The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-25
SCOTTISH RITE MASONS.
A Large Number of Them Are At
tending The COnyOcation.
A ROSTER OF THE DEGREE TEAMS
Mrs. Kate Gumpert Is Dead-committe
TO Purchase Site for the Amphithe-
alter Has Been Appointed

Galveston, Texas. March 81 The spring
convocation OF the Scottish Rite Masons.
which Is now convened In Galveston. has
the largest number OF candidates for the
vnricus degrees Of any convocatipn in tue
history Of the organization in Texas. and
also has the largest number OF visiting
Masons In attendance ever here or any
previous occasion The class numbers nine.
ty'four, ane there are fully this many visit
ing Masops here also. This Is the first
class held In the new cathedral. which IN
fact, has only been occupied by toe Masons
about one week. The finishing touches on
the work of reinodelnS the building were
not concluded until last week Ev rythlug
about the building has a new appearance
and the Interior is very beautiful The
visitors are evidently impressed with the
building and they congratulate their Gal
weston brothers upon having provided sucu
handsome home.
The committees Of the local Masons who
were TO look after the reception Of the Wis
itorS. were on hand at she cathedral at
an early hour this morning. The morning
trains brought In large number of visitors.
the work having been SO arranged that can
dluatcs arriving on these trains would be IN
Time 10 take all the degrees. as the work
did not commence until o'clock this after
noon. Many Of the candidates have not set
arrived, Those who have already taken the
eighteenth degree will not have to he here
until tomorrow.
San Felipe Lodge Of Perfection No. con.
ferred tho ineffable degrees this afternoon
The fourth and fifth degrees were conferred
by Z. r. Hudson, the sixth by Charles Il
Neill the seventh by Edward lIaines. the
eighth by c. +, j Artz the ninth by G..
+. Nell and the tenth by j. L Jones.
Those who assisted In the comforting Of the
degrees this afternoon and tonight were as
follows Albert Shafcr. L. S Smith II.
II. Lirdh, A A Tomliuson, T. ] Ben
son. W J.. Norwood Emil Rciffcrt, II. y.
klienecke A. y. Andrews, ] f Maverick.
A b. fuller, F. c. Cole. p. j l.. Harlan,
s. P. Wilson, u. J McGregor w w.
Tidd, r. l.. Mccain and T. W. Wallace.
Those enrolled as applicants for the var-
Gus degrees since the list which appeared in
The Post Of yesterday are as follows; Il.
Antonio; George Lang. c W. Smith and
H. Page, Dallas; s. NJ Penland Calves
tom L. o. Sjolander, Cedar Bayou.
Among the visiting Masons from the In
were the folowings: l.. A. He'll W A.
Shafer, San Antonio; G. f. Kepler r b.
Curry, John Gri1lths, DR.. James saunders.
Orange; A. e. Miller, San Antonio; Charles
Kahn thirty third, Dallas; II. c. Koepke,
George +. Briggs. Barstow: A. u Mag
nam. Wichita Fails; John c. Jones. Yos-
kun; John G. Crawford, Orange; Henry NJ
\. Z. Grausncr, w. g. Garrabraut, n. II
Faux Fort Worth; ] X Ashly, san An
tonic; S. A. Thompson. Fort Davis; G. A
Nog cr, San Antonio
The visitors are being provided With
meals al the cathedral These are compli-
mentary aud will he served three times a
day dining the conyo2ltinn. At the close
each night there will he a sm 1ker and
Of cXtlaguishing the lights and the mystic
banquet