The Washington bee., 1897-05-01
SECRET ORDERS
EDITORIAL SYNOPSIS.


,oaTE we car, saw this one thing, that
THE BEES great aim in life IS to de-
fend the oppressed and to show up
corruption and dirt. In many CdSes !
Won want TO make enemies you tell the
truth and YOU will accomplish the oo-
ject. | would suggest IN the iutuIe
that people follow one advice, VIZ pe
careful how you monkey aroufu tIe
bee hive. The bee hive IN TINS case
is fortified with special corps ol
bees. armed with sharp stngers. IN
conclusion, if you get stung, don nor
low. THE BEE never laughs IN your
face and then the moment your odCN ls
turned, apply the knife. 1t oelleVeS
in downing tyranny and protecting the
weak. THE BEE will always act
proper while working under this plat
form.
Imperial Board of Directors of Cen
eral Imperial Council of Royal and
Select Masters of the Cryptic Rite for
United States and Canada, instituted
1894. E. s. Baker, So, Chairman,
Kansas City, Mo-. J. J. Buckner. So,
Indianapolis, Ind. A. ). Williams,
So, Shellbyville, ILL.,; James ..
Holmes, 33O, Washington, D. c; Z.
c. Thomas, SO, Ceder Rapids, Iowa;
w. T. Floyd, 3s0, Indianapolis, Ind.
d. I. Donehoo, So, Chicago, Ill E.
Lawrence. Galveston, Texas; ]. A.
Bell. 330, Grand Rapids, Michigan;
w. X. Morris, So, Minneapolis, Mimi;
w. S. Rollins, So, Indianapolis, Ind
w. H. Mauldin, So, Sacramento, Cal. =;
F. I. Butler, 80, Sacramento, Cal.
The following regulations are IN force:
First. No Master Mason shall receive
the degrees unless they are a Royal
Arch in the York Rite, or a Royal Arch
in the Scottish Rite Q40). Second.
Each Grand Officer is empowered TO
establish Councils, unless prohibited
by the Most IllustriouS Grand Master
John G. ZONES, So Third. The dress
ofa Companion is dark clothes, red ap-
rons and white gloves. Fourth. Each
Council is entitled to three represen-
tatives in the Grand Council.
NEUROLOGY.
1t is with much regret that we an
nounce the departure OF Sharlt +. l.
Simmons, 80 and X. T. to the Unseen
Temple Schawall, 20 Higera, 1914,
which answers to April ?, 1897. De-
CSdS6u AdS lOElllCliN vi w holllhS tOi',
d. c., and with his wife settled in He
lena, Montana. He was a barber by
trade and his wife a hair dresser. No
children. He was under the domain
of the Crescent and ACmet Mosque,
Oasis, Helena, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
eS-Salaam.
CYRUS Crandall, of Jersey City, died
recently, Deceased was said to be
the oldest Mason in the United States.
He was born in 1905 and entered the
Order 2I years after.
March 20, at St. Louis, Mo-, Lee
Pou, Grand Secretary of Chinese Ma
sons, in this country, died. At the
funeral over 5000 people attended.
GEMS FROM THE QUARRIES.
Washington Times. April ~. 1871
Crescent Consistory, Thirty-second
degree, A. A S. r., Southern and
Western Masonic jurisdiction of the
United States, by unanimous vote last
Tuesday, changed the name OF the
Consistory to that of ID. F. Seville, III
honor to d. F. Seville, Secretary-Gen-
eral of the Supreme Council. This
Consistorv is composed of the repre-
sentative colored Masons of Kansas
and located at Topeka.
Washington Times, April n, 1891
MASONS INVITE THE PRESI-
DENT.
WINCHESTER, VA, April 24.-At a
recent communication of Hiram Lodge
of MasonS, of the city, a committee
was appointed to make visit to PreSi- !
dent Mckinley and extend to him an
invitation to visit the lodge at any
time most convenient and agreeable to |
himself. This committee will go to
Washington al an early date. PreSl- /
dent Mckinley was iniated, passed and I
raised to Hiram Lodge during the |
late war, and it IS most likely that he |
will accept the invitation.
Suffolk Lodge, No. 90, F. A. A. NJ, !
New York, } celebrated its Centennial |
last month.
The Odd Fellows of Tennessee, /
known as Gap Greek Lodge, No. u,
meet in large cave. 1t is equipped |
with all the paraphernalia. The cave
is eighteen by siXty-elght feet III
height.
The Masonic National CnlNerSlIy dt
Beaver, Pa, is expected to be COM !
pleted by July, 1895. 1t will accomo- |
date 5000 children-boys and girls.
SCOTTISH RITE MASONRY.
AT the annual election of King |
David's Consistory, No. 5, Ancient /
Accented Scottish Rite Masonry, held |
on Friday evening, March 10TH, 1897, |
in the valley of New York, under the
authority OF the Supreme Grand Coun- |
Gil Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite,
Northern iurisdiction.) The following |
named officers were duly elected and |
appointed and regularly installed by |
Iilustrious NJ. L. Hunter, So, Deputy |
of the Valley of New York: Iliustrious
lanes H. Lewis, So, Commander-in- |
Chief; IllustriouS E. B. Dalton, So, |
First Lieutenant Commander Illus |
trious lanes McCadden, SO, Second |
Lieutenant Commander; Illustrious |
Levi Williams, SO, Minister of State
IlIustrious E T. Matthews, so, Grand |
Chancellor Illustrious William H.
Henderson, s7o, Grand Treasurer IL
iustrious Benjamin Myers, 320. Grand
Secretary; Illustrious James NJ. Reed,
SO, Grand Hosipitaller Illustrious NJ:
A. TazeweIl, SO, Grand Organist; IL
lustrious ID. T. Brown, 320, Grand Cap
tain of Guard; Illustrious Shadruck