The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-11
AFTER A 1RlENNlAL
ST. PAUL WANTS 1908 MEETING OF
GENERAL GRAND ROYAL
ARCH CHAPTER
WOULD BRING HIGH MAs0Ns
Grand Chapter Took the
Initiative Yesterday at Its Annual
session-Josiah A. Peck, of Wa
basha, Is Made Grand High Priest
Injecting the Largest in the His
tory OF the Chapter.

At the twenty-eighth annual convoca-
ton OF the grand chapter of Royal Arch
Masons, of the state of Minnesota, at
Masonic hall yesterday, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
term:
JOSIAH A. Peck, Wabasha, grand high
priest; A. p. Swanstrom, st. Paul. depu-
ty grand high priest; Charles H. Brins-
maid, Minneapolis, grand king; e. e.
Corliss, Fergus Falls, grand scribe; Will
lam Lee, Hastings, grand chaplain; Fl. E.
Blair, Waterville, G. C. of H.; John
Fishel, ST. Paul, G. P. s.; George sTor-
syth, Brainerd, G. r. A. c.; Frederick
Bloom, Woodsville, G. M. L. "; William
Todd, Austin, G. M. S. "; G. NJ. Hough-
ton, Minneapolis, c. M. F. "; j. c..
Fischer, st. Paul, G. S.
A project of much local interest IN
dertaken by the grand chapter, was the
decision to endeavor to bring the triennial
meeting of the general grand chapter to
this city In 1908. The next meeting Of
the grand chapter will be held at Cincin-
natl, O., Sept. %, 1900, when, if the plans
now in embryo mature, the claims of St.
Paul for the big gathering will be urged.
The suggestion that st. Paul be the
scene of the 1903 gathering was proposed
by A. P. Swanstrom, of this city, at the
suggestion of the Commercial club. The
proposition was favorably received, and
delegates to the general grand chapter
meeting at Cincinnati will doubtless go
instructed to, If possible, bring the gen
eral gathering to this city. The general
grand chapter is chiefly a legislative
body among the Masons, but is neces-
sarily representative gathering, bring
ing together Masons Of high degree from
every state in the Union and Canada.
Some years ago the grand general chap
ter convened at Minneapolis, and now
it is believed st. Paul is in line for the
honor. Many other cities will, OF
course, endeavor to secure the conVen-
ton, but it is believed that it is a rea-
sonable possibility that this city will Sc
cure the prize.
The grand Royal Arch chapter was call
ed to order yesterday morning by Grand
High Priest Isaac L. Hart, Of Pipestone.
The report of the grand high priest was
received and accepted and his official
acts and decisions sustained. Following
the transaction of much routine bust
ness the chapter elected officers as above
named, who were then duly installed.
The gathering yesterday was the larg-
est within the history Of the chapter
in the state. There are sixty-one Royal
Arch chapters in Minnesota. Each chap
ter is entitled to three representatives
at the meeting Of the grand chapter, and
the full quota was present from ffty-siX
chapters, including representatives from
Ortonville, Wadena and Marshall, who
participated in the meeting for the first
time, as lodges in these cities were only
instituted at the last convocation of the
grand chapter.
The next convention Of the grand chap
ter will be in held in St. Paul the second
Tuesday in October next year.