The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-16
MASONS' SECOND DAY
Officers of the Chapter Elected
For the Ensuing Year.
THIRD DEGREE CONFERRED
Sloan Lodge of Topeka Dis
plays the Ritual.
THIRD DEGREE CONFERRED

All day yesterday the many state dele
cations of active HIlsons were arriving
nom their local lodges to participate in
the business ana csoteric work Of the
Grand Chapter and Grand Lodge. Non
day afternoon the Grand Lodge Of Capt.
ular Masonry CALEB of from labor 10 re-
freshmen until yesterday morning 1T 10
o'clock The reports Of committees, for
sign correspondents and officers were
submitted and in the afternoon the an
nual election of officers was held. After
all other business had been transacted.
Most Eminent Ch4s. T.. Mcneil, Grand
High Priest, announced the election OF
4 officers in the usual Masonic form. Near
: ty all the regular officers Of The Grand
Chapter moved up in the usual way. and
the general resuIe was us follows:
Grand High Priest-Right Eminent
Aaron II. Connect.
Deputy Grand High Priest-R. E. Alex
a. Sharp Of Larned.
Grand King-R. Z. Joseph w. Smith, Of
Minneapolis.
Grand Treasurer-R. E. Peter J. Freling
of Leavenworth.
Grand Secretary-R. Z. Jacob Dewitt,
Of Salina.
Grand Scribe-Eminent Charles J. Webb
of Topeka.
Grand Captain of the Host-Emineut
Henry c. Loomis, Winfield.
Grand Royal Arch Captain-Eminent
Ed Wellington, Ellsworth.
Wis, Atchison.
Grand Lecturer-Eminent Samuel Z.
Busser, Emporia.
Grand Sentinel-Eminent Delos W. Ack-
er. Seneca.
The Office Of Grand Chaplain was not
filled.
Last evening at s O'Clock the order Of
High Priesthood was conferred upon
class OF candidates by Eminent Jacob
Dewitt. assisted by Eminent c. a. Gates
of Wichita. Only those who have served
as High Priests of chapters of the Capt.
ular Rite are eligible TO this order.
The Grand Lodge A. T. and A NJ. con-
venes this morning at $50 o'clock, and
this is the main event of the session. Last
evening at the Auditorium was assem-
bled probably the largest gathering of
Masons in one room ever witnessed in
Wichita or the state of Kansas. Long
before the Grand Master arrived to his
position in the East, the large audience
hall was packed to its utmost capacity.
The occasion was the comforting of the
Sublime Degree of a Master Mason by
the celebrated Sloan lodge, 225 of Topeka
which for many years has set the pace
for the whole jurisdiction in fine dramatic
effects in its splendid ritual. By special
request of the Grand Master this lodge
came down last evening, including
their widely famed floor team to put on
In all its magnificent detail this age old
work. Wichita lodge. No. 90, had charge
of the evenings official work and fur
nished the candidate in the person Of
James W Tapp. AS soon as the vast
crowd could be seated and quiet restored,
w Z. Bailey, as Worshipful Master open
ed the lodge in due form. Immediately
after he gave way with his corps Of Of
fcers TO the Topeka lodge and the regular
work commenced. Chas. s. Downing
presided in the East as Master, assisted
by Frank Crane, senior warden; o. w.
Blood, junior warden; C. ". BANTER Sc
nior deacon; A E Sweet, junior deacon;
John H. White, senior steward; and c. N.
Nelson, junior steward. Every Mason in
the large audience was carried back over
the lapse of the centuries and once again
seemed to be present at the building of
that splendid pile of oriental architecture
the poem built in stone" King Solo
mons Temple.
Like clock work and the delicate work
ing of the finest mechanism was the per-
Torrance CT the finely drilled floor team,
under the mastery hand Of w. c. T.
Reichenbach, who long years ago welded
the gavel in one of the earliest lodges of
Philadelphia For ten years he has pa
tiently labored with this special team IN
til today his Jays" are known all over
the jurisdiction, and the lodge that gave
them their name is honored by the most
splendid encomiums from the throne of
the Most Worshipful Grand Master. De-
picted before the breathless audience last
evening was the repetition Of the stir
.ring scenes Of the last days of the con-
struction of the Temple. much Of which
is related in the Bible and in the tales Of
Herodotus. Only a Mason appreciates all
there is in legendary lore surrounding
the mysteries of the strange elimination
of the plan Of King David; and no one but
a Mason gets out Of the beautiful story
the uplifting inspiration 70 higher thought
Ioftier aim and a steadfast adhering 70
duty. love and charity. The local bodies
OF Ancient Craft Masonry are delighted
at this rare privilege Of Witnessing this
work in its dramatzed form, and new
life is given 10 the work. This evening
the Grand officers put on this same work
and the general business OF the Grand
Lodge will today commence in earnest.