The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-16
LODGES AND UNIONS.
A good lodge secretary Is a prize.
The open Bible is on every Masoni

altar.
A Masonic paper calls a non-afhliate a
parasite on Masonry"
Maryland is said to have % per cent
Of the total membership Of the |. o. II.
Ohio has raised over 5000 for the work
OF organizing new A. y. u. w. lodges In
that Jurisdiction.
Ivanhoe Lodge, X. OF p, contemplates
making some radical changes In Its by
laws at the meeting to be held tomorrow
evening A large turnout OF the lodge Is
expected.
No definite action has yet been taken
towards filling the vacancy In the chair
OF grand vice-chancellor. knights or
Pythias There are several aspirants Tor
the position.
In Oregon any Mason being member
OF any lodge within the jurisdiction can
vote in any lodge therein on application
for initiation.
The international Association OF TIN,
Sheet. Iron and Cornice Workers meets In
st. Louis. Mo. April 18th. Mr.. C. II. Burton
will represent Union No. p, OF this CITY,
Sir Walter Scott was a Freemasoh'
and was initiated in st. David's Lodge
No SO. at Edinburgh, Scotland. in lSol.
The lodge is still in existence, ana It's
records show the fact.
The A. O. L. w. Messenger says: sta
tistics show that fraternal orders nav
ing official papers published in their In
terest grow more than four times faster
than those that have no paper.
jefferson Castle. No. l, knights Or the
Golden Eagle. was instituted last Tues
dav evening. and it's officers installed by
Past Chief X. l.. Peters, acting deputy
sunreme chief Of Richmond Castle, NO.
4 with the assistance Of a number or
Sir knights of Richmond Castle.
There is an Arab lodge OF Freemasons
held in Cairo, Egypt. 1t Is heid uhuer
the Italian constitution, and II Is saio
there are about thirty others IN that
country. Upon he altar rests the Moran
the Mohammedan Scripture. inc WHO'RE
work is conducted In the Arao 'onsuS'
The 4. O. II. w. was started at Mead
Vile Pa. I'm 1868 by a man named up
church. poor mechanic OF that town.
II had hut fifty members that year.
Ton wears later IL had 1856. In 1888 IL
had a membership of 1922, and now IL
claims 70 have something over SOO'VV0
Monday right Rescue Lodge held their
reo,,lar meeting and initiated seVeraI
new members. Grand Chief Iempiar
Major Newton presided, and exaihpiliieu
the work
Major Newton, grand templar' accom-,
named by Mrs. A. 5. Woodhouse, srdhu
superintendent juvenile temple MIS- -
A. Hobson, grand vice-templar' MtS. ~.
I pyle. guard Of the right, worthy
Grand Lodge of the World; julius A. Hop-
SON Charles Smith and district secretary
went over to Petersburg TO visit hope
Lodge. Fifteen candidates were Initiated
by the Grand Chief Templar..
Howard's Grove Lodge Of Good Tenn
plars held a special meeting Wednes-
dav night. at which Grand CHIEF lempiar
Newton. with visiting officers, accom-
panied by many from the city, were
present. NJ
A. S. WoOdhouse, grand superintendent
OF juvenile temple. accompanied by others
will reorganize Towards Grove Juvenile
Temple.
East. End Lodge, Good Templars, was
on Friday night. at Springfield Hall, VS.
tied by the Grand Lodge officers.
District Lodge. No. l. Good Templars,
will be called 10 order by District Chief
Templar j. =. Fitzgerald at y NJ Tuesday
in Central Hall. when. 1t is expected a
number Of the Grand Lodge officers and
visitors from other portions or the state
will be present.
Monday night West-End Lodge, Good
Templars. will be visited by Major New
ton and other Grand Lodge officers, ac-
companied by others from sister lodges
i'm the city.
Since the adjournment OF the Grand
Council of the Royal Arcanuin. In March
| the grand regent, with several or his
council. have visited Stanton and the
following councils In this city: Mccarthy,
| Flba and Belvidere. At all Of these visi-
tations the members have turned out
and showed their interest in the order,
either by having some initiated or april
| cations presented. over two hundred
| have connected themselves with the order
| in this State since January lst and over
four thousand I'm the United States.
The members Of the Independent Order
| of Enthusiastic Good Fellows were ope-
rating on Mr.. Timberwheel few weeks
ago. putting him through the operations
| supposed TO be necessary 10 convert an
ordinary ctizen into an Enthusiastic
! Good Fellow They were almost through
with the initiation when some kind or
| an explosion I'm the store over which
the hall was situated blew the building
| into the middle Of the street ana inter-
fered with the ceremonies. Ready hands
| set to work to eXtricate the people from
the debris. Fortunately no one was hurt
very much. but after the census had been
taken Mr.. Timberwheel was found to be
missing A search was instituted and
| before long he was found in an adjoin-
ing yard. where the force of the ex-
plosion had landed him. He sat In
lodge-room chair, and his eyes were
still blindfolded. "Why on earth didn I
YOU take that thing off your eyes ana
get out Of the chair when the explosion
| occurred?" asked one OF the Enthusi-
astic Good Fellows. Explosion echoed
| Mr.. Timberwheel. "Why, l thought that
was part of the initiation.-Ex.