The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-10-18
sabbath school Convention.
MASONIC.
Fall Report Of she Meeting Of the
Grand Lodge OS the r. and A. A. u.

| N.
/ After three days session. the Most Wor-
shipful King Soiomons Grand Lodge OF \.
A. Y. VI. in and for the State Of X nsis, and
Jurisdictions thereuuto belonging, Closed its
tenth annual communication, al ample form,
with a grand demonstration and iustailions
of the grand officers in DuDning's Hall,
Wyandot;e, ka--sas Octobsr ll.h. On Thurs
day morning, the llih inst, excursion traIus
arrived AT Wyandotte, at lo o'clock, from At
Gibson, Leavenworth, Topeka, Lawrence,
Fort Scott and oiathe, bringing members OF
the craft and their friends, who were
anxious TO see the grand display, and by
| II O'CLOCK every street ana alley ia Wyau-
doite, was thronsed with people. AT 4o'-
clock grand rrUces,.on was formed, under
| the direction OF the Grand Marshal, reaching
| ncaI.y a quIrter %; a m.Ie IN length. Menu
bcis of over forty lodges were present, repre-
scniing every lodge i'll the grand jurisdiction.
| The procession headed 10y the Wyan-
doite brass bald, which GiscOurs, excellent
music, though the principal streets. After
! The procession had made the tour of ne prin-
| opal streets, ii returned To Dunning's Hall.
In the procession, AT The proper stations, were
| the distinguished Officers ia Carriages. Dr. /
Geo. " LeVe,e, OF Tennessee, Most Worship
ful Nat.Una. GranI Master. OF North AIucri-
ca; II. ", WIn. ID. Mathews, GgaI.d
Master OF MaSuns for the State of
Kansas +. c. Mence-, Il. ". Grand Treasurer.
L.muel King, Z. ". ID. ID. q. NJ; Il. w. John
A Townsend, OF Georgetown, Col, Grand T!
Secretary on Foreign Correspondence. After
the procession hal disbInds d al the hal! an
escort ofiwo lodges, st Johns Lodge, No.
ami Far West Lodge, No. ), then proceeded /
TO Masonic Hail. where ,he ladies belonging |
10 Davis Court, No. !, Leavenworth ST. /
Martha's Court, No >, Wyandotte Wm. L. |
Hra.ad's Court, No ;, Lawrence; st. aary's /
Court, No. 4, of Cheyenne Wyoming and I
Queen Eiizabeth's Court, No. ), Atchisou
were escorted to the hall, where orationS were 1
delivered TO them by NJ. W. Geo. W. Leve.c, |
and NJ. W VIM. ID. Matthews, upon the 1
origin Of adopted Masonry. At9 O'Clock the !
hail was densely packed with listeners b 9TH I
white and coIor,d, and the audience was called |
TO order by the Grand Marshal, after which |
NJ. w. Vim. ID. Matthews introduced Dr. Geo. |
W. Levere, National Grand Master TO the fra /
ternity with a few appropriate remarks, well |
coming him as the National Grand Master of |
North America to the Grand Eas. of the juris- |
diction OF King Solomoc's Grand Lodge. DIR. I
Levere made one OF the grandesI Masonic ora /
tions ever listen to in the West, " hich our |
want of space fOrbids us TO reproduce. Il. w. |
John A. Townsend, of Colorado, then stepped /
forward and presented TO Grand Mast r Mat |
thews variety of beautiful specimens of gold !
and silver quartz and mountain diamonds, |
enclosed in an elegant glass caskei, sent by |
Perseverance Lodge No. a., Georgetown, Col, !
and said:" Mo-tWorshipful W. ID. NJ ,tthews, 4
take great pleasure in presenting 10 you these |
specimens sent you by Perseverance Lodge (
No. i7, OF Georgetown, Colorado, as a token OF /
the high esteem and fraternity regard they |
cherish for you, for your many years OF hard |
labor in building up the institution Of Free
Masonry among colored men in the Western I
country, trusting that you may be successful
In the future Us you have been in the past, |
for which we ple0ye you our hearty support. I
WIN. d. Matthews. Grand Master, receive \
1t with fra,ernal thanks, saying thai the pre-
sentation was squiteunexpected TO him, and
therefore he had not fitting words to express |
his thanks, but would assure them In the |
name of the great architect Of tine universe
that it should be his principle aim 10 spread
the cement of brotherly love an ELECTION ,
among the craft throughout the hationaI
Jurisdiction The officers elected for the en-
suing year are as follows:
Vim. D. Matthews, OF Leavenworth. N. W |
G. NJ; J. c. Carter, of Leavenworth, r. W.D. 4
G. NJ: stephen White. of wyandoste, r. W.
s. q. W.; John F. Ready. Of Ottawa, X. W. J.
q. W.: +. G. Mencer, of Wyandotte, II. W. q. !
Treas.; Geor-e w. Gardiner. of Leavenworth,
r. w. G. sec'y; W. Smith, of wyandotte, l. |
W. e. T.; George Foster, Of Paola, r. w. s. q,
D.; Henry Douglass; of wyando,te, r. w. ].
G. D.; Win. B. Payton, of Omaha, Nebraska |
r. w. S. G. s.; Dennis Burnes, of Lawrence,
r. W. J-G-S.; J. W. Scott, OF Kansas City, |
Mo-, Grand Lecturer; John Bowlin, of Par
sons, L. W. G. p: p. Barker, of Lawrence, Il. |
W. q. 8. B; D. Jennings, of Atchison, L. W.
Il. NJ; R-vs- Dennis Jones, Of Leaven worth, |
G. Montgomery, of Lincoln, Neb., 7. Whit |
lock, of Humboldt, Jas. T. u. Burrs, Of wes.
ton, Chaplains.
The following were appointed as r. w.D.
ID. q. Masters:
W. II. Gamble, Il. W. d. d. G. NJ for Ne
braska George W. Prince, II. W. d. d. G. n. |
for the Rocky Mountains; Van. L. Cox, r. |
W d. d. G. N. Cheyenne, Wyoming H. Nc |
Million, X W. d. ID. G. NJ. for District Of Jop-
lin, Missouri; E J. Hayes, II. W. D. d. @. NJ. |
for southwest Colorado headquarters at Del |
Noyte; Thomas L. Adams, R. W. d. d. G. N. |
FOR western Kansas John Carter, r. W. d. |
u. &. NJ. for central district of Kansas; Sam
ne! King, R. W. d. D. q. N. for eastern dis
trict of Kansas E.. Young, X. w. d. d. G. I
n. for northern distric; of Kansas.
The following aie Grand Cor, Secretaries On |
foreign relations: Juo. A Townsenl, George
town, Col; Il. W. Van K Cox Cheyenne, ".
T:R W. $. W. Scott. Kansas City, No.; Il. w. 1
Col. Jno. Richie, Topeka, kan.; X W. L /. 1
Braacy, Lawrence, kan-,