Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-30
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the District of Columbia Saturday evening
April 6, Past Grand Master James A. Wet
more will deliver an address on "The Land
marks of Masonry" and Grand Secretary
A. w. Johnston will talk upon Timely
Topics"
The present Officers Of the association are
W. H. Landvogt. master Of Osiris Lodge,
No. 26. president; Harry G. Kimball. mas
ter Of Hiram Lodge. No. 10. vice president;
Lem Towers, IT., master Of Potomac Lodge.
No. o. secretary-treasurer, and Jacob w.
Collins master Of Pentalpha Lodge, No. o.
and Lafayette Leaman, master of National
Lodge. No. IL. executive committee.
The association Is composed of the wor-
shipful masters Of all the lodges Of the
District OF Columbia, with the grand mas
ter as honorary president, ex-officio, and all
the senior wardens Thomas H. Young,
grand lecturer. and William j. Naylor,
chairman of the committee work of the
Grand Lodge, as honorary members. Dur
Ing the present year the association has
had marked influence in Masonic circles
and upon Masonic development generally.
Washington Commandery, No. 1, knights
Templar, held its regular conclave at the
asylum In Masonic Temple Wednesday
evening. This was the last conclave of the
Iemplar year The orders of the Temple
and Malta were conferred. The circular of
Commander James A. Rutherford contains
memoria! card to the late Sir Knight
din L hCSdtllTdQ, RnlSnteu DeSeinDer
II, 1879, and died March 13 last, a member
OF the commandery over twenty-seven
years.
The new Khorassan Temple at Richmond.
Va, Will be instituted April 3 in Masonic
Temple at the Virginia capital Ascalon
Temple No. 81. of this city, and Suez Tenn
pie, No. 70, of Charlotte, N. c., will assist
in the induction Of the tyros of the new
temple into the mysteries of the desert and
the jungle. The Richmond body will be
known as Beni-Mora Temple, No. 1873, and
starts out with very healthy membership.
Among ITS offieers are several prominent
OF whom are we'll known In Washington.
Ihe royal vizier is clergyman, Rev. John
dalloWel Dickinson. and the other line Of
ficers are as follows: Grand emir E. D.
Richardson; sheik, James r. Bailey; ma
heidi, J. l.. Patterson; secretary, Horace A.
Hawkins; treasurer, B. A. Ruffin; satrap,
Charles H. Lester: sahib, Wortley Dickie;
imperial nawab, Charles o. Savlle: royal
princes, T. l.. Courtney, David c. Richard
son. Charles o. Saville and John L. Satter
field.
The royal princes were selected for their
prominence In Pythian!sm and to give the
new temple representation in the imperial
palace of the dramatic order. Beni-Mora
Temple has issued a very attractive cir
cuiar in green and orange announcing the
suspicious event of it's own birth. Hurry,
hurry. hurry says the first page of the
circular. and the last one shows the great
pyramid, the sphinx and colossal Obelsk,
tncl atter permanently erected III ADVANCE,
to the memory of the tyroS who fail to meet
the ordeals with which they will be tested
This is my first command! Did you hear
me? Let her hum" sternly says the royal
vizier. Il heard YOU and she's a-hum-
ming replies the secretary. The latter
also issues the following sage khorassan
advice:
Don't believe all you hear: some of the
boys may be guying you.
Don't lose your temper: the fellow who
finds 1t might have of his
Get Identification tags from the secre-
tary; you may need them.
Don't try that 'sick-friend story; it Is
old. worn and needs a rest.
1t will be a good idea to leave the key
in the door: will save time.
IF business interferes with the d. o.
K. K. cut business. Even the whale could
not keep a good man down.
You will find that getting mad is just
what is wanted, and you'll also get a large
chorus of the merry 'ha-ha. "
Elliott G. Stevenson OF Michigan, who has
just been chosen to succeed the lately de-
ceased supreme ranger of the Independent
Order OF oresters. is the second member
of Detroit law firm headed by eX-Pos:-
master General Don NJ. Dickinson. He has
long been prominent in the democratic poll
tics of the west. He is a few months under
fifty years of age and has been active in
public affairs from his young manhood.
His first political Office was that of prose-
cutting attorney of ST. Clair county, to
which he was elected in 1850. He enjoys
the unique distraction of having been twice
nominated for Congress in the old seventh
Michigan dis rc;, having both times de-
clned the nomination. although the candi-
dates selected after his dee nations We're
both elected. These nominations We're for
the forty-e:Ctil AMI fftieth Congresses.
In 1856 he was mayor of Port Huron; from
1856 to 1890 he was deputy collector of the
port of Huron. and then moved to Detroit
and formed his present legal connection.
In 1S94'96 he chairman Of the demo-
cratic state committee. and was first dele
gate-at-arge from Michigan and chairman
of the delegation from that state in the
Chicago convention of 1895. He has not
been active in politics in recent years, de-
voting himself to his practice.
He has long taken keen interest in fra
ternal matters and has been leader of the
Foresters for many years. 1t is announced
that he will remove to Toronto, the head
quarters of the order. and devote his best
energies to the duties of his new office,
which. if precedent is followed he will
probably hold for life. The supreme chief
rangers salary is $4,000 year.
The magnificent new temple which is to
house the Pythians of Indiana is finished
in all exterior work, and the interior Is
rapidysApproach ching completion. The struc-
ture is Of the hatiron form, and greatly
resembles the celebrated New York struc-
ture 1t occupies one of the most command
ing sites in the growing Hoosier metropolis,
being located opposite the United States
court house on ground which has long been
owned by the grand lodge of Indiana. 1t is
eleven stories high and much of its floor
space is occupied. or will be occupied, by
stores and offices. the upper stories being
designed for Pythian uses. The building
has been rapidly pushed, and will be fully
completed by May 8, which will be the
anniversary of the laying of the corner
stone This was an important ceremony.
A feature was the address of welcome by
Gov. Hanly of Indiana. The cornerstone
was laid in the presence of a large COM
pany of Hoosier Pythians. The Supreme
Lodge officers, the Grand Lodge officers of
other domains and officers and members of
subordinate lodges were received in the par
lors of the Denison Hotel by the Grand
Lodge officers of Indiana, members of the
building commission, the deputy grand
chancellors and many prominent members
of the order in indianapolis The Uniform
Rank members and cocpanies were re-
ceived by Gen Charles r. Jones and staff
at their headquarters in the DenisOn Hotel.
The afternoon program began with
parade in which seven regiments of the
Indiana brigade were represented by more
than forty companies of the Uniform Rank.
More than 800 lodges were represented by
their officers and members. These were