Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-13
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more and Ohio railroad for Louisville t
attend the biennial encampment of tn
uniform rank on the 1245 am. train to
| morrow morning, arriving in Louisville a
y o'clock the same evening. The commit
| tee having the trip in charge has secured
| a private car and a combination baggage
| and smoker for the company and it:
friends. The company will carry forty meI
and will enter the parade Tuesday Supreme
Outer Guard John Thompson and wife are
going with Washington company.
| j. T. Coldwell Company, No. Z, Uniform
| Rank. leaves over the Chesapeake ant
| Ohio at Ii 10 pm. tonight, and will arrive
| at Louisville at pm. tomorrow. On ar
1 rival they will go into camp in the quar-
| tiers assigned the Washington contingent
| Accompanying this party will be the SUI
preme representatives, and other prominent
| Pythians. Special cars have been reserved
| for this company and those making up the
| party.
| Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Fl. j.
| GassOn expected to so with Washington
Company to Louisville but due TO serious
| illness in his family he was forced to
forego that pleasure
James w Carter, grand vice chancellor
| OF the District Knights of Pythias, is act
| ing grand chancellor and has supervision
over local Pythian matters during the alb
Selce OF GGJlu tDdIcSllOI bIiluIil, WIZ IL
attending the typographical convention In
st. Louis The grand chancellor viii attend
the Louisville encampment OF the hnlShls
of PythiaS. Past Grand Chancellor ID. T..
W her is in ST. Louis at the dentists con-
vention.
Excelsior Lodge. No. IA, knights of
Pythias conferred the first rank last Tues
day night.
The Pythian jubilee committee has ar
ranged for a meeting Monday night. The
purpose of this organization is to arrange
for the securing of members between Sep
TENDER l and December |, and prizes are to
be awarded for large gains.
Local knights Templar and others who
have registered for locations on the Tenn
plar special train which leaves for San Fran
cisco the 18th instant, met with the Frisco
pilgrimage executive committee in the COM
mandery asylum. Masonic Temple last
Monday evening The object of the meeting
was to enable the members OF the party
to become acquainted with each other, ana
to give the members information as to de-
tails of the tour The committee answered
many questions. Ladies of the party were
present.
The executive committee of the Joint
committee of comma nderies, Knights Tenn
plar on the pilgrimage to San Francisco, Is
composed of Grand Standard Bearer Wal
ter H. Klopfer and Past Grand Command
ers Frank II. Thomas, Harrison bingham
and George II. Walker.
The MARYLAND and Washington Knights
Templar have practically completed thelr
arrangements for their trip across the con-
tinent They go to attend the tWenty-nlnth
triennial conclave and grand encampment
of the knights of the United States, to be
held in San Francisco from September 6
to 10. The party from Washington Will
leave the city at midnight August "A on a
special train over the Baltimore and Ohio
the finest Pullman coaches in service, and
the party will be composed of 16S persons,
including a number of knights from Baltl-
more and their wives.
The trip across the continent and return
will occupy twenty-seven days. The party
will go by way of St Louis stopping for
about two days In the exposition city on
the way to the Golden Gate.
Washington Commandery, No. 1. Knights
Templar conferred the Illustrious Order
of the Red Cross at its stated conclave
Wednesday evening.
Treasurer Albert F. Fox of Washington
Commandery, X T. recently celebrated the
thirty fifth anniversary of his wedding.
Past Commander Lee Watson of Brown
wood Commandery No. %. K. T., Brown
wood Tex. was present at a recent con-
clave of Washington Commandery. He
was warmly welcomed
William P Armstrong, a sir knight of
Washington Commandery, K. T., who was
recently appointed auditor to the isthmian
canal commission, has been very i'll at
Garfield Hospital, but his condition Is re-
ported to be improved.
stated convocation of Mount Horeb
Chapter, No. Z, r. A. M, was held last
night. The mark masters and past mas
ter's degrees were conferred.
Mount Vernon Chapter, R. A. M, con-
ferred the mark degree last Monday night.
Potomac Chapter, R. A. NJ, worked the
P. NJ. and NJ. E. NJ. degrees last Tuesday
night.
Capitol Chapter, R. A. NJ, had the mark
masters degree at its stated communica-
ton Wednesday last.
Pentalpha Lodge. No. %, F. A. A. M.
will confer the F. C. degree at a special
communication to be held on Monday, Au-
gust To- at 6 pm. and also at the regular
communication on the same date.
Myron NJ. Parker Lodge. F. A. A. NJ, had
the NJ. NJ. degree at its special communica-
ton last Tuesday night. This lodge is
setting aside a certain sum of money each
month with the view of building temple
of its own, as it has outgrown the present
place of meeting.
Naval Lodge f. A. A M, will celebrate
the centennial anniversary of its formation
May IA, 1863
At a recent meeting of National Lodge
f. A. A. NJ. G. Fred Isell, who is en-
ployed at the Capitol presented to the
lodge a gavel which he had made of
piece of one of the mahogany doors of the
Capitol which were in use in 1914, when the
building was burned by the British. piece
of bronze, a part of the Inflated Maine,
is set in the head of the Savel.
A. w. +. Pegues accepted the gift on
behalf of the lodge. making pleasing ad-
dress.
Monday night last Dawson Lodge, f. A
A NJ, conferred the E A. and F. c. de-
grees. Stansbury Lodge conferred the F.
c. and Arminius Lodge worked the M. Nj
degree
Federal and Acacia Lodges, F. A. A. NJ,
had degree work last Tuesday night. Har-
mony Lodge worked the f. A. degree at