The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-16
KNIGHTS In SESSION.
Fourth Annual C0nclave of the
Grand C0mmandery.
OFFICERS FOR THE NEXT YEAR


The fourth annual conclave of the Grand
Commandery Knights Templar. finished its
business yesterday. The right eminent grand
commander, Sir Yancy c. Blalock, of Walla
Walia, opened the session In Freeds hall at 10
r. m, and prefaced his annual address with q
very complimentary allusion to Seattle, as fol-
lows:
1t is with pleasure greet you at this fourth
annual conciave. My last visit to Seattle was as
member of the Tacoma relief committee, lit
tie more than two years since, when the business
portion of this beautiful city was in ashes. To-
day she can indeed claim the title of the Queen
city OF Washington, with her handsome, we'll
built business blocks, fine residences and streets
and more than one hundred miles OF street rail-
ways, to say nothing OF her natural surround
ings. Templarism throughout this jurisdiction
has kept pace with the astonishing growth of
our new state, and We now have four command
cries under dispensation, with peace and har-
mony prevailing.
The remainder of Grand Commander Blalock's
address was mostly devoted to Jurisprudence
and matters more interesting to the sir knights
than to the general public. His report and those
OF the other grand officers were referred to the
usual committees Charters were ordered
granted to three of the new Communicates,
namely: Demolai, No g. Aberdeen; Olympia,
No. 2, Olympia, and Hesperus, No. S, Fairhayen.
The commandery at Vancouver was continued
under dispensation another year.
IL was decided to meet next year at Spo-
kane as the other grand Masonic bodies
will also meet there. The election of grand
officers prolonged the morning session I'm til
after p. m. the following being elected:
Right eminent grand commander, Sir s. Harry
Rush, OF Spokane; very eminent Deputy grand
commander. Sir Ed K. Hare, of Tacoma; emin-
ent grand generaliesimo, Sir Eugene T. Wilson.
OF Elensburg; eminent grand captain general,
Sir George n. Alexander, of Seattle: eminent
grand prelate, Sir Harrison W. Eagan, of Walla
Walla: eminent grand senior warden, Sir Daniel
X McPherson, OF Pprague; eminent grand
junior warden, Sir Horace w. Tyler, of Spokane;
eminent grand treasurer, Sir Thomas u. Reed,
OF Olympia, and eminent grand recorder, Sir
Yancy c. Blaloek, of Walla Walla.
The afternoon session was devoted to reports
OF committees and installation of officers. The
following four officers were appointed:
Eminent grand standard bearer Sir George E.
Dickson, of Ellensburg: eminent grand sword
bearer, Sir Richard A. Ketner, of Tacoma; en-
inent grand warden, Sir Charles F. Leavenworth,
ofOlympia; and eminent grand captain of guard,
Sir Carmi Dibble, of New Whatcom.
The three highest officers elect were chosen q
committee to arrange for representation at the
triennial grand encampment, to be assembled at
Denver next year.
The obituary committee reported suitable res
olutions in memoriam of Sir Knights c. H. Mer-
rick, of Seattle, w. A Kinney, of Spokane, and
n. p Hall and Alvin L. Kinnear, of Walla waIla,
deceased; making reference also to the late Gen.
eral Albert Pike, grand commander of the Scot
tish Rites bodies, and Past Grand Master Boone,