The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-05
THE CORNERSTONE LAID.
Informal Ceremony on the Site of the
Pike Monument.

Pike Monument.
| The cornerstone of the monument tc
the memory of Gen. Albert Pike, to be
erected in the triangular reservation al
! Third and Streets and Indiana Avenue
northwest was placed in position yester-
! day morning by the sculptor G. Trenta'
move. The ceremony was entire informal
and there were no speeches.
Prior to going 10 the site number OF
| Thrty-third degree Masons and others as
sembled at the House of the Temple at the
corner of Third and Z streets. where
parchment had been prepared for
the signatures OF those who at
, tended the ceremony. After this was
done the parchment was carefully folded
and placed in a champagne bottle, together
with copy of the proceedings of the
Masonic council authorizing the erection
of the monument and providing funds
therefor The bottle was then sealed.
The parchment. with the names Of those
signing it, reads as follows:
Washington d. c., July 4, 1900
We have this day placed the cornerstone of the
monument TO General Albert Pike, late Grand
Commander Of the Supreme Council OF the IN
cient and Accepted Scottish Rite OF Free Ma
sonry for the southern Masonic jurisdiction OF
the United States Of America.
The monument is erected by the Supreme Coun
Gil of the said Rite after the designs prepared by
sculptor G. Trcntanove.
(signed): George W. Balloch, J. L. Cold
schmidt, Aaron Baldwin. IIalver Nelson. Frederick
Stabler. J. C. Taylor. Alfred NJ. Lambeth, Martin
OConner. James II. Trimble. William o. Roome,
Mrs. Lillian Pike Roomo. daughter of General
Pike Isaac p. Noyes, William r. Singleton. Col.
Thomas \. Bingham. Col. r. l. Fleming, J. II.
Walker. James Lansburgh. T. W. Corder. c. Q.
Duncanson, George ii. Walker, W. l.. Bosden,
In
ms, Henry Franc. Frank II. Hosford, W. l..
Crounse, and J. Roy, Adams.
This bottle was then taken to the monu-
ment site and embedded in cement in tie
cornerstone together with some coins Of
current date and the leaves FROM 4 tree that
had been planted in front of the House of
the Temple on Third Street by General
Pike.
The monument, all OF which was pre-
pared in the studio of Trentanoye, in Italy,
is TO have pedestal of red granite twen-
ty feet high. which came from Lake Como.
The statue of General Pike. of bronze. is 10
be twelve feet high. made from photo
graph taken jus; before his death and Ia
considered by those who have seen it TO be
a remarkable likeness in a characteristic
pose.
1t is expected that the unwilling serv.
ices will occur in May next. at which time
many prominent Masons from all parts OF
the world will take part in the elaborate
ceremony that is being arranged for this
occasion.
The sculptor has been congratulating
himself for several days past on the
fortunate escape the statue and some
of its ornaments had from destruc-
ton. 1t was shipped to him on the Saa!e.
which was one of the steamers destroyed
in the North German Lloyds fire In New
York. and in his zeal to have the corner
stone laying on the Fourth OF July. he lad
1t fastened to Washington. 1t left New
York where 1t had been on the pier, Just
the day before the fire.
Gen. Albert Pike was born in Boston.
Mass. December %, 1909. and was removed
by his parents to Newburyport, in TIE
same State, when he was four years of
age and was reared there. He was edu-
Gated in part at the primary and grammar
schools and at an academy at birmingham.
and entered Harvard College. August %.
1925. 1t was necessary for him to teach
to get the necessary funds for his beard
and tuition.
He set out in March, 1881. In caravan
for Santa Fe. After a short time he de-
voted himself to teaching and newspaper
work and became lawyer. though he
did not relinquish his literary work alto
gether. In 1889 the Hymns OF the Gods
was published and added very much to
his reputation. He served in an Arkan-
sas regiment during the Mexican war and
regiments which he carried into the bat |
ties of Pea Ridge and Elkhorn.
He was always prominent in Masonry
and had held every high office In the gift |
of the order, reaching the pinnacle just |
before his death.