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Edward Ill. 1927; William the Concueror
1856: Alfred the Great, ST.: Cerdic, 495;
Archaius of Scotland. 1871; Pharamaid, 40,
and Herrgest, 457 He attended Lombard
University, 1869 to '73, and Cornell Univer-
sity. 1874. In Masonry he has taken the
oe srees in the lodge, chapter, council, COM
mandery and A. and A. s. Rite, was made
an active member of the Supreme Council,
October 26, 1886. and has from that time
held official position in the council. March
Z, 1887, he instituted Minnesota College Of
the Societ2s Roscrucinas, of which order
he is an Hon. Ike, and since that time has
been the chief adept of Minnesota College,
He Is an active worker in the patriotic
societies. and January II, 1897. founded the
Society of American Wars. which has en-
rolled on It's list of companions a number
of illustrious Americans.
Grand Marshal General Calvin W. Ed
wards was born February II, 1919, at
Covert. N. Y. In 1884. at the age of fifteen
he enlisted in Battery c. 1st New York
Light Artillery. and served during the war
being with his battery before Petersburg.
when the city was evacuated, in April
1855. In 1865 he took a course In q COM
mercial college, and in 1866 commenced
work as clerk for the American Express
Company, In Auburn, N. Y, rising to the
position of cashier. In 1850 he became
chief clerk in the superintendents Office at
Albany, and in July, 1895, was appointed
to the management of the Albany office
He has been active in the Y. NJ C. A. work.
and is now director and treasurer In the
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Mrs. Murphy's Famous shanty.

ton. 1t had verandas and an attic and a
lean-to in the rear, and was of intricate
ground plan. 1t was reached by steps in an
embankment from the sidewalk. In the
principal front room was bar for which
Mrs. Murphy had a license. There was
kitchen and dining room in an l., and a
sleeping room back of the bar.
Besides Mrs Murphy. the place had for
occupants a neer-do-well grown son and
strapping fellow of thirty-five, who pre-
served the peace among patrons. He was
Mrs. Murphy's second husband. She Is
about sixty years old. A goodly proper
tion of these years are said to have been
spent fighting the threatened encroach-
ment of the rghtful owners on her domain.
She was a firm believer in the doctrine that
possession is nine points of the law, and
she maintained her position with distinct
ability, enlisting In her behalf the services
of many eminent citizens.
The dock department signiied its inten-
ton repeatedly of tearing down the house.
only to bring down upon itself the maledic-
tions of Mrs. Murphy. and invite the inter-
vention in her behalf of DIR. Dix, Father
Ducey and host of other kind persons.
One hundred and fifty pages are estimated
to be approximation of the aggregate
space devoted to Mrs. Murphy in the books
of the department, but it is spread over
so long a period that the beginning is of
unknown date
The newspaper have chronicled the warn
ings given to Mrs. Murphy in the last
eighteen months as a result of the COM
plants OF the Vest Side ASSOCIATION anu
the recent ultimatum of the dock board
that she must go. The engineers began
work on Saturday morning of last week.
Mrs. Murphy had surrendered. Captain
Price. with sergeant. roundsman and de
tail of police, vas on hand to view the de-
struction.
You've destroyed me at last" she said.
as she went in quest of a furniture van to
take her belongings to a new home, on
Saith street Crowbars. pickaxes, hammers
and chisels were brought to bear. Clap
boards. doors and windows were ripped
out. Then a chain was run through the
attic, made fast to a bar placed across a
back window. and the other end was rugged
to a pile driver. The engine was started.
and as the chain was stretched the building
toppled and fell. By noon there was not a
stick standing. Mrs. Murphy's son is still
on the ground, disposing by sale of the Sec
ond-hand materials.
Before Mrs. Murphy bade her final fare
well to the spot she said to the engineer:
'Shure, it don't matter. 1 can buy IL L
want. any house on I'D street between the
river and 9th avenue"
She is reputed to be worth about SEC, 000
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Grand Secretary General John G. Barker
was born in Mevrich, N. Y. in 1884, and is
nearly a direct descendant from Nathaniel
Foote, who settled Watershed, Conn, in
1875. In 1880 messenger boy at the
Masonic headquarters of ST. Johns Grand
Lodge, known as the Goat and Gridron,
81 Forsyth street, New York. he became
conversant with early Masonic difficulties
existing in the state from three living par
Elephants. which enabled him in later years
to prest nj the only reliable history of st.
Johns Grand Lodge eXtant. it being inter-
woven in the history of Selentia Lodge, No
1913, of New York city, into which he was
initiated in 1861. In 1876 he collated and
published an Introduction to the vol
ume of proceedings of the years 11S1-1S15
IAN Early History of Masonry in the
Province of New York, During the Years
1870 to ISL sketch that has been well
received at home and abroad. In 1870 he
was appointed to classify and arrange the
books belonging to the Grand Lodge. In
two years he occurred the foundation of a
valuable Masonic library, and was appoint
ed grand librarian of the Grand Lodge.
Mr.. Barker is editor of the Masonic Chron-
icle and Official Bulletin. published at 63
Blocker street New York. In 1881 he took
an active part in recognizing the Veteran
ST preme Council of the A and A. X. for
TIE United States of America, and was
elected an active member thereof, and soon
after appointed general deputy. in which
capacity he Reconstructed the rite in New
York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ohio,
Maine Iowa, California and Florida He
was elected grand secretary in October,
1856; received the Scottish Rite degrees in
1864, III der the authority of e. b. Hays; is
past master of Selentia Lodge. past high
priest of Zerubbabel Chapter, No. 49,
past thrice illustrous master of Columbian
Council, No. l, r. and s. NJ; past eminent
commander of Ivanhoe Commandery. No
&c. X. T., all of New York city; past T. p
G. NJ, past S. P. G. NJ. and past NJ W. of
Aurora Grata and the Brooklyn bodies of
the A. and A. S. R., also illustrious COM
mander of Brooklyn Council of Kadosh.
Grand Master of Ceremonies Edward
JlEius Edwards was born at Squaka, ILL.,,
February q. 1854. His great grandfather.
David Edwards, emisrated from Wales and
settled in Southampton county, Va, in
TICS. On the maternal side some of his
ancestors were Lieut.. Richard Stockton
Flushing. l.. L., 1856: Thomas Lord, Hart
ford. 1885; Gov. George WHY'S. Hartford.
1ts;S; John Clarke, patentee of Connecticut;
CO.. John Haynes, governor of Massachu-
sets. 1G33 and Connecticut, 1888, and
through Mabel Harlakeardon. his wife,
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Lieut.. Grand Commander Willard c.
Nanderilp Is prominent attorney and
counsellor of Boston, Mass, where he has
practced his profession for twenty-seven
years, taking high rank as manager OF
estates and trusts. He is a native OF
Methuen. but went to Boston when five
years old and has lived there ever since
politics. Was but recently appointed by
the mayor of Boston trustee of Mt. Hope
cemetery, to succeed Hon. John H. Cola
more. deceased. and he is chairman of the
board OF grand trustees of the Order of
Elks. In the Masonic world Mr.. Wander
lip has been given more honors than usu-
ally fan TO the lot of members of the
fraternity. He took the degrees of the An
cient and Accepted Scottish Rite, from the
4th to TIE 32d. in 1888: was elected com
mander of De Witt Clinton Council of
kadosh. Boston, January %, 1885, and serv-
ed until December IL, 1883. From May 2;
lsSi, to May 20, 1895. was commander-in-
chief of the Grand Consstory of Massa-
chusetts. Became honorary member of
the Supreme Council May q, 1891 an ac-
tive member October q. 1889, and was
October -, 1896. In the York Rite he be-
longs to Columbia Lodge. Boston; is
member of st. Andrews Chapter Royal
Arch MaSonS, Boston; of Boston Council
Royal and Select Masters; Boston Com
mandery, Knights Templar. and TIE Red
Cross of Rome and Constantine. He also
belongs to the Order of Red Men, and is
past exalted ruler of Elks being 4 member
of Boston Lodge. No. 10. and a member of
the Grand Lodge since 1887. Also past
chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, past
noble chief of the Knights of the Golden
Eagle and past commander, knights OF
Malta
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degree in April 1870: lin Pemigewasset
Chapter, No. b. Plymouth, N. H, and be-
came a member of Haverhill Commandery.
Knights Templar, No IA, February 6, 1888,
Valley of Boston ip, 1889: In 1884 he di-
mitted from the Valley OF Boston to assist
in instituting bodies from the fourth to the
thirtieth degrees in the Valley of Haver-
hill, and was elected T. P. grand master
in 1SS4-S5 and 1892 and Is now a member
of the subordinate bodies in Haverhill. Re-
moved to Hyde Park. Mass, in 1887. and
was elected T. P. grand master of Dewitt
Clinton l.. of P. for three. terms, 1S9O-91 80;
was crowned thirty5third in the Supreme
Council October 26s 1884 and elected an
active member in October. 1895.
N. D. Sperry. Grand Marshal of the
Camp, was born in Woodbridge. Conn.,, July
10, 1927; received his education in the
worked on the farm and taught school for
several years: held several state and coun-
ty Offices; was member of the conven-
ton that renominated Abraham Lincoln
committee Of New Haven during the war;
was made postmaster by President Lincoln,
in 1851, and continued In Office until the
election Of Grover Cleveland. President
Harrison reappointed him ana he served
until President Clevelands reelection, max
ing in all over twenty-eight years; Is pres
fdent of the New Haven chamber of COM
merce, and was elected member of the
Fifty-fourth Congress: was made a Mason
in Hiram Lodge. No. !, New Haven, in
lS49: started Adelphi Lodge IN Fair Haven
in 1850, and was Its first secretary; re-
turned to New Haven and organized Woos-
ter Lodge, No. ~. May 20. 1851. serving as
its master for two terms; received the
Royal Arch, Council and Knights Templar
degrees at New Haven. and held offices
in all Of these bodies. At special session
of the Supreme Council held in New York
city March 9, 1854. he was proposed for
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gan, deputy grand master of the Grand
1"dge: Cadwallader D. Golden. mayor of
New York; Martin Hoffman. Elias Hicks,
grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge, and
other distinguished men and Masons en-
rolled themselves in its ranks. 1t has -four
ishirg bodies in fifteen states and the Dis
trict of Columbia, viz: New York. Ohio.
California. Massachusetts, Minnesota. Ne
braska. Washington. Tennessee. Florida.
Indiana. Connecticut. Rhode Island, Iowa,
Michigan and New Hampshire.
The presiding officers of the four sub
ordinate bodies in this city are: Maj. E. r.
Campbell. s. p. G.. NJ, Columbia Lodge of
Perfection; r. J. Pullman, s. P. G. NJ. Co.
lunbia Council of Princes of Jerusalem;
John Mclaughlin. NJ. w. and p. NJ, Co
1umb:a Chapter Of Rose C<oix. and Saml.
G. Eberly, l. c., Columbia Council of Ka-
dOSh.
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German Lutheran Church. has accepted a
similar position in a church in st. Louis.
The edifice where he will oficia.e has been
erected on the site of church which was
destroyed during the cyclone there a few
months ago.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Church OF
Our father, corner OF 18th and /. streets
northwest. to the Passionate of which. as
already stated in The Star. Rev Mr. Moore
OF Claremont. n. H.. has been called is ar
ranging for fair to be held next month.
Rev. DR. George S. Duncan. pastor OF the
lexington Presbyterian Church will TO-
morrow evening. preach the frs; sermon of
series on the prominent characters in the
Book OF Genesis. The Ladies' Aid Society
winch some time ago. assumed the pay
ment of the debt on the church ory,1
mas succeeded in liquidating nearly the
entre obligation. The Junior Society of
carn.sa Enoeavor has begun its fall
sey- The officials OF the church are ar
tsannsing TOT course OF free lectures to be
oehvered during the ensuing winter.
a meeting of the Presbyt .rf,u minis, NE
OF the District will be held nj the .-h,,xcb
OF inc Covenant. Monday morning.
rev. r; Hez Sven. pastor of the Second
baptis. church. recently held Il series OF
revival meetings in Winchester ", 81 oi
enty-nve persons profcssed conversion ana
an or them who have not already d,na 60
vices were held ~ i
A Luther League. with a membershi, ~
Lutheran Church IN - "oih
ne metropolitan Baptist Church. Rev q
wiiiiaihs' DID, pastor. corner of 9Th and
A streets northeast, will have , rail-. 80
morrow the object being to secure he a.
r t OF all the members in The CIV
.n tne evening special sermon to boys
VIII be preached by the pastor.
Inc Young Peoples Society of ,.b.is.;,o
Ehaeavor of Zion Lutheran Church has
Undertaken to raise n considera ,,Ie s,,,, 90
building Il "e" church
The ladies who are interested in tho ,,,,.,.
VI the parish OF St Michael and All An
gers met Thursday and orga nized a branch
-. .L.e woman auxiliary of the board of
missions. Officers of the local organ,za,, VI
, Meie present and assisted in forming The
branch society The enterprising ladies If
,iiis parish nave gathered together a col
lection OF the pictures of Abbey C;ibson
Smedley. Stevens and Others which will he
on exhibition at the home of Mrs Turner.
eo2l ii street, Monday evening next
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Deputy John A. Glidden was born in
Tuftonborough. N. H., March il, iS26.
Was educated in the public schools at his
own expense, and learned the trade of
carpenter and builder. working summers
and attending school winters. teaching
some eight years. In April. 1885, he went
to Dover. N H.. and entered the employ
nent of the Cocheeno print works. Since
1873 he has been engaged in the under
taking business in Dover. He took the
Blue Lodge degrees in 1857 in Morning Star
Lodge. Wolfgorough, N. H: Omitted from
that lodge in 1870, and joined STAFFORD
Lodge, No. 20. Dover, OCTOBER 3 1870. The
chapter degrees were conferred Oh him in
1S61 in Belknap Chapter. No s. Dover,
and he served as high priest two years.
1Sso-'S1: received the Royal Select and
Super Excellent Masters degree in Orphan
Council. No. L., Dover. December s. 1863,
and served as thrice illustrtous master and
grand principal conductor of the work IN
the Grand Council of New Hampshire
Received the Red Cross in 1862, X. T. ard
K. of Malta in 1862. in St. Paul Com
mandery, Dover. and has had conferred on
him all the Scottish Rite degrees receiv-
ing the thirtythird ard last February =
1884, He was appointed deputy for the
state of New Hampshire in October 1895
and elected to active membership in the
Supreme Council October 81 1896
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NJ. W. Bayliss. thirtythird degree. SOW
creign grand commander. was born No
| vember $. 1918. and raised to the sublime
degree of master Mason February 10, 1870,
in Mount Vernon Lodge. No. /; exalted to
the Royal Arch in Providence Royal Arch
Chapter, No. l, November .. 1910; received
the degree of super excellent master in
Proyi lence Council, No. !, Royal and Select
Masters. December IL. 1870, and the Malta
degree in st. johns Commandery. No. I,
knights Templar June D. 1871. all in Provi-
dence. Rhode Island still holding member
ship and being in good standing in those
todies. He served as Junior deacon. senior
deacon and junior warden in his lodge. and
moved to Washington in 1881, to fill a po-
sition in the office of the surgeon general Of
the army. In 1888 he was presented with
jewels and resolutions by Washington Com
n,andery, No. 1, and Columbia Command
cry. No. ,, Knights Templar, for valuable
services rendered. In 1855 Almas Temple
Ancient Arabic order Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine, was organized through dispensa-
ton issued by the imperial potentate 10 the
potentate of Boumi Temple in Baltimore.
authorizing the creating of Sir Knight Bay
liss 10 be a noble on sight. and he was
elected the first potentate of Almas Tenn
Pie. being No. l on the roster of members
which now numbers over 100. He has also
been an honored member of the National
Masonic Veteran Association of this city
since 1891 In October. 1892. he received
the thirty-third and last degree of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in the
supreme SDuucI lOI the lIillcu OF
America. at the hands OF the late Mr. John
j. German of New York, then grand COM
lnander. and was appointed as his deputy
for the District of Columbia. He was the
first person to enter the rite in this city
and in October. 1898, prosperous bodies
were organized here. During the same
month ne was elected to active membership
III the Supreme Council In 1894 he was
elected grand standard bearer: in 1888,
lieutenant grand commander. and in Octo-
her. 1896. elevated to the most distin-
Guished position of sovereign grand COM
nander thereby completing one of the
most remarkable records in the history of
Scottish Rite Masonry. He served two
terms as thrice potent grand master of
Columbia Lodge of Perfection. No. l. AL
though starting alone and single ha nded
| in the fall of 1882. largely through his ef-
forts the rite now numbers between three
and four hundred members in this city To
account for this phenomenal success, it is
only necessary to say that wherever Mr.
Esyilss Is known, the fact that he is con-
nected with the rite is all the guarantee re-
| qulred. Having the courage of his con-
! victions. he will stand by any enterprise
| in which he engages until the last ditch is
| crossed. Commander Bayliss is now, and
| has been for several years. the architect
| in charge of hospital construction and re-
! pairs. under Brigadier General George NJ.
Sternterg. surgeon general of the United
States army.
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GraLd Standard Bearer John J. Stoddart
is a prominent attorney-at-law in Column
bus. Ohio, where he has practiced his pro-
fession since July, 1873: was born at Wig
ton, Cumberland, England, March %, 1850,
and came to this country with his parents
in 1851, locating on a farm near Cam
bridge. In 1865 he removed to Columbus
and prepared for the university at the pub
lie schools. Graduated in the literary de-
partment at Michigan University Ann
Arbor. in 1879: was made Mason in Mag
nolia Lodge, at Columbus, in 1884 received
the Scottish Rite degrees from the fourth
to the thirty second in the United States
jurisdiction the same year, and has been
commander-in-chief of Ohio Consistory
about ten years: was elected grand stand
ard bearer, OCTOBER 1896.
Deputy Henry W. Sauires of lansing
Mich, was born in Perry, Genesee county
(now Wyoming), September Is, 1881. Being
but about twenty miles from the place of
the reputed Morgan tragedy. he was
reared under the strongest anti-Masonic
influence. When boy he was given anti
Masonic almanacs to play with, which
were brinlful of horrible illustrations, and
claimed to show the regalia and give the
terrible oaths taken, etc, in all of which
he took no stock, as he grew to manhood
In 1870 he became a master Mason in Cap
ital Lodge, Lansing: is charter member
of the bodies Of the "A. and A S. R., insti-
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tuted December H. 1889. in his city, under
the jurisdiction of the Supreme Council for
the United States of America. their Terri
tories and Dependencies, and took the de-
grees from the fourth 20 the thirty-second
at that time. He is now Most Wise of Ian
sing Chapter Of Rose Croix; was crowned
sd July 20. 1893, and appointed state dep
uty for Michigan October %. 1886.
Edwin S. Foster, commander-in-chef of
the Grand Consistory of Massachusetts,
was born in Henniker, N. H; was made a
Mason March IL, 1865 in Union Lodge, No.
-. Bristol, N. H, and still holds member
ship there. With the exception of filing
several minor offices in his Blue Lodge, he
never held office in any bodies of the York
Rite. Was exalted to the Royal Arch
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GONE At LAST,
Nrs. Murphy~ Shanty Will Give No
More Trouble Vow,


More Trouble Now.
From the New York Times
Mrs Murphy will figure no more on the
books of the dock department, and her
shanty will figure no more as landmark
OF the upper west side. No one i'm the
dock department knows how long Mrs.
Murphy has held squatter sovereignty over
the neighborhood OF 10Th street and what
would be 18th avenue if the avenue were
cut through.
At one time the shanty would have stood
in 'the way of opening 18th avenue. but
the New York Central did some excavatina
that compelled Mrs. Murphy to move her
mouse out of the way. and she selected
Tor the new site plot of city ground 'Indar
the jurisdiction of the dock department.
There she settled. and there she staid de-
spite all official efforts to move her 1t was
on the south side OF the street between the
railroad and the river.
1t was called a shanty because il was a
squatter domicile. but it was better by far
than tho familiar shanties of goat assoeia
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Grand Marshal of the Camp Gilmore J.
Swerer was born February 4, 1861, in
Preble county, Ohio and was the only son
of Lewis c. and Terrissa O. Swerer his
ancestors having settled in that part of
the state about the time Ohio was admitted
into the Union. He was educated in the
public schools; at the age of fourteen left
school and commenced life for himself as
assistant cashier in large dry goods store
at Mexico, Mo. Some few years later his
father died. leaving the family to the care
of the son. He settled in Columbus. Ohio,
in 1883, and is today the secretary of the
Ohio State Savings and Loan Association,
one of the largest savings institutions in
that city. He was made a Master Mason in
March, 1883. a thirty-second degree in Feb
ruary, 1891. and a thirty-third degree in
October, 1896.
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Chapter, No. "a. Auburn, in 1871: was as
sistant grand lecturer of the Grand Chap
In 1SS6-'S7: received the order of Red Cross
in Salem Town Commandery, No. 16, K.
T., May 10. 1871. and was made a Knight
Templar June 2, 1871: took the Scottish
Rite degrees at Auburn in 1883, and re-
ceived the degree of honorary sovereign
grand inspector general 3Sd degree, in the
summer of that year; was deputy for New
York in 18S7-'sS, in the latter year being
elected an active member of the Supreme
Council was elected grand marshal gem
eral in Washington, October, 1895.
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Grand Minister of State Alexander At
kinson was born in Florence, KY, October
"a. 1889. At the age of five years his par
ents moved to Utica, N. Y. where he at
tended school until his tenth year, when
his parents located in Wisconsin, about the
time 1t was admitted into the sisterhood
of states. and from this time until he be-
came of age lived on his fathers farm
near StOughton. He cast his first vote for
Abraham Lincoln for President. In the
war of the rebellion he enlisted In Company
X. LIST Wisconsin Infantry; was mustered
into the service April IL, 1851; honorably