Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

| IaeneS VI tIle late Representative WuiiiaH
| =. heliey He was appointed page in the
| senate through the friendship Of the late
| Senator Sherman of Ohio, in 1885, and
| served three years. r Mr.. Mitchell Is an ex-
| ceuent ritualist having been in his boyhood
| ana young manhood an actor. He played
| some notable young parts, such as Bob
| crockett IN Frank Mayo's company and
the midshipman in Pinafore. He also ap-
| Peared with George knight In Humpty
Dumpty. He has long been identified with
Free Masonry and has reached the thirty
| second degree. Mr.. Mitchell has a wide ac-
Qua1ntance among public men throughout
the country, and has made very popular
and successful officer at the Executive
Mansion. 1t is coincidence that his
father, r. W. Nit chell, still living, hale and
hearty, In Oregon, is a past grand exalted
ruler OF the order of which Mr.. Mitchell is
| now the chief in the capital of the country
Washington Lodge has just made the
following honorary members for faithful
service for twenty-one years" William H.
George w. Harrison, NJ. d. Jacobs, M. G..
Mccormick, Joseph Y. Potts. Robert j..
Walker. Benjamin B. Whitney.
Exalted Ruler Mitchell will be aided DUR
ing his term by the following officers: Es-
teemed leading knight, Chas. H. Utermehle;
esteemed loyal knight, Jesse S. jackson;
esteemed lecturing knight Robert D. Mat
tingly; secretary Richard A. OBrien;
treasurer, NJ. G. Mccormick; tiler. Benja-
min b. Whitney; trustee, three years
Henry j. Allen; esquire, Jacob Held; chap
lain, FteV. Joseph A. SpeCnC
Arminius Lodge. No 25, F. A. A. NJ. the
only Masonic lodge in this jurisdiction
working in the German language. is hay
ing very successful year. The lodge
lately gave the master mason's degree. I'M
der the auspices of the Grand Lodge with
nearly all the grand officers present There
was a large attendance of members of the
craft from many parts of the country.
Worshipful Master II. Rothschild perform
ed the work in fine style, and his associate
officers were all excellent in their respec-
tive stations. The principal officers OF Ar
minus are: H. Rothschld. worshipful mas
ter; Joseph Baesgen, senior warden: Leon
Pohlmann, junior warden; G. katzenstein,
secretary; Henry T. Ries, treasurer, Ar,
minus Lodge meets on the second ana
fourth Mondays of each month.
The present officers of the Imperial
Palace of the Knights Of khorassan, which
meets at ST. Louis next year, are as fol-
lows: John H. Holmes. ST. Louis imperial
prince; w. D. Hadield Peoria, ILL.,, i'm
perial basha: d. F. Summey, charlotte, y.
c.. imperial kadi H. W. Bedding, ST. Louis
imperial secretary; c. 3. Erase, Garden
Grove. Iowa, imperial treasurer; William
Beatty Toledo, Ohio imperial adool; Z. V.
Stansbury, Los Angeles, Ca, imperial iki1r;
A. S. Botkin Muncie, Ind. imperial aim;
c. A. Poland, Columbus, Ohio, w. A. Fra
Ser, Dallas Tex E. d. Guffy, Louisville,
KY. imperial trustees.
The imperial prince has designated the
following chairfnen OF standing commit
tees: Judiciary, A. E. kerns, Findlay,
Ohio; finance, J. w. Bartholomew, East ST
Louis, ILL.,; state of the order. DIR. I. A.
Truson, Staunton, Iowa; credentials, DR..
L. R. Snowden, Peoria ILL.,; mileage AMI
per diem, F. r. Lander. Cleveland, Ohio;
warrants and charters, w. A. j. McDantel,
Celna, Ohio; reports of temples, w. A =.
Faichney, WATERFOWL, N. Y; rules F. Z.
Walrath, Des Moines, Iowa.
Motley Anderson, who is the lmperlai
representative from AscalOn Temple Of this
city, has received a circular from Imperial
Secretary H. w. Bedding offering greetings
on the dawn of the Mahometan new year,
March 80, 1903 =
The imperial prince has had another
honor thrust upon him. He has been elect
ed exalted ruler of st. Louis Lodge, NO.
g. B. P. O. E. One of his predecessors III
this position is, former Representative
Charles F. Joy.
The late William Edwards Amin, whose
funeral took place at Princeton, N. j., We'd
nesday, was active member of the Ma
sonic fra ternity. In addition to the proml-
nent place acquired by him as newspaper
man, he had become Mason Of the thirty
third and last degree, Southern Jurisdic-
tion A. A. s. r.. He was also a member Of
Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter, Wash
ington Commandery, No. 1, and Almas
Temple A. A. o. N. M. s.. of this city.
delegation went from this city to Princeton
to participate in the last solemn honors to
his memory. Mr.. Amin was long CORE
spondent here for the Omaha Bee, Of which
he was at one time managing editor. The
Bee contains the following touching tribute
to the deceased by e. c. Hardy, editorial
writer of the Bee, and one of the late Sir
Knight Annins oldest and best friends:
Speak Of me as l am: nothing extern
uate NOT set down aught in malice That
is what the late W. f. Amin would have
desired Of his friends. And they, remem-
bering him as he was, can wish only to
speak of him as they knew him-the genial.
cordial, generous man, who infused life
and spirit and brightness wherever he was
w. E. Amin was man of uncommon
merit. He was possessed of more than
ordinary intellectual qualifications and
gifts.
"He was a most attractive companion be-
cause Of his genial qualities, his great
good nature and his inexhaustible mental
resources for entertainment. He has never
known to be anything but the agreeable
associate, the engaging raconteur, the I'M
failing optinltst. Who of those that expe-
rienced his companionship can recall a time
when that cheerful heart was not making
pleasure for them and that bright mind
was not supplying something for their en-
tertainment?
1T seemed to be his mission in a peculiar
degree to contribute to the endowment Of
those with whom he came in contact He
was very prince of optimists The bright
side was always before him. Even when he
came to realize the shadow and the i'm
pending doom he did not give I'D that fine
quality of his nature which ever sought the
sunshine. Witness this letter. written last
December to an intimate friend
1t was very kind and very thoushtful
on your part to remember me and to write
the Arizona exile in his lair | am here
for the winter on what our legal friends
would call a Misunderstanding for delay
in Joining issue and pleading that even
If the facts are as ted they do not con-
stitute ground for action on the part of the
old fellow with the scythe. 1 don't know
Matters in a progressive disease have pro-
crossed pretty far. 1t is possible that nro-
gress may be arrested That is all that can
be hoped for. l am cheerful and l hope
philosophical. If the love of friends oould
change matters I would have nothing to
worry about. God bless them ALL
We do not think what his faith was He
did not talk of it. But this we do know
that he was ever faithful to those precents
which guide the footsteps of honorable
men. that he was earnest in his frdendshins
that he was true to his home and ali its
obligations and duties. How unutterahlv
great must be the grief of those who viii
never more know his tender love and care
May He who 'tempers the wind tn Tho
shorn lamb be merciful unto them Dear
old friend, farewell. Thou hast answered The
summons that must come to us all. and let
US believe, hast entered into a hanrier lie
The many who knew you will long affac.
tionately cherish the memory OF vonr
worth as a man. a friend on,l .