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would reyer, to Holland lodge. Agitation
nom time 10 time nas only served IL inano
matters worse, ana one ,hing eid'ns W
another. the members o; the craft IN North |
'r,xns have shnrp.ncd their knives ana ~, |
en.y awaiting An opportunity to en- heos
ten cut oil tie su,.lvs.d TO be Nc'S ''po
plum VII Oh rs annually pluekt1.
This went 50 tar al one time NOW
meat was on foot to move thu Urana hvuse
from Houston. and there was eonsidt'anio
activity %. inc part of uoustonisns TO PIE
vent tho removal. and grand banquet WAS
siy,n OF course, as the best way 10 rcavh
a mans heart liz through his stomach ,ht
Ioustouians won. and the urahd isous'
WAS nc, moved. Sep,embol "a 'as' sun wes
filed in the Eleventh judicial district vour'
Hon sam II. prashyAr presiding, the Grand
Lodge Of rvxas plaintiff, against Holland
iolre M L. the action being to clear INC
suppCsed cloud Maid to be hanEluN uNvr 'ne
title to the p,orerty, The pot,Vcn OF pia,n'-
M rocites the remarks made irom ume
10 time hy members OF Holland lodge ~ ~
fc,i that IL the Grand Lodge moves from
Houston the property would revert 10 i!o.-
land lodge October the defendant. HOE
land lodre. No. l. filed an answer To -
, pc,ttion, In which thr facts OF the DONATION
are rrcited, In which tho Defendant u's-
, claims responsibility for :ss1 arks made es
. ,ndiy,aunl members Of the defendant lodge
and in which all and singular tho a'iesa'
tions Of the plaintiff are denied aud juds
mcnt is prayed for. This suit is now penn'
Ing, -, ~,
The instrument OF conveyance OF nv
property In question rccitcs at ono rosn'
THAT the Grand Lodge is ito have ana U
hold tho said lois OF land. building ana ap
purtenanccs to raid lots belons'ng UNTO IN
party Of the second part tthe urano i.ons'
and to their successors. for the use an
benefit Of the Grand Lodge a. the fcrma
pent place for It's communications TO
held and transaction Of its business an
for the erection Of other aud Suitable MA
sonic buildings and also With or subject I
the privileges reserved The privilege
reserved are that Holland lodge. No
Washine,on chnpter No. 2. n"l Ru'hNc
= commandery. No. ., shalt have the use
the buildings Tor the meetings. etc IN
| instrument further rayH. IN case OF 81
| Of said lots. by consent Of the parties,
, the purpose OF erecting Masonic bui'd'n,
In some other part OF the city OF hous,.
which may hereafter DO deemed more sui
able then the same rights"--that ia, mo
privileges reserved ahove shall apply IN u
new buildings.
Az will be seen the members OF Ho'ia'
lodge. in making the conveyance, an's
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my Past Grand Master J. II. MeLeary cn
the committee on title
Inc following are the s,andins commit.
tees
On ctedentals-J, I. Burshor. W. NJ. b
ri!' j. H. webb. joe Adams Dayton Moses. !
Un nance {. wootcrs. W. l.. Bur (
Talbot. '''~'s' ~ ~
:, on grievances and appeals-R. NJ. Elgin,
w H. Crank, j. }. Mansfield J. II. Arnold,
| I. II. Bali
%, on turisrrudence--M. +. Mott. Joseph +.
Miller, Arson Rainey, W. s Fly, George
On foreign correspondonoe--T NJ. Mat.
news. George W. Tyler. W. s. Fly. T. II.
Cochran. John Watson.
uh pr nting-B. f, Frymicr. John Wat
son George Lopas
uh Masonic history-F. II. Sexton, J. II.
W. Preston '>
On TRANSFORMATION $. u. Moore. John
watson, George lonas
ne following appointments were an.
W. p. NJ. Riley. jefferson. grand chap
lain.
w. J. 7. beatty, Jasper grand orator.
W. "co' u shaw. Kaufman. grand mar
w. r. H. Mccormick. Wcimar. senior
3 grand deacon.
:. w. John Hughes. senior grand stewart.
w. Jules Muchcrt. JUNIOR grand stewart
w j. d. Browning. New York. CRANE
n tiler.
DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS.
a j. NJ. Fendy. Galveston. hrst district,
Rufus Price. San Augustine, second dis
ia trct
i J. II. Taylor, Marshall. third district.
d VIM, Clark, Jefferson. fourth district.
= J. NJ. Brady. Pittsburs. N'th district.
|: w. A. Roach. Paris, sixth district.
= H. l.. Lowenstein, Grcenville. sevent
IT district.
rs W. NJ. Teel, Wills Point eighth district
m l.. Lloyd, jacksonville. ninth district.
|. w J. Murchison. Lovelady, tenth dis
" trct.
in J G. Ashford, Huntsville. eleventh dis
p irct.
In J. X. Cadc, Houston, twelfth district.
n A. +. Drigance, Navasotn, thirteenth al
ut trict.
he WIN +. Bookman. Madisonvilic fou
rd tecnth district
IN J. p. Brown. kos7e, fifteenth district.
ne John s. Jones. Athens. sixteenth distrif
nd T. l.. Stan0clG. Terrell, seventeenth di
or trict.
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,lon, but there WAS abundant cvsdcucc OF
fraud both In this city and In the outs'de
counties to Justify such a contest. anu m.
tn,atme significantly that nc might Se'
expose few tricks In. Texas politics.
several OF the parties most acuve IN
behalf Of pccrrer In his contest OF Nas.
siann's election nre also warn, personal
und political friends Of Congressman Noon'
an. and this and other matters, has Mve"
rise to the op,niou that the testimony ellie.
itcd In the Bocrher .Cass,ano contest WI,
be utilized by Norman In his contest am,
that to that end Noouan's fr'cnds WI a'o
| rocrncr as much MS possible In the wa "
gathering testimony Of frauds aud irrrsi
iar,,ice In this city. hoping to profit e1ua''N
thereby With Bocrner,
Judge Nocnan stated yesterday to a wei
| known gentleman Of this city that he h''
| decided to contest the election OF Mt. STAY
den and will take proper steps to prctcN
his case 10 the next houee az representa-
ti,ea
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pntod only chance OF the Grand Lodge
home from ono part u. Houston to anothct
no mention being made of removal OF
the permanent headquarters from Houston,
and It Is con,,ndcd by soine that the see
tol OF the conveyance quoted above DO
mates the property To the Grand Lodge only
uron condition that Houston In The porma-
ncnt home. Holland lodge refuses to make
n new deed to the property. transferring u
IN fec simple to the Grand Lodge as In that
cnso the Grand Lodge could AT any timc
self and leave Houston, ami Holland lodge
would have nothing to show for H. Mem
hers Of the Grand Lodge say that unless
Holland lodge does clear up the title that
the Grand Lodge viii he moved from here
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San Antonio. Texas December a-~Wm'
poorner has determined to contest the cleo
,icn Of jose cassiano as tax collector OF
Dexar county.
The DocrncT cassiano contest however
win he ever Swallowed by the more irnpor-
,.n, matter OF a contest of the election iof
congressman in this district. Since u was
s,nerent that Congressman Noonan wonla
J.. defeated on the face of the returns, hha
his opponent. Hon. j. l.. si'yden. elected
,here mas been moro or iesn ihit a'hois
Noonan's friends OF oontcstihs the e'pe,lo ',
cansrr.s,,an Noonan stated about ~eei
90 ,ba, he had not yet made up his MIN
whs,her or not be would contest the cleo
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Among the old members Of the Grand
Chapter Of Texas Just closed, may be
mentioned Companion s. =. Munger OF
I.ampaans, Texas. He was elected grand
high priest in 1870. twenty six years ago
and has but one senior li'ne Companion
Il. II Sexton. Companion Munger Ia one OF
the survivors OF the old Texas veterans
coming to Texas In January, FSS, aud be"
longing 10 the old Milan Guards OF Hons-
ten, Tcxes, n company commanded ny cap
tain james Riley of Confederate noiv ie'y'
He first lived al the old town OF san Felipe,
ana in the days ot the Republic OF Trsnt
htll the offices OF asaessor OF taxes nnd
clerk Of tho district court, and later war
county Judge OF rayet,e county IN ls5h
and from 1851 to 1890 wns postmaster Al
I.ainpasas, Tcxas. Judge Munger is nov
IN his nth year, He was born June =. lNEu
| lie has large family. eight grown chii
drcn, five sons one OF whom Is Nelson
! Munrtt who is the cashier Of thu HouHioi
National bank Companion Munger i
booking well and hearty for his years AM
bids fair for good future.
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coNyicrs ESCAPE.
A Masked Man shoots the Guard nwd
Itbcrut~a the Prisoners.


Cameron, Texas, December a.--Scveu
convic,s escaped from the farm OF TON
Peoples yesterday about noon. a masked
man shot the guard through tie arm with
Winchester from ambush md then
walked up TO the guard and men and COW
crng the guard with his gun, told the con
yic,s TO como on with him. that no hau
| arms for them all II In thought this man
came from south Of here, as a person suit.
Ing his description was seen on the Arau'
sas Pass train AT Cameron and on th'
road toward the farm ofricsrs arc ont nj
ter them but with what results can no
he learned at this writing.
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THE GRAND LODGE HOWE

.,no dissatisfaction expire is'd
Nv the Masonic delegates aa g., menu nna 10
o NY NV 70 northern part Of tho state nov n
fron 'N' ~" :. No, new trouble, hut there
the e''y, - additional cause for the AIS
mas p.e ,,on st the present eommun'ei' w.
sa''Sia','s s.,,,.r, about by the effor' = i'-
,,s The WIDOWS and osp sa sno m2" some ne
Nor North 1alves,Sn As asa has T IN Hoasrn haze
r-einhers %. ?, nm, I c,ait in Galveston IN an
united w'' 10 Sc secure the location Of 'ae
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patents for Texans.

patentS granted TO citizens Of Texas for
tho week ending December l, 1895, report
cd through the Office Of J. y. Benie, nolicl-
tor OF patents. oos G street. washington
ID. C.. -, 49,.
Vim. l.. Morrow, pine Grove, wire tight
Lewis ". orion. Bolleview, wire fence
e. q. y. Davis. assignee, III Paso journal
bearing
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K,,,.a With a shotgun.

nrenham. Texas. December wear Nc
Cravcn's. in the eastern part OF the conn-
~ This norman. Az Wells killed George
t,y,cr nv shooting him With q shotgun
Ia,tor ro, mixed up 10 DISPUTE between
NO Two wells brothers Wells nugrcn1eret
and VIII have an examining trial At wait
man tomorrow
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Hon. james y Crcnshnw ~ Gan Antonio.
tho grand orator Of The Grand Ln1ge OF
Masonn. returned homo last night.
The curtains which Grand Secretary
Watson had hung IN the grand East are 9
ysst Improvement over the bare walls OF
former years.
The newly elected grand scribe OF The
Grand Chsptor. ". l.. Burdoite. Ia q Ken,
,uol,isn by birth. WAS raised In Lodge lOi
pnd exalted IN Chapter &c Of that jnr'sdle-
ton. being PAST officer OF both. lie Is a,Ap
n,st n,rs ding officer of tho lodge. chapter
sra comrpandcry ut Paris, Texan, whcrc he
tas resided for the past twenty years, being
member Of the bar He Is now the nec'
re,ary OF Paris lodge. No 81. and MON,
her of the finance committees OF the Grand
, Lodge and tie Grand Chapter,
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AFTERNOON SESSION.


sSaOek the Grand Lodge resumed
Nm" ny business being an additional
as,,, .. 'pe committee or credentials.
n ,s W. on petitions No, 1 and No. ;
=, h.s,s.s,olnrendins the restoration Of
! . v.ers TO all the rights AID n.iy.-
Aem sssshry, which had been taken
.r,,,, w various ressoas. AdoDtci,
ersss,ao a Petitions 40. 2 report ID,
", hs as 10 granting and US,
N An Mes ss for lodges at several
ctni,iee on grand officers, reports
X !, Master bTamlette). comnrnde
h Att n .ae ieaoris Of the grand mastoI
IN ,s.puN grand master which can,
.ieI Consideration
" psaN'ee on lodges L. ID Nh. I
tn b. .,outil, recommended thu
TAINTED Maple. Englevlllc. Hnl.
hr,,s, Lsneyillo, San Saba ant
,s, .o lcdses, Adopted
A,,tr,".ee en- lodges L. ID. No. =
,,n,ss accommodated that z char
sasI,, 4aa Lee Scott lodge
s'sI,h,,,e" ehar'ertd lodges 10. q. q
NJ surt ,eported that owing to III
ha ro.s,, o. Grand Secretary Watso
ealt,,. ,ns to do. Adopted
aa q ~ bylaws reported on N
y ioass, ss,slor, Olive Branch .rn
". finding them all corroc
ersniss ~ finance ~. @. Wnnt'prs
w !, a, ae Payment of certain claim
x Ss' a reprint o. tie de 5
"a Simpson, account, o, rrap
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state and In the afternoon Attorney Gen.
cral Patterson delivered his openinE speech
to the Jury The defense vii, probably oc.
cupy all Of tomorrow IN srvech- raaking and
the case will most likely 10 IA the Jury on
2as .A.~
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rrnI,il,liinn FnIled.

Marshnll, Texas. December a.-Thc local
op,!on election held here Yesterday w.
very a,,ie, and resulted m follows: Pro'
bib,,Ion $50. against prohlbition $40
The prohbitlonlsts declare tnelf ae'''
,,r,,,or IN .ry nrain In two years.
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New York. December s.--Mrs. Emxs ~
,,,',,,,,,noes. a wealthy woman OF Hilisboro,
o,,.n committed suicide today by Jumping
from rom he SIKH story q the smn u rr mYI
wnSsrSe .s sne demented for some time.
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AIn,,nmn Grnnh Lndac.

Montgomery. Ala. December 8'--Thf
Grand Lodge OF Alabama Masons elected
last night officers for the ensuing year ms
follows; James A. Dllbro grand mestrr
n. Dudley Williams. deputy grand master
II. ". Cunningham. senior grand warden
W. H. Dinkley grand treasurer Henr7
clay Armstrong. grand secretary.
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Washington, December S'in''nas ~
wallace. a prominent asto'ncy Of NAnsa.
r,,y has been appointed receiver for me
M,saonri national bank Of That oily, WHICH
.sc.,tiy failed.
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Memphis. Tenn, December s.--The w'rd
trial ia drawing to a else. Today was
,,hen ND with a few witneszss for the
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Geo. W. Ty'er,
Thos. II. Bait
J. II. Ro1rk,.
ea.i,, Committee.

On motion Brother h. NJ E L. isp SSq
f5 s use q he N'i Ross sF Fs % an' for
The grand otf'G sIs, Gran NJ Mascr J. r.
Fight worthy fas' ''""'
M, ler; S Worthy thy grand master A D. "A'
klns. .,tor JDhn l.. Terrell
nepu nr srnnd warden. r. NJ. hush'
Grand treasurer : iob D. W MS6sSl
Retirinr Grand Master tt.c ADer rISs 10 s
present the MeI ls, Gran, s,S Master Ty pre-.
succcssor ana as, wrsper Abernethy WI
T Ias. srand master appointed h'sA'
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,>,,Nc SESSION.

!. s.,srday morning Grand Master st',1
~ yes s.,,sa the Most Worshiptul
xshy es ~ Texas to resume labor.
Lodge Of AGO sang THE Sweet Bye
Grsnd, ,d INV Ss Joe T. Bursher. after
I c,,od Chaplain Murray in'0heu 'Ae
blessing ,s No .
II. Burgher. ,,,.os M, heretofore re
- W., asclared entitled to votes IA
saY oase and the report was adop-
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-08-07

Watar Kennedy Of aelt is in the city
J G 5howolI has eona 10 IToleba FOR q
few tta.a visit.
Constable Harvey . Hall OF CASCADE
Is in gla city.
Johu X. Caatner of Belt was ia tie
city yesterday,
Deputy Sheriff Duncan MacIaod o.
| bcJt l. IN the city.
| Sherttf John Zimmerman Of Teton
county arriyed yesterday.
7. G. Simpson. the NeihAr. ,ninin Z op,
orator. Is in Great t'all5.
S. NJ. Dodd and son, Harry, arrived
from logging Creek yesterday.
Ma lleberlein returned yesterday
from Il few weeks visit in Omaha.
Mr. ard Mrs. Nat McGiffin of Said
Cculee were in Great Falls yesterday.
II, r. Engelhorn, president Of the Ho-
| ena Commercial college, is in the city.
DR. W II. Wineow, superintendent of
the Fort Shaw Indian school, is in the
city.
NJ. } Garrett, superintendent OF the
pubIic schools of Le"i3town, is il Great
Falls
AIis- DoIla Downing haa RETURNED
from sit with MIS-. f. y Cooper Of
IHaca 'a.
Gaorea Coulsoo, we'll Ero0r rancher
4f '..ct. de WAe in {htrijy an DD4inn1a
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-08-07

Born, TO Mr.. and Mrs J. G, Showall &
lQpound daughter,
A, W. Kingabury returned yesterday
sfrom buginoes visit to Fort Benton.
II. d. Conant is o&pected to return
to-day from business visit 10 New folk
lefty.
In the district court yesterday, the
suit Of W S, Frary, Agent, Vs. Barbara
Lescantz was dismissed, settled.
A marriage license was yesterday
and Miss Lille liendrckson Of Belt.
John IIarsila, native of Finland,
kwas yesterday admitted TO citizenship in
&the United States by Judge Benton.
Il, B. Dickinson, J. l.. Miller, and Al
s&bert Erickson will today 90 on their bi-
Scycles to Iiighwood and spend the day
Wishing,
III w. A. Chessman, q prominent citizen
8pf Helena, arrived yesterday and is a
guest of Mei, Geo. II, Field at his Sand
Eoulee ranch.
n II. f. BcIcher, formerly in the employ
Scf the Great Falls Street Railway com
pauy, who is now ranchjng in Teton
n bounty, IS in the city.
NJ b. D. Hatcher yesterday refused TO &C.
SEept tho 521 900 of the city funding
bonds, which Judge Benton declared
ega, and the bond suit will be appealed.
Mrs. J. A. Herschlcr of Helena, accom-
panied by her children, is visiting her
Nrh1 III ~. 4 1
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-08-07

Iu thn district court "Wednesday tloro
#aa facd transcript Of Judgments in
Juetjco Eoroigh's court, for 2looT1 in
favor Of the Continental Insurance com
pany and against Ed F, Mann, \ writ
Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-08-07

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Of tna Jglitb r.,r .vear3 fFav viii
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growing rapidly, When the season
opens, August Is, there will be the finest

sport in many years in this section. The
pot-hunters are already engaged in their
nefariouB work, however, and they are
liable to hear something drop with q
duh thud very soon
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-04
FIT. RANDALL RESERVATION.
South Dakota May Have 1t il the
State So Desires.

j. l.. Lockhart, commissioner Of
school and public lands, of Pierre, re-
Gently inspected the londs of the Fort
Randall military reservation on the
south side of the Missouri river, TWEEN
ty-tive miles south of Armour. The
lands of this reservation, consisting Of
over 10000 acres. have been ceded to
the State of South Dakota by the gen.
eral government in lieu of a deficiency
of lands under the enabling act. The
state has one year after the survey OF
these lands are filed in which to accept
the same. The object of Mr.. Lock
hart's trip was TO aid him in determin-
ing whether il would be to the interest
of the state to accept the lands. The
character of these lands is not very de-
sirable, as they are principally very
rough, broken lands, without the ad-
vantage Of streams. 1t would be ques-
tionable policy on the part of the state
10 accept this grant, as the country on
the Fort Randall reservation is only
fit for grazing, and it would be years
before they could be sold or made
profitable to the state. The commits
sioner did not express his opinion as to
whether the state would accept the
lands.
Mr.. Lockhart has made an excellent
record in the administration of his Of
flee, and will no doubt be conceded a
denomination at the Aberdeen conven-
ton without opposition. interest IN
the politics of the state is warming
up and the promise of a red-hot time at
Aberdeen in July will no doubt be re-
allied. The hard fight will be on GOV
ernor. for which there are six candi-
dates, with the probability hat the
lines will be drawn with the railroad
influences on one side and 0 OPP
posed thereto on the other. Herrled.
FOLEY. Clifford and Ringsrud are all
strong candidates. and the nomination
will 90 to one of these without doubt.
The silver question may be an import
ant factor in determining the congress
sional nominee in the North district.