The Globe-republican., 1901-04-18
A Grand Event.

An event of more than ordinary i'm
portance among Scottish Rite Masons is
taking place in Wichita this week
Special effort has been made by Wichita
Consistory to make this Semi Annual
reunion the banner meeting ever held in
the Southern Jurisdiction, owing to the
fact that just one hundred years go, the
first Supreme Council of the 33rd degree,
of the ancient and accepted rite
ganised in the United States. A class of
nearly 200 candidates are being conduct
ed through the various degrees, and it is
safe to say, that the work has never be-
fore been exemplfied in such ma gnifi-
cent manner in any Consistory in the his
tory of the Rite. a large number of the
high officials of both the northern and
southern jurisdiction attending the
meeting. among the number being Hon.
James d. Richardson, of Tennessee,
Grand Commissioner, Frederick Weber
of Washington, D. G., Secretary General,
f. Il. Carr of Leavenworth, Grand Prior,
Martin Collins, of ST. Louis, Minister of
State, Rufus FIemming of Fargo, North
Dakota, and others of the executive staff
of the Southern Council; Henry L. Pal
mer. of Milwaukee, Commander of the
northern jurisdiction, together with sew
eral of their active members, and numer-
ous honorary members of both supreme
| is fairly over-run with 32nd degree
Masons. j. A. Corey, 33rd, c. NJ Bee
son, Knight Commander of the Court of
Honor; George NJ. Greenway and II.
Juneau. thirty second degree, of Dodge
| City, and several more members of
| Wichita Consistory, residing in the west
ern part of the state, spending the
week in Wichita. Thomas L. Scates OF
! Dodge City, Charles Summers and John
George of Liberal, A Hanson. of Lamy,
| New Mexico, and John johnson, and
and Frank johnson of San Marcial, New
Mexico, left here on No. 6 Monday, in
charge of Beeson and Corey, who will
see that they we'll cared for, and who
are under solemn obligations TO the can
didates that they don t miss thing, and
that they get the worth of their money.
Invitations of an elaborate design, mag
nif1cent specimen of the printers art, were
sent to all members of Wichita COnsis-
| tory, to all active members of both north
ern and southern jurisdictions, to presi-
dent Diaz, of Mexico, to Albert Edward,
King of England, to King Oscar, of
| Sweden, to Prime Minister Sagasta, of
Spain and to the Supreme Council Of
Canada, and while distance, and matters
of business and of state prevented many
from attending, all those sent regrets
with words of praise for the institution
which is found in every country on earth,
and which has ever been the advocate OF
liberty and equality, of right, Justice and
toleration. Fourteen years ago Wichita
! Consistory started with twelve charter
members gathered from all over south
west Kansas, and at the close of this
meeting, viii have on her roll, over 500
members in good standing This will do
all right for the wild and woolly short
grass region of the Sunfiower state.
when there are working consistories in
Topeka, Fort Scott, Salina. and Kansas
City, Kansas. In October next, when
the regular meeting of the Supreme
Council takes place at Washington, D c.,
representatives from every one of the
twenty nine councils of the world will
gather together for the purpose OF attend
ing the Centennial Anniversary of the
Rite-as it exists today and to witness
the unveiling of a statute TO the memory
of Albert Pike, whe had the honor of be
} ing the most profound student of Mason
cry the world ever knew. who devoted
many years of his life in the service oi
Scottish Rite Masonery, and who died in
its service, SIS Grand Commander of the
southern jurisdiction. at the Scottish
Rite Temple, in Washington.