The evening world., 1894-06-02
MAsONsW WILL SOON CONVENE.
The Grand Lodge of the State
Will Assemble Here.


nual Convention of the Grand Lodge of
Free and Accepted Masons OF the State
of New York will open Mt the Masonic
Temple, T~wenty-third street and Sixth
avenue. Tuesday next at 10 o'clock In
the morning.
1t will be one OF the most important
meetings Of that body. The first an
nual report OF the trustees OF the Ma
sonic Home. opened n year ago, at
Utica, will he read. while other import
ant business will be transacted.
/ George Hayes. John Stewart. Edward
n. Harper and Jerome f.. Morse. OF this
city: william ]. Brodie, OF Genesco;
Alexander Z. Goodwin. Of Utica, and
Byron j. Strough, of L~afargeville. COM
pose the Committee OF the Hall and
Asylum Fund.
The Home at ithaca now has between
ninety and one hundred inmates. and al
ready the trustees find that an enlarge
ment OF the accommodations is needed.
Their report will include plans for a
new building. or an extension. OF the
present one, and there Is no doubt of
the action Of the Grand Lodge. for the
heart OF every Mason is In that beautiful
The fraternity has prospered during the
past twelve months. Four new lodges
have been instituted, making 100 lodges
In the State. each OF which Is entitled
I.odse. The new lodges are Olympia, at
Far Rockaway; uriel. Mt Machias; IRA
MIA. at .Foresport, Berean. at Catta-
Mason; in the State Of New YORK.
Grand Master Frederick A. Burnham
Will call the Grand Lodge to order in the
Temple. There will be an Invocation, and
then the Grand Master will deliver the
annual address. Al. MIR. Burnham is not
only a thorough Mosan, but an able
ant speaker: his address will be a treat.
1t will be followed by reports and rou-
tine business. the most important Of
Asylum Committee; that OF the Grand
Treasurer, ex-Sherirf job j. German,
who has held that office for eight years,
and that OF Col. Edward NJ. l.. Ehlers,
who has been Grand Secretary for twelve
years.
Wednesday morning tho election Of
Grand officers will occur, and for once
election VIII be OF exceeding interest.
1t In the custom to r~e-elect the Grand
Master. hut Frederick A. ,Burnham,
whose buslress as counsel to the Mutual
Reserve Fund Life Association Is very
exactlng and requires much OF his time,
was loath to accept a reelection and
said so to many Of his Masonic friends.
Now another custom is tina of pro-
noting the Deputy Grand Master to the
place Of Grand Master. and when II was
announced that Mr.. Burnham would
Ike to abdlcate his privilege. Deputy
Grand Master John Hodge. OF Lockport,
was, of course. Immediately fixed upon
as his successor. But the friends of Mr.,
Burnham would not let him withdraw,
and there you arc.
When the Grand Lodge assemblies II
Grand Master Burnham Will consent h,
will be reelected. and then the rest o.
the present officers will be reelected
NnN I1HN y H. SO
fuses to aerve another term. then Johr
Hodge. the foremost citizen Of Lockport
owner of the Lockport Opera-House. and
leader In all things OF local Interest, will
be unanimously elected.
This will open the way to a spiritet
contest for the place, Of Deputy Grant
Master. for Il Is 2 low Of the Crane
Lodge that when the Grand Master |;
chosen from the interior OF the Stat,
the Deputy must be a city man. and as
William A. Sutherland, the present Sen
binary circumstances, he promoted to the
Deputy Grand Mastership. is a Roches,
ter man, and Junior Grand Warden
ohaTlIs al are ' 6ffere iS as a sNnsiIstss, two
They are Wright D., Pownall. OF IS
South Fifth avenue. who Is offered by
Chancellor Walworth Lodge 27t and
lives at 80 West Ninth street. Pow.
nall Is now one OF the Commissioners OF
Appeals. and Stewart is on the Asylum
Committee.
Grand Secretary Ehlers and Grand
Treasurer German will be reelected In
any event. and in this years peculiar
%situat ion the rest OF the grand officers
will be returned
District Deputy Grand Master Town.
send Scudder, of the New York First
District will give a banquet at the
Bartholdi Tuesday evening to the mas,
ters of the twenty lodges In his district,
together with a few invited guests.
The officers will be Installed Thursday,
and the annual Grand Lodge will close
with many speeches and a feast of good
fellowship.