Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-11
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Grand Master Lurtin r. CHM, of the
Grand Lodge, F. A. A. M, has arranged
the dates for the annual grand visitations
by himself and associate grand officers to
subordinate lodges. Under the new system,
which has operated satisfactorily, these
visitations are distributed throughout the
calendar year The first one will be to
Dawson Lodge, No. 16, next Monday even
ing The dates fixed for the ether vista
tons are as follows: Federal, No 1, Octo-
Der TO- Columbia. No. 3. April Z; Naval, No.
4, October 10; Potomac. No. D, November 8;
Lebanon, No. Z, May a. The New Jerusa-
lem, No. 9, November %; Hiram, No. 10.
November g. ST Johns, No. IL. April IA;
National, No. u, November Z; Washington
Centennial. No. IA, November 1; BENZ. b.
French, No. TO- October IL; Harmony. No.
II, October %; Acacia. No. IS, March Is;
Lafayette, No u. November IS; Hope,
No. 90 March "a; Anacostia, No p, No
vember 20: George c. Whiting, No. %, Oc-
tober To- Pentalpha No. %, March 20;
Stansbury, No. 24. April 10; Arminius, No.
%, April "a; Osiris, No. %, October 4; My
ron NJ. Parker. No. %, April a; King David,
No. %, April is; Takoma, No %, October
"A; VIM. r. Singleton. No. 80 May 2. The
nOur OF each N1SlIdllOn Will De " Cioch
pm. The secretary and the treasurer OF
each lodge is required to transmit his books
to the office of the grand secretary, Ma
sonic Temple, at least ten days before the
visitatons.
Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter, No.
I, conferred the Royal Arch degree last
evening upon the constitutional class of
three The attendance was good and the
work of the new line officers. headed by
High Priest j. A Tauberschmidt was ex-
celent.
The following is the present rank of the
fifty-four grand domains of Knights of
Pythias in point of membership First,
Ohio; 3 Illinois, 3. Indiana; 4. Pennsyl-
vania; >, Iowa: 8, Missouri; I. New YORK;
s, Texas; .. Massachusetts; 10, California;
II, Michigan; u, Maine; ID, New Jersey;
Il Kansas; 10, West Virginia; 49, Tennes-
see; II, Alabama; 10, Georgia; 10, Mime
sofa; 90 Kentucky; u, Wisconsin,; y.
Maryland; %, Nebraska; "a, South Caro-
lina %, Colorado; %, Louisiana; y, Mis-
sissippi % Connecticut; 20 Arkansas; 30,
New Hampshire; 81. North Carolina; 81
Washington; 33. Virginia; "a. oregon; 3d.
Florida; 30, Montana; 81, Indian territory,
So oklahoma: 50, Rhode Island; 40, North
Dakota: H. South Dakota; H. Idaho; 43,
British Columbia; "A, Maritime PROVINCES;
40, Vermont; 49, Ontario; Al, Arizona, 49,
District of Columbia 40, Utah; 90, New
Mexico; 81, Delaware; 81 Nevada; 49,
Wyoming; a. Manitoba. There are now
over G00,00o Pythians in the United States,
5,694 in Canada and several hundred eacn
in Mexico (under the jurisdiction of IeXas)
and Hawaii (under the jurisdiction OF
California;
One of the most excellent fraternal re-
ports which has reached the Pythian grand
lodge of this domain is that presented by
Montana. 1t was prepared by Past Grand
Chancellor Hammond, and is thorough ana
interesting. He gives complimentary rel
no las
ence report of the District of Columbia,
and of the latter says: The committee
wrote good report, the introduction to
which is particularly and historically In
teresting" He then quotes the entire in
PRODUCTION, which spoke of the fortieth an
niversary of the birth of the Pythian ira
ternity here and the presence as repre-.
sentauives in the District Grand Looge or
two of the five founders of the order. THIS
fraternal correspondent takes up the cud-
gel for the endowment rank and insists
on the abolition OF pass words. Grana
Chancellor Owings has strikingiy hand
some picture as a frontispiece to the Mon
tana journal. He announces that Whlle
there have been some chickering's and dis
sentions among the members of certain
lodges they have been in a large measure
harmonized and peace and tranquility at
present prevail throughout the luTisdic-
ton" This domain is divided into forty
one deputy grand chancellor districts, and
the system seems to operate advantage
ously The grand chancellor does not speak
very hopefully of the uniform rank, saying:
The rank has been sadly neglected in this
domain =, Let US make one supreme eff
fort for it's upbuilding.
The domain has forty seven lodges, tWen-
ty-one past grand chancellors (the senior
being former United States Senator Lee
MantleD and 3,O9S members.
Grand Chancellor James w. Carter of
the knights Of PythiaS has begun his term
with every prospect of making an excellent
record in the office Pythianism has been
on a rising tide here for number of years,
and the recent erection of the temple seems
TO have made this success permanent.
Grand Chancellor Carter has been identl-
fed with Pythianism since 1889, when he
was one of the active spirits in the insti-
tuition of Capital Lodge. No. "A. He served
as chancellor commander of his lodge and
for years as its keeper of records and seal.
He entered the Grand Lodge as one of
Capitals first representatives and has serv-
ed continuously ever since. He began at
the bottom of the Grand Lodge line.
He was successfully grand inner guard,
grand master-a t-arms. grand preIate and
was unanimously chosen grand chancellor
at the forty-first annual convention of the
District Grand Lodge last month Grand
Chancellor Carter is native of Virginia,
but was a resident of Georgia when, nearly