The morning call., 1891-07-28
FRATERNAL NOTES.
C0!ored Masonic Lodges in Ar
kansas and Ohio.
E1ights and Ladies of Honor-The Grand Pro.
tector 20 Make Official Visits-The
A. O. o. w Assessment.

NJ. at its called meeting last evening had a
raising"
Unity Encampment, No. &C. |. o. o. F.,
meets this evening in regular session and
will probably have work in the degrees.
San Francisco Chapter, No. 1. Royal Arch
Masons. at its meeting last evening had
work IN the Mark Masters degree.
Confidence Lodge, No. 22S2, knights of
Homer, meets this evening, when there will
probably be an initiation.
Occidental Lodge, No. %, F. and A. M,
at its called meeting last evening had work
in the degrees.
The late Premier of Canada, Sir John Mac
donald, was an Odd Fellow and q member
of Cataraqui Lodge of Kingston. He was
Its first Noble Grand, and on the memorial
day of the order in June, the |. O. O. F. of
that city went in n body to the cemetery and
plentifully strewed his tomb with flowers
as well as the graves of other deceased
brethren.
Arkansas has eighty-six lodges of colored
Masons with 1903 members, an average of
seventeen each. The limitations ia 1899 were
145, the losses bv death and suspension 222.
Ohio has forty-fOur such lodges with 1I95
members.
On July l. 1891, including the Daughters
OF Rebekab. the membership of the L. 0. o.
+. was about 1000
Washington Council, No. $50, A. l.. of a..
Will give musical ana literary entertain
ment and dance this evening in Ruby Hall,
Red Mems Building, 800 Post street
One hundred years ago there were not
1000 Masonic lodges in the world, and
scarcely $4,000 members. Now there are
over Il, coo lodges and about 1000, 900 crafts
men; the income from all sources being
S3,OOO,OOO per annum.
TIE Grand Lodge /. O. O. F. of Missouri.
at It's last session, elected Grand Lecturer
at salary Of S2400 per annum. He is re-
CURED to devote his entire time to The order
in that State
The Grand Lodge A. O. u. W. of this
jurisdiction has called assessments 10, 20
and q for August, on deaths 157 to 1S4 in
elusive, total of tv enty-eighth losses, APP
pOrtioned among the lodges as follows:
Pacific, No. 7. Oakland Gwo), and Palos
HeTdes, No; 2S7, San Pedro; Bodie, No. 143,
Bodie; Vallejo, No. rs. Vallejo; Forest, No
124, Forest City; Enterprise, No. II, San
Jose; Eureka. No. 10, ST. Helena; st. John,
No. 73 San Francisco; Excelsior. No. 126,
San Francisco; Santa Rosa, No. 49, Santa
Rosa; Hercules, No. 53, San Francisco; Red
Blum, No. 69, Red Bluff; Oak Leaf, No 50.
Oakland Orange, No. 244, Orange. West
End, No. 49,, Alameda; Suffer, No. 80,
Iuba City; Turlock. No. 1872 Turlock
Stockton, No. %. Stockton Valley, No. 80,
San Francisco; Yerba Buena No. IA. San
FRANCISCO; Pnebla. No. 16S, Hearts of Oak,
cisco; Triumph. No. $50. San Francisco;
Silver Star. No. S4, DOwney City; Harmony,
No. 9, San francisco, and Folsom, No. 100,
Folsom. This call will pay for losses re-
ported to the 10th inst. To the date of levy
ing these assessments the whole number of
deaths has been 1000 and assessments levied
255.
A gayel is In the possession of the Grand
Lodge, F. and A. NJ, of Rhode Island,
made Of the wood Of the coffin in which for
many years repOsed the body of Washing
ton. A frenehman, some years since, at
tempted to rob the tomb Of Washington of
his remains to carry them to France. In
mediately after his attempt, a Mason OBJ
tanned permission of the family of Washing
ton to build new tomb, which he did.
WaShington's remains Were taken from the
decayed coffin and deposited in a marble
Sarcophagus and coffin aud placed in their
new tomb. The old coffin was retained by
the family. A piece was sent to Rev. Mr.
Stewart and worked into a gave, and
presented 10 the Grand Master of Rhode
Island.
Ignatian Council. No. 50, Young Mems
institute, will hold a com plimentary open
meeting Che third of the series for 1S9I on
Thursday evening, 30th inst. in Mutual
Hall, ShielS Building, 81 OFarrell street.
Under date of Columbus, Ohio, 18th inst,
Theodore a. Ross. Grand Secretary of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge, |. o. o. F., issued
the following circular: The Sovereign
Granu Lodge, at the session held in Topeka,
kans, September 10Th 10 20:h, 1899, adopted
directions, with diagrams, for conferring
the degrees in subordinate lodges, degree
lodges of the Daughters OF Rebekah and
subordinate encampments, aud authorized
the same to be printed and sold ds supplies
to Grand Secretaries ard Grand Scribes
The Committee on Printing Supplies
designated the prices as follows Floor
work for subordinate lodges to Grand
Lodges 30 cents: to lodges under the i'm
mediate jurisdiction of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge, 40 cents per copy. Floor work for
degree lodges of the Daughters Of Rebekah
TO Grand Lodges 30 cents; to degree
lodges of the Daughters of Rebekah under
the immediate jurisdiction of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge, 30 cents per copy Floor
work for subordinate encampments to
grand encampmentS, 80 cents; to encamp-
ments under the immediate jurisdiction of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge, 40 cents per
copy. The books are now ready for dis
tributiOn, and orders. under seal, from
Grand Scribes for the encampment work,
aud from Grand Secretaries for subordinate
lodge and Rebekah lodge work, will receive
prompt attention. Encampment books will
not be sent on an order from Grand Sec
rotary, and lodge books will not be sent on
an order from Grand Scribe. If orders
are received from individuals or from SUBJ
ordinates except those under the immedi-
ate jurisdiction of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge, the books will not be sent from this
Office