The morning call., 1890-12-06

the a. o. U. W.. Young Mems Institute and
Young Ladies' Institute.
Excelsior Degree Lodge, No. ., /. o. O..
F.. meets this evening and will confer the
degree of Friendship Oh candidates.
Ierba Buena Ledge Of Perfection, No g.
Ancient ard Accepted Scottish Rite OF
FIeemasonry. held stated meeting last
evening and transacted important business
Oriental Encamrment, No. 81, /. o. Q. F..
meets This evening and will probably con-
fer the Patriarchal degree.
King SolomOn's Lodge, No go, F. and A.
NJ, al a special meeting last evening had
work in the Entered Apprentice degree.
Ophir Lodge, No. III. |. o. o. f., at it:
regular meeting last evening elected officers
for the ensuing term.
A splendid entertainment has been pre-
pared for the union meeting of District No
9 c. Ii. Holcomb. ID. d. &. D., comp ising
Union, keystone, Confidence and Forum
lodges Of the Knights of Honor of this city,
with Confidence Lodge, No. 22S2, next Tues
day evening in Ruby Hall. Red Mems Build.
ing, $50 Pt st street.
The social entertainment and dance OF
Templar Lodge, No. II, l. 0. o. F., next
Wednesday evening in Memorial Hal
pr misses TO be very successful and enjoy
able affair
The cornerstone of the new State Insane
Asylum ut Ukiah, Mendocno County, will
be masonically laid next Tuesday after
noon.
Samuel F. Burdett, who has been Grand
Secretary Of the Grand Lodge, l. o. .. F.,
Of Kansas since 1861, has retired.
A few weeks since the Masonic bodies of
Rochester, \. Y, met and al pointed the
various subcommittee relative to.erecting
a temple III that city, The building when
completed is estimated to cost about
S300.000
General Franklin Ellis has been unani-
mousiy reelected Grand Representative to
the Sovereign Grand Lodge, /. o. o. f., by
the Grand Encampment Of Ohio.
The new Masonic Temple in this city, to
be built on the lot recently purchased for
Sl3O,CO0, fronting 100 feet on Van Ness
avenue and 206 feet inches each on Suffer
street and Fern avenue, viii be commenced
III the early part of next year. The build
ing, when completed, is estimated to cost
fully S15o.CO0, and it may reach round
Sl,ouO,tOO. The entire building will be used
for Masonic purposes, and it may be pat
termed after the Temple in Philadelphia
California, No. /. Templsr, No. 10, and
Amty, No. 16l, kebekah Degree lodges OF
this city, viii each hold regular meetings
ment " ill be offered for those who attend.
In the subordinate lodges OF the Knights
OF Honor officers are now being elected to
serve for the ensuing term.
The following is the membership in the
L. .. o. F., as shown by the records at the
close OF December 81, 1889: Pennsylvania
92,S5S. Ohio 90, 1J1, New York 5l,l99, Massa-
ehusetts 3S,71s Illinois 36,261, Indiana 3d.
526, California p, 475, Iowa %, 604, New Jer-
sey 21,l56, Michigan 20, 22s, Maine IS. 352,
Missouri Il, 463, Ontario l6. $40 Kansas Is,
loo. New Hampshire 1856 Minnesota
9lJ3, Maryland 1918. Kentucky 1892. Nebras-
ka 1919. Rhode Island 6l1S, Colorado 5OOl,
West Yves virginia 1857, Texas 1918, Dakota
$3.50, oregon 1918, tennessee 1914, Virginia
1898, Washington 1891, Wisconsin 1855,
Connecticut 12075, Delaware 2673. Lower
British Provinces 1920, Arkansas 1857, Den
mark 20O0 North Carolina 1871, Alabama
1858, District Columbia 1861, Montana 1880,
Nevada 1875, Manitoba 1910, Idaho 1860.
bla 1913, Quebec 1902, Louisiana $40. Mis-
siSsippi S74, Utah rs, Wyoming Cos, Florida
6o9. South Carolina 5S3, New Mexico 3d.
Arizona $40, Switzerland ora total in "a
Grand Lodges under Sovereign Grand Lodge
OF 6lO,5Oo; subordinate lodges reporting di-
rectly to 5. q. L., Indian Territory and Ok
lahoma, 424 South America, Mexico and
Cuba, 704; Europe. 30; Northwestern Can
adam PROVINCES, 207; Hawaiian Islands and
Japan, 1872; total number under Sovereign
Grand Lodge, 6l2,2 G0; Victoria, S571; New
South Wales, $685. South Australia, 3l42;
New Zealand, 1895; Tasmania, 7I3; total
Grand Lodges of Australasia, 10,0S4; Ger
man Empire with Grand Lodges, 299l-a
lotd! membership Oh Oof,ooJ. 10 tllS
number the Grand Sire adds SO, SD
sisters Of the Rebekah Degree, making a
total of membership of 69i, 157. During the
year every jurisdiction reported an increase
except Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland.
Netherlands and Peru, their aggregate loss
being 9O4, while the aggregate gains of all
other jurisdictions amounted to 1852. The
greatest percentage of increase on the mem
bership of 1888 under subordinate Grand
Lodges was in the State Of Washington,
which gained 80 per cent, Quebec IS, Min
neSota Il, British Columbia IA. Wyoming
1871, Arkansas 1871, Idaho 1872, Colorado
12.S, Georgia 12.6.
Islam Temple, Ancient Arabic Order No
bles OF the Mystic Shrine, will hold its. regu-
lar monthly session next Wednesday even
ing at the oasis, 13l Post street. when lots
VIII be cast for two ignobleites, and large
number OF unbelievers Will be conducted
across the hot sands of the desert. The &C.
caslon Will also mark the celebration of the
feast OF Jamada el Awel, known in Egypt
as toomadal Oola. the first of the three an
nual fairs at Tantah: 1t will comprise
Moolid of Scheikh Toonoos, Soultan es
concluding with the camel drivers eating
several sacred dishes, Quaffed in flowing
bowls OF ZEN Fem. The newly elected Off
GERS will be Orientally Installed, and gala
time is anticipated, as the Diyafat has con-
cocted new elixir. the copyright of which
cannot be obtained.
District / of the l. O. o. F. of this city, II.
c. Botsford, ID. ID. G. M, will hold union
meeting with Yerba Buena Lodge, No. 10,
next Thursday evening.