Omaha daily bee., 1895-04-24
NEBRASKA ENICH rSfEMPLAR
Twenty-Third Meeting Of Grand oOmman-
derry Opened in Omaha Yesterday.
DELEGATES AND OFFICERS PRESENT
Officers to BE Elected Today and Changes In
Constitution onsidcred -lian quet Ten
dered the visitors by the Local
Commandery Last Night.

The twenty-third annual session of the
grand commandery, knights Templar of Ne
braska convened yesterday afternoon at
o'clock in Masonic hall with nearly fifty
delegates in attendance. The afternoon ses-
sion was taken up with the opening formal
ties, the appointment of committees and the
usual preliminary routine work Adjourn
ment was taken early in order to allow the
delegates to prepare for the banquet in the
evening.
Today two sessions will be held. one in
the morning and the other in the afternoon,
at which the election Of officers will occur,
some changes in the constitution considered
and other matters brought up for the con-
sideration Of the body. The session closes
today
There are twenty-three Communicates in
the state and each of them is allowed three
representatives. These consist of the COM
mander, the general and the captain of the
guards. Delegates from twenty-one of the
| Communicates have arrived, some of them
| being represented by the full quota, others
| by two delegates and some by only one. The
| following officers are present: James A.
| Tulleys, grand commander, Red Cloud
| Charles b. Finch, deputy grand commander,
Kcarney; Richard p r. Miller, grand gen.
eralissimo, Lincoln; Edwin c. Webster,
| grand captain general, Hastings: John
Hewitt grand prelate, Lincoln; Wilton X.
| Williams, grand senior warden, York; John
Dwyer, junior warden, Beatrice; Henry c.
Akin, treasurer, Omaha; William r. Bowen,
recorder, Omaha; Thomas G. Rees, grand
standard bearer, McCook: Samuel p. David
arIn
Bullard, grand captain of the guards, North
| Platte; Carol ID. Evans, inspector, Colum-
| bus.
The list of delegates present is as follows
| Commandery No. l Of Omaha, Louis Il. De
| Lorimer, Il. X. Perfect and Perry A. Lyon;
| No 3 of Auburn, General j. j. Mercer; No
of Lincoln, G. II. Simmons and l.. d.
| Woodruff; No. of Plattsmouth, Francis Il
White; No. of Grand Island, w. NJ. Ged-
des; No. of Beatrice, John Dwyer. B. f.
Taylor and l., E. Walker; No. of Fremont
Fred w. Vaughn, William Freed and w. F.
Cook; No 10 of Tecumseh, j. S. Harmon
and A. G. Sullivan; No. ii of Hastings
w. N. Cline, c. c. Rittenhouse and Edgar
j. Pease; No. II of Keamey, o. II
j, Allen and J. ID. Hawthorne; No. 13 Of
North Platte, w. II. C. Woodhurst No. l.
of Red Cloud, James w. Tulleys No. is o.
Blair E. S. Beatty and E. P.rPierce; No. II
of McCOok Thomas G. Rees; No. II of York
W.. H. Williams and ]. NJ. Meredith; No. Il
of Hebron, Melvin G.. Leach, j. NJ. Fitch
patrick and Alfred l.. Elder; No 10 o
Holdrege, Samuel F. Saunders; No. 20 o
Norfolk, L. j. Reno. A, B. Barnes and Sila
Dean; No q of Columbus, C, d. Evans anC
j. ID. Stres; No. % of Chadton, John Ian
don, j. L. Paul and J. B. Leader; No. 23 o
st. Paul Bruce e. Jills. r.9
In addition the following members of stat
Communicates are present: W. J. Turner
j. e. r. Mllar and p. r. r. Millar of Lin
coin; E. c. Salisbury of Beatrice j. S. Drey
| Of Tecumseh; Fred ]. Benedict, d. H. Nc
! Chimney, Jacob Fisher and E. C. Webste
of Hastings; f. j. Swift, Byron ID. Smith
| Robert e. French, CharlesaB. Finch and II
Gibboh of Kearney; Frank e. Buard an
Frank II. Young of North Platte; E. c
} Jackson, w. II. Palmer and William I
!, Plowman of Blair; John W. Hughes o
! Hebron, and II. w. Scott of Hodrege.
) The following are the past grand com
f manders in attendance: Daniel H. Wheeler
Harry p. Deuel., Elben X. Long, Francis +
White, Henry Gibbon, Edgar c. Salsbur
and w. X. Bowen George w. Linninge
is a deputy grand commander present. G
= Mount Calvary commandery the followin
Y past commanders are present: Gustav
, Anderson, William T. Robinson Vcto
White, Winfield S. Strom, Henry c. Akir
r Harry p. Duel, D. Fl. Wheeler, Eben X
e Long, G, W. Lininger and w. c. Bowen.
e A banquet was given last night by Mour
. Calvary commandery to the grand con
+ mandery. About $50 guests sat down to tn
i long tables decorated with flowers. Man
Of them were arrayed in the becoming un
r form of the order. Colonel II. c. Akin wa
POSTMASTER and l.. f. DeLorimer presidin
X officer After cigars had been lighted II
4 following toasts were responded to: "Tf
S Grand Encampment Of the United States
d Past Grand Commander Eben X. Long
8 Omaha; THE Grand Commandery of NJ
i braska," Grand Commander James A. Tu
=; leys of Red Cloud; ITO the Memory of o.
# Departed" Grand Prelate John Hewitt
n Lincoln; The Chapter of Nebraska" Graz
Captain of Guards Frank e. Bullard; Co
e and Gridiron," by Deputy Grand Command
n Charles E. Finch of Kearney; 'The Chival
Iee of Knighthood," Rev. Sir Fred H. Sanderst
of Omaha.
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