Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-05

mander of Potomac Commandery. No. 3;
| past grand high priest of the Grand Chap
| ter Of the District of Columbia. and had
| reached the station of grand senior warden
! in the Grand Commandery of the District OF
| Columbia, refusing election as grand chap
lain general on account of falling health in
1907.
| well knowing the nature of his n1alady,
| he patiently waited tcr~ the final summons,
| and when 1t came he went forward. with
neither fear nor anxiety, to join that great
| fraternity, the greatest of all commander
| whose Grand Master Is the Captain of our
| salvation"
| Grand Chancellor G. Frank Day and his
| associate officers Of the Grand Lodge,
| Knights OF Pythias. made their annual
| grand visitation to Germania Lodge, No. 10.
| Nearly seventy visitors were present rep
| resenting all the local lodges, excepting
| one, and three Of the existing divisions OF
the Uniform Rank. The lodges which meet
| on the same evening as Germania were
represented by large delegations. The re-
ports of the grand officers showed the af-
| fairs of the lodge IN fine condition. Grand
| Chancellor Day in his remarks was COM
plimentary of the condition of the lodge
| and paid tribute to Its loyalty to Pythan-
ism under many trying circumstances.
| DR.. G. Wash Williams of Portsmouth,
| Ohio, formerly well known in Washington
| fraternal circles, was here during the
week. and while in The city visite several
OF the DOQleS OF winch ne is Il HlSlHDer,
! Guiding Almas Temple, A. A. o. N. NJ. s.,
| and RathboneSuperior Lodge, No. p,
| Knights of Pythias.
Capt Charles E. Heating Of this city.
| who is member of the Knights of
| Pythias and the Grand Army of the Re-
| public, had the unique experience of being
| pilot on the famous Mississippi river steam
| NatcheZ in the hot race between New Or
| leans and st. Louis forty-one years ago
| this fall. He gives very graphic descrip-
| ton Of this race, as well as his expert
| where he was selected to carry a message
from Capt. Woods to Gen. Banks. The
| journey through the hostile line and re-
turn was made safely and provisions
brought back and the whole crew was in
| this way saved from starving
| Capt. Heating is a good story teller and
! has a good store of them. He Is pensioned
| for disabilities incurred in the civil war.
The annual grand visitations of the
Grand Lodge, F. A. A. NJ, for the fall
Co. October g.; The New Jerusalem, No. 8.
| October 10; Myron NJ. Parker. No. p. DC
| tober ID: A-minius No. %. October %;
No. 81, November 4; King Solomon, No.
| 81 Cat 3 p.m.), November 6; Acacia, No.
| IS, November 12; Naval, No. 4, November
II; National. No. Il. November 10; Osiris
| No. 20. November 20; Harmony. No. II.
November q; Benz. B. French, No. Is, De-
| cember 2.
| The leaders of Scottish Rite Masonry con-
tinue their preparations for the session Of
| the Supreme Council, A. A. s. R.. which is
near at hand. Sovereign Grand Command
er James D. Richardson has named the fol-
| lowing committees to serve during the ses-
| sion of the Supreme Council:
| On jurisprudence and Observation-Disclosures
ors General Moore. Pierce of California, Col
Inns. Teller. and Cunningham:
l dpnN o--1 N
Chamberlin and Boyden, honorary, thirty
| third degree.
| On grievances and appeals-Inspectors
| General Teller, Chamberlin and Hussey.
| On doings of inspectors and deputies-In-
| spectors General Num-, FOote and Cortland.
| On state of the order and unfinished bust
! ness-Inspectors General Collins, Carr, Cort-
| land, Hussey.
on neutrality-suspicious. General Carr.
| Taubman and Foote.
On library and neutrality-suspicious. Cen
| eral Pierce Harrison and Adams.
| On Neutrality-suspicious. General Adams,
| Morris and Pratt.
| On minations-Inspectors General Pratt
Num-, Harrison and Rose nbaum.
| On foreign NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. General
Mayer and Anderson.
On doings of subordinate bodies-Inspect-
ors General Fitzgerald and Rosenbaum.
! District of Columbia Mithras Lodge of
| Perfection, No. l: Evangelist Chapter,
| Rose CroiX. Robert de- Bruce Council OF
| hadosh and Albert Pike Consistory, a. ~.
S. r. Each of these bodies controls por-
| ton of the degrees up to and including the
thirty-second. The present officers of the
| five bodies are as follows:
| Lodge-Francis A. Sebring, SD degree.
" M. j. Archibald Bailey. sd. s. w; j.
| D. Rowen 32d, ]. w; A. Major, jr.. ODD.
treasurer; John H. Olcott 32d, x. c. c. H.,
! secretary.
Chapter-Elmer E. Simpson, 32d degree.
| W. NJ; Jacobus S. Jones, 33d, s. W.; ELL
wood P. Morey. SOD. j. w.; John II. Olcott,
| SOD, K. C. C. H, secretary; A. Nailor. jr.,
| 33d, treasurer.
| Council-Elmer E. Simpson, SD degree.
| commander; Stirling Kerr, jr.. 32i, X. G. c.
! H. first lieutenant commander; Jacobus s..
| Jones 33d, second lieutenant commander;
| John H Olcott, SD, X. c. c. H. recorder;
| A. Nailor, jr.. SD, treasurer
! Consistory--Strling Kerr, ir, SOD degree,
X. C. c. H.. v. M. X; John c. Wineman.
32d K C. C. H.. prior; Ellwood p. Morey.
| a2d preceptor; John H. o:cott. SD *. C. c.
| H. registrar: A. Nailor jr.. 33d treasurer.
John H. Olcott sd degree, X. C. C. H.,
lis the secretary of all the Scottish Rite
. bodies and Allison Nailor, jr.. AID degree.
the treasurer of them all. Elmer E. Slmp-
! son, 32d degree, who is the present head Of