1894 Proceedings - Grand Lodge of Missouri by Missouri Freemasons

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS , ,.

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SEVENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CO}IMUNICATION OF THE

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COMMENCING OCTOBER. 9, A. D., 1894: A. L, 5894. 'C

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ORDER.

Eaoh oopy of these Prooeedings sent to a subordinate Lodge in the care of the Master or Seoretary thereof, is intended exolusively for that Lodge, and not as the personal property of any o1fioer or member. Three oopies are sent to eaoh Lodge, one for the use of the Worshipful Master and one for Secretary, while in o1fioe, and are by them to be turned over to their suocessors in o1fioe with the other property of the Lodge, and the third copy is always to be retained in the Lodge room for the use of the members. By ORDER OF THR GRAND LODGE.

ST. LOUIS: WoomVARD & TIERNAN PRISTlNG COXPL'lY, 309 to 319 N. Third Street. 1894.

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J. B. THO~fAS, Albany A. :\1. HOUGH, Jefferson City D. A. JAMISON, St. Louis F. J. TYGARD, Butler SAMUEL M. KENNARD, St. Louis JOHN D. VINCIL, St. Louis* ALLAN McDOWELL, St. Louis REV. C. H. BRIGGS, Fayette REV. JOHN W. ROBINSON, Clayton E. F. ALLEN, Kansas City GEO. E. MAYHALL, New London WM. RICHARDSON, St. Louis CHAS. S. GLASPELL, Kansas City F. P. GRAVES, Doe Run H. CAl\!. WELLS, Platte City 31. T.· DAVIS, Aurora A. FISHER, Labelle W3I. M. TRELOAR, Mexico A. L. ROSS, Versailles JOH~ W. OWEN, St. Louis

Gmnd Mastel'. D. Grand Master. G. Senior Warden. G. Junior Warden. G. Tl'easU1·er. G. Secretm·y. G. Lecturm·. G. Chaplain. G. Chaplain. G. Sen. Deacon. G. Jr. Deacon. G. Mm·shal. G. Marshal. G. Sword Beal·m·. G. Sen. Steward. G. Jr. Steward. G. Pursuivant. G. Orator. G. Orator. G. Tilel·.

*Also Committee on Foreign Correspondence.

• NoTE.-Allletters for the Grand Lecturer should be addressed to care of the Grand Secretary, 510 Pine Street, who will deliver them.

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE

SEVENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE

M. W. GRAND LODGE A. F. AND A. M. OF THE

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ST. LOUIS, OCTOBER 9, A. D., 1894; A. L., 5894.

ST. LOUIS: Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co., 30\1-319 N. 3d St. 1894.

OF:FICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE

SEVENTY-FOURTH

ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE

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LODG~j,

A. F. & A. M., STA:rE OF MISSOURI.

The Seventy-Fourth Annual Communication of the :Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of l\1issouri, convened in the Germania Theater, St. Louis, October 9, 1894, at 10 .o'clock A. M. The following Grand Officers \\Tere present: HARRY KEENE .T. B. THOMAS................. A. :M. HOUGH D. A. JAMISON SAM'L M. KENNARD JOHN D. VINCIL............................. ALLAN McDO\\'ELL REV. J. ,V. ROBINSON REV. C. H. BRIGGS F. J. TYGARD E. F. ALLEN Wl\f. RICHARDSON W. M. TRELOAR................................... GEO. E. MAYHALL. D. M. WILSON : L. B. VALIANT M. T. DAVIS JOHN W. OWEN.....................................

M. lV. Grand Master . R. W. Deputy Grand Master. R. W. Grand Sen.ior Warden. R. IV. Grand Junior Warden. R. W. Gnl,lld Treasurer. R. W. Gmnd Secretary. R. W. Grand LectuTa. R. W. Gmnd Chaplain. R. W. Grand Chaplain. Grand Senior Deacon. (Jrand Junior Deacon. Grand .Mm路shal. Gj'and Mm路shal. Grand Junior Steward. Grandfursu'i7Jant. Grand Orawr. Grand Orator. Grand Tile,路.

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OPENING.

The Grand :Master then proceeded to open the :Most WorshIpful Grand Lodge of Missouri in AMPLE FORM. :Most delightful music was rendered, in which all heartily joined, when the Grand Chaplain, Rev. Bro. J. \\T. Robinson, addressed the Throne of Heavenly Grace. It was announced that a constitutional number of Lodges were represented. The Grand Master then declared the Grand Lodge ready for business.

CREDENTIALS.

The following Brethren were named as Committee on Credentials: P. Hancock, Wm. Sessinghaus, G. 'V. Lilley and A. Fisher. This Committee reported Representatives of 159 Lodges present at the opening of the Grand J;odge, which number was increased during the session. A report in full will be found in the Appendix.

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ANNUAL ADDRESS.

The Grand M:aster submitted the following Address and the same was referred to a Committee of Past Grand Masters by the Deputy Grand Master. John D. 'lincil, Thos. E. Garrett, R. E. Anderson, Noah M. Givan, J08. S. Browne, \lV. R. Stubblefield, C. C. Woods, Lee A. Hall, R. F. Stevenson, J. "V. Boyd, B. H. Ingram, Jas. P. Wood and John R. Parson. John D. V'incil was appointed Chairman of the Committee.

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ANNUAL ADDRESS.

To the J.lfost W01'shipjul Orand Lodge oj Mo" A. P. J; A. ilL: BRETHREN :-Through the merciful 'dispensation of Almighty God, we are permitted to assemble in this, the Seventy-Fourth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. With hearts filled with grateful emotions, we bow in solemn adoration before the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, whose watchful care has been about our pathways, and whose loving kindness has never forsaken us. 路We have gathered from the busy avenues of life to enjoy this blissful reunion, and it is with much pleasure that I greet and welcome the Representatives of the thirty thousand Masons of this great commonwealth. The records of the past year are completed and placed before you for your criticism and approval, or rejection. That errors have been made would be but natural, for are we not all human, and being such, must we not from necessity err? Then let us review the work of each other with candor, retaining all that is good and true, and cast among the rubbish snch as ought not to enter into the construction of our Mystic Temple. The Masonic year has been a peaceful and prosperous one Notwithstanding the "hard times," financially, we have much more than held our own. The correspondence has been voluminous, but I have not been called upon to settle many knotty questions, the Committee on Grievances has but few cases to report, and I am pleased to announce to you that unanimity and concord prevail among the Fraternity throughout the State.

FRATERNAL RELATIONS.

It affords me great pleasure to report that peace and harmony exist between this Grand Lodge and all other Grand Lodges with which we are in Fraternal intercourse. FRATERNAL DEAD.

Within our own borders and throughout the country, the dread messenger has been at work. The fireside and Lodge have many vacant chairs. We can only bow our heads in humble submission to an all-wise God.

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THE MASONIC HOME.

I instructed路 the Grand Secretary to issue a warrant on Grand Treasurer, Brother Samuel M. Kennard, for the sum of $14,100.00 in favor of the Masonic Home, October 20th, receipt of which is acknowledged. From every source I learn that this great undertaking is in satisfactory working order and accomplishing what its promoters anticipated. The President of the Board of Directors will make his report, also the Treasurer, Secretary and Superintendent, to which I invite your earnest attention. I bespeak for it the good will of every l\lason in the State; not a single word has been spoken against onr blessed Home. OFFICIAL VISITATIONS.

At the beginning 'of my official term as your Grand Master, I entertained the hope to be able to make a tour of inspection among the Lodges, but business matters, coupled with sickness, rendered it impossible for me to go very far in that line. I was denied the pleasure of accepting many special invitations, and called upon others to perform the duties for me. LODGES AUTHORIZED BY DISPENSATIONS.

I have granted but five dispensations to organize new Lodges during the year. Clifton Heights, Winona, Westport, "\Varsaw and Grant City. It has been my careful study to see that the law was carried out in every particular. DISPENSA1'IO~S

REFUSED.

For good and sufficient reasons, I declined to grant dispensations at Jamesport, Davis County, and Deepwater, Henry County. STATE LODGES OF INSTRUCTION.

I held State Lodges of Instruction as follows: Greenfield JanuA.ry 17th, 18th, 19th, inclusive. Neosho... 22d, 23d, 24th, Harrisonville 25th, 26th, 27t.h, MaTyville February 5th, 6th, 7th, Chillicothe 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th,20th, 21st, Moberly................. Kirksville.. 22d, 23d, 24th, Mexico Scptember 13th, 14th, 15th, Excelsi.or Springs, 17th, 18th, 19th,

Grand Lecturer Allan McDowell had special charge of the work

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I am fully confident of the great good these meetings produce in the way of teaching the work to the Fraternity. The meetings were largely attended and the interest manifested the best proof of success. The Assistant Grand Lecturer was present at the two first meetings, also the District Deputy Grand Masters and District Lecturers of their respective Districts. 1'0 this band of untiring workers, I attribute largely the uniformity of the work throughout the State and the ge~eral unanimity and concord among the Brethl"en. SPECIAL DISPENSATION TO CONFER DEGREES.

During the year I have had innumerable applications for the conferring of degrees out of the regular time, all of which were refused. SPECIAL DISPENSATIOX TO ELECT AND INSTALL OFFICERS.

I have granted dispensations to elect and install officers, whenever Lodg-es failed to have a quorum at the date of their regular annual election, in compliance with law. PERMISSION REFUSED.

I have received petitions from Lodges to grant them permission to join in public parades on the Fourth of July and l\iemo!ial Day, all of which were refused. INVASION OF TERRITORY-LOCAL.

Complaint was made by Rock Prairie Lodge, No. 269, that Everton Lodge, No. 405, had invaded No. 269'8 territory, and taken two candidates therefrom. I referred the matter to R. W. Bro. Seymour Hoyt, D. D. G. M., who investigated the matter and found the lines so closely drawn that nothing but actual measurement could determine the distances. Rock Prairie Lodge not being satisfied with the District Deputy's report, and there being- no Grand Lodge Surveyor, I suggested that the County Surveyor take the measurements. I have heard nothing further about it. WILLIAMSBURG LODGE, No.8,

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PORTLAND LODGE, NO.

242.

August 17th, I received complaint from Williamsburg Lodge, No. S, that Portland Lodge, No. 242, had moved from Portland to Readsville, without consent of No.8. In looking up this matter through the Grand Secretary's office, I found that in 1881, thirteen years ago, No. 242 did move from Portland to Readsville. No law then existed requiring consent of Lodges whose

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territory might be infringed upon by the moving Lodge, as is now the case in Section No .. 76. Therefore Portland Lodge had the right then to move to Readsvflle. I decided Williamsburg Lodge, No.8, has no ground for complaint and must share the territory with Portland Lodge, No. 242. INVASION OF TERRITORY-FOREIGN.

Hartford Lodge, No. 171, complained that Prosperity Lodge, No. 504, of the Grand Jurisdiction of Iowa, had invaded their territory and conferred the three degrees upon one B. H. Johnson, a resident of Mendota, in Putnam County, this State. I referred the matter to M. 路W. Bro. Fellows, Grand Master of Iowa, who immediately made an in vestigation and reported to me that such were the facts, and that Prosperity Lodge should make suitable and proper amends. From all the correspondence, I am of the opinion that the Iowa Lodge acted in this matter from assurances made to some of the members of Prosperity Lodge by some of the members of the Hartford Lodge. The very best of feeling seems to exist between the two Lodges, and they have agreed to sin no more. Therefore I have come to the following conclusions, which have been accepted by all parties as a basis of settlement: First, That no wrong was intended by No. 504. Second, That No. 504 has apologized for the wrong to No. 171, and made satisfactory amends. Third, The two Lodges being at a good understanding, and No. 171 agreeing to accept one-half the fees, Fourth, I advised No. 171 to waive all claims to Brother Johnson, thereby surrendering him to No. 504, and to recognize his Masonic status. On May 31st, 1894, I received from Decatur Lodge, No. 400, the following communication: Our Lodge has just received the petition of one Mr. B. F. Lafayette, who is at the - present time doing business at Checotah, Indian 路Territory. The question of jurisdiction at once arose in the Lodge. Mr. Lafayette formerly lived here and did business here for many years, and now does all his banking business here and has other business interests here. And although he and his brother, who is connected with him in business, have been in the Territory for about six or seven years, they still claim Pierce City as their home, and have both voted here in all elections since they have been away, and the authorities have always allowed them to do so, they claiming and making oath that this is their home. I was instructed by the Lodge to ascertain from you whether we have] the right to accept and act upon the petition.

June 7th I wrote the Secretary that they had the right to accept and act upon the petition. August 3rd, I received a letter from our Grand Representative, J. A. Scott, enclosing complaint from Cheecotah Lodge,

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No. 74, Indian Territory, that No. 400 had invaded their jurisdiction by receiving tho' petition of Mr. Lafayette, and asked for an investigation. I wrote to the then Grand Master, but received no re路ply. August 30th brought me a letter from the 1\1. 'V. Grand Master, John Coyle, enclosing the same complaint, to whom I addressed the following: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER:-I am in receipt of your favor of August 30th, concerning complaint of Checotah Lodge, No. 74, of your Grand Jurisdiction, against Decatur Lodge, No. 400, of this jurisdiction, for invasion of territory and receiving the petition of one Mr. B. F. Lafayette. In order that you may ,understand this matter, will write you fully. May 31st, No 400, through its Secretary, submitted to me this case in the following language: "Mr Laf.Lyette formerly lived here and did business here for many years, and now does aU his banking business here and has other business interests here. And, although he and his brother, who is connected with him in business, have been in the Territory for about six or seven years, they stiJI claim Pierce City as their home, and have both voted here in aU elections since they have been away, and the authorities have always allowed them to do so, they claiming and making oath that this is their home." Acting upon this statement, I advised Decatur Lodge, No. 400, that they had the right to accept and act upon the petition of Mr. B. F. Lafayette for the degrees. I fail to see any point in the letter of W. 1\'1. Bro. Fullar, of No. 74, to justify any such claim. Surely a profane bas the right to sojourn temporarily in any State, country or Territor)', without falling a prey' to be therein made a citizen and Mason against his own free will and accord. Every civilized nation in the world offers the wanderer a home 'and chance to become a citizen if he desires it. Freemasonry does likewise. That is as far as either goes. It tak~s two to make a binding contract, and both must be willing. Our IIlW prescribes twelve months' residence in the State, six months of which must be within the jurisdiction of the Lodge to which the application is made (as a requisite). It further says that by residence, as here used, is meant a permanent settled domicile or fixed abode. Now, who does the "fixing." the Lodge or the individual? Personal liberty is a priceless gem, and it would be a queer kind of Masonry that would deprive an individual of this jewel. A profane has some rights that must be considercd even by Masons. Mr. Lafayette makes oath and claims Missouri as !Jis home. It follows then that he carries with that claim his Masonic right and allegiance. Even though he is doing business at Checotah, it appears that he if; passing to and from Missouri and the Territory continuously. Therefore I am of the opinion that your Lodge has no ground of complaint. However, in order that no injustice may be done, J have ordered Decatur Lodge, No. 400, not to proceed further in this case for the present, and shall wait with much interest your conclusions. Sincerely and fraternally, HARRY KEENE, Grand ~faster.

Under date of September 11th, the following was received from John Coyle, Esq., Grand Master of Masons, Indian Territory: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER:-Yours of the 3d inst received yesterday. In regard to this man Lafayette, you say ah alleged resident of Checotah, Indian Territory. The alleged part we deny, because he is and has been 'an actual resident of the Indian Territory for the past six or seven years, so acknowledged by Decatur Lodge, No. 400路 Missouri. You say Lodge No. 400, through its Secretary, submitted the case to me in the following langllllge. "Mr. Ben. Lafayette formerly lived here, and did business here for many years, and now docs all his banking business here, and has other business interests here. And although he and his brother, who is 'connected with him in

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businp.ss, have been in the Territory for about six or seven years, they still claim Pierce City as their home, and have both voted here in all elections since they have been away, and the authorities have always allowed them to do so, t.hey claiming and making oath that this is their home. You also say, I have carefully read and fail to see any point in the letter of W. M. Bro. Fullar. of No. 74, to justify any such elairn. You further say, our law prescribes twelve months' residence in the State." This also is the law of the Indian Territory. Under this law we claim that Mr. Lafayette, and every other man who has lived in this Territory for twelve momhs and is now living here, if he wishes to become a. Mason, must petition a. Lodge in this jurisdiction, No other Lodge in the world has the right to receive his petition. When a person pet.itions a Lodge here, we do not ask where he is from or If he ever intends going back, whether it be England or Missouri. You see, my dear Brother, your law as well as our own requires actual residence as' a requisite, no matter about his swearing whcre his home is, that does not alter our laws nor even his voting doesn't. You ask, who does the fixing of his residence, He does, by actually living in the Indian Territory, the same thing acknowledged by Lodge Xl). 400, of Missouri. There are about 40,000 white men in this jurisdiction who have lived and done business in other countries besides this, and hU~dreds of thel~ now do their banking in Kansas, Missouri and Texas, and have other business interests in those States and many other places, but still we claim, and the l\Jasonic world says we have the right to this claim, that if any of those men wish to become Masons they must petition a Lodge in this jurisdiction. This position we are bound to maintain, otherwise we would have no jurisdiction over any white man living in this Territory. Hoping you will view this matter as we do, I remain, Respectfully and Fraternally, JOHN COYLE, Gmnd Mastcr.

To this letter I made the following reply: JOHN COYLE,

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lof. TV. Grand lofaster, Bailey, Indian Territory. DEAR Sm AND BROTHER:-Your favor of Septembcr 11th, duly received concerning Mr. Ben Lafayette. I very much regret that we are so wide apart in our opinions in this matter. In view of the fact that our Grand Lodge meets October 9th, I shall submit the case, for further con"ideration, to that body, and remain, Sincerely and fraternally, HARRY KEENE,

Grand Master.

All the papers in this case are herewith submitted. REPORT OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAXD MASTERS.

Reports from this noble band of workers show the Craft to be in excellent working order, with but one or two exceptions. One traveled 1,240 miles in his district and conferred 34 degrees. REPORTS FROM THE GRAi\D AND

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LECTURERS.

These show the Craft to be intensely interested in learning the ritualistic work. CONDITION OF THE CRAFT.

'rhis is gratifying and the outlook for the most part is encouraging for the future, being out of debt and having ample means to meet any normal contingency.

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CHARTERS ARRESTED.

After a very careful and patient investigation, I ordered the arrest of the charter of Jericho Lodge, No. 340. The law-obeying members are in the minority and nothing but a deep burial can purify such a concern. I ordered a funeral and R. 'V. Bro. Affleck to administer on the estate. Stewartsville Lodge, No. 182, for failing to pay Grand Lodge dues. Upon investigation I found this Lodge totally indifferent as to its duties, not even answering Grand Officer's letters. owing quite a sum for rent, and with internal dissensions among the members and no hopes of any reconciliation. Its days of usefulness are past. Woodlawn Lodge, No. 223, for violation of Section No. 66. Complaint was made, and upon investigation by R. W. Bro. G. E. Mayhall, he reports said Lodge doin~ a land office business. All the papers are herewith submitted. Linn Lodge, No. 66. This Lodge, feeling aggrieved at the action of somebody, deliberately committed suicide. All the papers are herewith submitted. WEAK LODGES.

I have investigated the following Lodges as referred to me at the last sessiolf of the Grand Lodge and found them to be in an improved condition. Numbers 250, 517, 440 and 289. BEGGING CIRCULAR LETTERS.

I have had numerous applications from Lodges and individuals, both within and ,vithout the State, to solicit money from the Fraternity. I have absolutely refused to permit anything of the kind. COMMUNICATIONS ]<'ROM OTHER GRAND LODGES.

From the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, proposing certain uniform rules as to jurisdiction over candidates. . From the Grand Lodge of Colorado, proposing a proper memorial observance of the centennial of the death of Worshipful Brother George Washington by all the Grand Lodges in the United States. The communications are herewith submitted. RESIGNATIONS OF D. D. GRAND MASTERS AND

APPOINTMENT~.

R. W. Bro. L. W. English, of the Fifth District, resigned November 10th. C. J. Walker commissioned. R. W. Bro. Chas. S. Bryan, Twenty-ninth District, resigned. W. A. Wear commissioned, October 16th. R. 'V. Bro. Geo. Tuggle, Tenth District, resigned May 10th. No appointment.

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REPRESENTATIVES APPOINTED NEAR OTHER GRAND LODGES.

Brother John H. Visscher, to the Grand Lodge of New York. Brother Silas H. Danforth, to the Grand Lodge of Vermont. Brother J. H. 路Weymouth, to the Grand Lodge of West Virginia. Brother Frank Sowden, to the Grand Lodge of Quebec. Brother Calixto Fajordo, to the Grand Lodge oflJuba. SPECIAL COMMITTEES APPOINTED.

August lIth, 1894, I appointed Brothers Dorsey A. Jamison, Chas. W. 路Waughop and J. C. Finagin a committee to secure a suitable hall to hold this session of this Grand Lodge. Appointed Brother Henry Lihou a Committee on Hotels and Hailroads. SHADY SECRETARY.

I was informed by the Grand Secretary that a check recei ved from Granville Lodge, No. 240, for Grand Lodge dues, amount $21, was returned protested, which he had to take up and pay $2.35 protest fees. I ordered District Deputy Grand Master Mayhall to investigate the matter, which he did, and on May 31st made a full report, fully exonerating the Lodge. The letters of Grand Secretary and District Deputy never reached the Lodge. It is needless to say Brother Mayhall went for that Secretary without gloves. Fees recovered and the case investigated by the Lodge. The papers are herewith submitted. SUSPENDED WORSHIPFUL MASTERS.

Upon information furnished together with an investigation by R. W Bro. W. O'Bannon, D. D. G. M., I suspended Worshipful Brother J. A. Bradley fOI: violations of Sections Nos. 57 and 137, and cited him to appear at this Grand Lodge for trial. The papers are herewith submitted. Upon information furnished together with an investigation by R. W. Bro. A. Fish~r, D. D. G. M., I suspended Brother P. M. Smith, Worshipful Master of Adair Lodge, No. 366, and cited him to appear before this Grand Lodge, for beating and ill-treating Brother S. A. Faulk, who had gone to Smith's house for instruction. All the papers are herewith submitted. CHARGES AGAINST WOSHIPFUL MASTERS DISMISSED.

Charges of the most frivolous nature were preferred against the Worshipful Master of Dagon Lodge, No. 394, by one of the members. Upon investigation py District Deputy Grand Master J. D. Brummall, Seventh District, I dismissed the charges, and submit all the papers.

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Charges preferred against the Worshipful Master of Hopewell Lodge, 239, by a member of Reynold's Lodge, No. 385. Upon investiga- . tion by R. 'V. Bro ..J. M. McGhee, D. G. M. of Nineteenth District, I dismissed the charges and submit all the papers. Charges were preferred against the 'Vorshipful Master of McGee Lodge, No. 146, for getting drunk. The matter was investigated by J. J. Dillinger, D. G. M., Eighth District, and finding his term of office expired ineide of a week of receiving the report, I ordered the Lodge to try the case as provided for in Section No. 231. Charges were prefened against the 'Vorshipful Master of Wheeling Lodge, No. 434, for getting drunk. The matter was investigated by R. W. Bro. Reuben Barney, D. G. M., Sixth District, and as the accused's term of office had expired, I ordered the Lodge to try the case as provided for in Section No. 231. ~o.

DUPLICATE CHARTERS.

Duplicate charters were issued when destroyed by fire and defaced, in accordance with the law. . LODGE REMOVALS.

A vast number of Lodges have moved into new and improved quarters, for which proper dispensations were granted'. DUPLICATE CHARTERS NOT GRANTED.

August 2d brought me a letter from Prairieville Lodge, No. 137, written by Brother Black, stating everything belonging to that Lodge was burnt up January 31st, 1894, with no insurance, $500 in debt, and no prospects of being able to start in business again. I declined to issue duplicate charter until a proper showing was made. All the papers are herewith submitted. August 10th brought me a similar letter from Prairie Hill Lodge, No. 546, stating this Lodge had lost everything by fire, July 3d, no insurance, $80 in debt, no Hall obtainable in the village. Salisbury Lodge, No. 208, offered No. 546 the use of their Hall. No showing being made that they would rebuild or rent a Hall, I declined to grant permission to go to Salisbury or issue duplicate charter. A11 the papers are herewith submitted. TOL'fEC LODGE, KO. 520.

In compliance with the expression of the Grand Lodge concerning this Lodge) I wrote to Worshipful Brother Chism, advising him of the action taken, and advised said Lodge to accept a charter from the Gran

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Dieta of Mexico, which consolidation ends this vexed question, excepting several of its members, to whom Grand Lodge dimits were granted on return of the charter to the Grand Secretary's office. All the papers are herewith submitted. DECISIONS.

Has the Lodge the right to pay money out of t.he treasury to employ nurses to sit up with sick brethren? Decision.-The Lodge has the right, and deserves credit for discharging their duty to sick and needy brethren. Dawn Lodge, No. 539, submits the following: About a year ago objection was made to the raising of a candidate, which has since been withdrawn. Can the candidate apply for and receive a certificate of dimission while residing in the jurisdiction of Dawn Lodge? Decision.Certificate of dimission should not be granted while the party reside in the jurisdiction of Dawn Lodge. Pattonsburg Lodge, No. 65, submits the following: The Grand Lodge in ] 892 suspended W. J. Ward for three years for unmasonic conduct and he is not reformin~ any. Has the Lodge the right to prefer charges again? Deci~ion.-The Lodge has a right to try him for a continuance of his unmasonic conduct, and, if found guilty, to increase the punishment even to expulsion. Petitioners for the formation of a new Lodge must be in good standing and residents of the territorial jurisdiction of the proposed Lodge. A Mason is not in good standing who cannot visit a Lodge, appear in procession, be entitled to receive Masonic relief, or have Masonic burial. Having lost good standing by non-affiliation for twelve months he can gain it among existing Lodges by ballot only. Aurora Lodge, No. 267, submits the following: ,:V. F. McIntire petitioned the above Lodge in 1890 for the Mysteries, was elected, initiated, examined and rejected, having paid $15 for F. C. degree in advance. 1 instructed the Lodge to return him the fee, notwithstanding considerable controversy had taken place over this matter. The papers are herewith submitted. The Senior ':Varden of a Lodge, while in office into which he has been duly installed, applies for and is granted a dimit from his Lodge. He petitions another Lodge for membership therein, and in due time is elected a member of that Lodge. What is his status? Decision.-The dimit was void, and he is still a member of and Senior Warden of the Lodge granting the dimit, no regular annual election having intervened since the granting of the dimit. Bucklin Lodge No. 233: B. B. Putnam and T. B. Fields are both members of Bucklin Lodge, No. 233. For various and sundry reasons

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both of these Brethren are divorced from their wives. Fields brings smt against Putnam for $10,000 damages for artfully gaining the confidence of his wife, and, by that confidence, alienating her affections from him, thereby destroying his home and happiness. Putnam prefers charges in this Lodge against Fields. Specifications wrongfully accusing me of artfully gaining the confidence of his wife, and, by that confidence, alienating her affections from him, and thereby destroying his home and happiness. Decision.-A Lodge cannot entertain charges for statements made in a petition in a case before the courts. To do so the Lodge would be in contempt of court, as it would be construed as an' attempt to intimidate the plaintiff. You will, therefore, dismiss the charges and proceed no further in the case. If either of the parties named have so conducted themselves in the past, or should do so in the future, as to bring discredit upon the Fraternity, it will be the duty of the Worshipful Master to see that the party so offending is properly disciplined. MOUKl'AIN GROVE LODGE, NO. 158. Statement. Deputy Grand Master C. l\1. Mitchell, Thirty-second District, also 路W. M. of Mountain Grove Lodge, No. 158, presented to me the following state of facts and asked for my decision thereon: We first formed an association known as the Masonic Building Association, and each member was to take so many shares of stock until a sufficient ::>.mount was reached to complete a hall which was to cost $3,500. But we could not raise a sufficient amount to complete the hall, and tbe plan of raising. the money was not satisfactory to all the members, so the president of the association, with the ("onsent of the members, appointed a committee of four of the best men of our Lodge to raise the money, procure the ground and complete the hall and be responsible until its completion, which has been done. This committee of four borrowed the money, $3,500, on their own individual note. The deed to the lot was made to them. They have completed the hall and are now ready to turn it over to Mountain Grove Lodge, No. 158, A. F. and A. M., giving the Lodge a deed for it and the Lodge assuming all the indebtedness which will be all the notes for$3,500. Question.-I want to know what steps have to be taken to receive the hall and what vote of Lodge decides upon the matter. Ans1Vel'.-I charge you as the W. M. of Mountain Grove Lodge, No. 158, to see to it that the Lodge obeys the law as set forth in Section 74, page 24, Constitution and By-Laws. If the Lodge fails to strictly observe the law as therein set -forth the charter will be arrested. You will advise me of the procedure of the Lodge in this matter. I have heard nothing further on this subject.

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NEW TRIALS ORDERED.

In several instances I have ordered new trials for failure to comply with the law. Phoenix Lodge, No. 136, furnishes a sample case. One of its members was cited to appear for trial for un masonic conduct. lIe failed to appear to answer the charge, and the Lodge decided that his contempt in not appearing by counsel, in person, or written communication, was sufficient evidence of his guilt and expelled him by ballot ,vithout further ceremony then and there. LODGE IKDEBTEDNESS AND INSURAKCE.

'During the year I have had all manner of schemes presented to me by various Lodges, the general object of which was to evade Section 74. I attribute the zeal manifested by the promoters, as a rule, to be Simon pure selfishness, and I offer these views as a warning to Lodges. Some enterprising denizen finds an opportunity to start a store in a town, village or cross-roads. Looks around to find some society, usually Masons, to build a second story. The rent-saving argument and the "own your own castle" theory prevails, and finally ends in the Brethren taking stock in such buildings, which soon become a burden and often ends in smoke. It is both desirable and commendable for :Masons to own and occupy their own halls where ample protection is offered in case of fire, but the vast number of halls burnt and Lodge property destroyed during the past year, with no insurance, is a very serious matter, and I feel it my duty to call the attention of the Grand Lodge to this subject. To my mind, in this day and age, no Lodge should be permitted to exist that does not provide for its future. LAYING CORNER-STONES.

I commissioned suitable Brethren to lay corner-stones of the following buildings: . Court House at .Joplin New Central College at Fayette Court House at Lebanon New Normal SehooL.at Springfield Public School at Ozark Court House at Carthage at Festus Masonic Hal1. Masonic Hall at Hillsboro

May 8th. June 19th. June 23d. June 27th. May 26th. Allgust 25th. October 6th. October 8th.

I declined to lay corner-stone of Dr. Stills' Infirmary at Kirksville, it being a private institution.

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GRAND LODGE PROPERTY AT CANTON.

In compliance with instructions from the Grand Lodge, I appointed Brother J. C. Anderson, agent, to take charge of this property with instructions to get possession and rent the same to responsible parties, pay taxes and remit balance to Grand Secretary. In a lettor from Brother Anderson, he states the lady occupying the premises is in feeble health, suffering with paralysis and for the necessaries of life. I wrote him not to take' any steps towards ejecting this unfortunate lady. October, 1883, a loan of $500.00 was made to Mrs. Gibson, daughter of our venerable Brother and Past Grand Master, Carnegy, now deceased. The purpose of the loan was to enable her to pay a debt on the house she occupied at Canton and thereby provide a home for the venerable Brother during his lifetime. 'Vhile it is true that the purpose of the Grand Lodge in affording him a home has been served, yet his daughter is in reality, worse off than he ever was. For years and years she gave unstinted care and devotion to her aged father, and now that cruel fate has laid its relentless hand upon her, can we forsake the last and only friend of our venerable Brother and drive her from that shelter for which she had labored so long and fondly hoped to enjoy in peace? I do not believe anything of the kind. Therefore, that this Grand Lodge may be relieved of this matter, I recommend that a deed to the property be given to Mrs. Mary E. Gibson for her sole benetit during her lifetime, after which, to her legitimate bodily issue. CONCLUSION.

And now, Brethren, in a few short hours, the emblem of authority placed in my hands a year ago, I shall return to you, and expre~s the hope that it will fall into the hands of an abler man. I desire to return my sincere thanks to my brother officers, and especially to Dr. Vincil, Grand Secretary and Allan McDowell, Grand Lecturer, for the timely advice and assistance rendered during my term. It is not possible for me to express to you the great appreciation I have of the high honor conferred UpOi.} me by serving as your Grand Master. The memory of the kindness I have received at the hands of my Masonic Brethren and this Grand Lodge, will never be forgotten. HARRY KEENE, Grand JIaster.

Following the reading and reference of the Address, the Grand Lodge rEsolved to reconvene at 1.30 this P. ?lL, and later to visit the Masonic Home. G. L. PRo.-2.

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REPORTS.

The Reports of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer were presented and ordered printed in the Journal. They are as follows: GRAND SECRETARY'S REPORT. To tlie lofost Worshipful Gmnd Lodge of loIissouri, A. F. &: A. M.:

BRETHREN:-In presenting this, m)' Seventeenth Annual Report as Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, I take pleasure in announcing the general welfare of the Craft in this jurisdiction. I cannot state, as last year, the same progress made on general lines by the Fraternity in Missouri. In 1893 the growth of Masonry in Missouri was remarkable. The Lodges in the State, at the time of making my Annual Report, had not yet felt the great depression that was UpOIl the country; but since then the tinal~cial stringency has caused a great number of Lodges to cease from work almost entirely. As a consequence they have been greatly limited in their resources, and have felt the "hard times" much more the present year than last. In the large towns and cities of the State the Lodges have done well; a good number of country Longes have made fair advancement. There has not been such a period of financial depression affecting our Lodges in Missouri since I have been connected with my present position. In formulating my Fiscal Report, it will be seen that there is a falling off in the income due the Grand Lodge, the Lodges in quite a number of cases being unable to mect, with their usual promlJtncss, the claims of the Grand Lodge for annual dues. Immediately following the close of the last session, liS has been my custom through all the )'ears of my ollicial relation with the Grand Lodge, I bsued and forwarded, first of all, commissions to various District Deputy Grand 1I1astcrs appointed by the Grand l\Iaster. These commissions were followed at onC'e by the charters ordered by Grand Lodge, at its session, to the Lodges which had been chartered. They are herewith furnished. with Ilumher and location. The Grand Lodge, on October 11, 1893, granted charters to the following Lodges, which were numbered as shown below: Central, No. 81, Young's Creek, Audrain County. Triplctt, No. 122, TrijJlett, Chariton County. Hale, ~o. 216, Hale, Carroll County. Carterville, 1\0.401, Carterville, Jasper County. Charleston, No. 407, Charleston, Missis~ippi County. Jonesburg, No. 457, Jonesburg, Montgomer~' County. Clarksdale. No. 559, Clarksdale, DeKalb County. Nelson, No. 560, Nelson, Saline County. Cowgill, 1\"0. 561, Cowgill, Caldwell County. During the present term, under the direction ofM. W. Bro. Harry Keene, Grand Master, I issued and forwarded to the proper officers dispensations for formation of the follOWing Lodges: Clifton Heights, St. Louis. Winona, Winona, Shannon County. Westport, "Vestport, Jackson County. 'Varsaw, 'Varsaw, Benton County. Grant City, Grant City, Worth County.

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These Lodges have pr(J~pered grl!atl)路 and t.heir returns make a good showing. The Grand Lodge will make no mistake in granting charters to these candidates for a permanent place in the family of Missouri Lodges. Having examined t.he records of each, I a.nnounce that I have never seen them surpassed for accuracy and perfection of execuliion. It would be difficult to equal them. COMMISSIONS. By order of the Grand Master. commissions were issued to the following parties as Representatives of this Grand Lodge, near the Grand Lodges named: .J. II. Weymouth, West Virginia, in place ofW. J. Bates, Jr., deceased. Sila!> H. Danforth, Vermont. Calixto Fargardo, Cuba. John H. Vischer, New York, 1;icc John Stewart, resigned. DUPLICATE CHARTERS. Duplicate Charters have been issued under the direction of the Grand Master to the following Lodges, the originals having been destroyed by fire or lost: Western Light.. Sheldon Bucklin Chain of Rock::. Lewistown oo

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Fayette New Hope Sullivan Ryland Malden

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47 J99 69 332 406

CHARTERS RECEIVED. Charters of the following Lodges have been received and placed on file: Kilwinning, No. 378, consolidated with Middle Fabius, No. 244. Stewartsville. No. 182, charter arrested by Grand Master Keene. Toltec, No. 520, formerly located in City of Mexico. Republic of Mexico, charter having been surrendered. Linn, No. 66, arrested by Grand .i\fa~ter Keene for non路compliance with laws of Grand Lodge as to returns and dlles. Everett, No. 219, consolidated with Coldwater, No. 485. Iron Mountain, No. 430, at Iron Mountain, consolidated with Star of the West, No. 133, at Ironton. Wooolawn, No. 223, charter and records received, Lodge having been closed hy arrest of its Charter on order of Grand Master.* The Grand Master has notified this olIice that he had ordered the arrestofthe charter ()f Jericho, No. 340. The charter has not been received at this writing. Quite a large number of special dispensations have been issued by order of the Grand l-faster and forwarded to parties named therein. LAYING OF CORNER-STONES. Corner-stones were laid for the following public buildings by order of the iGrand l-faster: Public School, Ozark, Christian County. Conrt House, Lebanon, Laclede County. Central College. Fayette. Normal School, Springfield. Court House, Joplin. Court House, Carthage. Masonic Hall, Festus. *Non;.-Charter of No. 223 restored by the Grand

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LOpGE REMOVALS. Permission was granted to the following Lodges to move into and occupy other Halls: Prairieville Arcana Pythagoras Winigan Mountain Grove Naphtali Sheldon Farmersville Blackwell Somerset Xenia Bucklin LaBelle Sedgewickville Biswell Appleton City

1:\0. 137 1\0. 3S9 1\0. 383 No. 540 No. 158 No. 25 No. 371 No. 388 1\0.535 1\0.206 ~o. 50 No. 233 No. 222 No. 42() No. ;, No. 1.12

Jasper Polar StIH' Galt Bethel Corinthian Santa Fe Mansfield Stella Pine Montgomery City Carthaf'c... . Friend Clarksdale Farmington Chain of Rocks

1'0.398 No. 79 No. 423 1'0.537 No.265 No. 462 No. 548 No. 538 No. 314 No. 246 1'0. 197 No. 352 No.559 No. 132 No. 141

Permis~ion was granted to the following Lodges to hold Special Elections of officers. In some instances elections had gone by default; in others, officers failed to accept positions assigned them:

Chillicothe, No. 333, to elect Junior Warden. Western, 1'0.53, to elect Senior WardelL Clearmont, 1'0.507, to elect Worshipful Master. Marble Hill, No. 298, to elect entire list of ofIicers. St. Clair, No. 273, to elect Worshipful }\faster. Potosi, No. 131, to elect en ti re list of officers. Exeter, No. 514, to elect entire list of officers. Irish Grove, No. 483, to elect Junior Warden. Cedar City, 1'0.425, to elect entire list of officers. Sullivan, No. 69, to elect Senior Warden. New Cambria, No. 402, to elect cutire list of ofticers. The Grand ~faster in a few instances permitted Lodges, for good cause shown, to reballot upon rejected applicants; he also in some instances issued commissions to Brethren to dedicate MasoniC Halls. RETURNS. At no time during my connection with the offiee of Grand Secretary, now seventeen years, have the Lodges been so tardy in making llnd forwarding their annual returns. The law governing this duty ought to be well and generally understood, as it has been in operation in our code for two full years. Section 92 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws reads u:; follows: "The Fiscal year of the Lodges shall close on the 31st of July, ann every chartered Lodge in this jurisdiction shall forward its annual return:; on or before September 1st. to the Grand Secretary, with the dues, at the time specified above." , In keeping with my custom for sixteen years, I mailed to each Lodge in this Grand Jurisdiction, early in July, blanks for Returns of Lodges. It wa:; to be expected that

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during the month of August the Lodges "'ould comply with the law in the case as cited above. To my surprise llnd regret, on the first day of SeptemLer, the limit of the IIlW, more thal~ two hundred llnd fifty Lodges had failed to report, being nearly one-half of the Lodges in the State. This was alarming. I at once sent out the usual notice to the delinquents, urging compliance with the law. This notice brought many responses, but still the tardy ones lingered and delayed their coming. At this juncture thc Gmnd Master was informed of the situation and he came to the rescue by issuing and sending out the following circular: GRAr--n LODGE A. F. (\: A. M., STATE OF MISSOURI. OFFICE OF GRAND MASTEH. ST. JOSEPH, September 19, 1894. WOl'shipJnlllfaster, - - Lodge, No. - - , - - - - , Mo.

WORSHIPFUL Sm A:"O BROTHER.-Sectiou 92, Grand Lodge By-Laws, requires every L'Jdge in this jurisdiction to forward its annual returns, on or before the first of September, to the Grand Secretary, and at the same time to send the Grand Lodge dues. This you have failed to do. On the first of September, the limit of the law, more than 250 Lodges were delinquent. Your Lodge was among them. Why such neglect? The Grand Lodge created your Lodge, and permits it to continue in existence. upon a pledge made in the petition to "strictly conform to the Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodg-e." You have not conformed to the law, as promised, by making returns and paying dues. A failure to comply with law forfeits the protection and privileges the law affords. It is on this ground that Lodges have their charters suspended for not complying with Section No. 92 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws. It is impossible to present to the Grand Lodge a statement of its business or the condition of the Craft in MIssouri, if Lodges do not comply with the law. Such compliance is hereby ordered without further delay. HARRY KEENE, Grand Master. If the Lodges would furnish their returns in proper time, even though they could not make immediate payment of dues, it woulo. not embarrass the business of the Grand Lodge so much. I am required by the action of the Grand Lodge to submit to eaeh session my Annual Report embracing a full statement of the fiscal and general condition of the Craft in the jurisdiction. As long as these delinquencies continue on the part of the Lodges, my report must be only approximate and incomplete. If I were to close my report with the expiration of the prescribed limit found in the law, i. e. September 1st, there would be but little to show what had been done by the Lodges, when only half had reported. To enable the Grand Lodge to learn more fully the state of affiairs, I have kept my report open thirty days beyond the time when it should have closed. This embarrasses the work of the office, hinders the proper facility in business, and renders incomplete the final statements due the Grand Lodge. On the 1st day of October, I closed the books. Thb \VItS necessary to enable the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary to balance their books, compare accounts, and present their reports to the Grand Lodge, in printed form, as required by it. On said date there were the following Lodges delinquent as to returns:

NON-REPORTING LODGES. Cedar WestView Prairieville Altona Pythagoras

Xo. 37 No.103 No. 137 No. 315 No.88:{

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The following Lodges have made returns, but failed to pay Grand Lodgc dues: St. Johns, No. 28; Potosi, No. 131; Westville, No. 202; Brumley, No. 203; Lamar, Ko. 292; King Hiram, No. 309; Osborn, No. 317; Myrtle, No. 338; Moberly, No. 344; Adelphi, No. a55; Sheldon, Ko.371; Iberia, 路No. 410; St. Nieholas, No. 43.'); Burlington, No. 442; Lewistown, No. 494; BiswelJ, No. 510. The dues from reporting Lodge~ remaining unpaid, amount to over two thou nand dollars. The non-reporting Lodges will owe nearly one thousand dollars, the aggregate outstanding dues will foot up nearly three thonsand dollars. How much of this amf)unt can be collected remains to be seen. I most earnestly appeal to the Grand Lodge to provide some additional remedy whereby Lodgcs will be required to comply with the law as to :making returns in proper time. One month certainly is sufficient for reports to be prepared, so that returns can be sent in by the first of September. While one路half of the Lodges report promptly, the remaining numbcr should not be allowed to disregard thc requirements of the law. It is not just to the faithful Lodges to have the others neglect duty and hinder the business of the Grand Lodge. FINANCIAL. One year ago I reported the probable amount collectible from outstanding claims at about $2,500. The collections from unpaid dues amounted to $2,720.50. The sum of $540 was receivcd for charter fees and dispensation fees, added to foregoing collected on account of dues, the aggregate collected prior to incoming ducs for 1894 was $3,260.50. At the close of the last term, when the books of the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary were balanccd by the committee, there was a balance in the treasury of $26,858.73. T have received and paid over to the Grand Treasurer on account of dues for 1894, since the tirst day of August the sum of $2.5,769. I submit the following: RECAPITULATION. Amount on hand at last settlement Collected outstanding dues...... Rectived for charter and dispcnsation fees........................ Grand Lodgc dues for 1il94, to October 1st Total funds

$26,858 2,720 540 25,769

73 50 00 00

$55,888 23 DISBuRSE~mNTS.

On thc 26t.h day of last October, by order, I paid over to the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home, the sum of $14,100, being one-half of the funds then on hand. On the 5th day of JUIW, 1894, I paid over to the Home Board the sum of $1,3;)9, being half of the funds on hand at that date, which had been collected on account of dues, making a total paid the Home of $15,459. Total disbursements, including the above, $27,293.60. Total funds, including balance from last year Less disbursements for the year

$55,888 2.'3 27,293 60

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$28,594 63

Since the above report wu..<; rendered, I have received and deposited $],628.00. The outstanding amounts due and collectible will run the footings for the year up to about $31,000.00. Fraternally submitted, JOHN D. VINCIL, Grand Secretary.

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GRAND TREASURER'S REPORT. SAM. M. KENNARD, GRAND TREASURER, In account with GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, A. F. and A. 1\1.: DEBITS. 6, 1893, '1'0 Balance as pcr last report.. . $26,858 7:3 18, To Cash, J. D. Vincil, Grand Secretary . 1,342 00 27, " do do ................................. do 180 00 do ................................. November 8, " do do li7 00 do 10, " do do ................................. 21000 15, " do do do ................................. 36800 June 4, 1894, do do do ................................. 831 00 July 2, " do do do ................................. 6250 August 8, " do do do ................................. 9000 9, " do do do ................................. 1,298 00 10, " do do do ............................ '" 1,495 50 11, " do do do ................................. 71000 14, " do do do ................................. 6i550 15, " do do do ................................. i4900 Ii, " do do do ................................. 1,:!i8 00 18, " do do do ................................. 5i800 20, " do ................................. do do 1,li800 23, " do do ......... ........................ do 90500 24, " do do do ................................. i2600 25, " do do do ................................. 458 00 28, " do do do ................................. 5~0 00 29, " do do ................................. do 9i2 00 30, " do do do ................................. 1,048 00 31, " do do do ................................. 91300 September 1, " do do do ................................. 416 00 1, " do do do 1,089 00 ................................. 3, " do do do .............. .................. 864 00 3, " do do do ................................. i3i 00 4, " do do do ................................. 851 00 12, " do do ................................. 1,210 00 do 13, " do do ................. ............... do 546 00 13, " do do do ................................. 604 00 14, " do do do ................................. 38900 15, " do do ................................. 28500 do 17, " do do do ................................. 6i900 lR, " do do do ................................. 33200 19, " do do ...... .......................... do 935 00 20, " do do ............................. .... 63600 do 21, " do do do .......................... ...... 38000 22, " do 301 (10 do do ................... ............. 24, " do do do ................................. 73500 26, " do ......................... ....... 55500 do do 28, " do do do ................................. 30i 00 do .............. .................. October 21, " do do 354 00 October

Total amount of Receipts...

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13,1893, By Cash, J. D. Vincil, Grand Secretary, 'Vll.rrant Ko. 880 ...... $ 250 00 18, " do do do 883 ...... 26i 00 do 18, " do do do do 881 ...... 10000 19, " do do do do tlS2 ..... 250 00 24, " do do do do 885 ...... 10000 25, " do do do do 884 ...... 23800 26, " do do do 886 ...... 14,100 00 do KoYember 7. " do do 888...... do do 20000 8, " do do fl89 ...... do do 15000 9, " do do 887 ...... do do 5000 9, " do do do 893...... do 25000 10, " do do do do 890 ...... 10000 13, " do 891.. .... do do do 5000 13, " do do 894 ...... do do 5000 15, " 895 ...... do do do do 94 00 15, " do do do do 896 ....... 2000 15, " 897 ...... do do do do 5000 December 11, " do do do do 898 ...... 25000 23, " do do do do 899...... 15000 23, " do do 901 ...... do do 5000 23, " do do do do 903 ...... 163 30 26, ., do do do do 900...... 94 00 26, ., do do do 902...... do 20000 January 3, 1894, do do do do 904 ...... li500 do do 3, " do do 906 ...... 25000 5, do do do do 905 ..... 8500 5, " do do do 909 ...... do 510 5, do do do do 911 ...... 2500 8, " do do do do 907 ...... 8 i5 9, " do do do do 912...... 15000 11, " do do do do 908 ...... 750 12, do do 910 ...... do do 20000 17, " do do 913...... do do 15 50 24, " do do 915...... do do 1,57695 24, " do do do 916 ...... do 5000 29, " do do do 914 ..... do 1000 February 2, " do do do 917 ...... do 8500 do 2, " do do do 919...... 175 00 3, " do do do do 918...... 25000 do 3, " do do do 920...... 56 60 12, " do do do do 921.. .... 15000 do 27, " do do do 922...... 2500 28, " do do do do 924 ...... 5000 March 2, " do do do do 925 ...... 200 00 3, , do do 923 ...... do do 5500 3, " do do do do 927 ...... 25000 5, " do do do do 926 ...... 85 00 do 5, do do 928...... do 10000 April 2, " do do do do 930 ...... 5000 3, " do do do do 931.. .... 200 00 4, " do do 933 ...... do do 25000 4, " do do do do 934 ...... 100 00 5, " do 932 ...... do do do 8500

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12, 1894, By Cash, J. D. Vincil, Grand Secretary, Warrant No. 935 ...... 929 ...... do do 14, " do do 938 ...... do May 2, , do do do 939 ...... do do do 2, " do do 936 ...... do do :1, " do 9aL .... do do a, " do do do 910 ..... il, " do do do do 941.. .... 9, " do do do do' 942 ...... do 15, " do do do 943...... do do 30, " do 914 ...... do 31, " do do do do 946 ...... June do do do 2, " 945 ..... do 4, " do do do 947 ...... do 4, " do do do 948 ...... do 4, " do do do 949 ...... do do do do 6, " 950 ...... do do do do 7, " 952 ...... do .July do do 5, " do !l53 ...... do do do do 6, " 951. ..... do 9, " do do do 95G ...... do 2;>, " do do do 956 ...... do 25, " do do do 954 ...... do do August 2, " do do 957 ...... do 2, " do do do 959 ...... do do do do 2, " 958...... do 7, " do do do 960 ...... do do do do 7. 951... ... do do 21, " do do 962 ...... do do 22, " do do 966 ...... do September 3, " do do do 963 ...... do 3, " do do do 965...... do 4, " do do do 964 ...... do 6, " do do do 967 ...... do 22, " do do do 968 ...... do do do 28, " do 969...... do do October 2, " do do 970...... do 2, ., do do do 9n...... do do 3, " do do 9n. ..... do do 3, " do do 971 ..... do do 4, " do do April

$ 1200 600 25000 100 00 100 00 8500 17500 660 2500 17 60 2500 25000 100 00 8500 17路) 00 5000 1,359 00 15 00 17 95 200 00 25000 5000 85 00 200 00 25000 8500 7 75 100 00 5000 2500 7500 25000 8500 4000 50 00 15000 17500 25000 2500 8500

$27,293 60 October 1st, 1894, Balance to credit of Grand Lodge....... '" ............................... $28,594 63 Fraternally SUbmitted, SAM' I., M. KENNARD, Grand T?WlSw'er.

The Grand Lodge \vas then called from labor.

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FIRST DA Y-AFTERXOON SESSION.

ST. LOUIS, :Mo., October 9, 1894.

The Grand Lodge asselubled at 1:30 P. M., pursuant to order, and was called to labor by M. '\T. Bro. I-Iarry Keene, Grand Master, with other Grand Officers, as at the forenoon Prayer was offered by Grand Chaplain, Rev. session. BrotherC. H. Briggs.

REPORT ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS.

The Committee on the Address of the Grand Master submitted a report which was adopted and is as follows: REPORT ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS. To the .Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of ilfissouri, A. P. & A. fl[.: Your Committee on Grand Master's Address submit the following

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We recommend a reference to the Committee on Obituaries of that portion of the Address wherein the Grand MilSter feelingly refers to the "Fraternal dead." The action of the Grand ~{aster in ordering the payment to the :Masonie Home of the amount due from the Grand Lodge funds was clearly in the line of his duty. We heartily endorse his recommendations in relation to the said Home. We recommend that the action of the Grand Master in relation to granting dispensations for the formation of new Lodges be referred to the Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation. We approve the remarks of the Grand Master respecting the holding of State Lodges of Instruction, and doubt not that these meetings were productive of great good to the Fraternity. We recommend that the report of the Grand f.'laster concerning dispensations granted and those refused be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. We recommend that the reported complaint of in\'asion of jurisdiction of the territory of Rock Prairie Lodge, No. 269, by EI'erton Lodge, No. 405, together with the complaint of Williamsburg Lodge, No.8, against Portland Lodge, No. 242, be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. We fl1rther recommend that the same direction be given

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the complaint of Hartford Lodge, No. 171, against Prosperity Lodge, No. 505, of the Grand Jurisdiction of Iowa; also the complaint of Checotah Lodge, No. 74, of the Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Indian Territory, against Decatur Lodge, No. 100, of Missouri. We recommend the reference of that portion of the Address that refers to District Deputy Grand :Masters to the Committee on Reports of D. D. G. Masters. We congratulate the Grand Lodge on the continued prosperity of the Fraternity in Missouri, as shown by the Address under the head of "Condition of the Craft." We recommend that the portion of the Address referring to the arrest of charters be referred to the Committee on Chartered Lodges. We do not doubt but that the Grand Master acted wisely and judiciously in refusing the applications made by Lodges and individuals to send out circular letters soliciting money from the Fraternity. We recommend that the communications received by the Grand Master from the Graud Lodges of Mississippi and Colorado, be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. We recommend that the portion of the Address which reports the suspension of J. A. Bradley, the WorshipfUl Master of Dexter Lodge, No. 532, and of Brother P. M. Smith, Worshipful Master of Adair Lodg-e, No. 366, be referred to a special committee of five. We recommend the reference of the decisions of the Grand }-laster to the Committee on Jurisprudence, as al!'\o the casc of Mountain Grove Lodge, No. 158. We doubt not that the Grand Master exercised a sound discretion in granting new trials in Lodges where the forms of law had been disregarded. We most heartily endorse and commend the remarks of the Grand Master on the subjects of Lodge indebtedness and insurance. We recommend that the matter mentioned in the Address by the Grand Master, respecting" Grand Lodge ptoperty at Canton," be referred to a committee of five. Your Committee have thus gleaned from the excellent business message of our Grand Master all the items found claiming the attention of the Grand Lodge, and fraternally submit the same for consideration as hereinbefore directed. We would not conclude this brief review of his official labors, which have been abundant, without recording our hearty appreciation of the good and faithful service rendered by him during his offiCial term. His administration has been conservativc, practicaL and commendable. Mueh time and labor were expended by him in advancing the interests of the Craft in Missouri. Your Committee would say to him, ,. Well done." â&#x20AC;˘

Fraternally submitted, JOHN D. VINCIL, 'rHOS. E. GARRETT, R. E. ANDERSON, NOAH M. GIVAN, JOSEPH S. BROWNE, W. R. Sn713BLEFIELD, CHAS. C. WOODS, LEE A. HALL, IWBT. F. STEVEX.::'ON. JAS. P. WOOD, B. H. INGRAM, JOHN R. PARSON, Committee.

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STANDING COMMITTEES.

The Grand .Master announced the following Committees, Standing and Special: OBITUAHIEs.-Leslie Orear, Christia.n Meyer, E. N. Moody, John Maloney, Reuben Barney, Jr. BOAHDS OF RELIEF.-Ralph D. Willis,' Chas. Cowden, B. II. Hodreck.

Glaspell, H. L. Henderson, A. S.

HOME VISITIl'G COllIMITTEE.-Mal'tin Collins, J. W. Boyd, Leslie Orear, Joseph C. Fiuagin, G. W. Lilly. .JumsPHUDRNCE.-GcO. E. Walker, R. F. Stevenson, Seymour Hoyt, Van F. Boor, A. Fisher, J ..J. Dillinger. ACCOUNTs.-Fred. W. :1\10tt, H. Cam. ' ....ells, H. H. Hohenschild, D. A. Penick. â&#x20AC;˘ WAYS AND MEAl'S.-Robt. E. Collins, A. J. Coleman, Johu S. Ault.

";c'. H. Leavitt,

~fcMillen,

R. 'f.

Fred. W. Laker,

CREDEl'TJALS.-W. P. Hancock, G. W. Lilly, Wm. Sessinghaus, A. Fisher. ON SUSl'El'DED :MASTERS.-C. C. ",,,'oods, James G. Trimble, John B. Ross, Howard Watson, Jobn C. Yocum. GRAl'D LODGE PROPERTY AT CAl'TON.-B. H. Ingram, J. T. Short, son, M. T. Davis, W. R. Womach.

A. C. Robin-

LODGES U~DER Drsl'El\sATION.-P. J. Heuer, C. V. Larmer, T. B. Turnbaugh, Louis Cohn, Amos H. Kagy. CIf ARTERED LODGES. -Lee A. Hall, W. H. Seaman, Thomas Winn, C. M. Mitchell, G. W. Butler. AI'PEAI.s.-1\oah M. Givan, D. M. Wilson, N. R.llall, W. H. Elder, W. J. Hobbs. CHARlTY.-.John Broder, John R. Parson, :F. 1'. Graves, Geo. F. Rogers, John H. Wild, John W. Farris. UNFINISHEJ) Bl'SINESS.-John B. Wiseman, R. M. Hyams, T. A. Dunn, Geo. E. Mathews, D. C. Stallard. REPORTS OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAI\D MASTERS.-A. Moore Berry, James G. How, Wm. A. l\-liJwr, J. W. Wetzel, Geo. L. Faulhaber.

R. \V. Bro. James B. Austin presented his commission as Representative of the Grand Lodge of Michigan, and was duly recognized and welcomed as such.

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RESTORATIONS.

IVlemorials from the following parties, praying for restoration to good Masonic standing, were prcsented, they having lost menlbership in Lodges which had. become defunct: Presly N. Ed wards, formerly of Lathrop Lodge, No. 330; . R. ",V. McFarland, late of Tebo Lodge, No. 68, and ",Villianl O. Henkle, formerly of Triple Tie Lodge, No. 457. On motion, the prayers of the petitioners were severally granted, and the Grand Secretary was ordered to issue certificates of reinstatement in favor of the above named parties.

EXEMPLIFICATION.

The Grand Lecturer, Brother Allan McDowell, announced that the work and lectures of the First and Second Degrees would be exemplified in the ~1asonic Hall this evening at 7:30 o'clock. AMENDMENTS.

Brother Charles S. Glaspell offered amendments to the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge as follows, which were read the first time: FIRST

AMEND~IEKT.

Change Section 1, Article 1., to read, "An annual COlnmunication of this Grand Lodge shall be held in the city of St. Louis on the third Tuesday of October in each year, commencing at 10 o'clock A. 111.; provided, that the place of meeting may be changed whenever a majority of the Grand Lodge shall deeln it expedient."

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SECOND AMENDMENT.

Add to Section 205, page 49, Grand Lodge By-Laws, the following: "And it shall be the duty of the Worshipful :Master, when it shall come to his knowledge that t.here resides within the jurisdiction of bis Lodge one who bas voluntarily rema~ned non-affiliated for more than twelve months, to cause the Secretary to notify him to appear and show cause why he should not be suspended for non affiliation, the same procedure to be taken as for non-payment of dues." The Grand Lodge was then called from labor until 7:30 o'clock this evening.

FlnST DAY-KIGHT SESSION.

ST.

LOUIS,

l\![o., October 9, 1894.

The Grand Lodge convened pursuant to order in Masonic Hall, 7th and :Market Streets, at 7:30 0' clock, and was called to labor by M. '\T. Bro. Harry Keene, Grand Master, with the other Grand Offieers present as heretofore. Prayer by the Grand Chaplain Rev. Brother C. H. Briggs. R. 'V. Bro. Allan :McDowell presented the following amendment to the Constitution, and the same was read from the Chair by the Grand :Master: Amend Section 1, Article Ill., of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, by striking out the words "have attained to thc Degree of Past Master," and inserting in lien thereof, "have been duly elected and installed as Masters of Lodges," so that section as amended will read: "Section 1. Who are eligible as.-None except such as have been duly elected and installed as l\fasters of Lodge~ and arc at the time of their election or appointment membcrs of some Lodge, shall be eligible to any office in the Grand Lodge; and no one shall be eligible to the ol1iee of Grand Master more than two years in any period of six yoars."

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Brother McDowell submitted proposed amendments to the Grand Lodge By-Laws, which were given a first reading. They are as follows: Amend Clause 1, Section 13, Article XL, of the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, by striking out the words, "together with the ceremonies necessary to the qualification of a presiding officer, denominated the Degree of Past Masters," so that the clause, as amended, will read: "1. Acquaint himself thoroughly with the work and lectures of the three degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry."

Amend the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge by striking out the whole of Section 114, Article VI.

This meeting having been designated for the exemplification of the work, Brother Allan l\1cDowell, Grand Lecturer, took charge and appointed Brother J. C. Finagin, Senior Deacon; Brother Wm. A. Hall, Junior Deacon; Brother C. '\T. 'Vaughop, Senior Steward; Brother Geo. Spaulding, Junior Steward. The work of the First and Second Degrees was fully exemplified, when the Grand Lodge was called from labor until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock.

SECOND DAY-MORNING SESSION.

ST.

LOuIS,

Mo., October 10, ] 894.

The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 9 A. i\I. by Grand l\1aster Brother Harry Keene. The other Grand Officers were present as heretofore. Prayer was offered by Grand Chaplain Rev. C. H. Briggs. Theminutes of yesterday's session were read and approved. Brother Allan l\1cDowel1, Grand Lecturer, offered a resolution proposing to create a committee for the purpose of

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redistricting the State, said report to be presented to the next session of the Grand Lodge. He also presented a resolution changing Shannon County fron1 the Twentieth to the Nin eteenth District. The above resolutions ,vere referred to the Committee on Reports of District Deputy Grand Masters. The proposed amendments to the Grand Lodge Constitution and By-Laws, presented yesterday, were read a second time. P. G. M. Bro. Jalnes P. 'Vood submitted a resolution respecting mileage and per diem of Past Grand Masters. The same was discussed at some length and finally adopted; subsequently, a proviso was added, that the above mentioned resolution should not go into effect until after the close of the present session of the Grand Lodge. The resolution and proviso are herewith appended. Resolved, That the proposition to pay mileage and per diem to Past Grand :\fasters in actual attendance on the sessions of the Grand Lodge, adopted October 13, 1881, (Proceeo.ings 1881, page 51), be and the same is hereby repealed. Resolvea, That hereafter no per diem or mileage be paid by this Grand Lodge to llny member thereof for attendance upon its sessions, unless such per diem and mileage be expressl)' authorized by the By-Law~: provided, that the above resolutions shall not take effect until after the close of the present session of the Granrl Lodge.

REPORT ON MASONIC HOME.

Brother Noah M. Givan presented a report from the Board of Directors of the Masonic Ron1e. It was received and ordered printed in the Proceedings of th.e Grand Lodge, and is as follows: REPORT OF TIlE PRESIDENT. To the Mo.<;t W01'shipful Grand Lodge uf Jliissouri, A. F. d'; A. M.: BRETHREN :-1 herewith submit my annual report as President of the Masonic Home, and submit with it the report of the Secretary and Treasurer from July 31, 1893, to July 31, 1894. I also submit herewith the report of Dr. M. Leftwich, the Superintendent of the Home. These reports convey to the Fraternity, in better shape than I could, the financial condition of the Home, also the condition and names of

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the inmates as well as its internal workings. Nothing has occurred during the past year ""hich requires special mention. My attention has been called to the fact that reports have been circulated in some parts of the State reflecting upon the management of the Home. Whenever reports of this kind have come to the Executive Committee, they have been investigated and invariably, with..; out exception, have been found to be without foundation. I need not say that reports of this character injure the Home, and in very roany instances the injury cannot be corrected. It is an old truth, well established, that "falsehood travels rapidly and gathers as it goes, while truth is sluggish." Rumors that are set afloat, as rumors, soon become actual facts in the estimation of those who circulate them, and it is impossible to correct them. The workings of the Home in all its departments are open to the inspection of those who have a true interest in it. No officer or director has anything to conceal from anybody entitled to know what has been, or is being done in connection with the Home. In some instances these difficulties have, we think, originated by meddlesome persons visiting the Home and listening to the complaints of inmates who are not in sympathy with the enforcement of rules that are necessary for its government, and who then, without reporting to the Superintendent or proper authorities, communicate the complaints t.o others. It should be understood by all that in order to successfully manage an institution of this kind, necessary rules for its government must be enforced. We earnestly urge upon all friends of the Home who visit it and who hear complaints of any kind, to first communicate them to the Superintendent or Matron. 01' to members of the Executive Committee, or to the Board, as was done by the Brethren from .Joplin, and not to whisper complaints, even in confidence, to their neighbors who, as a rule, feel under obligations to do the same thing. At the present writing the building of a Masonic Hospital and Sanitarium has not been begun. The Commanderies and Chapters, as well as the individual companions and Sir Knights of the State, aided by the sisters of the O. E. S., have pledged about $10,000 for this purpose, and as soon as this sum is collected the building will be erected in accordance with the wishes of the donors of the fund. This will be a material and important addition to the Home, and reflects great credit upon those who have so generously and nobly contributed to it. Our Horne work, in all its phases, has broadened the minds and enlarged the hearts of our Brothers throughout the State, and the reflex influence of their liberality npon themselves has enabled them to experience the truth of the inspired saying, "It is more blessed to give than to recei ve." G. L. PRo.-3.

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I am more than gratified to call your attention to the fad that the Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star, at its recent session in Chillicothe, decided to raise the necessary funds from the luembership of that Order to erect a chapel for divine worship for the use of the inmates of the Horne, and the Grand Chapter voted ~500.00 from its treasury to assist in the laudable undertaking. Grand Matron Rue M. Tuttle, immediately after the adjournment of the Grand Chapter, issued a circular to the officers and members of the Subordinate Chapters, calling upon them to aid in this noble work. This action on the pa~t of our sisters is, we believe, an inspiration from God, on acconnt of which all who contribute will be greatly blessed. Snch a chapel is greatly needed at the Home, and I congratulate you upon the fact路 that we have the prayers and efforts of our sisters in this work. During the year Brother Jacob Furth resigned as a Director, and Brother John R. Parson was elected in his stead until this session vf the Grand Lodge. Brother Furth's term expires in 1895; you will eled a successor to Brother Parson. The term of office of the following Directors expires with the present session, and it will be necessary to elect their successors: Noah 1\1. Givan, .John D. Vincil, Wm. lVI. Williams and Jos. S. Browne. At a meeting of the Board, held during the present session of the Grand Lodge, the sum of $4,500 was transferred to and made a part of the Permanent Endowment Fund, which increases that fund to the gratifying sum of $50,000. I need only say that this gives pleasnre to the friends of the Home. I call attention to the report of the special committee appointed to examine the bonds and securities constituting the Home's endowment fund. I take pleasure in commending Brother Dr. A. C. Robinson for his faithful gratuitous professional services, cheerfully rendered to the inmates of the Home. In conclusion, T bespeak for the Home the continued watchful care and unwearied zeal of all the Masons of Missouri, and invite everyone to visit it and look into the smiling faces of its inmates whenever opportunity presents. Fraternally yours, NOAH M. GIVAN, President.

Grrand Lodge of Missouri.

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RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS.

RBCBIl'TS FRO,! JVLY :\1, 189:~, TO JULY

From From From From From From From From From From From Fronl From From

31, 1891.

Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of I\'Jissonri $15,459 OU damages opening Delmar avenue........ 2,616 00 Paris Union Lodge, No. 19, A. F. & A. M., Paris............................. 10 00 Monroe Chapter, No. 16, R. A. Masons, Paris 25 00 Lucretia l\{ott Chapter, No. 15i, O. Eo S., Marionville.. 3200 Corinthian Chapter, No. 112, O. E. S., Gallatin............... 30 50 Mizpch Chapter, No. 230, O. E. S., Bolivar.......................................... 3 00 Lorraine J. Pitkin, Grand Secretary O. E. S., Chicago....................... 9 00 Picnic lit Mechullic~ville.................. 12 00 Mite box Tuscan Lodge, No. 360, A. F. & A. M., St. Louis.......................... 6 00 A. G. Priest, Shelbyville........ 1 00 overcharge returned.. 1 85 notes and int.erest................... 296 90 sale of fruit and live stock......... 105 95 Total

$18,608 20

Which I have paid to the Treasurer, and hold his receipts for same. The Treasurer has collected and receipted to me for interest on bonds and notes ..

2,18000 $21,088 20

DISBURSK\IENTS FROM JULY

For For For For For For For For For For For For For For

31, 1893, TO JULY 31, 1894.

groceries, meats and vegetables $ dry goods, clothing and shoes.......... furniture and crockery.............................. school supplies and sundries for inmates........ medicine and dentistry................... CaRl, light and ice.. hired help and laundry....... live stOCk.;... printing and postage bnilding and repairs....... .. widening Delmar avenue........ taxes, water and sprinkling............... salary of Superintendent and Matron for nineteen months......................... salary of Secretary for twelve months...... TotaL

3.48i 05 1,i86 89 6i5 62 402 43 390 08 1,271 45 1,904 36 164 98 182 94 618 03 2,116 00 832 15 1,42500 600 00

$15,856 98

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Collected by Secretary ' ' ' $18,608 20 Collected by Treasurer..................................... 2,480 00 BRlance in hands of Treasurer, July 31, 1893..... 3,310 70 Balance in hands of Secretary, July 3J, 1893........................................................ 39094 â&#x20AC;˘ $2~,7~9 84 ................................................................ 10,856 98

Disbursements ..

$ 8,932 86

Balance in hands of Treasurer, as shown by his Report.. Balance in hands of Secretary, Current Expense Fund...

$ 8,9:.25 07

7 79 $ 8,932 86

In explanation of the reason why any balance should be in hands of the Secretary, would say that to avoid drawing a large number of warrants on the Treasurer each month the Board instructs the Secretary to draw a warrant for Current Expense Fund, find when that is paid out the Board authorizes another warrant drawn. Fraternally submitted, JOHN R. PARSON, Secreta!')!.

l'REASURER'S REPORT OF

TYGARD, TREASURER

FROM JULY 31ST,

MASONIC

TO JULY

31, To Balance on hand per report

3, To Cash from Juo. R. Parson, Secretary 8,

September 1,

HOME

MISSOURI.

31s'f, 1894.

.. ..

$ 3,310 70

185

luterest Butler Trust Co. Bond, acc't K. T. Endowment Fund .. Interest Henry Co. Bonds, account K. T. Endowment Fund .. Interest Schuyler Co. Bonds, account K. T. Endowment Fnnd .. Sol. E. Waggoner, acting Sccretary ..

29,

October

1893,

DEBITS.

1893.

July August

REPORT.

5, 19, 28,

November 2, Interest Jasper Co. Bond~, account K. T. Endowment Fund .. Jno. R. Parson, Secretary ..

3, 8,

December 4, 27,

37 25

7000 17500 2500 51 40 5050 53 95 14,]00 00 25 ]5 10000 2,61600 2525 300

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.. $

12, 15, 17, 22, 23, 25,

. . .. . . . w. Eo Jones, Int.on Real Estate Loan Jno. R. Parson, Secretary . Schuyler Co., ~10., Interest on Bonds, account K. T. Endowment Fund ... Henry Co., Mo., Interest on Bonds, account K. T. Endowment Fund ... Bates Co., Mo., Interest all Bonds, account K. T. Endowment Fund .. Jno. R. Parson, Secretary . Butler City, Interest on Bond~, acc't K. T. Endowment Fund .. ..1110. R. Parson, Secretary .. Jasper Co., :Mo.. Interest on Bonds, account K. T. Endowment Fund ... Pettis Co., Mo., Interest on Bonds, account K. T. Endowment Fund .. JlIo. R. Parson, Secretary ..

February March

1, 1, 6,

April

30, May

2G, 30, June

1, G, 8,

.Tuly

19, 21,

lilt. on $4,000 Time Deposit, for 6 mos. .lila. R. Parson, Secretary ..

2540 6 00 2500 1000 15 00 10 50 3000 100 14000 30 65 25 00 1,17500 500 00 2825 30 00 28 40 100 00 100 00 2850 1,359 00 700 2865 4000 1050

$24,398 90

1893. August

CREDITS.

8, By Warrant No. 212, paid M. Leftwich, Supt.. ......... 213, Masonic Home, Contin8, gent Expenses .............. September 29, " 214, " M. Leftwich, Supt........... October 19. " 215, " Masonic Home, Contingent Expenses.............. November 3, " 21G, " Masonic Home, Contingent Expenses.............. 8, " 217, " H. Ziegenheim, Collector 8, " 218, " 21, " 219, " ~fa80nic Home, Contingent Expenses.............. December G, " 220, " M. Leftwich, Supt.. ......... 7, " 221, " Desnoyers Shoe Co ......... 11, " 222, " M. Foerstel & Co., Meat Bill .............................. 21, " 223, " :Masonic Home, Contingent Expenses ..............

60000 500 00 82228 1,00000 1,000 00 2,11600 49077 1,000 00 300 00 18994 11670 1,000 00

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January February

H, B)' \Vanant roIo. 224, paid Sylvester Coal Co .. 1, '" 225, " Masonic Home, Contin-

March

7, 2, 5,

" 226, ., 227, " 228,

" " "

April

7, 7, 7,

" " "

229, 230, 231,

.. " .,

May

232,

June

233,

July

234,

31, By Balance

13022

gent Expenses . Sylvester Coal Co .. :ill. Leftwich, Supt. . Masonic Home, Contingent Expenses .. Sylvester Coal Co .. M. Leftwich, Supt... .. Masonic Home, Contingent Expenses .. Masonic Home, Contingent Expenses . ):[asonic Home, Contingent Expenses . Masonic Home, Contingent Expenses . .

_ July 31,1894, To Balance on hand...............................

1,000 00 12267 225 00 1,000 00 185 25 75 00 60000 1,00000 ],000 00 ],000 00 8,925 07 $24,398 90

$24,398 90

.....__ .. _-----_ ..

_--_ ..

$8,925 07

KGTE.-Includcd in above balance is drposit of~4,OOO, which will bear interest from JanUlH)' ], 11'94, to October], at 3 per cellt per annum, if not called for prior to that date. STATEMENT

RONDS HELD FOR ACCOUNT OF KNIGHT TEMPI,ARS' TRIENNIAL ENDOWMENT FUND :\fASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI.

Henry County, Missouri, 8 Bonds $1 ,000 each, Henry County, Missouri, 24 Bonds.............. 500 cach, Henry County, Missouri, 14 C. H. Bonds....................................... 500 each, Marion Township, Jasper County, 'Missouri, 8 Bonds.................... 500 each, Butler, ]\fissouri, City, 1 Bond 500 PeU,is County, :YIissouri, 2 Rands 1,000 each, 13utler, Missouri, Trust Company (secured), 1 Bond 1,000 Mt. Pleasant Township, Bates County,' Missouri, 10 Bonds ],000 each, Schuyler County, Missouri, 1 Bond ],000 Total Endowment Fund

$ 8,000 00

12,000 7,000 4,000 500 2,000 1,000 10,000 1,000

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

$45,50000

These bonds are kept in box of Safe Deposit Company, St. Loui:::. Interest is paid promptly and bonds regaTded perfectly good. also hold for account of MaEonic Home, note executed by W. E. Jones, dated January 26, 1892, due January 26,1893, extended to January 26, ]895, 7 per cent interest paid to January 20, 1894, :::eeured by first mortgage on 160 acres in Cass County, ):[0 . $ 2,00000 1,600 00 I also hold Stock of Anchor Milling and :Mining Company of East St. Louis, 1,000 00 And Stock of Harkaway Milling and Mining Company of St. Louis .. These stocks were donated to the Home but are not considered as having any value. Fraternally submitted, To Hox. NOAH M. GIVAN, Prc.,'ident Masonic Home of Missow"i.

F. J. TYGA RD, Treasurcr.

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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. ST. LOUIS, Mo., August 1, 1894. To the Board oj Directors oj the Masonic Home oj Missouri:

BRETIIHEN :--Another year of health and pro~perity has been vouchsafed to the l\fasonic Home of Missouri. The Grand Master of the Universe has continued His blessing upon the Home of the orphan, that you have established and nurtured with zealous care. In this, my sixth annual paper, I am happy to report that the messenger of death has not cast a shadow into the bright circle of our pleasant Home, nor have we had a case of serious sickness. Great credit and lasting gratitude is due to our faithful friend and Brother, Dr. A. C. Robinson, for the prompt, efficient and gratuitous medical service that he has so cheerfully rendered to the members of the Home since its establishment. The several City Lodges, Chapters, Commanderies and Chapters of the O. E. S., have conducted religious exercises at the Home every Sunday afternoon during the year, except during the months of July and August. These exercises. have been exceedingly pleasant and conducive of much good. The interest in them and the attendance has greatly increased during the year, and the capacity of our dining room, where these services are held, has, on many occasions, proven much too small to accommodate pleasantly the crowd that was in attendance. 'We sorely need a chapel! What more helpful gift could be made to the Home? Would that some of our good friends could be inspired to give us one. The capacity of our buildings has been crowded to the utmost a portion of the time during the year. It may astonish some of the friends of our Home to know that we shelter in our present buildings as many as is claimed to be the full capacity of the magnificent New York Home, at Utica, N. Y., which cost the Fraternity of that Jurisdiction two hundred thousand dollars to build. 'We are sadly in need of more ro01p; we have neither playrooms, reading room or laundry, all of which are especially needed, and our dormitories are too crowded for comfort. A bright, cheerful playroom for small children is one of the essentials in a Home like ours. In bad weather and in winter especially, it is a difficult task to handle so many little ones without some suitable playroom in which they may congregate and enjoy their play. Our register shows that t1ne hundred and eleven have been admitted to the Home since its establishment. Of this number, fourteen were

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admitted since our last annual report, twenty-two have left, and we have remaining in the Home July 31, 1894, seventy-five; comprising nineteen boys, thirty-seven girls, thirteen widows, one maid, and five old Brethre~. All of those who have been discharged have comfortable homes, or good positions, and are getting along happily. Fifty-one of our children are enrolled in the public schools. The majority are making sati8factory progress in their studies. One boy is entitled to special mention, Jas. M. Farrar, from Richland, Mo., he had a perfect report in all of his studies and in conduct during the last term of the school. Last winter Mrs. Sarah J. Learn, a'member of the Home who taught for twenty years in the St. Louis public schools, formed a class of the smaller children and taught them very advantageously in the Home. We believe in Home schooling, especially for the lower grades, but we have no school room. During vacation, we are having five of our oldest girls and one boy taught stenography. The teacher reports that they are studious and making excellent progress. "Te are also having our girls taught sewing, cooking, etc., and our boys have worked faithfully on the grounds and in the garden during vacation. Tuscan Lodge, No. 360, made Christmas bright and happy for the Home, loading down its members with bon-bons, fruits, etc., besides giving to every member-the Matron, Superintendent and employessome acceptable and useful present. 'Ve acknowledge with gratitude the following donations to the Home during the year: Missouri Lodge, No. I-Fifty dollars in gold as prizes, and one year's tuition in vocal music to Leah Lambert. Rose Hill Lodge, No. 450-Thirty dollars as prizes. Keystone Lodge, No. 243-Seven turkeys and barrel apples. Tuscan Chapter, No. 68, O. E. S.-Ample supply of ice cream and cake for Fourth of July. Venus Chapter, No. 153, O. E. S.-Prizes for best apron made by totts. Dr. Jno. D. Vinci! and Wife-Lovely priJ.:es for best totts in the Home. Brother Jno. R. Parson-Two beautiful silk flags to "Hoop Drill Corps." Brother V. O. Saunders-Handsome dress pattern; prize to best seamstress. Brother P. J. Heuer-Parlor set rosewood furniture. Brother A. Aal, Parisian Cloak Co.-Ten sets small furs. Brother Geo. E. Matlock-Box oranges and 20 boys' caps. Brother Wallace 'Vhitlock-Fi ve gallons oysters. Brother Louis Fischer-Five dollars.

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Brother Jacob Story, St. James, Mo.-Case of eggs for Easter. Brother Rutherford-Lot of books and periodicals. Brother Fred Hattersley-Lot of toys .. Brother C. A. Rugb-Lot of books and periodicals. Mrs. C. L. Royce-[ce cream and cake. Mrs. Laura C. Liggett-Useful lot of clothing and underwear. Brother Thos. Furlong-Forty packages fire crackers. Brother A. P. Fletcher-Fire works for Fourth of July. Blanke Bros. Tea and Coffee Co.-Box bon-bons for Christmas. Miss Gertie Caffall-Three years Youth's Companion. Woman's Exchange-Two hundred and forty-seven volumes miscellaneous books through Mrs. P. G. Robert. Brother H. Weseloh, 305 Lucas Ave., a member of Rose Hill Lodge, No. 550, has visited the Home monthly and cut the children's hair since May 29 free of charge. With grateful thanks for your hearty support in the management of the Home during the year, I am Fraternally yours, :\1. LEFTWICH,

Supe1'intendent.

REPORT OF EXPERT WHO EXAMINED BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS OF SECRETARY.

ST. LOUTS, .July 31, 1894. To the Atufiting Committee, Masonic Home oj Missouri: GENTLEIItEN:-I submit the following report of my examination of the books and papers of the Secretary of the Home, Mr. John R. Parson:

On May 4, 1893, there was an expert examination of the books up to that time. and, with the results so obtained as a basis, I have continued the examination up to date. The amount of dbbursements up to July 31, 1893, was $11,338:21, Ilnd of the balance

on hand $390.94. I find proper vouchers on file for each and every disbursement, and have co.refull)' checked each item, and am satisfied of the correctnEsS of the Secretary's books.

R. N. STUBBS.

Proceedings of th e

REPORT OF

COMMITTEE WHICH

EXAMINED

BONDS

[Oct. AND

SECURITIES

THE HANDS OF TREASURER.

ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 9th, 1894. 14 Bonds, 500-5s, Henry County Court House Annuals 24 Bonds, 500-5s, 10 Bonds, 1,000-5s, Bates Cot:nty, Mt.. Pleasant Township Annuals 8 Bonds, 1,000路5s, Henry County Annuals : 8 Bonds, 500路5s, Jasper County, Marion Township Semi-Annuals 2 Bonds, 1,000-5s, Pettis County Annuals.............. 1 Bond, 1,000-5s, Schuyler County Semi-Annuals 1 Bond, 1,000-7s, Butler Loan & Trust Annuals 1 Bond, 500-6s, Butler City Annuals......

$7,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 4,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 500 $45,500

12,000-7s, Note ofW. E. Jones, second "'orthless Stock Donated...................................

$47,500 2,600

We have examined the above securities sepamtely and find them as stated herein. R. F. STEVENSON, V. O. SAUNDERS. REPOHT OF EXPERT WHO EXA:I[J~ED BOOKS AN)) ACCOUNTS OF TREA路SUREH.

ST. LOUIS, September 15, 1894. Executive Committee Jlfasollic Home of Missoul'i, St. Louis, No.: GENTLE;\IF.N :-1 have heen requested to audit the books of your Treasurer, Mr. F. J. 1'yg-ard, from October 7, 1886, to July 31, 1894, and have done so carefully, with the following results: 1 have had access to the books of the Secretary for the above period, alld I find that the Treasurer has accounted for all monies received from that source as weUas from the sales of bonds and the maturing of loans, and that the interest on all bonds and loans has been collected promptly when due and accounted for. All disbnrsements are vouched for by proper rece~pts, and his statement of bonds purchased and loans made is a correct representation of all expenditures in that direction. 1 find his books to be correct in every particular, and the balance of cash on hand July 31, 1894, to be $8,925.07. The following is a statement of bonds, notes and stocks on hand on that date. S Henry Co., Mo., Fdg. Bonds of$I,OOO, 0% net, payable }'Iarch 1, annually $ 8,000 24 Henry Co., Mo., Fdg. Bonds of $500, 5% net, payable March 1, annually 12,000 2 Pettis Co., :Mo., Fdg. Bonds oi$l,OOO, b% net, payable May 1, annnally 2,000 1 Butler, },Io., Loan & Trust Co. Bond of$I,OOO, 7% net, payable Sept. 3, annually, 1.000 8 Marion Tp., Jasper Co., ~10., Bds. of$500, 5% !let, payable May 2 & Nov. 2, semi-an., 4,000 HHenry Co., Mo., C.H. Bds. of $500,5% net, pllyable Marchl&Sept. 1, semi-an., 7,000 10 l\It. Pleasant Tp., Bates Co. Bonds of $1,000, 5% net, payable April 1, annually..... 10,000 1 Butler, Mo., City Bond 0[$')00, 6% net, payable April 19, annually....................... 500 1 Schuyler Co" Mo., Fdg. Rd. of $1,000,5% net, payable J\Iarch 1 & Sept. 1, semi-il1l., 1,000 S45,500 Certificate for 16 Shares, $100 each, Anchor Milling & Mining Co., East SL Louis .....$ 1,600 Certificate for 16 Shares, $1,000 each, Harkaway Milling & I\Iining Co., St. Louis..... 1,000 Note of W. E. Jones, secured by Deed of Trust on 160 acres Cass County... 2,000

Grand Lodge of Missouri.

1894.)

It may not be out of plnce for me to suggest, if this report meets with your approval, that its results be noted on the books of t.he t.rea~urer and that your accept.ance of it be also so noted.

Also, that t.he Treasurer be relieved of and receipted for the vouchers embraced in thi" examination, as this will facilitllte future examinations llnd relieve him of the custody of papers which llre liable to loss or destruction, lind which an acceptance ()t this kind would make it ullnecessary for him to keep. Respectfull)' submitted. R. N. STUBBS.

MEMBERS OF THE MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI. JULY 31ST, 1894. NAME.

INo.1 I I

Mrs. C. H. palmore..... Geraldine Pulmore..... Pearl Palmore...... ..... Annie Palmore........... Mary R. Martin.......... Mrs. C. J. Holman..... John Holman , Edith Holman I Miss Virginia Brooks.. Mrs.A. :M: .• Bard.eladen[ Mary Jessie Qmnn 1 Luella Graee Reeves 1 Jas. Edwin Reeves I Pearl}rep~ Re.eves..... Mrs. C. 1<lUrChlld [ Mrs. HenriettaPeatt , Mrs.AmandaM.RO\l~hl Phillip P. Roush......... Roberta Harris........... Emmet Moseley ......... I Laura Moseley........... .Mary Alice Story........ Ethel Allen., Estel AlieIL.............. David B.Stannard ...... Mrs. Mary :l\1. Lambert' Leah F. Lambert... ..... 1 Emma Lambert......... James Lambert.. Effie S. Lambert I Ollie B. Lambert.. ~ Eddie P. Lambert.. I' Chas A. PowelL......... James F. powelL ....... Littleton Powell........ Mary Ellen Lambert.. ! Mrs. Nancy Meyers..... I Lewis Holden............ Mrs. Sarah J. Leam.... John Rea Joseph B. Stewart...... Lewis B. Stewa~t........ Mrs. M. J. MatIns........ Be!tha,G. Mat?is Ohve E. Matllls t Agatha E .. Donovan... 1

BORl'.

1!Jan., '1IJan., 8 July, 9 Sept., 12 March, 14,July, 15 March, 16 Sept., 17 Jan., ~8 Sept., _0 Jan., 2~ Jan., 28Jan" 24 ::;ept., 2(j,~ov.. j

27iAPnl' :28 April, 30 March, 31 Dec., 32 Sept, 33 Feb., 34 August, 1 3!J;,july, 40 l July, 41 March, 42 Feb., 4:3 Sept., 4~ August, 4<:> May, 46 Feb., 17 Feb., 48 ~ov., 4H June, 50 ~ray, 51 Nov., 521 F'eb., 53Ioct., 1

~~ .J~lly,

;);) Nov., 56i March , 641.June, 65 April, 66 Sept., ~\)!Jnly, ·/O::'ofarch. 71 !.Jall.,

I AD'lITTED

I LODGE I • . ; REco~_n_l_E_N_D_Il"_'G_'---,:-i

1846[Nov., 1879 Noy., 1883 Nov., 1885 Nov., 1878 Jail., 1852, Mar., 1s791Mar.. 1883 Mar.; 1054 Mar., 1829 1June, 18841June, 1678.July, 1880 July, 1884 July, 1813 Nov., 1840 Nov., 1839 Dec., 1882 Dec., 1880 Jan., 1881 July, 1878 Aug., 1879 Aug., 1883'I OC t., 1883 Oct., 1882 Oct., 1851 Dec., 1878 Dec., 18811 Dec., 1883 Dec., 18S5.Dcc., 1885 Dec., 1887 ' Dee., 1881.Jan., 1883 Jan., 1885 Jan., 1880 Feb. 1812 April, 1818 Apr~l, 1833 Apnl, 1816l\fa)," 1884 July, 1888 July, 1840 Oct., 1~81 Oct., 18S3;Oct, 1881 [l\OY.,

1889!solomon, No. 1889 Solomon, 188IJ!Solomon, Ul89 Solomon, 1890 ll Roeheport, 1890,Fellowship, lS90iFellO\yship, 1890lFellowship, 1890'Potosi, 1890;Polar Star, 1890iWayne, 1890I'sUllivan, 1890 Sullivan, 1890 Sullivan, 1890 Solomon, 1890, Kansas City 1890: Wilson, 1890'Wilson, 1891 IPalestine, 1891Phceuix,

LOCATION. _

27J!SPringfield. • 271 Springfield. 2il Springfield. 2il Springfield. 67 Rocheport. 34.5 Joplin. 345 Joplin. 345'Joplin. 131 Potosi. 79 St. Louis. 526 Piedmont. 68 Sullivan. 68 1Sullivan. 6S'Sullivan. 2i1ISpringfield. 220 Kansas City. 191 1Pocahontas. 1911pocahontas. 2'11 St. Charles. 136,llowling Green. 1891:PIHl~llix, 136!13owling Green • 1891 James, 230jSt. James. 1891 ComposHe, 369jDoniphan. 1891 Composite, 369jDOniphan. 1891 1l'lt.Moriah, 10 St. Louis. 1891 Palestine, 241 St. Charles. 18m lPalesti ne, 241 St. Charles. 1891'lpale1:itine, 241 St Charles. 1891 Palestine, 241 St. Charles. 1891, Palestine, 241 St. Charles. 1891PIlIestine, 241 1St. Charles. 1891lpalestine. 241 St. Charles. 1892 Wakanda, 52 Carrollton. 1892lWakanda, 52 Carrollton. 1892 l Wakanda, 52 Carrollton. 18921 Palestine, 2411St. Charles. 1892 Potosi, 131 Potosi. 18921 Beacon, ;.j,St Louis. 1892 Geo.Washington, 91St. Loui~. 1802iNaphtali, 25 St. Louis. 18!JZIKirkwood, 484 Kirkwood. 1892iKirkwood, 484 Kirkwood. 1892:Ryland, S32lBerlin. 1892'IRYland, 332 Berlin. 1892 Ryland, 332[nerlin. 1892 St. Clair, 2i3?sceola.

1St.

Proceedings of the

REPORT OF 'fliE MASONIC HOME OF

NAMES.

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No.

-:.i

BOHN.

Susan V. Donovan...... n\APril, Henrr Eilers............. 76 oct., Jas. N. Hooker............ 77 May, Clifford Allen............ 79,IMarch, Leollard Allen...... ...... 80iMarch, Nellie Allen............... 81'i\fav Della Allen.. 82!Ma)'; Anna L. Story............ 83 March, Geo. W. Bailey... 84.Nov., Jas. :M. Farrar 86:0ct.. Clara E. Farrar........... RliJune, Ruby F. Farrar........... 8'-';Sept.. Henry H. Ross... 90 Sept., Eva E. Ross 91 April, Cassie V. {{oss...... 92 Sept" .Jcssie McLoney 95 Jan.. Mary D. Toncray....... 96.July, Edward HalL... 98 July, Anna B. Withers........ 99 March, Lulu F. Withers : ]00 Jan., ::\fabel Hall , 101 Oct., :Maud HalL i 10:2 Jall., Alpha Fllqilll 1103 April, Leo W. 1."U<IUa /l04 Jan., Nll.nllic J Fuqua ]05 Dec., Mrs. Lena H. White 106 Sept., JItS. G. Rerkllrt.. , 109 Sept., Edna A. Reckart 1110 Ma)', Dora O. Rcekert........ 111 July, - - - - - - - ----

AmIITTED.

[Oct.

MISSOURI.-Continued.

LODGR REcO~Dm:-;Dll\G.

LOCATION.

1883Ixo~"

273:0sceola. 18921St. Clair. 460,St. Louis. 1828 Dec., 18921 Lambskin, 548lClinton. 1817.March, 1893 Clintoll, lSS7lMay, ]893 Composite, 369' Doniphan. 1889':May, 1893 Composite, 359 Doniphan. 1891ii\fay, 189:',Composite, 369:DonipJ1an. 1891\:MfiY, 1893 ,com p osite, 369/'DoniPhan. 1884 May, 1893 St. James, 230 St. James. 11;29 ~fay, ]893 1 LaBelle, 222 LaBelle. ]880Aug-ust, 189:3IRiehland, 3821 Richland. lSS2'August. ]1;\)3' Richland, ISS5 August, ]8V:3\Riehland, lSS:2IAngust, 1893 Kew London, 30ilNew London. 18861.\ugust, ]893!Kew London, 30i:Ncw London. 1888!August, 1S!l3 New London, 307'New London. 63:Slater. 1881,Nov., lS9t:l;Cambrid ge, 18]9iNov., 1893 St. Johns, 28iHanni~al. 181;3路Jan., ]1;94 Good H<?pe, 2]RSt. LoUIS. lSS0路Jan.. 11;94 South "'cst, 466:South West City. 1883 'Jan.: 1894'South West, 4661South West City. 218:St. Louis. . 188]il\farch, 18911GOOd Hope, ]885 March, 189路j Good Hope, 2.18ISt. Louis. 1880.March, ]8!l4,Shelbina, 228 Shelbina. 1882')larch, 18~l4IShelbina, ~~~1~:~~1~1:;:: ]iiR1l\Jar~h, 18\1lIShelbina, ]860'Apnl, ]89I.St. JOhlI~, 2S I Uannibal. ]SR1!July, ]S!):lMt. Moriah, 40[St. Louis. 1884.Ju]y, ISY4 Mt. :'10riah, 40 St. Louis. ]8S7July, ]894 Mt. l\Iorillh, 40iSt. Louis.

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MEMBERS OF THE MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI, WHO N,un:.

1~0·1

HAVE

BORN.

-F-a-r-t1-1i-n-g-.'-"-"':'-I·-1--:1-1I-Ja-~-"--1-8-7-7

-D-e-ll-a-G-. . Stephcn H. Fal'lhing.. AII'll. S. Elberfield........

DIED, OR

ADmTTED

DISCHARGED OR

RECO;;~i·;.~~·~I;-;G.

1889 Greenfield,

DrSSmSSED UP

(XJ

TO JULY 31, 1894.

I+>L_._ RE)L\.RKS.

LOCATIOIoi.

~~). 446IGreentield.-..-..-.. -.. '--'H-O-l-lo-r-lI-b-l~ discharg~d

w~th

to live her sister at Duquoin, Ills.. l<ebrllary 1".1894. 2 Feb'y, 1880 July, 1889 Grrcllfield, 446 Grccnfiele] Discharged to live with lLunt, Duquoin, Ills., Nov. 20,1893. 3 Jan. 1877 August, 1889 Lodge Extinct. Re c.by Dr.J.Vincil. Dischnrged and r::ent to New Orleans to his half. brother, December 3,1893. 5 March, 1874 Nov., ]889 Solomon, 271 Springfield Married from the Home June 12,1894, and discharged. Daisie Palmore . Wharton Palmore .. 6 Oct., 1876 Nov., lS89 Solomon, 271 Springfield Discharged by rcquest, 1IIarch 14, 1894. ·Mrs. Charlottp. Keenev 10 Sept., 1821 Nov., 18S9'Florence, 2Gl New Florence Discharged at her request, November 20,1893. 1819 Dec., ]8890cciJental, Hi3,St. Louis Discharged at her request. January G, 18~1. :Mrs. Helena Goetz ~. 11 May, Willk Guy young . 13 June, 1880Jan., 1890 Star, 4191'l'aborville Discharged at reqnest of mother, February 7, 1894. Minnie Quinn . 19 Feb., 1S83.Jlllle, 1890 Wayne, 526 Piedmont.. Discharged, mental weakness and dumb,Janllary IG, 1893. Charles·H. Reeves .. 21 Oct., 18761Ju1Y, ]890 Sullivan,119 Sullivan Discharged ~ovember 5,18\)4. 1839 Kov., 1890 Lodge Extinct. Re c.byDr.J.Vincil. Died August :29,1891. Harriet.T. Elberfield . 2;) Jan.. 18iS Dec.. 1890 \VilsOll, 19.1 l'ocahonta8 Discharged :YIarch 1G, 18!H. Lulu J. Roush .. 29!Jnne, :Mary E. Posten .. 35.Jnne, 1863 Sept., 18\)1 Tyro, 12 Caledonia Dischllrged July 16,1894. Blanche T. Posten . :36 August, 1886 Sept., 1891 Tyro, 12 Caledonia Discharged July W, 1894. Lilly L. Posten . 37 Feb., ]8888Cfot., 1891 'fyro, 12 Caledonilt Discharged ,July W, 18'.1'1. 1890 Sept., 1891 Tyro, 12 Caledonia Discharged July W, 1894. Willie E. Posten .. 38 Feb., Mrs. .T. S. Sandidge . 5i April, 1850 June, 1892 Trilumina, 205 Marr::halL Dismissed April 17, 1893. Ida C. Sandidge .. 58 March, 1881 June, 1892 Trilumina, 205 Marshall. Dismissed April 17, 18\)3. Louise Sandidge .. 59.May, 1883 Junc, 1892 Trilllmina, 205 MarshalL Dismissed April Ii, 1893. Sarah A. Sandidge . 60'Feb., 1885 JUlle, 1892 Trilumina, 205 :\Iarshall... Dismissed April Ii, 1893. 18D1 June, 1892 Trilumina, 205 :\Iarshall Dismissed April 1., 18\13. Bessie 110£. Sandidge . 61 Oct., Wrn. Foley .. 62 July, 1839 June, ]892 Hannibal, 188 Hannibal.. Died .JUly la, 18!12. FerdinlUld Broch . 63 Dec., 183:3 June, 18!J2 Good Hope, 218 St. Louis Died JlllJUary G, 1893. Mary E. Mathis ! 67 Oct.. , 1876 Oct., 1892 Ryland, 332 Berlin Discharged March 22,18\)4. Edgar L. 1Iiathis . 68 June, 1879 Oct., 1892 Ryland, 332 Berlin Discharged :\larch :22, 18!J4. 1816 Dec., 1892 Iron Mountain, 430 Iron Mountain Dismissed April 17, 1893. Larkin H. Jones . 73 June, Mary J. Jones .. 74 May, 1839 Dec., ]8921 Iron i",rountain, 430 Iron Mountain Dismissed April 17, ]893. Mary E. Jones . 75 Jan., 1880 Dec., 189:2 Iron Mountain, 430 Iron Mountaiu Dismissed April 17, 1893. 1858 May, 189:3 Composite, 369 Doniphan Discharged May :21, 1894. Adelia Allen . 78 June, 85 March, 1843 May, 1893 St. Andrews, 96 Shelbyville : Left August 2, and dismissed August 2, 1893. Mrs. Celeste Dunn . 1852 August, 1893 l\'ew Lon(lon, 307 New London Discharged January 24, ]894. Marthlt A. Ross .. 89 Feb., Lewis V. Ross . 93 May, 1893 August, 189:) New London, 307 Kcw London Discharged January :!'1, 1894. 1893 West Gate, • 445 St. Louis Discharged March 3, 1894. Annie B. Clinton . 94 April, 1837 Oct., 1825 Nov., ]1i9:) Webb City, 512 Webb City Discharged .Tuly 16, ]894. Thos. J. Harrington .. 9i July, 1894 Memphis, ]6 Memphis Discharged July 16, 1894. Oeo. H. :Moore . 10i!April. ] 825 J\Iay , Mrs. ~Ielissa .:\:foore . 108 Ap ril, 1825iMay, IS94Memphis, 16 MemphIS iDischarged July 16, 1894. 1

July,

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Prroceedin,gs of the

[Oct.

REPORT OF HOME VISITING COMMITTEE.

Brother .Martin Collins, Chairman of the Home Visiting Committee, presented a report \vhieh was read and discussed in e;rlenso: finally, a motion prevailed, that the portion referring to the non-admission of aged applicants into the Masonic Home until the completion of the Sanitarium, be referred to the Board of Directors of the Home, and the remaining part of the report be received and printed. To the i1fost Worshipful Gmnd Lodge of

J1iSS01lTi,

A. F. ,-C, A. )f.:

Your "Home Visiting Committee." appointed under a resolution adopted at your last ses~ion, IlS set forth in full on page 78, Proceedings of 18\)3, respectfully beg leave t.o report: Under the resolution referred to, your cOlllmittee was constituted to visit and examine into the atl~'1irs and management of the ":'ITasonic Orphans' I-lome," and to see that it is conducted in such a manner as to economically sccure the comfort and welfare of its inmates, and best fulfill the design for which it was originally foundect. Owil~g to the distant residence of the mnjority of our members and the expense incident to a mceting for the prescribed purposes, we could with difficulty meet; but shortly after our appointment the majority of the committee held a meeting and visited the Home, and since that time a portion of your committee have made sev~ral visits.

There have been some expressions of dissatisfaction, not with the management nor 1\<latron of the Home, but that there had been placed there '-!uite a number of people who were much older than the class whom the institution WlIS intended to benefit. These were occupying the institution along with the young, and a number of them proved to be a serious disturbing element. Such, however, by the wise management of the Directors, have been expelled, and their expulsion has ~hown to those who remain the absolute necessity of abiding by the wholesome mil'S and regulations laid down by the Directors. Of the older persons that remain, some are of service in conducting the Home, while the others are quiet in their conduct and cause no trouble nor disturbance .. Your committee is of the opinion that the Home would be of greater benefit to the children, for whose good it ,,:as created, if 110 old persons were admitted. The nlllllagement by Dr. Leftwich and his wife is unexceptionably commendable, and too high praise cannot be accorded to :'III'S. Leftwich, who, by her attentive and const&.nt kindness toward the children, and her motherly care for all their needs, has endeared herself to them all. There are at present seventy-eight (7S) old and young, receiving the benefits of the Home, of whom fifteen are of ages ranging from forty to eighty-two years, and sixtythree ranging' from three to sixteen years of age. While your committee would not counsel that the old element be removed at once, we would respectfully suggest that in their absence there would be room for. fifteen to eighteen young people of the age which the institution was intended to receive.

Grand Lodge of 1I1issouri.

1894.J

Your committee would therefore recommend that the Directors of the Home be instructed, by resolution of yom :Most Worshipful Body, that no more people of advanced years be received into the institution, but that it be so conducted as to confer its benefits on only that class fo:' which it was originally intended; that thosc now in the institution be permitted to remain until such time as the proposed Sanitarium is completed, in which all such persons of advanced years, as may be indicated by the Directors, should be placed, thus keeping the young separate from the old, which your committee believes to be indispensably necessary. Fraternally submitted. MARTIN COLLINS, Chairman. LESLIE OREAR, GEO. W. LILLY, .T. C. FINAGIN, Ci.J1n1nittec. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 9, ISg4.

BOARDS OF RELIEF.

The Boards of Relief qf Springfield, St. Louis, St. Joseph and !{ansas City, submitted the following reports, which were referred to the Appropriate Committee: SPRING}<~IELD BOARD OF RELIEF.

To the jlfost W07'l;hipjnl Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. P. & A. ilf.:

The following is the report of the Treasurer of the Springfield Board of Relief from January 1 to July 31, 1Sg4', inclusive: RECEIPTS.

January 1, Received from former Treasurer, W. A. Reed March 8, Received of Gate of the Temple Lodge, No. 422 May 14, Receivcd of Solomon Lodge. No. Zil.. May 24, Received of Gllte of the Temple Lodge, No. 122 July 14, Received of Solomon Lodge, No. Zil..

$ 24 S5

.. ..

]000 500 10 00 10 00

Total receipts

$ 59 85 DISBURSEMENTS.

February February May May

i, 2], 3, 14,

Paid for relief of Bro. C. H. Travis Paid for relief of Bro. S. G. Southworth........ Paid warrant to reimburse Bro. J. M. Clyde............ Paid for relief of Bro. J. A. Malony Total disbursements

Balance in hands of the Treasurer (Copy.)

$ ]0 50

]000 400 6 00 30 50 :$ Zg 35

J. M. CLYDE, Secretary Board Of Relicf.

[Oct.

Proceedings of the ST.

LOUIS BOARD OF RELIEF.

10 the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of MissouTi, A. F. & A. ftf.:路

Herewith is filed the report of the St. Louis Masonic Board of Relief for the year ending September 30, 1894 : Balance cash 011 hand, October 1, 1893 Refunded by various Lodges Interc~t on Bonds Bonds in "Safe Deposit"

. $ 41907 . 25990 .. 90 00 . 3,000 00 $3,768 97

S 512 35

Disbursed during the yefiT Balance cash on hand..... Bonds in "Safe Deposit"...........

256 62 3,000 00 $3,768 97

Ba.lunce Regular Fund. Balance General Charity Fund................

$1,696 II 1,560 51

Total balance on hand

$3,256 62 PRESE:>!T OFFICERS.

President. Vice路President. Treasurer. Secretary.

MARTH, COLLIi:\S

WM. GILLESP!E

THOMAS H. RICH EDEN REED

Hespectfully submitted, EDEN REED, Secretm路y..

ST.

JOSEPH BOARD OF RELIEF.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo., August 31, 1894. To the ftfost WorShipful Grand Lodge of flt-issouri, A. F. &: A. N.:

Herewith find statement of tbe Ma;,onic Board of Relief, of St. Joscph, 1\10., from August 26, 1893, to August 31,1894 : RECEIPTS. Balance cash on hand August 27,1893.................................................... From St. Joseph Lodge, No. 78, fees........... $ From Zeredatha Lodge, No. 189, fees........... From ChUTity Lodge, No. 331, fees... From Jurisdiction of Kentucky, returned........................ From Jurisdiction of South Dakota, returned........................... From Jurisdiction of Connecticut, returned.......... TotaL..

$ 240 05

30 00 30 00 55 00 6 00 10 00 14 15

145 15 $ 385 20

Grand Lodge of ]fisSOUTi.

1894.J

DISllURSEME:-<TS.

Jurisdiction of Washington Territory .. ,......... Jurisdiction of Missouri.. Jurisdiction of Nebraska Jurisdiction of South Dakota Jurisdiction of Mexico Jurisdiction of Iowa Jurisdiction of Connecticut Blank Description Book .. , Postage and Exchange Salary of Secretary for 1893 Balance cash on hand....

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

,'i 50 1060 1600 1000 2 50 200 14 15

500

100 1800

84 75 $ 300 45

The regular meetings of the Board are held at the office of the Secretary, on the last Saturday evening of each month, where any Master Mason in good standing may have a voice. Applications ad interim are referred to the President for his decisIon and action. '1'he Board is affiliated with the General Masonic Relief Association of the United States and Canada, and is governed by the instructions of that Body and tbe Laws of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Great care is taken that the worthy are not confounded with the unworthy, as the latt.e~ embrace a yery larg-e majority of all the applicants. Fraternally submitted. C. A. HUBACHER, President. Eo F. HARTZELL, Secretary. KANSAS CITY BOARD OF RELIEF.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., September 1, 1894. To the Most WorShipful Gmnd Lodge Qf Missouri, A. F. & A. M.:

The Masonic Board of Relief of Kansas City, Mo., beld its annual meeting and election of officers on January 24, 189!,and Brother E. F. Allen was unanimously elected President of.:the Board for the ensuing year, and Brother Ralph E. Scofield, Secretary and Treasurer. The following are the members of the Board as now constituted: E. F. Allen and H. W. Bennett, of Heroine Lodge, No. 104. Charles Brooke and.o. A. Lucas, of Kansas City Lodge, No. 2:20. C. W. Mehorney and Ralph E. Bcofield, of Temple Lodge, No. 299. Van F. Boor and C. F. Terry, of Rural Lodge, No. 316. H. P. Anewalt and H. G. Stearns, of Gate City Lodge, No. 522. C. K. Bllkcr and H. C. Crowell, of Sonth Gate Lodge, No. 547. In addition to the usual work of the Board of Relief, our Board undertook this year the extra work of raising a Cemetery Fund by giving entertainments, and now have a fund of about $200 for that special purpose. This fund is outside of the ordinary Cbarity Fund, and is kept separate and distinct from the Charity Fund. Our Treasurer is bonded for $1,000 in the American Surety Co., the bond now held running from April 9, 1894, to April 9, 1895. Our Report is as follows from October 1, 1893, being the last report to the Grand Lodge, to January 24, 1894, time of annnal meeting: From October 1,1893, to JanuQ?'Y 24, 1894. Balance, October 1, 1893..................... $ 371 40 Expenditures for charity..................................................................... $ 131 37 Expenses not preyiously deducted. 125 00 256 27

Balance.............................. G. L. PRO.-4.

$ 115 ]3

Proceedings of the

50 Applicants Assisted

[Oct. 27 16

Refused as unworthy

From JanuaTy 24, 1894, to Septl:mber 1, 1894.

Balance, January 24, 1894...............

$ 115 13

City Lodges:

Received, Received, Received, Received, Received,

Heroine, No. 101 Kansas City, 220 Temple, No. 299 Gate City, No. 522 South Gate, No. 547

. $ 100 00 . 50 00 .. 4500 . 7500 . 9000 $ 360 00

Received, Other sources

99 85

Total........ Expenditures, Charity....... Expenses..........

4:>9 85

5 574 98 $ 326 30

1::l2 36

Balance on hand.

458 66 $] 15 32

Applicants Assisted

33 25

Refused..............

Fraternally submitte路1, RALPH E. SCOFIELD, Secretary.

Brother 'V. R. Stubblefield, for the committee in the case of F. M. King against Roche~ter Lodge, No. 248, submitted the following report, which was adopted: 1"0 the )fost Worshipful Grand Lodge of Nissouri, A. j;: & A. )f.:

Your committee to whom was referred the memorial in the case of Brother F. M. King against Rochester Lodge, No. 248, respectfully beg leave to report: We have carefully examined the reports and papers in the case, as well as the papers sent to the committ.ee, in answer to its request by the parties in interest. Nothing has been shown that would lead the committee to believe that in any action had it was the intention of the Lodge to assume any financial responsibility in the matter. It must be admitted, however, that the Lodge went outside of its province in meddling with the matter at all, and the whole trouble grew out of an attempt to use the Lodge for a purpose that was to say the least, an improper one.

Lodges arc not intended to manage matters that properly helong to courts of law and individuals, and all such attempts, however well intentioncd, almost invariably defeat their purpose, result ill mixing up matters, as in the present instance, and almost without exception cngender hard feelings, to the damage of l\Jasonry.

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Brother King, in the opinion of the Committee, has no elaim of any kind against Rochester Lodge, No. 248. If he still thinks he has, the courts are open to him lIS to ILI1)' other claimant. As to Union Star Lodge, No. 12路1, that Lodge is only indirectly connected with thc 'matter, and wc suggest that the members of that Lodgc pay no more Iltlcntion to it. All of which is fraternally

s~bmitted.

W. R. STUBBLEFIELD, LEE A. HALL, W. M. WILLIA1ofS, Committee.

The Grand Lodge was then called from labor until 2:30 P. M.

SECOND DAY-AFTERNOON SESSTOK.

ST. LOUIS, :Mo., October, 10, 1894.

The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge 'was called to labor at 2:30 P. M. by the Mosi \Vorshipful Grand Master, Brother IIarry Keene, with the other Grand Officers present as this forenoon. ' Prayer was offered by Rev. Brother C. II. Briggs, Grand Chaplain. ORATION.

The Grand Lodge having set apart this hour for the delivery of an address by the Grand Orator, the Grand Master introduced \Vorshipful Brother Leroy B. Valiant, the Grand Orator, who delivered an interesting and instructive oration. A resolution was offered by Rev. Brother C. H. Briggs, and adopted, tendering the thanks of the Grand Lodge to the Orator for his able and eloquent address, and asking a copy for publication in the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge. [Non.:.-The oration has not been furnished. the address printed.-GR. SEC.]

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Proceedings oj the APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES.

The Committee on Appeals and Grievances, through its Chairman, Brother Noah M. Givan, Past Grand 'Master, presented a report which was read by numbers, and then adopted as a whole. It herewith follows: To the Most Worshipful Gmnd Lodge of

,Mi-~SOU1'i, ..L

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Your Committee on Appeals and Grievances herewith submit their annual report of cases which have been appealed to thc Grand Lodge during the past year. ''''hile in a few instances the records are in excellcnt shape, a greater portion of them are lamentably deficient. We earnestly urge upon Secretaries of Lodges, and all parties interested in appeals, to see that proper records llre made in all trials and that the law is fully complied with in preparing transcripts for examination of the cases in the Grand Lodge. We have carefully examined each case and have reached such conclusions as seem to ns to be just and proper under the laws of the Grand Lodge. 'We rcport as follows:

B. F.

HENRY,

WM. D.

Junior Warden

MU:::~::':::~HEN MURPHY.

ADAIR

A. D.

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No. 1.

On November 11, 1891, charges and specifications were presented in Adair Lodge against Wm. D. lind Stephen A. D. Murphy, char~ing that they did, on May 28th, 1891, cheat, wrong and defraud Brother J. M. DcFrance out of $160. etc. From the papers referred to your committee it scems that the trial was held December 4, 1891, and the accused were acquitted by a vote of six guilty and thirty-eight not guilty. Your committee has not been furnished with a copy of the evidence given lit the trial and no appeal was taken so far as the record shows. If an appeal was, in fact, taken at the time it should have been perfected and presented to the Grand Lodge long ago, if it was not taken at the time or within the time prescribed by law, it is too late now to be considered; in either event the Grand Lodge has no jurisdiction to act in the premises. As no appeal was taken, we cannot even cause the appeal to be dismissed. We recommend that the case be stricken from the roll.

No. II. W. W. HUTCHINSON, Appellant, 'Vs. F AITHFlTL LODGE, No. 304.

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Appeal from the judgment of the Lodge expelling him.

The appellant was accused of harboring and keeping about his house bad or suspicious characters and with keeping and selling stolen goods. At the trial he was found guilty and expelled. He has taken an appeal but has not furnished a copy of the record or of the proceedings of the Lodge. We are disposed to think from the papers sent up

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that the proceedings of the Lodge are irregular, but parties who appeal their cases must learn that the Grand Lodge cannot act intelligently upon them without having the record in proper shape. 'We recommend that the appeal be dismissed, leaving the judgment of the Lodge in force. No. III. C. II. DAY, A]J]JeUant, 't'S.

CEDAR CITY

LODGE, No. 425.

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Appeal from the judgment of the Lodge expelling him for five years.

The record in this case presents a comedy of errors. At the regular communication of the Lodge Oil December 16, 1893. the Secretary states, in making this record in narm路 tive form, that: "After the Lodge was opened in due form and part of the business of the Lodge was done, a commu nication was read from M. O. Keys, of Jefferson City, chargi ng Brother C. II. nay with gross unmasonic conduct." The charge that accompanies the statement of the Secretary, is as follows:

"To the WorshipfuL Master Wardens and Brethren of Cedar Lodge, No. 425, F. & A. M.: BRETJIREK :-1 hereby charge Brother C. H. Day, a member of Cedar Lodge, Ko. 425, F. & A. M., with gross unmasonic conduct in this, to-wit: Specification 1st.-That he has undertakcn to cheat, wrong and defraud the undersigned Brother Master Mason, failing and refusillg to repay the sum of $50, borrowed on May 4th, 1892, although he has been able to pay the same, and could have done it at any time upon receipt of his monthly salary, in violation of his obligation and to the scandal of Masonry." Then follows the usual declaratiOD. It seems that Brother Day was present whell the charge was preferred, and when asked by the Worshipfull\faster if he was ready for trial announced ready, and that he

was not guilty. The record, in regard to the evidence, is as follows: "Keys then stated that he had loaned Brother Day $50 in l\'fay, 1892, and he had failed to :pay it or all of it; he had promised to pay it many times, even promised to pay it tWIce in one (lay and failed to do so. At last he paid $25 and I gave him credit for it on his note. Brother Day never gave lllly excuse for not paying it at any time. He could have paid it out of a month's wages at uny time. Parties complained to me in Mexico about him failing to pay his debts. and said charges ought to be preferred against him. ]n talking to Brother Ledis about it, he said Brother Day was owing him and could not get it. He promised and that was all he did. J told him if he would write to the authorities of the mail service in St. Louis. he would get his moncy. After I preferred charges against him I placed the note in the hands of l\fr. Trimble for collection. 1 preferred the charges for the good of the Order. It is not the money I am after, it is the principle of it. I could have got my money the way Brother Lcdis got his." The statements of two other witllesses is given in regard to indebtedness which they had had against Brother Day. The defense was that he was paying the note as fast as he could, and the evidence shows that $2.5 was paid on it March 10, 1893, and $9 June 7, 1893. The record then states: "No further evidence, Brother Keys retired, then Worshipfnl Master C. IJ. Cook submitted to the Lodge, guilty or not guilty. The Lodge voted guilty unanimous. It was then determined that Brother Day was expelled for five yeRrs, beginning with the 16th of December, 1893." We give these extracts from this record to show how extravagantly imperfect Lodges and Secretaries of Lodges can proceed. There is scarcely Ii step taken in this case but that violates some section of our law. Section 231', which requires that the Master "shall cause all members residing in the jurisdiction of the Lodge to"be notified of the

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day of the trial," was not complied with, as the trial occurred at the same communication at which the charge was preferred. The testimony was not written down, as required by Section 253; the vote was not taken by ,ballot, as required by Sections 263-4. The charge should not have been entertained in the first place, and entertaining it was in violation of Section 237, which is as follows: "No Lodge shall entertain a charge against a mcmber for the purpose of adjusting mere legal rights. pecuniary or othcrwise. unless such charge specifies fraud on the part of the alleged offender, or involves moral turpitude." The facts stated in the specification do not involve moral turpitude. The proceeding was manifestly inaugurated for the purpose of collecting a debt, which should not have been done. We are informed that the debt has been paid in full, and the charge should not have been entertained in the beginning. We recommend that the action of the Lodge be reversed and the whole proceeding he dismissed.

IV. J. M.

SALLEE,

AppeUant,

vs. BETHANY LODGE,

Nc. 97.

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Appeal from the action of the Lodge ucquitting liro. T. B. Ellis. .

Before taking up the facts in this case, we wish to commend the action of the Lodge in trying to'reconcile differences between Brethre!) in the Lodge. The record shows that as far back as April, 189~, difliculties existed between various Brothers, and the Grievance Committee was instructed to reconcile them. At the next meeting the committee reported that they had effected a reconciliation between certain Brethren, llnd at the next subsequent meeting a similor report was made as to other Brothers; indeed, aU except Brothers Ellis and Sallee. The committee was then directed to make still further efforts, and at their July Communication reported their inability to bring about a reconciliation betwe.cn Brother Ellis and Sallee, and recommended that charges be preferred against both of them. We comlllend to the 8nbordinate Lodges of this Grand Lodgc the practice adopted by this Lodge in endeavoring to settle differences between Brethren beforc any trial is had. If all Lodges in the State would adopt a ~imilar practice very few Masonic trials would ever take place. If, whenever any trouble existed betwccn Brothers, the Lodge would take the matter in hand and endeavor in a fraternal spirit to bring about a reconciliation hetween them, great good would be the result, and it would be a practical demonstration of the spirit of Fraternity wInch should exist in every Masonic Lodge, and we would be enabled to say, with the Psalmist, "How good and how pleasant it is for Brethren to dwell together in unity." In obedience to the direction of the Lodge, the Junior Warden, at the meeting in August, preferrerl charges against Brother Elli8, and reported that he was unable to find sufficient cause for a charge against Brother Sallee. Brother Ellis was charged with having used very offensive language publicly and privately against Brother SH.llee, having called him vile names, and having used language concerning him which it would not be proper here to state. The ditliculty grew out of their relations towards each other as City Officers of the City of Bethany, Brother Ellis being Health Commissioner and Brother Sallee City Attorney. The evidence fully sustained the specification I and indecd Bmtncl' Ellis admits that he had used a portion of the language contained in the specifications. \'I'hen the vote was taken there were thirty membcrs present and seventeen voted guilty and eleven not guilty. The l\faster ordered another ballot, as all had not voted, which resnlted in the vote of fifteen guilty and fifteen not guilty.

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Brother Sallee has appealed for the reason that the verdict is against the evidence; and in this we fully agree with him. The evidence was all one way, and the admission made by Brother Ellis in his testimony establishes his guilt beyond question. The Lodge stultifies itself when, in the face of his admission and the evidence presented, it fails to tind him guilty. After finding him guilty, it may be lenient in punishment, but how the Lodge could fail to find him guilty on the undisputed evidence contained in the record, we are unable to see. We recommend that the judgment of the Lodge be reversed and thc cause remanded for a new trial.

No. V. GEO.

HESS,

Jr. Warden. Appellant, VS.

ROSE HILL

LODGE. No. 550.

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Appeal from the judgment of the Lodge suspending Cha.~. T. Shewell.

The record in this case is in excellent shape, and is prepared with as mllch care as We commend the Secretftry of the Lodge for presenting such a record; it is refreshing ;to have an opportunit.y to examine one so well prepared after having gOlle through those that arc difficult to decipher.

it is possible to be.

The accused was charged with a great many things, set out in eight specifications, among which arc that he used vulgar, obscene and blasphemous language coneerninR the Worshipful Master; that he collected rent mouey and failed and refused to account for it, but appropriated it. to his own lise; that he obtained a Knight Templar charm and diamond ring and wrongfully pawned them and refused to account for them; that he frequently became intoxicated, and thathe frequently improperly used the fact that he wn,s a Mason as !I means of obtaining money, loans and merchandise from Masons and others; that he, while Secretary of the Lodge, made false statements as to the amount of money he had expended for postage, etc.; and that he made false claims' in regard to the amounts due him for his services as Secretary. The chftrges were preferred against him by the Junior Warden by order of the Worshipful l\{aster; the trial was had on l\{arch 16, 189~, and after hearing the testimolly of a number of witnesses on several of the specifications, the record shows that the Brother who represented the accused "anIlounced that on his advice Brother Shewell withdrew all his objections to the charge and specifications and desired to enter a plea of guilty of the charge and specifications." At the suggestion of a Brother present this plea was made in writing and signed by the accused, and is as follows: "Now comes the accused, ChitS. T. Shewell, and pleads guilty to the charge and specifications herein. [Signed] '路CHAS. T. SHEWELL." The record then shows that Brother Shewell spoke in his own behalf and then retired and speeches were made by Brother Crone and Brother Ritchey. Brother Crone representing the accused and Brother Ritchey the Junior \Varden. The accused having entered his plea of guilty to the specificntiom, the ballot was taken on the question of punishment, and was as follo\\"s: For expulsion 25, against expulsion 40; for suspension 6], against suspension 5. The record then shows a.<> follows: "The following periods of suspension were proposed: 3 years, 5 years, 7~ years, G months, 3 months and 1 year.

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"The paper ballot was taken on the term of 7~ years. resulting as follows: For suspension 7~ years 25, against suspension 7X years 39. "A paper ballot was then taken on the term of [) years, resulting as follows; For suspension [) years 34, against suspension 5 yellrs 30. "The Worshipful Master declared the accused as suspended from Rose Hill Lodge, No. 550, A. F. & A. M., for the period of5 years." The Junior 'Varden appenls from the judgment of the Lodge, "because the accused was not given punishment at all adequate to the offense committed." We arc disposed to agree with the Junior Warden, as a matter of pcrsonal opinion that the punishment should have been greater than that inflicted by the Lodge; but we are not in as good position to determine that question as the members of the Lodge, who know 1he accused and who were present at the trial. Five years' suspension is a long time for suspension, it is almost equivalent to expulsion. Whenever an offense is sufficient to deserve more than 5 years' suspension the accused should, as a rule, be expelled. The vote of the Lodge on the question of expulsion was quite pronounced against it, find if the case were remanded for another trial, it is more than likely that the accused would not be expelled, unless a great change should come over the minds of the members. If the accused has reformed and leads a consistent life after five years, he will deserve :Masonic standing. If he commits other :Masonic offenses during his suspension he may again, though under sllspension, be proceeded against and expelled. With some hesitation, we recommend that the judgment of the Lodge be affirmed. No. VI.

O. B.

McLAt:GIILlN, A}J}JcUant, 1'8.

LODGE OF LIGHT,

No. 257.

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Appeal from the judgment of the Lodge suspending him for one year.

The accused is charged, in three specifications, with slandering the Secretary of the Lodge, by using language which reflected upon his official character as Secretary. He denies using the language in the first specificat.ion, but admits that he used other language which, in his pleading, he attempted to explain. He also admitted using the language charged in the second and third specifications, and attempted in his pleading to explain What he meant by them. The trial was presided over by R. W. Bro. E. R. Durham, D. G. 1\1., of the Fourteenth District: The proceedings at the trial were regular. The ballot was taken on the guilt or innocence of the accused as to the first specification, which resulted in guilty 13, not gUilty 4. The ballot was then taken on expulsion, and lost; then on suspension, and after several ballots the accused was suspended for one year. The accused appeals, because the verdict is against the weight of the evidence, and because the punishment is excessive, and because of "the error committed by the counsel in arguing the evidence before the Lodge being allowed to argue facts not in proof." As to the last ground of appeal, there is nothing in the record to support it. The record does not sustain the first or second ground of appeal. We think the weight of the evidence supports the verdict, lind, as it does, the punishment is not excessive. We recommend that the judgment of the Lodge be affirmed. No. VII. V. A. V,rILSOK, Al)ptUant, 1.'S.

RICH HILL LODGE,

No. 119.

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Appeal from the judgment of the Lodge expelling him.

The accused in this case was charged with having wronged, cpeated and defrauded the widow of a Brother :Muster :Mawll in obtaining from her the sum of SlOO.OO for real

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estate which he sold to her and executed It warranty deed and represented to her that the land was clear of incumbrances, upon which representation she relied in paying him the money and which representations were false. The proceedings in the case are regular and the Lodge after hearing the evidence in the case, found the accllsed gnilty by a vote of 16 to i and expelled him by a vote of 13 to 10. He appeals for the rcasons : 1. "There ,,,ere no intentions of any unlawful transactions." 2. "Admitting the statements of the charge and specifications, excepting that of cheating, wronging and defrauding, to be true, they do not constitute a Masonic offense."

As to the first ground of appeal, the Lodge by its vote manifestly found that he was guilty of wronging, cheating and defrauding the widow of a Brother Master Mason, and that he could not have been so without improper intentions. It is not necessary to discuss the second reason, became t.he gist of the offense was that of cheating, wronging and defrauding; it ,vas that that he was found guilty ot; hence it is not necessary to discuss the question as to whether or not the statements of the charge would constitute an offense, if this part of the charge was taken out.

We recommend that the judgment of the Lodge be affirmed. No. VIII. L. R. MATLOCK, A})pcllant, CUBA LODGE,

No. 312.

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Appeal from the action of the Lodge acquitting Brother Chas. Brewer.

The difficulty in this case grew oul of a lawsuit, wherein Brother ehas. Brewer had sued Brother Matlock, and in the collection or receipt of witness fees in the case. The charge is made by Brother Matlock for Brother Brewer, and the specification is: " That said Chas. Brewer has repeatedly, in public and private. charged me (Brother L. R. l\Iatlock) during the year 18!J3, with circulating a falsehood ill so far that he (Brother ehas. Brewer) denies ever having received a fee for attendance lit court in the case of Brewer lOS. :Matlock; and fnrther charges me (Matlock) with Illalicious and false statements, in violation of his duty as a Mason, and to the scandal lind disgrace of the l\lasonic Fraternity." The cause was tried before the Lodge, and after hearing all the evidence, the vote was taken with the following results: Not guilty, 24; guilty, none. Brother Matlock appeals for the reason that the Lodge refused to take the evidence of certain witnesses, and that the transcript of execution issued by the clerk, and collected of him b)' the sheriff', wa.'> sufficient to convict Brother Brewer. As to the last reason, we suggest that the Lodge who heard the evidence are the judges of the weight to be given to it. The execution and the return of the sheriff thereon might prove the facts in regard to collecting fees, etc., but would not prove or tend to prove what Brother Brewer may have said in regard to the matter, nor whether he circulated a falsehood in regard to it. :\Iost of the evidence in the case seems to have been directed to the question of whether or not wi tness fees were collected, and not as to whether or not Brother Brewer circulated false reports in regard thereto. The record fails to show that the Lodge refused to take the evidence of the witnesses residing at Rolla, mentioned in the appeal, nor is there anything in the papers to indicate the relevancy or competency of their testimony, and there is nothing to indicate what their testimony would be.

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We cannot pass upon questions that are not in the record. If the appellant had desired that these questions should come before the Grand Lodge, he should have seen that they were in proper shape to be considered by it. So far as the record shows, there was no error committed, and the vote was unanimous. 路We recommend that the judgment of the Lodge be affirmed.

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C. W. SHEPPARD, Appellant.

v.s. JERICHO LODGE,

No. 340.

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Appeal from the judgmellt of the Lodge acquitting Bro. B. L. Brasher.

The record in this ease is imperfect, indeed, there is no record here except what purports to be the evidence in the case, the appeal and notice and a statement by the appellant. It does not, as required by Section i'o. 2i1, contain "a true copy of all reeord entries in said cause and of the charge and specifications," etc. We infer, from the statement of appellant, that Brother Brwher was charged with making- false statements to himself and other members of his firm, whereby they were deceived and defrauded. What these statements were, we have no means of knowillg. It seems. from the same statemen"t, that there were three specificlttions, and the Yote on the first and second specifications was 18 guilty, not guilty 16; and on the third specification guilty 22, not guilty 12. We cannot pass UpOli the merits of the case because of the failure of appellant to present a copy of the charge and specifications, and a copy of the record entries of the proceedings of the Lodge. Parties who are aggrieved at the judgment of the Lodge, and wish the Grand Lodge to pass upon the ease, must see that a proper record is presented. The Grand Lodge cannot intelligently pass upon a case without having all the facts before it that were presented in the Lodge where the trial took place. 'Ye gather from the evidence in the case, that the accused was connected with a bank and furnished the appellant with St. Louis Exchange which was afterwards not paid but protested. and the statements made by the accused were made after the protest of the draft. If that be the case, it is difficult to understand how statements thus made deceived or defrauded them in regard to a liability that had already accrued or which existed at the time of the alleged false statements. We are not, however, passing upon the merits of the cltse. as it is not before us in proper shape to enable us to do so intelligently. We recommend that the appeal be dismissed because of the failure of appellant to present such a record as is required by law.

No.X. A. C. FINDEH, Appellant; v< GATE OF THE TElIIPLJo~ LODGE, ~o.

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422.

Appeal from the judgment of the Lodge expelling him.

The accused was charged with striking, beating and abusing his eldest daughter while she was sick with consumption, from which disease she died. Charges were preferred by the Junior Warden, by order of the W, III. He was assisted in the prosecution by Brother O.II. Travers. At the trial the testimony ofthe witne~ses taken at a preliminary examination before a Justice of the Peace in Springfield was read in evidence against the accused. It was certified to by the official court stenographer who took the testimony at the trial in shorthand and transcribed the same. The vote of the Lodge on the question of guilt or innocence was: Guilty,32; not guilty, 10. On the qnestion of

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punishment the vote was: For expulsion, 28; against, 14; whereupon he was declared expelled. He has appealed for the reasons: (1) That Brother Travers had no right to assist in the prosecution. (2) The testimony taken at the trial in the criminal case by tbe stenographer wus incompetent. (3) That the testimolly was insufficient to sustain the jUdgment of the Lodge. The first proposition is untenable. Section Xo. 23f> of the By-laws of the Grand Lodge, in providing that the JuniOI Warden conduct the prosecution, is not exclusive. He may have as mnch assistance as may be desired. The accused is entitled to a propcr defense, and in this case had able counsel. In reference to the admissibility of the testimony taken by the olIicial stenographer at the criminal trial, we think the spirit of our law is that such testimony is admissible. When there was 110 statute UpOIl the subject the Grand Lodge hcld that the records of conviction or acquittal of !l court of competent jurisdiction, either in civil or criminal cases, for the same offense for which the Brother was being tried by the Lodge, was legal and competent evidellce for or against him. In the last revision of our Laws such decisions were enacted as By-laws. (See Sections 257-8.) .The statutes of the State have provided for an oflicial stenographer and for the preservation of the testimony of witnesses. In this case the accused must have beell present when the testimony was taken, as he was the defcndant. The witnesses were sworn, and he had the right to, and <lid, cross-examine them, and we see no reason why such testimony should not be compptent at a Masonic trial. We think the testimony justifies the judgment of the Lodge, and we recommend that the same be affirmed. No. XI. PETITION OF BROTHER W.

L. JOH:"SOK.

Brother \\'. L. Johnson was expelled by the Grand Lodge at its ses5ion in 1892, see proceedings 1892, pllge 70, and he petitions for restoration. He was at the lime Master of his Lodge and was charged with drunkenness and suspended from office by the Grand Master and expelled by the Grand Lodge. He stales in his petition that he loves the Fratemity and desires a home in the Lodge, and proDlises, if restored, to comply strictly with the laws and regulations of the Fraternity. The petition is signed by quite a number of Brothers. It has on \y been a short time since his reformation, and we think another year's trial, if favorable, will be a better test of his devotion and fidelity to the best interests of the Order. We recommend that his petition be not granted at present.

No. XU. PETITION Ol~

F HANCIS M. J\lONTGO;llER Y .

The petitioner, Francis 111. ~10ntgomery, was expelled from the rights and privileges of Masonry by the Grand Lodge at its annual communicati.on for 1881, see proceedings 1884, page 54. He had been acquitted by his Lodge and after the action of the Lodge its charter was arrested by the Grand MiLSter. The Grand Lodge thereupon reversed the judgment of the Lodge below and expelled the accused from the rights and privileges of Masonry. He now presents a petition to the Grand Lodge for restoration, which, under the circulll-

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stances. is in accordance with Section 279-80 of the laws of the Grand Lodge, the Subordinate Lodge not being in existence he is not required to obtain the recommendation of his Lodge. His petition, however, is accompanied by the certified copy of the action of Claflin Lodge, No. 229. which recites that at its reg-ular meeting, held August 11, 1894, the Lodge by unanimous vote recommended that Francis 1\1:. Montgomery be restored to his former Masonic standing as a Master Mason, , We are informed that he has so conducted himself ever since his expulsion as to establish the fact that he is a true Mason, and in view of these facts, we recommend that he be restored to good Masonic standing. . No. XIII. PF:TJTIOK OF FELIX

SMITH.

This is the petition of Brother Felix G. Smith for restoration. He was expelled by Kilwinning Lodge, Ko. 378, which Lodge is now extinct. He now resides in the jurisdiction of Bethany Lodge, Ko. 97, and that Lodge earnestly recommends his restoration. Our information is that he is a good man and deserves that his prayer be g-ranted. \'I'e recommend that he be restored to a1l the rights and privileges of Masonry. No. XIV. J AS. C. GILLASPY, ApIJeliant, ?is. TWILIGHT LODGE, No. 114.

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Appeal from'the judgment of the Lodge expelling T. J. Gillaspy.

The accused ill this case was charged with taking the life of Bernard M.cNatt without cause, etc. He was tried and expelled, and his brother who represented him at the trial appeals for the reason among others that tbe members of the Lodge were not leg-ally notified to be present. The record does not show that the members of the Lodge were notified at all. so that the appeal is well taken. The record fails to show that the charge was presented, or that Bernard l\'TcNatt has been killed by the accused or by anyone else, or that he is dead. If proof of the fact was made at the trial it is not in the record. This makes it necessary to rever8e the case. We therefore recommend that it be reversed and remanded for a new trial. Fraternally SUbmitted, NOAH :M. GIVAK, D. M. \"TILSON, W. H. ELDER, N. R. WALL,

W. F. HOBBS, Committc~.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HALL.

The c0ll11uittee appointed to procure a Han in which to hold the sessions of this Grand Lodge submitted the following report, which was approved: To th.e Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of ltf'issou1'i, A. F. & A. RRETHREK ; -Your

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committee appointed to select and procure a Hall for the meetings of this session of the Grand Lodge beg leave to report as follows; Beacon Lodge, No.3, and Aurora Lodge, No. 267, kindly offered free of charge their Hall, situated on the ~orner of Broadway and Bellton streets, for the use of

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the Gmnd Lodgc at its present session. Rose Hill Lodgc, No. 550, also kindly offcred frec of charge the lISC of its Hall situated on the corner of Maple and Hamilton avcnues. Your committee carefully considered the generous offers of said Lodges, but camc to the conclusion, that on account of said Halls bcing situated so remotcly from the central portion of the city, neither of them would be a suitable place for the sessions of the Grand Lodge. In the opinion of the committee the thanks of the Grand Lodge are due to said Lodges for their kind and generous offers. After having examined a number of Halls more centmlly located, and after having considered all the circumstances. your committee came to the conclusion that the Gcrmania Theater, situated on the corner of Locust and 14th streets, was the most suitable place that could be secured for the sessions of the Grand Lodge, and have therefore engaged said theater for the day sessions during Octuber, 9, 10 and 11. We have also engagcd the Blue Lodge room at. the Masonic Temple Ruilding, situated on the corner of 7th and Market streets, for the evening lSessions for the purpose of excmplifying the work. Fraternally submitted, DORSEY A. JAMISON, CRAS. W. WAUGHOP, J. C. FINAGIN. Committee.

LODGES U. D.

The COllnnittee on Lodges Under Dispensation rendered the following report, and it was adopted: To the Most Worshipful G1'and Lodge of flfissmwi, A. }.: & A. M.: Your Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation beg leave to report, that they have examined the records of the following Lodges, and rccommend that Charters be granted to same:

Name. Clifton Heights Grant City \Varsaw Westport \~Tinona

Loeation. St. Louis Grant City Warsaw \Vestport \Vinona

County. . \Vorth. Benton. Jackson. Shannon.

We recommcnd the approval of the action of the Grand Master in granting the foregoing Dispensations. We rccommend that all applications now pending for Dispensation to form Lodges be referred to the incoming Grand Master. Fraternally submitted, P. J. HEUER. C. V. LARMER, T. B. TURNBAUGH, LOUIS COHN, AMOS H. KAGY, CommilJee.

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CHARITY.

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lVI. Bro. John R. Parson, Chairman of the Committee 011 Charity, submitted the report of that committee and the same was approved, and is as follows: ST. LOVIS, October 10, 1894. To tile Most Worsldpjul Grand Lodge oj ltfissouri, A. F. & A. ltf.:

Your Committee on Charity would respectfully report, that they have carefully con路 sidered the several applications presented, and have been assured by representatives of Lodges making the applications that they have extended what aid they were able, and that the applicants are worthy and needy. We therefore recommend the following appropriations: One hundred dollars to Censor Lodge, Ko. 172, for the bcncfit of Brother Richard A. Gaunt. One hundred dollars to Monticello Lodge, Ko. 58, for the benefit of Brother N. R. Walters. One hundred dollars to La Belle Lodge. Xo. 222, for the benefit of Brother Jacob Haldeman. One hundred dollars to Friendship Lodge, No. 89. for the benefit of the widow of Brother James E. Cadle, Past Grand )faster. One hundred dollars to Pride of the West Lodge, Ko. 1i9, for the bellefit of Brother Thomas E. Garrett, Past Grand Master. One hundred dollars for the benefit of Mrs. Geo. Frallk Gouley, widow of Past Grand Secretary Gouley, the amount to be disbursed b)' the Grand Secretary. Monticello Lodge, No. 58, requests an appropriation for the benefit of Lewistown Lodge, No. 494, whose Hall was destroyed by fire. 'Your committee think it wonld be a bad precedent to establish to make such an appropriation, and therefore decline to recommend it. Fraternally submitted, JOHN R. PARSON. JOHN H. WILES. J. W. FARRIS. F. P. GRAVES. GEO. F. ROGERS. Committee.

CANTON PROPERTY.

The Special Comlllittee on the Property owned by the Grand Lodge at Canton, Mo., presented the following report, which w~s adopted:

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To the Most Worshipful Gmnd Lodgr; of Missouri, A. F. & A.

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Your committee, to whom was referred. that part of the Grand Master's Address relating to the Grand Lodge property at Canton, would rcport that they have duly considered the matter and make the following recommendation: That Brother J. C. Anderson be continued as Agent of the Grand Lodge with instructions to allow :i\1rs. Mary E. Gibson to continue in posses:;ion of the property so long as she may desire to occupy it as her reRidence, provided she will keep all taxeR upon it paid, as they become due, and keep the premises in proper and reasonable repairs. Fraternally 'submitted, B. H. INGRAM, W. R. WOMACH, M. T. DAVIS, J. T. SHORT, A. C. ROBINSON, Committee.

MILEAGE AND PER DIEM.

The following paper as amended, was, after 'discussion, referred to a committee of five, with directions to report on the matter to the next session of the Grand Lodge: Resolved, That this Grand Lodge will hereafter pay a per diem of two dollars for a period of three days, and a mileagc of three cents per mile coming to and returning from its stated communications, to each Past Grand Master, District Deputy Grand Master and to one Representative in attendance from each Lodge in its Grand Jurisdiction whose Grand Lodge dues are full paid at the time of said stated communication. Provided, That the amount paid to such Representative shall not exceed one-fourth of the amount paid in by such Lodge. (Signed.) W. H. SEAMEN, WM. A. HALL, A. MOORE BERRY, CARL PHILIPS, C. ~f. ~ITCHELL.

RESOLUTION.

The following was adopted concerning proxies: In view of the fact that a great many Lodges have elected, chosen and otherwise selected members as Delegates, Proxies and Representatives to this Grand Session, we beg to submit the following: Re.solved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to pro~'ide each Lodge of this Grand Jurisdiction, blank forms for the use of Proxies attending the Grand Lodge Sessions. (Signed.) W. P. HANCOCK, G. W. LILLY, WM. SESSINGHAUS, A. FISHER.

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A proposition was offered respecting the kind of notices which shall be sent 'by one Lodge to another in the cities where there is concurrent jurisdiction. On Inotion, same was referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence.

REPORTS ON D. D. GRAND MASTERS.

The following report was presented by Brother A. Moore Berry on the reports of D. D. Grand Masters, and the same was adopted: To the Most lVorshil)fttl Gmnd Lodge of JIissouri, A. F. & A. ill.:

Your Committee on the Reports of District Deputy (,rand l\Iaster~, begs leave to submit the following: Reports have been made by the District Deputy Grand Masters of all the Districts. It appears from these reports that the Deputies hav<:, for the most part, made highly commendable exertions for the upbuilding of the Fraternity, and that the Brethren throughout this Grand Jurisdiction are alive to the best interest of Freemasonry. Your committee recommends that the resolution offered by Allan McDowell, and referred to it, "that a committee of three be appointed to rearrange the l-fa..<;onie Districts and report at the next Annual Communication," be adopted. Your committee also recommends that the resolution offered by Allan McDowell, and referred to it, "that Shannon County be changed from the Twentieth to the Nineteen th District," be adopted. Fraternal! Ysubmitted, A. MOORE BERRY. .J. L. WETZEL. JAS. G. HOWE. WM. A. MINER. Committee.

The Grand Lodge was then called frOln labor until 7:30 this evening', to meet at Seventh and Market Streets for the exemplification of the work in the Third Degree.

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SECOND DAY-NIGHT SESSION.

ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 10, 1894. The Grand Lodge convened in the Masonic Hall, Seventh and l\'1arket streets, at 7:30, pursuant to order, and was called to labor by R.. W. Bro. J. B. Thomas, Deputy Grand Master. Other Grand Officers present as heretofore. Prayer by acting Grand Chaplain Brother Ashton, preceded by sacred music. The Grand Lecturer, Brother Allan McDowell, took charge of the work and proceeded to exemplify the work and lecture of the Thir~ Degree, assisted by the following: J. C. FINAGIN E. F. ALLEN C. W. WAUGJlOP GEORGE SPALDING

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Senior Deacon. Junior Deacon. Senio1路 Steward. .Junior Stewftrd.

John D. Vinci!, Howard Watson and Jacob Lampert, specialists.

Following the exemplification, the Grand Lodge was called from labor until to-morrow morning at9 o'clock.

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THIRD DAY-MORNING SESSION.

ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 11, 1894.

The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 9 o'clock A. l\f. by the Most \Vorshipful Grand Master, Harry Keene, with the following Grand Officers present: HARRY ICEENE J. B. THOMAS A. l\f. HOUGH D. A. J A;lUSON SA?<IUEL M. KENNARD JOHN D. VINCIL ALLAN McDOWELL REV. C. H. BRIGGS REV. JOHN W. Rom:\soN F. J. TYGARD E. F. ALLEN W;ll. RICHARDSON 1\:1. TRELOAR A. L. Ross GEO. E. MAyHALL D. l\f. WILSON

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M. T. DAVIS JOHN

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G1路and ],[aster. D. Grand Alastcr. G. Senwr lVa/路den. G. Jun-wr Warden. G. Treasurer. G. SC~retary. G. Lecturer. G. Chaplain. G. OhalJlain. G. Sen. Deacon. G. Jr. Deacon. 'G. Marshal. G. ]'1.ar8hal. G. Sen. Stewa1路d. G. Jr. Stcwal'd. 0. Pursuivant. G. Orator. :G. Orator. G. Tile".

Prayer by Grand Chaplain Rev. Brother J. W. Robinson. Record of yesterday's sessions was read and approved. COMMITTEES.

'rhe Grand Master announced, the special conunittees heretofore provided for. COMMITTEE ON PER DIEM AND MILEAGE-F. J. Tygard, M. T. Davis, R.

J. P.

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Eo Collins,

II. Cam. Wells.

COMMITTEE ON REDISTRICTING THE STATE.-Allan McDowell, Charles S. Glaspell,

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Bethune.

AMENDMENTS.

The amendments heretofore proposed to the Constitution and By-Laws were read a third time.

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CHARTERED LODGES. M. W. Bro. Lee A. Hall, for the committee, presented the following repo:t on Chartered Lodges, and the same was adopted: To the )Iost Worshi])f1u Gmnd Lodge of ]'{issouri, A. F. & A. ]rI.: The Committee on Chartered Lodges fraternally submits the following report: Total register number ..... ; .............................................................. 561 In detail as follows: Reported......................... .... ..... ....... ......... ............................... 543 Not reported ............................................................................ 11 Consolidated ............................................................................ 3 Surrendered .............................................................................. 1 Arrested .................................................................................. 3 561 The returns of the following Lodges are found correct: Nos. 1, 18, 38, 54, 76, 92, 110, 127, 145, 165, 186, 205, 229. 252, 274, 289, 305, 322, 338, 354, 375, 399, 418, 442, 461,路 480, 503, 529, 543,

2, 19, 39, 55, 77, 93,

HI, 128, 146, 166, 187, 208, 230, 253, 275, 291, 306, 323, 341, 355, 376, 401, 420, 443, 462, 481, 505, 530, 545,

3, 20, 40, 58, 78, 94, 112, 131, 147, 167, 188, 209, 233, 256, 276, 292, 307, 324, 342, 357, 377, 402, 424, 444, 463, 483, 506, 531, 547,

5, 21, 41, 59, 79, 95, 113, 132, 149, 168, 189, 211, 234, 258, 277, 293, 308, 325, 34::\, 359, 379, 403, 425, 445, 464, 484, 509, 532, 548,

6, 22,

43, 60, 80, 97, 115, 13:1, 151, 170, ]90, 212, 235, 259, 278, 291, 310, 326, 344, 360, 381, 405, 4~6,

446, 467, 487, 514, 533, 549,

8, 23, 44, 61, 81, 98, 116, 135, 152, 174, 191, 216. 237, 261, 279, 295, 311, 327, 345, 361, 382, 408, 427, 447, 468, 488, 515, 534, 5.50,

24, 45, 63, 82, 99, 117, 136. 155, 175, 192, 217, 239, 261, 280, 296, 312, 328, 346, 362, 381, 409, 'l~B,

449, 469, 490, 516, 535, 551,

10, 26, 47, 64, 84, 100, 118, 138, 157, 176, 194, 218, 243, 265, 281, 297, 313, 329, 347, 363, 388, 410, 429, 451, 470, 492, 519, 536, 552,

11, 28, 48, 67, 85, 101, 119, 139, 159, 178, ]95, 220, 244, 266, 282, 298, 314, 331, 348, 364, 389, 411, 432, 452, 471, 4~)3,

;>21, 537, 55r>,

12, 30, 49, 68, 86, 102, 120, 140, 160, 179, ]96, 221, 246, 267, 283, 299, 316, 333, 349, 365, 392, 412, 434, 454, 472, 494, 522, 538, 557,

13, 31, 50,

n, 87, 104, 121, 141, 161, 180, 197, 222, 247, 268,

285 , 300, 317, 334, 350, 368, 395, 413, 436, 455, 473, 498, 523, 539, 559,

14, 32, 51, 72, 89, 105, 124, 142, 162, 181, 198, 224, 249, 270, 286, 301, 318, 335, 351, 370. 396, 415, 439, 457, 474, 499, 524, 540, 560,

16, 15. 33, 34, 52, 53, 73, 74, 90, 91, 108, 109, 125, 126, 143, 144, 163, 164, 183, 184, 200, 201, 225, 226, 250, 251, 271, 272, 287, 288, 302, 303, 319, 320, 336, 337, 352, 353, 373, 374, 397, 398, '416, 417, 440, 441, 458, 459, 476, 479, 501, 502, 527, 528, 541, 512, 561.-Total, 405.

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Kot correct as follows: Nos. 4, 69, 150, 204. 242, 309, 386, 435, 486, 544,

7, 7O, 153, 206, 245, 321, 387, 437, 489, 546,

17, 75, 154, 207, 248, 330, 390, 438, 491, 553,

25, 83, 156, 21O, 254, 332, 3U3, 448, 496, 554,

27, 88, 158, 213, 255, 339, 394, 453, 497, 556,

29, 35, 36, 96, 106, 107, 169, 171, 172, 214, 215. 227, 257, 260, 262, 356, 358, 366, 400, 404, 407, 456, 460, 465, 500, 504, 508, 558.-Total, 132.

42, 114, 173, 228, 263, 367, 414, 466, 510,

46, 56, 122, 12:3, iii, 185, 231, 232, 269, 273, 369, 371, 419, 421. 475, 477, 512, 513,

57, 130, 199, 236, 284. 372, 422,' ,478, 5li,

62, 134, 202, 288, 29O, 380, 431, 482, 518,

65, 148, 203, 241, 304, 385. 433, 485, 526,

The following have not reported: Nos. 37,103, 137, 315, 383,391,423,495,507,511, 525.-Total, 11. Surrendered charter: No. 520.-'1'otal, 1. Arrested charters: Nos. 66,182, 240.-Total, 3. Consolidated with other Lodges, No. 219 with 485 ; 378 with 21'1; 430 'with 133.-'1'otal, 3. We find the returns of 132 Lodges out of 538 that have reported to be incorrect, and so report them. We have, for several years, tried by correspondence to have such returns corrccted before the meeting of the Grand Lodge, but it takes more time than the committee has to give for such work. We have not separated ont the details as to what the errors eonsist of, thinking that such Lodges as cared to do so could ascertain by correspondence through the Grand Secretary what was necessary to correct their reports, and that possibly this course may produce better results than the one formerly pursued by the committee. We find in the return of Itaska Lodge, No. 420, the name of Brother Richllrd Mollen cott reported as being a Past 1\1aster of that Lodge and, as snch, entitled to membership in this Grand Lodgc. The Brother in question was elected and installed Worshipfnl Master of Itaska Lodge, but during his term of ollice was suspended for five years by the Grand Lodge. The act of the Grand Lodge in suspending him operated as a remova\ from his office, and as his term expircd while he was still undcr suspension, he could not llnd did not scrve twelve months, as required by our law. His subsequent restoration to good Masonic standing did not cure the defect in his term of service; therefore, we do not regard him as a Past Master, within the meaning of the law, entitled to membership in the Grand Lodge. III the matter of the complaint of Brother T. M. Broaddus, a member of Altona Lodge, No. 315, claiming that he cannot get a dimit, although entitled to one, et.c. We have no information beyond the lctter of Brother Broaddus Ilnd one from Brother B. R. Crawford to him. From what information we have we think this matter, as well a.<; the condition of the Lodge itself, needs looking into, and therefore recommend that the incoming Grand Master cause an investigation to be made, and he take such action in thc premises as he may deem necessary itnd proper.

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We have applications from the following Lodges for remission, either in whole or in part, of their dues to the Grand Lodge, viz.: Putnam Lodge, No. 190, Newtown. Friend Lodge, No. 352, Ozark. St..John's Lodge, No. 28, Hannibal. Various reasons are assigned why the Grand Lodge should do this. In the case ot Putnam Lodge. No. 190. it is the old story of having the Lodge room, etc., destroyed by fire. The Lodge had, it appears, 5iOO insurance, all路of which has been collected. H that was not enough to protect its property, the LorIge should have carried more, and, not having done so, if the amount ot insurance doe.; not cover its loss it is the fault of the Lodge itself. We therefore decline to recommend remission of dues in this case. Friend Lodge, No. 352, asked the remission of one-half of its dues, and states as a reason therefor that the Lodge has two widows who are a charge upon it, one of whom, with a family of small children, is almost entirely dependent upon the Lodge for support. The statement is also made, they are not willing to go to the Masonic Home. The committee cannot look upon the matter of going to the Masonic Home in the light that this family apparently does. The Grand Lodge has established and is maintaining the Masonic Home for the express purpose of caring for the dependent widows and orphans of our deceased members. and it seems to us that when anyone is in need and entitled to admission to the Masonic Home that they should not dictate how our aid should be extended to them. Certainly the comforts and management of the Home, and the moral influences that surround it, ought to attract those entitled to its shelter and protection. Its benefits are distributed as Masonic charity should be distributed. What is given is gi\'en freely for the care ot the dependent ones, and is not to be taken in any sense as mere alms giving. It se3111S to us, therefore, that a proper explanation of the advantages and benefits of the Home, its comforts and especially the moral training in force there, should make anyone entitled to admission within its portals glad to find shelter within its walls. The fostering care exercised and the moral discipline enforced over its inmates will strengthen them in their encounter with the storms and vicissitudes of life when they g;o forth into the busy world, to fill their appointed places, and they will be the better equipped by the training received for fighting the battle of life than they would be from allY effort of their own, even with all the help the Lodge can give them. We have said more than under ordinary circumstances we would do, but we desire to impress upon the mind of those who are dependent upon our care and protection that it will not in any way demean them to accept it in the manner as provided; and this being the case, the Grand Lodge will insist, so far as it may be concerned, that these cares shall avail themselves of the benefits of the Home, whenever entitled thereto, and that when it is preferred to rely upon their own exertions the Grand Lodge will not take their preferences into consideration in any question affecting its own revenue. St. John's Lodge, Ko. 28, does not, in tIle opinion of the committee, give good grounds for its request, and in the place of remission of dues, itS requested, we recommend that the todge be allowed until our Annual Session in 1895 to pay its dues to the Grand Lodge. These applications are coming up continually. Every 'year some Lodge makes this . request, and it is but very seldom that any good ground is furnished upon which to act, thus leaving it a mere question of sympathy. The committee are of the opinion, and would recommend as a standing rule that no such application shall be considered unless the Lodge making such request shall accompany the same with a full statement of its general condition, financial and otherwise, its resources, liabilities, fixed charges, if any, etc. In this way the Grand Lodge would be in position to form an intelligent' opinion of what is proper and just to be done. The Grand Lodge dues are so fixed and

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intended as to provide for its expenses only, and any surplus that it may be able to accumulate ought to be set aside for the purpose of extending- the Home, so as to widen its benefits and place it within the reach of all who may be entitled to our care and protection. Again, remitting the dues of a Lodge affords at best a temporary relief, does no permanent good, and we are led to believe, that as a rule, Lodges who get into a condition involving the making of such requests, do so by thcir own want of business management, and it seems to us that a Lodge which cannot, or will not, make itself self-supporting under any ordinary circumstances, had far better abandon thc attempt to maintain a separate existence. In making these comments, we do not intend in any way to reflect upon the Lodges making the foregoing application. We have no such idca; but we do wish Lodges to lmderstand and appreciate that the business side of Masonry is just exactly the same, and governed by the same rules, as the business side of any other institution or enterprise. In the matter of the arrested charters rcferred to this committee, we fully approvc of the action of the Grand Master in the cases presented. No one has appeared in behalf of either Linn Lodge, No. 66, Stewartsvillc Lodge, No. 182, or Jericho Lodge, No. 340, and we recommend that in each of these cases the arrest of charter be made final. In the cuse of Woodlawn Lodge, No. 223, at Woodlawn, Brother Wilson, the Worshipful Master of that Lodge, appeared before the Committee and, after a full explanation and acknowledgment of the wrongful acts committed, asked that the charter be re!<tored. R. W. Bro. George E. Mayhall, D. G. M. of that District, also recommends that this be done. Your Committee feel confident that the lesson that the Grand Master has given them will not be forgotten. We therefore recommend that the charter 'of Woodlawn Lodge, No. 223, be restored, and the Lodge authorized to resume work thereunder upon condition that the Lodge immediately makes its annual report and pays its dues. LEE A. HALL, W. H. SEAMAN, G. VI'. BUTLER, THOS. WINN, C. M. MITCHELL, Committee.

GRAND LECTURER'S REPORT.

The report of the Grand Lecturer, Brother Allan McDowell, was submitted and ordered printed in the Proceedings, and is as follows: ST. LOtiIS, October, 1894. To the ],fost Worshipful Grand Lodge of Jfissouri, A. I<: & A. M.:

Herewith I present my annual report as Grand Lecturer. During the year State Lodges of Instruction have been held at the following places, viz: Greenfield, Neosho, Harrisonville, Maryville, Chilli.cothe, Moherl)', Kirksville, Mexico and Excelsior Springs. With the exception of the meeting at Harrisonville, all these meetin~s were largely attended by the Lodges in their respective localities; much enthusiasm prevailed, and,

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doubtless, much good was accomplished. At each of these meetings the Grand Master presided in person, and was assisted at various times and places by some of the follow. ing distinguished Brethren, viz: Past Grand Master and present Gra.nd Secretary, M. W. Bro. John D. Vincil; Past Grand Master and Assistant Grand Lecturer, M. W. Bro. B. II. Ingram; Past Grand Masters, M. W. Bros. C. C. Woods and N. M. Givan; R. W. Bro. M. '1'. Davis, Grand Orator and D. D. G. M.; W. Bro. W. M. Treloar, Grand Marshal; â&#x20AC;˘ W. Bro. D. M. Wilson, Grand Pursuivant; R. W. Bro. Geo. E. Mayhall, Grand Junior Steward and D. D. G. M.; and the following R. W. District Deputy Grand Masters: J. G. Trimble, Reuben Barney, Sr., A. J. Coleman, John Broder, A. C. Hopkins, Eo R. Durham, Seymour Hoyt, -J. M. Duncan, C. M. Mitchell and District Lecturers H. Cam. Wells, Reuben Harney, Jr., and others. That a great amollnt of good was accomplished by these meetings is the unanimollsly expressed opinion of all who were in attendance. The good results of holding these State Lodges of Instruction are not confined solely to the perfection of those attending in the work and lectures, although this is, of course, the main object; but by means of these meetings Masons are brought together from the various portions of the State, and are enabled to meet and mingle in social and fraternal intercourse, as well as to listen to instructive addresses ou Masonic subjects by well-informed Brethren, thereby broadening their Masonic horizon, and giving them juster and nobler ideas of their duties to God, their neig-hbors and themselves. District Lodges of Instruction have been held at Mountain Grove, Mount Vernon. Humansville, Montgomery City, Huntsville, Madison, Fulton, Sullivan, Richland, Stanberry, Canton, Union Star, Bethany and Clarence. At these places the District. Deputy Grand Masters and District Deputy Grand Lecturers were present and assisted. Nearly all of these meetings were well I represented, and, doubtless, resulted in much benefit to the Lodges represented. It has, however, been rather the policy of the Grand OlIicers during the present year to visit and give instruction to individual Lodges, as far as possible, and in this respect I think I and m)' assistants have done all that was possible. It is a pleasure to be able to report that never before in the history of the Grand Lodge'has there been such complete harmony and nniformity in the rendition of the work. I preseilt herewith the report of M. W. Bro. B. H. Ingram, Assistant Grand Lecturer, and also an abstract of the reports of the District Lecturers. W. Bro. J. W. Barnes, of the First District, notified each and every Lodge of a District Lodge of Instruction, to be held at Kahoka. This meeting was not as fully attended as he had hoped, but those who did attend are under many and lasting obligations to R. W. Bro. Geo. E. Mayhall, D. G. M. of the Third District, for the able and instructive manner in which he conducted the School. The Brethren in attendance showed commendable zeal, and an eagerness to learn the work correctly, He had visited but three Lodges in the District, viz.: those at Lancaster, Gorin and Kahoka. He considers Lodge of Love, No. 259, worthy of special mention for its fine working order, and the number of its members able to meritoriollsly fill any and every station in conferring the several degrees. He has given, in several instances, instructions to individual Masons from severarot the Lodges, they calling on him for that purpose. Most of the Lodges in the District are in fair working order; in some there is room for considerable improvement. R. W. Bro. A. Fisher, of the Second District, held a three days' Lodge of Instruction at Williamstown which was well attended. Fairmont and Gorin Lodges were also in attendance. The Brethren were very anxious to learn the work and made some progress, but still more light is needed to become thoroughly proficient, He held a four days' Lodge ofInstruction at Novelty. The Brethren were very attentive and regular in their attendance, and made great improvement in the work. lIe made a second visit to Novelty and remained two days, and found the Brethren much improved in the work, and enthusiastic to acquire proficiency. He held a three days' Lodge of Instruction at Monticello, at which the attendance was fair. Those who attended regularly made

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considerable proficiency. He held a three days' Lodge of Instruction at Newark, at which Bethel Lodge was also well represented. The members are making good progress and ,~i11 make efficient workers. The District genemlly is in good condition. R. W. Bro. Geo. E. Mayhall, of the Third District, held a three days' Lodge of Instruction at Madison, at which the Grand Lecturer was present and assisted. The attendance was good and the Brethren profitcd immensely by that School ofInstruction. He held a three days' Lodge of Instruction at Woodlawn, at which delegates were' present from five other Lodges. Much interest was manifested. The Lodges represented are in fairly good working ordcr. He hcld a three days' Lodge of Instruction at Philadelphia at which therc was good attendance of the Brethrcn of that Lodge. He had very good success and left that Lodge in fairly good working condition. At the request of the Grand Lecturer, he represented him in a Lodge of Instruction at Kahoka. He was ably assisted by Brother .J. W. Barnes, Deputy Lecturer of the First District. The attendance was good and great interest taken in the work. He held a three da)'s' Lodge of Instruction at Bethel. The Brethren are zealous and eager to learn the work, and when they learn it they conform to it. He has also visited Shelbina and Perry and gave them instructions in portions of the work. They are live Lodges and keep pace with the times. He has given much private instruction to officers and Brethren of the various Lodgcs. With some two or three exceptions, the Lodges can confer the degrees in a fairly intelligent manner. Candor, however, compels him to say that there are two or three Lodges in thc District that cannot confer the degrees intelligently, and they do not seem to want to know how. They go through with a jargon that they got, no one knows where, and call it Masonry, and the parties referred to will not listen favorably to a proposal for a Lodge of Instruction. Some of the old ones are afraid that the newl)'路 made Masons will find out that they (the old ones) do not know the true work. He has promptly answered all calls made upon him for instructions, and no reasonable complaint can be made against him because of refusal on his part to respond to calls. R. W. Bro. J. J. Shaw, of the Fourth District, has done but little work during the past year, for two reasons. viz.: his time has been taken np almost entirely with office work; again, times have been so extremely dull that the Lodges have not felt able to hold Lodges of Instruction. However, he has not been idle, but has visited several of his Lodges in an informal way, which he found well up in the work, and all prospering in a measure. R. W. Bro. Chas. J. Walker, of the Fifth District, has visited seven of the twelve Lodges in his District. He finds them all in fairly good working order, and some of them exceptionally so. The Lodges which he has visited have shown a disposition and willingness to learn. Peace Ilnd harmony prevail. R. W. BrO. J. D. Brummall, of the Seventh District, states that a State Lodge of Instruction was held at Moberly, at which the Grand Muster presided, and a District Lodge uf Instruction at Salisbury, at which the Grand Lecturer presided. Owing to sickness in his family, he has been unable to visit as many Lodges as he would have otherwise desired. lIe has replied to all correspondence, and responded to all calls that he has received. He has visited a number of his Lodges, and reports them in fair condition. R. W. Bro. J. J. Dillinger, of the Eighth Dist.rict, reports that all the Lodges in the District have been visited, except two, Fairview and Humphreys. Brother D. "M. WilSOn, Assistant, Lecturer, visited three of the Lodges, and the District Lecturer the others. He remained with the Lodges from two to three days. The attendance was generally fair, and the Lodges manifested quite a zeal to get the work, and many of them are getting quite proficient, while a few are somewhat deficient in the work. W. Bro. Reuben Barney, Jr., of the Ninth District, has visited quite a number of Lodges throughout the District, gave instructions and found all ready a.nd willing to improve in the work. He held weekly Lodges of Instruction at Chilli00tbe during Feb-

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ruar)' , March and April, which were fairly attended. He thinks the State Lodge of Instruction held by the Grand Master and Grand Lecturer at Chillicothe were conducive of great good. and created great enthusiasm in the work throughout the District. W. Bro. H. Cam. Wells, of the Eleventh District, mailed at an early date notices to every Lodge in the District, tendering- his services. He held a three day's Lodge of Instruction at Lathrop. Four Lodges were represented. and a splendid interest taken. He thinks quite a revival of l\:[asonic work was instituted. He held a three day's Lodge of Instruction at Plattsburg at which three Lodges were represented. Quite an enthusiastic interest was manifested during this meeting, with close study by most oftbe new officers. He held a three day's Lodge of Instruction at Parkvillc. There was a good attendance, and corresponding results accomplished. He attended the State Lodge of Instruction at .Marsville, and thinks Irucb benefit was deriveJ from this meeting. He has g-iven considerable instruction in Platte City in Lodge room, and has also given much private instruction to members of his own and neighboring Lodges. He reports his own Lodge, Platte City, No. 504, in an excellent condition. W. Bro. Robert T. Penick, of the Twelfth District, held a weekly Lodg-e of Instruction in the city of St. Joseph during the months of January, February and March, which were well attended by the ollicers of the three city Lodges. A few officers and members of neighboring country Lodges were also in attendance. The Lodges of St. Joseph are well up in the work, and there never was a time when as many of the Masters, Wardens and Deacons could confer the degrees and give the lectures as well as at the present time. He has given instruction to abont three-fourths of the Lodges under his care, and is pleased to report nearly all of them very well posted in tbe work and lectures, and determined to keep bright by having a Lodge of Instruction at least once a year. He has always promptly responded to every call that has been made upon him from the Lodges and Brethren, and has assisted them to the best of his ability. R. W. Bro. A. C. Hopkins, of the Thirteenth District, held a District Lodge oflnstruction at Parnell, at which fonr Lodges were represented. Much interest was manifested and good improvement made. He also held a District Lodge of Instruction at Ravenwood, at which four Lodges were represented and much improvement made. A State Lodge of Instruction was beld at Maryville, presided over by the Grand l\laster, at which twenty Lodges were represented and great interest shown. He says, "You well remember the good time we had." He has answered all calls. Peace and harmony prevail in his District. W. Bro. J. C. Finagin. of the Fifteenth District. made a report of his do'ings before leaving the cit)' of St. Louis for the East some time ago, but it has been unfortunately mislaid, and I am therefore unable to give a eopy of it. I know personally, however, that be held a weekly District Lodge of Instruction, during the winter months, in the city of St. Louis, over which R. \,y. Bro. C. W. V{aughop, D. D. G. M., presided. The School was a magnificent success, being better represented than any previous Lodge of Instruction held in the city. I had the pleasure of being pr.esent on several occasions, and observed with great satisfaction the deep interest taken and the improvement made by the attendants. Brother Finagin has also personally visited the Lodges extensively imparting instruction and conferring Degrees. In addition, he has given very much private instruction to officers and members of Lodges who have called upon him for that purpose. It is owing to the indefatigable exertions of Bro. Finagin as District Lecturer for the past few years, and those of his predecessors, W. Bros. Berry, Suss, Rosebrough, Potter, Ready, Spencer, and others, that St. Louifl has earned the proud title of being the brightest Masonic city in the world. R. W. Bro. F. P. Graves, of the Sixteenth District, has visited every Lodge in the six counties composing his District-nineteen in all. To reach them has required twelve hundred miles of travel. He has conferred and assisted in conferring over thirty degrees. He is happy to state that in nearly all these Lodges there is an active interest

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now being shown. Samaritan Lodge, of Bonne Terre, leads off with twent)' new members, all active and energetic men. He gives a detailed report, showing that he has thoroughly performed his duties as District Lecturer. R. W. Bro. F. A. Kage, of the Seventeenth District, held no Lodge of Instruction, because no Lodge has asked for any. He has visited all the Lodges in his District except Sikeston, and conferred the degrees and exemplified the work. The Lodges are in very fair working order in his District. R. ,V. Bro. Welton O'Bannon, of the Eighteenth District, held a two days' Lodge ot Instruction at Kennett, which was well attended. He has been holding meetings ot instruction frequently at his home in New Madrid. He reports no other visits to Lodgeg.. R. W. Bro. Jas. M. McGhee, of the Nineteenth District, has he']d a three days' Lodge ofInstruction at Van Buren. The attendance was local instead of general. The Brethren of Van Buren attended regularly and were very attentive, and altogether they had a very pleasant Lodge of Instruction. He has answered all calls for advice, instruction, etc., but has not felt called upon to visit Lodges who did not invite him. He hus received some invitations to visit Lodges, which he expects to visit after this report was sent in, which was early in September. R. '\'. Bro. H. H. Hohenschild, of the Twentieth District, reports that, after consultation with a majority of the Masters in his District, he concluded it best not to call a District Lodge of Instruction, as it was the general opinion that few would this year be able . to bear the expense of attending. He has been unusually busy this year, which has prevented him from visiting everyone of the Lodges in his Distnct; yet he assures me that he has cheerfully responded to all calls made upon him, given all instructions asked for. conferred many degrees lLnd kept himself fully posted in regard to the work done. W. Bro. Ed. Reichard, of the Twenty-first District, held a three days' Lodge of Instruction at Sullivan, at which the Grand Lecturer presided; also a three days' Lod~e at Washington, at which the Assistant Grand Lecturer presided. He has also held Lodges of Instruction of three days' duration each at New Haven and Robertsville. At all these places the attendance was good and great interest manifested in the work. He has visited the Lodges at Chamois, Pacific, Hermann, Vvashington and Sullivan, has rcsponded to all calls made upon him by the Lodges, and is well plea.sed in the improvement made in the work by the Lodges which have had the benefit of instruction. R. W. Bro. John T. Short, of the Twenty-second District, has visited and held Lodges of InstructioIl at Iberia, Brumley, Pleasant l\fount, Hickory Hill and Russellville, spending three days at each place. The attendance was small, bnt the interest good. He had intended to visit every Lodge in his District, but sickness prevented. W. Bro. A. Haynie, of the Twenty-third District, says that, owing to the activity and energy rlisplayed by the Assistant Grand Lecturer, he ha..<; had but. little call for his services. He reports the Lodges in his District in good condition .. W. Bro. John C. Yocum, of the Twenty-fifth District, conducted a weekly District Lodge of Instruction at Kansas City during the winter months. The attendance upon these meetings was larger and the interest manifested greater than at any Lodge of Instruction held in this District for years. Of the thirteen Lodges in the District, all but three attended at least some ot these meetings, and many of them had representatives present at every meeting. He also held a District Lodge of Instruction at Independence, which was well attended. He has visited all the Lodges in Kansas City, the two Lodges at Independence, the Lodges at Oak Grove and Westport, and expects to visit all before the close of the Masonic year. Since the Lodge of Instructioll has closed he has extended a cordial invitation to the offiecrs of the several Lodges to meet him privately for instructions, and quite a number have availed themselves of this opportunity. His object from the start has been to make the work of inst~uctiol1 thorough

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and complete, and he has at all times earnestly urged upon all the importance of not only. becoming proficient in the work of the degrees, but of the lectures, lectures on proficiency, opening and closing ceremonies, duties of officers, etc. As a result, he believes he is justified in saying that there are more officers in more of the Lodges of the District this year who are thoroughly proficient in the work as authorized by the Grand Lodge than there have ever been before. R. W. Bro. J. M. Duncan, of the Twenty-sixth District, reports that a State Lodge of Instruction was held at IIarrisonville, at which he assisted. He has visited Lodges at Rich Hill, Drexel, Belton and Warrensburg, remaining with each from two to three days. The meetings were well attended, and all seemed anxious to learn the work. He has also instructed the officcrs of five or six of the Lodges near his home. He has cheerfully and promptly obeyed every call made upon him during the year, and no Lodge in his District can say that it hIlS been neglected. The Assistant Grand Lecturer held several Lodges of Instruction in his District, at which there was a good attendance and a lively interest manifested in the work. The following Lodgcs he considers in firstclass working order, viz: Kos. 480, 262, 26;\ 276 and 4.50. In fair working order: Nos. 280, 479,485, 147,313, 274, 451 and 140. He is satisfied that therc has been a marked improvement in the wcrk of many of the Lodges in his District. R. W. Bro. Seymour Hoyt, of the Twenty-seventh District, has held no Lodges of Instruction during- the year, and has visited but two Lodges, because the Grand Lecturer and Assistant Grand Lecturer had each held Lodges ofInstruction and visited a number of Lodges. Hc has indirectly instructed many others, particularly officers of Lodges. The Lodges are generally getting nearer the work of this Grand Jurisdiction, and are doing better work than ever before.

R. W. Bro. :M. T. Davis, of the Thirtieth District, attended the State Lodge of Instruction at Greenfield, and thinks the mceting a very profitable one. Hc held in connection with the Grand Lecturer a very profitable I_odge of Instruction at Mt. Vernon, at which place several Lodges of the District were represented by their officers and various members. He held a Lodge of Instruction of several days' duration with Jasper Lodge, No. 398, at which there were many of the Brethren from Carthage in attendance. He found the Brethren of this Lodge needing instruction very much, but left them in good shape, able to do good work and proud of thcir new Hall. They are now on the road to prosperity. He held a Lodge of Instruction at Carterville at which many were prcsent from surrounding- Lodges. He has also held Lodges of Instruction at Aurora, at which many ot the Brethren from neighboring Lodges were present. He has at !;ome time during the year met with some of the officers and members of all the Lodges in the district. He finds, so far as he has been able to visit, that the Lodges of the District are in good working order, and able to do good work at aU times, and he believes that for good smooth work his District will compare favorably with any in the State. TIe has during the year met with most of the Lodges, has assisted them in the work and given them instructions. R. W. Bro. C. M:. 路Mitchell, of the Thirty-second District, held a two days' Lodge of Instruction at Mountain Grove. The Grand Lecturer was prescnt and conducted the meeting, assisted by R. W. Bro. K C. Steele. Five Lodges were represented and the interest manifested was great. He held Lodges of Instruction at Mllnsfield and Ava,at which the attendance was fair and the :I.ell.l manifested by the Brethren was refreshing. He visited Willow Springs at which the attendance was small owing to various causes, but those who were present took great interest in the work and advanced rapidly during the session. He held a Lodge of In!;truction at Webster, in which the attendance was good, members being prescnt from NiaugulJ, and other Lodges. He visited Bakersfield and remained three days and found the Lodge in good condition. He has made it a point to visit all the Lodges that havc invited him, and has been prompt in an!;wering all communications. He has given much private instruction to officers and members 0

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various Lodges and has conferred many degrees during the year. He did not visit all the Lodges in his District, as it is a very large one and badly scattered, but would have done so had he been called upon by the Lodges. The Lodges are generally in fairly good working condition. R. W. Bro. J. B. Ross, of the Thirty-fourth District. has not held any Lodge of Instruction in the District this year, as he could not do so without a great saclifice of time from business. In most of the Lodges there are some who are sufficiently proficient in the work and lectures to do good work, and arc not in very great need of instruction. He thinks that the Craft is in good condition. Fraternally submitted, ALLAN McDOWELL.

G1'O.nd Lecturer.

REPORT OF ASSISTANT GRAND LECTURER. SEDALIA, Mo., October 6,1894. ALLAN McDOWELL, ESQ. Gl;and Lecturer. St. Loni••, Mo. R. W. Sm Lecturer:

AND

BROTHER :-1 herewith submit my annual report as Assistant Grand

1 have held Lodges of Instruction at the following places: Holden, Montrose, Appleton City, Papinsville, Ashland, Reedsville, Armstrong. Higbee. Taberville. Clinton, Lamar, Rockville, Sedalia, Chilhowie. Springfield, Stoekton. Nevada, Belton, Warrensburg, Tipton, Fairfield, Warsaw, Washington, Boonville, Henrietta. Petersburg. Otterville, Nelson. Columbia a~d Anx Vasse, I llJSO, at yonr request, attended, with yOIl and the Grand Master, State Lodges of Instruction at Greenfield and Neosho. I have, also. by special request, made thirteen visits to various Lodges to assist them in the work of conferring degrees and incidentally instructing the officers in the work and lectures. At most of the meetings the attendance was good, at a number of them from three to six Lodges were represented; at others, where the Lodge was situated away from a railway line, but one Lodge, and occa.sionaHy two, were represented. I found a most commendable interest in the work manifested at every meeting, with one or two exceptions. At Clinton I had the co-operation and assistance of R. W. Bro. John T. Rullin, D. D. G. M., and W.Bro. A. Haynic, D. D. G. Lecturer. At Springfield I had the assistance of R. W. Bro. Fred W. Laker, D. D. G. M. W. Bro. Neville, the District Lecturer of that District, is Judge of the Circuit Court, and his official duties would not permit him to be presen~. At Washington I had the presence and assistance of R. W. Bro. J. W. Purves, D. D. G. :M., and a part of the time of W. Bro. Reichard, District Lecturer. I have been compelled to c1ecline a number of requests to hold Lodges of Instruction for the reason that the appropriation made by the Grand Lodge was not sufficient 1.0 enable me to prosecute the work all the year. I have devoted 169 days to the ;'vork. My expenses have been $2:~2.65. Fraternally submitted, B. H. INGRAM,

Assistant Grand LeetU?·er.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

M. W. Bro. John D. Vincil, Committee on Correspondence, submitted his annual review, which was ordered printed, and will be found in the Appendix. RESOLUTION.

Brother A. C. Cowden presented the following resolution, and the same was, on motion, re.ferred to the Committee on "rays and Means: Re8olved, That the resolution adopted at the session of the Grand Lodge in 1893, providing for the appointment of an Assistant Grand Lecturer be and the same is hereby continued in force for the ensuing year.

James G. Howe presented the following resolution; which "vas referred to the same committee: Resolved, That the Grand Lecturer b~ authorized to hold one or more Schools of Instruction at such convcnient point or points as he may select, for the purposc of perfecting the District Lecturers in thc Work and Lectures, in order more thoroughly to prepare themselves for the discharge of their duties.

BOARDS OF RELIEF.

Brother Chas. S. Glaspell, submitted a report on Boards of Relief, and the same was approved. It is as follows: To the Most lVorshinful Grand Lodge of Mi880mi, A. F. &: A. M.:

Your Committee on ~Iasonic Boards of Relief, to whom was referred the several matters hereinafter mentioned, have given the same careful and due consideration, and beg leave to report thereupon as follows, to-wit: We find that Section 81 of the By-Laws of this Grand Lodge for 1892 applies to the following cities, to-wit: St. Louis, St. Joseph. Kansas City and Springfield; and we find that the Lodges in these cities hlwe complied with this law, so far as organizing Boards of Relief. The Boards from the 8everal.cities have reported as follows: SPRINGFIELD,

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United Lodge, No.5, makes no contribution to the Board of Reltef, although we find from the returns to the Grand Lodge that they have had two initiations. Amount due Board of Relief, $10. Solomon Lodge, No. 271, bas contributed $15 to the Board of Relief. Returns to the (,rand Lodge show six initiations. Amount due Board of Relief, $15.

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Gate of the Temple Lodge, No. 422, has contributed $20 to the Board of Relief. Their returns to the Grand Lodge show six inItiations. Amount due Board of Relief, $10. However, as the returns to the Grand Lodge cover a period from August 1. 1893, to June 31,1894, and the report from the Board of Relief only covers from January I, 1894, to July 31, 1894, it is possible that returns have been made prior to January 1, 1894.

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The Board from Kansas City reports as follows: That they have receh'ed from Heroine Lodge, :No. 104, $100. Returns from Lodge to the Grand Lodge shQw seventeen initiat.ions. Kansas City Lodg-e, No. 220, has paid the Board of Relief $50. Lodg-e show ten initiations.

Returns to the Grand

Temple Lodge, Ko. 299, has paid the Board of Relief $45. Returns to the Grand Lodge show fifteen initiations. Amonnt due Board of Relief, $30. Gate City Lodge, No. 522, has paid the Board of Relief $75. Returns to Grand Lodge show twelve initiations. South Gate Lodge, No. 54i, has paid the Board of Relief $90. Returns to the Grand Lodge show eighteen initiations. Rnral Lodge, No. 316, has made no contribution to th e Board of Relief. Grand Lodge show thirteen initiations. Amouilt due Board of Relief, $65.

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ST. JOSEPH, Mo.

St. Joseph Lodge, No. is, has paid the Board of Relief $30. show nine initiatiom:. Amount due Board of Relief, $1~.

Returns to Grand Lodge

Zeredetha Lodge, No. 189, has paid the Board of Relief $30. Returns to Grand Lodge show eight initiations. Amonnt due Board of Relief, $10. Charity Lodge, Ko. 331, has paid the Board of Relief $55. Returns to the Grand Lodge show thirteen initiations. Amount due Board of Relief, $10. The St. Louis Board of Relief having more than $1,000 on hand. we find all Lodges have complied with the law. We would therefore recommend that the several Lodges be instructed to pay to the Boards of Helief the amounts now due, and that in the future the several Boards be instructed to make their repurts to cover the same period as returns of Subordinate Lodges to the Grand Lodge. Fraternnl1y submitted, CHAS. S. GLASJ'ELL, A. S. CO\\'DEN, H. RODERICK, H. L. HENDERSON,

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ACCOUNTS.

The Committee on Accounts, through its Chairman, Brother F. W. Mott, presented a report which was adopted, and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missom'i, A. }: (\; A. Jf.: Your Committee on Accounts would respectfully report that we have carefully examined the financial records of the Grand Lodge, kept by the Grand Secretary, and compared them with all the returns made by Subordinate Lodges, and then examined and found that all the money had been paid over by him to the Grand Treasurer. We find that the books of both officers balance to a cent. The Grand Secretary's books are in most excellent condition, and the complete system in the office has enabled your committee to perform its labor with comparative ease. We herewith present the financial standing of the Grand Lodge, so far as its receipts and disbursements are concerned, for the past fiscal year, viz: Balance on hand at close of Grand Lodge session in 1893 Receipts from back dueR, fees, etc.. Total........... .. Receipts from dues from October 1,1893, to October I, 1894........

S 26,81)8 73 3,260 50 ---$ 30,119 23 25,769 00

Grand total........ $ 55,888 23 Authorized disbursements................................................................................ 27,293 60 Balance on hand October 1, 1894

$ 28,594 63

There has been received since October I, 1894, to October 9, 1894, inclusive, $1,706, which will be included in next year's statement. Fraternally submitted, F. W. MOlT,

ST.

LOUIS,

October 10,1894.

H. CAM. WELLS. D. A. McMILLAN, H. H. IIOHENSCHILD, R. T. PENICK, Committee.

ELECTION OF GRAND OFFICERS.

The hour for the election of Grand Officers having arrived, the Grand Lodge proceeded to perform that duty. Tlhe Grand Master appointed the follmdng Tellers: Brothers John R. Parsoll, John B. Ross and C. ,V. 'Vaughop.

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The election resulted 路as follows: BRO. J. B. THOMAS, Albany, Grand Master. BRO. A. M. HOUGH, Jefferson City, Deputy Grand Master. BRO. DORSEY A. JAMISON, St. Louis, Senior Grand Warden. BRO. F. J. TYGARD, Butler, Junior Grand vVarden. BRO. SAM'L 1\;1. KENNARD, St. Louis, Grand Treasurer. BRO.

JOH~

路VINeIL,

St. Louis, Grand Secretary.

WAYS AND MEANS.

The Committee on \Vays and Means reported as follows: To the }fost lVorshipful Gmnd Lodge of Missou1'i, A. Po & A. ]'f.:

Your Committee on Ways and Means respectfully snbmit the following report: The Committee on Ways and Means appointed at the last annual cOlllmunication of the Grand Lodge, reported, recommending, among other things, appropriations amounting to $10,971.80, and, in addition thereto, whatever amount should appear by the Grand Secretary's books to be the fund received -by the Grand Lodge from New Boston Lodge, No. 284, when its charter was arrested. This fund amounted to $200, making the aggregate appropriations recommended by said committee, $11,17UlO, which report of thc committee was approved by the Grand Lodge. Your present committee notes from the reports of the Grano Secretary and Grand Treasurer that the disbursements during last year amounted to $27,293.60, which sunl includes warrants for $14,100 and $1,35!1, the total of $15,459, to the order of the Masonic Orphans' Home. Deducting the amount of these warrants from the total disbursements leaves the sum of $11,834.60 expended from the general funds of the Grand Lodge, an excess of $662.80 over and above the appropriations made by the Grand Lodge, It is impossible for your committee to ascertain from the reports of either the Grand Secretary or the Grand Treasurer which item or items of appropriation have been exceeded. The By-Laws of the Grand Lodge provide that there shall be a Committee on Ways and Means who shall examine and report upon all matters touching the finances of the Grand Lodge, and that no appropriation shall be made without such reference. Year after year your Committee on Ways and Means, after careful investigation, has recommended various appropriations, but from an examination of the various reports it is quite apparent that the appropriations recommended and approved by the Grand Lodge have in no sense governed or limited the expenditure of Grand Lodge funds,

Your present committee is of opinion that such a committee should either be abolished or its recommendations, when approved by the Grand Lodge, heeded. Of what avail is it for your committee, with your approval, to appropriate certain sums of money for certain specific purposes, and then lind the aggregate of expenditures exceed the aggregate of appropriations by the sum of over S600, or any other amount? We understand an appropriation to authori;"e the proper disbursing officer or officers to expend for the particular purposes designated the sums of money appropriated to those

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purposes, and in our judgment, under the By-Laws, without such authorization, there is not only no power to make an expenditure, but the expenditure for a given object must be limited to the llmount of the appropriation therefor. Now, if expenditures are made and permitted io excess of appropriations, It Committee on \'\'ays and Means is but a useless appendage to the Grand Lodge and only serves to occupy the time of the members of the committee and to encumber the records of the Grand Lodge to no purpose. With reference to the resolution providing for the appointment of an Assistant Grand Lecturer for the cnsuing year, your committee deeITI~ the resolution inexpedient, and therefore recommcnds that thc resolution be not adopted. With reference to the resolution providing for the holding of one or more Schools of Instruction for District I,ccturers, your committee believes morc good can be done and more members of the Frater-nit)路 reached by snch Schools ofInstruction than in any other way suggested to )'our committee, and therefore recommends that the resolution be adopted, and the sum of $500 be appropriated for that purpose. We find that the cash on hand is as follows: Balance on hand October 1, 1894, $28,594.63. Collected October 1, 1894 to October 9, 1894, $1,706.00 Using the scant data bcfore us, we respectfully recommend the following appropriations: Printing Proceedings of 1894 Rent of Grand Secretary's Office...... Postage, Printing, Stationery and Incidentals........ Salary of the Grand Secretary... Salary of Chairman of Committee on Foreign Correspondence Salary of the Grand Treasurer. Salary and Expenses of Grand Lecturer... Expenses of 1\1. W. Grand Master Expenses and per diem of Special Deputies........ Salary of the Grand Tiler............................................................................... Hall Rent and expenses of this Communication.................. Charity, according to report of Committee on Charity...... Schools of Instruction for Dbtrict Lecturers............. Pay Roll hereto attached...... Total

$ 1,200 00 1,128 00 700 00 2,500 00 500 00 150 00 2,250 00 250 00 200 00 150 00 25000 600 00 500 00 221 30

$10,599 30 PAY ROLL.

Past Grand Master C. C. Woods, 310 miles, 3 days $ 24 50 " " " 1'. E. Garrett, 3 days 9 00 R. F. Stevenson, 275 miles, 3 days 22 75 J. R. Parson,3 days... 9 '00 W. R. Stubblefield 3 days 9 00 R. E. Anderson, 135 miles, 3 days............................................. 15 75 J. S. Browne, 350 miles, 3 days...................................... 28 50 L. A. Hall, 3 days........................ 9 00 N. ]'II. Givan, 253 miles, 3 days.................................... 21 65

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J. P. Wood, 117 miles, 3 days................ Grand Chap,lain C. H. Briggs, 173 miles, 3 days.~.... " ' . J . W. Robinson, 15 miles, 3 days....... .. Total.

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14 85 17 65 9 75 $221 30

Fraternally submitted, ROB'T E. COLLINS, Chairman. FRED. W. LAKER, A. J.COLMAN, W. L. LEAVITT, JOHN ~. AULT, Committee.

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Pending the consideration of the above report, Brother A. S. Cowden offered the following, which was discussed but not adopted: SUBSTITUTE.

That the portion of the report of the committee appropriating the sum of $500 for the purpose of holding a State Lodge of Instruction for the benefit of the District Lecturers be stricken out of said report and that there be substituted instead of said item an appropriation of $1,200 for the payment of an Assistant Grand Lecturer as in the resolution for that purpose passed at the session of this Grand Lodge held in 1893.

The report of the Committee on Ways and Means was then adopted. The Grand Lodge was then called from labor until 2:30 this afternoon. .

THIRD DAY-AFTERNOON SESSION. ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 11, 1894. The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 2.30 o'clock P. M., by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Brother Harry Keene, with other Grand Officers pre~ent as at the morning session. Rev. Brother J. W. Robinson, Grand Chaplain, led the religious devotions.

REPORT ON SUSPENDED MASTERS. M. W. Bro. Charles C. Woods, Chairman of the Committee, presented the report on suspended Masters, which was read by Brother John C. Yocum. The same was adopted, and is as follows: To the Jfost Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. & A. M.:

Your Committee on Suspended Masters beg leave to submit the following report: 1. In the matler of P. M.. Smith, W. M. of Adair Lodge, No. 366, your committee approves of the action of the M. W. Grand Master. This case is a very delicate and serious one and should receive careful and thoughtful consideration from this Grand LOdge. It is unusually complicated, by reason of the fact that it has been pending here

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for more than a year-the case having been dismis>:ed by the Grand Lodge at its communication one year ago, after which new charges were preferred, and it now comes up for a rehearing.. The case is further complicated, and rendered 8n exceedingly delicate and difficult one to pass upon intelligently at this time, by reason of the fact that there is no direet evidence other than that of the principles in the case. Your committee arc informed that the case was not in action until a few days prior to the present communication of this Grand Lodge, and that the committee appointed to take the evidence in the case did I;ot have sufficient time to secure the testimony of all the witnesses, consequently important evidence is not before us. Your committee further states, that Brother S. A. Foulk, the complainant, was present and desired to introduce his own testimony and that of other witnesses orally, whereas, the other side would have been obliged to rely solely upon the incomplete documentary evidence .before the commfttee, and should your committee have proceeded with the hearing of the case it would have been obliged to do so in the unavoidable absence of Brother Smith, W. 1\1:., a party to the case. In view of all which facts, and the further significant and important fact that several members of Adair Lodge, No. 366, being present before your committee unanimously protested' in the name of the Lodge against any action being taken at the present time find respectfully urged a continullnce of the case, your committee recom路 mend that the hearing in this case be deferred until the next communication of this Grand Lodge in 1895. We further respectfully recommend that the incoming Grand Master, ns soon as convenient after the close of the present session of this Grand Lodge, appoint a committee to take evidence in this case, and that due and timely notice of the time and place of taking the same be served upon all parties.

II. In the matter of the suspension of Brother J. A. Bradley, W. 1\1:. of Dexter Lodge, No. 532, your committee most heartily approves of the action of the M. W. Grand Master and believes it was strictly in accordance with Masonic Law and for the good of Masonry. Brother Bradley was suspended for having violated Sections 57 and 137 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws. The charge is an exceedingly grave and serious one, and if countenanced or persisted in by those entrusted with authority will result in untold injury to the Masonic Fraternity. Your committee believes that any Brother who knowingly, wilfully and deliberately violates any of the provisions of Masonic Law, as authorized by this Grand Body, is guilty of an act of disrespect and discourtesy, closely bordering on contempt. A proper respect for Masonic charity and dignity so limits and impoverishes the permissible vocabulary of the king's English that we are unable fully and fittingly to express our most hearty disapproval of every such act, and we believe that every Brother who presumes to violate the laws and edicts of the Grand Lodge. which he has so solemnly promised to stand to and abide by, should be made an example of before this Grand Body. In the present case we are satisfied that the wrong resulting directly from Brother Bradley's violation of the law has been righted. We are also satisfied that Brother Bradley, aside from this one misstep, is a good man and true, and enjoys the confidence, respect and esteem of his Brethren. He has assured your committee that he is most heartily sorry for his wrongful act, and solemnly promises, if reinstated, to sin no more. 'While Brother Bradley frankly acknowledges that he knew his act would be a violation of Masonic Law, your committee are of the opinion that there was no wanton or 'Nilful intent to do wrong, because he believed and was advised that the peculiar circumstances which induced him to rcopcn the Lodge after it had been regularly closed would justify his act. Your committee are also of the opinion

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that the Brother did not at the time realize the harmful, fill' reaching and ultimate effect of his wrongful act. As Brother Bradley has been suspended for the past five months, your committee are of the opinion, all the facts and mitigating circumstances being considered, that his punishment has been ample, and would therefore respectfully reccommend that he be reinstated as Worshipful ~faster of Dexter Lodge, No. 532. Respectfully and Fraternally submitted, C. C. 'WOODS, J. 'G. TRIMBLE, HOWARD WATSON, JOHN C. YOCUM, J. B. ROSS, Cummittee.

JURISPRUDENCE.

The Committee on Jurisprudence, through Hs Chairman, M. W. Bro. R. F. Stevenson, presented and read a report, which was discussed at some length, and amended and then adopted: To tile

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Your Committee on Jurisprudence to whom was referred the several matters hereinafter delineated, beg leave to report as follows, to-wit: In the complaint of Rock Prairie Lodge, No. 269, against Everton Lodge, No. 405, for invasion of jurisdiction, it is evident that nothing short of an actual survey will determine the distances and jurisdiction. We recommend that the complaining Lodge be required by the Gra.nrl Master to furnish him the evidence by certified surveys of the justice of their' claim. II.

In the complaint of Williamsbnrg Lodge, :No.8, against Portland Lodge, No. 242, we recommend the construction of the law by the Grand Master be approved. III.

In the complaint of Hartford Lodge, No. 171, Missouri, against Prosperity Lodge, No. 504, Grand Jurisdiction of Iowa, we commend the spirit of comity and fraternity not only of the Grand !\1a."ters, but also of the Lodges involved in the controversy. Right is acknowledged and sustained. Justice was tempered with mercy and the exaction of a fixed rule complied with. We recommend that the action be approved. IV. III the complaint of Checotah Lodge, No. 74, Indian Territory, against Decatur Lodge; No. 400. Grand Jurisdiction of Missouri. for invasion of Jurisdiction, the boot has got on the other leg, making a pair, and your Committee are of the opinion that the application of the f,lets in the determination of the law will not consistently permit this Grand body to sustain the opinion of our Gran<l Master, while we endorse his judgment in holding it for submission here. Our law prohibits a Lodge from receiving or enter-

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taining a petition for the Mysteries of Freemasonry, " unless the petitioner shall have resided twelve months in the State, six of which shall have been within the jurisdiction of the Lod~e. By residence, as here used, is meant a permanent, settled domicile or fixed abode." Residence, not citizenship, is the essence of the rule of law. Abode is the past tense or perfect participle of the verb abide, which means to live, to remain, to reside. Abode-having lived, remained or resided. The facts, admitted by Decatur Lodge, No. 400, show an abode in the Indian Territory for six or seven years, with continuing prospective. The evidence from the other side not only corroborates; but is strongly in addition to the establishment of residence there. Were this all of the law and facts, it is enough; but for our side of the case we are estopped by other law.. If the facts claimed by Checotah and Decatur Lodges are true, which can be from their respective standpoints, then the petitioner has no residence or fixed abode. With this view of the case our law also deals. by Sec. 194, which reads: "A Lodge cannot receive the petition for the degrees of one who has no residence-no settled home." We therefore recommend that Decatur Lodge, No. 400, return the petition and fee to Mr. B. F. Lafayette, and that its proceedings thereon be held for naught.

The Grand Lodge did not agree with the Committee on the case of Checotah Lodge, No. 74, jurisdiction of Indian Territory, against Decatur Lodge, No. 400, jurisdiction of Missouri, concerning Mr. F. B. Lafayette. It was the sense of the Grand Lodge that the report of the Committee above be not concurred in, but the views expressed by th~ Grand Master be approved., touching the case of .Mr. Lafayette, which ruling allows said Lafayette to petition Decatur Lodge for the mysteries. 1"'he remaining portion of the report was approved after being amended, and was then adopted. v. In the matter of Mountain Grove Lodge, No. 158, the law is concise and emphatic, and the Grand :\faster made its application in the spirit intended. "Ye recommend approval. VI. Concerning the uniform rules as to jurisdictiou over candidates, presented by the Grand Lodge of Mississippi for our consideration, we have to say that the adoption of Rule 1 would overturn the well-settled practice and ideas of this Grand Body. It disturbs the sanctity of the ballot, which we always maintain, and it prolongs the limitations in which the profane may escape the consequence of rejection from. twelve to eighteen months. It restricts the. freedom of selection which we hold intact to our Lodges, while our committees of investigation can avail themselves 'of its advantages without its evil consequences. Rule 2 is in effect, the operation of our present law, but by a different method of procedure. While appreciating the motives actuating our Brethren of Mississippi in their endeavors towards harmony between the several jurisdictions of this great country, we dare not sacrifice principle to expediency for sake of a harmony that is apparent but not reul. We therefore do not recommend the adoption.

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VII.

In regard to the communication from Colorado, having reference to memorial for George Washington, December 14, 1899,' your Committee have returned the same to the Grand Lodge without recommendation. preferring direct action, if any is desired. VIII.

In respect to the resolution offered by \..". Bros. Sessinghaus and Collins, your Committee recommend the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That the Secretaries of all Lodges in this State, in territory where there is under our law concurrent jurisdiction. be and are hereby instructed to include in their notices to sister Lodges the full name, age, place of birth, occupation and residence of the petitioner, and that the same requirements shall apply to notices of rejection, suspension and expulsion.

IX.

In the matter of Phcenix Lodge, No. 136, the facts justify the Grand Master in ordering a new trial, and we recommend approval of his action.

x. DECISIONS.-Your Committee have caTefully examined the interpretation of the law as applied to the facts and find them all meriting approval. All of which is fraternally submitted.

R. F. STEVENSON. A. FISHER, SEYMOUR HOYT, J. J. DILLINGER, VAN F. BOOR, Committee.

HOME DIRECTORS.

The following were re-elected Directors of the Masonic Home Board, their terms having expired: Brothers Noah M. Givan, John D. Vincil, Joseph S. Browne and W. M. Williams. Brother John R. Parson was chosen to fill out the unexpired term of Brother Jacob Furth, resigned. Brother Joseph S. Browne moved that the books of the late Lilly Lodge, No. 284, be turned over to the new Lodge created at Grant City, with authority to collect and appropriate any and all dues owed by the membE'Ts of said Lilly Lodge.

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PLACE OF NEXT SESSION.

Brother Charles C. Woods, Past Grand Master, moved to hold the next session of the Grand Lodge at Jefferson City. The resolution was adopted with much enthusiasm.

OBITUARIES.

The following report on obituaries was adopted: Your Committee is pleased to report that nothing has heen referred to us for considerationâ&#x20AC;˘. Fraternally submitted, LESLIE: OREAR, C. MYER, E.N. MOODY, JOHN MALONEY, REUBEN BARNEY, JR., Committee.

AMENDMENT.

The amendment offered last year to Section 139, Grand Lodge By-Laws, was called up for final action, when a vote was taken and the same was not adopted. The usual vote of thanks to hotels and railroads, for favors extended to Representatives to the Grand Lodge, was adopted. The thanks of the Grand Lodge were due, but not tendered, to the faithful and laborious Committee on Hotels and Transportation, W. Bro. IIenry Lihou; and the ComInittee which secured hall accommodations for the Grand Lodge, viz.: Brothers Dorsey A. Jamison, J. C. Finagin and

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Chas. W. Waughop, and the Brethren who provided and furnished such delightful nlusic at the opening of the Grand Lodge session. It is assumed that courtesies to these Brethren were overlooked. The Grand Lodge ordered the printing and distribution of the usual number of Grand Lodge Proceedings.

INSTALLATION.

The business of the session having been cOlnpleted, the journal of the session for the day was read and approved. The retiring Grand ~1aster requested ~1. 'V. Bro. ehas. C. Woods, Past Grand路 ~1aster, to install the officers elected and appointed. He appointed M. '\T. Bro. James P. Wood, Grand ~1arshal, and proceeded to insta!l the following GRAND OFFICERS. J. B. THOMAS, Albany ARTHUR M. HOljGH, Jefferson City DORSEY A.JAMISON, St. Louis F. J. TYGARD, Blltler JOHN D. VINCIL, St. Louis

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

APPOINTED OFFICERS. ALLAN McDOWELL, St. Louis REV. C. H. BRIGGS, Fayette REV. JOHN W. ROBINSON, Clayton E. F. ALLEN, Kansas City GEO. E. MAYHALL, New London WM.M. TRELOAR, Mexico A. L. ROSS, Versailles WM. RICHARDSON, St. Lonis CHAS. S. GLASPELL, Kansas City F. P. GRAVES, Doe Run A. FISHER, Labelle H. CAM WELLS, Platte City l\f. T. DAVIS, Aurora JOHN W. OWEN, St. Louis

GRAND LECTURER. GRAND CHAPLAIN. GRAND CHAPLAIN. GRAl'm SENIOR DEACON. GRAND JUNIOR DEACON. GRAND ORATOR. GRAND ORATOR. GRAND MARSHAL. GRAND MARSHAL. GRAND SWORD BEARER. GRAND PURSUIVANT. SENIOR GRAND STEWARD. JUNIOR GRAND STEWARD. GRAND TILER.

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DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 1st District-EDWARD HIGBEE, Lancaster. 2d A. FISHER, La Belle. 3d GEO. E. 1\1AYHALL, New London 4th .JESSE J. SHAW, Troy. 5th CHAS. J. WALKER, Wentzville. 6th WM. M. TRELOAR, Mexico. 7th Z. T. LAMKIN, Salisbury. 8th JOHN J. DILLINGER, OWfiSCO. 9th REUBEN BARNEY, SEN., Chillicothe 10th ROBT. E. MA UPIN, Pattonsburg. 11th A. J. COLMAN, Platte City. 12th JOHN M. AUSTIN, St. Joseph. 13th A. C. HOPKINS, Burlington Junction. 14th E. R. DURHAM, Bethany. 15th J. C. FINAGIN, St. Louis. 16th F. P. GRAVES, Doe Run. 17th F. A. KAGE, Cape Girardeau. 18th WELTON O'BANNON, New Madrid. 19th JAS. M. McGHEE, Van Buren. 20th H. H. IIOHENSCIlILD, Rolla. 21st J. W. PlJRVES, Washington. 22d .I. T. SHORT, Jefferson City. 23d JOHN T. RUFFlN, clinton. 24th IJ. M. PINKERTON, Blackburn. 25th VAN F. BOOR, Kansas City. 26th .I. F. MCAFEE, Holden. 2ith SEYMOUR HOYT, Greenfield. 28th FI... AVIUS A. AFFLECK, Bolivar. 29th W. A. WEAR, Cassville. 30th 1\1. T. DAVIS, Aurora. 31st FRED. W. LAKER, Springfield. 32d C. 1\f. MITCHELL, Mountain Grove. 33d JOHN W. FARRIS, Lebanon. 34.th .INO. B. ROSS, ~{ound City.

CHAIRMAN OF STANDING COMMITTEES. FOREIGN-CORRESPONDENCE APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES CHARITy REPORTS OF D. D. GRAND MASTERS JURISPRUDENCE LODGES U. D CHARTERED LODGES WAYS AND MEANS UNFINISHED BUSINESS OBITUARIES BOARDS OF RELIEF

.TOIIN D. VINCrL, St. Louis. NOAH M. GIVAN, Harrisonville. JOHN R. PARSON, St. Louis G. L. FAULHABER, Sedalia. JAS. W. BOYD, St. Joseph. 1'. J. HEUER, St. Louis. LEE A. HALL, St. Louis. ROBT. E. COLLINS, St. Louis. D. M. \\'ILSON, Milan. LESLIE OREAR, Marshall. Wl\{. A. HALL. St. Louis.

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HO~IE VISITING CmlMITTEE-Howard Watson, St. Louis; C. W. Waughop, St. Louis; J. G. Trimble, Mexico; G. W. Lilley, Kansas City: Reuben Barney, Sr:, Chillicothe.

ACCOUNTS-F. W. Mott and John H. Deems, of St. Louis, and H. Cam. Wells, of Platte City.

R. 'V. Bro. Samuel M. Kennard, Grand 'rreasurer-elect, being absent, the Grand Master directed Brother Dorsey A. Jamison to install him. CLOSING.

Nothing fu'rther claiming attention, the Most Worshipful Grand Master, J. B. Thomas, then closed the seventy-fourth Annual COffilllunication of the Grand Lodge of 1vfissouri in AMPLE FORM, prayer being offered by the Grand Chaplain, Rev. Dr. C. H. Briggs.

JOHN D. VINCIL,

Grand Secretary. SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT. THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SINCE CLOSING MY REPORT, OCTOBER 1, 1894: Temple, No. 299 . $419 00 Bonne Homme, No. 45 $ 1600 Marionville, No. 390 . $64 00 Windsor, No. 29............................ 45 00 Malden, No. 406 .. 4400 Clifton Hill, No. 161 25 00 Richland, No. 382 33 00 Excelsior, No. 441 .. 6300 Craft, No. 287 38 00 Calhoun, No. 552 .. 3100 Sparta, No. 296.............................. 42 00 Versailles, No. 117 .. 7800 Pleasant Mount, No. 134...... 54 00 Galt, No. 423 . 35 00 Paris Union, No. 19........... 114 00 Woodlawn, No. 223 ~ .. 2400 Relief, No. 341.............................. 22 00 Adelphi, No. 355 .. 57 00 Monroe, No. 64....................... ...... 53 00 Monett, No. 129 .. 5600 Purdy, No. 148............................. 44 00 Clearmont, No. 507 .. 3200 Canton, No. 100......... 26 00 Billings, No. 379 . 6000 Heroine, No. 104 . 161 00 DeSoto, No. 119 103 00 $1,970 00 Cass, No. 147.................................. ]01 00 Add amount on hand, Oct. 1 ...... 28,594 63 Sedalia, No. 236........ 130 00 Total in hand at the close of Grand Lodge $30,564 63 JOHN D. VINCIL, Grand Secretary.

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PROPOSED AJ\1ENDMENTS. Change Section 1, Article 1., to read, "An annual communication of this Grand Lodge shall be held in the city of St. Louis on the third Tuesday of October in each year, commencing路 at 10 o'clock A. M.; provided, that the place of meeting may be changed whenever a majority of the Grand Lodge shall deem it expedient." Add to Section 205, page 49, Grand Lodge By-laws, the following: "And it shall be the duty of the Worshipful Master. when it shall come to his knowledge that therc resides within the jurisdiction of his Lodge onc who has voluntarily remained nonaffiliated for more than twelve months, to cause the Secretary to notify him to appear and show cause why he should not be suspended for non-affiliation, the same procedure to be taken as for non-payment of dues." Amend Section 1, Article III., of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, by striking out the words "have attained to the Degree of Past Master," and inserting in lieu thereof, "have been duly elected and installed as Masters of Lodges," so that section as amended will read: "Section 1. Who are eligible as.-None except such as have been duly elected and installed as Masters of Lodges and are at the time of their election or appointment members of some Lodge, shall be eligible to any office in the Grand Lodge; and no one shall be eligible to the otfice of Grand Master more than two years in any period of six ycars." Amend Clause 1, Section 13, Article XI., of the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, by striking out the words, "togethcr with the ceremonies ncccssary to the qualification of a presiding officer, denominated the Degree of Past Masters," so that the clause, as amended, will read: "1. Acquaint himself thoroughly with the work and lectures of the three degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry." Amend the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge by striking out the whole of Section 114. Article VI.

NEW LODGES. The Grand Lodge, on October 10, 1894, granted charters to the following Lodges, and they have been numbered as show!! below: Name oj Lodge.

Clifton Heights Grant City Warsaw Westport Winona

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520 66 ; 378 340 430

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Worth. Benton. Jackson. Shannon.

ANNU AL COMMUNICATION IN 189.1). The Seventy-fifth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge will be held in Jefferson City, commencing at 10 0' clock on the nlorning of the First Tuesday after the Second Monday (viz., the 15th day) in October, 1895.

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R'EPOR'f ON CORRESPONDENCE. ST.

LOUIS,

:Mo., October 1st, 1894.

To the J.lfost Worshipful Grand Lodge of llfissQ1m:; A. F. <f; A. N.

I herewith submit my Annual Heport on Correspondence:

ALABAMA. SEVENTY-THIRD ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

This Grand Communication opened December 5th, 1893, in the city of Montgomery. Francis L. Pettus, Grand Master, was' present and presided. Brother H. Clay Armstrong was Grand Secretary. There were a number of Past Grand Officers present, together with the Representatives of 237 Lodges. The roll shows a total of 368 Lodges, with a membership in the jurisdiction of 1~,373. ADDRESS.

The Grand Master presented a good business Address, embracing various items, all contained 'within the limits of seventeen pages. He said, respecting the progress of the Fraternity in the State, "new Lodges have been formed and our membership is larger than it was a year ago." . It had been the intention of the Grand Master, when elected, to visit the various Lodges of the jurisdiction. But the time set apart to perform this labor found him an invalid, confined to his bed for more than twelve weeks; hence his good intentions failed of execution.

Tender mention was made of the loss sustained by the Grand Lodge in the deaths of Joseph H. Johnson, Past Grand Master; Wm. H. Norris, Past Grand lV[aster~ who died in Brazil, and Brother H. C. Wiley. Memorial tributes were paid to these deceased Brethren by a committee during the session of the Body. G. L. Ap.-l.

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The Grand LO,dge of Alal!>ama has a large Trust Fnnd, amounting to some $28,000, bearing mterest. This fund is set apart as a foundation out of which ultimately to build a Grand Lodge Hall. The old Hall occupied in Montgomery had been rehabilitated and a new lease taken for a term of years. This action of the Grand Master was duly approved. Dispensations for the formation of four new Lodges had been granted, and these Lodges were chartered during the session. The Grand Master reported two instances where he had granted dispensations to confer degrees out of time. His mention of the :Masonic Congress, at Chicago, showed that the Grand Lodge of Alabama did not take much interest in said gathering. It had failed to authorize the appointment, in any way, of delegates to said Congress, and the Grand Master did not believe the meeting would be profitable, or meet the approval of the Brethren in his jurisdiction. ' Attention was called to the propo13ition, started by the Grand Lodge of Colorado, looking to the holding of memorial services on the centennialof the death of George Washington. This matter appears to be claiming more or less attention among the Grand Lodges of the country. Grand Master Pettus treated at length the subject of a Horne for Masonic W'idows and Orphans .. Speaking for himself he said he did not think "the Grand Lodge should seek to relieve the tiubordinate Lodges of the duty resting upon tbem to 'care for and support the 'widows and orphans of their own deceased members." His views were quite extreme on the subject. He maintains that there are but few Lodges in Alabama which have not had "c,ases of widows to whom it would be a bl'utality to propose to send them, as paupers, to a )1asonic poor house." This is strange language coming from a l\iason. He bas much to learn about the nature, design and work of. the Masonic Homes in this country. Perhaps he is not aware that widows and orphans placed in these asylums of love, find such places real, genuine homes and sanctuaries of rest and peace. He said he was utterly opposed to starting the enterprise until they had acquired sufficient funds to build, equip, and endow it. The Grand Master reported a catalogue of decisions, amounting to twenty-five in number. The Committee on l\1asonic .Jurisprudence, of which Brother H. Clay Tompkins was Chairman, reported upon these decisions, approving a large majority路of them. Some were doctored, while others were condemned without qualification. In the report is found a singular proceeding, examined and passed upon by the committee. A :Jfason had petitioned a Lodge for affiliation, and his appJi-

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cation had been referred to a committee. .At a subsequent communication of the Lodge, the committee failed to report. It was then moved that the Lodge "go into committee of the whole.'.' This motion was carried, and while "in committee of the whole," a vote was taken upon the petition and the candidate rejected. At the meeting following this extraordinary procedure, the Master decided that the proceeding of the former communication was null and void, and ordered the committee to report; which report was favorable, and the candidate declared elected. Passing upon this strange method of doing business, the Committee on Jurisprudence decided that there was "no authority for a Lodge to go into a committee of the ,,,hole," therefore, the action while in such committee was held to be without authority of law. It followed then that when the candidate received the unanimous vote of the Lodge, upon report of the committee, he was properly elected to membership. One decision made by the Grand Master and affirmed by the committee, sounds very strange to this writer. He said where a Mason had been suspended for non-payment of dues, in order to secure reinstatement he must pay all dues against him at the time of suspension, and that "all dues accruing from the time of his suspension until his application for reinstatement must be paid." This is a rare instance in the history of Grand Lodge legislation, where a suspended l"lason, who is, for the time being, pnlctically dead to Masonry, should be chargeable with dues. I have characterized this kind of cruel and unjust procedure in reviewing similar cases in past years. I regard it as unjust as it is unmasonic. It simply claims something for nothing, and in so far as the rule is enforced, H is Masonic robbery. Still, the Grand Lodge of Alabama has its laws and exercises the right to apply them according to its own interpretation of its code. A Brother Master Mason, having lost one arm, was elected Master of the Lodge. The question was raised, "can he be legally installed'?" The answer was in the affirmative, and was properly approved by the commHtee. The Grand Master justly ruled that "the right of membership carries with it the right to hold office." The committee affirmed his finding without remark or .comment. The Grand Secretary's Report is a fine business docnment, embracing details and a general presentment of business affairs connected with his official position. Treating of the importance of Lodges having good Secretaries, he uttered a sentiment that finds a ready response from this writer. He mid, "A Lodge may prosper with an inefficient Master, but no Lodge can succeed without an intelligent, earnest, painstaking Secretary; and with such a one no Lodge will fail or lag- in inter.

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est." In his report Brother Armstrong refers to the state of the Craft in the jurisdiction, and says that it had "enjoyed a year of gratifying prosperity." A larger number of working Lodges than ever existed before was reported, while the "ritualistic part of the ''lork was better understood and more highly appreciated." In a special report, presented by Brother Pillans, Committee on Foreign Correspondence, the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was duly recognized and accorded the right hand of fellowship. A very large number of appeal cases claimed the attention of the committee assigned that work, and the labors of the committee found an intelligent appreciation of their efforts to settle these questions in the adoption of the report by the Grand Lodge. In accordance with a resolution adopted in 1892, a "testimonial," in the form of "a beautiful gold watch, suitably inscribed," was presented to Brother Geo. M. Morrow, Past Grand Master. A new Masonic Code, prepared by Brothers Armstrong, Tompkins, and Brown, acting under the instructions of the Grand Lodge, was presented and adopted by the Grand Body. The committee formerly appointed for locating a l\fasonic Home was discontinued. CORRESPONDENCE.

Brother PalmeJ' J. Pillans, Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence, presented a Report covering some eighty pages, and embracing notices of the proceedings of forty-one Grand Lodges, Missouri for 1893 being included in .the number. Brother Pillans was路 yery liberal to Missouri, in the use of his space, giving our Journal the benefit of five full pages. His report contains brief summaries of the transactions of various Grand Lodges noted. He appropriated our report on the Toltec Lodge case entire. Speaking of the formal action of his Grand Lodge on the Home question, he appropriated with seeming favor; what I had written on that subject, respecting the action of Alabama. The Grand Master, Brother Pettus, was re-elected, and resides at Selma; Brother Henry Clay Armstrong, of Montgomery, was elected Grand Secretary.

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ARIZONA. TWELFTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

" The Grand Lodge convened in the city of Phccnix, November 14th, ]893. The Grand Secretary, Brother Roskruge, sent out a handsome little Annual of some sixty pages, which was received at this office five months after the close of the session. The Grand Lodge was presided over by Brother Jno. McQuaid Ormsby, Grand Master. 13rotherGeo. J. Roskruge .was Grand Secretary. The Representatives of eight Subordinate Lodges out of eleven on the roster, were in attendance. Representatives of eight Grand Lodges were recorded as present. Missouri's Representative, Brother J as. S. Cromb, is listed as among the Brethren present. A lengthy Address covering eleven pages is found in the .TournaI. It is certainly a very creditable docnment, and its author' evidences

the possession of the true Masonic spirit and official qualities. He had visited seven of the Lodges in the jurisdiction, and expressed regret that limited time and the remoteness of other Lodges prevented further visitations. Speaking of uniforinity of work, the Grand Master said he bad found much to commend, declaring that their Lodges compared favorably , with other jurisdictions. During his official visits, when addressing Lodges, he emphasized the point as to the need of good standing of Masons before the world. He expressed a very strange opinion in regard to the place that Masonry occupies among men, and evidenced a lack of correct knowledge as to the mission of Masonry. He said, "if the world had never had any religion other than the teaching of Masonry, it Would be as well off as it is to-day, if everyone lived up to its precepts." ,Our Most 'Worshipfnl Brother will do well to study the mission of a divine religion to man, and then revise his opinion as to the work of Freemasonry among men. lIe will find as a result of his investigation, if wisely conducted, that religion is from God, and Freemasonry is of man. I quite agree with a simple postulate found in his Address, wherein he says, "Morality is the great corner-stone of our organization. Without temperance we cannot be moral; therefore I would recommend that this Grand Lodge take some measures looking to the enforcement of this, the first of our great cardinal principles."

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He announced his preference, to a certain extent, for a rotation in office, a commendable suggestion: . He made record of the death of two members of the Grand Lodge, Rev. Bro. Guthrie, Grand Chaplain, and Brother "V. E. Guild, Grand Senior Deacon. A deserved tribute was paid to the memory of these deceased Brethren, and memorial pages were accorded them. The Address contains copies of correspondence had with different parties embracing some official rulings made. He announced continued cordial relations of the jurisdiction with other Grand Lodges. The question of Ritual claimed his consideration, in which is found the concensus of opinion obtained from other Grand Jurisdictions, that under no circumstances should a promulgation of the Ritual be allowed, "either written in full or in cipher." This point was duly considered by a committe'e, and a deliverance made against any such violation of Masonic obligation. Of course this declaration of the committee was approved. Like other Grand Masters in all the years gone by, he found it necessary to take a tqrn at and deliver his views against non-affiliation of Masons. This is a subject, as he found, like others, that will "not down" by any Grand Lodge deliverances, nor can it be abated by any official manifesto or legislation. Men have the right to dimit from a Lodge, if they so elect, and this election on their part cannot be prevented. An expression is found defining the attitude of the Grand Master on the " Representative System." Seeing no benefit to be deri ved from its continuance, he called the attention of the Grand Lodge to the matter with the evident expeetation that the system would be abol: ished. The Committee on Jurisprudence said, "we do not concur in . the recommendation of the Grand Master relating to abolishing the system of Grand Representatives." The system was not abolished. A recommendation looking to the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was found in the Address, and a special committee recommended that his views on the subject be approved. The report was adopted, and the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma duly recognized as a Sovereign Grand Jurisdiction. . The Committee on Grand Master's Address, touching the temperance question, declared themselves in sympathy with his treatment of that subject, but expressed the belief that it was 'not necessary to amend the law, as suggested. It was claimed by said committee to be an unwritten law that all liquor-sellers should be rejected, who applied for the mysteries of Masonry. This expression of opinion was made

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subject of special reference to a committee, and a report rendered thereon, wherein the conclusion was reached and plainly stated, that the use of, or traffic in, intoxicating liquors, are offenses against the moral law, and therefore offenses against Masonry. While holding this opinion, the committee did not deem it necessary to enact any law affecting the subject or prohibiting the vices condemned by the Grand Master. Thus the question how to treat the crim~ of drunkard-making, as well as drunkenness, was left to the moral sense of the members of each Lodge. It is enou~h to say, touching the question, that where the moral sense of the Masonic Fraternity of any jurisdiction is educateu up to a correct standard, as in Missouri, the liquor-selling l\hson and his victim will likely be brought under the reprobation of the Fraternity; but the best method of securing such education and creating 'a moral sentiment 3gainst such crimes, is to legislate, and then enforce that legislation, thereby furnishing precedent, and giving to the Craft the benefit of convictions under the law. Until this is done; no jurisdiction will ever purge itself of the blighting curse of the liquor traffic and its necessary fruits, Masonic drunkenness. The Grand Secretary presented a full and lucid report containing a general and financial view of matters connected with his department. He said that all the Lodges had made returns within the time prescribed by law, and commended such returns as having been handsomely 'and correctly made out. The financial condition of the Grand Lodge of Arizona is very satisfactory. This is learned from the Address of the Grand Master and supplemented by the reports of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer. Several thousands of dollars are funded and drawing interest. In looking over the Proceedings it is found that one of Missouri's Masonic children was located in the -Territory of Arizona, and present as a Representative in the character of Senior Warden of Arizona Lodge, No.2, located at Phcenix. H. B. Lighthizer was for years an active and zealous Mason in one of our St. Louis Lodges. Since the close of the session now being reviewed, the intelligence has reached his old friends and associates in this city, that Brother Lighthizer has been called from the active duties and Masonic labors of life, and now sleeps in the arms of Mother Earth, in the far away State of Arizona. There is no Report on Correspondence found in the Journal. What has become of Brother Coldwater is to this writer unknown. He must still be living, as the Journal shows him on the Committee on Correspondence for the ensuing year. . The installation of officers closed the proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Session, wherein it is found that Dayton A. Reed of Phcenix, is Grand Master, and Geo. J. Roskmge of Tucson is still Grand Secretary.

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ARKANSAS. FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The :Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Masons, of the State of Arkansas,'convened in the Fifty-fourth Session in the city of Little Rock, on the 21st day of November, 1893. The session was held in the Masonic Temple, M. W. Bro. R. J. Laughlin, Grand .i\faster, was present and presided. Brother Fay Hempstead was Grand Secretary, with other. Grand Officers present. The record indicates the presence of ten Past Grand Masters, with Representatives of thirty-eight Grand Lodges. Brother Jno. J. Sumpter, Representative of 'Missouri, was present. The Committee on Credentials reported Representatives in attendance from 395 Lodges, out of a total register of 43.6. The membership was reported as amounting â&#x20AC;˘ to 13,512. From the Grand Secretary's Report, it is learned that the revenues for the year furnished a grand total of a little less than $10,000. The disbursements, including $3,000 donated for the support of the Temple, with other expenses, amounted to within a fraction of '$14,000. This condition of the finances brought the Grand Lodge face to face with a very serious and embarrassing question. The trustees of the old St. J ohu's College, still representing that in terest, rendered a report. From it the fact is manifest that the new Temple, which is the successor to St. John's College as to property and indebtedness, is already embarrassing the Grand Lodge. The bonded indebtedness of the Tem-" pIe is $50,000, drawing interest. The rents arising from the Temple are not sufficient to meet all the obligations of the enterprise. From the report it is gathered that estimated expense~ for the ensuing year would be over $8,000, to meet which, from rents, there would be raised something over $6,000, leaving a deficit of nearly $2,000. The committee said it would be necessary to raise that amount from some source to meetthc current expenses of the temple for the year ending in 1894. The Board of Trustees of Âˇthe old college had the management of the Temple enterprise in hand. This Board had. unanimously adopted a resolution to turn over to the Grand Lodge the Masonic Temple and all property over which said Board had control. The proposition to transfer the propel'ty aforesaid to the Grand Lodge was duly discussed and comidered, after which a resolution was adopted by the Grand Lodge, accepting the tender of said property, thereby assuming all the righ ts~ interest and obligations thereunto belonging.

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The Committee on Finance submitted a report touching the question of expenses and responsibilities connected with the Temple, creating Grand Lodge indebtedness. From said report it is learned that including current expenses, mileage and per diem, interest on borro,ved money, and a note due next May, it would require $17,200 to meet their liabilities. The total balance of $8,560 was all they eQuId command with which to meet the above debt, leaving a balance of nearly $9,000 to be provided for. Taking this hurried view of the financi~l affairs of our sister Grand Lodge, the fear crowds itself upon this writer, that the Brethren in that jurisdiction are already in the presence of an overshadowing embarrassment. When the fact is taken into account th.at full three-fourths of the income from Subordinate Lodges is consUl~ed in payment of mileage and per diem, with increased interest each year, arising from their bonded indebtedness, also notes maturing annually, amounting to ~5,000, the outlook is far from encouraging. The Grand Master announced to the Grand Lodge the deaths of three prominent Masons of the jurisdiction, during the preceding term. Brother R. L. Dodge, Past Grand Treasurer, and路 for a time, author of the Reports on Correspondence, Brother Logan II. Roots, Past Grand Master, and 1\1. W. Bro. Marcus L. Bell, P. G. 1\1:., had all been called from labor by the imperious summons of death. Official rulings are found in the Address amounting to twelve in number. These were all approved, with some corrections, except one. Decision 8., stated that "the law requires the lights to be burning during the conferring of degrees, and is not meant to apply absolutely to all Lodge meetings." In parenthesis is the statement ("Burial of . the d~ad is Lodge labor"). Said decision was not approved. I have given.the statement as I find it in the records; the reader can make out of it just what he may prefer. The Grand Master announced the fraternal relations with sister Grand Lodges as pleasant and satisfactory. While not in attendance personally at the World's Congress in Chicago, the Grand Master sent as representatives, nve Brethren, among whom were: Brothers Danelly, Thornburgh and Hempstead. The Grand Master furnished a synopsis of the conclusions reached by said Congress. The Grand Lodge of Arkansas was more courteous, than the Grand Lodg~ of Missouri, which refused to pay any attention to the findings of said Congress. Dispensations for the formation of two new Lodges had been granted by the Grand Master while in office. He reported the suspension of the VV'. M. of one of the Lodges, and ordered charges preferred against him

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for gross un masonic conduct. It is not to be wondered at in view of the financial situation in Arkansas, that the Grand Master gave utterance to the following: "I do not believe the time is come to attempt to build a Masonic 'Vidows' and Orphans' Home. We hope to see the day when our Temple, freed from indebtedness, with the revenues arising therefrom, may be applied in that direction." The Address of Grand Master Laughlin, was a carefully prepared business paper, showing the sound judgment of its author, and the earnest desire on his part to conduct the affairs of his Grand Lodge to the very best possihle ends. His compliment to the Grand Secretary, Brother Fay Hempstead, was a pleasing one and well deserved. Heretofore, that officer had received a salary of $1,200 per annum. In view of his valuable services, and eminent qualifications as the custodian of most vital interests, the Grand Lodge curtailed his compensation just one-third, and allowed him for the ensuing fiscal year, the sum of $800 for his services. An oration "vas delivered by Brother C. A. Bridewell, Past Grand Master. The address covers five pages, wherein is found much of practical thought and sound morality. The six points presented and enjoined upon every Mason, are 'way marks, guiding human action and governing Masonic life along the proper path of virtue and morality. A very interesting memorial report was rendered, touching the prominent dead of the jurisdiction already referred to. The Grand Lodge, in view of its financial embarrassment, resolved to cut down the expense account on the lines of mileage and per diem. At the same time an amendment to the Constitution was submitted, to create a fund for the payment of the Temple debt. This proposition embodied an increase of the levy made upon the members for Grand Lodge dues. The proposed amendment contemplates levying the sum of $1.00 for each degree conferred, and seventy-five cents for each member on the roll. There must have been some defect in the aco.ustics of the Grand Lodge, as a motion was adopted directing the Grand Secretary to ascertain if the hearing qualities of the hall could not be improved. Extended reports of the Committee on Appeals and Grievances were rendered and approved. The labors of the session were concluded on the evening of the second day. Beantiful memorial pages were set apart in honor of the Brethren who had died during the past term. CORRESPONDE~CE.

The Annual Review was prepared by Brother Samuel H. Davidson, Chairman of the Committee. It covers 112 pages. From a close

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examination of the路 report, I failed to find any extracts from Grand Lodge Proceedings, except some poetical gems culled from the works of the new poet-laureates of the day, Brother 'Wheeler of Connecticut, and Brother Greenleaf of Colorado. Brother Davidson concluded to turn poet, aDd gave the crank of his machine five turns, and ground out five lines. They are original. From the quality of the article, the. inference is natural, that the machine broke down. Perhaps it did not fail any too soon. This writer protests against any attempt to pluck the well-earned laurel wreath from the brow of New England's poet, Brother Wheeler, or rob Brother Greenleaf of his merited honor, whose inspiration is quickened by healthful breezes fresh from the "Rockies," so near at hand. If there is to be a contest for poetic glory, let it be between the far East and the great West. There must be no triangular fight in this matter. Hands off, Brother Davidson, Arkansas must wait. Brother Davidson wrote his report, and it is well written. He has acquired a superior facility as a gleaner, and a gratifying continuity as to what he finds in' the Journal reviewed. His report is interesting and readable, from start to finish. He kindly accorded our Missouri Journal some four pages. Our doings were well summarized and presented in a' felicitous manner. His endorsement of the rulings rendered by our Grand Master, Brother Parson, is gratifyin~ to this writer. He differed with our Committee on Jurisprudence, and I think justly, respecting the finding of 'said committee in a given case. A party was charged with unmasonic conduct, tried in a Missouri Lodge and acquitted. Immediately followin~ his acquittal, he applied for and 0 was granted a dimit. Some time after his dimission, an appeal was taken to the Grand Lodge. It was assumed by the appellant in the case that the accused had no right to a dimit until the lapse of sixty days, that being the period within which an appeal might be taken. The Grand Master, Brother Parson, decided adversely to this view, but the Committee on Jurisprudence overruled his decision, and the Grand Lodge sustained the committee. I did not then, do not now, and never can, accept the correctness of that action. The matter is passed and the discussion ended. I will therefore not review that which has already been determined by the Grand Lodge decision. Brother Davidson holds views precisely similar to those just expressed. Commenting upon the oration of Brother Kuhn, the Grand Orator, the Arkansas Committee said, "It is a splendid oration, full of practical thoughts and suggestions. He favors less sentiment and more utility;

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less gush aod more practical charity." After quoting freely from the oration he said, "No condensation of Brother Kuhn's oration, can do it justice." Brother Davidson spoke in warm and commendatory terms of the work being done by our Masonic Home, pronouncing it "a great success, splendidly endowed by the energies and means of as noble a band of Masonic Brothers, as the North American Continent can afford." His review of our Missouri Proceedings throughout, together with the Report of this writer 011 Correspondence, was very fraternal; for which he has my sincere thanks. I find my comments upon their Proceedings, met the general approval of Brother Davidson. Reading between the lines it is easy to discover, that he has serions questionings in his mind respecting the success of their Temple venture, and not much hope of the immediate realization of the Masonic Home enterprise. Brother Davidson stated, that my tabular statement was not footed. The reason is plain. So many Lodges were delinquent as to returns when my tabular 'statement was prepared, that a correct footing could not be made. Hence I was reduced to the necessity of furnishing an estimated statement as to numbers. ' Taking leave of Brother Davidson, I congratulate him upon the success of his report, and rejoice in the fact that he is continued as Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence for another term. Brother Jas. M. Harkey of Russellville, was elected Grand l\faster; Brother Fay Hempstead of Little Rock, continued as Grand Secretary.

CALIFORN IA. FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Grand Lodge of California opened its. Forty-fourth Annual Session in the Masonic Temple, San Francisco, Oct. 10, 1893, and closed on the 14th. The session was presided over by Brother Chas. R. Gritman, Grand Master. Brother George Johnson was Grand Secretary. The Grand Lodge continues to print the membership of the ju;isdictioIi by Lodges. This, V)gether with the Annual Proceedings, and Report of the Committee on Correspondence, makes a very large volume. The present Annual contains considerably over 500 pages.

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Out of the 255 Lodges registered, Representatives were present from 220, being more than an average attendance. The pay-roll accounts for this liberal representation of Lodges. The Grand Lodge has what it terms a Representative Fund, out of which the delegates to the Grand Lodge are paid for their attendance. The pay-roll for the session now under consideration footed up about $3,600. Five new Lodges were chartered, they having worked a proper time under dispensation. The total membership was given at 17,006. The Address of Brother Gritman was essentially a business document, embracing eight pages of the Journal. The Grand Master, according to the record, was prevented by illness from reading his Address; the same was read by Brother Conklin, Past Grand Master. The message states that owing to bad health, the Grand Master had been unable to visit among the Brethren as his inclination indicated. He stated that the Craft in the jurisdiction was in a prosperous condition, and that peace and harmony prevailed among the Brethren. He called attention to the project of the Grand Lodge, heretofore introduced, respecting the establishment of a Masonic Home for widows and orphans. Sufficient progress had been made to justify the securement of 270 acres of land near the city of San Francisco. A report rendered during the session touching this interest, disclosed the fact, that the Board of Trustees had purchased the ground above mentioned, at a cost of $33,000. The Trustees announced that the proposed building, when erected, would cost some $65,000. Thus it appears that the enterprit:e in hand is being pushed forward with the usual vigor characteristic of California Masons. The plans for the construction of the Home had been adopted. The Address of Grand Master Gritman is full of business, many questions having been asked and answered, which in due time were referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. These questions were all reported upon by said committee, and the findings of the Grand Master generally approved. Sa.id committee declared that "offenses against society are offenses against Masonry, and a judgment should be rendered against an accused party as a punishment for the public wrong." This brings into current use a custom adopted by the Grand Lodge of Missouri many years ago, when it recognized as competent testimony in a Masonic trial, the records of a criminal court where a Mason had been convicted of crime against the State. The Grand Secretary, Brother Johnson, presented a very lengthy and able exhibit of official transactions connected with his office. He reported that all Lodges,in the jurisdiction had made returns and paid Grand Lodge dues in full. The revenues of the Grand Lodge were

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reported by him to be something over $24,000. He said that nearly $19,000 had been received during the year, and paid to the Treasurer of the Masonic Home. The report of Brother Johnson made a fine showing. The several boards of relief, and they are many in California, all furnished reports of their doings for the term, and these reports are printed in the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge. A very large outlay of money was made by these several agents of Masonic charity. The Grand Lecturer, Brother Hare, submitted a lengthy report, which finds a place in the Journal. A resolution was submitted by Brother Jas. W. Anderson condemning and prohibiting the unmasonic custom of electioneering for office, either in Grand or Subordinate Lodges. This was referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence, and a report was rendered thereon, reviewing former deliverances of the Grand Lodge against this unmasonic practice, and approving the purpose of the proposed regulation. The committee thought that the provision should be more stringent than was contemplated in the resolution, and that some severe penalty should be attached thereto. In order that the subject might receive more mature consideration, it was sent over to the next Annual Communication. The Grand Master had rendered a decision to the effect that the funds of the Lodge, no matter from what source derived, cannot be used for the purpose of providing refreshments for the entertainment of the members thereof. The committee heartily approved this ruling of the Grand Master. The argument was that Lodges, after paying their necessary expenses, as a rule will have but little money left to be squandered in useless indulgences. They would thereby be deprived of means to help the sick or bury the dead. I find in the report of said committee, an approval of the decision of the Grand Master, that all signers of a petition to organize a new Lodge must not only be in good standing, but their dimits must not be over six months old. This decision grew out of a case where three petitioners had joined in a request for a dispensation to institute a new Lodge, but their dimits could not be recognized nor the petitioners allowed to join in the application. The committee held that if they desired to unite in forming a new Lodge, these parties must affiliate with some Lodge, and then withdraw and present proper dimits. The position of California on this subject is identical with the ground assumed by our Grand Master, Geo. E. Walker of Missouri, a few years ago. The ruling of Brother Walker, I heartily endorsed at the time, basing my views upon the law in the case. The law of Missouri requires petitioners for dispensation to be '.'Master Masons in good standing." Our 1a'.., further declares that "all iVlaster Masons who

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have remained non-affiliated as such for twelve months," are disfranchised and not allowed to "visit Lodges, march in procession, obtain Masonic relief or burial." If this is not a complete disfranchisement, placing s'uch Mason in bad standing, I do not understand the meaning of law or language. The decision of the Grand Master of California was correct, and the finding of the Committee on Jurisprudence was in strict harmony with sound Masonic jurisprudence. During the session, the Grand Orator of the day delivered an address, which is printed in the Journal, ,occupying eight pages of its space. I do not know what he called the subject treated. A brief summary would indicate to the reader the general drift of his thought. His points were, "Banish slander;" "adopt love of human-kind;" "select only the most competent Brothers to fill the chairs of the Lodges;" "provide the best of instruction;" "guarantee uniformity of work throughout the jurisdiction;" "let our families, now and then, be present, when the officers are installed;" "guard well the ballot-box." I join in the expression of belief uttered by the Orator, that success, stability and good influence will follow. The RepresentathTe System cl_aimed attention. This was brought before the Grand Lodge by a communication received. from the Grand Master of Pennsylvania, announc}J.1g the withdrawal of the Hepresentative near the Grand Lodge of California. Brother Belcher, Chairman of the Committee on Jurisprudence. treated the subject at some length, and with ability. The ,conclusion reached was that notwithstanding Pennsylv.ania might recall its Representative, the fraternal relations existing between the two Grand Bodies need not be interrupted by such withdrawal. The Grand Lodge of California, by resolution, recognized as just and legally constituted, the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma. The proposition for an exchange of l{epresentatives was accepted. This action of the Grand Lodge was had in October, 1893. A communication of recent date from the young Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, informs this writer that said Body did not wish to take any risk of being involved in complications likely to spring out of the Representative System. This writer would remark, in passing, that the young Grand Lodge of Oklahoh1a need not have any apprehension of becoming involved in "entangling alliances," by reason of said system: The Grand Lodges of America will never thrust on any sister jurisdiction a system so objectionable as this appears to be to our Oklahoma Brethren.

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The usual appropriations were made by the Grand Lodge for the relief of several of their Past Grand Masters. The Brethren of California have on hand, and will doubtless execute the purpose, to construct a monument to the memory of their deceased Pa路st Grand Master, L. E. Pratt. A resolution was presented "authorizing Suborc1inate Lodges, to expend in each Masonic year, a sum not exceeding five per cent of their total revenue, for the purpose of refreshment and promotion of fraternal intercourse, provided that no expenditure whatever should be made for spiritous, malt or fermented liquors." The committee reporting upon this resolution, simply said, "We recommend that the resolution do not pass." In announcing appropriations, the salaries were fixed as follows: the Grand Secretary, $3,000; for Assistant, $500; Grand Lecturer, $500; Committee on Correspondence, $250. A proposition had been submitted to amend the Law reducing the charge for the three degrees, to a sum not less than $30.00. The Committee on Jurisprudence, reported adversely to the proposition. The roll was called upon the propo~ed amendment, and a majority voted in its favor; but not receiving the necessary five-sixths of the votes, it went over to the next Annual Communication. A resolution was introduced and referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence, declaring the sense of the Grand Lodge, that no Master Mason engaged in the liquor traffic, either as principal or employee, shall be eligible to hold any office in the Grand Lodge or its Subordinates. This resolution was offered near the close of the session, and did not claim sufficient consideration to appear in any report of the committee. CORRESPONDENCE.

The Annu路al Review was rendered by Brother James 路Wright Anderson, for the committee. He examined and reported upon the transactions of forty-nine Grand Lodges, American and foreign. Among the latter I notice he has reviewed New Zealand and Tasmania. These Grand Lodges have not been recognized by the Grand Lodge of Missouri. I do not propose to recommend such recognition, until more clearly convinced of their legitimacy. There is one Grand Lodge listed by him of which I have never beard. It is called "North Island of New Zealand." In speaking of it, Brother Anderson says that he had received a pamphlet containing its Proceedings, held under "the Scottish constitution."

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In opening his review, the committee said it had been his desir.e that "the duty of preparing a Report on Correspondence might have been placed in other and abler hands." His conclusion would indicate that he sought to avoid the labor and responsibility of that position in the future. He was succeeded by a new committee, Brother '''m. A. Davies. I have had occasion to remark in past years that the Grand Lodge of California changes its Committee on Correspondence too frequently. Perhaps the labor of this position is such as to prevent their committees from continuing to discharge the responsible duties of their appointment. Brother Anderson, as heretofore, furnished an admirable review. The report for 1892 was furnished by Brother Edwards, with whom I formed &. very pleasant reportorial acquaintance, and to whom I became much attached as a writer. He showed in the one report prepared, excellent ability and adaptation to the work. When he retired and was lost to view, Brother Andenion came back to make good the loss. I welcomed his return with joy and satisfaction, as I had become familiar with his work al.ong this line in other years. After serving up a most delightful treat for his readers, he again disappeared. !twill be necessary, in the coming time, to welcome to this important field, the new writer. How well he may fill the position so well occupied by his illustrious predecessors, time alone can disclose. Brother Anderson reviewed Missouri extensively and fraternally, giving us four pages of his Report. He appropriated some of the best thoughts of Grand Master Ingram, and then paid his attention to the Grand Secretary and Grand Lecturer. He presented an overdrawn portrait of this writer, in declaring that the Grand Lodge of Missouri owes much, if not most, of its high standing among the Grand Lodges of the world, to its Grand Secretary. The California Committee mentioned our Masonic Home in most appreciative terms, and expressed the hope that in the near future, the California Home may become the source of proud satisfaction to the Craft on the Pacific Slope. If the California Fraternity undertake this enterprise, it will'be a success. Brother Anderson thinks there appears to be a growing tendency on the part of Grand Lodges to regard the Representative System as useless. I am pleased to record the approval of such a writer and thinker as Brother Anderson, of many of the views contained in my former report. The position taken by this committee in Missouri,. against all viciousness of life on the part of 1\1 asons, whether found in the downward road to ruin, caused by intemperance,

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or the degrading practices of too many of the Craft who indulge in senseless and indecentprofanity, as well as an unl'elentingwarfareagainst drunkard-making, has never been changed or abandoned, and never will be while the sun shines or water runs. I repeat what may be a trite remark, so often uttered in the Lodge, on the platform and through the press, that" Masonry is either moral or immoral." 'Ve declare it to be "a beautiful system of morals" in our teachings uttered in the hearing of men, when they first appear at our altars. Judged by the lives of too many of our members, the standard of this "beautiful system of morals" may be considered very low. That it is low with them, admits of no doubt. That it is a high standard, and being gradually elevated among the good Masons of Missouri is certainly true. The effort of my life in Masonry for thirty years has been to elevate that standard. By no act or word, during those years, have I lowered the standard of Masonic morality, or countenanced or encouraged the slightest departure from the very best code of morality, purity and decency. This contention for a right interpretation and enforcement of the principles of true Freemasonry, has grown out of love for its principles and an intense and unalterable hatred of the vices that curse the institution. I am proud to know that my position on these questions is approbated by every good and true Mason from Sunrise to the Golden Gate; from the cold regions of the North to the South-land, where flowers blush into beauty and perfume the air with the purity of their fragrance, I shall ask no other epitaph, when I am gone, than this, "He labored for the right." I take leave of Brother Anderson and his admirable review, which I cannot undertake to notice in detail, with regret, expecting in the near future to breathe the flo\ver-laden air of California, and mingle with the Brethren on the Coast, whom I have long desired to meet. I bid Brother Anderson and the California Brethren a fraternal "good-bye." HENRY S. ORME, Los Angeles, Grand Master. GEORGE JO!:-INSON, San Francisco,'Grand Secretary.

COLORADO. THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

This Session of the Grand Lodge of Colorado convened in the city of Denver, September 20th, 1893, and was held in the Masonic Temple. M. W. Bro. Wm. D. 'Wright \vas Grand Master, and Brother Ed. C. Parmelee was Grand Secretary. Representatives from eighty chartered Lodges were in attendance, all the Lodges being thus represented except two. The returns from all the Lodges in the jurisdiction had been received prior to the session.

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The membership in Colorado amounts to 6,640, showing a gain of 466. Five Lodges received charters during the sitting of the Grand Lo~ge. ADDRESS.

An Address of seventeen pages was furnished by Grand Master Wright, and is a very superior document, from first to last. Recognizing human progress as the result of progressive ideas, the Grand Master so ught to trace the history of Masonry from its beginning, in order to determine its effect upon the progress of mankind. Concerning the antiquity of the Institution, he stated it had witnessed numerous changes during the progress of the centuries. The best thing he said was, "From the' beginning Masonry was conservative." After a lengthy and interesting dissertation, he referred to the fraternal dead, recording with deep sensibility the loss of "two of the most distinguished members of the Grand Lodge," namely, Past Grand Master Robert A. Quillian and Past Deputy Grand Master Richard Sopris. A memorial tribute was published and circulated among the Lodges in honor of their Past Grand Master. Brother Q.uillian. The illustrious dead of other jurisdictions were kindly remembered. DECISIONS.

Twenty-four official rulings were reported in the Address, and all approved, with very slight modifications in a few instances. In answer to the question whether a stockholder in a brewery, . making and selling beer, was eligible to receive the degrees under the laws governing moral questions in that jurisdiction, the Grand Master answered with emphasis, "no." A few dispensations were reported where 'permission had been granted to confer degrees out of time. The Grand Master likewise refused permission in given cases to confer degrees out of time and to receive and act upon petitions contrary to law. He reported commissions issued, changes of locations, by-laws approved, laying of corner-stones, and concluded his fine business message with sundry recommendations. ,The reports of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer followed. in which is found a full and extended statement of the fiscal affairs and other interests of the Grand Jurisdiction. A beautiful memorial tribute, under the head of "Necrology" was furnished by a committee in honor of the dead of t he jurisdiction, already named.

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The committee formerly appointed to secure jewels for Past Grand Masters, reported that they had discharged that duty and purchased twenty-two jewels, which were described by the committee, and which had been presented to the recipients. Before the completion of their work, Past Grand Master, Brother Quillian, had been called from labor) and we hope to wear a brighter ornament, even the Crown of Life, while the jewel bearing his name was duly presented to his widow. ORATION.

During the session the Grand Orator) Brother T. B. MacDonald, delivered an oration covering seven pages. It was. a production of merit, bearing a路 high tone, and was worthy of the occasion and the author. In a special report submitted by Brother Greenleaf, Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence, the Grand Lodges of Oklahoma and New Zealand were duly recognized and welcomed into the fraternal circle of Grand Lodges. The Grand Lodge of Colorado originated the proposi~ tion, which has gone the rounds of all the Grand Lodges of the country, duly to observe the centennial of Washington's death, thereby reviving public interest in, and disseminating a knowledge of his virtues, as the Father of his country, and a good and true Mason. At some former session a committee had been appointed to prepare a "Monitor and Ceremonials" for use in the Grand Jurisdiction of Colorado. Said committee having failed to perform the labor assigned it, the same was discharged, and our old friend and Brother) Past Grand Master, H. P. H. Bromwell, was appointed a committee to prepare such work, $200 being appropriated to compensate him for his services. From my knowledge of the venerated and distinguished Brother Bromwell, the work will be well done' The Committee on Correspondence, Brother Greenleaf, was allowed $200 for the preparation of the Report on Correspondence. The payroll for the term footed up $1,688. CORRESPONDENCE.

The Report covers 124 pages, in which fifty-nine Grand Lodge Journals were reviewed. Brother Greenleaf, Chairman of the Committee, said .that he had not indulged in any prefatory discussions upon questions which were prominently before the Fraternity, leaving . them to be considered in his conclusion. He followed the same general plan formerly outlined, by giving a glance at all desired facts and

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information regarding the doin"gs of sister Grand Lodges. The review is well seasoned with extracts, while the writer summarized admirably. Missouri for 1892, received due consideration, four pages of the report being used in his review. He quoted from and summarized the Address of Brother Ingram, quite extensively. Making an extract concerning Masonic affiairs in the' Republic of Mexico, he mentioned that the matter had been referred to a special committee, of which this writer was chairman, and added that he looked for an exhaustive report on the subject. That report was made at our ll'j-st session, and approved, and the vexed question is out of court. Brother Greenleaf characterized the report of this committee for 1892, as "scholarly and most exhaustive." Having expressed the hope in that report of seeing the wonderful city of the plains, that stands within the shadows of everlasting mountains, Brother Greenleaf mentioned his regret that I was not a vistor to that fair city at the Triennial. I may say here, for his information, that our Grand Lodge coming on so soon after the time for that great gathering, and the pressure of work on hand, rendered it impossible for me .to visit the Queen City of the Plains. I regret that our Grand Lodges i:neet so near together in the fall of each year that our reports and journals cannot be seen by each other and reviewed for more than a year after they have been published. Brother Greenleaf compiled and added to his report a digest of derisions from various proceedings" of Grand Lodges examined by him. This is a very interesting addendum and affords ready reference to the official rulings of Grand Lodges. The conclusion of the report of Brother Greenleaf is an admirable document, and furnished historical matter and general information gleaned by him from sources not at the command of the general reader. He printed a poem which he said was expressive of his devotion to Ancient Craft Masonry. From the tone of that poem, which he characterizes, "Oh, Mother Lodge, 路We have wandered far," it is to be inferred that he has taken all the degrees in sight, but with the warm devotion of a loving son, clings to the Blue Lodge and the simple, pure lessons of Symbolic Masonry. So do I above all else Masonic. In closing my notice of his admirable work, to which I accord the highest tribute of praise, I must express my regret at the brief notice given, owing to lack of time, the lateness of the season and the failure to receive the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge for September, 1893 until August, 1894.

J. C. fSANFORD, Durango, Grand Master. ED. C. PARMELEE, Denver, Grand fSecretary. LA WRENCE M. GREENLEAF, Denver, Com. on Cor.

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CONNECTICUT. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Grand Lodge convened in the 'city of Hartford on the +7th of January, 1894; Brother Samuel Basset, Grand Master, present and presiding. Brother Jos. K. Wheeler was Grand Secretary. The handsome Journal sent out by Brother" 'Wheeler is ornamented with a fine steel engraving of Grand Master Basset, as a frontispiece. The record shows the holding of a special communication at Norwich, on the 3d of July, 1893, when the corner-stone of a new Masonic structure was laid 'with proper ceremonies. An address was delivered by the Granu Orator of the day, Brother Dyer. From the recapitulation furnished by the Grand Secretary, it is found that 110 Lodges are listed on the roster, the Representatives of the entire number being present. It is noticeable that the raisings for the year exceeded the initiations or passings. The membership is found to be 16,047 in the no Lodges of the jurisdiction, heing an average of 149 per Lodge. Nine Past Grand Masters were present, with Representatives of thirty Grand Lodges. Missouri was represented by Brother George Lee.

At the opening, an ode was sung', which had been composed for the occasion by Brother 'Wheeler, the Grand Secretary, who is the poetlaureate of Connecticut Masonry, if not of the age. . ADDRESS.

Brother Basset, submitted for consideration a message embracing eleven pages, which is crowded with business items. It was announced that the Grand Lodge had been exempted from any visitations by death during the term. Numerous dispensations had been granted and arc found in the Address. Among them were some to confer degrees out of time. One dispensation had been granted to a Lodge allowing it "to ballot upon the application of a rejected candidate without waiting the usual delay." The question is pertinent, what caused the delay and therefore necessitated the setting aside by official power of any obstruction? The answer would naturally be, the law prescribes delay or probation for all rejected candidates. Then if the law intervenes, and places l'!-- rejected applicant under given disabilities, what right has any person owing allegiance to the law, to suspend or break it? Occasionally, and, I am glad to say, less frequently than formerly, this exercise

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of unauthorized power under the assumed prerogatives of Grand Masters, appears in Journals examined by this writer. I believe the exercise of such powers, doubtful at best, is becoming less common year by year, and the enlightened intelligence of the masons of this country, will yet consign that unjustifiable custom to a merited oblivion. The exercise of this assumed authority of setting aside the Laws of Masonry, finds another illustration in a decision of Grand Master Basset. Perpetual jurisdiction and Grand Masters' prerogatives are so . nearly one and the same thing, ,that the kinship cannot be differentiated. A party rejected by a given Lodge, on his application for the mysteries of Masonry, who afterwards received the degrees in another Grand Jurisdiction, was held to be ineli!?ible to recognition in Connecticut. The Grand Master decided, and his ruling was affirmed by the Grand Lodge, that "the rejecting Lodge holds personal jurisdiction over the rejected applicant, which cannot be annulled or set aside without its unanimous consent.'.' He admits that the making might be regular, and the work done in a legal Lodge, working under the authority of a regular Grand Lodge, but his recognition could not be allowed by any Lodge in the Grand Lodge of Connecticut. I submit that there is a lack of consistency shown on the part of such claimants and defenders of perpetual jurisdiction. The maintenance of sueh a position as is here assumed, thro'...路s the burden upon Connecticut Lodges of inquiring into the legitimate making of every Mason, who seeks to visit their Lodges or affiliate with them. A Connecticut Lodge, cannot know, without persistent inquiry and rigid scrutiny, whether a proposed visitor has been made 'in a regular manner or not. We will suppose that John Smith was rejected by a Pennsylvania Lodge. Afterwards becoming a citizen of Missouri for a number of years, applied for the mysteries, and was made in a regular manner in a )1isso~ri Lodge. At some subsequent date he obtains a dimit from the Missouri Lodge, and seeks to visit or affiliate with a Lodge in Connecticut. . If they receive him into membership there without inquiry as to the legitimacy of his making, they admit thereby into their fraternal associations, a man who, according to their own theory, could not be regularly made a Mason. The reason is found in the fact,路 that Pennsylvania claims, as does Connecticut, perpetual jurisdiction over all rejected material. Brother Smith, seeking to affiliate in Connecticut, would be under no obligations to any Lodge there to disclose the fact, that he had ever been rejected by a Pennsylvania Lodge; nor would the Lodge in Connecticut have the right to go behind his dimit and inquire into the legitimacy of his making.

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Master of Connecticut continues to give his approbation to said system. Pennsylvania' had given notice to Connecticut of the abolishment of that system, and the withdrawal of all Representatives at sister Grand Lodges. Grand Master Basset commissioned quite a number of Hepresentatives near other Grand Lodges, and received appointees from still other Grand Lodges, as their Representatives for his Grand Lodge. The Report of Brother Jos. K. Wheeler, the Grand Secretary, is furnished, embracing a complete view of their fiscal affairs and general business as identified with his office. The fact is chronicled by him that the "Masonic Charity foundation," had fallen short the past term as to contributions. During the session, the Grand Lodge ordered $1,000 of its funds invested in securities to be determined by the Trustees. That Grand Lodge must exercise the most rigid economy, as by reason of its membership of some 16,000, and only twenty cents per capita in the way of Grand Lodge revenues, its income was exceedingly limited, amounting per year to $3,338. The Grand Master reported the arrest of the charter of one of the constituent Lodges of that jurisdiction. The matter was referred to a committee, which reported in favor of the revocation of said charter, which was ordered. One new Lodge was granted a charter during the session. The business of the session was light and easily performed, and the Grand Lodge closed its labors on the second day; the installation of officers being performed by Past Grand Master, Brother Barlow. CORRE~PONDENCE.

The annual review was furnished by that talented writer and reviewer, Brother Jos. K. 路Wheeler. It is about the usual length, covering 113 pages, and pdncipally made up of extracts from the Journals reviewed, occasionally spiced with pertinent comments. Missouri for 1893, received the usual courteous attention of the committee, and we were accorded three pages of his space. After noting the absence of our Grand Master, occasioned by serious illness, he gave his attention to the operations of our Masonic Home, a large extract from the oration of Brother Kuhn, and brief reference to the Report of this writer on Correspondence. Quoting from my report of last year, he humorously clipped what was said in that review respecting the moon "getting full," and is inclined to be pleasant at our expense, saying we should stop such proceedings by our prol1ibition legislation as anybody "getting full." Commenting upon the rapidity with which

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my proceedings were delivered, and quoting my reply to his former pleasant reference, he said he was "only in fun," and supposed that I could take a joke better than to reply in the manner referred to. Brother Wheeler knows how to be funny on occasion, but does not appear to understand that I was indulging in like humor when I noted his pleasantry on a former occasion. The review is in keeping with his former labors, bein'g bright, spicy and interesting. He wound up by appropriating a beautiful Christmas hymn from Longfellow, and tendered his warmest fraternal greetings to the Fraternity at large, and to the "Guild" of Correspondence. Brother Henry O. Warner, New Milford, was eleCted Grand Master; of course, Brother Jos. K. Wheeler, Hartford, was continued as Grand Secretary and Committee on Correspondence.

DELAWARE. EIGHTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Grand Lodge of Delaware held its eighty-seventh Annual Session in the :Masonic Temple, City of Wilmington, commencing October 4th, 1893. Brother Jno. D. Book, Grand ~Iaster, Brother B. F. Bartram, Grand Secretary. The representation was full, consisting of Grand Officers, 'Pa~t Grand Officers, Past Masters, Representatives of Subordinate Lodges in the jurisdiction, and Representatives of Sister Grand Lodges. There arc twenty-one Lodges in the jurisdiction, with a reported membership of 1,926. The revenues reported by the Grand Secretary for the year footed up $1,242. The Proceedings are very brief and of local interest only, for the most part. An Address of seven pages finds a place in the Journal, in which the Grand Master announced the prevalence of harmony, with a prosperous condition in the Subordinate Lodges throughout the jnrisdiction. He reported that he had made official visits to all the Lodges, with ~erhaps two exceptions. A few decisions were rendered, and met with hearty approval by the Grand Lodge. From one of his rulings it is ascertained that a member of one of the Lodges had been duly tried and expelled for nonpayment of dues. This is certainly very vigorous, not to say severe treatment of a delinquent Brother. I submit that the offense is not in keeping with the penalty.

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The Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary submitted brief statements, which contained information respecting financial matters. The business and fiscal Report of the Grand Secret.ary was a paper of merit. I notice in the appropriations made by the Grand Lodge, that he receives the munificent salary of $200 per year. In the same report I observe that the Committee on Finance appropriated $220 of the Grand Lodge funds, for the payment of banqueting exercises. It is observable in the report that a large number of the committees had nothing to do, the announcement in each case being "no report." The Grand Lodge has a Grand Charity Fund, which was reported at $1,398. Before the Session closed, a Past Grand Master's .T ewel was secured and the Grand Chaplain, Rev. Bro. Jackson, made the presentation address in eulogistic terms to Brother Book. The membership of the jUrIsdIction was printed by Lodges. CORRESPONDENCE.

The Report was furnished by Rev. L. H. Jackson, Grand Chaplain, for the committee. It consists of a condensed view of the Proceedings examined, fifty-six in number, and covers sixty-one pages. Brother Jackson maintains his well-earned reputation as a careful, amiable and considerate reviewer. He condenses well, and comprises much interesting matter in limited space, verifying the old expression, "multum in parvo. " Speaking of the Hepresentative System, he says, "We have come to the conclusion that the system is of no practicable advantage, and not worth the ink and paper, to say nothing of the time and labor expended upon it." His views are in perfect accord with our custom in Missouri, . respecting the requi red profiriency in the third degree. He said it was but "just and right that every Lodge should see that its Master Masons are thoroughly qualified to prove themselves." The custom is very general, that when a Brother has been raised. to the sublime degree of Master Mason, no further attention is paid to him by the Lodge, as to his proficiency, and he supposes 'nothing more is to be learned. The consequence is, the newly made Master Mason is less qualified to prove himself as such, than in either of the preceding degrees. Onr Missouri law requires that every Master Mason should perfect himself in the lecture of the degree, embracing the first and second sections. After sufficient time to acquire the necessary proficiency, he is expected to pass his examination in open Lodge, and that proficiency is approved by show of hands. Brother Jackson holds the degree of Past Master as of no importance, and, with this writer, thinks it has no place in the system of

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Symbolic Masonry. He occnpies the same ground on the mooted question of public installations, as held by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. His reason for such position is that "an installation of officers can only be rightfully and lawfully performed in open Lodge, to which the public cannot be admitted." He seems to favor the doctrine that installed officers of a Lodge, excepting the Master, may resign. Our Missouri Proceedings for 1892, received the courtesy of one路half page of his space. Fraternal approval was awa~ded the views expressed by Grand Master Ingram. Brother Jackson explained his meaning as to an expression formerly uttered, "Grand Masters come and go, but the good Grand Secretary goes on forever." He said the language .was designed to convey a compliment to the Grand Secretary, becauscof his long continuance in office. The report throughout has much substance in it, and is a careful summary of things re\,iewed, without very many extracts, but sufficient to diversify his labors. I find from his statements, that the rule in Delaware is the same as it is in our Grand Lodge respecting one ballot for the three degrees. E. L: CLARKE, Dover, Grand Master. BENJ. F. BA RTRAl\f, Wilmington, Grand Secretary.

DISTRICT OF' COLUMBIA.-1893. The Eighty-third Annual Report closed up with the Communication held December 27,1893. Late in May, nearly five months afterwards, I received the Journal of Proceedings. The Grand Secretary was unusually behind time, "owing to the many delays in the printing office." Brother Singleton got things somewhat mixed in the make-up of his Journal. He sandwiched the membership of the jurisdiction by Lodges between the Annual Communi~ation of November and the Installation Communication of December. It strikes this writer, that. the printing of the members .by Lodges in the place assigned them, is just a little out of appropriate relations. The Journal coiltains the minutes' of. qui te a number of special communications. The Semi-Annual session was held May 10, 1893 with Brother L. C. Williamson as Grand Master, and Brother Wm. R. Singleton, Grand Secretary. 'An Address of business character and quite brief, found a place among the proceedings. Although called upon to give decisions in ~everal cases, they were not embodied in his Address. A dispensation

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was granted to one Lodge, to confer degrees out of time. This was intended as a favor to a Brother going away to sea. The Grand Master refused two applications for the same purpose, because the parties 路were not going out of the United States. The Grand Master commended the proposed Congress at Chicago, and recommended the appointment of delegates thereto. These appointments were mad~ by resolution, the Grand Master being one of the number. :!/Y. It appears in the J oumal, by a report from

the Grand Master, that he attended such Congress, and was convinced that the wisdom of the body was shown quite as much in what it did not do, as what it did. I am glad tlult this practical and conservative view obtained in that body.

In his Semi-Annual Session Address, the Grand Master recommended the appointment of a committee to select a site for a Masonic Temple. The Annual Communication was held on the 8th of November, with the same Grand Officers as already mentioned. Representatives were present from twenty-three Lodges, this being all then in existence. The membership of these Lodges was reported in the tabular statement of the Grand Secretary at 4,711, showing a gain of nearly 200. At this session the Grand Master presented an Address of considerable length, largely made up of copies of letters from his letter-book. He had granted a dispensation for the formation of a new Lodge in the district. This Lodge received a charter during the annual session. The Grand l\1aster reported a pleasant visit enjoyed at Baltimore, on the occasion of the dedication of the new Temple. He reported official visits to all the Lodges of his jurisdiction, and stated that harmony had prevailed throughout the year, and that the Lodges were . all in a prosperous condition. The Address was referred to a special committee, with instructions to report at the installation session, December 27th. This being the annual communication, the election of Grand Officers took place, but they were installed at the December communication. At said installation session, presided over by the Grand Master, Brother Williamson, a number of reports were submitted and approved. At his installation, the new Grand Master, Brother Henry S. :Merrill, delivered an appropriate inaugural.

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CORIUi:SPONDENCE.

Brother Wm. R. Singleton, the Grand Secretary, has been for a number of years, Chairman of the Committee, and has annually produced a valuable contribution to our iYlasonic literature, and is one of the careful and competent reviewers of the present age. He announced this as his twenty-fourth report, in which are reviewed the proceedings of fifty-two Grand Lodges. In the reviev.' are found a large number of extracts, more or less extended. The report contains the doings of the Masonic Congress, "of which he was one." Speaking of the affair, he said a number of important topics could not be considered for want of time. The inference is , "that the gracious courtesy and the generous, unstinted hospitality" extended to the visitors on that occasion, prevented any lengthy deliberations on the part of the Congress. To enjoy these "hospitalities" and have a good time, ''''as the largest part of the gathering, and, judging from any practical results of the convention, "the good time" was about all there was of it. Our Missouri Journal for 1893 was awarded three pages of his space. Brother Singleton copied our report entire on the Toltec Lodge question. He likewise appropriated an article written by myself and published in the Masonic Constellation. In said article I gave a complete history of the rise and progress of Tohec Lodge, No. 520, located at the City of Mexico. In his reference to that subject, Brother Singleton recorded the fact that some Brother had just returned from a short visit to . Mexico, and while there visited the new Toltec Lodge, but recently chartered by the "Gran Dieta" of JVlexico, and that a Commandery of Knights Templar had been organized in the City of Mexico. ",Vilile there, this visiting Brother received many courtesies from the Brethren. o

From the conclusion furnished by Brother Singleton, it is learned that the Masonic Congress considered the subject of Grand Masters' prerogatives. Some delegate to that body from a Grand Lodge that holds the doctrine of prerogative, tried to convince the Congress as to the absolute power of a Grand Muster. Fortunately, there was no favorable response to his efforts. I am surprised at the following declaration from Brother Singleton: "We do not believe that there is another Grand Lodge anywhere, which consents to the doctrine that the Grand Master can set aside the Constitution of his Grand Lodge whenever he, in his judgment, may wish so to do." My surprise at such a statement, coming from a l\1ason so conversant with the doings of Grand Masters in this conntry, is very great. I do not hesitate to affirm that the majority of Grand Masters

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of Grand Lodges in the United States, assume and exercise tl~is thing called prerogative, in setting aside so~emnly enacted laws and granting permission to Lodges to do things that are inhibited by the law. Brother Singleton thinks that the Ritual gives the 'V ..M. of a Lodge absolute power, and that our jurisprudence governing him as a presiding officer, directing the business transactions of a Lodge, has been confounded with the ritual. I \vant to say in conclusion that the prerogative dogma held in such high favor by many of the Grand Masters and Grand Lodges of this country, is a ,feeble attempt to imitate and exercise the powers that originally were claimed by a king, and these prerogative defenders think that the king can do no \"rong. HENRY S. MERRILL, Washington City, Grand Master. Wl\L R. SINGLETON, Washington City, Grand Secretary.

FLORIDA. The Sixty-fifth Annual Communication was held in the Masonic Temple, in the city of Jacksonville, commencing on the 16th of January, 1894. M. W. Bro. Marcus Endel was Grand Master, R. 'V. Bro. Albert J. Russell, Past Grand Master, was Grand Secretary. Representatives of 110 Lodges were present. The membership of the jurisdiction was reported at 4,516, showing a gain of 314. The Grand Lodge chartered nine Lodges that had been working under dispensation, while the charters of two Lodges were snrrendered. The total income for the year amounted to $6,496. ADDRESS.

Grand Master Endel presented a fine business message to the Body, covering eighteen pages. It contained various matters which had claimed attention during his official term. He announced that the jurisdiction had been exempt from disasters and misfortunes, while the Craft had been prosperous and progressive. He announced the death of three Past Grand Officers, Brother Z. H. Mason, elected Grand Master in 1883, had fallen asleep in a glorified, ripe old age. Samuel Boardman, who had been Deput.y Grand :Master in 1854, died during the year, as had also Elias Earle, who served as Senior Grand 'Warden in 1866 and 1867. The Grand Lodge paid a jnst tribute to these honored and beloved Brethren, by a report rendered ..v hich was adopted during the session. The Grand Master had evidently been a very busy and laborious officer, as shown by the long list of official doings on his part. He

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reported seven official rulin~s, which were of local application, and met"" the approval of tbe Committee on Jurisprudence. Aside from his official labors, he had distributed himself extensively over the jurisdiction, having visited eighty-three Lodges, where be witnessed the exemplification of the work, and received a most fraternal welcome, as well as cordial hospitality. The Address of the Grand Master is eminently creditable as an official document. He recommended an increase of salary for the Grand Secretary, owing to the increased duties and responsibilities of that officer. His recommendation bore fruit, as the salary of the Grand Secretary was increased. The Masonic Congress was mentioned, although no one had represented the Grand Lodge of Florida at the Chicago meeting: Some one favoring a "federated union of the various North American Grand Lodges, endowed with paramount Masonic po,,,er as a central organization," offered a resolution proposing to create a committee to correspond with other Grand Lodges, established in the United States, looking to what I suppose is intended to be a "General Grand Lodge." This matter went to the Committee on Jurisprudence. I fail to find any action on the part of said committee. The Reports of the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary were duly rendered. That of the Grand Secretary is a most interesting paper, showing that he is master of the situation. A Past Grand Master's Jewel, which bad been procured by the Grand Secretary, was bestowed upon Past Grand Master" Angus Paterson. An extensive report was' furnished by the proper committees respecting their Masonic Temple-a building which cost some $35,000. Bonds to the amount of $30,000 had been issued and disposed of, and the building" completed, so that it was occupied by tbe Grand Lodge during this session. The Brethren in Florida have a temple; whether it is an elephant remains to be seen. From the figures furnished, I doubt if it will pay. The Grand Master, Brother Endel, was re-elected, though he declined the office, much to the regret of the Brethren. An oration was delivered by R. H. Weller. Like all orations delivered in Grand Lodges, it received a compliment, with the request for a copy for publication. It appears in the Journal of Proceedings, an~ covers eight pages. An expression is found in the minutes of the session looking to the establishment of a Masonic Orphans' Asylum. Owing to financial depression, and the restricted resources of the Grand Lodge, the matter

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was deferred for the present. There is no Report on Correspondence, . though the J oumal sho\\7s the appointment of a committee on that subject for the next year, of which Brother Albert J. Russell is chairman. The Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Florida reached this office seven months after the session closed. The failure is accounted for by the Grand Secretary, to whom I wrote for the proceedings, by the loose and irregular methods on the part of the U. S. Mail authorities. vVIV[, F. BYNUM, Ft. 'Yhite, Grand Master.

ALBERT J. RUSSELL, Jacksonville, Grand Secretary.

GEORGIA. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Grand Lodge of Georgia convened in the city of Macon, and held its session in the Masonic Temple, commencing on the 31st day of October, 1893. M. 'V. Bro. John S. Davidson, Grand Master, presided, and Brother A. M. 'Volikin was Grand Secretary. The Grand Lodge during this session adopted a resolution directing that a steel portrait of the Grand Secretary be bound in each copy of the Proceedings of that session. A very striking likeness of the venerable Grand Secretary of Georgia is found as a frontispiece in the J ournal. His Proceedings reached this office three months after the close of the session. A note by the Grand Secretary accounts for the delay, and he mentions his disappointment at not having delivered the work a month sooner. He said that a combination of circumstances entirely beyond his control caused the delay. There are 390 Lodges on the roll of this Grand I.odge, with a reported membership of 16,664; showing a gain for the year of 848, and a net gain of eight new Lodges. Representatives were present from 337 of the Lodges, and Representatives of thirty-seven Grand Lodges, Missouri being among the number. This Grand Lodge is still afflicted with a heavy pay-roll, which foots up annually some $8,000. ADDRESS.

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exordium, like all his productions, was a beautiful presentation of thought, \vith a very happy application, following which he entered upon a rehearsal of his official duties, presented for consideration and action. Seventy-three official decisions were {endered. These were all approved by the Committee on Jurisp~udence, the same having been carefully examined and analyzed. The rendition of these official declarations by Grand l\faster Davidson, but furnish additional evidence of his superiority as a Masonic ruler and thinker. There is exhibited the finest possible administrative ability, together with a very thorough knowledge of the principles of Masonic jurisprudence. Viewed from a Missouri standpoint, a few of his decisions are objectionable. In one he says, "A Lodge working under dispensation cannot affiliate a member." "This is an unusual proceeding," and has elicited my most vigorolls comments and criticism in former reviews of a similar rule, in other Grand Lodges. One of the best and ablest Committees on Correspondence of the day, Brother A tkinson, of \Vest Virginia, freely admitted the correctness of my animadversions upon the same rule that obtains in his Grand Lodge. The inconsistency of such a rule appears when it is remembered that a Lodge, working under dispe!1sation, can make Masons and yet not be allowed to 1'eceive those already made into membership. This reference to the rule is sufficient, without further remark. I am glad to notice that Georgia does not follow the unjust precedent established by her Sister Grand Lodge of Alabama, that of charging members with Lodge dues during the term of suspension, The Grand Master reported an instance where a Lodge balloted on the petitions of two candidates for the degrees, at the same time. One black ball appeared, whereupon a separate ballot was ordered, and one of the petitioners was rejected. A motion was then made to withdraw the petition, and the other petition, before being balloted on, was also withdrawn, without vote. This action was declared "illegal," and he held that both petitions were still before the Lodge. A member of a ~iven Lodge had been arrested and tried before one of the courts, on a charge of "cheating and swindling." The case having been settled in court, the charges pending in the Lodge against him were withdrawn, on the ground of such adjustment by the court. This was decided to be an error, the Grand Master holding that the Lodge should try the party charged, and if guilty, convict him. He well said, "The action of the State Court in nowise binds the Masonic I.-odge." They have a strange way of treating petitions, do,vn in Georgia. One had been presented and the ballot taken thereon, when the party G L . .'\1'.-2.

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was rejected. By unanimous ~ecret ballot, the petition was withdrawn. The Grand Master decided that such party may petition at the next regular meeting, the petition taking the usual course of reference to a committee. This is a novel method, and strikes this writer as foreign to a correct Masonic procedure. They have a rule in that Grand Lodge which allows a change of venue in trial cases. There are other cases in which things are done differently from our methods, but evidently in harmony with their standard of jurisprudence. A decision was approved which declares that a Masonic "Lodge has full authority to charge and punish a member guilty of the crime of adultery, without reference to his relationship to a Mason or Maso~'s family." This is as it ought to be. A decision was properly rendered by Brother Davidson, that a person is ineligible, under the laws of Masonry, to receive the degrees, who can neither read nor write. The case giving rise to this decision, presented the fact that a party had been initiated, who could not conform to this requirement, and afterwards applied for advancement to the Fellow Craft's Degree. The Grand Master said he never should have been initiated. A long list of special d~spensations was reported, showing the immense labor imposed upon the Grand Master of Georgia. I am happy to record the fact that of all the various decisions and special dispensations reported, no instance occurs where authority had been granted to confer degrees out of time. That law, of doubtful character at any time, had been repealed by the Grand Lodge of Georgia. Its repeal was pronounced most beneficial, and the officers of Lodges had given it their cordial endorsement. Under the head of local matters, the Grand "Master reported the ravages made upon the members of the Grand Lodge by death. Brother Reuben Jones, elected and installed Grand Senior "'Varden at the last session, had been summoned from life's labors, to the rest and refreshment of a higher and better life. As a citizen,路 public official, Christian and Mason, he deserved what was said of him by the Grand Master, who paid to his worth the highest possible tribute, such only as John S. Davidson could give in honor of a deserving Brother. Brother Benj. H. BighaIi1, Past Deputy Grand Master, an eminent lawyer and jurist, Christian and Mason, as well as" Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence for a number of years, had stood in the first ranks of the Masonic Fraternity in the Grand Jurisdiction of Georgia. He too was called hence to enjoy the rest that remaineth to the people of God.

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The Grand Tiler, Brother Chas. H. Freeman, had been summoned from his post of duty to enter the portals of the Temple "not made with hands." Grand Master Davidson furnished a series of recommendations, together with valua1Jle suggestions to the Craft, especially in reference to the law touching the title to Masonic property. This is a subject that has engaged the attention of the Grand Lodge of Missouri for a number of years, no definite results having yet been obtained. The financial status of 'affairs was referred to in the Address, from which it is learned that the surplus funds of the Grand Lodge, loaned out and well secured, had produced considerable interest. The total receipts of the Grand Lodge amounted to over $21,000, with an outlay of more than $17,000.. Grand Master Davidson closed his last and final address to the Grand Lodge of Georgia in beautiful language, embodying pure and lofty sentiments. Perhaps the thought did not present itself to him or to his Brethren, at the close of this splendid administration, that his labors in life were fast drawing to a final termination. Under date of March 20, 1894, the Acting Grand Master of Georgia, Brother Jno. P. Shannon, announced the death of M. VI. Brother Jno. S. Davidson, Grand Master. From the funeral notice received from the Deputy Grand Master, I make the following brief quotation: Brethren: It is my sad duty to announce the death of :Most Worshipful John S. Davidson, Grand Master of Georgia. The Craft is in confusion. There is darkness in the Grand East, and gloom in all Ollr hearts. For eleven years Brother Davidson presided over the Grand Lodge of Georgia, and under his administration Masonry flourished as never before. His brilliant mind and noble heart were wholly devoted to the welfare of the Craft. He was almost worshipped by every Brother in the State. We mourn his departure, only comforted by the knowledge that the Trestle-board of his Masonic life merited the higher honors that await him in the Grand Lodge above.

The Grand Lodge during the session considered various subjects claiming attention, and incorporated among other things in its proceedings, the deliverance of the famous Fraternal Congress held in Chicago. The Heport of the Committee on Memorials was rendered, and addresEies were delivered by a number of Brethren, which addresses are found in the proceedings. A very unfortunate affair transpired during the session of the Grand Lodg-e, a record of which is found in the Journal. The W. M. of one

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of the Lodges, was charged with having been drunk and acting disorderly on the streets, he being a Representative to the Grand Lodge. After investigation by a committee, it was announced that the complaint was well founded. The party was then arraigned, ancI at his trial all the points charged were sustained. His conduct was so very unmasonic as to forbid its insertion in the Journal. A vote being taken, he was found guilty, and was then expelled by the Grand Lodge from all the rights and privileges of :Masonry. Grand :Master Davidson pronounced the sentence of expulsion in a very full yet cutting speech, so says the record. It was unanimously resolved that the Grand Master furnish a copy of his remarks in passing sneh sentence, and the same be published in the Proceedings. The Grand Secretary makes note of the fact that the Grand Master was unable to prepare the remarks in time for the Proceedings, but that he would do so later, when each Lodge should be furnished a copy in form of a circular. It is no pleasure to this writer to make mention of the sad and disgraceful conduct of a Brother Mason; but where a man and a :Mason so far forgets his duties to God, himself and the Fraternity, as to become a dis~race, whether in public or in private, especially the Master of a Lodge, the action of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, deserves the highest commendation and a burst of Masonic applause which should be heard around the world. I

At the annual election, which occurred on the second 'day of the session, Brother Jno. S. Davidson was unanimously elected to serve another term as Grand Master, the vote of the Grand Lodge being cast by Brother Parkhurst, one of the tellers. Brother Wolihin, the Grand Secretary was fe-elected in the same manner. The labors of the session were closed on the third day. As one of the curiosities of the time, I insert in extenso the prayer of the Grand Chaplain, offered at the opening of the session of the Grand Lodge of Georgia. On former occasions, in reviewing the Proceedings of that Grand Lodge, I have with more or less humor referred to the style of prayers offered by our distinguished Brother, the Grand Chaplain. That our readers may appreciate the character of his praying, I make this insertion: GRAND CHAPLAIN'S PRAYER.

Oh, Lord, God! We meet and bow together around our Sacred Altar to offer up 0111' devotions to the true and everliving God. We recognize the hand that has ledns along since last we met, and adore the providence that brings us together to-dILY. Not all who met here last year are here to-day. of some we know not why; but of others we know they have been taken away by the ruthless hand of death and therefore cannot corne. Scarcely had the echoes of our closing ceremony, a year ago, died away ere the Senior Grand Warden of this Grand Lodge had died. Brother Reuben .Tones will not meet with us again. He was respected and honored and loved wherever known. He was 11

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good man, He died suddenly, but he died at his post. Thanks be to God, it was fair in the \Ve~t when Brother Reuben Jones died, and so may it appear in the Grand EllSt when he is raised by thc mcrits of the Lion of the Tribe of Judah from the level of thc gnl.\'e at the Illst day. A moon had just passcd whcn Brother Benj, H. Bi~ham followed. He was Past Deputy Grand :I'laster of this Grand Lodge, and Chairman ot the Committee on Foreign Correspondcnce, for many years. A great light went out when Brother Bigham died. We deplore the loss of such an one and rejoice in the heritage of his noble life. May it be our chief aim to imitate the example of that amiablc, distinguished and exemplary character. Many othcrs have gone. Wc miss the active Adams, the careful Shanklin, with Brethren Lanier, Parker, and the watchful Freeman, oflicen, of this Grand Lodge. Of Brother Freeman, 0111' faithful Sentinel, we trust that at the portals of the Celestial Grand Lodge he gave the proper pas5word and entered in to be evermore with his Lord and Master. Bless us here in our deliberations. :liay we seek to secure the greatest good to the greatest number, conserving the ancient Landmarks our Fathers set. Grant us these and all heavenly benediction and grace, and we will give praise to Him, the giver of all good gifts and graces. So mote it be. Amen.

The Journal now being reviewed contains the minutes of several special Grand Communications, held for purposes of laying corner-stones a'nd Lodge dedications. CORRESPONDENCE.

The Report on Correspondence, covering 163 pages, was prepared by the two remaining members of the committee, Brother Bigham having ceased to work and live. The major portion of the work was performed by Brother "\V. E. Mumford; the remaining part of the product was from the pen of Brother "\V. S. Ramsey. The readers of correspondence, ineluding this writer, will miss from the field of fraternal labor, the presence and practical thought of our beloved Brother Bigham. No tribute from this writer can do justice to the worth, ability and merits of this departed co-worker and hrother :i\Iason. The Grand Lodge Proceedings of 1\Tissouri for 1892, were reviewed by Brother Mumford, who devoted fi ve pages of his space to a notice of our .Journal for tl1at year. In his opening remarks he said, "The Grand Lodge of Missouri is one of the finest in the world." Appropriâ&#x20AC;˘ ating liberally the remarks of Brother Ingram as Grand :Master, Brother Mumford commented pertinently upon the morals of Freemasonry. He said, "l.\1asonry is a worker in the field of morality." His notice of Missouri is largely made up of clippings from the Address of Grand Master Ingram. Speaking of my Report on Correspondence of 1892, and while paying said report a very high compliment, he fell into an error as to its extent. He said, "This is, as usual, a very able report, and covers nearly 300 pages." On reading this statement, astonishment was the feeling that took possession of l\1issouri's committee, and I referred at once to the Journal of 1892, to find that the review for that year ended on page 172. 'While this is a small matter, amounting to a difference of perhaps only a hundred pages, it is best to maintain and preserve the "t!,ll~h of history." He then appropriated a page or two from my comments upon the transactions of the Grand Lodge of Georgia,

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and wound up by saying, "路We thank Brother Vincil for his kind notice 'Of Georgia, and only hope that we deserve all the good things he says of us." The works of Brothers Mumford and Ramsey were well prepared, and the matter considered, embraced the mature thoughts and sound principles of those excellent writers on Masonic correspondence. As already noted, the Grand Master and Grand Secretary were re-elected. The duties of governing the Craft for the year now rest upon the Deputy Grand Master, Brother Jno. P. Shannon, of Elberton. Brother Wolihin, the Grand Secretary, still resides at Macon.

IDAHO. TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

This Session was held in Boise City, commencing September 12,1893. Brother Jos. H. Hattabaugh was present and presided as Grand Master. Brother Jas. H. Wickersham, the Grand Secretary, was "not present. The Grand :Master stated in his Address that his absence created a feeling of regret in the hearts of his Brethren, that language could not express. The Grand Lodge appreciating the absence of its Grand Secretary, adopted a resolution expressing sincere sorrow at the illness of Brother 路Wickersham, and tendered to him heartfelt sympathy in his affliction, with hopes for an early recovery. Notwithstanding the illness of the Grand Secretary, which had confined him at home for six months, he submitted an Annual Report showing the condition of affairs connected with his office, and furnishing a general financial statement. In sending his report to the Grand Lodge, he announced that, being unable to attend its communication, he had appointed Brother W. C. 路Wickersham as his deputy. At roll-call, Representatives of thirteen Lodges answered to their names, while eight Grand Officers were absent. There were present four Past Grand Masters, and seven Past Grand Wardens, in addition to Representatives of Lodges. Before the session closed, the Representatives of nineteen Lodges were enrolled. There were twenty-four Lodges on the register, reporting a total membership of 1,030; making a net gain of eighty-nine. Two Lodges had been created under dispensation during the term and were granted charters at the present session. Brother Wickersham, as Grand Secretary, furnished tlle Craft with a most readable annual, well arranged and in good taste. The Grand

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Mast~r rendered an account of his stewardship in a message covering fully nine pages. It is a very interesting document, with an attractive exordium. He announced the prevalence of peace, harmony and brotherly love throughout the jurisdiction. A warm-hearted tribute to the deceased members of the jurisdiction was presented by the Grand Master. Quite a number of special dispensations had been granted and a few decisions reported. These official rulings were approved, and being simply local, need not be particularized. The conclusion of the Address contained some sound and practical admonitions to the Fraternity at large.

A brief report was presented by the Grand Lecturer, who was voted a salary of $200, out of which to defray his expenses for the ensuing year. The Grand Lodge appropriated $250 as the salary of its Grand Secretary. The Chairman of the Committee on FOl'eign Correspondence was allowed, as compensation for his work, $100. It seems that the Governor of the jurisdiction desired to take charge of the members of the Grand Lodge and protect them during their stay in the city; consequently he tendered an invitation to the Brethren to visit the penitentiary. A vote of thanks was accorded the Governor for his well-meant courtesies. Whether the B'rethren were thankful for not having been confined in the "pen," or for the attention shown them by the Governor of Idaho, may be left to conjecture. At any rate, they unanimously gave him their thanks.

At the close of the session, when the new Grand Master was installed, he expressed his gratitude for the honor conferred upon him, and promised to discharge the duties of the office to the best of his ability, The retiring Grand Master, Brother Hattabaugh, acknowledged his obligations to the Craft for the official dignity conferred upon him, and the many courtesies received. He announced that during his term he had traveled 1,735 miles, and had had a good time generally. - Some writer, whose name is not furnished, prepared and had printed in the Journal, biographical sketches of their present Grand Officers. Among them is noticeable that of Jas. Henry Wickersham, the Grand Secretary, who is now fifty-six years of age, born in Springfield, Ill., and educated at our Arcadia College, Mo. His history is that of a vigorous, active and successful business man and Mason. He was first elected Grand Secretary of Idaho in 1881, and still holds that position, CORRESPONDENCE.

A Report of forty-five pages was prepared and submitted by Brother Chas. C, Stevenson, Chairman. His thoughts, where he writes, are

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very good, and his clippings, where he clips, are quite appropriate. He accorded the Missouri Proceedings for 1892 one-half page of his 路spRce. Throughout there is the same vigorous yet unique style peculiar to Brother Stevenson. He is continued as Committee on Correspondence, while Brother Jas. A. Pinney, Boise City, is Grand Master, and Brother Jas. H. Wickersham, of the same place, is Grand Secretary.

ILLINOIS. FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION ..

This session of the Grand Lodge was held at Central Music Hall, Chicago, commencing on the third day of October, 1893. The lIf. ,,,. Grand Master, Brother Monroe C. Crawford, presided; Brother Loyal L. Munn was Grand Secretary. The representation was large, as usual. Having a pay-roll, with over 700 Lodges on the register, it is to be expected that a Grand Lodge session in Illinois would command a very large representation of the Craft. The membership in the jurisdiction was reported at 48,222, showing a net gain of 2,227. Ten Lodges had been working under dispe'nsation during the previous term, and were granted charters at the session now under review, making 712 Lodges on the roll. After the opening ceremonies, the Grand Master presented an Address of ordinary length and of good business character. Speaking of the condition of the Fraternity in Illinois, he said, "New Lodges are springing into vigorous life in all parts of our beautiful State. Our membership is rapidly increasing. In the past there is much for congratulation, and the future lies before us radiant with promise." His exordium was followed by an extended list of deceased Brethren, both at home and in sister jurisdictions. An appropriate tribute to the dead mentioned in the Address, was rendered by an appropriate committee. The Grand Master reported having granted nine dispensations for the institution of new Lodges. Schools of Instruction had been held during the year at different points, four of which were attended by the Grand Master in person. The Address contains an account of his official acts, with mention of divers matters, among others the granting of special dispensations for purposes not mentioned in the document. He referred to the session of the Fraternal Congress, held in the city of Chicago, commencing on the 14th of August. Duplicate charters had been ordered, and Grand Representatives appointed to sister Grand Lodges. His conclusion was very interesting, showing the high appre-

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ciation by the Grand Master, of the honors enjoyed during the two terms of service. He announced that peace prevailed throughout the entire Grand Jurisdiction. Speaking of the proud position occupied by the Grand Lodge of Illinois among the jurisdictions of the country, he said, "To occupy such a field and be worthy of the position, we must be men, indeed." He stated that during the year he had visited many Lodges and found them universally in a flourishing condition. The Grand Lodge received and \velcomed during this session several distinguished visitors from sister jurisdictions. Among them were Brother Jno. L. Power, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, Brother Wm. J. McDonald of New York, and Brother George vV. Hill of Indian Territory. The addresses of welcome to these visitors and their responses were in keeping with the occasion, and the parties interes ted . Brother Munn, the Grand Secretary, presented a very full and elaborate report, both general and statistical. The report contains several items of interest, not the least of which is that every Lodge had made returns and paid Grand Lodge dues, except two. These did not pay their dues in time to entitle their Representatives to mileage and per diem. He announced that Lodges had contributed to charitable purposes during the. year, the sum of $23,315. Brother Munn had, with much care and painstaking, collected very many interesting facts connected with the work of the jurisdiction. He said that there were sixtyseven Lodges in the city of Chic~go and Cook County, with a membership of 12,408. This report contains a mine of useful information, aside from tbe statistical details. The revenues present a grand total of $37,200.45. A special report of the Committee on Correspondence was submitted, ret.:ommending the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma. The report was adopted and said Grand Lodge cordially welr-omed into the sisterhood of Grand Lodges. An invitation was extended to the Grand Lodge to visit the Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home. This institution received an appropriation fr~m the Grand Lodge fund of $500. The Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer were put under bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties, each amounting to $30,000. ORATION.

An oration was delivered by the Grand Orator of the Body, Geo. 'V. Wardelle, his subject being" Pre-historic Freemasonry." The oration is interesting to the reader who loves to delve among things that bear the stamp of antiquity. The application of the teachings found in the address, to the practical uses of life, may not be so obvious.

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"The Grand Lodge amended its by-laws respecting fees for the three degrees of Masonry. The rule was fixed that no Lodge should confer the three degrees upon any person for a less sum than $25.00, except Lodges in the city of Chicago, the minimum fee in that city to be $50.00. A special report of Grand Master Crawford was rendered, in which it is stated that he did, on a certain day during the term, preside in a trial in one of the Lod~es in the State, \vhere the W. 1\'1:. of the Lodge was charged with some offense not mentioned. This singular announcement concludes the report of Grand Master Crawford on that subject: "1 found from the evidence that he was guilty, and as a punishment I deposed him from his office as W. M., and further, expelled him from all the l'ights and privileges of Masonry," This, he said, was in harmony with their law, Article XL, Part 3. 1 have examined said article, and have failed to find any warrant therein for his action as stated, I "expelled him (the 'Worshipful :Master) from all the rights and privileges of ]fasonry." The article referred to authorized the Grand Master to "proceed in person" * * * "to investigatE;l such charges or complaint" as may have been filed with him vel'SUS a Worshipful Master. Some other provision may exist authorizing the Grand Master to expel a party.

The' Grand Lodge closed on the third day of the session, at which time a resolution was adopted, conveying the thanks of the Grand Body to Brother l\10nroe C. Crawford, for the ability and zeal manifested in the discharge of the duties of his office as ,Grand Master for the preceding year. Brother Cregier addressed the Grand Lodge and Brethren, stating that as the Grand Master had been complimented for his term of service, another officer had served the Craft faithfully, efficiently and correctly for the past twelve years, and he desired to offer for endorsement, a complimentary resolution. That resolution was to the effect that in retiring from official station, Brother Loyal L. Munn, late Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, left with them pleasant memories of his worth as a man and a Mason, and carried with him the assurances of the fraternal consideration of the Grand Lodge, with the best wishes of its members fOl; his futnr y health, happiness and prosperity. This was adopted by a rising vote. Our Brother Munn responded in elegant and eloquent terms. He said, in retiring, that he had been present at the meetings of the Grand Lodge for thirty-one years in succession, and expressed the hope that tLe Grand Body would never have occasion to blush at the acts of any of its Grand Officers. When a new Grand S~cretary comes into position before the members of the Fraternity in any jurisdiction, he is entitled to a proper and courteous recognition. Snch this writer would accord to the successor of Brother Munn, but it

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must be admitted that the new man has to make his record before he can be assigned to a high seat in our Masonic appreciation and affections. In the present case, the love of the old must be off before the love of the new can come on. If Brother Dill proves himself to be a worthy successor of Brother Munn, he can have our affectionate regard and commendation. It may not be out of place to remark that Brother Munn holds the fort with this writer, and will not be easily supplanted by any other. Brothel Leroy A. Goddard of Chicago was elected Grand Master. From a personal knowledge of, and pleasant acquaintance witb, the new Grand Master, I have high hopes of the success of his administration. Bright, genial, clear-headed and popular, Brothel' Goddard will take the hearts of the Illinois Fraternity while occupying the high position of Grand Master. Brother J. H. C. Dill, Bloomington, is Gran(i' Secretary. CORRE~PONDENCE.

M. W. Bro. Jos.. Robbins, committee, submitted a review of the Proceedings of fifty-four Grand Lodges. The report covered 300 pages. In his introduction he treated of the Masonic Congress, which met in Chicago on the 14th of August. In his notice of that meeting, some corrections are found as to the deliverances of the Body. Not having been present or cognizant of the spirit and work of the Congress, I am not prepared to venture an opinion as to the result of its labors. The only remark I wish to make is that the Congress made some deliverances and adjourned. The report of Brother Robbins is a labored review of many and varied subjects. The work contains enough extracts to justify him in making desired comments, more or less elaborate. He is one of the few Committees on Correspondence whose work is essentially a review. The Proceedings of our Grand Lodge for 1892 were accorded six pages of his space. He appropriated freely from the Address of Grand Master Ingram, whom he frequently calls Grand Master "Benton." The rose in this case will smell as sweet by any other name. He called the Address "practical." Referring to the Masonic Home of :M:issouri, he recounted the disastrous experience of Kentucky in attempting to support its Home by per capita taxation. Brother Robbins says that Missouri has followed in the steps of Kentucky, and has encountered similar difficulties. He then copied the circular sent out by some of our non-consenting Lodges, followed by quotations from the Grand Master's Address, wherein he announced the arrest of the charters of recusant Lodges.

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Brother Robbins properly remarked that there was no other course open to the Grand Master, but the one pursued by him. He said it was the duty of our Grand Master to exact obedience to the enactments of our Grand Lodge. Relying upon the statements contained in the circular of Lewistown Lodge, Brother Robbins assnmed that the previous "action of the Grand Lodge was an indefensible violation of the equities of the case." Referring to said circular, it is found that Lewistown Lodge charged upon the Grand Lodge violations of individual and Lodge rights, by not giving sufficient notice of the proposed change in the law. This charge of the Lodge against the Grand' Lodge was long since abandoned, in view of the evidence, that the Grand Lodge had given notice to all the Subordinate Lodges of the proposed change in the By-Laws increasing the Grand Lodge dues in the interest of the Home. This statement is made for the information of Brother Robbins, and it may be added that other counts in the indictment formulated by Lewistown Lodge were clearly at fault as to fact. Referring to the three cases of discipline enforced by Grand Master Ingram against Masters of Lodges, Brother Robbins said, "One is happily unusual, one absolutely novel, the other unhappily too common." I suppose the OIle that is "too common" happened to be the case of the Master of a Lodge, who had been suspended for drunkenness. In this instance, the Grand I..,odge took cognizance of the vile conduct of the VI. 1"1. mentioned, and expelled him from the Fraternity. Quoting a case from our Proceedings, Brother Robbins said that he inferred from the statement furnished, that Lodges may restore expelled members, where expulsion is completed without Grand Lodge intervention. The custom of our Grand Lodge touching this point, has undergone a material change with the passing years. When Grand Master of this jurisdiction, twenty-five years ago, I made a rule which was afterwards affirmed, that the Grand Lodge alone could restore a M.aster Mason to good Masonic standing who had been expelled, after the case had passed from the control of the expelling Lodge. Now our regula,tions permit a Subordinate Lodge to restore an expelled party, provided the case has not been passed upon and affirmed by the Grand Lodge. . Referring to the ruling of Grand :Master 'Walker and reversed by Brother Ingram, respecting the eligibility of non-affiliated Masons to petition for the formation of a new Lodge, Brother Robbins said, it seemed to him, that the views of Brother 'Valker, tried by any test, would be bad policy and worse law. He quoted from the Address of Brother Ingram, bis statement respecting Toltec Lodge, No. 520, at the City of Mexico. He gave it as his opinion that the Masonic character of the Gran Dieta of Mexico would have to be better established than at

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present, before the withdrawal of the Charter of Toltec Lodge would be recommended. He has doubtless seen from the action of our Grand Lodge at its last session, that it decided upon the withdrawal of the Charter of Toltec Lodge, and adopted the report of the committee on that subject. It is enough to say to Brother Robbins at this point, that the members of Toltec Lodge, with three exceptions, voted in favor of surrendering their Charter. This Charter is now on file among the archives of this Grand Lodge. â&#x20AC;˘ Referring to the Report of this Committee on Correspondence, he seemed to have enjoyed a sense of relief of no ordinary kind on reading the fraternal review of this writer, and the resumption on my part of an old-time kindly tone in reference to himself. The Review of Brother Robbins is a clear and masterly production. His examination of the doings of Iowa, presents matters in that jurisdiction in a very clear and intelligent light. I think the only way to treat the Iowa disturbance, is to pay no attention to it, especially the principal disturber.

INDIANA-1894. The Seventy-third Annual Session, representing the seventy-seventh year of the history of this Grand Lodge, was held in "Grand Masonic Hall," Indianapolis, commencing on the 22d of l\'1ay, 1894. The session lasted two days. M. W. Bro. Daniel Noyes, Grand Master, presided, and R. ÂˇW. Bro. Will. H. Smythe was Grand Secretary. The record states that "Representatives of 466 of the 473 chartered IJodges" were in attendance. In addition, the Journal shows the presence of thirteen Past Grand Masters. During its session of two days, the Grand Lodge transacted an immense amount of business, giving close and labored attention to all matters claiming consideration. The Grand Master's Address of ten pages followed the opening of the sessi0n. His opening expressions were tinged with the poetry of Spring-time, which he characteri?:es as "May-tim~, the boyhood of the year." An artist bas represented Mayas a girl. 'Vho has not seen the picture of the aged wooer .and blushing maiden styled "May and December?" The Grand Master announced that the year just closing had not been marked by any events of unusual importance. Peace, harmony and prosperity had prevailed throughout the jurisdiction, and their relations with other Grand Lodges continued unbroken and fraternal. Numer-

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ous business matters were then presented for consideration, the first in importance being a number of official rulings made during his term of office. To this writer, said decisions were eminently correct and practical, with one excepti8n, which will be noted in its proper place. I infer that these official rulings were approved by the Grand Lodge, as I find nothing to the contrary excepting the objectionable feature already mentioned. The statement is found that he had refused permission to lay a corner-stone with Masonic ceremonies on the.Sabbath. Churches may violate the sanctity of the holy day by laying corner-stones, but Masonry never should be a party to such desecration. Permission was refused to allow a Lodge to confer the degrees upon an "importer and wholesale dealer in wines and liquors." This is so much like the prevailing spirit in Missouri Masonry that I appropriate the refusal of Grand Master Noyes with great pleasure.. The objectionable ruling mentioned is found in the Address concerning one who had resided in the State only six months. He having come from a foreign country and petitioned a Lodge in Indiana for the degrees, the Grand Master decided that before his application could be entertained, he must become "a citizen of the United States, or have declared his intention to be made such." On reading this ruling and the Grand Master's conclusions, I naturally expected to find him reversed by the Committee on Jurisprudence. Turning to the report of said committee, I find that the majority recommended that his ruling be approved. A minority report followed, written by Past Grand Master Brother Thos. B. Long, controverting the position of the Grand Master and the finding of the majority of the. committee. It reversed the decision of the Grand Master, and the report of the minority was adopted. The Grand Master reported granting permission to form three Lodges under dispensation. Two of these Lodges received charters during the session, and one was continued under dispensation. Owing to delinquencies on the part of three Lodges, their charters were arrested by the Grand Master and his action approved by the Grand Lodge. Mention was made in the Address of begging circulars, with which the Grand Jurisdiction had been flooded. Some of these circulars were from other Grand Jurisdictions, and some had been sent out by one Of the Subordinate Lodges of Indiana without authority. The action of said Lodge was condemned, the committee declaring and the Grand Lodge approving, that the practice of issuing begging circulats was contrary to the law of the Grand Lodge and injurions to the Craft. A circular had been issued by one of the Lodges which was characterized by the Grand Lodge as "baneful and seditious in its nature." The design of said circular seemed to have been to forestall the action of the Grand Lodge respecting matters of serious moment, before they could

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be considered by the Grand Body itself. This subject was reported upon by the committee, and the action of said Lodge was declared to be "unmasonic and in express violation of the law of the Grand Lodge." The Grand Master reported the suspension of the charters of thirtythree Lodges.. The cause of this wholesale closing up of Lodges was their failure to pay Grand Lodge dues for the year 1893 at the time provided by law. Said Lodges subsequently paid 路their dues and were authorized to resume labor. The Grand Master submitted a recommendation that the Grand Secretary be authorized to have printed an eJition of not less than 5,000 copies of their Constitution, By-Laws and General Regulations. This recommendation was approved during the session, and the proposed number of 5,000 copies ordered printed. The Address contains the ~ratifying announcement that death had not invaded the official circle of the Grand Lodge during the previous year. The Grand Master called the attention of the Grand Lodge to a proposition which originated in the Grand Lodge of Colorado, looking to t.he observance of the centennial of the death of the first President of the United States, Brother George Washington. This snbject was referred to a committee, who reported that some years wonld elapse before that time would arrive, therefore, at present it was deemed unnecessary to take any action in the matter. The Address of Grand Master Noyes is a capital document, practical, sound and business-like. From the approval accorded the various matters contained in it, the Grand Master was evidently a wise and judicious officer of his Grand Jurisdiction. Following the Address were the reports of the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary. Brother lVrartin H. Rice, Past Grand Master, submitted his report as Grand Treasurer, showing the total receipts for the year to be $22,000, and including a balance on hand, the total assets of the Grand Lodge footed up $40,000. The disbursements. as shown by the reports of the Treasurer and Secretary, amounted to something over $29,000. These disbursements included about $13,000, invested in interest-bearing securities. The pay-roll for 1893 amounted to over $7,000, as it did at the session now under consideration. In his excellent business report, the Grand Secretary said, ':The Grand Lodge was never before in a more prosperous condition. Entirely free from debt, possessed of valuable property in the heart of the capital of. Indiana, with up,vard of $25,000 safely invested in interest-bearing securities, with ample funds on hand, the Grand Lodge is now in a position to make a moderate reduction in the amount charged

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for Grand Lodge dues." He therefore recommended that the Grand Lodge dues be reduced from fifty to forty cents per member. The recommendation was adopted by the Grand Lodge . .In his report HI'other Smythe, the Grand Secretary, offered public thanks to the "Central Traffic Assodation" for the half-fare railroad rate provided for the members of the Grand Lodge. I remember the scoring he gave the Railroad Association some years ago for their refusal to grant courtesies to the Representatives of Indiana Masonry in the Grand Lodge. I am glad that Brother Smythe had the nerve to fight the railrc/ads and bring them to terms. The Grand Lodge of Mississippi having sent out a plan for the consideration of other Grand Lodges, seeking their cooperation and looking to certain uniform legislation respecting given questions of Jurisprudence, the subject was considered elaborately by the committee, of which Brother Thos. B. Long was chairman. The 'aforesaid report was an able, and, to this writer, very satisfactory answer to the impracticable propositions which emanated from the Grand Lodge of Mississippi. The Indiana Committee recommended that the Grand Lodge should not become a party to the proposed measures. This writer, in his review of Mississippi, prepared before finding the conclusions of the Indiana Grand Body, most positively declined to concur in a recommendation formulated and sent out by Brother Frederick Speed. A singular application for cornpensation for injuries sustained by falling down the elevator shaft of the Masonic Temple; was presented to the Grand Lodge and referred to the Committee on '''ays and Means. It seems that Mrs. Nettie Ransford waS the unfortunate one who went down said elevator shaft, not according to the rules governing that kind of machine, The memorial for compensation or indemnity, in which she asked for $400, was refused, and no remuneration for the injuries allowed. The Grand Lodge of Indiana, refused to cheapen Masonry, and declined to adopt a resolution asking that the minimum fee for the degrees be fixed at $15.00. I find in the Journal, that the 473 chartered Lodges contained a mel))bershi p of 26,897, being a gain for the year of 631. CORRESPONDENCE.

J\ review of the Proceedings of forty-six Grand Lodges, covering 150 pages, was made by the Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence, Brother Wm. Commons. The Report by the Chairman was written, and not made up of extracts. It is a well prepared paper, and very readable, being in open type, and embraces excellent thought. It is what may be properly classed "a thorough review." The Missouri

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Journal for 1893, was complimented with a seven-page notice. Nothing in our Journal of Proceedings escaped the attention of the committee, every point of importance having been noted. and fraternally treated. Cornmenting on the decisions of our Grand Master, Brother Parson, he noted particularly one ruling, where objection had been made to the advancement of a candidate. Six months being the limit of an objection to advancement in our jurisdiction, our Grand Master ruled, that at the expiration of that time the objection ceased to be of any force, and the objector could not renew it. Brother Commons thinks this decision needs explanation. I do not so understand it. The case as it existed in one of our city Lodges was this: A member of the Lodge objected to the advancement of an E. A. This objection, under the law, arrested the progress of the candidate for six months. At the expiration of that time, the candidate renewed his application for advancement. The objector claimed the right to renew the same objection, and thus prevent the candidate from receiving the next degree. The Grand Master decided that he could' not renew his objection 'and make it of force against the candidate, as that proceeding would be .equivalent to perpetual objection to advancement, allowing it to be renewed every six months. Our law does not permit perpetual objection to advancement, but restricts it to six months. Noticing the complications which had arisen in the Pennsylvania case, growiRg out of "the troublesome and pernicious doctrine of perpetual jurisdiction," Brother Commons takes a very fraternal view of our position on that subject, and winds up his reference to the matter, by quoting from the Report of our Committee touching the matter. He said, "The report ,vas adopted, and this writer moves to make it unanimous." It is the opinion of this writer, that the :Masonic jurisdictions of this country are so nearly unanimous on the question, as路 held by Missouri and Indiana, that Pennsylvania must feel very "lonesome." Brother Commons was very fraternal in his review of Missouri, and h~ shows himself to be an able and courteous writer throughout his excellent report. I do not know from what source he derived his information in stating that the membership of Missouri was only a little over 26,000. In my recapitulation for 1893, I did not attempt to give the actnal or exact mem bership in the jurisdiction, owing to the failure of twenty-two Lodges to furnish the number of their members. In showing the gain for the year 1892, amounting to 812, as found in the 530 Lodges, whose returns were received, I reported our numerical strength as a little over 30,000. M. "V. BRO. FRANK E. GAVIN, Greensburg, Grand Master. R. 'V. BRO. WM. H. SMYTHE, Indianapolis, Grand !'3ecretary. BRO. "\V1\1. ~OMMONS, Union City, Committee on Correspondence.

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IOWA. FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Grand Lodge of Iowa met in the city of Cedar Rapids, and held its Fifty-first Annual Session, commencing June 5th, 1894. The session lasted three days. A large and very elegant Journal was furnished in good Itim8 by the ever vigorous and tireless Grand Secretary. The Grand Lodge was escorted from the "Masonic Library to the Opera House by Apollo Commandery, No. 26, Knights Templar. At the Opera House a musical programme was rendered, followed by an address of welcome delivered by Brother Dr. C. H. Coggswell. Responses were made by the Grand Master, Brother Fellows, and Brother A. R. Dewey. The promiscuous assembly doubtless enjoyed the good things provided on that occasion. Those not entitled to remain retired, and the Grand Lodge was opened in "AMPLE FORM." 1\1. 'V. Bro. 1.. E. Fellows, Grand Master, presided, wi(h Brother T. S. Parvin as Grand Secretary. Brother Parvin offered a resolution at the opening, which was adopted, directing the draping of two chairs in memory of Hl"Other Th03. S. Wilson, who was a member of the convention that organized the Grand Lodge of Iowa in 1844, and Brother Gov. Wm. M. Stone, the Senior Grand Warden in 1860.

The Committee on Credentials reported Representatives present from 418 Lodges, out of 460 on the roll. The membership in these Lodges is shown to be within a fraction of 25,000; a gain reported over the previous year amounted to 938. Four Lodges were added to the list, receiving charters during the session, they having worked under dispensation the proper time. The income was reported at a little over $20,000. ADDRESS.

An Address of thirteen pages was presented by Grand Master Fellows. From that Address it is learned that the Subordinate Lodges in the jurisdiction, as a rule, were active and progressive, and that peace and harmony had prevailed throughout the Grand Jurisdiction. The Masonic Congress held in Chicago last year was mentioned by the Grand Master, who said of the affair, that for all present the occasion was pleasant and profitable. The Grand Secretary likewise made mention of that gathering, and spoke of it with much favor,

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It being the fiftieth year of the existence of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, the Grand :Master stated, that no action had been taken by the Grand Lodge at its previous session for the observance of the SemiCentennial Anniversary of their existence. To obviate any neglect or oversight concerning their anniversary, the elective Grand Officer had assumed the responsibility of preparing for the observance of said anniversary. Mention is made in the Journal, that the celebration should take place on the evening of the first day of the session. I find no account in the Journal of said celebration.

Grand Master Fellows reported no decisions in his Address, though he had been railed upon to consider different provisions of their law, and decided many questions arising in Lodges. The Grand Lodge Library, which is justly the pride of Iowa Masons, was mentioned with great satisfaction and pleasure. He announced that the present building is full to overflowing, and it is impossible properly to display the varied accumulations now crowding the Library. He urged the preliminary commencement in the work of increasing their accommodations. The Masonic Home project heretofore taken under eonsideration, received attention ip the Address. While the Grand :M:aster appeared to favor the enterprise, it was finally resolved by the Grand Lodge not to embark in that class of Masonic work .. A very full and lengthy report was rendered by a committee on the subjf-ct of the Masonic Home, and the conclusion reached, that, "the best and most satisfactory method of dispensing Masonic charity, is through the medium of the Subordinate Lodges,". aided, as far as may be, by donations from the Grand Charity Fund. It was therefore considered "inexpedient and unwise for the Grand Lodge to establish a Masonic Home." The Address of Grand Master Fellows, was highly complimented by the committee, and he was congratulated upon the satisfactory manner in which he had discharged his official duties. In proof of their appreciation of his valuable services, it is only necessary to mention the fact that he 'was re-elected. The Reports of Brother Parvin as Grand Secretary and Grand Librarian were, as heretofore, extensive and complete. Brother Parvin is nothing if not elaborate. The Committee on Appeals and Grievances reviewed and reported upon some thirty cases. All the reports found in the Journal evidence laborious attention and care. A vast amount of business was considered during the session. The pay-roll, embracing mileage and per diem, aggregated some $6,000. Brother Parvin furnished a biographical

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sketch of the late Thomas S. 'Wilson, a member of tbe convention that organized the Grand Lodge of Iowa, in 1844. Judge 'Wilson was a member of the Supreme Court of Iowa, during its territorial existence. This tribute to the memory of an aged and universally honored public servant and Brother Mason is worthy of the subject and alike creditable to its author. CORRESPONDENCE.

The report for the year was prepared by Rev. Bro. J. C. W. Coxe, D. D. The review covers 160 pages. The "Titer said he had reviewed the Proceedings of sixty-one Grand Jurisdictions, and in a few instances had reported upon the Journals of the ~ame jurisdictions for two successive years. The report demonstrates an opinion found in my review last year, wherein I characterized Brother Coxe as "a very capable reviewer, who evinced the true Masonic spirit." A brief personal interview recently enjoyed confirms the interpretation I had given to his labors. I now know, after such interview, how to appreciate the spirit and character of his labors. Brother Coxe is a strong man every way, vigorous in body, masculine in mind, with powers of research and analysis that will mark bis consequence anywhere among men and Masons. His work contains but few extracts, and is' endowed with a clearness of thought and comprehensiveness of view that renders the report attractive, interesting and instructive throughout. To prepare such a review requires great familiarity with Masonic lore, and is a tax upon the writer of no ordinary kind. I can appreciate this sentiment: "We would have none doubt that it has involved labor-constant, continuous, exacting." I respond to this expression,.using his own sentiment in saying that there are but few Brethren who are aware of the real amount of labor involved in the preparation of a Report on Correspondence. None but the earnest, conscientious reviewer realizes the trying duty imposed in the preparation of these annual reviews. This writer deeply regrets that owing to the lateness of the season, and pressure of official duty, he can give but limited attention to the able and masterly report of our Brother Coxe. By the misfortune incident to my travels oil the Pacific Coast, being tied up by the recent great "strike," nearly a month of valuable time was lost from my post of duty. Cut off from official labor for that length of time, and thrown into the very busy season when Grand Lodge returns are pouring in, I am compelled to curtail my labors in the department of Correspondence. This applies to the Grand Lodge Prooeedings which have been received in midsummer.

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I regard Brother Coxe as a skilled workman, possessing rare adaptation to the position assigned him, at the same time endowed with a true, genuine Masonic spirit; free from the asperities characteristic of his predecessor, his work abounds with all the elementp belonging to a man who fears God and works righteousness. Referring to the Address of the Grand :Master of Alabama, who had granted permission to Lodges to confer degrees out of time, and who admitted that such action "involved a suspension of the Constitution," Brother Coxe raised the question often presented by this writer.. He said, "we seriously doubt the right of the Grand Master to suspend the Constitution for any purpose whateYer, unless said instrument contains explicit provisions for such suspension." No sounder utterance than the following has been found in our Masonic literature. He said, "that a creature of a Constitution should be superior to the organic law to which he owes his existence, and from which he derives his authority, is an anomaly to which we owe no allegiance." I wish to add to the above sterling truth. that the creature of the Constitution to .which he has sworn allegiance, promising "to stand to and abide by" the same, has no legal or moral right to invade the sanctities of that i11strument, or set aside its pro,:isions. Brother Coxe gave Missouri for 1893 the benefit of four pages, in which is embraced a thorough and careful review of the doings of our Grand Lodge. Noticing my Report on Correspondence, he thinks the demand for absolute unanimity is unnecessary among the Lodges in a given territory in order to the legal organization of a Grand Lodge. On this point there is ample ground for different views. It is certainly desirable, if not absolutely necessary, that all constituted Lodges in a territory should adhere to the organization of a Grand Lodge when formed. I terminate this hasty review of the Report on Correspondence from Iowa by appropriating the following from his conclusion; giving it the endorsement of one ,,,ho has realized the same sense of relief expressed by Brother Coxe, and by again tendering to him the sincerest appreciation, personal and Masonic, with expressions of hope for his continuance at the present post of duty, together with long life and much happiness;. I say with pleasure in his own language, "If we do not meet here face to face, may the Great1\Iaster bring us at last into the fulness of joy at his right hand." We now lay a!>ide the pen, and bring up our work again for review with a sense of relief and with a cOllsciou!> joy. We are glad that the toil is done; we are glad that the toil was worth the doing. One cannot make the journey through the several Grand Jurisdictions of the United States, of Canada, and of foreig-n countries without a keener sense of the nllue of human brotherhood, a stronger love for the l\Iasonic Fraternity, and a glow of enthusiasm over the noble achievements of the honored Craft. There is

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a true conservatism which "holds fast to that which is good." having been thoroughly tested and approved; thcre is a fearless progressiveness which insists, not all new te:;ts, but on tIuer inter!)retll.tion and application of time-honored tests. :Moral stnndards are the real tests; -on y the worthy and well qualified should e\'er pass the Tiler's door. Grand Masters, committees, correspondents, have all spoken in no uncertain voice; we congratulate the Craft on the auspicious fact.

Grand Master Fellows, of Lansing, was re-elected; Grand Secretary Parvin, of Cedar Ra'Pids, remains where he has discharged with great labor and fidelity the duties of his office as Grand Secretary for fifty years. REV. J. C. W. COXE, Washington, Committee on Correspondence.

KANSAS. THIRTY'EIGHTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Journal contains a strikingly accurate likeness of Brother John H. BroWJ1, the late Grand Secretary and Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kansas. As Brother Brown passed away in March" ]893, after the session for that year ha(i been held, proper memorial services were deferred until the annual communication in February, 1894. At that session, the memorial services was ordered and held, at which addresses were delivered by Past Grand l\1asters Bassett, Guthrie, Sheldon and others. These tribu~es contained biographical and historical sketches of the deceased, and were very interesting indeed. Brother Bassett said of Brother Brown, that the love and respect of his Brethren, his companions and fraters, followed him through life as it has rarely followed any other Mason. It may be said that such affection and kind regard did not find limitation by any Grand Lodge jurisdiction; he was unive1'sally respected and held in highest esteem by all who knew him. Grand ~faster Thompson, in his Annual Address, referring to the loss sustained by the Fraternity, said that it was "well-nigh irreparable." The Thirty-eighth Annual Communication was held in the city of Topeka, commencing on the 21st of February, 1894, and continued three days. M. W. Br6. Wm. D. Thompson, Grand Master, presided; Brother l\L M. l\1iller was Grand Secretary. There were present eight Past Grand Masters and other Past Grand Officers, with Representatives of thirty-nine Grand Lodges, and a large number of Past Masters.

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The Report of the Committee on Credentials contained the statement, that there were 352 Lodges in the jurisdiction, of which 288 were represented. It is also shown that the total number of delegates to the Grand Body amounted to 641. The membership in the jurisdiction was reported at 19,814. Grand Master Thompson presented a very clever business Address, containing fourteen pages. In his opening remarks, be tendered congratulations on their thirty-eighth anniversary. Under the bead of necrology, he recorded in appropriate terms the great misfortune which had befallen the Craft in that jurisdiction, in the death of Brother John H. Brown, already alluded to. He said, "As a citiL:en, a Mason and a Christian gentleman, he was held in good repute by the world." The Grand Master made record of the loss sustained by several other jurisdictions, whose Grand Masters and Past Grand Masters had been called from earth. A record wa~s made in the Address of the services rendered by Brother J. C. Postlethwaite, Acting Grand Secretary, following the death of Brother Brown, up to the first day of May, when he appointed M. W. Bro. Mathew lVI. Miller, Grand Secretary, to fill the vacancy until the meeting of the Grand Lodge. The Grand Master said, "Peace and harmony, which have ever been the distinguishing eharacteristics of the Craft, still prevail in all our relations with other Grand Jurisdictions." The Grand Lodge at a former session having ordered the appointmen t of delegates to the Masonic Congress in Chicago, Grand 1\1 aster Thompson had appointed two Past Grand Masters to attend that meeting. He reported the organization of Lodges to which charters had been granted at the previous session. One Lodge under dispensation had been created by him. Influenced by what h~ regarded as a plain and unmistakable duty, several petitions to institute new Lodges under dispensation had been refused. In granting numerous special dispensations, occasion had offered for him to permit degrees to be conferred out of time. The Address contains announcements of corner-stones laid, official visitations and other matters of local interest. The Masonic Home movement incorporated at some former time, received his passing notice. He recommended that such additional legislation as was needed in relation to the Masonic Home be enacted A full and lengthy report was rendered on that interest, by the Board of Directors previously appointea. Said committee stated that the donations made by the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter had not been paid; this had somewhat impeded the work.

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Four decisions were reported in the Address, and subsequently approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence. The official acts of the Grand }\faster were generally endorsed by the Grand Lodge. The Deputy Grand :Master, Brother Geo. W. Clark, submitted a brief statement of his official acts, as he had discharged the duties of Grand Master during the absence of his Chief from the jurisdiction. The reports of the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary were formally presented and passed upon approvingly by the examining committee. The report of the Grand Secretary, Brother :;\Jiller, was a very able document, and contained matter general and statistical of interest to the local Craft. The balance reported in the treasury was nearly $28,000, with a Charity Fund besides, amountingto about $9,000. The Board of Custodians rendered a report, and furnished a full statement of matters and things pertaining to their department. Said report embraced brief summaries from the reports of District Lecturers. The reports on Grand Lodge property, library and chartered Lod~es were incorporated in the Journal. A charter was granted to one Lodge previously under dispensation. The record says that "a petition signed by ten members for a charter for a new Lodge to be located at Salina, and known as Jno. H. Brown Lodge, was presented, and on motion a charter was granted direct by a unanimous vote." Perhaps this is the first instance of the kind in the history of t.hat Grand Lodge. It is unusual, under the present system of creating Lodges, but no doubt the circumstances justified the Brethren of that Grand Lodge in adopting such a summary proceeding. ' An Address was delivered by the Grand Orator, Brother Jno. Guthrie, Past Grand Master. It covered some three pages of the Proceedings, and contained an expression of the views held by the speaker. Appropriations were made assigning to the Grand ::\1aster as his salary for the coming year, the sum of $600; the Grand Secretary ,vas voted $1,800 per annum as his compensation; the Committee on Correspondence is allowed $300 for that work. The Grand Officers elected and appointed were installed as the closing business of the session, on the third day. Brother Geo. W. Clark, of Lyon~, Grand Master, though his address is given for 1894 at Topeka. Albert K. Wilson, Topeka, was chosen Grand Secretary; Brother :1\1. M. Miller is chairman of the Committee on Correspondence. His report on that subject was submitted to the Grand Lodge, and found in the Journal, covering 116 pages, in which are found brief notices of the transactions of sixty-two Grand Lodges, some of them for two years. The review

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contains brief comments on the matters and things found in the Journals examined, and evidences labored attention. With seeming simplicity, he acknowledged that he was not John Brown; indeed, such acknowledgment, or announcement, was not necessary. The Kansas Fraternity will never have another John Brown. Our Missouri Proceedings for 1893 received the courtesy of a onepage notice. The committee employed that space largely in noticing the correspondence between the Grand Masters of Pennsylvania and Missouri. I am pleased to record that he complimented Brother Parson as "a dignified gentleman and true Mason." He demonstrated clearly and fully the correctness of his position. He said of the Grand Master of Pennsylvania, that he was "rather petulant and not overly courteous." Making an extract from the report of our committee on that subject, 'written by Brother R. F. Stevenson, Brother Miller said, "It is needless to say that the Grand Lodge of Missouri adopted the report of its committee." Brother Miller illustrated his view of the Pennsylvania official by an incident recorded in the Scriptures, where two men went up into the temple to pray, one of them being so eminently good and correct in his views of himself, that the wonder was that he ever felt called upon to pray at all. Brother :Miller closed his review without a conclusion. hope to hear from him again.

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KENTUCKY. NINETy";FOURTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Grand Lodge of Kentucky convened in Louisville, on the 17th of October, 1893, and held its Ninety-fourth ses~ion in the Masonic Temple. 1\1. \V. Bro. John Speed Smith, the Grand Master, presided; Brother Henr)' B. Grant was Grand Secretary. There were present thirteen Past Grand Masters, and Representatives of thirty-five Grand Lodges, together \'lith a large representation of Subordinate Lodges. From the recapitulation furnished by the Grand Secretary, it is learned that there are 458 Lodges on the roll, with a membership of 17,94~, indicating a net gain of 634 for the year. It is a gratifying fact to know that, the Grand Lodge of Kelltucky is moving forward with steady step and healthful growth, each year being an improvement on the previous one. That Grand Lodge has had its trials, and at one time labored under great discouragements. Being "out of the woods," so to speak,

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with the grandest charity of the age as the center of interest., the whole Fraternity seems to be cordial and hearty in the performance of :Masonic labor and the general discharge of duty. The Journal shows the creation of fifteen new Lodges during the preceding term. The revenues accruing amounted to nearly $35,000, half of which is placed to the account of Grand Lodge Dues, while one-half passes into the fund for the ::\lasonic Home. ADDRESS.

Grand :Master Smith submitted a business document covering twelve pages, containing a particular account of his official labors. He said that during the past year, no particularly prominent Masons of Kentucky had been called away by death; still, many of the Subordinate Lodges had been bereaved of their leading and best loved Brethren. Quite a list of losses sustained by sister Grand Lodges was furnished. The Grand Master stated that the past had been a busy year to him, and that reports would show also a busy one to the Craft. He mentioned the fact that during his term of office, permission had been aRked to violate nearly every provision of the law. The ingenuity of man had been exercised to its fullest extent in endeavoring to induce the Grand :Master to employ a doubtful quality known as "Prerogative." Following a prudent course, he had labored to keep within the prescribed regulations in exercising his official authority. Thirteen decisions were reported, referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence, and approved, with one slight exception. An examination of these rulings evidences, a clear-head and well-informed mind, possp,ssed by the Grand Master. He had granted dispensations for the formation of thirteen new Lodges, which were duly chartered by the Grand Lodge during its sittings. The Masonic Congress was mentioned, and its conclusions furnished in the Address. The delegates representing the Grand Lodge of Kentucky in the aforesaid Congress rendered their report, reciting what had been done by said body. The report of the delegates was printed in the Proceedings. The Grand Master, as in duty bound, referred in loving terms to their great Masonic charity, of which Kentucky Masons are justly proud. He said their Home was like a city set npon a hill, that could not be hid. As the Fraternity in that jurisdiction were the pioneers in this charity, they had the right to exult in the great work accomplished.

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The Grand Master referred to the action of the Grand Master of Pennsylvania respecting the Representative System, and recommended that the subject be referred. to a committee. The Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence, Brother Clarke, submitted a report on that subject, which was approved, declining to recommend an abandonment of the system. He proposed to give it further time, "with the hope that more good may result therefrom in the future than in the past." The Digest formerly prepared by Brother H. B. Grant, the Grand Secretary, was highly commended. As the edition originally printed was about exhausted., it was recommended that the Grand Secretary be instructed to have a new edition of 1,000 copies printed. The Home Journal, published under the direction of the Grand Lodge, and furnished to every affiliated Mason in the State, was commended as a most excellent paper. Its extended circulation was earnestly urged by the Grand Master. I take pleasure in saying, that as a reader of said journal, it is a most deserving publication, and is perused with interest by mysel.f as regularly as it is issued. A resolution was introduced by Brother Fiske, Past Grand Master, and adopted, to the effect that the Grand Lodge of Kentucky recognize the Grand Architect of the Universe. The Grand J\faster in his Address had so recognized our Divine Father, and the resolution of Brother Fiske was an endorsement of that recognition. The purpose of the resolution was legitimate. The question arises, was such resolution necessary? The reports of the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary were furnished and printed in the order named, in the Journal. The report of the former was purely financial, that of the latter, general and fiscal, and contains numerous items of interest. The Grand Secretary stated that the appeal to the Craft by a special committee for contributions to erect a monument to the memory of Brother Hiram Bassett, the former Grand Secretary, and Past Grand Master, resulted in the receipt of $194. An incident of notable interest is recordeu in the Journal, connected with the visit of Brother M. B. Toney, President of the Masonic Home of Tennessee. This Brother addressed the Grand Lodge, and in the course of his remarks stated that although a Tennessee Mason, he was taught the duties of Masonry in the State of Kentucky. In that connection he narrated the incident mentioned, of having been shipwrecked on the Ohio River near W'arsaw, Kentucky. In escaping the chilly floods into which he had been thrown, he lost everything except

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his under-clothing. Bei"ng well-nigh frozen, he was found by a Brother, who divested himself of clothing in order to relieve his unfortunate Brother. Following these remarks, a Brother in the hall rose and said that he was the one to whom Brother Toney referred; whereupon the Grand Master appointed the kind-hearted Brother who had relieved Brother Toney in time of need, to conduct the Tennessee vi~itor to the East, and both were welcomed as "our Damon and Pythias." The Pennsylvanht Railroad tendered to the children of the Masonic Home free transportation to and from Chicago, for the purpose of visiting the World's Fair.. A resolution was adopted expressing the wish of the Grand Lodge that the Board of Directors of the Home accept the generous offer of said Railroad Company, and at a later period in the session, a'collection was taken to pay the expenses of the children of the Home in attending the Fair at Chicago. Subscriptions were made amounting to 81,269, and the Grand Lodge made an appropriation of $300 in addition. Thus the liberality and generosity of the Kentucky Craftsmen enabled a tine delegation to attend the World's Fair from the Masonic Home. Passing through Louisville, at a date subsequent to the Fair, and while visiting the Home, I found a number of the happy inmates who had thus been. delighted and favored by their trip to Chicago, through the generosity of Kentucky Masons. On motion of Brother Grant, the Grand Secretary, the Grand Lodge resolved upon the recognition of the new Grand Lodge of Oklahoma. The same was declared a regular Grand Lodge and welcomed and greeted as such by the Grand Lodge of Kentucky. Begging circulars, asking aid, whether written or printed, were forbidden unless bearing the approval of the Grand Master. In examining the recapitulation furnished by the Grand Secretary, I find that the membership in that jurisdiction is based on the initiations. It appears to be the rule in Kentucky to recognize E. A. Masons as making up the constituent membership of the Craft. This inference is legitimate from a resolution proposing to change the Constitution of the Grand Lodge so as to forbid the' collection of dues from Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts. The resolution contains the declaration that any other part of the said Constitution authorizing the collection of dues from such Masons shall be made null and void. :: Very fraternal congratulations passed between the Grand Lodges of ,Ohio and Kentucky. A telegram was received by Grand Secretary 'Grant from Grand Master Andrews of Ohio, sending greetings, and on motion the Grand Secretary was elected to respond, which he did. in terms cordially reciprocating the fraternal greeting of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, with the warm salutations of Kentucky ilfaiwns.

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The Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky would be blank without a report concerning their great Masonic charity, the Masonic Home. Brother E. S. Fitch, Past Grand Master, submitted a report, which was approved, endorsing all that had been said by the Grand Master. The committee stated that from the well condensed and business-like report of the popular President of the Home, it was learned that the aggregate expenses of the institution for the fiscal year amounted to a little over 627,000. From this amount, deductions were made for repairs, etc., leaving as current expenses, $26,731. This amount divided by 236, representing the number of ,beneficiaries of the institlltion, shows an outlay of $113.30 per capita. This the committee regarded as the minimum of kindred institutions, and that it furnished an encouraging record as to the small cost per each member of the Home family. The question of establishing an Infirmary at the Home had re~eived favorable consideration by the Board of Directors, as well as the approval of the Home physicians. The Grand Bodies of Missouri have on hand a similar enterprise, with eight or ten thousand dollars pledged for its erection. The committee announced with pride and pleasure that the educational facilities of the Home had been increased, while the most prudent sanitary appliances had been employed for the improvement and health of the Home beneficiaries. Their moral and religious training had been carefully looked after, free from the presence of religious bigotry or sectarian zeal. The Home thus equipped, materially. mentally and morally, is well prepared for the comfort, development and happiness of all its members. It is learned from the report, that the opposition heretofore emanati ng from croakers. had been completely stifled and silenced by the exultant tones of triumph which now ring out through the length and breadth of the jurisdiction. The Masonic Fraternity of Kentucky is doing a grand work, not only immediate, but far-reaching in its results. J"ooking through the various departments of the institution, and thoughtfully studying the cast and management of the Home, this writer realized when there, that our Kentucky Brethren had reared a monument to Freemasonry, that will outlive the ages. The present splendid plant, with all its admirable appointments, may pass from the earth and cease to be with the roll of the coming years; but when we remember the developments resulting from the charaeter, training and superior moral advantages furnished to the young, expanding the immortal minds chambered within that sanctuary of love, the work being done cannot be measured by any human standard. God alone can know the blessed work accomplished by the路 existence of the Masonic Home of Kentucky. Thousands through the years will go out from that magnificent institution, to be bright, happy and useful members of earthly life, prepared to fill their places in society, and be a blessing to the race. Such an institution

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might well challenge and command the recognition of the Commonwealth, as well as its benefactions. The State of North Carolina annually bestows upon a similar institution thousands of its means for the maintenance and education of young nature. The children and youth of the State, thus saved from evil, saved to the good, saved to the Commonwealth, saved to God and immortality, will constitute a ~icher recompense to the benefactors than anyone outlay known to O'ur ci vilization. Some Brethren during the session, recognizing the trouble ansmg from the indiscriminate mixing of visItors and Past Masters with the Representatives in the Grand Lodge, and the probable re~mlts of the presence of such unauthorized parties in the elections, offered a resolution to the effect, that a badge be procured by each Representative, indicating his character as such in the Grand Lodge. He also proposed a different badge for the u~e of Past Masters, and further. that the balcony be set apart for the use of visitors during the sitting of the Grand Lodge. These propositions were referred to the Committee on Finance, when a report was rendered adversely thereto. The badgemaker lost a job. The Grand Lodge closed its labors on the third day of the session. Among the last things attended to was the usual vote of thanks offered to the retiring Grand :Master, Brother Smith, for the able, courteons and impartial manner in which he had presided over the deliberations of the session. In token of its esteem, the Grand Lodge presented him with the gavel with which he had presided. CORRESPONDENCE.

In closing my review of Kentucky one year ago, I said, "In taking leave of Brother Staton, it is with feelings of regret, knowing that his fraternal labors will be susp'ended in the interesting field of Masonic Correspondence for a time, but congratulate him on the prospect of being elevated to the highest station in the gift of his Brethren." Since that was written, Brother Staton has been elected Grand Master of Masons in the Grand Jurisdiction of Kentucky. Having privately congratulated him on his election, I may record here my personal gratification on his recognition by the Craft in Kentucky. Of his successor in the department of Correspondence, Brother W. W. Clarke, I expressed the hope that his occupancy of the vacant position might enable the Craft in Kentucky to appreciate his worth. I now come to notice briefly the work performed by him in that field of Masonic effort. A review of a considerable number of Grand Lodge Proceedings, covering eighty pages, was submitted. In his

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conclusion he said it was his first report, and wa5l submitted with the full knowledge of its being inferior to those prepared by his predecessor. The review furnishes satisfactory evidence and assurance of the careful consideration given to all subjects on the part of Brother Clarke. The report is composed in a large measure of extracts from Grand Lodge Proceedings, with incidental remarks and pertinent comments. Missouri for 1892 received a two-page notice. Due attention was paid to the Address of Grand Master Ingram, and to our Masonic Home in :Missouri. Referring to this Institution, of which Missouri Masons are so proud, he said, "We take'off our hats to you, Brethren of Missouri, and say to you, 'God speed,' and pray for God's blessing upon you." The labors of the committee ended with a most admirably written conclusion, in which he discussed the question of "perpetual jurisdiction." The brief but unanswerable argument furnished by Brother Clarke ought to have great weight in settli~g this much unsettled question. He truly struck the keynote of the issue when he presented the inquiry, "Who has the right to prescribe the qualifications of a candidate for the mysteries of Freemasonry." His a nswer was as natural as the question was plain, viz., "The governing body." That governing body being the Grand Lodge, alone has authority to make laws for the government of the Lodges under its jurisdiction, which receive petitions from various applicants. This settles the whole controversy. Brother Clarke very properly shows that each Grand Jurisdiction is sovereign in its own territory, and in this case, its laws can have no "extra-territorial force." In other ,vords, one Grand Lodge, while legislating for the government of the Craft within its territory, cannot extend its laws or projeet its authority beyond the limits of its own jurisdiction and into the territory of another Grand Lodge. Brother Clarke quoted as an illustration, Chancellor Kent, an eminent law writer, who made a decision respecting the operations of certain laws governing divorce, not being extended beyond the limits of the State where they exercised a governing power. I quite agree with Brother Clarke respecting the claim of certain Grand Lodges, that this is a strange and inconsistent doctrine. It would follow, adopting the dogma of perpetual jurisdiction teachers, that more respect should be. shown the laws of the jurisdiction foreign to our own, than to the legitimate authority of our local Grand Lodge. And as a consequence of this concession, we would admit the right of, a sister jurisdiction to annul the laws of our o\'m Grand Body.

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I close this notice of Brother Clarke's first report with most cordial assurances of appreciation, and add, he who can write as he has done, must think, as he certainly has done.

M. W. BRO . .J AS. 'V. STATON, Brookville, Grand Master. H. B. GRANT, Louisville, Grand Secretary. W. W. CLARKE, Owensboro, Committee on Correspondence.

LOUISIANA, EIGHTY-SECOND ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The handsome Journal sent out by Brother Lambert, the Grand Secretary, opens with the minutes of the Lodge of Sorrow held in St. Charles Theatre, New Orleans, April 29, 1893. The Grand Lodge at its previous session had indicated a wish for such Lodge to be held, in memory of deceased Brethren, more especially Past Grand Masters, ,vho had departed this life within the last few years. This Lodge of Sorrow was convened as provided for, and presided over by 1\1. W. Bro. George W. Bolton, Grand Master. Tributes were paid to the memories of M. 'V. Bros. Lobdell, Vvhitaker, Girard, Fleming and Hornor. A lon~ list of deceased members of Lodges was furnished, thus enumerating the loss sustained by the Fraternity at large in the jurisdiction. The eighty-second annual session convened in the city of New Orleans, and was held in the ne\v ..Masonic Temple, commencing February 12, 1894. Brother Geo. 'V. Bolton, the Grand Master, presided, and Brother Richard Lambert was Grand Secretary. The .Tournal shows Representatives present during the ~ession from seventyeight Lodges. The J Olunal of Proceedings contains, in addition to the transactions of the Grand Lodge, the membership of the jurisdiction by Lodges, together with the Constitution, By-Laws and Edicts of the Grand Lodge. The membership in the State was reported at 5,1.9G, indicating a ~ain of some 600. I make out the number of Lodges in the jurisdiction to be 117. ADDRESS.

Grand Master Bolton presented a fine business message of twenty pages, embracing a detail of official acts durin~ his administration. The message contains the statement that peace and harmony prevailed

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among the Lodges of the jurisdiction, while a fair degree of prosperity had attended their labors. A record was made of the death of .,Tames Cunningham Batchelor, Grand Secretary of that jurisdiction for some twenty years. Brother Batchelor was made a l\1ason in Alabama forty years ago. Having given up the position of Grand Secretary of Louisiana, and moved to Washington City some time previous to his death, he was identified with Scottish Rite Masonry, having succeeded the late illustrious Albert Pike as the head of that Institution. The Grand Master announced the unexpected death of their Grand Senior Warden, Brother 'Vm. T. Benedict. A memorial tribute was rendered during the session in honor of these Brethren, and memorial pages ordered set apart in the Proceedings, to commemorate their lives and characters. The Grand Master stated that their relations with other Grand Lodges were friendly and cordial. Some official rulings were submitted and duly considered by the Committee on Jurisprudence. These rulings were generally approved, as correct interpretations of the Law. An applicant for the degrees had authorized a member of a Lodge to sign his name. The Master of said Lod~e decided that such authority was sufficient, and that the petition thus signed was valid. The Grand l\Iaster ruled to the contrary, and held that said. petition never \vas properly before the Lodge, and any action taken thereon was null and void. I do not see how he could have ruled otherwise. In response to some inquiry, he correctly decided that every candidate for the degrees of Masonry must have resided in the State at least one year previous to his application. In response to inquiries as to the eligibility of petitioners for the degrees, who were maimed, and defective i.n physical organization, the Grand Master quoted the previous action of the Grand Lodge, which requires "that a candidate should be able to see, hear, feel and ",ralk, 路and should be in such possession of his physical and mental faculties as will enable him to fully prove both himself and others, and be enabled thereby to obtain a living, that he may not become a charge to the Order." The question of joint occupancy in that jurisdiction, as in this, had given more or less trouble to those in authority. The Grand Master said the restrictions imposed by the Grand Lodge had rendered it difficult to determine what was best to be done in each instance. His conclusion was that it would be better if Brethren would determine to relieve themselves of the necessity of occupying halls with other organizations. This is good advice; it were well if all the Lodges in all the Grand Jurisdictions of the land could follow it, but in many G. L. AP.-3.

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instances in this jurisdiction, to require Lodges thus to dissolve all connection with other organhations in the occupancy of halls, would be to destroy a very large portion of our constituent Lodges. In two instances only, did the Grand Master issue permission for the conferring of degrees out of time. This was done to enable a Lodge to have the benefit of the instruction furnished by the Grand Lecturer. He being present on given occasions, exemplified the work of the three degrees by conferring them upon the respective candidates. The Grand Master stated t.hat he granted such perrnis~ion with reluctance, believing that anyone receiving the degrees in such a manner, rarely becomes proficient in the work. Dispensations had been ordered for the creation of five new Lodges. These Lodges were severally chartered by the Grand Lodge during its session. Reference was made in the Address to the finances of the Grand Lodge. The Body was referred, for particulars on this subject, to the reports of the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary. The Grand Master announced further that their finances were in a healthy condition, and that the revenues of the Grand Lodge had been more than sufficient to pay expenses. He recorded a pleasant incident which shows the generosity of the Fraternity, wherein it is found that tl;e {-i-rand Lodge of Montana, forwarded a contribution of $100.00 for the relief of snffen~rs from the storm that had swept the Southern coast. The state of the Order in Louisiana was proclaimed to be in as flourishing a condition as could be expected under the circumstances. The increase of membership had not been rapid, yet it kept pace with that of the last five or six years. Several new Lodges had been organized, with good prospects of success, and the Lodges which had promptly paid Grand Lodge dues, showed a healthy condition. A very kind rnention was made by the 'Grand Master of the Louisiana Board of relief and its good work highly commended. TIe made the suggestion that the Grand Lodge appropriate means to assist this Board in its noble work, provided the finances would justify it. Later in the session, the Committee on Accounts recommended an appropriation of $200.00 for said Board of Relief, and the award was accordingly made. The Reports of the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary are found in the .Journal, showing the financial condition of the body, while the Heport of Brother Lambert as Grand Secretary, furnishes an amount of detailed information very full and complete. He said that nearly all of the Lodges had made returns and paid dues for J8!)3; the reports showing an in(~rease in membership, and returns more correctly prepared.

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The charter of one Lodge, by reason of its dereliction as to returns and dues for several years, was revoked. The Report of the Directors of the Grand Lodge Hall was furnished, but does not contain a detailed account of its condition, either as to producing revenue or its expenses. In my review of. the Louisiana Proceedings last year, mention was made of a suit pending against the Grand Lodge property for taxes. From the .Journal now under review, it seems that a decision had been rendered by the local court adversely to the Grand Lodge. The intention was expressed by the Board of Directors to appeal the case to the State Supreme Court, and from that court, to the ~upreme Court of the United States, if the State Supreme Court decision is adverse. It was the purpose of the Board to take out an injunction against the State and city, if necessary, prohibiting the sale of the Temple property for taxes. An effort was made during the session to increase the compensation of the Grand Lecturer from $1,200 to $2,400 per annum; but the attempt failed, and the salary of the Grand Lecturer remained the same as before. The principle was affirmed by the Committee on Jurisprudence, and adopted by the Grand Lodge, that while in office, the 'V. M. of a Lodge can in no case be put on trial by said Lodge. His trial on any charge, whatever the nature of it may be, belong!'> exclusively to the Grand Lodge. The "V. M. of one of the Lodges in that jurisdiction, introduced a Whereas, declaring "the sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage as antagonistic to the morals of any country, and in direct opposition to the principles of Freemasonry, lowering, instead of raising, the moral standard." The resolution following this preamble was that, "any member of the "J1asonic Fraternity in the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, who should engage in the traffic or sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, shall be deemed guilty of a Masonic offense, and shall be and stand suspended." A proviso was attached to the paper, allowing twelve months time to anyone thus engaged to dispose of his business, or change his method of obtaining a livelihood. When my eye lighted on the caption of the paper just quoted from, as found in the Journal, quick as a flash the wonder started in my mind, will the Grand Lodge of Louisiana ever enact such a regulation? Glancing at the record respeeting the document thus introduced, I found the statement that it was "laid over till the next annual session for action." I was not surprised at the direction. thus given the document. I shall be surprised if that paper or anything like it, ever becomes a law in the Grand Jurisdiction of Louisiana. The reasons for such opinion at present, are private property. It appears that there is located in the State of Louisiana, a school called the "Fort Jessup Masonic Institute." A report concerning saiel

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Institute was submitted and ordered printed in the Proceedings. The report states that the institution has made excellent progress during the preceding year. The institute is six years old, and bids fair to become one of the most prosperous and successful training schools of the State, now having 100 st.udents in daily attendance. The object is to establish the school upon a firm basis, and do such work as will commend the institution to the favorable consideration of the public and the :Masonic Fraternity of Louisiana. Most cheerfully ,,,"ould I say, "God speed" the enterprise. A resolution was adopted declaring that a former edict of the Grand Lodge condemning electioneering for Masonic office is still in full force and effect, the Grand Lodge regarding electioneering as a Masonic offense. Such deliverances against this pernicious custom have often been made, yet the custom still obtains. Nearly twenty years ago a party in Missouri desiring to be Grand Secretary, either in person or through a suggested agent, sent out a circular to the Lodges of the State, recommending him for the position of Grand Secretary, recently made vacant by the death of the incumbent. The Grand Master then in office reported this unmasonic act to the Grand Lodge, when a strong declaration was made by the Body against the attempt of a :Masonic huckster, or political aspirant, who SOUgl,lt to ride into office for which he had as little qualification as moral principle. It is enough to say that said party, though a standing candidate for seventeen years, has never succeeded in reaching the goal of his ambition. So intense has been that ambition, that in pursuing his electioneering methods, he has distributed his cards as ballots, at Grand Lodge, and these cards were voted by some in whose hands he placed them. Such a resolution as I am now considering will never prevent electioneering for Masonic office except by the creation of a moral sentiment against such equivocal methods, and educating Masons to look with abhorrence upon the men who attempt to prostitute Freemasonry to such base ends. The election of Grand Officers took plllce on the third day, and near the close of the session; soon followed by the installation of those elected and appointed. M. W. Bro. Chas. F. Buck, Past Grand Master, rendered the ceremonies of installation, when Brother Geo. H. Pack,vood, of Clinton, was inducted into the office of Grand Master; Brother Richard Lambert, New Orleans, Grand Secretary. CORRESPON DENCE.

A review comprising ninety pages was presented and ordered printed in the Journal. This labor was performed by the committee, who has

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for some years furnished what may be termed a "topical" review, instead of following what he denominates the "prevailing Rtyle." If the writer of those reports prefers his "style," those who follow the. "prevailing style" have no right to complain:" An examination of the report proves that it is very much easier to appr'OI)riate extracts from the Journals reviewed, and furnish sparse comments, than to undergo the labor of assimilating the thoughts of other writers and presenting them in continuous form.

MARYLAND. I have before me the Journal of this Grand Lodge, which contains the proceedings of the One Hundred and Seventh Annual Communication, and an elegantly arranged programme of the dedication of the new Masonic Temple.

This event occurred on the 12th of September, 1893, in the city of Baltimore. The Brethren had suffered a great misfortune at some time previous, by the destruction of their Masonic Temple. Struggling through embarrassments, and throwing off the repressions inci<1ent to such a loss, the Fraternity erected a new and better structure for its inspiration and pleasure. The dedication took place on the above mentioned date, and was conducted by that prince of Grand Masters, ::\1. W. Bro. Thomas J. Shryock. The Maryland Brethren honored themselves and pleased the Masonic public, by placing a fine engraving of this irrepressible and tireless Masonic worker as a frontispiece in the J ouma!. A handsome picture is also furnished of their new Temple, while striking and attractive views of the interior of the structure are exhibited. Grand Master Shryock delivered a very complete Address on the occasion, gi ving a description of their successful endeavors to erect and cvmplete their new Temple. The orator of the day, was M. W. Bro. Richard Vaux, Past Grand Master of Pennsylvania. His Address was characteristic, lofty in tone, pure in thought, and Masonic in spirit. It was just like Brother Vaux .. The One hundred and seventh Annual Communication opened in the new Masonic Temple in Baltimore, on the 21st of November, 1893. Brother Shryock, the Grand Master, presided, and Brother Jacob H. Medairy was Grand Secretary. The record says there were present "a due repre~entation of Lodges." From the abstract furnished by the Grand Secretary, it is learned that there are 6,396 members in that jnrisdiction, though the number of Lodges is not given.

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The Grand :Master furnished an Annual Message to the Body covering thirteen pages, which contains an account of the dedication of the Temple, and several business items connected with its finances. From his statements respecting the cost of the building, H is learned that the same will be between $200,000 and $220,000. The floating indebtedness, was estimated .at somethin~ like $40,000. A bond issue of $100,000 had been made, and all floating indebtedness provided for. The income of the Grand Lodge being largely increased, the Board of 'Nlanagers set apart the rent of stores in the Temple for the paynlent of interest on the bonds issued. The Grand Master said, in his judgment the finances of the Grand Lodge were in a first-class condition. That such a result has been gained, the Fraternity in that jurisdiction may acknowledge ,vith justice and propriety the invaluable services and superb man~gement of their chief, Thos. J. Shryock, Grand Master. Like the lamented Davidson of Georgia, and the efficient Frank Lawrence and John vV. Vrooman of New York, the Maryland Fraternity rnay regard Brother Shryock as the Moses who has led them safely through the wilderness of doubt, depression and disaster, to the borders of the promised land of success, prosperity and future triumphs. Grand Master Shryock reported a few decisions, all of which were cordially approved upon recommendation of the proper committee. Questions were presented for his consideration, and briefly and tersely answered. To one question, his response '.. . ag pertinent and proper. It was asked, "Can' a Brother who has committed suicide because of defalcation, be. buried with Masonic honors?" He said, "My reply was, no, and I am constrained to believe that Masonic burial should be denied to any Brother who has not led an upright and honest life, and reHected credit upon the Fraternity during his lifetime." This sounds to the present writer, like old time Masonry. For the Masonic Fraternity to bury a member with the honors and ceremonies of the Craft, who has led a life disgraceful alike to himself and the Brotherhood, is a mockery, and a publication of the scandal which ]VTasons themselves have winked at and thereby perpetuate. Let the members of the Fraternity kno\\', that if they disgrace themselves in life, they cannot be honored in death. The better plan, to avoill any questions that might arise in connection with a case of this character, is for the Lodge to get rid of all such unworthy material, and thus wash its hands of characters of this kind. The Grand Master reported quite a number of dispensations gra.nted; among them were several to confer degrees out of time.

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The Grand Lecturer of the jurisdiction submitted reports at different times during his term of service, to his Chief, and these were published in the Proceedings. The delegates to the Fraternal Congress at Chicago submitted a report, which we find in the Journal, followed by the conclusions of said Congress. Charters were granted to three Lodges which had been serving under dispensations. The United Grand Lodge of Victoria was accorded recognition, upon the recommendation of the Committee on Correspondence. The election of officers took place at this session, which with their installation, closed the labors of the One Hundred and Seventh Annual Communication. The Semi-annual session 'of the Grand Lodge is yet to follow, at which time the Report on Correspondence will appear. Hoping to receive the Proceedings of that communication in time for examination and review, I herewith close my brief notice of the Journal under consideration. The Grand Mastcr and Grand Secretary were both re-elected, and reside in Baltimore.

MASSACHUSETTS. SPECIAL COMMUNICATION.

A called communication of the Grand Lodge was held in the Masonic Temple, Roston, on the first day of August, 1893. The record says, "It was for the purpose of attending the funeral services of our late GrandMaster, 1\1. \V. Bro. Richard Briggs." After announcing the object of the meeting, the Brethren were formed in procession, and repaired to the church, where religions services were conducted by Rev. Edward Everett Hale, who paid a tender and appropriate tribute to the departed, whom he had known from boyhood. The remains were subsequently conveyed to Forest Hills Cemetery, and deposited in a receiving tomb temporarily. A Quarterly Communication was held in the Masonic Temple,

Roston, commencing the thirteenth day of September, 1893, and was presided over by Brother Harvey N. Shepard, D. G. :M. There was a full representation of Lodges. A distinguished visitor was present, the Past Grand Master of tpe Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia, M. W. Bro. Jno. ""V. Laurie. Tn response to a formal welcome, he delivered a very interesting Address. '

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A l\iemorial Service was held during this communication, in honor of their late deceased Grand Master, Brother Briggs. The presiding officer, Brother Shepard, addressed the Grand Lodge at some length. An interesting sketch of the life of Brother Briggs was furnished by the Memorial Committee, followed by an appropriate talk made by Rev. Lucius R. Paige, now in his ninety-second year. The Committee on Address of Grand Master Wells, rendered in 189:2, submitted a report which was approved and printed. The Journal contains an account of a special session held at Springfield, in October, for the purpose of dedicating the new Masonic Temple in that city. Another special session was held, to observe the semi-centennial, or fiftieth anniversary; of the Institution of Star of Bethlehem Lodge. An Address was delivered by Brother Shepard, its composition being made up of matter taken from the memoranda left by the late Grand :Master, Brother Richard Briggs. In the Journal is found a fiscal exhibit, concerning the Temple in Boston. This building is assessed at $561,000. Its increased valuation amounted to $19,000. The income in the way of rents amounts to some $50,000. The Grand Secretary's statistical exhibit showed 232 Lodges on the roll, five of which are in foreign countries. The number of affiliated members amounted to 33,936, showing a gain of 1,251 for the year. The Grand Lodge voted the sum of $10,000 out of its surplus receipts to the "Masonic Education and Charity Trust." At this session the officers for the ensuing year were elected. The expectation naturally existed that Brother Shepard, the Acting Grand l\'laster, would be the successor of the deceased Brother Briggs. T~o ballots having been taken and no choice secured, Brother Shepard withdrew his name, and upon the third ballot Brother 0, Eo Weld was elected. The Grand Lodge adopted a regulation cutting off dual membership, "except such l\fasons as are members of Lodges located in foreign countries, such Lodges being in obedience to the Grand Lodge of l\f assachusetts." An appropriation for charity was made, amounting to $500, and placed under the supervision of the Board of Directors of the Grand Lodge. STATED COMMUNICATION.

The Stated Communicatjon of 'the Grand Lodge was held Decembel' 21, 1893, at which session the Deputy Grand l\laster, Brother Harvey N. Shepard, presided. Brother S. C. Nickerson was Grand Secre-

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tary. It was announced that the purpose of the communication was the installation of Grand Officers and the celebration of the Feast of St. John, the Evangelist. The Grand Officers having been installed, at 6 o'clock, P. M. the Brethren were called ir~m labor to refreshment, when a procession was formed, and moved to the Grand Banquet Hall, where the feast was observed according to custom. At 9 :30 the feast and speeches being ended the Grand Lodge resumed labor, and was closed in "AMPLE FORM." OTIS E. 'VELD, Boston, Grand l\iaster, SERENO D. NICKERSON, Boston, Grand Secreatry.

MICHIGAN. FIFTIETH ANNUAL COM'MUNICATION.

The Grand Lodge convened in the city of Saginaw, on the twentythird day of January, 1894. The Grand Master, Brot.her George E. Dowling, was present and presided. BrotherJeffcrson Conover, Grand Secretary, was at his post. There were in attendance fourteen Past Gi'and Masters, with other Past Grand Officers, and representatives of a large number of Lodges. The. Grand Secretary, as heretofore, furnished a large, handsome and well arranged volume of Proceedings, in g.ood time. This annual eontains over 500 pages. From the recapitulation of the Grand Secretary, it is found that there are 376 Lodges on the roll, with a membership of 35,517. That the Fraternity made grand progress in that jurisdiction during the year is evidenced by the fact that there was a net gain of 1,045. The Journal contains the minutes of sevGral special communications, one of which was the saddest ever held in that jurisdiction. On the second day of Angust, ]8n3~ in the city of Grand Rapids, there passed out from life a leading and representative citizen, as well as Mason, Gen. 'William P. Innes, Past Grand Secretary and Past Grand :Master. The Grand Lodge was convened on the sixth of the month, and presided over by Grand Master Dowling, who conducted the Masonic funeral ceremonies. Gen. Jno. C. Smith, of Chicago, Past Grand Master of Illinois, was p"resent, and acted as Grand Marshal. Last year I devoted considerable space in my report in reviewing the able and very extensive Address of M. W. Bro. Innes, who had recently closed a remarkably able administration as Grand Master 0

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:Masons in the State of 1Iichigan. It now becomes my sad duty to chronicle his death, which occurred at his home 'as above stated. I deeply mourn the loss of one whom I never met, yet whom I seem to have known intimately through many years. As a writer on Correspondence, as a Grand Secr~tary, and as a Grand Master, Brother Innes filled a large space in American Freemasonry. His name and works will long abide as his monument, and he wW be held in cherished remembrance by the Fraternity of that jurisdiction. Grand Master Dowling, who, in making mention of their great loss in his Annual Address, knew him intimately and well, said, "Past Grand Master Innes was the ideal man." In all the relations of life he stood pre-eminent; v.:hether in the domestic circle, now broken and darkened by death, or as a citizen, patriot, soldier and Mason, he might well be considered as the crowning pride of Michigan 11asonry. It was said by the Grand Master that if his }{asonic history were fully written it would almost be the history of l.\1asonry in that State. He had served as the chief officer in all the Grand Bodies-Grand Commander, Grand High Priest and Grand Master. He had served as Grand Secretary perhaps twenty years, and in the position of Committee on Correspondence, he had developed wonderful abilities as a thinker and writer. In the course uf his interesting Address, the Grand Master said, in view of the inroads made by death upon the ranks of the Fraternity at home and in sister jurisdictions, he had deemed it appropriate to prepare for a "Michigan Masonic Memorial Service.': Preparations having been completed on the evening of the first day's session, such service was held, and presided over by the Grand Master, in the presence of the members of the Grand Lodge and citizens of Saginaw. The Grand Master delivered a very touching and appropriate Address. This was followed by eulogies in honor of Brother Innes, delivered by Past Grand l\'fasters Champlin, ~:lcCl1rdy, Mitchell and others. The Grand Lodge having lost its Grand Chaplain during the year, Rev. Geo. J. McCandless, together with Past Deputy Grand Master, S. B. Brown, tributes in memory of these deceased Brethren were likewise paid at the Memorial Service above mentioned. To the memory . of the 450 deceased 'Masons of that jurisdiction, Brother Conover, the Grand Secretary, offered a very appropriate memorial tribute. In the Annual Address of the Grand Master, there are recorded forty-two official rulings made in response to questions submitted to him. These were all approved' by the proper committee, with the exception of three, which were subjected to very slight alterations. To the various queries propounded to the Grand Master, his replies were brief and terse. I cannot help recording a pleasing endorsement

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of his decisions, not only account of their accuracy, but from the pertinency of his replies. I must record an opinion differing from one conclusion reached by Brother Dowling, respeeting the restoration of a member who had been suspended for non-payment of dues. He held that the delinquent must 1).ot only pay up his dues to the date of suspension, but that the Lodge might require him to pay in addition an amount eqnal to the sum of his dues during the period of his suspension. I must enter my unqualified protest to any such exactions made of a party who is under the condemnation of the Law and totally disfranchised. As he cannot, during the period of suspension, enjoy any of the rights, privileges or benefits, why require of him payment for things he does not receive? As illustrating the terseness of his expressions, I quote the following: The question was asked: "Can we change our Lodge meeting-place to a room over a saloon?" Here is the answer: "No, not during my administration." Of course that sort of reply suits this writer, especially as he said their law prohibited Lodges from meeting over saloons. I may say, "This is better, and more of it." The question was submitted, whether he would grant permission to ballot for and confer the degrees on a party who had not resided within the jurisdiction the required time. His answer was, "No, never while a drop of red blood remains in my yeins." I inf,er from one ruling that the Grand Master held to the doctrine of perpetual jnrisdiction over rejected material. The question was asked if a rejected candidate could apply to any other Lodge than the one that rejected him. His answer was, yes, he may apply, but the Lodge receiving his application can not ballot on his petition without the consent and reconunendation of the Lodge that rejected him. This. doctrine is about as far from our Missouri views as that held by Pennsylvania. The Grand Master brought to the attention of the Grand Lodge the subject of the Masonic Home. From the terms employed while treating this interest, it is clearly evident that he was very much enlisted in behalf of that enterprise. Having visited the institution and made careful observations, he found evidence of economy in management and maintenance. There was plenty, without prodigality, together with the comforts of a home without its cares. He urged upon the Brethren the necessity of cherishing and nourishing that great :Masonic charity. Having commended the Michigan Masonic Home to the consideration of the Grand Lodge, as worthy of, and entitled to, its hearty support and assistance, he l'ecommended that such cooperation be made in its beha.lf as might be considered proper.

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'While on this subject, I may as well condense and bring to view the treatment of it by and during the session of the Grand Lodge. I think no injustice is done by me in making the statement that the Grand Lodge of. Michigan, as a body, has shown a purpose not to have much to do with that great institution-an institution in behalf of which such a broad-minded, intelligent and liberal-hearted Mason as our late Brother \Vm. P. Innes had expended time and labor to the fullest . possible extent, without fee or reward. The Grand Secretary made mention of the Home in his report, and reached what this writer regards as a very practical conclusion. He said it was apparent that the theory of maintaining their great Masonic charity by voluntary contributions had proved a failure. If the Grand Lodge desired to continue providing for the maint.enance of the Home, some other method of raising the necessary funds must be adopted. Brother Conover submitted a proposition to increase their per capita dues to fifty cents per member, and out of funds thus raised, appropriate annually twenty cents per capita. That Grand Lodge, with a membership of over 35,000, levies an annual assessment upon its members of only thirty cents. Brother Conover proposed to add twenty cents per member annually, in behalf of the Home. It is in order to record at this point, the fact that his proposition was favorably reported upon by the committee proposing to change the law for that purpose. A vote was taken on this proposed change of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, and not being seconded by the required number of Lodges, the resolution failed.

Past Grarid :Master Chamberlain presented a resolution asking the creation of a committee of fifteen, whose duty it should be to report amendments to their laws, looking to the securing of a Charity Fund in behalf of the Home. On motIon this proposal was tabled. At a later period of the session, Brother Champlin, Past Grand Master, offered a resolution, which was adopted, directing the funds in the hands of the Grand Treasurer, collected for the benefit of the Home, to be paid out in accordance with a like donation of the Grand Lodge at. its last session. Finally, upon motion of Brother Kelly, it was resolved that the Grand Master be authorized to appoint a commission of twelve Master Masons, whose duty it should be to devise a plan or system for the expenses, control and management of the Masonic Home by the Grand Lodge. Such committee was appointed, and will report at the 'next annual communication. During the year the Grand 'Master had created two Lodges under dispensation, which, with one continued from the last term, received charters. The Grand Master reported that he had granted dispensations

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in several instances, to confer degrees out of time. He said that twenty-three special Grand Communications had been held for the purpose of laying corner-stones, dedicating halls, installa:tion of officers, etc. A case was submitted by him to the"Grand Lodge for its action, reminding one of the famous case brought to our attention last year by the Grand Master of Pennsylvania. A party had been rejected by a Pennsylvania Lodge, but had, while residing in the State of l\:fichigan, been made a member of a Lodge at a given point, and had twice served the Lodge as its Master. The fact that this Pennsylvania rejected material had ~otten to be a Mason in Michigan, was considered an honorable member of the Lodge, and so highly honored as to serve the Lodge as its Master for two terms, having reached the ears of the Pennsylvania Grand Master, he immediately wrote to the Grand Master of Michigan on the subject. The latter official directed the Lodge to prefer charges against the' said Brother for perpetrating a fraud upon the Michigan Lodge in that he had not told that he had ever been rejected in Pennsylvania. The Lodge tried and acquitted him. Upon being notified of his acquittal, the Grand Master of Pennsylvania. announced that he would immediately issue an order to all the Lodges in Pennsylvania, forbiddin~ them to have anything to do, Masonically, with the aforesaid party. If that so-called offender had come to Missouri and served the Lodge two years as its Master, or even been nothing more than a Mason in good standing, the Pennsylvania Grand Master would find his claim duly and fully answered by a deliverance made by the Grand Lodge of Missouri at its last session. 路In concluding a notice of this case, I may be allowed to say, that the Grand Lodge of Missouri does not recognize the very feeble doctrine of perpetual jurisdiction. The reader is referred to the able report on that subject rendered to our Grand Lodge at its last session by Past Grand Master Brother R. F. Stevenson, and duly adopted. I must not omit to mention the fact here in connection with the case above described, thai the Grand Lodge of Michigan, by resolution, ordered the Lodge to send up an appeal from its action in acquitting its honorable W. M. for not telling that he had been rejected in Pennsylvania. Suppose said Lodge declines to take an appeal from its own action, acquitting its honorable Past Master, will the Grand Lodge of Michigan arrest its charter for refusing to appeal from its own verdict? It may be inferred from the temper manifested in this case by the Grand Lodge of Michigan, that if it becomes possessed of the case by an appeal from the Lodge, this honorable Brother will be cast out into the rubbish as unsuited material in the Temple of Freemasonry. The conclusions to which I am driven in mind from such unjustifiable premises, are that they are ridiculous and unmasonic.

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The Grand Secretary, Brother Conover, presented a splendid business report, embracing in detail a variety of general items, together with a carefully prepared fiscal exhibit. He had forwarded to the Lodges in the jurisdiction, circulars in behalf of the ::Vrasonic Horne, appealing for donations to that institution. I should think he felt what he said was tfl1e, "that the responses of the Lod~es to this call have not been of the most satisfactory character." Out of the large number of Lodges in the State, eighty-four had contributed the sum of $1,400; twenty-five had declined to make any contributions, and 263 had utterly ignored the call, Speaking of the condition of the Craft in the jurisdiction, he said, notwithstanding the financial distress which had prevailed, the returns of the Lodges showed a gratifying increase in membership, and a good record of work done during the year. He wa's gratified to report that the Secretaries of Lodges had done fairly well in forwaruing their retnrns. While all had not met their oblig~tions within the time prescribed by the Grand Lodge law, yet at the time of making his report, only five Lodges were delinquent, and these reported during the session. A proposition was submitted to the Grand Lodge' looking to the creation of "Emeritus Membership," applying to such as had reached the age of seventy years, and that thereafter, any Brethren of that age should be exempt from the payment of Lodge dues, and the Grand Lodge should not exact the annual per capita tax. This proposition was voted upon and rejected. The Grand Lecturer, Brother A..M. Clark, Past Grand Master, submitted a long and thoroughly systematized report of his labors during the preceding term. A committee, through its Chairman, Brother Mitchell, Past Grand Master, submitted a report looking to the celebration of the semi-centennial of the Grand Lodge. The report was adopted and the time fixed for the observance of said ceremonies, which will be in January, 1895, in connection with the annual communication of the Grand Lodge. This writer hopes to be there. Upon a special report rendered by Brother Conover, Committee on Correspondence, the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was recognized as a legally organized sovereign Grand Lodge, and welcomed into the sisterhood of American Grand Lodges. It was recommended that an interchange of Grand Representatives be effected. I presume that Brother Conover has learned before this that said young sister Grand Lodge has concluded to have nothing to do with her older sisters and relations through the Grand Representative system.

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Quite a lengthy Report on Appeals and Grievances is found in the

.J ournal, also a carefully prepared tribute to the deceased members of the Grand Looge, rendered by the Committee on Obituaries. The total revenues, as shown by the Committee on Finance, including balance from last year, footed up $22,514. The pay-roll for the year was within a fraction of $7,000. The expenses for the previolls year aggregated nearly $14,000. The Grand Lodge appropriated $100 out of its funds to aid in erecting a monument to mark the resting-place of Past Grand Master, S. C. Coffinberry. A resolution was adopted by a rising vote, ordering the Grand Secretary to have prepared and present to the retiring Grand Master, Brother Dowling, a suitable Past Grand Master's jewel, as an expression of the confidence and esteem in which he was held by the Grand Lodge. Greatly to the surprise of Brother Dowling, the Grand Secretary had the jewel already prepared, called up the recipient and delivered to him such an address as I have never met with or heard before. The honorable recipient just having retired from the chair, could not exercise his official power over the Grand Secretary any longer, and Brother Conover, not having the fear of Brother Dowling before his eyes, pitched into him. It was by all odds the sharpest presentation speech of the day. lIe accused the Grand Master of having tortured him during the term, both in mind and flesh, by his numerous and lengthy letters, charging "the Grand Master with being the greatest letter-writer of the nineteenth century." Brother Conover said he had been deluged with letters, sometimes at the rate of three or four per day, and running from three to twentyeight pages in length, which proved thereby that "the pen is mightier than the sword." . The Grand Secretary having no election, ,vas compelled, like the immortal six hundred who rode into the Valley of Death, "to do or die." After all this sharp practice on his helpless and defenseless subject, he graciously forgave aU the sharp-pointed persecution received, and threw the bright mantle of charity over the past, while he placed upon the breast of the recipient a handsome jewel, as expressive of the appreciation of 35,000 Masons of Michigan. He admonished Brother Dowling, as he would wander and muse among the quiet walks and peaceful shades, upon the banks of his classic "Buttermilk Creek," not to forget his Brethren of the Craft, but remember that while he had been filling the place once occupied by King Solomon, he was no longer King, but only a member beloved, and Brother honored by the Fraternity of .Michigan. CORRESl'OSDENCE.

The annual review, covering 291 pages, was made by ::\1. \\T. Bro. Jefferson S. Conover, Committee. He examined and carefully noted all matters of interest found in sixty-one Grand Lodge .Journals, forty-

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eight of which were American and thirteen foreign. Brother Conover is overcoming the "nervous apprehension" felt by him in his first review as a committee. The assurance is cordially given him by this writer that his extensive and labored report is not only highly appreciated, but warmly commended. It has been kindly and fraternally received by the reportorial guild. The report differs from the work of his illustrious predecessor, Brother Innes, who was noted for his frequent use of the scissors. Brother Conover makes but few extracts in the preparation of his work; being largely written, it shows that his mind took in the numerous and varied points found in the different Grand Lodge Journals. He has the happy faculty of running things through his own mental mill and leaving his imprint on all matter deemed worthy of consideration. Our Grand Lodge Proceedings for 1893 were closely examined, and all our transactions, worthy of notice, duly observed. He gave us the benefit of twelve pages of his space, incorporating therein numerous extracts from our Journal, and appropriated for the benefit of his readers, the correspondence between our Grand Master, Brother Parson, and the Grand Master of Pennsylvania, Rrother Arnold. In addition he copied the entire report of our Committee on the Pennsylvania controversy. Making reference to this writer, he calls him the "model Grand Secretary," and says he has no competitor in the time of getting out Proceedings. After mentioning the brief time in which our Grand Lodge Proceedings were printed and mailed, he said, "Brother Vincil, you are a brick; yes, you are several bricks. You stand alone." ,Vith due appreciation of this compliment, I must say to Brother Conover that while I enjoy the pleasure derived from quick work in sending out Grand Lodge Proceedings, I could wish myself not singular in this respect; I would rather not "stand alone." Due attention was paid to all items of interest found in our Journal, togethel with a very kind compliment paid to Brother Wm. F. Kuhn, our Grand Orator, and his oration delivered at the last Grand Lodge session of Missouri. He said, "It was an eloquent and interesting Address, and we bad a part of it marked for giving to our readers." Lack of space prevented the desired appropriation. I beg to acknowledge an oversight which appeared in my hist review of Michigan, in commenting on the meager salary of their Grand Secreta路ry. It seems that that Grand Body had increa~ed the salary of the Grand Secretary, thereby affording some just compensation for the vast and varied labors performed by him.

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Having expended considerable time and space in reviewing the business transactions of the Grand Lodge of Michigan, I cannot give further attention to the interesting Report of Brother Conover. I close with warm expressions of appreciation o(his superior labors as Grand Secretary and las a writer on Correspondence, ana. record with pleasure the fact that he is continued in the same position, as Committee on Correspondence. 路WM. II. PHILLIPS, Menominee, Grand Master. JEFFERSON S. CONOVER, Coldwater, Grand Secretary.

MINNESOTA. FCRTY-FIRST ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Grand Secretary states in the opening of his record that 183 Lodges were represented, out of 194 on the roll. He reported in his statistical table, the total membership of the jurisdiction at 14,001, showing a gain of 475 for the term. 'With 194 Lodges, and a membership of 14,000, the average in that jurisdiction is very good, being over seventy to the Lodge. The Grand Secretary said the largest Lodge had a membership of 674-the largest in the United States. The Forty-first Annual Communication was held in the city of St. Paul, commencing on the 10th of January, 1894. M. 路W. Bro. 'Vm路. F. Dickinson was Grand Master. His picture graces the Journal as a frontispiece. Brother Thos. Montgomery was Grand Secretary. There were present, several Past Grand Masters, with other Past Grand Officers. An Address of ten pages was furnished by the Grand Master, embracing many and varied business matters submitted by him to the Body. He recorded the loss sustained by the Fraternity in the death of Brothers J. B. Cummings and P.P. Hubbell, Past Deputy Grand Masters. An appropriate tribute was paid to the memory of these deceased Brethren by the Committee on Obituaries. The Grand Master reported the granting of four dispensations for the institution of new Lodges. The Committee on Lodges U. D., reported favorably on the work done by these new bodies, and upon such report, charters were granted them. Four official decisions were reported and passed upon by the Committee on Jurisprudence, which amrmed two and reversed two of his rulings. A candidate who had

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lost the first finger of his right hand, was deemed ineligible for initiation, the discovery being made after his election. The Grand Master said the party could not be initiated. The committee overruled his decision, saying, "Your committee are of the opinion that the loss of the first finger of the right hand is not such a dismemberment as will debar the applicant for the degrees of Masonry." The finding of the committee was approved by the Grand Lodge. This is a liberal view of the law governing physical perfection. It will not suit the physical perfectionists in many of our Grand Lodges. The question to this writer is, whether the finger was so far mutilated as to rel~der it im possi hIe for the candidate to recei ve instruction as to the token necessarily accompanying the degree. It is well known that I am liberal, almost to extremes, respecting the ability of candidates to conform literally to the requirements of onr aneient institution; but we must draw the line somewhere, and the case above mentioned is certainly very near the dividing line between the two classes in our Fraternity who differ so widely as to physica) qualifications or disqualifications. The second decision of Grand )Jaster Dickinson was made in reply to a question respecting an E. A., who ha(l lost his left arm after the degree had been conferred. The Grand l\1"aster decided that he could not be advanced, being unable to comply with the H.itual. This decision was likewise overruled by the committee, which held that sneh casualty, occurring after a Brother had been initiated, should not debar him from receiving the remaining degrees. They said that while the dismemberrnent would debar the Lodge from receiving his petition yet after his admission into the Order, he should be entitled to advancement. This view was also approved by the Grand Lodge. The remaining decisions of the Grand Master received the endorsement of the committee and the Grand Lodge. Attention was called by the Grand }Iaster to the W"idows' and Orphans' Fund, and the' necessary legislation to protect that fund, now amounting to about $12,000. From the statements made by 1.he Grand l'.faster respecting the work and lectures of the degrees, it is evident that attention to this interest was one of the necessities pressing upon the Grand Lodge. The subject was refe'rred to a committee, and a report rendered thereon, which was adopted. It contained a recommendation that the Grand Lodge create a "Board of Custodians" of the work, consisting of five Brethren, to be appointed by the Grand :l\Iaster. The duties assigned such Board were to hold a session one week annually, to rehearse and establish the work and lectures. These cllstodians were authorized to visit Lodges and give instruction or hold Schools of Instruction, at which, the officers and members of Lodges might attend and qnalify themselves to dispense the Ritual.

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The Grand Master expressed regret that circumstances had rendered his official visits to Lodges quite limited. The Grand Tiler, Brother J. C. Fischer, made a handsome })resent to the Grand Lodge, consisting of columns and other paraphernalia suited for use on public occasions, being his own handiwork. He received the thanks of the Grand Lodge for his gift, and engrossed resolutions ""ere ordered, recognizing his loyalty and liberality. "Brother Jas. F. Lawless, the Grand Orator, delivered an able and eloquent address, for which a vote of thanks was extended, and a copy requested for publication in the Proceedings." So said the record. The address is found in the Appendix to the Journal, and covers nine pages. The Grand Secretary, Brother Montgomery, furnished a capital report, embracing quite a variety of matter interesting to the local Fraternity. He said, "notwithstanding the financial depression and business disaster, the Order has made the usual progress." The gratifying fact is found in his report that returns from all Lodges except four had been received, up to the time. when his books and accounts were closed. Two of the tardy ones had since reported. From the analysis of the returns it was found that 118 Lodges had made net gains, fifteen remaining as before, and sixty-one had lost in membership. The revenues received during his term amounted to $7,845. The Grand Lodge having ordered the preparation of a new Grand Lodge Register, the Grand Secretary announced that such work had been prepared, and the transcribing into it the name::; of all the members of the jurisdiction was well-nigh completed. He had the register present, for Grand Lodge inspection. It is one of the pleasureable recollections of this Grand Secretary, that the Grand Lodge of Missouri was one of the first in the country to adopt, perfect and continue a Grand Lodge Register. It has been found to be invaluable. The Grand Lodge of :Minnesota made a new departure during its session that will doubtless caI1 forth the criticism of some of the correspondents of the country. On the evening of the first day of the session, the Grand Lodge at.tended the public installation of officers of a Chapter of tile Order of Eastern Star. "Many officers and members of the Grand Lodge were present." A musical and literary entertainment followed, which was greatly 路enjoyed. This writer does rrot hesitate to commend and cordially endorse such recognition of our Sisterhood who have organized themselves and operate under the name of the Order of Eastern Star.. A due recognition of these noble workers along the lines peculiar to themselves is just. While Grand Lodge:s may not recognize them as in any sense possessing Masonic attributes identifying them with our Institution, yet such recognition brings

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our "Sister woman" into very close and pleasing relations with us in the good work being done both by our Fraternity and these warmhearted auxiliaries. The Grand Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star of Missonri has contributed largely in the past several years towards the maintenance of our M.asonic Home for 'Vidows and Orphans. If the Divine Teacher could commend and endorse the simple-hearted beneficence of the widow whose contribution was so yery small, surely the God of Masonry ,,,ill honor and recognize Christian womanhood in its enlistment in behalf of our Masonic charities, where widows and orphans are the beneficiaries. The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was duly recognized as a regularly organized Grand Body. This was clone upon a report, presented by Brother Irving Todd, Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence. In adopting the report of the Committee on Jurisprudence, it was ordered that a committee of three members be appointed for revising and re-arranging the Grand Lodge Constitutions and By-Laws; said committee being required to report at the next Annual Communication. The Grand Lodge made numerous and liberal appropriations, footing up quite a large sum. The Grand Master received 8300; the Grand Secretary's salary for 1894 is $1,250; while the Committee on Correspondence received $100. The pay-roll footed up, in round numbers, $2,500. Two thousand dollars was set apart for the Widows' and Orphans' Fund. Some $1,700 was dispensed for the relief of necessitous cases. The Grand Lod~e closed its labors on the evening of the second day of the session, after the installation of officers. Brother Calvin L. Brown, of Morris, was installed Grand :Master; Brother Thomas Montgomery, St. Paul, Grand Secretary; Brother Irving Todd, Chairman of Committee on Correspondence. CORRESPONDENCE.

Brother Irving Todd submitted a report covering 108 pages,'in which he had briefly reviewed the Journals of fifty-five Grand Lodges. 'Vith that number of Journals reviewed in 108 pages, the space allotted to each was necessarily quite limited. Missouri for 1893 received a twopage notice, in which he concisely summarized our transactions. His report, as heretofore, was a summary, interspersed with extracts from the Journals reviewed. Brother Todd is a good reviewer and careful gleaner. I am glad to note, as already stated, that he remains in charge of this department of work for another term.

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M ISSISSI PPI. SEVENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Seventy-six'th Annual Communication was held at Holly Springs, commencing February 15,1894. R. W. Bro. Jno. Y. Murry, Jr., Acting Grand Master. The following note explains why he ,vas called upon to preside:-"Absent: M. W. Bro. Irvin Miller, Grand Master, on account of serious and supposed fatal illness." Brother Jno. L. Power was Gra~d Secretary. There were present ten Past Grand Masters and other Past Grand Officers. Representatives of twenty-six Grand Lodges were enrolled, together with the Representatives of a large number of Subordinate Lodges. The Report of the Grand Secretary shows 252 Lodges on the roll, with an estimated membership of 8,500. Immediately after the opening of the Grand Lod~e, Brother Speed, Past Grand Master, made some appropriate remarks touching the absence and affliction of Grand Master Miller, and offered a resolution, which was adopted, expressive of the sympathy of the Grand Lodge for the atHieted Brother, and also to devise measures for the immediate relief of his family. Under the same resolution a committee was appointed, authorized to carry out the purposes expressed, ,...路 ith Brother Speed as Chairman. Subsequently the committee reported on the resolution, referring to the physical and financial affliction of the Grand Master, and recommended that the sum of $250 be appropriated for the benefit of his household. This report was adopted, when the Acting Grand Chaplain was called upon to offer prayer in behalf of the suffering Grand Master. The intelligence received durin~ the session was very discouraging respecting the condition of Brother :i\iiller, until near the close, when a telegram was received from the daughter of the Grand Secretary announcing that the condition of the Grand Master was somewhat improved. ADDRESS.

Like Missouri at its last session, the Grand Lodge of Mississippi was without the presence of its Grand Master, and was presided over by the Deputy, Brother Murry. He presented a summary of matters found in the papers of the afflicted Grand Master, the duties of whose office had <1evolved upon him for a time. He said that the methodical and painstaking record kept by Brother Miller, of all his official actions, together with the invaluable assistance of Brother Power, the Grand Secretary,

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enabled him to submit a report, or outline, of the work performed by the absent Grand Master. This summary embraced a large number of special dispensations. Five new Lodges had been created under dispensation; the charters of three Lodges had been arrested for cause; while corner-stones had been laid, halls dedicated, and other matters of local interest attended to. The Acting Grand Master gave a synopsis of tbe work performed by himself while acting as chief officer during the illness of Brother 1\1iller. He called attention to the question of conferring the Past }iaster's Degree upon Masters-elec't, and gave expression to the personal opinion that such requirement ,vas working a great h~rdship on some of the country Lodges, and said that it would be a great pleasure to him shl)uld the Grand Lodge see fit to abrogate the requirement. This matter was referred to a committee. During the session a report was submitted reeommenrling the abrogation of the rule requiring the Past ~laster's Degree to be conferred on Masters-elect of Subordinate Lodges. The consirleration of the report was postponed until the next annual communication. The message of Brother ::\lurry shows that degrees were conferred ont of time by special permission. This exercise of doubtful po,,'er, while approved in a given degree, was somewhat reprobated by the Committee on Laws. The Acting Grand Mastel' paid a very cordial and appropriate tribute to the efficiency of "their Grand Secretary, Brother J. L. Power. Early in the session the Committee on "Law and Jurisprudence," as it is called, submitted a lengthy and elaborate report covering twentysix pages. This very valuable production was generally approved. with slight corrections. At the close of the report referred to, Brother Speed, as Chairman for ten years, begged to be excused from further service on the com~ mittee. When it came to the final adoption of his report, the Grand Lodge without a dissenting voice refused to adopt the suggestion of Brother Speed that he should be relieved from further duty on Standing Committees. It would be Hamlet with Hamlet left out, to have reports from the committees embracing all lines of business in the Grand Lodge of ::\lississippi, without the handiwork of Brother Frederic Speed. The report referred to contained elaborate answers to seventysix inquiries submitted to the committee. Brother Speed is a broadminded Mason, liberal in his views, and quite elastic in his interpretation of the Law governing physical qualifications. He said that one with a stiff knee was not disqnalified for initiation, if the deformity was

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not such as to prevent him from being instructed in the art. He decided that one who had lost his arm since being initiated, could be advanced to the degree of F. C. A Mason having been suspended by his Chapter, was held to be eligible to visit Lodges or hold Masonic intercourse with his Brethren, as standing in a Chapter did not affect his relations to the Lodge. This is just and right, and the correct interpretation of what ought to be universal Masonic Law. It was decided that suicide was not a.bar to Masonic funeral honors. Some one asked the committee what a Lodge should do with member who was guilty of stealing? The reply was laconic: "Expel him." A question \yas presented, "what should be done with a Lodge which refused to take action in the case of a member who was convicted of stealing?" The answer was eqnally terse: "Have its charter arrested."

The Grand Lodge of :Mississippi has very strong and \-vell-defined laws respecting the crime of saloon-keeping. The committee decla.red that a ~fason who had invested money in a bar and shared the profits with a liquor seller, but did not sell liquor himself, was subject to discipline, and also that a clerk of the saloon fell within the prohibition of the law. The committee gave utterance to the opinion that any Lodge where charges were duly proven against a Mason who violated the law of the Grand Lodge against saloon-keeping, would have its charter arrested unless such saloon-keeper was punished. The advice of the committee was not to trifle with saloon-keepers. The supposition is that the law would admit of no nonsense in dealing with that class of crime pro(lucers. The question was asked, "Which is most unmasonic, to sell liquor or to drink it?" The conclusion of the committee is very striking: "If your Lodge had less sympathy for saloon-keepers and drunkards, there would be more good :\fasons in it." I cannot pursue further the interesting report of the Committee on Law and Jurisprudence. Brother Juo. L. Power, the Grand Secretary, submitted his twenty-fifth a.nnual report. It is one of the most complete and interesting documents of its kind I have ever read. I do not wonder that the Acting Grand Master called him "an incompara.ble Grand Secretary." His report contained a historical review of twentyfive years. In it is found extended and beautiful tributes to a number of great and leading Masons of that jurisdiction who had been his contemporaries during a quarter of a century. Many of these have gone on before, leaving behind comparatively few of th~ early official associates and friends of the Grand Secretary. He reported the issuance of five dispensations for the formation of new Lodges. Eight charters had been arrested or surrendered. The revenues for the term amounted to $10,145. From his report it is clearly evident that a Home is needed in

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that jurisdiction, and it is a gratifying fact that the Brethren in Mississippi are providing means as rapidly as possible for the accomplishment of this great work. Brother Power mentioned the case of a num bel' of persons having been received as paupers into the poorhouse in one of the counties of that State, and said, "Among thel11 in the list is the widow of a Past Grand Master of this jurisdiction." The Grand LoJge of l\1ississippi has for a number of years been aiding the "Protestant Orphan Asylum" at Natchez. That institution being in great need of assistance, Grand Secretary Power made an appeal to the people of the State, and to benevolent orders in its behalf. Thanksgiving contributiolJs were made in response to said appeal, amounting to something over $1,700. The Grand Lodge appropriated out of its funds to that interest the sum of $500. The Masons of Mississippi, true to their generous Southern impulses, are always ready to respond to calls to "help, aid and assist distressed Master Masons, their widows and orphans." Brother Barkley, Past Grand Master, presented the case of a widow whose home was encumbered by a mortgage she was unable to satisfy. A contribution was made by the individual members in her behalf, amounting to nearly ~100. Brother f;peed made an appeal to the Brethren in behalf of the daughter of Past Grand Master Bowen, deceased, when a resolution was adopted appropriating the sum of $100 from the Grand Lodge treasury to aid her in taking a course at a Conservatory of Music. She had recently composed and published a piece of music. Quite a number of copies were taken, in addition to the assistance rendered by the Grand Lodge. Further appropriations were made in behalf of needy Brethren and wido,Ys whose cases were considered meritorious. Appropriations on this account amounted to several hundred dollars. 'On account of the afflicted condition of one Brother, who was a District Deputy, another collection was taken amounting to :335, and forwarded to Rim. The spirit evinced by the members of the Grand Lodge in the liberal responses made reminds me of the number of collections taken up at a Methodist Conference, when pockets are emptied in behalf of distressed, afflicted and needy ones. The election took place on the second day of the session, when a very interesting occurrence was recorded. Brother Jno. L. Power having been elected for the twenty-sixth time, the regular order of business was suspended, and Past Grand l\faster Savory offered a resolution in behalf of the surviving Past Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge, which was unanimously adopted by a rising vote. The resolution was complimentary, and wound up by paying a tribute to Brother Power, unknown to this writer before" an'd unfound in any of the records of the past. The resolution was as follows:

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"Resolved, That R. W. Bro. Jno. Logan Power, be, and he is hereby elected and constituted, an Honorary Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi." MASONIC

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The trustees of this interest r'epor'ted, when it was found that nearly $9,000 had been collected, the greater part of which was loaned out at , good interest. The pay-roll, as shown by the record, amounted to nearly $6,000. During the session certain rules had been submitted for the universal government of the Fraternity, respecting jurisdiction over rejeded candidates. Said rules, submitted by Brother ~peed and referred to a committee, were adopted. The Grand Secretary was directed to communicate the same to all Grand Lodges with which:M:ississippi is in correspondence. I have examined and carefully considered said rules, and by no manner of means will give my approval to them. Not wishing to predjudice these proposed regulations, I decline to discuss them at this time and place. As they are to be sent to the different Grand Lodges, it will be time enough to ventilate them when brought before the Grand Lodge of Missouri for its action. During the session of the Body, and under a special order, the Grand Lodge devoted considerable time to paying memorial tributes to tbe memory of the Brethren who had entered into rest during the past year . . Brother Frederic Speed paid exalted tributes to Brothers vVm. P. Innes, of Michigan i Jas. C. Batchelor, late Grand ~ecretary of Louisiana i Jno. Henry Brown, Grand Secretary of Kansas, and others. From the report of the Finance Committee, it is learned that the Grand Lodge increased the salary of it!:! Grand Secretary, Brother Power, from $800 to $1,000 per annum. From the amount and character of labor performed by Grand ~ecretary Power, he his been very poorly paid, and belongs to that class of free horses being worked to death in the Fraternity, without even enjoying a compensation sufficient for a living. During the closing hour of the session, grateful acknowledgments were tendered the Brethren of I-Tolly Springs for their courteous and fraternal hospitality, together with sincere thanks to Brother Jno. Y. l\'I.urry, Jr., for his affable and dignified c6nduct as presiding officer during the'session. The Grand Lodge of Mississippi is on wheels i it moves from point to point, according to the preferences of the majority of the members. On a v~te taken to decide the next place of meeting, it was resolved to hold the Seventy-seventh Annual Communication at West Point.

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The Journal of Mississippi is among the largest of the time. It contains, besides the business of the session, a digest of decisions, the membership of the jurisdiction by Lodges, and a Report on Correspondence. The latter was prepared by Rev. Brother Andrew H. Barkley, Past Grand Master, and covers eighty-three pages. Considering the limited space used and the number of Journals reviewed, notices of many Grand Lodge Proceedings were necessarily brief. Our Missouri Journal for 1893 received a fair share of space and attention. Extracts were made and a few comments presented upon our work. Brother Barkley felt inclined to compare this writer to a railroad, which he styled "Old Reliable." Well, Brother Barkley, I have always tried to be on time, and in this manner alone have I been able to "get there.'" The int1'0duction to the report by the committee is one of its special attractions. It possesses great interest. I must appropriate the following, as it is in perfect consonance with the view held and taught by this writer through all his l\'1asonic

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"The teachings of Freemasonry, when fully embraced and followed up, tend to the highest development of those great principles of morality which lie at the very fou~dation'of the institution." This sentence is a gem in itself. He well asserted that the great truths of Freemasonry ean never change. Speaking of the Masonic Congress, he expressed the thought of this writer in very elegant terms. He said the Congress "consulted and debated on some good old questions, and settled nothing, but had a good time generally." It was not the province of said Congress to settle anything. As a voluntary association it could do nothing more than consult alJd debate and recommend. ~aving done so, the deliverances sent forth to the Masonic world are like the echoes that come from the old man at Rome, powerless and futile, claiming no consideration and meriting less attention. Here is a sentence in the introduction of Brother Barkley which I offer to every thoughtful Jlason: "The beauties of Freemasonry are not found on the surface," Brother Barkley and I are preachers of the Old School, and belong to that class of thinkers and talkers who detest innovations. And there is nothing more reprehensible connected with the Masonic institution to-day than "ornamental Masonry," or Masonry which is never known except when seen, and only seen on the surface, where it is exhibited in vain sho,\', pretense and externals. Ornamental, or surface )fasonry, at the present day is very popular, because with a

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large class it is very striking. It strikes the eye with its fuss and. feathers, and captivates the senses of those who wear their Masonry on the outside. In this class are found those who start out with the fixed purpose to reach the so-called "higher degrees." The Lodge is the gateway to the inviting field spread out before their fancy; they pass this gate in a hurry; they remain in this department just long enough to acquire the necessary Shibboleth to open to them the avenues leading to where they can put on surface Masonry. Even the Chapter fails to elicit any thoughtful investigation or earnest research into the esoteric mysteries lying in the paths they care not to peli.etrate. "More degrees" is the ambition burning within. Passing on to the realm of display and surface parade, they forget what they may have learned in a hurry, if they ever learned anything, and soon become absorbed in having a good time and become what is known as "High Rollers." Recently, ,,,hile sitting in my Lodge, listening to the business of the occasion, a member reported the illness of one of our members. Inquiry was started if he was a member in good standing. No one present, out of a large membership, was cognizant of the fact qf his belonging to a Lodge. Being in the ho~pital, he had sent word through a party to the Lodge that he was a member, and needed assistanC'e. An investigation disclosed the fact that he had not "Visited the Lodge 01' Chapter for years. He remarked to the party who had called upon him that if a certain Brother was consulted, he could vouch for him. as they were both members of the "Mystic Shrine," and often met in that glorious body. It is hardly the thing for me to offer an Opll1lOl1 as to the merits of that institution that places the crescent above the cross, but I cannot refrain from saying that those men professing to be Masons, ,... ho prefer the good time they have at the Shrine meetings to their duties and obligations at the Lodge, certainly glory more in appearance than in heart or principle. I judge of the Shrine only by its surface. That there are many good and true Masons in the ranks of that un masonic institution, is not a question in issue; but there is a ?:rave question that I have the right to discuss. How a Knight Templar helonging to an "institution founded upon the Christian religion and the practice of the Christian virtues," and members of Lodges who recognize the t;aints John, can become inoculated with the virus of Mohammedanism, and parade the crescent and cimeter as evidences of their surface Masonry, and thereby exalt these symbols of the worst form of Paganism that ever cursed the world, and place them above the cross, is an unsolved mystery to me. I simply repeat the expression of Brother Barkley, "The beauties of Freemasonry are not found on the surface."

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Brother Barkley concluded his very interesting though brief review by some practical utterances. He said that an advance had been made all along the line, and the moral teachings of Freemasonry are felt and acknowledged by the outside' world. I note in concluding my brief review of his report, a sentence worthy the subject and the writer. "ft is characte1' which gives strength to the structure, and it is this which has impressed itself upon Freemasonry during the past year." Taking a pleasant leave of my Brother Barkley, I wish to record the fact that his position on all questions vital to Freemasonry is never a doubtful one. I always know where to find him. His trumpet never gives an uncertain sound. Responding to his fraternal greetings in conclusion, I express the hope of meeting him again in this interesting department of life's work. M. 'V. BRO. J. L. SPINKS, Meridian, Grand Master. BROTHER JNO. L. POWER, Jackson, Grand Secretary.

MONTANA. TWENTY'NINTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

This session was held in the charming city of Helena, commencing October 11, 1893. The Grand Master, Brother Moses :i\1orris, was present and in the chair. Our friend and Brother, Cornelius Hedges, was Grand Secretary. There was present a full complement of Grand Officers, seven Past Grand :l\Iasters and other Past Grand Oft1cers. Nearly all of the thirty-seven Lodges in the jurisdiction were represented. The membership of these Lodges amounted to 2,274, being a gain of ninety-five over the previous year. ADDRESS.

Grand Master Morris submitted quite a lengthy Address covering twenty-nine pages, with a preface well drawn out. In his exordium he referred to circumstances of unusual discouragement and depression prevailing in the jurisdiction. He seemed disposed to lay the blame. of this depression upon the management of public affairs in the country. One quotation will establish this statement. "The present insane warfare upon silver, so alien and unnatural, that would, in its madness, if possible, tear out the silver lining of our clouds of distress and demonetize them, must soon cease and confess its error in sackcloth and ashes." This with other utterances upon what he called "economic theories," would justify the criticism to which I am inclined, that all such prattle is foreign to an Address on Masonry.

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It is found from the Address that the Grand Lodge had been exempt from misfortune by death during the previous year. Referring to the adoption of a ritual at the last communication, the Grand Master considered that action 3S wise and good, as it had resulted favorably in the diffusion of ritualistic knowledge. The Grand Master said, however, that he was not one of those who think that perfection in the ritual is the most important thing in 路Mason~y. How the dissemination of the work shall be secured, does not appear in his treatment of the subject. He said, "The system of propagating the work through Grand Lecturers resembles very much in its results路 that of pouring water into a sieve." Grand Master !\lorris recommended the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma. If such recognition was ordered, I fail to find the minute of it in the record. Dispensations had been granted for the formation of new Lodges, which were chartered by the Grand Lodge, thus adding three new members to the family of Lodges in ~lontana. As usual, on the plea of emergency, permission had been granted to confer degrees out of time. He reported the public installation of officers of three Lodges located in the city of Helena. A number of visits to Lodges were reported, and the pleasure realized from such路 visits duly recorded. He presented a suggestion touching the Representative System, which found an echo in the deliverances of the Masonic Congress held in Chicago. Hi's proposition was, that the Grand Lodge adopt a resolution conferring the honor of Representative upon the Grand Master of each jurisdiction, or the Gra-nd Secretary. Six decisions are found in the Addres~, which were sustained by the Grand Lodge ,vit.h one slight exception. His first decision reported was respecting the burial by a Lodge of a member who had committed suicide. He decided that it would be improper as a rule, but that there might be causes, such as insanity, that would remove the criminality of the act. The Committee on Jurisprudence recommended that all such matters be left to the sound discretion of the Lodge \vithin whose jurisdiction any suicide may be committed. A most singular ruling was reported respecting the reject.ion of an E. A. for advancement. His treatment of the subject was as follows; "Held, that after two more rejections, which might be at intervals of two months, another application could not be entertained for three years." On reading this decision, I thought surely the Committee on Jurisprudence would reverse the ruling of the Grand Master, but said committee presented its report approving all the decisions rendered, with the correction mentioned. If such is the law of Montana, I have only to say, "'VHAT A LAW." Believing that I can not do the subject justice by discussing it, I relegate it to the Grand Lodge of Montana, where I hope it may forever rusticate among the mountains of that vast and wonderful jurisdiction.

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Whaton earth any Grand l,odge could be thinking about to declare that an E. A., when rejected for advancement three times could not apply any more under three years, I cannot imagine. The Grand Master followed this decision by the remark that "our law does not provide for charges and trials in such cases, and no questions are to be asked." Does he mean by this statement that we reviewers of Grand Lodge Proceedings have no right to ask questions respecting such disfranchisement of E. A. ~1asons? I must be allowed to ask one question, though personal in itself, where was that able, fair-minded and representative Mason, Brother Cornelius Hedges, when this ruling was approved? The question was asked the Grand Master, "if a candidate was eligible who had part Indian blood?" He decided that if otherwise qualified, the "good Indian" might become a good l\1ason. The sixth decision reported seemed to lean to the view that a rejected applicant who had removed from the jurisdiction of the Lodge which blackballed him, and resided in the jurisdiction of another Lodge for several years, could apply to the latter Lodge without a waiver from the Lodge that rejected him. He said â&#x20AC;˘afterwards, "that the doctrine of perpetual jurisdiction was not held in Montana;" yet, in a subsequent part of the Address, he became satisfied that such perpetual jurisdiction did exist as between the Lodges of their State. 'Perhaps it does, and perhaps it does not. Several recommendations were submitted as a closing part of the Address. Some of them were very practical in their application to the operations of .:\iasonic law. He stated that the matter of signing By-Laws as a "necessary pre-requisite to membership was superfluous, and should be stricken out of the law." He recommended that a restriction be placed upon representation, limiting such representation of the Grand Lodge to one member. His proposition looking to a change of time from October, to the third Wednesday in September, was duly considered, and, upon report of the proper committee, adopted. The Grand .Master took occasion to call up the question of "making Masons at sight," and quoted the law from their Constitution authorizing such action on the part of the Grand .:\1aster. He said only once had that. power been used and that was at the organization of the Grand Lodge. He further said, "Our jurisdiction has never taken kindly to the extreme views that prevail in some older jul'isdictions as to the prerogative powers of a Grand Master. He is regarded as a constitutional officer, bound equally, or more so, with the humblest member, to obey, as well as uphold and enforce obedience to the Constitution." This matter \vas reported on by the Committee on Jurisprudence, and the conclusion reached that as this "prerogative power" is never

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used, its continuance could do no harm; so the so-called "prerogative powers" of Grand Masters in Montana continue as heretofore. The Grand Master thought that econonl)' would justify the abolition of the offices of Grand Historian and Grand Orator, as these distinguished Brethren never do anything but attend Grand Lodge and draw their mileage and per diem. He recommended that no appointment be made of either Orator or Historian unless the appointees were compelled to discharge the duties attached to their offices. The committee appointed to consider these questions reported in favor of striking out the offices of Grand Historian and Grand Orator, and the recommendation was adopted by the required majority. The Grand J\:Iaster concluded his excellent business paper in elegant terms, affirming that "the Grand Lodge of 路M.ontana is the peer of any Masonic sovereignty in the world." Due acknowledgments were made to the honored and respected Grand Secretary, Brotl1er Hedges, who had rendered unfailing assistance to his Chief. This same Grand Secretary, Brother Hedges, presented a general report containing much information which is valuable to the local Fraternity, and followed up by his statistical exhibit. Brother Hedges had had considerable trouble and no little delay in bringing out his Grand Lodge Proceedings of the previous session. He said that the delay had brought up "a storm of inquiries sufficient to cause him to break several of the commandments." I hope Brother Hedges did not swear, as he is an orderly member of one of the churches in the city of Helena. From the financial paTt of his report, it is learned that the income for the year had amounted to $4,554. The per capita in that jurisdiction is $2.00 per member. That Grand Lodge has a Charity Fund, which receives ten per cent of the Grand Lodge Dues. A report was rendered by the committee, of which Brother Hedges was Chairman, stating that a suitable monument had been erected over the grave of Past Grand Master 路Hugh Duncan. This Brother in other years was the life and joy of the Grand Lodge, and at its annual gatherings enlivened and cheered the Brethren with his good old Scotch songs. It was appropriate that a monument of "Scotch" granite should mark his last resting-place. Brother Hedges being the only Representative from Montana to the Fraternal Congress, submitted his report, embracing the doings of that body, when a resolution was adopted appropriating the sum of $100 as partial compensation for his services and expenses. Following the recommendation of Brother Hedges in his general report, the Grand Lodge ordered the publication of 1,000 copies of its Annual Proceedings.

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The pay-roll for the term footed up $1,400. The Grand Lodge of Montana, in keeping with its usual liberality and generous spIrit, donated S100 for the relief of the unfortunate sufferers on the coast of Louisiana which had been visited by a most desolating storm, causing loss of life and property. Following the installation of Grand Officers, Grand Master Morris presented his successor with what is known among them as the "Signet Ring." He recounted its history and explained its emblematic significance. The Grand Officers were installed in public. The thanks of the Grand Lodge were tendered to the retiring Grand Master, Brother :\Iorris, for his able and conscientious discharge of official duty. A committee of three was appointed to procure and present to Past Grand Master Morris a suitable testimonial in recognition of his valuable services. This testimonial usually consists of a fine silver service. Thanks were voted to the Masonic bodies and Masons of Helena for courtesies and hospitalities accorded the members of the Grand Lodge; also to railroad and transportation companies for favors shown. The sum of $1,500 was set apart to meet fixed and contingent expenses, and $500 to meet the expenses of the Grand Lecturer. The Grand Lodge closed in "A)fPLE FORM," to meet in the city of Billings, on the third Wednesday in September, 1894, Burns' "Adieu" was sung, and the members. resorted to Electric Hall and enjoyed a banquet prepared and served by Eastern Star ladies. The Grand Secretary said, "Breaking away from the enchantments of the mazy dance, the tuckered Secretary sought repose in dreamland." CORRESPONDENCE ..

In the 150 pages of the Report on Correspondence by Brother Cornelius Hedges, I have 1l0t found a single extract. The entire report was written from "introduction" to "conclusion." "While Brother Hedges makes a few quotations' he still preserves his respect for Grand Lodge Journals, and cannot find it in his heart to mutilate them with the scissors. His work may be described in a word: it is a "review." That is what he is there for. It is a pleasure to follow him through the report, be,cause of the continuity of style which is very attractive. The reviews of some of us correspondents may be classed with the old lady's idea of Webster's Dictionary. She .said it was "mighty interesting reading, but changed the subject too often." The thoughts of Brother Hedges are often spicy, and as fresh as the pure air that is wafted down from Mt. Helena. He represents large

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territorial interests, though the Fraternity is not yet in proportion to the size of the jurisdiction, which embraces 246,000 square miles. Speaking of the Representative System, Brother Hedges regards said system as a barnacle upon the hulk of the Craft, which will drop off when that hulk is moved into the clear, fresh waters of commonsense. From this expression the reader will readily conclude that our good Montana Brother is not in love with the Representative System. He said that in some cases it had shown the possession of more power for harm than for good. This conclusion was doubtless reached from a little friction between the Grand Lodges of Iowa and the District of Columbia. He said he thought there was a little petulance on the part of Iowa \',,"hich interfered with the preservation of its own dignity. Perhaps he should have said the petulance was on the part of the then Grand Secretary of Iowa, who lost his dignity, as well as his temper, the blame for which should not be laid at the door of the Grand Lodge. r find from his treatment of the subject, that the .law of Montana is the same as in Missouri as to the transfer of E. A.'s or F. C.'s from one jurisdiction to another. He says that their Grand Lodge gives a certificate which is in the nature of a dimit and covers a full waiver of jurisdiction in favor of any Lodge which may receive and act upon the petition for the remaining degrees. This is good policy, and perfectly legitimate. Brother Hedges gave the kindest consideration to the Grand Lodge Proceedings of Missouri for 1892. He noted the fact that only 208 Lodges were represented. out of the total of 560, and asked. me the question if the full attendance would not justify payment of mileage; to ,,,hich it may be replied that the Grand Lodge of Missouri has never adopted the plan of paying its representatives from Subordinate Lodges, and J hope it never will. With nearly 600 Lodges on the roll, to pay mileage to three Representatives from each Subordinate Lodge, would swamp our Grand Lodge Treasury and exhaust the annual income so that the Institution would be crippled in its general operations. If such custom should obtain, and we undertook to pay mileage, or mileage and per diem, we would have such an influx of Representatives from Lodges all oyer the State that the necessity would arise for an increased per capita tax. With the known opposition to increased taxation, as it exists among the Lodges of the State, it would be impossible to amend our laws and increase our Grand Lodge dues. I am a believer in the doctrine that small bodies Cc1n deliberate more effectively and conclude more wisely in reference to our interests than where there are thrown together such an unmanageable mass of delegates from the Lodges as would flow in upon us under the rule of paying mileage and per diem. G. L. AP-4.

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Brother Hedges, after carefully noting the interesting condition of affairs connected with our Masonic Home, said, "The Home has so far been run at comparatively small cost, and its enlarged mission will doubtless justify all the sacrifices made in its behalf. Many a young life will be reared to a suitable and honorable career, that otherwise would perhaps have ended in shame and crime. This will repay a hundredfold all that is expended." Brother Hedges says, "Missouri has not gone into the Templebuilding boom, but has chosen the 'better part,' to provide a home for the homeless." I may reply that Missouri tried "the Temple-building boom" once, and lost at least 530,000 in cash by its connection with such an enterprise as that located in the city of St. Louis. After paying out $20,000 as a stockholder in the enterprise, a suit was brought against the Grand Lodge for $60,000 of the bonds held by the Masonic Hall Association. 'Ve had to fight that suit through all the State Courts, and up to the Supreme Court of the United States, before ,ye were finally delivered from our ruinous connections with said Hall Association. The loss of the $20,000 investment, the loss of interest, costs of suits, amounted to, at the lowest estimate, $30,000. All that is left as the result of our investment is bitter memories, and a pile of papers embracing receipts and checks sho\ving that the above amount was paid out. Missouri Masonry, through its Grand Lodge, will never go into another Temple-building boom. As the consequence of such bankruptcy as followed the Masonic Hall Association of St. Louis, Masonry in this city is without a home, and has to rent quarters here .and there, wherever they can be found, and in some instances we are quartered in miserable and undesirable locations. Brother Hedges said he could not sec the wisdom of our rule that those who have been unaffiliated for more than one year could not join in the formation of a new Lodge. Perhaps he is right, but, unfortunately, there is a legal barrier in the way which justified the application of the rule that he mentions: Our law declares that no Mason who is not in good standing can be a petitioner for a dispensation to form a new Lodge. This is followed by another declaration, that any unaffiliated Mason who has remained as such for twelve months is not in good Masonic standing. The only right that is left such is the privilege to petition for affiliation. A nice question may arise at this point; that is, whether a Brother whose dimit is over one year old is not exercising his right to petition for affiliation when he joins in the application to form a new Lodge. Grand l\:Iaster Walker decided a few years ago that the Grand Master could not restore such non-affiliate to good Masonic standing by

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allowing him to petition for dispensation. So the matter stands. There is some force iIi the point made by Brother Hedges when he said, "If they can affiliate with a chart~red Lodge, why not join to form a new Lodge?" Brother Hedges said that we have a Subordinate I...odge in the city of Mexico, the only one beyond our borders, and that we were considering the propriety of arresting its charter. He has probably learned by this time, through the Proceedings of 1893, that we have withdrawn, and I under-write for Missouri, that she will never be caught in another such scrape by planting Lodges beyond the limits of her territorial jurisdiction. Referring to the concluding part of Brother Ingram's Address, Brother Hedges said it was like "apples of gold upon pictpres of silver," and quoted it in full. Referring to the expenses of our Home, he was astonished to find among the items charged up to Expense Account, one of several hundred dollars for taxes, and expressed surprise at finding that such an Institution of pure charity had been subjected to taxation. He said it would not be taxed anywhere in Montana. I may be permitted to say that it would not be taxed hardly anywhere else than in St. Louis. There are millions of dollars worth of property held by a certain people who owe more allegiance to Rome than to the United States Government, that escape taxation; but a charitable institution, representing the generous and true principles of Freemasonry must be subjected to the ravenous greed of the taxgatherer. This would not be the case were the city government in the hands of, and controlled by the spirit, ., America for Americans." Brother Hedges was very kind in his concluding notice of my Report on Correspondence, and said I had brought the fruits of fifteen years' experience to this work and had done the work thoroughly. I reciprocate the sentiment wherein he said, "After a personal acquaintance, though brief, I regret that I could not see more of BrotherVinciI." In response to his fraternal utterance, I trust the time will come again when I shall be permitted to see him in the delightful city wherein he makes his home, and with him journey through the land and witness the glories of the "National Park." I do not understand this sentence: "When Brother Vincil was here we feared we had forfeited our reputation as a desert country." Some of the most pleasant memories of by-gone years are identified with my delightful visit to, and stay in, the city of Helena. I have traveled all over the United States, from sunrise to sunset, and from the frigid regions of the North, where Aurora spreads her veil over the face of wintry skies, to the region of flowers and sunshine in the far South-land. In no place, in all my

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going and seeing, have I ever received more genuine courtesy and openhearted hospitality than in the city where Brother Hedges has long been an honored and representative citizen. Helena and its people still live in my memory and affections. Brother F. C. Webster, l\1issoula was elected Grand Master; Brother Cornelius Hedges re-elected Grand Secretary, and still boards in Helena, in a nice home kept by an excellent lady who has become quite prominent as an official in the Order of Eastern Star. J am pleased to note that Brother Hedges is still continued as Committee on Correspondence. I hope to meet him again, if not in person at least in the realm of kindred thought, where friend holds fellowship with friend.

NEVADA. TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The session was held in the city of Heno, commencing the 13th of June, 1893. R. W. Bro. Jno. E. Jones, Deputy Grand Master, presided, the Grand Master having died during the term. In this jurisdiction there are nineteen Lod~es on the roll, with a membership of 951. As compared with last year's report, there was a loss of fifteen members. It is learned from the Proceedings that peace and harmony prevailed, and relations with other Grand Jurisdictions were harmonious. It is found that for three years there have been an average loss of twenty-two members. Brother C. N. Noteware was Grand Secretary. The business of the session was brief and local. The Journal contains the minutes of a special session held in Virginia City on the 14th of May, called by the Acting Grand Master and presided over by him, for the purpose of burying their deceased Grand Master, Jno H. Hubbs. On that occasion a very happy address was delivered in honor of the deceased Grand Master, Brother C~las. E. Mack being the speaker. At the funeral there was a good representation of Lodges escorted by a Commandery of Knights Templar. The funeral was an impressive one. The Acting Grand Master appointed a Committee on Resolutions to report at the coming s'ession of the Grand Lodge. This was done, and a very full and complete memorial tribute was rendered by said committee, of which Brother Frank Bell, P. G. M., was chairman.

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Acting Grand Master Jones, in his official Address to the Grand Lodge, referred in appropriate terms to their loss by the death of Grand Master Hubbs, who died in San Francisco on the 10th of May. Brother Hubbs was forty-one years old, and a native of Canada. The Acting Grand Master said that this was the first Grand Communication in their history when they had met without the presence of a Grand Master. The duty of presiding over the Craft and the Grand Lodge devolved upon the Deputy Grand Master, Brothel;' Jones. His tribute to his deceased superior officer was路 of high order and possessed eminent merit. He recorded the deaths of other distinguished Brethren of the jurisdiction who had been called during the year, and mentioned the loss of sister Grand Jurisdictions who had been similarly bereaved. The Address of the Acting Grand Master was brief and contained no matter of general interest. The Grand Secretary, Brother Noteware, furnished a very brief and concise report of business transactions. He said all the Lodges had made returns and paid dues with one exception. From the statements found in the Journal, the Masonic Fraternity does not appear to'be advancing in the jurisdiction of Nevada. It may be inferred that this is owing to a decline in population. The min utes of the session under consideration were of a very brief nature. On motion of Brotber Frank Bell, P. G. 1\1., the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was "held as a regularly formed Grand Lodge, of supreme Masonic authority within that Territory." The Grand Lodge instructed its df'legate to the Fraternal Congress in Chicago to oppose any and all measures looking to the formation of a General Grand Lodge. The session closed on the second day, when the officers were elected and installed. R. W. Bro. Jno. E. Jones of Eureka, was elected Grand Mastel'; Brother C. N. Noteware, Carson City, Grand Secretary. The membership of the jurisdiction is furnished by Lodges. CORRESPONDENCE.

A brief and hurriedly prepared report was submitted by Brother Robt. Lewers. From his conclusion, it is learned that he had been called upon "at the eleventh hour" to perform the duties of "correspondence reporter," as he styles himself. Tbis unexpected call on Brotber Lewers was owing to the unavoidable absence of Brother Fulton, Chairman of the Committee, and the ina]:>ility of other members to cooperate with him. He was made chairman of the committee for the next year, and it is hoped by this writer that he will furnish his report in time for examination before my work is concluded for the present term.

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He gave Missouri for 1892, the benefit of a one-page notice, making appropriations from the Address of Grand Master Ingram, together with references to our general business transactions. He either is a poor hand at figures, or his printer made some egregious blunders in reference to the financial status of our Masonic Home. He said, "The property owned is valued at $24,000." He must have overlooked some important statements in regard to our property values, as we originally paid $40,000 for the fifteen acres of ground lying within the corporate limits of the city of St. Louis. Said property has enhanced in value to such an extent that we have been offered $125,000 for it quite a while ago. The committee e:aid that our Masonic Home was "a business proposition, all work and little grandiloqnence." I close this hurried notice of the Proceedings of Nevada, with the hope that the Journal of 1894, may reach me in time for consideration.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.-1894. The handsome Journal sent out by the Grand Secretary of this jurisdiction contains the Proceedings of the Semi-Annual and Annual Communications of the Grand Lodge. The Semi-Annual Session was held in the city of Manchester, December, 1893, and was presided over by the Grand Master, Brother John Pender. The Grand Master announced that the session was held for the exemplification of the work in the three degrees. During the sitting of the Grand Lodge, a motion was adopted asking for the appointment of a committee to which should be referred the subject of Freemasonry in the Republic of Mexico, with instructions to report at the co~ing annual communication. Representatives were present at this session from fifty-nine Lodges. At the previous annual communication of the Grand Lodge a committee had been appointed to procure jewels, to be presented to all the Past Grand Masters of the jurisdiction. At the Semi-annual meeting, these jewels were presented to the several Past Grand Masters in appropriate terms, and a response was made in behalf of the recipients by M. W. Bro. Henry E. Burnham. A committee was raised and directed to report at the coming annual session respecting the loss sustained by. the Grand Lodge in the death of two Past Grand Masters. ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

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presided, and Brother George P . Cleaves was Grand Secretary. Representatives from fifty-one Lodges were present, with Past Grand Officers and Representatives of Grand Lodge's. There are seventy-eight Lodges in the jurisdiction, all of which had made returns and paid dues. The membership found in these Lodges, amounts to 8,744, being a gain of fifteen. The Grand Master reported that death had removed from their ranks during the Masonic year, three District Deputy Grand Masters. and two Past Grand :Masters. The Reports of the :i\1emorial Committee were rendered during the session, paying a tribute to the Masonic worth and services of Brother Jno. J. Bell and Chas. H. Bell. Both had served the Fraternity as Grand Masters in the past. Dispensations were reported as having been granted to confer several degrees out of time. The Grand Master called attention to the existence of the institution knoWn as the Order of Eastern Star. The law of that jurisdiction is against joint occupancy of Masonic halls, and the Eastern Star people were restricted from occupying the halls of Masonic Lodges. Grand Master Pender recommended that the Grand Lodge sanction the use of Lodge-rooms by Eastern Star Chapters. This matter was referred to a committee, which reported adversely to the recommendation, holding the admission of these Chapters to Masonic halls to be in violation of the law of the Grand Lodge, and such violation should be met with proper and suitable discipline. So it seems that our sister woman is not only ignored in that jurisdiction in her attachments to Masonry, but Lodges are to be punished for allo\ving her, in her purity and womanly excellâ&#x201A;Ź"nce, to pollute their halls by her presence. It occurs to this writer, that the restrictions of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire thrown around the Lodge-room, thus debarring the wives, widows, mothers, sisters and daughters of Freemasons from assembling therein, are unjust., to say the least. These adherents to Masonry do not hold their Chapter meetings alone, but are usually attended by their husbands, brothers and sons. What harm there can be in occupying Masonic Lodge-rooms on such occasions and by such pa,rties, does not appear. The Address of the Grand Master showed considerable business activity on his part, evidenced by visitations, dedications of halls and other matters of interest to the Fraternity. The Grand Secretary, Brother Cleaves, was very fraternally complimented for services rendered the Grand Master, and plOved his efficiency as an officer. Havin~ served two years as Grand Master, Brother Pender retired gracefully. His Address was fOllowed by the Reports of the various District Deputies of the jurisdiction. The subject of Mexican Masonry was treated at considerable length by the

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committee appointed at the Semi-Annual路Session. The report held and presented views respecting the so-called Masonry of Mexico, similar to those entertained by Missouri. The committee well said that the recognition of the Gran Dieta of Mexico by the Grand Lodge of Texas settled nothing for the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire. It was charged in the report of this committee, that the Bible is excluded from the Mexico Lodges, and that they disallow the presence of God and come as near infidel Masonry as can be found. Said commitlee seemed to call in question the character of the institution and the legitimacy of its establishment. The final conclusion of the committee was that fraternal relations, involving the recognition of the Gran Dieta could not be established. The Grand Secretary, Brother Cleaves, was threatened with an appropriate jewel, to be presented to him hereafter as a slight testimonial'of the Grand Lodge's appreciation of his services. His report as Grand Secretary, showed the condition of the Grand Lodge to Le very satisfactory. The session closed on the second day, preceded by the installation of the Grand Officers. CORRESPONDENCE.

Brother A. S. Wait furnished an interesting review of fifty-seven Grand Lodge Journals. The report covered 180 pages. The work i!'l like all the productions of this admirable reviewer, a very interesting and entertaining production. It contains plenty of extracts, and extended comments and summaries. Brother 'Wait is a charming reviewer, does his work well, and presents a most readable report. Our Proceedings for 1893 received full consideration, in which he gave a careful and candid review of our transactions. I reciprocate his fraternal courtesy, wherein he said, that in all the years of our fraternal relations as writers, much written by me had commanded his respect and thrown us into closer fraternal communion. Such has been my estimate of the writings and spirit of this amiable correspondent. He conclnded his delightful review by saying that the year had been one of prosperity for the Fraternity, while unbroken harmony had characterized it throughout its vast extent. Brother Wait sees in the future, promise of more glorious deeds for Masonry as it will, with advancing time, widen its sphere and increase its opportunities for good. His cheerful view of the future, answers the anxious inquiry of many, "Watchman, what of the nigbt?" In the same spirit, evinced by him and drawn from the inspirations of truth, I answer, "The morning cometh." CHAS~ C. HAYS, Manchester, Grand Master. GEO. P. CLEAVES, Concord, Grand Secretary. ALBERT S. WAIT, Newport, Committee on Oorrespondence.

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NEW MEXICO. SIXTEENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The neat little Annual sent out by Brother Keen, the Grand Secretary, possesses the merit of having the picture of Brother Max Frost, Past Grand Master, as its frontispiece. The Sixteenth Annual Communication opened in Albuquerque, October 2<1, 1893. Brother J. H.路 Kuhns, Grand Master, present and presiding. Nearly all the Grand Officers were absent on the morning when the session opened. This absence was caused by the delay of railroad trains. After opening and appointing the Committee on Credentials, the Grand Lodge was called from labor until 7 o'clock in the evening, when the absent Grand Officers put in an appearance. Brother A. A. Keen, Grand Secretary, having arrived, took charge of his department of the work, and reported the presence of Representatives from ten Lodges out of the eighteen in the jurisdiction. The membership in the several Lodges footed up 754, showing a gain of twenty-three members. ADDRESS.

A very brief but business-like paper was submitted by the Grand Master, covering five pages. He had during his term of office granted a dispensation for the formation of one new Lodge, which was chartered during the session. Other privileges and dispensations had been granted. Heference was made to the Masonic Congress, but no delegate had been sent to represent the Grand Lodge. Referring to the Representative System, the Grand Master seemed to favor the Pennsylvania view to abolish the system. The Grand l\iaster announced the death of .one of their Past Grand Masters, Brother Wm. 1... Rynerson. IIe was the second Grand Master who presided over the Grand Lodge of New :Mexico. No decisillns were reported in the Address, though many questions had been asked and answered. The Grand Secretary, Brother Keen, presented a very brief summary of the business transactions connected with his office. From his report it is learned that the annual incolne was $923. The most important item arresting the attention of the present writer was a resolution

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adopted by the Grand Lodge, declaring "that hereafter any person who shall engage in the saloon business shall be consiuered ineligible to receive the degrees of Masonry within this Grand Jurisdiction." The business of the session was brief and local. The Grand Lodge closed its labors on the afternoon of the second day. CORRESPONDENCE.

A brief review of forty-five pages was presented by Brother .Max Frost, Committee. The report is largely composed of extracts taken from the Journals reviewed. Missouri "was not in it." Having reviewed Missouri for 1892 in his former report, and our Journal for 1893 not having reached him, there was nothing for him to report upon. C. H. SPORLEDER, E. Las Vegas, Grand Master. ALPHEUS A. KEEN, Albuquerque, Grand Secretary. MAX FROST, Santa Fe, Chairman Com. on For. Cor.

NEW YORK. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Grand Lodge of the "Empire" Jurisdiction of the United States was opened on the 5th of June, 1894, at Masonic Temple, in the city of New York. M. W. Bro. Frederick A. Burnham, Grand Master, presided. Brother Edward 1\1. L. Ehlers was Grand Secretary. I notice among the Grand Chaplains present, myoId personal friend and Brother, Orin Root, formerly of the State University of Missouri, who was honored by the Craft in this jurisdiction as their Grand High Priest and Grand Commander. Representatives were present at the session from 725 out of 730 Lodges in the jurisdiction. The membership in the State is reported at 86,214, being an average per Lodge of 108. The gain for the year 'was 927. The income from all sources footed up $69,182, which amount had been pam to the Grand Treasurer, which, added to the balance on hand from last year, made a final showing of $113,107. The pay-roll for the term was nearly $20,000. New York is a large jurisdiction, the largest on the continent, and does large things in a large way. ADDRESS.

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imperial jurisdiction, prosperity and harmony reign in our Lodges." This statement is doubtless true: . "Grand in its manhood, the Fraternity of this Common wealth is nobly fulfilling its mission in making the world better and brighter." Kindly remembered and tenderly mentioned were those Brethren who have fallen asleep in sister jurisdictions, as well as at home. Four new Lodges had been opened during the term under dispensation. These were severally chartered during the session. Foreign relations, as heretofore, were reported as undisturbed, harmony existing with all the Sovereign Grand Lodges with which New York is in correspondence. Grand Master Burnham recorded the request preferred by some members of the Fraternity asking for a dispensation to form "a so-called traveling Lodge in France," for the use of Americans and other Englishspeaking people sojourning in that country, and particularly in Paris. The application was refused, but the Grand Master referred it to the Committee on Jurisprudence, and said committee approbated his refusal. He also reported having received a letter from "the Grand Council of France" in relation to Masons of its obedience being recognized by Lodges in the jurisdiction of New York. This communication was referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence, and the matter duly considered. Said committee reported its sympathy with the request preferred, but deemed the matter of too much importance to be passed upon hastily, and asked that it and similar questions connected with so-called French Masonry, be referred to the same committee for fuller investigation, to be reported upon to the Grand Lodge at its next Annual Communication. "The Supreme Council of France-Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite," asked for recognition and an exchange of Representatives. The Committee on Jurisprudence declined to recommend such recognition or exchange with any Supreme Council, composed of Bodies other than Symbolic Masonry. The following sentence settles the question: "It is the settled policy of this Grand Lodge to . excl1ange Representatives only with independent Grand Lodges of Symbolic Masonry." From the Grand ~iaster's Address it is learned that New York has been made the location of certain spurious bodies, which attempted to plant their clandestine Masonry in that jurisdiction. Some fellow, wishing to carryon the. business of selling degrees, started a degree shop under the name and title of "Grand Orient of Free and Accepted :i\1asol1s of North America." This imposter succeeded in duping a great many persons, having worked off his路 wares at Chicago during the summer of 1893, to the tune of $2,000. It is strange how easily men are

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duped by the pretensions of such degree-mongers, when they could obtain legitimate Masonry in a legitimate way from the local bodies where they live. Another degree peddler started an institution bearing a foreign name that this writer will not attempt to pronounce, and does not see the necessity of incorporating in this report. Grand Master Burnham shows up this new speculator in Masoni~ degrees, and he was justly crushed by the Grand Lodge. Mention is made by the Grand Master of an attempt to call a Unh'ersal Conference of Masons at Ant,:rerp on the 21st of July, 1894. Several questions were submitted for consideration, to form the basIs of said conference, whicl! could. deterndne nothing, and the Grand Master thought that if any conclusions were reached, they would be as harmless as the deliverances of the Chicago Congress. The proposed celebration of the centennial of the death of George Washington was submitted by the Grand Master, and the Grand. Lodge approved the proposition, and provided for a representation on said oecasion. .Kumerous questions had been propounded to the Grand . l\'faster during the year, on which he had passed, but did not deem it necessary to report any decisions rendered. He regarded it as a most encouraging sign that strife among the Brethren was diminishing. A revision of the Constitution and Statutes of the Grand Lodge was deemed important, and he thought the time had come for sueh revision, , which he recommended. Carrying out 路the recommendation of the Grand :Master, the Grand Lodge created a "Commission on Constitution and Statutory Revision." Speaking of their ,,,ark and lectures, the Grapd Master said, "Very few Grand Lodges afford the facilities we do for uniformity in the Ritual." I agree ,vith his observation which harmonizes with that of all observant Masons, that where perfect work is done in a Lodge, and a right spirit prompts the lectures, greater interest, harmony and prosperity will surely follow. The j\lasonic Home claimed a large share of the attention of the Grand :Master and the Grand Lodge during the session. Tbe Grand Lodge of New York, though not the first in the field, has distanced all competitors in the great work which it has accomplished in a few years in the establishment of a Masonic Home. This was at a cost of over $250,000. Five years previous to the ses~ion now under review, the Grand .Lodge celebrated the freedom of the Craft from deut. In the period si nce then the ~J asonic Home was projected, carried forward and compieted, and is now the largest and best equipped institution of its kind in the United States. The Home has within its sacred precincts eightythree me111bers making up its family of recipients of Masonic uenevolence. It has one Superintendent, one Assistant and nineteen

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employes. The institution is without debt, and has a large fund on hand for future service. The management is wise and judicious, and the future of that institntion cannot be foretold. The Grand Master said, "No man of refinement can visit the Home without being impressed ,,:ith the ma~nificence of the great work the Craft in this State has accomplished." From all the information before me, I am impressed with the success and wonderful achievements of the Fraternity of New York on this line .. The Home is located at Utica, and seems to b3 the pride of the Fraternity in New York, as it is of the citizens of th<tt beautiful city. Forty-fonr physicians, who are Masons and residents of Utica, have volunteered their services and classified the work whil'h they are ready to perform for the afflicted members of the Home family. This is eminently creditable to these worthy craftsmen. Unlike the physicians at another point in this country, where we have a similar institution located, the Utica doctors do not charge for their services. In a report rendered concerning this interest by the trustees, it is urged that additional buildings be provided in the near future for the separate care of the different classes under their charge. The view is tersely presented, and fully justified, that the aged inmates 'of the institution, and the children committed to their care, shonld be housed in different buildings. That is one misfortune attending our management of the Masonic Home of Missouri. Our buildings are crowded by nearly 100 inmates, a considerable portion being old people, afflicted and unfortunate. 'Ve hope to see the day when our Masonic Home will be able to locate young nature entirely apart from the old inmates, many of whom have Eeen better days, lost health and fortune, apd with physical sufferings, which affect if not inflnence seriously, the young life of our children. We believe the separation to be an absolute necessity. The ~ew York Home management, like our own, has found it necessary to provide a hospital and equip the same for the use of the institution. A legacy of $5,000 has been bequeathed to the Home by the late Brother Edwin Booth, the actor. The Board of :l\'Ianagers resolved that said bequest shocld be set apart as a nucleus of a fund for the establishment of the Booth Memorial Hospital, in connection with the Masonic Home. I sincerely hope that our Brethren may soon provide their magnificent institution with this necessary adjunct. The Superintendent of the Home, Brother Jesse E. Anthony, P. G. M., submitted an extended and very full report of his management of the institution for the year. This report gives in detail the condition of affairs very ftilly. The establishment of the Masonic Home above alluded to seems to have exerted a good influence among the German Masons of New York, who have inaugurated a German Masonic Temple and Home. The Temple is located in New York City, and their Home at Tappan. This. branch of :\fasonic work seems to be prosperous and progressive.

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The Grand Master paid a most glowing tribute to Brother Ehlers, the Grand Secretary, who has for many years ably and efficiently 'discharged the varied responsibilities of his office. The 24th of April is a jubilee day among the Masons of New York. This grows out of the fact that on that day the Fraternity of the Empire Jurisdiction was emancipated from debt. This occurred, as already mentioned, five years ago. It was proposed to observe this jubilee annually. Since their emancipation, the Masons of that State have felt so good over their freedom from the debt incubus so long resting upon them, that they are prepared to jubilate every year in memory of their freedom from bondage. They will enjoy the additional pleasure of the success achieved in the establishment and maintenance of their grand Masonic Home. 1'aking a look into the future, as contrasted with the past, Grand Master Burnham closed bis able and very superior Address with hope and cheer. This Brother adds another name to the list of ilIust.rious rulers of the. Craft in New York, and takes his place by the side of Lawrence, Vrooman, and others. Divers and sundry reports are found incorporated in the Journal now being reviewed, followed by the election of officers, which resulted in the choice of Brother Burnham as Grand Master, who promptly declined a re-election, though chosen by acclamation. Brother Jno. Hooge, D. G. M., the preceding year, ,.,'as then chosen Grand Master by acclamation. The Committee on Jurisprudence furnished a very superior report of considerable length, passing upon numerous questions of local and general interest. Among the latter was the status of Masonry in Mexico. Treating this subject under the head of the "Grand Symbolic Diet of the United States of Mexico," the finding of the committee was to recommend that said body be duly recognized and welcomed to the circle of symbolic Grand Lodges. Mention was made of the action 'Of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, revoking the charter of Toltec Lodge, No ..520, which ends all dispute, and leaves the "Grand Diet" in undisputed control of Symbolic Masonry in the Republic of Mexico. The famous "uniform rules as to jurisdiction over candidates" sent out by the Grand Lodge of Mit'sissippi, were considered by the committee, but not acted upon further than to recommend their reference to the Committee on Revision of the Constitution and Laws of New York. I have thus glanced at the general transactions of the Grand Lodge, which closed its session in "A~{PLE FORM," preceded by inaugural remarks on the part of Grand Master Hodge.

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CORRESPO~DENCE.

The sixth annual report prepared by Brother Jesse B. Anthony contains a vast fund of information. The review covers 188 pa~es, embracing notices of forty-six Journals of Grand Lodges of the United States, seven in Canada, and "all others," twenty in number. The report on Fureign Grand Lodges was prepared by Brother Charles Sackreuter. Brother .Anth3ny wa.s de.l.rly the author of all other portions of the work. The plan pursued by the committee followed former lines of work, embracing the re3ults of a careful digest of the Proceedings examined. The committee said th~ principal topics treated were the Grand Representative System and Perpetual Jurisdiction. In introducing the latter subject, Brother Anthony said he had confined himself to the "application of the effect of the law of one Grand Jurisdiction within the limits of another jurisdiction." He thinks that the elements of Masonic comity should be recognized and prevail between Grand Bodies on this subject. The question may be asked, and it is pertinent, how Masonic comity can obtain when one Grand Jurisdiction absolutely and sternly adheres to its own dogmatic deliverances and will make no concessions to anybody. Missouri is ready to meet any sister Grand Lodge on this or any other mooted issue and go half-way, where there is no sacrifice of principle or constitutional right involved. But where the demand is imperiously made, as in the case of Pennsylvania, that we shall go all their way, Masonic comity cannot accomplish anything. In this view of matters, we ~f Missouri do not propose to do anything with Pennsylvania. I quite agree with Brother Anthony that it will not do to take a narrow view of this question, and that mutual concession should prevail. If Pennsylvania is absolutely and unqualifiedly right, then the rest of us are wrong. But we, of Missouri, do not believe that Pennsylvania, or any other Grand Jurisdiction holding the doctrine of perpetual jurisdiction, is infallible and holds the right by virtue of simply claiming it. The radical differences existing on this subject may lead, possibly, to a disturbance of the amicable and even official relations between Grand Loiges. Brother Anthony strongly favors a limitation of the duration of a rejection. I have no objection to this view, and favor anything that will harm1nize and bring to the front the highest and truest fraternal understanding in regard to the claims of aU Grand Jurisdictions upon rejected material. The Report of Brother Anthony is plentifully sprinkled with extracts, intermixed with discreet, just and appropriate comments. He accorded

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five pages of his space to the review of Missouri for 1893. He gleaned amply from our Journal, making appropriations from the Address of Grand Master Parson, and the reports of our Committees on the Pennsylvania and Mexico questions. Speaking of the Pennsylvania attitude on the perpetual jurisdiction question, Brother Anthony said, "We cannot see how the claim can be operative beyond the confines of that State." In reference to the party made a Mason by our Missouri Lodge, and refused recognition in Pennsylvania, he said, "In the present instance, however, from the face of the paper, there is no claim of any deception on the part of the objector, and the candidate was regularly made a Mason according to the law of the Grand Lodge of Missouri."路 Our Grand Lecturer, Brother McDowell, was quoted from with approbation. The committee flaid that impressiveness and feeling in rendering the work of our beautiful ritual not only repays members and visiting' Brethren, but strikes into the heart of the candidate, so that he v\'ill be made a Mason in the true sense. Brother Anthony said he was naturally and especially interested in the report concerning our Missouri Masonic Home, and summarized that report very completely, winding up with the remark, that the "Fraternity of Missouri may well be proud of the success which has crowned their efforts." He kindly invoked the benediction of our Heavenly Father npon the Missouri Home. 8peaking of the decision of Grand Master Parson, respecting the case that came up from Summit Lodge, No. 263, he said, after quoting the decision and finding of the Committee on Jurisprudence, "Unless there is a regulation to the contrary, we should hold the decision of the Grand Master to have been correct." There is no snch "regulation to the contrary," Brother Anthony. In the judgment of this writer, Brother Parson was eminently correct in his ruling, and was justified in such decision by the report of an able committee and sustained by the law. But the Grand Lodge decided to the contrary, and in my judgment fell into a grievous error in so doing. The finding of the Grand Lodge was in direct contravention of the law, \vbich says: "If -on trial, the accused is acquitted, his dimit shall be granted." The accused in this case, was acquitted, and then asked and obtained his dimit. Grand Master Parson was right and the Grand Lodge erred in overruling him. Brother Anthony said we wisely laid upon the table 2, proposition to endorse the findings of the Chicago Fraternal Congress, for whieh expression of approval, be has the profound thanks of路 thi~ committee.

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Speaking of the admirable oration of Brother Dr. "Wm. F. ~uhn, Brother Anthony said, it was "an instructive address," and quoted from it liberally, saying that his space could not be better occupied than by the matter appropriated. The notice of this Committee's Report on Correspondence was favorable and complimentary. He thinks it will be "safe" to recognize the Grand Lodge of New Zealand when "all" the comtituent Lodges in that territory have given in their adherence to the organization. Of course it will be "safe," and "safety" is the ruling principle with this writer in such matters. I have not time or space to linger longer with the amiable and fraternal Chairman of the New York Committee. I am pleased to state that he is continued in charge of the same department of work, as well as being assigned the honorable and highly responsible position of Superintendent of their splendid Masonic Home. Long may such men live to bless the Fraternity and the world, by their good examples and commendable labors. The retiring Grand Master, Brother Burnham, installed his successor, M. 路W. Bro. John Hodge. Brother Edward M. L. Ehlers remains in charge of the important office of Grand Secretary, and his address is, as before, New York City.

NORTH CAROLINA. ONE HUNDRED AN!) SEVENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Grand Lodge convened in the city of Wilmington, .lanuary 2d, ]894, and closed on the 5th. M. W路. Bro. Jno. W. Cotten was Grand Master. Brother 路Wm. H. Bain was Grand Secretary. Seven months after the session closed I received the Journal of Proceedings. This result was secured after several requests had been addressed to the Grand Secretary and two to our Grand Representative. These repeated req uests were necessary in order to obtai n the Proceedings for review. The Grand Lodge, for the first time in nearly 100 years, moved away from Raleigh, its old location. The Body was welcomed to the "City by the Sea" in a most coi'dial and fraternal manner by the Master of St. John's Lodge, No.1, Brother Meares. The Address possesses the mel:it of "sweetness long drawn out," covering five pages. The Grand Master, Brother Cotten, responded in what the Grand Secretary characterizes as an "elegant and handsome manner."

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The recapitulation furnished by the Grand Secretary shows that there ,,'ere 275 Lodges at work, Representatives of 145 of these bein~ present. I have never been able to understand the numerical status of the Grand Lod~e of North Carolina. In his footings the Grand Secretary says, "The number of members returned, 8,654, number of 1'esident Mason.'!, not members, 1,370." What the resident Masons, not .members of North Carolina Lodges, have to do with the membership of those Lodges or the Grand Lodge, I fail to see. ADDRESS.

The Address of Grand Master Cotten was justifiably brief, covering less than seven pages. He said, notwithstanding the financial depression in their jurisdiction, the Craft had made very satisfactory progress in every ,vay, He was pleased to announce that the Lodges and individual l\lasons were recognizing the fact that "Masonry is a great moral Institution, and that immorality is being treated, as it should be, with indignation and contempt." These are lofty and ennobling sentiments, and it is not to be wondered at that a better class of men are applying- for the degrees of Masonry, and the Institution is being gradually and surely elevated in the minds of both members and the outside world. Such has been the result of the reform movement wroug-ht in Missouri Masonry in the last twelve or fifteen years. We have made it decent and respectable, so that decent and respectable men are drawn into its folds. Would to God that such could be said everywhere, and that all the Grand Lodges of the country occupied like high g-round. The Grand Master announced that their relations with sister Grand Lodges at home and abroad continued to be of the most pleasant and fraternal character. Grand Master Cotten, while regarding the Representative System as productive of a pleasant courtesy, could see no real good to be accomplished by it. Brief reference 'vas made to the Masonic Congress held in Chicago, to which he had appointed delegates, and the report was rendered by Brother Wm. Simpson, who attended the Congress, which report is printed in the Journal. The Grand Master, as might be expected, referred to the Orphan Asylum with great pleasure, and characterizes the Institution as "a noble charity," of which they are justly proud, It is learned from the report of the Treasurer that this Institutio~ is insured to. the sum of $14,000. It is also learned that a legacy of $1,000 by the late Hon. B. F. Moore was drawing interest, the legacy being well secured by mortgage.

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Grand Master Cotten granted dispensations for the formation .of four Lodges. Charters were granted to three Lodges during the session. I cannot close my review of the Address of Grand Master Cotten without expressing my high appreciation of its merits, for which he received the thanks of the Grand Lodge, and for his able and impartial manner as a presiding officer. The reports of the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary followed, ooth containing items of interest to the local Fraternity. I learn therefrom that the income from all sources for the year amounted to $5,439. The Grand Secretary. closed his bl'ief but business-like report by saying that he had accepted the position one year before with many misgivings as to his ability to meet its requirements, as his father and grandfather had before him. It is perhaps the only case on record in this country where the third generation is called upon to fill the honorable and responsible office of Grand Secretary of a Grand Lodge. The report of the Board of Directors of the Orphan Asylum contained the sad announcement that Mrs. Mary Black, wife of Rev. Brother Black, 8uperintendent of the Institution, had entered into rest during the previous autumn. She was loved by the children of the Aeylum, and by her many friends who delighted to call her" Aunt l\Jary." Her loss is sincerely deplored by all connected with the Institution. Brother Black has the sincere sympathies of this writer, who tenders him most fraternal condolences. From his report as Superintendent of the Asylum, much information if'l obtained as to the work and success of the Institution. The farm, the shoe-shop and the printing office, carried on under the management of the Asylum, yield an income of about 56,000. This of course is reduced some by the expenses incident to running these different departments. The Superintendent said that the religious instruction of the Institution was faithfully observed. The Bible is the text book, being read and studied every day. This, connected with the ~unday School and religious worship in the Home, together with the religious services :tttended by the inmates at the different churches, must contribute a high moral and spiritual tone to the Institution. During the session a resolution was introduced and made the special order of a subsequent part of the communication, looking to a levy on the membership of the State, such funds to be used for the benefit of, the Orphan Asylum. The consideration of the proposition followed in due time, and the resolution ,vas laid on the table by a large majority. Subsequently the author of said resolution moved that the Grand Secretary be directed to communicate with the Subordinate Lodges respecting the advisability of increasing the per capita assessments for

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the benefit of the Orphan Asylum, and requesting that Lodges send their Representatives prepared to act in the matter at the next Grand Lodge Session. Agitation and education among the members of the Fraternity in that State, if properly conducted, will secure the same result that we obtained in Missouri, namely, an increased assessment for the benefit of our Masonic Home, which is now the pride and glory of Missouri Masonry. During the session an oration was delivered by the Grand Orator, Brother E. F. Lamb, in the Auditorium of the Y. 1\L C. A. The record says that "he delighted his audience for one hour and a half." The oration covered .some nine pages in the Journal. He received the thanks of the Grand Lodge for his labored effort, which the Grand Secretary styled "ornate and scholarly." The Grand Lodge made an appropriation to the Orphan Asylum amounting to $3,500. An invitation was extended to the Grand Lodge by St. John's Lodge, No.1, to take a trip down Cape Fear River by steamer, which invitRtion was unanimollsly accepted, and the excursion greatly enjoyed. The Hon. A. M. Waddell delivered an address during- the sitting of the Grand Lodge, wbich was memorial and historical, and embodied sketches of rare interest, beginning back in the last ce':ltury and tracing the hif:!tory of Masonry in North Carolina during neady 100 years. At the conclusion of his address, on Thursday evening, the Grand Lodge repaired to the Orton House, where a magnificent banquet was tendered by St. John's Lodge, No. 1. Toasts were announced and addresses made, holding the 300 or 400 guests untill o'clock in the morning. CORRESPO~DEl"CE.

A report covering sixty-four pages appears in the .Journal, signed by J no. R. Pender, Chairman. It contains brief notices of the transactions of thirty-nine Grand Lodges, made up largely of extracts from the Journals reviewed. l\'Iissouri was not in it. I presume our .Journal of Proceedings for 1893, mailed on the 15th of October, had not reached the committee when he made up his review. From the proceedings it is gathered that all the elective Grand Officers were re-crlOsen; .J no. 1N. Cotten, Grand Master, Tarboro; '''m.H. Bain, Graml Secretary, Raleigh.

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NORTH DAKOTA. FIFTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Fifth Annual Session of the Grand Lodge was held in Valley City, embracing June 12th and 13th, 1894. The Grand Master, M. W. Bro . .las. McDonald, presided, and Brother Frank J. Thompson was Grand Secretary. The Representatives of thirty-nine chartered Lodges were present, out of the forty-one on the roll. Representatives from three Lodges under dispensation attended the session. The Report of the Grand Secretary shows a total membership of 2,172. Comparing this with last year's report, I find the gain to have been 200. This is a good. showing for that new jurisdiction. The J oumal of Proceedings, containing something over 200 pages, is handsome and readable. It came to hand two months after the session closed. ADDRESS.

The Address of Grand Master McDonald was comparatively brief, yet a most interesting document, and very full of business. In his exordium he said, "In numbers we are small compared with many other jurisdictions, but in harmony we equal the best and largest of them." This statement is justified by the fact th'at no appeals or grievances claimed the attention of the Grand Lodge. Another gratifying statement is found, wherein he announced, "Death has not .lain a heavy hand upon the Brethren of our Grand Jurisdiction. Only fourteeJ1 of our numbers have passed beyond." He reported having granted a number of dispensations to confer degrees out of statutory time, "which po\ver to grant such dispensations being especially granted your Grand Master by the laws of your Grand Lodge, I do not deeol it necessary to report the indi vidual cases." He had created three Lod ges under dispensation, which received charters during the session. The Lodges chartered one year before had been severally constituted by the Grand Master or his deputies. Visits had been made to five Lodges, and the officers installed by the Grand Master. DECISIONS.

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Committee on Jurisprudence, and approved, excepting one, which was corrected to conform to the views of said committee under the law. The Grand Master reported the fraternal relations with other Grand Lodges as of a most cordial kind. He had llppointed delegates attend the Fraternal Congress at Chicago, but was unable to be one of the delegation himself on account of private engagt>ments. He ('aIled the attention of the Grand Lodge to the fact that no rule existed determining the distance governing the formation of Ilew Lodges from existing ones. The Grand Lodge decided it was best to leave that subject to the discretion of Grand ~1asters. He reported the condition of the Craft in the jurisdiction as one of general prosperi ty. In coneluding his very thorough and eminently practical Address, the Grand Master urged upon the Body to continue the peace and harmony which had dwelt among them during the past year.

The Grand Lecturer, Brother Best, whose report is one of the "Best". of the season, stated that the Craft throughout the State was in a most prosperous candition. The Grand Secretary, Brother Frank J. Thompson, rendered a characteristic report. Nothing of interest to the Craft in his jurisdiction escaped attention and consideration. He complained somewhat of the tardiness of Lodges in sending in their returns, causing him great inconvenience. If Brother Th.ompson had 550 Lodges to deal with, as is the case with this writer, his patience would be more sorely tried. He recommended as a penalty to be visited upon negligent Lodges, a fine of $5.00 if returns were not sent in by the time fixed by the law of the Grand Lodge, and fifty cents per day for each day thereafter. The . Grand Lodge approved his recommendation, and ordered that a fine of $5.00 be imposed upon Lodges whose returns were not in the hands of the Grand Secretary by the 15th of May of each year. This ought to bring them to time. A new form of returns was recommended by the Grand Secretary, who was directed to prepare a new system of reports of Lodges, and that a Grand Lodge register be prepared. The value of the latter work to the Grand Lodge in the office of its Grand Secretary cannot be estimated. I introduced one in this office quite a number of years ago, a work that should have been commenced in the early history of this jurisdiction. Its value is beyond estimate. The Grand Secretary, Brother Thompson, being chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, submitted a special report, recommending the recogni-' tion of the Grand Lodges of New Zealand, Tasmania and the "United Grand Lodges of Mexico." The report was referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence, and by said committee approved, and all said Grand Lodges duly recogniz~d.

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The Committee on Grand Master's Address, took occasion to express appreciation of the ability and interest with which he had performed the various duties of his high office. Brother Thompson wascongratulated by the same committee, for the completeness of his report, both as Grand Secretary and Committee OD Foreign Correspondence. The compliment was deserved, and none appreciates the valuable work of such an officer, more than a Brother Grand Secretary, who is in a position to understand and value the excellent work done by such official. In order to establish' a Library, the Grand Lodge levied a tax of ten cents per annum on its membership, the funds of which were to be applied to re-establishing that valuable adjunct to the Grand Lodge. It will be remembered that their Library was destroyed by the great fire which desolated Fargo within the last two years. During the session a gavel was presented to the Grand Lodge by Brother Frank Thompson, the Grand Secretary,as the gift of Brotller A. M. Tofthagen. The handle was made out of cedar from Mt. Lebanon, and the head from olive-wood obtained at Mt. Moriah. The present was accepted with appropriate thanks by the Grand Master. It was afterwards ordered that a gold band be placed thereon, inscribed with the name of the giver. Action upon the uniform rules as to "jurisdiction over candidates" sent out by the Grand Lodge of Mississippi was deferred until the next Annual Communication. An amendment to the laws was adopted, that the annual session of the Grand Lodge, be held in the city of Fargo for the next five years. The financial condition of the Grand Lodge of North Dakota is very The installation ceremony closed up the business of the session, when the ladies of the Eastern Star were admitted. Our sister women had assembled in Valley City for the purpose of organizing a Grand Chapter of that Order. Of course the sisters were welcomed by the Brethren, and a pleasant occasion was enjoyed by all. satisfa~tory.

Appropriations were made amounting to some $1,800. Among the items is the Grand Secretary's salary of $500, which seems to this writer very meager compensation for the amount and character.of work performed by him. He was authorized to purchase appropriate aprons for each of the Past Grand Masters. Thanks were returned to the Frate"rnity of Valley City, and to the railroads which afforded them reduced rates of transportation. I have thus reviewed with interest and pleasnre the Proceedings of the Fifth Session of the Grand Lodge of North Dakota.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

A new Richmond is in the field in this jurisdi(路tion. Last year I made the acquaintance of the very amiable committee, Brother Wilder, whose report interested and pleased me very much. I regret to part with so pleasant and interesting a correspondent, just as we became acquainted. However, the jurisdicti9n of North Dakota Inses nothing in the change; perhaps it is best for the Grand Secretary to have charge of the department of Correspondence, as the two lines of work run very closely together. Brother Frank J. Thompson, the Grand Secretary, prepared and sublTlitted a review of over fifty Grand Lodge Journals, embracing his productions in a report of 150 pages. He has proved his right to a place among the reportorial workers, and is not "at the foot of the class," either. I like his report throughout. The style is earnest, candid and incisive. There is no difficulty in finding his whereabouts on any question treated. The notice of our Missouri Journal for 1893, was favorable and fraternal, four pages being accorded us. His comments on the reply of our Grand Master Parson to the somewhat lofty claims of the Grand :Master of Pennsylvania, were well timed and pertinent. He said, "The reply of Brother Parson was one of those quiet retorts, yet full of good sense, which cut the question at issue with the keenness of a razor." Brother Parson is that kind of a thinker. He is quiet, thoughtful, earnest and cogent. I like the \vay Brother Thompson characterized the subject when he said the contention grew out of the iniquitous practice of perpetual jurisdiction, which has ever been a disturlling force in all Grand Lodges whose misfortune it has been to deal with the question. Appropriating from the report of onr committee on the subject, he said it contained "a rebuke full of justice," and would have appropriated it in its entirety but for the lack of space.

Dr. Kuhn's oration was quoted from and styled "a very interesting and instructive address." I beg to correct an error into which I fell in reviewing the Proceedings of North Dakota for 1893. I found in those Proceedings the statement, that a Lodge cannot receive and ballot on the application of a man who has been rejected by another Lodge nntil the rejecting . Lodge waives jurisdiction. I was under the impression that this action of the Grand Lodge applied to parties rejected in other Grand Jurisdictions. Brother Thompson kindly corrects my misapprehension of their position on that question. He says, "Our rule is that the rejecting Lodge holds jurisdiction only so long as the person is a resident of the

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Grand Lodge jurisdiction. As soon as the rejected applicant removes路 from our jurisdiction, neither the Grand Lodge nor the Subordinate Lodge has jurisdiction over him." This is the correct view, and is in harmony )vith our procedure in Missouri. When a party has been rejected by a Lodge in this jurisdiction, he cannot be received by any other Lod~e in the State nntil twelve months shall have elapsed and he have secured asix months' lesidence under the jurisdiction of the Lodge petitioned. Brother Thompson speaks of the lamb and the lion lying down together, and that "the lions have all turned lambs, and we are now browsing upon the succulent grass of harmony;" to which happy state of affairs, fraternally speaking, he uttered a good, old-fashioned "Amen." 'Ve understand each other better. Hence more fraternity. In concluding the hurried review of his report, I want to say that Brother Thompson writes vigorously. His treatment of some of the \ objectionable dogmas of other jurisdictions suits this latitude perfectly, especially respecting that indefensible doctrine of perpetual jurisdiction. In his review of Pennsylvania, are found some very pertinent comments on the decisions of the Grand Master, two of which he characterized as "hide-bound," and concluded his remarks by saying, "If the world had moved as slowly as the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania in accepting new conditions and truths, it would never have prog~essed from the state in which it was found by that Grand Lodge." The conclusion of the report is followed by an amusing account of the communication of the Grand Lodge held at Devil's Lake. The account appeared in a secular paper, and was transferred to the last pages of Brother Thompson's review. The question might naturally arise, what use has his Satanic Majesty for water such as the lake mentioned? Perhaps the natives mistook that fabled sea-serpent for the devil. Brother Thompson was re-elected Gl'and Secretary, and continued as Committee on Foreign Correspondence, with office at Fargo. The Grand Master, Brother Geo. L. McGregor, lives at Jamestown.

NOVA SCOTIA. TWENfY-EIGHTH A:\INUAL OOMMUNIOATION.

This session of the Grand Lodge convened in the city of Halifax on the 14th of June, 1893. B1'Other Duncan C. Fraser was Grand Master, and Brother 'Ym. Ross Grand Secretary, with other Grand Officers and Past Grand Officers and Representatives of eighteen Lodges present. In conformity to a long established custom, the Grand Lodge repaired

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to church, and engaged in Divine Service, conducted by the Grand Chaplain, Rev. Dr. Bullock, who delivered a sermon covering nine pages of small print, using as a text, "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." The Journal contains a list of sixty-three Lodges, the returns from all which had been received, exhibiting a membership of 3,113. The Journal also contains the membership of the jurisdiction by Lodges. Brother Ross must be a happy Grand I:'ecretary, and an efficient one, to succeed in securing returns from all his Lodges. An Address of seven pages was presented by the Grand Master. From it it is learned that peace and some success had been vouchsafed the Craft. during the year. The Address is made up of a detailed account of business matters transacted by him during his term. Commissions had been issued, special dispensations granted, conferring degrees out of time permitted, and other matters of local concern. The Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia is seriously embarrassed by a Temple debt amounting to $32,160. The Grand .Master said, "The Hall is ours, and we owe a debt on it." When or how this debt is to be paid remains to be seen. A proposition had been starte(l to hold a "Grand :Masonic Charity Fair," with a view of reducing their indebtedness. The Grand Secretary, Hon. Wm. Ross, submitted his annual report., embracing, various business items connected with his office. The new Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was granted recognition, and ,..relcomed into the family of Grand Lodges of the world. Brother Ross is a good officer, capable and painstakin'g. The various District Deputies of the jurisdiction submitted their reports, which found a place in the Proceedings. The Grand :\1aster had decided against the right of Masonic burial to a dimitted member; this was declared to be sound Masonic law and usage" and was approved by the Grand Lodge. A very interesting communication is found in the Journal from Past Grand Master, J. \V. Laurie, in which he recorded a pleasant visit to, and fraternal recognition by, the Grand Lodge of England. Something new appears in the minutes, where it is found that the Grand Master recommended that several Deputies of Districts be accorded the rank of "Past Deputy Grand Masters." What the bestowment of such rank implies, or 'what honor it confers, this writer cannot tell.

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On the third day of the session, the Grand Officers were elected and installed; following which were adopted resolutions of thanks, and the Grand Lodge closed its labors. CORRESPON DENCE.

A report of 170 pages was submitted by three writers. Brother T. B. Flint, Past District Dep'uty Grand Master, examined and reported upon the transactions of forty-six Grand Lodges; Brother Norman-Lee reviewed eleven Journals; Brother Mowbray reported upon the Ptoceedings of three Grand Lodges; the work of the entire committee covering the doings of sixty Grand Lodges. Missouri for 1892 was reported upon by Brother Thos. B. Flint. He appropriated a part of the Address of Brother Ingram, and commented upon said dooument in a very pleasing manner, and gave a summary of our Proceedings in detail. Referring to my Report on Correspondence, he said it combined all the good qualities which should distinguish such a review', and he then appropriated my references to the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia. Speaking of our jurisdiction, Brother Flint said, "Masonry in Missouri appears to be in a healthy and pr~gressive condition." The Grand Master, Brother Fraser, and Grand Secretary, Hon. 路Wm. Ross, were re-elected. The latter resides at Halifax.

OHIO. EIGHTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CPMMUNICATION.

This jurisdiction is one among the strong and representative Grand LJJges of the country. Nearly eighty-five years ago Masonry was planted in what is now the State of Ohio. Its ad vance has been steady, and its. gr.owth satisfactory. As it is approaching the century period of its existen.ce, the Fraternity in that jurisdiction is moving forward and keeping pace with the physical development of the State, and its growth in population. Likewise, the Order is engaged in the great and good work of establishing a :Masonic Home, which yet be the pride and glory of Ohio Masonry.

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The Grand Lodge held its Eighty-fourth Annual Communication in the city of Cleveland, commencing on the 18th day of October, 1893. M. W. Bro. Allen Andrews, Grand Master, present and presiding, and Brother J. H. Bromwell, Grand Secretary. The Chairman of the Committee on Credentials announced that all the Graud Officers were in attendance, with eight Past Grand Master~

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and other Past Grand Officers. Representatives were present from 473 Lodges, out of the total of 494 on the roll. This was certainly a very full attendance. The existence of a pay-roll in any jurisdiction will contribute very largely to the securement of a full attendance of Lodge Representatives. The pay-roll at the session now under consideration, footed up $9,248. Following the opening of the Body, the Hon. Brother Jas. Lawrence, mayor of Cleveland, extended a cordial welcome and greeting to the Ci-rand Lodge, in the name of the citizens and city of Cleveland. Brother B. D. Babcock in behalf of the 'Masonic Fraternity of the city offered a warm fraternal welcome. The Grand MaRter responded in suitable terms to both addresses. ADDRESS.

The Address of Grand Master Andrews is a very lengthy and able document. I am almost inclined to call it a state paper. It emanated flOill one who was certainly master of the situation, and covers over fifty pages. The announcement was made that relations with sister Grand Lodges were, without exreption, of the most cordial and fraternal nature. Relations with foreign Grand Lodges had been established. Grand Master Andrews certainly recognized the existence, if not usefulness of the Representative System, as he had recommended for commissions, ten Brethren of Ohio as Representatives of foreign Grand Lodges near the Grand Lodge over which he presided. He had also commissioned as Representatives of his Grand Lodge near sister Grand Lodges, a number of Brethren. The Grand Lodges of New Zealand and Tasmania were recommended for recognition. He referred to the existence and prevalance in his jurisdiction of the doctrine of perpetual jurisdiction. The law seems to be that a party once reject'ed in an Ohio' Lodge, is forever ineligible for Masonry withont the consent of the Lodge which rejected him. I conclude from the sentiments expressed by the Grand Master, following the above statement, that the doctrine in question is not held in absolutely high favor by him. He said it was not clear that the doctrine had its foundation in philosophy and justice. A proper estimate of human nature, the possibility of reformation, and broad charity would seem to suggest that the rejected candidate, after the lapse of a certain time, who had gained Masonic residence elsewhere, should be relieved of the disability imposed upon him by rejection in the original Lodge. He yery correctly representell the views of many other Grand Jurisdictions in saying that they had either never adopted the doctrine, or h~d discarded the idea of perpetual ineligibility of a

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candidate once rejected. Thereupon he submitted the recomrnendation that a proper committee consider the subject and report whether a change should be made. If such committee considered the subject and reported thereon, I have been unable to discover it. Continuing his Address, the Grand Master reported the issuance of 103 special dispensations. Reading this statement, I turned my attention at once to the list and examined it carefully to see if he had exercised the "high power in me vested," and permitted degrees to be conferred out of time. I was highly gratified to discover that such had not been done, and upon referring to the portion of the Address touching upon the suspension of \vell established laws, I found that the Grand Master is not made that way. Referring to the numerous applications presented desiring the suspension of the law, he remarked, "It is needless to say that all such requestsv.'-ere promptly refused." A11 honor to the Grand Master of Ohio; he is a man after my own heart. Application had been made to him by one of the Lodges for a dispensation, authorizing the Lodge to permit the temporary use of its rooms by a Chapter of Eastern t'tar. Previous legislation by the Grand Lodge against "side degrees," etc., appeared to be a barrier in the way of granting such privilege. The Grand Master got round the difficulty in a very happy way. He said any society claiming to be Masonic, and yet not so recognized by the Grand Lodge, should be forbidden the use of l\:Iasonic property. On the other hand, a social or benevolent sor-iety not pretending to be l\1a~onic, might be allowed the tempo!'ary use of the Lodge-rooms under the dispensation of the Grand l\faster. The applicatIOn of this rule was very simple. The Order of Eastern Star, making no pretensions to be Masonic, occupies the same relation to Masonry as other benevolent and social orders. The Grand Master could not see why the Order of Eastern Star, composed of mothers, wives, widows, sisters and daughters of Masons, should not be treated with at least as much consideration as shown Odd Fellows or Knights of Pytbia,s and other Orders. He might have added that the Owls and Shriners are permitted to hold their meetings, if not their carousals, in Masonic Lodge-rooms, whereas the Order of Eastern Star made up of refined Christian women are excluded. DECISIONS.

Grand :\faster Andrews reported fifteen rulings, which met the approval of the Committee on Jurisprudence, and such approval was ratified by the Grand Lodge. His declarations and definitions of Masonic jnrisprudence are certainly clear and legitimate expositions of Masonic principles. He cited a case where a petitioner was rejected, one black ball appearing, and the Master postponed the second ballot

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to another meeting. The party at such subsequent meeting was elected. The Grand Master decided that the election was illegal, and the party not entitled to initiation. We would hold in Missouri that there was no election at all, because the ballot was not completed according to law at the time prescribed for the election. The postponement would be regarded as an attempt to defeat the will of the objector, and secure the election of the pet.itioner at some time when the objector might be absent. I am glad to record the fact, that in one decision the Grand Master prohibited the interference of a Lodge in the settlement of financial issues between two of the members. One Brother signed a note as surety for another, and had it to pay. Failing to secure reimbursement for his outlay, he preferred charges for un masonic conduct against the Brother for whom he had become an endorser. The Grand Master decided that the subject was not one of Masonic jurisprudence, and that the facts did not make it an offense against Masonry. If one Mason takes the risk of endorsing for another, he should do so with the thought present in his mind, that he is liable to have the debt to pay. He should therefore, not be allowed to make the Masonic Lodge a collecting agency. I think every man who endorses for another should do so with the idea of having to meet the obligation. If this thought governed men in their business methods, there would be less sorrow among people over having to pay security debts. I once asked a friend to go on my bond as Grand Secretary. The request was readily complied with, accompanied by the remark, "I expect to have it to pay." My reply was, "Of course, that is the reason I ask you to become my secnrity." To endorse for another, whether a Mason or not, the endorser should be governed by this thought: Can I in justice to my business and family, afford to pay that obligation when it matures? The law of Ohio differs from that of Missouri in respect to withdrawing petitions for initiation after their reference to a committee. \Ve do not allow such withdrawal after the petition has been referred. Grand Master Andrews ruled that it might be withdrawn at any time before ballot. The decision which holds that a non-affiliated Mason is triable for a Masonic offense, either by the Lodge to which he belongs, or by the Lodge in whose jurisdiction he committed the offense, is good law and harmonizes with our Missouri custom of long standing. The attention of the Grand Master having been called to the sale of intoxicating liqnors by Masons, he elaborated !he question fully, the conclusion of which is to the effect that "the traffic in intoxicating liquors, to be drank on the premises, or for purposes other than

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medicinal and mechanical uses, isa Masonic offense." Any Brother violating the rule is guilty of unmasonic' conduct, and a proper subject for Masonic discipline. The Grand Master treated at some length the subiect of clandestine Masonry. This refers to the illegitimate Lodges formed in that State, made up of dissentient elements that created a so-called Grand Lodge. Said organization was formed by five unlawful subordinate bodies. The Grand Master said thatthese were aimless, lifeless and fruitless, except two which have a considerable membership. As showing the character of such illegal Lodges, he said they solicit candidates and accept as members, persons rejected by regular Lodges, as well as persons having bnt one eye, one arm, one leg or other physical and moral imperfections. He fluther said, "The Cerneau bodies have melted a way; some good men who did not know the regulations of the Order have been drawn into these clandestine Lodges, supposing they were receiving genuine Masonry." Some good citizens, finding that they were deceived, have withdrawn from these irregular bodies and disclaim any connection therewith. The Grand Master said, the attempt to organize a rebellion against their Grand Lodge, and to plant clandestine bodies in Ohio, had not only failed of recognition, but had encountered the just condemnation of all the Grand Lodges of the world in fraternal correspondence with their Jurisdiction. He recorded the case of one of our St. Louis Lodges which had some accidental relations with one of the clandestine bodies, and requested it to bury a St. Louis Brother. f:;aid Lodge thereupon advertised itself as obtaining recognition from the Brethren of }1'issouri. In the correspondence which passed between Grand Master Andrews of Ohio and Grand Master Parson of Missouri, Brother Parson assured Brother Andrews, that our St. Louis Lodge did not intend to recognize the clandestine Lodge in Ohio, but made a mistake in supposing that it was a regularly constituted body. Our Brethren in Ohio may rest assured that under no circumstances will Missonri Masons e\1er knowingly recognize one of the clandestine bodies in that -jurisdiction, or any of its members. The Grand Master stated that there had been but little change in the lttigation brought by the Cerneaus against the Grand Lodge. They had been beaten in every trial, and had abandoned all their cases except in Columbus and Cleveland. The subject of Ritual claimed considerable time and space in the Address of Grand Master Andrews. From his report on the subject it is learned that "the Grand Lodge had appointed in 1891 a committee to w1'ite out, in extenso, a complete copy of the Ritual." This ,vas' done,

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and the volume thus prepared was approved and promulgated by proclamation made by the Grand Master in September, 1892. The Grand Lodge directed that said written Ritual should remain in the custody of the Grand Master. It was therefore evident that the benefit derived from a written ceremony could not be enjoyed by the 500 Lodges in that jurisdiction from the one copy prepared. The work is in cipher, and the Grand Master says that no one but a bl'ight, intelligent Mason, with a good knowledge and fair recollection of the Ritual, can read the cipher. Reporting upon this subject, a special committee recommended that a copy of the cipher Ritual be furnished each of the Subordinate Lodges. To accomplish this and meet the necessary demand, the Grand Master was authorized to have 600 copies of said Ritual printed. The Grand Lodge divided the State into twenty-five Lecture Districts, and provided for the appointment of twenty-five District Lecturers. Each of these Lecturers is to be invested with a copy of the aforesaid Ritual. In concluding a notice of this strange departure from "the old paths," followed by our fathers, I am reminded of a terribly bitter war that prevailed in the West some thirty years ago, waged against Rob. Morris, who had become the author of a similar system known as "Conservator Masonry." The fight made upon Brother Morris killed him in the estimation of thousands of Masons for many years. Indeed, I doubt if he ever'regained the confidence of many of his Brethren, which he had forfeited by writing, printing, etc., of the Ritual; and yet the Grand Lodges of this country are now following in the exact footsteps of the illustrious Rob. Morris. 'Vhere it will end, who can tell? Brother Andrews remarked in his Address he felt bound to say "that ritualism was by no means the end of Masonry." He wisely concluded that with many it is often over ,estimated, and sometimes Masons seem to forget that there is anything beyond it. "Parrot Masonry," like "Ornamental Masonry," is more esteemed and highly prized by some than the real, genuine article. For good and sufficient 'reason, the Grand Master arrested the charter of Paulding Lodge, No. 502, after vainly trying to secure the recovery of said Lodge to a sound and healthy condition. His act in this case was approved by the Grand Lodge. The Address of Grand Master Andrews throughout is fu II of business, containing many miscellaneous matters of interest alone to the local Fraternity. He certainly distributed himself very largely over the jurisdiction, and visited many points, at the same time performing numerous public and private Masonic duties. He made the startling announcement that in the State of Ohio there are estimated 18,000 non-affiliated Masons. In his visits he observed improvement in

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Lodge work, and in the general condition of the Fraternity, concluding that the outlook is very encouraging in Ohio. Attention was called to the progress made towards the completion of the Masonic Home. This interest was reported upon during the session, ,,,herein it is found that the income so far, for that Institution, amounted to $70,000. An outlay of some $35,000 had been made in buildings, etc. The statement is a startling one wherein it is discovered that the 38,000 Masons in the Lodges of Ohio had contributed less than $17,000 to the Home. Royal Arch Masonry had given about as mUCh; and Templar Masonry half as much. The reports of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer appear in the Journal; that of the latter officer, Brother J. H. Bromwell, is a very fuil and complete document. The income of the Grand Lodge for the year was $18,540. A full and somewhat lengthy Report on Appeals was rendered by the proper committee. One Lodge was chartered, having worked the proper time under dispensation. Upon the recommendation of the Committee on Correspondence, the Grand Lodges of Tasmania, New Zealand and Oklahoma were dnly recognized. The same committee referring to the Representative System mentioned by the Grand Master, said that they found nothing requiring a report at their hands, as the regulation of the Grand Lodge on that subject for the last fifty years was sufficient and eminently satisfactory. The Grand Lodge closed its labors on the second day, after having given attention to an unusual amount of business, which was carefully considered and disposed of. CORRESPOXDEXCE.

M. ,",V. Bro. W. M. Cunningham, Past Grand Master, prepared and submitted the annual report, in which he reviewed the doings of sixtysix Grand Lodges. This list embraces a number of European Bodies, in connection with the American Grand Lodges. The report covered 253 pages. The extent of the work is equaled by its ability. Brother Cunningham is a man of great research, scholarship and close application. He brings the results of all these endowments to bear in his carefully prepared review. His historical notes evidence familiarity with the subject-matter' taken hold of, whether found in foreign or American fields. It would be profitable to my readers could I transfer to these pages the results of his varied investigations. Having devoted very considerable space in reviewing the doings of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, I am restricted in the amount of room in doing what I would like to do. As heretofore, Brother Cunningham used the scissors quite G L. Ap.-5.

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freely, though he commented very discreetly on such subjects as called forth his thought. He is always kind to Missouri, and allotted five pages of his space to a careful consideration of our Grand Lodge Proceedings of 1892. Very fraternal attention was given the Address of Brother Ingram, Grand Master for that year. Referring to our Grand Lodge action respecting the appeal cases considered, he said, "Missouri wisely exercises final appellate supervision over all judicial decisions of its subordinates." Thanks are due, and hereby accorded Brother Cunningham for his hearty commendation of the "fraternal spirit evinced" by this writer in his Report on Correspondence for 1892. Quoting our law governing physical qualifications or disqualifications, he said, "This corresponds to the law in this Grand Jurisdiction and is doubtless the most conservati ve, if not the most technical construction to be placed upon the ancient charges." In conclusion I freely express the opinion that the Correspondence department of Ohio could not be in safer or abler hands. Accepting and warmly reciprocating his expressions of Brotherly love and esteem, I take fraternal leave of Brother Cunningham and his able work, recording with pleasure the fact that he still remains in charge of the work of Correspondence in the Grand Lodge of Ohio. The Grand Master, Brother Andrews, of Hamilton, and Grand Secretary, Brother J. H. Bromvv'ell, of Cincinnati, were re-elected.

OKLAHOMA.-1894. The Journal of this, the youngest member of the family of American Grand Lodges, came to hand six months after the Second Annual Communication closed its labors. The Annual Proceedings, contains about 200 pages. The session was held in the city of Guthrie, commen.cing February 13, 1894, and was presided over by Brother Aug. J. Spengel, Grand Master. Two special communications had been held prior to the annual meeting. The Grand Secretary, Brother Jas. S. Hunt, furnished an interesting fiscal and general statement of matters pertaining to his office and the Craft, fro~ which it is learned that dispensations had been issued to form five Lodges. Special dispensations had been granted and issued to do things outside of the Constitution. He reported the official recognition of their own Grand Lodge by some twenty-seven Grand Bodies, Missouri among the number.

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The statement is found in his report, that 260 members had been added to the list, the total membership of the jurisdiction footing up 638. The income for the year was $1,163; deducting disbursements, the balance on hand was found to be $636. There are now fifteen chartered Lodges on the roll, with one working under dispensation. Ten Lodges were represented at the annual session. An address of welcome of considerable "length was delivered by Hon. Brother Risley; the response was made by Brother Douglas, the D.D.G.M. The Address of Brother Spengel is a paper of business merit, containing an account of his official stewardship. Several decfsions were reported in answer to questions presented. One question was submitted as to whether a Brother Mason engaged in the liquor business could be received as a charter member. He replied that such person was eligible to membership, as their law only prohibited liquor. sellers from being made Masons. He then said that the liquor seller should be admonished, as his business was "unmasonic." If the business of a man is "unmasonic," and he is "subject to discipline," as the Grand Master declared, why should he be eligible to members,hip in a Masonic Lodge? If he continues in the business which is "unmasonic" and "subject to discipline" after he, has gained membership, he certainly would be liable to trial and punishment. In view of that possible condition, why not declare him ineligible and let him go to his own place? Other decisions of the Grand Master were correct interpretations of law as applied to the cases presented. The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma begins early in its own life to invade and infract its own Constitution, special dispensations having been granted to confer degrees out of time, and receive petitions for the degrees, from parties who had not lived in the jurisdiction the time required by the Constitution. Queer things are perpetrated under the authority of that mighty word, "prerogative." Speaking of the ritual as taught, the Grand Master said he was satisfied that all their Lodges were conforming to the work adopted by the Grand Lodge. The Grand Master said the Grand Lodge was exceedingly fortunate in securing the services of Brother J. S. Hunt for its Grand Secretary. Attention was called to the Representative' System and mention made that Iowa and Pennsylvania had discarded the same. This matter ~'as referred to the Committee on Correspondence. Said committee recommended that the Grand Representative System as it existed in that jurisdiction be abolished, notwithstanding the system had been incorporated into the Constitution and thereby legalized. In view of

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that apparent impediment to the abolishment of the system, the subject was referred to the Committee on Law and Usage. Said committee reported immediately in favor of the abolishment of the system, and that the article in the Constitution heretofore authorizing the appointments of Representatives be stricken out. They have an easy method in that jurisdiction of getting rid of objectionable things and laws as well. The Grand Lodge of the Indian Territory is recognized as the mother of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma. In kindness and affection the mother Grand Lodge donated to her daughter a set of magnificent Grand Lodge Jewels. The Grand Master reported the condition of the Craft as flourishing and prosperous. The Committee on Appeals and Grievances had nothing to do, as the Brethren throughout the Territory were working in peace and harmony for the upbuilding of the Fraternity. The Grand Master closed his Address in appropriate and feeling terms, taking his official leave of the Grand Body, over which he had presided since its organization. His administration and Addre1:ls were complimented by thâ&#x201A;Ź committee as both able and competent. During the session, in order that a local Lodge might exemplify the work in the Third Degree before the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master granted a dispensation to confer said degree out of the regular time. The Grand Lodge fixed the salary of the Grand Secretary at $30.00 per month, and appropriated $50.00 for preparing the Report on Corres'pondence submitted at that session. The thanks of the Grand Body were tendered to the retiring Grand ::\1aster, to which he replied affectingly. The installation of officers completed the business of the session, which took place i~ public. The ceremony was performed by the retiring Grand Master, after which the members of the Grand Lodge, Masons, their wives and guests, marched to the bll:nquet-hall, where some 200 people gathered round the tables and did justice to the ample provisions made. Addresses followed, and the occasion wound up with "pleasure to themselves and honor to the communit~r." CORRESPONDENCE.

The Grand Secretary, Brother Jas. S. Hunt, prepared and submitted his first review. He did so without apology, and with the conviction tbat brevity was its chief merit. I presume no one will question this statement of the committee. He reviewed the Proceedings of thirty-six Grand Lodges; Missouri was "not in it. '.' The report covers

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120 pages. There are some extracts, and a general gleaning from the Journals noticed. I like the tone and spirit of the writer, and must commend him, 3,5 a new beginner, to the favorable consideration and hearty welcome to the reportorial guild, believing that he has in him the elements out of which Grand Lodge reporters arc made. His address as Grand Secretary is Stillwater. Brother Selwyn Douglas was elected and installed Grand Master. He resides at Oklahoma City.

PEN NSYLVANIA.-1893. The Journal of this Grand Lodge contains the usual number of sessions, being Quarterly and Annual gatherings of the Craft at Philadelphia, the Mecca of Masonry in that jurisdiction. These meetings were severally presided over by Grand Mastel' Michael Arnold. Brother Michael Nisbet ,vas Grand Secretary, as he has been for a â&#x20AC;˘ number of years past. The representation was not large at any of the sessions, except the Decemb~r Quarterly, when "Two hundred and forty Lodges were represented," says the rec0rd. At the September meeting, the Grand Master announced the death of Past Grand Master, Brother Robert A. Lamberton, styled "One of the patriarchs of the Grand Lodge." Rrothel' Africa, P. G. M., was appointed "to prepare an Address on Brothel' Lamberton's Masonic and civil life and services, to be read at the next communication of the Grand Lodge." This Address was submitted at the December Quarterly, and did credit to its distinguished author, and was followed by most appreciative resolutions, commemorative of the many virtues of the deceased. The principal session of the year in the Pennsylvania Grand Jurisdiction, is held in December, being the Fourth Quarterly meeting of that august Body. The Officers were elected at said session and duly installed at the Annual Communication, December 27th. It will suffice to record here the fact that Grand Master Arnold was re-elected, and also Brother Nisbet re-chosen Grand Secretary. Both had shown their fitness for the positions filled, and proved their worthiness to be continued in office. The Grand Secretary exhibited in his very able report, the status of Masonry in that old and representative jurisdiction. The Lodges reported, amounted to 414, containing a membership of 45,]37, a gain of ],911 over the previous year. Reports, full and extended, on the various trusts, funds and general interests, managed by the Grand Lodge, ,,'ere rendered. Everything was shown to be most satisfactory. Large interests are committed to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, ,and. are admirably handled. The Grand Secretary's report, shows that nearly $140,000 had passed through his hands into those of the Grand

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Treasurer. An item of interest to other Grand Lodges may be mentioned. In providing for the Grand Secretary, the necessary help and compensation, the sum of $7,500 was appropriated. "MORE LIGHT"

was found to be required in the Masonic Temple, and estimates had. been made respecting the cost of supplying the needed illumination. It was found that an outlay of $26,000 would be required to meet the demand for "further light." The proposed electric plant, by resolution was not ordered, the matter being postponed until further orders by the Grand Lodge. The hope is ventured that our Brethren do not "love darkness rather than light," for any reason. At this session the Grand Master, Brother Arnold, presented his Annual Address, which must be pronounced an able and very practical document. Pennsylvania Masonry has ever shown its good judgment in the choice of wise and strong men as chief rulers. Brother Arnold is no exception to the long established custom. He announced the continued welfare of the Craft, with an increase in numbers. He also made the gratifying statement of a large decrease in the debt of the Grand Lodge. He gave his views at length on the "Representative System." But as that question is out of court, so far as we are concerned in Missouri, nothing need be said of the issue. Brother Arnold animadverted upon the much mooted question of "Rejected Candidates." He stated the law of their jurisdiction to be, "that an objection once made, continues until it has been removed by the jurisdiction in which it has been made." Such objection may continue in Pennsylvania until doomsday, for aught I care, but for the Grand Master to assume to dictate laws for Missouri, and a policy for us to follow, is going beyond the limits of his authority. He must have realized the extent of their powers to control such matters when he said, "of course, we cannot enforce our views upon other Grand Lodges, and will not attempt to do so." Of course not. And it may be said with confidence, that no other Grand Lodge will attempt to enforce its views upon Pennsylvania. We have a law in Missouri that disallows membership to anyone engaged in the sale of intoxicants for drinking purposes. While this 路writer believes this to be good Masonry, because good morals, yet he would not disfranchise Pennsylvania Masons because that jurisdiction holds different views. We have laws for the government of the Craft in Missouri, which we have made and worked under through our history, and no harm has ever resulted from them. But in all our legislation we have never "committed folly in the sight of Israel" by adopting the pernicious doctrine of perpetual jurisdictio路n. Pennsylvania is welcome to it, and as our Grand Lodge at its last session relegated that dogma where it belongs, the matter can rest there, so far as we are concerned. Missouri

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Grand Master Arnold urged upon the Grand Lodge and its Subordinates the importance of proper proficiency before advancement of candidates. Exercising the high power vested in him by "prero~ative," which he said was "of ancient origin," the Grand :Master had made a Mason at sight. This, he said, was done that the prerogative "might not become obsolete by non-user." The "non-user" idea is good. A poor thing like "prerogative" that cannot live except used occasionally to prevent the rust and decay due its useless presence among men, ought to die and be buried. A number of practical rulings were reported in the Address. Grand Master Arnold justly and very severely reprobated the unmasonic custom of electioneering for office. Likewise he gave the abominable custom of publishing in newspapers the secret affairs of Lodges a healthy dig. Missouri has a law on that subject which has worked good results. The irrepressible reporter does not get any comfort now as he goes round, hunting up items for his "fraternal column." The very excellent Address of Grand Master Arnold closed with some servicable and sound admonitions and recommendations. CORRESPONDENCE.

The annual review was made by that veteran writer, Brother Richard Vaux, P. G. M. The work is in keeping with his many past efforts in the field so ably路 cultivated by him. The work covers a vast scope, and embraces much matter of commanding interest. He devoted 257 pages to the Journals reviewed, the number being largely over sixty. Missouri for 1893 came in for a full share of his space, eleven pages being alloted to a notice of our Journal. The space thus employed was largely used in noting and reviewing the controversy growing out of the fact that a Missouri Lodge had made a Mason of a rejected party who was not acceptable to some Lodge in Pennsylvania. Said party having acquired a Masonic citizenship in Missouri was initiated, passed and raised by one of our Lodges. He afterward visited Pennsylvania, but was refused admission into a Lodge of Masons in that jurisdiction. Brother Vaux discusses the subject at length and ably sustains the Pennsylvania 'view of the question. None could do so more ably. But we can never "see eye to eye" on this matter. He has said all that can be uttered in behalf of what we, of Missouri, regard as most indefensible. Our Grand Lod~e has spoken in terms not to be misunderstood. Pennsylvania holds her ground. Thus we stand. Discussion will not bring us together. Brother Vaux and this writer are too good friends to "fall out by the way," and

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further consideration of the issue "rill not tend to increased fraternal feelings. Let time and reflection do what heated argument can never effect. I desire to assure my dear old friend and Brother, Vaux, of an unfailing appreciation of his candor and earnestness along all lines,as well as my warm regard for him as a citizen and a Brother beloved. Taking leave of him, I again express the hope that he may long live to lead and enlighten the Craft at home and abroad. Trusting to meet him hereafter, both in the flesh and in the reportorial field, I give him a fraternal good-bye.

QUEBEC.-1894. The Twenty-fourth Annual Communication was held in the city of Montreal, commencing on the 31st day of January, 1894. M. ""V. Bro. Thos. P. Butler presided as Grand Master, Brother Jno. H. Isaacson was Grand Secretary. There were present the usual Grand Officers, and a number of Past Grand Officers, with Representatives of fifty-five Lodges. Repre路sentatives were present from twenty-six Grand Lodges. There are fifty-seven Lodges in the jurisdiction, with a membership of 3,318. An Address of seven pages was presented by Grand Master Butler, which opened with the sad announcement, that two of the Past Grand Masters of the jurisdiction had been called from life's labors by the messenger of Death during the year. Brothers Jas. F. Walker and Edwin R. Johnson, who had served the Craft in that jurisdiction in other years, had ceased to labor and gone to rest. Emergent communications had been held, and the departed laid away to their last sleep by fraternal hands; the Grand :i\faster performing the Masonic burial service in both cases. In his Address, the Grand Master paid kind and deserved tributes to the departed. He enumerated the prominent dead of other jurisdictions. Among them he mentioned the name of Mathew M. Miller, Grand Secretary of Kansas. He either confounded the name of Brother Miller with somebody else, or had failed to acquaint himself路 with the facts in the case. Brother Miller waE: appointed Grand Secretary to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Brother John H. Brown and still lives. The Grand Master feelingly referred to the loss sustained by their Grand Secretary, from whose presence and association had been taken the life-long partner of his joys and sorrows. He said the deceased

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wife of the Grand Secretary was known to many of them and was highly esteemed by a large circle of friends. The Committee on the State of Masonry, in reviewing the Address of the Grand Master, said in reference to the loss of their Grand Secretary, that the sympathy of the Grand Lodge was due him. Following the advice of the Grand Master the committee recommended that the rank of Past Grand Master b~ conferred upon Brotber Isaacson, as a token of respect and esteem. In consideration of his special services, beyond the ordinary duties of Grand Secretary, it was recommended that the sum of $500 be awarded him. This was done, and was a just and proper tribute to the venerated Brother. The Grand Master still recognized the existence of the Representatative System among them, and had commissioned Brethren as Representatives of t.he Grand Lodge of Quebec, and .recommended several for commissions by other Grand Lodges. The Grand l\1aster said that matters in their jurisdiction had been so uneventful that he had but little to report, but congratulated the Craft that Providence bad dealt so graciously with them. He made the announcement that certain Brethren had formed an Association looking towards the erection of a Masonic Temple in the city of Montreal. This matter was considered by the Committee on Grand Master's Address, and the hope expressed tbat ere long they \vould see in Montreal a building devoted to the purposes of Masonry. The Frate~nity was urged to aid the movement, and the suggestion offered that at some fut.ure time the Grand Lodge should invest a portion of its funds in the enterprise. The Grand Master granted one dispensation for the formation of a Lodge during his term. From expressions found in the Address, it is easy to conclude, that the territory occupied by that Grand Lodge was not most favorable to the growth and prosperity of the Fraternity. Owing to the ignorance of their principles and a false impression as to their tenets, a large majority of the population of the Province, on sectarian grounds, were opposed to the Masonic Order. No doubt this is true, as a large proportion of the citizens of the Province of Quebec are of a religious turn of mind, that would lead them to persecute a Mason as a heretic, and dance at the fires of the stake or shout at the cruelties of the inquistion if Masons were the victims. The Grand Secretary, referring to the same obstacles in the way of Masonry's progress in that country, said that the Order had obtained a strength and standing among those whose good opinion was worth having which enabled them to treat with scorn and contempt the miserable diatribes and slanders of their enemies, meaning religious bigots and hO\"'ling fanatics.

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The Grand Secretary, Brother Isaacson, furnished a very good general business report, coupled with a statistical exhibit showing the financial condition of the Grand Lodge. He recorded with pleasure the continued prosperity of the Craft throughout the jurisdiction. The returns from Lodges had been made in approved form and in good time, only one Lodge having- neglected to meet its obligations. From his report it is seen that the 'total assets of the Grand Lodge amounted to nearly $12,000. The reports of the several District Deputies of the jurisdiction were presented and printed. The Grand Chaplain delivered an Address during the session, which is printed in the Journal. A resolution was adopted appointing a commission to confer with other Grand Lodges in the Dominion of Canada looking to the securement of an Act of Incorporation from the Parliament of the Dominion, in behalf of the Masonic Fraternity of Canada. The Committee on the State of the Craft said that steady and sure progress had been made, and a satisfactory increase in funds evidenced the sound and healthy condition of the Craft. Va.rious reports were rendered tOUGhing matters of local interest only. The Grand Secretary receives a salary of $800 per annum. CORRESPONDENCE.

A report of 120 pages 路was rendered by E. T. D. Chambers, Chairman.It is made up about equally of extracts and comments. I infer that the Grand Lodge Proceedings of Missouri for 1893, har! not reached the committee, as our Journal is not mentioned in the report. Brother John P. Noyes, of Sweetsburg was chosen Grand Master; Brother J. H. Isaacson, of Montreal, re-elected Grand Secretary.

RHODE ISLAND. The Journal under consideration contains the transactions of the Semi-Annual and One Hundred and Third Annual Communications. The Grand Master, Brother S. White, presided at both sessions, and Brother Edward Baker was Grand Secretary. The Semi-Annaul Meeting was held in Providence, commencing November 21, 1892. The record contains various reports, with memorial tributes in honor of two deceased Past Grand officers. Brothers

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Oliver Johnson, P. G. M., and Wm. B. Blanding, P. D. G. lVI., had laid aside life's labors and exchanged its cares for rest and refreshment in another world. Memorial tributes were delivered during the session of the Grand Lodge, and are found in the Journal. A special communication was held at Auburn, when the corner-stone of Freemason's Hall was laid, followed by an address delivered by Brother G. A. Littlefield. The One Hundred and Third Annual Communication was held in Providence, commencing May 15, 1893. The Grand Master made tender mention of their loss in the death of the two Past Grand officers mentioned above-Brothers Johnson and Blanding. Some special dispensations bad been granted during the term, and were duly reported. Several requests had been made for dispensations to set aside constitutional provisions and do work without waiting the required time. The Grand Master said very properly, that the power to suspend their laws should be exercised only when an emergency exists demanding such temporary suspension, No such reasons having been presented, no dispensations had been granted for over-riding the provisions of the Law. The administration of the Grand Master appears to have been an uneventful one, nothing having transpired meriting special consideration. The Address was brief and local in its application. It is pleasant to record that harmony and good fellowship' had prevailed throughout the jurisdiction, and the Lodges had enjoyed a good measure of prosperity. The reports of the several District Deputies were submitted and printed. The Grand Secretary, Brother Baker, furnished a brief report containing general items of business, together with his statistical exhibit. The revenues for the term amounted to $2,500. The Committee on Correspondence, Brother Henry 路W. Rugg, stated verbally that nothing had been sent to him during the past year for consideration. This is the extent of his report. An application reached the Grand Lodge from the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma requesting recognition. The request was referred to the Committee on Correspondence. It is presumed that said report will be rendered at some future session of the Grand Lodge. A jewel, for presentation tp Past Grand Master White, was ordered as a token of the esteem in which he was held by the Grand Lodge. There are thirty-six Lodges on the roll, containing a membership of

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4,538, being a gain over the former report of about 200. The membership of the jurisdiction is not printed by Lodges, but the officers' names, together with those receiving the degrees and admitted by affiliation, are furnished. ELISHA H. RHODES, Providence, Grand Master. ED'VIN BAKER, Providence, Grand Secretary.

SOUTH CAROLINA. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The annual session of this Grand Lodge was held in the Masonic Temple, in the city of Charleston, commencing December 12, 1893. l\L W. Bro. Stiles P. Dendy, Grand Master, present and presiding; Brother Chas. Inglesby was Grand Secretary. Out of 184 Lodges on the roll, RepresentativE's were present from 154. The membership in all the Lodges was reported at some 7,000. The scope of the proceedings is limited, covering only fifty-five pages. ADDRESS.

Some ten pages were used by the Grand Master in presenting a message to the Grand Lodge. Four pages were devoted to the treatment of Masonic matters, reading very much like a well prepared oration. The balance was taken up with local busin'ess. The Committee on the Address reported that it was "full of interesting and valuable information for the Craft." The correspondence between the Grand Masters of South Carolina and Pennsylvania, respecting the Representative System is published in full. Grand Master Dendy is not unfavorably disposed to the system, and thought it might be made useful. In proof of his favor, he had commissioned several Brethren in othRr jurisdictions to represent the Grand Lodge of South Carolina. Likewise, he had nominated members of his own Grand Lodge to represent other sister Grand Lodges. Two dispensations had been granted during the term for the institution of Lodges; both received charters during the session. One lodge working under dispensation heretofore granted, was continued in that character for one year. Four decisions were reported, and all concurred in by the Committee on Jurisprudence. In the first ruling it is found that the Grand .Master has the right and power to "make Masons at sight." The second decision favored the unusual custom of the Master and Wardens leav-

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ing their stations and going to the altar to cast their ballot on applications, giving a sign in the Third Degree before voting. Probably this is an ancient custom, of such remoteness that it finds its permanent home only in South Carolina. I have never seen it done in that way. The stations of the three principal officers should never be vacant during a session of the Lodge. The Grand 1\1 aster recorded with fraternal sorrow the loss sustained from their ranks of Past Grand l\faster W. "V. Humphries, and Brother F. A. Connor, Past Junior Grand 'Varden. He said the "silent Reaper" had again encroached upon their roll and removed these distinguished Brethren. Referring to the finances of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master stated that their bonded debt, including interest, amounted to a little over $20,000. If not mistaken in my observations of the condition of Masonry in South Carolina for a number of years, it has suffered no little from the incubus fastened upon the jurisdiction by a Temple debt. The Grand Master expressed the view that with their present financial system undisturbed, they might reasonably expect to see their indebtedness entirely extinguished in the course of a few years. The debt had been reduced $1,500 during the previous term. At the above rate the principal may be extinguished in about thirteen years, to say nothing of the interest. The Grand Secretary, Bro. Inglesby, presented a report referring to finances alone, showing the amounts received and paid over to the Grand Treasurer. From his report it is seen that the income for the term was $7,261. Examining the report of the Grand Treasurer, it is found that tbe pay-roll cut a large slice out of their funds, amounting to about ~3,000. The final footings of expenses left a balance on hand of $200. During the session a beautiful testimonial was presented to 1\1. W. Bro. Wm. T. Branch, P. G. M., in the shape of a Past Grand Master's Jewel. The presentation address, made by Brother J. T. Brown, and the response of the recipient of the jewel, were both appropriate, and are found in the Journal. The reports of the several District Deputy Grand Masters of the jurisdiction were presented and published. Following the report and recommendation of the Committee on Correspondence, the Grand Lodges of New Zealand and Oklahoma were duly recognized as lawful Bodies, and fraternal courtesies accorded them. An amendment of the Law was adopted providing for the payment of Grand Officers and Past Grand Masters who attended the sessions, the same as Representatives. ,A further provision was included in the change, allowing these one vote each in the Grand Body.

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The Grand Master made the ruling from the chair that "a dimit is good at any time, but is evidence only of the character of the holder thereof at the time when the same was gr~nted." He also ruled that a Brother who has paid dues for which he was suspended, and is blackballed on application for restoration, has no right to have the money returned which he paid in liquidating his indebtedness. This is in accordance with our views of correct Masonic jurisprudence. The Memorial Committee submitted a report containing tributes to their deceased Brethren, Past Grand Master Humphries, and Past Grand Junior Warden Connor. Addresses were made as tributes to the deceased, and reports adopted. During the session Brother Jno. D. Kennedy exhibited a silver trowel which had been made for and used in 1829 by General Lafayette in laying the COl'nor-stone of the monument in Camden, S. C., reared to the memory of Baron De Kalb. It was stated that the trowel had been used on m~ny other Masonic occasions, and was the property of Mrs. Salmond, widow of a Master Mason, who was willing that the Grand Lodge should become the possessor of this cherished souvenir. On motion :;;50 was appropriated from the treasury towards the purchase of the trowel, and the Grand Secretary directed to issue a call to the Lodges of the State inviting contributions towards the purchase money, which should be at least $400. It is worthy of observation that when the installation of Grand Officers took place, the Grand Lodge was closed in the Third Degree and opened in the First. In this degree the elective officers were duly installed. This appears to be a custom in that Grand Lodge, and like the principal officers leaving their stations in order to vote on applications at the altar, may be very remote, but to the modern Mason it is very novel:

There is no Report on Correspondence. The membership of the jurisdiction was published by Lodges. The Grand Master, Brother Dendy, and the Grand Secretary, Brother. Chas. Inglesby, were re-elected. The latter resides in "the Beautiful City by the Sea."

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SOUTH DAKOTA. TWENTIETH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Journal of the Grand Lodge of South Dakota resembles that of her young sister,North Dakota, though not so large by several pa~es. Both appear dressed in pure white. This is suggestive, as white is the emblem of purity, and the badge of a Mason. The Twentieth Annual Communication was held at Hot Springs, commencing on the 12th of June, 1894. Brother Richard C. McCallister was Grand Master, and Brother Chas. T. McCoy, Grand Secretary. The membership reported was within a fraction of 5,000. The net gain appears to have been 148. The income from all sources amounted to $6,199. ADDRESS.

The Address of the Grand Master was pardonably brief, covering only five pages. He announced himself as opposed to the rule governing this century, which means continual change, holding that it is our duty to stand by Masonry as we found it, and transmit it unimpaired to our children. He reported the .granting of dispensations for the formation of three Lodges. Respecting the violation of the law, he said, "In several instances I have allowed degrees to be conferred out of time. I granted a dispensation to confer the three degrees upon Gov. Sheldon, waiving the usual time." The Committee on Jurisprudence reported upon this phase of his administration, and delicately condemned that method of proceedure. Here is what was said by the committee: "The ~ommittee is of the opinion that this prerogative of the Grand Master should only be exercised in cases of gt'eatest emergency, and only when the candidate shows himself, by examination to be fully proficient as required by our laws and usage. The facts in the case reported would net, in our judgment, justify the exercise of such power." If I were Grand Master and received such a rebuke, the desire would be to retire from public Masonic life. The great mistake apparent in this case, as in many others like it, is found in the recognition of that thing called "prerogative of the Grand Master." It never has, and does not yet appear to this writer the proper thing for the Grand Master to do, to override

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written law. The example is pernicious and the results in no case justify the violation of obligations to meet emergencies, even though the subject of these "high powers" were the Governor of the Commonwealth. The official findings of the Grand Master were approved ana the other dispensations granted affirmed. The Grand Master announced that fraternal relations heretofore existing between that Grand Lodge and sister Grand Jurisdictions remained undisturbed. He said that death had dealt lightly with the Fraternity in the jurisdiction the past year. The Grand Lecturer suhmitted a very brief report, containing an account of his labors. The report from the delegates to the ",V odd's Congress at Chicago finds a place in the Journal. The report of the Grand Secretary, Brother McCoy, both general and statistical, appears in the Journal in connection with that of the Grand Treasurer. Brother McCoy makes the pleasant announcement that for the ninth consecutive term all Lodges had reported, and that there were no delinquents in the jurisdiction. Memorial pages were ordered placed in the J oumal, commemorative of the fraternal dead. The pay-roll for the session amounted to $1,478. Brother Will. Blatt, Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence, submitted a special report, recommending the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma. The same was adopted, and said Grand Lodge accorded an independent and sovereign existence in the territory occupied. The salary of the Grand Secret.ary was placed at $600 per year, and $100 appropriated for the Committee on Correspondence. A new Grand Secretary was chosen, Brother McCoy having retired, whether by preference of the Grand Lodge for another, or by reason of his wish to secure release from responsibility and labor, I cannot tell. COHREsroNDENCE.

The report for the year was prepared by that excellent revim;'1er and practical writer, Brother 'Vm. Blatt, Past Grand. Master. The report covers 112 pages. Like all his former reviews, it is almost entirely written, containing but very few extracts. It is a revipw indeed, embracing a condensed exhibit of matters and things examined by him in making up his -report. Missouri received two pages, most of which space was occupied with appropriations from the repolt of our Committee on the Pennsylvania controversy. Speaking of that Grand Lodge refusing to recognize a Mason made in St. Louis, who had lived here ten years, though once rejected by a Lodge in PennsyhTania, Brother Blatt says of said Grand Lodge, "She is wrong." I quite agree

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with him in the principle that a person made a Mason in a regularly constituted Lodge is a Mason, and such principle ought to prevail everywhere; and, as he well says, it does prevail in most of the Grand Jurisdictions of the world. After quoting extensively from our report on the Pennsylvania matter, Brother Blatt said that he endorsed every letter and gave our action an unqualified approval. Speaking. of my Report on Correspondence, he was kind and fraternal, as 'usual, and wound up his review with a very happy conclusion, maintaining the fundamental principles of Masonry and a high standard of morality. 'VM. C. ALLEN, Groton, Grand Master. GEO. A. PETTIGREW, Flandreau, Grand Secretary.

TENNESSEE. EIGHTIETH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The M. W. Grand Lodge of Masons of Tennessee convened in the city of Nashville, and commenced its labors on the 31st day of January, 1894. M. W. Bro. Bunn F. Price, Grand Master, was present and pr8siding, and Brother John Frizzell was Grand Secretary, with a full corps of other Grand Officers. There were present quite a large number of Past Grand Officers and Past Masters. Representatives were in attendance from 393 Lodges, out of 428 on the roll. The membership reported at 17,826, showing a gain over last year of 272. ADDUESS.

Brother Price, the Grand Master, submitted his Annual Address, embracing twenty-two pages. He had been a very busy and certainly a very active official, as shown by the amonnt of work done, visits made, and other interests looked after. After an interesting exordium, he plunged into business with an easy familiarity indicating that he was master of the situation. He reported the constitution of several Lodges which had been chartered the year previous. Numerous dispensations covering special interests had been granted, while one Lodge had been constituted under dispensation. It is a pleasure to record the fact, that in the long list of dispensations granted for special purposes, not one was given to do work out of time, but some applications of this sort were refused.

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Grand Master Price expressed grave doubts as to the "policy of establishing new Lodges at every country cross-road as a matter of convenience to some of the Brethren." It is learned from his statements touching this subject, that some Brethren declared they would dimit and not attend Lodge at all if dispensations were not granted to create new Lodges for their convenience. The Grand Master made a discovery which is no new thing under the sun. It was to the effect that quite a number of Lodges draw much more mileage and per diem than they pay into the treasury. This grows out of the fact that Lodges have been created in so many places, that all the material is worked up, leaving a small membership. Consequently, the Grand Lodge dues paid by these weak and sickly Lodges is reduced to the minimum. His experience is quite familiar to thi;; writer. In describing one of this class of Lodges, the Grand Master drew a very natural picture-one that I have been acquainted with for thirty years. A Lodge of that character has not life enough to live, and is too tenacious to die naturally, preferring to drag out a miserable existence with some old Brother as Master, who never conferred a degree correctly in his life, and would not recognize correct work if he were to witness it. Most likely, Masters of such Lodges would be found kicking against correct and intelligent work, calling it the "new fangled" kind. Masonry in any jurisdiction would be far better off and more healthy if all such Lodges were blotted out. 'We have some of them in Missouri. Brother Price reported thirty-one official rulings. It is sufficient to say at this point, that they were all approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence, and said report was ratified by the Grand Lodge. In the first ruling is found the statement that "Examinations must include the whole of the first section of the degree." Ruling upon the status of a clandestine Mason, he said such could become a regular Mason only by petitioning a regular Lodge and being entered, passed and raised, as would any other profane. In assigning the clandestine party such a course of duty, he recognizes him as nothing more than a profane, and gives no recognition to his clandestine character. This is right. Brother Price held that a verbal objection filed with the Master of the Lodge was sufficient at all times to prevent a candidate from advancing. It is to be inferred that somebody wanted the Ritual changed to suit his religious views, as the Grand Master decided that he had no power to allow a Lodge to make such change for the conven. ience of some profane who wished to become a Mason. He said that neither the Grand Master nor the Grand Lodge should take official cognizance of the Order of Eastern Star. I would like to meet with, and take a good look at, the Mason, who would hold a view opposite to that expressed in this decision. I have neither seen nor heard of any-

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one claiming that such recognition, official or otherwise, should be given the Order of Eastern Star, thereby investing it with a :Masonic character. But, nevertheless, the Order of Eastern Star is a most valuable auxiliary and helper of Masonry. The foregoing synopsis may serve to illustrate the general tenor of the thirty-one rulings rendered by Grand Master Price. Joint occupancy on the part of Lodges with non-masonic societies, met no favor in his eyes. He said in every instance where such joint occupancy existed, so far as he knew, it had sapped the life路blood of the Lodges. The Report of the Committee on Address, agreed with the Grand Master, and submitted a recommendation to the end that Lodges shall not hereafter rent or lease their Lodge-rooms to any society or associaciation not Masonic. This recommendation was not concurred in. A very large number of visits had been made by the Grand Master, showing not only his activity as an official, but an intense interest in the' welfare and growth of the institution. He had promised, upon his elevation to the office of Grand Master, that his efforts should be devoted to the country Lodges. That promise had been faithfully kept, as he had not visited a city Lodge except his own. He dwelt at some length upon the subject of disseminating the work, and set forth the fact that the Board of Custodians, with the late Brother Connor as its Chairman, had devoted much time and labor in holding Schools of Instruction in the jurisdiction. Commenting upon the subject of equipment of Lodge-rooms and the general interests of the Craft along this line, he recommended the passage, by the Grand Lodge, of an edict compelling Subordinate Lodges to insure their buildings and furniture. He thought if such law was enacted, begging circulars asking for help to re-build Lodge-rooms would soon be at an end. It has been the observation and experience of this writer for many years, that there is less business management and care for the preservation of local interests by many of the Lodges than in any other department of life. I have incorporated the question in our blank returns, "Is your property insured, and for ho~ much?" About one-fifth of the Lodges in the State keep well insured. It is a strange fact, that out of the great amount of Lodge property destroyed by fire every year, a large proportion of it carries no insurance. Now and then a good, well managed business corporation of this kind, subjected to 108s, will rise out of the. ashes in a little while from the result of ha\;ing a good, large insurance policy on hand. Grand Master Price referred to what he calls an "evil," and styles it "drumming for Masonry." He calls the practice "pernicious and

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wholly unmasonic." It is to be hoped that this evil, so justly condemned, is not an extensive one. I have yet to learn with absolute certainty of any Mason "drumming up" ca.ndidates for the Institution. The Grand Master, in view of some experiences that his Grand Lodge had with the Grand Lodge of Ohio, coupled with similar embarrassments elsewhere, considered the Representative System a custom that ought to be abolished, as he had never known any good to grow out of it. He recommended such action by the Grand Lodge as would result in the withdrawal of all commissions in the hands of Representatives near other Ci-rand Lodges, and that in future none should be issued. His recommendation was approved by the adoption of the following resolution: "Resolved, That the System of Grand Representatives be, and the same is hereby abolished."

Thus Tennessee takes a position already assumed by Iowa, Pennsylvania and a few other Grand Lodges. The National Board of Relief received favor at the hands of Grand Master Price, who recommended that the Grand Lodge of Tennessee become a member of that Association. His recommendation was not received with favor, and non-concurrenc~ was the result; leaving the matter, as the committee said, "to be settled by each Subordinate Ledge for itself." ]\[ASONIC HOME.

The Grand Lodge of Tennessee has for some years been laboring with the noble purpose, and in the spirit of self-sacrifice, to build up an asylum of love for widows and orphans. They are not succeeding, perhaps, so rapidly as they could wish, but surely, with promise of good l'esults. The Grand Master announced with profound pleasure, that this long-waited-for institution had been completed and nearly out of debt. Standing as a monument to the Masons of Tennessee, he could point to it with pride as the glory of the Fraternity in that jurisdiction. To the energy and push of its President, Brother Toney, and Brother Bumpas, its Secretary, who had given years of time and consecrated talent to the upbuilding of that noble charity, "without the hope of fee or reward," he paid exalted tributes. He stated that the road to the capstone of the building had been a hilly one. No doubt in such an undertaking they found the way rough and rugged, beset with difficulties and dangers; but, like true Masons, with their trust in God, they knew their faith to be well founded, and were thereby enabled, with the cooperation and warm sympathy of the Brethren, to triumph

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over all obstacles. The Grand :i\1aster recommended the incorporation of the Grand Lodge, his object being to have that Body own and control the Masonic Home. The Grand Lodge not being incorporated, could not legally receive and manage the property; further, if such incorporation be effected, that the trustees of the Home. turn the institution over to the Grand Body, with all its appointments. His recommendation on this subject did not meet with approval, the committee regarding such incorporation as unwise and unnecessary, as trustees may hold legal titles. The Grand Lodge during its sitting donated the sum of $2,000 towards the maintenance of the Masonic Home. In the Address is found the announcement of the death of their Grand Tiler, Brother A. W. Downer, to whom he paid a loving tribute, and gave expression of his appreciation of the noble qualities of the deceased Brother as a man and a Mason. He was buried by the Fraternity, the Grand Master presiding, assisted by a number of prominent Grand Officers and Past Grand Officers. The Committee on Address joined in the expressions of fraternal appreciation of the deceased, and recommended that a memorial page be set apart and inscribed with his name. . During the session of the Grand Lodge, the exemplification of the work engaged attention, and was satisfadorily rendered by the Board of Custodians. Said Custodians presented a very complete and ample report of the operations of the District 'Lecturers throughout the juri!=)diction. The revenues of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee for the year footed up some $16,000. Including the balance on hand from last year, the total assets were put down as $22,853. Nine Lodges received charters from the Grand Lodge during the session. Passing upon the deliverances made by the Fraternal Congress at Chicago, the Committee on Jurisprudence said, "We recommend that this Grand Lodge declare and express no opinion, or in any way approve the findings of said Congress." The report was signed by our M. 路W. Brother and iriend, John Frizzell. We are pleased to see that the Grand Lodge of Tennessee took a position identical with that of Missouri on this subject. The Grand Officers having been duly elected, on the afternoon of the third day, the installation took place: and was performed by Brother Geo. C. Connor, P. G. M., it being the last official act of his life in the Grand Lodge that he had served and honored for so many years. As a concluding act of the Body, a committee of three Past Grand Masters was created to devise ways and means permanently to endow

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the ::\Iasonic Widows' and Orphans' Home. Said committee consisted of Brothers Connor, Foster and Price. The Grand Lodge then closed in "AMPLE FORM:." John Frizzell, Nashville, Grand Secretary. CORRESPONDENCE.

The brilliant, scholarly and somewhat erratic Committee on Correspondence in Tennessee has written his last report. The brain that projected so many and varied thoughts upon the Masonic mind of the world is at rest. The hand that committed those thoughts to paper is cold and powerless. The work of Brother Geo. C. Connor is done; his last review has been made, submitted to his Grand Lodge, and is now the subject of consideration by his Brethren of the Guild. The Report embraced 110 pages, and was accepted Lodge of Tennessee on the 31st day of January,1894. March following, a little over two months from the close he died at his home in Chattanooga, after a brief illness, year of his age.

by the Grand On the 9th of of the session, in the sixtieth

It never was my pleasure or privilege to meet and know this prominent and distinguished Mason. That he was distinguished will not be questioned. He gained prominence in his own Grand Jurisdiction, and won reputation beyond its limits. He had served as Grand Master and Grand Commander of the jurisdiction of Tennessee, and at the time of his death was Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence in both Bodies. He figured largely in the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States, and was a conspicuous figure in said Body, especially at the Denver Conclave, where he had much to do with the Ritual then and there adopted.

His last Report to the Grand Lodge of Tennessee was characteristic of the man. Departing from a settled purpose not to blur my report with extracts, I excerpt the following from his introduction: The Chairman began this Review early in August, but soon he fell before the assault of what he fears is an incurable disease. Little by little I struggled on, never losing sight of the probability that this might be the last work I would be permitted to do for my Brethren. The clouds have slowly lifted and the burden is not quite so heavy today. But there were days when I caught glimpses of the Pearly Gate and heard footfalls beyond the boundary of the other worM. I toiled because I knew I had the sympathy of my Brethren and that what I wrote would live when I was gone. I struggled against pain because the glory of the Masonic Fraternity enlists every power of my heart and ~oul in these my declining years.

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have become to him a reality. The light spirit steps of saint and seraph have merged into the ~rander procession of the multitude white-robed and numberless. His conclusion is touching.

I make one more extract: FAREWELL.

Aye, it may be forever; the Father alone knoweth. But if we meet no more here, may we meet beyond the river where the waves of sorrow surge no more. Yes, the Pearly Gate comes nearer, and the light from its wicket streams down to us along the highway. The burden remains, but it grows lighter every year. Here we see the faults of each other magnified, entirely because we do not know each other; but we will know each other there; yea, in that bright and shining land where the weary and the misunderstood are at rest forever. Here we lay up both earthly and spiritual treasures; the former to discharge our obligations, the latter that we may honor God and elevate mankind. Such living, laying up and trustfulness make up the life of a true Freemason. Many of the beloved have crossed over the river since last we roported. They are not absorbed in the fountain of Nirvana, as the Buddhist dreams; they have gone home to the bosoin of their God. They live because God lives, and through the mercy of God we shall meet them there. Ah! how precious the thoughtSo star by star declines, Till all arc passed away, Nor sink those stars in empty night, But hide themselycs in heaven's own light.

The "Star" of Connor has disappeared from our firmament to shine forever in the unclouded sky of an ete.rnal heaven.

TEXAS. FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

Territorially, Texas is a large jurisdiction. Its history is not small nor devoid of interest. Its organization occurred in the year 1837. During the period of its history since its establishment, the Grand Lodge has chartered 740 Lodges. Outof this number 561 were reported as in active working condition, while 179 had ceased to exist. The total membership is within a fraction of 25,000; the gain for the past year was reported at 344. Income from dues, nearly $18,000. The Grand Secretary said all the Lodges had made returns except one. There were present Representatives from 320 Lodges. The annual sent out by the Grand Secretary of Texas is not lacking in 'size, as it embraces 600 pages. The proceedings of the session now under review covered about 150 pages; the printed membership by

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Lodges covered 270 pages; the report on correspondence, 140, together with other matter found in the volume, aggregated the figures above named. The Fifty-eighth Annual Communication was held in the City of Houston, commencing December 5, 1893. Brother Thomas B. Cochran was Grand Master, and Brother W. F. Swain, Grand Secretary, with other Grand Officers and Past Grand Officers present. ADDRESS.

Like other phases of the affairs of the Grand Lodge of Texas, the Address of its Grand Master was of large proportions. Following an extended exordium, appeared the announcement of official business and duties performed during the term. He had authorized toe creation of fifteen new Lodges under dispensation. Duplicate charters had been ordered to six Lodges, the originals of which had been destroyed. Corner-~tones in large numbers had been laid, together with p~blic installations and other matters of local interest. The Grand Master reported some forty official rulings rendered during the term, a large majority of which were approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence, while several were discarded. The committee did not concur in one ruling made by the Grand Master. Said ruling was, that when the Master was absent the Senior Warden must call a Past Master to his aid to preside; but the act of presiding is that of the Warden, as acting Master. This was correct as to the act of the "Varden. The C'ommittee condemned this ruling, holding that the action of the Past Master, while presiding over the Lodge, was the same as that of the actual Master. The strange part of the decision of the committee is, that when the Past Master has assumed the chair the 'Varden must fill his station as such Warden. Such a rule may do for Texas, but it will not find a habitation or a home in Missouri. The rule seems to be in this case, from the treatment of it by the Grand Master and the committee, that in the absence of the Master the Senior Warden must surrender his right to preside, and call a Past Master to occupy the East. The question occurs, "On what meat doth this Past Officer in Texas feed that he becomes so large as to supersede the presiding officer of the Lodge?" 'What is the use of having a Senior Warden if he is not endowed with the right and authority, as the second presiding officer of the Lodge, to preside in the absence of the Master? What is he there for, anyhow? In Missouri we honor a Brother by making him Master of his Lodge. 'Vhen he has served the Brethren for a term we call him a Past Officer, because he has passed the chair. While we recognize his rank, and honor him for the services rendered while in office, when he closes his official labors the

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honor of having been Master of his Lodge is all he carries with him on retiring from that honorable station. It gives him no rights. 'Ve do not even recognize that the supposed wisdom of King Solomon was so incarnated in his nature as to pass out of the chair with him, to the total bankruptcy of everyone else in the Lodge. If service in the office of Senior 'Varden, made so by law, is necessary to qualify him for the station of Worshipful Master, he is surely competent to preside over a Lodge and conduct its business occasionally during the term, when his chief is absent, without the aid of a Past Master supplanting him and sending the 'Varden to occupy his station in the 'Vest. In one view of the case, the Past Master is a myth in law. I am glad that we have no such rule in Missouri, as is here criticised. The Grand Master decided that a Masonic Lodge should not rent any part of its property for use as a saloon. The committee said this decision \vas in the right direction, but appeared to hesitate about affirming, in unequivocal terms, the principle involved. They did not regard the "scruples" of Brethren, ho\vever, which they thought might be varied and often fanciful, and, as a consequence, held that such "scruples" could not be made a guide in such matters. They did not believe that "conscientious scruples should be the discriminating power between morality and immorality;" stili, ,they thought "Lodges should not be 1'ented or used for saloons or other imm01'al purposes," The language here in quotation marks raises a question in the mind of this writer as to the meaning of the committee. Surely it cannot be the case that Lodges in Texas are "rented or used for saloons or other immoral purposes;" yet, this quotation justifies such conclusion, as the statement refers to the fact that "Lodges should not be rented or used for saloons or other immoral pwposes," The Grand Master furnished a summary from the reports rendered by the fifty-five District Deputy Grand Masters in the jurisdiction. From these rt'ports it is learned that with but few exceptions Freemasonry is in a good condition throughout the jurisdiction. From the Address it is learned that owing to the destruction wrought by a cyclone at a point called Cisco, an appeal had been made to the Fraternity in the State for the relief of the sufferers. In response to this appeal some $2,000 had been collected and reported to the Grand Lodge by the Grand Secretary. Well done Texas Masons. The Address of Grand Master Cochran closes with some valuable recommendations, which were afterwards duly cunsidered by the proper committee. In one instance, regarded as a case of emergency, the Grand Master permitted a Lodge to confer the Third Degree on a Brother out of time. The candidate was about to take his departure to

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a foreign country to spend two years in taking a post-graduate course as a physician. The Grand Master said he broke a resolution formed when entering upon his official duties, and granted the dispensation. The Address was well spoken of by the Committee on Jurisprudence, who commended the research and ability displayed by the Grand Master in passing upon the many and perplexing questions that had claimed his consideration. The Grand Secretary submitted a very elaborate statistical and business exhibit, showing the various interests managed by him during the term. He announced that the sixteen Lodges chartered at the last session had all been constituted and were actively at work, having duly made returns to the Grand Lodge. He reported twenty Lodges working under dispensation, and eight had ceased to exist. The annual dues were reported at about $18,000. Receipts from all sources over $20,000. The Committee on Jurisprudence had considered a petition of one of the Lodges asking permission to meet in the same hall with the Odd Fellows. The permission was not granted, thereby discountenancing "joint occupancy." An astonishingly large number of cases, submitted by the Con1mittee on Appeals and Grievances, received consideration. These reports were as lengthy as they were numerous. Quite a number of Lodges received charters during the sitting of the Grand Lodge, having served a lawful time under dispensation. From reports found in the Journal it is learned that the Masonic Home Fuhd has reached the figures, $65,568. Respecting this interest, the Grand Lodge authorized the issuance of a circular to the Lodges and Masons of Texas, calling for increased activity and contributions, that the Home "may be put in operation at an early day." The Committee on Correspondence submitted a special report respecting the status of Masonry in Mexico and the relation of Texas thereto. That report was prepared by Brother Thomas M. Matthews, Chairman of the committee, who said that the "Treaty of Monterey" had called forth some discussion in Masonic circles. He had found that many of the Committees on Correspondence had spoken approvingly of their action, and expressed the opinion "that in due time the 'Gran Dieta' would be generally .recognized as the governing Masonic body in Mexico." I have no doubt that said "Gran Dieta is now the governing Masonic body of Mexico," but there is a world-wide difference between recognizing that fact and recognizing the Masonry of Mexico

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as such that it can claim the formal recognition by Grand Lodges. The character of Mexican Masonry is to be tak:n into consideration. 'While it may be recognized as the ruling Fraternity in that peculiar country, it does not follow that we will recognize it either as legitimate as to its origin or present status, notwithst~nding our Texas Brethren are in full fellowship with it. The dues of quite a number of Lodges were remitted by the Grand Lodge on account of misfortunes which had befallen them. A proposition was offered looking to the increase of the salary of the Committee on Correspondence, recommending that the writer of their reports, Brother Thomas M. Matthews, should receive $500 for his labors. The Finance Committee, either not appreciating' the excellent work performed by Brother Matthews, or suffering from a spell of Masonic economy, cut down his compensation to $200 annually. The Grand Lodge authorized the sale of certain city real estate, provided it could be disposed of for the sum of $30,000. It is intended to place the proceeds of such sale in the hands of the Masonic Home Directors. If this sale is made and the money realized from their property, with the funds on hand, our Texas Brethren will soon be to the front with this grandest Masonic achievement in the way of charitya Home for 'Widows and Orphans. Some Brother submitted a proposition to change the per diem of the members of the Grand Lodge to one dollar instead of sevEmty-five cents, as now provided. His little bill did not pass. A t the close of the session Past Grand Master Tyler presented to the retiring Grand Master, Brother Cochran, "a beautiful jewel of a Past Grand Master." In closing a review of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Texas, for 1893, I desire to record the fact that said Body transacted an immense amount of business, and evidently expended very great labor during the three days' session. From the full and路 extended notice given the transactions of the Grand Lodge my notice of the Report on Correspondence must be brief. CORRESPONDENCE. In the review prepared by Brother "Thomas M. Matthews for the Committee," attention was paid to the transactions of fifty-four Grand Lodges, American and foreign, consuming 140 pages. From his report .I learn that this is his eighth annual review submitted to the Grand Lodge of Texas. In his conclusion the Committee said that having completed his annual tour he found the trip quite laboriOUS, still, there was a fascination about it which allured and pleased.

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There is no lossof interest~r forcibleness discoverable in this report, as compared with his former labors. The work is well sprinkled with extracts, attended with pointed and practical comments, many of them possessing general interest. Our Journal for 1893 was awarded five pages of his space, wherein are found fraternal notices of our proceedings throughout. He had observed with pleasure that our Grand Master, Brother Parson, "refused all requests for permission to confer degrees out of time, examine candidates on proficiency at special meetings, or ballot, except at stated communications." Brother l\latthews expressed the opinion that if all Grand Masters, would adopt and adhere to this rule, it would be much to the advantage of the Craft everywhere. In this opinion I cordially concur. He made mention of the controversy which had ansen between the Grand Master of Pennsylvania and the Grand Master of :Missouri in regard to making a Mason in a Missouri Lodge of one who had been rejected by a Lodge in Pennsylvania. Brother Matthe,..'-s holds to a modified form of perpetual jurisdiction over rejected candidates, and expressed regret that sOl11e universal ruh~ upon this subject has not been agreed upon. Such universal rule will never be adopted while the perpetual jurisdiction advocates hold the extreme views now entertained and defended by some Grand Jurisdictions. This writer is opposed to the doctrine held by Pennsylvania, and adheres to the position maintained by Missouri. While thus defining my position, I am prepared to join with others in securing a modification of the extreme position of some of our sister Grand Lodges, and to that end am willing to make some concessions, if unity of action can be generally secured. Speaking of our Masonic Home, in Missouri, Brother Matthews said it seemed to be prospering. After giving a schedule of our assets, he made an estimate of the cQst of maintaining annually each member of our Home family, and put down the figures at $132. He said this showing confirmed him in the opinion, long held, that a Home is by far the most expensive method of dispensing charity, and that a different one, with the same means, much more could be accomplished. Brother Matthews is at fault in his calculations. I would not attempt to correct his mistakes, but for the reason that he may be influenced against the institution proposed by his own Grand Lodge of like character. The aggregate expense for the year quoted by him from the annual report pUQlished in our Proceedings, is not the cost or outlay for maintaining the inmates of the Home. Over $2,000 of that outlay was for repairs and new buildings. Other items of expense, such as for labor on the premises in producmg a supply of fruits, vegetables and other articles of

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consumption, were fully offset by sales made, thereby overcoming these items that are charged on the debit side of the account. The actual cost per member of our Home family has averaged about $100 annually. If Brother Matthews or anybody else can make a better showing in dispensing charity by different methods he is welcome to do so, provided he keeps in view the benefits, advantages and blessings that accrue to this happy Home family of ours. He loses sight of the fact that a large proportion of our inmates are being educated and qualified for business positions on all lines of useful pursuits in future life. The care, kindness and attention given to the aged, the nursing of the sick, the educating of the young, he will find it difficult to accomplish in any other way than by housing and caring for them in one locality. Distribute your charity, Brother Matthews, in some other way, and you will find the results to be unsatisfactory. 'We of Missouri are true to the Home, as it is the glory of the Masonic institution in t.his State, and we are satisfied with the figures, as to the cost of n)aintaining the Home and caring for its inmates. Brother Matthews approbated very warmly the action of our Grand Lodge in suppressing the growing disposition to give out to newspapers so many items of Subordinate Lodge proceedings. The oration. of our Grand Orator, Brother vVm. F. Kuhn, was commended as a very excellent addres!5, the reading of which would repay the time spent in doing so. The report of our committee on the Toltec Lodge question was appropriated entire and approvingly indorsed, saying, "It has the true Masonic ring, marking its authors and the Grand Lodge which adopted the report, as good illen and true." He thinks that my views of the Toltec question, in which I approve the utterances of Brother Vaux, of Pennsylvania, do not quadrate with the report we rendered on that Mexican subject. I cannot see wherein my views presented in the report to the Grand Lodge, and by it duly adopted, can be arrayed against my expressions of approbation of what Brother Richard Vaux said relative to the Grand Lodge of Texas, which recognized the so-called Masonry in Mexico under the "Treaty of Monterey." All that we did in our report to our Grand Lodge respecting Toltec Lodge was with a view to withdraw said Lodge from the position of being g.n antagonizing presence in Mexico. We did not indorse Mexican Masonry, but on the contrary definitely stated that "no Masonic Body'had been found in l\1exico that we were prepared, with the evidence before us, to acknoweldge as a legitimate Grand Lodge." We expressed a willingness to do all in our power to assist with counsel and sympathy our Brethren in Mexico to form a permanent Grand Body. Desiring to withdraw anything like a "disturbing element" that would interrupt the formation of a legitimate

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Grand Body, we recommended the withdrawal of Toltec Lodge. The recommendations thus presented to our Grand Lodge were not only adopted, but in obedience to such expression on our part, Toltec Lodge surrendered its charter and ceased to be a cause of friction or distnrbance in that country.

r repeat what has been written elsewhere, that the acknowledged existence of a "Grand Governing Body," called the "Dieta," is not to be, by any means, considered as a recognition of its legitimacy as a Masonic institution. Its origin places it under a cloud which the "Treaty of Monterey" cannot remove. Brother Matthews, in speaking of my condemnation of the perpetual jurisdiction doctrine, said that in its present form, as it obtains in Texas, does not meet with his approval. Referring to my disapproval of their custom in the Grand Lodge of Texas, wherein nominations for Grand Officers are made, ~rother Matthews said that nothing objectionable could be attributed to their methods. Speeches or presentations of the claims of a nominee would not in any case be permitted; they simply named the Brother to be voted for. This is less objectionable than the custom in some Grand Lodges, where speechifying is indulged in and nominees are lauded to the skies, which in my estimation is a custom to be severely reprobated. The presence of such a custom in a Grand Lodge, and the countenance given to it, will almost inevitably lead to an abuse of the seemingly harmless practice.

r take leave of Brother Matthews with the warmth of friendship and Fraternal expressions of other years, with an added appreciation of his kind heart, generous nature and Brotherly affection. B. F. FRYMIER, Houston, Grand Master. W. F. S'VAIN, Houston, Grand Secretary.

UTAH. The Twenty-third Annual Communication was held in Odd Fellows' Hall, in the city of Provo, commencing January 16th, 1894. M. W. Bro. A. B. Emery, Grand Master, present and in the chair. R. W. Bro. Christopher piehl was Grand S~cretary. Four Past Grand Masters, with other Past Grand Officers, were in attendance, together with several Past Masters and Representatives of Grand Lodges. Upon calling the roll, it was found that all the Lodges in the jurisdiction, eight in number, were represented. From the very satisfactory tabular statement of Brother Diehl, the Grand Secretary, it is learned that the

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eight Lodges in the jurisdiction contained 668 members. The Grand Lodge dues were reported at $1,741. There had been expended for charity, presumably by the Lodges, something over $2,000. In the Lodge treasuries some $15,000 was reported. The value of Lodge property in the jurisdiction was about $8,000. The increase in membership reached 100. The loss reduced this number nearly one-half, so that the net gain was not very large. The Address of Grand Master Emery covered nine pages, and was a very excellent business document. He complained that the stringency in financial matters was owing to "the persistent and unrelenting determination among the people in eastern portions of our country to ignore the importance of the Great "Test as a factor in the prosperity of the United States." This is not the first complaint of a Grand Master I have met in the western section of our country. I shall not give expression to my views as to the impropriety of promulgating such sentiments. through Grand Lodge documents, and by official deliverances uttered by Grand Masters. In mentioning the fraternal dead of the jurisdiction, he recorded the names of Past Grand Master and Grand Chaplain James Lowe, and Past Junior Grand Warden, Jos. 'V. Cook. The mention of Brother James Lowe's name recalls a familiar face a'nd friend of other years, whom I knew in Missouri, and met in pleasant social conversation when last in Salt Lake City. The Masonic record of this zealous and acti ve Mason was prepared by the Grand Secretary, Brother Christop~er Diehl. A very kind tribute was paid to the memory of Brother Cook, Past Grand "Varden, who died after a short illness, in December, 1893. Memorial pages were inscribed and set apart as tributes to these deceased Brethren, both of whom were of English origin. The Grand Master announced that nothing had occurred during the year to disturb the fraternal relations existing between that jurisdiction and other Grand Lodges. He expressed a view widely different from that held by the Grand L~dge of Pennsylvania, respecting the Grand Representative System, and uttered the hope that the custom may still continue. He submitted for recognition the claims of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma. The same was duly recognized. Some official visits were made to the Lodges in the jurisdiction during his term of office. A petition numerously signed,. asking for a dispensation to open a new Lodge in the city of Ogden, was refused. The petition lacked an essential feature; it was not recommended by the nearest Lodge. The Grand Master sustained his refusal by appealing to the law. He recorded the promising outlook for the

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establisnment of a Lodge in the tovm of Logan, where there were a number of Masons residing, but the petition did not materialize in time. DECISIONS.

A few official rulings were reported, and deemed of sufficient importance to require Grand Lodge consideration. The first question asked and answered referred to the burial of a Brother M. M. "Was it not the bounden duty of a Lodge to bury such, and to pay the funeral exp~nses?" The answer said it was the duty of the Lodge to bury the deceased member with" Masonic honors if he requested such burial while living, or if his family so desired at his death, but only in case of need should the Lodge pay the funeral expenses. The second inquiry was respecting the status of a Warden who had served as such in a Lodge in another Grand Jurisdiction. The desire was to ascertain if such Warden, hailing from another State, could be elected Master of a Lodge in Utah. Quoting the law governing such matters, the Grand Master held that service as a Warden in any Lodge, anywhere, rendered him eligible to the office of ';Y. M. The third inquiry was as to the right of a non-affiliated :Mason to prefer charges against a lVIember of a Lodge in that jurisdiction. He properly answered in the negative, holding that in the Grand .Jurisdiction of Utah, a non-affiliated Mason is a drone in the hive, and has no Masonic rigohts; as a consequence, he could not prefer charges against a member of a Lodge. " Attention was called to the standard work in vogue in that jurisdiction, and to the revision of their Masonic code. It is learned from this portion of the Address that our friend and Brother, Christopher Diehl, had been sorely afflicted in the permanent injury, by accident, of his only son, which crippled him for life. This is the second sorrow that our good Brother Diehl has suffered within the last years. A lovely daughter was taken from him, and the light .of the home and hope of father and mother went out in darkness. Now, the only son, the idol of his parents, maimed for life and debarred from becoming a member of the Masonic family, is a terrible blow to one so devoted to "Masonry as is his father. I take this occasion to extend personal sympathy and condolence to my friend and Brother, Christopher Diehl, in his added sorrow. In concluding his Address, the Grand Master returned to the Grand Lodge earnest thanks for the counsel and courtesy recei ved during his erm of service:

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Following the rendering of the Address, the Grand路 Secretary and Grand Treasurer submitted their reports, showing a cash balance on hand of some $3,500. The report of Brother Diehl is in keeping with all his former labors, and is a very superior document. It embraces the statements of all general items of interest to the Craft, and a fiscal exhibit, showing the income for the year. He said that the condition of each of the eight Lodges of the jurisdiction was sound and healthy. While the condition of the country was deplorable, owing to financial depression, he said. the outlook for Utah was never brighter. lIe described the condition of one of their Lodges that had for fifteen years lingered withont any sign of life, and had been on the eye of surrendering its charter. Within the space of twelve months it had arisen from its ashes, phrenix like, and now stands third on the list as to work. The total values, including Lodge property and cash on hand, were reported at 822,524. He stated that peace and harmony had prevailed along the line, and that the Committee on Grieyances and Appeals had no work to do. Brother Diehl announced the probable admission of Utah into the Union within the next year, and in the event of her gaining Statehood, it wouM be necessary to change the Grand Lodge Seal to conform to the order of things.

His report, as a whole, was very encouraging, followed by the statement as to their Grand Lodge Library. The Grand Lecturer submitted his report, showing that on all possible occasions the work had been exemplified and instructions imparted to officers anti Brethren where needed. The Masonic Board of Relief furnished a statement showing the income of that Board to be a little oyer $1,000, with a disbursement for charity of oyer $700, leaving a balance in their treasury of nearly $300. The report on the Grand Master's Address contained the statement that "a repeated perusal of its pages would be of lasting benefit to all the Craft." The wisdom and evidences of earnest effort to advance the interests of Masonry were duly commended. A very t~nder and sympathetic report was made by a committee concerning the Secreta.ry's sore afflictions and heavy losses in the serious injury sustained by his son. The report of the Obituary Committee rendered in memory of their beloved dead, was a most interesting and instructive paper, followed by appropriate eulogies on the part of the Brethren. As heretofore noted, the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was passed upon faYorably, the Grand Lodge adopting a resolution of Brother Diehl to that effect. G. L.

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Several invitations to visit' djfferent attractions, and a request to partake of the hospitalities of a Lodge in that community, were accepted with thanks. The Committee on Jurisprudence rendered a report OIl the decisions of the Grand :Master. Said report having been read, the propositions were considered seriatim. The report of the committee was adopted, which approved two of the decisions, but dissented from one, thereby declaring that a non-affiliated Mason, if in good standing, has a right to prefer charges against a member of a Lodge. This part of the report of the committee, ,vas adopted, after a lively discussion. The Grand Master was endorsed as to the views expressed relative to the Grand Representative System. The Grand Lodge of Utah, being on wheels, moves around over the jurisdiction at will. By resolution it was resolved to hold its next session 'in the city of Ogden. There is a very fine Lodge of Masons in that city, and but for the influence of Mormonism, it ,-';ould certainly be a delightful place in which to hold the Grand Lodge session. The Committee on Returns reported that all Lodges had made their annual reports, had been found correct, and that each Lodge had paid its Grand Lodge Dues. Appropriations were made for general expenses, amounting to some $1,200 for the ensuing year. The retiring Grand Master was requested to present to the Grand Lodge his portrait, in a frame, to be placed upon the walls of the Masonic Hall in Salt Lake City. The election of officers having been attended to, the installation ceremonies were performed by the retiring Grand ::\'ÂŁaster, at which time the Grand Officers elected and appointed were inducted into office. The retiring Grand Master, Brother Emery, presented to his successor a beautiful signet ring. A very fine engraving of this ring is found in the Journal. It is 18 karat gold, eng rayed "Grand Master of Utah." A representation of a lion's paw is underneath the inscription. As I understand it, this signet ring is to be worn by each successive Grand Master while in offlce, during the coming years. Being thus transmitted, it is the charm that is to make its wearer "pleasing to God and man." The business of the session having been rounded up, the Grand Lodge closed its Twenty-third Annual Communication in "AMPI,E FORM ."

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Following the installation of officers and close of the Grand Lodge, the members and visitors were provided with a magnificent banquet, given by Story Lodge, No.4, of Provo. After due attention paid to the material provisions, toasts were offered, responses made, and Auld Lang Syne was rendered, and "Home, Sweet路 Home" sung with vigor and spirit; then the Brethren dispersed, to meet again, perhaps, on earth no more. COHHESPONDENCE.

Brother Diehl, as a writer of Correspondence, gave very close attention to the transactions of fifty-five Grand Lodges. The review embraced nearly 100 pages, and is in keeping with the former valuable contributions made to our Masonic literature. The space allotted to a review of the Grand Lodge Proceedings in the foregoing pages, prevents a very close following of Brother Diehl through his entire work, however desirable it may be. Missouri Proceedings for 1893 w~re carefully noted, a summary of our doings being presented by the committee. Referring to the peculiar action of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, he quoted from the deliverances of our Grand Lodge on that subject, and called the report adopted a splendid one, which hits the nail on the head. He calls the report of this Grand Secretary an exhaustive business document. Brother Diehl says the Masonic Home of Missout'i is in excellent condition,both financially and otherwise. Speaking of my Report on Corres'pondence, he said I had given careful attention to the doings of their Grand Lodge, and not finding any criticism, he supposed I was satisfied. He may be well assured of my entire satisfaction with the transactions of his Grand Lodge, the admirable business report of its officers, and the exceedingly interesting Review on Correspondence. Therefore no criticisms are possible. Quoting my wish to have been present at their banquet, held :tt "Hotel Templeton," he gave assurances of equally strong desire to have had me present on that occasion. In closing he said, "Hoping to meet Brother Vincil again,I wish him a hearty 'good-night.'" I presume he does a large share of his Masonic and official work in the night-time, as he is a city official, and al ways very busy, as he is a very active man. Closing his Report on Correspondence, he said, ""\Ve have shunned no pains or midnight toil to make the work interesting, and, as far as we were able, instructive." Again tendering him sincere sympathy, I quote his expression, "Many of the pages comprising this report have been written while dark clouds were hovering over our home. It is so hard to read and

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write when grief pangs the heart of a father, and when he sees his fondest hopes destroyed." Appreciating his distraction of thought, and heart aching with sorrow in the midst of his blighted hopes, I tender renewed assurances of personal and .Masonic affection. A. S. CHAP.MAN, Salt Lake City, Grand Master. CHRISTOPHER DIEHL, Salt Lake City, Grand Secretary and Committee on ~orrespondence.

. VIRGINIA. ONE-HUNDRED AND SIXTEENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

This venerable Grand Lodge convened in the city of Richmond, On the 5th of December, 1893, and held its session in the .Masonic Temple. M. W. Bro. 'Wm. H. Pleasants was Grand Master, R. W. Bro. Wm. B. Isaacs, Grand Secretary. At the opening of the session, Representatives were' present from 147 Lodges, together with a number of Past Grand Officers, Past .Masters and Representatives of Grand Lodges. Missouri was honored by the presence of her Representative, Brother Isaacs, the Grand Secretary of Virginia. In the reeapitulation I find that there are 257 Lodges, with a membership of 12,000 in the State. The Grand :Master had created four new Lodges under dispensation during the term, and these, with five others, working nnder dispensations previously granted, received charte~路s.

The Address of Grand Master Pleasants was a very interesting paper, containing an admirable exordium, from which it is learned that the Masonic Lodges had generally been active in the jurisdiction, and unusual activity had been displayed in given localities. No loss had been sustained in the membership, but judging from the report furnished, there was a slight gain, comparing results with last year's figures. The Grand Master mentioned most affectionately the loss sustained by the Fraternity in Virginia in the death of Brother Richard Parker, P. G. M., who died during the year at an advanced age. He was Grand Master for one term, having been elected in 1876, and served with signal ability while occupying that exalted station. The Masonic Home, a cherished institution with the Masons of Virginia, received fraternal mention in the Address, and claimed

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extensive consideration from the Grand Lodge during its session. Reports representing this interest were furnished by the Secretary and Treasurer of that institution, followed by a report from its President, Brother A. G. Babcock, who so liberally endowed the Ho'me, but has since been called to the rewards of another state of existence. The J-Iome physician, Dr. Leftwich, the Matron and Building Committee, severally submitted reports touching the various interests committed to them. From the report of the President, it is learned that "eleven bright and intelligent boys, sons of deceased Brother Masons," were domiciled in the institution, and well cared for. Under the careful management of the Matron, Mrs. Acree, these inmates were enjoying the best of health and aU the comforts of a real Home, These children were being educated in the institution, instead of going to the public school. The Masonic Rome of Virginia is a fixed fact, and those liberal-minded and large-hearted "sons of light" will never let that institution fail or want in any resped. The Grand Master reported in his Addres0 having granted six dispensations to confer degrees upon parties without requiring them to wait the time prescribed by law. He said he was justified by the circumstances in suspending the regulations. He had appointed, and ordered commissioned, six Representatives to other Grand Lodges. His recommendation for the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was complied with, and said Body received a hearty welcome into the :Masonic family in the report of the Committee on Grand Master's Address. Six decisions' were recorded as having been rendered by him, all of which received approval except one. Touching the right of Lodges to transfer given powers, the Grand Master ruled that, "The power specifically granted to a Lodge by a dispensation of the Grand Master is not transferable." He also ruled that it is not lawful for a Lodge to receive into membership a -:\1ason upon a dimit from a Scottish Rite Lodge. The position taken by him is admirable, in that he said membership could only be acquired by a passing through the degrees of a Lodge in that jurisdiction, or by dimit from some regular Lodge of A. F. & A. M. This, with other rulings, was affirmed as good doctrine. One case is mentioned where a District Deputy Grand Master, proposed to visit a Lodge officially, but was informed by the Master that he coold not receive him in his official capacity. He might visit as an ordinary member, but not as a Grand J... odge official. This led to an investigation by the Grand Master. It ,vas found that the Lodge did not intend to act discourteously to an officer of the Grand Lodge, but declined to receive him officially at that time, because he had not

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notified them of his intention to pay an official visit. Red tape. TheGrand Master ruled that the Lodge erred in not receiving the District Deputy, and held that owing to the nature of his office, and theimportant duties entrusted to him by the law, he had the right to visit officially at any communication of a Lodge. The Committee on Address divided as to the accuracy of his ruling, and submitted a resolution declaring that when a District Deputy proposes to visit a Lodge officially, he must give notice thereof to the Master or Secretary, and unless such notice has been given; the Deputy should not be allowed to assume any official functions in the Lodge. A substitute was offered and adopted respecting the above as follows: "Resolved, That the action of Grand Master Pleasants as to visits of Deputy Grand Masters to Subordinate Lodges be approved." The Grand Lodge adopted a resolution calling on the Committee on Jurisprudence to report to the next Grand Communication, a construction of the law (section ninety-five), respecting the visits of District Deputy Grand l\Iastâ&#x201A;Ź11s to the Lodges in their districts. The opinion of this writer, ventured without being called upon, is, that they would do well to repeal Section ninety-five, and not put any restrictions upon the Deputies of Districts in visiting their Lodges. The Grand Master announced that he had not been circumstanced so as to visit as extensively as desired ~r accept the many invitations to visit Lodges. Paramount duties connected with his vocation in life rendered it impracticable for him to do so. The Address of Brother Pleasants is a superior document. A genuine spirit, Masonic and reverential, even religious, seems to pervade the whole paper. The Committee on Address commended it as "admirable and comprehensive." The Board of Trustees of the Grand Lodge rendered a full statement concerning Lodge property and its value. Fron; said report it is found that estimated values of property footed up about $270,000, with a liability of $115,000. The stockholders were cong~atulated on the completion of the Temple and the valuable property belonging to the Association. The Grand and District V~ctllrers and District Deputy Grand Masters reported in extenso, which reports are found in the Journal. The Masonic Home already mentioned, located some distance from the city of Richmond, bad been enlarging its buildings. The president reported that the foundation of the new Home was being prepared, and the corrier-stone of said edifice was to be laid during the session of the Grand Lodge. On the day appointed for this ceremony, the weather was severely inclement, and it was found impractical for the Lodge to

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proceed with the grounds of the Home. As a consequence, the ceremony of laying the corner-stone took place in the Grand Lodge hall. The ceremonies were then and there "exemplified," and the Grand Lodge went through the motion of laying the corner-stone for the Home . inside of the Masonic Temple. Following the ceremony, a lengthy Address of some merit was delivered by Brother Duke, who appears to have been the Grand Orator on the occasion. A proposition was submitted looking to a change of the time of meeting of the Grand Body. At present its sessions are held in December, and it is not always comfortable to meet during the winter season. The proposed change was ordered to be submitted to the Subordinate Lodges for their expressions of preference as to the time of meeting. The committee appointed for that purpose, submitted a report, which was adopted, for re-districting the State. A publication in the city of Richmond, called the "Rough Ashlar," appeared to have been meddling with the affairs of one of the city Lodges, and published matters and things outside the sphere of legitimate Masonic Journalism. A paper was sent up to the Grand Lodge from the Lodge in question, which contained a very vigorous flagellation of said Journal. The committee on the subject reported that it was highly improper for any person visiting a Lodge to disclose to the world any matter of work or business that had transpired therein. Perhaps the "Rough Ashlar" has found the path traveled by it "a rough and rugged" one. A very complimentary report of the Standing Committee on Grand Officers was made respecting the Grand Secretary, Brother Wm. B. Isaacs. It was stated that this was the Fiftieth Anniversary of his contin,uous service, either as Deputy or Principal. A resolution was adopted that Brother Isaacs be requested to sit for a life-size portrait, to be hnng in the office of Grand Secretary at the Grand Lodge of Virginia, to be paid for by the Grand Body. I have thus reviewed and noted all matters of interest claiming the Journal before me. The membership of that jurisdiction is printed by Lodges. As said last year, I deeply regret the absence of a Report on Correspondence frvm my esteemed friend and Brother, ",Vm. R. Drinkard.

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The Memorial Committee furnished a beautiful tribute in honor of their deceased Past Grand Master, Richard Parker. A lengthy sketch, historically interesting, is found, embracing the origin and life of .",Vinchester Lodge, No. 21. Thi~ work had been accomplished by Brother Parker, before being called from labor. MANN PAGE, Brandon, Grand Master. Wl\i. B. ISAACS, Richmond, Grand Secretary.

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WASH INGTON-1894. The Thirty-Seventh Annual Communication was held in the City of Everett, June 12, 1894, and was presided over by l\L W. Bro. Edward R. Hare, Grand lVlaster. R. W. Bro. Thomas M. Reed was Grand Secretary. From the recapitulation furnished I ascertain that eighty-eight Lodges were represented at the above session. The total number of Lodges on the roll now is ninety-four, two having been chartered at this meeting. The membership foots up 4,861. The income from all sources amounted to nearly $6,000. An Address of welcome by a member of a local Lodge, in Everett, was delivered, and responded to by Brother Taylor, the Deputy Grand Master. ANNU AL ADDRESS.

The Grand Master reported his official stewardship in an Address covering thirteen pages. He stated that notwithstanding the great financial depression of the times, Freemasonry in that jurisdiction had steadily advanced. In enumerating his various official acts, he reported fifteen decisions rendered. These were duly considered by the Committee on Jurisprudence, and exceptions taken to some of the rulings. The Grand Master did not seem to favor the Representative System, and recommended its reference to a proper committee. Said committee reported adversely to the system, and recommended its abolishment, which was done. So the Grand Representative System goes out of use in our sister jurisdiction of 'Vashington, being deemed by them there as useless, and an unnecessary incumbrance. The Grand l\faster treated at length the subject of work and lectures. The subject was legislated upon, and the Grand Lecturer directed more fully to occupy the field as a teacher of the work. The Grand Master stated that although the Grand Lodge was thirty-seven years old, it had never taken any steps looking to the establishment of "a permanent fund for charitable purposes." The Finance Committee recommended the adoption of his recommendation looking to the cl'eation of such fund. The Grand Secretary, Brother Reed, took very high ground in favor of such provision, recommending that fees for dispensations or other purposes be set apart to aid in building up such fund.

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The Grand Master stated that ~he relations of their Grand Lodge with other Grand Jurisdictions were harmonious. Some friction having :grown up between the Grand Lodges of Washington and Oregon, the Grand Master felt that their dignity demanded a protest against the action of their sister Grand Lodge. This trouble seems to have grown -out of a Lodge in vVashington having made a Mason of some one claimed by the Grand Jurisdiction of Oregon. The Grand Master treated very tersely the subject of non-affiliation. I conclude from his statements that their law is defective; and rather invites non-affiliation. A Mason not a member of any Lodge enjoys call the benefits of the institution without bearing any of its burdens and sharing its responsibilities. I like the position assumed by Grand Master Hare, in which he approved the law of North Dakota. That law dem'ands all resident Masons who belong to Lodges outside the jurisdiction to furnish annual evidence of their good standing- at home. The Address of the Grand Master was cordially and fraternally ,endorsed by the Committee on Address, which commended the .active, efficient and conscientious discharge of duties by the Grand Master, and asked that the Grand Lodge should extend to him a vote of thanks for his able administration. This was well deserved. The Grand Secretary, Brother Reed, presented another of his very able and valuable contributions to the work of his Grand Lodge in an annual report. This report contains everything incident to the condition of the Craft ,and the duties discharged by hi.m during the year. He stated that the annual returns of the Lodges had not been received with the degree of promptness shown in past years, nor ~ere the same gratifying results observed as to the work of the Craft during the preceding term. From a closing note it is ascertained that all Lodges finally reported and paid their dues, except two. He said that the condition of the Lodges in the State pointed to general prosperity and harmony. The increase of members had been measurably small. This is regarded as an incident of the "hard times." He presented a very earnest plea in behalf of insurance on halls and other properties to be carried by the Subordina'te Lodges, and the Grand Lodge was urg-ed to take some measures to induce the Lodges to carry some little insurance at least. ORATION.

An Oration covering several pages of the Journal appears, which was furnished the Grand Lodge by its Grand Orator, Brother Frater. It is an attractive and very readable discourse. The subject appears to have ,been, "Morality Taught by Allegory, and Illustrated by Symbols."

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A special report was offered and adopted, emanating from Brother Reed, Committee on Correspondence, recommending the recognition of the Grand Lodges of Oklahoma, New 7-ealand, Tasmania and South Australia. The Committee on Appeals had a good deal of work to do, and did it efficiently, as shown by a lengthy report. An invitation was extended to the Grand Lodge to take an excursion to Monte Christo, which invitation was accepted. The Grand Secretary, Brother Reed, presented to the Grand Lodge, on behalf Brother Terry, a gavel made of olive wood, cut with his own hands from l\{ount Moriah. A proposition originating at the last session, looking to the matter of a permanent meeting place of the Grand Lodge, ,..'as reported on by a committee, and further time asked for consideration of the subject, which was granted. GRAND CHAPLAIN.

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MyoId personal friend and beloved Brother, Rev. H. Egan, Grand Chaplain, being absent, the Grand Secretary was instructed to communicate the regrets of the Grand Lodge at his inability to attend the session. The pay-roll for the term footed up $2,G40. The consideration of the resolution sent out by the Grand Lodge of Mississippi was postponed till the next .Annual Communication. The delegates to the Masonic Congress at Chicago filed a lengthy report, which was printed. The motion to abolish the Board of Custodians was discussed and laid over for one year. The Grand Lodge of Washington had hitherto been without the necessary supply of standing committees. These were provided for by legislative enactments, and a full list appears in the Proceedings. The question referred to. respecting the Grand Lodges of Oregon and Washington, called forth an elaborate report from a competent committee, which \vas adopted by the Grand Lodge. The cQmmittee said that "Each Grand Lodge is a Sovereign Grand Body, and has the legal and unquestioned right to adopt and enforce its own local laws and regulations in its own territorial limits. " The committee further said, "The Grand Lodge of Oregon and the Grand Lodge of \Vashington cannot afford to enter into a controversy and engender jJJ feelings over an honest difference of opinion, wherein the right of Sovereign 路.Masonic Grand Bodies are sacredly considered."

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I join in the hope expressed by the committee, that no further -difficulty may arise between these two sister jurisdictions, but that all may be harmoniously and Masonically adjusted. CORRESPON DENCE.

,1\1. W. Bro. Thos. M. Reed, the Grand Secretary, prepared and :submitted one of the best reviews furnished by him in the course of his long-continue~ and valuable service in this department. It covers 190 pages, and is a well prepared report, showing that the matter it contains -was well digested and intelligently considered. He extracted liberally . from the Journa.ls reviewed, and summarized generally and admirably. 'The work evidences extended and exhaustive labor, as well as patient . research. In his conclusion he gladly laid down the pen for muchneeded rest. Brother Reed mentions the condition of his health as the -cause for not furnishing better results connected with his review. I 路could not wish him the disabilities imposed by poor health, but hope he may never iall below the present superb exhibition of his reportorial skill. Referring to the general condition of Masonry, he said, "There ,seem to be no nebulous spots or seriously disturbing element in any portion of the vast Masonic firmament. Seemingly, never \vas there a period in its history when the Fraternity universal was so nearly at perfect peace, and so much of harmony and brotherly love." Commenting upon the rapid growth of the Fraternity, he wisely advises that the danger most to be dreaded is the too rapid influx of members to its fold. He pertinently said, "Select good men for Freemasons; let no others apply." And I would add, if others than "good men" apply, do not hesitate to reject them. The strength of Masonry is not in its numbers. The character of its membership must give character to the institution.

I have been apprehensive for some years, from the condition of Brother Reed's health, that he might feel called upon to retire from the positions he'so long and creditably filled. He says, "We do not know ,路...hat a day or a year may bring forth, but as we close this report we feel 路quite confident it will be our last effort in this relation.." I am pleased to note, notwithstanding his protest against further labors in this department, that he is again assigned the duty of preparing the annual l'eview of his Grand Lodge. In concluding his conclusion, he said, "Unless physical conditions become very greatly improved in our favor, other, fresher and abler hands will do the work for the next year." Concluding my reference to this state of Brother Reed's health, I devoutly hope and sincerely pray that his. valuable life may be long preserved to the Fraternity of 'Washington, and to the great Brotherhood of Freemasons throughout the world.

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His review of our Grand l . odge Proceedings for 1893 covers fonr pages, and was characterized by his usual fraternal spirit. The review contains extracts from the brief Address of Acting Grand Master Brother Keene, from the Committee on Jnrisprudenee, and Brother Parson's reply to the Grand Master of Pennsylvania. His approbation of all these matters is most gratifying. On the question of perpetual objection to the advancement of a candidate, he said that the position of Missouri, set forth with great clearness, fully maintained the principle that he had contended for on this question, and was in harmony with the law in Washington, which fully upholds the principle of justice, humanity and personal rights. Brother Reed is in harmony with our Grand Lodge and its deliverances respecting the absurdity of the Pennsylvania claim on the "perpetual jurisdiction theory." The Grand Lodge of 'Vashington had a case very similar to our controversy with Pennsylvania. Brother Reed reviewed at length and ably the position of the Grand Lodge of Oregon respecting a candidate who had been rejected by Mount Tabor Lodge, No. 42, Oregon. This party was afterwards made a Mason in Washington Lodge, No.4, jurisdiction of Washington. The Grand Lodge of Oregon held the doctrine, "that.when an applicant for the degrees has been rejected he can never apply to any other Lodge without the consent of the Lodge that rejected him." This is about as extreme a claim, on the perpetual jurisdiction issue, as is held by Pennsylvania. Relative to the party in question in this controversy, the Grand Lodge of Oregon declared that he was an "irregularly made Mason," and all Masons and Lodges of Oregon were forbidden to hold Masonic intercourse with him. Brother Reed answers this lofty claim by affirming that the Grand Lodge of Oregon is a sovereign :M:asonic Grand Body, and has the sovereign right to enact laws for the government of the Craft therein, which are not subversive to the ground-work and principles of Freemasonry. Admitting this claim for Oregon, he maintains the same foro the Grand Lodge of 路Washington to an equal extent. At the same time, he denied the right of Oregon to enact laws for the maintenance of a policy or system of government which can not . have any force in Washington as to its local government. Brother Reed further denied that there was any well settled principle in Masonic law or jurisprudence, or in the landmarks, or the written or unwritten laws of Masonry, justifying such claim as was maintained by the Grand Lodge of Oregon. The simple statement of the case in reference to the Brother in the controversy is this: C. C. Bateman was rejected by a Lodge in Oregon. Having gained a Masonic residence in Washington, he petitioned Washington Lodge, No.4. TIe did not disguise the fact of his rejection by the Oregon Lodge, but set forth the truth in his applica-

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tion. Washington Lodge notified the Lodge in Oregon of the application for the degrees of said Bateman, and requested a waiver of jurisdiction, which was not required by the law of 'Vashington. To this letter of advice, and request for waiver of jurisdiction, no attention was paid, except silent indifference. The petition was afterwards accepted and in due course of time t.he applicant was elected and made a Mason in due form. Oregon claims Bateman to have been made "irregularly." 'If that claim is sustained, it follows that the Lodge which made him was an "irregular" Lodge, for Bateman was made a Mason according to the Constitution and laws of the Grand Lodge of 'Vashington. Oregon would hardly claim 'Washington Lodge to be "irregular" or "clandestine," as Oregon originally chartered'Vashington Lodge, No.4. The review and'reply of Brother Heed seems to placethe Grand I.odge of Oregon at a disadvantage. I would advise our Oregon Brethren to read the action of the Grand Lodge of Missouri respecting the Pennsylvania case as a final settlement of this controversy. I will not follow Brother Reed further, as time and space forbid. In taking leave of him, I will not use that sad word, "farewell," but only utter the sentiment so oft repeated in saered song, "God be with you till we meet again." JOSEPH M. TAYLOR, Seattle, Grand Master. THOl\IAS MILBURNE REED, Olympia, Grand Secretary.

WEST VIRGINIA.-1893. The Twenty-Ninth Annual Communication was held in the Masonic Temple, in the city of 'Wheeling, commencing on the' 14th day of November, 1893. The Grand Master, Brother George Davis, presided. M. W. Bro. Geo. 'V. Atkinson, P. G. M., was Grand Secretary. From the recapitulation furnished by Brother Atkinson, I find there were ninety-three working chartered Lodges, and, eight under dispensation, on the roll, at the opening of the session, nearly all of which were represented. The membership was reported at 5,040, showing a gain of ~81. From the report of the Grand Secretary, it seems that all the Lodges had made returns. This is owing, doubtless, to the persistent business methods of a most efficient Grand Secretary. The Grand Master's Address covered thirteen pages. He reported six special communications held during the term, called for the purpose of laying corner-stones. He had granted dispensations for the formation

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of four Lodges. A number of other dispensations were reported, but I do not discover any in which the law of the Grand Lodge was suspended allowing Lodges to confer degrees out of time. A few official rulings appear in the Address, which harmonize with our views of sound Masonic jurisprudence. He decided that a building used for Masonic purposes, should not be dedicated with Masonic Ceremonies unless the same is owned by the Fraternity. This rule differs from the custom of Missouri, which requires the premises to be dedicated to Masonic uses, where the property is leased or rented for a term of years. He also ruled, that it was not in accordance with Masonic law to have a Lodge incorporated. This is in exact accord with our Missouri custom. Another ruling in harmony with our practice is, that members of Lodges under dispensation are exempt from the payment of Grand Lodge dues. The Grand Mastel' recommended the appointment of Brethren in different States under the Representative System, and commissioned parties to represent the Grand Lodge of West Virginia in other Grand Jurisdictions. Passing upon physical qualifications, Grand Master Davis, ruled that the candidate should be able to comply fully with the ritual. This is good law, and should ~ever be departed from. The Grand Master attended the Masonic Congress in Chicago, and reported an enjoyable occasion and opportunities for personal acquaintanceship with numerous distinguished Brethren. He recorded the death of Brother Wm. J. Bates, P. G. M., who was the first Grand Master of. that Grand Lodge, and filled the office for seven successive n~ars.

Brother Q. S. Long, P. G. M., furnished a sketch of the Masonic history of Brother Bates, which is incorpor~ted in the Address of Grand Master Davis. Brother Bates at the time of his death, was the Representative of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, at the Grand Lodge of West Virginia.. Fraternal mention was made of the illustrious dead of several sist.er jurisdictions. The Address of Brother Davis, was a very creditable document. Brother Geo.' W. Atkinson, the very capable and active Grand Secretary, furnished one of the best general reports, together with a financial ex!?ibit, that it has been my pleasure to examine. Aside from the general items of interest to the local Fraternity, it treated of the growth of Freemasonry in that jurisdiction. He offered congratulations, saying that the Fraternity was on the "forward march." 'While the State is growing, Masonry is advancing.

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The Craft in 'Vest Virginia, were congratulated over the fact, that the Brethren in Wheeling and Charleston had undertaken the erection of Masonic Temples. He furnished a record of the several special communications held during the year. His general report concluded with a very excellent tribute to the memory of Past Grand Master Bates, whose death has already been noticed. Brother Atkinson has the happy faculty of perpetuating, by historical sketches, the life, character and good deeds of the prominent members of the Masonic Fraternity in that jurisdiction. ' The Report of the Grand Lecturer and his Deputies are found in order in the Journal, followed by the reports of the Deputy Grand Master. These reports furnished interesting reading for the Lodges in that State. Next in order came the business items and matters claiming attention of the Grand Lodge. Brother Atkinson made his Journal bright and attractive to the eye and sense of the reader by the kind of type used in printing his work. After the adjournment of the Grand Lodge, a banquet was tendered the vi'siting Masons by the local Lodges, which was recorded as a most enjoyable occasion. From the number of toasts and l'.lpeakers enumerated, it must have been good to be there, both as to the appetites and intelligence of those who participated. The Grand Officers were elected on the second day of the session. The several Lodges previously created under dispensation received charters from the Grand Lodge. The funds of the Grand Lodge were reported at $6,600, followe'd by disbursements, leaving a balance in the treasury of nearly $3,000. The Committee on Jurisprudence made the announcement, that Grand Master Davis was entitled to commendation for his thorough knowledge of, and zeal shown for, Masonic law. His decisions were therefore duly approved. The Grand Lodge resolved, that the proposition to celebrate the One-Hundredth Anniversary of the death of George Washington, first President of the United States, and an eminent patron of Freemasonry, be concurred in. I cannot clearly make out what salary Brother Atkinson receives for his valuable labors as Grand Secretary, notwithstanding there was an amendment offered to increase said salary. I am inclined to guess that his compensation heretofore has been $300 per year, as the amend-

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ment looks as if it were intended to give him $500. I do not understand how such an officer as Brother Atkinson is, can afford to work for his Grand Lodge, even for $500, in producing a splendid volume of Proceedings and preparing a superb Report on Correspondence.

It was proposed to place a bronze tablet, in honor of Past Grand Master Bates, in the Gallery of Past Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge. A splendid memorial tribute in honor of Dr. Wm. J. Bates, P. G. M., before mentioned, was prepared and submitted by a committee, and met the approval of the Grand Lodge. A life-size portrait of the retiring Grand Master, Brother George Davis, was ordered. After a liberal vote of thanks was presented and adopted, the Grand Lodge closed its Twenty-Ninth Annual Communication. The Journal under review, contains pictures of the new Grand Master, Dr. Alex. M. Evans, with a brief sketch of his life, prepared by Brother Atkinson, together with a likeness and sketch of Col. Robert White, who was Grand Master of :Masons in Virginia in 1874. He is represented .as "a Mason, a Christian and a ge'ntleman. For many years he has been identified with the Presbyterian Church, and is now a ruling elder in that church in Wheeling." I like these sketches and tributes gotten up by Brother Atkinson, who is a charming writer, and thoroughly qualified as such biographer. He intersperses his Proceedings with these sketches and likenesses every year. There is a very striking face, showing character and intelligence, found in the Journal, which represents Di'. Geo. Baird, P. G. M. He served the Fraternity as its chief presiding officer in that jurisdiction for two terms, having first been elected in 1876. He died in Wheeling in 1891. COHRE8PONDENCE.

The report prepared by Brother Geo. W. Atkinson, P. G. M., and present Grand Secretary of West Virginia, covers 219 pages. The matter is full up in measure and merit to the si;>;e of the review. Brother Atkinson writes well, quotes judiciously, and comments discreetly. Our Missouri Proceedings for 1893 were awarded three pages. He furnished a summary of our transactions, embracing notices of all that occurred / of interest during the session. He pronounced the Oration of Dr. W. F. Kuhn, our Grand Orator, "a superior Address." Speaking of my Report on CorrE'spondence, he was quite complimentary, saying, "It is a long one and a good one. Nothing of importance escapes his eagle eye. His plan is to digest every subject well and thoughtfnlly; hence what he says carries weight with it." r appreciate his warm Virginia sentiments, in which he said he always had "a warm side for Brother Vincil) because he is a Virginian." The rest of the compliment rv.'ill omit.

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The report entire, furnished by Brother Atkinson, is a most readable document, showing that he knqws how to draw out designs on his trestle-board and complete his undertakings with facility and credit. Leaving him for the present, with cordial congratulations and fraternal good wishes, I hope to meet him in this department of life's work in the coming time, if not in the flesh. ALEX. lVI. EVANS" Middleway, Grand Master. GEO. W. ATKINSON, ",Vheeling, Grand Secretary.

WISCONSIN. FIFTIETH COMMUNICATION.

The Grand Lodge commenced its labors in the city of Milwaukee on the 12th of June, 1894, with M. ",V. Bro. \Vm. C. Swain, Grand Master, and Brother .Tohn ""V. Laflin, Grand Secretary. Out of the 229 Lodges on the roll, Representatives were present from 222. All Lodges had made returns. The membership was reported at 15,505, showing a gain of 527 for the preceding year. The income was nearly $8,000. ADDRESS.

An interesting business Address emanated from the Grand Master, who had given much and labored attention to the duties incumbent upon him during his official service. He gave an account of the loss sustained by the Fraternity in the State by the deaths of several Past Grand officers: Brothers R. D. Pulford, Past Grand Master; C. L. i\fartin, Past Grand Senior Warden; Leonard Coates, Past Grand Treasurer, and Dana C. Lamb, Past Grand Senior 路Warden, had all been called from labor since last session. Five new Lodges had been created under dispensation by order of the Grand "Master. Thirty-one permissions had been granted to confer degrees out of time. This shows a healthy di:路wegard of constitutional provisions. Twenty-nine official rulings were reported. The Committee on Jurisprudence reviewed these decisions, disapproving quite a number and doctoring others. The Grand Master decided, respecting the "colored man and Brother," that "there is no color line in Masonic law." Passing upon said ruling the committee made a declaration that "a negro made in a regularly constituted Lodge is entitled to the rights of visitation under the usual restrictions and conditions." Of course. But where is the "regularly constituted Lodge" in

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which negroes are made Masons? There are no such Lodges among the colored people. They are not made Masons in .the Lodges ruled by the white race in this country. The comn1ittee declared that "being a professional gam.bler, or keeping a gambling house is a Masonic offense." This was a well-seasoned amendment to one of the rulings of the Grand Master. The same committee decided that the law of that jurisdiction "is not limited to saloon keepers but includes all who sell liquor as a beverage." This ruling suits the writer of Reviews in Missouri. The Grand Master closed his message by stating that the Fraternity had flourished, during the year then ending, beyond their most sanguine expectations. The Grand Secretary, Brothel' John 'V. Laflin, presented his annual report, which is not only a good one, but very interesting- in its details, showing the status of Masonry in the jurisdiction. He al ways furnishes fine business reports. Much business was transacted during the session as shown by the numerous reports rendered. Charters were granted to the several Lodges which had served a proper period on probation-seven in number. The Grand Lodge was liberal in its disbursement of funds to needy Brethren. The Grand Secretary was authorized to place pictures of Past Grand Masters in the Journal of Proceedings, provided the cost of each should not exceed five dollars. The Journal is graced with representations of a number of the distinguished Past Grand Masters of that jurisdiction. Among them I notice the faces of the late Rev. Dr. B. T. Kavanaugh, the first Grand Master of Wisconsin, whom I knew and loved as a father. He was a grand man, minister and Mason~ He died in Kentucky in 1888, aged eighty-three years. His brother, Bishop H. H. Kavanaugh, died about the same time, full of years and honored by multitudes. The Grand Lodge placed upon record its appreciation of the zeal and ability of the retiring Grand Master, Brother Wm. C. Swain, and ordered the preparation of a proper jewel marking his distinction as a Past Grand Master. The Grand Officers, having been previollsly elected, were installed on the third day of the session which then closed its labors. 'fHE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY

Of the Grand Lodge was observed in an informal manner during the session. One evening was devoted to an open session, when the Masons and their ladies assembled in the Academy of Music, where speeches and music contributed to the general entertainment. Among the speakers I note the presence of Brother Henry :yo Palmer and others of note in the Fraternity of Wisconsin. CORRESPONDENCE.

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made by Brother Duncan McGregor, Chairman. He examined and reported upon the Journals of fifty-one Grand Lodges, and occupied fifty-three pages in doing so. "l\fultum in Parvo" must have been his motto. Certainly he condensed well. Missouri received the kindest attention from()ul' Wisconsin contemporary. The committee recognized the true doctrine in saying that "each Grand Jurisdiction has the right to adopt such laws and regulations for the government of their own members as they may think proper, and it is time that this principle were recognized by all Grand Jurisdictions." This sentiment meets a hearty response from Missouri. His what St. Paul called "sound doctrine." Speaking of our Grand Orator, Brother Dr. "Vm. F. Kuhn, Brother McGregor said he "discharged his full duty by delivering a magnificent address on Practical Masonry." The 'Visconsin committee calls this writer a "veteran reporter." Pray, Brother McGregor, how old must a "reporter" be, and how long must he have been in harness to be a "veteran?'~ This writer is yonng, comparatively, in years, and is now winding up his seventeenth annual review. It does not seem long since I entered this field, but seventeen years have come and gone since I made my bow to the reading public as a reviewer. Still I do not feel that I am a "veteran." That term applies to Vaux, and Parvin, and others of the "Old Guard," but not to me. I am still a novice. Regretfully taking leave of my amiable Brother McGregor, I hope to meet him some time, and shake the hand of a genuine Scotchman, as I know he is. Till then, or some other time, "good bye," Brother Mc. HIRAM W. SAWYER, Hartford, Grand 'Master. JOHN 'V. LAFLIN, Milwaukee, Grand Secretary. DUNCAN McGREGOR, Platteville, Committee on Correspondence.

WYOMING. NINETEENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The session was held in the city of Laramie, and was opened on the 5th day of December, 1893. Brother E. F. Stahle, Deputy Grand Master, presided, in the absence of the Grand Master. Brother Wm. L. Kuykendall was Grand Secretary. Representatives were present from nine Lodges. In addition, several Past Grand Officers, Past Masters and Representatives of Grand Lodges were in attendance. The tabular statement shows fourteen chartered Lodges on the roll, and tw.o under dispensation, with a membership of 882. A net gain of 100 was reported.;

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The Grand Secretary opened his record of the session by saying, "Owing to death having invaded the household, and sickness of other members of the family of the M. 路W. Grand Master, it was impossible for him to be present." His absence was duly recognized and regretted, and a resolution adopted tendering the sympathy of the Grand Lodge affectionately to Brother John C. Davis, their absent Grand Master, joined with the prayer that he and his family might soon be restored to perfect heal th. Grand Master Davis sent his Address, which was read by the Deputy Grand Master. It covered ten pages, and embraced a general statement of his official transactions. He reported that notwithstanding the financial pressure, all the Subordinates of the Grand Lodge were, generally speaking, on a good, sound financial basis, and in a prosperous condition. Fraternal relations with other Grand Lodges were announced as most friendly. He stated that business engagements, sickness and death in his family, had prevented official visitations to the Lodges as fully as he wished to do. Five official rulings were reported, which met the approval of the Committee on Jurisprudence, and the Grand Lodge. He had created two new Lodges under dispensation, and one of these received a charter at the session, while the other was continued on probation for one year. Record is made of two instances where permission had been given to confer degrees without waiting the usual prescribed time. Representatives had been appointed and commissioned near other Grand Lodges, and Brethren of his own jurisdiction recommended to other Grand Bodies for appointment as Representatives near the Grand Lodge of 路Wyoming. Other matters of local interest, but of no general moment, were reported in the Address. The Grand Secretary, Brother Kuykendall, rendered a very brief, yet satisfactory, report of matters connected with his department of work. It is a pleasure to record the fact that all the Lodges had made returns and paid dues for the preceding Masonic year. Brother Kuykendall reported an increase in receipts, amounting to some $300. He showed that there was a cash balance on hand amounting to $2,303. The salary of the Grand Secretary seems to have suffered an increase. In that connection he received the thanks of the Grand Lodge, and was allowed $500 as Secretary for the past year and for the Report on Correspondence.

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Taking the report of the Grand Secretary as a whole, it is a very valuable document. Upon a report of the Committee on Correspondence, the Grand Lodges of Victoria and Oklahoma were duly recognized .. Recognition was not accorded Bodies claiming consideration in New Zealand, Mexico and Brazil. A committee previously created submitted a report on the reVISIOn of their Constitution and By-Laws. These were taken up, read and considered, section by section, and finally adopted by a unanimous vote of the Grand Lodge. The committee which made the revision received the thanks of the Grand Lodge for its able and laborious work.

The Proceedings of the Grand Lodge were brief, and the session lasted only one day. An invitation from Laramie Lodge, inviting the Grand Lodge to partake of a banquet, was duly accepted, with thanks. The Constitution and By-Laws adopted, after the careful revision already mentioned, commend themselves to this writer, showing a very well adjusted system of laws for the government of the Craft in that jurisdiction. The sources of revenue as provided for in the law consist of, dispensations for a new Lodge, $40.00; every new charter, $50.00; $2.00 for each Mason raised; and $1.00 per year for each Master Mason on the roll; and further, the sum of $2.00 for each initiation. The Grand Master is allowed to charge $10.00 for every dispensation ~ranteJ to confer degree or degrees out of time, and $5.00 for every special dispensation granted for any other purpose. The Grand Lodge in adoptin~ its By-Laws, decreed that the conferring of the Past Master's degree upon the Master elect of any Lodge, should be prohibited. That Grand Lodge takes the common sense view of what we denominate a Past Master-a view that I have held and contended for through the years-namely, "completed service as Master of a Lodge, qualifies a man alone to take rank as a Past Master." It is a most anomalous doctrine to call a man a Past Master who has never served an hour in the chair, but is made one by the manipulation of some kind of ceremony, and has the honor of the degree before he has won honors by ofIicial service. The thing is too ridiculous for discussion. CORRESPONDENCE.

Brothe.r Wm. Kuykendall, the Grand Secretary, as Committee on Correspondence, prepared and submitted a ,review covering seventy-two

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pages. The report is written throughout. While it contains many 路quotations, it is without extracts. The work is necessarily brief, owing to the space employed, and constitutes a very valuable summary of 'Grand Lodge Proceedings. The Committee very kindly awarded our Missouri Proceedings one page of his space. Referring to the contro~ versy between the Grand Lodges of Pennsylvania and Missouri, Brother Kuykendall humorously said, "Old Perpetual dies hard." This is true, .and it will require a long, long time for the perpetual jurisdictionists to yield their position, but "old perpetual" must go. Brother Kuykendall said, the rejoinder from our Missouri Grand Master was a clincher. It may be said with regard to the answer of our -Grand Master Parson, that" his reply to Pennsylvania, together with the report of our committee on the subject, will not be successfully .answered, or the points raised easily overcome. Speaking of my reference to the action of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming, respecting a printed ritual, Brother Kuykendall thinks, that his Grand Lodge and its Subordinates will continue to move along :and prosper, notwithstanding they have a printed ritual. It is very likely that a general supply of printed rituals will make it very easy for Lodges to prosper and secure an increase of membership. Brother Kuykendall closed his brief survey of the Masonic field in most pleasant terms, saying that "he had enjoyed the wit, humor, .poetry and solid argument found in the several Proceedings examined." Such enjoyment offered some compensation for the labor required in preparing his review. He took leave of the reportorial guild, in most pleasing an9- amiable terms, and his kind feeling is cordially reciprocated by this writer. E. F. STAHL, Cheyenne, Grand Master. WM. L. KUYKENDALL, Saratoga, Grand Secretary.

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ADI)ENDA. BRITISH COLUMBIA-1894. In my last report I reviewed the Journal of this Grand Lodge for 1.892. If any session was held in 1893 I have not been advised of the' fact by the receipt of the Proceedings. The Twenty-third Annual Communication was held in the city of New 'Vestminster, commencing June 21.st, 1894. Three months thereafter the Journal came to hand. The Body of my report was then finished, and this notice must go in the Addenda. The Most Worshipful Grand Master was absent, caused by the "flood of great waters" that swept over and desolated so many portions of the great Northwest during the early summer. This writer witnessed some of these desolations while traveling through parts of the 'Western section of the continent. The Deputy Grand Master, Brother Robert B. McMicking, opened the Grand Lodge and presided, proving his ability to govern the Craft to such an extent that he was chosen Grand Master for the term following. There are seventeen chartered Lodges in that jurisdiction with a membership of 1,076. A gain of 108 was reported. The absent Grand Master sent a brief Address which was read by the Deputy. He said the Craft had been "peaceful and progressive" during the year. A number of official acts performed by him appeared in his report. The Deputy Grand Master rendered a brief account of his doings. The report of the Grand Secretary was full and extended, showing a good condition of the Frater nity, with an income of $2,000. The election resulted in the choice of Brother McMicking as Grand Master, and the re-election of Brother 'V. J. Quinlan, both residing at Victoria. CORRESPONDENCE.

A Report on Correspondence, covering 129 pages, was prepared and submitted by Brother Marcus 'Volfe, Past Grand Master. This is a good thongh brief review of the doings of sixty-one Grand Lodge J oumals. Our last J oumal was accorded four pages by the reviewer, which was made up of extracts from the Address of Grand Master Parson, the. oration of Brother 'V. F. Kuhn, and the report of the Committee on the Pennsylvania Controversy. The committee said that Brother Parson had the best of the argument in his reply to the

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Grand Master of Pennsylvania. That is our view of the subject out this way. Regretting that, owing to the late hour when the Journal 路came to hand, I cannot give Brother Wolfe the justice his excellent work deserves, I hope to have the opportunity to do so in the future, should his report come to hand in time. In taking leave of him for the present it is with assurances of my high appreciation of his valuable ~ontribution to our Masonic literature.

INDIAN TERRITORY. TWENTIETH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

The Nineteenth Annual Session of this Grand Lodge was held in February, 1893, and the Twentieth Annual Communication followed in August of the same year. Thinking I might receive the Journal for 1894, I hold this notice back hoping to review both Proceedings before closing the labor of the year. Not hearing from the Grand Secretary I place this in the Addenda. If the last Proceedings are received in time, 路due notice will be given. The session for 1893 was held in McAlester, with Brother Andrew Hardy, Grand Master, and Brother J. S. Murrow, Grand Secretary. Forty-four of the fifty-five Lodges were represented. The membership of the jurisdwtion amounts to 1,910. A brief Address was delivered covering matters purely local. The usual number of dispensations had been granted. The report of Brother Murr~w, Grand Secretary, was after the old sty Ie, full and elaborate. The finan('ial showing was good. The former Grand Treasurer had not yet made good bis shortage. Four Lodges received charters during the session. A loving "tribute of respect and gratitude" was paid to the memory of our dear Brother John H. Brown, deceased, of the Grand Lodge of Kansas, and a memorial page set apart in the Journal to commemorate his worth. After considerable discussion, a motion was adopted reducing the per capita from one dollar to fifty cents per member. Subsequently this action was reconsidered. By resolution, the salary -of the Grand Secretary ,vas increased two hundred dollars. I notice that our good friend and Brother, Leo E. Bennet,.past. Grand Master, was elected one of the Custodians of the work, to serve for a term of three years. CORRESPONDENCE.

A review covering some eighty pages was prepared and submitted by Brother Murrow, Grand Secretary. :i.\iissouri was not in it. The -committee closed the work in hand by the following note:

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OKLAHOMA.

The suggestion from Brother Selwin Douglas, Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, in his address at the late meeting of our Grand Lodge, that the time may not be flLr distant when the two Bodies will be consolidated, was a very agreeable one. We mourned in our heart when the Lodges in Oklahoma dcterminerl to organize an independent Body. We belic\'ed then that the separation was ullwise and injurious to both parties and we believe now it would strengthen both and aid C011Sidcrably in the hA.rmony and unity, politically and otherwise, of both 'l'erritories, if the two Bodies can again bccome one. The writer of this would gladly welcome the daughter into the old home fold.

R. W. Bro. Douglas, Deputy Grand MaRter of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, being present, addressed his Brethren. He expressed the hope that the two Grand Lodges, "mother and daughter," will soon be reunited in one household, as the prospect is good for the two Territories being united and gaining statehood. Should the latter occur 1 the natural drift of the two bodies will be to unity. Grand Master Hardy was re-elected, and resides at Ardmore, while Brother Murrow still holds the fort at Atoka.

MAINE-1894. The Seventy-fifth Annual路 Communication opened in the eity of Portland, on the first day of :i\lay, 1894, and was presided over by .LVI:. W. Bro. Horace H. Burbank, Grand Master. Brother Stephen Berry was Grand Secretary. Late in September the Journal of Proceedings came to hand-nearly five months following the close of the session. This throws my notice into the Addenda, and cuts off anything like the usual review of the work of our Maine Brethren. Representatives were present from 192, out of the 199 Lodges in the jurisdiction. The membership was reported at 21,564, with a gain of 77. The income amounted to $6,271, \vhile the Charity Fund footed up Romething ove~ $26,000. 路ADDRESS.

The Grand Master furnished a good business Address, noticing the death of R. W. Bro. John Bell, a former Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. This was followed by a long roll of the honored dead in Sister Jurisdictions. The seventy-fifth anniversary was mentioned. The Grand Lodge took notice of his suggestion and prepared to observe the anniversary at some future time. A number of official rulings were reported by the Grand Master. I find no reference to these rulings in any subsequent part of the proceedings. I will give one case from the decisions. A party rejected twenty years before, in Maine, moved to another State and asked to "have his disabilities removed." The Grand Master replied, "the application to have his disabilities removed should be dismissed as the Lodge here has no jurisdiction." How is this? Brother Vaux, of Pennsylvania, and Brother Drummond both

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hold that when a party is rejected, certain disabilities ensue and follow the rejected party, amounting to what they are pleased-for want of a better name-to call a "STATUS." Brother Drummond says, "a rejected candidate has acquired a status which follows him everywhere." I rejoice to find the great champions of Pennsylvania and Maine, Brothers Vaux and Drummond, whistling the same tune for once in all the passing years. Truly the "Day of Jubilee" must be among us, a happy forecast of millennial glory. I must record my endorsement of the sentiment, however, that a rejected candidate does acquire a "status," the simple meaning of which is that the rejecting Lodge said to him, "Vie do not want you and do not intend to have you. Get thee hence." But to say because he was rejected by one Lodge in a given jurisdiction, that he can never apply to another Lodge in some other Grand Jurisdiction is a very different thing from saying he was not wanted by the rejecting Lodge. By what power is any Lodge authorized to say that a man who is not wanted by it, shall go forth to the world bound and anathematized, deprived of his freedom, because sai<1 Lodge rejected him? This doctrine sounds like, and smacks of, a certain dogma thundered forth by a power to which the Masonic Fraternity holds no allegiance. I mean that arro~ant and despotic power which binds conscience, and damns souls, with "bell, book and candle," known as the Roman church. No, Brethren, your dogma of perpetual jurisdiction does not hold, and fastens upon no man in this free country "a status which follows him everywhere," as Brother Drummond teaches. The ruling of Grand Master Burbank is a slap in the face of this status business. Perhaps his view will be overruled next year when the committee reports on his decisions. The Grand Master reported various special dispensations granted by him. Among them were some to confer degrees out of the usual time. He still holds to the Representative System as indicated by the commissions ordered to parties to represent his jurisdiction at other Grand Lodges. He recommended tho recognition of the young Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, and the Grand Lodge adopted his suggestion. His conclusion was worthy {)f himself and his excellent message. The Grand Secretary, Brother Stephen Berry, submitted a brief report. The twenty-four Deputies of Districts reported in extensu, and their reports found a place in the printed proceedings. The business was comparatively brief. The Grand Master, Brother Burbank, was re-elected, and resides at Saco. Brother Stephen Berry, Grand Secretary, resides at Portland, he having been honored with a re-election. CORRESPONDENCE.

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work is both extensive and strong, maintaining the long established' reputation of the author as one of the ablest Masonic writers of the age. Our Missouri Journal for 1893 received due considerat.ion from the' Maine committee. TIe kindly mentioned t.he illness of our Brother, Parson, Grand Master, and expressed a generous hope for his recovery, which followed soon after our Grand Lodge closed its lahars. Brother Drummond said of Brother Parson, "'Ve have known him many years, and known him to love and admire him." So have many others. Brother Drummond referred, in extenso, to the controversy between the' Grand Lodges of Pennsylvania and Missouri, respecting the rejeeted. material worked up by a Missouri Lodge. He takes a view entirely opposite to tliat held by our Grand Lodge, 'as well as to a ruling of his路 own Grand Master, already quoted and commented on. TIe rings the changes on ~he word "status" all through the review of onr proceedings, and ,vants to know if we of Missouri would confer the degrees upon one who had been expelled; I answer with emphasis, "KO." Because his "STATUS" is as different from the one rejected for the degrees as the case of a sinner trying to obtain membership in a church and the路 devil trying to get back into Heaven from which he was expelled. Brother Drummond can not make the similarity appear between a man rejected for the degrees and one expelled from the rights and privileges of l\1asonry~ The so-called statuis follows the expelled party "everywhere," because he sinned against IVlasonry, and lost his place in the synagogue, while the rejected party sinned not at all, but in many路 cases was sinned against. Brother Dl'l1mlIlond, "try, try again." T cannot dwell longer with my good friend and most companionable Brother, Drummond. To know him is to honor, esteem and love him. Goodbye, Brother Drummond, for the present.

N EBRASKA-1894. The Journal of this Grand Lodge, like some others which hold summer sessions, came to hand too late for review and a place in its alphabetical order, or even a notice due its merits. I regret this, as it has always been a pleasure to hold communion with my veteran friend, Brother Bowen of ~ebraska. The Thirty-seventh Annual Communication was held in Omaha, commencing June 20th, with M. W. Bro. James P. A. Black, Grand Master, present and presiding. R. 路W. Bro. \Vm. R. Bowen was Grand Secretary. He recorded the fact that Representatives were present "from one hundred and eighty-eight of the two hundred and on~chartered Lodges of the jurisdiction." I

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notice fifteen Past Grand Masters were reported as in attendance. The membership in the Lodges of Nebraska was reported at 11,486, a gain over last report of 529. ADDHESS.

An Address of sixteen pages was furnished by the Grand Master, embracing a great variety of subjects officially treated by him. The Address is "chock full" of business, showing that he had been a busy and active official. He reported the constitution of the seven Lodges chartered by the Grand Lodge at its last session. These were "set to work" by himself in person,. aided by the Grand Custodian, Brother Gillette. Many other items of local interest find a place in this valuable paper. His decisions were numerous and elaborate. They were mostly approved by the Committee on .Jurisprudence. Exceptions were taken to three of his findings. The Grand Master had ruled that a :Mason holding a dimit which was over one year old could not be "named in a dispensation creating a new Lodge nor become a charter member thereof. " His ruling was in accord with our Missouri idea, because here such a Mason is not in good standing, his non-affiliation having worked a loss of standing and all privileges. Hence he should not be allowed to obtain membership by the mere act of a Grand ::\:faster, ',:ithout the usual investigation and ballot. The Jurisprudence Committee said: "We recommend that Decision No.2 be not approved." The report was adopted. Hence an old '.'moss back" who has escaped responsibIlity and dues for a series of years may become a member of a new Lodge without anyone having a chance to inquire as to his character and doings during the long period of his indifference and neglect of duty. Let him wait until the new Lodge is formed, and undergo the trial of a committee and the ballot. He waited long and carelessly. A longer wait will not injure his "good Masonic standing." An investigation might improve it. A Mason was convicted of crime and sentenced to the state prison for the term of one year. He appealed. The Grand Master decided that no "action should be taken by the Lodge." I presume he meant that no action should be taken during the pendency of the appeal in a higher court. The committee declared that in stead of delay, "that the action of the Lodge in such cases should be had, regardless and independent of the action of the civil courts." This was a most healthy and sound view, and is to be highly commended. The financial reports presented the Grand Lodge showed a sound and satisfactory condition. The general fund amounted to over thirteen

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thousand dollars. A relief fund of some $1,200 was reported. The Home fund made a showing of over $21,000. The report of the Grand Secretary was as heretofore during his incumbency of the office, a complete general and fiscal exhibit. The Grand Lodge of Nebraska is liberal in the support of those who give time and labor to the cause of Masonry in that jurisdiction. The Grand Secretary receives as salary, $1,800. His clerk is paid the sum of $600. This is as it should be. The Grand Master is furnished with a clerk at a compensation of $500 per annum. In this jurisdiction all the clerk provided for the Grand Master is the Grand Secretary. ORATION.

The Grand Orator, Brother George D. Meikle-John delivered a very readable and instructive address during the session, which was printed in the Journal. It richly repays reading. The Committee on Jurisprudence declared the resolution "inexpedient" which proposed to call and hold "an Inter-State Convention" for the purpose of determining certain questions, which of right belong to every sovereign jurisdiction. The Grand Custodian, Brother Lee P. Gillette, having been called from labor by death, a very appropriate and loving tribute was paid to his mem'ory. CORRESPONDENCE.

A brief review was submitted by the committee, Brother 'Vm. R. Bowen, which covered sixty-eight pages. He crowded into these pages a vast amount of matter, but not so much bulk as thought. He is the best condenser in America. Missouri received the courtesy of two pages, and nothing went unnoticed. The report is sprinkled with extracts, yet contains ample comments. I close my brief notice of his work by clipping the following from his conclusion: "The conclusion" that we reach is that the Grand Lodges of North America are not enough in earnest, not sulficiently educated, to assent to the formation'of a controlling General Grand Lodge, and that the opposition which is to swage Freemasonry has not vet become strong ellough to compel closer relations than now exist; our own indecision in the matter is being changed into a mild favoring of a General Grand J~odge, because {)f some wild and inconsiderate action that is recorded in this review. And we think that about all that can be accomplished in the near future is to "systematize the methods of performing the secretarial labors of Freemasonry," which is the object of the "Grand Secretarial Guild of Freemasonry for North America," llll organization that may do some good, and which we commend to the fostering care of our fellow Grand Lodges. The various conventions and congresses heretofore held have, perhaps, attempted too much; the Guild is modest in its aims and may succeed; all will concede that its objects are laudable and that there is need that the work be done.

I sincerely wish the summer Grand Lodges could furnish their Proceedings in time for a closer and more extended review. JOHN A, EHRHARDT, Stanton, Grand Master. W,i\f. R. BO'VEN, Omaha, Grand 8ecretary.

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NEW BRUNSWICK. TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.

Occasionally I receive the Proc'eedings of this Grand Lodge. Some times I do not. I have before me the Journal of lSH3. In the month of August of that year, the Grand Lodge met in Moncton. If it has met since, I have not received the evidence thereof. M. VV. Bro. Thomas ",Valker was Grand Master, and presided at the session. Brother Edwin J. 'Wetmore was Grand Secretary. Representatives from sixteen out of the thirty-two Lodges on the roster were in attendance. The membership was reported at 1;829. The Journal shows that this was the first session held outside of the city of St. John since the organization of the Grand Lodge. The Grand :\1aster noted the death of a number of the members of the Fraternity in the jurisdiction; among them was their Grand Treasurer, Brother Thorne. The Address of the Grand Master was a brief business paper, containing matter of local interest only. From the report of Grand Secretary Wetmore, it is found that the income from all sources amounted to something over $2,000. The Grand Master differed with the Grand Master of Pennsylvania concerning the Representative System. The Grand Lodge affirmed his views. Oklahoma Grand Lodge was duly recognized. The Grand Master was granted another term, but a new Grand Secretary appears in the seat of Brother ",Vetmore. His name is T. "N. Robertson, located at St. John.

OREGON.-1894. Just as I was rounding out my supplement or addenda, the Proceedings of Oregon turned up. The Forty-Fonrth Annual Session was held in the city of Portland, commencing July 11th, with.;\1. "'V. Bro. J. C. Moreland, Grand Master, and Brother S. F. Chad wick, Grand Secretary. There was a good representation present from the ni nety-seven Lodges, together with Past Grand Officers and Representatives of Grand Lodges. The ninety-seven Lodges in the jurisdiction reported a membership of 4,695. The increase was 266. The records state that "owing to the strike, and the previous postponement of the Grand Lodg-e, caused by floods, several Lodges 'were not represented." While spending some weeks on the coast in June and July this writer saw something of the floods,and much of the "strike," having been detained at one point

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nearly three \veeks, waiting the permission of Debs and Pullman to resume his journey "ea8t in search" of home, if not light. I do not want any more strike in mine. ADDRESS.

Quite a lengthy and elaborate Address was supplied by Grand Master Moreland. He mentioned the necessary postponement of the Grand Lodge session from its regular time of meeting owing to the causes already mentioned. After commenting upon the singularly hard times and general depression on all lines of business affairs, he announced that "the Craft is in a fairly prosperous condition." The announcement was made that death had claimed and taken away two of the members of the Grand Lodge, viz., Brother J. C. Ainsworth, P. G. M., and Brother J. P. Bushee, Grand Lecturer. He paid proper tributes to the memory of both. Fifteen decisions were reported in the Address which were approved by the Committee on Jurisprudence with slight modifications. Two Lodges had been created under dispensation by the Grand Master, and numerous permissions granted to do work witl.lin the time prescribed by the law. The Grand Lodge had its funds on deposit in some bank which closed up for a time, and deprived the Body from meeting its obligations as early as was desirable. Fortunately the bank has resumed and all is well. The Address contained much of interest to the local Fraternity, and showed that Judge Moreland was an efficient and capable Grand Master. The movement started one year ago, looking to the erection of a Masonic Temple in the city of Portland, was 'paralyzed by the "hard times" and stringency in money matters. The proposed rules sent out by the Grand Lodge of Mississippi were repor~ed on by a committee, and the conclusion reached that their "adoption ,,>as entirely unnecessary," as the same rules were in fuJI force in that jurisdiction. A Lodge of sorrow was held during the session, ann the members of the Eastern Star were invited to attend in a body, the Grand Chapter of the "Star" being in session. This was a courtesy some other jurisdictions would do well to imitate. Charters were granted the two Lodges which had been instituted by the Grand Master under dispensation. The Report {)f the Grand Secretary, Brother S. F. Chadwick, was very full and complete, going into details quite extensively. He made report of his appointment, by His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, Grand Master of England, as Representative of the Grand Lodge of England near the Grand Lodge of Oregon. A new Constitution was submitted

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and ordered to go over to the next annual session. I have thus hurriedly gleaned from the Journal such items as may be of interest to the reader, regrettin~ that the arrival of the Proceedings at such a late date prevents proper attention and fuller notice of the work of our Brethren on the coast. . CORRESPONDENCE.

Brother S. F. Chadwick, Chairman, presented another excellent and extensive review, covering 180 pages, filled with varied and interesting matter. He examined and reported upon the Journals of fifty-five American and five foreign Grand Lodges. Our Missouri Proceedings of 1893 were accorded the courtesy of full four pages. Treating the Pennsylvania matter, Brotlier Chadwick appropriated the letter of Grand Master Arnold, which he addressed to Grand Master Parson of this jurisdiction, but did not do Missouri and its Grand :Master the favor to publish the reply. He said, however, that "the answer of Grand Master Parson we regard as an evasion of the issue made by this letter." Then why did you not let your readers see how evasive a Missouri Grand Master could be. You say that "Pennsylvania had closed her doors against him (the candidate) and Missouri could not open them." Please bear in mind that Missouri did not seek to open any door in Pennsylvania to the man rejected in that jurisdiction ten years before. But said candidate having resided among us for a number of years and deported himself as a worthy citizen, when he applied to a Lodge in Missouri he signed a petition stating that he had not been rejected by any Lodge within twelve months. His character was fully investigated and his petition being in conformity to our laws, he was received and made a Mason. The doors of Missouri Masonry were opened to him. Had the Missouri Lodge been informed that the candidate had been rejected at some former time in Pennsylvania the case would have been different. If the perpetualists want their rejected material held in eternal bondage let them plaee upon the brow of such a brand by which ali Lodges may know that they have been turned away from the rejected Lodge and marked as unfit for the favor of others. Until then who can know that such material has been rejected. The party in this case may find the doors of Pennsylvania Lodges closed to him, and Missouri will not seek to open them; but our doors are open to him and we recognize him as a "Brother beloved" among us. \Ve of Missouri do not recognize the so-called ;'status" with which perpetualists try to endow their rejected material. I deny in toto the statement of Brother Chadwick that "there is a cloud over the material" mentioned when it goes away from Missouri. The party was made a Mason in due and ancient form by a Lodge which holds its charter from a Grand Lodge which is the peer of Oregon or any other

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in this country. The legitmacy of the making in this case can not be questioned. The party made by our Missouri Lodge complied with all the of our laws, and no act of his vitiated his application. There is, therefore, no "cloud" over this material worked into our Temple except to the vision of perpetualists who cling to a dogma for the sake of maintaining it, which is outlawed in a great majority of the jurisdictions of the country. Brother Chadwick argues from a premise not in court in saying that if we made the party in the controversy, after being informed that he had been rejected by a Lodge in Pennsylvania, we did not treat said Grand Lodge with courtesy. Of course we would have investigated the case had the 'petitioner stated that he had been rejected elsewhere. But we asked him if he had been rejected by any Lodge within twelve months. He answered, and truthfully so, no doubt, that he had not. Such answer met the requirements of our law and he was at once recognized as a legitimate petitioner before the law of our Grand Lodge. Do our Brethren of the perpetualist school, propose to direct Missouri to place a statute in her code requiring every" petitioner to state that he had not been rejected by any Lodge at any time in the jurisdictions who follow their rejected material to the ends of the earth with their maledictions and anathemas? If such is their idea they may as well cease their efforts in that direction. Missouri, .has her own laws and is satisfied with them. We guard the portals of 'Masonry here with the same vigilance as do our Brethren of the perpetual Jurisdiction Grand Lodges. requiren~ents

Brother Chad wick said some kind things of our Masonic Home, and referred at length to the report of our Committee on the Toltec Lodge question in Mexico. He mentioned the last report of this writer on Correspondence, and seemed favorably impressed therewith. He has the fraternal appreciation of this scribe for his many courtesies ~nd, kind words. Regretting that I cannot follow him through his able and instructive report, Imust say "GOOD BYE." P. S. MALCOM, Portland, Grand Master. S. F. CHADWICK, Salem, Grand Secretary.

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CONC路LUSION.

It was my purpose to write a conclusion of some length, avoiding all' introduction. That purpose, like many others in life, must be discarded. The conditions surrounding the writer during the preparation of the foregoing pages have been'anything but satisfactory. Thrown out of the regular line of work by an enforced absence from the post of duty, detained from home for weeks by the famous strike, coupled with an unusual press of work within a short limit, the closing up of my review is far from pleasing. The Journals found in the Addenda, coming so late in the season, when Grand Lod~e preparation was absolutely required, caused much negle'ct of their merits. Upon the' whole, this is to me the most unsatisfactory report I have ever made. Its length annoys me. Long drawn out reviews without merit must be an abomination. I am glad the end is reached. I have had the usual enjoyment with writers of Reports on Correspondence, and hope they will pass my imperfections by. I have no complaints to make concerning the times, even if they are out of joint. I have been treated better than I deserve, better than I have been to myself. The Fraternity at large is still moving forward and in many respects upward. This is cause for thanksgiving on the part of all good men and Masons. Missouri Masonry, in a measure, has suffered from the times, but much and good work has been done during the term now closing. Detail's will be found in my report to the Grand Lodge. ""hile giving expression to regrets for my own failures, I rejoice at the success of others and the grand service they have rendered to the Craft and to mankind. Taking a fraternal leave of all, I am Most truly and fraternally, JOHN D. VINCIL, Committee.

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GRAND LODGES REVIEWED.

Al-ABAMA,.1893, .

MONTANA, 1893.

ARIZONA, 1893.

NEBRASKA, 1894.

ARKANSAS, 1893.

NEW BRUNSWICK, 1893.

BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1894.

NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1894.

CALIFORNIA, 1893.

NEW MEXICO, 1893.

COLORADO, 1893.

NEW YORK, 1894.

CONNECTICUT, 1894.

NEVADA, 1893.

DELAWARE, 1893.

NORTH CAROLINA, 1894.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1893.

NORTH DAKOTA, 1894.

FLORIDA, 1894.

NOVA SCOTIA, 1863.

GEORGIA, 1893.

OHIO, 1893.

IDAHO, 1893.

OKLAHOMA, 1894.

ILLINOIS, 1893.

OREGON, 1894.

INDIANA, 1894.

PENNSYLVANIA, 1893.

INDIAN TERRITORY, 1893.

QUEBEC, 1894.

IOWA, 1894.

RHODE ISLAND, 1893.

KANSAS, 1894.

SOUTH CAROLINA, 1893.

KENTUCKY, 1893.

SOUTH DAKOTA, 1894.

LOUISIANA, 1894.

TENNESSEE, 1894.

MAINE, 1894.

TEXAS, 1893.

MANITOBA, 1893.

UTAH, 1894.

MARYLAND, 1893.

VIRGINIA, 1893.

MASSACHUSETTS, 1893.

WASHINGTON,.1894.

MICIIIGAN, 1894.

"VEST VIRGINIA, 1893.

MINNESOTA, 1894.

WISCONSIN, 1894.

MISSISSIPPI, 1894.

WYOMIKG, 1893.

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ADDRESSES OF GRAND SECRETARIES. State. Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Indian Territory Iowa Kansas ~ Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland : : Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota : Mississippi... Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York

Name. Henry Clay Armstrong George J. Roskruge Fay Hempstead George Johnson Edward C. Parmelee J oseph K. Wheeler Benj. F. Bartram 'Vm. R. Singleton Albert J. Russell A. M. olihin J. H. Wickersham J. H. C. Dill 'Villiam H. Smythe Rev. J. S. Murrow Theodore S. Parvin Albert K. Wilson H. B. Grant '" Richard Lambert Stephen Berry Jacob II. Medairy Sereno D. Nickerson Jefferson S. Conover Thomas Montgomery John L. Power Cornelius Hedges 'Villiam R. Bowen , C. N. Noteware George P. Cleaves Thos. H. R. Redway Alpheus A. Keen Edward M. L. Ehlers

Addres8. Montgomery. Tucson. Little Rock. San Francisco. Denver. Hartford. 路Wilmington. Washington. Jacksonville. Macon. Boise City. Bloomington. Indianapolis. A-to-ka, C. N. Cedar Rapids. Topeka Louisville. New Orleans. Portland. Baltimore. Boston. Cold Water. St. Paul. Jackson. Helena. Omaha. Carson City. Concord. Trenton. Albuquerque. New York.

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State. Name. North Carolina W. H. Bain North Dakota Frank J. Thompson J. H. Bromwell Ohio Oklahoma James S. Hunt Stephen F. Chadwick Oregon Pennsylvania Michael Nisbet Rhode Island EdwIn Baker South Carolina Charles Inglesby South Dakota Geo. A. Pettigrew Tennessee John Frizzell Texas W. F. Swain Utah Christopher Diehl Vermont 'Warren G. Reynolds Virginia William B. Isaacs Washington Thomas M. Reed West Virginia Geo. W. Atkinson Jno. W. Laflin Wisconsin Wyoming W. L. Kuykendall British Columbia : W. J. Quinlan Canada J. J. Mason Egypt F. F. Oddi. England Edward Letchworth Ireland Samuel B. Oldham Island ofCuba Jose F. Pellon : Manitoba Wm. G. Scott New Brunswick T. Nistet : Arthur H. Bray New South Wales Hon. W m. Ross Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Geo. W. Wakeford John H. Isaacson Quebcc Scotland : D. Murray Lyon United G. L. of Victoria T. H. Lempriere :

197 Address. Raleigh. Fargo. Cincinnati. Stillwater. Sa!em. Philadelphia. Providence. Charleston. Flandreau. Nashville. Houston. Salt Lake City. Burlington. Richmond. Olympia. Wheeling. Milwaukee. Saratoga. Victoria. Hamilton, Onto Cairo. London. Dublin. Havana.路 Winnipeg. Robertson. Sydney. Halifax. Charlottetown. Montreal. Edinburg. Melbourne.

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

Grand Lodge. Alabama Arizona Arkansas British Columbia " ~ California Canada Cuba 路 Colorado Connecticut.. Delaware District of Columbia Egypt England Florida Georgia , Idaho Illinois Indiana Indian Territory Ireland Kansas Kentucky Louisiana : Maine Michigan Minnesota Mississippi

Name. Henry Clay Tompkins J as. S. Cromb John J. Sumpter Rob't Burns McMicking Charles H. Bryan Jan1es K. Kerr Edwardo Loredo Ed. C. Parmelee Geo. Lee Dr. Robert V. Watson 'Vm. R. Singleton F. F. Oddi ; Braxton Baker Albert J. Russell... Henry C. Burr Jonas W. Brown Jerome R. Gorin Mason J. Niblack John A. Scott.. Wm. Hamilton William H. Nelson H. B. Grant John A. Stephenson Dan'l P. Boynton W. S. Linton Henry L. Carver W. P. Bouton

Address. Montgomery. Clifton. Hot Springs. Victoria. San Francisco. Toronto. Havana. Denver. Kew Haven. Milford. Washingtoll. Cairo. London. Jacksonville. Griffin. Idaho City. Decatur. iTincennes. Muscogee. Dublin. Smith Center. Louisville. New Orleans. Monmouth. E. Saginaw. St. Paul. Canaan.

Grand Lodge.

Manitoba Maryland Massacbusetts Montana : Nebraska Nevada New Brunswick New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Nova Scotia: Ohio Oregon Quebec 路 Rhode Island Scotland South Carolina South Dakota Texas Utah Vermont Victoria Virginia 路Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

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Name.

;

.Tobn F. Boyd Jobn S. Berry Jobn K. Hall. \Vm. Davenport George B. France C. E. Noteware Wm. F. Bunting Chas. G. Connor Alfred F. Hall Alpbeus A. Keen.. : Jobn Stewart H. A. Gud~er George A. Luce J. Wilberforce Longley Chas. Stroud S. F. Chadwick H. L. Robinson Cyrus M. Vanslyck Geo. C. H. McNaight Charles Inglesby Thomas H. Brown Wm. A. Carrington P. L. Williams Silas H. Danforth A. G. McCoombe William B. Isaacs ;.;.Thomas M. Reed John H. Weymouth Henry L. Palmer Edgar P. Snow

Address.

Minnedosa. Baltimore. Boston. Helena. York. Carson City. Saint John. Exeter. Trenton. Albuquerque. NewYorkCity. Asheville. Hope. Halifax. Sandusky. Salem. Waterloo. Providence. Edinburgh. Charleston. Sioux Falls. Houston. Salt Lake City St. Albans. Melbourne. Richmond. 01ympia. Beverly. Milwaukee. Cheyenne.

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REPRESENTATIVES APPOINTED BY OTHER GRAND LODGES NEAR THE GRA..J.~D LODGE OF MISSOURI.

Grand Lodge. Alabama Arizona : : Arkansas British Columbia California Canada Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georg~a.. , Idaho Illinois Indiana Indian Territory Ireland Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Manitoba Maryland Michigan , Minnesota Mississippi. Montana Nebraska

Name. :

Address.

A. M. Hough Jefferson Cit),. Robert E. confns St:路Louis. Wm. H. Carpenter :.Centralia. Theodore Brace )effer~on City. John E. Ryland Lexington. Xenophon Ryland Lexington. Harry Keene : St. Joseph. Reuben Barney 路.路 chfilicothe. James P. V{ood : :New London. Isaac M. Abraham : Harrisonville. Jack P. Richardson St. Louis. A. ~. Crow I(ansas City. J ohn R. Parson : St. Louis. Martin Collins St. Louis. Asa Maddox Kansas City. P. G. 1Yoods Versailles. Samuel M. Kennard St. Louis. 1Ym. F. I(uhn Kansas City. William E. Robinson St. I,ouis. Wm. H. Mayo St. Louis. Xenophon Ryland Lexington. Wm. R. Stubblefield St. Louis. E. H. Phelps Kansas City. St. Louis. J ames B. Austin Samuel H. Saunders Otterville. St. Louis. W m. Richardson S. M. Davidson Washington. Chas. F. Vogel. St. Louis.

Grand Lodge. Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico New Jersey New York North Carolina North Dakota Nova Scotia Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Quebec Rhode Island Scotland South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont.. Virginia Washington West Virginia ':Visconsin Wyoming

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Name.

Address.

Seymour Hoyt Alexander M. Dockery Jay L. Torrey John R. Ferguson Noah M. Givan : Geo. E. Walker Dorsey A. J arneson Geo. R. Hunt Robert S. Browne Lee A. Hall Robert F. Stevenson ~Rev. C. C. Woods, D. D

Thomas E. Garrett V. O. Saunders J oseph S. Browne Chas. B. Starke Allan McDowell B. H. Ingram Wm. M. Williarns John D. Vincil Stephen Chapman Rufus E. Anderson James 路W. Boyd

Greenfield. Gallatin. St. Louis. Springfield. Harrisonville. St. Louis. St. Louis. Warrensburg. Potosi. St. Louis. Kansas City. Neosho. .. St. Louis. St. Louis. St. Joseph. St. Louis. St. Louis. Sedalia. Boonville. St. Louis. Bloomfield. . Hannibal. St. Joseph.

GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT. COMPILED FROM

RETURNS,SEPT~~IBER

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LODGE.

IIMissouri 2.Meridian 3 Beacon 4 Ho~ard 5 Umted 6 Ark 7 O'Sullivan 8 Williamsburg 9 Geo. Washington 10 Agency 11 Pauldingville 12 Tyro 13 Rising Sun 14 Cyrene 15 Western Star 16 Memphis Ii Clarksville 18Ipal'?yra.: 19 Pans Umon 20 St. Louis 21Hav!!-nna 22,Wellmgton 231 Florida 24 Wyaconda 25 Naphtali 26 Ava 27.Evergreen 28'St. John 29 Windsor 30lHuntsville 31 Liberty 3~iIIumphreys

33'Ralls 34ITrOy 35 Mercer 36 Cooper

TOWN A~D P. O. ADDRESS. St. Louis St. Lou~s St. LOUIS Fra?klin Spnngfield Newark Walnut Grove Williamsburg St. Louis Agency Wright City Caledonia Barry

ISt. Louis City St. Lou!s C!ty St. LOUIS CIty Howard Greene Knox Greene Callaway St. LouisCity Buchanan Warren Washington Clay

Winston Memphis Clarksville Pal'?yra ParIs St. Louis McFall DeKalb Florida LaGrange St. Louis Ava New Haven 'Hannibal.. Windsor Huntsville Liberty Humphreys Centre T.roy

Davless Scotland Pike Marion ., l\Ionroe St. Louis City Gentry Buchanan Monroe Lewis St. Louis City Douglas Franklin Marion Henry Randolph Clay Sullivan Ralls Lincoln l\[ercer Cooper

I'c~rene

Prince~on

Boonnlle

MASTER.

COUNTY.

Pik~

James E. Brock A. Bollin .;: Harry B. I lII.tt.. R: T. Kinpsbury Wm. l\lcCluskey W. A. Hendren .T. C. T. Wood J. S. LaB Henry Lihou I. M. Farris .r. W. Tice I·.Tas. T. Garnett Dan. Carpenter D. McCull~ch Robt. WhItchurch ,Geo. E. Leslie ' E. N. Moody iJohn W. l\lllllory T. Vaugh P. Schapnitt F. A. Eillm A. A. Croft Benj. Utterback O. L. Hflygood Geo. Pierce H. S. \Vilson A. L. Shelton Dean S. Goldsberry Geo. B. Sturgis G. W. Evans B.F. Corbin H. A. Allen IH. H. Horton J.. H. Alexander G. R. Th~mpson W. W. TrIgg

:A.

1ST, 1894. SECRETARY.

Jno. H. Deems Chas. Matt .Tos. Brunner .T. M. SettI~ S. W. Morm .Tas. M.McKim W. .T, Bradshaw Thos. R. Hobson .Tas. W. young W. E. Goins ,Wm. T. Carter ·· ..rF. P. Marrow M. T. SamueL D. C. S'?ith .T. Mamece :C. F. Sanders A. T. Jamison ro. O. AUS. tin Thos. F. Hurd J08. Abl'llms Samuel Wier J. H. Cook J. W. Hurd LOllis Schneider M. }landle H. O. Buzby E. A. Patton Wm. O. Flavell John C. Davis A. J. F.'erguson Theodore Emerson O. G. Allen C. E. Myers .T. J. Shaw 1Wm.I,Iirons 8. H. Stephens

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TI;IlE OF MEETIN"G.

1st and 3d Thursdays. 1st and 3d Wednesdays. 2d and 4th Thursdays. Saturday 011 or before full moon. 3d Monday. Saturday on or after full moon. Tuesday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. 2d and 4th Tuesdays. No time gi1ll:n.

S!lturday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. Saturday on or before t:ull moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Fridav on or before full moon. Sllturnay on or before full moon. 2d and 4th Thursdays. 1st and 3d Saturda)·s. 1st and 3d Tuesdays. Saturday beforc full moon. 1st Saturday. Saturday 011 or before full moon. 1st and 3d Thursdays. 2d and 4th Thursdays. 3d Saturday. ,1st Saturday. 1st anel 3d Mondays. ,.. Saturday on or before full moon. Tues. OIl or bef. f. m. &. 2 wks. aft. 1st Monday and 3d Saturday. Saturdny on or before full moon. 2d and 4th Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. :ruesday on o~ bef9re full moon. 2d and 4th Fndays.

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37 Cedar '1' Owensville Gasconade 38 Calt'ao Callao Macon 39 DeWitt DeWitt Carroll 40 Mt.Moriah St. Louis St. Louis City 41 Bismarck ,Bismarck St. Francois 42 }fiddle Grove Middle Grove Monroe 43 Jefferson ; .. 路路.. IJefferson. City Cole 44 JacksonVIlle JacksonVIlle Randoll?h 45 Bonh0II!-me dHallche.stcr St. LoUIS 46 WentzvIlle WentzvIlle St. Charles 4i Fayette ~ Fayette Howard 48 Fulton Fulton Callaway ~9 HaY!1esville HolL; C)ay DO Xenm HopkIns Nodaway 51 Livingston Gla~gow 'Howard 52 Wakanda jCarrollton tCarroll 53 Weston Weston Platte 54 Index Garden City Cass 55 Arrow Rock Arrow Rock Saline 56 Tipton 'ripton Moniteau 57 Richmond jRichmond Ray 58 Monticello ..::l'vIonticello Lewis 59 Centralia Centralia Boone 60 New Bloomfield New Bloomfield.. Callaway 61 Waverly Waverly Lafayette '62 Vinci!. Cameron ~ Clinton 63 Cambridge Slater Saline 64!Monroe Monroe City Mon.roe 65 Pattonsburg Pattonsbur:; Daviess 66 67 Rocheport Rocheport Boone 68 Kennett.. Kcnnett.. Dunklin 69 Sullivan Sullivan Franklin 70 Armstrong Armstrong Howard 71 Savannah Savannah Andrew 72 Gorin Gorin Scotland Z3 Eureka Bru.nswi.ck Char~ton /4 Warren Keytesville /,Chanton 75 Ashley Ashley Pike i6 Independence Independence Jackson i i Lebanon Steelville 'Crawford 78 St. Joseph St. Joseph Buchanan 79 Polar Star.. St. Louis St. Louis City 80 Bridgeton Bridgeton St. Louis 81 Central , Rowena A!Jdrll:in 82Jackson Linneus L1I1n

I路Joe 1\L Brown

P. B. Darr Wm. A. HalL 11,. Kirkpatrick ,K. K. Stephens Iwm. H. Grundelfinger Geo. W. Butler Geo. Heiss ..: Jas. I-L Dll.n~l R. P. Williams \J. A. Swortwood D. L. \Vilhoit.. H. Mvers , H. C:Cockerill R. G. }[artin, Jr W. J. Simpson J. T. O'Bannon W. H. Eads W; S. Howar d Geo. W. Lavelock L. W. Summers J. H. Bryson C. H. Christian R. P. Motte W. G. Sloan C. W. Bridges L. O. Thompson R. E. MaupIn 1. A. Barth :D. B. Pankey B. P. Rowland J. W. David D. W. Harvey J. W. Pulliam J. ~. Wallace M. W. Anderson Geo. H. Sherman J. W. Adams F. W. Webb Thos. Winn R. O. Bolt F. A. Heidorn Jas. A. Craig B. A. Jones .;

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C. C. Richard~ Edwin V. Kyte J. A. Field W. T. Featherstone A. M. Hough }1. W. Jones J. 1\I. Bre~ver D. K. SmIth B. H. Smith E. L. Edwards W. ,C. 1\IeFarland S. K. Wrav J. P. Cunningham H. M. Petit A. F. Walruff J. S. Halcomb C. l'vC. Sutherlin T. 1\1. Hirst Geo. A. Stone J. P. Richards Wm. H. Carpenter J. V. Sheley E. H. Lewis W. D. Corn J. A. Stern W. R. P. Jackson J. R. Beckner

H. L. }Iartin W. H. Helm Jas. A. Clark David Bagby E. W. Joy B. W. Hicks IJohn A. Miller L. D. Applegate ,P. W. Hamlet.. C. P. Patteson Th. R. Gibson M. J. Schwarz E. P. Ambler D. V. Baber E. Mallory F. W. Powers

Retwrns

Saty. on or bef. f. m. & 2 wks. aft. 2d and 4th Saturdays. 1st and 3d Saturdays. 3d Saturday. 1st and 3d Saturdays. Jst and 3d Mondays. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Monday on or before full moon. 1st and 3d Fridays. Saturday after full moon. 1st and 3d Saturdays. Friday on or before full moon. 1st and 3d Tuesdays. 1st and 3d Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. 1st and 3d Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. 1st Friday alid 3d Saturday.' Saturday on or before full moon. 1st and 3d Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. 1st and 3d Mo,ndays. 2d and 4th Fndays. . 2d Thursday. . Friday after full moon. Saturday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Friday on or after, fun moon. ,~eSday on or before full moon. Saturday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. 2d and 4th Mondays. Saturday on or before full moon. 1st and 3d Tuesdays. 1st and 3d Fridays. Saturday on or before full moon. ,2d Saturday. ISaturdav on or before full moon.

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L ' ODGE.

AND P. TOWN O. ADDRESS.

COUNTY.

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83 Laclede 84 Potter 85 :\fiami 86 Brookfield 87 Washington 88 De.fiance : 89 Fnends!Hp 90 Russellvil1e 91 Madison 92 Perseverancc 93 St. Marks 94 Vienna 95 Meramec 96 St. Andrews 97 Bethany 98 Webster 99 Mt. Vernon 100 Canton 101 Bogard 102 Bloomington 103 West. View 104 Herome 105 Kirks,:ille 106 Gallatll1 10i Williamsville 108 Gothic 109 Stanberry 110 )Iarcus III Trenton 112 Maitland

Lebanon Longwood l\Iiami I Brookfield Greenfield Sht,lri?an Chllhcothe

!Laclede Pettis Saline Linn Dade

114.TwllIght 115. Laddonia

COlumbllL Laddonia

11'lverSll1llcs 118 Kingston 119 De Soto 120 Compass

· versallles Kingston jDe Soto I Parkville

113.Pla~t~burg ll~i~llrne.s

Rus~eliville

!Mad:i~on

LoUlslana '\cape Girardeau Vienna Eureka Shelbyvillc Bethany Marshfield Mt. Vernon Canton Bogard Bevier Millersvil!e.: Kansas City Kirks,:il1e Gallatm Williamsville Moberly Stanberry Fredericktown Trenton l\Iaitland Plattsbl~rg ClLbo~l.

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LIVll1gston Cole )~onroe

Pike Cape Girardeau ~[aries.:

St. LOUIs Shelby Harrison Webster

L~w;~nce

W. F. Turner S. G. Barley L. A. Myers Oliver Cramer J. L. Wetze.I W. D. Edgerton W. F. Canaday J:{obt. H. Short.. J. H. Lightner J. O. DuckEr Fred A. Kage Thos. A. B:ay R. A. LE:WIS, Jr Wm. Carson T. A. Dulin H. A.Smith

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W. J. Detfenderfer D. S. Wilcox iJ. F. Webster iC. H. Chamberlain ,J. W. McDowell iF. R. Gould J. E. Pardonner 'J. Grant "liJ. E. Krebs J. A. Thomason ,Geo. E. Chappell E. H. Lennox Wm. Horneker J. A. Doyle W. P. Robinson J. R. Jameson

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Wednesday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Fridav on or before full moon. 2d and 4th Tuesdays. Friday on or before full moon. 1st and 3d Fr~days. 1st and 3d FrIdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Fri. onorbef. f. m. &2d Fri. after. 1st and 3d :Mondays. 2d and 4th Tuesdays. Saturda.y on or after full moon. Saturday before full moon. Sat. on or bef. f. m. & 2d Fri. after. Saturday on or before full moon. Friday on orufter full moon. ~~t.()Il ~:.b~~._fl.~ml1~ & 2 WkR. aftcr. ISaturday on or aftcr full moon. co_, .. _"'

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ldYq ifet;t?:'!8:.., !Tuesday on or before full moon. 2d and 4th Tuesdays. Saturday on or before full mOOll. 1st and 3d Mondays. 1st and 3d Saturdays. Saturday on or before full mooll. 1st and 3d Thursdays. 2d and 4th Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. 1st and 3d :Mondays. ,Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. 3d Saturday. Sat. on or bef. fl. mn. & 2 wks. aft. .,.1:Saturday on or before full moon. <0_ ••• _"'

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1211Erwin 18t. Louis St. Louis City :F. H. W. Krenning 122;Triplett .: Triplett iCh~:itOn 'J.. M. 1I11r~~1. 123IHermann Hermann Gasconade Chus. D. Eitzen 124 i l!nion S~ar Union ~tar De Kalb W. H. Fuson 125!(,entryVllle Gentryvllle Gentry Hugh Stevenson 126 .seaman :Milan Sullivan Ross H. Bankus 127 Athe~s iA~bany Gent!'y C. V. Larn~er 128 Lorrame Rldgeway HaITlson Wm. A. Mmer 12!i;;\[onett \MOnett Barry 1301.. Hume Hume Bates ·R. B. White 131 Potosi.. Potosi Washington IWm. $. Anthony 132 l<'armington Farmington ,St. Francois M. P. Cayce 133 Star of the west.. 1Ironton Iron 11'. H. Whitworth 1:y! Plea.sant Mount... .. Plea,sant Mount.. I l'liller T. A. piCken~g 135 Brav mer Bra\ mer ·Caldwell Joseph Loomis 136 phrenix :BO\vling Green !Pike Jas. M. Rawkins 137 Prairieville Eolia Pike : 138' Lincoln Fillmore Andrew 'J. B. Stanton 1391oregon ..: Oregon HOlt : [C. L. Evans 140 papinville Papinville Bates ,J. W. Gench 141Chaill of Rocks Owen Lincoln .A. K. Baltezor " 142:1'.leasant. Grove :Otterville lcooper H. T. sPillers .143 Irondal~ IIrondale Washington R. F. Hobbs 144 M.<>1ern Humansville :\olk D. N. Lightfoot.. 145 Rlslllg Star.. Ebenezer Greene W. H. Payne 146 McGee Colle.ge l\!(;lUnd Macon Geo. L. Tet.er 147 Cass Harnsonvllle Cass Noah M. GlYan l4i! Pur<:!y : Pur9Y Barry Wilson Love 149 LexlIlgton Lexmgton Lafayette ,Thos. A. Catron 150'Birming Halleck Buehanan / . K. Graham 151 Milton Firth Randolph 1. W. Settle 1521Linn Creek Linn Creek Camden '0. A. 153iBloomfield Bloomfield "8toddard T. B. Turnbaugh 154·Concord IHlltton Callaway : J. W. pledge : 155 Springhill. Springhill ,Livin/,"Ston S. H. A!'~erson 156 Ashland Ashland :Boone H. T. WrIght 157 North Star iRockport Atchison Austin McMichael 158 l\-Iountai!1Grbve I:\lounta~n Grove.. Wri/$"ht Fred W. Archer 159 Green Clty !Greel.l C!ty Sulhvan ~ .. ~ .. ~ H. Q. Woy 160 Pleasant .:\fnrnsvllle Polk R. W. Mltchell 161lclif~on~ilL. Cjf!on HilL ~ Randolph ~. Christy ~ 16:l,Wh~tesvllle·~ ·.. I~Vtlltesy~lle Andre\~ : ~. 'I: Wells . 163,OcCldental.. St. LOUIs ; St. Loms Cny G. 1'. Heimberger 164 I.Joachi!l1 j'Hillsb<?ro !Jeffers.on T. Horine 165, Maryvllle l\-Iaryvllle Nodaway :Ed ward l\Ic~lullan 166jPortageville Portageville New l\ladrid j R. L.Leiont

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/'William Hirt M. H. M~ddock G. F. Hemeke H: M. Coch~an ,'W. R. McMillan IDaniel H. ShOoItus J. B. 'I'homas A. P. Fowler -. .. J. P. Trussell Wm. T. Hunter Robt. Tetley Mann Ringo J!!'mes Etter IW. E. Wallace 'Jas. T. Davis

12dand 4th Fridays. .' Tuesday on or before full moo.n.· ,lst Saturday. . " !2d ~ond":y and 4th Saturday.

;No tune gwen.

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Saturday on or before fUl.l moon. 2d and 4th Fridays. Saturday before full moon.

No Returns.

Thursday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. 'Saturday on or before full moon. I.S~turd.a.y og or before full moon. 1st and 3d "aturdays. 1st and 3d Tuesdays. . 'lVO

Returns.

J. L. Denney Saturday before full·moon. J. T. Thatcher 1st Monday and 3d Satnrday. A. Bennett Saturday on or before fllllmoon. M. V. Moseley Saturday on or before full mool1. ~ '~ ,.T. H. Clark.: Saturday on or before full moon. :A. G. Hughes Saturday nearest full moon. '~ IJ. M. Allen ;Np t~me g~ven. D. l\-f. Evans No t'Lme gn·en. ·IW. E. !ohnson Sa!urday on or before full mOOIl. Geo. "'. Feely : " FrIday on or before full moon. ~ W. M. Fly !l'hur.on orbf. f. m. &2d Thur. aft. P. H. Chambers 3d Monday. IJ. K. Ferrell 4th Saturday. J. H. Duvall 1st Saturday. L. King Saturday on or before full moon. L. B. March Fridll.Y nearest full moon. ,J. R. Hassler 4th Saturday. M. Girdner Sat. on or br. f. m. & ea.2d Sat. aft. R. McDow 13d Saturday. E. Giermann 2d Saturday. JOI'I F. Short ; Sat. on or bef. f. Tri. & Fri. follow'g. 1. M. Robert~.~:.~ ~~ W~dnesday on or bef. full moon. J. H. W. Cunnyngham FrIday on or before full moon. !? J. Stamper Saturday on orbefore full mOOI1. A. Lewelleo; Saturday Oil or bef?re full moon. W. R. Stubblefield..: _. 2dand 4th l\'1ondas. R. W. M.cMullin , Saturday on 9r before full moou . N.l . Chas. C. Graham 1st and 3d Fridays. o ,.,John Young .,Saturday after each full moon. V1 'I

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ADDRESS.

COU:-ITY.

167 Revere Revere Clark 168 Colony Colony Knox 169 Camden Point Camden Point Platte 170 Benevolence Utica ;Livingston 171 Hartford Hartford IPutnam 172 Censer :\Iacon Macon 173 Powell Powell McDonald 174 Sturg-eon Sturgeon Boone 175 Newton ~ewtonia Kewton 176 Point Pleasll.nt ,Point Pleasant... Kew Madrid 177 Texas ' Houston Texas lZ8 Gr~swold Price's ~ranch Montg~me~y ] 19 PrIde o~ the West... St. Loms St. LoUIS CIty 180 Des Momes Athens Clark

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183jCalifornia 184 Fairfiel.d 185 chamOls 186 MOrality 187 Hermon 188 HannibaL 189 Zeredatha 190 P~tnam 191 WIlson 19'2 Frankford 193 Angerona 194 Wellsville 195 Bolivar 196 Quitman 197 Carthage 198 Allensville 199 New Hope ~OO Sonora 201 Ravenwood 202 Westville 203 Brumley 204 Rowley

STATEME~T,

Cnlifornia Fairfiel.d lchamOls R~nick : LIbern1.. HannibaL 'S1. Joseph Kewtown Pocahontas.., Frankford I'Missouri City Wellsville ,Bolivar :Quitman 'ICarthage Allendale Elsberry ,Watson IRavenwood Westville Brumley Dearborn

MASTER.

L. M. Dawson J. S. McReynolds H. C. Bell E. Musson B. F. Speak A. J. McCann J. R. Patterson J. W. Hulett D. W. Weems Sam'l Mecklem A. S. Forrester F. P. Wyatt J. R. E.ggenberg I. J. WlIson

SECRETARY.

IWm. B. Calvert.. 'H. B. Beckner '1'. W. Purdy ; Geo. A. Culling ·IChas. E.. Bailey ,A. A. GIlstrap Iw. F. Moore ,B. F. Mayer ,M. W. Carter James S. Law A. J. McKinney Ed. F..Wells Carl Rllll?e C. P. McGraw 'I

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TDIE OF :\IEETn'G.

Saturday on or before fun Saturda)' on or before fun Saturday on or before full Saturday on or before full

moon. moon. moon. moon.

No time given.

1st and 3d :i\fondays. Saturday on or after full moon. No tirne given.

Saturday on or after full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. ' No ti'TM given. .'Saturdal on,or before full moon. lIst and 3d "ednesdays. Saturday on or before full moon.

::..: :..:::::: ~:..~~~.~.:~:::::::::::::::::::::::: ~::: .~~~~~.I:i.~.~.~:::::: :::::: :~~.:~~~~~::.~.~..~.~.~~.~~.~~.~~~~.~~~I~.:... Moniteau H. C. Stevenson Fred Heit.. \4th Saturday. .'Benton \V. A. Feaster Wm. C~bb ,Tu.esday on or before full moon. Iosage C. S. Leeman ·:\1. A. Wvatt Fndav after full moon. Randolph F. K. Collins 1.1. H. LittrelL Saturday on or before full m'oon. Barton J. A. Potter W. P. :\Iusgrove 118t and 3d Saturdays. Marion D. H. Roderick A. G. McDaniel. 2d and 4th :i\fondays. IBuchanan W. R. Womach IIGeo. Rees.. 2d and 4th Tuesdays. putna~ :W. H. Jones Jno. B. wells ISaturday on or before full moon. CapeGHardeau ,D. C. Thompson ,J. l\f. Thompson Saturday on or before full moon. Pike ,C. L. Pryor J. C. Donovan No time given. Clay ' liVO Returns. Montgomery J. C. Blaine Jacob Miller Saturday before full moon. Polk Jas. C. Weaver F. A. Affleck 'Saturday on or before full moon. Nodaway Chas. H. Clauber.. rT. H. Cook ]st and 3rd Saturdays. Jasper ,Geo. C. Howenstein M. M. Hunter 2d and 4th Thursdays. ',:orth :Calvin Tilton ,J. H. McElvain Saturday on or before full moon. Llllcoln jJ. C. Bfltdley W. H. Baskett Saturday before full moon. ,Atchison :W. H. :i\~orgun :\1. P~ttit... 1st a?d 3C!- Saturdays. ,~odaway IE. W. BIShop W. P. SIms No t~rne fllven. . '. Chariton L. F. Ray jJOh.n H. Cupp saturday on or before full moon. ,Miller 'W. W. Norwood Geo. G. Sullivan :Saturday on or before full moon. IBuchanan T. J. Means G. W. Johnson Saturday on or before full moon.

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205ITrilUmina 206. 8omerset 20i Clay 20S Salisbury 209 Po~lar !lluff. 210,Umonville 211 l Hiekory. Hill 212 Four l\llle 213 I ROlla 214'Forest Ci~y 215 HornersvIlle 216 Hale 217 Barbee,

[MarShan Cleopa~ra

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Saline Meree.r

A. McBride ',.Jno. Howrv Marshall R. B. Crowder ,Jas.. L. Dalton IGeo. T. Burnham W. H. Plummer H. A. Gardner W. H. seamon ~. C. Stall.ard /E. A. Challand J. H. Toppass M. F. Prlgmore

'Ex~elslOrSprmgsClay :

Sahsbury ":oJ?lar ~luff. OmonvIlle Hickory HilL Campbell Rona, : IForest CIty :Cotton Plant ,Hale City Isweet Sprin~

Charlton Butler putnam jCole DlInklln IPheIPs Holt...: Dunkhn Carroll Saline .; :

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220 Kans.as ~ity 221IM,YSllC TiC 222La Belle

Kansa~ City Oak RIdge La Belle

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,Jacks0!1 Cape Guardeau Lewis

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Dawes F. E. Cozad W. J. Craven John Clark ,.. ,H. J. Moriso~ ,Geo. W. DavIs 'G. P. Laforce W. H. Oathout IJno. T. N. ClaIborne W. G. Petty J. B Baker H. Godl~ve

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11st Thursday. I~aturday on or before full moon.. 1st and 3d Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. 1st and 3d Fridays. Sat. before full mn. & 2 weeks aft ISat.urday before full moon. Thursdav on or before full moon. i1st and 3d Saturdays. 1st,. Saturday and 3d ~[ondllY. Frlday on or before full moon. 2d and 4th Saturdays.: .. Friday on or before full moon.

Geo. A;.Poteet.. G. S. "llls Chas. F. Smith

2d and 'lth Mondays. 'Isat.urday on or before full moon. l~riday on or aft. f. m. & 2 wks. aft.

Har~ill

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Salem St. Marys

Dent Genevieve

2'19,Clafim 230,St. James 231 \Varrenton 232 PO.IO 233 Bucklin ~ St. Francois 235 W.eatherby 236 Sedalia 23',7. La Pla!a 238.Rushv1lle 239lHopewell 240 Granv}lle 241:Palestme 242,Portland 243iKeystone 244 I Middle Fabius 245 Knob Noster 246 Montgomery Cit)· 24i Neosho 248 Rochester 249 Carroll.: 200 HIgh HIll

Protem Taney St. .Tames ,./PhelPs Warrenton Warren ,.POIO Cllldwell ,Bucklin !Linn L!bertyville St. I!-'rancois Weatherby ,DeKalb sedlLlia 'lpettiS iLa Pla~a Macon Rushv1lle Buchanll.n Lesterville Reynolds Granville Monroe St. Charles St. Charles Readsville ICallaway St. Louis St. Louis City Downing Schuyler IKnob Noster Johnson Montgomery City Montgomery :Keosho Newton j'Helena Andrew N<;>rborne jCllrroll ; H1gh Hill Montgomery

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Jno. S. Ault ILouiS S.chaaf

\Vallace McDonald Edw. ~cI:iaaf..

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W. SlIlhvan Chas. Cartall W. A. Middelkamgs A. H. young W. E. Shook. J.ames. A. S!TI ith Isham F. R1ggs Wm. Latour R. GillasPy IR. B. Wells w. Z. Carter !'Geo: S. Jones LoUIS Kohn H. B. Gilbert Jas. G. McRoberts J. B. Bridges Ed. L. Harte ,c:. P. Evered IR. H. Carleton R. A. Irwin IDavid P. Stroup John NebeL

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(X)

Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on. or before full moon.

:..::.· ::::::·.::: i~~ ~~~ ~~ "i-;i~~~~~ays. IJas. W. Owen S~tu.rday.on or before full moon. Jacob Story 1\0 t-~me gwen. Thos M. Morsey " Saturday on or after full moon. G. E. ]\[cCoy ,'Saturday on or after full moon. E. C. Kemp Saturday before full moon. n. r;onl.ey Sllturday on or before full moon. J. ". R1ggs. Jr 2d Saturday. C. L. Tavlor 1st Fridav. ,.E. N. yll·tes \:wedne.sd'ayon or before full moon. S. B. Wells Saturday before full moon. H. Irvin Nfl time given. D. W. Mc.Gee Friday before full moon. ' ,O. P. Hemhardt.. 11st and 3d Tuesdays. D. P. A.llen Saturday on or before full moon. Moses Ely 1st and 3d Wednesdays. H. F. BroadwelL Saturday on or before full moon. Geo. J. Taylor Friday on or before full moon. W. B. McCook Monday on or before full moon. :C:has. E. Prettyman Tuesday art or before full moon. .T. M. Vanmeter No time gi-ven. ['Jas. H. H. I;\aker 2d and 4!h Saturdays. Chas. P. l\hller :Saturda) on or before full moon.

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251 Hope 252 Alanthus 253 Lindley 254 Butler 255 Alton 256jShekinah 25iLodge ofLight ~gl R.a. ~.'anna Lodge of Love 260 )lechanicsville 261 Florence 262 Holden 263 Summit 264.IFay ettevme 265 Corinthian 266ISoCial.. 26i Aurora 268,Lo, d~. e of Truth 269 Roc Prairie 270 l New Salem 271So1omon 272IGranite 273 St. Clair 274 Cold Spring 275 Tran~uil.ity 2?6,Gran Rlve~ Zl7o Wm. D.l\Imr 278 l A.villa 2i9 .HOgle,S Creek 280 Lodge of Peace 281 j Fenton 282 Cosmos ··· 84 ,Canopy 285 Earl : 286 Urich 287 Craft

~iStockton

1 28811~rmitage

Washington Franklin Grove .. Gentry Laredo Grundy Butler Bates Alton Oregon Festus Jeflerson Eaglesville IHarrison Rllvanna )lercer Lancaster ,Schuyler ~Iechanicsville St. Charles New Florence Montgomery Holden IJOhllSon ILee's 8ummit.. Jackson Fayettevme 'Johnson Warrensburg IJohnson Martinsburg Audrain St. Louis St. Louis City 1 AtllLnta I'l\lacon Lawrenceburg Lawrence Argentville Lincoln Sprin~eld Greene /Sedaha ,pettis Osceola St. Clair Henrietta ..t.Tohnson ,Orearville Saline IF:eeman Cass Pilot Grove cooper IBowers Mills Jaspcr Qu~ncy ,Hickory Chllihowee ,Johnson Fenton 18t. LOUiS St. Louis St. Louis City IStockton ICedar Aurora Lawrence 'cotreysburg Daviess ··.. · Urich Henry Canton tLewis :.Hermitage :Hickory I Alanthus

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J. 1. Jones IC. J. Bowers J. A. Judd James Potr iJ. P. Thomas T. M. Thompson F. M. Fulkerson ,C. C. Duke T. G. Rikard W. A. Norman F. W. Brickey _ Iwm. F. Holt John Barber J. L. Downing Chas. sllylors.. ·····.. ····· IJOs. Jenkins W. B. Hays, Jr R. G. Heuston 1<'. L. Audrain Henry Johnson John Gruber A. H. Kallmeyer \S. W. Jurden B. Sterne J. R. Spencer T. J. Rogers John Bridgewater I'\v. E. Borthick Geo. W. Patton John LcMar A. J. DouglaHs '.J. N. pOllard Wm. N. Bahrenburg Chas. H. Pellet ,T. J. Shearer 'A. M. Attebery J. E. Adamson R. W. Paris ,A. G. Chewning Joseph Nelson ,A. S. Cowden John H. Paine IGeo. Lord S. D. Trumbo Wm. C. Holsapple Geo. H. DanieL ..T. R. Greer 0. Hall B . B. Dayis..···..·..· ····1 B. J. Orear · T. D. Ryan J. W. Ash~nhust ,JOhn T. Steel.. I,C. J. Harns ,J. F. Scott Art. Adlllns IJ. R. Wilson A. Murphy J. C. McDollgal.. C. C. Llttle IC. P. Longworth IJllS. A. Van Do er Chas. Bear 1 Eden Reed E. W. Montgomer).' ,G. L. walker W. B. Cochran T. Branham ··IJ· W. Rupe W. T. Pugh ,W. B. :\lorllm 'O. R. Tompkins ,P. M. Hawkins iT. W. Furlong IWm. L. Pitts , Wm. Coon

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:llst and 3d Saturdays. No time given. Sat. on or bef. ft. m. & 2 wks.after. lIst and 3d Saturdays. Saturday on or after full moon. 'lst and 3d Saturdays. No time (liven. Wednesday b~fore full moon. 2d and 4th FrIdays. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Tuesday on or before fun moon. "'11st and 3d Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. 1st Monday. ;Friday on or after full moon. 1st and 3d Fridays. Monday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. I '..\10 time given. 2d Monday. 3d Friday. 'Saturday before full moon. Thursda on or before full moon. wednes~ay on or before full moon. Sa~urday on or before full moon. FrIday on or before full moon. Thursday on or before full moon. ,Friday on or before full moon. ISaturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. 2d and 4th Mondays. I.ThurS. bef. f'}ll moon & 2 wks.aft. ,1st and 3d Fndays. !Saturday before full moon. 'No time given. jlst and 3d Mondays. Saturday on or before full moon.

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289'AC!\~ia 290 Falrmount.. 291 Edina 292;Lamar 293 Sarcoxie.: 2941 Mound City 295 l\{oniteau 296:Sparta 29i:Ozark 298:\farble HilL 299:Temple 300 Dor~c 301 White Hall 302 Lick.Cr.e.ek 303 Os~ge 304 FaIthful 305 Clarence, : 302 AshlliJ'.::, 30',New London 308 Parrott 309iKing Hiram 31OjSikeston 311 Kearney ?12 C,?-ba : 313, K.mgsvllle 314Pll1e 315 Altona 316iRuraL 317 Osborn 318 Eldorado

~19 Paulvill~

320 Amazol1la 321 Jonathan 322 Hard.in 323 Corner-Stone 324 McDonald 325 I Dockery 326.New Home 327i~H. Zion 3281 Cainesville 329 Kennedy ..; 330, Bertrand 331 Charity 332!Ry~a!1d 333IChJ1hcot~e

334 Breckenndge

pa~adise Clay Fairmount Clark Edina Knox Lamar Barton Sarcoxie.: , Jasper Mound City HoIL Jamestown l\foniteau Sparta Christian Fair Grove Greene Marble HilL Bollinger Kansas City Jackson Forkner's Hill.. .. tDallus narnard I:'-lodawa,y p.err y Ralls Neyada : V~rnon FaIr DeaIll1g RIpley !Clarence Shelby :c:ommerce jScott.. INewL?ndon <Ralls MaySVIlle :De Kalb ,Knoxville Ray Sikeston Scott..: Kearney Clay · C,?-ba ..:: Crawford K.mgsvJlle J<!hnson Pme RIpley Altona Bates 'Kansas City Jackson ,.iOsborn DeKalb Luray Clark :Brashea~ Adair AmaZOnia Andrew Denver ,Worth ' Hardin: IRay ; ;: ,St. LOUIs St. LoUIS CIty Independcnce Jackson Meadville Linn Sprague Bates West Plains Howell. Cainesville Harrison Elmo N<?d~way.: Bertrand MISSISStppI St. Joseph Buchanan 1

Be~li!1 ChIlhcot~e

Breckenndge

G~n.try

Llvmgston Caldwell

~ J. \V; Po.rter ')!. F. Duncall /'2d and 4th Saturdays. 00 P. S. Rame Jack Suter Saturday before full moon. ~ J. M. Hardman l\l. G. Bi erstafL Saturday on or before full moon. H:::C. G. Snvder J. P. Wel!ell Thursday on or before full moon. W T. B. Wormington J. W. Davis iTue~day ~m or before full moon. C. C. Fuller S. T. Lucas No t·tme gwen. A. J. Wilson R. 1\f. Hudson Saturday on or before full moon. H. R. Elkins W. A. Hale ,71,'0 time given. IG. W. SmaIL J. W. Cecil. Saturday on or before full moon. F. M. wells L. Bowman Saturday on or before full moon. Frank Siegel. Ralph E. Scofield 1st and 3d Tuesdays. Spencer Marlin W. H. Buckner ,Saturday on or before full moon. Wm. Curnutt.. ,G. W. Hll.rtley 11st and 3d Saturdays. J. T. White IW. R. Keth~rland Sa!urday on or before full moon. • O. K. Hos'S R. L. Wardm IFnday before full moon. H. B. Powers I. N. Presson Saturday on or before full moon. C. Han~er _ G. W. Chinn ISaturday on or before full moon. B. J. Ellis ; : W. M. Campbell ,Saturday after full moon. Luther R. Woodson ~eo. E. Lear :Sat. on or bef. f. m. & 2 wks. after. Z. H. Savage Geo. W.Howell.. ;lst and 3d Saturdays each month. ~ J. M. Kincaid A. C. Kincaid :No time given. ~ Oscar E. KendalL A. A .. Harrison Saturday on or before full moon. ~ :A. L. Norfleet.. H. RowelL 1st Saturday. IHenr y Fort................... Newton Jones Saturday on or before full moon. ~ ,R. T. Fryer C. J. Reeves : Saturday on or before full moon. ~ John TIpton Wm. l\lcGambIll Saturday before 3d Sunday. ~ : iVO Returns. W. H. T.eavitt.. A. M. Taylor lst and 3d Mondays. S. T. Blnir :R. W. Nicholson 12d and 4th Saturdays. Samuel Blakely Phil. Reynolds.............. No time gh·en. Tames Hanks 'J. W. McDole Saturda)' on or before full moon. Lyman Holcomb I L. T. Harvey ,lst and 3d Saturdays. Peter Stapleton 1. S. Murray .'Saturdll.y after full moon. C. 'V. Dawson \V. J. ~oach ISaturday before full moon. Wm. Conrad L. L. LIppmann ,1st and 3d Mondays. G. C. Stewart.. W. L. C. Palmer 1st and 3d Mondays. IE. D. Har':ey J. M. Thompson 1st and 3d Saturdays. 'Joseph SmIth S. E. Taylor Saturday on or before full moon. \Geo. E. Matthews :T. B. CarmicaL Frida.y before full moon. W. S. Pryor IJ. H. Burrows No time gi'ven. 1" P. COlvln M. Atherton 1st and 3d Saturdays. L. B. Presson J. J. yates 2d Saturday. Wm. A. Piner E. C. Browne 2d and 4th Mondays. Benj. Robertson (Acting)ISll.ffi' 1 Levy Saturday on ~r before full moon. ~ IR. Barney, Jr C. E. Cornue 12d and 4th Fndays. o :O. J. Chapman J. T. Kenower 2d and 4th Saturda~'s.

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335IJOPlin ilJOPlin 336 Hallsville HllllSVlllt337Blue Springs RIue S rings 3381\1yrtle Millville ::l3911"idelity :Farley 340 Jericho :.1ericho 341 'Relief :Republif: 342iCircle: :Roscoe 34;{ Agricola Petersburg 344 Moberly Moberly 345 Fellowship .1oplin 340 Arlington Dixon ::l47 Spring Creek Edgar Springs 348 Wadesburg Crelghton , 349 Pollock Pollock 350 Tvrian JOhnstown 351 Mosaic Bellevue ~2 Fricnd Ozark.. : .353 Benton St. Loms 3f>4 Hebron Mexico 355 Adelphi Edgerton 356 Ancient Landmark Harrisburg 357 Aux Vd.Sse Aux yasse 358 North West.. TarkIO 359 Garrett IArcola.; 360 T~lsc~n ISt. I:oUls 361 RlddlCk ,Buffalo B62 Hiram ICahoka 360 FraternaL Robertsville 364 Higginsville 'Higginsville 365 Bayou Bakersfield 366 Adair :Kirksville 367 Barry Washburn 368 Crescent Hill.. /'Adrian 369 Composite Doniphan 370 WillIamstown Williamstown 371 Sheldon Sheldon 372 Nonpareil &/lst Lynne 1

COUNTY.

MASTER.

!Jasper IBoone , .1ackson Ray Platte ICedar Greene ·St. Clair .: Henry Randolph Tasper Pulaski.. Phelps !Cass ·Sullivan IBates · Iron I<2hristi~n ..: ..: St. LOUlsClty Audrain Platte Boone Callaway Atchison Dade ; ,St. LOUlSClty Dallas :Clark I Franklin Lafayette Ozark Adair Barry Bates Ripley Lewis Vernon Cass

Alfred Reynolds W. F. Roberts L. F. .1ones A. F. l\filstead W. T. 1l0pe

IE.W. L.F. Bell!.. Shackelford

W. W. Gray W. F. Hannah !E. C. H. Squire :F. W. Murphey iO. P. lVIargedant... ,Geo.W. Wade I.1. C. Schnelle W. Choate Newton Warren !Thos. L. Robertson }as. McCau~land Wm. M. Treloar ,J. S. Hall ,E. C. Haller C. Harri~ .1no. H. DavIs D: W. Edwards NIcholas R. Wall .1. !II. Brllckley Ed. W. Robinson E. G. Thornhill L. T. Land 1\1. B. Teverbaugh W. E. Noonan .T. N. Brooks S. A. McDaniel A. C. Jones 0; ~e.e C. <-orrell W. E. Wiley

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SECRETARY. Harmon (:line W. W. Roberts C. C. Frick S. S. Young ,.1ohn H. CarsOll ' :H. A. :Koe ·.1ohn S. Pence .1. H. McCllnn F'.:\1. Clark W. R. Fletcher ;W. W. Howard :C. T. Lamar S. Harrh; S. L. ROIise .1. M.. Colcman R. .1. HilL. J,as. ~E. Aoams Chll" C. Walton .Tohn.J. Steell;J J. R. Noland W. W. Dougherty S" S. McCue Wm. 1\1. Beckett J; A. Hepde,rson IElbert Eo HIckok :.1. G. Morrow H. N. ::\Iartin E. A. .1essup Thos. A. Walker is. C. Horn !.J. M. Long R. F. McCary ~.1'vIondy_

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TIME OF

MEE1~ING.

11St and 3d Fridays. Saturday on or after full moon. 1st and ;~d Saturdays. ISaturday on or beforc full. moon. Wednesday on or before full mil. 1Ya Returns.

Sat. bf. f. m. and 2 weeks after. Thursday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full mOOll. 2d and 4th Mondays. 2d and 4th Fridays. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or after full mOOll. ~at. on or bef. f. m. & 4th Sat. eve. Saturday on or before full moon. So time ,(]i·ven.

A..J. McCollum .1. W. Ramsey ; .1. W. Herbert .................. J. E. P. Williams

Nu time given. Saturday on or bcf?rc full moon. 2d llnd4th Mondays. I~t Tuesday. Sat. on or bef. f. m. & 2 weeks aft. Sat. on or bef. f. m. & 2 weeks. aft. Monday before full moon. . 2d &4th Thursdays. Thursd~y on or before full moon. 1st and "d Tucsdays. Saturday on or before full moon. 1st llnd::ld Fridays. Saturday Ollor after full moon. 2d and 4th Mondays. Saturday after full moon. ht & 3d Fridays. Saturday OIl or beforefull moon. I\'0

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Saturday before full moon after fullmooll.

S~tn,rday.on or •\0 tIme gwen.

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~Iandeville

?Z4 Wilderne.ss

Mandeville Wildern~ss

8/5 WaynesvIlle 376 King Hill 377 Ancient Craft

WaynesvIlle Adams King City

380 Queen City 381: IOllia 382 Richland 383 Pythagoras 384 Harmony 38.')1 Reynolds 386 Dayton 387: Woodside 888' Farmersvillc 389 ArclllllL 390 Marionville

Queen Citv : Barlletts ~ Richland Cassville Vibbard Centervillc Dayton Thomasville Farmersville ,Harris ,.. : Marionville

393 Bee Hive 394 Dagan 395 Latimer 396 Western Light.. 397 Gower 398 Jasper 399 Pike 400 Decatur 401 Carterville 402 GaveL -l03 Lowry City 404 Alexandria 405 Everton 406 )Ialden 407 Charleston 40R )~.Ol.ltros.e 4O<J CIVIl Bend 410 Iberia 411 .Joppa 412 Appleton City 413 Valley 414:Greensburg 415 Hunnewell 416ICache 417 White Wat:r 418,Clear Creek

ILawson Mendon Licking Louisburg :Gower IJasper Curryville Peirce City Carterville Ncw Cambria Lowry City Alexandria Everton )Ialden , Charleston

CarroIl Oregon PulaskI Buchanan Gentry

·Jno. W. Harter Rob't A. King ,W. L. Bradford ,Wm. Elder iJllo. Preston

:Schuvler.. : I)JorgiUl Pulaski.. Barry Rav Reynolds Cass

,Birnev Dysart.. iJ. W. Bl'ard Felix W. Staggs

I1vI. Block : iFrancis M. Cooper IJno. McDonald ICal Hyde , iWill Dickens

Saturday before full moon. S~tu.rday .before ~d Sunday. Saturday on or before full moon. 1st and 3d Saturdays.

H. E. Gates J. H. Stiffler ILemuel D. Groom

Saturd.ay on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon.

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!Livmgston :Sullivan Lawrence

.1110. L. Isley R. I. January J. W. Stephens James A. Park E. L. Treadway H. C. Martin C. D. Turner

IR. T. Craven ) D. (2~ Ha~ell :R. I'. SmIth John M. Franks J. M. Ragan .1. T. Richardson C. E. Faulkner

No lime [lit'en.

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Saturday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday 011 or after full moon. No time given.

Saturday beforc full moon. ,Saturday after full mOOI1. :Friday on or before full moon.

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,CIVIl Bend Iberia Hartville IA. ppleton City Bolckow -:Greensbur :HunneweIY ,St. Louis iLafiin.: ;Palo Pmto

Ray::..: J. 11. l\lorrow Chaflton A. F. Wood Texas T. B. Mitchell Dallas .. , P. B. Marsh : Clinton J. W. Hall. Jasper Oscar Lowenstein Pike J. W. Pace Lawrcnce F. C. Johnst(J11 : Jasper 'W. W. Fewell }Iacon C. M. Cole St. Clair S. M. Gracy Clark I'C. W. Taylor 'IDade J. C. Tomson Dunklin , Mississippi \Jas A. Boone :Hen!y D.. J~an~ Davless Phlll Shaw Miller T. J. ~Iarchant :.: Wright IS. E. Pope St. Clair S. H. Cotton Andrew Charles Davis Knox Wm. Granger Shelby A. Co Balliet 'St. Louis City C. L McDonald Cape Girardeau .. J. A. }Iil~ar )Benton H. W. Fflstoe

·R. .T. Clark J. M. Colhns :D. C. McPherson 'w. H. Pad et.. W. B. Sangers W. J. Coleman T. M. Kin~ G. W. Tid well W. H. Price J. E. Gilleland J. B. Bell C. E. Blair .J. W. Galbraith I ·'1.1. T. Heggie E. E. IJart.. E. E. Frost.. .Jno. Ferguson N. B. Garner E. O. Dierfeld tG. T. Bennett.. P. E. Coy W. B. 'rhiehoff :A. P. Watkins iL. J. Gri~sley I.J. C. Trolmger

full moon. iSaturday before fuli moon. Isat. nn or bef. f. m. & 2 weeks aft. Sat. on or before f. m. & 2 wks. aft. Saturday on or before full moon. 1st and 3d Saturdays. 1st and 3d Saturdays. 1st Saturday. 'Wednesday on or before fullmoon. 1st and 3d Fridays. Fri. on or aft. f. m. & 2 wks. aftcr. Friday on or before full moon.

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ISaturday on or before full moon. No Returns.

,3d Saturday. 'Saturday on or before full moon. 1st and 3d Saturdnys. Saturday on or before full moon. Friday on or before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. 2d and 4th Saturdays. ,Saturday onor before full moon. Saturdayon or before full moon. 12d and 4th Saturdays. Saturday on or after full moon. 4th Saturday.

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P. O.

COUNTY.

419 Star Taberville 420 Itaska St. Louis 421 Urbana Urbana 42'2 Gate of the Temple North Springfield 4:l3 Gltlt Galt 424 Samaritan Bonne Terre 4~ Cedar City 'Cedar City 426 Sedgwick ville :Sedgwickville 42i'IGlenWOOd IGlenWOOd 4ft> ~ouisYille : ~ouisviIle ; 429 New i"ladnd New Madnd

St. Clair St. Louis City Dallas Greene Grundy............... St. Francois Callawav Bollinger Schuyler Lincoln : New ~ladnd

432 4?3 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443

i Laclede CI,l~den

SECRETARY.

MASTER.

S. H. Bothwell Leonard WenzeL N. J. Bray F. M. Doolittle .: W. J. Hobbs R. S. Hodg-es D. B. Hill Gibson R. Hombs w. L. Willilu'ns.; A. X. Donohen

TIME OF MEETING.

W. B. HilI... Adolph Kleintopf.. Croff Dillion Will M. Dyer .. F. I. Tetley Ja<;. Lee John W. Sample Horace D'B. Cutler INat Willi.ams Joel Cook

Saturday on or before full moon. 1st and 3d Mondays. 4th Saturday. 2d and 4th Saturdays. Saturday on or before full moon. No time .qiven. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Saturda! on or before full moon. Monda;y on or before full moon.

IJ. M. Robertson............ R. P. Stone ..: A. E. Beckwith Geo. J. Biggs G. W. Wyatt J. L. Reddeck Gen. M. Bedford G. T. Sharpenstein A. R. Jacques

Satmday after full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. 2d and 4th Saturdnys. Thursday before full moon. Friday before full moon. Satmday on or before full moon. 1st and 3d Saturdays. Friday before full moon. Friday on or before full moon.

No Retnrns.

:~?Ice~eiii::.::·.::::::::::::H;if~~:ii;:.:::::::::::::.POlk·::::::::::::::::::.F:··~i.··Co·y·.·. . · ::::::::::::~:ji."T:·E·~go;{::::::::::::::::::::: Saturday on or before full moon. Competition Mnck'~ Creek WheelIng St. Nicholas Ash Grove Lafayette Temperance Mt. Olive TroweL Excelsior Burlington Anchor 44~ Ada 44<> West Gate 446 Greenfield 447 Fairview 448,Schell City 449iBois D' Arc 450 Belton 451 Raymore 452 Verona ; 453 Forsyth ·t54 Cecil.. 155 Barnesville 156 Wallace

Competition l\Iack'~ Creek Wheehllg Willard AS.h Grove Corder Smithville

E. B. wright· :.:.. :'ol. V. Moulder , ,Llvmgston H. P. Scruby iGreene II. O. Henry IGreene :wm. :\lorton Lfl.fayette )ohn n. Peebles ;Clay I'J. W. Thatcher ~larshfield Webster :'ol. T. Smith Lntesville Bollinger John W. Revelle Jackson 'Cape Girardeau Burlin~on Junc.. :~odaw!Ly .: IA. C. Hopkins St. Loms St. Loms Clty ,Chas. H. Hoke Orrick Ray Wm. Tucker St. Louis St. Louis City Joe. H. Kelley Greenfield Dade H. H. Finley Scottsville Sulliva.n W. O. Warren Schell City Vernon R. A. Key Bois D'Arc Greene R. T. Johns Belton Cass T. T. Garnett :.. Raymore Cass W. O. HeiYly Verona Lawrence G. P. Grigg 'Forsyth Taney J. M. Haworth Cottonwood Pt 'Mississippi Q. A. Tiptoll Logan's Creek Reynolds A. J. Newtoll Bunceton Cooper W. B. Kerns

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H. i"Ii,ller ,R. H. Caftall :N. B. Pig-g 'A. Rawson Jno. A. Davis H. C. Warren, Jr J. Boatwright J. O. Redfearn C. W. McKown C. P. Zimmerman J. N. Fly J. H. Parrish Joseph Brasher J. Sutton Edw. Cramer

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1st and 3d Snturdays. 2d and 4th Wednesdays. 1st a.nd 3d Saturdays. 1st and 3d Tuesdays. Tue3day on or before full moon. 3d Saturdav. 2d and 4th·Saturdays. Saturday before full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. 1st and 3d Tuesdnys. Saturday on or after full moon. Saturday on or after full moon. Saturday on or before full moon. Tuesday on or before full moon.

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457 Jonesburg 458. Melville 459 Hazelwood 460 Lambskin 461 Caruthersville 462,SantaFe 463:Clifto!1 i64.AullvIlle 41)5'Gavnor City 466. i.Southw.est 467iPleasant Hope 46/l Red Oak 469 Plato 4701~Odi1WllY 4Z1 l\~in.er~l

4/2 Plckenng 473 Kincveh 474 ,Guilford 475'Golden 476 l\It. Hope 477 Henderson 47/l Racine 47\1 Rich HilL 4M JeweL 481 :\Iarceline 482 Clintonville 483: I!'!sh Grove 48-! KIrkwood

IJonesburg Dadeville Seymour St. Louis Caruthersville Santa Fe

:\Iontgomery Dade Webster St. Louis City Pemiscot :\Ionroe ,Thay~r Oregon :AullvIlle Lafavet,te ! Parnell Nodaway ISouthwest City McDonald Pleasant Hope Polk ,Red Oak Lawrence 'Plato Texas :\Iaryville ·.. ,INodaway O!onol1o Ja..<;per: .. : PICkerlllg Nodawa) ,Olnev Lincoln IGUil(ord .; Nodaway Golden CIty Barton ,'Odessa Lafayette Henderson Webster Seneca Newton Rich Hill Bates Pleasant Hill 'Cass l\Iarceline Linn ElDoradoSPrin~I'cedar.:

F~irfax

Atchis~n

Kukwood

St. LOUIS

Herndon.,' Lock ?prmg Bell CIty !Montevallo Vandalia Loutre Island

SaliI!e DavIcss

E. A. BaIL E. H.yo.tter W. J. fnmble Geo. P. Zeller Henry T. Byars Geo. A. Wilson C. H. Wilson B. R. Barnes U. S. Wright.. D. N. Finks.. F. F. Maddy J. T. Apperson Wm. A. Bryan W. H. Totterdale H. A; Ayre .las. l'. Hanua 'H. W. Humphreys i9-uintin Wi~son ,c. C. Hawkms "C. A. Kingo W. D. Dclyell , A. R. !Hoore · R. l<'. Hulett.. J. M. Duncan D. L. Batterton J. V. :McGrew Jas. A. Hunter , Chus. A. DullllRVant..

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iS7 HernrloTl: 488 Lock ~pnng 4S!J,Lakevlllc '190! Montevallo 491 Vandalia 1!l2:Daggett.. 1!J3Iver~on

BrOl~augh

S~oddard

Vernon Audraill :\Iontgomery Ver~on

4\l7.Straftbr~

498IKaseYVI~)e

499 PaynesvIlle 5OOIJameson 501 Buckner 5O'2.1'hiladelphia

Gainesville

IStraftbr~1..

IKaSeY"I).Ie PaynesvIlle Jameson Buckner IPhiladelphia

Ozl1rk I'Greene M.acon PIkE; Dl1Vless Jackson )\Iarion

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(IS. G. Wright. R. N. M.oore S. C. Tnmble R. C. T. Schroeder IHina C. Schult.. Gco. S. Trimble P. R. Boyce :J. H. Baflles :E. E. Schock .T. C:. Gucyman J. W. McCurry H. W. Curry R. B. Lynch Jas. D. l"rank .1: M. Boyd Ed. W. Green Thcoren 1ves : C. D. Hocker W. S. :\lorrow :.1. W. l\IcBurncy J. C, Sayers G. l'IIcLean Frank Slater Chns. Rheem ·A. B. Maf'hen David Rogers A. A. Hopkins.; Hugo S. Jacobl.

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5O~ Prairie Home 504 Platte City

MASTER.

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l\IEETING.

car~:=.=IJ.·N. SCholL.-.== Saturday on or before full moon. J. L. Carmack Saturday after full moon.

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J. G. )langer

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Appendix.

230

DEATHS. REPORTED TO THJ<: GRAND J,ODGE OF )!JSSOURf, OCTOBER 1, lS!.14.

No. oj Lodge. 1.

". 4. 5.

6. 7.

12. 16.

20. 21. 25. 27. 28. 30.

) 31.

Nmnc oj Party.

Louis Capellan. Thos. W. Peirce. W. G. Mitchell. II. W. Stein. C. H. McRoberts. P. T. Burke. C. Niemann. J. G. Biedermann. F. B. Hinshaw. G. H. Redell. F. Sessinghaus. John Lee. John A. Granade. J. T. Keet. J. G. WBloke. Alex. Diffendofl'cr. S. M. Chittin. B. Killingsworth. John McElhanen. Wm. Trauernicht. Jas. Fitzpatrick. Jno. Glenny. J. W. Benedict. W. G. Eversol. Jno. B. Reddish Morgan Tucker, r. N. Smallwood. Jno. Whalon. Geo. Franke. Newton Lowery. A. H. Myerpeter. Leopold Strauss. J. Williams. Wm. H. White. Chas. Edmonson. Jno. English. .Tno. T. Fort. R. O'Brian. L. J. Byers. J. E. Bryant. W. W. Wilmot.

No. oj Lodge. 35. 39. 40. 42. 43. 47. 49. 50. 51. 52.

54. 57.

58. 60. 64. 68. 69. 70. 72. 73. 74. 77. 79.

80. 82•

85. 89.

Name oj Pro'!y.

John Eckland. Wm. Collings. H. Jaqua. Geo. W. Cotter. J. P. Gillespie. Henry Swinney. Jno. Frida~·. C. G. Brooks. H. C. Tindall. W. E. Morrow. S.'M.Gow, Nathan Goslie. D. B. White. J. R. Clinkscales. F. 1\1. Appleby. H. 'V. Elliot. R. E. Brown. J. S, Demaster, J. W. Hubble. H. T. Wadsworth. Wm. B. Burford. Jno. Wilson. Jas. Holt. Jno. Hanley. B. C. Bishop. C.D. Hale. S.,E. Spear. B. F. Thurmond. J. W. Bradley. Wm. Killbuck. J. G. Hays. T. r. Beazley. Sam'l Johnson. Job 'Vood. Sam'l C. Scott. Chas. Costello. S. D. Sandusky. T. L. Kennerly R. A. Kenton. Jas. Anderson J. H. Yeoman.

Appendix.

1894.J No. of Lodge. 91. 93. 95. 98. 99. 101. 104. 106. • 109. 110. 111. 113. 114.

116. 119. 121.

122. 126. 127. 130. 133.

134. 136. 138. 140. 141. 143. 144. 147. 149. 150. 156.

158. ]60.

Name of Party.

Sam'l Quire)". A. Yaeger. Louis Detweiler. S. G. Trower. R. L. Butts. W. J. Williams. J. L. Whaley. W. L. Ballard. J. G. Bachman. Louis Curl. Jno. H. Stucker. E. Liggett. H. H. Jones. W. R. Berry. Jno. A. Kincade. Geo. W. Turner. Jas. A. Adams. Jas. C. Orr. A. Foster. J. Hall. Geo. C. Crippin. N. E. Wolfe. Max. Ruhl. Edward Roche. H. H. Lippelmann. R. F. Rin~er. Fer. Johnson. Allen Gellispie. J. M. Garritson. W. F. Liggate. J. T. Ake. P. R. Crisp. Franz Dinger. G. A. Matson. A. J. Wilson. W. S. Tucker. J. G. A. Leagne. Geo. Nafus. Ira Brooks. C. Burbank. F. B. McFarland. Jos. Neel. •J. R. Nease. D. W. Lindsay. Thos. Halloway. Wm. A. La Bertin. Jas. Slusher. Jno. Foster. H. M. Strode. R. H. Jones. Jas. M. Ellis. Wm. H. Cook. J. H. W. Cunnynghalll.

No. of Lodge.

231 Name of Party.

Erastus Wells. Wm. Lee. Jas. A. Jackson. Otto P. Koenig. Jno. R. Lionberger. 164. Jas. E. Wilson. Thornton Jaenes. Martin Zimpfer. 165. Thos. McDowell. Wm. Jones. F. P. Elliott. Chas. L. Cain. L. D. Cook. 171. G. W. Yuung. Jllo.Speak. 173. W. Pendergraft. 174. S. S. Graves. 176. Ino. Byrnes. 177. Alex. Jadwin. Jackson Cobble. 179. Ernst Kaerchner. Morris Hoffman. . C. Coghill. C. D. Eldred. 181. S. A. :i\IcClintick. J. Lyon. 183. J. M. Hardy. 187. Hiram Jackman. 188. Milton .J. Brown. J. C. Woodward. Andrew J. Lower. 189. ~L L. Hadnell. J. C. Richardson. 192. John E. Henry. 194. Geo. W. Lenox. Silas T. Buck. 195. J. W. Farmer. 197. Frank Bell. Robert Kenne.dy. W. H. Shanks. 1. N. Thornburg. 198. Henry Fallig. 202. B. B. Owens. A. Plyer. Wm. Smith. 205. W. L. Buekirk. H. H. Christman. 206. Len. Carlton. Wm. J. Calbreth. 207. W. H. Wares. S. R. Gitting. 209. Richu.rd Brooks. J. D. Potillo. 163.

232

Appendix.

No. of Lodge. 209. 210. 212. 213. 215. 218.

220.

221. 222.

224. 225. 227. 229.

230. 233. 235. 236. 237. 242. 243.

244. 246.

247. 248. 249. 251. 252. 257. 261.

.Name of Pm路ly.

DeWitt Harvey. Jas. L. Tiper. J. R. White. M. C. IIale. Wm. Wynn. G. T. Smith. Ed. G. Davis. Chas. F. Hall. Wm. B. Lange. S. E. McGregory. M. C. Farrar. L. A. Smith. H. M. Way. F. C. Caspari. A. P. Fonda. J. D. Clayton. John D. Dunkinson. J. P. Daly. Dudley Evans. Alex. Smith. H. C. Ewalt. T. H. Meriweather. W. H. Markham. Thos. Dougan. S. W. Stynnger. H. T. Margrave. J. M. II. Smith. W. H. Awbrey. W. M. Ford. N. C. Tannehill. J. R. Bowman. Jas. H. Wyett. Absalom H. Riggs. Geo. Heard. F. J. Phipps. L. F. Blackburn. Nelson Thornhill. John II. Brown. Jonathan路S. Green. Aug. F. Dank. J. D. Curtis. G. W. Evans. S. S. Nowlin. Henry Kay. S. A. Benton. E. J. ShornborIl. Wm. lVIeans. C. R. Graham. G. C. Crutchey. A. J. Brown. Jas. Broderick. Jas. S. Irwin. Benj. Hall.

[Oct.

No. of Lodge. 264. 265. 267.

268. 269. 273.

276. 282. 284. 288. 291. 292.

293. .295. 296. 299.

300. 303. 301. 305.

306. 309. 316.

321. 323. 324. 326. 329. 331. 332. 333.

Name of Parly.

S. C. Brown, W. B. Ames. Wm. A. Thompson. Henry Delaney. S. B. Potter. Thos. Case. Aug. Bohn. Oliver Chapmau J. F. Box. D. P. Morgan. James Baumgardner. F. C. Nesbit.. J. A. Bradle)'. '''m. Wilson. Gustave Liebman. G. B. Gregory. G. W. Robinett. J. B. Shoemaker. Jeremiah Bennett. Isaac Fox. J. W. Peter. N. E. McCutchen. E. C. Grant. J. D. ~foore. .Iesse Nelson. M. F. Johmon. J. W. Walker. F. W. Randolph. C. F. Eames. Geo. E. Foster. Jas. Marlin. Jas. Bridgford. II. P. Gray. Warren Robinson. J. W. Evans. C. Hanger. C. Van Houton. J. R. Coffman. D. D. Gant. Thos. Shimmin. A. B. Cooper. Walter Harwood. .J. T. Kilgore. J. J. Clark. Jno. N. Weitzel. John Hockaday. Wm. A. Pinkston. L. M. Satterwhit<,. Chas. J. Lamar. Jacob Bulhen. S. G. Weller. Geo. E. Shultz. A. Eylenburg.

No. oj Lodge. 333. 335. 338. 342.

343. 344.

345. 347. 354.

357. 359. 360.

362. 366. 368. 370. 372. 374. 377. 379. 380. 381. 385. 389. 390. 393. 394. 395. 396. 399. 04. 405. 407.

Name oj Parly.

Chas. Holmes. Samuel Shook. Jos. Downing. W. B. Carpenter. A. G. Weeks. Ervin Thomas. Jno. Breeden. H. A. Clark. Wm. Mellon. C. U. Keener. E. M. Sparrow. H. M. Porter. R. M. Roberts. Andrew Gihuore. M. W. Shepherd. ThoB. E. Day. Jno. E. Hutton. Thos. J. Marshall. R. B. Worrell. Evan Evans. D. W. Martindale. W. Champlin. J. C. Edgar. A. J. Dreas. A. T. Harlow. H. B. Creighton. J. S. l\foffitt. Wm. Henze. J. J. Martin. W. T. Shaver. P. D. Biber. Geo. W. Swain. Wm. E. 路White. Jno. W. Shuey. B. A. Shehorn. J. B. Carroll. J. B. Rhodes. Jas. Bennett. J. S. Riherd. J. S. Campbell. E. M. White. J. C. Cole. Jas. Fairley. W. H. H. Overstreet. S. P. Robnett. W. W. Laughlin. J. E. Barnes. C. Bayt. Wm. Huckaby. "Eo F. Powell. Hiram Boatman. E. R. Hughes. Wm. Wilber.

'V.

233

Appendix.

1894.J

No. oj Lodge.

Name oj Party.

411. . A. P. Pool. 412. Franklin Finch. 416. Louis Le Compte.

417. 418. 420.

422.

427. 430. 431. 436. 438. 439. 443. 445.

446. 448. 450. 452. 455.

463. 466.

470. 475. 476. 478.

479. 480.

Mel yin Baker. W.1.1. Shafer. Jas. Scott. A. D. Kegley. A. G. Fristoe. A. F. Welle. Louis Ullisch. F. R. Miller. E. A. Froekmann. J. Ball. E. T. RobberBon. S. P. Brooke. J. W. Wier. J. L. LeE. Alfred Mock. P. Caughlin. Benj. Hadlock. Lindsay Nichol. Robt. Collins. Jesse Hoenbaek. .T. H. Williams. Wm. Huey. F. Ganbaty. S. F. )foller. G. A. Vogel. Henry Hurlbut. D. Darrow. M. Cowell. C. H. Dalton. John F. Cravenar. J. G. Copeland. Anderson Massie. Th05. Piles. J. F. Briggs. W. D. Polson. ohn G. Smith. Jos. C. Seabourn. Lester A. Barriteau. Lyman Parcher. Thos. Ford. T. E. Trent. H. H. Fickle. R. S. Hughes. Wm. Dooley. G. F. Jones. 1\1. Craig. Norman Saior. C. L. Mayo. D. P. Ingram. Samuel McAnueh.

APPe1~dix.

234 No. of Lodge.

Name oj Pm'/,y.

W. A. Jack. O. F. Smith. W. F. Garnett. S. E. DeRackin. Elisha Summers. J. A. Owens. H. H. Dillon. 494. John Hope. 498. David G. Buster. 500. M. G. Scott. 504. F. G. Gaylord. 506. D. S, Brilhart. E. Steickey. 508. J. H. Bates. 510. Tee Holding. 512. John Dunlap. 522. Wm. M. Boyd. 526. R. E. Buckler. 527. S. l<'. Hughes. 480. 482. 485. 487. 4!l9. 490.

[Oct.

,.No. oj Lodge. 528.

530. 532. 533. 535. 536. 537. 538. . 540. 542. 1544. 545. 548. 553. . 557.

Name oj Parly.

N. D. Harris. F. O. Hollman. J. C. Montgomery. R. E. Sherry. C. M:.Burk. R. H. Dearing. Rich. Halloway. R. A. Todd. Peter Ewing. P. Cravens. A. H. Payne. L. l\f. Hutchinson. Geo. T. Soalson.. J. R. Pollard. A. J. Sylox. Eli Lewis. E. P. Lampkin. John B. Rice. G. A. Cummings.

Appendix.

1894.J

235

SUSPENSIONS FOR NON-PAYMENT OF DUES. I~EI'OIlTEJ)

No. oj Lodge. 1. 2. 3.

7. 9.

14. 20.

21. 25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

TO I'MI-: GHA~D LODGE OF lIflSSOUHl, OCTOBER

Name of Party.

E. E. Timmerman. H. E. Richardson. H. J. Smith. H. Clay Sexton. H. Frank. E. D. '1'horne. J. T. A. Fleming. B. 路A. Barnard. R. M. Duncan. Alex. Ewing. D. D. Fuller. James Hazzard. D. h Skidmnre. R. D. 1'hornburg. F. P. Wherry. A. Williamson. J. E. Bailey. P. H. AppleI'. D. T. Funk. B. T. McFall. W. G. nrittan. Jno. R. Barrett. Petcr Behr. By. lIug. A. Samuels. Benj. Ferguson. W. J. Cambell. J. M. Curnutt. A. J. Herrell. B. F. Siler. R. D. Smith. A. Humbird. E. T. McPherson. C. Schwenker. Wm. S. Zancery. C. Carlson. Chas. Chadwick. Hugh S. Kilgore. B. H. Harnsberger. John Helm.

No. oj Lodge. 30.

34. 35.

38.

44.

45. 47.

48. 52.

53.

54. 57.

1, 1894.

Name oj Party.

G. W. Keebaugh.

C. F. Mayo. I. .r. Loeb. Andrew McKee. Hy. Fredricks. A. Y. Reeds. .J. C. Harper. G. W. Wilcox. D. Cockran. J. W. Ruhert. S. C. Arnold. J. Strath. 13. F. Coulter. M. M. Carter. H. Downing. B .. r. Stevens. W. W. Elliot. Wm. Hardester. W. '1'. Hardester. Jas. W. Hill. \\'. B. Hardester. H. L. Routt. B. F. Watson. T' H. Ennis. D. O. Morris. Oliver Terrill. T. Wright. H. Allen. Rufus Wood. T. E. Ferguson. J. S. Freeman. N. Krollt. P. Swiggett. R. Jacquemin. S. M. Cecil. D. Best. H. Lithgow. S. O. Goode. P. Wilson. J. T. Akers.

236

Appendix.

No. of Lodge. 57.

60. 61.

65. 76.

78.

80.

82.

83.

88. 92.

93.

Nal1le oj Party.

J. W. Halleck. J. J. Moore. B. F. Mayer. B. F. Sheley. J. M. Bennett. J. H. Leech. Henry Walker. O. L. Noland. A. J. Landers. 1. C. Toler. Aug. L. Long. Jos. R. Good. Dan'l B. Smith. J. A. Spellman. Elisha Cobb. Jas. Burlington. Sam'l Vanskeke. R. E. Back. F. A. Thomson. Sam'l V. Bryer. Andrew Stewart. L. C. Philleps. J. M. Herndon. J. L. Holman. W. W. Mizer. J. Stone. C. Coon. W. J. Northrip. W. L. Murphey. Hy. Lennertz. J. H. Fulbright. Jones Barrett. Jno. Bevet. W. H.'Yeaton. J. F. Smothers. J. A. Fitch. R. B. Hall. D. Ballenger. C. E. McCune. A. F. Billings. Wm. Armstrong. D. W. Poor. J. W. Dreyfus. N. G. Ferguson. J. S. Barnum. T. N. Parker. M. A. Gunn. W. H. Kennally. A. J. Gregory. Hy. A. Astholz. J. C. Alexander. P. Adams. E. E. Bassett.

No. oj . Lodge. 93.

96.

97. 99. 101.

108.

110. 111.

112. 116.

117.

119.

Oct. Name oj Parly.

C. P. Brewer. H. P. Carter. Robt. F. Giboney. D. A. Nichol~. Robt. G. Ramsey. R. H. Smith. L. A. Hayard. B. F. Smith. G. L. Smith. Dan'l Johns. W. B. Skinner. D. Sloan. W. T. Brown. T. O. Haskell. P. C. Caskey. R. P. Oxley. R. E. Fallis. Frank Kane. Alfred Devers. G. W. Lent. W. B. Longhorn. Wm. Goff. S. Chambers. A. J. Barber. S. F. Boruff. J. H. Dodd. Dee Rice. S. A. Jones. Wm. Laper. J. C. Berry. J. R. Ferris. Chas. Forsythe. M. H. Fletcher. J. B. Horrall. L. W. Kun. W. M. Morris. J. W. Martin. A. W. Peebles. S. L. Robinson. Jno. Roper. J. J. Rollison. J. S. Spurlock. .J. E. Stoy. A. J. Snelson. J. H. Trusty. Jno. Briscoe. J. F. Devinna. T. D. O'Bryan. C. B. Howard. Chas. D: Bolton. J. B. McGuffin. George W. Kring. Jas. H. Dunaway.

No. of Lodge.

Name of PaTty.

1'hos. H. Hayden. D. F. McKee. Peter Strickland. 124. Joel C. Taylor. R. :M. Campbell. Amos Casto. 130. J. C. Brewington. 133. J. E. Clinton. Jno. M. Dale. Jno. Pigot. 136. E. T. Saunders. 147. Geo. Bird. Alex Graham 152. J. H. Brown. J. M. Russell. 155. C. L. White. 157. 1. G. Bushey. Grant Wyatt. Philo R. Wagor R. Gaede. L. D. Ramsay. R. Hunter. Jno. Shelters. G. Luke. 162. W. Eo Agee. S. Snyder. 163. B. G. Farrer. Aug. Mastbrook. R. R. Foster. 165. E. B. Sprague. Geo. D. Davis. Geo. E. Groscup. Jas. Wakefield. 171. David Hughes. Lewis Berry. 176. Wm. Akers. 177. Mark Canman. J. F. Doerbaum. D. A. Goldberg. J. B. Hannekin. C. E. Meade. Jno. McFall. L. B. Treadway. 181. W. H. F. Owen. W. E. Howerton. H. 1'. Howerton. 186. R. R. Jones. A. H. Shearer. W. B. Jackson. 187. J. W. Branson. J. J. Brower. S. D. Moore. J. W. McKenney. 119.

237

Appendix.

1894.J

No. of Lodge. 187. 188.

:205.

208.

209.

210.

213. 217.

218. 220. 224. 225. 229. 240. 241. 245.

247. 248. 249.

254. 255.

Name of PaTty.

G. Thompson. Jos. Lesem. Jno. A. Callahan. J. A. Thompson. Jas. Wingfield. Henry Strother. W. E. Woodson. E. H. Price. J. G. Goodwin. D.1. Field. C. N. Mosher. V. G. Samuel. Levi Hills. H. H. Hoilsman. J. P. Johnson. A. Shoop. J. R. Richey. T. M. Shelton. A. N. Minear. Jeff. Davis. A. J. Williams. N. A. }<'ranklin. M. C. Murphy. Geo. R. Dean. W. G. Buckner. D. L. Berry. W. C. Grubb. Jas. M. Dooley. Henry Van Aller. J. L. McMahon. J. A. McCoy. O. G. Davis. Eli Townsend. Jeptha Perry. Sam'l Blankinship. J. S. Austin. J. F. Moberly. Jno. C. Edwards. Frank McKeehan. J. C. McKeehan. Jno. M. McKeehan. W. M. Tipton. Wm. G. Baynham. Jas. Robinson. F. M. King. Wool. Happy. C. J. J. Martyr. W. H. Meyer. L. W. Ford. Jeff. Pennington. W. P. Dean. N. B. High. R. B. Blair.

Appendix.

238 No. of Lodge. 255.

256. 258. 262.

263.

265.

26i.

269. 2i2.

275. 284. 29l. 300. 30l. 303.

Namc of Party.

F. W. Ohatfield. E. Forrester. A. Forrester. W. A. Smith. A. R. Kirkpatrick. Jno. Martin. B. R. Philips. Frank Rawdon. Levi Saunders. G. W. Shipman. A. C. Wilson. D. H. Miller. A. E. Griswold. Jnoth. Wallace. O. S. Sawyer. J. S. Forbes. Joshua Bitters. E. S. Tuthill. James Darke. T. G. Dryden. Walden Smith. B. E. VernOIl. W. E. Boyer. VI'. E. Bellton. Rich. Noland. C. P. McVey. Sam'l Brookes. P. R. Weatherford. J. H. Howx. . J. F. McCoy. N. M. Naylor. Jas. Williams. J. S. Lake. 1. A. Smith. J. C. Klug. O. W. R\:ggles. Geo. Vohringer. Chas Maull. A. B. Hilgeman. H. Baumet. A. K. Johnson. D. A. Radley. Ino. R. Barrett. R. Wilson Carr. H. Coffman. W. A. Gordon. J. L. Hite. Jno. A. Vansickle. Asa Forbes. W111. Garrison. Harvey Davis. .J. \Y. Cleland. W. J. Dyer.

Oct.

No. oj Lodgc. 808.

305. 30i.

308.

311. 312.

316.

319. 320.

322. 323. 324.

325. 326.

329.

Namc of Parly.

Jno. HolmeH. W. Hopkins. Z. C. Kelso. R. H. Love. S. W. l\'1cLean. ,'\Tm.O'Bryan. F. O. Rhoadeil. H. B. Shirk. J. B. Soward. L. B. Wade. H. V. Edwards. Ed. Edwards. Geo. D. Biggs. Wm. L. Birney. J. V. McPike. I\L Barnaby. C. M. Phelps. E. J. Smith. Lewis Vllen. T. R. Cl'llvens. .T. L. Jennctt. F. H. Pounds. B. W. Fink. N. W. Clothier. '\'. T. Ford. C. H. Kearing. G. S. Peppard. J.C. Dural. F. R. Jones. Jno. McCoy . J. S. Otis. W. G. Downing. L. M. Seigfreid. Waterman Reed. Thea. Hauer. F. T. McFadden. .J. N. Berry. J. W. Roberts. John T. Bankston. W. R. Hulland. Wm. A.Muir. Samuel ""1. Powell. F. B. Chandler. N. A. Dickery. Edmond Easter. G. F. Purcell. F. D. Sitlington. Jas. F. Gearey. Harrison Shifflet. J. E. Thomas. S. P. Wilsoll. Richard Harper . Henry Burnett.

Appendix.

1894.J No. oj Lodge. 329. 331.

332. 336.

337. 342. 345.

346. 347. 348. 351.

352.

354.

357. 360.

:'\61. 362.

Name oj Party.

Hulet Burnett. Enos J. Crother. H. Spencer Pitts. John J. Sheridan. L. H. Rush. .los. Allen. Thos. Conley. John Wolf. C. W. Whitney. T. K. Grisham. D. W. Cown. T. W. Harrington. J. P. Newell. H. M. Hackey. J. W. Orr. Chas. Stimson. C. J. G. Workizer. T. W. Cunningham. G. L. Baker. H. Huckins.' . J. N. Asher. L. L. Clark. H. H. Quick. F. F. Gillihar. J. C. Hawkins. John Lindsay. Chas. Biers. Jackson Ball. Morgan Bell. P. F. Fisher. John H. Glenn. A. J. Martin. A. A. Madding. A. S. Prather. G. A. Pettyjohn. J. W. White. Jas. C. Woody. Frank L. Bown. Jos. A. Glandon. W. P. McKinney. L. F. Passley. F. H. Doan. S. A. Dougan. R. S. Marshall. H. C. Roeth. J. H. Shields. S. J. Holliday. P. S. Mitchell. }{. L. Reynolds. O. D. Powers. Jos. Meyers. Jas. Vandolah. J. J. West.

239

No. of Lodge. 362. 366:

368.

371.

372.

380. 381. 386.

387.

390. 394.

404.

405. 407. 409. 416.

Name of Party.

W. T. McKee. J. B. Loyd. Aaron Hauer. H. M. Harris. S. S. McLaughlin. W. J. Bean. Robt. Granger. B. W. Sar-ds. W. R. Alexander. J. S. McGraw. P. J. Sprague. J. J. Woods. F. R. Weaver. W. B. Couchman. J. W. Bradley. Jesse Payne. J. Rathbun. C. B. Sanders. 'V. P. Burnes. Geo. :F. Farnham. A. Middlesworth. R. E. Gilliland.. William Middlesworth. L. B. Potts. William Billsland. H. W. Potter. L. H. Brown. David Brower. 'r. R. Townley. :1\1. S. Pride. Albert Clemings. Chas. Hopkins. .los. Pallard. H. J. Wagner. Geo. Dean. Sion Busby. John Jones. A. H. Grover. J. Jordan. E. L. Hatfield. Fred. Mathes. D. W. Stickler.. .R. Rose. C. D. Everhard. J.Higby. Chus. Logan . .las. A. Long. O. Childers. Wm. Carlock. H. C. Strayer. Gideon Gilreath. .las. Shannon. John Murdock.

No. of Lodge. 416. 417.

418. 419. 420. 422.

424.

425. 430.

436.

440. 443. 446.

450.

453.

[Oct.

Appendix.

240 Name of Party.

Wm. Sinclair. J. W. Campbell. S. H. Laneast.er. J. H. Lancast.er. J. J\f. Finney. F. G. Cleppard. G. A. Greeson. C. S. Reading. P. G. Anton. T. B. Eelmonson. Jno. House. C. R. Ruch. J. M. McCarty. T. H. Music. J. C. Long. Ellis Taylor. Zll.charia Cole. Amadee Lesource. Geo. Bray. C. H. Day. Thos. Anderson. Alex. Cameroll. Thos. Morris. Wm. Steward. Robt. Kearney. J. H. Parker. W. S. Brackllcy. W. J. Farrar. R. E. IIudgings. Jno. T. Julian. J. G. Perryman. E. II. Moore. W. H. Swecney. Eli Lutes. D. C. Kling. Chus. Sanders. Jno. N. Jones. W. n. McReynolds. J. W. McBride. E. D. Hamner. M. B. Caldwell. A. C. Atkinson. A. H. Rainey. Geo. B. Strother. Jo. Roland. W. H. Strother. C. E. Clark. B. N. Roland. A. 1\f. Hunter. F. J. Berry. F.1\f. Cox. R. E. Clinkingbeard. nenj. Everett.

No. of Lodge. 453.

460.

469.

476. 476. 478.

479.

482. 483. 481.

485.

Name of Pa1路ty.

A. G. Fisher. A. J. Friend. J. W. Fitch. Dan'l France. J. W. Groves. W. P. Hensley. J. 1\1. Hagard. Wm. Hawkins. Wilson Lewis. J. B. Rice. J. N. Ray. E. W. Sibcy. S. W. Stockstill. J. R. Vanzandt. W. Yandell. F. E. Rice. J. Bierce. S. Coggburn. C. H. Bishop. J. J. Cummington. A. B. Ecoff. W. E. Helton. G. W. Cook. T. J. Wilson. Th08. Williams. R. A. H. Hill. Wm. Lale. .J. T. Seawell. H. G. Baker. S. C. Broderich. Wm. H. Deweese. R. C. Greer. Jonathan Norris. J. O. Woodward. W. H. Allen. J. P. Bussy. Jno. S. Craig. R. A. Carter. C. H. Dallas. S. W. Hopkins. 1. S. Neat. W. 1\f. Barker. S. H. Smalley. Jnn. A. Payne. S. S. Plunkett. D. L. Williams. C. M. Chittendon. Jas. M. Steere. Gco. C. Brand. E. H. L)'cett. E. H. Leslie. .J. R. Warfield. J. W. Coleman.

Appendi~c.

1894.J No. of Lodge. 485. 488.

489.

492. 496. 510. 514. 515. 516. 51f!. 52'2-

528. 533.

Name of PaTty.

G. L. Sayles. J. H. Dawkins. 1. H. Jordan. G. W. Wann. J. W. Rummel. J. Stephens. T. M. Swindle. Wm. COIl)'ers. Michael Holland. Wro. Hollwick. M. C. Lamberson. F. M. Haymaker. John D. Huff. P. M. Slaughter. Jas. E. Howard. J. H. Meyre. D. B. Dixon. W. E. Botsford. W. M. Berry. Benj. B. Brock. Geo. Tufts. W.N.Cain. Geo. F. Hamline. T. J. Jones.

No. of Lodge.

241 Name oj Party.

Walter Foland. J. L. Jackson. W. A. Jackson. H. W. Linn. L. B. Stradley. 535. E. C. Turley. Mark Stephens. 536. A. J. Clamda. W. H. Featheringill. J. R. Kell)'. N. L:Hauk. F. H. Parsons. C. C. Randle. J. W. Ritchey. 542. A. K. Barss. 544. Geo. 1'. Solson. J. R. Pollard. [)-17. S. A. Dunham. VI'. H. Gatshell. T. B. Peeples. S. W. S. Kipsenworth. C. R. Rosier. B. F. Willis. 533.

242

[Oct.

Appendix.

SUSPENSIONS FOR UNMASONIC CONDUCT. REPORTED TO THE GRA:-ID LODGE OF )[JSSO\;m, OCTOBER

.No. oj Lodge.

Xame of Parly.

No. of Lodge.

22.

W. A. F. N. Bowen.

491.

79. 114.

Gus. V. R. Mechin. M. Bateman.

257.

O. B. McLaughlan. J. L. Chivington. G. B. Selby. J. H. Dobson. J. O. Sullivan.

492. .529. 532. 549. ;).50. 555.

389.

419. 436. 491.

I, 1894.

Name oj Party.

Geo. B. McKinney M. Gooley. I\larshall Morrow. J. H. Cunningham. H. D. Routzang. Chas. 'l'.8heweI1. Joseph Meyer~. J. N. Latimer.

EXPU LSIONS. REPORTED TO THE GHAKD LODGE OF ~I[SSOURI, OCTOBEH

No. oj L,0dge. 1.

8. 22. 29. 54. 65. 89. 101. 158.

Name of Party.

.James Burnsides. J. O. Edmondson. S. Sneed. J. R. Morse. Geo. W. Brown. C. W. Yates. Jacob L. Smith. T. J. Jones. C. M. Stee1smith.

.No. of L路odge.

Name oj ParlJ/.

J. A. Wilson. S. Z. Knight. 309. J. W. McGaugh. 409. J.J.Wright. 419. Milton Heath. M. Larkin. 503. C. l\f. Wilson. 510. Wm. P. Taylor.

187.

287.

1, 1894.

243

. Appendix.

1894.J

REINSTATE~iENTS.

HEPORTED TO THE GRAND LODGE OF ~II;;;;OFRJ, OCTOBER

No. of Lodge. 3. 5. 9. 10. 12. 15..

25. 26.

28. 31. 38. 40. 48. 50.

51. 52. 53.

57.

Name of PaTty.

M. J. Meyer. . F. Wright. Perry Short. ,J. C. Stewart.. A. W. Rethie. R. M. Yates. C. W. Loomis. Jno. A. Bradford. W. 1\:L Strong. H. C. Kelse. H. L. Cross. W. M. Milas. Stephen Norton. .J. W. Ems. Morris MandIe. Henry Klineline. Barney Mallonee. Geo. Halt. D. R. Seyoce. M. N. Blakemore. C. G. Herrin. L. A. Berger. W. A. Gregery. W. A. Dallman. Jas. Porterfield. Eli McAtee. Henry Demott. James Ewing. E. Poirier. Jno. S. Farr. 1. Entwisle. J. V路i. Murdock. K. B. Cecil. G. W. Seever. A. Cornthwait. J. P. Quesenberry. J. T. McGennis. J. S. Demaster. C. T. Garner. C. W. Spencer.

No. of Lodge. 57. 59. 60. 62. 69.

n. 74. 78.

82. 83. 86. 96. 98. 99. 104.

10;). 109. 110. 111. 113. 120. 123. 125. 131. 140. 147.

1, 1894.

Name of Party.

Thos. McGinnis. E. G. Fairis. R. E. Harress. E. W. Hopkim. N. Ellis. J. MCAfee. L. E. Cooper. R. S. Shaw. E. A. Cobb. 'rhos. Elliot. Chas. Veatch. Wm. D. Blackwell. Paul Cain. Edw. M. Treakle. B. A. Jones. S. Wilson. 0. Short. C. G. Bigger. T. S. Buler. J. W. Chick. L. S. Thompson. Harris Wyatt. E. J. Davis. :\1. J. Friedsam. A. G. Redenbaugh. J. H. Mulholland. F. H. Armstrong. A. B. Van Ausdale. James Landam. J. Helmig. F. K. Doniphan. E. C. Thomas. Chas. A. Brink. 1\1. B. Wood. Paul Harney. G. H. Barbows. Jas. F. Robertson ... L. Culberson. Jas. R. Augle. J. H. Hammond.

No. of Lodge. 147. 149. 150. 163. 165. 172.

176. 177.

179. 187.

188. 189.

190. 192. 207. 208. 209. 210. 215.

220. 224.

m. 233. 2.36. 247.

254. 255.

257. 259. 262. 263. 264. 265. 267.

[Oct.

Appendix.

244 Name of Party.

A. W. Byrum. Jas. Darby. L. D. Robinson. John T. Judah. D. W. Thomas. S. V. Campbell. Wm. T. Garrett. Thos. Burns. C. Lockhart. C. E. Miller. S. M. Moore. J. H. Bishop. A. E. Leavitt. I-I. J. Herrick. J. A. Lane. IIy. Carnien. John White. G. B. Pearson. J. S. Gish. Robt. L. Bacon. H. C. Allen. F. M. Gaines. G. C. Sharpe. C. W. Tiffy. W. P. Layne. J. G. Jones. T. B. Beattie. A. G. Chrane. T. R. Owen. S. Ratliff. A. D. Lychlider. 1. A. Mize. John Cochran. A. G. Campbell. Wood Mallory. F. L. Tracey. W. S. Hayden. John Baker. D. C. McDougltll. A. Farnham. T. G. Castor. A. Edmondson. J. R. Patton. A. F. Wyard. Samuel Crews. S. H. Beshears. Rich. Rice. W. Groseclose. Fred Heberling. . S. H. Constable. A. Stanley. Jas. Gilliland. John E. Lincoln.

No. of Lodge. 267. 276.

279. 281.

292.

293. 298.

299. 301. 303. 304. 308. 309.

310. 316. 322. 323.

324. 327.

331. 333. 334. 346. 355. 360. 361. 365. 377. 380• 408. 409.

Name of Party.

J. S. McKinnon. L. Chrounger. T. R. I-Ioughes. E. C. Kyle. W. D. Harryman. L. C. Van Dover. F. Skwar. Wm. Stafford. Alex. Lemoin. J. Clinkenbeard. G. W. Thornton. C. H. Shapley. Gilbert Schooling. M. N. Kinder. Wm. C. Talley. Jos. H. Grant. A. A. Kinder. Chas. W. Parker. D. M. Chisler. S. Danciger. W. W. Hutchinson. Alonzo Coan. F. B. Cook. 1. C. Hill. Wm. Hunt. John Landers. J. H. Austin. E. L. Doughty. M. Henderson. M. P. Moas. Burd C. Merk. Jas. Taggart. Clayton Rittenhouse. M. A. Cooper. A. J. Hopkins. W. L. Horsman. Jno. C. Lancaster. J. W. Heddens. E. D. Taylor. J. E. Waite. G. H. Donaldson. N. H. Buck. C. A. Black.• W. H. Gates. G. L. Davis. W. H. Stump. Thos. Blackwell. H. Forest. D. H. Clinkenbeard. Robert Epperson. J. J. Knowlton. J. W. Ryan. S. W. Prewett.

Appendix.

1894.J .No. oj Lodge.

411. 413. 414. 416. 420. 424. 427. 429. 430. 434. 438. 439. 442. 443. 445. 447. 453. 455. 469. 470. 471. 472.

Name oj Party.

J. A. Russell. B. F. Brand. iI. L. Waite. E. C. Creeley. Rich. Mollencott. John Wilkson. Andrew J. Edison. Wm. T. Mahar. Edmond W. Taylor. E. H. Bower. G. C. Clurdy. T. F. Henslee. Thos. Henslee. J. B. Chrisinger. Geo. H. Wiseman. Henry Pfeffer. J. C. Stone. Robert Smith. Isaac Chilton. J. B. Wood. H. C. :McDonald. C. T. Gravens. .los. Reece. S. Wagner. A. S. Ingles.

245

No. oj Lodge. 473. 475. 478. 480.

482. 484. 485. 488. 491.

508. 512. 515. 526. 532.

538. ;')47.

Narn(oj Party.

Francis Shockle~'. Will. Wines. J. S. DeHort.' C. M. Hoadley. T. R. Hopkins. : W. W. Twyman. A. H. Shiveley. Ed. S. Castele. A. Wormly. Wm. Dingo. .T. L. Bradbury. .J. O. CRnnon. John Naysmith. R. H. Johnson. S. S. Furber. Jonas Weil. T. J. Carson. W. H. Smith. R. R. Hendrix. E. B. Sawyer. J. L. Casey. R. T. Carter. H. T. Church. S. M. Brown.

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ISt. Charles

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BY JOHN D. VINCIJ"

' I STATE. DATE OF CHARTER.

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.Jeff~-rsoll"'~'~~:~'I~~::'"'' Oct., 1820,by-(i:r::. ofT;;~ Ar~ested April 7, 1825. St. Charles

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6 Unity 7 Franklin Union 7 Grover 8 Vandalia 9 Sangamon 10 Union 10 Shawnee 10 Chapel 11; Eden 13 Tucker 14'Boonville 14 Auburn 15 Central 15 Perseverance 16 Columbia 21 New London 21 Greencastle 22 Franklin 23 Hiram 24 Harmony 24 1;Vyaconda 25 Naphtali 26,Springfield

GRAND SECRETARY.

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Jackson Cape Girardeau .. ~10 Franklin Howard Mo Calhoun Henry ,Mo 'Vandalia Fayette iIll... Springfield Sangamon IIll Jonesboro Union 'I1l... New Santa Fe rJackson :Mo Chapel Hill.. .,Lafayette :Mo COVington : Washingto? Ill... Ste. Genevleve Ste. GenevIeve :Mo Boonville Cooper Mo Auburn Lincoln Mo Smithville Clay t.fo Louisiana Pike 1\10 Columbia Boone nlo New London Ralls 1\10 Greencastle Sullivan Mo Alton Madison St. Charles St. Charles MO JaCkSonville jMor&'an Ill La Grange LeWIS MO :St. Louis l\Io ,Springfield Sangamon

Ill Ill

,Surrendered April 4, 1826.

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iUnited with 1st G. L. of Illinois, 1824. INOV. 25, 1821, disp. G. L. Ind. Surrendered January 7,1823. April 3, 1822 IArrested December 20,1831. May, 1852 Died 1860. October 8,1822 United with 1st G. L. of Illinois, lR24. October 25,1822 Arrested April 11, 1826. October 25, 1822 United with 1st G. L. of Illinois, 1824. n'1ay, 1858 Surrendered 1863. 1\1ay 6,1852 !Surrendered 1855. October 9, 182~ IUnited with 1st q. L. of Illinois, 1$24. October 10, 1826 Surrendered Apnl 6, 1831. AprilS, 1827 Arrested October 3,1838. May 8, 1852 Arrested Oct., 1884, by Lee A. Hall, G. M. nTay 6, 1852 Went down on account of war, 1861. April 8,1828 Arrested April 3, 1838. October 5, 1830 Arrested October 3, 1838. 'October 5,1837 Surrendered 1862, on accOllnt'of Wltr. June 2, 1866 Arrested April, 1879. • ~October 5,1837 'United with G. L. of Illinois, Oct., 1843. 'IOctober 5,1837 Arrested October 16,1846. October 2,1838 United with G. L. of Illinois, 1840. IJune 10,1853 Surrendered 1876. October 8,1839 Arrested 1887, by G. R. Hunt., G. M.. ,October 8, 1839 United with G. L. of Illinois, 1840

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41 Des ~Ioines Burlington 41 Bolivar Bolivar 41 lEtna lEtna 42 Houston Breckenridge 42 I.o:wa Bl.oomington 42 MIddle Grove MIddle Grove 44 Rochester Rochester 46 Sparta,former~y"Kabzeett" Spart~ 46 Martha Washmgton Washmgton 49 Mineral Point Mineral Point... 50 Middletown :. Middletown 50 Ozark Springfield 50 Anderson Chapel HilL. 54 Douglas Marthasville 56 Platte Platte City 58 Monticello Monticello 59 Lancaster Lancaster 59 :Marion Salem 60 St. Clair Belleville 61 Osceola osceollt 62 Maysville Maysville D.ubuque 63 St. Ma~ys Perryv~lle 63 Iowa CIty Iowa CIty 64 Landmark Warsaw 65 Melody Platteville 66 Marshall MarshalL 66 Linn [Li!1n 68 Tebo Chnton

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Mo Mo Mo Ill Mo Ill Mo I:Mo Mo

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Polk Scotland Caldwell Monroe Andrew

Buch~!,!an

Franklm

~[ontgomery Greene~

Lafayette Warren Platte Lewis Schuyler l\{arion ,St. Clair ISt. Clair DeKalb

Arrested June, 1892, by B. H. Ingram, G. M. Consolidated 1887, with Hebron, No. 354 Arrested May, 1855. United with G. L.of Illinois, 1842. Surrendered 1863. Surrendered 1846. Destroyed 1861, by war. Arrested December 1,1866. Conso!. 1882 with Lexington, No. 149. Conso!. 1887 with Triple Tie, No. 453. Arrested October 16,1846. ISurrendered 1864. :Destroyed 1862, by war. 'Surrendered May, 1863. Arrested October 19,1&16.

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IowaTy October 20, 1&11.. June 9, 1853 June 2. 1866 JUIlC 2,1866 October 20,1&11.. June 9, 1853 June 10, 1853 ~[o October 8, l~L -:~[o June 10,1850 :Wis. Ty October 11, 1842 Mo May 25, 1854 Mo October 17,1842 Mo May, 1858 Mo October 11, 1&12 Mo October 14, 1&12 ~[o October 12,1&12 :Mo :May 25, 1854 IlL October 11, 1&12 Ill October 11,1&12 Mo October 15, 1842 Mo ~ray 25, 1854 :IowaTy 18<13 ,Mo May 20,1854 -.; IowaTy October 10,1&10 Mo October 12, 1843 Wis. 'fyjOctober 12,1&13 Mo October 12, 1&13 Ii\[ay 28, 1856 do October 23,1844 ~Io

Mo Mo I'IOWaTy Mo Mo

Octob~r10~

IPerry I"""""""""'"'''''' Benton

; Salme Iosage Henry

'October 13,1887 May 6, 1852 May 6, 1852 October 9,1839 May, 1858 October 11, 1839 May 6,1852 October 8,1840 October 19,1867 October 12,1882 October 8,1840 :May 28,1858 1June 12, 1853 ,June 9,1853 October 8,1841..

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United with G. L. of Iowa, 1&14. Surrendered 1863. Conso!. with Memphis, No. 16, ]890. Arrested April 22, Ul69. United with G. L. of Iowa, 1844. Arrested February 29, 1864. . Surrendered ]865. t\.rrestcd October ~9, 1846. Arrested :May, 1863. . United with G. L. of Wisconsin, 1844. Arrested :May 18, 1858. Arrested October 18,1847. Destroyed 1861, by war. Surrendered Nov. 15, 1883. Surrendered 1864. Arrested by Jas. W. Boyd, G. :M., Oct., 1~80. Arrested 1866. United with G. L. of Illinois, 1&14. United with G. L. of Illinois, 1&13. ,'Destroyed 1861, by war. Destroyed 1862, by war. IUnited with G. L. of Iowa, 1&14. S\lr.rende~ed Januarr, 1864. Umted WIth G. L. ot Iowa, 1&14. Destroyed 1861, by war. United with G. L. of Wisconsin, 1844. Arrested 1851. Arrested 1894, by Harry Keene, G. M. Arrested 1889, by J. P. Wood. G. ill.

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69 Alexandria Alexandria 70 College Marion College 70 Dickinson Monroe 72 Danville IDanville 75 Bowling Green Bowling Green 75 Neosho ~eosho 81 Dana Calhoun 81'Hickory Grove Hickory Grove 83 lVIultanomah Oregon City 84 Johnson Warrensburg 86lVIitchell Columbus : 86 Mo. Mil. 3d Reg't :Mo. Vol.. 88 Bates Butler 88 Olive Branch ,Union 88 Dre~~en 'Dres~en ; 90 Prall'le Harl'lsonvIlle 90 King Solomon St. Cath.ar.ine 94 Boone ColumbIa 9'1 Evening Star Cuba 95 Acacia Jackson 95 Pleasant HilL Pleasant Hill 95 Chapman Las Vegas 99 Mt. Vernon lVIt. Vernon 101 Greenc Springfield 101 Easton Easton

-DATE OF CHARTlm.

Clark Marion 'Marion Montgomery Pike Newton Henry ICalloway

Mo October 16, 1844 Mo October 16,1844 Mo :vIo October 16, 1844 Mo ,October 14,1846 Mo October 14,1846 Mo ,October 17,1846 Mo 'Jnne 2, 1866 Oregon. October 19,1846 IJohnson Mo "larch 19,1847 I\JOhnSOn Mo May 9,1850 October 14~ 184.7 Bates Mo May 28, 1858 Franklin :Mo ,October 14,184.7 Pettis jl\Io I'October 19, 186Z· Cass Mo October 12,184/ Linn llVIO J.une 2,1866 Boone Mo :lvIay 8,1848 Crawford MO lVIay 29, 1855 Cape Girardeau Mo :l\Iay 5,18<18 Cass MO 1:l\£ay 8,1848 Tel'. of~ew Mex.. : June 2, 1866 Lawrence 'Mo :May 11, 18<18 Greene ,1\fo May 12,1848 Buchanan !MO May 28, 185lL

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Arrested 1864. Changed to "Dickinson," 1847. Fonned from "r,ollege, No. 70." Conso!. with Florence Lodge, No. 261,1892. Changed to "Ashley, No. 75." Surrendered 1863; restored as 247, in 1867. Arrested October 28,1852. Surrendered :\farch, 1893. 1st Lodge on Pac. Coast. United G. L. Ore. Destroyed 1861, by war. Destroyed 1861, by war. Closed with 1\Iexican war. Destroyed 1861, by war. Arrested about 1855. · Arrested July, 1878, by.'!'. C. Ready, G. 1\1. Destroyed 1861, by war. Consol. with Brookfield_, No. 86, .Tall., lRHS, Isurrendered May 25,1808. Surrendered June 12,1875. Went down during the war. 'Arrested 1853. ,United with G. L. of New 1\fcxico, 1877. Surrendered December 27,1862. United with" United No.5," 1857. Arrested October, 1886, by .I. W. Boyd, G. 1\1.

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ii ~~::: • • • • • • • • i~~t(~ • • • • '~Jf~E • • • ·.•••.i~i • • ~I~~ i;ifC.:•• • ~~«~~::jl~~;i'l~, i~;: 107 Golden Square 108 New Madrid 108 Aztec 109 Montezuma 109,Louisiana 111;St. Louis 112'1 Ezell 114.~~ave;ly

115,Slble) 115!Border

Westport.. IIJaCkSOn i:\Io Il\Jo New Madrid ,New 1\-Iadrid Las Cruces I;fer. of New Mex.. t Santa Fe fer. of New l\Iex Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve 1\fo St. Louis St. Louis j'l\fo St. Francisville Clark ~Io !\-Yaverly Laf.ayette llV.IO SIbley Jackson \MO South-West City .. McDonald ,1\Io

May 10,1849 May 10,1849 October 19, 1867 May 8,1851 1807, by G. L. of Pa 1809, by G. L. of Pa May 9, 1850 :May 9,1850 May 10, 1850 \October 15,1874

Arrested October, 18SH, by J. W. Boyd, G. l\f. Destroyed during the war. Un~ted w~th G. L. of New Mex!co, U~ZZ. Umted WIth G. L. of New MeXICO, 18/1. Arrested bv G. L. of Pennsylvania, 1.'~24, Arrested.• Surrendered 1860. \SUrrendered J!tnuary 28, 1S60. Surrendered 1863. Surrendered October, 11'.';2.

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116 118 119 122 124 124 128 128 129 129 130 1:)0

Daviess Hiram Foster Dover Cedar Dardenne Kirksville Live Oak Constantine Charleston Barry West Prairie

1~2 Farmi~gton

:Gallatin ·· ,St. Charles Boston Dover Fremont O'Fallon Kirksville Pleasant HilL Charleston .' Charleston Cassville Clarkton Farmi::gton

IDaviess St. Charles Scott Lafayette Cedar St. Charles Adair Cass Mississippi. Mississippi Barry Dunklin 8t. Francois

·Il\:lO !\olo l\fo Mo il\Io ·I'i\!o Mo ""'10 1\10 1\10 Mo Mo IMo

IMay 10, 1850 May 10, 1850 !\olay 10, 1860 May 20, 1850 l\fay 10, 1851 October 19,1867 May 8,1851 October 19,1867 May 8, 1851 October 1'2, lR76 May, 1852 May 28,1858 Mll~, 18?l..

135 Warrensburg 137 Warrenton 138 Round Prairie 140 Smithton l-11;l\fi.ddlebury

Warrensburg Warrenton Newark Smithfield Middlebury

Johnson Warren Andrew

!\olo Octob.er 19, 1867 !\oro .Tune, 1851 Mo May 31, 1855 I Klln.Ty May, 1&')5 I:'.IO May 31,1855 "fo OctoJ;>er 17}873 :Mo May 31, 1850 IMo .Tune 1,185..') [MO June 1,1855 Mo ""'lay, 1&?5 Mo 1\'lay, 1855 Mo June 1, 1855 Kan.Ty June 2, 1855 1\'10 May 26,1855 Kan.TyMay, 1855 Neb. Ty.2\Iay 29, 185G Mo ')lay 28,1856 Mo October 19,1867 Mo l\lay 28,1856 1\10 October 11,1879 Mo May 29, 1856 1\10 May 28, 185G 1\'10 May 30, 1857 1\'ro IMay 18, 1857 Mo October 19,1867 Mo 'October 11, 1888 Mo :May 18, 1857 !\olo l\fay 18, 1857 Mo 1\lay 30,1857 1\10 1Hay, 1857 1\'10 October 19, 1867..

:Arrested 1876. Surrendered 1\lay, 1862. Surrendered 1866. Consol. with Lafayette, No. 437, Feb., 1893. Surrendered 1863. Arr. Jan.15,l&'l5, by R. F. Stevenson. G.;'.£. Arrested 1863. New Charter 1864 to NO.10E>. Arrested by G. L. of Missouri, 11:\77. Surrendered July 28, 187'1. Surrendered Decembcr, 188!!. i Arrested 1852. Arrested October, 1886, by.T. W. Boyd, C:.M. iArrested Aug. 2~. 18\)2, by B. H. Inf<Tam,

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: Tr~nto~ 143 F hIlt HIlL Flmt Hlll.. 144 John Dade Cassville 1451windsor City Windsor City 146 1\'lC qee College :i\Iound 147 Bufialo Buffalo 148 yancy Pineville 150 Leavenworth Leavenworth 152 Linn Creek Linn Creek 153 Kansas Wyandotte 156 Giddings Nebraska Cit.y 158 Cornwell Rose Hill 158 Johnson Greenville 159.Pll.CifiC paCitic 159 Mendota · :Protem 160 Edina Edina 161 Robert Morris Savannah 166:Mirabile Mirabile 167 Eldorado Luray 167 Orient Frangais St. Louis City 167 Puxico ,Puxico 168 Fairmount Fairmount 169 Tuscumbia Tuscumbia 172 WolfIsland /IWOlf Island 173 Union, form'ly "Bollinger" Wolford's Store 173 Union Union

Mercer, Grundy St. Charles Barry CarrolJ. I':Macon Dallas McDonald 'I

Camden

['Otoe Johnson Wayne Franklin Taney Knox Andrew (CaldwelJ. Clark : 'Stoddard Clark Miller Mississippi. Bollin er Frankftn

G. M. Conso!. with Corinthian Lodge, No. 265, '89. Surrendered 1856. Arrested 1865. United to form G. L. of Kanslts. Arrested 1872. Consolidated wi~h Trenton Lodge, ~0.111. Surrendered 186.,. Destroyed 1861, by war: Surrendered 1855. [G. 1\1. Arrested April, 1885, by R. F. Stevenson, Arrested 1861. Arrested Jan. 19).1884, by L. A. Hall, G. 1\I. United to form li. L. of Kansas. Destroyed 1861, by war. United to form G. L. of Kansas. Made no returns. Destroyed 1861, bv war. Surrendered Aprl125, 1885. Arrested Jan. 1878, by '1'. C. Heady, G. 1\I. Arrested June 12,1884, byL. A. Hall, G."",I. Arrested :May, 1866. Surrendered 1857. Conso!. witl!Polo Lodge, No. 232, in 1889. Surrendered 18G!. Surrendered January, 1888. Surrendered June, 1892. Surrendered June 12, 1863. Surrendered 1863. Surrendered August 22, 1874. No records. Surrendered May, 1892.

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177 Winchester ~..~~:==: 177 Texas 180 Kenner '182 StewarLsville l~1 Modern 184 CalhOull 186 Dayton 187" Henry Clay" 187 Carter 191 Zerubbabel 195 Wet Au Glaize

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COUHY.

Jefferson City 'P!atteCity:.: Wet Au (Tlalze

Clark Texas Clark DeKulb ,Polk !Henry jCass ;Callaway :Cole lplatte Camden

Jamesport..: PI~asant Ridge Wllldsor

:Daviess Harrison Henry

Athens Stewartsv!lle HumanSVille Calhoun D~yton i\hl.lersbur~

.; STATE.

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D~~r~y-;d-1-861, by war.-

October}9, 1867 May, 1858 May 29,1859 May, 1859 October)9, 1867 May, 1859 May, 1859 October 13, 1881. May 28,1859 May, 1860

Arrested April, 1892, by B. H. Ingram,G. ~L "'jDestroyed ~62, by war. Arrested 1894, by Harry Keene, G. 1\£. :Destroyed 1861, by war. I Arrested by .T.W. Boyd, Grand Master, 188.6. Destroyed 1861, by war. AI'. June, 1881, by W. R. Stubblefield, G. 1\1. Consol. with Jefferson Lodg-e, No. 43. 1889. :Arrested June, 1879, by N.1r. Givan,·G. M. Surrendered 1862.

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May 30, 1860 May, 1860 : October 19, 1867

iArrested January, 1892, Arrested 186::\. Surrendered 1873.

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Howell Newton

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~Iay, 1861.. October 17, 1867

Surrendered 1861. 'Surrendered December, 1892.

Everett.. New Boston

Cass Macon

Mo Mo

October 15, 18?8 Octobcr 12,1869

!con. with Coldwater Lodge, No. 485, 1894. Surrendered 1871.

Monroe

lVlo

:.. 'October 19, 1867

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229 Mitchel!. 232 DeWitt 2.j2 Lone Jack 215 Ionic 239 Spencersburg 274 New MarkeL 277 Index 2H4 Lilly

collll,-nbus DeWItt Lone Jack H.ensselaer Spencersburg New MarkeL Index ..: Grant City

Johnson Carrol!.. .rackson Ralls Pike ; Platte Cll~S

Worth

Mo Mo

IMO

Mo ;\'[0 Mo )10

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Arrested 1894, by Harry Keene, G. M.

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iSurrendered October, 1888. 1865. No returns. Surrendered 1877. Arrested in 1889 by J. P. Wood, G. 1\I. Surrendered September, 1881. Surrendered October, 1878. Arrested 1877. AI'. Dec., 1880, by W. R. Stubblefield, G. :\T.

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284 New B~stOll 286 Hespenan 295 Grove 296 Cameron 812 Mt. Pleasant. 314 St. Aubert... iH4 Rome 320 Cl}llpel Hill 326 Kit Carson 330 Lathrop: · 332 Clark CltY 336 Oak Grove 337 Malta 3<10 Arnity :-W7 Landmark 3<18 Ash Grove 3<18 Cimarron 349 Lone Star 3~~ Ben Franklin 3ul Phelps ·.. · 357 Young's Creek 35i; C~mfort.. 364 Kmg David 365 Warsaw 366 Unanimity 371 Craig 374 Golden Rule :~75 Plumb 378 Kil winning 379 Coatesville 385 Alexander 401 Centre 405 Meridian Sun 406 !turrell. 407 Houston 407 Royal 409 Unity 417 CovenlLnt 421'Euclid 423 Newburg 4261' Leesvi~le 432 Dauphme 432jBlaek Oak 433 Silent Temple 436 Lamonte 437 Tuscumbia

N.·~W.Bo~ton

Virgil City Webster Groves Cameron Ellington 8t. Aubert R:ome :IChapel Hill Elizabethtown ·.. ILathrop ,Clark City IPink Hill Malta Bend ISmithton Kennett.. Ash Grove jCimarron Lone Star..

Linn Cedar St. Louis Clinton Gentry Callaway Douglas Lafayette Clinton Clark Jackson Saline : Pettis Dunklin Greene

Gentry Savanna~ Andr:ew IPhelps City Atchison Rowena ,Audrain Rocky comfort...II\ICDonald Kansas City Jackson Warsaw Benton Weston Platte Craig Holt.. Jonesburg 'Montgomery Middletown Montgomery Downing Schuyler Coatesville Schuyler Bedford Livingston Lebanon Laclede Austin Cass Hannibal. l\Iarion Wellington Lafayette Mooresville Livingston Richmond Ray Carrollton Carroll ~Iorgan Versailles Competition Laclede Leesvqle Henry IDauphme Osage Ipreston Hickory l\Iacon ~Iaeon Lamonte Pettis Tuscumbia Miller

IMO 10.ctober 1~, 1881.. 1'10 October ]i>, 1868 MO /l\Iay 15,1.'168 N. 1'lex. October 10,1875 ,l'Io I'October 12,1869 ~Io Oetober 12,1869 IMo IOctober 11,1888 'Mo October 12,1869 ~lo IOctober 12,1869 MO /October 13,1870 Mo October 12,1870 ~10 October 12,1870 Mo 10ctober 12,1871.. Mo October 13, 1870 MO ,IOctober 13,1870 Mo October 13, 1870 N. Mex. October 14,1875 Mo October 13,.1870 l\10 IOctober 13,}870 Mo 10ctober, 18/0 MO IOctobcr 13,1881. M.0 October ]3, 187.0 :\10 October 13,1870 ~Io October 13,1870 )10 :October 13.1870 l':o iOctober 13; 1870 :Mo October 16, 1872 '~Io October 13.1871. I Mo October ]:3. 1871. 1\10 October, 1871, 1\'[0 October 13,1870 l\Io October 12, 1871.. :Mo October 13,1871.. ~10 October 13, 1871.. Mo October 13, 1871.. ~Io October 17,1878 Mo October 13, U\7l :Mo October 12.1872 Mo October 12, 1872 1\10 October 16, 1872 }Io October 1~, 18Z2 )10 October 1/,18/3 1\10 October 13,1881.. Mo October 16, 1872 ~ro October 16, 1872 IMo October 16, 1872

i~rrested 1889, by J. P. Wood, G. ~I. '::imrendered September, 1888. Surrendered 1.'17,1. Consol. with Vincil Lodge No. 62, 1888. Consolidated with Stanbery, No. 109. Surrendered December 14,1882. Consol. with Ava, No. 26, ~larch, 1888. Surrenderl:'d September 14,1889. Arrested 1878, by T. C. Ready, G. l'L Arrested l'IllY, 187\1, by N. M. Givan, G. :M. Surrendered 1875. Surrendered October 3,1873. Arrested Jan., 1887, by G. R. Hunt, G. ~1. Surrender~d JanuarY,lS84. Arrested Mar., .1879, by N. M. Givan. G. 1\.1. Arrested lSn.. Surrendered 1879. Arrested Jan. 25, 1884, by L. A. Hall, G. 1'1. Consol. with Savannah Lodge, No. 71. Surrendered 1881. Conso!. with Hebron No. 35'1, July. 1891. Arrested Jan. 1\1,18&1, b.Y L. A. Hall, G. 1'T. Surrendered 1879. Ar. Sept., 1888, by W. l\I. Williams, G. M. Surrendered 1879. Arrested Jan. 10, '83, by C. C. Woods, G. 1\1. Surrendered June, 1892. Ar. Sept., 1888, by W. 1\L Williams, G. 1\I. Con. with Miadle Fabius, No. 244, Oct. '93. Consol. 1881 with Glenwood, No. 427. Consol. with Hale Lodge, 184, Oct., 1887. Consolidated with Laclede, No. 83, 1893. Arr. Aug., 1885, by R. F. Stevenson, G. 1''1. Consol. with Hannibal Lodge, No. 188. Destroyed by fire December 19, 1873. AlT. Aug., ]893. by John R. Parson, G. l\1. Surrendered 1876. Consol. with Wakanda Lodge, No. 52, '80. Consol. with Versailles Lodge, No. 117. Arrested March 29, 1890, by T. Brace, G. M. Arrested Oct., ~886, by the Gmnd Lodge. Surrendered 18/9. Consol. with Urbana, No. 421, Dec., 1890. Surrendered October, 1877. AtTested Oct., 1878, by T. C. Ready, G. M. Arrested October, 1886, by J. W. Boyd, G. M.

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REPORTS OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.

FIRST DISTRICT.

LANCASTE~, Mo:; October 2,1894. ' Ilarl1/ Keene, Esq., Grand Mastel': DEAR SIR AND

BROTHER:-

I have visited several Lodges in the First District and assisted in the work of conferring degrees. Aside from this I have but little to report. Peace and harmony prevail. Fraternally yours, EDWD. HIGBEE, D. G. M. First District.

SECOND DISTRICT.

LA BELLE, Mo., September 22, 1894. lIar,.y Keene, Esq., Grand Mastel': DEAR Sm AND BROTHER:I herewith submit my annual report as your representative for the Second Masonic District for the current Masonic year. . The past year has been an active one in Masonic circles in this District, and I am pleased to report that progresS has been made. On November 14 and 15 I visitcd Kirksville, by your direction and instruction. Also on the 29th, when I suspended Brother P. M. Smith from acting as Master of Adair Lodge, No. 366, and placed the Lodge in charge of the Senior Warden. Brother P. M. Smith having removed from this jurisdiction, I forwarded the charges to Phrenix, Ariz. (his reputed address), which were returned undelivered. On November 24 and 25 I held a Lodge of Instruction at Williamstown, which was well attended by the members of that Lodge; also from Gorin, No. 72, and Fairmont, No. 290. The Brethren w'ere very anxious to acquire proficiency, and I am sure good was done. On January 8 I visited Novelty Lodge, No. 181, by their request, and held a Lodge of Instruction, which continued for four days. The Brethren came early and stayed late during the whole time, and I never saw more improvement in any Lodge in the same length of tim~. On July 11 and 12 I again visited Novelty Lodge, and found their enthusiasm unabated. They are now doing good work.

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On January 15 I viRited Monticello Lodge, No. 58, and held a three days' Lodge of Instruction. This Lodge is composed largely of veterans in Masonry, but the "fire of their youth is unabated." Among the many pleasant memories of this meeting, I remember with goreat pleasure the regular attendance of our learned and venerable Brother, Hon. E. K. Sayer. who, having long since passed his four score years, is still zealous in the practice of the principles of Freemasonry. On April 18 I visited Ark Lodge,. No.6, at Newark, and held a three days' Lodge of Instruction, which was well attended, not only by its own members, hut quite a number from Bethel Lodge, No. 537. All were anxious to learn, and did well. This Lodge is myoid Masonic home, where, more than twenty years ago, I first re~eiyed "Masonic light.' , Many whose faces were once familiar are gone, and as I looked over the records I found they had been stricken down by the "ruffian, Death," and are sleeping on the hillside, waiting to be raised by the "Lion of the tribe of Judah." I have held no District Lodge of Instruction, as you had held a State Lodge of Instruction at Kirksville. in this District, which I had the pleasure to attend. I also had the pleasure of att,ending a Lodge of Instruction at Canton, which was held by that prince of inst,ructors, R. W. Bro. Allan McDowell. The mortality among the Craft in this District this year has been above the average. I have been called upon to officiate at seven Masonic burials during the year, and am impressed wIth the necessity of Lodges giving more attention to the study of the Burial Service; an~l I suggest that the attention of the Craft be called to this matter. Two Masonic Halls in this District have been destroyed by tire during the year -one at La Belle, the other at Lewistown. Both Lodges have rebuilt, and will be ready to dedicate in the near future, without any indebtednes:;. I have visited other Lodges at their regular communications when opportunities presented, and, with one or two exceptions, peace and harmony prevail throughout the District. In conclusion, to the Craft I return my heartfelt thanks for the many courtesies received, and to you for the bonor conferred. I remain Fraternally yours, A. FISHER, D. G. 1ll. Second District.

THIRD DISTRICT.

NEW LONDON, Mo., September Ii, 1894. Harry Keene, Esq., Grand "'faster: DEAR Sm AND BROTHER:I respectfully submit the following report of my official acts as Deputy Grand Master for tbe Tbird District of Missouri for the past year: On November 28,1893, I made an official visit to Florida Lodg-e, No. 23. I found said Lodge in fairly good working order. The Lodge is owner of its Hall, its records are well kept, and tbe Bretbren zealous. I was cordially welcomed and handsomely entertained by tbem during my stay. On the evening of December 21 I opened a District Lodge of Instruction at the Hall of Madison Lodge, No. 91, in Monroe County, and continued same morning, afternoon and evening of 22d and closed on the afternoon of the

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23d. R. W. Bro. Allan McDowell, Grand Lecturer, was present and had charge of the ritualistic work. The attendance was very good, seven Lodges being fairly well represented, and the Brethren of Madison Lodge turned out in full force. Great zeal was manifested and the Brethren much encouraged. Madison Lodge, No. 91, is one of the brightest country Lodges in the State. On the evening of February 26, 1894, I opened a Lodge of Instruction at the Hall of Woodlawn Lodge, No. 223, and continued the same during the 27th and 28th. There were delegates present from foul" Lodges. The Bl"ethl"en of Woodlawn Lodge were eager to learn the work and I left the Lodge in fairly good working order. On the evening of March 15 I opened a LOdge of Instruction at the Hall of Philadelphia Lodge, No. 502, Marion County, and continued same during the 16th and 17th, closing on the evening of the 17th. We had quite an interesting School of Instruction at Philadelphia Lodge, No. 502. The Brethren seemed to take hold with a determination to learn the work, and I left them in fairly good working order. On April 17 and 18 I held a School of Instruction in the Hall of Bethel Lodge, No. 537, Shelby County, and while there I inspect~d and approved the proposed new Hall of said Lodge. It is a pleasure to me to visit Bethel Lodge. The Lodge is made up of as noble a band of Brothers as ever assembled in one Hall, and there are some bright young Masons among them". It is needless to say that they work well. On May 18 I went, by your order, to Granville Lodge, No. 240, and made investi路 gation of the complaint made against that Lodge, because of failure to pay Grand Lodge dues for 1893. I succeeded in placing the responsibility for the failure where it properly belonged. The Lodge was not to blame. I made due report of my investigation to you. . May 22 I went to Santa Fe, Monroe County, and inspected and approved the proposed new Hall of Santa Fe Lodge, No. 462, and recommended the removal of the Lodge thereto, and on May 30th I directed the removal of the Lodge to the new Hall. On June 23, at 11 o'clock a. m .. I opened a specific Grand Lodge in the new Hall of Santa Fe Lodge, No. 462, and in due and ancient form publicly dedicated said new Hall to Freemasonry, Virtue and Universal Benevolence. Parsival Commandery K. T., of Paris, Mo., acted as escort to the Grand Lodge on that . occasion and everything passed olI in very smooth order. After the completion of the formal ceremonies, Brother Pinkerton, of Paris, Mo., delivered a very able address upon the aims and purposes of Freemasonry, replete with strong, beautiful thoughts and most admirably expressed. After the Grand Lodge was closed a feast of all the good things to eat that could be found was spread by the wives of the Santa Fe Brethren. In the face of such piles of good victuals all thoughts or apprehensions of hard times, drought or famine vanished, and good-cheer prevailed. After the feast the crowd again assembled at the church, and listened to an able and eloquent address from Brother Edwards, of Mexico, Mo. Taken all in all it was a red letter day for the Brethren of Santa Fe' Lodge, No. 462. On Saturday evening June 23, I met the Brethren of Lick Creek Lodge, No. 302, in their elegant new Hall and gave them some instruction in the work. This is one of the live Lodges of the district. On June 2i I weut, by your order, to Woodlawn, Monroe County, and investigated the charges prefered by Granville Lodge, No. 240, against Woodlawn Lodge, No. 223. I found the main charge to be true, and in obedience to your instruction I arrested the charter of said Woodlawn Lodge, No. 223. I brought the charter and records away with me and left the other property of the Lodge in

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charge of Brother Wilson, Past Master of said Lodge. I made due report of my proceedings to you. It is not necessary for me to assure you that the arrest of the charter was a very unpleasant duty to be obliged to discharge. However, the condition of affairs justified it, in fact, it was the only solution of the trouble. The Brethren of Woodlawn are in the main excellent men and Masons. What they did wrong was through ignorance of the law, and now, having drained the cup of humiliation to its dregs, I hope soon to see their charter restored. I am confident they will "sin no more." August 6 I made an official visit to St. John's Lodge, No. 28, at Hannibal, Mo., and conferred the First Degree on two candidates. St. John's Lodge is in rather bad shape financially. It carries on its rolls too many delinquents. Too little attention has been paid to collection of dues, and I find that condition of affairs prevalent in many of the Lodges of this District. It is not business to let dues accumulate. If a Mason is not willing to bear his proportional share of the expenses of his Lodge the sooner he is weeded out the better it will be for the Lodge. Sentiment in Masonry is all right in its place, but sentiment is one thing and business is anotlier. Both are necessar~', hut must not be mixed. Sentiment would not have much show in Masonry if business is not attended to. Charity, next to a belief in Deity, lies at the foundation of Freemasonry, but a J~odge cannot dispense charity wh~n its treasury is empty and the members neglect or refuse to pay their Lodge dues. Wherever I have visited with the Brethren I have been very courteously received, and in every instance where I have held Lodges of Instruction my expenses have been paid by the Brethren. The Brethren generally of the Third District are proud of our "Masonic Home" and the best of good feeling exists towards the Grand Lodge and yourself. Congratulating you on the success of your administration, and thanking you for your courtesies, I am, Fraternally yours, GEO. E. MAYHALL, D. G. M. Third District.

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Kccne, Esq., Grand Mastel':

Mo., October 1, 1894.

DEAR SIR AND BROTHER : -

In submitting this, my annual rep()rt, as District Deputy for the Fourth District I am pleased to say that the Fraternity, throughout the entire District, is in a fairly prosperous condition, notwithstanding the dull times and inactivity which have existed among fraternal societies generally, and that no discords have arisen whereby the harmony and good fellowship of the Craft have been disturbed or broken. My official work has been comparatively nothing, haVing had but few caBs for services or advice. Chain of Rocks Lodge, No. 141, located at Owen, has erected a handsome new Lodge building, and finished and furnished a Lodge room in a manner commensurate with her means, and has been duly set to work, in her new home, under your special dispensation. Thanking you for confidence, I am Fraternally yours, J. J. SHAW, D. G. M. Fourth District.

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WENTZVILLE, Mo., September 26, 1894. Harry Keene, Esq., Grand Alasler: DEAR SIR A~D BROTHER:-

Peace and harmony prevail throughout the Fifth District. I think as a rule our Lodges are improving in the character of their membership, and in the fitting up and furnishing of their Lodge rooms. High Hill Lodge, No. 250, which you requested me to look after has only a membership of fifteen, several of whom live a distance from the Lodge and can seldom be present. They have only had two regular meetings this year. I trust in the future they will do better. Jonesburg has reorganized with renewed life and vigor and some excellent young material. I have only visited seven of the twelve Lodges in this District, and have everywhere met with a fraternal and hospitable reception. Fraternally yours, CHARLES J. WALKER, D. G. 11f. Fifth Disrict.

SIXTH DISTRICT.

MEXICO, Mo., September 19, 1894. Harry Keene, Esq., Grand Master: DEAR Sm A:-lD BROTHER:On receiving my commission as D. G. M., for the Sixth Masonic District of Missouri, I, on November 14, called Lodges of Instruction, with Ashland Lodge, No. 156; Portland Lodge; No. 242; Williamsburg Lodge, No.8; Ancient Landmark Lodge, No. 356, and Rocheport Lodge, No. 67, the work to be under the supervision of M. W. Bro. Ingram. Lodges of Instruction were held with Ashland and Portland Lodges; but for reasons beyond our control, appointments with Ancient Landmark and Rocheport Lodges could not be held. Learning that the .Hall of Portland Lodge, No. 242, had not been dedicated and being unable at that time to visit it, on November 16, I commissioned M. W. Bro. Ingram to dedicate same, .and he reported the duty performed on the 25th. November 18, assisted by Brothers Carpenter, of Centralia Lodge, No. 59; Treloar and Houston of Hebron Lodge, No. 354, and White of Mexico Lodge, No. 541, I set Central Lodge, No. 81, to work under their Charter. After being properly constituted, officers were elected and installed by me. The Lodge is in a fine community and will make Masons of none but good men. December 27,28 and 29, Grand Lecturer, Brother McDowell, held a District Lodge of Instruction at Fulton. It was my misfortune to be able to attend but a small portion of the time. August 6 to 8, 1894, M. W. Bro. Ingram, held a Lodge of Instruction, with Twilight Lodge, No. 114; August 13th to 15th, with AuxVasse Lodge, No. 357, and on September 13 to 15, Brother McDowell conducted a State Lodge of Instruction at Mexico, at which the Grand Master presided. G. L. Ap.-9.

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During the past year much work has been done towards instructing the Lodges in the proper rendition of the work from which I expect much good in the future. Most of the Lodges are in a flourishing condition, being kept busy conferring degrees upon desirable candidates. Fraternally yours, J. G. TRIMBLE, D. G. ],f. Sixth District.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.

SALISBURY, Mo., September 26,1894. Harry Keene, Esq., Grand :Jfaster: DEAR SIH AND BROTHER:-

I herewith submit my official report as District Deputy for the past Masonic year. On November 3, 1894, I set Triplett Lodge, No. 122, to work under charter, conferred the Past Master's Degree on their Worshipful Master, installed the officers and consecrated the Hall. The members were very enthusiastic and in good worki!1g order for a new Lodge. On March 21, 1894, I visited Dagan Lodge, No. 394, and examined into the charges against the Worshipful Master, Brother A. F. Wood, which were preferred by the retiring Secretary, Brot.her J. J. Kendrick. Upon my report you promptly dismissed them, and the Lodge is now in comparative peace and prosperity, having several candidates for degrees. R. W. Bros. McDowell and Ingram have held several Lodges of Instruction in this District, mostly during the first part of the Masonic year. I was present in Moberly at the State Lodge of Instruction conducted by yourself, and assisted by Brother McDowell, which meeting I very much enjoyed. I also assisted Brother McDowell in a three days' Lodge of Instruction, held with Salisbury Lodge, No. 208, September 20, 21 and 22. I was unable to attend the other LodKes of Instruction owing to sickRess in my family, and have therefore not been able to perform my duties as thoroughly as I would have liked. However, I have visited several Lodges, attended all matters of business and responded to all calls or inquiries. Thanking you for your kindness, I remain Fraternally yours, J. D. BRUMMALL, D. G. M. Seventh District.

EIGHTH DISTRICT.

IIarry Keene, Esq., Grand lIfaste)':

OWASCO, Mo., Sept. 12, 1894.

DEAlt SIR AND BHOTHER:-

I herewith submit my report as District Grand Master of the Eighth District for the past year. I visited Biswell Lodge, No. 510, November 30 and December 1 and 2, 1893. Weather very stormy and bad; attendance not large but enthusiastic.

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Visited Jackson Lodge, No. 82, December 4 and 5. Jackson Lodge, No. 82, had made the fatal mistake of continuing their old members in office too long. Several had recently died, hence I found them in a bad condition as to work, hut the Brethren expressed the determination to bring the old Mother Lodge to the front again, and I have good faith they will do so. Visited Cypress Lodge, No. 227, December 6 and 7; attendance fair, Hall good and well furnished; Lodge works well. Visited Dockery Lodge, No. 325, December 8 and 9. The Hall being jointly occupied, and it being I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W. meetings in turn, we had no regular meeting, but put in the time in private instruction. Visited Brookfield Lodge, No. 86, December 10 and 11; attendance fair, Hall good and well furnished, and the Lodg-e works well. Visited Marceline Lodge, No. 481, December 13 and 14; attendance good, Hall good and well furnished. Marceline Lodge, No. 481, is one of the best working Lodges in the District. Visited Bucklin Lodge, No. 233, December 15 and 16; found their Hall in ashes, but we met in Odd Fellows' HaU and had quite a good Lodge of Instruction. Visited Gavel Lodge, No. 402, December 18 and 19; attendance not large, Hall good and fairly furnished. Lodge fair in the work. Visit,ed Callao Lodge, No. 38, December 20 and 21; attendance moderate. Hall fair hut not extra well furnished. Callao Lodge, No. 38, is a good working Lodge. Visited Bloomington Lodge, No. 102, December 22 and 23; attendance fair, Hall good and well furnished; Lodge works quite well. Visited Censer Lodge, No. 172, December 26 and 27. llall good and well furnished. Censer Lodge, No. 172, is a splendid working Lodge. Visited McGee Lodge, No. 146, Decemher 28, 29 and 30. Hall fair and reasonably well furnished; Lodge fair in the work. Conferred Past Master's degree on Worshipful Master-elect and installed him in office for reasons reported to you at the time. Visited Caseyville Lodg-e, No. 198, January 1 and 2, 1894. Hall good and fairly furnished; Lodge fair in the work. Had a Public Installation with splendid dinner, and as w'ould be expected, had a good time. Visited Lodge of Truth, No. 268, January 3 and 4; Hall good and reasonably well furnished; attendance fair. Lodge of Truth, No 268, is among the good working Lodges. Visited La Plata Lodge, No. 237, January 5 and 6; Hall good and well furnished; attendance very large. Conferred Past Master's degree on Worshipful Masterelect and installed their otticers, also conferred 3d degree on one candidate. La Plata Lodge, No. 2::$7, is a good working Lodge. Conferred Past Master's degree on Worshipful Master-elect of Winigan I.odge, No. 540, January 27; also 2d degree on one candidate. I authorized Brother D. M. Wilson, of Seaman Lodge, No. 126, to dedicate a Hall at Bro\'v'ning for Biswcll Lodge, No. 510, which he did March 3, also a Hall at Powersville for Somerset Lodge, No. 206, which he did March 14; also a Hall at Harris for Arcana Lodge, No. 389, which was done March 17. Brother Wilson also held Lodges of Instruction in Arcana Lodge, No. 389, and Putnam Lodge, No. 190, and reports both Lodges fair in the work. I held a specific Grand Lodge at Winigan Lodge, No. 540, May 19, for the purpose of dedicating their new Hall.

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I see no special reason for complaint; the Lodges in general are not doing a large amount of work, but I feel sure the tendency is to place our Institution on a still higher plane, and we hope the time is not far distant when drunkenness among Masons will be a thing of the past. My visits among the Craft have been quite pleasant, having at all times met with a warm reception, for which I would return my sincere thanks. Thanking you for the honor conferred, and the confidence bestowed in appointing me as your District Deputy, I subscribe myself Fraternally yours, J. J. DILLINGER, D. G. M. Eighth District. SUPPLEMENTAL.

OWASCO, Mo., September 26, 1894. Since sending in my Annual Repert I have visited the following Lodges; Hartford, No. 171, September 13,14 and 15. Attendance fair, Hall safe and reasonably well furnished. Hartford Lodge, No. 171, is a very good working Lodj:1;e, though doing but little work at present. Visited Unionville Lodge, No. 210, September 17 and 18. Hall good and well furnished; attendance fair. Unionville Lodge, No. 210, is well up in the work . . Visited Pollock Lodge, No. 349, September 19 aud 20; attendance ligoht on account of threatening weather; Hall good and fairly furnished. Pollock Lodge, No. 349, is a very good working Lodge. Visited Green City Lodge, No. 159, September 24 and 25; attendance quite good, Hall good and well furnished. Green City Lodge, No. 159, is one of the good working Lodges. I send this as an additional report, hoping it will reach you in due time. Fraternally yours, J. J. D.

NINTH DISTRICT.

CHILLICOTHE, Mo., September 24, 1894. Harry Keene, Esq., Grand Master: DEAR

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I herewith submit my report as D. G. M. for the Ninth District. October 24 I set Hale City Lodge, at Hale City, to work under charter. October 25 I set Cowgill Lodge, of Cowgill, to work under charter. I have visited and passed upon new hall at Chula, Mo., and later dedicated the same for the removal of Farmersville Lodgoe. I haye visited quite a number of the Lodges in the District, and on several occasions installed their ofli~ers. The Craft is generally in a healthy condition and has enjoyed a fair degree of prosperity. There has been but little trouble in the District. My correspondence with the Lodges has been quite extensive and shows a general intâ&#x201A;Źrest in Masonry over the District. Fraternally yours, REUBEN BARNEY, D. G. M. Ninth District.

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PLATTE CITY, Mo., September 11,1894. Harry Keene, Esq., G)'and Master: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER : -

I herewith respectfully submit my annual report as D. G. M. of the Eleventh District for the past year: At your request, d:rted October 20, 1893, I investigated the condition of Acacia Lodge, No. 289, its me;mbership being only thirteen, and, in view of their loyalty and attempts to revive masonry in their section, have recommended their charter be not taken away but time ex:~nded to them to renew their efforts, On January 30, 1894, I received notice from the Grand Lecturer to be present at State Lodge of Instructions at Maryville, on February 5, 6 and 7, which meeting I attended during' the entire session, and, it is unnecessary to) state, derived both benefit and pleasure therefrom. On March 7,8 and ~9, D.. D. G. Lecturer H. Cam. Wells held a District Lodge of Instruction at Parkville, which I attended, and found the Lodge affairs in a good condition, financially, and doing good work. While I have not visited, personally, all of the Lodges in the District, have heard from most of them during the year, and find that they are in a healthy condition and doing work, and peace and harmony prevails to such an extent that I have not been called upon to settle any disputes or discord during the year, and I deem Masonry in the Eleventh District in a flourishing condition. Fraternally yours, A. J. COLMAN, D. G. M. Eleventh District.

TWELFTH DISTRICT.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo" September 22, 1894. Harry Keene, Esq., Grand Master: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER : -

I herewith submit my report as your D. G. M., for the Twelfth Masonic District:

October 19,' 1893, I attended and conductcd the funeral services of Brother John H. Bates a member of Saxton Lodge, No. 508. October 27,1893, I visited Va.lley Lodge, No. 413, at Bolckow, and was present at the installation of the officers, the M. W. Grand Master officiating. December 27, 1893, I visited Agency Lodge, No. 10, and assisted in conferring degrees; the work was well done; the attendance of both members and visitors were large; this is one of the bright.est Lodges in this District. The Brethren of Agenc~T Lodge, No. 10, are well up in the work. January 3,1894, I inspected the new Hall lately erected by King Hill Lodge, No. 376, and reported to yon. January 4, 1894, I authorized W. Bro. Thos. R. Penick, to dedicate and consecrate the Hall and install the officers of Clarksdale Lodge, No. 559, which was ,done according to Masonic law and usage, and the proceedings duly'reported to me. January 9,1894, by order of the Mo~t Worshipful Grand Master, I arrested the Chart.er of Stewartsville Lodgoe, No. 182.

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January 20, 1894, I dedicated and consecrated the new Hall for King Hill Lodge, No. 376. February 7, 1894, I attended State Lodge of Instruction at Maryville, Mo. March 17,1894, I visited King Hill Lodge, No. 376, and assisted in the work, i. e. conferring the Master's Degree on two candidates. June 2, I visited Savannah Lodge, No. 71, and assisted in the work conferring the Master's degree on two candidlltes; the attendance was large; the work well done. June 24, 1894, St. John's day, I attended the picnic given under the auspices of King Hill Lodge, No. 376; the picnic was an unqualified success. June 19, 1894, I inspected the Hall of Clarksdale Lodge, No. 559, and reported to you. July -, 1894, I authorized W. Bro. E. W. Dunigan to dedicate and consecrate the new Hall for Clarksdale Lodge, No. 559, which was done according to Masonic law and usage, a路nd the proceedi~gs reported to me. September 18,1894, I visited State School of Instruction at Excelsior Springs. I regret that I was not able to visit more of the Lodges in the Twelfth District, but I have heard from all of them, and with one or two exceptions they are in a prosperous condition and doing good work. I have responded to all demands made upon me. Fraternally yours, JOHN BRODER, D. G. 1II. Twelfth Dis/rid. TIIIRTEENTH DISTRICT.

lI(LTry Keene, Esq., (l'rand Masla:

BURLINGTON JUNCTION, Mo., September 26,1894.

DEAR Sm AND BROTHER;I herewith submit my report as D. G. M. for the Thirteenth Masonic District: I have visited but part of the Lodges in this District the past Masonic year, but have talked with Brothers from nearly every Lodge, and find they are generally in a prosperous condition, and it has been a good year for work in most of them. On December 9 I examined the new Hall of Xenia Lodge, No. 50, at Hopkins, Mo. I found it admirably adapted to Masonic purposes, and favorably endorsed the application of said Lodge to remove thereto, and after said application had been approved by your order, I directed the removal of said Lodge to the new Hall, and January 13 I dedicated and consecrated the same to Masonic uses. After dedication I assisted in "passing" one candidate. This Lodge now has the finest Hall in this District excepting Maryville, and they are well up in the work "bright as silver." December 27, I installed the officers of Ravenwood Lodge, No. 201, the'ceremony was public and their Hall was filled with Brothers and friends. January 18, 19 and 20, I held a District Lodge of Instruction at Parnell, Mo. Gaynor City Lodge, No. 465; four Lodges were represented and much improvement made. January ~, 26 and 27, I held a District Lodge of Instruction at Ravenwood, Mo. February 5, 6 and 7, I attended a State Lodge of Instruction in Maryville, Mo., M. W. Grand Master presided. R. W. Bro. McDowell conducted the work in his

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usual and able manner; twenty Lodges were represented; it is useless for me to inform you that we had a royal good time as you were present at every session and know that we had a very interesting time. The large attendance and interest manifested stimulawd all to do their best. March 9 and 10 I was again at Ravenwood instructing them and assisted in second and third degree work; this Lodge is composed of "good men" and they seem determined to have the work correct. and well they succeed. This closed my work for the year. I have answered ev~ry call made upon me and received the kindest treatment from the Brethren. I am glad to report that peace and harmony prevail throughout the District. Thanking you for the honor, etc., I am Fraternally yours, A. C. HOPKINS, D. G. M. Thirteenth District.

FOURTEENTH DISTRlc'r.

Harry Keene, Esq., Grand Master:

BETHANY, Mo., Septemoer 28. 1894.

DEAR Sm AND BROTHER : I beg to herewith submit my report as your Representative in the Fourteenth District: I have been unable to visit all the Lodges in the District, but from those visited and reports from others, I will state that the Fraternity in this District is in a fairly prosperous and harmonious condition. Lodges of Instruction were held during the year at Stanberry and Bethany. They were both well attended. The Brethren of Ancient Craft Lodge, at King City, had the misfortune to lose their Hall by fire. They have rebuilt. I could not personally examine the new Hall, and I appointed Brother L. T. Moulton, a Past Master, to do so. His report upon condition of Hall was satisfactory in every respect, and the Brethren were permitted to occupy the new Hall. On JUly 6 I set Grant City Lodge at work U. D., and this Lodge is reported to me as being in a prosperous condition at this time. I am sorry that I have not kept a record of my visits to Lodges, but I neglected to do so. I wish to commend Brother Allan McDowell for his efficient work at our Lodges of Instruction. Thanking you for the honor conferred upon me, I am, Fraternally yours, E. R. DURHAM,

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FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.

ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 11, 1894. Harry Keene, E'eq" Grrw,rlll:fasfcl': DEAR SIR AND RnoTHER:-

I respectfully submit the following report of my official acts as D. G. M. for the Fifteenth District of Missouri during the past year: I received a dispensation from you to institute and set to work Clifton Heights Lodge, U. D. Assisted by H.. W. Bro. D. A. Jamison, Grand Junior Warden; R. W.

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Bro. J. C. Finagin, District Deputy Grand Lecturer, and many prominent active Masons from city Lodges, I performed that duty November 11,1893. A feature of this meeting was the luncheon prepared by the wives and daughters of the members. They will always be kindly remembered by all present. Many degrees have been conferred by this Lodge during the year. The material is excellent. The ritual given by the Lodge compares with older Lodges very favorably. To R. W. Bro. J. C. Finagin, District Deputy Grand Lecturer, they are indebted for the excellence of their work. I trust they will be favorably considered when they apply for a charter. November 18, 1893, assisted by R. W. Bro. J. C. Finagin, I pUblicly installed the officers of Merrimac Lodge, No. 95. The banquet served by the wives and daughters of the members of the Lodge was the feature. After the banquet Brother J. C. Finagin instructed the members until midnight. We found t,hem very bright considering their opportunities to learn the work. December 16, 1893, at the request of my Brethren, I called a special convocation of Past Masters at Masonic Hall, for the purpose of conferring the Degree of Past Master. R. W. Bro. J. C. Finagin presided and several Past Masters were present. The degree was conferred on fourteen newly elected Masters, preparatory for their installation. January 5, 1894, having received a dispensation from you, I dedicated Hall, No. 818 and No. 820 North Eleventh Street, St. Louis, Mo., for Naphtali Lodge, No. 25. January 6,1894, I opened a Lodge of Instruction at Masonic Hall, St,. Louis, Mo., the attendance for the eight meetings establishing a precedent, averaging 158% for each meeting. The interest manifested was such as to reflect more thaq usual credit on R. W. Bro. J. C. Finagin, District Deputy Grand Lecturer, and upon the Brethren of the District. Uniformity of the ritual throughout the District is the fruit of these meetings. .May they never be dispensed with. March 9,1894, I visited Polar Star Lodge, No. 79, officially. The purpose o'f this and four succeeding visits was by your order, to ascertain the cause of the lack of harmony in the Lodge and correct it by Masonic means. I found the Lodge at a stand-still, owing to a too free use of the dark side of the ballot box. After writing to you the manner in which I expected to bring about harmony, and the same having your approval, I carried the idea through to a flnish. Complete harmony was restored and the Lodge has been doing its full quota of work since. To each of the members am I indebted for their kind assistance in restoring the Lodge to its former greatness. April 6, 1894, haVing received a dispensation from you, I dedicated Hall No. Z, eighth 1100r Odd Fellows Building, St. Louis, Mo., for Polar Star Lodge, No. 79

They moved into same after dedication. August 17,1894, I examined two Halls at DeSoto, Mo , for DeSoto Lodge, No. 119, both of which were suited for Masonic u~es. I so recommended to you. I will dedicate the one the Lodge may select aft,cr receiving dispensation from you to do so. The condition of the Craft throughout the District is good, much more work than usual having been done by a majority of the Lodges. I have visited most of the Lodges during the year and will possibly see them all before the Grand Lodge meeting. Fraternally Yours, CHAS. WAUGHOP, D. G. M. Fifteenth District.

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SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.

DOE RUN, Mo., ,september 24,1894.

Han'Y Keene, Esq., Grand Master: DEAR 8m Al'D BROTH Ell ; I herewith hand you report of my first year's official acts as D. G. M. of the Sixteenth District. On October 21 I made a visit to Bismarck Lodge, No. 41, and a Third Degree was conferred; also exemplified the work. Very fair attendance. On November 18 I visited Tyro Lodge, No. 12. Quite a large attendance. Degree conferred by W. Bro. Jno. B. Wiseman.. Peace and harmony prevail. On November 25 I made a visit to Irondale Lodge, No. 143, and spent the evening in Lodge Instruction for the Brethren, Who, though few in number, are quite active. On December 23, by appointment, I held a School of Instruction at Whitewater Lodge, No. 417, Lafiin, Mo.; also installed the officers of this Lodge', after which work in the Degrees was exemplified. Attendance fair. January 12, 1894, I installed the officers of Pendleton Lodge, No. 551, Doe Run, Mo. On January 13,. by special request, I visited Blackwell Lodge, No. 53.'>, for the purpose of dedicating their new Hall. 'rhis was a public dedication, and was attended by about 200 people. Many visitors were present from DeSoto. Blackwell Lodge, No. 535, deserves great credit for its zeal and working ability, and the completion of this excellent Hall is additional proof of the zealous work of Brothers Welsh, McGready, Hawkins, Blackwell, Pireson and others, together with the able influence and assistance of the ladies of Blackwell. The ladies now haye a Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. It was fully expected that R. W. Bros. Jno. D. Vincil and W. H. Mayo, of St. Louis, would be present and address us. In this we were disappointed, as neither one appeared. As Deputy, I had to perform the duty myself. At the conclusion of the ceremonies a most bountiful supper was furnished, and disposed of in due form. On January 20 I attended a meeting at Bismarck Lodge, No. 41. With the assistance of a number of Past Masters this Degree was conferred upon the newlyelected Master. Then the otlicers of Bismarck were duly installed. Am indebted to W. Bro. Louis Petit, of Iron Mountain Lodge, No. 430, for his assistance. February 17, by appointment, I held a short Instruction session at Farmington Lodge, No. 132. April 7, by appointment, I held a Lodge of Instruction at Bonne Terre-Samaritan Lodge, No. 424. Afternoon and evening meetings were both well attended, and much interest shown. I anticipate considerable work in Lodge there. On April 14 I visited Blackwell Lodge, No. 535, and held an informal meeting of Lodge Instruction in the afternoon. At the regular meeting at night I conferred one F. C. Degree and two Third Degrees on candidates. Large number of visiting Bl'ethren from DeSoto and Potosi, probably twenty or more. Splendid banquet on closing. On April 16, by request of the Worshipful Master of Farmington Lodge, No. 132 I attended, and conferred First Degree on a candidate. On April 21, by request, i visited Bismarck Lodge, No. 41, and, as:>isted by W. Bro. Jno. B. Wiseman, conferred the Third Degree on a candidate. Many visiting Brethren present. .

On May 17 I went to Sedgewickville Lodge, No. 426, at Sedgewickville, Mo., and dedicated their Hall, as per your instructions.

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May 18 I met with the Brethren at Lutesville-Trowel Lodge, No. 440. I held a meeting for Lodge Instruction. Several Brethren from Marble Hill were present. On May 19 I visited Marble Hill Lodge, No. 298, and installed the officers of this Lodg-e. Then held a School of Instruction, and exemplified the work in the Degrees. May 21, by request, I attended a called meeting at Bonne Terre-Samaritan Lodge, No. 424. The First Degree was conferred upon five candidates; seven were expected. but two were not present. Several more applications, and a prosperous year is ahead for Bonne Terre. On June 1, by request, I visited Farmington Lodg-e, No. 132, and conferred the F. C. DegTee upon a candidate. On June 21, by request, I went to Farmington Lodge, No. 132, and conferred the Third Degree on a candidate. On June 22 I mad.e a visit to Iron Mountain Lodge, No. 430, and, with a numl)er of Past Masters present, the P. M. Degree was conferred upon Brother Thos. Cain, Worshipful Master-elect. Then an informal meeting was held for Instruction. Several Brethren from Bismarck and Ironton were present. I am sorry to say that Iron Mountain Lodge is likely to lose a number of its members, owing to the fact of the works at that place being closed. This Lodge, under the influence and work of W. Bro. L. Petit, has always been a bright and active Lodge. [Iron Mountain Lodg-e, No. 430, consolidated with Star of the West Lodge, No. 133, at Ironton.] On June 23 held a meeting of Past Masters, and, a sufficient number being present, the P. M. Degree was conferred upon Brother W. J. Hobbs, Worshipful Master-elect. At night I publicly installed the officers of Samaritan Lodge, No. 424. We were then entertained with an address by R. W. Bro. Chas. H. Briggs, Grand Chaplain, of Fayette, Mo. On June 24 St. John'S Day was duly observed. Services were held in the Lyceum, the use of which was kindly donated by the St. Joseph Lead Company. The address by R. W. Bro. Chas. H. Briggs, Grand Chaplain, was largely attended. In the evening t.he attendance was very much greater, and many were unable to secure seats. The addresses by Dr. Briggs were highly appreciated, and will result in much good. These ceremonies will lo'ng be remembered with pleasure by the Brethren and by the people of Bonne Terre. Collections were taken, amounting to $40, and placed in the charge of a committee from the various churches, and to be used for tbe poor. On July 13 I attended Pendleton Lodge, No. 551, and conferred the First Degree on a candidate. On July 28 a special meetiug was held at Bonne Terre-Samaritan Lodge, No. 424-for the purpose of conferring the Third Degree upon eight candidates. Upon invitation there were present R. W. Bro. Jno. D. Vincil, Grand Secretary; R. W. Bro. Allan McDowell, Grand Lecturer; R. W. Bro. Dorsey A. Jamison, Grand Junior Warden, and W. Bro.IJ. C. Finagin, Deputy Grand Lecturer of the Fifteenth District, and W. Bros. A. Moore Berry, R. C. Blackmer, W. A. Hall, all of St. Louis, and visiting Brethren from Iron Mountain Lodge, Bismarck, Blackwell, DeSoto,Doe Run and Farmington. Seven candidates each received the Third Degree, work being distributed among the visiting officials, and by direction and assistance' of R. W. Bros. Allan McDowell and'-J. C. Finagin, Lecturers. It is needless to add that a most interest.ing' time was enjoyed by all the Brethren. Attendance about eighty.

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On August 4 I made a trip to Potosi, and visited Potosi Lodge, No.13I. I spent a very pleasant evening with the Brethren. Held an informal meeting and exemplified work in First Degree. The Brethren here are taking an active interest, and may have some work. They have a most commodious Hall, and everything appears in good order. August 10 I was present at a meeting of Pendleton Lodge, No. 551, Doe Run, and conferred the First Drgree on a candidate. August 11, by appointment, I visited Star of the West Lodge, No. 133, at Ironton. At the request of the Worshipful Master I conferred the First Degree upon a candidate. This Lodge is bright and in good working order, and well situated financially and otherwise. Work is still eoming in, special being ordered for following week. August 16 I personally made examination of new Hall building in Farmington, into which Farmington Lodge, No. 132, proposes to move, and recommend same. August 16 I vi3ited LibertyVille Lodge, No. 231, for the purpose of conferring two Degrees. Brethren, by some misunderstanding in dates, were not present. I will try it again. On August 18 I made a third trip to Bollinger County, and visited Zalma Lodg'e, No. 545, and was fully repaid for the long ride. This Lodge is an exceptionally bright and energetic one. The Third Degree was conferred by the Master, W. Bro. J. G. Glasener, and the entire ,,,ork was up in first-class shape. Attendance about thirty-five. On August 20 I attended called meeting of Pendleton Lodge, No. 551, at Doe Run, and conferred a First Degree on a candidate. On August 24, at the regular meeting of Pendleton Lodge, No. 551, at Doe l~un, I was present and conferred the F. C. Degree upon two candidates, being assisted by W. Bro. Jno. B. Wiseman. On September 8 I visited St. Francois Lodge, No. 234, at Libertyville, and conferred the M. M. DegTee upon two candidates. A very pleasant time was had by those present. A regular banquet was spread by the Lodge, and the visiting Brethren were handsomely entertained. On September 12, by appointment, I visited Marcus Lodge, No. 110, of Fredericktown, and was ably assisted by R. W. Bro. F. A. Kage, Deputy Grand Master of the Seventeenth District, of Cape Girardeau. 'l'he M. M. Degree was conferred upon a candidate. On September 14 I attended the regular meeting' of Pendleton Lodge, No. 551, of Doe Run, and two candidates received the M. M. Degree. By request of Worshipful Ma"ter R. E. Rudy the work was done by W. Bro. Jno. Marshall, of Bonne Terre, and by W. Bro. Jno. B. Wiseman and myself. Several visiting Brethren were present. September 22 I visited Saline Lodge, No. 226, at St. Marys, Mo. The Brethren here are deserving of credit for their zeal in the work. They have a neat and commodious Hall, nearly paid for, and are in good shape for work. A verv pleasant meeting' was held, R. W. Bros. Roseman, L. Schaaf, E. Schaaf, Brother Brown and others being present. I have appointment for meeting at Belleview-Mosaic Lodge, No. 35I. I shall have then personally visited every Lodge in my District, there being nineteen in all. In nearly everyone of them there is an activity being shown, and the Craft are in a ycry fair condition and, with one or two exceptions, rapidly improving. Samaritan Lodge, No. 424, is especially entitled to credit, having added about twenty new members, all first-class. Blackwell, Doe Run, Zalma,

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Ironton. Bismarck and Libertyville are all at work. Farmington Lodge will soon have a new and elegant Lodge room in the new Hall just built by the I. O. O. F. I desire to thank the Bretbren of the Sixteenth District for the many favors anu uniform courtesy extended during my visits to them. In conclusion, allow me to thank you for the con,fidence reposed and the honor conferred upon me. I am, Fraternally yours, 1)'. P. GRAVES, D. G. M. Sixteenth District.

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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., September 12, 1894. Harry Keene, Esq., Grand Mastel'" DEAR SIR A:'<D

BROTHER:- â&#x20AC;˘

In for"'arding you this, my annual report, it affords me great pleasure to state that, so far as I am informed, the Fraternity in my District are in harmony. I have visited nearly all the Lodges in my District during the past Masonic year, and I tbink they are, as a rule, in a prosperous condition. I have had no calls to hold Lodges of Instruction, but have assisted several of the Lodges hy request to confer degrees. Tbe Fraternity is in good condition in tbis District. Fraternally yours, F. A. KAGE, D. G. M. Seventeenth District.

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NEW MADRID, Mo., September 20, 1894.

Hal'ry Keene, Esq., G,.and Master: DEAR SIR AKD BROTHER:-

I berewith submit my annual report as D. G. M. for tbe Eighteenth District. On November 18 I commissione<l R. W. Bro. E. A. Simpsdn to set Charleston Lodge to work under a cbarter, wbich was done, and Charleston now has a prosperous and good working Lodge. On December 12 and 13, beld a Lodge of Instruction at Kansas City, Mo. We had a good attendance, representatives being present from Cotton Plant, Four Mile and West Prairie Lodges, there was mucb interest manifested, and much good done. On December 21 I visited Point Pleasant Lodge, No. 176, and conferred M. M. Degree. We had a large attendance; good work was done. This has been a poor Masonic year in this District. I have had but one call to visit Lodge that I was compelled to decline, owing to the pressure of business. I regret that I have nothing more to report. Thanking you for the honor conferred I am Fraternally yours, WELTON O'BANNON, D. G. M. Eighteenth District.

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NINETEENTH DISTRICT.

VAN BUREN, Mo., September 10, 1894. Harry Keene, Esq., Grand Jiastcr; DEAlt SIR AND BI,OTHEH : -

I respectfully submit this, my official report as D. G. M. of the Nineteenth Masonic District of Missouri, for the year 1894: On or about November, 1893, per your request, I made an investigation in the case of Brother W. F. Cro~s against Brother Wm. H. Powers, of Centreville, Mo., and reported the result of said investigation at the time. In April and June of this year I did some work at the request of R. W. Bro. H. H. Hohenschild, of Rolla, D. G. M. of Twentieth District, which will be reported by Brother Hohenschild. On June 27, 1894, I, per Brother Thomas M. Simpson, examined the new Hall of Pine Lodge, No. 314, at or near Pine, Mo., and found it suitable for Masonic occupancy, and favorably endorsed the application of said Lodge for permission to remove thereto, and after said application had received your approval, by your order I directoo the removal of said Lodge to the new Hall. On August 15, I convened a District Lodge of Instruction at Van Buren, and continued same for three days. The attendance was not good, and no great good was accomplished. I have visited a number of my Lodges during the year, and found, in most part, the Fraternity is in reasonable prosperous condition. Fraternally yours, JAMES M. McGHEE, D. G. M. Nineteenth District.

TWENTIETH DISTRICT.

ROLLA, Mo., September 22,1894. Harry Keene, Esq., Grand 11faster: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER : -

In submitting the annual report of my official actions as your representative in this District, I feel pleased to assure you that no discord has arisen to mar that harmony which is so essential to the welfare of the Fraternity. This District is composed of eleven chartered Lodges, and one Lodge, U. D., and has a total membership of 561; six of these Lodges own their bUildings, and the aggregate value of the property owned by all is about $16,500. The increase during the year, while only twenty-five, is of the best available material in the District, and cannot help but reflect credit upo~ the Fraternity. On account of unusually pressing business engagements during the year I have not been able to visit all the Lodges in my District, but I have cheerfully responded to all calls made upon me, conferred many degrees, given all instruction asked for, kept myself fully posted in regard to the affairs of 'the District, and answered many questions of law. After consultation with a majority of the Masters in the District, I concluded it best not to call a District Lodge of Instruction, as it was the general opinion hat few would this year bE' able to bear the expense of attending.

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In January I opened correspondence with Brethren residing at Winona, Shannon County, in regard to forming a new Lodge. In due time I requested W. Bro.â&#x20AC;˘1. L. Abernathy, Past Master of Ingomar Lodge, No. 536, to examine the proposed Hall, and R. W. Bro. Jas. M. McGhee, D. G. M. of the Nineteenth District, whose residence is twenty-three miles from Winona, to pass upon the qualifications of the members and officers. After receiving satisfactory replies I forwarded the application for dispensation to Grand Secretary Vincil. and on receipt of dispensation on April 16, forwarded same to R. W. Bro. McGhee, and commissioned him to act in my stead and organize the Lodge, which was done in conformity with the law on the evening of April 19. This is the first Masonic Lodge in Shannon County, and has a membership of thirty. Since the organization there have been nine initiations. During the month of May I received word from Brethren at Birch Tree, Shannon County, that twenty of them desired to form a Lodge, that they owned their Hall and had selected their otticers. By mutual consent I again authorized R. W. Bro. McGhee to represent me, and on June 25 he reported that the building was adapted for the purpose, and the Brethren well qualified in the work, and spoke highly of the members of the proposed Lodge. A few days later Brother E. 1. Meeker, proposed W. M., wrot~ me, that owing to a misunderstanding in regard to a waiver of Jurisdiction they could not get ready in the time allotted by law and agreed to forward the papers some time in September. Up to date I have not hearll from them. I desire to acknowledge myself iudebted to R. W. Bro. Jas. M. McGhee, for the services he rendered in representing me in the two instances cited, and I cordially thank him for the same. I cannot close witÂˇhout allUding to the veterans who have been called from labor, during the year, in this district. The majority of t.\1e deaths have been Of those whose faces for more than a quarter of a century have been familiar landmarks at our gatherings. On three different occasions during the year I have been called to officiate at the burial of SUCh. who had passed the four score mark and lived a life that is worthy of imitation by the younger members of the Craft. Men pass away like the clouds from the evening sky, but the memory of a good lind noble man lives forever. Be pleased to accept the assurance of my high appreciation of the honor which you deemed me worthy of, and believe me to be. Frjlternally )'ours, H. H. HOHENSCHILD,' D. G. M. Twentieth District. TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT.

WASHINGTON, Mo., September 4, 1894. Iian'y Keene, Esq., G?'und Muster: DEAR Sm AND BROTHER : I have the honor to submit the following, as report of D. G. M. of 'rwentyfirst Masonic District of Missouri, for the current Masonic year: In March last I went to Linn, Osage county, by your order, and of my doings there made report to you at the time. On May 24 we opened a Lodge of Instruction for the District at Washington, and closed on night of 26th-day and night sessions, seven in all. Assistant Grand Lecturer B. H. Ingram exemplified the work, and did it well. Much good was done.

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Made arrangements with Fraternal Lodge, No. 268, at their request, for a three days' meeting for improvement in work and lectures, which was held in August. R. W. Bro. Ed. Reichard, D. D. G. L., was in charge of the work, and had a good meeting. Grand Lecturer McDowell held a Lodge of Instruction at Sullivan, early in the year. I was unable to attend, but heard it well spoken of. Evidently the work is better done by the Lodges of the District than it was a year ago. I have not been able to visit many of the Lodges. but can report the condition of Masonry in the District improving. Fraterna~ly yours, J. W. PURVES, D. G. M. Twenty-First District. TWENTY-SECOND

Harry Keene, Esq., Grand Master:

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., September 20, 1894.

DEAn SIR AND BROTHER :I take pleasure in submitting my annual report. At the beginning of the year I resolved to visit each and every Lodge in my District, but sickness prevented, as you will observe later on in this report. On January 25, 26 and 27 I visited and held Lodge of Instruction in Hall of Iberia Lodge, No. 410. Attendance good, and interest excellent. By special request I held a Lodge of Instruction in this Hall on August 14,15 and 16. Attcndance small, but interest could not have been better. 'this Lod/{'e is in fairly good working order. On January 29, 30 and 31 I visited and held Lodge of Instruction in Hall of Brumley Lodge, No. 203. Attendance small (owing to inclemency of weather), but interest splendid. Some of the best workers of this Lodge have moved away within the last year. But, it is still a prosperous Lodge. On February 1, 2 and 3 I visited and held Lodge of Instruction in Hall of Pleasant Mount Lodge, No. 134. Our meeting was in every way a success. This Lodge is in good condition and doing good work. On February 5, 6 and 7 I held Lodge of Instruction in Hall of Hickory Hill . Lodge, No. 211. This meeting was poorly attended, but interest good, and I hope that a "revival" will be the re::>ult of our work there. On February 20, 21 and 22 I held a Lodge of Instruction in Hall of Russelville Lodge', No. 90. In this meeting I was ably assisted by W. Bro. Jesse W. Henry, W. M. of Jefferson Lodge, No. 43. We had a small attendance, but the zeal, energy and pluck of those who attended was very encouraging. It was during this meeting I took a very deep cold, from which I did not recover for more than four weeks. Rt. W. Bro. B. H. Ingram held a successful Lodge of Instruction in Hall of Tipton Lodge, No. 56, of which he Sent me a report, but, unfortunately, have misplaced it. .

When I reflect over my year's work I am not satisfied with it, but am consoled to know that it is the best I could do under the circumstances. Thanking you for the honor conferred, I am Fraternally yours, JNO. G. SHORT, D. G. M. Twenty-Second District.

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TWENTY-THIRD.

CLINTON, Mo., September 24, 1894. HUlTY Keene, Esq., Gmnd Master: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER : -

I have just returned from an extensive trip South and hasten to make report of my stewardship: Owing to the pr~ss of business 'have not personally visited many of the Lodges in my District, but I requested our excellent Brother B. H. lng-ram, in his rounds, to make examination into the moral and general standing of the Lodges and membership, and through him I find them generally prosperous. and harmonious. There are some dissensions in Fairfield Lodge, No. 184, which I hope will be healed after another election.

I commissioned Brother Ingram to institute Warsaw Lodge, U. D., which he did June 18, giving the Brethren the required instructions. Fraternally submitted, J. 'I'. RUFFIN, D. G. ],f. Twenty-Third District.

â&#x20AC;˘ TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.

BLACKBURN Mo., September 28, 1894. Hatty Keene, Esq., Grand Master: DEAR SIR AND BnoTHER : -

I herewith submit my Annnal Report as D. G. M. of the Twent.y-Fourth District: October 27 in obedience to your orders I dedicated the Hall, and set to work under charter, Nelson Lodge, No. 560. 'l'hey have a neat and well furnished Hall, and I found the officers and Brethren proficient in the work. November 18 in company with a number of Brethren from Oriental Lodge, t visited Lafayette Lodge, No. 437, and publicly installed the officers. R. W. Bro. C. H. Briggs was present and delivered a most excellent address, after which the inner man was refreshed by a most delicious' repast such as the Brethren of Lafayette Lodge are famous for. July 11 I attended a public installation at Waverly Lodge, No. 61, and by request installed the officers; here again had the pleasure of meeting Brother Briggs, who by invitation was the orator of the day, and I assure you he maintained his reputation as an expounder of the principles of Freemasonry. I regret that my business has prevented me from visiting more of t.he Lodges in my District, but as far as I am able to ascertain I find the Lodges working harmoniously, no report having reached me of any trouble, and I rejoice to report that harmony prevails throughout the District. Thanking you for honors conferred, I am Fraternally yours, D. M. PINKERTON, D. G. M. Twent);-Fo1lrth District.

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'l'\VENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., September 8, 1894. ]{a'l'1'Y Keene, Esq., G'rand )fa.ster: DEAR SIR Al'D BROTHER ; Your D. G. lVI. begs to report that he has visited the majority of the Lodges in the Twenty-fUth District, and that Masonry throughout his jurisdiction i~ in a prosperous condition. A Lodge of lnst路ruction was opened in Masonic Hall, at 912 Walnut street, in Kansas City. January 6, 1894. Circular letters were sent to the officers of the various Lodges, and good resnlts were attained, the attendance at all times being very satisfactory. Wednesday evening, May 30, 1894, I instituted Westport Lodge, U. D., in the city of Westport. Fl'aternally yours, VAN F. BOOR. D. G. M. Twenty-Fifth District.

TWENTY-SIX'l'H DiSTRICT.

HaTTy Keene, Esq., Grand Master: DEAR SIR AND

PLEASANT HILL, Mo., September 24, 1894. BROTHER;-

Herewith I ~ubmit my report as D. G. l\f. for the past year: I bave visited, personally,six of tbe Lodges in the District and instructed them in the work, and found them all as a rule in good shape. In addition to tbis I have instructed the officers of five of the Lodges near my home. I was present and assisted in the State Lodge of Instruction held at Harrisonville, Mo., January 25 and 26, 1894, the Grand Master presiding, with R. W. Bro. McDowell in cbarge of the work. During the year I received' dispensations for the removal into new Halls of Jewel Lodge, No. 480, located at Pleasant Hill, Mo., Wadesburg Lodge, No. 348, located at Creighton, Mo., and Corintbian Lodge, No. 265, located at Warrensburg, Mo. After directing tbeir removal, the above Lodges were dedicated according to Masonic usage and report made to you at the time. R. W. Bro. B. H. Ingram, Assistant Grand Lecturer, held six Lodges of Instruction in my District during the year, with eleven Lodges represented. He reports good attendance and a lively interest manifested. I am under special obligations to R. W. Bro. Ingram for assistance rendered in dedicating the new Halls of Corinthian Lodge, No. 265, Warrensburg, Mo., and Jewel Lodge, No. 480, Pleasant Hill, Mo., also to PaSt Master W. A. Wade, who, at my request, dedicated the Halt of Wadesburg Lodge, No. 348, at Creighton, Mo. I have promptly obeyed every call made on me at the time, and no Lodge in the District can say they bave been neglected. Tbere bas been a marked improvement in many of tbe Lodges in the District, and, so far as I can learn, all are in fair working order, unanimity, barmony and concord prevailing. Fraternally yours, J. M. DUNCAN, D. G. M. Twenty-sixth Distrl~ct. G. L. Ap.-IO.

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TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.

GREENFIELD, Mo., September 24, 1894. HaTTy Kecnc, Esq.â&#x20AC;˘ Grand Mastc/': DEAR SIR AND BROTHER:-

Following is a report of my acts as D. D. G. M. of the Twenty-seventh District for the past year: I have visited Lockwood, No. 521; Melville, No. 458; Washington, No. 87, and Greenfield. No. 446. These Lodges are all out of debt and in fair working condition. The membership is changing with each successive year, and new material has generally taken the place of the old. In the change the Craft seems to have gained in morals as well as in number; and as "change is the universal law of mortality" it is to be hoped that the future may compare in that respect, as well with the present as that does with the past. So far as I am informed by correspondence and otherwise, the Craft in this District is advancing in an desirable ways. The best material is knocking at our doors, while a good many drones and self-seekers are being driven from the hive. The visit paid this point by yourself, accompanied by the Grand Lecturer and his assistant, Brothers McDowell anrt Ingram, resulted in much good, as is shown by the increased interest in the Lodges represnnted. Fraternally yours, SEYMOUR HOYT, D. G. M. Twenty-seventh District.

TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.

BOLIVAR, Mo., September 20, 1894. ]{mTy Keene, Esq., Grand Master: DEAR Sm AND BROTHER : -

I have the honor to herewith submit my annual report as District Deputy Grand Master: On November 27 I held a District Lodge of Instruction at Humansville, closing the 30th. The work was exemplified by R. W. Bro. Allan McDowell Grand Lecturer. Although every Lodge in the District had due notice of this School of Instruction, there were but four Lodges represenl;ed, and tbe attendance being so small the results were not satisfactory. December 12 I visited Hermitage Lodge, No. 288, and held a Lodge of Instruction for five days with very satisfactory results. On February 1 to 3 W. Bro. B. H. Ingram, Assist,ant Grand Lecturer, held a Lodge of Instruction at Stockton, with good attendance and considerable interest. From reports the other Lodges in my District are doing some work except Jericbo Lodge, No. 340, which is in such a state of disruption that it will be impossible to do any good there until some things are forever settled. I have visited no other Lodges in my District tbis' year except those witbin my own county. Bolivar Lodge, No. 195, and Cement Lodge, No. 431, have each been doing some work. Western Light Lodge, No. 396, lost their Hall by fire and all contents, but with the insurance secured will be able to be on their feet once again.

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On July 26 I visited Jericho Lodge, No. 340, and remained three days, and as requested inquired into the status of matters there and reported to you accordingly. Thanking you for the honor conferred, I am, Fraternally yours, FLAVIUS A. AFFLECK, D. G. M. Twenty-Eighth District.

TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT.

CASSVILLE, Mo., September ~2, 1894. Ha1"1'Y Keene, Esq., Grand ],faster: DEA R SIR AND BROTHER:I hereby respectfully submit my annual report as D. G. M. of the Twenty-ninth District of Missouri for the past year: December 23,1893, I visited Exeter Lodge, No. 514 and assisted in conferring Third Degree. Prior to that time Exeter Lodge had made but little progress, in fact it was apparent that' 'brotherly love" did not prevail to the extent that it should; since then, however, their differences have been settled, and the Lodge is in a prosperous condition. February 15, 16 and 17, 1894, I held a Lodge of Instruction with Barry Lodge, No. 367, at Washburn, Mo. Much interest was taken, several Lodges were represented. July 1 I authorized W. Bro. D. P. Weems of N('wtonia, Mo., to dedicate the new Hall of Stella Lodge, No. 538. His report will be found attached to dispensation herewith enclosed. On June 23 I dedicated new Hall of Pythagoras Lodge, No. 383, at Cassville, Mo. 'This Lodge has a roomy, well arranged and neatly furnished Hall. In conclusion, I beg to say that peace and harmony prevail throughout the District, so far as has come to my knowledge, and the Lodges generally are in good condition. Accept my thanks for the confidence you have reposed in me. I regret, exceedingly, that I have not been able to do more for the cause of Masonry in this District. Fraternally yours, WM. A. WEAR, D. G. M. Twenty-Ninth District.

THIRTIETH DISTICT.

AURORA, Mo., September 24,1894. HarTy Keene, Esq., GJ'and

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DEAlt SIR AND BROTHER:Herewith I hand you my annual report: I am very glad to report that peace and harmony is and has prevailed throughout the District during the year. I have but little to report in an official way. I constituted Carterville Lodge under charter granted them by the last meeting of the Grand Lodge.

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I have inspected and approved the new Hall of Carthage Lodge, No. 197, but not being able to leave home on the day set for removal and dedication I commissioned and appointed W. Bro. D. A. Innis, of Carthage, to act, who performed the work and duly reported to me. I have inspected and approved the new Hall of Jasper Lodge, No. 398, assisted them in removal, publicly dedicated the same to Masonic usc. This Lodge has for many years been meeting in a Hall wholly unfit for the purpose. The new Hall is well suited for the purpose and the Lodge having fitted it up in good shape, of which the members are justly proud, I have great hopes for the future of this Lodge. The Lodges in my District, notwithstanding the hard times, are in a fairly prosperous condition. financially and otherwise. I have not been called upon to settle any questions of Masonic Law, and the principles and practices of Freemasonry have been taught and observed throughout the District. The officers generally, I am glad to say, know the work well and do good work. I find the records well kept, and have met with a cordial reception wherever I have visited during the year. Fraternally yours, M. T. DAVIS, D. G. M. Thi,路tieth District.

THIRTY-FIRST DISTRICT.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo., September 26, 1894. Harl'Y Keene, Esq., Grand 111asler: DEAR SIR AND BROTHER : I herewith submit my report as D. G. M. for the Thirty-first District: In the past year my official visits have been few. In January I called a District Lodge of Inst,ruction, which commenced on the 24th of that month and continued for four days, and was under the direction of M. W. Bro. B. H. Ingram; but, owing to the severe cold weather, the attendance was small, only nine Lodges being represented. This was the only Lodge of Instruction held during the year. On May 26, in company with a train load of members of the Order and their friends, J went to Ozark, County seat of Christian County, and laid the cornerstone for their public school building, as per commission issued by you. I opened a Special Grand Lodge, with the assistance of the following Brethren, all Past Masters: Jas. T. Neville, D. B. Farnsworth, W. A. Hall, Z. A. Farthing, S. M. DaVidson, R. E. Lee, Paul Keller, J. A. Hammond, W. H. H. Miller, Thomas Kralan and W. T. Lamkin. The corner-stone was laid With appropriate ceremonies 10 the presence of a large multitude of people, after which dinner was served by the people of Ozark and sucb a spread was never laid before a hungry crowd in Christian County. Everybody's mouth was full of praise for the good people of Ozark and surrounding country. After dinner an able address was delivered by W. Bro. O. H. Travers, which was very instructive and highly appreciated. During the month of August I superintended the removal of Ozark Lodge, No. 297, into new Hall and dedicated same, as per dispensation, report of which was made at the time. W. Bro. M. A. :Fawcett, Past Master of Ozark Lodge, No. 297, acted as my proxy at the time, as I was unable to attend in person, for which he has my sincere thanks.

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I have reports from all the Lodges in the District, which are encouraging. Not much work has been done during the year on account of hard times, but all are hopeful and the prospects are bright for the future. Thanking you for the honor conferred one year ago, I am Fraternally yOUI'S, FRED. W. LAKl!]R, D. G. M. l'hi1路tY-first Dist1路ict.

THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT.

Han'?! Keene, Esq., Grand Mastcr:

MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo., Sept. 24, 1894.

DEAR SIl~ AND BnoTRER:I herewi th submit report of my first year's official acts as your D. G. M. of the Thirty-second Masonic District: On November 18,1893, upon receipt of dispensation for the removal of Mountain Grove Lodge, No. 158, Mountain Grove, I directed the removal of said Lodge into new Hall, and dedicated same to the Masonic Fraternity. Mountain Grove Lodge, No. 158, is occupying a very fine Hall, well furnished.

On December 21 and 22 I called a School of Instruction at Mountain Grove, and, by special invitation, R. W. Bro. Allan McDowell, Grand Lecturer, was present and conducted the meeting, assisted by R. W. Bro. E. C. Steele. The Lodge of Instruction was in session two days, but the attendance was not large, there being five Lodges l路epresented. The interest manifested was good, those who attended expressing themselves as being greatly benefited, and I only regretted that the session had not been longer. Mountain Grove Lodge is well up with the work, and has done a great deal of degree work the last year. On December 27th, 1893, by invitation I visited Mansfield Lodge, No. 543, and publicly installed the officers of that Lodge in the afternoon, and at night I gave some instructioll in,degree worlr. A large number was in attendance, and took great interest in the work. A fine dinner was given by the ladies, who were wives of Masons, and also those who were friendly to Lhe Order, and over four hundred partook of the good things, and a very pleasant time was spent during the day. Mansfield Lodge is in good condition, and the officers are well up with the work, and their records are kept in good shape.

r visited Ava Lodge, No. 26, and held a three days' Lodge of Instruction. The attendance was fairl~' good, and the zeal manifested by the members was refreshing, notwithstanding the bad condition of Ava Lodge in the past. '1.'here are some noble Masons in Ava Lodge, and nearly all the members seem to take great interest in Masonry. On February 7, 8 and 9,1894, I held a School of Instruction at Ingomar Lodge, No. 531, at Willow Springs. The attendance was not good, sickness preventing some from attending, but those who were present took great int.erest in the work and advanced rapidly during the session. The Lodge is in good condition financially, and the officers are well up with degree work. Their books are also kept in good condition. On January 19, 1894, by invitation I visited Joppa Lodge, No. 411, and installed the officers, ably assisted by R. W. Bro. E. C. Steele; also imparted some instruction to Brethren at night.

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On March 7, 8 and 9, 1894, I visited Webster Lodge, No. 98, at Marshfield. The attendance was good, members being present from Niangua Lodge, No. 529, and Mount Olive Lodge, No. 439, also members from Lodges not in my District. Webster Lodge is one of the best Lodges in my District. I also visited the JJodge on May 21 and 22, and found them of the same spirit as before--all ready and willing to take instruction. I had a very pleasant visit both trips to Marshfield, and was treated with the greatest of respect. On receipt of the dispensation for the removal of Mansfield Lodge, No. 543, I notified the Brethren of the date I had set, which was June 13, 1894. On that date I conducted the removal and dedicated new Hall, and made my report to you at the time. Mansfield Lodge has a very fine Hall, well finished and of good size. It is one of the finest Halls in my District. After the dedication I made a short talk on Masonry, and at night gave some instruction on degree work. A large number were present and much interest was shown. On August 20,21 and 22, 1894, I met with Bayou Lodge, No. 365, at Bakersfield. The attendance was small, there being only seventeen members of the Lodge, but I am pleased to say they know what Masonry is, and practice the principles taught in this grand Institution to which every Mason should feel proud to belong. The Brethren of Bayou Lodge, though few in number, are regular in attendance, not missing a meeting in the last year, and some of the members live ten or twelve miles from the Hall. The Lodge is in good condition financially, and its records are kept correctly. The officers and members took great interest in the work, and advanced rapidly during the session. I have visited all the Lodges that have invited me, and always tried to be prompt in answering all communications. It has been my ambition to do my duty so far as I knew. I have given much private instruction to officers and members of various Lodges during the year, and have conferred many degrees, in which I take great delight. I regret very much that time and opportunity have not been such that I could visit all the Lodges in my District; but" as you are aware, my District is very large, comprising six counties, in whICh eighteen Lodges are located, and all very badly scattered. Some of them are sixty miles from railroad In conclusion, I beg to say that peace and harmony prevail throughout the District so far as has come to my knowledge, and the Lodges generally are in good condition. Thanking you for the honor conferred one ytlar ago, and hoping to meet you at the Grand Lodge in October, I am Fraternally yours, C. M. MITCHELL, D. G. ltf. Thi1'ty-second DiR/ricl.

THIRTY -TIIIRD DISTRICT.

LEBANON, Mo., September 26.1894. Harry Keene, 1.8q., Grand Master.' DEAR SIR AND BROTHER:-

I submit herewith my report as D. G. M. of the Thirty-Third District. In January, 1894, I convened a District Lodgc of Instruction at Richland, and R. W. Bro. Allan McDowel, Grand Lecturer, was present ann conducted a three days' session to the manifest advantage of all who participated. The attendance was not as full as desired, but all but two Lodges in the District were repre路 ';lented.

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I have not visited all the Lodges during the year. There has been no special demand that I do so. But little work has been done by the Lodges, and no outbreaks or disorders among the Craft. On June 23 (24th coming on Sunday), I laid the corner-stone for the Laclede County Court House, at Lebanon, with proper Masonic ceremonies. :Fraternally yours. J. W. FARRIS, D. G. ill. Thirly-1/drd niBlriel.

THIRTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.

MOUND CITY, Mo., September 5,1894. Harry Keene, Esq., Gmnd ],faster: DEAR Sm AND BROTHER:In making report of my doings as your Deputy in the Thirty-Fourth District, I know of nothing that would be of interest to" chronicle." While I have :g.ot visited all the Lodges in the District, I have reason to think the Craft generally in good condition. From what I have learned of one of the Lodges, it is not working with the "harmony and concord" that characterizes a prosperous Craft, but hope that in the near future the Brethren may put away" childish things" and becoine a harmonious body. There are quite a number of Masons living in the vicinity of Craig who belong to different Lodges in the District, by some of whom I have been consulted as to the advisability of instituting a new Lodge at that point, but, owing to lack of time it has not been my tortune to look into the matter sufficiently to pass on it, but am inclined to think that it would be of interest to Masonry to eRtablish a Lodge there, as the distance from that point to neighboring Lodges is such that the Brethren don't attend often. Fraternally yours, J. B. ROSS, D. G. lof. Thirty-Fourth Di..~trict.

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JAMES KENNERLY, Senior Ww·den. WILLIAM BATES. Junior Warden EDWARD BATES, Warshipjul Master. JOSEPH V. GARNIER, Treasurer. ABRAM BECK',Sec.1'etary.

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Appendix.

282

DISTRICTS AND D. D. GRAND

~fASTERS.

GRAND SECRETARY'S STATEMENT SHOWING LOCATION OF

LODGESACCORDIN(j-rro DISrrRICrrS FIRST DISTRICT. EDWARD HIGBEE, D. D. G. M., LANCASTER.

County.

No.

Clark do do do do do Scotland........................ do Schuyler do do 110

167 180

290 318

362 404 16 72 244 259 380

427

Name oj Lodge.

Location.

Revere Des Moines Fairmount Eldorado Hiram Alexandria Memphis Gorin Middle Fabius Lodge of Love Queen City Glenwood

Revere. Athens. Fairmount. Luray. Kahoka. Alexandria. Memphis. 路..Gorin. Downing. : Lancaster. Queen City. Glenwood.

SECOND DISTRICT. A. FISHER, D. D. G. M., LA BELLE. LeWIS

do do do do

24 58 100 222 287

'\Vyaconda Monticello Canton La Bellc.............. .. Craft

La Grange. Monti('ello. Canton La Belle. Canton.

283

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1894.J Second District Continued.] County.

No.

Lewis do Knox............................ do do do do Adair do do

379

494 6 168 181 291

414 105 319

366

Name of Lodge.

Location..

. W illiamstown Lewistown Ark Colony Novelty Edina Greensburg Kirksville Paulville Adair

Williamstown. Lewistown. Newark. Colony. Novelty. Edina. Greensburg. Kirksville. Brashear. Kirksville.

THIRD DISTRICT. GEO. E. MAYHALL, D. D. G. M., NEW LONDON.

Marion........................... do do ,., do Shelby........................... do do do do Monroe.......................... do do .. ... . do do do do do Ralls.......... do do

18 Palmyra 28 St. John's 188 Hannibal.. 502 Philadelpbia 96 St. Andrew's 228 Shelbina 305 Clarence 415 Hunnewell.. 537 Bethel.. 19 Paris Union 23 Florida 42 Middle Grove 64 1\10nroe 91 Madison 223 'Woodlawn 240 Granville , 462 Santa Fe 33 Ralls 302 Lick Creek 307 New London

Palmyra. Hannibal. ,..Hannibal. Philadelphia. Shelbyville. Shelbina. Clarence. Hunnewell. Bethel. Paris. Florida. Middle Grove. Monroe. Madison. Woodlawn. Granville. Santa Fe. Center. Perry. New London~

FOURTH DISTRICT. JESSE J. SHAW, D. D. G. M., TROY.

Pike.......... do

14 Cyrene 17 Clarksville

Cyrene. Clarksville.

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284 Fourlh Dist1'icl Continued.] County.

Pike.............................. do do do do do do Lincoln.......................... do do do do do do

No.

-,-Varne oj Lodge.

75 Ashley 92 Perseverance 136 PhCBnix 137 Prairieville 192 Frankford 399 Pike 499 Paynesville 34 141 199

270 428 473 558

Troy Chain of Rocks New Hope New Salem Louisville Nineveh ; Moscow

Location.

Ashley. Louisiana. Bowling Green. Eolia. Frankford. Curryville. Paynesville. Troy. Owen. Elsberry. Argentville. Louisville. Olney. Moscow Mills.

FIFTH DISTRICT. CRAS. J. WALKER, D. D. G.

St. Charles..................... do do Warren.................... do Montgomery do do do do do do

46 241

260 11路 231 178 194 246

250 261 457 492

~L,

WENTZVILLE.

Wentzville Palestine Mecllanicsville Pauldingville \Varrenton Griswold 'Vellsville Montgomery City High Hill... Florence Jonesburg Daggett..

vVentzville. St. Charles. Mechanicsville. \Vright City. \Varrenton. Price's Branch. 'Vellsville. Montgomery City High Hill. New Florence. .Jonesburg. Loutre Island.

SIXTH DISTRICT. WILLIAM M. TRELOAR, D. D. G. M., MEXICO.

Audrain................... do do do do do

81 Central 115 Laddonia 266 SociaL 354 Hebron 491 Vandalia 544 Mexico

Rowena. Laddonia. Martinsburg. l\1exico. Vandalia. Mexico.

285

Appendix.

1894.J Sixth District Continued.] County.

No.

Name of Lodge.

\Villiamsburg Fulton New Bloomfield Concord Portland Aux Vasse Cedar City

Callaway......... do do do do do do

8 48 60 154 242 357 425

Boone do do do do do do

Centralia Rocheport Twilight.. Ashland Sturgeon Hallsville 356 Ancient Landmark

Location.

Williamsburg. Fulton. New Bloomfield. Hatton. Readsville. Aux Vasse. Cedar City.

67 114 156 174 336

Centralia. Rocheport. Columbia. Ashland. Sturgeon. Hallsville. Harrisburg.

SEVENTH DISTRICT. Z. T. LAMKIN, D. D. G. M., SALISBURY.

Howard......................... do do do Randolph....................... do do do do do : do do do Chariton........................ do do do do do do do do

4 48 51 70 30 44 108 151 161 186 344

486 527 73 74 122 202 208 394 513

525 546

Howard Fayette Livingston Armstrong Huntsville .Jacksonville Gothic Milton Clifton Hill.. Morality Moberly Cairo Higbee Eureka Warren Triplett 'Vestville Salisbury Dagan Chariton Cunningham Prairie Hill..

Franklin. Fayette. Glasgow. Armstrong. Huntsville. ,Jacksonville. Moberly. Firth. Clifton Hill. Renick. ::\1:oberly. Cairo. Higbee. Brunswick. Keytesville. Triplett. Westville. Salisbury. Mendon. Guthridge Mills. Sumner. Prairie Hill.

286

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EIGHTH DISTIUCT. JOHN J. DILLINGER, D. D. G. l\L. OWASCO.

County.

No.

Putnam do do Sullivan.................... do do do do do do do : Linn.............................. do do do do do do Macon do do do do do do do

171 206 210 32 126 159 190 349 389 447 540 82 86

227 233 325 481 510 3$

102 146 172 237 268

402 498

Name oj Lodge.

Hartford Somerset Unionville Humphreys Seaman Green City Putnam Pollock.............. Arcana Fairview 路Winigan Jackson Brookfield Cypress Bucklin Dockery Marceline Biswell Callao Bloomington McGee Censer La Plata Lodge of Truth Gavel.. Kaseyville

Location.

Hartford. Powersville. Unionville. Humphreys. Milan. Green City. Newtown. .. .. Pollock. Harris. Scottsville. 路Winigan. '" Linneus. Brookfield. Laclede. BucKlin. Mead ville. Marceline. Browning. Callao. Bevier. College Mound. Macon. La Plata. Atlanta. New Cambria. Kasey ville.

NINTH DISTRICT. REUBEN BARNEY. SF-N., D. D. G. M., CHILLICOTHE.

Carroll........................... do do do do do Ray.............................. do do

39 De'Vitt.. 52 Vi!akanda 101 Bogard 216 Hale 249 Carroll 373 Mandeville 57 Richmond 309 King Hiram 322 Hardin

De'Vitt. Carrollton. Bogard. Hale City. Norborne. Mandeville. Richmond. Knoxville. Hardin.

287

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1894.J Ninth District Cvntinued.] No.

County.

Ray do do do Livingston..................... do do do do do do do Caldwell. do do do do do do

338 384 393 444 89 155 170 333 388 434 505 539 118 135 224 232 334 523 5Gl

Name of Lodge.

Myrtle Harmony Bee Hive Ada Friendship Spring HilL Benevolence Chillicothe Farmersville "Wheeling Avalon DaVin Kingston Braymer Hamilton Polo Breckenridge Kidder Cowgill

Location.

Millville. Vibbard. Lawson. Orrick. Chillicothe. Spring Hill. Utica. Chillicothe. Farmersville. 路Wheeling. Avalon. Da'vn. Kingston. Braymer. Hamilton. Polo. Breckenridge. Kidder. Cowgill.

TENTH DISTRICT. HOBT. E. MAUPIN, D. D. G. M., PATTONSBUHG.

Daviess.......................... do do do do do ... do do Grundy do : do do Mercer............ do

15 6.5 106 285 409 488 500 556 111 253. 423 524 35 258

'Vestern Star Pattonsburg Gallatin Earl '" Civil Bend Lock Spring Jameson Prairie Trenton Lindley Gal t Spickardsville Mercer Ravanna

Winston. Pattonsburg. Gallatin. Coffeysburg. Civil Bend. Lock Spring. Jameson. Bancroft. Trenton. Loredo. Gal t. Spickardsville. Princeton. Ravanna.

288

[Oct. ELEVENTH DISTRICT. A. J. COLMAN, D. D. G. nT., PLATTE CITY. County.

No.

Clay.............................. do do : do do do do do Platte do do do do do do Clinton do do do do

13 31 49 193 207 289 311 438 53 120 169 204 339 355 504 62 113 39.7 506 519

Name oj Lodge.

Locat'ion.

Rising Sun Liberty Haynesville Angerona Clay Acacia , Kearney Temperance 路Weston Compass Camden Point Howley Fidelity Adelphi Platte City Vinci1... Plattsburg Gower Lathrop Turney

Barry. Liberty. Holt. Missouri City. Excelsior Springs Paradise. Kearney. Smithville. Weston. Parkville. Camden Point. Dearborn. Farley. Edgerton. Platte City. Cameron. Plattsburg. Gower. Lathrop. Turney.

T"\VELFTH DISTRICT. JOHN M. AUSTIN, D. D. G. :M., ST. JOSEPH.

Buchanan do do do do do do do do Andrew........................ do do do do do .. :

10 22 78 150 189 238 331 376 508 71 138 162 248 320 413

Agency vVellington St. Joseph Birming Zeredatha Rushville Charity King Hill Saxton Savannah Lincoln Whitesville Rochester Amazonia Valley

: :

Agency. De Kalb. St. Joseph. Halleck. St. Joseph. Rushville. St. Joseph. Adams. Saxton. Savannah. Fillmore. Whitesville Helena. Amazonia. Bolckow.

289

Appendix.

1894.J Twelfth District ConlimLed.] County.

No.

De Kalb do do do do

124 235 308 317 559

Name of Lodge.

Union Star Weatherby Parrott Osborn Clarksdale

Location.

Union Star. Vveatherby. Maysville. Osborn. Clarksdale.

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT. A. C. HOPKINS, D. D. G. :M., BURLINGTON JUNCTION.

Nodaway . do do do do do do do do do do do do

50 165 196 201 301 '329 442 465 470 472 474 507 511

Xenia Maryville Quitman Ravenwood Whitehall.. Kennedy Burlington Gaynor Nodaway Pickering Guilford Clearmont. Skidmore

Hopkins. Maryville. Quitman. Ravenwood. Barnard. Elmo. Burlington Junct. Parnell. Maryville. Pickering. Guilford. Clearmont. Skidmore.

FOURTEENTH DISTRICT. E. R. DURHAM, D. D. G. M., BETHANY.

Gentry............. do do do do do do Worth do do do Harrison........................ do do do G. L. Ap-ll.

21 109 125 127 252 332 377 66 88 198 321 97 128 257 328

Havana Stanberry Gentryville Athens Alanthus Ryland Ancient Craft. Grant City Defiance Allensville Jonathan Bethany Lorraine Lodge of Light.. Cainsville :

McFall. Stanberry. Gentryville. Albany. Alanthus Grove. Berlin. King City. Grant City. Sheridan. Allendale. Denver. Bethany. Ridgeway. Eagleville. Cainsville.

Appe'ndi~c.

290

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FIFTEENTH DISTRICT. J. C. FINAGIN, D. D. G. M., ST. LOUIS. County.

No.

St. Louis........................ do do do do do do do do do do do do do do tlo

do do do do do do do

do do do do do do do Jefferson do do

Name of Lodge.

Location.

St. Louis. 1 Missouri St. Louis. 2 Mcridian St. Louis. 3 Beacon 9 George W'ashington St. Louis. St. Louis. 20 St. Louis 25 Naphtali. ~ St. Louis. St. Louis. 40 Mount Moriah Manchester. 45 Bonhomme St. Louis. 79 Polar Star 80 Bridgeton Bridgeton. Eureka. 95 Meramec 121 Erwin St. Louis. ' St. Louis. 163 Occidental 179 Pride of the West.. St. Louis. St. J~ouis. 218 Good Hope St. Louis. 243 Keystone St. Louis. 267 Aurora Fenton. 281 Fenton St. Louis. 282 Cosmos , St. Louis. 323 Corner Stone St. Louis. 353 Benton St. Louis. :160 Tusean , St. Louis. 416 Cache St. Louis. 420 Itaska St. Louis. 443 Anchor St. Louis. 445 'Vest Gate St. Louis. 460 Lambskin Kirkwood. 484 Kirkwood St. Louis. 520 Clifton Heights Ferguson. 542 Ferguson St. Louis. 550 Rose Hill.. De Soto. 119 De Soto Hillsboro. 164 Joachim Festus. 256 Shekinah

SIXTEENTH DISTRICT. F. P. GRAVES, D. D. G. M., DOE RUN.

Washington do de

,.. .

12 Tyro 131 Potosi.. 143 Irondale

Caledonia. Potosi. Irondale.

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Si.xteenth Dutrict O.mtinued.]

County.

No.

Name of Lodge.

Iron do St. Francois.................... do do do : do do

133 351 41 132 234 424 535 551

Star of the West Mosaic Bismarck Farmington St. Francois Samaritan BlackwelL Pendleton

Madison. Bollinger........................ do do do do Ste. Genevieve...............

110 298 417 426 440 545 226

Marcus Marble Hill TroweL 'White W路ater Sedgewickville Zalma Saline

Location.

Ironton. Belleview. Bismarck. '" Farmington. Libertyville. Bonne Terre. Blackwell. Doe Run. Fredericktown. Marble Hill. Lutesville. Laflin. Sedgewickville. Bollinger's Mill. St. Mary's.

SEVENTEENTH DISTRIOT. F. A. KAGE, D. D. G. M., CAPE GIRARDEAU.

Oape Girardeau do do do do Scott do

93 103 191 221 441 306 310

St. Marks West View Wilson Mystic Tie Excelsior Ashlar Sikeston

Oape Girardeau. l\1illersville. Pocahontas. Oak Ridge. Jackson. Oommerce. Sikeston.

EIGHTEENTH DISTRIOT. W. O'BANNON, D. D. G. M., NEW MADRID.

Stoddard do do Pemiscot do

153 489 532 454 461

Bloomfield Lakeville Dexter Oecil Caruthersville

Bloomfield. Lakeville. Dexter. Oottonwood PoiJlt路 Caruthersville.

Appendix.

292 Eighteenth District Continued.] OOlLnty.

New Madrid do do Mississippi do Dunklin do do do do

No.

166 176 429 330 407 68

212 215 406 495

Name of Lodge.

Portageville Point Pleasant New Madrid Bertrand Charleston Kennett Four Mile Hornersville Malden , 'Vest Prairie

[Oct. Location.

Portage vill e. Point Pleasant. New Madrid. Bertrand. Charleston. Kennett. Campbell. Cotton Plant. Malden. Clarkton.

NINETEENTH DISTRICT. JAMES M. McGHEE, D.D. G. M., VAN BUREN.

Butler Carter Ripley do do 'Vayne do Reynolds do do Shannon

209 509 304 314 369 107 526 239 385 455 430

Poplar Bluff Van Buren Faithful Pine Composite Williamsville 'Vayne Hopewell Reynolds Barnesville W'inona

Poplar Bluff. Van Buren. Fair Dealing. Pine. Doniphan. Williamsville. Piedmont. Lesterville. Centreville. Logan's Creek. Winona.

TWENTIETH DISTRICT. H. H. HOHENSCHILD, D. D. G. M., ROLLA.

Crawford do Phelps do do Dent Texas do do do do

77 312 213 230 347 225 116 177 395 469 555

Lebanon Cuba Rolla St. James Spring Creek SaleuI. Barnes Texas Latimer Plato Summerville

Steelville. Cuba. Rolla. St. James. Edgar Springs. Salenl. Cabool. Houston. Licking. Plato. Summerville.

293

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TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT. J. W. PURVES, D. D. G. "M., WASHINGTON. OJuntll.

Franklin......... do do do do do Gasconade............ do Osage Maries do

No.

Name of Lod.qe.

27 69 251 363 534 541 37 123 185 94 531

Evergreen Sullivan Hope Fraternal. Columbia Franklin Cedar Hermann Chamois Vienna Lane's Prairie

Location.

New Haven. Sullivan. 'Vashington. ,.Robertsville. PacUic. ~t. Clair. Owensville. Hermann. Chamois. Vienna. Vichy:

TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT. J. T. SHORT, D. D. G. M., JEFFERSON CITY.

Cole.............................. do do Miller do do Moniteau . .. do do do Morgan................. do

43 90 211 134 203 410 56 183 295 553 117 381

Jefferson Russellville Hickory Hill.. Pleasant Mount Brumley Iberia Tipton California l\foniteau Clarksburg Versailles Ionia

Jefferson City. Russellville. Hickory Hill. Pleasant Mount., Brumley. lberia. Tipton. California. J amestown. Clarksburg. Versailles. Barnetts.

TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT. JOHN T. RUFFIK, D. D. G. M., CLINTON.

Cooper........................... do do do do Benton

36 142 277 456 503 378

Cooper Pleasant Grove '''m. D. Muir 'Vallace Prairie Home 'Varsav.-

Boonville. Otterville. Pilot Grove. Bunceton. Prairie Home. \Varsaw.

294

Appendix.

Twenty-third District Continued. J County. No.

Pettis............................. do do Henry........................... do do do do do do Benton do .f

•

84 236 272 29 286 343 408 548

552 557 184 418

[Oct.

Name of Lodge.

Potter Sedalia Granite ' 'Windsor Urich Agricola Montrose Clinton Calhoun Blairstown Fairfield Clear Creek

Location.

Longwood. Sedalia. Sedalia. ·Windsor. Urich. Petersburg. Montrose. Clinton. Calhoun. Blairstown. Fairfield. Palo Pinto.

TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT. D. M. PINKERTON, D. D. G. M., BLACKBURN.

Lafayette........................ do do do do do Saline............................ do .. do do do do do do ., do

61 149 364 437 464 476 55 63 85 205 217 275 487 518 560

·Waverly Lexington Higginsville Lafayette Aullville Mount Hope Arrow Rock Cambridge l\liami Trilumina Barbee Tranquility Herndon Oriental Nelson

Waverly. Lexington. Higginsville. Corder. Aullville. Odessa. Arrow Rock. Slater. Mianli. Marshall. Sweet Springs. Orearville. Herndon. Blackburn. Nelson.

TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT. VAN F. BOOR, D. D. G, M., KANSAS CITY.

Jackson.................. do do do do 'do do do

76 104 220 263 299 316 324 337

Independence Heroine Kansas City Summit Temple : Rural.. McDonald Blue Springs

Independence. Kansas City. Kansas City. Lee's Summit. Kansas City. Kansas City. Independence. Blue Springs.

295

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1894.J 7wenty-fifth District Continued. County. _

No.

Jackson do .: do do do do

340 391 392 501 522 547

Name oj Lodge.

Location.

Westport Raytown Christian Buckner Gate City South Gate

Westport. Raytown. Oak Grove. Buckner. Kansas City. Kansas City.

TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT. J. F. McAFEE, D. D. G. M., HOLDEN.

Cass do do do do do do do do do Bates do do do do do do do do Johnson do do do' do do do

54 147 276 348 372 386 450 451 480 485 130 140 254 315 326 350 368 479 554 245 262 264 265 :.. 274 280 313

Index Cass Grand River Wadesburg Nonpareil.. Dayton Belton Raymore .J ewel... ~ Coldwater Hume Papinville Butler A.ltona New Home Tyrian Crescent HilL Rich Hill.. Foster Knob Noster Holdcn Fayetteville Corinthian Cold Spring Lodge of Peace Kingsville

Garden City. Harrisonville. Freeman. Creighton. East Lynne. Dayton. Belton. Raymore. Pleasant Hill. Drexel. Hume. Papinville. Butler. Altona. Sprague. Johnstown. Adrian. Rich Hill. Foster. Knob Noster. Holden. Fayetteville. :Warrensburg. Henrietta. Chilhowee. Kingsville.

TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT. SEYMOUR HOYT, D. D. G. l\L, GREENFIELD.

Vernon do do

303 Osage 371 Sheldon 488 Schell City

Nevada. Sheldon. Schell City.

296

[Oct.

Twenty-seventh DistJ'ict Continued.] County. No.

Name of Lodge.

Location.

Vernon do do

490 Montevallo 493 Vernon 533 Walker

Montevallo. Bronaugh. 路Walker.

Dade do do do do do

87 359 405 421 446 458

W'ashington Garrett Everton Lockwood Greenfield Melville

Greenfield. Arcola. Everton. Lockwood. Greenfield. Dadeville.

Barton do do do

187 392 475 516

Hermon Lamar Golden Milford

St. Clair do do do do

273 342 403 412 419

St. Clair Circle Lowry City Appleton City Star

Liberal. r~amar.

Golden City. Milford.

路

Osceola. Roscoe. Lowry City. Appleton City. Taberville.

TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT. F. A. AFFLECK, D. D. G. M., BOLIVAR.

Hickory do

279 Hogle's Creek 288 Hermitage

Quincy. Hermitage.

Polk do "do do do

144 160 195 431 467

Modern Pleasant Bolivar Cement Pleasant Hope

Humansville. Morrisville. Bolivar. Half'Vay. Pleasant Hope.

Dallas do do do

300 361 396 421

Doric Riddick Western Light Urbana

Forkner's Hill. Buffalo. Louisburg. Urbana.

Cedar do do

283 Stockton 340 Jericho 482 Clintonville .,

Stockton. J ericho. Eldorado Springs.

297

Appendi:l?'

1894.)

TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT. Wl\f. A. WEAR, D. D. G. M., CASSVILLE.

County.

No.

Name of Lodge.

Location.

McDonald do do

173 Powell.. 466 Southwest 538 Stella

Powell. Southwest City. Stella.

Newton do do do

175 Newton 247 Ncosho -178 Racine 530 Ritchey

Newtonia. Neosho. Seneca. Ritchey.

Barry do do do do do

129 148 367 383 514 :)17

Monett Purdy Barry Pythagoras Exeter Seligman

Monett. Purdy. ',,"ashburn. Cassville. Exeter. Seligman.

THIRTIETH DISTRICT. M. T. DAVIS, D. D. G. M., AURORA.

Jasper do do do do do do do do do

197 278 293 335 345 398 401 471 512 549

Carthage Avilla Sarcoxie Joplin Fellowship .Jasper Carterville Mineral.. 'Vebb City Carl Junction

Carthage. Avilla. Sarcoxie. Joplin. Joplin. Jasper. Carterville. Oronogo. 'Vebb City. Carl Junction.

Lawrence do do do do do do

99 269 284 390 400 452 468

nit. Vernon Rock Prairie Canopy Marionville Decatur Verona Red Oak

Mt. Vernon. Lawrenceburg. Aurora. Marionville. Peirce City. Verona. Red Oak.

298

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Appendix. THIRTY-FIRST DISTRICT. F. W. LAKER, D. D. G. M., SPRINGFIELD.

County.

Greene do do

do do do do 'do do do do Taney do Christian do do Stone

No.

Name of Lodge.

Location.

5 7 145 271 297 341 422 435 436

United O'Sullivan Rising Star Solomon Ozark Relief Gate of the Temple St. Nicholas Ash Grove Bois D'Arc Strafford Claflin Forsyth Sparta , Friend Billings Galena

Springfield. Walnut Grove. Ebenezer. Springfield. Fair Grove. Republic. Springfield. Willard. Ash Grove. Bois D'Arc. Strafford. Protem. Forsyth. Sparta. Ozark. Billings. Galena.

449

497 229 453 296 352 379 5]5

THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT. C. M. MITCHELL, D. D. G. M., MOUNTAIN GROVE.

.. Webster do 'do do :.. do Wright do do Douglas...... Ozark..............â&#x20AC;˘............. do HowelL do Oregon do do do

98 439 459 477 529 158 411 543 26 365 496 327 536 255 374 387 463

Webster Mount Olive Hazelwood Henderson Niangua Mountain Grove Joppa Mansfield Ava Bayou Robert Burns Mt. Zion Ingomar Alton Wilderness Woodside Clifton

Marshfield. Marshfield. Seymour. Henderson. Niangua. Mountain Grove. Hartville. Mansfield. Ava. Bakersfield. GainesviUe. West Plains. Willow Springs. Alton. Wilderness. Thomasville. Thayer.

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THIRTY-THIRD DISTRICT. JOHN W. FARRIS, D. D. G. M., LEBANON.

County.

No.

Name oj Lodge.

Location.

Pulaski do do

346 ArIington 375 \Vaynesville 382 Richland

Dixon. \Vaynesville. Richland.

Camden do

152 Linn Creek 433 Mack's Creek

Linn Creek. Mack's Creek.

Laclede.... do do

83 Laclede 432 Competition 528 Conway

Lebanon. Competition. ,Conway. .

THIRTY-FOURTH DISTRICT. JOHN B. ROSS, D. D. G. :M., :MOUND CITY.

Atchison do do do Holt do do do

:.: .. 157 200 358 483

North Star Sonora North-\Vest Irish Grove

112 Graham 139 Oregon 214 Forest City f94 Mound City :

Rockport. \Vatson. Tarkio. Fairfax. Maitland. Oregon. Forest City. Mound City.

300

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DISTRICT I-iECTURERS, 1894-5.

1st. District-JOHN W. BARNES, l\Iemphis. 2d A. FISHER, La Belle. 3d GEO. K MAYHALL, New London. 4th JESSE J. SHAW, Troy. 5th CHAS. J. WALKEl~, Wentzville. 6th WM. M. TRELOAR, Mexico. 7th Z. T. LAMKE\, Salisbury. 8th JNO. J. DILLINGER, Owasco. 9th REUBEK BARNEY, JR., Chillicothe. lOth ROB'T E. ~fAUPIN, Pattonsburg. 11th H. CAM. WELLS. Platte City. 12th CORNELIUS R. STEWART. St. Joseph. 13th A. C. HOPKINS, Burlington Junction. 14th E. R. DURHA!\f, Bethany. 15th HOWARD WATSOX, St. Louis. 16th F. P. GRAVES, Doe Run. 17th FRED. A. KAGE. Cape Girardeau. 18th WELTON O'BANNON, New Madrid. 19th JAS. M. McGHEE, Van Buren. 20th H. II. HOHENSCHILD, Rolla. 21st E. ltElCHARD, New Haven. 22d JOHN T. SHORT, ,Jefferson City. 23d ALVIN HAYNIE. Clinton. 24th D. M. PINKERTON, Blackburn. 25th JOHN C. YOCUM, Kansas City. 26th J. F. McAFEE, Holden. 27th SEYMOUR HOYT, Greenfield. 28th FLAVIUS A. AFFLECK, Bolivar. 29th W. A. WEAR, Cassville. 30th M. T. DAVIS, Aurora. 31st [To be jiJkd.] 32d C. M. MITCHELL, Mountain Grove. 33d JOHN W. FARRIS, Lebanon. 34th J NO. B. ROSS, Mound City.

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COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.

ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 11, 1894. 1'0 the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. & A. M.:

Your Committee on Credentials respectfully report that there are represented at this session of the Grand Lodge, 207 Chartered Lodges, and that there are also enrolled, 132 Past Masters of this Grand Jurisdiction; 17 Grand Officers; 12 Past Grand Masters; 1 Past Grand 'Warden; 19 Representatives of' other Grand Lodges; 17 District Deputy Grand Masters. [Those marked with an asterisk C'") are proxies.]

Lodge. No.

l\1ISSOURI MERIDIAN

BEACON

UNITED •••...........•.••.•.••.•.••. ARK

WILLIAMSBURG

GEO. WASHINGTON

AGENCy

TyRO

MEMPHIS

CLARKSVILLE

PARIS UNION

ST. J OUIS

NAPHTALI

Representative. 1 James E. Brock, W. M. W. H. Hofmeister, J. 'V. 2 A. Bollin, W. M. H. Lemm, S. W. 3 H. B. Piatt, W. 1\1. 5 P. A. Day, S. W.• 6. W. A. Hendren, 'V. 1\1. 8 W. N. Peters, S. W. 9 Henry Lihou, 'V. M. .J. B. Parkell, S. W. W. F. Parker, J. W. 10 1. N. Farris, W. M. 12 J. B. Wiseman, W. M. 16 G. E. Leslie, W. M. 17 E. N. Moody, 'V. M. 19 A. T. Vaughn; W. M. E. J. Eubank, S. W. 20 P. Schaffnit, 'V. M. Joseph Giles, .J. W. 25 George Pierce, VV. M.

Appendix.

302 Lodge. EVERGREEN .•......•.••..........•. No.

ST. JOHN...........................

WINDSOR

29 33 34

RALLS...............................

TROy................................. ·.....

36 40

BISMARCK

JEFFERSON

COOPE&

MT. MORIAH..............

FULTON

WAKANDA

48 52

JACKSONVILLE

WESTON

ARROW ROCK

MONTICELLO CENTRALIA

58 59

NEW BLOO)fFIELD

CAMBRIDGE ..••..•.................

MONROE PATfONSBURG SULLIVAN

60 63

64 65

. !

70 73 74

BRIDGETON

CENTRAL

ARMSTRONG EUREKA

WARREN ST. JOSEPH

POLAR STAR

Rep1'e,sentaUve. J. T. Thurmon, S. W. D. S. Goldsberry, W·. M. J. S. Calfee, S. W. T. C. Alexander, J. 'V. J. J. Shaw, 'V. M.* Wm. W. Trigg, 'V. M. Wm. A. Hall, 'V. M. Carl Philips, S. W. Louis M. Kirkpatrick, W. M. .Tno. T. Short, W. M.l(· G. C. Ramsey, S. 'V. 'V. M. Carter, J. W·. G. 'V. Butler, W. M. J. R. Penn, S. W. Herndon Ely, W. M.* W. R. Painter, S. W.* H. M. Pettit, J. W.* A. H. O'Dowd, W. M.* A. F. Walruff,.J. W.* T. B. Morris, W. M.* W. B. Fitzgerald, S. W. L. W. Summers, W. M. J. W. Bryson, W. M. C. H. Christian, W. M. C. W. Bridges, W. M. J. E. Bridges, S. W. R. D. Quisenbery, J. W. J. J. Norton, ·W. M. Robt. E. Maupin, ·W. M. B. P. Rowland, W. M. J. H. Chiles, S. W. s. n. Sulli.van, .r. 'V. J. 'V. Davis, W. M. J. S. Wallace, W. M. E. T. Miller, S. W. Thomas Winn, Vi. M. B. F. Watson, S. 'V. Harry Keene, .J. 'Y.* R. O. Bolt, W. M. John W. Mass, S. W. F. A. Heidorn, 'V. M. C. L. Fillings, S. W. J. A. Craig, W. M.

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Appendix.

1894.J Lodge.

No. 83

LACLEDE

WEBSTER...........................

86 87 89 92 97 98

HEROINE...........................

104.

KIRKSVILLE......

105 108 114 116 117

BROOKFIELD...

.. ..

WASHINGTON...... . .. FRIENDSHIP PERSEVERANCE BETHANy........

GOTHIC..................... TWILIGHT BARNES................ VERSAILLES

SEAMAN........

121 123 126

ATHENS.............................

]27

LORRAINE...........

ERWIN HERMANN

POTOSI...

128 ]29 131

FARMINGTON

132

BRAYMER

135 136

MONETT

PmENIx............................

MILTON...

141 143 146 147 149 150 151

LINN CREEK............

152

BLOOMFIELD....................... OccIDEN'rAL

153 163

COLONy.............................

168

CENSER

172

CHAIN OF ROCKS................. IRONDALE MCGEE.............................. CASS................................. LEXINGTON BIRMING

~..................

Representative. W. C. Joslyn, W. M:XW. D. Crandell, W. M.-l(路 J. L. Wetzel, 'V. M. 'V. F. Canady, W. M. J. O. Ducker, W. M. T. A. Dunn, 'V. M. H. A. Smith, W. M. John Molony, 'V. M. E. F. Allen, S. W.* Robert Clark, W. M.o)(路 L. H. Proske, W. M. E. C. Clinkscales, W. M. J. W. Mires, W. M. H. R. Fish, 'V. M. F. H. W. Krenning, W. M. Charles D. Eitzan, 'V. M. Ross. H. Bankus, 'V. M. D. M. Wilson, S. W.* C. V. Larmer, W. M. C. E. Reid. S. W. T. H. Lainhart, J. W. W. A. Miner, W. M. A. R. Van Girson, W. M. Henry C. Bell, W. M.* J. C. 'Yestover, S. 'V. J. H. Loomis, 'V. M. J. M. Hawkins, W. M. H. M. Strother, S. W:'k C. E. Mayhall, .T. 'V. A. K. Baltezor, W. M. J. W. Yeargain, S. W. Geo. L. Teter, 'V. M. Noah M. Givan, W. M. Fred T. Wilsqn, J. W. Leo Cowan, J. W. 1. 'V. Settle, W. M. P. D. Myers, S. W. John M. Farmer, J. W. T. B. Turnbaugh, W. M. G. U. Heimburger, W. M. J. S. McReynolds, W. M. Jas. G. Howe, W. M.* T. A. Craig, J. 'V.

303

304

Appendix. Lodge;

STURGEON •..•...................•.. No. NEWTON TEXAS PRIDE OF THE

DES

'V EST......

MOINES..............

CALIFORNIA

HERMON HANNIBAL.......

ZEREDATHA WELLSVILLE BOLIVAR......... CARTHAGE......................... BRUMLEy....................... TRILUMINA

SALISBURY.. POPLAR BLUFF................... UNIONVILLE....................... FOUR MILE...... ROLLA.............................. FOREST CITy...................... GOOD HOPE........................ KANSAS CITy..................... LABELLE.... .. WOODLAWN HAMILTO:SAIJEM SEDALIA....... LA PLATA........ HOPEWELL... PALESTINE.............

Representative. A. L. Hawk, J. W. T. P. ",Veems, W. M. A. S. Forrester, W. M. S. D. Collier, S. W . . 1. .J. 'Wilson, W. M. H. C. Stevenson, "V. M. O. H. Sprouce, S. W. C. A. Burkhardt, J. W. 187 J. A. Potter, "V. M. 188 D. H. Roderick, W. M. 189 W. R. Womach, W. M. Geo. Calder, J. 'V. 194 M. H. Garwood, S. "V.* 195 J. C. Weaver, W. M. 197 Geo. C. Howenstein, W. M. 203 W. W. Norwood, ·W. M. 205 U. A. McBride, W. M. J. R. Sparks, S. W. Chas. M. Buckner, J. W. 208 R. B. Crowder. "V. M. 209 C. F. Orchard, J. 'V. 210 G. T. Burnham, ,V. M. T. B. ValentIne, J. W. 212 Louis McCutchen, W. M.* 213 W. H. Seaman, 'V. M. Henry Wood, S. W. 214 D. C. Stallard, W. M. F. E. Bullock, S. W.* 218 John C. Lyons, W. M. 220 John H. 'Wiles, W. M. W. G. Liggett, S. W. 222 A. Fisher, W. M.* 223 W. G. 'Vilson, W. M. 224 Geo. T. Rogers, W. M.* 225 John S. Ault, W. M.W. J. Jones, S. W. 236 William Latour, 'V. l\L G. L. Faulhaber, S. 'V. 237 R. Gillaspy, W. M. B. F. Attebery, S. W. 239 W. E. Sizemore, 'V. 1\1..* .J. C. McHenry, S. W. 241 Louis Kohn, "W. M. 174 175 177 179 180 183

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1894.J Lodge.

No. 243

KEySTONE KNOB NOSTER................... . MONTGOMERY CITy.............. CARROLL......

HOPE

249 251 254 255

BUTLER •<\.LTON SHEKINAH MECHANICSVILLE FLORENCE.......

245 246

SOCIAL.............................. AURORA

256 260 261 266 267

NEW SALEM........................

268 270

SOLOMON

271

LODGE OF TRUTH..

, ..

GRANITE......... ... ...... . .... .... GRAND RIVER.................... W~I.

D. MUIR

FENTON

;....

COSMOS..............................

CANOPY............................. EDINA MOUND CITy....................... MONITEAU TEMPLE.............................

LICK CREEK....................... OSAGE ......•.........•............. CLARENCE

G. L. Ap.-12.

'" ..

272 276 277 281 282

284 291 295 295 299

302 303 305

Representative. Jobn C. Hess, S. W. L. C. Hehl, J. W. Robt. A. Long, 'V. 1\1.* C. B. Evered, W. M. W~ Deuey, S. W. J. H. H. Baker, J. W.* G. H. Pike, S. W. John Isbell, J. W. W. 'V. Ross, W. M.* L. G. Rikard, W. M. F. B. Brickey, W. M. D. J. Marquis, W. M. E. A. Fluesmieir, S. W. A. H. Kallmeyer, S. W.* A. J. Douglass, W. M. W. \V. Babrenburg, W. M. A. L. Pollard, S. W. A. D. Goodding, W. M.* A. G. Chewning, W. M. Frank Elston, S. ,V. T. J. Downing, J. W. A. S. Cowden, W. M. J. R. Furgerson, S. W'.* Geo. Lord, W. M. T. D. Ryan, W. M. S. E. Beck, S. W. E. H. Harris, Jr., S. W. C. P. Longworth, W. 1\1. Chas. Baer, W. M. John Ramming, S. W. Thos. Furlong, J. W. 'V. B. Cochran, W. M. J. M. Hardman, W. M. G. S. Brown, J. W. J. S. Hart, 'V. M.* A. J. Wilson, W. M. John Yocum, W. 1\:1.* H. H~ Getman, S. W. I. P. Ryland, J. W. J. T. Wbite, 'V. M. O. H. Hoss, W. M. 'V. L. Jacobs, S. 'V. W. S. Hard, J. W.

305

306

Appendix. Lodge.

ASHLAR ....•.•.........••.•......••. No. NEW LOlS"DON..................... SIKESTON... RURAL..............................

JONATHAN CORNER STONK...................

McDoNALD......

l\'IT.

321 323

324 327

ZION.............

CHARITY. .. . .. . ..

306 307 310 316

CHILLICOTHE JOPLIN.............................. HALLSVILIJE....................... AGRICOLA

331 333 335 336 343

MOBERLy........

344

FELLOWSHIP........

345

ARLINGTON FRIEND

346 351 352

BElS"TOK

353

MOSAIC

HEBRON

:....

360

TUSCAN

I-TIRAlI1...................... ........ ADAIR

:...................

CRESCEKT HILTJ 'VILLIAMSTOWN................... KING HILL........................ MARIONVILLE..................... MALDEN

354

362 366

368 370 376 390 406

Rep1·esentaU1,e. Ben. J. Ellis, W. M. L. R. Woodson, ,V. M. Price Harris, W. M.* 'V. H. Leavitt, W. M. RoM. W. Vance, S. W. Wm. A. Morgan, J. "V. R. T. Penick, S. 'V. Wm. Conrad, W. M. W. T. Newman, S. "V. J. G. Snow, J. 'V. G. C. Stuart. W. M. Geo. E. Mathews, 'V. M. G. B. Thomas, J. "V. W. T. Aylesbury, J. "V. Reuben Barney, .Jr., "V. M. W. H. Mills, J. W. W. F. Roberts, 'V. M. W. W. Gray, 'V M. 'V. F. Hannah, W. M. E. C. H. Squire, W. M. E. F. Martin, S. W. J. S. Reynolds, J. W.* J. F. Rhea, W. M.* N. Warren, 'V. M. T. L. Robertson, 'V. M. R. N. Gray, S. "V. James McCausland, 'V. M. R. C. Blackmer, J. '\T. 'V. 1\1:. Treloar, W. M. A. S. Houston, S. W·. N. R. Wall, W·. 1\1:. H. H. Roberts, S. "V. C. F. Moffitt, J. W. H. N. Martin, W. 1\:1.* E. O. Gates, W. M.* H. F. Millen, S. W. J. M. McGuier, J. W.i(· S. A. McDaniel, '\T. M. Newton Doran, S. W. 'V. H. Elder, W. M. Wm. IT. Little, S. '\T. Edward Sinclair, 'V. M.* F. A. Hays, 'V. M.

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Appendix.

1894.j Lodge.

Representative. No 407 James A. Boone, W. M. OACHE.............................. 416 O. L. McDonald, W. M. J. H. Kennerly, S. lV. STAR 419 S. H. Bothwell, W. M.* ITASKA 420 Leonard Wenzel, W. M. A. Fuhrmann, S. W. O. E. White, J. W. GATE OF THE TEMPLE......... 422 F. lV. Laker, W. M.* W. A. Thoms, S. W.'~· T. G. Goldsmith, J. W. SAlIfARITAN 424 W. J. Hobbs, W. M. OEDAR OITY :........ 425 G. A. Ledis, S. W. OOMPETITION 432 E. B. W:right, lV. M. MACK'S OREEK.................. 433 W. R. Eidson, W. M.* ASH GROVE........ 436 William Morton, W. M. ANCHOR............................ 443 Obas. H. Hoke, 'V. M. GREENFIELD........ 446 Seymour Hoyt, W. M.* BELTON 450 T. T. Garnett, W. M. BARNESVILLE , '" 455 A. J. Newton, W. 1\:1. L. F. Farris, S. W. G. D. Johnson, J. W. LAMBSKIN............. 460 George P. Zeller, "V. M.. Robt. J. Loyd, S. W. SANTA FE 462 C. G. Baker,.J. W. OLIFTON ., ......•........•. •..... 463 O. H. Wilson, W. M. PLATO 469 lVm. T. Hodges, S. W. l\'1INERAL........................... 471 H. A. Ayre, W. M. RACINE 478 A. R. Moore, W. M. F. O. Lea, S. "V. RICH HILL........................ 479 J. M. Long, J. W. OLINTONVILLE............... 482 J. V. McGrew, M. W. OOLDWATER 485 lV. H. Lane, M.W. O.uno .' :.. 486 J. T. Hogg, "V. M. VANDALIA 491 J. H. Laird, W. IVI:. DAGGETT.................. 492 L. Price, W. M. LEWISTOWN 494 J. K. Stroup, W. M. PHAIRIE HOME.................... 503 B. F. D. Oarlos, "V. M. PLATTE Crl'Y 504 H. Cam. Wells, W. M. LATHROP........................... 506 P. M. Gilchrist, W. M. VAN BUREN.............. 509 .T. 1\'1. McGhee, W. 1\'1.* WEBBOITY........................ 512 Chas. E. Decatur, S. lV. ORIENTAL 518 J. E. Drane, W. M. GATE OITY : :... 522 G. W. Lilly, W. 1\:1.*

OHARLESTON

307

Appendi~~.

308

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Lodge.

No. 526 L. "V. Cotton, R. W. WALKER 533 Phil. Collins, S. W. 路W. J. Hix, J. 'V. BETHEL............................. 537 John Brown, W. M. WINIGAN 540 J. J. Dillinger, S. W.-l(路 MEXICO 544 D. A. McMillan, 'V. M. SOUTH GATE....................... 547 Amos H. Kagy, W. M.* CLINTON............................ 548 F. M. Eldridge, W. M. ROSE Hn,L......... 550 Howard Watson, W. M. W. H. Hawkins, S. W. WAYNE

Geo. J. Hess, J. W. PENDLETON........................

Moscow...........................

551 F. E. Hinch, W. M. 558 J. M. Wilson, W. M.*

GRAND LODUE OFFICERS. Harry Keene, Grand )[ast,er. J. B. Thomas, Deputy Grand )[asler. A. M. Hough, Grand &niol' Warden. Dorsey A. Jamison, Grand JunVJ1' Warden. Sam M. Kennard, Grand TreasuTer. John D. Vineil, Grand Secretary. Allan McDowell, Gmnd Lecturer. Rev. C. H. Briggs, Grand Chaplain. Rev. John W. Robinson, Gmnd Cha])lain. F. J. Tygard, Grand SeniQl' Deacon.

E. F. Allen, Grand Junior Deacon. Wm. Richardson, Grand Mm路shal. W. M. Treloar, Grand )[a1路shal. Welton O'Bannon, Grand Sword Bearer. A. L. Ross, Grand Seniol' Steward. Geo. E. Mayhall, Grand Junior Steward. Lerey B. VaLiant, Grand Orator. M. T. Davis, Grand Orator. John W. Owen, Grand Tiler.

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.

A. Fisher, LaBelle. Geo. E. Mayhall, New London. J. J. Shaw, Troy. Chas. J. Walker, \Ventzville. J. G. Trimble, Mexico. J. J. Dillinger, Owaseo. A. J. Colman, Platte City. Charles W. WILlig-hop, St. Louis. F. P. Graves, Doe Run.

H. H. I-Tohenschild, Rolla. D. M. Pinkerton, Blackburn. Van F. Boor, Kansas City. Seymour Hoyt. Greenfield. M. T. Davis, Aurora. Fred. W. Laker, Springfield. C. M. Mitchell, Mountain Grove. J. B. Ross, Monnd City.

PAST GRAND OFFICERS. PAST GRAND MASTERS.

John D. Vincil. C. C. Woods. Thos. E. Garrett. Robert F. Stevenson. john R. Parson.

W. R. Stubblefield. Rufus E. Anderson. Jos. S. Browne. Lee A. Hall. PAST GRAND WARDENS.

Martin CQ11ins.

James P. Wood. Noah M. Givan. B. H. Ingram. Wm. M. Williams.

Appendix.

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309

GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.

Wm. Richardson, Mississippi. Dorsey A.. Jamison, North Dakota. Robert E. Collins, Arizona. Martin Collins, Illinois. Seymour Hoyt, Nevada. B. H. Ingram, Utah. Jack P. Richardson, Florida. C. C. Woods, Quebec. Thos. E. Garrett, Scotland.

W. R. Stubblefield, Manitoba. Rufus E. Anderson, Wisconsin. Jos. S. Browne, South Dakota. Lee A. Hall, Oregon. Noah ~1. Givan, New York. Harry Keene, Colorado. John D. Vincil, Virginia. Allan McDowell, Texas.

PAST MASTERS.

Name. J. L. Isaacs D. N. Burgoyne Wm. H. M:ayo James A. Harris V. O. Saunders John H. Deems 'Vm. Gillespie Philip Riley H. L. Henderson J. B. Farmer A. Moore Berry Geo. Enzinger... Chas. A. Schill............ Eugene J. Gross John S. Beggs ' William H. Stone A. Douglas P. J. Heuer R. U. Leonori. Chas. W. Waughop Ed. C. Carroll. l\1. l\lendle IIenry Schulse Geo. S. Townsend II. l\fcKinney H. S. Baxter Jalnes M. Brewer John H. Brewer J. H. Daniel Chas. J. \Valker B. P. Bailey J. T. Boyd John Greaves Thos. Seal..... Robt. Burnie J. \V. Farris C. S. Glaspell Geo. .T. Berne

Lodge.

No.

lIfissouri... l\1issouri.. Missouri...... Missouri :Missouri . Missouri Missouri .. Missouri .. Missouri .. l\fissouri MIssouri............. l\leridian.................. Beacon.............. Beacon .. George Washington George Washington.................................................... George Washington George \Vashington George Washington......... Geo. Washington........................................................ Clarksville Naphtali........ Ralls... Troy , Jacksonville :...... Bonhomme.... Bonhomme.................... Bonhomme \Ventzville \Ventzville Fulton...... Polar Star Polar Star............ Polar Star......................... Polar Star... Laclede. Trenton Erwin

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 9 9 9 9 9 9 17 25 33 34 44 45 45 45 46 46 48 79 79 79 79 83 111 121

310

Appendix.

Name. G. C. Loomis C. }L Mitchell J. C. Finagin Morris Leftwich.. . Sol. E. Waggoner Harry A. Kroeger J. J. Pierron J. H. Bethune Robert E. Collins T. J. \Vhite!)' G. A. Spriugmeyer Carl Ringe Chas. Steinman Wm. H. Cornell James S. Roth Chas. Mauch Leslie O'Rear James A. Gordon T. R. lIamilton M. E. Shelton H. H. Hohenschild Jack P. Richardson F. ,Y. Mott Chas. H. Rochow J. M. Orchard L. JudsoIl Daniel H. Moore Jas. Horrocks \'Villiam Richardson Geo. :l\Iilford :!I1oses Ely J. B. Schmidt ,Y. K. Spinney \Varren H. Fox James Fine Wm. Hahn Chas. E. Prettyman \V. A. 路McCuistion

~. :', ~!~~;~.~~.:

: ::::::

S. T. IHcGrew \Vm. L. Tribbe Chas. H. Pellet l\1ichael Cooke 'Vm. Sessinghaus R. \V. Hickman G. W. Anderson Wm. Boyd Jaeob Schisler C. Meyers Eden Reed l\L T. Davis J. B. Ross T. F. Frazer

[Oct. Lodge.

Potosi.. 'Mountain Grove Occidental. Occidental. Occidental Occidental. Occidental. Occidental Occidental. Occidental.. Pride of thE: \Vest.. Pride of the 'yest Pride of the West Pride of the 'Vest California. Trilumina Trilumina Trilumina Salisbury Poplar Bluff Rolla Good Hope Good Hope Good Hope Salem...... Salem Granville Keystone Keystone Keystone Keystone Keystone Keystone Keystone Keystone Keystone Neosho Carrol1.

~~~:~~~~~;;~.~: Social. Aurora Aurora : Aurora Aurorll. Tranquilty Fenton Cosmos Cosmos Cosmos Cosmos Canopy l\lound City Ashley

;

No. 131 158 163 163 163 163 16:{ 163 163 163 179 179 179 179 1&~

205 205 20,,)

208 209 213 218 218 218 22.') 225 240

243 243

243 243 243 243 243

243 243 247

249

: ::

::: :::::::::::::.. ::::::::::: ~~~ 266 267 267

267 267 27.')

281 282 282 282 282 284 294 306

Appendi~c

1894.J Name. Geo. E. !\Iayhllll.. Van F. Boor Chas. E. Amos A. C. Robinson L. L Lippmann Robert T. Penick Harmon Cline John S. Rhea C. C. \Valton W. P. llancock C. A. Roseborough Benj. Lynds H. F. Hoppius Fred Smith B. F. Nelson Wallace Delafield Erwin Ellis Fred. Boettler Henry J. Filsinger J. F. Weeke George Gocrlich Jacob Lampert A. Kleintopf \V. J. Thorne ThoR. P. Morse R. M. Hyams E. E. Jones Peter Steinmann James H. Absolom Thomas Brown M. D. Strait John LeRoy 1\1:. Foerstel A. J. Colman D. l\I. Pinkerton A. A. Jorndt J. G. TriInble 'V. H. Thompson F. P. Graves

311 Lodge.

Ne,v London Rural. Corner路Stone Corner路Stone Corner-Stone Charity Joplin Arlington Benton Tuscan '.ruscan Tuscan Tuscan Tuscan Tuscan.. Tuscan Center Itaska Itaska Itaska : Itaska Jtaska. Jtaska Anchor Ancllor Anchor Anchor \-YestGate West Gate \Vest Gate \Vest Gate Lambskin Lambskin Platte City Oriental Dexter :Mexico Rose Hill Pendleton

NtJ. 307 316 323

323 323 331 335 346

~53

360 360 360 360

360 360 360

401 420 420 420 420

420 420 443 443 443 443 445 445

445 445 460 460

504 518 532

544 550 551

Fraternally submitted, W. P. HANCOCK, G. W. LILLY, WM. SESSINGHAUS, A. FISHER,

Committee.

312

Appendix.

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RECAPITULATION OF

GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT. Chartered Lodges 011 the Roll, October, 1893 Ceased to exist during 1893-94 Chartered October1894

Total Chartered Lodges now on the rolls, 1894 Total Lodges mllking Returns for 1894 Total Lodges not making Returns for 1894 Lodges Chartered, 1894 Total Chartered Lodges Total Lodges represented in 1894..

~IEMBERSHIP

Initiated....................................... Passed Raised Admitted Reinstated Dimitted Suspended for unmasonic conduct.. Suspended for non-pa)'ment of dues Expelled Died

. 561 .. 7 .. .

554 5 559

. 543 .. 11 ..

554 5

. .

559 207

RETURNS.

1,386 1,360 . .. . .. . .. . ..

862 49 656 30 449 2,046

Gain Members reported......... Memhers estimated Total

1,393 912 240

2,545 2,046 499 29,847 275 30,122

REMARKS.

From the foregoing recapitulation it will be seen that seven Lodges ceased to exist during the past year, and five were recently chartered. showing a loss of two Lodges from the roll, leaving 559, as against 561 in 1893. DELINQUENTS.

At the round-up for the year, as I close the Proceedings, there still remain seven non-reporting Lodges, viz.: Nos. 37, 103,315,383,495,511, 525. The aggregate membership of these Lodges, last year, was reported at 275. The membership of the reporting Lodges foots up 29,847. Add to this number 275 from non-reporting Lodges, and we have 30,122 members affiliated in the jurisdiction. I cannot compare the returns with those of last year as to numbers, owing to the fact that twenty-two Lodges had not reported when I made up my final tables. The gain of members over losses, reported this year, is 499. That the Lodges should have held their own under the conditions of the times is greatly to their credit. Fraternally submitted, JOHN D. VINCIL, Grand Secretary.

INDEX.

A Annual Meeting 3 " " Openillg 4 " Closing 90 " " " 1895 ~ 92 " Address : 4-17 Address of Grand Master Referred .to COlnm.ittee 4 " " " Report of Committee on 26 Appeals, Report of Committee, on 52-60 Accounts, Report of Committee on 79 Addresses of Grand Secretaries App. 196, 197 Appointments 11, 12 Annual Election 79, 80 Annual Communication 1895, Tilne of : 92 Aluendment to By-Laws 29-31, 66, 87, 91 Assistant Grand Lecturer's Report 76

B Board of Directors of "Honle," Report of President and Officers " 32-45 Board of Visitors-Masonic Home 90 Boards of Relief, Reports of .4 7-50 " "Report'of Committee on 77, 78 Begging Letters 11

Index.

314

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c Credentials, COl11.mittee , " " Report of Charity, Report of Committee Charters Granted, 1894 ' " Issued, 1893 " Arrested " Surrendered Chartered Lodges, Report of Committee on Consolidated Lodges Corner-Stones Craft, State of Charges versus Worshipful Masters Committees Appointed 路 COlunlittees, Standing, Chairnlen of Correspondence, Report on, Presented "

App. 301-311 62 61 18 11, 19 19 67 19 16, 19 10, '18 12, 82-84 28, 66, 90 89 77 App.I-194

Commissions issued Communications from other Grand Lodges Canton Property, Report of Committee on

11, 19 11 62

D Decisions of Grand Master 14, 15 Discipline 12 6, 7 Dispensations Special, Granted 61 " Lodges Under, Report on " Refused 6, 7 D. D. Grand Masters, Report of COlnmittee on 64 " " "List of 89 " " "Reports of.. 10; App. 253-279 Districts and District Deputy Grand Masters App.282-299 Disbursements 22 Deaths, List of. App. 230-234

Index.

.1894.J

315

Dead Lodges, List of Directors of Home, Elected District Deputy Grand :Masters Appointed Duplicate Charters Deputies, Special. " District District Lecturers

App. 246-252

86 11,89 ]3, 19 11 10, 11, 89 App. 300

E EXâ&#x201A;Źlnplification of Work Election of Grand Officers Expulsions Reported

29, 31, 65 79, 80 App. 242

Financial Report 22, 23-25, 90 " Tables App. 216-229 Foreign Correspondence, Report on, Presented 77 "

Fraternal Relations II Dead

App. 1-194

5 5

G Grand Lodge Opened " " Closed " " By-Laws " " Proceedings ordered printed " " Returns " " Representatives Appointed .1" " List of "" " Present " Master's Address " " " Report on........... .

4 90 29-31, 91 88 20, 21 12 App. 198-201 App. 309 5-17 26

316

Index.

Grand Secretary's Report " " Recapitulation " " StateIuent ; " Secretaries, List of " Treasurer, Report of . .' " Lecturer's Report " Officers Elected " " Illstalled " " Appointed Granville Lodge Investigation Grand Lodge Property at Canton

[Oct. :18-22 22; App.312 App. 202-229 App. 196, 197 23-25 70-76 79, 80 88 88 12 17

H "Home," Masonic, :Mention of, by Grand Mastor " " Report on " " Directors Chosen " " Visiting Committee " " 'risited " " Reports of Experts

6 32-47 86 90 17 .41-43

I Instruction, Lodges of. Installation Invasion of 'rerritory

6 88 7-10

J Jurisprudence, .Report of Comrnittee on Jurisdictioll

84-86 8-10

L Lodges of Instruction Under Dispensation "

6 1.8,61

1894.J

Index.

317

Lecturer, Grand, Report of 70-76 Lodges, Consolidated 19 " . Under Dispensation, Report of Committee on 61 " Chartered, Report of Committee on 67 " According to Districts App. 282-299 " New, Chartered 91 " Dead, List of App. 246-252 " Removal of 13, 20 " Indebtedness and Insurance 16 Lilly Lodge, Action on , 86

M "Masonic Home of Missouri" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " Mileage and Per Diem lVIemorial Tablets Mountain Grove Lodge

6, 22,32,47 Report of President 32 Report of Superintendent 39 Report of Secretary 35 Report of Treasurer 36 Reports of Experts .41-43 Report of Visiting Com .46 Fund 22 Visited 17 Lists of Members .43-45 : 32,63 " 93, 95 ]5

N New Lodges 18, 91 Non-Payment of Dues, Suspensions for....... â&#x20AC;˘.. App. 235-241 New Trials Ordered ; 16 Non-Reporting Lodges 21

318

index.

[Oct.

o Officers, Grand, Present Official Acts of Grand Master Oration Officers, Past Grand, in Attendance " " " i n the Past, List of " Grand, Elected " "Installed " "Appointed Our Dead Outstanding Dues

3; App. 308 6-17 51 App. 308 App. 280, 281 79, 80 4.88 88 5 22

p Past Grand Officers, List of. " " " in Attendance " :Masters, List of Present Pa}T-roll Proxies Place of lVfeeting, Session of 1895 Proposed Amendments

App. 280-281 App. 308 App. 30D-311 81 63 87 91

It Returns 20,21 Report of Grand Secretary 18-22 " "Grand Treasurer 23-25 " "Grand Lecturer 70-76 " "Assistant Grand Lecturer 76 " "President and Directors of "Masonic TIOlne" 32 " "Special Committee Rochester Lodge, No. 248 50 " "', "Canton Property 62 " "" "Hall 60

1894.J

Index.

319

26 Report of Comlnittee on Grand Master's Address "" " " Appeals and Grievances 52-'-60 "c( " " Charity 62 "" " " Chartered Lodges 67 "" " " Lodges under Dispensation 61 "" " " Ways and Means 80 "" " " Accounts 79 "" " " Jurisprudence 84-86 "" " " D. D. G. M. Reports 64 "" " " Credentials App. 301-311 "" " " Obituaries 87 Resolutions 31, 32, 51, 63, 77 Report on Correspondence 77; App.I-194 " c. Suspended Masters 82-84 Reports of D. D.' G. Masters 10; App. 253-279 Representatives"List of Grand App. 198-201 " In Attendance 301, 308 Relief, St. Joseph Board of, Report of.. , .48 " St. Louis" " , .48 " .49 " Kansas City" " .47 " Springfield " 22 ; App. 312 Recapitulation 29; App. 243-245 Reinstatements Resignations , " 11 Removals , " 13 32, 64 Redistricting the State App. 12; 198-201 Representatives, Grand, Appointed Rochester Lodge, Report of Com mittee on 50

s Special Comnlittees Appointed " Elections Permitted Secret Work : Session of 1895 State of the Craft

12 , 20 29, 31, 65 87 10. 18

320

Index.

Standing and Special Comn1ittees Secretaries, Grand, List of Suspensions for Non-payment of Dues Suspensions for Unlnasonic Conduct Suspension of Worshipful Master State Lodges of Instruction Supplemental Financial Report

[Oct. 28 App. 196, 197

App. 235-241 App. 242 5, 12 6 90

T Thanks, Votes of. Tabular Statements Toltec Lodge, No. 520

51, 87 App. 202-229 13, 19

v Visiting Committee-Masonic Home

' 90

w Work Exemplified vVays and Means, Report of Committee on Williamson Lodge, Complaint vVeak Lodges Worshipful Master Suspended

29, 31,65 80 7 11 12

Proceedings delayed by failure to receive several reports in time.

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... The Grand Lodge will convene in .Jefferson City, Oct. 15, 1895.