The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-07


Ladies Institute.
Oriental Encampment, No. 81, l. o. o. F.,
meets this evening, when there will prob
ably be work in the Patriarchal degree.
California Commandery, No. l, Knights
Templar, at its stated assembly last even
ing transacted routine business.
Excelsior Degree Lodge, No. 3 l. o. o. F.,
at its regular meeting this evening will con-
fer the degree Of Friendship on number OF
candidates.
Yerba Buena Lodge of Perfection, No. 6,
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free
masonry, at its stated meeting last evening
had work in the thirteenth degree.
California Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. l,
L O. o. F., will hold its regular meeting this
evening, when an entertaining programme
of exercises will be presented.
The English chapters working in Tasmania
have been erased from the register of the
Grand Chapter of England, through Grand
Lodge being established in that colony.
This will result in a Supreme Grand Chap
ter being established in Tasmania.
Templar Rebekah Degree Lodge, No 10,
/. o. o. F., will entertain its friends this
evening with a either musicale, followed by
an exhibition of stereOpticon views by Mr..
and Mrs. Starbird.
Lord Jersey, the new Governor OF New
South Wales, Australia Is a Forester.
The fifth annual report of the President
of the Odd Fellows Home Association of
New Jersey shows balance OF 1851 Al
on hand. Number of lodges connected with
the home, 81; encampments, 3; Daughters
Of Rebekah 2; total o. Improvements
have been added to the building during the
past year, greatly Increasing its capacity for
usefulness.
a new Masonic organization has been
formed in New York City. 1t is called the
Square Club" and is composed of the
Masters and Past Masters of the Seventh
Masonic District. Tie purpose of the club
is TO promote fraternal feeling among the
lodges and a cultivated perfection in the
work.
Amity Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 16l.
l. o. o. F., will confer the degree at its
regular meeting this evening.
Butte City, Mont, will soon have tenn
pie of Pythian Sisters. and will doubtless
start with a charter list of about fifty.
". II. Turner, Grand Treasurer of the
Grand Encampment l. 0. 0. f., of Utah,
has been elected Mayor of Ogden City.
The matter OF bauOtlng Tor Candidates
seeking admission into the mysteries is
growing to be cause of serious considera-
ton in various parts of the country where
the exercise of the right of depositing a
single ball against the proposed neOphyte's
lDllltA tlltICul lLoAl lL5 ais 4tItttipH
for a series of months, has led TO serious
discontentS, which do not directly affect
craftsmen in the larger towns and cities.
Naturally this state OF affairs has called at
tentlOn TO an anomalous condition OF matters
regulating admission into the order In the
kingdom of Hungary. Prior to 1856 there
existed in that kingdom two sovereign grand
bodies, one the Grand Lodge OF the St.
johns Rite and the other the Grand Orient,
virtually a supreme Council Of the A. and
A. Scottish Rite. These bodies formed in
1886 what Is at Dresent known as the Sym
bOlic Grand Lodge OF Hungary and the cOu-
stitutions of the two uniting bodies were at
utter variance in essential particulars,
Lodges constituted under authority of the
St John recognized pure Masonry to consist
of but three degrees and that in the matter
of ballotng the English method should pre-
vail with three ballots to insure rejection.
The Grand Orient, however, practlced
thirty-three degrees and the lodges under 1t
followed the French rule that one-dfth of
the votes cast was necessary to insure dis
ability. But the Grand Lodge insisted upon
adoption OF the three ballot rule and worked
for few months, when each lodge clamOred
for restoration Of their old practices. FL
naly compromise was effected whereby
general rule was adopted making the re-
lection dependent upon black balls cast by
a seventh part of the voters. with each lodge
at liberty to decrease the number if they
think prOper.-N. Y. Mercury.
Jonathan-" Order Of RebekahW UNI
Wonder what the Order Of Rebekah is?
Davld-Order Of Rtbekah? Gosh, l know.
It's Come, Jonathan! Get up and build
the freW
+. E. Sutherland, G. D. of the Knights of
Houor for this jurisdiction. officially visited
Petaluma Lodge. No. 1928, Petaluma, on
Thursday evening and was royalty wei
coined and entertained. lie delivered a
forcible address which was listened to with
the strictest attention and at the close was
heartily applauded. A banquet concluded
most enjoyable evenings entertainment.
a meeting Of members of the knights of
Pythias Of this city will be held tomorrow
afternoon in the castle on Market street for
the-purpose Of general discussion of how
to advance the best interests of the order in
this jurisdiction.