Evening star., 1907-11-16
0@AMQNG THE
In FRATFRNlTIES|

/ anu bItTe were toffltt SOLOS bS I iidlits -
! Wooden and vocal selections by Dana {
/ Holland. The address of the evening by
I eX- nited States Senator John NJ. Thurs
I ton of Nebraska was a finished effort. Al
the conclusion of the address Edgar Col
/ lender Snyder of Senator ThurstonS : home
! lodge, presented the speaker on behalf OF
Acacia Lodge with a handsome umbrella
, IN lencltous and not wholly imperSonal re-
/ marks. The officers of Acac a Lodg are
as follows: j. Edger Borla nd. worsh! !pful
master; Howard q. Brown, s-nio war
| den; Edward E Clement Junior warden
Hsnry II. Burroughs, secretary: g 'org'
! W. koonce, treasurer; Francis y. Spring
er' senior deacon: Delos NJ Carte junior
deacon; Harry j. Robertson. senior stew =
! ard; James II. Windsor. junior steward
Past Master Louis c. Wilson. marshal
Past Master John Hin. tiler: Raphael
! koaSt r. organ st
Nearly thirty Nebraska Masons who re-
! side in Washington We're present by way
! of compliment to the principal speaker
| Of the evening.
| The only Pythan grand visitation this
week was made by Grand Chanc allor G
| Frank Day aud his officers to II armiona
| Lodge, No. i. n Georg town Wednes-
| day evening. H"rmione Iodg, is one of
| the Oldest Pythian bodies in the world
and has been in existence n aarly forty
years Several Of its cha tsr members
ar still living. among them Samuel c.
Palmer. who was its first chancellor com
| lnander- 1t has Ona past grand chancel-
| lor. Henry q. Wagner. who has also
long served the lodge as master of ex-
| chequer Hermion" Lodge has lost in a
| comparatively short tine four of its most
act.|e mSmb rrs-Past ChancelIors Wal
| lace, Wasna Gladn0a and Neikrk
capt. fi4dmon had been captain of Her
nioh' company of til" Uniform Rank
lor long period and Past Chancellor
Nefk'rk was for years the keeper of
records and sal Of II irrmione The other
deceased m 'rbarS Warr also closely iden-
tiHed With lodge activities Notw.thstand-
.ng IT'S losses Hermion= has made, during
the year now closing. the largest pro-
20 t1Gnae gain of any tne of the Pythian
subordinate lodges. and the chancellor
commander, Thomas J. Hartford and the
! iodse cam" in for many compl: :msn nts from
the speakers of the evening upOn this cir
cumstance- tn" chancellor comma rider
is sr'rving his second term in that sta
tioh- lhe present membership is sixty
two. Grand Keeper of Records and s Saal
,raSsoh ana Grand Master of Exchequ-
J. II. Mitchsl. both smoke of the excel
lent status of the lodge Among good
or IN 4 order Sp5 akars We're Past Grand
chanc tllor Bynum, Supreme Representa-
NV ID. Elmer Wiber. Col Harry Cog
gns ana capt. Thomas +. Landon of the
| uniform rank. Representatives were pres
ent I ON all hut two of thu subordinate
| lodS2S and ColdWell COMPANY No > Uni
form Rank, turned out good number
IN compliment to Hermiona Lodge An
earnest effort will -" mad in the naar
future to arouse renewed interest in Her
flone Company, Uniform Rank and
make IT once more one of the best OF
me q. VISIONS of the military branch This
visitation was one of the largest of Grand
Chancellor Days series, which Is nov
| Iab.dly drawing to a close.
lhe visitation to Amaranth Lodge. No
-. another of the outlying bodies of
ms jurisdiction will occur next Mon
hn
rs official entrance at o'clock nm Tba
entertainment by the lodge will take the
,orm OF the comforting of the third or
knlght rank by degree team chosen
~ ION M some or the best-known ritualists
OF TINS domain. selected by the chancellor
commander Of Amaranth Lodge. wilson
Harvey.
Ihe order of knights of the Golden
Eagle, according to the official renorts
mas oeen prospering during the current
year under the aggressive leadership of
Grand Chief R. Byron Bond Nearly one
hundred new members have been added
70 the rosters of the local subordinate
oodles during the year. Monday night
the first, or pilgrims degree. was CON
ferred on class of twenty-six initiates
ana TINS was followed by the comforting
or the second, or knights degree, on
Tuesday night. Last Thursday evening
the third, or crusaders degree was con.
ferred, after which the three castles
Cyrus. Monarch and America. held a So
clal session with speeches by prominent
members or the order. Grand Chief Bond
expresses himself as much elated over
the success attending his class limitations,
and gives especial praise to Degree Mas
ter John B, Woodtield. and his assistant.
rank kerper, for their good work He
added: Deputy Supreme Templar Mrs
M. $. Callan has been doing great work
among the ladies of the Golden Eagle,
and we expect big results during the re-
mafnder of the term"
Rathbone-Superior Lodge No. %
Knights of Pythias. held lively meeting
Friday evening last. 1t was devoted
wholly to good of the order" and short
talks were made by members of the
lodge. Past Chancellor Lynn H. Trout
man was elected master of the work, an
office in which he has experience and an
enviable reputation. Rathbone-Superior
Lodge viii! hold its next regular conven-
tion November %
Mount Horeb Chapter, No. I. Royal Arch
Masons, conferred the past master and
most excellent masters degrees at its last
Tgathering will be held November %, at
which time action will be taken on mat
ters of Importance to the membership.
High Priest Langvoidt has kept up the
good work of the chapter, and it will show
decided gains in membership for the
captuar year.
Ascalon Temple, knights of Khorassan,
will hold its next ceremonial session Mon
day, December ~, at Pythian Temple. and
a large class of tyros is promised for
the evening S work.
Mecca Temple of knights of Khorassan
of Detroit. one of the Largest and most
prosperous aggregationS of Votaries in the
country, has for it's present royal viZier
Col. Oscar A. James United States pen
sion agent for Michigan, who recently
conducted spirited fight against the pro-
posed consolidation of pension offices. 1t
is also reported that he is aspirant
second district of Michigan, now repre-
Gardner
Columbia Commandery No g knights
Templar, conferred the order of the Red
Cross at it's regular conclave Friday
evening. The following sir knights were
assigned for duty in the comforting of the
work: Benson B.. Allen, Charles H. Brad
ley, Benjamin f. Dierdorf. William II.
Decker. George j. Efferen. c. Walter
Hoover. James G. Hudson William B.
Hardy. Otis B. Kent. Gustave A. Kneessi
John w. Lynn, Robert B. O'Hara, Louis
Perna. George w. Rae, Forrest H. Ror-
dan, Luther F. Speer. Jacob Spledt and
N r. Wood. After the meeting of the
Court of Darius refreshments were
served
In his official circular calling the con-
ciave. Eminent Commander Baldwin gave
lin memoriam' cards for the late Sir
knight Samuel w StinematZ (knighted