St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-21
MAsONS COMING.
To-Day Their Grand Council Will
Convene at the Temple.

Convene at the Temple.
This morning at 10 the general grand
council of Royal and Select Masons Of
the United States viii assemble in Ma
sonic temple for tie fourth triennial
grand conclave. General Grand Master
George w. Cooley, Of Minneapolis, will
preside a. P. SwansIom, OF St. Paul,
grand master Of Minnesota. will deliver
the address of welcome. .. a. B. Len
ter. of Ohio. will respond. The bushes
session will begin with the reading of
General Grand Master COoley's address.
The grand chapter. body closely allied
to the grand council. will meet Wednes-
day at II a. n, and listen 10 an address
OF welcome from Mayor Winston. Gen
eral Grand High Priest d. F. Day. of
Buffalo, Will respond, and business will
begin.
not all of the time spent in the city
will be devoted TO business. Tomorrow
afternoon there will be a drive about
the city. Both bodies will take a trip
10 MinnetOnka on Friday.
All day yesterday John a. Schlener
was the busiest man in Minneapolis. He
had TO look after the arriving MasOns.
The gentlemen's parlOr al the West had
been turned into 4 reception room.
General Grand Master Cooley and Act
ing Grand Secretary John FriZZell. of
Nashville. Tenn. were there to receive
the newcomers. Among the earliest ar
rivals OF prominent MaSOnS was Past
Grand high Priest T. r. Erranbrack,
OF AnamOsa. 10. MIR. Erranbrack is
accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Har-
riet 4. ErTanbrack. grand matrOn OF the
Order Of the Eastern Star in Iowa, and
one of the best known and most prom
inent members of the body in the United
States. Mr.. and Mrs. ErranbIack are at
the West. Another important arrival
was Capt. Joseph s. Browne, OF st.
Joseph. Mo-, who has been a member
and officer in these grand bodies for
years. Capt. Browne enjoys the dis
tinctiOn Of being one of the most prom
inent members Of the Masonic frater-
nity in the Southwest. He is the only
man who has been presiding OIL
Ger and filled ali the important chairs
in all the Masonic grand bodies in Mis-
souri,. blue lodge, chapter, council and
cOmmandery, and Minnesota Knights
Templar will remember him as being
grand commander of Missouri at the
time Of the 81. Louis triennial cOnclave
in 1886. and doing much 10 receive and
entertain visiting delegations. William
II. Mayo. Of St. Louis. secretary Tor the
Missouri grand chapter and command
cry. and ranking with Capt. Browne in
Masonic prominence, arrived N Mime
apOlis last evening.
The proceedings of the General Grand
chapter will be OF more than usual in
terest this wear, as there are several i'm
portant questions touching the govern
ment and ritual of the craft will come
up for final settlement. At the election
of officers there will probably be a
friendly struggle, as several Of the
grand Jurisdictions have favorite sons
that are being pushed for new honors.
Illinois will make a steadfast fight
for the promotion Of Joseph E. Dyas,
and it is understood that New York
is also after the hOnOTS.
Chairman John 4. Schlener, of the
committee on arrangements, has ap-
pointed the following committee on re-
ceptiOn:
Genuemen-C. T. West Austin; T ".
! Hugo. Duluth; Archie BambeI, Rochester;
/ b. +. Farmer. spring alley; ". r. Dlckln-
/ son. Redwood Falls; Il. Birkett Owatonna;
( \. Kingsley Austin, J. y Castle, saltwater;
Irving Todd. Hastings; II. c. Shepard. Wi
mona; V. CorceneT, PTIncetoni Dwight Bald
/ win Red Wing; C. \. Hubbard, Lake City;
J. r. Carey, Duluth; h c Gore. Roches-
ter; d. L. Carver. G. ". Merrill, a. p.
/ Swanstrom, 0. ". P. Jewett, 81 Paul; A A.
! Keith. J. a. Ladd Carl Van Cleve, R. D.
| Brown J. P Harrison. Geo. 7. Huey. J. V.
/ Dobbin. J. 3. Hudson. L. W. Roberts, L.
! Paulle, William Powell. T. j. Whitcomb, II.
| F. Lenox, g C. Curtis j. ID. thompson, A.
| N. Shuev. A Z. IeTering, j. II. Randall.
| Scion Armstrong. c. Il. House, Fred {. Bar
| rows A (. Higbee. Fred Lacy, H N. Myers.
| ", u. Lynn, J. 7. Rogers, W. N. Walker, J.