Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-09
Ante Room Echoes

union Of the bodies Of the Scottish Rite OF
Masonry. OF the orient Of Omaha and VAL
ley Of Nebraska, to be held At Free Mason
hall, Omaha, beginning Tuesday, February
Is. has been issued, The secretary, 8
Roper Crickmore, in a special notice In
the program. says that petitions must be
in his hands before April 10 to be acted
upon. so the candidates may be advanced
at the coming reunion, Visiting members
of the rite are requested to attend and
must come prepared to present their
patents and evidence Of afnliation to IN
examining committee consisting Of Gustav
Anderson, thirty-third degree, Inspector
general, Nebraska, William Cleburne.
thirty-thifd degree. and John J. Mercer.
thirty-third degree.
The daily program Of comforting degrees
is as follows:
Tuesday. February 18th, $50 o'clock a.
m.-Mount Moriah Lodge Of Perfection will
open for work and business; 10 o'clock q
m.-The fourth degree Will be eonferred;
1850 o'clock O. m.-The nfth degree will
be conferred; 2 o'clock D. m.-rhe sixth
degree will be conferred; ESQ O'Clock D. m.
The seventh and eighth degrees Will be
communicated in form; $3.50 o'clock p. m.-
The ninth degree will be conferred; 4
o'clock D. m.-The tenth to thirteenth de-
grees inclusive will be communicated In
form; T:S0 O'Clock y. m.-The fourteenth
degree will be conferred.
Wednesday, February 18th. $3.50 o'clock
a. m--Semper Fidelis Chapter Of Rose
Croix will convene for business; 10 o'clock
a. m.-The fifteenth degree will be con-
ferred; IL o'clock q. m.-The sixteenth de-
gree will be conferred; 2 o'clock y. NJ
The seventeenth degree will be conferred;
. ION afoloolr - -, Tb. ot~hNnanNk Ao-poA
will be conferred.
Thursday, February goth, 8 o'clock q, m.
Saint Andrews Preeeptory will be opened
for business; $50 o'clock a. m.-The nine
teenth and twentieth degrees will be COM
municated in form; $50 a. m,-The TWEEN
ty-hrst degree will be conferred; IL o'clock
a. m.-Tbe twenty-second, twenty-third,
twenty-fourth. twenty-hfth and twenty
sixth degrees will be communicated in
form; 1880 o'clock p. m.-The twenty
seventh degree will be conferred; $3.50
o'clock D. m.-The twenty-eighth degree
will be communicated IN form; 4 o'clock
p. m.-The twenty-Dinth degree will be
conferred, and at its conclusion the cere-
monial banquet will be served; 1880 p. m.
The thirtieth degree will be conferred;
Friday, February 21st. . o'clock q. m.-
Nebraska Consistory will convene for busi-
ness; $3.50 g. m,-The thirty-hrst degree
will be conferred; 3 o'clock p, m.-The
thirty-second degree will be conferred; 8
o'clock p. m.-Banquet.
The music for the occasion has been care
fully selected and will be q feature Of the
work. At the present time the class IL
large, but 1t is expected that many more
applications will be received during the
coming week.
The calendar for st. Johns lodge in-
cludes the comforting of the degree Of Fell
lowcraft and Master Mason on February IL
and the comforting Of the degree Of Master
! Mason on February 81. There will be M
meeting Of the lodge February 20. On Feb
ruary ~ q paper on the subject Of Ma
sonic Jurisprudence" will be presented BY
Carl q. Herring. secretary OF the lodge. az
q number of the Masonic history course now
being presented by members Of the lodge.
Despite the bitter cold Of last Monday
night the attendance at the meeting OF Me-
braska lodge No. 1, Knights It Pythlas. was
quite good and an exceedingly pleasant
time was had. The chancellor commander,
who had been out of the city for three
weeks, wal present and was given e very
pleasant surprise by the presentation to
him Of a beautiful past chancellor Jewel.
the gift of Nebraska lodge No. !. The SUR
prise was complete In that no inkling OF
the intention of the members had been
given to him. Brother wulpi, in q very
neat and appropriate speech, presented him
with the emblematic Jewel Of his rank. III
accepting 1t the chancellor commander as
sured the boys OF his heartfelt gratitude for
the aftectionate regard and kindly esteem
In which they held him and declared that
the recollections and memories Of the oc-
easion would remain with hin while life
should last.
The rank Of knight was conferred on
John Q. Harrison, member Of the bar Of
Council Bluffs.
Quite q number OF visitors from out Of
town and local lodges were present.
Speeches were made by Brother Kieferstein
Of Chicago, Brothers Ferrier and Mckinley
and the vice chancellor of Concordian lodge,
Knights of Pythias. OF Council Bluffs.
On next Monday night the rank Of knight
will be conferred on a member Of the legal
profession Of this city. II il hoped that all
members of Nebraska lodge who may be in
the city, as we'll as members OF other
lodges, will be present at that meeting. A
most cordial invitation is extended to So
j~ourning knights TO meet with Nebraska
lodge on that date.
Banner lodge, Fraternal Union Of Amer
ica. gave a dancing party at its hall In the
Continental block Thursday evening.
Supreme President r. =. Roose spent the
week in Denver ct the headquarters Of the
order.
Colonel John l. Handiey, supreme secre-
tary of the Fraternal Union Of America, ID
in the city on his way 10 points in Iowa,
where he will visit lodges and address
meetings in the interest Of the order.
SCENT FRESH WAR SCANDAL