Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-28
ROYAL ARCANUM.
Grand Council to he Instituted In This
Jurisdiction.


Jurisdiction.
The Royal Arcanum having attained the
requisite number of 1000 members in the
District of Columbia to entitle the juris-
diction to a Grand Council, the supreme
regent has, as stated in The STAR signified
his intention of visiting Washington, in
company with other supreme officers, for
the purpose Of instituting such a Grand
Council
The past regents of the District Of Co
lumbia held a meeting March II for the
purpose of making the necessary arrange
ments to carry out this purpose, as well
as to receive and entertain the supreme
officers and it has been decided to give
public entertainment at Odd Fellows Hail.
1th street between D and e northwest,
tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock, which
the members, their families and friends
have been requested to attend The
exercises will consist of brief addresses
preme officers. interspersed with good mu-
| sic. and The meeting will be both enter
tanning and instructive. After the close of
| this meeting it Is proposed to entertain
the supreme officers at q banquet to he
given at the National Hotel f. b. Eynon
| is the chairman of the banquet committee,
which has that feature of the evening in
charge and it promises to be most de-
/ lightful affair.
Among those who will be present at the
institution of the Grand Council of the
Royal Arcanum of the District OF Column
! bia, tomorrow are: Supreme regent, Col,
Chill w. Hazard of Monongaheia city.
Pa, who is also the editor and pro-
prietor of the Monongahela Republi-
can. ana past department commander
| Of the Grand Army Of the Republic of
Pennsylvania; supreme vice regent. John
| E. Pound of Lockport, N. Y; supreme ora
| tor. E. NJ. Schryver of Baltimore, Md;
! supreme secretary, W. o. Robson of Bos-
| ton, Mass. one of the founders Of the
| order; supreme treasurer, E. A. Skinner of
Westfield, N. Y; DR.. j. H. Wright Of Pitts
burg, Pa, grand secretary of The jurisdic-
| ton of Pennsylvania, one of the founders
| OF the order and the first regent OF Council
No. of Massachusetts: Charles E. Corne-
| Illus of PittSburg, Pa. grand orator of the
| jurisdiction of Pennsylvania; Grand Regent
Jamison of Virginia: E. Lindsay Grier of
Pittsburg, Pa, deputy supreme regent: MIR.
Cherlock of New York city, supreme trus-
| tee; the grand regent and grand secretary
| of Maryland and others.
The present membership of the ROYAL
Arcanum in the District is 1,O16 distributed
in the different councils as follows: Orien-
| tai. 3OI, regent. w. w. Chase; Capitol, 2a3.
| regent. VIM. II. Brigham; National, 227,
regent, S. S. Gardner; Analostan, a. re-
gent, H. A. Bean; Farragut 60, regent,
John Ross; Kismet, 33, regent -;
District, 26. regent. Leopold Baumgarten;
Wyacondah, II, regent, J. NJ DashieIl.
Local deputy supreme regents in charge
| of councils are John r. Gisburne, Joseph
Noble, E. A. Gardiner, ]. Baumgarten and
W. T. LIE Port.
The Grand Council will be instituted by
the supreme officers at Scottish Rite Hail.
G street, at p. m. tomorrow, at
which it is expected that about forty
past regents of the order in the Dis
trct of Columbia will participate. The
principal officers to be elected, and over
which a friendly rivalry exists among the
different councils and members, are repre-
sentative to the Supreme Council and one
alternate, grand regent, secretary and
treasurer.