Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-07-19
A Successful Meeting.

A SUCCESSIVE ! ltCllllyf
allowed for the relief fund for the
widows, Of which each deceased
beneficiary IS toreceiye 5000; i
DO beneficiary said amount to be
given lodge losing deceased.
AFrERNooS SESSION.
The. report on Grand Masters
address and his Recommendations
were taken up aud discussed, also
other matters pertaining 70 the
general good Of the craft.
In the evening the lodge Of
sorrow was held. The beautiful
program of singing; scripture
reading by Re-. j. N. Harris was
fine, aud the eulogy on our de-
ceased brothers by John ~
Thompson Of Des Moines was
superb and much conplimented.
After the services at the hall the
ladies Of Mt. Olive Court, led by
Mrs. George Woods, rendered a
reception to the delegates and
r;s; Vars az the home of Mrs. Geo.
Woods, sos Twelfth street.
THURSDAY MORNING SESSION.
This session was taken up in
the final reports OF the committees
and other matters pertaining to
the good Of the craft, Rev. Jas.
Nj. Harris, pastor Of Burns M. p.
church, recently from Kansas
Civ, Mo, was introduced and
made strong address, which
Ike all Of Rev. Harris speeches
was instructive,
AFTERNOON SESSION,
This session lookup the ques-
ton OF sending delegates to the
Masonic Congress to convene at
Roanoke, Va, in September.
Alter some discussion It was de-
4 u i f.-
scidedto send only one and three
names were presented; w. f..
Milligan, I. L. Brown and A. A..
Bland, The vote resulted IN
Brown Z, Bland IA, Banks 2 and
Milligan 10. A motion having
previously been passed stating
that the one receiving the highest
n,srnber Of votes be declared the
delegate, w. H. Milligan was the
successful one. The Grand
Lodge thea proceeded to the
election Of grand officers for the
p Isl Is i i q . B
edsuing Masonic year
The names OF W. III. Milligan
and :. w. Bland were presented
as candidates for Grand Master
the ballot resulted in Milligan
/ receiving S. votes and Bland 50
! gl Is Il /,
The names of n. f.. Jacobs and
M. Bland were nominated for
Senior Warden, which resulted in
Jacobs receiving 81 and Bland So
I'll. Il. Williams and j. w. Bland
were nominsted for Junior War.
den; Bland withdrew his name,
whereupon Williams was elected
unanimously H. *. Hillon was
placed in nomination for Treas.
urer and was unanimously elect.
ed. t. III. Sturgis' name was
presented for Secretary, and he
was unanimously elected. 4. I.
Banks, I'll. C, Potter aud VIM.
Fine were nominated for Grand
Custodian, which resulted in
Banks receiving S., Potter As and
Fine 6.
At4:3O the lodge formed pro.
cesssion and paraded the streets,
led by the Iowa State Letter Car,
riers band, King Solomon Com
mandery No. = acted as an escort
of honor, next came Master
Masons in white gloves and
aprons, officers Of North Star
lodge, and grand officers. Fully
$50 were In line of march and
made good showing. After
the parade the officers were in
stalled at the hall. In the even.
ing a grand reception and ball
was given at Cycling hall, Kro
mers full orchestra furnished
music. Fully $50 were at this
promenade. The grand march
was led by A. ]. Fields and G.
II. Brooks of Keokuk. Thus
ended the largest aud best session