Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-16

George r. Smith was eieytPd delegate to the
grand lodge assembly, 1ch was held in
Lincoln wednesday and Thursday. Those
who werc present from Lincoln were Mrs.
Fred CLANCY. Mrs. Fred Miller Mrs. N G..
Ensey, Mrs. Julia Pierssf Mrs. WIN Lawlor.
Mrs s T. Cochran and Mrs, w. A. DllwOrth,
the latter being the lazy after whom the
new assnir bly, Is named. The Lincoln ladies
were royalty entertained at the Smith hotel.
with the Masonic Bodies.
The week in Masonic circles has been given
up almost entirely to tths sixth reunion of
the Scottish Rite bodies pi the state. The
gathering was held on Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday OF last week. The at
tendance was not as gobd' from points in the
state as was expected, but nevertheless the
reunion proved to pe an interesting one
Almost the entire time of the reunion con-
sisted of the communication of degrees. This
was quite a task, inasmuch as in the later
degrees, particularly the thirty-frst and
thirty-second the number Of candidates was
quite large. The reunion was closed with a
banquet on Friday evening.
Mt. Cavalry commaudery, No. I, Knights
Templar, held a special conclave last Friday
night and put through three candidates. The
work was followed by the customary banquet.
The Masonic blue lodge at Schuyler elected
the following officers: w. w. Wells NJ;
VIII Munger S. w; Il. a. Robbins, J. w;
NJ. f. Shonka s.; Bernard Mick, T.
Inc SnrltetS are preparing 10 nave the
| biggest and most extensive ceremonial sea-
son in their history. 1t will occur during the
| coming week The occasion will be marked
| by an innovation, from the fact that women
| arc to be allowed to sit at the traditional
| banquet that always closes session. The
| feminine sex has in the past been barred
| out. but 1t will be let in on the ground
| floor in order that they may be royalty en-
| ter tained and ever thereafter forget to de-
| liver a lecture when the mobiles are fifteen
minutes late returning from the shrine meet
! ings."
| a meeting Is to be held on Thursday even
| ing at 1880 o'clock for a full dress rehearsal.
| to complete all details for the session and to
| gather in volunteers for the Arab patrol
| The ceremonial session will occur on Friday
| afternoon, beginning at o'clock. The ban
| quet will be served promptly at o'clock
| in the evening at the Commercial club. Ad-
| mission will be by ticket only. recep-
| tion committee will be on hand at o'clock
| to look after the guests and visitors
| Following are the charmen of the COM
mittees in charge: Gustave Anderson, commit
| tee on reception; Henry G. Akin, committee
| on toasts and speeches; r. w. Breckenridge,
| committee on music Robert Carleton COM
| mittee on decoratons Robert j. Dining,
| committee on entertainment The commit
| teo on banquet is: Henry Hardy, Charles s.
Huntington, Fred W. Richards, Bdwin r..
| Perfect Louis e. Wettling.
| The members of the shrine are making a
big hustle for candidates in order to raise
money enough to make a gooC showing at
| the session of the imperial coun i in Detroit
| on June and .. At least carload of the
| local members expect to attend the session,
| They will join here the caravans from the
| western part of the country. Tue departure
will occur on the afternoon Of Sunday, June
| 6. The Nebraska representatives are: Henry
e. Akin, Gustave Anderson, Henry Hardy and
Robert e. French.