The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-25

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COncIave to &c Closed This Morning.
The fortieth annual conclave of the
grand commandery Knights Tmeplar of
Indiana. convened Wednesday afternoon
at o'clock in the masonic temple. There
are thirty communicates in the state
and all are represented. The conclave
will close at noon today.
Simeon S. Johnson of Jeffersonville
presided grand commander and i'm
mediately after the assembling of the
conclave read his annual address.
After welcoming the templars Grand
Commander Johnson. in his address. re-
viewed in detail the work of the past
year. Speaking Of those who had been
called from the order during the year by
death he said: Death has been busy
among the fratres, and has removed
from our midst ffty-one Of the loved sir
knights of our jurisdiction Valiant and
courteous in their lives they have passed
across the narrow line dividing the
known from the unknown. Our beloved
fratres are gone, but the memory of
their good deeds and many virtues shall
remain to us precious mementoes.
OF inspection the address said: 1.-THE
wisdom of our action in postponing the
inspection Of communicates until 1894
Is certainly apparent. The confusion at
tending the advent Of the new ritual
the season of the worlds fair and the
depression in business, rendering neces-
Sary. great economy i'm the Communicates
and among sir knights has demon
strated that our action was right. This
inspection will occur in the fall of 1894
unless otherwise ordered. There has
been some criticism in this matter of
inspection. as there will always be, l
presume. but i'm my opinion this inspec-
ton ought to be made by the grand
officers in person
The address stated the new ritual
adopted last year was satisfactory in
every way and no changes would be
necessary for many years to come. In
regard to the conclave a Boston next
year the grand commander said: THE
snd tier OF The trlennial at Boston in
1895 should be carefully and thoroughly
considered. l am informed that many
grand and subordinate comma nderies
nave already secured suitable headquar-
ters and apartments for sir knights.
Indiana, at Denver, had as commodious
headquarters-if not the 5est-as any
grand cOmmandery, and il ought TO be
the wish of every sir knight that our
fame and good standing shall not be
lowered. I am not fully informed what
has been done by our committee in the
will be made OF all action TO date. Our
Boston fratres have made much progress
in getting ready, and will leave nothing
undone to secure a successful meeting.
l may be pardoned in expressing the
wish that Indiana shall do her whole
duty from the fact of claiming New
England as my first hame"
Grand Recorder William II. Smythe
submitted his annual report showing
amount on hand 10 be $7,23S.77. The re-
, on0
the state.
The grand commander appointed the
following committees after the reading
of the reports:
Credentials-William II. Smythe, John
L. Rupe and Charles Day.
Visiting-Frank II. DOran, Eugene W.
Kelly and Bossler Walter.
Charters and Dispensations-Georg
w f. Kirk, John J. Glendening and Oil
yer Ong.
Grievances and Appeals-Jsfnes 2.
Kimball, John Tromp and Fred Glass.
Unfinished Business-W. H. H. Cullen.
Harrie Pontius and John Rauschenber-
ger.
Claims-Henry c. Adams. Simeon P
Gillette and Daniel Mcdonald.
Jurisprudence - Alexander Thomas.
Gen. Nicholas r. Ruckle. Erville b.
Bishop, E. w. Patrick and Tram B. Web
Der.
Correspondence - Gen. Nicholas R.
Ruckle Henry w. Wardhurst and V. W.
Woodward
Special committees were appointed on
the death Of Past Grand Commander
Reuben Peden of Knightstown, Martin
II. Rice, l.. p. Newly and John ID.
Widaman: on deceased OF other juris-
dictions. Henry c. Thayer, Andrew J.
Robinson j. NJ. Hughes; on inspection.
Duncan T. Bacon. Witt j. Mckee and
Edward j. Church; on New York cOntrO-
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Prather and Isaac P. Leyden; on letter
of regret sent by Deputy Grand Master
of Grand Encampment Warren Larue
Thomas of Maysvile KY. Samuel B.
Sweet Henry II. Lancaster and Edwin
d. Palmer.
New Officers Elected.
The election of grand officers for the
ensuing year was the next thing in or
der and resulted as follows:
Grand Commander-Charles w. Slick
of Mishawaka.
Deputy Grand COMMUNICATIVE
NJ Hindman of Nincennes.
Grand neralissimO-Winfield x.
Durbin of Anderson.
Grand Captain-General-Joh Z. Red
mond Of Logansport.
Grand Prelate-Christian B. Stemen Of
FIT. Wayne.
Grand Senior Warden-John H. NichOl-
son of Richmond.
Grand Junior Warden-Emerson y.
Morgan Of Evansville
Grand Treasurer-Jcseph W. Smith of
Indianapolis.
Grand Recorder-William H. Smythe
Of Indianapolis.
Grand Standard Bearer-William +.
Perryman of Terre Haute.
Grand Sword Bearer-Walter G. Nune-
macher of New Albany.
Grand Warder-Eugene w. Kelley Of
Muncie.