained distinction in th.e<3ltJJ:er boc1.ies' of Masonry. The record contains the names of quitea. nu.m.. berof deceased members of local Lodges, together with tbe .list .of "Honored D!ead" of sister jurisdictions. Th·e Gran·d Master stated tb.at nothing had occurred d urin~~heterm to disturb tlieharmOin~ ml"~~v!al~Hin2" l)ie1tween that and other GrancJ. Jurisdictions. He reeord1edl l}~e8sant visit made, by invita,tion,io tneGrana Lodge of Colorado.. rorw,~ Lodges were createalJ. D.llY-him and dulycb.artered by Lodge.

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DECISIONS.

A number of official rulin,gs were made by the Grand Master which he elaborated very fully. These decisions were passed upon by the Commitltee on Jurisprudence which said: "In our judgment the decisions of the Grand Mas/tel' are correct and in strict accordance with Masonic law, and we recommend their approval." The laying of corner-stones and other offi,cial acts are reported in the address, tog/ether with a list of dispensations granting permission to Lodges to do things outside of the ~ritten law. A number of visits were made by the Grand ,Mas1ter. In completing a record of these he said his duties would not be complete without reference to the cordial greetings of the Brethren and the courteous treatment accorded him in every instance. He stated that from abserva/tion and information he was led to believe that the year had been characterized by ill ore than the usual acti vi ty in many of the Lodges. He also reported a more complete adherence to the official work than at any time since the adoption of the Ritua1. It was staJted that at. the last Grand Lodge session the Grand Master had heen authorized to secure the service of one or more Master Masons to deliver lectures on ~asonry to the Lodges. Three hundred dollars had been set apart for the carryiRg out of such reconlmendation. The Grand Master did not favor an unrestricted charge ,of $5 for every special disp,ensation granted. He recommended that the ByLaw 8'00n be so amended a'S to authorize the Graud Masoie'r, at his discretion, to grant dispensations to install officers without fee who may, nOlt be present at the regular installation. Concluding this ~brief notice of the address of' the Grand M'aster I will record with ple,asure the impre'拢sion made by his work that he furnished a wellconceived, chaste and practical document, which evidences marked ability as "rell as genuine deviotion to the work of the office. ORAND SECR'ETARY.

The Grand Secretary pres.Buted a complete statistical exhibit, showing that he had hs.ndled $2,243 eluring the year. He the m,embership of the Jurisdiotion at 1,488, indic~tting a gain of 180. He stated that all I..rodges hadma'de correct r,eturns and paid dues for the year as' heretofore, one LodgelT. D. that paicl more than required by tUie law. Brother Kuykendall the fact that the incre!ase in m路embership wa~s gre.ia..ter than prev'ious year. 'I'he Gran.d Tre:aSlt,lJrlEu" report that the cash on hand: aflter amounted to

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'T'he Grand 1.'reasurer and Grand Seeretary \vere re-elected by a single ballot each. CORHESPONDENCE.

This report is rendered, as here,tofore, by our very capable and duly qualified Brother Wm. L. Kuykendall, committee. The report covers 117 pa.ges and is carefully prepared and well written, with occasional extraets. Our Missouri .Journal for 1902 received the

courtesy of some three pages.

He commented upon the deliverance

of M. W. Bro. Finagin on the subject of reballoting on rejected peti-

tions. Brother Kuykendall sai-d that he doubted the propriety of a member expressing himself before a ballot had been taken and much less after"rard, and that after a ballot had been taken tJae result should not be s,et aside by the Lodge or Grand Master. That was the law in Missouri for many years, but an addition to our statutes has been incorporated, allovving the Grand Master, under certaIn ,conditions!, to grant permission to reballot on rejected applicants. Such provision 'was made to meet particular cases that really nad some merit in them, but the ,~buse of that well-intended law has convinced this writer that the provision never should have been made. I have noticed that our Grand Masters grant every application that" comes along. Referring to a decision made by :S,l'other F!if~Hlgin that melnbership may he changed from one Lodge to another without a c1imit, Brother Kuykendal s!aid Missouri must have a peculiar law to admit of such a thing. I have had occ~sion to explain heretofore路 the reasons for our legislation governing this ~uestion. I repeat, as in the paet, that it is dO'!le to prevent Masons obtaining dimits and putting them in .their .pockets, renl,aining in a state of non-affiliation. By our present law a Maso,n can not become a np'n.~affiliate. He must obtain acerU'fi,cate of good standing from his Lodge, on which he may petition any other Lodge for membership; if elected, his membership ceases in the Lodge fromwhicl:1Jle hailed, thus paSzsing from one Lodge to another without te,any losing ltis Lodge membership. Brother Kuykendall is oppos,ed to what IS k1'll, ow l;l as "prerogatives" exercised by Grand Masters. He {>iur Missouri law which says tl.lalt a "q.rand Master jiower to suspend any By~Law of theGrand.l!odg;e," and aiPlp1roval of the same. ,He in SO"I1l:le Ju;risc1.i(~tic.'las the Grand Master is about t h e t : h a t h e c a , n ()V"E~rrjJd.e. the law at win, and in is very pr-oper and I c10'se my of Wyoming express.i'ng Kuykend'a,Il (!~lr!:~itt:ttJ.s~t,aln:CE~:S and my usual J

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as COlumittee on Correspondence and that I can not do justice to his excellent report. In his concluding remarks' he said: "The questions of perpetual jurisdiction, physical disqualifica.. tion ofcanclidates, i~ecognition of certain Grand Lodges, non-affiliation, clandestine Masonry and a few others are always with us, but the one which is assuming shape and importance, and is fraught \vith danger to the Craft and Masonic organization, is the devising of ways and means for effectually estopping the work of Masonic dead beats, tramps, imposters, clandestines and suspended and expelled lVlasons, who are parading throughout Our land with little or no safe guard against their depredations upon the unwary Mason or Lodge with which they come in contact and select. to victimize." T. S. rrALIAFERRO, Rock Springs, Grand Master. \짜nI. L. I{UYKE:NDALL, Saratoga, Grand Secretary.

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ADDENDUM. FOREIGN GRAND BODIES. Printed n1atter from a number of Grand Jurisdictions has been received. I "rill give a passing notice to their contents before closing the labors of the year:

BRITISH COLUMBIA-1904 . The 1~hirty. .third session of this -Grand .Lodge was held in Masonic Tem'pIe, Rossland, beginning on the 23d of June. M. W. Bro. C. E. Sharp, Grand Ma,ster, was present and presided, assisted by other Grand Qfficers. The Grand Secretary, Brother R. E. Brett, reported the doings of the ses'si-on .and furnished in .good time a handsome Journal ,of Prnceed·ings. I received the Annual after my gene'ral report 'was finished and in print. Hence, this n.otice goes to the Appendix as heretofore. The record sho,vs a full repre.sentation of Lodges in attendance, wilth Past Grand Officers and Representatives of sister Grand IJodges. The roU -of Lodges shows the numher to be thirty~fiV'e, with a mem\bership of 2,624. The funds and property of these Lo·dges footed up nearly ninety thousand dollars. The income f·or .the year w,as about €light thousand dollars. Outstanding dues were reported at some ten thousand dollars. ,ADDRESS •

.An unusually brief Adddess was furnished by the Grand Master, covering only six pages. This is accounted for by the fact that }VI. 'VV'. Bro. Sharp was a preacher 'who had~ doubtless, learned to 'oond·en.se as w,ell a,s asbreviake. He tells us that h'e "p.re~ched at a 1\[Eb90nic iservice for United Lodge Service Lod.ge, No. 24." He r!ep"~flte(l the bolding of "A Special Oommunication of the Grand in·order to render ,the last arct of homage to the memory 4iep:art.ed Grand Master, M. VV. Bro. A. R. Milne." The deceased i~een Grand Master in the year 1887 and in 1888. The Grand

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Tiler having been called from his p.ost of duty by the summons from on high w~s buried by the Grand Lodge, and Brotheor Rosker will stlandwatch no more for his brethren at the "outer door." FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS.

The following eX!cerpt will sho'w the relations existing between 'Sister Grand L,odges in fra.ternal correspondence with our Brethren 'of the Province of British Columhia: "I am thanklful to ·be able once more to report that our relations with the Grand Jurisdi,ction-s of recognized Freem asanry are of the 1

mast harmonious and friendly -character. I beg to recom.mend that the body known as the Grand Lodge of Brazil, and which is recognized Iby the Grand Lodge af England, be. accorded friendly reco,gnition by th/is Grand Lodlge." Is not Brazil lone alf the Grand Orie'nts working exclusively under the dQlminio~of Scotch JUte authority and outside of the "York Rite?" ·

Treating alf the im1portau1ce to a IJodge and its success of good officers the Grand Ma,ster wisely and pertinently expressed himself thus: "The. Qlffi\ce 'Of Master requ!ires that the Master-elect .should have a thorough knowledge Qlf th'e Ritual, and also a fair acquaintance with the Book of Constitutions, the Rules or Order, and the Duties of Offieers. The Craflt wo\uld be in a better 'condition if Lodges "were to ret~in!a Master for" at least two years, and if he is exceptionally able, for a longerperi'od. The Craft would be better ruled, the Grand Master and t,he Grand Se cretary would be saved a great deal of unnecessary oorrespondence, and the v,ery' dangerous practice of promotJion by rotation would ibe done away with. A good Master is a treas:ure that the Lodge should prize by use. The Secretary ·of a Lodge should, i.f, p'ossible, be a Pa;st Mas,ter, and should be retained in affi,ce as long as h,e is ,viIling to serve, for his work re,quires those gifts that can only come by long experience." 1

O,f their finances he observ~d that "The finances of the Gra~d Lodge are in a very pros,perous condiition." S.p,€cial· Dispensation.s had been grant1ed in a few insltanc,es which met apfproval where he had 'autborizeda Lodge to rebaUot on a reje,cted 'fo,r the Degrees. 'The C'Qlm,mittbeea,sserted tha.t "a year is not to wait" and "that under any eirettIn:s'tances the secre,c~r ballot should not" be violated. than thisexce'ption the . .",~·"",.""",llo "'-i""nI'

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of Grand Master Sharp met with cordial approval. The Address WBiS followed by ,that tO~ the Deputy Grand Master, and by the repo-rts of the several Dis,trict Deputy Grand Masters. Brother W. A. DeWolf Bmith, Historian, presented an extended report, furnishing ~alu8Jble inform'ation concerning that department. The Grand S,ecretary, Brother R. E. Brett, 'presented a good statistical exhihi,t, whi1chmet with due cons,ideration and approval. He re'corded "a 'marked 'gJain in mem1bership" land that the "Returns ,of SUJbordiinate Lodges are pres,enbed to Gra.nd Lodge in a better form than in any previous year." A request had 'been received from one of the Grand bodies in Western Australia asking f,or recognition. The re.cord does not state w'hich one of the bodie!f) in the aforesaid Juri路sdi,C'tion had sought this public favor. The matter rvvrassernrt over to the next s'ession in charge orf Brother DeWolf Sm!ith, COID'm,ittee on Correspondence. This Brother preplared and submitted a review of sixty~six Grand Lodge Proceedings, 'Cov,ering 187 page,s. It is an exceUent revie,w and still keeps its author "to the fore" as a w~iter and gleane'r. I co,mmend the writer and arpprabate the spirit in whilch he presents his w,ork. The lateness ,of the sea's'on when the Proceedings reached me In ust be my excuse for pa,s,sing 'hurriedly over the Journal and the report of Brother DevVolf Smith. He iscon,tinued in ,charge of the same work as heretOiDor;e assigned him. W. J. BO'VSER, Vancouver,Grand Master. ROBERT E. BRETT, Victoria, Grand Secretary.

CANADA. FORTY'EIGHTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The session was held in the city of T'oranto, July 15, 1903. PRESENT.

The Grand Master. M. W. Bra ~Tohn E. Harding, presided, assisted hya tun corpso! Grand Officers; am.oug them was M. W.Bro. Hugh Murray, P. G. M., and present GrailJ.d Secretary. A largenumber delegates \were in attendanee fromthe3,~7 Lodges in that J[u;;r'isd'iction. The membership, is~~p;()!rteda.t30,185. The inCome year was some $26,000. Itappeeiarsfrom the rep-ort of the fJ'1<'t',O,~,'C!ll'"O''' that the fUIlds路 on~!a,ni垄l aggr,egated, the session

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under consideration, the sum of $129,000. funds, benevolen t and general, of the Body.

[Sept. This includes all the

ADDRESS.

Grand Master Harding presented an Address covering sevente(~Jl pages, being a fine business document throughout. It is composed of divers matters appertaining to the condition of the Craft in that Jurisdletion, such as dedication of halls, laying of corner-stones~ constituting of Lodges that had been previously chartered, and the creaNon of five Lodges U. D. Numerous Lodges of Instruction had been h81d by hinl, together with visits, as he stated, to "every portion of the Jurisdiction during the year." On the subject of "Decisions," he said that he had been called upon to settle a number of questions submitted, but none of them were of sufficient importance to be reported. Ttreating of their financial condition, he recommended that $1.2,000 of the funds on hand be invested in good securities. During the year the Grand Lodge had expended the large sum of $11,880 for the relief of the Craft, in addition to amounts expended by the Lodges. NECROLOGY.

Under this heading the Grand Master recorded the death of their Gran.d Secretary, Brother J. J. Ma.son. From the Address I take the following statement touching their loss: "Our beloved Brother, J. J. Mason, Grand Secretary of this Grand Lodge, was unable to be present at our last Annual CommunicatioIl, owing to ill health. His friends and the Brethren were hopeful that rest and careful nursing would restore him to health. Our hopes were doomed. to disappointment. He appeared to be improving for some time, but gradually became weaker as that fell disease can路 sumption fastened its fangs upon him. In January last, alarming synlptoms路 developed, and from that time until his death our Brother was confined to his room, and the greater part of the time to his bed. On the 15th day of June last, at the call of the Grand Architect of the lTniverse, our Brotberceast~d from labor, and entered into his rest. He was buried" with cerem,onies of the Order under the auspices 路of his Mother Lodge, Strict Observance Lodge., No. 27, Hamilton. The Grand Lodge, the Lodges of the cit:r of Hamilton, and a large number of the Bretbren frilt)llD. rroronto and other portions of the Jurisdiction were present &ttbe ceremon:y."

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In taking up the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Canada I naturally looked for the name of Brother Mason, whom I have known long and well. The foregoing extract accounts for the disappearance of his name from the ,roster of Grand Officers. The Grand Master reported having appointed a successor in the person of M. W. Bro. Hugh lV1urray, as shown in the following extract: "On the 16th day of June last, l appointed M. W. Bro. Hugh Murray, Grand Secretary, until the next regular Communication to fill the vacancy created by the death of M. ""V. Bro. Mason, he having first resigned the office of Grand Treasurer, to which office I appointed M. W. Bro. the Han. Wm. Gibson for the like term. I can fully testify to the careful, satisfactory and efficient manner in which both officers have performed their duties. On my many visits to the Grand Secretary's office during the past year, I became convinced that the business of this Grand Lodge has increased to such an extent as to require the undivided attention of the Grand Secretary, and that the Brother to be ele'cted by you at this Communication should be required to retire from all private and public business wh.atsoever, and devote himself entirely to the duties of Masonry." Speaking of their surplus funds, the Grand Master made the follbwing recommendation: "The present method of investing路 our funds might be improved upon, as large fund:s remain in th.e banks in our general account which should be properly invested. I wo,uld suggest that the whole matter be inquired into, and rules laid down as to our investment, and the nature and quality of the investment that should be made. "THE BENEVOLENT b"'UND.

"I think the time has arrived when Grand Lodge should set apart a portion of its funds for benevolent purposes only, and that l\lasonic Asylum路 :B'und. should be added to the Benevolent Fund, the being used for benevolence. Most certainly the contr'il:>itl't'OTS to that fund never intended that the Grand Lodge sholilld. trGtinsifer the fund路. to their general account. This fund should be kept S8{f)a:rate from all others, as was intended by the contributors." concluding his very able and practical Address, the Grand Master treated as follows on the CONDITION OF

"Eft is my 'privilege. to report thattXI.1.rrelations with the several

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harmonious and fraternal character. In this Jurisdiction the Craft has prospered abundantly. The Brethren are united, earnest and full of zeal for the furtherance of the interests of the Order. Our membership is increasing rapidly, and, so far as I can judge, thp material is of the best. Those that I have seen are of the best class of intelligent young Canadians of good Inaral character." M. W. Brother Harding closed his term of service as Grand Master with expressions of grateful appreciation' for the courtesy that had been accorded him while in office. Gl{A ND SECRE'rARY.

A report, quite extended, and filled with details, emanated from the Grand Secretary" showing the fiscal affairs of the Fraternity. This was followed by the report of the Grand Treasurer. The Grand Secretary furnished a detailed statement of payments made on account of Benevolence, footing up, as already stated, something over $11,000. The several District Deputy Grand Masters in the Jurisdiction subm'itted their reports, which \vere full and elaborate, showing the progress that Masonry has made in that Jurisdiction the past year. rrhese reports appear in the Journal, and cover 246 pages. COHRESPONDENCE.

M. W. Bro. Henry Robertson, P. G. M., submitted a report covering 92 pages, in which he reviewed the Proceedings of 62 Grand Lodges. l.'he report is composed almost entirely of extracts fro路m th~ Journals examined; it. is very easy to路 formulate a review when you have a good pai'r of scissors and plenty of paste. Our Missouri J'ournal for 1902 received路 a notice of a, half dozen lines from the report of this Comm.ittee on Oorrespondence in the form of an extract. J. E. HARDING, J...indsay, Grand Master. HUGH MU'RI{.AY, Hamilton, Grand Secretary.

An Annual C'Anuario") containing over 200 pages isbefol-e me. Not being familiar wirth the i.n .which it is printed, I('~;an not do more than refer to 'tGralld Master's Address"-p.rh1ted in English-its author being. J. ' This document S&iems to be a review of concH ti-ons sinc,e tbeestablishmen t of the

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Cuban government~ and the adoption of the Constitution. TheGrand 1\tIasterwas gratefully appreciative of the progress made during the year then just clDsed. He mentioned with much deep feeling the loss sustained by the death of his predecessor, Grand l\1:aster Segundo AlvaTez, of whom he said: "In spite of the progress made during the year closed, and of the ineffable satisfaction felt by our country, now master of its destinies, in seeing, after a protracted period of aspiration and strife,. its coveted nationality estabUsihed, we Cuban Masons can not give ourselves over to unalloyed r6ljoicing; a mournful event, at once earrying desolati,on into an, until then, happy home, and draping with the emblems of grief the Masonictempl~s of Cuba, has happened and could not fail to suppress our jubilation and to obscure the light of gladness that filled our hearts." "TJ-IE J\iISSION OE' l\'1A.SONHY."

Granel Master Pellon has a proper conception of the place Masonry should fill in the life of a people. This. is shown by the following utteranees: "'Ille missi·on of Masonry is purely of an advisory character; her direct influence· reache's her members only; her sphere of action In iaoci~ty does not pass beyond the, bounds of auxiliary education and benencen,ce, for thes,e are her effi,cient means alf quicke:ning 211d developing virtue. And justly this and no mor·e our country r,equire,g from us, our very work demands it, for we have to snlooth our way, removing the obstacles in order to advance. We must tribute to the m'ost rapid diffusi'QU. of ,kno\vledge, and. cat the same,. time fo·ster the founding of beneficenti,Il'stitutions where charity be disp,en:sed without sectarianism. :l3'ut let us l'emember that th'is is. only the exoteric the exterior part .0<[ Ollr task; the real, the inner of Masonry is the m,oral advancement of M,an, the encQurag,ement and organization o,,~ virtue,a:W,d,. as a cons,equence thereof, the' preaching and. praeticeof Prri1anthtQPY in its broadest sens·e." Com.mentin.g .on the deviabion ofF'ran'ce from the true meaI1~ngof" ~v"m'l"\;n;!Ji1i!p Masonry, he exhorted tbel:Jrethren"nev'er to. im.i'tatesucn 'l~:~l$$fs.~:ve p.roceed.ings," and <leviation had· asa eOI1St!el~u~en(~e Ma61onry: the

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all the Grand Lodges, and with other l\lasonic bodies in Europe and America, who understand that a IJodge that thu.s forgets and deprecate-s· the ancient .prece,pts of the institution, neither de'serves the na.me of a Lodge nor the! consideration due to one."

The Grand Master said that "the new year no\v closing has' been prodigious in the' reorganization and foundation of Lodges \vhich reveal a marked increa'se in the enthusiasm of our Brothers." He announ.ced that in a numher of i-ns:tances, Lodges had rais·ed their fallen columns. In addition he had granted Dispensations for the formation of s,ev-eral new Bodies. He said, "Thus the number of our Lodges h~s grown by the fifteen here enumerated." From this sentence I conclude that fifteen new Lodges had been added to those already on the roll. Spe'aking of ~'Mas'Onic Halls,"Grand Master PelIon remark,ed, "I do not con£ider the erection of a Temple of our O\Vll an idle drean1, but it is a matter of considerable time." His view was that the underta.king can not be consummated without labor and economy. He had decreed that "Honor~ary lVIembership" should not be conferred upon M\asons not residents of the Cuban Jurisdiction Without conference with, and approval of, the Grand Master. It is ]e'arned that the "Oode" had been translated into English for the benefit of English·speaking residents who do not speak the Spanish language. Tlhia is most fortunate, as those. who thus f'3JID'iliarize with the law and usages of the Fraternity can· be more serviceable than without a knowledge of the written l'aw. From the Address 'Of Grand Master P'eUon it is learned, withmu:ch pleasure, that Masonry in the new Republic of Cuba is moving forward, and will keep step with the other grand advancenlen ts enjoyed by an ell:naneipated pe'o,ple, so long dom.inated by Priestcra,ft and a cruel EccJ.esias.tieism. CORRESPONDENOE.

There is a document sUPPosied to be a Report of Correspondence. This, I judge from the title, which is "Relaeiones Exteriores," may mean "Outside or External Rela;ti{),ns." As I can not read the report, an es'timate of its mierits is out of the question. Grand Lodge Proceedings are listed as having passed under notice. JOSE FERNANDEZ PELJ;..ON, Oienfuegos, AURELIO MIRANDA,

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ENGLAND. This Body is called the "United Grand Lodge of England." It holds quarterly sessions at "Freemas!ons' Hall," in the City of Lon.. don. A session was held, December 2, 1903, with lVL W. "The Right Honorable, The Earl Amherst, Pro Grand Ma.ster on the Throne," and a long list of offi.cers in attendance. T'he record does not sh,ow many Lodges, if any, were r,epres·ented. Very Worthy, Sir Edward L,et~h worth was Grand Secr,etarY.The first thing that attracts a.ttention is the installation of the Deputy Grand Master, Brother Thomas F. Halsey, who had been appointed to said position by HThe Duke of Connaught, Most Worship,ful Grand Master." "The Pro Grand M'aster announced that the next business was the nomination of a Grand Master for the ensuing year." Brother E. J. Castle nominated the incumbent of the office, and spoke of him thus: "I am told that it is not customary on this occasion to make anything like a speech; if it was, I might take up some little time in telling you how much the Brethren and the Ord'er hav·e progrelssed under the aus'Pices of our present Gra.nd Master,but I will not do so; I 'will m,erely nominate for the ensuing' year as Grand l\last8r of the Freemasons of England, II. R. H. the Duke of Connaught." Other Grand OfficeTsw,ere nom~nrated a.t this meeting. When eleeted, if at all, theflecord does not show. The renlainder o·f· the record is tak,en up almost wholly with tabular statements, and can not be brought out here. The minute s of this Grand Lodge differ so very much from our American pUblications that it is difficult to summarize the doings of a session. I find no statistics as to membership, number of Lodges, list oJ Grand Officers, or other facts so necessary in making up a review. I am le,ft to conjecture and suppose that the Grand Secretary, Brother Edward Letchworth still fills that position. 1

IRELAN'D. The "Om,cersof' Grand Lodge fQr 1904" are rep,orted to be "The. Dnke of Abe!rcorn, M. W. Grand Maister," "Lord O,aS<tle'toWll, Grand ~iel(~re!tQ.I~" and numerous QltherGran.dOmee~s. I have a pa.miphle\t iftt}'r pa.ge'S, in whi,ch there ·ls, of the "Grand Lodge of Acoepted Maso,ns Off I:relan,cr'lleld on "St. John's Day, De. 28th, 1903." rrheGrand Mast.,er was not pres1ent. I aSlsume Masters do not preside those countries where, kings Q.

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nQ:ble~ fill thosle high stations. The honor received by the Craft is enough without the presence of the !(ing. In the case under review the Deputy Grand Master, R. W. Bro. James C. Meredith, LL. D., presided and delivered a lengthy address aboun dir g in valuable suggestions, prac:tical matters, and topics of general importance. With true loyalty he mentioned first of all in his Addre!SiS the visIt paid thedr eountry during the preceding season by "our Gra!ciolls Sovereign Lord the King and his beloved Consort." He further sa:id: "\VhilSltslpeaking of our Grand Master I cannot om1t to say a \~lord a/bout the continued interest that he has ever taken in the Schools of our Order." The presiding officer made mention of an instance s,omuch like one of recent occurrence in my own Lodge (Tuscan, No. 360), that I clip his remarks on the subje,ct:

and

"There is one instance which I would like to mention olf a very remarkahle Masond!cfam'ily in this country. During tbis year our Brother Young, the' Treasure,r 'Of Lodge 88, Belfast, has brought into his own Lodge the' fifth of his :sons, and we have n01w the fatheir and five sons all menlbers of the one Masonic I...rodge (applause) and we, hlave reason to hope that he will shortly propose his sixth son." l

A very practical adnl0nition was de1ivered against a too common cllst0'm among Lodges, and in one instance within my knowledge a Granel Lodge Offieer 'aclted in the same manner where funds are not depos1ited in ,the name and to the credit of the body. Sueh Ctlstoln r€!sults in 'IDlixing up moneys of incl'ividua1s 'with trust funds, andcauSiing great confusion and ·trouble when unexpeeted settlements are required. TOllching the subject of bal1,oiing for candi.. date,s the acting Grand Master said:

. "There is one other matter that has given me some little trouhle during the past year, and I would like to say a word about it. The ballot for candiclates in our subordinate Lodges is about the most important duty that· M,asons can be called upon to discharge, and I would impress upon you, my Brethren, that it is the duty of every Brother to Sicrutinize Ulost carefully the conduct and character of anybody who is proposed to be hron,ghtamon.gst us." The acting Grand. M,asteI' h'admuch to say about what he termed "our three M,asonic Je,wels, the Boys' School, the Girls' School, and the Victoria Jubilee Annuit.y Fund." Responses to the appeal in behalf ,of the latter fund had ~ot measured up to expe(~:ta.U6!n~ causing great of the schoal WQit,k c.one in both the boys andg.irls 'dep&rtmen,ts W"ftS grat.ifyin:g.

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In the Girls' School 75 per cent was gained in the middle grade and eighty-one in the junior grade. In the Boys' School the grade rea,che.d in both the middle and junior grades were an even hundred: showing far superior work done in these, sichools to any in the schools throughout Ireland. vVell done is the tribute due the l\:Iason.icSchoolsof the Emerald Isle. An Addrelss of welcome to King Edward and his Queen upon their arrival in Ir,eland was respond'ed to by his !Cingship in very gracious terms. Both the Address and re ply find' a place in the Journal of Piroceedings. A financial, exhibit was furnished by some one which find,s a place in the printed Journal. 1

GRA.ND SECRETARY.

Heretof,ore Samuell B. Oldham was reported as Grand Secretary. He seemrs ,to have disapp.eared from the list and no explanation is furnished as to his non-alppearauee. He' lived in Dublin. The record marks "Right Honora.ble Lord Castletown, Castletown" as Gra.nd Secreta,ry with locatiop..

NEWBRU N SWI CK-1903. TheThirly~Sixth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge was held in the Masonic Hall in the city. of St. Joseph, on the 25th day of August. 1903.

PRESEN1\

M. W. Bro. Arthur 1. Trueman,Grand Master, was present, with Brother J. Twining Hartt as Gra.:nd Secretary, and other Grand Ot'ficers and Representatives of twenty.. o ne Ohartered Lodges. 1

ADDR,EBS.

Addr~ss of .the Grand, Master covered twenty-two pages. H,e o[tp'€l1ed by offering congratulations upo,n the fact that' reports' ~rorn Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary s,howed that the '.• r~a.r bab~ ,been marked by a steady, growth in the ranks of the ,Juris·dica favorable state of', the·ir It was stated i~l,er~:ase in members,hi,p was not particular

tllte .\1.~ber

It was a~nouuced Oil their prominent and Pa,at Maste,rs of Honored Diead of

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VISITS.

The Grand Master stated that, believing that official visitations to Subordinate Lodges would be productive of much good to the Craft, ,he had, during the year, made official visits to Lodges not heretofore visited by bim. Closing hts .second term, the Grand Master said: "During the two years that I have held the high office to whieh y'ou so generously elected me, I have endeavored to do what I could to promote the welfare and p,rosperity of Freemasonry in the Province. I have received 路during my visitations, and in my daily intercourse with you, my Brethren, a,bundant proofs of your kind consideration and thoughtfulness. Your loyal and unselfish support I shall always bear in pleasant remembrance." The Grand Secretary's report states that the gain for the ye3.f in membershiip amounted to 73, showing a total numerical strength in the Jurisdiction of 2,061. The income reported by him amounted to a little ov~r $2,000. The Grand Treasurer had handled during the term between three and four thousand dollars. The report of the Commit.teeon Gralnd l\1:aster's Address was most complimentary and commendatory. A noti,ce w'as given' ,that at the next session of the Grand Lodlge an am,endment would he offered proposing that all the Grand Officers should be nominated for their positions. 'There is no report on Correspondence. The Grand Master and Grand路 Secretary were're-elected, and both reside at St. John.

NEW ZEALAND. The only document received from the above named. Body is a small journal of one hundred pages. The opening page announces th3Jt there are in the Jurisd~C!ti<Qn"{)ne.hlundredand twenty-one Lodges, with a m,embershi,p of 5,737.J'T'he Annua,l Communi,cati,on was held at Maso,nic Hall, Wellington, 80th, 1902. M. W. Bro. Alexander Stuart Russell, Grand Master, and M. W. Malcolm Niecol, 'Po G. M. was Grand Secretary. The record notes the pre,aence of :5orty-f,our Lodges, with and members of Lodges under the Enlglish, Irish and a nurobe'f of una.ttached brethren and several visU;ors the A.ustralian commonwealth." It is a. fact well known Grand. Lodgesoocupy the sa.Ille ,territory in foreign case here, wbere m'el!.Dibeifs of Lodges w"orking unaier were

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The rec,ord under review contains me'ntion of .corner-stones laid, Lodges creat,ed, and general matters of loeal mom-ent. The Board of General Purposes is· an important factor in the Grand Lodges· of English obedience, and is charged with nearly all business. FUNDS.

A very grave question was raised and discuss,ed elaborately, concerning "thecom',paratively small increase in the funds." Various ·soluti:ons were offered, none of which s-eemed to have m,et the issue and the mHitter went over for future ,oonsid,er,ation. RITUAL.

Our brethr'e I1 ov·er the way are in a similar stetw about printing the Ritual thalt afflicts s,om,e of our Am,erjean jurisdictions. The subject w,as, disC'uS!sed pro et con, and finally dispos,ed of by ordering a revision before printing. So the printer will have' a bette'r show in diffusing the Ritual than any teacher or lecturer. From all su~eh m'ethod's of 'making Mtaisons, may the good Lord deliver us. ELECTION.

The most interesting part of the proceedings was the elelotion' The ceremany· was carried out 'according to an extens'ive program, with the retiring G~and Master, A. S. Russell, IDS instal1ing officer. At this juncture la present was made to M. W. Brother A. S. Rus'seU, Past Grand Master, consisting of a complete suit olf Past Grand Master's re.galia,' apron, gauntlets, chain and jewel. The instalI'ation service was sUippl'OOll'ented 'by a long and carefully prepared addretS's delivered. Brother Herbert J Williams, wbo!feTtcalled on to say, "It ll()iW 13!ec'onH~S my duty and pleasur-e to endeav;or to exp.res!s in some m.easure my appreciation of the very high honor that h.as just been conan me." If hi,s 3.lppreciation· was equal in length tohi.'Sll1,address, he mu.st have beenovettloaded. of Qffi!cers, follJO'wed by an el-aJboJrate installations,ervi'ce.

GRAND

most anlma:ted

the t8Jct that of Gene'r:a1 Purposes, br.ought i!~i~lI'~se IOlf the salary .of .the a;m.. inerease of fifty pounds, 'by

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The increaS'e was.vigorously o,ppos.ed, not because the Grand Secretary did not deserve it, but on aceount of limlited revenue. The increase was made', however, and the present salary is some twelve hundred dollars. The Grand Lodge abolished "Half-Yearly Communications." Hereafter the sessi·ons will be held in the month of May, annually. HERBERrr J. VVILLIAMS, Wellington, Grand Master. MALCOL1\I NICCOL, Wellington, Grand Secretary.

NOVA SCOTIA-1903. The Thirty-Eighth Annual Communication was held in the city of Halifax" at Masonic Hall, on' June 10, 1903. PHESFJNT.

M. W. Bro. Luther B. Archibald was Grand Master, 'rbos. MowbraY,Grand Secreta.ry, and other Grand and Past Grand Officers, with representatives of 34 Sister Grand Lodge-s, and 63 Subordinate Lodges. The Grand 8ecretary recorded in the opening bus.iness of the ses· sion that all Lodg1es with one ·exception had made their returns as required by law and all had paid' Grand Lodge dues except two. ADDRESS.

An Address cove-ring twelve pages emanated from the Grand East. Grand Maste'!· Archibald opened his practical business p-ap.er by reference to the recent Grand Master in the Grand Lodge of England, the present King,who, on. his elevation to the throne, resigned the offic'e .of Grand Master and wa;s sucoeeded by hiS Brother the Duke of Gonnaught. The record says. that during the tenure' of offiee of the pres,ent King 952 L·odges wer,e Ridded to th1e roll of Grand !.,lodges of -England and '~llPwards ()ff twomiUion poun,ds sterling were spent. in Masonic charity." I make the following extract bearing upon this subject from the address, as it m.ay he ofsipecial interest. "For 26 years as GrandMaster Ma,son Q·f England :he was the m'ost eminent Mason on and! dtlring that ;period ··l\[a,stOin"ry in the Empire fh>urished as B·ever so that to,..day the noblest:, bravest and best of Brita.i,n';s are proud to b,e enrolled in our ranks. vVhecn in 187,t the e,f Ripo.ll r·esigned the position of Grand Master Mason of membe,rof

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of ROlne it gave great comfort to our friends the enemy, and it was at this critical point that our present King was elected to and accepted the office thus thrown down by his pred,ecessor, and to which he was thereafter annually fie-el'ected for 26 y·ears, until when succeeding to t

the Throne he assumed the title of Protector of Masons, and was succeeded as Grand Master by his Brother, H. R. H. the Duke of Connaught." The Grand Master referred to the loss sustained in the Jurisdiction, thirty-one Lodge,s. havi'ng belen called upon to mourn the loss by death 'of 40 members, 5 of whom ,vere members 'Of the Grand Lodge. Mention was made of the death of distinguished Masons in sister Grand Jurisdictions. The' Grand Master incorporated in his address statements shoWing the strength of the fraternity in that Jurisdiction. In the 64 Lodges in obedience to the Gra.nd Lodg~ there were 3,882 members, being a gain of 162 for the year. One Lodge was c:r:eated U. D.. 1-1e reported various official acts, such as Dispensations granted, visits made, allo\ving work to be d~ne out of constitutional time, and other matters of Ioeal importance. The report ,of the Gra.nd Secretary, Brother Mowbray, shows that the income from all siources an1ou!lted to a;bout$4,OOO. Fr6ul the report on the Grand M'Rster's Address it is learned that the finances are in a healthy condition; 'no reduction had been m~de on themortga.ge which rests on th~ir Temple propeirty,. owil);g to hea,vy expenditures .in repairing the building. From the report of the Grand Secretary I make the following appropriati,on: UNION LODGE,

No. 18,

HALIFAX.

"This Lodge (which y,ou all knowI~<OQmp'o$eid.enti:re~yofcoLored Brethren), has been for a long time in a most deplorable condition, many of its oloer :and hettet' informed m€~bers having either retired or absented themselves froim the Lodge, leaving its under the control oi ineinbers nearly all of whom are ,quite inc~aJ),a;llJ);Le of conducting its affairs 'in a satisfactoiry manner, hence· its deca.dence, until it is now unable to get a suffi.cientnumber to attend t:oopen the Lodge. "On the night of the March ma.king his, ,official Warden and two selv,es." cons.equently no meeting no "better." Inte::o,~leC1

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From what source did this Lodge, "composed entirely of colo'red Brethren," derive its ,existence? The several Di'strict Deputy Grand Masters filed their reports, which were printed in the Proceedings. Tbe paper sent out by the managers of the Fraternal Building Association of St. Louis was received and referred to a committee. Said committee reported that owing to the d~emands made upon the Grand Lodge funds, they were unable to make any contribution to aid the association in its purpos,es. The Grand Secretary, Br,other Mowbray, on motion, wa.s appointed Chairman of the Committe.e on Foreign Oorres,pondence, with an increase of $200 per year to his present salary. During the session the Grand Lodge repai red to the' church, and路 attended divine s.ervices> listening to a sermon by the Grand Chaplain. CORRESPONDENCE.

A report covering 165

pa~es

is found in the journal, in which 61

Grand, Lodge j,ournals, American and foreign, were reviewed. The report is not signed by its author, and I alll, not able to determine fr01n .the journal who prepared the report. The review is well

seasoned V\I~ith extracts, and with occasional comments. I am glad to welcome back. to the activities of official life, M. W. Brother, theH'oD. Wm. Ro's8, former Grand Secretary, who is now the newly elected Grand Master of the Jurisdiction, and resides at Halifax. 'rhe Grand Secretary, Thomas Mowbray, was re-elected, and lives i.n the saIne city.

PRINCE EDWARDISLAND-1903. TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL OOMMUNICATION.

The Grand Lodge assembl,ed in Masonic Hall in the City of" Charlottetown, June the 24th, 1903. PRESENT.

There 'were present M. W. Bri. William R. Ellis, Grand Ma.ster~. Neil McKelvie, Grand Sec.vetary, and a full corps of Grand Office"fs, with repres,en,tatives from twelve, Lodges, and ten Past Grand Masters. I do not find the DAm!Q of the representative of Missour~ among the Grand R.eprese'ntardives.e,nroUed as prese:nt..

185 ADDRESS.

An addre'ss covering ten pages 'emanated from the Grand East, in which it is found that the p1ast year had been a very eventful one for the E,mp,ire to which the Grand Master was pleased to belong. He said that the ,past year had been "marked by very great pros,.. parity and .grolwth in memhership and general advancement in Masonic circles." In enumerating the loss sustained by dea,th in the various jurisdi,etions of the world, Gr:and Master Ellis mentioned the name of M. W. Brother John C. Yocum, Grand Master o,f Masons in Mis,souri. He rep,orted quite a number of dislpensations granted,. several of w'hich wer€ for doing things not allQlwed by Law, such as, eonferring degrees out of t'im'e,. Nearly all the lodges in the Grand Jurisdiction were officially visited by the Grand Master. As there are only fourteen Lodges on' the roll, the outlay of time could not have \been very great. The me~bership in the fourteen Lodges. was re,p,orted by the Grand 8ecreta,ry at 607, and the financial income was less than four hundr,ed dollars. The Grand M,aster denounced the use of the CiJ.)her Ritual, or' the evils of Book Masonry.. And yet there are many Masons all over the land who w·ould adopt such mechanical methods in learning .Mas,onry, .rather .than absorbing it in the good old way. ..Gran·d· Master Ellis was justly severe on what he termed "Parrot Ri tuali,sts and lightning repeaters." the salary of Grand Secretary McK'elvle was fixed at on,e hundred and fifty dollaris per year. No report on correspondence. BENJAMIN ROGERS, Oharlottetown, Grand M'aster.. NEIL MACKELVIE, Charlottetown, Grand Secretary..

QUEBEC .. T'he Thirty Fourth Annual Communication was held on the 27tb of January in the city of Montreal. PRESENT.

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Bro. Jo1?-n B. Tlresidc"leFJG~an.d Master; Will H. Whyte,. Secretary, and other Grand()1!icers,wiiJh a unrober Past Grand Offl·cers and ·representatives<;o~.sijsterGrand Lodges. Mis SQl..tri was conspicuous' 'on account of tJie.. abs,ence of ther representative. Tha Committee on Credentials rel),oirted FtepreselRta;tives present 53 out of 57 Lodges in the.J'"tl.ris<.lJction.. This Gra'nd LQclgeM.

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contains a membership of 4,433, being a net gain over the previous year of 242. ADDRESS.

An Address of 17 pages is found in the Journal. The Grand Master said that the year just closing had been a busy one and that it afforded him much "pleasure to note the position of the Grand Lodge at the end of thirty-"three years of its existence. He aSlserted that the condition is better andstronge,r in good Masonic work, numerical strength and financial s~anding than at any previous time in jts history. The death roll had been comp,aratively' small. Numerous visits had been made by the Grand Master and it is learned that the Grand Secretary accompanied him in everyone of his official visits. He had refused the application for dispensaHons to establish new Lodges at two different points. Special Dispensations had been granted to confer Degrees and reballot on rejected candidate'S regardless of time. OFFICIAL RULINGS.

A question the Grand Master had been asked for a ruling on was "Whether nonpayment of dues should be treated as a Masonic offense and where a ;Y.[ason was suspended fo,r such delinquency, wheth~r a 'ballot for reinstate,me'nt \vas necessary; ,and if dues shoul{l be eharged against hini while under suspension. T'o the foregoing inquiry he respondied as fio11ows: "Tfhat it was not路 a Masonic offence, aud would not require a ballot for reinstatement, that the moment the Br,other paid the amount owing at the time of his suspension he' became by that :tot a member in good standing", and that in view of the fact that his Lodge was not reqUired to pay Grand Lodge dues for a suspended Brother~ and that he was not' in the enjoyment of any Masonic privileges during his suspie,nsion, he should not be required to pay dues during such time."

The Grand Master referred to the action taken by the Grand Lodge at a f'ormer session in establishing a "permanent fund" to. be used for the purpose of benevolence. He said such action was , already hearing fruit and in to the increase in the fund would be the 'beuefit derived theF'erfrom. The.A.delre/SiS of the Girand Master ,vas approved and cJ()mmendeed tbe propier committee at a later hour ();f tbesessiOill..

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GRAND SECRETARY'S REPORT.

A good business document was furnished by Grand Secretary Whyte, from w'hich it is learned .that returJ;lS had been received

from every Lodge but one in the Jurisdiction, and said Delinquent had not held a lueeting during the past year. He announced that the initiations showed a ten per cent increase over the previous year. T'he suspensions for nonpayment of dues reportedahout onehalf less than formerly He reported that every Lodge except one had contributed to the "Permanent Benevolent Fund". The increas,e .- in finance'S had heen encouraging. He had received and paid .over to the Grand Treasurer the su'm of $5,482. The Grand Treasurer reported a balance on hand, together with the funded e'ndowment, amounting to som,ething over $11,000. He had handled eluring the term as Grand Treasurer, $22,000. The Grand Chaplain delivered a sermon .01' discours,e on the "Relation between O:peTative and S.peculative Masonry." Whether it was delivered in the Grand Lodge or before the general public is not determined by the record. T'he Deputies of the several Ma90nic Districts in the Juri'sdiction ,furnished full and exten.ded reports. A special report on Correspondence was rendered by M. W. Brother Chalnbers recommending the fraternal recognition of the Grand Lodges of Costa Rico and of vVestel'nAustralia. The applieations f,or recognition by the Granel. Orients of r-iayti,Lusitano and Brazil were Laid ov,er for further .inquiry. CORRF.SPONDENCE.

The report on Correspondence coveTS 108 p,ages and was preby l\J1. W. Bro. E. T. D. Oharnbe'rs, P. G. M. Tlhe reprort abounds with extracts accompianied .by runninrg enmlments. Brother ebambers had a happy faculty of making admirable selections fro,m the Journals reviewed. Commenting on theaddre'ss of Grand Mas.. ter Meyerh,ardt,6f Georgia, he took this distinguished character to task for his peculiar utterance,s in using the term "kingcraft" '(priestcraft" which would fetter the路 mind and dwarf the.soul <)of man. Brother Chambers said路 that the utterances路 of Brother "may make the unskilled laugh, but makes the jUdi~ grieve". Brother ttha.t no one can odo otherthan regret the use of snell as "',k.ingcraft" and Hpriest~ in a Masonic utteranoe, hethimks it is IJiossible he meant something eitl\er less than his words e;x:~ and regapded acts .as coupled with phras'es and sou'nds. I have read

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:and noted the sayings of Brother Meyerhardt for some years and have secretly wondered whether that Jurisdiction had no other material out of which to make a Grand Master, as he seems to be Grand Master ad vitarn. Brother Chambers is a courteous and fraternal reviewer, paying due respect and eonsideration to all Journals examined. Our Missouri Proceedings for 1903 received a notice of a little over one page. He was kind in his mention of our deceased Brother Yocum, and commented favorably on the Address of the Acting Grand Master Brother Wm. F. Kuhn and presented a very brief summary of our business transactions. He made a pleasant mention of· the report of this committee on Correspon den ceo J. B. Tn.ESIDDER, Montreal, GrandMaster. WILL H. WHYTE, Montreal" Grand Secretary. E. T. D. CUAlVIBERS, Com. on Corres,pondence (address not give'n) .

SCOTLAND. The journal o,f transactions helfore me~ c.overs matter connected with the abo-ve named Grand Lodg·e, with the he:a'ding, l'prooe,edings o·f the Grand Lodgeo.f Scotland from Fe;bruary, 1903, to January, 1904." The Hon. Jame,s Rozier, M. P., heads the Ii,st, with what are termed "Grand Offiee Bearers." It is gathered from the rep-ort that the Grand Master wa.s not ,pres,ent; but the .session was presided over by C. M. Ramsay, "Grand MGlJster Depute, Acting Grand Master Mason." B~OIther David Reid was G1'laud Secretary. The list of Grand Representatives frOID si'sterGrand Lodges shows that Missonri 'was represented. by Jam'as S. Sh()tts.. In our list of Grand Re,presentatives Missouri is. r,epreigen;ted near the Grand Lodge of Scotland by Brother James Smith. I presume the Grand Secretary of Scotland has not made the change since Brother Smith wasappointed. Tbe j,ourual hef-ore me ,c.ontains a regl'siry of 940 LGdges in olbedience to the Grand Lodge elf Scotland, scattered allover the world. I ,cannot teU how Inany were represeIlttedat the sess,ion. Them'emfbe(rrship of thes1e· Lodges isarraJilg,edand prin.t-ed aLpha.. beti.ca:lly, but the number i!s nOltfurnished. Tbe acting Gmnd Master, Brother Rams.ay, as introductory m,atte~·a faw state'm:ents {)if inte'fes.t to the fraternity. He stated that the Grand Master was prev'ented bei;ljl;:g' by the illness oif ;als wife. H,e called attention t o a n e v & n t i n the life

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the Pa,st Grand Master, who had se'rved the fraternity for eight years in that high station. M. W. Brother Michael Shaw Stewart had celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his marritage. The Grand Master ree1ommend,ed that fraternal notice betaken of the event and congratulations accorded to Ithe djstinguishe'd 'brother, whi.ch was done; and in reply ;~o the kind re,melIDlbrance of his brethren, he responded in affeotionlate terms, e:x:p1"essing hilS great pl,e-asure in having been connected with the Grand Lodge and with Masonry in S"eotland. The acting Grand l\Iaster also furnished the first information that I had received respecting the death of their former Grand Secretary, R. W. Brother D. Murra,y LY1on. As representing fully the sentiment of the Grand Master and of the Grand Lodge, I make the following ,aplpropriati·on: "'I'he Grand Master Depute th€'ll said, 'Brethren, I now move the sllspension of the Standing Orders to plac:e hefore you what I ~m 'Sure will suggest itself to ,every 1\fason pres,eln't. Within the last fe"r days w'e have une~pectedly heard olf the' sudden death c,f our Past Grand Secretary, B1rother D. Murray Ly,on, at the age: of 83. As you are all awar'e, he was a familiar figure to us 'in the ,,"arId a,f FreeiID.asonry. For a l·ong period of yea,.rs he gav,e his time devotedly and thewho'le Q,f hilS serV1ices most unreservedly to pro~n:ote and further the inter·estsof this Grand Ladgeand Freemasonry ~t large. I am satisfied that I voice the feelings of all pres,ent when I move Grand Lodg.e to relcord formally in its minute,s its de,6!J.O s,ense of tn:e loss which Freemasonry and 'the Grand Lodge itself has sustained by the death ,of Brother 1\rlurray Lyon, and its high .aPPJ'leci.ation of the servi'ces which he rendered during a long and a,rduous eare:elr.' " The journal contains much, local ma;tter which W8JS carefully durin,g the session. I pl"'esume the Grand Officers re'main' as heretofore,ars I find 'no indieatio,n,' ·~.l!l.• ··the journal of an electiou, and Ulolte D'avid Reid,Grand Secretary, Edinburg, Scotland.

"VALLE DEM'E)(liCO'J -1903. the E.ighty-Third of the ,of the StateQlf waS.h ,creat;edand el'l.,argied with the SU!OjiBct jO~ recQgnitiou' 'o,f Grand Lo,dlge,s.Said c()llUmitte\e reported fie$II)eetinlg the legal' ;eiXis'tence of this "Gralld ValUe die, Me.xi,c,o,', ~tr,'[b,le·opinion tha,t the timeha.d 'wnen said Grall a. Lodgel;>e recognized byth'B

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Lodge of Miss.auri. From said report I make the following appropriation: "Your c.Q'mmittee are of the opInion that the time is already at hand when the Grand Lo'Clg,e Valle de Mexico should he recognized by this Grand Lodge. 'Ve are cre-dibly informed that within such Grand JUI'Iisdiiction already over seven hunq.red American Masons are affiliated with iits' several Lodges. "W·e !a:re further advised that it neither claims nor recognizes. any fraternal relations with the: Grand Ori'enrt of ,Belgium at Brussels, and the Grand Ortent of France. V..l e, therefore, recoID'mend that this Grand Lodge recognize andesta:blish fraternal relations with the Grand Lodge', Valle de Mexico; Pr,Qvided, its Grand l\iaster file in the' office of our Grand Secreta.ry, a statement in writing, attested by its Grand Secretary, under seal, that it holds no fraternal relations with the Granel Orient of Belgium at Brussels, or the Grand Orient of Fr"ance~ or· any other kindred or fraternal Masonic orgauizatioll which refuses to recognize the existence of the one living and true' God. H Notice having been given to the Grand Miaster of the aforesaid "Grand Lodge Valle de Mexic.o," of the action o'r the Grand Lodge of Missouri, aseXlJ)ressed in the, ahove extract, the follOWing offic.ial letter, addres,sed to M. W. Brother Wm. F. Kuhn, Grand Master Qif' Misis,ourd, and ,signed .by· M. LeVi, Grand lVlaster, and attested by theGrand Se:cretary, Felix M. Iglesias, was received under date of October 29, 1903, and ils herein inc(}rporated t:o sholw that the requIre'ments.of the Grand Lodge as above stlated have been com\plied with: "This is to Icer~tfy that the Grand Lodge Valle deM,exico holds no fraternal relations with the Grland Of!ient of BelgiuiID at Bruss'e,ls, or the Grand Orie,nt of France, or any other kindred or fraternal M,asonic organiza:tion which .refus1es to reco·gnize the existenlce of the one living' and true God." The foregoing plac·es the Granid Lodge of Mlexico in the lis,t of legitimate and legally contStituted sovereign Gran,d Bodies or the w'orld according to the views o;f the Grand Lodge of Misouri. Such recognition ,on our part as a Grand :Sodyentitlies the "Grand Lodge' \T.aHe de Mexico" to frateTna,l consideration, and justifies this committe'e in a'cc,ording the salme br,otherly courtesy. I the'refore take up the proceedings of the "Grand Lodge o.f Free and Acoepted Masons of V'aU,e de Mexico,"· a S,~;C1ttU document, which contains the transactions of an annual he/ld on J,anuary 10, 19'0'3. Where the session wa.s held C&.n n(J)\t ]'E)~rned frOfm it. The Jo.u.rnal presents Manuel L,evi as Grand:FeU,x M. I glesia.s, S,.eJCretary, and' other Gr-and Offi·cers·. floB w'&seaHed, and

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Lodges were found to be represented. Only three of the list have numhers; whether the other names 'm,entioned wer.e Lodge'S or not, I leave ,others to determine. The Grand Master "Declared the annual Communication for the year 1903 to be in serssion." The record says that the annual reports were read; one from the Grand MaSter, which was approved iby a ·rising vote of the Repre'Sentative:s except one dissenlter. The reiports of the Grand s,ecfletary and Grand Treasurer welre unanimously 8!,piproved, !3Jswere the reports of the District Deputy Grand Masters,. The report of the Committee on Relations declined Ito recognize a clandestine Lodge chartered by the Grand Orient {)If 8pain and established in Phil~delphia; also refused to recognize a M'asoni.c Body of the Argentine Republic becauEe it is under the Sup,rem,e Council of Scottish Rite. These reports were followed by the election ,of Grand Officers. The Grand Master, Manuel Levi, Wl3.\S chosen to succeed himself, as was the Grand Se,cretary. Thils lorganiza,tion ,seems to fav'or having a large number of assistant officerls. The Grand Secretary has two as:sistants. The Grand Treasurer has one; also the Grand Senior D'eacon has one; the Grand Junior De8Jcon hats one; the Master of Ceremonies ha:s one, and the Grand Tiler has one. I cou,clude that an institution of the siz·e and youthfulness of this Grand Lodg,e must be considered wen as,sisted. Tihe Grand Mas1ter, Brothe'r Levi, submitted a re:p,ortcoverin,g t 1NO pa.ges. He ,said, '~Th.e p,erfection of Masonic wo,rk in )vIexico is bec,omiug more noticea:ble day by day, our Brethren ende,avoringwith the grelatest good wiU to abolish the routine which for a ,long time prev.ailed,in Ma,sonry in M,exico, 'and ohstructed its advance ,so that w,e shall soon be able to ·say that of our past, absolutely nothing remainis and that in ~ts ,p}ace will be s,eenan organlzati,on .,vigorous, solid, and which win bring us univers,al approva.l." He re.com·mended the exercise of" gr,eat care in cons'idering the requests for recognition 'hy Foreign Grand Bodies. It· would seem stra.nge to one oonvrersant wi;ththe general facts aud Ma;s·()nic cond,iti0'ns, that he should. so so.on have favored istence of the International Masoilic Congress which He wals grat efu.l that tbeir Grand Lodge had in said Congress, called "Grand Swis,s .Alpina may be a legitimate body this \but it failed to r'e(~ogin,l't1,on or any CO]:lJSl<1e'ral~10[r1. rentlem'ber of a s.ingle that sent" a The said that it gave 'him mllc.l1;~Sla,tli8rat,c,.tJtOnto anuoun'ce that· five had be,en added, that five Lodgesll<td l

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He also said that efforts ha.d be,en made looking to

the unification of his Grand Lodge with that entitled "Santos De Gollado." A committee reporting upon this subject, while desirous of bringing ahout the unificati,on of Masonry and the consolidation o,f the two Grand B,odies na,med, ,said that the'y could not agree to

the loss of their name a,s proposed in the plans submitted. The re~ port stated that the doors of the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico are open to all Masons who lin good faith desire to enter its Jurisdiction; it would follow, therefore, that there is no neicessity for treaties or fusion which are of no real benefit to Masonry. The committee submitted a res,oluti,on which I conclude must have belen adopted, as it is duly 8Jttested Iby the Q-rand SeGretary. Said resolution d,eclared that the project for unification of the Grand Lodge of Mexico with the Grand Lodge called "Santos de Gonado" of the Federal District be rejected a.s unconstitutional. GRAND SECRETARY'S REPOR1.'.

From1the re1p,ort of the. Gr~nd Secretary it is learned that . a n am,endment to the Constitution has been ad.Qlpted providing that in the future the Grand Lodge should meet once a y路ear instead of hold~ ing路 Quarterly CommuDJica:ti ons. From hilS report I learn that there are 37 chartered Lodges in the Jurisdiction; 22 of them work in Spanish; 14 in English and one in Germ'an. I d,o not find any t2.bular statement giving the num1her of memrbers in the several Lodges. The Grand Secretary reported. the finances of the Grand Lodge to be in a satisfactory co'ndition, the income having been a little over路 $3,000, and the disbursements nearly as much, leaving on hand a small balance. The forego,ing, gleaned f~om the proce,edings under consideration, may suffice for my present report on Corresipondeuce. In view of my lack of faith 'in the claims of Masonry in the Republic of Mexico, through a.ll the passing years, I find it difficult to entertain路 a high degr,ee of confidence in the future of the fraternity in that country. I would UOlt, under any 'Cons.ideration, se:ek to imip,ede thepr,ogress .of the present organiza~ tion known as the "Vane de Mexico," or arrest the spread of legiti~ mate Masonry in our siister Republic. I shall stand ready to extend the fraterna.l hand to the Craft in. that jurisdJi,ction and accord them the most cordial 'greeting that a frate l'nal 's.pirit can present, de,noutly hoping that the future of the Grand Lodge named may be as nltlch distinguls'hed for success a:ndgenuineMasonic progress as the past has been prolific of "confusilc).Il worse ~onf'ounded." I note that our personal friend and brother, F. E. Ye,ung, is Depllty Grand Maateirof i

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the Second Masonic District. The Grand Master's District embraces th.e Lodges of the Fed,eral District and s·everal states. .I presume Brother M. Levi, Grand Master, resides at the capital of the Republic, although the Journal does nat say so. The statement is found in the Journal giving Mexico as the address of the Grand Secr,etary, also that ,of Brother F. E. Young, who is his English assis,tant..

VICTORIA-1901. "The United Grand Lodge of in the City of Melbourne.

Vi,ctor~a"

holds its Gom:muJ;lications

The meetings are held quarterly, one in

March; one in Jun.e; one in Septemher,and one in December. "The Grand Anniversary FestiVJal" meeting was held the 15th of May, 1901, and was presided over by 1\11. W. Brother Alexander J. Peacock. Brother John Braim was GI'1and ~ecretary. On this "Fe'Stival" occa.. sion the Grand. Master was. duly installed; I presume he had been elected at some f{)rmer meeting. The installarti,on of the Grand Officers seem,s to have been the only business transacte.d on this occasion. At all the sessi,ons of the Grand Lodge, a li'st of Grand Officers, Past Grand Offi,cers, and Representativ-e~ of Grand Lo,dges wws furn.ished, the record win.ding up with the statement "The Grand Stewards of the year, the Masters" Paslt Masters and Wa,rdens of aeyeral Lodges." From any of the records the information is not obtainable as· to the ,r,epresentation in the Grand Lodge at any time. A similar olm'i,ssion is observahle on the part of the Grand Secretary resp,eotiug the num'ber of Lodge,s in the Jurlsdiction or the membership, .in obedi,enee to that Grand Lodge. The Journal for 1901 being all that I have f.or review, I am now entertaining the hope of a later issue of their procee,dings, and shall give but a very hur-· ried glance at their do:ings. It may be said of all English-sp,eaking Grand Lodges that their records are full of figures an·d abound in financial exhi:bi,ts. It was .announced by the Grand Master at the DeceIlJiber quarterly ill,eeting that the Deputy Grand Master,R. W. Brother, A. B. Templeman, had given notice of his purpose .to leave the Jurisdiotion, hilS duties and business lbeing lik!ely to· call him to Sydney. In cons,equence of this he ha'd g'iven notice that he would net be able to. serve for another term. .A. banquet was prOVided in B!01l0r .()f the departing Brother, and an addition,al honor was conf'e~red u,pon him by the Grand MasJter, it being tha.t of the rank of G. L. Ap.-18.

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Past Grand Master. This Br,othe,r had served the- Craft as Deputy Grand Master for two years and had endeared himself greatly to the Fraternity in that pa,rt of the country. There are no statistical taJblesfurnishedby the Grand Becretary, and po membership liis,ts or names, number land location of Lodges. I gathe'r from the pr:o~ ceedings that M. W. Br,other Alex J. Peacock was Grand M'aster and Brothe-r John Bralm Grand Secretary. I p,resume th,atboth reside at Melbourne; this is only .a~ inference not founded on a.ny facts furnish€.d in the record.

"RECOGNITION OF GRAND· LODGES." Under the abov,e caption I find the following, which was reported to Ithe Grand Lodge O'ctober 21st, 1903, by a committe·e of five Past Grand M.3Jste,!s, and the same was adopted: Filist-Having given the question careful consideration, and reoognizing the fact that many lather Grand Jurisdictions have already e,st8Jblished fraternal relations with the Grand Lodges of Cuba, New Zealand, New South Wales, S,outh Australia, West Australia, Tasmania and Victoria, we recom,mend that this Grand Lodge establish fraternal relati onship with the aforesaid Grand Jurisdictions. It lis in ,ordler to say tha;t notwithstanding I had heen committee on Foreign Corr,ersrpondence :Dor the last twenty-six years, I was neither consulted on the ISUlbject matter treated by said committee nor appointed a ill,emiber thereof. Had I been interv1ewed, the committee might have learned thart there are two organizations in Western Australia hearing the .same name and both claiming legitimacy. Such is the 'fact,however, and a state of rivalry and sharp c,ontention, if not real bittern'ess,exists -between the'm not in har~ m,ony with the teachings of Freemasonry. The older ;body was or~ ganiz,ed in 1898, and the other in 1900. The latter, or younger body, is the one recognIzed as the legal institution, with which, by the aJbove action, Missouri voted to "establish fraternal relationship." The older organization, created in 1898, has been duly recognized by other Grand Lodges, while we have given our approval to the younger, thereby becoming a l"R.l"itJ" to the eXisting contention. The local strife has engendered feelings showing that the brethren do not Hdwell t o , g e t h e r & r e baving an "scrap." The senior OOdy ,~.ced befor!6 tbe statement, to which no replY' MQ.n made" so

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The junior organization charges tha,t the other body is a "r3Jbble," "clandestine," "irregular," "bastards," "bogus" and "spurious." I am impress,ed with the view that Missouri should have ascertained the status of Masonry in Western Australia before be'coming a party to the contention by an act Qf ,solemn recognition. Having thus given the facts as furnished me, I leave the contestants where I found them,. with the admonition, ."let your moderation be kno,wn of all men," hoping that all. alienations may ceas,e and strife give pla~e to harmony. The senior hody claims as its officers James W. Smith, Grand M3Aster, and John W. Smythe, Grand Secretary. The other body gives the nam路es of John W. Hackett, Grand Master, and J. D. Stevenson as Grand Secretary; all of Perth.

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CONCLUSION. . Closing my annual report)' and la-oking back over the field of lVlasonic labor, I note with interest the steady advance of Masonry in all .Jurisdictions. The general prosperity obtaining in all of our sisterGrand Lodges is most gratifying.

In our own Jurisdiction, pros-

pects have never been better or more encouraging along moral lines as w,ell as material pro'sperity.

With a hearty appreciation of the

kindness shown to me by members of the Guild, as well as my Brethren of Missouri, I close my rr'wenty-seventh ...l \.nnual Report with kind and fraternal greetings to all. JOHN D. VINCIL, 001nrnittee.

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GRAND LODGES REVIEWED IN 1904. A.MERICAN. 1903. 1903. CALIFORNIA, 1903. COI..ORADO, 1903. CONNECTICUT, 1904. Dl!-:L.AV\TARE, 1903.

1903. 1903. NEW JERSEY, 1904. NEW MEXICO, 1903. NEW YORK, 1904. NOR1'H CAROI.lNA, 1904. NORTII DAKOTA, 1903. OHIO, 1903. OKLAIIOMA, 1904. OREGON, 1904.

AIJA.BAl\fA,

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ARIZONA,

NEVADA,

DIs'rnleT OF COL1T.MBIA, FLORIDA,

1903.

1904.

1903. 1903. ILLINOIS, 1903. INDIANA, 1904.

GmOHGIA, IDAHO,

SOU':!'1-I CAHOIXNA,

INDIAN TEIUUTORY,

19,03.

1904. K,ENTUCKY, 1903.

!{A NSAS,

1904. ,1903.

LOlTISIAN A,

MAHYLAND,

M..~SSACIIUSE'l'TS, 1903. 1904.

MICHIGAN,

1904. 1904. 1903.

MINNEso'rA,

MISSISSIPPI, MON'rANA,

1903. 1903. SourrII D'AKOTA, 1903 and 1904. TENNESSEID, 1904. TEXAS, 1903. lTTAII, 1904. VEI~MONT, 1903. VIRGI~IA., 1903. \V.elSlIINGTON, 1903. WEsrr VIRGINIA, 1903. WYOlVIING, 1903.

PENNSYLVANIA,

FOREIGN. BIUTISH COLU1\ltBIA,

1904.

1903.• CUBA, 1903. ,ENGLAND, 1903. h~EI...AND, 1904.

QUEBEO, 19Q4. SCOTLAND,

ZEAI~ANn,

1903.

VALLE DE MEXICO,

NEW Bl~UNSWIOK, 1903.

NIt}w

NovASCO'rIA., 1903. PRINCE EnvVAHD ISLAND,

CANADA,

1902.

'VIC rrOHI A ,

1901.

1903.

198

Appendix.

[Sept.

Al)DRESSES OF GRAND SEORE'rARIES.

State. Alabama Arizona Arkansas Oaiifornia Oolorado Oonnecticut Dela..ware District of Oolumbia Florida Georgia Idaho .., Illinois Indiana Indian Territory Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisia'ua Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michig::l,n Minnesota Missouri Mississippi. Montana Nebraska Nevada New Han1pshire New Jersey New New york............... North Carol ina North Dakota Ohio

Name. A.ddl'ess. George A. Beancbamp l\fontgolnery. George J. Roskruge Tucson. Fay Hempstead Little Rock. George Jobnson San Francisco. Wm. D. Todd Denver. John H. Barlow Hartford. Bellj. F. Bartram Wihnington. Alvin W. Jobnson vVashington. 'ViI bur P . Webster J aeksonville. W. A. Wolihin Macon. Theophilus W. Randall, Boise City. J. H. C.DilL Bloomington. Calvin VV. Prather lndianapolis. Rev. J. S. Murrow Atoka. Newton R. Parvin Cedar Rapids. Albert K. Wilson Topeka. EI. B. Grant I..Jouisville. Richard Lalnbert N e\v Orleans. Stephen Berry Portland. \Vm. M. IElaac Baltinlore. Sereno D. Nickerson Boston. Lou B. Winsor Reed Oity. Thomas l\Iontgoruery St. Paul. Jobn D. Vincil St. Louis. Frederic Speed V'jcksburg. Cornelius Hedges Helena. Francis E. White Oll1aha. C. N.Note"'rare Oarson Oity. Frank D. Woodbury Coneord. Thos. II. R. Redway Trenton. A.Keen A.lhuquerque. 路L. ~Jhlers New York. -.~''''~i'''"a:,iL!.I.

' ,

,j.L' ,it !Ai拢iL &.

,.. "."".

1904.J

Appendix.

199

State. Name. Address. Oklahoma James S. Hunt Stillwater. James F. Robinson Eugene. . Oregon Pennsy Ivania William A. Sinn Philadelphia. S. P. Williams Providence. Rhode Island South Carolina Charles Ingle·sby Oharleston. Sioux Falls. South Dakota Geo. A. Pettigrew J ohn B. Garrett N ashville. Tennessee J ohn Watson Waco. Texas ~ Salt Lake City. Utah Christopher Diehl H. H. Ross Burlington. Vermont Virginia Geo. W. Carrington Richmond. Olympia. Washington Thomas M. Reed vVest Virginia Geo. W. Atkinson Charleston. Milwaukee. Wisconsin.· Wm. W. Perry Wyolning vV. L. Kuykendall Saratoga. Robert E. Brett Victoria. British Oolumbia Hugh Murray Hamilton, Onto Canada Egypt Michel Bey Saleh Cairo. England Edward Letchworth London. Ireland Rt. Hon. Lord Castletown..DubIin. Island of Cuba Aurelio Miranda Havana. Manitoba James A.Ovas Winnipeg. J ohn Thomas Twining Hartt..St. J ahn. New Brunswick New SouthWales ' Arthur H. Bray Sydney. New Zealand Malcolm Niecol. Wellington. Nova Scotia Thomas Mowbray Halifax. Prince Edward Island ........•.Niel MacKelvie · Summerside. Montreal. Quebec , Will H. Whyte Scotland David Reid Edinburgh. James H. Cunningham..Adelaide. South Australia John. Hamilton Hobart. Tasmania United G. IJ. of Victoria John Braim Melbourne. F. E. Young, Assistant Mexico. Valle de Mexico Western Australia J. D. Stevenson Perth.

Appen.dix .

~co

[Sept.

REPRESENTATIVES APPOINTED NEAR OTHER GRAND LODGES BY THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI.

Grand Lod[/P. Ahtbarna Arizona ,Arkansas British Columbia Californht Oanada Ouba Oolorado Oonnecticnt Delaware District of Colunlbia. Egypt England

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

路

Illinois

Indiana Indian Territory

Ireland Kansas Louisiana Maine Michigan Minnesota Mississip~)i

Manitoba lV!aryland lVIontana

Nevacla

lVame. H. G.Earnest Ja8. S. Crolnb

M. 'V.

Gre~F;on

I~oh't

Burns Mcl\ficking Charles H. Bryan Jrunes 1(. Kerr Ualixto Fajardo Edward J. S'mith

Addres.s. Pi,e(lInont. Clifton. Prescott. Victoria. SHln Francisco. 'roronto. HavH,na.

Oolorado Spgs.

Cieo. Lee

New Haven.

Dr. Robert V. \Vatsoll Alexanc1er J.\;tcKenzie A.C. Garofallo Braxton Baker Irving P. Webster ~ T. vv. Dooley Jonas W. Brown lieorge A. Stadler lVlason J. Niblack John A.. Scott WID. 路1'lamilton Perry M. HoisingtoI; John Pulpston Dan'l P. Boynton .'W. S. I.linton "\Vm. A. McGonagle Nolan Stewart R. P. Crookshank.

l\Iilford. vVashington.

Ca"iro. London. Gainesvil1e. Eudora. ldaho City. Decatnr. "\Tincennes. J\iuscogee. Ihlblin. Norton. New Orleans. 1Vl'onrllonth. E. Sagina'w. Dulntb. Jackson. Rapid City.

Jobn

Berry Rooker

Frauuce

BaltiInore. :Flelena. York.

Appendix. Orand Lodge. New Brl1l1s,vick

Ne\v flalnpshire Ne\v Jersey New l\lexico

Ne,v South Wales New York New Zealand

North Carolina North Dakota Nova Scotia Ohio

Oklahoma Oregon Prince Edward Island Quebec : Rhode Islancl Scotland .' South .A.ustralia South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas

Utah Valle de l\.fexico 1lerlnont ·V·ictoria

Virginia VVashington \Vestern Australia West Virginia \Visconsin

20J-

Name. .Addre8~. J ohn Thomas Twining Hartt-St. J oIln. Jalnes E. Gridley vVo1fboro. Spencer Fullerton Camden. Alpheus A. !{een Albuquerque. Ion D. Bossley Sydney. Southrick Hebbard Newyork City Wm. vVaring De Castro '\Vel1ington. Walter E. Moore \Vebster. George A. Luce Hope. James A. Gass , Htllifax. Ohas. Stroud Sandusky. George Ruddell, Jr 'V~atherford. John H.lrvine Tallman. C. C. Carlton

T. A. Howard Charles C. Mumford James Smith Jarues Shakspeare Charles Inglesby Thomas H. Brown John B. Garrett B. B. Paddock Sidney vVatson Badcon J ohn C. Mordough

Silas H. Danforth Baron Marks

Souris. Aylluer.

Providence. Lanarkshire. Adelaide. Charleston. Sioux Falls. Nashvill~.

Ft. vVortb.

Ogden. Mexico.

St. Albans. Melbourne. George \V. Wright Marion. Thomas M. Reed ..........•...... 0 lyro pia. A. C. Munro Perth. John H. Weymouth Elkins. Henry L.Palmer Milwaukee.

Appendix.

[Sept.

APPOINTED BY OTHER GRAND LODGES NEAR THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI.

Grand Lodge. Alabama Arizona Arkansas , British Columbia California Canada Colorado Connecticut Ouba Delaware District of Oolulnbia Egypt.................. England Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Indian Territory Ireland Kansas Louisiana. . Maine Manitoba Maryland Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Montana Nebraska Nevada

J.lame.

Address. J efferson City Robert E. Collins St. Louis. F. J. ,Tygard Butler. Gib. W. Carson St. Louis. J ohn E. Ryland Lexington. Xenophon Ryland Lexington. E. F. Hartzell. St. Joseph. Rueben Barney Ohillicothe. Thos. R. Morrow I(ansas City. New London. George E.l\Iayhall D. M. vVilson Milan. . Rev. Juo. H. Miller Nevada. Kansas City. R. F. Stevenson Jack P. Richardson St. Louis. Campbell'\Vells Platte Oity. John R. Parson St. Louis. St. Louis. Martin Oollins John H. Barr Kansas City. Wm. E. Hoke St. Louis. Salnuel M. Kennard St. I.louis. '\Vm. F. Kuhn Kansas City. St. Louis. Wm. H. l\1ayo G. A.. Goben Kirksville. Wm. R. Stubblefield St. Louis. Francis A. Lea,cb Kansas City. 0. 'V. Bolster Plattsburg. Howard Watson St. Louis. A.. C. Stewart St. Louis. St. Louis. Wnl. A. HalL ChM.,S. v.,..ogel..••..•.•..•....•...••St. Louis. SeymourOity. A. M. Hough

Appendix. Grand Lodge. New Brunswick Nevv Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New South Wales New York New Zealand Nort.h Oarolina North Dakota Nova Scotia Ohio Oklahoma Oregon.. : Prince Edward Island Quebec Rhode Island Scotland South Australia South Carolina South Dakota Tasmania Tennessee Texas Utah Valle de Mexico Vermont Victoria Virginia \Vashington 'Vest Virginia Western Australia Wisconsin

203

Name. T. A. Dunn Alexander M. Dockery Jas. W. Boyd F. A. Kage lra V. McMillen Noah M. Givan Martin T. Balsley Sidney R. Wood Dorsey A. Jamison L. B. Valliant J. B. Tbomas A. S. Houston D. B. Farnsworth Ralph L. Wardin C. C. Woods T. W. Cotton Thos. E. Garrett John T. Short V. O. Saunders Joseph S. Browne Emanuel F. Hartzell. O. H. Briggs " Allan McDowell Jno. J. Dillinger E F. Allen VVnl. M. Williams R. R. Kreeger John D. Vincil V. F. Boor Henry W. Wait Edward Higbee Rufus E. Anderson

Address. Bethany. Gallatin. St. Joseph. Cape Girardeau. Maryville. Harrisonville. Joplin. La Plata. St. Louis. St. Louis. Albany. Mexico. Springfield. Nevada. St. Louis. Van Buren. St. Louis. Jefferson City. St.·Louis. St. Joseph. St. Joseph. MarshalL St. Louis. Owasco. Kansas Oity. Boonville. Kansas City. St. Louis. Kallsas City. Independence. Lancaster. Hannibal.

o •••••••••

Appendix.

204

[Sept.

RECOGNITION OF GRAND LODGES .. Previous to the Grand Lodge Session 1904 the following Grand Lodges had been reported as enjoying fraternal relationship with the Grand Lodge of Missouri: JurisdicUon. Grand Secreta1~Y. .Acld1路ess. British Oolumbia Robert E. Brett 'rictoria. Oanada Hugh Murray Hamilton, Onto Ouba (Island of) 路 Aurelio l\Iirando Havana. Egypt MichelBey Saleh Cairo. England Edward Letchworth London. Il'eland R. H. Lord Oastletown. Manitoba J ames A. Ovas Winnipeg-. New Brunswick John T . Twining Hartt..St. John. New South Wales Arthur H. Bray Sydney. New Zealand Malcolm Niccol Wellington. Nova Scotia Thomas Mowbray flalifax. Prince Edward Island Niel lVfacKelvie Sulurnerside. Quebec , Will H. Whyte ~rontrea1. Scotland David Reid Edin burgh. Southern Australia ~Tas. H. Cunningham Adelaide. Tasmania , John Hanlilton HobaJt. United Grand Lodge of 'Victoria..John Brainl Melbourne. Valle de Mexico F. E. Young, Assistant.. lVIexico. Western Australia J. D~ Stevenson Perth.

And all the Regular Grand Lodges in the United States of Alnerica. At the Grand Lodge Session, 1904, the COllllnittee on Recognition of Grand Lodges reported in favor of recognizing the following Grand Lodges, which report was adopted: . G?~and Lod[le.

Queensland Oosta Rica Three Globes Germany Royal York Saxony Eclectic Union Zur Sonne Zur Eintracht Denmark路 Sweden Norway Netherlands

Grand Sec1路etarZI. Chas. H. Harley E. A.. Osborne Erich Meyssner Wnl. Wald G. 1Vlitzlaff Ernst Hattenius eo. Wilhelm Lotz Geo. H. Fischer.., Frederick A. Krallter Rasmus O. l'l}leisen, Sven H. B. SeveIlsson Theodor Hansen J. IsebreelVloetus,..

L1clclre.'Js.

Brisbane. San Jose. Berlin. Berlin. Berlin. Dresden. Frankfort-on-11ain. Bayreuth. lVIainz. volpen.na2en. Stockhohll.. Cbristiania. Rotterdam.

205

Appendix.

DEATHS. REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, SEPTEMBER 1, 1904.

No. of LodflB. 1.

6. 7. 8. 9.

No. ot Name ot Pa'rty.

Lo(lge. Na'ine of Pa1'ty.

Garland Hurt. Geo. }j'. Benson. 'V. D. McI!'adden. E. M. Chambers.

20. 22.

Louis Turner.

25.

Louis I1Jrdmann.

26.

'Vm. C. Popp. 'V. Y. Hoagland. Z. B. Percival.. H. Reifs,chneider. Ii'. Blankenbaker. R., J. Boggs. W. Truitt. B. lVlcQuistian. liJ. D. Ott. T. J. !{ershner. W. H. Nelson. Wm. H. Owen. IiJ. W. \Vood. J. L. Curby. Albert W. Hubbard. H. V. O. Treweiner. Albert L. Goode. Henry Lihou.

D. V. Stone.

27. 28. 29.

31.

11. 1.3. 16.

17. 18. 19.

Chas. A. GIvens. 'V. M. Stanton. J. 11. Middlekamp. W. Weeks. A. G. Bernard. M. V. Williams. "V. M. Foreman. "''I'm. Wells. A. Collins. E. B.' Schofield. Benj. G. Dysart. Wro. Berman. 1. I{operlik.

Henry Yeakley. Aug. P\ Herwig. J. D. O'DonelI. James Hailey. S. P. Jones. Chas. Chadwick. '1\ I.J. Chesman. J. T. Nevel. :bJ. C. Dukes. J. H. Ford. W. L. NaIl.

S'>

F. M. Young.

33.

~r.

34. ~i5.

36.

39. 40.

John Greenough. C. W. Loew. 10.

Isaac Fuld. "V. S. :Martin.

H. Clark. John W. """ard. W. H. Judson. R. S. Crews. J. H. Rea. R. Wadeson. Wesley l\tIiller. Elroy S. Platt. B. R. Bonner. F. C. Selfridge. Geo. Platt. Philip Wolf.

Chas. L. Mayer. 41. 42. 43.

R. VY. Wilson. W. T. Featherston. J. B. Quisenberry. J. E. MeHenry. R. E. Young. Dian. Wade.

46. 47.

Wm. Clabes. J. P. Craig. G. E. Chlnn~ Sr. R. G. Beazley. J. B. Clark, Jr.

Appendix.

206 No.

lJodge. Name of Party. T. G. Deatherage. J. B. Scott. C. H. Stewart. 48. J. H. Tureman. J . .A. Hockaday. 49. J. E. Babcock. .50. Vl. K. Shelton. 52. W. z. Darr. J. W. Stillwell. M. 'V. Jarboe. 'Vm. Kimble. S. L. Painter. 53. T. H. Talbott. J. Vl. Coburn. w. J. Simpson. Geo. Vi'erheilig. 54. Woo. Buckley. 55. G. M. Shumwell. 57. T. M. Jacobs. 59. D. w. Newman. R. D. Poage. 61. B. H. Thomas. II. J. Galbraith. G. W. Bennett. 62. L. Forrest. E. T. Walker. John IJivingstone. r.rhos. Leonard. J. S. Rogers. S. B. I:;;vans. 63.路 Hiram Carroll. :M. L. Mooney. 67. W. B. Bunt. 68. T. E. Baldwin. 69. Isaac Harmon. 70. \V. H. l\tlorriS. s. F. Wallace. G. M. Newby. 71. E. C. L. Larch. 74. A. Musgra"\e. 'V. A. Crawley. Wm. Bahr. 76. 'V. E. McBride. 79. I.louis Bierman. Stephen Boland. Wm. Robinson. Philip Roaan. A. E. Little. Thos. Seal. John IJaichingen. 80. G. w. Graves. F. A. Heidorn. 47.

[Sept.

of Loclge. Nante of Party.

".No.

A. Barr. J. v. Fleck. 84. B. J. Bristol. N. B. 'Veeks. E. L. Fidler. 85. I. H. Bure. A. H. Eastin. 86. Thos. Crampton. 'V. H. Jones. F. P. Carr. J. J. Bryant. 87. James A. l\tfurray. J. F. Lyngar. 88. B. F. Mason. 89. G. G. Brown. R. B. "''rilliams. 92. A. l\L l\fatson. J. lVi. ,,;rilliams. 93. J. A. Clingensmitb: 95. J. E. IIarbison. R. A. Lewis, Jr. 97. H. A. Moulton. T. J. Walton. 'V. P. Robinson. J. Wightman. r.rheo. A. Smith. J. W. Correll. 98. 11:. E. Jameson. 10l. Geo. W. Hill. 102. J. B. Winne G. H. Kealey. s. L. McICinstry. Daniel Toole. 104. 1\10rris Reiss. 105. John Lowe. 106. M. G. Netherton. J. L. Iiaynes. 109. J. J. Kizer. 110. J. N. P. Russell. 11l. Thos. Torpey. Jos. E. Harris. 112. ~J. D. Goodpasture. 'Vm. Leeper. W. L. Bagley. 113. J. C. Rice. John Stone. Geo. Funkhouser. 114. G. I;. Horine. Henr;y Belden. Levi Hall. 115. J. It. Oilliland. S. M. Roberts. 83.

"r.

Appendix. No.

Lodge. l-l'a1ne of Party. 116. L. Hazzard. S. E. vVilliams. 117. B. G. Bowlen. rr. J. ~Iarriott. J. Snorgrass. W. R. Litzinger. O. A. Williams. 119. John C. Cope. J. M. Cable. F. R. Dearing. M. O'Meara. 120. G. W. Summers. G. W. Stillwagon. 121. E. H. I:j'eldbusch. L. W. Beardsley. J. 1\1. Friedrich. F. Meyrose. H. Feuerborn. 123. Hugo Kropp. 125. W. B. Missemer. 126. Thos. Mairs. 1\'1atthew Leepeene. Jas. Beck. Jno. Dodson. R. B. Chenoweth. 1~7. J. W. McConkey. 128. J. O. Sweet. T. B. Ellis. 129. Geo. L. Hoyt. 132. W. R. Taylor. Fred. Cornman. C. Haile. 133. L. D. Jamison. I. M. Johnson. 134. J. C. Jordan. 135. W. S. Deam. 137. H. Himes. 138. J. E. Gibson. 139. G. B. Chaddock. 140. W. J. Ward. 142. R. E. Potter. 143. B. A. Belknap. 147. H. A. Hartshorn. J. M. Wilson. 149. Robert Hale. 150. John Dallam. 153. James E. Boyd. 155. G. W. Wingo. Leo Tiberghen. 156. J. M. Edwards. 157. Chas. B. Volkman. 15.8. Peter S. Wilks.

"'T.

207

No. ot Lodge. Name of Pa'1"ty. 159. L. L. Cram.

Henry Stickler.

"\v. L. Beatty. 160. 162. 163.

165.

169. 110.

172. 173. 174. 176.

:1;.78. 179. 186. 187.

188." 189.

190. 192.

194.

:196. 197.

200. 203. 204. 205.

J. '\'\7'. J\t1itchell. Woo. Saunders. J. T. Bailey. W. M. Couper. l. W. l\rIorton. G. W. Monroe. Geo. II. Little. H. T. Sholter. ,"Vm. H. Miller. John Geno. J. E. Graham. B. F. Pixler. W. H. Montgomery. J. A. ~lcCoy. J. F. Redwine. John Thompson. W. C. B. Gillespie. S. 1\1. Fallis. M. M. Jesse. J. Lamb. Sam'l Ma<:klin. John Wageley. C. R. Bozzell. T. A. Walker. W. S. Sorrell. John White. Henry IIatfield. Jno. I-1. Nunns. Jno. Burlington. W. R. Morton. Chas. Kearney. C. T. Overstreet. J. W. Williams. Jno.. P.路 Fisher. J. C. Carstophen. Wm. R. Bunch. Peter Arnold. A. Kempinsky. Jacob Miller. J. G. Purvis. J. :Headrick. Geo. Witherell. J. R. Freed. w. O. Roll. 1~Jesse '1'aylor. J. R. Warren. Thos. Adams. Jno. C. Dickinson. W. H. IrvIne.

Appendix.

~08

No. of LodtJc. Name of Party. 207. "7.i. Barnes. 208. L. D. Brummall.

209. 212. 213.

216. 217.

21S.

220.

222.

223. ~24.

225.

228. 229. 230.

232. 236.

Jno. 'V. l\1ason. J. S. Hobinson. 'V. S. Johnsoll. B. R. Flopkins. \V. H. Crane. A. C. Lenling. II'. Strobach. ID.L. Arthur. J. K. Slaughter. Joe Custer. Ryland Tuck. 'V. C. Riley. C. 'V. ,:rownsend. Geo.'Dorman. R. H. Southard. Chas. Mehl. G. C. Clark. Sam'1 A. r.roms. G. D. Butler. J. B. Kerfoot. S. ~r. Rial. A. li'\ernald. B. R. 1'omlinson. .Jacob Lowis. n. E. Moyer. Sigfred Brb. ,V. 'V. Hyatt. ,V-. W. I{endall. 1. A. Meyer. John McReynolds. Wm. Parks. •J. II. Bradshaw. .J. D. Riley. lrrank S. Cole. A. J. Stephenson. .1. E. Watson. S. Berryman. It. C. Woodside. 1D. N. Gerard. N. W. l\'Iaupin. Andrew J. Coffey. W. Hasler. W. Koegel. S. H. 'Headlee. James Boggs. 'V. R. Flint. R. G. Barnhart. J . Montgomery. Geo. R. Stewart. T. P. Berry.

[Sept.

filo. of Lodge. Name of Party.

236.

J. L. Parrish. 1~. }\iIiddleton. H. P. Saunders. ,Yo S. Sears. Geo. R.. 1-1 uston. Gus ,"Villiams. A. J. Romjue. r.r. M. Easley. T. II. Davis. Josiah vVUson. Jno. II. Dyenson. C. rromfohrde. J. \\;r. Adams. N. J. Goll. H. M. Moore. A. J. M. Roeschlaub. W. B:. Drake. Geo. P. Martin. Robt. Tharrington. G. N. IIeckeI'.

vV'.

237.

238. 241. 243.

244.

245.

246. 247.

"'1'..

\Vnl. I~lliott. 'V. Dues. \V. C. Peveler. J. E. A.lexander.

L. B. IIearrell. 24S.

249. 254. 255. 256.

258. 259. 262.

263. 265. 2€J6. 267.

H. fl. Buck. ..J. Green. E'. J. Gager. Newton :McClain. G. L. VVheaton. H. L. Tucker. 'V. It. Johnson. 'V. C. Livingston. J. M. I'Jngland. 'V.A. Poster. 'V. II. ~:[cKinley. S. S. Lowry. R. I~ason. A. II. Johnson. D. H. Yankee. Frank Russell. J. C. Lee. Edward Trego. If~d ward Seme. R. C. Darlington. E. E. Davidson. .J. B. Hlldson. C. 'Theiling. Peter Combis. J. B. Cohn. 11. S.Falter. Henry Silvester.

Appendix. No. ot l~ofl[le.

J:./arne of Pa,1"ty.

271.

Chas. C. \\1'eaver.

272.

J. R. Vaughn. J. C. 'VilIs. Geo. A. Given. •1. \V.

27:3. 27t).

277.

~Iurry.

S. Ii" Herndon. T. Kipke. H. Van :Meter. \V. R. Jenkins. T. R. 1vIereditb.

O. Ii". Orr. 282.

L. '~". StUtz. H. "'''iteher. J olln Ramming. F. O. IPisher. J110. A. Evans.

283.

Jno.

279.

~r.

Owen.

285. 287.

Wm. Hulstone. S. B. Dugger. •1. W. Gregory. G. E. Crossland. n. A. Pearce, Sr. A. 'V. Towers. 1\1. M. (~offey. 'Vm. Downs, Sr.

2HO. 2Hl.

George Fink.

284.

.J. A. Stander. 292. 2H3.

No. Of Loaf/e.

Harry Arlington. J. IV£. Braden.

308.

2H7.

298. 299.

S. E. Rumbel. D. A. Ridgway. A. D. Simons.'

300. 801. 302.

A. M. Crow. P. H. ~[ontgomery. J. M. Masson. Adolph Ettinger. IJ. C. Lusk.

Seth 1\JIcFarland. Wood. A. A. Riehards;

,,\\J!'.

G.L.Ap.-14.

II. Bryan. P. Shale. '1"'. Old.

Spradlin. H. Crowder.

A. B. Spriggs. A'. L. rrucker.

Jesse Carpenter. 810. 312.

~{13.

314. 315. 316.

318. 820. 821. 323.

J. ID. r.rhomas.

.J. C. Barksley. N. G.•Ta(~kson. P. II.. Garrison. A. J. CoffeY. C. S. Brigham. w. rr. Jobnson.

P. Cutler. A. W'ilson. Y. Robinson.

'1\ C. Rose.

1. rr. Reed.

R. L. :Hatler. R. rr. Reed.

Narne ot Party.

1-1. J. '\V. • \V. 805. - S. 806. H. D. J.

308.

H .•1. Hewitt.

.1. ,V'. Baker.

209

324.

'V. II. :Marshall. Stephen A. Faulk. Geo. \V. l~orbes. Jacob Holsinger. George Atchison. Geo. Scott. '1\ N. \Voodruff. J. P. Sutton. g. H. Phelps. A. K. Sweet. J. N. East",·ood. P. E. Burrough. F. L. 'VViIkinson. J. B. Bell. 'V. A. 'Townsend. .Tas. Carmical. C. R. Dawson. .Tno. 1-1. Overall. Joshua Dixon. lvIorris l\i'ichaels. \V. R. Cottrell. J. S. "VVallace.

Sam'l Miller. J. W. Tune. L. IJ. l\fcBride. II. N. rrurner. 333. John l\:Iorris. \Vm. Sallee.· 335. \V. R. Brown. 'V. W. Quick. R. 'l"hompson. 338. R. S. r.rhompson. 340. S.E.· 'WTard. Geo. W. I.Jove. 342.H. H. 'Vhiffen. .Tno. R. Pace. 843. G. M:. Casey. F. T. 'l"brasher. 344. 'Vln. Ross. C. J. Greer. 326. 327. 331.

'v.

Appendix.

210 No. of Dodge. Na'J118 of Party. 345. Sam'l Paxton.

049. 351. 353. 354.

Thos. Trevors. John Leanore. L. Rothschild. A. V. Allen. John P. Dennis. Benj. Kidd. Aug. Kreikenbaum. K. IVI. Deane. Louis Pl.>..L1lipp. Gleason. H. ,Yro. Harper. P. O. Webber. Jason W. Smith. N. L. Fish. J. D. Parks. D. M. Currie. w. S. Balson. B. 8. Newland. Daughaday. A. 1\f. I1Jverest. D. R. Powell. H. 1\1:. Pollard. De Lacy Chandler. w. G. Day. George Harbison. Chas. 1\1. Dewey. Ora Pearson. A. Fisher. A. W. Douthett. G. w. Lock. C. F. 1\foulton. J. G. McClarren. T. S. Sandlin. R. Risk. R. K. Baker. M. Bowen. J. Burgess. W. B. Couchman. B. D. Owens. D. D. Clark. Wm. Harvey. E. A. Lease. John Herring. J. B. Williams. Goo. M. Goodnight. Philip F'ulkerson. E. T. Vincil. A. B. Elliott. w. H. Means. "V. B. Lewis. C. C. Matlock.

'V.

355. 356. 357. 359. 360.

II:

363. 364 365. 368. 369. 370.

371. 372. 373. 378. 379. 381. 383. 386. 389. 390.

[Sept.

No. Of Lodge. Narne of Party. 392. C. V. Renick. 393. W. Ii. Albright. 395. J. N. Snedeker. 396. C. I-iuckby.

397. 400.

404. 406. 407. 410. 411. 413. 414. 415. 417. 418. 419. 420.

422.

423.

425. 4~7.

431. 4,.,8. 434. 485. 487. 489. 441. 442. 443.

J. S. Lindsey. U. G. Cummings. H. R. Kendall. T. l\JI. Higgs. G. R. Camofox. H. B. Watson. Jno. W. Barnett. J. W. Pedigo. W. P. Swank. A. E. Simpson. F. E. Lumbar. H. R. Bentley. Green Murry. Floyd. C. J. F. Childress. F. N. Davis. C. S. Davis. F. M. Posten. G. W. 'Veaver. Dade Baldwin. John IIausmann. J. W. French. Robt. 1\1ueller. C. A. Wolfe. Alfred, Ball. J. C. Lindb~rg. .T. o. Smith. Frank Doty. Robert 1\lcAfee. C. L. Cook. G. Doyle. '.rhos. McGoldreck. G. B. Mitchell. F. M. Ca:y'. J~sse Clemens. Jos. G. Clem. Everton. ..T ohn Bell.

"T.

' 'ro.

W. B.

~![cFarland.

J. S. Parkhurst: ..Joseph I{oehler.

J. F. Masterson. James Griffey. ~t'bos. S. Price. Wm. rAe!. E. Y. M1'eyer. F. W. Kunze. R. S1iJ..:, .â&#x20AC;˘ F"air't~bild.

Appendix. No. of Lodge. NalJne of Party. 444. A. D. Brashear. 445. Robert Lucas. â&#x20AC;˘ J. F. l\tIitchel. J. l\tfcAllister. lVlax O. l\Iagorkord. 447. J. F. Alexander. M. A. Walker. 450. J. F. Roberts. 1\1. B. Berry. 453. ~J. M. Flawarth. Wilson Lewis. 461. Levi C. llolt. 4f:)3. '1\ J. Buck. 464. Geo. W. Roberts. 467. J. W. l\'lcCurry. 4()8. J. R. vVilliams. 469. H. C. McDonald. S. C. Nobles. A. S. Hollenbeck. 470. C. Lippman. 471. J. A. Gaddis. 474. (:J. '\Tilson. 476. D. G. Doty. B. A. Johnson. A. Stewart. 478. J. E. Burns. 480. John A. Poyntz. E. N. l\lcII'arland. 482. ID. R. Bullock. W. '1'. Pruet. l'hos. Palmer. W. B. Lewis. 483. O. P. I-Iawkins. James Scarlett, Sr. 484. W. R. O'Brien. 486. J. C. "Ridings. 'V. I..I. Reynolds. 488. Harry Ewing. L.. T. Ewing. 4iO. vYm. Barnes. 4193. W. A. Allison. 495. G. W. Lawson. 496. II. B. Kibbe. 497. Robert Love. 498. In. M. Brooks. B. F. Montgomery. 504. Orlando Humphrey. 508. J. R. Wood. 50it1. A. !r. Oliver. 51.O. Frank Adams. J. H. Biswell.

No. Of IJodge. Name of Party.

510. 511. 512.

1-I. Grantham. F. E. Haynes. J. l\I. Sharp. A. G. Carter. 514. J. P. Nunn. 518, Charles Lamb. 520. Louis Deurelle. Wm. Moody. 521. W. S. vVheeler. J. L. Shrewsbury. 5')? W. ""-. Shoulders. G. W. Scholey. H. Austin. Fred. Lofgren. 524. Blzea Yates. 525. A. J. Miller. 534. Fred. l\{eyer. Alexander Kelley. 535. Leander Blackwell. 536. L. D. Sayles. L. K. Brooks. 537. N. B. Elgin. Bud. Todd. 538. 'V. R. D. Long. 540. C. W. Foss. 542. Ltlther B. Smith. 544. A. J. Powell. Ii. A. Ricketts. C. 'II. Vernon. 546. A. G. I-Iouston. S. D. Brockman. 547. A. G. Griffin. John \V. Peck. 548. I.lewis Stoddard. 549. S. W. Hensley. 550.~rhos. J. Barry. M. Zener. W. 11. Prosser. 1\1:. C. Ketchum. 551. Philip Gruner. 8. M. Gillespie. 552. B. D. Parks. T. W. Minish. 555. G. V. Dyer. W. lV1. Myers. 557. \V. 1'0. Lotspeich. 559. E. W. Dunnegan. 560. James '1'hornton. 563. \Vm. Shelton. 564. W. S. l\!IcNeil.

211

Appendix.

SUSPENSIONS

~FOR

[Sept.

NON-PAYMENT OF DUES.

REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, SEPTEMBER 1, 1904.

No.

)Vo. of

Lodge. Na-me ot Pa'rty. 1.

'\Valter :Menken.

Lodge.

16.

IDdwaJ;d lVIBes.

John C. l\jash. 1". C. I{oenig. H. H. Goldsmith. Byron Chaphe. A. Sharp. Arthur T. :Moore. J08. Culver.

~rm.

reo

B. Horn. J. C. Dalton. J .H. Parkinson. J. ID. Givens. J. lYI. '~Vilhoit. J. ~L Griffith. G. '\~". Blal{ey. J. g. Coffelt. J. G. Dollison. H. C. ~!cDonald. S.NL Fields. '1'. 'V. Jones. J~. C. Oviatt. T. J. JJ'itzgerald. H. B.. Middleton. G. M. Stewart.

20. 25.

27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 40.

47.

C. G. Hyatt.

'r. H. IVleDearmon. ,Joseph \Vheless. 10.

14. 16.

'J. C. Ja(:kson. "~. R. Snyder. Geo. B. }\;{cCauley.

,T. II. Smith. James Gibson. James Blaekwell. J. R. Chilton. P. G. ea rder. L. N. Kinney. 'V. 1\1'. Supp. John P. Craig.

48.

49. 53. 54.

57. 65.

)t'arne of Pa'rty.

J. E. Parrests. H. lVI. Sydenstrieker. Frank J oIlnson. ,Yo S. Itiehmond. .T. G. \YaIker. D. P. Jackson. Geo.H. Pugh. n. \Vagner. J. R. Donegan. I~~ranl{ J . I~e lsey. . R. H. Alexander. R. J. ~f()rgan. A. Samuel. ~l:'. 'V. Gilpin. 'VUl. Forsythe. D. S. Goldsberry. 1'. P. Satterwhite. H. P. Ashcorn. J. l\L Burton. B. ~l. Ga:ylord. rl~. .J. I.~f.~i teh. cTesse I. Hardy. A. P. Alexander. 'V. C. Arline. g. W. Bush. T. Q. Newby. C. A. Patrkk. N. C. 'Vright. H. F'. Baker. C. K. Sallee. 'V. H. Berry. R. H. By lel'. C. S. Dodd. C. E. r路Iogg. '1\ J ...lones. J. T. Sheffer. II. P. \VUlialus. J. V\". \Vhetstone.

Appendix. No. of X arne of Party.

l.AHtf.,fe. H6.

1. J. Spafford.

No. Of Lodge. Name of Party. 118. W. J. l\Iurphy.

(in. D. S. E"laugher. ~J.

81.

8G.

87.

88.

89. 91.

B. Phillips.

•1. ~I. Renick. C. R. l\:Iartin. N. II. Burton. Eel. 1\fallory. (~. ]~. Seaver. E. ID. Barron. E. J. Crandall. N. L. Enfield.

•1. S. Evans. •J. (). Roberts. J. H. Davidson. J'. 1". 1\:Iiles. John Loughrey. Henry Stone. 'V. R. l\'1al'shaIl. C. G. vVinemilIer. C. L. Raridan. \Y. E. \Vehman. Isaae Nutt. G. I~. l\HUer. C. D. IIurxthaI. 'V. A. Hulen., •J. 1\.1. Smith. \V. g .•10hnson. \Vm. H.

93.

95. 9fL 98. 100.

Alonzo Pattison. 105.

120.

121. 124.

128.

129. 147.

148.

151. 152.

153.

157. lHO. 163.

Ii'. A. Burton.

..T. C. O'Connor. 106.

110. 111.

116.

Clifford l~isher. John D. Green. C. Spiva. Ft l\L AUen. F. L. Groves. Ira .T. Godfrey. S. Ie Wit ten. J. D. Ridgeway. W. I-I. I{imlin. W. B. MurpJIY. R. E. Conduit. W. C. Dispain.

C. E. Brown. J .•T.\Vest. .J esse Bell. .T. J. Ford. J. G. Brink. O. C. Ford. J. N. BoYd. Philip Lind. H. 1. 'Vhite. I. L. Ha;ys. G. N. G. Hodecker. A. G. Parl'ihgton. Eli .Tohnson. H. C. \yitt. C. L. I.leazenby. R. Shannon. D. C. \Vinburn. H. F. Clark. :M. H. Broea \v. .J. B. Douglas. .J. II. K;yle. B. Burke.

~'odd.

•John '1'. Noel. J. ~r. \Vooel. J. G. Reynolds. B. B. Breeden. 'lH. H. l\1arkley. A. B. Irwin. S. O. Brown. C. \Y. Likins. rp. A. 'Vhite.

213

II. C. Brocaw. J.:p. Robberson. B. H. Louderda Ie. rr. R. Hobberson. W.' H. Coward. \V. B. Moberly. Geo. J. Moulder. H. H. Windes. .1. Ie. Wilkerson.' W. A. Walker. D. ·l,i"'. Pyles. J. R. Barham. 1-1. W. Cies. S. W. Anderson. F. M. Ii"'loyd. l\I. B. JIjlls. W. \V. Powell. J. P. l\clason.' ID. G. Herr. J. E. Towers. G. W. Nelson.

"r.

Fl. II. Littlefield.

C. Woodruff. G. F. A.· Brueggema.n.. otT. 1\11. Norton. L. F. Woods. .1. H. Bunger. ~L

165.

F. M. Blake. W. C. Ellison.

Appendix. No. of Lodge. Na'nte of Pm-tv.

165.

VV. T. Garrett. J. B. Gl'a;y. 11. Heflin. 'V. L. Johnson. E. Jones. S. C. ~:IcCluskey. G. Nelson. J. S. rrurner. H. B. r:rorrance. 'V. D. Druse. J. F. Golden.

"1'.

167. 168.

A. \V. "\Yright.

169.

172. 179. 181. 186.

189. 19:3. 196.

197.

199. 200.

201. 207.

209. 217.

P. A. Ballard. r:r. 'V. Purdy. W. P. George. J. W. vVallers. J. IJ. Leavell. \VID. E. :Hassett. E. C. Boehmer. John Boon. J. G. Settle. P. Settle. G. :B'. Settle. F. C. Stannard. Bruce D. Hi tt. 1'. J. l\1itchell. G. vV. Cordell. J. :Montgomery. Ed. B. Stevens. J. W. \Veddle 1 Sr. J. :M. :Miller. ~T ohn Porter. iolln lYIcKnight. C. A. Hodshire. J. M. Young. Nathan Cassidy. '\rV. T. Darrow. 1\1. C. Woodart. V. L. Chester. Geo. Brown. C. "V. Overman. B. W. Campbell. RImer m. "ratts. R. F. Young. C. S. Gibbs. Childress Clayton. J. H. Craven. R. C. Holman. J. H. TAle. 'r. g. Sisko ~J. H. Smith. J. '1'. 路W"arrell.

[Sept.

No. Of IJodge. Name of Pa'rty. 219. C. A. Johnston.

~20.

221.

223. 224.

228.

"y.

230. 236.

237.

239.

\V. E. Campe. D. \v..maton. G. C. Farley. C. F. \Va1nwright. II. F. Parke. A. S. Coyle. S. B. Reed. R. A. Minkwitz. E. J. Littlefield. W. A. Mount. J. H. fIoHey. J. ,,;'. J\o1aJ.one. I. N. Turner, Sr. I. N. Turner, Jr. James Baird. C. H. Austin. E. P. Weaver. Chas. F. Wimberly. Geo. Gose. C. P. Bodine. L. W. Arnold. 'Vm. EarL 'tV'. L. 'Villiford. R. T. Ellis. Jos. 路Settles. J. F. Mitchell. F". H. Henley. J. G. l\1:orris. J. M. Burton. Geo. Gillaspy. D. C. Howell. J. A. Baker. R. F. Moffitt.

243.

G. 'V. Hankins. G. A. Schuchard. J. \V. I~~lwell. I!. M. Dixon. ,T. B. 1\{arquitz. A. II. I{irchner. J. Graves. Geo. P. IIecke 1. '1'11os. Wenham. G. M. Armstrong. Sam'! L. Hays. .J. F. l\farlow. .J. II. Crawford.

"r.

244.

247.

.Tna. F. Bartello.

250. 255.

P. vV' Schotten. \V. If. Rader. ,V. G. SimI)Son. A. J. Stares.

Appendix. ND. ot Lodge.

No.ot :Narne of Pa,rty.

\Vro. Loveless. }vI. Middleton. F. P. ~loore. 263. G. L. Smith. \V. W. Brownfield. J. B. Greenlee. H. D. Smith. L. L. Davis. I;. D. Jennings. J. II. 'Vilson. C. F. Fowlkes. L. L. Lesher. R. J. Smith. S. A. Knecht. ~67. 271. Cliff J. ~rhompson. The,odore Banister. !Thos. W. l(eet. R. N. Snodgrass. 273. J. W. Gardner. A. S. :Myers. R. Crerson. 276. G. T. Boone. 277. H. Armstrong. 'r. H. Shaw. W. H. Jack. 282. F. J. Schleicher. 286. J. N. Dunn. A. J. Turner. H. T. lVlullin. R. E. McDonald. 291. ID. E. Holde-n. 292. G. G. Cunningham. 293. 'VID. Bowker. C. W. Bowker. 299. W. 'V. :Moycr. E. F. l{irk. H. A. Frazer. J. T..l. Wheeler. J. N. Smith. C.;. Freeman. D. B. Thomas. F. C. McNalley. W. O. Park. J. P.Knisley. I.J. E. Pitts. C. A. Jones. O. P. Wells. J obn I-Iey, Jr. H. M. Stone. J. P. Mitchell. H. B. Walker.

258.

215

Lo(Zge. Narne of Party.

299.

302. 303.

305.

308.

310. 311. 316.

317.

319.

323. 327.

L. C. Ga1rrett. T. H. Boyer. J. H. Hawthorne. Geo. B. Campbell. E. W. Culver. H. B. Clark. II. R. :Miller. F. A. Foster. JiJli Titus. G. W. Horn. S. C. Clark. D. 1\1. Simonson. G. G. Ewing. R. E. Waddle. J. O. Morris. C. B. Shiveley. C. B. Roberts. P. E. Mott. \V m. Kemper. Geo. Davis. C. G. I.JundJ. M. B. Roberts. 'V. It Bnyart. Thos. Pi ttman. F. A. Reynolds. R. L. Cundiff. Price Harris. J. L. Jennett. W. B. Leach. J. A. Beckford. 13\ C. Davis. J. C. Egelston. A. -L. Fulton. Geo. Lord. S. J. Mathews. H. M. Withers. G. W. Cooper. Geo. F. Gilbert. Albert Johnson. M. R. 1(jng. J. E. Latham. A. H. V. Manning. M. W. Sayle. W. L. Smith. J. C. Stearns. Geo. L. Walls. W. Gibbany. Sam'l Hoffman. A. S. Davis. C. L. Bailey. Fred. R. Parson. R. M. HeptenstalI.

Appendix.

216

[Sept.

No. of Lorl.(je. Nawe of Party.

..Vo. Of Lod,(jc.

327.

~~81.

E. G. Sage. VV. L. Phelps. G. A. Oyler.

3:~ 1.

333. 335.

344. 345.

847.

'V. II. Utley. G. S. \Voodside. •1. ID. S. Pentacost. S. S. Plunkett. C. L. Holland. l~. R. l\IcVeity. H. Simpson. Lee Barton. J. K. Leggett. D. ,V. Atchison. E. l\fcDanlel. E. Purcell. B. F. l\1:ead. J. C. Bailey. W. H. 'VeIls. L. L. Latour. Geo. l\L Seeley. A. H. :Moses. W'. R. Denison. J. P. lVle:Manus. rr.1\1. King.

R50.

B52. 358.

aHO.

301.

371. 373. :~77.

380.

Perry .J. B\ J. B. 11\ B.

IIaekler. Adams. vViIsoD. l\IcN eal.

S. I.J. 1~holl1pSon. g. P. Clausen. Chns. A. l~ra.nk. 'V. 1\1. Blce. ,V. H. Gates.

John l\IeNulty. H. NI. Nelson. O. II. Anderson. P.S. Keller. •J. George. vV. II. Swift. C.F. Johnson. H. V. Smitbpeter. C. R. Murray. B. \\T. 'Vright. J. E. Kessler. O. L. Langfo rd. C. S. 1\IiIlen. R. l\f. Dicks. .J. 1\1. 1\lyers. L. A. Downs. L. B. Osborne. ~,..

T~roel'son.

A. J. WilSOll.

H8:!.

883. :389.

3~,6.

400. 403. 4 OS'.

416. 420.

Na'me of Party.

C. H. Clark. H. C. 'Vyriek. N.YVolfe. B. Childl'ith. J. II .. rl'rust Ji'. D. L. James.

.r.

,V. P. Osborn. Flenry Porter. .J. K. Rogers. J.. E. r:Paylol'. N. J. ""ebb. \Y. II. l\lurdock. G. B. \Vebb. "'V. rr. Scott. O. 1\lcCoIlister. B .•J. Call. \Y. T. Mashbern. f..louis Cuendet. Eugene Cuendet. .J. D. Canlpbell. C~. 1\'1. Adkins. A. .1. BarkoI'. Vv.... H. Langley. .T. ,V. Campbell. 'V. II. Glover. II. I{'1.· Ba rtens.

'Ym. Paust. 421.

424. 425.

426. 427. 4:~O.

4B5. 437.

4aB.

441.

44:t

'V. P. Yeager. A. l\forgan. H. L. Cox. .J. P. Matkin. .1. C. Lackey. .James Lee. Emmet 'Valker. G. W. Kenney. .T. E. Lambert, Sr. A. J. Frel110nt. H. E. Itobb. G. It. Carr. 'V. S. Golchnan. .1. Y. Brand. .Ft W. Holland. P. B. "i'"iIson. T). P. 'VeIls. F\ C. lInggard. '\V. J. 1Ytaeke. .T. VV. Cannon . H. I •. Obermiller. .T. D. Chisholm. Philip ('onstam. FL

StuhblefiE:\ld.

Appendix. of

217

Lo(Zge. Name ot Party.

No. Of Loclge. Name of Party.

443.

501.

445. 449.

450.

45(>.

468. 4H5. 4fl6.

471.

472.

479. 482.

48::t,

484

485. 488. -4.94. 408. 500.

F. V. Hunter. J. B. :lYlitchman. Geo. F. Bruce. Chas. F.KelIer. "'. D. Johnson. .A.. C. Swinney. B. P. Sims. J. D. Brower. ~J. '1\ Carr. Lee Dunlap. •1 .\V. Bart. G. M. Burger. C. C. D. Carlos. G. F'. Jones. C. A. Reece. J. H. Powell. W. P. Dukes. I~zra Root. R. B. Lucas. W. 'V. \Vright. J. A. l\IitchelI. M. Rice. rr. J. Gaffney. Alonzo l\rlorris.' \V. IVL ~I'homas. J. D. Patton. Geo. 'I'. Cooley. S. J. Smith. C. R. Smith. .1. '1\ IIenderson. A. S. Ingles. It. P. l\farshall. E.:H. Smalley. A. V.Wormley. S. W. Billingsley. G.B. Simpson. 'V. '1". Sutton. Sanluel Nelson. J. A. Combs. r. T. King. Geo. Bear. A. A. Green. D. De I-Ioog. Chas. Moor-els. Chas. M. Core. R. F. Davis. L. Z. Williams. D. W. Christie. John Neighbors. D. M. Lasley. J. If. Stucker.

504. 507. 520.

521.

J. H. Douglass. A. 'V. Kettle. Andrew Brown. ~I.. :J.:I. Patton. ,Yo n. Cowles.

'V. D. Bennett. I~\ nL Rugg. Lewis Petiot. 'V. P. Shaw. I~~. P.Helms. D. E. Palmer. S. lVlej'ers.

522.

B. C. Brock. Dr. g. W. nfJ'er. \V. F. :Murph~", 'V. 'V. Camp. 'V. T'. Ne\v. J. S. Shanks. ,Y. S.· England. Paul Shank. L. C. Slavens. F. C. Hale. \V. A. Simonton.

526. 527.

520.

,530. 536. 537. 544. 549.

550. 556.

559. 560.

J. R. Singleton. A. B. Guerin. ,T. V. ~dams. VV. J. Stark. N. B. ,Vhittenburg.

J. 'v. Potter. J. C. Greer. S. A. Jones. G. 'r. Settles. J. B. Tate. ,T. B. Coons. ,1. '17. Bailey. J. E. Simpson. C. J. Croninger. Chas. '\Vebster. .J oseph O'Leary. F. II. Allen. Benj. Johnson. J. T. Roe. L. R. RusselL J. Le·wis. .J. Robison. P. Connor. J. C. l\1:(~Coy. "V. J. '~Velden. G.. B. vVilliarosoD. J. lVI. Clark. S. H. Carter.

Appendix.

218

[Sept.

SUSPENSIONS FOR UNMASONIC CONDUCT. REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, SEPTEMBER 1, 1904.

No. of Lodge. Name of Pa1"ty.

10. 71.

76. 79. 134. 152. 157. 212. 231.

264.

H. 1\:. :Myers. Louis Harris. 1. Eldredge. John A. Lee. J. G. Barker. W. H. Dodd. H. \V. Cies. J. W. Duckett. J. A. Southers. C. M. Thompson.

No. of ]jOdg8. Name of Pa1"ty.

312. 344. 349. 374. 399. 406. 420. 452. 509. 537.

Leslie Jones. J. M. Miller. rr. F. Schnelle.

Lewis Hardcastle. A. J. Sweet.

H. P. Kinsolving. Adolph I{leintopf. James Black. A. J. Baker. S. T. Carter.

EXPULSIONS. REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, SEPTEMBER 1, 1904.

No. of Lodge. Name of Party.

133. 159.

Alfred G. Boettger. }:i"red. G. Uthoff. R. V. Burham. J., L. IIogue. George Sturgeon. J as. McDaniel. A. S. Harrison. G-eo. T. Woolard. 1-1. E. Bell. I. E. I{imberlin. Murray l\:fitcheU! A. P. Vance. J. W. Helton.

201.

O. C. Kessler.

4. 30. 35.

53. 68. 108. 124. 12~.

No. of Lodge. Name of Pa1路ty.

325. 349. 360. 363. 375. 433. 453. 456. 466. 478. 483. 489.

509.

~11.

Charles Jones.

218.

George gUis.

537.

283. 284.

S. 1.1. ~"ier. r~. W. Moore.

560.

542.

J. M. Thompson. T. F. Schnelle. Wm. M.Tamblyn. J. T.J. Whitworth. W. H. Locker. C. A. Green. A. C. Kissee. G. L. Stephens. J. D. Yeargain. R. IL Fesperman. Tillman Settls. :BJ. J. Woolard. W. F. Frazier. J. W. Pyrtle. A. P. Farris. Alvin Musgrove. R. L.Sehindler. E. D. Sappington.

Appendix.

1904.J

~19

REINsrrATEMENTS. REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, SEPTEMBER 2,1904.

No.ot [.lodge. Name ot Party. 1. Alfred Gfeller. 3. 'E. H. Booth. 5. ehas. Habel. â&#x20AC;˘1. S. Plattenburg. 1\1. F. Bea!. 6. J. 'V. IHoore. 9. A. ~I. Johnson. J. N. Conn, Sr.

16. 21. 26.

R. B. Grinsted. C. M. Armstrong. BUsha Russell. O. A. Axtell. W. F. Beaman. H. Huffman.

28.

R. R. Joice. G. Ii"'. Reimann. S. B. Thacher.

29.

W. P. Puff.

30. 32. 34. 38. 45.

J. P. Thompson. M. A. Iflinnell. B. E. Curl. D. C. Creech. W. C. Collett. .Tno. W. Brooks.

49.

Louis Stevens. ,V. H. Smith.

59 54. 5"i.

60. 62.

71. 7tt

SO.

F. H. l-rulton. J. C. Cooper. L. C. Wiley. Wm. Pickering. W. W. Sheley. ""V. C. Christian. J. C. Reed. W. H. Berkeley. J. 1\1. Johnson. B. 'V. Benight. Wm. MtcDonald. J. T. McCormick.. J; ~r. 'Myers.

No. Of

Lodge. Name ot Pa'rty. 80. G. W. Bennett. 86. '1'. B. Greer. 87. J. R. J e1Iries. ~f. H. Campbell. 88. 92. H3. 97. 104.

105. 106.

109. 113. 114. 116.

119. 120. 123. 125. 131. 133.

lS7. 138. 146. 147.

W. S. Dale. J. Will Johnson. W. G. vVelden. H. M. Travis. H. II Bedgood.

John I.Japatina. ,V. S. Seymour. Jos. Stiebel. John Gardner. I-I. F. Smith. Chapman Fisher. R. P. Williams. John H. Tedrick. . J. G. McVeigh. S. A. D. Alcott. 'Villard Stonum. L. G. Courts. L. Hazzard. H. W. I-Iazard. Frank R.Dearing. .T. W. Markwell. J. M. Whalin. C. A. Riek. S. lIigdon. J. :m. Copelin. Geo. W. Davidson. Sam. Richeson. Henry Lewin. J. W. Lyles. R. Sizemore. J.' H. Depriest. ~J. :H. Clariday. R. Y. Powell. ,1. W. Gipson. W. D.Pearson.

220

[Sept

No. ot Dodge. Name of Pa1'ty.

No, ot Lodge, lVanlC of [>(L1'ty.

147. 153. If)8. 1fj2.

259. 200. 262.

1{;4.

IH5.

A. H. lIoge. Ej. B. Lincoln.. Lee Cochrane. A. ,J. Agee. George S. S. \Viley.

Geo. Gosset. E. J. \Villiams. P. L. Hooker. tl. K. Young.

17~.

117.

J. 'V. Storms. M. Lomax. Dan'l J. Hayes. D. L. Simmons. ,1. N. :Miller.

B. B. Sloops. 181. 182. 188. ID7. 201. 202. 207.

S. D. Duff.

'r. :M. Pierce. A. 1\1. A. H'.

H. Vl'edenbel'g. Edstrom. B. Ii'lnnlc 11\ Couch. R. A. Hous<~l'. ,1. "'.... Housel'.

208.

N. E. Burris.

213.

'V. C. Kelly. \Vm. Apph~y. A.B. Limberg. Hugo Powell. .1. 'V. Alexander. 'V..J. l\IatlHnvs. 'M. 'V. Brady. •Tas. Ramsey. A. Farnham.

21ft. 228. 2:~5.

2an.

Joe'· Painter. 'V. C. Stull. 268. G. 'V. Coley. .1. S. Davis. J. R. I(elT. P. 'V. P,aul. 266. Shelby Clark 2H7. P. H. :Harrington. Belton Ball. 273. ID. P. Bartlett. 27(:1. A. L. "\Valdron. 284. G. C. Dresser. 2H2. G. W. Evans. W. L. Callaway. 205. "". Y. Inglish. 2fW. ,J ohn A. l\leTepI'. 2H1.Robert \Yaer. Benj. \Vingo. E. D. ITortnel'. 2nD. A. L. Andreson. I<J. '1\ Emery. BO~l.

C. I.J. l\fickey.

aOtL

Dan'l DonHhlle. " •• H.. Crockett. J. Fl. 'I'horn. A. C. Sterrett. r.r. J. Beardslee.

I•. J\!. Hankin. N. H, Gentry. 237. 238. 241.

243. 247. 248.

24!).

255.

'1'hos. O. Stanley. G. P. Slnith. B. \V. Culver. C. O. '(JIlIn.

H. G. Bode. Jno. R. Goddard. 1,:. Porter Peers.

'"V'. G. Beasley. ,V. H. Armstrong. Stephen \Vileox. \V. H. Happy. 1'1:. C. BIdwell.

H08,

BOn. :il1. 312. :~ 16.

A. N. BIUs. l'v1. Arnold. J. M:. Lynch. :.vI. Campbell. J. N. Andt\l'son. A. De Regn. Geo. lIul!. ~1. l\I. Roberts. C. C. (~arpen tel'. "FJ. L. Denny. Geo. ,V. Best. ,v. F. l\fcI\:inney. ID. E. Lang. :1. H. Sonders. E. M:. !4'uqua. Sam'l J. l\ilathews.

('. A. Cunningham.

l~.

C. Piles. E. H.Files. IJ. G. Rikard.

E. Harmon.

A. D. Leyhc. C. ~r. Craig. C. S. ]'1ergusol1. B. Stearns.

317.

Samuel Ilunnn. Chas. J. 8tein. George 1\;[, Rowe. J. J'. Baxter.

221 No. of L,ol!gc.

l\o. of Jlodue.

822. 324.

325. :J27.

H~8.

Name of Party. l'J. li\ Dawson. Geo. C. l\lcClure. E. C. 'Vilson. 1\'1. .R. Gossett. '1'. B. Chandler. L. C. Gevell. P. 1\1. Litton. D. C. Henry. \V. H. Utley. O. A. Beebe. D. H. \ViIson. Richard Cain.

372. 375. a80. ;-;83.

ass. B90. 3H2. 400. 403. 40B. 413. 414. 416. 420. 427.

:.\1. B. 11"l'eneh.

331.

334. ;,)35.

344. 345.

34t3.

349.

,Yo G. Seaver. \Yan'en Davis. Oliver C. ,Mosman. F. K. Lewers. (~. I). l\fcCown. '1'1108. Anderson. 1\1. ~J. l\leGinnis. O. I~oI't. C. Campbell. B. ,F. \Yilson. F. F. IIai路rington. A. B. Young. ~T. C. Bailey. J. 'V. Batts.r. T. V 'Yilson. Harry Huekins. H. C. \Vilson.

438434. 488. 451.. 458. 45H. 46~3.

Lee Vanwye. vVm. Dormer. A. F. Schnelle. 351. 352. 354. 358. 360. 362. 364. 36ft

J. lVL I.oftis.

J. fI. Valle. VV. I\:. Johnson. Wm. Treloar. F. G. Prall. Linn B. Babcocl{. J. I.J. Buskitt. ,;vom. Pollock. S. E. Seaton. 'V. C. Boyer. A. Brown.

J. D. Miller.

46ft 467. 470.

47l. 472. 47:3. 477. 478. 480.

n'ennis. D. :&Ii IIer.

A. Frost.

481.

482.

R. B. C. F.

IJpd~路ke.

s." A. Foulk. W. II. Jones. W. ~. Pickens.

f~.

D. 'Volf. L. Urton. E. :M. :Minor. R. L. vVilmouth. A. B. li11liott. .J. 'V. Anthony. Geo. R. Camafox:. .r ohn Barnett. A. J. Dixon. L. K. IVfontgomery. Oeo. Vanorman. J. \Y. Gaffney. .J. S. Halter. JYI. l\:I. ,Mann. J. L. Capps. .Jno. lVIendenball. .J. D. Bishop. H. B. Dockum. .Tno. ,V'. Duncan. '1'. E. S. ",,"filson. Howard lVforris. :b'. J.\f. Puryear. B. F'. Chase. R. C. \V'allace. C. ,Yo Kirkpatriek. H. L. Rawlings. II. .J enltins. .J. E. Taylor. .1. W. Lewis. 'V.J. I.lee. J. M. l\fanes. F. S. Carson. .T. S. Hart. J. H. MeAhoy. R. E. Ferguson. ,V'. D. Shaw. .Josiah Cunningham. J. E. Riley. I.J. C. Martin.

A. C. Calvert. J. I..I. Warden. J. l\L Baird.

A. G. Duffie.

Uriah

ot Party. Given. Shelton. IIodges. Holloway. \Vellshear.

~Tatne

A. A. Jesse rr. B. P. D. .\\,.. S.

'V. Hoyt. F. Still. C. GallatIn.

Beauchamp.

222

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[Sept.

No. Of

No. of

L路oclge. Nct'me of Pa'rty. 483. A. C. Hayes. J. O. Tillery. 486. E. Bntler. 492. J. P. Brashear. 493. 1\1. :McCullough. 497. J. P. Comstock. 507. B. L. Moore. 510. D. N. Epperson. 512. Geo. L. Wilson. 520. 'Vm. Thomas. 521. L. r:r. Forrier. J. M. ~turdy. 522. R. N~ J\:I:iller. B. S. Hancoclc 'V. H. Summers. B. L. Tisdale. 527. A. F. Dinwiddie.

l.Jodge.

527. 528. 530. 534. 5~7.

546. 547. 551. 554. 557. 562. 563.

Name at Party.

H. II. Goldsberry. fI. C. Day. J. D. \Villiams. J. H. "rasson. S. '1'. Adams. R. T'. McElhinney. T. J. Chrystal. R. G. Epperle. C. fI. Love. F. B. Rucker. J. H. Culley. J. A. J. Power. W. R. Wilson. ,V. I!]. Lotspeicb. C. T. Seevers. 'Vm. Reynolds.

Appendix.

IlEPOI{TS OF DISTiller DEPUTY GRAND }IASTEliS

LANCASTER, Mo., September la, 1904. ~Vm.

P. K'uhn, G1'and Master: DEAR

SIR

AND BROTHER-

'rhere is little to report as to the condition of :Masonry in the First District. Nothing, so far as I am informed, has occurred to mar the peace and ba rmony of the Craft. I have urged upo~ all Lodges in this DIstrict to see that their Halls are properly and decently furnished; that the Halls be kept adequately insured; that they take prompt action upon Consti ttl tional Amendments, and make their annual reports and remittances seasonably. Generally speaking, the Lodges are in prosperous condition; some of them, however, show little interest. I. have urged all of them to send Representatives to the Grand Lodge Communication, as this will certainly kindle enthusiasm in the Representatives. ' There has been no Grand Lodge of Instruction held in this District for several years. There a'l"e as worthy and deserving Masons in this District as can be found in the State; certainly there are none more in need of encouragemen t and instruction. Fraternally yours, EDWARD HIGBEE, D. G. lIf., First District.

SECOND DISTRICT.

KIRKSVILLE" Wrn. F.

K~thn,

~rO'J

August 22, 1904.

Grand Master: DEAR

SIR

AND BROTH~R-

Herewith I submit my report as Deputy Grand l\Iaster for the Second District. On request of R. "'1'. Bro. Allan McDowell to meet him in Williamstown, County, I went to that place, but Brothel: 1\:IcDowell. did not meet me, having called him in another direction. I m,et most of the, officers 8\1)(1 Satlle of the Brethren of Williamstown Lodge, examined their Hall, found' it to be a splendid one, nicely furnished," safe and comfortable. wee:m.tered the :Frall, we fotlnd in the ante-room some' disorder In the department of the Chapter of the Eastern Star, which had been so

Apl)endix. disal~rallged

the night before, not ha'ving had time to clear it a\vay. 'I'he Bl'ethl'en made apology for them. I said to them that a good healthy Eastern Star Chapter in a town indicated a good working l\:[asonic Lodge. 'VilliamstowIl Lodge, No. 370, is a splendid Lodge and the Brethren are enthusiastic workers, learned in the worl{ of the Grand Lodge. At the request of Greensburg IJodge, No. 414, on the 15th of N(rVelllb~r I went to that place and opened a Lodge of Instruction. I was call('c1 home on aceount of the death of my wife's father; after holding four- sessions, I closed the Lodge at low twelve on the 16th, and returned honle. Greensburg Lodge owns the Hall and building over which the 11a11 is located, and while ,it is a· little old, it is a comfortable, convenient and safe place to meet and work. The Brethren are enthusiastic workers, but' need further instruction in the Ritual. Financially they;are in good condition. rrheHall, on account of there not being an agent in the pIs.ce, was not insured, and in obedience to your instruction, r informed them that it must be done and at one-c. On the 10th day of last March r inspected the new Hall proposed to he oeeupied by Paulville Lodge, No. 319, at Brashear. ~ro. rfhe n(~w Hall i~ owned by the Odd Fellows, and if; a splendidly built brick building. pIf~nt:.v 0· room and conveniently constructed, and, although slightlY objectionable on account (If windows in the west end of the bUilding on the south, 80 elos~ to a window on the south of the Hall, but less objectionable in that respect than the old Hall, I approved it with the instruction that outside shutters be kept on the south windows of the Hall. Having no insura.nce on the property, I informed them th,tt it must be insured, whieh they promised to do; rj'he Brethren of Paulville Lodge are harmonious and pro·s~ perona. doing good work and plenty of it. On April 19th,. in ae(~oI'dancf' with the Dispensation. I dedicated the new Hall, Hl1d hat-mony and hrotherly l01'E;' p.revnil among the Brethren On April 23d, I addressed the following attaehed letter to every Lodge in the 2c1 District, (14) viz.: KIRKSVILLE., 1\1"0., April 23, 1H04.

To the

lV01'8hipf~tZ

JYlarster, lVardens ana B,·etlwen ot - - - - - -

DI~AR

Blmrl'HREN-

'l"he Grand, Secretary has sent to every Lodge'a Cil'cular letter eontaillhlg the amendments of the Constitution as offered at the last Annual Communication of the Girand r~odge, All efforts heretofore made to have the vote on these amendments have resulted in failure. It is the duty of I.rodges to take action as required by I~aw, I desire to call your attention to the faet and inform you that these amendnemts must receive consideration without delay, as required by the Constitution. As soon as action been taken, the Secretary of your Lodge should notify the Gorand Se(~retary. Brethren, YOlH' IJodge should be wide a wake and its otlieers pr()tlcie~nt in the discharge of their duties. Your Lodg~ rooms must bt:~ seeure. your property lUllst be kept insured; stour dues must be collt~cted up. 'rlutt business and must not be neglected, It is unfortunate that Brother Masons become so careless and to duty' as to force their I.Jodge to eithe:r carr,Y them as members standing, paying their Grand I~od.ge dues from year year. rights and. b~~nefits that their brotlHH'S do. '~lbo Il.()t only pay own dues. but are forced to pay tlH~ running ex:rH~ns€'s of

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the delinquent Brothers' Grand I.odge dues or compelling the unpleasant duty of suspending them. Brethren, you must see that your dues are paid; they must be collected and not allowed to accumulate. Every ,Brother should be notified and pay his dues promptly. :Make your meetings attractive; be prompt in opening your IJodge on time when a quorum is present and never neglect the devotional service at opening and closing the I.odge. r.rhese services should be. interspersed with singing, and prayer should路 never be neglected at opening and closing. I must insist upon Lodges performing their duties in reference to 1\1:aster 1\ilasons undergoing examinations. Also I desire to impress upon all Lodges in the Second :Masonic District that ]'reemasonry is a system of morals and that an immoral or unclean man should have "no part or lot with t~s." Stick to the work of thE: Grand Lodge. Frown down all attempts to embellish the work o'f the Grand Lodge by poetical quotations, wordy speeches, or anything not adopted by the Grand Lodge. You should allow no frivQlity in the solemn ,vork of l\lasonry. To make a ~Iason is a holy privilege. "\,Ve should approacb it realizing our responsibility, to God and our duty to the candidate. Fl'atern.alIy yours, G. A.

GOB:FlN,

D. G. 1Jf.." Seconcl District.

On the 4th of August I addressed the following attached letter to all the Lodges i~ the 2d District: KIRKSVIJ~I.E" ]\1:0."

August 4, 1904.

'1'0 the 1l'orshi1.)f'ltl. 1Jlaste~路, Wardens arla Brethren of Lodge No. A. F. and ..4.. M.: DEAR BRE1.'HRIDN-

The 1YIost 'Vorshipful Grand :Master has informed me that the annual retnrns and dues must be in the hands of the Glrand Secretary by Sept. 1. All Lodges that have not complied with this law will have their Charter arrested and cannot resume labor except by action of the Gr'and Lodge. Please attend to this at once without further notice. The golden anniversary in ~1:asonry of our Grand Secretary, Dr. John D. Vincil, will occur on Aug. 12th, and a banquet will be held in St. Louis Saturday evening in his honor, Aug. 13th. As a tribute to our efficient Grand Secretary, each I..Iodge in the State is asked to send a congratu~atory telegram on the afternoon of Ang. 12th to his address in St. Louis, 1ik~ or similar to the one enclosed. Feeling sure that these requirements wUI be complied with properly and on time (you are aware that the Grand Lodge meets much earlier than last year, I simply call your attention to it that it be not forgotten), . I mnyours F\ratex-nally. G. A.. GOBEN, D. G.. M., Second Di8triot. The State Lodge of Instruction was,neld for three days In Kirksville, M. W. B,ro. W. F. Kuhn, Grand Mast~r, . presiding, and R. W. Bro. Allan MeD'oweII, Grand Lecturer, assisted by R. W. Bl"o. W. A. flaB, Deputy Grand I..Iectllrer, conducting the work. Th.ere was a large attendance, and manlilrestl'nterest tn the excellent manner in Which the work was done, and the G.. L. Ap.-15.

Appendix.

1a26

[Sept.

splendid address of the Grand lVIaster, and the exemplification of the Work on an actual candidate has been far-reaching and good, as well as the School of Instruction, and better work is being done in this part of the State. I attended the State Lodge of instruction at Trenton, 1\10., and was impressed with the splendid attendance and manifest interest taken in the Work. I have assisted in conferring Degrees in several Lodges and f.tom communications and conversations with the officers of a majority of the Lodges in the Second District, I am. convinced that the Work is being well done and a great increase in the amount of wo'rk to do. I have been called upon to decide a few points in lVIasonic law. In each case, after giving my opinion, I have referred it to the Grand Master, who endorsed or confirmed my opinion as will appear in his report to the Grand Lodge. Not having been called upon to consider any difficulties,! am convinced that peace and harmony prevail among the Ora ft. throughout the Second District. FratEn'nally yours, G. A. GOBEN" D. G. M." Second D'istrict. N. B.-I believe that both Lodges at Kirksville, Adai路l.", No. 366, and Kirksville. No. 105, are violating Section 131 of Article VIII of the ByLaws of the Grand I..todge in admitting persons who come to this place to attend school and usually move here for a period of two years or until they graduate, and I am of the opinion that a petition could not be legally accepted. as that is not a permanent settled domicile or fixed abode.

Fraternally yours, G. A. GOBEN, D. G. M." Second District.

fl'HIRD DISTRICT.

OW ASCO" Mo." Aug. 30, 1904. Wm. F. Kuhn", Grand Master: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER-

In obedience to the Laws of the Grand Lodge, I herewith submit my report for the past yea-r. On Nov. 5th, 1903, I路 organized Lucerne Lodge, No. 394, under their Charter. The dedication and installation was public. The little town was out in force and a good time generally. I anthorized Brother ReId, of Humphreys Lodge, No. 32, to superintend the removal of Galt Lodge, No. 423, into a new Hall, which was done on July.lSth. BeIda f,;odge of Instruction in Galt Lodge, No. 423, Aug. 22, 23 and 24. The attendance was only moderate, but enthusiastic. Galt Lodge, No. 423, has been unfortunate recently路 in the loss of several of their prominent members, by death or removal, besides having to move into another Ball. They now have a good Hall, wen furnIshed, and are doing a fair amount of work.

Appendix. I visited Green City Lodge, No. 159, Aug. 25, 26 and 27.

The attendance fair and quite enthusiastic. They have 3. good Hall, well furnished, and are well up in the Work. I would like to have visited more extensively, but c/:1uld not in time to report. However, having visited most of the Lodges every year fOIl' many years, I am thoroughly acquainted with the路 condition of all the Lodges. They are all in good :Halls and are qualified to. do the '''''ork in a creditable manner. 1"he Lodges in the District are doing a fair amount of work. Hoping to meet you at Grand Lodge, I subscribe myself, Fraternally yours, J. J. DILLINGER, D. G. M., Thi'rd District.

FOURTH DISr:L'RICT. :MERCER.,

Mo.) Aug. 31, 1904.

lVm. F. Kuhn J Grand Master: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER-

I herewith submit my report for the past year:

It affords me pleasure to report that I have visited all the Lodges in this District and have found them in good condition. I have examined the records in all the Lodges, and find that they are properly kept. I can truly say that the Lodges in this District are in active working order, increasing in membership, and show a decided improvement in the work. A number of the officers in this District attended a State Lodge of InstructIon held by M. W. Grand 1\1aster Wm. F. Kuhn, assIsted by R. W. Bro. Allan McDowell and other Grand Lodge Officers, at 'Drenton, Mo., on June 1st.

Much good was accomplished by this Lodge pf Instruction, the Brethren in attendance taking hold of the Work with a determination to improve themselves. For the best interests of Masonry and with k,indest regards for, your.. selves, I am, Fraternally yours, D. M. FOSTER, D. G. M.~ Fourth District.

FIFTH DISTRICT. BmTHANY" WtJlt.

Mo.., Aug. 29, 1904.

F. KUhn" Grand Ma8tclJ': DEAn. SIR AND BnoTRER-

herewith present my report as D. G., M. of the, Fifth District for the year of 1904: " On Jan. 1, .1904, I went to !\fcFall, Mo., and dedicated and consecrated Ha'vlll:rta Lodge, No. 21, A. F. and A. :M:.~ as per your order. The Hall hav-

Appendix.

[Sept.

ing, been duly inspected previous to this by Brother Lockwood as my Deputy, whose report was duly forwarded to you. On July 12th I dedicated and consecrated the new Lodge room for Bethany Lodge, No. 97, as per your ?rder. I have promptl~路 notified all the Lodges in my District of anything per tailling to l\fasollic intN'(:!st which you may have brought to my notice. I have not been called on to pe'l'form any official duties by any of the Lodges in my District. l\lost of the Lodges in my Distl'iet are well equipped in their furnishings for Lodge 'York, \"'lith probably t\VO or three exceptions. l\lasonry is taking no backward step in the Pifth District. Peace and harrnony prevail, so fall' as anything that has come to my knowledge, officially or individually. \Vith best wishes for the success of l\Iasonic principles and teachings. and thanking you for tIle honor c:onfer-red on me one year ago, I am, Fraternally yours, JACOB II. PRENTISS, D. G. M., Fifth Distr-lct.

SIXTH DISTRICT.

MARYVII..ILE",

Mo.., August 28, 1904.

lVrn. P. }(uhn., G-1'and Maste",: DEAR SIR AND BnOTHER-

herewith submit my report

ftR

Deputy of the Sixth District.

On December 26, 1903, I installed the officers of Nodaway Lodge, :Ko. 470, at l\faryville. With R. 'V. Bl路O. Adl)lph Stauble, District Lecturer, held a School of Instruction at l\faryville on each 'rllursday evening, after January 1st, for two months. On "\Vednesday, ,January 27, 1904, uncleI' a Dispensation. and agreeable to rOut" instructions, i dedicated the new hall of Kennedv l..1odge, No. 32H, at Elmo, being assisted by R. 'V. Bros. 1. V. l\IeMil1en and ,James Todd, who delivered addresses which were well reeeived. This is the third bllUeling whiel1 this Lodge has built. 'The first was destroyed by fl.t'e, th~ second by (路yc]on("~, in which eight Olen lost th~ir lives. ".rhe present buUding is of brick, one hunc1r(~d feet long, and well bnilt throughout. It is a monument to the grit and determinatIon of the members, who .number only fiftyone.

On January jlst. I re('eivr--d a eommunication from you asking me spect a IlaIl for Skidmore Lodge. No. 511. Being unt1.ble to go at this I asked 'v. Bro. \v. 1\/[, Howden h) f!f't in my stead. :He reported.. February 12th this Hall "ras d~dicat(~d in due and a.ncient form.

InI)D

Appendix. In February a Lodge of Instruction was held by H. W. Bro. Adolph Stauble, D. D. G. I..,., with Burlington Lodge, No. 442, for three days. I was nnaQle to be present, but he reports a good attendance. In l\larch I visited Quitman Lodge, No. lH6, to inspect, a new Hall into whit'll they desired to move, and 路reported favorably, but路 this Hall was not

dedicated until August 25th on account of the sickness of the Worthy :l\laster. On August 18th. 19th and 20th attended a State Lodge or Instruction held in :Maryville, presided over by Grand ~Iaster F. Kuhn. The Grand I..Iecturer, R. 'V. Bro. Allan McDowell, exemplified the Work, assisted by R. W. Bro. Heuben Barney. ~rhe attendance was good, an increased interest was manifested, and better work will be done in the future. On Saturday, August 27th, in company with Brother Adolph Stauble, D. I..I., I visited Ravenwood Lodge, No. 201, and conferred the Third Degree. I also visited this IJodge in .Ma rch, and presided at a trial of one of the Brothers. who was found guilty and expelled, and I have since learned will petition the Grand Lodge for r(~instatement. In regard to T.Jodge rooms and paraph~rnalia and equipments, will say I have visited most of the Lodges in this District, and have heard from the others. during the year, and can report that th~y are in first-class c,onditlon. The two Lodges tn :Maryville meet in a Hall that is second to none in the State. The others, though small, are in good condition and well furnished. I have notified each Lodge in regard to insurance on Lodge property, and I helieve all are insured at this time, and I think all have voted on the eonstitutional amendments. li1ew questions of law have been submitted to me during the year. I l1ave responded to every <.:a11, when it was possible for me to do so, and am glad to report a healthy growth for the Order in this District.

"T.

Fraternally yours, E. F. HAMIJIN, D. G. M.} Sialth District.

SEVENTH DISTRIC'.r.

ROCKPORT"

vVtn.

}I'.

Mo." September 5, ,J904.

Kuhn" Grand ]JI!a.9ter:

D:楼JAR SIn

ANn

BROTHEl~-

I herewith submit my report a:.s D. G. ~L for the Seventh District: I have visited several Lodges, and have found a good attendance, halls . well kept and furnished, and all are now insured, and everything seems tQ he in good order, both from a financial and moral standpoint, and I think that the IJodges in this Distri<.'t ar~ in good shape all around, and find the sentlruent for MasQnry to be on the improvement, and have no doubt but tbat the coming year will bring mnn~T good and useful men into the :M:asonic ranks. 'l'he Masons of this District at路e more careful about selecting good me'nthan ever befo<re. I attended and assisted R. W. Bro. Allan 1\lcDowell in

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the Lodges of,. Instruction held in this District, and there was a good representation from all the Lodges in the District. rraken altogether, I think JVlasonry is in good shape, and an I.lodges will do their,! best to make' the next year a prosperous one. Thanking you for the confideuee reposed in me, I am,

Fraternally yours, 'V. E. GIERIVfANN, D. G. }f" Seventh District.

EtGH'l'H DISTRICT.

ST, JOSEPH, Mo., August 23, lH04, lV1'n. F . .Ktlhn, G-rand l1!astc1": DEAR SIn AND BROTHER-

T[,he country Lodges of the Eighth District are in good shape. l\:fost of them l)Wn their I-Ial1s, nicely fnrnished, have good working tools, and are

doing fairly good work. I"fhe records of those I have Visited are fairly well kept, and but few suggestions were necessary. The average membership is forty-six, and the attendance at meetings about thirty-five per cent. The delinquencies are rathel- rnore than they ought to be, averaging about $1.60 for the whole membership, 'rhe properties average about $1,200.00 for each Lodge, which is very good, and indicates that they are not only prosperous, but well homed. As to ritualism, I am persuaded that nearly all have well-informed Brethren who see to it that the work Is not allowed to drop far below the standard. All the Lodges in this District carry insurance. Out" city Lodges, I reto say, are not near so welI attended. It is unaccountable to me that with OllI" magnilleently furnished :Hall, and a score of efficient Brethren who pl.lt the work on in an almost faultless manner, sometimes less than ten pel' cent of the lnembershlp show up at the regular meetings, yet such Is it fact, and this ~rear, too, they have bad a great deal of work. It looks :Ike the city Brethren have lost interest in Masonry. I could not even secure suffici~nt attendance to justify keeping up a weekly School of In~ struction, which I started earlier in the year, and have not attempted amy since. What shall be done to awaken interest? ~ret

King IIiIl J'..Iodge bas, at路 a (~ost of over $20,000.00, built a hall, a second story, on land which was bought or donated on condition thttt the first floor should ever be occupied as a sellool, B.nd the seeond floor as a 路1\>fasonic Hall. Now, aft(~r an occupancy of about thirty-four years, the hell'S of the original owner, from whom the title cnm(~, hn",~e instituted proceedings in ejectment. I do not know the line of the attadt. but ~L Vt"'. Brother Boyd has V()IUIlteerE~ his services in tbe interest of the l.lodge, and I ha:ve confidence In his to protect it. It gives me an opportunIt3\ however, sas ship, on conditIons to be kept b~路 two Is 1'\'I":ltnQf"li'U1Q which to erect halls.

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Masonic Lodges should enter upon deals of t:lhis kind very cautiously, especially as the parties between them and the ground may default at any time. I hu.ve had but one violation of ~1asonic law to deal with. A member of Agency Lodge, living j,n another Jurisdiction, a retail druggist,was convicted of selling liquor without (t license. He was promptly suspended by Agency Lodge upon the Jnatter being brought to their attention, and now he advertises that he is the onlS' druggist in Missouri that does not sell intoxicating liquors. T hope this is路 not so. I hope there are no Masons running whiskey. joints behind drnggist signs. . J have been asked if Masons have a right to meet as a club to rehearse the work, in the absence of the District Lecturer. Yes; such meetings result in mutual improvement. I would have 'every Lodge a School .of Instruction if it has a Brother ~ompetent to teach. Other questions have met me which hn.ve been satisfactoril~r answered by citing the By-Laws. 1.~hey should be read more than they are.

The W. l!. of Rosendale Lodge asks me can that Lodge acquire land and establish a public cemetery? It is thought that it would be a profitable investment, and can be accomplished without putting the Lodge in debt. I think yes, but 11USS the question up to you. And now as to St. Joseph Lodge, No. 78. I have known this grand old Lodge for more than for路ty years. Its Charter was taken away by the last Grand Lodge. It was one of the oldest Lodges of the State, with a record of six.ty years of honor, not marrt~d by so much as a thought of insubordlnai ion. It had done and was doing a grand work. It has furnIshed the State three Grand 1fasters. It was the Masonic home of many old Brethren, whose :Masonic lives are so wrapped in memories of and affection for their old Lodge that they have little inclination for change. l\fany were Its wards. Its charities were unsurpassed, seldom equaled. :.\Iany of its members are now so old that they ,cannot get into other Lodges, try th~~y E'ver so hard. To withboldfrom them now the only Masonic home they have ever had or eyer will have, because of the action of only a few they left in charge, is a hardship that shOUld .not be. For this reason, and believing tha t best interests of Masonry wiU be subserved !?y a restoration, I requested a meeting of all the resident members. There are about 160. This meeting was attended by sixty-five. A petition for restoration was formulati~d. It received the signatnres of nearly all present~ excepting four. It has since received the signaturel of nearly all resident members. Zeredatha Lodge and I\:ing Hill Lodge, at regular Communications, have unanimously joined with them in their request. Charity Lodge, by a vote of three to five, rejected it. erhere were four others present Dot voting.) The papers are sent you herewith. I most earnestly recommend that the charter of St. Joseph Lodge be restored. And now 110ping your administration may long be quoted for its ability, I am,

Fraternally yours, GFJO. REES, D. G. M., EJighth District.

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NINTH DIS'l'ItICT.

GALLATIN, ~Io.,

August 30, 1904.

lllm..F. ](uhn, GrantZ ]"faster: DEAR SIR ANf? BnOTHER-

As Deputj1 Grand :Master of the Ninth District I have the honor of submitting the following report. On the evening of November 12, 1903, I went to Stewartsville, and set Continental Lodge, No. 454, to work nuder their Charter, dedicated their Hall, instal1~d their officers, and WAS assisted in the work by Bro. Saunders, District Lecturer; Bro. T. 1-1. 'WTilliams, ,\\rol'shlpful ~:raster of Parrott L<odge, No. 308, and Bro. A. D. :McCraskey, '\Vorshipful :Master of Hemple Lodge, No. 37, 'l'his young Lodge starts well. its officers are proficient, and I think will always be able to give a good report. On March 30th, 31st and April 1st. a Lodge of Instruction was held with Union Star, No. 124. The Brethren showed great interest, and the work was excmplifit'd by District Lecturer H. W. Saunders. I.Jock Springs Lodge, No. 488, has a memhership of fifty路five; dues paid in fUll, property insured to value of $1,000.00-$850.00 on the Hall, and $150.00 on furniture-records well stnd neatly kept and properly signed, the officers of the I.Jodge A.re very proficient in their several duties. Parrott I.lodge, No. 308. ha~ sixt~T-six members; dues paid in full, a debt of $100.00, with money in the treasury to pay; property insured, $800.00 on the Hall and $250.00 on the furniture; the records are complete, always neat, and are properly signed at every meeting. Gallatin Lodge, :No. 106, haR a membership of seventy-seven; hall and furniture insured for $1,500.00: amount in arrears for dues, $114.00; records are neat and well kept, but not always properly signed. This ought io be the best. r.odgt~ in the Distriet. and would be if the membership could be prevailed upon to take more illterest. Jamesport I.Jodge, No. 564, has n menlbership of thirty-six; arrears for dnes amounts to $H9.50; insnrance on furniture, $150.00 ; records neatly l\:ept. and propfrly signed. I think this Lodg~ is the best and most proficient in the DistrIct, e8pedal1;v so in the opening and' closing ceremonies of the Degl'ees. Clarksdale Lodge, No. 559, has a Inembel'ship of fifty; dues paid in full; lnsul'anc'e on furniture, $100.00. Union Star IJodge, No. 124, has a meulbersblp <of forty-four; amount in orrestrs fOl" dnes is $18.00; propel路ty insured. for $450.00; records are in admirable condition, the veteran Secretary, Bro. Cochran, being most careful find pa.instaking. ':rhe averaA'C nttendan~e at regular Communication Is ten, and the 'VorshipfuIl\1:aster tl.nd Seeretary would like to see this number increase. 'rhe total llumbet in attendance at the I.radge of Instruction was thi rty -ti vee "Testern Star I.-odge, No. 15, has a, membership of fifty-nine; amount in arrearsfordtleS, $20.22; Hall instu,ea: f()l' $tiOO.OQ, furniture for $150.00; records well kept. Osborn [Jodge, No. 317, ~bas me'rn\t~er;Shl." of t.hlrty-elg11t; amount in arrears for dues, $45.25; $50.00.

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'Veatherby Lodge, No. 235, has a membership of thirty-four; records well k~~pt. The Brethren of this Lodg~ desIre to sell their "flaU, and rent property so that the insurance will not· be so heavy. I think it would be advisable. Pattonsburg T..Jodge, No. 65, has a membership of forty-three; amount in nrrea 1'8 for dues is $44.50; Lodge furniture insured for $150.00; records a.re well kept. Earl Lodge,· No. 285, has a membership of thirty-eight; amount In aI'l't?ars for dues is $30.00; has no insurance, and the building is so situated t:hat no insurance conlpany will gt'ant a. risk. The Brethren are looking fonvard to securing a lInll, safe and insurable. F].'heir present Hall ought t~ be declared unsafe. Continental Lodge, No. 454, was constituted under Charter one year ago. 'rIley have been doing some work, and no doubt will present a good report. Jameson Lodge, No, 500.' has a membership of thirty-seven; ball and furniture insured for $900.00: amount in arrears fo,r dues is $44.00; records are weil kept and properly signed. This Lodge has been doing good work t1111:1 year. :H'rom the abov€' report it will be seen that the amount of delinquent dues is $417.47. ~rhis must be due to the kind hearts of our several Secretaries, for they do hate to ask a Brother to pay dues. Have visited nearly all the Lodges in the District. Nearly all are neatly furnished and well kept. prosperity, peace and harmony prevail throughout the District. ~rhanking

you for the honor conferred by my appoIntment, I am, Fraternally yours, Cli:ARr~ES

PIPKIN, D. G. M ..1 Ninth District.

TEN'rH DISTRICT.

Pr...lTTSBURG)

Mo., Septetnbe.r 7, 1904.

lfm. F. Kuhn) Grand Master: DEAR SIR AND BnOT::a:,IDR-

I h~rewith submit roy report as Deputy Grand Master of tbe Tenth District: T have given due attention to all matters submitted to me for Illy con&ideration during the y~ar. At your requ~;~t, on two occasions I wl'pte a letter to each of the I~odges in thi~ l)istrlct~ caning att~ntioJ;). to ce'rtaip. inatters contained in your communications to me, andespeciallYl.lrgiu.g' them to vote on the proposed eonstltu'tiotialamendrnents, and to send in. their 8"nnual returns and dues by S~pte.mber 1st. All but one of tbe Lod.ges In tills District paid due attention to tne lntter request, but I am sorry th:at I c:annot report as well in regard. to the. vote· on the proposed eonstitutional amel1dem.ell ta. 'fhree of our. r.QQ,ges •failed to. take this vote. The neglect was caused by the Lodges think~ngthey had plenty of time, . and to

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putting this matter off until the hot summer months and busy season in the rnraJ districts would frequently PI'~Vl?llt a quorum. The Lodges should be urged tn attend to this matter as soon after the adjournment of the Grand Lodge as possible, The路 Lodgps in this DisU'ict all meet in Halls that are in good conditIon f'S to furnishings. para!)hel'nalia and security, and are in keeping with the dignity of our Ft'atel'nity. Early in January R. W. Brother J\lcDowell held tl S~hool of Instru(~tion at Plattsb 1.lrg. at which we had the pleasure of having :rou with us on one evening. Although the attendance was not what it should ha've Leen, I think it resulted in good to the District. A pressure llf pl'i-v-ate busine,ss and an unexpected absence from honle for nearly three months dnring the "'1'inter and early spring prevented me from visiting the I.lodges as I should have liked, but from reports received 1 am assured that: the Lodges are in fairly !)l'osperous condition~ and that peace, harmony and good fellowship prevail throughout the District. Fraternally yours, C. E. JONES, D. G.

]J!.~

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ELEVENTH DISTRICT.

CBILLICOTHE..

Wtn.

liT.

1Vfo... Sept. 3, 1904.

!(uhn" Grand Master: DEAR SIR AND BROTHlOR-

I herewith submit my report as Deputy Grand Master for the 11th l\{asonic District: It affords me pleasure to report that the Craft is in good condition, and so far as I have been able to learn in my visits over the District, there Is but little, if any~ frictIon, peac~ and harmony prevailing. The IJodges are doing better work and more genuine interest being shown among the Brethren than for some time. Polo I;odge laid the corner-stone of a new Methodist church. Baving been directed by the Grand l\.laRter to represent him, r had made all arrangements to be present, but circumstances absolutely preventing my being present, I directed the W. Master of Polo Lodge~ No. 232, to proceed and to preside. Cowgill Lodge, No. 561, has built a new Hall during the last year. inspected the Hall, but was unable to be present at its dedication by the Grand Master. The Brethren '&here have a fine ElaIl and are doing good

work. Kingston Lodge, 118, also has bought a Hall and moved Into their new and commodious quarters. I Inspected thisFIall, and shortly after preslded at its dedication. 'rhe Brethren of Kingston deserve great credit. A&eOut two or thre~ years ago their membershi.p was small, and did bave the 'Vork, but R. Brother McDowell held a. Lodge of which started them off and now they not nave a fine large

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Appendix. active membership of 80 members, but have the vVork well. This Lodge is located in a town of about 750, inland-no railroad within. a distance of 7 to 10 miles. I have the pleasure of reporting that all Lodges have made their returns, and have also voted on the amendments. I have 1.4 Lodges in my District, and all but four of them own their own HalL All but four have their Lodge' Hall and equipment fully insured. I have written to these Lodges the necessity of having their property fUlly insured, and hope to have them do so. I :find all Lodges have suitable jewels and furniture, and all Lodges are out of debt. Fraternally yours, REUBEN

B.ARNI~Y,

D. G. M ..1 IJJZe1)enth Distriot.

TWELFTH DlS'.l'lUCT. J~ACL:rnI>FJt l~Tm.

Mo.., September 3, 1904.

F. Ktth1'tJj Grand Ma8ter: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER-

I have th,: honor to l:51.1brnit. this, my annual report, as Deputy Grand Master of the 'I'welfth District, for th(:\ year drawing to a close:

During the past year, 1 have visUed most of the Lodges in the Distl'ict, a.nd on the oecaslon of my vIsits, have assisted in conferring Degre,es, and goa ye the BrethI'en instruction in the work of the Order. "rhiIe I have held no regular Lodge of Instruction, yet, during the year, I have given mueh private in8trtlctionto officers and members of the Lodges, Dud am pleased to report a decided i'rnprovement in the manner in which the Degrees 8 re now being conferred. 'l'he Brethren generally throughout the Di~trict seem to be enthl1sia~tic and anxious to perfect themselves l,n the work of路 the Ord~r. It is a souree of gratification for me to be able to. report that all th(~ Lodges seem to be in a prosperous condition, and makln.g n stendy gain in ulembership, some ot,them decidedly so,peace and harmony prevailing. I have been ready at all times to, and have responded to aU calls, upon m.e, by either the LodgeS' or members,for any assIstance which I might be able to rencler, and in every instance when caned upon my assistance seemed to have been highly appreciated. by the Brethren. I ha"ge been particular to urge upon the various Lodges the importance of keeping th.eir records carefully,cpnductlng the buslnes,s of the Craft in strict conformity to the laws andl~~~es of the Order, and to send in thetr reports promptly, all of which I think ~avebeen done. On the whole, the IJast year has been a prosperous yeat" for the Order in this District. Thanking you for the honor conferred, I, am,

Frate.rnany

Y'ours~

C. C. BIGGER, D. G.

M.~

Twelfth D拢8trkt.

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THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.

LA PLA'I'A.., 1\10., September 1, lH04. W·m. 1? Kuhn.., Grand Jlfa,8tB1': DEAR SIn AND BnOTHER-

Although unavoidably late, I submit the following brief report of my work as Deputy Grand l\1aster for the unlucky number, 'rhirteentb District, and hope it \vill prove at least an average in the State: I have visited every Lodge in the District during the year, and can say they are working harnlOniotlsly. 'Vhere there is unmasonic conduct, the J..Iodges are willir.g tu deal out, jllstice, The following J~odges own their Halls, the furniture· is in good condition, and all have insurance: Callao, No. 38; McGee, No. 149.; Censer, No. 172 ; La Plata, No. 237; St. Andrews, No. 96; Shelbina, No. 228; Clarence, No. :305; liumanville. ~o. 41~. Bloomington Lodge, No. 102, meets in the splendid IIall owned by the Odd Fellows. 'l'beir Masonic furnishings are excellent. Lodge of rrruth, No. 268, and Bethel, No. 537, rent Halls, but have full control, nnc1 rent to other benevolent <>rders. The furniture is good and insured. rrIle usual amount of work has b~n done throughout rhe District. St. Andrew's Lodge, being composed of old members, are not ~s active as formerly, and have add~d none to their number this ~·ear. 1 repeat what I fOl'l'uerly said, "that the most proficient Lodges are tbe most guccessfnl. " November 18~ In03, I inst.itrited Excello Lodge U. D. nnder favorable eircl1mstances, and a promise that they would build a, new Hall of brick, a t'eport of 'which I made to ~You at the time, '.rhe new Ilall has not materialized; yet· I l'e~eivt~d a letter' from the Secretary a fe·w days ago stating that thing's were in sight for it soon. I ba",e held Schools of Instruction at the following places during the :year, and the attendance \Vas good on an average: Calla,o, Macon, Atlanta, Bevier, Sl1elbY'lilh~, Bethel, and. several at La Plata. 'Haye cOndtlcted the funerftl (as 1\iaste-r) for Cal1~o, Bevier and Atlanta, and assisted several times in conferring the Third Degree in Kirksville lJOdges. rrhe dedicl':ltlon of La Pinta Ilodge Hall on November 26th by the Grana M'asier, and his excellent address proved propitious. ~rasonl'Y is still of a high standaTd in this District; except for pror~\nity p.nd intemperance, it wOllldbe perfeetio~. r t,vice notified every L,oage in the District to vote on the proposed amelldm~nts, and beHeve tlley have done so. Bethel Lodge took np their work about Decen1ber 29th, and are in gooa ('ondition. In ('onclnsion, I desire to extend rnJ' thanks to you, and through yon to the severn} Granel Officers whom I have met during the year, especially Brother A, S. HO',lston. My sIncere gratitude for many favors shown. rPhanldllg you for the honor (~onferrod on me for official appointment, 1 l't>main, y~ar's

Fraternally

y011r;$,

S. R. ""'OOD, D. G. M ... T};a;'iJ,t6enth

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FOURTEENTH DISTRIC'l'.

Nl'JW

LONDON.,

lVl0 .., September 1, 1904.

lV1JL P. l(uhn" Grand J.lloster:

DEAn

SIR AND BRO'l'HJDR-

I submit tbe following report as Deputy Grand J\faster of the Fourteenth lVIaRonic Distl'ict: .January 18" .1904, I presided over' the District Lodge of Instruction, held to l1otit~e in the Hall of Perseverance Lodge, No. 92, at Louisiana, Pike Count~', lYl0. The sello01 was continued during the 19th. and 20th. The ritualistk work was' in charge of R. "V. Bro. Allan l\fcDowell, Grand Lecturer. T'he results were very gratifying. gight Lodges were represented. :March 3d, 4th and 5th, J held·' n I..odge of Instruction in the Hall of Cyrene Lodge, ~o. 14, at I-Jolia. Pil\:e County, lVIo. Much enthusiasm was manifested, and the results nil that could be desired. Cyrene Lodge con .. tains some wide awake J\lasons. March 28th, I visited Frankfort Lodge, No. 192,and conferred third Degree on one Fellowcraft. April 22d, under a Dh.;pen~ation, and pursuant to your instructions, I laid the corner-stone of the new Christian Church, at Perry, 1\10. I was ably a::5sisted by several of the Brethren from Lick Creek, Ralls and New London Lodges. 'rhe road~ w(\re in very bad condItion, and o,nly thos~ who eould reach Perry by railway 'were present, yet there was a good attendance, and everything passed off smoothly and impressively. Ail::ty 4th, I was' present and assisted you in laying the corner-stone of the Carnegie libl'arybuilding at Louisiana, Mo. As you were pr'esent on that oc(?asion, it is n~ei)Iess for me to tell you that it was a grand success. ~Tuly 20th and 21st, I attend€ld and assisted at the State Lodge of Instru~tton at Hannibal, 1"1:0. \;Vhi!e profes~i()nal and business engagements have prevented me from vi'siting officially all of the Lodges· in· this District, I have visited af': many as pusSlible, and answered e'Very call m.ade, have given private· instructions to man.V", nnd by correspondence he.ve kept myself in touch with all of them. The Lodges in this. Distri(·t' are,8.s a rule, doing well. l\:1:ost of them own their :Halls, Rnd have the I-[alIsanCl fUJ'niture protected by insurance. SOUle of the Hal Is ar~ rat~er poorlyeigUipped, but the Brethren promise to ~upply uefici.erl('ies as soon as pos.stble. I have called particular attention to this matter. I haye also called attention to the matter of de.HBQuent dues, Some Master!; and Secretaries };lave not attended to this matter properly, and some of the delinquencies are nnneces.sarrIy large. I am. confldent a great reform in this be worked up next year. Peace and harIllony prevniJ the District; very, little friction. There are a few isolated cases of the Order do not seem to ,'realize that "tempel.·:Jtne{~" is a they will, I trust, see their error. SOlne of them have it. rrhanking you for p,q,st meet you at Grand Gn the 27th inst., I um, Fr:atE~rt;).any yours"

l'\ur~nant

M.A YJtALTJ., D.G, M., Fourteenth Di8t:rict.

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FIFT.FJENTH DISTRICT. PARIS)

l\'Io.., August 29, 1904.

Wm. P. Kuhn., G1'Âˇand J.l1witc'r: DEAR SIn. AND BnOTH.l3m-

I hereby submit my report as Deputy Qrand l\Iaster of the Fifteenth l\Iasonk Dis trict for the year 1904,: I ha"e given my careful attention to all matters submitted for my consideration. In the matter of removing Woodlawn Lodge from Duncan's Bridge to \Voodlawn, its formel' home, will say the roads were in such a condition at the time, that it was impo,ssible for me to attend, so I se.. cured the serviees oj: Hrothâ&#x201A;Ź"r J. v\'". Atterbury, :l\faster of Madison Lodge, No. 91, to attend to The matter for me, which he accordingly did, and I duly reported the result at the time. As to the condition of the Halls and furniture in this District, I think they are in fairly good C'ondition. r duly notified all the Lodges in the District in reg,ard to change in the time of meeting of the Grund Lodgc~ and that their reports must be in by September 1st. At the same time I agaIn called their attention to constltutiOltal amendments pending, and reqlH~sted them to vote on same, if they had not al ready done so. All Lodges in the District are in good condition, except Granville Lodge,' No. ~4(l, which is very weak, and th~ir meetings are very Irregular. All of which if> frftternally submitted.

Fraternally yours, A. T. VAUGHN, D. G. Y.) Fifteenth District.

SIXTEENTH DISTRICT. BRUNSWICK) ~!O.-'

September 2, 1904.

W11l.. F. Kull/n J Gran,a Master: DEAR SIn AND BROTRER-

1 herewith submit my report as D. G. M. for this, the Sixteenth District: I have visited most of the Lodges in this District, and receIved reports fronl the others. Pence and harmony prevail in all the Lodges, so far as I l\now, bnt there has not been as much interest as I should like to see.

August 20th, I drove twenty-eightm.lles to 'Vestville to install their officers, they having a publi~ installatI0n. On account of the miserable condition of the roads I arrived too )ate fC)l" the installation, but I assisted them in conferring the First and $eeond Degrees. Thejl'do faIrly good worl{, bu t they need a S('llool 0 f Brother J am.es Itobin~n informed me that 'Vestville J.Jodge was over forty years

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they have never had a School of Instruction, either by the Grand Lecturer or District Lectltrer. I understand our District Lecturer has promised to give them a s(~hool in the near future. They have a neat little Hall, but on , account of sheds and oth~i' bnildings the Hall is not as secure as it should be, and the same may be said of Pet; Dee Lodge as to security of the Hall. Prairie Hill is the only other Lodge without proper hall accommodations, eonsequently they cannot carpet it, nor have it fixed up properly, but the 1. O. O. F. have instituted a Lodge there, and I am informed the two bodies are going to ere(~t u. new Hall for tbeir own use exclusively. Hoping that we may have a better report another year, I remain, Fraternally yours, G. W. RUCKER, D. G. M." Si:cteenth Distriot.

SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT. CARRor.r..lTON)

Mo., September 7, 1904.

Wrn. F. Kuhn., Gt'ana Master: DEAR SIR AND BROTHEJR-

1 herewith submit my report as D. G. M. of the Seventeenth District of Missouri: 1 have not been able to make a personal visit to all of the Lodges in my District, but by correspondence, and havIng met members and officers from the several路 Lodges in the District, have been able to keep myself advised as to the condition of the l:rraternlty In this District. If there is any discord or want of harmony among the Craft anywhere, It has not been brought to my attention. In short, the Fraternity in this District is in a prosperous conditlon, most of the Lodges having made progress during the year closing. Fraternally yours, S. J. JONES, D. G. M" Se1)enteen.th District.

IDIGH'.rEENTH DlS'l'IUCT. LIBERTY)

Mo., .A:ugust 29, 1904.

Wnz,. F. Kuhn" Grana Master: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER-

A.s Deputy Grand Master for the I~ighteenth Masonic District of ~rlssouri, I resp,ectful1y report that Masonry in this District is in excellent condition. rhe Lodges are more active t11a.n for a 路number of years past, and the best feeUng prevails.

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I have visited ali the I,Joclges in this District except one, and have as. sisted in conferring Degree~ in s,everal of them, and I have found that they are, as a rule, beco,ming more profieiellt in the work. 1:Dver31 Lodge in this Distriet, except Clay Lodge, No. 207, and TemperauceLodge, No. 4:38. owns the Hall in which it meets, and carries insurance on both the Hall and furnishings. Temperance Lodge, No. 438, is now bUilding a two-story brick and stone building, which it hopes to have completed by December 1st. Fraternally yours, HALPH HUGIIES, D. G. M., Eighteenth Distriot.

NINE'!'EENTH DISTRICT. PARKVILLE..

Mo.) August 20, 1904.

Wm. F. ](uhn, Grana Master: DEAR SIR AND BROTlIER-

I herewith submit my report District·

fiS

Deputy Grand lVIaster for the Nineteenth

I an~ pleased to report that ~[Hsoni(' conditions are good in the Nineteenth Dlstl'ict. anel that the year haA b~en one of some advancement. IIarmony preYaiI~ among the Craft, and the true principles of l\:!asonry are made manifest in all the Lodges which I have been able to visit during the year. I have respond€d promptly to every call made upon me during the y~~ar, from what~;oever. Masonic source it has come, and have assisted in the vadouR rites and ceremonies of the Order whenever called upon, so far as was possible. At all times I have been courteously received by the Lodges and Brethren, tlnd have found great pleasure in various ways. I feel that lVlasonry is pl'ogt'essing in this District, and the work being done hy the individual Lodges, both in the conferring of the Degrees and in the . promnlgating of the principle;:; of the Order, is, in the main, excellent. FraternalIyyours, J. P. TUCKER, D. G. M., Nineteenth District

TWIDN'l'IETH DISTRICT. KANSAS CITY,

Mo.., August 27, ln04.

1lTm. F. ](uhn, Grand Master: DEAR SIR AND BROTHBR-

l\tIasonry in the 'r\Ventieth Bistric:'t for the year about ended bas advaneed mOl'eo from every standpoJ.l1ttban durin.g any o-tber year 11.1 histor3r of the Grano Lodge. all due tbleiE.ttlien:c,e of, and the t•. spil"l,t,'!:()l1 gotten from the present Grand Master.

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All of the Lodges in the District with the exception of two, are in a very prosperous condition. 'rhe youngest Lodge in the District, Ivanhoe, 440. is destined to be not only one of the strongest, but the mOHt useful Lodge in the District. She initiated during the year fift:y~five candidates. She o\yns a very !ine lot,' 55x130, at the corner of 'l'liirty-thil'd and vVo,odland. on \vhich a l\Iasonic Temple for her own use is now being erected, and 'whieh will doubtlN;;S be eompleted during the next six or seven months, at n ,e08t uf not less thall ~20.0()O. Ivanhoe's p.-xa.mple is surelj" a good one. For the first time in ou!:' history we are able to report the abso]uLe ownership ~ unincumbered) of a i\Iasonic burial ground. Enough space to ac~ commodate the Fraternity for the next fifty yeaJ'S has been purchased in Forest Bill Cemetery so that hereafter no l\fason will be buried in Kansas (;ity in an unlllark8d grave. All ()f the lVIasonir: t)odh\s of Kansas City except Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 446, which is bnilding a temple of her own, have united in an effort to erect a l\lfl=,onlc 'l'emple large ~notlgh to aeeommodate all of the York Rite bodies. The plans have been perfe~:te(t and H.' eompany incorporated to earry them out. 'Ve confidently expect to ~;ee them well advanced during the coming ,Yl~ar.

Congratulatin~

:rou upon

v~ry

snccessful administration of the affairs

tlie Grand T.lodge, I have tbe hOnf)l' to remain,

Fra ternally ;yours, V.

lr.

BOOR, D. G. lIf., Twentieth J;>istriot.

'l'WJJJNTY-FIRS1' DISTR1CT. ODI~SSAJ

Mo., August 22, 1904.

F. Ktthn, G'rand Matster: DEAR SIR .AND BnOTHE.a-

I ht~reb:f submit my annual report as D. G. 1\1. for the Twenty-first trict :

Dis~

I have visited all the I..odges in roy DIstrict but 011e this year, and find them, all carrying insurance on tbeirllodcge pl'Ioperty, with suitablA HalJs~ safefr()ln intl'llSion, and officers fairl~r proficient in the work. I have e-nlder~i.v()red to imp res,s the mindful of jTour instructions, 路~lnd a businegs~like the .i.m.portan~~e of condt1()ting theh" On .December 28th, I installed the

Ocle8sa. ;JanlJar~'

16th, .~ visited Aullville candiflate, and

J)egl'e~ (~n onc~

lot of Br'ethren,

a ~J,;1nId

not well

fUl(~l1:iSll(~r垄t"

wI111dlng stair'way for Second tar,. . who records the bl1sineH~ and e&mmunica tIons to t~e Lodge, G. L.Ap.-16

ofMt.Hope Lodge, No.

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I was well received, and a cordial invitation extended me to visit

3gain.

January 16th, I visltcd Lexington Lodge, No. 149, at Lexington. Permission having been gcra.nted the Brethren of this IJodge to move into a new Han, the same \"'\tflS dedieated Januar~t 18th by W. F. !{uhn, Grand:Master, a~sisted by otber Grand Officers. 'rhe Grand Master delivered. an address, and a musical program and ban· quet added to the pleasnre of the three hundred guests present. Lexington now has an elegant Hall nice!y fnrniRhed, an enthusiastic membership. The laws are complied with, and the work of conferring the Degrees is well done. January 30th, I visited Lafayette Lodge, No. 437, at Corder. Their Hall is ni~ely furnisl1(3d with chans, pillars, carpet and a splendid Secretary, who keeps the minutes and bnsiness of the I.Jodge up to date in every particular. The officers are well up in the ritualistic work. I exemplified the work in the First Degree, and my visit was well !."e<'eived, with a kind inVitation to come and instruct theul in the work at some fnture time. Higginsville Lodge, No. 364, I have been· to vis.it twice, but failed e,ach time to get a quorum. Differences have existed in this Lodge for some time alllOI'\.g the Brethren, and as a consequence they are not doing much. Some as good ~fasons us W~ have in l\!Iis&ouri are members of this Lodge, and I am satisfied that brotherly lo,ve will finallJ" prevail, and all differences be forgotten. I thank ~TOU for the honor you have conferred on me, and for the many courtesies extended. Fraternally yours, C I;. FROS'l\ D. G. M.,

Twentll-Fi1~8t

Distr·iot.

TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT. ~,IARSHALL,

Mo., September 3, 1904.

Wm. F. Kuhn" Grand Master: DEA.R SIn AND BnOTRER-

As Deputy Grand Master of the aforesaid District, Elubmit my report;

r have tbehonor to

RavIng been appointed in the middle of the l\Iasonic j·ear, I have not been able to visit the Lodges us I would have liked to have done. However, r have kept in close toueh with ea.ch of them by correspondence and per'sonal talks with the members, and I find that throughout this District that peace and hal.'mony prevail among the Craft. \Vith the exception of one, ear(~h Lodge is provided with a good Hall, . and suitable furnishings. ·Hel"n.d~nt the personnel is good, is a very weak Lodge, its membership is small a,'ad scattered, and it does not holdconunUlliications regularly. I addressed the Secretary, who has been 'irer3~ ("ourteousto with a view of visiting tbeln, but he could give me no assurance a,s. to the IMge would eOBvene, 1 understand that it is prompt in ma.kbag anntlal returns to the GmDd

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In days gone by it has been a very good Lodge, and has done good wad\: for this reason, and it would look bard to revoke its charter, and it was my intention to nleet with them and talk this feature over, and in this way arri"ve at what was the best to be done under the circumstances. I belieye that some sort of admonitionfrorn the Grand Master would probably benefit them. vVith this exception, I can conservatively· say that Masonry is in a prosperous condition in this District. I gave due attention to your commnnications relative to the Lodges voting on the proposed amendments, making their annual returns, etc., and presente-d the matters to each Lodge, and I trust that all have complied with the law. I have given the duties of my office as much attention as it has been possible for me to do, ;yet I confes.g that I have not done so well as lIly predecessor, W. Bro. Lewis Richardson, who was the best D. D. G. lVI. tbat we have ever had in this Distriet.

Fraternally yours, It. E. L. SMITH:,

D .. G. M.~ Twertty-Seconcl District.

TWmNrl'Y~'rHIRD

DISTRICT.

BOONVILLE~ Mo.~

W:m. F.

Kuhn~

September 1, 1904.

G,"and Mal?ter: DEAn SIR AND BROTHER-

As Deputy Grand Master of tbe Twenty-third District, my work during

the current year has been pl€'aRant. 1.fy dlltieshave not been onerous, nor have I been called upon otJieially to settle any ",exing question. In fact, peace and harmony seem to prevail in the district. The Lodges, generally, are in good condition financially and otherwise. 'rhe halls are creditable, and are well furnished. There is a general improve.. m:ent in the· equipment of the various l . . odges. This 1 encouraged on every appropriate o~casion. As far as 1 have been able to secure information, the Lodges carry insnrance on their furnit1.lre-. .A State Lodge of Instruction was held in Boonville O'n August 30th, 31st and September 1st, which bas reSlllte~ in. much benefit to the Craft. I have done. considerable Masonic work during the pa,st year in eon.. ferring Degrees, and in giving instru:¢tion in the. work. I feel that the wQrk . in the district is gradl1ally improving. 'I.'he D'egrees are . conferred more impressively, and a t'onlmendable effort is made to impress thec:an.didate, rath(;:r. than simply l."epeaftl'te . RltuaI. Wbile I have not· underestimated the importance of ha.ving the wotk "letter perfect,'· I have en(leavol"ad to impress upon the minds the Craft that much. depends also on the manner In which the- work is . Fratemfi.llyyours, 'V. It. JOEiNSON, D. G. lIf., T'l.,()6nty-Thwd Distriot,.

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T'WENTY-FI"\UHTH DISTRICT.

CENTRALIt\., }\10.,

September 1, IH)4.

lVm. F. Kuhn, Grand Jef(udel': DEAR SIR AND BROTHER-

I. herewith submit to you my annllal report: On the 17th of Deepmher, 1903, I installed Hinton liodge IT. D. They started ant with good IH'oSI}eets, and did considerable work during the winter and eal路ly spring, but on the 11th of :May, 1904, tbeir lIall burned; they ~av(~<J nothing but the Dispensation ~ the ~irastt~r had that in his po~session 'riley \vere insured for $nOO, and the contraet to rebuild has been let, and the Hall will be eomplet.~ by the 20th of Octobe:r路, 1904. I recomnlend that a Charter be granted them.

I have vlsUecl all- the TJodges in nlY District except 'rwiligl'lt. No. 114. meet in gOt)(J Halls, well furnished, and records well Itept. Have done ('onsiderable \vor~.;: as their' returns will show. The past ye'ar has been a prosper'ous one in m;y District, and the new :year opens work in all the Lodges. Fraternally yours,' ~rhey

\V,r. H. CAIlPFJN'rER, D . .G. M., Twentll-Fou'l"th Distr路ict.

'l"WEN'l'Y-FIH''l,'H DlSTltIC'l'.

MEXICO,

:Mo.., August 24, IH04.

lV:m,. P. IC1.lhn" G1'a1Hl ltfa.8tC1": DEAR SIR AND BROTHER-

1t is \vith pleasure that I am able to report a prospprous year in tbe ']'went;y-lifth District. 1\Iauy of the Lodges have incre~l.sed their membership largely, and ~tll of them, wlth possibly one or t\vo ex(~epttons, are enthusiastic in our great ',"ork. Some of the Hans and ftlrnishings are not as I 'Would like to St~e them, but I think ill n short time \~~ ,\\"'ill be Able to mal\:e an improvement in this direction. I have visited a number of the I.odges in nlY Distrkt to assist in installing officers and conferrIng Degrees, and find them in good wo]'king order. . Fraternally yours,

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TWENTY-SIXTH DISTIUCT. MONTGOMIDRY

n tn. 7

]('llhn)

er.ry, :Mo.,

Septembe~'

2, 1004.

Gran(l Master: DEAR SIR AND BROTI:tElR-

In aceordane~~ \vith the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, I herewith submit iUY report as Deputy Grand :Master of the Twenty-sixth District: I.Jodges were notified relative to 'Voting on amendments to constitution, and same were acted upon, SiO far as I can learn. I.lodge furniture of the different Lodges is in fairly good condition. Only two Lodges in the District carry fire insurance; the other four l)eing unable to get rates, being country Lodges. Lodge work is progl路essing nice.ly in my District. lVlaSionry seems to be constantly advancing, and all are encouI"aged. Fraternally yours, B. '\-V. \V. COOK, D. G. M." 'll w entY-SiaJth Distriot.

TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT. TROY, :Mo. JI

September 8, 1904.

Wm. F. Kuhr1l) Grand ]-fa.ster: DEAR SIn路 A.ND BROTHIDR-

As your Deputy in the '.rvventy-seventh District, I am gratified to repo,rt that :Alasonry in said District has been tn a rea.SIOnably prosperous condl.. HO]1 during the past year,. :'\:[oscow and New PIope Lodges being the most active. AI: of the IJodge rooms are' . Sllitably located, and w~ll adapted for purposes required.' All have (~arpeted . !iO()l"S, but some al-e not as well supplied with TAdge furnitu~e as they ought to be. During the year I have visited a number of Lodges in the District,and kept in touch with all of the.nl.r.rl;le rigb.t spirit prevails througbou;t tbe District. Fraterna,l~.v . yours, J.

'~.:PQ'VEI.JL,

M., Twe'ntll-Seventh JiJi8tlf'fct.

Wm. It'. Kuhn Grand A{aster: Jl

DEAR SIR AND BIl~OT':e:EJJR-""""

I b.erewith subl'nitmy annual t.l"lct: nurlng the year jnst of omcial

for the Twent.y-eighth DiScalled upon to perform was called up()n路 to . gIve

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an interpr~tation of the law cOllcerning eligibility of candidates, both of which I submitted to yOll, and your decisions.were promptly communicated to the IJodge. I a.m SOITY to say that during the year my business engage.. ments have kept me from givillg such attention to the Lodges in my District, u.s I should like to have done, but roy failing in this regard has not been of desire, but rather of necessity. Ihuve visited several of the Lodges under my charge during the year, and have come in contact, more or less, with members of all the LodgeR~ and from what I have seen and heard, I cnn say. that Masollfyis prospering in this District, and that the laws of the Grand IJodge, and the orders of the Grand Master are duly observed and respeeted by the Lodges in genera 1. . 'l'hanking you fol' your prompt. replies to my queries, and as:;king your indulgence for my I:1hortcOlnings, I nnl, Fraternally yours, A. E. HUCKgR. D. G. M., rpwenty-E'[ghth Di8trict.

TWENTY -NIKTB: DISTInCT. SEDALIA}

Mo.., Sept. 1, 1904.

Wm. F. !i'u,hn" G1'and Mu,stc'r: DEAR SIR AND BnOTHER-

I respectfully submit the following report as Deputy for the Twentynin th 1\1asonic District: During the year I have visited most of the Lodges in the District and have found them in faitrly good condition as regards furnishings_ The work is being done in a creditable manner, and taken altogether, I can say that we are flourishing in this Twenty-ninth District. I organized a Lodge under Dispensation at Green Ridge in April with a membership. of sixteen, and during the four months it has been in existence, it has initiated eight. I consider this to be a very flattering showing. Brother Allan McDowell held a State Lodge of- Inst'l'uction at \Varrensburg, beginning on August 24th. Although the notice was very short,still there was a fair attendance and much good was a.ccomplished. Fraternally yours, ID. E. CODDING, D. G. M. J Ttcenty-Ninth District.

TRIRTIETE:

ll'm. F. Kuhn..

(h~an,d

DIS'1~R.ICT.

M08te~路:

DEAR SIn AND BROTHBIt-

Following is an aCCOUll t of my Dec. 31, 1903, and Jan. 1 and Instruction with 1\(路onitea 11 Lodge,

Appendix.. is in bad' shape, as most of its working members have moved some eight or ten miles a way to new railroad points, and seldom attend its meetings. fIx'll and furniture in good condition, recQlrds well kept, brothf!l'ly love prevailing. .Average attendance, three and one-half. Members, forty-nine. Jan. 18, 19 and 20, held Lodge of Instruction with Brumley Lodge, No. 203. Thi:;:; Lodge is in splendid condition. Own Hall, which is well furnished. Records well kept. Average attendance, 17. Members 39. It is always a pleasure to meet with this Lodge as the Brethren give their undivided attention and enthusiastic support during all' sessions of inst1ruction. Ttlere Is only one thing (to my knowledge) that prevents this Lodge from being a.banner Lodge in this District, i. e.~ it is( through its charity} tolera ting a case of drunkenness. Jan. 21, 22 and 23, I held Lodge of Instruction with Iberia Lodge, No. 410. Attendance small. Not much interest. The W. M. was sick during aU but two sessions. This Lodge owns Hall, which is reasonably well carpeted and furnished. Records .reasonably well kept. Neither furniture nor Hall insured. Average attendance, 6. Members, 38. Outstanding dues. $60.00. 'l'his Lodge is also (through mistaken charity) tolerating a case of drunkenness. Jan. 28, 29 and 30, R. W. Bro. Allan 1!cDowell and I held Lodge of Instruction with California Lodge No. 183. Attendance good and interest excellent. Six Lodges were represented at this meeting, the Work 1 of cou·).'se, being in charge of R. W. Brother McDowell. This Lodge owns Hall, and is well and nicely furnis,hed. Hall andfnrniture well insured. Records are exceedingly well kept, f·or W. Brother Bu·rkhardt Is an efficient Secretary. Members, 85. Average attendance, 23 t Outstanding dues, $18.00. Best of feeling prevails among the members of this Lodge. Feb. 4. 5 and 6, I held Lodge of Instruction with I-lickory Hill Lodge, No. 211. This was one of the best meetings of the year. ·Attendance and in.. terest good. Lodge is nicely carpeted and furnished. Have no report from this Lodge, but am safe in saying that harmonY prevails. Feb. 15, 1'6 and 17, held Lodge Oijf InstructIon with rbni.a Lodge, No.aBI '.rhis Lodge rents Hall, and is vv.el1 furniShed, but no insurance.. Members, 70. Average attendance, 12. One or two cases of drunkenness-one mo.. torious. I have tried to correct this evil habit in ., this District, but h,ave faUed, and I think it prop~r that this matter be referred to the incoming Grand Master. (This is not lntend~d as· a refl~ction on our present Most \Vorthy Grand Master. Ionia I.lodge is not well up in Ritualistic Work, but can be wIth proper effort, as it has quite a number of young Masons who seem much interested. Feb. 22, 23 and 24, held Lodge of Tnstruetion with Chamo!sLodge No. 185. This Lodge is now installed iJl. its ine"\VHalland is· o1!cered. by Y'ou.ng lfIas,ons, who are reasonably wen po~ted in the Ritual and are avaiUn.g themsvelves of every opportunity to It is ~e:rtainlY 'a great to meet with Chamois attendance and. Interest at of Instruction unusua.lly which is well. alld nea.tly, plaillly furnished. All 43. Average attelldMarquand is 8.nexRecords axe superbly ee!t):Uc)na.ny fine Secretary. D'nes No. 326, Nov. last (no FIeld Lodge of Instruction and good interest. I am ·fuUy rec'ord ,of date), wbich was well in .the IUtuallstlc W o~k, by satisfied that· this Lod,ge is not

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anotheL路 Lodge in the District. Own Hall, well and nicely furnished. Hall insured; furniture not. l\Iembers, 48. Average attendance, 15. Dues out~ standing, $62,50. Linn Lodg'e, No. 326 is in a prosperous condition. Have held Lodges of Instrnction at various intervals, with Jefferson Lodge, No. 4:3. Attendanee small, but interest good. '\Ve are striving to, merit the reputation of being. one of the brightest I..todges in the State. Rent Hall. wllieh is well furnished. :Members, 97. Average attendance. 2f). Outstanding dues, $120.00. Best of feeling prevails in Jefferson Lodge, No. 43. Have not held Lodge of Instruction with rripton, No. 56, nor Cla,rks~ burg, No. 558, for the reason that I tried to suit the convenience of Tipton Lodge, No. 56. rrime wore on until the heat of summer was upon us, and yet no word from rl'ipton Lodge, No. 56. Being desirous of visiting' every Lodge in the District, I set a time to hold Lodge of Instruction \vith Clarlu1burg, No. 55B, but this Lodge decided it was too hot and fa,rmer members too bU~y. ~rhus the matter was called off. Clarksburg Lodge is in splendid condition as to Ritualistie'rVork. Hall, well furnished and insured. Dues outstanding, about $40.00.

Own

Tipton Lodge is in bad condition. There seems to be a great lael{ of interest, why, I am not able to state. There are a few most estimable gentle~ men and l\:fasons who seem to be striving (in vain) to put some life into this I.lodge, but it looks hopelc~s. Own Hall; bad condition, poorly furnished and no insurance. By request of VV. l\faster of Prai'l'ie Home Lodge, No. 503, and with the consent of R. W. Bro. l\L E. Schmidt, D. G. L., Twenty~thil"d District, I held a two路days I.Jodge of Instruction with Prairie Home Lodge, No 50~~. Attendance small, but very enthusiastic. Aug. 27th. I inspected proposed new riall of Chamois I.Jodge, No. 185, a report of which was duly mailed to you. Dispensation having been granted, I dId, in accordance therewith, on F"'riday, Aug. 27, 1904, dedicate said new Hall to the uses of F路reemasonry. In this I was ably assisted by R. 'V. Bro. Henry Marquand and other members of Chamois Lodge, No. 185. Last, but greate'st of all, I attended a State Lodge of Instruction held at. Marshall, Jan. 25, 26 and 27. Grand l\1:aster presided; R. W. Brother Mc~ Dowell in charge o'E the \Vork. This was a glorious gathering of Masons. r think much good was accompUshed by this meeting. Several talks by our Gl'and:Master are well worthy of special mention I have given a great deal of private instruction, and' have answere<l every call and demand madE' f6r my services during the ye,ar. With many thanks for the honor conferred, ram,

Fra.ternally yours, JOHN 'F. SIIORT, D. G. Y." Thw'tieilt Di8trict.

(The cases of drunkenness mentioned: up(ln trial by their -respective Lodges.)

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1904.J THIRrrY-FIRST

DISTRICT~

,\VASHINGTON" 1\10."

Sept. 8, 1904.

1Vm. F. Kuhn, Gt'anCL .jl;[aster: DEAR SIR AND BnOTHER-

I have the honor to submit my annual report for the :Masonic year ending Sept, 1, 1904: During the year :Masonry has improved in most of the Lodges in my District. The different Lodges are' in a fair condition as to Hall and fU1rnishings, comparing favorably with other Lodges, and haye been prompt in the payment of their dues to the Grand Lodge. It is with pleasure that I report the organization under Charter of Gray's Summit Lodge, No. 173. This Lodge is an bonor to :Masonry, not only in point of numbers, but in the personaiity of its membership, the zeal and ability manifested, in the perfection of its work since instituted is far above the ave-rage.

I regret to report the arrest of the Cha,rter of Franklin Lodge, No. 541, for reasons demonstrated by a personal visit made them/by ~·ourself.

I bave the honor to be: Fraternally yours, JOHN ISBELL, D. G. M." Thirty-First District.'

THIRTY-SECOND DlS'l'lUCT.

DESOTO" IVl0." Aug. 24, 1904.

'Wl'm. Ii'. K u7ut" Grana Master: DEAR SIR AND BROTH.mR...-

I herewith present to you· my annual report as D. G. M. of the· Thirtys,eeond District:

lam pleased to say that the past year has been one of unusual interest throtlghout the District. While I have ··not been able. to visit all tll.,.e in the District, I have responded to all calls from Lodges askinglXl!~ t.o them~ and have kept in touchw'ltll tb;,ose I cou.ld not visit, through correSI)ondence, so tha.t I have been enat:>l~dto. know what is being don.e. The work throughout the Dlstrlct Is 8ieln.g<io,m;eina better mannelr than

ever treflOre. Fraternally yours, C. M." 'lThirty-Seoonil District.

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THIRTY-I].'HIRD DIS1'RICT.

ST. LOUIS., Mo., Sept. 10, 1904. Wm. F. Kuhn., G'i'and Maste')': DEAR SIR AND BROTHER-

Herewith I submit my report for the Thirty-third District as Deputy Grand Master: At the close of J 903, I assisted several Lodges of. the District to install their elected and appointed officâ&#x201A;Źll"s, and a.s late as the 21st of July I installed a Senior vV arden who had not been reinstalled, he claiming that it was unnecessary. I called his attention tc Section 117 of the By-Laws covering this point and proceeded to install "him. The Lodge of Instruction for this D5strict was held at the l\:Iasonlc T,emple in St. Louis on every Saturday evening during the months of January and February, excepting the last session which, on account of the large attendance, was held in the Scottish R.ite Cathedral. The attendance of the Lodge of Inst'ruction was unprecedented, the total attendance for the series was, officers 794, members and visitors 1,498, making a grand total of 2,292, or an 8'lerageattendance for the nine sessions a fraction over 254. The last session this year was held at Scottish Rite Cathedral, which beautiful place was tender-ed me. for the purpose by the kindness of the Board of Directors, and throiugh solicitation of R. W. Bro. W. E.Boke and W. Bro. E. Michel,. and I take this opportunity of thanking Brothers Holte and Michel and all Brethren who assisted me in making this year's Lodge of Instruction a grand success 'l'herA was but one disagre(~able feature to the session of the Lodge of Instruction, that was the fallure of the Seoretary to render his final report as requested a t the close of the session. It is still f01rthcoroing. R. W. Bro. W. E. Hoke had charge of the IUtualistlc Work, as preceding year; and his efforts are highly com.meI1dable. On tTan. 26th, in compliance with a Dispensation issued by your order, I repaired to the new Hall of Clifton Heights Lodge and assisted byR. W. Bro. Wm. A. Hall, R. W. Bro. Howard Watson, R. W. Bro. W. E. Hoke and a large number of Brethren, dedi(~ated their new Lodge FlaU for Masonic purposes, according to ancient usages and customs. In the matter of certain differences referred to me, concerning Benton Lodge, they have been attended to and I believe amicably settled. On June 25th, with the assistance of M:. W. Bro. J. D. Vinci!, M. W. Bro. John R. Parson and a number of other Brethren In the city Lodges, I In~ stUuted l\Iaplewood Lodge, U. D. This Lodge has a new field, which I believe will prove of benefit to MasonrY,and if their work durin,g probation is found satisfactory, I earnestly recommend that a Charter be granted the Brethren. After having inspected and approved thE' new home of Benton Lodge, No. 353, I did, with the assistance of M. l\'. Bro. J. D. Vinci!, M. W. Bro. J. R. Parson and a number of Bretbr'en,oX' July 2.5th, proceed there and dedicated the same with the usualceremGnles. .As Chairman of the .Committee to seeu.re a place of meeting t0l" the Most WorshipfUl Grand Lodge, I, on reeeiviag instructions from YOU eOll tracted with the Board of Trustees Baptist Chnrch this City, for the nse of their Church foI" A.fter mu:ch q

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they agreed to let me have their property, and I entered into a formal contract with them, agreeing to pay $100.00 per day for the use thereof. Since then I am informed that the contemplated meeting of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite Bodies has been called off and that the Cathedral could be had by the Grand Lodge for their Communication. I called on R. 'V. Bro. A. C. Stewart and made arrangements for the Grand Lodge to meet at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, at the same time trying to obtain a release from the Trustees of the Church. I have written to all of the Trustees, but have received answer from only one of them. I do not know whether they will release the Grand Lodge or not. I hope they will. In all events, the Grand Lodge will meet in the above mentioned Cathedra:l. The banquet tendered to M. 'V. Bro. J. D. Vinci!, of which you appointed me Chairman of Arrangement CommIttee, was a delightful success~ completely surprising our most honored guest. I desire in this Ireport to thank my Brethren on this committee for: their earnest support in making this one of the most pleasant affa!rs coming under my care during the year. AU matters ·referred to me by you have received prompt attention. I dare say a great deal of it was at hanel Which, in a measure, is my excuse for not visiting all the Lodges in my District as I should like to have done. Nevertheless, I have been in touch with them all, and can say that :Masonry is in an excellent condition here, and I trust you find it so everywhere in the jurisdiction. Trusting that my work has been to your entire satisfaction and hoping to have the pleastT·re of meeting you at the next session of the Grand Lodge. I remain, Fraternally yours, V. H. I:f'ALIi.ENHAINER, D. G. M., Thirty-Third Distriot.

THIRTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.

ROLLA.,

Wrth F.

K't~ht'1,1

Mo., September 8, 1904.

Grand Master: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER-

I herewlthsnbmIt my report as Deputy Grand Master of the Thirtyfourth DIstrict for the current year. I have had the pleasure of visiting all tbe Lodges in my Dlstl.·lctbutone. Have given instruction to most of the IJ.odges, and some of the members of R.ll of the Lo<lges. Lebanon Lodge, No. 77, at Steelville, was unfortunate in losing their Hall and IJodge propert;r by fire. It wltSinSl1.red for $1,000, which insurance they have not yet received By order of the Grand ;\Iaster I inspe,<.'ted Russell Hall, in which Lebanon IJooge was anthorizerl to meet untn ··furtaerarrsl1lg'ements could be made. Lodge is one of tbestrongesttn tl:l:~District. I held a Lodge of I:n.~ at. Steelv-ille, and assisted .lnthe work of the Master'A Degree. Salem Lodge, No. 225, is in an¢xeeUel:1;t condition, and has during the ~'e:a.f" 8dd~d good material to its rants. This Lodge carries $1,000 of In~ sura-nee on its furnitllf'{).

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Vienna Lodge, No. H4, is in fl growing eondition, and doing considerable work. They own their ITall, and have it thoroughly insured. Arlington Lodge, :No. 346, carries $200 insurance on its I.lodge furniture, ha.s a fair membership, and doing some worlc Prairie Lodge, No. 531, has its property insured. '1'bls is a good substantial LodgE?:, \YhOSf~ memhers are working in harmony. St. ~1ames I..Iodge, No. ~30, is th.e I)nly Lodge in my District which I have not 'fisited, but am infoI~med that they are in good condition. Evening Star Lodge, No. 94, found it necessary to expel one of its membet's for unmnsonic condnct, whiel,l has caused some iII-feeling among the J'!!.embel's. 'rhis Lodge is l'l'ight in its work, and has a good membership. I regret to report that SprIng Creek r.;odge, No. 347, is in a. chaotic conditivn. They ha've had ve,ry few Ineetillgs' and poor attendance. '".rhelr m.embership is very mueh ~('·at.tel"ed, lnost of the·m living quite a distance f~'om the met€ting pla(,~e. 1'110 :Mastel' lives about ten n1iles away, and very often is unable to attend. ' It is 'Vvith much satisfaction that I can report a prosperotlscondltlon of Rolla Lodge, r.;o. 213. A. few y~\ar8 ago they carried a debt of $5,000; top day it has been reduced to $l,!JOO, and in two more years the entire indebtedness will be paid. 'This Lodge is not a-nly in a good financial condition, but enjoys a steady and healthy growth of the best material in Rolla. 1 held Lodges of Instruction as foUows: r:I'hree days at Steelville, for the benefit of Lebanon I.;odge, No. 77; three days at Vienna, which was a splendid meetlng, and mneh good resulted. Held Lodge of Instruction at Dixon three different time-s, with a 1~air attendanee. r also held Lodges of rn~tl'nction at Spring Creel{, r.. ane's Prairie, Salem and Rolla. On August Hth, Rolla el1joy~~c1 the pl"ivil~'geof having the Grand :Master Grand Leeturet· and Grand S\'irord Bearer with us. ~rhe m·eeting was a large nnd a representative one, and very much enjoyed by all. The Ritualistic \Vorl\ in this Distr~ict as a whole is fall'. Some of the Lodges in this District are deljcient, and callnot confer the Degrees properly. I have insisted that the Lodges in my District thoroughly learn the work, as I believe· the condition of the r..lodge largely depends upon the kind of work it does. Alto gether the outlook for the Loclges In my District is very favorable. Sincerely thanking you for the honor conferred, I am, p

Fraternally yours, 1£. J. KOGI-I, D. G. M.,1 Thirtll-1i'ourth DiBtr'£ct.

THIRTY-FIFTH DISTRICT. HARRISONVILLE, Mo..., August 27, lUi04.

Wm. F. Kuhn., Grand Ma8ter: DEAR. SIR AND BROTltER-

In obedience to t.he Constitntion, I herewith submit my report for the Thirty-fifth Dlstt"ict for the past year:

Have ,·!sited all I.Jodges in the I)ilstrtet except tb.ree~ which I \/lsit in the near future. Report Indeta,ilfoUows:

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Index. No. 54,. Hall in fair condition, some work being done. but p,~ace and IHuillony prevail throughout.

Instruction

need(~d.

Cass Lodge,' Ko. 1·47, sp!tlndid Hall and furnishings, up to date electrical applianees, splendid work being done.. and a great deal of true :Masonic intere::-;t manifested. Gr1und River Lodge, No. 276, ~ood Hall and furnishings, some work being done, and good intereRt shown. In good wo-rking condition. The best rural Lodge in the District. 'V.ade'~burg Lodge, No. 348, many improvements made in app0'urance of Hall. refurnished, but in illueh need of instructions.

Nonpareil r/odge, No. 372, good Hall and furnishings, doing lots of work. and doing it .well. Dayt,)n Lodge: No. 386, much needed improvements have been made d.uring the year HS to FlaIl and furnishings, small membership, and very much in D,:!pd of instructions. Belton IJodge, No. 450, ~ood Hall and fUJ'nishings, some work being done. and al'e in go,Qd working order. ':ehe ,v. M., however, has not manifested n:l'l'.Y nlueh interest in the Lodge. presumably owing to the death of his wife, whieh is, of ·~ourse, excusable.

Haymore lJOdge, No. 451, fair Hall and

furnitu~e,

but very mnch in

need of instruetions.

•Te\vell Lodge. No. 4S0, good Hall and good work, but not a great deal beillg done.

Coldwater Lodge, No. ·:is;>, fa ir Hall and furnishings, in fair working tondition, to whieh murh (~r~dit is due Bl"Oother Glass, the 'V. lV£., who is a past Distric.tDeputy, and a great dp.al of work ~iDg done. On the whole, I think the District is in fair eondition, ,and mnch inferest as a rule is bein;; manifested. Peflct:~ and harmony prevail in evt"ry Lodge, and many improvements are noted. Olle Lodgeo.f Instruction was \;Vhich ~very L,odge wa~ urged to· rphls was at 11a.rrisOll\Tille, August nate in securing the services R. had charge of the of good aceompHshed. 'I'he l'l()nH; ea~s, ~o. 14.7, 34; NOlnp~rl~il.,

11; \Vadesburg. No. 348, none :R.QytI1o).'e~ No. 451, 1 ; Jewell, 49. rrhanldn.g

~ou· for

the honor

CO;I!l.:t:E~l"rect,

Distriet during the year, to by the of.flcers e.specially. and tiC which we ~rere M:(~DowelI, Grand W9;S well was as follows: 2; Grand 1; Belton, CClldwslter, No.

am,

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THIRTY路SIXTH DISTRICT.

BUTLER,

Mo., August 29, 1904.

lVm. F. Kuhn, G'rand Maste'l': DEAR SIR AND BnOTHER-

I herewith submit m~T report as D. G. M. of the Thirty-sixth District: ! installed the officers of Bl1tI~r Lodge, No. 254, on December 1~, 1903. Have visited Crescent Hill Lodge, No. 368, and was present at Tyrian Lodge at their l\fay meeting, 'in company with Bro. Talbot and others and myself helped confer the Third Degree on three candidates. At th~ request of Hume Lodge, went there to examine their Ball, the result of which I.reported to you at the time, with the exception of a questIon of jurisdiction between Crescent Hill Lodge and Cold "Vater Lodge, at Drexel, No. 485, In the Thirty-fifth District, peRce and harmony prevails. This invasion seems to )lave happened several years ago, of which I wrote you some time sin,ce. ~'hanking you for the honor con.ferred, and wishing fOl" peace and prosperity of the Craft, I remain,

Fraternally yours, vV'. W. ROSS, D. G. M." Thirtll-Sia;th District.

THIRTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.

OSCEOIJ.A.,

Mo., August 22, 1904.

W'm. F. K1.th'l'lr.. G'l-an(Z Master: DEA.R SIR AND BROTHER-

In mnking my report to you, I desire to say the duties, of the otlice路 have not been onerous, and it has been a pleasure to me to answer. fram time to time, the (~all of Lodges for assistance in the conferring of Degrees. It was not so that I could "isit all the Lodges in my District, but I have heard froDl and tal1~ed with the offIcers of most of them, and I am very well plea.sed with the ouUoal\:. Brother O. K. Barnes, D. D_ G. L., and I have acted in harmony throughout the year, an'd he has visited nearly all the Lodges_ He is very efficient in the Ritual, and his devotion and sacrifices made for the Craft have made my duties lIghter than otherwise they would have been, and on a~count of his visit last January the work of the Lodges have been much improved. t)n receiving your letter dated November 18, 1903, I followed your Stl!g路 gestions, and I believe the general intrest in th teachings ot MasoDl'Y have been materially advanced. I immediately addressed a letter to each Secre tary to ascertain if they carried insurance, and twelve of the thirteen IJodges responded, showing nine carrying insurance, three that dId not, b\lt promised they would attend to it, On April 18th, I addressed a letter to each Lodge, calling attention to proposed amendments, and directing them to (~arry out the provIsions M

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the law, vote and properly certify the result. I am pleased to inform you a majority bave voted. On August 2d, I addressed a letter to each Lodge calling attention to the meeting of the Grund Lodge taking place at an earlier date, the necessity of immediately sending in the annual report and dues, and the penalty to be visited on delinqnents. I am confident that each Lodge will realize the im~ portance, anel will have. the report in on time. Owing to my inability to visit all the Lodges in the District, I am unable to give you detailed information ('oncerning the condition of Halls, and how they are kept. From my knowledge, it gives me pleasure to state to you that with but few exceptions, they are nicely kept, and reflect a credit to !\{'asonry, while those of our. number that have not ,awakened to a full reaUzatl,)n of the importance c)f having a nice, neat and clean hall. one wber,e the Brethren will be glad to attend the meetings in, I am in hope~ they will, as their attention has been called to this all-important matter. The benÂŁ:flts to them will be many, for they will then know how l\rlasons appreciate things of beauty. J.Jowry City Lodge. No. 403, feel very mllch complimented by your visit to them on the night of July 26th, and your conferring the Degl"e~s. It will result in a great benefit to them, as well as to those of neighboring Lodges who were present. 'rhus are we about to bring to a close the work of another year. I need not say. that T regret that I have not done more, for we all feel tbat way, but it pleases me that the interest in Masonry throughout the District has been good; the membe.rship has increased. The Supreme Architect has dealt kindly with us, and we have reason to thank Him for the manifold blessings and comforts we enjoy. 1 desire to assure you of my high appreciation for the honor conferred on me l)y the% appointlllent, and to thank you for the many kindnesses you have shown me from tUne to time.

Fraternally yours, . GEO. H. DANIEL, D. G. M., Thirty-Seventh District.

THIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.

LEBANON',

Mo., August 29, 1904.

Wtn. F. Kuhn, Grand Mastm': DEAR SIB AND Bl\OTHEltr~spectfuUY

present my official report for the palSt year:

Owing to businessengngements, I have been unable to give the positIon with which yon have honored me, the personal attention desired. I have visited all the IJodges in my District excepting Waynesville, No. 875; Mack's Creek, No. 433, and RicJ9,lantl, No. 385. These Lodges I have "i:stted heretofore, and wlthmy Um!jteâ&#x201A;Źl time, have visited those I had .eglected.

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.hme 2Gth, I \'isited lJinn Creek IJ·odge, No. 152. I found them in good condition, records well, kept, safe Hall, but needing some necessary furniture. Vel'.Y few of tIle members were present. Those I did meet were well up in' the work. I nssisted in conferring the Degrees. August 27th, I visited Comp(~,tition' Lodge, No. 482. V\'"liile this I.. odge ha.s llot been what it should be, I found n1uch inlprovement, thnse members presf·nt were of tllEt good and true kind. 'l~he:y seem determined to become proficient, and to suffer no reproach from ca.reless members. \Vhel'ev(~r I have been I have assisted in the 'Vork or lectured in the several Degrees, J have, found the members willing to learll if they had the OppOl·tUl1ity. 1 regret that I have been unable to give them more of my time. . 'l'lwnkiug you for your confidence, I am)

Fraternally yours, H. 1\ 'VRIGHT. D. G. 211.., Thirty-Eighth Distr'iot.

THIRTY<~nN'l'H

DlS'l'lUCT. Bor~IVAR.,

1\:10." September 5, 1904.

lVm, P. [(ull1'l, (jroncZ lJJa.stct':

DEAR SIn AND Bno'.rIIER-

respectfu lIy submit my annual report as follows: 1 h(t\re attelld(~d nIl urgent ('aIls made upon me by IJodges and their

In two instances where my presence was requested at given dates, I was nnable to (·omply. I hRYC been prevented fron'l '~isiting all the I..ro{lges .of the District by the pressure of! my l)usil1cSS affairs. 'rIle fact that all bnt two of our Lodges nre l'eUlote from railroads, and ean be reached only b.v long dri,,08 over roads IW1inly rough, thus cansing quite an expenditure of time, frequently prevents a visit whieb might otherwise be made. officers.

r.rhe iiuties pel'formed conRist of the usual routine of the District IJeplElty -eol1fel'ring Degr~es, installing officers, and counselling and advising witb Lodges and their OmCt~l's. ~lllle pa8t fet\" y(~ars show de('id~d improvement in Lodge rooms and ftccessol'ies. ~enl'ly, if not qnit~~, all of our I"odges are comfortabI~r ~lnd. pleasantly hon~;(~d, with' furnitnr(·~ and ptlraplle-rnalla well adapted ~n(l sufficient for their

ne~ds.

'!\ot having visited (\very 'Lodge, as pr(~'l'iou~ly stated, I l1esitat~ that ali of them com'~ np to the sta,nd~u'cl, but I am sure th2:lt the exe:eptlOc1[l,s

nre few and

~light.

The geIlernI eondItion of tlle(;raft

g()Otl, tl.ud harmony

preva.U~.

Fraternally yours, '\VIlJI:"A,RD DITNNF1GAN, D. G.

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FOR1.'IETH DISTRICT.

GUEJENFIELD..

l\I:o... September 1, 1904.

Wm. F. Kuhn,.. Grand Master: DEAR SIR AND BROl'HER-

". As your Deputy for the F(}rtieth District, I beg to submit the following report:

'V'hUe Ii has not been my pleasure to visit all the Lodges in my District during the Masonic year now about closIng, I have derived only the g'reatest satisfaction from such visas as I have been able to make. I have been called upon officially to visit one L路odge in thf' Distriet, to dedicate a Hall for Lockwood Lodge, No. 521. I have, however. visited the majority of Lodges i;o tuy District in the capacity either of Lecturer or friendly Visitor, and have tal<:en advantage of these visits to as'certain the condition of the Hall as to its security, tbe property, equipment and rec:ords. I :find the condition generally good, and improYing in a very satisfactory manner. Harmony prevails, and Lodge prosperity is apparent and gratifying. Fraternally yours, ',VII.IIJ R. BO'~VLES, D. G. M., Fortieth Di8trict.

FORTY-FIRST

DISTRICT.

NEVADA..

Mo., Aug. 27, 1904.

W"n. .fl'. Kuhn., G1'ana Master: DEAR SIR AND BROTHEJR-

Following is my report as D. G. M. for the past year: Oct. 30th, I dedicated the Hall, consecre.ted. installed the officers of, and set to work, Signal I..Iodge. No. 304, at ~IiDden, Mo. This Lodge is in a good Hall, which is well furnished and they have haa a prosperous year. Dec. 1:1 tho ata stated meeting of Osage Lodge, No.路 303, I installed. Rev. John H. Miller as Grand Chaplain, according to your instructions. April 19th, I inspected a Hall at Bronaugh, whicb Vernon Lodge., Nil). contemplated lelasing. Defects were pointed out in the report to the Lod.ge. April 25th, I presided in Sheldon Lodge, .No. 371, at the trial路 of Bro. B. F. Haines, as requested by you, partieuJars of which were reported at the time. A.s suggested by you at different times, 1 have had considerable corresponde.:ee during the year with various Loa.ges relative to voting on proposedaIX)..end.ents, having their property Ins\l!1lied, etc. With one or twoexeeptlons, .biare it was impossible to secure 路insuranee on, Where the interesto,f the i~~ge.s did not justify paying thee~e'essiYe pl:emiuID, I be Heve the .Lodges bieve (':(J)mplled with all requests made. G. L.Ap. -17

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I have tried to impress upon the Lodges the importance of comfortable and attractive Lodge rooms, and some "improvement has been made. As a whole, the Lodges are harmonious and pl'osperous. There are, of course, exceptions to both conditions, and I presuJne there always- will be. I congratUlate you upon the su~cess of your administration and thank you for the many favors shown me. Fraternally yours, RALPH L. 'VARDIN, D. G. M., Fo'rty-First District.

FORTY-SECOND DI S'l'RI CT•

•10PLIN, 1\:[0••

Aug. 29, 1904.

Wm. F. Il.uhn, Orand 1Jfa8ter: DEA.R SIR AND BRO'l'HER-

As Deputy Grand :Master for the Forty-second l\Iasonic District, mit the follo\"dng report for the past year: :

snb·

I have been very fOlttunate in being abl~ to visit all the Lodges in my District during thp year, and find them ma.king good progress, witb one exception, that of .Jasper IJodge, No. 398, which is doing nothing: but I have reasonable assurance that they will be themselves again. I hav(:~ carefully inqllirE:l,d into the matter of inSUraIle(~ and find every Lodge in the District protected in this mannel". 'J:heir HaIls are secure and in excellent eondition, nnd their furnishings are very good. Dispensation having been granted to move .Jasper Lodge, No. 898, into another .Hall, which had been approved by me, I dedicated same Dec. 3, 1903. Dec. 14th, I visited \Vebb City Lodge, No. 512, and assisted in confel'l'iIl:g the :rvl. J\I. Degree. Dec. 18th. I installed the Officers of Carterville Lodge, No. 401, jointly with Ca:rterville Chnpter O. m. S. Dec. 28th, by request of the Lodge, I installecl the o1ficers of ''''ebb City Lodge, No. 512. Jan. 14th and 15th. I attended the evening sessions oia State Lodge of Instruetion held at Carthage by R. 'V. Brother IVrcDoweIl~ rrhis School was fairly well attended b~' the otJicers of the different Lodges, and much good was derived therefrom. I held Sehools of Instruction In Joplin. Jan. 2Hth. Cartervillt~, Feb. 4th. and "'''ebb City. !1'eb. 11th, all of which were well attended. lileb. 15th, I visited ",Vebb City I.-Iodgt:, No. 512, and assisted iDE. A. Degree "Vork li-'eb. 25th, I dedicated the new Hall No. 471, at Oronogo, and de·\toted some time l\:farch 18th, visited and ~f. Lodge~ No. 512.

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Held Schools of Instruction in Oronogo :l\1arch 21st, Joplin anu Carl Junttion, l\:1arch 30th.

~larch 28th,

April 6th, I' visited Carterville Lodg\;~, No. 401, and assisted in con· felTing the IV!. 1\1. Degree on three candidates. April 14th,

visited Ca,rthage Lodge, No. 197, and conferred the M. 1\'1.

Degree. April 19th, I visited Jasper Lodge, No. 398 and explained the proposed amendments to the Constitution and the manner of balloting on same. .A.pril 27th, I visited Carl Junction amendrnents were balloted upon.

I~odge,

No. 549, when proposed

. .. \pril 29th. I visitC?d Joplin Lodge, No. 335, and Fellowshil' Lodge, No. 345, who met in joint session. The !v!. ~I. Degree was conferre'd on five candidates l with a very large attendance of the Brethren. May 2d, at a meeting of :Mineral Lodge, No. 471, I conferred the M. IVI.

Degree. May 25th, I participated in the cerem·ony of laying the cornerstone of the M. E. Church South, at whkh the Grand :Master presided, assisted by ~L ,V. Bro. C. II. Briggs. of IVrarshall. Considering the inclemency of thl~ weathe·l", the ceremony \vas well attended. On the evening of the same day, at a special meeting of Fellowship Lodge, No. 345, I assisted in conferring the 1\:1. 1\:L Degree, with the Grand Ma$ter presiding. This meeting was very .largely attended, with every Lodge in the District represented.

'May 26th, I visited Mineral Lodge, No. 471, and explained proposed amendments to the Constitution, after which ballot was taken. on same. 1\lay :31st. a number of Joplin Brethren and myself visited Neosho Lodge. . No. 247. of the 54th District, and assisted in confe'rring the 1\1. M. Degree on

two eandidates. These visits have done much to create a spirit of goodfellowship between the Brethren of these two Districts. June 8th, the "Craftsmen's Club of Jasper Countyn was organized at l\fasonic lInIl. in Joplin, wIth a good attendance of a majority of the Lodges in the District present. This organization, whose object is the study of the Ritunlistic 'Vork, under the rlireetion O!l R. W. Bro. Alfred Reynolds, D. D. G. J.I., is meeting with great success, having held meetings at Joplin. 'Vebb Cit:r,. Carterville~ Carthage and Oronogo, since its organization, with an average attendance of twenty. On Aug. 2d, I wrote all Lodges in the District, urging the necessity of their Grand I~odge Reports and ~u~nual dues in the hands of the Grand Sp.<:retary promptly.

haYil1~

Aug. 5th, I visited Carterville Lodge, .No. 401, by request. them in the proper manner of. proceeding ngainst delinquents.

Insbructed

Aug. 22d, I started to visit Sarcoxie Lodge, No. 293, but owing to a rail· road wreek, I was delayed too late to do lStO. I am informed by the W. M. that they are doing plenty of work and their new :Hall will be ready for oceupancy in about two weeks. On most of my visits I have beenaccoropanied and ably assisted by R. W. Bro. Alfred Reynolds, D. D. G. L., and our Schools· of Instruction have been under his direction. \Ve have given much private instruction to the officers

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and Brethren ot the vadous Lodges and they are making quite an improvement in the manner of conferring Deg'rees and conducting the business of the Lodges. 'Vith the one exception, cited above, nluch interest is manifested, and peace and harm.ony prevail. Thanking you for the honor conferred upon me, I am, li'raternally yours, FHANK G. ADE, D. G. M., Forty-Second Distriot.

FORTY-THIRD DISTRICT. SPRINGFIELD.,

W?'n. Ii'.

K1lhn~

Mo." August 25, 1904.

Grand Master: DTJ+.A.R SIn. AND BnOTIlER-

I herewith submit my report as Deputy Grand 11aster of the Fortjr-thil'd

District, for the current year: I am pleased to be able to report that the I..odges in this District are in a thriving and prosperous condition, with possibly one or two exceptions. It has been impossible for me to visit all the Lodges in this District this year, but I have Impt in touch with them by correspondence and by personal interviews with officers and members. I have visited several of the Lodges, have installed offieers and assisted in conferring Degrees. Several I.;odges have improved their Halls and purchased new paraphernalia, and most of them have been doing considerable worlt. 'l'he usual District School of Instruction was held at Springfield during January and February. 'l'he attendance was fair, but not what we desired or expected. Bro. Bert S. Lee, oUlr efficient District' Lecturer, was in charge of the ork. A State Lodge of Instrlletion was held here last spring, at which the Grand Mastel' presided, and the Grand Leelurer c,onducted the "rork. The atendance was good and much interest manifested. All three of the Springfield Lodges have been doing good work and have made decided progress during the year. The:r have in\proved their llalls and secured some much

needed paraphernalia. A number of :Masonic Brethren residing at and near Republic, Mo., in this District, are desirous of having a Lodge instituted at that place. At their request, I visited them~ accompanied hy Bro. Lee, our District Lecturer,

and after careful investigation, have decided to recommend, the granting of a Dispensation by the Grand Lod.ge for instituting a Lodge at that place. They are making the necessary preparations, and will petition the Grand Lodge soon after its annual meeting. r am pleased to note the excelIent quality of: the candidates who are petitiouing for the mysteries of Mas().nry. In some of oll,rLodges many of them are not only men of high but of high standing and influence in the communities where they Thanking you for some timely suggestions and assistance, I am, Frat.ernaUy yours, D.

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261

DISTRICT.

MOUNTAIN GROVE.,

Mo., Sept. 1, 1904.

lVm,. P. Ku,hn.., Grand Ma8ter: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER-

herewith submit my report as Deputy Grand Master of the Forty~ fourth District, having been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of R. W. Brother C. A. Swenson on the 24th of March, last. So late in the Masonic year, my report will !Lecessarily be short. I have visited some of the Lodges in the District and conferred Degrees, and all that I have been able to visit are getting along nicely in the work and have their records in good shape. I have written 'all the Lodges in my District and told them I was ,.ready and willing to assist them when called on, but have not yet been called to s,ettle any difficulties or points of law, so I presume they are all getting along nicely so far as peace and harmony are concerned. I think the Lodges in this District need more instruction in the Ritual. I was invited to pnblicly install the officers of Barnes Lodge, Ne. 116, on July 27, 1904, but was in St. I.Jouis on that date, and I commissioned \Vorshipful Bro. James Archer, of Mt. Grove Lodge, No. 138, who is always ,ready and willing to lend a helping hand in the interest of Masonry, to install the officers, and I so notified Barnes Lodge of the appointment. Brother Archer was pres.ent on the day set for installation and installed the officers with credit to himself and honor to the Order. He also, at my request, examined. the Hall and furniture, and I am pleased to lreport that Barnes Lodge has within the last six months expended over $200.00 in furniture and :fixtures and in beautifying their Hall. All the Lodges in my District, so far as I have been able to learn, are in a flourishing condition, and as I have stated before, what they need is more instruction in the Ritual to do their work well. I regret very much that I have not been able to vIsit all the Lodges personally. Thanking you very kindly for the confidence reposed in me, I am, I

Fraternally yours, C. M.. MITCHELL, D. G. M ..1 FQfJ"ty-Fo1J/rth District.

FORTY路 FIFTH DISTRICT.

V.!.N BUREN, Mo.., Aug. 25, 1904. WfJ'l,.

F.Kuhn~

Grand Master: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER-

Following Is a brief report of my stew~rd.ship as D. G. M. of the Fortytifth District, which is respectfully ~ubmitted: On Dec. 20 and 21, I held a SchoO!l o;tIDstruction with Winona Lodge, at which three Lodges were represented,. and thirty-two members were in 8;ttendance. A very satisfactory meetin.g resulted. In this Lodge there see~s to be some. Improvement over last year's work.

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On Jan. 9th, I visited Barnesville Lodge, No. 455, which was the oldest Lodge in the l?orty-fifth District. ]'01' some time the affairs of this Lodge have been managed in a rather unsatisfa~tory manner, and irregularities have crept in to disturb its peace and usefulness. In view of the fact that the appeal liquor case before the (}rand Lodge was referred bacI\: to this Lodge had received no action. Again the harmony and fraternal relations between the individua.l members of the Lodge were impaired by at least two cau~es in which. because of personal diffel'ences that the Lodge had been unable to adjust,' one Mason was not even on speaking terms with another. and a.gain, the proficiency in the Ritual 'vas not what could be desired, 'With no very favorable prospects fOIl' improvement in sight. I decided that about the' only course to pursue, however unpleasant it might be, was to suspend action of the Lodge, at least temporarily. 0ll: Jan. 16 and 17, I held a School of ,Instruction with Delphian Lodge, which was well attended. Van Buren Lodge has had its usual Thursday night School of Instruction during the wlnter months. To visit Hopewell Lodge necessitated a drive of forty miles, and I have not been able to reach it du,ring the year. (This is the only Lodge not visited.) I understand that its condition is in some respects improved, though yet not very satisfactory. As a whole this has been a fairly good year for progressive work in the Forty-fifth District. Fraternally yours, T. W. COT1'ON, D~ G.

11.;, Forty-Fifth Distriot.

FOUTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.

FREDERICKTOWN;,

Win. Ji.

K'Uhn~

Mo.;, Aug. 31, 1904.

Gran,(j Ma8ter: DEAR SIn AND BROTJ:{ER-

I hereby submit my report for the Forty-sixth District:

I find the Halls well furnished and equipped for conferring Degrees. Brother McDowell and I have held one School ot Instruction at Farmington, which was well attended by neighboring Lodges. I find the different Lodges proficient in the Ritualistic Work, some of them doing the Work in an excellent manner, eomparing favorably with some of the larger Lodges in the cIty. Masonry is thriving in this Dlstrict~ both numerically and in the high mOl"ale of its membership. We are making Masons of some of the best men in the '"I.lead Belt District."

Fraternally 10rars, C. W. BRO,i\'N, D. (}. Jl.. ~

J!~'rt;tI路SiJlJt'h

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EOltTY-SElVENTH DISTRICT.

lVrn. F.

KUhrl,;~

Grand Master:

CAPEl ~IRARDEAUJ ~10.,

Sept. 2, 1904.

DEAR SI.R .r!.ND BROTRlDR-

herewith submit my annual report as Deputy Grand Master of the Forty-seven th District: October 30th, I visited Trowel Lodge,~o. 440, and assisted in conferring one First and two Third Degrees. F'ebruary 25th, I visited Excelsior Lodge, No. 441., and assisted in conferring the Third Degree. March 10, 11 and 12, I held School of Instruction at Jackson, Mo., and the following Lodges were represented: St. Marks, No. 93; West View, No. 103; Wilson, ,No. 191;. Mystic Tie, No. 221; Douglass, No. 361, Illinois; Whitewater, No. 417, and Excelsior, No. 441; and I think an interest and a desire on the part of those attending to become proficient in the work was shown. l\1arch 26th, I visited' Mystic r.rie Lodge, No. 221, and exempllfted the 'rhird D€gree. March 29 and 30, I held School of Instruction at Bell City, and the following Lodges were represented: Lakeville, No. 489 ; Four Mile, No. 212; Mishayon, No. 3P9; Ind. St. John, No. 20; and Rock Port, No. 112; and on the last evening conferred the Third Degr~e. April 11th, I organized a Lodge under Dispensation at Essex, Missouri. They have an enthusiastic Lodge, and I oolieve the interest of Masonry will be benefited by the organization of said JJodge. It affords me great pleasure to report that the Craft is in good condition in the Forty-seventh District. So far as I have been informed, there is but little friction, and as a rule, peace and harmony prevail among the Brethren. Mo.re and better work has been done by che Lodges than usual, both hl the material worked on as wel! as in the style. of workm.anship. Enclosed please find tabular statement from reports of Secretaries of the several Lodges of the District, which will show the condition existing on the First day of August, lH04: I

TABULAR STATEMENT FROM SECRETAltIES. Co'

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Wbite Water Tro.wel "

417 S2

440 59

Zalm:a . 545 39 St. Ma.rks 93 117 Wes,t View...... 103 44

Wil£s,on ...... ...•.• 191 22

Mys.tte- Tie Exeelsior BLQ.omfield

221 34 4-11 50 15$ 47

Dexteer

fi32 49

Liilte;viUe

489 36

EiSSex.••••••••..••• U. D. 18

12 15

15 22 10

8 14 10

12 10 10

12 .$ nO.OO $ 150.00

6 14 32

5 3 5 27

10 1

38.00 1,600.00 R6.00 95.00 150.00 15,150.00 $350.00 12.00 800.00 8.50 500.00 8.00 1.000.00 82.75 1,500.00 1;'0.00 . "26';';0 1.201.).~.OO

.'' ii:so'

4.00 .••.••••.

450.00

$ 40.00 No 199.00 Yes 95.00 Yes . Yes Yes 3~~:~g Yes 823.62 Yes 34.15 Yes 494.95 Yes 75.00 Yes 176.00 Yes 77.23 Yes

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2 ~

2 17

.. ·~t 7

10 7 4

toCD rd.<1> tIJ

C'iJ

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3 5 3

3 5 2

1 5

1 1 5

16 13 3 2

Thanking you for the honor cottfel'l"ed' llpon me, I remain,

F:r,-aternally .yours, F. A..I{.A.GiliJ, D. G. M., FortV-Seventh District.

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FORTY-:h1IGHTH DISTRICT.

CHARLlJ1STON"

Mo." August 11, 1904.

lVm. F. Kuhn.. Grand Master: DEAR SIR AND BnOTHER-

I bave the honor to submit this, my report for the term ending July 31, 1904: During the year there has been a steady increase in the memb~rship of the Lodges in this District and, so far as I have been able to learn, no dissension among the Craft. I have visited nearly all the Lodges, some of them several times, and from time to time, been present at conferring degrees and take pleasure in saying that the work is gene1rally well done. The furniture and paraphernalia of all the Lodges in the DistrIct will compare favorably in quality with that of· most Lodges that I have visited in other Districts. On the 26th of December, ln03, I assisted in the public installation ot officers of. Morley Lodge, No. 184, at which time Brother Marshall Arnold of Ashlar Lodge delivered an able address, which was listened to with much interest by a large audience. The occasion resulted, I trust, in much good to the Order in that locality. In obedience to your commission and commands, on the 6th of June, 1904, I instituted ~East Prairie Lodge, U. D., and set the Brethren at work :at that place, with Brothers C. D. Mitchell, Worshipful Master; J. W. Nelson, Senior Warden, and R. A. Doyle, Junior Warden; and I doubt not that under the able management of these zealous Brethren· a good Lodge will be built up in that community. On the 15th of June, 1904, I attended the Lodge of Instruction at Charleston, where we were honored with your presence. You can best judge the work done there. All the Lodges in the District were represented except one; and the members of the several Lodges l"eturned home from said meeting encouraged and inspired with new zeal and enthusiasm, and as a result I look for marked improvement In the work and conduct of the Lodges in the future. In conclusion, peace and barmony reign throughout the District. Permit me to thank you for the honor conferred. Fraternally: yours, JAB. A. BOONE, D. G. Y.,

FORTY~NINTH

Fort1l~JJJighth District.

DISTRICT. CARDWELL,

Mo., s.ept. 3, 19,04•.

Wm. F. K1thn.ll Grand Master: DElARSIR AND BROT:e:ER-

I herewith submit my annualreporta~ D. G. M. of District, whieh has been delayed by my .absence, Instruction, followed by the dedieation ot the Masonic

the 1st.

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It affords me great pleasure to report that peace and harmony has prevailed throughout the year in my District. I have by request of the Lodges held seven Lodges of Instruction. The Brethren seeming to prefer separate appointments,rather than a general meeting. I have found the Lodges in a healthy condition financially, increasing in numbers, and the Brethren, with a few individual exceptions, earnest in their efforts to improve in the unwritten Work, and consequently am able to report an advance in that direction, but there is still need of study in the Work, as perhaps is the ease in most Districts. I have made a number of t'rips to confer Degrees, conferring thirteen First and two Third Degrees ,on one' tr.ip, for PortageVille Lodge; that Lodge having previously elected nineteen for Degrees in one night, which, so far as I know, breaks the record of Lodge work in thi$ Une.

May 16th, 1 examined a Hall and the proposed officers at Hayti, 'and recommended the establishment of anew Lodge there. On the first inst., I dedicated the new Hall of Four Mile Lodge, No. 212. at Campbell, and conferred the Third Degree on a very bright young man. The dedication was followed by a banquet, given by the O. E. S. ladies, which was a splendid illustration of the spirit of sisterhood. All honor to the wives, mothers, sisters, widows and daughters of Masons, who respond so nobly to principles of the Order. Fraternally yours, JOHN ·R. POOL, D. G. M., F01·ty-Ninth Distriot.

FIFTIETH DISTRICT. LEEPER,

Wm.

Mo., S.ept. 5,1904.

li.'. Kuhn" Grana Master: DEAR SIlt AND B:ROTHER-

I have the honor to rep<>rt .that dudng the present Masonic ye'ar the Fiftieth DistrIct has quietly pursued. its co'U.rse with no discord Ol" con-

tentions to mar the peace and harmony of the Craft. A good amount of work bas., been done '•. and I am pleased to notice that most of the Lodg,es are IPanlfesti.l).g' a dlspiosit.ion tQguard well the entrance &B.d raise the standard of Maso:qry. toa b;1gher plane.

Most of the Lodges are in exceUentHalls and in fact all SJre in good safe ones.. Most all withe~eellent . fu:.rn.ltureand paraphernaU.8., and well insured a.gainst fire. Having previously examined· tiieYiJHallfor)a new Lodge at Naylor, Ripley Connty, Dispensation was receive(lQ,.tm.d Naylor Lodge, U. D., was duly set 1IG'w0rk lllne 11th, 1904:, tbereCiO~Ql$>()f wnichwlli be forwarded to the Grand lLOOge.

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[Sept.

I have not visited all the Lodges in this Disbrict, but have responded to every call roade upon me by them, and the rest I have heard" from and received good reports. Sincerely thanking you for the honor conferred, I am, Fra ternally yours,

J. H_ WILI(INS, D. "G. M.) Fiftieth Distric't.

FIFTY-}"IRST

DISTRICT. WEST PLAINS,

Wm. F. Iiuhn,

a,oa/na

Mo.) Sept. 1, 1904.

Master:

DEAR SIR AND BROTHER-

I have the honor to report as D. G. M. for this District. There has not ('ome to my knowledge during the year any breach of Masonic Law or Order; a healthy growth has been made and an improvement noticed in Lodge rooms and paraphernalia. Alton, No. 255, of' Alton, l\{o., wIll move into its new Hall this week, the proper Dispensation being now in my hands. Fraternally .yours, A. T. HOLLENBECI{, D. G. M.,

Fitty~Fir8t

Distriot.

FIFTY-SECOND DISTRICT.

OZARK,

Mo., Sept. 3, 1904.

Wm,. F. Kuhn, Grand Ma8ter: DEAR SIR AND BROTHHlR-

As Deputy Grand Mast~r of the Fifty-second Masonic District, I have visited only two Lodges in my District dudng the past year, to-wIt: Sparta Lodge, No. 296, on January 28, 29路 and 80, and BillIngs Lodge, No. 879, on March 8, 4, and 5, to hold Schools of Instruction, which were well attended and hIghly appreciated by the Craft. I have not been called npon to consider any ,difficulty throughout the District, and all reports that I have received from the several Lodges lead me to believe that peace and hal-mony prevail among the Craft. 'I'herefore, there is only one and that Is, that the Brethr'en 0.0 not attend the Lodge as much a,s I wIsh, considering the large number of Masons throughout the Dist.rict. t

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I will further add that aU the Lodges in my District, with the possible exception of two, Claflin and Kirbyville, have carpets on the floor, and are reasonably prepared to' confer the three Degrees of M:asonry and exemplify the same. 'l'hanking you for past favors, I remain, FraternaIl~路

yours,

G. J. VAUGHAN, D. G. M.,

FIFTY'THIRD

Fiftll~Seconif,

District.

DISTRICT. MILLER"

Mo." Sept. 9, 1904.

Wm. F. ![1lhn., Grand Master: DEAR SIR A.ND BnoTHER"":'-

I herewith submit my annual report as Deputy Grand Master for the

Fifty-third District. stating briefly my official acts, the condition of the Craft, in obedience to the laws of the Grand Lodge and your orders. It has been seemingly impossible for me to visit all the Lodges In my District. Otlt of the sbcteen I ha ve vIsited ten, and with one exception, have .found them securely quartered, with Halls well furnished, and a greater number cal'lrying ample insurance. Held Lodge of Instruction at Decatur Lodge, No. 400; Pierce City, Avilla Lodge, No. 278; Bowers Mill, Red Oak Lodge, No. 468; Stinson Lodge, No. 523; Galena Lodge, No. 515; Rock Prairie and Lawrenceburg. At some of these 'meetings the attendanc'e was small, but good interest at all of them. At these Lodges of Instruction. and my visitations I have met with members of every IJodge in my District ana from Information obtained, I am led to belIev~ that harmony prevails among the Craft. save Avilla Lodge; No. 278. This Lodge see'ms to be ontbe "Il"agged edge," with confusion among its members; Hall in' bad condition,. a lack of interest on account of con.tention of town site brought a;bo111t by the constructIon of a new. railroad making it possible for' another town near by. I have given this Lodgeespeclal. attention and thought it pQsstble fo'路 them to survIve, but I fear they have served their term of usefulness as. a L~dge and wUl in the near future meet with their just rew&Jrd路....-lose th:eir Charter. Your orders have been for the good of Masonry, and it has been my pleasure to see that t~ey have been duly obeyed when in my power to do so. May 20th, I dedicated a new Hall for Madonvllle Lodge, No.' 390. June 25th, dedicated a Hall and set. to work. under Dispensation Miller Lodge., at MiHer. ' With the above statement I have r'ounded out my official acts fot. the pres,ent year. and sincerely thanking. you for the h~~or.conferred,.andhope that I have been of some service toy-ott in promoting the goo'd of Masonry, I beg to remain, Fratern.a.1Iy yours, JOHN

ADAMSON, D. G. M., Fift1l~Thir(l DiBtr~t.

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[Sept.

FIFTY路FOURrr'H DISTRICT. NEOSHO" 1\10."

W1n. F. Kuhn" Gt'and

Sept. 3 t 1904.

Master:

D.IDAR SIR AND BROTHER-

I beg to submit the following report as D. G. M. of the Fifty-fourth District: In conformity with the instruction of the Grand Master: First t I notified all the Lodges in my District to have their Lodge furniture fully insured t which notice was generally complied with. Second, I notified aU the Lodges in my District to take action on the proposed amendments to the Constitution and report the result of th~ vote to the Grand SeCtretary. Early in the year I received a communication from the Brethren residing in the vicinity of '.riff City, McDonald County, stating that they wished to start a Lodge at that place. I informed them of the steps necessary to be taken by them~ Afterward, receiving notice from them that the consent of all the Lodges whose tel'ritory would bE' affected by them, had been received, in company with Past D. 路D. G. M. Bro. J. M. RitcheYt and D. D. G. J.J., W. A. Phipps, went to Tiff City and ,examined the Hall. The D. D. G. L. examined the officers of the proposed Lodge as to their proficiency in the Work of the Ritual and ability to confer Degrees I recommended that a Dispensation issue. On the 2d day of June, in company with D. D. G. L., W. A. Phipps, I went to Tiff City and set the B'rethren to work U. D. The Brethren there are very enthusiastic and will build up a good Lodge. After Lodge closed we were treated to a most excellent supper prepared by the good wives路 of the Brethren. About August l1rst t as per the request of the Grand Master, I notified the Secreta.ry of each Lodge in my District to send In his annual returns and dues to the Grand Secretary by the 1st of September. Having been called to California on account of sickness, I was unable to comply with the request of the Grand Master to have the Lodges each send congratulatory telegrams to M. W. Bro. J,ohn D. Vlncil t on his anniversary. In the name of the Lodges in. my District, I sent hIm a personal dispatch. The year has been, in my District, one of harmony. No trouble or路 discord has arisen at any point to interrupt the advance of true lVIasonry. Fraternally yours,

J. M. Z. WITHROW, D. G.

M.~

Fifty-Fourth DiBtrict.

FIFTY-FIFTH DISTRICT. l\IOBEltLY,

Mo.) Aug. 26, 1904.

Wm. P. KuhnJ Grand Master: DEAR SIR AND BUOTHER-

I respectfully submit my report as l')eputy Grand 'Master of the Fifty-

fifth District for the past year. I am pleias~d. to report tkat all the Lo,dges are doing well and are in a prosperous condition, peac'eand harmony

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ing. have visited all the Lodges during the past year with the exception of one. and some of them on several different occasions, and have learned from the officers of the Lodge not visited that they alte doing nicely, having work at most of their regular meetings. I can truly say that aU the Lodg~s in th'is District are active Lodges, growing in membership, and showing a decided improvement in the Wor!{. I wish to report the com:ditlon of the Halls as being fairly good, well furnished, and with the neeessary paraphN'nalia to confer the several Degrees. Some of the Lodges have repaired and furnished thei r Halls this year. I ha,ve found the Lodge rooms very well protected and secure. On April 12th, having received Dispensation, I set to work Jacksonville Lodge, U. D., at Jacksonville, Randolph County, Mo. R. W. Bro.. A. S. Houston. Bro!:;. 1\1:. J. Lilly, F. E. Burton and a number of Brethren from en ill' :Macon and l\'1oberly Lodges were present and assisted. The Lodge started under very bright prospects, having built t.hemselves a new brick Han. and fu'rnished it in first-class style with all the necessary paraphernalia to enable them to do the W{)lrk. They have had a number of additions. I have met with them several times, instructing them in the Work, and assisting in conferring the Third Degree on two candidates. They have informed me that they have had Work every regulSJr meeting and have had several calls and communications for Work. This Lodge has bright prospects and I think that no mistake has been made in granting them a Dispensation. I have responded to every call that has been made and the Lodges have in all cases paid my expenses. 'l'hanking you for the honor conferred on me, I remain, Fraternally yours,

째,

H. A. HA'rl1'IELD, D.

M., Fifty-Fifth District.

GRAND SECRE'l'ARY'S TAEULAI-t STATEMENT.

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COMPILED FROM RETURNS, SEPTKMBER 27TH, 1904.

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89 Dew.itt: 40fMt.Monah 41 Bismarck 42tMiddie Grove 43IJeffersoll «.IFair Play 4DIBOnhOmme.: 46.1wentz.ville 47 F.• a yett.e 48jFulton 49 H .1.t 50 Xenia 51 I.ivingston 52.•. ,"'eston a k.an.d..•. a 53 54 1.TIdex, ~ 05 Arrow Rock 66 Tipton

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167 Revere : Clark Ed}!. Ga.!land A. C. Loomis Friday on orbef. f. &2wks. aft. 168 COlony jcolony Knox M. F. \Vnght H. B. Beckner Saturday on or before full moon. L69 Camden Point Camden Point.. Platte L. L. Carson \V. K. Bywaters Saturday on or before full moon. 170 Benevolence jUtica Livingston \fro. Stone F. Drake Saturday on or before full moon. 171. Hartford artfo.rd IPutnam H. O. Lowe · B. Barnhouse..···.· lsatu.rda)f on or before full moon. 172ICenser : Maco~ I!Macon :.. Chas. A. Bennett JaN. G. HO.we: 1st and 3d .M.ondays. 178lGray summlt.......•. jGray Summn SummltFl·anklIn E. ~. ~undhau~ell E. G. Tho;uhlll..•.......... ·11st.an~ 3d Thursda)'s. 174;8turgeon ,sturgeon Boone E. N. Gentry \"1. A. Se~mour FrIday on or before full moon. 1751Ncwt-ou ...•............. INcwtouia. N.ewton J. A. Estes .. I.T: B. My.res sa. turday oll_or after full mOOll. 176 1Point Pleasant. ,Poillt Pleasant New Madrid ,samuel Pikey J. K. Robbins Saturday on or before full mOOIl. 17.•71. Te.. x, as· IHouston......•......... T.e.x.as O. E. Covert I.R. C,. M.cBride ~ saturd.a~' on or ane.r full moon. 178/}r!swold Price's J.3ranch Montgome~y ..: 1'. C. La~ghlin IJ. R. W. Cook ...•...........:. Saturday on or before fullluoon. 179jPride of the 'Vest St. LoUlS•......•..... Louis CIty E. H. MIChel R. Eggenberg 1st and 3d \¥ednesdays. lBO/Des Moines IAthens Clark ,George Wilson 'L. Seiferheld Saturday on or before full moon. 181 1,.N.ove.•.• l ty I.-.N.ov .. e..l .ty Kll.• OX G•. w. Kinsel H. MCCall. ~ Saturday on or before full In 0011. ,~ilQt x:nob IIt!chviUe .lDouglas J. H. Bridges E. B. White· ISaturday on ~r before full moon. Ca.11(ornta.•...........• ,Cal~fornia Moniteau Jos. L. Smoot ,C. A. Burkhardt 12d and 4th FrIdays. Morley JMorley ..scott ,.. Wm.. H. Bugg D. W. Gupton Frida)' on or before full moou. l~tylll,Qis iGhamois Osage A. E. Shobe Henry MarquS\.nd~ IFriday on or af~er full 11100n. :..Morall.·t1 """""""'1. Renick...•.•........... Randol h •..••••.. J. R. Hardin C. J. Powell ~ Frio on or bef. f. lI1.. & 2 wks. after. I•.IJlan~lbal. . R.-.e.•. . r.-m . '_,.. o.•. L..~beral .•.............. Bart .•on E. R. Welker John H.• Tod~ jlst and 3d ThurRd~)·s. I.HanNibal. Marron F. M. Maqe ., A. G.McDanlel. : 2d and 4th Mondays. ,Zeredatha St. Joseph Buchanan Wm. M. Campbell George- Rees 2d and 4th Tuesdays. l~IPutllam INewtown ,Sullivan G. H. Jones A. J. Wells ISaturday on or hefore full n100n. l~ll. ' Vnion ~ ,Pocahontas ICapeGirardeau E. R. Harris D. C. Thompson jSaturday on or before full moon. 1..9•. .2. • ,_Fra;•nk . .• .•.•. •.• to._rd..••.•••.••.••.. IFrankf1.~l'd: liPike (J. L. Pryor ; C,. Stee.le Sat. on 0yr bef. f. m. & 2 wks. after. 198,Ang(Jlona IMissoun City Clay L. G. HopkIns " A. R. Apcor.u Saturd.8) on or before full mOOD. l~jWel18ville \Vellsville Montgomery •...... S. S. Cox Wm ~fIller Saturday before full moon. ~ t.;BOl.ivar ,BOli.·va.r...•.....•...... ,p.olk ······ · ·.. ·fW. 8. White w. S. _A.skrpn....••.•....•.••.. esday on or b~fore full moon. 96 jQUitman ,QUitman NodawaJ Wm. Kraft 11. B. Young 1st 3d Saturda)'s. 197!Cartha.ge Carthage ........•... Jasper W. B. Post F. Viernow 2d and 4th Thursdays. 1981.Allensville Allendale Worth J. H. McElvain ......•....... IG. W. Dickerson lSaturday 011 or b. f. m. &2 wks. aft. l~, .•• .•.• 9..•..9••. .• . . I•Ihnora. ..Ji . .• ew ,.Hope.............•lElsberr,y C.1o E.. p~Well. A. H.e"mJlhill __ jSRtUTdRYbcforcfull, Watson ........•...... Lincol.n Atchison G. F. WIlson J. E. Hall 1st and 3d Saturdays.moon. 201lRavenwood IRavenwood INOdaWRY W. A. Frampton W. P. Sims 2d and 4th SaturdRj"s. ~lWestv1l1e ~Westville Chariton N. J . Underwood !Jas G. OldhaID _ lad Saturday. 208h~rUll1ley \Brurnley Miller W. R. Carnps S. Spearman !Saturday on or before fullilloon. 204I Rowley ,Dearborn Platte R. T. Rogers Geo. W. Kirby ::.. Saturday before full moon.

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2511Hope \Vashlngton lFranklin 252!Alanthus IAlanthus Grove .. Gentr 3 I 25 . r: .• . ..Ia.re.dO !Laredo 254 JiButler Butler j13ates 255. IAltOl~ IAlton !Oregon 256!8heklnah Festus ,Jefferson 257 Lodge of Light Eagleville !Harrison 26.8!Ravanna Ravanna. IMercer 259lLOdge of Love ILancaster !Schuyler 260.Mechanicsville IHowell St. Charles 261 Florence ·.. ··..········INew F10rence··..·IMontg omery 26 .••. 2>.. • H.o.l.de,n jHOl.~en ~ !Johnson 268 ISUmmit ,Lee S SUllllll1t ,JaCkson 264JKlrbyville Kirbyville Taney........... 265 j Corinthian /warrensburg Johnson •267;Aurora 2 .• .66'180...•c..i .• a•.. l.. MRrtinsburg IAudram !St. Louis St. Louis City :OSjI.lOdge of Truth IAtlanta Macon 269 J Rock Pro.irie /Lawrenceburg Lawrence 270.>jN .• . ew Salem jWinfield ILinCOln 2718QIQInon iSpringfield Greene 2'i21Granite !Sedalia Pettis 278\St. Clair IOsceola St. Clair Spring ,..•.. iLeeton;. " •l16.,iPr.anQUill1.tY 10rearV111e ,sahne 2761Grand Rtver !Freeman !Cass 277!\Vm. D. AHlir IPilot Grove ICooper 278. i. EsB.e.x IIEss.ex I., Stoddard 2..7..91.:H.O 0((1.e.. •.' 8 Creek W . ~eatland ~ IH.ickory 280 I IJOdgc of Peace jChillhowee 1Johnson (Utf IF.entnn IFenton jSt. Louis ,Oosmos jSt. Louis jSt. Louis City :8tockton IStockton !Cedar ;(Janopy ; ..IAurora ILawrence !:FArl ~ ICofl'ey$burg IDaviess •..•..•....r.'.Uri Ch llTriCh 'Henry 2871Craft iCanton ;LewiS 28tfHerndtage IHennitage.~ :Hickory

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George; H. Plke 1 S. H. Coffey ! D. E. p,e\v 1 Rudolph T&lbott T. E. young C. S. Gohn Saturday on ?r aftei.· full moon. D. B. Frost............ R. G. Townsend 1st and 3d Fridays. C. O. :Miller James L. Downing Friday on or before full moon. ,D. M. Foster OMs. Saylors 1 Wednesday before full moon. ,L. Burkl~nd"""""'''''IIrvin OIBriant 2d and 4th Fridays. Rufus E Gamble ·····, Henry Johnson Saturday on or before full moon. A. H. Kallmeyer jHoward Ellis I! Saturday bef. f. m.&2 wks. after. l~. B. Harm911 Z. Brothers................. Thursda..y o.n ~r before full moon. .lK. W. MartIn A. F. Maxwell 1st and 3d FrIdays. G. W. Van Zandt B. Rose...... Saturday on or before full moon. Theo. Hyatt E. T. Pennington j1st and 3d Mondays. Thos. P. Noel 18. T.. McGrew "'J Saturday on or after full moon. John Knapp iJohn L. Bowmau 1st and 3d Fridltys. M. C. John A. M. Attebery Monday on or before full moon. J. W. West H. W. Cameron Saturday on or before full moon. B. Duey D. T. Iiillam Saturday on or after full mOOll. Arch A. Johnson M. C. Smith 2d Monday. T. W. Baat.. S. M:. Horlges 3d Friday. ' O. K. Barnes " : 1Geo. H ..Daniel Friday on or befdre full moon. 1S. H. Elliott :J R Grmstead " \ Thursday on or before fn11 moon. C. venabl.e IB. J. orear ,. Wednesday on or before full moon. Jas. E. Parsons Sam. A. McSpadden...... Saturday on or before full moon. H. T. Barnes \V. S. Barnf.Js !2d and 4th Fridays. IPhllip Oollin J.. K. Bro'\vn !2dand 4th Tuesdays. I·JC. A. William.son ,E. Dent Friday on or before fnll moon. C. J.Jittle !.H. L. Reed Saturday on or before full moon. r.W. W. Hull ,Jame~ A. Vandover : Saturday on or after fulllnoon. ,W. H. Peck IEden Rppd ! 2d and 4th Mondays. /E. \V. Montgomery IE. G~ Hoff ! Thur. on or bef. f. m. & 2 wks. aft. IT. W. Kelton 1J. M. ~I-lret 12d and 4th Tuesdays. !JOhl. A Bnrtch !J. E Gotschall. .,! Sat. lJl·f. f.~. &2 wks. after. /·James Presho IW. B. Morlan I Saturday ou,or after full moon. F. R. Woelfle IChas. L. Chappell ! 1st and 3d ~fondars. D. E. Hitson W. U. :l\Iorton ) Saturday on or before full moon.

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J. H. Robertsol1 J.F. Wells James E. Long F. A. Lee Fra.ukTaYlor C. O. Fuller S. R. Johnson J. W. Farmer R. Ai, Jones J. W. Jones Delbert S~aDtOl1 F. S. MarlIn Samuel Haywerth 8; P. I\)'bee V\m B. Bailey H. C. Cllancellor H A. Wrig.hrt H. T. Blackledge John 8. Wood H. \V. St;lunders M. O. HIll O. E. Kendall F. C. Long Wm. F. Mitchell Geo. M. Smith J. . Y. Stone F. M. Bru·ter FrankE. Robinson H. H. Srhnmacber Geo. W. Wotts O. W. Gordon E. O. Harvey 1. R. ~. emper M. GrImes Thofl. H. Blunde]L..~ R.R. Peck J. I. Hamilton Obas. F. \Veeks W. A. Bridges A ..• E. Chi.I.d. S H. L. Say]eEl A. R. Childress Wm. Silverstein Geo. \V. Butler Preston Randolpb W. O. Hart

iF. D .Mowry IIst and 3d Saturdays. !T. M. Wells ~ ISaturday on or before full nl0011. :~rilton G. Biggerstaff :Saturday on or before full moon. jJ. P. \Veddell /Friday on or before full moon. I.G. e.o. W. Wood lTues,o.ll orbef. f.m. &2 wks. after. IA. Crannell l·~d alJd 4th Tues.da)'s. j\Valdo P. JOhl1Son jSaturday on or before full moon. 1\\'. G. Hotland Friday on or before full moon. IJ. M Gardner ' Saturday on or before full moon. IA. J.onps ISRturdRY on or before full moon. !,\hos. A. l\filburn ~st and 3? Tuesdays•. fN. F. Wollard ll:;ftturdft)' on or bpfOle full moon. IThos. McMillen 11st and 3d Saturdays. A. Mart.in Satur?ay 011 or before full moon. chas. H. Brown 2d FrIday. IJOhn Brown j2d and 4th l\-fondays. W. L. Hamri(:k....... . Sat. on or bef. f. m. & 2 wks. after. Chas M:. WylIe 1st Saturday. . ,George E. ~ei!'r Sat. on or bef. f. m. & 2 wks. after. ,. Thos. D. WllhamH lIst and 3d Saturdays. A. T.Moffitt Saturday on or before full moon. J. A. Hess IThursday on or before full moon. J. N. Shouse "'IIst Saturday. J. L. McCormack Saturday nearest full moon. Price B. Robinson Saturday on or before full moon. John TiP. ton ' Saturday before 3d S.ullday. IJ. P. Long Sat. on or ber. f. m. & 2 wks. aft. Thos. J. ThornhilL /lst and 3d 1tfondays. J. M. Lam~r 2d and 4~h Saturdays. ·1 D. Buckles · ·ISaturda:.v on or before fun moon. F. A. Kirkpatrick Saturday on or before full mOOTI. L. T. Harvey....... . IIst and 3d Saturdays. I.C' A. Brown llst and 3d W. E'dnesda-rs. IJ. M. Carter ,Saturday before full moon. !Jal'l. A. SmHb.Jr IIst and 3d 1tfondays. 11st and 3d Mondays. 8 . W. Strode IF. L.1tfadden 12d and 4th Tuesdays. IGeo. W. Tainter Saturday on or before full moon. IG. B. Thomas IFriday before full moon. 1 . J. D. ltfCDaDi.el ,lst and.3d ThurS.days. iW. S. Wood {lst and 3d Saturdays. :N. T. Strickland 12d and 4th Saturdays. IEdward C. Browne 12d and 4th MOD?ays. Iwm. D. poweu !2d and 4th Satutduys. C. E. Cornue 2d and 4th Fridays. 18. J. Dewey i2d and 4th Saturdays,

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337!Blue Springs 338IMYrt.).. e S39lFidclity S401\Vestp.. ort WI'Rockville 342iCircle 343!Agrieola

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jPlatte ;Kansas Clty IJacksoll jRockville Bates jRoscoe jSt. Clair 1Petersburg ,. Henry S44l:MOberlY , !Moberly Randolph 345IFellowship !Joplin Jasper A.•••..rl m g.. t..Oll !DiXO.n ' : I.P.ulaski' 8478pring Creek I Edgar Sprlngs ,Phelps 348tWadesburg IICrefghton ,cass 349IFQlloek Pollock jSullivan S501Tyrbtn !Johnstown IBates 85.•.1 1.•r.o•..•.•sa. . . l•. C ".!.:B.elleview jlrOn &lJ21Frlend IOzark Christian OOB!Henton !St. Louis.H St. Louis City 8Mlae;~r()ll ,:Mexico Audrain 86.•.• . •.6.!.r Ai .•. •. de~.lP.•. hl., iEdgl.'rtO.lI IPlatt.e &F)(j,.AnCientI~a.ndmarkIHarrlsbUrg Boone ~7IAllX Vasse Aux Vasse ·Callaway 65B~N(Jt1;h..Weat fTarkio Atchison 859lGarrett !Arcola Dade 860'I''IiJ.scan jSt. Louis St. Louis City 86 ..1,Rld.dick IButralo Dallas 86ZlfIiram Kahoka IClark

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Wright Mil .•'. Ie..r St. Clair Andrew

Wjllia.m L ..• an.Nickle k. to.1'o Roht. N. Burns G. F. Wilson

lxShelby no.x St. LoUis

Joseph P...kCurry R. J. Olar A. J. Knott J. K. Jones H. T. Bowlin N. H. patter~on J. Henry Sisson A. T. Boothe H O. Henson 8. P. Hou:-.ton P. O. Snyder A. C. Kerns O. W. Edwards R. H. Beall. James A. Boone C. C. Arnold T. J. Hi~giDbotham

H.~.F.

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Bollinger Benton

·IJOhn McDonald \V. Swearingen O. G. \Valte G. \V. Hannum John R. Garbee J. G. Gresham N. J. Shepherd Ohas. Cable M. Horine ::;. P. Martin W. S. Lea S. J. Grossh~rt W. L. Sherrdl J. F. Harris J. T. Richardson John A. M(~Cul1ah A. J. Collings G. H. Church

'V.

Dallas Clinton J8.Sp. er Pike Lawrence Jasper Saline St. Clair Andrew Dade Dunklin Mississippi Henry Lincoln

Barri~on

James B. FArmer IH. A•. O~born Andrew Naylor W. ,V. Craig

\\Tm. r.Rl.1~)ge.r w. II.G.Jane-s

D. E. Greig L. J. G.rimRley Jno. Tnl11inger

I'.D. T. G. Barn.es T. King

J. N. rton IW. B.N.O. Thiehoff A. P. Watkins :

G. E. Kinder E. H. Moxley

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ISaturda on or. full b.efore full moon. 18aturday Rfter moon. 12d and 4th Saturdays. !Saturday on or before full moon. 4th Saturday.

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4.19 IStar

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,1,Taberville 420IItaska !St. Louis 421!Urbana IUrbana : 422 Gate of the TemplelSpringfield 423 1IGalt :Galt 424!Samaritan iBonne Terre 425jGreell Hidge 1Green Ridge 426IRothville iRothville 4271 Glenwood IGlenwood 4281 Pittsville jPittsville 4291 New ltladrid jNew Madrid 43.OI,\Vinona IWinona 431ICement /Halfway 43'21.C.'.0.,mlP.etl..·.tion icompe.tition 433!1fa.ck's Creek JMack's Creek 4M.!"Vlleeling ..!Whee1?-ng.u 43t5!Rockbrldge 1Rock}jTic1~e 47>.6. 1.(lO.t.:.b.iC : IAlex.andna 487; Lafayette IGorder 438:Temperance ISmithville 489i.Mt.. olive !Crown 44{)j'l'rowel. i:Marble Hill

MASTER.

ISt. clair....•.......... IA. J.• Crabb 1St. Louis City [Joseph J. Hauer

SECRETARY.

j.A. 0. Davidson IA. F. Weeke IDallas ,.1(-1. :M:. Hoppers IE. T. Lindsay iGreene IGeor~e Arnold IChas. ~. young..... IGrundy IEdwlll R., Balle · ·IWm. 1homas jSt. Francois lw. J. Hobbs. IS. S. Brokenshire 1Pettis iL. L. Braunon !Jl1S .M:. Wood ICbariton l~. A. Richeson /Frtlnk C. Pryde ISchuyler ·IGibson R. HOlllbs jMiles l\'L Mann IJohnson !J. S. Fortney iJ. 11. MIller INew Madrid ~IJ. S. Daltol1 :Joel Cook iS.hannon E. B. Riehlnan · T. Loyd !Polk W. W. Higginbothalll J. S. Eagon ILRClede _ l~amuel French jJames M.. Robertson ICamden J. F. Osborn jN.V. Monlder ILivingston R. A. Tharp IS. W. Haynes lOzark IC. F. Wiatt IB. V. Morris !Clark !James A •. Jenkins IJ. D. Rebo ILafayette ~athan Corder IS. M. Reynolds IClay \0. A. Adanls !IO. A. Davis 1~7ebster iH.W. Coombs W. R. Brooks Bollinger IR. \\1. VallAmburg !D. B. Hill 44}!FJxc<!lBior !Jaek~on ICane Girardeau"' W. D. Robertson iH. L. H?ffmeister ljJoSePh :Maltby 442!Burllngton IBurl1ngton Junc"INodaway IA. F. StItt 44SiAnchor !St. Louis !'St. Louis City Edw. \10{. Hughes IR. H. Caffall 444 1.A.d.a .•......••..•..•.•...... IOm.Ck Ray jJOhll. A. Settle !N. B. p igg 4451"Test Gate jSt. Louis : St. ~ouis City IA1fre~ Ed:v~:ds jAndrew Raw~on 446 lvanhoe ,Knnsas Clty ;Jackson IJ. Q. 'Vatklll~ G. S. 1\fcLanahan 447iJaeoby IDarlington IGentry !LeVi King IJ. B. Stiger 4.4SI~cbel1 City !Schell City IVenlon J. G. B. }1arqnis \B. Robison :U9jBois D'Arc !Bois D'Arc :Greene lWilliam Aforton \J. O. Redfearn 'iOOIBelton IBeltou jCass IJ. B. ~fcCarthy iD. C. IdoL 46.1.!,E.1.".1.YlJno.re ~· IRaymore Ie.~ ·.·.. I,Lee Glandon 10. P. Zimmerman 462.i Verona \Verona ILa'~rence jB. A. Stephens IG. H. Ruggles 4D8;Forsyth iFors}rth !Tane}? iJ. A. \Veathennan 1A. H. Parrish 4i4'C~lltinel1tal·.···_··.··18t~wartsvnle IDeKalb IJ. 1\1:. Baker !T. F. Baker 4651B'Ulton ··IHlnton jBoone "'IA. W. Barnes iT. T. S. Kemper i56'Wallaee .IBullceton ICooper JOB. C. Stephens 'Edward Oramer j

IJ.

TIME OF MEETING.

jSaturday .on or before full moon. 1st and 3d 1:fondays. 4th Saturday. 3d Thursday.. 2d and 4th FrIdays. Saturday on or before fulllllOOll. Friday on or bef f.ln. &2 wks. aft. 2d and 4th \'Vednesdays. Saturday on or after full moon. Friday on or before fUUIllOO l. 2d and 4th 1{ondays. Thursday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. saturfla.y on or after. full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. 2d and 4th Saturdays. Saturday on or after full moon. .'lsaturday on or before full m. 0011. Saturday on or before full moon. I,lst and 3d Saturdays. Friday before full moon. IFridayon or bef. f. m. &, 2 wks. aft. 12d and 4th Thursdays. 11st and 3d Saturdays. i ,2d and 4th Wednesdays. lst and 3d Saturda)Ts. l;st and 3d Tuesdays. I-d and 4th Thursdays. Ilst an<l3d Mondays. ISaturday on or before full moon. !Saturday before full nloon. jTuesday on or before fulllnoou. !lst Saturday on or bet'. fun InOOIl. llst and 3d Tuesct,lys. Satnrday on or after full Uloon. 12~ and i1th ~aturdays. /Tlme not glven. Jlst and 3d Fridays.

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4:> Robert Burns 4 7 Strafford 498 Pee Dee 499 Fa.f11 .•... esvllle · 500Jameson 501 Buckner · 502 Philadelphia

rJoneaburg "'IMontgomery jDadC.v.Ule Dad .• e iSeymour Iwebster ISt. Louis !St. L9uis City Caruthersville PeIDlScot Santa Fe .....•...... IMonroe Thay~r I,loregon Aullville Lafayette IParnell Nodaway Southwest City McDonald Pleasant Hope Polk R.ed Oak Lawrence Plato Texas /Maryville Nodaway o:ono.&'o J~per jPiCkering .:NO..da-way Olney ILincoln lGuilfOrd NOdal.".ay Golden City Barton lodessa Lafayette Rogersville ,Webster ~IS. e.nec.a IN.e.wton IRI.·.Ch Hill. IB.a.te.s IPle~allt HUl jCass tM.ar.o .• tllI•.n espnngsIOed~ ,' ,.L.lll.n IElqorado Fal1:fax ,AtC.bISon IK'il'k"WOOd St. Louis Drexel ICass ICairo IR9J?-dOlph 'IHernd.o.n ISal.iJ;Le Lock Spnng 1DaVlcss /·Bell City Stoddard MOIltevallo Iver.non Vandalia Audrain ~fc.Kittrick Montgomery IBronaugh Vernon ,I.Le.\Vl.·.stow.n ,L8WiS ,Richard.s Vernon IGaitteSVllle lozark Stra1ford Greene IMl18Sel Fork lcharltOn j ,IPayneSville Pikt: Jameson DaVless IBuckner /Ja.ckson Philadelphia Marion

I-L rEmil F. Nebel. "'1 4th Saturday. ~ .A ..• G. M.orris :·· I,.\V. H wa.tsoIl iTh.urSd. o.yon. o J. M. Wammack T. S..Bruton IThursday on or or before before full full moo.n. moon. ~ Wm. H. EVR1?-S !F~ed G. Fuessel. ·..· 12d and 4th \Vednesdays. L....J Chas. B. Fans !Hlna C. Schult 1st and 2d Tuesdays. IWm.MCBiShOP i.J. H. Wilson Saturday on or before full moon .. W. McLelland M. Rock Saturday on or before full moon. IW. E. McLain J. n. Barns 1st and 3d Saturdays. IA. J. Roof ·.··.. F. Addy 1st and 3d Saturdays. ILee Howe W. D. Polson Saturday on or before full moon. IJ. O. Ferguson J. A. Ellis i Thursday onor before full moon. Walter Oolley ,H. \V. currey jsat. on or bef. f. m. and 2 wks. aft. J. M. Gladden Ie w. Minick Saturday before full moon. David MUllU iChas. M. McNeal. 2d and 4th Saturdays. J. W. BarSOll C. Routzong IThurS. on or bef. f. m. &2 wks. a.ft. J. F. Halloa ,Ed. 'V. Green Saturday on or before full moon. Horatio Humphre)'s ,J. S. Donaldson "lst Saturday. • George A. craig H. Wilson 2d and 4t]1 sa.turdays. John Philli s J. W. ~fardick 2d and 4th Tuesdays. \v. s. powell B. Elliott Friday on or before full moon. B. F. Dennis W. TUIlnell ,Thursday on or before full moon. ,Yo ~L Oampbell M. l\f. .Adams ISaturday. on or before full moon. ~ jw. W. Ferguson B. Kirk 2d an? 4th MOUd.ays. ~ Ed. A. Gowdr Claude Headen 12d FrIday. ~ g ~ H. elwl L. E. Rbodes Pancost 2d Tn. esdays. J. W. Dawson J. F. Sat.and on 4th or bef. f. m & 2 wks. after. ~. w. F. Green A. F. Neal 12d and 4th Tuesdays. 1Wm. Knierein jHugo S. Jacobi 2d and 4th MOll days. John E. Glass !Chas. E. Faulkner 1st and 3d Tuesdays. H. S. McKinney lJ. W. Stigall: 4th Saturday. S. Herndon H. FenwIck: , on or before full moon. Geo. c. BlackweIL !. L. \Vade 'lIst and 3d Saturdays. lIJohn Newcomer James E. Dougherty Saturday on or before full nloon. Kabler., I.Tno. 'V'. Stuermer 18.aturdayon or befiore full InOOll. R. L. AlfoTll J. H. Thole Saturday on or before fullllloon. R. I,. Price la. Bezold Saturday on or before full moon. J. H. Donovan I\V. C. Burton 8aturday on or before full moon. ,.R P. A8bu.r y O. BrOWll !FrLon. orbef.f.m.and 2wks.after. ,R. M. Olark :Geo. A. Fi~ley jSat. bef. fun moon & 2 wks. after. iRobt. Q. GIlliland Saturday on or befo~e full moon. JO hl1 R. Reed Samuel Morton IJames Delp ISaturday on or befoIe full moon. IIM. J. I..ain IR. P. Clarkson \4th Saturday. R. T. Hopke IF. W. patton ISaturday on or before full moon. lc. W. Dunn IR. D. Magrurler llst and 3d Thursdays. D. Ravcllscraft IThos. W. Hudl;;peth llst and 3d Saturdays. ~ L. G. Gupton ..!J. E. Rhodes Saturday before fun moon. N

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LODGE.

Ii03 Prairi.e Home 504jPlatte City 505 j Avalon 506!Lathrop oo71·Clearmont 508Saxtoll 509. an Buren 510 Biswell 511 Skidmore 512 \Vebb City 61318enath 514 Grfl,ubY 515 Galena 516 ·:MllfOld

l)178eU~an

518 OrientaL

c.ira.•.n.a · 520 OllftonHeights 1 6~lirlockw~lOd 51.Q

522 Gate CIty o28 • •. . . . tct.•t. •l• s.O.•..l.•.l 5Mj8 Plckardsville 52.5 Ounningham 52(iWaYl1e

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528 OOulvay f}29Nianrua 580.. 1Rite. ney 58J j L£U18'sPrairie 582 j Dexter 58Slt~{)mfort ~~IC()1umbia

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COUNTY.

Cooper P~a~te

LIvmgston Clinton Nodaway !Buchanan cart.er JLinl1 Nodaway Jasper Dunklin Newton Stone Barton

Van B.uren Browning Skidmore Webb City Senath fGranby 1Galena IMilford seligman Ba~y Blackburn Saline Ic.rane Stone 18t. Louis St. Louis City !LOCkWOOd Dade Kansas City Jackson .stinS.on ILRwre.nee sPickard Grundy Sumner Chariton ,Piedmont Wayne Higbee Randolph !Conway : Laclede !Niangua ~ 'Vebster 1Ritchey Newton /Lois :Maries ·.. IStOddard j Dexter Rocky Comfort McDonald Pacific Franklin B1fW . . kwell ISt. WIllow SPrings lHowell IB.et.hel Shelb.Y ,lStella 1Newlon Ludldw Livingston IWinigan Sullivan

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F.~ancois

1\1ASTER.

W. H. Mills James L. :\liller, Jr R. E. Chaffin S. L. Stuckey

Thos. Wallace L. F. Jeffries J. M H. ynes J. B. Stone A. F. Hitchcock.. James M:uratta

SECRETARY.

S. O. Grisham J. L. l]ar~ack D. J. DavIs A. LOf:'b L. L ..Maier ~. Vv. Leftwich

M. C. Harty H. E. Epperson E. D. French '......... L. O. Walker . P. A. Frie M. M. Brildley .T. B. Cummins W. W. Hamilton T. H. Smith : L. Henson Frank A. Faub1an T. W. Bundy C. E. Apple A. R. R?ller I. .P. Taylor F. W. :Mollenbrock O. F. Do.nglas J. A. Willia.ms Ohas. Stevenson \Vm. H. Haley Carter Pritchard J. L. S~ie}d s Henry S. Thayer J. F. Hlbbard Emsley Stockton Le(l.J. yingst P G. \Vild... J. B. Keith Levi Buckle~ J. W. Hardy F. S. Chilton L. F. Farris, Acting H. Scott Welch Will L. Cave F. :hI. Russell I. N.Beckner J. D. Brown .r. B. Davis nhas. Balley . D. I,. Bux ton M:. C. Harrison Geor1!e Lindner fl. W. Mnnger F. Metz _.......... ~. W. Shepherd I. R. Shelly James Booth ... G. H. Gross T. E.. S"urRin T. B. Welch V. C. Ho~an E. Alsup C F. Zieg-ler L. N. Jones \farshall oamben lJnmes Carter Fred Johnson 1f. A. Yahns P. S. Moffitt : '8. !{. Romine a.

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befo~e fUl~ moon.

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Randolph St. ~ouis

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LIST OF ELECTED OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE A. F.

A. M. OF MISSOURI, t-e

FROM ITS ORGANIZATION, APRIL 23D, 1821.

I DATE

GRAND MASTER.

ELECTION.

' I

GRAND S. WA-RDEN.

IN..

GRAND TREASURER.

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c.•").•. C.•.,.•t• ......' 11&12 •. .8.".4•. •. 1•.••.. . . . . . P. ,p ...• I!.lfcBride II .•. .•. b.{CB .•.•. •r.•. id.e *.IJo.ao. Oct., * Joab Bern.ard Bernard Dot., 1&W3...• P. ]i. McBride * Joseph Foster 0. Cit. 'J 18di.c" i.1. 'V. S. ~f.itchell * Fred. L. Billon Oat, 1845 JJ. "T. S. Mitchell * John D. Ta)'·lor Oct.,lS46 "JOhn Ralls * John D. 'raylor Oct.. 1847 Joseph Foster * E. S. Ruggles May, 1348,.. ,Joseph Foster *tE. S. Rug-gles May, 1849..•. iJohn F. RYland 8. Ruggles M .• .• . .• . RY,. 1.".86.",0 IJ.Obll. F.,•.B:Ylo.nd•.•...• *..,B.. W. G.rover K .• . . . . Ai..• .f., 1.•.. ,.. . .• ,.,1 I.B w G.ro.v.er * E. s. RU.l ggg.les M:.$,lJI~,~.B. w. Grover *I·s. F. Currie TnftA 19~9••• ;Wt~on:Bl'own *L. S. Cornwell "'jIl'S, Cornwell *D. P.Wallillgford

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Ie **I,H. H.. R. Gamb. Gamble * Sinclair Kirtley

* Oliver Parker *.J\L J. Noyes *IJohn WilSOll *jOliver Parker *loliver Parker

* Edward Searcey * A. B. Chambers

*IA. B. Chambers *JAlex. T. Douglass *IAlex. T. Douglass

*jJ ose.ph FO., ster * Joseph Foster * J. "\V. S. :LVfitchell

* E. S. RUggles *.E. S. Ruggles * E. S. Rnggles * J.L. F. Jacoby

Cyrus Osborn ** .Toseph',Megguire

* p Draper F. Currie **..,J.8. H. Turner *I J .

'¥. Cbenoweth

*jJamesH. Britton **(J. W. Cheno-weth .~fBenja,t1li~,~llal'p *:.\V.A. CulUlingham jR. H. Saunders ...I.S.••• H.. 8aun . . ••••..d.,.e.,r.s *IP.• DraP.er *.;Marcu.s BOyd ""115. H. Bal1ntllers *iMa.l'CU8 BOfd *;John F. Houston ~!'.Oh 'U""''''_UI ~~,_._••••••*jM. H. 1\fcFarland *J,V. R. Penick

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jJames KennerlY *I.,villiam Bates * Archibald Gmnble * Thompson Douglass"'*IEdward Bates *l'Villialll Bates * Archibald Gaulble *IIThompson.D,.OU.glasS * E.,d\Vard Bate.s *.I.'Villiani G. pe.ttus * ArChibald. Galnble * Geo. H. C. ~felody * Ed'w'ard Butes *i'Villiam G. Pettus * Archibald Gamble *IGeo. II. C. :M:elody * William G. Pettus *IThornton Grimsley..* Archibald Guluble *lIGeo. H. c. :Melody *I'\Villiam G. pettus"'*IThornton Grimsley..* Archibald Gamble * Hardage Lane *!l\fartin Ruggles *,John F. Ryland * Rich. T. :l\fcKinney *.Hardage Lane ··.*I~lartin Ruggles *IH. R. Gamble * Thornton Grimsley *I,

0 ct.'..,1.1829 .•8..•28 HB..fd 0..g.•. e Lane J .• ane *•I.• Geo. H..L.C.Billoll, M.,. el.Od Hardage *IFred. Oct., Oct" 1880 Hardage Lane *jGeo. R. C. Melody .,Dec., 1831 Edward Bates *}Geo. H. C. Melody Oct., '1$82 H. R. Gamble *I'Geo. H. C. :M:elody .•.•. ec.., 18&,.B S'.i.nClai..r Ri.· n e~r.~ *,A. B. Chambers ~ D Nov., 1834 A. B. Champers *iSinclair Kirtley oct., 1835 B. Chambers · *IISinClair KirtleY Oct.,. 183.•..6 8. W". B. Oarnegy * JohnD. Daggett Oct., 1-887 8. B. Carnegy * John D. Daggett Oct., 1~""18. W. B. Carnegy"._'*IJohn D. Daggett Oct., 185~""IP. R. )IcBride *IA. B. Chambers O{}t.• 184e•.•. ·P. H. MnBride *JJoseph Foster

*j'

*'.Adam ~fills * Thornton Grimsley *JAdam L. :Mills Bernard Pratte *lAdam L.1.fills * Thomas Alldrews *jAugustus Jones * Thomas Andrews *iAugustus Jones * Thomas Andrews *\G. A. Tnttle * G.eo. H. C. l\felOdY *IS. ,V. B. Carn·egy * Geo. H. C. Melody *IS. W. B. Carnegy * Geo. H. C. :Melody *iGranville 8ne11. * Geo. H. c. M:elody *'IThomas Andrews * Geo. H. C. :Melody * Alex. T. Douglass * Geo. H. C. 'Melody *I\Villiam C. Vance * Geo. H. C. :M:elody *IJohll Orrick * Geo. H. C. ~felody

*IC. H. Bowers *jC.

* E. S. Ruggles */J. L. F. Jacoby * J. 1.1. F. Jacoby *rJ. L. F. Jacoby

*\Cyrus Osborn */Joseph. M:egguire Draper *.iS.. F.. Currie *IJ. H. Turner *IS. H. 8aunders *iR. C. Hill

*,P. !,

j ! GRAND gECRETARY~

--~--,---

GRAND J. WARDEN.

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April, 1821.. Tnos. F. RiddiCk Oct., 1821 Nath'! B. Tucker oc. .•t., 11828 ..82.•. 2., Nath'l n.th'l n. B. Tl.lCker Oct., Tucker Oct., 182<1 Hath'l B. Tucker Oct., 182.fl Edward Bates Qct., 1826 ,Edward Batesu Oot., 1827 jEd1vardBates

ttiA.

D. GRAND lIASTER.

Geo. H. C. Melody John Simonds

* Fred. L. Billon * John S. Watson * John S. \Vatson * John S. Watson * John S. 'Vatson * John S. \Vatson * John .M. Reed * J. T. Johl1son ** J.J. T. T. JOh.nson JOhllson * Joseph Foster ** Joseph Foster

*!H. E. Van Orsdell *John D. Dag-l{ett *IMarcu.~ Boy.d .: D. Daggett *l.I.. J. F. HOllstOll John D. Daggett *lJohnDecker ** John D. Daggett *,John Decker * John D. Daggett

*jJOh11

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*!'Villianl Renshaw.* *I\Villiaul Renshaw.* Re.nshaw.* **II'\VilliUlll T.. Donglass.* *IT. Douglass.* * John D. Daggett.* * John D. Daggett.* * John D. Daggett.*

* Jl)hn John D. Daggett.*

* Fred. L. Billol1.* * Fred. L. Bil1on.*

*IFred. L. Billol1.* Garnett. *. **IJolll1 Thomas'~{. Conyers.* * Thomas Conyers.* *,Richard B. Dallanl.* * Richard B. Dallmu.* * Richard B. Dallan1..* * Richard ll. Dallanl.* * Richard ll. Dal1mn.*

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R. ~. H

* Richard R.icllard B. Dallanl.* Dallam.* * Ricllard B. Da.llmu.* * Richard B. Dallaln.* * Fred. L. Billon.* * Fr~d. L. Billon * *IJ. \V. S. :Mitchell.*

*,J. \V. S. bfitchell.* *lc. D. \V. JohnsoIl.* * C. D. \V. Johnson.*

**jA. C. D. ,V. JO.hnson.* O'Snllivun.* * A. o'Sullivan. * * A. O'Sullivan.* *:A. O'Snllivan.*

*1A. O'SuJlivan.* *IA. O'Sulrivan.*

*'A. O'Sullivan.* *IA. O'Sullivau.*

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f"+

l~ ..• !14.. Er.MoFa.da,nd~"'.>tc.W.R.

'" John nee¥-er

*\A. O'Sullivan.* *John D. r)aggett *A. O'Sullivan.* *IJohn D. Daggett *jA. O'Sullivan.* ~~:, ' 186S.•. :Jobn H. Tml1er 'Vm. N. Loker "IA. L. McGregor *John D. Daggett *\A. O·Sullivan.* May, 1-864 iJohn F. Houston * John D Vincil A. L. ~{cGregor· *iMartin Collins !V{m. N. LOker *\A. O'SullivUll.* );(,EtY.· ,.l,.·SW5."i"".:.',. J,O.hn F.Houston * J,0hn D. Vincn Martin cOll,ins '·R.. E, And.. erson 1"','.Tm. N. LOk.er **\A. A. O'SUl1iV. an.* lYra" 1.86(5 lJohn D. ViueU W. E. Dunscomb * R. E. Andersoll A. L. :McGregor *(\Ym. N. I~oker O'Sullivan.* t Qet.,l867 ;,'V.E. Dunscomb *C. A. Rowley * T: E. Garr~t~ l\vm.. D. Muir *!'Vm. N. Loker *,G. Frank Gouley.*t Oct., 1868 .. _ l~obnD. Vincil R. E. Anderson 'Ynl. D. :MUlr * A. l\f. Dockery I'Vm. N, Loker *l,IG. Frank (.. TOUle y .* Oct., 1869 1'Villiam D.lfuir T. E. Garrett ~ Alex. :M:. Dockery ISamuel H. Owells *I'Vrn. N. Loker * G. Frank Gouley.* Samuel H.Owens *IJohn E. Ryland N. Loker :.*!G. Frank Gouley.* Oct.,1870 !ThomaB E. Garrett..,. R. E . .Anderson Dot., 187L ITbomas E. Garrett R. E. Anderson Samuel. H. owellB"'*jJOlln E. Ryland \~m. N. Loker :',:jG. Frank Gouley.* ct . . • , 1873 18.72'."'lsamu. •.. ow.e.ns JJohn E." RYlan d JOh.IIE. '. 't\T.Cadle LUk.e *.* Jas. E c. ad,le .. N. N. Loker LOke.r *IG. FraI.lk Gouley.* C.11oUley.* Oct., iR.. E. el.II Anderson W. ..Luke Jas. Xenophon Ryland *\\\.,".m '\Tm. *'G, Frank X.eno}lhon Ryland Jas. E. Cadle * TIlos. C. Ready '''m. N. Loker * G. Frank Goule~T.* Oct., 1874 IJohn \¥. Luke Oqt., 1875 IJames E. Cadle * Xenophon Ryland TIloa. C. Ready *·Noah 11. Givau "Vm. N. Loker * G. Frank Gouley.* Oet., 1876 IXen. Ryland Thoa. C, Ready * Noah 1\1. Givan M. G. Hubble \Vm. N. Loker * G. Frank Gouley.* II Oct., 1877 /T. C. Ready *Noah M. Givan Jos. S. Browne ~'. R. Stubblefield Wm. N. Loker * John D, Vincil.* Oct., 1878 !Noah :M. Givan Jos. 8. Browne "'ro, R. Stubblefield.. Jas. E. Carter, * John yv. Luke * John D. Vinci1.* Oct., 1879 1J08. S. Browne \V. R. Stubblefield Jas. E. Carter f * Alex. J\L Dockery John V{. Luke *John D. Vinci1.* Oct.,l880 f~V. R, Stubblefield Alex. M. Dockery Chas. C. \Voods Lee A. Hall *IJohn W. Luke * John D. Vincil.* Oct., 1881. Alex. M. Dockery Rev. Ohas. C. Woods Lee A. Hall,.......... .* Robt. P. Stevenson'''IJohn \V.Luke * John D. Vincil.* O.,c•t.• , 188 .. C'~ Ohas.A.C,.Hall. \",0..0.d. s L•.• .e eF.AStevenson Hall ~ * Robt. .. S,Boyd t.e..v en..son J.a. m. eS.~T.,. B.Oyd j\c.f ...• Kennard ,. John D. Vincil.* Oct., 1888 Lee * R,. JamesF'V. Geo. R. Hunt * lsamuel Samuel :h-L Kennard Jobn D. Vincil.* Oct., 1884 Robert F. Stevenson.. James W. Boyd George R. Hunt 'Vrn. M. \ViUiams Samuel}'!. Kennard }ohn D. Vincil.* a.ct.., 1885 •.. ~ Ja rnes ,V. BOyd e.o.rge .R. Hun. t *jJames Wm. :M. 'Vill .. iama I.Ja.mes P', "vOOd· *lsamuel ~1•. Kenuard ',JOhn D. Vincil.* Oct., 188f;. Heo. R. Hunt W..M:, "Tilliams P. vVoOd *IHenry L. Rogers Samuel :M:. Kennard IJOhll D. Vincil.* Oct., 1887 \Vro. M. Williams James P. Wood Theodore Brace Gao. E. "~alker Samuel :M. Kennard IJohn D. Vincil.*

l~l.•. iWtllia.m R. Peni<fk 186~"'lCf-eorge WhitcOlUI;> •••

Penick

* John Decker * John II. Turner

* Geo. 'Vhitcomb * \Vm. N. Loker * John D. Vincil

*jSR.TfiUel M. Hayes

* 1':1.. L. McGregor *Samuel

* *

* * *

o•'. .•

*\JOhn D. Daggett

~ussell

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* *'

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Oct•• 1888 ,Ip.mes P. Wood...•..•.*Theodore BrlLOe ••......... Geo. E. Walker..•...•.. B. H. Ingram *·Samuel M. Kenna.rd IJohn D. Vinci\.* 0. ct., 1889.•.. Theodore Braee G..eo. E. Walker B. H. Il1gr.am *I·JllO. R. Parson Samuel ~f. Kennard ;John D. Vincil.* Oct., 1890 Gao. E.\Valker B. H. Ingram *jJno. R. Parson Harry Keene * Samuel M. Kenllard IJohn D. Vincil.* Oct., 1891 B. H. Ingram * J110. R. parson IHarry KBene B. Thomas Samuel ~f. Kennard jJohn D. Vinci1.* oc.t., 1892 jJno.. R.. ". p."anson · . a:a.r.rY .K.•.ee.,r.le * J.A. B..:&1. Thoro.ltS A. ,M:.. Hongh Samuel M,•• Kenna.rd..•.. I. Johl1 D. '.TincH.* Oct•• 189S H8JTfKeene *J. B. Thomas Hough D. A. Jamison Samuel 11. Kennard IJohn D. Vincil.* Oet., 1894 J. B. Thomas A. M. Hough D. A. Jamison IF. J. T~rgard Samuel M. Kenuard iJohu D. Vincil.* Oct., 1895., A. M. Hough ~ D. A. Jamison jF. J. Tygard IE. F. Allen Samuel ~f. Kennard IJOhll D. Vincil.* F. J. Tygard ,E. F. Allen "IC. H. Briggs Samuel M. Kennard iJohn n. VillCil.* Oct., 1896 D. A. Jamison Oct., 1897 F. J. Tygard E. F. Allen H. Briggs Campbell \VeIls Bamuel M. Kennard !Johl1 D. VillCil.* oc.t., 1898 E...•...F..•.. Alllell ' C.' H. Brigg..R cam.Pb en \Ve.llS !'J.osePh. C. Finagin SHmuel M. Kenna.rd IJohn D. V .• incil.* Oct., 1899 O. H. Briggs Campbell Wells Joseph O. Finagin John C. Yocum * Samuel M. Kennard ,John D. Vincil.* Oct•• 1900 ftampbell Wens Joseph C. Finagin John C. yo(mm * \Vm. F. Knhn Samuel)1 Kennard IJohn D. Vincil.* Oct., 1901. Joseph O.Finagin 'JOhn C. Yocum * Wm. F. Kuhn Leroy B. Valliant Samuel M. Keul1a.rd 1John D. Vinci) * Oct.. 1902 John C. Yocum * Wm. F. Kuhn Lerov B. Valliant A. S. Houston Samuel M. Kennard !John D. Vinril.* Ont., 1903 Kuhn L.eroy B .. Valliant A. M. 'Vilsoll John R. pa.rson !JOhn D.ViuC'il.* Sept., 190-1 .. Leroy B. Valliant A. S. Houston D. M. Wilson Howard \Vatson John R. Parson jJohn D. Vincil*. , Alphonso C. Stewart***iJobn R. Parsonttt

*IJ.

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* Deceased.

t Died August 11th, 1866, while in office.

t Appointed Augnst 13th, 1866

by John D. Villcil, G. M. DIed April 11th, 1877, while in office. .Died October 12,1904, while in office. Appointed October 22, 1904, by Leroy B. Valliant, Grand Mas:er.

***

In.

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0 John W. Luke served, by appointll1ent, as Grand Secretary, from April1lth~ 1877, to October 11th, 1877, and died October, 1888. ,. Died within one week after his installation. tt There was no Communication in 1835, owing to the anti-masonic **·Withdrawn from :M:asonry. rexcitement. ttt Appointed October 22, 1901, by Leroy B. Valliant, Grand l\Iaster.

OFFIOERS FOR THE ORGANIZATION. FEBRUARY 22D, 1821.

EDWARD BATES, Worshipful Master.

JAMES KENNERLY t Senior Warden. WILLIAM BATES. Junior nrardlm. JOSEPH V. GARNIER. Treasurer. ABRAM BECK. Secretary.

C) ~

ROLL OF "DEAD LODGES" UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI. OEGA~J:ZE:O

:1.e~:l._

COMPIIJED FROM ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS BY GEO. FRANK GOULEY, GRAND SECRETARY, 1876. REVISED AND BROUGHT DOWN TO SEPTE~IBER,

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4 <Harrnon Y

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26 Hiram

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lMexieo

COUNTY.

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jMo Ill jMO iMo

Madison

Mor~an

1904,

inl..

BY JOHN

VINCIL, GRAND SECRETARY.

DATE OF CHARTER.

REMARK_S_.

1,oct., 1820, by G. L. of Tenn !Arrested April 7, .1825. J820, by G. L. of Tenn lsurrendered AprIl 4, 1826. iOct. 11, 1821 Surrendered April, 1825. l1tfay 6, 1852 lunited with IlUnited, No. 5." IApril 3,1822 United with 1st G. L. of Illinois, 1824. INov. 25, 1821, disp. G. L. Ind. Surrendered January 7, 1823. 1April 3, 1822 Arrested December 20, 1831. ll\fay , 1852 Died 1860. ~ October 8~ 1822 United ,vith ~st G. L. of Illinois, 1824. jOctober 25,1822 Arrested Apnl11, 1826. October 25, 1822 United with 1st G. L. of Illinois, 1824. :hfay, 1858 Surrendered 1863. l~{ay 6, 1852 Surrendered 1855. I,October 9,1822 United with 1st G. L. of Illinois, 1824. October 10, 1826 Surrendered April 6, 1831. April 3, 1827 Arrested October 3,1838. <May 8, 1852 Arrested Oct.,I884, by Lee A. Hall, G. M. 1tlay 0, 1852 "Vent down on account of war, 1861. AprilS, 1828 Arrested AprilS, 1838. IOctober 5, 1830 3,1838. jArrested October October 5, 1837 ,Surrendered 1862, on account of war. June 2, 1866 !Arrested April, 1879. October 5,1837 iUnlted with G. L. of Illinois, Oct., 1843. October 5, 1837 !Arrested October 16, 1846. IOctober 2, 1838. jUnited with G. L. of Illinois, 1840. ,June 10, 1853 1Surrendered 1876. October 8. 1839 IUnited with G. L. of Illinois. 1840. . jOctober 13.1887 liArrested June. 1892, byB.H. Ingram G. M. May 6, 1852 ,Consolidated 1887, with Hebron, No. 354.

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IPlatte llvlo !1vfay 6, 18S2 Platte Ill. jIOctober 9,1839 Dade I:Mo May, 1858 Jo Daviess !IlL \October 11, 18B9 Vernol1 !~o IMay 6, 1852 Lafayette I1v~O IOctober 8, 1840 Lafayette \:Mo ,October 19,1867 Perry j1vlo 10ctober 12, 1882 Montgomery ,IU lloctober 8, 1840 J.ILCk><on .•.••••.•••••. IMo •.••.• Ootober 8.' 1841 Lafayette ll\-lo ~ .. May 28, 1&~8 Gd~conade ,~O IOctober 15, 1868 Cass IMo June 12,1853 Le.wis IMO IJune 9, 1853 Clinton Ill October 8, 1841 Mercer Mo June 2,1866 Mo IOctober 8, 1841 IowaTYiOctober 20, 1841 Polk : Mo \June 9, 1853 .sco.t1an. ct. MO \June 2, 1866 CaldweU.fO Mo June 2, 1866 oc IowaTy October 20, 1841 !Monroe Mo June 9, 1853 !RtiUdOl.Ph Mo June 2, 1866 IAndrew Mo June 10, 1853 Buchanan Mo October 8, 1841 Franklin yo June 10, 1853 I··.·· ······ ··..· Ty October 11, 1842 I·Montgomery Mo :May 25, 1854 Greene Mo Octo.ber 17, 1842 ,Lafayette Mo May, 1858 I.Howard Mo October 11, 1842 Warren Mo October 11, 1842 IPlatte Mo October 14, 1842 Lewis Mo jOctober 12, 1842 Schuyler Mo May 25, 1854 Mario~ 1.1.L. , October 11., 1842 st. Glau IIll. October 11, 1842 St. Clair ;Mo October 15, 1842 DeKalb "MO :.. :May 25, IBM Iowa'l'y October 10, 1843 Perry IMo May 26,1854 I'IOWaTY October 10, 1843 Benton Mo October 12, 184~ Wis. 'I'y October 12, 1843 SaUne lMo October 12, 1848

1Arrested lIay, 1855. ~. Ul1ited with G. L. of Illinois, 1842. ;Surrendered 1863. iSurrendered 1846. \DestroYed 1861, by war. Arrested D~ce~l1ber I, .1866. i Consol. 1882 WIth LeXIngton, No. 119. !COllS01. 1887 with Triple Tie, No. 458. Arrested October 16, 1846. 1.surrendered October, 1846. Surrendered 1864. l ,.Arrested January, 1900. • Destroyed 1862, by war. j Surrendered,)Iay , 1863. IArrested October 19,1846. I·Arrested October, 1876. Changed ~o "Mt. ~foriah, No. 40," 1844. IUnited WIth G. L. of Iowa, 1844. Surrendered 1863. I tconso.1. with :M:emphis, No. 16,1890. jArrested April 22, 1869. ,United with G. L. of Iowa, 1844. jArrested February 29,1864. . tSurrendered OClober, 1899. /Surrendered 1865. 1A.rrested October 19, 1846. 1Arrested lIay, 1863. IUnited with G. L. of W..ic;consin, 1844. Arrested May 18, 1858. Arrested October 18, 1847. Destroyed 1861, by war. !Surrendered S~eptember,.1876. Surrendered Nov. 15, 1883. I fSurrendered 1864. Arrested by Jas. W. Boyd, G. M., Oct., 1886. ,Arrested 1866. lun!ted w!th G. L. of IlIP1 0!S,.1844. UnIted WIth G. L. of IllInoIS, 1843. IDestroy ed 1861, by war. IDestrOyed 1862, by war. United with G. L. of Iowa. 184.4. Surrendered January, 1864. ,.!United with G. L. of Iowa, 1844. lDe~tro "eC! 1861, bywar.. . j Unlte~ WIth G. L. of 'Vlsconsln, 1844. iArrested 1851.

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STATE.

DATE

CHARTER.

~fay 28, 1856

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..JOctober 16, 1844 !October 19, 1846 !~IO 'October 14, 1846 75~Neo~ho ~ ;:Mo ;October 14, 1846 ~lilIicltory Grove :~{o :June2, 1866 88lr)an~ ~ i:Blo ;October 17. 1846 84!:MUltanomah 10regon. iOctober 19, 1846 $4i P<?tter iMo !May 25. 1854 ~1J"90bllsOll .\J\:rO il\~arch 19, 1847 ~!~ite,b.~n i:M:o l:Blay 9, 1850 ~6IM._. O•.. .•.~[il._..8d. .R. eg·t Mo. yol..,: : j ; .:•••••••••. ;.octobe.r 14..,184,.7 Bates Butler \Bates jMo 11fay 28, 1858 O!h:e Branch /Ullion IFranklill r~Io ~October 14, 1847 rn.·esd(3l1 Dr den jPettis i~{O ;October 19, 1867 IiJrairie jHarrisonville !Cass !~~o IOct{)ber12, 1847 lODlon I§)t. Oatharine iLinn I~fo jJllne 2,1866 .: .., IColumbia !Boone I1VIO I~Iay 8, 1848 11 Btar fCt1ba jCrawford !Mo !]\fay 29,1855 ...... ~ IJ"ackson.: : ICape Girardeau \}fo l~~ay 5,1848 !It Hlll tPleasant HIll !Cass lMo Il\fay 8,1848 , ...•....' an ILas Vegas ~ lTer. ofNew:Mex.. I !June 2, 1866 ~!}~t. \J~rnon il\ft. Vernon ILawrence I~IO Il\{ay II, 1848 l00~(~ltnton ,canton · · ILewis I~Io May 11,1848 ~Ol;~}!~~ne :Springfield jGreene !]\[o \May 12,1848 ]OllJB:~f:On IEastou !Buchanan ilio i~la)' 28, 1858 --,- .. fe ;Carthage ·.. IJasper il\~o Il\fay 12, 1849 ............................... jGeorgetown IPettis !l\fo l~fay 10, 1849

,Arrested 1894, by Harry Keene, G. ~I. IArrested. 1889, by J. P. 'VOOd,. G. J\I. IArrested 1864. _ IChanged to" Dickinson," 1847. ;Fonned from "College, No. 70." ;Consol. with li'lorenceLodge, No. 261, 1892. 1Snrrendered October 18, 1897. !Changed to "Ashley, No. 75." \Surrendered 1863; restored as 247, in 1867. ISurrendered March, 1893. iArrested October 28, 1852. llst Lodge on Pac. Coast. United G. L. Ore. 1Surrendered December 2, 1896. IDestroyed 1861, by war. IDestroyed 1861, by ·war. jClos.edwith ~Iexi.call war. IDestro~Ted 1861, by war. IArrested about 1855. . IArrested July, 1878, byT. C. Ready, G.l\1. \Destroyed 1861, by war. Consol. with Brookfield, No. 86, Jan., 1888. !SUrrendered l\fay 25,1858. ISnrrendered June 12,1875. l"Vent down duringthe war. .;Arrested 1853. jUnited with.G. L. of New lvfexico, 1877. !Surrelldered December 27,1862. [1898. IC011S01. with Craft Lodge, No. 287, Dec., iUnited with HUnited No.5,',' 1857. . !Arrested October, 1886, by J. tV. Boyd, G. 1\1. !~urned out 1861 . jtVent down 1860.

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No. 106." iSurrendel·ed February 10,1857. IArrestedOcto~er, 1886, by J. 'V. Boyd, G. M. iDestroved dUrIng the war.. JUnitett \vUh G. L. of New J\IexlCo, 1877. jCOllROLwHh Moberly Lodge, No. 344, 1~96. ;United with G. 1.1. of New l\Iexico, 1877.

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1 , . . 8l1O T 28,1860. ;Surrend.ered JanUo,l1 J.aCkS.On. : f,SUrrelldere.d. 1863• :McDonald ,Mo :Surrelldered October, 1882. Daviess .lMo IArresterl 1876. 1St.Cha.rles I~o ISurrendered May, 1862. ,fScott !Mo jsurrendered 1866. '1Jarayette r~1[o Consotwith I.. afayette, No. 437, Feb., 189iS. !(Jedar ,Mo "IAfay 10, 1851 lSurrendered 1863. s,.,t.'.' Oha,rl.es ::~f.O 1,,0. C.t,ob..e r19' 1867 I Arr. Ja,n.15, 1885, by R.,., F .. Stevenson. G.1.'1. Adair !Mo IMay S, 18tH ,Arrested1863. New Charter 1864 to No. 105. ICass •.•..•..•..............I},1"O IOotober19, 1867 Arrested by G. L. of Missouri, IS77. I M@ )Pt IM':"!8J 1851 ,Surrendered July 28, 1874. P i. ~.f . • @ jO . • . , J, ~ • . • . t. ' O . , i . b . H.r,.12, 1876 ,18. urrel . l,dere. . d D..ec.en.lb. ,er, 1889• j ..............MO.•..••.. IiM!a,y,..1B5z ,Arrested 1852•. ..............IN~ >!~~l ~, ..1858 jArreste.d October.! 1886, by J. ,V. Boyd, G.M. , 1851 I.ArI"este~J\(a,Y, 1858. '. 7,1851 IDem·oyed .1861, by war. bel' 19, 1867 iConsol. with Corinthian Lod.ge, No. 26o, '89. , 1851 ISurrendered 1856. .28, 1859 IArrested 1895, by J. B. Thomas, G. Ai. 81,1855 !Arre8ted 1865. .............. I;":~v : l~uoJ' ,.1855 !United to form G. L. of Kansas. ay31, 1~5 •···· .. · ~· .. ·.. ·.. iArrest~d 1872... .' '.' ..............,:Ifan/l'Y,:M . T ••• ~~ •.••.....•. !~~O IOctob~r 1~,}873 rConsolida:ted WIth Trenton Lodge, No. Ill. les iNfo l:bfay; Bl, 1855 ;Surrendeled 1863. IMo 1J~e 1, 1855 Destroyed 1861, by war. '011..•.•............ l~fo iJ"l1ne 1~ 1855 iSurrendered1855. me IMo I}.1"a~,1858 IArrested by K. F. Allen, G. !Yr., 1898. fl;S; .Jf\'fo !l\faW, 1&1J5 IArrested 1861. ;In IA~o iJ"~e 1, 1855 · iAn:e.sted Jan.. 19,1884, by L. A. Hall, G. :M. ,ror", . hmm2. 1855 IUulted U) form G. L. of Kansas. 26., 18.lJ5 IDestl'oye:d 1861, by war. 1855 jUnited to form G. L. of Kansas.

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NAME OF LoDGE.

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1671 Orient Fr.angais

ISt. Louis City

168 ,FRlrmolmt Itl9 j Tuscumbia 172\ Wolf Island

ITuscumbia

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173Iun~on,fOrm'ly

173 unIon

17~,P~wel1

17/,wmChester lSO!Kenner

182IS~~arts.vine

216i(Jr~nby

217iQ.U1llCY ,.

219:Everett

~'l9:New Boston

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COUNTY.

, !Stoddard IClark 1Miller

!Wolf.Island lMisSisSiPPi. HBollinger"IWoJiord's Store IBollin~er IUnlon IFrankhn IP~wen MCDollald wlnChester 1Clark jAthens !Clark

183ICalifornla 18-:1 Mode-rn 1.84lC_alhoun 184IHale l84 Fairfleld 186 Dayton 187 "Henry Clay" 187 Carter 191 Zerubbabel 195 Wet Au Glaize 197 camden 200 Washburn 201 James:port,':" 2"OS.-I.p., .leasant li!dge 203,Grecn Ridge 204 'B,.ent 205 Rocky Mount 2081Alto VlIta 211\Or10n 212 1.A.us.t.in : 216j\Vest Plains

219lEmerson

Pu~ico IFarnnount

!Ste~vartsville

·.lcahfornia Humansville

Calho~

IHa}-e CIty ,FRtrfield ID~yton

Mlllersburg .~ ,Jefferson City ,Platte City !"'et Au Glaize ,Camden Washburn /amesport.: IPl.eas . ant Rldge lwindsor T.aos : Camp FIord Alto vista ISt. Joseph IAustin IIWestPlains Gr~nby

IQumCy

IEmerson lEverett lNew Boston ILabelle ISarcoxie lWoodlawn

DeK~lb

Monueau Polk Henry Carroll IBenton jCass · ICallaway 1Cole Platte Camden Ray IBarry

IDavl~ss

IHamson · Henry , : IDavless Buchanan c:ass jHowen Newton IHickOry :Marion !Cass rl\facon 1Lewis jJasper jMonroe

iI STATE. II

DATE OF .CHARTER.

1---1

!,1\1.o !Mo Il'fo !.M:o

IOctober 19, 1867 iOctober 11, 1888 !1vlay 18,1857 y 18, 1857 I.~.f. 0 l\Iay 30,1857 jMo !hIay, 1857 I:MO jOctober ]9, 1867 !MO OCt.13, 1892 !Mo j:May, 1857 11\1ay, 1858 11\10 1MO !~Iay 29, 1~9 iMo llvlay 28.1859 !.Mo ;M:ay·, 1859 II~{o loctober 19, 1867 l~fo iOctober 15. 1886 ,~{o IOcLober. 1892 ·.. lMo \May, 1859 ~Mo l~1ay, 1859 l~O !October 13,1881 I~.fO !l\'IaY 28,1859 1Mo j1\fay, 1860 !1\io I May, 1859 /Mo \1\Iay, 1860 !MO I 1\fay 30,1860 IMo l~fay, 1860 ; !~fo IOctober 19, 1861 IMO.., IJune 1, 1860 IN. 1\Iex. iJune 1, 1860 !Utah IMay, 1861. I1\fo I:May, 1861 !I1\faY; 1861. I)\{o !Mo :May, 1861. IMo 1,October 17,1867 I:M:o ~1ay, 1861. IMo 1May, 1861 !1fo !October 15. 1868 \:MO ,October 12, 1869 i)\io :May 30, 1861 ;:M:o /May, 1861. :1\1o ,October 19,1867

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Surrendered January, 1888. Surrendered June, 1892. ISurrendered June 12,1863. · Isurrendered 1863. sur.rendered August 22, 1874. No records. . · I~urrendered lIay, 1892. ljnrrendered Sept. -,1903. Destroyed 1861, by war. Destroyed 1862, by war. Arrested 1894, by Harry Keene, G.1\f. Surrelldered June, 1898. Destroyed 1861, by war. ,Arrested by J.W. Boyd, Grand1Iaster, 1886. Arrested September, 1~92. Arr. by E. F. Allen, G. M., Jan. 18, 1899. Destroyed 1861, by war. Ar. June, 1881, byW. R. Stubblefield, G. 1\1. Consol. with Jefferson Lodge, No. 43, 1889. Arrested June, 1879, by N. M. Givan, G.Iv!. Surrendered 1862. Went down 1861, by ,var. Destroyed 1861, by war. Arrested January, 1892, by B. H. Il1gra~l. ,Arrested 1863. [G. JfI. jSurrendered 1873. ISurrelldered 1865. ,Surrendered 1862. ,Arrested 1865. Surrendered 1863. Destroyed 1861, by war. Surrendered 186l. Surrendered December, 1892. Destroyed by war. Destroyed 1861, by war. Con. with Coldwater Lodge, No. 485,1894. jSurrendered 1871. · ISurrendered1887. iDestroyed 1863, by war. :Arrested 1894, by Harry Keene, G. l\f.

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October 15, 1868. jOctober 15,1868

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ce,

ROLL OF "DEAD LODGES," ETc.-Continued.

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366 Unanllnity 371 G'raig 37~

421'EllClid

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TOWN. .

lWeston ICraig

I~Iandeville

Mandeville·

374 Golden Rule

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!Jonesburg IMiddletown iDowning 1Coatesville IRichland IVjbbard

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Platte Holt Carroll :MontgomelJr Montgomery Schuyler Schuyler Pulaski. Ra)T Boone , Reynolds Livingston Chariton T,exaS Laclede ~facon

Clark Cass ]\{arion Lafayette Livingston Ra-y Daviess Carrol1 Morgall !LaClede ICal1away

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STATE.

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REMARKS.

October 13, 1870 ;Surrendered 1879. October 13, 1870 1Arrested Jan. 10, '83, by·C. C. 'Voods t G.].'!. October 13. 1871 IArr. Jan. 14,1896, by A.AI. Hough, G. :M:. October 16.1872 ISurrendered June, 1892.. • . October 13. 1871 iAr. Sept., 1888t by 'V. :M. 'Villiams, G. :M. October ]3, 1871. iCon. with :Middle Fabius, No. 244 Oct. '94. October, 1871, leonsol. 1881 with Glenwood, No. 427. October 1~. 1871 IArrested by Gr. Ma~ter T~rgar.d, Feb., 1898.. ,.. October, 1871. !Consol. with Clay, No. 207, June, 1899. October 17, 1901 IConsol. with Twilight. No. 114, May 12.'04.. joctober 13, 1887 )('onso). with Hopewell, No. 239, }'fay, 1899. ,October 13,1870 iConsol. with Hale Lodge, 184, Oct., 1887. . October 13,1871 'Surrendered December, 1902. iOctober 13.18..7.1. Arrested by Grand Longe, O<·t.21. 189.7. . ~ October 12.1871. Consolidated with Laclede, No. 83, 1893. October 13.1871. Surrendered October, 1900. ~ October 13. 1871.................... Arrested Oct. 22, 1896, by Grand Lodge. ~ ~ October 13,1871. Arr. Aug. t 1885, by R. F. SteyenSOll, G. M. ~ October 13,1871 Consol. with Hannibal Lodge, No. 188. ~. October 13,1871. Destroyed by fire Decmuber 19, 1873. 0ctober 17, lSZ8 Arr. Aug., 1893. by John R. parson., G•..:rtf. October 13,1811 Surrendered 1876. 1 /October 17. 1878 Arrested Oct.. 1899, by E. F. Allen. G. },f. October 12.1872 Con sol. with 'Vakanda Lodge, No. 52, '80. October 12, 1872 ;.. Consol. with Versailles Lodg-e, No. 117. jOctober 16,1872 Arrested :March 29,1890, by T.Brace, G. ~f.. ' Arrested by Grand Lodge, 1904. Octob,er 16, 187.2 Arrested Oct' t 1886, by the Grand LOd g,. e. October14, ]886 Arr. March, 1897, by D. A. Jamison, G. :M. 1October 16.1872 Arr. Dec .. 1896, by .D. A. Jamison, G. 1'.L October 17, 1873 Surrendered 1879. . Dct.ober 13, 1881. c./ons.ot '.,rjth urb,aI.la, No. 421. , D.ec., 1.89.O. jOctober 16,1872 Surrendered October, 1877. jOctober 16. ]8i2............ ArreF-ted 1897, by D A. Jamison. G. l\f. October 16,.1872 A . rreste.d Oct., 1878, b J.r T. C. Ready, G. :M. October 13.1881. :. Arrested 1897. by D. A. Janli~on, G. :M. rt iOctober 16, 1872 A.nested October, 1886, ,bYJ.,' 'V'. BOYd.,' G.l\f. W IOctober 16,1872 Surrendered 1879. CD ,October 16,1872 I' Arrested 188._7. by Geo. R. Hunt, G.l\f. ~ A~i-~h,.".. '1L!'7'.) ,'nnJ;:ol, with lVR~hineton.No. 87. Dec. 1898. ;+t

447/Fairview 44.,,9.'.I,p.le.d..m.o.llt 451rArgylA

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11Brazeau ,.E .• "'.1.11.11.,g.tO.l.l Cuuuiu~ham Silver City Centre View Butler L ~ Junta Clin.ton Green :a.idge Pittsville

October 17, 1873 8urrendered April, 1893. ···.. ··,1 :Mo 0•• ".,'" •... 1.•, " ....................... .....•:.•',. rr.e.ste.d JR .. n., by1876. W. F. KUh,.n, G. M. Mo.. October, 17,1873 Arrested November 7, N.:blex. October 17, 1873 Sur. char. & unit. with G.L.of N. ~fex., '82. J~o,,, October 17, 187D iArrested by Grand :MasteE Brace,Nov.,1889. Mo October 15, 1874 :Surrendered October, 18/7. 1· ·., ·····.··..·..·.. ·IN.~ .. ex.. •.Ioctob.er,· 1~, 1824 ;.united. wit~~,G. L. of New ~Ie~icoJ 1877. H.ellfY l\f.0 locto,b.• er.10, 18.i.4 :.,.Arrested 1889, 1;.)r J. P. 'Vood, G. ~f. IPettis ~fo October 15, 1~/4 Surrendered IS/9. \Johnson Mo "October 15, 1874 ;Arrested 1875.

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1\8Urrendered August, 1899. . , Arrested J.a,11•. ,19, 1884,.' by L. A. Han, G. ltI. ISurrendered :March, 1892. Arrested May 21,1884, by L. A. Hall, G.lf. 0011::-01. with Caruther~vil]e,No. 461,1903.

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!»o ............................... Menco Republic of Me:x ~co 5.2.. 3.I. ·.IC.•. .i.• dde.I· Kid.d,•.,.e.,r l.'C.fllh.on . ,n ;~ ~1.0, 538\V.atker ~ \Valker t"Vtlrnon." rtfo 541\lf'i'anklil1 : St. Olair +In-ankUn ~fo 54.'i Fides · Kansas Citl' ,JacksOI) Mo ~ __.__ . . .~_~. .~",_ "' __'..~~_._.~ __ I_i_'_.~_ _.'__ ~. ~

Dec., by J. B. Thomas, G. 1fL i•jArr. . c.,'onsol. W.it.1894, h p.erseverance. No. 92,1890. !8url'endered Jan., 1898. lSurre11dered March, 1899. l. I'\rr.Mal'('h. 1.9.01. bY'G, rand ~,1aster "!ells. (Dctober 11. 1886 jSurrelldered November 18, 1895. October 11, 1883............ ,Surrendered January 31, 1894. pctober 16,18K4 ·..··· lcon~Ol..with Hu.mnton. No. 224, 1.902. October 12.1887 Hnrrendereo February 19, 1898. ·1 · : !Arrested Jllly, 19(14. b'v \\7. F. Kuhn, G. :M. October ,15, 1890 ,.,Consol. with' Heroine: No. 104, Dec., 1890. ~_~_'_, . _~ __,_ - __l .,.,'~, . __,_~ _ .".__ .__,. ,._ _._,_~_ ' .~ ..__ ,

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[Sept.

REPORT

MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI, FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 1903t TO SEPTEM1BER 1, 1904.

LOCATED AT ST.LOUIS.

OFFIOER -. M. GIVAN, President D. VINClL. Vice-President : ,' V. 0'. SAUNDERS, Second Vice-President ' F. J. TYGARD, Treasurer JO.HN R. PARSON, Secretary, 109N. 8th:Stre~t REV. E. B. REDD, Superinta.ndent NOAH

JNO.

MRS. MATTIE REDD, Matro~ DRS. ROBINSON ANDLEG9AT,. JAMISON路 & THOMAS,

Harrisonville., Mo. St.Louis, Mo,.. St. Liouis, Mo. Butler, 1\10. S,t. Louis, l\IOc. St. St.

Phys.ieiana

Attorn.ey路s...... . . . . . . .

St..

St.. wuirs,.

1904.]

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809

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Kansas City. Hannibal. JOSEPH S.. BRO,\VNE, St. Joseph. NOAH M. GIVAN, Harrisonville. F. J. TYGARD, Butler. D. A. J A.MISON, St. Louis. A. C. ROBINSON, St. Louis. E. F. R. E.

ALLEN,

ANDERSON,

J. B. THOMAS, Albany. J. D. VINCIL, St. Louis. V. O. SAUNDERS, St. Louis. SOL. E. W AGGONER, St. Louis. CAMPBELL WELLS, Platte City. JOHN R. PARSON, St. Louis.

EX-OFFIcrQ MEMBERS.

L. B. A. S. D. M.

Grand Master, St. Louis. Deputy Grand Master, Mexico. WILSON, Grand Senior lVarden, MHan. HOWARD WATSON, .Grand Jttnior War£Zen, St. Lonis. VALLIANT, HOUSTON,

ADVISORY MEMBERS.

MRS. MAT1J:J[E

l\tlas.. LILL~

MRS. LOUIS4'

Chillicothe. St. Louis. St. Joseph.

BARNEY,

FLIE'];'O:aER,

3.• MOORE,

FINANCE COMMITTEE. CAMPBELL' WELLS, . Ohairman. SOL,.

TYGARD.·

COlVI:MITTEI1J. V. Q.$.A.UNDERS, Ob,(J,flfm,an,. E. F. ALLEN,J'.13. 'rHOlVIAS, R. E. ANDEBS:(;j:N', R.PArtSON.

A.. C.

ROBINSON,

[Sept.

310

MASONrc .HOME OF MISSOURI. 1904

REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. To the Grand Loage of Ancient, jj'ree and Accepted :J!asons of the State of Missouri:

BBETHREN:-I submit my eighteenth annual rep'ort as President of your Masonic Home. At your last s,ession you elected as memhers of the Board, E. F. Allen, Joseph S. Browne, Noah M. Givan and John D. Vin~il. DurIng the session of the Grand Lodge the Board organized by re-electing its former officers and reappointing its former superintendent, matron, the physicians and attorneys. The term of office of the f,ollowing Brethren expires with this 'session of the Grand Lodge, and you will fill their places by ,election, namely, John R. Parson, Campbell Wells, Sol. E. Waggoner, D. A. Jamison, and A. 路路路0. Robiu$on. The committees during the past year have be'en: Emecutive

aommittee.~V.O.

路S.aunders, .E. F. Allen, R. E. Ander-

son,. J. B. Thomas, JohD; R. Parson. IIome Oommittee.-John D. Vinci!, D. A. Jam,ison, A. C. Robinson. Fina~ce Oommittee.~Camplbell Wells,

Sol. E. Waggoner, F. J.

Tygard.

It is my pleasure to be able to report that the H'ome is in a very prosperous condition in all its departments. I call your attention to the financial statem'ents made by the Treasurer, Secretary and Finance Oommittee.The money is safely invested aud is bringing a fair income. The appropriation made by the Grand Lodge at its last session of $10,000 towards building an addition to the Old Peo~le's House

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3J1

has not yet been used. The Board has been of the opinion that the work ofbuildi~g had hest he postponed until after the World's .Fair on account of the high price of material and labor that has prev~iled and will continue to prevail during the Fair. The Board is doing the very best that can be done to accommlodate applicants. The rooms are ke,pt filled, but of cours,e some must be disappointed until the new addition is built. It is to be hoped that this m.ay be undertaken now' very soon, and will he completed in the near future. I call your special attention to the report of the Superinte路ndent and Matron. That of the Matron presents an idea of the Home life. It is different from any other report. I call your special attention to it. An effort has heen made to secure advantages for the children of the Home to the World's F;air. In this we have largely succeeded, and they have been greatly benefited by the p-rivileges that have been given them. The Exposition company has been liberal, and the friends of the Home have contributed liberally to enable the children to obtain the educational advantages afforded by the World's Fair.

During the past year the meetings of the Board have heen. attended faithfully by the lady advisory m,embers' ap~ointed by the Grand Ohapter of the Eastern Star. We have realized the value of the suggestions made by these members, who are much interested in the' welfare of the Hom,e. I take pleasure in . expressing. my appreciation of their valuable services. The thanks of the Mlasollsof Missouri are due to the .Grand ChapterO. E. S. of Missonri' for the assistance they are rendering and have rendered .to the Board in maintaining 路the Home,. The liberal contributions made the Grand Chapter for repairi~g and seating the chapel, and fort:m.e '8fX:tenslve aid they have given. in very man>: way's to the Hom'e, d!e$erve sp.ecial notice. I have nothing furthersp.ecial to report. 1ti5 indeed gratifying that everything connected w,ith t~~ Hom,e isfavorarble.. The general prosperity and happinessp,revaUs withintb.e HO;Jlle cause for gratitude toollr Hea;ve.~!Y':Fathe:rfor His loving kind.ness in making the Masons of l\!Usso:m.riHis ,servants in doing His wo~k here.

NOAH M. GIVAN, Presiclent.

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[Sept.

REPORT OF MATRON. 1'0 th'e President and D-irecto1 sof the Matwnic Home of MisSOU1"i: Another year gone. Oh! how much it means to this big family of ours, for each week bl'ing'S its birthdays, and our little people climb the hIll of time, slowly, it seems to them now, but we have with us those who have almost finished the journey, to constantly remind us that it is, only a step from ~youth to old age. A ~trong ehrif:;tian in.fluence was brought into OUr Home last spl"ing by the meetings conducted by Rev. S--., o,f the M. E. Church. It made a marked change in th~ lives of some of our' children, and put it into their hearts to carry the joy to the oUi people who are shut in. U~cle Henry's great heart swelled, and his eyes filJed with tears as he laid on 'his bed and lIstened to their bright songs and earnest prayer. Mrs. Pratt, our patient sufferer, who for eight years has sat in her room, was made happy by their Uttle pra~"er meetings with her, and we are all stronger to meet the stern dutIes (if life. ' rrhe summ~r '\'acation is over, and all are settled down to school work once more-. Our little Grace, who has been the llome baby for several years; Ifelen and little ,\Villiam, who was in tears at the thought of leaving his nurse and little plaJ"mD.tes. all came home delighted with kindergarten. rThe first week in September is a busy one. The restl,essness of the last few days of vacation to eurb. And those who have been out for the suntmel' come trooping home, happy over their visit, and happy to get back home again. I wish you could see the eager crowd on the terrace as the car stops, and a cr:r from some one annonnces "there is Grace and Ruth," or "here comes the Shearlocks." Our children are happy and bright and g00d most of the time. They want -me to express to you their thanks for the generous World's Fair fund that has bee'll supplied them. It has been a great source of pleasul"e, and, I trust, a great benefit as weU. Tl1e free days have helped out, and made it possible for thetn to sp.e many of the extra features the 11"air. vVa are E"ntertalned bj' 'storIes of IIagenbecl\'s animals and the Boer war, and are kept bl1sy keeping ont ot the way of .Hale's Fire路 Fighters, while Cummings' wild Indians, with theil' paiT't a.nd f(\nthe-rs, make the air ring with theil路 wal" whoops. fro use the phraf;e of the day, we路 are "the whole show." 'rhe only thing W6 want real haa is anaut&mobile ride. We have done our be-~t to keep Ollr llome in readiness for thve many visitors from everywhere that drop in on us at all times of the day;,. E~ven the Supedntendent donned the painter's . garb andmonnted the hlader to get the boys' rooms in order. "FJle fr:es'fap,aintand new chairs give. by the O. E. S. ha'Ye made quit.e an l\m:p.rovemept. .It give.s. us real pleasl.ue to meet our friends W'h0 are doing so much for us, and OUl' gil'Is , are glad to show them throtlg-h our Home. lrhe health if., remarltable. Of have to have mu.;@s but no broken measles oc('asional1y to keep up among our serious sici'ness. ~'e alwnys hs,?e some but. they rec~ive every atteatLon f(ro,m out pk7sicia.ns and l\.t\8e, the children visi t them witla jowers. 'I'his is not a report, OnlJ路 your <:lose by asking our Pre,:daent to'extellfJd our Home-. Res:pe<?tftdly, MltS. I~. B. 4

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313

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.

ST.

LOUIS,

To the President and Board of Directors Missou.ri:

Mo., Septem.ber 1, 1904.

the Masonic-Home of

B.RETHREN:-It aff.ords me pleasure to present to you my second anllual report as Superintendent of the Mason,le Home of Missouri, which report records the history of the eighteenth year of our institutioll.

We rejoice to believe that its reoord will compare favorably with any other year in its history. 1st. The hea-Ith of' the family bas heen remarka;bly gt)iO'd. With one single excepti-on no serious sickne'ss among the children. From the ranks of the old people six: have been called to their, reward, two of thes'e died while out on leave of abs,ence visiting a.mong friend,s, so t1l:lat in reality we have had but.four deat:bsia tlJ;eHome duri;ag the Year; ,oftb,esix, fourh,ad passed ti;e f'our..acore mileston,e, ;f::w,e hada.lmO\s;treaebedtbat point, and,;oRe~ad loE1g ago passed thethre.e-s'cor!e mark,so h'aTe also the record for helalth has been pe~rkable. 2d. We had at the beginning of the year a f'amilyOi! 'oneRlIndred and thirty..four (134). Since then twentY-~lght (28) <b.a;v'ebeen admitted, ten (10) hmve been discharged, six (6) have died, leav-ing, Sept.emoor· 11 1904, a. ·~~mily hun.dred (146) , s.eventy-nine (79) s·ixty",s·even (67) old There are forty-three thtrty-six (36) s~xtys,eveno,ld people thirty'"tIour (3.4)~remen a:BJd' thimy..tb"oo> (3'3) women; of thisnum'berfortY-D:v,e are ahove of age, twellty-six(2G) areaJbove 8 1igbt.w i

(~···O·)·;

are less than sixty two and one-half (721h) yeaTS. of i.s above.seventy-five (75), and the~verage ag.e Oifi:b.e womenj~~bove sixty-mine three girls. ,8,fje

pr&lta~~ye:m

ealrnlJQ.gs have to theireredit tihe neait, sum W1n.~~ra!(llU;8;.te <.luring

Sept6mher frOIll.'13,arnes'

314

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[Sept.

Business' College, and will be competent to make their own way in the world. Three girls are attending the Central High School, and all the balance of them, with the exception of three tots, who are under school age, are in attendance at the Dozier Grammar School. 4th. The following donation.s have been re,ceived during the year and used to the best advantage: One lot of clothing from the estate of the lamented, John G-reenongh. One barrel of hi(;kory nnts from Jonesburg Lodge, No. 457, A..U'. & A. :\1. One box medicinal tablets from the Rt; Louis Granuh~ Co. Fon CHRISTMA:::; 1'RK,\T.

One barrel apples from 'V. C. Wagner. Cash from ~lrs. l~lla L. Scott, $25.00. Cash from Andy \Valdt, $5.00. Cut flowers for decoration~, Theo. 1\Hller.

One lot cakes from \Velle..Boetter Bakery Co. Treat of lee ('ream from Union Dairy Co. Cash from Gate City IJoJ'lge, ~o. 522, Kansas City, l\ro., $E).OO. Cash from Mrs. Rosa Zung, $5.00.

In addition to the above the Christmas Committee rem'embered us each one liberally. The "Vorld's Fair and Amusement Fund, to which tbe m,em,bers of the Grand Lodge of 1903 contributed so liberally, continued to grow from the gifts of the Grand Chapter O. E. S., also from Lodges and individuals until we had the sum of two hundred and ninety dollars, which has en3Jbled the children ,to spend many pleasant, and, I trust, profitable days at the World's Fair, for which they will be grateful r..s long as they may live. ST. JOHN'S DAY Oli'FERINGS FROM O. E. S. CHAPTERS. :Harmony Chapter, No. - , Kansas City, 1V[0., one center table for the old people's reception hall. Leeton Chapter, No. 200, one bed quilt. Unity Chapter, No. 151, one New Home sewing machine. Vesta Chapter, No.5, one hed quilt. Queen City Chapter, No, 226. one bed quilt.

mastern Light Chapter, No. 216, villow slips, sheets and towels. ltegina Chapter, No. 41, one bed q}lHt. Hillsboro Chapter, No. 71, one '\Vheeler & WiIsonsewillg m~chine, and tllree bed quilts.

We. have received 3.1so the following sums in cash, which have been turned over to Mrs. Lillie Fletcher, who had .,charge of the St. John's Day Offering, and from whom a full report will be made: Ruth Chapter, No. 177, {'ash King' City Chapter, No. J 36, cash. . . . . . . . .. .

Bronaugh Char>ter. No. 182, cash

. .

Appendix.

1904.J 5th.

316

The following were admitted during the year: AGE.

•J osephHarris........ ...... Imogene 11. Schult...... William D. Schult......

68 8 5

John Walker............... 77 Gladys M. Goodding... 10 Hugh B. Goodding..... 8 Frank A. Staley ...'r...... 14 Gt·o. L. Smith.............. 68 Elsie N. Smith.............. 10 Marshall H. Bartlett... 80 Eliza A. Bartlett......... 75 Ceci~C. Farrow........... 12 Lola V. Farrow........... 10 Laura L. Farrow... 7 Joseph Goodspeed........ 75 Almira M. DavidRon... 70 William O. Lucky........ 70 Kate O. Lucky...... 69 Elizabeth Woodring..... 9 Teresa V. Woodring .... 7 Rufus H. Woodring..... 5 Nancy Swinney........... 79 .Joseph E. Doty........... 12 Mary B. Doty

Elizabeth J. Doty........ Harry B. Porter.. Charles R. Porter......... Rm;alie Trower...........

9 10 9 '14

ADMIT"fED.

·Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Nov.

LODGE.

RESIDEl'CE.

1903 1903

Heroine, No.104 Uarruthersville, No. 461 Carruthersville, No.461 1903 ........ .... ... . 1903 'Lodge or'Trnthi';..·..N;:2£3S· 1903 Lodge of '!'ruth, No.268 1903 ALbert Pike, No.219 1903 St. Andrews, No.9g No. 98 Nov. lU03 St. Andrews, ................... ~. Kansas City, No. 220 Kansas City, No. 220 "i904' Lebanon, No. 77 Jan. 1904 I.lebanon, No. 77 Jan. 1904 I Lebanon, No. 77 1903

·Jan:····

i:~:

Jan. Jan. . :March March March

March April April April A. pril April Aug.

i~g~ ~.~.:~~:~:'~

Kansas City. Oarruthersville. Carruthersville.

Fairdealing. Atlanta. Atla.nta. Kansas City. Shelbyville. Shelbyville. . Kansas City. Kansas City.

ISteel'\'Tille.

. Steelville. Steeleville.

~~:.~~~. l ~:if~~~ City.

19.0.4. McDonald, MCDo.l1al d J No. 32.~il Indepe I.ndepeUdence 1904 No. 324 ndence 1904 weston, No. 53 Weston. 1904 \'Yeston, No. 53 Weston. 1904 Weston, No. 53 I Weston. 1904 Middle Grove, No. 42 Middle Grove. 1904 Gault, No. 423 Wheeling. 1904 Gault, No.423 Wheeling. 1904·\ Gault. No. 423 Wheeling. 1904 GreenvilIe,·No. 107 Greenville. 1904 Greenville, No. 107 Greenville. 1904 1 Maramec, No. 95 Eureka.

The following having reaenedthe age limit were granted. a disNAME.

AGE.

ADMITTED.

LODGE.

DISCHARGED.

The following. were discharg.ed<by request:

Jo,seph

Ui1,11 .I..;:,........, ...... i

No.

1904

816

A.ppendix.

[Sept.

I submit also the RQster of Rome Fwmily, ;Septem'ber 1st, 1904: ROST.ER OF HOME FAMILY.

NAMES.

LODGE.

A.nnie Bardelaben ...... Henrietta Peatt...........

Amanda Roush

Sarah J. Learn Henry Eilers............... Leonard Allen Nellie Allen................. Della Allen...... Geo. W. Bailey............ Oassie V. Ross Maud Hall .. Nannie J. Fuqua Dora O. Reckart.. Stella Han Anna Holt . Martha ~llen Holt Vernie Bell Holt ~ Oscar T. Holt ...•.......... Russell E. Toelle.... Nora E. Butler...... Nellie S. Butler........... .A ureliaToel1e May Go rdon Lessley... Ed ward W. League..... Caroline Hueffell Sarah Brown...... Annie A. Dubuque......

~Jennie

E. Cadle...........

Mabel F. Sherlock ...... AmyFlorenceSherlock Eugene Holla Frier..... Nannie Louise Frier... Beatrice A. Sam pey ... Vera Rose Sinclair...... Henry Burger.. Ohristine Burger......... William F. Merrpll...... Minerva E. Merrell..... Gladys yates..... Lillie Adela Lindsay... Robert Ba rrett Eliza A.Robinson....... James Ed win Frier..... Aug-ust Oarl Bischoff... Zalda Hogan........ Ferd. Droz Rebecca Peterson .. Claude F .Olayton .,.. Arthur .J. Clayton t..... Guy Clayton..... ..........•. Mattie tT. Hobbs David P. Watts...... ....• Richard Trotter..... Lewis V. Ross.............. Sara Ruth Raymond .... Frank B. Mosely..... Hansel Ed ware! Moore Dora Florence Moore.. DolJie lVfay Moore.. Grace Viola Moore Earl F. Griswold Grace Augusta Raymond Blanch T. Poston.. Lillian L. Poston......... William E. Poston Helen ,Moffett ......• ..•.•. William Moffett J'Q.liet Marmaduke...... Ha,rl1et Sampey......... Finis S. Arnold........... Marion N Thornton... 0'

··.·l

75 64

71 76

15 13 13

17 19 17 15 57 16 14

12 14 17 13 11

12 79 68

84 65 76 18

14 14

10 17 9 90

88 81 73 11 10 79 74 8 15

16 70 68 14 12 10 67 72 79 11 9 15 13 11 9 6 12

12 18 16 14 6

5 76

58 77

June

RESIDENCE.

1890

Polar Star, No. 79 Kansas Oity, No. 220 Wilson, No. 191 Geo. Washington, :No. 9 Lambskin, . No. 460 Composite, No. 369 Oomposite, ,N o. 869 Oomposite, No. 369 La Belle No. 222 New L'ondon, No. 307 Good Hope, No. 218 March 1894. Shelbina, No. 228 July 1894 Mt. Moriah, No. 40 Aug. 1894 Good Hope, No. 218 Au~. 1895' Purdy, No. 148 Aug. 1895 Purdy, No. 148 Aug. 1895 Purdy, No. 148 No. 148 Aug. 1895 Purdy, No. 69 Dec. 1895 Sullivan, No. 237 Feb. 1896 La Plata, Feb. 1896 La Plata, No. 237 May 1896 Sullivan, No. 69 Aug. ,1896 Higbee, No. 527 May 1897 Pride of the West, No. 179 May 1897 Beacon, No. S May 1897 Fayetteville, No. 264 M,ay 1897 NaphtaJi, No. 25 Aug. 1897 Friendship, No. 89 Sept. 1897 She kina, No. 256 Sept. 1897 Shekina, No. 256 No. 218 March 1898 Good Hope. March 1898 Good Hope. No. 218 March 1898 S~omon, N~~l Aug. 1898 Marionville, No. 390 Dec. 1898 Jefferson, No. 43 No. 43 Dec. 1898 Jefferson, Dec. 1898 Occidental, No. 163 Dec. 1898 Occidental, No. 163 Jan'. 1899 Fulton, No. 48 Jan. 1899 Feb. 1899 Philadelphia, No. 502 May 1899 Clarence. N 0.305 Sept. 1899 Good Hope~ No. 218 Oct. 18$9 Erwin. No. 121 Oct. 1899 Harrisonville. Nov. 1899 Pride of the West, No. 179 Marchl:OO() .M.issouri, No. 1 April 1900 Dexter. No. 532 April l~()O Dexter. No. 632 No. 532 April 1900 Dexter. April 1900 Irondale. No. 148 April 1900 Lathrop, \ No. 506 No. 14'9 April :I.9QO Lexingtlon, New LondoD, No. 307 ~;~~. ~r~ Erwin, No. 121 Jan. Itt1 iPilrenix, No. 136 April 1901 Dexter, No 532 NO.5.~2 April 1001 ne'Xter, April 19t11 Diexter, No·, fi.~2 No..•i32 April l!Oll ])iexter, No. 27 :May 1901 Evergreen, Nov. Dec. .April

1890

1890 189'2 Dec. 1892 May 1893 May 1893 May 1893 May 1898 Aug'. 1893 March 1894

• • • • • ,..

Erwin.

l'yro, Tyro, '['yro, Savannah, Savannah, ~exi()C)e,

8010m0 n, r

S~daU8,.

i"airfax,

111 ~

St. Louis Kansas City. Pocahontas. St. Louis. St. Louis. Doniphan. Doniphan. Doniphan. La Belle. New Lolldon. St. Louis. Hannibal. s't. Louis. St. Louis. Purdy. Purdy. Purdy. Purdy. Sullivan. .Atlanta. .Atlanta. Sullivan. Higbee. $t. Lonis. St. Louis. Fayetteville. St. LQuis. Chillicothe. Festus. F~stus.

St. Louis. St. Louis. Springfield. MarioIlville. Jefferson Oity. Jefferson Oity. St. l.~()uis. St. Louis. Fulton.

Phil,~delphia.

Cla:rence. St. Louis. St.Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. LOUis• Dexter. Dexter.

Dexti,er. Irondale Lathrop. Lexi.1'lgtoll.

New LOl1don. St.l,ouis. Bow1J:itllig' Gr'm.

Dexter. Dexter.

Dexter.

1904.J

Appendix.

317

ROSTER OF HOME FAMIE.Y-Oontinued.

NAMES.

Joel A. Stearns............ Elizabeth Kobede....... Eliza A. Oourt .... ..... Charles A. Br€>wn........ Charles W. Overton..... O. B. Dooley...... John P. Phillips ElizaJ. Potter G. O. Olardy Geo. A.Burnham........ Van Buren Vandyke... John P. Sampson........ Sallie Sampson Walter IJ. Pratt Thomas H. Pratt......... Robert A. Pratt Willis Griffing Wm. A. :Miller John W. Schwarner Nannie M. Riggs......... James F. Riggs..... Clyde A. Riggs Phillip H. Tucker........ Daniel A. Olayton........ (.trace Ellen ~berlock.. Olara Lentz.. ....... ...... Anna Eliza Lilly......... Charles Ruch ·.· Olara E. Hoover.. Andrew J. Hoover LOg. an . Hoover·..····.··

RESIDENOE.

66 67

91 44

74 85 73 14

12 9 80 73 72 15 13 10 66

76 8

70 71

16 11 79

Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

Nov. Dec. ..Tan. Feb. April April April May May June June.

J·uue June June June June June June June

1901 1901 1901 1901 1901

1901

1902 ]002 1902

1902 1962

19@2 1902 1902

1002

1902 1902 1002

1902 1902 1902 1902 H102

June Aug. Aug.

1902

Aug. Aug. Aug.

1902 1902 1002 1902 1902

A:ng.

1902

AUlr.

Clyde Jacob Hoover..... 1 Aug. Oharles B .. Oottman..... 64 t. John Z,Kent .....88 Sarah Teagarden. 61 Ethel Beck ....;.......... 15 Vinci! E. Beck 13 Edna Izella Beck 10 Murriel Estelle Beck... 5 Walter A. Brandt 11 Leroy M. Brandt.. 9 James M. Shoush.. 71 William Butte.. 73 M. P. Hensley.............. 82 Mary Frances Fisher... ·6; Elizabeth J. olayton... 70 Eudoxia Gassette... 6R Andrew J. Dowd ..•..... 55 Emma Dowd 50 Imogene Marle S~bult 9 William Duff Schult... 6 Gladys M. Goodding... 11 Hugh Bryan Goodding 9 Frank Aaam S\tah"...... 15 Geo. L. Smith no.. 69 Elsie Nell Smith......... 11 Marsball H. Bartlett... 80 Elizabeth A.. Bartlett... 75 Oecil Clifton Farrow... 13 Lola V. Farrow............ 11 Laura L. Farrow... ...... 8 Joseph.GQodspeed...... 76 Almira. M. navi·dson... 70 l!l O. Lue·lky ,•... '. T..im:i(lR:jf .. ".......... 69 Eii..b,etih W0o£ltring... 9 TerEBit V. WOi(1)dring...7 Rums H. Woodring..... 5 NaDeySwinney.. 79 JOJseph.E. Doty·.·.· ··. i2 Mail,'Y' :Bene D0~,y........... 11. ElizalbetlJ J ... J[)o(jy..... •••• '9 H,a~Benj. Porter liO ehades R. Porter.. 9 R!o$$]~e Trower ·..· 74

1902 1902

.Fayette, No. 47 Beacon, . No. 3 Pride of the West, No. 179 Lock S})rings, No. 488 Missouri, No. 1 United, No. 5 Jackson, No. 82 AuroI;a, Ne. 267 Tempera-nee, No. 4S8 Moberly, No. 844 Butler, No. 254 Oyrene, No. 14 Cyrene, No. 14 Sampson, No. 298 Sampson, No. 298 ~ampson1 No. 298 Higginsville, No. 364 Occidental, No. 163 Hemple, No. 37 Weatherby, No. 235 Weatherby, No. 235 Weatherby, No. 235 MontgomeryCity, No. 246 Occidental, No. 163 Shekinah, No. 2S6 Geo. Washington, No. 9 Gate Oity, No. 522 Ricbmond, No. 57 Star, No. 419 Star, No. 419 Star, No. 419 Star, No. 419 Tuscan, No. 360 :Robert Burns, No. 4iS~· Tem~l:e,

....

Venus O~a;pter,

. . JXQ. ~9

No. iSS, O. fBI. S.

Venus Q\ha.p;~r, No. 153, O. E. S Venus O~a.pter, No. 153,0, E. S. Venus Ohapter. No. 153, 0" ~ s.

Geo. Washington, No.

Geo.·WasbingtoD,· No. ··9 La Plata, No. ~

Lambskin, NQ. ~60 How No. .J3al1efb.ha.pter, Nn.6.9, a.1I.8 .]68 t, No.1 .1.8.. 1{ausae City, No.220 Kans8;sOit;y, No. 220 OarruthersvHle, No. 461 CarruthersviUe, No.461 E.todge.of'F·rutn, No. lJodgeofTrutb, No. .Albert Pike, No. Rt. Andrews, No. St. A ndr'ews, No. Ka.n~as No.. Kans3is Leb&l'lFOn, Ee1:');i.DJiQ\'D!.

LebaIIO'tl, GateOi'tiY,

]'ayette. St. Louis. St. Louis. Loek Springs. St. Louis. Springfield. Linneus. 81. LOUis. Sm.tthville. Moberly. BuUer. Oyrena. Oyrene. Lutie. Lutie. Lut;ie. Higginsville. St. Louis. Easton. Weatherby. Weatherby. Weatherby. Montg'y City. St. I.louis. Festus. St.IJouis. Kansas City. Richmond. TabersVHIe. "'abel1"sville. Tabersville. Tabersvil1e. S:t.~ouis.

gv:ille.

s City.

Appendix.

318

[Sept..

REPORT' OF SECREl'ARY. RECEIPTS FROM SEPTEMBER

1, 1903,

TO SEprrEM:BER

1, 1904.

From Grand. I;odge, A. F. & A. 1\1:., of 'Mis~ou1'L " '. $1~,317 Grand Chapter, O. E. S., oE Missonri. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1.863 Dce<l of trust, :Miss' Gussie C. Noisel....... . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 1,500 Ararat Patrol, A. A. O. N. l\tI. S., Kansas City. . . . . . . . . . . . . HU :\11's. C. C. Hainwater, for JDndowment I~"unc1.............. H;) Vinci! Lodg~, .Ko. 62, fllneral expenses................... 4H

J. 'V. 'Moore estate lnter'est on deed of

, . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . Miss Gussie C. Noisel.. . . . . . . . . . St. John Lodge, No; :::8, fpneral ~X:Dens"es.. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . \Vyaconda Chapter, O.E. S ~ :. . .

00 75 00 67

00 40

45 ";5 45 00 25 00 5 5ft

tL"llSt,

$21,98H OJ

'VhichI have paid to Treasur(~r, and hold his receipt for same.

l~'OI.·

groceries, meats and vegetables dr~r· goods, clothing and shoes ft1el, ligllt and ice seltool supplies and sundries nlec.Ucine and d~ntistry "

$ 7.677 0:1 2,001 14 . 2,405 27

. .

" '.'

SB 6~

:?,87..1 74 1,1~r; SH til 45 75 00 247 Of) 1,500 00 600 00

BoO 00

hired hell) .•...............•...........................

laundry , printing nnd pOJS1tage funeral expens(~s directors' expenses .. . Superintendent's and .Matron's salary Secretary's salary ,....... . " expenses, lno"ing J. 1. Kirkendall to California

tw~

• H3H

. . . . .

$20,187 14 11'01'

building and repairs ....•.....•................. $1,400 72 taxes and insurance ~ . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1,658 16

furniture ancl croclt:el:Y...........................

221 16 --.......--$ 3.280 04 $23.4(17 18

Sent Campbell 'Yells for Endo"vment l:flund ..............•...... ~ 1,[,00 00 Pra ternally submitted, JOHN .R. PARSON, S!ec,.€~ta'PtJ.

1904J

Appendix.

319

TREASURER'S REPORT. REPORT OF

F . J.

TYGARD, 1'REASlTRER MASONIC H01YfE OF MISSOURI,

FROM SEPTEMBER

1903.

1, 1903,

TO AUGUST

31, 1904.

DEBITS.

September 1, ':Po Balance on hand current account . 12, To Cash from John R. Parson, Secretary . 12, John R. Parsoll, Secretar~r . 12, H. A. 'Benoist, 6 In.lnt. on $10,000 at 4~% due Sept. 8, 1903 .. 12, H. H. Wells, 6 in. Int. on $1,800 at 6% due Sept.. 1, 1903 . 12, W. J'. Bard, 1 year's Int. on $1,000 at 6% due Sept. 1, 1903 . 12, E. A. Holt, 6 m. Int. on $1.500 at 6% due Sept. 1, 1903 . 12, Butler Loan & Trust Co., 1 year's Int. OIl $1,000 at 6% due Sept. 3, 1903

17,

October

16,

Hi,

16, 26, 27,

29.

November 17, December 2, 5, 11,

31,

$ 4,726 79

49 40

66 fi7 225 00 i1400

fiO 00 45 00

60 00

J. A. Ford, 5 m. Int. on $3,300 at 6% due Sept. 12, 1903 . tJ. R. Pa.raon, Secretary .

228 50

Surlorgne Realty Co., account of $4&.0 Int. on $15,000 at 6% due Sept. 28, 1903 , .. O. Wells, Int. to July 5, 1903, on Catron Kirkendall . C. Wells. Int. to March 16, 1903, on Smith Kirkendall . a. Wells, Int. on $f),OOO Renz note a$ 6% to Oct. 17,1903 · . A. M:anshart, 6 m. Int. on $7,500 at 6% due Oct. 25, 1903 . J. R.Parson, Secreta,ry .. Surlorgne Realty Co, account of $450 Int. due Sept. 28, 1903 .. J. a.Parson. Secretary .. O. Wells, Treasurer End. Fund .. .J. R. Parson, Secretary . J~spe·r Co. :Mo., 6 :ro. Int. on $1,500 a,~

'5%.."

99 00

250 00 46 40

15 85 300 00

225 00

25 00 100 00

18,088 50 4 71 1,~63

37 50

1904.

January

so,

Snrlo.rgne· Realty 00., $100, balance due on· Int.coupon~ and $3.40 Int. on same·.·..·.· · . Ramilton Estate, 6 m. Jnt.on $16,.000 R. E. Notes at 5% .. Int. on balanyce o·f lot ..

Gnssi~M.Ohoisel,

103 40 400 00

[Sept.

Appendix..

320

February 22, To Cash from C. Wells, Int. on $2,100 loan of A. A. Malky . $ Mrs. Holt, 6 m. Int.. on $,1,500 a~ 6% 1, March H, H. Wells, 6 m. Int. on $1,000 at 1,

6% 011$3.000 . Taylor Babcock, 1 year's Int. at

16,

6% on $1,000 H. A. Benoist, 6 m. Int. at on $10,000 Int. on Smith Dote

16, 16,

Int. on Pendleton note . 2 m. Int. on $2,000 Hamilton R. E,

Loan at 16,

31, 31,

31. g, 16,

26,

5'%

2, 2, 2,

21, August

31,

. .

42 00 240 00 180 00 180 00 60 00

225 00 6820 99 94 16 67

2,000 00 21 55

J. R. Parson, Secretary

.. 6 m. Int. on Hamilton $14,000 R. E. Lo·an at 5% . A. Glfinn, Int. on Armstrong Loan, $2 50() at 6'%

15,

30 00

4X%

(Principal remitted O. Wells). Hamilton Estate $2,000 payment R, E. Note . Balance of Goddman Int. Kirken· dall End. Fund ~ .. H. H. Wells for R. E. Notf:\, re mUted to O. Wells .. H. H. Wells for R. E· Note, remittl?'d to C. Wells .. 'R. H. 'VeIls for R. E. Note, reo mitted tc C. Wells ~ .. Jennie A. Ford, 6 ro, Int. on $3,300 at 6% End. Fund : . Bank's Int. on current deposits . Henry Co. Mo., 1 year's Int. on $5.000 bonds at 5% . J. R. ParsoJU, Secretary . Manshart for 6 m. Int. 011 $7,500

at 6% July

April

D. O. Yoder, 1 year's I~t. at 7% on $600 ' . E. A. Scott, 1 year's Int. at 6% on $4,000 . Frank E. Reed, 1 year's Int. at 6% on $3.000 . George McClain, 1 year's Int. at

126 00 45 00

Hamilton .Sa.vlngs Bank, Int. 1 year on $SOO··Oat'rQ1il-K'irkendall. J. R. Parson, Secretary, Int. on $1,.500, ba,lan,cJe of Dote-Ohoisel. Int. received on 6"1!111rreni deposits.. Total reeeipts Sppt, 1, 19Q5 to Aug. Total debit August 81,1904

~:.t.,

200 00

300 00 500 00 99 00 128 03

25000 45 75 225 00 5 50

35000 212 85

48 00 45 00 9,2 34

1904

28,228 01

S2,~~

1904.J

Appendix. OREDITS.

1903. September 12, By Warra.nt 12," " 12, " 12, " 12,

12, I I 12, "

October

3~1

7, "

7, " 7, 13, November 7, 7, 7, 7,

" " " " " "

9, "

28, " December 7, 7, " 7. "

9, " 9, " 10, "

No. 869, paid E. B. RE;\dd........•................•.....••..••.•. $ "870, H Current Expense Account........ " 871, " St. Louis Butchers Supply Co......... " 872, " Scudder·Gale Grocer 00.................... 873, L. Schaeffer............... 874, " O. Wells........................... " 875, Oarleton Dry Goods 00... U 876, " Scudder·Gale Grocer 00.................... " 877, " L. Schaeffer " 878, " E. B. Redd......................................... " 879 , " Current Expense Account................. " 880, " Oarleton Dry Goods Co d..... " 881, " Scudder'Gale Grocer Co................... " 882, " L. Sctlaeffer .••••.....................• Il

" 883, " 884. U 885, II 886, " 887, " 888,

" " " " "

889,

" 890. ., " 891, " q 892. "

125 00

1,000 00 130 00 162,85 112 13 133 34 86 66

152 83

116 00 125 00 1,000 00 78 51 163 06 120 84 E. B. Redd......•...............•..........• .1'10.... l~S 00 Current Expense Account........... 1,000 00 Union Dairy Co 92 33 Water License :........... 100 00 E. B. Redd......................................... i2500 D. E. Campbell Fuel 00.................... 362 -10 Ourrent Expense Account 1,000 00 Scudder-Gale Grocer 00..... 188 29 Singer Bros.......... 128 25 L. Schaeffer 117 71

190i.

January

" 893, 894, " U

5, " 7, 7, 7, H 27,

February

March

9. H 9, 9, 9, " 18, 22, " 5,

895,

" 896, " 897, " u 898, " II 89'9, H 900,." II

901,

902, "

903,

D. E. Oampbell Fuel Co S;cudder·Gale Gro,cer 00 '1\ J. Reid Shoe 00 Ourrent Expense Account L. Schaeffer Union Dairy Co E. B. Redd Am. Fire Es . Co Scudder·Gale Grocer Co

904, ., 905, " 906, 907.. 908,

Dr. D. H. S. Smith E. B. Redd '·L. Schaefi'er q Current Expense Account H D. E. Campbell Fuel 00 Union Dairy 00.. . E. B. Redd '

909,

Current Expens.e Account

. 24540 . 181 37 . 99 70 . 1,000 00 .. 129 30 .

. .

. '

105 50 125 00 34400 165 49 93 75 125 00

. . 149 14 . 1,000 00 :.. 268 SO .

. .

9955 125 06 500 00

910, II BusinessCoUege : . 9736 I' H 911, " L. Schaefter .. 135 46 7, " Amount remitted O.Wells : . 2,600 00 31, " Warrant No. 912, paid D. E. Oampbell Fuel Co . 25240 " 913, " Scudder·Gale Grocer (Jo.••.•......... '" 31, " 24523 31, It " 914, II Ourrent Expense Account . 50000 31, 01 Amount paid Oampbell Wells for Endowment Fund . 80000 31. " 200 00 7, " 7,"

G. L.-Ap. 21.

322

[Sept.

J\'Iarch

May

June

9, By Warrant No. 915, paid E. B. Redd 9, 4' " 916, " Current Expense Account 9, H ., 917, .. Scudder路Gale Grocer Co 9, H " 918, .. L. Schaeffer .; 13, il 919, II D . .E. Campbell Fuel Co ...I, " " 920, " E. B. Redd 7, H " 921, II Current Expense Account II 922, " L. Schaeffer 7, 7, " n 923, 'I Scudder-Gale Grocer Co II 924, I I D. E. Campbell Fuel Co 7, 16, H " 925, II Union Dairy Co 31, " " 926, U Current Expense Account Short Charge No. 924 31, 6, Warrant No. 927. paid E. B. Redd., 6 " " 928, " Scudder-Gale Grocer Co " 929, I I L. Schaeffer 6, " 8, " 930, " Union Dairy Co 11, I I 931, Carleton Dry Goods Co 30, H " 932, I I Current Expense Account 5, ., " 933, " Scudder路Gale Grocer Co 5, I' '" 934, " E. B. Redd 5, 1I " 935, " Union Dairy Co " 936, .1 Widdin Bros " 6, " II 937, " L. Schaeffer 6, 8, " 988. " Stemmon & Son 20, .. 939, Sterman & Son 23, .. II 940, ' I Current Expense Account Amount remitted to O. Wells 23, 27, ' I Warrant No, 9,11, paid Paving Co 27, It Short Cllarge No. 937 3, Warrant No. 942, paid J. L. Kirkendall .. 9,13, "' E. B. Redd 6, " 94,4. " Unioll pairy Co 9, u 945, " L. Schaeffer 10, " 12, ., " 946, " Carleton Dry Goods Co, U}. " u 947, " Scudder路Gale Grocer Co

$ 125 00

. 1,000 00 . 174 23 . 153 44 .. 158 00 . 125 00 . 1,000 00 . 163 90 . 159 06 . 151 15 .

July

August

Total amount paid September I, 1903. to August 31,1904 August 31, 1904, balance on hand..........

103 55

. 1,000 00 .

6 00

. . . .

125 on 272 ti3 147 38 10f> 46

121 75

.. 1,000 00 ..

1560B

. 125 00 .. 1038H . 101 00 .. 148 54 .. 200 00 .. 9H 50 . 1,000 00 . 81 66 . 1,323 89 .

.. .

05 350 00

125 9H 131 147 229

00 23 76 51 07

$26,234 13 6,720 64

Total

$32,934 77

Fraternally submitted, To HON. NOAH M. GIVAN,

President Masonic Home of Missouri.

F. J. TYGARD, Treasu/re'r.

1904.J

l'LA:rTE CITY.,

Mo., September 15, 1904.

STAT:mMEN1.' OF SECTJRrrIES BELONGING TO '.f'HE ENDO'VMENT !i'lJNDS OF' 'rIIE MASONIC HOMI~ OF MISSOURI.

IIenry County, Mo., bonds, 5 per cent Jasper County, lV10., bonds, n per cent Butler Loan and Trust Co., 6 per eent Nob~s secured .by real estate, first mortgage, 47~ per cent Notes l::iecured by real estate, first mortgage, 5 per cent Kotps spcured by real estate, first mortgage, 6 per cent Ca.sh on htllld September 15, 1.D04 '}'otal

. . ". . . .

•........ .

5,000 1.500 1,000 ]0,000 14,000 73,6HO 8

00 00 00 O() 00, 0034

$105,198 34:

'I1hese securities belong to the ]TIndowroent Funds as follows: Knights Templar Endowment F'und $ 35,114 OU Jam<.~s T. Kirkendall Endowment T~und. . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . .. 13,150 00 T. W. Higgins Endowment If'und... .. .. 5,000 00 Genera! Bnd,)wment Fund .••...........................• "". 51,934 84 'j'otAI

........................•....................... $105,lH8 34

.:\.llof the above seetll"ities are kept by the Finance Committee in tbe safe deposit box in the vaults of the Mississippi Valley Trust Co., in St. IJouis, ':\£0., rented by the l\:Iasonic I-tome, access to which can be .had only by the presence of two or more members o.f theB'inance Committee, or Oll.e of said Committee accompanied by the Presid~nt Qr Secretary of the Masonic Home. 'Ii

'l'he cnsh on hnna is deposted in th(~ rrhird National Bank of St. Louis, 1\10., to the credi t of the l:lJndowment !i'und, drawing two per cent interest on daily b~1Iances, said ~nterest being paid to the '.rreasul"er of the Home. Respectfully, CAMPBli1LIJ WEI.lLS, Oltairm·an Ft£nance Oommittee.

Appendix.

[Sept.

HlflPOH'r OF EXPI1JR'r. ST. LOUIS" September 24, 1904. Bolo E. Waugonel·"E8(f.~ Ohai1"1nan Aucliting Oommittee,1· Boat"a of Dir'ectors of M asonio H om,e:

DEAn SIR: I have exa:t;o.ined the Secretary's and Treasurer's books from the date of the last examination (September 1st, 1903) to September 15th, 1904, and have found them correct with proper vouchers.

The following Is the financial statement to September 15th, 1904: Balance Receipts Receipts Receipts Receipts Receipts

on hand September 1st, 1903 , , $ 4,824 from Grand Lodge.................................. 18,317 from Grand Chapter, O. E. S....•............ ~ . . . . . . .. 1,863 from interest on loans and deposits......... . . . . . . . . .. 5,272 from miscellaneous sources........................... 237 from loans " ,................ 4,500

Total

,.,

79 00 75 04 32 00

$35,014 90

pA,Y:\fmNTS.

Masonic Home , .. , Remitted Campbell \Vells, trustee

Ex:pens~s

'. . . . . . . ..

$23,548 76 4,646 66

Balance September 15th, 1904 ... , .... ,........... The above

balan~econsists

$28,195 42 $ 6,819 48

of :

Cash in Treasurer's hands $ 6,72064 Cash .in the Secretary's hands. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . 98 84

$ 6,819 48

Yours .very truly, W. K. SPINNEY, Publio Acootltntc£ft,t.

1~04.J

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3~5

DISTRICTS AND D. Do GRAND MASTERS. GRAND SECRETARY'S STATEMENT SHOWING LOCATION OF

LODGES ACCORDING TO DISTRICTS. FIRST DISTRIOT. EDWARD HIGBEE, D. D. G. M., LANCASTER. NQ.

County.

Clark do do do do do Scotland. do

Schuyler do do do

Name of Lodge.

167 180 290 3,18

Revere Des Moines Fairmount Eldorado 362 Hiram 436 Gothic. .

. ,

.....16 Memphis 72 Gorin

244 259 380 427

Middle Fabius Lodge of Love Queen City Glenwood

Loeation.

Revere. Athens. Wyaconda. Luray. Kahoka. Alexandria. Memphis. Gorin. Downing. Lancaster. Queen City. Glenwood.

SECOND DISTRICT. G. A. GOBEN, D. D.O."M., KIRKSVILLE.

Adair do do

105 Kirksville

Kirksville.

319 Paulvtlle

Brashear. KirksviHe.

Knox .•...... do do do do

6 168 181 29,1 414

3,66 Adair

Ark ........................•.Newark. Colony., Oolony.. Novelty ...................• Novelty.. Edina: ' Edina. Gree.nsburg Greensburg.

326

[Sept.

Appendix. THIRD DISTRICT. JOHN J. DILLINGER, D. D. G. M.• OWASCO.

No.

County.

Putnalll do ., do do

171 206 210 394

' '....

Sullivan......................... do do do do' do .. . do

Location.

Name of Lodge.

Hartford SOlnerset Unionville Lucerne

Humphreys Seaman Green City Putnam Pollock 389 Arcana 540 Winigan

32 126 159 190 349

Hartford. Powersville. Unionville. Lucerne.

Hulnphreys. Milan. Green City. Newtown. Pollock. Harris. Winigan.

FOURTH DISTRICT. D. M. FOSTER, D. D. G. M., RAVANNA.

111 Trenton Trenton. 253 Laredo Laredo~ 423 Galt.........•................ Galt. 524 Spickardsville Spickards.

Grundy do do , do

Mercer........................ do

35 Mercer 258 Ravanna

Princeton. Ravanna.

FIFTII DISTRICT. TANDY A. DUNN, D. D. G. M., BETHANY.

Harrison........................97 Bethany do 128 IJorraine do 257 oil do do do

328 395 IIaUield 556

Bethany.. Ridgeway. Ll~~nt,

,.,l!;,;~lg!eVlHe.

,Hatfield. G·ilman

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SIXTH DISTRICT. JOHN W. BARKLEY, D. D. G.M., ALBANY. County.

No.

Name oj Lodge.

Location.

Gentry........................... do do do do do do

21 109 125 127 252 377 447

Havana Stanberry Gentryville Athens Alanthus ," Ancient Craft Jacoby

ThIcFalL Stanberry. Gentryville. Albany. Alanthus Grove. King City. Darlington.

Worth........................... do do do

66 88 198 321

Grant City Defiance Allensville Jonathan

Grant Oity. Sheridan. Allendale. Denver.

SEVENTH DISTRICT. EDWIN F. HAMLIN, D. D. G. M., MARYVILLE.

Nodaway .~......... do do do do do do do do do do do do do .. ,

50 165 196 201

Xenia Maryville Quitman Ravenwood

289

Gra'Qam

301 Whitehall 329 Kennedy 442 Burlington 485 Gaynor Oity .. ~ 470 Nodaway 472 Pickering 474 Guilford 507 Clearmont 511 Skidmore

Hopkins. Maryville. Quitm:an. Ravenwood. Graham. Barnard. Elmo. Burlington Junct. ParI:Lell.

MaryvHle. Pickering. Guilford. Olearmont. Skidluore.

EIGHTH DISTRIOT.. · W. E. GIER.MAN, D. D. G. M., ROCKPORT.

Atchison do do do

.. ... ... e •••••••••••••

157 200 358 483

North Star Sonora North-West Fairfax

Rockport. Watson. Tarkio.. Fairfax.

[Sept.

Appendix.

3fJ8 Eigldh D'istrict ConUnued.]

County.

No.

Holt do do do

112 139 214 294

Name oj Lodge.

Location.

Maitland Oregon Forest City Mound City

Maitland. Oregon. Forest City. Mound City.

NINTH DISTRICT. GEO. REES, D. p. G. M., ST..JOSEPH.

Andrew........................ do do do do do do Buchanan do do do .. do do do .

Savannah Lincoln Whitesville Rochester Amazonia Rosendale , Valley

Savannah. Fillmore. Whitesville. Helena. Amazonia. Rosendale. Bolckow.

Agency. De Kalb. St. Joseph .~ St. Joseph. Birming I-Ialleck. Zeredatha St. Joseph. Rushville Rushville.. Oharity ................•....St. Joseph. King Hill Adams. Saxton Saxton.

10 Agency 22 vVellington

78 150 189 238 331

do .do.

71 138 162 248 320 404 413

~.........

376 508

TENTH DISTRICT. fR. F. LAWRENCE, D. D. G. M., .GALLATIN.

De Kalb do do do do do

124 235 308 317 454 559

Daviess do do do do do do

15 Western Star 65 Pattonsburg 106 Gallatin '285 E,arl., 488 500

5·64

Union Star 'Weatherby Parrott.......... Osborn Oontinental. Olarksdale

Lock.

Union Star. Weatherby. . Maysville. Osborn.. Ste"rartsville. Clarksdale. Winston.. Pattonsburg. Gallatin. COffeysburg.. ,.Look

1904.]

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329

ELEVENTH DISTRICT. FRANK H. MATTHEWS, D. D. G. M., LIBERTY. County.

No.

Clay.............................. do do do do do

Name of Lodge.

31 Liberty 49 Hayl1esville 193 Angerona 207 Clay 311 Kearney 438 Temperance

Location.

'," .Liberty. Holt. Missouri Oity. Excelsior Springs.

37 Hemple

Clinton.... do do do do

Kearney. Smithville.

oa • • • • • • • •

113 Plattsburg

Hemple. Cameron. Plattsburg.

397 Gower 506 Lathrop

Gower. 1Jathrop.

62 Vincil

TWELFTH DISTRICT. REUBEN BARNEY, D. D. G. M., CHILLICOTHE.

Caldwell do do do do

Kingston Braymer Hamilton Polo 334 Breckenridge '.......... 561 Cowgill

do Li vingston

do do do

do do do do

Kingston. Braymer. Hamilton. Polo. Breckenridge.

118 135 224 232

89 Friendship 155 Spring Hill 170 Benevolence 333 Ohillicothe 388 Chula 434 Wheeling .505 Avalon 539 Dawn

Cowgill.

Ohillicothe. Spring HilL Utica. Chillicothe. '

Ollula. Wheeling.

Avalone Ludlow.

THIRTEENTH DISTRIOT. O. O. BIGGER, D. D. G. M.,LACLEDE.

Linn . do

~...................

82 Jackson

Linneus.

86 lBnookneld

Brook.:field.

227 Cypress,.................•...Laclede.

Appendix.

330 Thi'l'leenth District Oontinued.]

County.

Linn do do do

No.

233 325 481 510

[Sept. Location

Name of Lodge.

Bucklin Dockery Marceline Biswell

Bucklin. J\:fead ville. Marceline. Browning.

FOURTEENTH DISTRICT. SIDNEY R. WOOD, D. D. G. M., LAPLATA.

Macon....................... do do do do do do Shelby........................ do do do do t

•••••••••••

38 102 146 172 237 268 332 96 228 305 415 537

Callao Bloomington McGee " Censer La Plata Lodge of Truth Excello St. Andrew's Shelhina Clarence ~ Hunnewell Bethel.

Callao. Bevier. College Mound. Macon. La Plata. Atlanta. Excello. Shelbyville. Shelbina. Clarence. Hunnewell. Betbel.

FIFTEENTH DISTRICT. FRANK SMITH, D. D. G. M., PALMYRA.

Lewis.............................. do do do do do

Marion do do do

t.... ~......................

24 58 222 287 370 494

vVyaconda l\1onticello La Belle.............. . Craft Williamstown Lewistown

18 28 188 502

Palrnyra St. John Hannibal. Philadelpbia

La. Grange. Monticello. La Belle. Canton. "rilliamstown. Lewistown.

Palmyra.. Hannibal.. Hannibal. Philadelphia.

SIXTEENTH DISTRICT. GEO. E. MAYHA.LL, D. D. G. M., NE'V LONDON.

Pike.............................. 14 do do

17 9:2 P:e.rseverainee.. __

,LO~~JltS]lan;a.

Appendix.

1904.J Sixteenth District Oontinuecl.] Oo'unty.

No.

I>.ike do do do

136 192 399 499

Name of Lodge.

Phmnix Frankford Pike Paynesville

Ralls.............................. 33 Ralls do 302 Lick Creek do 307 New London

331 Location.

Bowling Green. Frankford. Curry'ville. Paynesville. Centre. Perry. New London.

SEVENTEENTH DISTH.ICT. A. T. VAUGHAN, D. D. G. 1\1., PARIS.

Monroe.................... do do do do <10 ••• .• ..• .•. ••.••• .•. do do

19 Paris Union Paris. 23 Florida Florida. 42 Middle Grove Middle Grove. 64 Monroe Monroe City. 91 Madison Madison. .• 223 W oodlaw;n ••...•.......... Woodlawn. 240 Granville GranviUe.. 462 Santa Fe Santa Fe.

EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT. H. A. HATIHELD, D. D. G. M. t MOBERLY.

Randolph...... do do do do do do do

30 151 161 186 344 486 527 541

Huntsville Milton Clifton Hill Morality Moberly

Huntsville. Firth. Clifton Hill. Renick. Moberly. Ca..iro!........•............... a.airo. Higbee I-ligbee. . J acksonville Jaekso~vine.

NINETEENTH DISTRICT. G, W. RUOKER. D. D. G.11., BRUNSWIOK.

Chariton........................ 73 En:reka BrunswicK. do , 74 'Warre.:n....••.•............. Keytesville. do

122 Triplett

Triplett.

Appendix.

332 Nineteenth Dist'rict Continu,ed.] County. No.

Chariton................ do do do do do

202 208 426 498 525 546

[Sept:

Name of Lodge.

Location.

Westville Salisbury Rothville Pee Dee Cunningham Prairie Hill.

Westville. Salisbury. Rothville. Musselfork. Sumner. Prairie Hill.

TWESTIETH DISTRICT. S. J. JONES, D. D. G. M.,

Carroll........................... do do do do '

39 52 101 216 249

CA.RROLL~'ON.

De"\Vitt Wakanda Bogard Hale Carroll

De,,-ritt. Carrollton. Bogard. Hale City. N orborne.

~路

Ray.............................. 57 Riclunond do do do do do

309 322 338 393 444

Richmond. I{noxville. Hardin. Millville. Lawson. Orrick.

King Hiram Hardin lVIyrtle Bee Hive Acla

TWENTY~FIRsrr

DISTRICT.

J. P. TUCK.ER, D. D. G. M., PARKVILLE.

Platte do do do do do do do

0..................... 13, Ri8in~ Sun 53 120 169 204 339 355 504

Weston Compass Camden Point Rowley Fidelity 4..delphi Platte City

Barry. Weston. Parkville. Camden Point. Dearborn. Farley. Edgerton. Platte City.

TWENTY~SECOND DISTRICT. VAN F. BOOR, D. D. G.M., KANSAS CITY.

Jackson do do do

,...... 76 Independenoo lndependence. l04,Qity. ' 219 City. 0..... 220 City..

1904.J

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Twenty-Second Distr'ict Oontinued.] County. No.

~J ackson

do do do do do do do do do do do do

263 299 316 324 337 340 391 392 446 501 522 547 563

333

.ZV'ame of Lodge.

Location.

Lee's SUIDll1it. Kansas City. Kansas City. Independence Blue Springs. Kansas City. Raytown. Oak Grove. ICansas City. - Buckner. :.. Kansas City. Kansas City. Kansas City.

Summit Temple RuraL McDonald Blue Springs Westport Raytown Christian Ivanhoe Buckner Gate City South Gate York

TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT. C. L. FROST, D. D. G. M., ODESSA.

Lafayette........................ do do do do do

61 149 364 437 464 476

Warverly Lexington Higginsville Lafayette Aunville .ountHope

Waverly. Lexington. Higginsville. Corder. Annville. Odessa.

TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT. R. ,E. L. SMITH,}). D. G. M., MARSHALL.

Saline do do do do do do do do do

~....

55 63 85 205 217 275 402 487 518, 560

Arrow Rock Oambridge

M'iami Trilumina Barbee 'ful,l'lquillity Malta ,

Bel'l)..don Onental. Nel80n

.ArrOw l=took. Slater. Miami. Marshall. : SweetS:pnngs Orea,rVille. Man~Bend.

Hernd.e>n. Bla;ckbum. Nelson.

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334

[Sept.

TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRIOT. W. F. JOHNSON, D. D. G. M. t BOONVILLE. C01~nt!l.

Cooper........................... do de do do

No.

Name of Lodge.

LocaUon.

36 142 277 456 503

Oooper Pleasant Grove 'Vro. D. Muir Wallace Prairie HOIne

Boonville. Otterville. Pilot Grove. Bunceton. Prairie Home.

Howard do do do

. 4 floward..~ . 47 Fayette . 51 Livingston . 70 Arnlstrong

Morgan

117 Versailles 250 Glensted

New Franklin. Fayette. Glasgow. Arlnstrong. Versailles. Glensted.

TvVENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT. W. G. MA.NLY, D. D. G.1vI.,COLU:MBIA.

Boone · do do do do do do do

67 114 15t) 174 336 356 455

Centralia Rocheport T·wilight Ashland Sturgeon Hallsville Ancient Landmark Hinton

Centralia. Rocheport. Columbia. Ashland. Sturgeon. Hallsville. Harrisburg. Hinton.

TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRIOT. J. K. PEMBERTON, D. D. G. M., AUX VASSE.

Audrain do do do do .. do

H...... 40 • • • • • • •

81 CentraL 115 IJaddonia 266 SOCi~ll. 354 flebron 491 i\ndalia 544

'.1

Young's Creek. Laddonia. 1Ylartinshurg. l\Iexico.. andaliiit.

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Twenty-Seventh District Oontinued.] County. No.

Callaway........................ do do 0....... do do do

335

Name oj Lodge.

Location.

8 vVil1iamsburg 48 Fulton. 60 New Bloornfield

\Villiamsburg. Fulton. New Bloomfield.

0 ••••••••••••••••••••

242 Portland

Readsville. Aux Vasseo Tebbetts.

357 Aux Vasse 565 Tebbetts

T'VENTY-EIGHTH DISTBJCT. W. B: M. OOOK" D. D. G. -M., MONTGOMERY CITY.

178 194 246 '" 261 457 492

Montgomery do do do do do

Griswold vVellsville Montgoluery City Florence o. Jonesburg Daggett

Price's Branch. vVellsville. Montgomery City New Florence. Jonesburg. McICittrick.

0 •••••••

TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT. J. W. POWELL\ D. D.G. M., FIlROY.

Lincoln........ do . do do do do do do

34 75 141 199 270 409 473 558

Troy Silex ~ Ch.ain of Rocks New Hop'e New Salem Louisville Nineveh Moscow '

o' • • • • • • • • • • •

Troy. Silex. Owen. Elsberry. Argentvil1e. ~IJouisville.

Olney. Moscow Mills.

THIRTIETH DISTRICT., AUGUST E. HUCKER, D. D. G. Y., ST. CHARLES. ~t.

Charles..................... 46 WentzviUe do 241 Pa.lestine do 260 Mechanicsville-

Warren...........

11 Pal1ltdingville

Wentzville. St.Charles. Mechanicsville.

Wright City.

'Appendix.

336

[Sept.

THIRTY-FIRST DISTRICT. W. A. CLARK. D. D. G. M. t JEFFERSON CITY.

.No.

County.

Cole...................... do do

43 Jefferson 90 Russellville 211 Hickory Hill

Miller do

134 Olean 381 Ionia

Moniteau do do do Osage do

, :.............. .. .. ..

56 183 295 553

Location.

lYame of Lodge.

J efferson City. Russellville. Hickory Hill. '"

Olean. Eldon.

Tipton California Moniteau Clarksburg

Tipton. Oalifornia. J amestown. Clarksburg.

185 Chamois 326 Linn

Ohamois. Linn.

THIRTY-SEOOND DISTRICT. JAMES BOOTH, D. D. G. M., PACIFIC.

Franklin........................ 27 Evergreen New Haven. do ,... 69 Sullivan Sullivan. do. . 173 Gray's Hummit .......•.. Gray's Summit. 251 Hope Washington. do 363 Fraternal Robertsville. do 534 Columbia Pacific. do Gasconade

123 Hernlann

Hermann.

THIRTY-THIRp DISTRICT. LOUIS MOLLER, D. D. G. M., ST. LOUIS.

St.Louis qity . 1 Missouri. do . 2 Meridian do ' . 3 Beacon do . 9 George vVashington do ................•. 20 St. Louis do . 25 Naphtba1i do . 40 Mount :M0rrb~hu · do . 7'9 Polar Star MO

St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis.. St.

1904.]

337

Appendix.

Thirty~Third

County.

District Oontintted.]

No.

St. Louis City........... do do do do do . do . do .. do .. do •............... . do do 0 ••••

•

•••••••••

0 • • • • • • • • • • 0. 0"

do do do do do St. Louis County

do do do do do do do

121 163 179 218 243 267 282 323 353 360 416

420 443 445 : 400 _.511 550 ••••

Erwin St. Louis. Occidental St. Louis. Pride of the West St. Louis. Good Hope St. I.Jouis. Keystone : St. Louis. Aurora St. Louis. Cosmos St. Louis. . Corner Stone St. Louis. Benton St. Louis. Tuscan St.Louis. Cache St. Louis. ltaska St. Louis. Anchor St. Louis. West Gate St. Louis. Lambskin St. Louis. Clifton Heights St. Louis. Rose HilL St. Louis. 0 •••••• 0 ••••••••

. 45 80 ..............

84 95 ............ 281

............ 484· ••.•••••••.•• 542'

Cass do '0' •••••••••••• do do ........•..•.................. do· do do do . do ,;." do., "".•.."" ".". ~.. G. L. Ap.-22.

Location.

Nameo! Lodge.

··54 1_4ex 141' ~iss 276 ~:tandRiver 348 Wadesburg 312 N!o'fifpareil "

3S(i) 459

~mr()1!e':m:,it}~~t;

Bamsonville. FJre:Qman.. ,<Jreil~ton.

'" .. ~ .Ea.siL~;a]j~~

DaY'~Qn

~.:9,.:I~i.~

~lton

&m\ion.; H'iJ].

4lSi }1~~llie~w8i'tie17r •.;•••;

J~.e~ric, .

[Sept..

Appendix.

338

THIRTY-FIFTH DISTRIOT. W. W. ROSS,D. D. G. M.. BUTLER. No.

County.

Bates do do do do do do do

130 140 ~ 254 341 ' n........... 350 368 479 .... ... .. 554 \0

Name oj Lodge~

Location.

Hume Papinville Butler Rockville Tyrian Crescent HilL Rich Hill Foster ~

THIRTY-SIXTH

, Hume. Papinville. Butler. Rockville. uJ ohnstown. Adrian. Rich Hill. Foster.

Jo • • • •

Dl~TRlCT.

E. E. CODDING, D. D. G. 14., SEDALIA.

Benton Johnson do do do .~ do do do Pettis do do

378 Warsaw 245 262 265 274 280 313 428

;

Warsaw.

Knob Noster ~olden

Knob Noster.. Holden. Warrensburg.

Corinthian Cold Spring Lodge of Peace }{ingsville Pittsville

Le~t{)n.

Chilhowee. Kingsville. Pittsville.

'........ 236 Sedalia :. 272 Granite 425 Gr~en Ridge

Sedalia. Sedalia. Green Ridge.

THIRTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT. GEO. H. DANIEL, D. D. G. M.. OSCEOLA.

Bt'nton

418 Clear Creek

Palo Pinto.

Henry do do do , do do ........................•... do do

29 286 343 408 548 552 557 562

Windsor. Urich. Petersburg. 1\[ontrose. Clinton.

Windsor Urich ~.gricola

Montrose Clinton Call1ou~1

Blairstowll Deepwater

" '

'..;QJ,11 ...I'U,U••

,..

0'"

tsis~u·e,to1Ifn.

Deep'water.

1904.J

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Thirty-Seventh District- Oontinued.] Oounty. iVO.

339

Name of Lodge.

St. Clair........................... 273 St. Clair

do do do

342 Circle 403 City 412 Appleton City

..-

419 Star

'" Osceola. Roscoe. Lowry City. Appleton City. Taberville.

THIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT. H. T. WRIGHT, p. D. G. M., LEBANON. ~

Camden

152 l,inn Oreek 433 Mack.'s Creek

Linn Creek. Mack's Creek.

83' Laclede 43,2 Competition 528 Conway

Lebanon. Competition . Conway.

Pulaski do

375 \Vaynesville 385 Rich land

\Vaynesville.. Richland.

Miller do

203 Brurnley

Brumley.

410

Laclede... do

. . THIRTY-NINTH DISTRIOT. ED. J. KOOH, D. D. G. M., ROf.JLA.

Crawford

'77 Lebanon

-3-12 ()ub,a

'Dent.............................. 2,25S-alem Maries do

Steelvine.

'Ouba,. Salem.

~.... ....~4

,.. ~

531

Lane's ~rairie

Ph,elps............................. 213 Rolla do . James do . Sit!>Ting . Creek Pulaski

Vichy. Rolla.

St.. Jall".les. Edgar Springs.

346 ..........~ ................ DISTRICT. O:HAS. E. P:¥LE"Jl>.P.<f:l.. H .• UE SOTO, MO.

Jefferson d.o d-o

. . .

[Sept.

Appendix.

340 Fort'ieth District Oontinued.]

County.

No.

Name of Lodge.

Location.

Washington................... 12 Tyro do 131 Potosi 143 Irondale do

St. Francois

Caledonia Potosi. Irondale.

535 Blackwell

;.Blackwell.

FORTY-FIRST DISTRICT. WILLARD B. DUNNEGAN, D. D. G. M., BOLIVAR.

Dallas........................... ...361 Riddick ,. 396 Western Light do do 421 Urbana Hickory do

279 Hogle's Creek 288 Hermitage

Buffalo. Louisburg. Urbana.

we ••

Wheatland. Hermitage.

44 Fair Play Fair Play. 144 Modern Humansville. 160 "Pleasant Morrisville. 195 Bolivar Bolivar. 431 Celnent HalfWay. ,; .....•.• 467 Pleasant Hope......•...Pleasant Hope.

Polk do do do do do

FORTY-SECOND DISTRICT. WILL R. BOWLES, D. D. G. M., GREENFIELD.

Cedar do, ....•.•...................... IiII do .....•...................... do

283 Stockton 315 Jerusalem 373 Amity 482 Clintonville

Dade: do

87 359

4~'5

do do

458 521

Stocktoll. Jerico. Filley. Eldorado Sprin~.

1904.J

Appendix.

341

FORTY-THIRD DISTRICT. RALPH L. WARDIN•. D. D. G. M., NEVADA.

No.

County.

'Name of Lodge.

Location.

Vernon do do do do do

303 Os,age Nevada. 371 Sheldon Sheldon. 448 Schell City Schell City. 49'0 Montevallo Montevallo. 493 Vernon h, •.••.• ~ ..••••••Bronaugh. 495 Unity " Richards.

Barton do do do

187 292 304 475

Herlnon Lamar SignaL Golden 516 Milford

FORTY-FOURTH

Liberal. Lamar. Minden Mines. Golden City.

00"

Milford.

DISTRICT~

FRANK G. ADE, D. D. G. M,., JOPLIN.

Jasper........................... 197 Carthage do

293 ~o 335 do 345 do ....................•....... 39,8 do •.......................... 401 do : 471 do 512 do 549

Sarcoxie Joplin

Carthage. Sarcoxie. u

•••••••••

~Jop}i:n.

Fellowship

Joplin. Jasper......................•Jasp~r. Carterville Oarte~vine. Mineral. Oro».~~o. Webb City Web:O Ciiy. Carl Junction CltrlJ'l.taetion. n

FORTY-FIFTH DIST:RIOT. DEXTER B. FARNSWORT:FJ:. D.D", G.M., SPRm~1FIED~·.

Greene 5 do 7 do .•.••..••...............•. 100 do 271 GO •..•••..•.•.•••..• ••••..•• .297 do do do

United ~....•. ~~:ptis:gnetli" O'Bullivan WalnutGrove. Ash Grove.........• .,.~ i:.&s'BGroi;\r:e.

~olrmon·······.··~·····.·:i·~~~~~~l~.

O'z~rk. .: " r~airGr0V1e. 422 (j~~e of the Temple...•S~ri~~~~]di. ...........• 449 Bois. D'Arc.............•..Bois lD'ltre. 497 Str8.1Iord•.•..••..•......•••Sttail~l'i<.l.

Appendix. FOTty-Fifth D'istr'ict Gontfnued.J

County.

Webster do

No.

98 300 439 459 477 529

do do do do

[Sept.

llame of Lodge.

'Vebster Doric Mount Olive Ifazelwood Henderson Niangua

- Location.

.l\Iarshfield. Elkland. Marshfield. 8eymour. Rogersvil le. Niangua.

FORTY-SIXrrH DISTRICT. C. 2\1. l\IITCHELL, D: D. G. M' t MOUNTAIN GROVE.

Douglas................ do do

26 Ava 182 Pilot Knob 382 Mt. Ararat

A va. Richville. Topaz.

Texas do do do do

116 145 177 469 555

CabooL Licking. Houston. Plato. Sulnmerville.

, ,

Barnes Latirner Texas · Plat,o Sulnrnerville

, 158 lVlonntain Grove 411 ~J oppa 543 l\ianstield

Wright do do

Mountain Grove. Hartville. Mansfield.

FORTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT. T. W.OOTTON t D. D. G. M. t VAN BUREN.

Carter

509 Van Buren

Van Buren.

Reynolds

239 Hopewell

Lesterville.

Shannon do

137 Delphian 480 Winona

Birch Tree. Winona.

FORTY-EIGHrrH DIS'rRIOT. CHAS. W. BROWN. D. D. G. }{... FREDBRIOKTOWN.

Iron do

133 Star of the West 351 Mosaic

Madison.

110

St. Francois do do

'0'

~rarcus

.'0 ••••••••••••••

Ironton. Belleview. Fredericktown.

41 132

Ionic

0' , ••• ,•••••• J..'II;;;I'j;:;U.'U"It'O ..

1904.J

Appendix.

Forty-e'lgh.th District Oont1:nued.j Oounty. No.

St. Francois do do

Name of Lodge.

Location.

234 St. Francois Libertyville. 424 Samaritan Bonne Terre. 551 Pendleton ...........•.....Doe Run. '. 226 Saline

Ste. Genevieve

St. Mary's.

FORTY-NINTH DISTRICT. F. A. KAGE, D.

II.

G. M., CAPE GIRARDEAU.

417 White Water 440 TroweL 545 Zalma

Bollinger do do

Cape Girardeau...... do do do do

93 lOS 191 221 '" 441

St. Marks West Vievl Wilson Mystic Tie Excelsior

Laflin. Marble Hall. Zalma. we • • • • • • • •

Cape Girardeau. Millersville. Pocahontas. Oak Ridge. J ackson.

Perry

:F'IFTIETH DISTRIOT. JAS. A. BOONE, D. D. G. M., CHARLESTON.

Mississippi do do

330 Bertrand 384 East Prairie 407 Oharleston

Charleston.

Scott do .. : do

184 Morley 306 Ashlar 310 Sikeston

lIorley. Commeree. Sikeston.

Stoddard

:....... 153 Bloomfield .. 278 E,sse,x

(io do

Bertrand. East Prairie.

Bloom'field.~

Essex.

489 L3.i.keviHe

BellCit~.

532 Dex.ter

Dexter.

FIli'TY-FIRST DISTRICT. ~J.

Dunklin do . do

W. BEALL, D. D.G. M., MALDEN.

68 Kennett Four }\tIUe 215 Hornersville 212

Kennett. ,Campbell. Caruth.

[Sept.

Appendix. Fijtll"jirat D'istrict Oontinued.]

Oounty.

No.

Name oj Lodge.

Location.

Dunklin......................... 231 Cardwell do 406 Malden do 513 Senath

Cardwel Malden. Senatb.

New Madrid do do

166 Portageville 176 Point Pleasant 429 Ne'w Madrid

Portageville. Point Pleasant. New Madrid.

Pemiscot

461 Caruthersville

Caruthersville.

FIFTY-SECOND DISTRICT. JOHN W. BERRYMAN, 'n. D. G. M., POPLAR BLUFF.

Butler

~Poplar Bluff.

209 Poplar Bluff

Ripley do do \Vayne....................... do

". 314 Pine 369 Composite '.. 568 Naylor

Pine. Doniphan. Na::ylor.

107 Greenville 526 vVayne

Greenville. Piedmont.

FIFTY-THIRD DISTRICT. A. T. HOLLENBECK, D. D. G. M., WEST PLAINS.

Howell do

327 Mt. Zion 536 Ingomar

Oregon do do do

255 Alton 374 Wilderness 387 Woodside 463 Clifton

Ozark ; do do do '

298 365 435 496

West Plains. Willow Springs. Alton. 'Vilderness.. Thomasville. Tllay,er.

Sampson Bayou Rockbridge Robert Burns

Lutie. Bakersfield. Rockbridge. Gainesville.

FIFTY-FOURTH DIS'l'RIO':l'. JOHN S. TAYLOR, D. D. G. :M.• , OZARK.

Ohristian................. .29,6 Sparta do ........•............... 352 Friend do ... 379 Billings

Sp&l"ta.,.

Ozark. Billings.

1904.J

Appendix;.

Fifty-:fourth District Oontinued.] Oounty. No.

Taney do do

Na'll1Je of Lodge.

Gounty.

229 Claflin 264 Kirbyville 453 Forsyth..

Protem. , Kirbyville. Forsyth..

FIFTY<FIFTH DISTRICT. JOHN E. ADAMSON, D. D. G.M.,MILLER.

Barry............................. do do do do Lawrence do do do .

do do do do

Stone do

129 148 367 383 517

99 269 284 390 400 ... 452 468 523 .. 567

Monett Monett. Purdy..........•............ Purdy. Barry Washburn. Pytbagoras OassviIle. Seligman Seligman. Mt. Vernon Rock Prairie Canopy Marionville D~catur

Verona Red Oak Stinson Miller

Mt. Vernon. I..I3"wrenceburg. Aurora. , Marionville. Peirce City. Verona. Red Oak. Stinson. Miner.

515 Galena 519 Crane

Galena. Cr'ane.

FIFTY-SIXTiH DISTRICT. J. M. Z. WITHROW-,iD. D.G. M.• NEOSIIO.

McDonald do ~. do do do

108 Pineville 466S()l.lthwest 533 Oomfort 538 SteI1a 569 ,'fi:ffQfty

Newton do do do do

175 2-l7 478 514 530

Pineville. Southwesi;Oi.t;~.

Rocky Comfocrt. Stella. TiffCity-.

Newton Newtonia. Neosho Neosno. Racine...................•...Sene,oa. Granby Granby. Ritcbey Ritchey.

[Sept.

Append'ix.

346'

RECA.PlrrU LATION OF

GRAND SEC[{ETAIlY'S TABUI.JAR STATEMENT. Chartered Lodges OIl the Rolls, October, 1903............................................ 565 Ceased to ex.ist (luring 1903-1904 t3 Chartered Septenlb'er, 1004

'Potal number of Lodges, 1904

55!) 10

",............................................................ :.......

56H

MEMBERSH,IP RETURNS.

Initiated 8, t07 Passed......... . .. .. '2,899 Raised.................. Affiliated. Reinstated Dimitted , ~ 1,104 Suspended for 'llnmasonie conduct '" 26 Suspended for nOll-p*lyment of dues............... 628 Expelled... 38 Died.................................................................................................. 700 2,496

Gain...

NOTE-The membership obtained from U. D., and estimating Forest City Lodge 214,

.. .....â&#x20AC;˘.

2,824 1,042 334

4,20Q 2,496 1;704

1904.]

3III

COMMJT1'EE ON,CREDEN'rIALS.

ST. LOUlS, Se.ptember 29, 1904.. To The Gran.d LoaY6 Mi8souri:

()f

Ancient Free and Aece.ptell Masons of the State of

Your Oommittee on OrE;\dentia]s fraternally report that at the present session of :the M. W, Grand Lodge, there are present 530 Repre!"-entatives from 389 Lodges, 19 Grand Lodge OfIicers, 19 Past Grand Masters, 12 Grand Representatives, 40 District Deputy Grand Masters, 26 District Deputy Grand Lecturers, and 140 Past Masters.

[Those marked with an asterisk

(*)

are proxies. J

Lod{/e~

MISSOURI ......•........•...•.••.••• No. MERIDIAN......•.........•.........

~ .....••...•••...••

4: 5

BEAOON

UNITED

ARK ••••.•••••.••••..••••..•.•••..•.• O'SULLIVAN.••••••••••

WILLIAMSBURG

GBO.

'VASHINo'rON•••..••..•.•••

6 7

J.W.Krueger, W. M. fl. M. ~olland, J. W. B. A. Lange, W. M. Ellersiek, J. W. Grote, W. M. RWinkel, S. J.W. NollEer, W. M. E. Raum., W.M. Jobn S. Newbill. S. W. W.R. G~lover, W. 1\/[. <:ie(). Leeper,W. 1\t1. G.R. Paye, J.W. J E. Neff, W.M.

S' 9 G.

w. ,Tames, 1\1. w.

Jno. Kipp, S. W. Nettieship,J•. W. Goinfil, W .. M. PAULi]);)l;,NGVILLE .•••• ~ ••.••••.•••

'rna

· '

RISING SUN 'AI ~_1lI1\_.n"",. STAR•.".

. . ~, •.•••••••

Flu~srneir,W. M :* 0' Loomis, W. M. W. Sntton,W. M.* Bradford,.W. M.

Representative.

Lodge. MEMPHIS.•.••••..••....•.•••••••••• No.

CLARKSVILLE

PALMYRA ••. ~ •.••••••••••••.•.....• PARIS UNION ••.•••.....••..•.•.••

ST. Lours

HAVANA •••••••••••••••••••••••••. WELLINGTON .•••••..•.••.••..••.•

NAPHTHAI.JI ••••••••••••••••••••••.• AVA .••••••••••••••••••••.••• '" .•. ~ •• EVERGREEN •••••••••••.••.••••••••

ST.

JOHN••••••••••.••••.•..••.....•

HUNTSVILLE •••••••••••••.•••••••.• LIBERTy ••.•••••.••••••••••••••••••

H UMPHl~EYS

RALLS•••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••

TROy ••••..•....•.•••••••••••.••••••• MERCER

COOPER •••.••••••••.•••••••••••••••• HEMPLE ••..••••••••••••••••••••••• CALLA.O

DEWITT

MT.

[Sept.

Appendix.

348

MORIAH ••.••••••••••.....•...

BISMARCK

JEFFERSON BO·NBOMME

WENTZVILLE FAyETTE HAYNESVILLE X,ENIA

. "'

. . ... .

16 J. O. Boyd, W. M. J. M. Doran, S. W. J. E. Luttler, J. W. 17 W. H. Brown;'W. M. 18 F. W. Smith, W.M. Jnq. N. Nichols, J. W.* 19 F. W. McAllister,·W. M. H. G. Shabe, S. W. S. R.Brush, J. W. 20 J os. Spiro, W. M. H. L. Salisbury, S. W. Sam.A.. Meyer, J. W. 21 W. G. Spiers, W. M. O. E. Lockwood, J. W. 22 E. L. Wells, W. M.* F. W. Hagenstein, S. W.-7<25 L. 'Maas, W .. M. . ~J. J. Wurtenbaecher, S. W. D. E. Viehle, J. W. 26 H. S. Wilson, W. M. 27 M. T. Connolly, W. M. 28 Ben T. Couch, S. W. 30 A. J. Ferguson, W. M.* S.E. Phipps, S. W. 31 F. H. Matthews, W. M. 32 J. M. Dillinger,W.M. 33 Henry Shulse, W. M.* 34 Wm. P. Smith, W. M. Frank Howell, S. W. 35 J. E. Fuller, W. M.* 36 C. M. Shepherd, W. M.* W. W. Kingsbury, S. W. 37 A.. L. vTaughan, W. M. 38 E.e.Featherston, W.IVL 39 W. H. Miller, S. W.* 40 O. F* Blomberg, J. W. 41 Jobn D. Webb, W. M. 43 F.O. Binder, W. M. 45 By. F. Wernther, W . M. 46 W. B. Dialton, W.. M. 47 A. B. Grigsley, \V.. M.* W.. lIeFarland, W. M. 00 D.. W . M..

1904.J

Appendix. Lodge.

Representative..

LIVINGSTON •.••••.•..••••••••••••.• No. WAKANDA WESTON •.•••••••.•.••••••.•.•..•.. INDEX ARROW ROCK.................. RICHMOND .•••••••.• ~.............

MONTICELLO

CENTRALIA

NEW BLOOMFIELD ....•••••.••••.

H. H. Smith, J. W. H. M. Pettit, W. M.* J. W. Dales, W.M.* J. C. Meek, S. W. J. C. Hains, S. W. JaB . McCartney, W. M. S. L. Brown, S. W. Ri,cb'd'Stinnett, J. W.* 58 W. T. MeCttteheon, W. M. 59 Wm. H. Carpenter, W. M.* 60 M. L. Merry, W. M.

63 W. 'M. To,ttle, W. M. 64 J. G.. Wade,S. W.

CAMBRIDGE•••••••••....••..••••••• MONROE

51 52 53 54 55 57

KENNETT•••.•••.•••••.•••..•......•

w. E. Yowell, J . W. 65 M.. B. Yates, W. lVI. 67 Ry. Walters, W. M.* 68 R. E. Porterfield, S. W.

SULL:IVAN•••••••••••••••.•••••.•..•.

69 J.

PATTONSBURG •••••••••••..••.••..• ROCHEPORT .•••••••••..•...••.•••.•

C. F. B,aumblstt, J. W.*

'f. Williams, S.

~.*

Usrt,rneister, J. W. GORIN

EUREKA ••••••.•••••••••••••••••••• WARREN

INDEPENDENCE

LEBANON

BRIDGETO~

OENTBAL

JACKSON

LACLEDE ••••'.,. ;" •••••••••••..•.••••• WEBSTER GOO~ES••••••••••..•••

B.oiQ'her, W. M. Pulliaft\,'\V. M.

71 72

SAVANNAH .•••••••••••••••.....•••

73 F.. O. Sasse, W. M.* 74 H. H. Miller,W. M. 76 C'•. L.Peteet, W. M. 77 K.·N. Novvell, 8. W.* 80 W.....·R. LantrY, W. M. 81 C. W. :EUis, W. M. 82 la·. 4~ JQ,n~a;,.W.~.* E.$.Conger,.J: W. 83 J•. ~*~ri8, •• ~.* 84

ty.,

R...0.

RQ.rris,~ W.

:Rv··.···eJ~. ·B~Fna,.$-.

MIAMI ••• .;.•••••••••••.•••••••. ·..••• BROOKFIELD

WASHINGTON

FRIENDSHIP. ' PERSEVERANCE

. ..

Il.

w.*

R .. C.. Harris, J. W:* 85 A.A. Wheele);', WI.·M.* 86 W.G. AtWQOrO.,.W. M. 87F. L. Sca.afer,W. M.* E.M. K.imber, J:'.. W.* 89 wIXi.'. N. Voelker, W. M.

92 F.·O. Ha1ey,.J"r'., W.M. R.·.~.. May, s~ w. ~:a~ McElroy, J. W.

Representative.

Lodge.

ST.

MARKS .........•.•.....•...... No.

VIENNA.. ••.•..•...•..••.•.. ••....

ST. ANDREWS..................... BE'rHANY •....••......•............

\V EBSTER •••

MT.

[Sept ..

Appendix.

350

VERNON......................

ASH (i'ROVE

100 102

.•...•..

BLOOMINGT01\................. ... 'VEST

93 94 96 97 98 99

103 104

VIEW........

IIEROINE..................

STANBERRy........................

105 106 109

MARCUS .....•••••••.•••...•••••...•

110

KIRKSVILLE

....••

GALLATIN •.••••.• •.••.• .••• ••.•..••

TRENTON............. ..• ..••..•.•..• l\IAITLAND ...••.••••.....•.••... :..

PLATTSBURG .•...•.•••.....•.•.•••• TWILIGHT .•..••.........••.•.• :....

~....

LADDONIA VERSAILLES

COMPASS ••••.••••••..

:... .••...•......•.

TRIPLETT..... .•. .••.••.•• UNION STAR'....... GENTRYVILLE •••• SEAMAN ••• ••• ••

ATHENS

11 ~ 112 1]3,

114 115 117 118 119

KINGSTON DES'OTO •••••••••• 0.....

ERWIN

120 12'1 122 124 125

•••• •• •• ••

126

........•.••...

127

LORaAINE........... .••••••••.•..••

128

MONEtlvr.............................

129

p()~()SI •••••••••••• '" •••••••••••••••

131 132 1,84

FARMINGTON...... OLEAN ..••.•••..••• :................ BRAYMER •••••••••••.••..••••••'• ••

E. A. Kimmel, S. W.* R. L. Holmes, W. lVi.

Jas. A. Doyle, J. W.* Alex. Reid, W. M. J. J Orten, \V. 1\1. Jno. C. Turk, W. M. C. A. McCanee, S. W.* R. C. Sedwick, J. W.* J. R. Spark, W. M. J. G. Hughes, W. M. G. F. Brewington, S. W.* Geo. W. Miller. W. M.* Leo Adler, W. IVL A. M. Carter,S. W.* T. H. Edmonds, W. M. G. F. Harrison, W. M. S.B.Hinkley, W. M.* L. E. Miner, S. W. E. I-I. Day, W. M.* M. L. Elledge, S. w. .T. Monroe Kinjoun, W. M.* J. H. Birch, J. 'V.* W. G. Ma.n1y,W. M. E. J. Shope, W. M.* J. F. Gibbs, W. 1\1. E. P. Yarnell, J. W. S. McMaster, W. M. C. E.Pyle, W. M. w. W. Higgins, W. M. A. S.. Werreomeyer, S. W. R. T. Morehead, W. M.~ H. D. Moyes, W. M. N. S.Crawford, W. 1\[. W.Gi:st, J. W,; J. Senate, W. M. A. W. Hutchins'Qn, W. M. J. J. W.

W.M. Br~La!()ra.

W. M. S. w. .a:e:Ddl:e~!So:l'il .. W. 1\1.. Joints:lto,D,

W. M.

W..

1904.J

Appendix. Lodge.

Representatiue.

PH<ENIX ••...••••..•••• ~ ...•••.••.•• No. DELPHIAN........... LINCOLN .•...•.••

P APINVILLE

'.. •••

IRONDALE........

.••.

MODERN............................ LATIMER •••••••••...• •••••. •.•• ••••

MCGEE .•.••.......•.........•••••••• CASS.............. .•.• •.•.•.•..••••

LEXINGTON •••••.•.•.•..•• ...•••••• BIRMING ..•.•..•...• . MILTON ..•••••••...•...•...••..••••• BLOOMFIELD •..•..••.•••.•••.••• :..

IONIC

". ••••• •••...... .•....•••

ASHLAND

.••. .•

MOUNTAIN GROVE. ••..•...• ••.•

GREENOITY•••••••••••••. ~ ••.••. ~.

PLEASANT

351

"...... •••• •••••

CLIFTON HILL............... ..•.• OiOCIDENTAL

JOACHIM ..•.••• ~......... •..•.....•.•

MAlt'Y'V1LLE •••••••••••••.• n . . . . . . . COLONy............................. CAMDE~ POINT..................

SUMMIT. ••••• ••• .••••• •••

136 W. F. Campbell, W. M. J. E. Thompson, S. W.* 137 J. A. Maney, S. W. 138 A. S. Dodge, ,",v. M.* W. J. Barnes, S. W.* 140 J: W. Gench, W.M. D. O. Bradley, S. \V. 143 Jo.hnilH. Eaton. S. \tV. 1.44 B. R. Tillery, W. M. W. A. Crew, oS. W. 145 J.'S. 8herrill, W. M. 146 G·. A. Miller, S. W. 147 A. Conger, W. M. 149 J. E. Marshall, S. W. C. T. Ryland, J. W. 150 A. J. Terrill, M. W. D. W. Olou8~r. S. W.* 151 P. D. Meyers,S. W. 153 J.N. Panch, W. M. 154 Jobin H. Tuley, \V. M. 156 .(). P~Han,ey, W. M.* 158 Jaa. Archer, w. M.* 159 tlno~ Sautie, W. "M. J. B. Ash, S. W. L. C. Hilt J. W. 160 B. F. Als'lp, S. W. 161 II.. P. Bond, W. M. E. H. Hurt, J. W. 163 J.. (J.Ct.\nel1, W. M. L....M.• ·Edgar, S~ W. 164 McMun~n, S. "W. Koch,S..W. 16:> W.M. 1.68 W.M. 169 Goodson, S.. 'V.* 172 HnudllarHseo, W.M. 173

176

179 181

182

W.M.* W.*' W.M ..

:Kinse1.. W. :tVI" Bridges, W. M.

352

[Sept.

Appendix. Lodge.

Representative.

CALIFORNIA~ •• ~

No 183 J08. L. Smoot, W. M. 186 John R. Hardin, W. M. HANNIBAL......................... 188 A. G. McDaniel, W. M.* ZEREDATHA...... ..•.•.•• ..••••... 189 Wm. Campbell. P. H. Williams, S. W. Lewis Siegel, J. W. PUTNAM. 190 G. B. Jones, W. M. FRANKFORD .••.•••• .•••• 192 H. C. Steel, W. M.* WELLSVILLE. ..•••• 194 S. S. Cox, W. M. BOLIVA.R........................... 195 W. S. White, W. M. .Toe W. Q-ramley, J. W. QUITMAN ••.•••••••.•••. .•.•.•••••• 196 Woo. Kraft, W. M. CARTHAGE ..•...•..•.•..•.•••.•••• 197 W. B. Pash, W. M. ALLENSVILLE.......... ....•••••••• 198 J08. H. Hunt, W. M. NEW HOPE................ 199 M. T. Alloway, W. M.* RAVENWOOD ••:.................. 201 W. A Traropton. W. M. WESTVILLE........................ 202 W. J. Under,,"ood, W. M. BRUMLEy.......................... 203 W'. S. Spearmen, W. M.* D. G. Wall, S. W. RO\VLEY ••••••••• ••••••...••. .•..•• 204 Geo. W. Kirby, W. M.* E. E. Pumphrey, S. W.* TRILUMINA........................ 205 R S.Ricbart, W. M. J D8hua Barbee, S. W. Chas w. Lacy, J. W. SOMERSET.......................... 206 F. W. Cozad, W. M. Thos. Draper, S W.* CLAy................. 207 T. A. Grase, W. M. SALISBURy............... 208 J. D. Brummell, W. M.* UNIONVILLE......................... 210 W. J. Carroll, W. M. MORALITy........................

Lee T.Robinson, S.W.* T. B. Valentine, ~T. w.* HICKORY HILL .•••.•••. ~...... 211 I. D. Bond, W. M. J. W. Glower, S. W. FOl1R MILE •.•••.••. ~. ••••• .•.. .212 C. D. W. M. ROLLA............................... 2P1&

HAoLE.................................. ALBERT PIKE

216 2,1'1 218 2'19

KANSAS CrlY..........

BARBEE,•...•..•••.••..•••••.• ,....... GOOD HoPE

e........

1904.J

353 Lodye

Representative.

MYSTICTIE.......•.••............. No.221

LAB'RLLE......

.....•.••.•••.•

HAMILTON

SALEM..................... SALINE ••••....

CyPRESS.........

SHELBINA.

STJ AMES CAHD,\VELL

,.....

WEATf~ERBY •..••..•• ,..... •••.•• SEDALIA ••••••••.....•..•...•. 0....

0...........

PJ.JATA

RU8HVII~LE HOPEWEIJL

'. .

.. ·.....

PALES'NNE.. ... •••.•• .•.••••••••

KEYS'PONE •......... 0.. ... .. ......

MIDDLE FABIUS

KNOB NOSTER

MONTGOMERY

Orpy

NEOSliO

ROCHESTER

CARROLL ••.•••••••.••••••••••......

GLENSTED••..•..••.••.•....•.....•.~ ·HOI>E •••••••••...•••....•.....•...•

W. J. Rnberts, W. M.* 222 vVIn. Kendrick,W. IVL 224 C. F. Ridings, W. M. D. E. Dunham, S. W.

O. P. Bowers, "J: W. 22.5 E. B. Smith, W. M. 226 T. V. Breeves, (T.W. 227 R. J. Orlnsby, vV. M. Jas. E. Wilch, S. W. 228 T. A. Bailey, W. M. 230 E. W . Peters, 'V. M.* 231 Walter F. Wells, J. W. 235 Finley McClure, \V. 286 R. L. Netherton, \V. 237 G. P. Brewington,W. M. Joseph Park, S. \V. 238 R. J. vVhite,W. :LVI. S. B. Wells, S. 'V.* 239 J). H.McICenzie, W. M. 241 G. J. Ellwanger, W. M. J. B. Martin, S. W.* B.F. Holcolnbe, J. 'V.* 243 FredA. R,aitbel, W.M. D. M. Haskins, S. W. W. Roessler, J. W. J. B. Bridges, W. M. A. M. Oraig, W. M.

M.H. Shaw, W. M:*' T. WeBs, W. M"~ E. Varner, S. W. A.Tb.oma~, S. w.

L.·B. Hawke, W. M. H. Pike, W. M. I~.

}3::UTLER •••••••• , •..•••••••'".•••.•.•.

W. Young, W. W. Moore,

M.*

Higby, W. M.*

F.Fluesmieir,J. W.

S·'UMMIT•••••••••••..•••••••..•••••••

G. L. Ap.-23.

H.KaUrneyer, W. B. Harmon, W. M. F. Maxwell, W. M.

354

Repl'esentative.

Lodge. CORINTHIAN........•.............• No. SOCIAL...•.. ·.......... ...........••.. AURORA LODGE

[Sept.

Appendix.

OF 'rRU'l'H.......

ROCK PRAIlUE. ...•.• ..........•. NEW SALEM

SOLOMON........................... GRANITE...... .•. .

ST. CLAIR......... COLD SPRING......

TRANQUILITY •

•..•..

GRAND RIVER

:. ....•....

HOGLE'S CREEK.

.• ..

COSMOS

;......

STOCKTON......... . . .. ... • . ..... ..

OANOPy.............................

EARL............. URICH .•..•.•..•...•..•....•........ ORAFT

.•••.••...•..•.

FAIRMOUNT .... ; ... ... ...• . .. .•. EI)INA.......................

LAMAR............... SARCOXIE... MONITEAU

;.............

OZARK ••••••••....•••.• ••.•••.....

TEMPLE.............................

DORIC •••.•.••.••••••.••..... ,

LICK CREEK... ••. OSA.GE •••••••••

SIGNAL...... ••.••....... .•........ CLARENCE... . . .•

265 Theo.. Hyatt, W.M. 266 Thos. P. Noel, W. M. T. E. Romans, S. W. 267 John Knapp, W. N[. Juo. A. Arndt, S.. W. 268 M. C. John, W. M. 269 J. W. West, W. M. 270 Bev. Duey, W. M. O. A. Carpenter, S. W. 271 Arch A. Johnson, W. M. J. L. Heckenbady, J. W. 272 F. W. Bash, W. M. W. H. Halcroft, S. W.. 277 J. R Neckler, J. W. 274 S. H. Elliott, W. M. 235 B. B.Davis, W. M.* 276 J. E. Parsons, W. M. W. E. Beck, J.\V. 279 J. A. Williamson, W. 1\f. 282 W. H. Peck, W. M. Frank G. Bauer, S. W .. 283 C. L. Younger, W. M:* 284 T. W.KeIton, W.M. 285 ~Tos. Birge, W. M.* Jno. A. Galbrath, J . W.* 286 Jos. Presho, W. M. 287 F.. R. Woelfle, \V. M. Wm. Downs, S. W. 290 J. F. Wills, W. M. 291 J. E. Long, W. M. 292 J. A Cox, W. M.* Fred Wyand, J'. W.* 293 Frank Taylor, '\tV. M. 595 S. R. Johnson, W. M. 297 R. M. Jones,W. M. 299 Dellbert Stanton, W. M. H. H.Gittnlan, S. W.* Claren(.~ L. Hogan, \T.. W. 300 J. L. Jones, S.. w. 302 S. P. Bybee, W. M. B03 W. H. Bailey~ W. M.. B04 H.O.. W .. M. 305 H. W.M .

1904.J

Appendix. Lo(l(le.

Representative•

.. ASHL-\R .••..•••.•.•••••••..••.•..• No. NEW LONDON.....................

P ARROTf...... • .•••• ••. •••••. .•.•.. SIKESTON ••...•.....•.. •.•..••.....

KEARNEY.. .•..................•.. CUBA ••..•••.••••••••••••••••••••••• PINE •.••••• ••••••••..••.••. ..•.•...

JERUSALEM.......... ..

.•.••••..

RURAL.................

r.......

ELDORADO

l\lcDoNAI.lD

LINN .•...........•...•.;.

MT. ZION....... BERTRAND.......... ....••

..•.•.

CHARlrr\l' •••••••••.•••••...•••.•....

RYLAND

.....•.•.

CHILLICOTHE....... .• ...•...•.•.. JO'pI..IIN ••••••••••••••••.•••.••••.•.•. ~ •......•.

HALLSVILLB FIDELITy

"7'

WEST·PORT••••.•••••••••.••••••••••

RO,CKVILLE... .• . ••....•

O'.O' • • • • • • •

AGRICOLA ••••••••••..•••••..••••• 'MOBERLy.••.••...••.•............. F::m.LLOWSHIP

ARLINGTON •• •••••. WADESBURG

PO!IiLOCK '!'V.B:IAN

••• .

355

?~.

808 H. T. Blackledge, W. M.

307 Jno. S. Wood, ",v. M. 308 Thos. D. 1Villiams, S. W. E. E. Truex,~T. W. * ·310 O. Kindall, W. M. 311 F. C. Long, W. M . 312 W. :H'. l\1:itchell,W. M. 314 A. N. Belcher, S. W. 315 John P. Lorig, W. M.* 316 }1-'. G. Robinson, W. M. JaS. Oliver Hogg, S. W. R. E. Bainbridge, J. W.* 318 F. E. Mereybew, W. M.* 324 R. R.. Peck, W. M. 'V. C. Perry, S. W. Wm. Pitt, J. W. 326 E. T. Zwicki, J. W.* 327 Will H. Zoan, S. W. 330 'Villiam M. Ohildress, S. W. F. W . Ohildre~8, J . W. Wm. Silverstein, W.M. A. S. Gillespie, S. W. Jacob B. Davis, J. W. 332 John B. Owans, W. M. Jno. McMillan, S. w. Olemen Butler, J. W. 333 S.R. Nelson, S. w. A. Haoghton,W. M. J. F. Weldon, W. M. 339 Jno. 1'. Reynolds, W. M. O. H. Swearingen, W. M. S'\H. Bothwell, W. M.* JamesOraile, W. M. J. F. McLellan, W. M. J. M. MyaU,W. M. J.C. Falkendair, S.W.* J.B. Sberrill, J. W.* 34:€) E. J. Hughes, W. M.* 'l&,.. H. ROBST W. M. Schnene., S. W. L ..Ricbards!on, W. M. H. Dudley, S. W.

[Sept.

Append£x.

356 Lodge.

Representative.

No.352 Geo. T. Breazeale, W. M. C. E. Reed, S. W.* BENTON............................. 353 C. C. Walton, 'V.M.* HEBRON •••• .•••...•.•.....•...•.• 354 J. N. Oross, W. M.* O. Parson, S. W. E. F. Elliott, J. W. ANCIENT LANDMARK........... 356 Geo. R. Hombs, J. W.* NORTHWEST........................ 358 M. C. Trout, S. W.* TUSCAN ~..... 360 J. J. Morse, W. W. Wm. N. McConkin, S. W. J. H. V'incil, J. W. HIRAM.............................. 362 S. W. Pyle, \V. M. FRATERNAL 3'63 R. Smith, W. M.* Thos. Woody, S. W. Ben Walters, J. W. HIGGINSVILLE..... ••....• 364 Thoa. A. Walker, W. M.. ADAIR...... 366 Fred Darrow, W. M. CRESOENT HILIJ.................. 368 C. L. Mills, W. M.* COMPOSITE........................ 369 \V. W. Martin, S. W. FRIEND

Newt. Doran, \\T. IV!.

WILLIAMSTOWN..................

370

WAYNESVILLE

375 J. W. Wheeler, W. M. Joe l\lcCiregor, S. vV. * A. B. Clinefelter, J. \V. * 879 Thos. H.. Loer, W. 1\;1.

BILLINGS........................... QUEEN

CITy.......................

880 381 382

IONIA

MT. ARARAT..

PIK:m

383 386 389 390 391 392 396 397 399

DECATUR............................

400

PYTHAGORAS DAYTON

ARCANA................... MARIONVIL1..E ..••••.. .•••..••..•

RAyTOWN.......................... CHRISTIAN

WESTERN LIGHT................. GOWER

•..•....•. ..

CARTERVIIJLE.........

401

LOWRY CITy......

403

ROSENDALE

MALDEN .••••••.•.

.•••••••.

404 406

W. B. Hight, W. ~I.

E. C. Sioap, J. vV. J. II. Stiffler, \V. M. Geo. Hoffner, ,V". M. H. A. Beck, W. M. J. R. Woolery, \V. M.* C. W. Watson, W. M. F.P. Carney,J. W. A. A. Hobbs, W. M.* N. R. Holcomb, S. W. P. BtMarsh, W. M.* H. T. Bowlin, W. M.* Geo. W. Williams, W. M. J. F. Stark, W. M.* W. S. Dawson, W. M. * J. B. Hammond, S. W. A. A. Hopkins, \V. M. <"'1. L. Penny, J. S. W.*

"T.

1904.J

A.ppendix. Lodge.

Representati1Je.

CHARLESTON ••••••.•.....•••.•.•. No. l\:iONTROSE ••••••..•............... JOPPA •••••• ••••••••. .•••••••••••.••

ApPIJETON CITy..................

407 J. B. Penny, W. M. 408 A. 1\[. Conrad, W. M. 411 \VIn. Nickle, W. :1\1. 412 Frank M. Patrick, tJ. 'V.

HUNNEWELL

413 415

CACHE.................

416

VALLEy......... ••..••• .

WRITE WATJ1JR

417

CIJEAR CREEK

418 420

I TASKA

422

GATE OF THE TEMPLE GALT.

..••.•

.••....•..

SAMARITAN ROTHVILLE.........

GLEN'VOOD........................

NEW IVIADRID WINONA

CEMJ1JNT.............................

423 424 426 427 429 430 431..

MACK'S OREEK ..••...•..

432 433

WHEELING...................... .

434

LAFAyETTE........................

437 440

COMPE'rITION

TROWEL.......... EXCELSIOR........ ,ANCHOH

'VEST

GArrE ..... .........••••....

IVANHOE...........................

}i..,ORSYTH......................... WALLACE ••.••.••..••...•.•........

JONESBURG........................

HAZLEWOOD••• :...................

LAMBSKIN............... SANTA

367

FE.........

OLIFTON .•.•..•.....•••.••......•.•

441 443

445 446 453 456 457

459 460 462 463

(T. F. \VilSOD, W. :1\![.

'V. B. Threhoff, W. M.* 'V. James, Sr., S. W.* D. E. G-reig, W. M. G. W. French, J. W. L. J. Grimssley, W. J. O. Trolinger, W. M. J as. tT. Haller, W. lV1. 'V. S. O. Dilla,rd, W. 1\'1.* Ed R. Bane, W. 1\'1. W. J. Hobbs, W. M. A. IV£. Oalley, S. \V. * W. B. lVlcGoldrick, J. \V. Wetton O'Bannon, W. M.* J. W. Ware, W. M.* W. W. Higginbotham, W.1Vl. J. T. Emmerson, W. M.* J. R. Batchelder, W. 1\L E. D. Carpenter, Vv. M.* Richard Thorp, S. W.* Ed. Y. (Trim,S. W. R. W. Van Amburg, W. M. tT. O. Dale, S. W.* W. D. Robettson, W. M. E. W. Hughes~ W. M. tTas. G. Ford, S. W. I",. B. Towner, J. W. Jas. A. Stanbury, S. W. J. M.Jones, S. W. tI. H. Parrish, W. M.~ Edw. Cramer, W. lVI.* Enoch A.. Ball, W. 1\1:. J. E. Reeds, S. W. * T. P. Rixey, J. W.* S. E. Turner, S.W. Wm. H. Evans, W. M. Conrad MeyQr, S. W. H. C. Fisher, S. W. W. McLelland, W. M.

Representative.

Lodge. No. 469

PLATO .. , ...•.. :

NODAWAy .•.•••.••...•.....•.....• MINERAI., ..•.•..•.•••....••••..•... NJNEVAH •••••.••.•••••••••.•..•..• GUILFORD ..•••.••.• : .•••...•••.•.• RACINE ••••••••••••••••••.••..••.•.•

RICH HILL•.••.••....• , .....•....• JEWEL ••••••••.•..•.•••.••••...•..•

lYIARCELINE

CLINTONVU..LE ...•..••...•.•... '"

COLDWATER •..•.•.•......••..•..• CAIRO •••••••••....•.••..••.••••.•••

LOCK SPRING............. .•.••.• VANDALIA

DAGGETT•..•.••••.••.......•.••••. LEWISTOWN .•••..............•..•..

UNITy .•••.•••.................... B'UCKNER •••••••••..•••••.•.•...•.•

PRAIRIE HO:VrI~ PLATTE

[Sept.

Appendix.

368 .

Orry

AVALON •..•.•••..•.•••....•.•.....

470 471 478 474 478 479 480 481 482 485

486 488 491 492 494 495 501 503 504 505

509

8KIDlVfORE .•.•.....•.•.............•

510 511 512

VANBuREN••....•.•.••.... '

BrSWELL •..•.•.•.................. WEBB CITy .••.••.......•..••...... SENATII •••••••••.•.......•.•..••..•• ORIENTAL .....••...•..•..•.....•.• OLIFTON HEIGHTS ••.•••••••.•.•• GATE CITy ••...•••....•..•.••••••• STINSON .••••••••..••••••••••••..•.•• SPICKARDSVIIJLE

WAyNE

HIGBEE .•..•.•....•.•..•.••••.•.•.• CONWAy

LANE'S PRAIRIE

D,EXTE.R .•••••.•.•.•.••.•..•..•••.•••

J. M. Gladden, W. M. David Mumm, W. M. W. L. Davis, S. W. Horatio Humphreys, W. M. Geo. A.. Craig, W. M. A.. R. Moore, W. M.* W. W. Ferguson,W. M: Edw. A. Gowdy, W. M. Melton IIelwig, ,V. M. Wm. F. Fowble, vV. M. * D. S. Young, W. 1\'1.* J. N. Davis, J. W.* H. S. McKinney, W. M. Geo. C. Blackwell, W. M. R. Lee Alford, "\V. M. A. E. Webb, J. W.* R. L. Price, W. M. R. P. Asbury, W. M. VV. F. Adauls, W. lVl.* Chase Heathorn, W. M.* B. F.D. Carlos, W. M. Vv. C. D. Carlos, S. W.* Jalues H. Hull, W. M.* R. D. Ohaffin, W. M. D. J., Davis, S. 'V.* M. C. Harty, W. M.* W.J.Sloan,J. W. Joh,n Gwin, S. W. James Murretta, W. lVI. W. O. Glenn, S. W. P. A. Frie,\V. M.

. 513 518 Ike P. Taylor, W. M. 520 Cbas. Stevenson, W. 1VI. · 522 Geo. W'. Lilly,W. 1\1.* W. J. Nicks, S. W.* 523 Ensley Stockton, W. M. 524 J. B. Keith, W. M.* 526 F. S. W. M. 527 T. H. \IV. M.. * 528 F. l'i{. Russell, W. M. J. E. Russell, vV. 531 M. E.Ha\rrison, W. 532 Gao. \'\J".

1904.J

Appendix. Lodge.

COMFORT •••••••••• ~ •••••••...•••... No. COLUMBIA •..••.. ~. ••• ....•..

INGOMAR..................

BETHEL............................. STEIJ"LA

DAWN .•.•..•.•..•••....... '........

F~JRGUSON...... MANSFIELD.

•.•.......

MEXICO.............................

SOUTfI GATE .•••••••.•...•...•...•. CLINTON ••••••••••.•.•....•.•....••

359

Lepresentative. 533 H. P. Lamberson, W.M.* 534 .James Booth, W. l\f. 536 V.C. Hogan, W. M. 537 538 539 542 543 544

I-Ienry Nichol, W. M.* A. N. Dyer, J. W.

A. H. Miller, W. 1\'1.

Joe Robertson, S. W. G. C. Lovell, W. M.* R.,M. Rogers, W. M. E. S. Crave, W. M. Geo. A. 1~o8s, S. W. V. Victor, J. W. 547 Geo. W. Williams, W. M. 548 James D. Lindsay, W.. M. 549 Thoa. L. J. Irwin, VV. M. A. B. Clark, S. W.* ~J erome C. BUI'gess, J. 'V.

CARL JUNCTION

ROSE HILI

550

CLARJrSBURG .•••.•.... "

E. J. Seott, J. W. 553 A. L. Noles, vV. M.· 554 J. Doolittle, W. M.*

SUMME.RVILLE

555 James M. McCorkell, W.M.,

H. H. Richard, J.W.* PRAIRIE .•....•..•...••••..••.•••.•

556 J. T. Higgins, S. W.*

BL.A.J1~STOWN'

Mosoow

557 D. E. Shepherd, W. M. 558 M. W~ Sittan, W. M. 559 J. H.Mann, \V. M. 561 Jno.. N. Michael, W. M.

CLAI{KSDAIJE .•••...••...•.••...•• OOW<;1JIJL

YC)R,K

TEBBETTS·

U nd ar DLspensation Under DiRpensation

. .

5't)3 S. Y. High, W. M.. 564 J. T. De Voors, W . M.* 5,65 E . E.Marlowe,J.. W. 578 Geo.. W. Entler, W. M. 579 J. L. B,atten, W. M.

GRAND LODGE OFFlC'ERS. Wm. F. .Kuhn,

'1'andy

Gra1~d

Valliant,

G'l"(j/fItrl

C. ·e. R. R.

/D1.1nn,

f-r'Y",'m£fll "I

"J~'l'lJl#I'"

Grain,d

Gl'(Jif1t(J, Mats}lial. G'ra.nd SwartZ Bearer. •1 ohn ,'F. Short, (hana SelnlTkJrSte1,OOlrlZ. }iJ. F. :Hartzell, Gra'/ful Junitor Btew(£rd. 1\£. T. 'Balsley, Grand P-urs!U£'Vant. R. E. Smith, Gra/nd-. Ora'lefll\

~;V'm"A.

John

Owen, Grand

Ti~er.

Appendix.

360 PAST

GRAND

PAS'!'

GRAND

[Sept.

OF:B'ICERS. MASTERS.

Campbell Wells. F. J. rrygard. John R. Parson. ';V. R. Stubblefield. Thos. E. Garrett. Dorsey A. Jamison. R. F. Stevenson. .Joseph S. Browne. A. ~I. Doekel'Y.

Chas. C. Woods. Xenophon Ryland. Rufus E. Anderson. Ethelbell't F. Allen.

Joshua B. r:rhomas. Walter· 'V. "W'i1liams. Noah 1\1".. Ghran. A. M. Hough. CoronaH. Briggs.

ItAS'r GHAND WAHDENS.

Martin Collins, Past Gntnd Sen-io·}· Warden. GRiND

RgPRI~SENTATIVES.

Emanuel F. Hartzell, Colorado. W. ·M. "rilliams, Vermont. Howard Watson, IVl1nnesota. 'Vm. E. Hol{e, Indian Territory. Leroy B.ValIiant, Nova Scotia. '\Vm. Richardson, MJssissipp1. Edward Higbee, Western Australia.

H. L. vVardin, Prinee

l~~dward's Island. Jack P. Richardson, E"lorida. Allan McDowell, rl~exas. •1. B. rrhomas, Ohio. R. }r. Stevenson, Grand Lodge of

England.

!HS'l'IUC'.r DIDPurl'Y GRAND IVIAS'l'ERS.

VY. B. IVI. Cook, rrwenty-Sixth DisEdward Higbee, Ii"irst District. G. A. Goben, Second District. trict. g. E. Codding, 'l"wenty-Ninth District. J. J. Dillinger, ThIrd District. C. rca Pyle, 'l'birty-Second District. D. 1\1:. Foster, Fourth District. V. II. Falkenhainer, Thirty-Tbird E. F.Hamlin, Sixth District. 'V. E. Liermann, S'eventh District. District. • Luther R. r:rwymao, Thirty-Fifth DisOeo. Itees, Eighth District. Chas. Pipkin, Ninth Dist.rict. tl'iet. Geo. H. Daniel. rrhirty-Seventh DisReuben Barney, Eleventh District. C. C. Bigger, Twelfth District. triet. :So R. Wood, 'l'hirteenth District. H. rI'. '¥right. Thirty-Eighth District. Geo. E. M.'ayhall, Fourteenth District. \V. R. Bowles, ll'ortieth Dist'l'ict. H. L. \\Tardio, }{'orty-Inrst District. G.•J. Vaughan, Fifteenth District. Oeo. W. Rucker, Sixteenth District. :F"W. Cotton, Forty-ll'lfth Dist.rict. Fl. A. Kage, 13'orty-Seventh District. S..J. Jones, Seventeenth District. Ralph Hughes, Ti1ighteenth District. .Jas. A. Boone, Forty-Eighth District. •1. Jl Tucker, Nineteenth District. .John R. Pool. Forty-Ninth District. V. F. Boor, Twentieth District. .las. H .. Wilkins. Fiftieth District. C. L. Frost, 'l~wenty-First District. A. rr. Hollenbeck, Fifty-B'irst District. R. E. 1.1. Smitb, Twenty-Second DisF'l'ank G. Ade, Forty-Second District. trict. John E. Adamson, ll'ift.y-Third DlsW. Ii'. Johnson, ~rwenty-ThlrdDistrict. triet. \\7. H. Carpenter, Twenty-Fourth DisJohnG. ""ithr()\>v, FIfty-Fourth Dls.. tlriCt.

Ii'. R.•Jesse, 'l'wenty-Fifth District.

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DEPUTY

.J. R. :McLachlan, FIrst District. {:t. A. Goben, Second District. Adolph Stauble, Sixth District. J. F. Schoenecke, Seventh District. 11. V\l. Saunders, Ninth District. C. \V. Bolster, Tenth District. S. H. 'Vood, Thirteenth District. Thos. F. Hurd, FIfteenth District. S ...1...1ones, Seventeenth District. F. H. ~fatthews, Eighteenth District. Sidney Beery, Nineteenth District. R. R. Kreeger, Twentieth District. C. L. Frost,T':Venty~First DistrIct. R. 1~. L. Smith, TwentySecond DIst·rict. 1\f. E. Schmidt, rrwenty~Third District.

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w. H. Carpenter, Twenty-Fourth Dis.J.

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Luther R. 'l'wyman, Thirty~Fifth District. O. K. Barnes, Thirty-Seventh District. 'V. R. Bowles, Fortieth District. 'V. 11~. Stewart, Forty-First District. f\,.1fred Reynolds"b'Ol'ty-Second District. Bert S. Lee, Forty-Third District. Chas. \V. Brown, Forty-Sixth Disbl'ict. G. J. Vaughan,Fifty-S'econd District. W. A.Phipps, Ii'ifty-Fou'l'th District.

CHAIRl\fEN OF COMMITTEES.

eHARTERED LODGES JAMES lVI. BRECKENRIDGE. UNlcrINIEn:IBD BUSINInSS .•......•..•... H. L. HUNTElR. BOARDS OF REI../IIDF .•.............••.. IJ'IRANCIS A. I;EACH. D. D. G. M. REPORTS A. L. ROSS. CREDEN'rIALS ........................•T. H. FRA1IE. l\fASONIC HO~IIC .......•............... WM. 6~OUTHERN, JR. APPEALS AND GRIITIVANCIiJS ..•....••• DORSEY A. JAM'ISON. ~tURISPRUDENCE ..................•... 'iVM. M. WII"L.IAMS.

I..IODGES U. D ..........•...........•.. F'. A. K.AGE. ACCOUNTS LOUIS MOLLER. RITTTAL ......................•.... ~ .. ALLAN McDOWELL. WAYS AND l\HDANS .••...•.••.•.•.....• VAN F. BOOR. CHARrrry ................•............. F. J. rr'YGARD. NEJCROLOGY ...............•.........• C. H. BRIGGS. .MILEAG1~ AND PI1Jn DIElY!. ...••....•..•J. B. THOl\JIAS. "PRANSPORTATION AND HOTI1JLS I·~. H. MICHI~L.

SPECIAL. MASTERS ..• E. F. ALLEN. GRAND

PROPERTY ....••...... R. E. ANDERSON.

VISI'l'ING BRFJ'rH.REN 'V. R. STUBBLEFIELD. OF RITUAL ...•••.... R. BARNEY. AR!RJ~JSTS Olf' CHART/ERS'..•.•.•...•... H. F. bo'TRlVENSON.

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147 149 163 163 163 163 1():) 179 179 179 17H 183 189 192 199 205 208 214 218 218 Jaek P. Richardson Good fIape 218 J. E. Vinci! ........•.......... Albe,rt Pike........................... 219 ""1'. ",.. Young Sale,m 225 J. vVm. Towson Sirlelbina '.' '.' .. 2'28 Geo. Ii'. Rogers Hamilton .. . . . . . . . . . . • . .. 224 G. L. Faulhaber co,.' •• « . SedaJia 236 S. '1'. 1\:IcMillen Palestine - 241 Gus. F. Schal'lx· " .. , Keystone 243 .J as. II. Nagel E::eystone ,.......... 243 John B. Schmidt ~. « Keystone .........•••...•.......... 243 Wm. H. FIahn. . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . .. . .. 1\'1os(:~s Ely. . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . • . . . . . . J obn H. Walker Keystone 24~

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Nanu.

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C. II. 11ancl· Joplin ,,1. C. Faulkender F'ellowship . 1~~l'ed. A. Smith rl'nscan ' Nicholas R. 'Vall Tuscan "John E. Bishop 1'usean ~ .......• 'Villis Griffing Higginsville I-:ret'man Wetter C~ache Sam'l H. Jackson Cache C.IJ. l\ifeDonald (~ache 0............. 0.· G. Muller Cache "rm. P. French Itaska Jacob Lampert o • • Itaska ....................•...•..• Henry J. Filsinger ...........•.. Itasl(a vVnl. Fader I tasl{a .John M. Broadhurst Itaska .John H. Pohlman Itasl{a S. L. Jewitt (jalt 'V. E. Dukey rI~rameI .....•...................... .Jas. N. Absolom 'Vest Gate Peter Steinmann , 'Vest Gate......................... "rhos. Brown 'Vest Gate......................... R. 1\1. fI:yarus ................•. Anchor .. . . . . . . . .. J. T-!. Bethune Anchor Ph. Kopplin ................•... I;ambskin Jas. S. Donaldson Nineveh Hugo L. .Jacobi. Kirkwood J. M. IIutt Skidmore Wm.F. Jamison Gate City Joseph C. Mukist Clifton Heights :................ t 1f • E. Bowen " Gate City.......................... J. A. Swartwood ·l\lexico m . H. Hawkin ·Rose Hill Chas. C. .1acl,son Rose IIilI..... . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 'II. C. Pollman Rose fIill , . .. o •••••••• 0

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INDEX. A PAGE

Accounts, Conlmittee on 84 '4 ~eport of........ 110 Address of Grand l\faster...... 26 Comulittee' on 26 ,Report of C011lmittee on 85 of Welcome by R. W. Bro. A. C. Stewart..................... ZS Alpina (Switzerland), Grand I-(odge of, Reference to........ ...... 103 Amendments to By-Laws, Introduced 82, 83, 113 Second Reaoing....... 96 Proposed, laid over 174 Constitution 75, 88 Anniversaries, Golden 58 Annual COlllmunicatiou, 1905 173 Annual Meeting-Opening............... 24 " Closing...... 168 Appeals and Grievances ~... 54 " Committee on Appointed 72, 83 Report of 140 Appointments of Chairmen Standing Committees 168 " District Deputy Grand Masters 171 Grand Officers '.............. 166 Grand Secretary, pro tern 24 " Representatives neat pther Grand! Lodges "....... 37 Grand Lodge of Missouri.. 36 " " Special Committe:es :... 84 " Standing Cotnmittees.............. 83

B Barnesville Lodge, No. 455. 48 ,« Rep'orton . . '.. },$1 Grand Orient of, Reference to }03 Bi,ograpbical Sketch-M. W. Bro. John D. Vinci!, P.G. M ,... 1 '" " " Wm. F~ Kuhn, GrandMaster... 11 Boards o£Relief, Conuuittee on ···.. ···.· 84 " " " " Report of....... 90 B'O<J51ds, O'flicial ..~ 45 Bntial Lot in Bellefontaine Cem:e1:ery............... 113 By-L,aws, Amendments to ~2, 83, 113 it • • • • • • • • • • • • ., • • • • • '.. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

366

Index.

[Sept.

c Carnegy, Stephen, W. B.,P. G. Master, Appropriation for Monument Over His Grave.............................................. . ~. .. 168 Chairnlen of Stariding Conlnlittees, 1905, appointed .. ~..... 168 Charity, Comnlittee on 0...... 83 " Report of................................................. 134 Chartered Lodges, Committee on ~.... 83 " " Report of........ 135 Cllarters, Arrestecl 48, 73 Suspended 73 Duplicate, issued 31, 76, Closing of Grand Lodge ~.... 168 Codification of Laws... 74 Committee on ACCOU11tS.................... .â&#x20AC;˘. 84 Report of 110, 164 Appeals and Grievances 72, 83 " " Report of..... 140 " :Boards of Relief ,.............. 84 Report of 90 Cemetery Property, Report of .. 113 Charlt:y 83 " Report of..............................â&#x20AC;˘........... , 134 Chartered Lodges 83 Report of 135 Credel1tials 26, 4 " Report of 138; Appendix 347 to 364 D. D. G. Master's Reports....... 83 " Report of 99 " Foreign Correspondence...................... 83 " Report of...87; Appendix..1 to 197 Foreign Correspondence-Appointed 1905.. 168 Grand Master's Address 26 Report of , 85 Jurisprudence 72, 83 ,, Report of ,...................... .. .. ... 103 Lodges Under Dispensation ' :............. 83 " Report of ,...... 115 Masonic Home (Visiting)........... 84 "" . Report of ~........ 114 Necrology "........ .. 84 " Report of .. ,......................................... .". 92 Pay Roll (Mileage and Per Dienl)........................... 84 Report o,f . ,..................... 139 Transportation and Hotels., "............ S4

1904.]

Index.

36'7

Committee on Unfinished Business 83 ,, Report of 167 Wayrs and Means.. 84 Report of............ . 165 Committee Special, Arrested Charters........ 84 "" Report of 131 " Dissemination of RituaL........ 84 Report of. 115 ,, Grand Lodge Property.................................. 84 " Report of...... 108 " " Masonic Headquarters, World '8 Fair , 84 ,, Report of 107 " Nomenclature and Redistricting State ,.... 84 "" Report " of 127, 129 " Past Grand Master's Jewe1......... . ~... 109 " Ou Recognition of Grand Lodges. 84 Report of...... 101 " Visiting Brethren :................. 26 Conditions of the Craft...... 65 Corner-Stones, Laying of.......... . .. 34 Costa Rica, Grand Lodge of recognized......... 103 Credentials, Committee on ~ 26, 84 " Report of : 138; Appendix: 347 to 364

D D'ead Lodges, Roll of Appendix 300 Deane, Kenneth M., Grand Chaplain, Death of, Announced......... 28 (, " " " "Report of .Committee on : ;............................. 9'2 Deane, Kenneth M., Grand Chapla.in, Memorial Page.................. 177 Deaths, List of Appendix: 205 Deceased Brethren-Memorial Pages to .•.............................. 175 to 18.3 Decisions of Grand Master 0.. ••••. 40 De<licatiol1 of Halls ; '.. . 38 Delinquent Lodges ~...................... 74 I)·entnark, Grand Lodge of recognized : 103 pisp,ensationsGranted, Special. ~29, 74 ,( Refuse·d...... ... .. . 35 Ritual, Committee on......... 84 " H Report of. . .. '" 1.15 District Deputy Masters, 171 u

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Index.

District Deputy Grand Masters' Reports, Report of Committee 011.. 99 Lecturers, List 0 f ............•.•.................................. 172 Dues, Suspensions for Non-Payment of Appendix 212

E Eclectic Union, Grand Lodge of recognized..... Elected Officers in Past, List of Election of Directors of l\Iasonic Home. of Grand Officers ,............. " Eienlplification of Work : Expulsiolls'Reported

103' Appendix 298 96 97 90, 130 A ppendix 218

'F Financial Tables Appendix 284 to 297' Fiscal·Year, Close of............................................... 53 Foreign Correspondence, Committee on.......... 83 'I " " Report of, 87; .l\.ppendix 1 to 197 Grand Representatives, Commissions Issued to...... 76 Jurisdictions, Recognition of 55, 101 Franklin Lodge No .. 541......... 48 " Report 011 •• "" • •••• •••• •••••• • •. ..• •• ••. • . . . . • . • .• • . . .• 132 Fraternal Deacl.................. 28, " Report of COtl1111ittee on 92 Greetings, Telegral!1s 25, 138 0

G Germany, Grand Lao ge of recognized .. 103 Goldell Anniversaries ,......... 58 Grand Honors~ How to Give :....... 60 Lodge, "Amendments to By-Laws.u 82, 83 " Closing of ' , 168 Headquarters at World's Fair :.......... 57 of Alpina (Switzerland) ,Reference to......... 103 .. 103 " Costa Rica recognized. " Denmark at Copel1hagen recognized................... 103 " Eclectic Union recognized 103 " Germany recognized................... 103 " Hamburg, Reference to...... 103 , , Hungary) Reference to......•. ~ .. ~' ;... 103 " Kansas ,.. 39 'l Netherlands (Holland) recognized... 103 " Norway at Christiania 103 " Peru, Reference to........ 103

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369

Grand Lodge of Queensland recognized... 103 " " " Royal York recognized.............. 103 Sa.xony recognized 103 Sweden at Stockholm recognized......... 103 " The Three Globes (Prussia) recognized 103 Zur Sonne recognized........ 103 Zur Eintracht of Concord recognized...... 103 Opening of :."..... 24 Property....... 56 Time of next Communication........................... 173 Valle de Mexico recognized......... 52 Visited 97, 98, 138 Lodges, List of Foreign recognized Appendix 204 " " with Names and Residences of Grand Secretaries Appendix 198 Officers, Appointment of '" .•...... 166 " Election of :...... 97 Installation of 166 Present at Opening of Annual Comnlunication:..... 23 " Orator - Oration of 116 Orient of Belgium,. Reference to. .•........ . 103 Italy, Reference tq...... 103 , , Lecturer - Report of ,......... 122 " Presentation of .gold-headed cane to ~.... 89 Master's Address............. .......•. 26 " Committee o·n 26 c. Report of Committee on...... 85 " " Master, Biographical Sketch of :....... 11 D'ecisio,ns . :... 46 " " Appro'v'eCl.' 10,3 " Jewel, presented by retiring Grand Master 98 Recommendation of .' ' 64 Repres.entatives appointed near other Grand Lodges App. 200 " from other Grand Lodges near Ora.d " "Lodge of Missouri Appendix: 202 " Secretary, Acting, appointed '.' ~... 24 " Biographical S~.'et@Ja o.~ :.......... •.•... .•.... 1 Elected Una.nitl:..tQ..tT:~.sl~ ~.......... ••••.• 97 G.olden Ju.bileept 5, S8 " " Inn ~s~ of, Reported ~~......... 24 Imlustra.tipu.of Jew~l presented to Fa.~ing.p~ie 5 Reeap.it.nla.tipn.Qif.~ " App,endix 346 Report Fresen'teli", 'O ,.,,'. • 72 " ,, ;Q;ep<>·rt of Qommittee on ''O........ 110 H

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Grand Secretary, Resolution of Condolence to : ~ 24 " " Supplemental Report of...................................... 169 ,Tabular Statemellts ~ : Appendix 270 to 297 Secretary's Office' ~ ~_......... 64 Secretaries, List of : Appendix 198 " Treasurer-Report of .•......, ....•....•.........•.........................,". 78 Growth of the Grand Lodge :.. ...•.... 87 H Halls, Dedication of ~ ~ . Hamburg, Grand Lodge of, Reference to . Haynesville Lodge, No. 49, Petition from, received and granted . Hungary, Grand Lodg~ of, Reference to . Home, Masonic, Directors Elected . " 'Mentioned by Grand. Master .. '" . " Report of Officers o(~ 82; Appendix 308 to " Visiting Committee Appointed . " "'" "~eport of .

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J Jewel, Grand Ma~ter, IUU:st:ration of Facing page 98 " P~st Grand 'Master's, Presented to M . W. Bro. John D. 'Vincil, Iliustrati~'n o{ ~ Facing pageS Jurisprudence, Committee on 72. 83 ,," '" 'Report ,of... 103

L Lihou, Henry, Death of, Announced..................... 28 ,, " " Report of Committee on......................... 92 Memorial Page-to '........................ 179 " List of Grand Lodges, With Names of Grand Seciretaries App. 198 Lodge· Returns.·.· · ,..· ·.' , 1 ':. .•,: 61, 74 LOidges According to Districts ~ Appendix 325 to 345 " Consolidated , '...... ...•.. 73 " D~ad, Li,st of t n " , 300 to 307 N~w".Ch.a~t~,r.ed.., ~.:..................................................................... 72

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Index.

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Loag,s of Instruction ~ ~ 59, 130 " Under Dispensation ~.......................... 73 , cc" " Report of Committee on .. ~.;............ 115 o' • • •

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Mas~nic Headquarters at World's Fair

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166 23 360 298 24

116 166

p Past Masters Pres:evt, List'o'f.~ ,. ., AlJP.endix 362 Fa.,y Roll,. Committee on Appointea:............................................. 84 " " Report 'of......... 13·9

Index.

[Sept.

Peru; Grand Lodge of, Reference to ~.......... 103 Petitions Received and Referred................................................ 88 Physical Qualification Defined ~.................. 44 Portrait of M. W. Grand Master Kuhn....................................... 84 Prairie Hill Lodge No. 546,........................................................ 50 Presentation of Gold-Headed Cane to Grand Lecturer........ 89 Proposed Amendments toBy-Laws 174 Q

Queensland, Grand Lodge of recognized......................................... 103 R

Report of Committee on Accounts....... " . Appeals and Grievances. " Arrested Charters Boards of Relief............. " Charity '................ Chartered Lodges... Cemetery Property......... " Credentials 138: Appendix 347 to " District Deputy Grand Masters' Reports.. " Foreign Correspondence .... 87; App. 1 to " Grand Lodge Property................. " " Grand Master's Address................ Jurisprudence... .. . Lodges Under Dispensation " Masonic Headquarters, World's Fair...... Masonic Home (Visiting) Nomenclature.................. .. Obi tuaries . ... . . .. Pay Roll................ " Recog-nition of Grand Lodges. ....â&#x20AC;˘.......... Ritual......... Redistricting State Unfinished Business....... " Ways and Means................................... Grand Lecturer ,...... '" , . SÂˇecretary '.,'..... . ... .. . ... ... " Treasurer ' " Officers of Masonic Home 82; Appendix: 308 to Reports of District Deputy Grand Masters 60; Appendix Representatives of Lodges in Grand 347 to ,, Other Grand Lodges

10 140 131 90 134 135 113 364 99 197 108 85 103 115 107 114 129 92 139 101 115 127 167 165 122 72 78 324 223 359 76

1904.J

Index.

,Representatives of Other Grand Lodges at Annual CommunicationAppendix Other Grand Lodges near this Grand Lodge 36 ; Appendix This Grand Lodge near other Grand Lodges 37 ; Appendix Resolution authorizing Grand Lecturer to hold Schools of Instruction ' of Thanks . relating to illness of Grand Secretary Vinci! . Past Grand Master's Jewel . " Printing Grand Master's Address . Recognition of Grand Lodge of Alpina (Switzerland) . Costa Rica . ,, ,, H " , ' Denmark at Copenhagen . Eclectic Union G,ernlany . Netherlands (Holland) . at Christiania . u

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Saxony . Sweden at Stockholm . " The Three Globes (Prussia) . " Zitr Eintracht of Concord . ,, ZurS·Ol1ne . Reinstatements, List ot Appe.ndix Royal York) Grand Lodge of recognized . llt.y~and Lodge, No. 33'2' ;~' . " N:o. 332, Report ' .

S St.. Joseph Lodge, No. 78, Chatter Rev?'ked......................... " "List of Property,Etc. . ,, Repo!t"t()fComm ittee on " SpeciatRepoitt on Finances of Grand Officers ...'...... .. . . . . Lodge of recognized....... . . Vy ·~II~.'''''.'''.'tI· ••· apl;)"()'Irnte~d:

R.:ep,o;rt Secretaries,. Gran,d, List of of 19<J:5 ,. •.•.•• .•..•

Acting

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360 202

200 130

167 24

109 109 103 103 103 103 103 103

103 103 103 103 103 103

103 103 219 103 49,

46 84 . . . . ~ 90, .

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[Sept. 1904.

Index. Special

Co.mtnitte~

on Grand Master',s Address ,.................. " " ." Report of.............. Standing CQmmittees ...................................•.. '........... . State Lodges of Instruction ..' 59, Supplemental Financial Report of Grand Secretary................... .... Snspen$ions for Non-Payment of Dues '" Appendix " " Unmasonic Confluct "','" Appendix Sweden at Stockholm, Grand Lodge of recognized f......

26 85 83 130 169 212 218 l,Q3

T Tabular Statements ..................................•........... Appendix 270 to Telegrams '.... .•.... .. :............... . 25, o •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0 00........ Tha·nks The Three Globes (Prussia) Grand Lodge of recognized................ Transportation of Representatives

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297 138 167 103 75

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UnfinIshed BusIness; CommIttee on····· ···..,et.. ···· , , .04 , , " Report of 0

83 157

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v Valle de Mexico, Grand Lodge of recognized...... 52 Vincil, John D., Biographical Sketch of........ 1 " G r a n d Secretary, Reported Sick......... 24 " Golden Jubilee of u5, 58 Illustration of Past Grand. Master's Jewel presented.to Facing page 5 Memorial Page to. '........ .......••.•....... 175 " Report of as Committee on Foreign Correspondence Appendix· 1 to 197 " Report of as Grand Secretary......••. u......... 72 Visitors at Grand Lodge ~ 97 t 98, 138

W World's' Fair Headquarters , Wyandotte Lodge No.3, of Kansas, Golden Anniversary

57 58

Z ~,ur

Eintrachtof Concord, Grand Lodgie:of reoognJ:zed 7:ur Sonne, Grand Lodge

,.... u.... lOS 103