The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-22
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fort Townsend is entitled 10 the claim
OF having the baby" lodge of Flks Port
townsend Lodge. No ~. having been
instituted on Saturday By Frank w. Par
her. deputy grand exalted ruler. assisted
oS members OF the Seattle and Tacoma
lodges. who under special dispensation
acted as Grand Lodge officers several ~
the leading men Of Port Townsend have
bseh working for months for the instttu
lion OF n lodge In their city During the
te1lous delay attending the procuring Of
olspensation, they organized as an or
aer or their own, known as knights of
eeroerus the only priory OF which in
the world was In Port Townsend The
rituai was written by r. a BatweH. who
Is now exalted ruler of the E;lks lodge.
ana Is drawn from mythology. This order
mas now been merged into the E-lks
lodge, but it's members have shown sslcb
inventive genius In preparing parapher-
mana and deEising secret work for their
homemade order that they may be de-
pended on 10 add as much original work
70 the Elks limitations as the ritual and
Grand Lodge will allow
me Grand Lodge officers who went
from Seattle and Tacoma on the CITY of
kingston saturday morning were: Grand
exalted ruler. +. w. Parker: grand lead
Ing knight, VIII II. Parry; grand Ioval
hhisht' George w. Mcconnell: grand lee
quire. Theo. W. Boardman; grand TYLER.
r. [. Robertson. OF Tacoma; grand chap
In' l. j. L.. Scoones; grand organIst, NJ
irving Myers; grand secretary. Ralph
Schoenfeld; grand treasurer, J. w. Allen:
grand inner guard. L. W. Clark: grand
guides, w. ii. Cowie r. NJ Boyd. l..
Abrahams. James Sheehan and Louis
Plachner
At O'clock in the afternoon the Grand
Lodge was called 10 order i'm the Key
CITY club rooms and the Port Townsend
lodge was Instituted in due form. nine
teen candidates being Initiated. In the
evening the new lodge elected and ap-
pointed the following officers. who were
aIterward installed by the Grand Lodge
officers: +. r.. Z. a. BatweiI; r. leading
knight. NJ. II. Sachs; T.. loyal knight. r.
w Jennings: +. lecturing knight. T. r.
Kelly; secretary. G. Il. Wood; treasurer
w A. Pfeiffer; tyler. J. whyte Moore.
esquire. Alex. Hudson: chaplin. George III
Jones: inner guard. W Hutchinson: trus-
tees r. ;. Fowles. J. y. Thogart l.
BROOKS. After the adjournment of the
subordinate lodge the priory of Knights
OF Cerherus was convened and Initiated
the visiting Elks into the mysteries of
that order. very much 20 their edificatIon
and amusement
me tlks then repaired TO the hanauet
hali, where a unique but appropriate feas
krout' behring's. hard boiled eggs. hari
tack. salads and picked Ash. The ban
quet resolved Itself into a social session,
az which there were witty and earnest
speeches. singing. instrumental music ana
other interesting features Th, city OF
kingston waited until > a. m. for the
Grand Lodge officers and the session di1
not adjourn until that hour. when All
went 10 the wharf. and as the boat left
the wharf those on board and those on
the wharf Joined IN singing the grand
hymn OF the order Aud Lang Syne.
The visitors are loud In praise OF the
hospitality shown them by their Port
Townsend brethren
Deputy Parker will institute a lodge a.
North Yakima I'm few days
The officers ana a number OF members
OF the Port Townsend lodge will come
over next Thursday night TO Sc the
work excmplifed by Seattle Lodge. No.
90
Lunch was served by the officers Of -
attic Lodge. No. - at last Thursday
nights session. There were two initia-
tions
There VIII he at ieas, two limitations
next Thursday night. The Good % the
order will he turned into a smoker
Hereafter tobacco will always b. found
on the Esqulre's desk for the use Of mem
bers.
4 special committee IS now preparing
new paraphernalia for floor work.
Seattle Lodge, No. -. suffers serious
loss in the resignation % Chaplain =. !.
Dole who leaves IN a few DAYS for Homo
lulu Mr. Dole has been very faithful in
attendance aad has made his part Of the
work conspicuously good by his ability as
an eiocutionist.
Hon Martin \. Foran. prominent
member Of the order. who was the after
ney for the Atlantic City faction In the
recent litigation here. said tonight that
there was no truth in the report OF
probable settlement Of the difficulty lie
declared that the action Of the Cleveland
lodge in instructIpg that members OF the
Grand Lodge be sent 20 the Buffalo meet
ing was Illegal and that a. viii be recon
Sfferei at the next meeting Foran SAYS
he contest between the two factions VIII
he waved To The end. and he is confident
that the side he represents Will win.