The Van Buren press., 1903-10-17
LITTLE ROCK HONORED.
Entertained Distinguished Men From
Every State and Territory in
the Union.

| ut past Ntth hONh uhu INV
honor OF entertaining many distin-
guished men from every state and ter
ritory in the union. representative of
the highest orders In Masonry. On
the 9th the eighth triennial assembly
Of the general grand council OF Royal
| and Select Masters OF the United
States was begun in the Blue Lodge
room of Masonic Temple. General
| Grand Master VIM. II. Mayo Of st.
Louis presided. Fay Hampstead was
| appointed general grand cuapla, II
and George Thornburgh was appoint.
ed general sentinel. The report OF
General Grand Recorder H. W. Mord-
hurst was presented. The report
shows a membership Of 37702, gain
Of 23,1ll in twenty years.
| Under the head OF permanent mem
bers of the general grand council, Ar
kansas representatives, the past grand
masters of the state grand councils are
given as follows, in the order of sen
| iority:
George A. Dannelly, Searcy; George
Thornburgh. Little Rock; DeForest
d. Leach, Oklahoma City, Okla; Fay
Hampstead Little Rock; Charles N
| Rix, Hot Springs Antonio b. Grace,
Pine Bluff John p. Farrar, Clifton
Omer J. Short, Hot Springs; Thomas
NJ Horsfall, Hazen; James r. Don
nell, Conway; Gaylord J. Klock, Eure'
ka Springs; Samuel d. Dodge Little
Rock
| The election OF officers Of the Grand
| Council for the ensuing three years
resulted as follows: Andrew p. Swan
strom, st. Paul, MINI, general grand
master; Henry c. Larabee, Baltimore
Md. deputy general grand master;
Graf M. Acklin, Toledo, O., general
grand principal conductor; Chas. II
Heaton. Montpelier, w. general grand
treasurer, reelected; Henry w. Mord
hurst, Fort Wayne, Ind, general grand
recorder, reelected; J. Albert Blake
Boston, Mass, general grand captain
Of the guard; Edward w. Wellington
Ellsworth, Kan, general grand con
ductor of the council George A, New
ell, Medina, N. Y, general grand mar
shall; VIM. F. Cleveland, Harlan, Iowa
general grand sentinel.
On the evening OF the 9Th bril-
liant reception was rendered the Wis
ting delegation and the ladies' accom-
panylng them.
With the installation OF the newly
elected officers the general council
closed its session
On the 9Th the thirty.sccond trlen
nial conyocation Of the general granC
chapter OF Royal Arch Masons OF thu
United States opened at Masonic TEN
pie, About 200 delegates were pres
ent. hailing from every section OF The
union, one delegate being from far
away Hawaii. His name Is Henry W
Williams. and he left Honolulu Sep
tember IS and was on the way from
that date until the 5th inst.
In his trienniNl address, Genera
Grand High Priest Taylor OF Luthers
vile, Ga. referred to the proposed
dispensations for chapters at iIayant
and Manila as follows: while | an
very anxious for the spread OF Roya
Arch Masonry, think the Genera
Grand Chapter should be very partic
ular In regard to the matter OF Great
ing chapters in foreign lands and thu
islands OF the sea, and avoid, II pos
sblo, any disagreeable complications
with which we have had some expert
ence, and do not think the craft viii
suffer from the exercise OF such eau
ton"
The report OF Christopher G, Fox
Of Buffalo. n. Y, general grand secre
tary, was submitted. II shows for Thu
past three years receipts amounting
to $43S,S3l77 and expenditures aggre
eating $374,4i2Si. The total number
OF afilliated Royal Arch Masons II
2l9965.
On the 9th the delegates were tsker
to a cotton plantation In carriages
whore many OF them for the frat time
saw the Heeoy staple In It's natura
state
The election OF officers on the III
concluded the business session Of TN
general grand chapter, and The dele
CATION visited Hot Springs on the 9th
The officers elected for the cnsulnl
three years are
General Grand High Priest. Ar,hui
G.. Pollard, Lowell, Mass,
Deputy Grand High Priest, Joscpl
E Dyas, Paris, III,
General Grand King, william c
Swain, Milwaukee, via.
General Grand Scribe, Na,har
Kingsley, Austin, MINI,
General Grand Treasurer, John NJ
Carter, Baltimore, Md,
General Grand Secretary, Christie
phcr q, Fox, Buffalo, n, Y,
General Grand Captain OF the Host
Bernard G. witt, Henderson, Ky,
General Grand Principal, Sojourncr
George E Corson, Washington d, c
General Grand Royal Arch Captain
Frederick W. Craig, Des blolncs
Iowa
General Grand Master OF ThIId Veil
william +, Kuhn, Kansas city Mo,
General Grand Master o. stconC
Veil, Beator @, Brown, Topeka, Kan
General Grand Master OF First Veil
Charles n RIx, OF Hot Springs,