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18th street northwest.
st. Elmo commandery,
No. IA, K. T., is an Or
ganization of sir
knights which is To-
Gated in the city Of
Lambertville, n. j.,
and is composed of
about fifty-seven mem
bers. 1t Is still compar-
atlvely small, owing TO
its extreme youth, it.
being organized August,
16, 1873, and Instituted:
IN October, 1873. Since
the Introduction OF the
commandery the fol-
lowing sir knights have
held the office Of emf
nent commander: Isaac
s. Roberts. Richard B.
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afternoon, about 200
strong. They wear the
regulation uniform of
black and carry a beau
tiful banner OF silk 90
by 81 inches. The top
half is black, the foot
one half white, bearing
on one side the name Of
the Grand commandery
and the date, June Is,
1876. when the organi-
cation was begun, and
also the date, July 10.
1880. Below this legend
is the depletion OF q
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mandery was organized
In 1880 and has partici-
pated in the triennials
at San Francisco In
1883 and st. Louis in
1886. the Yorktown Gel
ebration, the bicenten-
NAL in 1889. and the
Garfield monument fair
In Washington.
The present officers
of the command are as
follows: Lewis Rainear,
Peminent commander;
fCharles A. Atkins, gen.
Ieralissimo; VIM. H.
EBeegle, captain gener-
>al; Thomas II. r. Red
way. prelate; Nelson E.
Buchanan. treasurer:
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The following knights held the post Of grand
master under the old organization: 1626-27,
john Harris; 1928, Joseph W. White. $4,000,
Timothy kenrick; 1s31-32-33, Andrew Pierce;
Spith.
The olise Of grand commander has been
flled by the foll6yipg 1Se0-61. Daniel Balch;
lse2-e3, Albsr. p hatch; 1884, John 8. Kidder;
Is65-66-67. Cherries a. Tufts; ls6s-s9. Henry 0.
terson; 1872, Abel Kutchins; 1854 Joseph
W. Fellows; 1875 Scion A. Carter; 1876, John
4. Holbrook; 1877, Chsuncy H. Greene; 1878.
Albert s. Wait; 1879, Joseph W. Hildreth;
Hunt; 1882, Milton A. Taylor; 1888, Andrew
Bunton; 1884, John Francis Webster; 1885,
Don H. Woodward; 1886, Charles N. Towle;
1887, John J. Bell; 1888, Edward R. Kent; 1889,
Charles c. Danforth.
Edward Rich'd Kent, right eminent past grand
commander of the order of Masonic Knight
hood in the Jurisdiction of New Hampshire re-
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Damascus Commandery, No. 3.

EW Ahh, n. D., VIII Dc
represented tomorrow
by Damascus command
cry No. s. Z. T. This
commandery was organ
tied In 1866, and has
since participated in all
the t1iennial conclaves,
excepting 1888 and 1886,
and In all TemPlar re-
unions and pilgrimages
In the state Of New Jer-
sey and many Of those
In adjacent jurisdictions.
The commandery has
been represented In the
Grand cOmmandery as
follows: Isaac A Mich.
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the same year. Tie
petition for dispersal
ton was signedby nine
teen sir knights, all
m e m b er.s Of Clinton
commandry. No. IA, Of
Brooklyn. and was pres
'ented to the grand COM
manderand strenuously
urged by Sir knight q.
r. b. Krogssasrd. It
was a source OF pride TO
Sthis conmandsry that
ssuccess crowned his ef-
zorts, for at the same
time a number of other
promi nent Brooklyn
Knights Templsr were
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Ii has taken part In
nearly all OF the impor-
tant events OF the Grand
commandery OF the state
OF New York. including
the Grand conclave held
in Baltimore in 1871. At
the state Grand conclavs
held In Buffalo. y. \ an
1915. IL took part In the
competitive drill. 1t
also took part in the
grand parade az the
Grand encampment held
al Chicago. and since
that time has attended
all the state conclaves.
except that at Albany,
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mander, was made q

0h ooAs WINFIELD. Ofthe Grand cOmmandery
In 1883 and sword bearer the next year. From
sword bearer he arose to standard bearer In
1885. and was elected senior warden in 1886,
captain general in 1887 and generalissimo in
1885, He was made grand commander the
early part of this year. He is a thirty-second
degree Mason and has always taken q very &C
tive interest in Masonry.
Corson Commandery. No. 16.
Among the first Communicates to arrive this
morning was COrson commandery, No. 16, of
Asbury park, NJ, sixty strong The COM
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Rev. J. E. Forester g terms) Charles II. In
gals @ terms), Orlando Greacen @ terms). w.
w. Hullnsh q terms). Charles Slice. Thomas Cod
son, Robert Dingwell g terins), John E. Rowe
e terms).
Damascus commandery will be quartered at
the Richmond,
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tana, was born in La Grange, Cattaraugus
county, n. Y, January 8, 1s49 With his par
ents he emigrated at an early age to Lafayette,
Ind, and thence to ST. Paul, MINI. When only
fourteen years old he enlisted in company A,
second Minnesota cavalry, and served nearly
three years, participating in many Indian skir-
mishes and battles on the great plains Of the
northwest In the summer of 1866 he emil
grated to Montana, where in the fall Of that
year he, with two brothers, established the
Helena Herald, with which paper he has been
continuously connected as part owner and bust
ness manager for twenty-three years. Soon
after reaching his majority he took the degrees
of Masonry and for many years was q most
active Mason, serving three years ~ master,
two years as high priest and three years as
eminent commander. Upon the establishment
of the Grand commandery Of Montana, in
I8SS he WAS elected grand commander
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Harrer warder: Charles ?. Geever, William r.
Brown and Frank X. Baxter, guards; ID. j.
Evans. seRtnel.
They bring to Warrington between ffty and
one hundred sir knights. The headquarters Of
this commandery when In Warrington viii be
in their Pullman sleeping cars at the Baltimore
and Ohio depot, as they could not secure desir-
able hotel accommodations for the full con-
mandery. Many knights viii be accompanied by
their wives
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THE GRANITE STATE.
Waving Plumes to be MarshalIed Under
New Hampshire's Banner.

The New Hampshire headquarters are at the
National hotel, the knights being quartered at
the MetropOltan They arrived yesterdav
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sides In Lancaster, the
town of his nativity, in
the midst Of the famous
White Mountain region.
Born February /, lS40,
and educated in the
public schools OF Lam
caster. He engaged in
the mercantile business
on reaching his major
ity and now successfully
conducts one of the
largest and best-known
houses in the state,
founded by his father,
Richard P. Kent, in 1926.
Grand Cnmmandar
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THE EMPIRE STATE.

New York Represented by Several Spleen
did Communicates,
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THE GRAND MASTERS ESCORT.
Sir knights from New York who al
Assigned to q Post OF Great Honor.

COMPANY sir Knights
from New York who ar
rived here this afternoon
will have especial proml-
q ence in the parade TO
morrow, as they win act
as the special escort Of the
grand master Of TeInplars.
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HENRY HASBROCCK. many OF whom have filled
important official positions Hon. John II.
Ketcham NC. and former commissioner of the
District of Columbia and Hon. Homer A. Nelson,
prominent lawyer and former secretary of state
Of New York, are members. The commandery
has acted as escort to the Grand lodge of New
York state Cd a number of public occasions, has
made various pilgrimages to the annual con-
claves of the Grand commandery of the state.
and took part in the Templars' parade at the
New York centennial anniversary of the COM
monwealth of Pennsylvania, October. 1852.
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MONTANA KNIGHTS.
Templars Who Have Come a Long Way
Tor the Conclave.

RAND and two subor-
d mate communicates
from NJ o ntana have
come all the way from
the far west to attend
the conclave.
Andrew ]. Fisk, grand
commander of Mon.
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The past commanders OF st. Omer are Sins
Thomas c. Edwards. Gabriel L. Smith. William
Lee. Benoni p. Beardsey, Charles f. Gillett,
Squire Newton. Jesse l.. Cooley. John ID. VIE
Jams, 1. 5. UpDcGrah Frank +. Cleveland,
Sutherland Dewitt. John s. Bartlett. Edmund q.
Beers, Hiram b. Berry, Samuel D. wadhams
Charles ). Dawson. 4. l.. Human. A. b. Morey,
John B. Stanchfeld, John 7. Hill and James
Bacon.
Its present officers are: Sirs Cornelius n.
Chase, commander; Chas. l.. Hart. generals
simo; Benz. Andrews. captain general Frank +.
Cleveland, prelate; +. NJ. Blossom. treasurer;
Granville ID. Parsons. recorder; Thurber A.
Brown. senior warden; John NJ. Hinkle Junior
warden; W. T. Squires. standard bearer; Hiram
b. Rhymer. sword bearer; Eugene LANG
warder; r. b. VanGorder. captain Of guard: 4.
D. Caldwell, first guard; Jas. N. Hofrett, second
guard; W. L. Hylen, third guard; John ID. Will
Jams. armorer.
This cOmmandery has a membership OF 304.
Its uniform is the full knights Tempar dress
and it will reach this city this evening about s
o'clock. Its headquarters will be at the Ire
mont house.
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Greenwood of BROOKLYN.

Greenwood commsndery, No. So. came into
existence in the month Of June. 1877, through
dispensation granted by Right Eminent Sir
Robert Black, grand commander of New York.
and confirmed by charter issued by the Grand
commandery at their annual conclave later in
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De Witt Clinton Commandery.

the leading commandery of Brooklyn. was first
organized under warrant granted February 6.
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Utica commandery, No. 8, located at Utica,
N. Y, was organized In 1929 and its charter
bears date February 8, 1923. The following sir
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st. Elmo of Lambertyille. N. j.

Prominent among the young Communicates Of
New Jersey is st. Elmo commandery, which
arrived in the city today and is quartered at 52s
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81. omer's commandery. No. H. OF Elmira,
n. Y, has been a live organization nom the
time il was first instituted, which was in 1854.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-24

a negro elected to the Knoxville Board OF
Education. was refused recognition by
the four white members, and thereupon
brought suit to establish his rights under
the law. In its decision the Court, Chan
cellor Gibson, said: Our laws are now
blind to the color of mans skin. In
Tennessee a man must show other titles
to prominence than that which results
from a comparison Of cuticles. The
higher law upon which the defendants
rely in their answer may be appealed to
on the hustings. but the courts are bound
10y the law of the land, which is the high
est law" In accordanee with the decis-
ion the court issued its dec;ee perpetu-
ally enjoining the defendants from inter-
fering with Lawrence. The decision puts
the whole case as between the races In a
nutshell. There is no way of reversing
the decision except by brute force.
Wherever in the South this view OF the
obligations of the law does not prevail
ii is only because the mob has usurped
the functions OF justice. -Chicago Trid-
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imagine the cool Alpine zephyr that is
waited up the dorsal vertebrg with suffl
cient force TO blow the hair straight up on
end.
The beast l was compelled to ride had
one ear cut off near the head and looked
top-heavy in the extreme. As II mules ears
make up "A goOdly portion of il. as seen in
elevation from the saddle on its back. | was
always frightened when he approached u
cliff on the unabridged side, and Instructive
~ leaned in TO counter poise the heavy
weight that | thought might drag Us over
the precipice. He was Familiarity known
by the party as old Steamboat, odd
Lumber yard" and other names indicating
his characteristics: but he was large and so
was ]. and he fell TO my lot. When ! first
saw his abbreviated auricular appendage,
as n member of the society for the preven-
ton of cruelty TO mules felt incensed when
] heard that il had been lost by the cut OF "a
whip in the hands of previous driver; but
before we had been acquainted II week |
had transferred all my sympathy from the
mule to the man. whoever he may have
been. On the level ground he was slower
than the cook. who took fifteen minutes to
wash spoon, but on a perlous path OF "A
half "A foot in width on a dizzy precipice
the way he could box the compass with the
lone ear so as to catch some faint sound M
which he could get frightened at this in
opportune time made me wish | could cut
oil the other ear at the third cervical ver-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-24

Every housekeeper knows what it is
to have the feather renovator come
around to get the feather beds and
pillows, put them through a steaming
process and return them in new tick
ing, clean and good as new.
There is an old colored man in An
napolis who concluded to have his bed
renovated, but having heard that reno
vators were not honest he concluded to
weigh his bed before turning it over.
On its return he weighed it, and found
it several pounds short, and said to the
man Look yere, boss, dis we're amt
my bed; desc amt my fedders."
The man said: Amt, Ell All
right; but is this yours ?" and he pull
ed from his pocket roll of green
backs containing $4,000 which he had
found in the bed.
The sight paralyzed the old colored
man, and he was then willing to admit
the ownership of the renovated bed.
The man who cleaned it and found the
a, 900 is hesitating now whether he
will give up the money or not. The
colored man will have TO prove owner
ship, which he can hardly jo. -Balli-
more american.
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so little. writes Lieut.. Frede lex Schwatk a.
in the Chicago Inter Ocedn. There were
twelve beasts altogether, and as motley "A
crowd OF mules AS were ever gotten to-
gether since the days of Sancho Panza ard
Don QuiXote.
The Mexican mule is n sort of cross be-
tween mountain goat and flying squirrel,
with the distinct difference that its surplus
electricity flows of from the negative pole
instead OF the positive. as with the goat, IL
is in its meanderings on the mountain trails
that IL shines resplendent. but with IA luster
wholly its own that can no more be- COM
pared with any other than can the flash Of
n diamond he compared with the fire OF the
opal. would like 10 place il alongside of
the American mule for comparison in the
deadly double column" of the newspaper.
but the Mexican beast would kick out the
intervening rule and "pi" the type before
enough was up TO form an opinion.
On the mountain trail this distinct spe-
cies OF mule was never known TO fall, al
though he has an eXasperating and blood
curdling way Of stumbling along over it
that would raise the hair on end of
"A bald headed man. Many n time have
watched the mule l was compelled to ride.
with view OF discovering his methods OF
trying to scare me TO de ath as payment for
past injuries. Oftentimes the trail would
lead past dizzy heights or cliffs, whore one
could look sheer down far enough to be
dead before he r ached the bottom should
he fall, and every few feet along the trail of
u foot 10 a foot and n half in width it
would have tumbled in foot or so and
again taken up the original inclination OF
the mountain, or about that OF the leaning
tower of Pisa. Here the mule would al
ways be sure to stick one foot out and
stumble n little bit. but always regain its
equilibrium at the next step. having clearly
done it Intentionally. and for no other pur-
pose than pure GU sedness One can
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,sbrn. ~Old Steamb boat" had by far too
many interesting traits of character not to
refer TO him i'm the future.
Carichics Hotel. like my mules let ear,
did not exist. but tho cura OF the little VIII
lage most kindly placed his rooms at our
disposal for the time we we're there. The
first hour and a half takes us over "A high
mountain TO beautiful Alpine stream
called the Bacochic. the views from the
banks of which were picturesque in the ex-
treme. A half TO three quarters of an hour
in travel brings us to "A very similar valley.
that OF the Pasigochic. which we assembled
some six or seven miles. toward the west.
We were now we'll into the Sierra Madre
range. and although the scenery was so far
about the equal OF the Aleghenies or
Catskills. there was not much level ground
Tor cultivation. and this was eagerly seized
by the working Indians. not only to raise
crops for their own use, but TO have some
TO sell: for from six TO seven days travel TO
the southwest was the richest silver dis
trict in the world. where all kinds of prod
uce brought prices that would enrich a
Western farmer in one seuson-nour Az
cents pound. and other things in due pro-
portion.
After leaving the pretty and picturesque
Pasigochic. when is done almost as soon
as the midday camp s left. "A high hill il
assembled. On the high hills were seen the
beautiful madrongy tree. or strawberry
tree. with blood-red bark aud bright green
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foliage covered with blossoms. n peculiar
picture. that would hardly bs believed II ac-
curately painted and put on exhibition.
They were everywhere; from the merest
bush In size TO trees twenty feet In height
Their form Is not unlike that OF spreading
apple tree with strongly contorted and
twisted branches. Then there were plenty
of oaks OF different kinds. the eneinc
robles. or everlasting oak. the white oak. and
the little black variety. There were dozen
kinds knew nothing OF in my limited vocab-
ul iry OF forest trees. The pines were bssut1'
nl. and in many places forty TO nfty mer
charitable trees TO the acre. straight as
arrow. and without limb for from sixty y
seventy feet from the ground. In one or tws
clusters noticed groups OF pinos like those
that an old lumberman once pointed out 10
me i'm the forests OF Oregon as good mnst
timber; that is. small trees quite high with
but little variation In their diameter rom
butt 20 a number OF feet above the ground;
distance equal 10 the height or length OF
"A fair-sized mast or spar lremember see-
ing years ago in the Coast Range Noun
talns OF Oregon near the head OF the North
Yamhill River clusters OF Douglas mrs that
were not over seven 10 eight or ten inches
at the butt. and that did not decrease over
an inch or two in sixty 10 seventy feet. and
pot n limb to be seen this whole distance.
Ny guide then told me that IL these trees
were cut down and stripped OF bark Tor this
distance and person stood at their center
he would be unable to tell which was the
butt. so slight was the decrease in diameter
from tn at end TO the other.
This he pronounced the finest spar timber
In the world and which has made Oregon
and Washington Territory famous in that
line. / have. however. seen the same dupli-
Gated a dozen times on the timbered slopes
of the Sierra Madre rance. and am not yet
half way over the great Cordillera. or TO
where the coniferous trees of its SUBMITS
fade into the sub-tropical and tropical
plants OF the Pacific coast states OF Sonora
and Sinaloa. or course. this peculiar growth
is obtained by dense mass Of timber so
close together that none can obtain sun
light except by small tuft OF foliage ut the
very top; and were all removed by the AK
except one. it would look much more like "a
palm than pine. as we are used TO see
them in their isolated state. There is often
times the darkness OF evening at midday
beneath these tall. slim. yet dense pine-tree
forests. for so eager are they TO get the sun
light that at any point whore the least ray
OF il gets through "a cluster OF foliage is
thrown out to seize il and utilize it for
plant-growth. and thus 1t fails TO reach the
ground. This dense mass OF spar and mast
timber. as / shall call it. is nearly always
found on the richest soils OF the mountains,
generally in the narrow little valleys
where the silt from the sides is swept down
by the spring and summer rains. until the
soil is many feet in depth.
The great coniferous forest of the north
ern part of the Sierra Madre range OF Mex
leo is probably one of the largest in the
world Gt is undoubtedly the largest virgin
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UNCONVENTIONAL SCHOOLS.
Interesting Papers Read Before the Ma
tional Educational Association.

Interesting Papers Read Before the Ma
tional Educational Association.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 19.-The ques-
ton of UNCONVENTIONAL schools occasioned
a brisk debate in to-day's session of the
National Educational association. Bishop
John J. Keane opened the discussion by
reading a paper prepared by Cardinal
Gibbons upon the question: should
Americans Educate Their Children in De-
nominational Schools" Bishop Keane
afterward read paper of his own on the
same subject taking the position that
Christianity was the basis of all true gov
eminent and should be nculcated during
the period when children were attending
school. If the influence of the church was
beneficial in the family it was also in the
school.
Mr.. Edwin D. Mead OF Boston followed
in a paper in which he said that the argu-
ments advanced by Cardinal Gibbons in the
magazines in favor OF the non interference
of the state with the fam ly in the matter
of education was only device to damage
the States authority in public opinion to
the end that the Roman Catholic church
especially should take charge when posi-
BILE. He said the plea of the Romanist
church was TO compel all Catholics to
Withdraw their children from the public
schools TO parochial schools where thoy
would be taught the doctrines of the
church.
Bishop Keane replied and denied Mr.
Meals assertion that the Pope or tho
Roman Catholic church was seeking tenn
poral power and the control Of the govern
ment Both addresses were forcble and
were heartily applauded
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BOURBONs AFTER THE NEW STATES
The Democratic National Committee Plan-
ming tn Make Vigorous Fight Along
the Line.

The Democratic National Committee Plan-
ming To Make IA Vigorous Fight Along
the Line.
1t can be stated on unique stioned au-
thority that the Democratic National
Committee does not intend TO let the
election in the four new Northwest States
90 by default. The Democratic National
Committee has decided 10 make yigor
Gus fight in all four of the new States.
All factions of the party are united on
that point. The election comes off in
October
When the Democratic National Com
mittee met last month the campaign in
the Northwest was discussed Informally
Since then Col. Brice has been In COM
munication with the leading members of
the Committee For obvious reasons, the
Democrats do not propose to use any
brass bands in the contest. The battle
will assume more the character of a still
hunt on their side. The Democratic
Committee will have n trusted repre-
sentative in each of the States, and every
inch of the ground will be contested.
A special agent of the committee will go
TO Montana some time this month, and
take a preliminary survey of the field.
He will also 90 TO Washington and
Though the two Dakotas About the lst
of September special representatives of
the National Committee will be sent to
each State, and remain until the election
has been decided The only difference of
| opinion that is said TO have existed
among the members of the Democratic
committee was as TO whether they should
make n fight in al four states or concen-
/ trate their efforts to carrying Montans
and Washington. Col Brice Javored
making fight all along the line.-Eee
! York special