Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-07
KNIGHTS FROM NEBRASKA.
The Grand Commandery to BE Repre-
sented In the Parade.

The Grand commandery of Nebraska, with its
Communicates and knights, reached Washing
ton on Saturday and has its rendezvous at No
1909 9Th street northwest, just four blocks from
the Masonic temple. Rooms in that neighbor-
hood have been secured for many of those who
are coming and the best track room in the New
Jersey avenue yards of the Pennsylvania lines
have been secured for the sleeping cars of those
who desire to occupy the same.
Nebraska has one distinctive feature charac-
teristic Of the ancient Templars; that is its
heraldic arms. These arms are a gold shield
bearing blood-red cross with the letters lux,
lex. dux and rex, the being common to all
four words. These arms are borne by no
knights Templar other than those of Nebraska,
and are to be found on the standard of the
Grand commandery, on their proceedings,
letter heads. badges, cards and bontonnieres.
and will be displayed in front Of their head
quarters on 9Th street. In short. a red cross on
a gold shield with letters as stated means a
Nebraska knight Templar.
The Grand eommandery Of Nebraska was
organized in 1871 and now has twenty-five
subordinate Communicates and some 1000
members. Its present officers follows:
X. E Sir Henry Gibbons, grand commander,
Kearney;V. Z. Sir Lewis NJ Keene, deputy
grand commander, Fremont; E. Sirs Louis H.
@. Salisbury, grand captain general, Beatrice;
Porter c. Johnson. grand prelate, Osceola;
John ID. Moore, grand senior warden, Grand
Islandi Chas. NJ Carter, grand junior warden,
Lincoln; Jas. s. France, grand treasurer,
Omaha; Vim. r. Bowen, grand recorder,
Omaha; Jas. A. Tulleys, grand standard bearer,
Red Cloud; Luther W. Osborn, grand sword
bearer, Blair; Ihos. c. Shelly, grand warder,
South Omaha; Edwin G. Webster, grand cap
tain Of the guard. Hastings.
Mt. Zion of Nebraska.
Mount Zion commandery, No. 5, KIT, of
Plattsmouth, Neb., was organized March 4,
1874, with the following-named sir knights as
officers: Daniel Fl. Wheeler, eminent COM
mander; Robert Ramsay Livingston, generals
simo; Ebert T. Duke, captain general; John
W. Marshall. prelate; Robert Balance, senior
warden; Francis E White, junior warden; Her
man Newman, treasurer; j. Newton Wise, re-
corder; John Austey, standard bearer; Martin
Il. Cutler. sword bearer; AlonZo Cunningham,
vsrder; John W. shannon. first guard; Jacob
Vallery, second guard; VIM. b. Porter, third
guard
The present officers Of the commandery are:
Eminent Sir Francis Z. White, eminent COM
malder; Sir Samuel II. Chapman, generalissimo;
Sir Samuel H. Atwood, captain general; Rev.
SIR Herman Il Burgess, prelate; Sir ]. Findlay
johnson. senior warden; Sir Justus G. Richey,
junior warden; Sir Alfred W. White, treasurer;
Sir William Hayes recorder. This command
cry has 10 banner.
Sir David II. Wheeler Of the commandery
has filed the Office OF grand commander OF the
grand jurisdiction with great honor to himself
and the good OF Masonry in the Jurisdiction.
Sir Francis Z White, the present eminent COM
mander, has also filed the Office of eminent
grand commander of the jurisdiction, and is
good authority on all questions of Masonry and
Templarism- Sir Robert Ramsay Livingston.
MD, who died September %, 1888, had been
high priest OF Nebo chapter, No. g. Il. A. NJ,
also grand high priest eminent commander of
Mount Zion commandery, and at his death was
past eminent grand commander