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The Washington bee., 1901-11-02

Lodges and Grand Masters among
CoIored Masons in the United States
Ihat nave undertaken to dictate and
conLTol and meddle and interfere with
~ ne hlgher Masonic Degrees in free
masonry. To the end that we NAV
thoroughly understand the matter II
mas been laid down as the Masonic
Law and a Masonic Rule ever since
EFand Lodges were instituted and
ever since the Office of Grand Master
was created, that no Grand Lodges or
Grand Master has any constitution or
inherent right directly or indirectly or
III any manner Whatege to interfere
win or have any power or authority
III any sense whatever over a chapter
9I Royal Arch maSons, or Council of
Royal and select Masters, or com.
nanders of Knight Templars. or
Temples of the Mystic Shrine, or con
sstories OF the 32nd degree sf the
ancient and accepted Scottish Rite.
or any branch or department of fIee
masonry above a Master Masons de-
gree; nor has any Grand Master or
Grand Lodge Officer acting for
a Grand Lodge any power or
authority whatever directly or indirect
~, constltutlOnally or inherent to say
what bodies or departments of free
Masonry that Master MasQns shall join
or connect themselves with. Nor have
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up this great republic land got lett
and THAI the black man helped to
leave them. The President has A
perfect right to treat his colored SUD-
JeCSS with Kindness and courtesy as
much so as his white ones. The Presi-
Gent Will Ind that he makes no mis-
takeln treating tho colored brother
right, we all know that as long as the
Coiored vote Of this country was
United With the Republican party, il
Ithe republican party remained in
power IoT over quarter of O century,
ouJ when II split, the Democrats came
IN. And had they remained in mower
we would have seen grass RroWiDs
on pennsylvania Ave. The Republi.
can party and the united black vote
need never fear the Solid South. these
different expression Of opinions from
pTomlnentSoutherners should coavincs
some Of our chronic kicksrs the
necessity of unification, and remember
lnE that united we stand, divided We
fall. One OF the great mistakes made
by the Government with no disrs-
spect IS that OF not surpressinx
camps of confederate veterans. In
the opinion of many they are doing
more harm than good. they simply
and perpetuate ideas Of the
lost cause, viz: Sedition. The main
ching the Southsrner thinks of is
keeping the nigger down, burning him
at the stake, and giving him the old
bluff on election day.. The action of
some SOutherners are very much like
those of the red-race. Consequently
they are much surprised when they
see the COlored brother treated with
any courtesy whatever. Again they
should remember their treatment of
the colored brother for over 15o ysarts.
ID. +. SEVILLE.
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/ they any right to demand any IntOr
nation from such Master MaSOnS as to
/ who are members of the Temple Of the
/ Mystic Shrine or ConsiStOTy or Council
/ of Royai and Select Masters or Chap
/ teS Of Royal Arch MasOns or Com
/ manderieS OF knight TemplarS, or
what Church or what political organ
! iEation they belong to. Nor has any
Grand Master or Grand Lodge any
right to discuss or inter into a COnver-
sation in a Grand Lodge as to any Of
the departments of Free Masonry
above the Master MaSonS Degree and
it is not their business 10 inquire or
allow any discussion in Grand Lodge
or has any Grand Master any business,
power or authority to inquire into theii
business and the rules and regulations
above named. Any other MasonicBody
or Department of Free Masonry, out
side of the entered apprentice, Fellow
Craft, and Master Masons degree,
Grand Lodge of A. F. and A. Mason
and subordinate Lodges instituted
for the purpose of controlling and re-
gulating and directing the first three
DEGREES in free Masonry, namely that
of entered apprentice, fellow craft and
and Master MaSons Degrees. and
under no circumstances whatever no
others and when any Grand Lodge or
Grand Master or subordinate Lodges
Of A:F. ana A. Master in any State or
Territory or country, attempt to dis
cuss. meddle or interfere with, or
allow any discussion In their Grand
Lodge, or any Grand Master acting
for a Grand Lodge who may attempt
TO interfere or assume authority or
departments Of free Masonry, outside
Of the Enetered Apprentice, Fellow
Craft and Master MaSous degree,
then said Grand Lodge and his sub
ordinate Lodges than by virtue OF their
warrant and authority and according to
the Masonic Law at once. cease to
exist. as a subordinate Lodge or a
Grand Lodge and a subordinate
Lodge or a Grand Lodge becomes at
once null and void, and Is no Grand
Lodge whatever, and should not be
recognized as a Grand Lodge. All
Masons in such states or territories or
places have a lawful Masonic right
when such Grand Masters and Grand
Lodges have violated the law they
have a right to meet and organize
new Grand Lodge according TO the:
Masonic Law, rules and regulations OF
the craft.
No Grand Master or Grand .odge
has any more right or authority to
meddle or distruSt or interfere IN the
least or essay the Master Mason what
department in free Masonry than the
higher Masonic Degrees. They should
correct themselves with or belong TO-
no more than they would have a TighG
10 know and determine what r4ligious
Church or denomination or polltlcaI
association they should connect them
selves with. The two or three Grand
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Masonic Notes

Quite a number of colored Mason.
in Philadelphia. Pa. met last week
and adopted the following resolutions:
Wherea s. the Grand Lodge of A.
F. and A. Masons of the State of Penn
sylvania, has recently issued an edict
declaring and attempting to put Royal
Arch Masonry and Knight Templars
and all other higher Masonic Degrees
in Free Masonry under the control
and management of the Grand Lodge
of the State of Pennsylvania.
Therefore, be il resolved, that we
here proclaim to the whole Masonic
Order that such action upon the part
of the Grand Lodge of the State OF
Pennsylvania, and such gross unSuT-
patton of power and authority by W.
II. Miller, grand secretary and grand
Master Thomas is unheard of before
in the annals of Free Masonry. he
same has been denounced by the
Masonic Fraternity throughout the
country.
Resolved further, that We believe
that said Grand Lodge by its action is
unlawful and unwarTanted, and unCon-
stitutional and void, and that the said
Grand Lodge is now dissolved and its
authority and power as Grand Lodge
is now at an end, and has ceased, and
that the .colored Masons of the State
of Pennsylvania, shall now call con-
ventiOn and proceed TO organize a
legal and regular Masonic Grand
Lodge for the State of Pennsylvania.
Sometime ago the Grand Lodge Of
Celored Masors in the State OF Mich
gan has been continually in a state OF
confusion and trouble. 1t was charged
and claimed by a number of the lead
ing Colored masonS IN the State OF
Michigan, that when the Grand Lodge
was organized and since its Organlza-
ton, that it was illegal and clandes-
stine and large number OF prominent
masons in the State of Michigan have
never recognized the old Masonic
Grand Lodges in that State. For
MANY wears free masonry IN the State
of Michigan under the leadership of
Iohn Evans and his followers has
been a failure. and the fraternity has
gone to sleep. John A. Bell, 80, OF
Grand Rapids, Mich, O. w. Cough,
"A, Iohn A. Freeman, 80, Samuel Bay
lies, az, of Ann Arbor Mich and a
large number Of other prominent col
ored masons together with several
Lodges, working under
the jurisdiction OF the Grand Lodge OF
Washington, D. c., will meet at
Ypsilanti, Mich, and will organize a
regular Grand Lodge for the State of
Michigan. We predict under the
leadership of John A. Bell in the State
of Michigan, that free Masonry wIIl be
placed upon its high standing among
The colored masons in that State, as
on man stands higher in the esuma..
tion of the people in the state OF
Michigan, than John A. Bell OF Grand
Rapids.
Much has been said and written re-
Gently about two or three Grand
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MU SIcAL ASSOCIATION OF
ST. LUKE'S p. z. CHURCH.

The annual meeting of the above
named association, was held at the
RectOry No. I4II Corcoran street last
Monday evening. The officers chosen
for the ensuing year were as follows !;
President ]. A. Johnson, Vice-Presid-
ent Mrs. Eliza ]. Norwood, Secretary
Mrs. Cslestine Aston, Treasurer,
Mrs. Anna q, Cole, Executive Com
mittee ]. Lester, Annie NJ. Johnson,
Sofa Dangerheld, Anna Z. CruSor and
Anna ]. Smith. The object of this
association is net as its name would
seem to infer, that Of strictly musical !;
it is more than this, that of meeting
together regularly each month for
social intercourse and enjoyment, and
that OF passing q quiet evening in in
formal greeting and converse.
Eligibility to membership does not
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
The Roosevelt Washington Dinner

I have noticed the various ex-
pressions of the Southern man (White)
upon the action of our President in
extending TO Mr.. Booker T. Washing
ton a dinper. As we'll known as Mr..
Washington is, fail TO see whers the
cTitisciSm comes in, when we look IN G
matter ever the President like the
head of the British Empire has q
mixed multitude Of citizens of all
colors, creeds, &c, under his control
as ths Chief Executive of this great
Republic, and it is very strange that
he cannot exercise his private social
rights without SO much. .CritiSism. In
some countsles the parties who have
criticised his acts would be impTison-
ed for treason, II the Southern white
man would cast his mind back to 1861
and then to 1865 inclusive, and reflect,
it strikes me that he would keep silent.
There are hundreds of Union me q
living today who remember Libby.
AndeTSOnVille, and other notorious
rebel Prisons where thousands OF
union soldiers, prisoners Of war were
deliberately starved to death. aRd
other barbarous methods used to ex-
terminate. AT the same time the Union
Army treated the rebel prisoners like
human beings, If Jeff Davis and other
rebel leaders had had their just de-
serts they would have been strung to
the highest tree and hung as traitors
as they justly deserved. In some
countries their heads would have been
cut Gff. These Southern gentlemen
should reflect hoR they tTigd to break
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
GENERAL Using OF WHITES.

For twenty-fOur hours il looked as
if a general uprising would wipe out
the black race in Washington Parish.
The news spread like Wildhre, and bF
Yesterday over I, 900 armed men had
reached the scene OF battle. They
came for miles and miles; some from
as far away as Monticello, but whsn
Sheriff Norman II. simmons and ]. K.
Johnson; clerk of the court of the par
ish, arrived from Franklin yesterday,
the excitement was considerably
allayed.
Gov. Longino, of Mississippi, and
Gov. Heard, Of Louisiana, were noti-
fed, and the replies came that troops
would be hurried 10 the scene.
Yesterday afternoon the nine negroes
Whs were left in heap where they
died were piled into their unmarked
graves, dug near the chaTred remains
Of Lofts tent house. There was no
ceremony. The minister and hia
daughter filled one II the holes, the
women and child another, the men
third. At the same time prominent
citizens held conference, which was
attended by Sheriff Simmons, and q
message was sent to the negroes.
/"DO you want any more ? " was the
query.
This had q quieting effect; peace
again reigned, and the negroes left th'
country. The whites believe there
will be no further trouble.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
STANDARD OIL PLOT.
Chicago Authoress to Make Attack
on Trust Methods.
,..tr,rgr Potter Daniels Claims That
fbe arguments OF Her New story
Are Based on Facts Verified
By Records.

srr. Gertrude Potter Daniels Is
....r. -o follow The Warmers" with
'.,rL-r novel, says the Chicago Trib-
.,4 40, daunted by the criticism the
frs book provoked by its attitude to-
-..rf certain industrial conditions,
.a. saw, that the second book may
meet still more opposition, for il will
h. a direct attack upon some of the
methods Of the Standard Oil company.
The book is TO be finished by Janu-
.-v and there is considerable detail
ne, TO be- written. In outline Mrs.
Daniel. says she will begin with an
-,.soG- lu the operations of the trust
,.b.ch she has verified by records, but
transferring her characters 10 the
west from the east, where the thing oc-
.irr.g. 4 man discovers an oil we'll
and associates with himself a com
psav Of three or four, pooling their
mean. .8 develop it. An Eastern man,
-xa.r.erasa. refined and intelligent,
with weakness for drink, is en-
o.ugea as superintendent. Then the
trust steps I'M The offer to purchase
#. refused. and the superintendent is
approached. 4, first he is iucorrupti-
h,-. bl. the bribe is a greater sum
rlan Dr. can ever hope to lay by from
ls salary. and he has the promise of
urar.e...a afterwards. The new build
ings a-- completed, the machinery in
stalled. and .n the morning when that
which promised immediate wealth TO
The little company was TO be set in mo-
hon there was 6 terrible explosion,
never explained, and the new plant
was Lupe.eszly wrecked. The super
iatsnd-s, -urns up sfterward in Bos-
ION. Ht has plenty of money and lives
without work. It is three years before
conscience, deadened by drink, awakes,
and remorse drives him to seek the lit
t.e company Of men whose fortunes
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
Another Worm Turns.

And l want you to remember, men, -
said the distinguished visitor who was
addressing the crowd, that there's
plenty of room at the top"
That won't do me no good!" spoke
up a shOck-headed man in the audi
ence. What l want is plenty of room
here at the bottom! !"-Chicago Trib-
une.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
Mhat Allied Hendrv-

Briggs-Hendry was rebuking me
for being envious of people who are
better than myself. He says that is
one sin that cannot be laid at his
door.
Griggs-No; Hendry doesn't believe
there is anybody better than he is or
that anybody possibly could be.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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Might Have Repented.

John, think hear robbers in the
house!"
Don't say a word, dear: perhaps
they are the ones who charged you SIT
for your last hat, and perhaps they
are going to bring some of the S17
back. ."-YOnkers Statesman.
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be wrecked and confess the plot
aga.a-r them. They enter a suit
ag4.as. la- trust, and the develop
m-a.s ot this litigation Mrs. Daniels
vii make the basis for her argument
sga.as- the Standard Oil company.
so much for the trusts, but the book
viii have the lighter touches Of love
story, although the hero does not
make aa piclOus advent He is born
'' Ne" York city, grows up an honest,
la'e.-grat youth, but handicapped by
poverty His ambition is TO get out to
we great west where fortunes can be
,'s~e, and, fr,nzied with the desire,
ne resolves 90 steal the money that
""' Take him there. He mingles with
VIE .ar.1g on Broadway. and at the
'pP'I'l-e moment steals a wOman's
L-.>e. The act is noted by an older
''1sl. lie follows the boy out TO
,'ls.y street where he stops in an open
.'' To count the money, demands the
gu, .I,se OF threatens exposure. The boy
MS nm, be thinks. in self-defense.
''' starts for the west. and his money
.1'''sS h.m as far as the desert lands,
oae'e he falls in with a family of con-
~ P'''es trying 10 reach Colorado.
81, man dies with the disease, and
. ,I5a ,''., 'he wife, leaving TO the boys care
:. ! .''rr E daughter. He does not 60 on to
-, -, 1 d, lahciSco, but taking the child
al '" "-m makes his way TO the Texas
y, ~. region. He cares for the child as
as, a'S.ef and afterwards their love
'''y Classics the book a romance.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
Suffered for Birds Crime

lNlO animals sometimes have the
80 ' OF causing fearful changes in
human life. 4 man named Ferpus.
RI,, .O last year was discharged from
az ''lAnioor prison in England after
,l'. l'''ng three years in Jail, always
"A. ,ined he was entirely innocent of
r. ''I-Ae Of which he was accused.
,,.,. ,s1S was sent to Blackmoor on
,.Is,- I.''.oh Of the theft of Lady Allon-
AIN. diamond ring. The prisoner
bs5 claimed that his pet iackdaw
~ s'o'en the ring and left ii on the
Hi. Sill, where he had found it.
!, ~ r,,o.{ was discredited until final
di... ,"s skeleton of a iackdaw was
Agor,.ea Ao,grea under a trap door in Lady
bell. $ house. Then Fergus was
-''eo and his pardon followed
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
A Male Owner.

Jake-Here's an advertisement in
tn paper fer that dog you found. The
man wot owns him offers a reward.
Jim-How dye know it's a man?
Jake-Th' paper says "no quest tions
asked. IN. Y. Weekly.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
In Chicago.

''Mrs. Wabash looks like such q
loable woman"
'Lovable! 1 should say she was low
able! That's her long suit. She had
ave husbands in seven years!"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
Cad. saerlfleea to rnshion

A hundred tons of cats tails were
recently sold IN one lot in New York
for ornamenting ladies' wearing ap-
parel This means that no fewer than
l,792,o0O Pussies had been killed to Sud-
ply this one consignment.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02

world. But it is. The cathedral took
centuries to build, and many archi-
tects have modelled parts Of it accord
ing to their own ideas. The result Is
the most beautiful cathedral in the
world.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
Se1f-Esteem.

Yes said the youngsters mother,
Mr.. Bliggins insists that our boy is
going TO grow up to be a wonderfully
intellectual and estimable man."
That is only a natural parental
pride"
Perhaps. l am not quite sure
whether it is parental pride or beliefin
heredity. y."-Washington star.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02

Masters and Grand Lodges among
the colored Masons in The United
States who have attempted to meddIe
IN a higher Masonic Degree is not
only violation of the Masonic Law
but IS an extraordinary exposition Of
ignorance on the part OF those who
do 1t.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
IN MEMORIAL.

Robert R. Brown, the beloved hus-
band of Mrs. Rosa BrowH died Nov
ember 3rd 1900. He was a faithful
and loving husband. Robert | miss
you. By his wife.
Rosa Brown.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
MORE COLORED MEN KILLED
4 BLOODY SCENE SOUTH.

New Orleans. Oct. 79.-A special to
the Picayune from Balltown, La. saws
that race war between the blacks and
whites which started at a negro camo-
meeting at Duncan'S Chapel Sunday.
forms 4 story of blood unequaled in
the history of the Pearl River Valley.
one white man is dead, another is
dying with bullet hole through his
stomach, and third white man badlv
injured.
Nine negroes were killed in the
bloody atfray-ivs men, three women.
and oae small child. A dozen or per.
maps more negroes escaped TO the
woods and swamps with wounds that
are 2 Ieved TO be certain death in the
6rus; way from medical care. The
dead, ". tie:
Joseph Seal, son of Willis Seal. age
81, residence at Varando, La.
wounded white: Clarence Thomas
Elliott, age IS, fatally wounded; resi-,
dence, Varando, La.
Dead, colored Rev. Alexander Con-
molly, so, pastor Duncan Chapel. .
Mary Davis, 80, his daughter; Crear
Lott. 40; julia Peters, Lofts daugh-
ter, "a Mellon Peters, her child
amy Tony, mother-in-law of Crear
Lott Lewis Duncan, son Helen Dunn.
Thomas Parker, and Kid Beverly a
turpentine worFer from Georgia.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
The CathedraI of CoIog,a

Of -. "0u-a think that the identity
sip ,.5 architect of such a superbIy de-
draT ~, .',o.'oing as the Cologne cathe-
o0'u not possibly be lost to The
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
SOUNDED LIKE A BATTLE.

Nc one is able TO estimate the number
OF wounded negroes who escaped the
carnage behind the church. They
scattered in all directions. Some ara
known TO have been shot, but thew
have not been found, The conflict
ragged for half an hour. Those al
distance say the firing sounded like a
battle between troops.
To the camp-meettng negroes had
come from 400 miles, all up and down
the valley. Elder Stephen Duncan, OF
New Orleans, for whom the chapel
was named, was present.
On last Thursday the meeting opeH-
ed, with several hundred negroes en-
campsd around the church in teHtx
and IN rudely- contracted shanties. IL
was TO continue one week. There thsy
ate and slept, and held services in the
chapel.
One day previous to the Camp-meet-
ing. when the negro, Bill Morris, had
been burned at the stake near Ball
town for an assault on Mrs. I. /. Bull.
public feeling was at a high pitch.
Under those conditions the negToes
gathered at Live Oak. There was
troubls over q license, and Crear Lofts
tent became the center of contentiOa.
Some trouble occurred Saturday even~
ing, but there was no blOodshed. IL
came up again Sunday afternoon when
Constable Coon and posse rode up
to Lofts tent with 4 warrant.
Lott came out and is reported to
have shouted with an oath: "One mig.
ger has been burned, but white man
wall be next"
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
BLOW FROM A WINCHESTER.

Wade Walker one of the constable's
posse was struck over the head with
a Winchester, and then slaughter
began. The blacks fled from the frail
wooden church, for twas shelter from
the ram of bullets. Lott retired into
his tent, shouting and fighting. Joe
Seal received his death wound.
Preacher Connolly was shot while
standing in his yard. His daughter
fell just inside the house. The other
negroes around Lofts place kept up a
steady rain Of bullets. .att's mother
ia-law, his two dauga rs, and the
little boy fell in a heap az ide the shell
ter. CTear Lott was barricaded, and
the next move was to fire the place,
which they did. Whsn the FIRE forced
him from cover he appeared in the
doorway and twenty rifle balls went
crashing through him. He fell in a
heap. Parker and Beverly, both blacks
fell with him.
Joseph Seal, Charles Elliott, and Ed
ward Thompson, the wounded whites.
were carried away to the home of F. z.
Sones which was hastily converted iH~
TO a hospital. There Seal died yes,
terday. He was buried to-day from
his home in VarandO, six miles away.
and there, in the Sonss' emergency
hospital, Elliott now lies dying.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-06-14
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The value of the coffee consumed
in the United States last year was
$125, 900.
Senator Stewart says the hardest
work he ever did was carrying bricks
on the farm of a deacon in Ohio.
A vigorous war is being waged in
several German cities against the
trailing dresses of women in the
streets.
A Strasburg newspaper reports the
discovery at Neustadt of the bones OF
a reindeer while digging cellar four
yards deep.
Forty-four years ago the Kansas
Kaw river was navigated from its
mouth up as far as Lawrence. Now
railroads do the business.
The empress of Japan, who has
been married 80 years and has five
children, still spends daily hour in
her gymnasium. She is a skillful
horsewoman.
The emblem of the New York City
History club is the Industrious little
beaver, typical of the sturdy an
cestors, surrounded by circle. This
beaver was part of the ancient seal
of New Amsterdam.
James J. Hill, the railroad mag
nate, has so great number of let
tiers to read and answer that he has
acquired the ability to read sheet
of typewriting almost at glance,
and rarely omits catching all of it
that requires reply.
Prince Eui VIVA, the second son of
the king of Corea, who is student
of Roanoke college, Salem, Va, is
about 20 years old, and falls in nat
urally with American manners and
customs, with which he has expressed
himself as very much pleased. He is
a young man of pleasant and agree
able manners, and has made many
friends.