The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-17
MAsONS ELECT OFFICERS.
PIas for Taking Masonic Temple On
the Hands of f>crsi LodEe-N@-
atOu 70 Reconsider H~eognItiou OK
= Cotor~a Msaons IL Defeated

The Grzr9 ks.gs Of Eree ard Accepted
Ma he'd lss oioxtng session yesterday.
After tna oonvocsssDn al > O'Clock ia tina
morning the time was taken up with re-
ycr,s OF various c5mraitfsss untA 8
oesose.s. when the lodge proceeded 20 the
election Of officers. Those s.scJs3 aFe as
follows:
Grand master. william II. Upon, o. &C.
attic: deputy gran5 master. william NJ
s<aHar. OF Pussllap. senior grand war
Der * J. Chadwick Of Colf4a. tus2aor
Sraaf warden, II. l. KEENAN,, % -Fscks
grand treasurer, William AgAteNsIi. o.
Olympia: grand secretary. Thomas NJ
Reed. Of Olympia.
T,u-ng the afternoon session commit
Tee APPOINTED last year TO eonsl3rr plans
for taxing the Masonic temple OF the
hands os the local lodge made is report
IL aec.ded 10 have tfs local lodge call on
eli Masons in this Eranc jurisdiction 20
take Up t!o1Q0 in bonds bsaTiag per
e~n, interest ard 20 be reisemea In i1as
fszs than Ave nor more than twenty years,
n the option 81 the noffsEs- TIE report
Was adopted The temple. at pre&esss, II
sayrtrazea for 81. go. and 1t r. said some
ossyscuity in paying the interest has bern
exparaencsd by the local lodge. though the
property In universally conceded 10 Dc
saIuabls one.
The finance committee reported ths
finances OF the lodge Ia a healthy coFldi-
fIor. and made the Usual appropriations
for the salaries and expenses OF of'Icers
ana q special appropriation OF si-zs for
the salary and expenses Of Grand Lee
turer j. N. Tayler. of this city. the re-
pors was adopted
The yenrss~psaffve Of the Grand lodge
Of oregon was authorized to telegraph the
fratsrnsl greetings OF this Grand lodge TO
the Grand lodge OF Oregon. now in session
81 Portland.
Mai. James r. Hayden, OF this city.
moved TO recona.dsr the action In regard 10
recognizing negro Masoss, bat his motion
was Indefinitely postponed by an over
vhelming majority
The following officers aad committees. Tor
the ensuing year were appointed ~ Grand
Master Upton.
Grand chaplain. Rev. II. ". Eagan. of
waIsa wsIla. grand lecturer. J. NJ. Taylor.
Of Seattle: grand orator. Edward +, Ross,
OF Castle Rock. grand marshal. j. t.
Yakey. of Port Blakeisy. grand senior
Junior deacon. &. y. Atkins, OF Taaerna
srand senior steward, James carroll. OF
Port Townsend, grand Junior steward, =;
r. Hixrn, OF Vancouver grand ssoFd
bearer Nj Cameron. of Ellsnsburg; grand
standard bearer. q. III. Baker. OF Golden
dale. grand Bible bearer. L. j. Easensohn:
Of purneroy; grand Tyler, G. u knlshs' q
Seattle Committee on jurisprude'ce. j.
r. Eduisfon OF Dayton, chairman. and !
p. Fisk. Of kelao. and y. =. Peterson, OF
Heattle. Conlmlttee or finance. j; * HAY
den of Seattle. chairman, anu Joseph
Smith. OF Kaiaua. ard ~. III. Iaumer. oil
3sattle. Committee on grievance and ap-
peais A. W. Frater. OF Seattle. chairman.
and n 4. Porter of Olympia, aid ". j.
,:alsraith. of cuavtiie. COMMITTEE. on re-
TURNS aud work nf lodges. Josesph A. Kuhn
Of Port TcwRssssd. chairman, aitd = =.
Hia.oek OF Walis Walla, and j. IL, Kin
,,ex az North Yakima. Committee on cor
rtaraaslengs. Thomas NJ Reed OF olympia.
After transsa acting considerable business 81
a routine nature. the Grand Lodge ad-
iourned, 10 meet In Seattle the second
Tuesday ia June next year.