The Forrest City times., 1903-10-16
LITTLE ROCK IGNORED.
Entertained Distinguished Men From Every State and Territory in
 the Union.

honor of entertaining many distin. guished men from every state and ter ritory In the union, representatives 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 Wm. II. Mayo of St. Louis presided. Fay Hampstead was appointed general grand chaplain and George Thornburgh was appoint ed general sentinel. The report of General Grand Recorder Fl. w. Mord. hurst was presented. The report shows a membership of 37,7O2, a gain of 23,11l 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 M. Horsfall, Hagen: 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. Minn.. general grand master; Henry c. Larabee, Baltimore, Md, deputy general grand master; Graff NJ. Acklin, Toledo, O., general grand principal conductor; Chas. H. Heaton. Montpelier, Vt. 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 shal; Wm. F. Cleveland, Harlan. Iowa, general grand sentinel.
 On the evening of the 9th a bril-. liant reception was rendered the vis- iting delegation and the ladies accom- panying them.
 With the installation of the newly elected officers the general council closed its session.
 On the 9th the thirty second trien- nial convocation of the general grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the United States opened at Masonic Tenn 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 16 and was on the way from that date until the 5th inst.
 In his triennial address, General Grand High Priest Taylor of Luthers. vile, Ga, referred to the proposed dispensations for chapters at Havana and Manila as follows: While I am very anxious for the spread of Royal Arch Masonry, l think the General Grand Chapter should be very partic- ular in regard to the matter of creat. ing chapters in foreign lands and the islands of the sea, and avoid, if pos sible, any disagreeable complications. with which we have had some experi- ence, and do not think the craft will suffer from the exercise of such eau tion."
 The report of Christopher c. Fox, of Buffalo, N. r.. general grand secre- tary, was submitted. It shows for the past three years receipts amounting to $43S,S31.77 and expenditures aggre- gating $374.442S4. The total number of affiliated Royal Arch Masons Is 219,965.
 On the 9th the delegates were taken to a cotton plantation in carriages. where many of them for the first time saw the fleecy staple in it's natural state
 The election of officers on the 7th concluded the business session of the general grand chapter. and the dele gation visited Hot Springs on the 9th. The officers elected for the ensuing three years are:
 General Grand High Priest, Arthu: c. Pollard, Lowell. Mass.
 Deputy Grand High Priest, Joseph E. Dyas. Paris, III.
 General Grand King, William c. Swain, Milwaukee, Wis.
 General Grand Scribe, Nathan Kingsley, Austin. Minn.
 General Grand Treasurer, John M. Carter, Baltimore. Md.
 General Grand Secretary. Christo- pher c. Fox, Buffalo, N. Y.
 General Grand Captain of the Host. Bernard G. Witt, Henderson. Ky.
 General Grand Principal, Sojourner. George E. Corson. Washington D. c.
 General Grand Royal Arch Captain. Frederick w. Craig, Des Moines. Iowa.
 Gaperal Grand Master of Third Veil