The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-18

Ilhlls NtOl SStON VII OlOlldC 4NO' o. luSSudy,
21st.
Ancieat a,d Accepted Scottish Rte.-Sanctu-
airy, 1907 & street-NIithras Lodge of Perfec-
ton, Tuesday, Goth.
Potomac Lodge No will confer the first de-
gree Monday evening.
Pentalpha Lodge No. % will confer the first
degree Monday evening
Anacostia Lodge No. 81 will confer the third
degree Monday evening.
Benjamin b. French Lodge No. 15 will confer
the first degree Monday evening.
Washington Centennial Lodge will confer the
third degree Wednesday evening,
ST. Johns Lodge No. II will confer the first
and second degrees Friday evening.
Columbia Chapter No. will confer the Mark
Master degree Wednesday evening.
Eureka Chapter No. 4 will confer the Past
and Most Excellent Friday evening.
La Fayette Chapter No. will confer the
Royal Arch degree Tuesday evening.
Harmony Lodge No. II will confer the first
and second degrees Thursday evening.
New Jerusalem Lodge will confer the first
and second degrees Thursday evening.
Hope Lodge No. 20 will confer the first de-
gree Friday evening. \ lecture will also be
given by Brother w. 7. Bailey.
Washington Chapter No. worked the Royal
Arch at the last convocation. On Thursday
evening the Mark Master will be conferred.
George c. Whiting Lodge No. % will confer
the third degree Thursday evening. The degree
throughout will be worked by Past Masters of
the lodge.
On Wednesday evening the Grand Lodge
voted to charter Osiris Lodge. The latter will
be instituted Wednesday evening under the
style and name of Osiris No. 26.
On Monday evening, the19th, the Drill Corps
of Washington Commandery will hold meeting
in the Asylum of Masonic Temple, at 7:30
o'clock. Important business will be presented
and large attendance of the members of the
Corps and the Sir knights of the Commandery
who are interested in its welfare should be Sc
cured.
Ward B. Rogers, of the National ITeekIy
Chicago, has been in the city during the past
week gathering data for one of his Masonic arti-
cles in which the several bodies of this iurisdc-
tion will be written up. Brother Rogers will
visit all the prominent cities of the country and
important Masonic centres, and will arrange
for local correspondence from each
The Masonic Constellation. of St. Louis. saws:
''Ihe District Of Columbia, with twenty-one
lodges and j, 1876 members, shows loss of 157
for the year" This is an error, and the Con-
StelidtiOn should be more careful to secure au-
thentic data. The facts are ss follows: At the
close of the Masonic year Of 1888 there were on
the rolls of the subordinate lodges of this juris,
diction 3,315 Master Masons in good standing
At the close of the Masonic year of 1889 there
We're 1892, showing net increase of III
During the past week Mithras Lodge of Sor
row conferred the fourteenth degree at a spe
cial meeting. Evangelist Chapter Rose CroiX
conferred the fifteenth and sixteenth degree!
at the regular meeting on Tuesday last. Tues
day of this week the thirteenth degree will bC
worked in Mithras Lodge. Arrangements are
now being made for a Lodge of Sorrow of the
Scottish Rite in commemOratiOn of the distin
guished Masons of that rite who have recent,
died in this city. This lodge will be composed
Of twentyseven members not below the thirty
second degree and the music will be rendered
by the full Scottish Rite Choir.
On May 10, 1877, the late Sir Knight, Righ
Reverend William Pinckney, at that time Bisho
OF the Diocese Of Maryland and the District @
Columbia, originated the custom of attendin
divine service on Ascension Day in Washingto
Commandery No. l, and on Thursday evenin
Of last week, to perpetuate the custom and
show the regard with which the memory of tn
celebrated divine is cherished by the Sir Knight
Of this city, the several commanderes-Wa asl
ington No. /, Columbia No ., Potomac No
and De MOay No. ATTENDED evening serviC
at the Church Of the Epiphany and listened
an address appropriate to the occasion by IL
rector of the parish, the Rev, Randolph ii. NJ
Kim. At the conclusion of the services at IL
church the lines were reformed and Potion;
COmmaudery was escorted to the asylum
Georgetown, after which the other comman
cries marched back TO Masonic Temple, whe
they were dismissed. The communicates we
headed by the Marine Band, and their fine a
pearance and excellent marching caused maj
favorable comments