Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-22
TWO ORDERS.


] ...t- : $50 :. ,has tho present enCemnment
nsae 20 ehort TO try TO bring about A
settement OF that question. The tlenntv
sIanu master reports the following upon
r .ne question OF the revision Of the ritual.
lne grand master says: "a copy Of the
aepor, OF the committee on ritual has been
FURNISHED me. While IL would be manI-
les.y Improper to indulge in any detailed
criticism IN this place, am free to state
my surprise that Il should be, in some
respects, altered at all. A mere change
VI WORDS, without any change OF intent.
IN the meaning Of the phrases, do
not consider OF sufficient Importance "a
arrest the adoption Of the standard form
ana the removal of this question from
tne deoatei and trust you will devote
your tlme only to such matters in regard
70 which thelowest differences OF opinion
may exist. The grand master recon-.
mends that matters state and local be
leit TO the Grand Communicates
ana not to the Grand encampment. This
IN point of conflict hetwaen
members Of the latter body, and. II
they shall decide 1t, the grand master
predicts that Its present session will be
one oil the most important in the history
OF American templarism.
The report Of Grand Recorder paryler
was then read. The grand treasurer.
John w. Simons, submitted reports for
the years from 1883 TO 1886. The re.
ceipts were s20,S6li disbursements,
resolution was adopted permitting
knights to attend meetings Of the en-
campment, even though not In full uni
form as requires by the rules. II was
decided after to-day to hold two sessions
daily, from 10 a. m. to p. M, and from
3 to pm.
Alter announcing the membership OF
the several committees and referring the
reports OF the district commanders to a
committee on the doings Of grand officers,
the encampmeut adjourned until 10
O'Clock tomorrow.
Considerable annoyance was caused by
the noise OF the machinery in the Exposlt-
ion, and 1t was decided to get new hall
for the future meetings unless the ma
chinery could be stopped.
During the session. in conjunction with
the meeting Of the Grand encampment,
will be that Of the order OF Eastern Star.
The local chapters have made great
preparations for the entertainment of the
Grand chapter which meets to .morrow
night. The mobiles Of Moolah Temple, and
the nobility Of the Mystic Shrine
OF Sc. Louis will, 10 coniunc-
ton with Medinah Temple of Chicago,
celebrate the last feast of the old year,
the day OF Arafat at Mecca. The celebra-
ton will be on magnificent scale, the
military exercises being conducted under
the auspices of Medinah Temple, assisted
by the imperial grand potentate, Sam
Briggs OF Cleveland, and other members
of the imperial council. There are a
large number of candidates for admission,
the order having only recently been In.
troduced in st. Louis.
About O'Clock the skies began 70
clear and the visiting Templars who had
been Imprisoned in their quarters by the
elements emerged and spread themselves
over the central portions OF the city. The
excursions on the river were quite liber-
orally patronized, and many fraternal
calls were exchanged between com
manderies, and by nightfall the skies
were perfectly clear and the weather
had acquired all those desirable
qualities which were so conspicuously
absent in the morning The temperature
was not uncomfortably low, and the
drenching which the payements had re-
ceived In the morning rendered them per-
feet for marching, which began even be-
fore the fall of darkness.
There was no set programme for the
night, but all the communicates kept
open house, and the marching 20 and
fro OF bands and communicates was inces.
SAINT.
Late this afternoon 1t was determined
to give grand parade Thursday morn
pNo ,rtf,,a I ~
the general order prescribed for the pa
rade to-day.
The meeting called to consider the |
question OF abandoning the Grand en-
was postponed until Thursday !
The committees OF the Grand encampment |
are holding meetings tonight, but none |
Of the proceedings have been given out.
To morrow will be the principal day OF
the conclave. The programme calls for
grand display drill at the fair grounds,
and a concert by visiting bands under the
direction OF p. s. Gilmore. 1t Is ex-
pected that 20c instruments will be heard |
IN concert. The proceeds OF the /
If the building OF she proposed Ma
m immense number OF tickets have been
sOlu. DtNcH CoinuihuucIlcb VIII phIllCl- /
pate In the drill. Demolay, No. IL, Lou
svllle; Detroit, No. Jackson, No. 8,
Jackson, Mich; Louisville, No. l Roper,
No. l, Indianapolis; st. Bernard, No. 80,
yhicago and Zion, No. 2, Minneapolis.
The drill begins at 2 O'Clock. The entire
lay will be put IN at the fair ground and
he evening will be given up to an lllumi-
nation Of the streets and to receptions at
The different headquarters.
OFFICERS ELECTED ny GRAND LODGE
10 OF.
BosToS, MASS, Sept. 2l.--The follow
Ing officers for the ensuing year were
elected to-day by the sovereign grand
lodge of Odd Fellows, now in session 10
This city. Grand Sire, John II. white,
New York; deputy grand sire, j. @.
Underwood, Kentucky; grand secretary,
e. A. Ross, New Jerseys grand treas
irer, A. S. Sheppard, Pennsylvania,
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