The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-15
AT TOMB OF WASHINGTON
IMPRESSIVE OBSERTANCE OF oEr.
 TENNIAL OF HIS DEATH.
Aany Prominent Masons Gather at Mount Vernon-Masonio Bodies Over Which Warrington Presided Present '-President Mckinley spea aks-Tributs of 22O, ,O0O Red Men Paid.

! of 1000 Red Men Paid.
 Washington, Dec. 14-with solemn
 ceremonies, beautiful. impressive and appropriate, in the pres snce of a distin-
 guished assemblage and in the full splendor of ideal autumn weather, the
 centennial of the death of George Wash
 1ngton was commemcrated to-day at
 Mount Vernon. The ceremonies were
 conducted by the Masonic bodies and
 by the Red Men of the United States.
 Charge of the ceremonies was placed in
 the hands of the Masons of Virginia, it being i'll the Old Dominion that Wash
 ington was obligated as a Master Ma-
 Son and there that he participated in
 Masonic work and observances enthu-
 siastically. The officers of the grand
 lodge of Virginia and the membership
 Of Fredericksburg lodge, in which
 Washington was made Mason, and of
 Washington-Alexandria lodge, over
 which he presided as worshipful master.
 had the chief part in the duty of seeing
 that to-day's observance was appropri-
 ate. Thousands of Masons were in at-g
 tendance from all parts of the country. and almost every Jurisdiction in the
 United States, and few from foreign
 countries were represented by some of
 their grand officers and members
 The visiting Masons, many accompa-
 nied by the women of their families. congregated in Washington early to.
 day and escorted by the Masonic bodies
 of the District of Columbia, headed by
 the grand lodge of the District, made
 the pilgrimage to Mount Vernon by
 boat The Virginia Masons assembled at Alexandria and thence, escorted by Fredericksburg lodge and Washington Alexandria lodge, as bodies, proceeded to Mount Vernon, also by boat. At 10 o'clock President Mckinley, himself an enthusiastic Mason, accompanied by Secretary of State Hay, Secretary of the Treasury Gage Secretary of the Navy Long, Secretary of the Interior Hitch- cock, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and Postmaster General Smith of the cabinet Assistant Secretary Of the Navy Allen, Major General Miles, Ad- jutant General Corbin, Secretary Por- ter, Assistant Secretary Cortelyou, Ma jor John A. Johnston and Senator w. A. Clark of Montana, past grand master of his state, left Washington on a spe- cial electric train for Mount Vernon, arriving there at Il o'clock The presi- dential party was greeted by Grand Master Duke of Virginia, and by him was escorted to the mansion. It was nearly an hour and half after that be- fore all of the steamers bearing the Ma sonic bodies arrived. After the presi- dent and his cabinet had reviewed them from platform on the east front of the procession was formed and moved, as on the day of General Wash ington's funeral, December IS, 1799 to the old vault where the remains were first inferred. There, in the presence of the grand officers of the various states and the assembled Masons, solemn fll- neral rites were conducted.
 A solemn dirge by the Third Cavalry band was followed by the invocation, preached by the Rt Rev. A. M Ran- dolph, bishop of the Southern Episco- pal church of Virginia. After music by an octet fro mthe grand lodge of the District of Columbia, Grand Master A. A. Burnand of Colorado, delivered an oration on the life and works of laying particular stress upon his Masonic life and accomplish ments. The procession reformed and moved to the tomb where the remains If Washington and those of his family lie now. The tomb was magnif1cently decorated with flags and festoons of evergreens and flowers. Here the beau- ,iful and impressive Masonic services were conducted. The grand masters If the thirteen original states formed n line facing the representatives of he other jurisdictions, the grand lodge If Virginia and visiting brethren stand ng in a semi-circle facing the entrance o the tomb with joined hands. Pray 1T was offered by the Rev. G. H. Ray, ). D., grand chaplain of the grand odge of Virginia.
 Then the grand master of Virginia ,alled upon each of the jurisdictions of he thirteen original states, the juris- lictions of the western states and those # Canada, Belgium and Nova Scotia or messages and tributes sent by them md all responded. Then the grand master of the District of Columbia de- ,osited on the tomb the lambskin apron IS token of innocense; the grand master of Missouri deposited the white love as token of friendship, and the rand master of California deposited he evergreen as an emblem of the Ma onic faith in the resurrection of the ody and the immortality of the soul. 1t the conclusion of this ceremony the responses were made:
 The craft-"Amen.'
 And all the grand masters-"Ch cath, where is thy sting?"
 The craft-"Oh, grave, where is thy ictory?"
 The procession returned to the east ront of the mansion, where President rcKinley, introduced by Grand Master luke, delivered an oration as his trib- te to Washington.
 At 3 o'clock delegation of the Im- roved Order of Red Men, in charge of he Great Incohonee, Hon. George ID. ireen of Binghamton, N. r., and Hon. harles H. Litchman of Marblehead, lass, arrived at Mount Vernon to pay ne tribute of 220,000 Red Men to the