The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-07-17
Such Will Be The New Opera
House and the Masonic
Hall.
The Imposing Ceremonies In
cident to the Laying of the
Corner Stone,
Witnessed hV Hundreds Of PeO-
pie at the Corner Of Second
and Lamine Streets.

stone of the new op.ra house, the uppel
floor of which is to be used by the craft fol-
hall.
In accordance with previou.
arrangements the grand lodge o
the state convened at Smiths Hall at :
o'clock, a number of representative masOn
being present.
Shortly after o'clock St. Omer Com
mandery No ii, formed at masonic hall
and under the command of Sir Knight B
G. Wilkerson, and headed by the Sedali,
Silver Cornet band, marched to Smith
Hall where the grand lodge Of the state wa
in session. After the grand lodge had con
cluded the business before it, procession wal
formed, the Knights Templar acting as es
cort. The procession, under the marshal
ship of p. G. NJ. X. E Anderson was formed
in the following order:
Sedalia Silver COrnet band.
Members of the grand lodge and residen,
Masons.
Platoon of police.
Knights Tenplar.
Royal Arch Mssons.
The lire of march was east on Main
street to Ohio street, south on Ohio street
to Third street, east on Third street to La.
mine street, north on Lamine street to the
grounds
Rev. DR.. C. c. Woods, of Kansas City,
grand master of the state. conducted the
er emonies, assisted by the following
grand officers:
S. II. Saunders, of Otterville, deputy
grand master.
r F. Stevenson, of Kansas City, grand
senior warden.
N.M.Given,of Jacksonville. grand junior
warden; NJ. L. Jacobs, of Sedalia, grand
treasurer; G L. Faulhaber, of Sedalia,
grand secretary; B. II. Ingram, of Sedalia.
grand senior deacon; p. II. Sangree, of Sc
dalia, grand junior deacon, z E. Ander-
son, of Hannibal. grand marshal; Rev.
J. N. CLANCY, of Pleasant Hill, grand
chaplain; A. p Morey, of Sedalia, grand
lighter; John Stryker, of SedaIia, grand
architect; George A. Gold, of Sedalia,
senior steward; Henry Lamm, of Sedalia,
Junior steward; Isaac Wright, of Sedalia,
grand tyler, and Rev. DIR. II. @. Jackson.
of Sedalia, grand orator.
Upon the arrival at the grounds. the
grand lodge was called to order by the
grand master, who announced that the
grand lodge was in session. After music
by the band and prayer by the grand chap
lain, the grand treasurer deposited beneath
the corner store, the following articles: A
splendid specimen of the traditional good
luck" horse shoe, made by Mr.. G. Aldsy;
natural history of Pettis county, by F. A.
Sampson; notes on shells, by F. A. Samp
son; all of the Sedalia papers of the latest
dates; Bylaws of the Masonic Benefit So
ciety; Bylaws of the Masonic lodges;
q copy of the New York Mercury:
procee dings of the grand lodge
for 1882; proceedings of the
grand chapter for 1882, coins, silver and
copper, of 1888; constitution and by laws
of Queen City lodge No. 25S, I. o. o. B,
and bound copy of the city ordinances.
The grand nc aster then announced that
under the direction of the grand architect.
the corner stone would be placed in posi-
ton. After the massive stone had been
properly adjusted in its niche in the wall
of the handsome building, tie deputy
grand master squared it, the senior grand
warden applied the level, and the junior
grand warden pronounced the stone plumb
After this ceremony had been
concluded, wheat was poured on the
stone as an emblem of of plenty; wine as
an emblem Of Joy and gIadness, and oil as
an emblem of peace.
Grand Master Woods then inspected the
work and pronounced it we'll done. The
grand lodge then went through The cere- |
mony of "grand honors," at the conclusion |
of which the grand master pronounced a
very appropriate congratulatory address.
The orator of the day, Rev. II. G. Jack
son, D. D., was next introduced. The sun
was shedding its most genial beams. the |
grand officers of the lodge, the reporters
and the masons, who were gathered
on the platform where DR.. jackson in re-
spouse to the announcement of the grand |
master and in his usually happy manner
addressed his brother masons. He said that |
occasionally it was in the power of q man |
to exercise wisdom and prudence, and that |
it was his happy privilege to exercise those
functions on this occasion. He would there |
fore refrain from making any extended |
speech and OBTAINING the people in that |
heated atmosphere. DR.. Jackson, notwith-
standing his declaration that he would not |
make q speech could not forbear congrat
ulating his brother masons 10 the progress /
made by their noble order, and paid, in his
usual chaste and appropriate language, a
high tribute to the public spirited gentle
man who made this occasion pos -ible
Rev. DR.. c. c. Woods, of z ansas City,
grand master of the state, closed the exer-
cises by q brief address in his happiest
vein. He said that the fact that his name
had been inscribed on the corner stone in
his capacity of grand master of the state,
would ever attach him to Sedalia, for which
he predicted . brilliant future. He
felt as though he would always like
to remain in this beautiful city.
were it not that the great metropolis of the
west, Kansas City, had for some time been
his adopted home.
After a few congratulatory remarks to
the fraternity on the progress made by the
order in Sedalia, the grand master declared
the ceremonies at IN end, and the pro-
cession was reformed and marched to
Smiths Hall, where the grand lodge was
adjourned for the session.