Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-27
|(AMQNG THE
n FRATERNlTIES.

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| The Ascension day services of the Dis
| trict of Columbia Knights Templar will
occur Thursday evening at the Fifth
Baptist Church. on E street near 9th street
southwest. The ceremonies will be con-
| Quoted by Rev. Wesley Bruner, pastor of
the church. and a member of the Masonic
| fraternity. The services are this year IN
| charge of Washington Commandery, NO. l,
| the senior Templar organization of the DIS
| trct, which has completed all arrangements
| for the occasion. Eminent Commander
Yerkes in announcing the event says: The
Grand Commandery and our sister com
manderes have been advised as to hour OF
meeting, line of march, etc, and We an
| ticipate from the interest manifested that
| the sir knights of this jurisdiction will APP
! pear in such numbers as will reflect great
credit upon our order and the principles
| 70" which it stands The line of march
| of the Communicates VIII be as follows:
| In column of tours to Pennsylvania ave-
nue.; column of platoons, twelve files front,
| to 18th street west, to Agricultural Depart
ment; column of fours to Smithsonian In
| stitution. to B street south, to 9Th street,
| to ID street, to Sth street, to E street, to the
| Fifth Baptist Church.
| The following standing committees of the
Grand Commandery of knights Templar
| BeIn \. Allen: Finance, j. II. Small, Jr.,
| Warren II. circuit, Charles A. Stockett,
| Charles T. Lindsay and Maurice Otterback;
| charters and dispensations, S. M. Yeatman,
J. NJ Yznaga, Martin O'Connor, j. II. OIL
colt and Jacobus S. Jones; unfinished bust
ness, Charles w. Hancock, William S.
Parks, F. j. Woodman, Thomas E. Landon
and Robert l.. Middleton; grievances, Jo-
seph II. Jochum, ID. q. Dixon, Matthew
Trimble Edwin B. Hesse and a. b. Jack
| son; Templar Jurisprudence, Frank H.
Thomas, Eldred G. Davis, George Gibson,
George e. Corson and Alex Mckenzie; cor
respondence, George H. Walker, a. w.
Johnston and Walter B. Pettus.
| The revised Templar uniform as to gloves
adopted by the Grand Commandery, *. T.,
| is as follows: For commanders, past com
| manders, grand officers and past grand
officers: Full ldress, buff chamois For Sir
knights: Full dress, buff-colored leather,
kid or Isle thread Mounted commandery
may prescribe gauntets) Fatigue dress,
white, of leather, kid or Isle thread.
Washington Commandery, No. l, Knights
Templar. held its stated conclave on
Wednesday evening and conferred the or
| ders of the Temple and Malta. There
was large attendance and the work was
eXcellently rendered by Eminent Com
mander William II. Yerkes, jr., and his as
| sociate officers. In his last official circular
Eminent Commander Yerkes says: wash
| ngton Commandery was signally honored
| at the annual conclave of the Grand Com
mandery, to wit: George II. Walker elected
! grand generalissmo. Thomas p. Morgan
! elected grand captain general, and Henry
| X. Simpson reelected grand prelate We
| are justly proud of these distinguished
| fraters, and offer them our very sincere
congratulations"
| To the martial music of forty bands and
arrayed III the brilliant uniforms estab-
| lished for the order, nearly 1000 Knights
| Templar paraded in Boston this week.
They represented forty Massachusetts, COM
manderes and marched through the prn-
| cipal streets of Boston in celebration of the
| centennial anniversary of the establishment
| of Templar Masonry in Massachusetts,
| The Masonic Grand Lodge of Michigan
met this week, over 500 representatives be-
| ing present, coming from the 432 lodges of
| the state. The Michigan jurisdiction en-
| braces about $4,000 Masons. The following
| extract from a Michigan newspaper illus
| trates certain phase of Masonry not
generally known and, if known, not coun-
tenanced in the east: To-day every
will be on deck for the annual election of
| officers Grand Master Fletcher E. Turell
| of Bellaire retires, Deputy Grand Master
| John Rowson of Grand Rapids takes his
| chair, and the other officers step up in
| rotation, so that the fight for the honors
| is concentrated on the Office of grand mar
| shall now held by Arthur H Hume of
| OWosso. The sentiment among the Detroit
delegates is strongly in favor of eecting a
| local man as grand marshal, and Charles
e. Baxter, past master of Corinthian Lodge
and chairman of the committee on lodges
is spoken of for the place. ]. II. P. Hug
| hart of Grand Rapids, general manager of
the G. r. & /. railroad, is another strong
candidate
The committee on revision of the D. O.
K. x. ritual has completed its work. The
proposed changes are few, but are con-
sldered "A decided Improvement. The COM
mittee has eliminated much that has been
regarded by many as superlluous. The eX-
qualification will be given August Is be-
tIa cay1fp fitrnS ~
ace in Detroit All members of the order
in good standing will be admitted to this
session.
The Washington votaries of the d. o. X.
X. remember with great pleasure the visit
made by them a few years ago to Cash
mere Temple of Reading, Pa, and that tenn
pies return trip to Washington. Cashmere
Temple is the leading one in this order in
ritualistic excellence. The temple has just
entertained Ali Bedoo Temple of Trenton IN
a sumptuous manner. The ceremonial was
conferred on large class of candidates,
and the team work was never done in
more creditable manner. Following the
ceremonial there was a presentation Jno
X Brintenhoff on behalf Of Cashmere
Temple, gave ALL Bedoo Temple a framed
picture of the members of Cashmere Tenn
pie. and it was received by Royal Vizier
Samuel H Bullock Of ALL Bedoo. in a neat
address. After the meeting the members
and visitors, numbering seventy-five, pro-
ceeded to the Union House, where a tempt
ing luncheon had been prepared.
In this connection it will be recalled that
Charles E. Miller the Joe" of Ascalon
Temple, played an excellent practical joke
on the votaries of Cashmere. 1t is a re-
gretful circumstance that Mr.. Miller died
a few weeks ago in the state Of Penn
sylvania
The Tiger and Crescent, the official organ
of the knights of khorassan, in its last
issue pays Its compliments to Ascalon Tenn
pie. 1t says: "Ascalon Temple. No. 81,
Washington, d. c., had a fine ceremonial
on the 4th Rabih-uhl-Awwal, and many
were the tyros who crossed the heated
sands When Ascalon doesn't give the tYrQ