The San Francisco call., 1896-04-03
Thomas Lindsay on His Way to
the High Court of the
World.
JUST ARRIVED FROM HONOLULU
He Initiated King Kalakaua Into the
Mysteries of the Order in This
City.

Thomas Lindsay, founder Of the order OF
Forestry in the West, now of Honolulu
and on his way to attend the session of
the High Court of the world TO be held in
Dundee, Scotland, in August, is stopping
IN this City.
Mr.. Lindsay is Sc years of age, but his
brown eyes, hair, mustache and good
clothes do not indicate the even half CEN
tury. He is a jeweIer by trade and until
the fall of the royal house of Kalakaua he
was Jeweler to his Majesty. In fact Mr..
Lindsay led the royal Kslakaua through
all the mysteries of Forestry when his
Majesty was visiting San Francisco and
before he, Lindsay. had even seen Homo
luiu-whlch has been his place of residence
Tor seventeen years. After he took up his
residence in Hawaii Mr.. Lindsay immedi-
ately began to institute Forestry and there
the King sat at his right hand regularly on
lodge nights for years and eagerly i'm
blbed whatsoever was essential to his pro-
gress and good standing in the order.
kalakaua, says Lindsay, belonged to
all the orders, was thirty-third degree
Mason, and when he went to Scotland they
took him aside and conferred some special
and still higher honor of the order, so that
he stood upon Masonic eminence almost
all his own.
II had stood high in the order in the old
country said Mr.. Lindsay yesterday.
when came here found no fellowship.
| advertised call for meeting of men
who had been in the order elsewhere and
there was quite generous and altogether
pleasing response. The result was the or
ganization OF Robin Court No. 1891 in a
hall on Mission street. with quite large
membership at the very beginning. 1t was
harn nl Nr.o%s ~.
was instituted here, we initiated King
kalakaua, then on his return journey from
the East. John M. Lapana, Secretary of
State to the King, was also initiated. That
was in February, 1875.
"Ihe order grew very rapidly, and in
October OF the same year we organized
another court, Eureka No. 614O. These
courts are still in existence.
THE following year we instituted
Aurora Court in a hall on Kearny street,
and shortly afterward America Court in
the Potrero.
The order spread rapidly, and Sub
sldlary High Court was esta blished having
jurisdiction over the Pacific Coast. The
Subsidiary Court appointed me deputy
fornia with authority and instruction to
institute courts throughout the State, in
itiate members and exemplify the work
ings of the order.
Il held this Office until 1 determined to
go to Hawaii, and in 1879, for that pur-
pose, rendered my RESIGNATION.
II was the trst chief ranger in the courts
ORGANIZED in this City thatI have named.
In Honolulu two courts have been organ
lied, of which Kalakaua was the chief
ranger o. the first, named Lunalilo No.
$500. 1t is from this court that l 20 to
England as delegate to the sitting of the
High Court of the World. This court is
dar tk<l n
court The newer court is under the
jurisdiction of the Subsidiary High Court
of the Pacific Coast, which will sit at
Ukiah in May. A delegate from that
court will attend the session" !
Speaking of the order generally Mr..
Lindsay said: "Of the benevolent or
beneficiary orders it is the greatest in
every LAND where the English language is
spoken. You will find it in South Africa,
Australia, the far East, North and South |
1t began back in the dim past, beyond the
memory of man, but in 1866 it took fir ON
the then name of Royal Foresters it's pres
ent name of Ancient Order of Foresters
That was in England, whence the
order with its present ritual spread over
the world. 1t now has upward of mil
lion members.
''As auxiliaries to the order, there is the
female courts-bearing the same rela-
ton to Forestry as the Rebekahs to Odd |
Fellowship-and the juvenile order.
"In this jurisdiction the female courts
so called everywhere also in the world
bear the name of Companions of the |
Forest. Queen Victoria is regularly in
itiated member of the order, as is also |
Princess Louise. The Queen is designated |
as patroness of the court No. $780, and the |
Princess is ce-patroness.'
MIR. Lindsay wears a beautiful gold |
badge presented to him ''as token of es-
TEEN from the members of Lunalilo Court,
on the occasion of his twenty-tifth anniver-
sary in the order"
On the reverse side of the medal is the |
inscription: Initiated into Court Duna-
din, A. 0. F., No. 5257, September. 1862 |
Founded and instituted by courts OF the
order to date September, 1884,
Mr.. Lindsay will remain in the City few
days and then pass on to his native land
REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION