Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-09
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AT the stated communication Of st. Johns
Lodge, No. II, r. A A. M. held last evening
the master Mason's degree was conferred
on four candidates, the past masters OF the
lodge occupying the stations. The following
past masters. officers and members partici-
pated In the degree: Past Master Joseph H.
Milans as master. Past Master Frank j.
Foster as senior warden. Past Master W. T.
Jones as junior warden. Past Master ]. E.
Hutchinson as senior deacon. Past Master
Charles Fernald as junior deacon. Past
Master r. A. Daniel as senior steward, Past
Master J. 8. Beach as juaior steward, Past
Grand Master Jesse w. Lee. jr..s Past
Master w FL. Douglas, Past Master George
Wright. Past Master Alexander Mckenzie,
Master j. Marion Castell Senior Warden
Allen Bussius, Junior Deacon Charles A.
Babcock. Senior Steward Levi H David.
Junior Steward c.. E. Etcnberger, jr.. Mar
shall Fred A. Book and Brother Calvin T.
Mllans, Brother J. e. Hutchinson, jr.. and
Brother Franklin w. Hart.
At the next stated communication. June
%, the entered apprentice and fellow craft
degrees will be conferred.
Under the administration OF WOrShipful
Master j. Marion Casteil St Johns Lodge
is having highly uccessful year.
The Free MaSonS Oh New 1ofH are ABOUT
to pay long debated tribute to one Of the
leading men OF early American history,
who has been singuiariy forgotten. all
though he occupied many distinguished
public stations. This was Daniel y. Tomp-
kins. several times governor Of New York.
and twice vice president OF the United
States. The New York Grand Lodge. r. A.
A. NJ. of which he was grand master, IL
DRY. A descendant of Mr.. Tompkins re-
sides In this city, Mr.. G. NJ Tompkins
of the pension office. writes The Star
calling attention to the New York Masonic
monument enterprise. and adding: Being
q lineal descendant of Daniel D. Tomp
klns this incident interests me. Few states
have produced a more distinguished citi-
zen 1t Is shame and disgrace to the
state of New York that his good deeds and
valuable services have been SO long un-
recognized"
The present membership OF the constitu-
ent chapters of Royal Arch Masons of the
District is as follows: Columbia. No. /,
537; Washington, No 2. 1888; Mount Yer
non. No. 8, sos; Eureka, No 4. 2S5: La
s, 244; Mount Horeb, No. Z. 224: Potomac
No. 8, 1855; Brightwood. No. g. So: Hiram
No. 10, 156; Capitol. No. IL, 50; Anacostia.
No II, rs. The net gain for the last capt.
ular year was $50.
The following are the present grand rep
resentatives of the Grand Chapter Of
lumbia near" the grand chapters of other
jurisdictions: Alabama. Charles w. Han
cock; Arkansas. Joseph H. Jochum; Cali
fornia, Arvine w. Johnston; Delaware, Geo.
nois, Henry K. Simpson; Indiana. James
A Wetmore; Indian Territory, Adolphus
GUIDE; Iowa, Kenton N. Harper:
Kansas, Edwin S. Holmes, Kentucky, Rob
ert Armour; Massachusetts,, E. ST. Clair
Thompson; Minnesota, Alexander Grant;
Missouri, Francis ]. Woodman; Nebraska,
Alexander Mckenzie; Nevada, William K.
Mendenhall; New Brunswick, Samuel r.
Bond; New Hampshire. Lem. Towers. jr. /;
New Jersey William Barnum New South
Wales, William s. Parks New York, Sam
uel r. Bond New Zealand, Augustus B.
Coolidge; Nova Scotia, George w. Baird:
Ohio, Matthew Trimble; Oregon. Harrison
Dingman; Pennsylvania. Martin r. Thorp;
Lurtin R. CHM; South Dakota, Frank l..
Campbell; Tennessee. Harry Standi-
ford Vermont. James F. R. Appleby; Vic
toria,- Goodwin Y. Alice: Virginia, Theo.
G. DeMoll Washington. George E. Corson;
West Virginia, Charles Becker, and Wis
consin, Charles G. Zange.
The standing committees of the Grand
Chapter, R. A. M, are as follows: Bylaws,
William K. Mendelhall, James A. Wetmore,
Goodwin Y. Alice; grievances. Alex. Nc
.Kenzie. Matthew Trinble, julius w. Toll
son; correspondence, Arvine w. Johnston,
Angus Bamond, Charles e. Baldwin; ac-
..
John A. Meyer; work and lectures. George
e. Corson, Alexander Grant, William 8.
Parks; Jurisprudence, Frank L. Campbell,
Samuel r. Bond. Henry X. Simpson.
Orient commandery, No s. knights Tenn
plar. held its two hundred and third stated
conclave Monday evening. The attendance
was large and the orders of the Temple and
Malta were well conferred under the
direction OF Eminent Commander William
Mahr Tn 10 al cir hp
commander says: I'VE congratulate Column
bia Commandery, No. 2. on the able man
agement of the Ascension day services. At
the conclave of the Grand Commandery we
were honored with the advancement of Past
Commander Geo. c. Ober to the station OF
eminent grand junior warden, and the re-
election of Past Commander A. w. john
ston as eminent grand recorder. The report
of the inspector general was very crafty
ing to your representatives at that con-
clave. ! wish each sir knight of Orient
might have heard the report read. The
many nice things said of us, and deserved
ly So ought to stimulate US to the achieve
ment of still higher honors."
Ohio is rated as the leading Pythian do
main The order numbers more members in
the Buckeye state than In any other,
although the state has some warm eompet-
tors in aggregate membership. During the
year Ohio passed the 10000 membership
mark In the annual review of fraternal
correspondence by the District Grand Lodge
David L. Burnett one of the flve founders
of the Pythian fraternity, says of OHIO:
Grand Chancellor j. d. Clark has certainly
been busy reporting the sending out OF
more than 10000 communications, Travelled
nearly 10000 miles, and addressed about
one hundred meetings, every one of which
has been an inspiration and each given him
new courage and cause for gratitude. The
grand chancellor's report Is full of interest
ing detail The reports made by the several
deputy grand cbancellors are full or inter-
esttng detail and agiow with zeal for the
orders good The same song Is heard IN
the twenty-eight districts into which the
state is divided The lodges located in the
central part of the domain combined their
efforts In the Pythian jubilee meeting at
Columbus, at which more than 5000 knights
witnessed the comforting of the knight
rank by the famous team OF lola, NO %.
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Beatty
OF Toledo reports a gain in membership OF
Q. 458: total on January /, 1905. as Il,zeS.
which he thinks Is a fair-sized army OF
Pythians. and the limit has not yet peen
reached"
Ascalon Temple of the Knights OF hno-
rassan will hold a ceremonial session On
Monday evening at the Pythian Temple, on
9th street The temple Is having q pros
perous year under the administration OF
ROYAL Vizier George W. Haley. who Is ABLY
assisted by Secretary A. ]. David.
Potomac Commandery, No, 3, knights
he Tem-