1886 Proceedings - Grand Lodge of Missouri by Missouri Freemasons

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF TIlE

SIXTY-SIXTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE

M. W.GRAND A. F.

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• '.rhe Sixty-sixth Annual Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand J../odge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri, convened in Freemasons' Hall, in t.he city of St. Louis, October 12th, 1886, at 10 o'clock A. l\f. There were found present the following: JAMES W. BOyD GEO. R. HUNT WM. M. WILLIAMS........ JAMES P. WOOD !................. SAM'L M. KENNARD JOHN D. VINCIL............................................ ALLAN McDOWELL REV. THOMAS E. SHEPHERD.................. HENRY L. ROGERS B. H. INGRAM as HORACE WINSOR as GEO. E. WALKER........................................... JAMES A. YOUNG as JAS. A. ADAMS as B. P. BAILEY as J. W. BATCHELLOR as JAY L. TORREy............... JOHN W. OWEN

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W. Grand J,faster. W. W. TV. W.

Deputy Grand Master. Senior Grand Warden. •Tl;nior Grand Warden. Grand Treasurer. W. Grand Secretary. W. Grand Lecturer. W. Grand Chaplain. W. Grand Senior Deacon. W. Grand Junior Deacon. lv. Grand J,farslwl. W. Gmnd Mal·slwl. W. Grand Sword Bearer. W. Grand Sen'ior Steward. JV. Gmnd .Tunior Steward. JV. Grand Pursuivant. JV. Grand Orator. W. Grand Tyler.

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OPENING.

A constitutional number of J.Jodges being represented, the Grand Master proceeded to open the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge in AMPLE FORl\f. The Grand Lodge joined in singing a pi~ce of sacred music, when prayer was offered by the Grand Chaplain. The Grand Lodge being declared open, the Grand Master appointed the following Committee on

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Bros. Seymour Hoyt, W m. H. Muzzy, Harry Keene, Wm. H. Carpenter, Chas. F. Vogel. The Committee subsequently reported that Representatives were present路 from 179 Lodges, besides permanent members and Grand Offices. [The Report is found in Appendix.] 'fhe Grand Ma.ster declared the Grand Lodge ready for business, and proceeded to read his

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Following the reading of the Address, on motion, it was referred, by the Deputy Grand Master, to a committee consisting of all the Past Grand Masters present, viz: S. W. B. Carnegy, S. H. Saunders, John D. Vincil, M. H. McFarland, 'fhos. E. Garrett, R. E. Anderson, J. E. Cadle, N. 1\'1. Givan, .Joseph S. Browne, '\Till. R. Stubblefield, Chas" C. Woods, Lee A. Hall.

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"Again the silent wheels of time, Their annual round have driven," Bringing us to the Sixty-sixth Annual Communication of the Grand I.JQoge of Missouri. We have gathered here to eonsider what has been done during the year, and to prepare for still greater things for the years to come. I trust we have Come up to this Communication, imbued with the true Masonic spirit, feeling a deep sense of the responsibility which here devolves upon us; determined to lay aside all selfish tendencies, to rise above all personal motives, and to join hands in putting forth our best efforts to form such plans, promulgate such doctrines, enact such laws and to project such benevolent enterprises as shall redound to the glory and honor of Freemasonry in all the years to come. ' We have come into the possession of a goodly heritage; our lots have fallen in pleasant places. Vie are traveling the highway of Masonic prosperity, thrown up from the rough stones, by those who have gone before us; we are reaping the golden harvest, which was sown amid trials and tribulation, discouragement and disasters, by a handful of our Brethren, faithful and earnest, who now rest from their labors. They planned and labored for the success we now enjoy; let us imitate them; and labor and plan and work for those W'IO are to follow. Let us do something worthy of the golden opportunity which is thus thrust upon us. Only six and a half decades of years ago this Grand Lodge was organized. At its organization, only three subordinate Lodges were represented. Only three! Now there are more than five hundred and thirty. Now there are more than five hundred and thirty altars in the State of ~1:issouri. upon which the" triplet lights" cease not, day nor night, to reflect the rays of those triplet jewels"Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth ;'" altars from which the holy incense of Faith, Hope and Charity ever and ever ascends, and around which .more than twenty-five thousand Masons are learning the higher and holier duties of a true Masonic manhood, and who are going forth, from the sacred presence of these living Shekinahs, upon their missions of Peace and Good Will-to raise the fallen, strengthen the weak, cheer the faint, relieve the distressed, wait by the watch-fires of the lonely, comfort the desolate, help the destitute, attend the sick, soften the pillow of the dying, and to bury our dead. Within this Grand Jurisdiction, since this Grand Lodge was organized, Masonry has exerted an influence for good which cannot be measured by the flight of years, nor estimated by the lapse of time; an influence which, 1 doubt not, will yet increase as the years go by, and which will roll on and on, in its ever-widening channel, even down to the "last syllable of recorded time;" an influence at once elevating, purifying, ennobling in its character, and which has permeated with its charitable benedictions every nook and corner of our Empire State. IN MEMORIAM Since we last met, a number of our Brethren have been cut down in death. '\Ve shall see them here not again. Their warm fraternal hearts beat no more for us. They are gone! Let 11S plant at the head of each grave, a sprig of acacia, and wear in our hearts the ever-living, ever-green sprig of Faith, which may unite us to them in that Grand Lodge above, where the Architect of the Universe presides.

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DR. CI,ARENCE G. HUBBEI,I..

On the 27th of April, at his home in the suburban groves of St. Joseph, where all nature seemed to smile with love, after an illness of twenty-three days, R. W, Bro. Clarence G. Hubbell, M. D., passed away from earth, surrounded by his noble, loving, devoted wife, his two dear, sweet children and h.is Brethren beloved of the Church and of Masonry. He was a member of Zeredatha Lodge, No. 189, at St. Joseph, and was three times Master of that Lodge. In 1882, he was Grand Marshal of this Grand Lodge, and held this office until October, 1883, when he was appointed District Deputy Grand Master of this Grand Lodge, for the Twelfth District, which office he held until October, 1881, when he was reappointed and held the office until the expiration of his term in October, 1885. He wa.<; a member of the St. Joseph Chapter, No. 14, Royal Arch Masons; and had filled all the higher offices in that body. At the time of his death, he was Thrice Illustrious Master of St. Joseph Council, No.9, Royal and Select Masters; was Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Council of Missouri, Royal and Select Masters, and was Eminent Commander of St. Joseph Commandery, No: 4, K. T. During his term of office as District Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, he dedicated Masonic Halls at Stewartsville, Maysville, and Union Star; laid corner-stones for numerous buildings, and he was at all times faithful in the performance of every duty. I knew him intimately and well. He was gentle and kind, firm and true; a Mason in deed and in truth, "in whom there was no guile." With him Masonry was not a mere name or formality, it was a reality; he believed in its principles and precepts, and they demonstrated their power in his life. We part with him with sorrow, and pray that his heart-broken ,vidow and orphans may find a true and unfailing friend in the Institution which he loved and served so well during his life. RIGHT WORSIIIPFUL BRO. R. E. RICHARDS,

Representative of this Grand Lodge near the Grand Lodge of Ohio, died at his residence, in Toledo, the 14th of last April. He was a worthy Representative of this body, and was held in high esteem by the Brethren of his own State who knew and realized his Masonic worth and fidelity. LODGE RETURNS. At the beginning of the Masonic year, I found that quite a number of Lodges had failed to make returns. I endeavored to get them to discharge this duty; and, by persua.<;ion, argument, and, filially, by peremptory order, to either make returns or send all their records, files and papers to the office of the Grand Secretary, I succeeded in having every Lodge send in its returns. Why could not these Lodges havc made returns at the proper time? Why wait until the Grand Master feels compelled to perform the unpleasil.lltduty of 'peremptorily ordering their records sent to the Grand Secretary? If the Brethren realized how much trouble this delay causes, how necessary their returns are to the Grand SecrC'tary in making the record, they surely would attend to this simple duty at the proper time. They doubtless fail to comply with this requirement more from want of thought, than from any intention to disregard the law. And yet we have the same tronble year after year. An executive officer finds no pleasure in harsh measures, but it would be wise and proper to resort to such steps as will cause every Lodge in this jurisdiction to make returns at the proper time. There can be no excuse for delay in the discharge of this simple duty. BOND. Soon after I entered upon the duties of the office, R; W. Bro. Samuel l\f. Kennard executed a new bond, as Grand Treasurer, in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, with good and sufficient sureties.

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The business of this office, which needed to be recorded, has been transacted through the office of the Grand Secretary, who has at all times been willing and ready to render me any assistance in his power in the discharge of the duties devolviug upon me, and to whom I am greatly indebted for valuable assistance rendered me during the year.

DISPENSATIONS. I have been called upon to grant a great many Dispensations for purposes, however, which were entirely legitimate, such as laying corner-stones, dedicating halls, holding elections, removals, ete., etc. The Grand Lodge, at its last Communication, referred to me the papers relating to the formation of a Lodge at Bogard, Carroll County. After a careful examination of the papers, and an investigation of the facts, on December 18th I issued' a Dispensation for the formation of a Lodge at that place, and I am pleased to be able to report that this Lodge has thus far done well. NEW LODGES. J ordered Dispensations to constitute new Lodges, upon petitions and papers, which, in my opinion, in every instance, conformed to our law, and under circumstances which warranted the experiment, as follows: Bogard Lodge, at Bogard, Carroll County. Williamsville Lodge. at Williamsville, Wayne County. Urbana Lodge, at Urbana, Dallas County. Hume Lodge, at Hume, Bates County. Hale City Lodge, at Hale City, Carroll County. Benton Lodge, S1. Louis. Ava Lodge, at Ava, Douglass County. Russellville Lodge, at Russellville, Cole County. Humphrey Lodge, at Humphrey, Sullivan County. REMOVALS. Dispensations for the removal of Lodges into new or other Halls, were granted in the following instances: Centralia J,odge, No. 59. Putnam Lodge, No. 190. Wadesburg Lodge, No. 348. Somerset Lodge, No. 206. Triangle Lodge, No. 32. Henderson Lodge, No. 487. Aullville Lodge, No. 464. Four 1\1 He Lodge, No. 212. St. Andrew's Lodge, No. !l6. Whitesville Lodge, No. 162. La Plata Lodge, No. 237. White Hall Lodge, No. 301. Mount Hope Lodge, No. 476. Reddick Lodge, No. 361. Clifton Lodge, No. 463. Golden Lodge, No, 475. Rich Hill Lodge, No. 479.

Mountain Grove Lodge, No. 158. Rochester Lodge, No. 248. Clintonville Lodge, No. 482. Spickardsville Lodge, No. 524. Charity Lodge, No.33l. Tebo Lodge, No. 68. Tuscumbia Lodge, No. 437. Liberty Lodge, No. 31. Woodlawn Lodge, No: 223. Madison Lodge, No. 91. North West Lodge, No. 358. Rochester Lodge, No. 248. 2d time. Irish Grove Lodge, No. 483. Vandalia Lodge, No. 471. La Plata Lodge, No. 237. Richmond Lodge, No. 57. Chariton Lodge, No.' 513.

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DUPLICATE CHARTERS. I ordered duplicate Charters to be issued in the following cases in which the original Charters had been destroyed by fire, or otherwise, or had, from the fading of the ink, become entirely illegible: Centralia Lodge, No. 59. Young's Creek Lodge, No. 357. La Plata Lodge, No. 237. Aullville Lodge, No. 464. Rochester Lodge, No. 248. Osborn Lodge, No. 317. FIRES AND INSURANCE. The fonowing Lodges have been so unfortunate as to have had their hans destroyed by fire during the year: La Plata LMge, No. 237. Centralia Lodge, No. 59. Rochester Lodge, No. 248. Young's Creek Lodge, Nb. 357.

Aullville Lodge, No. 464. Osborn Lodge, No. 317. Richmond Lodge, No. 57.

I need only here repeat what has been so well said by my predecessors in office: "Let every Lodge in this jurisdiction insure its property," and I here call upon every Master of a Lodge in this Grand Jurisdiction to see to it, from this time forward, that the property of his Lodge b~ kept, at all times, insured.

STATE LODGES OF INSTRUCTION. I continued the plan of State Lodges of Instruction, inaugurated and followed by my predecessors in office. Such Lodges were held at the following places: Charleston, Troy, Montgomery City, Albany, Paris, Carrollton, Lebanon, Lamar, Nevada, Macon City, Bolivar and Springfield. I was able to attend only two of these-the ones at Paris and Nevada. These were attended by Brethren who were mnch interested in the work, and were very successful.

R. W. Bro. Allan McDowell, Grand Lecturer, will give a detailed report of this part of the work. CHARTERS ARRESTED. TUSCUMnIA I.OIlGE, No. 437.

Tuscumbia Lodge, No. 437, tried three of its members who stood charged with unmasonic and immoral conduct. For the misconduct of this Lodge, in these trials, I ordered that its Charter be arrested. No. 1. In the case of that Lodge VB. J. W. Hartgraves, HIe accused was charged with having taken a certain lewd woman into the home and family of a Brother Master Mason, and with having there introdu('ed her 11..<; his wife; with having slept with her at the home of this Brother; and also with living and cohabiting for a year or more with this same woman. At the trial, the evidence abundantly sustained the charge: in fact, the accused admitted in open Lodge that he had taken the woman to the Brother's house, ILnd slept with her there; and yet, strange to say, the Lodge found him not guilty. Such conduct on the part of the Lodge is indeed very mortifying to every real Mason. I cannot comprehend how allY of its members could fail to realize how intem;ely disgraceful was the conduct of the accused in invading, with a prostitute on his arm, the sanctity and purity of the home of a Brother. What an imposition on the family of a Brother Mason! How insulting! How contemptible! How disgusting such conduct! indeed, it is too disgusting to be even discussed: It indicates that the day of the usefulness of that Lodge has departed.

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.No.2. In the case of same Lodge, against John W. Fogleman, the accused was charged with being engaged in the business of saloon-keeping; with being a habitual gambler, and with habitual profanity. At the trial the evidence clearly sustained aU Ole specifications; indeed, the accused admitted in open Lodge that he was engaged in the business of saloon-keeping, yet the Lodge found him not guilty. No.3. In the case of this Lodge vs. 1. T. Johnson, the accused was charged with being engaged in the saloon business, and the evidence of that fact is perfectly conclusive; indeed, the accused admitted it in open Lodge. Yet the Lodge found him not guilty. The simple recital of these facts is perhaps the strongest possible argument that could be made in favor of arresting the Charter. - This Lodge sets at naught the plain, unmistakable law of the Grand Lodge; a law that has been frequently discussed and expounded; a law that is clear and emphatic, and one that cannot possibly be misunderstood; inrleed, the Lodge simply defies all }fasonic authority whatever; declares that it will not obey any law which does not suit its own degraded idea of morals and common decency. If there are any mitigating circumstances, the record fails to show them. The accused persons admit that they are in the saloon business. This fact is boldly stated by them in open Lodge. The law declares, in positive terms, that "saloon-keeping is a Masonic offense;" yet the Lodge says" these persons are not guilty of unmasonic conduct." I pray th'c time may never come when a Lodge holding such views, and putting them into practice, can live within the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge. GOLDEN SQUARE LODGE, No. 107.

Two trials were had in this Lodge; the accused being its members. No. 1. In one case, Georgp. N. Nolan was charged with having made false statements by whieh he induced a Brother Mason to become surety on his bond as public administrator of Jackson County, and with having fraudulently appropriated to his own use fifteen or twenty thousand dollars of the money held by him in trust for the use and benefit of others. Of course these are grave and serious charges, they involve truth, honesty, sincerity, and good faith to a Brother Mason. The perJormance of duty on the part of the accused in "reference to the matter of public trust i路nvolv~d in "the charge," was further enjoined on him by the sanctity and force of an oath. To the mind of anyone who reads the evidenee, it must seem clear that the accuserl is guilty as charged-of fraudulently appropriating money; guilty of a gross and heinous offense which is in violation of the cardinal virtues and fundamental principles of Masonry and morality; yet, the Lodge says" he is not guilty of unmasonie conduct." What stJ;ange ideas some of our Brethren must haye in reference to "unmasonie conduct;" indeed, I seriously fear that we are in danger at this point. Too maIlY of our Lodges are induced to look with leniency (sometimes called charity-save the misnomer-:-) upon wilful violations of the law, -Masonic and moraL They allow their sympathy for the accused Brother to stand in the way of the enforcement and vindication of our principles. They shield the violator of Masonic law from Masonic punishment, through a morbid sentimentality; and, by so doing, they sirike a fatal blow at the prosperity and good name of the Institution which they love so well. Brethren, as I am in the act of retiring from this office, I desire to send through you, here assembled, a special last message to the absent Brethren of every Lodge in this Grand Jurisdiction. It is this: If yon love Freemasonry, punish those who violate her laws and trample her saered precepts beneath their feet!

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In the other case, tried in this Lodge, Bro. B. F. Hostetter was charged with an assault with attempt to commit rape. He had been indicted, tried and found guilty of this crime in the Criminal Court of the County, and these facts were admitted at the trial by the accused, through his representative, in open Lodge. At the trial, the accused made the following statement, to wit: "I am not prepared to make any statement. I claim I am not guilty, and it has not been proven satisfactorily to my mind that I made an attempt to ravish witness. When the prosecuting witness was asked whether I made an attempt to ravish her, she answered no. I was intoxicated, and did not know what happened that night. How I came home from Kansas City I don't know; did not know then and don't know now." In this statement there is a great deal of reading matter between the lines. Found guilty of a felony in the Criminal Court! the record in evidence, or its contents, admitted in open Lodge! the statement of the accused equivocal! yet the Lodge voted him not guilty of unmasonie conduct! ! I

Further comment is unnecessary. I ordered the arrest of the Charter. The matter now rests with this body. MONTICELLO LODGE, No. 58.

This Lodge tried two of its members. On December 19th, 18&'), charges of gross unma.."lonic conduct were preferred by the Junior Warden, separately, against Bro. William K. Marchant and Bro. John B. Marchant, with three specifications in the charge against the former, in substance as follows: SPECIFICATIONS.

1. Selling intoxicating liquors; 2. Using his drug store as a place for selling intoxicating liquors as a beverage; 3. In being engaged at his place of business in selling intoxicating liquors as a beverage; and with two specifications in the charges against Bro. John B. Marchant, in substance as follows: 1. That he sold and disposed of intoxicating liquors at his drug store, to be used as a beverage;

2. That he was engaged in selling, at his place of business, intoxicating liquors. Bro. W. K. Marchant was tried March 25th, and Bro. John B. Marchant was tried August 13th. The evidence was substantially the same in each case. Jt seems that the accused parties, who were brothers, jointly owned a drug store in Monticello; or, that one of them owned it and conducted the business in the name of the other. At the trial, the prosecution introduced, in evidence, a certified transcript of the record of the Circuit Court, which shows that these two defendants were indicted, by the Grund Jury, for offenses against the laws of the State, similar, in all respects, to those alleged in these charges against them, and that they peaded " guilty" in Court to these indictments. The testimony of witnesses is somewhat voluminous, and is conclusive, to my mind, that this drug store was used by these Brethren as a place for selling, indiscriminately, intoxicating liquors, such as路whisky, wine and beer. It is true that in some instances the purchasers were furnished with prescriptions, or were a..<;ked if they needed such drinks for medicinal purposes, but, in g-eneral, no questions were asked .. About the only difference in this respect between the business carried on at this drug store by the accused, and

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the keeping pf a regular saloon, is this: at the latter no questions are asked, and no equivocal answers are ever necessary. Besides, this business of selling intoxicating liquors at said drug store, seems to be well understood in that community, and the general reputation of the place, in this respect, is not good; in other words, it is understood to be a saloon in disguise, doing business without license. Be this, however, as it may, the action of this Lodge, at these trials, is very peculiar indeed, and such, in my opinion, as.made it my duty to recall the Charter. At the trial of W. K. Marchant, he was found guilty of the three specifications, and yet the Lodge then found him to be not guilty of unmasonic conduct. This conduct on the part of the Lodge is, to say the least of it, very remarkable. The Lodge finds the accused guilty of charges, which the Grand Lodge says constitute a :Masonic offense, then it says he is not guilty of unmasonic conduct. The Lodge sets up its own opinion as higher than the laws of the Grand Lodge. At the trial of John B. Marchant, the Lodge not only found him guilty of the specifications, but also guilty of the charge-uGross Unmasonic Conduct," and then, with a coolness remarkable for its simplicity, decided not to expel, nor liuspend him, and not even to reprimand him. . The Lodge virtually says, The accused is guilty of these specifications, they constitute gross un masonic conduct, of which we find him guilty, but we will inflict no punishment whatever." U

Comment is unnecessary. If such conduct as this is not calculated to injure Masonry in that community, Masonry must have an exceedingly deep hold on the minds and affections of that people. I repeat, our laws in refetence to gross unmasonic conduct must be enforced. Our trials must not be reduced tojarces. We cannot afford to tolerate such conduct, and we will not. Masonry must be protected from such blows as were inflicted by this Lodge in these cases. On the day I received the papers, for the reasons here given, I arrested its Charter. CALHOUN LODGE, No. 184.

This Lodge was dead before I ordered its Charter to be recalled. One of its best members suggested that there was nothing else left to be done. I fear it will not have Masonic spirit enough to come and ask the Grand Lodge to restore it to legal existence. WEST PRAIRIE LODGE, No. 130.

This Lodge had also ceased to have any real existence as a l\fa.<;onic body for sometimc before I ordered its legal existence to be ended. It has not held a Communication for a year, and its members do not seem to care whether it ever meets again' or not. Of course it does not comply in any respect with the requirements of the Grand Lodge. EASTON LODGE No. 101.

At the beginning of the year I found that this Lodge had 110t held a Communication for a year. Upon petition, regularly presented, I granted a Dispensation authorizing it to resume labor. It did so to the extent of electing its officers, but its Masonic energy did not hold out long enough to get them installed. I tried, by personal persuasion and other means, to warm it into life, but it was too far gone. To arrest its Charter was a mere formality. During the year I have been consulted by the Brethren, throughout the jurisdiction, in hundreds of instances. My correspondence has been voluminous; my answers to inquiries amounting some days to as many as eighteen or twenty. In all these cases I have, with great pleasure, tried to serve my Brethren. These matters, although consid-

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ered important to the Brethren inquiring, are not of sufficient g.eneral importance to embody in this statement. Many of my answers were complete by a reference to the page, article and section of the law on the subject of the inquiry. Wherever I have been during the year, whenever occasion would pcrmit, I have endeavored to present to my Brethren such conceptions of the spirit of Masonry as would redound to their welfare and promote their highe~t interest. I have endeavored, at all times, to place our standard upon high grounds, and to maintain it there. If the "after times" should ever reveal that my labors have been instrumental in promoting the real welfare of a single Brother Mason, I shall then be amply repaid for all that I have done.

I lay before you the following matters: SAMARITAN LODGE, No. 424, VS. fARMIl\GTON LODGE, No. 132.

A member of Farmington Lodge was taken quite sick with typhoid fcver, while in Bonne 'ferre, the 10c!Ltion of Samaritan Lodge; and, bcing without moricy, the latter Lodge rendered him such assistance, and gave him such attention as his dangerous condition demanded. In caring for him it necessarily expended the snm of $4.6.75. The Brothels life was probably saved by the care and attention given him by the Brethren of Hamaritan Lodge-a Lodge which deserves the name it bears. He was unable, however, upon recovery, to pay to the Lodge the amount expended by it. The account was presented to Farmington Lodge, but that Lodge refused to pay the amount, alleging, a..c; reasons for its refusal, that the Brother was not an object of charity; that the amount was loaned to him by Samaritan Lodge; that it did not con路 sider itself responsible for his individual debts. I found the facts to be as first above stated, and I decided that it was the plain duty of Farmington Lodge to reimburse Samaritan Lodge the amount it had expended on this account. I think the sick Brother was an object of Masonic relief. He was sick, in great need and distress; he had no money, could get none at the time Samaritan Lodge came promptly to his relief. After his recovery, he could not, or did not repay this Lodge. The duty of Farmington Lodge was clear and plain. If the latter Lodge, as it alleges, thinks the Brother able to pay, let that Lodge hold him responsible for payment, after it has reimbursed its sister Lodge. NEW TRIALS. IN TAE CASE OF LAMAH LODGE, No. 292, VS. E. E. CROWLEY.

The accused was charged with cheating and defranding Brother Master Masom, and with embezzlement. He was all officer; had charge of the funds of the County, and converted them to his own use. The Lodge found him guilty, and suspended him for one year. There were irregularities in the trial, which, according to our laws, clearly authorized me to order a new trial. 1 did so, November 23d, 1885, and, upon the second trial, he was found gUilty, and expelled. The charge was a grave one. For the crime charged in the second specification the criminal code of the 'State assesses as a miriimnm punishment, imprisonment a.t ha.rd labor in the penitentiary for five years. The punishment assessed by the IA>dge on the first trial was wholly inadequate to the heniousness and gravity of the offense. For a Lodge to find a member guilty of feloniously embezzling thousands of dollars confided to his custody, under the sanctity of an oath that he will faithfully discharge his duty, and then, to declare that suspension for one year is a sulUcient punishment, is, in my opinion, a proceeding well calculated to bring Masonry into liisrepute in the vicinity of that

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Lodge. The infliction of so slight a punishment for so grave an offense, is a violation of the spirit of our laws, is unjust to Masonry, and, is such a gross irregularity as would, of itself, authorize the Grand Master to order a new trial. GATE CITY LODGE, No. 522, VS. JOHN H. SHERIFF.

In this case the accused was charged with unmasonic condnct, and was, at the trial, indefinitely suspendcd. Some time after the trial, this irregularity or violation of law, was presented to me by the Master of the Lodge, with the requcst that I make an order authorizing the Lodge to complete the trial by voting a suspension for a definite or fixed term; or by agsessing the punishment. This I declined to do, as I doubted both the propriety and legality of an order authorizing the completion of a trial long after the evidence had been heard, and after the Lodge had supposed the trial to be concluded, but I ordered a new trial of the case. OCCIDENTAL LODGE, No. 163,

Made complaint to me concerning the action of a sister Lodge in 8t. LouisOccidental Lodge stated that a Master Mason, coming from England, made application to visit said Lodge, but was refused an examination and admission into the Lodge because he did not have a diploma or certificate of membership from the Grand Lodge of England. The next evening he was examined and admitted (as a visitor, of course,) into another Lodge in the city of St. Louis. Occidental Lodge claims that the latter Lodge violated the law of this Grand Lodge, in permitting said Brother to visit it without a certificate as above stated, and that it ought to be called to give an account of its misconduct. I decided, however, that said Lodge violated no law of this Grand Lodge'in permitting said Brother to visit it without a certificate of membership. I presume that this is a question of much importance to Lodges in 8t. Louis, and other large cities, and my attention was, in this connection, called to what was claimed to be a custom in St. Louis. I could not, however, in deciding this question, consider allY local custom, which depends upon the will of a few Lodges for its existence, although it might be wise and prUdent on the part of the Lodges in St. Louis to adhere to some precautionary measure in this respect. If there is any law ofthis Grand Lodge which prohibits a subordinate Lodge from permitting a Master Mason, coming from England, to visit without a certificate of membership, I have been unable to find it.

M. W. Bro. Cadle, in his Annual Address as Grand Master to this Grand Lodge, in 1876, used the following language: " American M:l.Sons desiring to visit Lodges in some Grand Jurisdictions of Europe, are required to furnish a certificate from the Grand Lodge of thestanding of the Lodge they hail from. We havliJ a practice very similar, but no definite law or rule, but ought, in my judgment, to have one." The Committee, reporting on that part of his Address, made certain recommendations' as to petitions for membership and applications for relief coming from European l\fasons; but no action was taken by this Grand Lodge in reference to the question of certificates of membership on the part of European Masons desiring to visit with it" subordinate Lodges. TERRITORIAL JUHISDICTION

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A petition for initiation was presented to Good Hope Lodge, No. 218, in the city of 81. Louis. The petitioner resided outside the city limits. The petition was referred to a committee. Refore the committee reported, at a regular communication of the Lodge, the Worshipful Master made the following decision and order in reference to the matter, to wit:

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"The Worshipful Master having satisfied himself that the petitioner resides outside the city limits of S1. Louis, rules that the Lodge has no jurisdiction over him, and that his application for the mysteries of 'Freemasonry, and all proceedings thereunder, were null and void, and that the same be dismissed." From this decision of the Worshipful Muster an appeal was taken, and I decided that the Worshipful Master's decision was erroneous. The question thus presented to me for my decision, was this: Does the fact that a petitioner resides without the limits of the city of St. Louis deprive the Lodges of St. Louis of jurisdiction over him, although the proximity of his home to the Lodges would give them jurisdiction except for the intervention of the city boundary, or limits? 'We hold that it does not. The territory over which the Lodges in the city of St. Louis have jurisdiction is not bounded by the limits of the city, but extends beyond the city limit.<:; half the distance to thc Lodges outside of the city. KIRKWOOD LODGE, No. 484.

Some time ago my attention was called to the fact that Kirkwood Lodge, No. 484, was in the habit of receiving petitions from and initiating applicants who reside in the city of St. LoUis, when only one Lodge in that city had waived its jurisdiction over such candidates. The matter was also brought to the attention of R. W. Bro. Henry .L. Rogers, D. D. G. M. of that District, and he decided that Kirkwood Lodge, No. 484, had no right to rcceive such a petition and to initiate such a candidate. The Lodge was not satisfied with this ruling, and requested me to pa~s on the question. The Worshipful Master, in .laying the matter before me, claimed that the Lodge had been acting in accordance with an edict or advice of a former Grand Master of this Grand Lodge, whose letter or order had been destroyed by fire. Every Lodge in St. Louis has jurisdiction over all prospective candidates who live in its territorial jurisdiction; but its jurisdiction is of course concurrent with the jurisdiction of every other Lodge in said city. One Lodge has no authority to waive the jurisdiction that belongs to another Lodge-each Lodge must do that for itself. When one Lodge in St. Louis gives its consent for Kirkwood Lodge, No. 484, to receive the.petition of an applicant who lives in S1. Louis, this can in no wise affect the jurisdiction of the other Lodges in said city over said applicant. Bro. Rogers was right. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GRAND LODGE. On July 10th, I ordered a commission to be issued to W. Bro. CHARLES STROUD,. of Sandusky, Oh{o, as Representative of this Grand Lodge near the Grand Lodge of Ohio. He was duly commissioned for this office, and will make us a worthy, able and etficient Representative. There being a vacancy in the office of Representative of this Grand Lodge near the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island, I appointed W. Bro. CYRUS M. VAN SLYC){ as such Representative. He is highly esteemed as a man of character and ability, and his Masonic worth 'and standing are recognized by all his Brethren who know him. W. Bro. STARKS EDSON resigned his office as Representative of this Grand Lodge near the Grand Lodge of New York, and I appointed, and ordered a commission to be issued, to W. Bro. JOHN STEWART, P. D. D. G. M., and Ma~ter of Albion Lodge, No. 20, as such Representative. I am satisfied that he is in ever)' way worthy, and will represent us in the true Masonic spirit. CONSENT TO FORMATION OF NEW LODGES. I find a number of Masters of Lodges are in doUbt as to the meaning of Note 3, on page 38, of our Book of Constitutions, many of them holding that certain language

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therein contained requires a unanimous vote on the part of a Lodge to give its consent to the formation of a new Lodge, when its territorial jurisdiction will be affected by the latter. The language referred to is as follows: "It (the Lodge) has an equal right to waive jurisdiction over a portion of the territory granted it under the law; but this must _be done, like the other waiver, by unanimous consent of its members." This language, when used in connection in which M. W. Bro. Thos. E. Garrett used it in his most excellent Address, is perfectly clear, and has no other meaning than that which the words thus read clearly imply. He was not discussing the question of a Lodge giving consent to the formation of a new Lodge, and hence the language used has no reference to the latter subject, which is governed by the plain statement contained in our By-Laws. He was discussing a case in which the territorial limit between two Lodges had been defined by agreement or consent. For a Lodge thus to yield a portion of its territory to another, by contract, certainly would, as he says, require the unanimous consent of its members. I mention this here because the matter has given Masters of Lodges some trouble, hoping to obviate any stich difficulty in the future. JOINT OCCUPANCY OF HALLS, I have received a number of inquiries as to the subject of Lodges occupying Halls jontly with other societies. I can only state OU! laws Oil this subject: Subordinate Lodges are permitted by our laws to occupy halls jointly with other societies which are exclusively moral or benevolent, and no others. It is impossible to make a list of such societies, but surely any Lodge ought to be able to determine this question correctly. If there is a doubt as to the moral or benevolent character of the society, then the Lodge is not permitted to occupy the hall jointly with it. I have been guided by these rules in passing' upon petitions for removals, and in all cases referred to me. CIRCULAR LETTERS. My attention was called, about September 5th, to a circular letter, issued by one of our Lodges, addressed to other Lodges in this State, asking contributions to assist in prosecuting a defendant charged with murder, stating that the deceased was a Mason. I doubt the propriety' of ~uch a letter, but I have taken no actioll in the matter, on account of what seems to me to be the uncertainty of our law on this subject. I do not doubt the Grand Master's authority to interfere, or to exercise his prerogative in such cases, when the impropriety is flagrant, but I suggest that the Grand Lodge ought to order that no Lodge shall issue any circular letter asking for funds for any object whatever, unless such letter shall have first been approyed by the Grand Master. CHARGES PREFERRED. On the 18th of September, 1886, charges of unmasonic and immoral conduct, with specifications, were preferred by the Junior Warden of Point Pleasant Lodge, No. 176, again~t Bro. Robert Fra7.ier, Worshipful Master of that Lodge. I directed the Grand Secretary to cause the accused to be served with a copy of said charge and specifications, and cited to appear before the Grand Lodge at this term for trial. I also directed him to cause the witnesses (Masons) to appear at said time to testify ill said cause. REPORTS OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. I have received Reports from the following Districts: First District-R. W. Bro. James T. Laughlin, D. D. G. M. Third District-R. W. Bro. James P. Wood, D. D. G. M. Fourth District-R. W. Bro. Henry W. Butts, D. D. G. M. Fifth District-R. W. Bro. 1\1. H. Garwood, D. D. G. 1\1.

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Sixth District-R. W. Bro. W. H, Carpenter, D. D. G. M. Seventh Distriet-R. W. Bro. Ben. T. Harden, D. D. G. M. Eighth District-R. W. Bro. J. J. Dillinger, D. D. G. M. NiJlth Distriet-R. W. Bro. Geo. W. Deatherage, D. D. G. M. Tenth Distrtct-R. W. Bro. C. S. Glaspel, D. D. G. M. Eleventh District-R. W. Bro. Norton B. Anderson, D. D: G. M. 'fwelfth District-R. W. Bro. U. Schneider, D. D. G. M. Thirteenth District-R. W. Bro. 1. V. McMillan, D. D. G. M. Fourteenth District-R. W. Bro'. J. B. Thomas, 路D. D. G. M. Fifteenth District-R. W. Bro. Henry L. Rogers, D. D. G. M. Seventeenth District-R. W. Bro. W. B. Wilson, D. D. G. M. Eighteenth District-R. W. Bro. Stephen Chapman, D. D. G. M. Nineteenth District-R. W. Bro. Ambrose B. Martindale, D. D. G. M. Twentieth Di~trict-R. W. Bro. J. W. Mires, D. D. G. M. Twenty-first District-R. W. Bro. J. G. Martin, D. D. G. M. 'rwenty-second District-R. W. Bro. C. G. Brooks, D. D. G. M. Twenty-third District-R. W. Bro. B. H. Ingram, D. D. G. M. Twenty-fourth District-R. W. Bro. Leslie Orear, D. D. G. M. Twen!y-fifth District-R. W. Bro. James A. Shaw, D. D. G. M. Twenty-sixth District-R. W. Bro. I. M. Abraham, D. D. G. M. Twenty-seventh District-R. W. Bro. Seymour Hoyt, D. D. G. M. Twenty-eighth District-R. W. Bro. Flavius A. Affleck, D. D. G. M. Twenty-ninth Districtr-R. W. Bro. Wm. G.Hobbs, D. D. G. M. Thirtieth District-R. W. Bro. W. W. Cushing, D. D. G. M. Thirty-first District-R. W. Bro. John R. Ferguson, D. D. G. M. Thirty-second District-H. W. Bro. E. C. Steele, D. D. G. M. Thirty-third District-R. W. Bro. John W. Farris, D. D. G. M. All these worthy and faithful Brothers have done good work, and I know that some of the District Deputy Grand Masters, whose Reports have not been received, have also labored abundantly for the good of the Craft in their District-c;. The Grand Lodge owes a debt of gratitude to this noble band of workers, whose only incentive to spend time and money and to labor in this work, is their love of Masonry, and the hope of promoting the good. of the Brethren. Many of them, however, could not do as much as they desire to do, because their business matters would not permit. Their Reports contain valuable information, and my successor in office would. find the sug'gestions contained in these Reports of service to him in the discharge of his official duty. I have no doubt but that their Reports to me are somewhat. delayed by the hope, on their part, of first receiving Reports from the various Lodges in their Districts. I.EESVILLE LODGE, No. 426.

R. W. Bro. B. H. Ingram, in his Report, recommends that the Charter of I"eesville Lodge, No. 426, be recalled, on account of its weak condition in almost every respect. I would have acted upon his statement and suggestions, but had n<;>t time in which get the Charter in before the meeting of the Grand Lodge. I recommend that the Charter of this Lodge be arrested. A short time since, R. W. Bro. Geo. E. Walker, District Deputy Grand Master of the Sixteenth District, felt constrained on account of his absence from the DiBtrict to resign his office. I regretted very much to lose his services. He was an invaluable officer in his

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District, and worked for the good of Masonry, at all times, with unabated zeal and great efficiency. With him as District Deputy Grand Master, the District was in safc hands. His District greatly needs his services; but I know that wherever he is he will bc found active, vigilant, influential and useful in the cause of Masonry. OAXACA, MEXICO. About March 10th, of this year, I received the announcement of the formation of a Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted :Masons in the State of Oaxaca, in Mexico, issued by the M. W. Grand Master thereof, I, P. Guzman, asking" fraternal relation and friendship." I acknowledged the reception of the paper, and hereby refer it to this Grand Lodge for such action as it may deem proper. CHARLESTON, S. C. This once beautiful "City by the Sea" lies in ruins. Its churches, residences and business homes were destroyed by the fearful earthquake. Ruin and desolation are wide-spread, almost universal. The inhabitants are homeless, living in tents and sheds, ~uch as they can secure. About the 17th of September, I received a communication, or rathcr an appeal, from M. W. Bro. J. Adger Smythe, Grand Master of Masons of South Carolina, asking of the Craft, wherever dispersed, help for the Masons of that city, who were no exceptions to the sufferers from this great calamity. As the time for the meeting of the Grand Lodge was near, I did not assume the authority of ordering It warrant drawn on the Grand Lodge Treasury for funds to aid these sufferers, but directed that the following circular letter be addressed to the Brethren throughout the State, asking them to contribute such sum as they felt disposed to give to this worthy cause: GRAND LODGE, ANCIENT, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS, STATE OF MISSOURI, OFFICE OF THE GRAND MASTER, ST. JOSEPH, September 25,1886. To the .lIfasons of Missou1路i.路

BRETHREN-A great calamity has befallen our Brotherhood in Cha.rleston, South Carolina. That once beautiful city is in ruins. An earthquake has destroyed many lives, while the property of the citizens has been wrecked, causing losses amounting to millions of dollars. Desolation and woe have spread among the population. Great distress prevails and want stares thousands in the face. The cry for help has gone forth from that stricken city. A call has been made upon the Masons of Missouri by the Grand Master of South Carolina, asking aid in behalf of our needy Brethren in Charleston. Missouri Masons know how to respond to such appeals. This was shown in 1878 when the yellow fever fell like a cyclone of fire upon portions of the South. Then thousands of dollars went from Missouri Masons to relieve the suffering and bless the dying. The present appeal will not be in vain. Masonic hearts need no arguments in such cases. When the cry of the suffering is heard the response will be as ready and liberal as possible. This appeal is made in behalf of our worthy distressed Brethren and their families in Charleston. What you do, do quickly. Let Masonic Lodges and individual members of the Craft make donations and send them to .JOHN D. VINCIL, Grand Secretary, St. Louis, Mo., who will forward the same to Bro. Charles Inglesby, Grand Secretary of South Carolina. Due acknowledgment will be made of the sums received. Fraternally, JOHN

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The Grand Secretary will be prepared to report what has thus far been contributed. As the time has been short t.he amount cannot be large. I therefore recommend that the Grand Lodge make at once a liberal appropriation to aid our beloved Brethren and other SUfferers, in that unfortunate city. INDUSTRIAL MASONIC HOME. This is a matter of great importance and deserves, and I have no doubt it will demand, your earnest consideration. At the last Communication, your Committee on this subject was authorized and directed to consider the matter in all its bearings; "to make a thorough examination of the question; to visit similar institutions in other jurisdictions; to ascertain what propositions can be received; to investigate the merits of the several offers so made; to see what, if any, change in the act of incorporation of this Grand Lodge will be required to permit this undertaking, and generally to gather all other information that may be of interest in the premises," 0

Thus you will see that the matter is in the hands of the Committee. I therefore have, at this time, no suggestion-to make-none is necessary. I have no doubt but that the Committee will be fully prepared to make a highly encouraging and a pre-eminently satisfactory report. I hope that this Grand Body will see its way clear to move forward in this the noblest of all Masonic enterprises, to the end that the sad and anxious hearts of the lonely and desolate widow and orphan may soon find a home, where their weary, tired spirits may find rest and repose. CONDITION OF THE CRAFT. My visits to a number of Lodges, the hundreds of letters received during the year, my intercourse with the Brethren, the Reports of the District Deputy Grand :lIIasters, all lead me to conclude that Masonry is in a prosperous condition throughout this Grand Jurisdiction. The prosperity here mentioned is, of course, relative. Our Institution is perhaps as prosperous to-day as it has ever been; yet I am free to say that we have not reached that degree of prosperity we ought to reach, and we are not accomplishing as much as we might accomplish by a little more well-directed effort. Let us look the situation fairly in the face. Let us ask, in all candor, what do we need'? We have quite a a number of Lodges that are dragging their slow length along without any real vitality, energy or power. They exist, that is all. They have not even the form, much less the .power of Masonry. ''''e must do something to save these Lodges, or they are gone. We make laws for them; we govern and control their actions as a body; we should do something to burn into their members the real principles, spirit, history, philosophy and traditions of Masonry, that they may realize what is the grandeur and glory of the Institution of which they are members. If it be necessary, in order to accomplish this result, to send some one to them with a fresh message of Masonic truth and love, send him, and send him now. They should be awakened to a sense of the importance, dignity, and honor attached to membership in such an Institution, by infusing into them true and living conceptions of Masonry. They must be 1'evived, or they die! We owe it to ourselves to make a special effort in this direction. To fail to do so, is to pursue a suicidal course. Our Grand Lecturer has his hands full, he can do no more. Our District Deputy Grand Masters and District Lecturers, like the rest of us, must of necessity pursue their business vocations, and cannot afford the ti째me necessary to do this work. We must devise some method of doing it. 'Ve cannot afford to neglect it. Do this work, and we thereby lay a sure foundation for our Masonic Home and other benevolent enterprises. If we would reap, we must sow; if we would reap abundantly! we must plow the ground. If we Will, we can make Masonry in Missouri a greater, grander and more liowerfuI Institution, whose in-

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fiuence for good will be felt in every nook and corner of our magnificent State, and whose benevolent enterprises will proclaim her character, in living letters of light, and crown her with glory and honor. I trust we may not fail to realize our own condition, the signs of the times, our surroundings, opportunities, responsibilities and obligations. This is the day of change. Innovation flaunts her triumphs of the hour in our faces at every turn. The world is moving at an accelerated speed. Twenty miles an hour must give way to thirty, thirty to forty, forty to sixty, sixty to seventy. Old methods of business are considered ruinous. Men work by the lightning express and electric flash. They talk by telephone, sleep by the clock, eat by the watch, and hurry back to business. They now have no time to consider questions outside of business matters, if they demand thought or study. We have no time to be profound; to think out the problems of life. We have no time to reflect; no time to read works requiring thought or study for comprehension. We have no time to digest solid literary food. In our mad rush and haste in life we feed on literary soups, syrup and cakes. We eat no literary or philosophical meat. Work of statesmanship, moral philosophy and metaphysics lie dust-covered upon the library shelves, while a light, trashy, useless literature is the literature which brings the money in the market. Hence everybody is slightly educated, few are thoroughly educated. We have many politicians, few statesmen. We have no time for anything profound. Glossy generalities of sophistical theories, having no foundation in fact or philosophy, are accepted without investigation by society in its present hurried and feverish condition. Haste, activity, energy, discovery, invention, innovation and change, _ rule the hour. Such a day is a propitious time for the gro\'ith of false doctrines, dangerous ideas, erroneous theories, pernicious fallacies, destructive and ruinous tendencies and practices. Things old, are discarded because they are old; things new, are accepted because they are new. The ruthless hand of innovation would strike down everything sacred, and destroy everything" two years old" or upward. From the sowing of these seeds we may expect to reap the harvest of the cyclone. Among the most pernicious doctrines which grow in such a soil, is Agnosticism. Already it is spending much time and wasting much talent in vainly endeavoring to dethrone God, and to enthrone in His stead a sort of omnipotent, blind Nothing, by which it hopes to remove the foundation of all morality, virtue, obligation, duty, law, order, obedience, and thus to leave the world in doubt, perplexity, distrust and chaos, followed by disorder, disaster, ruin and death. Great and momentous revolutions, full of destiny, are going on around us. In these' silent, powerful conflicts what part does Masonry perform? Is .Masonry a real, living, active power, whose influence is felt in shaping and controlling these reVOlutions, in whose womb sleep the destinies of generations yet unborn? What are we doing, as an Institution, to control and properly direct the :>till, iJroad, deep current of human destiny which is swiftly flowing past us? Out upon the plains of Egypt, anchored to a granite foundation, built with a mathematical skill, demonstrating an accurate knowledge of astrollomy, stands, in all its magnificent, unapproachable grandeur, the great Pyramid, the first of the" seven wonders of the world." For more than four thousand years the storms of sand and dust and heat have beat about its base in yain; for more than four thousand years it has stood a silent spectator of the conflicts of the ages, and looked down with an undisturbed serenity upon the rise and fall of Nations, Empires and Kingdoms. Although of origin so remote as to be uncertain, yet the skill and accuracy displa)'ed in its erection, surpass the skill and accuracy of the best work of our day. There it stands, coming up out of an unknown past, hoary with age, yet fresh with beauty, venerated for its antiquity, yet new in its accuracy and skiII; a stndy of to-day; a model of architecture; a monument of genius; firm, immovable, abiding forever.

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So, Brethren, out upon the plains of this active, restless, changeful, dangerous age, there arises, amidst this unrest, doubt, perplexity and Agnosticism, like the great Pyramid, the Masonic Order, built upon the idea of a Supreme Ruler, beginning and ending in the Great Architect of the Universe, coming up out of the deep unknown past, hoary with age, yet new and fresh with thought and principle; conservative, yet progressive; old, yet always young with truth; formal, yet vital; profound, yet simple; symbolic, yet clear; silent, yet speaking with power, in and through all the avenues of thought and feelingpermanent, changeless, abiding forever. Against its foundations the waves of Atheism are broken and dashed back into a sea of confusion,like the waves of the Levant when they strike the immovable granite of Gibraltar. Amidst this wild storm of change, when every ship upon life's sea is hard pressed, when every little batteau, with its precious freight, is swinging up and down upon the wavelets which roll beneath it,-ah! when amidst all this pressure upon the weary, anxious, toil-wotn hurried human heart and brain, a morbid desire for excitement usurps the place of duty, when liberty is fast drifting into license, when sober reflection is about to cease, when character is becoming weak and plastic, when love of money roots out the love of truth, when dissipation becomes the alternative to labor, when this fever of modern life is praying upon modern integrity, then, as if built for the hour, as if predestined for the times, and foreordained to cope with these evils, the Masonic temple rises in its stately beauty and grandeur, bright, calm and serene, reflecting the iridescent rays of her Great Light, buttressed upon the existence of the" one true and living God," and girded with the iron girders of truth to the eternal principles of right. These waves of sacreligious change fall harmless at its base; these storms of mutability roar around its columns without effect; the mutterings of Aguo!:lticism die away in its corridors, without a resounding echo in its halls. The flood-tide of these new, false, destructive ideaS, doctrines and teachings is stayed against this barrier. Masonry is indeed one of the great conservative forces of our times; not only molding the character and lives of her members, but exerting a world-wide influence promotive of the welfare of millions of our race who never saw its "lighL" And thus has Masonry stood, powerful and conservative, checking the wildest passions of men in the darkest hours of the most fearful rovolutions of the past; thus Masonry stands to-day, holding, or helping to hold, in check the evil tendencies of our times; making men more thoughtful, earnest and true; binding them with her beautiful symbolic cords to that which is changeless; projecting their lives out on the basis of an immortality; teaching, at all times, benevolence and charity; fraternity and fidelity. KINDNESS AND COURTESY. During all my intercourse with my Brethren, personal or by correspondence, they have at all times treated me with the utmost kindness and fraternal regard. While the duties of the year have been arduous, I have found them pleasant. If they have not been beneficial to others, I hope they have benefited myself. I cannot conclude without acknowledging the services and assistance rendered me by M. W. Bro. John D. Vincil, Grand Secretary, who is always faithful and emcient; and the help extended and the kindness shown me by R. \Y. Bro. Allan McDowell, Grand Lecturer, who abounds in Masonic knowledge and work. CONCLUSION. One year ago I received the gavel with a trembling hand, a deep sense of my inability to do justice to the important interests confided to my care, and a keen feeling of my unworthiness of the great honor you had conferred upon me. I certainly did not face the duties and responsibilities of this high trust without a deep feeling of humility, and a keen appreciation of my own weakness.

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To the Ma~onic Fraternity of Missouri lowe a debt of love and gratitude which I can never repay. Twelve years ago I came to you with nothing but my dimit, from that jurisdiction whose members are to-day crushed and ruined by the terrific throes of that fearful earthquake which has laid her beautiful city in ruins and left our Brethren there homeless and destitute. You took ~e in; patiently nurtured and instructed me in the principles, symbolism, spirit and philosophy of Masonry, and then you qestowed upon me, unworthy as I am, office and honor after office and honor, until you h~d bestowed the highest honor in your gift. In return for aU this I have nothing to give'except love and gratitude, and a devotion to our" common cause," which shall be limited only by the capacity of my mind and the weakness of my body. I hope to go down to my grave with the sweet incense of love and gratitude to toy Brethren of the Grand Lodge of Missouri bur~ing brightly on my fading life, and then, as they :;hll.U one by olle pass away from the Lodge below, I hope to meet them and to greet them in the Celestial Lodge above. May the Grand Lodge of Missouri go forward on her g-reat and glorious mission; toay her weak Lodges grow strong, and her strong Lodges grow stronger in Masonic manhood; and may the time SOOIl come when her widows and orphans shall find a Home for their torn and bleeding hearts, and a sweet resting place for their tired, weary feet.

JAMES W. BOYD, Grand Master.

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'J.1he Grand Secretary presented his General Report, which was ordered printed, and is as follows: BUSINESS. Grand Master Boyd announced his appointments of Deputies for the several Masonic Districts of ollr jurisdiction the day following the close of the last session. They were immediately commissioned, and all matters pertinent to their work were placed in their , hands at once. To them were sent the Charters ordered by the Grand Lodge. These Lodges were severally constituted in due time and form. They are numbered and located as follows: Union Star Lodge, No. 124, Union Star, DeKalb County: Mountain Grove Lodge, No. 158, Mountain Grove, 'Vright County. Everton Lodge, No. 405, Everton, Dade County. Wayne Lodge, No. 526, Piedmont, Wayne County. Higbee Lodge, No. 527, Higbee, Randolph County. COnway Lodge, No. 528;'Conway, Laclede County. Niangua Lodge, No. 529, Niangua, Webster County. Ritchey Lodge, No. 530, Ritchey, Newton County. Lane's Prairie, No. 531, Vichey, Maries County. NEW LODGES. Dispensations were granted by the Grand Master for the formation of nine new Lodges. The names, locations and officers are furnished herewith: 1st: Bogard Lodge, at Bogard, Carroll County.

M. C. Litteer, Worshipful Master;

H. C. Brasher, Senior Warden; C. W. Owens, Junior Warden.

2nd. 'Villiamsville Lodge, at Williamsville, Wayne County. A. B. Martindale, Worshipful Master; J. A. Foggins, Senior Warden; R. Vincent, Junior Warden. 3[d. Urbana Lodge, at Urbana, Dallas County. J. M. Fowler, WorshipfUl Master; C. Dillon, Senior Warden; Thos. M. Hays, Junior Warden. 4th. Hume Lodge, at Hume, Bates County. 'I'. n. Harper, Worshipful Master; G. L. Burdett, Senior Warden; D. H. HilI, Junior Warden. 5th. Hale City Lodge, at Hale City, Carroll County. J. H. Toppas, Worshipful Master; M. J. HUdson, Senior Warden; B. F. Dillin, Junior Warden. 6th. Benton Lodge, at St. Louis. ehas. n. Duff, Worshipful Master; Chas. C. Walton, Senior Warden; Thos. B. Penn, Junior Warden. 7th, Ava Lodge, at Ava, Douglas County. L. O. Hailey, Worshipful Master; H. Klineline, Senior 'Varden; H. M. Miller, Juuior Warden. 8th. Russellville Lodge, at Russellville, Cole County. W. D. Jordan, Worshipful Master; John Grant, Senior Warden; H.. A. Henderson, Junior Warden. ' 9th. Humphrey Lodge, at Humphreys, Sullivan County. G. A. Smith, Worshipful Master; G. T. Moberly, Senior Warden; A. Jones, .Tnnior Warden.

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DUPLICATE CHARTERS. There have been fewer demands for Duplicate Charters the past year than formerly, . our Lodges having been more fortunate as to fires. The following Lodges were burned out, and their Charters destroyed: Centralia Lod~e, No. 59, at Centralia; LaPlata Lodge, No. 237, at LaPlata; Rochester Lodge, No. 248, at Rochester; Young's Creek Lodge, No. 351, at Young's Creek; Aullville Lodge No. 464, at Aullville, and Osborne Lodge, No. 317, at Osborne. Duplicates were furnished these Lodges by direction of the Grand Master. CONSOLIDATION. I have to report the consolidation of Euclid Lodge, No. 421, of Versailles, with Versailles Lodge, No. 117; and that of Ben Franklin Lodge, No. 353, with Savannah Lodge, No. 71, at Savannah. LODGE REMOVALS. An unusual large number of Lodges have changed their basis of operations during the year, from various causes. The reasons assigned ,vere satisfactory to the Grand Master, who authorized the change. The following list embraces the name and number of all Lodges that were granted permission to move: Centralia .Lodge, No. 59; Putnam Lodge, No. 190; Wadesburg Lodge, No. 348; Somerset Lodge, No. 206; Triangle Lodge, No. 32; Henderson Lodge, No. 487; Aullville Lodge, No. 46i; Four Mile Lodge, No. 212; St. Andrew's Lod~e, No. 96; Whitesville Lodge, No. 162; LaPIR.ta Lodge. No 237; White Hall Lodge, No. 301; l\:1t. Hope Lodge, No. 476; Riddick Lodge, No. 361; Clifton Lodge, No. 463; Golden Lodge, No. 475; Rich H.ill Lodge, No. 479; Mountain Grove Lodge, No. 158; Rochester Lodge, No. 248; Clintonville Lodge, No. 482; Spickardsville Lod~e, No. 524; Charity Lodge, No. 331; Tebo Lodge. No. 68; Tuscmbia Lodge, No. 437; Liberty Lodge, No. 31; Woodlawn Lodge, No. 223; Mad ison Lodge, No. 91 ; North-West Lodge, No. 358 : Irish Grove Lodge, No. 483; Vandalia Lodge, No. 491. ARRESTED CHARTERS. For good and sufficient reasons, the Grand Master ordered the arrest of the following Lodge Charters: Easton Lodge, No. 101, at Easton; West Prairie Lodge, No. 130, at Clarkton; Calhoun Lodge, No. 184, at Calhoun; Tuscumbia Lodge, No. 437, at Tuscumbia; Golden Square Lodge, No. 107, at Westport; Monticello Lodge, No. 58, at Monticello. These Lodges, in the judgment of the Grand Master,' had ceased to meet the objects for which Lodges should exist, and were considered unworthy of longer life. Loss of interest in Masonry, failure to meet, neglect of all tbe duties of the Order, non-compliance with Grand Lodge requirements and refusal to punish those who' were guilty of flagitious acts, should cause the arrest of Lodge Charters in every instance. SPECIAL DISPENSATIONS. The Grand Master directed me to commission R. W. Rro. Allan McDowel to constitute Wayne Lodge, No. 526, under Charter, as the Deputy of that District could not perform the duty. Bro. D. J. Allen was appointed a special Deputy to institute Williamsville Lodge, under Dispensation, as Bro. A. B. Martindale, the Deputy, had dimitted to become Master of said new Lodge. After the institution of the new Lodge by Bro. D. J. Allen, Bro. Martindale was recommissioned Deputy of the District.

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CORNER-STONES. The Grand Master directed the issuance of a special Commission to M. W. Bro. Charles C. Woods, P. G. M., to lay the corner-stone of a church at Pilot Grove, which duty was performed, and report thereof duly made to this office. Herman Ferguson was specially deputized to lay the corner-stone of a church at Sullivan, Mo. GRAND REPRESENTATIVES. By authority of the Grand Master, I issued a Commission to Bro. Charles Stroud, to be our Representative near the Grand Lodge of Ohio. to fill a vacancy caused by the death of our former excellent and able Representative, Bro. R. E. Richards. Charles Stewart was also commissioned as our Representative near the Grand Lodge of New York to fill a vacancy. Cyrus M. Vanslyck, Representative of :Missouri near the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island. SPECIAL ELECTIONS. Permission was granted to the following Lodges to hold elections, failure to elect at the usual time having been cailsed by circumstances over which the Lodges had no control: Shelbina Lodge, No. 228; Phrenix Lodge, No. 136; Fellowship Lodge, No. 345; Bloomfield Lodge, No. 153; Temple Lodge, No. 299; Lorraine Lodge, No. 128; Mosaic Lodge, No. 351; Kilwining Lodge, No. 3i8; Pleasant Grove Lodge, No. 142. GRAND LODGE REGISTER. One year ago, at my suggestion, the Grand Lodge ordered the preparation of a Register, in which the names of all members of the constituent Lodges of this jurisdiction should be enrolled, and a correct list thereof be preserved for all time to come. The want of such a Register had been felt for years, and the great regret was that such work had not been commenced many years ago. In carrying out the purpose of the Grand Lodge, your Grand Secretary has sought to meet this want as fully as possible, and make the Register useful, as a compendium of valuable information, which will serve the end in view for a long period. The work' has been completed and now invites inspection. It embraces three large books, capable of containing 12,500 names each. The work is as nearly perfect as skill, labor and money can make it. The value of such a work canllot be measured by any money standard. It will require but little trouble to keep up a perfect history of every member of the Craft in thi.s jurisdiction for the future, provided the Loliges make correct and complete reports of their membership. The books cost one hundred dollars for the entire lot. They 'oNere prepared, according to plans furnished, in the city of Syracuse, New York, and ordered through the house of R. D. Patterson & Co., of this city. The clerical work cost $325. Quite an amount of extra labor was required, 011 account of the imperfect reports made, which necessitated extensive correspondence with Lodges, in order to have them correct their returns before registering the names. Having completed the work, to the best of my ability, it is now submitted to the Grand Lodge for its approval. HORACE W. POCOKE. At our la.c;t session a memorial was presented from Montgomery City Lodge, No. 246, asking the Grand Lodge to aid said Lodge in the mai.ntenance of R. W. Bro. Horace W. Pocoke, P. D. D. G. M. The Brother named was a confirmed paralytic and in destitute circumstances. It was stated in said memoriai that one of the benevolent institutions of this city would receive the afflicted party as an inmate, and care for him the balance of his life for the sum of $150. A resolution was then adopted appropriating the sum of $150, the disbursment being left to your Grand Secretary, upon consideration that the

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"Memorial Home" would furnish a guarantee that the aforesaid proposition would be carried out. After the close of our session I put myself in communication with the authorities of the "Home," and I learned that their terms were $100 for admission. The terms were better than was expected; but, as the" Home" was so crowded at that time, and no room available for some months, until additions could be made to the buildings, 1 found it impossible to place Bro. Pocoke in the quarters desired. He was in a condition to require immediate attention and protection from the growing cold of the season. There was nothing left for me to do but appropriate the fifty dollars, above the amount necessary to admit him into the" Home," and provide for his comfort until room could be secured in the new building. 1 therefore paid out the sum of fifty dollars to St. Luke's Hospital for the maintenance of Bro. Pocoke, till such time as he could be removed to the "Home." In due time the "Home" was ready for his reception, and we had him transferred thereto. He was well provided for, and made as comfortable as his afflictions and increasing infirmities would admit. In connection with this case, I made an appeal to the Lodges of St. Louis, asking a small donation from each, with which to fit up a room in the" Memorial Home," to be known as "Masonic Apartments," and used by our Brethren who might be placed there. A ready and cheerful response was made to the proposition, anda sufficient sum was raised to create "Masonic Quarters" for our inivalid Bro. Pocoke, of the most tasteful kind. In these quarters, prepared by Masonic munificence, he was made to feel that he had a home indeed, where the sands of life might ebb slowly away in peace and quiet. The benefactions of the Grand Lodge and the Brethren of St. LoUis, in placing our failing Brother in the" Home," and surrounding him with the evidences of taste, and their fraternal good will, relieved the painful monotony of confinement and lightened the burden of suffering. He had been furnished by his Brethren, a place in which to die pleasantly. And thus he passed quietly away on the 17th of July last, in the city of his birth, aged nearly forty-eight years. He was interred in the Masonic lot in Bellefontaine Cemetery the day following, by Missouri Lodge, No.1, at the request of the Lodge of which he was a member, at Montgomery City. Bro. Horace Pocoke was a graduate in medicine, and received his diploma from the old McDowell College, of other years, in St. Louis. He was made a Mason in George Washington Lodge, in 1865, and subsequently served as Master of Montgomery City Lodge, No. 246, of which he was a member when called from labor. He served the Fifth District as Deputy Grand Master, and also as District r~cturer. He was a zealous Mason and devoted to the Institution of Freemasonry. Having been elected High Priest of his Chapter, he received the Order of High Priesthood, being anointed at a Convention in this city. The Grand Lodge of Missouri may not complete its work more satisfactorily anywhere than in such cases as is now submitted for your consideration. Had \ve the contemplated" Home" ready for use, other deserving and needy members of our Masonic family could be provided for, and housed from the cold and heartless surroundings or' life. RETURNS AND DUES. At the last session of this Grand Lodge the following rule was adopted for the government of the subordinate Lodges: "That the fiscal year of the Lodges closes on the 31st day of July, instead of the 31st of August as now, and that Lodges, at their first meeting in August, complete their annllal reports, and immediately forward same, wi th their annual dues, to the Grand Secretary." This action was published in the journal of proceedings, and a special circular was also sent to the Lodges, in order that they might be informed of the new requirement. On the first day of July, I mailed to each Lodge in the State two blanks for Returns. The day following I sent to the Secretaries of the several Lodges the notice herewith attached:

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I have mailed you two Blanks for Grand Lodge Returns; fill Ollt both carefnlly; forward one to me in the envelope sent you, and file the other for future use and reference. The above law requires Returns to be made and forwarded, with Grand Lodge dues, to the Grand Secretary during the month of August. Let me have your Returns and dues accordingly. Thus time will be given to furnish to the Grand Lodge session a complete Report of the number of members in the State, and of the finances, and have the same printed before the annual meeting. This has never been done because of the neglect of delinquent Secretaries. Every year a number have failed to furnish their reports in time for printing in the Grand Lodge Proceedings. I hope, Brother Secretary, you will never cause any delay, but comply with the above law. If Blanks (10 not reach you, a notice by postal card will cause others to be sent by the Grand Secretary at once." II

During the month of August some four hundred Lodges responded by sending in their Returns. 1'0 the delinquents I mailed the following, on the first day of September: On the first oj July I sent you Blanks for Returns, followed by a circular calling attention to the above law, and urging a prompt compliance therewith. This has not been done by your Lodg-e. August has passed away and no Returns have been received from your Lodge. Thus 'You have failed to comply with a requirement of the Grand Lodge and contributed to delay its business. Unless your returns and dues are received within ten days, your Lodge will be reported to the Grand Lodge as in disobedience to its requirements. You were requested to notify me if Blanks were not received. What causes the delay as to your Returns? " II

This brought reports from about one hundred Lodges. Tiring of waiting on the tardy Lodges, I closed my Report, in order to have it printed as required by the Grand Lodge, for this session. The following Lodges had made no Returns when the Report was closed. Their appearance in thiil delinquent list is no fault of the Grand Secretary, as a third and final notice was sent to them about the 20th of Septemher. I could not keep my Report open longer to suit the convenience of delinquent L.odges: LODGES NOT MAKING RETURNS AS REQUIRED BY LAW. Richmond Lodge, No. 57. Centralia Lodge, No. 59. Ashley Lodge, No. 75. Meramec Lodge, No. 95. Gallatin Lodge, No. 106. Lorraine Lodge, No. 128. Prairieville Lodge, No. 138. Novelty Lodge, No. 181. Angerona Lodge, No. 198. Alton Lodge, No. 255. St. Clair l,odge, No. 27:3. Mt. Pleasant Lodge, No. 312.

Kingsville Lodge, No. 313. Chapel Hill Lodge. No. 320. Malta Lodge, No. ,337. Agricola Lodge, No. 343. Alexa.nder Lodge, No. 385. Latimer Lodge, No. 395. Clifton Lodge, No. 463. Robert Burns I,odge, No. 196. Jameson Lodge, No. 500. Galena Lodge, No. 515. ToHee Lodge, No. 520.

It will be seen that twenty-hVO Lodges have failed to comply with Grand Lodge requirements as to Returns. It is a matter of surprise that some of the above Lodges should be found delinquent, in view of thcir former promptncss. No exceptions can be made in favor of any, as all of them failed to be on time. Fully half of them are proverbially slow. and never make returns in time for Grand Lodge. I hope a rcmedy for such indifference may be provided. Returns thus withheld cannot be examined by the Committee on Chartered Lodges, and the Grand Lodge can never learn allY thing as to the etatu8 of these Lodges. Besides, an accurate statement can nevcr be printed as to the work done, nor as to the membership of our Grand Jurisdiction. Thc Grand Lodge, which, as the parcnt body, gave life to its subordinates, ought to be able to exact and secure compliance with the laws enacted for their government.

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UNPAID DUES. The following Lodges have made Returns bu~ have failed to pay Grand Lodge dues: Ark Lodge, No. 6 $27 50 Havana Lodge, No. 21. 19 00 Mercer Lodge, No. 35 42 00 Middle Grove Lodge, No. 42 13 00 Bonhomme Lodge, No. 45.................. 9 00 Xenia Lodge, No. 50 30 50 Bridgeton Lodge, No. 80 21 50 Marcus Lodge, No. 110 2800 Pleasant Grove Lodge, No. 142 11 50 Chamois Lodge, No.1S5 2350 zeredatha Lodge, No. 189 51 00 Everett Lodge, No. 219. 21 00 Shelbina Lodge, No. 228 36 00 Mitchell Lodge, No. 229 10 00 Knob Noster Lodge, No. 245 27 50 Holden Lodge, No. 262....................... 31 50

Stockton Lodge, No. 283 $33 50 Craft Lodge, No. 287 23 50 :Mound City Lodge, No. 294 27 00 Eldorado Lodge, No. 318 1tl 00 Young's Creek Lodge, No. 357 1000 Fraternal Lodge, No. 363 25 50 Plumb Lodge, No. 375........................ 6 50 Marionville Lodge, No. 390 31 00 Iberia Lodge, No. 410 17 00 Black Oak Lodge, No. 432 11 50 Tuscumbia Lodge, No. 437 24 50 Temperance Lodge, No. 438 1800 Forsyth Lodge, No. 453 28 00 Irish Grove Lodge. No. 483 23 00 Vernon Lodge, No. 493 15 50 Avalon ~dge, No. 50f> 12 00

The above thirty-two Lodges owe the Grand Lodge the aggregate sl1m of $724, as shown by their Returns. The non-reporting Lodges will owe over $400, judging from their Returns of last year. TllU~ $1,200 may be added to the assets of the Grand Lodge. That some Lodges will make Returns and pay their dues after this report is printed, and before the Grand Lodge meets, is very probable. If so, their credits wii'I. appear in a supplemental report in the journal of this session. RECOMMENDATIONS. In view of the ever-recurring delinquencies of Lodges with respect to making their annual Returns and the payment of Grand Lodge dues, I suggest the propriety of more vigorous measures to secure conformity with our laws. I recommend that the incoming Grand :Master be urged to issue an edict immediately to the delinquent IA)dges requiring thcm to show cause why they have not obeyed the law of the Grand Lodge. If satisfactory reasons be not furnished for the failure to meet their obligations, the Grand Master shall suspend the Lodge until such time as, in his jUdgment, it is proper to allow it to resume labor. If he shall see fit, he may hold the Charter under arrest until the next meeting of the Grand Lodge. BOARD OF FINANCE. At the session of this Grand Lodge, held in 1884, the following was adopted governing the bonding of surplus funds:

"Resolved, That the Most Worshipful Grand Master, the Right Worshipful Grand Secretary. the Right WorshipfUl Grand Treasurer, and the Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, be, and they are hereby, constituted a standing Board of Finance. "Resolved, That whenever there shall be in the Treasury of the Grand Lodge any sum of money in excess of fifteen hundred dollars over and above the amount necessary to meet the amiual expenditures of the Grand Lodge, as estimated by the Committee on \Va)'s and Means, the Board of Finance shall immediately invest such surplus, or excess, in United States Bonds, Bonds of the State of Missouri, or good Municipal Bonds, which same bonds shall be kept for the use of the Grand Lodge." I call attention to a fact that should be considered. The above Board, as now constituted, fails to serve the end for which it was created. It has occurred the past year that desirable securities, which we wished to purchase for the Grand Lodge with its surplus

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funds, could not bc obtained, owing to the absence of the Grand Master. When desirable securities were found on the market, they were bought up before the Grand Master could be notified, and his presence or his approval be obtained. The Board was unwilling to act without the presence or the approbation of the Grand Master as its recognized chairman and head. It is the opinion of the Board that all the members thereof should reside in St. Louis, and thus be so convenient that immediate consultation and action might be had on such matters as fall within its sphere of duty. THE GRAND TREASURER. Bro. Samuel M. Kennard, our efficient Grand Treasurer, has for the past two years, complied with the requirements of this Grand Lodge, and furnished an approved bond for twenty-five thousand dollars. He regards the requirement made of the Grand Treasurer, of a yearly bond, as a hardship, and deems it unnecessary to cause that officer, year after year, to furnish a new bond and obtain securities. His idea is that the Grand Treasurer .shall furnish a continuous bond, with such securities as may be approved; as heretofore, subject each year to an inquiry by the proper authorities, as to the continued solvency of the principal and his bondsmen, reqUiring additional security when deemed necessary. I quite agree with the proposition and recommend it to the Grand Lodge.

PAYMENTS Have been made to the Grand Treasurer as follows, which will be found in my receipt book, and also in~y cash book: Receipt No.1 .. 2 " 3 " 4 5 II

$194 207 125 50 209

00 50 00 00 00

I Receipt"No.6 7 II

$167 , 236 237 240

8.....................

"\l

Making a total received on back claims, for dues and other sources, of.

50 00 85 00

$1,666 85

NEW DUES.

Recei~t No. i~:::::::::.::. :::::::.:.:::::::::.:$l,~~ "

12...... 13................................ 14................................ 15.................. 16................................ 17................................ 18................................ 19........................ ........ 20................................ 21............ 22........................

457 50 205 50 20500 322 50 248 50 567 00 203 50 569 50 295 00 420 50 739 50

Recei~t

Total new dues Back dues.................. In hands of Grand Treasurer last settlement.. Interest on bonds

No. ~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~~~ 25................................ 564 50 26............... 371 00 27................................ 27900 28.. 433 50 29................................ 307 00 30................................ 144 50 31. 1,044 50 32................................ 639 00 33............... 283 50 34................................ 446 00 35......... 280 25

$11,493 1,666 10,804 :....... 480

75 85 66 00

~r~ÂŁ~t~~:~~.~~~:~~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: k~~ 88 $33,88026 Disbursements Total assets

11,353 15 ,.,

$22,527 11

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FINANCIAL. It is cause for congratulation that the financial condition of the Grand Lodge is, as heretofore, very satisfactory. The following showing will furnish complete information as to the fiscal affairs of the Grand Lodge for the year now closing.

At the close of the last session, when the books were balanced by the Committee, there was In the hands of the Grand Treasurer, in cash, the sum of.. Eight $1,000 interest-bea.ring bonds... l\faking total assets of

$10,804 66 8,000 00

----, $18,804 66

I collected and paid to Grand Treasu.rer, on outstanding claims, before new dues came in, for the present year............... 1,666 85 Dues for the present year, received and paid over 11,493 75 Interest on bonds 480 00 Balance on Gibson note........................... 400 00 Cass County bonds......................................................................................... 1,035 00 Total. Less disbursements

$33,880 26 11,353 15

Total assets now on hand

$22,527 11

DISBURSEMENTS. The following amounts have been paid out as per vouchers issued from this offiee : DATE. 18R5.

October

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22. 22. November 2. 3. 5. 5. 5. 5. 9. 10. 10. 10. 10. 11. December H. 14. 16. 18. 23. 26. 1886. January 2. 2. 2. 4.

PAYEE.

AMOUNT.

218. 219. 220. 221. 222. 223. 224. 225. 226. 227. 228. 229. 230. 231. 232. 233. 234. 235. 236. 237.

Rent of Hall, Grand Lodge Session $ 75 00 John W. Owen-Grand Tyler............................................ 150 40 Martin Collins-Insurance................................................ 53100 Grand Secretary-Salary, October..................................... 250 00 Office Rentr-October...... 52 00 John Alberty-Charity...................................................... 100 00 .John Goff-Charity........................................................... 100 00 George W. Trent-Charity.................................................. 100 00 Allan :MeDowell-Salary. 200 00 J. W. Boyd-Grand 1\1aster 250 00 H. H.. Hildreth-Printing and Stationery for 1885 1,532 90 Pay Roll (in part) advanced by S. 1\1. Kennard 100 00 Balance on Pay Roll, paid Carnegy and Postage............... 455 60 R. H. Dryer-Work on Grand Lodge Register................... 100 00 Rent for November...... 52 00 R. D. Patterson-Grand Lodge Register................. 100 00 Grand Secretary-Salary, November................................. 250 00 Committee on "Home" 100 00 Allan McDowell-Salary.................... 200 00 R. H. Dryer-Work on Grand Lodge Register................... 50 00

238. 239. 240. 241.

Grand Secretary-Salary, December................................. 250 00 Postage and Incidentals 60 00 H. C. Pocoke-Appropriation............................................ 50 00 Office Rent-December 52 00

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242. 243. 14. 244. 29. 245. February 4. 246. 6. 247. 12. 248. 12. 249. 21. 250. 1. 251. March 1. 252. 2. 253. 6. 254. 6. 255. 6. 256. 19. 257. 22. 258. 22. 259. 22. 260. April 1. 261. 1. 262. 3. 263. 9. 264. 9. 265. 12. 266. 15. 267. 24. 268. 30. 269. May 1. 270. 1. 271. 1. 272. June 1.' 273. 2. 274. 2. 275. 4. 276. July 1. 277. 1. 278. 8. 279. 19. 280. 2. 281. August 2. 282. 3. 283. 11. 284. 27. 285. September 1. 286. 2. 287. 4. 288. 4. 289. 4. 290. 4. 291. 4. 292. 4. 293. 4. 294.

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Allan McDowell-Expense Account.. $200 00 Trusten P. Dyer-Expense on "Home" Account.............. 2150 S. W. B. Carnegy-Appropriation...................................... 75 00 R. H. Dryer-Work on Register......................................... 5000 Grand Secretary-Salary, January.................. 250 00 Allan McDowell-Salary................................................... 200 00 Office Rent and Gas-January.......................................... 5325 History of Freemasonry, 4th vo!....................................... 5 00 R. H. Dryer-Work on Register........................................ 7500 Postage....... 25 00 Grand Secretary-Salary, February................................... 250 00 Coal for Office............. 19 40 Allan McDowell-Salary................................................... 100 00 H. C. Pocoke-Appropri~tion 100 00 Office Rent-February...................................................... 52 00 Type Writer for office............ 100 00 Woodward & Tiernan-Printing....................................... 1050 Book & Stationary CO.-Printing....................................... 64 11) Telephone Service...... 10 00 Office Rent-March............ 52 00 Grand Secretary-Salary, March.................. 250 00 City Directory for Office 5 no Woodward & Tiernan-Postal Cards................................. 11 50 Hugh R. Hildreth-Printing............................................. 10 50 S. W. B. Carnegy-Appropriation....................................... 7500 Levison & Blythe-Paper Files......................................... 4 95 Allan McDowell-Salary................................................... 100 00 History Freemasonry-5th voL......................................... 5 00 Office Rent-April.......... 52 00 Grand Secret~ry-Salary,April......................................... 250 00 Allan McDowell-Salary............... 200 00 Grand Secretary-Salary, May........................................... 250 00 R. H. Dryer-Balance on Register..................................... 50 '00 Office Rent-May....................................... fi2 00 Coal for Office.. 12 00 Office RCilt-June............................................................. 52 00 Grand Secretary-Salary, June.......................................... 250 00 Allan McDowell-Salary....... 200 00 S. W. B. Carnegy-Appropriation...................................... 75 00 Office Rent-July.............................................................. 52 00 Grand Secretary-Salary, Jnly 25000 Allan McDowell-Expense Account................................. :lOO 00 Expense Aceount.............................................................. 59 25 Postage Account... 20 50 Grand Secretary-Salary, Allgust...................................... 250 00 Office Rent-August......................................................... 5200 Allan l\{cDowell-Salary................................................... 200 00 Allan McDowell-Balance on Expense Account................ 350 00 S. :M. Kennard, Grand Treasurer-Salary.......................... 150 00 Office Rent-September................... 52 00 Grand Secretary-Salary, September................................. 250 00 Expense Account, Postag-e, etc.................... 31 75 eass County Bonds 1,035 00 Total Disbursements

Sll,353 15

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RECAPITULATION. ASSETS. Cash on hand last settlement.. $10.801 66 Cash received on back dues, etc....................................................... 1,666 85 Cash on dues for 1886......................................................... 11,493 75 Interest on eigbt $1,000 bonds........................................................... 480 00 Total Cash Less disbursements........................ Cash balance Bonds Balance Gibson note

$24,445 26 11,353 15 ---

Total assets on band

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$13,092 11 9,035 00 40000

$22,527 11

PROSPECTIVE INCOME. Dues from delinquent Lodges............................................................ $1,000 00 Fees for Charters.................. 180 00 Interest on Cass County bonds :................... 50 00 ----

$1,230 00 $23.757 11.

Fraternally submitted, JOHN D. VINCIL, Grand 8ecreta1"y.

GRAND TREASlJRER'S REPORT. ST. LOUIS, Mo., OctOber 12, 1886. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. P. and A. M.:

BRETHREN-I herewith submit my report as Grand Treasurer, to this date. sbowingBalance on hand October 12, 1885 $10,804 66 Receipts from Grand Seeretary : SI3.160 60 Coupons and Bonds.............................................................. 480 00 13,640 60 Total Warrants paid, Nos. 218 to 291, inclusive

$24,445 26 11,353 15

Leaving balance on band, this date

$13,092 11

ALSO.

One Cole County Bond. No. 61. six per cent. One" No. 62, One No. 61, One Henry County Bond, No. 85, six per cent.. One No. 86, One No. 87, One No.8R, One No. 89, One Cass County Bond, No. 480, One No. 480, Total.

.. . .. .. . .. . . ..

$1,000 00 1,000 00 1.000 00 1.000 00 1,000 00 1,00000 1,000 00 1,00000 50000 50000 $9.000 00

9.000 00 $22,092 11

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Amount brought over.................................................. ................................ The Cass County Bonds were purchased April 16, 1886, as follows: Two Bonds of $500.00 each .............................................................. $1,00000 Accrued interest............................................................................. 35 00 Totil.l .......................................................................... $1,035 00

$22,092 11

1,03500

$23,127 11

The Coupons on all the above Bonds to July 1, 1886, amounting to $480.00, have been collected and credited as shown in my report (under date October 5, 1886). Respectfully submitted, SAM. :M:. KENNARD, Grand TreasureI'.

SAM. M. KENNARD, GRAND TREASURER, In Account with GRAND

LODGE,

A. F. AND A. M.,

DEBIT.

OF MISSOURI:

CREDIT.

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Oct. 12, To Bal. as per last Rep't, $10,804 66 Nov. 3, To Cash............ $194 00 20750 " 10, do !2-5 00 25, do Dec. 12, do 5000 20900 " 29, do

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Jan. 14, Apr. 29, Aug. 5,

.. " " "

6, 7,

11,

12, 14, 16, " 17, " 17, " 17, " 19, " 20, " 23, " 24, " 25, " 27, " 31, Sept. 1, 3, 4, 6, " 15, " 17, " 18, " 27, " 28, " 29, Oct. 4, 5,

do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do

167 50 23600 23785 24000 ... ......... 1,241 00 51300 457 50 20.550 205 00 32250 2路1850 56700 20350 56950 29500 42050 73950 47400 23900 56450 3il 00 27900 43350 30700 14450 ............ 1,044 50 63900 28350 44600 .280 25 48000 - - - $13,640 60 $24,445 26

229..... 219 ..... 218..... 221... .. 220..... 222..... 224..... 225 ..... 226 ..... 228 ..... 230 ..... 231.. ... 223 ..... 227.. ... 235 ..... 232..... 233..... 234..... 236 ..... 237 ....

$100 00 15040 7500 25000 5300 5200 10000 10000 200 00 1,53290 455 60 10000 100 00 25000 10000 5200 10000 2.5000 200 00 5000

2:,8 ..... 239 ..... 240..... 241..... 242.. :.. 244..... 243 ..... 245 ..... 246 ..... 2-17..... 248..... 249 ..... 250 ..... 251... .. 252 ..... 253 ..... 2,5L... 255 ..... 256 .....

25000 6000 5000 52 00 20000 75 00 21 50 5000 250路00 20000 5325 5 00 75 00 25 00 2.50 00 1940 10000 100 00 5200

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" " " "

2, 5, 5, 12, 14, 15, 30,

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CREDIT.- Continued. 1886.

Mar. 22, By Cash War. No. 257..... 258..... do " 24, do do 259 ..... " 27, do Apr. 2, do 261... .. do 262 ..... do " 2, do do 263 ..... " 3, do 264..... do " 8, do 265..... do " V, do do 260 ..... " 12, do do 266..... " 15, do 294..... do " 16, do do 267 ..... " 16, do do 268..... " 24, do May 3, do 270..... do do 271.. ... " 3, do do 269 ..... " 4, do June 1; do 272 ..... do do' 273 ..... " 2, do 275 ..... do " 3, do do 274 ..... " 3, do 276 ..... do " 7, do July 2, do 278 .... do do 277 ..... " 6' do 279..... do " 8, do 280 ..... do " 24, do Aug. 3, do 282 ..... do 283 ..... do " 3, do 284 ..... do " 1:{, do 285..... do " 2i, do Sept. 1, do 286 ..... do 287 ..... do " 3, do do 288..... " 4, do 289 ..... do " 28, do 290 ..... do " 29, do do 291. .... Oct. 2. do do 292 ..... " 2, do 293 ..... do " 8, do . do 281..... Nov. 3, do

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ROB MORRIS, LL.D. It was announced by the Grand Secretary that M. W. Bro. Rob Morris, LL.D., Past Grand Master of Masons of Kentueky, was in waiting. 'rhe Grand l\:1aster appointed Bros. John D. Vinci], Joseph S. Browne and A.llan McDowell to introduce the distinguished visitor. The Committee retired G. L. Pno.-3.

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and returned wHh Bro. Morris, whom they presented to the Grand Lodge, through the Grand Master, who welcomed our guest in appropriate terms.

BOARDS OF RELIEF.

Reports from the l\iasonic Boards of Relief, in St. Louis and St. Joseph, were presented and ordered printed in the journal of Proceedings. [See Appendix.]

HANSON.

Charges having been preferred against Bro. C. Hanson, Worshipful :Mast.er of Conway Lodge, No. 528, and the same having been in vestigated by R. W. Bro. J. W. Farris, D. D. G. M., and by him found not implicated in any way. On motion of the Grand Secretary, the papers in the case were referred to the Committee on Grievance.

CO~IMIT'~EE

ON "IIOME."

On motion, three o'clock to-morr~nv afternoon was set apart as the hour when the Grand Lodge will consider the question of ~stablishing the" 'Vidows' and Orphans' Home." A motion was adopted requesting the Committee on "Widows' and Orphans' Home" to have their Report printed, if practicable, and ready for distribution by to-morrow forenoon. ROB 1'IORRIS.

On motion of Bro. Trusten P. Dyer, Bro. Rob Morris was invited to address the Grand 'Lodge at three o'clock this afternoon, and that the Grand Orator, if prepared, be requested to deliver the Annual Oration immediately thereafter.

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EXEMPI.IFICATION.

On motion, R. W. Bro. Allan McDowell, Grand Lecturer, was directed to Exemplify the Work in the first and second degrees, this evening, at 7: 30 o'clock. The Grand Lodge was called from labor to meet at three o'clock this afternoon.

TUESDAY-AFTERNOON SESSION. ST. LOUIS,

Mo.,

October '12, 1886.

Grand Lodge was called to labor at 3 o'clock, by l\:iost W or~ shipful Grand Master Boyd. Grand Officers in their respective stations. REPORT ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS.

Bro. Thos. E. Garrett, Chairman of the Committee on Grand Master's Address, present<?d the follbwing report: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. and A. M. :

The Committee to whom was referred the Grand Master's Address for consideration and distribution, report as follows: We recommend that a page of our Proceedings be set apart in memory of Bro. Clarence Gano Hubbell; also, in memory of Bro. R. E. Richards, Representative of this Grand Lodge near the Grand Lodge of Ohio. We approve of the action of the Grand Master in reference to Lodge Returns, Special Dispensations, Duplicate Charters and the appointment of Representatives of this Grand Lodge near other Grand Lodges. We recommend that the action of the Grand Master in ordering Dispensations for new Lodges be referred to the Committee on Lodges under Dispensation. We recommend that the action of the Grand Master in arresting Charters be referred to a Special Committee of five. We recommend that the matter of Samaritan Lodge, No. 424, vs. Farmington Lodge, No. 132, be referred to a Special Committee of three.

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We recommend that the action of the Grand Master in ordering new trials, be approved. We recommend that the action of the Grand Master in the complaint of Occidental Lodge, No. 163, and in the matter of Territorial Jurisdiction of Lodges, and consent to formation of new Lodges, be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. We recommend that the matter of Circular Letters be referred to a Special Committee. We recommend that a Special Committee of five be appointed to hear the evidence, and report in the case of charges preferred by the Junior Warden of Point Pleasant Lodge, No. 176, against the Worshipful Master of that Lodge. We recommend that the reports of the D. D. Grand Masters be referred to the Committee on D. D. Grand Masters. We approve of.the recommendation of the Grand Master in regard to Leesville Lodge, No. 426, and the Grand Secretary is hereby ordered' to take charge of the Charter, books, papcrs and other properties of said Lodge. In regard to the Grand Lodge in the State of Oaxaca, in Mexico, your Committee, not being conversant with all the facts, would recommend that the matter be referred to the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, with instructions to report the facts at the next session of this Grand Lodge. We recommend that the matter of Charleston, S. C., be referred to the Committee on Charity. We heartily endorse the sentiments of the Grand Master in regard to the various matters touched upon in his Address, relative to the general welfare of the Craft, and especially commend his advice to the attention of the Fraternity. I'

We congratulate the Grand Lodge and the 'Craft at large upon the successful administration of the Grand Master, and take this occasion to compliment him upon his enlightened views of the mission of the Masonic Order, so eloquently expressed in his Address. His zealous and able efforts in the interests of the Fraternity fully entitle him to the commendation: "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." Fraternally sUbmitted, THOS. E. GARRETT, S. W. B. CARNEGY, SAM'L H. SAUNDERS, JAS. E. CADLE, NOAH M. GIVAN, JOS. S. BROWNE, C. C. WOODS, W. R. STUBBLEFIELD, JOHN D. VINCIL, R. E. ANDERSON. Committee.

The same was adopted. s'rANDING AND SPECIAL COMl'lITTEES

Were announced by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, and are as follows: On ACcQunts.-F. W. Mott, Michacl Cookc, P. P. Ellis, Gcorgc E. Walker, J. M. Ritehey.

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On Grievances.-Noah M. Givan, Samuel

David Baird, A. J. Farrell.

Saunders, Trusten P. Dyer, H. L. Gray, .

On BY-Laws.-yv. R. Subblefield, J. W. Dunn, Wm. Bonney, James A. Shaw, T. R.

Berry. . On

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E. Anderson, Martin Collins, B. P. Bailey, A. B. Martindale, M.

Garwood. On Credentials.-Seymour Hoyt, Wm. H. Muzzy, Harry Keene, W. II. Carpenter, Chas.

F. Vogel. On D. D. Grand Masters.-C. C. Woods, Jas. A. Adams, Jas.

n. Austin, H. T. Smith,

H. W. Winsor. On ./urisprudence.-Thos. E. Garrett, Jos. T. Browne, Lee A. Hall, Jas. E. Cadle, F. J. Tygard, E. E. Kimball, Gc,o. E. Mayha~l. On Lodges U. D.-Wm. H. Mayo, Geo. E. Walker, Jas. G. Young, Geo. L. Faulhaber, L. F. Wood. On Chartered Lodges.-Lee A. Hall, P. G. Woods, R. E. Collins, B. H. Ingram, F. E. Bybee, Geo. M. Stewart, Seymour Hoyt. On Unfinished Business.-J. M. Newland, E. W. Joy, B. Magill, F. W. Webb, W. B.

Perry. On Ways and }[eans.-Alex. W. Dockery, H. L. Rogers, B. H. Ingram, Chas. F. Vogel,

Wm. H. Carpenter.

ROB MORRIS.

The Grand Master announced that the hour had arrived' when Bro. Rob l\'1orris, of Kentueky, would address the Grand Lodge. Bro. Morris was then introduced and proceeded to deliver a most interesting lecture on various l)oints, closing with a recital of his beautiful poem, "We meet upon the Level and part upon the Square."

At the elose, Bro. Jas. G. Young offered the following, which was adopted by a rising vote: Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Lodge be extended to Bro. l\forris for his able, entertaining and instructive address; and that our distinguished Brother be requested to furnish our Grand Secretary a copy of the address and thc beautiful poem he has just recited, for publication in the Proceedings of this session.

CAI"LED OFF.

At :five o'clock the Grand Lodge was called from labor until 7 : 30 this evening.

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TUESDAY-NIGHT SESSION. ST. I..JOUIS, Mo., October 12, 1886. The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 7 : 30 o'elock, P. M., with Grand Master Boyd in the chair, and other Grand Officers present.. EXEMPLIFICATION.

R. VV. Bro. Allan McDowell, Grand Lecturer, then took cbarge of the Craft and appointed a eorps of floor workers, and proceeded to give an Exemplification of the 'Vork of the first and seeond degrees, after which the Grand I..Jodge was called from labor until 9: 30 o'clock to-morrow morning.

WEDNESDAY-l\fORNING SESSION. ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 13, 1886. Tbe Grand Lodge was called to labor at 9: 30 o'clock A. l\L by the Most Worshipful Grand Master. Grand Officers in the several stations. Prayer was offered by Rev. Bro. T. E. Shepherd, Grand Chaplain. The journal of yesterday's Proceedings was read and approved. The Grand Master announced the following Special Committees, ealled for yesterday: On Arrested Charters.-Lee A. Hall, B. H. Ingram, Seymour Hoyt, Wm. H. Carpenter,

P. P. Ellis. Samaritan Lodge VS. Farmington Lodge.-John R. Parson, W. C. Hall, and L. Hardman. Girculal' Letters.-John L. Deatherage, B. P. Bailey, James G. Young, Charges VS. Worshipful Master Pt. Pleasant Lodf/e, No. 176.-Geo. E. Walker, A. J. Satter-

lee, Geo. Faulhaber, E. W. Joy, A. W. Rogers.

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BOARD 01" RELIEF.

A resolution of inquiry concerning the St. Louis Ma,-;onie Roard of Relief, and its mode of operation was reau, and, on motion, referred to the Committee on Chartered Lodges.

A MEMORIAL

From Iron Mountain Lodge, No. 430, touching the condition of an afflicted member of said Lodge, was read and referred to the Committee on Charity.. AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAlVS,

Proposed last year, were called up. The one offered by Bro. W. F. Oglesby, of Clarksville Lodge, No. 17, was discussed. A motion to adopt the proposed change was lost. The change proposed to Article III., Section No.2, of the Constitution, was taken up. It was announced, by the Grand Secretary, that not a vote had been reported in favor of the change. r.rhe Grand Master then declar~d that the constitutional amendment was not adopted, and that the proposed change of the By-Laws, presented at the same time and by the same party, could not be considered. "MASONIC I-IOME."

rrhe report of the Committee on "l\fasonic Home of ,Missouri," ordered printed yesterday by the Grand Lodge, was presented and read by the chairman, 1\1:. Bro. C. C. Woods.

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REPORT OF GRAND LECTURER.

Bro. Allan 1\fcDowel1, Grand Lecturer, presented the following report, which was received and ordered printed:

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ST. Lours, Mo., October, 1886. To the ltfost Worshipful Grand Lodge of ]fisS01tri, A. F. and A. ]'f. :

State and District Lodges of Instruction have been held at the following places, viz: Centralia, Charleston, Troy, Montgomery City, Albany, Paris, Carrollton, Lebanon, Nevada, Macon City, Bolivar, Cape Girardeau, Holdeuand Springfield. At several of these meetings the Grand Master was present and presided in person. The presence of the Grand Master has been of very great advantage, not only in inducing a larger attendance, but also in increasing the zeal of the Brethren, and greatly enhancing the interest of the meetings. I have also uniformly' had the assistance of the various District Deputy Grand Masters and District Lecturers in those portions of the State where the mectings were held. The following Lodges have been visited by me, or have been represented in Lodges of Instruction, viz: Nos. 5,7, 8, 11, 19,21,23,29,34,39,42, 44,46,48,52,59, 64,68,75, 82, 83, 85, 89, 91, 93, 94, 97,98,101,103,114,118,127,129,137,141,144,145,146, 152, 153,155,156,158,160,172,174,176, 178,181,186,187,191,194,195,197,198,199,228,240, 242, 246, 250, 2.')9, 262, 266, 268, 269, 270, 271,276,286,292,297,300,303,304,305,306,310,327, 330, 336, 340, 341, 344, 346, 349, 356, 361, 369,371,373,374,382,394,396,400,401,405,410,415, 422, 423, 427, 431, 433, 434, 436, 437, 444, 446, 448, 449, 451, 458, 459, 462, 467, 469, 473, 477, 484, 492, 493, 498, 502, 514, 525, 526, 528, and a large number of others which must be omitted, as at some of the meetings no correct record was kept. The reports of the District Lecturers are uniform in stating that peace, harmony and prosperity prevail in their respective localities. The work throughout the State is in a very satisfactory condition. The District Lecturers have not been idle during the year. Various District Lodges of Instruction have been held by them, and many Lodges have been visited. It would require too much space to give the details. I desire however, to call especial attention to the weekly School of Instruction, conducted in the city of St. Louis during the months of December, January and February, under the able management of W. Bro. Simon Suss. The meetings were better and more largely attended than a.ny previously held in the city, and the benefits derived therefrom by the officers of the various Lodges are evidenced by the good work performed during the past year, Fraternally submitted, ALLAN McDOWELL, Grand Lecturer.

The Grand Lodge. was then called from labor until 2: 45. o'clock this afternoon.

WEDNESDAY-:-AFTERNOON SESSION. ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 13, 1886. The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 2: 45 o'clock by M. W. Bro. Boyd, Grand Master. Present, the usual Grand Officers.

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UNFINISIIED BUSINESS.

The Committee on Unfinished Business made the following report, al1d the same was adopted: To the ][ost Worshipful Grand Lodge of ][issouri, A. F. and A. M.:

Your Committee on Unfinished Business beg leave to report that they find in the Grand Lodge Proceediugs of 188.'>, the following, viz: A resolution was offered by Bro. E. Claflin, as follows:

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of each subordinate Lodge within this Grand

Jurisdiction, directly after the officers of the Lodge are installed, to notify, in writing, his District Deputy Grand Master, also the Grand Secretary, the name and post-office address of the Worshipful Master and Secretary of the Lodge for the ensuiug year. Bro. Wm. II. Mayo, Representative of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana near this Grand Lodge, presented a paper, containing resolutions of -the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, and asked their reference to the Committee on Jurisprudence. The reference was made, e.nd we find no action taken thereon by said Committee. Fraternally SUbmitted, J. M. NEWLAND, W. B. PERRY, F. W. WEBB, E. W. JOY, Committee.

CHARTERED LODGES.

The following report on Chartered Lodges was presented by the Committee, and the same was adopted: To the ][ost Worshipful Grand Lodge oj ][issouri, A. F. and A. M. :

Your Committee on Chartered Lodges respectfully ask leave to submit the follOWing report: LODGE RETURNS.

Total number of Lodges on Register............................................................................ 526 Of which the following number have reported.............. 503 " not reported.............. 22 Of the Lodges reporting, the following are SUbstantially correct: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15,16,17,18,19,20,21, 22,23,24.25,26, 27, 28, 29, 30,31, 32,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45; 46, 47, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56,58,60,61,62,63, 66, 67,68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81,82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102,103,104,105,107,108,109,110,111,112,114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125,1::!6, 127,129,131,132, 133,134,135,136,138,139,140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145,,146, 147, 148, 149,150,

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151,152,153,154,155,156157,158,159, IGO, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 174,175,178,179, 180, 183,185,186,188,189,190,191, 192, 194, 195, 196, 202,203,204,205,206,207,208,209,210,212,213,214, 216, 217, 218, 219, 225,226,228,229,230, 231, Z:~2, 233, 237. 210, 241,'242,243,244,245, 246, 253,254,2.16, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 268, 269, 270, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295. 305,306,307,310,315,316,317,318,319,321,322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 339,340,341,342,344,345,3'17,348,349,350,351, g55, 356, 357, 358, 359, 366, 367, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 382, 383, 392,393,394,396,398,401,402,403,404,106,407,408, 409, 410, 412, 413, 420,423,424,425,426,427,428,429,430,431,432,433, 436, 438, 439, 4,10, 449,451,452,453,454,155,456,457,458,459,460,461, 462, 464, 465, 466, 474,475,476,477, 479,480,481,482,484, 485,486,487, 188, 489, 490, 491, 501,502,503,504,505,506,507,508,509,511,512,513, 514, 516, 517, 518, 527,528,530,531. Total number correct-424.

[Oct. 167, 168, 170, 171,173, 197, 198, 199, 200,201, 220, 221, 222. 223, 224, 248,249,250,251, 252, 271, 275, 276, 277, 278, 296, 297, 298, 301, 303, 329, 331, 335, 336,338, 360, 361, 362, 364,365, 384, 387, 388, 389, 391, 415, 416, 417, 418,419, 441, 443, 445, 446,447, 468, 469, 471,472,473. 492, 493, 497, 498, 499, 521,522,523,524, 5?.6,

Of the Lodges reporting, the following are incorrect in one or more of the following particulars : Not signed by the Worshipful Master. Not signed by the Secretary. Not signed by either the Worshipful Master or Secretary. Not under seal, or the absence of the seal not accounted for. Not alphabetically arranged. Raisings, admissions, restorations, or those whose dues were remitted, not included in list of members. Entered Apprentices, Fellow Crafts, deaths or suspensions included in list of members: Nos. 4, 5, 7, 11, 33, 34, 48, 51, 52, 64, 65, 71, 72, 113, 119, 124, 169, 172, 176, 177, 182, 187, 211, 215,2:26,227,234,235,236,238,239,261,272,274, 289, 299, 300, 302, 304, 308, 309, 311, 314, 328, 330,332:,333,334,346,352,35路1,363,368,381, 38G, 390, 397, 399, 400, 405, 411, 414, 422, 434, 435, 437, 442, 411, 448, 450, 467, 470, 478, 483, 494, 495, [>19, 525, 529. Total number incorrect-79. Twenty-two Lodges have failed to make any report, as follows: Nos. 57, 59, 95, 106, 128,137,181,193,255,273,312, 313, 510, 515, 520.

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Of the above, the following have since reported, but liot in time to appear in the Grand Secretary's regular account: Nos. 57, 59, 181, 193, 255, 273, 395, 510. Your Committee would recommend the adoption of the following orders: 1st. That all Lodges who may be without a sea.l be required to immediately procure one, and that the Grand Secretary notify all such Lodges of the action of Grand Lodge in the matter. 2d. That any Lodge that shall fail or neglect to make its annual returns as required by law, by not later than the first Monday in September in each year, shall be deemed a delinquent, and shall be so reported ill the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge. 3d. That the following items from the several Lodges now included ill the tabulated statements of District Deputy Grand Masters be sent direct to the Grand Secretary as a

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part of the T,odges' regular annual returns, instead of to the District Deputy Grand Masters as now, and that said items shall be abstracted as a part of the regular Lodge returns and reported by the Committee on Chartered Lodges in its regular report, viz: Total Membership, Average Attendance, Is Hall rented or owned ? : If jointly occupied, by whom? Real and Personal Property, Value of, $ Cash on Hand, $ Dues Outstanding, Total Amount of, $ Total Liabilities, - $ Net Assets, $ Net Liabilities, . - $ Is Hall in good order? : Is Furniture in good order? Is your Property Insured, and for how much? $ Names of the ~ram-shop or Saloon-keepers in your Lodge, if any, ......

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4th. The Grand Secretary is hereby directed to procure and forward annually to the several Lodges the necessary blanks to enable them to comply with this order. The Committee notice, in going over the returns, quite a number of cases where the return of members for the present year does not agree with the past year, and, as a result, there is a variation of one or more members that are not accounted for, or in some cases too many have been accounted for. While the Committee think, perhaps, the change in time of reporting made last year by the Grand Lodge roay have had something to do with it, yet these inaccuracies have existed for some time, and arc very annoying in making up the accounts. There is no good reason for this. Blanks for returns are always furnished to the Lodges in duplicato for the express purpose of enabling them to keep and file away for reference a copy of the annual returns, and if the Lodges would require their Secretaries to do this they would always have their last return as a starting point, and such differences would not occur. '\'e therefore recommend that at the time for forwarding blanks for annual returns the Grand Secretary be required to notify the several Lodges of the number of members as shown in their returns for the year 1886, and that in future their returns must agree with each preceding year. Respectfully submitted, LEE A. HALL, ROnT. E. COLLINS, F. E. BYBEE, B. H. INGRAM, G. M. STEWART, SEYMOUR HOYT, COTnmittee.

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D. D. GRAND MASTERS.

A report was rendered by the Committee on Reports of D. D. Grand Masters, as follows, which was adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of lIfissouri, A. F. and A. M.:

Your Committee on Reports of District Deputy Grand Masters submit the following: Full reports and abstracts have been received from twenty-seven districts, viz: 1,5, 6,7,8,9,11,12,13,14,15,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,25,26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33; Nos. 2 and 16 make no report; Nos. 4 and 10 send in abstracts but no report; No.3 makes report but no abstract is sent; No. 24 sent in his report and abstract on blanks of his own make and not on regular Grand Lodge blanks. While these reports show that a very large majority of the Lodges are in good working order, they also show that some are in very bad working order. In one Lodge the Deputy reports one of its members as saying, " I am the only man in the Lodge that can cOllfer a degree, and I only get through by a tight squeeze." A great many Lodges are very derelict in making reports of Lodge condition to their D. D. Grand Masters, and quite a , number of D. D. Grand Masters' abstracts are lacking in full reports for'this cause. The report from 23d District calls attention to Leesville Lodge, No. 426, Henry County, and recommends the arrest of its Charter. This case has already been reported to the Grand Master and will be attended to. We call attention of the Grand Lodge to the following D. D. Grand Masters' reports on question asked in blanks sent out: How many saloon-keepers are in Lodges? 5th District, 4 Saloon-keepers in good standing. 6th do 3 do do do 7th do 1 do do do 12th do 2 do do do 13th do 3 do do do 15th do 28 do do do 17th do 3 do do do 18th do 1 do do do 21st do 4 do do do 22nd do 5 do do do 3 do do do 26th do 31st do 2 do do do 59 And we are well satisfied that in other Districts there is the same gla.ring disregard of the law which states that saloon-keeping is a Masonic offense. Respectfully submitted, C.C. WOODS, JAMES A. ADAMS,

H. T. SI\IITH, H. W. WINSOR, Committee.

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APPEALS AND GRIEVANCE.

Bro. N. M. Givan, chairman of the Committee on Grievance, presented the report of said Committee. 'rhe same was read by numbers, and approved. The report was then adopted as a whole: To the Most Worshipjul Grand Lodge oj Missouri, A. F. and A.

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Your Committee on Appeals and Grievance beg leave to report that they have carefully examined all cases presented, and congratulate the Grand Lodge that the number is greatly less than at our last report. We report as folluws: No. 1. W. L.

BARBEE

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Appeal from action of Lodge acquitting Wm. McGraw.

The charge in this case is "willfully and maliciously slandering the person and character of Bro. W. L. Barbee, a member of this Lodge." Before the trial, the record shows that" by consent of the parties, the charges and specifications were so amended as to admit evidence concerning certain hay transactions which caused the misunderstanding between these two Brethren." At the trial evidence was given in regard to the sale of some hay by Bro. Barbee to Bro. McGraw, but we are unable to determine from the evidence or from the record in the case, what the trouble was. Not a syllable of testimony is given as to the slander; indeed the "specification does not state what the slander consisted of. The Lodge failed to find the accused guilty and we cannot disturb the verdict. Let the jUdgment be affirmed. No. II. 1\1.

MCCARTY VB.

GOLDEN SQUARE LODGE,

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Appeal from action of the Lodge in acquitting Bros. Geo. N. Nolan and B. F. Hostetter.

There are two appeals from the action of the Lodge in acquitting the two Brethren charged with separate offenses, but which we present together. The charge against Bro. Nolan is, first, that he made false statements, by which his securities were induced to go on his bond as Public Administrator of Jackson County; and second, that he used public money for his indivio.ual interests, by which he became a defaulter in the sum of fifteen or twenty thousand dollars. The testimony tl"oes not support the first specification, except that he said he intended to be faithful to his friends; but conclusively shows that he was short ill his accounts as Public Administrator, a considerable sum, even after allowing for all the property which was turned over to indemnify his bondsmen. He admitted to one of the witnesses that he had lived up all of his money and was behind about fifteen thousand dollars. There was no testimony for the defense. He was not present at the trial, but had gone to New Mexico. On this state of facts, the vote of the Lodge was: guilty. fi"e; not guilty, six. This vote we are .unable to understand. The Lodge is composed, we believe, of about fifty members; yet when two of its members are charged with most serious offenses, and the members have been, presumably, at least, summoned to be

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present, only eleven appear, and a majority or them justify a public officer in the misappropriation of funds which came into his hands as such public officer.. This indicates a most deplorable condition of affairs.. The action in the case of Bro. Hostetter, if possible, places the Lodge in a still worse position. He is charged with having assaulted a lady, with intent to commit a rape. It is stated in the specifications that he had been tried and found guilty in the Criminal Court of that County. At the trial, the record of his trial and conviction was not introduced, we presume, for the reason that his testimony admitted "the facts contained in the indictment." After this admission the record gives what purports to be Mr. Hostetter's statement. It is as follows: "I am not prepared to make any statement. I claim that I am not guilty and it has not been proven satisfactorily, to my mind, that I made an attempt to ravish the prosecuting witness. When the prosecuting witness was asked whether I made an attempt to ravish her, she answered' no.' I was intoxicated and do not know what happened that night. How I came home from Kansas City I don't know; did not know then, and don't know now."

This is his entire statement. After the admission by his attorney and this statement, the vote of the Lodge was: guilty, two; not guilty, nine. The Grand Master, on inspection of the record in this case, arrested the Charter of the Lodge, which, we think, eminently proper. This will prevent the retrial if we remand the cases. As the guilt of the accused is conclusively established by the evidence, we recommended that Bros. Nolan and Hostetter be expelled from all the rights and privileges of Masonry. No. Ill. E. ATKINSON ct al. VB.

TUSCUMBIA

LODGE,

No. 437.

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Appeal from action of the Lodge acquitting Bros. J. W. Hartgraves, John W. Fogelmann and J. T. Johnson.

May 15th last was a field day for Tuscumbia Lodge, or rather, it must have been a regular court day. It convened at ten o'clock in the morning and had five cases to try. There were present thirty-threc members, besides thc accused, which was a good attendancc for that Lodge, with a total memlJership of about sixty. One man was charged with defrauding orphans, and he was expelled. The second was charged with fraudulently obtaining money, and he was expelled. So far, so good. Here the scene changes. The third, J. W. Hartgraves was charged with adultery; the fourth, J. W. Fogelmann, with saloon-keeping, gambling and swearing; the fifth, J. T. Johnson, with saloon-keeping; and although all three admitted their guilt, they were, by the Lodge, declared not guilty. The record shows that Hartgraves came to the house of Bro. Bacon, at present Junior Warden of the Lodge, and asked if himself and wife could get a roo~ and stay all night, which was granted. Bro. Bacon supposing the woman to be Hartgraves' wife. Hartgrayes, statement in full is as follows: â&#x20AC;˘. "I came to Tuscumbia in the evening. It was very cold. I went into the Blind Tiger and took a drink or two anC\ then went over to the store. This woman was there. I took her up to Bro. Bacon's. We staid there all night; slept in the same room, yes, in the same bed; do not remember saying she was my wife. No she was not my wife. I went to Lodge awhile in the evening. Bro. Bacon was there. I cannot remembcr all for I had been drinking considerably." On this testimony the vote was: guilty, sixtecn; not gUilty, sixteen.

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John W. Fogelmann was charged: first, with saloon-keeping; second, with habitual gam bling; and third, with habitual profanity. The evidence of four Brethren was, that he was a saloon-keeper in the town of Tuscumbia, and the record shows that he admitted it. The vote on that specification was: guilty, twenty; not guilty, thirteen. On the second specification, two Brethren testified that they had gambled with him, and that he gambled for money and property, whic.h was all the evidence on that point; and yet the vote was: guilty, eleven; not.guilty, twenty-two. Two Brethren testified that he swore a good deal, which was all the evidence on that specification, and the vote was: guilty, six; not guilty, twenty-six. J. T. Johnson was only charged with saloon-keeping. The evidence all shows that he was a saloon-keeper in Tuscumbia at the time of the trial, and had been for several years ; and the record shows that he admitted that he kept a dram shop. Yet the vote was: guilty, fourteen; not'guilty, seventeen. This record shows a most deplorable state of affairs in Tuscumbia Lodge. There are doubtless good Masons there, but the element which sustains bad morals and encourages disregard of law is too strong to permit wholesome discipline. With saloon-keepers to furnish the liquors to its members, who become intoxicated, and while in that condition visit the Lodge, and from there go to a Brother's home and spend the night in debauchery, thereby practising a fraud upon him, shows a condition of affairs which makes this Lodge anything but a true 1\lasonic TAdge. The Grand Master has arrested the Charter of this Lodge, and his action should be sustain~d. We recommend that J. W. Hartgraves be expelled, and that J. W. Fogelmann and J. T. Johnson be, each, suspended for five years. No. IV. G. D. MCGINNIS VB.

PAPINVILLE LODGE, No. 14.0.

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Appeal from jUdgment of the Lodge in expelling him.

The charge in this case is, that the accused obtaincd the signature of a Brother to a note by misrepresentation, etc. The case was continued from June 27th to JUly 25th, to enable the accused to take outside evidence. At the latter date it was represented that he had concluded not to take any outside evidence. Then it was laid over until next meeting, August 22d, to enable him to get ready for trial. At the trial, after hearing the evidence, the Lodge, by vote of eleven to two, found him guilty and expelled him. He appeals for the reason stated; that" he did not think justice had been done him; and, second, prejudice and malice were used against him, as the evidence will show." As to the first ground of appeal, we suppose few persons convicted of an offense ever think justice has been done. As to whether prejUdice and malice were used against him, we are unable to find anything from the record sustaining this. The evidence was not very fully reported, and if it were an original trial on this eVidence. as reported, we might have doubt as to his guilt; but where a Lodge so nearly unanimously, as in this case, after giving the accused every opportunity to defend himself, finds him guilty, we can but conclude there is something wrong, at least we do not feel like disturbing such a judgment. Affirmed. No. V. JAMES T. H,\.TTON et al. VB.

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Appeal from o.etion of the Lodge refusing to inflict punishment on Bro. John B. Marchant, after finding him guilty.

The o.ccused, in this case, was charged, in two specifications, with selling liquor as a druggist, and with selling liquor as a beverage. 'fhe evidence is somewhat voluminous,

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and the trial was protracted. He was found guilty on both specifications by quite a decided vote. But the vote on expulsion, suspension and reprimand stood thirteen to nine, and the Worshipful Master declared that he was neither expelled, suspended nor subject to reprimand. In this the Worshipful Master was in error, as the law provides for reprimand on a majority vote. (See Section 11, Article 19, Grand Lodge By-Laws.) The Lodge deserved a reprimand for failure to do its duty in this case, and the Grand Master has very propcrly administered it by arresting its Charter. It said, by a decided vote, that the accused was guilty, yet several of the Brethren who voted guilty must have voted against any punishment, thereby saying that it was not a Masonicoffensc for a :l\1ason to sell liquor in violation of law, or to sell it as a beverage. The Brethren who have that idea of Masonic morals are wanting in their conception of the first principles of Masonry. There mllst have been a mistake in their first being prepared to be made a Mason in the heart, and that organ needs a new creation or a regeneration if, in their conception, a Brother can be guilty of a violation of the laws of his Country, or can be guilty of selling liquor as a beverage, whether he bea saloon-keeper or not, and yet be guilty of no Masonic offense. The Grand Lodge has declared saloon-keeping a Masonic offense; it did not intend by that declaration to say, that one who is not a saloon-keeper, but who sells liquor as a beverage, was not guilty of a Masonic offense. The 'saloon-keeper complies with the laws of the State, pays for the privilege and is authorized by law to sell. Masonry says that even under these circumstances the selling is inconsistent with Masonic morals. If that be so, then how much greater the offense of selling in defiance of the laws of the land. When members of a Lodge find a Brother gUilty of that offense, they are acting the part of moral cowards, and are untrue to the teachings of the Order, when they fail to vote for some one of the punishments prescribed by law. There is a wide range from expulsion to reprimand, and the Brother who believes the accused guilty of the offense here charged, and yet refuses to favor even the mildest punishment of reprimand, either has a heart too tender for any use, or has been particeps criminis by having taken some of the forbiddcn beverage. As the Charter of the Lodge has been arrested, and the reprimand cannot be administered, we recommend that the accused be suspended for five years. No. VI. W. T.

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Appeal from the action of the Lodgc in refusing to find Bro. Wm. K. Marchant guilty.

This case is somewhat similar to the last, being from the same Lodge. There werc' three specifications-two similar to those in the last case, and one (the first) in the form of an indictment for selling liquor without license. It may be here stated that it is not necessary to charge the accused in a Masonic Lodge with selling liquor without license, for it is a Masonic offense to sell it as a beverage either with or without license, or to sell it in any unlawful way. The Lodge found him guilty of each of the three specifications and then found. him not guilty of the charge, thereby saying he was guilty of selling liquor in violation of law and lIS a beverage; in other words, guilty of making his drug store an unlicensed saloon, and yet hc was n0t guilty of unmasonic conduct. What kind of Masons can the members who thus vote be?路 We will do the Lodge the justice of here saying that the vote was: guilty, fifteen; not guilty, nine. A change on one vote would have saved'the Lodge the disgrace of the position it is now placed in. What we have said in the former case, applies with equal force here. As the Charter of the Lodge has been arrested, and this case cftl1not be remanded for a new trial, we recommend that the accused, William K. Marchant, be suspended for five years.

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No. VII. T. G.

WALKER AND

W. BRADLEY

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JERICHO LODGE,

No.

340.

Appeal from the jUdgment of the Lodge expelling them.

The specifications against T. G. Walker were hahitual drunkenness, lying to defraud and defrauding Master Masons. He received a copy of the charge and specifications. He was at the time in the Indian Territory, and sa)'s that when he received them his first thought was to treat them with silent contempt. Then hc tried to get leave of absence (being in the Indian service), but failed. He'does not claim that he notified the Lodge or asked for a continuance, which, if he had done, doubtless would have been granted. The trial was had in his absence, with a Brother appointed to defend. The evidence was overwhelming against him, and the vote on his guilt and expulsion was almost unanimous. There is nothing in his appeal to controvert the evidence, except his own statement, that he is satisfied if a rehearing is granted, "this matter can be righted." . We do npt think this a sufficient showing to warrant a new trial. The specifications are somewhat indefinite, but no objectioll is made to them. We think the judgment of the Lodge should be affirmed. With the papers in this case is a charge and specification against E. W. Bradley. He is charged with disobeying a summons. He was summoned to appear before the Lodge to receive a reprimand which had been imposed upon him by the J,odge, as a puuishment for another offense, and which he refused to appear and receive. For this he was tried and expelled by the unanimous vote of the Lodge. His appeal does not appear in the papers. This we suppose was omitted by the Secretary. We can conceive of no reason why the case should be reversed. Let the judgment be affirmed. No. VIII. P. WILHOIT

et al.

VS.

HAINESVILLE LODGE,

No. 49.

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Appeal from judgment of the Lodge suspending William Benton.

The accused in this case was charged, first, with insulting a Master MMon by using profane language; second, defrauding a Brother I1IMter Mason; third, mistreating the widow of a Brother Master MMon. At the trial, evidence was given to the effect that the accuscd cursed some of the Brethren. Whether it insulted them, does not appear. He was acquitted of this and the third. specification, of which there was no evidence. He WILS found guilty of the second' specification and suspended for five years. From the action of the Lodge fifteen Brethren appeal for the reMon that he should have been convicted of the first specification, and that the Worshipful Master ruled out testimouy that should have been admitted, and that he should have been expelled instead of suspended. As to the charge of insulting Master Masons by the use of profane language; if that were to constitute an insult in this country, where profanity is so common, it would be an every-day occurrence. The evidence shows that he unjustly cursed Brethren with whom he had dealings; and. if he had been properly charged, might have been justly convicted of using profane language. We cannot revcrse the action of the Lodge for failure to find him guilty of this specification in the form in which it is presented. An attempt was made to prove that the accused had forged the name of a Brother to a note, which the Worshipful Master ruled out, for the reason that he cauno't be tried for an offense committed before he was a Mason, and because no such offense was set forth in the specification. G. L. PRO.-4.

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For the latter reason the Master was right. He was not charged with forgery, and for that reason the evidence was not admissible. If he had committed so grave a crime before he was made a Mason, and became a member without the Lodge having any knowledge of the fact, then he might be proceeded against for that offense, although it was committed before he became a member. Indeed, although he now stands suspended for five years, yet he may nowbe charged with the crime of forgery, and if found guilty may, and should be, expelled. But as he was not charged with that offense he should not be tried or convicted of it in this proceeding. The judgment of the IJodge will be no bar to a subsequent proceeding against him for that crime. We see no reason for reversing the jUdgment of the Lodge in this case, and therefore recommend that it be affirmed. No. IX. G. A.

TESTER VB.

BILLINGS LoDGE,

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Appeal from the judgment of the Lodge in expelling him

The accused was charged with being a saloon-keeper, and, on trial, was expelled. He was in Memphis, Tenn., at the time of trial, but acknowledged the receipt of a copy of the charge, specification and summons. He claimed that the charge and specificlttion were unconstitutional, and that he could not attend, and suggested that the necessary papers be sent to a Lodge in Memphis, for trial there, and he would not fail to be present to answer the" frivolous arraignment." This the Lodge did not see fit to do. The ground of appeal is that he had not been properly treated, as the charges were preferred and the trial had after the lapse of eight months from the time he had quit the saloon business. If he had made this plea to the Lodge, or if, instead of assuming the defiant position that he did, he had written a fnll statement of the facts to the Lodge, and had satisfied the Brethren that he was permanently out of the business, the result would doubtless have been different; at least the Lodge would have been more lenient. We think the punishment quite scvere, but as the members of the Lodge who heard the evidence and knew the facts are better judges of the measure of punishment, we do not feel like disturbing their action. Let the judgment be affirmed.

No. X. In the matter of the charges preferred against Bro. C. Hanson, Worshipful Master of of Conway Lodge, No. 528, and referred to us by the Grand IJOdge, we report: That the Grand Master referred the charges to District Deputy Grand Master J. W. Farris, who caused the evidence to be taken, and presented his report with the evidence therein, to the Grand Lodge. In his report he says, "I have given this case a full and impartial investigation and am fully convinced that Bro. Hanson is not guilty." A careful examination of the evidence satisfies us that the conclusion rea.ched by Bro. Farris is correct, and we recommend that the charge be dismissed. Fraternally submitted, NOAH M. GIVAN,

SAML. H. SAUNDERS, TRUSTEN P. DYER, A. J. TERRELL, H. L. GRAY, DAVID BAIRD, E. E. KIMBALL, CommiUee.

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JURISPRUDENCE.

The Committee on Jurisprudence, through the chairman, Bro. Thos. E. Garrett, presented a report, which was considered by subjects and adopted, except the resolution. The said resolution was postponed until the next session of this Grand Lodge. To the Most lVO'l'shipjul Grand Lodge oj MissOU1'i, A, F. and A. J[.:

The Grand ~Iaster has made but few rulings or decisions that come properly before this Committee for consideration and comment. He has, in several cases, reaffirmed the Grand Lodge laws as they stand in our books, and his constructions of the law are correct. In two or three cases the law apparently does not go far enough to cover questions arising between Masters and Lodges that have taken different views of the same subject; and these differences of opinion the Grand Master has reported for final settlement by the Grand Lodge. A Master Mason claiming to hail from the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of England, applied to one of our Lodges to be admitted as a visitor, and the Lodge refused to examine him for the reason that he had no diploma or Grand Lodge certificate of his membership or good standing. He afterwards applied to another one of our Lodges, and was examined and admitted without such certificate. The first Lodge complai.ned to the Grand Master of the action of the second in examining and admitting the visitor without documentary evidence of his good standing and that of his Lodge. This is the case, and the Grand :Master decided that the" Lodge violated no law of this Grand Lodge in permitting the said Brother to visit it without a certificate of membership." He further says: " If there is any law of this Grand Lodge which prohibits a subordinate Lodge from permitting a :Master Mason, coming from England, to visit without a certificate of membership, I have been unable to find it." Your Committee, after diligent search, has also been unable to find any such explicit law. The Address of Grand :Master Jas. E. Cadle, in 1876, contains this suggestion: "American :Masons desiring to visit Lodges in some Grand Jurisdiction of Europe, arc required to furnish a certificate from the Grand Lodge of the standing of the Lodge they hail from. We have a practice very similar, but no definite,law or rule, but ought, ill my judgment, to have one." A Special Committee to whom this matter was referred, reported as follows, and the report was adopted:

" We recommend that every such applicant be required to accompany his petition with a dimit from the Lodge of which he is a member, together with a certificate from the Grand Jurisdiction under which such Lodge is working, that it is regular and in good standing; provided, that when the applicant is a member of more than one Lodge, he shall be required to produce dimits from each of such Lodges, together with a certificate from the Grand Jurisdiction under which each of such Lodges may be working; and the certificates of all ,European applicants for relief, must not be over twelve months old."

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This does not exactly meet the present case, and it stops short of the point presented by Grand Master Cadle. It does not cover the question now presentcd for settlement. It is an important matter, and this Grand Lodge, for its own proper protection, should make clear and definite expression of its sentiment on the subject. Masons who visit our Lodges are supposed to be in good Masonic standing, and entitled to Masonic relief if they require assistance. The law governin~ visitation should alsornle in the dispensing, of our charity when needed. If the rules of recognition and relief do not harmonize, there would be a strange contradiction in our Masonic methods and usages. Now, American Masons cannot visit Lodges in any of the Grand JuriSdictions of Europe, with which we are in fratemal communion and correspondence, without producing a diploma or Grand Lodge certificate of their good Masonic standing, and the fact they hail from a regular Lodge; therefore be it Resolved, That all foreign Masons-except those hailing from the Grand Lod~es of British Columbia, Canada, Nova Scotia, :Manitoba, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Quebec, which we recogniJle as belon~ing to the American System of Grand Lodgesbe required to present a diploma or路. Grand Lodge certificate of good standing, bef<)l'e being examined, or permitted to visit allY Lodge in the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. *

The next case presented to us is a question of the territorial jurisdiction of subordinate Lodges. We thought this had been settled long ago with mathematieal precisionby straight lines, measured distances, equilateral triangles and areas of circles-but a difference arises in regard to the territorial jurisdiction of Lodges in cities, and in towns where more than one Lodge or several Lodges exist, and the jurisdiction of the Lodges is concurrent. The Grand Master states a case, as follows: " The question presented to me for my decision, wa~ this: Does the fact that a petitioner resides without the limits of the city of St. Louis, deprive the Lodges of St. Louis of jurisdiction over him, although the proximity of his home to the Lodges would give them jurisdiction except for the intervention of the city boundary, or limits '? We hold that it does not. The territory over which the Lodges in the city of St. Louis have jurisdiction is not bounded by the limits of the city, but extends beyond the city limits half the distance to the Lodges outside of the city." I

This Grand Lodge sustains thc decision of thc Grand Master, and the rule applies to all cities and towns in the State of Missouri in which Lodge jurisdiction is concurrcnt. City boundaries do not affect our Grand Lodge laws regulating the territorial jurisdiction of subordinate Lodges. Another question of territorial jurisdiction is stated, and decided in the Address of the Grand Master, as follows: " Every Lod~e in St. Louis has jurisdiction over all prosp(wtive candidates who live in its territorial jurisdiction; but its jurisdiction is, of cour~e, concurrent with the jurisdiction of every other Lodge in said city. One Lodge has no authority to waive the jurisdiction that belongs to another Lodge-each Lodge must do that for itself. When one Lodge in St. Louis gives it..." consent to a Lodge outside of the city to receive the petition of an applicant who lives in St. Louis, this can in no wise affect the jurisdiction of the other Lodges in said city over mid applicant."

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The Grand Master sustained the opinion of R. W. Bro. Henry L. Rogers, D. D. G. M., to whom the case was first referred, and the reasoning and decision are endorsed by this Grand Lodge. This rule applies to all other cities and towns where jurisdiction is concurreut. Fraterna~ly sUbmitted, THOS. E. GARRETT, JOS. S. BROWNE, LEE A. HALL, .JAMES E. CADLE, GEO. E. MAYIIALL, F. J. TYGARD, Committee.

"MASONIC HOME."

The Committee on the" Masonic Home of Missouri," presented a report. It was discussed at considerable length. Bro. B. II. Ingram movedto defer further consideration of the sUQject until the next annual communication of this Grand Lodge. Pending the consideration of the question, the Grand Lodge was called from labor until 7: 30 o'clock this evening.

WEDNESDAY-NIGHT SESSION.

ST. LOUIS, 1\'10., October 13, 1886.

The Grand Lodge assembled at 7: 30 o'clock, and was called to labor by the 1\iost vVorshipful Grand Master. Grand Officers in their several stations. The Grand路 Lodge resumed consideration of the question under discussion at the close of the afternoon session. After prolong-cd discussion a vote was ordered and taken by Lodges on the question of postponement. There were 445 Lodge votes against postponement and 90 in favor. 'rhe individual vote stood, 125 against and 16 in favor of postponement. The motion to postpone being lost, the vote was then taken upon the adoption of the report of the Committee. The report was adopted almost unanimously.

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At 11 o'clock the Grand Lodge was called from labor until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.

THURSDAY-MORNING SESSION. ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 14,1886. The Grand Lodge was called to labor by the IVL Master at 9 o'clock.

"T. Grand

Graild Officers in their several stations. Prayer was offered by Rev. Bro. W. H. Watson. TIle minutes of yesterday's session were read and approved. LODGES U. D.

The COlllmittee on Lodges under Dispensation, through its chairman, Bro. Wm. H. l\iayo, presented the following report, which was adopted: To the

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WO'l'shiPful Gmnd Lodge of JIissou?'i, A. F. and A. JI. :

Your Committee on Lodges under Dispensation would report that we have earefully examined the records of the following Lodges under Dispensation, and recommend that Charters be granted the same: Bogard Lodge, at Bogard, in Carroll County. Williamsville Lodge, at Williamsville, in \..rayne County. Hume Lodge, at Rume, in Bates County, Hale City Lodge, at Hale City, in Carroll County. Benton Lodge, at Benton, in the City of St. Louis. Urbana Lodge, at Urbana, in Dallas County. We recommend that the following Dispensations be continued: Ava Lodge, at Ava, in Douglas County. Russellville Lodge, at Russellville, in Cole County, Humphreys Lo"dge, at Humphre)'s, in Sullivan County. We further recommend that all petitions for new Lodges be referred to the incoming Grand Master, for his examination and disposal. We cannot close this report without callin~ the attention of those who assist in the organization of new Lodges, and particularly D. D. Grand Masters, to the fact that Lodges

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are frequently set to work without any atoontion being paid to proper starting and keep路 ing of the records of said new Lodges. The Grand Lodge prescribes a neat, simple and casily understood form, which should be followed. Fraternally submitted, WM. H. MAYO, GEO. E. WALKER, GEO. L. FAULHABER, JAMES G. YOUNG, L. F. WOOD, Committee.

ELECTION OF GRAND OFFICERS.

. 'rhe hour for the election of Grand Officers having arrived, the Grand Lodge proceeded to discharge that duty. TELLERS. The Grand Master appointed as tellers, Bros. W. H. Mayo, Seymour Hoyt, Geo. E. Walker and J as. B. Austin. The following were elected: GEO. R. HUNT, Warrensburg, Grand l\-Iaster. W. M. WILLIAMS, Boonville, Deputy Grand Master. JAS. P. WOOD, New London, Grand Senior Warden. HENi~Y L. ROGERS, St. Louis, Grand Junior Warden. SAMUEL 1\1:. KENNARD, St. Louis, Grand Treasurer. JOHN D. VINCIL,St. Louis, Grand Secretary. The Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary were elected by acclamation. The Grand Lodge then proceeded to elect a Board of Di路 rectors for the "Masonic Home of Missouri." 'r~le following were chosen: C.C. WOODS, S. M. KENNARD, T. P. DYER, NOAH M. GIVAN, F. J. 'l'YGARD, A. M. DOCKERY, JNO. D. VINCIL,

Wl\f. H. MAYO, .JOS. S. BROWNE, JNO. R. PARSON, R. E. ANDERSON, R. Q. ROACH,

L. C. KRAUTIIOFF.

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A MEMORIAL

From Centralia Lodge, No. 59, was read and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. BY-LAWS.

The Committee on By-Laws submitted the following report, and the same wa..." adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodgc oJ Missouri, A. F. and A. )f. :

Your Committee on

By-L~ws would

respectfully submit the following Report:

We have ~xamined the By-Laws of the folloWing Lodges, and find them in accordance with the Code recommended by this Grand Lodge, viz: Hale City, at Hale City; Ava, at Ava; Benton, at Benton Station. Respectfully submitted, W. R. STUBBLEFIELD,

'r. P. BERRY, JAS. A. SHAW, .J. W. DUNN, WILLIAM' BONNEY, Committee.

"CIRCULAR LE'rTERS."

The Committee on "Circular J-,ctters" presented thc following, and it was adopted: ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 13, 1886. To the lIfnst Worshipful Grand Lodge of MissOll1"i, A. I,: and A. lIf.:

. We, the Special Committee appointed to consider that portion of the Grand Master's Address relating to "circular letters," beg leave to report that the practice of issuing circulars by Masonic Lodges or Brothers, without proper authority, for any purpose, is pernicious. We therefore recommend that no Lodge or Brother shall issue" circular letters" for any purpose whatever, without first obtaining the consent or endorsement of the Grand Master or Grand Lodge, and any Lodge or Brother issuing snch letters, shall be considered as having committed a Masonic olfense against this Gmnd Lodge. Hespectfully, J. L. DEATHERAGE, B.P. BAILEY, JAMES G. YOUNG. Committec.

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CHARGES AGAINST A W. M.

The following report was rendered and approved concerning a Worshipful Master who had been placed under charges: To the ],[ost Worshipfnl Grand Lodge of ]'[issonri, A. F. and A. M. :

We, your Committee, appointed to act in the matter of charges preferred br the Junior 'Varden of Point Plensant Lodge, No. 176, against Bro. Robt. Frazier, W. M; of said Lodge, repo'rt that, upon investigation, we find that through miscarriage of the mails, the accused was not served with a copy of the charge and specifications, or cited to appear before this Grand Lodge, nor were the witnesses summond; and it is, therefore, impossible for your Committee to take any action. We recommend that the matter be referred to the incoming Grand Master. Fraternally submitted, GEO. E. WALKER, A..1. SATTERLEE, GEO. L. FAULHABER, E. W. JOY, A. W. ROGERS, Cmnmitlee.

CHARITY.

Bro. R. E. Anderson presented the following report on Charity, and the same was adopted: ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 13, 1886. To the ],[ost Worshipfnl Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. and A. ],[. :

Your Committee on Charity ask leave to submit the following report: We have carefUlly and feelingly considered the petitions presented in due form of law, and through the chairmau properly endorsed by the subordinate Lodges under whose jurisdiction the applicant resides, and would recommend appropriations as follows: To Past Grand Master Stephen W. B. Camegy, two hundred dollars, to be paid in quarterly installments by the Grand Treasurer upon warrants drawn by the Grand Secretary, the first installment to be paid at the close of this Grand Communication. . \

To Bro. Jno. F. Alberty, one hundred dollars, to be paid to Alexandria Lodge, No. 404, upon the warrant of the Grand Secretary, to be disbursed by said Lodge as his necessities require. To Bro. G. W. Trent, the sum of one hundred dollars, to. be paid to Aullville Lodge, No. 464, to bc by it disbursed as his necessities require. To Chamois Lodge, No. 185, the !;um of one hundred dollars, for the benefit of the widow of Bro. Thos. M. Herndon, deceased, and to be disbursed as her necessities require. To Bro. John Goff, the sum of one hundred dollars, to be paid to Fulton. Lodge, No. 48, and by it disbursed as his necessities require. The petition of Iron Mountain Lodge, No. 430, for an appropriation in behalf of Bro. .Tames M. Crews, the loss of whose eyesight was caused by a prematutc blast, and referred

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by this Grand Body to this Committee, was not presented in "due form of law," and there being no emergency requiring us to establish a precedent of departing from the "plain letter of the law," your Committee do not feel authori7-ed to recommend any specific appropriation, but refer the matter back to the Grand Lodge for such action as it may deem best. The petition represents that Bro. Crews has a wife and two small children dependent on him for support; that the Lodge paid his expenses while at St. Louis undergoing treatment in a vain endeavor to restore his eyesight, and that the Lodge is not in a financial condition to bestow upon him and his family the needed assistance, and it is for this Grand Body to determine what, if any, appropriation should be made under the circumstances. An informal petition from Montgomery City Lodge, No. 246, asking for an appropriation of eighty-four dollars, to reimburse Missouri Lodge, No.1, for the funeral expenses of Bro. H. B. Pocoke, deceased, paid out by Missouri Lodge, at the request of Montgomery City Lodge, was presented to your Committee, and for the reasons assigned in the preceding case we do not feel authorized to act on it, and therefore refer it to this body for .such action as it may deem proper. At our last Grand Communication, the Memorial Home in this city, having agreed to care for Bro. Pocoke during his life for one hundred and fifty dollars, that sum was appropriated by this Grand Body for that purpose, and he was sent to said Home, where he died. Montgomery City Lodge, of which he was a member, thinking it would be best to bury him here, instructed Missouri Lodge, No.1, to do so. They recognize their liability to refund the amount, eighty-four dollars, to Missouri Lodge, but, in view of their straitened circumstances: and of other claims upon them for charity, ask this Grand Lodge to pay that snm. So mote it be. In the matter of an appropriation in behalf of our unfortunate Brethren who have been so suddenly and sorely afflicted at Charleston, and which was referred to your Committee, we would say: However much we may sympathb:e with our路 Brethren in "The City by the Sea," in the terrible and unexpected calamity which has befallen them; and however much we may feel disposed to attest our sympathy by a substantial and liberal appropriation, and to maintain the established reputation of this Grand Body for promptly responding to the cry of the distressed whenever and wherever heard, yet your Committee have not before them sufficient data to enable them to recommend intelligently what this Grand Body should do. We have no estimate of the number of Masons, nor the extent to which they were the sufferers by said calamity. It is not like the case where a death-dealing epidemic is ploughing its remorseless furrows through a country and burying its victims on the right hand and on the left, with the" pale horse" seemingly lashed into a fury and become unbittable, and when wants are constant and constantly increasing. The stroke at Charleston was short, sharp and decisive. Its victims could be quickly numbered and their needs estimated, 'and when made known, Missouri will contribute her share. Besides, appeals have gone out from the Grand Master to the Lodges and individual Brethren throughout this State, and from their wellknown liberality, have no doubt been promptly responded to, but to what extent we are not advised. Money lavishly bestowed in such cases ceases to be charity. We would therefore recommend that the incoming Grand Master ascertain what amounts have been so contributed by the Lodges and individual Brethren,.throngh the Grand Secretary, and whether our Brethren at Charleston are still in need, and if so, that he be authorized to draw his warrant for such an amount as in his judgment this Grand Lodge ought to appropriate in that directioll. Fraternally submitted, R. E. ANDERSON,

MARTIN COLLINS, B. P. BAILEY, P.G. WOOD, M. H. GARWOOD, A. B. MAR'!'I NDALE, Committee.

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The Grand I..Iodge adopted resolutions in connection with the above report, appropriating $84.00 to Montgomery City Lodg'e, No. 246, and $300,00 to Iron Mountain Lodge, No. 430.

SAMARITAN vs. FARMINGTON LODGE.

The following was read and adopted: To thc Jlost Worship.rul Grand Lodge oj Missow'i, A. F. and A. M. :

Your Special Committee to whom was referred so much of the Grand l\{aster's Address as related to the difference between Samaritan Lodge, No. 121, and Farmington Lodge, No. 132, respectfully report, that in fact there is no case before the Grand Lodge, the amount in controversy having been paid to Samaritan Lodge by direction of the Grand Master, and there being neither protest nor appeal before the Grand Lodge from Farmington Lodge. We recommend that the action of the Grand Ma.<;ter be approved. Fraternally submitted,

â&#x20AC;˘ H. L. ROGERS, LON. HARDMAN, Committec.

INSTRUCTIONS TO "IIOME" DIRECTORS.

The foIlovdng instructions were adopted: Resolvcd, That it is "the sense of this Grand Lodge that the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home should, during the ensuing year, confine their labors within the following lines, viz: .

Soliciting contributions and bequests from Lodges, Chapters, Commanderies andÂˇ individuals. Investigating the claims of dilferent localities for the site of the Home, and carefully tabulating all propositions, with the advantages and disadvantages connected with each. Investigating plans for buildings and methods for the erection and maintenance of the Home, with the general plan to be pursued in its government and control. Disseminating throughout the Fraternity in this Grand Jnrisdiction all possible information upon the general subject, to the end that all may be informed of the general purposes of the incorporation. And, in general, to carefully consider the whole question, even to minutest details, and publish to all in printed form their conclusions, that at the next annual meeting of this Grand Lodge a full understanding may be had and an intelligent vote secured upon any propositions submitted for indorsement or direction. It is understood that no investment in lands or buildings is to be made before the next Annual Communication.

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EXEMPLIFICATION.

Bro..Allan McDowcll, Grand Lecturer, was requested to Exemplify the Work in the third degree, this evening, at 7:30 o'clock. THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTS.

Presented a report, which was amended as to the" Boarq of Finance" and the bond of Grand r.rreasurer, and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of ltfissouri, A. F. and A. M. :

Your Committee on Accounts of the Grand Lodge respectfully report that we have examined all the financial records of the Grand Secretary with the sUbordinate Lodges, up to the close of our last fiscal year, as well as the statement of the Grand 'freasurer, with the following result, viz: Balance Cash on hand October 14th, 1885............................................ $10,804 66 Receipts, 1886, viz., Dispensations $ 330 00 Charter Fees '" 180 00 Rent................................................................................................... 1600 Gibson (Carnegy) Note on Ap................ 99 tl5 Miscellaneous :..... 73 50 Arrearage dues from Subordinate Lodges 967 50 Dues to August 1,1886 11,493 75 Interest on bonds... 480 00 13,64060 Total .. $24,445 26 Disbursements as per Warrants, including $1,035 paid for Cas." County bondsinvestment by Finance Committee ~'3_53 15 Cash on hand........................................................ $13,092 11 Securities, viz., Bonds :........................... 9,035 00 . Balance on Gibson (Carnegy) note............ 400 00

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The books of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer agree as to receipts and disbursements, and are kept in systematic order. On mattcrs contained in the general report of the Grand Secretary, referred to this Committee, we respectfully report that careful examination shows that the Grand Lodge Membership Register cOJ;tains ala.~tin!J record of the Masonic history of each individual mem ber of this Grand Jurisdiction, aud proves itself to be an inval uable and an indispensable addition to the Archives. The history of each member is kept under the following heads, viz: His" Name, Lodge, Number, Location, Whether Dimitted, Affiliated, Suspended, Expelled, Reinstated, Died, and Remarks." It was a happy idea that suggested the preparation of the Register to the mind of the Grand Secretary, and the wondcr is that it had not been thought of bcfore. Its value, on ipspection, is clearly apparent to each member. We recommend that action be taken to keep up this record permanently, by authorizing the Grand Secretary to employ the necessary clerical assi~tance to make the annual additions and changes. .

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HORACE W. POCOla:.

We report that the amount, $150, expended for the care of R. W. Bro. Horace W. Pocoke, was in accord with the resolution of the Grand Lodge in 1885, and therefore recommend approval of the action taken by the R. W. Grand Secretary. RETURNS AND DUES.

While we are pleased to report that there is an improvement in the returns of this year over 1885, by subordinate Lodges, your Committee respectfully submit, that inasmuch as the fiscal year closes on July 31st, and all Lodges have had thirty days' prior notice to prepare their returns, and have them ;in the hands of the Grand Secretary by Augnst 1st, there can be no ?Jalid exwsefol' e~;i.stin~ delinqncnC1J. The financial information for the use of the Grand Lodge is gleaned from these returns, and as repeated requests fro~ the Secretary are ignored, we see no other means to open the eyes of the members of delinquent Lodges than to suspend路them, as suggested, and we so recommend. BOARD OF FINANCE.

Resolved, That the Board of Finance shall be composed of three members, residents of the city of St. Louis, to lJe appointed by the Grand Master, whose duty it shall be to

order the Grand Treasurer to invest whatever surplus there may be in the Treas\lry, at the same time indicating the securities or bonds to be purchll.Sed. The Grand Treasurer shall not be a member of the Board. Resol1'cd, That the Grand Treasurer be permitted to give a continuing bond, which shall be satisfactory to the Board of Finance and approved by them, and the same shall be examined by such Board at least once every six months, and whenever such Board require, he shall give a new bond or additional security.

Fraternally submitted, F. W. MOTT, M. COOKE, J. W. RITCHEY, . GEO. E. WALKEH, P. P.ELLIS, CommiUce.

CALLED OFF.

'rhe Grand Lodge. was then called from labor until 3 o'clock this afternoon.

THURSDAY-AFTERNOON SESSION.

ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 14, 1886.

The Grand Lodge was called to laboi, by the l\1ost Worshipful Grand Master, Bro. J. W. Boyd. Other Grand Officers were in their places.

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JURISPRlJDENCE.

The Committee 011 Jurisprudence presented a supplemental report, which was adopted, and is as follows: SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE'ON JURISPRUDENCE. It is due the Grand Lodge to make explanation of the fact that no Report on Jljrisprudence appeared in our printed Proceedings of last year. A report was made and adopted by the Grand Lodge, which was afterwards reconsidered in the absence of the Chairman of the Committee, and referred back to the Committee. It was then too late in the session of the Grand Lodge for the Committee to get together and reconsider the report, and further time was granted. The report was very short, as there were 110 decisions on points or questions of law to be passed upon by the Grand Lodge. The only subject treated was a suggestion by Grand }\faster R. F. Stevenson, in regard to duplicate charters. Your Committee then recommended that duplicate charters, to replace those lost, destroyed, or illegible, might be arranged to contain a copy of the original charter, together with the names of the present officers of the Lodge. After further consultation and consideration we see no sllfficient reason to make any change from our usage in iSSUing duplicate charters. Let the old plan be adhered to.

Grand Master Stevenson made several suggestions in regard to the spirit and essence of Masonic charity, from which your Committee were instructed to formulate a report, or a law, governing the claims and dispensing of charity. Your Committee recommend Grand Master Stevenson's general remarks on the subject as good advice, intended simply as such, but suggest that our present laws on charity cover the whole ground visible at present. Several resolutions of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, in reference to international regulations, were presented last year by Bro. Wm. H. Mayo, our Representative 11ear the Grand Lodge of Louisia11a, which were referred to your Committee. Some of the resolutions conflict with our own Grand Lodge laws, while others are in harmony with our usage in the matters treated. In view of the importance of the general subject as presented by our sister Grand Lodge, we ask a continuance, and hope to be able to report next year. Fraternally submitted, THOS. E. GARRETT, LEE A. HALL, JAMES E. CADLE, And other members of the Committee.

AIIREST OF CIIARTERS.

'rhe Committee on Arrested Charters presented the following report, which was adopted:

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Your Committee to whom was referred so much of the Grand Master's Address as relates to the Arrest of Charters, would report that they have had the same under consideration, and the Committee recommend that the action of the Grand Master be approved and sustained. LEE A. HALL, B. H. INGRAM, WM. H. CARPENTER, Committee.

WAYS AND MEANS.

·A report from the Committee on Ways and Means was presented and adopted. It is as follows:

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Your Committee on Ways and Means beg leave to submit theJollowing report: In reference to the petition of Centralia Lodge, No. 59, for refunding of Grand Lodge dues, $35.50, we would recommend that the petition be not granted.

Your Committee tind that the available cash balance in the hands of the Grand Treasurer is about $18,000.00. We recommend the following appropriations:

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$1,ggg gg~~' 2,500 00 c-r '" ;>00 00 150 00 200 00

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PAY-ROLL-PAST GRAND MASTERS.

Past Grand Master M. H. McFarland. 75 miles, 3 days $12 ., " S. H. Saunders. 175 miles, 3 days : 17 " " Jas. E. Cadle,.30t miles, 3 days 24 Lee A. Hall, 3 days...................................................................... 9

75 75 20 00

{$~~·~~~brc~e1~~ ~lg:;;S.~.~~~.~:::·.:·.::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::'.:::'.::::: 2g 88 c. C. Woods, 280 miles, 3 days S. ''''. R. Carnegy, 180 miles,3 days 'rhos. E. G~rrett, ~ day.s............ Noah M. GIvan, 254 miles, 3 days R. E. Anderson, 135 miles, 2 days

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Fraternally SUbmitted, H. L. ROGERS, B. H. INGRAM, CHAS. F. VOGEL, W. H. CARPENTER, Committee.

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GRAND SECRETARY'S OFFICE.

The Committee appointed one year ago 011 Grand Secretary's office was, on motion, continued until the next session of the Grand Lodge. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.

R. W. Bro. John D. Vinci}, the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, presented his annual Review. rrhe same was' received and ordered printed in the journal of Proceedings. [See Appendix.] "MASONIC HOME."

Bro. C. C. Woods, from the Board of Directors of the " Masonic Home," reported, for information, the organization of said Board, as follows: To the Most WorshilJjul Grand Lodge oj ltfissouri, A. F. and A. !tE.:

The following members of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home of Missouri, elected this day by your Worshipful body, to wit: Bros. Woods, Givan, Parson, Tygard, Anderson, Browne, Kennard, Vincil, Mayo and Dyer, beg leave to report that in pUri;llance to the adoption of the report made by the Com~ittee heretofore appointed by this Grand Lodge, they have organized in accordance wUh the Articles of Incorporation of the Masonic Home of Missouri, by the election of Bro. Noah Givan as President. Bro. John R. Parson as Vice-President, Bro. F. J. Tygard as Treasurer, Bro. l'rusten P. Dyer, as Secretary, and Bro. C. C. Woods as Superintendent. Bro. Jay L. Torrey was elected Attorney and Counselor for the Board. The President announced the following Committees: l!.'xecutive Committee-Bros. Parson, Vinci! and Browne. Finance Committee-Bros. Kennard, Mayo and Anderson. House Committee-Bros. Woods, Dockery and Krauthoff.

The Directors then proceeded by casting lots to fix the term of their respective olliecs, resulting as follows: Bros. Woods, Mayo, Parson, Dockery and Roach for three years; Bros. Givan, Vinci!, Krauthoff and Browne for'two years; Bros. Anderson, Tygard, Kennard and Dyer for one year. The Secretary was instructed to have Articles of In~orporation, By-Laws, Resolutions of Grand Lodge relating to said Home, List of Officers and Directors and such othcr matter deemed of importance relating to said enterprise, printed in pamphlet form fur the use of said Board. .

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The Executive Committee were instructed .to prepare plans of canvassing for further subscriptions to the Home, and arrange all necessary details for carrying out successfully the proposed enterprise. Bro. Givan was instructed to present a resolution to the Grand Lodge, now in session, asking an appropriation of $10,000 for the enterprise. No other business of importance appearing, the Board adjourned subject to call. TRUSTEN P. DYER, . Secretary.

.R ESOLtJTION.

The following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the sum of $10000 be pledged by this Grand Lodge, out of securities now on hand, for the" Masonic Home." N. M. GIVAN, JOHN D. VINCIL.

ADDRESS,OF ROB MORRIS.

Bro. Rob Morris, Past Grand Master of Kentucky, as heretofore requested, delivered an Address and recited his Poem, and the same are herewith published by order of the Grand Lodge: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. and A. M.:

The brief interval which has elapsed since you invited me this morning to addr.ess you, forbids the elaboration of a set discourse. But even though time had permitted, I doubt whether you would care for my views upon the Morals, Ethics and History of Freemasonry-subjects that have been handled by your ablest speakers, until but little room is left for originality. I rather suppose that you would prefer some of my personal reminiscences of Masonry, running back through a protracted period, and touching upon matters not commonly discussed amongst us. This plan is also more agreeable to me. The nearer I can approach, in my public efforts, to the practical, simple, and original, the better I feel ~nyself understood. It is more than thirty years since I had the privilege of visiting you. Your Grand Master in 1856, Bro. Cornwall, a most zealous and intelligent Mason, invited me to deliver an address before you that year. G. L. PRo.-5.

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You met at Lexington, with one hundred and sixty-five Lodges upon your rolls. In the printed copy of my address I find that I offered the following sentiments: "How fast, Brother Masons~ we are passing away! Who of you all are of that little band who, thirty-four years since, organized the Grand Lodge of Missouri? Only one or two. Who will be found at his post here when another thirty-four years shall have passed away? Only one or two. For the call of death cannot be disregarded. Everyone of you must rise up at the command of the inexorable messenger. Year by year the Grand Lodge will assemble, and, anxiously regarding your vacant seats, will learn with anguish that you have passed that bourne from which there is no return! " In'the light of the present occasion, those words appear propheti.c. For during the period named almost every prominent Grand Lodge official present in 1856 has passed away, or if not dead, is so overburdened with the infirmities of age as to be compelled to absent himself from this Communication. Casting my eyes over this large and . honored assembly, and finding so f9w of the veterans of 1856, I feel as the messenger of Job must have felt when he reported to his master, "I only am escaped alone to tell you! " In offering a few thoughts deduced from my personal experience in various countries, I will speak first of those matters that constitute the Universa.lity of Masonry. Our teachers have sometimes misled us in this, by not making a proper distinction between things local and things universal. The American Brother, going abroad, is astonished to find the fitting up of Lodge-rooms, the Masonic clothing, the ceremonies of opening and closing, and in general, the Rituals of the 9rder, so different from the things to which he is accustomed at home. This weakens his faith in the great cardinal principle of Universality. There is a universality, though it no more lies in the matters named than in the dress, language, or political faith of the Brethren. [Here Dr. Morris pointed out with minuteness the fundamental points in which all Masons are agreed. These references are strictly esoteric.] One of my fondest memories is that of my reception at Smyrna, in Asia Minor. There I found seven Lodges, working each in a different language, and by a different course of Rituals~Arabic, Armenian, En-

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â&#x20AC;˘ glish, French, Greek, Italian and Turkish. In their costume and manners they were as different from each other as in their languages. It was like a panorama to look over them. My address to them was interpreted by dragomans in all those tongues. But when I sketchedÂˇ the Masonry of America all the way through, from the declaration of faith in God to the communication of the last secret of the Sublime Degree, there was a universal expression among that great and varied auditory that I had described their views of Masonry as well as my own. This, then, is the Universality of Freemasonry; I mean the great 'aims and principles of the Craft, inculcated by a few wonderfully simple forms and symbols. All the rest, however beautiful and instructive, is local, not universal. [Here the speaker gave an account of what he considers the most remarkable event in his Masonic experience-the meeting of a delegation of Bedouin Masons at Jerusalem. He placed himself in their hands to be inducted into Masonry by the literal forms practised there from time immemorial, and thus learned with certainty the inner thought of ancient Masonry.] . The next subject to which I turn is that of the traditions of Masonry. It has always been a subject of earnest inquiry whether the statements made to our candidates in Blue-lodge Masonry in relation to King Solomon and other worthies of the period are true; that i.s, whether they were, in reality, the founders and patrons of our Order. These traditions, being held in all parts oftbe world and among nations widely separated, there is a strong presumption of their truth, even as the fact that every nation has some ~raditions relative to the Flood is a presumption of the truth of the Bible statements in regard to the Flood. But the Masonic visitor to Jerusalem and other parts of Oriental countries, if he will qualify himself to converse with well-informed natives, and to read their books in the langau~es spoken there, will find corroborative evidence of the most direct and satisfactory character that the Blue-lodge traditions cherished in this country are well founded. For my part, I have no more doubt that King Solomon conceived the plan . of Freemasonry and established it at Jerusalem than I have that Moses was the founder of Judaism, or that Alexander the Great was the, founder of the Grecian Empire. In visiting localities named in the

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Masonic Lectures, such as Tyre, Gebot, Lebanon, Joppa, J ernsalem and â&#x20AC;˘ other places, there is abundant food for confirmation, both in the ancient monuments remaining there, and in the myths preserved by the people. -This is particularly true of Jerusalem, where, althongh the'l'emple of Solomon has long since disappeared from the eye of man, the foundations of the Temple abide there-grand, massive and indestructible as the principles of Freemasonry themselves. And it were well for Freemasonry in this country if our learned and enterprising Brethren would but qualify themselves in the study of the languages indigenous there, and make visits there and secure these precious proofs of our antiquity as an Order, upon which so much depends, and return and teach them to the rest. The fundamental fact that all Masons meet upon the level, has a large testimony in my experience to sustain it. I have had the honor, both at home and abroad, to exchange personal greetings with the most distinguished men of the age, who are covenanted by the Masonic tie. Here, at home, where Presidents Polk, Buchanan, Johnson and Garfield; likewise those statesmen Clay, Crittenden, Douglas, Quitman, Cass, and very many others, whose names shine as stars in the firmament of our national history, were my personal friends; and I can testify that no fancied superiority of talent or station caused t~lem to look down slightingly upon the humblest of their Brethren. In foreign lands, the fact that in Freemasonry all men are equal, has been established in numerous instances within my knowledge. I have shaken hands fraternally with Emperors, Kings, Princes and Potentates of all grades; have seated myself by their side at their request; have been styled Brother, and so styled them; have asked and answered the various questions necessary to the Masonic communication, and I' am prepared to say that if twenty of those men were seated in these chairs among yon, you would not distinguish them by any peculiarities of dress or manner from the plainest- of my hearers to-day. All arrogance of style, all haughtiness, all claims of social ,superiority vanish when men meet together in a Masonic capacity. In visiting Lodges in foreign lands, certificates (called by us diplomas) are absolutely a sine qua non. Without one of these you could not re;", ceive recognition or visit a Lodge. No matter in what language the

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Lodge is working, even though you may not know a single wordof'it, the exhibition of this d1:ploma, if properly prepared, will secure you a welcome and a treatment" so cordial, so courteous, ,that, on your return home, you will be constrained to credit our foreign Brethren wi~h a better understanding of this ma~ter than we enjoy ourselves. So much has be~n said from time to time in relation to what is called the Morgan affair of 1826, that I was long since induced to give peculiar attention :to the affair. Half a century since, most of the men whose names are associated with the }'forgan case were living, and willingly gave 'me, with willingness, all the facts of which they were in possession. To make a brief sketch, I will only say that, sometime in 1824, a man calling himself William },[organ, a stonemason by trade, came from Canada to Rochester, New York, and settled there. He was a dissipated, worthless fellow, but hold, forward and smart. He brought with him what professed to be a Masonic diploma, and he succeeded by its aid in visiting the Lodge there. A few months afterwards he began to travel among the Lodges of 'Vestern NewYorki and, in 1826, removed to Batavia. Here he was detected as ,an imposter and publicly exposed as such. This exasperated him, to such a degree, that he announced his purpose of publishing an exposition of the secrets of Freemasonry, and actually began, in company with one Miller,' a printer, to prepare such a work. Intelligence of this getting abroad, some of the more thoughtless Masons threatened him with grievous punishments, ifhe did not cease his attempts, and ,a rumor gained credence in the public mind that Morgan was in peril of death. The Governor of the State, DeWitt Clinton, who had long been Grand Master, and was deeply concerned for the honor of Freemasonry, hearing these rumors, took the lead in raising a sum of money to allay the excitement, by inducing Morgan to go back to Canada. ~ committee of most respectable gentlemen took the matter in hand at Clinton's request, and, on the 10th of September, 1826, Morgan started for that country. He had promised to settle down near Hamilton, where his family should be sent to him. But finding himself foot-loose there, with money in his pocket, he purchased a horse and rode as far as Montreal. There all traces of the man disappear. Not a scintilla of evidence has come to my knowledge as to his movements from that place. He may have been murdered there for his

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money by the roughs with whom he associated ;'01', what is to me more probable, he may have shipped before the mast upon some European vessel lying in that port, and so disappeared from history. It was this disappearance, coupled with the popular rumors to which I have alluded, that brought on the Anti-Masonic excitement. There ,vas (and is) a large portion of society al ways opposed to Freemasonry. The Roman Catholics and some other religious sects belong to this oppos~tion. All who have been expelled from Masonry, or who, like Thad Stevens, were black-balled in their attempt to become Masons, are lifetime and bitter adversaries of the Order thereafter. These joined the opposition which soon assumed a political form and made np the Anti-Masonic party. The result was tremendously disastrous to our Institution. Two Grand Lodges were dissolved. Others held a frail thread of existence for many years. The Grand Lodge of Missouri failed to form a quorum for one year. It did seem to all but a few faithful Masons that the days of the Fraternity were ended.

Better times, ho-w,ever, came. The leading Anti-Masons, after enriching themselves upon the excitement, turned to something else. The sober second thought prevailed, and the disappearance of William Morgan, just sixty years ago, is crowned to-day by the reappearance of public confidence, until our Lodges, in 1886, number more than ten thousand, and their membership more than half a million. I close these hasty and desultory remarks, which I have delivered in deference to your request, by reciting the poem, with which you are f~miliar.

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THE LEVEL AND THE SQUARE. We meet upon the LEVEl, and we part upon the SQUARE: What words of precious meaning those words Masonic are! Come, let us contemplate them! they are worthy of a thought; III the very walls of Masonry the sentiment is wrought. We meet upon the LEVEL, though from every station come, The rich man from his palace and the poor man from his home; For the rich must leave his wealth and state outside the Mason's door, And the poor man finds his best respect upon the Checkered Floor. We aet upon the PLUMB,-'tis the orders of our guide,We walk upright in virtue's way and lean to neither side; Th' All-Seeing Eye that reads our hearts doth bear us witness true; 'I'hat we still try to honor God and give each man his due. We part upon the SQUARE, for the world must have its due: We mingle with the multitude, a faithful Band and true; But the influence of our gatherings in memory is green, And we long upon the LEVEL to renew the happy scene. There's a World where all are equal,-we are hurrying towards it fast, We shall meet upon the LEVEL there, when the gates of Death are passed: We shall stand before the Orient, and our Master will be there, To try the blocks we offer with His own unerring SQUARE. We shall meet upon the LEVEL there, but'never thence depart; There's a Mausion,-'tis all ready for each trusting, faithful heart;There's a Mansion, and a Welcome, and a multitude is there Who have met upon the LEVEL, and been tried upon the SQUARE. Let us meet upon the LEVEL, then, while laboring patient here; Let us meet and let us labor. though the labor be severe: Already in the Western Sky the signs bid us prepare To gather up our Working Tools and part upon the SQUARE. Hands round, ye faithful Brotherhood, the bright fraternal chain, We part upon the SQUARE below, to meet. in Heaven again! What words of precious meaning those words Masonic are,We meet upon the LEVEL and we part upon the SQUARE.

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GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS.

M. W. Bro. Joseph S. Browne moved that the Grand Secretary be directed to have printed 2,500 copies of the journal of Proceedings of the present session.

THANKS.

The usual vote of thanks was accorded Railroads and Hotels for courtesies granted the members of this Grand Lodge. INSTALLATION.

The business of the session having been completed, the Installation of Grand Officers now t,ook place, as the last official work of the occasion. Grand 1\'l:aster Boyd appointed M. W. Bro. J 08eph S. Browne as Grand 1\'l:arshal, and requested 1\1. W. Bro. Thos. E. Garrett to perform the Ceremony of Installation. Bro. Garrett then installed the following elective GRAND OFFICERS: GEORGE R. HUNT, Warrcnsburg W. M. WILLIAMS, Boonville JAS. P. WOOD, New London HENRY L. ROGERS, St. Louis SAMUEL M. KENNARD, St. Louis JOHN D. VINCIL, St. Louis

GRAND MASTER. DEPUTY GRAND MASTER. GRAND SENIOR WARDEN. GRAND JUNIOR WARDEN. GRAND TREASURER. GRAND SECRETARY.

APPOINTMENTS .

. The GrandMaster being duly installed, made the following appointments, and suc~ as were present were installed: ALLAN McDOWELL, St. Louis REV. THOS. E. SHEPHERD, Buffalo REV. JOAB. SPENCER, Warrensburg

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REV. JAS. E. SHARP, Marshall REV..JAMES H. SHIELDS, St. Louis REV. A. M. COCKRILL, Blue Springs

GRAND CHAPLAIN. GRAND CHAPLAIN. GRAND CHAPLAIN.

REV. J. J. WILKINS, Sedalia GEO. E. WALKER, Bonne Terre SEYMOUR HOYT, Greenfield WM. H. CARPENTER, Centralia A. B. MARTINDALE, Williamsville

GEO. C. DONEHOWER, fIaullibai HARRY KEENE, St. Joseph JAS. A. ADAMS, Columbia G. P. BIGELOW, King City THEODORE BRACE, Paris

GRAND GRAND GRAND GRAND GRAND

CHAPLAIN. SENIOR DEACON. JUNIOR DEACON. MARSHAL. MARSHAL.

GRAND SWORD BEARER. GRAND SENIOR STEWARD. GRAND.JUNIOR STEWARD. GRANb PURSUIVANT. GRAND ORATOR.

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O. H. TRAVERS, Springfield JOHN W. OWEN, St. Louis

GRAND ORATOR. :GRAND TYLER.

CHAIRMEN OF STANDING COMMITTEES. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE

JOHN D. VINCIL, St. Louis.

JURISPRUDENCE GRIEVANCE RETURNS OF LODGES U. D

THOMAS E. GARRETT, St. Louis. NOAH M:. GIVAN, St. Louis. W. H. MAYO, St. Louis.

RETURNS OF CHARTERED LODGES

LEE A. HALL, St. LoUis.

TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS JOHN R. PARSON, St. Louis. REPORTS ON D. D. GRAND MASTERS' REPORTS C. C. WOODS, Kansas City. CHARITy.." R. E. ANDERSON, Hannibal. ACCOUNTS F. W. MOTT, St. Louis. WAYS AND MEANS C. F. VOGEL.

BOARD OF FINANCE. C. C. RAINWATER.

S. C. BUNN.

.JOHN D. VINCIL.

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 1st DISTRICT-J. T. LAUGHLIN, Fairmount. 2d A. FISHER, Newark. 3d J. C. PIERSOL, Monroe City. 4th H. B. BUTTS, Louisiana. 5th M. H. GARWOOD, Wellsville. 6th WM. H. CARPENTER, Centralia. 7th BEN. T. HARDIN, Moberly. 8th JOHN J. DILLINGER, OW8.Sco. 9th GEO. W. DEATHERAGE, Carrollton. G. L. PRo.-6.

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Proceedin.ds. 10th DISTRICT-C. S. GLASPELL, Trenton. NORTON H. ANDERSON, Platte City. 11th ULRICH SCHNEIDER, St. Joseph. 12th IRA V. McMILLAN, Maryville. 13th J. B. THOMAS, Albany. 14th ROB'T E. COLLINS, St. Louis. 15th FRANK R. NEWBERRY, Fredericktown. 16th WM. B. WILSON, Cape Girardeau. 17th STEPHEN CHAPMAN, Bl~omfield. 18th A. B. MARTINDALE, Williamsville. 19th 20th 21st 22d 23d 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32d 33d

GEO. L. LOVE, Rolla. T. P. BERRY, Chamois. C. G. BROOKS, Jefferson City. B. H. INGRAM, Sedalia. M. J. CHINN, LeXington. J. H. TOWT, Kansas City. ISAAC M. ABRAHAM, Harrisonville. SEYMOUR HOYT, Greenfield. F. A. AFFLECK, BoliYar. WM. TALBERT, Cassville. W. W. CUSHING, Marionville. JOHN R. FERGUSON, Springfield. E. C: STEELE, Hartville. JOHN W. FARRIS, Lebanon.

CLOSING.

The journal of Proceedings for the day was read and approved; following which the Grand Lodge closed its most interesting and pleasant labors. Prayer was offered by the Grand Chaplain, Bro. Thos. E. Shepherd, when the Sixty-sixth Annual Communication was declared at an end. .. JOHN D. VINCIL, Grand secretary.

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ANNUAL OOMMUNIOATION IN 1887.

The Sixty-seventh Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge will be held in St. Louis, commencing at 10 o'clock on the morning of the First Tnesday after the Second Monday (viz. the 11th day) in October, 1887.

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I herewith submit my Annual Report on Correspondence:

AJAABAJIA, ISS5. The Sixty-fifth Session was held in the city of Montgomery, December 7th, 1885. M. Vl. Bro..John H. Bankhead, Grand Master, presided; R 'V. Bro. Dan'l Sayre was Grand Secretary. 17.3 IJC)dges were represented, out of a total TItUll bel' of 289. The mem bership in the jurisdidion amounts to less than 8,000. The Address of the Grand Master covered some seven pages; and, like his former prodnetion, was a most creditable doeument. After the usual congratulations, on such occasions, he dropped onto a very practicable subject. "re let him speak for himself: The Gntnd Lodge is. composed of Repre~entativesfrom the SUbordinate Lodges, who are supposed to be the best men in those Lodges. And here you will pardon me for an allusion to what I regard as a great evil, and one that is slowly, but surely. sapping the very foundation of our Grand Lodge System. I allude to absenteeism. I think I can safely say that I have never known a session of the Grand Lodge close with a Constitutional quorum present. The subordinate Lodges are required to send Represelltatives fl t least every two years. The expenses of delegates are paid by the Lodges sending them. It is often with lrreat difficulty that the subordinate Lodges can raise. the money necessary to pay Grand Lodge dues, and expenses of Representatives. What IS the habit of too many of the delegates when they reach Montgomery? They hand in tbeirreports, pay the Grand Secretary the dues, attend the first sitting of the Grand Lodge. and are Ilever seen in this Hall any more; but spend the remainder of the time in loitering about the city and attending the theatres, or other places of ammement. Is this the purpose for which his Lodge sent him, and robbed their charity fund to pay his expemes? I apprehend not. Our Grand Communications arc held for the transaction of business in which every individual member, and each subordinate Lodge, is interested; and when the Master, or his proxy, comes here, as the representative of his Lodge, he has a duty to perform. His busllless is to attend the sessions of the Grand Lodge, watch tbe proceedings. listen to the reports of all committees. and especially the report of the Committee on Work. :;0 as to be able to imtruct bis Lodge when he returns home. This is the lmsiness for which he comes, and if he fails to attend to it, he is guilty of conduct unbecoming a Mason. to say the least of it. If the conduct of one of these drones should be made known to the Lodge he misrepresents and injures to the extent of his influence, llnd the money he receives, I apprehend he would not have the honor to appear here lIgain, hand in his report, and go on a lark; but you would see, as you ought to see, written opposite his name-Suspended fo)' unmasonic conduct. I respectfully commend the Jurisprudence Committee to report resolutions tbat will check this evil. G. L. Ap.-l.

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The character above described is not a stranger to this writer. He belongs to all bodies, to all times, and to all places. TIe is numerous. ,Ve have seen him in the body he disgraced, by his presence, too sleepy to vote or act, and showed plainly that he had been on "a lark," or plainly on a drunk. In all such cases the Grand Lodge should notify the Lodge misrepresented by such persons, of their conduct, and let the remedy be applied at home, by keeping them away from the annual gatherings, where cool brains and discreet judgment are the best路 requisites for Representatives. The time has been when the rank and file of the Representatives might be apologized for, on the ground that the leaders in the Grand Lodge were the worst in the lot. We v"ill not put in print what we have known perpetrated by such leaders. Many of those who thus made the Grand Lodge season an occasion for carnal indulgences and abominable carousals, have passed away, and have met realities of a widely different sort. Some have moderated in their career of evil. And it is a matter cri.lling for .devout acknowledgment and praise that the leaders of the Craft in Missouri, of to-day, are men of the very best moral standing and represent a higher grade of character than in former times. Nothing affords the writer of these pages more real satisfaction than to record the manifest advance along the line of healthy and elevated character in the Fraternity of Missouri, and it is a pleasure to feel that his voice and.pen have been actively employed in aiding such improvement for the greater part of his Masonic life. We war against vice in all its forms, and wherever found, because it is vice. The Grand Master reported that four Lodges had been organized under Dispensation, while several Dispensations had been granted for other purposes. A few rulings were reported. Here is one: Held, That when a member objects to the conferring of any of the degrees on an applicant, and states the reason to the Lodge, the whole subject becomes the property of thc Lodge. and may be considered and determined by a unanimous vote of the Lodge, the objector excepted; and if the Lodge shall decide by a unanimous vote, the objector excepted, that the reasons given are not sufficient; the Master may confer the degree.

We do not approve the above view of the rights of an objector. Practically it amounts t~ making a member give hiri1self away, and puts the right of objection at the mercy of those who may want to override the wishes of good Brethren. The right ofobjedion should be as sacredly guarded as the right to cast a secret ballot. The princi'ple ill vol ved is the same. Here is one more ruling that we submit to our readers: Held, That one who holds a 320 patent, "Scottish Rite," connot be admitted into a Lodge of A. F. & A. l\111sons on presentation of his patent and taking the test oath, but must be examined by a committee of the Lodge, appointed for that purpose.

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We are inclined to ask, what kind of a "test oath" should Symbolieal Lodges require of such thirty-second fellows who present their "patent?" As a member of the SYlnbolical Lodge we would not know how to examine a party who flourished a" patent" at us. Indeed we fear we should be fright.ened at the presentation of such a formidable document. The" Patent" would necessarily contain 'some things to which we would be a stranger, and the question would arise, how much of this document must I tamper with? It might be loaded for all any novice could tell. Therefore we should let the whole thing severely alone. Instead of admitting such a proposed visitor into our Lodge upon his" patent" simply, we would not admit him to an examination upon said document. Grand Master Bankhead wound up his Address gratefully, and closed his second and last term gracefully. The Grand Secretary added the following note which explains itself: The Grand Secretary begs to add right here. what the Grand Master appears not to have known when he wrote his Address, that since the last Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, onc of our old Grand Masters had died. In fact our oldest living Grand Master. Felix G. Norman was born on the 4th of January, 1808. We do not know where he was made a Mason; but he was a citizen of Tuscumbia for many years, and Master of Washington Lodge, No. 36, and it is probablc that he was made a Mason in that Lodge. He was Worshipful Master of that Lodge and its Representative in the Grand Lodge in 1841 and 1842, during both of which ~'ears he was Senio,r Grand Warden. He was elected Deputy Grand Ma.~ter in 1842, and presided over the Grand Lodge in 1843. He was again elected Deputy Grand Master in 1843, and Grand Master in lR45 and 1846, and was pre路 siding officer of the Grand Lodge at its first Communication after the removal to Montgomery. The Grand Secretary desires to bear testimony to the fact that Bro. Norman was a good man, a good Mason, a good Grand Mastel', and a good presiding officer. It is not likely that we shall have his superior very soon, if ever. RECOGNIZED.

1'he Grand Lodge of New South Australia was, on motion of Bro. Pillans, formally recognized and welcomed to the list of Grand Lodges of the world. The Mexican claimants were left out for the present. Past Grand Master H. Clay Armstrong was very highly complimented on having been appointed to a foreign mission. He had received the appointment as Consul-General of the United States at Rio Janeiro, Brazil. The Grand Lodge donated one hundred dollars for the relief of the Brethren of Galveston, Texas, ,,,ho had suffered by the great fire in that city. The Grand Lodge settled the question of Grand Masters' prerogatives by the following" opinion:" We are therefore of the opinion that the Grand Master of Masons in the State of Alabama does possess and may exercise powers and prerogatives outside of those given by the written Constitution; and that in determining whether or no in any given

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State he may exercise such power. we are to be guided and controlled by the ancient Landmarks of the Order, unless the power there found is expressly or by necessary implication prohibited by the written Constitution.

路We are willing to admit that the Grand Master IlIay be a law unto himself where there is no written law. Tn fad such is generally the way it goes. But for Grand Masters to override the plain law of the Grand Lodge, as is so often the case, we have no plea to offer in their behalf. Alabama has licensed her Grand Masters, by the above, to do things outside of " the written Constitution." He possesses such powers inherently or by virtue of the Constitution. If inherently, how can sueh powers be" prohibited by the ?I.:ritten Constitution" in any case, as is expressed in the above extract? . The Committee admitted in the above that in some instances certain" power" may be "expressly or by necessary implication prohibited by the written Const'itution." How can prerogatives or powers, whieh inhere in the o.tfice of Grand Master, be proh'ibited by a writtm law? The admission that snell powers may be regulated or p1'ohibittd by "the written Constitution," simply proves that they arenot prerogatives at all, and gives away the claim that they i1l.here in the o.ffice. To prohibit inherent pOU/ITS, destroys the office in whieh they inhere. Prerogativeism is simply weak and indefensible, and the above proves it. 'Ve notice that the Committee on Returns report as ineorreet, 118 Lodges. This reminds us of some reports made by our Committees year after ,veal'. The Seeretaries down south need not come up here to learn" how not" to do it." CORRESPONDENC~~.

The Report was made by Past Grand l\faster P. J. Pillans, and covered 1:30 pages. It is in keeping with his former work, and is a faithful review of the Proceedings examined. Bro. Pillans is a very kind and amiable writer, and wins the best appreciation of his fellow Correspondents. We must be allowed to correctaslightmistake, made by him in his short notice of our ProL:eedings for 1884. After referring to our session business, he said: Bro. VincH is a vigorous writer, llnd though the Grand Masters of his jurisdiction exercise powers not delegated by the Constitution, yet he talks strongly against it.

"Bro. Vinci!" desires to enter his demurrer, and say that he never defends anything done by a "Grand Master of his jllrisdidion," when that thing is not in strict aceordance with the Constitution. Add to this, the fact that our Grand Masters never exercise powers not delegated by the Constitution, and you will find that this COl1lmittee is always consistent with himself and in line \vith the laws of his jurisdktioll. TlJerefore he can deal Ollt blows against the Prerogative business as conseientiously as he does against other things not approved by the laws of Masonry.

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'Ve thank M. W. Bro. Pillans for his kindness in transferring 'our argument to his Report on the Prerogative question. He did not answer it. He may favor our views, thongh his Grand. Lodge has made a deliverance on the subject that irrevocably commits that conservative jurisdiction to the creature of foreign birth, that has been the idol of so many of the grand men of our American system of Freemasonry. That they are all right and this writer is wrong, may be an easy conclusion to those who hold views at variance with ours. But that this writer is not convinced by the mere force of numbers and great names is a fact that he is not slow to announce. He has failed to find any reason to withdraw the protest he has entered against the lofty claims of the Prerogative school. JOHN GIDEON HARRIS, Montgomery, G. M. DANIEL SA YRE, Montgomery, G. Sec.

ARKANSAS" ISSii. The Forty-sixth Annual Communication convened in Little Rock, November 24th, 1885, and continued in session three days. M. 'V. Bro. 'V. H. H. Clayton, Grand Mastp.r, presiding; ItW. Bro. Fay Hempstead was Grand Secretary. Representatives from 290 Lodges were present. There are:3n Lodges in that State, and the membership, according to reports,lO,Li:52. J. J. Sumpter represented the Grand Lodge of Missouri. The An'nual Address of the'Grand Master covered more than twenty pages, and was a document of decided interest. He noted the death of a num bel' of distinguiHhed MasonH of that State. Among them was an old personal friend, formerly of Missouri, and a member of this Grand I".odge. His name was 1... A. Pindall. The Grand Master said of him that he died with his harness on. 'We n}ake the following extract: No man of this Grand, Body wa.c; more faithful than he. A man of intelligence, a lawyer of ability, with a mind well balanced, always adhering rigidly to even-handed and exact justice. but willing that ,. justice should be tempered with mercy," he was peculiarly adapted for the discharge of those important duties devolving upon him as chairman of that Committee. But he has gone to appear before that august Tribunal "where we do all pray for mercy," and where in strict justice" none of us should see salvation."

He rer.ommended that a monument be erected to the memory of Past Grand Master E. H. English. He had granted a number of Dispensations for various purposes, special and general; among them, p'ermission to form seven new Lodges. He reported the arrest of several charters of Lodges. Many questions had been presented for his con-

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sideration; and, as usual, Arkansas is loaded down with Decisions. 'Ve have not the time or the disposition to pass upon their merits. The Address, taken as a whole, is in keeping with like productions of thatjurisdiction,an<l it is very creditable. During the session, the cornerstone of a State school for the blind was laid in Little Rock. The Report of the Grand Secretary was full, extended and complete. A special report was made by the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, and the Grand Lodges of Victoria and South Australia '\'ere duly and cordially recognized. The Grand Bodies of the Republic of Mexico were permitt.ed to pass without any recognition. A committee reported that the . monument to Past Grand Master .J. F. Hill had been completed and was now ready for dedication. GRAND ORATOR

R. H. Taylor delivered a brief and appropriate Oration, which was ordered to be printed in the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, and is to be read, by order, in the Lodges of the State. A lengthy and interesting report was }:endered by the Committee on Appeals and Grievances, and the same was adopted. The income of this Grand I.Jodge annually amounts to some eight thousand dollars. Vice-President Hendricks' death was announced during the session of the Grand Lodge. A committee of nine Past Grand Masters was appointed to draft resolutions expressi ve of the feelings of Grand Lodge. The follOWIng extract, from the report of the committee, we insert: - That it is with profound sorrow and ref;\'ret that this Grand Lodge has heard the sudden and shocking announcement that thIS great man and ruler has been so suddenly and unexpectedly called to his rest. This event is peculiarly afflicting even when considered in the mere light of the end of the earthly life of- a great and good man, whose past public service, great integrity of character, private and public, and distinguished ability, has rendered his name familiar to all English-speaking people. But when we consider that he was the second officer in the Go\,ernmcnt, and that now, as on a former occasion, it leaves one life less between the American people and National disorganization, we can scarcely realize the full meaning of this calamity. This Grand Lodge recognizes his death as a great national sorrow, the full consequence of which cannot be now foreseen, and, as citizens, we are deeply interested and profoundly moved.

The Grand Lodge of Arkansas, like the Grand IJodge of Missouri, has made a rule, granting payment of mileage and per diem to Past Grand Masters who attend session of Grand Lodge. From a brief review of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, we concluded that the condition of Masonry in that jurisdiction is fairly prosperous-at least holding its Own. CORRESPONDENCE.

A Report from G. E. Dodge, Chairman of the Committee, covers one hundred and thirty pages, largely written, though he furnishes many good extracts. Five pages were allotted to Missouri, embracing numer-

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ous extracts from the Address of Grand Master SteveQson, also from the Report of the Grand Secretary of this Grand Lodge. Of his work of correspondence, and our review, he has the following: Bro. Vincil does not shrink from controversy, nor does he hide his light .. under a bushel." He is nothing if not emphatic, and while, in the opinion of some, he is not altogether free from the charge of ., hobbyism," we fancy we observe less than llsual in the present report to justify such an accllsation. 'Ve always know where to find this Brother, and the devil had better get behind something larger than the traditional" stump" when Bro. Vincil girds himself for the fray.

Bro. Dodge failed to notice our review of 1884, consequently we do not know what he thinks of our reply to his former Report concerning physical perfection. He is an amiable writer, bright Mason, and a good man. T. C. HUMPHREY, Paris, G. M. FA Y HEMPSTEAD, Little Rock, G. Sec.

The Fourth Session of this Grand T... odge was held in the city of Phcenix, commencing on the tenth day of November. Representives of five Chartered Lodges were present, this being the whole numoer in the jurisdiction. M. W. Bro. M. P. Freeman, Grand Master, presided; R. W. Bro. G. J. Roskruge was Grand Secretary. The Grand Master presented an Address, covering five pages, embracing a few Decisions and matters of local interest. The membership in this Grand Lodge, contained in the five Lodges, amounts to 353. The Grand Secretary presented his annual report, covering all matters connected with his offiee. He was highly complimented by the Grand Master, who mentioned his important and valuable services. The condition of the Fraternity of this young Grand Lodge is represented as being very satisfactory. The Decisions, reported by the Grand Master, were severally approved. The Grand Lodge of South Australia was formally recognized. Resolutions in memory of Bro. S. 'V. Curtis, Past Grand Junior Warden, who had been called from life's labors, were presented and adopted. The new Grand Master, Bro. Titus, made an appropriate Address when he was installed into office. GRAND ORATOR

James A. Zabriskie delivered an appropriate Oration, which is printed in the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge. This exercise closed the business of the session. Increase of membership for the year amounted to three.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

Bro. Goldwater, Chairman of the Committee, furnished a very readable and interesting review, amounting to ninety pages. From bis opening remarks we make the following extract: The labor required in the preparation of a report grows larger each year, by reason of the increased number and size of the Proceedings reviewed. But the searcher for" more light" will find his interest increase as he reads and studies. and though he may at first 'overestimate his own knowledge, the teachings of Simons, Vaux, Vinci!, Parvin. Gurney, Drummond and others, will soon lead him to exclaim: â&#x20AC;˘. Wisdom resides with the aged, and understanding in length of days,"

Our Proceedings, for 1884, received kind attention-three pages being devoted to consideration of our report. Bro. Goldwater made some extracts from the Address of our Grand Master Hall, and paid special attention to the Report on Correspondence of this committee. He seemed to be a little snappish. We fear his digestion had been impaired. He takes us to task for some remarks made respecting some members of his race ,,'ho deal in "cheep clodings." He says that we are sometimes found apologizing to some mem bel' who feels we have hurt them. This is a mistake. We never intentionally injure any person's feelings, and therefore never 01fer any apologies. \Ve sometimes correct statements where misunderstood. \Ve know nothing of the game mentioned by Bro. Goldwater, and are wjJ]ing that his familiarity with the term employed shall atone for our ignorance. He need have no fear that we shall ever undertake the work of thrashing him. Our estimate of the Brother is too high to allow us to attempt anything of the kind. As a reporter, he has furnished the Masonic Fraternity a readable and interesting document. BENJAMIN TITUS, Tombstone, G. M. GEO. J. ROSKRUGE, Tucson, G. Sec.

BRITISH COLUMBIA, ISS5. The Fou'rtcenth Annual Communication was hel<1 in the city of Victoria, June 20th, 1885. The Grand Master, Bro. E. C. Baker, was absent, and Thomas Trounce, Deputy Grand Master, presided. Bro. Edward C. Neufelder was Grand Secretary. There are six Chartered Lodges, and a total membership of 312 in that jurisdiction. Grand Master Baker sent an Address that was read. It contains nothing of any general interest. The Deputy Grand Master presented a brief

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Address. The Grand Secretary's Report was full and complete. The Grand Lodge of South Australia was recognized. Also that of Peru in South America. 'Ye find nothing in the Proceedings of special importance. Thomas Trounce was elected Grand Master. The Grand Secretary, E. C. Neufelder, was re-electcd; both reside at Victoria.

CA....IFORNIA, ISS5. The Grand Lodge convened in the city of San Francisco, on the 13th day of October, 1885. M. ,;y. Bro..J. D. Hines, Grand Master, was present and presided; R. 'V. Bro. A. G. Abell was Grand Secretary. 195 chartered Lodges were represented, with Delegates from fonr Lodges under Dispensation. We always feel like giving California the full benefit of space, scissors and pen. By that we mean to say, we would extract as much as possible, and write to the fullest extent, because this is one of the Grand Jurisdictions of this country in which Masonry means something. ,\-Te believe there are more grand men and good works in that jurisdiction, to the size of it, than can be found in another similar territory under the sun. And Masonic charity, like their climate and streams, is warm and dear. Things are done on a broad and generous scale in that jurisdiction. There is something large about the idea of Masonry in California. Their journal of Proceedings is one of the largest that comes to this office, and always well filled with most interesting matter. Grand Master Hines presented an Address of merit which covered seven pages. He said the year closed had been marked with great prosperity. In his opening paragraphs he was touchingly tenuer and eloquent, as he referred to the venerable men whose heads were whitening for the grave, and who had stood among them so long as guide-boards and way-marks. He then proceeded to give a brief report of his official work of the past year. He reported having visited several districts and made personal investigation of the work and condition of the Lodges. His calculations were that Masonry never was in a more vigorolls and prosperous condition than now in that jurisdiction. He reports that affiliations have been quite nnmerOllS. Some of the Lodges have done but very little, if any work at all. As a result of his investigations, he found very few Lodges in debt-nearly all have something OIl hand for general expenses and calls of charity. He reports that more than forty Lodges own their temples and halls, and receive considerable income from the rent of property. He says that Lodges owning good halls and being free from debt, are always most harmonious and prosperous~ His Report embraces a full and complete

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statement of all official work done by him, or under his direction. He had granted Dispensations for the formation of four new I.odges. He records the fact that he granted permission in nine cases to reballot on rejected petitions, and one case is mentioned where he allowed the Lodge to act upon a petition for the degrees without appointing the uSIJ,al committee. He had answered many questions and decided numerous points, but did not deem it necessary to report many of his decisions. These decisions are all proper and correct as vie\\'cd by us from a Missouri standpoint. The Grand Master reported in brief the work performed by the Masonic Board of Relief of San Francisco. He stated that the fund of the Board amounted to over eleven thousand dollars, and this means that more than ten thousand had been distributed among charitable objects; more than four thousand of it had been given to the worthy and necdy claimants of their jurisdiction. It is astonishing how much money these California Masons distribute among the needy and suffering. The Report before us shows that the Board of Relief, during its organization, has paid out for the relief of the sick and needy Masons and their families, nearly a quarter of a million dollars. He reported the death of their Grand Treasurer, Bro. Moses Heller, who died on the morning of the Grand Lodge session. The Grand Master said as follows: Since preparing the foregoing, the pleasing views of our present prosperity and grand prospective future, have suddenly been shrouded in the deepest gloom and sorrow by the death of our well beloved Grand Treasurer, Bro. Moses Heller, who departed this life at twenty minutes past two o'clock this' morning. As a citizen he was the soul of hOllor and probity-as a man. the embodiment of those great moral qualities which adorn the true man-as a husbanq and father, the idol of a family upon whom he lavished a wealth of true love and affection. He has gone to a higher and better home, an irreparable loss to the Craft, and mourned alike by a lovin~ Fraternity and an admiring public. I recommend the appointment of a committee of three to draft an address expressing the sentiments and feelings of the Grand Lodge and of the Craft generally upon this sad occasion,

Grand Master Hines closed briefly a most important and valuable Address, which was followed by a lengthy and able Report by the Grand Seeretary, Bro. Abell, who f~lrnished in detail all matters of interest belonging to the Grand Lodge. His Report shows a total fund in the hands of the Grand Lodge, amounting to nearly twenty-four thousand dollars. He said the Grand Lodge owns nearly four thousand shares of the stock of the Masonic Hall Association in San Francisco, and that said stock is valued at nearly fifty thousand dollars. He reported the good news, which was already stale with him, that all Lodges had made returns and paid their dues. This was done in good time, thereby enabling the Grand Sel:retary to complete his Report and have everything in readiness for the Grand Lodge session. 'We indulge the hope of being able to make a similar report from the Lodges in this jurisdiction at an early day. The report of the Board of Relief of San Francisco, already mentioned in the Grand Master's Address, shows that

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they had paid out over ten thousand dollars. Seven thousand :five hundred of whi(~h had been distributed among the sick and distressed persons, who live outside of California. Out of this large sum of money expended in charity, the Masons of California, wives, 'widows and orphans of that jurisdiction, received a very small share. The amount of money returned to them for relief afforded to the needy, just about equals the sum paid out to relieve the wants of those in their own jurisdiction. From the foregoing statements, we have simply to say that the Board of Relief of San Francisco does more to relieve the wants of those outside of their o,vn jurisdiction than all other Grand Lodges in this country whose Reports we have seen. Our own Board of Relief does something in rendering assistance to the needy who call upon them; but, as a rule, they expect and require that the amount paid shall be returned. We seriously question this method of distributing charity, and soberly doubt whether there is any charity in it at all. The (i'rand Master's Address was declared by a competent committee, as displaying skill and ability. He is complimented upon his zeal in the discharge of his various and heavy duties. We can heartily endorse the compliment, finding it Ito be a paper of very great merit, and entitling him to the commendation of, " Well done, thou good and faithful servant." . California Grand Masters, as far as our observation goes, in the last eight years, have been men of mark, and have left their impress upon the work and history of Masons in that jurisdiction. Concerning. the Grand Secretary, Bro. Abell, a very proper endorsement of his valuable services and long continued good work as a Grand Officer, was adopted. ORATION.

The Grand Lodge of California seems to be richly endowed with orators and great men. We have noticed heretofore in the list of their members, distinguished Brethren as the namesakes of such men as Clay, Benton, 'Webster and others of like prominence. An occasional oration or address from some of these distinguished members of the Craft has proved that California is rich in large mental substance, as well as in gold and other valuable metals. 'Ve find an oration in the Proceedings, covering five pages, delivered by Grand Orator, Bro. Knighten. This oration is one of the most readable productions that we have found in the list of oratorical products. We would like to transfer the whole Address to our Report, but this cannot be expected, and to take a part without taking the whole is to mar its beauty and destroy its symmetry. We will, however, make the following extract: F'ir.~t-To be a Mason, a man must have a desire to hear, and see, and know some truths hidden from the view of other men; to find a mystery of value to the heart and mmd unknown before.' Second-That desire must be intelligently directed. The surroundings of a Mason must be able to enlighten and develop the manly qualities of the man.

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ThiTd-To be a Mason. man must be a temple. In him must live, as ar.tive ag-encies. all the hi!fhest mental and moral qualities. He must be able to love, to obey. and to be These are eternal principles. Time and the grave can never touch them.

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Fou,rth-A man must be progressive.. If we have a dogma, this is it. We accept the great doctrine of :Masonic evolution. and advocate a specia.l order of advancement. We move along all the lines of nsefulness that God has ordained in all his laws. Each individual mllst march with his elbow tOllching a Brother, and with his eyes expectantly fixed upon the sublime work of self-conquest.

The friends of Masonry have been the benefactors of the race. They have championed every cause dear to the poor, the ignorant, and the oppressed. and have many times fought the battles of human liberty against the votaries of snperstition and tyranny. They have been the friends of learning. Art, science and literature have often lit their torches at our altar fires. They have always borne aloft the banner of religions liberty. From age to age the light of divine truth has been shining upon her altars; and, with consistent and steady march. she bas taught the world the great lessons of liberal thought. Not a religious institution, we have guarded the word of God more closely than our traditions, and have preserved its golden pages beneath our heads and hid its teachings in our hearts.

The Grand Orator well deserved the thanks of the Grand Lodge which he received, and the compliment of having his Address published in the Proceedings. During the session of the Grand Lodge, the funeral of the late Grand Treasurer, Bro. Heller, took plaee. He was buried from the Grand Lodge Hall. A very excellent funeral oration was delivered upon t.he occasion by Past Grand :Master L. E. Pratt, also by the distinguished .Jewish Rabbi, Rey. Dr. Cohn. The Grand Lodge of California is nothing if not liberal, as evidenced by the fact that the following resolution, offered by Past Grand Master Pratt, was approved; Resolved, That in token of our appreciation of the early services of our vcnerable Pa..<;t Grand Ma..<;ter, Johnathun Drake Stevenson, and in evidence of our continued esteem and affection for him as a man and a Mason, the SlIm of twelve hundred dollars be set apart and appropriated to his usc from the general fund of this Grand Lodge. to be remitted to hIm, under the direction of the Grand Master, in monthly installments of one hundred dollars each.

Here is another case whi(~h shows that our Brethren are disposed to do kind deeds: A Mason had deserted his wife, and she desired to return to her friends in the East.. A proposition was presented to donate one hundred dollars to assist this lady, out of the Grand Lodge fund. The COlnrnittee on Finance report:ed adversely, but proposed that the hat be passed around and a collection be taken up in behalf of the unfortunate woman. This was done, and the result was one hundred and one dollars raised for her benefit. Should we ever be strapped in traveling, we should like to fall into the hands of Califonlia Masons. The Grand Lodge granted four Charters for the formation of new Lodges, the same having been under Dispensation. Much business of local charadeI' was transacted.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

A Report, covering 140 pages, was presented by Bro. James 'V. Anderson, Chairman of the Committee. He had reviewed the l">roceedings of fifty-three Grand Lodges. This is one of the strongest Reports met with in the labors of a reviewing Committee. Bro. Anderson is a clear thinker, ready in argument, possessing a strong grasp and comprehension. The California Brethren lost nothing in placing him in charge of this department of work. 'We would like to make a number of extracts if our space would jnstify. We must be allowed to clip from his review of Illinois two extracts in which he grapples Bro. Gurney, and we think gets the better of him in argument: Under Kentucky, Bro. Gurney avcrs that" there is no such thing as a' right to Lodge assistance or :Masonic burial,'-a right that can be enforced under any construction of law in the premises." Very true, if he alludes to rights that could be enforced by the laws of the land. All rights originate out of, and have, their correspondinl! duties. The rights of Masonry, as we underRtand them, are social rights; such are the rights to Lod~e assistance and Masonic burial, and every Mason can claim them. Masonry enjollls upon everyone the duty to relieve the distressed, and render unto him" every kind office which justice or mercy may require "-to do unto him as, in similar circumstances, we would have him do unto us. Every Mason certainly has a right to claim the discharge of every Masonic duty on the part of his Brethren, so long as he deports himself in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Fraternity. It is in this seme that we understand the term" rights," as used in Masonry, and we are of the opinion that t.he laws of the Fraternity pos:;ess sanctions, for without sanction law is not law. The Grand Lodge is the primal tribunal by means of which these rights are enforced, or by means of which Brethren are compelled to observe the discharge of their duties. Brethren pay into the treasuries of our Lodges their fees and dues, with the understanding that in distress it is the duty of the Lodges to relieve them, and to render Ilnto them justice and mercy; thus, even the pecuniary prerogative seems to be established.

We dissent from the opinion expressed by Bro. Gurney, in his review of New .Jersey, to the effect that the burial of a Mason is a cOtwtesy but not a right. Our jurisdiction holds that" every Master Mason, who is in good standing at the time of his death, is entitled to he buried with Masonic honors, and that the Master of a Lodge hs,s no discretion to determine whether he should or should not be so buried." We believe with Bro. Mackey that .. the right to be conducted to his last home by his Brethren, and to be committed to his mother ear.th with the ceremonies of the Order, is one, that, under certain restrictions, belongs to every Master IIIason." It is true. ,. there is not any law that is properly mandatory upon the subject;" yet, by implication from regulations handed down as a custom in Masonry for a century and a half, the right has been definitely established. Besides, the admission of Bro. Gurney himself (under Oregon) is contradictory of the proposition" that the burial of a Masoll is a courtesy." He there claims that an un~ttiUated contributor" pays h is money to acq nire, as the Ill. w nnderstands it, the j'ight to be cared for in distress, llnd the further j'ight to be cared for in death."

The jOIl!nal of our Proceedings was carefully reviewed in a notice of five pages. He mane some extracts from the Address of Grand Master Hall, saying that document possessed large thought, and was filled with valuable suggestions. He noticed the treatment of the saloon-keeping question by Grand Master Hall, and commended bis vigorous course upon that subject. He had this to say concerning the Grand Secretary, and Grand Lecturer of Missouri: It is quite a distinguished compliment to the Grand Secretary, Bro. .John D. VincH, that, owing to the careful and prudent manner in which he has manag-ed the affairs of his office, the Grand Master is enabled to recommend the distributioH among the Lodges of an amount equal to one-third of the year's dues. The Grand Master, ill his concluding

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paragraph, ad.diS further praise to this efficient officer, and also to the Grand Lecturer, Bro. Allen McDowell, remarking that, "no one will or can ever know bow invaluable these officers are to this Grand Body, until, as its executive head, he has pnssed through the ordeal of administering its affairs." This remark is equally true of our own and other jurisdictions. Indeed. the prosperity of the Fraternity depends greatly, in all the jurisdictions, upon the skill and fidelity with which these two officials administer the duties of their positions. If we may jUdge from their Reports, Bros. Vinci! and McDowell are the right men in the right places.

'Ye will be excused in making the following extracts from Bro. Anderson's review of Missouri: We eommend to the Order of Knights Templar the healthy rebuke administered by Bro. Vincil. in his review of the Proceedings of Kentucky for 1883. We have no war with these Brethren, but we fear that there is too much truth in all that our Brother has written concerning the character of these Triennials. Bro. Vinci! suggests that, as eighteen years before, these Triennial exhibitions were put upon wheels in 81. Louis, it will be in order for her, having the opportunity in 1886, "to reform and correct this monstrous evil." The views expressed are deserving of the careful consideration of Knights Templar everywhere, and not of Knights alone, but also of aU those ~ho have the interests of Masonry at heart.

California has enjoyed some able and rare thoughts from two reviewers of the same name-Thos. Hart Benton and James ViTright Anderson. Both rank high in the corps of Correspondents. We presume "one of the name is as good as the same," as, said the girl, when she married the other fellow. The Anderson that Missouri gave California, has not only a hart in his name, but a heart in his body, and a big one at that. While we parted with him regretfully as Orator and Reviewer for California, yet we are comforted with the assurance that the other Anderson is "the right man in the right place." May he continue as well in the work as he has commenced. Then the ~Y(right) Anderson and the H( e )art Anderson both be cherished in warm h(e)arts and by (w)right minds. WILEY JAMES TINNIN, G. M. ALEXANDER G. ABELL, G. Sec.

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CANADA, 1885. As usual, we find a number of Special Communications reported in the jOllrnalof this Grand Lodge: The Thirtieth Annual Session was held in the city of Hamilton, July 8th, 1885. The journal containing the Proceedings came to hand in July, ]886, and we bad to write for it in order to make this notice. M. W. Bro. Hugh Murray, Grand Master, was present and presided; R. W. Rro. J ..J. Masoh was Grand Secretary. Out of 356 Lodges on the roll, 253 were represented. There are about 19,000 members in that jurisdiction.

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Of Grand Master Murray was of sufficient length-covering twenty pages. He announced deaths, Lodges of Instruction, visits, and the formation of a new Lodge. Dl~CISIONS.

He reported a number of rulings made, and they were approved by the Grand Lodge. He ruled that a Quaker who does not take an oath, cannot be made a Mason, as an affirmation is not admissible. In the judgment of this Committee, the Grand Masterstrained'the law beyond any justification. Vve teach that the OBLIGATION makes the Mason. What is an obligation? It is to bind, to hold by a constraining motive, a vow, a prom'ise. "An obligation is something which constrains or induces us so act." It is not from a want of belief in the Almighty that the Quaker refuses to take an oath. It is because he reverences the Deity to such an extent that he will not swear, but only affirm. His conscience is to be respected. And a vow or promise from such, is wort.h as much or more t.han the oaths taken by many who regard an oath as a mere form. " A tender conscience is a stronger obligation than a prison."

W'e would not hesitate to obligate a Quaker who would affirm the points in the several degrees required at the altar of Masonry. His declaration of belief in the one living and true God, made before he is brought to the altar, and then his affirmation of the points in the obligation before the Brethren and in the presence of God, would be sufficient to bind him to the Institution. If he should refuse to affirm in the name of God, we would send him forth whence he came, and let him be to us as a heathen man and publican.

Grand Master Murray decided, righteomily, too, that agnostics, freethinkers and all such, can have no place among us. He admits that an Indian, who is not enfranchised, can be made a Mason. We extract the following from the journal as expressin~ a hearty and unfeigned belief in the great essential doctrine which lies at the very foundation of Masonic life. The Grand Master said: . My Brethren, Masonry wisely requires no more than a belief in one great all-powerful God. the Great Architect of the Universe. its Father and Preserver, who bas revealed his will to man. and whO will punish vice and reward virtue. but it requires that, and nothing less will be accepted. The man who denies the existence of a God is already excluded; practical atheism should also be excluded, in the persons of those who only admit, that there possibly may be a God, there may be a future life, where men will be rewarded or punished for the deeds done in the body. How can such a one be a Mason? The volume of the sacred law. given to rule lind govern our faith and placed on our altars, has for him no symbolic meaning. His answer that he puts his trust in God is untrue, to him the philosophy of Masonry is meaningless.

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Tn this ag'e of scepticism and unbelief it cannot be too plainly asserted or too clearly understood that the Grand J,odge of Canada. will admit none within the portals of our Lodges, 11.01' I:onlinnc the privileges oj Preemasonry to an!! who do not acknowledgc their belief in God; that He has revealed His will to man in the volume of the Sacred Law which we recognize as the first of the three great lights of Masonry, and the One to rule and govern our f!\ith, and God will certainly punish viee and reward virtue. Men who claim a right to dIsbelieve, or at all events doubt the existence of God, or to doubt that there will be a futnre life of rewards and punishments, having no right to approach our altars-no footing on the floor of our Lodges. It is worse than mockery to recommend the volume of the Sacred Law to the serious contemplation of such men, 01' charge them to consider it the unerring standard of truth and justice and to regulate their actions by the Divine precepts which it contains; to admonish them that therein they will be taught the important duty they owe to their God, to their neighbor and to themselves; to declare to them that such duty requires them never to mention God's name, but with that awe and reverence which are due from the creature to his Creator; to implore His aid on all their lawful undertakings and to look up to Him in every emergency for comfort and support. While it would savour of blasphemy to invoke the aid of the Almighty upon the lIlitiation of such men, and to implore Him that they may dedicate and devote their lives to His service, to ask that they may be endowed with a competency of His divine wisdom. that they may display the beauties of true Godliness, or at a later stage to implore the Almighty to so pass them under His protection through the vallQY of the shadow of death, that they may finally arise from the tomb of tramgression to shine as the stars forever and ever.

How can such men hope to obtain a blessed and everlasting rest in that spiritual edifice not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens.

The Address throughout was a sound, conservative and superior paper, worthy of a Grand Lodge of English-speaking people. The great teachings of Masonry are safe in the hands of our English Brethren. They excel in many things which constitute the practical value of Freemasonry. Their Charities are the' commanding and the commendable features of work. From a thorough examination of the journals of the Grand Lodges of the world, we hesitate not to say that the Masons of Canada and England distance all others in works of charity. They have systematized their work and hence it tells. The Grand Lodge of Canada wisely, we think, continued the able and efficient Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Hugh Murray, in office for another term. The Grand Secretary, R. W. Bro. J. ,T. Mason, was also re-chosen. Both reside at Hamilton. No Report on Correspondence.

(JOLORADO, ISSri. The Twenty~fifth Anunal Communication was held in Denver, on the 5th day of September, 1885. M. W. Bro. J. H. Peabody, Grand Master, presided; R. 'V. Bro. Ed. C. Parmelee was Grand Secretary. There are fifty-five Chartered Lodges in that jurisdiction, with a mel1lbership amounting to 3,75G. There was a gain over the previous year of 175. The Proceedings of this Grand Lodge have a fresh and handsome appearance, reminding one of the pure air of that splendid country. The Grand Master's Address covered eleven pages. From his opening we will take the following:

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Among you there should not exist any difference of opinion but such as may arise from mistake in judgment; and, while you exercise that charitable construction of the motives of others which has heretofore characterized the actions of the members of this Grand Lodge, we rnay have everything to hope that the deliberations of this body will result in the accomplishment of its aims, and receive the sanction and approbation of the whole Fraternity. Let us, therefore, my Brethren, approach the duties which have summoned us from our homes without strife or jealousy, but with a calm determination of purpose to abrogate no present law until we are fully convinced that the adoption of another will prove something more than an unsatisfactory experiment.

* Though we as a Commonwealth have been wondrously spared from sickness or sorrow, the Masonic Fraternity and the world at large has been called upon to mourn the loss of two of its most distinguished men. Sir Moses Montefiore, the world-renowned philanthropist, and who was spared in God's providence to celebrate his 100th birthday, died Quietly at his home in Ramsgate, England, on July 29th of the present year. He was It consistent member of the MllS0nic Order. and was everywhere known as the" Ideal Jew," though he was beloved by Christians as well as by those of his own religion, and his death will be mourned throu~hout the civilized world. The other-our" Nation's Hero," General 11. S. Grant, who died at Mount McGregor, New York. on July 23d. There, amid the quiet of the hills, removed from all the pomp and the stirrin~ scenes of his active life. tbe first citizen of our Republic closed his eyes in his last sleep.. The mooesty, the simplicity, the courage, the fortitude, the integrity, the power to plan great achievements, with the ability to execute them, were all combined in this true American. Great was his work, and great must be bis reward.

It must not be inferred from the above that Mr. Grant was a Mason.

He said, as far as he was able to judge, the condition of the Craft was good. There had been an increasing interest in the work, and in attendance upon Lodge meetings, and greater care exercised in the qualifications for the candidates for the mysteries of Masonry. He said peace and harmony generally prevailed. He reported the formation of three new Lodges under Dispensation, and had granted permission in some instances to Lodges to confer the degrees out of time. He reported about a dozen Dech;ions. 'We regard them as sound expositions of Masonic jurisprudence. They all apply to local questions. The Grand Secretary's Report, as a business document, was first class. The Grand Orator, Bro. A. Gove, delivered a brief and quite interesting Oration. The Grand Lodge ordered five thousand dollars of its money to be funded. The Grand Lodge of New South Wales was not recognized. The following was adopted concerning the Grand Lodge of Quebec: Your Committee on Correspondence beg leave to report that they have had under consideration the correspondence received by the Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Quebec near this Gralld Lodge. and beg leave to report that we find it a somewhat delicate matter to properly determine. Your committee are clearly of the opinion that the best interests of Masonry in the Province of Quebec would be largely benefited if the three Lodges holding and working under charters from the Grand Lodge of England would ~ever their allegiance to the mother Grand Lodge and unite with the Grand Lodge of Quebec ill making tha.t jurisdiction what it fails to be-a harmonious. and ultimately a more prosperous Grand Body. Your committee beg l.eave路to state further, that thpJ believe universal sovereignty to be the American doctrine and best calculated to advance and encourage harmony and prosperity.

As the transactions of the Grand Lodge are purely local, we find nothing beyond the foregoing requi.ring our special notice. During the G. L. Ap.-2.

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session of the body a banquet was given, and there was a celebration of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Grand Lodge organization. Toasts were offered, and speeches made. CORRESPONDENCE.

The Report of 100 pages was furnished by Bro. Greenleaf, for the COllllnittee. Some fifty Gr:md Lodge Proceedings were reviewed. The Report of Bro. Greenleaf is a good one, containing many extracts from Proceedings of other Grand Lodges, as well as comments upon the doings of said bodies. The Proceedings of Missouri for 1884, were granted four pages, in which the Committee made a number of extracts from Grand l\Iaster Hall's Address. Concerning our Report on Correspondence, he had this to say: . The Grand Lodge finances being in excellent condition, its surplus funds for the year were set apart as a fund to aid in establishing a "Widows' and Orphans' Home" in the near future. The Report on Correspondence, by Bro. John D. Vincil, is of the ag~ressive sort, and "red hot" on the temperance question, in fact one has to stop and reassure himself as to whether he is reading a Masonic document or a" broadside" of the" Prohibition Party. His strictures on "saloon-keeping Masons" are pointed and effective and cannot be successfully controverted. We think, however, it is time for Bro. V. to give the Fraternity a rest and allow his leaven to work through the mass. There is great danger of his overdoing matters and "runnin~ the thing into the ground." While Masonry re~ards Temperance as first of the cardinal virtues, it is not a "Temperance organizatlOn," and any attempt to "work it" in that interest will eventually fail.

vVe will simply say in reply, that it has been our purpose to make things not only" red hot," but lively, for both drunken and drunkardmaking Masons in this jurisdiction. By the influence and aid of "good men and tme," in our Grand Lodge, the work has been accomplished. No saloon-keeper "need apply" in Missouri. The Grand Lodge has said to such Masons as are in the business, "You must quit Masonry or quit the business of saloon-keeping." The" broadside" at which our amiable co-worker in Colorado flings a passing jest, was not fired by a member of the" Prohibition Party"-not even and adherent of that "Party "-but by one who has no compromise to make with vice in any form. When our Bro. Greenleaf is informed that this writer belongs to no "temperance organization" except the church, and is not trying to "work" Masonry in the interest of the so-called temperance movements of the day, he may raise his" strictures" and change his views, provided, he wants to. 'Vhen our work is done, we will "rest." The "leaven" has "leavened the whole lump" in this jurisdiction. As to the need of the. " leaven" else,,'here, we are not prepared to speak. We are led to infer that it is not needed-perhaps not wanted-in other fields, from the way our Brethren carp at the" broadsides" of this Committee.

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From the Conclusion of Bro. Greenleaf's excellent Review, we clip the following: In the Masonic World at large the outlook is most encoura~ing. With few exceptions, a. season of prospcrity prevails, and a healthy growth IS reported. The general tendcncy of Masonic effort IS lar~ely in the direction of greater charity. This manifests itself ill the creation of munificent" Charity Funds," the founding of" Widows' and Orpans' Homes," "Homes for Indigent Masons," and undertakings of a like chara<,ter. This is indeed a happy omen for the furture and a conclusive answer to the frequent query." What good does Masonry do?" The subject of Temperance. the first of our cardinal virtues, is also attracting much attention. the legislation being chiefly directed against Masons who arc saloon keepers. Many new Grand Lodges are seeking recognition, but with indifferent success, either owing their organization by a minority of Lodges, or beeause they are so mixed up with Supreme Councils and Grand Orients, that Symbolic Masonry is unequal to the task of trying to extricate them. The" old straw" of .. non-payment of dues." "non-affiliates," .. perpetual jurisdiction," "physical qualifications," etc., etc., is continually re-threshcd by the revIewcrs, and a few more â&#x20AC;˘. kernels of wheat" are added to the common store. We have written our Report in moments snatched from business pursuits and amid frequent interruptions. We have endeavored to treat all with fairness and courtesy. If there are any instances where we have departed from that standard, we tender our sincere regrets.

Bro. Geo. "'\lyman, of Longmont, was elected Grand Master, and Bro. Ed. C. Parnielee was re-elected Grand Secretary. His address is Georgetown.

{;ONNECl.'I{;UT, 18S6. The 'Ninety-eighth Annual Session was held in Hartford, commencing January 20th, and was presided over by M. ",\T. Bro. Dwight "Vaugh, Grand Master; R. ",V. Bro, J. K. 'Yheeler was Grand Secretary. A handsomely gotten up volume contains the Proceedings of this session. Every Lodge was represented, amounting to one hundred and eleven in that jurisdiction. The membership foots up 14,904. The income amounts to about $2,600. The Grand Master's Address covered fourteen pages, and was purely a business document. He reported only one Decision, wbich is as follows: A Brother having pre~ented a petition for affiliation, accompanied by a dimit, and baving been accepted by the Lodge to which he applies, becomes a member of that Lodge, without further action on his part.

He announced that aid had been rendered to the citizens of Galveston, Texas. And used the following language: On the 13th of November last one of the most destnIctive fires that ever wasted an American city broke out in the city of Gal veston. Before the flames were stayed, over five hundred houses were destroyed and nearly five thousand people rendered homeless. Sysematic steps were immediately taken by the Fraternity of the city to ascertain the loss which had befallen worthy Masons, their widows and orphans, and the result of the investigation demonstrated that the needs were largely in excess of the ability of the local Masonic bodies or the general citizens' committee to relieve.

From his Conclusion we make the following extract:

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As at this Communication I close my official connection with you, I shall carry with me a thousand tender memories of the many occasions on which I have been your guest, and which have so much served to lil$'hten the office of Grand Master of its burdens. As I surrender the insignia of office, whIch your kind partiality has for the last two years committed to my keeping, I shall do so with the hope that you have found no serious cause to regret that it was committed to my hands.

Over six hnndred dollars were raised for the relief of the suffering caused by the fire in the city of Galveston. The Report of Bro. 'Wheeler, Grand Secretary, iS,as usual, a complete document. Upon the recommendation of Bro. Wheeler, the resolution was adopted recognizing the Grand Lodge of South Australia. There was no business transacted of general interest that need be referred to in this Report. CORRESPONDENCE.

Bro. J. K. 'Wheeler, as usnal, presented the Heport, covering 114 pages, which is in keeping with the labors of that Committee in past years-brief, and to the point. Our Proceedings for the year of 1885 received an extended notice, covering five pages. Extracts were made from the Address of the Grand l\faster, and from this Committee's Report on Correspondence. vVe make the following extract concerning finances: Our revenue is only twenty centc; pel' capita, you know, and it is a wonderment to Bro. Vinci! how we stear clear of bankruptcy, with so small an income. We are not hoarding up large sums of money to tempt some Grand Secretary or Grand Treasurer from the straight path of duty, as was the case nearly twenty years ago. If the year is closed without drawin~ upon the private pocket of the Grand Treasurer to pay the bills, we consider our conditIOn indeed fortunate. There is no chance for fraud on such a basis.

"Brevity being the soul of wit," we close with this brief review of Bro. Wheeler's interesting Report. H. H. GREEN, Danielsonville, G. 1\1. J.K. WHEELER, Hartford, G. Sec.

DAKOT A., 1886. The Twelfth Session was held in the city of Bismarck, on the 8th of June. 1\-1. W. Bro. William Blatt, Grand Master, presided, and R. W. Bro. Charles T. McCoy was Grand Secretary. Sixty Lodges were represented out of eighty-six on the roll. The Heport shows a membership of 3,154 in that jurisdiction. The numerical growth is steady and satisfactory. As to this, the Grand Master in his Ad/tress, said: I have been less interested in our growth from without than progress within our walls. Judging from the extensive correspondence of the year past, I am pleased to report to you that the government of our Lodges is in the hands of Brethren both zealous

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and intelligent. We have yet, however, much to learn: but as there is a disposition and earnest effort displayed to gain more light, I feel convinced that our labors will find reward. Many of our sister Grand Lodges have adopted for the guidance of the Craft within their jurisdiction a " Masonic Code." containing not only a compilation of local regulations, but also the common law of Masonry, acknowledged as such by the Masonic world. I believe that the compilation of such a code would materially aid in the diffusion of Masonic light. With the knowledge and experience of others to draw from, I do not think that such a work would require any extraordinary labor, and believe that our Lodges would gladly embrace the opportunity of securing such a code, and recompense the Grand Lodge for the outlay.

The Grand Master reported the relations with other Grand Lodges as cordial and fraternal. He rendered three Decisions which were sensible and sound expositions of Masonic law. Here is one: "A person with one eye, the other being good, may be made a Mason." This is as proper as it is just. The other rulings were in keeping with the first. Concerning the grant of extra privileges to do unlawful things he said: "I have refused at all times to set aside any law or regulation." This sounds as if the Grand Master had been educated in a school akin to Missouri. Ten Dispensations had been granted to form new Lodges. Bro. Blatt was of opinion that too many Lodges \vere being formed. He said: I cannot in connection with this subject suppress an expression of my views, formed by experience during my official term and a perusal of the Proceedings of other Grand Lodgoes. I believe our policy in permitting the formation of new Lodges to have been too liberal. Fewer Lodges and stronger ones WOUld, in my judgment, be conducive to tbe achievement of those results for which the Institution exists. I recommend a change in our By-Laws, raising the requisite number of petitioners from seven to fifteen. and a total abolition of the regulation relative to distance from a proposed to an established Lodge. Population and not area should govern, and coupled with it a more conservative policy in granting Dispensations. PARVIN.

rl'he following will be read with pleasurable interest by many of the Craft in Missouri: The resolution passed by the Grand Lodge at our last session, to present M. W. Bro. Theo. S. Parvin with some testimonial of the high esteem in which he is held by the Craft of this jurisdiction, has been carried into effect. The Grand Chapter and Gmud Commandery of Dakota desired to participate in our action, alld 011 behalf of these several bodies M. \,y. Bro. Hand, of the committee appointed for that purpose, proceeded to Cedar Rapids and presented our eminent Brother with a gold watch, handsomely and appropriately engraved. and a gold chain. Thougb somewhat overcome by tbe unexpccted token, his remarks upon the occasion were couched in terms of that fraternll.llove and kindness which has so endeared him to the Craft in Dakota. As a further evidence of the same, he has, under date of May 10th, advi~ed me thathe desired to prescnt to this Grand Lodge his Library of Proceedings of Grand Lodges, Chapters, Council and Commanderies. ~everal hundred volumes in number, as soon as a place can be provided for their safe keeping. It is unnecessary for me to state tbat this will prove a most valuable acquisition to our Library, and one worthy of the generous donor. Your action in the maLter at this time is req uested. I trust that we may be able to provide for the aceeptance of the generons and valuable gift at this Communication. Your action relative thellCto is awaited by Bro. Parvin.

The Grand Secretary, Bro, McCoy, had things well in hand and the business pertaining to his department was in good condition. He shows adaptation to the work of his position. In bringing out the journal of Proceedings he surpassed himself this year, and fairly enters the race with others for first honors as to time and style. Why not?

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The general business of the Session being local, need not be notieed here. A Report,'of two pages, on Correspondence was presented by a committee. They declined any action on the non-intercourse question with English Lodges, growing out of the Quebec difficulties. It ,vas deemed inexpedient to recognize the bodies claiming recognition in Mexico. The Grand Lodge of Victoria was not deemed regular in organization, and no steps were taken, looking to its recognition. The Grand Lodge of South Australia was reeognized. 'rheCommittee on Jurisprudence reported that a person with one .eye should not be made a .Mason. As well might said committee have reported against making a Mason of one whose little finger or little toe had been cut off. One disqualifies as much as the other. The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were re-elected. Bro. William Blatt lives at Yankton, and Bro. Chas. T. McCoy resides at Aberdeen.

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The journal under rewiew contains the Proceedings of one Special Session, and also the Seventy-ninth Annual Communication. This -Session was held in the city of 'Wilmington, on the 7th and 8th days of October, ]885. M. W. Bro. Thomas Davidson was Grand Master, and Wm. S. Hays was Grand Secretary. There are twenty-one Lodges, with a membership of about 1,500, in that jurisdiction. The Grand Master opens h is Address in the following pleasan t terms: Another year has gone. We are spared to meet again. We come to-day from onr various homes to review the work of the past, and to take counsel together for the future. With hearty thankfulness we recognize the care and protection of our Heavenly Father, and with sincerity invoke His assistance in the duties that will demand our attention .. It affords me pleasure to meet and greet you all at this our Seventy-ninth Annual Communication, and I trust that the great Architect of the Universe may spare us to meet many times yet in the future. I see to-day hefore me the faces of many who year after year have attended the Communication of the Grand Lodge. I also see those who for the first time have come here as Representatives to take part with us. To all of you 1 extend .a cordial and fraternal greeting. .

He reported a number of official acts and doings on his part, among them were three Decisions, which were evidently correct. There is nothing of special interest in the Address to require attention. The Report of the Grand Secretary shows a good business state of affairs in that jurisdiction. The Grand Lodge declined to take any action on the I.ouisiana resolutions. We cannot find anything in the Proceedtngs of sufficient interest to claim special attention. CORRESPONDENCE.

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is the first Report we have ever found in the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Delaware. 'We therefore welcome Bro. Dobb to the list of Reporters, and warmly return his expressions of pleasure at becoming acquainted with the workers in this grand field. His Report is quite readable and is largely written, containing but very few extracts. He reviewed our Proceedings for 1884, and complimented our Grand Master Hall in very high terms. He thinks that \ve draw the line a little too closely in Missouri .respecting drunkenness by Masons, and Saloon-keeping Masons. He says a regulation concerning habitual drunkenness is proper, but he does not see the justice or right of making a saloon-keeper unfit to receive the degrees, and also making it a Masonic offense for a Brother to engage in such business. He admits, however, that 'as this is a local question and belongs to the Masons of Missouri, they have a right to legislate to suit themselves. 'We have this to say in reply: That Missouri is responsible for her own legislation, and expects to stand by these rules respeeting un masonic conduct, such as drunkenness and saloon-keeping. A Mason selling liquor and destroying the lives of our Brothers will prove a great curse anywhere, while a rule preventing it will be a benefit to the Masonic Order. Con'cerning our Report on Correspondence, Bro. Dobb had this to say: The Report of the Committee on Correspondence, by Bro. John D. Vincil, Grand Secretary, is, as usual, a strong. well written paper. Bro. Vinci! has very strong convictions on most subjects relating to Masonry, and expr~sses them with force and freedom. In revieWing the Proceedings of the different bodies. he enters into a number of subjects with his wonted vigor. But as most of the subjects have been much discussed already, and as his Review of the fifty-two Annuals is necessarily quite lengthy, want of time. and the limitations placed upon the Committee on Correspondence by our Grand Lodge prevents our attempting to follow him. We have read his Review with a great deal of mterest and we trust WiLh profit.

'We are glad to know that in future" Little Delaware" will be represented ably by Bro. Dobb in the reportorial corps. Bros. Davidson and Hayes were both re-elected, and live in Wilmington.

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This is a small jurisdiction, having some eighty Lodges, with a membership of 2,302, showing a gain of 114 the past year. The journal of Proceedings embraces sixty pages. The Fifty-seventh Session was held in Jacksonville, on the 19th of January, 1886, and was presided over by 1\1. ",V. Bro. Robert J. Perry, Grand Master; R. VV. Bro. D. C. Dawkins was Grand Secretary. Representatives were present from sixty-eight Lodges. A short Address, of five pages, from the Grand Master, contained all matters connected with his official administration. He had rendered and reported several Decisions, one of which we do not like. It is, that a Lodge under Dispensation cannot receive and

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affiliate members. What is such a Lodge for, if not to increase its membership by this method as well as others? He also decided that the Grand Master had no power to grant a duplicate Charter. Such is not our law in Missouri. We ask the question, what a Grand Master is for? And wish to know what will become of that Lodge until the next session of the Grand Lodge? We think the law in that case should be amended. He granted a number of special Dispensations, six of whieh were to confer the degrees out of time. It strikes us as very singular that a Grand Master can override the Constitution, and allow the degrees to be conferred out of tinle, and is yet not authorized to grant a duplicate Charter to a Lodge which bas lost the original. Tbe Heport of Grand Secretary Dawkins is a good business document, presenting in detail all of tbe business connected with his official work, and shows he is an officer who understands his business. This Grand Lodge has a Pay-roll, and, from the report of 'the Committee, we conelude that it about exhausts the funds on hand. The Report shows, however, that the financial condition of the Grand l,odge is sound and satisfactory. The Grand Secretary reported that a fire, which occurred in December last, had destroyed much of the property of his oftlce, consisting of books and other printed matter. The loss was estimated at more than six thousand dollars. There was an insurance of two thollsand dollars on the property, and the insuranee had been paid. }<'rom his report on the subject we take the following: The Grand Lodge is fortunate in having saved from the burning wreck its manuscript records, from its organization to date. The register of the Grand Lodge, which has been made and prepared upon no spareity of time and labor, and which is so useful, and a nucleus of books upon which can yet be rebuilt a magnificent Masonic Library, WhICh, if done, an intelligent Craft must and will appreciate. Now, wben it is so well known that the creation, growth and preservation of the Library is due'almost exclusively to the seventeen years personal devotion, management and exertion of your present Grand Secretary, as well as the performed duty of keeping some insurance thereon, he feels as if he hud some right to suggest, for your thoughtfu~ consideration, what disposition should be made of the funds arising from the loss; he therefore does so. H the Grund Lodge bas a reasonable appreciation of being the owner and possessor of a good Library. at least one路half of the funds, say $1,000, should be expended in rebuilding it and makinl; the office of its eustodian, the Grand Secretary, a titting place for its receptacle. and for keeping in decent and respectable shape the archives of the Grand Lodge. And the Grand Secretary has the rnnde~ty to suggest that he may pleasingly, if not safely. with proper guards, be entrusted with that appropriation, if you see fit to make it.

No action was taken on the foregoing. ORATION.

The Grand Orator, Bro. R. H. "Neller, delivered an Oration, covering two pages and a half. This Grand Lodge furnishes no Report on Correspondence. GEO. S. HALLMARK, Pensacola, G. M. DE WITT C. DAWKINS, Jacksonville, G. Sec:

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GEORGIA, ISSii. An unusually small volume, for Georgia, comes to us 'from that jurisdiction, being less than eighty pages. ,Perhaps a new Grand Secretary had something to do with the reduction. The Grand Lodge met in Macon, October 27th, ]885, and was presided over by M. W. Bro. John W . Davidson Grand Master; R. 'V. Bro. J. Emmett Blackshear was Grand Secretary. 'We make out, by our count, that 247 Lodges were represented. We believe there are some 300 Lodges in that jurisdiction, though there is no recapitulation as to members or Lodges., J

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Of the Grand Master covered eight pages, and embraced a synopsis of his official acts. The opening paragraph is pleasantly written: My BRETHREN-We are assembled to-day in Annual Communication, with the blessings of an abundant harvest. rewarding the labors of the husbandman, and the cheering influences of prosperity marking the past year of Masonry in Georg-ia. From all parts of our jurisdiction come the pleasing sounds which tell us peace dwellS within our borders, alld hope for the Order keeps sleepless watch upon the threshold of the Lodge-room. As l\-fasons, we cannot fail to ~rofoundly appreciate this happy condition of temporal and Masonic affairs, and to the Grand Master of the Universe, through whose providence such benedictions come, we reverently and devoutly bow.

He reported fourteen Decisions.

We condense them:

When a petition for initiation has been withdrawn by consent of the Lodge, without action thereon, the applicant can renew at any time. A Masonic Lodge cannot recommend to another Lodge an applicant for Freemasonry. Any member free of the books and of cbarges is entitled t~ a dimit. An applicant with a cork foot, though so perfect as not to interfere in any way with locomotion or use of limb, cannot legally be made a Mason. A dimitted Mason applying for membership may be rejected for affiliation. His dimit does not entitle him, without unanimous vote by ballot, to become a member of a .. Lodge. A ballot for degrees once declared by tbe Worshipful Master cannot be reconsidered, no matter if a Brother cast a black ball by mistake. A By-Law of a subordinate Lodge which prescribed that a candidate-elect, failing to apply for the degree within three months, should be considered as rejected, does not contravene any requirement of tbe Grand Constitution or By-Laws. A member indefinitely suspended for non-payment of dues can only be reinstated by unanimous vote of the Lodge expressed by ballot. An Entered Apprentice Mason is subject to trial for any unmasollic conduct of which, 8.<; an Entered Apprentice Mason, he may be guilty. He does not differ from Master Masons, except in the extent of his Masonic obligation. Where one received the Entered Apprentice and Fellow Craft degrees in a Lodge which ceased to exii>t before he received the Mlt~ter Mason's degree, be could apply for the Master Mason's degree to any Lodge by presenting the certificate of tbe Grand Secretary showing this state of facts.

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One Lodg-c knowingly clccting to the degrees an applicant who, within twelve months, had been rejected by another Lodge, is subjcct to have its charter forfeited, or to such other penalty as the Grand Lodge may dctermine. A Mason made application for affiliation and was rejected. At the next meeting- a Brother. by simple motion, moved to proceed to baIIotagain on the question of affiliation. Held: Unmasonic. The Brother desiring to aflHiatc must apply the second time, in the same manner as at first.

There are two rulings above, to which we cannot give our approval. We do not believe a petition should ever be withdrawn after its reference to a committee, unless it be found that the petitioner is ineligible. Then a ballot should not be taken, as it would be unjust to black-ball one who was not a petitioner in law. In that case let the petition be withdrawn; in none other. Another objectionable ruling in the list, and the most objectionable one of all, is where a suspended member may not be reinstated by the payment of dues. 'When suspended for the non-payment of dues, the disability ought to cease whenever the cause is removed. Our Georgia Brethren have a rule that, "one definitely suspended is reinstated at the expiration of the time of suspension, without any action of the Lodge." This is right and proper. Why? Because the demands of law have been met, and the emban:assment should cease. '1'he party has met the exactions of justice, the law is satisfied. But a Brother is suspended for a far less offense than the other, indefinitely suspended at that, yet his offense is a small one. He suosequently comes forward and pays up the claim for which suspension was enforced against him. Instead of being permitted to return to his former standing in the Lodge and among his Brethren, he is informed that a ballot becomes necessary, add it must be unanimous at that. If that is not an unjust discrimination against the Brother, and in favor of the one who had been suspended definitely, for some grave offense, wh~t is? We prefer our rule in Missouri, which makes suspension for non-payment of dues, definite suspension. Then when the dues are paid the member returns to his former standing. The embarrassment is removed and the disability ceases with the payment. Surely jnstice has been satisfied, and the law has been vindicated. Several Dispensations were reported by the Grand Master, and approved by the Grand Lodge. Among them we notice the usual quantity for doing work out of time as required by law. A few Lodges were created nnder Dispensation. 'The Grand Master reported the laying of the corner-stone of the State Capital, at Atlanta, by the Grand Lodge, on which occasion there were present over 1,000 Masons. A gratifying redllction of the Grand Lodge debt was reported and the announcement was made that in a few years the entire debt would be extinguished. We make the following closing extract from the very excellent Address of the Grand Master:

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Let us as Masons imitate the example thus presented. and when the need shall be, stand ready to pour out as a libation on the altars of Masonry the possessions which we cherish, and then from their horns will ascend the incense, whose snowy clouds shall envelope our lives in the double blessings which reward self-sacrifice and devotion. And in future days those who may take our places here, will be aroused to better and nobler deeds in the sincere desire to profit by that example, which illustrated the Brotherly love of men, and the glorious perfections oC the institution which made such love a possibility.

The Report shows a healthy condition of finances. There is no Report on Correspondence. Bro. John S. Davidson was re-elected Grand Master, and resides at Augusta. Bro. Blackshear retired from the office of Grand Secretary, and was succeeded by Bro. A. M. 'Volihin, of Macon.

IDAIIO, 1885. The Eighteenth Annual Session was held in Boise City, September 8th, 1885. M. W. Bro. J. A. l">ost was Grand Master, and R. ,V. Bro. J. Vv. Brown, Grand Secretary. The numerical strength of that Grand Jurisdiction is expressed by twelve Lodges and five hundred mem bers. The Grand Master's Address was brief, covering three pages, and good as brief. It was essentially a business paper. We make the following extract: To the truly esoteric Mason, this fact is cheering. He sees in it the evidence that the truths which found recognition in " the days when the world was young;" which have stood the test of the all-tryinl? alembic of time; which have met the power and persecutions of bigotry and superstitIOn, are still received and acknowledged as the true rule and gUide of human action. The ever-advancing waves of civilization have strewn the shores of time with couutle&<; wrecks; dynasties have fallen and faded away; empires, governments and creeds have crum bled into dust: whole races have ceased to exist, by absorption and eradication, since the hammer of Tubal Cain ran~ out its peal; but Masonry still lives and still flourishes. Every decade-Rye, every year-brings new proof of its growing favor wherever the li~ht of scientific truth has penetrated. Creeds and dogmas based uRon improved assumptions or unwarranted assertion weaken and dissolve in the crUCIble of science. or are overthrown by the ever-changing mood of human superstition. But Masonry, based upon the incontrovertible truths of the brotherhood of man and the existence of the Supreme God, defies the assaults of time or science.

He mentioned the death of two Past Grand Masters-namely, Henry E. Prickett, and .Tames ,V. Griffin-to whom tributes and memorial pages were accorded. Bro. Jonas 'V. Brown, Grand Secretary, presented a good business paper, containing a financial exhibit of the affairs of the Grand Lodge. The Grand Lodge of Mexico was not recognized. The following resolution was adopted concerning the difference between the Grand Lodges of Quebec and England: We deem it proper to expre~sour hearty sympathy for our sister Grand Lodge of Quebec, and to express the hope that fraternal communion in the fullest sense may ere long be resumed by that Grand Lodge and the Grand Lodge of England. and we recommend the adoption of the following resolution, and the transmission of the same, together with this report, to the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Quebec:

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Rcso[?Jed, That the Grand Lodge of Idaho forbids the recognition, as a Mason, of any one hailing from any Lodge in the province of Quebec, except such Lodge shall be under the obedience of the Grand Lodge of Quebec.

There is nothing of any special interest in the general proceedings. CORRESPONDENCE.

The Report of ] 16 pages was prepared by Bro. G. H. Davis. This may be termed an excellent Revie\y. The Grand Lodge of Missouri, for 1883, received courteous attention. 'Why the Committee was so far behind, we do not pretend to say, because we do not kno,v. The Com路 mittee made extracts from the Address of Grand Master Woods, also from the Report of this Committe~ on Correspondence, reviewing at length our labors for the year. He calls this Committee a veteran. If he means to apply that term to us, defining our age, we demur. He thinks that our sarcasm and invective is fatal to some poor fellows who wander from the path of duty. Conc~rning the payment of mileage and per diem, he has the following: Bro. Vincil is radically opposed to the mileage and per diem system, and on this question we do not a~ree with him. We can see no reason why Brethren should leave their homes and buslDcss. sometimes at great expense and inconvenience. to attend to the affairs of the general Craft, and not have at least their expenses paid. If the services of thesc Brethren in the Grand Lodge are worth nothing, then do away with Grand Lodge, and not have a junketillg place where the well-to-do or the extravagant alQne may meet for pleasure and glory. If, however, they are of benefit to the Craft. then let the Craft pay III part for what it gets, and not 路make the burden of the whole fall upon the shoulders of the few. We notice that Bro. Vinci! draws salaries amounting to $3,000 per year. Why not give his services gratuitously'! He who labors for a day, and in a small way, is as worthy of his hire as is be who docs more extended work in longer time. The question is a pertinent one.

Our theory is, let each Lodge pay the expenses of its own delegates to the Grand Lodge, and then the representation will not be excessive, and legislation will not :be hindered by great numbers. Concerning our review of the Louisiana Committee, he said: His review of Louisiana leads us to think we have found out the guilty Reviewer who trod so heavily on the corns of the Committee of that jurbdiction; and we don't wonder he hurt. What size boot do you wear, Bro. Vinci!? We must quietly whisper to you that we like the make of them.

The Grand Lodge of Idaho has the habit of changing its Grand Secretary, if not with every change of the moon, at least with almost every change of their Grand Officers. Bro. J. ";Y. Brown, late Grand Secretary, disappears like a lost planet, and Bro. J. H. 'Vickersham reappears, as a bright star, to glow afresh in the constellation of that路 -Western Grand Lodge. The condition of the Craft in that jurisdiction seems to he prosperous and on the increase. Geo. H. Davis was elected Grand Master, and J. H. "Vickersham is Grand Secretary. He may be found atSilver City.

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ILLINOIS, 1885. The Forty-sixth Grand Annual Communication of this large and representative jurisdiction was held in the city of Chicago, October 6th, 1885. 1\1. ",V. Bro. J. R Thomas, Grand Master, presided, and R. ,V. Bro. L. L. M\1nn was Grand Secretary. There are in that jurisdiction 6SG Chartered Lodges. Of its number, 654 were represented in the session now under review. The membership is within a fraction of 40,000. This is the largest Grand Lodge Jurisdiction in America, except New York. The Address of the Grand Master was very brief, it covers three pages. He furnished a supplement of two pages, in which he explained the reasons why he did not discharge the duties during the term. Being a member of Congress, he was engaged in the discharge of public duties, which, connected with long and seriolls family affliction, prevented him giving attention to the claims of the Grand Lodge. There is nothing of special importance in his Address to claim our attention. On the Depnty Grand Master, Bro. Alexander 'I.'. Darrah, devolved the responsibility of governing the Craft of Illinois during almost the entire year. He rendered an extensive Report of his administration, showing that he had been actively engaged ill the discharge of official duty. We make an extract from the opening paragraph of his Address: \

. During the absence of our Most Worshipful Grand Master from the State, it became my duty, as Deputy, to discharge the duties of the office of Grand :Master. I therefore respectfully submit the followin~ report of mjr official acts: First allow me to congratulate you, Brethren, upon the general prosperity of the Craft throughout our Grand Jurisdiction. While the cry of hunger has been heard in other lands, ours has been blessed with an abundance on every hand. While there have been wars and rumors of war among other nations, ours has been blessed with peace. While other countries have been swept by the pestilence of disease, ours has been free from epidemic diseases of all kinds. For these great blessings let us not forget to render thanksgiving and praise to the GREAT GIVER of all good gifts,and graces, towards usas a people.

He recorded the death of a number of leading Masons of that jurisdiction, among whom we notiee the names of Bros. Hubbard, NortOIl, and others. vVe make the following extract from the Address which will be of interest to our readers: One by one our Brethren are passing away. "We feel our own feet slide from the' precarious bank on which we stand, and but a few suns more, my Brethren, and we too will be whelmed mid death's awful waves." "Then let us see to it and so regulate our lives by the plumb line of justice, ever squaring our actions by the rule of virtue, that when the Grand Warden of heaven shall call for us we may be found ready." Almost every Grand Lodge in correspondence with the Grand Lodge of Illinois has been bereft of distingUished members of the Craft. Within a little more than a year the following Past and Most Worshipful Grand Masters have been called to their reward:

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Isaac B. Sharp, Past Grand l\faster of Masons in Kansas. Joseph Trimble, Past Grand Master of l\Iasons in New Jersey. Elbert H. English, Past Grand Master of Masons in Arkansas. James M. Howry. Past Grand Master of Ma.-OIlS in Mil'sissippi. William French. Past Grand Master of Masons in Mississippi. Wm. N. Kennedy, Past Grand Master of Masons in Manitoba. Grover B. Cooley. Past Grand Master of l\fa.<;ons in :\'linnesota. Henry Wm. Murry. Grand Master of Masons ill Virginia. Frederick Albert ''','engler, Grand l\{aster of Masons in Saxony. M. W. Bro. Kennedy died in London, England, May 3d. 1885, on his way home from Egypt, where he had been in the service of his country. He was buried in the city of London with distinguished honors. On the 10th day of June. R. W. Bro. John F. Regnault, Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, died Ill. his home in Richmond. Among his Ia.<;t intelligent words he dictated and requested to be written: .. No one has honored Masonry more than I have since I commenced my Masonic career in 1844. I have made it the study of my life." To these sister jurisdictions we extend our condolence and sympat.hy, and with them rest in the assurance that it is the will of Him who doeth all things well.

Mention was made by the Grand Mast.er of halls dedicated, cornerstones laid, Lodges of Instruction held, Lodges instituted under Charter, Lodges removed, Deputies appointed and Dispensations granted. He reported the surrender and arrest of a number of Lodge Charters. MASONIC ORPHANS' HOME.

Our Illinois Brethrenare taking hold of this most important enterprise, and it is believed that they will make a success of it. 'Ve extract the following from the Grand Master's Address concerning that institution: The question of a Homc for the orphans of decea.<;ed Brethren has been under consideration at different times for a number of years, but it is only during the pa.c;t year that the subject has assumed a tangible form. On the 11th of March last, the" Illinois Ma.C;Ollic Orphans' Home" was incorporated under the laws of the State. The subject is now fully before the Craft and commands the attention of every member. While there may be well grounded dilferences of opinion as to methods, yet the object to be attained is one that must commend itself to every thinking Mason. This is clearly set forth in the articles of organization: "To provide 'and maintain, at or near the city of Chicago, a home for the nurture and intcllectual, moral and physical culture. of indigent children of deceased Freemasons of the Stat~ of Illinois: and a temporary shelter and asylum for sick or.indi~ent widows of such deceased Freema.';Qns." Inasmuch as the expense of the erection and maintenance of the Home is to be met, entirely, by voluntary contributions, and no Masonic organization. other than the Home itself. is to be burdened by a permanent debt,I felt it to be my duty. May 8th, in a circular letter, to call the attention of the Craft to the claims of the" Orphans' Home." I feel sure that if the Brethren respond as liberally as the merits of the object demand, there can be no question as to the result.

,Ve hope that the Craft in Missouri will keep pace with our Breth ren in Illinois. ' The Address of the acting Grand Master was a very valuable business document. The Grand Secretary, Bro. Munn, presented a Report, which, like all his former productions, was thoroughly a business paper. Illinois Masons may congratulate themselves on having a first-class officer in this depa.rtment of their work. The Grand Lodge closed its session on the 8th day of October, and on the 22d day of that month we received the journal of Proceedings, a book containing over 400

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pages. This is the best time on record. ",Ve confess that Bro. 1\1unn is hard to beat. ",Ve have been trying to get ahead of him ever since he was elected Grand Secretary. He is the one Grand Secretary of all the list that we crave to snrpass. \Ve give him notice now that we are close on his heels. His work was accomplished in fourteen days. Ours was finished and Proceedings mailed in eighteen days. From his valuable Report we take the following: There can be no doubt but that the great majority of the Lodges in our jurisdiction do a fair amount of work, and maintain their membership at a satisfactory number. But that nearly one-fifth of our Lodges have failed to do any work for the past year, is evidence that many Lodges are taking life easy, and that they need to have new vigor instilled into them. We have no desire to assert that many of these one hundred and thirty-two Lodges are not a credit to the Grand Lodge, as many have but taken a respite from continued and satisfactory increase. In large part these Lodges contribute their full quota towards the support of the Grand Lodge. Yet there are ~ome of these inactive Lodg-es, which have languished so long, which do so little and draw so lUuch, that it seems best to call attention to the facts in regard to them.

From the above we are convinced of the opinion long entertained that there are too many Lodges in the jurisdiction of Illinois. He reported that there were twenty-five Lodges in that State which paid dues to the Grand Lodge amounting to about three hundred and fifty dollars, and drew out for mileage and per diem nearly seven 11 undred. He said that one Lodge in that number had not conferred a degree for over ten years; that it pays ten dollars dues and receives twice as much in return for its representation. Another Lodge has conferred no degree in seven years and draws about thirteen dollars more from the Grand Lodge than it pays in dues. He shows what is very clear to any mind that a number of these Lodges have become a tax on the Grand Lodge. It seellls to us, from the foregoing, that the Grand Lodge of Illinois has got some rather expensive elephants on its hands. These lnxuries are costly-we presnme they are necessary. Bro. Ml1nn has thus presented to his Grand Lodge very faithfully the real condition of affairs, and, as a business man familiar with figures, his statements afford much food for refleetion. One Lodge was granted a Charter during the session. We find the following action of the. Grand Lodge concerning the conflict betwe~n the Grand Lodges of Quebec and England: Be it Resolved, That the Grand Lodge- of the' State of Illinois, jealous of her own independence and sovereign powers within her prescribed limits, will not only maintain and defend these rights for herself, but has and will at all times record her voice and vote against a violation of them by others. Resolved, That while this Grand Lodge regrets the action of the recmant Lodges in usurping the lawfully occupied territory of the Grand Lodge of Qllebee. we venture the hope that said Lodges will transfer their allegiance to the only source of Masonic power within the Province in which they are located, and that the M. W. Grand Lodge claiming their allegiance will take such action that the unity and harmony so essential to true fraternity may be fully established. Be it further ' J

Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of the State of lHinois regards all Lodges in the Province of Quebec holding allegiance to any Grand Lodge other than the recognized Grand Lodge of that Province. as illegal and irregular, and that all Lodges and Brethren under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois are charged not to hold l\1asonic intercourse with such illegal or irregular Lodges, or any member thereof.

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The Committee on 'Vork presented the most elaborate and extended report we have ever found in any Grand Lodge journal. It is historical and contains a review of the transactions of that Grand Lodge in tlie past, respecting the questions considered. The cone1usions reached by the Committee were contained in the following expressions: First-That the Grand Lod~e of Illinois has an authorized work and ritual; and that this work has been practised and taught by competent Brethren, correctly and uniformly, for years. Second-That the appointment of Brethren. as Grand Lecturers, whose only qualifications tor the position lire that they are friends of the appointing power, good fellows, glib talkers and fluent workers, JlO lODg-er prevails; but that a Brother mu~t first show that he knows tbe standard work of the jurisdiction, and has his heart in the work, before being authorized to teach it. Third-And that out of these facts has grown'a conviction on the part of the Craft at large that the State possesses a standard work, uniformly taught; that they may safely invest their best effort.,;; and energies in learning it, with confidence in its accuracy, uniformity and perpetuity; that the best available means have becn used. and are now being used, to promulgate the work in its purity; that all who have the necessary" fervency and zeal," have also th~ utmost freedom," unhilldercd by any" n.wnopoly," to possess themselves of the authoflzed work; and that, as a consequence of thIS, the Lodg-es of our jurisdiction, stimulated and encouraged by the success of the past and fostered by the beneficent aid of the Grand Lodge throug-h Schools of Instruction, are gradually and surely approaching that uniformity of work and ritual so gratifying to the faithful Mason and so desirable to all.

The Grand Lodge, during the session, granted three Dispensations for the forn1atio~ of new Lodges, and refused four applications. GRAND VISITORS.

'1'he Grand Lodge, during the session, was honored by the ri;esence of a number of distinguished visitors from other Grand Lodges, who were introduced and warmly welcomed by the Brethren. They were Bro: J. H. Farnum, Grand Master of Michigan; Bro. Logan n. Roots, Past Grand Master of Arkansas; Bro. 1" Zeigler, Grand Master of Vt/ashington ; Past Grand Master and present Grand Secretary Thomas M. Reed, of the same Grand Lodge. The Grand Lodge devoted considerable time during one day of the session to the reception of Grand Representatives of several Grand Lodges. These were introduced and welcomed in the most pleasant terms, which called forth a warm response from each Hepresentative. Among many of the ot.her grand and good things possessed by our Brethren in Illinois, is that of an orator. The fact is shown in the Proceedings. An Oration was delivered by the Grand Orator, Bro. 'V. S. Hooper, co\"ering some ten pages of the journal. It is too long for us to copy. An able Heport on Jurisprudence was made by the committee, of which Bro. Joseph Robbins was ehairman.路 We have gleaned the foregoing from the doings of the Grand Lodge, and cannot give further consideration to their business, which is mostly of local importance. CORHESPO); DENCE.

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pages. The Proceedings of fifty-five Grand Lodges were examined and commented upon. From the introduction of the Report we make an important extract. Bro. Gurney refers to the fact that in the table prepared, in connection with his Heport, it is shown that in many Grand Lodges, Past Officers are entitled to vote. He thinks it is destructive of representative government. "Ve join heartily in the views expressed, and think that no one should have voice in the Grand Lodge except actual Representatives and present Grand Officers. But here is the extract: Heading this Report will be found a table of value and interest to the thoughtful Mason. A distinguished Past Grand Master of our jurisdiction, M. W. Dewitt C. Cregier. upon an examination of the paper in manuscript, said to us: "I did not apprehend that the Craft was drifting so rapidly from its ancient moorings, in the matter of representative government: and it is not improbable that the unfortunate difficulties in New York, less than forty years ago, may at any tim" be reproduced in jurisdictions where Lodge representation is overshadowed by Past Officers." After a careful contemplation of the subject the writer has been thoroughly cOIlvinced that none but actual Representatives of Lodges should be permitted a voting voice in It Grand Body. It is true thRt there is not any trouble to apprehend in jurisdictions where limited numbers of Past Officers are authorized to vote. but if the principles of representative government. upon which Craft !!:overnment rests. are being violated even to a limited degree, it would seem wise to correct an error that may. at some time ill the history of a Grand Lodge, introduce discord and contention. See Connecticut.

Bro. Gurney reviewed the Proceedings of :Missouri for IR84, giving six pages to the consideration of our journal Of Grand :Master Hall's Address he had the following to say: 'The Grand Master, l\f. W. Bro. Lee A. Hall, presented a record of official acts that rarely has It parallel in such papers; and we think that it will be the judgment of our contemporaries (although they may not be in unison with some of his views) that he has met the embarrassments incident to his position with a dignity and determination that should give him an exalted place in the respect and affections of the Fraternit.y. We do not know of anything so much to be admired as patient, persevering pltick. There is not an impatient word in his Address; 'ne\'ertheless, he points out law and demands obedience thereto, with a force of expression certain to convey his want of respect for lawbreakers. .

'Ve are pleased to clip from his sober and valuable comments the following thonghtful expressions: Upon the question of permitting inebriates to continue membership in Lodges, he but expreoses the truths that lie at the foundation of the ""-asonic fabric. It is true, that the Lodgc does not determine that Brethren shall not indulge in intoxicants; but it does insist that they shall not degrade themselves by their use: neither shall they bring stigma upon the Institution by any other habit or practice that the common law of our civilization denounces. Do our Brethren of either Illinois or Missouri comprehend the power and influence in the welfare of the race. of the 600.000 Craftsmen of our continent, if found walking through life on the lines of their professions f Is it sentimentalism that demands sobriety and honor among Masons? Our civili<!:ation demands this of every man. Can the .l<'raterllity, therefore, insist upon less, and be of any importance to the world? For what purpose are our civil tribunals, but to enforce rights and morals upon which society is dependent for an existence? One of the grand features of ollr organization. is not only to be obedient to law, but to exert ourselves to see it respected. If, then. a professed Mason is found to be a licentious profligate, a drunkard or burglar, is not the Lodge to be condemned by the world if it permit to remain in its embrace a person who is declared by the civil law to be in antagonism to the well路being of the community and State? Treat the subject as we may, Brethren, it is a truth emblazoned upon every Masonic altar, that to be a Mason is to be a man. The scintillations from that truth appear in every aspiration to manhood; from hearthstones where cluster the beautiful tendrils of affection that adorn the brows of loving, God-respecting husbands and fathers; from the honest toiler in shop or upon roadway, and from the palace of the honorable, charitable and humane. G. L. Ap.-3.

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Bro. Gurney paid due attention to the Report of this Committee on Correspondence, and ~aid : Past Grand Master. M. W. Bro. .Jobn D. Vincil, now the active and efficient Gral1d Secretary, presented his customary Review of thc tram-actions of fift)'-two Grand Bodies. His paper is lIot only to be admired for an unpretentious display of its author's ability; but, more and better than all, for his sturdy, unflinching devotion to the ethical character of the FratRrnity. Many of his contemporaries will dis~eDt from his opinions, and without. we fear, pre~enting any new avenue of escape from the thralldom that holds Brethren and profanes in the dark, gloomy pathways of life; but not one of the bright host that are now singing' anthems of fealty to the Great King, will utter an unfriendly criticism upon tbc earnest, conscientious efforts of any Mason who is concentrating his best ability in an effort to save men from that hell-ordained engine of destructioll-strong drink. Masons very much differ as to proper methods for the suppression of intemperance, but fill will agree that :Masonry should be absolutely divorced from its wretched influences. We shall not attempt to follow Bro. Vincil through his voluminous paper. In a word, he gives intemperance a merciless castigation whenever opportunity presents itself; ruthlessly pours out his anathemas upon physical perfectionists; denoullces, in unmeasured terms, so-called" prerogatives" of Grand Masters; thinks that expulsion for non-payment of dues is a "punishment out of all proportion to the offense," etc.

"\Ve are about reacty to bid our esteemed Bro. Gurney good-by. Before taking leave. of him \\'e will make one more extract from his very courteous review of our Report. Here it is: In ~everal pla.ces Bro. Vincil objects to perpetual jurisdiction over rejected candidates. We don't have the space here for a reply, but will give the matter attention before we elose this Report. It is quite possible that the doctrine is " at a fearful discount;" nevertheless, we bave never seen any jmtdnnl argnrnent.~ against it. Come forth, Bro. Vincil, with reasons" for the fa.ith that is in you."

Our snrprise is not easily expressed at such utterances coming from Bro. Theodore 1'. Gurney. Vle have not had time to .examine the remaining portions of his Report to ascertain what attention' he gave the matter, as promised above. The reader need not be informed that the above extraet places Bro. Gurney with those who favor" perpetual jurisdiction over rejected candidates." He says above, that he has never seen any "fraternal arguments against it." Therefore, all the "argnments against it" have been nnfraternal and nothing worth. "\Ve have offered "arguments" against this Masonic hetrodoxy for eight years past, and they were never characterized as unfraternal before. Perhaps they were never answered because not "f1'aternal." If Bro. Gurney deems us un fraternal in our opposition to, and treatment of, the" perpetual jurisdiction" dogma, we must apologize generally for having been found in ll"ufrateTiwl company. Bro. Gurney either has a bad memory or else he did not write the foregoing paragraph, Let us see. He was Graild Master of Masons in Illinois for two terms, having' been eleded first in 1878, and re-elected in 1879. In his Address, as Grand Master, presented October 7th, 1879, we found "argu1nent.~" against "perpetual jurisdiction," which we then deemed "fraternal." And we have not changed 0111' opinion of them thongh Bro. Gurney has disowned his own offspring. He may have changed his views and been converted by Bro. Robbins to the Illinois doctrine of "perpetual jurisdiction." If so, why did he condemn his own arguments, made in 1879, as unfraternal. It can hardly be true that Bro. Gurney

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had forgotten what he wrote and printed six years before he challenged us to produce" fraternal arguments," and to give "reasons" "for the faith that is in us." vYe gave onr reasons when defending his position. \Ve hope his rnemOJ'Y is not failing. It looks like it. In 1879 he characterized "perpetual jnrisdiction" th us: "I believed then, and remain of the opinion, that it (' perpetual jurisdiction') was inimical to wellestablished principles that have governed such cases." We believed the same thing then, "and remain of the opinion" now, notwithstanding Bro. Gurney says he has "never seen any frater.nal arguments against it." Here is the Decision made by Grand Master Robbins in 18n, which Bro. Gurney said was "inimical to well-established principles: II "\Vhere a candidate, after being rejected by one Lodge, moves into the jurisdiction of another Lodge, neither Lodge can receive his petition without obtaining the consent of the other." Of the above Decision, Bro. Gurney said: "I believed then, (in 1877,) and rem~in of the opinion, that it was inimical to the well-established principles that have governed in such cases. II In 1885, Bro. Gurney said: "\Ve have never seen any fraternal arguments against" the same thing that was so "inimical to well-established principles" in 1877. Put this and that together. At the same time when he regarded the doctrine so "inimical," he felt called upon to deliver a Decision against it. Notwithstanding his high appreciation of Bro. Robbins, the author of the inimical ruling of 1877, Bro. Gurney, then Grand Master, said: "I cannot resist the inclination to renew a consideration of this Decision." Here is what he said: The minority report of the Committee on .Jurisprudence, found on pages 110 and 111 of the prlnted Proceedings of that year, quotes the law upon t.he subject. This appears so conclusive, that I cannot resist the inclination to rcnew a consideration of this decision, notwithstanding my high appreciation of the ability and discretion of it." author. It had never before occurred to me that thc personal jurisdiction of Lodges could be divisible; on the contrar Y I have invariably entertained the opinion that such jurisdiction, like other rights of t ile Lodge, were positive. The law, which has been referred to, expressly provides that a rejected petitioner for the degrees may renew his application 'to the same Lodge only which rejected him. We cannot, therefore, see, by what reasoning, under the law, that the Grand Lodge assumes that such well-defined jurisdiction can be shared by another Lodge, if it is true that the provisions of this law confines exclusive control of rejected material to the rejecting Lodges. ~

Bro. Gurney of 1879, and Bro. Gurney of 1885, seem to be slightly at variance. Perhaps he discovered in ]885, that his" arguments" above, made in 1879, were not" fraternal." \Ve present no claim as to having made "fraternal arguments against" perpetual jurisdiction, but we claim to have made a consistent record against the dogma, declared to be "inimical to well-established principles" by one of the ablest Masonic writers of this century and country. ALEX. '1'. DARRAH, Bloomington, G. M. LOYAL L. MUNN, Freeport, G. Sec.

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INDIAN A, 1886. The Sixty-sixth Session was held in the city of Indianapolis, commendng :May 25th, and lasted two days. The Grand Lodge had not been in session for two years. Biennia,] sessions were adopted several years ago, in order to payoff the debt that hung so long upon the Grand Lodge. 'Vhcn the Grand Lodge ;net, the Committee reported that 468 Lodges ,vere represented. There is something over 500 Lodges in that jurisdiction, with a membership of about 22,000. M. W. Bro. Albert P. Charles, Grand Master, presided, and R. W. Bro. William H. Smythe was Grand Secretary. With Representatives from nearly 500 Lodges present, the presence of the Pay-Roll was quite natnral and to be expected. It amo~nted to nearly eight thousand dollars. The Annual Address of Grand Master Charles, ,vas a good business paper. Its chief merit was its business quality. In ten pages he reported all that was necessary to be mentioned, and told what had been done during the term of two years then closing. 'Ve take this from his opening remarks: Assembled in this Sixty-sixth Session. in rendering an account of my official duties rluring the two years in which you have honored me with the station of Grand Master,

I bring you the pleasant tidings that the condition of the Craft in this Grand Jurisdiction

is healthful. While the Report of the Grand Secretary will show a decrease of membership, it will also show that this decrease has resulted from causes which have placed the Lodges upon a stronger footing than for some years previous.

He reported that the Charters of nineteen Lodges had been taken up and annulled. Two new Lodges had been created under Dispensation. Seven applications to form new Lodges had been refused. He said that there were enough Lodges in the jurisdiction. REFUSALS

'Vere mentioned with facility, thus: My experience has convinced me that we have already sufficient Lodges in this jurisdiction; that the granting of Dispensations to form new Lodges, is but issuing a commission to the members to engage in a contest to create new members and obtain funds to reimburse the outlay incident to their creation. . I have refused in numerous instances to issue Dispensations to ballot upon petitions for the degrees the same night they were presented, holding that the Rules and Regulations prescribed the time between thc reception of a petition and a ballot thereon; and the Grand Master was not vested with authority to set thcse aside. Moreover,l saw no reason why, hecause a person upon the eve of absence from his home should conclude that the ciegrces of Masonry would be a good thiug to travel on, he shOUld be rushed into our Fraternity; nor why a suddenly-conceived idea that to appear in the regalia of a Knight Templar at the approaching Triennial at St. Louis would be essentially advantageous to the wearer, should be gratified by setting aside laws wisely conceh'ed and especiall y prepared to guard our portals by requiring am pIe time for the examination of the character ot all petitioners.

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I have refused to i~sue Dispensations for Lodges to meet in halls occupied by bodies not Masonic, and to join in public civic processions, as Lodges, on Memorial or Decoration Days, and upon July Fourth; to remove from one town to another, and to initiate men without legs and arms. I see no good reason why the Grand Master should set aside the Rules and Regulations.

The Grand. Master recommended an increase of the Grand Secretary's salary; the reduction of per capita tax to fifty cents, and a return to annual sessions. The salary was increased $200, and now amounts to $1,200 per annml1. The per capita was reduced to fifty cents, but annual sessions were not ordered, so our Indiana Brethren will not meet again until 1888. The Committee on 'Vays and Means favored annual sessions, but some seem to have thought biennial better, moved '1.0 amend. the Report, and the proposition prevailed. The Grand Master had this to say concerning their" Temple debt:" During the period In which y~n have honored me with the position of Grand Master, my lines have fallen in many pleasant places, and many agreeable duties have fallen upon me to discharge, but nOlle more so than that of announcing, as I now do, that the Grand Lodge of the State of Indiana is out of debt and has nearly $12,000 in its treasury; that we meet here to-day under our own roof-tree, freed from the grasp of the moneylender, and with the satisfaction of ha\'ing paid our honest debt to the uttermost farthing. Many of us remember the struggle that preceded the levying of the assessment of a' dollar per capita upon the affiliated Masons of this jurisdiction. We all have seen how nobly the Master Masons of Indiana have borne the heavy burden, until at last they have released themselves from the thralldom of bond and mortgage. I call.to mind no other Grand Jurisdiction that has induI~ed ill the luxury of a temple reared by debt that to-day is free. In this connection It is but proper to mention that credit is due two Brethren who, when the debt was contracted and the lender required endorsers of the bonds and mortgage, came forward and placed their names thereon as snreties-Bros. Nicholas R. Ruckle and James W. Hess. Brethren, this is our year of jUbilee, and it is but right that we lift up our voices" with shouting and with praise."

A "Grand Lodge Jubilee" was held, and a royal time was had, by the Brethren, judging from the account furnished. Our Bro. Smythe, Grand Secretary, read an interesting paper, showing who paid the debt and how it was done. Credit was due to so inany that it would. be invidious to particularize. All did their duty, and the Gra.nd Secretary was an important factor in the grand work. 'Ve copy the following: Burdened ,vith a debt of $103.666.66, the lIfasons of Indiana rightly and justlyexperted that the financial management of the Grand Lodge should be of the highest order; that expenditures should be carefnlly guarded. find that the revenues of the Grand Lodge should be collected and promptly applied on its debt. That this has been done. the canceled bonds and relea~ed mortgage fully attest. All rE'joice that the end of the long drawn-out trouble has come. and that we are permitted to assemble and" celebrate with joy and gladness" our happy release from the thralldom of debt. Great credit is due to those who hltve so persistently and with such firmness pressed this matter from its incevtion to its eliding. but no one or two men are entitled to all the credit of the work. The solution of the problem was much easier than the h01'se problem, which has distracted and ruined so many minds. Everyone who had given the subject a moment's thought could arrive at but one conclusion, and that was to raise the Grand Lodge dues to as la.rge a sum as could be borne by the subordinate Lodges; which was done and continued until the last bond was canceled.

Tbey are out of the woods; have a good. property; will not meet for two years, and now have light burdens as to Grand Lodge dues. Prosperity and growth must come as a result.

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The Grand Lodge did not approve the proposition offered looking to the establishment of a "Home or Asylum" for destitute 'Masons, widows and orphans. Their financial condition did not justify the undertaking. The" Grand Lodge of the Federal District of Mexico," a candidate for recognition, was not invited to a place among the Grand Lodges of the world. It will be some time before the Grand Lodge of Missouri recognizes any of the so-called Grand Bodies of Scotch Hite formation, whether in Mexico or elsewhere. The Indiana Committee said, "The evidences of the legality of this newly formed Grand Lodge are not sufi1eientto warrant recognition." Such has been the opinion of this writer from the beginning. We have said nothing because we have no desire to prejudice the standing of the claimants for recognition. Our Indiana Brethren postponed consideration. \Ve have kept the question out of our Grand Lodge, and will continue to do so until its merits justify attention. CORRESPONDENCE.

A Review, by Bro. Simeon S. Johnson, covering 116 pages, contains notices of fifty-five Grand Lodge journals. Here is his opening paragraph: We are indifferent as to what may be said of this Report by other Committees. Our labor has been directed to the preparation of a Repurt of matters of interest to the Craft of Indiana. If we have succeeded in our effort, our aim will have been accomplished, and other Reviewers are at liberty to say what they wish. .

'Ye commend his indifference as to the opinions of others. To say more of his ""ork would offend his indifference. To say less would evince a lack of courtesy. The Grand Lodge having resol ved to continue biennial sessions, will not com'ene until the fourth Tuesday in MaY,1888. \Ve cannot dose our notiee of the transactions under consideration, without saying that Bro. William H. Smythe, Grand Secretary, proved himself to he a Master Workman in the taste and business capacity shown in bringing out his work. The short time in which the journal was printed and delivered, indicates that he has entered the lists against Bros. Munn, Ehlers, Parvin and others. For speed we believe the race is bet\veen him and Munn. 'Ve expect to be heard from next autumn. MORTIMER NYR, La Porte, G. M. 'YM. H. SM.YTH E, Indianapolis, G. Sec.

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INDIAN TERRITOIIY, 1885. This Grand Lodge has in its jurisdiction twenty-one Lodges, with G20 members. The Eleventh Annual Session ,vas held at McCalister, November 3d. M. 'V. 131'0'. E. H. Doyle, Grand Master, presided, and R. ,V. Bro..J. So Murrow was Grand Secretary. Eighteen -Lodges were represented. An Address of Welcome was delivered by Bro. A. F. Ross. The Grand Master presented an A<ldress, covering twelve pages, in which he reported his acts and doings for the Masonic year. 'We find that he refused permission to receive petitions from parties who had not resided in the jurisdiction twelve months, but allowed the first and second degrees to be conferred at one meeting. The follo\,,'ing extract expresses the sentiments of this writer: ' I am of the opinion that the Ancient Constitutions make it the duty of a Grand Master to answer questions of Masonic Law, only, when propounded to him by the W. M, under seal and attested by the Secretary, Therefore. I hold. that it would be committing me beforehand upon points which might afterwards arise in the regular course of my administration. When you take this view of the subject, I am sure you will excuse my not giving an opinion upon letters written by private members of a Lodge, who often ask questions more through idle curiosity than for information.

Fi ve Decisions were reported by the Grand Master, all of 'w hieh were proper and according to law. The Grand Master uttered the following sentiments respetting the" Masonic dance," which we transfer to this Report: I do not wish to" hobble" any man's feet to prevent him from dancing. nor am I too old to forget the pleasure I once enjoyed in such Il.musement, but I would not indulge in it in a Lodge-room, a place dedicated to God. and to l\lasonry. I informed the Brethren that I could not, under any pretext, permit the using of Masonic Ilalls for such unmasonic practice, but had no objection to their public installation and festival, in which all could participate-meet upon the level, make merry and be glad. I would recommend the adoption of some st.anding regulation, disapproving the pUblic use of .. Masonic Emblems," and the practice of using the word ., Masonic '.' on advertisements for pecuniary purposes. We live in a progressive age. and except we appJ~ the" b1'Qke" more heruieally, we may expect to hear of a" Masonic political meet路 ing,' or" Masonic side-show," or numerous other" }\'Iasonic" performances, all under the auspices of some ambitious - - - -

Bro. Murrow, Grand Secretary, presented an excellent, business-like Report. CORRESPO;\DEKCE.

Bro. J. S. 'Murrow, Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence, presented an excellent Review, amounting to 135 pages. As heretofore he had the advantage of an assistant who helped him prepare his Report. Our Proceedings for 1884 were reviewed by Bro. Murrow, and he gives us a notice covering six pages. He said amen to all of our legislature in Missouri in regard to saloon-keepers and drunkenness. He thinks such should be made to quit their vile habits .01' get out of the Masonic Lodge. Bro. Murrow compliments the Grand Secretary of

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Missouri by copying from his Reports, and says that wrong-doers ~ecei ve no comfort from Bro. VindI. He says of our Report on Correspondence the following: The Report on Correspondence covers 206 pages and is one of the best. Bro. Vincil is not a" betweenity" man (a word we saw the other day describing a person with no decision of character). His convictions arc strong, they are ri~ht; right because drawn from the only Standard of right. the Christian's Bible. We should like to copy the tournament betweeil Bros. Vincil and Dodge of Arkansas on "one-eyed Masonry."路 It is rich and racy. but too long for our little pocket book. Bro. Vinci! unhorsed his opponent in this argumentative combat, at least in our opinion.

Bro. :MulTOW gave an account of a case we mentioned in our Report of last year. 'Ve copy the following: Henry came into Indian Territory from Arkansas under l'entence of indefinite suspension for defrauding his Lodge. He perjured himself by 'vil'iting our Lod~es, passing through the usual requirements, "Tilers O. B." etc.; signed petition for a new Lodge, suffered himself elected its :Master; was installed and conferred degrees ; all this knowing himself to be under suspension in Arkansas. Did he not deserve expulsion, Bro. Vincil?

Yes, and a worse fate. 'Ve learned recently from Bro. Van II oos, of Arkansas, the same particulars as given above. 'We close our brief review Of this Grand Lodge, satisfied that Masonry is in a growing and improving condition, and that this result is largely owing to the valuable labors, earnest efforts, and true Masonic work of Bro. J. S. Murrow. . F. H. NASH, Fort Gibson, G. M. JOSEPH S. MURROW, A-tok-a, G. Sec.

IOWA, ISS6. The Forty-third Annual Communication convened in the city of Des Moines, June 1st, 188G. lVI. 'V. Bro. ClJarles T. Granger, Grand Master, opened the Grand Lodge and presided during the session. An Address of welcome was made by one of the resident. Brethren and was responded to by Grand Master Granger. From the full and cornplete recapitulation furnished by the Grand Secretary, we glean the items always desired in <..:ommencing a review of a Gl~and Lodge journal. He reports 430 working Lodges in the jurisdiction: twelve Chartered during the session, seven had been instituted under Dispensation the past year, 360 Lodges were represented by 470 Delegates, and a total membership of 21,8lG-being an average of fifty-two per Lodge. The income was reported at $18,392.19. The Address of Grand Master Granger covered twenty-eight pages, solid matter, and is a masterly production. ~Vhat shall \ve do wi th it? .is the question. It is now August, the weather is excessively warm, the printer wants copy so as not to put Iowa in an appendix, and our

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Review is already nearly finished. We cannot do justice to the able paper before us unless more time and space could be used than is allowed at this late hour. '1'0 make extracts will mar the Address, and to transfer it entire will take up more room than can be spared. The Grand Masters of Masonry in Iowa have been a class of working-men, and Bro. Granger formed no exception to the rule of long standing. His Address was full of business and thought. How he did so much while performing his duties as a judidal officer; seems wonderful. Seven Dispensations had been granted to form new Lodges, and some for conferring degrees out of time. He refused to favor applicants who wanted to hurry through by being balloted for at 路the meeting when their petitions ,,;ere presented. Bro. Granger had con vict.ions on th e subject, and only needed the courage of his convictions in regard to giving degrees out of time, to have put a quietus to that kind of beating time. Here are his sayings as to both: I have had repeated applications for leave to ballot on the evening of the presentation of petitions, or before the expiration of the month, as by law required. In some of these, the Lodges have been very urgent. I have invariably rcfused, believing thR.t the law as to time before bR.lloting was dcsigned as a safeguard against the induction of the unworthy among IlS. I do not report this beCR.use 1 have any doubts as to the legality or propriety of sllch holding, but believing that the publicity of all endorsement by you will do most to relieve the olfice of Grand Master of that class of correspondence. The lesson of experience by other Grand Masters, that these Dispensations for degrees and advancemeuts "out of time" are impolitic, is also mine, With a membership of twenty years in my home Lodge, I know of but one degree being thus conferred. Officers and members estecm the rule as to time and proliciency almost sacred, and with highly beneficent results, Laxity in the ob~ervauce of these rules engenders apathy, if not a feeling of distrust, or ll. conviction that our rules are more pretentious than real.

Grand Old Missouri is never troubled with these hurried cases, and our Grand Masters are happily exempt from the annoyances of such pressing requests. The following reference to the laying of a cornerstone is appropriate. The Insane Hospital at Clarinda was thus inaugurated on the glorious Fourth of .July, Bro. A. B. Van Saun, Past Grand Master, being one of the Commissioners and Superintendent of the work. The mention made is in these eloquent te,rms: It WItS a matter of especial pride to me, considering the magnitUde of the occasion and its public significance, wherein was reflected the humanity, lIltelligence, and devotion of a great people in its fostering care of that nnfortunate cla~s who by the intelligence of the nineteenth century are made the wards of the people, to stand as the representative of Iowa Masons, and bear testimony that the charities of a commonwealth, like those of the individual, are God's bcst measurements of devotion and love. and when measured by our ability to do, and thus fulfilled, we have surely built with God's approval to a faithful redemption of a Ma~on's vow. HEIMBliRSE;\IENT.

A Lodge in Missouri had ta.ken care of an Iowa Mason and incurred considerable expense during his sickness and death. A claim was presented to the Iowa Lodge of which the deceased was a member, but payment was refused. The Grand Master' of Missouri wrote to Bro. Granger as Grand Master of Masons in Iowa. He replied citing their law with his views. We give both:

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" All pecuniary aid rendered traveling or sojourning Brethren is voluntary. ~or moneys thus bestowed. the Lodge or Brother has no legal claim on the Lodge of whIch the distrcssed Brother is a mcmber, unless such aid was rendered in obedience to the request of said Lodge, or its Committee on Charity." I then said: That is the law of this jurisdiction made as against its own Lodges and members. And we believe our record does not show us wanting in the proper exercise of that greatest of ~Masonic virtues-Charity. T think one-half of our Masonic charity is expended upon sojourners. or members of the Order outside of this jurisdiction. It will be a sorry day when Masonic charity is bounded by State lines, or is given under a law for reimbursement. The Grand Lodge of this jurisdiction has definitely settled the obligation of subordinate Lodges in this respect. It leaves each Lodge and Brother the judge of what charity shall be bestowed under Masonic obligations. It will not recogni7,e the rule that it is a loan or trust, but a Charity. With this view, I cannot, of course, hold that Formal Lodge is under obligation for reimbursement. FINANCIAL.

On this subject the Grand Master said: The reports of the Grand Secretary and of the Finance Committee will gh'e you full information on this subject.. Our obligation to the Savings Bank at Cedar Rapids, falling due January 15th last, was promptly paid. It will be remembered that the careful estimate:,; of the Finance Committee last year as to our probable expenditures, and the means whereby the same, with our maturing debt, should be paid, placed the necessary Grand Lodge dues at eighty-five cents per capita. The Grand Lodge in its action on the report fixed such dues at seventy-five cents pel' capita, which on an estimate of twenty thousand members, would make a deficiency, as based on the estimate of the committee, of $2.000. If this standard of dues is to be maintained, then, till the payment of our preselltindebtedness, a rigid system of retrenchment and economy must be our rule, alld so far as I have information, your Grand Officers have acted with that view the past year. . The appropriation for the expenses of the office of Grand Master at our last session was about $100 less than the year before, and yet I am able to return more than one-half of it to the treasury. At the last session there was appropriated $500 to procure an Assistant LibTllrian, in aid of the Grand Secretary, but with our limited appropriations, and the economic demands of the prCfent, the Grand Secretary thought it advi~able, after a couple of months, to dispense with such services, and did so; and the remainder of the allowance for that purpose has been applied to the nece~sary expenses of conducting the library building and office~. The Grand Secretary also informs me that, with a desire to further economize this year, he has omitted the Reporton Foreign Correspondence. INSTRUCTION.

On this important matter Grand Master Granger said: The present demand for some system of instruction is great. Any appropriation for that purpose at present ~eems' to be out of the question, and w}lat is done must be at the expense of the Lodges instructed. I am of the opinion that the plan of holding Schools of Imtruction in the Lodges, open to all members who may desire to lttlend. is not eCOllOmical in the way of expenditure. or profitable in the attainment of knowledge. In such cases, many are in attendance for a few hours only, and do not intend to master the work, and while there. are apt to consume most of the time with questions of little ll1:'e to others. 1 think such schools should be by districts. as of a congres.sional or jud'icial district, and that not to exceed one or two Representatives of a Longe should be admitted, and the effort be to send to each Loage a capable instructor. This plan will place the authority in the Lodge, and do away with all questions as to what the" Grand Master or the" Custodian said when he was bere." II

APPLICATION FOR ilIE)IBEHSHIP.

The old question has been up, and very lively, in Iowa, "How often, and when, can a Brother petition for memben;hip who has been rejected." The answer of Bro. Granger is full of sound sense and propriety. Hear him:

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A Brother petitioning for membership in a Lodge has the right to present his petition as often as the Lodge will receive it. But it seems almost a farce to receive such a petition on the night of a rejection, as.all rejectiolls are presumed to be for valid reasons, and no Lodge has a right to presume otherwise, or inquire into the reasons for such rejection, The right to cast the black-ball is absolute,' and no Brother may legally inform others that he has done so, nor have others the right to assume that he has, or impugn his motives in so doing, He is the sole arbiter of the question, restrained only by that vow, which answering his expressed desire, goave to him further light. It may be written as an unfailing rule for you, and every Master, that. when the question is presented or considered in a Lodge, "Was the rejection of the applicant right? " then the Lodge is ulrong. And the Master who permits it is deserving of censure, if not of public discipline. Now I believe the law shmud be that every resident non-affiliate in &,ood standing in any local jurisdiction should have the absolute right of membership 111 any Lodge therein. But such is not the law, and I give it to you as it is. And the law, whether agreeable or not, should be observed, I have said this much, because I see by your letter that your Lodge is in a wrangle over this question. To others I have said, " When there is a rejection of an applicant, treat it for the present as conclusive, and pass the question without note or comment." A

SUSPENDED

MASTER.

From the Address of the Grand Master we gather a state of facts of the Masters in that jurisdiction, as follows:

conc~rning. one

I received a complaint again!'ot the Master of Red Oak Lodge, No. 162, in substance as follows: That at the regular meeting of said Lodge, the ballot was duly spread on four applications for the degrees, and in each case the applicant was duly declared rejected; that a motion was made to reeonsider the ballots, and by the Master declared out of order: that the Lodge wa;; then called to labor on the first and second degrees, and about 9 o'clock at night labor was resumed on the third degree, when some of the members, including the complainant. had left the Lodge; that after resuming. a motion to reconsider the ballot in each of the four cases was made, and entertained by the Master, and upon a re-ballot, all were elected; that to avoid all objection, three of the candidates were sent for and initiated the same evening.

An investigation followed the above complaint which resulted in the suspension of the Master from office by the Grand .Master, who said: . Upon these plain and undispnted facts, I arrested the jewel of the Master. Soon thereafter I received a petition, signed by seventy-four members of the Lodge, asking that the jewel of the Master be restored. The petition stated matters in extenuation. conceded the justness of the arrest, and asked that the mantle of charity might cover their transgressions. To have said yea and amen would have been my highest pleasure, as I have no fears for the future of that particular Lodge. I had some doubts as to a legal descretion on my part, but the controlling consideratioll was, that in view of the many inquiries as to how, and the known desire on the part of many to find some way to surmount or override the leg"alized force of a single ballot, the case should receive consideration at your hands, and your wisdom guide to the attainment of the best results. Since the arrest of his路jewel the Brother was re-elected Master of his Lodge. I authorized a Past Master to install .the officers, other thall the Master路elect, whose case awaits your action. I invite your careful scrutiny of the whole situation. .Just how far the fact that the Master and the Lodge. in taking the illegal steps they did, arc aided by the fact that they belu't'ed that worthy petitioners were beillg sacrificed, and the Lodge defrauded of legitimate gains, throu~h a mi~ll.~e of the ballot, is more a matter for your determination thall mine. That it Justified the act, none will claim. That it ought to mitigate. if true, none should deny. I am not prepared to say that the punishment to the Master is not already sufficient. His concessions of his wrong are manly, and worthy of your eonsideration. His course has rendered expense and trouble ullnecessary to know the lacts. I have only this to ask, that you fail not in pronouncing your judgment, to be explicit as to your sentiments with regard to the inviolability of that law, universal in application, and indispellsable to the preservation of our Institution. While I am confident of its frequent abuse, I still think it" better to endure the ills we have, than fly to others that we know not of."

The act of the Grand Master was approved by the Grand Lodge through a report made by the Committee on Jurisprudence, as follows:

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The action of your Grand Master in arresting the jewel and staying the proceedings we most heartily indorse. There is no Masonic right more sacred than the right of election by a unanimons ballot, and no right should be more sacredly guarded, or its infringement more promptly punished, particularly when the Master of the Lodge is the invader of this right. What shall be the extent of the punishment in this case? The Master has been deprived of his office, publicly censured and depo~ed in the presence of his Brethren, llnd now arraigned, and his action condemned, before this entire jurisdiction. We think he merited severe punishment, has received it, and should now be restored to his office. Should the candidates receive the further degrees to which they were irregularly elected '1 We think they should. They have been elected by a regularly constituted Lodge, and have not participated in the irregularity. They have been made Masons, and can only be suspended or expelled by direct charges and vote.' .

Concerning the able Address of Grand Master Granger the Committee on .Jurisprudence sai.d: Waiving all form and ceremony, we, to whom the Grand Master has assigned the duty of inspection and review concerning the results of his labors a.nd efforts as our chief executive for the past Masonic year, do most heartily congratulate you. Brethren of the Grand Lodge, in that we have been represented by one so eminently titted, through past experience in adjUdicating the affairs of this jurisdiction. We also congratulate the Grand Master upon the satisfaction he mu~t feel iil that happy results have been attained through his efforts, remaining as a perpetual record in our .Masonic history-a credit to bis administration. Gladly do we accord praise where praise is due.

And well they might" accord praise" to Grand :Master Granger. No jurisdi.ction in this country has ever had an abler or purer man to preside over the Craft than Judge Charles T. Granger. 'Ve would be pleased to make many more extracts from his valllable Address, but space forbids. GHAND SECHETARY.

What a session of the Grand Lodge of Iowa would be without Bro. Theo. S. Parvin, remains to be seen. He bas made his impress upon Iowa :Masonry as fully, if not more so, than any official in our American Grand Lodge system. He is original, unil]ue, angular and irrepressible; in labors abunclant and in purposes indefatigable, he is found and felt as a veritable factor in his Grand Lodge. His fiseal and general business report is always, like himself, strong, sharp and fordble-,-sometimes more forcible thnn elegant-and always full of interest. The report this year teems with important points, and suggestions. His report presents a business review of every subjed coming within the range of his supervision, and those suhjects were treat.ed fully and elaborately. On the ll1ult.iplieation of Lo(lges he wrote some plain and vigorolls words: THE CURSE OF MASONRY

Is that we have too many Lodges; the natnral sequence of which is, that many are weak, sickly and indifferently ministered to. Masonry ha.'i become do~-cheap, now that a Dispensation can be had for $10. and obtained for the asking, and th~ degrees for ~20. In the Chapter and Commandery they are, $40 for the degrees, and $90 tor fhspensatlon, and ought to be the same in the Lodge. Read-if only the Brethren would-our Masonic periodicals, and see how languishing and lukewann our Lodges have become. Read, then, again, and see that at the meetings of the Consistories of the Scotch Hoite at one or more cities in each State, how largely they are attended ,by great numbers from many and very distant places. To get the Charter-papers for such bodies costs from $500 to 5}l,OOO. The necessary paraphernalia (and all bave it), from $1,000 to $10.000 more. Trained officers do the work,and in costume, as do tbe Knights Templar and Royal Arch Masons;

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and all are prosperons and happy; and herein we may see why the Master l\fa~o~ of a month seeks to become a Templar at the earli~t possible date. To set the wheels of a Commandery in motion costs at the leMt $500, and yet we find them at all our prominent points. Onee this Grfl.nd Lodge charged $20 for a Dispensation and reduced it to $10. We demanded that it be put up to $10, and though a plebian, and poor as a church-mouse, the fooli!'h ones said we were an aristocrat. We are in our view of worth of character and efflciency in our Lodges and their membershir, and also in the number of Lodges really demanded for the good of the Order, as weI as of their indi~'idual membership. The day the Grand Lodge reduced the price of the Dispensation and the degrees, and proportionately increased the number of the Lodges and their membership, she lowered the standard of l\Iasonry throughout the jurisdiction, in interest and in character, as every comparison abundantly proves.

His report as Librarian, in connection with a Leautiful engraving of the Library buil~ing, is entertaining. Here is an extract: It is the Library (and not the bUilding for its reception) that di~tingl1ishes the Grand Lodge of Iowa, and gives it prominence among the Grand Lodges of the world. Masonry has a mission to perform, and the Grand Lod~e that does not actively engage in some Qne of the channels in which good may be done, not to the Brethren alone, but the world, comes short of its mission, and so, short of duty. The schools for boys and girls and homes for the widows and for old and infirm Masons, founded and maintained by the Grand Lodge of England, " the mother Grand Lodge of the world," a.re un honor and credit, not only to the Grand Lodge which so generously supports them, but to the nation so proud of them. The Grand Lodge of Kentucky stands" head and shoulders" above its fellows, in its "Widows' and Orphans' Home," and several other Grand Lodges are moving in this direction-in which we bid them all God speed. COHHESPONDENCE.

'We were greatly disappointed on learning that Bro. Parvin had not prepared a Heport on Correspondence, as his Heviews for years have constituted valuable reading and the most interesting part of the Grand Lodge journal. Here is the reason for not furnishing the Report: The Grand Secretary could see no other way in which be could economize to save the Graud Lodge a few dollars, save in the omission to prepare and publish his annual Report on Correspondence. This he has done, and this year again the readers of our Proceedings will miss tbat document from the volume. Did we not write that Heport, we might have more to Fay. Itnd as it is, our modest.y does not forbid the remark that these reports command and have for years elicited much illter~t and 路commendation. Hence we do not think it wise or just to the Grand Lodge that this omission should be repeated. The Grand Lodge could easily, did a majorityof the members appreciate it as they should, by any sacrifice on theil' part, provide for all that should be done.

The reportorial corps in this country will wait with some impatience, no doubt, for the reappearance of the Iowa Committee. .vVe trust no financial consideration may prevent his early return to the ranks of Reviewers. . Too many Grand Officers in Iowa induced the Grand Lodge to lop off five of their number. Their law was amended so as to.Strike out the words, " a Grand Marshal, two Grand Stewards, a Grand Sword Bearer, a Grand Pursuivant" . This amendment was proposed and enacted by this body at its last session. It simply reduce8 the number of Grand Officers by aboli~hillg those 1iv~ offieers. To become a part of the Constitution, it must be re-enacted at this seS8ion.

The above was unanimously adopted.

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Appendix. APPEALS.

"Ve have examined the R.eport of the Committee on Appeals, which is an extended one, and commend it for fairness and firmness. It reminds us so much of our Judge Givan's Reports, that we propose to send him the findings of the Iowa Committee. HARTSOCK.

"Vill our Iowa Brethren never get rid of this case. the journal, headed

\Ve find it in

"THE IRREPRESSIBLE AGAIN."

The matter was bronght up by some aIle moving to pay the expenses of J. R. Hartsock, Past Grand Master, while attending the Grand Lodge Session, which expelled him for '\)btaining money under false pretenses and by gross misrepresentation, from the Grand Lodge of Iowa," "of obtaining money at various times, and in divers places, under false pretenses, from, and defrauding, Brother Masons and Masonic benevolent associations," and was convicted on all the (three) charges, and on a majority of all the specifications under each charge, and then duly " expelled" from the Grand Lodge. The bill, for being expelled, was ordered paid out of the Charity Pand of the Grand I,odge that expelled the claimant. Truly the Grand Lodge of Iowa will need a larger Charity Fund than heretofore, after establishing the precedent of paying the bills of all expelled Masons who may be at any expense in their trials. The claim for expenses by Hartsock was as follows: WHEREAS, The undersigned was summoned by the Gmnd .ftfaster, lIon. Geo. B. Van Saun, to appear at the meeting of the Grand Lodge in the City of Council Bluff's, in June, 1884, and in obeying said order was at the expem;e of railroad fll.re-

From ]owa City to Council Blull's and return And hotel for three days..... To full amount of expenses

$1.5 82 6 00 路.~

$21 82

As this expense was incurred by order of the Grand Alaster, I hereby respectfully present this to the Grand Lodge, and ask an order for the amount expended.

Iowa has done some very funny things heretofore, but the payment of the above bill puts an extinguisher on all others. After disposing of the foregoing case, the Grand Lodge closed as soon as possible. No wonder. We are ready to close too, having recorded the facts. WM. P. ALLEN, Dubuque, G. M. T. S. PARVIN, Cedar Rapids, G. Sec.

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KtlNStlS, 1886. A handsome journal, of nearly 300 pages, containing the transactions of the Thirtieth Session, came to hand in good time. It bears the imprint of a Master 'V"orkman-the still irrepressible John BrownGrand Secretary. The Thirtieth Annual Commnnieation was held in the city of Topeka, beginning February ] 7th. 1\1. '\T. Bro. Matthew Miller was Grand Master. Bro. Brown's admirable synopsis shows that . the jurisdiction has 268 Lodges, with a membership of 13,277; a gain of 883 being the result of the year's work. A large number of Lodges were represented. Sixteen new Charters were granted during the session. The finances were shown to be in a healthy condition. This we would naturally expect from the well-managed affairs of that jurisdiction, with a Grand Secretary who is tireless and indefatigable.

The Annual Address, presented by Grand Master Miller, was a paper full of matters of much interest and value to the Craft in Kansas. It shows much labor and thought. In the fifteen pagp.s employed in rendering an account of his official stewardship, there is found quite a variety of subjects. All Lodges Chartered at the previous session had been regularly constituted. The Grand Master reported a number of " Dispensations to confer degrees without regard to time." He found the door opened and conduded that it should be closed, or so guarded as to relieve future Grand Masters from what he had undergone. Hear him: Of the number of reqnests of this character which have been refused, no estimate can be made. My time aud attention were so taken up considering and answering them, that I found it necessary to send a circular letter to each of the Lodges in the jurisdiction in reference to the matter; like the lady who failed to understand why the conductor could not delay the train for her, jnst five minutes, each applicant thought his a special case, and one not likely to incommode or inconvenience the Grand Ma."ter or the Craft in general. It is all wrong, Brethren. and those of you who fill this station will see it as much more clearly than I have, as I do, than those who have gone before me. I cannot stop to ar!?ue the question; the fact stares us liquarely in the face, that something must be done tor the relief of the unfortunate officer who is cursed with the prerogative of granting these Dispensations. I recommend to your thoughtful consideration, as an effectual remedy, that you enact a provision, that no Dispensation to confer de~rees out of time, shall be granted, exeept on payment of a fee of ten dollars, which snall accompany the application for such Dispensation. Protect the incoming Grand l\faster with such a provision, and I venture the prediction that my successor in office will have nothing under this head to report at the next session of this Grand Lodge.

'While we do not believe in granting permission" to confer degrees without regard to time," yet if the prediction of Grand Master IVliller could be realized by taxing the applicants for the pri vilege of "beating time," we would favor the tax. 'Ve doubt if the thing 'can be taxed to

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death, as some who have the means will pay the tax and be glad of the opportunity to gallop through ahead of others who may not be possessed of the needful, though quite as worthy. The Grand Master reported numerous Dispensations granted for laying corner-stones, dedications, i~stallations and other public ceremonies. He announced that their relations with other Grand Lodges continued to be pleasant and fraternal. Dcventeen Dispensations had becn granted for the formation of new Lodges. Masonry seems to be on the march in Kansas. The Grand Master did not. escape the usual trying labors incident to the office he filled. Hear his complaint: Right at this point. comes up for consideration, that which for years as member of the Committee on Lodges under Dispensation, and the entire year just closed. has been to me a source of anxiety and perplexity. vb:: the questionable manner in which Lodges nnder Dispensation have been and to-day are organized in this jurisdiction: A town springs up by magic, in one of our western counties; twelve or fifteen Masons meet and determine to organize a Lodge; they come from as many dillerellt States. the dimits of some are pocket-worn and nearly illegible; a majority are not even acquainted until called together; there are rOllgh ashlars among them. They write to the Grand Master and he sends them a schedule of questions which are answered properly; a Custodian or Lecturer is called for; the ritual is memorized, the nearest Lodge sees them exemplify the work, and recommends their petition, and a Dispensation issues; the character of the material in this organiza.tion we do not know, they do not themselves know until it is tested, and if the test is applied and the material is unfit for the Masonic edifice, disintegration, dissolution, and ruin, are the inevitable results. You ask how is this caused? And I answer, by putting upon your Grand Master the labor of ll.nswering every communication which anyone of the 13..'i00 l\Ia.~ons of Kansas may see fit to writc hi.m; by using him as an index linger to point out for the Masons of Kansas the section and chapter where they may find a By-Law they may wish to know about, but do not care to take the time to hnnt up for themselves; by expecting him, with 2i5 Lodges, to do alone and unaided the work which, in Pcnnsylvania with its 563 Lodges, requires the assistauce of thirty-onc District Deputy Grand Masters. I say to you, fra.nkly, Brethren. that the work of routine correspondence alonc during the year is suflicient task for a.ny one per.:;on. 'Vhile your Grand 71fasters do all they can, and the best within their power, when the year is past, they are not satisfied with the result of their labor; their duties are .. too purely executive." Vl'henever called away from home on any Masouic duty-always a delight and a pleasure-they lind a stern Nemesis has been grinding out surely and by no means slowly, the customary grist in anticipation of th"ir return. .

We make an extract from the admirable Address of Grand Master Miller, on the question of "Masonie Religion." It touches the point with force and pertinency. vVe have long since announced our views on the subject. The man who says that" Masonry is religion enough" for him, is generally the poorest specimen of a Mason to be found in the community. Here is the extract: There is no conflict between Masonry and religion. The highest clai.m Masonry makes is that she is religion's handmaid: while Christian Masons claim to see typified in l\'1asonry the history of a risen Christ, and read in our ancient lectnres the doctrine of the 'l'rinity-the fact remains undisputed by any Brother, that Mflsonry stands upon that broadest of platforms-Love to GOD and love to man-the Fatherhood of GOD, the brotherhood of man. The Roman Ca.tholic Church antagonizes Masonry. Ma.sonry has charity broad enough to acknowledge the good there is in the Roman Catholic Church. It Haunts no red flag of defiance at the Bull of the Pope, but points with pride to the time when by a

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bull of the Pope Masons obtained the appellation" Free "-to the time when Masonry in aid of thR.t church, carried the banners of the cross to victory against the infidel hosts of the fltlse Prophet. . Count that l\Ian to have poorly learned his lesson in Masonry who says, " Masonry is a good enough religion for me." it may be true on the same principle that some maintain that the idol wor.;;h ipper is better than the man who does not worship anything; still he has but sipped at the fountain of charity who has no word of praise for every institution calculated to elevate and improve the human family. Masonrv teaches no plan of salvation, it contents it..~elf with the moral and mental improvemcilt of humanity; imtead of co-operltting with his most Catholic Majesty in carrying the sword of extermination against his enemies; it.is doing its utmost to hasten the coming of that glad day when swurds shall be beaten lIlto plow shares and spears into pruning-hooks.

'Ve have only to say in reference to the Pope: man a rest."

"Give the poor old

GRA ND ORATon.

Under the above caption the Grand Master had the following: He who was appointed to deliver the Oration at the Annual Communication, fails to answer to his llame or perform his duty. "Man proposes, but God disposes." The venerable form, the genial face, the kindly intelligent eye and the eloquent tongue, are palsied in the embrace of death. Rev. Dr. Chas. Reynolds, our Brother, loved and revered by all who knew him, the faithful minister of God, eut off from his labors here, finds rest and refreshment in the presence and service of the ever-living God. The soldier of God has fought the good fight-has finished his course-has kept the' faith; full well are we assured there is laid up for him a crown of righteousness, whieh the Lord-the righteous .Judge-will give him in that day. DECISIONS

'Were reported by the Grand Master, amounting to five. Some were approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence and. some were not. 'Ve select one ","hieh gi yes us much surprise, both as to its presentation and approval. Here it is : There is no provision in the Grand Lodge By-Laws, nor in common justice could there be, by which a member of a Masonic Lodge can be brought to trial for an offense against the body of Masonry, where personal service cannot be made upon him, and his whereabout..c; are unknown. .

'Ve are free to admit that a party cannot be "brought to trial" if his whereabouts are 'unknown. Hut it sounds strangely to say that an absconding Mason cannot be tried for a grave offense, even though " personal service cannot be made upon him." "That will you do in such cases? They are occurring constantly. Bank Cashiers are going to Canada and other summer resorts, carrying with them the funds entrusted to their care, robbing the poor and confiding, and defrauding those who had full confidence in their husiness and Masonic integrity. Let theln go? Leave their names on our roll to be returned to the Grand Lodge and printed in the annual reports? We have a case now in our own Lodge where a bright and shining light in Masonry-a HIGH Mason-robbed the bank of which he was cashier, stole thousands of G. L. Al'.-4.

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the funds, forged various kinds of papers, squandered Masonic money placed in his hands, and did divers and sundry things of like character. I-lis ,,,hereabouts are unknown. "Personal service cannot be made upon him," because he is a fugitive from justice and a vagabond in some strange l:uid. M.ust we earry him on the rolls of our Lodge, return his name to the Grand Lodge arid pay dues for the thief? Not much. How get rid of him? Drop his name from the roll? We prefer to drop him into a hole where the acacia blooms not, and wbere bank funds and forged securities will not form his surroundings. "When this paper reaehes our readers, this bank-robbing Mason will have been sent to his own place by our Lodge. He will have the benefit of an ex parte proceedi~g, and the trial will be according to law, in such cases made and provided. He cannot be brought to trial in the uSllal way, and need not be, because he is one of the worst of a large class. A notice will be sent to his last place of residence eontaining the charge and specifications. He will not receive the notice, because he has abandoned home, wife, chilqren and friends. Such absence is not the fault of the Lodge. The theft, robbery, with other crimes committed against God, lllen and the Craft, are his faults, or wrongs, and justify the action of the Lodge in Lis punishment. Our Kansas Brethren say that" there is "no provision" in their laws for the trial of such cases. We advise them to make such law at an early day. CORRESPONDENCE.

Bro. John H. Brown, from the Committee, made a special Heport in which he recolnmended the recognition of the Grand Lodge of South Australia. The Grand Lodge of Victoria was not recognized. The applications of the so-called Masonic Grand Bodies of Spain, Portngal, Old Mexico, Vera Cruz, Peru, Brazil and other foreign concerns, for recognition, were indefinitely postponed. 'l'he general Report, rendered by Bro. Brown, covers 165 pages, and is as good as any of his former works, and that is saying a good deal. We always know where to find Bro. Brown on all questions of interest to the Craft, at home or in other jurisdictions. He is as sound as truth, and as fearless as a lion. Seven full pages were devoted to reviewing the journal of Missouri for 1885. The Address of Grand Master Stevenson received extended attention and numerous eomments. The extracts made therefrom must have made the late Grand Master (Bro. Stevenson) smile. Here is a remark taken from the opening of the comment which is as pithy as he calls the Address: If anyone thinks Grand Master Stevenson cannot present a subject at an angle of 5", let him read his Address, and then, if he does not perceive the edge, we shall be

forced to cone! ude that there is .. one more" whose senses arc not alert. whose understanding can nO more be pierced by a ray of vivid thought than the dull stone by the beam from an electric light.

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We must transfer to our pages the very pertinent utterances of Bro. Brown concerning frauds. Hear him: Yes. the world abounds in frauds; gray as well as gay deceivers swarm through the land. Not a day passes on which some fraudulent act of theirs is not recorded. From the foregoing, it seems that our Missouri Brethren were highly favored with Ii specimen of the genus, direct from the .. Hub." On reflection. we recall the fact that we were invited by路a number of the Brethren to attend a lecture on the" New Rite." to be delivered in their Lodge-room by a primitive Brother. who had no superior even in Egypt. Havin~ learned something of this wonderful" medicine man." we respectfully declined. and from what we afterwards learned. feel assured that we escaped a small but nasty Hood of filth. We think the person alluded to. bears the praonomen of one of old Persia's greatest kings, yet his fantastic habits and sinister practices in Masonry, forbid belief that he is a legitimate descendant of that illustrious line. strongly lead to the inference that he is the scion of an old medicine man who in early days roamed ab@ut Cape Cod Bay. Be this as it may. we think Grand Master Stevenson made two mistakes; first, because he did not earnestly advise the Lodge to close its doors against the old juggler; and, secondly, because he staid just ten minutes too long.

The above refers to the prince of modern frauds who lives in Boston. References were made by the Heviewer to the very able paper presented by Bro. Givan on Grievances, which was characterized as "a masterly Heport." 'We quite agree with Bro. Brown, believing that our jurisdiction is not surpassed by any in the world as to legal and sound deli verances by the Committee on Grievances. A compliment was awarded our eloquent young Grand Orator, Bro. Krauthoff. Of our Report on Correspondence, Bro. Brown had this to say: We often wonder whether Bro. Vincil's contributions are as highly appreciated at home as they should be; certainly they are by a minority. but by the majority we fear they are not perused or valued as they deserve to be, else the light which they radiate would penetrate and illumine those obscure recesses in their temple wherein originates most of the confusion which prevails. We think if the confusionists would read and reflect 011 his annual teachings. in a short time they would by their acts COllvince the Fraternity that the hoary adage was so far modified in that jurisdiction as to read thus: The prophet is no less honored at home than abroad. The Proceedings. Transactions, Anna)s, or by whatever other name they be designated, of fifty-three Grand Lodges are reviewed. Kansas receives friendly notice. On reading his personal compliments, we forthwith bared our hairless pou and eastward made a humble bow.

'We !lOpe Bro. Brown will not again expose his "hairless pou" to the bleak winds of Kansas, lest he contract such a cold as may set him to sneezing rather than bowing. We must be allowed to say, however, that his Report as Grand Secretary and on Correspondence, in the journal now under review, indicate a maturity and capacity in these lines of work which we young men of the same calling may well emulate, but not hope to equal. No bowing" eastward," if you please. 'We close our brief review of Kansas men and Masons with the pleasant assurance that the Grand old Institution of Freemasonry is in no better hands in this country, and its future promises well. We are more than pleased to record the fact that our good friend and Brother, Dr. Sheldon, has been chosen to govern the Craft in the jurisdiction of Kansas for the next term. "He is worthy and well qualified." His residence is Topeka. Of course Bro. John H. Brown remains in charge of the office of Grand Secretary, and holds forth at Wyandotte.

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KENTUCKY, ISS5. The Eighty-Sixth Annual Communication was held in 1-,ouisvi)]e, commendng Odober 20th, 1885. IV!. \\T. Bro. J. G. Orndorf, Grand Master, presided, and R. \V. Bro. H. Bassett was Grand Secretary. We notice the presence of eleven Past Grand Masters. Representatives were in attendance from 395 Lodges. ",Ve are unable to give the num-, bel' of Lodges without counting them, as we found no footings. There are about ]5,000 members in the Lodges of Kentucky. The Address of the Grand Master was quite lengthy, covering twenty-two pages. He congratulated the Grand Lodge tilat they had not been <'aIled upon to mourn the loss of any Past Grand Master, or any Grand Officer of the Grand Lodge during the year. He said the Craft throughout the jurisdiction had been favored hy pleasant and healthful condiLions. The State had been saved from floods and pestilence; peace and tranquillity prevailed. The Grand Master said he had been prevented, by pressing business engagements, from visiting as many of the Lodges as he desired. He mentioned the fact that Bro. H. B. Grant, of Louisville, had been appoin'ted as Hepresentative of Missouri at the Grand Lodge of Kentucky. He reported a number of Dispensations for the formation of new Lodges. He reported the suspension of a Master of one of the Lodges for unmasonic conduct. The Grand Master said that year after year they have trouble with delinquent Lodgessome make reports and fail to pay dues. This is bad. There are others that make no reports or pa.y dues. This is worse. He then gave a long list of Lodges that had been summoned to show cause why they had not obeyed the law. The Grand Master said tbat the evil of non-~ffili足 ation was growing, and that something should be done to induce Brethren to join Lodges and secure meml>ership. He reported six Decisions. ",Ve suppose they are in harmony with the law of Kentucky, but from the law governing one of the cases, we would pray to be delivered. He decided that under the law, one year suspension for non-payment of dues requires a Brother to be restored by ballot, if the dues are paid; and, if he is rejected, the dues paid belong to the Lodge. And the poor fellow is left out in the cold. He submitted many valuable suggestions and recommendations. One was that Lodge officers should be elected in August throughout the State. Then, the returns made to the Grand Lodge in October, would contain the names 'of all otficers. We regard this as a very valuable suggestiorr. He recommended further, that t.he fiscal year should commence Septem LeI' 1st, and dose 'with August 3]st. In our jurisdiction we would prefer to have the fiscal year to commence

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the ]st of August, and close with .the 31st of July. Then there will be given longer time between the receipt of returns, and the session of the Grand Lodge, so as to give the Grand Secretary time to prepare more fnll and complete reports. The Grand Master recommended that the printing of the rroceedings be done by the Masonic" Home" Printing Office, that institution having charged a much less price for the work in the last two years than had been paid at any in former time. The Grand :Master said that Bro. Grant, Secretary and Manager of the Masonic" Home" Printing Office, wants to beat any Grand Lodge in the world in bringing out the Grand Lodge journal. He will have to be very active if he beats the time of the Grand Secretary of Missouri, whose work ,..'as completed in lR85 in eighteen days-neatly printed, wrapped and mailed. 'Ve recei ved a copy of the JZentucky Proceedings, incoU¥plete and unfinished, in a shorter time than we sent out our complete work of ]885. The entire journal was very much longer in making its appearance; indeed, we have received but one copy up to this wri~ing-six months after the Grand Lodge dosed. The Grand Master gives his unqualified and hearty endorsement of the Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home. 'Ve repeat what we have said in other years, that Kentucky Masons may well be proud of the grand enterprise they have succeeded in carrying forward to snch r~sults. He made a quotation from our· compliment of their work a few years ago. He appealed to the Brethren to be ever ready to respond with delight and pleasure to any demand that might be made UpOll them to aid and encourage the Home. ';Ye express the hope that that grand enterprise may never want means to carry it forward and. accomplish its designs. He commended very highly the Masonic "Home " Journal, printed in the" Home" at Louisville, under the management of Bro. H. B. Grant. Taking the Address of our Bro. Orndorf, as a whole, we regard it as one of the best productions of Kentllcky Grand Masters. It is able, full and complete. The Report of Grund Secretary Bassett is a very elaborate and lengthy document. It presents a full and complete exhibit of the affairs of the Grand Lodge. • The Grand Lodge of Kentucky is struggling with the proposition for the consolidation of Lodges. The matter was reported upon at length, however, by the committee, and its consideration postponed until the next session. The Grand Lodge recognized, as a legal body, the Grand Lodge of South Australia, also the Grand Lodge of Peru. A lengthy and interesting Heport was pr~sented concerning the Masonic Home. There is much of interest -in the Proceedings that we would like to transfer to our B.eport, but, having no spare copy from which to make extracts, we cannot do so.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

Bro. James "T: Staton presented a Report, covering 160 pages. It is, like his former efforts, first class. His Report is mostly written, containing but few extracts. To say that it is well written, would be to repeat our former opinion of the work. Missouri for 1884, recei ved the compliment of four pages. He expressed a very high opinion of the Address of Grand Master Hall, and considered it an excellent paper. He thinks Missouri is blessed with a good Grand Secretary, and says that, as a Committee on Correspondence, the said Secretary is an expert. He think::; we have opinion's of our own and are not afraid to express them. He says we give saloon-keepers and Masonic drunkards their just portion, and handle them without gloves. He agrees with us as to much we have said in out Review heretofore. There migh~ be differences, however, on questions of small import. He does not agree with our view that the Grand Lodge can exercise original jurisdiction over the members of subordinate Lodges. His idea is, where a Lodge fails to do its duties in punishing members, the Grand Master should arrest the Charter. We say in reply, that even where a Charter is arrested for the cause before named, there are bad members who should be punished, yet who will go free and escape justice, unless the Grand Lodge should take the case ill hands. Bro. Staton endorses our views concerning the injustice of the law, which suspends a Brother for nonpayment of dues, and does not allow him to return to his standing when the dues are paid, without a ballot. He says he is with us lully on the subject of public parades and displays, while we leave undone the grand work of charity. He says there are too many Masons who, if the show and parade was taken away, would be dead members. Bro. Staton thinks that we have too many tails to our Masonic kite, and that it takes too much money to keep up the fcather and fuss part of the business, then when we are done with the show business, we have nothing left for charity. 'Ve would be pleased to make numerous extraets from the Heport of Bro. Staton, if we had a. copy thus to use.

B. G. 'VITT, Henderson, G. NI:. HIRAM BASSETT, Louisville, G. Sec.

LOUISIANA, 1886. The Seventy-fourth Annual Communication was beld in the city of New Orleans, February 8th. M. W. Bro. David R. Graham, Grand Master, presided; R. 'V. Bro. J. C. Batchelor was Grand Secretary. The

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proper Committee reported that fifty-eight Chartered Lodges were represented. The Grand Secretary reported the membership in the jurisdiction at 3,826. The Address of the Grand Master covered twenty-three pages, and is an exceptionally good paper. NECROLOGICAl"

This~

from the Address, touching the departed:

Death, witb bis unerring dart, has consigned to the rayless confines of the silent tomb his usual quota from the ranks of the living. leaving us to meditate in holy silence upon the certainty of his coming again. Well, then, may we ejaculate: How passing strange is this transition! And wonder at the mystery that surrounds it. The memories of our Brethren are made precious to us when the" will of God is accomplished." .

We clip the following from his extended remarks upon the good of the Order: During the year no time has been left entirely free from solicitude for the welfare of J,od~es, which seemed to be laboring hard for existence. What call we do to stimulate the membership of such Lodges to more ardent dili~ence and increased zcal? The laws of nature fix the thcory, that if we do not advance we must retrograde: and while neither of these conditions obtain entirely, the apathy wbich lingers in the lap of luke-warmness.. forbodes subtle, deceptive, and paralyzing influences upon the officers, who, in their efforts to promote the good of the Lodges over which they have been called upon to preside, finding no corresponding disposition to uphold them in their laudable desires, themselves relax. their interests. Gradually the waning of the Lodge begins, and tinally it gives up from" inanition." Such is the condition of several of the Lodges of the State, to whom the Grand Secretary will refer. The periodical pa.yments of dues must be prompt on tbe part of members to their Lodgcs, and then, in turn, on the part of Lodges to the Grand Lodge. Forbearance is unquestionably a virtne, and the hand-maiden of charity, but has often proven an injudicious measure as applied tf) dclinquents. who foster the hope of forgiveness on the score of magnanimity (that which moves the yielding up of such claims); hence, a forcgone conclu8ion seems to justify their expectation of its exercise towards them, and the member or tbe Lodge'who happens to be in this category indulges in tbe doubtful comfort of the soliloquy--" with faith in the sympathy of our Brethren, we can hope for indulgence at their hands, for their charity is proverbial."

Concerning disputes among the Brethren we find the following: In more than one instance during the past year I have been ealled upon to exercise mediatorial offices between Brethren whose Fraternal intercourse had become interrupted b)o' disagreements seeming to threaten ullpleasant consequences, the causes of the disputants being espoused by their respective friends. who. with Corsican spirit, maintailled the correctness of the positions relatively assumed by the principals. But being persuaded that better counsel would prevail if the disputants could be induced to meet each other face to face; that after" patiently listening to the honest and friendly advise of Master and Pellows.., they would be " excited to put a speedy pCl'iod to all law suits," and so .. II) ind the affair ot Mnsonry with the more Alacrity and Success," I determined to exert every endeavor to bring about so desirable a consummation. In olle instance my labors Werc not unrcwarded, but met with eminent success, for the mediation kindly offered by the Brethren who seconded my efforts was. as it should have been. "thankfully submitted to by the contending Brethren." So much for arbitration, which I would earnestly recommend to the favorable consideration of all Brethren wbom the force of circumstances brings to the verge of controversy. In another case I had to contend with features that concerned the disaffection of two Brothers, brought about. as I learned, through ungenerolls insilluations by one regarding the other, reSUlting in resentment which seems to have fixed the barrier that ,. hinders Brotherly Love." It required but little persuasion for the caluIDniatedBrother to express his willingness to forget and to extend the right hand of fellowship, finding in the other

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a corresponding disposition; but the united efforts of the Brethren of the i,odge, coupled with my own personal attempt to bring about a reconciliation, signally failed to be effective. The Worshipful Master of the Lodge, prior to communicating the unfortnnate circumstance to me, with the request to join him and the Brethren in their effort to restore harmony. fruitlessly availed himself of every means at his command to accompl.iSh this desired end. The tractable disputant was elected to the office of Worshipful Master of the Lodge, but the-presiding Master hesitated to install him, owing to the situation. He urged me to make a personal investigation of the affair and to assume the responsibility, if any. in completing the work of the selection of officers for the ensuing Masonic year. Acceding to the appeal. I visited the Lodge and found existing the state of affairs related and, also. that no charges had been preferred ])1'0 forma. Viewing the matter dispassionately aud supported by all the Brethren of the Lodge. except the disputant. I arrived at the conclusion that the ,\Torshipfull\Iaster-elect was as much sinned against as sinning. Finding, also. that he desired to exemplify the true Masonic spirit of forbearance and forgiveness, while the other remained unreasonable and had not availed himself of his prerogative to be vindicated, I imtalled the aforesaid Worshipfull\Iasterelect. .JOINT OCCUPAKCY.

\Ve apprehend that in other jurisdictions than Louisiana," joint occupancy" of Halls is among the" vexed questions" of the hour. In Missouri it has been, and is becoming more and more, a very troublesome question. \Ve have tried to regulate and control it by various kinds of legislation, but have failed to give satisfaction and serve the best interests of the Craft. We strongly incline to the view of Grand 'Master Graham, and leave the subject" to the discretion of the Lodges." At present we do not' see bow a complete severance of association can be brought about without dislodging our own Fraternity, and turning our Lodges out of doors. Here are some reasonable and practical views on the" vexed question," by Grand Master Graham: Of all the vexed questions which a Grand Master of this jurisdiction has to deal \vith. this seems to be the most perplexing; and while the impropriety of allowing dedicated Lodge-rooms to be used by non-Masonic societies has been consistently mooted, yet there are circumstances which sometimes would seem rather to justify acquiescence in the request to permit it. For instance: where there is but one suitable building for Lodge purposes in an interior town. in which exists some other secret organization, composed perhaps of the same individuals as in the Masonic Lodge. yet whom, our edict debars from associating together in the Lodge-room in any other capacity than as Masons.,what should be properly done? This is the case with two of our most loyal Lodges, whose petitions fo~ the Dispensation involve the same particulars. Under the law, which I have regarded as the expression of the Grand Lodge guiding me. I could have exercised the dispensing power. The present condition of the Grand Lodge law pointed to my doing so. I conceived it my duty. however. to carry out the will expre~sed therein. and refrained to exercise my prerogative. Nevertheless. I am of the opinion. that In this progressive age no harm would accrue. if the edicts appertaining to tlJis subject were repealed, and the matter of joint occupancy be left to the diseretion of the Lodges; and if other jurisdictions insist 011 the maintenance of a.sentimental law, let us introduce the feature that wHI render it eventually obsolete.

The Grand Lodge property was reported as in good condition, and the material interests of the Fraternity quite satisfactory. No Decisions were reported, except the following, which shows the status of the law in that jurisdiction. 'Ve quote the question and answer: What is my duty as Worshipful Master of a Lodge. when a Brother in good .standing in his own Lodge of F. and A. M., but under sentence of suspension or expulsion in one of the hi~her bodies (such higher body being one recognized by our Grand Lodge), applies for permission to visit my Lodge? Should I admit the Brother or refuse him? . I replied that the inherent right of visitation was denied in oUI' jurisdiction by edict 93; and that the admission of a visitor to a Lodge was an act of courtcsy on the part of the Worshipful Master, who should be satisfied of his good standing as a paramount condition.

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Dr. Albert G. Mackey, in his twenty-five Landmarks, gives, as the fourteenth, the following: "The right of every Mason to visit and sit in every regular Lodge." The Louisiana rule says it is an act of courtes?J to admit a visitor. The Landmark, according to Dr. Mackey, says it is the right of every Mason tov'isit and sit in a Lodge. 'Ve do not here assume to say whieh is right, because we do not know when we meet a bona .(ide Landmark. Some think that this is a Landmark and others say it is not. Dr. Mackey furnishes more Landmarks than some other writers. Who are we to follow? TilE

CONDITION OF THE CHAFl'

is thus treated:

The condition of the Craft has not materially changed since our last Grand Communication. bnt I am pleased to note that a revival of interest has taken place in several of the Lodges that seemed almost dormant. Tn several cases, however, to which the Grand Secretary will refer. forfeiture or surrender of Charters seems to have been the inevitable alternativ~, and 1 would recommend that final action be had with reference to them. I Conceiving that much good can be accomplished towards improvement by bringing to the aid of the Grand Master systematic efforts to promote the good of the Order, I would also recomend that a committee, bearing a title, suggestive of the labors that may' devolve upon them, be appointed, with power to consult and devise means, that ,ma.y prove conducive of the objects herein intended, which on the approval of the Grand Master may be made effective. "A BOOi\l"

That is a "boom." The following from the Address and from the Report of the Grand Secretary, will show the" Dime" movement of Bro. VanHoos, of Arkansas, in behalf of an interesting child found by him. '\T e have heard his pathetic recital of the case in person, and responded with more than a "Dime" contribution to the appeaL 'Ve want stock in all such enterprises. Om Louisiana Brethren made the heart of Bro. VanHoos very glad, and brightened life to the orphan child of a fallen Brother. Here are the extracts: On March 16th. I received from M. W. Bro. J. H. VanHoos. Past Grand Master of Arkansas. an application to permit him to solicit a Dime Contribution from the Fraternity at large, the proceeds to be devoted to the education of an orphan daughter of a deceased Brother who had lived in Louisiana. where she was born. Appreciating the noble impulse by which he was actuated, I authorized the Grand Secretary to promulgate an appeal to the Brethren, which I have reason to believe was fully responded to. The M. W. Brother has since notified me of the progress of the child and can justly feel proud of his effort in her behalf. . "DIME BOOll1."-MINNIE.

In March last I recei.ved from 1\1. W. Bro. VanHoos. Past Grand Master, at Fayetteville, Arkansas. a circular letter 011 " Dime I3oom" for the education of an orphan girl. born in Louisiana.. etc. I referred this to Grand Master, and by his permiS!;ioll I put a synopsis in the April Circular. and with it I asked for the dime. to be sent to me or to be for\\'ardcd direct to M. W. Bro. VanHoos. Subsequently 1 found that the father of ")1innie" had died. a member of Lodge 16:3, Louisiana. On the 27th inst., I sent him a list of contributions. and on the 30th 1 forwarded him a contribution from George Washington Lodge 65, and Dante Lodge 174, of which he acknowledged receipt.

The fiscal Report of the Grand Secretary was quite extended and ample. It was a thoroughly business document. This is a sufficient characterization.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

Bro. Wm. R. -Whittaker, for the Committee, presented a Report of 150 pages. The Review was largely made up of extracts from the journals under consideration. Missouri, for 1885, was accorded the use of three pages. Excerpts were made from the Oration of our Grand Orator, Bro. Kranthoff, and from the Report of our Committee on Grievance. The Review is a well adjusted collection of matter from Grand Lodge journals. We see that a new Committee was appointed, with the able and accomplished Bro. .T. Q. A. Fellows as chairman. M. VV. Bro. Joseph Horner, of New Orleans, is~Grand Master for the present term, and R. 路W. Bro. J. C. Batchelor, M. D., of the same city, is Grand Secretary.

!IANITOBA, lSS6. The Eleventh Session convened February 11th, 1886, in the city of Winnipeg. M. ",,yo Bro. B. C. Frost, Grand Master, presided, and R. W. Bro. W. G. Scott, was Grand Secretary. There are thirty-one Lodges, and 1,350 members reported in that jurisdiction. The table shows a gain of 113. Twenty-five Lodges were represented. An Address of four pages was deli vered by Grand Master Frost. He announced the death of Past Grand Master ",V. N. Kennedy: Death, that grim tyrant, has again laid his heavy hand upon us. Since our last Annual Communication our beloved Brother and Past Grand Master, Lieut-Col. W. N. Kennedy, has been summoned to the Grand Lodge above. In the defense of our mother country's rights, he gallantly ofIcred his services in the Soudan campaign, which were accepted. Having honorably served there 80 far as lay in his power, he strarted for home; but death-that grim oppres~or-laid his heavy hand UpOIJ him and demanded of him to surrender that which we poor mortals deem most dear-life. .

A few Dispensations were reported by the Grand Master. 'Ve find nothing else in the Address worthy of special notice. Bro. Scott, Grand fSecretary, furnished an extended and interesting Heport. Past Grand Master Bro. J. H. Bell was complimented by the Grand Lodge with a gold jewel. The state of Masonry is allude? to in the following extract : We have much pleasure ill reporting that notwithstanding the unsettled state of the country consequent 011 the late rebellion, the conditioll of :i\1asonry in this jurisdiction is very sa0~factory-thltt Ma~onry is steadily prog-ressillg alld keeping pace with the advancement in material prosperity made by this Provillce-that tbe bent'iicial effect of our glorious Order asserts itself in the formation of lIew Lodges and addition of Irew members, and that the Master~ of the varIOus Lodges cultivlLte a high standard in the workillg, as well as in the rendering of the ritual, as in the keeping Of the books of tbe!r respectl ve Lodges.

There is no Report on Correspondence. Bro. Alfred Pe~uson was elected Grand Master. Bro. W. G. Scott was re-elected Grand Set:retary. Both reside at vVinnipeg.

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:MAUYLil.ND, 1886. The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Maryland commenced its One Hundred and Ninety-ninth Stated Communication on the second Tuesday (11th) of May, ]886, having met semi-annually for ninety-nine and a half years. The Deputy Grand Master opened the Grand Lodge in due form, and in due time the following: The Grand Pursuivant was directed to inform the Most Worshipful Grand Master, the Grand Lodge was opened in due form and awaited his pleasure. ... The Grand Master's entrance was proclaimed by the Grand Marshal; the Grand Honors were given. after which he took the gavel tendered him by the Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master. ...

The Grand Master then delivered his ADDRESS,

'Which covered fifteen pages.

He said in his exordium:

The broad principles of our great Frnternity are daily growing in importance. in the effect they are having for good upon our present civilization, and their benign influences are being felt in every grade of society. No human institution wields such a vast influence as does Freemasonry. Nothing can compare with it, except it be the religion of the Holy Bible. Being, therefore, of snch vast importance to the world at large, and ns in part.icular, let us not lightly, or with undue haste. pass over the business that mav come before us at this session, but weigh all matters calmly and decide after mature deliberation; remembering that what we do is not alone for to-day, but must pass down to posterity, and have its efleet for good or evil for all time.

He next proceeded to furnish an exhibit of their financial condition, and, as Chairman of the Board of Managers of the Temple enterprise, submitted tho following statement: The question of the debt, whieh ha.s so long agitated the Masons of Maryland, pressed itself upon my attention almost with my accession to the Grand MastershIp. Finding, as I did, that by payment of $13,000 to the Eutaw Savings Bank, (that is, reducing our ground rent indebtedness to them to the sum of $i5.000.) our annnal interest would be reduced from six to five per cent" I took immediate steps to accomplish this much desired end. I found that from the income accruing to the Gra.nd Lodge. we had in the treasury $4.000, which could be spllred towards this amount of $13,000, which it was necessary for us to raise. This left $9.000 to he provided, which my brother, Wm. Heury Shryock, Pa!:>t Master of Landmark Lodge, No. 12i, and myself oltered to loan the Board of Managers, to be paid back at any tilne that the Grand Lodge had the money to spare. This ofler was promptly accepted by the Board, and we were thus enabled to reduce our ground rent indebtedness to the Eutaw Savings Bank to Si5.0()(), thus saving to the Grand Lodge the sum of $i50 annually, which is the difference between five and six per cent. interest. As our debt now stands: we owe the Eutaw Savings nimk $i5.000 ground rent. and $46.000, the original judgmcnt given to Past Deputy Grand l\Iaster Rums. which the

Eutaw Savings Bank bought at his death; this, you understand, we 'pay but four and one-half per cent. interest upon. These together with the original gronnd rent of $5,000 held by Mrs. Davis. and the indebtedncss of $9,000 to my brother, Wm. H. Shryock, and myself. comprise the whole debt of the Fraternity, excepting our stock debt, making a total of $135.000, against $139,000 in November. 11585. and $217,963.71 in 18ii. thus showing a decrease in the obligations of the Grand Lodge during the last ten years of $82,96:t71, notwithstanding the fact that our income decreased from year to year until quite recently.

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This is a splendid showing indeed. vVethink the Fraternity deserve to live, and Masonry proves its vitality in those debt-burdened jurisdictions, where so much has been accomplished. Concerning official visitations the Grand Master said: Anot.her matter which I thought would inure t.o the benefit of the Fraternity was an official visitation of the Grand Ma$ter and Grand Officers to all the Lodges in the city of Baltimore, as well as those throughout the State. The mere presence of the Grand Master at any Lodge appears to encourag-e and bring- together its members, thus inciting a renewed interest. With this object in view 1 issued a circular to all the Lodges of the State, notifying- them that sometime during the year the Grand Officers would officially visit them, at the sa-me time remindinf,t the Brethren that these official visitations were not to be considered occasions of festiVity, but for the inspection of the manner in which they conducted their meetings and did their work. I, therefore, determined that in making these visitations I would路 not notify the Lodges of the date of my coming, but wonld present my!'elf at unexpected periods, thus enabling me to form a better opinion of the condition of the Craft than would be possible after official notice, when I would no doubt find them on dress parade. That these visits have been of material advantage to the Lodges I am firmly convinced. In some J found the work done in II creditable manner, the Lodge conducted properly in every respect. every officer knowing his duty and doing his individual work intelligently. In others I discovered that whilst the Lodge was generally in a fair condition, there were grcat many points in which the officers were deficient: these deficiencies were, at the time, criticised, and have since, in most cases, been corrccted. Again, in others I found the work and general ensemble simply atrocious. and if they had not been meeting in the Masonic temple, one would searcely know from their work that they were holding a Masonic Lodge.

Sueh experience is not new to one who has gone Qut among the Lodges to any extent. But that" simply atrocious" work should be done in a city with so many opportunities for improvement and attaining a knowledge of the H.itual, seems strange. DECISIONS.

The Grand :Master repeated a very common experience in the following paragraph: I have been called upon to make innumerable Deeisions, ninety per cent. of which could be answered without any reference to the Grand Master, were the Brethren in the habit of reading the Constitution. laws and edicts of the Grand Lodge. In all snch instauces I have called their attention to the law governing- their particular case. I find that the majority of these questions are asked in an unofficial way, few of them by the Masters of the Lodges; to all I have replied, which, as you can well see, makes the correspondence of the Grand Master very voluminous. I would, therefore, sUl!gest to the Brethrcn that whilst the Grand l\faster desircs, and deems it his duty, to rcply to all questions concerning Masonic Jurisprudence. he would suggest to them that such questions in the future come through the propcr channel.

He reported eight rulings, which we regard as good law except the one which says: An applicant for the degrees of Masonry, who has been rejected by one Lodge, cannot join another without the consent of the rejecting Lodge.

This is "perpetual jurisdiction," which is impracticable, indefensible and unjust. It was approved by the Grand Lodge, as were all the acts of the Grand Master. His able and valuable administration was heartily approved. He paid a deserved and well-worded compliment to the venerable Grand Secretary, Bro. l\1edairy :

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I cannot in justice to myself or the Grand Lod~e close this Report without referring to the material assistance rendered me hy the RJ~ht Worshipful Grand Secretary, Bro.

J. H. Medairy, who has been ever ready and willing to aid me to the fullest extent, and

to give me the benefit of his accumulated information and experience. I have never called upon him but to find him ready, willing and anxious to impart to me any knowledge which might be of use in the government of the Craft. In the formation of the Lodge of Instruction he has been our most active and energetic member; the assistance given 11S was invaluable. as he was the onlyeonner.tillg link between the work as adopted in 1848, readopted in 1863 by' the Grand Lodge, and the work of to-day. The thanks of this Grand Lodge are due hiIJ?.

An able Committee reported concerning Decisions of the Grand Master, as follows: We think the Decisions reported by the Grand Master contain g'ood Masonic law and usage, and we especially commend, his action in preventing the trial of a clISe between Brethren which would have involved testimony of slanderous charges made in the Lodge room after the close of the Lodge. The inherent power of the Grand Master has been a subject of considerable discussion among the Committees of Correspondence of various Grand Lodges for some years past, but in l\'1aryland the Decisions of Grand Masters and the action of the Grand Lodge supportillg the liame, present.,> an unbroken line of precedeJJts in favor of upholding the prerogative of the Grand Master from time immemorial. We have never subscribed to the later day theory of limiting these prerogatives in Maryland, and the action of the Grand Master, if carried to its proposed final, would have been in accord with the views of his predecessors.

The Secretarial duti.es路 were well and faithfully performed by our venerated Bro. Medairy. His work is always acceptably and cOl1scie-';ltiously done. His Report shows a total membership of 4,86H. CORRESI'O.NDEN'CE.

A new Committee had charge of this interest-TIro. " Wm ..J. '\Troth, chairman," presented a Heview of the transactions of forty-four Grand Lodges. The Report covered 140 pages, embracing extracts and COIllments in about equal proportion. Bro. Gorgas, the former Committee, retired from his labors after having rendered some valuable services. Bro. '''roth furnished a very readable, conservative and safe Report, and his work deserves the commendation of the Grand Lodge. lIe treated the Missouri journal, for 1885, most kindly, awarding us full five pages for extracts and remarks. \Ve are sor1'y to give up Bro. Gorgas, but Bro. 'Vroth is none the less welcome, and we hope to find in him, what his first Report indicates-an able reviewer, eourteous writer and fraternal eo-worker. Grand Master and Grand Secretary were re-elected, and both reside in Baltimore.

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The Annual Communication was held in the city of Boston, December 9th, 1885. 1\'1. \V. Bro. Abraham H. Howland, Grand Master, presided, and Bro. Sereno D. Nickerson, Grand Secretary, was at his post. Some very interesting matter is to be found in the journal' now

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under review. The attendance wasÂˇ large and the business extensive. liO Lodges were represented, and forty Grand Officers, with twentyfive permanent members, were reported as participating in the deliberations. This is the, business session of the year, though there are several other meetings held during the year, such as special, stated and quarterly. At this session the Grand Officers are chosen. THE ANNUAl, ADDHESS

Of Grand Master Howland was sixty-nine pages long, and excels all others we have seen as to length, and is not inferior to any in ability. He covers a scope of business wide and far reaching. After reading his presentation of the many and varied interests of the Grand Lodge, we thought that there could not be anyt.hing left for other Grand Officers to formulate. Nine pages were devoted to the dead of the jurisdidion. He opened his tribute by saying: During the past year 142 Lodges have been called upon to mourn the loss of 346 members. To all aHiicted ones within our Order. to the widows and fatherless, whose sorrows we would make our own. we tender our Brotherly sympathy. Of the Brethren who during the past year reached the limit of earth, only to step over the threshold of a higher life, several.require special mention. .

Twelve pages were taken up with descriptions of visitations. He had recei ved and accepted an invitation to attend the dedication of the 'Washington Monnment, and, with his Grand Lodge, participated in those very interesting cel;emonies. He said Massachusetts was recognized as the senior Grand Lodge in this country. 'What will Pennsylvania say to that honor being assigned to another? Numerous warrants and Dispensations had been issued for various purposes. No new Lodges had been created, though applications bad been made for the same. He talked well and wisely on the subjects of balloting and cipher. 'We transfer his remarks on these topics to our pages: CARE IN BALLOTING.

I have earnestly desired the Brethren to preserve sacred and inviolate t.heir ri~ht of ballot upon applieations, and to guard the manner of exercising the same. The custom of passing the ballot-box to the Brethren in the Lodge has in some cases been abused, and improper advantage has been takcn on account of opportunities offered by the practice. I have recommended as a safeguard to the riRhts of every member that the ballot-box be placed upon the altar, or'upon some support near by, to which place every member of the Lodge present shall repair alld deposit his ballot, unless by vote of bis LodRe.he be excused. Our Constitutions provide that" Every member present shall vote on the application unless excused by the Lodge." MASONIC CIPHERS.

Profiting by the experiences that have disturbed the harmony of a few Lodges durinR the past two years, I have endeavored to fortify thc Officers ann Brethren by my counsel against the recurrence of these unfortunate proceedings. I have striven to impress the members of the Craft with the impropriety of possessing or using any written or printed abbreviation of our mysteries, the knowledge of which should remain within the faithful breast. except when the instructive tongue communicates it to attentive ears.

The Grand Lodge was presented with a box, silver plate and deposits taken from the corner-stone of the Masonic Temple erected in 1830.

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The treasures were ordered to be kept in the vault of the Grand Lodge. The Address was filled with business, and shows that the Grand Master had been an aetive and efficient officer. Reports from twent.y-eight District Deputies were presented and printed. Much business of a local character was transacted. The Stated Communication was held December 29th, at which time the Grand Officers were installed and the usual feast of St..J ohn came ofl'. The Grand Secretary gave a very full account of that most interesting affair. 'Ve clip his opening statement: The skies being propitious. the attendance at the Festival was unusually large. 216 Brethren did their dllty manfully in disposing of the feast of fat things which had been provided in abundance by the caterer. At length it appeared that desire began to fail in that direction, and that the thou15hts of the company were turned to a feast of another sort. Then was the scribe remlllded of the Scripture injunction: "Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book." And first arose the Grand Master, who gave voice to the general hilarity by congratulating the Brethren upon the prosperous condition of the Fraternity at home and abroad, and by felicitating them upon the thought-always brought home to our inner consciousness on these occasions with great force-of what good Masons, and what good fellows generally, the company assembled before him might fairly claim to be. Having thus brought his auditors to a condition of good-humor towards himself and themselves, the Grand Master proposed in regular order the four sentiments which it is our custom to drink at these festivals before proceeding to the ordinary business of the occasion. They were treated with all thc honors, and are as follows: 1. To THE MEMORY O}' THE HOLY SAINTS .JOHN! May we ever revere their virtues and imitate their examples.

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OUR ILLUSTRIOUS BROTHER. GEORGE 'VASHINGTON!

3. To TilE MEMORY OF THE BELOVED BRETHREN WHO HAVE PASSED ON TO THE CELESTIAL LODGE ABOVE! 4. To THE CRAFT. WHERESOEVER DISPERS};D OVER THE FACE O.F THE GLOBE! May peace. happiness and prosperity ever attend them.

Then followed the feast of reason and flow of soul. The speeches were of a high and entertaining order, and quite numerous. These were followel by the closing song, " Auld Lang Syne," when the Brethren of the Mystic Tie went forth to the labors of another Masonic year. The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were re-elected and reside in Boston.

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The Forty-second Annual Communication was held in the city of Detroit, commencing January 26th, 1886. The M. W. Grand Master, Bro. James H. Farnum, presided, and R. '"V. Bro. 'Villiam P. Innes was Grand Secretary. Out of 354 Lodges on the roll, 340 were represe路nted. The table of the Grand Secretary shows a membership of 27,045. We cannot make out any gain for the year from the returns. The Proceedings are well gotten up, and cover some 500 pages.

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The Address of the Grand Master is a lengthy document and is full of business. It contains a complete statement of his official work and stewardship. He reported that the twel ve Lodges, chartered at the last session, had been' duly constituted; twenty-one Halls had been dedicated, and one ne\v Lodge had been instituted under Dispensation. A number of halls were destroyed by ih'e during the year, all of which had carried insurance except one. Concerning this he said: These Lodges were insured, with the exception of Vermontville, No. 232, which had no insurallce. they not accepting the kind advice so many times given by Grand Masters and Grand Lodges, and I am at a loss to understand how any business man belonging to a Lodge would allow a single meeting to pass without an insurance on Lodge property. Brethren, insure your Lodge property as soon as you return to your homes, if it is not insured at present.

The Grand Lodge of Michigan, like others in this country, has been much troubled with the question of "Joint Occupancy." The law there seems to be against such practice, and an effort is being made to regulate the matter, but some difficulty has been met. Such will continue to be the case. Here is what the Grand Master said: .1011''1' OCCUPANCY OF HALLS.

At the last annual ses!'oion of Grand Lodge, section three, article twenty, of Grand Lodge Regulations, rrohibiting joint occupancy of halls. was passed; also a resolution adopted requiring al Lodges holdillg joint OCCUpll.llcy to report to the Grand Master on or before April 1st. 1885. When that time arrived, but three Lodges had complied with. the resolution, and in orner that I might sec the regulation carried out, T directed all Lodges in the jurisdiction to report the condition of their lease. This was done, and I found forty-six Lodges holding joint occupancy. Since that time a number of these have complied with the Regulation. and occupy their halls alone. For the benefit of my successors, T have made a list of the Lodge~ holding joint occupancy at present.

Concerning imposters the Grand Master had this to say: In June last, numerous complaints were mane by lIfasters of Lodges that they were being impo~ed upon by tramp imposters. who claimed to be "Masons in distress. Knowing that an end should be put to this if possible, I directed Brother Grand Secretli.ry to notify each Lod~e in our .iuris~iction of the fact. and place them on their ~uard, whkh was done at once. We should at all times have the most charitable feelings for a Brother in distress, and be ever ready to assist him; but for these tramps, dead-beats and imposters, who impose upon t.he benevolence of our Order, we should have nothing but condemnation and the most severe treatment. and at every opportunity place them behind the prison bars.. With our present facilities for telegraphing'. there is 110 need of being' imposed upon, if we will only telegraph and satisfy ourselves.of the worthiness of every applicant not known to us before we aid them. Brethren, remember this, and you will not be obliged to notify the Grand Master or Grand Secretary that you have been imposed upon in granting aid. DECISIONS.

Twenty-six rulings were reported by the Grand Master, and approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence. They are nearly all sound and practical. Some of them are not according to the standards of Masonic Jurisprudence, as generally accepted, but they suit the latitude where they were made, and harmoni~e with the laws of that jnrisdiction. The law there requires a Mason to reside where he petitions for afI1liation. In Missouri we hold that a Mason may live in St. Louis and petition a Lodge in St. 'Paul, and may become a member there, if the

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Lodge will receive him. 'Ve, think it is the privilege of a Brother to select his Masonic home anywhere that his preference may lead. But we do not think it is the best method, as his membership should be where he resides. The Grand Master ruled that no Lodge should move into a hall over a saloon. He said, "It is not the place for a Masonic Lodge to meet." 'Ve quite agree with him, and protest against Lodges holding their meetings in such close proximity to these places where the Brethren have strong temptations to run in and imbibe during Lodge hours, or immediately after adjournment. We have seen too much of this kind of Masonry to be in favor of it. Here are some Deeisions that quadrate with our Missouri laws: If a Past Master should open and conduct a Lodge meeting, would the meeting be lawful?

ANSWER-No. A Past :Master has no more right or power to open a Lodge than a Tyler, and consequently all busilles~ done by him would be void. Would it make any difference if the Master or Wardens had told him to open it in their absence? ANSWER-No. They could not give him any authority to do so. Can a candidate for advancement, who has been rejected, be balloted for at a special meeting? ANSWER-No. The next ballot must be had at a regular meeting. A member of a Lodge objects to another member sitting in the Lodge for one year. What is the law touching this point? . ANSWER-Nothing but common Masonic law. One member of a Lodge has as much right in his own Lodge as another, and no more, and a member cannot be forbid sitting ill his Lodge ~o long as he is in good standing.

The Grand Lodge has had some trouble with the Grand Treasurer, who was short in his financial affairs. Having closed out the mortgage held against him, the Grand Master thought the Grand Lodge might be saved from loss. He said: Since the foreclosure sale, I notified Bro. Landon that if he would redeem his property at any time before the meeting of Grand Lodge, that we would deduct from the amount the cost.~ of foreclosure, but this he has not done. Brethren this has not been the most pleasant case I could wish to deal with, but it was one that fell to my lot,and which I have done. feeling that Bro. Landon has received justice, and that the instructions â&#x20AC;˘ of this Grand Lodge haye been obeyed.

The Grand Master reported a case which shows how th~ demon, drink, degrades and urags down 'our Brethren in high places. At the session, in 1885, of the Grand Lodge, the 'Vorshipful Master of one of the Lodges was present in his capacity as Representative, and while there, was found in a "grossly intoxicated conditioIl." Seeing him in that fix the Grand Master suspended him from office for the remaining part of his term. While yet nnder suspension the drunken official wa~ re-elected to the same office, despite the warnings of the Grand.Master to the contrary. This defiance naturally and jnstly challenged the G. L. Ap.-5.

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official indignation of the Grand Master. A Lodge that will do such things deserves what they reeeived. The Grand Master broke up the rotten concern. He said: I looked upon the re-election of this Ma8ter as upholdin~ his acts at the last Grand Lodge meeting, as setting at defiance the Grltlld Master's order of suspension, and an insult to this Grand Lodgc in returning him as their Master.

Brethren. I have made as complete a report on this case as possible, and will leave it to your good jUdgment to dispose of, simply calling your attcntion to the fact. that the Ma.<;ter of a Masonic Lodge should bc a temperate man, upright in character, and of good report in the community in which he lives. for the outside world judges Masonry by the character and conduct of those who preside over our Lodges. Brethren. temperancc was placed as the first and foremost of the four cardinal virtues, IUld we have more to fear from intemperance than all the other enemies of 0111' Order combined.

The Grand Mastel; called special attention to the" Michigan Masonic Home Assoc'iation," and urged the Brethren of that jurisdiction to aid the movement by every possible means. 'We can find nothing more concerning the enterprise in the Proceedings. It was not mentioned by the Committee on Distribution of Subjects, contained in the Grand Master's Address. .The Grand Master made mention of the death of their Senior Grand "'Varden, Bro. Sam'l H. Korton, and paid a proper tribute to his memory. A memorial tablet was accorded the deceased Grand "'Varden, and a lengthy report was made by the committee appointed for that purpose. The l{eport of the Grand Secretary, Bro. Innes, was in keeping with former papers of the same kind prepared by him, fu'll and complete. The condition of the finances is the best indication of the good management of the office of Grand Secretary. His work received the approval of the Committee on Finance, which attests its accuracy. The retiring Grand Master recei ved the thanks of the Grand Lodge, and his labors were pronounced able and worthy. A Past Grand Master's Jewel was voted him. The general business of the session was of local character and need not be noticed here. CORRESPOKDENCE.

The Report was prepared by the Grand Secretary, Bro. 'Vm. P. Innes, for the Committee, he being the Committee. The Heport is much more extended than usual, and covers 3;36 pages. This is the longest Review of the season. The 'Proeeedings of fifty-five Grand Lodges were reviewed, American and foreign. The journal of Missouri, for ]886, ret:eived the fullest notice of any year in its history. More than thirteen pages were devoted to extracts from, and comments upon, our Proceedings for the year mentioned. For su('h liberality we are. not competent to express our acknowledgment to the able and courteous review~r of Michigan. He has plaeed us under obligations that we cannot meet, as this Review must be short. Our space is limited. The

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ge~eral Report of Bro. Innes is made up, throughout, of choice selec-

tions fr<;)m the journals reviewed, and contains many brief and appropriate comments. Alluding to our dissent from a ruling of Grand Master Clark last year, Bro. Innes said: Bro. Vinci! is right. The ruling-s of Past Grand Master Clark are in harmony with the Grand Lodge By-Laws. No other ruling- could consistently be made. Upon both the rulings commented on by Bro. Vincil, lJCrsnnall71 we incline to the opinion that our law is not what it ought to be. We ourselves do not believe that dues ought to be required of a Brother during suspension for non-payment of dues.. We also believe that every Brother, clear on the books, and not under charges, ought to be granted a dimit when asked for. If we are" free to come," we ought to be " free to go;" but our Grand Lodge rules against us, and, under the law, Bro. Clark ruled correctl)路.

He approved our tilt against the "high-joint" fellows, as he termed those who are making arid keeping up such a racket about" Rites." As showing the character of his work and purpose in its preparation, we permit Bro. Innes to speak for himself. vVe have adopted the saIne plan for this year, and let others speak more, and talk less ourselves. Hear Bro. Innes on this line: In our present Review we have been governed by the same general principles heretofore actuating us; we have briefly reported the doings of other Grand Lodges. rarely criticising, but always vindicating our own action when we believed ourselves right. We are deeply sensible of the great difficulty, in a Report of this kind. of avoiding the saying of tuo much or too little. Our aim has been to present all prominent actions taken by Grand Lodges upon subjects of general interest to the Fraternity at large, and comment upon them in langnage as terse as possible. When we have felt calle9. upon to differ with our Brother reporters, or the several Grand Lodges, we have endeavored to be fraternal and courteous. Should any Brother think us otherwise, attribute it to the head, not the heart. Life is too short to permit of anything but love and harmony among reporters, a nd we should dislike to say or do aught to offend anyone. Mueh discussion is still being indulged in under the vexed questions of " perpetual jurisdiction," and" the perfect manhood." We believe all both of these subjects opinions are changing, and the old rule is, in many instances, being relaxed. It gives us pleasure to report a fact made manifest after a perusal of the Proceedings reviewed. that peace and harmony prevail among our American Grand Lodges, and that Brotherly love abounds.

M. SHOEMAKER, Jackson, G. M. WM. P. INNES, Grand Rapids, G. Sec.

MINNESOTA, ISS6. The Thirty-third Annual Communication wa.s held in the city of Ht. Paul, January 12th, 18S(), with M. 'V. Bro. Henry R. Denny, Grand Master, present and presiding; R "IV. Bro. A. T. C. Pierson, Grand Sec-

retary. There are 149 Lodges on the roster, 124 being represented. Five new Charters were granted during the session. The membership was reported at 7,528, show"ing a gain of 389.

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The Address of Grand Master Denny was brief and to the point, touching all business of the jurisdiction. He had permitted the establishment of five new Lodges under Dispensation, and refused several applications. All Lodges Chartered at t.he previous session had been duly constituted. He complained of the unnecessarily large correspondence of the Grand Master. One Decision only was reported, showing that the Brethren are well up in the laws, and need not to have a ruling from the Grand Master on every little thing that may arise in their minds. A Lodge of Instruction having been held without the presence of any Grand Ofllcer, he decided that it was not legitimate, and that a Distrid Deputy Grand l\Iaster must preside on such occasions. This is the law in our jurisdiction. Some Grand Lodge Officer must be in the chair. He reported the laying of the corner-stone in St. Paul, by the Grand Lodge, of the Court House and new City Hall. SENSIBLE TALK.

'Ve find the following sensible utterances in the Address, and transfer them to Our Report: I cannot refrain from saying a few words to you all, more cspecially to those who have traveled but a short distance on the checkered floor of Masoury in relation to the too great prevalence of the desire to receive a great number of degrees. Do not allow yourselves to be dazzled by the apparent brilliance of what are commonly known as the higher degrees. ~eek not for what too often is called advancement, but study carefully the ground you have passed over, and you will ever find abundant food for reflection. Remember that the dentils, volutes and modillions which adorn the Corinthian columns of the edifice are merely temporary beauties, unless the foundation stones have been truly ~quared and carefully laid. and that the same rule applies to your future moral and Masonic edifice.

8peaking of the needs of Lodges for Instruction, he said: Our State is a large one, comprising over 85,500 square miles, and long distances interverie between IllallY of the Lodges. especially on the frontier, involving a large expense . and much time to visit them, and it is at least questionable whether one person could succeed in visiting more than two-thirds of them within the space of a year.

As a general JroPoSition, it may be truly stated that the weaker Lodges are most ill need of instruction and the least able to pay the expense attendant \Iron its reception. This question inVOlving, as it does, large expense to the Grand Lodge, leave to your deliberation and decision. I

The Report of the Grand Secretary, Bro. Pierson, shows the afI'airs of the Grand Lodge to be in a sound and healthy condition. The decease of two Past Grand Officers was noticed in the Proceedings, and proper tributes were paid to their memory, viz: Bros. Daniel F. Brawley, First Senior 'Varden of the Grand Lodge, and Clark 'V. Thompson, Patlt Junior Grand Warden. An Oration of merit was delivered by the Grand Orator, Bro. G. 'V. Lamson. It eovered some eight pages of the Proceedings. CORRESPONDENCE.

The annual Re.view was prepared by the venerable Grand Secretary, Bro. A. T. C. Pierson, covering 114 pages. Missouri, for 1885, receives

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the usual fraternal courtesy'from our valued co-worker, three pages being taken up with extracts and comments on the Address of Grand Master Stevenson, also copiolls excerpts from the Repprt on Grievance by Bro. Givan. 'Ve copy the opening remarks of Bro. Pierson: When, in 1885, the undersigned presented his annual Report, very serious mi1'givings were entertained that on accollnt of health it would be the last one that he would have the gratification of preparing; but through the blessing of Divine Providence he is enabled to present yet one more. The examination of the ProceediIlgs of the various Grand Lodges is attended with pleasure and profit; plellEure at reading the many thoughts, so elegantly expressed, permeating the volumes of the Proceedings; profit in canvasing the various questions of law, custom and usage discussed by the learned corps of Committees 011 Foreign Correspondence. Could the few-and they are but few-who think that the printing of Reports on Foreign Correspondence is a useless expenditure of money, have the opportunity and would avail themselves of it, of examining the Proceedings, Reports, etc., they would be convinced as honest men of the fallacy of their arguments.

The Heview was largely made up of clippings from the journals examined, with running comments thereon. 路We hope the health of Bro. Pierson may long be spared to the Craft in Minnesota, and that his Reports may still come forth to the enlightenment of the Fraternity at large. R. II. GOV E, Rochester, G. M. A. T. C. PIERSON, St. Paul, G. Se<,.

MISSISSIPPI, 1886. 'fhe Sixty-eighth Annual Communication was begull and held in the eity of Jackson, February 10th, 1886, with M. W. Bro. J. B. Morgan, Grand Master, in the chaiT, and Bro. J. L. Power, Grand Secretary.

Eight Past "Grand Masters were present, besides Past Masters and Representatives of Lodges. The membership of the jurisdiction is reported at 8,422-a loss of about 300, as shown by the statement of the Grand Secretary. There are in that jurisdiction 27.') Chartered I_odges. Two were chartered at the session now under notice. The membership of the State is given by Lodges. The Annual Address of Grand Master Morgan contains nine pages and has much to cause reflection. The financial problem has become a serious one. \Ve hope the Brethren may work out of their difficulties and soon disembarrass themselves. A disposition to do so was manifested all the way through. But we must let the Grand Master speak for himself: I especially invite your attention to the financial condition of this Grand Lodge. An examination of the statements of the financial exhibits. presented bv our Grand Secretary, Grand Treasurer, and the Addresses of our Grand Masters for'the past several years, shows that our expenditures have been by slow, but regular stages, increasiJlg, while

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our receipts, in the same silent manner, have been decreasing. At our last Grand Annual Communication. the painful duty was imposed upon our Grand Secretary, of announcing that there was a deficit of $i85.15, with no means of satisfying the same, except by a sale of the United States bOnd then owned by the Grand Lod~e. This bond was sold, as directed at that time; the proceeds applied as contemplated in the order of sale, and I am pained to state that the deficit is now probably greater than it was twelve months ago, when the Grand Secretary made his report.

It was proposed last year to place the Grand Lecturer in the field, and keep him there at a salary of $l,OOO, with expenses paid. It was hoped a revival of interest would follow his labors and a new era da\vn upon the GraI~d Lodge in the State. But he did not go, and here follo\vs the. reason. It ,vas a financial one: I indulged the fond hope that the Craft in this Gnmd Jurisdiction would have the benefit of Bro. Brannin's splendid abilities and attainments, and that Freemasomy in this State would receive a revival that would be at once notable and appreciable; but havin~, in conjunction with our Brother, completed the necessary arrangements for him to begin his important work, with the single exception of handing him the money to start on his journey, it was then discovered. on looking into the financial condition of the Grand Lodge, that there wlis not one dollar that could be availed of for this purpose; nor was there any prospect that there would be. After the most careful estimate that we could make, it was evident, that without spending one dollar for this purpose. and after accounting for the sale of our U. S. bond, there would be an actual deficit of S8l1.39. It is 0'ÂŁ course unnecessary to add that we had to give up even an attempt to execute the order of the Grand Lodge. In consequence of the want of means I have been absolutely unable to comply with a single request for charity. We to-day'begin our Sixty-eighth Grand Annual Communication with a prospective deficit for the current year of $1,502.92. as shown by the estimates of the Grand Secretary. I commend the situation to your careful consideration and beg that prompt and decisive action be taken at once.

The Grand Master then made the following recommendations: I recommend, first, the Constitution be amended by striking out .. seventy-five cents," and inserting" one dollar," so that the section will read: " Every Subordinate Lodg-e shall pay into the Treasury of the Grand Lodge annually, the following contributions: for every degree conferred upon candidates the preceding year the sum of one dollar; for every member the sum of one dollar." Or, as an alternative which will. perhaps, be better, I recommend that an ordinance be passed at this Grand Communication levying a sum sufficient to place the Grand Lecturer in the discharge of the duties of his office, and to pay all arrearages. and that the same be collected by the Grand Secretary as promptly as possible: and that a sum certll.in be made ll.n annual charge for the purposes stated. As there is a deficit in our cash Rccount. I recommend that our donation to the Natche;r, Orphan Asylum be subordinated to the payment of our dt'bts, and to those charities which, by the most sacred ties of Freemasonry. we owe to the widows and orphans of Free and Accepted Masons. This comes of tte painful neeessities of our condition.

He also recommended this: A quorum for all purposes. except the conferring of degrees and at funerals, shall be three; and no business shall be transacted unless that number of members be present.

"Vie conjecture that the change last proposed was to secure meetings of Lodges where a la.rger quorum cannot he obtained. The inference forces itself upon us that Lodges must be in a state of decadence when such legislation is deemed necessary. If only three can be brought together, how can business be transacted? 'Ve do not attempt to account for the state of thi~gs. indicated by the foregoing extracts. Surely there

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must be great lack of interest and vitality. W~ would wish it were otherwise for a jurisdiction that has gi ven to Masonry such Brethren as Lowry, and Speed, and Power, and others. The Grand Master reported that he had granted Dispensations to confer the degrees outof time, in five cases; to retake the ballot, in three instances; to form two new Lodges under Dispensation, and in other matters. Two Charters had been arrested. He reported a number of Decisions. One was, that it is not improper for a Lodge to rent out its property to a saloon-keeper, to use for the purposes of selling liquor. The Lodge owns a three-story building, and ~'ents the first to a saloongentleman for his business, while the Brethren occupy ,the. third story for Lodge purposes. We copy his reasoning: This Grand Lodge has heretofore held that the engaging in the sale of vinous or spirituous liquors is not unmasonic. Is this not a decision of the question presented'! If this Grand Lodge has held that it is not unmasonic to seUvinolls or spirituous liquors, can it be unmasonic to lease a room to a Brother to do business in which is not un masonic ? I concluded not, and accordingly answered in these words: "'rhe Grand Master knows of no reason why any commercial busincss of the country, recognized by the law of the land as lawful, should not be permitted, so far as :Masollie law is atfectep, in the rooms owned by the Craft." * * * .. But the vice of the age is drunkenness. resulting from the excessive use of ardent spirits, and such is the fruitful source of nearly all the crimes and immorality condemned by the decalogue. It is this result that shocks the civilized world, and the vain effort to find a remedy for it, that causes Christendom to cry aloud against even the me of liquors. Whilst there is nothing unlawful or ullmasonic in letting your rooms for the purpose indicated, and YOUT Lodge may use its own pleasure in the matter, yet the Grand Master would prefer that none of the Lodges in this Grand Jurisdiction would permit their property used for purposes from which harm to the public morality does frequently result."

After reading the a~ove, we are willing that all other Decisions made by our distinguished Brother may "pass unheeded by." It is not unmasonic for Brethren to sell liquor. As it is not unmasonic to sell, to furnish those ,,,ho sell a place in which to ply the harmless (t) trafllc is equally innocent. \Ve felt inclined to review the above ruling after reading it, but as we cannot do justice to the subject, "\\'e have concluded to let it pass. The Grand Lodge of Mississippi has decided that it is not unmasonic for Masons to sell liquor. As the Grand Lodge declares the business to be not unmasonic, it allows and permits its members to do so, at will. It is, therefore, a Masonic business, For what is not unmasonic must be Masonic, when a Grand Lodge legislates upon it, and declares it not unm((sonic. It is .Masonic tp sell liquor, and it must be Masonic to jnrnish a place in which to ~ell liquor; and it must be equally so to recei1Je the rent from the saloon-keeper who sells liquor in ],fa.sonic property. Thus a charity fund for widows and orphans can be created out of the proceeds arising from the rent in this case. It must be a good thing to have such a source of revenue by which to support those whom the saloon-keeper shall widow and orphan by his "commercial business," carried on in Lodge property. The Grand Master said 路"there is nothing unlawful" in renting property to those wlio'se business causes

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drunkenness, and wbieh is "the vice of the age," "the fruitful source of nearly all crimes and immorality." It would be unkind to suggest that a business" that shocks" humanity and brings" harm to the public morality,': cannot be carried on under Masonic auspicies without the Fraternity being a party to the results. This would seem to be the necessary conclusion where the Lodge receives a money consideration for the use of its name and privileges. We could not thus vV'illingly become partakers of other men's sins. We are unable to determine from the journal what disposition was made of the recommendation of Grand Master Morgan respecting the saloon-k-eeping occupant of Lodge property. If the recommendation and views of the Grand Master type the sentiment of our Brethren in Mississippi, we wonder not at the general decadence of Masonry reported by the Grand Master in that jurisdiction. The Heport of Grand Secretary Power furnishes a full exhibit of the business and financial affairs of his jurisdiction. In order to relieve the Qrand Lodge as much as possible of the heavy financial pressure, Bro. Power, Grand Secretary, moved to reduce his own salary from one thousand to eight hundred dollars. The motion prevailed. This was a noble and manly sanifice. Other reductions were made, and some saving to the funds will thereby be secured. CORRESPONDENCE.

A Review, covering fifty pages, was presented路by Bro. A. H. Barkley, Chairman. Brief extract and comments made up the Report. Excerpts from the Address of our Grand Master Stevenson, and from the Oration of Bro. Krauthoff, were made. The journal of this Grand Lodge for 1885, received a notice of,one page. Bro. 13.1'. Kimbrough, of Oxford, was elected Grand Master, Bro. J. J..J. Power, of Jackson, was re-chosen Grand Secretary. .

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The journal now under review contains an account of a Special Meeting'of the Grand Lodge, held in the city of Helena, on the'16th of June, 1885, for the purpose of laying the 'corner-stone of the new Masonic Temple. Grand Master Bro. S. '\T. IJanghorn presided and conducted the ceremonies. Bro. Comley, Grand Orator, made the Address. The Temple, when completed, will cost $:50,000, and will be a most creditable structure. . The 'rwenty-first Annual Session convened in Helena, October 7th, 1885, and was presided over by the Grand Master, Bro. Sam uel \V. Lang-

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horn, and Bro. Cornelius Hedges was Grand Secretary. From his very complete recapitulation we learn that there are in that jurisdiction twenty-eiFht Lodges, with a memben.,hip of 1,23'1. There is a reported gain of 106. The income amounted to $2,312. The Address of the Grand Master was brief and to the point, touching all matters pertaining to the welfare of the Craft in that jurisdiction. He reported that the relations of their Grand Lodge were pleasant with all the world, and especially so at home. He ruled that no speeifieo. time is necessary or required for a Mason to gain a residence in that jurisdiction, bt{t being a member of the Masonic family, he can seek association with the Fraternity at once. He had authorized the issuance of two Dispensations for the formation of new Lodges, and permitted the conferring of the first and second degrees upon one candidate" without waiting the constitutional time." Before closing his Address, he felt constrained to call attention to the conduct of a Master of one of their Lodges. The case was so palpably violative of every right view of Masonic duty and obligation, that the Grand Lodge could not do otherwise than take hold of the recusant party and give him the full benefit of law and authority. 'Ve will copy the whole case that others may see how such" kickers" arc tl路eated. The Grand Lodge of Montana has taught one fellow how to diRregard things. He will learn that his views are not Masonic. Here is the case: And now, my Brethren. I would gladly close this review of my stewardship, did I not feel that lowed a duty to Masonry which I should not shirk. It would be far pleasanter for me to praise than to condemn. Early in the beginning of my administration of this high office, my attention was called incidentally to a pamphlet issued by a Master of one of the Lodges in this jurilidictioIl, bitterly assailing the Holy Bible and casting ridicule upon its teachings. This was soon foHowed by another of like import. To this, however, I paid but little heed until my attention WIlS called to them by a dbtinguished member of this Grand Lodge, who wrote to me upon the suggestion of several of the Brethren, who thought the matter worthy of consideration. About the same time I received a letter from the Brother who is the author of the pamphlets. I replied at some length, and among other things that I thought he had erred and had inflicted a severe blow upon Masonry, and that I thought he had better resign the gavel. In the broad light of the civilization of the nineteenth century it seems foolish to be called upon to define the relation that the Holy Bible, as one of the great lights, holds to Masonry. It has been establ ished as the" Book of the Law," and among our first lessons in Masonry we are taught that ,. it is the inestimable gift from God to man as a rule ll.nd guide for ollr faith and practice," and I cannot conceive how any ]\Iason can cast reproach upon or bring' into ridicule God's Holy word. No matter whether it is formulated as our Bible or the Koran of Mohammedan, so long as it is recognized as a book of the law and is regarded as the essential law of a nation or people. We do not in fact teach any religion, but that of Masonry. but a belief in God is an indispensible requisite to a man's being made a Mason. This must carry with it a belief in God's law. }<'ar be it from me to impugn anyone's conscientious motives, nor do I desire to look upon this matter thari from a Ma.<;onic standpoint. A man has a right, no dOUbt, to be an Atheist or an Infidel, but he cannot be both and be a Mason. We place the Bible upon our altar; upon it our obligations are taken and we are taught that it is one of the great lights in Masonry.

The above matter was referred to a committee of three Brethren. Among them we find the name of our old friend and esteemed Bro. J. R. Boyce, Past Grand Master, formerly of Missouri. The committee reported as follows:

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. Your Special Committee to whom you referred that portion of the Most Worshipful Grand l\Jaster's Address, referring to certain pamphlets or books written and promulgated by l1certain Worshipful Master of this Grand .Jurisdiction, in which the author denounces in bold and defiant terms the fundamental principles, upon which our Institution is planted, to wit: Faith in God and a hope of a future state of reward. , The said author aJso ridicules the teaching of the" Book of the Law" which Masonry proclaims to be the" First Great Light" in our Order, and declares himself as holding no allegiance to the Bible or its God. For these rellsons your committee denounce the holding and promulgation of such sentiments as High Treason against l\Iasonry and totally subversive of 1111 its teaching and foundation, and, if permitted to pass unrebuked, would render us as Masons obnoxious to the charge of gross hypocrisy. and dereliction of duty. Your committee feel deeply the magnitude and importance of responsibility resting on them from the fact that a crimc of such magnitude charged against a Mason as the denial of our" Faith in God" and hope of immortality, has never before come up before this Grand Lodge, and is unknown in this jurisdiction. In view of these facts we feel a delicacy and hesitency in recommending such punishment 8S we believe should be inflicted upon one so recreant to every principle of our loved Order. We would therefore respectfully refer the meed of punishment of so grave a crime, to the Grand Lodge for their infliction.

The above report was unanimously adopted. Why the committee failed to recommend a penalty for one whom they proclaimed guilty of "Iligh Treason against Masonry," we cannot eomprehend. A m.otion to hH.'Iefinitely suspend the Atheistic Master was ruled out of order by the Grand Master, being contrary to the law of the Grand}-,odge. The Brethren seemed determined to get rid of one who owed" no allegiance to the Bible or its God." . The following shows how the case was disposed of: Bro. Duncan then moved to suspend i3ro. Whitford as Worshipful Master. and direct Butte Lodge to prefer charges against him. Bro. Boyce moved in amendment that Bro. Whitford be suspended from all his rights. privileges and duties as WorshipfUl Master of Butte Lodge, No. 22, and that the Grand Secretary notify him of this action of Grand Lodge. Bro. Duncan acceptcd the amendment and the motion was unanimously adopted. Bro. Kleinschmidt then moved that the Grand Master appoint a committee to formulate char~es against Bro. Whitford. and that he be citcd to nppear before them at a fixed time to show cause why he should not be sllspended from all the rights and privileges of Freemasonry. It was moved in amendment that the Grand Ma."ter. appoint a committee to formulate charges to be filed with the Grand Secretary. and that thereafter the Grand Master issue It summons to the accused to appear before a commission that he should appoint. as provided by our Grand Lodge By-Laws. to hear and prescnt evidence to be reported to Grand Lodge. 'l'he amendmcnt being accepted by the mover, the lllot~n was adopted.

We haye no doubt as to the result. But why take all that trouble when it was competent for the Grand Lodge to exercise immediate jurisdidion. The party should have been c.T路pelted by the Grand Lodge. As Punch said, whEm he knocked the devil out of time, "That's the way to do .it." And that. is the way we do things in Missouri. GRAND SECRETARY.

From the excellent Report of Bro. Hedges we clip the following:

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At the last session of our Grand Lod~e the <Iues were reduced from three to two dollars per member, and to meet this reduction, per diem was reduced from four to three dollars. and the mileage for about three-fourths of the Lodges was cut down one-half. A careful study of the situation will show that our revenues have been reduced over a thousand dollars. while the expenses have been reduced less than half that amount, even upon the basis of a session of two days only. 'I'here have been some extraordinary expenditures during the year past. The balance of the appropriation of $200, made two years ago for a monument over the grave of Past Grand Master G. M. Pomeroy, of which $S5 was expended the first year, has been drawn and appli~ during the past year. The Trustees of the Masonic Temple, now in course of construction in Helena, have signified their purpose of preparing 11. room suitable for the office of the Grand Secretary and for the Grand Lodge Library. and placing it at the disposal of the Grand Lodge free of charge for rent. In the matter of filling up ll,nd furnishing. some expense will be involYed. which, for the coming year, may be covered, perhaps, by the ordinary appropriation for office rent.

We eongratulate our Brother upon the prospect of having. an "office." 'Vish we had one. "Poor old Missouri has to oceupy a " hired house." Having already made arrangemcnts for the printing of our next volume on more favorable terms, and the correspondence report being in rendiness for the printer,' there is every reason to expect the earlier appearance of our next volume.

The following law was approved: Re.~olved., That all non-affiliatcd :Masons in this jurisdiction shall have the privilege of visiting Lodges for the period of sixty days, but such non-affiliates shl1.ll petition some Lodge within thirty days thereafter for membership, or contribute to some Chartered Lodge in this jurisdiction its regular dues. and in case of noncompliance shall be debarred from all l\:Tu-"ionic rights and privileges, as follows: Fi1'St, They shall not be allowed to visit any Lodge. second, They shall not be allowed to appear in any Masonic procession. Third, They shall not be entitled to Masonic charity. Fourth, 'rhey shall not be entitled to Masonic burial.

The above places all wilful non-affiliating ::.YIasons under the same' disabilties as our Missouri law. CLOSING.

Here is the way the Grano. Loo.ge was closed: No further business offering', the Grund Lod~e was then closed in and harmony prevailing, with prayer by the Grand Chaplain.

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Burns' Adieu followed in Bro. Duncan's best style. after which. the whole membership of the late Grand Lodge was eutertained with a Ball and Banquet tendered by the entire Masonic Craft of the city, superintended and served by the ladies of Mirian Chapter, Eastern Star. CORRESPONDENCE.

Bro. "Cornelius Hedges, for the Committee," formulated a Review, covering 155 pages, under the following inspiring conditions: As I take my pen to begin this report .July 10th, my window opens on the site of the new Masonic Temple, presenting a busy scene of industry, whence the sound of iron tools is incessant, or unlike the traditional building of Solomon's Temple. Both the sight and the sound are inspiring and we conftdently expect the usual tedium of this work will be greatly relieved thereby. Out of the fragments of time available between this and the meeting of Grand Lodge in October, we shl1.11 endeavor as best we can, to tessalate a report that will inform our Craft;;men, if they will read and take heed therefrom.

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It is .T uly the last with 11S, and, as we write, our window opens out on hot and dusty pavements, burning brick walls; an inviting court in the rear, being a dirty back alley, presents" a busy scene of industry," where rag-pickers do congregate; and hoodlums are numerous and vi vacious. There is no "Masonic Temple" in sight or prospect, and no inspiration comes to this writer to relieve the tedium of his toil, or lessen the torrid heat now waxing more and more towards "one hundred in the shade."

The Review of Bro. Hedges is a 1vritlen production. Vle do not believe there is an extraet in it. So much the better. lIe is terse, concise and strong. His condenser always seems in the best possible working order. \Ve envy him his facility in the produdion of the annual feast served up for the Craft at home and abroad. He gave Missouri, for 1884, the benefit of two pages of his kind thoughts. We cull there~rom the following: The Address of Grand Master Lee A. Hall is especially noticeable for its high moral tone, hardly to be expected in a State with the reputation of Missouri. But there is no mistaking the sentiment of Missouri Masoni'. Saloon-keepers and men who boast of a disbelief in the Bible are cut off' without compunction or ceremony. And those Lodges that did not have enough sand in their craws to punish men convicted of the grossest Masonic crimes, were not allowed to di~grace the name of :Masonry any longer. The best work and growth of the year was in the direction of cutting up, root and branch, these pestilent, diseased Lodges. In one of these diseased Lodges the vicious element was strong enough and defiant enough to elect one as Worshipful Master who had just been convicted of a gross Masonic off'ense and not yet punished. If it had been the last Lodge in the State and no chance for another, such a Lodge ought to be blotted out of existence and prevented from working corruption. Eleven Past Grand Masters were on the Pay-roll, and deserved it as much as the best of any of the rest. The case of Bro. Carnegy was enough to arousc the sympathy of those in worse circumstances to bestow charity. We take it that our Missouri Brethren have fairly committed themselves to the founding of a widows' and orphans' home. Mav God help them to carry out their hopes to fruition, and bring them in all right on the )wmc stretch. The best part of this volume is in the appendix, where Bro. Vinci! distills the fifty odd volumes received from correspondents into a fine intellectual beverage with a distinct Italian flavor. It fairly brims up and overflows like champaign all the time, but unlike that seductive drink, leaves the head and heart both clcarer, steadicr and stronger for the indulgence.

The Past Grand Masters are the only members of the Grand Lodge that are on the Pay-roll. None others need apply. Our Grand Lodge never has provided luxuries for the Hepresenta.tives. The Lodges send their delegates, and pay for them, if they get pay at all. \Ye wish to say to our Bro. I-ledges that there is nothing Ita,liQ.1~ about this writer. The flavor he detects in our Reports is German, without the beer. If he should hear us rattle oft' a lot of Dut<..:h, he would conclude we were from some foreign country. .JOSEPH A. HYDE, Butte, G. M. CORNELIUS HEDGES, Helena, G. Sec.

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NEBRASKA, 1885. The Twenty-eighth Annual Communication was held in Omaha, .June 23d, 1885. IVr. W. Bro. J. J. 'Wemple, Grand lVIaster,presided; R. 'V. Bro. \Vm. R. Bowen was Grand Secretary. 108 Lodges were represented out of 121 on the roll. The record shows the following: The Grand Master announced the presence of Worshipful Bros. Albert Pike and William M. Ireland, Past Mllliters, respectively of Arkansas and Pennsylvania, who were welcomed with the grand honors.

'Ye have seen and heard Bro. Albert Pike and can appreeiate the following: At nine o'clock Bro. Albert Pike be~an an Address. continuin~ three hours, on Freemasonry, its secrets and symbolism, which received the undivided attention of the 500 Masons present, and for which the hearty thanks of the G!'and Lodge were returned.

The Grand Mast.er's Address covered about fourteen pages. He announced that sevent.een Lodges had been constituted under Charter the past year. Quite a number of official visits had been made by him. Dispensat.ions had been granted for the formation of seventeen new Lodges. He had also granted special Dispensations to confer the degrees out of time in ten different cases, and the Grand Lodge realized therefrom the sum of ninety dollars. He reported nineteen Decisions rendered by him. The Grand 1\'1aster shows a conservative spirit in his rulings, and for the most part, conforms to strict Masonic regulations. \Ye do not indorse all his rulings, because we do not believe that all are sound and correct. For instance, he decides that a man who 路was blind in the left eye is not qualified to be a Mason. \Ve have said so much on the subject in past years, that we cannot repeat ourseh'es. But why defeetive sight in one eye sliould preclude a man from being made a Mason has al ways been a mystery to us. \Ve refer Qur readers to the discussion of this subject in our Report of 1884, concerning the action of Bro. Dodge, of Arkansas. RECO~lMENDATIONS.

The Grand l\laster presented and urged upon the attention of the Grand Lodge quite a numher of recommendations. These all show that he has a clear and intelligent knowledge of the wants of the Craft. \Ve make the following extract from his concluding remarks: For seven years I have labored among you to the best of my ability, to promote the greatness of our ancicnt and honorable Institution. and especially the Grand Lodge of Nebraska. I have contributed my mite, my vote and what lllftuence I had for its good. You have honored me more than I deserved or even expected. having bestowed upon me every elective office in your power. excepting Secretary and Treasurer. I do not expect, having reached the highest honor attainable in Ancient Craft Masonry, to be an idler, but to a1 wa~'s be tblfnd ready to do my share so far as my ability will permit for the good of

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Masonry and the world. T cannot close without tendering my thanks to this Grand Lodge for its kind and fraternal help; to all the Grand Officers I am under obligations, as they have steadily shown a desire to assist and strengthen me.

The Grand Secretary, Bro. Bowen, presented a very clear and able busi ness Report. The membership alllonntsto nearly 6,OOO-there are about 140 Lodges. The Grallll Lodge refused to make Past Grand 'Wardens mem bel's of the body, as well as Past Masters. Mnch business of interest to the Craft in that jurisdiction was transacted, but not of sufficient importance to claim attention here. The Fraternity in that jurisdiction is in a healthy and growing condition. A very brief Report from the COlUmittee on Correspondence was submitted, declining to recognize the Grand Lodge of Mexico, and of South Australia. 'We h~ve the promise of a Report on Correspondence the next year, as shown by the following recommendation: That prompt action be taken regarding our Committee on Forei~n Correspondence. We are sadly behind all other jurisdictions, and we are now in a condition where it is expected of us to be ill the front rank and reasonably so too. That an appropriation be made the Grand Secretary for oftice help, that he may have timc in which to see that this Report is made, for if it is put upon him to do, you can depend upon its being done.

Bro. M. B. Reese was elected Grand Master, and Bro. vVm. R Bowen ,vas re-elected Grand Secretary. He resides at Omaha.

NEV."-DA, 1885. The Twenty-first Annual Session was held in Reno City, June !.lth, 1885. M. W. Bro. D. E. Bailey, Grand :Master, presiding, and It W. Bro. .T. D. Hammond, Grand Secretary. Eighteen of the twenty-one Lodges were represented. The table'shows a membership of 1,09.'), indicating a loss of eight)r-one.. The Address of Grand Master Bailey covered eleven pages. He said: During the past year our numbers have ~lightly decreased, yet our general condition is one of healthy and vigorous prosperity. This might seem paradoxical, yet neverthe-

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success; and though we may not have increased numerically, this at least may in part be ascribed to a morc jealous scrutiny at the ballot box of that material offered for our choice or rejection, wherewith to rear the edifice of Freemasonry. That our numbers arc a few less is no particular cause of discouragement. From my knowledge of the Craft, of its workings during the past year, from the hopeful and intelligent countenances I see around me, I think I am fully warra.nted in saying that the Fraternity in this State was never in better condition than at present.

Concerning the relation of the Grand Lodge with other Grand J.Jodges, he had the following to say: Our relations with other Grand Lodges generally remain on the same fraternal terms they did at our last annual meeting. Nothing has occurred to interrupt or disturb the cordiality which then existed except it be that a misunderstanding may have arisen with our sister Grand Jurisdiction of Utah. -

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His Address is a paper of much strength and mei'it, being full of business. He had refused permission to :Masons to wear their Masonic clothing at a ball, thus: My better opinion is. that Masons should only wear the badge of a Mason when sitting in Lodge, or in public when doing Lodge work.

In the law of that Grand Lodge the following power is granted to the Grand :Master. We think. such a law is dangerous and impracticable. The Grand Master is thereby authorized to override and discard the rights and wishes of Brethren in a manner t.hat should not be tolerated. Here it is: . To ballot for and confer the degrees upon candidates, without the reference of their applications to committees. To receive and act upon the petition of rejected applicants within a less period than the twelve months prescribed.

Grand Master Bailey reported a' few practical rulings. There is much in his Address calculated to call forth the best thought and legislative abil~ty of the Grand Lodge. He concluded thus: In conclusion, my Brethren. let me thank you for the high honor conferred lIpon me-an honor which the great ones of earth have been proud to wear; one that in other lands has lent additional lustre to a princely coronet and an imperial diadem. I have endeavored to discharge the duties of that high office to the best of my ability, and if my acts meet with your approval I shall feel amply paid for any time ur labor I have bestowed upon them. I would also return my thanks to the officers of the Grand Lodge, who have sustained and aided me; to the Past Grand Masters. who have given their counsel and ad路vice, and particularly to our Grand Secretary, who, in addition to his own, has also assisted me in the discharge of my duties. May your deliberations here be peaceful and harmonious. and tend to the lasting benefit of the Craft, and both now and in all future time" May the God of love and peace delight to dwell with and bless you."

The Grand Secretary, Bro. Hammond, presented a very brief Report. The Pay-roll figured somewhat in the Proceedings. It a.lways does, where it obtains a foothold. NON-I~TERCOURSE.

A Lodge in Utah had conferreq the three degrees on one M. D. F()ley, a resident of Nevada, against the protest of Nevada Masons. The following action was taken by the Grand Lodge of Nevada: Resolved, That said :1\-1. D. Foley be and is hereby suspended from all the rights and privileges of Masonry. Resolved, That it. is the opinion of this Grund Lodg-e that Wasatch Lodge, No.1. Utah, has intentionally invaded this, Grand Lodge jurisdiction, and should be dealt with accordingly. Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to notify the Grand Lodge of Utah that neither this Grand Lodge or its constituents will hold Ma.~onic intercourse with Wasatch Lodge, No.1, nor its members, until the final settlement of this case to the satisfaction of this Grand Lodge.

A "Peace Commission" will be necessary to settle the above family broil. Call on us. ",Ve have had some experience.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

The Review, covering 100 pages~ contains notices Âˇof the doings of fifty-nine Grand Lodges. Missouri: for 1884, being included in the nUlllber. \Vhile the Report is very largely made up of extracts, thel~e are lllany comments, spiey and pertinent, to he found therein. Bro. Hammond adds to his Review several pages of Decisions upon Masonic Jurisprudence of this country. Bro. M. A. Murphy, is the new Grand Master; Bro. J. D. Hammond, residing at Carson, is still the Grand Secretary.

NE1V BRUNS1VICK, 1883. The Eighteenth Annual Session of this Grand Lodge was held in the city of St. John, April 28th, 1885. M. 'V. Bro. John V. Ellis, Grand Master; R. 'V. Bro. E. J. 'WetnlOre, Grand Secretary. Nearly all the Lodges were represented; there being thirty-three on the roll, with a membership of 1,910. A brief Address by the G~and Master constitutes the most interesting part of the Proceedings. He reported harmony at home and peace with all Grand Lodges. It seems that Masonry was 100 years old in New Brunswick, and the Craft celebrated the centenary of its introduction. The Grand Master recommended the formation of a Masonic Library. He said it was impossible for the Grand Master to visit all the Lodges in the jllrisdietion during the term of office, and suggested tbat the Grand Lodge adopt the system of District Deputies. He said there had been a slight gain in membership: This is all he has to say. The funds of that Grand Lodge amount to some twenty-four hundred dollars. The Grand Secretary presented a very satisfactory business Report. The Grand Lodge of South Australia was duly recognized, while the claims of the Grand Lodge of Mexico and of Spain were not allowed. There is no Report on Correspondence. The Grand ~1aster and Grand Secretary were re-elected. They both reside at St. John.

NEW .JERSEY, 1886.

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In our last review of New Jersey we made a mistake as to the year, and printed it 1884 instead of 1885. We now begin the work of reviewing the journal of 188ei, and will not make such a blunder again. The journal before us for consideration contains the Proceedings of the Ninty-ninth Annual Session, held at the city of Trenton, January 28th,

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.1886. M. "V. Bro. Joseph ·W. Congdon was Grand Master, and the venerable Joseph H. Hough, Grand Secretary. There are something over 100 Lodges, with a. membership of more than 12,000 "Masons in that jurisdiction. The Address ·of the Grand Master covered twenty pages and em braced many valuable matters to the Craft in that jurisdiction, abounding in suggestions and recommendations. 'Ve t"ake these remarks from his opening: It is an impressive thought, that, while for nearly an hundred years this Grand Lodge has met in annual session. assembled in like manner and for like purposes, never yet has it been constituted twice alike. "

The rapidly rolling wheels of time are like the car of Juggernaut, relentlessly crushing into dust precious human lives. As every rising sun shines in eyes that never knew its light before, so each declining day darkens over features" cold and stiff and still." Considering the large numerical proportions of this Grand Lodge, death has dealt kindly by us since last we congregated. yet several most endeared have been summoned to " that land that lies, we know not where, and is, we know not what." It is my melancholy duty at the outset of this Annual Address, as the Grand Master of the Craft, to make suitable recognition of their worth.

Four pa.ges were devoted to 'the mention of those who had passed away frolll toil and trial. Relations with "associate Grand Lodges" were announced as "'';'holly haJ:lllonious." From his remarks on this line we extract the following: 'I'he Grand Lodge of Massachusetts continues to exact from visitors to its subordinate Lodges as a condition, a sine qua non, prior to their examination, the presentation of a Masonic certificate. It may be a fair question whether our Brethren of Massachusetts should IJc permitted to visit freely and untrammeled among the Lodges of New Jersey, when the Lodges from which they hail make the exaction of Brethren of New Jersey of an article which this Grand Lodge in its wisdom does not regard as a prerequisite of any Brother to entitle him to pay a friendly visit. FINANCIAL.

The Grand Master had this to say concerning money: The increase in the per capita dues from subordinate Lodges which was provided for at our last session has placed our treasury in good shape. Otherwise we should have had a deficit to encounter this year. • Certainly the lowest possible sums in yearly dues should be levied, consistent with a dignified financial status of such a body as this Grand Lodge, and the economy which will enable subordinate Lodges to grow strong in their own resources. • The money invested in this bUilding has yielded no income thus far, nor call it be expected to before the floating debt has been paid, and possibly not for some time afterwards. In accordance with the'recommendation of Most Worshipful Bro. Vehslage, indorsed by this Grand Lodge at its last annual session, our constituent Lodges were invited to make contributions to the McKissack fund for the benent or the aged daughter of our time-honored Brother of endeared memory. One hundred and five Lodges have contributed $5 each, total $525.

The following is very suggestive and full of solid instruction: A Master should study the finances of the Lodge over which he presides. The recent stringency of the times, and the depre!'sion of mallY industries, have resulted in the lack of employment for many to such a degree that, probably, there are now a great number G. L. AI'.-6.

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of members in arrears for dues, and in larg-er amounts than ever before. This is highlv unfavorable to the best discipline and the harmonious interests of the Lodges. It is not wise to allow large individual indebtedness to accrue. A member involved for dues he is unable to pay. is路never happy among his Brethren. Pride will make him an absentee; poverty is humiliating. The requirements of his Lodge should never bear heavily on a Brother's heart. In such instances, arrearag-es for dues. or portions of them, should be promptly and cheerfully remitted. On the other hand. Brethren who are able to liquidate their. dues and are indifferent or unnuly procra.c:tinating should be promptly suspended. The assets of a Lodge should be live assets. All its elaims on its members should be collectible, and those not so should be wiped out. No organization can prosper as it should when encumbered with "dead wood," and the dry and unfruitful branches should be lopped off. . DTMITS.

'Ve join in the practical views of this paragraph: It is believed that the Brethren of this Grand Lodge might well revolve in their minds II. question as to the justice of requiring II. Brother to obtain a majority vote of his Longe before he can withdraw from membership therein. In the application of the liberal spirit of Masonry to this doctrine. it may be well argued that if a Brother is in good standing. clear of indebtedness to the Lodge, and resting under no charges. he is rightfully entitled to a dimit when he asks it, without any condition or further ceremony. DECISIONS

'Vere reported as follows: 1. A Worshipful Master has the right. before the minntes have been approved. to order the record of any matter of business transacted in the Lodge expuuged therefrom, for just reasons, valid in his own conscience, and.in the interest of peace and harmolJY.

2. It is not proper to summons a Brother by postal card. 3. The actions of a Grand Master in a specific case does not bind his successor, unless it is subsequently ratified and confirmed by the Grand Lodge. 4. In a trial by charg-es when the ac(~used is unable to be present in person, his testimony may be admitted in the form of a legally executed deposition. 5. A Lodge cannot enforce a by-law requiring an Entered Apprentice or a Fellow Craft Brother to present himself within a certain specified time for his remaining degree or degrees, and any such existing exaction is void.

o. The judicial opinions of a Grand Master, in interpreting Masonic law or landmarks, become established decrees and permanent rules for action when adopted by the Grand Lodge. 7. A Longe of Instruction ha.<; all the functions of a regular Lodge, except the power to tramact business and make Masons, and must, therefore, be regularly opened and closed, and duly tiled. 8. A Past Master under charges cannot rightfully demand trial by a committee composed exclush'ely of Past Masters. 9. It is not proper for a Lodge to appoint a "Committee of Inquiry" to ascertain whether a Brother is justly liable to the preferment of charges.

The state of the Craft is thus given: The general state of the Craft in our own jurisdiction is harmonious, prosperous. IDO:;:t excellent in discipline. and strong financially. Some few Lodl:?cs are reported apathetic. and in so Jarl!c a constituency it is natural that some orgamzations at times lack the vigor and vitality that mark others which are favored with more adventitious conditions. but there is not a sillgle Lodge which may be regarded as giving cause for any especial solicitude.

A few Dispensations of the usual kind had been granted. 'Ve have gleaned the foregoing from the Address of Grand Master Congdon, which is a paper worthy of its author, and of the jurisdiction he repre-

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sented. His work was approved and his Decisions confirmed. \\Te ,...ould hesitate to approve the first ruling above, believing that the Master of a Lodge would be endowed with unusual powers by such finding. The Lodge certainly has some rights, and can say ,... hat shall, and what shall not, be approved. The Committee on Address said of that Decision: Decision NO.1 is, in their judgment correct; but the right therein recognized should only be exercised in extreme cases and with the utmost caution.

e do not accept the correctness of .the principle and therefore object to the application. It leaves the Master alone to judge of " extreme cases," and to determine as to "the utmost caution." There is a clear possibility of the abridgment of Lodge rights by the exercise of official power conferred upon the Master. The Report of the venerable Bro. Hough, Grand Secretary, was a complete exhibit of every interest connected with his department. He shows the receipts to have been $6,800, for the term. The Grand Lodge presented a Jewel to Past Grand Master Rev. Henry Vehslage. The Grand Lodge of South Australia was duly recognized, while the claims of other candidates for recognition were postponed. The Grand Master proposed, i~ his Address, a periodical "Congress of Grand Masters" for purposes of consultation and ad vice, " wi thout legislative, executive or adjudicatQry powers." \Vhat could be effected, pray, by snch a "Congress?" The. Committee on Correspondence approved the plan thus: The Committee on Foreign Correspondence begs leave to report that in the opinion of the Committee. the suggestions of the Most Worshipful Grand Ma.<;ter for a Congress of the Grand Masters of various jurisdictions of America, is a valuable one, and if the same could be accomplished, would, no doubt, accrue to the advantage of the Fraternity.

This Committee votes ,e No." CORRESPONDENCE.

The Review was made by Bro. :Norton, the able and amiable Committee, who waded through the transactions of forty-eight American Grand Lodges, besides glancing at some foreign'Proceedings. The work of tbis reviewer is always readable and interesting, and not less so this time. He extradswell and comments judiciously. He is one of 'the Guild that we are not afraid of. His re\7iew of Missouri, for 1885, was ample and liberal, nearly five pages being devoted to extracts from our journal. \Ve ,:."ould like to reeiprocate as to tbe extent of our notice, but this may not be now. It is August, and our Report is just being wound up. The journal for January, 1886, came this morning, a note

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to the Grand Secretary having informeu him that we hau not recei ved it. If ,~'e get our Review in its place, alphabetically, we will be satisfied. That it hau to be abridged, Bro. Norton will see. "Ve have gleaned all that was possible from the journal of transactions, to the neglect of the valued Report on Foreign Correspondence. lVi. W. Bro. Congdon was honored with a re-election, as he deserved to be. Bro. Joseph H. Hough was continued as Grand Secretary, and resides at Trenton.

NEW MEXICO, ISSS. The Eighth Annual Comrnunieation was held in the city of Las Vegas, November 18th, 1885. :M. 'V. Rro. Cornelius Bennett was Grand Ma,ster; R. "\V. Bro. A. A. Keen was Grand Secretary. In this jurisdiction there are thirteen Chartered Lodges, with a membership of 55~~, showing a gain of sixty-seven members in the past year. The Address of G rand Master Bennett was quite brief, covering five pages. He called special attention to the necessity for careful and judicial seleetion of material, examination of vi8itors, and of the prompt collection of dlle8. lIe urged npon the Lodges the iOlportance of possessing their own' Masonic homes. He reported having granted a Dispensation for the formation of one new Lodge. TIe presented a few new rulings, in reply to questions that had been propounded to him. TIe may have ruled according to the law, but we cannot see the justice of such rules, or law, in one or two cases. He was asked the question, how long a .Mastel' Mason was to wait before he could apply the second time, who had been rejeded on petition for membership? He answered, one year. Another qllestion was presented, asking how long an Apprentiee was to wai t before renewing his application when rejected for ad vanccment? His reply was that he could apply at every stated meeting. This is a strange doctrine to us, that Master Masons, rejected for lnembership are placed under disability for twelve months, and a candidate for advancement might renew his application the next meeting following such rejection. The Grand Lodge of New Mexico should repeal sueh a law, and allow every rejeeted Master Mason to renew his petition at the meeting follo\ving his rejection. This is the law in Missouri, though we are free to admit that many years ago a Master 'Mason was put on probation for twelve months atter his rejection for membership, yet the law was abolished in 1866, when the present just and liberal provision was made. The Grand Secretary, Bro. A. A. Keen, presented a brief Report. He is a new Grand Becretary, and has shown his ability to discharge

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the duties of the office ~nd to succeed a very worthy and competent predecessor. ITe reported that there had been a saving of some $300 in the printing of the Proceedings of the past year. He advised the Grand Lodge to adopt some method by which a library fund might be formed. TIe receives the prfncelY salary of $100 per year for his services as Grand Secretary, and donates all the perquisites of his office to the library fllnd. The Grand Secretary was congratulated on the able manner in which he had discharged the duties of his office. We arc pleased to note that the Committee on the Grand Master's Address overruled his decision concerning the question of affiliation of Master Masons. The Grand Lodge thus puts itself in harmony with justice, right, and correct principles. We copy their report: The 3d decision, viz :_u How long must a candidate been rejected, before he can apply again?"

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Answer-路lOne year." This your Committee finds. so far a..c; they are able to make inquiry, is not the custom ill this jurisdiction; nor do they deem it jnst, to deny a Master Mason that which is granted an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft; that is "the right," as Mackey puts it in his Masonic ,Jurisprudence, to renew his petition to the Lodge that rejected him," * * * "and that petition may be repeated as often as he deems it proper to do so." In other words, we are of the opinion that the non路affiliated Master Mason may renew his application, at every regular communication of the Lodge, if he sees fit to do so. In all other respects your Committee heartily concurs in the decisions of the Most Worshipful Grand :Master. . '

The Proceedings of the session were brief and of local importance only. At the close of the session a Banquet was given by Chapman路 Lodge, in honor of Grand Lodge and new Grand Officers. COHRESPONDENCE.

A Heport, covering some forty pages, was presented by Bro. Max Frost. His notices of the different Proceedings examined by him, were necessarily very brief. Missouri was not recognized at the feast; why, we do not know. Bro. Max Frost was elected Grand Master; Bro. A. A. Keen was continued as Grand Secretary. His address is Las Vegas.

NEll' YORK, I路SS6. The One Hundred and Fifth Annual Communication was held in the City of New York, commencing .Tune 1st, 1886. 1\1:. W. Bro. Frank R. Lawrence, Grand Master, presided, and R. 'V. Bro. Edward M. L. Ehlers was Grand Secretary. There were a large number of Lodges represented, oesides a long list of Past Grand Officers and Grand Lodge Representatives present. The Heport oefore us shows a total membership of 71,977, contained in 714 Lodges, in the State of New York. This is by far the largest jurisdiction on the American continent.

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THE ADDRESS

Of Grand Master Lawrence covered thirty-four pages, besi<les a large supplement. It is devoted to the interests of the" home work," and is .a labored document. The opening paragraph rea;.ds well : The year has been one of prosperity. Peace has been ,vitllin our walls; under the blessing or ALmighty God we have been permitted to pursue our labors, as for generations past, in harmony and in happiness; and a..c; we assemble to-day, our first thought should be one of gratitude to the Giver of all Good, for his infinite mercy and loving Kindness.

Among the early notices of subjects was a tribute to the FRATERNAL

DEAD.

These tributes were extended and appropriate. Divers and sundry Dispensations were reported, together with visitations made and many I official acts performed. Foreign relations were reported as fraternal and harmonious. Dispensations to form new Lodges had been refused and even discouraged. Continued and increasing efficiency was announced as to the system of work and lectures adopted by the Grand Lodge in former yea'rs. Certain nnmasonic publications were referred to and condemned, though he did not put upon record the names of said objectionable works. HALL AKD ASYLUM.

In other words, the Temple trouble seems still to be on hand as one of the factors that the Fraternity in that jurisdiction must wrestle with. The debt \vas reduced somewhat during tile year closing, but the fact is most apparent that the Brethren have a huge burden upon their shoulders. By various appeals to the Craft thronghout the State, the responses footed up about $80,000, leaving a balance of $400,000. How they are to extricate themselves from this fearful incubus is not manifest from anything we can discover in the Proceedings. Various plans were snggested by the Grand Master, but the" Moses" who shall lead the Fraternity out of the wilderness, has not yet turned up. 路We think that if Grand Master Frank R Lawrence, does not bring Israel to the promised land, and deli ver them from the" bond "-age of a four hundred thousand dollar debt, no one will succeed. It is not necessary to read between th.e lines to se'c the state of things apparent to the mind of the able and clear-headed Grand Master, Bro. Lawrence. In view of all the burdens and failures 'realized by the Craft in New York, we can glean such feelings as "distrust," "aversion" and" opposition." These are words to be picked up in the carefully and discreet Address of the Grand Master. It is a gloomy outlook to one so far away as we are. We hope it may not seem so to the Brethren in the "Empire State." The able and efficient Grand Secretary, Bro. Ehlers, presented his work and business in a clear and concise form, showing how well he

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, has mastered the duties of the position. His journal was furnished the Craft in good time. The Grand Lodge closed on the 4th of June; on the 12th of .Tuly we received the printed Proceedings. CORREsroNDEXCE. The annual Review was remarkable for its hrevity. It is signed by a committee of three Brethren, Simons, Anthony and 8ackreuter. It was. evidently the work of the venerable Bro. Simons, though Bro. Anthony presented it to the Grand Lodge. Bro. Simons was reported too ill to attend the session, and reeei \led a fraternal expression of sympathy from the Grand Lodge. 'Ve clip from the opening of the Heport the following: In again presenting the Report on Correspondence, the Committee desire to remark that its reputation for brevity will doubtless be increascd this year, partly from the absence of several journals, and partly that the marked quietude of the Craft has temporarily, at least, withdrawn from dlScus~ion. various questions auout which differences of opinion doubtless still exist. but which will await further debate, until new champions enter the lists to re-awaken the wordy strife. Within the vast domain of our own country no cloud is visible on the Masonic horizon, while in Canada, the difficulty between the Grand Lodgcs of Quebec and England, seems to grow more llcrimonious with the passing years. Force will never end it, while a spirit of fraternal concession very probably would. 'rhe case will be found very clearly and concisely stated under the head of Missouri, in the following pages. The situation in New South Wales and Victoria remains unchanged, and seems likely' to thus remain, until the parties in those far off countries are moved by wiser counsels than have hitherto prevailed. We have followed the plan adopted by us last year, in placing the list of the journals reviewed at the end instead of the beginning of the Report, and following the alphabctical arrangement as far as possible.

'Ve trust the venerated and erudite Chairman of the Committee, Bro. John 'V. Simons, may still be spared to the Craft at home and at large. Missouri, for 188;), received kind attention in a two-paged notice. The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both re-elected and live in New York City.

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The Ninety-ninth Annual Communication convened in the city of Raleigh, onthe,12th of January, 1886, and was presided over by M. 'V. Bro. F. H. Busbee, Grand Master; R W. Bro. Donald W. Bain was Grand Secretary. Heprosentatives from ninety-eight Lodges were in attendance out of 209 on the roll. The Grand Secretary foots up a membership of 8,211 in the jurisdiction. The income amounted to something over $3,000. An Address of nine pages from the Grand

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Master contained an account of his official doings. He mentioned tenderly the fraternal dead of the jurisdietion. - Concerning the state of the Order he said: Upon It suryey of the whole field, the outlook is decidedly encouraging. Purged of many drones. the Lodges for the most part are in good working condition, and hopeful for the future. Dispensations have been granted for the establishment of ten new Lodges. and several dormant Lodges have been revived. While I have not seen fit to deny any petitions for new Lodges, concerning their formation, I desire to sound a note of warning to my successor. An increase in the number of Lodges is by 11Q means necessarily a matter of congratulation. and petitions should be carefully cOllsidered. In count.y-seats the formation of new Lodges is gcnerally to be promoted. but whenever allY question arises about the ability of thc new Lodge to develop strength, the petition should not be granted. One strong Lodge is more potent for good than a dozen weak ones.

Eleven Decisions were reported which met the approval of the Grand Lodge, as they deserved, for all were sound and praeticaI. The Grand Master presented at length, and very earnestly, the claims of their" Orphan Asylum." We copy this: Shortly after the last communication of this Grand Body. the Directors of the Orphan Asylum appeared before the Joint Committce on Finance of the General Assembly, and asked that the appropriation by the State in aid of that institution be increased to ten thousand dollars. The reasons for this request were given at length and the necessities and desires of the Asylum were frankly laid before the Committee. To the credit of the representatives of our Commonwealth be it stated, that without rcference to locality, party, color or denomination, by a vote, practically unanimous, the appropriation was giyen. Masons of North Carolina, I earnestly pray that you may feel the full weight of the responsihility which this action of the Legislature imposes upon every member of the Fraternity. We are made the almoners of the charity of thc State; upon us is devolved the obligation of carrying into full effect the constitutional obligation resting upon the General Assembly" to provide for the establishment of one or more Orphan Houses," and for the method in which we execute the trust we are responsible to the tax-payers of North Carolina. It is a rare compliment to entrust duties of this importance to directors who are not appointed by State authority. The appropriation is not sufficicnt, nor is it intended to be sufficient, to support the Asylum. If It were, no self-respecting Mason would administer the fund as a Masonic charity. The purpose declared WB." to enable the authorities of the Asylum to increase the number of inmates, to receive children at a younger age and to discharge its inmates at an increased age when their interests would be thereby promoted. And especially is it intended to establish features of indnstrial edncation. The report of the Directors and accompanying report of the Superintendent should receive your careful scrutiny.

A lengthy and interesting report was ~tdopted coneerning the Asylum. Our Brethren are in earnest in the good work. rOREIGN

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The Grand Master said: For some years past the journal of onr Proceedings has contained no Report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence. This omi~ion is a very important one and tends to weaken the fraternal bond which should unite North Carolina with other jurisdictions. Some of the most eminent Masons of the country yearly review in their Report the Proceedings of all the Grand Lodges, and their criticisms and commentaries constitute most valuable treatises upon Masonic Jurisprudence and compendiums of contemporary history. Such men as Drummond of Maine, Vaux of Pennsylvania. Gurney of Illinois, Vinci! of Missouri, and others of equal distinction, devote laborious days to these Reports. In North Carolina we have been marvelously unfortunate, we have tried Masonic lecturers, a journalist, a congressman, and all have failed us.

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be of interest to our readers:

The Charter authorizing the fGrmation of Lodges in North Carolina was granted in 1771 by Beaufort, Grand Master of England. But the records of the Grand Lodge from 1771 until 1787 were lost or destroyed. and honor of the first organization of the Grand Lodge in the year 1771 (the exact d~te of which is more a tradition than history), and to commemorate the date, January 14th, 1771. when the Duke of Beaufort issned his commission to Joseph Montfort, of Halifax. North Carolina, as Provincial Grand Master of and for America, WIth authorit)' to estaLJlish Lodges, etc. While the history of the first organization of the Grand Lodge is lost to us, yet, from the tradition which we have. it was proper for the GTltlld Longe to select the date borne, as it were, on its magna clw.rta, from which to celebrate its centennial. After years of"suspension, howcver, our rccords furnish a date of reorganization from which we have a perpetual existence, to wit: December 9th, 1787 i when the Grand Lodge, by the act of constituent Lodges, was reconstitnted in the town of Tarborough. The centennial day is remote, Yet it is sup-gested that this Grand Body take such steps as mllY be necessary to secure a creditable observance of the One Hundredth Annual Communication, or the centenary date of its reorganization, December 9th, 1787. I second the suggcstions of the Grand Master on this suLJject. I can say that the Fraternity in this Grand Jurisdiction has had a prosperous year. Not that the rcturns of Lodges show a very large number of accessions, but. from a correspondence with the Lodges and individuf\ls, which has been unusually extensive, I find that a greater interest in Masonry has been awakened in many localities. and there is increased desire generally to ascertain what the work and jurisprudence of this jurisdiction are and to conform to them.

The Grand Lodge resolved to celebrate its one hundredth birthday at the January session of 1887, The following question and answer in the Address of Grand. :Master Busbee will do to think about: AMason who bad become non路affiliate by non-payment of dues (his failure to pay arising partly from want of means caused by ill路health), desired to be reinstated, and had slowly accumulated by day-labor money to pay his dues. lie was taken ill and died before rcinstatement. Upon a petition by the Lodge for a Dispcnsation to buryhim 'with Masonic honors; Held, that, as it was stated that if the facts had been fu11y known the Mason would not have been dismembered. it was one of the rare ca.<;cs in which a Dispensation should be granted to bury a non路afliliate with Masonic honors. The propriety of this Dispensation is questioned, and the opinion of the Grand Lodge is asked upon it.

The door being once opened to such applications, when can it be closed? The Committee on Jurisprudence said, 'when reviewing the case: That portion of the Grand Master's Address marked as Decision No. 10 having been referred to them. they are of opinion that the actioll of the Grand Master shonld be sustaincd and approved, owing to the peculiar circumstances attcnding the case considered by him. In rendering this opinion your committee have looked to the motives which evidently influenced our Grano Master in this seeming- departure from the law as we have heretofore understood it. In the exercise of his discretion he has, in our opinion, slwwn the high regard in which he holds the privileges, as well as the rights, of a Master Mason. But your committee desire particularly and emphatica11y to call the attention of the the Grand Lodge to the fact that this Decision should not be viewed in the light of a precedent. .

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The penalty of non-affiliation is clearly and unequivocally prescribed by law, and rare indeed should be the case which warrants its remission.

The following resolution was introduced and referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. Resolved, That in the opinion of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, the sale of spirituous liquors is a fruitful source of evil, and all Masonic offenses arisinR in connection therewith should be fearlessly investigated and punished by the subordinate Lodges in which they occur; but thc mere fact that a Mason is engaged in the sale of liquor does not in itself subject the person selling to Masonic charges.

Finding lIO further mention of the resolution, we conclude that the committee must have buried it. The Grand Lodge slightly amended its law concernin'g those who have lost standing by suspension for non-payment of dues. The law as it now stands is liberal enough, and is in marked contrast with the cruel deliverances of some Grand Lodges that totally disfranehise a a Brother who is unfortunate in respect to his Lodge finances. Here is the law: I . Exclusion from a Lodge for Don-payment of dues does not impair the ~tRnding of a member with the Fraternity at large, other than placing him in a non-affiliated relation. A member excluded for non-payment of dues can be reinstated by a majority of the members present at any regular meeting of thc Lodge, upon the payment by ~aid member of the amount due at the time of the exclusion: Provided, whellever it is apparent to the satisfaction of the Lodge that such member is clltirely unable to pay such indebtedness, the Lodge may, in its discretion, remit the amount.

There is humanity in the above provision. The heartlessness with which poor and needy members are sometimes cut off' by Lodges, savors more of the Shylock spirit than Freemasonry. The first paragraph above is too liberal. According to that, rxcblsion is not suspension for non-payment of dues. The 1/Ji(fully negligent should be punished by loss of standing as a Mason. Simply to non-affiliate such is but little more than nothing. GRAND SECRETARY.

It is always a pleasure to note the valuable labors of our Brother, Donald W. Bain, Grand Secretary of .Korth Carolina. The pleasure we enjoy in reviewing his work is surpassed only by the satisfaction of personal association and friendship, with which we hav.e been favored for a number of years. The moral worth and pure chara~ter of Bro. Bain promise well for the Craft in Korth Carolina. His impress npon the work of that jurisdietion will deepen with the passing years. Bro. Bain furnishes his Grand Lodge a neat journal and presents its fiscal affairs ill a business shape, because he is a business man.

Grand Master and Grand Secretary were re-elected, and both reside in Raleigh. No Report on Correspondence. "Hope long deferred, maketh sick the heart." In other words, makes a fellow tired. We will " hope 011, hope ever," and look for a Report nntil one appears..

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NOVA SCOTIA, ISS:'). The journal now under consideration contains the proceedings of three Special and one Annual Communication; the latter met in Halifax, June 3d, 1885. The M. W. Grand Master, Bro. Laurie, was absent, and R ,V. Bro. VV. E. Starrett, Deputy Grand Master, presided; R. W. Bro. Benjamin Curran was Grand Secretary. There are some seventy Lodges and about 0,000 men bel's in that jurisdiction. Grand Master Laurie sent ~ brief Address, covering some three pages, explaining his absence and expressing l:egret that he could not be present to preside over the Grand Lodge. Here is a paragraph that will explain his absence: BRETHREN-I deeply regret that circumstances prevent my being present with you at this Communication; but 1 was early taught in Masonry that a good :Mason recognizes the duty he owes to his Sovereign and his country; and I feel sure that this Grand Lodge meetillg to-day will not COli sider me wanting in my duty to the Craft because I am not present in the chair of Royal Solomon in the East. bnt am addressing yOll from the great Prairie of the North West, where, in common with many another Brother, I am doing my share towards upholding law and order and the authority of our Queen. My duties here have been so continuous that I trust I shaH be excused if I simply submit a report of my official acts during the past year until ~he date of my sudden路 departure on active service.

The Grand Secretary's Annual Report was read, showing that sixtyfive Lodges had made reports. He said" while we have done nothing, perhaps, as to increase of numbers, we have certainly lost nothing." Hp. records the remarkable fact thatthere had been no suspensions, for unmasonic conduct for three years, and that the number suspended for non-payment of dues was smaller than in former years. The financial condition is a very satisfactory one. The several District Deputy Grand Masters made reports of the condition of Masonry in their Districts. The following Grand Lodges were recognized: New Mexico, Arizona, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. There is nothing of any importance recorded in the general proceedings worthy of our attention for consideration here. COHRESPONDENCE.

A Report, of ninty-six pages, reviewing the Proceedings of fortynine Grand Lodges, was rendered by Bro. David C. Moore. It consists largely of extracts from the Proceedings reviewed. Missouri, for 1884, received Fraternal mention in a notice of less than two pages. There are many pleasant sayings in the. Report, he speal{s of Missouri thus: This is one of the largest jurisdictions in North America, and the Proceedings of the Communication of Grand Lodge for 188<l indicate life, vigor and harmony. The Annual

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Address by the Grand Master, Lee A. Hall, is a most valuable and exhaustive compendium of Masonic work for the year. Not an incident is left unnoticed, and the decisions in all matters of importance are given with great clearness and force.

He speaks of our Report in the following language: The Grand Secretary's Report is a full statement of the financial and general condition of the Order. Dr. Vinci! js well known throughout North America as one of the ablest officials in the Craft.. As Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence he holds delightful intercourse with his Brethren thronghout the Continent. A very fnll and pleasant reference is mllde to Nova Scotia in this departmellt. and very much that is interesting and instructive could be culled from this feature if time permitted. The Craft has a membershiP of 24,.594 in Missouri, which is only exceeded by six Grand Lodges in America. The finances are in an excellent condition, there being a surplus of $16,444.0!.

BENJAMIN CURRAN, Halifax, 路G. Sec.

OIIIO, ISS5. The Seventy-sixth Annual Communication was held October 20th, 1885, in Cincinnati. M. 'V. Bro. Joseph M. Goodspeed, Grand Master, presided, and R. VV. Bro. John D. Caldwell was Grand Secretary. 'rhere are some 550 Lodges in that jurisdiction, with a membership of nearly :~O,OOO. Bro: Goodspeed, Grand Mastpr, presented a fourteen-paged Address, full of business. He announced the death of Past Grand Master 'V. B. Dodds. He mentioned the fact that he had appointed Bro. H. L Rogers, of St. Louis, Grand RepresentaLi ve of the Grand Lodge of Ohio near the Grand ]~Qdge of Missouri. Having served in that character for a number 'of years, we are glad that Bro. Rogers is our successor. In the Address of Grand Master Goodspeed, a long list of Dispensations appears. He reported fourteen Decisions, all of which we approve, regarding them as sound and conservative, except one, which we think of doubtful propriety. He decided that candidates might be examined for advancement at a called meet~ng. This is not our custom in Missouri, nor do we路 believe it to be safe. or practicable. He 'had been called upon during his term of office to suspend the Masters of two Lodges for unmasonic conduct, and caused them to be summoned to appear before the Grang Lodge. He uttered the following complaints concerning the heavy correspondence and duties of the office of the Grand Master: During the year I have written on an average a little more than four letters a day. This includes Sundays. Many of the questions asked could ha\:e been answered by the writer if he had taken the trouble to turn to the Code. In such cases the Grand Master must write and direct attention to the law; giving page, article: section. rule. or decision, 8.." the case may be. This all takes time,-valuable time to a man who must provide for the temporal welfare of himself and family. Many times within the last two vears I have written untIl two o'clock in the morning that I might convey to the inquiring the information asked for. I do not exaggerate when I say that it requires four hours of diligent work each day, for six months of the year, to furnish the

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information asked for.' I do not make this statement' in the spirit of complaint. I call your attention to it that you may not unnecessarily burden my successor in office. j\fy experience enables me to give you advice on this subject. Let me sa~ to you, take the Code and study it, and you will find nine-tenths of the questions you would ask already answered. Again, when you write to your Grand Master, write your name, 'name of your Lodge, numbe!; of your Lodge and your post-office distinctly.

The Grand Lodge discontinued a committee that had been appointed to consider the Louisiana resolutio~ls. A lengthy and interesting Report on Grievances was submitted by the committee. The Grand Lodge expressed its sympathy with the Grand Lodge of Quebec in the following resolutions: Resolved, That this Grand Lodge nost heartily symp~thizes and appro\'es the action of the M~t Worshipful Grand Lodge of Quebec in dedarillg non-intercourse between the members subordinate thereto and' the members of the Lodges, St. Paul, St. George and St. Lawrence, of the city of Montreal.

Grand Lodge decided that the nomination of officers in a Lodge is not to be allowed. We ask the question, if not allowed in f;ubordinate Lodges, why should the custom be tolerated in Grand Lodges? CORRESPONDENCE.

A Heport of 110 pages was presented by Bro. R E. Richards. It contains many extracts from the Proceedings of our Grand Lodge for the year 1884. The .Journal for 1885 was briefly reviewed. He said that Grand Master Hall's Address was one of the best documents of its kind' that he had had the pleasure of reading. Speaking of Bro. Hall's Address, Bro. Richards said: Our Brother does not approve, no more than we, of the rule that" while a two-thirds vote may restore an expelled Mason to good Masonic standing, a unanimous votc is required to restore to membership." Why the distinction? We do not believe in any halfway business in such cases. You say to 路him, in effect, that the charges were .not true, or were frivolous; we find you to be a good man and a good Mason, but we do not want you in the Lodge. Out upon such a rule. Having charged him with crime, and voted him out of the Lodge. you subsequently find that )'OU were in error. Why not honestly acknowledge it, and place the Brother back where he was before you took action against him?

'fo which we gi ve our strongest endorsement. He briefly reviewed the Address of Grand Master Stevenson, and made the following quotation from our Report on Correspondence: Brethren. what think you of such a picture? Is it overdrawn? We answer clearly, No. And further: Cases are on record where ., saloon-keeping Masons" have halJdled the gavel as :Masters of Lodges. We feel t1Hmkful that the Grand Lodge of Ohio has at last taken a step in the right direction. We are no blatant advocate of prohibition or teetotalism, but we do believe most firmly in the true Masonic doctrine of temperance. Bro. VincH, under Ohio, applauds Grand Master Kiefer for saying" Yes, with emphasis," to the question ... Wuuld there be any objection to a man becoming a Mason who is engaged in selling liquor?" .

We close this Review of Bro. Richard's excellent Report by appropriating one of his many valuable sayings, in which he replied to Bro. Drinkal;d, of Virginia, on the powers of Grand Masters. "We are in harmony with his views. Hear him:

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Bro. Drinkard alludes frequently to the" prerogatives," so called, of a Grand Master, and insists that they inure to bim by immemorial usa~e; that tbe Constitution authorizing them are the IJandmarks; that it is not in the power of any man or body of men to change them, etc.; and among these prerogatives. which are landmarks, and therefore cannot be taken from the Grand Master, is the right to grant Dispensations. We would remind our Brother that the Masonry of to-day is not the Masonry of 1717. '1)me's changes require changes, even in the manner of conducting the business of Masonry. We in America no longer live under kings, and, while we all revere the antiquity of our Order, that reverence should not lead us to forget that ours is an age of progress. The government of our Lodges and our Grand Lodges must {Jartake of the spirit of the civil government under which we live and prosper. Henee Grand Masters should no longer be clothed with the absolute power accorded them under the "Ancient Constitutions." Masonry in this country will flouri~h best by assimilating with the trne meaning and intent of democratic principles. We would \lot rob a Grand Master of all power, or all prerogative; only the power to set aside at will a direct provision of law. That is all.

",Ve regret the necessity of separating from Bro. Richards, as Committee, having learned that he no longer discharges the duties M that important position. Bro. S. S. ",Villiams was elected Grand Master; Bro..John D. Caldwell, of Cincinnati, is still Grand Secretary. NOTE.-Since writing the foregoing, we have been officially notified of the death of Bro. R. E. Hichards. This is as painful as路it is surprising to us. ",Ve had learned to esteem Bro. Richards very highly for his work's sake. As a writer of Reports on Correspondence, he ranked high and was a ,;alued co-worker in the field occupied by him for a number of years. Our private correspondence drew us together quite closely. Though we never met, yet the ties binding our hearts in unity were strong. "Te had hoped for a meeting at the coming Triennial. But our friend and Brother has passed to the land from which there is no return. In reviewing his theory, in 1884, of the resurrection, we said this: If Bro. Richards accepts the Bible as from God, and believes in the religion of Nature, or natural religioll, he will revi,e his creed and incorporate therein the declaration of the able jurist and conscientious Ma~on, Judge Howry, of Mississippi. whose last writings on earth declared: "I believe in the resurrection of the body and the immortality of the soul." Onr venerable Bro. Howry, since formUlating the above creed, has passed to the realm of the living and beyond tile scene of the dying. He has t('sted the soundness of his creed. By a pure and Godly life, he won peace and hope here, and lost nothing by such a life, it' there be no future for him hereafter. So, Bro. Richards, you and your Brother correspondent, must soon meet similar conditions and destinies.

Bro. Richards, like Bro. Howry, "has passed t.o the realm of the living and beyond the seene of the dying." "He has tested his creed," and gone where all fallacies are detected. At the request of this Committee, our Grand Master, one year ago, appointed Bro. Richards Representative of the Grand Lodge of Missouri near the Grand Lodge of Ohio. He accepted the eommission sent, and entered upon the discharge of his duties with promise of use~ulness. His service, rendered this Committee during th~ past t'Yelve months, will not soon be forgotten. ",Ve feel the loss caused by his death to be a personal one. In closing his labors in 1883, Bro. Richards asked-"'Vill we go through another one? The All-Knowing One only can tell." "'Vas the' inquiry prophetic? Did the coming: event cast its shadow before? \Ve said then, and repeat it now, with deep tenderness, "Not farewell! but only good-bye!

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OREGON, ISS5. The Thirty-fifth Annual Communication was opened in the city of Portland,on the 9th day of .June, ]885. l\:l."W. Bro. D. P.l\'fason wasGrand' Master, and R. 'V. Bro. F. J. Babcock was Grand Secretary. There were seventy Lodges represented. ,Ve find that there are seventy-two Lodges in that jurisdiction, and 3,200 members. The Grand Master's Address was a lengthy one, amounti.ng t.o twent.y-five pages, and contains a. great deal of interesting matter, espec:ially to our Oregon Brethren. Concerning the unity of Masonry, he tised the following language: No Masonic body can exist without unity of its members in the bonds of Masonic faith .. The vows of the Brethren cannot be of any service unless there be a united purpose to obey and sustain them by those who possess them; when once the Brethren are united in the performance of Ma.~onic duty, peace and harmony will reign over the entire Masonic realm. It is an inspiring thought to realize that there are Masons who, by a course of strict :Masonic conduct, have brought themselves within the influences of those good moraL injunctions of the Grand Architect of the llniverse.

His Address eontains some admirable teachings upon the morals of Masonry. vVe feel that we cannot do better, in this Report, than to present his admonitions upon several points, which are as follows: If their are lIny among you who will indulge to excess, and if they drink at all it means excess at la.:,t. in almost all cases. Adm.onish. and, if po!>sible. restore them to their vows. Perhaps your timely interposition may prevent further disgrace and ruin, but if your Brothers will not li~ten to you, but defy you and persist in their purpose to ruin themselves and bring the Order into bad repute, with becoming kindness dissolve all Masonic connection with the erring ones. ,

And while we are upon this subject, we may remind our Brethren that there are gamblers in social life: we trnst there is no 1\fa.o;;on so low!-one so devoid of self-respect as to indulge in this terrible business. The~e pests ill society should be the special object of the condemnation of the Freemason. The vocation of the l{ambler implies dishon~ty. surrounded with inducements to drunkenness and crime of almost every type. Then there is the sneaking, treacherous snake! Is there one amon~ Masons'! We mean the slanderer; wlHlt room have we for the slanderer in our ranks? And yct this ~ometimes seen among the Craft, snapping his hideous tongue as he slowly crawls along the earth. poisoning the good name of the Brethren. He would die if he had no imlOcent victim. To have the gambler and slanderer constituted to do the meanest things, and they do them, in our midst, is enough to destroy the :i\fasonic heart.

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There is another character that is a foe, to l\fasonry, but we hope, is not numerously repre~ented. He who will not tuke care of his own is not worthy of a seat with the faithful. This character, if found among :Masons, should be execrated. A Mawn who will not support hi~ wife or children is one of the worst men wc have in society. He should be cut off from the Brethren at once. No man can be a good Mason, not to say citizen, unless he is equal to his obligations to his God, his co\lutry and his househOld. None but good Masons make good citizens.

One Dispensation had been granted to form a new Lodge, and several for special purposes. lIe reported thirteen official Decisions, all of which are in harmony with the general spirit and customs of Masonry. Concerning the serv-lces of the Grand Secretary, and the Committee on Correspondence, he recommended that compensations of each should be inereased, and expressed himself as follows:

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I wish to call the attention of the Grand Lodge to, as I com;ider, the insufficiency of the salaries of these, the two most important ofiicers of our Grand Body. The work of the Grand Secretary is gradually increasing year after year, and even now has grown so largely tbat. it consumes nearly his entire timc. In 1876 the salary of the Grand Secretary was increased from four hundred ·to six hundred dollars per annum. We, at that time, numbered fifty·five Lodges. with a membership of twenty-two hundred. We now have on our rolls seventy-two Lodges, and three thousand two hundred contributing members. I would recommend an increase of the pay. of our Grand Secretary in proportion to the increase of Lodges and mem bers. The Report on Foreign Correspondence is, in my judgment, the most valuable work that is given us by any officer, and under the charge of M. W. Bro. Chadwick, has been the means of placing Oregon in the front ranks with other Grand Jurisdictions. The service that he has rendered us cannot, in my opinion, be compensated for with money, and I feel that by his eminent labors be has placed upon m a weight of obligation which we can never repay. The labor done, although performed at great sacrifice and neglect of his own private affairs, has bcen a labor of love for bis Brethren and for the Grand Lodge. and to show our appreciation thereof, I recommend that bis salary be increased one hundred dollars per annum, to include his present R~port.

He spoke of the condition of the Order in that jurisdiction, as being prosperous in a fair d.egree, but not gro'wing too rapidly for health and soundness. On INsuRANCE he said: In this connection I desire to call the attention of Lodges generally to the great necessity of insuring their propert.y against loss by fire, and would recommend that the Grand Lodge enforce this duty upon them. As bnsiness men, we regard this as a matter of tbe utmost importance: then why should we. as members of an organization, be derelict in protecting ourselves llgaimt the loss of property for the possession of which we have all contributed? We are certainly interested in looking after the finances of our respective Lodges, and we can do so in no better way than by keepin~ our Lodge property well ipsured.

The Address of the Grand Master was a sound and able document. Bro. Babcock, Grand Secretary, presented an otricial report containing the statement of the business affairs of the Grand Lodge. TE~1I'ERANCE.

The Grand Lodge of Oregon has taken the same stand on the snbject of saloon-keeping and liquor-drinking Masons as Missouri, and is making a fonvard movement towards putting down this vice among the Frat9rnity, as is shown in the follO\,ving resolution which was adopted: Resolved, That the keeping of what is commonly known as a liqnor sal 0011 , or the attending to the bar of the same. shall be considered u. sufficient g-round for the indefinite suspension of Masons engaged therein .. and that any candidate for the degrees engaged in such business, shall be deemed ineI.igible. •

This is the same doctrine })roclaimed by the Grand Lodge of Missouri, and under which several offenders have been punished, and those who are not Masons, cllgaged in that business, have learned by sad experience, that" no saloon-keeper Jieed apply." The Grand Lodge of Oregon has a Pay-roll, and only dist.ributes among the Representatives some fifteen or sixt.een hundred dollars annually. This completes the review of the Grand Lodge Proceedings now under consideration.

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During the session, however, there was held what is known as a Lodge of Sorrow, when there were eloquent and touching tributes paid to the memory of a number of Past Grand Officers, deceased. ORATION.

An Address was delivered by the Grand Orator, Rev. R. 'V. Hill, which is printed in the journal of Proceedings. It will well repay careful reading~nd thought. 'Ve make one extract showing the high moral tone of the Oration: An immoral profane or unjust man is out of place in the Lodge, and it is the immediatc duty of each member of the Craft to frown upon all things which are contrary to the teachings of Masonry. and by so doing elevate virtue, for, let us remember, that it has been well said that, .. He who spares vice wrongs virtue." If this be trne. it is the duty of cvery Mason to correct all the evils and abuses which may come to his knowledge. We are not true to ourselves nor to others when we fail in this regard. To shield the drunken or profane is to make ourselves participants of their guilt. No false charity should prevent the prompt punishment of all flagrant violations of Masonic vows. The beauty of virtue should incite us to do what is right for its own sake; but we have the restraint of a solemn obligation beside, to keep us from wrong. If this be not sufficient, then we are to use those powers which have been given to the Craft to preserve it from the danger of destruction. We are taught that no man stands alone. from which we are to infer that no man ought to permit a Brother to destroy himself without a protest. By our acts, our words. and our influence. we are to keep our associates from evil. when they are in danger of being led astray. This principle of responsibility for the influence we exert on our friends is one which goes all through life. and governs all the moral world. Masonry rests on virtue, and must stand as a constant protest against vice, and to be true to Masonry we must circumscribe our desires and keep our passions within due bounds; and, when necessar)', dcny ourselves, that others may not fall into error. CORRESPONDENCE.

A Report, covering 200 pages, was presented by Bro. S. F. Chadwick, which, like his former reviews, is an able and courteous Report upon the transactions of the Grand Lod~es reviewed by him. Proceedings for Missouri, of 1884, were courteonsly reviewed in a notice covering six pages. His comments upon. the Address of Grand :Master Hall were full and fraternal. He reviews our Report on Correspondence for that year, tAlaking some quotations therefrom. His discussion of the theory of the resurrection was lengthy and somewhat new to us. 'Ye make the following extract in order that his views may be read by the Masons of Missouri: Our Brother .takes Bro. Richards, of Ohio, to task for questioning the language or belief of our late Bro. Howry, of Mississippi, when he says, "We believe in God, the resurrection of the body, and the immortality of the soul." Bro. Richards does not thmk a frail, worm-eaten body, after it ha~ lain for years, nay, centuries. until the last remnant of flesh, bone and sinew, has mingled with its kindred earth, will come forth a sound, material body in the resurrection, or that it will come forth at all. Bro. Vinci! expresscs surprise at Bro. Richards. 'fhis is a mattcr of belief, and the question of the resurrection of the body will strike different minds in different wa)'s, as it bas in this case. Now we venture to say what we believe, and we afftrm that belief to be in the words of Bro. Howry. But we cannot say that that bod)' will be a material body; we believe it will be a spiritual body-a substantial man.

It will not do to say that there shall be miracles wrought to raise the natural body,

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We are as far from unnerstanding the above as the author seems removed from an answer to our review of our departed Bro. Ricbards. Bro. Chadwick, the Committee, doeR not seem to believe very much in a material resurrection. He Raid of the rfwrrection body, "",Ve cannot say that that body will be a material body." '''hat then? Speaking of the same body he said, "",Ye believe it will be a s})1'ritual body." If the resurrection body is to be "a .~piritu(l.l body," it would seem that said body, before mising it, had been laid down. Then it follows that aspi1'1't had been dead, bnried and 1'esurrected. :For if resurrected it must have been buried. What? Bury a spirit,? A spirit dead.? Where, then, is the immortality of the immaterial part of man? Bro. Chadwick is either off his base, or has failed to make himself understood. ",Ye would not discuss this question in a Review but for the fact that the issue falls within the domain of Masonic faith and dogma. Dr. A. G. l\'lackey says, as the twentieth I.u\NmIATIK, "That every Mason must believe in a resurrection to a future life." As such belief is required of "every :Mason," we believe in the doctrine, teach it, and will defend it. "A resurrection to a future life" will be the raising up of that which was laid down, and the giving life to that which was dead. Bro. Chadwick accepts the fact of a resurrection as stated in the above Landmark. So does this writer. I Then we are agreed. Bro. Chadwick says the resurreetion in which he believes, has no reference to "a material body," but has reference to "a spiritual body." If he will show where" a spiritual body" is buried, we will then look for and expect the resurrection of the spirit that ,vas buried in the grave. But he teaches in the Scripture less6n of the third degree, that after the bocly falls in death that" then shall the spirit return unto God who gave it." Here the SPIRIT is disposed of; goes back to its original Parent, and is, therefore, not buried or la'id down. It cannot become the subject of a resurrecl'i,on. What then will be raised up? Not the spirit, forOit has returned to God. If the body be not the subject of a resurrection, there can be no resurrection, because there is nothing else to raise. Man is material and immaterial-body and spirit. 'Vhat else is there for him to be? As his" spirit returns to God who gave it," and "the dust (body) r('(urns to the earth as it was," there is nothing for the "Landmark" to refer to hut the body, ,.... hen said Landmark requires" that every Mason must believe in a resurrection to a future life." The" Landmark" quadrates with Divine Revelation, which proclaims the triumph of the law of life over the law of decay and death. The power of the Lion of the Tribe of Judah is the pledge of this triumph. He proclaimed the doctrine and then demonstrated it by raising those who were dead, and gave final proof of the truth of the statement by triumphing over Death himself. A want of faith in the truth does not make void the truth. "Why

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should it be thought a thing incredible with men, that GOD should raise the dead?" Human philosophy cannot explain the mystery, because it does not belong to the domain of philosophy, but to the realm of faith. GO禄 must do his own work in his way. TIuman reason says it is impossible, because resurrection is a miracle, and miracles are contrary to the laws of nature. Masonry and Revelation say it is possible because GOD has declared it shall be done. 'Ve believe Masonry and GOD before we accept the deliverances of philosophy and the ll1utteril1gs of reason about the impossible. GOD reigns and GOD is THE LIRE of all things. 'Vhen He speaks it will be done, as His fiat was obeyed when He said, LIGHT HE! And light was. Hro. Chadwick says that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of GOD. So say we, because the Divine voice has proclaimed it. But man, in the entirety of his nature, will inherit that kingdom, because it is to be the kingdom of LIFE, where there shall be no more death. To inherit that which is spiritual and eternal, man must be changed morally and physically. Hence the purification of his moral nature here, and the resurrection of his physical nature to a future life, as taught by the Landmark. In that resurreetion the purified body will become so spiritualized that it will be the spiritual body that Bro. Chadwick is talking about. He may not be so far away after all from the truth. 路We hope he may not be so far from the right side of things when the resurrection comes, as his theory seems to place him now. THOMAS J. REAMS, Jacksonville, G. M. F. J. BABCOCK, Salem, G. Sec.

PENNSYLVANIA, ISS5. THE GRAND LODGE OF

EMERGENCY.

Such a session was held in Philadelphia, February 4th, 1885, and was presided over by M. 'V. Bro. E. C. Mitchell, Grand Master. Twelve lJodges were represented. The Grand Master stated to the Brethren that he had called this meeting for the purpose of making a Mason of Right Reverend some one, Bishop of Iowa. This, as he said, was by virtue of his presence. The record shows that the Reverend some one, was then entered, passed and raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason. 'Ve have a few questions to ask for information: First, Did the Iowa jurisdiction ever consent for one of her citizens to be made a Mason at sightin Pennsylvania? Second, 路What effect did the fact have that that party was Right Reverend Bishop some one, as to the making

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him a Mason without waiting the usual tillle? Third, 'Why the necessity of giving all the titles in the case? Why not mention bim as plain John Smith, or William Stevens, or James Perry? A Quarterly Communication was held March 4th, 1885, in Philadelphia. Their Grand Officers were present and Grand :M:aster Mason presiding, and Bro. Nisbet, Grand Secretary. 102 Lodges were represented. "Ve make the following extract, which will be of interest to our Missouri Brethren: A missive WA.S received and read from Most Worshipful Robert F. Stevenson, E~quire, Grand Master of the Mo~t Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, United States of America. appointing Bro. J. Simpson Africa the Representative of that Grand Lodge, near the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, when, 011 motion. the missive was received. and. Bro. J. Simpson Africa acknowledged as the Representative of the Most Worshipfnl Grand Lodge of Missouri, near this Grand Lodge.

Another Quarterly Communication was held in the same place, with the same Grand Officers, June 3d, 1885. 104 Lodges were represented at this session. Reports from the Committee on Appeals were considered. Another Quarterly Communication was held at the same place, September 2d, 1885, Grand Officers as before. The journal contains matter of local importance only. The fourth Quarterly Communication was held December 2d, 1885; 210 Lodges represented; Grand Officers as before. At this session the Grand Officers were elected. 'Ve record with pleasure the re-election of both Grand Master and Grand Secretary. Reports were made covering all the finaneial interests of which that Grand Lodge has the care and keeping. These interests are in a most satisfactory condition. Concerning their Masonic Temple, we take the following extract from a Report tOllehing that very important and valuable property: We also invite your attention to another subject of much importance to your Grand

Body. When the property was purcha~ed on which this Temple is erected, it was deemed best to place the title in the then Right Worshipful Grand :Master, Bro. Richard Vaux. and he. thereupon. executed a declaration of trust in favor of the Right \Vorshipful Grand Lodge of MRsom: in Pennsylvania. to be conveyed at any time by him as directed by Grand Lodge. This declaration of trust is not recorded. Your Committee, with the coneurrence of Bro. Vaux. now recommend that the title of the Masonic Temple should be vested in Trustees to be selected by the 路Grand Lodge. under an express tru~t to hold for the Grand Lodge. with power in Grand Lodge to till vacancies in said trust from time to time M such vacancies may occur. We therefore respectfully recommend that Past Master Bro. Richard Vaux be requcsted and authori7,ed to convey the title of the Masonic Temple to five Brothers, to be selected by the Grand Lodge, who, and their successors, shall hold the same in trust for the Grand Lodge with the powers above mentioned. and with direetions to convey the same at any time as Illay be directed by the Grand Lodge.

The Annual Grand Communication was held in Philadelphia, December 28th, and was presided over by M. VV'. Bro. Mitchell, Grand Master; R 'V. Bro. Nisbet being Grand Secretary. Sixty-nine Lodges were represented at this session. The Grand OfHcers were severally

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installed, and the Grand Master delivered a very interesting and well timed Address. ' He was pleased to announce that the finances of the Grand Lodge were in a prosperous condition. He spoke in the following terms concerning a Masonic Home: While on this subj"cct, I feel constrained to mention the Masonic Home, a charity which deserve" and is receiving the cherishing love and assistance of the Brethren. While it is not under the control of the Grand Lodge, which is in no way responsible for it, yet it is an institution of great merit, iLnd appeals to the heart of every true Mason in Pennsylvania for all the help he can give.

He said, in conclusion: And now, Brethren, as I stand upon the threshold of another year, and am about to assume ~ain, by your unanimous vote, the responsible station of Grand :Master, let me offer you my grateful thanks for the kind and generous support you have given me in the year just ended, and beg for its continuance during the year to come. CORRESPONDENCE.

A Report was rendered by Bro. Richard Vaux, chairman of the Committee. It coyers 140 pages. Fifty Grand Lodge Proceedings were reviewed by the Committee. 'l'he introduction of the Report by Bro. Vaux, is very interesting reading, and always contains many valuable suggestions. "\Ve excerpt the following as being of such value that our readers must not miss it. Speaking. of "self-imposed obedience," he said: The power of this self-imposed obedience is life-long. At every meeting of a Lodge this obedience is reiterated as the rule and guide of the Mason's conduct, the basis of his action, the object of his love. reverence and re--pect. He could no more hope to be beyond its reac~ than to be able to renounce his obligation to it. The ties that thus bind are indissoluble. No human authority can loose them. Neither Pope nor Parliament can absolve from obedience to them. They were not made or entered into from idle curiosity, or from the inducements of proselytes, or from anv other than the truest, most sincere and purt'~~t motives. God, in his omniscience and omnipresence and omnipotence, was invoked to make them sacred and indestructible. How, then, can it be otherwise in this great, glorious, ancient and honorable Fraternity'! Peace .and harmony must live and govern in our Lodges. Thus it is that our Fraternity has withstood all the opposition it has met in the ages that are past. So, too, it will continue in the future. It is our heritage. We of the Craft to-day have so received it. We are bound so to preserve and conserve it. The generations to come, hold us Qf to-day, responsible and accountable for this high trust. Every true Mason knows, believes, feels, understands, this duty. It will be performed. No jot or title shall ever be changed. If so be from any calamity, or destructive or destroying power, schism seeks to come to the Craft: or from hostile forces within, blind and denying truth, rioting in blasphemy, false to every dictate of faith and honor, our sublime Institution might be put ill pern, its traditions obscured, or its foundations weakened, this unpardonable crime recorded on the page of :i\1asonic history will be blotted out by the tears of Faith, Hope and Charity. The legend written on that page so purified, will be in letters of light-PreemCJsom'Y is indestmcUble.

'We observe quite a sprinkling of extracts in the Report which contains, as usual, strong and vigorous comments by the Committee. It is not necessary for us to express our high appreciation of Bro. Vaux as a Committee, or as a writer. He has 路made a name in the Masonic world

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that will outlive him. And when his place is vacant, lie will be missed by the great body of Masonic writers of America. He gave the Proceedings of Missouri, for 1885, the benefit of five pages. In speaking of the Address of our Grand Master Stevenson, he said: We have been much impressed with the Grand Master's Address. It is sui gfmeris. We doubt if it has its like. He must be a close student of the philosophy of Bacon. It is charming to read the crisp sentences tinged with the hue of l:\acollian philosophy. We have read and reread portions of this Address, and give only a few extracts, that our Brethren may have the pleasure we enjoyed in their perusal.

He extracted largely from said Address. He does not agree with the Heport of our Committee on the differences between Quebec and England as to the question of jurisdiction. Concerning the Report of this Committee of last year, he has the following to say: The annual Report of Bro. Vincil, on Foreign Correspondence, is neither so elaborate nor so characteristic as those heretofore made by him. This is a subject for regret. It is of course a very able paper. It could not be otherwise from his pen.

We will not enter into any further discussion of questions he refers to under the caption ,. Pennsylvania." We have heretofore stated our views on them. Our dear Brother is not so very severe in his criticisms as in times past. Can it be possible that anything can ever occur which for a moment will cast the shadow of a shade over the regard and esteem we entertain for one of the truest and best of our colleagues in the labor of trying to teach one another?

We hope not. This writer will give you no cause to change your good opinion. Our veneration for the ever fraternal and conrteous Bro. Vaux is such as to cause the desire for a life-long friendship and brotherly love. E. COPPlE MJTCHELL, Philadelphia, G. M. MICHAEL NISBET, Philadelphia, G. Sec.

PRINCE ED'"ARD ISLAND, 1885. After our Heview of last year was finished, we received a small phamplet, of less than forty pages, containing the transactions of the Tenth Annual i::lession of this Grand Lodge, which was held in the city of Charlottetown, June 24th, 1885. Bro. John Yeo was Grand Master, and Bro. B. W. Higgs was Grand Secretary. Eleven Lodges and 428 members are reported as making up the strength of the Jurisdiction. The Grand Master's Address covered three page~. The Decisions, two in number, would not suit the Masons of Missouri. He iOaid a Lodge ~orking under Dispensation cannot affiliate l\'laster Masons. The Proceedings being very brief contain nothing of interest. Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both re-elcded.

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The Sixteenth Anm'Ial Session convened in the city of Montreal, January 27th, 1886. M. "\V. Bro. E. R. Johnson, Grand Master, presided, and R. VV. Bro. John H. Isaacson was Grand Secretary. There are some sixty Lodges in that jurisdiction, and nearly all were represented. The membership amounts to 2,822. The Address of Grand Master Johnson was brief and interesting. We take this from the opening: Grateful are we to know that although the clarion notes of war have rung out loud and shrill in our land; that although our citizen soldier has been called upon to leave his ordinary pursuits and march to the front, peace and quietncss now prevail, law and order have been vindicated, the rebel flag floats nowhere over our domain. Some of our Brethren from this province, many from Ontario, shared in the long marches, endured the toils. labors and privations of a soldiers's life. A Freemasoll ill defense of his country, his home and liberty, should ever prove a valiant man. More recently a cloud has rested over this city. A loathsome disease has breathed its pestilential breath, and occasioned much uneasiness and anxiety. The mist has cleared away, and to-day the bright sunshine of peace, health and ha.ppiness is filling the land with songs of praise and thanksgiving.

'fhe Grand Master announced, in appropriate terms, the death of a Dum ber of. prominent Brethren in various jurisdictions, as well as in their own. Memorial pages were recommended and ordered. There had been two Lodges created, under Dispensation, by the Grand Master. He made some practieal recommendations as to the examinations of visitors and the treatment of impostors and adventurers. Concerning the state of the Craft at home, he said: AT HOME.

The year has been one of prosperity and unusual harmony. The ordinary amount of work has been done. The Anllual Festivals have been observed. The Brethren with their wives and lady friends have had mallY enjoyable, and I trust, profita.ble re-unions. In several instances, Lodges have attended Divine service, which custom I hope to see more fully adopted. No notes of discord have reached me. The edict issued last year against three Lodges in this city; on English Register-has been, so far as I know, rigorollsly Observed. It is well understood that while they are with us in our midst, they are not of us. There having been no Masonic intercourse, there has been no altercation. FOREIGN

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'''ere treated after this wise: FOREIGN RELATIONS.

These remain unchanged. The most friendly feeling exists between this Grand Lodge and the various Masonic Grand Bodies of the world, savin~, of course, England. Her occupancy of our territory is maintained, thol1gh no feeling of hostility has been expressed, and certainly no overt act has been committed. A large number of prominent Brethren in the United States have, in various ways, fully endorsed the action taken by me last year against the three Lodges in this city of foreign jurisdiction. Several Grand Lodges have issued edicts thereanent, and all Masonic intercourse ha.s been severed with the members of St. Paul, St. Lawrence and St. George Lodges. Correspondence on this subjecl ha.s been voluminous; but one opinion has been expressed as to the action taken. The situation is grave and calls for the united wisdom of the Grand Lodge. Let me ask you to approach this important subject with all the thoughtfulness, prudence an sagacity at your command. Our sovereignity must be maintained at any cost. :My hopes for the future are far in excess of my fears.

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The Report of Grand Secretary IsaacRon was very brief, and contained a synopsis.of all matters belonging to hiR department. Reports of the Deputies of the various Districts were presented and printed. The Grand Chaplain, Rev. Bro. Kerr, delivered a very interesting discourse, which finds a place in the Proceedings. Upon the recommendation of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence the Grand Lodge of South Australia was recognized, while the claims of Spain and Mexico for similar favors were declined. 'Ve clip the following Non-intercourse resolution, which was adopted by the Grand Lodge: "That, whereas the issue of the edict by the Most Worshipful, the Grand Master of this Grand Lodge, forbidding intercourse between the Master Masons of this jurisdiction and the three Lodges in Montreal, warranted by the English Grand Lodge has produced no perceptible effect in the settlement of the difficulty as to the Supreme Jurisdiction of of this Grand Lodge, in the territory of this Province. And, whereas this Grand Lodge cannot honorably recede from its rightful claim to supremacy in Masonic matters in this Province, or leave its future chances for success to the chapter of accidents; and whereas the Grand Lodge of England has refused to withdraw the warrants of its said three â&#x20AC;˘ Lodges, therefore be it " Resolved, Tbat tbe Grand Master of this Grand Lodge be, and he is hereby instructed to issue an edict in the name and 011 behalf of this Gralld Lodge, severing all intercourse between this Grand Lodge, its Subordinate Lodges and members 011 the one hand, and the Grand Lodge of England, its Subordinate Lodges and memlJers thereof on the other hand, unless the warrants of said three Lodges be "ivithdrawn, or unless they .affiliate with this Grand Lodge on or before the first day of .July next." . CORRESPONDENCE.

This, from the regular Committee: Right Worshipful Bro. A. F. Simpson, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence. explained that his busines8 avocations had prevented him during the past year from giVing to the duties of the office the time and attention they req uired. He had, therefore, at a somewhat late period requested the Grand Secretary to prepare the Report. This had been done.

A Review, covering some fifty pages, was prepared and submitted by Bro. Isaacson"Grand Secretary. It is made up mainly of extracts from the journals examined. The reviewer devoted two pages to a notice of our Missouri Proceedings for 1885. A few extracts from the Address of Grand Master Stevenson, and the entire Report of our Committee on the Quebec question made up the notice accorded to Missouri. 'Ve copy one paragraph from the Review in order to show the position of our Quebec Brethren and the justice of their cause: It is unnecessary 'here to repeat what in former correspondence with :Missouri we have stated, viz: the grounds on which we differ in opinion as to the right of England to permit the existence of her Lodges ill the Territory of Quebec. It may be sufficient to say this Grand Lodge has ndt receded one single step. and will not. from the position taken in regard to the question of sole and exclusive jurisdiction. The spirit of Fraternal good will towards both the supporters of England and Quebec which pervades throughout the report will surely commend it to the favorable consideration of all concerned. On the part of the Grand Lodge we venture to say that if our Brethren of St. Paul, St. George and St. Lawrence Lodges will only follow the advice so courteously given, the Quebec Craft will only be too happy to meet and receive them with open arms. We assnre our Bro. Woods and the individual members of the committee that the Grand Lodge of Quebec will not be unmindful of their services and fraternal action in this matter.

J. FRED WALKER, Montreal, G. M. JOHN H. ISAACSON, Montreal, G. Sec.

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RHODE ISLAND, ISSii. A pamphlet, containing some ninety pages, embraces the doings of the Grand Lodge. The Semi-Annual Meeting took place in the city of Providence, November 17th, 1884, at which reports were renaered and a banquet was held, with speeches as an incident. The Ninety-fifth Annual Communication convened in the same city, May 18th, 1885, with M. 'V. Bro. Lyman Klapp, Grand Master, and R. VI. Bro. Edwin Baker, Grand Secretary. The Grand Master's Address covered five pages, and contained nothing of general interest. TIe reported some few Dispensations, but no Decisions. From his Address we may copy with profit the following: First of all :-It is necessary for us to fUlly realize and clearly understand that the corner and chief foundation stone of Freemasonry is a definite belief in GOD the Father Almighty, Grand Architect of Heaven and Earth and of all things visible and invisible. This is so essential to the existence of our Institution, that whenever any Grand Lodge strikes" Belief in GOD" from its work-as was done by the Grand Orient of France-it ceases to be a Masonic body. And if, unhappily, a candidate be admitted to our mysteries ,vithout this fundamental belief and pass through all our ceremonies. yet he is not. and while he remains without this faith in GOD, he cannot be considered a Free and Accepted Mason. We should also remember that, although this belief in GOD is the corner-stone of our Institution, and our whole history illustrates the profound reverence all genuine Freemasons have ever manifested for the great and sacred name of JEHOVAH, yet that Freemasonry is not a system of religion, nor a substitu te for that Divine Institution established by Almighty GOD in the earlie!:;t days of the human race, and whkh has extended onwards down to the present time. No, my Brothers, let us路never forget that our Ancient Society is of human origin, limited in its membership to one sex and to only a small proportion of that part of the human family. It has not that germ of life which amid all the changes and chances of the world, evermore preserves among men and for every child of Adam, that Divine Institution planted in the 'world at the beginning hy GOD Himself. Therefore, because it is an organization of man's devising-although the grandest human institution the world has ever seen-it is of the utmost importance that we should guard with jealous care this great Divine Truth upon which our Order is builded; and whether in the faith of Israel of old we are waiting for the promised Messiah, or as believers in Him already come, let us all bow in lowly. We also call your attention to one other foundation principle of our Institution, which we sometimes fear is 1I0t understood and realized in all its length,. breadth, depth and height as it should be, and that is tlte Brotherhood oj Freemasonry. My dear Brothers, our In~titlltion teaches that not only as members of individual Lodges we are all Broth-' ers-but that this Great Brotherhood embraces all the Lodges of our own State, all the Grand Lodges in this country and throughout the world. But further, we are taught that a Mason's" Charity extends beyond the grave to the boundless realms of eternity." Whether therefore we are Ilumbered with those this side of the grave or with that far larger host on the other side, Ma.~onry teaches and we should firmly believe and fully realize that we are all Olle, in a Brotherhood that is eternal and everlasting. This great and most comfortable doctrine is interwoven with many of our customs and usages, but especially in our offIce for the burial of the dead.

Grand Secretary Baker presented a full business Report, which, together with the Report of the Grand Treasurer, makes a fine showing of the fiscal affairs of the Craft in that jurisdiction. The tables of the Grand Secretary furnish the information that there are thirty-five I.odges and 3,597 members in that jurisdktion. No Report on Correspondence. The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both re-elected and live in the city of Providence.

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SOUTH CAROLINA, 1885. The Grand Lodge convened in the One Hundred and Ninth Annual Session, in the city of Charleston, December 8th, 1885, with 1\:1. '\T. Bro. J. Adger Smith, Grand Master, in the chair, and R. W. Bro. Charles lnglesby, Grand Secretary. Representatives were present from 1;:50 Lodges, out of a total list of 170. The membership is reported at 5,447 in the jurisdiction. The Address of the Grand Master covers eleven pages, and is an interesting and readable paper. From it we make the following extracts: Time glides away, leaVing every heart dissatisfied by the remembrance of opportnnities unimproved, or of pOl'sibilities unaccompliHhed. AH we grow older we turn our faces backward; our hearts are stirred by the memories of the Pal't. With what longing we turn towards that which can be recalled, never more. Since we last assembled 路how brief the days Heem to have been! How Hwiftly they have flown! And each one has been but one more step trodden in that journey which ends at the grave. But while we cannot create time, we can make it serve our best interest"] by exchanging it for something tangible, permanent, real; something we can appreciate-something that docs not evade our grasp. Masonry is the law of Divine love, condensed into one brief ~entence: "Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you." It cannot be confined to the Lodge Room. Its sublime teachings must be fixed in our hearts as a sure gnide in all our dealings with our fellows. No true man has ever been a nlasoil without it making him better as a neighbor, a parent, and, a citizen. Freemasonry is an institution founded upon, and growing out of the necel'sities of men as social, as intellectual and as religions beings. It has demonstrated its capacity for adapting itself to these wantH in all ages of human experience. Amid the rivalries and antagonisms of active life, there is a longing of the soul for union and brotherly love, Rnd for such relations as will :o;atisfy the necessities of our SOciRI natures.

He reported Fraternal relations as pleasant and cordial with other Grand Lodges. Five new J-,odges had been instituted under Dispensation. The following was announced: MissOU1路i.-Right Worshipful Bro. Charles Inglesby, who resigned the office of Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Missouri ill 1881, has been recommissioned by that Grand Body. A commission hilS been forwarded to Bro. V. O. Sanders a.~ our Grand Representative near the Grand Lodge of MiJ3souri, and he has signified his acceptance 'of that office. I

He reported the condition of the Craft in these words: It has been my pleasure to visit quite a lIumber of the subordinate Lodges in this

jurisdiction during the pa..~t year, and to confer degrees in some of them. I am glad to report that 1I0t only a spirit of Brotherly love prevails. but also that new life is being infused into the Craft. The reaction alluded to so hopefully by Past Grand Master Kennedy in his last Addrel's, has indeed set in. 1 believe the condition of the Craft throughout the State is more vigorous than It has been for :o;everal years past. 'The increase in membership reported by so many Lodges is a healthful sign. The large attendance at the Lodges it has been my good fortune to visit, is an even more favorable indication. I trust the period of stagnation is passed, and that we are on the advance line to jucreased and permanent prosperity.

Dispensations were reported and corner-stones laid, with other matters performed by him. Concerning the granting of Special Dispensations he had this to say:

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A number of applications have been made to me during the year to ~rant Dispensations to confer degrees out of the re~ular time prescribed by the ConstItution. I have declined them all, as in no case did the reasons alleged seem to be imperative. I am' most decidedly opposed to the making of Masons in a hurried or informal manner. I believe this is not only wrong, !Jut that it works injury to the best interests of the Craft. For many reasons, but especially became such hasty work prevents that due and timely notice as to the candidate to be initiated, past or raised belllg given to every member of the Lodge. This is essential to prevent the admission of unworthy material. NO

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The Grand Master put himself on record as to the fitness of material that should be used. He believes in sound timber, physically, and evidently thinks that the physical should represent the moral. vVe quite agree with the idea, and urge the moral qualification as paramount to the physical. GRAND TREASURER.

The death of their Grand Treasurer was announced in terms worthy of a good man and true. Rev..John H. Honour, D. D., Past Grand Master, died in o[-fiee, as Grand Treasurer. GRAND TREASURER.

It is with profound sorrow that I annOUllce to the Grand Lodge that our venerable

Brother, Past (Jrand Master John H. Honour. for mallY years our esteemed alld devoted Grand Treasurer. has been called by the Heavenly Grand Master from the toils and labors of Earth to the eternal rest and refreshment of the Grand Lodge above. The name of .John H. Honour is to all here present, familiar as a household word. No need to tell the life already known so well. From early morn until just a few brief hours before the sumet, the laborer toiled faithfully in the Masters' harvest Held, gladly bearing the heat alld burden of the day. And long after the time when mallY another, would have found even the grasshopper a burden, and would have grown faint and given up the strife, the summons of accustomed duty received from him the ready response. That while ever eminent for purity of life and character as a man, and for eloquence and earnestness as a preacher, Bro. Honour had not been remarkable as a deep student of theology, and that the Doctorate of Divinity had been conferred upon him more as a tribtIte to his worth and piety than to his theological learning. That Bro. Honour, although 'always a preacher, had always becn a business man, and from time to time had been elected by his fellow-citizens to many positions of honor and trust. That he had acceptably served as a member in almost every public board in this city, and for many years was president of a large and important corporation. That the remarkable thing in his career was that no one felt a contrast between his place in the world and his stlltion in the pUlpit. Inside and out, his life Wits consistent, pure, elevating, holy. On Sundays he Wll.S a preacher in his words; on week days he was a preacher in his acts.

The Grand .Master presented, at some length, the finaneial condition of tlle Grand Lodge, whieh is not so favorable as could be wished, though improved over a former report. Debt, the curse of every enterprise, has burdened our Brethren of South Carolina for smIle years. They are stri \ling manfully to extricate. themsel \les, and we hope soon to chronicle their emancipation. H.eports of the several Distriet Doputy Grand Masters make up an interesting part of the journal now under Review. The Committee on Grand Master's Address approved his administration entire, and the Grand Lodge endorsed him by a re-election. Of course Bro. Inglesby was eontinued as Grand Secretary. Both reside in Charleston. No Report on Correspondence. This the reason:

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In discussing the publication of the amended Constitution and Digest of Decisions ,at the last Grand Communication, it was understood that if this was done there would be no Report on Foreign Correspondence required from the Grand Secretary at this Communication. But when the Grand Longe ordered the printing and compilation of the Digest, by an accidental oversight, no resolution was pasi3ed in reference to the omission of the Report on Foreign Correspondence. However, as the additional expense of printing would have been a heavy item, and as I was satisfied the Grand Lodge did not intend that it should be incurred. I directed the Grand Secretary to omit his usual exhaustive and valuable Report on .Foreign Correspondence. And T now request the confirmation of my action in this respect.

TENNESSEE, 1886. The Seventy-second Annual Communication convened in the city of Nashville, on the 20th day of January, ISSn. M. "V. Bro. Henry M. Aiken, Grand Master, presided, and R W. Bro. John Frizzell was Grand Secretary. We note the presence of ten Past Grand Masters, with a large number of Past Masters, Grand Representatives and Representati ves from 32G Lodges, out of the 399 on the roll. The Grand Secretary furnished a recapitulation fun and complete, showing the state of thingsin the jurisdiction at a glance. The membership amounts to I4,75~), being a decrease of 50S since the last Heport. The Grand Master delivered a very brief Address, from the opening of which, we make this extract: Then how fitting it was that at the very beginning of our session we should devoutly and reverently recognize the tender compassion and loving kindness of our God. Looking out to-day upon this large assemblage, J see many new forms and faces, radiant with the strength and glory of young manhood. who. for the fin;t time, have come to join in our deliberatiolls. And while we cordially welcome these to this new sphere of Masonic work, our minds instinctively recur to those who were with us one year ago. but whose places are now vacant. Of these our R. W. Bro. W. '1'. Randle, Past SellioI' Grand Warden, pa."scd away in his early manhood upon .June 12th. J885. at the age of thirty-live years. Following closely, our aged and H. W. Bro. John McClelland. I'll.st Grand Treasurer, fell a.c,leep, .. full of years and honors," upon .July 31st, IS8;). at the ripe old age of seventy-one years. And even while engaged upon this Heport. notice is given me of the death of our R. W. Bro. Ambrose R. Reid, Past Junior GrlInd Warden, who departed this life upon the 16th of the present month. And lIgain, on January 2:3d, 1886, upon the very eve of our meeting, Bro. R. C. Williamson, for many years an active and prominent member of this Grand Lodge. \Va." taken away. These Brethren pm;ses;ced, in an eminent degree, the respect and confidence of their fellow-citizens. How true it is that the virtues and exemplary Ih'es Of such as these give character llnd influence to our lnstitution. T recommend that memorial pages be set apart to these Brethren in Ollr printed Proceedings.

Owing to the demands of business he had made but few visits and had been thllS denied the pleasure of meeting the Craft more generally. Several special Dispensations and Commissiolls had been issued for purposes specified by him. One party had been favored with permission to get the third degree, out of the usual time. The law ..vas against the grant, but prerogative knows no law. He reported the most" kindly and fraternal relations subsisting hetween this and other Grand .J urisdictions." .

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DECISIONS.

The list of rulings, amounting to six, is herewith given: As the larger number of questions submitted to me during the year have either been repeatedly answered, or could be met by reference to the written law, I only report those which may be of interest by reason of possessing some new feature: Pirst-That an applicant for initiation, whosc lcft knee was stiff, could not be made a Mason, the truc test being that the .pctitioner, otherwise worthy, must be physically able to receive and impart the ritual. Second-That a member who is definitely suspended from all the rights and benefits of Masonry, with the condition attached that upon payment of aU dues he shall be restored, is reinstated by such payment, and a voteof the Lodge is not necessary to such restoration.

Tltil'd-That a Master may summon a committee refusing to report, to attend npon the Lodg-e. and when they appear he may demand a report, and if they fail to attend after summons, or refuse to report, he may prefer charges agaiust them for contumacy. Fourth-That under the Masonic law, as it exists in this Grand Jurisdiction, a petition may be withdrawn by majority vote. Fifth-That when an appeal has been dUly prayed from the action of a Lodge reprimanding a Brother, the subsequent administration of the reprimand does not v&ocate the appeal. Sixth-That unless excused from voting by unanimous ballot, every Brother present at a meetin!!: of his Lodge must vote; alllIto allow a member to leave the Lodge-room while the ballot is being circulated, without votin!!:. or without excusing him therefrom, would render the ballot void, and it should be again circulated. CONCLUSION.

Within a few hours the emblem of my official authority as Grand :l\faster will pass to another. The generous confidence and esteem which elevated me to this high station, and the unceasing courtesy and indulgence that ha\'e been accorded me by all, shall ever command my profoundest gratitude. To our most efficient and worthy Grand Secretary, upon whose Masonic learning and ability J have drawn without stint, are my especial acknowledgments due. And now, my Brethren, what of the future? Masonry contains within itself the element,." of strength and harmony. 11.<; membership possesses the ingredients of weakness and discord. Then how scrupUlously careful should we be in our" walk and conversation," lest the shadow of a stain should come upon it through our couduct or our speech. There is a legend somewhere which tells of a magic cloak that was taken from the body of a great monster of the sea. The story goes that it was fabricated and thus preserved for Orendil, a peerless Knight, the sole survivor from a fleet that had been wrecked wiLhin si~ht of the Holy Sepulchre, whither he was voyaging to secure the bride which the fates had decreed him. When another than he attempted to put on this garment, it was torn; but when Orendil donned it. not onl;.路 did it become as good as new, but it made him invulucrable. And so, my Brethren, of Masonry. He who lives up to its teachings and obeys its injunctions will not display to the world an unshapely aud tattered garment. but each such one will, like.Oreudil, find it a perfect fitting and bCC0ming habiliment, and, clad in it, he will enjoy the confidence and esteem of bis fellows, and will be shielded and strengthened against many evil influences. Mll.Y we all be so cluthed. Con(~erning the

Address, the Committee on Jurisprudence had this

to say': FiT.~t-We are especially pleased wit.h the healthy outlook he gives of the Craft in this jurisdiction, but are not withont pain at his reference to our deceMed Brothers, Randle, Reid, l\1cClelJand and Williamson. We unite with him in recommending that memorial pages, suitably inscribed, be set apart in our Proceedings to their memories.

Second-The acts of the Grand Master are almost without exception approved. He issued a Dispensation to Rugby Lodge, 518; authorIzing. the raising of a Fellow Craft 0I.1t of time. We find that many of his predecessors have so practised, but such action was

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contrary to the expression of this Grand Lodge in 1873. (Proc. p. 310). It says: "The Grand Master does not possess the power to suspend. by Dispensation or otherwise. the operation of any edict or regulation of the Grand Lodge. and no case of emergency can possibly be presented which would anthorize the attempt to do so." :The peculiarity of this case. and the mllny precedents our Most Worshipful Brother had from his predecessors, we think, probably justified his action. Third-There are six Decisions or rulings given. All of them are approved. with this modification: He SllYS in No.5, "That when an appeal has been duly prayed from the action of a Lodge reprimanding a Brother, the subsequent aoministration of the reprimand does not vacAte the appeal." This is true but the penalty should never be inflicted during the pendency of the appeal. The Grand Master was clearly jnstifiable in saying, in ruling 4. that a petition may be withdrawn by a mojority vote. This authority is given by Edict 26, but which your Committee believe to be wrong. In our opinion no petition should be withdrawn without It unanimous vote, and we append to this Report a resolution to amend said edict so as to require a unanimous instead of a majority vote. and to further amend said edict so as to require a unanimous vote to restore an ll1definitely suspended or expelled :Mason instead of, as now, two-thirds.

Referring to the above, we endorse the Committee, approve their law in number two, and think the Grand Master should have obeyed the law, discarding both precedent and prerogative. The correction made of number five, of the rulings, is just and proper. As to the withdrawal of a petition by any vote, we do not believe in the cllstom. There were si'xteen cases of Appeals and Grievances considered and reported upon by the Committee. The business transaded was of a local character. CORRESPONDENCE.

The chairman of the Committee, Bro. John Frizzell, opened the Review and thus introdueed the Brother who performed the lahor: No one regretted more sincerely than tlue undersigned the declination of Bro. Foster to continue as Chairman of our Committee on Correspondence. His Reports had won for him a reputation as a Masonic writer and reviewer second to but few, if any, of the many able Brethren engaged in this department of work. Bro. Foster felt that under the circumstances surronnding him he must decline, and our Brethren in this jurisdiction will. we are sure, unite with us in the expression of the hope that he may be long spared to give tbe Fraternity the benefit of bis eminent Masonic abilities. 0

It is fortunate that the mantle of Bro. Foster bas fallen upon such worthy shoulders. Bro. Smith, though a new hand. wields a ready pen, and presents un excellent Report whicb is most heartily commended. I am under special obligation to him for performing this labor, which, on account of other engagements, I could not undertake.

This writer joins sincerely in the expression of regret above that Bro. Foster, the former able Committee, declined to serve further in that character. And we endorse the tribute paid him by Bro. Frir.r.ell, as a Masonic writer and reviewer of first-class ability. WOe shall miss him from the ranks. The Review prepared by Bro. Smith was more a review than a commentary. The reason is found in his closing remark: "As thi's is my first, I have chosen to give you what was done rather than my opinion." Doubtless he has opinions, and we hope he may live to express them. Ilis Report covered' less than sixty pages, and is made. up of

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extracts and condensed statements of the transactions of Grand Lodges. Our Missouri journal, for 11385, was noticed and a few extracts made from the Address of Grand Master Stevenson. From his notice of our doings we excerpt the following: An effort is being made, with considerable show of success, to found a Masonic Home for the Indigent. The committee appointed at tbe last annual Communication reported that they had effected a permanent organization, but requested further time, which was granted. The Grand Secretary requested. and the Grand Lodge ordered, that a complete register of the membership be provided. The Grand Secretary was instructed to procure the necessary clerical assistance an~ the books necessary for compiling said register, and report the expense to the next seSSlOn of the Grand Lodge. The Grand Secretary reported that just twenty days after the close of the last Communication he began mailing the printed Proceedings. The Committee on Charity reported, and the Grand Lodge adopted, that in all cases where money is furnished a Brother in distress that it should be considered as a loan, and the Brother should refund the money, and if a Brother shall wilfully refuse to refund the same, to prefer charges against him and rid the Craft of one whose spongcy propensity entirel)' unfits him to be a .i\:1ason. Why not take his note with approved security in the first place? Charity! !

Referring to the foregoing extract, we remark, first, that in the ncar future we will" report progress" which \"ill be progressive. Second, \Ve have as complete a register of the membership of our Grand Lodge as money, labor and skill can make. It cannot be excelled. Third, Bro. Smith makes light of our action on the subject of relief afforded one who is in need. Our Brother will learn by patient reading, if not otherwise, that this is a very large question, and may not be disposed of by a puff. The jurisdictions of this country difl'er as much on this subject as any, in the great field of Masonic thought and practice. Our Grand Lodge holds, correctly we believe, that there is a difference between temporary airi and acts of cho,rity. Those who obtain temporary reli~f should refund the amount, because they are not held to be o~jccts of Charity. If not objects of Masonic charity, temporary assistance is all they should expect, and they should return the money thus ad vanced. If they are objects of charity, the idea of temporary relief, or a loan if you please, does not apply, and they should receive help without " note and approved security.". 'Ve grant that some Masonic Boards of Helief are cruelly exacting, and everything done for the needy is on a purely busincs~ basis, requiring a return from the beneficiary or his Lodge. If not refunded, there is a lively rumpus raised about it. We think that Boards of Relief too often are jealolls of the funds placed in their hands for charitable purposes, in order to make a good showing of moneys on hand, rather than.for the good they may do. There may be some Lodges influenced by a like spirit. For such spirit and such zeal, we have no use. 'Ve would commend to them the idea of Bro. Smith-" take a note with approved security"-\vhen assistance is

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rendered. Bro. Smith said of our Report that just twenty days after the close of Gmnd Lodge we began to mail our Proce.edings. He must have been reading our Proeeedings for a previous year, or had some other journal before him. ,,\T e said in e'ighteen working days our 'York was com pleted and mailing began. "Ve cherish the hope that Bro. Smith may soon eqnal and rival former committees of his jurisdiction. "Vith two Smiths 011 the Committee for next year, we look for great things on account of the greatness of the Smith family. 'l'HOS. O. MORRIS, Nashville, G. 1\1. JOHN FRIZZELL, Nashville, G. Sec.

TEXAS, ISSri. The journal now under review contains 480 pages, being one of the largest that ever comes to this office. It contains a great many matters of interest, many of them of local importance. A special Communication was held in the 'city of Austin, March 2d, 1885. The Grand Lodge was convened for the purpose of laying a c'orner-stone of the Capital of the State of Texa~. A,n Address was made on the occasion by Past Grand Master n. F. Sexton. It is one of the most interestin~ documents we have read, con1aining a retrospect, general history, and patriotie views worthy of the oceasion and of the State. The Fifteenth Annual Communieation 'was held in the city of Houston, December 8th, ]885. The Grand Lodge was opened and presided over by Bro. Z. E. Combs, Deputy Grand Master, the Grand Master having died during the past year. ,He announeed the great loss sustained by the Craft in Texas caused by the death of Grand Master Benjamin A. Botts, in the followinglanguage: We feel the sad loss we have sustained since last we met. Our beloved Grand Master, Benjamin A. Botts, has been called from his labors in time life to his re:;t and reward in the permanent and eternal home. He fell asleep on the 2:~d day of September, A. D. 1885, after a long and protracted illness. His was emphatically a noble and a grand life-an active and efficient worker in e\'ery department of exertion to whkh he was called. As a man he had few equals. and no sup~rior; full of zeal and alive to all that would promote the the good of our Order. :More thoroughly po:;ted in the precedents. usa~es and history of Texas r.lasonry than any of his contemporaries. his time. his labor, his all, was freely ~iven for the welfare of Masonry, lIe has been called from us in the prime of his manhood. but not until he had made It record pure and spotless, worthy of our highe~t admiration. and that shall live in .. immortal green." Aware of the great change coming. he met death as he did everything in life, as a Christian man and a Mason, ." He has ceased from his labors and his works do follow him." 1 recommend that a special committee be appointed to prepare an appropriate sketch of his Masonic, civil and military life.

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"FALLEN ASLEEP."

Since we last met, the mortal remains not only of our beloved Grand :Master Botts, but also of Past Grand Masters John R. Fretwell, N. H. Darnell and Henry Sampson have been laid to rest in the silent city of the dead-Brethren who have rendered service and received the affection and honor of this Body. 1 respectfully recommend thata memorial committee be appointed to put in permanent shape the record of their services to their fellows, and perpetuate. so far as human thought can do, their memories and the virtues for which we honored and loved them while here.

The deceased Grand Master had filled many important stations in the Masonic Fraternity of Texas. He had been Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter, and Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of that jurisdiction. The acting Grand Master, Bro. Combs, submitted a statement of the official acts performed by him during the term, after the death of the Grand Master. He had granted eight ' Dispensations to form new Lodges. Six Dispensations had been ordered to lay corner-stones. He reported a few Decisions which were approved by the Grand Lodge. A Lodge in that jurisdiction had conferred the first degree upon a candidate who had lost a part of one toe. Upon learning the fact, the Grand Master arrested the Charter. This we regard as straining at a gnat, whether they swallowed the camel or not. As the Lodge intended no disrespect to the Grand Lodge, and the offense was such a small one, the Grand Lodge afterwards restored the Charter. 'Ve will not record the good laugh we had over this toe business. W ~ excerpt the following action concerning an infidel Brother: What should be done with a Master Mason who resided within the jurisdiction of one of the Lodges in his District, who openly avowed himself an infidel, and who advertised that on a certain day he would give a .. Free Thought" lecture, in which he proposed to lecture on the following sUbjects: 1. A Satire on the Bible and the Religion Founded on It. 2. Twenty

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3. The Gods and Religions of Ancient and Modern Times. 4. The History lind Beauties of Calvinism. Believing these views were in open violation of the repeated Decisions of this Grand Lodge, and ~ontrary to the spirit of Masonry, and destructive of all moral obligations taught us, I directed the Junior Warden of the Lodge under whose jurisdiction this infidel Master Mason resides, to prefer charges of gross unmasonic conduct against him, and call him before the Lodge to answer thereto. The charges were preferred; he appeared, pleaded guilty of the charge and was expelled.

In our judgment all such men should be expelled from the Masonic Brotherhood. The Grand Secretary, Bro. G. H. Bringhurst, rendered a full and extended Report, setting forth the business Proceedings of his offi ceo Re said: With the Divine blessing I have the pleasure of again greeting you, my Brethren, in this Fiftieth Grand Annual Communication-having by your courtesy and Brotherly feeling continued me ill the responsible position for the past twenty-two years. Having now entered my seventy-sixth year, and feeling the ills and aches of age (especially a complaint that has settled upon my breast, called by my physician, Angina G. L. Ap.-8.

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Pectoria, which at times is extremely painful and debilitatin~, sometimes unnerving me from motion), under these circumstances I deem it best to retIre from the position I have so long held. Up to date I have complied with the duties of the office.

Concerning him the Grand Master presented the following: OUR GRAND SECRETARY.

Our R. W. Grand Secretary, George H. Bringhurst, has served this Grand Lodge twenty-two consecutive years-assuming the duties of the office in the full vigor of his manhood. Year by year he has stood at his post with unfaltering zeal, dischargiug the duties of his office. and year by year receiving" the welcome plaudit of well done, good and faithful servant" from this Grand Lodge. He has entered his seventy sixth year, and after such faithful and long service, full of years, he at last asks ,. to call off and rest." In laying aside the servitude I feel that our Right Worshipful Brother will carry with him the sympathy and kind wishes of this Grand Lodge. Having the testimony of a good conscience and the approbation of the Brotherhood of Texas. I trust he will

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A Lodge of Sorrow was held during the session, and was conducted with solemn and impressive ceremony. The Orator upon the occasion was Bro. B. F. Sexton. In his Address he mentioned the death of Grand Master Botts; Past Grand Masters Henry Sampson, J. H. Fretwell and N. H. Darnell. A lengthy and able Heport was rendered by the Committee on Grievances. There is one case in the Report concerning which the Committee made declarations that show that the Grand Lodge of Texas occupies high moral ground. They refused to restore a villainous wretch who hid been expelled from the Order for a crime we will not mention. He afterwards applied for restoration and was unanimously recommended to the Grand Lodge by the Lodge that expelled him. That Lodge no longer exists, its Charter having been arrested by order of the Grand Lodge. " vVell done," ye Texans. The Reports of the Committee on Jurisprudence were clear, strong, eminently proper. Finding no footings or recapitulation, we are unable to give the number of Lodges or membership in the Grand Lodge of Texas. It requires too much time and laborto do counting for those who fail to perform that duty. CORRESP9NDENCE.

A brief Report, of forty pages, was furnished by Bro. J. K. P. Gillaspie. He reviewed the Proceedings of several Grand Lodges, and announced that thi,rty journals had been received, but could not be reviewed for want of time: Missouri is given the go by, not being mentioned in the list reviewed, nor in those that were laid aside. We do not pretend to account for this over-sight. vVe observe that a new Committee on Correspondence was appointed. As the venerable Bro. Bringhurst, so long Grand Secretary of that jurisdiction, retired to private life, a new Grand Secretary was elected. We therefore take pleasure in extending a hearty welcome to Bro. T. W. Hudson, Grand Secretary of that Grand Lodge, who resides at Houston. Bro. Z. E. Combs was elected Grand Master, and resides at Dallas.

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UTAH, 18S6. The Fifteenth Annual Communication opened in Salt Lake City, on the 19th of January. Bro. P. 1,. Williams, Grand Master, presiding and Bro. Christopher Diehl was Grand Secretary. Bro. 'Villiams, Grand Master, is the Representative of the Grand Lodge of Missouri at the Grand Lodge of Utah. We are glad to know that our Representative near that Grand Lodge has been honored by being made Grand Master, and by a re-election. There are eight Lodges in that jurisdiction, with a reported membership of 474, showing a slight decrease in numbers. All the Lodges were represented. 'Ve do not see that the Institution is advancing in that territory. To hold its own in the midst of the peculiar surroundings of society is to do well. An Address, of twel ve pages, was presented by the Grand Master, which is a thoughtful paper, containing may suggestions of interest to the Craft in that jurisdiction. He admonished the Grand Lodge against hasty legislation; discussed the proposition of biennial meetings; urged the enforcement of laws, and was opposed to what is known as "perpetual jurisdiction." He announced their relation with other Grand Lodges as of the most fraternal character generally. He presented at considerable length, and reviewed the controversy between his own Grand Lodge and that of Nevada. We have reviewed this question elsewhere and will not take further notice of it at present. It is a subject that might be easily adjusted between the two Grand Lodges, if they entertain the proper spirit. The Grand Master presented on the question some very sound and conservati ve views. We take pleasure in transferring to our Report his treatment of the celebrated Foley case: I refer to the controversy with the Grand Lodge of Nevada, growing out of the fact that M. D. Foley, now of Eureka in that State, in 1884, presented his petition for the three degrees to Wasatch Lodge, No.1, of this city, and was elect.ed and received the degrees therein. I have given this matter thoughtful consideration, have endeavored to ascertain the actual facts, and am fully impressed that it is a most unfortunate affair. In every view it is greatly to be regretted. Nevada and Utah are next door neighbors. We have always lived peacefully side by side, and this Grand Lodge is under many obligations to Nevada. It is painful that our fraternal relations should for any eause be disturbed, and especially so, if it shall appear any fault may be justly laid at our own door.

Did Wasatch Lodge improperly receive and confer the degrees upon Mr. Foley? Besides the claim that he was not a resident of Utah, it seems he had, previous to the time of presenting bis petition to Wasatch Lodge, been three times rejected in ,Eureka Lodge. No. 16, at Eureka, Nevada. To accept his petition bere under such circumstances was a direct violation of the Decision above referred to. It matters not that I may not, or that the officers and members of Wasatch Lodge may not approve of that Decision. While it remains the cxpressed will of this Grand Lodge on that point, it should be strictly observed and conformed to by the Constituent Lodges. Whether all this was known to the Committee on Investigation to whom Mr. Foley's petition was referred, I am

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unable to say, but if they did not, they should have made such diligent inquiry as would have placed them in possession of the real facts. If a wrong has been done in this case we should hasten to correct it, and to that end I recommend that you give the matter your most eareful consideration, and take such action as may be adequate to the redress of any violation-if any there be-:-of the rights of our sister Grand Lodge, or of our own laws. I think a sense of justice demands that this should be done, irrespective of what has been done by the Grand Lodge of Nevada. I had no official information of the action of that Grand Lodge, until vcr V recently, and then it being so near our Annual Communication I deemed it more prudent to submit the matter for your consideration , especially as any action I might have taken in the premises would have been subject to review by you. In this connection I desire to direct your attention to another question, one which is important in its bearing upon the courtesy and consideration which one Grand Lodge should receive from her sister Grand Lodges. â&#x20AC;˘Was the action of the Grand Lodge of Nevada in declaring non-intercourse with Wasatch Lodge and its members in accordance with Masonic Law and usage? It seems to me that in case or a grievance such as that complained of, the Grand Lodge of Nevada should have sought redress against Wasatch Lodge and its members through this Grand Lodge.

The Grand -Master referred to the question of Masonic Charities, and mentioned a case that interests us in Missouri. In order that our membership may be advised of the circumstances, we extract the following: The poor, the distressed, those requiring a sympathetic word and a helping hand, are always with us. They are the unfortunate, while we who are able to and do extend succor and support are the fortunatc. These kindly offices of aiding the needy, keep alive the source.,; of human sympathy and brotherly love. It i8 by these acts we maintain our Masonic professions. Distress, if known to us, must not be suffered to go without relief, if the sufferer is worthy and it is in our power to extend it. The Lodges and Brpthren I find alive and ready to listen to the voice of distress, and to extend aid in all proper cases, and that too, without expectation of reimbursement. I believe all appreciate and give their unqualified endorsement of the principle upon which relief is to be extended, as declared by this Grand Lodge at its Tenth Annual Communication in its approval of the Memorial of the Salt Lake City Board of Relief, on the subject of charitable dh;bursements. In our isolated condition and situated as we are on the line of a great national and international highway, we often feel that the demands upon our charity are in excess of means to supply them; and, as a consequence, heavy burdens have at times fallen upon our Lodges. An instance of this kind occurred during the year, with Story Lodge, No.4. They gave their care and support to a sojourning Brother in their midst during a lingering illness, and performed for him the last sad rites when life had fled. The expelll,es incurred were nece..~sarily large; and when a bill of the same was sent to the Lodge of Love, No. 259, Missouri, of which the deceased Brother was a member, it complained that several of the items were exorbitant. The matter was referred by that Lodo-e to Most Worshipful Grand MasterStcvenson, of Missouri, for hisadYice. The eorrespondence which ensued between him, myself and the Lodges directly concerned, resulted in reimbursing Story Lodge in part only, but the result, I am assured, is satisfactory to that Lodge. Indeed it made no demand for reimbursement; but, (as was very graciom;ly quoted by Most Worshipful Grand Master Stevenson in his recent Annnal Address to the' Urand Lodge of l\Iissouri) "submitted that if the Lodge of the sojourner could send it, all or any portion of the sum expended, it could more promptly and efficiently re:>pond to the necessities of others in similar circumstances." While Story Lodge makes no complaint that it was not fully reimbursed, I had occasion to suggest in the course of the correspondence, that the funeral expenses were considerably in excess of what I considered reasonable. In such cases I commend the incurring of an expense adequate to the requirements of a decent and respectful interment; but consistent with this end, the expenditure should be reduced to the minimum,

In recording the deaths that had occurred in the jurisdiction for the year, he mentioned the following:

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Since our last Annual Communication, six of ou~ Brethren in this jurisdiction have been summoned to their final rest. Among the number we are called upon to mourn the loss of R. W. Bro. Samuel Kahn, who, for many years has most aeceptably filled the office of Grand Treasurer of this Grand Lodge. He died at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the 27th day of January. 1885. This sad event occurring- so soon after the close of our last Communication, and the printing of the Proceedings not having been eompleted, I approved the suggestion of Bro. Diehl to insert in them a eulogy upon his life and character and the usual mourning tablet. On being advised of his decease I instructed our Grand Secretary to tele~raph to the Grand Secretary of Penmylvania to have the funeral conducted with Masonic honors. This was done by Humboldt Lodge, No. 359, which I am informed works in the German langua~e; so that our departed Brother received the last Masonic rites in that tongue in which he first learned his mother's voice.

We make the following extract from the very interesting Address of Bro. Williams, and commend it to the thoughtful consideration' of our own Lodges and members in Missouri: SOCIARILITY AMONG )IASONS.

My observations have led me to the conclusion that there is not cultivated in Utah that friendly intercourse. and those social features which should characterize. and. 'indeed, constitute a part of Masonry. This should be otherwise. The great object of Masonry is to cultivate and develop those qualities of human nature, which are most prominent in the most advanced stages ot civilized society. This cultivation and development can only be attained by coming in contact. closely and frequently, by the interchange of ideas, and by the encouragement of the social qualities. If this course is pursued amongst the Brethren a more intimate acquaintanee results, an increased interest in each other's society and welfare is felt, Lodge meetings are better attended and a prosperous condition of the Fraternity follows. The cultivation of our social natures was looked upon by our ancient Brethren as one of the foundation stones of Masonry, and I believe it may be justly claimed as a universal rule that where you find a Lodge whose members practise and cultivate sociability, you will there finda prosperous Lodge. A reform in this particular is greatly needed among- the Fraternity in this jurisdiction. More frequent social reunions should be introduced for the attainment of the desired end, and while at first a little effort to bring the Brethren together might be required, ere long the pleasure experienced and profit derived would be a sufficiellt incentive to popularize such gatherings.

Bro. Diehl, Grand Secretary, presented an excellent Report, gi ving a detailed account of the condition of affairs in that jurisdiction, both as to.its general and financial status. He regretted to report a decrease in members in the past year-while the decrease was small, still it counts in a small jurisdiction like Utah. He very naturally inquired the cause. He thought that the stand-still does not lie so much in the surroundings, as in themsel ves, both officers and Lodges. This is very likely the natnral explanation. OneLodge had conferred more degrees than all the other Lodges pnt together, and is, therefore, the banner Lodge, provided its matedal and work were of the right character. He reported that he had accompanied the Grand Master in his official visits to nearly all the Lodges in the territory. He said the year past had been one of peace in the Lodges, hence there had been no appeals. From the most admirable Report of Bro. Diehl, we make an extract which describes the heavy and varied duties that devolve upon that officer. Remembering our own experience, doubtless much larger than his, we can sympathize with him in the trials he is called upon to endure. We will not mention the laugh we enjoyed when reading the following:

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I wish the Committee on the G;and Secretar.y's Report would take time and examine the letters received at this office during the past twelve months. It would give them an idea of the work to be performed by me, and it would be a treat for them if they would read some of the letters. It is astonishing what an opinion some :i\Iasons have of the duties of a Grand Secretary. They must hold him to be a sort of intelligence office for the whole Masonic family and make all sorts of requests of him. For novelty's sake, I will mention two such letters, A Mason in Texas wants me to procure for him in this city a situation as bar-keeper. He assures me that as a mixologist he hn." no superior; that he would work cheap, and he even encloses in the letter his photograph, from which I judge that he is a good looking fellow. He parts his hair in the middle and waxes his moustaches, a la Napoleon. Another informs me that his wife has deserted him-gone to Utah and joined the Mormons. He wants me to hunt her up and persuade her to return to a loving- hmband. Now, I am willing to do almost anything for a Brother Mason, but I absolutely decline to procure a situation for a bar-keeper, or hunt up a run-away wife, who, perhaps long before the letter reached me, had become the second, third or fourth of some Mormon Bishop. I have noticed that other Grand Secretaries makc similar complaints. It ought to be stopped for good. Life is too short to even open and read such letters.

"It ought to be stopped." But how? 'We will award a prize to the man who stops the inflow of such communications upon us. That Texas Mason who wants to be a bar-keeper, "and with the bar-keepers stand," will do well to try Missouri. We think he could find employment here, at least long enough for some of our Lodges to try and expel him. Send him here, Bro. Diehl. We will look after him. You may retain the photograph. We advise you to avoid all "entangling alliances," and leave that" sister" to enjoy her affinity and rejoice iI~ her n.ew ja'ith and love. Bro. Diehl, as Grand Librarian, presented a Report covering fully all the interests belonging to that important department. Compli'mentary reports were made upon the Grand Master's Address and the Grand ~eeretary's labors. ",Ve make one extract from the Report of the Committee on the Grand Secretary, wrich is as follows: Your Gommittee to whom was referred the Annual Report of the Grand Secretary have no higher praiSE: to offer, than that it exhibited the usual evidence of the indefatigable zeal and enthusiasm of the incumbent of the office, .. our Chris." in all things pertaining to the welfare of Masons and Masonry, not only in our own jurisdiction but throughout the world. We are few in numbers and widely scattered in this little jurisdiction, and no doubt are often too lax in the performance of our Masonic duties, but of one thing we think we can safely boast, that we have the most painstaking-, irrepressible and untiring Grand Secretary in the Universe, and probably the bar-keeper and the deserted husband had heard that such was the case when they sought to enBst his services in their behalf. It will be a sad day for the Grand Lodge of Utah when Bro. Diehl lays down the pen of Grand Secretary, which we hope and pray may be postponed for many, many years.

",Ve notice that there was an amendment adopted to their Constitution, saying that the fees for the three degrees to Masonry shall not be less than fifty dollars. A resolution was adopted proposing to open the question of non-intercourse with the Grand Lodge of Nevada. The Grand Lodge repealed a Decision, made by a former Grand Master, in which he claimed and maintained the doctrine of perpetual jurisdiction. We are glad to record the fact that" perpetual jurisdiction " has received another kiek that will send it to the shades and cause it to lie buried in its appropriate grave in Utah. The Grand Lodge adopted a resolution concerning the Grand.Lodges of Quebec and England as follows:

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Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Utah, in annual Communication assembled, most fraternally and respectfully request.s the Grand Lodge of England to instruct the three Lodges under its Register in Montreal. Province Quebec, to transfer their allegiance to the Grand Lodge of Quebec, and, on their refusal to do so, to recall their respective charters.

Consideration of the Louisiana resolutions was postponed for one year. The Committee on Correspondence recommended that the Grand Bodies in Mexico seeking recognition, also, "the Council of Turkey, be not recognized." Judging from the Proceedings before us, the.session now under review was one of rare interest. CORRESPONDENCE.

Bro. Diehl, chairman of the Committee, submitted a Report, coveTing 104 pages, in which he reviewed the Proceedings of fifty-four American Grand Lodges. The Report, like his former productions, is characteristic. It is rich and racy, while it is spicy. He presents, in his usual vigorous st.yle, clear views and opinions, with strong and earnest arguments in favor of the right. We have not the' space to copy many of his excellent thoughts. Missouri, for 1885, received courteous attention, having two pages assigned to its co~sideration. He pronounced the Address of Bro. Stevenson, our Grand Master, one of much merit and made several extracts therefrom. Bro. Diehl says that our Committee on Grievances dealt out justice in a proper manner in the twenty-one 路cases considered by that Committee. He says that he was under the impression that the Grand Lodge of Missouri had long since declared non-intercourse with the Grand Orient of France. We beg to inform him that no such edict exists in the record of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. We cannot pursue further the interesting Report of Bro. Diehl. Hoping to meet him again in this realm of thought, or in person, we leave him with a pleasant good-bye. He was continued as Grand Secretary.

VERMONT,ISS5. The Ninety-third A~nual Communication was held June 10th, ]885, at the city of Burlington. M. 'V. Bro. Ozro Meachem, Grand Master, presided; R. W. Bro. William H. Root was Grand Secretary. The Grand J.. . odge journal n<}w under review was not recei ved last year until our report was finished. There are over 100 Lodges in that jurisdiction, ,vith a membership of 7,940. The Grand Master's Address covers nineteen pages, in which he mentioned the death of a number of Brethren in that jurisdiction. His Address contains an account of a number of

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official acts performed by him. And he also reports several Dispensations granted. Only three Decisions are found in his Address. He said that a Mason who wilfully withholds form his Lodge or a Brother, whatever is their due, is guilty of a Masonie crime, and should be punished for cheating. He recommended that the action of the Grand Lodge of Quebec declaring non-intercourse with the English Lodges in that jurisdiction be endorsed. The same was done, as follows: Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Vermont approves the proclamation of the Grand lJOdge of Quebec, declining non-intercourse with the three Lodges in that jurisdiction that refuse to submit to the authority of the sovereign Grand Lodge of Quebec, and continue their allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England.

He paid the following compliment to the Grand Secretary, Bro. Wm. H. Root, to whom we take pleasure in extending our sincere sympathy in his bereavements: I feel myself under many obligations to Right Worshipful Wm. H. Root, Grand Secre-

tary. for his kind and courteous treatment, and for the able manner in whieh he has

performed his duties. During the past two years Bro. Root has been called upon to mourn the loss of his mother, his wife and son; he has been sorely atnicted. and during all this affiict!on the work in his department has been slightly delayed. and for whatever seeming delay may have occurred, I believe Bro. Hoot 11as the acquittal of thi.s Grand Lodge and their entire sympathy in his bereavements.

He offered his con~ratulations to the Grand Lodge as to its financial .condition, which, while paying all its expenses, leaves on hand a good surplus. The Report of the' Grand Secretary is in keeping with his valuable labors in the past. We regard Bro. Root as one of the best Secretaries in the list of Grand Lodge Officers. 'Ve still wonder why he is able to do the work of his office, and discharge his duties so faithfully, with the small salary of $400 per year. The Decisions of the Grand Master were severally approved. The Proceedings were brief and of local interest. CORRESPONDENCE.

The Report, covering ninety-seven pages, was rendered by Past Grand Master L. C. Butler. Notices of fifty-seven different Masonic jurisdictions are found in. the Report. Bro. Blltler writes well, reviews carefully, and does not make many extracts. His Heport is of meritorious character. He gives our Grand Lodge Proceedings of IBS4, a threepaged review; q\1otes extensi vely form Grand Master Hall's Address, and calls it a very com'plete one. Concerning 0\11' Report on Correspondence, he said, after making some extracts, the following: The Proceedings of Vermont received extended find favorable mention. There is no doubt of his position upon any question of Masonic law or jurisprudence, He" enjoys great pleasure" in giving the doctrine that .. suspended Maso!H; should be charged with dues while under suspension,"-" a kick whenever seen,"-and his" only regret is that our Grand Representative at the Grand Lodge of Vermont--the able Grand Master of that jurisdiction in past years-should have ever favored a custom so indefensible." .. The rule reqUiring a suspended l\fason to pay dues for the time he is under suspension would collect Shyluck's pound of flesh at the Judgment Throne of a resurrected Brother, whether he had any flesh or not, simply because he had been dead." 1

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Bro. Vincil is a vigorous Masonic writer, always ready with an opinion upon Masonic subjects, and never afraid to utter his convictions. He is especially outspoken upon the subject of intemperance, and makes some sharp points WhiCh may apply to other jurisdictions than Missouri.

We appreciate the approval of Bro. Butler more than words will express. His labors as Grand Master, and now as Committee on Correspondence, assign him a high place among the Grand Men of the age. M. O. PEHKINS, G. M. "\V. H. ROOT, G. Sec.

VIRGINIA, lSSS. A volume, of 37G pages, well gotten up and on fair time, greets us from our native land.. It contains the Proceedings of the One Hundred and Eighth Annual Session, whieh was held at Richmond, commencing December 14th, ]885. M. W. Bro. Francis H. Hill, Grand Master, presiding; R. W. Bro. Wm. B. Isaacs was Grand Secretary. Representatives from 143 Lodges were present, besides six Past Grand Masters, a number of Past Masters and Grand Lodge Hepresentatives. From Reports rendered by the Grand Secretary, we find that there are in that jurisdiction 213 Chartered Lodges, with a membership of about 9,000. This shows a slight decrease, as compared with last year's report. The Annual Address of Grand Master Hill is a lengthy one, covering some seventeen pages. He presented in detail the various matters that claimed his attention during the official year. He said that during the past term the messenger Death had touched them sparingly, though deeply and sadly. The death of the Grand Treasurer, Bro. .Tohn F. Regnault, was recorded in appropriate and touching terms. He said: On the 10th day of .June last past it pleased God to remove from his earthly labors our Right Worshipful Bro. JOHN FAltRAN REGNAULT, Grand Treasurer of this Grand Lodge. lie has passed "Over the River of Death Into the Silent Land." I have appointed a Committee to prepare an obituary notice of the deceased. It was my melancholy duty to perform the last rites of Masonic Sepulchre over his remains. As a man and Mason, he discharged his varied duties with signal abllity and fidelity, enjoying the fullest confidence of hi~ fellow men and Brethren. Atnong his last intelligeut words he dictated and requested to be written: .. No one has honored Masonry more than I have since I commenced my Masonic career, in 1844. I have made it the study of my.life." Such is the precious assurance and legacy he leaves to us.

He reported that four Dispensations had been granted to Lodges to act upon petitions for degrees 'without waiting the required time. Then why have any required time '?

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DECISIONS.

The Grand Master reported ten rulings made by him. He decided that perpetual jurisdiction does not obtain in Virginia, and the Grand Lodge affirmed the ruling. Bro. Drinkard, in epitomizing the Decisions, said this: Grand Master Hill had decided-and the Grand Lodge approved the decision-that a profane, rejected in another Grand Jurisdiction, and afterwards acquiring a domicile in this, need not apply to the Lodge which rejected him, for permission to take the degrees in this State.

He then quoted from Tennessee thus: "We venture the assertion that less than one fourth of the American Grand Lodges adhere to any such doctrine ras perpetual jurisdiction], a very large majority insisting upon their right to act upon all petitIOns from persons permanently resident within their jurisdiction, whether or not they have been previously rejected elsewhere."

We are the more gratified at the black eye given perpetualism, because it comes from one of the oldest Grand Jurisdictions in this conntry, and one of the most conservative. We have sometimes felt almost like berating the Craft in the Old Dominion, for some of their customs and doctrines. But we 'cannot scold our mother, and now ,ve love her better than ever. The perpetnalistics, as a class, are joined to their idols. Let them alone.. Grand Master Hill made a Decision that strikes us as a singular one, viewed from a Missouri standpoint. He holds that a Master of a Lodge may resign his office. This is a novel idea to us of Missouri. If .the Master may resign, then the Wardens may also be allowed to reti re from office at will, leaving the Lodge without any head or directing authority. In this jurisdiction the Charters of Lodges are granted to the Masters and 'Vardens. They become the corporation. We conclude that ~hen the incorporators resign the incorporation is dissolved, because there is no succession. In our judgment the custom is fraught with fatal consequences to the Lodges where the officers are let out according to the Virginia rule. Grand Master Hall made a very sound reply to the question asked concerning those who have taken one or two degrees, and failed to advance. He said: Information is asked by a subordinate Lodge as to the status of Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts, who, after their initiation or passin~, have for a year or more failed to apply for advancement, "and what action it is competent to take against them for dereliction of Masonic duty, and whether they may be suspended from the privileges of Masonry?" â&#x20AC;˘ Answer-I know of no law which will compel an Entered Apprentice to be passed, or a Fellow Craft to be raised; and there bein~ no !:ollch law, no penalty can attach for their failure or refusal to do so. Our Institution IS a voluntary one. Neither Entered Apprcntices or Fellow Crafts are entitled to any of the rights and benefits of Masonry; if they decline to receive farther light in Masonry, they do it to their own detriment. They cannot be suspended from a privilege which they do not possess. If, however, they are guilty of unmasonic condnct, they are responsible to and triable by the Lodge under whose jurisdiction they may be.

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\Ve clip the following from the Address, in respect to what we, in Missouri, call "begging letters," and which we prohibit in the same terms as is done by our Virginia Brethren: â&#x20AC;˘ SOLICITllSG CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SISTER GRAND JURISDICTIONS.

Several applications were received from Lodges asking authority to issue circulars, to be sent to sister Grand JuriRdictions, soliciting contributions to aid in building Masonic halls or to pay for halls already erected. The reasons assigned not being deemed satisfactory, I declined to grant the requests. In one oose it having come to my knowledge that such circulars had been sent out without authority to do so, I directed that the circulars. so sent out, be at once recalled, and all money collected outside of this Grand Jurisdiction be refunded. This I am assured has been done. Upon inqUiry I was satisfied that the Lodge so acting was not aware of the existence of the law prohibiting the issuiJl/? of such circulars withont the approval of the Grand. Master, and as there was no intentiOnal violation of the law, I excused the Lodge with an admonition.

Grand l\faster Hill had attended the Dedication of the \Vashington Monument, accompanied with officers ,'and members of the Grand Lodge of Virginia. A full acconnt of the ceremonies is furnished in t.he Address, as well as the good time enjoyed by all Who participated. Reports from Grand Secretary, Grand Treasurer, Grand Lecturer and Trustees of the" Masonic Temple Assoc,iation" were rendered, all showing a satisfactory condition of the varied interests of the Grand Lodge. The Grand Lodge of South Australia, was recogni7;ed. $200Âˇ were appropriated to the relief of the Masons'ofGalveston, rrexas, who had suffered by the great fire of the month previous. A Committee of seven was created to report what arrangements can be made for the erection of a Masonic Temple in the city of Richmond. We wish them success, but bid them beware of a Temple elephant. One Charter was granted, the Lodge having served a lawful time under Dispensation. CORRESPONDENCE.

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The Annual Review was made by Bro. R. Drinkard, "for the Committee." It covers sixty pages, and is as good as it is brief. The Report is fnll of well-chosen extracts and seasonable comments. We -'agree with many of his views, and have no criticisms for those we do not approve, because they are made frol11 a standpoint peculiarly his own, perhaps we should say they are the views of a Virginia COI11te~. The following explanation contains good doctrine as to physical soundness: We say to Bro. Goldwater, and several other Brethren who have asked us about it, that we intencled to have said last year, in speaking of the refusal of our Grand Lodge to allow a Fellow Craft to take thc Master Mason's degree who had lost his left arm before hIS initiation, that we were not able to say how our Grand Lodge would have decided the question if the Brother had had both arms when initiated, and lost olle after initiation and before applying for the Master Mason's Degree. We would not say even that mnch now; for we are sure that no Master Mason conld gi....e such a Fellow Craft the Master Mason's degree if the Grand Master and the Grand Lodge were both to authorize him so to do.

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And again we ask, how could any Master Mason confer the Master Mason Degree upon a man having no left arm. We couldn't do it if all the Grand Masters and Grand Lodges in the wOjld were to decide that we might.

Our views on the subject are of record, and need not be repeated here. In our review of Arkansas, for 1884, we placed the question in as clear a light as possible. W'e will only say in respect to the view of Bro. Drinkard, that our. Missouri law is the same as he promulgated in the statement above given. Our Missouri Proceedings of last year were accorded nearly three pages in the review of Bro. Drinkard. Of our Grand Master and Grand Orator he had this to say: The Grand Master's Address is full. round and complete. So of the Grand Secretary's Report. The Oration of Grand Orator Krauthoff is exceptionally good. The reports from the Committee on Grievances are the best we find in any Grand Lodge Report.

We give place to some of the sayings of Bro. Drinkard on matters about which there is no probability of an agreement between us. He is a "Prerogative" writer and thinker of an advanced type. This writer does not belong to that school. We are glad to know that our position is known and understood. That we have earnestly and honestly expressed olIr opposition to the dogma, none will question who are acquainted' with our modes of thought and forms of speech. To say more than we have said would be superfluous. But here is the extmct from the report of the Virginia Committee: Saloon-keepers and immoral characters receive no mercy at Bro. Vincil's hands. He never fails to hit the doctrine of perpetual allegiance to a rejecting Lodge-a doctrine that nears its end, we hOpe. He is always ready also to give a blow to the doctrine of "prerogative," as he calls It. But. of course, as a Virginia Mason, we look at this matter in a different light. We trace all the objections to "prerogative" to the misleading assumption, that Grand Lodge" constitutions" are something more than laws repealable at the will of the body that framed them. The landmarks bind the Grand Lodge. Nothing else. There is no higher power than the Grand Lodge, and it is impossible for such a body to do an unlawful, or (what is in our opinion the same thing) an unconstitutional act. The State Legislatures and Congress are bound by constitutions; but these constitutions are not made by State Legislatures nor by Congress. They are made by sovereign bodies called" Constitutional Conventions." And as a Convention is above all law, so a Masonic Grand Lodge is above all the laws which itself makes. The landmarks were made by a body or bodies that we recognize as of equal power with a Constitutional Convention. So recognizing them, we do not acknowledKe that any Grand Lodge can alter or abolish them. If a Grand Lodge chooses to set aside or totally disregard its own laws, no other Grand Lodge. no Mason, would think of interfering with its exercis~ of that power. But if a Grand Lodge sets aside or totally disregards a landmark universally recognized as a landmark, such a Grand Lodge will soon find itself set ll.Side and totally disregarded by all Masonic bodies and all good Masons. An autocrat cannot exceed his powers; because he has all powers-legislative. executive and jUdicial. So has a Grand Lodge. A Grand Master has only such powers as his Grand Lodge and the landmarks give him. Will it be said that there are no landmarks? That fact, if it were a fact, would not affect our argument; for if there are no landmarks, then there is absolutely no law binding upon a Grand Lodge. It is a sovereign body, clothed with legislative, executive and judicial powers, which DO body on earth can question. It is an autocrat indeed.

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Drinkard says that, "In Virginia, all Past Masters are members of the Grand Lodge." So they are in Missouri. But we try them for unmasonic conduct in the Lodge of which they are members, or under whose jurisdiction they may reside. Of the Missouri Committee this is said: Bro. Vinci! is another of Virginia's sons of whom she is proud that they have attained rlistinction, and attained it deservedly, in the growing West. He comes next May to Virginia, where he will, we trust, find much to gladden his heart and renew his youth.

One of the pleasing anticipations connected with our contemplated visit to the" Old Dominion," in the coming month, is that we may meet and mingle with the Brethren of the Craft in " The land of our birth and the home of our youth."

Such a pleasure was granted us during the past winter, and we came quite near to a call upon the Grand Lodge of Virginia, then in session. "Ve looked in upon two Lodges of that jurisdiction while ill' the State, and learned something of their modes of doing things. Our proposed congratulations to Bro. Drinkard, as grand Master of Virginia, must be postponed, as he still remains the Deputy of his jurisdiction. The Grand Master, Bro. Hill, was re-elected. The Grand Secretary, Bro. William B. Isaacs, still holds the fort, and has charge of the important work he knows how to do so well. Vie had completed our .review of the Virginia journal for 1885, before the time came for us to make our visit to the" Old Dominion," and now that we have been there, it is due to the Craft, and to this writer to record what is one of the most pleasant incidents of his Masonic life. In the beautiful month of May, we visited, for the first time, "Richmond on the James." Our arrival was not greeted with a band of music, playing" HAIL To THE CHIEF," but the music of the Falls of James River, as borne to our ears on the wings of the night wind, will not soon be forgotten. It was welcome enough.. W'e felt sad to learn early in our visit that the Grand Secretary, Bro. Isaacs, was indefinitely absent, and that the Deputy Grand Master, Bro. 'V. R. Drinkard, had just met with a serious accident, in' the fracture of his arm. But the Craft of Richmond made it delightful for those of us . who were members of the world-wide family during our stay of three weeks in the Capitol. Our pleasure in subsequently meeting with the assembled Brotherhood of the city, in Lodge capacity, is beyond expression. The greeting extended to half a dozen of us, when Past Grand Master Wellford made a charming Address of 'Vel come, with the gentlemanly Bro. Isaacs and others at their best, will be cherished as long. as memory Ii ves and affection lingers. And then that banquet. What shall we say? Words fail us. Taken as a whole, the occasion was one

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that can find no duplicate in a lifetime. Such heartiness and sincere welcome we never met before. 'Ve thought we understood the wellknown hospitality of the Southerner; but never had we sounded its depths or tested its genuineness before. Grand OLD VIRGINIANS! may you never be less noble, and true to the traditions of the past. 1'0 Bros. Isaacs, 'Vell ford, Drinkard, Coles, Ezekiel, Capers and others, we extend the warm and hearty God bless you! of a son of Virginia from the far West.

W-,lSHINGTON, ISSS. 'Ve have the journal of the Twenty-eighth Annual Communieation recording (he doings of that session which was held on the 3d day of June, 1885, in the city of Tacoma. M. 'V. Bro. 'V. H. 'Vhite, Grand Master, pr~sided, and R. 'V. Bro. Thomas M. Reed was Grand Secretary. There are forty~six Lodges in that jurisdiction, with a reported membership of 1,700. This shows a slight gain over the previous year. An Address, of ten pages, was delivered by the Grand Master, in which he reports a number of items, such as Decisions and Special Dispensation路s. A' portion of the Address is taken up with the subject of charity, in which there are some very beautiful thoughts. The report of Bro. Reed, the Grand Secretary, like all his works, is an admirable document. He presented in detail the affairs belonging to the Grand Lodge. Memorial tributes were paid to the honored dead, who had passed away during the year; among them were two Past Grand Masters. The Grand Lodge of South Australia, on .motion, was recognized. 'Ve make the following extracts: Resolved, That a person engaged in the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors shall not be eligible to the degrees of Freemasonry, nor to office in any subordinate LDdge under this jurisdiction, from and after the adoption of this resolution. Provided, That the above resolution shall not apply to the sale of liquror for medicinal or sacramental purposes.

On the above, the Grand Lodge Resolved, That hereafter any person eng-aged in the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors, for other than medlCinal or sacramental purposes, shall not be eligible to the degrees of Freemasonry in this jurisdiction.

The Grand Lodge approved the following, by a large majority: Every member of a Lodge in good standing is entitled to vote. Every voter is eligible to any office in the Lodge, provided, however. that if a member is eng-aged in the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, otherwise than for mediciual or sacramental purposes, he is ineligible to any office in the Lodge.

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sounding the death knell of vices that too long have brought the blush to good and true Mas-ons all over these lands. The future brightens with the glow of a new glory. The anxious heart-cry of many will yet be answered: "vYatchman, what of the night?" "The morning cometh." The rosy dawn tips many a peak" hitherto dark and gloomy, and the glow will descend until the valleys of death, filled with shadows, shall brighten into day. Why should not Masonry aid in the great work of uplifting and regenerating humanity? The position taken by the Grand Lodge shows a forward movement on the question of temperance. We hope the day may come when every Grand Lodge in the world will legislate in the same manner. The Grand Lodge declared that any person who gambled for money should be dealt with for unmasonic conduct. On the general subject of morality the Grand Master uttered the following: We know that there are men, and Masons too, who are noble hearted, generous to a fault, true to their families, true to the State, true to every obligation of mllllhood, but who are nevertheless engaged in the barter and sale of intoxicating liqnors. They justify themselves by saying that the law authorizes it, society in general does not condemn it. if they do not engage in the business other and won;e men will do so. '1'he giant evil of the age is the excessive use of intoxicating liquors. The victim of an unconquerable thirst. the home, the foundation of all society and all government, cry out for protection against its ravages. Lead us not into temptation is the wailing sob that goes up all over this land. It is a cry that will be heard and will be heeded. The moral sentiment of mankind is being educated and aroused against the inroads of this giant evil. Masonry, with her ,mighty opportunities for the accomplishment of good, must keep abreast of this moral sentiment, must in no way retard its growth, must in every way aid it. This can best be done by us, not by the passllge of laws, not by amendments of constitutions, not by repressive and harsh legisilltioll, but by all exercise of good jUdgment, and a fearless determination to do our duty regardless of self and self illterests. Let it be distinctly understood, that hereafter, in this jurisdiction at least, the fact of engaging in the sale of intoxicating liquors bars the doors of Masonry against him who would enter for the first time, and, to him already clothed with the lamb-skin, is an insurmountable obstacle to the obtainment of Masonic honors. We must not deal harshly or ungenerously with those of our household who have not yet reached the conception of duty. We are not wholly blameless in this matter. To the Brother who would seek other employment, let your feet be swift to aid and your hands to assist. Place Masonry where she justly belongs, on the highest plane of morality; stretch your hands to help and assist, not only those of your own household, but the untold thousands leaning upon you for support, looking to you for example and encouragement.

The foregoing words rcmina. us of an expression which says sometiong about" Apples of gold in pictures of silver." Sm:ely Masonry must advance under such administrations and legislation as characterize the Grand Lodge of Washington. CO'RRESPONDENCE.

The Report, of 117 pages, was prepared by Bro. Thomas M. Reed, . and is in keeping with his former valuable contributions to Masonic literature. Fifty-fonr Grand' Lodge journals were reviewed by him. Missouri, for 1884, being duly remembered. He gave our journal for that year four pages, and said the Address of Grand Master Hall is a

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paper of much merit, and copies largely from his treatment of the question of saloon-keeping. The Report of this Committee on Correspondence was honored with a complimentary notice, some extracts being made therefrom. Bro. Lewis ~iegler was elected Grand Master; Bro. Thomas M. Reed, of Olympia, was re-elected Grand Secretary.

WEs'r VIRGINIA, ISS:). The journal, of 130路 pages, contains the transaetions of this Grand l,odge, in which we find the Proceedings of three Special Meetings and the Annual Communication. The latter was held in the city of Wheeling, November lOth, 1885. M. 路W. Bro. G. E. 'l'hornburg, Grand Master, presided, and R. W. Bro. O. S. Long was Grand Secretary. There are eighty-three Lodges in this jurisdiction, seventy-nine of which were represented. The whole number of members is 3,542, showing the small gain of twenty-four. The Grand Master presented a very brief Address, covering some four pages, in which we find reported a number of special Dispensations, all of which were in accordance with the law. One Dispensation was granted to form a new Lodge. The Grand Master had the nerve to refuse applications to re-open the ballot in two cases and to confer degrees out of time. He reported several Decisions, some of which we record as departure from sound Masonic jurisprudence. He decided that a motion to lay on the table is Masonic. We do not believe it, and never saw it allowed in a Masonic I,odge. If the Grand Master's Decisions, in several instances, as reported by him, constitutes law in that Grand Lodge, we think there is need for improvement. A Master Mason, suspended for non-payment of dues, tendered his money, which was refused. The Grand Master decided that the money .should be returned. We think that the payment of dues was, in itself, a removal of the disability and thereby restored the Brother to good Masonic standing. The Grand Secretary, Bro. O. S. Long, presented quite a lengthy Report, in which we find that he recommended the" poetry of Freemasonry" of Rob Morris, of Kentucky. He favored the adoption of some method by which that pest of modern times, the" Masonic tramp," could be arrested in his career. He calls this class of "dead beats" a brood of swindlers, large in number and sharp in practice. In concluding his Report he announced the fact that he could no longer serve the Craft in the office of Grand Secretary, which he has filled for the term of fourteen years. That Grand Lodge loses a valuable

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and efficient Grand Secretary. Bro. Long, as Committee on Foreign Correspondence, submitted a Report, covering three pages, in which he strongly favors a Masonic Congress for the United States, and presents his reasons therefor. 'We have met this idea in years gone by, and we oppose it now as we opposed it then. On that subject the Grand Lodge adopted the following: The undersigned special Committee, to whom was referred the corresppndence received from sister Grand Lodges of the world, received by the Grand Secretary since the last annual Communication of this body, beg leave to submit the following report: The correspondence received by the Grand Secretary is vast and voluminous, and with the limited timc this Committee has to act, it is impossiblc to report specially as to the various matters therein contained. But this Committee deems it necessary, and, for the good of subordinate Lodges of this Grand Jurisdiction, as well as for the good of Masonry in general, that the su~gestions contained in the report of the regular Committee on Correspondence, which said report was also referred to this Committee, as to the establishment of a Masonic Congress for the United States be adopted. and that our present Grand Secretary, R. \..... Bro. O. S. Long, be appointed a Committee to correspond with our sister Grand Lodges of the United States in reference thereto.

We close this notice by recording the fact that Bro. Odell S. Long, who was long Grand Secretary of that Grand Lodge, was lifted out of his position into that of Grand Master. As in other cases, so in this, we fear they have spoiled a good Grand Secretary, whether to make a good Grand Master, remains to be seen. ODELL S. LONG, Charleston, G. lVI. GEO. "V. ATKINSON, Wheeling, G. Sec.

lVISCONSIN, ISS6. The journal under review contains a record of two Special and one Annual Sessions. The Forty-second Annual Meeting was held in the city of Milwaukee, June 8th, 1886. M. VV'. Bro. Oliver Libbey, Grand Master, presided, and R. W. Bro. John 路W. LafEn was Grand Secretary. The roll shows 204 Lodges in the jurisdiction, with 190 represented. All the Lodges had made their returns. The membership foots up a total of 12,922. A gain of 224 was reported. The Address of Grand Master Libhey covered eight pages, and was purely a business document, containing a full report of all acts performed by him in his official character during the term. From the opening we extract the following: That small faction of anarchy and revolution, the outgrowth of foreign hotbeds of infidelity and socialism, which temporarily raised its head, has been promptly reprel;sed, not morc effectually by the strong arm of the law, than by that stronger forcc of public opinion, which speaks a language not to bc mistaken. . G. L. Ar.-!J.

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Our land offers no foothold to those whose object is the destruction of organized government and civil institutions, and none arc more prompt in affixing the seal of their condemnation than the members of our Craft. :Freemasonry at large is advancing on the peacefnl tenor of its way as in the years that are last past. . Disturbing elements have apparently disappeared from view, and a wise system of jurisprudence has laid at rest all subjects of a nature to create dissention among the several Grand Lodges. An occasional attempt on the part of a few Lodges to evade the long established rule of exclusive jurisdiction is made in some of our sister Grand Lodges; but such attempts are in vain, and cannot long survive the unanimous expression of disapproval which pronounces the sentiment of the grand body of Masons. Among our constituent Lodges, hardly an instance of dh;cord or disagreement hRS arisen during the year, and moderate accessions to their ranks have shown their healthy and prosperous ,condition. That such a condition exists, is due not to the active suspension of the Grand Lodge or its officers, but to the zealous and faithful efforts of the Brethren of the subordi!1fl;te Lodges, to ~vhom is committed the duty of guarding the outer door and maintallllDg the reputatIOn of the Craft, and who have so effectually performed their work,

The Grand Master had occasion, during his term, to suspend ·the Master of one of the Lodges, as shown by the following: On the 21st of October last I received from the Secretary of Fisher Lodge, No. 222, a statement, charging the Worshipful :M1lSter of that Lodge with the offense of habitual and gross intoxication, not only in pUblic, but also while conducting, or attempting to conduct the work of the Lodge, and to such a degree that the existence of the Lodge would be imperilled should no steps be taken to remove the cause of offense. This communication of the Secretary was followed by specific charges against the Master, signed by ten most prominent members of the Lodge. After consideration, and due notification to the accused and the members, I visited the Lodge in company with the Grand Lecturer on the 3d of November. The Lodge having been convened and the accused lIOt appearing-', evidence was taken in proof of the facts set forth in the charges. This disclosed sueh a condU-ion of affairs that It seemed to me absolutely necessary for the welfare of t~le Lodge and the good of the Craft that the Master should be suspended from the exerCIse of the powers and duties of his office. Such suspension was according-ly pronounced, to continue until the session of the Grand Lodge, or until his term of office should sooner expire.

The Grand Lodge affi !'Jned the action of the Grand Master in the above. This depri ved the offending Master of all official standing, and when his term of office expires he may be punished for gross unmasonie conduct and a penalty inflicted more than an o.tJicial one·. The Grand Master reported five Decisions, which were approved by the Grand Lodge, with a slight correction of one of the number. The rulings were of local application and need not be notieed here. The Grand Lodge has· under consideration the important question of a "Horne" for the widows and orphans of their deceased Brethren. The subject was reported upon and the report laid over until the next Annual Meeting. We hope to see this line of work taken up and pushed ahead by every jurisdiction in the land, until all needy and helpless ones shall be housed and cared for, QUEBEC.

The Committee on Correspondence reported in favor of sustaining the Grand· Lodge of Quebec in the fight with the recusant Lodges in that jurisdiction, which still yield allegiance to the Grand Lodge of l£ngland. We copy the four resolutions presented by the Committee;

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Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of the State of Wisconsin, jealous of her own independence and sovereign powers within her prescribed limits, will not only maintain and defend those rights for herself, but has and will at all times record her voice and vote against a violation of them by others. , Resolved, That while this Grand Lodge regrets the action of the recnsant Lodges in usurping the lawfully occupied territory of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, we venture the hope that said Lodges will transfer their allegiance to the only source of Masonic power within the Provinee in which they are located, and that the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge claiming their allegiance will take such action that the unity and harmony so essential to true fraternity may be fully established, Be it further Resolved, That the Grand L()d~e of the State of Wisconsin regards all Lodges in the Province of Quebec holding alleglltllce to any Grand Lodge other than the recognized Grand Lodge of that Province, as illegal and irrcgular, and that all IJodges and Brethren under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the State of Wisconsin are charged not to hold Masonic intercoursc with such illegal or irregular Lodges, or any member thereof. Resolved, That the Most Worshipful Grand Master of the State of Wisconsin be requested to issue an edict, in comformity herewith, to tbe Lodges and Brethrcn of bis obed~ellcc.

The first and second resolutions were adopted. The third and fourth were not approved. 'Ve presume they wete rejected because of the nonintercourse feature contained in the thirdresolution. "\짜 e are of opinion that non-intercourse, universally enforced against those three Lodges in the Province of Quebec, would bring them to a sense of.their duty sooner than any other method of procedure. They have no business in the jurisdiction of Quebec, as Lodges. That jurisdiction is recognized as sovereign, and England was one of the Grand Lodges to so recogni7.e its sovereignty. Having been established in a'legitimate manner, and having been conceded all the rights and powers of a legally formed Grand J"odge, no local interference with these rights should be tolerated. England errs in permitting Lodges of her obedience to still play a contumacious part in the face of our American doctrine of absolute sovereignty. 'We fail to sec the consistency of the Grand Lodge of \Visconsin in rejecting the third resolution above, and thereby refusing non-intercourse with those belligerent Lodges in Quebec, after adopting the following part of the report of the Committee: The well settled principle of Grand Lodge sovercignty, sanctioned by time and usa.ge, has, in the case of the Grand I.odge of Quebec, been, and is now being ignored, by the existence of certain Masonic lJOdges within her territoria.l jurisdiction who do not recognize the authority of the Grand Lodge of Quebec, but hold allegiance to, and are working under the authority of a foreign Grand Lodge, th us setting at defiance the sovereign rights and authority of the only Ma.sonic g-overning body of the Province.

As those three Lodges are defiant, and will not accept the principle, so zealously maintained by every Grand Lodge on this continent, we think that every such Grand Lodge should pradise what they teach, and at once say to those who will not conform to our American doctrine ofabsolnte Grand Lodge Sovereignty: "You cannot be, in any sense, recognized as Masons in regnlar standing, and, therefore, wo must ignore an your claims to our fraternal fellow::;hip." If every Grand Lodge of

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this country will speak out, and debar the members of those three recusant Lodges, in a little time they will be found in line with our American usages and claims. The Grand Lodge of South Australia was duly recognized. TlJe claims to llecognition of bodies in Mexico, Peru and Poto Rieo were passed over without action being had. Consideration of the Louisiana resoluti.ons was indefinitely postponed. CORRESPONDENCI~.

The Review for the year was made by Bro. E. E. Chapin, and covers 184 pages.â&#x20AC;˘ It is largely made up with extracts from the journals reviewed. His comments were brief, terse and good. 'Ve make the following excerpt from his opening remarks: To review the Proceedings of the several Grand Lodgcs in correspondence with our Grand Lodge is an undertaking of importance. To cope with three score and tcn able, honest and critieal reviewers, all working together for the greatest good to the Craft in harmonizing and strengthening the principles of Masonry, requires courage and Masonic manhood. To do this work so that none of the Brethren. at home or abroad. shall go . away dissatisfied, must of necessity take all the spare time left after the personal, private duties of the day are done. The result of our labors will be embodied in as brief space as possible-to cover the proceedings for the year 1885--and whether we have done our duty well or ill you are to be judges.

If our estimate is worth anything to Bro. Chapin, w.e will say he is a capital reviewer. \Ve have written much in past years, but thi8 Report is more of a review than a commentary,. sueh was our design in the commencement of the work, and we have adhered to our purpose. Bro. Chapin seems to have followed the same idea.

Missouri, for 1885, was treated most kindly by our good Brother and co-worker, Chapin. Five full pages were accorded to our journal, and numerous extracts were made from the Address of Grand Master Stevenson, as well as from other portions of the journal. The Committee was quite liberal in quotations from our work, and commendatory of what was said by this committee. \Ve appreciate the good opinions of Bro. Chapin. Owing to the lateness of the season when the Wisconsin journal came to hand, and the fact that our Report had been given to the printer, we are compelled to abridge our notice of the Review of of Bro. Chapin. We regret to record the fact that Bro. Chapin was not continued as' Committee on Correspondence. We dislike changes unless they are necessary and for the better. EUGENE S. ELLIOTT, G. M. JOHN W. LAFLIN, G. Sec. Both reside at Mil waukee.

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WYOMING, 1884. The Tenth Annual Session was held in the city of LaTamie~ October J4t.h, 1884. The Grand Master, Bro. John Ie ,Jeffrey, being detained at home, the Deputy Grand Master, E. F. Cheny, presided; Bro. J. H. Symons was Grand Secretary. There are six Lodges in existence in that jurisdiction, with a membership of 432. The Address of the Grand Master was sent by him to the Grand Lodge and laid before that body. It contains nothing of sufficient importance to claim attention here. The Grand Secretary presented a lengthy and valuable Report. 'Ve make the following extract concerning Jurisprudence: If Entered Apprentices or Fellow Crafts neglect or refuse for a period of two years to pass an examination upon their proficiency, or to make application for advancement, their names shall be dropped from the roll and returns of such Lodge, and such Entered Apprentices or Fellow Crafts shall, after due notice, be deprived of all rights and privileges as such, and shall forfeit all moneys paid into the Lodge for any degrees they shall have received, and shall be refused advancement except upon a petition in writing therefor, to be acted upon in like manner as a petition for initiation.

'Ve find the Grand Lodge took action on thesnLject of Temperance, and the following paper was adopted, which will show the high ground taken by the Brethren. It is a position that we endorse, as it is very much like the attitude occupied by the Grand Lodge of Missouri : WHEREAS: Temperance is one of the cardinal principles of Masonry, a.nd believing that the sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage is demoralizing both to the community and those engaged in the business. Therefore, be it

Resolved, That the follOWing section be incorporated in the By-Laws, viz:

It shall be unlawful for, and constituent Lodges are hereby prohibited from initiating

or admitting to membership in their re!'pective Lodges any person engaged in the manufacture, sale or importation of any spirituous or malt liquors as a beverage, either as proprietor, clerk or otherwise, and if any person shall, after becoming a member of any Lodge in this jurisdiction. violate the provisions of this section, he shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to expulsion. .

There is no Report on Correspondence. Bro. E. F. Cheeny was elected Grand Master; Bro. J. H. Symons was re-elected Grand Secretary, and lives at Laramie.

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A T)])ENDA.

The journals of the following Grand Lodges were not received in time for notice and location in alphabetical order, hence they appear in this place.

DISTRICT OF COLUl'IBIA! ISSii. Better late than never. By writing for the journal of the above Grand Lodge we ,,,ere enabled to obtain a copy after all others had been reviewed and our Report finished even down to the" Conclusion." We will not lay any blame on the Grand Secretary for this failure. 'Ve have had more trouble about our mail this season than in all the nine previous years of service in this office. Coming so late, the journal of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia must receive a very brief notice, of necessity, not of choice. The Proceedings are of more than ordinary interest, because they contain an account of the" Dedication of the Washington Monument," which took place February 21st, 1885. '1'he description of the affair is very interesting and full, while the addresses delivered on the occasion are quite readable and instructive. The journal contains the minutes of Semi-Annual and Special Communications of the Grand Lodge. The Annual Communication was held November 11th, 1885; in 'Vashington City. M. W. Bro. Myron M. Parker, Grand Master, presided. He had been in charge of the affairs of the Grand Lodge long enough to fit him for the duties and responsible work assigned him during the important period when the dedication: ceremonies took place. Judging from the manner in which the work was done we conclude that he was the right man in the right place-the man for the occasion. At this session he delivered a short but good Address, covering three pages, which was his valedictory. Having served the Grand Lodge 'for two terms, he retired most gracefully. We copy the opening paragraph of his Address. BRETHREN: To us the year 1811 will always be memorable as marking an important epoch in our Masonic history. We assemble to-day in Seventy-fourth Annual CommunicatioIl.

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â&#x20AC;˘ The events of the year admit of brief discussion. Harmony has been our distinguishing characteristic: no vexed questions have disturbed the deliberations of any of our constituent Lodges: no entanJ;rlements or issues have arisen among the Brethren requiring the interposition of the Grand Master. Our laws and ritual have been held sacred and inviolate. Our charities, as in the past, have been unostentatious and farreaching. and the dignity of Masonry has been elevated to the highcst plain. I desire to make permanent record of this fact: Our jurisdiction, lImited to that portion of our country known as" ten miles square "-comprising twcnty-one constituent Lodges, doing a greater percentage of work tha.n many of the larger States in our Masonic union, occupies the enviable position of having attained that degree of Masonic intelligence and perfection that enables it to properly transact its business without advice from the Grand Master or appeal to the Grand Lodge. Compare this happy condition of affairs with the proceedings of our much-loved sister Grand Jurisdictions, and then decide who suffers by contrast; and yet, my Brethren, when we considcrour opportunities geographically,'our inexhaustible resources for culture, experience, and practical information, this condition excites no surprise.

Mention was made of such matters as were of interest to the Craft in that locality, but of no general moment. The Grand Lodge dismissed the Committee having charge of the Louisiana Resolutions. 'Said Resolutions seem to have met a general ice-bath reception. There was but yery little business transacted at this session, beyond the election of Grand Officers. They were installed at the" Installation Communication," December 28th, at which time some fiscal business was attended to. Twenty-one Lodges and 3,032 members comprise the .numerical strength of the Federal District. CORRESPONDENCE.

The journal before us contains the Report of a Committee on Correspondence. The Grand Secretary, Bro. Wm. R. Singleton, Chairman, prepared the Report. It contains ninety-six pages and embraces brief notices of fifty-six Grand Lod!!e Proceedings. He gave the 1\1issouri journal, for 1885, a fair share of his limited space, and regarded part of Bro. Stevenson's Address as "very suitable for a lecture upon the morals of Masonry." The" Oration" of Bro. Krauthoff was pronounced" excellent."

Of this Committee, he said: The Report on Foreign Correspondence is by Bro. John D. Vincil, of 144 pages, reviewing the Proceedings of fifty-three Grand Longes in a very able manner. Of our own Proecedings, for 1884, he starts out with an error. as we have never hnd a Bro. Clark as Grand Master, and Bro. Clark starts up llgain four times. Where did Bro. Clark come from? We only refer to this in reply to his criticisms upon ourself as a .â&#x20AC;˘ mixer." We fear the" mixing" has become catching. IIo'w the unfortunate language attributed to him got into our Report we cannot find out, lIS our printer is extremely careful to destroy all" copy" just as soon us the types have been distributed, so as to divide the responsibility for errors. We are sure we never wrote it for Bro. Villeil's language. We may come across it in its correct place; and if we do, we shall certainly be able to explain the faux pas.

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not the fault of the" printer" but of this writer. The Clark family is large and respectable. Bro. Parker is large and handsome. We hope neither side will "challenge" us for "mixing" their names. Come to think of it, we believe both sides were complimented. W路e acknowledge the" mixing" business, and think it a good job for a new" mixer." However we shall try and avoid a路repetition of the blunder. Our good Bro. Singleton may consider that we are even as to our" mixing" experience. His review contains much that we would like to copy, but this must go to the printer or be left out. THOS. P. CHIFFELLE, G. M. 'YM. R. SINGLETON, G. Sec. The address of both is 'Yashington.

NEW IIAMPSHIRE, ISS6. The Semi-Annual Communication was held December 29th, 1885, for the purpose of Exemplifying the 'Vork. This was all that claimed attention. The Ninty-seyenth Annual Comn:lUnication conv~ned in the city of Concord, May 19th, 1886, and was presided over by M. W. Bro. Henry E. Burnham, Grand Master; R. W. Bro. Geo. P. Cleaves was Grand Secretary. The journal shows a list of seventy-six Lodges, with a membership of 8,139, a deerease of five. The Grand Secretary reported that all the LodgeR had made returns. 'Ye congratulate all such Grand Secretaries. Vve never expect to prevail on the tardy Secretaries of this jurisdiction to come to time, or report before the Grand Lodge meets. If they are on time at the judgment day, it will be a wonder. li'ifty-one Lodges were represented. THE ADDRESS

Of Grand Master Burnham was a brief document, and was his last, as he announced his purpose to retire from office at the close of the session, which his Brethren kindly allowed him to do, though with many expressions of regret. He made a good Grand Master, and it is to be regretted that he could not longer serve the Craft in that jurisdiction. He reported the Lodges united and harmonious, and the Craft prosperous in the jurisdiction. Relations with other jurisdictions were announced as friendly, while expressions of fraternal and cordial sentiments had been received. Dispensations were reported in the usual cases.

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Several applications had been received to confer the degrees out of time. He said that the practice should be discontinued. We quite agree with him, and think his views on the suhject, like those of his predecessors, sound and just. He evidently does not favor the wholesale Dispensation business any more than this writer. The prerogative god-a very small deity-is not worshipped to hurt by Bro. Burnham. We quote him: "It seems to me, as it has to former Grand Masters, that this is a practice which should be discountenanced, and that no such Dispensation should be granted, except in rare and urgent cases." We leave him and others to judge of the "rare and urgent cases." 'Ve never saw one, and do not know how such" cases" look. No Decisions were reported, and the Grand Master thought their law was sufficiently plain to render future Decisions not needful, if the Lodges would acquaint themselves with the law as' it now exists. The , Grand Master found but little to require his special attention, as the affairs of the Grand Lodge seemed to be running very smoothly. He suggested the importance of some action being taken in regard to the conditions which should be complied with by visiting Brethren who seek admission into their Lodges. His hint at the Massachusetts custom indicated what he prefers. If our Brethren want to put up the fence . and make it so high that no one can visit them without a Diploma, or some other document, so mote it be. This is a step towards exclusive-ness that we fail to appreciate. Not one Mason in a thousand ever thinks of carrying with him a Diploma to show his good standing in his Lodge. If our visits to sister Lodges, when away from home, depend upon our Diploma, we will not visit much. The traditional " angel's visits" will equal ours. Still we do not ,""ish to be understood as protesting against the right of particular Grand Lodges to legislate on all such local questions, and regulate these matt~rs to suit their own views. We find nothing of spedal moment or of general interest in the Proceedings, and therefore, will pass to notice the Report on CORRESPONDENCE.

The Review for the year was made by our very amiable and kind Brother, Albert S. Wait, "for the Committee." The Review covered 144 pages, and embraced notices of the doings of fifty Grand Lodges, our OWll among the number. Bro. 'Vait, as ever, is kind, fraternal and courteous. He gave Missouri, for 1885, the benefit of some four pages of his valuable space. Extracts were made from the Address of 0111' Grand Master, Bro. Stevenson, and from the Review of this Committee for the year under notice. His comments were very kind and complimentary. 'rhe Report throughout possesses the elements of sound

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thought and discreet views. The Committee is conservative and practical. We find nothing in his work to which we would file a bill of exceptions. ' .Indeed, Bro. Wait is too amiable for us ever to get np a row with. We would be pleased to transfer to our pages many of his sayings, if time would allow. 'Vhen the Reports of New Hampshire and Maine came to hand our Review was finished, and the printer could only place notices of these jurisdictions at the foot of the docket. These notices must necessarily be brief. Therefore we take leave of Bro..'Vait very hurriedly. We hope to meet him again in this pleasant relation. WM. R. BURLEIGH, G. M. GEO. P. CLEAVES, G. Sec.

MAINE, ISS6. The Sixty-seventh Annual Session was held in the city of Portland, May 4th to 6th. :M. "Y. Bro. Fessenden 1. Day, Grand Mast.er, presided, and R. "Y. Bro. Ira Berry was Grand Secretary. Representatives from 170 Lodges were in attendance. There are 186 Lodges, with a membership of 20,039, in that jurisdiction. The following extract from the Report of the Committee on Returns will furnish some valuable information: It will be noticed that while less work has been done, fewer affiliated, llnd more have died, than last year. there has been a goain in the number of members. This is very encouraging, as more have been reinstated, and many less members lost by forfeiture on account of non-payment of dues; indicating that collections are better attended to, and that those who had lost the privileges of membership, appreciate their value, and are taking steps to regain them. May the time soon' come, when every Brother shall esteem it a privilege, and not a burden, to pay a small sum annually towards the support of so beneficent an institution.

It appears to your committee that we are nearer and nearer approachipg to accuracy in our returns every year. Entire accuracy we do not think is attainable: but hope to come llear enough to it for all practical purposes.

The finances of the Grand Lodge make a very satisfactory showing, as evidenced by t.he report of the Committee, there being over eight thousand dollars in the treasury, besides a charity fund of more than twenty-one thousand dollars. The Report of the venerable Bro. Ira Berry, Grand Secretary, was a clear presentation of the work done by him, and commends him as the" good and faithful servant" of the Grand Lodge. '1'he Annual Address of Grand Master Day covered fifteen pages, and embraced much of interest, especially to the Craft in his jurisdiction. He mentioned, in appropriate terms, the death of a Past .Tunior Grand 'Warden, Bro. \Villiam Somerby. The deceased Brother was

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nearly eighty-threc years old when called from labor. Truly sl}ch may rest from their labors and their works do follow them. He had heen a :Mason more than sixty-one years. Concerning the condition of Masonry the Grand Master said: As a whole the Craft has enjoyed a year of harmony and prosperity. A healthy increase in membership will be shown, and there are but few Lodges which have not had a fair amount of work. Each Lod~e has seemed to vie with its neigh bar in advancing the \velfare of Symbolic Masonry, and this harmony is shown in the fact that I am able to report to you, that among our 185 Lod~es, but one complaint is made in regard to infringement of jurisdiction. There are two principal reasons for this" dwelling together in unity." One is, our laws in regard to jurisdiction are so plain and well understood, that it seems impossible to err. The other, and the greater reason, is the desire on the part of our members to show that brotherly love and courtesy which is taught as the second duty of Masons.

Two Lodges were instituted, whose Dispensations had heen previously granted. No new Lodges were created during the year, as in his view, there were too many weak Lodges already. DECISIONS.

We .find ten Decisions in the Address, and presume that they suit the jurisdiction where they 'were rendered, hut we find no report upon them. V\Tebelieve that jurisdiction has a rule which sends all Decisions over one year, thereby enabling the Committee on Jurisprudence to pass upon them leisurely and deliberately. This is our recollection of the.1aw. The rulings of Grand Master Day have the true ring about them and are sound expositions of Masonic Jurisprudence. We do not know what view Bro. Drummond may take of them, as he is "the law officer of the crowJ,1." Bro. Drummond excuse us for saying that we appreciat.e the law-abiding views of their Grand Master, Bro. Day. We like the following so far as it applies to the observing and obeying the laws of the Grand Lodge. Here are his words:

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POWERS OF GRAr-m MASTER.

There seems to be an idea in the minds of not a few Brethren, that the Grann Master has power to set aside forthe time being. any provision of the Constitution or Standing Regulations of the Grand Lodge. and that in their case he ought to do so. I have tried to explain that while the Grand Master has almost unlimited powers to do what he thinks hest for the good of the whole Fraternity, he is as much bound to observe and obey the Constitution and Regulations of the Grand Lodge, as any member of a subordinate Lodge; in fact, more so, for he is specially obligated to obey them, anG he could not consistently punish others for violating laws he has himself disobeyed.

If all Grand Masters would think and act as abovc, prerogative would not be so objectionabl~. RECOGNIZED.

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The Grand Master reported the following: T have been informed by the Secretary and Treasurer of the Maine General Hospital, and with great pleasurc a11nOU11ce to you, that a kind and libcral nrother has gcneronsly paid to the hospital a sum sufficient to maintain a free bed for one year, such bed to be at the disposal of the Masonic Fraternity-the Grand Master to have the power of naming persons who, if regularly admitted, shall occupy such bcd from time to time. The bcneficiary, however, must always be a Frcemason, resident in the State of Maine.

'We like the idea. It isagood one. Many churches provide similar comforts in our Hospitals here, to be used by any of their people should they become inmates thereof. We made an appeal to our Lodges in St.,Louis, the past winter, and raised funds with which to fit up and furnish an apartment in the "Memorial Home" of this city; to be known as the" Masonic Room." It has been occupied by two Masonic inmates already, and from it one was called to rest as the charge of the Craft; plaeed there by our Grand Lodge. There are many ways of doing good. CORRESPONDENCE.

We forego further notice of the doings of the Grand IJodge and take up the Report of Bro. Josiah H. Drummond, Committee on Foreign Correspondence. The Review embraces 180 pages and is replete with interest throughout. Fifty-four Grand Lodge journals underwent路 the scrutiny of the Committee. :More than five pages were devoted to extracts from, and comments upon, the journal of Missouri, for 1885. Here is the opening paragraph: The Grand Master (" R. F. Stevenson") delivered one of the most concise II multum in parvo" Addresses that we ever relLd. His power of condensation ig very great-so great that he gives only an abstract" of his name, the" front part" of which, however, we think is Robert. . II

Commenting upon the refunding of means granted needy Brethren~ he quoted from the Address of Bro. Stevenson, and said he hafl no fault to find with the views expressed, and then added: There is one evil growing out of the doctrine of obligation to refund. It naturally leads, and in practice did lead, to carelessness of investigation, and cxtrava~ant relief. In one case, for instance, among the charges for expense of burial was qulte a large amount paid a band for music at the funeral.

This, concerningotir Committee on Grievance: The Committee on Grievances submitted a report taking up si.xleen pages in the Proceedings: they hold that a judgment should not be reversed for mere irregularities, or for technical reasons, when substantial justice has been done: we think that they have one practice productive of bad results-that of sending cases back for new trials, when the proper judgment could readily be 'Pronounced by the Grand Lodge, as, for example. a case WhICh was sent back for a new tnal on account of the inadequacy of the punishment.

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cases where Lodges have failed to' perform their duty. Our Grand IJodge has adopted the principle in one or two instances, but the custom has not become sufficiently general to suit this writer. We expect to see the practice obtain as a rule, and will labor to that end. Bro. Drummond is kind and liberal in his extracts from our Report. VvÂˇ e copy some of his sayings: Bro. Vincil keeps np his vigorous onslau~ht on II saloons" and II saloon-keepers," and we arc very glad to read his assurance that drunkards and druIlkard-ma~ers among- the Masons are 011 the decrease in Missouri. If they are not, it is not the fault of Bro. Vincil, We think he strikes a higher note even than he did last year, in his fight against prerogative." We enjoy what he writes, because. as we have before said, we believe that if a ca,';e should arise in which the good of Masonry required it, he would wield .â&#x20AC;˘ prerogative" as Vigorously as any Down-East" Grand Master.

He criticises a Decision of the Grand Master of Georgia pretty severely. A Lodge took a ballot and there was one black-ball; by unanimous consent the matter' was postponed till the next meeting, when, by unanimous consent. leave to withdraw the application was granted; the Grand :Master decided that all this was legal. We have no doubt that Bro. V. is correct in his view of the law, He sa)'s the general law is that II No Lodge shall be opened with a less number than seven :Master Masons." We do not so view it: The general law was three, five and seven; but by special law in most jurisdictions seven are required to do business. Since our remembrance in Maine, the ritual number were empowered to confer degrees; or ratber, until quite recently, the conferring of degrees was excepted from the law reqUiring the presence of seven. He was present at the session of the Grand Lodge of Iowa and had a good time. He had so good a time that he seems to have been utterly oblivious of the act..'\ of Grand Master Granger to which we have alluded; so Oblivious was hc, that in hIS whole review of Iowa he never says" prerogative" even once! He concurs with Grand Master Granger in his views in relation to allowing convictions by majority vote.

Speaking of our views on an Iowa case, reported by Grand Master Granger, Bro. Drummond said: Bro. Vincil adds that the Grand Lodge ought to have done as the Grand Lodge of Missouri did in a similar case-expel the party besides. So say we. But the Grand Lodge of Missouri, at this very session, 'in a case in which a Mason was cOllvicted of tile sallle offense and suspended for six months, reversed the action of the Lodge and sent the case back for a new trial, on account of the insufficiency of the punishment! Bro. Vincil's remark is a pretty slw.1']J criticism in advance of the action ot his Grand Lodge, but we are compelled to say that we believe it to be ,just. This lende1'1UiSS (we came near saying squeamishness) of the Grand Lodge is an outgrowth of the anti-prerogative doctrine.

Now, Bro. Drummond, do not be so severe on the Grand Lodge of Missouri. The case you refer to was anomalous, and had some phases that do not appear in the record. The action of the Grand Lodge saved a Brother once good, then bad, and now walking in virtne's ways. The Report of Bro. Drummond is so full of wise and practical utterances touching all important issues, except" prerogative," that we are at a loss as to what selections to make. So far as our vote ~oes, Bro. Drummond may stay where his reportorial labors have placed him for years-at the head oj the list. vVe will make a few extracts from the many that deserve perpetuity and a wide circulation. In regard to some Missouri cases, Bro. Parvin, of Iowa, had said:

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We rejoice to record the fact that the.Committee and thc Grand Lodge reversed the judgment in both ca.'5es and ordered the expulsion of the guilty parties. It ought to have gone further and arrested the Charters of both Lodges.

To which Bro. Drummond respon'ded in good, pious terms: Amen and amen! II Go thou, and do likewise." We say this. because we have had to report that in a !'imilar case in Iowa, the Grand Lodge decided that it had no jurisdiction

to reverse the judgment and order the expulsion of the guilty parties. As we have already said, restore to the members of the Lodge their right to appeal, and allow the

Grand Lodge to exercise the authority, which in this case Bro. Parvin so earnestly commends. and he will have no occasion to advocate the" majority" vote for conviction, as we see he docs in this Report. We always admire the promptness and vigor with which Bro. Parvin. when a case excites his righteous indignation, snaps the bonds, even of his own pet theories. .

Concerning Iowa on the Hartsock ma.tter, Bro. Dr.nmmond uses language strong and vigorous; The action by which the much belabored Hartsock was restored was a move in Masonic legislation, the like of 'which we never witnessed before, and never expect to see again. Bro. Drummond calls it a "tn路ck." Hear him: We confess to great surprise; we can scarcely believe that the Report of the Committee on II Edict No.1" took from M.. "T. Bro. Granger the courage of his convictions;" the same resolution in fact. Ilnd differing but slightly in words, had been already tl~ree times acted upon by the Grand Lodge at that session, and it was clearly out of order. But we put the matter on higher grounds: It was a matter of too greht importance to bc considered at that hour of the sE'llsion. Oh! for one minute of a .. prerogative" Grand Master, who would bave asserted the inherent powers of his office and saved the Grand Lodge this disgrace. We care not what the merits of the case were, It was a disgrace to the Grand Lodge to have a matter upon which it had deliberately acted three times, finally carried by a tTick. This is another illustration of tbe folly of the modern departure from the ancient usages of the Cmft.

Being present, we witnessed the" disgraee" mentioned by Bro.Drummond-a disgrace that has brought pain and shame to such Brethren as Bros. Granger, Parvin and Van Salln. However, Iowa has since attoned for all previous errors and irregularities in the Hartsock case. It paid, out of the "Charity Fund," the expenses inclli-red by Hartsock in appearing before the Grand Lodge which expelled him. Having exhibited" charity" in the restoration of the expelled party, the Grand Lodge charitably paid him for the trouble and expense of being expelled. Thus the work of charity was completed by appropriating the money out of the CJiARIl'Y Fund. Verily onr Iowa Brethren are charitable. They have fully Illet the scriptural injunction-It Let charity have her perfect work." 'Ve wish they had charge and control of our St. Louis Board of Relief. LOnGE FUNDS.

Of these Bro. Drummond speaks thus: Lodge funds are generally the accumulations of years. Members pay dues to the

Lodge, and the condition of the payment is that the Lodge holds them for Masonic uses,. now, if the Masons of one generation divide among themselves the funds which

the Masons of a previous generation have entrusted to the Lodge, we hold that they are diverted from the purpose for which the Lodge holds them, and It sacred trust is violated. A Court of Equity would prevent such a use of them by injunction. In a word. Lodge funds are tmst funds. find the Lodge has no moml or le[Jal right to apply them to any use not sanctioned by the terms of the trust upon which they arc held. So we dcny that the Lodge bas a right to give away the funds of a Lodge at its discretion.

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Bro. Drummond turned his heavy guns upon Montana legislation concerning non-affiliated Masons. That Grand Lodge had imposed heavy disabilities upon such Masons as remain, of choice, out of memuership. They are as follows: They shall not be allowed to visit any Lodge. They shall not be allowed to appear in allY Masonic Procession. They shall not be entitled to Masonic Charity. They shall not be entitled to Masonic Burial.

'1'0 this kind of disfranchisement, Bro. Drummond pays his respeets in the terms following: Bro. Hedge..<; announces in 'advance that he e~pects this will be criticised; and his expectations are certainly in accordance with the" eternal fitness of things," for it ought to be criticised. In the first place, the law is mandatory and allows no exceptions.. In Montana, a Mason, too poor to pay the large dues there exacted, loses all his Masonic privileges simply on account of his poverty. The old cler~yman, whose case we noticed 111 our review of l\lississippi, could not have visited a Lodge, joined in a funeral procession, 'or claim relief or )1asonic burial, any more than a profane. In the second place, the Grand Lod~e has exceeded its powers; it had the power to say that a non-affiliate shall not be entitled to Masonic relief j1'Oln Lodge j1mds, bnt when it omits the qualifying clause it undertakes what all the Grand Lodges in the world cannot do. Thc obligation of the individual nfason to his Brother, a!'lsumed when he becomes a I1fason, is beyond the power of even a Grand Lodge to release or take away. except as a punishment for a violation of his own obligations. But he assumes no obligation to become and remain a member of a Lodge. If he is able, and will not be a member, he is properly denied all privileges growing out of the Lodge organization; but when we come to the attempt to interfere with individual rights and obligations, we say" hands off," even to a Grand Lodge, Modify the resolution so that it shall be limited to Lodge priVileges, and so that Lodges can make exceptions in cases deemed by them to be meritoriOUli, and we have no objection to it.

Missouri has long had a law, of which the Montana statute seems to be an enlarged copy. Our rule has caused no complaint in this jurisdiction, except among a dass who prefer no membership, with charity tluo\vn in, to affiliation and its obligations. Such raise a. howl when they meet with our law. Bros. Drummond and Vaux continue to differ. 'Ve fear' our good wotk as a. mediator has been in vain. Bro. Vaux is set for the defense of all the doings of his Grand Lodge. Many of them, in our judgment, are out of line with sound principles and Masonic justice. None more so than the arbitrary rule of killing o.t! parties whose making did not ~onform to some technical and very questionable methods. 'We have animadverted upon such transactions heretofore. We introduce one extract here from the Address of Grand Master Mitchell, of Pennsylvania, in order to give Bro. Drummond a hearing. Bro. Mitchell said; It has been my unpleasant duty during the year to issue a large number of Edids, in a great many cases declaring void the admission of members to Lodges and the initiation of candidates by Lodges. J am not unmindful of the fact-indeed, it bas been very much upon my mind-that in taking this method of rectifying the errors of a Worshipful Master, or of the Secretary of a Lodge, the punishment failli most llardly upon the innocent man who has had nothing to do.with the unlawfullness of the method by which he has been taken into the Lodge. If another way of satisfying my Obligation to see the regulations of the Grand Lodge fully enforced could have been discovered by me, I would gladly have taken it. When the Edict forauy such cause as that is issued, the real Offender is either the Worshipful Master or the Secretary of the Lodge, or both, and, if the vexation of undoing it could entirely fall upon the sinners, exact a.nd accurate justice would be done.

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We ask one question for the benefit of "prerogative" adherents. Why did not Grand Master Mitchell, in such cases as he recorded above, exercise his mighty "prerogative," and set aside those unjust regulations cOplplained of? "Prerogative" doctors in Pennsylvania, and elsewhere, do not hesitate to suspend the Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge. They make Masons at sight, abbreviate required time as to residence and for ad vancement, and confer all the degrees at one meeting. Yet they stand powerless and abashed in the presence of a monster outrage committed upon" the innocent" in such cases as the above. There is absence of consistency in these matters. But we must allow Bro. Drummond to speak. Ileal' him: We are glad that this matter has arrested the attention of the Grand Master, and we trust that it will continue to do so until this unjust and, in our judgment, totally unma. sonic practice, ceases. For a merely technical omission or irregularity in the action of the Lodge, the work is declRrcd absolutely void. For example, by the Pennsylvania law (an enactment of the Grand Lodge) thc Secretary must inquire of the Grand Secretary if there is anything on his record against the candidate; if the Secretary fails to make the inquiry, although there is absolutely nothin~ against the candidate, the initiation of the candidate is declared by the edict of {he Grand Ma~tcr al)soln/,ely void. We have made quite extensive research, and, so far as we can find, the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania is the only Grand Lodgc in the world which has this practice or sustains this doctrine. It seems to us utterly in violation of thc landmark which declares what makes a Mason. We cannot find that such doctrine was maintained, or that such a practice existed, even in Pennsylvania, till quite recently. If its effects were necessarily confined to that State, the evil would be less. But a regular Lodge may make a Mason of a man, and he be lJractically as fully and completely made a Mason as the Grand Master himself. and yet for an omission of a trifling matter by the Secretary, .. suddenly, like lightning from a clcar sky, comes an edict from the Grand Master which declares the whole proceedings void," and the candidate is a profane again. He is mortified, feels that he has been trifled with, and if a man of spirit and sensitiveness, never goes near the Lodge again. Thus it turned out a man made fUlly acquainted with our mysteries, and under no obligation whatever to restrain him from giving them publicity. We deny to any Grand Lodge the right, under its duty to the Institution, to do any such thing. The doctrine whieh .declares such a result from such a cause is at variance with the principles of civil law, justice and common sense. The "large number of edicts" issued by the Grand Master, and his remark that such cases" are unhappily common," show alike the magnitude of the evil and of the danger to the Institution.

'Ve endorse every word of the above, and commend Bro. Drummond. for his just and able characterization of a practice so un masonic. 'Ve do not believe that Bro. Vaux will attempt to defend such indefensible regulations and practices. Bro. Drummond, being a believer in the" pre-' rogative" doctrine, should have challenged Grand Master Mitchell for not exercising the powers in him vested (by prerogative), and ignoring a rule "at variance with the principles of civil law, justice and common sense." If Missouri had such a rule, we would characterize it as unmasonic. If we should find such a cllstom outside of Masonry, we would say it was infamous. But Bros. Drummond and Vaux may settle this matter, so far as reportorial opinions can bring about an adjustment. We are not in the fight. . 'Ve will close our review of Bro. Drummond's very able Report, by making an extract from an extended dissertation upon public installations. Bros. Vaux and McCalla, of Pennsylvania, and the Grand Lodge, for ought we know, regard public installations as innovations. A lively

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controversy has been carried on for some years between Bros. Vaux and Drummond. Bro. Vaux seems to be opposed to all public ceremonies by a Lodge or even a Grand Lodge. He does not believe in Masons turning out in Lodge character to bury a deceased member. He says: " A Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons can do no .Masonic, o.tficial Lodge act outside of a tiled Lodge-room." This tells the whole story. Bro. Drummond replied at length, and presented history and precedents enough to smother Bro. Vaux, not even forgetting to show that Pennsylvania had followed the custom for a century, of performing" Masonic, official Lodge acts outside of a tyled Lodge-room." Bro. Drummond is an "ugll! customer" to deal with when history, facts and precedents constitute the staple. The theory of Bro. Vaux is badly worsted by the facts of Bro. Drummond. We pass over his enumerations to extract practical conclusions, as follows: Now a word in relation to the propriety of public installations. The whole ceremony (except that which cannot be performed even in a Master's Lod~e) has been published in our Text Book and Monitors for nearly a century, a~ Bro. Dove well says. They in no manner whatever expose. or tend to expose, the secret ritual. It will not be pretended that there is any appreciable difference between publishing these ceremonies in the offidal books of the Craft and repeating them in the presence of those who are not Masons. But it is said that frequent public displays are injurious to Masonry: we confess we have had fears that such might be the case as we have rcad the description of the magnificellt processions and parades which our Penn!':ylvania Brethren-more. wc think. than in any other jurisdiction-have indulged in duriIl~ t.he past few years. But the pUblic installation of the officers of a Lodge is a different affair: there is generally no display, not even It procession: the Lodg-e opens in a safe room with its officers and a few members only, and proceeds into the hall where the services are to be held. the officers taking their stations; and there, in the pre:;:ence of the Brethren and their mothers, wives and sisters, with a few invited guests, the new officers take upon themselves their new duties, and listen to the usual charges. We believe that such a service, once in a while, is of essential l:>ervice to the Craft. l<:l\ch Mason, in the presence of those who have a stake in Freemasonry scarcely less than himself. is reminded of his duties as a Mason, not only to his Brother, but to himself, his falllily, his country and his God, and renews his solemn obli~a足 tions to perform those duties. Can anyone doubt that the presence of. such witnesses makes the ceremonies more impressive? Or that all the MlU>ons present are not more strongly moved to govcrn their lives by the principles of the Institution? No one, who has had the actual experience, doubts 1t. Again, it gives those who are not Masons a more correct and higher idea of Masonry and of what they have a right to expect of Masons. It is true that sometimes, but rarely, however, public installations are conducted on a more extensive scale: but the display even then IS 11 secondary matter; we simply call more witnesses to our pledges of fidelity to the Institution and the principles on which it is founded.

We have been present at a good many public installations; at no one have we seen Masonry dragged in the dirt: on the contrary, we never attended one which did not, in our judgment, have a beneficial elfectupon the Craft and upon the community in which it happened.

,Ve leave Bro. Drummond, of necessity, as time is up and space exhausted. ,Ve hope to meet him soon in our city and welcome him to the great" triennial" gathering. FESSENDEN 1. DAY, Lewiston, G. M. .IRA BERRY, Portland, G. Sec. J. H. DRUMMOND, l~ortland, Chairman Com. on Cor. G. L. AI'.-lO.

146

Appendix.

[Oct.

CONCL"lJSION. Our work is done. We have taken a brief view of the field for the year. Our purpose has been carried out. We intended to make this work more of a review than anything else. 'Ve have succeeded. The sayings of others have been furnished for our readers, rather than extended and elaborate comments and discussions on our own part. The varied topics heretofore considered by us at length, have been so fully discussed that it would be mere repetition to review them again. The lines of thought claiming attention have been well worked, and they may be allowed to rest, at least for the present. We find no' special reason for continuing the discussions of many questions that are being so well understood. The presentation of the general state of Masonry in the various Grand Jurisdictions, with a concise statement of the doings of the several Grand Lodges, may serve as the substance of a Review for the present term. 'Ve have reviewed all the journals of Grand Lodges with which this office has been favored. We append hereto a list of those noticed in the body of this Report: ALA nAMA, 1885. ARIZONA, 1885. ARKANSAS, 1885. BRITISH COLUl\IBIA, 1885. CALIFORNIA, 1885. CANADA,1885. COLORADO, 1885. CONNECTICUT, 1886. DAKOTA, 1886. DELAWARE, 1885. DISTIUCT 01<' COLUMBIA. 1885. FLORIDA. 1886. GEORGIA. 1885. IDAHO, 1885. ILLINOIS, 1885. INDIANA, 1886. INDIAN TERRITORY. 1885. IOWA,1886. KANSAS, 1886. KENTUCKY, 1885. LOUISIANA, 1886. MAINE, 1886. MANITOBA. 1886. l\IARYLAND, 1886. MASSACHUSETTS. 1885. MICHIGAN, 1886. MINNESOTA. 1886.

MISSISSIPPI, 1886. MONTANA, 1885. NEBRASKA, 1885. NI~VADA. 1885. NEW BRUNSWICK, 1886. NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1886. NEW JERSEY, 1886. NEW MEXICO, 1885. NEW YORK, 1886. NORTH CAROLINA, 1886. NOVA SCOTIA. 1885. OHIO, 1885. ORj<~GON. 1885. PENNSYLVANIA, 1885. PRINCE EDW:ARD ISLAND. 1885. QUEBEC, 1886. RHODE ISLAND. 1885. SOUTH CAltOLINA. 1885. TENNESSEE. 1886. TEXAS, 1885. UTAH,1886. VERMONT, 1885. VIRGINIA, 1885. WASHINGTON, 1885. WEST VIRGINIA, 1885. WISCONSIN, 1886â&#x20AC;˘. WYOMING. 1884.

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147

Appendix.

Fifty-four Grand Lodge journals have passed under review. \Ve are pleased with the general outlook and condition of Masonry in this country. There is progress, encouraging and assuring, in many departments of the work among the great Brotherhood. Masonry is keeping step with the march of the age. Much remains to be done. The times demand that it be well done. Our duty calls us ever to its performance. The time is short. The call from labor may come soon. Let us work while it is day, and finish our labors before the sun goes down and the night comes on. With most fraternal regards for all co-workers and the universal Brotherhood, I am, fraternally,

JOHN D. VINCIL, Committee.

GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT,

COMPILED FRmr RETURNS, SEPTEMBER, 1886.

p.T3.'~~;:~S.!

LODGE.

1 l\fi~0t:ri... 2 Merldlan 3 路Beacon 4 Howard 5 1United 6;Ark 7 'O'?u.llivan 8 1Wllhamsburg 9 Geo. Washington 10IIAgenc>' : 11 PauldmgYllle 12 Tyro 13!Rising Sun 14 c yrene 15 Western Star l 16.Memphis 17Clarksville 18 Palmyra 19 Paris Union 20 St. Louis 21 Havanna 22 ';'ell.ington 23 Flonda 2'! Wyaconda 25 Nap!ftali.. 26 Mexlco 27 Evergreen 28 St.. John 29 I Wmdsor 30,Huntsville 31 ILiberty 32ITriangle 33 Ralls 34;Troy 35:Mercer 36 Cooper

St. LOU!s St. LOUlS St. Louis l"ranklin Springfield Newark ;W!!.ll}utGrove WlllIamsburg 1St. Louis ,Ag~nCy : 路Wrlght Clty ICaledonia ,Barry cyrene I Winston Memphis Clarksville Palmyra Paris 1St. Louis McFall DeK!tlb Floncta LaGrange St. L?uis MexlCo New ~a'l"en H!!-nmbal.. W1J.ldsor Huntsville Liberty Perryville Centre ITro Y prillceton IBoonville

"'' ' ' ' '1

COUNTY.

ISt. Lou!s St. LOUls St. Louis :. Howard iGreene Knox Greene Callaway St. Louis B!lchanan \\'arren Washington Clay Pike Daviess Scotland Pike Marion :Monroe 1St. Louis Gentry Buchanan Monroe Lewis St. L01!-iS Audram FraI?klin )Ianon Henry Randolph Clay Perry Ralls ILincoln IMercer Cooper

~rASTER.

SECRETARY.

James A. Harris iHenry L. Rogers (act'g) Jacob Frank Chas. :1IIatt.. Jas. G. Cash Jos. W. Branch R. T. Kingsbury W. O. Cox C. L. King J. A. Granade ,Hugh Templeton J.l\I. McKim J. T. C. Wood "~. F. Kerr Sam T. Weeks 1 hos. R. Hobson Geo. 1\1. Stewart P..J. Heuer G. W. Do\',:ell M. W. Farris John D. \\'aller Wm. T. Carter J. A. Eaton S. McSpaden E. F. Knighton :1If. T. SamueL D. 路McCulloch J. L. Farmer Wesley Lee John W. Alexander Wm. A. Cox Geo. Eo Leslie C. T. Pepper F. M. Reynolds J. W. Proctor John W. Boulware Theodore Brace Joel :111. Moss Abraham Spiro : 'J. H. Williamson Wm. Ell.rl.. IGeo. W. Robertson l' 1\1. '~ells : A. Der9'e : rhos. Chawnmg R. H. GoodIer David Childers \LOUiS Schneider John T. McCoy 'L. F. MitchelL IJohn M. 路Marmaduke J. C. Bassford IS. C. Griswold ,G. W. Schuser : Geo: C. Done.hower O. FlavelL IJ. W. GOOdWlll M. L. Stafford W. C. Hall J. C. Shafer ::Madison Miller (acting).. W. H. Buckley Iwm. T. Huff J. C. Noell A. V. Beavers (acting) IG. W. Waters 1J. K. Pollard \'1'. H. Harris \W. H. Harper ,.. Wm. Hirons Wm. T. McKinley H. B. Chilton

Iwm.

TnIE OF MEETING.

F!rst and Th~rd T?u~days ea. mo. Flrst and Thlrd" edn days ea. mo. Second and Fourth Thursdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Third Monday each month. Saturday on or after full moon. Tuesday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Second and Fourth Tuesdavs. Saturday on or bef~re full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Wednesday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Friday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Second and Fourth Thursdays. IFirst and Third Saturdays ea. mo. Second & Fourth 'Mondays ea. mo. Saturday night before full moon. ~aturday night before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Thursday on or before full moon. S~cond ~nd Fourth Thursdays. Flrst Fndav each month. ~irst Saturcta! in each month. Secol}d an9 I ourth Saturdays. No ttme gwen. Tuesday on or before full moon. First Mo.nda y and Third Saturday. IISaturday on or before full moon. Second Saturday each month. Saturday on or before full moon. Tuesday on or before full moon. Second and Fourth Frida~'s ea. mo.

~ ~ ~

o C:l

37\Cedar

38,Call~?

391DeWltt .; 40 Mt. Monah 41 r )Etna 42 Middle Grove 43 Jefferson 1 44.JaCkSOnVille 45!Bonholl?me 46IWentzville 47,Fayette 48IFulton 49 Haynesville ~olx.e~ia

il1/Llvmgston 52 ":akanda 53 .weston· · 1 54,Index 55tArrow Rock 56ITiPton 57!Richmond 581:Ylonticello 59 Centrll.lia 60iNew Bloomtield 61!Waverly 62IVincil... . 63 'Cambridge 6~ 1Monroe 6ilIPll.ttonsburg 66 ·Linn 67 1Rochcport.. 68ITeb? 69 sulhvan 70 Roanoke 71 1Savannah 72IDanville 73'IEureka 74 Warren 75,Ashley .. ·· · 76IIl1depel1dence Lebanon IS St. Joseph 791polar Star

SOB~idgeton

81 1HICkory Grove 82,Jackson

lowensville Calla? Dewltt: St. LoUIs JEtna IMiddle Grove I'JefferSOn City Jacksonville jM.anche.ster IWentzvllle IFayette Flllton IHolt.. IHoPkins Glasgow IC~rrollton

'\vestoll lndex Arrow Rock ITiPton IRichnlond ,Monticello Centralia ..I:New Bloomfield !Waverly ,Cameron Slater IMonroe City \pattonsburg Linn Rocheport.. I 1

lclin~on

SullIvan IRoanoke Savannah !Danville iBrunswick Keytesville IAshle y Independence Steelville St. Joseph 'St. Louis ;Bridge~on

Hallsvllle 'Linneus

'GaSConade

I.~arroll: ,St. LOUiS ~lll.con

Scotland I:Monroe ICOle Randolph ISt. Lonis 1St. Charles I'Howard callaway ;Clay IKodaWay ;Howard ICarr?II... I Plat o e lcass :Saline 'I'~IoniteaU

Ray iLewis · iBoone iCallaway Lafayette Clinton Saline Mon.roe DavlCss Osage Boone Henry·: ..· Frankhn Howard Andrew :Ylontgomery Chariton Chariton IPike Jackson Crawford Buchanan ,St. LOUiS ISt. Louis tBOone Linn

\J. M. Boston A. D. GoOdl!-le IA. T. IJ. L. BrIdgeford 1. M. Busey

'.Geo. '\V: Henckler IE. E. RIchardson W. ",:,. IEdw1I1 v. Ky!e ,.. John W. Pulliam

K~ndrIck

D~lmm

IA. M. Hough Geo. W. BUtler John Brewer Chas. J. Walker U. S. Wright.. IB. P. Bailey J. B. Gill jJohn Dowlin IJohn H. Bowen S. A. Ballard "IG. :M. Doppler H. M. Holcomb A. M. Hall · IC. G. Ely

IGeo. H. Wyatt I.:M. W. Jones rD. ~. Taylor Phil Lee rJos. Rosenbaum !John il-IcGregor C. McFarland T. W. porter Thos. W. Morehead .T. L. Deatherage M. Bm~man 'J. T. Bannon !W. E. McMahon W. P. Tooley

Iw. :

1YO Returns.

'IJ. T. Hutton ;G. T. King

'IR. P. )Iotte

D. B. Adams Joseph Field !R. C. B~shop IC. W. rates R. T. Ryors IJohn W. Bell iJoseph Pollock \.T. C. Westover J. D. Hicks R. Morris T. 1\1. Bibb Tyson S. Dines John Chivers

IH.

IJ. P. Richards

Saturday on or before full moon.

1VO Retu1'1L!;.

C. H. Christian H. J. Galbraith W. D. Corn John A. Rich 'ym. B. Stevens Geo. H. Frost.. J. W. V.oshall \Chas. Myer J. G. )1iddlecoff IJ. R. Clark IYeWel Lockridge Samuel Huffman JOhn B. Harris IRobert G. Beazley j1\I. W. Anderson

fD. W. Wallace W. A. Cunningham IF. W. Webb Thl?s. R. Gibs<;>n IWm. H. Carpenter Ulnch Schnelder IFred. H. Mason (actil1g)..IPhil ROdan G. H. W: Heidorn F. A. He~dorn R. M. Fhnt... C. Fhnt.. W. W. Brinkley S. D. Sandusky

Il\'I.

...

'Saturday on or before full moon. Saturda~ on or before full moon. Second & Fourth Saturdays ea. mo. Second & Fourth Saturdars ea. mo. Saturday on or before full moon. No Returrls. Friday on or before full moon. '''Isatu.rday on or before full moon. Satu.rday .on or before full moon. No tLme gwen. Monday on or before full moon. First Sat., a. m. & 1st&3d Fri. p. m. Saturday after full moon. F~rst Saturdl!-y each month. Flrstand Third Wednesday ea. mo. S!!-t. before fu~l moon & 2 wks after. IF!rs~ and. Third Saturdays ea. mo. No tLme gwen. Saturday on or before full moon, :. First and Third Saturdays ea. mo.

First Friday & 3d Saturday ea. mo. Saturday 011 or before full moon. First and Third Saturdays ea. mo. Sat. on or before full moon. 1s.t and 3rd ~atur,ct~ys each month. FIrst and Thud Fridays ea. mo. Saturday on or after full moon. Second Thursday in each month. ,First and Third Saturday ea. mo. ISaturday before full moon. Saturday before each full moon. Saturday on or before ea. full moon. !Thursday on or before full moon. Tuesday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon.

00 00 ~

~ ~ ~

~ ~

I.No l<etU1'rl8.

ISecond & Fourth :Ylondays ea. mo. IS!!-turday on ~r before full moon. IFlrst and ThIrd Tues. each month. lsecond and Fourth Fri. each m. Saturday on or before full moon. ISaturdayon or before full moon. No time given.

i-I ~

r:o

GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATElYIENT, ETG.-Contimted.

LODGE.

83,Laclede 84 Potter 85 Miami... 86 IBrookfield 87 IWashington 88IDefiltnce· 89 Friendship 90 l King Solomon 91IMadison · · 92 Perseverance 93 St: :Marks 94 Vlenna 95 ~[eramec 96 8t. Andrews 97 Ilethany 98 1webster 991l\It. Vernon

pT3"';;-:';:~S'1

COUNTY.

MASTER.

B~rr

Lebanon ILacl.ede T. A. Longwood Pettis D. S. WIlcox ~Iiam.i .. : : is~line A..R. Edmonds jBrool\field Lmn OlIver Cramer Greenfield Dade Thos. A. Miller ·IDefiance Worth IJaCOb Weinemiller Chillicothe Livingston Samuel L. Harris 1St. Catherine Linn C. L. Spalding ·IMad.i~on 1v~onroe I'wm. Hord LOUlsJana Pike J. A. Thomason C.!!-pe Girardeau'''ICap~ Girardeau Fred. A. Kage IV lenna IManes IB. F. Branson "'1' Eureka · ·ISt. Louis ' Shelbyville Shelby A. G. Priest.. IBethanx IH.arrison M. A. Ford IMarShtie.ld I"ebster lpltuI Keller ~1t. Vernon Lawrence G. T. Collins

~~::~~~~~:::::::::::::::::::I~~~~~~~:.:::::::::::::::I~~~~.i·~::::::::::::::::::I~···~~~~~·~~~::::

102 Bloolllmgton 103 West View 104 Heroine 105 Kirksville 106 Gallatin 107 Golden Square 108 IGothiC 1091hland City 110IMarcus 111 Trenton 112 IGraham

113IPla~t~bUrg

114 Twlllght 115 Laddonia 116 IBarnes

1171'~l;lr~ailles

118 KlIloston 1191De Soto 120.Compass

Bloommgton Macon C. G. Taylor Millersville Cape Girardeau ICarmi Steele ,Kamas City JaCk80n ~J. L. !;teibel... Kirksville Adair David A. Ely, Jr \G.allatin : ::.IDaviess \\'estport ,Jackson J. D. Cook !Moberl Y IRnndoIPh jJOhn Simpson 18tanberrY IGentry E. Fisher Frederickstown iIoradison N. B. Allen Trenton Grundy !W. H. McGrath IMaitland iHolt C. H. Talbott. I.\lattsbu.rg lclinton Geo. R.. Riley ,Columbla Boone Jas. A. Adams ,Laddonia Andrain ·E. C. Kennen ·'CabOOl.. Texas iJ. W. ~Iires ':l;lrsa.illes Morgan ,P. G. Woods IiKmgston ICaldwell... Eo H. JOhnson De Soto IJetferson 'rhos. \Velsh Parkville Platte 'N. B. Cain

SECRETARV.

TnlE OF MEETING.

/Chas.:M. Wilson Wednesday before full moon. S. G. Hanley Saturday before full moon. IA. Rayar. Jr ; Friday o~ or before full moon. C. H. Chamberlam ISecond & Fourth Tuesdays ea. mo. James L. Wetzel Friday on or before full moon. "'I W , Z. Cooper 1st and 3rd Fridays each month. IFred. H. Hoppe IFirst and Third Saturdays ea. mo. Abner Hartsock Saturday before full moon. T. ~. ~IcCormic· ·.. · ·ISaturday on or before full moon. !H. F. Summers Monday before f. m: & two w. fol. IJ. C. Jeannin S~C0.nd &;Fourth Mondays ea. mo. W. l\I. Barr ·.. ·11',;0 t1me gwen. 1VO Ret-nrns. IL. A. Hayward lsaturday on or before full moon. '1'. B. Ellis Sa~urday on or before full moon. IJ. Stuart FrIday on or after full moon. John S. Stansell Saturday on or before full moon.

:::::::·~~:.~:.~~~~.~~.:·.·::::::::::::::::::Ise~ond & Fourth MOnday.s ea. mo. Joseph Belcher.. · J. W. ~Iiller W. W. Wood Joseph Ballm : W. W. Williams Eugene Hall...· J. P. Shapll.rd J. E. F. Edwards H. C. Sykes J. Hatfield J. B. ElliS.. · · F. PannelL J. O. Baskett G. F. Pettigrew IJames McNair 1wm. A. Wood J. F. Carle~· J. E. Threlkeld

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IFndny on or before full moon. IISaturday on or after full moon. First and Third Mondays ell.. mo. Tuesday on or before full moon. . !NO Returns. Saturday before full moon. iFirst & Third Mondays ea. mo. ,Fi.r1;t & Third Fridays each month. Saturday on or before full moon. First and Third Thursdays ea. mo. Saturday before full moon. before full moon. FIrst and Third l\fondays ea. mo. ISaturdav on or before full moon. 1Time not given. IThird Saturday each ~onth. Sat. on or before f. m. & 2 w. after. ISaturday on or before full moon. 'Saturday before full moon.

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IISt. Louis Dover ·IHermann l'nion Star Gentryville Milan Albany

St Louis Lafayette Gasconade '. DeKalb Gentry Sullivan Gentry

131 Potosi.. 132 Farmington 1331Star of the West 134,Pleasll.nt Mount 135 Warrensburg 136Phcenix 1371prairieville 138 Lincoln 1390re!i'On;

Potosi.. Farmington Ironton IPleasllnt Mount Warrensburg Bowling Green Prairieville Fillmore

IJ. F. Jonas

T~llyis.I~uford \\, m. I\.llll~er

,.. Geo. H Pnnce W. H. Gartin J. C. McCoy R. L. Whaley

·ISimon Loewen R. T.. Ko?p,tz IG. F. Hemke H. :\1. Cochran Hugh Stevenson Wm. :McClanllhan I'J. W. Barkley 1

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Washington St. Francois Iron Miller Johnson Pike Pike Andrew HOlt B!ltes Lmcoln Cooper Washington POlk Greene· · 1\Iacon Cass Barry Lafayette Buchanan RandoIPh Camden

papmvllle 141 Cham of ROCkS lowen 142iPleasant Grove : Otterville 143·lrolldale Irondale 144/lIIodern Humansyille 145lRising star IEbenezer 14~I:\ICGee Colle~e M<?und 141 Cass HarrisonVIlle 148 Purdy Purdy 149 Lexington Lexington l~OIBi.rming jHalleck l?l1\I.llton )[.oberly 1?21Lmn Creek Lmn Creek 1?3 ~loomfield Bloomfield IStodd~rd 154IConcord Concord Call1l\\ ay 155 ISpringhill SpringhilL Liyingston A.Shland BO. oIl.e l<J/INorth Star Rockport Atclllson 1581\Iountain Grove )[oulltllin Grove.. Wright 159 'Green City Green City Sullivan 160 Pl~asant Ir.I<;'rrisville IPOlk 161 1Chfton HIJJ IChfton Randolph 162,Whitesville Whitesville Andrew 163 Occidental.: St.. Louis : St. Louis l&!I.JoaCh~~ I·HillS?<?ro !J~ffers?Il: 16:.>.)I!try Jlle 1\l!tr:vy.llle INodawa~ 166 :i\hrablle Iv1Jrablle ,Caldwell...

1?~11~shland

A.. W. Scott Chas. E. Rarroll 1wm. R. Edgar A. P. Weaver J. H. Christopher John Hettich

Wm. F. Hunter jL. K. Peers C. R.. peck James Etter Geo. W. Lemmon C. Lindellberger

\8eCOnd and Fourth Fridavs ea. mo. S,~turday on or before fuli mOOD. ll.lrst Saturday each month. Second Mon. and Fourth Sat. Saturday before full moon. Sat. on or before f. m. & 2d Thu. aft. Second and Fourth Saturdays.

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or before full moon. /'Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. ISaturday on or before full moon. First Tuesday each month. IFri. on or before f. m. & 2d w. fo1. 1YO Returns.

A. S. Dodge W. J. Barnes IS. F. O'p'al1on .. ~..: ·.. ·: .. ·IJ·.T. Ha.tcher W. H, Su~my W. H. Burf\esser Jas. M. WIlson M. A. Ma.~sle R. E. Howlett.. Thos. J. Starke Felix Barrow Elisha Arnold IA. W. ffIitcheJJ D. A. Murphy H. Payne B. H. Robinson Aaron Teter John Pet~r F. H. Clark Geo. D. Llttle M. W. Drake B. F. Anderson 11\1. J. Chinn P. H. Chambers '1~. J; Te~rell John Dallam W. GrJme~ J. T. D~I\'all J. W. r.lclntJre ,O. A. :Nelson IStephen :hapman ,C. L. Keaton A. J. Fa~ J. M. Rudd ·; 'George W. "Vingo Levi F. Goben jA. J. JOhllson ,W. P. John D. Dopf.. IJ. A. :Newell IH. C. Miller W. B. Schwartz IJ. B. Ash oo'.~ T. R. Davis " ,B.. '.101. r.litchell \:e T.hos. C. :YIitchell...tr..IA. Bradsher W. 1\1. Bradsher IJ. W. Popplewell J. W. Roberts 'A. P. Oliver W. R. Stubblefield I.R. W. r.lc1\Iullin J. Ed. Walk~r ,C. A. ~n!hony Iw. P. Cherry ,'Jas. W. 'Ihompson J. L. Bass

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~ Saturday on or before full moon. ~ ISatnrday nearest full moon. !Saturday on or before full moon. ~ IWednesday befure full moon. R. ISa~urday on or. before full moon. ~. \FrJday on or before full moon. Thursday on or before full moon. :Third Monday in each month. ..!F?urth Saturdll;y in each month. IFlrstSaturday 111 each month. ,S,a~urday on or before full moon. II:rJda y nearest each full moon. Fourth Saturday each month. ISaturday on or before full moon. 1!'irst and Third Sat. eath month. !Saturday on or before full mOOll. Second and Fourth Saturdays.... .-.---J Saturday on or before full moo~ F~ida¥ on or before full moon. FIrst Saturday each month. Saturday on or before full moon. Second and Fourth Monday ea. m. ,S~turday o.n ?r'before full moon. ~ IF:rs~ and .Thlrd Saturday each m. Of

GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT, ETc.-Continued.

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167 0rient Francais 1 t. 168 Colony 169/camden point ICamden Point Platte 170 Benevolence Ptica Livingston 171 Hartford Hartford Putnam 172ICenser !\lacon Macon 173 Union Union Fmnklin 174 Sturgeon Sturgeon Boone 175 Newton Newtonia , Newton 176 Point Pleasant.. IPoiut Pleasant.. .. I~ew :Madrid 177 Texas ·Houston Texas 178 GriSwOld lprice's Branch Montgomery 179 Pride of the West... St. Louis St. Louis 180 Des Moines Athens Clark 181' Novelty Novelty !Knox 182iStewartsville Stewartsville DeKalb 1

SECRETARY.

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M. F. Wrlght.. J. A. Herndon A. A. Stone B. F. Speak A. W. Gilstrap IJohn H. Pugh H. L. Gray IJ. L. Adams Samuel :'oIecklem IT. F. NichOlas S. K. Tippett Walter Pfeifer 1. J. Wil~on , T. G. :McCrosky

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Horace B. Beckner D. F. Craven H. C. Cox " W. C. Raney T. B Howe Stephen Frazee S. F. Cross C. J. iVfarrs J. S. Law 1 G. H. Lupton Joseph Early John D. Henger J. F. Parker C. L. Fowler

TDlE OF MEETING.

"'1_ ---- - ------ --.- ----. ,Saturday on or before full moon.' ,Saturday on or before full moon. 1st and 3rd Saturdltys each month. Saturday on or before full moon. Thursday on or before full moon: Sa!urday on or before full moon. Fnday on or before full moon. Saturday after full moon. Time not gil'en. • Saturday on or after full moon. . Saturday on or before full moon. IFirst & Third Wednesdays ea. mo. Saturday on or before full moon. INO Ret1/rns. First and Third Saturday each mo.

i~; i?~.l.i.:~~~~~:::.::: ::: : ~ IIChamOls ~~~~~~:~.i.~::: ::: :::::: I~~~~~~~~~.~. ::'.::::::::: I:.:. ~~:.~~.~~~~~:::: ::::::::::::: ~~:.~:.~~~.~~.:::' ::::::::::::::::: Fflday Fo~uth onSaturday each month.. Osage IT. P. Berry :1\1. A. Wyatt.. or after full moon.

18uIChamOls 186jMorality 187 Carter 188 HannibaL 189Izeredatha 190IPutnam 191' Wilson 192IFrankford 193IAngerona 194Iwellsville 195 Bol,ivar 196jQUltman 197 Carthage 198IAllensviIle 199iNew Hope 2oosonora

201IJame~p.ort..

202 WestVIlle 203.Brumley 204'Rowley

IRandoIPh 'Jefferson City HannibaL St. JosePh Newtown Pocahontas Frankford Missouri City lwellsville Bol.ivar IQUltman 'Carthage ..I'\llenda.Ie New Hope IWatson Jamesp'0rt j WestVIlle Brumley 'Dearborn

iR.andolPh IF. K. COllIns Cole , L. C. Krauthoff :i\Iarion J. C. Hearne IBUchanan 11". G. Butcher..: Putnam Joseph )[CCalhster ICape Girardeau R. T. Henderson Pike IR. P. Taliaferro !Clay 1 Montgomery [M. H. GarwOOd !Polk w. G. Weaver IN'odaway D. G. porter IJMPer J. W.Miller W.orth A; H. Butler LIncoln Wm. H. Baskett W. H. :1\Iorgll.l.l Davl~ss Amos Musselman Charlton J. D. Reed IMiller iWill!am M. Winfrey :G. W. Johnson Platte

Atc~ison

1 A.

N. Maupin C. H. Palmer Stephen Thorne George Rees 1 C. F. Brown J. C. Thompson ,. Samuel J. Dunkum :

Jacob Miller 1"; A. Affleck t W. H. Frankum W. Woodward Calvin ?:ilton H. F. WIlls ISte Phen South Alex. R. Mann Wm. Clark J. L. Conner G. R. Arnold

ISaturctay on or before full moon. First Monday each month. Second & Fourth :\Iondays ea. mo. Second & Fourth Tuesdays ea. mo. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. No Returns. Saturday before full moon. ~ll.turday on or before full moon. Saturday 011 or after full moon. Second and Fourth Wednesdays. ISaturda y on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. I!First and Third Saturdllysea. mo. Saturday on or pefore full moon. jSaturday after full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon.

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'saline.. ~ iJ. J. Dawes il'!ercer /W. J. Madd.en clay John C. Dagley ,'CharitOn R. T. Hamilton 209:~0l?lar ~luff ~ol?lar ~lutf Butler E. C. Lac~,: 21O U':1l0nVllle; U':l1onvllle: Putnam IA. J. WIlhams I I 21l,Hlckor~ Hill : HICkory HIll. 1Cole ~.: J. J. Glove~ lcamPbell IDunkllU J. McBrIde 2121Four :MIle 213 Rolla :.. Rolla Phelps George L. Love 214jForest City IForest City ..IH01 t.. George Weber 215 j Hornersville ;ICotton Plant... :Dunklin !W. T. Smith 21Q:Granby iGranby ..; Ke~\'ton !John Tink 211 IBarb.ee Brownsvllle Iisalllle IW. H. Godlove 218 GOOd Hope iSouth St. Louis St. Louis ~. G. Hes,:.: 219 Everett Everett ~Cass S. E. Lackhder 220iKans.as ~ity IKansa~ City IJacksOl.l IJames G. 'Xoung 22~I~Iystlc Tte !Oak Rldge lcap~ Girardeau IE. R. HarrIs 22~,}armers La Bell.e Lewls jR. H .. G.osne Y 2231Woocpawn IWoo~lawn :\fonroe jC. r!anj{er : 22~IHamllton Hamilton Caldwell P.:1'\. Norton 22;)ISalem ~ Salem Dent Jas. 1'1. Orchard 22G 1Saline iSt.l'larys IS~e. Geneyieve.; !Henry Roseman 227.;Cypre~s I'Lacle~e I'Llnn "'jH. A. ~~one 228lS1~elbma Shelbma Shelby J. W. Slgler 229,l\1Jtchell Columbus Johnson J. l\I. Davenport 230'ISt. James ISt. James IPhelps William Stimson 231 Warrenton 1warrenton !'Wll.rren IH. H. Middlekamp 232 POlo IPOIO iCaldwell IF. M. Thomson 233 I Bucklin Bucklin 'Linn J. A. Howe 234 St. Francois 'LibertYVille ISt. Francois J. A. Smith ~35IIonic ;.. IRemselaer !Rnlls 'D. B. WeaL 236 Sedalia ISedalia Pettis B. H. Ingram 237!1,a Plata \La Plata Macon B.. C. ivfcDavitt 238iRushville Rushville IIBuchanan T. W. Wilson 239iHope":'eI1.. Le~ter~ille Reynolds W. E. Sizemore IGranVllle 240 GranVllle Monroe George S. Jones 241 IPalestine 1St. Charles ISt. Charles A. Huber 242 ,Portland I Readsville Callaway J. R. Gilman 243:K. ~ystone : St. LO~li.,: !St. LOUiS !Edward Evers: 244!Mlddle FabIUs Downmg Schuyler George S. Collms 245!Knob Noster ; Knob Noster : Johnson James ~angston 246 Montgomery Clty :'oIontgomery City Montgomery J. G. :\Itller 247!Neosho !Neosho INewton IA. ivlaas 248 Rochester Rochester Andrew J. 11. Barton 249:C~rroll.: N<;>rbor1'!e 'ClI.rroll iJ. N. Cunningham 250 High HilL High HIll ~Iontgomer~· ,John Nebel. 205:Trilumina 20.6!SOmerset 2071 Clay 208. Salisbury

rMarshall.. Ilia : IClaytonvl1le /saliSbUry

I J.

M. :MossIer (acting) 1 Friday on or before full moon. 1'1. Buland.: Saturday on or before full moon. ,1hos l'L Gash Saturday before full moon. J John Clark Saturday on or before full moon. 1 J. A. Bohert Second and Fourth Sat. each m. W. A. Shelton Saturday before ~ull moon. G. P: Laforce Satur~ay before lull moon. . , LoUIs l'fcCutcheon Thur~day on or before full moon. J. B. Sally Saturday on or before full moon. I T. N. Claiborne Fir~t Sat. and Third Mon. each m. W.H. Helm Friday on or before full moon. Wm. A. Vamer MC!nday on or before full moon. J. 1'1. Bellamy Friday on or before full moon. 1 Wm Wesselhoft First and Third Satu~day each m. G. A. Akers Saturday on or after full moon. !. C. l\IcNei}l. Second and Fqurth Mon. each ro. \R. W. Harru~ Saturday on or before full moon. W. R. AlIen ISaturda y on or after full moon. ·1 John C. Rodes ·.. ·1 S~turday 011 ~r before full moon. !. J ..C. quy First and Thud Tuesdays ea. mo. J. W. Wmgs Saturday on or before full moon. , F~ank,Voelker S!!-turdar O~I or before full moon. Wm. C..Love F!rst & r~!rC!- Wed!1esdays ea. mo. C. H. DlCkerson 1 FIrst and Ihlrd F~ldays ea. mo. IJoseph Mosby Thurday on or belore full moon. Charles Cartall ISaturday on or after full moon. iJas. :Mclntyre Satu~day ~m or after full moon. IJ. D. Grant No tIme gwen. IW. E. Shook Saturday before full moon. . i Asa McAllister Satuaday on or befo're full moon. J. W. RUdiSill Saturday on or before full moon. W. F. Henry First Friday each month. J. . W. Voohers Wednesday on or before full moon. S. B. Wells Saturday before full moon. J. C. Turley Sa~urday before Tbird Sunday. .N. M. Reed FrIday on or before full moon. John K. McDearmon First and Third Tuesdays ea. mo. R. 11. Kemp Saturday before full moon. Moses Ely First & Third Wednesdays ea. mo. R. T. Gamble Saturday on or before full moon. Alonzo .Cl;\se 1 Saturday on or before full moon. A. C. Dlvmna Monday on or before full moon. ,' Josiah Williams j Juesday on or before full moon. E. A. Jones "aturday on or before full moon. C. J. J. l'Iart~r Saturday on or before full moon. Cha,rles P. !vlIller Saturday on or before full moon. 1

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Purve~

251 Hope 2~21IA!anthus 203 Lmdley

lwashington :.IFrankli:=:J. W. R. W. Zierlin Saturday on or before full moon. ·IA!anthus Grove"'IGentry 'JOhn I.<night IO. T. An~erson S~tu.rday.on or before full moon. Lllldley 'Grundy R. :\1. Dobson.: James Wmters ""0 tzme gwen. 2~'Butler Butler Bates 10. D. Austin ..',,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,V. B. Van Dyke F}rst Saturday each month. ·..·.·····..·..· 2i:li:lIAlton AltOn \oregoIl··· .. ··· .. ·· ..·· 1 1'V0 Ret1zrns. 2~~ Shekinah ..; ICrystal. City Jefre~son Charles G. Wa~ne R. C. Moor~'"''I''''''''''''' . Sa~urday on or before full moon. IJohn Barber ~ J. L. Downmg 201 Lodge of LIght.. E!lglevllle IHamson , Fnday on or before full moon. ~8.Ravann.a ,IRaVal1na \Mercer IJ. Jenkins A.E. Griswold Wednesday before full moon. . 2091 Lodge of Loye LRncaster 1Schuyler IF. P. Hays IE. H. Roberts Saturday onor before full moon. 260 Mechanicsville Mechanicsville lst. Charles ,J. U. l\luschally...... .. jHenry Johnson.. . ' Saturday on or before full moon. 261 Florence I"Ncw Florence l\IOtltgomery IB. E. Wilson P. P. Ellis \l'!onda y on or before full mo~n. 262 Holden ,Holden Johnson J. S. Johnson .... J. H. Hewes........ . ThursdRY on or before full moon. 263 Summit.; ..ILee·s SuJ'!lffiit Jackson IJames A. Shaw Thos. R. Thornto ' First and Third Saturda s ea. mo. ..IF!lYetteVJlIe Johnson \C. A. BOYles /. jwm. P. Greenlee..... .. I on before fuft moon. 26;> Corwthlan I"'arrensburg Johnson A. W. Rogers Geo. R. Hunt FJrst Monday 111 each month. 266 Social.. il\[artinsburg lAUd rain T. J. Elder iC. T. l\[artin , Saturday on or after full moon. . 267 Aurora 1St. Lonis ..ISt. LOl1is William Bryan Stephen B. Potter Fi1',t and Third Fridays ea. mo. IJ. H. Babcoc.k 268 Lodge of Truth Atllll1tR Il\[ncon \V. D. Gordon !·Monday on or before full moon. ·269 Rock priarie !LRWrenceburg ,Lawrence IJ. A. Troxell O. H. Harnstead Saturday on or after full moon. . 270 New Salem , IArgentville ILincoln Joseph ~1. Newland John D. Cox Saturday on or after full moon. 2i1 Solomon Springtield :Greene 0. H. Travers : IThOs. H. Cox :. Second Monday each month. ~72 Granite ISedlllia jPettis ,. P. H. Sangree L. E. Davison Third Friday each month. 2i3\St. Clair 'St. CI." ..........•...•....................................... 1 No Ed",,,," ~74 Cold Spring Hellrietta !Johnsol1 W. T. wilson I'o. Hall. ,Tbursdayol1 or before full moon. 2751 Tranquillity · 1orearville..· · slllil1e · ·.. 1B. J. Orear J. R. Marshall.. 1Wedl1e~day on or before full moon. 276 Grand River -:Freernan Cn~s F. E. Bybee F. W. Combs ' Saturday 011 or before full moon. 27i Wm. D. Muir IPilot Grove ICooper 'J. P. Taliy J. H. Cox Second& Fourth Saturda s ea. mo. 278 Avilla iAvilla IJasper !I. R. Freed :A. J. Blake ISaturday on or before ful moon. 2791 Hogle's Creek !,QUiIH.y ,Hickory IA. A. Crouch :Jas. B. Brellt.. Friday on or before full moon. 280 Lodge of Peace Chillhowee IJohn~on John Brown ,C. C. Little 1SaturdllY on or before full moon. 281 Fenton , Fenton Louis IC. Williams IJohn H. Wilkins Saturday on or after full moon. . 282 Cosmos !St. Louis ISt. Louis Simon Sl1ss IMichael Sweeney ! Second & FOUJ'th Mondays ea. mo. 283 Stockton Stockton ~Cedar iG. L. ·Walker Clement HaIL 1Thursday before full moon. 284 New Boston .iNew lloston !Linn ;.iC. H. Everson John Bl\ker ,Sl\turday on or after full moon. 285 Earl... ..; ;.ICyff~ysb.tlrg DRviess IJan;es 0. Ellis IN. B. ~rown Saturday before full moon. 286 Hespenan IV lrgll CJty lced~r C. Bll;ker IJ. lH. Sl!ton S~turday b.ef?re full moon. 287 Cratt.; Cant0!1 IL~wls J. W. D~l~on ?hos. W'. Furlong 1 FIrst and 'I hlrd Mondays ea. mo. 288 IHermItage HermItage HIckory 1'1. :N. NeIhart J. H. ChIlders Saturday on or before full moon.

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290 Fairmount :291 Edina 292!Lamar.: 293 'sarcoxle 294 j },[ound City 295iMoniteau 296;Cameron 29710zark 298 'Marble Hill 299,Temple 300iD?r~c

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FaIrmount Clark IEdina Knox Lamar.: IBarton ISttrcoxle Ja~per ~[ound City IHolt Jamestown I)[Oniteau Cameron Clinton 'Fair Grove IGreene Marble Hill IBOllinger KallSas City Jackson Forkner's Hill... .. ~al1as Barnard Nodaway

301 VI hIte Hall 302!LiCk Creek 303r·osa,g-e 30~ F;aithful.. 30<>lclarence 306 Ashlar 307 New Lonoon 308Parrott I 309 King Hiram 310 Sikeston 3U!Kearney

1\evacla Fairdealing 'lclarence com.merce ·1\ew Londoll il\laysville Knoxville Sikeston Kef.l.rney

314.Rome 315 AltOna 316 RuraL 317 Osborn 318 Eldorado 3,19 1\aulville.: 320,Chnppl Hill 321·Jonathan 322\'Hardin 323 Corner-Stone 324 McDonald 325 DOckery 326'I~ew Home : 327,},!t: Zio,n 328,Calllsvllle 3291Kennedy 330IBertr.and 331 Chanty 332 It Ryland 333 Chillicotl'!e 334'Breckenndge

Rome IDouglas Altona ,Bates Kamas City IJackson, Osborn ,DcKalb Lurny 1iclark I!rashear.: Adai~ Chapel HIIl. Lafa~ette Dem'er Worth Hardin Ray St. Loui!' St. Louis Inclependence Jackson IMeadville ILinn New Home Bates W~st P!ains :.. }-Iow~ll !CalllSVllle HarrIson Ebony I'Noctaway IBertr~nd )1iSSiSSi pp i Buchanan St. Jo~eph Berlin \Gentry Chillicotl'!e Livingston Breckenndge Caldwell.

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,\'ernon iRipley Shelby ,Scott Ralls DeKalb Ray Scott.. Clay

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J. F. Tubb J. W. Evans IJ. R. Coffman George E. ~lavhall... : T. B. Kincaid O. E. Kendall A. L. xorftect..

:J. J. Rice IT. ~I. Wood IA. V. Francis IJohn I-~. DOUgl~!' IJ. E. Riley (actmg) ILevi Durhalll Lewis Reed Job G. ~lcVeigh S. H. Spence B. L. Bowman A. H. Cline F. S. Marl.in P. P. DavI:F. R. ~?ams E. E. Kuuball ,!. N. Pre~son \G. W. Clunn A. N. I.reland Geo. E. Lear 'A. T.

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jP. D. Anderson

,'2aturctay on or before fU.ll moon. dl.turday before each full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. IIThUrSday on or before f\Ill moon. Tuesday on or before full moon. ,Saturday on or before full moon. ,Snturday on or before full moon. 12d and 4th Saturdays each month. Saturday on or before full moon. ISaturda y on or before full moon. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month. I~aturday before full moon. ::illturday after full moon. ,Sll~urday on or before full moon. FrIday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon, Saturday on or before full moon. sa.turda.y o.n or after full moon. Saturday all or before full moon. Fo Retu.rns. Saturday on or before full moon. I Time not given. l~t and 3rd Saturdays each month.

::::::::I::::·. . :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::1:::::::::::::::· . .::::::::::::::::::..::: Saturday ~.g ~:;.:::;.~~~: . ,F. A. Thomas P. A. Molloy" on or after full moon. J. G. Cantrell J. E. VinCil.. E. A. Bunton Samuel Blakely J. N. l\IcCrery

Willis Marrs IG. P. Long /ames Smyth John 1\[, Longsdale IS. A. Field John Q. A. cope H. T. Smith J. H. Burrows rs. Callings H. L. Fillle~· I H. G. Buckmgham S. G. Weller IJoh.n Gaster 'J.:N. Rozzelle

"L. H. HufL IC. S. Owsley S. T. Blair Samuel Brown IW. R. Hopkins : T. Allen W. J. Roach Lewis A. J. Lippelt.. IJacob Leader IG. A. Daugherty 'IR. N. Allen T. B; Carmical... H. xally jT. J. Scott IJ. T. Heggie.; O. E. Vande\enter ISam'l Levy 'Samuel ShOOk S. J. Dewey

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Saturday on or before full moon. 1st & 3rd Wednesdays each month. 2d and 4th Saturdays each month. Saturday on or before full moon. S~turda~' on or before full moon. 1>0 Retll1ns. Satllrday on or before full moon. isaturday before full moon. . 1st and 3rd Mondays each month. 1st and 3rd Mondays each month. lht and 3rd Saturdays each month. ,'Saturday on or before full moon. ;F:riday before full moon. hursday on or before full moOn. Saturday before full moon. lsecond Saturday i~ .each month. 2d and 4th Monda)'seach month. Saturday on or before full moon. 12d and 4th Saturdays each month. •.. 1st and 3rd Mondays each month.

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TOWN AND

LODGE.

335 :Medoc Joplin 336 Hallsville Hallsville 337 :Malta r.Ialtll. Bend 338 Myrtle J.\Iillville 339 Fidelity Farley 340 JeriC\ho T ........ : .... 1........ .. • .. • ...... • .... 1 341 Relief.. IBrookline 342 circ~e IRosCoe 343 Agricola Petersburg 344 Moberly Moberly 345 Fellowship

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346 Arl~ngton 347 Sprmg Creek 348 Wadesburg 349 Pollock

],IASTER.

COUNTY.

P. O. ADDRESS.

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vixon .. :· ..·;·..· Edgar Sprmgs Wlldesburg Pollock

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Audrain Platte :Boone

IAud~ain

Alchlson IDaoe St. Louis :Dll.lJas ~lllrk ..: F ra:nklm Lafayette Ben~on

Adalr Barry Bates Ripley Lewis yernon ·Cass

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r. W. Barnett T . '•••

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Henry Levy n, ,,___

IJames }<'. Rhea O. P. Margdant George CaldwelL ). C. Schnelle

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: I S. 1<'. Gibson / Geo. P. Brown

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I.PulaSki Phelps Cass Sullivan

I,S.W,F.Hurt B. Searcy

IGreene St. clair Henry Randolph

II ~~~~::::::::~::::::::18.~~~·~f·~:.::::: ~~~:i;~~.::::::::: l\Iexico 3~5 Ade~phi... IEdgerton 306 AnCient Landmark HllrrIsburg : 3~7 ):oung's creek I~ow~na 358 ~orth-West.. farklO 359 Garrett.. I'ArCola 360 Tuscan St. LOllis 361'IRiddiCk Buffalo 362 }~iram I'KahOka 363;F ~ate.rnal R<?bertsv~lle 364 Hlggmsville HlggmsVllle 365 War?aw W!trsa,: 366 AdaIr KirksvIlle 3Gi Barry IWashburn 368 Crescent Hill. Adrian 369 Compositc jDOniPhan 370 Williamstown Williamstown 371ISheldon Sheldon 372 Nonpareil :.. IEast Lyllne

TDIE OF MEETING.

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3541Iebron

SECRETARY.

I .-.IJ-as-p-e-r-..-..-..-..-.-..-..-..-. -A-.-H-.-D-u-re-e-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..- M. F. Downing /Boone" William H. Brink W. W. Roberts Saline Ray R. C. Craven IS. S. young ,Platte James Wallace John H. Carson

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j Walter L; 'Yilson W. L. PhIlhps W. A. Wade J. M. Donner

First and Third Fridays ea. month. No tirne given. iVO RetllTns.

;

Saturday on or before full moon. Wednesday on or before full moon. __ ':\T.... 1.,'•. - ... ~_"A.

1Saturday

before full moon. Thursday on or before full m.oon. }{o Returns.

2d and 4th J.\Iondayseach month. __ ,,0. .,. . . _•• n~

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A. C. Barnes W. H. Lewis ,E N. Gentry W. H. White J. F. Schanecke T.. J. Travis T. P. Dyer A. A. Ramsey George C. Bradford : 1\1. B. Hurt George W. Houx · ,James R. Jones IJ. R. Kerr · F. N. Reese A. J. Satterles W. C. S. Lackey :R. C. Risk iG. N. Temple D. P. Kenagy

J. A. Glandon :\lurray Mitchel!... W. H. H. Fenton J. A. Craig A. F. NeaL J.ohn O. Mitchell... E. E. Hickok W. SmithPeter "Vm. J. Phel~s E. G. Thomlllll C" W. Seeber A. S. )lcGowan John W. Johnston Winter Frost Lafayette Watts A. J. McCollum J. W. Ramsey J. S. Davis B. P. White

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3Z3 Mandeville 3/4 Golden Rule 375 Plumb :l76 Kin~ H ill.. 377 A~cl~nt ~rll.ft 378 Kllwmmng 3i9 Billings 380 Queen City.., 381 Ionia 382 Richland 383 Pythagoras 3S'.! Harmony

:.. ,Ma.ndeville IJonesburg Mlddletown 1St. Joseph · II~~Dg.Cit¥ · Kllwmmng Billings Queen City Barnetts Richland

IIC~ssville IVlbbard

ICarroll Montgomery Montgomery Buchanan 'IGentry Scotlltnd Christian· : ISchuyler Il\Iorgan Pulaski. 'Barry R!!-Y:

".rJ. mH.. SchaJle P. Smith

IIP.. F. Elsass E. A. Ball... ,William Parker W. H. Leash IG. P. Bi~elo~v l\I. A. R1I1e~ W. T. Lamkin :J. W. Miller IA. ll. Brock G. C. yost.. iWilliam Talbert John L. Isley

C. Pearson 1'f. J. Grnham '~.l?. Millan Ell Bauckman E. 1'1. l\Iorris J. G. Miller T..G. Price H..M. Cowan Charles Ray A. Hamer

Saturda~ before full moon. . Saturda)· before full moon. Saturday after full moon. No time given. S~tu.!day.~Il or ~efore full moon. J,o tIme gtten. So time given. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Sat. on or before f. m. & 2 w. after. :S~turday on or before full moon.

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Woodside: 381' FarmersvI1le 389 Arcana 390 Marionville 391 Raytown 392 Christian 393 Bee Hive 394 Dagan 395 Latimer 396 Western Light.. 39i Gower 398 Jasper 399IPike 400,Decatur 4011center 402 Gavel 403 Lowry City 40'1!AleXandria 405 Everton 406 Malden 407iROyal 4081~oIftrose

409 CIVIl Bend 410 Iberia 411 Joppa : 412 Appleton Clty 413 Valley 414 Greensburg 415 Hunnewell 416Icac~e 417 Whlte Water 418 Clear Creek

:Thomasvi,11e O~e~on ,Fll.rmersvllle LlvlllgstOll lwintersville Sullivan Marionville Lawrence IRllvtown Jackson Oak Grove Jackson Lawson ,Rll.y Mendon I,Charitoll Licking Texas Louisburg Dallas Gower Clinton Jasper ..IJasper IICu,rryviJ!e IPike PeIrce Clty Lawrence Lebanon Laclede :New Cambria Macon 'Lowry City St. Clair IAlexandria Clark Everton Dade ..: ,:tHaldell Dunkhn IMooresville Livingston M;oIftrose Hen!y :Clvll Bend Davless ;Iberia Miller IHartViJJe ;Wri!fh~ Appleton CIty St. Clau IBOICkOW IAndrew Greensburg Knox Hunnewell Shelby lsouth St: LOUiS !St. Lou~s Strodervllle Cape Glrardeau 'Lincoln Benton

S. Le~erwood.: R. G. "'hackeltord O. HarrilL E. Sinclair Milton Boone J. J. Choate J. T. Hurt J. W. Riddle

W. F. Collier E. C. 1\Iulford .T. 1'. Richardson D. Robinson M.. T. Smith T. :NI. Vermillion J. W. Ashbury W. B. Lucas

1 1

J. L. Watson W. B. Sanders H. C. Hefley J. H Caldw~ll Eugene Bavlllgton J. McCarthy W. W. Bailey W..M. Cox N. '1'. Cherry H. Edgingto~ Joseph Harns J. W. Herrald A. J. Russel... T. J. Henderson Frank E. Lombar B.. F: Hudson E. K. Clarke S. D.ysart.. E. O. !lIallory W. S. McClintic lwilliam 1\1. Butler ,J. H. Barks G. Weav~r

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J. D. Shaw D. S. Hall F. A. Hendricks J' r Will ~awkin~ \\. l\I. Kukpatnck sam Farrar J. O. Jones S. :tH. Gracy W. B. Huston G. ,V. ~ViJson Geo. '\. Peck A. B. Fre~ch J~ H. DavIs K F. Compton John Ferguson E. C. Steele (acting) Albert Falcon C.harlesDavis S. L. Smith W. B. Thiehoff Z. E.. G~nn John". Hahn E. H. Moxley

J;0nrth i:iaturday in each month. Saturday before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Friday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Sat. before 2d & 4th Tues. each m. Saturday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. No Ret1trns. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. First and Third Saturday each m. S~turday on or before f~l1 moon. "ed. OIl or bef. f. m. &:2d Wed. aft. Monday before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Sa!urday on or before full moon. Fndny on or before full moon. Second & Fourth Sat. each month. S~turda,Y: o.n or before full moon. First & lhlrd Saturday each m. Satnrday on or after full moon. J;riday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Second & Fourth Sat. each month. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. S~co?d &.Fourth Sat. each month. )"o tune glven. 'Fourth Saturday each month.

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LODGE.

I p.T3'~~;:~S. ITaberv~lle St. LOUIS

COUNTY.

Clai~

ISt. St. LOUIS

MASTER.

" I'E. C. McLain Jacob Lampert..

SECRETARY.

Tum OF MEETING.

W. S. Hoover Ernest W. Evert

Saturday on or before full moon. 1st and 3rd Mondays each month.

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423 Newburg Competition Laclede IH. C. i'Fa.mllton 424 Samaritan ,Bonne Terre St. Francois J. B. Wild 425 Cedar City Cedar City Callaway 'IR. S. Hodges 426ILeesville Leesville Henry B. D. Parks 427 l Glenwood Glenwood Schuyler :William Logan 428 Louisville.: ~ouisville.: Lincoln : IH. H. Higgin.botham 429 New Madnd New MadrId New l\Iadnd IT. J. O. ~:Iornson 430 IIron Mountain Iron :\Iountain St. Francois J. D. webb 43lICement IHB.UWn,y I~. F. T~eter ; 432 Black Oak Preston Hlckory G. W. Lmdse)' 433 l\~ack'~ Creek )l.ack'~ Creek C~l.IJ?den J. D. Osborn 434 " heelll1g wheehng \LIvmgstoll· .. ···..·· ' .. · .. ·· · .. ·· .. · .. · .. · .. ·· 43581. Nicholas Cave Spring Greene R. H. Skean 1 I 436·Ash Grove Ash Groye :Greene IR. A. Jones 43i\ITUScumbia ITuscumbia \il\Iiller :JOhn Bear 438 Temperance Smithville Clay IJ. D. ·McDonald 439 Mt. Olive INorth View webster /william R. Brooks 440\·Trowel: Lutesville jBolling.er : Robert Fisher 441 ExcelSlOr 'Jackson .,Cape Glrardeau IJOhn T. Short.. 442 Burlington. Burlington JUnc.I'NOdaWll. Y L. D. ·Moore 443 Anchor St. Louis 81. Louis W. J. Shorn 444 A?a Orrick .: Ray : !H. P. Perdue 445 West Gate St. LOUIS St. LOUIS H. N. Sayler 446 Greenfield Greenfield Dade IEnoCh T. wasson 447 Fairview ,Scottsville !Sullivan J. W. Schrock 448 Schell City Schell City vernon lpeter Blackwell 44.9 Bois D'Arc Bois D'Arc Greene T. C. Hambaugh 45olBelton ..II!elton Ic.ass w. N. ~vans 4~1 A;rgyle INevada /'·ernon ,A. J. lu!1g 4;;2 verona IVerona Lawrence E. D. Gl'lgg 453IForsyth ,Forsyth·.. · ·.. ITaney Claflin 494Icecn : Cotton,wood P'nt.,l\Iississippi.. ,Q. A;. Tipton 4;;5 I Barnesvllle : ILOgan s Creek [Reynolds iH. Chltwood 456 Wallace Bunceton Cooper C. P. Tutt

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P. Nichols C. Andison ; H. A. Jones 1 D. C. Reeds IJoel Cook W. Smith Ira O. Par~i~h J. B. Cross S. W. Crocker

I:\1.

i Saturda~'

Geo. J. Biggs G. E. Comegvs H. Bradlyford L. L. Flemtng P. P. Wells I '"V. G. ~ald'O John ". Pl'lest.. A. F. Stil!... R. H. Caffall... N. B. Pigg Geo. A. Moke ,' Seymour Hoyt... H:C. Warren, Jr G. J. Blanchard '1'. L. Strong 1 J. B. Robinson T. J. Mye~: ..: \John A. wllllams J. H. Parrish Joe Brasher lThomas A. Bames J. 1\-1. Freeman 1

SaturdaY on or before full moon. Saturoav on or before full moon. on or after full moon. ISaturday on or before ~ull moon. Saturday on or bofore full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. ·1 ~aturdB.Y on or before full moon. , dl.turday on or after full moon. S~turctay on or after full moon. 1 Ao Returns. . Thursday before full moon. Fridav before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. lst and 8rd Saturdays each month. Friday before full moon. 1 Friday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. ,1st and 3d Saturdays each month. 2d and 4th Wednesda~·s ea. month. 1 Saturday on or after full moon. 2d and 4th Tuesdays each month. Tues. after Fri. on or bef. full moon Third Saturday each month. ,Saturday on or before full moon. j2d and 4th Saturdays each month. ;Saturday on or before .fUll moon. T~esday on C?r before tull moon. 1 First and ThIrd Tuesdays ea. mo. Saturday 011 or after full moon. ' Sll.turday on or after full moon. 1Saturday on or before full moon. Sll.turday Oil or before full moon. 1

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45ilTriple Tie 4?8 Melville 409 Hazelwood 460 Lambskin 461 I1Caruthersville 462 Santa Fe 463 Clifton 4G4.Aullville 465 'Ga y nor City 466 Centre View 46i 1Pleasant Hope 468iRed Oak 469 Plato : 470 N<?daway 4Z1!M.mer~1..

4'2;PICkermg 473 Nineveh 474IGuilford 475IGoldeu 476'IMt. Hope 47i Henderson 478 Racine 479 Rich HilL 480 Jewel. 481 Clinton l 482,CI!nto~ville 483 Insh Grove 484IKirkwood 485 Cold Water 486 Cairo 487 Herndon 488 Lock Spring 489j'Lakeville 490 Montevallo 491 Vandalia 492 Daggett. 4931Vernon 4941·Lewistown 495 GIObe 496 Robert Burns 497 Strafford· 498 Kascyville.:~ 499 Paynesville 500 ·Jameson 1 501:Bu~kner : 502:Philadelphla

IBrazeau I'perry Dadeville D~de Seymour ·.. ·I"ebster St. Louis St. Louis Caruthersvllle· lpemiscot Sante Fe :Monroe Thayer Oregon Aullville ILafaYette Gaynor City Nodaway Centre View Johnson Pleasant Hope !polk Red Oll.k Lawrence Plato Texas ;\laryville iNodaway O:ono~o J!isper Plckermg Kodaway Olney Lincoln ~ Guilford Nodaway Golden City Barton Odessa Lafayette Henderson Webster. Seneca Newton Rich Hill Bates Pleasant Hill [Cass Clinton Henry Clipto~ville !Ceda: Faufax IAtchlson Kirkwood St. Louis I Brosley Icass Cairo Randolph Herndon Saline Lock Spring Daviess Lakeville Stoddard Montevallo Vernon Vandalia Audrain Loutre Island Montgomery Mounds Vernon 'Lewistown Lewis ILo~isill;na Pike Galnsvllle IOzark lstrafford Greene Kaseyville iMacon Paynesville Pike IJameson IDaviess : ~Bu~kner : Jac~son Phlladelphla IManon

1'William A. Bull W. Watson · A. C. Hecketldom R. C. T. Schroeder S. H. Steele IJohn S. Drake , ,J. B. Jones :Samuel Scowden ; W. McVansandt... J. S. A pirson W. A.. ~ryan J. T. Welch H. McAboy ,J. W. Harman ~John E. lHoselr. :Thomas H. Bnttain IJ. W. Aldrich :1\1. G. Wood T. D. l\1iller R. C. Greer I·J. J. Francisco John F. McAfee A.. Judge H. Wa.rren Samuel van Gundy J. G. Hanken H. Lane W. L. Landram F. C. COllier ·Jas. R. Page IJohn Newcomer ..IJ. w. s.·tuermer ICharles G. Daniels 'J. B. l\Iaxey J. Jones J. K. Strap ,H.. Butts , lw. T. Hankins Jeff Buster J. C. Brodly

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'E. N. Barber 'G; K. 41?er J. 1 rlmble John B. Thompson IWm. A. Waad 'John M. Davis I R. Barus jChas. Simmons , John C. Cochran IJ. Gowanlock Il\I. T. McCoy \G. P. Bellows J. H\lbb~lI F. :ill. Walhs ITheron Ives 'Henry Cook IH. G. Schnelle J. A. Swetnam :G. F. LillistOIl w.' C. Owen R. V. Austil1. Wm. D. Myers Wm. ElliS H. G. s~e~man D. L. ,.\ lllIams Hugo S. Jacobi R. Glass J. S. Bennett ,'C. J. Wheeler L. L. Brookshire H. Rutland A. A.. Baltezore R.. S. Pearson \L. W. Hunt H. J. Collier J. M. Smith E. A. Glenn I~.

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IW. H. Teagarden J. E. Rhoades

IE. R.

Henthorn J. B. Cort

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Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon.

iINO Returns.

Thursday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. j2d and 4th Saturdays each month. Thursday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. iSaturday on or after full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Tu.esday on or before fUll moon. Fnday on or before full moon. Thursday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. 2d & 4th Wednesdays each month. Saturday on or before full moon. 12d and 4th Fridays each month. Satu~da~ on or before full moon. ITuesda~ on or before full moon. 2d and 4th :Mondays each month. Saturday on or before full moon. Fourth ~aturday each month. Tuesday on or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Saturda)' of full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. !Saturday on or before full moon. ITuesday before full moon. ISaturday before full moon. l~t and ~.rd Thursdays each month.

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TOWN AND P.o. ADDRESS.

51l1'Skidmo~e

517lSe~igman

518.:oriental... 519 Turney 520 Toltec 521iLockwood 522,Gate City : . 523IKi~der 524 Splckardsvllle 525 Cunningham 526 Wayne 527 Higbee 528 conwav 529 NiangUa.: : 530 Ritchey 531 Lane's Prairie 1

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ASTER.

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EETING.

c . M. Wilson Cooper Albert Hornback Sat. after f. m. & 2 w. thereafter. Platte A. J. Coleman IG. A. Warner ,SaturOay befClre full moon. Livingston T. F. Scott J. W. Maberry lst and 3rd Saturdays each month. Clinton Z. T. Ma.rtin ID. H. Kendall "'Ilst and 3rd Saturdays. each month. Nodaway W. S. Wallace 'F. D. Sturtevant Saturday on or after full moon. Buchanan IG. W. Lynch !R. P. Saundcrs ,Saturday on or before full moon. Carter John L. Greene .Alex. Carter ,Saturday on or after full moon. Linn 1 1.1\.'0 Ret1trrl.s. lskidmo~e Nodaway F L. Zell.er :H. J. HutL S~turdll;~ op or before full moon. Webb CIty Jasper ".i S. Chlnn IA. A. Hulett IFlrst & 1 hird Wed. ea. month. Guthridge Mills Chariton John C. }<aatz 'J. W. Wilkerson ISaturday after full moon. Exeter Barry J. M. Stubblefield I II-I. C. Lucky Saturday on or after full moon. 1 ••• .................................... \INO. Returns. IG~lena IStone 1 'MIlford jBarton 'C. F. Robertson 1J. M. Herlocker Friday on or before full moon. ISeligman Ba~ry IW. W. Frost.. IA. J. D~an 'Saturday on or after full moon. Blackburn Sa~llle ,M: Floyd I.r. S. H.ltt : lwednesday on or bef~re full moon. jTUrney !ClInton ··.··· .. rWm. i\loore IJames P. PrIce 1st and 3rd Saturdays each month. l\lexico ,Rep. of 11exico 1 /1'0 Ret1trns. Lockwood [Dade ICarter Pritchard J. D. Mills Thurs. on or before f. m. & 2 w. aft. KallSa." City 'Jackson !G. J. Baer !Geo. B. Balston 11st and 3rd Saturdays each month . IKi?der 7 lcaldwell ··· .. ·.i.l\I. J. Ber:rson..·.. ·.········ ·i~harles F. Wyman 1st a~d 3rd Saturda):s each month. 'Splckardsvllle Grundy J. n. Wrlght.. F. A. Bonner 1st & 3rd Wednesdays each month. ICunningbam Chariton 'F. R. Stanley ..i'f. Flamerfelt Wednesday on or before full moon. 'Piedmont Wayne ID. J. Allen IBen A. Hamilton :2d and 4th Saturdays each montb. IHigbee jRandolph ~J. S. Dysart ). E. Rucker , IWednesday on or before full moon. /conway Laclede C. HansOll IG. S. warner ISaturday after full moon. Niangua \'W.ebster ~John B. Davis I,JOhn J. Redmond Saturday on before full moon. Ritchey Newton IJames M. Ritchey John H. Miller ,Saturday before full moon. IVichy Maries W. A. Dillon 'R. A. King 'Saturday before full moon.

503 Prairie Home Prairie Home 50-1 Platte City Platte City 505 Avalon Avalon 506 Lathrop Lathrop 507IClearmont.........•.... Clearmont.. 508 Saxton Saxton 509!Van Buren /van Buren 510,Biswell BrOWning 512 Webb CIty 513 Chariton 514 IExeter 515;Gl!-lena 516, MIlford

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ST. LOU1S BOARD

175

O~1. REIlE~".

To the )[ost Worshipjnl Grand Lodge oj 1J!v;soul"i, A. F. and A ..U. :

The St. Louis Masonic Board of Relief herewith submit thcir Report for the year ending October 1st, 1886; . RECEIPTS.

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DISBURSEMENTS.

Balance October 1, 1885 $3,010 01 25 00 Missouri Lod~e, No. 1.. .. 4500 Meridian Lodge, No.2 . 2000 Beacon Lodge, No.3 .. George Washington Lodge, NO.9.. 4000 St. Louis Lodge, No. 20 .. 3000 Napthali Lodge, No. 25 . 1000 !\ft. Moriah Lodge, No. 40 . 1500 Erwin Lodge, No. 121.. . .'1000 25 00 Occidental Lodge, No. 163 .. 500 Pride of the West Lodge, No. 179.. 25 00 Good Hope Lodge, No. 218 .. Keystone Lodge, No. 243 .. 4000 2000 Aurora Lodge, No. 267 . . 500 Cosmos Lodge, No. 282 35 00 Corner-Stone Lodge, No. 323 .. Tuscan Lodge, No. 360 . 5000 Cache Lodge, No. 116 . 500 Itaska Lodge, No. 420 .. 1000 Anchor Lodge, No. 443 . 4500 . West Gate Lodge, No. 445 3500 Lambskin Lodge, No. 460 .. 1500 Collections, relief returns . 62000 $4,l(iO 01

H. B. HUTCIIINSON, Secretary.

Missouri Illinois Iowa Penllsylvania Texas Indiana Arizona Maine Ohio : Louisiana Arkansas Dakota ~1ichigan

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.. $201 40 . 134 50 .. 4820 .. 3500 . 25 65 . 1840 .. 1815 .. .500 . 1270 . 1000 .. 800 . 620 .. 575 . 445 . 4 35 . 1 50 .. 6500 . 3075 .. 2000 .. 1980 .. 9822

Balance October I, 1886................. 3,376 99 $4,160 01

MARTIN COLLINS, President.

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Appendix.

A.DDl{ESSES OF GItA.N]) SEC]lE rrAllJES.

State. Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Coilllecticut Cuba Delaware District of Columbia Dat.ota Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Indian Territory I(ansas Kentucky Louisiana l\faine Massachusetts Maryland Michigan Minnesota Mississippi. Montana ~ Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey.: New York

Name. Daniel Sayre Fay Hempstead Geo..J. Roskruge :.Alexander G. Abell.. Edward C. Parmelee Joseph K. 路Wheeler Jose F. Pellon William S. Hayes Wm. R. Singleton Charles T. McCoy De Witt C. Dawkins '" A. M. Wolihin J. H. Wickersham :Loyal L. Munn William H. Smythe 'l'heodore S. Parvin Rev. J. S. Murrow John II. Bro",'n Hi ram Bassett.. Jam.es C. Bachelor, M. D r ra Berry Sereno D. Nickerson Jacob H. Medairy William P. Innes A. T. C. Pierson John L. Power Cornelius Hedges 'Villiam H.. Bo~en JOhll D. Hammond George P. Cleaves : Joseph H. Hough Edward M. L. Ehlers

Address.

Mont.gomery. Little Rock. Tucson. Sall Francisco. Georgetown. Hartford. Havana. Wilmington. Washingtoll. A berdeen. Jacksonville. l\iacon. Silver City. Freeport.. Indianapolis. , Cedar Rapids. A-to-ka, C. N. Wyandotte. Louisv ille. New Orleans. Portland. Boston. Baltimore. Grand Rapids. St. Paul. Jackson. Helena. Omaha. Carson. Concord. Trenton. New York.

1886.J New Mexico North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont ~ Virginia Washington 'Vest Virginia Wisconsin W yorning British Columbia Canada England Egypt ~路 Ireland Manitoba New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Quebec Scotland

G. L. Ar.-12.

Appendix. Alpheus A. Keen Donald 'V. Bain John D. CaldwelL F. J. Babcoc路k Michael Nisbet Edwin Baker Charles Inglesby J ohn Frizzell T. W. Hudson Christopher DiehL L. M. Read William B. Isaacs Thornas M. Reed Geo. W. Atkinson Jno. ,V. Laflin J ohn H. Symons Ed ward C. Neufelder J. J. Mason Shadwell Clerke F. F. Oddi. Samuel B. Oldham Wm. G. Scott Edwin J. Wetmore Benjamin Curren Geo. W; Wakeford J ohn H. Isaacson D. Murray Lyon

177 Las Vegas. Raleigh. Cincinnati. Salem. Philadelphia. Providence. Charleston. Nash ville. Houston. Salt Lake City. Bellows Falls. Richmond. Olympia. Wheeling. Milwaukee. Laramie. Victoria. Han1ilton, Onto London. Cairo. Dublin. Winnepeg. St. John. Halifax. Charlottetown. Montreal. Edinburg.

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REPI{ESENTATIVES APPOINTED NEAR OTHER GRAND LODGES BY 1'HE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI.

State. Alabama Arkansas British Columbia Canada Connecticut Chili Colorado California Colon-Cuba Delaware District of Columbia Dakota Eg.ypt England Florida Georgia Iowa Illinois Idaho Indiana Indian Territory Ireland Kentucky Kansas Louisiana 1\laine Minncsota Michigan Mississippi.. ;

Name. Daniel Sayre .Tohn J. Sumpter Rob't Burns McMicking James K. Kerr George Lee Jose Mondalodo Ed. C. Parmelee Alexander G. Abel1.. Edwardo Loredo Jacob Moore Wm. R. Singleton Thomas H. Brown F. F. Oddi .Braxton Baker De 'Witt C. Dawkins J. Emmett Blackshear N. R路. Parvin Jerome R. Gorin Jonas VV. Brown 'Villiam Hacker John n. Dannenberg Edward Linahan H. B. Grant.. M. S. Adams John A. Stevenson : Tra Berry Henry L. Carver J. C. Coffinbury ,V. P. Bouton

Address.

Montgomery. Hot Springs. Victoria. Toronto. New Haven. Val paraiso. Georgetown. San Francisco. Havana. Georgctown. 'Vashington. Sioux Falls. Cairo. London. Monticello. Macon. Cedar Rapids. Decatur. ldaho City. Shelbyville. Flint. Dublin. Louisville. Leavenworth.路 New Orleans. Portland. St. Pau1. Kalamazoo. Canaan.

1886 ] Massachusetts Maryland 路 Montana : : Manitoba New Brunswick New York ~ New Hampshire Nova Scotia Nevada Nebraska ; New Mexico Ohio : Oregon Pennsylvania Quebec Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah' Vermont Virginia 'Wyoming Territory 'Washington 'l'erritory "rest Virginia 'Visconsin

路Appendix. John K. Hall John S. Berry V{m. Davenport Tames Munroe Wm. F. Bunting John Stewart Chas. G. Connor T. Wilberforce Longley John D. Hammond J. N. Wise 'V. W. Griffin Chas. Stroud John McCracken J. ,Simpson Afriea H. L. Robinson Cyrus M. Vanslyck Charles Inglesby Deering J. Roberts, M. D Geo. H. Bringhurst P. L. Wi.lliams Hcnry H. Smith William R. Isaacs Edgar P. Snow Tholllas M' Reed William J. Bates, Sr Henry L. Palmer

179 Boston. Baltimore. Helena. 'Ninnepeg. Saint John. New York City. Exeter. Halifax. Carson. Plattsmouth. Santa Fe. Sandnsky. Port.land. Philadelphia. Oswego. Providence. Charleston. Nashville. Houston. Salt Lake City. Rutland. Richmond. Cheyenne. Olympia. W'heeling. Milwaukee.

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Appendix.

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

State. Alabama Arkansas British Columbia California Connecticut Canada Colorado Colon-Cuba Dakota Delaware District of Columbia Egypt Florida Georgia Idaho Iowa Illinois Indian Territory Ireland Indiana Kentucky Kansas Louisiana Maine Montana Minnesota Manitoba New Hampshire New York

Narrw. James-E. Cadle : James H. Bethune Resigned John E. Ryland Reuben Barney Xenophon Ryland Wm. N. Lokcr Wm. H. Mayo Joseph S. Browne James P. Wood Noah M. Givan John 'V. Luke Edward Spencer A. 1\1. Crow Jobn R. Parson Fred W. Mott Martin Collins P. G. Woods John VV. Luke Asa 1\1addox vVilliam E. Robinson Thomas E. Garrett Wm. H.l\iayo Xenophon Ryland S. M. Davidson Samuel H. Saunders vVm. R. Stubblefield Alex. M. Dockery Noah M. Givan

Address.

St. Louis. Charleston. ..

Lexington. Chillicothe. Lexington. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Joseph. New London. Harrisonville. St. Louis. St. Louis. Kansas City. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. Versailles. St. Louis. Kansas City. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. Lexington. Washington. Otterville. St. Louis. Gallatill. IIarrisonville.

1886.J 'New Jersey North Carolina Nebraska Nevada New Mexico Nova Scotia Ohio Pennsylvania Quebec Rhode Island Scotland South Carolina Tennessee Utah Vermont Virginia Texas Wyoming Territory Wisconsin 路West Virginia ~ Washington Territory

Appendix. Charles F. Leavitt Geo. E. 'Valker Chas. F. Vogel Seymour Hoyt Jay L. Torrey Geo. R. Hunt Henry L. Rogers Robert F. Stevenson Rev. C. C. -'Voods, D. D Stephen B. Potter Thomas E. Garrett V. O. Saunders Chas. B. Stark B. H. Ingram Wm. M. Williams John D. Vincil.. Allan McDowell Tames 路W. Boyd Rufus E. Anderson Wm. E. Whiting Stephen Chapman

181 Springfield. Bonne Terre. St. Louis. Greenfield. St. Louis. 'Varrensburg. St. Louis. Kansas City. Kansas City. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. Sedalia. Boonville. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Joseph. Hannibal. Kansas City. Bloomfield.

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Appendix.

DEATHS. REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, OCTOBER 12, 1886.

No. of Name of Party. Lodge. 1. Joel H. Welbonrne. Richard Spencer. 2. Charles Hoppe; 3. John Knapp. D. C. Sarber. 5. W. H. McAdams. 7. D. B. Brown. 9. Wm. Adams. 11. R. J. Kennedy. 12. A. Carr. 16. C. W. Jamison. 19. W. L. Smiley. M. G. Bodine. 20. S. Pollack. Sam'l Kohn. 21. B. A. Tull. 22. Dan. Sharp. J. W. Jackson. 23. H. B. Leach. 25. Alex. Heburne. 26. B. L. Lissenberry. G. P. Burhap. 28. Robert :i\iartin. 36. D. C. Wing. 38. J. W. Paine. 40. J. W. Woods. M. Welch. 46. J. D. Harris. 48. G. T. Hubbard. M. McIntire. T. A. Foreman. 52. H. Kittle. 57. John T. Quirk. J. G. Ba.llar"d. 59. J. J. Thomas. 60. G. B. Hopkins. 64. T. E. Burnett. S. S. Williams. 6G. J. H. Gregory.

No. of Lodge. 69. 70. 71. 76. 78. 79. 84.. 86. 87. 93. 99. 100. 103. 107. 111. 118. 119. 121. 123. 127. 133. 134. 136. 139.

141. 147. 149. 153. 157. 158.

Name of Party. A. W. Clark. Jas. Terrill. Jas. Hickman. J. Berryhill. J. McCord. B. F. Davidson. C. G. Lighth.eart. L. L. Richmond. P. H. Krumwedy. A. A. Davis. W. T. Patterson. W. T. Snow. W. K. Lathim. D. C. Hope. T. K. Gay. H. Davis. Wm. Cook. Jno. E"ndre. J. B. Farnam. Jno. F. Ellis. James Stacks. Christ Hausman. Elijah Roark. F. \'1. Jaenecki. W. W. Jessee. J. Grandhomme. C. G. Stephens. Murray Fenton. James DeBolt. J. B. Curry. Peter Price. E. H. Simpson. 'R. A. Conover. Dale Douglas. C. E. Ballard. C. B. Crumb. B. King. H. Shires. S. W. Anderson.

1886.J No. oj Name oj Party. Lodge. 159. M. P. Archer. 160. Seth Walker. J. B. Appleby. W. M. Ewing. 161. Robert Bull. 162. D. N. Huffman. 163. Jno. Pearson. M. P. Hanthorne. 164. E. B. Becket. 167. A. Martin. 170. Jas. Hudson. 172. W. M. Vancleve. Geo. Fletcher. 174. J. W. Hudson. 175. H. C.Howard. 17G. Jno. Lafont. 179. J. H. McGinniss. Geo. Wharton. Jos. Seal. 18I. Wm. Kimbley. John Pratt. 182. M. S. Chappell. T. Hamilton. 183. Jo~. Crane. 197. E. P. Cassil. C. H. Wooley. 201. Jas. Lucas. 202. J. Grubbs. D. C. Hainds 203. Geo. W. Cooper. 215. A. J. Haden. .J. D. Timberman. H. C. Merritt. 216. Mark A. Doty. 220. Jacob Bunz. Eo B. Wentworth. S. Webster. J. F. Baker. H. L. Huhn. 222. W. M. Bondurant. 223. Jacob Sauner. M. W. BUford. 225. J. S. Ault. J. Cooney. G. F. Chilton. D. R. Henderson. Frank Headrick. B. M. Hodges. Geo. W. Jones. J. W. Simmons. W. L. Triplett. W. F. Young. 234. -J08. Beck. Wm. Moore.

183

Appendix. No. oj Lodge. 236. 237.

240. 24I. 243.

244. 246. 248. ~iiO.

25I. 254. 256. 26I. 263. 266. 267.

269. 270. 273. 281. 283. 284. 289. 291.

292. 293. 297.

298. 299. 301. 304. 307. 311. 317. 322. 324. 329. 330.

:331.

Name oj Party.

J. C. Kipper. A. T. Armstrong. Wm. Miller. B. Swarthout. G. W. Webb. A. H. Edwards. Jos. Mcthudy. B. J. Gibson. P. J. Lane. L. R. McCord. M. T. Howard. H. W. Pocoke. Henry Blount. E. Rosenberger. J. D. Wildfong. J. W. Abernathy. H. Eshbaugh. P. G. Kennett. Presley Gill. Jno. A. Moone. Thos. Totten. W. H. Vandeventer. C. W. Aldrich. F. W. Fischer. Chas. H. Spencer. Jas. Fortner. J. A. Hollingsworth. J. H. Crenshaw. D. K. Halley. L. WilliamS. Wm. Montgomery. Wm. Davis. J. Davenport. E. V. Wilson. J. P. Waldon. F. M. Gifford. F. II. Gilman. Jas. Haggard. J. H. Simmons. C. W. Huff. T. B. Laurance. L. A. Brendle. C. K. Hamilton. J. C. Warnecke. Noah McCoskey. J. 1\1. Allison. J. W. Ennison. J. B. Arnold. J. K. Parrott. J. M. Woolard. Wm. Sullivan. W. R. Davis. J. G. Russell. Geo. Crowther.

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Appendix.

184 Name of Pa1't1/·

334. Levi P. Cox. 338. J. H. Cowan. 344. C. G. Hammond. 345. R. Hollman. G. W. Lewis. 346, R. l\f. Tuttle. 317. M. R. Asher. 350. W. D. Ewing. J. S. Warren. 352. Wm. Gardner. D. D. Berry. 360. W. C. Townsend. W. S. Cuddy. 362. D. W.Kelly. 364. J. M. }leach. 366. W. P. Erheart. 367. J. P. Hall. 368. W. S. Hughes. Coates Kinsey. 369. Robt. Maddax. 371. Rufus Davis. 376...J. M. Graves. 377. Geo. Tomlinson. 378. Chilton Smith. 381. J. R. Clemmer. H. B. Graff. 382. R. R. Craddock. Robt. Davis. 384. H. Holman. P. D. Webber. 395. W. G. J, Craw. G. W. Musgrave. 398. R. C. Randall. 39\}. R. M. Thomas. 400. •J. B. Perkins. H. J. Cummings 406. S. B. Kitchen. 408. Thos. R. West.

No. of Name of Party. Lodge. 411. W. J. Whittaker. 412. . J. P. Webster. 414. C. Spill~an. 419. J. A. Purinton. 422. F. H. Wightman. 426. J. P. Trollinger. 430. Andrew Garrett. Robt. Newall. 431. Thos. Heady. 436. W. C. Swinney. 438. C. H. Morton. 439. J. K. Dameron. 440. H. A. Sanford. 445. Geo. Rinkle. 446. J. A. Picotte. Jesse Daughtrey. 450. S. D. 1.'Iinor. 451. of. N. Denton. 456. Chris. Force. R. H. Kuettler. 458. J. S. Bradford. 459. J. Newton. 473. E. H. Hopkee. A. C. SmUhen. 479. J. J. Scott. 480. C. M. Millerman. 484. W. P. Andrews. 489. T. S. McLeod. Henry Knee. 49l. J. T. Sbarp. J. H. Terrill. 502. ll. Rhoades. H. K. Terrill. 512. W. B. Whitworth. 523. J. F. Fort. 527. W. P. Dysart. 530. H. S. Humphrey.

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1886.]

SUSPENSIONS FOR NON-PAYMENT OF DUES. REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF ~lISSOURI, OCTOBER 12, 1886.

No. of Name of Party. Lodge. 2. Rud. Hirzel, 9. H. J. Brown, Jas. Merry, John D. Moore, William Safely, E. C. Sterling, 10. B. M. Yates, E. B. Polk, Lem Peeter, .'1'. F. Smith, F. M. Coyle, 11. L. S. Hayes, H. T. Pendleton, 15. James Brown, Simon Jones, J. M. Moore, E. W. Wieder, W. W. Snyder, 16. C. A. Simpson, J. A. Shipp, Wm. J. Jackson, S. N. Rose, W. R. Popejoy, 23. J. D. Poage, 25. M. MandIe, J. W. Merrill, Michael Thompson, 26. J. J. Haden, 1. P. C. Taylor, 27. J. G. Bourn, C. K. Greenstreet, H. L. C. Meyer, 28. G. H. Hunstack, G. F. Reiman, J. D. Bacon, A. D. Hoak, G. W. Alexander,

No. of Name of Party. Lodge. 30. J. Bowden, H. L. Rutherford, 31. J. W. Brock, J. T. Johnson, 36. H. 1\1. Thomson, J. E. Welch, 37. Wm. Cowan, 38. M. J. Gremshaw, 39. H. Batts, J. T. Lowe, M. H. IIladdax, C. H. Weltner, 40. A. Kugle, 41. R. P. Orr. 52. L. K. Kinsey, G. W. Swiggett, L. A. Swiggett, J. L. Briscoe, 55. J. N. TIolmes, 58. J. T. Oldham, C. C. Stevenson, 59. E. G. Farris, 60. J. D. Clatterbuck, B. F. Shiley, J. H. Wilkerson, J. W. Chaney, 70. F. Decker, S. Green, D. Magruder, 72. W. B. Adams, C. G. Blades, B. S. Baker, T. S. Clare, J. B. Chapman, D. M. Draper, J. N. England, R. B. Leach,

185

186 No. of Lodge.

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.I1ppendix. Name oj Pm'ty.

72. E. McCarty, J. R. McCarty, B. Palmer, H. B. Potts, 74. B. M. Veatch, Chas. Veatch, Wm. C. Reach, J. J. Keendrick, Jos. Cash, M. J. Rucker, J. T. Aldridge, 77. J. M. Butler, R. Watson, 79. J. Cunningham, W. E. Lauderdale, F. C.Tabler, R. A. Vaughn, 81. J. W. Grady, .T. E. McGuire, John Reed, 82. S. B. Johnson, H. B. Hutcheson, J. W. Colgan, P. H. Perkins, N. H. McClanahaI:l, L. A. Fore, L. H. Higgins, 86. N. O. Crevelling, J. B. Larkin, W;T. Lock, J. H. Richardson, J. F. McArthur, W. B. Torrey, G. M. Pendleton, 89. R. H. G. Keeran, 93. C. D. Schatle, H. Winderknecht, 97. J. S. Allen, J. L. Allen, 101. O. P. Burns, E. H. Bouton, S. W. Bouton, J. B. Cecil, J. W. Elston, F. Funke, H. M. Holden, E. R. Hunter, G. E. Leach, E. F. Rogers, 105. G. W. Clark, G. 'V. DeReamer, H. J. Hewitt, T. G. Lemmons, W. H. Parcels,

No. oj Lodge.

Name oj Pa1路/Y.

105. J. C. Smith, S. Thompson, 107. James Hannigan, 108. Gus. Gunlach, 109. J. H. Blaggs, J. E. Fessler, J. Hall, D. P. Hardin, J. Heinsheimer, J. M. .l\funger, J. W. Miller, E. Mulligan, .T. C. Milroy, T. H. Stocton, Jos. Wheeler, W. F. Woods, 111. T. M. Hall, J. M. Shields. A, .I, Lord, 114. B. A. 'Vatson, R. O. Kennard, W. T. Maupin, E. H. Peck, G. C. Swallow, '.I. P. McAfee, T. J. Gillaspie, G. S. Morse, Wallace Watson, H. McConathy, R. H. Smith, 119. M. R. Brown, ;13. F. Boody, John G. Wear, 121. H. Praedicow. F. W. Niehaus. Jos. Windirsch. 127. J. P. Campbell. G. R. Crocket. J. M. Davis. A. L. Gregory. C. D. Elliott. S. B. Moore. Jno. Yeater. Asa Wayman. Joel Wood. 132. G. Brune. J. R. Brewer. Chas. Bryan. J. E. }(aercher. D. O. Sullivan. .Tno. Schneider. Wm.Thomas. Jas. Young. 133. L. Beuckeman.

1886.J No. of Name of Party. Lodge. 133. C. A. Butts. Chas. Hart. 135. G. N. McMahan. A. C. Fitch. 136. W. B. McAlister. S. L. Holcomb. Gabe Phillips. 138. S. S. Cole. J. Clarida. A. W. Gillespie. 139. L. N. Howard. J. N. Masters. 143. L. A. Eaton. N. H. Jordan. 154. J. R. Davis. N. L. Fish. 158. W. H. Trowbridge. 161. W. A. Spivy. 163. R. Chauvenet. 167. E. Boulanger. M. Duford. M. M. Moses, G. Lajennesse. 175. D. C. Price, C. H. Dodge, 181. Jos. Burden, .'1'. Chadwick, - - Murphy, A. Nichols, N. B. Rhoades, 182. E. G. Sheldon, L. D. Putnam, J. Sullivan, 186. S. S. Elliott, 188. J. F. E. phillips, V. H. Serghnor, 194. J. C. Conyer, 200. B. F. Plastens, E. H. Buck, 201. J. L. Braden, W. G. Baird, J. M. Brown, A. W. Cropper, J. P. Hutchison, J. Hutchison, G. H. Hendricks, .las. W. Miller, W. P. Rawlalld, L. C. Rice, John Smith, 202. Wm. qaudy, Joe Hedrick, H. McClure, W. O. Phillips,

Appendix. No. of Lodge. 205.

20S.

213.

214. 221. 224.

-227. 233.

236.

243. 246.

254.

255.

187 Name of Part路y.

D. M. Sandige, L. P. Douglass, J. P. Finley, A. W. Sagerser, J. M. Willis, J. G. Goodwin, Jno. McNealy, M. B. Mason, A. W. Taylor, A. K. Burk, G. H. Hume, D. C. Keen, W. H. Moor, D. Ostrander, W. W. Southgate, Fred. Linsel, Henry Jones, 1. G. Blake, Wm. Clampitt, E. S. McDonaldson, C. S. McCrary, E. Pheneger, E. T. Prewet, 1. M. Priddy, Wm. Rhoads, Ed. Thomas, J. P. Voorhees, G. W. Freeman, E. Addams, Thos. Whitaker, J. N. Howard, W. R. Aldrich, Rod Gallie, H. E. Depp, Bed. Shobe, H. Boyer, Wm. Russell, Louis Kumm, Carl Schilling, M. C. Irish, S. Saylor, A. P. McCanlle, B. F. Jefferson, W. M. Cassity, H. C. Donahoe, T. L. Gable, H. H. Hoveley, J. L, Pace, J. T. Smith, H. Gipson, F. M. Manlove, H. Philbrick, .r. D. Lance, W. J. Frey,

188 No. oj Lodge.

Appendix. Name oj Party.

255. Jesse Turner. 258. S. P. Klinginsmith. Geo. A. Riggs. . 1. E. Spencer. 263. J. E. Hough. G. L. Smith. 2iO. VI'. W. Birkhead. L. T. Crume. .2 i6. E. N. Payton. J. M. Rowden. 282. Geo. B. Stroup. 284. .las. Calhoun. R. A. C. Wright. 28i. J. R. Rainwater. Geo. Mabon. E. P. Manzey. W. S. Griffin. 289. Jos. Wade. 298. F. Schneider. 303. Richard Ware. 30i. R. B. Caldwell Jr. J. W. Caldwell. S. T. Lindsay. A. McFarland. 309. T. B. Cook. B. F. Houston. A. C. Kincaid. A. P. Moss. W. S. Crowley. J. A. Messimer. C. Robertson. 317. J. Curtis. A. S. Daniels. J. D. Graham. W. A. Hitower. S. M. Hoffman. J. M. Joiner. Wm. Thompson. 319. G. Williams. S. N. Hollaway. 322. Jos. Garland. J. S. King. P. C. Smallwood. 323. 1. Fernbacher. 326. D. Bolin. J. :McGarrity. Wm. McLarty. 334. S. L. Henkle. S. F. Hoorer. 335. J. W. Vermillion. 338. J. E. Couch. 339. Z. Carpenter. W. G. Holt. 341. J. H. Tinestone.

No. oj Lodge. 342.

345. 349. 359. 360. 364.

376.

383.

384.

396. 398.

400.

408. 412.

427. 430.

440. 442. 444.

[Oct. Name oj Parly.

J. T. l\:letcalf. L. F. Showalter. W. Gardner. A. H. Kennaday. W. H. Smith. J. Loyd. Wm. Cogatt. E. G. Obear. J. W. RusRell. W. S. Ennis. C. M. Humphreys. A. S. Huffman. J. A. Hatcher. B. S. Reeder. 1. T. Williams, R. Hensley, Wilbert Peck, Wm. Fithian, M. B. Neeley, E. F. Stubblefield, J. C. Pearce, J. M. Smith, L. Hargrave, H. P. Jacobs, M. H. Wyman, John Hall, J. D. Chapman, J. J. Kadderly, T. E. Lewis, R. J. Alexander, P. Briggance, R. T. Cowen, J. J. Haffley, W. H. Po)segrove, H. V. V\'orley, H. M. Johnson, Smith Ellis, A. H. Butler, E. DiRny, A. Kellogg, M. Millering, M. G. Mathews, Thos. Reed, Robt. Steger, F. E. Hewitt, J. L. Andrews, C. A. Downs, J. W. Robinson, J. F. Sigman, R. M. Wann, J. J. McFarland, A. A. Gray, Geo. Hunt, M. S. Evrett,

Appendix.

1886.J No. of

Lodge.

Narne of Party.

444. J. S. Nelson, Joel Petty, Wm. Storms, 445. D. O. Butterfield, 446. Chas. Bates, 448. J. T. Ford, W. P. Cressap, W. H. Dever, D. C. Hutchison, Geo. Wallace, 455. R. G. Sloan, 462. J. Rouse, 465. Z. Benton, G. C. Jewett, 467. E. W. Spence, 474. J. Akers, L. Saunders, 481. J. B. Sanders,

No. of

Lodge.

189 Name of Party.

481. W. H. Carpenter, 482. A. Jackson, 484. C. Eo Gdllagher, C..J. Harwood, 484. F. R. McGinniss, Russell Palmer, Sam'l T. Tutt, A. B. Young, 491. C. B. Crawford, D. D. Grafford, B. W. Madison, 518. J. R. Wallace, 521. N. W. Lisk, 524. W. A. Wilson, J. W. Cartmill, 526. F. M. Johnston, 530. E. W. Bray.

[Oct.

Appendix.

190

SUSPENSIONS FOR UNMASONIC CONDUCT. REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF ~nSSOURI, OCTOBEl~

No. of Lodge. 1. J. 8. C. 23. S. 38. O. 47. 49. 51. 97.

115. 132. 182. 205.

208. 209.

212.

Name of Parly.

R. Harrold. T. Gregory. Heavenridge. Hughes. W. Lynes. Wro. Benton, J. Botts. Wro. C. Heaston. J. F. Poor. J. F. Bush. B. F. Watson. C. E. Marshall. Robt. Donaldson. E. H. Bayard. D. F. Pollock.

No. of Lodge. ~16.

237.

266. 301. 379.

386. 456. 486. 511.

512. 514.

518. 528. 530.

12, 1886.

Name of l'arty. Samual Broan. B. F. Atteberry. E. T. Violett. W. O. Park. Wro. Thompson Sr. .J. H. Page. J. R. Marshall. A. Dickson. John Owens. Ira K. Eaton. C. B. Martin. .J. A. Crawford. J. 1<'. Wilson. W. J. J. Morrow.

191

Appendix.

1886.J

EXPUJ.JSIONS. REPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, OCTOBER

No. of Lodge.

Ha7nC oJ

ar y.

8. J. P. Crews. W. L. Meteer. 51. K 路Poierer. 111. W. H. Johnson. 121. R. Skinski. 144. D. F. Keath. 164. J. N. Douglas. 174. J. T. McCauley. 176. W. W. Farmer. John L. Girvin. 193. Peter Clark. 286. W. J. Littrell. 2\J2. E. E. Crawley. 304. D. L. Warbington. 340. Eo W. Bradley.

No. of Lodge.

Name of Party.

310. T. G. Walker. 355. J. D. Jones. 356. Elias Elliott. 368. J. Henshaw. 377. W. T. Alexander, 378. 1. N. Saunders. H. Clemens. 379. S. H. Stow. G. A. Tester. 438. O. J>. Gentry. 450. Robert Bruce. 492. W. T. Sturgil. 480. V. M. Cash. [)18. Jacob Hartman.

12, 1886.

192

[Oct.

Appendix.

REINSTArrEMENTS. REPOHTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, OCTOBER 12, 1886.

No. oj Name oj PaTty. Lodge. 5. B. R. Brewer, C. W. Crawford, 7. L. J. Rice, 9. J. D. Moore. O. F. Guthrie, R. E. Stevens, 10.. B. F. Rice, D. A. Clinkinbeard, 12. M. F. 'Williams, 13. John Broadhurst, A. C. Woods, J. C. Woods, 15. E. W. Wilder, 16. Thos. Smith, 22. Jas. Mark, 25. Theo. Griffin, 26. B. C. Johnson, L. A. McConnell, 28. G. F. Reiman, G. W. Alexander, 36. N. L. Mitchell, 37. Squire Cahill, 40. W. T. Dugdell. C. Meyers, C. H. Howard. 46. M. C. HUbbard, W. H. Muzzy, E. H. Simpson, 47. J. B. Clark, G. F. Smith, 4g. A. P. Pollard, 52. G. C. Statts, 55. J. T. Nowlin, 57. C. T. Garner, W. J. Harrison, 58. J. B. Marchant, 66. R. H. Mason,

No. oj Lodge. 69. 70. 71. 72. 77. 79. 81. 86.

99. 105. 109.

111.

114. 118. 121. 127. 132. 138. 149.

155.

157.

Name oj Patty. Jackson Smith, W. A. Stowers, B. It. Holt, J. C. Achuff, J. B. Chapman, J. B. Carson, T. J. Henley, John Golden, J. E. McGuire, J. C. Nichols, J as. Nellist, L. M. Johnson, T. H. Jones, J. W. Long, J. E. Fesler, J. C. Milroy, E. Mulligan, S. A. Lafferty, T. J. Taylor, R. L. Jamison, J. M. Parker, W. T. Brooks, G. C. Swallow, J. D. S. Cook, F. W. Niehaus. Jos. Windirsch. Frank Barkley, Chas. Bryan, A. W. Gillespie, Geo. Zeiler, Wm. B. Hale, J. W. Miller, G. W. Martin, J. Y. Blakey, Ford Merritt, H. T. Leeper, D. H.Griffith,

1886.J No. of Name of Party. Lodge. 157. F. F. Simons, O. D. Fosket, 162. W. C. Reese, O. B. Saunders, 165. S. V. Campbell, 168. Thos. Wood, 171. J. D. Summers, 172. W. C. B. Gillespie, A. W. Menefee, 174. B. C. Barnes, 175. C. II. Dod!{e, 179. Eo E. Hills, Geo. Wharton, 182. W. H. Jolliff, 188. Ashley Brown, 197. H. F. Bebee, J. N. Lamb, Julius Maas, S. '1'. Schooler, W. R. Schooler, 200. B. F. Plastens, 201. J. F. Jordin, A. J. Drummond, 203. W. F. Simpson, 205. J. G. Goodwin, 210. Richard Tully, 214. Henry Shutts, 216. Jos. Sitler, 218. A. F. Donan, Chas. Jenner, V. P. Cropsey, 220. J. F. Elmore, 224. .J. M. Priddy, 225. J. T. Ault, Geo. F. Chilton, James Chilton, D. R. Henderson, G. W. Jones, W.F. Young, 230. W. B. Talley, 233. R. L. Green, T. B. Burk, 236. Wm. Hussell, Rod Gallic, 238. J. H. Cook, L. E. Smith, F. H. Jones, 243. H. M. Tallman, 247. J. H. Price, jr., Jos. Patton, J. E. Alexander, 254. H. C. Doneho, J. T. Smith" G. L. Ap.-13.

Appendix. No. of Name of Pm路ty. Lodge. 254. ]'I'!. A. Maynard, H. Philbrick, 255. J. P. McClellan, 261. J. S. II. Tuttle, 270. W. W. Birkhead, 272. H. Coffman, 273. T. S. Norman, 276. G. E. Hale, J. Hamilton, 281. J. Schneeberger, W. H. Carter, F. Skwor, 298. E. McKelvey, 300. Wm. Garrison, J. M. Seamans, 30l. H. Hubbard, 305. W. Shutters, 317. J. Curtis, 323. O. B. Barron, 326. B. H. Smith, 335. H. J. Blackwell, L. B. Howell, 341. T. Anderson, D. M.Sbankle, 342. T. B. Freeman, 344. J. R. Wilson, 11. Olmstead, 345. R. achIer, T. F. Harrington, 350. D. Drake, 360. D. A. Sutton, 364. W. P. Chapline, E. R. Barnett, 368. L. Adams, 374. S. A. Pratte, 376. J. G. Evans, 3!J5. H. Higgins, 416. F. H. Adams, J. C. Meyers, J. W. Murdock, A. C. Wheeler, 424. N. H. Buck, '127. F. E. Hewitt, Sam'l Rhoads, 428. J. J. Kincaid, 430. Jno. Thompson, 455. C. Kitchel, D. C. Reed, A. Sutterfield, A. Sanders, 459. D. McMahan, 179. J. S. Gillett.

193

ROLL OF "DEAD LODGES" UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, ORGANIZED

COMPILED

FR~M

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ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS BY GEO. FRANK GOULEY, GRAND SECRETARY, 1876:

REVISED AND BROUGHT DOWN TO OCT. 12, 1886, BY JOHN D. VINCIL, GRAND SECRETARY.

NAlIlE OF LODGE.

2IJoaChim 3 Hiram 4Harmony 5 Taylor 510live Branch 6 Unity 71Franklin Union 7IGrover 8Ivandalia 9 Sangamon 10jUnion 10 Shawnee 10:Chapel.. I1 jEdell 13;Tucker 14IBoonville 14 Auburn 1?II.central 10 Perseve~ance 16.Golumbla 211New London 21 Greencastle 22.Franklin 23IHiram 24IHarmOny 24 \Vyaconda 26,S p ringfield 27 Ringgold

TOWN.

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Jackson Lafayette

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ISmi~h.ville

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REMARKS.

IOct., 1820. by G. L. of Tenn Arrested April 7, 1825. by G. L. of Tenn Surrendered April 4. 1826. Oct. 11. 1821 : Surrendered April. 1825. :May 6. 1852 United with .1 United, NO.5." April 3, 1822 United with 1st G. L. of Illinois, 1824. Nov. 25, 1821, disp. G. L. Ind.. Surrendered January 7. 1823. IApril3.1822 Arrested December 20, 1831. l\'Iay, 1852 Died 1860. . October 8" 1822 United with ~st G. L. of Illinois, 1824. October 20,1822 Arrested A nl 11,1826. October .25,1822 United witg 1st G. L. of Illinois, 1824. l'rlay, 1858 Surrendered 1863. ~Iay 6, 1852 Su~rende~ed 1855. " October 9.1822 Umted WIth 1st~. L. of IllmOls, 1824. October 10,1826 Surrendered AprIl 6. 1831. April 3. 1827 I Arrested October 3, 18il8. :\Iay 8. 1852 Arrested Oct. 1884. by Lee A. Hall. G. M. !MaY: 6. 1852 Went down o,n account of war, 1861. IAPrlI8, 1828 Arrested Apnl 3. 1838. OctOber 5,1830 Arrested October 3.1838. October 5.1837 Surrendered U,62, on account of war. June 2.1866 路 Arrested A ril,1879. October 5. 1837 lunited witt G. L. of Illinois, Oct., 1843. October 5,1837 Arrested October 16, 1846. October 2. !838 United with G.}. of Illinois, 1840. June 10, 1803 Surrendered 18/6. October 8. 1839 lunited with G. L. of Illinois, 1840. :May 6, 1852 Arrested l'ooIay, 1855. i182~

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IUnite.d with G. L. of Illinois, 1842. Surrendered 1863. Surrendered 1846. 'Destroyed 18Gl, by war. ' Arrested Dece~ber 1, .1866. Con so!. 1882 WIth Lexmgton, No. 149. Arrested October 16, 1846. Surrendered 1864. Destroyed 1862, by war. Surrendered May, 1863. Arrested October 19,}846. Arrested October, 18/6. Ch'!-nged ~o "Mt. :Moriah, No. 40," 1844. Umted wIth G. L. of Iowa, 1844. i Surrendered 1863. ;Arrested April 22, 1869. United with G. L. of Iowa, 1844. Arrested February 29, 1864. Surrendered 1865. Arrested October 19, 184.6. Arrested May, 1863. United with G. L. of Wisconsin, 1844. \Arrested May 18, 1858. Arrested October 18, 1847. Destroyed 1861, by war. Surrendered November 15, 1883. I Surrendcred 1864. Arrested byJas. W. Boyd, G.M., Oct., 1880. Arrested 1866. United with G. L. of Illinois, 1844. ,United with G.. L. of Illinois, 1843. Destroyed 1861, by war. Destroyed 1862, by war. United with G. L. of Iowa, 1844. Sllr:rende~ed January, 1864. Umted WIth G. L. of Iowa, 1844. Destroyed 1861, by war. United with G. L. of Wisconsin, 1844. Arrested 1851. Arrested 1864. Cha.nged to "Dickinson," 1&17. Formed from" College, No. 70." Changed to "Ashley, No. 75." Surrendered 1863; restored as 247, in 1867. Arrested October 28,1852. 1st Lodge on Pac. Coast. Unit'd G. L. Ore.

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NAME OF LODGE.

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COUNTY.

warrensburg Columbus

IJOhnson ; ,Johnson 86'1 Mo. :Mil. 3d Reg't Mo. Vol. ; 88 Bates Butler IBates 88 Olive Branch. Union Franklin 88:Dre~~en Dresq.en : I\ettis 90·pralne · · · HarnSo!!Vllle !cass 9~ Boone rBoone ICOlumbla 94 Evening Star Cuba Crawford 95 Acacia :'. Jackson Cape Girardeau 95 Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill ICass 95 Chapman Las Vegas Ter. of New :Mex 99 Mt. Vernon Mt. Vernon Polk 101 Greene Springfield Greene 101 E.aston Easton Buchanan 103 Carthage Carthage :Jasper 105 Relief Georgetown Pettis 106 !vlacon lVlacon :\Iacon 106 Laporte Macon )lacon 106 Miami Miami.. Saline 107 Golden Square , Westport.. Jackson 108 New l\fadrid New Madrid :New Madrid 108 Aztec Las Cruces j'l:er. of New Mex 109 1\-lontezuma Santa Fe I'Ier. of New Mex 109 Louisiana Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve III St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis 112 ' Ezell St. Francisville :Clark 11~ '~averly '~averly ,I',Lafil,yette 110 1SIbley SIbley Jackson ll5:Border South-West City McDonald 116·Daviess Gallatin Daviess 118 'Hiram St. Charles ISt. Charles 119 Foster Boston ScotL 124 1Cedar Fremont Cedar 124;1D~rdenpe O'.Fallop ISt. C.llar.les 128 K.uksvl1le KIrksville : AdaIr 128 LIVe Oak Pleasant Hill Cass 129 Constantine Charleston Mississippi... 130 Barry Cassville Barry ; 130, West Prairie Clarkton IDunklin 1

STATE.

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DATE OF CHARTER.

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REZlrARKS. _

Destroyed 1861, by war. Closed with Mexican war. Destroyed 1861, by war. Arrested about 1855. Arrested July. 1878, by T. C. Ready, G. M·. Destroyed 1861, by war.

Surrendered June 12, 1875. Went down during the war. Arrested 1853. United with G. L. of New Mexico, 1877. Surrendered December 27,1862. :United with" United, No.5," 1857. ·I'ArrestedOctober,l88G,byJ.W.Boyd,G.M. Burned out 1861. Went down 1860. Surrendered 1873. ·Cbanged to" Macon, No. 106." Surrendered February 10, 1857. Arrested October,1886,byJ.W. Boyd,G.:M. Destroyed during the war. Un!ted wjth G. L. of Kew l\Iextco, 18ZZ. Umted WIth G. L. of New MeXICO, 1811. Arrested by G. L. of PennsYlvania, 1824. Arrested. Surrendered 1860. Surrendered January 28, 1860. : Surrendered 1863. Surrendered October, 1882. Arrested 1876. Surrendered May, 1862. Surrendered 1866. Surrendered 18,?3. _ [G. M. Arre~ted Jan. 1,;, 1S80, by R. F. StevE;nson, Arrested 1863. New Ch':l-rter 1?64 ~ No. 105 Arrested by G. L. of Missoun,18,7. Surrendered July 28,1874. Arrested 1852. Arrested October, 1886,by J.W. Boyd,G.M.

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:May, 1851 IArrested )fay, 1858. ~.iay 7, l~1. IDestroyCd 1S61.•by war. June, 18<>1. Surrendered 18D6. May 31. 1855 Arrested 1865. May, 1855 All records lost. r.lay 31, 1855 Arrested 1872. . October 17. 1873 IConsolidated with Trenton Lodge, 111. l\[o l\iay 31, 1~5 ,Surrendered 1863. Mo June 1, lS?~ IDestroyed 1861. by war. Mo .June 1. 185<> Surrendered 1855. [G. M. Mo May, 1S?~ !Arrested Al?ril. 1885, by R. F. Stevenson, l\IO IMay' 18;x) ;.: iArrested 1861. Mo June 1, 18c::~ Arrested Jan. ]9.1884. byL.A.Hall,G.M. Mo May 26. 18<><>"'''''''''''''''''''''''''1 Destroyed 1861, by war. Kansas. May, 1855 No returns. Neb 18.56.. ;.; Made no MO IMay 28, 1856 Destroyed ]1361, b.y,war. _ MO 10ctOber 19~ 1867 'Surrendered Apr!125, 1,~85. ).,1.0 May 28, 18<>6..:; Arrested Jan., 11318, by 1. C. Ready, G. l\f. l\lo October 11, 1819 Arrested June 12. 181:S4, by L. A. Hall, G. M. 1\10 !IoIay 29. l&'l6 IArrested May. 1866. Mo :May 28, 1856 Surrendered 1857. Mo May 113.1857 , Surrendered 1861. Mo ..1 May 18, 1857 Surrendered June 12,1863. Mo Il\Iay 18, 18-')7 Surrendered 1863. Mo May 30, 1857 · Surrendered August 22,1874. Mo May, 1857 /NO records. ,Mo May, 1857 Destroyed 1861, by war. Mo May, 1858 Destroyed 1862, by war. Mo May, 1859 , IDestroyed1861. by war. MO Arrested by J. W. Boyd, Grand Master. rvIo ~I!).y, 1859 Destroyed 1861. by war. Mo May, 1859 AI'. June, 1881. by W. R. Stubblefield, G.M. 1 Mo ,:May 28. 11359 Arrested June. 1879, by N. M. Givan, G. M. Mo IMay, 1860 Surrendered 1862. Mo IMay, 1859 Went down 1861. by war. Mo :YIay, 1860 Destroyed 1861, by war. MO IMay. 1860 Arrested 1863.. • Mo 10ctober 19. 1867 ISurrendered 1873. 1N. >lex. June " 1860 Surrendered 1865, IUtah IJune 1: 1860 Surrendered 1861. ~-Io :r.lay, 1861 Arrested 1865. :Mo IMa y , 1861.. Surrendered 1863. [MO rv.ia y , 1861 Destroyed 1861, by war. Mo IMay, 1861 Surrendered 1861. :l\Io ~lay, 1861 Destroyed by war.

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219 Emerson 2191New Boston 223·Jasper 224 ,Lamar 229 1Nevada 23.2:De\Vitt 232 Lone JacJ;: 239 Spencersburg 274 New MarkeL 277 Index 284 Lilly 295 Grove 314 S1. Aubert.. 326.Kit Carson 330!Lathrop 332 Clark City 336 Oak Grove 342 Amity 34/ Landmark :348 Ash Grove 348 Cimarron 349 Lone Star 353 Ben Franklin 357 Phelps 358jCC!ffitort ;.. · 364 Kmg David 366' Unanimity 371 Craig 379 Coatesville 405 Meridian Sun 406.Iturrea 407 Houston 409'lunity 417 ~ove?an.t 421 Euchd 426, Leesville 432 Dauphine 433 Silent Temple 436.Lamonte 437 1Tuscumbia

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COUNTY.

IEmerson :Marion New Boston ~Iacon sarcoxie IJasper ILll.mar Barton Nevada Grundy · De\Vitt ICarrOll Lone Jack Jackson "'lspencerSbUl'g' 'IPike New MarkeL Platte Index Cass ,Grant City Worth Webster Groves St. Louis 8t, Aubert ICallaWay Elizabethtown ' Lathrop ,Clinton Clark City IClark Pink Hill IJackson :. Smithton Pettis .; Kennett ;.. Dunkhn A8h Grove Greene :Cimarron I \LOne Star Gentry .~ Savannah Andrew ,Phelps City Atchison IROCky C~mfort... McDonald Kansas City Jackson Weston Platte Craig ,Holt Coatesville Schuyler Austin Cass Hannibal ~Iarion Wellington Lafayette Ricbmond Ray Carro~lton ,Carroll : Versailles IMorgan I"eesville Henry Dauphine !Osage Macon IMacon · Lamonte Pettis Miller ITuscumbia ·1

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i:NIay. 1861 ,October 12. 1869 ~Iay.1861

fay, 1861 IMay 29,1861.. '.1863 iOctober 19. 1867 1\10 May, 1865 Mo 10ctober 15. 1868 Mo October 15, 1868 Mo October, 1868 Mo ~Iay 15, 1868 Mo '\october 12.1869 N. :NIex. October 12,1869 Mo ,October 13. 1870 Mo October 12, 1870 jMo October 12, 1870 l\lo ,October 13, 18Z0 Mo October 13.18/0 1\10 October 13. 1870 N. Mex.IOctober 14,1875 MO \October 13,1870 Mo October 13, 1870 Mo October. 1870 Mo October 13, 18Z0 Mo October 13, 18/0 Mo October ]3,1870 1\10 October 13.1870 Il\'Io October. 1871. Mo October 13, 1871.. I~IO IOctober 13,1871. 1\10 October 13, 1871.. Mo 10ctober 13,1871.. 'Mo October 12. 1872 Mo :NIo Mo October 17,1873 Mo October 16, 1872 ~Io .. : October 16, 1872 Mo llVIo I':-,IO :Mo

RE;lIARKS.

Destroyed 1861, bywa-r.------Surrendered 1871. Destroyed 1863, by war: Destroyed 1861, by war. No returns. Surrendered 1865. No returns Surrendered 1877. Surrendered September. 1881. ISurrendered October, 1878. ,Arrested 1877. 'Ar. Dec., 1880, by W. R. StUbblefield, G. M. Surrendered 1874. Surrendered December 14.1882. Arrested 1878. by T. C. Ready, G. M. Arrested May, 1879, by K. lVI. Givan, G.1\I. Surrendered 1875. jSUrrendered October 3. 1873. Surrendered Jan~ary 188<1. . Arrested Mar.• 18/9, by N. M. GlVan, G. M. Arrested 1872. Surrendered 1879. Arrested Jan. 25, 1884, by L. A. Hall, G. M. Conso!. with Savannah Lodge, No. 71. ,Surrendered 1881. Arrested Jan. 1~, 1884, by L. A. Hall, G. M. Surrendered 18/9. Surrendered 1879. Arrested Jan. 10, '83, by C. C. Woods, G. M. Conso!. 1881 with Glenwood, No. 427. Arr. Aug.. 1885, by R. F. Stevenson, G. M. Conso!. with Hannibal Lodge, No. 188. Destroyed by fire December 19, 1873. Surrendered 1876. Conso!. w~th Waka.nda Lodge. ~o. 52, '80. Consol. With Versailles Lodge, No. 117. Arrested Oct.. 1886, by the Grand Lodge. Surrendered 1879. Surrendered October. 1877. Arrested Oct., 1878, by T. C. ReadYJ G. M. Arrested October, 1886, by J.W. Boya,G.M.

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4541'Be~ton

46~ L.ake ; 46..'>lsIlver CIty 479 ~ri!1ngle 48QlclllOn 48':' Paragon 491. Pittsville

i:rr~t. Moriah !Pledmon ,. LincoJn C.llllmD&ham SlIver CIty ,Butler ILa Junt!!' Green RIdge ! Pittsville

'Harrison wayne ;. Benton Chanton Grant

~ates : ~e\,,: :MeXlco

PettIs Johnson

I Mo

IMO ,Mo Mo

IOctober 16, 18~2:

October 16, 18/2 IOctober 16, 1822 October 17, 18!3 Mex'IOctober 17, 18/3 ,Mo October 1~, 1874 , \October 10, 1874

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ISurrendered, 1879. \Arrested Jan. 19,1884. by L. A. Hall, G. M. Arrested I\!ay 21, 18&1, by~L. A. Hall, G. M. Arre~t~d NO,vember 7! 18/6.. 路lsurren d ch ter, & umted wIth G. L of Sur.rendered Oct., 1877: [~Iex., !~82. IUmted wIth G.~L. of:New :Mexlco, 1811. Surrendered 18/9. i Arrested 1875.

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GRAND MASTER.

April, 1821.. ~hos; F. RiddiCk Oct., 1821.... Nath I B. Tucker Oct., 1822 Nath'l B. Tucker Oct., 1823 Nalh'l B. Tucker Oct., 1824.... Nath'l B. Tucker Edward Bates Oct., 1825 Oct., 1826 Edward Bates Oct., 1827 Edwa.rd Bates Oct., 1828 Hardage Lane Oct., 1820 Hardage Lane Oct., 1830 Hardage Lane Dec., 1831.... Edward Bates Oct., 1832 H. R. Gamble Dec., 1833 Sinclair Kirtley Nov.,1834 A. B. Chambers Oct., 1835.tt A. B. Chambers Oct., 1836 S. W. B. Carnegy Oct., 1837 S. W. B. Carnegy Oct., 1838 S. W. B.Carnegy Oct., 1830 P. H. McBridc Oct., 1840 P. H. McBride Oct., 1841.. P. H. McBride Oct., 1842 P. H. McBride Oct., 1843 P. H. McBride Oct., 1844 J. W. S. Mitchell Oct., 1845 J. W. S. Mitchell Oct., 1846 John Rnlls Oct., 1847 Joseph Foster May, 1848 Joseph Foster l\fay, 1849 John F. Ryland May, 1850 JOhll F. Ryland May, 1851.... B. W. Grover May, 1852 B. W. Grover June, 1853 Wilson Brown May, 1854 L. S. Cornwell May, 1855 L. S. CornwelL

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:I·· Thompson~ Douglass

* Thompson Douglass * Geo. H. C. Melody *\Geo. H. C. Melody * Geo. H. C. Melody * Hardage Lane *!Hardage Lane * Geo. H. C. Melody *\Fred. L. Hillon *Geo. H. C. :i\lelody * Geo. H. C. Melody *\Geo. H. C. Melody *A. B. Chambers * Sinclair Kirtley * Sinclair Kirtley John D. Daggett.. John D. Daggett John D. Daggett * A. B. Chambers * Joseph Foster *- Joab Bernarct * Joab Bernard *" Joseph Foster * Fred. L. Billon * John D. Taylor *:John D. Taylor * E. S. Ruggles * E. S. Ruggles * E. S. Ruggles * B. W.Grover * E. S. Ruggles * S. F. Currie * L. S. CornwelL D. P. Wallingford

I GRAND S. WARDEN. . GRAND *:hm:S KennerlY Edward BateS *jEdward Bates *,Edward Bates * William G. Pettus * William G. Pettus * ·:Martin Ruggles * ~lartin Rug~les * H. R. Gamble H. R. Gamble * Sinclair Kirtley * Oliver Parker * M. J. Noyes *,John Wilson * Oliver Parker * Oliver Parker * Edward Searcey * A. B. Chambers * A. B. Chambers * Alex. T. Douglass *!Alex. T. Douglass *'IJosePh Foster * Joseph Foster * J. W. S. MitcheIL S. Ruggles * E. S. Ruggles * E. S. Ruggles * J. L. F. Jacoby *Cyrus Osborn *I'JoSePh !lIegguire * P. Draper *S. F. Currie "'IJ. R. Turner }. W. Chenoweth *IJames H. Britton ** J. W. Chenoweth

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J. WARDEN.

:.,w~ll~am Bates

GRAND TREASURER'j GRA:,D SECRETARY.

: Arch~bald Gamble ,W1IIJam Bates ArchIbald Gamble * William G. Pettus * Archibald Gamble * William G. Pettlls * Archibald Gamble "'·Thornton Grimsley.. * Archibald Gamble * rrhornton Grimsley..* Archibald Gamble * John F. Ryland * Rich. '1'. McKinney * H. R. Gamble * Thornton Gr~msley * Adam L. Mills * Thornton GrImsley '" Adam L. 1I1iJls ,.. '~ Bernard pratte * Adam L. Mills * Thomas Andrews * Augustus Jones * Thomas Anctrcws '" Augustus Jones * Thomas Andrews * G. A. Tuttle * Geo. H. C. Melody '" S. W. B. carnegy j'Geo. H. C. l\'[elody * S. W. n. Carnegy Geo. H. C. Melody * Granville SneIL "'jGeo. H. C. Melody * Thomas Andrews * Geo. H. C. ·Melody *" Alex. T. Douglass *IGeo. H. C. Melody * William C. vance *'rGeo. H. C. Melody * John Orrick * Geo. H. C. Melody *" C. H. Bowers Geo. H. C. Melody * C. H. Bowers ·John Simonds * E. S. Ruggles * Fred. L. Billon * J. L. F. Jacoby * John S. Watson *" J. L. F. Jacoby ~ * John S. Watson * J. L. F. Jacoby >.: JohnS. "Vatson * Cyrus Osborn * John S. Watson * Joseph Megguire * John S. Watsoll * P. Draper '" John M. Reed * S. F. Currie * J. T. Johnson :!' J.R. Turner J. T. Johnson., S. H. Saunders J. T. Johnson * R. C. HilL * Joseph Foster **IJoseph Foster '" H. E. Vall Orsdell. *,John D. Daggett

W~.ll!am Renshaw.: WIllIam Renshaw. *I·william Renshaw.'" * T. Douglru>s.* *,:T. Douglass.* * John D. Da~gett.* ;*·John D. Daggett.* *IJohn D. Daggett.* * John D Daggett.* *iJOhn D. Daggett.'" * Fred. L. Bmon. *\Fred. L. Billon. * Fred. L. Billon. *,Johll Garnett.* *jThomas W. Conyers.'" * Thomas W. Conyers.'" * Richard B. Dallam.* *" Richard B. Dallam.* *,Richard B. Dallam.* >!' Richard B. Dallam.* * Richard B. Dallam." * Richard B. Dallam.* * Richard B. Dallam.* Richard B. Dallam.* * Richard B. Dallam.* * Fred. L. Billon. * Fred. L. Eillon. . * J. W. S. Mitchell.'" *:.T. W. S. Mitchel!.'" * C. D. W. Johnson.'" * C. D. W. Johnson.'" * C. D. W. Johnson.'" * A. O'Sullivan'* * A. O'Sullivan.* * A. O'Sullivan.* * A. O'Sullivan.'" :

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1856 IBenjamin Sharp '!' 'iV. A. Cunningbam 1857 IS. H. Saunders P. Draper 1858 ,s. H. Saunders Marcus BOyd 18::)9 Marcus Boyd " M. H. McFarland 1860 :\1. H. McFarland W. R. l'enick 1861... William R. Penick John Decker 1862 George Whitcomb * John H. Turner 1863 I John H. Turner Wm. ~. Loker :Ma~, 18l1 John F. Houston : Jobn D. V~nc!l May, 186,) John F. Houston · John D. VlllCll. May, 1866 John D. Vincil.. W. E. Dunscomb Oct., 1867 W. E. Dunscomb *.C. A. Rowley Oct.. 1868 John D. Vincil.. IR. E. Anderson Oct.. 1869 William D. Muir *'T. E. Garrett.. Oct., 1870 IThomas E. Garrett R. E. Anderson Oct., 1871.... Thomas E. GarreLL R. E. Anderson Oct., 18Z2 Samuel H. Owens * J. E. Ryland Oct., 18/3 R. E. Anderson John W. Luke Oct., 1874 'IJOhn W. Luke Xenophon Ryland Oct., 1875 James E. Cadle Xenophon Ryland .;IT.hos. C. Re!l-dy Oct., 18Z6 Xen. Ryland Oct., 18/7.... 1'. C. Ready ,Noah )1. GIvan Oct., 1878 Noah l\I. Givan IJOs. S. Browne Oct., 1879 1Jos. S. Browne W. R. Stubblefield Oct., 1880 IW. R. Stubblefield Alex. M. Dockery Oct., 18S1...,. Alex. M. Dockery Rev. Chas. C. Woods Oct., 1882 Cbas. C. Woods Lee A. Hall Oct., 1883 Lee A. Hall... IR. F. Stevenson Oct., 1884 Robert F. Stevenson.. James "'. Boyd Oct., 1S83 iJames W. Boyd /George~. ~Iunt.. Oct., 1886 Geo. R. Hunt. W.}L WlllJams

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H. Saunders Marcns Boyd * Marcus Boyd * J. F. Honston *.J.ohn F. Houston * John Decker W. R. Penick Jobn Decker 'IJOhn Decker * Samuel M. Hayes * Geo. vVhitcomb * A. L. McGregor Wm. N. Loker Samuel RusseIL John D. VinciL. A. L. l\!cGregor A. L.. McGr~gor Mar,tin Collins Martm cOllms E. Anderson * R. E. Anderson A. L. :McGregor * T. E. G.a.rrett Wm. D. 1..!uir.. Wm. D. Muir *IA. M. Dockery Alex. 1\1. Dockery Samueill. owens Samuel ll. Owens * John E. Ryland i8amuel II. Owens * John E. Ryland John W. Luke IJas. E. Cadle Jas. E. Cadle IXenophon Ryland Jas. E. Cadle Thos. C. Ready 'rhos. C. Ready *, Noah M. Givan * Noah M. Givan IM. G. ~ubble Jos. S. Browne W. R. Stubblefield Wm. R. StUbblefield .. Jas. E. Carter Jas. E. Carter ~ '" Alex. M. Dockery Chas.. C. Woods Lee A. Hall IILee A. Hall.. IRObt. P. Stevenson Robt. F. Stevenson James W. Boyd \Jll.mes. w. BOYd IGeo. R. Hunt George R. Hllnt.. WIll. M. Williams Wm. )1. Williams James P. Wood James P. Wood Henry L. Rogers

* Deceased. t Died August 11th, 1866, while in office. t Appointed August 13th, 1866, by John D. Vincil, G. 1\1. ~ Died April 11tb, 18i7, while in office.

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*IJohn D. Daggett * John D. Dl1.ggett.. * Jobn D. Daggett.. * Jobn D. Daggett.. Jobn D. Daggett.. John D. Daggett.. * John D. Daggett.. John D. Daggett Wm. N. Loker lwm. N. Loker Wm. N. Loker * Wm. N. LOker..·.. · Wm. N. Loker *lwm. X. IJOker Wm. N. Loker Wm. K. Loker /wm. N. LOker Wm. N. Loker Wm. N. Loker Wm. N. Loker lv':m. ~. Loker Wm. N. LOker *IJObn W. Luke John W. Luke John W. Luke John W. Luke Samuel M. Kennard ISamuel M. Kennard Samuel M. Kennard Samuel 1\1. Kennard Samuel M. Kennard

"IA. O'Sullivan."

* A. O'Sullivan.*

*A. .*'A. *IA. *A. *IA. * A. A. A. A.

O'Sullivan." O'Sullivan.· O'Sullivan." O'Sullivan.* O'Sullivan.* O'Sullivan.* O:Sull!van.: 0 Sulhvan.· O'Sullivan.* t I~G. Frank Gouley.* t G. Frank Gouley.* IG. Frank Gouley.'" G. Frank Gouley.* G. Frank Gouley.* ~rallk Goule y .: G.l'rank Gouley. G. Frank Gouley.* G. Frank Gouley.* IG. Frank 9ou~ey.* ~ ~ IJohn D. VlllCll. John D. Vincil. Jobn D. Vincil. IJOhn D. Vincil. IJohn ·D. Vincil. John D. V~nc~l. IJohn D. VmCll. John D. Vincil. IJohn D. V~nc~l. John D. VIllCl!.

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'I Died within one week after his installation.

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Communication in 1835, owing to the anti-masonic [excitement.

"'oil Withdrawn from Masonry.

OFFICERS FOR THE ORGANIZATION, FEBRUARY 22d. 1821. JAl\lES KENNERLY, Senior Warden. WILLIAM BATES, Junior Warden. EDWARD BATES, Worship/ullrlaster. JOSEPH V. GARNIER, Trea.mrer. ABRA)! BECK, secretary. ~

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ST.

~JOSEPH

BOARD OF HEIJEF. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., October 1, lSS6.

To lhe Afost Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. and A. ltf.:

The St. Joseph Masonic Board of Relief herewith submit their report for the year ending October 1, 1886: RECEIPTS.

Balance on hand October 1, 1885............................................................................. $5007 Received of J. N. :Martin (loan returned)................................................................. 5 00 Charity Lodge, No. 331........................................................................ 15 00 Total.

$7007 DISBURSE1>t ENTS.

Jurisdiction of Indiana Kansas Illinois.... Pennsylvania........................................... Total disbursenlents

$ 5 15 20 14

00 00 00 50 $54 50

Balance on hand October 1, 1886.........................................

$15 57

Fraternally submitted, U. SCHNEIDER, Secretary.

W. R. P'ENICK, President.

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Appendix.

DISTRICTS AND D. D. GRAND nIASTERS. GRAND SECRErrARY'S STArrEMENT SHOWING LOCATION OF

LODGES ACCORDING TO ])ISTRICTS FIRST DISTRICT. .J. T. LAUGHLIN, D. D. G. M., FAIRMOUNT.

County.

No.

Name of Lodge.

Location.

180 Des Moines 290 Fairmount 318 Eldorado 3G2 Hiram 404 Alexandria

Athens. Fairmount. Luray. Kahoka. Alexandria.

Scotland...................... 16 Memphis do 41 Etna do 378 Kil winning

Memphis; Etna. Kil winning.

Clark do do do do

Schuyler do do do

244 259 380 427

Middle Fabius Lodge of Love Queen City Glenwood

Downing. Lancastcr. Queen City. Glenwood.

SECOND DISTRICT. A. FISHER, D. D. G. M., NEW ARK.

Lewis.......................... do do do do

24 100 222 287 379

Wyaconda Canton Farmers Craft Williamstown

LaGrange. Canton. La Belle. Canton. Williamstown.

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Second Distrut Continued.] County.

No.

. Lewis

Name of Lodge.

Location.

494 Lewistown

Lewistown.

Knox........................... do ~ do do do

6 168 181 291 414

Newark. Colony. Novelty. Edina. Greensburg.

Adair do do

105 Kirksville 319 Paul ville 366 Adair

Ark Colony Novelty Edina Greensburg

Kirksville. Brashear. I(irksville.

THIRD DISTRICT. â&#x20AC;˘JOHN C. PIERSOL, D. D. G. M., MONROE CITY.

Marion........................ 18 Palmyra do 28 St. Johns do 188 HannibaL do 502 Philadelphia

Pahnyra. Hannibal. Hannibal. Pbiladelphia.

Shelby............... do do do

96 415 228 305

St. Andrews HunnewelL Shelbina Clarence

Shelbyville. Hunne;well. Shelbina. Clarence.

Monroe.... do do do do do do do

19 23 42 64 91 223 240 462

Paris Union :Florida Middle Grove Monroe Madison

Paris. Florida. Middle Grove. Monroe. Madison. Woodlawn. Granville. Santa Fe.

Woodlawn~

Granville Santa Fe

Ralls........................... 33 Ralls do 23.5 Ionic do 302 Lick Creek do ~ 307 New London

Center. Rensslaer. Perry. New London.

FOURTH DISTRICT. H. B. :QUT,TS, D. D. G. M., LOUISIANA.

Pike do

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14 Cyrene 17 Clarksville

Cyrene. Clarksville.

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Fourth Dist1"ict "continued.] County.

No.

Name of Lodge.

Ashley Perseverance Phcenix Prairjeville Frankford Pike Globe Paynesville

Pike............................ do do do do ; do do do

75 92 136 137 192 399 495 499

Lincoln do do do ,. do do

34 Troy 199 New Hope 270 New Salem 428 Louisville 473 Nineveh 141 Chain of Rocks

Location.

Ashley. Louisiana. Bowling Green. Prairieville. Frankford. Curryville. Louisiana. Paynesville. Troy. New Hope. Argentville. Louisville. Olney. Owen.

FIFTH DISTRICT. jlI. H. GARWOOD, D. D. G. M., WELLSVILLE.

St. Charles.................... 46 Wentzville do 241 Palestine 260 Mechanicsville do

Wentzville. St. Charles. Mechanicsville.

Warren........................ 11 Pauldingville do 231 Warrenton

Wright City. 'Varrenton.

Montgomery................ do do do do do do do do

Danville. Price's Branch. Montgomery City. High Hill. New Florence. Jonesburg. Middletown. WeIlsville. Loutre Island.

72 Danville 178 Griswold 246 Montgomery City 250 High Hill.. 261 Florence 374 Golden Rule 375 Plumb 194 vVeIlsville 492 Daggett

SIXTH DISTRICT. WM. H. CARPENTER, D. D. G. IlL, CENTRALIA.

Audrian....................... 26 Mexico 2G6 Social do do :154 Hebron do 491 Vandalia

Mexico. Martinsburg. l\Iexico. Vandalia.

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357 Young's Creek 115 Laddonia

Callaway..................... do do do do do do '

48 60 81 154 242 425

Williamsburg. Fulton. New Bloomfield. Hullsville. Concord. Readsville. Cedar City.

Boone.......................... do do do do do do

59 Centralia 67 Rocheport 114 'l'wilight 156 Ashland 174 Sturgeon 336 Hallsville 356 Ancient Landmark

Centralia. Rocheport. Columbia. Ashland. Sturgeon. Hallsville. Harrisburg.

Name oj Lodge.

8 Williamsburg Fulton New Bloomfield Hickory Grove Concord Portland Cedar City

Location.

young's Creek. Laddonia.

SEVENTH DISTRICT. BEN. '1'. HARDIl'>,

floviard do do do

.. 47 .. 51 . 70 4 ..

D. G. M., MOBERLY.

Fuyette Livingston Roanoke Howard

Fayette. Glasgow. Roanoke. Franklin.

Huntsville Jackson ville Milton Clifton HilL Morality Moberly : Cairo Gothic Higbee

Huntsville. J ul:kson ville. Moberly. Clifton Hill. Reniek. Moberly. Cairo. Moberly. Higbec.

Randolph..................... do do do do do do do do

486 108 527

Chariton do no do do do do

Eureka Warren VV estville Sal isbury 394 Dagan 513 Chariton 525 Cunningham

. ..

30 44 151 161 186 344

73 74 202 208

Brunswick. Keytcsville. vVestville. Salisbury. :l\1clldon. Guthridge Mills. Cunningham.

1886.]

207

Appendix. EIGH'rH DISTRICT. JOliN J. DILLINGER, D. D. G. lIf., OWASCO.

County.

No.

Name oj Lodge.

Location.

Putnam do do

171 Hartford HlO Putnam 210 Unionville

Hartford. Newtown. Unionville.

Sullivan do de do do

12G 34~j

Seaman Pollock 389 Arcana 447 Fairview 15H Green City

MiIan. Pollock. Wintersville. Scottsville. Green City.

Linn........................... do do do do do do do

82 86 90 227 284 233 325

Jackson Brookfield King Solomon Cypress New Boston Bucklin Dockery 510 Biswcll..

Linneus. Brookfield. St. Cat.herine, LacIede. New Boston. Bucklin. Meadville. Browning.

:Macon......................... do do do de do do do

38 Callao Bloomington 146 McGee 237 La Plata 268 Lodge of Trnth 402 Gavel 172 Censer 498 Kasey ville

Callao. Bloomington. College 1\1" ound. La Plata. Atlanta. New Cambria. Macon. Kaseyvillc.

102

NINTH DIS'rRICT. GEORGE W. DEATHERAGE, D.

CarrolL..... do do do Ray do do do do

:...............

G. M., CARROLLTON.

52 373 249 39

路Wakanda Mandeville Carroll De\Vitt

57 :109 322 338 384

H,ichmond King Hiram Bardin Myrtle Harlnony

Carrollton. Mandeville. Norborne. De\Vitt. . Richmond. Knoxvillc. Hardin. l\1:illville. Vibbard.

208

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Appendix.

Ninth District Continued.] County.

No.

Ray do

Name of Lodge.

Location.

393 Bee Hive 444 Ada

Livingston........ do do ; do do do do do do

Caldwell do do do do do

Lawson. Orrick.

89' 170 333 385 388 434 407 155 505

Friendship Benevolence Chillicothe Alexander Farmersville Wheeling Royal Spring Hill.. Avalon

Chillicothe. Utica. Chillicothe. 路.. Bedford. Farmersville. \Vheeling. Mooresville. Spring Hill. A valon.

166 224 334 118 232 523

Mirabile Hamilton Breckenridge Kingston Polo Kidder :

Mirabilc. Hamilton. Breckenridge. Kingston. Polo. Kidder.

TENTH DISTRICT. C. S. GI,ASPELL, D. D. G.

~1.,

TRENTON.

Daviess........................ do do do do do do .' do

15 65 201 285 488 500 409 106

Western Star Pattonsburg Jamesport Earl Lock Spring Jameson Civil Bend Gallatin

Winston. Pattonsburg. Jamesport. Coffeysburg. Lock Spring. Jameson. Civil Bend. Gallatin.

Grundy , do do

.111 Trcnton 253 Lindley 524 Spickardsville

Trenton. Lindley, Spickardsville.

Mercer do do

35 Mercer 206 SOlnerset 258 Ravanna

Princeton. llia. R路avanna.

ELEVENTH DISTRICT. NORTON B. ANDERSON, D. D. G. M., PLATTE crl'Y.

Clay............................ 31 Liberty do '193 -Angerona

Liberty. Missouri City.

1886.]

209

.Ilppendix-.

Eleventh District Continued.] County.

No.

Clay do do do do do

207 Clay 289 Acacia 311 Kearney 438 Temperance 13 Rising Sun 49 Haynesville

Greenville. Paradise. Kearney. Smith vilIe. Barry. Holt.

Platte do do do do do do

53 Weston 120 Compass 169 Camden Point.. 204 Rowley 339 Fidelit.y 355 Adelphi 504 Platte City

Weston. Parkville. Camden Point. Dearborn. Farley. Edgerton. Platte City.

Clinton do do do do do

Name of Lodge.

: 62 Vincil 113 Plattsburg 397 Gower 296 Cameron 506 Lathrop 519 Turney

Location.

Cameron. Plattsburg. Gower. Cameron. Lathrop. Turney.

TvVELFTH DISTRICT. ULRICH SCHNEIDER, D. D. G. :ilL, ST. JOSEPH.

Buchanan do do do do do do do do

10 Agency 22 'Willington 78 St. Joseph 150 Birming 189 Zeredatha 238 Rushville 331 Charity 376 King Hill.. 508 Saxton

Andrew....................... do do do do

71 Savannah 138 Lincoln 162 'Vhitesville

248 Rochester 413 Valley

Savannah. Fillmore. Whitesville. Rochester. Bolckow.

De Kalb do

124 Union Star 182 Stewartsville

Union Star. Stewartsville.

G. L. Ap.-14.

路 :

;

Agency. De Kalb. St. Joseph. Halleck. St. Joseph. Rushville. St. Joseph. St. Joseph. , Saxton.

210

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Appendix.

Twelfth District Continued.] County.

No.

De Kalb do

Name oj Lodge.

Osborn 308 Parrott

Location.

Osborn. Maysville.

317

THIHTEENTH DISTRICT. I.

Atchison do - do do HoIL do do do Nodaway do do .: do do do do do do do do do

:l\Ie lIIILLAN, D. D. G. :1\1., MARYVILLE.

North Star 200 Sonora 358 North-West 483 Irish Grove

Rockport. 'Vatson. Tarkio. Fairfax.

139 214 294 112

Oregon. Forest City. Mollnd City. Maitland.

157

;

Oregon Forest City Mound City Grabam

:. IG5 Maryville 19G Quitman : 001 'Vhitehall 329 Kennedy :. 470 Nodaway 472 Pickering 474 Grilford 50 Xenia 442 Burlington 465 Gaynor 507 Clearmont.. 511 Skidmore

Maryville. Qllitman. Rarnard. Ebony. Maryville. Pickering. Guilford. Hopkins. Burlington Junet. Gaynor City. Clearmont. Skidmore.

FOURTEENTH DISTRICT. J. B. THOllIAS, D. D. G. 111., ALBANY.

Gentry do do do do do do do

; 125 127 352 312 377 332 2] 109

Gentryville Athens Alanthus Mt. Pleasant Ancient Craft Ryland I-Iavana Island City 路

Gcntryville. Albany. Alanthus Grove. Ellington. King City. Berlin. McFall. Stanberry.

,Vorth do

198

Allensville

321

Jon~than

Allendale. Denver.

211

Appendix.

1886.] Fourteenth District Continued. ) County.

No.

Worth

88 Defiance

Name oj Lodge.

Harrison..................... 97 Bethany do 257 Lodge of Light.. do 328 Cainsville do 128 Lorraine

Location.

Defiance. Bethany. Eagleville. Cainsville. Ridgeway.

FIFTEENTH DISTRICT. R. E. COLLINS, D. D. G .. M., ST. LOUIS.

St. Louis....................... do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do , do , do do do do do do do do

1 2 3 9 20 25 40 45 79 80 121 168 167 179 218 243 267 281 282 323 353 360 416 420 443 445 460 484 95

Missouri. Meridian Beacon George 'Washington St. Louis Naphtali Mount Moriah Bonhomme Polar Star Bridgeton : Erwin Occidental.. Orient Francais Pride of the vVest Good Hope Keystone Aurora .Fenton Cosmos Corner-Stone Benton Tuscan Cache Itaska Anchor vVest Gate Lambskin Kirkwood Meramec

Jefferson do do

119 De Soto 164 Joachim 256 Shekinah

St. Louis. St. I~ouis. St. T.Jouis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. Manchester. St. Louis. Bridgeton. St. Louis. St. I~ouis. St. Louis. S~. Louis. South St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. Fenton. St. I~ouis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. South St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Louis. Kirkwood. Eureka. De Soto. Hillsboro. Crystal City.

212

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Appendix. SIXTEENTH DISTRICT. FRANK R. NEWBERRY,

G.0unly.

No.

D. G. M., FREDERICKTOWN.

Rame oj Lodge.

Locatwn.

Washington do. .. do

J2. Tyro 131 Potosi.. 143 Irondale

Caledonia. Potosi. Irondale.

Iron do

133 Star of the 'Vest 351 Mosaic

Ironton. Belleview.

St. Francois do do . . do

132 Farmington 424 Samaritan 430 Iron Mountain 234 St. Francois

Farmingtoll. Bonne Terre. lron Mountain. Libertyville.

Madison

110 Marclls

Bollinger do

298 440

Fredericktown.

Marble HilL Trowel

Marble Hill. Lutesville.

Ste. Genevieve.............. 226 Saline

St. Mary's.

SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT. WM. B. WILSON, D. D. G. M., CAPE GIRARDEAU.

Cape Girardeau............ do , do . . do ;, .. do . .. do . ..

93 103 221 441 191 417

Perry do路

457 Triple Tie 32 Triangle

Scott do

St. Marks "\VestView Mystic Tie Excelsior 'Vilson '\Vhitewatcr

Cape Girardeau. Millersville. Oak Ridge. J ackson. Pocabontas; Strodcrvi11e. :

306 Ashlar 310 Sikeston

Brazeau. Perryville. Commerce. Sikeston.

EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT. STEFHEN CHAPMAN, D. D. G. M., BLOO:'IFIELD.

Stoddard路 do .'. .

,ii ..

路15.1 ,.Bloomfield

489 Lakeville

Bloomfield. Lakeville.

Appendix.

1886.J

213

Eighteenth District Continued.] County.

No.

Pemiscot do

461 Caruthersville 454 Cecil

Caruthersville. Cottonwood Point.

New Madrid do . .

176 Point Pleasant 429 New Madrid

Point Pleasant. New Madrid.

Mississippi do

}29 Charleston 3:JO Bertrand

Charleston Bertrand.

Dunklin do do

212 Four Mile 215 Hornersville 406 Malden :

Campbell. Cottod Plant.

Name oj Lodge.

Location.

Malde~.

NINETEENTH DISTRICT. A. B.

~IARTINDALE, D.

D. G. M., WILLIAMSVILLE.

Butler

209

Carter

509 Van Buren

Poplar Bluff

Van Buren.

Ripley do "\Vayne do

304 369 52G 107

Fair Dealing. Doniphan. Piedmont. vVilliamsville.

Reynolds do

455 Barnesville 239 Hopewell

Faithful.. Composite vVayne "\Villiamsville

Poplar Bluff.

Logan's Creek. Lesterville.

TWENTIETH DISTRICT. GEO. L. LOVE, D. D. G. M., ROLLA.

Crawford

77 Lebanon

Steelville.

Phelps do do

230 213

St. .Tames Rolla 347 Spring Creek

St. James. Rolia. Edgar Springs.

Dent

225 Salem

Salem.

Texas do do do

]77 395 469 116

IJouston. Licking. Plato. Cabool.

Shannon

Texas Latimer Plato Barnes

214

Appendix.

[Oct.

TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT. T. P. BERRY, D. D. G. JlL, CHAMOIS.

No.

County.

Name of Lodge.

Location.

Franklin............. do do do do

27 173 251 363

New Haven. Union. vVashington. Robertsville. Sullivan.

Gasconade do

]23 Hermann 37- Cedar

Hermann. Owensville.

Evergreen Union Hope Fraternal 69 Sullivan

Osage........................... 66 I.inn do 185 Chamois

Linn. Chamois.

Maries......................... 94 Vienna Vienna. do 531 Lane's Prairie .....â&#x20AC;˘...... Vichy.

TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT. C. G. BROOKS, D. D. G. M., JEFFERSON CITY.

Cole.................... do do do

43 Jefferson 211 Hickory Hill 187 Carter U. D. Russellville

Miller do do

134 Pleasant Mount 410 Iberia 203 Brumley

J efferson City. Hickory Hill. Jeiferson City. Russellville. Pleasant Mount. , Iberia. Brumley.

Moniteau..................... 56 Tipton do 183 California 295 Monitean do

Tipton. California. Jamestown.

Morgan do

Barnetts. Versailles.

381 Ionia 117 Versailles

TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT. B. H. INGRAM, D. D. G. JlL, SEDALIA.

Cooper......................... 36 Cooper do 142 Pleasant Grove 456 Wallace do

Boonville. Otterville. Bunceton.

215

Appendix.

1886.J Twenty-third Distrwt Continued.] County. No.

Name oj Lodge.

Will. D. Muir

Location.

Cooper do

277 503

Prairie Home

Pilot Grove. Prairie Home.

Pettis...... do : do

236 272 84

Sedalia Granite Potter

Se<.la1ia. Se<.lalia. I,ong\',rood.

Henry......................... 29 'Vindsor do 68 Tebo do 343 Agricola do ; 408 Montrose do 481 Clinton

\Vindsor. Clinton. Norris Fork. Montrose. Clinton.

Benton........................ 365 ~T arsa w do 418 Clear Creek

W arsa w. Polo Pinto.

'rWENTY-FOUR'rH DISTRICT. 111. J. CHINN, D. D. G. M., LEXINGTON.

Lafayette do do do do do do

61 'Vaverly 122 Dover ]49 Lexington 464 Allllville 476 Mount Hope 364 Higginsville

'Vaverly. Dover. Lexington. Chapel Hill. Aull ville. Odessa. Higginsville.

Saline do <10 do do do do do do

55 Arrow Rock Cambridge 85 Mian1i 205 Trilumina 217 Barbee 275 Tranquillity 337 Malta 487 Herndon 518 Oriental..

Arrow Rock. Slater. l\Iialni. Marshall. Brownsville. Orearville. Ma.lta Bend. Herndon. Black burn.

320 Chapel Hill

TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT. .J. H. TOWT, D. D. G. M., KANSAS CITY,

Jackson do

76 104

Independence Heroine

Independence. Kansas City.

216 Twenty-fifth

D~tl'ict

Continued.] No.

County.

Jackson do do do do do do do do

[Oct.

Appendix. Name of Lodge.

220 Kansas City 316 Rural 299 Temple 263 Summit 324 McDonald 391 Raytown 392 Christian 501 Buckner 522 Gate City

Location,

Kansas City. Kansas City. Kansas City. Lee's Summit. Independence. Raytown. Oak Grove. Buckner. Kansas City.

TWENTY- SIXTH DISTRICT. I. M. ABRAHAM, D. D. G. M., HARRISONVILIJE.

Cass do do do do do do do do do

~........

54 Index 147 Cass

276 Grand River 372 Nonpareil 386 Dayton 219 Everett 450 Belton 480 Jewell 348 Wadesburg ~ 485 Coldwater

Bates do do do , do do do do

130 140 254 315 350 368 326 479

Johnson do do do do do do do do do

245 262 264 265 280 313 466 135

I-Iulue Papinville Butler Altona Tyrian Crescent Hill.. New Home Rich HilL

229 Mitchell Knob Noster Holden Fayetteville Corinthian Lodge of Peace Kingsville Centre View Vlarrensburg 274 Cold Spring

Index. Harrisonville. Freernan. East Lynne. Dayton. Everett. Belton. Pleasant Hill. Wadesburg. : Brosley. I-Iun1e. Papinville. Butlcr. Altona. Johnstown. Adrian. New Home. Rich Hill. Columbus. Knob Noster. Holden. Fayetteville. Warrensburg. Chilhowee. Kingsville. Centre View. Warrensburg. Henrietta.

.Appendix.

1886.]

217

T'VENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT. SEYMOuR HOYT, D. D. G. M., GREENFIELD.

County.

Vernon do do do do do

No.

Name oj Lodge.

Location.

303 Osage 488 Schell City 490 l\'1ontevallo 451 Argyle 493 Vernon 371 Sheldon

Nevada. Schell City. Montevallo. Nevada. Mounds. Sheldon.

Dade........................... do do do , do : do :

87 Washington 359 Garrett 405 Everton 458 421

Greenfield Melville Lockwood

Greenfield. Arcola. Everton. Greenfield. Dadeville. Lockwood.

Barton do do

392 475 516

Lamar Golden l\'1ilford

Lamar. Golden City. Milford.

St. Clair do .. ; do do do

St. Clair Circle Lowry City Star Appleton City

Roscoe. Lowry City. Taberville. Appleton City.

;

446

442 403 419 . 412'

Osc~ola.

TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT. FLAVIUS A â&#x20AC;˘ ./{FICLECK, D. D. G. M., BOLIVAR.

Hickory do do

279 288 432

Polk do do do do

144 Modern 160 Pleasant 195 Bolivar 431 Cement 467 Pleasant Hope

Humansville. Morrisville. Bolivar. Half \Vay. Pleasant Hope.

'" 300 Doric : 361 Riddickf 396 Western Light

Forkner's Hill. Bnffalo.. Louisburg.

Dallas do do

Hogle's Creek Hermitage Black Oak

Quincy. Harmitage. Preston.

218

[Oct.

Appendix.

Twenty-eighlh District Contl:nued.] County. No.

Dallas Cedar do do do

Name oj Lodge.

Location.

421

Urbana

Urbana.

283 286 340 482

Stockton Hespcrian Jericho Clintonville

Stockton. Virgil City. J ericho. Clintonville.

TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT. Wl\!. TALBERT, D. D. G. M., CASSVILLE.

Newton do do do do

175 Newton 216 Granby

530 Ritchey 247 Neosho 478 l{acine

Barry do do do do

148 Purdy 367 Barry 383 Pythagoras 514 Exeter .. ~ 517 Selign1an

l\icDonald.........

Newtonia. Granby. Ritchey. ~eosho.

路

Seneca. Purdy. 'Vashburn. Cassvill e. Exeter. Seligman.

THIRTIETH DISTRICT. w. Jasper.......... do do do do do do do

W. ,CUSHING, D. D. G. l\I., MARIONVILLE.

197 278

293 335 345

398 ;

Lawrence................ do do do do do

471 512

Carthage Avilla Sarcoxie Medoc Fellowship Jasper l\lineral 'Vebb City

99 Mt. Vernon Rock Prairie 390 Marionville 400 Decatur 452 Verona 468 Red Oak 269

Carthage. Avilla. Sarcoxie. J oplin. Joplin. Jasper. Oronogo. Webb City. Mt. Vernon. Lawrenceburg. Marionville. Pierce City. Verona. Red Oak.

Appendix.

1886.]

219

THIRTY-FIRST DISTRICT. JOHN R. FERGUSON, D. D. G. M., SPRINGFIELD.

County.

Greene do do do do do do do do do do Taney Christian do

No.

Name oj Lodge.

145 Rising Star 271 Solomon 297 Ozark 341 Relief 422 Gate of the Temple 435 St. Nicholas 5 United 7 O'Sullivan 497 Strafford 436 Ash Grove 449 Bois D'Arc ~

453

Forsyth

Forsyth.

352

Friend Billings

Ozark. Billings.

379

Stone

Location.

Ebenezer. Springfield. Fair Grove. Brookline. _ N. Springfield. Cave Spring. Springfield. Walnut Grove. Strafford. Ash Grove. Bois D'Arc.

515 Galena

Galena.

THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT. E. C. STEELE, D. D. G. ilL, HARTVILLE.'

Webster do do do 路Wright do do Douglas do

98 Webster 459 Hazelwood 439 Mount Olive 477 Henderson

Marshfield. Seymour. North View. Henderson.

529 Niangua 411 Joppa 158 Mountain Grove

Nianglla. HartviIle. Mountain Grove.

314 Rome U. D. Ava

Rome. Ava.

Ozark

496 Robert Burns

Gainesville.

Howell

327

Mt. Zion

'Vest Plains.

Oregon do do

255 Alton 387 Woodside 463 Clifton

Alton. Thomasville. Thayer.

220

[Oct.

Appendix. THIRTY-THIRD DISTRICT. JOHN W. FARRIS, D. D. G. M., LEBANON.

county.

Pulaski....... do Camden do

No. 382

Name oj Lodge.

Location.

Richland 346 Arlington 152 433

Richland. Dixon.

Linn Creek :Mack's Creek

Linn Creek. Mack's Creek.

Laclede........................ 83 Laclede do 401 Centre do : 423 Newburg do 528 Conway

Lebanon. Lebanon. Competition. Conway.

Republic of Mexico

City of Mexico.

520

Toltec

NOTE.-By an oversight, the printer failed to insert Humphreys Lodge, U. D., among the Lodges of Sullivan County, on page 20i, in the Eighth District. A similar omission o.~curs on the same page, where Bogard Lodge, No. 101, and Hale City Lodge, No. 184, should appear among the Lodges of Carroll County in the Ninth District.

NE'V LODGES. Name oj Lodge.

Bogard Lodge Hale City Lodge Benton Loege Williamsville Lodge Hume Lodge Urbana Humphreys Lodge Russellville Lodge A va Lodge

No.

Location.

101. Bogard 184 Hale City 3,')3 St. Louis City. 107 vVilliamsville 130 Hume 421 Urbana U. D. Humphreys U. D. Rllssellville U. D. A:va

County.

CarrolI. Carroll.

; .-

Wayne. Bates. Dallas. Sullivan. Cole. Douglas.

221

Appendixâ&#x20AC;˘.

1886.]

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS. To the Most Worshil)Jul Grand Lodge oj Missouri, A. F. and A. M.:

Your Committee on Credentials respectfully report that there are represented at this session of the Grand Lodge 179 Chartered Lodges. [Those marked with an asterisk (*) are proxies.] Lodge. r.lISSOURI

Repreuntatives. No.1

BEACON

IIowARD........................................................ UNITED..........................................................

ARK...............................................................

GEORGE WASHIXGTON....................................

PAULDINGyILLE............................................. TyRO............................................................. r.lEMPHIS.... CLARKSVILLE.....................................

11 12 16 17

ST. LOUIS........................................................ NAPHTALI......................................................

ST. JOHN........................................................ HUNTSVILLE.. LIBERTy........................................................

28 30 31

TROy.............................................................

COOPER.......................................................... ]'-IT.r.loRIAH JEFFERSON...........

36 40 43

JACKSONVILLE............................................... BONHOlll:lIE...................... VVENTZVILLE......................................

44 45 46

FAyETTE.......................

FUI"TON HA YN ESVILI.E............

48 49

WAKANDA.....................................................

Jas. A. Harris, W. 1\1:. David Clegg, S. W. J. B. Farmer, .J. W. Jas. G. Cash, W. M. Chas. II. Evans. J. W. S. C. Lee. J. W. H. E. Nearing, S. W. Hugh Templeton, W. M. G; M. Stewart. W. 1\1:. A. Douglas, S. W. Jas. F. Edwards, W. M. * J.A. Eaton, W. M. T. H. Wagner. J. W. C. T. Pepper, W. M. 1. C. Davidson, S. W. A. Spiro, W. M. L. F. Mitchell, W. M. Wm. H. Thompson, S. W. Charles P. Soml:::lers, J. W. Geo. C. Donehower, W. M. W. C. Hall, W. M. M. Miller, S. W. B. F. Corbin, J. W. John N. Pollard, W. M. J. J. Shaw, S. W. W. H. Hutchison. J. W. W. T. McKinley, W. M. .las. L. Bridgeford. W. M. C. G. Brooks, W. M. * W. S. Brotherton, J. W. G. W. Butler. W. M. John H. Brener, W. M. Ben. C. 'f. Pratt, S. W. C. C. Allen, J. W. R. E. Witt, S. W. W. F. Mitchell, J. W. B. P. Bailey. W. M. J. B. Gill, 'V. 1\1. John Ely. S. W. B. Magill, W. M. Ja.s. A. Turner, S. W. *. J. L. Deatherage, J. W.*

222 MONTICELLO

Appendix. No. 58

CE?.TRALIA.................................................... NEW BLOOMFIELD.......................................... WAVEltLy......................................................

60 61

VINCIL........................................................... :MONROE.........................................................

SULLI\'AN ;........................... SAVANNAH.................................................... EUltEKA......................................................... WARREN........................................................

69 71

LEBANON ST. JOSEPH

73 74

77 78

POLAR STAR...................................................

BRIDGETON................

HICKORY GROVE........................................... FRIENDSHIP.

PERSEVEltANCE ST. MARKS.. :MERAMEC...............

:.............................

WEB~;TER.......................................................

KIRKSVILLE......... GALLATIN.. T'VILIGHT...................................................... VERSAILLES...................................................

89 92 93 95 98 105 106 114 11';

KINGSTON...................................................... COMPASS......................................................... HERMANN............ POTOSI........................................................... vV' AltRENSBURG......................... CHAIN OF ROCKS...................................

118

CASS.............................................................. LEXINGTON....

147 149

BIRlIlING.....

150

.•.

120 123 131 135 141

BLOOMFIELD :.............. OCCIDENTAL................................................... JOACHIlIr........................................................

153 163 164

:MARyVILLE ;.. :.......................... COLONy......................................................... CENSER

165 168 172

STURGEON...................................................... NEWTON

175

174

Jas. T. Hutton, W. M. W. T.:M:cCutchaiI, S. W. W. H. Carpenter, W.·M. * J. C. Cavc, S. W. J. E. Corder. S.W. B. H. Thomas, J. W. D. B. Adams, W. 111. J. T. Umstattd, S. W. Adolphus Noland, J. W. * G. F. Stehl, S. W. * E. W. Joy, W. M. * H. E. Schultz, J. W. John Chions, W. M. M. H. Holcomb, S. W. F. W. Webb, W. M. Harry Keene, W. M. * Isaac C. Mulkins, S. W. J. W. Batcheller, J. W. F. H Mason, S. W. Robt. Brenid, J. W. G. H. W. Heidorn, W. M. E. F. Heidorn, S. W. M. C. Flynt, W. M. * S. L. Harris, W. M. W. A. Henderson, S. W. J. A. Thomason, W. M. Wm. Bonney, W. M.* D. Clary. W. M. Paul Kellar, W. M. David Baird, W. M. * J. A. Wickham, W. M.* James A. Adams, W. M. P. G. Woods, W. M. O. A. Williams, S. W. * Wm. A. Wood, S. W. * Wm. T. Noland, W. M.* Chas. D. Eitzen, W. M. * A. W. Scott, W. M. Robt. T. Moscs. S. W. * James IlL Wilson, W. M. Geo. Pollard, S. W. F. H. Clark, W. M. M. J. Chinn, W. M. Robt. A. Hecklin, J. W. A. J. Ferrell, W. M. John Dallam, S, W. C. L. Keaton, J. W. * D,orscy A. JamisOn, S. W. J. Ed. Walker W. M. * Louis A. Green, S. W. * J. H. Bunger, S. W. C. C. Coleman, W. M. * A. W. Gilstrap, W. M. John W. Riley, S. W. H. L. Gray, W. M. D. P. V\Tcems, W. M. * W. G. Newton, S. W.

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Appendix.

PRIDE OF THE 路WEST DES Moun;s ... :.........................................

No. 179 180

CALIFORNIA................................................... CHAMOIS.. MORAI_ITY..................................................... CARTER......................................................... FRANKFORD............... BOLIVAR...........

183 185 186 187 192 195

CARTHAGE.....................................................

197

NEW HOPE..................................................... TRILUMINA.........................

199 205

SALISBURy.......................... POPLAIt BLUFF.................... FOUR MILE................... ROLI.A...........................................................

208 209 212 213

BARBEE.........................................................

217

GOOD HOPE :..... KA!'SAS CITy........................................... ...... IONIC............................................................. SEDALIA.................... HOPE'VELI,...................... KEySTONE......................................................

218 220 235 236 239 243

MONTGOMERY CITy....................... ........ .......

246

ALANTHUS............................................... ...... BUTLER......................................................... SHEKINAII ;...................... FLORENCE......... HOLDEN.........................................................

252 254 256 261 262

SUM:lIIT.......................................................... FAyETTEVILLE............................................. CORINTHIAN........................... SOCIAL...........................................................

263 261 265 266

AURORA......................................................... LODGE OF TRUTH.................................. ......... NEW SAI,E~L..................................................

267 268 270

SOLOMON........

271

GRAND RIVER... ';VM. D. :MUIR................................................. LODGE OF PEACE............................................ COSMOS..........................................................

276 277 280

282

Walter Pfeifer, W. M. 1. J. Wilson, W. M. T. M. Gares, S. W. F. M. Johnson,W. :M. T. P. Berry, W. M. A. N. Maupin, S. v,r. John Tweedie, S. W. R. P. Taliafeero, W. M. 'V. G. Weaver, V路l. M. J. C. Weaver, S. W. * J. C. Weaver, J. W. * J. W. Miller, W. M. D. A. Innis, J. W. W. H. Haskell, W. M. .Tas. A. Gordon, W. M. '" Cbas. A. Mauch, S. W. T. R. Hamilton, W. M. B. C. Jones,.J. W. N. J. McBride, W. M. Geo. L. Love, W. M. Jos. L. Stewart, J. W. W. H. Godlove, W. M. Alexander Sim, S. W. Charles Clifton, S. W. Jas. G. Young, W. M. D. B. West, W. M. B. H. Ingram, W. M. W. E. Sizemore, W. M. Edward Evers, W. M. James Horrocks, S. W. John G. Miller, W. l\L J. A. Leavill, S. W.. W. Duey,J. W. '" John Knight, W. M. F. J. Tygard, W. l\L of: C. G. Warne. W. M. P. P. Ellis, W. M.* R. A. Long, W. M.* R. A. Long, J. W. James A. Shaw, W. M. C. A:.. Boyles, W. l\L A. W. Rogers, W. l\L T. J. Elder, W. M. T. P. Noel, S. W. Wm. Bryan, W. l\L A. D. Goodding, W. M. J. M. Newland, W. M. C. L. Alloway, S. W. A. l\L Brinrue, J. W. M. L. Jacobs, W. M.* Ely Paxson, S. W. F. E. Bybee, W. M. J. H. Cox, S. 路W.* John Brown, W. M. Simon Suss, W. M. Fred S. Krainka, S. W.

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STOCKTON

TE~IPLE.........................................................

287 292 295 299

DORIC ,. OSAGE............................................................ NEW LONDON RURAL...........................................................

300 303 307 316

HARDIN......................................................... CORNER-STONE..............................................

322 323

NEW HOME................... 1\IT. ZION. CHARITY CHILLICOTHE.

,...................... ...... ...... ......

326 327 S31 333

HALLSVILLE................................................... MOBERL Y

336 314

W ADESBURG... MOSAIC.......................................................... HEBRON.........................................................

348 351 354

ADELPHI........................................................

355

TUSCAN

360

RIDDICK........................................................ HIRAM........................................................... HIGGINSVILLE.

361 36~ 364

CRESCENT Hn.L

368 369 373 374

CRAFT............................................................ LAMAR.......................................................... 1>IONITEA U..

CO~POSITE

1>IANDEVILLK GOLDEN RULE.......................................... ANCIENT CRAFT ~....................

377

378

:............................................... ;......... ,........

390 406 416 420

SAMARITAN.................................................... CEDAR CITy.........

424 425

KILWINNING, 1>IARIONVIl,LE... ~IALDEN

CACHE ITASJi:A

428

LOUISVILLE IRON l\10UNTAIN

430

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W. B. Perry, W. M.* James L. Mitchell, S. W. E. J. Goodrich. W. M.* J. W. Duna, W. M.* B. F. Carlos, W. M. J. A. Ward, W. M.* W. F. Parry, S. W. Sam!. L. C. Rhodes, J. W. Spence Marlin, W. M. E. E. Kimball, W. M.* Geo. E. Mayhall, W. M. ,W. D. Charde, S. W. G. W. DeGroodt, J. W. W. J. Roach, W. M.* H. A. Baker, S. W. W. T. Wll.lker,.T. W. Leroy Taylor, S. W. H. T. Smith, W. M. ' Longley Hardman, S. W. .Tohn Gaster, W. M. G. '-iV. Putman, S. W. Sam'l Shook, J. W.* Wm. II. Brink, W. M. J. W. Basnette, W. M. H. A. Hatfield, S. W. A. M. Hendrick, S. W. J. C. Hill, W. 1\1. J. H. Heyden, W. 111.* J. H. Haydon, S. W. David Givin, W. M.* James Boydston. S. W.* Trusten P. Dyer, W. M. John N. Farquharson, S. W. T. E. Shepherd, W. M.* H. N. Martin, S. W. H. W. Winsor, W. M.* C. W. Subu, S. W.* A. J. Satterlee, W. M. W. C. S. Lackey, W. M. P. F. Elsll.S, W. M. E. A. Ball, W. M. J. W. Biglow, W. M. H. E. Black, J. W. Eli Barraeksoll, S. W. A. H. Farnsworth, J. W. W. W. Cushing, J. W. Daniel Haynes, W. M.* S. R. Stoddard, S. W. Jacob Lampert, W. M. John F. Lanbold, S. W. Gen. E. Walker, W. M.* R. S. Hodges, W. M. J. W. Burkes, S. W. H. H. Higginbotham, W. M. J. D. Webb, W. M. J. A. Parker, S. W.

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:.N0.443

WESTGATE....................................................

445

GREFJNFIELD............................. BARNESVILLE

446 455

:...

l\fELVILLE...................................................... LAMBSKIN... JEWEL............................................................ CLINTON......................................................... CLINTONVILI,E... KIRKWOOD........... COI,DWATER.................................................... CAIRO............................................................ VANDALIA ;.. DAGGETT.............. LEWISTOWN PRAIRIE HOlliE.................................. ORIENTAl,...................................................... GATE CITY ~.................. WAyNE......................................................... HIGBEE CONWAy........................................................ RITCHEy........................................................

458 460 480 481 482 484 48.) 486 491 492 49! 503 518 522 526 527 528 530

W. J. Thorn, W. M. Percy F. Smith, J. W. II. N. Saylor, W. M. G. W. Schade, S. W. Seymour Hoyt, W. M.* Henderson Chitwood, W. M. G. D. Johnson, J. W. W. H. Watson, W.. M. Mike Forestel, S. W. J. F. McAfec,W. M. A. Judge, W. M. R. H. 'Warren, VlT. M. J. G. Hawken, W. M. W. H. Lane, W. M. W. L. Landram, W. M. J. A. Calvert, S. W. Samuel Pric~, W. M.* J. K. Strong, W. M. A. Hornbeck, W. M. M. Floyd, W. M. .James W. Davis, J. W. D. J. Allen, W. M. S. Lessley, W. l\f. Thomas Anderson, S. W. J. M. Ritchey, W. l\f. D. W. Turner, J. W.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. Jas. W. Boyd, Grand Master. Geo. R. Hunt, Deputy Grand 'Master. Wm. M. Williams, Grand Senior Warden. Jas. P. Wood, Grand Junior Warden. Sam. M. Kennard, Gmnd Treasurer. Rev. John D. Vincil, D. D., Grand Secretary. Allan McDowell, Grand Lecturer. Thos. E. Shepherd as Gmnd Chaplain. Henry L. Rogers, Gmnd senior Deacon.

G. L. AI"-15.

B. H. Ingram, as Grand Junior Deacon. n. W. Winsor, as Grand ].[arshal. Geo. E. Walker, Gr.and Marshal. Jas. G. Young, Grand Standard Bearer. Jas. A. Adams, u.s Gmnd Senior Steward. B. P. Bailey, as Grand Junior SU:wm路d. Jas. A. Gordon, Grand Pursuivant. Jay L. Torrey, Gmnd Orator. John W. Owcn, Grand Tyler.

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PAST GRAND OFFICERS. l'AST CHAND MASTt;ltS.

Ill. H. McFarland. S. H. Saunders. Jas. E. Cadle. Lee A. Hall. J os. S. Browne. W. R. Stubblefield.

C. C. Woods. S. W. B. Carnl'gy.

Thos. E. Garrett. Noah M. Givan. John D. Vinci!. Rufus E. Anderson.

PAST GRAi'lD SENIOR WARDEN.

Martin Collins.

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.

B. II. Ingram, 2:3d District. JaR A. Shaw. 21)th District. Seymour 11oyt, 27th Dbtrict. W. W. Cushing, 30th District.

J.P. Wood, 3d District. Wm. H. Carpenter. 6th District. Henry L. Rogers. 15th District. A. B. Martindale. 19th District. C. G. Brooks, 22d District.

GRAND REl'RESF:NTATIVF:S.

Jas. E. Cadle, Alabama. Jo~. S. Browne, ])a.kota. Jas. P. Wood, Delaware. John R. Parson, Idaho; Fred W. Mott, Iowa. :Martin Collins, Illinois. P. G. \'Voods, Indian Territory. W. E. Robinson. Kentucky. Thos. E. Garrett, Kansas. Wm. H. Mayo, Louisiana. Sam'l H. Saunders, Minnesota. Wm. H. Stubblefield, Manitoba. Noah M. Givan, New York. Geo. E. Walker, North Carolina. Cha~路. F. Vogel, Nebraska.

Seymour Hoyt, Nevada. Jay L. Torrey. New Mexico. Geo. R. Hunt, Nova Scotia. Henry L. Rogers. Ohio. Rev. C. C. Woods, D.D., Quebec. 1'hos. E. Garrett, Scotland. V. O. Saunders. South Carolina. Chas. n. Stark, Tennessee. B. H. Ingram. Utah. Wm. M. Williams, Vermont. Jno. D. Vincil, Virginia. Allan McDowell, Texas. JIl..~. W. Boyd, Wyomil1~ Territory. R. E. Anderson, Wisconsin.

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PAST MASTERS. 'Vm. H. ~layo E. J. Thurman Geo. W. McCarty : A. ll. Martindale S. N. Kerr C. R. Scott H. S. Raxter Geo. E. 'Yalker H. L. Gaines ChllS. F. Vogel. G. L. Faulhaber J. G. Middlecoff Eden Reed Alex. Graham D. N. Burgoyne John Goodin Philip Kopplin W. H. Fidler Wm. H. Muzzy A. A. M:aban Harry A. Krueger W. H. Stone G. J. Berne M. C. Lewis A. R. Eaton V. O. Saunders J. M. Harklerodes .Jno. R. Parson R. Q. Roache E. 8. Ulman Vvm. Reinholdt L. F. 'Vood W. A. 'Vade Fred. 'V. Mott H. C. Christopher John S. Reed .Milton H. Wash M. Cooke B. V. Chase C. L. young

: : , ,

: ,

No. 1 281 . 72 . 509 .. 76 .. 503 .. 156 .. 424 .. 73 . 1 .. . 236 68 . 282 . .. 460 . 1 . '1 . 460 . 79 . 360 .. 211 . . 路163 . 9 . 121 .. 95 .. 143 .. 1 .. 267 267 .. . 183 . 40 .. 2 . 183 .. 348 . 218 . 443 . 443 .. 3 ;. 267 .. 9 . 484

S. Boehur No. 25 H. F. Steinhauer.................. 281 Wm. Richardson.............................. 243 Philip J. Huer................... 9 Rob't E. Collins...... 163 Ralph D. Willis :..... 43 O. S. Dixon ,........ 323 Rufus W. Leonori...... 9 Henry J. Filsinger............................ 420 John J. Pierron................................ 163 R. J. Humber.................................... 445 Geo. D. Make.. 80 A. B. Barbee 460 J. W. Ritchy...................................... 530 J. G. Joyce....................................... 445 Jack P. Richardson.......................... 218 Philip Riley..................................... 56 John H. Krippen 443 Thos. J. Stone...................... 443 Jules C. Lachance.................. 79 Thos. H. McMullin................ 164 Benj. Lynds................... 25 L. W. Hunt. 492 Geo. C. Brand...... 484 W. L. Tribbe.................................... 267 Frank R. Eversole路........................... 9 Geo. Pierce路.................. 25 J. D. Parkinson '" 254 J. H. Williamson.............................. 20 Wm. Douglas.. 1 Jay L. Torrey................................... 360 William Gillespie............... 1 JllS. A. Smith, jr................ 323 Phil. Rodan..................................... 79 John A. Gilfillan............ 243 H. W. Winsor................................... 149 E. F. Lycett...................................... 484 Wallace Delafield :......... 360 Archibald Carr......... 3

Fraternally submitted, SEYMOUR HOYT, WM. H. :\WZZY, WM. H. CARPENTE R, HARR Y KEENE, Committee.路

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FINANCIAL SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT.

The following amounts路 have been received since my fiscal report was closed. These amounts will be carried over and included in the Report for the next Masonic year. .$ :Missouri Lodge, No. 1. Angerona Lodge, No. 193.............................. Biswell Lodge, No. 510 Latimer Lodge, No. 395 Whitesville Lodge, No. 162............................................................... Richmond Lodge, No. 57 Centralia Lodge, No. 59.................................................................... Craft Lodge, No. 287.......................................................................... Havana Lodge, No. 21........................

~::;e~~~c~~~e~:~:~3路8::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Middle Grove Lodge, No. 42...... St. Clair Lodge, No. 273..................................................................... Stockton Lodge, No. 283............................ :Mercer Lodge, No. 35 ;;.......... Novelty Lodge, No. 181..................................................................... Iberia Lodge, No. 410........................................................................ l\feramec Lodge, No. 95........................ Bridgeton Lodge, No. 80............................ Zeredatha Lodge, No. 189................................................................. Bonhomme Lodge, No. 45...... Ark Lodge, No.6...... Marionville Lodge, No. 390................ Chamois Lodge, No. 185........................ Birming Lodge, No. 150, Balance.................. Gallatin Lodge, No. 106...... Kingsville Lodge, No. 313...................................................

75 00 15 50 14 50 2200 15 00 57 50 35 50 22 50 19 50 1: 13 21 33 42 22 17 16 21 51 9 27 31 23 4 22 18

00 00 50 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 50 00 50 00 50 00

$67700

ADDITIONAL RETURNS. The following Lodges have made Returns since my report was closed and printed: Richmond Lodge, No. 57. Centralia Lodge, No. 59, Meramec Lodge, No. 95, Gallatin Lodge, No. 106, Novelty Lodge, No. 181,

Angerona Lodge, No. 193, Alton Lodge, No: 255, 81. Clair Lodge, No. 273, Kingsville Lodge, No. 313, Latimer Lodge, 395. JOlIN D. VINCIL, Gmnd ,Secretary.

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RECAPrrULATIONOF

GRAND SECRETARY'S TABUtAR STATEMENT. Chartered Lodges on the Roll, October, 1885 Ceased to exist during 1885-86, by consolidation and arrest Chartered, October 14, 1886

. 531

'rotal Chartered Lodges

522

528

Total Lodges making Returns for 1886 Total Lodges not making returns for 1886.... Lodges Chartered, 1886.....

509 13

6528 -------

Total Lodges represented in 1886

179

------

MEMBERSHIP RETURNS.

:Members reported in 1885 Members overestimated, non-reporting Lodges Members actually on Rolls, 1885 Initiated Passed Raised Affiliated

25,821 139

25.G82

,. :...........

998 942 947

0. •••••••••••• ••••••••• •••••• ••••••

725

Reinstated 210 Members estimated from Lodges not reporting and nnder dispensation.... 750-

. 2,G32 28,314

Dimitted..................................................................................................... 841 Died : 311 Suspended for non-payment of dues 524 Suspended for unmasonic conduct. 32 Expelled ,.................... 351,743 ----Total number of members on Rolls, September 1, 1886... ...... ...... ...... 26,571 Increase last year

889

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REPORrr OF C01\1MrrrrEE ON

MASONIC HOME. ADOPTED DY TIIE (;RAND LODGE.

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of JJfo., A. F. & A. JJf. : At the last Communication of this body, this Committee was appointed to take clmrge of and eXitmine into the project of establishing a lVlasonic Home for indigent Masons, and the needy widows .and orphans of deceased Brethren ill this j urisdiction. An organization was perfected and repol'ted to that Communication, and. certain duties and authority were imposed upon ano. vested in this Committee. These duties it has undertaken to perform, nsiug to that end the authority which the Grand Lodge saw fit to give to it. The result of its <.leliberations and actions, and the preSel)t status of the undcrtaldng are now submitted for your considel'ation, and for such action thereon as may seem proper to you. In the outset, it was assumed, as a matter of course, that there was not in the State of Missouri a single true Masonic heart that did not cheerfully and unreservedly indorse the general purposes of the project committed to our hands.' There is room for differences of opinion as to details, but the grand work of practically exemplifying the Brotherly Love, Charity and Relief to distressed Brother Masous, their wido路ws and orphans, which, we profess, is one that commends

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itself at once and fully to the zealous Mason. The idea of accomplishing this practical exemplification is generally conceded to be best attained by establishing this Home. So the Grand Lodge of Missouri has repeatedly declared. Some of her sister Grand Lodges have already carried the plan into execution, others are doing so now, and still others are taking the necessary steps to the same end. The only objections that have ever been urged against such a projeet are based on the theory that its accomplishment involves the incurring of a debt, and the plan of levying involuntary assessments upon the l\1:asons of the State. "Tbile these are mere matters of detail of management, we have given them due consideration, and ever kept them in mind. We deem it proper, therefore, at the very outset, to state that we are opposed both to burdening the Home or this Grand Lodge with a debt to .hang over it as a huge incubus to darken its bright prospects, and to arousing the antagonism of Brethren by exacting from them, and against their respective wills, a contribution to the Home. vVe believe that the matter should be so managed as to complete the necessary buildings under the observance of the rule, to pay as we go; and that when' the Home is opened, its resources, in the way of income from its endowment and the products of its inmates and probable contr~bntions, shall be such as to assure its maintenance in the future. If there be one whose means forbid such a contribution, without thereby materially injuring himself or his family, he should not be called upon for it. We have in our membership Brethren who are both willing and able to see that the Home is maintained and all its great good fully accomplished. These, with such contributions as will come from the surplus of this 'body, from the subordinate Lodges and the other Masonic bodies of the State, and from other sources, will constitute an ample fund; and, in connection with the income we have referred to, will constitute a fund that will not need the support of coercive or unpopular measures to fully maintain the Home. With this statement of the ideas which governed us during the year, and which characterize our conclusions and recommendations, we proceed with our Report:

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We have held a number of meetings during the year. Correct minutes of our .proceedings were kept by our Secretary, and these are herewith submitted. On Dec. 7th, 1885, Bros. Woods, Anderson, Givan and Dyer, of this Committee, proceeded to perform your direction " to visit similar institutions elsewhere," by visiting and inspecting the Orphans~ Home, at Louisville, Ky. This visit was pleasant, and added renewed zeal to the hearts of the Brethren who made it. It was also profitable in that it furnished valuable information, and disc closed a number of points in which profit could well be gathered from the experience of others. The general results of the visit are shown in the Report of Bro. vVoods, which was found to embody substantially the views of his associates. . That Report is also herewith submitted. We were also directed to take the necessary steps to make the organization of the !Jome a body known to and recognized by the law of this State. This Grand Lodge is organized by a special act of the Legislature and its amendments. Under the present Constitution of l\iissouri, these cannot be amended as such-special legislation in that respect being forbidden. . Recognizing the necessity for a legal standing, we proceeded to take the only steps authorized by the laws of l\fissouri, and formed a corporation under them, by. name of " Masonic Home of Missouri." The articles of association, by-laws and certificate of corporat.e exist~nce are herewith submitted. It will be observed from them that they place the entire matter in the hands and control of this Grand Lodge. 'fhe terms of all the Directors expire just as soon as you C~tn e~ect their snccessors. The body and its papers are .submitted to you. They are yours. Do with them as you may deem wise and in accordance with l\fasonie teachings and principles. This matter was the su"Qject of very full and careful copsideration at our hands, and was路 finally decided upon by an nnanimous vote. The By-Laws embody, as we think, the proper rules for the government of the corporation and the Home. They can be changed, however, at any time. On May 11th, 1886, the Grand Commandery of this State, K. T., convened, and, pursuant to our instructions to confer

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with othcr Masonic bodies, wc presented a memorial to that hody asking its assistance and co-operation. We were warmly welcomcd and our request most" cheerfully granted and the substantial aid of that body pledged to us; we were also givcn the benefit of the valuable advice and experience of Bros. F. J. Tygard and W. H. Mayo, as Representatives of the Grand Commandery. In another portion of this Heport it will be found that the pledge of aid from that body has thus far been realized.

On the 13th of that month we presented a similar memorial to the Grand Chapter of R. A. M., which mct with a cordial response. The earnest of this is evidcnceu by the resolution contributing fivc hundred doilars to the' Home, from the funds of that body. Bros. Ellis and Barney were selected as its representatives. In addition to the officers heretofore reported, your Committee has elected, as its Treasurer, Bro. F. J. 'rygard, who has qu:tlified by giving a bond of $50,000. Soon after our appointment, we caused a circular letter, to be prepared and sent to the sevcral subordinate Masonic bodies of the State, a copy of which is herewith submitted. The purpose was to ascertain the sense of the Fraternity, and to what extent contributions would be made. The former had becn expressed so fully and so warmly in the affirmative in the past that.there was no room for doubt what the responses to that question would be. Nor have we been mistaken in this respect. 'rhe accompanying tabulated statement, prcpared by Bro. Vincil, will show the character of the answers received. They are not as numerous as might be wished. But this is due to a desire on the part of most of the bodies to take no steps and make no subscriptions until this body shall have decided whether or not there shall be a Home. 'rhere are abundant indications that if this decision shall be in thc affirmative, the bodies that have not yet responded will not be long in doing so promptly and nobly.

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The tahulated statement will show the amount promised us, and the Report of our Treasurer (herewith appended) will ' show the amount of money now in his hands. Greatest and best of all, however, is the magnificent contribution made by the Triennial Committee of the Grand Commandery of Missouri, on behalf of the, Knights Templars of the United States. ,As is well known, the Grand Encampment holds its conclave triennially. 1.886 was the year for its twentJy-third conclave, and St. Louis the place of holding the same. From far and near the members of the organization of Templar Masonry attended this occasion, which was made one of pleasure and celebration. This time, the element of doing practical good was added by the committee having the management in charge. Wednesday, September 21st, was set apart as Charity Day. A drill, by a number of the well-drilled Commallderies from other States, and a concert on a grander scale than ever 'before attempted, constituted the programme. The cause for whose benefit the matter waS arranged, and the attractions offered, eombined to move couutleRs thousands to the scene. It was one never to be forgotten nor to ever be the cause of regret. The Committee have placed the entire net proceeds of Charity Day, approximating the munificent sum of $20,000, at the disposal of this Grand Lodge to aid in establishing and maintaining its" l\'1asonic Home." This act stands without a parallel in the history of the Institution. It was prompted and carried to its glorious result by the spirit of true Masonry, which can ever be relied on to see that the Home is crowned with s~ccess, and its purposes fully accomplished. Words are too feeble to express tJle thanks that are due to the Brethren and gentlemen who labored tirelessly for weeks and months in this cause, or to frame the praise that their act deserves. They have UlC pleasing satisfaction, one and all, that ever comes from the recollection of a good deed done. "Ve cannot enumerate all who, are Cl~titled to special mention, for fear of making invidious distinctions against so many entitled to the same praise.

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We find available at present for the Home, the following sums: Heretofore set apart and invested by this body for that pnrpose . Contributions paid and in hands of Bro. Tygard, Treasurer, Contributions pledged and payable in installments, at various times . Proceeds of Charity Day (probably) . Grand TotaL...

$10,000 00 :300 00 18,525 00 20,000 00 $48,825 00

We judge of what can and will be done in the future by what has been done in the past. The kind Father who has thus blest our undertaking at its very outset, may well be relied on to so move the hearts of His children that His blessing shall be followed by an endless season of glorious success. With this faith within us, and with great confidence (born of a knowledge of their hearts) in the Masons of l\fissouri, we think the time has arrived when this body should, in justice, and can, in safety, do all in its power to encourage the estabment of the long-wished and hoped-for Home. We recommend that appropriate action to this end be taken. We ask you to approve the steps taken by us, and follow them up by selecting the Directors of the Masonic Home provided for, with such instructions and a~thority as you may see fit to give them, and as may be necessary to accomplish the much-desired end. Th'ey should be instructed to proceed to do all things necessary for that purpose without incurring any indebtedness beyond the funds at their disposal, or any liability on the part of the Grand Lodge. Appropriate orders should be made to turn over such of the funds as rest within tIle control of this body, and which are intended for that purpose. Fraternally submitted, C. C. WOODS, Ohairman.

INDEX.

A Page.

Annual J\1eeting "Opening " " "Closing. "

"1887

"...... " .. .

,.... ....

... :

3 4 74

85 5-21

Address of Grand Master " "" Referred................................ 4 "" Committee on 4 " " "" Report on.............................. 35 Arrested Charters 8-12, 23 " "Report of Committee on 62, 63 Amendments from last year, rejected '.... 39 Appeals, Report of Committee on ',' .45-50 Address of Rob Morris 65-71 Addresses of Grand Secretaries App. 176, 177 Appendix:.................. .. .. .. 87

238

Index.

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B Page.

Bond of Grand Treasurer, approved.............................. Board of Fiuance mentioned................................ " "appointed Boards of Relief, Report of, (see ApI).) 176, "inquiry concerning.............................. " Business, Unfinished, Report of Committee on........ By-Laws, Repod of Committee 011....................... Bonds purchased by Grand rrreasurer :......... Bonds in hands o f " "............................

27 73 202 39 41 56 32 31

c Credentials; Committee on......................... 4 " " R e p o r t of...... .. .... . .. .. .. .. .. 225 Charters, Duplicate, ordered......................................... 8 "issued.. .. .. .... .. . .. .. .... ... 23 " " Arrested by Grand Master 8-12 " Heported Arrested, by Grand Secretary............ 23 " Arrested, Report on '" ' '" , 62 " Granted 1.... 54 Committee on Accounts, Report of 60, 61 Circular Letters... 15 " "Report of Committee on , 56 Charges Against a Worshipfull\faster..... :........................ 15 " " " " Report of Committee on 57 Charleston, S. C., Sufferers............................................ 17 " " " , Report on :....... 58 Condition of the Craft.. 18

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Index.

239 Page.

Charity, Committee on 路 ;.............. 37 " Report of Committee 011 : 57, 58 36, 37 Committees, appointed ..: " "SpeciaL...................................... 38 Chartered Lodges, Report on 41-43 'Consolidation of Lodges............................................... 23 24 Corner-Stones..... Calhoun Lodge, No. 184, Charter arrested....................... 11 Closing Grand Lodge........................... 74 Chairman of Standing Committees :............ 73

D Dispensations Ordered by Grand :J\laster........... ... ....... 7 " Issued by Grand Seereta.ry 22, 23, 24 Duplicate Charters 01'(lereo....................... 8 " "Issued :..... 23 Disbnrsements of Funds 29-30 D. D. Grand :J\iasters, Heport of Committee on............... 44 Deaths ,' AP1). 182-184 Dead Lodges.................... " 194-199 District Deputy Grand :J\'1astel's, List of. 73, 74

E Blections, Special, mentioned....................................... 24 Election of Grand Officers.................. 55 35-60 Exemplification of "Vork ordered " " had.... 38 Easton Lodge, No. 101, Charter Arrested........................ 11 Expulsions A1JP. 191

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Fires and Insurance

Jj~inancial...................................................................

8 28

Foreign Correspondence, Report on App. 1-147 Financial Supplement....... .... ....... ....................." 228

G Grand Lodge opened ;........................................... 4 72-74 " " elosed " " funds invested :............. 32 " l\'laster's Address.......................................... 5-21 " " "Report on 35, 36 " Lodge Representatives appointed.......... 14' "" " Commissioned..... .. 24 "" " Listof .App.178-181 "" " present............ .. " 226 "" " R. E. Richards, death of ... 6 " Secretary's Report 22-31 " " Recommendations 27, 28 " " Report of Committee on 60, 61 " " Office, Committee on 64 " 'rreasurer's Report : 31-33 " " mention of, by Grand Secretary.. 28 " " Report of Committee on 60, 61 " Lecturer, Report of 39, 40 " Officers elected................ . .. ... .. .... .. . . 55 " "installed... ... ... ... ... .. .. ... .. ... ..... ... ....... .. ... 72 " "appointed 72, 73 " Lodge B~r-Laws, not amended............................. 39

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Golden Square IJodge, No. 107, Charter arrested 9 "arrest approved............... 6~ " " " Grand Lodge Hegister, mention of 路 24"" " approval of................................ 60 App. 176, 177 " Secretaries, I;ist of Gate City Lodge, No. 522............................................. 13 Grand Lodge Proceedings ordered printed ," .. 72 ~I

Hubbell, Clarence G., death announced.......................... 6 " " Heport on 35 (, Memorial page to......................... '77 " Home, Industrial, mention of........................................ 18 Hanson, C., mention of , : ,....... ..... 34 " " Heport of Committee on :.. .. ..... ... .. ... ... .. .. .. .. . 50 34-39 " Home, Masonic" " "Report on......................................... 53 " "Discussion and Vote........................... 53 "Election of Directors of...................... 55 " " "Instructions to " ,'.... .. 59 , " "Organization of Board.................... .... 64 "Report full on App. 231-236 " IIaIls, joint occupancy of............ 15

I In Memoriam.............................................................. fj Insurance :................... 8 Instruction, Lodges of.................................................. 8 Industrial Home......................................................... 1.8 Instructions to Directors of "Home"..... 59 InstalJation " .. .. 72

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Joint Occupancy of Halls :.............. 15 Jurisprudence, Report. of Committee on 51-53 " Supplemental Report OIL....................... 62 .Jurisdiction 13, 14, 52

K Kirkwood Lodge, No. 484, Case of............... " " "Report of Committee on......... Kindness and Courtesy.................................................

1.4 52 20

L J..Jodge Returns mentioned 6, 25, 27, 42, 61. " Removals 7, 23 Lodges of Instruction 8, 40 " New 7, 22 " not making Returns :..................... 26 " not paying Dues..... 27 Lecturer, Grand, Report of................................ .. 39 " "Appointment of................................. 72 Lodges Chartered, Report on .41-:-43 " Under Dispensation, Report on :. 54 " " " continued...... .. 54 " Charters arrested 8-11. " " "action on 63 " consolidated.... ... .... .. .... .. ...... ...... ...... .. .... ... .. 23 Letters, Circular, forbidden.......................................... 56 Leesville Lodge, No. 426........................................ ....... 16 " Level and Sqnare"-Poem.......................................... 71 Lodges, according to Districts App. 203

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Monticello Lodge, No. 58, Charter Arrested 10, 11 " " " " ~ppeal from .49 " "Arrest of Charter approved................ 63 Morris, Rob, introduced '............................. 33 "invited to speak... 34 " " "Addressed the Grand Lodge....................... 37 " "Address of : 65-71 l\fasonic Home 18, 34, 39, 53, 59, 64 " "Donation for.......................................... 65 Memorial from Centralia Lodge, No. 59....... .. 56 " Report on " .. . .. .. .. 63 " Tablets 77, 79, 81, 83

N New Lodges " Trials by Grand l\faster.... " " approved , Non-payment of Dues, Suspension for

7, 22 12

36 App.

185-189

o Officers, Grand, present............. .. 3 Opening Grand Lodge................................................. 4 Officers, Grand, past, present : App. 226 " " in the past, list of. App. 200, 201 " " Elected.......... 53 " " Installed.. .. .. .. .. ...... .. ... .. .. .. .. .. 72 " " Appointed 72, 73 Occidental Lodge, No. 163.......................... 13

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Poeoke, H. W., Report on " " " "approved... .. Payments ,..................... Past Grand. Officers, list of.. App. " Masters, present, list of. :........ "

24, 25 61 28 200, 20] 227

Q Quorum prcsent..........................................................

R Removal of T.Jodges authorized...................................... 7 " " 'reported .,: 23 " Representatives to Grand Lodges appointed.................... 14 " ",'" commissioned .,... .. .. ... 24 " of other Grand Lodges present '.. .. 226 " List of App. 178-181 Register, Grand Lodge , ' -................... 24 " " "approved , " ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 60 Heturns and Dues 6,25, .26, 60 Recommendations 27, 28 Report of Grand Secretary 22, 31 " " "Treasurer _ 31, 33 Relief Boards, Reports of..................... 34 Tteports of D. D. G. M.'s, Report on.............................. 44 Heport of Grand Leeturer :-39, 40 " Committee on Unfinished Business.................. 41

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Report of Committee on Chartered Lodges 41-43 " " .A. ppeals and Grievance .45-50 " ., Jurisprudence 51-53 " " "SupplementaL..... 62 " " l\ia:Sonic Home......................... 53 " " "" App. 231-236 " " Lodges, U. D 54, 55 ., " By-Laws................................. 56 " " " Circular ,Letters" 56 " " Charges against a \V. M.............. 57 " " Charity 57, 58 " " Samaritan VB. Farmington Lodge, .59 " concerning" Home" Directors.......... 59 " of Committee on Accounts 60, 61 " " Arrested Charters 62, 63 " " \Vays and l\ieans.... 63 " ." Foreign Correspondence.............â&#x20AC;˘ 64 " " ." Home" Organization 64, 65 Reports of D. D. G. lVlasters 15, 16 Reinstatements App. 192, 193 Recapitulation......... .. " 229

s State T..Jodges of Instruction 8, 40 South Carolina Sufferers 17, 5S Special Dispensations 23, 24 " Elections........... .. ,.. .. ... . .. .. .............. .. 24 Statements, Tabular App. 148-174 Secretaries, Grand, list of................................." 176, 177 Suspensions Non-payment of Dues.......... " 185-189 " Unmasonic conduct.......... " 190

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Tuscumbia Lodge, No. 437, charter arrested , 8,9 " "Arrest approved.................... 62 Thanks...................................................................... 72 Territorial Jurisdiction 13, 14, 52 Tabular Statements App. 148-174 rrirne of l\feeting, 1887.................................................. 85

uUnpaid Dues.............................................................. 27 Unfinished Business, Report of Committee 011.......... 41 Under Dispensation, Lodges : 7, 22,54

West Prairie Lodge, No. 130, Arrest of Charter............... " " " " " "approved. Ways and l\feans, Heport of Committee on

11 63 63

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