Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-20
SUPREME COUNCIL RITE
"CoRoNETING" CEREMONY AT
HOUSE OF THE TEMPLE.
Glass of Thirty Newly Created Honor
airy Inspectors General OK
the Scottish Rite.

The SIrnreme Council of the Scottish Rite
A s r. In session at the House of the
Temple, last evening performed the cere-
mony of 'coroneting' a class of thirty OF
the newly-created honorary inspectors gen.
eral of the thrty-third and last degree
There is but one ceremony OF the rite
higher than this, and that Is the crown
ing" of active inspector general for life.
This latter ceremony is not very likely to
be witnessed at the present convention, as
It seems doubtful If any of the three va
cancies in the active list will be filled, or
that any of the several deputies for juris-
dictions which, like the District of Column
bia have no active inspectors general, Will
be promoted to actIves There are now but
twcnty-three living active inspectors gen.
eral.
The coroneting of the new honorary IN
spectOrs general was performed In the noble
assembly hall at the House of the Temple,
and was witnessed by a large number or
high-degree Masons from the Southern Ju-
.rfsdictiou and a number of visitors from
her junior sister. the Northern jurisdiction
The work was imposingly rendered, the FOL
lowing active members of the Supreme
Council occupying the several ofnclaI sta
tions Grand Commander James Daniel
Richardson, Lieutenant Grand Commander
Samuel +. Adams. Grand Prior 10. l.. carr,
Grand Chancellor Martin Collins, Grand
Minister of State George f. Moore, Grand
Treasurer w. Frank Pierce, Secretary Gen.
cal Frederick Weber. Grand Almoner r.
J. Num- Grand Marshal of Ceremonies A.
L. Fitzgerald, First Grand Equerry E. b.
Hussey, Second Grand Equerry Gustave
Anderson Grand Herald Harper S. Gun
bingham, Grand Sword Bearer j. F. Meyer.
Francis ]. Woodman, thirty-third degree
hon, of this city had charge of the incl
dental music and Mr.. Allison Major. thfr-
ty-third degree hon, was grand tiier
The two most impressive characters In the
cast for this degree are the grand comman-
der and the grand minister of state, and
their work brought out the prominent his
toriC and philosophic features of this high
ritualistic degree with thoroughness and
beauty.
Members of the Glass.
The members of the class last night
'coroneted" as honorary inspectors gen
eral were as follows: Samuel H Hart,
sacobus Seneca Jones and Frank Hillebert
Thomas of the District of Columbia; Clar-
ence Sherman Hammett. Jacksonville, Fla;
Joshua Daniel Tucker Honolulu, Hawaii;
Paul Edward Baumgartner. Winona,
MINI; Robert Edward Danfell. Duluth,
Mimi: Oric Ogilvie Whited, Minneapolis
Mimi: Franklin Dubois Crabbs, Jesse Lee
Porter and Frank William Thaxter, Kan
sas City, Mo-; Campbell Wells, Platte
City, Mo-; Alfred H. White, George L. Has
sett, Louis Moller, Adam Fuhrmann, Dor
sey Albert Jamison and Edgar Louis
Schleifrarth, ST. Louis, Mo-; Wilbur Fisk
Foster Nashville, Tenn; Milton Hum
phries Price, Memphis. Tenn: Peter smith
Cook, Cheyenne Wyo.: Ira Oscar Rhodes.
San Francisco, Cal; Fred Clement
Schramm. Salt Lake City; John clarence
Hughes. Oklahoma City, Okla; Sharies
William Lauster. Baltimore, Md; Olive A.
Hawkins. Richmond Va; Louis Vincent
Schneider Salem S. D.: Dalton Edgar Per
kins, Des Moines, Iowa.
The supreme council is In session TO-DAY
disposing of some legislative matters
mostly of Importance only to the mem
bers OF the rite. and having greatly expe-
dited its business will be able TO adjourn
sine die tomorrow.
These additional selections for honorary
inspectors general and knights com
raander have been gazetted: inspectors
general-Robert lie Roy Douglas and RoD-
ert William Sutherland, Mobile, Ala-' WI
liam Walter Ransem. birmingham, Aia.'
William Thomas Perkins, Nome. Alaska
Knight commander-Samuel Columbus
Clark New Mexico.