The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-01-19
GLANDEsTlAE MASONS.
GRAND MASTER ISSUES WARN
ING AGAINST THEN.

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ING AGAINST THEM.
They Have Attempted to Visit Lodges
in This state-Net Gain of 572 MEM
bers During the Past Year-The EIec-
| tiOn of officers. ..s. ... ~
The Grand Lodge Or Masons Of Con-
nectlcut began a two-days session in
Masonic hall yesterday. The principal
feature of the morning proceedings was
the reading of the annual report of
George e.. Parsons, of Norwich, the
/ grand master. In this report the work
| of the year was, reviewed at length,
| and the lodges of this state were de-
ciared to be in exceptionally good con-
dition. At
| The grand master issued a warning
against clandestine Masonry, saying
that it has frequently happened within
| the last two years that some Of these
clandestine Masons have attempted to
visit lodges in this state because of
| their own belief that they We're regular
and entitled to do so; in other cases it
has been attempted by those who knew
they were clandestine. These. consid-
erations caused the grand secretary and
myself to procure and forward to each
| lodge a list of all lawful lodges so that
4 the craft in this jurisdiction might not
be further imposed upon in this man
! ner." s s. !.
i Among the recommendations made by
the grand master was one for the APP:
pointment of committee to formulate
the present work of ritual, known as
the standard work, so that the grand
body may give to subordinate lodges
positive and unquestioned source of
authority regarding questions Of ritz
ual ~
The report of John H. Barlow, the;
grand secretary, showed a net gain of
| 572 members in the state during the
past year. The number initiated was
] 979, passed 9S5, raised $50, affiliated 149,
reinstated So, Identified "a, struck from
roll las, suspended for unnlasonic con-.
duct /. died ASS; present membership
19,615; exempt from Grand lodge dues,
4,s4s. z 4
| Ten years ago there We're i'll lodges
1 and 1854 members. Two of the feeble
lodges have surrendered their charters
| and one has been instituted. There are
now 10 lodges and 1866 members,
| gain in ten years of 3,101. All the
lodges have done work in the past year
/ save one: 81 show gain in members;
| 81 show loss and show neither gam
nor loss. The lodges which nave done
4 the greatest amount Of work are Weos-
/ fer. Of New Haven, which has raised 4S;
Trumbull, Of New Haven, "a, and Hart
ford No. So and Corinthian No. 1o4, 20
each, The lodges having the largest
membership are Hiram, Of New Haven,
with 725, and Hartford with 6s7
| At 3 o'clock the, election of officers for
the coming year was held and resulted
: Grand master-Asa Fitch, of Hart
| ford. . "a @:#a, La.
Deputy grand master-lB. T. Turner.
| Grand senior warden--A. j. Hallock,
of Danbury.
| Grand Junior warden--Edward J. Full
/ Ter.
Grand treasurer--Miles w. Graves, Of
| Hartford. a T. 7 :t:J,' =
Grand secretary-John H. Barlow, OF
/ Hartford. .''% -
Grand senior deason-Weston G..
Grannis, of Litchfield.
Grand junior Observation-Disclosures Ver-
pIanck, of South Manchester. y F*'
l. Grand trustees-Nelson G. Hinckley
of Hartford, Willis l.. Mix of New Ha-
ven. and Charles D. Chapman, Of Nor
4 witch. H. . T., s..u J. 55&sf "a
In the evening no great amount of
| work was done, as few committees have
as yet reported, but there were many
features of an enjoyable character,
there being exemplifications of parts of
the ritualistic' work There were over
four hundred present. at the evening
session. ID,
To-day the installation of officers will
take place and other important business
concluded. a.
The annual meeting of the Masonic
Charity Foundation is scheduled for 9
o'clock, at which reports will be made
by the officers. Six members Of the
board of managers will be elected three
| by the corporation and three by the life
members.
Before packed house last fevening
past grand masters worked the entered
apprentice degree On one candidate
from Wooster lodge. John H. Barlow
officiated as worshipfur master Leon