Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
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I chancellor. or deputy grand chancellor can
now communicate the semi-annual pass
| grand chancellor, while acting as such at
! the installation OF officers, can commune
| cate the semi-annual password to the newly
| installed chancellor commander, but to no
| other person.
One Of the most important matters upon
| which the Supreme Lodge convention le3is-
| lated was in -thesmode of getting the semi
| annual password by a member who is away
| from the location Of his lodge. The cum
| bersome order heretofore required was
/ abolished and the following legislation
eracted: Sec. 451 Supreme Statutes.
| Upon the presentation Of a properly au-
thenticated official receipt to the chancellor
| commander of a lodge at convention
| thereof by brother who can prove his
| identity and undergo a full and satisfac-
tory examination in the secret work of the
order, If desired and exempify the gen.
| uineness of his signature. the chancellor
commander shall communicate to the hold
| er of such official receipt the password of
| the then current term
| Samuel Briggs Of Cleveland one of the
| few honorary members of Almas Temple,
| A. A. o. N. M. s., died at his home in that
| city Thursday. Mr.. Briggs was a past inn
| perial potentate of the Mystic Shrine, was
present at the institution of Almas Temple
| twenty years ago, and was at that time
| given the honorary membership. He had
| many friends among Washington Shriners,
! having many times visited here. He served
| repeatedly as pOtentate of the Cleveland
| temple, and had attended every meeting OF
| the Imperial Council, being an imperial rep
| resentative ad vitam. He was also a promi-
nent Knight Templar. and Scottish Rite
! jurisdiction. He had been in declining
| health for some years, but his fatal illness
| lasted only week, and death was due to
| pneumonia.
| Wednesday evening last Mount Nebo En-
| campment, No. g. I. o. o. F., elected the
| following officers to serve the ensuing term
| Joseph r. Fague, chief patriarch; Joseph
Burroughs, high priest; George Gerberich,
| senior warden; ]. H. Broderick. junior
! warden; A. r. Vermillion (twenty-first
| term), treasurer; Thomas w. Fowler
| (eighty-second term), scribe.
Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter work.
ed the past and most excellent degrees last
| evening.
| Pentalpha Lodge, F. A. A. NJ, worked the
| entered apprentice and fellow craft de-
grees at the first communication of his
| term this week.
At the meeting of Beacon LODGE No. 10,
| l. 0. o. F.. Monday night nomination of
officers for the ensuing term took place
| after which an enjoyable meeting was
| held. The lodge was favored with remarks
by visiting brothers. among whom were
J. s. Mccartney. P. q. of Potomac Lodge,
son. Eastern. No. Z. and ]. H. Broderick.
| Columbia. No. 10. of this city. Mr.. Mozart
ney. who has been an Odd Fellow for
nearly two score years. spoke Of the order
| and the good he had received since becom
Ing a member. After the election and in
stallation of the officers for the ensuing
term there is to be organized Joker
club In the lodge. the object Of which
will hn 70 iJ1, INT, o..
members and visitors at each meeting and
as an announcement for better attend
| ance.
At the meeting Of Naomi Rebekah Lodge
No. 1. I. O. O. F.. the semi-annual election
| of officers was held and the following were
chosen: Noble grand. Miss Nettie P. Wal
| lace: vice grand Mrs. Irene A. King; re-
| cording secretary, Miss Anna NJ Roberts
: Gwenty-second term); financial secretary,
Mrs. Alice S. Thomas: treasurer. Mrs Cora
| z. Anderson Second term) The degree
was conferred on Joseph Hornstein, MEM
Der of Columbia Lodge. No. 10. I. O. o. F..
| OF this city.
Auxiliary No. 80 of the Ladies of the
| Union Veteran Legion held it's last meet
ing Of the year. this week. and after the
! transaction of the regular business the
| comrades of Encampment No. so and Ill.
| Union veteran Legion. were admitted and
| social hour spent This evening being the
twentieth anniversary of the marriage of
1 D.
| ii. Weiss. the feature of the evening was
| the presentation to her of set of hand
| some silver forks from her friends in the
+, auxiliary and in Encampment No go Of
| which Mr.. Weiss is a member. The pres
| entation speech was made by Mrs. Mira
| l.. Tanner. who also gave as personal gift
a small gold pin. Col. Shannon On behalf
| of Encampment No. II, gave Mrs. Weiss
| set Of silver spoons with a butter knife
and a sugar spoon. Refreshments were
served by the ladies Of the auxiliary.
At the regular meeting of Covenant Lodge,
No. ID. I. o. o. F., Thursday evening, the
| nomination of officers for the next term re-
suited as follows: For noble grand, ]. E.
! Chamberlain: for vice grand. DR.. w. c.
| Barr, William G. Berg and H. E. Angel;
| for secretary, W. E. Clapp; for financial
| secretary. ]. William Brewer; for treas
| urer, c. w. Chamberlain.
At the convention Of the Grand Lodge Of
West Virginia, Knights of Pythias, held at
Clarksburg, L. V. G. Morris of Parkersburg
was elected grand chancellor and Manor
jenkins was reelected grand keeper Of
records and seal. Mr.. Jenkins has been a
member of the order since 1869, served as
grand chancellor in 1874. was elected for
| two terms supreme representative. and has
served continuously as grand keeper of rec
| ords and seal since 1889. A committee of
| five was appointed to look into the advsa-
| the state.
The suit of the Modern Woodmen of
| America brought to collect 500, 900 from the
estate of the late E. H. McCutchen, bank
| er at Holstein, Iowa, has been dismissed
McCutchen was a prominent banker and
politician. Upon his death it found
| that his bank was insolvent. He was a
| leading Woodman and had 100000 Of the
orders funds in his bank. The Woodmen
sued the bondsmen. who replied their names
| had been secured by fraud.
Helen Gou1d's Charities.
From Harper's Bazaar.
| Her law school course illustrates another