The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-08-03

conferred the 3lst and 32d degrees, Tuesday Rob-
ert de Bruce. Council of Kadosh conferred the
nesday evening Evangelist Chapter Rose CroiX |
conferred the 18th and 18th degrees. During the
the Cathedral Monday evening. when the 3Ist de- |
gree will probably be worked; Mithras Lodge |
Tuesday evening will work the 4th and 9TH de-
which the 9Th, 7th, and 8th degrees will be con-
ferred. The annual reports of the Scottish Rite
bodies for the year ending June 80, 1890, show a
good amount of work done, and is owing, doubt
less, to the zeal and devotion of the officers and
conferred the 3ist and sgd degrees on IS eand-
dates Robert De Bruce Council of KadoSh con-
Ra5e S6 e @ e Mt
ras Lodge of Perfection conferred the 14th de-
gree on 81 and has 36 candidates on the way be-
have right to feel proud of their organization,
and from present appearances the reports for
the next year will make still better showing.
The most complete, reliable, and interesting
history of Freemasonry, work which crafts;
ment have long felt the need of, and which will
lished. The work is entitled "A History of the
Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and
will be divided into five PARTS First, the Ancient
Mysteries and Cognate Orders of Chiyalry; sec
lar and Cryptic; third, ,Concordant Orders, the
Chvalric Degrees; fourth, Ancient and Accepted
Gus Rites and Orders, Statistical Division, and
an Appendix of the photography OF Volumes and
MSS. Consulted. 1t will be written by a board of
editors who are prominent grand officers and
brethren of different jurisdictions, each of whom
will have a separate division of the work. This
plan was concerted by the edtor-in-chiet, ii. L.
StillsNn, of Bennington, VT, and guarantees eX-
acty what is wanted-a work at once handy,
ments will be in charge of the following eminent
and learned Masons William II. Singleton,
Grand Grand Secretary Of the the District @ & Of Columbia; %
Mississipp MCLEOD Moore, of Canada; DR.. Gra-
ham, of Canada, and Charles g. Meyer of Penn
D gNFl ania IlpGfl 10 or a
/ of the most important divisions of the work,
| THE Ancient Mysteries" His department will
/ learned OF Masonic students and will be fitting
/ climax to his lifelong labOrs in the vineyard of
the craft. In Masonic literature it will speedily
. become classic.
Independent Order OF Odd Fellows.
Past Grand Master Fowler is very much im,
proved
The address of Grand Patriarch James A. Ed
1 gar is 20 Fifth street northeast
Union Lodge No Ii are making arrangements
for celebrating their hftieth anniversary.
Past rand Patriarch George A. Green has re
turned from his trip to Denver much improved
in health.
Brother James Young, of the Baltimore Tee
grdn. speaks hopefully of the building OF a new
Odd Fellows Hall in the near future in that city
A contingent of the membership of the Crane
Canton of the District left this city last night Z
attend the trienniai demonstration Oh tne Patrl
quite a number of their friends, who took advan
tage OF the low rate OF fare.
b. i. Crawshaw, p. G., in his report relative t
sessions of the Grand Lodge makes the following
remarks thereon: although in favor of one an
nual session proper of the Grand Lodge to b
held i'm January, nevertheless we believe it
measure of usefulness in this direction shoult
not end there. 1t occurs 10 us that social or fra
ternal sessions might very profitably be held a
stated periods in the different geographical sec
tons OF the city two or three times year, wit
a view to bringing the mem oershlP closer M %
getheT and by this means OF fraternity soclabi
ity aud mutuality build up our social structur
broader, higher, stronger, and better. An ocea
sional public meeting Of this character, unde
the auspices Of the recognized head Of the higt
est body in the jurisdiction, with an entertalnin