The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-23
THE new IMPERIAL DIVAl
Mystic Shrine Chooses Officers fol
the Coming Year.
Lou ID. Winsor, of SaIadIn Temple
Michigan, Imperial POtentate-Ths
One step Eaeh-kansas City Se-
Iected as the Next Meeting Place.

iected as the Next Meeting Place.
The Imperial Council Of the Mystic Shrine
held its important meeting today at the
Columbia Theatre, eIecting officers for the
ensuing year. choosing the date and meet
ing place for its twenty-seyenth session
next year. and making all plans for the
government Of the order The session was
executive. and no preliminary public meet
ing was held
The new Imperial officers for I900-1SO1
were elected and appointed as follows:
Lou B. WinsOr, Reed City, Mich, ImPe-
rial Potentate.
Philip c. Shaffe-, Philadelphia, Pa, In
peTial Deputy POtentate.
Henry C. Akin. Omaha. Neb.. Imperial
Chief Rabban.
George T. Green. Dallas. Tex, Imperial
Assistant Rabban.
George l. Brown. Buffalo. " Y. Impe-
rial High Priest and Prophet
Henry A Collins Toronto. Canada, In
perial Oriental Guide
William S. Brown. so Wood Street.
Pittsburg, Pa, Imperial Treasurer
BENJAMIN W RoweIl. IS School Street.
Boston. Mass. Imperial Recorder.
A p Clayton. St 10. No, Imperial First
Ceremonial Master
Rial :. Peek, Hartford Conn, Imperial
Second Ceremonial Master
Edwin 1. Alderman, Ceder Rapids, Iowa.
Imperial Marshal
Archibald y. Sloan. Chattanooga, Tenn,
| Imperial Captain Of Guards.
/ George L Street, Richmond, Va, Impe-
I rial Outer Guard.
( The next meeting place OF the Imperial
Council viii be at Kansas City. No. and
! the date Of the session has been fixed -
June II and T.
( Nr. Winsor was this year Imperial Dep
+ Uty PoteEtare- He was elevated 70 the
I chief once Of the order by election as IS
the usual custom.
The other imperial officers. those who
are elected, the Imperial Deputy POtentate
the Imperial Chief Rab5an. the Imperial
Assistant Rabban. and The Imperial Hlgn
Priest were advanced, as Mr.. Wins0r was,
from the grades below The Imperial Re
cCrder and the Imperial Treasurer continue
10 hold their Offices Henry 4, Collins. OF
the Toronto Temple, who was an appOinuTe
offiCer this year. WIS elected al tOdays
session as Imperial Oriental Guide
The remainder Of the officers were ap-
pointed by the new Imperial POtentate-
Rial :. Peck continues TO hold his former
Office Mr. alderman was this year In
perial Outer Guard. NJ Sloan continues
IN his former Office as Imperial Captain OF
Guards.
The uew Imperial P0te1tste has had a
; fine record as q Shrincr ard as q M2sO1-
I Before he had reached the age q forty he
/ had served both es Grand high Priest OF
/ Royal Arch Masons and Grad Mas
ter Of Free ard Accepted Maso-s OF
I the state Of Michigan From the tine
OF his EIst receiving Light N Ma
( soury he became EH active and euJhus asjic
I worker, and his brethren recognizing his
I abilities, were lavish il shOwering UpOa
him all the Official sists il their power
/ He has served as presiding officer II a
/ the local bodies with which he is Coz
I EeCt6j, AID in every position 70 Thica he
{ has been called he has displayed q r5-
Uarkahle ability that has constantly won
/ fer him deserved promotion In 1898 be
{ VAS elected Grand High Priest OF The
I Grand Chspter Of Michigan. and one year
later Grand Master Of the Grand LOige.
ard his administration o. Masonic affairs
/ during those TWO years was a most bril-
liaut one and has given him a p,a-e IN
( the hearts and affections OF the MsSO1s
I Of Michigan which VIII keep him in
remembrance during tie remainder OF his
life.
( his Masonic record is 2s follows: Enter
/ ed Apprentice, August .. ISL; Fellow
I Craft. September %, 1851; Master Mason,
. September o. 1SS1, IN Reed City Lodge,
No. S51 r. and A. u; Royal Arch Mason,
. February -. 1882, in Big Rspids Chapter,
? No. =. r. A. N; Royal and Select Master,
February &C, 1889, in King Solomon COun-
+ ell No p. R. and s. n. at Big Rapids.
. Mich: knight Templar and knight OF
Malta April II. 1852, in Fiigrim Com
. mandry. No. 23 Big Rapids. Mich; An
. cierJ and Accepted Scottish Rite, thirty
second degree. February L. 1885. in De-
1 Witt Clinton CousistOry- at Grand Rapids.
Mich: created q thiTJy-third on Septen-
Der %. 1885. al Cincinnati, Chic.
IN the Mystic Shrine Mr. Winsor has also
had q rapid advance he became a Noble
on February TO- 1856. in SaIadi1 Temple.
Grand Rapids. Mich. He Is Potentate Ct
SSladin Temple. and has made quick, sue
cessive steps in the Imperial Divan. He
was chosen as Imperial Deputy Potentate
last year at Buffalo. an honor which carries
with il the virtual right OF succession TO
the first Imperial Office
Mr. Wircor vas born in Providence.
r. T.. January 24, ISIS; went TO Michigan
| in March, 1853. with his parents. who To-
Gated in Hulsdale; graduated from Hills
dale College in June. 1871: went TO the
! University Of Michigan in the fall OF 1877.
I taking a law course and graduating in
! 1879 ther went to Port Austin. Mich, and
/ entered the law Office Of Winsor & Sno-
yer as a clerk. and remained until NoyeU-
ber 1850. when he went 10 Reed City ard
/ formed a law partnership with Ransom
!
Winsor. which continued until 1SSS when
Mr.. Cooper removed 70 Great Falls. Mon,
since which time he has continued in bust
! ness there alone He held the Office Of
| city attorney Of Reed City from 1881 to
1882, twelve years; city clerk 1854 10 1892.
! nine years. judge OF probate OF OsceOla
county. four years-frOm 1898 70 1897 He
was married az Reed City. September Is.
| 1886. 10 Miss Emma Adams.
After the close Of tOday's session Of the
| Imperial Council the representatives were
| given an excursion down the river on the
! steamers PentZ and Randall 20 Mount Yer
non. under the escort Of A3-nas Temple
The President and Mrs Mckinley. as
sisted by the Cabinet ladies. viii receive
the Shriners this evening from $50 to 1880
O'Clock. Admission viii be strictly by card.
and the list has been prepared By the
| Shriners themselves. The parlors have
been eIaborately decorated for the occa-
sion.