The Washington bee., 1897-08-28

duced from the Evening Press, o
Grand Rapids, Mich, of November IS
1896. ThiSIartiCle gives our friend Jack
son hot stuff about his go. Bro. Bel
and his friends published the article
stating that they knew nothing OF this
o60, and that the So was the highest
that they knew of. The thirteen men
in Grand Rapids that Mr.. Jackson con.
ferred the 90, then took their 60
business into the Grand Lodge, with
the result that Brother Bell has started
another faction of Blue MaSonS. And
he did perfectly right, as long as ignor'
ant Masonic leaders will continue to
allow matters to enter their JurlSdlc-
tions that don't belong there, why
there will be trouble. These fights
demonstrate to brethren the necessity
of putting light in the East and not
darkness. Nothing will ruin Orders
quicker than where they have to have
figure-heads as leaders. The great
cry is about white Masons not reCog-
nizing colored Masons. We cannot ex-
pect ihe white brethren to do so when
we cannot conduct our own business
in an intelligent manner. In this Jurls-
dictIon the Grand Master who did the
act has, like the Arab, silently folded
his tent and departed, and his men,
berS will have a sweet time bringing
things into line. Such is life.
Grand Council of Royal and Select
Masters of the Cryptic Rite for L. S.
and c.
To all Companions, Royal and Select
Masters
Take due notice that Companion d.
r. Stokes, of Dallas, Texas, was eX
PEELED for gross un-MasoniC conduct
by the Grand Council of r. & S. NJ,
held in Chicago, charges being pre-
ferred against him by d. G.. Master
Kimbrough, So. Deputy for Texas.
Witness our signatures the 25d day
of August, A. d. 1897, and in the year
of the Deposit 2S97.
John @. Jones, So, NJ. |. G. NJ.
Thos. w. Logan, So, /. O. r.
By d. F. Seville, So,
Illus. @. Corresponding Recorder.
John w. Dunmore and Jos. H.
Shreeve, of Prince Hall ConsiStory,
Chicago, have been suspended from
the rights and benefits of Scottish
Rite Masonry, for gross unMasoniC
conduct. Members of the Rite take
due notice.
The Illustrious Jas. H. Young, So,
Grand Master of MasonS of North Car
olina, was in our jurisdiction. Bro. |
Young is a prominent member of the |
ho rnCafInh oil tho do |
greeS in the Order, He is a Special |
also Son of the Desert, and promi-
He is the editor of the Gazette, pop
the race. Bro. Young is all right.
The white Shriners of Philadelphia
have taken great liking to our Po-
tentate Holland, of Pyramid Temple.
The other evening he visited the Lu-
Lu Temple, and after the Temple
closed, in company with the rest, par
took of a SumptuouS banquet.
The X. of P, E and w, are moving
around pretty lively all over the coun-
try.
The Grand Court of Cyrene S hold
ing its own up. Bro. Holland knows
how to work the affairs, &c.
Grand Council of Mystic Shrine at
X. l., October 25, 1897.
For particulars address John G. Jones,
,7I7 Armour ave, Chicago, H., or d.
:. Seville, Washington, d, G.
As we stated in our two last editions
bout the corpse N the ground, we will
gain suppose that the Seventeenth
treet crowd is the corpse and the fol-
owing dialogue would take place:
Priest. My son, how is that these
haps S. f. call you bogus when they
kipped from the National Compact
Irand Lodge in 1871?
Seventeenth street. You cannot eX-
'ect blood from stone.
Priest. Sure Mike. My son, what is :
be meaning of the word bogus
Seventeenth street faction. The word
'ogus means noted swindler, spurious,
rook, &c.
Priest. Ha, ha.; then do you propose
0 fill my head that an incorporatIveI
'ody is bogus when they bolt from
olterS and use the same rituals, &c, -
Ike the folks living in glass houses, -
&C.?
Seventeenth street. What fools we =
1ortals be. -
Priest. Sure Mike. Now, my advice =
o you is as follows: Whenever you =
an get a case on one of these legal =
eople Ito hear them tell it, and =
hey have some dust, &C., enter suit
Or Infringement of certain rights. You
ave three points on them, as follows
irst, origin; second, ritual; third, in
law; and they can't beat
he combination, -
Seventeenth street Sure Mike.
AT this stage camel'S milk is again n
Introduced and the ceremonies closed. -