Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-12-19
OF Scottish Rite Of Free Masonry is to
be Instituted on Monday Next at
the Masonic Hall
OVER THREE HUNDRED BELONG TO ORDER
Inspector Gen. Harper s. Cunningham of Okla and Hon.
Inspector Cony T. Brown Of Socorro will be the
Officers in Charge on the Occasion

In accordance with a dispensation
by Illustrious Brother Macmillan
Frost, Honorary Inspector General,
33d degree, and deputy of the SUI
preme Council of the Ancient and Ac-
,cepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry
for New Mexico, two new important
Scottish Rite Masonic bodies will be
instituted and set to work by lllustri-
GUS Brother Cony Thomas Brown, 33d,
honorary inspector general as special
deputy in accordance with the regula-
tibns and statutes of the supreme
council of the rite of inspectors gem
eral OF the 33rd degree in the city of
Washington, and of which the Hon.
James D. Richardson, of Murfeesboro,
Tennessee is the sovereign grand
commander.
The names of the officers and scope
of the two new bodies are as follows:
New Mexico Consistory No. /, Mas
ters of the ROYAL Secret, 32d degree.
DR.. C. A. Wheelon, Master of Kadosh !;
Salomon Spitz, prior; Harry Howard
Dorman, preceptor; Henry F. Steph-
ems, registrar; A. F. Spiegelberg, treas
urer
Coronado Council of Kadosh, No. /,
H. H. Dorman, commander; Or. James
A. Massie, first lieutenant commander;
Samuel G. Cartwright second lieu
tenant commander; Henry f. Steph-
ems, recorder; A. F. Spiegelberg,
treasurer.
Chapter Members Present.
The members of Santa Fei Lodge OF
Perfection, No ! and of Aztlan Chap
ter Rose Croix No. who have previ-
only received the degrees from
the Is to the 32d will be present. The
institution of the officers named above
then will take place under and by di-
rection of Illustrious Brother Cony
Thomas Brown, 33, l. G. H., and spec
ial deputy and under the personal SUI
pervision of Illustrious Bother Harper
S. Cunningham, inspector general OF
the. Scottish Rite for the state of Ok
lahoma, who came especially to Santa
Fe for the purpose of presiding over
this Masonic convocation. Colonel
Macmillan Frost, 33d, honorary inspec-
tor general and deputy of the supreme
council for New Mexico, will unavoid-
ably be absent from the convocation
on account of illness.
Will Close With Banquet.
After the institution of the council
and consistory and installation of the
officers by Illustrious Brother Thomas
Cony Brown, 33d inspector general
honorary, the teachings nd>principles,
lectures and regulations of the Anci-
ent and Accepted Scottish Rite
Of Free Masonry in the
southern jurisdiction of the
United States which numbers over
(, 100000 of the best citizens of this
country in it's ranks, and which has
consistories, councils, chapters and
lodges in all the important cities OF
the country and which are very pros
porous and increasing constantly IN
strength will be given in detail by Bro
ther Cunningham and fully explained
to the Scottish Rite Free Masons pres
ent. The lectures will also be pro-
nounced and elucidated by the various
officers charged with this duty and the
conyocation will last till early in the
morning. After the ceremonies are
closed in full and ample form, splen-
did banquet will be served in the ban
ouet hall of the Santa Fe Lodge OF
Perfection.
Since the first of July, 1908, the de-
grees Of the rite have been communi-
Gated to and conferred upon 3OO meEl-
bers Of the Ancient Free and Accepted
fraternity Of Freemasons, it being OBJ
1igatory that all candidates who desire
initiation and admission into the Scot
tish Rite Of Free Masonry must tirst
Ii become members of the Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons
Wsil Erect Cathedral.
1T is the, intention of the new con-
sistory which lis the only one In New
Mexico to erect within the next SIX
months handsome, imposing and
grand cathedral on a suitable lot
which has already been purchased on
Washington avenue. This will be
built either Of pressed brick, or cement
stone and will be about 12O
feet wide and 100 feet long, and will
be supplied with all modern appli-
ances, such as electric lights, steam
!. heat, and everything that is needed to
make the building UP to date, com
Portable and modern. It will contain
a large basement with a tiling floor
for the storeroomA Tor apparatus FOR
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