The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-05
FRATERNAL NOTES.
Long Service of a Treasurer in
an l. O. 0. F. Lodge.

Golden Gate, No. 30 Pacific, No. 1876, and
Oriental, No. IA, lodges of the F. and \.
NJ, held stated meetings on Tuesday even
ing, and transacted routine business.
Templar Lodge, No. II, l. o. o. F., held
its regular meeting last evening, at which
there was a good attendance and consider
able business transacted.
California Chapter, No. ), Royal Arch
Masons, at its stated meeting on Tuesday
evening, had work in the Past Masters and
Most Excellent Masters degrees.
Oriental Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. go
l. 0. O.. F., had well-attended and very en-
jyyable meeting last evening.
Mount MOrah, Nc. Il, Crockett No. 139,
Excelsior, No. 1866, and Mission, No. 1853,
lodges Of the f and A NJ of this city, held
stated meetings last evening, when routine
business was transacted.
Golden Gate Lodge, No. s, United EndOw-
ment Associates, at its last regular meeting
installed its newly elected officers, after
which a grab-bag party took place.
The new Masonic Temple at Alameda
will be dedicated this afternoon at o'clock.
a large number of members from this city
will attend and take part in the ceremonies.
Indianapolis, Ind, has an aggregate
knights Of Pythias membership of 10000.
The Master MaSOns' degree has been late
ly conferred on a Fellowcraft whose age is
Y years, at La Crosse, Wis.
Court Star of the West, No. $685. a. o. F.,
strongest and most influential courts of An
cent Forestry in the United States. Candi-
dates are being initiated every meeting
night and at the last meeting there were
nine applications on the Secretary's desk to
be acted upon. The next anniversary ball
will be held on Saturday evening, 21st inst,
in B'nai Birth Hall Regular monthly open
meetings are assured the members and their
friends in the near future. Arrangements
for grand picnic have been going on for a
month past and San Rafael Park has been
secured for the same, Which takes place on
Saturday, May 30th.
A special session of the Grand Encamp-
ment, l. .. o. F., Of Utah, will be held on
tue I'D inst
FreemasOnry was introduced into the
United States in 1888.
AT the last session CT the Grand Lodge, a.
o. U. W., Of Ohio, per capita tax Of So per
year was levied, 81 for the regular expenses
OF the order and 50 for building UP the Or
der. The Massachusetts plan of district
supervision was adopted.
The Treasurer of an Albany q. " |. o.
o. F. lodge has had that position 40 years.
The mallet presented by Sir Christopher
Wren to King Charles ii, on his laying the
foundation stone of ST. PauPs Cathedral,
London, in 1913 is carefully preserved in
the old Lodge of Antiquity, F. and a. NJ.
An Odd Fellows Building and Loan AS
ISOLATION has been organized in North Da-
kota.
One Charles B. Schaeffer, who imposed
upon several lodges in this city short time
ago, Is still at work in his nefarious line.
He Is q suspended member of Summit CITY
Lodge, No. S. Fort Wayne, Ind, and a
cunning rascal. He is about feet inches
high, dark mrstache and hair, weighs about
140 pounds, good looking and a smooth
talker. Pass this item around and expose
the fraud. Lodges should use the telegraph
and investigate the claims made by stran-
gers.-1he Anchor and Shield.
A new canton Of the Patriarchs Militant,
i. y. o. f., composed entirely of Germans,
IS being organized at Syracuse, n Y. 1t
Nll start with membership Of eighty.
We have received a copy of the Japan
Daily Herald Of the date of october 18th,
published at Yokohama, Japan, containing
an extended notice Of the public dedication
OF the hall of Far East Lodge, No. l, /. o.
y. r., Of that city, on Friday evening, 0cto-
per 24th. From that paper we take the fol-
lowing extract:
nc large hall in what. it appears. is to
pear the name Of Krel's Buildings, the
opening OF which we recently chronicled,
anu. winch was, on the Goth lust, conse-
Grated To the principles of Freemasonry,
Wds.yestefday eyening-also dedicated as
q nan Tor Cad Fellows. While, however,
the Masonic conservation was as secret as
the rites OF That body, the Odd Fellows in
yIted their friends-both male and female
to be present at The rites. The consequence
was that by 9:l5 o'clock in the evening the
TWO halls were filed by a large and inter-
ested assembly, room, however, being kept in
the principal one for the performance Of the