The morning times., 1896-01-15
IaDucTED INTO OFFICE
District Grand COmmandery K.
7. Formally Constituted.
IMPOSING MASONIC RITES
Banquet Folio wed the Ceremonies
and Exalted Knights Proposed and
Responded to Toasts-Congratuia-
tory Telegrams Poured in From
Other Cities.

The first Grand Commandcry of knights
| Teinplar for tho District WIS last evening
| consolidated with appropriate ceremonies In
Masonic Temple Hail.
The stage ;iL the east end OF the large
room wa, decorated with the banners OF
| The order, American flags, potted palms
and flowers. Those present were IN inii
uniform and made the scene one of unusual
| bril.ilncy.
AT ESQ o'clock, the hour appointed for
the consultation ceremonies, Most Eminent
Granu Master Warren La Rue Thomas de-
oiared the Grand conmandery open. Past
Commander Joseph b4rneJL Was uesiSilaIeu
TO serve as secretary
REPRESENTATIVES, were found to be present
| from cdcn Of the five communicates IN the
District.
Alter a statement by Grand Master
Iuuln Is. ntA OeGI Iftd tnc tram CUn!mandcry
duly constituted as such.
GRAND OFFICERS ELECTED.
The following officers were then formally
elected:
| NONE n. .Larncr, grand CON mander; Frank
Al. 1nomas, deputy goand COMMANDER: keZin
". Darby, grdIu SrlieraiisSiilo, L. b. DAVIS,
grand captain general; a .eA ". Mckenzie,
grand srl:or waFCen;' Within Gaiiiner,
grand junior warden; l.. Il. Chamberim,
grand treasurer; Isaac l.. Johnson, grand
recorder; II. X. Simpson, grand preiale;
george Il. Corson, grand staiuard Dcarcr'
rloDrrj L. Constant, grand sword bearer,
Joseph Bruinaieit, grand warder.
Tue Instll.aIt iOii u tile Officers Dy the grand
master then took place, Harrison Dnsnan,
vi Washington .ommanuery, actinS as
grand marshal.
The rsnaI routine business was trans
acIed and ihe firsJ session OF the grand
commandeTy closed. the total strength
at its institution Is I,545 members.
FOLLOWED BY A BANQUET.
A reception followed TO Grad Master
and Mrs. Thomas, at which large num-
Der oI iadies added grace and beauty 10
the assembiase. Goodfnan's Masonic Or
cuesIfa furulsGed several !iusicii SeicctIouS
and a short time was devoted 10 daucing.
BORROWING the reception complimentary
banquet was SIvcn uTand Master InomaS
10y tnc newly Instituted grad coihlnaho-
cry at treuud's.
ihe ian.es were decorated with floral
pieces representing the emDlSuis OF the
order and the haiI was hung WIN Amer
ican flags.
Amons me guests of honor present were:
GraGd Master oil Templars Warren La Rue
Thomas, hOp.Jdmes IL. hopkius, past grand
master or 1empiars, hon. James IL ca
ding of Peuns ylvanla, Hon. Irving L.
Wagner OF EeunsyIydina, hon. JacOD II.
Broruweu OF UhIu, Henry B. Mchean OF
pennsylvania, JUnn I. LaTiiain u! Nlr-
SinIa. Il. IL. Dowunam OF virginia, Edsaf
- buCicy, W liilain ii. ozark uI MAR isii-u,
Charles r. Scott of West Virginia, and
George ". Bard and Theodore Il. De
Mol of this city.
Commissioner OF Pensions Lochren were
unable to be present.
AT the CONCLUSION OF the banquet letters
and teIegraIiis or regret AID coBgratuih-
ton were read from The IoiiOwluS hiSh
Officials OF the oruer:
TELEGRAMS OF GENERALIZATION.
Z. Withers, Virginia; W. b. Melisb, Gin
cinnati: H. Wells Lyons, Meriuen, Conn.,;
Cornelius l.. TwiIng, brooklyn; Jonian ii.
DruuiinuDu, Maine, Eugene Ii. klcnarus,
massachusetts, I. b. Lacy, Iowa; Sinuei IT,
stone, hcnUucky, } W. l. clio VS., New lamp
eIlIrc, horace Ii. AunsOn, Aoftn carolina,
Daniel {. Roberts, New Hampshire; joan
Z. Smith, Illinois; Charles +. buck, loulsi-
ana; }. W. Snyder Baltimore; iiIiam +.
Jewett, Michigan; Horace "A Nobie, New
ork; Nliilam j. 10 wman, Maine; u. w.
Curier, New Hampshire; Daniel Ii. " hceler,
Nebraska; "A. 4. LeyerlnS, Minnesota; l..
Z. jenkins, Mississippi, .osepn a Locke,
Virginia; Ii. b. QuInby, New Hampshire;
George Cook, Maryland; s. S. foLe, Penn
sylyania; David IL. Craig, " yonnng; W. K.
Williams, Nebraska; liliam T. Perkins,
North Dakota; and Fred Greenwood, yir-
ginia.
Ioasts were proposed and responded to
as follows:
The Grand Encampment of the United
States" W. LaRue Thomas, grand master
of Tenplars; The Grand Lodse, F. A. A.
n, OF the District of Columbia" George
w. Baird, most worshipfnl grand master;
The Grand X. A. Chapter OF the District
of Columbia - Theo. DeMnll, most excellent
grand nigh priest; Masonry in General,
and Tenpiary in Maryland, in Particular
Hon. J. H. Bromwe., of Ohio, washing ton:
the Permanent Home of the Grand En-
campment," James II. Hopkins, past grand
master OF Templars; Woman" Il. B. Hay.
The toasts were interspersed with vocal Sc
lections by Columbia Commandery Quartet,
composed of Sirs. Chas. W. Hancock, j.
Henry Kaiser, Perry B. Turpiu, and Alex.
Mosher.