The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-27
FRATERNAL NOTES.
The A. o. U. W. Twenty-Three
Years of Age To-Day.

King SolomOn's Lodge, No. 260, +. and A.
NJ, at its called meeting last evening had q
raising"
Fidelity Lodge, No. 222, l. o. o. F.. had a
large attendance at its regular session last
evening, when business Of importance was
transacted.
Occidental Lodge, No %, F. and A. NJ. at
its called meeting last evening had work In
the Felowcraft degree.
Argonaut Council, No. 597, Royal Area
mum, at its regular meeting last evening had
q good attendance, and very enjoyable
evening was spent
San Francisco Chapter, No. /, Royal Arch
Masons, at its called meeting last evening
had work in the Mark Masters degree.
Oriental Rebekah Lodge, No. 90, l. o. o.
F., will give picnic party tomorrow
evening in Prospect Hall. The gates" Will
open at S:15 O'Clock.
Golden Gate Commandery No. 16. Knights
Templar, at its special assembly last even
ing conferred the Order of the Temple.
The second monthly entertainment under
the auspices of the councils OF Chosen
Friends of this city takes place Tomorrow
evening in B'nai Birth Hail.
Loreley Circle No. %, Companions of the
Forest, will give social at Vorwarrs Turn
Hall, on 0'Farrell street. on Sunday even
ing, November 18th. All who attend are
assured most QPllgnLlul IlIne.
The Ancient Order United WOrkmen Is
twenty-three years old to-day.
Unity Encampment, No. 26, ]. o. o. F.,
meets this evening, when there will probably
be work in the degrees
Hermann Lodge, No. 127, f. and a. NJ, at
its called meeting last evening. had Work III
the second degree.
Confidence Lodge. No. 22S2, Knights of
Honor, meets this evening, when there will
probably be an initiation.
Assessment No. % has been called by the
A. o. L. w. of this jurisdiction for NOvem-
Der on deaths Nos. 2lS to 81 inclusive, TO-
tai Of fourteen claims, apportiOned among
the lodges as follows: Friendship, No. 179,
and Pacific. No. 7, Oakland, two each, and
Myrtle, No. ~, San Franciscoi Harmony,
No. g. San Francisco; Bay City. No. Ill,
Eureka, Humboldt Bay; Burns, No. IS, San
Francisco; Forest, No. IA, Forest City;
Franklin. No. "A, San Francisco; COlusa,
No. Go, Colusa Mount Hamilton, No 43,
San Jose; San Francisco No. 4, San Fran
cisco. and Main Top, No. 1885, Michigan
losses up to the 18th inst. 10 the date of
making this call the whole number of
deaths has been 2047, and assessments levied.
260.
Yerba Buena Parlnr, No. 81, n. S. G. W.,
will hold a low jinks" in its hall in the
Alcazar Building this evening, 1t being the
last meeting in that place, as hereafter this
parlor will meet in the new a. .. +. Hall,
102 O'Farrell street.
Golden Gate Lodge, No. 8, a. o. U. W..
at its regular meeting on Thursday evening
of this week, will receive visit from the
G. NJ. W., &. L. and other Grand Lodge
officers. A splendid programme Of exercises
is being prepared for The occasion and
most enjoyable evening is anticipated.
A number of the members of the Clan
Fraser, No rs, Order of Scottish Clans, VIII
attend the Halloween entertainment OF the
st. Andrews Soriety and Clan Macdonald
at the Oakland Theater next Friday even
ing. They will lie met at the Seventh
street Depot at 80 O'Clock in the evening
by the MacdOnalds and piper.
The Masonic fraternity of Chicago will
give a royal welcome to brethren of the
craft during the exposition pcrind. \ conf
miitae from Oriental ConsIstory, Sublime
Princes of the Royal Secret, consisting cf
some of the most prominent members Of
| the craft in the city, has been appointed
| and stvled the ConsiStnry Columbian En-
! tertainment Committee. Brethren of for
| eign Jurisdictions will be generously enter
| tanned, their comfort convenience and
pleasure administered TO in a spirit of that
! unity which characteTlZeS the fraternity
| throughout the world.
There are now eleven Cant0nS Of Pa
| triaichs Militant, l. q. o. f., in Chicago,
| and six Of these have been organized since
/ the advent of the Patriarchs Militant head
quarters to that cltJ.
The last issue of the K Of H. Reporter
| was mainly devoted to the record of the
| complaints of the EickerS. 1t was kind in
| the Reporter to give the cOmplainers so
| much space, but we think it was tough on
| its readers. Not ore of the fault-hnders
| was able TO Justify his complaints and sug-
| gest anything that would make matters
| better.-The OverSeer.
| The year 1890 produced three Grand
| lodges in the Knights of Pythias, as fol-
| lows: April I'D, Grand Lodge of British
/ ~.
S. c.; June 18th, Grand Lodge of North
| Dakota. instituted by Tracy r. Banks, d.
| s. c. and May 18th, Grand Lodge of In
! dian Territory. instituted by A. Bohlander.
| ID. 5. c.
The Pennsylvania Gazette of December s,
| 1870. contains the earliest printed notice of
| Free and Accepted Masons in America, In
November, 1874, Mr. Henry Bell, at that
time residing in Lancaster. Pa, wrote 10
| DR.. Thomas Cadwalder of Philadelphia as
| follows: LAS you well know. | was one of
| the originato1s of the first Masonic lodge
| in Philadelphia. A party Of us used to
meet at the Tun Tavern. in Water street,
| and opened a lodge there. Once in the fall
OF 1870 we FORMED design OF obtaining a
| charter for a regular lodge, and made APP
| plication to the Grand Lodge of England
for one, but before receiving it we heard
| that Daniel Cox of New Jersey had been
appointed by that Grand Lodge as
| Provincial Grand Master of New York,
| New Jersey and Pennsylvania. We
| therefore made application to him and
| our request was granted. When Benjamin
| Franklin succeeded Humphrey Murray in
| 1873 as Worshipfu Master he was the editor
and printer of the Pennsylvania Gazette.
and tile following announcement appeared
| in the columns of his own newspaper: Phil
/ adelphia, June 81, 1754.-Monday last a
| Grand Lodge of tie Ancient aud Honorable
| Society of Free and Accepted Masons was
| held at the Tun Tavern on Water street.
| when Benjamin Franklin, being elected
| pointed John Capp to be his deputy, and
James Hamilton, Esq. ana Thomas Hop
knson Gent were chosen Wardens. After
which very elegant entertainments was pro-
| vided, and the proprietor, Thomas Penn,
| the Governor and several other persons of
distinction honored tho society with their
presence" This paragraph was reprinted
in several of the London papers at that
time. -Phlladelphia Press.